Re: Fwd: ssh-keygen (SOLVED)

2008-08-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
able machine, follow the steps in [1] and you should be fine. Note that while debian is certainly more secure than many other OS, there are occasional security updates. In order to have a secure system, you should upgrade regularly (and check for upgrades). It also helps to subscribe to

Re: iPod Nano

2008-08-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Have you read [2] and applied (if applicable)? HTH, Johannes [1] http://gtkpod.wikispaces.com/Supported+iPods [2] http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Media_Device:IPod#My_iPod_does_not_show_any_music signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: local network problem

2008-08-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
he set-up of a nfs server is much less of a hassle than a samba server... Cheers, Johannes signature.asc Description: PGP signature

[solved] was Re: problem when install lenny

2008-08-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
[again forwarding private mail to list] > Problem solved! > I use the new netboot kernel from you( > http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot/debian-installer/i386/) > and everything is ok now. Thanks very much for your help!!! signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signatu

Re: problem when install lenny

2008-08-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
[please keep the discussion on list, so that others who might know better can contribute and others can learn as well. ] On 08/08/2008 04:36 PM, arTHUr Ting wrote: > thanks for your reply! > > 2008/8/8 Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The installer can't find my

Re: problem when install lenny

2008-08-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
process? Please tell, when and how exactly the problem occurs. Thanks, HTH, Johannes signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Is the monitor ON?

2008-08-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
:~# ddcprobe > monitor-on # monitor off e13-v15:~# ddcprobe > monitor-off e13-v15:~# diff monitor-on monitor-off e13-v15:~# It appears the monitor is detected just the same no matter if it's on or off. (Like in the case of OP.) Johannes signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Is the monitor ON?

2008-08-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ut maybe this is a different code... Who knows? Johannes signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-06 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-x, --one-file-system don’t cross filesystem boundaries > 2. the ability to stop the transfer and resume. > 3. the -P option. > 4. the verbosity. > 5. while using rsync, you are learning a valuable tool. Fully ACK! Johannes signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
f partimage might be that it might copy your mbr and thus save you the effort of grub-install. (Don't remember exactly about this; it won't hurt to run grub-install either way) HTH, take care! Johannes signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
up purposes, rsync will save you *lots* of time over a couple of backups. [1] HTH, Johannes [1] http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/index.html signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
DVD-RW. So, before I power down and install the > new drive, can anyone give me an idea of what type of device this will > show as? fdisk -l will tell you about all disks available on your system. Johannes signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

TeX: system's default paper size

2008-08-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
e a system's default different from 'a4' or 'letter'? (This discussion applies only to TeX/texlive and only on the system's default. Different paper sizes can also be set on a per document basis.) See [1] for further information from the DD of texlive. Johannes

Re: Making an image of my HDD

2008-08-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 2008-08-01 22:09, Shachar Or wrote: > On Friday 01 August 2008 10:15, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> rsync -ax / [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/backup/dir/ > > Does the -x option mean that it will not read mounts like /dev, /proc and > such? Please, read man rsync: [snip] -x,

Re: Making an image of my HDD

2008-08-01 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
store process will only have to replace those files that are actually changed, ie. broken -- typically only a tiny fraction of your disk. YMMV, take care, Johannes signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Problems in Network printing of pdf

2008-07-31 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ecommend to use one of the free pdf readers, like kpdf, xpdf or evince. They are less bloated, ie. faster and more printer friendly as they also avoid some of the restrictions certain pdfs impose on acroread. I only use acroread for the very few pdfs that use a pertinacious kind of DRM, that on

Re: The (New?) xorg configuration system

2008-07-24 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
don't know if it can be used to disable the touchpad while typing thing, but you already found a solution. Another handy tool I use is unclutter, which hides the mouse curser after some time, so it doesn't get into the way while you're just reading. HTH, Johannes signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: will not reboot

2008-07-23 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-07-23 19:41, Wayne Topa wrote: > I'll wait for 2.6.26 before I upgrade again. ISTR 2.6.25 has had 2 > upgrades in the past 2 weeks. I don't know the plans of the kernel team, but this might have to wait till lenny+1... [

