Re: mailserver absolute noob question

2005-11-03 Thread Jan T. Kim
user, but safer too? Why? My idea is that if a message contains something malicious, such as an image attachment that triggers a buffer overrun and exploits that, it will provide an additional line of defense if that exploit isn't run with root privileges. Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim

Re: OpenOffice.org 2.0

2005-10-21 Thread Jan T. Kim
/features/2.0/index.html -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | WWW: http://www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/people/jtk | *-= hierarchical systems are for files

Re: OpenOffice.org 2.0

2005-10-21 Thread Jan T. Kim
/features/2.0/index.html -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | WWW: http://www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/people/jtk | *-= hierarchical systems are for files

Re: .bash_profile and xdm/KDE on Debian etch

2005-10-20 Thread Jan T. Kim
shells, not just login shells, set them in .bashrc. That won't work properly for cases in which variables are extended, as this is frequently done with PATH. Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Writing technical text

2005-10-19 Thread Jan T. Kim
that format in place of LaTeX...? Indeed, XML can be useful for electronic data exchange, but it's cumbersome to write. If really necessary, I'd rather write LaTeX and then process that to get the required XML -- should be possible, something along the lines of latex2html. Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T

Re: X under heavy load

2005-10-15 Thread Jan T. Kim
Department University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 WWW: arpaiva.webhop.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW

Re: latex notes

2005-10-14 Thread Jan T. Kim
that article class Indeed -- use the class, i.e. \documentclass{article} and not \documentstyle, which is an outdated command from the times before Latex 2e. Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Frozen mouse pointer in X

2005-10-07 Thread Jan T. Kim
/ttyS0 and then moving the mouse gives you a stream of hex digits, then you've got the right device. If nothing happens, then there's little reason to expect any response by X's mouse cursor... Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW

Re: Using both Mutt and graphical email client with maildir

2005-10-04 Thread Jan T. Kim
-- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW*WWW: http://www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/people/jtk | *-= hierarchical systems are for files, not for humans

Re: login, path and ~/.profile

2005-09-30 Thread Jan T. Kim
to get executed, the path isn't set. I don't have any experience with UML (and I just guess you mean User Mode Linux, rather than Unified Modelling Language), but, at any rate, simply su - should get you the standard root PATH and other environment settings. Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim

Re: login, path and ~/.profile

2005-09-30 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 11:02:23AM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 08:50:05AM +0200, Benedict Verheyen wrote: Hi, i was looking to change the prompt of a UML and while i was at it i noticed something in regards to the path that is set. When logging in these files

Re: adding modules to an initrd image

2005-08-26 Thread Jan T. Kim
in order to get certain modules included -- I'm still puzzled by the fact that the modules were included in the initrd image in linux-image-2.6.12-1-686.deb but not in the initrd image in the package which I made from the Debian 2.6.12 kernel sources using make-kpkg... -- +- Jan T. Kim

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-25 Thread Jan T. Kim
. Consequently, electronic communication has become way more difficult during recent years. Personally, I like to think about Debian as a project that promotes technical development by (deliberately) resisting such trends. Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim

Re: OpenOffice Math and sum symbol

2005-08-25 Thread Jan T. Kim
and this seem to be a common problem. (1) Specify the sum symbol? It's missing from the snippet you quote, the full spec should be: sum from{x} to{y} i (2) Use LaTeX if you can -- wrestling with OpenOffice's formula editor easily wastes a lot of time... Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim

OT mutt config (was: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?)

2005-08-24 Thread Jan T. Kim
not to do this...? Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW*WWW: http://www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/people/jtk | *-= hierarchical systems are for files

Re: [workaround] make-kpkg: What gets included in the initrd image?

2005-08-18 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 09:30:01PM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: Dear List, I've created a set of kernel packages (-image, -source, -doc, -headers) by running make-kpkg --append-to-version=-bleh --revision=01 --initrd --rootcmd=fakeroot in a linux-source-2.6.12 directory using a copy

make-kpkg: What gets included in the initrd image?

2005-08-17 Thread Jan T. Kim
equivalent kernel package, but obviously, I've been naive here... Thanks in advance for any info. Best regards, Jan P.S.: Of course, my objective is not to reproduce the package that is already available, I did this exercise to track down the problem only. -- +- Jan T. Kim