Re: Fwd: Re: [OT] Re: Defending yourself

2011-05-11 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
under definition #2. It wasn't (made of) meat, so it doesn't qualify under definition #4. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net

Re: Fwd: Re: [OT] Re: Defending yourself

2011-05-11 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-05-11 18:11:56 shawn wilson wrote: this thread still doesn't have an OT in the subject! It does here: Re: Fwd: Re: [OT] Re: Defending yourself. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM

This is not SPAM

2011-05-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
want to help a little bit, you can bounce or redirect SPAM message to report-listspam@lists.d.o. If you want to help a lot, writing spamassassin or postfix rules that match the SPAM and communicating that to the list admins could help. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b

Re: Nouveau Experiments (was: Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root')

2011-05-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-05-09 20:52:05 Stephen Powell wrote: On Mon, 09 May 2011 01:45:33 -0400 (EDT), Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: The problem I am having is a bit more subtle. The framebuffer completely fills my 19 monitor, but the framebuffer has gaps on the bottom and right of my 24 monitor. Both

Re: How up-to-date is Debian's stable release kept to fix published kernel security vulnerabilities?

2011-05-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
for shared libraries for the same purpose. Depending on upstream support (and maintainer support) for co-installation, all or part of the version string may be included in package, directory, and file names. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net

Re: What happened to OpenOffice 2.4.1?

2011-05-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
package that was in Debian since Etch, including packages that were only in unstable should be available via the snapshot service. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http

Re: Nouveau Experiments (was: Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root')

2011-05-09 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 09 May 2011 01:45:33 -0400 (EDT), Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: The problem I am having is a bit more subtle. The framebuffer completely fills my 19 monitor, but the framebuffer has gaps on the bottom and right of my 24 monitor. Both are connected to the same physical card

Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'

2011-05-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 20110508080807.GC7081@think.nuvreauspam, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sb, 07 mai 11, 09:54:37, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: You could try this one, if you aren't using any out-of-tree modules. For me it is the NVidia module. I really should find the money for a cheap ATI card so I can use

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
for a little while. NB: In the name of package files (e.g. linux-image-686_2.6.32-5.deb), the name occurs first and is them separated from the version by an underscore ('_'). It is perfectly legal for things that look like version numbers to occur in the package name and vice-versa. -- Boyd Stephen

Re: Does apt-get dist-upgrade upgrade the kernel?

2011-05-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 201105081231.04151@iguanasuicide.net, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In pan.2011.05.08.09.55...@gmail.com, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 08 May 2011 11:21:07 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: You need either the package linux-image-flavour or linux-image-2.6-flavour and a new kernel will be installed

Nouveau Experiments (was: Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root')

2011-05-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 201105081209.28976@iguanasuicide.net, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 20110508080807.GC7081@think.nuvreauspam, Andrei Popescu wrote: And nouveau? I'll give Nouveau a chance sometime this week. It's definitely got some rough edges. AIXGL is disabled in the Squeeze version because

Re: Nouveau Experiments (was: Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root')

2011-05-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 08 May 2011 19:01:00 -0400 (EDT), Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: BTW, anyone know how to request that the non-X virtual terminals not use the framebuffer? It looks quite weird with my setup, so I'd prefer text mode VTs for the most part. I don't think that's possible. If you use

Re: Nouveau Experiments (was: Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root')

2011-05-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 784041656.444588.1304907525303.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sun, 08 May 2011 19:01:00 -0400 (EDT), Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: BTW, anyone know how to request that the non-X virtual terminals not use the framebuffer? It looks quite weird with my setup, so

Re: Nouveau Experiments (was: Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root')

2011-05-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 201105081801.00768@iguanasuicide.net, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: I'm off to experiment some more and see if I can get accelerated nouveau working on something. I guess even the testing/Sid kernels are worth another attempt. I won't have the nvidia kernel module tainting the kernel so

Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'

2011-05-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
to store your kernel and initrd on a different file system. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description

Re: CRITICAL: Wireless connection destroyed on some Netbooks

2011-05-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
updates. - And confirmed to be in action in the latest Mint Debian XFCE. Both Mint and Ubuntu have their own mailing lists. As far and I can tell, you didn't even test on Debian, rendering your posting off-topic for this mailing list. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b

Re: grub-probe: error: cannot stat `/dev/root'

2011-05-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 201105070904.26205@iguanasuicide.net, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In pan.2011.05.07.10.57...@gmail.com, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 06 May 2011 10:44:21 -0700, CACook wrote: This just started after my most recent (very painful) dist-upgrade. It seems that BTRFS is not compatible with grub

Re: Need help with approx configuration changes for squeeze [SOLVED]

2011-05-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
on the master server (or one of its mirrors) has completely replaces the debian- volatile repository on volatile.debian.org. (The debian-volatile-sloppy was effectively replaced by backports for a while, I don't think it ever got a package during the Lenny release.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr

Re: Unidentified subject!

