Wifi and wpa (Geiger Zolt?n)

[Alihaji Mabrur]

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>    2. Re: Best strategy for a clean reinstall. (Paul Trevethan)
>    3. Re: kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 28, Issue 11 (Andrew Jarrett)
>    4. Re: Wifi and wpa (Geiger Zolt?n)
>    5. Re: AVG antivirus update in Kubuntu (Graham)
>    6. Re: make a 'save as' of emails in Kmail and save in an KDE
>       folder (John L Fjellstad)
>    7. backing up kmail (Maynard Wright)
>    8. Re: backing up kmail (manchicken)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 20:27:05 +0200
> From: Donn <donn.ingle at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: make a 'save as' of emails in Kmail and save in an KDE
>         folder
> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Cc: Wolfgang Schuch <w.schuch at ing-acotec.es>
> Message-ID: <200705022027.05994.donn.ingle at gmail.com>
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> >  I made a test: i made a 'save as' t an KDE-folder, then went to KMail
> File
> > -> import messages -> selected "import mxbox (UNIX,Evolution)" -> GO
> ->then
> > opened the home/.... files ->searched and selected the file to been
> opened
> > - click on "open" -> click on finish.
> >
> > Later I found in the local folders of KMail a folder "MXBOX-....". I
> opened
> > this folder and there it was the email, including the attachments, which
> > also could be opened easily ...
> >
> Exactly right!
>
> > is there a way, using the grafic way, to install this app called
> > 'uudeview'? If yes, that would be the solution I've been looking for ...
> >
> It's only command-line, but don't be afraid of the console!!!
> Try:
> apt-get install uudeview
>
> I *think* it's in the "Universe" repos, so you must enable those (Use
> Adept to
> do so.)
>
> After it's installed:
> man uudeview
> should show the manual. Use arrow up/down to read it and Q to quit. Make
> notes. Play around.
>
> > for the moment thank you so much!
> >
> Glad it worked :D
>
> /d
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 04:55:05 +1000
> From: Paul Trevethan <plist at internode.on.net>
> Subject: Re: Best strategy for a clean reinstall.
> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
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> On Wed, 2 May 2007 09:54:14 -0400
> Art Alexion <art.alexion at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday 01 May 2007 20:04, Paul Trevethan wrote:
> > > There is a program available in the repos called AptOnCD.
> >
> > Paul, I can't find it.  Which repo?
> > --
> >
> > _____________________________________________________________
> > Art Alexion
> >
> Here is the output from my 'aptitude show aptoncd' :
>
> Package: aptoncd
> State: installed
> Automatically installed: no
> Version: 0.1-0ubuntu1
> Priority: optional
> Section: universe/admin
> Maintainer: Rafael Proen?a <cypherbios at ubuntu.com>
> Uncompressed Size: 1171k
> Depends: python, python-support (>= 0.2), libgnomevfs2-0, yelp,
> nautilus-cd-burner, mkisofs, apt-utils, synaptic, python-gnome2,
> python-apt, python-glade2, python-dbus, lsb-release, gksu, python-gtk2
> Description: CD-based repository creator for packages downloaded via
> APT Tool for the creation of a CD-based repository containing all
> packages downloaded via apt-get. Helpful for a post-installation on
> several machines or a simple backup method to re-install the system.
> After you've created the CD, you will be able to add it as a
> repository, as if it were an Ubuntu 'CD 2'. To run it, type "aptoncd"
> in a terminal. Or alternatively, via System -> Administration ->
> APTonCD menu entry. For more information, visit
> http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net
>
> Hope this helps?
> Paul.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 15:04:38 -0400
> From: "Andrew Jarrett" <jarrett.andrew at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 28, Issue 11
> To: "Kubuntu Help and User Discussions"
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> >su avg
> >returned " Password:"
> >which I put in, then it returned
> >"su: Authentication failure
> >Sorry"
>
> >The password I used is my root user password which I understand one has
> >to use to enable su
>
> >I may have a faulty installation, I don't know, but for now, it's ok.
> >I have so much configuration to do that this minor glitch can't be a
> >priority.  The update was successfully installed,
> >so I have the protection I need for now.
