Re: Release: KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Computing Geeks (v1.0)

steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > David S wrote: > > Kuniyasu Suzaki wrote: > > > >> We released KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Computing Geeks (v1.0). > >>http://unit.aist.go.jp/itri/knoppix/index-en.html > >> It includes trusted computing software based on TPM(Trusted Platform > >> Module). Debian p

need info on audio recording performance testing

I have a TV card. I use a audio cable from TV audio out to sound card line-in. I often recording TV, so I want to find out sound card performance during TV recording. Which program can test it? I have 2 sound cards: one is ISA SB16 (which use sb module), the other is PCI Cirrus Logic Crystal CS428

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 10:02:14AM +1300, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 10:22:21AM +0100, Mirco Piccin wrote: > > Hi all. > > I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: > > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29

Re: Bad E-mail setup in office. I need advice

s. keeling wrote: Mihira Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: If no IMAP is offered, next easiest to do is to enable the "keep mail on server" option in the POP3 settings and configure all work stations to use POP3. In ALL works stations enable the "Keep mail on server" option. I'd like to live i

Re: Bad E-mail setup in office. I need advice

Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/08 06:48, Mihira Fernando wrote: Dawn Light wrote: An inefficient E-mail setup in a small office needs to be replaced with a better solution. I ask for your wise advice. [snip] Any suggestions and comments about anyth

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

Michelle Konzack wrote: > Here is nothing moved. > If I have messages I am not interested in (mostly spam) I hit "d" and > then if I change the mailbox OR do a 4 the are immediatly erased > from the mailfolder. And? See here spam gets sent to the spam folder where S-A gets to chew on them so

Re: vanishing desktop menu and background pattern.

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 05:13:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Andrew & others, > > At Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:28:47 -0800, > a> my memory is that sometimes, on upgrades, xfce *unchecks* the "Allow > xfce to manage desktop" option in one of the preference screens. > > I might have caused the p

Re: locks and shutdown policy; was Re: stale lockfile on fetchmail.

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 07:26:59PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/11/08 17:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Andrew, Ron & others, > > > > a> probably because fetchmail died (or ... > > > > Which can happen if a power failure occurs > > or I happen to reboot while fetchmail is > > retrieving.

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

Original Message: - From: Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:39:30 +0200 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > I'm going to guess that Telmex is a stat

Re: New kernel clock problems

Frank wrote: > Mon Feb 11 20:51:12 2008: Setting the system clock. > Mon Feb 11 20:51:12 2008: select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick > timed out > Mon Feb 11 20:51:12 2008: ^[[33m*^[[39;49m Unable to set System Clock > to: Tue Feb 12 01:51:12 UTC 2008 > > Should I file a bug or wait to see

Re: USB pendrive mobility (fat32)?

David S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Marc Shapiro wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> > >> Amazing as in, XP can't. This seems a fairly insane design decision on > >> the part of MS. > > > > Does Vista do this, too? > > Yup. Stunning. "We are helping. We are helping." -- Mainf

Re: command to obtain current display resolution

On Feb 11, 7:20 pm, Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > xwininfo -root > > xrandr Perfect! Thank you both. RD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/08 20:03, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Feb 11, 2008 8:39 AM, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: >> >>> I'm going to guess that Telmex is a state-owned utility and not a >>> pr

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

On Feb 11, 2008 8:39 AM, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > I'm going to guess that Telmex is a state-owned utility and not a > > private monopoly? That would explain the better service right > > there... > > I don't know

New kernel clock problems

The last two Kernel updates on my Debian Sid system have messed up the clock setting on boot. Mon Feb 11 20:51:12 2008: Setting the system clock. Mon Feb 11 20:51:12 2008: select() to /dev/rtc to wait for clock tick timed out Mon Feb 11 20:51:12 2008: ^[[33m*^[[39;49m Unable to set System Cl

Re: Bad E-mail setup in office. I need advice

Mihira Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > If no IMAP is offered, next easiest to do is to enable the "keep mail on > server" option in the POP3 settings and configure all work stations to > use POP3. In ALL works stations enable the "Keep mail on server" option. I'd like to live in Theory. I

Re: command to obtain current display resolution

On 2008-02-11 20:08:37 -0500, Ralph Katz wrote: > $ xrandr > > also shows what's available. man xrandr. But it needs the RANDR extension. I'm not sure it is always available (e.g. in VNC). I suggest xdpyinfo. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: 100% accessibl

Re: Release: KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Compuintg Geeks (v1.0)

>>From: Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: Release: KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Compuintg Geeks (v1.0) >> >>On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 07:31:11AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:32:51AM +, steef wrote: >>> > Kuniyasu Suzaki wrote: >>> >> Dear,

Re: vanishing desktop menu and background pattern.

