Re: Your review of the Debian bible

2005-08-26 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 12:33:00AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > > You may be interested in my Debian book, http://debiansystem.info, (...) > I am sorry, this message was not to go to the mailing list. Do not > ask me how the heck it ended up here. Weird... Subtle, Martin, very subtle. ;-) --

Re: debconf

2005-08-26 Thread Jonathan Kaye
En/La David R. Litwin ha escrit, a 21/08/05 20:26: > # dpkg-reconfigure debconf > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > dpkg-reconfigure: cannot connect to X server :0 > > And, with a normal user > > $ dpkg-reconfigure debconf > bash: dpkg-reconfigure: c

Re: firefox-crash (1.0.4-2sarge2)

2005-08-26 Thread Brett
Brett wrote: Greetings, Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: XDM authorization key matches an existing client! (firefox-bin:1615): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: And in reply to myself, it now wants to work for no apparent reason. Stuffed if I know why... Thanks, Brett

Re: firefox-crash (1.0.4-2sarge2)

2005-08-26 Thread Oliver Lupton
Brett wrote: Greetings, I just updated firefox yesterday and today it is giving me some problems. First it was seg faulting all over the place (eg when opening a new window or opening the extensions window). So I tried to uninstall all extensions (which I though might be the problem), but fi

Re: /media/cdrom0 disappears

2005-08-26 Thread Jonathan Kaye
En/La my deb ha escrit, a 26/08/05 22:24: > > Hi, thanx. I'm usally quite proficient with google, > but this time only tried the debian search > function :-/ > > Now I have googled some more and found > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=270674 > according to which the disappear

Re: Switching to Debian (from Fedora)

2005-08-26 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Wednesday 24 August 2005 00.06, Paul E Condon wrote: > 2. There is a system for controlling which (stable,testing,unstable) is > the dominant distribution in your apt-get system. It is called 'apt > preferences'. If you really want to complicate your life with a mixed > distribution installatio

firefox-crash (1.0.4-2sarge2)

2005-08-26 Thread Brett
Greetings, I just updated firefox yesterday and today it is giving me some problems. First it was seg faulting all over the place (eg when opening a new window or opening the extensions window). So I tried to uninstall all extensions (which I though might be the problem), but firefox kept cras

Re: OpenOffice Math and sum symbol

2005-08-26 Thread Brendon Lloyd Higgins
Joachim Fahnenmüller wrote (Friday 26 August 2005 6:41 am): > > hum... it sounds challenging :P > > Latex makes sense if you work with math formulas regularly. > What I like with OOO math: You can use the menu if you are a beginner or > for things you don't use often; for things you use more often

Re: debconf

2005-08-26 Thread Jules Dubois
On Friday 26 August 2005 19:50, David R. Litwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Did you have your sudo pre-configured? I configured it myself manually -- after an RTFM or two. > Mine does not work; my user was not a sudoer. When I went to add david > ALL=ALL (so I don't need t

fb error packed pixel?

2005-08-26 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
How do I correct this error? lance $fbi 01OverTheRainbow.jpg using "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-16", pixelsize=16.67 file=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/ VeraMono.ttf map: vt01 => fb0 can handle only packed pixel frame buffers -- Lance Hoffmeyer

no sound from flash on web pages

2005-08-26 Thread Rob Benton
Anybody else run into something like this? I'm running stable and using any browser that has flash I don't get any sound from it. I don't know if I'm missing a device entry in /dev or what the deal is. Alsa seems to work with everything else. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: adding modules to an initrd image

2005-08-26 Thread Grant Thomas
I tried to load the SATA modules from the installer into my install on the PATA drive, and receive this output: debian:~# modprobe sata_uli WARNING: Error inserting scsi_mod (/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko): Invalid module format WARNING: Error inserting libata (/lib/modu

Re: PDF Plugin in Firefox Deer Park

2005-08-26 Thread David R. Litwin
    1. Install Adobe Reader.Done.   2. Create a symbolic link to nppdf.so to your Mozilla plugins directory.Hmmm I tried removing the nppdf.so and replacing it with a symbolic link. No difference.    3. Ensure a copy of acroread is in your PATH.That may be the problem:  acroreadacroread: erro

