Re: web browser alternatives...

2005-08-02 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 09:37:33PM -0600, Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas wrote: > Hi, > > I've been using mozilla for quite a while, however I read a > debian-laptop thread about light applications and there were several > suggestions, but none conclusive regarding web browser alternatives. > > What

Re: starting a vncserver

2005-08-02 Thread Steve Lamb
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is a command to start the vncserver in initab sensible? I aim > to have the server start at bootup and be available to anyone > who can log in to a user account. Well, you can do it so one user can log in at a time by putting an entry in kdm/gdm/xdm to start up X

Re: proliant dl360 no display

2005-08-02 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 11:02:01PM -0700, abdullah omar wrote: > Hi Debian > i have proliant dl360 rack server > there is no display , i replaced main bd > ,ram,cpu,scsi backplane, ide backplane,power suplay,power module and fan cpu > bd > > the same error no display > > pls give me your advic

Re: For the love of GOD!!!

2005-08-02 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 05:55:43PM +0200, Dirk wrote: Who is responsible for "ls -la" _mixing_ hidden "dot"-files with normal files in the output? *You* are. Export LC_COLLATE=C if you want something different. --And while you're at it, grow up. Ranting profanely in a public forum is just ch

Re: starting a vncserver

2005-08-02 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 09:07:00AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neither such arrangement is made when the TightVNC server is installed. Can anyone tell me why? Because VNC can be run per-user, not just per-terminal. Is a command to start the vncserver in initab sensible? I aim to have t

Re: Disappearing text in Mozilla

2005-08-02 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 02:33:08PM +0800, Mitja Podreka wrote: Parts of text just disappear if I scroll down the page with mouse wheel or use scroll-bar too quickly. If I use PageUp/Down keys or use scroll-bar slowly it is OK. This is most likely a refresh problem, where the updates from the

Re: wild aptitude

2005-08-02 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 07:56:42PM -0700, Edward Dunagin wrote: apitude reinstall ymessenger.. and what i got was a long list of files ( 78 in all) that it said i did not need. Aptitude tries to remove files which aren't dependencies and which you haven't installed manually. Personally, I usu

Re: Any recomendations on C/R spam tools for Debian

2005-08-02 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 08:46:34AM +0530, Rishi wrote: Any recommendations for C/R spam tools available for me to plugin? I use TMDA. It's not actively supported these days, but it's extrememly effective and quite stable. -- Re-Interpreting Historic Miracles with SED #141: %s/water/wine/g

Re: Changing to British (or Canadian) English

2005-08-02 Thread Paul Smith
%% "David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: drl> Well, I made that particular modification before you sent drl> that. So, do you recommend that I un do this? If so, how? You didn't quote so I don't know what you're talking about here. If you mean the chmod +x, it doesn't matter: either

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 02 August 2005 06:32 pm, John Hasler wrote: > While unsubscription problems are usually PEBKAC, it is a > well-known fact that the instructions sometimes fail. > > BTW, the footer is not present at the foot of your message as > displayed by Gnus, though it is present in the file. Looks

Re: Changing to British (or Canadian) English

2005-08-02 Thread David R. Litwin
Well, I made that particular modification before you sent that. So, do you recommend that I un do this? If so, how? Also, I'm not too sure what has been modified: I don't know if I see any changes or not Perhaps my Gaim now says colour where once it said Color? Is this Possible? If not, where

Re: Troubling security news for sarge users of mozilla, firefox, thunderbird...

2005-08-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hacker (of golf) wrote: Thanks for posting this .. I've been wondering why no updates on firefox. In fact, pending updates, I already downloaded and am using the mozilla.org tarball. I highly value having a secure browser, so am willing to spend the extra time making it fit into sarge. I'm no

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread John Fleming
BTW, the footer is not present at the foot of your message as displayed by Gnus, though it is present in the file. Looks like Gnus hides the footer when there's a signature. Likewise OE. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: web browser alternatives...

2005-08-02 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 02 August 2005 11:37 pm, Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas wrote: > Hi, > > I've been using mozilla for quite a while, however I read a > debian-laptop thread about light applications and there were several > suggestions, but none conclusive regarding web browser alternatives. > > What would be

web browser alternatives...