Andrew & others, At Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:28:47 -0800, a> my memory is that sometimes, on upgrades, xfce *unchecks* the "Allow xfce to manage desktop" option in one of the preference screens. I might have caused the problem by running dselect from a terminal in the xfce GUI. Will have to rememb

Re: locks and shutdown policy; was Re: stale lockfile on fetchmail.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/08 17:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Andrew, Ron & others, > > a> probably because fetchmail died (or ... > > Which can happen if a power failure occurs > or I happen to reboot while fetchmail is > retrieving. > > This strikes me as a bug

locks and shutdown policy; was Re: stale lockfile on fetchmail.

Andrew, Ron & others, a> probably because fetchmail died (or ... Which can happen if a power failure occurs or I happen to reboot while fetchmail is retrieving. This strikes me as a bug. An obvious strategy would be to remove an old lock at startup. I know nothing about shutdown policy. Do

Re: command to obtain current display resolution

Rick Dooling wrote: Hello, all, I'm running Etch and an nvidia card. I get some info about my display settings by running nvidia-settings. Is there a simple command from a bash prompt that will tell me what resolution my display is currently running at? xwininfo -root Thanks for the help,

Re: command to obtain current display resolution

On 02/11/2008 07:30 PM, Rick Dooling wrote: > Hello, all, > > I'm running Etch and an nvidia card. I get some info about my display > settings by running nvidia-settings. > > Is there a simple command from a bash prompt that will tell me what > resolution my display is currently running at? > >

command to obtain current display resolution

Hello, all, I'm running Etch and an nvidia card. I get some info about my display settings by running nvidia-settings. Is there a simple command from a bash prompt that will tell me what resolution my display is currently running at? Thanks for the help, RD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

weird problem

I noticed a problem with using grep and more. I am using the defaults for the package which is running on a Debian lenny system, using the BASH shell. Lets say the file foo has 40 lines: 1. one 2. two 3 three 4. four . . 40. forty I type on the command line: $ grep o foo the first line in my g

Re: ttyUSB0 not appearing - SOLVED

Problem eventually solved. The cause appears to be that the RS232 end was plugged in to the temperature sensor I'm using, which was powered up, at the time when the adaptor was connected at the USB end. This possibly means that one of the RS232 control lines is asserted at that time (ref. h

[Fwd: Re: [users] doesn't open office support (Word's) inline comments?]

Forwarded Message > From: Michele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [users] doesn't open office support (Word's) inline > comments? > Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 20:05:00 + > > Hello Michael, > > Ignore my previous reply. > >

Re: doesn't open office support (Word's) inline comments?

On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 14:40 +, Stephen Allen wrote: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 05:30:56PM +, michael wrote: > > Given I didn't receive anything useful to a similar enquiry before > > (below) but yet think that I can't be the only person doing this I'll > > try one more time (or maybe I shoul

Re: Can print from KPDF but not Acrobat

On Mon February 11 2008 01:34:09 pm Peter Robinson wrote: > Alan Ianson wrote: > > On Sun February 10 2008 08:27:11 am Peter Robinson wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I don't seem to have set up printing correctly...I am running a testing > >> system and can print fine from KPDF but attempting to prin

Re: wrapper script issue

On 2008-02-11T15:05:12-0700, ChadDavis wrote: > I noticed that ~/bin is not on my PATH by default. Why does debian not do > this? And is it a bad idea to add it to the PATH? Debian does not install any programs in home directories, so there is no need to add the ~/bin to PATH. If you want bina

~/bin not in default path (was Re: wrapper script issue)

Note: It would be best if you'd change the subject header when changing the subject of a message to the list. On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 03:05:12PM -0700, ChadDavis wrote: > I think the Debian policy in this case would guide you only if what > you're doing is for all users of the system. If

Re: ktorrent: symbol lookup error ???

hi. download libqt3-mt-3.3.7-4 from here: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/q/qt-x11-free/libqt3-mt_3.3.7-4etch1_i386.deb and then dpkg -i libqt3-mt_3.3.7-4etch1_i386.deb bye. Mehmet Fatih Akbulut wrote: > hi all, > i am using debian unstable. > after last upgrade; > i get the error:

Re: "apt-listbugs list postix" doesn't tell error ...