2011-05-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 4dc426d9.7030...@vru.uho.edu.cu, Alexey Leyva wrote: help You'll have to be more specific. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net

Re: file systems

2011-05-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 4dc27008.2080...@hardwarefreak.com, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 5/2/2011 5:54 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: I'm slightly surprised by the results. It's possible it was slightly weighted toward JFS because of the %CPU and Ops/%CPU metrics, which I don't think matter too much. As I mentioned

Re: file systems

2011-05-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 4dc286bf.3060...@hardwarefreak.com, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 5/4/2011 6:44 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In4dc1e009.30...@hardwarefreak.com, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 5/2/2011 4:02 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: They are also essential for any journaled filesystem to have correct

Re: Customising Debian install

2011-05-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2. FAI -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Need help with approx configuration changes for squeeze

2011-05-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
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Re: Need /etc/apt/sources.list

2011-05-05 Thread Stephen Powell
anyway. There is a sample /etc/apt/sources.list file on my kernel-building web page: http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm Look for it under Step 1: Update Your sources.list File -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Need help with approx configuration changes for squeeze

2011-05-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 20110505230413.ga4...@big.lan.gnu, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20110505_164439, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On 2011-05-05 16:15:31 Paul E Condon wrote: #volatile http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile I thought the word 'volatile' was being eliminated. volatile.debian.org

Re: Bug report: Which package?

2011-05-04 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
postings to the list. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message

Re: file systems

2011-05-04 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 4dc1e009.30...@hardwarefreak.com, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 5/2/2011 4:02 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: They are also essential for any journaled filesystem to have correct behavior in the face of sudden pwoer loss. This is true only if you don't have BBWC. No. It is true even with BBWC

Re: [OT] What SmartPhone for a FreeTard??? [Was: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?]

2011-05-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
source as you get. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: file systems

2011-05-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 4dbe75dd.80...@hardwarefreak.com, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 5/1/2011 10:40 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In4dbd0d23.1080...@hardwarefreak.com, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Independent Linux filesystem tests performed by an IBM engineer to track BTRFS performance during development. XFS trounces

Re: file systems

2011-05-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 201105011040.19169@iguanasuicide.net, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 4dbd0d23.1080...@hardwarefreak.com, Stan Hoeppner wrote: http://btrfs.boxacle.net/repository/raid/2.6.35-rc5/2.6.35-rc5/2.6.35-rc5_L a rge_file_creates_num_threads=1.html http://btrfs.boxacle.net/repository/raid/2.6.35

Re: file systems

2011-05-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 201105021602.50060@iguanasuicide.net, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: They are also essential for any journaled filesystem to have correct behavior in the face of sudden pwoer loss. Barriers ensure, (e.g.) that the journal entry creating a file is flushed to the backing store before

Re: file systems

2011-05-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 201105021649.01038@iguanasuicide.net, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: I've used OpenSTV, and treated each graph as a preferential vote. This is only one way to aggregate the data on the graphs, and it is certainly flawed, but it can be reasonably be used for ranking the file systems. I

Re: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?

2011-05-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 1304393739.10721.1447549...@webmail.messagingengine.com, giovanni_re wrote: What Smartphone do you use? HTC, Hero, Android + HTC Sense, Sprint, USA -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy

Re: file systems

2011-05-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
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Re: fullscreen video with mencoder

2011-04-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
anything that does that, yet.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: Monitors requiring interlaced video modes with older Nvidia video cards are out of options in wheezy

2011-04-27 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:39:16 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:32:43 -0400 (EDT), Sven Joachim wrote: On 2011-04-24 22:19 +0200, Stephen Powell wrote: ... The same bug can be reproduced by using the following kernel boot parameter: video=VGA-1:1024x768@87i

Re: Patching problem, Obmenu

2011-04-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
-dev package.] Even if you didn't want to do an NMU (or shouldn't because of policy), those files could be attached to the bug report for use by the maintainer and/or other users with the same problem. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net