>
> It is to my understanding that the root account is disabled by default
> from
> logging in.  This would be why "su avg" had an authentication failure.  In
> place of su, I use sudo (must be in front of every command that needs to
> be
> run as root).
>
> Andrew
>
> On 5/2/07, WJ Seidl <wjsvt at sover.net> wrote:
> >
> > Matt:
> > Thank you.
> > sudo avg
> > returned "command not found"
> >
> > kdesu avg
> > returned "X error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
> >         Major opcode: 144
> >         Minor opcode: 3
> >         Resource id: 0x0
> > X error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167
> >         Major opcode: 144
> >         Minor opcode: 3
> >         Resource id: 0x0
> > Failed to open device
> > sh:
> > avg: not found"
> >
> > su avg
> > returned " Password:"
> > which I put in, then it returned
> > "su: Authentication failure
> > Sorry"
> >
> > The password I used is my root user password which I understand one has
> > to use to enable su
> >
> > I may have a faulty installation, I don't know, but for now, it's ok.
> > I have so much configuration to do that this minor glitch can't be a
> > priority.  The update was successfully installed,
> > so I have the protection I need for now.
> >
> > The AVG GUI works fine for scanning, it is just the "update" button in
> > the GUI that keeps denying me permission to update.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Wayne
> >
> >
> > > Subject:
> > > Re: AVG antivirus update in Kubuntu
> > > From:
> > > Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu>
> > > Date:
> > > Wed, 02 May 2007 11:38:14 -0400
> > > To:
> > > Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > >
> > > To:
> > > Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > >
> > >
> > > WJ Seidl wrote:
> > >> Thanks to all who responded to my problem.  I managed
> > >> to get the update by opening a terminal window and using the sudo
> > >> avgupdate -o command
> > >> as suggested.  It still doesn't work in the GUI, but once I know (a
> > lot)
> > >> more about Linux
> > >
> > > As I said, you can run:
> > >
> > > sudo avg
> > >
> > > (or kdesu avg)
> > >
> > > and then you should be able to use the GUI.
> > >
> > > Matt Flaschen
> >
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> Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 21:10:28 +0200
> From: Geiger Zolt?n <geigerzoli at freemail.hu>
> Subject: Re: Wifi and wpa
> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <4638E224.9050202 at freemail.hu>
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> Message: 7 Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 09:37:05 +0200 From: "O. Sinclair"
> <o.sinclair at gmail.com> Subject: Re: Wifi and wpa To: Kubuntu Help and
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> >> >> Geiger Zolt?n wrote:
> >>> >>> Dear All,
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> I have an IBM T40 laptop with an Aironet built-in wireless card.
> >>> >>> Internet connection works when there is no security and it works
> with
> >>> >>> wep but it does not with wpa. This (7.04) is the third kubuntu
> version I
> >>> >>> tried it but it never worked. I think I tried everything. New
> firmware,
> >>> >>> wpa_supplicant, knetworkmanager and so on. Anyway it works under
> windows
> >>> >>> so the card is able to handle wpa. When I try to use ndiswrapper
> it says
> >>> >>> invalid driver...
> >> >> Have you tried the lastest Wlanassistant? It is supposed to be
> able to
> >> >> handle wpa
> >> >>
> >> >> Sinclair
> > >
> > > Yes, I tried wlassistant but it does not handle wpa at least which
> comes
> > >  with 7.04. I think it should be a driver problem but it is only an
> idea.
> > > Regards,
> > > Zoltan
> try the latest version, found at sourgeforge. You will have to compile
> though. I found a deb-package "somewhere" but cant figure out/remember
> where.
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=134488
>
> Sinclair
>
>
> Thanks for the idea, I tried this version and it handles wpa, but it
> still does not connect. I think this cisco card is not so well supported
> by linux and maybe I should buy a pcmcia card. Does anyone have an idea
> which would be the best? BTW thanks for the help!
> Z.
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 20:24:05 +0100
> From: Graham <gct3 at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: AVG antivirus update in Kubuntu
> To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On 2 May 2007, at 16:25, WJ Seidl wrote:
>
> > Thanks to all who responded to my problem.  I managed
> > to get the update by opening a terminal window and using the sudo
> > avgupdate -o command
> > as suggested.  It still doesn't work in the GUI, but once I know (a
> > lot)
> > more about Linux, I will
> > work on that little issue.
