Re: USB stick two devices into one

2009-04-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
s it possible to convert stick to be single device? I don't need > second one... And two windows about new device connected can be a bit > irritating... Once the stick is attached, could you send us the output of 'fdisk -l'? I'm just guessing, but maybe it is possible to simp

Re: To synchronize system time witn NTP-server with no winter time shift whole year - how to?

2009-03-30 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > In the meantime it has proven to be a lot of hassle with no > (or very little) benefit and - at least in my country - the vast > majority is in favour of abolishing this enslaving of millions of > biorythms. s/biorhythm/circadian rhythm/ Johan

Re: To synchronize system time witn NTP-server with no winter time shift whole year - how to?

2009-03-30 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
t has nothing to do with democracy except that the ruling politicians of the time thought it might be a good idea to try on their subjects. In the meantime it has proven to be a lot of hassle with no (or very little) benefit and - at least in my country - the vast majority is in favour

Re: pdf -> jpg

2009-03-27 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Miles Fidelman wrote: > Rick Pasotto wrote: >> What would be a good way to create a jpg image of a pdf page? >> >> > screen capture? Would work, but not necessarily the best way. I'd suggest 'convert' or gimp. Cheers, Johannes -- To

Re: Technical Inquiry

2009-03-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
on't actually think that he snipped it himself. My MUA snipps signatures automagically. Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: default kernel of 5.0 distribution

2009-03-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
_ version is installed on your system do $ aptitude show ~ilinux-image and look at the lines starting with 'Version'. Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: How to setup a PPPoE Server?

2009-03-20 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
box.sk/newsread.php?newsid=18797 (Disclaimer: I have never set up a pppoe server myself.) Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: How to setup a PPPoE Server?

2009-03-20 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
server authentification'. First hit is [1]. Cheers, Johannes [1] http://www.freeantennas.com/PPPoE-Server-HOWTO.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Rescue Linux partition

2009-03-18 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
randall wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > its one of the spare times i actually found the ubuntu live-desktop cd > useful since it provides firefox with google while doing the rescue Debian's live cd (gnome or kde) also feature iceweasel aka firefox [1], no /need/ to use u

Re: Rescue Linux partition

2009-03-18 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
; > I think that any Linux live cd (DSL - Damn Small Linux, or Knoppix, > for example) it's good to do the job. ... or debian live [1,2]. Cheers, Johannes [1] http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/current-live/i386/iso-cd/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9

Re: stitching a filesystem

2009-03-18 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
> /vol0 (500GB) >>> /vol1 (500GB) > I was wondering if there was some clever technique you can do with > symbolic links and exports. Check this recent thread [1]. Someone else has already pointed out unionfs. Cheers, Johannes [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/03/ms

Re: Print to PDF with lpr

2009-03-17 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
book, and more. Homepage: http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/unoconv/ (I haven't tried it myself.) Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Moving to LVM

2009-03-17 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
t to predict. The 'classical' two partition approach at least gives the possibility to save some crucial data to *both* disks. > IMO, LVM is a replacement for partition tables not for RAID or backups. Agreed! Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Moving to LVM

2009-03-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
André Berger wrote: > What happens if, for whatever reason, just one of the disks is > available? You are out of luck and loose access to any of your data. You didn't expect something else, did you? Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.

Re: Consolechars Question

2009-03-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Thomas H. George wrote: > What font am I using? Is there a way of displaying the available > English fonts? What is an 'English font'? Do you mean ascii or Latin? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@list

Re: Würmchen...

2009-03-15 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
steef wrote: > what is the point of these worms-exhibition on an linux-mailing list? Just a misdirection. It had been a long day. Sorry for the noise. Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: How do I Install your Linux operating system.