Re: Monitors requiring interlaced video modes with older Nvidia video cards are out of options in wheezy

2011-04-25 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-04-24 15:19:05 Stephen Powell wrote: Don't file bugs upstream If you file a bug in Debian, don't send a copy to the upstream software maintainers yourself, as it is possible that the bug exists only in Debian. If necessary, the maintainer of the package will forward the bug

Re: Monitors requiring interlaced video modes with older Nvidia video cards are out of options in wheezy

2011-04-25 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:32:43 -0400 (EDT), Sven Joachim wrote: On 2011-04-24 22:19 +0200, Stephen Powell wrote: ... The same bug can be reproduced by using the following kernel boot parameter: video=VGA-1:1024x768@87i ... Please add these findings to the bug report. I will. But I

Re: Monitors requiring interlaced video modes with older Nvidia video cards are out of options in wheezy

2011-04-24 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:34:13 -0400 (EDT), Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:57:07 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: I can't use the nouveau driver because the nouveau driver doesn't work with interlaced video modes. I filed a bug report a good while ago. See http

Re: kernel 2.6.38 on Lenny

2011-04-23 Thread Stephen Powell
/releases/squeeze/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

Monitors requiring interlaced video modes with older Nvidia video cards are out of options in wheezy

2011-04-23 Thread Stephen Powell
really did try hard to make nouveau work for me, but it just doesn't. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: Monitors requiring interlaced video modes with older Nvidia video cards are out of options in wheezy

2011-04-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 1636648964.128495.1303595827920.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com, Stephen Powell wrote: I really don't see why nv had to be dropped from the distribution. It is no longer maintained. NVidia abandoned it a while ago. It was still maintained by the X.org developers for a while. However

Re: Monitors requiring interlaced video modes with older Nvidia video cards are out of options in wheezy

2011-04-23 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:14:39 -0400 (EDT), Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: I really don't see why nv had to be dropped from the distribution. It is no longer maintained. NVidia abandoned it a while ago. It was still maintained by the X.org developers for a while

Re: Monitors requiring interlaced video modes with older Nvidia video cards are out of options in wheezy

2011-04-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
interested users. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Why does Linux crash?

2011-04-22 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
in favor of over-commit, but I think it fundamentally undermines the safety of the system, so I am still against it being the default.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy

Re: Why does Linux crash?

2011-04-20 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
, Alt+SysRq+E will, but it'll also shut down all the system services, so you'll need to restart them. In short, there's a ocean of possibilities between wait for Linux/Eclipse to resolve things and yank the power that you don't seem to be exploring. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr

Re: Cannot mount floppy drive in Squeeze

2011-04-20 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:56:47 -0800, Peter Easthope wrote: Bob, Camaleon, Dom, Stephen, Tom others, I am replying to the last message I found in the thread. If there is one later, I didn't ignore it deliberately. * From: Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com * Date: Mon, 6 Dec

Re: changing my e-mail address

2011-04-18 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
to get to the page, then each mailing list is just one click on top of that. So, while the relationship is still linear, there is an understandable constant overhead. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM

Re: Nvidia drivers

2011-04-18 Thread Stephen Powell
that uses the Nvidia drivers. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/772452800.21893.1303173917605

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
-cache policy aptitude) show? Can you also post the output of (apt-get install aptitude) non-i18n-ized? I'm suspecting some odd problems under /var/lib/apt or /var/cache at this point, but those outputs will help further diagnose. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b

Re: New App. for Debian.

2011-04-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
decided to go with HTML 5 at all levels: in the contents of the specification, banding and marketing, and development model. That said, I prefer HTML 5 to Flash and I think Maquetta will be neat to use if I ever need flashy features. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
://ftp.de.debian.org lenny/main Packages Can you also post the output of (apt-get install aptitude) non-i18n-ized? If you tell me how to do this, then YES. Nevermind, you posted it for htop, and that is sufficient for me to confirm what I thought was wrong. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
, that these values changed to -1? I don't know any tool that edits that file. I always edit it with (sudo -e /etc/apt/preferences). So, my assumption is that you made the change yourself, perhaps without knowing the results. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net

Re: error installing kernel-image

2011-04-15 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:24:34 -0400 (EDT), Joel Roth wrote: I had a similar problem described here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/10/msg00264.html Stephen Powell gave the same advice as above. :-) Following that, I tried this: # grep -r yaird /etc