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread Wulfy
Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2005-08-27 02:45:47, schrieb Wulfy: EGroups, YahooGroups... are sick !!! Are all the University lists also sick? TU-Muenchen? Freiburg? Mannheim? ULP-Streasbourg? UCLA? They are working as I expect... West Virginia University and Memorial Univers

Re: Sendmail woes

2005-08-26 Thread James Vahn
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Derek "The Monkey" Wueppelmann wrote: On Fri, 2005-26-08 at 15:35 +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote: I think that Debian itself runs /usr/share/sendmail/update_sendmail. That ought to be almost as convenient as running make. Does it do the trick? It looks like it does more fr

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-08-27 02:45:47, schrieb Wulfy: > >EGroups, YahooGroups... are sick !!! > > > Are all the University lists also sick? TU-Muenchen? Freiburg? Mannheim? ULP-Streasbourg? UCLA? They are working as I expect... > Bully for you. And your point is? That they are working right and do not let m

Re: debconf

2005-08-26 Thread David R. Litwin
> sudo /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure debconfDid you have your sudo pre-configured? Mine does not work; my user was not a sudoer. When I went to add david ALL=ALL (so I don't need to type the pass-word every time), it now says $ sudo apt-get update sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0666, should be 0440.Is the

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread Wulfy
Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2005-08-25 04:28:42, schrieb Wulfy: When I get a personal e-mail from someone, I expect the Reply-To button to reply to them. When I get an e-mail from a *list* I expect the Reply-To button to reply to the *list* as that is where the e-mail came Look in

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-08-25 04:28:42, schrieb Wulfy: > When I get a personal e-mail from someone, I expect the Reply-To button > to reply to them. When I get an e-mail from a *list* I expect the > Reply-To button to reply to the *list* as that is where the e-mail came Look in the Header and yoiu will see t

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-26 Thread John Hasler
Colin Ingram writes: > I wouldn't doubt if the IRS keeps this information on servers that are > publicly accessible. I would. The IRS is considerably more careful about such things than many other organizations. They also have no reason to put such information on such servers. -- John Hasler

Re: OT mutt config (was: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?)

2005-08-26 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-08-24 16:14:22, schrieb Dave Ewart: > Besides, as someone who has the sense to use Mutt, you ought to be > mucking around with hooks and rules and stuff ... my ~/.muttrc runs to > hundreds of lines ... :-) My count is 1418. :-D > Dave. Greetings Michelle -- Linux-User #280138 with th

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-08-24 10:41:25, schrieb Hendrik Boom: > Although every time I use mutt to reply to list, it complains > that there's no list to mail to. I've gotten very > used to overriding the to: with debian-user@lists.debian.org echo "subscribe debian-user@lists.debian.org" >>$HOME/.muttrc :-) > t

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-08-24 11:42:28, schrieb Dave Ewart: > Does anyone have a list of MUAs which have this functionality? > > In my experience: > > - Outlook/Express: NO > > - Mozilla Thunderbird: NO, although "Reply to All" gets halfway. You > need to remove the original sender's address from "To" and

konsole bug?

2005-08-26 Thread Andrea Balzi
Hi all I've problem with the kde gui console, I'm using the stable package. When I'm using "su" command on prompt and close konsole, the programs stay still running and occupying the resources of my computer. :'-( The following steps in order to describe an example of what I make to generate the

Re: rsync knoppix dvd download

2005-08-26 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 8/26/05, Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $ rsync download.linuxtag.org:: > knoppix KNOPPIX rsync repository > OpenBSD OpenBSD rsync repository > $ > > Now there is progress. > > Next step: > > $ rsync download.linuxtag.org::knoppix/dvd/ > drwxr-xr-x4096 2005

web-cam server

2005-08-26 Thread Ð∂äđ vÎяũŞ
hey, my old teacher wants me to set up the 1 computer in the comp. lab as a security camera (things seem to go missing there) and he would like me to set it up with Linux and i dont know what i need to do it, can anyone give me some help? all it needs to be able to do is stream video to the hard dr

