Re: Have you ever...

2010-09-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/09/10 05:52, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Anticept . wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Poo Py wrote: >>> Had dog sex?��Or posted naked? I need to kno. cuz I won't support a distro >>> that has people doing that. It's a sin and I don't like sinners much. >> This

What's the Debian way of disabling suspend to disk?

2010-09-01 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Hello List, because I can’t make Powerdevil (KDE’s power management utility) hide the "Hibernate" button (which I hit accidentially from time to time), I’d like to disable the suspend to disk feature on my system. It’s not practical anyway (it’s a laptop with 3 GB of RAM). So what is the prope

Re: config usb wireless as access point?

2010-09-01 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:53:04 +0200 Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 01. 09. 2010 14:59:27 je abdelkader belahcene napisal(a): > > I can used it as card, the driver already exists in package > > firmwire-ralink. > > > > Somebody has an idea where can I find that utility or other which the > > procedure.

Re: Skype on amd64

2010-09-01 Thread Javier Vasquez
On 9/1/10, T o n g wrote: > On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:12:01 +0200, tv.debian wrote: > > ... > On my Debian Squeeze amd64, Skype crashes on startup with the message: > > Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-open.c: 643: _dl_open: Assertion > `_dl_debug_initialize (0, args.nsid)->r_state == RT_CONSISTE

Re: Skype on amd64

2010-09-01 Thread T o n g
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:12:01 +0200, tv.debian wrote: >> Any good reading on how to get skype working on Debian amd64? >> > Hi, I have Skype working on two amd64 Squeeze systems, just installed > ia32-libs and then Skype from Ubuntu "Partner" repository : > > http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/po

Re: Debian based NAS? What to buy?

2010-09-01 Thread Aaron Toponce
On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 11:43:02PM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > What mainboar, CPU and case do you use? I am currently searching for a > similar solution as well. I am considering to buy a Mini-ITX Atom board, > but it's hard to find a decent case with enough space for 3-4 hard > disks. CPU: AMD

Re: [debian-user] Evolution no longer providing calendar notification unless uder desktop environment (unstable)

2010-09-01 Thread Javier Vasquez
On 9/1/10, Jesús M. Navarro wrote: > Hi, Javier: > > On Wednesday 01 September 2010 16:52:54 Javier Vasquez wrote: >> OK, >> >> I just didn't want to use any startup script such the same fluxbox >> one, or ~/.xsession, or ~/.xinitrc. The reason being is that I'd >> prefer anything Evolution depen

Re: Now lost boot dir

2010-09-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:50:18 -0400 (EDT), David Baron wrote: > > Using the Debian rescue CD, I built a 2.6.34 kernel compiling in more. > However, locale issues prevented me from installing it and running lilo. > Funny--worked fine last week. I am wondering whether to bite the bullet > and simply

Re: Debian based NAS? What to buy?

2010-09-01 Thread Jochen Schulz
Aaron Toponce: > > I was in the same situation as you not a month or two ago. I spend days > online looking for a good NAS, and really couldn't find anything that > impressed me. I ended up going with 4-1 TB 3.5" drives, and putting them > in a Linux software RAID 10 with LVM on top. What mainboa

Re: Debian based NAS? What to buy?

2010-09-01 Thread Aaron Toponce
On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 11:06:57PM +0200, Francisco Borges wrote: > I am thinking about buying a new NAS box. Not a DIY box, but a ready > to use NAS (2 to max 4 trays) for home use (it has to be *small* and > quiet). > > As I had a lot of trouble with my ReadyNas Duo (Debian based but now > unsup

Re: thoughts on RHCE

2010-09-01 Thread Aaron Toponce
On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 05:04:37PM +0200, Julien Vehent wrote: > I know this is kind of off-topic on a Debian mailing list, but since > there's no Debian certification, I was considering taking RHCE. > The thing is, RHCE fast track course is $3000, and so far, > everything I've seen or read is pret

Debian based NAS? What to buy?

