Re: I/O Errors

2004-07-30 Thread Karsten M. Self
. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Howto make root commands available to any user

2004-07-30 Thread Karsten M. Self
. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Desktop

2004-07-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
monitors for my networked systems. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Judicial election/appointment

2004-07-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
. You might want to read the US Constitution some time. It's packaged for Debian: apt-get install miscfiles; zless /usr/share/state/us-constitution.gz Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
who know how to admin it? It just doesn't make sense. Largely: they're not. Wouldn't hurt to ask some pointed questions at a board meeting though. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 07:08:46AM -0700, Ryo Furue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... [...] I'm not sure whether I understand every point you make (I read your message twice but there are still points I don't understand

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
over RH than it does over a community-oriented distro. OTOH, HP's involvment appears guided by different logic. Or it could just be institutional culture. Notoriously slow, hard, and painful to change. HP again comes to mind. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http

OT: Judicial election/appointment (was Re: Is Linux Unix?)

2004-07-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
by jurisdiction. Superior (county) judges are frequently elected. State/Federal judges are appointed by governors and presidents, respectively. I don't believe any state has an elected judiciary, although California has recalled Supreme Court justices through plebiscite. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self

Re: please confirm at Sat, 24 Jul 2004 03:32:09 -0500

2004-07-24 Thread Self
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2004-07-24 Thread Self
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Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 03:07:08PM -0600, Paul E Condon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 10:40:10AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 12:03:54AM -1000, Ryo Furue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Paul, Thanks for your comments. snip lots of stuff

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
doing some fiddling with Intel-specific x86 microcode, which may not be fully compatible either. But for large classes of needs, it's sweet. See also: xen, a virtual machine monitor. Both are packaged for Debian in the standard archive. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
a proprietary ISV. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to edit a pdf file in linux

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 06:28:15AM -0500, Nate Bargmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: * Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004 Jul 22 06:09 -0500]: The point should be reiterated, however, that PDF is a *display* format, not a preferred for for modifying texts, and in general, your best bet

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
incentives to key aquisition (and resultant discomfort) makes me *exceptionally* wary. Color me dubious (and leave me my digits and irises). Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: See what a weak password will get ya?

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 11:02:11PM -0700, Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: on Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 07:24:01PM -0700, Scarletdown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Paul Stolp wrote: I second that recommendation. I always prefer to have passwords with the following features

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
architectures than closed ones. No one organization controls the whole domain. So the players within it must work together. Not an iron rule, but *far* more likely than in proprietary space. http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/FreeSoftwarePrimer Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: some kind kiosk system

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
of a Linux Kiosk configuration is JWZ's DNA Lounge systems. San Francisco nightclub, typically filled with several hundred highly individualistic patrons under varying influences astrological to zoological, and overall both reliable and usable. GIYF. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
is technically better than Debian. I'm not saying Windows XP is better than Linux. I'm trying to explain why commercial vendors are reluctant to develop software to run on all Linuxes, or on all Unixes, for that matter. Darwinian selection at work. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL

Re: some kind kiosk system

2004-07-23 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 08:15:36AM -0400, Steve Glines ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 01:13:53AM -0700, Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Justinas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There is an computer game club with 49 computers running

Re: how to edit a pdf file in linux

2004-07-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 10:17:18AM +0200, John L Fjellstad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I was wondering if Linux can be considered Unix? No. Unix is an early primitive precursor to GNU/Linux. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo

Re: X freezes, chvt hangs.

2004-07-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 04:55:06PM -0400, Greg Folkert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 05:56, Karsten M. Self wrote: Problems with X locking up. Different box from the slow drive problem posted earlier. I've got a CappuccinoPC Mocha mini-ITX format system. Pretty

Re: X freezes, chvt hangs.

2004-07-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 11:34:24AM +0100, Thomas Adam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: --- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Typically, X freezes. Mouse responds, but keyboard doesn't, including modifier keys such as capslock, numlock, and scroll/lock. ctrlaltF[1-6] doesn't take me

Re: Resolution recovery: Re: Slow disk - hdparm, S.M.A.R.T, badblocks, what else?

2004-07-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 12:03:10AM -0700, Brian Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Jacob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:03:32 -0500 Jacob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:41:58 -0700 Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip

Re: Using Debian / iptables to block outbound MSIE via headers?

2004-07-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 04:52:30PM -0400, Adam Aube ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: Are there any tools which can block outbound web traffic via headers? I've taken steps to minimize users' use of MSIE, but it's still possible to acccess it on desktops I pretty

X freezes, chvt hangs.

