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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 2356

Today's Topics: 

  Thinkpad T20 wireless troubles        [ Chris Brotherton  ]
  Re: how to get rid of spams hitting   [ "David Fox"  ]
  Re: Thinkpad T20 wireless troubles    [ Kevin Mark  ]
  Re: Thinkpad T20 wireless troubles    [ Chris Brotherton  ]
  Re: Moving MySQL database from one m  [ Mihira Fernando  ]
  dpi changes on the fly                [ Hugo Vanwoerkom  ]
  How to import ical files in Evolutio  [ "Joost Kraaijeveld" 

Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:37:11 -0600


From: Chris Brotherton <chris@protonlab.net>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Thinkpad T20 wireless troubles

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I just recent got an old T20 and I am attempting to use Debian on it.  I am
using a PCMCIA orinoco wireless card.  Here is the crazy part.  The card is
recognized by the installer.  The installer asks me for my essid and my WEP
key.  After I input the information, the wireless card get its ip address over
dhcp and then works flawlessly.  The trouble comes when I finish the install
and boot the machine.  Once the machine comes up, I cannot get the wireless
card to work.  iwconfig shows that it has all of the correct information, but
it cannot get an ip address.  I have tried both 4.0r1 and a testing snapshot.
Both have the exact same problem.  



Can anyone help?  



Thanks,


Chris


Do you need help?X

Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:51:31 -0700


From: "David Fox" <dfox94085@gmail.com>


To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: how to get rid of spams hitting debian-user-digest@lists.debian.org

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On 9/10/07, Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:


> I"m baffled as I've got SA running and its definitely picking up a LOT
> of stuff, but as I've said previously, the stuff that's getting
> through my SA to my local mailboxes is the same stuff that's hitting

Back months ago when I was still using my tsoft DSL +SA and email on my own
box, SA would trap quite a bit of spam - hundreds, usually, gotten through the
course of an average week, would be trapped by the SA filters I was using. But
much of that spam was attacks on my old address dfox@tsoft.com, which
no longer exists, and


was little, if ever, used. Still, I would get a large amount of spam
simply because I maintained the same email address for nearly seven
years.



I switched to gmail because of a move, and an ISP change in May of
this year. At first I figured "oh no, the spammers have found my gmail
account!". Not to worry, since looking at the headers show them coming
from d-u. And much of the spam that used to be sent through d-u didn't
get filtered by SA on my local machine.



I tagged a few messages in gmail and reported them as spam (via the
"report spam" button), but all that seems to do is to move the message
into a spam folder that I have to go clean out. Anyone know different
- does gmail even use that input to train filters?



The worst spam surge I remember, though, was sometime last year when
there was a flood of spam with "XXX wrote" in the subject line, where
every conceivable first name in the what you would name your baby book
was sent out as a separate message.



Can we help you?X
> with amavis scores of over 30 but they are called "OK". And they're
> getting through my SA.... I need to tweak my SA so it always includes

I've seen some like that - ones that I take one look at, and say "This
has to be a virus" without


needing to investigate further.


> A

Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:54:01 -0700


From: "David Fox" <dfox94085@gmail.com>


To: "Debian Users" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: how to get rid of spams hitting debian-user-digest@lists.debian.org

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On 9/10/07, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:

> My ISPs SA (and not only) is really terrible. For a while I was missing
> a lot of posts from the list so I checked the Spam folder via the

I've seen a few of those false positives, but not very many, since I
switched over to


gmail back in May.