2010-09-01 Thread Francisco Borges
Hello, I am thinking about buying a new NAS box. Not a DIY box, but a ready to use NAS (2 to max 4 trays) for home use (it has to be *small* and quiet). As I had a lot of trouble with my ReadyNas Duo (Debian based but now unsupported), for which I now have trouble buying supported 2G disks, so I

Re: thoughts on RHCE

2010-09-01 Thread Aaron Toponce
On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 07:44:36PM +0200, Julien Vehent wrote: > Well, I understood the exam was multiple choices questions, isn't it ? No. The exam is 100% hands-on. In other words, if you are asked to setup a DHCP server, then you are expected to do just that, on a box, with RHEL installed. Chec

RE: What is the best way to migrate a server to new hardware?

2010-09-01 Thread Mike Viau
> On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:18:38 -0500 wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Chris wrote: > > > I like the dpkg method myself. Of course this won't help if you > > > have lots of custom conf file in etc. > > > > > > In that case, creating a tarball of etc would remedy that. > > > > > > Clon

Re: Now lost boot dir

2010-09-01 Thread d_baron
Using the Debian rescue CD, I built a 2.6.34 kernel compiling in more. However, locale issues prevented me from installing it and running lilo. Funny--worked fine last week.I am wondering whether to bite the bullet and simply install a stock kernel. Since I need Nouveau, it would need to be a mo

Re: Have you ever...

2010-09-01 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Anticept . wrote: > On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Poo Py wrote: >> Had dog sex?  Or posted naked? I need to kno. cuz I won't support a distro >> that has people doing that. It's a sin and I don't like sinners much. > > This is probably a troll post. With poopy

Re: df: where is the root fs?

2010-09-01 Thread Mike Bird
On Wed September 1 2010 12:01:16 hugo vanwoerkom wrote: > But that does not have the device: > > rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 > none /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0 > none /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0 > udev /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,size=10240k,mode=755 0 0 > /dev/sda6 / ex

Re: df: where is the root fs?

2010-09-01 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
Mike Bird wrote: On Wed September 1 2010 11:45:14 hugo vanwoerkom wrote: What other way is there other than df to find where the root fs is mounted? "cat /proc/mounts" is authoritative even when /etc/mtab is messed up. But that does not have the device: rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 none /sys sys

Re: df: where is the root fs?

2010-09-01 Thread Mike Bird
On Wed September 1 2010 11:45:14 hugo vanwoerkom wrote: > What other way is there other than df to find where the root fs is mounted? "cat /proc/mounts" is authoritative even when /etc/mtab is messed up. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje

df: where is the root fs?

2010-09-01 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
Hi, When I do 'df /' I get: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda6 13456580 5923184 6849832 47% / tmpfs 253024 0253024 0% /lib/init/rw udev 10240 900 9340 9% /dev tmpfs

Re: Distributed Debian Distribution Development

2010-09-01 Thread Arthur Machlas
I'm glad this was cross posted otherwise I would've missed it. Even if there are technical hurdles it's an exciting idea and I'm looking forward to reading the devel mailing list for follow-ups. The point about eating your own dog food is well made i thought, though whether there is any interest in

Re: Distributed Debian Distribution Development

2010-09-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >around three years ago i wrote an article recommending that debian >move step-by-step towards distributed peer-to-peer infrastructure, >thus reducing the reliance on server infrastructure, thus potentially >allowing sponsorship funds and resources to be re

Re: Have you ever...

2010-09-01 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 18:58, Anticept . wrote: > That is reserved for the big man upstairs. I thought it was ceillingcat. :( -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.d

Re: Have you ever...

2010-09-01 Thread Anticept .
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Poo Py wrote: > Had dog sex?  Or posted naked? I need to kno. cuz I won't support a distro > that has people doing that. It's a sin and I don't like sinners much. > This is probably a troll post, but if it is true, based on your logic, you shouldn't be living in

Re: thoughts on RHCE

2010-09-01 Thread Eero Volotinen
2010/9/1 Julien Vehent : > > > On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 19:36:56 +0200, "Jesús M. Navarro" > wrote: >> Hi, Julien: >> >> >> Probably you won't be able to get the RHCE certification without dedicated >> training no matter what: there's too many specific "thingies" that wouldn't >> be so much of a problem

Re: Distributed Debian Distribution Development

2010-09-01 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
Just - Wow... thanks! Hopefully digesting of this tasty post would not cause too much of farting ;-) seems might be worth adding (if I am not missing the point), then the concept of "derivatives" would then converge finally to a more digestible, more manageable, and thus more robust mechanism o