2004-07-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter Anything I could do to isolate this problem to hardware or software? Anyone else seeing similar? Thanks. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't

Re: OT: Managing huge Mail/ folders (with mutt?)

2004-07-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
-bugs/ :0: * 1^0 (^TO|^X-Mailing-List:.*)[EMAIL PROTECTED] * 1^0 (^TO|^X-Mailing-List:.*)[EMAIL PROTECTED] $INBOX # Catch-all :0: $INBOX } Peace. -- Karsten M. Self

Re: X freezes, chvt hangs.

2004-07-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 11:34:24AM +0100, Thomas Adam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: --- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get this, and there is various bug reports for the 'xserver-xfree86' package that allude to the symptoms descibed, but none that says it all. chvt() calls though

Re: OT: Managing huge Mail/ folders (with mutt?)

2004-07-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 12:05:10AM -0600, s. keeling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Incoming from Karsten M. Self: :0 * (^TO|^X-Mailing-List:.*)debian { :0: * ^X-Mailing-List:[EMAIL PROTECTED] $LISTDIR/Debian/debian-openoffice/ With a little care, you might

Re: OT: Managing huge Mail/ folders (with mutt?)

2004-07-12 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 03:49:25PM +1000, James Sinnamon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten and others, Firstly, thank you all for the responses. NP. On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 02:35 pm, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 07:18:55PM +1000, James Sinnamon snip/ So could anyone

Re: Resolution recovery: Re: Slow disk - hdparm, S.M.A.R.T, badblocks, what else?

2004-07-11 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 08:22:48PM -0500, Jacob S. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:03:32 -0500 Jacob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:41:58 -0700 Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip - The 'Knoppix' hostname worked its way into a few

Re: tmda (was Re: Attach filter)

2004-07-11 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 10:00:47PM +0200, David Fokkema ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 04:46:24AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 12:37:45PM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On 2004-06-25, Paul Johnson penned

Re: OT: Managing huge Mail/ folders (with mutt?)

2004-07-11 Thread Karsten M. Self
/ :0: * 1^0 (^TO|^X-Mailing-List:.*)[EMAIL PROTECTED] * 1^0 (^TO|^X-Mailing-List:.*)[EMAIL PROTECTED] $INBOX # Catch-all :0: $INBOX } Peace. -- Karsten M. Self

Re: [OT] squidguard, dansguardian, other?? on a 486?

2004-07-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 01:39:45AM -0400, Silvan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Friday 09 July 2004 03:05 am, Karsten M. Self wrote: I'm running a computer lab for a kids/teen center, and am using both Squid and Dansguardian. I've got Squidguard installed but not configured, more

Resolution recovery: Re: Slow disk - hdparm, S.M.A.R.T, badblocks, what else?

2004-07-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 02:17:04AM -0700, Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: on Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 05:59:57PM -0400, Silvan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Thursday 08 July 2004 06:59 am, Karsten M. Self wrote: - Bad drive? That's pretty much the conclusion I'm coming

Re: [OT] yahoo protocol switching

2004-07-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
have a bit more control over the computing environment, my own solution is to implement messaging on the GNU/Linux server and encourage use of remote X sessions through this. Kids are awfully like cats Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What

Re: mounting floppy with fs auto doest recognize vfat

2004-07-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
. In which msdos (8.3) precedes vfat (long filename support). Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Reject EU Software Patents! http://swpat.ffii.org/ signature.asc Description: Digital

Re: Is it safe to use disk with many bad blocks?

2004-07-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
disks from the past 3-4 years *will* be SMART capable. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Unless you are very rich and very eccentric, you will not enjoy the luxury of having a computer in your own

Re: [OT] squidguard, dansguardian, other?? on a 486?

2004-07-09 Thread Karsten M. Self
to the strengths of various methods. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Information is not power after all: Old-fashioned power is power. If you aren't big industry or government, you have very little power

Re: Slow disk - hdparm, S.M.A.R.T, badblocks, what else?

2004-07-09 Thread Karsten M. Self
://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/email-style.html http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html http://mailformat.dan.info/quoting/top-posting.html Thank you. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? GNOME

Re: Slow disk - hdparm, S.M.A.R.T, badblocks, what else?