2005-08-02 Thread Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas
Hi, I've been using mozilla for quite a while, however I read a debian-laptop thread about light applications and there were several suggestions, but none conclusive regarding web browser alternatives. What would be interesting would be a light web browser but fast, with the ability flash and jav

Re: need to disable laptop touchpad completely: 80+ year old debian user touches it by accident

2005-08-02 Thread Joe Smith
I assume that there is no disable button on the touchpad itself. Try using 'tpconfig --sleep=1'. On many touch pads it will disable it. If it works, to make it permanent do the following as root: 1. Create file named /etc/init.d/killtouchpad The file should contain: #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/tpconfig

Re: Troubling security news for sarge users of mozilla, firefox, thunderbird...

2005-08-02 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 09:21:23PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > ... There is also a proposal to allow the new upstream version into stable > if that is the onky way to get the security fixes in. I am inclined to > think that taking that approach is the better alternative since there are > a

RE: Woody-Sarge Upgrade w/ Samba Problems

2005-08-02 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
Hi Brian, Brian Kimsey-Hickman schreef: > Just upgraded a Debian box to Sarge and my Samba shares don't seem to > work quite the same. This box should be using Domain Authentication > and I successfully rejoined the domain with a net join command but the > only people that can open share are ones

Re: Practical problems faced by new Debian user

2005-08-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 07:24:44PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > Why are these inadequate tools still there if not to be used? I'm not > > trying to be argumentative, I think it's a reasonable question. The > > beautiful aptitude can be used on even a bare minimum command-line > > installation on

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread [KS]
Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Tuesday 02 August 2005 09:32 pm, John Hasler wrote: > >>BTW, the footer is not present at the foot of your message as displayed by >>Gnus, though it is present in the file. Looks like Gnus hides the footer >>when there's a signature. > > > I had the same experience with

Re: Practical problems faced by new Debian user

2005-08-02 Thread Steve Lamb
doofus wrote: > Harsh. Some credit must go to the entrepreneurial spirit of he whose > choice (big free software term, right?) it is to do things by the seat > of his pants. Yes, credit to that person who does so, understands that's what they're doing and most importantly does not complain abo

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 02 August 2005 09:32 pm, John Hasler wrote: > Paul Johnson writes: > > I'm really not sure how to dumb it down any further than the extremely > > simple, clear six-year-old-can-do-it instructions at the foot of every > > message, including this one. > > While unsubscription problems are

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread John Hasler
Paul Johnson writes: > I'm really not sure how to dumb it down any further than the extremely > simple, clear six-year-old-can-do-it instructions at the foot of every > message, including this one. While unsubscription problems are usually PEBKAC, it is a well-known fact that the instructions some

Re: TWO logos in a prosper presentation

2005-08-02 Thread Victor Munoz
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 08:39:00AM -0100, David A. Anisi wrote: > Does anyone know if it is possible, and in that case how to, include TWO > logos when making presentations with the latex prosper class?? > I use prosper but I don't use the logo feature of prosper (prefer to simply put the relevan

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Rajiv Vyas
On 8/2/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 02 August 2005 09:17 am, Xinjiang Lu wrote: > > > Sorry for that. But if I haven't try all known methods, I won't > > do this just in order to call the attention of the list master. > > The listmaster has an email address, too... >

Re: Practical problems faced by new Debian user

2005-08-02 Thread doofus
Steve Lamb wrote: I hate to say it but this isn't a practical problem. This is a PEBKAC. Harsh. Some credit must go to the entrepreneurial spirit of he whose choice (big free software term, right?) it is to do things by the seat of his pants. You're insisting on downloading individu

Re: Troubling security news for sarge users of mozilla, firefox, thunderbird...

2005-08-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 08:16:01PM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 17:45:06 -0700 (PDT) > ke6isf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Ralph Katz wrote: > > > > > Yet I'm wondering how other sarge users are going to address the > > > security concerns? Backport, install

Re: Troubling security news for sarge users of mozilla, firefox, thunderbird...

