Re: recover partition table

2011-03-26 Thread Stephen Powell
. It can allocate partitions and report on them at the sector level. For example, parted /dev/sda unit s print free parted /dev/sda unit s mkpart ... -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: recover partition table

2011-03-26 Thread Stephen Powell
if you can still read the data. Then delete the partition again. -- .''`. 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: System becomes very slow after update to squeeze 6.0.1

2011-03-26 Thread Stephen Powell
help. This is one of the major differences between Lenny and Squeeze: separately-loaded firmware. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: recover partition table

2011-03-26 Thread Stephen Powell
://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/lilo.htm That's why I recommend that you concentrate on the sector numbers, which are essentially the same as LBA values. The sector information is further down in the file than the CHS information. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: recover partition table

2011-03-26 Thread Stephen Powell
to the beginning, now would you? Of course, you only want to rescue partitions that are not already defined. And rescuing a partition may change the numbers of existing partitions, so watch out for that. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Serial Connection

2011-03-26 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/1489274790.1739751.1301179943578.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com

Re: [OT] compiled kernels do not boot

2011-03-26 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:31:57 -0400 (EDT), Scott Ferguson wrote: On 27/03/11 00:29, Stephen Powell wrote: On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:19:11 -0400 (EDT), Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I have tried 3 self-compiled kernels and they do not boot. They compile w/o errors. They are compiled with 'make-kpkg

Re: [OT] compiled kernels do not boot

2011-03-26 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:49:22 -0400 (EDT), Scott Ferguson wrote: On 27/03/11 10:19, Stephen Powell wrote: http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm Unfortunately your page keeps timing out - not sure if the google cache version:- http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache

Re: libXm.so.3

2011-03-25 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
, testing (Wheezy), and unstable (Sid), it has been replaced with libmotif4 which provides libXm.so.4. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net

Re: Your favorite version control software

2011-03-25 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
easier to work with that it became policy.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description

Re: Your favorite version control software

2011-03-25 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
over-rated. However, if you want them you can get them without completely abandoning a non-linear history and some of the DVCS advantages that comes with. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy

Re: iceweasel 4 on squeeze?

2011-03-24 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
in sources.list. The ordering only matters when the same package name *and version* are available from multiple sources. In fact, it is more subtle than that, involving the priority system as well. But basically, ordering in the file is the sorting-of-last-resort. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr

Re: iceweasel 4 on squeeze? OT question

2011-03-24 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
is the waiting period, but that can be controlled somewhat by the DD performing the upload to unstable. It can also get hung in other transitions. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy

Re: Your favorite version control software

2011-03-24 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
-distributed is entrenched in the project / workplace, I'll end up using Git with occasional synchronization with the inferior solution. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http

Re: What happened to debian - does stable keep having any meaning?

2011-03-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-03-23 00:59:49 Geronimo wrote: Hello, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Now, moving between 6.0.0 and 6.0.1 shouldn't have been a problem, but I suspect you actually would have had issues rebooting your 6.0.0 system even without the 6.0.1 updates, since you didn't have your fstab in order

Re: iceweasel 4 on squeeze?

2011-03-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
bug fixes. I recommend a complex pinning setup like mine so you can pull individual packages from backports/testing/unstable/experimental and keep them up to date while having as many packages as possible sourced from stable. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b

Re: What happened to debian - does stable keep having any meaning?

2011-03-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
I've wanted to throw out and just re-implement from the ground up. But, the more I do it, the more I get the sense that that is rarely, if ever, the correct way forward. I would like liked to see the changes made in both these projects made more incrementally. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr

Re: An interesting experiment

2011-03-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
/uninstalled. -- 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: Mouse disappeared after update to squeeze 6.0.1

2011-03-22 Thread Stephen Powell
8042 keyboard/mouse controller chip). What kind of mouse are you using? -- .''`. 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: Mouse disappeared after update to squeeze 6.0.1

2011-03-22 Thread Stephen Powell
erases all files from the package cache. If the first two options won't work for you, you can try http://snapshot.debian.org You can usually find back-level packages there. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Best network filesystem for a bleeding edge, pure linux environment?

2011-03-21 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
two block devices synchronized during use. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description

Re: What happened to debian - does stable keep having any meaning?