On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 10:02:03AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 03:36:53PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 11:38:11PM +0100, Gerard Robin wrote: > > > Hello, > > > A small comment about the command "apt-listbugs list". > > > By mistake I wr

udev and ethernet connections

I think what may be happening over here is the network gets set up during boot up here including firewall and pppoe and then udev takes the whole connection down. In order to get out to the internet I've got to run dhcpcd eth0 and pon dsl-provider once I sudo into root account. I originally c

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 21:45:24 +, Felix Karpfen wrote: > On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:00:13 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > Please post the output of: > > > > grep ^Origin /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Release > > > > No output > > Perhaps "ls -lt /var/lib/apt/lists" will tell you something. It lis

Re: wrapper script issue

> > I'd also ask, which I forgot in my first response to your question, is > this something that needs to be done for all users on your system or is > it a personal script? > > I think the Debian policy in this case would guide you only if what > you're doing is for all users of the system. If you

Re: wrapper script issue

> I'll be mulling this over, I'm sure, I can't let a good problem like > this rest ;) So, hopefully sooner than later, it will get solved. > I figured out the problem. To recap, I was trying to use the shebang notation to specify that ruby should be used to execute the script. Common thing. h

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:00:13 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > Please post the output of: > > grep ^Origin /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Release > No output Perhaps "ls -lt /var/lib/apt/lists" will tell you something. It lists: total 19224 -rw-r- 1 root root 0 2008-01-20 21:10 lock drwxr-xr-x

Re: Can print from KPDF but not Acrobat

Alan Ianson wrote: On Sun February 10 2008 08:27:11 am Peter Robinson wrote: Hi all, I don't seem to have set up printing correctly...I am running a testing system and can print fine from KPDF but attempting to print from Acrobat returns the error message: "The print process returns an error

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

Unfortunately I can't get it working on my new shiny Thipad R61i laptop. I think I do ewerything according to http://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi (except that I haven't ip command so use ifconfig). after inserting module I got: iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver f

Re: ktorrent: symbol lookup error ???

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:42:35PM +0200, Mehmet Fatih Akbulut wrote: > hi all, > i am using debian unstable. > after last upgrade; > i get the error: > ktorrent: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libktorrent-2.2.5.so: undefined > symbol: fstat64 > when i try to open Ktorrent. > besides i can't even st

Re: konqueror fails to display directory tree in the navigation area

Le Monday 11 February 2008 10:05:08 Heiko Munz, vous avez écrit : > hi, > > konqueror (in sid) fails to display the directory tree in the navigation > area. this happens when konqueror is started with a mouseclick in kde. > this failure does not occure when konqueror is started via command (e.g. >

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 10:22:21AM +0100, Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi all. > I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29 04:03 [ > > Who created this file? What does it do? I presume you mean "what" created this file? [EMAIL

Re: "apt-listbugs list postix" doesn't tell error ...

On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 03:36:53PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 11:38:11PM +0100, Gerard Robin wrote: > > Hello, > > A small comment about the command "apt-listbugs list". > > By mistake I wrote "apt-listbugs list postix" instead "apt-listbugs list > > postfix" > >

Re: Check/Get all files (not) belonging to packages

Hi Sven! Sven Joachim wrote: [Recommended cruft and debsums] Thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for. Regards, Tobias pgpjGJuof5tVi.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How do I upgrade to sid?

Jochen Schulz wrote: Dennis G. Wicks: IIRC somebody said they were running sid and had no problems with Iceweasel so I'm thinking that upgrading might be the answer to my problems. It may be the answer, but upgrading to sid will pose a whole lot of new questions. If you don't know how to upgra

ktorrent: symbol lookup error ???

hi all, i am using debian unstable. after last upgrade; i get the error: ktorrent: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libktorrent-2.2.5.so: undefined symbol: fstat64 when i try to open Ktorrent. besides i can't even start Ktorrent if i remove .kde/share/apps/ktorrent directory. get the same error above.

securing web applications (Wiki CMS installation)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Debian Users How to secure a Wiki CMS? This Wiki is based on Apache2, MySQL and PHP (hosted on Debian Etch). I cant read the code (lack of knowledge). Would be glad about hints and URLs cheers Simon -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1

Re: Opening binary data from MSVS under linux

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 05:34:16PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 12:28:19PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 05:05:36PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:45:10AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008

Re: Check/Get all files (not) belonging to packages

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 07:09:27PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2008-02-11 18:57 +0100, Tobias Nissen wrote: > > > 1. > > Is there a tool that lists all files _not_ belonging to an installed > > package? I mean something more clever than just executing a dpkg -S for > > each file... (which is m

Re: evolution unable send/receive post

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/08 11:21, Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 02/08/08 15:34, Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: >>> Hi, >>> some days ago I noticed Evo is not able to send/receive post -

Re: Archiving audio (high fidelity)?