Re: thoughts on RHCE

2010-09-01 Thread Julien Vehent
On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 19:36:56 +0200, "Jesús M. Navarro" wrote: > Hi, Julien: > > > Probably you won't be able to get the RHCE certification without dedicated > training no matter what: there's too many specific "thingies" that wouldn't > be so much of a problem in the real world but that would

Re: thoughts on RHCE

2010-09-01 Thread Jesús M. Navarro
Hi, Julien: On Wednesday 01 September 2010 17:04:37 Julien Vehent wrote: > Hey guys, > > I know this is kind of off-topic on a Debian mailing list, but since > there's no Debian certification, I was considering taking RHCE. > The thing is, RHCE fast track course is $3000, and so far, everything >

Re: [debian-user] Evolution no longer providing calendar notification unless uder desktop environment (unstable)

2010-09-01 Thread Jesús M. Navarro
Hi, Javier: On Wednesday 01 September 2010 16:52:54 Javier Vasquez wrote: > OK, > > I just didn't want to use any startup script such the same fluxbox > one, or ~/.xsession, or ~/.xinitrc. The reason being is that I'd > prefer anything Evolution depends upon to be called when invoking > Evolution

Re: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns

2010-09-01 Thread AG
On 01/09/10 17:13, James Zuelow wrote: Original Message From: AG [mailto:computing.acco...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:50 AM To: debian user Subject: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns Hi all After a testing update, Wesnoth 1.8 cannot find any campaigns. H

RE: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns

2010-09-01 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Jordan Metzmeier [mailto:titan8...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 8:30 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 09/01/2010 12:13 PM, James Zuelow wro

Re: New kernel-building web page with Nvidia example

2010-09-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:03:47 -0400 (EDT), Arthur Machlas wrote: > > Under Introduction: "...recommendation was *make* for simplicity's > sake, not for philosophical reasons." Should be "made". Good catch! That's the trouble with spell-checkers. They can tell you if you misspelled a word, but not

Re: [debian-user] Evolution no longer providing calendar notification unless uder desktop environment (unstable)

2010-09-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 01 sep 10, 09:26:01, Erwan David wrote: > On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 08:48:38AM CEST, Andrei Popescu > said: > > On Ma, 31 aug 10, 17:39:39, Javier Vasquez wrote: > > > > > If anyone has faced it already, what other options are there for plain > > > window managers (no desktop managers)? >

Re: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns

2010-09-01 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/01/2010 12:13 PM, James Zuelow wrote: > It looks like they changed the package names for the campaigns. > > So what used to be wesnoth-trow is now wesnoth-1.8-trow. > > Probably when you did the update, the old 1.6 campaigns were uninstalled

Re: [debian-user] Evolution no longer providing calendar notification unless uder desktop environment (unstable)

2010-09-01 Thread John A. Sullivan III
On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 08:52 -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: > OK, > > I just didn't want to use any startup script such the same fluxbox > one, or ~/.xsession, or ~/.xinitrc. The reason being is that I'd > prefer anything Evolution depends upon to be called when invoking > Evolution. I don't call E

Re: What is the best way to migrate a server to new hardware?

2010-09-01 Thread Chris
On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:01:42 +0200 Aniruddha wrote: > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Chris wrote: > > I like the dpkg method myself. Of course this won't help if you > > have lots of custom conf file in etc. > > > > In that case, creating a tarball of etc would remedy that. > > > > Clonezilla is

RE: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns

2010-09-01 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: AG [mailto:computing.acco...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:50 AM To: debian user Subject: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns > Hi all > > After a testing update, Wesnoth 1.8 cannot find any campaigns. How > do I fix this because Google doesn'

Re: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns

2010-09-01 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 09/01/2010 11:50 AM, AG wrote: > Hi all > > After a testing update, Wesnoth 1.8 cannot find any campaigns. How do I > fix this because Google doesn't help at this point ... possibly because > it is too new? > > TIA > > AG > > Had you upgrad

Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns

2010-09-01 Thread AG
Hi all After a testing update, Wesnoth 1.8 cannot find any campaigns. How do I fix this because Google doesn't help at this point ... possibly because it is too new? TIA AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: New kernel-building web page with Nvidia example

2010-09-01 Thread Arthur Machlas
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: >  I welcome > further review and feedback, especially from those who wanted an Nvidia > example.  Is this the kind of thing you were looking for?  Or did I miss > the mark? Under Introduction: "...recommendation was *make* for simplicity's sa

Re: What is the best way to migrate a server to new hardware?