> Andrei
Can't find what you're looking for?X

Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:05:04 -0400


From: Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: Thinkpad T20 wireless troubles

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On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 07:37:11PM -0600, Chris Brotherton wrote:

> I just recent got an old T20 and I am attempting to use Debian on it.  I am
> using a PCMCIA orinoco wireless card.  Here is the crazy part.  The card is
> recognized by the installer.  The installer asks me for my essid and my WEP
> key.  After I input the information, the wireless card get its ip address over
> dhcp and then works flawlessly.  The trouble comes when I finish the install
> and boot the machine.  Once the machine comes up, I cannot get the wireless
> card to work.  iwconfig shows that it has all of the correct information, but
> it cannot get an ip address.  I have tried both 4.0r1 and a testing snapshot.
> Both have the exact same problem.  
> 
> Can anyone help?  
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris


Do you have 'pump' or 'dhcpd' installed?
what does 'route' show?

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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:15:23 -0600
From: Chris Brotherton <chris@protonlab.net>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Thinkpad T20 wireless troubles
Message-ID: <20070911021523.GI21119@navigator.protonlab.net>
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 10:05:04PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 07:37:11PM -0600, Chris Brotherton wrote:
> > I just recent got an old T20 and I am attempting to use Debian on it.  I am
> > using a PCMCIA orinoco wireless card.  Here is the crazy part.  The card is
> > recognized by the installer.  The installer asks me for my essid and my WEP
> > key.  After I input the information, the wireless card get its ip address over
> > dhcp and then works flawlessly.  The trouble comes when I finish the install
> > and boot the machine.  Once the machine comes up, I cannot get the wireless
> > card to work.  iwconfig shows that it has all of the correct information, but
> > it cannot get an ip address.  I have tried both 4.0r1 and a testing snapshot.
> > Both have the exact same problem.  
> > 
> > Can anyone help?  
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> Do you have 'pump' or 'dhcpd' installed?
> what does 'route' show?

Neither pump nor dhcpd is installed.  

When the machine boots, all of the wireless settings (essid, wep key, etc) are
set correctly.  The dhcp client times out.  It doesn't get an ip address and
doesn't set any routes.

Thanks,
Chris.



Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:36:10 -0400
From: Mark Grieveson <dg135@torfree.net>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: spam seems to be fixed
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Well, congrats to the good folks at the Debian User mailing list.
=46rom the recent lack of spam, it seems the spam issue is fixed.

Mark



Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:54:32 +0000
From: Mihira Fernando <mihiratheace@gmail.com>
To: debian user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Moving MySQL database from one machine to another and remotely
 accessing dbs?
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David A. Parker wrote:

> Martin Waller wrote:

>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using MySQL 4.1 on Etch and have a database (that I created) on 
>> another machine (still Sarge) that I want to transfer to the other 
>> before upgrading to etch on that machine also. Where should I look to 
>> find out how to do this?  Is it just a matter of locating the database 
>> and copying or is it more subtle? Are there any security considerations?
>>
>> On the security note, I'd also like to be able to access the database 
>> from other machines but am unable as by default remote access to the 
>> server isn't allowed - again, where should I be looking for 
>> information on how to change this?
>>
>> The MySQL docs are pretty daunting for a database newby, and I was 
>> hoping there'd be some debian-specific documentation somewhere...
>>
>> Thanks if anyone can help point me to the relevant information source,
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>

> 
> Martin,
> 
> Try using mysqldump to move the databases.  The general syntax is 
> something like this:
> 
> mysqldump mydatabase > mydatabase.sql
> 
> Where "mydatabase" is the name of the database you are dumping.  Note 
> that you may need to use the -u and/or -p options if you need to provide 
> a username or password.
> 
> After you have transferred this file to the other machine, create a 
> database on that machine with the same name, then run:
> 
> mysql mydatabase < mydatabase.sql
> 
> Again, substitute "mydatabase" for the actual database name.
> 
> I don't run MySQL from the Debian package, so I'm not sure about the 
> remote connection issue.


By default, MySQL on Debian is listening only on localhost and remote access is 
disabled.

in /etc/mysql/my.cnf

Comment out the following lines :
bind-address          = 127.0.0.1
skip-networking

and restart MySQL.