2009-03-15 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
27;other' operating system. Of course you are free to configure your windows bootloader to work with linux, but for most cases I think that the linux/debian method is superior. Cheers, Johannes [1] http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Re: Hello sir

2009-03-15 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
sers to start out with the stable release (lenny) before moving to 'testing'. Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Hello sir

2009-03-15 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
on the latest binary image for Linux kernel 2.6 on Pentium Pro/Celeron/Pentium II/Pentium III/Pentium 4 with 4-64G RAM machines. So, unless you have more than 64G of ram you should be fine with i386. Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subjec

Re: Lenovo laptop - Type Control D to Continue

2009-03-15 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
7;re a sick-o in desperate need of a doctors care or in need > of a kind soul to break your freaking fingers. Please stop your flux of insults to other people! If there is someone on this list who could do with some professional help regarding manners it seems to be you. > friendly,

Würmchen...

2009-03-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Grüße, Johannes -- Dr. Johannes Wiedersich Technische Universitaet Muenchen Physikdepartment E13 Tel.: +49 89 289 12449 James-Franck-Str. 1FAX: +49 89 289 12473 85747 Garching http://www.e13.ph.tum.de

Re: scanner stop working after update

2009-03-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
t my V200 then works well with the > sane frontends, e.g. xsane. Avasys should remove the conflict with > libsane-extras to solve the issue. Agreed. Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -

Re: need to get a id/account for debian bugzilla

2009-03-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
tp://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting if you'd like to find out how to report problems with Debian. Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: How do I Install your Linux operating system.

2009-03-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
sult the installation manual. > I have a AMD turion64 x2 processor I would recommend to stick with the Intel x86 (i386) architecture (from the download site). You can install a amd64 kernel, and the installer will probably select it automatically for you. Good luck and welcome to the fre

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch.

2009-03-12 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
us: I much prefer spending 5 minutes every week "upgrading" my > machine, than a whole day (if not more) every 2 years. OOps. For me it just took about half an hour. 30 minutes / 100 weeks is too little to be concerned for me -- and certainly less than 5 minutes/week ;-) Johanne

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2

2009-03-12 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Hodgins wrote: > I reinstalled (a minimal) Etch last night. It was successful. Is there any particular reason, why you don't just 'aptitude upgrade' etc. from etch to lenny? Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE--

Re: What's the easiest way to obtain a debian kernel which contains snd-cs46xx module?

2009-03-12 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
t;, one of the first hits is http://www.blog.tdobson.net/node/251 with instructions for debian. FWIW, it seems that support for this card has been dropped from debian [1]. /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/changelog.Debian.gz confirms that it was removed for licencing reasons. Cheers, Johannes [1] http://www.linuxque

Re: add epson EPL-6200L driver

2009-03-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ded that the diver is not correct. > So how to add the driver to the list (I hope I 'll find it ) Look at http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Epson-EPL-6200L (No, I don't have that printer myself ;-) ) Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-use

Re: Advice about ext3, please (An experiment & results)

2009-03-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 11 March 2009 17:43:33 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Lisi Reisz wrote: >>> I have not tested the >>> theory, but I have always understood that keys are particularly >>> vulnerable. To physical damage if pulled out prematurely, n

Re: why /sys cannot be copied?

2009-03-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
recreated, once your 'old' system boots fine. HTH, Johannes [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysfs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Advice about ext3, please (An experiment & results)

2009-03-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Lisi Reisz wrote: > I have not tested the > theory, but I have always understood that keys are particularly vulnerable. > To physical damage if pulled out prematurely, not just damage to the > filesystem. Why so? Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@list

Re: Iceape Blocking Images

2009-03-09 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
in lenny over the weekend, so it's probably some config setting, that's been changed? [I'm using iceweasel and everything is fine, but really I can't find anything in lenny that was changed -- not even a security update] Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: sed :(

2009-03-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
josep wrote: > why isn't it working? :( > > sed -i "s/#send host-name "andare.fugue.com";/send host-name $(cat > /etc/hostname)/g" /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf your quotes don't match. (There are probably other issues as well.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: To All Web Hosting Providers

2009-03-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
tte is a) called a hijack and considered impolite b) will miss a lot of potential readers So just compose a NEW message to the list, don't reply to an existing one. Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozill

Re: fetch root email with Icedove?

