Re: Konqueror freezing

2005-01-10 Thread Theo Schmidt
Am Freitag, 7. Januar 2005 12.19 schrieb Theo Schmidt: > ...every now and again Konqueror freezes its activity > for up to 10 seconds... Thank you for the answer attempts, Frederick and Svenn. I wonder if the following behaviour is related: I notice that there is on all my PCs (very)

gdm vs kdm and X-problem with Sarge installer

2005-01-10 Thread Theo Schmidt
usive. Therefore re the above (last points): Are these bugs or not and if so, should anybody hear about them (other than readers here)? My interest is whether I can recommend Debian yet to beginners. This would be the case if the installer had installed kdm and found the correct x-driver and

kdm can't start X

2005-01-10 Thread Theo Schmidt
t was recommended. Can anybody tell me how to get kdm working? Where is the crucial config file, or is it easier to remove kdm and install it again? Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kdm can't start X

2005-01-11 Thread Theo Schmidt
Am Montag, 10. Januar 2005 19.16 schrieb Dennie Bastiaan: > On Monday 10 January 2005 19:11, Theo Schmidt wrote: > > Where is the crucial config file > > /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers Thank you. However, all this file shows is: :0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 75 -nolisten tc

Re: gdm vs kdm and X-problem with Sarge installer

2005-01-11 Thread Theo Schmidt
Am Dienstag, 11. Januar 2005 12.41 schrieb James Tappin: > On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:16:56 -0500 > Matej Cepl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > MC> Theo Schmidt wrote: > MC> > - Gnome was installed as default, in particular gdm instead of kdm (I > MC> > havn't

Re: kdm can't start X

2005-01-11 Thread Theo Schmidt
Am Dienstag, 11. Januar 2005 17.49 schrieb Patrick Dreker: > Am Montag, 10. Januar 2005 19:11 schrieb Theo Schmidt: > > Can anybody tell me how to get kdm working? Where is the crucial config > > file, or is it easier to remove kdm and install it again? > > First check /home/

Re: kdm can't start X

2005-01-14 Thread Theo Schmidt
Am Dienstag, 11. Januar 2005 19.37 schrieb cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis): > On Monday 10 January 2005 19:11, Theo Schmidt wrote: > > After having mistakingly installed gdm with Debian and not wanting this, > > I removed it and installed kdm instead. kdm appears and is configurable,

Re: kdm can't start X

2005-01-14 Thread Theo Schmidt
Am Freitag, 14. Januar 2005 11.02 schrieb Clemens Bergmann: > On Friday 14 January 2005 09:50, Theo Schmidt wrote: > > BUT: kdm still doesn't work! I've tried removing it and reinstalling it, > > but the behaviour is exactly the same as before: after loging in with the &

Re: Eject fails!?

2005-01-18 Thread Theo Schmidt
oose eject (Auswerfen) under actions (Aktionen). This works some of the time, but I also often get your error message. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dependency problems with Sound.

2005-01-19 Thread Theo Schmidt
x27;m glad it worked. Wish I could help with the midi... Try this: http://timidity-docs.sourceforge.jp and go to TiMidity beginners' guide for Debian and let me know if it works for you. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kmail no longer finds account info

2005-01-20 Thread Theo Schmidt
rc was corrupted (the account info had been replaced by some mangled mails). It was quickly solved by overwriting with the same file from a backup. I havn't found out what to do about the desktop, but it isn't serious. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

kdelinks to commands don't work

2005-01-26 Thread Theo Schmidt
esn't help. There is no error message, the cursor just animates and doesn't do anything. What does still work is using a graphic command, e.g. kdf. Anybody know this problem or know an answer? Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Downgrading KDE?

2004-05-30 Thread Theo Schmidt
programs? As it is derived from Knoppix, my installation is a mixture of testing and unstable. Testing is the default. Theo Schmidt

Re: Strange freezes (timeouts?)

2004-06-03 Thread Theo Schmidt
ilable on a Debian mirror, using aptitude. Theo Schmidt

Re: opening .m3u files in konqueror

2004-06-04 Thread Theo Schmidt
hough they have .htm endings, Konqueror wants to open Kwrite instead of just displaying. How do I change the mime type of my own files? Theo Schmidt

Konqueror freezing

2005-01-07 Thread Theo Schmidt
ds to happen. Maybe not related. These things are releatively new since I last updated KDE things. I am hesitant to update more as every time I do this new problems appear and my setup otherwise works quite well. Does anybody here know this problem and perhaps have an easy solution? Theo Schmidt

Re: Konqueror 'Extract' Service Menu

2005-02-16 Thread Theo Schmidt
it's a kind of bug. I had a similar problem with a (now longer up-to-date) Sarge. I found the solution on the internet somewhere but have lost and forgotten it. I think it was simply to install packages called zip and unzip (maybe also one or two others). Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: What's the best way to safely remove kde apps?

