Lilux-help February 2005

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19 participants
21 discussions

by Paulo Ribeiro

Hi everybody, This has little to do with Linux but more with security. If this request is off topic, simply diregard it and I won't do it again, I promise :). As the Lilux people seem to have legal knowledge about things in Luxembourg and great ideas/advices on how things work with government, I thought I could ask this here. I happened to bump into two 15/16 year old guys who were wardriving in my "Cite". I was quite impressed. Actually, they were by foot. One holding the PC and the antenna, the other holding a piece of paper probably writing the details of their discoveries. Well, this is only my personal opinion but I cannot help myself and think about what they would do if they found an unprotected network. My questions are: How to make people aware of the dangers? Write to the city hall to ask them to produce a small piece of paper and put it into people's brief cases? Organize some kind of event? with whom? by whom? Maybe this was already done? Are there organizations that care about those awarness programs and would be glad to help? Does anybody know if foreign governments have such programs? As you see, I don't know much but I was willing to try something. Thanks for any suggestions/advices/ideas :) Paulo

19 years, 10 months

Mail clients and web browser : Evolution/Epiphany - KMail/Konqueror

by Serge Marelli

Hi, I'm getting fed-up with "hidden settings" which the user (apparently) can't change. For specific reasons, I use mainly two mail clients, namely : KMail and Evolution. I was somewhat surprised that this worked (using KDE) since AFAIK Evolution is a Gnome app but it does work. What I don't like and don't know how to change is the "default" browser settings which each app seems to define and redefine whenever and however they like. Whenever I click on an URL in a mail I read through Evolution, it launches an Epyphany window to show the webpage. Whenever I click on an URL in a mail I read through Kmail/Kontact, it launches an Konquerror window to show the webpage. Now, I want to use FireFox and not the other products. And I'm fed up with having to close the window, copy the URL and paste it in Firefox. I've tried every parameter I could find and identify. Does anyone here have any idea how one can parameter the mail clients NOT to use their (imaginary) default browsers, but the one the user wants to use? thanks for any info Serge -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Serge Marelli, Luxembourg E-mail : serge.marelli(a)linux.lu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LiLux - http://www.lilux.lu/ Defending Innovation against Patent Inflation http://swpat.ffii.org/

19 years, 10 months

Fwd: Re: [Lilux-help] USB Memory Stick under SuSE 9.2 on Acer Laptop

by Alex

On Friday 18 February 2005 12:50, Paul Krier wrote: > Hi there! > > I've got the following configuration: Acer Travelmate 540 Laptop (P4) > running SuSE 9.2. Sometimes, to transfer data, I connect an USB Memory > Stick (TwinMOS Mobile Disk IV USB 2.0 256MB / M23), which is always > detected as a USB storage devie. When copying files to the local HDD, > Linux freezes completely immediately after the copy/ies finished. Mouse, > keyboard don't react anymore, if switching to another console via > Ctrl-Alt-F1,F2,... or Ctrl-Alt-Del to shutdown doesn't work anymore. I > have to switch off the PC! Has anyone got a clue where this problem may > come from and how to resolve it I use SuSE 9.2 too, and have also problems with USBstick (Kingmax 256MB). I have a similar problem on my AMD64 System. I plug the stick, it isn't recognised, I unplug it, wait ~10s and plug it again. The Stick is recognised and all works fine. On another System the stick is immediately recognised, but after a while while copying, an error appeared saying that the stick isn't mounted anymore. After unplugging it and replug, it works fine. I don't know if this problem is done by the @#£?+*&% subfs ( It doesn't work fine) or by the kernel. (Chipset). The funniest is, with another Stick (Fujitsu-Siemens 16MB), I don't have these problems. > Thanks for your help > > Regards > > Paul Krier > paul(a)wichtelweb.net > www.wichtelweb.net > > _______________________________________________ > Lilux-help mailing list > Lilux-help(a)lilux.lu > http://lilux.lu/mailman/listinfo/lilux-help -- <°)))=< Thanks for the fish! Al ------------------------------------------------------- -- <°)))=< Thanks for the fish! Al

19 years, 10 months

USB Memory Stick under SuSE 9.2 on Acer Laptop

by Paul Krier

Hi there! I've got the following configuration: Acer Travelmate 540 Laptop (P4) running SuSE 9.2. Sometimes, to transfer data, I connect an USB Memory Stick (TwinMOS Mobile Disk IV USB 2.0 256MB / M23), which is always detected as a USB storage devie. When copying files to the local HDD, Linux freezes completely immediately after the copy/ies finished. Mouse, keyboard don't react anymore, if switching to another console via Ctrl-Alt-F1,F2,... or Ctrl-Alt-Del to shutdown doesn't work anymore. I have to switch off the PC! Has anyone got a clue where this problem may come from and how to resolve it? Thanks for your help Regards Paul Krier paul(a)wichtelweb.net www.wichtelweb.net

19 years, 10 months

Skype !?

by pascal.steichen＠lilux.lu

Hi all, Did anybody already download and use the skype P2P telephony tool ? Heard that its relatively nice, however do I have my concerns about the securiy inside, they talk about end-to-end enreyption, but as it's closed source I can't really check its quality. Has anybody knowledge about the quality of skype's security ? As it's a Luxembourg company, my interests are of courye also on a professional basis ;) thanks for any answers, links, etc. ciao, pst -- Pascal Steichen pascal.steichen(a)lilux.lu Lilux ASBL http://www.lilux.lu

19 years, 10 months

Software patents, MS and Denmark

by Eric Dondelinger

Hi, this Heise article: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/56387 sounds like extortion to me... MS threatens pulling it's Navision out of Denmark as "thank you" for Denmarks position against software patents. Nice tactics once more... Greets Eric

19 years, 10 months

Firefox

by Alex

Hi How do I install a plugin (Realplayer) in Firefox? How do I change the file associations (open .... with) -- <°)))=< Thanks for the fish! Al

19 years, 10 months

Just a suggestion

by Dirk

Hi guys, usually I set up my mail delivery so that postings from lists go to different directories. I do this using procmail. But with the lilux listing this does not work because the mail headers do not contain the necessary information. Is it possible to set up the mailman system to add or change the "Reply-To:" line to "Reply-To: lilux-help(a)lilux.lu"?. This would also keep the threads posted on the list alive so everyone benifits from the answers to posted queries. To give an example: This mail may interest Jonny X on this list and he may look forward to answers to it. If the mailman system makes the reply-to change he will get the answer if one is sent. If mailman does not make the change the he will only get the replies if the person making the reply adds lilux-help to the To: or Cc: lines, which is arbitrary. At the moment it seems to me that lots of answers to queries immediately go off line, which is too bad, because it limits the value of the listing archives. It's just an idea, you may have reasons not to do it, but it would help me in keeping my mailboxes in order. Thanks for any replies, Dirk.... PS reply to the list not to me.

19 years, 10 months

keyboard cleaning - best practice?

by Eric Dondelinger

Hi, since my trusty Logitech wireless keyboard seems to have died (reloaded the accus, reboot, didn't work out - no idea what's broken), I replaced it with one of those "unbreakable" IBM keyboards pilfered from god knows where - it's wonderful typing btw, these IBM thingies really are something else. What bothers me is that this ol' IBM keyboard really does look battered, i.e. unclean - dark stains on the keys etc. (otherwise it's fine). What's the best way to clean this up? Use of acetone or whatever? I'd prefer not to have to take it all apart. Greets & TIA, Eric

19 years, 10 months

vendredi soire

by Dirk

Hello people, will there be a get together tonight in the LGL? Dirk

19 years, 10 months

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Lilux-help February 2005