Re: OT: Running mc under screen

2005-07-27 Thread Bill Marcum
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 09:27:37PM -0700, Jeff wrote: > Sorry to bug you all with this, but things are getting too bloody on > c.o.l.m these days... > > I'm trying to run midnight commander under GNU screen running on xterm. > Works fine, except that shift-arrow keys insert sequences of charac

Re: Debian Sarge to Etch

2005-07-27 Thread Jules Dubois
On Wednesday 27 July 2005 21:53, Fred OGrady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I have a small question, (as a newbe). > Just how "Unstable" is Unstable? I'm not Paul, but here's my opinion; I've been running Sid exclusively for nearly two years. Usually, I've found it to be mo

Re: Unstable (sid) packages

2005-07-27 Thread [KS]
Bryan Donlan wrote: > On 7/27/05, Song, Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The master mirror site server's down; mirrors might not update until > new hosting's been found. > Finding new host is not a problem as debian.org has got several offers. Actually, they are trying to choose which on

Can't change XF86Config-4 (Sarge i386)

2005-07-27 Thread Joan Andersen og Jesper Gertz
Hi I want to adjust my X -configuration. But the changes I make using "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" doesn't change anything in my XF86Config-4 file. md5sum of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is the same as the md5sum listed in /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum. Thanks in advance

Need help with re-install on a old SCSI Debian box

2005-07-27 Thread Paul E Condon
I have an old computer which I have been using as a print/file server. This afternoon there was an abrupt power outage. When the power returned this old computer would not boot up. Instead, the disk drive made strange noises. So I found another old SCSI drive and began an install. First problem wa

Re: bizarre HW failures with DVD+R media cannot burn DVDs

2005-07-27 Thread [KS]
David E. Fox wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:09:46 -0400 > "[KS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Here it says that your drive has firmware 1.04 installed. The latest >>firmware for 3520a (OEM) is 3.05 >>http://support.necsam.com/OEM/downloads/FlashFirmware/ Upgrading the >>firmware may solve

Re: AMD64 question...

2005-07-27 Thread Greg Madden
On Wednesday 27 July 2005 07:51 pm, Brad Sims wrote: > On Wednesday 27 July 2005 7:19 pm, Alan Ianson wrote: > > I have never noticed a -k7 kernel on amd64, only -em64t, -generic > > and -k8. The amd64 version is just like the i386 version (except of > > course, it is 64 bit). You can install as mu

rbldnsd setup

2005-07-27 Thread Richard Cunningham
Okay, I did the apt-get install rbldnsd. The documentation on setting it up is sparse. I want to run it stand-alone, without a dns server. Is there a step-by-step tutorial on how to do this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: xorg-x11 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Packages Not Found

2005-07-27 Thread Katipo
[KS] wrote: I have read people upgraded from XFree86 to x.org easily in the last two or three days, so they *should* exist in the repository! /KS I've done exactly that, quite unwittingly. Somehow I installed the xorg package while obviously removing the xfree86. Didn't know what had hap

Re: ALT GR + doesn't work

2005-07-27 Thread Andras Lorincz
You can change the keyboard layout useing this command: xkbset it On 7/27/05, Paolo Pantaleo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had a similar problem. Are you using KDE, then you can(/shall?) choose > > italian keyboard-layout in control center. > > > > HTH > > > > /Søren > > > > > > -- > > To UNSU

Undelivered mail:

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Re: cdrom installation not starting

2005-07-27 Thread Jeff
Marty Landman wrote: Heh, replying to my own msg. I'm installing from the HD as I write this. Fortunately there were three partitions on the windoz installation so i copied the cd over to D:\ and am installing on C:\ with the swap partition on E:\. Now the installation program is running off

debugfs on RAID volume

2005-07-27 Thread George Chelidze
Hello, (It's not debian related question, but general linux question so maybe someone has a clue) I have removed a number of files yesterday on one of my boxes (RH 7.3) and now would like to recover them. I have used debugfs before without a problem but now it's different situation: actually t