2009-03-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
and forward root's mail to an external account. 2) or install some imap daemon and point icedove to it. This is all a shot in the dark, since we don't know OP's mail configuration. Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Mailing-list conventions

2009-03-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
slowly getting tired on these _public_ discussions on how to cc. Cheers, Johannes [1] http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: how to ask for aptitude "improvement" wrt unsigned package

2009-03-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
e about. They are mainly about > preventing MitM attacks, whether from mirror administrators or someone > attacking your internet connection directly. Or earthly things like failing disks or failing network connections. It's always good to _verify_ that the software arrives as int

Re: mythtv on debian 5.0 (etch)

2009-03-02 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
tv mythtv: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.21.svn20080706-0.0 Version table: 0.21.svn20080706-0.0 0 500 http://debian-multimedia.org lenny/main Packages It's run by a debian developer and you could follow the faq to install the cryptographic key [1]. Cheers, Johannes [1] http:/

Re: How to automount USB disks at boot-up?

2009-03-02 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
t; might have the wrong packages installed. Or the 'wrong' configuration. Try to add a new user with default configs and see, if it works for her/him (without the fstab lines). HTH, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: netbook for debian

2009-03-01 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
th respect to the asus, the first two search results seem to help answer your question. Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Installing testing from latest netinst iso

2009-03-01 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
successful, so that we can get as much information as > possible on the largest number of hardware configurations. \ If everyone is sitting on their hands waiting for someone else to fix an unreported problem, nothing will happen ;-) Cheers, Johannes [1] http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/ma

Re: What package would I file this Install bug against ?

2009-03-01 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
bug installation-report' [1]: > If you still have problems, please submit an installation report. We > also encourage installation reports to be sent even if the > installation is successful, so that we can get as much information as > possible on the largest number of hardware con

Re: Linux desktop without mouse acceleration. Is it possible?

2009-02-27 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
hat we (or at least me) would not want to happen here. To my ears, Dirk gave the impression that he values the freedom of other parts of the internet higher than debian's mailing list etiquette. Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje

Re: Linux desktop without mouse acceleration. Is it possible?

2009-02-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Dirk wrote: > If you have a problem with trolling... well... let me welcome you to the > internet. Well, then please go to the internet. We are not the internet, we are debian-user, a mailing list that just happens to be mirrored to the internet. Cheers, Johannes [cc'ing you, because

Re: No soft-links for scp?

2009-02-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
sshfs u...@machine:/path/to/dir /path/to/local/mount-point and then cp -rs /path/to/local/mount-point /path/to/symlink/copy You have to add yourself to the 'fuse' group first (and install sshfs, of course ;-) ). HTH, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SI

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

2009-02-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
f both worlds on one system. 8-) Has there ever been an official 16 bit linux kernel? Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmmqnkACgkQC1NzPRl9qEXcygCeJPlhscMinK8odm5qIcZK63Ag YrIAn

Re: No soft-links for scp?

2009-02-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ld use it fully, when not just use the symlinked copy. Johannes [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/02/msg00804.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

2009-02-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Aioanei Rares wrote: > While I agree with the newbie part, I find that I want to get the most out > of my hardware, so I use 64-bit. What applications or usage scenarios get more out of your hardware as with 32bit / 64bit kernel? How much better are those on amd64? Johannes

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

2009-02-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
pen on [true] 64bit, because the required plugin was not available. YMMV, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmmgQsACgkQC1NzPRl9qEWniwCeOn1OK+RhgqOK0ta0a9RIB5P9 l3YAn0Bo915jBo7HuDj

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

2009-02-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
;t understand why you take to personal attacks. Thanks, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

2009-02-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
running an 'true' 64bit debian system? I don't notice any significant performance difference, but maybe you could point us to some comparison? Thanks, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

2009-02-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
experience, debian's stability, upgrade ability, amount of software packaged and overall quality will pay off in the medium to long run. YMMV. Just my 2ct. Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://eni

Re: Protecting files in linux

2009-02-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
And if I cannot use them at the same time, it's meaningless. Why? > Somebody could help me? Thank you very much, I appreciatte your help. What is it actually that you would like to achieve? Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using Gn

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

2009-02-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
f you had just found a constructive way of solving your problems instead of just an unconstructive rant. Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Resolving dependencies?