Re: error installing kernel-image, solved

2011-04-15 Thread Stephen Powell
scripts in /etc/kernel/postinst.d and /etc/kernel/postrm.d take care of creating and deleting the initial RAM file system images for custom kernels. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: problem with apt-get install AND apt-get upgrade

2011-04-14 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
the output of the update run as well as the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net

This is not SPAM

2011-04-14 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
want to help a little bit, you can bounce or redirect SPAM message to report-listspam@lists.d.o. If you want to help a lot, writing spamassassin or postfix rules that match the SPAM and communicating that to the list admins could help. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b

Re: Nvidia drivers

2011-04-14 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
compatible with Debian packaging. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: error installing kernel-image

2011-04-14 Thread Stephen Powell
. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1663235433.261291.1302830538326.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com

Re: Missing keyspan.fw

2011-04-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
non-free. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[SOLVED] blank page after every page with HP PaintJet

2011-04-09 Thread Stephen Powell
feature, I recommend the paintjet driver over the pj driver to anyone who wishes to use the HP PaintJet printer under Linux, despite what the official recommendation says. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Problem with time command

2011-04-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 4d9c342a.1090...@shadowcat.co.uk, Chris Jackson wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: GNU time 1.7 bss@dellbuntu:~$ type time time is a shell keyword (Bash has a time builtin that you should avoid if you want to use the time binary.) Actually it's a keyword not a builtin. That's why I

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
, there is no difference in package selection. I quoted directly from such a document earlier in the thread. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
are desktop packages? Server = X-less so WM-less, DE-less, GUI-less Do you have any documentation to support this assertion? -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http

Re: Hash salt (was Re: BCRYPT - Why not using it?)

2011-04-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
like to believe that shadow passwords will more to SHA3 within 2-3 releases after SHA3 is finalized. At the current rate of attack improvements against MD5, that should be plenty of time. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o

Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...

2011-04-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
on a SLE* release. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message

Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...

2011-04-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
is the difference? Does the server version not include restricted? (Like neither version includes universe or multiverse.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http

Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-04-05 12:07:16 George Standish wrote: On 05/04/11 01:04 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On 2011-04-05 11:51:13 George Standish wrote: If you need more support than Debian provides and= 5 years, install an Ubuntu LTS. Just to clarify, Ubuntu LTS releases are 5 years for the server

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-04-05 12:24:39 Matt Harrison wrote: On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net wrote: On 2011-04-05 12:07:16 George Standish wrote: On 05/04/11 01:04 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On 2011-04-05 11:51:13 George Standish wrote: If you need more

Re: Problem with time command

2011-04-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
0m0.000s sys 0m0.000s bss@dellbuntu:~$ command time --version GNU time 1.7 bss@dellbuntu:~$ type time time is a shell keyword (Bash has a time builtin that you should avoid if you want to use the time binary.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net

Re: Ubuntu Versions (was: Re: Let's say you never want to upgrade from Lenny...)

2011-04-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In BANLkTi=99cw8hdkx1ozsm1g8z+y+ay7...@mail.gmail.com, Tom H wrote: On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net wrote: Someone that doesn't necessarily want to upgrade on Debian's schedule. With Ubuntu, you can get 5 years, as opposed to Debian's ~3 years

Re: Debian Newbie need help - belated thank you to all

2011-04-03 Thread Stephen Powell
skipped over it. Even so, you did get a request for your Xorg.0.log file, which is what I would have asked for too. And as far as I can tell, you never posted it. You give up too easily. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

[SOLVED] Serial Connection

2011-04-02 Thread Stephen Powell
. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1859366348.1893779.1301756864696.javamail.r...@md01

Re: cannot go back from nouveau to nv

2011-04-02 Thread Stephen Powell
have any good alternative except nv. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

re: cannot go back from nouveau to nv

2011-04-02 Thread Stephen Powell
the monitor I'm using now with one of them. But it's good to know that cheap video cards are available. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: Debian was hacked: The Canterbury Distribution (howto write the date)

2011-04-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
that. I'm not sure about AIX and Solaris. I'm pretty sure there won't be anymore HP-UX. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net

Re: apt makes it easy to track the new package but hard to dump the old

2011-04-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d that alters or augments these settings. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description

Re: apt makes it easy to track the new package but hard to dump the old

2011-04-02 Thread Stephen Powell
::Get::Purge. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/37884923.1903235.1301799801509.javamail.r...@md01

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-04-01 01:31:47 Klistvud wrote: the final proof will be in the pudding ... The proof *of* the pudding is in the eating. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http

Re: Debian was hacked: The Canterbury Distribution

2011-04-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
also in the U.S., but I prefer seeing ISO dates. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description

Re: About to order motherboard Asus M4A78LT-M - any known issues?