Re: xorg-x11 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Packages Not Found

2005-07-27 Thread Robert James Kaes
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, [KS] wrote: > Beats me! I installed 2.6.12 today and http.us.debian.org was working > fine. Anyway, these updates are almost a week old as two main debian > servers are being relocated. So, be ready to do several more updates > when they are back online. Well thank you very mu

Re: xorg-x11 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Packages Not Found

2005-07-27 Thread [KS]
Robert James Kaes wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, [KS] wrote: > >>Add the following mirrors to your /etc/apt/sources.lst and try again. >> >>deb ftp://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ unstable main >>deb ftp://ftp3.nrc.ca/debian/ unstable main > > > Thanks. I added those lines, did an apt-get update

Re: apt-get update problems

2005-07-27 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 7/26/05, Jan Schledermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am getting this sort of messages a lot the last month or two, while > running apt-get update: > > Ign ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org sarge/main Packages > 99% [Packages bzip2 0] [Query] > bzip2: Compressed file ends unexp

OT: Running mc under screen

2005-07-27 Thread Jeff
Sorry to bug you all with this, but things are getting too bloody on c.o.l.m these days... I'm trying to run midnight commander under GNU screen running on xterm. Works fine, except that shift-arrow keys insert sequences of characters, rather than selecting text. I can't SEE any key-binding

Re: xorg-x11 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Packages Not Found

2005-07-27 Thread Robert James Kaes
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, [KS] wrote: > Add the following mirrors to your /etc/apt/sources.lst and try again. > > deb ftp://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ unstable main > deb ftp://ftp3.nrc.ca/debian/ unstable main Thanks. I added those lines, did an apt-get update and then my apt-get dselect-upgrade.

Re: Unstable (sid) packages

2005-07-27 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 7/27/05, Song, Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are the Unstable packages being updated? I've received several security > updates but the packages doesn't seem to have been updated on > http://ftp.debian.org. > > For example, Webcalendar should be 0.9.45-6 according to the advisory bu

Re: Packages not authenticated - why?

2005-07-27 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 7/27/05, Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On my laptop, whenever I try to install/upgrade packages I get a message > saying that the packages cannot be authenticated and asking if I want to > continue. I say I do and things then proceed normally. > > This does not happen on my desk

Re: bizarre HW failures with DVD+R media cannot burn DVDs

2005-07-27 Thread David E. Fox
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 00:09:46 -0400 "[KS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here it says that your drive has firmware 1.04 installed. The latest > firmware for 3520a (OEM) is 3.05 > http://support.necsam.com/OEM/downloads/FlashFirmware/ Upgrading the > firmware may solve the problem if it is due to me

Re: xorg-x11 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Packages Not Found

2005-07-27 Thread [KS]
Robert James Kaes wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, [KS] wrote: > >>What error are you getting? Paste the error text and other info like >>sources.lst here. >> >>I have read people upgraded from XFree86 to x.org easily in the last two >>or three days, so they *should* exist in the repository! > > >

Re: Debian Sarge to Etch

2005-07-27 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 7/27/05, Fred OGrady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul, > > I have a small question, (as a newbe). > > Just how "Unstable" is Unstable? > > I enjoyed the (accidental) upgrade to Sarge. (I updated and, when I logged > into the GUI, I was suprised to find everything changed.) > > E

Re: xorg-x11 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Packages Not Found

2005-07-27 Thread Robert James Kaes
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, [KS] wrote: > What error are you getting? Paste the error text and other info like > sources.lst here. > > I have read people upgraded from XFree86 to x.org easily in the last two > or three days, so they *should* exist in the repository! Here's an abbreviated copy of the mes

Re: xorg-x11 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Packages Not Found

2005-07-27 Thread [KS]
Robert James Kaes wrote: > Good evening, > Tonight I tried updating my "unstable" system, but I ran into a problem > with the xorg-x11 packages. apt (and dselect) claim there are newer > versions of the packages (like xterm or xvfb) with version number > 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4, but apt is not able to find

Re: Debian Sarge to Etch

2005-07-27 Thread Fred OGrady
Paul,   I have a small question, (as a newbe).   Just how "Unstable" is Unstable?   I enjoyed the (accidental) upgrade to Sarge. (I updated and, when I logged into the GUI, I was suprised to find everything changed.)   Even in Unstable,  I wouldn't expect my system to be crashing every day. Would I

Re: AMD64 question...