2009-02-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
amarok 1.4 with kde 3.5; I'm not surprised that this doesn't mix well with amarok 2.0, which probably comes with kde 4.2. Make up your mind if you'd like to stick with lenny or go with sid, testing, experimental HTH, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: "On battery power, so skipping file system check" when in AC power

2009-02-14 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Virgo Pärna wrote: > Does anyone else also receives "On battery power, so skipping file system > check" > warning, when starting up a laptop with AC power connected? Especially in > Lenny. > fine on Thinkpad T60p. johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: [OT] Friday the 13th

2009-02-10 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
sis without any problems. Sharing ext3 on usb disks is no problem, either. Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmRyogACgkQC1NzPRl9qEUyRgCfRB3grt/XUoE1aRkC8TX0SdW9 WQ0An0

Re: 24 bit usb sound on lenny

2009-02-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > *Does anyone have 24 bit sound working with debian lenny?* > > FWIW, I have a Terratec phase 26 usb sound card. It features a switch to > change it's audio quality settings for 16 bit/48 kHz, 24/48, 24/96. There seems to be a related bug filed

Re: 24 bit usb sound on lenny

2009-02-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Thanks for your reply, Joel! Joel Roth wrote: > On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 03:54:41PM +0100, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Hallo all! >> >> On switching my usb sound card to 24bit audio, all applications using >> the card will crash/segfault: >> >> $ apla

Re: Cloning methods

2009-02-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
dapter and plug and clone the 15 disks of the 15 computers one after the other. This way you don't have to boot each of the computers to a live system in order to do the copying. YMMV. Cheers, Johannes signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

24 bit usb sound on lenny

2009-02-07 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ard-0 snd-usb-audio options snd-usb-audio index=0 Any help and pointers to improve my sound experience are well appreciated! Thanks, Johannes signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: iceweasel segfault

2009-02-06 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
e scrolling, ie the mouse wheel scrolls the paper. For a good laugh, look at their description of iPaper on http://www.scribd.com/publisher Yet another document format that noone wants or needs. I don't think that any of their claims is true, either. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: Install Debian GNU/Linux

2009-02-06 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
x options (or otherwise ensure that the permissions are kept). Change the hostname and network settings, it necessary. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmMQewACgkQC1NzPRl9qEVn4QCdEDp

Re: OT: Bush quotes

2009-02-06 Thread Johannes
Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/05/2009 04:57 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >> Canadians sometimes call our southern neighbours "Amereecans" :) >> When they re-elected Bush, the majority were considered just idiots. > > Canadians bureaucrats have made too many inane rulings for you all to > throw stones.

Re: OT: Bush quotes

2009-02-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
onally be known as 'United states of Europe'. Very fortunately, no one in Germany would be so arrogant as to suggest such a thing. I don't know, why the US's founding fathers did not pick a more appropriate name. Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

[OT] German was Re: Laptop

2009-02-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Jones wrote: > I understand the rest but what's "Bastelkunst"? "The art of how to do-it-yourself" is the closest translation I can think of. 'Basteln' literally means 'do handicrafts'. Cheers,

Re: [OT] improving the mailing lists WAS: Re: Debian VPN

2009-02-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
re has not been a RTFM post on this thread. There have just been repeated claims of such posts. Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Laptop

2009-02-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
allerdings eine englischsprachige Mailingliste. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmJ19AACgkQC1NzPRl9qEWsjQCeIYNDiRqIN+riyoJ9piMJkb0Z ltEAn3glfjHg3SQt5PoR3vZVNIFd+6Rg =gqSP -EN

