Re: [squeeze] "Open with..." gone from Ark?

2011-01-28 Thread godo
On 01/29/2011 04:09 AM, S D wrote: Hi, I use Ark application to open rar/zip archives. In Lenny it was very convenient to open an archive with Ark, select a compressed file and then a right-mouse-button click would show a menu with "Open with..." item that would allow to select an app you want

Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau

2011-01-28 Thread Joe Riel
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:42:30 +0100 Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Friday 28 January 2011 07:12:43 Joe Riel wrote: > > Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace > > it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed > > with Debian squeeze)? > > > > I tried modifying xorg.

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 01:55:11AM +, elbbit wrote: > On 29/01/11 00:38, ow...@netptc.net wrote: > > >>> > >>> elbbit > >>> > > I too am tired of this tripe. However, in a world without money, how > > do you pay your ISP? > > L > Thank you for asking L. I do not pay for access to the interne

[squeeze] "Open with..." gone from Ark?

2011-01-28 Thread S D
Hi, I use Ark application to open rar/zip archives. In Lenny it was very convenient to open an archive with Ark, select a compressed file and then a right-mouse-button click would show a menu with "Open with..." item that would allow to select an app you want to open the file with, no explicit

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 28 January 2011 20:24:01 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Jochen Schulz wrote: > > Andrew McGlashan: > >> If sun-java5 continues to be important, then why not have a port in > >> squeeze too? > > > > Probably because it isn't supported upstream anymore: > > > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/ >

Re: Quiet option for ifup/ifdown (dhcp)

2011-01-28 Thread David Parker
> dhclient has a quiet option but because ifup/ifdown calls it I haven't > been able overide this. ifup must get called from a script, so you could probably just edit the script and suppress the output from ifup. - Dave

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-28 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, Jochen Schulz wrote: Andrew McGlashan: If sun-java5 continues to be important, then why not have a port in squeeze too? Probably because it isn't supported upstream anymore: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/ | Java SE 5.0 is in its Java Technology End of Life (EOL) transition | period. The

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 29/01/11 00:38, ow...@netptc.net wrote: >>> >>> elbbit >>> > I too am tired of this tripe. However, in a world without money, how > do you pay your ISP? > L Thank you for asking L. I do not pay for access to the internet; it is provided to me for free. It is unrestricted to the point of spee

RE: APC ES-550 almost works perfectly

2011-01-28 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: howl...@priss.com >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: RE: APC ES-550 almost works perfectly >Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:41:53 -0500 > >>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>Hi. First, this is on up-to-date Sid. >> >>I bought an APC ES-

Re: apache2 ftp password

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 06:53 PM, Russell L. Harris wrote: For the purpose of web site development and testing, I installed apache2 as a local http server on another machine in the LAN. The default web page directory is /var/www . Of course, this directory is owned by root. I would like to use an ftp cl

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: elb...@gmail.com >To: ggat...@waddell.com >Subject: Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?) >Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:43:12 + > >>On 28/01/11 16:07, Gary Gatten wrote: >>> >>Oh dear. >> >>> OMFG... how much longer are "we" going to

apache2 ftp password

2011-01-28 Thread Russell L. Harris
For the purpose of web site development and testing, I installed apache2 as a local http server on another machine in the LAN. The default web page directory is /var/www . Of course, this directory is owned by root. I would like to use an ftp client such as ncftp or lftp to upload web pages to

Quiet option for ifup/ifdown (dhcp)

2011-01-28 Thread James Robertson
I am sharpening up my boot screen on Debian Sid using an lsb-base-logging.sh script which works well. However when dhclient runs, which I believe is called by ifup and ifdown it outputs dhclient details to stout and makes my "pretty" screen not so pretty. dhclient has a quiet option but because i

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 19:02, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <4d42f987.9050...@gmail.com>, elbbit wrote: >>> Yes, *STEALING*. When you 'hijack' the resources the mailing-list > owner/ >>> operator has provided _for_a_specific_purpose_, for somethin > *unrelated* >>> to that purpose, you _are_ stealing.