2011-03-21 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
issues rebooting your 6.0.0 system even without the 6.0.1 updates, since you didn't have your fstab in order. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net

Re: Squeeze

2011-03-21 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
that they do NOT play well with with official KDE SC 4 packages. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-21 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/453068037.1623473.1300754739298.javamail.r...@md01

Re: mouse pointer disappeared after upgrading to 6.0.1 in GNOME

2011-03-20 Thread Stephen Powell
capabilities of the kernel are used and the use of gpm's repeater function should no longer be necessary. I don't want to hijack the OP's thread, but Wayne, I'm curious what kind of a mouse you use and why you think it is necessary to use gpm to get it to work in X. -- .''`. Stephen Powell

Re: Firewall rules to block unwanted protocolls on given ports

2011-03-19 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
is being used when good encryption is in play. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description

Re: sum two disks using RAID or LVM?

2011-03-18 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
are proposing. -- 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 sed problem

2011-03-18 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
to your PATH or MANPATH. :P -- 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: 建议中文字体包去掉prefer的设置

2011-03-17 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
-specific variants of debian-user; I am not sure if one exists for your language. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net

Re: Best network filesystem for a bleeding edge, pure linux environment?

2011-03-17 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
system across a network connection. (NBD, iSCSI, and ATAoE all operate underneath a file system, you might be able to use them with a cluster-aware file system for sharing, but double-mounting a normal file system is a no-no.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b

Re: Best network filesystem for a bleeding edge, pure linux environment?

2011-03-17 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
is in. Essentially, a Kerberos infrastructure is necessary to use AFS, at least a minimal one. And, with a truly minimal Kerberos configuration, I don't think it would be any more secure and probably more poorly performing than an equivalent NFS. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr

Re: Canonical source for the new CD signing key's fingerprint?

2011-03-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-03-16 14:31:14 Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: My signing this email simply says that a person who has access to the associated GPG private key wrote it. Actually, it doesn't even guarantee that they *wrote* it. It guarantees the *read* it and were willing to sign it. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr

Re: stop monitor going to black

2011-03-16 Thread Stephen Powell
use. For GNOME, try System - Preferences - Screensaver and uncheck the box which says Activate the screensaver when computer is idle Then click the Close button. The power management button contains additional settings which may come into play. -- .''`. Stephen Powell

Re: test

2011-03-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
mail client is working. -- 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: this is a test

2011-03-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
/#codeofconduct Particularly, these points: * Do not send test messages to determine whether your mail client is working. * Never send your messages in HTML; use plain text instead. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ

Re: this is just a test, please ignore it!

2011-03-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
to determine whether your mail client is working. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description

Re: Extending and releasing open source software

2011-03-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-03-15 07:22:50 Nick Douma wrote: Hi, On 03/14/2011 06:15 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On 2011-03-14 11:12:35 Nick Douma wrote: I have a question about developing software and licenses. I have taken a MIT-licensed library (https://github.com/peej/tonic), and modified and extended

Re: Extending and releasing open source software

2011-03-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
that they could be integrated and maintained along-side the core code. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc

Re: Extending and releasing open source software

2011-03-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
a good model for how to clearly mention them both in the source itself. Not including the GPL header could confuse the recipients into thinking that your changes to existing files are available under the MIT license. I'm assuming that you don't want that to be the case. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr

Re: kde missing documentation

2011-03-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
they are not. That's probably wrong, since apt-get and aptitude invoke dpkg to do the install for each package. apt-get and aptitude are unable to install packages without using dpkg. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o

Re: kde missing documentation

2011-03-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-03-15 15:36:34 Andreas Goesele wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net writes: On 2011-03-15 11:48:48 Andreas Goesele wrote: Dr. Ed Morbius dredmorb...@gmail.com writes: There's always 'auto-apt' or 'apt-file' to track down the package owner of a specific file. Since

Re: Looking for a parallel log viewer

2011-03-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In ilovug$u4o$1...@dough.gmane.org, Malte Forkel wrote: I'm looking for a tool that can display multiple log files and scroll them based on their timestamps in a synchronized fashion. multitail? -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net

Re: Extending and releasing open source software

2011-03-14 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
a copyright notice for each entity that holds copyright on it. 'Copyright 2011 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net' is a good example. New source files will just have your copyright, unmodified source files will just have the original authors copyright, modified source files will have both

[OT] You want embarrassing? (was [SOLVED] Cannot use USB floppy drive in Squeeze)

2011-03-12 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:11:49 -0500 (EST), Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/25/2011 06:49 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: ... I have found the culprit: it was a bad floppy disk! The media was physically defective and was causing I/O errors. Once I put a good floppy in it, everything worked fine. How

Re: What are your best practices for running Debian unstable?