On Feb 9, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: An external box. The only ones I've seen (never used) are Roland. The Griffin iMic is popular with the Mac crowd and has a Linux driver. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: Check/Get all files (not) belonging to packages

On 2008-02-11 18:57 +0100, Tobias Nissen wrote: > 1. > Is there a tool that lists all files _not_ belonging to an installed > package? I mean something more clever than just executing a dpkg -S for > each file... (which is madness!) Have a look at the `cruft' package. Disclaimer: I haven't tried

Re: Iceweasel problems - 3 of 3

On Feb 8, 2008, at 6:48 PM, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Amaya, from W3C, seems to be a little buggy, or else it doesn't suppport everything a "real" browser does! Amaya is supposed to follow HTML standards strictly, IIRC. So not supporting everything other browsers do is one of its "features."

Re: Serious local root exploit in linux kernel

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 GaRaGeD Style wrote: > Any Idea on why it doesn't work on a 2.6.18-openvz-13-1etch5-686 kernel ? > > I tested 2 boxes and 2 variants of exploits, none worked. > > I will take care of the "normal" ones :) > > Max Doesn't work on Xen-modified kernels

Check/Get all files (not) belonging to packages

Hi! 1. Is there a tool that lists all files _not_ belonging to an installed package? I mean something more clever than just executing a dpkg -S for each file... (which is madness!) 2. Is there a tool that compares each file belonging to an installed package to the corresponding file in the actual

Fw: Video card suggestion

Dear all, I have just raised a question on whether to adopt ATI or Nvidia in my new PC? "I'm going to build a new PC to replace my old PC. As there is many adverse comment on the Phenom, I would buy a Althon X2 (probably 5000+ Black Edition). For the MO, I will select either the Asus M3A78-

Re: Opening binary data from MSVS under linux

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 12:28:19PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 05:05:36PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:45:10AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 06:05:08PM +0200, Micha wrote: > > > > I have a stream of unsigned l

Re: Java Plugin for Iceweasel for AMD 64 bit Debian?

Amogh Hooshdar wrote: > I have heard that Sun has not released a Java plugin for AMD 64-bit. > Is this true? > Java plugin for 64-bit firefox plus derivatives will be released in Java version 1.7. --andrew -- GnuPG Key ID: ECB18ABA Fingerprint: FDF3 91FC F5BC 1164 E217 315E 337E 219B ECB1 8

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 07:26:30PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 09:09:55PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > No. I have no need for Arabic, really, I was just checking how Arabic > > is displayed on the console for Ron Johnson. I do have need for > > Hebrew, however, and typ

Re: Canon LIDE-90 scanner

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 12:06:58PM -0500, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: > Does any one know if it is supprted under Linux? What does google say? Check the sane website. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Opening binary data from MSVS under linux

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 05:05:36PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:45:10AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 06:05:08PM +0200, Micha wrote: > > > I have a stream of unsigned long numbers saved from visual studio (2005) > > > that > > > I'm trying t

Re: evolution unable send/receive post

Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/08/08 15:34, Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka wrote: Hi, some days ago I noticed Evo is not able to send/receive post - the button is greyed. I've searched in logs, googled, reinstalled packages, nothing helped so far. Please, can s.o

Canon LIDE-90 scanner

Does any one know if it is supprted under Linux? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Opening binary data from MSVS under linux

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:45:10AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 06:05:08PM +0200, Micha wrote: > > I have a stream of unsigned long numbers saved from visual studio (2005) > > that > > I'm trying to open under linux, but the format seems to be very strange > > (doesn't

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

Hi! > # Dear package manager, in what package do we have '['? > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S [ > dpkg: [ not found. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/[ > dpkg: /usr/bin/[ not found. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S '/usr/bin/\[' > coreutils: /usr/bin/[ > > # Hmm... I guess some initial knowled