Mihira.
-- 
Random Quotes From Megas XLR
Coop: You see? The mysteries of the Universe are revealed when you break stuff.
Jamie: When in doubt, blow up a planet.
Kiva: It's an 80 foot robot, if we can't see it, absolutely it's not here.
Glorft Technician: Unnecessary use of force in capturing the Earthers has been 
approved.



Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:18:56 -0500
From: "Mumia W.." <paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam@earthlink.net>
To: Nathan Salwen <salwen.1@gmail.com>
Cc: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: modem works in sarge but not etch or lenny
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On 09/09/2007 04:31 PM, Nathan Salwen wrote:

> If this is the wrong list, please tell me where to repost it.
> 
> I have a V1456VQH-X pnp ISA card that I only use for sending and receiving
> faxes.  It worked in Sarge but I have not been able to get it to work in my
> Lenny/Sid box.
> I reinstalled sarge on a different partition and the modem still works so it
> is not a hardware issue.  I believe it is a kernel issue since it works with
> kernel2.4 and not with kernel 2.6.  Although it works in 2.4 (sarge) I have
> not been able to find any log messages or dmesg output to tell me exactly
> what the kernel is doing iwth it.  All I know is that minicom with
> /dev/ttyS1 returns OK when I type AT.
> 
> I also went to an old partition with etch i(2.6.2.6.18-3-k7 #1 SMP Mon Dec 4
> 17:23:11 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux) and it also doesn't seem to work.
> 
> dmsg returns the following:
> 

>> isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
>> isapnp: Card '56K PnP DATA FAX VOICE Modem'
>> isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total
>>

> 
> So it does seem like the kernel finds it.  When I go to
> /sys/devices/pnp1/01:01/name I find "56K PnP DATA FAX VOICE Modem"
> and the file /sys/devices/pnp1/01:01/01:01.00/resources has "state =
> disabled"
> 
> After "echo AUTO > resources"  the file resources contains:
> state = disabled
> io 0x2e8-0x2ef
> irq 5
> 


See if you can change these settings to these:

io 0x2f8-0x2ff
irq 3

Try to enable it too.

Also, try adding this on the kernel command line:

isapnp=off

I noticed the following for Sarge:

crw-rw----  1 root dialout 4, 64 2005-02-26 01:39 /dev/ttyS0
crw-rw----  1 root dialout 4, 65 2007-09-09 16:09 /dev/ttyS1
crw-rw----  1 root dialout 4, 66 2005-02-26 01:39 /dev/ttyS2
crw-rw----  1 root dialout 4, 67 2005-02-26 01:39 /dev/ttyS3
crw-rw----  1 root dialout 4, 68 2005-02-26 01:39 /dev/ttyS4

Do you know why the device node for ttyS1 is so recent?

In order for COM2 (/dev/ttyS1) to work properly, IRQ 3 and IO-PORTS 
0x2f8-0x2ff need to be free. Look into the /proc filesystem and find out 
what is hogging the needed resources and move whatever it is somewhere 
else if possible; I don't mean to remove it from the machine :-) Just 
change the resources it uses.

Mind you, I have no idea how to do this.

You might need to recompile your kernel with support for exotic serial 
boards. Go here: "make menuconfig-> Device Drivers-> Character Devices-> 
Non standard serial port support. I noticed that Sarge recognizes the 
modem's serial interface right away--before any on-disk modules are 
loaded. Probably the module that makes the modem available is compiled 
directly into the kernel.

I couldn't help but notice that COMX is missing from the 2.6 kernel. 
It's missing from both the dmesg output and from the kernel source. 
Right under the line in Sarge showing the settings for ttyS02 is this line:

COMX: driver version 0.85 (C) 1995-1999 ITConsult-Pro Co. <info@itc.hu>

That comes from <kernel-2.4-source>/drivers/net/wan/comx.c which does 
not exist in kernel 2.6. It sort of sounds like they changed the way 
serial ports are done for 2.6, and the old code was removed, but the new 
code knows nothing about your modem. However, this may be a red herring 
because comx.c is part of the 'wan' directory which seems to relate to 
special Wide Area Network interfaces.