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-26 Thread Colin Ingram
Ron Johnson wrote: On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 10:10 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: What exactly are you looking for? There are a large number of 100% web-based tax programs available. These work very well on Linux. Am I the only person who has seen all of the sites that leave confidential data

FW: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread David Christensen
Tally thus far: clearly voted "reply to list"6 clearly enough voted "reply to sender" 2 clearly abstained1 other ~74 David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Friday 26 August 2005 06:33 pm, charlie wrote: > On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:22:33 -0400 > > Hal used the keyboard to craft this: > >|On Thursday 25 August 2005 11:28 pm, Wulfy wrote: > >|> Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > >|> >These people are the guides. If they thought as the rest of the > > guid

Re: email clients with reply-to-list feature

2005-08-26 Thread Steve Lamb
Pooly wrote: > What about webmail ? Squirrelmail has it with appropriate plugins. Some days I thing Squirrelmail's better for me than Thunderbird is. *sigh* -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | main connection to t

Re: email clients with reply-to-list feature

2005-08-26 Thread Steve Lamb
kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > reply-to-all means replying to the sender+mailing list under > consideration. Reply-to-all means replying to all addresses listed in to and cc fields. This could be the entire mailing list if everyone replied once to a thread with reply-to-all and noone ever culled

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread Wulfy
Brian Kimball wrote: Wulfy wrote: I have had some ideas from this thread. It should not be difficult to make e-mail clients have 4 buttons: Reply-To-Sender, Reply-To-List, Reply-To-All and Forward. Mozilla clients would only need a small change in the xul. Unfortunately, I don't program x

Re: Portable OGG Player

2005-08-26 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Katipo wrote: > Just for all the sound people. > How do you find flac as a medium, compared to ogg? It perceptibly sounds better. But I can hardly tell the difference unless I am at home using proper speakers. I doubt very much so it would make any sort of difference on any

Re: hacked: can't delete files

2005-08-26 Thread Jason Edson
On 8/26/05, Andreas Hatz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello,   I have posted this user group with a similar problem in the past and have had great help, but this one seems to be a new problem:   It looks like the affected machine has been rooted by a t0rn roootkit and then used to install

Re: Installation woes: How can I network boot a dell gx280, including tg3? May require kernel 2.6.12.

2005-08-26 Thread Grant Thomas
> Dell Gx280 installation > > Tigon3 ethernet card is not supported on the debian testing network > install download(kernel 2.6.8). > (http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/) > > Error: > [tg3:eth%d:Firmware "tg3/tso-1.4.0" not loaded; continuing without TS0] > > The sarge network

Re: Portable OGG Player

2005-08-26 Thread Katipo
Derek "The Monkey" Wueppelmann wrote: On Fri, 2005-26-08 at 12:23 +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: I got an Ibead 400: 1GB flash RAM and a 'proper' USB mass storage interface. Anybody have a player that has at least 20GB of storage that plays oggs? My rio karma crapped out and they just gave

Re: Installation problems

2005-08-26 Thread Katipo
Ken Heard wrote: After considerable web research on various distros I decided to try the then new Debian 3.1r0a-i386 "Sarge". After booting -- I thought successfully -- strange things happened which did not strike me as quite right. For example: 1. Printing I tried first to use C

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread charlie
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:22:33 -0400 Hal used the keyboard to craft this: >|On Thursday 25 August 2005 11:28 pm, Wulfy wrote: >|> Antonio Rodriguez wrote: >|> >These people are the guides. If they thought as the rest of the guided >|> >humans, the future would be blackly dark, as when under

Re: adding modules to an initrd image

2005-08-26 Thread Grant Thomas
Sorry to double post like this, but I forgot to ask a related question. If I am able to edit my initrd image and get it working, would it work in someone else machine that is of the same make/model? Another user has the same model I do, ST20G5, the motherboard is the same, but the disks / other d

Re: adding modules to an initrd image

2005-08-26 Thread Grant Thomas
On 8/26/05, Jan T. Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 08:52:10PM -0500, Grant Thomas wrote: > > I have recently installed Etch onto my computer, an ST20G5 from > > shuttle. I am using a SATA HD, which is on a ULI SATA controller. > > I am able to install to the hard-drive afte