2005-08-02 Thread hacker (of golf)
On 8/2/05, ke6isf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Ralph Katz wrote: > > > Yet I'm wondering how other sarge users are going to address the > > security concerns? Backport, install from Mozilla tarball, upgrade to > > unstable, change to kmail/konqueror? > > It would seem that th

Re: Troubling security news for sarge users of mozilla, firefox, thunderbird...

2005-08-02 Thread Jacob S
On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 17:45:06 -0700 (PDT) ke6isf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Ralph Katz wrote: > > > Yet I'm wondering how other sarge users are going to address the > > security concerns? Backport, install from Mozilla tarball, upgrade > > to unstable, change to kmail/konquer

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 02 August 2005 09:17 am, Xinjiang Lu wrote: > Sorry for that. But if I haven't try all known methods, I won't > do this just in order to call the attention of the list master. The listmaster has an email address, too... > To tell the truth, I can't subscribe to any debian mailing list

Re: Exim4 + Clamav

2005-08-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 02 August 2005 01:16 pm, Marco Tasinato wrote: > You have perfectly understood! Who? http://learn.to/quote pgphcbdBtzPg1.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 02 August 2005 08:58 am, Xinjiang Lu wrote: > because I just couldn't get out. > What's good if you can't get in and out freely? > I have struggled and asked around for help to unsubscribe from this > list for a while. A few helps from some kind users but not from the > list master. I'm

Re: Troubling security news for sarge users of mozilla, firefox, thunderbird...

2005-08-02 Thread ke6isf
On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Ralph Katz wrote: > Yet I'm wondering how other sarge users are going to address the > security concerns? Backport, install from Mozilla tarball, upgrade to > unstable, change to kmail/konqueror? It would seem that the easiest way to deal with this is to go off tree and use t

Troubling security news for sarge users of mozilla, firefox, thunderbird...

2005-08-02 Thread Ralph Katz
Troubling security news for sarge users of mozilla, firefox, and thunderbird is unfolding on debian-security: > From: Martin Schulze > it seems that less than two months after the release of sarge it is > not possible to support Mozilla, Thunderbird, Firefox (and probably > Galeon) packages anym

Re: Practical problems faced by new Debian user

2005-08-02 Thread Steve Lamb
nuno romano wrote: > I simply don´t believe that we need to substitute major libraries each time > we pick a new version of a program few weeks later. On stable, you don't. But then you said yourself you went from a pre-release to post-release upgrade. > NOTE: I am aware that with apt-get PO

Re: udev - easy setup ?

2005-08-02 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:37:36 -0600, Jules Dubois wrote > BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="NEC USB UF000x", NAME="%k", >SYMLINK="usb-floppy" > > BUS="usb", SYSFS{manufacturer}="KINGSTON ", >SYSFS{product}="DATA TRAVELER", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="usbhd%n" > > This should put your flo

Re: Practical problems faced by new Debian user

2005-08-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/08/05 16:59), nuno romano wrote: > I have Debian 3.1Sarge(testing) from early > May2005,since then I have > downloaded binary packages from testing(latest May) > and 3.1stable > (early June) and with dpkg -install package_x.deb I > usually get: > You're probably better off using aptitude wh

Re: Practical problems faced by new Debian user

2005-08-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 04:59:33PM -0700, nuno romano wrote: > I have Debian 3.1Sarge(testing) from early > May2005,since then I have > downloaded binary packages from testing(latest May) > and 3.1stable > (early June) and with dpkg -install package_x.deb I > usually get: > > dpkg: dependency prob

Practical problems faced by new Debian user

2005-08-02 Thread nuno romano
I have Debian 3.1Sarge(testing) from early May2005,since then I have downloaded binary packages from testing(latest May) and 3.1stable (early June) and with dpkg -install package_x.deb I usually get: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of package_x: package_x depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.2

Re: OpenOffice and Scientific Notations

2005-08-02 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Thanks for the prompt reply. Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 10:23:42PM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello List, my boss sent me a PPT file: I can read with openoffice.org, but unfortunately some scientic symbols are replace by retangles: how can we fix it ? This is a fon