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 22:30, Daniel Andersson wrote: > On 01/28/2011 06:14 PM, elbbit wrote: >> On 28/01/11 16:26, Robert Bonomi wrote: > What the hell? > > Start your own thread next time elbitt. This is not what I wanted to > discuss with this thread. > > /Daniel Thank you for taking the time to give

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/28/2011 02:51 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: Paul Check this out. I have just installed it. So far no help. No rtl

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/28/2011 03:00 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/28/2011 04:51 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:43 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:33 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/28/2011 04:03 PM, Paul Scott wrote: I have the feeling that something is broken at a lower level. I will try adding

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 19:16, Chris Brennan wrote: > Off-list, BCC to postmaster@freebsd and debian lists Unfortunately, I think it is best if people see what you are saying. Read on for further understanding. > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:56 PM, elbbit wrote: >> On 28/01/11 16:50, Chris Brennan wrote: >> I

Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau

2011-01-28 Thread Steven Rosenberg
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Joe Riel wrote: > Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace > it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed > with Debian squeeze)? > > I tried modifying xorg.conf and > removing /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-common.conf; that > par

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-28 Thread Steven Rosenberg
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Mathieu Malaterre < mathieu.malate...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just for reference I gave up on icedove/thunderbird, it would simply > sit, do nothing and fill up 38% of my 4Gb memory for downloading a > folder of ~4000 messages. > I gave up on firefox/iceweasel a coup

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-28 Thread Daniel Andersson
On 01/28/2011 06:14 PM, elbbit wrote: On 28/01/11 16:26, Robert Bonomi wrote: Robert, I appreciate you taking the time to reply. I am not the only one who is interested in this argument. elbbit wrote: I held off writing back because I have just launched a new website at: http://www.tibble.ne

APC ES-550 almost works perfectly

2011-01-28 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. First, this is on up-to-date Sid. I bought an APC ES-550 battery backup from Office Depot, since the power in this thrice-damned mud hole is the worst of any place I've ever lived, and that includes the brown-outs of California after 2000. Any

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 04:51 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:43 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:33 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/28/2011 04:03 PM, Paul Scott wrote: I have the feeling that something is broken at a lower level. I will try adding the ESSID to wireless-settings.conf Wha

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 04:03 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 01:48 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: (snip) Instead you have to configure the /etc/wicd/*.conf files manager-settings.conf wired-settings.conf wireless-settings.conf they each have a man page. I have not had to do this directly before. Usually w

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/28/2011 02:43 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:33 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/28/2011 04:03 PM, Paul Scott wrote: I have the feeling that something is broken at a lower level. I will try adding the ESSID to wireless-settings.conf What does lsmod |grep 8185 return?? Nothing.

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/28/2011 02:33 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/28/2011 04:03 PM, Paul Scott wrote: I have the feeling that something is broken at a lower level. I will try adding the ESSID to wireless-settings.conf What does lsmod |grep 8185 return?? Nothing. lsmod |grep 8180 shows modules rtl8180, m

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 04:03 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 01:48 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: (snip) Instead you have to configure the /etc/wicd/*.conf files manager-settings.conf wired-settings.conf wireless-settings.conf they each have a man page. I have not had to do this directly before. Usually w

Re: 2.6.30 x86 kernel

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/28/2011 02:24 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 28 ian 11, 10:31:54, Paul Scott wrote: How do I get a Debian 2.6.30 x86 kernel which may be the latest kernel on which my Orinoco Silver wireless card works for secured access points? snapshot.debian.org, but that kernel does not ha

Re: aptitude update 255 exit status, no errors/warnings

2011-01-28 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 21:24 Fri 28 Jan, Sven Joachim (svenj...@gmx.de) wrote: > On 2011-01-28 21:07 +0100, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > > > Attempting my usual aptitude update and package download today: > > > > aptitude update && aptitude -dy full-upgrade > > > > ... I noticed that the full-upgrade didn't run. > > >

