Re: Configuring for skype
andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all > > I have recently downloaded and installed Skype onto my lenny system > and when I am configuring it by making a test call, apparently there > is a problem with my sound system. I have gone through the various > options in the Skype settings, but am wondering if there is something > that I should be doing with respect to my soundcard. Check your mixer settings, maybe you have mic on mute or something like that. But give more information, without it no one will be able to help you. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing a JRE plug-in
andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear each > > Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I > need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which is > the appropriate plug-in), but: > (i) is this the best thing to be using on a Lenny/Sid system and > (ii) if so, how do I go about installing a *.bin file on my system? Enable non-free in your /etc/sources.list, like this e.g.: , | deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free ` Of course replace sid with what you are using. Then aptitude update and ,[ aptitude search jre ] | p docbook-jrefentry - DocBook XML JRefEntry DTD | p libjrexx-java - automaton based regluar expression API for | p sun-java5-jre - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 | i sun-java6-jre - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 ( ` Ah! Looks like you found what you needed! aptitude install sun-java5-jre (or 6) and you're done. > Many thanks > > A Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing a JRE plug-in
andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jeff D wrote: >> >> The easiest way would be to make sure you have non-free in your >> /etc/apt/sources.list , run aptitude update and then aptitude >> install sun-java6-bin >> >> > Thanks > > I've already done that - it still doesn't show up as working in any of > the three browsers I use and when testing at the sun site, it reports > that java6 is not installed. Hence, I want to pursue Martin's earlier > suggestion re: symlinks, but cannot track down where sun-java6-jre was > installed. Have you installed sun-java6-plugin as well? I thought it would be pulled in automagically, but i might have been wrong. > A Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Subject Confusion
"Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I get hundreds of email a day including email from the Debian List. [...] > I use (and will continue to use) THUNDERBIRD for Linux, MS, and other > email correspondence. Perhaps someone could suggest how I might bridge > this problem with Debian email. Do the same thing the rest of the world does, filter on the X-Mailing-List header or the List-Id header. > Thanks -- Ted Hilts You're welcome. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Font Smoothing in Xterm
Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hey guys, > > Been happily using debian etch for over a month now! > > What an amazing system this is. > > Anyways, font smoothing has been working quite well on this laptop > screen except for xterm. I finally figured out how to change the font > in xterm to bitstream vera sans mono but the fonts in xterm look > jagged and terrible in this screen. > > Any suggestions on how to work around this. I tried several methods > including dpkg-reconfigure -plow fontconfig-config but to no avail. > > I know I could use the GNOME terminal or Konsole but they are not as > quick as xterm. Any other alternatives that you guys suggest? I use urxvt (rxvt-unicode) with the following line in my ~/.Xresources URxvt*font: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-10 Works like a charm. > Thanks, > Amit Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sony VAIO support, anyone have experience?
Noah Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I am wanting to buy a new laptop primarily to move away from PowerPC so that > my > machine is better supported by a default Debian installation. > > I really like the look of the VAIOs but wanted to know if anyone has any > feedback on how well supported they are. I don't want to be patching kernels > or > hacking my xorg to get things running smoothly. > > Wireless would be nice too, preferably without using non-free software. I have an older model, VGN-N11S and it works fine, but it heavily depends on the model. What you need is a somewhat recent kernel for stuff like the backlight. At least in my toaster wireless works fine too (with the iwl-module). The driver is in the kernel, what you do need is the firmware though. > Thanks, Tom -- Then I drew in a breath, and my renewed will with it, lifted the rod in my right hand, murmured a phrase in a language I didn't know, and blew the tires off his fucking truck. -- Harry Dresden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: restarting proftpd
Mark Grieveson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello. To restart apache2, I simply use the command "apache2 -k > restart", which works nicely. Does anyone know of a similar command > for proftpd? Maybe /etc/init.d/proftpd restart I haven't installed it ATM > Thanks, > Mark Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: size of partitions worries me
Dino Vliet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi folks, > I've managed to install debian etch on my amd64 system > which I dualboot with FreeBSD. I installed it on a > 57GB partition. > > I've chosen to let the installer recommend the > partitions and their sizes and the result is: > > Bestandssysteem Grtte Gebr Besch Geb% > Aangekoppeld op > /dev/sda2 259M 120M 126M 49% / > tmpfs 1,5G 0 1,5G 0% > /lib/init/rw > udev 10M 100K 10M 1% /dev > tmpfs 1,5G 0 1,5G 0% /dev/shm > /dev/sda9 41G 223M 39G 1% /home > /dev/sda8 373M 11M 343M 3% /tmp > /dev/sda5 4,6G 1,7G 2,7G 39% /usr > /dev/sda6 2,8G 836M 1,8G 32% /var > > Epecially the size of the / partition worries me > because I had the experience that in another os > (ubuntu breezer) it filled up quickly. Well, you have /home on a separate partition (I guess that's where most of your stuff will end up), /usr on a partition (where most of your programs will be installed) and /var is a partition also (various stuff is there, apt's cache can grow big if you don't clean it). So there's not much left for / -- the stuff in /boot (your kernels) and the /root directory, and /etc and so on. I think you should be fine. > Brgds > Dino Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: which package contains mkfs.vfat
Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have trouble using logical vfat partition > so I intend to try mkfs.vfat > (I use sarge) > Thanks in advance! ,[ apt-file search bin/mkfs.vfat ] | dosfstools: sbin/mkfs.vfat ` Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution
Norbert Zeh writes: >> AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. >> This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV > > I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through > the local SMTP server is that I can use procmail to filter my messages. > Can getmail do this? Yes, from my getmailrc: , | [destination] | type = MDA_external | path = /usr/bin/procmail | unixfrom = True ` > - Norbert Tom -- and everything is plastic and everyone's sarcastic and all your food is frozen, it needs to be defrosted -- Regina Spektor - Ghost of a corporate future -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Grub2 question
Curt Howland writes: > Is GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX= in /etc/default/grub where I put vga=791 to get > the same function in grub2 that I had putting vga=791 > into /boot/grub/menu.lst in grub1? > > Just want confirmation before I try it, just in case. Yes. > Curt- Tom -- They look at me funny; they think I twitch a lot. I'm not twitching. I'm controlling my impulse to snag my 9mm Sig-Sauer out from my day-pack and make a few strong points about the quality of undergraduate education in Amerika. -- Olin Shivers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: What is the correct way to overide hal defaults?