Re: WPA on Intel Wireless 2200BG

2005-08-02 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005, Ivan Glushkov wrote: > I resently got a Wireless DSL Modem (Sinus 1054 DSL). I am now trying to > make my notebook As long as it is an Intel 2200BG, it *will* work perfectly as long as you: 1. Use wpa-supplicant (newest one, maybe from sid) 2. Use the *very latest* version of

libpam-smb and woody/sarge transition

2005-08-02 Thread Tom
Hello! Im have to configure sarge pam system for authenticate via windows PDC of the network. Before, on woody, I installed libpam_smb and it provided the /lib/security/pam_smb_auth.so file, which did what I need. Well, sarge has not libpam_smb pack. So, how to do this on sa

Re: OpenOffice and Scientific Notations

2005-08-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 10:23:42PM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List, > > my boss sent me a PPT file: > I can read with openoffice.org, but unfortunately > some scientic symbols are replace by retangles: > how can we fix it ? > This is a font problem. You need to have all the same fonts

OpenOffice and Scientific Notations

2005-08-02 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, my boss sent me a PPT file: I can read with openoffice.org, but unfortunately some scientic symbols are replace by retangles: how can we fix it ? Thanks in advance, Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: grub and swapping out drive

2005-08-02 Thread Alvin Oga
On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, R Ransbottom wrote: > I want to install grub to (hd1) so that it is ready to be used as (hd0). > > I have Debian 3.1r0a up. On /dev/hda2 (hd0,1) is my root. On /dev/sda2 > (hd1,1) is a cloned root. I want to remove the IDE disk at /dev/hda and > boot from /dev/sda2 which

Re: "You have new mail" and maildir

2005-08-02 Thread Brice Méalier
On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 01:32:02PM -0400, Darryl Clarke wrote : > On 7/30/05, Brice Méalier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > > > I use in my config mutt+exim4+procmail+fetchmail > > > > Procmail is adjusted to delivers the mails in my /home directory into > > the maildir format.

Re: cinfigure exim4

2005-08-02 Thread Brice Méalier
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 03:29:45AM +0100, Maurice O'Regan wrote : > during a fresh install of debian 3.1, exim4 may be left not configured. > Using dpkg-reconfigure exim4-configlater 'should' (I think) > configure it !. > However, I have no /etc4/exim4/exim4.conf file, only an > exim4.co

Re: newbie can't install 3.1

2005-08-02 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Rajiv Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/31/05, Hans-Peter Sulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On 26 July 2005 schrieb Evans wrote: > > > > > I don't know much, and figured the best way to > learn linux is by having > > it. > > > Unfortunately, the installation looked like it > only

Re: Aptitude erroneously thinks many packages are unused and wants to remove them.

2005-08-02 Thread Clive Menzies
> On (02/08/05 09:49), Jules Dubois wrote: > > I suggest, rather than using 'h' for "hold", using 'm' for "mark as manually > > installed" for packages the OP is certain he wants to keep. In this way, > > those packages and their dependencies are both "protected" and upgradable. > > I just found

Re: Re: Exim4 + Clamav

2005-08-02 Thread Marco Tasinato
Hi! About mail scanner, surfing the net, I found that among a lot of programs, the more used is amavis. But I don't know how I can configure exim in order to use amavis or others mailscanners and also how configure the mailscanners to use clamav. Do you use exim4-daemon-heavy  in your firm?

keyboard not working IN GNOME - second attempt

2005-08-02 Thread Ing. Vladimir M. Kerka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I've encountered some time ago strange error: I can't use keyboard especially in Gnome. When I switch to another window manager (now I use KDE, but also xfce, fwvm, etc), everything seems fine. I tried to rename ~/.gnome2, but without any success,

Re: how to force removal of a package with a buggy postrm script?

2005-08-02 Thread Tim Olsen
cool. that worked (after chmod'ing it to 755). thanks, Tim On 8/2/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 04:13:37PM -0400, Tim Olsen wrote: > > zope-externaleditor has a bug (#298862) in its postrm script which > > prevents uninstallation without the file /e

Re: Equivalent to MailWasherPro, windows version?