Re: 2.6.30 x86 kernel

2011-01-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 28 ian 11, 10:31:54, Paul Scott wrote: > How do I get a Debian 2.6.30 x86 kernel which may be the latest > kernel on which my Orinoco Silver wireless card works for secured > access points? snapshot.debian.org, but that kernel does not have security updates... Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/28/2011 01:48 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: (snip) Instead you have to configure the /etc/wicd/*.conf files manager-settings.conf wired-settings.conf wireless-settings.conf they each have a man page. I have not had to do this directly before. Usually wicd shows me the available SSIDs and then I

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 03:27 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 12:58 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:23 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 11:57 AM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 28. 01. 2011 19:46:46 je Paul Scott napisal(a): Hi, I have a Trendnet TEW-421PC which has a Realtek 8185 chipset. Which

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/28/2011 12:58 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:23 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 11:57 AM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 28. 01. 2011 19:46:46 je Paul Scott napisal(a): Hi, I have a Trendnet TEW-421PC which has a Realtek 8185 chipset. Which wicd files do you have installed? All of

Re: aptitude update 255 exit status, no errors/warnings

2011-01-28 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-01-28 21:07 +0100, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > Attempting my usual aptitude update and package download today: > > aptitude update && aptitude -dy full-upgrade > > ... I noticed that the full-upgrade didn't run. > > Checking aptitude's exit status, I found it was '255', though no errors >

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/28/2011 12:58 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:23 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 11:57 AM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 28. 01. 2011 19:46:46 je Paul Scott napisal(a): Hi, I have a Trendnet TEW-421PC which has a Realtek 8185 chipset. I have iface wlan0 net dhcp in /etc/network/inter

aptitude update 255 exit status, no errors/warnings

2011-01-28 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
Attempting my usual aptitude update and package download today: aptitude update && aptitude -dy full-upgrade ... I noticed that the full-upgrade didn't run. Checking aptitude's exit status, I found it was '255', though no errors were displayed. Neither strace nor '-v' options (tried multipl

Re: looking for a clock, minimum and can play sound

2011-01-28 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:02:13 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: (sorry for resurrecting this thread. I know is a bit old but I remembered the subject and thought the additional information could help the OP) > Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:06:30 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: >> >>> Hello. I

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 02:23 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 11:57 AM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 28. 01. 2011 19:46:46 je Paul Scott napisal(a): Hi, I have a Trendnet TEW-421PC which has a Realtek 8185 chipset. Installing the driver with ndiswrapper seemed to work fine. ifup wlan0 fails to get a connec

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 28. 01. 2011 20:23:40 je Paul Scott napisal(a): for you, so you can at least see that your wireless card is working). I have iface wlan0 net dhcp in /etc/network/interfaces I also have wicd installed and it doesn't see any wireless networks. wicd.log log says: Unable to autoconnect I

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Scott
On 01/28/2011 11:57 AM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 28. 01. 2011 19:46:46 je Paul Scott napisal(a): Hi, I have a Trendnet TEW-421PC which has a Realtek 8185 chipset. Installing the driver with ndiswrapper seemed to work fine. ifup wlan0 fails to get a connection. syslog just echoes the failure to

Re: /etc/X11/Xsession.d

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 12:54 PM, T o n g wrote: On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:12:41 -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: Note: I start x with startx, and use fluxbox WM. Me too. In debian, for years now, anything I want to have start up in X I put in .xinitrc like this synergys --config ~/.synergy.conf --restart&

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d42f987.9050...@gmail.com>, elbbit wrote: >> Yes, *STEALING*. When you 'hijack' the resources the mailing-list owner/ >> operator has provided _for_a_specific_purpose_, for somethin *unrelated* >> to that purpose, you _are_ stealing. > >I would like to invite the mail list administrator to

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 28. 01. 2011 19:46:46 je Paul Scott napisal(a): Hi, I have a Trendnet TEW-421PC which has a Realtek 8185 chipset. Installing the driver with ndiswrapper seemed to work fine. ifup wlan0 fails to get a connection. syslog just echoes the failure to get a working lease. TIA for any ideas

Re: Recommendation for buy Hardware

2011-01-28 Thread Jochen Schulz
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Jochen Schulz wrote: >> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh: >>> >>> Squeeze tries to align everything to 1MB boundaries, so it shouldn't cause >>> problems. >> >> Do you refer to the installer only, or does that apply to the usual >> tools (parted/cfdi

Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Scott
Hi, I have a Trendnet TEW-421PC which has a Realtek 8185 chipset. Installing the driver with ndiswrapper seemed to work fine. ifup wlan0 fails to get a connection. syslog just echoes the failure to get a working lease. TIA for any ideas, Paul Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-use

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d42d7a4.3010...@gmail.com>, elbbit wrote: >> On 28/01/11 12:28, Robert Bonomi wrote: >>> see: >> >> I removed the "d". Not too sure about the flying kids, looks a bit >> porno-related to me. Hmm, I think it's biased too. This is just my

Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau

2011-01-28 Thread Joe Riel
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:02:50 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-01-28 16:26 +0100, Joe Riel wrote: > > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:32:02 +0100 > > Sven Joachim wrote: > > > >> On 2011-01-28 07:12 +0100, Joe Riel wrote: > >> > >> > Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace > >>

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d42f1db.4050...@affinityvision.com.au>, Andrew McGlashan wrote: >If sun-java5 continues to be important, then why not have a port in >squeeze too? No longer supported upstream. No volunteers have stepped forward to maintain it. Debian is a volunteer organization, so usually the reason some

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-28 Thread Jochen Schulz
Andrew McGlashan: > Vu Ngoc VU wrote: >> >> As sun-java5-jre doesn't exist on Squeeze, there is no clue. >> But if you want to install some package that have the same name on >> both distros, you can use option -t with apt-get. > > If sun-java5 continues to be important, then why not have a port

Re: Recommendation for buy Hardware

2011-01-28 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > Henrique de Moraes Holschuh: > > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Alfonso Ruiz wrote: > > >> The ST2000DL003 is 4096 bytes per sector, can this have problems with > > >> squeeze? > > > > > > Squeeze tries

Re: Recommendation for buy Hardware

2011-01-28 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Henrique de Moraes Holschuh: > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Alfonso Ruiz wrote: > >> The ST2000DL003 is 4096 bytes per sector, can this have problems with > >> squeeze? > > > > Squeeze tries to align everything to 1MB boundaries, so it shouldn't cause > > prob

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 16:50, Chris Brennan wrote: Chris: thank you for your reply. > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:22 AM, elbbit wrote: >> I don't "work" like you do. I live in a world without money, >> without rules and restrictions, without deadlines and targets. I >> don't labour anything - I leisure

Re: /etc/X11/Xsession.d

2011-01-28 Thread T o n g
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:12:41 -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > Note: I start x with startx, and use fluxbox WM. Me too. > In debian, for years now, anything I want to have start up in X I put in > .xinitrc like this > > synergys --config ~/.synergy.conf --restart & > . . . what if you want the

2.6.30 x86 kernel

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Scott
How do I get a Debian 2.6.30 x86 kernel which may be the latest kernel on which my Orinoco Silver wireless card works for secured access points? TIA, Paul Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lis

Re: gdm and /etc/X11/Xsession.d

2011-01-28 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 03:44:29PM +, T o n g wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:27:32 +, T o n g wrote: > > >>> Forgot to stress that the script works just fine. > >> > >> The scripts in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ are sourced by Xsession, not > >> executed. Try sourcing your script from another f

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 16:26, Robert Bonomi wrote: Robert, I appreciate you taking the time to reply. I am not the only one who is interested in this argument. >>> elbbit wrote: I held off writing back because I have just launched a new website at: http://www.tibble.net/ >>>

Re: /etc/X11/Xsession.d

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/27/2011 10:59 PM, T o n g wrote: Hi, Anywhere I can read more about /etc/X11/Xsession.d? I want to use it to start an app when X starts, synergyc to be exact, following the steps from http://tacticalcoder.com/blog/2009/05/using-synergy-software-kvm-with-osx- and-linux/ "The ubuntu commun

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread Chris Brennan
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:22 AM, elbbit wrote: > I don't "work" like you do. I live in a world without money, without > rules and restrictions, without deadlines and targets. I don't labour > anything - I leisure everything. > So Simon, you must be the poor man I pass on the street every day