Re: The (New?) xorg configuration system

2008-07-23 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
e-the-synaptics-touchpad-when-typing/ > > Really, the first is enough to get your touchpad working with some advanced > options. or just look at /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/README.Debian which should be sufficient to get you going^^^scrolling. 8-D Johannes -BEGIN PG

Re: [rant] Dear Thunderbird/Enigmail users

2008-07-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
what you see is not what we're > getting for some reason. For what it's worth: it seems to work for test mails I send to myself or other 'private' e-mail adresses, but it just does not work for [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've no idea what could be wrong... Joha

Re: [rant] Dear Thunderbird/Enigmail users

2008-07-18 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-07-18 21:42, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Since I am not really sure if this will work now, I'd appreciate a short > feed back. I guess, I should have restarted thunderbird in order for this to take effect... gmmmmbbbll

Re: [rant] Dear Thunderbird/Enigmail users

2008-07-18 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
n options -> Signing/Encryption options finally check "Always use PGP/Mime" ...not exactly obvious. Maybe this explains. Since I am not really sure if this will work now, I'd appreciate a short feed back. Thanks, HTH, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GN

Re: Create single PDF out of several other files

2008-07-18 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ername and ends. The splash screen does not appear. If the file name contains spaces, then it must be enclosed in quotation marks. It shouldn't be to difficult to automate this by a little bash script / command. HTH, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9

Re: virtual machine choices in Debian

2008-07-17 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
real windoze' some time ago. HTH, YMMV, Johannes [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=419929 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkiAPpwACgkQC1NzPRl9qEWg/ACeOMCvqpD1RN3h95MCYR+M/GRv aaAAmwanmHbf1v3FW+XjNGLRGAFIooQi =mE93 -END PGP S

Re: What the proper way to create debian rescue disk (debian installed into qemu iso and dd'ed into some hard drive)

2008-07-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ur disk / partition bit for bit. Read 'man dd'. However, with current disk sizes this approach will probably be highly inefficient as all the empty space is copied as well. For most backup scenarios rsync or other backup tools are miles better. They are also much more flexible (in case your re

Re: how often is etch kernel updated

2008-07-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
) 5) wait for etch-and-a-half [2]. I don't know when it will be released, though. I'd probably go for option 4) in your case (and hope for an upgrade to etch-and-a-half whenever it is released). Cheers, Johannes [1] http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions [2] http://wiki

Re: Synaptics touchpad features missing after upgrade of Xorg

2008-07-10 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
pleate "Debian" guide, please let me know. There is always /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/README.Debian Probably not exhaustive, but sufficient for myself. HTH, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkh2TJsACgkQC1NzPRl9q

Re: Recording TV with Debian

2008-07-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
certain grumpy editor might have some: > http://lwn.net/Articles/263387/ There are a total of three reviews for capturing [1], editing and authoring videos. HTH, Johannes [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/261820/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIbL0ZC1NzPRl9

Re: Update manager replacement?

2008-07-02 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
27;t been 'aptitude clean'ed. Another to fetch it from [3]. Johannes [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/06/msg00014.html [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/06/msg00088.html [3] http://snapshot.debian.net/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)

Re: video playback and beamers

2008-06-18 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
beamer-based presentation, so s/beamer/video projector $ dict beamer - From German - English Dictionary 1.5 [german-english]: Beamer {m} video projector - -- Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIWMy0C1NzPRl9qEURAtURAJ9EZHTLU6EW+/TOyOfT6uCX

Re: making bootup fsck more user-friendly

2008-06-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
y bypass fsck'ing. With respect to fsck it is about the same as setting the maximum mount count to something close to infinity. Johannes NB: On the other hand, with a journalling FS fsck is probably not as important as it used to be... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: Gnu

Re: making bootup fsck more user-friendly

2008-06-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-06-13 13:38, David wrote: > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Johannes Wiedersich > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> read 'man tune2fs' for some tips for setting interval and mount count to >> something that

