Follow-up: kdeprint under KDE 3.2

2004-03-03 Thread Bruce Miller
The problems with kdeprint appear to be intermittent --- which will make them harder to trace. Given the setup described in a previous message (a few minutes ago) of driving a printer attached to a Windows box, I tried restarting networking, samba and cupsys. After restarting all three services

Problems with kdeprint under KDE 3.2 from experimental

2004-03-03 Thread Bruce Miller
I am trying to track down the source of the return of problems with kdeprint. linuxprinting.org has declared my Canon multifunction printer to be a Linux paperweight. I therefore run it off a Windows box linked to my main Linux host with Samba. The first problem I have found is: [EMAIL PROTECT

Serious instability in KMail

2004-02-28 Thread Bruce Miller
KMail 1.6.1 running under KDE3.2 (experimental) has suddenly become seriously unstable. Rebooting to a more conservative installation on the same computer (Libranet 2.8 using KDE 3.1.5 and KMail 1.5.4, but sharing the same /home directory) has not so far alleviated the problems. Problem 1: Sel

Re: WordPerfect 8 still lives

2004-02-20 Thread Bruce Miller
On February 20, 2004 05:31, Andrew Schulman wrote: > > I alerted Daniel Stone to this issue in December; I also found > > that the solution is to rewrite the file /var/lib/dpkg/status to > > remove the dependency of the package wp-full to xlib6g. The > > files previously in that package are now pro

Re: WP8 for Linux is toast in KDE 3.2

2004-02-20 Thread Bruce Miller
On February 20, 2004 10:24, Andrew Schulman wrote: > > KDE 3.2 depends on xlibs 4.3.x, which conflicts with xlib6, which > > is required for WP8 for Linux to run. Therefore, WP8 is toast. > > Following a suggestion from Hendrik Sattler, I unpacked the xlib6 > package into its own directory: > > $

Re: KDE 3.2 Progress

2004-02-16 Thread Bruce Miller
On February 16, 2004 10:44, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:34:14AM -0500, Robert Tilley wrote: > > I have to comment on the seemingly logical contradiction of KDE > > 3.2.0 existing in the "stable" distribution while missing from

Re: KDE 3.2 Progress

2004-02-16 Thread Bruce Miller
On February 16, 2004 10:34, Robert Tilley wrote: > I have to comment on the seemingly logical contradiction of KDE 3.2.0 > existing in the "stable" distribution while missing from the > "unstable" or "testing" branches. > > I will have to give the KDE Team minus points on this one. While we > all

Re: [oclug] Occasional texts in languages other than English

2004-02-15 Thread Bruce Miller
Thanks to everyone for your help. Merci à tous pour vos conseils. Tack till alla för ert hjälp. Takk till alle for Deres hjelp. etc.

Re: [oclug] Occasional texts in languages other than English

2004-02-15 Thread Bruce Miller
On February 15, 2004 16:09, Kevin Everets wrote: > Under X-windows, there is a more intuitive setup but it is not > (often) the default. First, you assign some key to be your > "Multi_key", which is often assigned to be the right Alt key. To do > so, create a file called "multikey.map" which cont

Occasional texts in languages other than English

2004-02-15 Thread Bruce Miller
I have many friends whose first language is not English. Most are quite relaxed about polglotism: they write to me in their first language, and I reply in mine (English). Sometimes, however, I need to write in their language. I have been too busy learning the other mechanics of Linux to worry a

Glitches running KDE3.2 compiled from source

2004-02-12 Thread Bruce Miller
This message is posted to both debian-kde and to libranet-users. I have an "almost perfect" setup running kernel 2.6.2 and KDE 3.2. "Almost perfect" because of a few remaining glitches in KDE 3.2: 1. There is no "Save Session" entry on the Kicker menu. This typically lives next to the "Lock scre

Re: Update on broken KMail

2004-02-05 Thread Bruce Miller
On February 5, 2004 11:45, Antiphon wrote: > Try running kmail from the command line and posting > your results on the list. You'll get more help that > way. Of course! Here is the output: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ kmail kmail: relocation error: /usr/lib/libkmailprivate.so.0: undefined symbol: _ZNK4

Update on broken KMail

2004-02-05 Thread Bruce Miller
This is an update --- copied to the Debian-KDE and Libranet lists on the problem that KMail does not load on one of the two Debian installations on this computer. The problem is buried more deeply than I can find it. Both installations are based on Libranet. The "production" install is le

Kmail broken after downgrading from KDE 3.2.0 back to 3.1.5

2004-02-04 Thread Bruce Miller
I am learning the hard way how to play and how not to play on the bleeding edge. I have an "experimental" Libranet / Debian installation which shares a /home partition with this more conservative installation. KMail is broken on the "experimental" side. Whenever I try to start it, I get a dial

KDE 3.2 Debian --- libqt3c102-mt

2004-02-03 Thread Bruce Miller
I somehow managed to get onto the KDE download server and grab a copy of the new .debs. This new desktop lives up to its advance billing. I like it very much. A number of applications which depend on libqt3c102-mt --- including all of KOffice 1.3, kvim, k3b, (and for those using Libranet) admi

Font degradation viewing Web pages in Mozilla under KDE 3.0.3

2002-11-16 Thread Bruce Miller
I have cross-posted this message on libranet-users and on Debian-KDE. I ask that any typographers reading this message forgive my ignorance of the correct technical term to describe the phenomenon which is happening. I read Web pages most frequently with Mozilla 1.1 under KDE 3.0.3. KDE's font

Wanted: text editor where word wrap does not insert newline

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce Miller
I would welcome advice on a choice of Linux text editors with word wrap. I am being pragmatic in the transition from Windows to Linux and expect there will machines with one or both on our home network for the foreseeable future. I am, however, moving from only playing with Linux to using it for

Re: Using apt_preferences?

