Re: rsync backup question

On 22/07/11 00:39, Thomas H. George wrote: I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered the command rsync -r / /usbmem. The tranfer proceeded with many Isn't this going to go recursive? Since usbmem is another file system the -x flag should prevent this. Also as a

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

> > > Forwarded Message > > From: Brad Alexander > > To: Debian-user List > > Subject: 32bit vs 64bit > > Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:57:26 -0400 > > > > means I would be without the machine for the duration of the build No time to read all replies, perhaps somebody else alread

Re: rsync backup question

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 12:11 AM, wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:39:33 -0400 > "Thomas H. George" wrote: > >> I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered >> the command rsync -r / /usbmem.  The tranfer proceeded with many >> messages "skipping non-regular file 'foo'

Re: rsync backup question

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:39:33 -0400 "Thomas H. George" wrote: > I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered > the command rsync -r / /usbmem. The tranfer proceeded with many > messages "skipping non-regular file 'foo'". Eventually the transfer > hung up with some mes

Re: "Friends" relation diagram

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:29:47 +, T o n g wrote: > What the most appropriate tool to document/describe/diagram the inter- > relations between a group of friends, of which the relations can be > anything, even like, neighbour, car-pool, play-hokey, etc, etc. > > The graphviz comes first to my mi

Re: Overwriting a 4096 byte sector harddisk drive with random data

yudi v wrote at 2011-07-21 03:47 -0600: > I need to write random data to a partition before encrypting it. wipe will do this for you, using 34 special patterns in an attempt to securely erase data. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

How to Clone a Drive with 512 byte Sectors to a Drive with 4096 bytes/sector (AF)?

I have a 320 GB drive which dual boots Windows and Debian: Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512

Re: lost disk space

Frank McCormick wrote at 2011-07-20 07:02 -0600: > On 20/07/11 08:48 AM, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > > Try baobab. It's a graphical disk usage analyzer. (I think it comes > > with gnome.) > > It's the first thing I thought of after doing some preliminary > looking around..but for some reason it'

rsync backup question

I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered the command rsync -r / /usbmem. The tranfer proceeded with many messages "skipping non-regular file 'foo'". Eventually the transfer hung up with some messages "file has vanished 'foo'". I aborted with a ctl-c. df -h reporte

Re: GPU hang "EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop"

On 21/07/11 18:52, lee wrote: You could send it about the xserver-xorg-video-intel package. Perhaps you can put additional information into the bug report when you reproduce the problem with xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg package installed. Thank you for your help. Installed xserver-xorg-video

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Michael Checca wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:14:48 -0400, Chris Brennan > wrote: > > >> To borrow your own phrase nuke and pave. Moving between >> architectures is probably a very very bad idea :D (upgrade wise). While >> not a guru, but a power user, this

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

Brad Alexander wrote: >This is sort of an odd question, but my desktop is a core2duo machine, which >means it is capable of 32 or 64 bit operation. The last time I rebuilt the >machine in 2007, there were still a number of deficiencies in 64bit Linux. >However, some time in the intervening time, m

..8 wee one-liners, was: ..move mail between laptops? Mail in "MH" folders, Claws style.

Hi, ..I wound up 8 of these mail mover lines: p=/home/arnt/Mail/z-inbox &&for i in `seq 1 1 840` ;do \ j=$((1569+$i)) ;scp arnt@192.168.1.35:$p/$i $p/$j ;done ...then mow the source laptop clean. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hu

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:57:26 -0400, Brad Alexander wrote: > This is sort of an odd question, but my desktop is a core2duo machine, > which means it is capable of 32 or 64 bit operation. The last time I > rebuilt the machine in 2007, there were still a number of deficiencies > in 64bit Linux. Howev

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

Dne 21.7.2011 22:57, piše Brad Alexander: This is sort of an odd question, but my desktop is a core2duo machine, which means it is capable of 32 or 64 bit operation. The last time I rebuilt the machine in 2007, there were still a number of deficiencies in 64bit Linux. However, some time in the

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:14:48 -0400, Chris Brennan wrote: On 7/21/2011 4:57 PM, Brad Alexander wrote: This is sort of an odd question, but my desktop is a core2duo machine, which means it is capable of 32 or 64 bit operation. The last time I rebuilt the machine in 2007, there were still a num

Re: 32bit vs 64bit

On 7/21/2011 4:57 PM, Brad Alexander wrote: > This is sort of an odd question, but my desktop is a core2duo machine, > which means it is capable of 32 or 64 bit operation. The last time I > rebuilt the machine in 2007, there were still a number of deficiencies > in 64bit Linux. However, some time i