2005-02-21 Thread Theo Schmidt
g all of KDE just because you want to uninstall kmoon :-) Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: flash in konqueror

2005-06-26 Thread Theo Schmidt
irefox and so it's in /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins With the method of Ryan Schultz above the plugin will however be somewhere else, so you may have to search for it. It seems to be the same plugin for both Firefox and Konqueror. Theo Schmidt

Re: Upgrading KDE and it's dependencies

2005-07-03 Thread Theo Schmidt
er works at all and requires a lot of detective work regarding dependencies. I use Debian testing with at present KDE 3.3.2 and never have any problems with updates or installing new software except with KDE things. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &

Re: Upgrading KDE and it's dependencies

2005-07-08 Thread Theo Schmidt
he first time I didn't read and it ruined KDE, the second time I quit the installation. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sarge install problem

2005-07-17 Thread Theo Schmidt
ig only gives a few of the setting options. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

subpixel rendering

2005-08-06 Thread Theo Schmidt
I just did a fresh Debian Sarge install and seem to have missed the opportunity to switch on "subpixel rendering" during the install, which worked well last time. Now the fonts look rather poor on my LCD monitor. Can somebody tell my how to switch this on at least for KDE? Th

Re: Automounter in KDE

2005-08-11 Thread Theo Schmidt
en a long thread which has left me none the wiser. Could somebody sum up the present conclusions or point to an easy-to-understand resource on present KDE, Debian or Linux mounting philosophy? Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Automounter in KDE

2005-08-11 Thread Theo Schmidt
ms don't seem to occur (but other ones :-) Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

kdesu manpage

2005-09-01 Thread Theo Schmidt
> > packaging issue, not a kdesu issue. That's funny, I don't have it either in Debian Testing, even though kdesu is installed. I do have a man page for kdesu-stub which only has one line: kdesu_stub fixme. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

usb storage problems

2005-09-18 Thread Theo Schmidt
ed a simple method to mount my camera, SD-cards, and external USB drive. Anybody got any ideas how to proceed? Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

usb storage problems

2005-09-18 Thread Theo Schmidt
ed a simple method to mount my camera, SD-cards, and external USB drive. Anybody got any ideas how to proceed? Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: usb storage problems

2005-09-18 Thread Theo Schmidt
the newest kernel my problems will be over. I live in hope! (I'm still using 2.4.20-xfs because I'm wary of replacing the kernel, having had problems with this in the past.) Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: usb storage problems

2005-09-19 Thread Theo Schmidt
why the kernel is called that. I don't use xfs. Thanks everybody for the help. I want to solve this once and for all. At the moment I have to wait ten minutes, then I can mount manually only one of my three cards as root and use it only as root. KDE will find and mount it only if it is included and correctly configured in /etc/fstab. Theo Schmidt

Re: usb storage problems

2005-09-19 Thread Theo Schmidt
es root. Right-clicking in KDE gives WTTE "only root can umount". Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: usb storage problems

2005-09-19 Thread Theo Schmidt
halfway there! Thanks, Derek. Incidently, cat /proc/partitions won't show the SD card *until it has already been pmounted*. It is thus not useful to determine unknown partitions. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: usb storage problems

2005-09-19 Thread Theo Schmidt
o umount the device as well. Otherwise Derek's advice of using Kubuntu may be the only option, or wait for Etch. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: usb storage problems [somewhat solved]

2005-09-19 Thread Theo Schmidt
nt /media/sda1 (use the correct partition if it isn't sda1) For the above to work properly, you may need a kernel newer than 2.6.11 If you can install udev and hal, the above may work automatically, not requiring pmount. Good sumup? Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: usb storage problems

2005-09-19 Thread Theo Schmidt
I'm sorry for the length of this thread. Maybe it is of use to somebody, however. Am Montag, 19. September 2005 17.00 schrieb Derek Broughton: ... > > In order to install hal or udev I would need to uninstall > base-config?? > > and about ten other important-sounding packages... > > Maybe give us