2011-03-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
installed I tryied to do an apt-get install list-bugs and an apt-get install apt-list-bugs and also a search and can't find the package how can I install this and apt-listchanges? Spell the package name correctly. darkestkhan did: apt-listbugs. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b

Re: [OT] You want embarrassing? (was [SOLVED] Cannot use USB floppy drive in Squeeze)

2011-03-12 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:54:02 -0500 (EST), Stan Hoeppner wrote: Stephen Powell put forth on 3/12/2011 8:30 AM: I have to admit that tops my story. But I think I can do better. I once tore up the wall of my living room trying to find an electrical problem, only to discover that the reason

Re: what is the “Online Certificate Status Protocol”

2011-03-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
been revoked, after the server certificate is confirmed to be part of a valid trust chain. It is likely a way to turn it off, but it is not normally a good idea. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM

Re: Re (2): [OT] US tax forms with acroread from debian-multimedia

2011-03-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
direct electronic filing by individuals or if the tools to do so are available in Debian. I think not, which is one of the main reason I engage third-party in filing my U.S. taxes. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ

Re: Re (2): [OT] US tax forms with acroread from debian-multimedia

2011-03-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-03-09 13:44:32 John Hasler wrote: I wrote: Sure, if you don't mind publishing your tax returns. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. writes: Publishing is perhaps a bit harsh. Most web-based tax services use end-to- end encryption to prevent the data from being intercepted both times

Re: Re (2): [OT] US tax forms with acroread from debian-multimedia

2011-03-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-03-09 16:11:47 John Hasler wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. writes: ...are the most secure way to exchange information publicly available. That statement is certainly false on its face. No electronic transmission method can be as secure as walking into my CPA's office and handing him

Re: Re (2): [OT] US tax forms with acroread from debian-multimedia

2011-03-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 87aah3hpf0@thumper.dhh.gt.org, John Hasler wrote: I wrote: No electronic transmission method can be as secure as walking into my CPA's office and handing him papers. In 201103091258.46708@iguanasuicide.net, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Similarly, if you engage a tax professional you

Re: Upgrading the old OS vs. fresh installation of the new OS

2011-03-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 20110309171317.41bb9188.jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com, Jason Hsu wrote: Which do you prefer: Upgrading the old OS or doing a fresh installation? I learn towards a fresh installation. Upgrade. Always. I've heard others swear by New install. Always. though. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr

Re: to which package should I file against the allocation bug described below?

2011-03-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
. I run with overcommit_memory set to 2 all the time. I suggest you set it from /etc/sysctl.conf; the system is less likely be happy with it changing after it has satisfied some allocations. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o

Re: Anyone ever tried a downgrade?

2011-03-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
enough. The upgrade didn't take me 12 hours on any system, at least not all at once. There were a couple of short clean-up sessions over the next 2 days, but nothing critical. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984

Re: Problem with Squeeze upgrade

2011-03-06 Thread Stephen Powell
. Maybe that's what you did, and if so, then I'm barking up the wrong tree. But you don't want that pesky udisks daemon running while doing CD mounts and umounts. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: proffer for web server in debian 6

2011-03-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
for it. a2{en,dis}{mod,site}. Later, if you find good reason, you can always switch another web server. Usually, the amount of PHP you need to change is fairly small. PHP 4 is not available in a supported version of Debian. PHP 6 is not yet available in a supported version of Debian. -- Boyd Stephen

Re: download manager

2011-03-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In AANLkTim3zxsMc+sNts3cTFSqDRiVV-ya=dfb-n2to...@mail.gmail.com, ZHAO Lina wrote: On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net wrote: On 2011-03-04 02:40:35 ZHAO Lina wrote: I tried the kget. can it be interactive. Yes. But, I think you might try being

Re: download manager

2011-03-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In AANLkTi=gS+hd+kaO3J3gFHT8h=_kBygZMb=ipwryv...@mail.gmail.com, ZHAO Lina wrote: On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net wrote: In AANLkTim3zxsMc+sNts3cTFSqDRiVV-ya=dfb-n2to...@mail.gmail.com, ZHAO Lina wrote: http://www.springerlink.com.ezlibproxy1

Re: [Semi-OT] Advice on whether a C++ book is still adequate

2011-03-04 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
of C++ from within .Net containers (Moonlight or mod_mono). -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description

Re: download manager

2011-03-04 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
with Konqueror first. Konqueror and KGet use the same cookie jar. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description

Kernel-building web page updated; new LILO page

2011-03-04 Thread Stephen Powell
, history, and troubleshooting info Kernel building web page: http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm LILO page: http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/lilo.htm All comments welcome. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Resolved issue in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel using x windows.