Micha Feigin writes: > I want to change the default settings for my synaptic touchpad in X. I tried > changing /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi but it > keeps getting written over during upgrades. Is there a better way to do this > so > it won't get erased every time? Put your changed file in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/, and it should be used by hal and it won't be touched on upgrades. > Thanks -tom -- Hit me with your rhythm stick. It's nice to be a lunatic. Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! -- Ian Dury And The Blockheads -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: What is the correct way to overide hal defaults?
emikaadeo writes: > On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:05:14 +0200, Tom Rauchenwald > wrote: > >> Micha Feigin writes: >> >>> I want to change the default settings for my synaptic touchpad in >>> X. I tried >>> changing >>> /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/11-x11-synaptics.fdi but it >>> keeps getting written over during upgrades. Is there a better way >>> to do this so >>> it won't get erased every time? >> >> Put your changed file in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/, and it should be >> used by hal and it won't be touched on upgrades. >> >>> Thanks >> >> -tom >> > The corect place for these modified files is in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ Damn, thanks for correcting me, obviously I haven't slept enough -- I wanted to write that path. Tom -- If it has four legs and is not a chair, has wings and is not an aeroplane, or swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it. -- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Very slim Desktop Manager
Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > BTW, I find your discussion quite interesting (although I started to > skip a few paragraphs). I could give up X anytime if it weren't for > Firefox (which, incidentally, is the same application I absolutely need a > mouse for)... Used to be the same for me, until i found conkeror. It's a neat browser based on Xulrunner. The nice thing is that it is completely controllable via keyboard, but if you like you can use the mouse. > J. Tom -- Last week, Japanese scientists explaced... placed explosive detonators at the bottom of Lake Loch Ness to blow Nessie out of the water. -- Napoleon Dynamite -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: howto make root emacs open in X
Harry P writes: > I'm running a recently installed lenny with default xfce desktop. > > While working in the X session I often ssh to r...@localhost for a > root shell and have one running as I work. I'd like to be able to > open emacs from that root shell and have the emacs instance open in > the X session instead of a inside the root shell in console mode as it > currently does. ssh -X r...@localhost > I've had this setup in the past ... possibly not on a debian OS so I > know it can work with some minor setup. > > Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get this to happen? I don't emacs as root, i use tramp... simply open a file you want to open as root with /sudo:: or /su:: prefixed. You will be prompted for a password, and can then edit the file from your user's emacs. -t -- They look at me funny; they think I twitch a lot. I'm not twitching. I'm controlling my impulse to snag my 9mm Sig-Sauer out from my day-pack and make a few strong points about the quality of undergraduate education in Amerika. -- Olin Shivers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: emacs22 black text on white bg from menu but white text on black bg from console
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a strange setup issue. > > I removed my emacs settings to redo them so now there are no theme commands > (clean .emacs). Now, when I open emacs from the menus or file manager (thunar) > it comes up in a dark text on light background theme (not very readable with > the match of fonts and colors), and when I open it from rxvt (or any other > console) it comes up in light text on dark background (much better for my > taste). > > What is the difference, and how do I make one of them my default instead of > getting different behaviour? I'm not sure why it is different, but i think I can tell you how to change the default behaviour. I have the following in my ~/.Xresources: Emacs.foreground: white Emacs.background: black You need to restart X or do a xrdb .Xresources in a Terminal for changes to take effect, but then you should be set. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Download Opera brower package
hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I tried to install Opera brower packge from the apt-get install, but > could not find the package? What am I missing? It's not available in Debian, you need to download it from opera.com and install it with dpkg -i for example. > Thank you. > > Jim Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: log reading while updating
roberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hello > a runnig program logs its output to a file and i'd like to read this > log file "while" it is being written and updated by the program, and > possibly searching in it for patterns and so on tail -f file > is it possible by "less" or other editors ? In emacs it is possible with tail.el (it's included in emacs-goodies-el i think), dunno about vim. > thank you very much tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Package to display program manual
hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > What is the package to display C and C++ program manual such as "man > fprintf", etc.? manpages-dev AFAIK C++ is not covered. > Thank you. > > KInd Regards, > > Jim Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fonts
Raquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm looking for fonts, like Times Roman, etc, for Etch. I don't seem > to be able to find much Can anyone help? Install the package msttcorefonts (it is in contrib i think) to get Times New Roman, Arial and so on. IMO the free alternatives like the DejaVu or Bitstream fonts look better. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