2010-09-01 Thread Aniruddha
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Chris wrote: > I like the dpkg method myself. Of course this won't help if you have lots of > custom conf file in etc. > > In that case, creating a tarball of etc would remedy that. > > Clonezilla is another option I like if you want an exact duplicate (I have > u

Re: What is the best way to migrate a server to new hardware?

2010-09-01 Thread Aniruddha
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: > I like booting the new machine with a live cdrom and then using rsync > to clone the old system onto the new system's disk over the network. > Then install grub and boot the new system. > At other times I will move the new disks onto the old sy

Re: thoughts on RHCE

2010-09-01 Thread Julien Vehent
On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:20:45 +0300, Eero Volotinen wrote: > 2010/9/1 Julien Vehent : >> Hey guys, >> >> I know this is kind of off-topic on a Debian mailing list, but since there's >> no Debian certification, I was considering taking RHCE. >> The thing is, RHCE fast track course is $3000, and so

Re: [debian-user] Evolution no longer providing calendar notification unless uder desktop environment (unstable)

2010-09-01 Thread Javier Vasquez
For now created the following wrapper: #!/bin/sh /usr/lib/evolution/2.30/evolution-alarm-notify & exec /usr/bin/evolution And the following fluxbox menu: [exec] (Evolution) {~/bin/evolution_wrapper} Works, though I have to update the wrapper any time Evolution gets upgraded, :-( Again, other

thoughts on RHCE

2010-09-01 Thread Julien Vehent
Hey guys, I know this is kind of off-topic on a Debian mailing list, but since there's no Debian certification, I was considering taking RHCE. The thing is, RHCE fast track course is $3000, and so far, everything I've seen or read is pretty classic linux knowledge. So I was wondering what othe

Re: [debian-user] Evolution no longer providing calendar notification unless uder desktop environment (unstable)

2010-09-01 Thread Javier Vasquez
OK, I just didn't want to use any startup script such the same fluxbox one, or ~/.xsession, or ~/.xinitrc. The reason being is that I'd prefer anything Evolution depends upon to be called when invoking Evolution. I don't call Evolution always that I start X, :-) But it's good to know I can laun

Re: config usb wireless as access point?

2010-09-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 01. 09. 2010 14:59:27 je abdelkader belahcene napisal(a): I can used it as card, the driver already exists in package firmwire-ralink. Somebody has an idea where can I find that utility or other which the procedure. As far as I know, wireless cards don't generally have separate drivers

Re: [debian-user] Evolution no longer providing calendar notification unless uder desktop environment (unstable)

2010-09-01 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 01 September 2010 00:39:39 Javier Vasquez wrote: > If you take a look at the debian bug 588552, you'll notice that as of > now Evolution (2.30.3-1) I have this problem on Evolution 2.22.3.1. I haven't solved it yet. So my rubbish bin did not get emptied this week. :-( Lisi -- T

Re: Can I sudo rsync to remote

2010-09-01 Thread Alan Chandler
On 01/09/10 05:45, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > My ssh environment is so set up that I can do > > rsync files m...@remote_host:/path > > just fine without password whereas rsync files r...@remote_host:/path > would fail. > > Under such setting what's the easiest approach to rsync files that I > can'

New kernel-building web page with Nvidia example

2010-09-01 Thread Stephen Powell
Several months ago I asked those on this list to give me their opinion of a web page that I wrote on building a custom kernel for Debian: http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm Responses were generally favorable, but among the calls for improvement were the following: (1) instructions

config usb wireless as access point?