2004-07-09 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 05:59:57PM -0400, Silvan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Thursday 08 July 2004 06:59 am, Karsten M. Self wrote: - Bad drive? I'm not an expert by any stretch, but I think it quite likely. One of those old reports you read might have been mine. I don't remember

Re: tmda (was Re: Attach filter)

2004-07-09 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 09:19:01PM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On 2004-07-08, Karsten M. Self penned: Jason Mastaler accepts criticism so graciously he's banned me from any mail access to his domain. Go figure. That's adult, open, honest, and principled

Re: how to set time-out for smbmount?

2004-07-09 Thread Karsten M. Self
to this. It's a global option to autofs. You set the timeout in /etc/default/autofs. I've used values of 3-8 seconds, typically. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? The black hat community is drooling over

Using Debian / iptables to block outbound MSIE via headers?

2004-07-09 Thread Karsten M. Self
? Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Kerry '04 http://www.johnkerry.com/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Slow disk - hdparm, S.M.A.R.T, badblocks, what else?

2004-07-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
Maxtor drives of various models, but no clear resolutions. - Bad drive? - Bad configuration? - More data needed? If so, what? - Other? Assistance very much appreciated. Peace. Notes: 1. 149.36 times, if you're doing the math. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED

tmda (was Re: Attach filter)

2004-07-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Save Bob Edwards! http://www.savebobedwards.com/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: books on debian

2004-05-28 Thread Karsten M. Self
. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Verio webhosting? Guaranteed downtime: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,57011,00.html http://www.dowethics.com/r/environment/freedom.html

Re: DNS flush

2004-05-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
you posted this question, it's expired Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? TWikIWeThey: An experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever. Technical docs, discussion, reviews

Re: Samba problem resolved: roaming profiles wouldn't

2004-05-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, May 24, 2004 at 10:09:13AM +0100, Randy Orrison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Roberto Sanchez wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System] LocalProfile=dword:0001 My only question is this: is this key documented somewhere

Re: Samba problem resolved: roaming profiles wouldn't

2004-05-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, May 24, 2004 at 09:48:57PM +0100, Randy Orrison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: on Mon, May 24, 2004 at 10:09:13AM +0100, Randy Orrison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Roberto Sanchez wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: As with most documentation, free

Re: sharepoint server type

2004-05-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
much 100% unadulterated crap. Served cold. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Kerry '04 http://www.johnkerry.com/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Knoppix Install

2004-05-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
not sure which log files to access (because X doesn't crash) Nvidia smells like trouble there. You'll want someone to point you to configs, I'm not familiar with them myself. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you

Re: woody/sarge vs. stable/testing in sources.list

2004-05-26 Thread Karsten M. Self
authentication in SSH. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Verio webhosting? Guaranteed downtime: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,57011,00.html http://www.dowethics.com/r/environment

Re: OT Shell tricks: I'll kill you later

2004-05-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, May 23, 2004 at 01:18:01AM -0600, Bob Proulx ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: while sleep 600 do ps aux | awk '/[w]hois/ {print $2}' | ( sleep 30; xargs kill ) done Clever. I like the concept. But I don't like the ps side

Re: aptitude trap: 'hold' directives not honored.

2004-05-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, May 24, 2004 at 10:46:47AM +0100, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 11:48:39PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 01:03:22PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: There are apparently three package selection databases. These should be either

Re: Samba problem resolved: roaming profiles wouldn't

2004-05-24 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, May 24, 2004 at 10:09:13AM +0100, Randy Orrison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Roberto Sanchez wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System] LocalProfile=dword:0001 My only question is this: is this key documented somewhere

Re: Archives of prior testing/unstable packages?

2004-05-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, May 21, 2004 at 02:58:54PM -0700, Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thought these were at archives.debian.org, that site's down. Or was it somewhere else? snapshot.debian.net is where it's always been, AFAIK. Thanks, both of you

Samba problem resolved: roaming profiles wouldn't

2004-05-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
other tools). Samba distributes several such registry files for sorting other issues. My only question is this: is this key documented somewhere, and how would one ordinarially go about getting documentation on a registry key? Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http

Re: Samba: assign domain group policy through Samba tools?

2004-05-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, May 20, 2004 at 06:40:06PM -0600, CW Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 03:38:37AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: I'm stuck on creating a group profile at the domain level, though. Okay. I haven't done this so just some info you might have missed, or might

OT Shell tricks: I'll kill you later

2004-05-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
ps aux | awk '/[w]hois/ {print $2}' | ( sleep 30; xargs kill ) done Enjoy. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? I mean once word leaks out that a pirate has gone soft, people begin to disobey

Re: Shuttle SB61G2

2004-05-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
script at: twiki.iwethey.org/Main/LinuxSystemInfoScript - Run same, and save output. Look at what hardware is/isn't supported, and what configurations are specified. Tends to simplify things greatly. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com

Re: Ctrl+Alt+F1 not working?