> [snipped]
>
> I'm sorry if I came here in the middle of a thread, but why use AVG?
>
> Linux has a perfectly good antivirus suite in ClamAv, with a KDE
> front end called KlamAV.  They're in the repositories.  ClamAV is
> robust and effective, and is available also for Windows (ClamWin) and
> the Mac OS X (ClamXav), which means you can run it crossplatform,
> each having its own distinctive GUI.  Furthermore, its free software
> and open source (I don't know if this applies also to AVG).
>
> Linux has very few viruses because the architecture of the OS
> confines them.  Its only really necessary to have a strong antivirus
> program to stop Windows viruses flourishing if they're passed on in
> files.  As for email, KMail and Claws-Mail work very effectively with
> it, and if you run the daemon it will also work with other programs
> "behind the scenes as it were.
>
> A much more serious problem for Linux users are rootkits.  These
> programs are described by the Wikipedia thus:
>
> > A rootkit is a set of software tools intended to conceal running
> > processes, files or system data from the operating system. Rootkits
> > have their origin in relatively benign applications, but in recent
> > years have been used increasingly by malware to help intruders
> > maintain access to systems while avoiding detection. Rootkits exist
> > for a variety of operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows,
> > Linux and Solaris. Rootkits often modify parts of the operating
> > system or install themselves as drivers or kernel modules.
>
> Fortunately we also have two strong defences in chkrootkit and
> rootkit hunter, for instance.  There is also a piece discussing
> rootkits at:
>
> http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/127202/
>
> For details about the software quoted, look at:
>
> ClamAV: http://www.clamav.net/
>
> KlamAV: http://klamav.sourceforge.net/klamavwiki/index.php/Main_Page
>
> chkrootkit:     http://www.chkrootkit.org/
>
> rootkit hunter: http://www.rootkit.nl/projects/rootkit_hunter.html
>
> HTH
>
>
> Graham
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 12:23:29 -0700
> From: John L Fjellstad <john-ubuntu at fjellstad.org>
> Subject: Re: make a 'save as' of emails in Kmail and save in an KDE
>         folder
> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <87wszrjaha.fsf at fjellstad.org>
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> Martin Laberge <mlsoft at videotron.ca> writes:
>
> > is there a way to SEE a saved email in mbox format
> >
> > without having to import it in kmail
>
> mbox formatted files are just text files (it has some special
> formatting, just like shell scripts start with #!/bin/sh or similar)
>
> --
> John L. Fjellstad
> web: http://www.fjellstad.org/          Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 14:34:48 -0700
> From: Maynard Wright <m-wright at eskimo.com>
> Subject: backing up kmail
> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <200705021434.49123.m-wright at eskimo.com>
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> There's another current thread dealing (almost) with this topic, but I
> think
> my question is far enough removed to warrant a new thread.  I don't want
> to
> hijack the other one.
>
> I'd like to back up my kmail files and it seems that a simple copy would
> work.
> I'm having trouble, though, in that the directory structure and some of
> the
> files are copied, but some directories end up empty.  This occurs whether
> I
> copy from a shell or using Konqueror, whether or not I have root
> permission,
> and regardless (seemingly) of the permissions assigned to the directories
> and
> files to be copied.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Maynard
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 16:54:29 -0500
> From: manchicken <manchicken at notsosoft.net>
> Subject: Re: backing up kmail
> To: Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Message-ID: <200705021654.29919.manchicken at notsosoft.net>
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> On Wednesday 02 May 2007 16:34:48 Maynard Wright wrote:
> > There's another current thread dealing (almost) with this topic, but I
> > think my question is far enough removed to warrant a new thread.  I
> don't
> > want to hijack the other one.
> >
> > I'd like to back up my kmail files and it seems that a simple copy would
> > work. I'm having trouble, though, in that the directory structure and
> some
> > of the files are copied, but some directories end up empty.  This occurs
> > whether I copy from a shell or using Konqueror, whether or not I have
> root
> > permission, and regardless (seemingly) of the permissions assigned to
> the
> > directories and files to be copied.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Maynard
>
> I back up my kmail with the rest of my home directory...  I imagine just
> backing up ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail would get the job done...
>
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