Re: making bootup fsck more user-friendly

2008-06-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
he last time I tried on lenny). > - ability for a readonly fsck on a r/w filesystem to gather info to > make a later fsck on the filesystem as r/o to find and fix problems > faster. Do you have some technical expertise on how to implement this? I doubt that the ext3 developpers overlooked

Re: iceweasel crashing on bmw site

2008-06-12 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 PS: # update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun or # update-java-alternatives -s java-gcj does not seem to make a difference. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux

Re: iceweasel crashing on bmw site

2008-06-12 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-06-11 15:48, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/11/08 08:24, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Hi, > >> is there a way of viewing > >> www.bmw-web.tv > >> without having iceweasel crash? > >> I will rep

iceweasel crashing on bmw site

2008-06-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, is there a way of viewing www.bmw-web.tv without having iceweasel crash? I will report a bug, if these crashes get reproduced by others. Thanks, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux

Re: [OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
;blur' the image by converting it to low quality jpg with the typical artifacts. That would emulate what most M$ applications do.... ;-) YMMV, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIT4tiC1NzPRl9qEURAtHKAJ94V3juL3UyKGnxAxwP7y/rmxh34wCcCkeW mYKo39

Re: [OT] signing a pdf document

2008-06-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ata that the form requires. I know no other > approach that preserves the full printing quality of the original PDF > while keeping the final PDF small. > > I can post a simple example how to do this with Latex if you are > interested. Please, go ahead ;-) Johannes -BEGIN

Re: Can't install driveles system from USB memory stick: ISO not found.

2008-06-08 Thread Johannes Graumann
After replacing the ISO with a regular business card one this workes just fine / the netinstall ones failed reporting not being able to access the CDROM ... Joh Johannes Graumann wrote: > Johannes Graumann wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to install a driveles s

Re: Can't install driveles system from USB memory stick: ISO not found.

2008-06-07 Thread Johannes Graumann
Johannes Graumann wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install a driveles system via an USB memory stick like so: > > - get > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz > -get > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/

Can't install driveles system from USB memory stick: ISO not found.

2008-06-07 Thread Johannes Graumann
Hi, I'm trying to install a driveles system via an USB memory stick like so: - get http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz -get http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso - ch

Re: printing from the cli and mailcap

2008-06-06 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
t; > http://www.g-loaded.eu/2005/11/10/using-a-cups-printer-from-command-line/ > > and tried this: lpr README and what do you know? It printed! > > I knew about lpr, but having never set up lpr (always used cups) I did > not know that would work. So, I got it printed and di

Re: PDF reader that overrides fonts

2008-06-06 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
pages each. But I have a Materials > Engineering exam next week. Oh, come on, you don't have to do shell scripting for that: pdftk *.pdf burst The one-page files are automatically numbered, IIRC. HTH, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: PDF reader that overrides fonts

2008-06-06 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
g PostScript and PDF files into various vector graphic formats skencil, inkscape are programs to edit svg. (Have not tried it myself) HTH, Johannes [1] http://debian-multimedia.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFISTr+C1NzPRl9qEURAomMAJ9P/Zf5NxgoaIKI+INyj

Re: Strange problem printing with iceweasel

2008-06-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
d what you mean. I guess it's just a silly joke. Sorry, I can't help. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFISBjvC1NzPRl9qEURAnoZAJoDhRAtDXImJX/8Srb0llxqGbedtQCeKZKF GmI+N009S5xSmp7zOCkRvWY= =NLJR -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: ntp not any more supported in Debian or did I miss something?

2008-06-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
xed for lenny, you could just stick with the old version from lenny or the current from sid and wait for the upgrade. It would be welcome if someone more knowledgeable about this issue could comment about the likelihood of a fix in debian. Cheers, Johannes [1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/n

Re: Running testing? -- read this.