2005-08-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/08/05 20:05), Dom wrote: > Hello, > > I'm searching for a MailWasherPro (for Windows) equivalent for my new > Linux Debian environment. That's a mail filter software that works > kind of like this: > > It downloads only headers and first 20 lines of every email message > from a server so t

grub and swapping out drive

2005-08-02 Thread R Ransbottom
I want to install grub to (hd1) so that it is ready to be used as (hd0). I have Debian 3.1r0a up. On /dev/hda2 (hd0,1) is my root. On /dev/sda2 (hd1,1) is a cloned root. I want to remove the IDE disk at /dev/hda and boot from /dev/sda2 which will then be (hd0,1). I have no floppy drive. By

Re: how to force removal of a package with a buggy postrm script?

2005-08-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 04:13:37PM -0400, Tim Olsen wrote: > zope-externaleditor has a bug (#298862) in its postrm script which > prevents uninstallation without the file /etc/init.d/zope being > present > > Is there any to ignore the output of the postrm script and force the > uninstallation? >

Re: Re: Exim4 + Clamav

2005-08-02 Thread Marco Tasinato
You have perfectly understood! At the moment my exim4-daemon-heavy configuration works in this way: - I receive an e- mail message - I control  if  actualy there is the addressee - if he exists I accept the message and I begin to check it, otherwhise I turn it down. - If the message has been

how to force removal of a package with a buggy postrm script?

2005-08-02 Thread Tim Olsen
zope-externaleditor has a bug (#298862) in its postrm script which prevents uninstallation without the file /etc/init.d/zope being present Is there any to ignore the output of the postrm script and force the uninstallation? thanks, Tim

Re: Equivalent to MailWasherPro, windows version?

2005-08-02 Thread Brian Potkin
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 08:05:03PM +0200, Dom wrote: > Hello, > > I'm searching for a MailWasherPro (for Windows) equivalent for my new > Linux Debian environment. That's a mail filter software that works > kind of like this: > > It downloads only headers and first 20 lines of every email messag

Re: correct way to specify a new module to load on boot and add parameters

2005-08-02 Thread Joachim Fahnenmüller
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 01:52:46PM -0500, Matthew Lenz wrote: > .. i am adding bonding to all my servers ethernet interfaces and I need to > make the bonding module load on boot with specific parameters. I currently > modified the /etc/modules file and added my > > bonding mode=active-backup pr

Re: script to run on startup

2005-08-02 Thread Joe Smith
Yeah, I created /etc/init.d/local and put S99 slinks to it in rc2, 3, 4, and 5.d, copying some of the other startup scripts. Doesn't strike me as particularly elegant, and it's (probably) going to get wiped by Debian sometime in the future. But for the time being I have a /dev/tape without havin

Woody-Sarge Upgrade w/ Samba Problems

2005-08-02 Thread Brian Kimsey-Hickman
Just upgraded a Debian box to Sarge and my Samba shares don't seem to work quite the same. This box should be using Domain Authentication and I successfully rejoined the domain with a net join command but the only people that can open share are ones that have user account on the device and on the

correct way to specify a new module to load on boot and add parameters

2005-08-02 Thread Matthew Lenz
.. i am adding bonding to all my servers ethernet interfaces and I need to make the bonding module load on boot with specific parameters. I currently modified the /etc/modules file and added my bonding mode=active-backup primary=eth0 miimon=250 made the appropriate /etc/network/interfaces chan

Re: Has anyone experience installing StarOffice 5.2 on Debian (new to Debian, StarOffice 5.2 is most important for me)

2005-08-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 02:59:40PM +, Hans-Peter Sulzer wrote: > Hi, > > I shortly installed Debian to my notebook. Except of some > minor problems (see my previous messages), it is working :-) > > I have StarOffice 5.2 for Linux, but unfortunately it > is not a deb-Package. StarOffice 5.2 wo

Re: 884MB instead of 1024MB memory and HIGHMEM enabled

2005-08-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 02:07:40PM +0200, sYs wrote: > > uname -a: > Linux muranyi 2.6.11.12-grsec #1 Tue Jul 26 03:04:39 CEST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux > > ls -all /boot: > *lots of file* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29391 Aug 1 13:36 config-2.6.11.12-grsec > *lots of file* > > The dates are not the

