Debian

Debian Lenny, apache2, ldaps to active directory
Hello, I'm trying to get SSL enabled between apache2 and ldap communication to a Microsoft active directory so passwords are not sent in clear text in their next hop during authentication. I've got my Debian i386 system up and apache2, ldap, ssl-cert all installed and also: * enabled apache2 modules ldap ... 19 Feb 2010 15:30

installing snort
aptitude install snort will not create /etc/snort.conf nor the rule files in /etc/snort/rules If I think that it should, am I wrong? Debian Lenny 32-bit with backports. -- http://www.iki.fi/jarif/ Consider well the proportions of things. It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of para... 19 Feb 2010 14:23

Tips for compiling VirtualBox OSE on lenny
I compiled VirtualBox OSE from source on my machine. Everything went fine, till I got an error from VirtualBox - libpython2.6.sonot found. then I did the following - root(a)indiaforce:/usr/local/lib# locate libpython2.6.so /opt/openoffice.org/basis3.1/program/libpython2.6.so.1.0 root(a)indiaforce:/usr/local/lib... 20 Feb 2010 15:46

Nouveau's 3D NVIDIA drivers
Just "for your information" on an open source driver for NVIDIA video cards. http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7708/1.html enjoy (but, please...don't blame me. I'm just posting interesting information), Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscri... 20 Feb 2010 13:32

Avahi, WAS: Re: an old problem is back.
On Fri February 19 2010, Andrei Popescu wrote: Can you give more details about your network configuration (/etc/network/interfaces file). Also purge any avahi-daemon, avahi-autoipd or similar packages and especially network-manager if you don't use it. I have these packages installed, is that not good?? ... 19 Feb 2010 06:32

Two Lenny problems
How would I find out if something else is wrong with the installation? I've gone through the "Testing" section of your page to no avail. Alsamixer on this machine does not have any settings for CD, FM, nor DSP. It has IEC958 C,F,R; Analog C,F,R,S and Capture. I set them all for 100% and unmuted IEC958... 2 Mar 2010 14:40

changing file browser lxde
Hi, Could someone please inform me how to change the default file browser in lxde from pcmanfm to nautilus? I'm wanting to do this as I'm blind and use orca, and it appears nautilus runs better than pcmanfm with orca. I've tried running nautilus from the shell and it works great, so a way to make this the defaul... 25 Feb 2010 20:30

Can't post to list?
I've been trying (since yesterday) to send a couple of posts to debian-user and they haven't been showing up! I subscribed a while back and have been getting mail to my inbox, but my own posts have not appeared. I wonder if any kind of filtering is going on? ... 18 Feb 2010 12:49

cpu frequency scaling
Hi, I had setup ondemand cpufreq on my presario cq40 laptop. The thing is, when i use too much resources ie: running vbox guest as partimage client and vbox host as partimaged, after a few minutes my laptop reboots How do i set my cpu not utilize 100% both core (AMD Turion x2)? When cpufreq enabled, my wirel... 17 Feb 2010 22:27

www.debian.org/security/ does not know about kernel update??
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Why does the current major update (kernel even!) not show up on http://www.debian.org/security/ ? Nor does it show up in the list "Security Advisories from 2010" http://www.debian.org/security/2010/ . I had to go to http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/20... 18 Feb 2010 01:47