Debian

how to convince that debian is one the three major choices for a stable server environment?
2010/2/22 Ãéþñãïò ÐÜëëáò <gpall(a)ccf.auth.gr>: (it is, isn't it? :-) ) So, yes, we are moving on from our 10year experience with gentoo, and are searching for our new environment. From my personal experience I would say debian stable - Server OS statistics? Bugs? Any white papers showing debian's s... 22 Feb 2010 18:41

xawtv and lavrec setup problems
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:46:07 -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: I want to capture video from the component output of my Canon DC410 camcorder. I purchased KWorld DVD Maker USB2.0 (Maybe not the best choice?) (...) Which looks OK but both xawtv and lavrec fail. I would appreciate any help in getti... 22 Feb 2010 10:44

Fwd: Social Media Workshop Updates
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Blank screen..........
Using Debian testing After this mornings upgrade, rebooted and the Acer Aspire 3614 laptop boots and I get the grub list of kernels and when I use select latest trunk a blank screen happens and the light flashes and nothing happens on the monitor. One of the upgrades this morning was udev - obviously changed... 22 Feb 2010 16:25

Controlling User Logins Using Pam
The good old parental control problem. How might one control user login times and periods using pam (or polkit)? -- 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/201002211546.34700.... 24 Feb 2010 15:24

Debian-Multimedia
Hello, I have the debian-multimedia in my sources.list file, and so far I've just been commenting it in/out whenever I want to install something from it. I only want certain packages from it, the ones that I can't get from the regular repository. How can I configure aptitude so that it will only pull the... 23 Feb 2010 07:55

regexp for rename command - please help!
The filename, that i want to rename: ---vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; commands, that doesn't work: $ rename 's/^---//g' * Unknown option: -vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; Usage: rename [-v] [-n] [-f] perlexpr [filenames] $ rename 's/.-/-/g' * Unknown option: -vol.-01-disk-cantatas-bwv-3; Usage: rename [-v... 20 Feb 2010 19:06

Thanks, guys \o/ \o/ was: Re: Persuading an Atheros wireless card to function in Lenny
I started down the madwifi route, but hit problems: including, but not limited to, an initial c. I know that i means installed, and I think I know that v is virtual, but c I don't know. I tried installing anyway, but of course couldn't. So I shelved that pro tem and installed the kernel that Andrei suggested... 20 Feb 2010 10:12

IBM Model M Keyboards (Was: Air compressors vs. canned air)
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 09:24:39AM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: I second that motion! I have two of them. I wish I had more. They are the best keyboards ever made, in my humble opinion. I'll third that motion. Back in the 486 days my keyboard gave out. I went in search of one at a small local computer ... 20 Feb 2010 08:00

tcpdump?
> #tcpdump port 4957 I want to obtain the payload data to see what is realy being exchanged between my Debian server and the outside network element . Can you please let me know how I can modify my command ? Try tcpdump host <IP-addr-deb-server> and port 4957 This will grab all packets to and from t... 22 Feb 2010 03:04