> When I try running scanModem from linuxant it tells me that I need some
> proprietary driver from them but, as I said, the card worked in sarge.  I
> don't know whether there was a decision to stop supporting some devices or
> this is a bug or I am just not configuring things right.  (If it is a
> configuration issue that would also indicate a documentation bug.)  I would
> like to post a bug but am not sure to which package it would go. I guess to
> the linux-image2.6 package.
> 
> Any guidance would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Nathan Salwen
> 


I think your suspicion that this is a kernel bug/removed-feature is 
correct. Try the other things I discussed first. If none of them work, 
perhaps file a request-for-enhancement with the kernel developers. The 
enhancement would be to add support for your modem.



Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:42:22 -0600
From: Dave Thayer <debian0725321.dmthayer@recursor.net>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Where, Doom3 For Linux Download
Message-ID: <20070911034222.GA16925@thayer-boyle.com>
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 05:09:27PM -0400, Orestes Leal wrote:

> Hi Folks, I need a 'direct' download (with suport for resume) for downl=

oad

> de Linux version of doom3, I have the original 3 CDs so the only thing
> that I need it=B4s the .run? or whatever for linux, any help will be
> thankfully appreciated,


Have a look at the official "DOOM III GNU/Linux FAQ"
<http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/doom/> It contains the link
you're looking for as well as a bittorrent tracker link. Of course,
you'll want to read the other information there too...


dt
   =20

--=20
Dave Thayer           | Whenever you read a good book, it's like the=20
Denver, Colorado USA  | author is right there, in the room talking to=20
dave@thayer-boyle.com | you, which is why I don't like to read=20
                      | good books. - Jack Handey "Deep Thoughts"


Don't know where to look next?X

Date:  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:48:16 -0500
From: Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:  Re: file system check
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Tony Heal wrote:

> There have been times when I have rebooted a system after a couple of 
> months of uptime that the OS automatically does a file system check of 
> all partitions. The message on the screen states that the files system 
> has not been checked in X number s of days. Anyone know where this 
> number is kept?
> 
>  


  tune2fs -l /dev/sdb1 | grep 'ount count'

gets me:

Mount count:              2
Maximum mount count:      28

That information is kept in the superblock of each partition.

Hugo



Date:  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:54:05 -0400
From: Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <kamaraju@bluebottle.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:  Re: Real problem with debian user is NOT spam, but that posts don' t get posted.
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Mumia W.. wrote:


> On 09/10/2007 02:46 PM, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote:

>> Hi,
>> 
>> On Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 18:41:15 -0000, J wrote:
>>> Real problem with debian user is not spam, but that posts don' t get
>>> posted.
>> 
>> Can you please check if you are subscribed to
>> whitelist@lists.debian.org?
>> [...]

> 
> Huh? This is the first I've heard of that address? Where is it documented?
http://lists.debian.org/whitelist/

BTW, It is a pretty standard practice. But then I have been a member of
Debian lists for a long time.

raju
-- 
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/
http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/

Date:  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:59:54 -0400
From: Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <kamaraju@bluebottle.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:  Re: Tamil-India locale
Message-ID:  <fc5099$3ea$2@sea.gmane.org>
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Masatran, R. Deepak wrote:


> I changed my "LANG" to "ta_IN.UTF-8" (Tamil + India + UTF-8), and some
> other configuration settings. The "Monospace" font in Gnome-Terminal and
> XFCE Terminal, has got replaced by some font which is not constant-width.
> Text selection, and spacing, of Tamil script on Firefox, have become ugly.
> I suspect that these problems are being caused by the locale file.
> 
> Could anyone help fix the locale file, as I am not familiar with this
> format? I will help with the details of the language, and the script. I am
> using Debian Etch, and the included "/usr/share/i18n/locales/ta_IN"
> appears to be carelessly written.
> 


Not sure if this will solve your problem, but does installing
ttf-tamil-fonts help you in any way?

raju
-- 
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/
http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/

Date:  09 Sep 2007 15:57:56 -0400
From: Haines Brown <brownh@hartford-hwp.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:  Re: Small USB stick system
Message-ID:  <87sl5nwr0b.fsf@teufel.hartford-hwp.com>
Content-Type:  text/plain; charset=us-ascii

I wonder if I might interject a question that is so minor it probably
can be readily answered.