Re: Your review of the Debian bible

2005-08-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.08.27.0017 +0200]: > I stumbled over your review at > > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764576445/102-1226941-7402557?v=glance > > You may be interested in my Debian book, http://debiansystem.info, > which I think is a good

Your review of the Debian bible

2005-08-26 Thread martin f krafft
Hi, I stumbled over your review at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764576445/102-1226941-7402557?v=glance You may be interested in my Debian book, http://debiansystem.info, which I think is a good match the first of the two books you would have wished for ("one kind of book dis

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 10:10 -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > What exactly are you looking for? > > There are a large number of 100% web-based tax programs available. > These work very well on Linux. Am I the only person who has seen all of the sites that leave confidential data just lying around on pub

Re: Portable OGG Player

2005-08-26 Thread Dave Ewart
On Friday, 26.08.2005 at 22:02 +0200, Preben Randhol wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 07:28:40PM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > Stephen Tait: > > > At 14:33 26/08/2005, Derek \"The Monkey\" Wueppelmann wrote: > > >> > > >> Anybody have a player that has at least 20GB of storage that plays oggs? >

Re: pppoeconf and verizon dsl

2005-08-26 Thread John Hasler
Jude DaShiell writes: > [pppoeconf and verizon dsl} don't work together... Why not file a bug report explaining exactly what goes wrong so that the developer can fix it? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Hercules Muse lt

2005-08-26 Thread Steven Noble
Has anyone used the Hercules Muse lt with debian before?  Does it work full duplex? (alsa-project.org lists similar cards but not this one specifically.)

Re: /media/cdrom0 disappears

2005-08-26 Thread my deb
>> Hi, >> My /media/cdrom0 disappears by itself. >... >> /Gerhard >> >> >Hi Gerhard, >This issue has been discussed at length on this list. >The thread starts >here: >http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/05/msg01703.html >I'd suggest that when you have a problem try googling >the list firs

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread Brian Kimball
Wulfy wrote: > That makes me sad as > this is a wonderful resource, squandered by bad manners. This list is full of nice people asking for help and even more nice people giving it. That is the norm. Problems arise when people who are new to Debian and Linux begin demanding changes instead of

hacked: can't delete files

2005-08-26 Thread Andreas Hatz
Hello,   I have posted this user group with a similar problem in the past and have had great help, but this one seems to be a new problem:   It looks like the affected machine has been rooted by a t0rn roootkit and then used to install a mail relay running on port 9020. This guy was pretty

pppoeconf and verizon dsl

2005-08-26 Thread Jude DaShiell
the two don't work together and it needs a good version of roaring penguin to do that. Maybe roaring penguin should replace pppoeconf on disk1 in the future. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Portable OGG Player

2005-08-26 Thread Preben Randhol
On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 07:28:40PM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Stephen Tait: > > At 14:33 26/08/2005, Derek \"The Monkey\" Wueppelmann wrote: > >> > >> Anybody have a player that has at least 20GB of storage that plays oggs? > >> My rio karma crapped out and they just gave me my money back, now I

Re: Apache 1.3.xxxx What is the default user group that it uses

2005-08-26 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 04:16:52PM -0400, Gallagher Timothy-TIMOTHYG wrote.. > I am trying to get webdav working with my apache install 1.3.xxx. > When I create a folder I think that I need to make the apache > group the owners of the folder and set security using httpasswd. > When I install

Apache 1.3.xxxx What is the default user group that it uses

2005-08-26 Thread Gallagher Timothy-TIMOTHYG
I am trying to get webdav working with my apache install 1.3.xxx.  When I create a folder I think that I need to make the apache group the owners of the folder and set security using httpasswd.  When I install apache with apt-get are any web groups created?   Thanks  

Re: sarge + postfix + mysql

2005-08-26 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 02:03:41PM -0300, Juan Manuel Tato wrote.. > kevin, thanks for your help, but is not working. i'd created > as you told the provider_admin user, into mysql db, user table... > but still the same problems > Aug 24 18:48:08 ns1 postfix/smtpd[3322]: connect from >

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread Michael Marsh
On 8/26/05, Brian Kimball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you really want those ideas incorporated > into mozilla, I would suggest that you find a more appropriate venue > for them: search bugzilla.mozilla.org and find the relevant wishlist > bugs (I'm sure they're already there) and add your own c

Re: How to automatic restore alsamixer settings with alsa-utils?