2005-07-27 Thread Brad Sims
On Wednesday 27 July 2005 7:19 pm, Alan Ianson wrote: > I have never noticed a -k7 kernel on amd64, only -em64t, -generic and -k8. > The > amd64 version is just like the i386 version (except of course, it is 64 bit). > You can install as much or as little as you like. If you need 32 bit apps >

xorg-x11 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Packages Not Found

2005-07-27 Thread Robert James Kaes
Good evening, Tonight I tried updating my "unstable" system, but I ran into a problem with the xorg-x11 packages. apt (and dselect) claim there are newer versions of the packages (like xterm or xvfb) with version number 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4, but apt is not able to find them. I did a search on the packa

Re: Using a novell shared printer from debian.

2005-07-27 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't have any problem to use the resource of windows environment > but for the resources of novell shared yes. > > for example I can not print any document from my debian box onto a > shared printer. This printer is shared by a novell server. the ip of > the server is

Unidentified subject!

2005-07-27 Thread Ripduman Sohan
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Using a novell shared printer from debian.

2005-07-27 Thread ilham . firdaus
Dear my friend. I am new in debian.  I am the only one employee who uses linux at our office. we use microsoft and novell. I don't have any problem to use the resource of windows environment but for the resources of novell shared yes. for example I can not print any document from my debian box

Re: proper way to change ip and hostname

2005-07-27 Thread Brian Kimball
Thomas Hood wrote: > Brian Kimball wrote: > > But that only handles the bare minimum. You will also need to > > reconfigure any software that has your old hostname, IP address, > > netmask, network address, etc., hardcoded in its config files. > > In this case grepping everything in /etc is the o

Re: Programming in C with debian

2005-07-27 Thread Katipo
Martin Kenneth Lopez wrote: Thanks for the answer I will test the ide's and emacs too... Now to make open source software thanks again everybody Martin Kenneth Don't forget vim. http://packages.debian.org/testing/editors/vim And http://packages.debian.org/unstable/editors/vim-doc And

Re: Programming in C with debian

2005-07-27 Thread stan
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 06:35:03PM -0500, Martin Kenneth Lopez wrote: > Hello everyone! > I been using my debian sarge since a while ago I learning how to > programming in c , and I was wondering if you know any good IDE that I > can use in debian for programming in c. I been looking on google

Re: Dist-Upgrading

2005-07-27 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 05:30:17PM -0400, Steven Pasternak wrote: > Hi! I have been using linux for a few years now, and I just downloaded > and installed the 2 sarge DVDs. I have been using RPM-based linux > (SuSE,Fedora,Mandrake) until now, and I want to know how to use apt-get > dist-upgrade.

Re: Bochs use

2005-07-27 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 05:55:29PM -0700, James Vahn wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Steve Kemp wrote: > > > Qemu is very usable and simple to install Windows upon, albeit a little > >slow. > > Qemu segfaults on me, but I've been able to get bochs (the upstream > version - 2.2.1-0) to work reliably

Re: Programming in C with debian

2005-07-27 Thread Martin Kenneth Lopez
Thanks for the answer I will test the ide's and emacs too... Now to make open source software thanks again everybody Martin Kenneth Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 08:20:36PM -0400, Leonid Grinberg wrote: > > >>I agree, using a powerful text editor as opposed to a full-

Re: Programming in C with debian

2005-07-27 Thread Leonid Grinberg
I agree, using a powerful text editor as opposed to a full-featured IDE is probably better. If you really want and IDE, I recommend using Anjuta (for GNOME) and (I guess) KDevelop for KDE (I use GNOME, myself, but then again, I also use Emacs)