Re: Opening binary data from MSVS under linux

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 06:05:08PM +0200, Micha wrote: > I have a stream of unsigned long numbers saved from visual studio (2005) that > I'm trying to open under linux, but the format seems to be very strange > (doesn't seem to be neither big endian nor little endian). For example, the > set > of

Re: advanced power management for non-existent /dev/hda

On 11 Feb 2008 15:52:47 GMT, Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-02-11, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 02/11/08 08:20, Tyler Smith wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm getting some strange errors at the end of the boot-up process. > >> This is what it looks like in dmesg: >

Re: [OT] dialup modemspeed change

On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:38:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > I'm going to guess that Telmex is a state-owned utility and not a > private monopoly? That would explain the better service right > there... I don't know how it is elsewhere, but in Romania the telephone company got a LOT better a

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 05:25:57PM +0100, Mirco Piccin wrote: > ..but sorry, for me was not full understandable that "[" = "TEST", > expecially after i've read about the 2.6. 24.1 kernel (mine) exploit > in a debian topic, today :-D # Dear package manager, in what package do we have '['? [EMAIL

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

Ron Johnson: > On 02/11/08 09:33, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: >> >> /me wonders just how much more he has to learn before he thinks that he >> knows a reasonable amount about Linux... > > Very few people are true, complete *ix gurus anymore... According to this mail2phpBB gateway, at least

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

Hi and thanks for the replies. > man [ is quite evealing ...and that was the first thing i've done: # man [ TEST(1) User Commands TEST(1) NAME test - check file types and compare values SYNOPSIS test EXPRESSION test

Re: Release: KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Compuintg Geeks (v1.0)

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 07:31:11AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:32:51AM +, steef wrote: > > Kuniyasu Suzaki wrote: > >> Dear, > >> > >> We released KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Computing Geeks (v1.0). > >>http://unit.aist.go.jp/itri/knoppix/index-en.html > >>

Re: Serious local root exploit in linux kernel

On 2008-02-11 14:26:59 +0100, Rorist wrote: > Just tried on 2.6.23-1-amd64 and it works. This is strange because here it doesn't work: vin:~tmp> uname -a Linux vin 2.6.23.13-ws-intel64-p4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jan 28 23:40:29 CET 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux vin:~tmp> ./root_expl -

Re: Serious local root exploit in linux kernel

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 10:52:57AM -0500, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > I am wondering what would be a good way to keep abreast of these kind of > serious vulnerabilities. How did you come to know of this information? Is > there any mailing list that I could subscribe? or there is a better > alt

Re: Release: KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Computing Geeks (v1.0)

David S wrote: Kuniyasu Suzaki wrote: Dear, We released KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Computing Geeks (v1.0). http://unit.aist.go.jp/itri/knoppix/index-en.html It includes trusted computing software based on TPM(Trusted Platform Module). Debian packages on KNOPPIX is validated by Remote Attest

Re: advanced power management for non-existent /dev/hda

On 2008-02-11, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 02/11/08 08:20, Tyler Smith wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm getting some strange errors at the end of the boot-up process. >> This is what it looks like in dmesg: >> >> hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } >> hda: drive

Re: advanced power management for non-existent /dev/hda

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 02:20:10PM +, Tyler Smith wrote: > I'm getting some strange errors at the end of the boot-up process. > This is what it looks like in dmesg: > > hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand } > ide: failed o

Re: Release: KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Compuintg Geeks (v1.0)

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: anybody who knows how trustworthy this version of knoppix is?? The trustworthyness of any code is inversely proportional to the volume of claims of its trustworthyness. --- me ;) A . no one seen yet, a good sign given a sufficient large amount of user

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:22:21 +0100 "Mirco Piccin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all. I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29 04:03 [ Who created this file? What does it do? Thanks fo

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/08 09:33, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:19:49 -0500 > "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This should be in an FAQ somewhere. I see it about once a year. >> Presumably the OP has just started in Len

Re: Release: KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Compuintg Geeks (v1.0)

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:32:51AM +, steef wrote: > Kuniyasu Suzaki wrote: >> Dear, >> >> We released KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Computing Geeks (v1.0). >>http://unit.aist.go.jp/itri/knoppix/index-en.html >> It includes trusted computing software based on TPM(Trusted Platform >> Module). Deb

Opening binary data from MSVS under linux

I have a stream of unsigned long numbers saved from visual studio (2005) that I'm trying to open under linux, but the format seems to be very strange (doesn't seem to be neither big endian nor little endian). For example, the set of numbers 2, 288, 2624, 490 (or in hex 0x2 0x120, 0xA40, 0x1EA) come