2005-08-26 Thread Michael Marsh
On 8/26/05, Tim Ruehsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on my SID system, I experience that alsamixer settings are not restored after > booting. It looks like /etc/rcS.d/S50alsa-utils is called at the wrong time > (too early?). Because after rebooting I can restore alsamixer settings just > by calling

Re: disable konqueror storage of website's password - how to disable

2005-08-26 Thread Bill Marcum
On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 01:15:16PM -0400, J F wrote: > > > In other words, is there a way to disable kdewallet? > I hate the pop up asking for the kdewallet's password. > Use firefox? When a site asks for a password, a popup asks if you want to remember the password. You can choose "never for t

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread Brian Kimball
Wulfy wrote: > > > Oh, you use a brain-dead mailer that thinks it knows better than you? > Your loss. Think about it. > > > > If the mailer is "brain-dead" and I think it knows better than I do Parse error. Marc said the opposite: The _mailer_ is brain-dead because among other things _it_ t

Re: How to automatic restore alsamixer settings with alsa-utils?

2005-08-26 Thread Mirko Parthey
On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 12:30:11PM +0200, Tim Ruehsen wrote: > > There is some documentation at the top of /etc/init.d/alsa, and also in > > /usr/share/doc/alsa*/ . > > Due to the docs in /etc/init.d/alsa-utils, /etc/rcS.d/S50alsa-utils should be > the right choice to restore alsa settings. What

Re: spamassassin --lint failed

2005-08-26 Thread Glennie Vignarajah
Le Saturday 20 August 2005 08:19, Wayne Sitton(Wayne Sitton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) disait: Hello, > Lint output: config: SpamAssassin failed to parse line, skipping: > pyzor_add_header 1 > warning: description for RCVD_BOUNCED_FORGED is over 50 chars > warning: rule 'RCVD_CHALLENGE_RESPONSE' is ov

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-26 Thread Paul Smith
%% Sam Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: sr> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Paul Smith wrote: >> What exactly are you looking for? sr> Something with the features of TurboTax or TaxAct or Kiplinger, sr> etc. All the commercial ones do whatever I need, with only sr> stylistic differences dis

Re: adding modules to an initrd image

2005-08-26 Thread Bill Marcum
On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 08:52:10PM -0500, Grant Thomas wrote: > > So, I have an un-bootable installation that needs an updated initrd > image. How would I go about creating this image? > mkinitrd, or compile a kernel with built-in drivers for your root device and root file system. -- Knowled

Re: About chroot

2005-08-26 Thread Bill Marcum
On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 06:11:09PM -0400, Tong wrote: > Hi, > > Several questions about chroot. > > - I need to chroot into an alien system. I.e., I need to chroot into a 2.6 > kernel from my 2.4 kernel. Is that ok? > No, you chroot into a directory, not a kernel. You may need something like

Re: Portable OGG Player

2005-08-26 Thread Glyn Tebbutt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steven Pasternak wrote: > Hi! Does anybody know if there is such thing as a portable OGG player? > (like iPod,MuVO,etc. NOT software) > -Steven > > I had an iRiver 256mb(cannot remember the model) works flawlessly, I just got a iAudio G3 1GB, also wo

Re: DMA not working

2005-08-26 Thread Lorenzo Bettini
Florian Kulzer wrote: Hi Lorenzo, I have the same controller (rev 03, however) and I never got DMA to work when PIIX was loaded as a module. Once I compiled it statically into my kernel (currently a custom 2.6.12 on a Debian Sid system) the problem vanished without further work and DMA was ac