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-28 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Sarunas Burdulis > wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 01/17/2011 04:45 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >>> Hi there, >>> >>>   Last week I decided to back up some of my mails

Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau

2011-01-28 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-01-28 16:26 +0100, Joe Riel wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:32:02 +0100 > Sven Joachim wrote: > >> On 2011-01-28 07:12 +0100, Joe Riel wrote: >> >> > Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace >> > it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed >> > with Deb

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 16:07, Gary Gatten wrote: > Oh dear. > OMFG... how much longer are "we" going to keep commenting on this > worthless thread? Hmm. Worthless... without value... an entity lacking substance. Hmm. This thread was started by me. Now let me see, yes, I still have my arms and legs. Whi

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-28 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, Vu Ngoc VU wrote: instead of replacing squeeze by lenny, you can add identical lines with lenny. So you have both in sources.list. At my work, some java programs required version 5 and other version 6. As sun-java5 is no more on Squeeze, i added Lenny in sources.list and then, use : apt-

RE: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread Gary Gatten
OMFG... how much longer are "we" going to keep commenting on this worthless thread? And now the debian list too? That's great... Dear Hijacker: You are the superior one, all others are inferior. You are right, all others are wrong. Please go away. Perhaps preach your "wisdom" to a more r

Re: help

2011-01-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 28 ian 11, 16:13:49, Lisi wrote: +1 Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-28 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From elb...@gmail.com Fri Jan 28 08:33:17 2011 > Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:24:05 + > From: elbbit > To: Robert Bonomi > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org, freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Any package for surveys? > > On 28/01/11 12:28, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > Thank you for taki

Re: Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 16:15, Robert Bonomi wrote: >> From elb...@gmail.com Fri Jan 28 08:59:21 2011 >>> On 28/01/11 12:28, Robert Bonomi wrote: see: >>> Rule #0: Spam is theft. >> Mail servers are offering a service. If you don't want to receive >>

Re: help

2011-01-28 Thread Lisi
On Friday 28 January 2011 19:33:49 Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: > That's true.  However, isn't sudo one of the first packages most people > install on a fresh installation (other than services, etc)?  Most people I > know have sudo on their machines...  Well, anyway, we all know what > *assume* sp

Re: Remove nvidia driver and reinstall nouveau

2011-01-28 Thread Joe Riel
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:32:02 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-01-28 07:12 +0100, Joe Riel wrote: > > > Is there a nice way to remove the nvidia driver and replace > > it with the nouveau driver (which was originally installed > > with Debian squeeze)? > > If you have used the Debian packa

Re: java 5 in squeeze

2011-01-28 Thread Vu Ngoc VU
hello, instead of replacing squeeze by lenny, you can add identical lines with lenny. So you have both in sources.list. At my work, some java programs required version 5 and other version 6. As sun-java5 is no more on Squeeze, i added Lenny in sources.list and then, use : apt-get install sun-

Spam Rules, per argument (Re: Any package for surveys?)

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
> On 28/01/11 12:28, Robert Bonomi wrote: >> see: > I removed the "d". Not too sure about the flying kids, looks a bit > porno-related to me. Hmm, I think it's biased too. This is just my > opinion though. > Further to my email earlier, I pr

Re: help

2011-01-28 Thread Robert Blair Mason Jr.
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:03:18 + Lisi wrote: > On Thursday 27 January 2011 02:35:08 Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote: > > As far as chrome goes, you can easily do this by opening up a terminal > > (command prompt) and typing: > > > > sudo aptitude install chromium-browser > > The OP said that he h

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-28 Thread elbbit
On 28/01/11 12:28, Robert Bonomi wrote: Thank you for taking the time to reply Robert. I value your opinion. > elbbit wrote: >> I held off writing back because I have just launched a new >> website at: http://www.tibble.net/ >> >> Wait! Don't go! This isn't spam! Please

re: idiot spammers [was: re: Any package for surveys?]

