Slackware

trolls ?
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Dealing with Trolls
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:14:24 +0100, Tom N trolled: A troll is someone who posts only to make trouble and uses multiple names: A malicious, cowardly, motor-mouthed punk. The opening paragraph of your upcoming autobiography, Alan? -- "Tom N" - the latest nymshift of "Alan Connor". Read more about the n... 25 Jan 2008 09:26

Trolls and Trollers (was: Re: Trolls (was: Wrong Wireless Router on Slackware 12))
On 2008-01-25, Mark South <mark.south(a)null.invalid> wrote: The only solution would be for there to be more Slackware discussion. As it is, the trolls are mostly filling in empty space :-( The regulars are more concerned with suppressing any deviations from the mandates of the living god PV than they are ... 28 Jan 2008 15:21

Trolls (was: Wrong Wireless Router on Slackware 12)
Hallo, Mark, Du meintest am 25.01.08: They are trolls. Why do you feed them? I'd just like to point out that you are beginning to look like a bot. May be. I try to find slackware informations in this newsgroup. But I find mostly (?) troll discussions. Troll freedings. No other newsgroup I'm read... 25 Jan 2008 13:55

multiple vulnerabilities in the X server
On 2008-01-25, Manuel Reimer <mreimer(a)expires-31-01-2008.news-group.org> wrote: Hello, X.Org has published a security advisory, which informs about several vulnerabilities in the X server, which could cause privilege escalation: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html ... 26 Jan 2008 17:17

Don't Feed the Trolls [OT]
My new years resolution list 1. Don't respond to Trolls anymore, don't read their posts, don't waste the time (Maybe I should get a better newsreader) 2. Don't read or respond to any comment on Slashdot 3. Don't read or respond to any comment on OSnews 4. Don't get involved in a flamewar with Aaron Seigo May... 25 Jan 2008 16:10

[Security] multiple vulnerabilities in the X server
Hello, X.Org has published a security advisory, which informs about several vulnerabilities in the X server, which could cause privilege escalation: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-January/031918.html So far, there is no patch for Slackware available. Just publishing here, for the case, som... 25 Jan 2008 04:52

The ODE Project
ODE = Optimal Desktop Environment Ode: Noun. From the Greek "oide", literally, a song. A lyric poem expressing exalted emotion in a complex scheme of rhyme and meter. ODE will be a user interface for Linux/Unix that works in the console environment with GNU screen for its window manager, and in the X enviro... 26 Jan 2008 01:41

Using dvd drive.
I cannot read a dvd on my Slackware 12 system. CDROMs work ok. Here is what dmesg says, in part: Probing IDE interface ide1... hdc: SONY DVD RW DRU-830A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 hda: max request size: 512KiB hda: 488397168 sectors (250059 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=30401/255/63,... 29 Jan 2008 00:58

Bash User Interface vs. KDE User Interface
Tom N wrote: I don't mind entering "ff" at the prompt, rather than clicking on a cutesy little icon, to bring up firefox. Tom What I don't understand, is why have such a problem with those of us who use a GUI? I thought that was one of the beauties of linux - no one's forcing you to use... 25 Jan 2008 17:18