2001-10-29 Thread Bruce Miller
+ Forwarded by: debian-kde@lists.debian.org I wanted to update my testing system to KDE2.2.1 and was usingthe info provided by Bruce Miller in his mini-HOW-TO but I'm having problems with my preferences file. The contents of /etc/apt/preferences is: Package: * Pin: release a=

Follow-up to ``How to upgrade to KDE 2.2.1 - a not quite newbies' guide''

2001-10-26 Thread Bruce Miller
I have already had some kind comments on the ``How to upgrade to KDE 2.2.1 - a not quite newbies' guide''. Thank you. Less than kind comments, criticisms, suggestions for improvements, etc, etc all welcome. . A kind offer to host the draft on a website reminded me that my ISP does offer Web spa

Re: Kwork/Koffice

2001-10-26 Thread Bruce Miller
The following section of this message contains a file attachment prepared for transmission using the Internet MIME message format. If you are using Pegasus Mail, or any another MIME-compliant system, you should be able to save it or view it from within your mailer. If you cannot, please ask your sy

Re: Kwork/Koffice

2001-10-26 Thread Bruce Miller
I am taking the liberty of sending you a copy of my 0.02 version of a not quite newbies' guide to running a ``mixed" Debian system. Following is the cover message which I sent to the 25+ plus people who e- mailed me asking for a copy: [forwarded message begins] I have already had some kind comme

Re: Kwork/Koffice

2001-10-26 Thread Bruce Miller
The following section of this message contains a file attachment prepared for transmission using the Internet MIME message format. If you are using Pegasus Mail, or any another MIME-compliant system, you should be able to save it or view it from within your mailer. If you cannot, please ask your sy

How to upgrade to KDE 2.2.1 - a not quite newbies' guide

2001-10-24 Thread Bruce Miller
I have been ``doing Linux" in all available spare time for the last ten days or so and have had little or no time to follow the three Debian mailing lists I regularly monitor. If this has already been covered, please bear with me. Scanning subject lines quickly, I see there is still traffic on h

Re: Failed upgrade to KDE 2.2.1

2001-10-15 Thread Bruce Miller
Oliver, I believe that you have it exactly. I came to grief with similar overwrite problems. There are a number of them in the upgrade, including between kdelibs3 and konqueror. Your analysis that the problem arises from a different location of files between versions 2.1.x and 2.2.1 is bolstere

Re: apt 0.5.4: preferences file

2001-10-13 Thread Bruce Miller
Jens, Thanks for the ideas. In fact, today, I did a Google search on ``/etc/apt/preferences" and got many of the same results. My German is not as good as my Scandinavian languages (I did post- graduate study in Sweden and later married a Norwegian-American whom I met while she was majoring in S

apt 0.5.4: preferences file

2001-10-13 Thread Bruce Miller
I put in a lot of effort yesterday studying the man pages for apt and apt_preferences as well as the APT HOWTO which is buried deep in the Debian website. To no avail. apt turned up its nose at my feeble attempt to write a preferences file. I usually beat my head against the brick wall until I

Re: Anti-aliased fonts in KDE 2.2.1: ``Adobe" fonts not available when anti-aliasing enabled

2001-10-11 Thread Bruce Miller
Wolfgang, Thanks for the tip. I checked the fonts.scale. Two follow- ups: 1. In a sense, your reply only deepens the mystery. For example, with anti-aliasing enabled, ``Nimbus Roman No9 L" appears in KDE's font list, but ``Times" does not. With anti-aliasing disabled, both names appear in KDE'

Re: Anti-aliased fonts in KDE 2.2.1: ``Adobe" fonts not available when anti-aliasing enabled

2001-10-11 Thread Bruce Miller
necke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Forwarded by: debian-kde@lists.debian.org On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 02:42:58PM -0400, Bruce Miller wrote: > I have upgraded Libranet Linux 1.9.1 from potato to woody and added > KDE 2.2.1 from sid. These upgrades install XFree 4.1.0. I > immediately

Anti-aliased fonts in KDE 2.2.1: ``Adobe" fonts not available when anti-aliasing enabled

2001-10-10 Thread Bruce Miller
I believe that this topic was already covered in the Debian-KDE list, but I can no longer find the references, even in the mailing list archive. Please forgive me if I have missed the obvious. I have upgraded Libranet Linux 1.9.1 from potato to woody and added KDE 2.2.1 from sid. These upgrades

Re: kde2 sound problem

2001-10-10 Thread Bruce Miller
Daniel has the right idea. You need to add the user to the ``audio" group. On 9 Oct 2001, at 19:34, Tom Allison wrote: Date forwarded: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 19:48:37 -0400 (EDT) Date sent: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 19:34:45 -0400 From: Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: can't launche Konqueror

2001-10-08 Thread Bruce Miller
Etienne, Votre serveur X n'est pas configure pour appuyer l'anti- crenelage des polices (en anglais, ``font anti-aliasing". Je vous conseille de telecharger de la distribution <> le paquet anti-aliasing-howto 4:2.2.6 (a ma connaissance, ce document n'existe pas en version francaise) et de consul

Re: Updating from woody to KDE 2.2.1

2001-10-06 Thread Bruce Miller
uot;Ivan E. Moore II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bruce Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copies to: debian-kde@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Updating from woody to KDE 2.2.1 Forwarded by: debian-kde@lists.debian.org

Updating from woody to KDE 2.2.1

2001-10-06 Thread Bruce Miller
This message is cross-posted to the Debian KDE users' mailing list and to the Libranet users' mailing list. I am running Libranet Linux 1.9.1 which I have up(?)graded to Debian woody. When I tried to further upgrade KDE to 2.2.1 from unstable, I encountered major problems with an apparent pack