2011-03-04 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
to the get updated or closed here. There are dedicated email addresses that handle the stuff at bugs.d.o -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net

Re: Please help

2011-03-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
things built into walls, use windows, or Windows is it is the first word of a sentence. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net

Re: [Semi-OT] Advice on whether a C++ book is still adequate

2011-03-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
be interested in the C99 specifications -- they are not directly related to C++, but C++ is built upon some C and C99 is must more well-specified than C89 (the basis of C++98). [1] Depending on what you consider a standard. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b

Re: Please help

2011-03-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 9a3c8437-2e1b-4f25-a3ea-2cd3d3c79...@halblog.com, Hal Vaughan wrote: On Mar 4, 2011, at 12:26 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Please don't give Microsoft the word windows. If you mean the MS Windows operating system say MS Windows. If you mean the things used in a windowing system (like

Re: Please help

2011-03-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 201103040022.02781@iguanasuicide.net, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: There is no law or decision that supports the assertion that Windows is a trademark or owned by Microsoft. s/or //. Like I said, I'd give them that word. If they want it make them take it. Er, don't hit send without

Re: download manager

2011-03-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In AANLkTi=x5vzrhspo5mh5kau2utxkqmmf3bpovdams...@mail.gmail.com, hamed hosseini wrote: i need best download manager in linux ,like Internet Download Manager in windows? Probably don't need one. I use KGet. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net

Re: NTP-Server no longer available in Squeeze?

2011-03-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
to retain the correct time. Setting this time once only gives the perception of accuracy. VMs are even worse; if their clock doesn't run 3x as fast or 3x as slow it changes speed unpredictably. I use openntpd with the -s startup option. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b

Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop

2011-03-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-03-02 09:04:20 Andrew McGlashan wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: I do believe a Free Software system should be as easy to use as MS Windows for Joe Sixpack and Jane Boxwine. This might already be the case; it is really hard for me to judge. I've been programming since I was 5

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
upgrade to Squeeze. Upgrading to Squeeze doesn't require release media at all. It requires reading the release notes, which will walk you through updating your source.list, doing an update/upgrade/dist-upgrade dance, and cleaning up afterward. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr

Re: Debian 6 uninstallable?

2011-03-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
properly. Mine (2 on this Tyan board) have been working as well for nearly 6 years now. I've heard other stories about forcedeth not working well, but I've never even had a hiccup from mine. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net

Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop

2011-03-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
. Lenny will have one week less. You can buy Debian support from a number of companies. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net

Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop

2011-03-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
things to break. Even well-tested security patches have introduced regressions before. Keeping the software unchanging when possible is the first step toward preventing breakage. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ

Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop

2011-03-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
in general. I've not tried Mint, but I'm not interested in using anything that is less free than Debian main, and many desktop-oriented and multimedia-centric distributions in the past (including Ubuntu) have not paid quite as much attention to DFSG-freeness as I would like. -- Boyd Stephen Smith

Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop

2011-03-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
/oldstable should be fixed. -- 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: How do I get this dialog back?

2011-03-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
. -- 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: tc user mailing list?

2011-03-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
for one of those firewall-only distributions? -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description

Re: Command line: How do you keep the output from scrolling out of sight?

2011-03-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
. HTH -- 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: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop

2011-03-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
and Jane Boxwine. This might already be the case; it is really hard for me to judge. I've been programming since I was 5 and a fan of UNIX and UNIX-like systems since I first used one. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o

Re: Migrate debian etch to virtual machine (vmware)

2011-02-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
, at least. -- 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: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop

2011-02-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
active role in OS issue diagnosis and remediation, but they have sufficient technical staff to do so. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net

Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop

2011-02-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
if they know there's a need for it. -- 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: Sorting by date

2011-02-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
to have pretty dates if you like. (One of the big reasons I tell almost everything on my computer to use ISO standard date strings is because they string sort the same way they date sort.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o

Re: Debian 6 64-bit and Openbox: Opinions, Suggestions, Pitfalls.