2011-04-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-04-01 13:48:06 Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/01/2011 11:24 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On 2011-04-01 01:31:47 Klistvud wrote: the final proof will be in the pudding ... The proof *of* the pudding is in the eating. Except when the proof is actually *in* the pudding... :) Anyway

Re: dreaded ethernet device renaming

2011-03-31 Thread Stephen Powell
(the one you didn't edit), rename the old version of the file to the production name, shutdown and reboot. The new network adapter will now have the interface name of the old adapter. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Serial Connection -- shielding

2011-03-31 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:30:59 -0400 (EDT), MAROUNI Abbass wrote: On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:27:39 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: As I've said before, the devil is in the details. You need to find out *exactly* how your cross-over cable or null modem is wired. There may be some asymmetry

Re: Lenny - Squeeze : Apache2:LDAP SSL auth not working anymore

2011-03-31 Thread Stephen Young
I'm having the example same problem after my upgrade from Lenny to Squeeze With SSL on this just gives me Internal Server Error without writing to the logs: Location /usvn-1.0/svn/ ErrorDocument 404 default DAV svn SVNParentPath /var/www/usvn-1.0/files/svn

Re: Serial Connection -- shielding

2011-03-31 Thread Stephen Powell
of the experiment. Then maybe I'll suggest something else to try. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

[SOLVED] dreaded ethernet device renaming

2011-03-31 Thread Stephen Powell
that everyone gets burned by this at least once. But once you find the solution, you never forget it. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: What temporary space does aptitude use?

2011-03-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-03-30 11:16:19 Sven Joachim wrote: Note that you have to clean up old unused kernels manually, they are never autoremoved. Never meaning only if you override the settings in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net

Re: apt pinning question

2011-03-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
version. Failing that, if any general-form records match an available package version then the first such record determines the priority of the package version. -- (man 5 apt_preferences) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ

Re: aptitude upgrade

2011-03-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
it, mark it as automatically installed, let apt-get/aptitude clean up, and if it is still around, repeat the why invocation. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http

Re: Serial Connection -- shielding

2011-03-29 Thread Stephen Powell
, but operationally it's much simpler. You want to do it with one cable? How about TCP/IP over ethernet and ssh sessions? That way, you can connect to any PC in the network with just one cable per server. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: You touched one of my pet peeves (was Re: dpkg: syntax error)

2011-03-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Installing Etch

2011-03-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
step in upgrading to Squeeze anyway.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

Re: broken shell script with dash

2011-03-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
/aliases.[12] /etc/aliases). [1] I'm not sure about the work-in-progress SUSv4 or a work-in-progress POSIX, if one exists. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http

Re: Cannot update wheezy

2011-03-27 Thread Stephen Powell
not. With full-upgrade the dependencies can be resolved by giving permission to delete a couple of open office packages that are functionally replaced by a couple of libre office packages, IIRC. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Serial Connection

2011-03-27 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:40:40 -0400 (EDT), ow...@netptc.net wrote: On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:52:23 -0400 (EDT, Stephen Powell wrote: I haven't tried this, but one thing you want to make sure of is that you use a cross-over cable. The serial ports on PCs have what's known as a DTE interface

Re: Serial Connection

2011-03-27 Thread Stephen Powell
. If he uses a full cross-over cable, as outlined in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:D9_Null_Modem_Wiring.png (or a standard serial cable with a similarly wired null modem), it should work with any DTE-to-DTE connection. -- .''`. Stephen Powell

Re: Serial Connection

2011-03-27 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:30:49 -0400 (EDT), ow...@netptc.net wrote: On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:41:37 -0400 (EDT, Stephen Powell wrote: That's true. But a properly-wired cross-over cable or null modem not only crosses over TD and RD but also crosses over DTR and DSR and also crosses over RTS

Re: [OT] compiled kernels do not boot

2011-03-26 Thread Stephen Powell
hardware needs. But that's just a guess. The following resource may be helpful to you: http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: System becomes very slow after update to squeeze 6.0.1

2011-03-26 Thread Stephen Powell
to exit, of course. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1471178425.1732538.1301147313367

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