Re: Sony PCI Memory Stick Reader

2004-01-18 Thread ben_foley
i remember seeing something about a patch for some particular vaio model for the card reader, while searching for pcmcia config info for my own machine. sorry, i can't remember where it was, but it's out there somewhere. maybe that can help. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sony PCI Memory Stick Reader

2004-01-17 Thread ben_foley
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 01:03:11PM +0100, John L. Fjellstad wrote: Andrew Perrin wrote: Has anyone got one of these to work? Note that this is *not* a USB reader, but the built-in one in a Vaio PCG-Z505HS notebook computer. Output from lspci -vv is below, but note that there's no

Re: RH Veteran is now a Debian Newbie

2004-01-06 Thread ben_foley
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 06:16:09PM +, Colin Watson wrote: On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 04:09:16PM -0200, Leandro Guimar?es Faria Corcete Dutra wrote: Em Ter, 2004-01-06 ?s 08:18, Michael B Allen escreveu: Is 3.0r1 glibc 2.3. Don't remember. But I guess you will upgrade to GLibC

Re: 2.6.0 + where is /etc/modules?

2004-01-04 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 05:29:34PM +0100, Pascal Seiler wrote: As a not for long time Linux (debian) user I'm totally confused about loading kernel modules in Kernel 2.6.0. I figured out that Kernel 2.6.0 uses module-init-tools. I dought that this will autodetect needed modules at boot time

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 08:07:30PM -0800, Anita Rohani wrote: Hi A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian system are close to becoming full. I would like to install an addtional hard disk and extend the partitions on the current disk to the new disk. Is it possible to do so and are

Re: adding new hard disk

2004-01-04 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 11:09:31PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 at 06:59 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 08:07:30PM -0800, Anita Rohani wrote: Hi A few hard disk partitions on our current Debian system are close to becoming full. I would

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-19 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 10:09:26PM +0100, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: Hi, Am Do, den 18.12.2003 schrieb Karsten M. Self um 02:56: In practice, most dynamic IPs are in use by 24/7 connections which will hold that IP for days, weeks, or months at a time. Incorrect. Most german providers

Re: /var/cache/apt (was Re: don't have enough free space)

2003-12-16 Thread ben_foley
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:37:02PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: - You can also extend your archive space, in a pinch, by creating a symlink to a larger partition. Say you've only got 250 MiB on /var and a 5 GiB /home. Create, say, /home/admin, and under that:

Re: Groundhog day (was Galeon 1.3.10 on sid (ppc)

2003-12-16 Thread ben_foley
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 04:32:03PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: Hi Sorry to re-post but I'm really stuck (I've been reduced to reinstalling woody on another partition, just to be able to function). To recap, using aptitude, I installed Galeon 1.3.10 (which seems to run although there were

Re: changing roots on: dpkg -i

2003-12-15 Thread ben_foley
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 10:50:17AM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: Rob Benton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm trying to install the xfree86 packages with the /opt directory as root. I've tried using --instdir but the install fails on the pre/postinst scripts. Is there an easy way to do this

Re: Easing the load.

2003-12-14 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 07:48:26AM -0600, Hoyt Bailey wrote: - Original Message - From: David Palmer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 23:16 Subject: Re: Easing the load. On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:16:24 -0500 Paul Morgan [EMAIL

Re: Easing the load.

2003-12-14 Thread ben_foley
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 04:36:05AM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 19:35:58 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [huge snippage] very disappointed to see anyone receive those as a response to a genuine query on this list. while independent inititiative is well recommended, the

Re: scott wiseman is pissing me off

2003-12-14 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 09:10:54AM -0800, Scott M. Wiseman wrote: To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RESUME - Client Development Specialist for Technology firms IF this resume reaches you in Error. Please forward to your Human Resources Department Resume Scott Wiseman

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-14 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 06:41:59PM +0100, Magnus von Koeller wrote: Content-Description: signed data On Sunday 14 December 2003 17:21, Al Davis wrote: It is worth putting up with some spam to get a free, uncensored, fast email system. Free, uncensored and worthless would be a better