Re: Bochs use

2005-07-27 Thread James Vahn
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Steve Kemp wrote: Qemu is very usable and simple to install Windows upon, albeit a little slow. Qemu segfaults on me, but I've been able to get bochs (the upstream version - 2.2.1-0) to work reliably (very much slower than qemu) and the bochs TUNTAP finally works! :-) -

Re: Programming in C with debian

2005-07-27 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 08:20:36PM -0400, Leonid Grinberg wrote: > I agree, using a powerful text editor as opposed to a full-featured > IDE is probably better. If you really want and IDE, I recommend using > Anjuta (for GNOME) and (I guess) KDevelop for KDE (I use GNOME, > myself, but then again,

Exim4 configuration: routing through uucp (worked in Exim 3)

2005-07-27 Thread A. F. Cano
I've spent countless hours reading about Exim4 trying to determine how to send out mail like I am doing on this Exim3 (woody) machine. This gets complicated because: o The real name of the machine in question is not the mail name. o I want all mail to go in and out through the machine that I conn

Re: AMD64 question...

2005-07-27 Thread Alan Ianson
On Wed July 27 2005 03:38 pm, Brad Sims wrote: > I am thinking of switching to an AMD64 processor... I am currently running > kernel 2.4.27-2-k7. I really don't wanna switch to a 2.6 series kernel if I > don't have to... I presume I can simply install the -386 versions of the > packages and have th

Re: Optimize iso images, find duplicates

2005-07-27 Thread Rogério Brito
On Jul 28 2005, Josep M. wrote: > I would like ask what package can I use for optimize an iso image, I > explain, when you have a CD with several files with identical content but > different name the program detect this and only copy one file in the iso > image and the rest of is a link inside to t

Re: Programming in C with debian

2005-07-27 Thread Rogério Brito
On Jul 27 2005, Martin Kenneth Lopez wrote: > I learning how to programming in c , and I was wondering if you know > any good IDE that I can use in debian for programming in c. I use simply Emacs, but I recognize that this may not be for the faint of the heart. You have many options out there, as

Re: Numlock at startup?

2005-07-27 Thread Steve Karg
Hello, You can get NumLock on boot in the console by setting parameters in the file /etc/console-tools/config # Turn on numlock by default LEDS=+num Best Regards, Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: directory auto scan

2005-07-27 Thread gothic doom
thanks very much, mate. I think that would help me A LOT.

Re: Programming in C with debian

2005-07-27 Thread Martin Kenneth Lopez
Hello everyone! I been using my debian sarge since a while ago I learning how to programming in c , and I was wondering if you know any good IDE that I can use in debian for programming in c. I been looking on google but I didnt have much luck... thanks bye Martin Kenneth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Optimize iso images, find duplicates

2005-07-27 Thread Jochen Schulz
Josep M.: > > I would like ask what package can I use for optimize an iso image, I > explain, when you have a CD with several files with identical content but > different name the program detect this and only copy one file in the iso > image and the rest of is a link inside to the iso image, this

Re: OT - DSL routers -

2005-07-27 Thread John Hasler
Doofus writes: > Well, I didn't understand John's closing sentence at all and still don't, > unless the reference to upgrading linux to debian was tongue-in-cheek > humour. Some appliance routers run customized versions of Linux (usually on an ARM cpu). I was suggesting upgrading such things to D

Optimize iso images, find duplicates

2005-07-27 Thread Josep M.
Hello. I would like ask what package can I use for optimize an iso image, I explain, when you have a CD with several files with identical content but different name the program detect this and only copy one file in the iso image and the rest of is a link inside to the iso image, this generate a mo

Re: convert ra files to wav or other format mplayer problem

2005-07-27 Thread Joachim Fahnenmüller
Hi Mitchell, you can play the file with realplay and use vsound to 'record' it in wav format. On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 03:04:47PM -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Hi > someone gave me ab audio lecture file in ra format. I can listen to it with > the realplayer viewer/listener. Can I convert it to mp

AMD64 question...