Re: How to stop X, to get a text mode console (new to Debian, need help)

2005-08-02 Thread Kent West
H. S. wrote: >Apparently, _Kent West_, on 02/08/05 11:40,typed: > > > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>startx >> >>or >> >>/etc/init.d/gdm start >> >>or >> >>/etc/init.d/kdm start >> >> >> > > >Just a related question. Should "startx" be run as root(it will a >desktop for root)? > If you run "startx

Re: swapon -a does not work when bootin, but it _does_ work from the command line

2005-08-02 Thread Jan Lindåker
Problem solved! In my particular case the SATA driver was not loaded at the time when the SATA partition/swap space was mounted. I finally managed to find the solution by serching on mount problems with SATA drives instead of concetrating on problems with swap space activation (see the excellen

Equivalent to MailWasherPro, windows version?

2005-08-02 Thread Dom
Hello, I'm searching for a MailWasherPro (for Windows) equivalent for my new Linux Debian environment. That's a mail filter software that works kind of like this: It downloads only headers and first 20 lines of every email message from a server so that you can manually choose what to delete and w

Debian Sarge - kernel 2.6 problem

2005-08-02 Thread Björn Johansson
Hello! Yesterday I tried to install Debian Sarge with an offical cd image, but I wasn't able to use the 2.6 kernel since it couldn't detect my dvd drive. The model is from Plextor. Was released in december last year I think? Anyway, I decided to use the 2.4.27 kernel instead. Since I need a 2.6

Re: 884MB instead of 1024MB memory and HIGHMEM enabled

2005-08-02 Thread Dave Ewart
On Tuesday, 02.08.2005 at 19:29 +0200, sYs wrote: > >>>Can you be sure that this config really relates to your running kernel? > > > >Someone posted this recently: > > > > zless /proc/config.gz > > > >You can examine the HIGHMEM configuration item for the kernel that's > >running. > > I can't find

OT: POP server that supports the LAST command

2005-08-02 Thread Pete Hicks
Hi, Does anyone know of a POP server that supports the LAST command? I know, I know, the LAST command has been deprecated for over 10 years, but I have a case where I need a server that supports it. Currently using Courier, but no support there. Any ideas or suggestions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: 884MB instead of 1024MB memory and HIGHMEM enabled

2005-08-02 Thread sYs
Jules Dubois wrote: On Tuesday 02 August 2005 06:07, sYs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: Dave Ewart wrote: On Tuesday, 02.08.2005 at 13:06 +0200, sYs wrote: After changing my OS (Debian Etch), it sees only 884 MB of the physical Can you be sure th

Re: How do I find open files on a partition?

2005-08-02 Thread Niklas Schönberg
Meni Shapiro wrote: > what's the lazy option?? > i searched man about it and could find it... > (was that a joke? like you ment to say "you too lazy to notice" ??) > > Meni Maybe you didn't search hard enough :) >From the umount man page: "-l Lazy unmount. Detach the filesystem from the files

Re: How to stop X, to get a text mode console (new to Debian, need help)

2005-08-02 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Kent West_, on 02/08/05 11:40,typed: >> >> > startx > > or > > /etc/init.d/gdm start > > or > > /etc/init.d/kdm start > Just a related question. Should "startx" be run as root(it will a desktop for root)? Aren't the second or third options you mentioned the proper way? ->HS

Re: Aptitude erroneously thinks many packages are unused and wants to remove them.

2005-08-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/08/05 09:49), Jules Dubois wrote: > On Monday 01 August 2005 06:19, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > On (01/08/05 12:32), Adam Funk wrote: > >> Inspired by the advice on this group and the -s option, I'm trying out > >> aptitude. But I'm surprised by t

Re: Autoplay?