Re: Overwriting a 4096 byte sector harddisk drive with random data

On 2011-07-21 11:47, yudi v wrote: > I need to write random data to a partition before encrypting it. Interesting. Why do you need this? -- http://people.eisenbits.com/~stf/ http://www.eisenbits.com/ OpenPGP: E3D9 C030 88F5 D254 434C 6683 17DD 22A0 8A3B 5CC0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: Re: Multiseat on Nvidia Card

Thank you for point me out that Nvidia Forum post. In there, I found: [quote] The trick it seems is to start both X servers as close in time as possible to one another. [/quote] [quote] To make it easier on myself, I have written two simple bash scripts that wait until the other script is runnin

Re: How do you save passwords for Git/GitHub?

>> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:06:11 -0500, >> Jason Hsu said: J> I have a script that uses "git clone" multiple times to download all of J> the repositories I need for my project Swift Linux. However, I'm asked J> for my password EVERY TIME the script tries to download a repository. Is J> there a w

Re: How do you save passwords for Git/GitHub?

On 2011-07-21 18:09, Jason Hsu wrote: > I have a script that uses "git clone" multiple times to download all of the > repositories I need for my project Swift Linux. (Each major task has its own > repository.) The code is at > https://github.com/swiftlinux/1-build/blob/master/get_reps_diet.sh .

Re: "Friends" relation diagram

On 2011-07-21 22:29, T o n g wrote: > What the most appropriate tool to document/describe/diagram the inter- > relations between a group of friends, of which the relations can be > anything, even like, neighbour, car-pool, play-hokey, etc, etc. > > The graphviz comes first to my mind, but get ru

32bit vs 64bit

This is sort of an odd question, but my desktop is a core2duo machine, which means it is capable of 32 or 64 bit operation. The last time I rebuilt the machine in 2007, there were still a number of deficiencies in 64bit Linux. However, some time in the intervening time, my clock started running fas

Re: Backup Software

On Wednesday 20 July 2011 11:52:45 pm Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > Dear List - > > What software would you recommend to backup a Debian system on a > stand-alone computer? I've used mondoarchive for years. It works and is well supported by the author and community. It is NOT GUI based. This is a m

Re: GPU hang "EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop"

José Silva writes: > As I don't know to which package I should file the bug against, to be > able to use reportbug, please guide me on this and I'll be much > obliged. > > [ 11168.975] [mi] EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an > infinite loop. > [ 11168.976] > Backtrace: > [ 11170.4

Re: ..move mail between laptops? Mail in "MH" folders, Claws style.

Tixy writes: > On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 07:41 +0200, lee wrote: >> Did they change the packaging of dovecot recently? I >> checked a few weeks ago, and afair there weren't separate packages for >> dovecot as there are now. > > I'm running Squeeze and have had dovecot-imapd installed for several >

Re: Backup Software

On Thursday 21 July 2011 2:20:26 am lee wrote: > Ethan Rosenberg writes: > > That depends on what you want to back up and what the backup media > is and on a lot of other factors. And what is a stand-alone > computer? A stand alone computer has two legs and no significant other. It is a very s

Re: Getting 1280x1024 to work on my dual head system

On 21/07/11 13:07, Marcelo Luiz de Laia wrote: Hi Alan, I have found your message at user list and I would like to ask you about your gdm.conf and about your xorg.conf. Is ti possible to share it? I have a trouble in setup a multihead here. Please, could you found my previous message at http://

Re: Does IPv6 preclude use of a NAT gateway?

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011, Tom H wrote: > If incompetent is equivalent to the Windows DNS admins saying "this is > a Unix problem", then yes... Well, it is equivalent to leaking trash to AS112 and the root zone, regardless of platform. What you describe is even worse: being that clueless about DNS when

Re: Download Debian live CD testing?

Le Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:34:28 +0200, "W. Martin Borgert" a écrit : > Hi, > > a colleague just asked where they can download Debian > Live CD for testing/wheezy. Do they exist? TIA. > > Cheers > > Hope to be useful in this relax forum env : http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/ "with grace"

Re: ssh: no route to host

On Wed 20 Jul 2011 at 14:51:45 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> >> Yep, as Walter suggested, this can be a problem with DHCP that has >> given another IP to the laptop. If you have only two machines in the >> LAN, give them static IPs so you don't have to depend on your router'

Re: IDT High Definition Audio Codec soundcard

张启德(Zhang Qide) skrev 2011-07-21 16:17: On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 02:55:46PM +0200, Andreas Berglund wrote: Hi! I have the latest version of debian stable and I have an onboard IDT High Definition Audio Codec but I can't get it to work, does anyone know if there's support for it? If not is there a

Re: IPv6 and DNS

On Jul 21, 2011, at 3:29 AM, Ivan Shmakov wrote: Johan Kullstam writes: […] My ISP does not offer IPv6. And in the case of NAT'ed IPv4, it's still possible to register for a free-of-charge tunnel service at http://sixxs.net/ and use AICCU (# apt-get install aiccu.