2005-07-27 Thread Brad Sims
I am thinking of switching to an AMD64 processor... I am currently running kernel 2.4.27-2-k7. I really don't wanna switch to a 2.6 series kernel if I don't have to... I presume I can simply install the -386 versions of the packages and have them work; correct? Can I continue to run my -k7 kernel

Re: kernel 2.6 compile error

2005-07-27 Thread Jan Schledermann
Andrew Nelson wrote: >> This is your problem, the new versions of GCC wont compile the current >> Kernel sources in Debian. You can >> That's new to me. I have compiled both 2.6.10, 2.6.11 and 2.6.12 successfully with GCC 4.X on my bleeding edge sid system. Actually just 2 hours ago I did a to

Re: AMD 64 recommendations

2005-07-27 Thread p
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:13:08PM +0200, Emil Khatib wrote: > Hi everybody. I just bought a new Athlon 64 machine and I wanted to > ask if anybody has tried the amd64 port. Is it enough stable for a > desktop system? What are the advantages of using the amd64 port over > using sarge i386 + amd64 k

Re: IRQ 7 Problems

2005-07-27 Thread Kent West
mick hudson wrote: > Sorry to bother you but I am unable to load Debian 3.1 onto my Gateway > computer. > > I am advised during the installation of an error message 8259A > Interrupt IRQ 7. > > When I examine the system log there are lots of dependancy problems > reported . > > I also note t

Re: RC3 netinstall

2005-07-27 Thread Kent West
Bill Day wrote: >Just wondering whateveryones take ont his is for RC3. I am doing an install >on wifes computer as she has givent he ok because she is tired of BSoD so I >dld rc3 and selected desktop after the main install and I have noticed that >this could be done much faster if only the ins

Re: xmove problems, it should NOT be this hard!!!

2005-07-27 Thread Steve Lamb
michael wrote: > as bad or worse than [X]vnc? Yes. XVNC isn't all that bad, really. Well, correction, TightVNC. I've not used the base VNC in years. Anyway, TightVNC isn't all that bad. On the LAN there's no 2-3s pause to redraw portions of Thunderbird that were overlapped by other window

Dist-Upgrading

2005-07-27 Thread Steven Pasternak
Hi! I have been using linux for a few years now, and I just downloaded and installed the 2 sarge DVDs. I have been using RPM-based linux (SuSE,Fedora,Mandrake) until now, and I want to know how to use apt-get dist-upgrade. I tried it, but it didn't install anything. Do I need to add the etch (w

RC3 netinstall

2005-07-27 Thread Bill Day
/rant Just wondering whateveryones take ont his is for RC3. I am doing an install on wifes computer as she has givent he ok because she is tired of BSoD so I dld rc3 and selected desktop after the main install and I have noticed that this could be done much faster if only the installation gave

Re: xmove problems, it should NOT be this hard!!!

2005-07-27 Thread michael
On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 13:21 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Steve Lamb wrote: > > Ok wrong authentication!? What't the hell's going on now? The > > laptop's got the desktop's xauth cookie. The desktop has xhost wide open to > > the entire world. The SSH tunnel is up and running fine; I'm us

xscreensaver preferences menu entry gone in Gnome

2005-07-27 Thread H. S.
Hi, Since a few days I have noticed that there no Xscreensaver entry in Applications->Desktop Preferences->Advanced menu of Gnome. This menu entry used to bring up the preferences dialog of xscreensaver which can be obtained from a command prompt by: $ xscreensaver-command -prefs Any idea what

Re: AMD 64 recommendations

2005-07-27 Thread Dave Ewart
On Wednesday, 27.07.2005 at 22:13 +0200, Emil Khatib wrote: > Hi everybody. I just bought a new Athlon 64 machine and I wanted to > ask if anybody has tried the amd64 port. Is it enough stable for a > desktop system? What are the advantages of using the amd64 port over > using sarge i386 + amd64 k