2008-06-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
who is not a DD. To make things clear: I believe that as a whole the developers and the release managers do an *excellent* job and I thank them for their big efforts. Testing is the very proof just by how much debian gets better every day. Thank you soo much! Debian rocks! Resistance i

Re: Running testing? -- read this.

2008-06-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
s one of the release assistants responsible for the shape of lenny. IMHO, he should at least care about testing being usable. Johannes [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/06/msg00048.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIRr1dC1NzPRl9qEURAgZnAJ9Qw

Re: Script for when system was last updated

2008-06-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
resolved the problem. Another approach might be to use update-manager or update-notifier, once they return to testing [1]. Johannes [1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/u/update-manager.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIRkQbC1NzPRl9qEURAhrzAJ43TP++jB

Re: DRM PDFs (and SED and ETD ...)

2008-05-29 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-05-29 13:52, Adam Hardy wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich on 29/05/08 09:02, wrote: >> On 2008-05-28 20:36, Adam Hardy wrote: >>> Just thought I'd ask, even though my web searches don't reveal anything >>>

Re: KDE 4.1 beta 1

2008-05-29 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
I have to wait for it to get to testing ? If you want to continue using Lenny: yes Otherwise you could upgrade to sid or have a mixed system. Google, debian.org and your system's documentation or this list for details. HTH, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versio

Re: DRM PDFs

2008-05-29 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ian Marillat) If a pdf is password protected, however, you still require the password. As mentioned, there are password crackers around, but those might fail/take a very long time, if the password is long and complex. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFI

Re: SSH Keys and Debian

2008-05-23 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ted with the affected versions of openssh/openssl. Create new keys. Debian won't allow log in of users or machines with vulnerable keys. NB: Be careful, if you have to do this via ssh to a remote box. You might not be able to log into that box, if you commit a mistake. HTH, Johannes -BEG

Re: Scp arguments

2008-05-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ion to overwrite them) > > maybe this is a task for rsync. ... or sshfs (if you want to ls the remote directory as well)... ;-) Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFILcYzC1NzPRl9qEURAsY8AJ9P9YKzfcq3btGgYbWu95FSQD0DbACggEzB pFYP+0T03xBRqMdp

Re: packages.org/changelogs is down ?

2008-05-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-05-16 15:34, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:43:07PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> was heard to say: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 2

Re: missing log messages

2008-05-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
t floats by. This would stop any further output until you press it again, so you have more time to view/read it. (While this is quick, it does not actually save the output to a log). HTH, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFILY4RC1NzPRl9qEURAtU/AJ44una3RvzO

Re: packages.org/changelogs is down ?

2008-05-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-05-16 13:26, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > (Still) Works here: That was on lenny. If I do / 13:31:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ LANG=C aptitude changelog vim/sid Unable to find an archive "sid" for the package "vim&

Re: packages.org/changelogs is down ?

2008-05-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
== ii aptitude 0.4.11.2-1 terminal-based package manager In between there is the changelog's text. I will send it to you privately (rather long, not interesting for the list archives). Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux

Re: packages.org/changelogs is down ?

2008-05-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ould mail you the output. Cheers, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFILWjaC1NzPRl9qEURAt0FAJ90dFpGr3i1RrSplbCasmYJFEtblACdEad2 58kqV+wCOroyYXwYsteLP94= =ZgPO -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: Recommendations on forced disk check

2008-05-14 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
nd how important that data is, and how rapidly you want / need to get aware of any problems. If your data is important, I'd recommend a combination of - - raid - - several backups on different media - - regular fsck's - - regular diff's - - at least two computers involved (so hopefully

Re: where did www.debian.org/security/key-rollover/ go?

2008-05-14 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
sh in etch will be updated. > How about lenny/testing? Thanks, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIKucBC1NzPRl9qEURAvnnAJ4h2s4t/ZNg6WZolJqC+JpgljjfVgCeJsGD ih7jDeFX5bA512vI/AO/s3U= =W9rN -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: How to turn on mail led in laptops ?