Re: [OT] improving the mailing lists WAS: Re: Debian VPN

2009-02-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ND is present in debian [1]. FWIW, OP just asked, if there is any vpn server software in debian. OP did not ask about opinions on different options available. Cheers, Johannes [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPN -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG wi

[OT] improving the mailing lists WAS: Re: Debian VPN

2009-02-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
as good. Maybe it'd save some time, if the mailing software sent a google search link for the subject matter of all primary posts ;-) ... or at least for those that generate more than say 1,000,000 hits [1]. Cheers, Johannes [1] http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=iceweasel-a&

Re: The Sounds Better at WindowsXP. Why?

2009-02-02 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
thinkpad sound is horrible, if they are too high). Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Howto configure external applications for iceweasel

2009-01-30 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
I can't set it in Preferences --> Applications, because there is no entry for bib or jabref. Thanks, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmDUKwACgkQC1

Re: From x86 to x86-64

2009-01-30 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
for most desktop systems it is not really to worry about... (Please correct me, if that's wrong or share any expererience on that) YMMV, cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.or

Re: flash / iceweasel / all that

2009-01-30 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ll be supported for Lenny's release cycle? Is the ubuntu package so much better and so well supported as to really recommend it to users who might stay with lenny after the release? Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment

Re: Messed up window after gparted

2009-01-30 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
#x27;s equivalents to messing up the system ;-) > I have to redo all my > customizations...but hey I should have done a backup before moving > partitions. It's always a good idea to have good backups, not just when moving partitions, isn't it? ;-) Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN

Re: Messed up window after gparted

2009-01-30 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ation files (you can't mess up root's packages, if you work as ordinary user). Have you tried to either remove your config files or just create a new user and check out, if the problem exists for the new user and his default settings? Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Ve

Re: usb permissions (?)

2009-01-30 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tamas Hegedus wrote: > I can get the pics as root. > I am (as a regular user) in the group of plugdev. If you use gphotofs you also need to be member of the group 'fuse'. Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: G

Re: usb hard drive diagnosis

2009-01-29 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
David Fox wrote: > But why wouldn't things like smartmontools work through the USB? From [1]: "As for USB and FireWire (IEEE 1394) disks and tape drives, the news is not good. " It seems to be improving, though. Cheers, Johannes [1] http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/fa

Re: Dump and Restore Utility

2009-01-29 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
s > entirety or not at all. Basically, rsync does "the right thing," so > you won't end up with partially-backed-up files. Thanks to Filippo > Carletti for pointing this out. If you absolutely need a snapshot > from a single instant in time, consider using Sistina's LVM

usb hard drive diagnosis

2009-01-29 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
sck.ext3's badblocks option (-c) useful for usb disks or is it somehow inefficiently interfering with the usb transmission and/or the disk's internal controller? Thanks for helping to make me sleep better ;-) Cheers, Johannes NB: The disk contains several hundred GB of data and each backu

Re: Which FS for USB Flash Drive

2009-01-28 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
with just an USB interface. Yes. > I am assuming that just having > ext3 would be fine for USB hard drives? Yes, I use ext3 on all my external usb and internal hard drives. I don't use noatime or relatime on them. Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.

Re: Which FS for USB Flash Drive

2009-01-27 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
er solid-state drives. ext2 performs fewer > writes than ext3 since it does not need to write to the journal. Cheers, Johannes [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext2 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_USB -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linu

Re: Which FS for USB Flash Drive

2009-01-27 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
just like on any IDE Hard Drive. What is the difference? What difference do you want to achieve with respect to a 'live' debian system? IIRC, a usb-live system is just an installation that treats the usb drive like an ordinary (internal) drive. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Vers

Re: slocate replacements

2009-01-27 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
regularly on your system. Homepage: http://carolina.mff.cuni.cz/~trmac/blog/mlocate Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl/MTgACgkQC1NzPRl9qEXCXACaAt9pgLVGHa9/yCV9Xi+r1fqt PkcAnRYqs

Re: Where to put unclutter command?