Re: can't connect with putty

2005-07-27 Thread michael
On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 22:45 +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Daniel McBrearty: > > > > I instaled putty with apt-get on the deb box - it comes up but when I > > try to connect to anyone it never gets there. I just get an empty > > terminal window. It never comes up with the warning that you get on >

Re: gnome-sound-properties

2005-07-27 Thread Jochen Schulz
MJang: > > Is there a configuration file associated with gnome-sound-properties? > I'm assuming all Linux utilities update some text config file, but I > can't find one associated with this utility. AFAIK all the Gnome stuff is handled by gconf. You can use gconf-editor to edit it. J. -- Whenev

Re: can't connect with putty

2005-07-27 Thread Jochen Schulz
Daniel McBrearty: > > I instaled putty with apt-get on the deb box - it comes up but when I > try to connect to anyone it never gets there. I just get an empty > terminal window. It never comes up with the warning that you get on > first connection; nothing. No warnings or errors either. I've trie

Re: AMD 64 recommendations

2005-07-27 Thread Alan Ianson
On Wed July 27 2005 01:13 pm, Emil Khatib wrote: > Hi everybody. I just bought a new Athlon 64 machine and I wanted to > ask if anybody has tried the amd64 port. Is it enough stable for a > desktop system? What are the advantages of using the amd64 port over > using sarge i386 + amd64 kernel? Yes,

Re: convert ra files to wav or other format mplayer problem

2005-07-27 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 03:04:47PM -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Hi > someone gave me ab audio lecture file in ra format. I can listen to it with > the realplayer viewer/listener. Can I convert it to mplayer format > > when I try this i found on the internet at linuxathome.com > > 1) mplayer inf

Re: xmove problems, it should NOT be this hard!!!

2005-07-27 Thread Steve Lamb
Steve Lamb wrote: > Ok wrong authentication!? What't the hell's going on now? The > laptop's got the desktop's xauth cookie. The desktop has xhost wide open to > the entire world. The SSH tunnel is up and running fine; I'm using it right > now to write this! So what bloody freakin' au

Re: xmove problems, it should NOT be this hard!!!

2005-07-27 Thread Steve Lamb
michael wrote: > I presume sshd is configured with > X11Forwarding yes > on your boxes? Yup. Like I said, the SSH tunnel works fine as I was using it to write the message. IE, right now TBird is displayed on the desktop from the laptop through SSH. :) Thanks for the sanity check, tho

Re: newbie KDE screen resolution?

2005-07-27 Thread Roger Creasy
> --- kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:15:55 -0400 > > From: kamaraju kusumanchi > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: debian user > > Subject: Re: newbie KDE screen resolution? > > > > Roger Creasy wrote: > > > > >I just installed sarge. The screen is ve

Changing KDE menus

2005-07-27 Thread stan
On a system where I'm going to be creating a large number of users, where should I look to find the file(s) that control the KDE menus that get autocreated for each newly created user? -- U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1

Re: xmove problems, it should NOT be this hard!!!

2005-07-27 Thread michael
On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 13:00 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Ok, here's the problem I'm trying to solve. I have a laptop on which I am > running Debian pretty much 24/7. It is my "work machine" in that I try to > keep all productive work on that machine so if I ever need to travel I can pop > it ou

Re: Space recovery

2005-07-27 Thread Robert Brockway
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Robert Brockway wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, John Graves wrote: > > > I am still discovering what I don't know...Among that is why after I > > deleted a 17GB error log, df does not report that space as usable. Is > > there some process I need to start after deletion to ac

gnome-sound-properties

2005-07-27 Thread MJang
Folks, Is there a configuration file associated with gnome-sound-properties? I'm assuming all Linux utilities update some text config file, but I can't find one associated with this utility. Thanks, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

AMD 64 recommendations

2005-07-27 Thread Emil Khatib
Hi everybody. I just bought a new Athlon 64 machine and I wanted to ask if anybody has tried the amd64 port. Is it enough stable for a desktop system? What are the advantages of using the amd64 port over using sarge i386 + amd64 kernel? Thanks in advance