2008-05-07 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
t depends on the driver supplied by the manufacturer / developed by volunteers. My thinkpad doesn't have a 'mail led' and I've never heard of thinkpads with leds. It would probably be the best to ask the manufacturer of the laptop in question about specifications/driver

Re: Backup requirement

2008-05-06 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
odim to burn my data CDs. Also, I prefer CPIO to Tar, > and command-line to GUI. With the external disk you have the advantage that you can use the very same filesystem for your backup as for your actual data. HTH, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQ

plone3-site and product "buildout"

2008-05-05 Thread Johannes Graumann
Hi, What's the most debian-conform way to install a plone3 package requiring "buildout" in a site create via the debian "plone3-package". Is there a mailing list/newsgrou dedicated to plone in debian? Joh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Canon EOS 400D and KDE

2008-04-29 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
make my or your Canon camera just behave like it was a usb mass storage device. Under the hood it uses gphoto2 and PTP. For me it is just more convenient to think of my camera as just another file system when copying my images from there, instead of having to remember the syntax of gphoto2. Johanne

Re: Canon EOS 400D and KDE

2008-04-29 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
With these data, I cannot understand what the problem is: Is it the > application or something else in the lower levels? Then just try the lower levels. Try to mount the device as a usb-storage, if that's suported by your camera. If not you should give gphotofs a try. HTH Johanne

Re: [sane-devel] Calling a script after USB scanner is plugged

2008-04-25 Thread Johannes Meixner
just need this for a well working plug-and-play user experience but I guess the kernel people do not want to do this for whatever internal kernel reason but again I am actually not interested in any internal kernel stuff. Here I am an end-user and I just want to have it work. Kind Regards Johann

Re: [sane-devel] Calling a script after USB scanner is plugged

2008-04-24 Thread Johannes Meixner
Hello, On Apr 23 22:53 Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 23. April 2008 schrieb Julien BLACHE: > > Johannes Meixner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > >> umax1220u scripts are started in a sequence (i.e. not in parallel, whe

Re: [sane-devel] Calling a script after USB scanner is plugged

2008-04-23 Thread Johannes Meixner
ACTION!="add", GOTO="end" SYSFS{idVendor}=="04b8", SYSFS{idProduct}=="010b", RUN+="..." LABEL="end" Fortunately in my case what is run is idempotent so that it doesn't matter when it is run about 5 times. I don't know the root c

Re: HS: How to ban some IP's to connect to apache server

2008-04-22 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
NT > source: RIPE # Filtered Apparently some customer of a swedish ISP is causing these connections (or someone who hijacked a computer of the ISP or a customer). HTH, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIDZN1C1NzPRl9qEURAl/VAJ9bDD6ar

Re: pdf plugin

2008-04-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
eaner still you could temporarily create a new user 'testmozilla' and test on that account). Does it work that way? HTH, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIDKN1C1NzPRl9qEURAg35AJ4oD/DT2HJfOdtPKKC31lgepPSoPgCdHMO7 BGT0IIUH69fS/Tl8fyd4AKM= =he

Re: sidux

2008-04-15 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
- it will eventually become stable. I enjoy the 'quiescence' that sets in after testing becomes stable and there is nothing happening to my system, except for trivial security fixes. If you are like me and generally prefer 'stable' software, than 'testin

list's netiquette [was unknown [Was Re: TR: How to verify package integrity after they have been downloaded?]]

2008-04-09 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas A. Tutty wrote on 2008-04-09 05:09: > But what does all this have to do with the subject? Nothing. Sorry for not changing it appropriately when I moved this discussion from d-security to d-user. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNAT

Re: IMPORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTION FOR YOU PLEASE READ AND REPLY!!!!!!

2008-04-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brian McKee wrote on 2008-04-07 22:07: > On 7-Apr-08, at 3:05 PM, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >>> I believe the technique you're looking for is "greylisting". >> >> I know the concept of greylisting. Are you s

Re: TR: How to verify package integrity after they have been downloaded?

2008-04-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rich Healey wrote on 2008-04-08 08:51: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> [Redirecting to debian-user, because this has nothing to do with >> debian-security] [snip] >> The mail I am now replying to has the following li

Re: TR: How to verify package integrity after they have been downloaded?