2009-01-27 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
konsoles, etc. I don't know, if this will be a problem for unclutter or not, but I think it's best to use the 'desktop way' for desktop usage. Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - h

Re: Where to put unclutter command?

2009-01-27 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
tter Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl+3RAACgkQC1NzPRl9qEVjKgCdFbcE32E+W41du/VFK//UxoAx bqAAnj5bfQTKICpSccPYiv03WhcufnBE =f6Gm -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Mount NTFS: Permission and Owner

2009-01-27 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ry 'man mount.ntfs-3g'. 'apropos ntfs' shows a list of other related man pages that are installed on your system. Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl+xzIACgk

Re: color calibrating the display (in software)

2009-01-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
e. I don't know, if a similar tool exists for gnome. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl93y4ACgkQC1NzPRl9qEWYPwCcDoijKA1KFr7qOd9cQAp3mxQ8 0f4AnAmGyjVvbYATDF3WcuIeW4

Re: Fsck encrypted filesystem

2009-01-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
e should either give you the root password or take care of your problem. Depending of the configuration of your system, it might be possible to 'break into' your box, but this might as well be illegal. Good luck, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linu

Re: [locales] change date/time display format for german locale in lenny like it has been on etch

2009-01-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Osamu Aoki wrote: > It was important to use en_IE when we were using non-UTF-8 locales. > > Now even en_US.UTF-8 gives nice "2008-12-29 05:43" display. IIUC, OP wants "29.12.2008 05:43" instead. He uses "2008-12-29

Re: tar on flash drive

2009-01-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
up and restore. Of course you reduce space by compression, but IMHO nowadays disk space is cheaper than my time or my computer's time. I gain WRT time and disk space by hard linking unchanged files. YMMV. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)

Re: [locales] change date/time display format for german locale in lenny like it has been on etch

2009-01-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
fer the numerical display > for german like it has been on etch. This looks promising http://ccollins.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/how-to-change-date-formats-on-ubuntu/ HTH, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigm

code of conduct WAS Re: TEST: Can I post to debian-users? EOF

2009-01-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ly) instead of working around it with filters, etc. Cheers, Johannes [1] http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl0edgACgkQC1N

Re: tar on flash drive

2009-01-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
th rsync for me is much faster and more efficient than rdiff-backup, but that's beyond OP's point.) Good luck, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://e

Re: Bad blocks and powernowd

2009-01-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
m. I hope you have good back ups. You could try diff -r against your backup (mounted ro). However, if your disk is damaged and loads and runs garbled kernel stuff, you risk hosing your backup. Therefore it might be safer to investigate by booting a rescue system from CD or usb-disk. YMMV. Take c

Re: Labeling backup DVD+RW's

2009-01-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Jones wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 05:02:17AM EST, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > [..] > >> Yes. I partition my external disk with a similar layout as my internal >> disk. I've several times upgraded my lap

Re: Remove pls

2009-01-15 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
the relevant mail in debian's mail archives for me [4]. Finally, no one on this list has the powers to remove your document from that server which is unrelated to debian. HTH, Johannes [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2009/01/msg00096.html [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2009/01/m

Re: Labeling backup DVD+RW's

2009-01-15 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike McCarty wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Chris Jones wrote: >>> Is there an altogether better/smarter/reliabl-er solution? >> >> IMHO, the smartest, fastest, most reliable and cheapest solution is to >&

Re: essential packages getting deleted when switching to testing libc6

2009-01-15 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ainly the better algorithms to resolve dependencies and the ability to distinguish between packages that are automatically installed vs manually installed, that have been introduced in aptitude, but not in apt-get. Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Co

Re: essential packages getting deleted when switching to testing libc6

2009-01-15 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ckages no longer available) > please report a bug against the release-notes package (Bonus points if > you not only report the bug, but also supply a paragraph to be added to > the release notes). The main difference is that aptitude is now prefered over apt-get. YMMV, Johannes ---

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