Re: Space recovery

2005-07-27 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 02:45:41PM -0400, John Graves wrote: > I am still discovering what I don't know...Among that is why after I > deleted a 17GB error log, df does not report that space as usable. Is > there some process I need to start after deletion to actually recover > that space? > T

Re: Space recovery

2005-07-27 Thread Robert Brockway
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, John Graves wrote: > I am still discovering what I don't know...Among that is why after I > deleted a 17GB error log, df does not report that space as usable. Is > there some process I need to start after deletion to actually recover > that space? In Unix the space will n

Re: kernel 2.6 compile error

2005-07-27 Thread Andrew Nelson
Wackojacko wrote: > >> gcc (GCC) 4.0.1 (Debian 4.0.1-2) >> g++ (GCC) 4.0.1 (Debian 4.0.1-2) >> GNU Make 3.80 >> automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6 > > > This is your problem, the new versions of GCC wont compile the current > Kernel sources in Debian. You can > > 1. Change the top level MAKEFILE i

xmove problems, it should NOT be this hard!!!

2005-07-27 Thread Steve Lamb
Ok, here's the problem I'm trying to solve. I have a laptop on which I am running Debian pretty much 24/7. It is my "work machine" in that I try to keep all productive work on that machine so if I ever need to travel I can pop it out of it's dock, pack it up, and everything goes with me. Thi

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-27 Thread Pollywog
On 07/26/2005 08:36 pm, Dick Davies wrote: > > Maybe I've got completely the wrong end of the stick and if so I apologize, > but if someone asked me how to edit word docs in linux and i said 'vi', I'd > be being an ass (which is of course my right as a member of the human race, > but I wouldn't pr

Re: Sharing the internet connection with XP

2005-07-27 Thread Björn Johansson
At 17:57 2005-07-27, you wrote: On 7/27/05, Björn Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have now rebooted the Powerbook and I have also restarted the network > connection between the PC and the Powerbook. > The odd thing right now is, when I try this line: > > route add default gw 192.168.0.

Re: kernel 2.6 compile error

2005-07-27 Thread Ishwar Rattan
> > compile using make-kpkg. > > > > gcc (GCC) 4.0.1 (Debian 4.0.1-2) > > g++ (GCC) 4.0.1 (Debian 4.0.1-2) > > Try this. Edit the top-level makefile; > e.g., /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.11/Makefile. > > Change: > > HOSTCC = gcc > HOSTCXX = g++ > > to read: > > HOSTCC

Re: kernel 2.6 compile error

2005-07-27 Thread Jules Dubois
On Wednesday 27 July 2005 07:16, Paras pradhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > i am using debian sid using kernel 2.6.11. i want to build the custom > compile using make-kpkg. > > gcc (GCC) 4.0.1 (Debian 4.0.1-2) > g++ (GCC) 4.0.1 (Debian 4.0.1-2) Try this. Edit the top-level

IRQ 7 Problems

2005-07-27 Thread mick hudson
Sorry to bother you but I am unable to load Debian 3.1 onto my Gateway computer.   I am advised during the installation of an error message 8259A Interrupt IRQ 7.   When I examine the system log there are lots of dependancy problems reported .   I also note that I cannot select software packa

Re: OT - DSL routers -

2005-07-27 Thread Doofus
Hendrik Boom wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 07:17:45AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: Doofus writes: ...for the home DSL market there are far more examples of combined modem-routers than seperate components. All that I know of can be configured in "bridge mode", disabling the router

can't connect with putty

2005-07-27 Thread Daniel McBrearty
Hi I'm using a debian box with a 2.4.27 kernel. I just picked up a hosting a/c and want to connect with putty. I can do it fine from my win32 box using putty following the instructions given by the host provider and also to some other remote machines where I have an a/c. I instaled putty with a