2010-09-01 Thread abdelkader belahcene
*Hi, I bought an usb wireless card (ralink 2800), in fact this card can be used as access point, there is an utility raui.exe ( I downloaded it from ralink site) which can manage the card, unfortunately I can't find it for linux. I can used it as card, the driver already exists in package firmwir

ldap client: gnutls problem

2010-09-01 Thread Frank Van Damme
Hello list, I have ran into a problem with apache and Openldap which I pinned down to gnutls. I have a LDAP server set up with TLS (it also runs Debian) but connecting to it turns out to be a problem. It works fine for local or unencrypted connections but from another Debian box it doesn't. Behol

ATA Disk problems.

2010-09-01 Thread Account for Debian group mail
Hello, One of my mail servers is having some disk problems. I see stuff like this in my log files: Sep 1 05:14:24 mail kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 Sep 1 05:14:24 mail kernel: ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x4 Sep 1 05:14:24 mail kernel: ata1.00: cmd 25/00:f8:b7

Re: Have you ever...

2010-09-01 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2010-08-29 23:14:05, hacktest Du folgendes herunter: > On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 08:31:03PM -0700, Poo Py wrote: > > Had dog sex? Or posted naked? I need to kno. cuz I won't support a distro > > that > > has people doing that. It's a sin and I don't like sinners much. > You're a riot, kid. Hm

Connecting to a wifi network requiring certificate authentication

2010-09-01 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, Using wpasupplicant could someone please try and give me a few hints what I should try in the wpasupplicant.conf file? I have the .der certificate file, and output of iwlist scan is below my name. Thank you very much, Daniel wlan0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: C4:7D:4F:

Re: What is the best way to migrate a server to new hardware?

2010-09-01 Thread Chris
I like the dpkg method myself. Of course this won't help if you have lots of custom conf file in etc. In that case, creating a tarball of etc would remedy that. Clonezilla is another option I like if you want an exact duplicate (I have used both methods and its a toss up for me what is the bet

Re: What is the best way to migrate a server to new hardware?

2010-09-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Aniruddha wrote: > I wonder what the best way is to move a (non mission-critical) Debian > server installation to a new server. Rsync, clonezilla, tar, mondo, > dpkg-selections? With Gentoo I used to tar root, unpack it on the new > server, adjust config files and reinstall grub.I wonder what the

Re: Evolution no longer providing calendar notification unless uder desktop environment (unstable)

2010-09-01 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:26:01 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 08:48:38AM CEST, Andrei Popescu > said: >> On Ma, 31 aug 10, 17:39:39, Javier Vasquez wrote: >> >> > If anyone has faced it already, what other options are there for >> > plain window managers (no desktop managers)?

What is the best way to migrate a server to new hardware?

2010-09-01 Thread Aniruddha
Hi, I wonder what the best way is to move a (non mission-critical) Debian server installation to a new server. Rsync, clonezilla, tar, mondo, dpkg-selections? With Gentoo I used to tar root, unpack it on the new server, adjust config files and reinstall grub.I wonder what the proper way in Debian

Re: [debian-user] Evolution no longer providing calendar notification unless uder desktop environment (unstable)

2010-09-01 Thread Erwan David
On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 08:48:38AM CEST, Andrei Popescu said: > On Ma, 31 aug 10, 17:39:39, Javier Vasquez wrote: > > > If anyone has faced it already, what other options are there for plain > > window managers (no desktop managers)? > > See if you session manager uses ~/.config/autostart/ >

Re: Can I sudo rsync to remote

2010-09-01 Thread Sudev Barar
On 1 September 2010 10:15, T o n g wrote: > My ssh environment is so set up that I can do > >  rsync files m...@remote_host:/path > > just fine without password whereas rsync files r...@remote_host:/path > would fail. > > Under such setting what's the easiest approach to rsync files that I > can't

Re: [debian-user] Evolution no longer providing calendar notification unless uder desktop environment (unstable)

2010-09-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Ma, 31 aug 10, 17:39:39, Javier Vasquez wrote: > If anyone has faced it already, what other options are there for plain > window managers (no desktop managers)? See if you session manager uses ~/.config/autostart/ Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: ht

Re: Can I sudo rsync to remote

2010-09-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 01 sep 10, 04:45:09, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > My ssh environment is so set up that I can do > > rsync files m...@remote_host:/path > > just fine without password whereas rsync files r...@remote_host:/path > would fail. > > Under such setting what's the easiest approach to rsync files