Debian

Diskless notebooks with Debian Lenny or Squeeze?
> are there any advices for diskless notebooks that is compatible with Debian Lenny or Squeeze? What means "diskless"? Do you mean "without a harddrive" or "without removable media (like CD/DVD/floppy)"? Something else? Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org... 18 May 2010 13:40

[SOLVED] network printer and Cups
Hi!! I already can print with my network printer, this is a Canon iR3570/4570. I download the driver from Canon: CQue1.0-9 in tar.gz format, i follow the instructions in the manual and great!! i could print, but for OpenOffice i have to take one more step, but nothing i can not find in the manual, so i follow ... 18 May 2010 10:21

debian installer ISO: customizing with new packages
Hi, I would like to add two packages to the netiso installer. I have found this link, but I think I need more detailed instructions: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Modify/CD Do you know a web resource that describes the necessary steps to create a new debian installer ISO including new packages? Regard... 18 May 2010 11:27

Exim4 Administration
I used to be able to do certain things like removing troublesome messages and such using webmin. Is there any other way? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100518095... 18 May 2010 05:59

cross-connecting console ports?
Hi Folks, I have two rack-mounted servers located in a datacenter, running Debian Lenny. Every once in a while, in order to install stuff, I have to physically go to the data center and connect a terminal to one server or the other. Short of buying a remote KVM, it occurs to me that it might be possible ... 18 May 2010 00:34

Anybody know what this is all about? [Re: Anacron job 'cron.weekly' on whitemac]
On 2010-05-17 20:07 +0200, Rick Thomas wrote: On May 16, 2010, at 7:59 AM, Anacron wrote: /etc/cron.weekly/apt-xapian-index: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 71, in <module> warnings.filterwarnings("ignore","") NameError: name 'warnings' i... 17 May 2010 15:46

Put date on log file names?
Due to message volume, I'm considering rotating my mail logs daily at my local time "midnight" and retaining about 30 days worth of files on disk. I'd like to have the date in the file names so visually I'll know what span is in each file. Can this be done? (put dates into the file name) Should this be done... 17 May 2010 18:00

submissions
I've attempted a number of times now to use reportbug to submit a bug. It keeps missing. Its version 4.12.1, current for squeeze. Sending it, I get this at the very last step of sending it off. ; Submit this report on linux-image-2.6.32-bpo.4-xen-amd64 (e to edit) [y|n|a|c|E|i|l|m|p|q|d|t|s|?]? y Passing m... 17 May 2010 13:32

cannot install lightning add-on for icedove 3.0.4
when i tried installing this message appeared: "Lightning" could not be installed because it is not compatible with your Icedove build type (Linux_x86_64-gcc3). Please contact the author of this item about the problem. does this mean that i have to find the 64-bit compatible for this add-on? -- Regards, ... 17 May 2010 20:13

Launch some command and leave the console, the command still being executed
Hi, I would like to be able to launch some command in the console, and to be able to close the terminal, the command being still evaluated, i.e. if I launch gedit (I'm under GNOME), and that I close the console, gedit closes too. (This is also the case with `gedit &', which is not astonishing.) Is it even pos... 17 May 2010 12:24