Re: Backup Software

On Thursday 21 July 2011 00:52:45 Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > Dear List - > > What software would you recommend to backup a Debian system on a > stand-alone computer? > > Thank you. > > Ethan > > Debian 6.0.1a squeeze(sid) To keep synced files, Luckybackup worked for me. M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: How do you save passwords for Git/GitHub?

Thanks for the suggestions, especially those involving the use of ssh-agent. You can see my implementation of it at https://github.com/swiftlinux/1-build/blob/master/get_reps_diet.sh . I now only have to enter my password ONCE in order to download all repositories, and I even set up the scrip

Re: How to unselect packages selected for deinstall using dpkg or aptitude?

On 2011-07-21 11:37 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote: > I have a lot of packages selected for deinstall find in aptitude > interactive mode. How can I set to install state of these packages from > commandline? In aptitude interactive mode this is a lot of work. Actions -> Cancel pending actions undoes the

Re: Backup Software

On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:57 AM, Johann Spies wrote: On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 08:20:26AM +0200, lee wrote: Ethan Rosenberg writes: What software would you recommend to backup a Debian system on a stand-alone computer? If possible, t

Re: How do you save passwords for Git/GitHub?

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Jason Hsu wrote: > I have a script that uses "git clone" multiple times to download all of the > repositories I need for my project Swift Linux. (Each major task has its own > repository.)  The code is at > https://github.com/swiftlinux/1-build/blob/master/get_r

Re: Download Debian live CD testing?

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:34:28 -0400, W. Martin Borgert wrote: Hi, a colleague just asked where they can download Debian Live CD for testing/wheezy. Do they exist? TIA. Cheers No CD exists for sid. You will have to download the one for Wheezy and change your sources.list http://cdimage

How do you save passwords for Git/GitHub?

I have a script that uses "git clone" multiple times to download all of the repositories I need for my project Swift Linux. (Each major task has its own repository.) The code is at https://github.com/swiftlinux/1-build/blob/master/get_reps_diet.sh . However, I'm asked for my password EVERY TIM

Re: How do you save passwords for Git/GitHub?

On 21 July 2011 10:06, Jason Hsu wrote: > I have a script that uses "git clone" multiple times to download all of the > repositories I need for my project Swift Linux. (Each major task has its own > repository.)  The code is at > https://github.com/swiftlinux/1-build/blob/master/get_reps_diet.s

Re: Download Debian live CD testing?

http://www.debian.org/CD/live/ That should help you out. On Jul 21, 2011 11:51 AM, "W. Martin Borgert" wrote: > Hi, > > a colleague just asked where they can download Debian > Live CD for testing/wheezy. Do they exist? TIA. > > Cheers > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.

How do you save passwords for Git/GitHub?

I have a script that uses "git clone" multiple times to download all of the repositories I need for my project Swift Linux. (Each major task has its own repository.) The code is at https://github.com/swiftlinux/1-build/blob/master/get_reps_diet.sh . However, I'm asked for my password EVERY TIM

Download Debian live CD testing?

Hi, a colleague just asked where they can download Debian Live CD for testing/wheezy. Do they exist? TIA. Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20

Re: [not solved] VLC audio fails

On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 18:30 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 08:14 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 19:58 -0400, Burhan Hanoglu wrote: > > > Have you removed Jack? If not, stop or remove it and try VLC with ALSA > > > again. > > > > Hi Burhan, > > > > spinym

Re: [not solved] VLC audio fails

On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 08:14 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 19:58 -0400, Burhan Hanoglu wrote: > > Have you removed Jack? If not, stop or remove it and try VLC with ALSA > > again. > > Hi Burhan, > > spinymouse@debian:~$ pidof jackd > spinymouse@debian:~$ > > Definitively jac

GPU hang "EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop"

Hello, I'm a newbie to Debian although I've used Ubuntu for a couple of years before switching. I'm following the advice of http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting to post here for help. I have this repeatable bug that hangs the GPU when I open a certain .ods file (didn't try others) with Libre

¿ Te interesaría conocerme ?