2008-04-07 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
IL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - - - - - - - - - - The References and In-Reply-To part track the ID of the message, so that the software knows about the thread. > > -- Julien Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE---

Re: IMPORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTION FOR YOU PLEASE READ AND REPLY!!!!!!

2008-04-07 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dave Sherohman wrote on 2008-04-07 17:44: > On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 02:43:56PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> IIUC, you propose that there is a special way for non-subscribers to >> post, that locks out spammers at the same time?

Re: IMPORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTION FOR YOU PLEASE READ AND REPLY!!!!!!

2008-04-07 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Johannes Wiedersich wrote on 2008-04-07 14:31: >> I understand the issue about not wanting to limit posters to the list of >> subscribers. However, perhaps there should be a whitelist or somthing >> to which non-subscribers can

Re: IMPORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTION FOR YOU PLEASE READ AND REPLY!!!!!!

2008-04-07 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
mate people actually post if they don't > have an email address? I can easily imagine a scenario, where I am somewhere on a half-configured box or in an internet cafe etc. where I don't have access to my regular mail, but where I would like to ask a question and read the answer on the

Re: how to add ifconfig option to /etc/network/interfaces

2008-04-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
enable it on boot. I'm not sure, if the additional netmask line is required or not. HTH, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH9jgRC1NzPRl9qEURAuGlAJkBp9gLFOhlwHtFmsc5XZvTw6aPRgCfan6z qlaxVqGVXlqZrSc8f2puBu4= =9MVs -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: [OT] Need old Packages.gz and Release Files

2008-04-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ib main non-free \--- E.g. [2] contains Index of /dists/woody/main/binary-i386 [ICO] NameLast modified Size [DIR] Parent Directory- [ ] Packages01-Jan-2007 21:30 6.2M [ ] Packages.bz201-Jan-2007 21:30 1.3M [ ]

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
aying I agree with him on this, but it is his opinion that > there are only a few truly free distros out there. He named them and > I've forgotten them, but they were not any names I recognized or had > heard of before and I'm familiar with at least the top 25-50 name

Re: can I customise the installation with netinstall

2008-04-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ens its English pdf. (I assume it's on CD1, if not you can also find it on debian's download page [1]). Read "Appendix B. Automating the installation using preseeding", especially section "B.4.3. Mirror settings" HTH, Johannes [1] http://www.debian.org/releases/

Re: How to create a local mirror from CD

2008-04-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
ncluded in the local archive, that you actually use (i.e. not all from CD) - - also works for security updates etc. - - if you later upgrade to lenny etc. you don't need the bandwidth to download a set of cd's, but just the packages you need and only once. HTH, Johannes -

icedove: pdf-attachment as Content-Type: app_lication/x-ms_down_load

2008-03-31 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
tion/pdf on Wed Feb 20 16:02:07 2008; it appears to be all bad application/x-msdownload since Wed Mar 26 15:26:23 2008 (or earlier). Thanks, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH8Of/C1NzPRl9qEURApkaAJ0f89lFPfO+UW8gbZHTuzrjU0SaGQCdF+PJ 8S/VY1tT9

Re: exim4 hanging on startup

2008-03-28 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
nd disconnecting everything else fine. Where should I look? Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH7PMvC1NzPRl9qEURApq3AJsEITEQczer85FZt6vmuaVKob7vMwCdGqhn gx8Fbwd5x8O9yqjB9+9Ak2s= =krqd -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: gnuplot: plotting each point in different color

2008-03-28 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
more than 200 densely written pages - no easy reading. On the other hand, gnuplot is so powerful that it is worth the struggle. My 2ct. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH7J7tC1NzPRl9qEURAtvNAJkBZh+v4WfsYn6uhkMyPKb23T860QCeNlU1 wxx3at6kCqVqgWjS2y