2011-01-28 Thread Miles Fidelman
Robert Bonomi wrote: elbbit wrote: I held off writing back because I have just launched a new website at: http://www.tibble.net/ Wait! Don't go! This isn't spam! Please! Just listen! Yes, it looks very spammy to me But, then, you're a spammer. A

Re: Recommendation for buy Hardware

2011-01-28 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 28. 01. 2011 09:40:42 je GeraldCC napisal(a): On Friday, January 28, 2011 04:24:27 pm Alfonso Ruiz wrote: > Hello. > > I would like ask a recommendation about HDs for Linux, because I use > Squeeze and don´t want have the same problems that people that bought > WD20EARS disks, my budge

Re: Mount all filesystems in fstab, weird problem

2011-01-28 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 28. 01. 2011 05:32:53 je T o n g napisal(a): Hi, Somehow my fstab entries are not all mounted by default: $ grep -A2 devpts /etc/fstab devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0 LABEL=cache21 /lfs/cache21 ext3 noauto,user,dev,suid,exec 0 0 # /dev/sdb2 LAB

Re: internet connection tester script

2011-01-28 Thread Mart Frauenlob
On 28.01.2011 12:28, kellyremo wrote: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=rykHdvBh bix.hu and www.yahoo.com are "pingable" test sites. 127.0.0.1 could not be pinged [firewall drops all icmp] i have a "oneliner" that echoes if theres "internet connection or no". $ ping -W 1 -c 2 bix.hu >& /dev/null &

Re: Recommendation for buy Hardware

2011-01-28 Thread Jochen Schulz
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Alfonso Ruiz wrote: >> The ST2000DL003 is 4096 bytes per sector, can this have problems with >> squeeze? > > Squeeze tries to align everything to 1MB boundaries, so it shouldn't cause > problems. Do you refer to the installer only, or does that

Re: Any package for surveys?

2011-01-28 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:08:06 + > From: elbbit > Cc: freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org, debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Any package for surveys? > > On 27/01/11 17:04, Bill Moran ... > > Thank you for taking the time to reply Bill. I am glad you challenge me. > Someone needs to

Re: loud f'ing noise

2011-01-28 Thread Jochen Schulz
shawn wilson: > > second, where do i find the cause of this alarm? i looked in my the log > files of when it started (well, kern, messages, syslog) and sent along the > only thing i saw... now, this was a $400 supermicro motherboard when i > bought it a few years ago, I have a Supermicro board as

internet connection tester script

2011-01-28 Thread kellyremo
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=rykHdvBh bix.hu and www.yahoo.com are "pingable" test sites. 127.0.0.1 could not be pinged [firewall drops all icmp] i have a "oneliner" that echoes if theres "internet connection or no". $ ping -W 1 -c 2 bix.hu >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 2 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/

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2011-01-28 Thread Уcлoвия в новом году
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Re: Recommendation for buy Hardware

2011-01-28 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Alfonso Ruiz wrote: > The ST2000DL003 is 4096 bytes per sector, can this have problems with > squeeze? Squeeze tries to align everything to 1MB boundaries, so it shouldn't cause problems. OTOH, I doubt anyone tested it with 4096/4096 disks, so make sure the HD is just 512/409

Re: ntp & synaptic

2011-01-28 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-01-27, Lorenzo Beretta wrote: [...] > About ntp: > 1) unless you *explicitly* order otherwise, it's meant for *small* clock > adjustments, up to a few seconds every day; so you must either force ntp > tp accept a big correction, or manually set the time with a decent > accuracy and then

Re: /etc/X11/Xsession.d

2011-01-28 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2011-01-28, T o n g wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:35:31 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > >>> Place this script in the /etc/X11/Xsession.d folder. This causes >>> Synergy to start as root when the computer boots." >>> >>> This just doesn't work for me. No synergyc in ps when X (re)starts. >>> >

Re: Recommendation for buy Hardware

2011-01-28 Thread GeraldCC
On Friday, January 28, 2011 04:24:27 pm Alfonso Ruiz wrote: > Hello. > > I would like ask a recommendation about HDs for Linux, because I use > Squeeze and don´t want have the same problems that people that bought > WD20EARS disks, my budget is limited. > > I plan buy one ST32000641AS for my des