¿ Te interesaría conocerme ? Hola, mi nombre es Pilar Díaz, tengo 20 años, mido 1.65, talla 5. Soy estudiante de licenciatura en el Distrito Federal. Busco caballero maduro que desee ser mi amigo íntimo y me ayude a solventar mis gastos universitarios. Soy estudiante dedicada, cul

Re: How to get a camera working?

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Rob Hurle wrote: > I have a USB camera (with lenses so that it can function as a bit of a > microscope).  It comes with drivers for M$ Windows but I'd like to get > it going with my debian squeeze system: > >    debianrob:~> uname -a >    Linux debianrob 2.6.32-5-6

Re: Do I own an unsupported optical IDE drive?

On 21 July 2011 15:51, Chris Brennan wrote: > Could you provide the make/model of the optical drive in question as > well as the output of lspci? The make and model of my optical drive is: Pioneer DVR-111DBK. There's more information about it on this website: http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Revie

Re: KDE4 , Squeeze: Space fun background keeps appearing under kde login splash

On 22/07/11 00:42, Joao Roscoe wrote: >> You don't say which Debian you are running :-( > > I did it, in the subject of the original post - it's squeeze. Ah - subject line/s eyes not connected to brain :-) > > Did that (great tip, I was missing it), and double checked the > options bo

Re: Backup Software

On 21/07/11 13:52, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > Dear List - > > What software would you recommend to backup a Debian system on a > stand-alone computer? > > Thank you. > > Ethan > > Debian 6.0.1a squeeze(sid) > > "Back In Time" keeps gui users happy. Cheers -- "Today a young man on acid real

Re: Multiseat on Nvidia Card

Marcelo Luiz de Laia wrote: Hi, I am trying to setup a multiseat in one nvidia card. First monitor is on VGA and second is on DVI. I got only one seat work. Here is Xorg.1.log (...) [38.080] (EE) NVIDIA(0): EVO Push buffer channel allocation failed http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showt

Re: Do I own an unsupported optical IDE drive?

On 7/21/2011 6:28 AM, Horace Dynamite wrote: > I have a lot of ATA link errors in my dmesg, > ; BEGIN > [318539.569748] ata2: exception Emask 0x73 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x > action 0xe frozen > [318539.569751] ata2: irq_stat 0x, unknown FIS > , h

Re: Overwriting a 4096 byte sector harddisk drive with random data

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:36:28 +1000 yudi v wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Robert Blair Mason Jr. > wrote: > > > On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:47:44 +1000 > > yudi v wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I need to write random data to a partition before encrypting it. > > > Suggested way is to use

Re: nvidia-glx is back

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:41:49 -0400 Brad Alexander wrote: Hello Brad, > You're right. It is like talking to the voices in my head. :) :-) > Have you tried installing the linux-headers for the kernel you are > running? It should also pick up the proper linux-kbuild package. No, I haven't. Hang

Re: KDE4 , Squeeze: Space fun background keeps appearing under kde login splash

> You don't say which Debian you are running :-( I did it, in the subject of the original post - it's squeeze. > Create a copy of the existing SystemSettings entry in your Menu... > Change the name to "System Settings - As ROOT", and under "Advanced" select > "Run as different user", enter "r

Re: Does IPv6 preclude use of a NAT gateway?

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jul 2011, Tom H wrote: >> IANA also maintains some server(s) for RFC1918 leaks. More or less ten >> years ago, I was at a company where, one day, none of the Mac boxes >> could telnet to or mount AFP shares on the S

Re: IDT High Definition Audio Codec soundcard

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 02:55:46PM +0200, Andreas Berglund wrote: >Hi! >I have the latest version of debian stable and I have an onboard IDT >High Definition Audio Codec but I can't get it to work, does anyone >know if there's support for it? If not is there any on the way or do >I need to buy a ne

Re: Backup Software

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:57 AM, Johann Spies wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 08:20:26AM +0200, lee wrote: >> Ethan Rosenberg writes: >> >> > What software would you recommend to backup a Debian system on a >> > stand-alone computer? >> >> That depends on what you want to back up and what the ba

Re: Multiseat on Nvidia Card

Marcelo Luiz de Laia wrote: Hi, I am trying to setup a multiseat in one nvidia card. First monitor is on VGA and second is on DVI. I got only one seat work. Good of you to try! I never tried it with only one videocard, always with 2 videocards. Where are the 2 mice + keyboards? You might

IDT High Definition Audio Codec soundcard

Hi! I have the latest version of debian stable and I have an onboard IDT High Definition Audio Codec but I can't get it to work, does anyone know if there's support for it? If not is there any on the way or do I need to buy a new one? regards Andreas Berglund -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

How to get a camera working?