Re: usb storage problems

2005-09-20 Thread Theo Schmidt
ger plays any sound, even after an hour of fiddling. It's also quite slow booting, taking longer than a Knoppix Live-CD-ROM. Going back to the old 2.4 kernel, the sound is fine, but I can't mount my USB devices... Looking on the internet, I see about 1000 sound problems of the same

sound problem with new kernel [was: Re: usb storage problems]

2005-09-21 Thread Theo Schmidt
Am Mittwoch, 21. September 2005 15.15 schrieb Derek Broughton: > Theo Schmidt wrote: > > At the moment I have a more pressing problem: having updated the kernel, > > it no longer plays any sound... > > Anyway, I'll have to take these problems somewhere else now, as it h

kmail corrupts emails

2005-09-23 Thread Theo Schmidt
dt at umwelteinsatz.ch Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kmail corrupts emails [solved]

2005-09-23 Thread Theo Schmidt
ed it, thanks! Kmail used to compact mailboxes on closing; it looks like it no longer does so. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Automounting experiments

2005-09-25 Thread Theo Schmidt
rnel and lots of other things. Only few distributions (e.g. Kunbuntu) seem to have gotten this right, certainly not Sarge. I note that even 3) isn't true automounting, so maybe there is a 4). My personal solution is to forget about USB-mounting in my Debian system and to use a Kubuntu Live-CD whene

Re: Automounting experiments

2005-09-27 Thread Theo Schmidt
things) - it doesn't mount anything, but then neither does udev. hal seems to depend on udev, but I still havn't got a clue what all these components *really* do. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kmail corrupts emails

2005-09-28 Thread Theo Schmidt
(I hope asking this question isn't heresy on this list.) Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: k3b: cannot copy cd

2005-10-02 Thread Theo Schmidt
ord and hence k3b do not seem to work properly. Google shows many similar queries but no solutions. I expect if we wait a bit the problems will eventually be solved by a an update. My solution for the meantime is to use an old version of Knoppix with 2.4 kernel to write CDs, where it works wel

Re: How can I sync. my USB drive with /home?

2005-10-08 Thread Theo Schmidt
uch faster than Unison. Now what I really want is a KDE-type tool with the power of rsync. Anybody know of something in the works? Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kde devices's automounting on desktop

2005-10-23 Thread Theo Schmidt
Kubuntu and plug in a USB storage device. As for getting Debian to do this: there was no real consensus what is exactly needed and what isn't: there seem to be several competing systems and no agreement on this list which is best. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: can't start kde

2005-10-29 Thread Theo Schmidt
d I'm not sure if it can be easily turned into a pure Debian. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: KDE impossibly slow

2005-12-03 Thread Theo Schmidt
rve which process is hanging. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: twofer: wallpaper and KDE for etch

2006-01-19 Thread Theo Schmidt
) simply by dragging it to the desktop and choosing "use as wallpaper" (WTTE) in the context menu. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: American keyboard

2006-02-04 Thread Theo Schmidt
d Kxkb (but probably maskerades under a more descriptive name) and manifests itself with a small flag in the control bar. There is a manual for it. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound stopped working with kernels > 2.6.15

2006-02-22 Thread Theo Schmidt
Michael Thaler schrieb: Hello, my sound stopped working with kernels > 2.6.12. Everything is fine with kernels <= 2.6.12. I had this problem too. Nothing I could do could fix it. I then solved it by using a different sound card. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Video under Linux - mess and frustration [OT]

2006-03-24 Thread Theo Schmidt
Mplayer and all required codecs, certainly some unfree ones. It plays almost everything as far as I can see and although no DVD-Nav like Xine, has a super OSD which even allows switching languages and subtitles while the videos are playing. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Konqueror - Has the embedded media player ever played anything?

2006-04-11 Thread Theo Schmidt
vies/wb/poseidon/poseidon-tlr2_h.320.mov Maybe the file is corrupt? If not, how can it be downloaded? Konqueror isn't able to. Theo Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Touchpad Not working

2006-06-14 Thread Theo Schmidt
Han schrieb: I have an Acer 5041 laptop Amd64 and i just loaded Debian 3.1 on it and i cannot use my touch pad can anyone advise on how-to get it to work. Maybe start here: http://tuxmobil.org/touchpad_driver.html But this probably not a KDE-Debian related problem and therefore probably t