Re: Serious local root exploit in linux kernel

Any Idea on why it doesn't work on a 2.6.18-openvz-13-1etch5-686 kernel ? I tested 2 boxes and 2 variants of exploits, none worked. I will take care of the "normal" ones :) Max --

Re: Serious local root exploit in linux kernel

Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Please see: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464945 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/190587 > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432229 > Scary, indeed! Thanks for informing. I am wondering what would b

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:19:49 -0500 "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This should be in an FAQ somewhere. I see it about once a year. > Presumably the OP has just started in Lenny or he would have seen it > in Etch, Sarge, Woody, Potato... Probably back to either 4.3 BSD or > the or

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 08:49:42PM +, Michael D. Norwick wrote: ... Please forgive my boldness and ignorance, but after watching this thread for days now, I fail to get a sense of how it has anything to do with Debian. Doug is a regular contributor to

Re: Strange /usr/bin file

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 03:06:15PM +0530, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > On Feb 11, 2008 2:52 PM, Mirco Piccin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I find in my Debian Lenny machine this file, in /usr/bin folder: > > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 34504 2008-01-29 04:03 [ > > > > Who created this file? Wha

Re: advanced power management for non-existent /dev/hda

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/08 08:20, Tyler Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I'm getting some strange errors at the end of the boot-up process. > This is what it looks like in dmesg: > > hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 {

advanced power management for non-existent /dev/hda

Hi, I'm getting some strange errors at the end of the boot-up process. This is what it looks like in dmesg: hda: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { AbortedCommand } ide: failed opcode was: 0xef The thing is, I don't have a /dev/hda. My single ha

Re: Measuring & optimizing broadband speed

On Feb 11, 2008 2:44 AM, Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > True, but it's easy to change. German ISPs disconnect you every 24h > anyway, so you just have to disable automatic disconnects and enable > automatic redialling. I'm surprised Germans won't stand for trains announcing themselves

Re: gdm session chooser list

--- Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:55:13 -0800 (PST) > Angus Auld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would like to ask whether someone could direct > me to > > the config file that manages the gdm chooser list > at > > login. > > > > I seem to have duplic

Re: Release: KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Computing Geeks (v1.0)

Kuniyasu Suzaki wrote: > Dear, > > We released KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Computing Geeks (v1.0). >http://unit.aist.go.jp/itri/knoppix/index-en.html > It includes trusted computing software based on TPM(Trusted Platform > Module). Debian packages on KNOPPIX is validated by Remote Attestation. >

Re: mailfilter (was Re: missing /var/mail)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/08 03:06, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 08:56:29AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> More assuming on my part. It's been 3 years since I started using >> Maildir and courier-imap, but IIRC, maildirmake defaults to Maildir >> as

Re: Bad E-mail setup in office. I need advice

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/08 06:48, Mihira Fernando wrote: > Dawn Light wrote: >> An inefficient E-mail setup in a small office needs to be replaced >> with a better solution. I ask for your wise advice. >> [snip] >> >> Any suggestions and comments about anything, incl

Re: Serious local root exploit in linux kernel

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 07:08:17PM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 02:07:41PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > A local root exploit has been discovered in the linux kernel yesterday. > > > Virtually all the stock kernels provided by several distributions in the > > > pa

Re: Serious local root exploit in linux kernel

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 02:07:41PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > A local root exploit has been discovered in the linux kernel yesterday. > > Virtually all the stock kernels provided by several distributions in the > > past year appear to be vulnerable. > > Is it specific to x86 (not x86_64

Re: Serious local root exploit in linux kernel

Hello, Just tried on 2.6.23-1-amd64 and it works. > On Feb 11, 2008 2:07 PM, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2008-02-11 07:17:08 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > > > A local root exploit has been discovered in the linux kernel yesterday. > > > Virtually all the stock kernels p

Re: Serious local root exploit in linux kernel

Hello, Just tried on 2.6.23-1-amd64 and it works. On Feb 11, 2008 2:07 PM, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-02-11 07:17:08 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > > A local root exploit has been discovered in the linux kernel yesterday. > > Virtually all the stock kernels provided

Re: Serious local root exploit in linux kernel

On 2008-02-11 07:17:08 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > A local root exploit has been discovered in the linux kernel yesterday. > Virtually all the stock kernels provided by several distributions in the > past year appear to be vulnerable. Is it specific to x86 (not x86_64) as the exploit con

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