Re: Anfrage f?r einen Linktausch an debian-user@lists.debian.org

2003-12-08 Thread ben_foley
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 11:35:31PM +, Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 10:11:29AM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: on Thu, 04 Dec 2003 11:49:51PM -0800, Paul Johnson insinuated: On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 12:48:48PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: I do about 50% comprehension of

Re: [OT] voting (was: Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications))

2003-12-07 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:23:31AM -0800, Tom wrote: On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 09:57:49AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: Anyway, I have definitely had dogs who had a sense of torture -- lock them outside for a few hours and they would whine, and whine, and whine about being tortured by

Re: [OT] voting (was: Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications))

2003-12-06 Thread ben_foley
On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 02:25:18PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 at 21:13 GMT, csj penned: As usual, science fiction was here before. C.F., _The Songs of Distant Earth_ by Arthur C. Clarke. You do remember that the first generation colonists in the novel were

Re: [OT] Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications)

2003-12-05 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 10:15:11PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote: scripsit Tom: On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:32:15PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote: a system (I did the math a while ago) we'd have a small but nonzero number of (at least) Greens and Libertarians in the House, even with

Re: [OT] Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications)

2003-12-05 Thread ben_foley
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 10:42:33AM -0600, Hoyt Bailey wrote: I believe Mr sanders is a member of the socialist party. check out bernie.house.gov while he lends himself to socialist issues, bernie is an independent. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: [OT] Slashdot and media accuracy (was Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications)

2003-12-05 Thread ben_foley
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 04:49:33PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote: scripsit Tom: (dating from the 17th century; their descendents are today's Lib-Dems) or with a rather na?ve progressive view of history as the story of continual progress. The latter is the way the term tends to be used

Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??

2003-12-04 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:57:55PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 01:50:35PM -0700, Dave wrote: On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:20:21 +0100, Terry Hancock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] There is also the point that *somebody* found this bug. Just not the folks we were hoping

Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??

2003-12-04 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:04:26PM -0800, Tom wrote: almost five years, since i first came across debian. i have no reason not to trust them now. I like them too but faith like that is just made to be broken. well, i am hoping for eventual disclosure, but willing to understand obvious

Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??

2003-12-04 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 05:59:34PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote: scripsit Monique Y. Herman: I find this to be unlikely. I mean, look at the risk vs. reward. Reward: they cause a very temporary disruption to some trusted sources and cause some folks to maybe worry about how secure

Re: serial modem + wvdial

2003-12-04 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 09:23:49PM -0500, David Morse wrote: [Modem0] Modem = /dev/ttyS2 Baud = 115200 SetVolume = 2 Dial Command = ATDT Init1 = ATZ [Dialer speakeasy] Phone = XXX Password = XXX Username = XXX Inherits = Modem0 first off, nobody likes html around here.

Re: Godel [was Re: qmail Re: freebsd - Re: recommended Virus Scanner?]

2003-11-30 Thread ben_foley
On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 10:19:28AM -0800, Deryk Barker wrote: enough to contain the axioms of arithmetic, then there are statements which can be made but not proved within that system. It is possible to add further axioms to prove the statements, but then this richer axiomatic base will lead

Re: XDM can't shutdown

2003-11-27 Thread ben_foley
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 08:04:42PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 03:19:49AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: use update-alternatives --config x-window-manager to get to a menu that will allow you to select between what you've got available. then use startx to fire it up.

Re: Recognizing URL's in Mutt

2003-11-26 Thread ben_foley
On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 07:00:34AM -0500, Michael W. Cole wrote: I am using mutt with vim as the editor. I have seen in the past where the url's on a line in xterm will be underlined when the mouse moves over it. You could then double click the mouse and the web browser would open that url.

Re: XDM can't shutdown

2003-11-26 Thread ben_foley
On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 11:09:48PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote: I've installed XDM to get directly into X after starting but XDM doesn't allow for a shutdown. How can this be changed or are there better alternatives to start X without installing Gome or KDE? unless you're totally fixated on