Suppose one wanted one usb-key to serve the two main purposes of
having one: system maintenance and installation. I see directions for
doing either, but how about both. Can one somehow add the debian
installation executable to the bootable system on usb-key and
differentiate between these two functions in the grub menu?

-- 
 
       Haines Brown, KB1GRM

	 
        



Date:  Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:43:22 -0700
From: Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:  Re: LEDs, gnome-power-manager, and ThinkPads
Message-ID:  <87k5qzwugl.fsf@olgas.newt.com>
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Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com> writes:


> Bill Wohler <wohler@olgas.newt.com> wrote:

>
>> I'd like to turn the light to the CD-ROM off when I suspend and then
>> back on when I resume. This can be done by calling "echo 4 on >|
>> /proc/acpi/ibm/led" and "echo 4 off >| /proc/acpi/ibm/led". Can these
>> commands be run by gnome-power-manager when suspending and waking up?
>

> I discovered /usr/lib/hal/scripts/linux/hal-system-power-suspend-linux.
> I can either hack that directly (yuck); however, I see I can also
> resurrect my old /etc/acpi/sleep.sh script.

>

> But the way it's set up, if I provide /etc/acpi/sleep.sh, I also have to
> know how my system is suspended, which isn't user-friendly. I think it
> would be nice to provide pre- and post-suspend hooks instead. Thoughts?


Thanks to an unrelated tip from Stefan Monnier, I installed the
hibernate package, and created a file called
/etc/hibernate/scriptlets.d/local which contains the following. If you
want to use it, replace my initials (BW) with your own since the
hibernate namespace is global.

----- clip -----
# -*- sh -*-
# vim:ft=sh:ts=8:sw=4:noet

# Ideas from /usr/share/hibernate/scriptlets.d/hardware_tweaks.

# ibm_acpi proc directory
BW_IBM_ACPI_PROC=/proc/acpi/ibm

BwIbmAcpiStartSuspend() {
    # Turn off Ultrabay LED.
    IbmAcpiLed 4 off
    return 0 # this shouldn't stop suspending
}

BwIbmAcpiEndResume() {
    # Turn on Ultrabay LED.
    IbmAcpiLed 4 on
    return 0
}

BwIbmAcpiOptions() {
    if [ -d "$BW_IBM_ACPI_PROC" -a -z "$BW_IBM_ACPI_HOOKED" ]; then
        AddSuspendHook 12 BwIbmAcpiStartSuspend
        AddResumeHook 12 BwIbmAcpiEndResume
        BW_IBM_ACPI_HOOKED=1
    fi

    return 0
}

BwIbmAcpiOptions
----- clip -----
 
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Date:  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:44:26 -0500
From: Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:  dpi changes on the fly
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Hi,

Running Sid with Nvidia driver 9631.

X has always been rock solid, but recently I notice that the DPI 
settings of the display changes on the fly, when I do:

xdpyinfo | grep 'dots per inch'

I normally get 110x110. That's what I set it to in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf:

...
command=/usr/bin/X0 :1 -layout X0 -dpi 110 -deferglyphs 16 
-isolateDevice \"PCI:1:0:0\" -sharevts
...

But recently "suddenly"... maybe related to running Qt apps? the DPI 
setting changes on the fly to 138x88 and all font sizes get tiny.

Logging out and back in sets it back to 110x110.