I have a USB camera (with lenses so that it can function as a bit of a microscope). It comes with drivers for M$ Windows but I'd like to get it going with my debian squeeze system: debianrob:~> uname -a Linux debianrob 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Mon Jun 13 04:13:06 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux When

Re: Getting 1280x1024 to work on my dual head system

Hi Alan, I have found your message at user list and I would like to ask you about your gdm.conf and about your xorg.conf. Is ti possible to share it? I have a trouble in setup a multihead here. Please, could you found my previous message at http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/07/msg01712.ht

Re: ssh: no route to host

@Hugo: It might be related to your /etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.deny configuration. With DHCP your internal subnet should not change. You can use this to set up an access rule for sshd - please refer to the debian administrators guide [1] on securing ssh access for the details. I'll only give t

Re: Overwriting a 4096 byte sector harddisk drive with random data

On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:47:44 +1000 yudi v wrote: > Hi > > I need to write random data to a partition before encrypting it. > Suggested way is to use urandom: > > #dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda2 > > What is the use of operand "bs" in the following case? I see the above > command executed as fo

Re: [SOLVED] Getting 1280x1024 to work on my dual head system

On 21/07/11 11:40, Alan Chandler wrote: After a lot of trial and error I have finally got an almost perfect dual head configuration set up. My main monitor is at 1920x1080 my secondary monitor is currently maxed at 1024x768. According to the monitor specs my secondary monitor is capable of 1280

Re: nvidia-glx is back

Hi Brad, You're right. It is like talking to the voices in my head. :) Have you tried installing the linux-headers for the kernel you are running? It should also pick up the proper linux-kbuild package. --b On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:37 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:55:05 -04

Getting 1280x1024 to work on my dual head system

After a lot of trial and error I have finally got an almost perfect dual head configuration set up. My main monitor is at 1920x1080 my secondary monitor is currently maxed at 1024x768. According to the monitor specs my secondary monitor is capable of 1280x1024 but the Gnome Monitor preferenc

Do I own an unsupported optical IDE drive?

I have a lot of ATA link errors in my dmesg, ; BEGIN [318539.569748] ata2: exception Emask 0x73 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x action 0xe frozen [318539.569751] ata2: irq_stat 0x, unknown FIS , host bus [318539.569756] ata2: SError: { RecovData RecovCo

Overwriting a 4096 byte sector harddisk drive with random data

Hi I need to write random data to a partition before encrypting it. Suggested way is to use urandom: #dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda2 What is the use of operand "bs" in the following case? I see the above command executed as follows sometime: #dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda2 bs=1M For the hard

How to unselect packages selected for deinstall using dpkg or aptitude?

Hi, I have a lot of packages selected for deinstall find in aptitude interactive mode. How can I set to install state of these packages from commandline? In aptitude interactive mode this is a lot of work. -- Regards, Pal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ..

Re: GDM3 login screen user list, was Re: Setting up FTP server with specific username and password - SOLVED

Dne 21.7.2011 0:33, piše Rob Owens: On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:22:24AM +0200, Dejan Ribič wrote: I would like to thank everybody for their help, my FTP is up and running. After reviewing a few differentFTP servers, I decided on Proftpd-basic, which with gadmin-proftpd was easy to set-up just

Re: ..move mail between laptops? Mail in "MH" folders, Claws style.

On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 07:41 +0200, lee wrote: > Did they change the packaging of dovecot recently? I > checked a few weeks ago, and afair there weren't separate packages for > dovecot as there are now. I'm running Squeeze and have had dovecot-imapd installed for several months, and that package

Re: Backup Software

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 08:20:26AM +0200, lee wrote: > Ethan Rosenberg writes: > > > What software would you recommend to backup a Debian system on a > > stand-alone computer? > > That depends on what you want to back up and what the backup media is > and on a lot of other factors. And what is

Re: IPv6 and DNS

> Johan Kullstam writes: […] > My ISP does not offer IPv6. With a static IPv4 address, setting up 6to4 is as simple as adding a bit to interfaces(5), like: ## An 6to4 tunnel auto 6to4 iface 6to4 inet6 v4tunnel ## IPv4 address: 192.0.2.34 ## $ printf 2002:%x%02x:%x%

Re: nvidia-glx is back

On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:55:05 -0400 Brad Alexander wrote: Hello Brad, This is almost like talking to myself. :-) > I hope this will point you in the right direction...I know its vague, > but the laptop is not available at the moment. Thanks for the advice. My xorg.conf is already minimal, i.