2005-08-02 Thread Niklas Schönberg
David Berg wrote: > I just decided to give gnome another try, but with the appropriate > boxes checked I still don't get removable storage mounted or > multimedia played. What setting am I missing? autofs is installed and > I'm running kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7. > > Thanks, > Dave Berg > Do

Onboard Graphics Problem

2005-08-02 Thread Roger Creasy
Hello: I am trying to get Sarge installed, but am having difficulties with the video. The output is pixelated and the only resolution setting available is 640X480. lspci reports that the graphics card is: :00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset Graphics Contr

Re: Nearly unreadable fonts with native resolution (1280x800) of my notebook (new to Debian, need help)

2005-08-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/08/05 14:43), Hans-Peter Sulzer wrote: > Hi! > > I have shortly installed Debian on my system (details of > my configuration see below). It is running (even > sound works). > > After I have changed XF86Config-4 (see below), to be able > to use the native resolution of 1280x800 of my notebo

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Xinjiang Lu
Thank you so much for all your help. Niklas, yeah, you are right. The confirmation email was bounced back because of the spam filter. Byebye for now. :) -Xinjiang -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Niklas Schönberg
Xinjiang Lu wrote: > >>> >>> Sorry for that. But if I haven't try all known methods, I won't >>> do this just in order to call the attention of the list master. >>> >>> To tell the truth, I can't subscribe to any debian mailing lists right >>> now. I can't quit debian-user, either. Weird. >>> >>>

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Xinjiang Lu
Niklas Schönberg wrote: Xinjiang Lu wrote: Sorry for that. But if I haven't try all known methods, I won't do this just in order to call the attention of the list master. To tell the truth, I can't subscribe to any debian mailing lists right now. I can't quit debian-user, either. Weird. -Xinj

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Xinjiang Lu
I've always found that following the directions found below have worked incredibly well... perhaps including the quotes doesn't work (I've always used the word unsubscribe without the quotes). I should try that just for fun. Response from the server is normally within 60 seconds. My reply to t

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Xinjiang Lu
Sorry for that. But if I haven't try all known methods, I won't do this just in order to call the attention of the list master. To tell the truth, I can't subscribe to any debian mailing lists right now. I can't quit debian-user, either. Weird. -Xinjiang Are you having the e-mail from the

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 11:58:23AM -0400, Xinjiang Lu wrote: > because I just couldn't get out. > What's good if you can't get in and out freely? > I have struggled and asked around for help to unsubscribe from this > list for a while. A few helps from some kind users but not from the > list master

Re: network notification

2005-08-02 Thread Tony Godshall
According to ? v, > hey guys, i have a small problem with my network cable becomeing unplugged > on my laptop, is there any program that will notify me with a popup or > something when it does become unplugged? it doesnt come out of the jack but > just enough to drop the connecti

Re: 884MB instead of 1024MB memory and HIGHMEM enabled

2005-08-02 Thread Jules Dubois
On Tuesday 02 August 2005 06:07, sYs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Dave Ewart wrote: > >>On Tuesday, 02.08.2005 at 13:06 +0200, sYs wrote: >> >>>After changing my OS (Debian Etch), it sees only 884 MB of the physical >>> >>Can you be sure that this config really relates to yo

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 02 August 2005 12:17 pm, Xinjiang Lu wrote: > Dave Ewart wrote: > > On Tuesday, 02.08.2005 at 11:58 -0400, Xinjiang Lu wrote: > >>because I just couldn't get out. > >>What's good if you can't get in and out freely? > >>I have struggled and asked around for help to unsubscribe from this l

Re: Aptitude erroneously thinks many packages are unused and wants to remove them.

2005-08-02 Thread Jules Dubois
On Monday 01 August 2005 06:19, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On (01/08/05 12:32), Adam Funk wrote: >> Inspired by the advice on this group and the -s option, I'm trying out >> aptitude. But I'm surprised by this: >> >> followed by a long list of packages, some

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Xinjiang Lu
Dave Ewart wrote: On Tuesday, 02.08.2005 at 11:58 -0400, Xinjiang Lu wrote: because I just couldn't get out. What's good if you can't get in and out freely? I have struggled and asked around for help to unsubscribe from this list for a while. A few helps from some kind users but not from the

Re: Gnome/Nautilus question...