2004-05-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
have to frob some setting in Gnome or something? Oh... GNOME. Now you tell us... OK, biting sarcasm aside, not AFAIK. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? The revolution will not give your mouth sex

Re: logical drive limitation

2004-05-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
be imposed by BIOS, though once GNU/Linux itself has booted, these shouldn't be a concern. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Be what you would seem to be. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: logical drive limitation

2004-05-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/LargeBlockDevices Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means. - Oscar Wilde, dying words. signature.asc Description

Re: Ctrl+Alt+F1 not working?

2004-05-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
. Modifying the keypress to capslockaltF1 works. I of course think of that as ctrlaltF1. Has this been bug reported, do you know? Search:http://bugs.debian.org/ Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand

aptitude trap: 'hold' directives not honored.

2004-05-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
with several development tools (gcc, perl, python, etc.). While desktop / end-user apps don't fall quite under the same category, being able to manage this change more precisely could be useful. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part

Re: aptitude trap: 'hold' directives not honored.

2004-05-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, May 21, 2004 at 12:46:59PM -0700, Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I just found my Galeon install inadvertantly updated (I can't say upgraded) from 1.2.x (9ish?) to 1.3.14a-1. This despite its being listed as hold in dpkg --get-selections: galeon

Re: aptitude trap: 'hold' directives not honored.

2004-05-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, May 21, 2004 at 12:55:27PM -0700, Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: on Fri, May 21, 2004 at 12:46:59PM -0700, Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Turns out to be a two year old bug. This colors my opinion of aptitude very negatively: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi

Re: Screen won't work after 'su non-root-user'

2004-05-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
guidance, but check/Google for this. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Work is the curse of the drinking class. - Oscar Wilde signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Archives of prior testing/unstable packages?

2004-05-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
I thought these were at archives.debian.org, that site's down. Or was it somewhere else? Desperately seeking the last best Galeon 1.2.x release. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Do not throw

Re: [OT] Yahoo's Antispam proposal

2004-05-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
isn't everything, but it's a good portion of the journey. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Moderator, Free Software Law Discussion mailing list: http://lists.alt.org/mailman/listinfo/fsl-discuss

Re: Network is not working

2004-05-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, May 17, 2004 at 10:32:18PM -0400, Adam Aube ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: But since you want to be picky, did you notice you made a mistake that you criticized the OP for? If you'll look around you, you may find some subtlty recently lost in the area. Peace

Re: Is there any software can encrypt binary file in sid?

2004-05-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
software or method for this task? Please express yourself more clearly. Pretty much _any_ general-purpose encryption tool can encrypt pretty much _any_ arbitrary data, including binary data. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt

Re: Debian, rpm and corporate world (was: Can rpm packages from other linux distribution be used on Debian?)

2004-05-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
. Is there an RPM yet? IMHO, the only way to break this circle is to provide a way to install rpm that doesn't look like a hack. It's not a hack, it's an alien ;-) Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Save Bob

aptitude in cronjobs

2004-05-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
... ...which is a bit ugly. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? The major problem facing [Orkut, Friendster, and ilk] is that they scarf up personal information far more efficiently than [the FBI's

Re: Network is not working

2004-05-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, May 18, 2004 at 04:16:42PM +0800, Katipo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: on Mon, May 17, 2004 at 10:32:18PM -0400, Adam Aube ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self wrote: But since you want to be picky, did you notice you made a mistake that you criticized

Re: aptitude in cronjobs

2004-05-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, May 18, 2004 at 12:01:23PM +0100, Stephen Patterson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 18 May 2004 10:50:17 +0200, Karsten M. Self wrote: Is there a way to disable the dynamic screen updates aptitude uses, within cronjobs? What are you trying to do with aptitude in cronjobs

Re: sound volume issue

2004-05-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
: Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 16). IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=16. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=24. I/O at 0x6800 [0x68ff]. Try the above first. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt

Re: Database performance

2004-05-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
as possible. That's been by gag answer to what do you do, but from an optimization standpoint, it's the goal. It's both science and art. Treat it that way. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Save