2011-02-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
that a mailer that encourages trimmed, interleaved replies populates the message window with the full reply and starts you cursor at the *top* of it, so you can move down through the message trimming or inserting your reply as needed. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b

Re: Sorting by date

2011-02-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-02-28 15:40:18 Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/28/2011 03:25 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 28 February 2011 14:35:26 erikmccaskey64 wrote: Original: Jan 23 2011 10:42 SOMETHING 2007.12.20.avi Jun 26 2009 SOMETHING 2009.06.25.avi Feb 12 2010 SOMETHING 2010.02.11.avi Jan 29 2011

Re: Things I Don't Understand About Debian

2011-02-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
environment, which is even more severe than a reboot. * Even modifying partitions or filesystems to accommodate new storage needs. I've done quite a bit of this live. LVM is good stuff. Sound be in most environments. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net

Re: dhcpd tftp boot server configuration

2011-02-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
/DIVDIV#/DIVDIV#/DIVDIVBR/DIVDIV# The I can't understand you through the HTML. Also, it is against list policy to post in HTML. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http

Re: Debian Squeeze Dovecot Sieve

2011-02-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
to dovecot's native sieve earlier this month. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description

Re: bash variables

2011-02-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
removes quotes that existed before expansion. So, your find and grep are choking on quotes. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net

Re: Debian Wiki participation..?

2011-02-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
on replies, as instructed in the code of conduct. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description

Re: need help debugging my email in squeeze and/or testing (both) not merely old squeeze from before the release

2011-02-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
the HTML. Also, it is against list policy to post HTML messages. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc

Re: Things I Don't Understand About Debian

2011-02-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In AANLkTiki5q8pN=k0mg-ng96vykmqk7w-9skxq4f2m...@mail.gmail.com, shawn wilson wrote: On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. b...@iguanasuicide.net wrote: In 4d685bbb.2010...@gmail.com, Aaron Toponce wrote: More garbage. There are _many_ good reasons to reboot a UNIX or GNU

Re: bash variables

2011-02-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In 20110228004108.GA3922@playground, Mike McClain wrote: On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 12:45:27PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 20110225222127.GA1996@playground, Mike McClain wrote: This only bites me once in a while but when it does it can be very frustrating so any hints / tips

Re: How do I tel SSL to trust a certificate?

2011-02-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
be unable to distribute it. I can certainly cover the common case without even seeing their source. (A simple GNU find command to symlink /usr/share/ca- certificates/**/*.crt under /usr/lib/ICAClient/keystore/cacerts.) HTH -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b

Re: need help debugging my email in squeeze and/or testing (both) not merely old squeeze from before the release

2011-02-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
the output: ps -ef | grep -i exim ls -l /etc/exim4/passwd.client -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc

Re: Where is cvsnt package in squeeze?

2011-02-25 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
a relatively amazing way to automatically handle certain classes of conflict. Git exposes a lot of internals so it is as much a foundation for custom tools as it is a stand-alone DVCS; I use just the shell to script interactions with proprietary software at my DJ. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr

[SOLVED] Re: Cannot use USB floppy drive in Squeeze

2011-02-25 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:07:27 -0500 (EST), Dom to...@rpdom.net wrote: On 25/02/11 02:32, Stephen Powell wrote: ... Does anyone, anywhere, have a working USB floppy drive under Debian Squeeze? If so, I'd like to know about it, and what you did to get it working. ... Yes. I have a USB floppy

Re: Disc encryptian.

2011-02-24 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
, but then capture all the data written there, and that act could be mostly transparent to both GPG and the user. GPG is best used for asymmetrically encrypted transfers of data, or when you only have a few files to protect and don't feel they justify full disk encryption. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr

Re: allow ^C to interrupt /etc/rc.local

2011-02-24 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
a controlling terminal. If is doesn't have a controlling terminal, it is likely difficult to impossible to has it receive Ctrl+C, since some program attached to the terminal will swallow the key event (possibly, but not necessarily sending SIGINT to selected children as it does). -- Boyd Stephen Smith

Re: upgrading linux kernel

2011-02-24 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
aren't supported, so it may be very hard to move back. (Usually a *purge* of the new version followed by a install of the old version will work, but not always, and the purge itself might cause some dependency problems.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b

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