2005-08-02 Thread Rick Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andy Anderson wrote: > Rick, thanks, that worked just like you said it would. I just missed it > before when I was trying to follow the directions in the Nautilus help, > which were not nearly as clear as those you provided above. > > Still, I wonder

Re: I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Dave Ewart
On Tuesday, 02.08.2005 at 11:58 -0400, Xinjiang Lu wrote: > because I just couldn't get out. > What's good if you can't get in and out freely? > I have struggled and asked around for help to unsubscribe from this list > for a while. A few helps from some kind users but not from the list master. >

Re: reordering partitions?

2005-08-02 Thread Jules Dubois
On Monday 01 August 2005 04:58, LeVA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Hi! > > I have one ide disk, which has 5 partitions: > > boot [ root | home | work | swap ] > | | | | | > hda1 hda5 hda6 hda8 hda7 > > Is there a way, to change the number of tho

Re: udev - easy setup ?

2005-08-02 Thread Jules Dubois
On Tuesday 02 August 2005 04:13, Uwe Dippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:52:46 -0600, Jules Dubois wrote: > >> Mount your devices as you've done previously, so that they're sda1 and >> sdi1. Then run >> >> udevinfo -a -p $(udevinfo -q path -n /dev/s

I am getting angry at debian mailing list.

2005-08-02 Thread Xinjiang Lu
because I just couldn't get out. What's good if you can't get in and out freely? I have struggled and asked around for help to unsubscribe from this list for a while. A few helps from some kind users but not from the list master. SOS!! HELP!! Really appreciate YOUR HELP!! -Xinjiang -- To UN

Re: apt-get: Command not found.

2005-08-02 Thread Damon Chesser
On Tuesday 02 August 2005 02:05, James A. Donald wrote: > apt-get: Command not found. > > I am a newbie to linux. I recently installed Debian on a computer > that sits in a closet > > So I ssh in. I got Samba working fine, after tinkering with the > /etc/samba/smb.conf file to read: > > [global]

Re: script to run on startup

2005-08-02 Thread Glenn English
On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 11:21 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> i need to run a script on startup, in mandrake i should add it to > >> /etc/locale, but i just installed debian 3.1 and i'm not sure > >I created a file in /etc/rc2.d called S99local and put the command > > in there. Its probably the wr

Re: How to stop X, to get a text mode console (new to Debian, need help)

2005-08-02 Thread Michael Marsh
On 8/2/05, Hans-Peter Sulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I shutdown X to get a normal text mode terminal, > so that I can e. g. use X -probeonly >file 2>&1 so that > I can publish it here (X -probeonly doesn't work as long > as X is still running on another console). > > Currently the Gno

Re: How to stop X, to get a text mode console (new to Debian, need help)

2005-08-02 Thread Kent West
Hans-Peter Sulzer wrote: How can I shutdown X to get a normal text mode terminal, Ctrl-Alt-F1, followed by (see below) Currently the Gnome Display Manager (gdm?) is loaded when booting (graphical login), and there seems to be no option, to stop it, to get a text mode tty. /etc/in

RE: Can't use CD-ROM driver after switching to 2.6.11

2005-08-02 Thread Tong
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 01:44:00 +0300, Emre Sevinc wrote: >>ide-scsi is deprecated in 2.6 kernels. You should use ide-cd instead. > > Thanks a lot. I have removed it from the last line > of my /etc/modules. Now I can eject, mount, cdplay, etc. > my CDs. > > However, I can't write to CD. [...] Hi,

Nearly unreadable fonts with native resolution (1280x800) of my notebook (new to Debian, need help)

2005-08-02 Thread Hans-Peter Sulzer
Hi! I have shortly installed Debian on my system (details of my configuration see below). It is running (even sound works). After I have changed XF86Config-4 (see below), to be able to use the native resolution of 1280x800 of my notebook (which works), the fonts (which looked good with interpolat

How to stop X, to get a text mode console (new to Debian, need help)

2005-08-02 Thread Hans-Peter Sulzer
Hi! How can I shutdown X to get a normal text mode terminal, so that I can e. g. use X -probeonly >file 2>&1 so that I can publish it here (X -probeonly doesn't work as long as X is still running on another console). Currently the Gnome Display Manager (gdm?) is loaded when booting (graphical log

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