Re: trouble loading scsi driver

2004-05-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
ignorance here, all that is listed is root created today when I ls -al). # cat /proc/mounts ...anything listed? The floppy mountpoint *will* exist, and _probably_ is empty. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you

Re: sound volume issue

2004-05-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, May 17, 2004 at 02:54:06AM -0400, richard lyons ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Monday 17 May 2004 02:02, Karsten M. Self wrote: su aptitude install aumix I think Karsten meant sudo aptitude install aumix or su aptitude install aumix In case it's not obvious

Re: sound volume issue

2004-05-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, May 17, 2004 at 04:08:35AM -0400, richard lyons ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Monday 17 May 2004 03:54, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Mon, May 17, 2004 at 02:54:06AM -0400, richard lyons ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Monday 17 May 2004 02:02, Karsten M. Self wrote: su aptitude

Re: cups - again

2004-05-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
the whole system. This isn't windoze. # fuser -vm /dev/lp0 # lsof ...would be my starting points. Kill the attached process. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Burn all gifs! Use PNG and tell

Re: View Samba file permissions from Linux?

2004-05-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
(Debian and SuSE) and different machines have different groups of accounts. NIS or LDAP would help here, I believe. But that's gross igorance talking. Peace. Notes: 1. Does this make my duly appointed President a mapper? -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Network is not working

2004-05-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
your problems. While others can offer suggestions, guidance, and experience, we cannot see into either your mind or your machine's state. This is very much a case of you have to help us help you. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part

Re: View Samba file permissions from Linux?

2004-05-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, May 17, 2004 at 01:00:39AM -0700, Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: on Thu, May 13, 2004 at 10:56:37AM +0200, Jens Benecke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi, we have a Samba server whose shares are mounted by Windows (2000) machines and Linux machines. We mount the SMB

Re: soursec list

2004-05-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, May 17, 2004 at 12:37:46PM +0300, jone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: hi..where can i find mirrors to add them to sources list??? # apt-setup Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? In 2002

Samba: assign domain group policy through Samba tools?

2004-05-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
. http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6684 -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? He that touches pitch shall be defiled. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Samba and network printing

2004-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
PPD File Is Present. What might the problem be? ...and Can't Use ?cupsaddsmb? on Samba Server Which Is a PDC Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? What other group has its predominant slur based

Re: [OT] Might this be a symptom of a virus/worm?

2004-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from pigeon by schnellbox.pigeonloft with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BOQmd-0003dB-00 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 14 May 2004 01:42:39 +0100 Probably rewritten here. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL

Re: fax in linux

2004-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
at hylafax www.hylafax.org Unless you've got specific experience with hylafax, I'd recommend you don't. It's a broken, bloated, highly complex mess. I'd strongly recommend efax as a sufficient, functional, alternative. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http

Re: Easy to use Mail Spam/ Content Filter?

2004-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
. Outsourcing this is probably the easiest solution. Costs typically $4-10/mo per account. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? When Adam delved and Even span, who was then the gentleman

Re: Orderly shutdown of running programs when quitting X

2004-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
with xscreensaver. - You can hibernate X with APM enabled on most reasonable laptops, etc. Typically, my X sessions run weeks to months. Closing stuff down is done rarely, and the state loss *is* a major PITA. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http

Re: A better sound system than esd and arts?

2004-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? They was takin' plaster tire tracks, footprints, dog-smellin' prints. - A. Guthrie signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Rules of Spam: #3: Spammers are stupid. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: mouse lost with KVM switch

2004-05-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
wonder if there isn't a better way since other distributions that I use do not have the same issue. Any suggestions? Other distros, or other computers? I suspect HW issues. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you

Re: Massive increase of spam on debian-*@l.d.o

2004-05-07 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, May 06, 2004 at 02:52:31PM -0700, Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It reports spam to the usual suspects. Starting with postmaster/abuse addresses, if known. Then IP / domain WHOIS contacts, abuse.net contacts, and the like. You

Re: Massive increase of spam on debian-*@l.d.o

2004-05-07 Thread Karsten M. Self
for it. By dropping all traffic. IDP has worked in the past. It still works. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Save Bob Edwards! http://www.savebobedwards.com/ signature.asc Description: Digital

Re: apt: Dynamic MMap ran out of room

2004-05-01 Thread Karsten M. Self
-Limit 25165824;' /etc/apt/atp.conf Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. SCO vs IBM Linux lawsuit info: http://sco.iwethey.org

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