Is that possible, those DPI changes on the fly?

How does it happen?

Hugo



Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:17:59 +0000 (UTC)
From: Felix Karpfen <felixk@webone.com.au>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:  Debian packages without md5sums
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By diligent lurking on this NG, I read of and tried the following
routines:=20

1.  "debsums_gen -l" - which gave the following output (first two
lines):

Checking for packages without md5sums list
aalib1 akode alsaplayer at base-config base-files bc bin86 binutils

and=20

2."# aptitude search '~i! ~M'" - which started as follows:

i   a2ps             =20
i   adduser          =20
i   afio             =20
i   alien            =20
i   alsa-base        =20
i   alsa-oss         =20
i   alsa-utils       =20
i   alsamixergui     =20
i   alsaplayer       =20
i   alsaplayer-alsa  =20
i   alsaplayer-common=20
i   alsaplayer-gtk   =20
i   alsaplayer-oss   =20
i   antiword         =20
i   apt              =20
i   apt-utils        =20
i   apt-zip          =20
i   aptitude         =20
i   aptitude-doc-en  =20
i   aspell           =20
i   aspell-en        =20
i   at               =20
i   audacity         =20

>From which I deduce that some packages lost their md5sums during my
upgrade from Sarge to Etch and some packages did not.

The fault is mine/my setup.  My connection to the internet is slow;
hence I am reduced to using the DVDs for upgrades.  Although I procured
the "official" Etch DVD set from a supplier listed by Debian, there were
numerous notifications during the "dist-upgrade" that I was installing
"untrusted packages". And, due to my slow internet connection, I refraine=
d
from running the recommended "aptitude update" at the end of the
successful "dist-upgrade".

Is there an alternative to "aptitude update" or do I have to live with th=
e
missing md5sums and "untrusted packages"?

Felix Karpfen



--=20
Felix Karpfen
Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA)



Date:  10 Sep 2007 12:03:04 -0400
From: Haines Brown <brownh@hartford-hwp.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:  dual purpose USB-key
Message-ID:  <874pi2pkxz.fsf@teufel.hartford-hwp.com>
Content-Type:  text/plain; charset=us-ascii

The USB-key drive is often recommended for a) a small bootable system
to do system maintenance, b) a way to install a debian system.

I find directions on how to prepare a USB-key to do one or the other,
but not how to do both with the same USB-key. Is it possible to boot
to grub and in its menu choose between either doing maintenance on the
current hard disk or running the installer to install a basic debian
system on a new hard disk? 

-- 
 
       Haines Brown, KB1GRM

	 
        


Confused? Frustrated?X

Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:41:17 +0530
From: Kumar Appaiah <akumar@iitm.ac.in>
To: Debian User mailing list <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Debian p.d.o stats
Message-ID: <20070911041117.GB21511@localhost>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline

Dear Debian Users,

Joerg has an interesting list of stats for packages.debian.org. Have a
look at it:
http://blog.ganneff.de/blog/2007/09/10#pdo_stats

Kumar
-- 
Kumar Appaiah,
458, Jamuna Hostel,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai - 600 036



Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:58:27 +0200
From: "Joost Kraaijeveld" <J.Kraaijeveld@Askesis.nl>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: How to import ical files in Evolution 2.10.3 / Lenny?
Message-ID: <1189486707.23803.66.camel@panoramix.askesis.nl>
Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Hi,

Does anyone know if it is possible to import iCal files in Evolution
2.10.3 on Lenny? If so, are there any special consideration, except
using the File->Import etc. procedure?

I have an iCal file but when I use File->Import->Single file etc., I can
select the file but the "File type" drop down box is never enabled
(which is the case for e.g. mbox files).

-- 
Groeten,

Joost Kraaijeveld
Askesis B.V.
Molukkenstraat 14
6524NB Nijmegen
tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277
fax: 024-3608416
web: www.askesis.nl

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