Re: gnuplot: plotting each point in different color

2008-03-27 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
a directory for personal documentation: $ cp /usr/share/doc/gnuplot-doc/gnuplot.ps.gz . $ gunzip gnuplot.ps.gz $ ps2pdf gnuplot.ps $ kpdf gnuplot.pdf You'll want to read pp. 64ff. (For me this is more convenient, but of course there are other ways to read the gzipped ps.) HTH,

Re: Debian is losing its users

2008-03-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
it would appear that only about three times as many people prefer the first to the latter [3]. Johannes [1] http://www.google.com/trends?q=debian%2C+suse%2C+fedora&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 [2] http://www.google.com/trends?q=debian%2C+suse%2C+fedora%2C+ubuntu&ctab=0&

Re: Debian is losing its users

2008-03-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
an't discuss this as long as you don't tell us what declined and in which relation... Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH6mJrC1NzPRl9qEURAkt/AJ9QbwIjmu8oNVxMODL1V09lAiC2xACfS9lx VrKIUATMVSN84x+dPj1LaHY= =w1jn -END PGP SIGNATURE- --

Re: curious -anyone else seeing this?

2008-03-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
on, ie. somewhere were such a "misuse" of e-mails is illegal. YMMV, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH6ltRC1NzPRl9qEURAobNAJ0QzXpDUIHu0iTREbAKhQlbJt1G+QCfRkdm TOejct3dFTvon4eMu/THpos= =Sc91 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Adobe acroread upgrade breaks links, and a FIX

2008-03-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
es is to use > update-alternatives. What is the difference? update-alternatives --config does not work, because there is no alternative and # update-alternatives --set acroread /usr/lib/Adobe/Reader8/bin/acroread-en seems to just do the same as the ln -s Thanks for clarifications. Johannes

Re: curious -anyone else seeing this?

2008-03-26 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
oo. I just created a filter for them a few minutes ago. Have you informed sculpture.cz or wherever the mail originated? I'd rather have them know that they have to reconfigure their mail system. $ whois sculpture.cz gives you some e-mail addresses. HTH, Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: Poor man's encrypted e-mail

2008-03-20 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul Johnson wrote on 2008-03-20 04:49: > On Wednesday 19 March 2008 02:05:49 am Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Unfortunately some of my friends can't use encrypted e-mail at work or >> for other reasons. On the other hand almost a

Re: best package for windows Vista

2008-03-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
tion of a new OS it's always a good idea to have good backups.) On [2] you could also find a list of CD vendors. Another approach would be to buy a book about debian. Most of those have CDs/DVDs packaged with them. HTH, Johannes [1] http://www.debian.org/ [2] http://www.debian.org/distrib/

Re: RAID suggestions?

2008-03-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
broke just weeks before it went out of warranty and no, we didn't plan to spend the money on an expensive warranty extension. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH4N8NC1NzPRl9qEURAlrBAJ9spckyPmeFLEU6IBh4LU7lxWL2PgCfcpVT iaxSMhoFz0WWEDOIZK+2GCs= =7

Poor man's encrypted e-mail

2008-03-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
d. It took me a while to figure out how to convert etch's unicode text to pdf (a2ps and enscript don't work), so I hope this is useful for someone. 'uniprint' is part of the 'yudit' package, the rest should be obvious. Johannes - -- #!/bin/bash nano

Re: compiz on Debian Sid: jerking video replay

2008-03-14 Thread Johannes Rohr
es the difference. However, I'm happy to see it work and I'm impressed by Knoppix, I have to say. Thanks, Johannes -- http://www.infoe.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: add user as group member

2008-03-14 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
icular group in the > system. The others made valid suggestions. Just to restate the obvious, these commands should be executed from a root shell, as user root. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH2jTYC1NzPRl9qEURAiAyAJ9eIi8X4zqKcu+XR4wAc

Re: X doesn't start after installing debian

2008-03-13 Thread Johannes Rohr
u into single user mode where you can disable x, e.g. by running "update-rc.d -f gdm remove" on a system with the GNOME Display Manager, for kdm or xdm just change the name. Thanks, Johannes -- http://www.infoe.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

<    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   >