Space recovery

2005-07-27 Thread John Graves
I am still discovering what I don't know...Among that is why after I deleted a 17GB error log, df does not report that space as usable. Is there some process I need to start after deletion to actually recover that space? -- Regards, John Graves Dynamic Devices Inc. 781-245-9100

mail list

2005-07-27 Thread Enrique Morfin
Hi! I have a testing box as mail server. It is running exim4. I need to send some mail to many people, in diferent servers (in other departments). If i create an alias in /etc/aliases, i can do that. But that mail can be replied, and thats what i don't want. If someone want to reply or send ma

convert ra files to wav or other format mplayer problem

2005-07-27 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi someone gave me ab audio lecture file in ra format. I can listen to it with the realplayer viewer/listener. Can I convert it to mplayer format when I try this i found on the internet at linuxathome.com 1) mplayer infile.wma/ra -ao pcm -aofile outfile.wav 2) lame -f outfile.wav mp3outfile.mp3

Re: MS Access and .mdb files (Thanks)

2005-07-27 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 05:00:22PM -0500, Sebastian Luque wrote: > > Have a look at the mdbtools package. > > > -- > Sebastian P. Luque > This does what I need. Thanks, -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: Windows corrupts Grub on Dell

2005-07-27 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 08:09:08AM -0700, Alan Ianson wrote: > On Wed July 27 2005 05:27 am, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > [...] > > > And lilo worked fine. > > > > Is there some way to get to this list-of-phases page without > > first making grub fail? > > I think the 'expert' boot option will bring

problem installing libmotif-dev on debian sarge stable

2005-07-27 Thread Frederico Rodrigues Abraham
Hi. I am trying to install the development files for motif but i get this: porter:~# apt-get install libmotif-dev Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using t

Re: apt-get update works fine; but apt-get upgrade does not

2005-07-27 Thread Brian Nelson
Joe Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am running Sid, and I can use apt-get update just fine. However, when > I then run apt-get upgrade I see apt fail to get even a single file. > Each one yields the message about failed to open the file. > > I thought that if the server was down, update wou

Re: Resizing partition

2005-07-27 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 08:05:08PM +0200, Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > 2005/7/27, David Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I have some dead space on my disk before logical partition hda7 that I > > want to add to hda7. Parted is not letting me resize or move the > > partition to include the dead space. Is

Re: Packages not authenticated - why?

2005-07-27 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 27 Jul 2005, Christopher Pharo Glæserud wrote: > Anthony Campbell, > > > > > On my laptop, whenever I try to install/upgrade packages I get a message > > > > saying that the packages cannot be authenticated and asking if I want to > > > > continue. I say I do and things then proceed normally.

Re: Resizing partition

2005-07-27 Thread Paolo Pantaleo
2005/7/27, David Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have some dead space on my disk before logical partition hda7 that I > want to add to hda7. Parted is not letting me resize or move the > partition to include the dead space. Is there another utility that > might or should I just plan on restoring fr

Re: Corrupt linux-source-2.6.12

2005-07-27 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 12:49:50AM -0600, Jules Dubois wrote: > On Tuesday 26 July 2005 23:59, Jason Edson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > I've tried to get it a couple times but keep getting the same error. > > The mirror I'm using is http://debian.osuosl.org but I've tri

Re: Sharing the internet connection with XP

2005-07-27 Thread Björn Johansson
At 17:57 2005-07-27, you wrote: On 7/27/05, Björn Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have now rebooted the Powerbook and I have also restarted the network > connection between the PC and the Powerbook. > The odd thing right now is, when I try this line: > > route add default gw 192.168.0.

Re: Sharing the internet connection with XP

2005-07-27 Thread Björn Johansson
At 18:28 2005-07-27, you wrote: I haven't followed all of this thread that closely, but it sounds like WinXP is not set up to share the internet connection. Have you tried running the Network Setup Wizard in the Conrol Panel an checking the Internet Connection Sharing Status? Apologies if t

Re: Corrupt linux-source-2.6.12

2005-07-27 Thread Jules Dubois
On Tuesday 26 July 2005 23:59, Jason Edson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I've tried to get it a couple times but keep getting the same error. > The mirror I'm using is http://debian.osuosl.org but I've tried others. I got a valid linux-source-2.6.12 package from ftp.debian

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