Re: Can't install Sarge on an HP NetServer

2005-08-26 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 03:46:39PM +0200, marco_elen wrote: > Then I launched apt-get dist-upgrade. > After a few question, it apt-get finished. > Then I rebooted the machine. > And... THE SYSTEM HANGS. > It just write "LI" (maybe it starts to write LILO?) and hangs :( This is Lilo's way of tellin

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-26 Thread Sam Rosenfeld
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Paul Smith wrote: > What exactly are you looking for? Something with the features of TurboTax or TaxAct or Kiplinger, etc. All the commercial ones do whatever I need, with only stylistic differences distinguishing among them. > There are a large number of 100% web-based t

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-26 Thread David Goodenough
On Friday 26 August 2005 18:27, Jeff Stevens wrote: > On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 08:37 -0400, Sam Rosenfeld wrote: > > Are there any income tax computation programs available for Linux > > (Debian)? Since Google has not found any, I assume the answer is "no"; > > so > > I've been unable to find any. I

Re: Portable OGG Player

2005-08-26 Thread Jochen Schulz
Stephen Tait: > At 14:33 26/08/2005, Derek \"The Monkey\" Wueppelmann wrote: >> >> Anybody have a player that has at least 20GB of storage that plays oggs? >> My rio karma crapped out and they just gave me my money back, now I >> don't have a player any more. :( > > > My friend and I have been very

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-26 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Jeff Stevens wrote: > On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 08:37 -0400, Sam Rosenfeld wrote: > > Are there any income tax computation programs available for Linux > > (Debian)? Since Google has not found any, I assume the answer is "no"; so > > I've been unable to find any. I've used Turbo

Re: U.S. federal income tax program

2005-08-26 Thread Jeff Stevens
On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 08:37 -0400, Sam Rosenfeld wrote: > Are there any income tax computation programs available for Linux > (Debian)? Since Google has not found any, I assume the answer is "no"; so I've been unable to find any. I've used TurboTax for years and it does not install under wine.

Re: About chroot

2005-08-26 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 8/25/05, Tong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Several questions about chroot. > > - I need to chroot into an alien system. I.e., I need to chroot into a 2.6 > kernel from my 2.4 kernel. Is that ok? chroot cannot change kernels. It is, however, safe to chroot into the root filesystem of a

Re: About chroot

2005-08-26 Thread Valter Toffolo
2005/8/25, Tong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > Several questions about chroot. > > - I need to chroot into an alien system. I.e., I need to chroot into a 2.6 > kernel from my 2.4 kernel. Is that ok? it depends on what you're gonna do. chroot will change your /, but the system will be the same. mo

RE: disable konqueror storage of website's password - how to disable

2005-08-26 Thread J F
In other words, is there a way to disable kdewallet? I hate the pop up asking for the kdewallet's password. --- On Sun 08/21, J F < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: J F [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there any way todisable konqueror's storage of a website's password?I set it up to store the

Re: sarge + postfix + mysql

2005-08-26 Thread Juan Manuel Tato
kevin, thanks for your help, but is not working. i'd created as you told the provider_admin user, into mysql db, user table... but still the same problems Aug 24 18:48:08 ns1 postfix/smtpd[3322]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1] Aug 24 18:48:40 ns1 postfix/smtpd[3322]: 0DA3465029B

Re: DMA not working

2005-08-26 Thread Florian Kulzer
Hi Lorenzo, I'm using kernel 2.6.12.4 (vanilla), recompiled, on a Kubuntu, and when I try to enable DMA, I get this error: HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma= 0 (off) lspci | grep IDE :00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA Storage Cont

Re: blind spot for java

2005-08-26 Thread Michael Spang
Graham Smith wrote: Hmmm I wonder if this is has something to do with the upgrades going on in unstable at the minute. Shouldn't this line /var/chroot/sid-ia32/lib from ld.so.conf have pulled in the required ld-linux.so.2 link? Graham As I understand it the location of the dynamic linker is

Re: Sendmail woes

2005-08-26 Thread Kai Grossjohann
"Derek \"The Monkey\" Wueppelmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It looks like it does more from the output, however it still doesn't > create either an access.db or a mailertable.db file. Even though these > options are turned on in my sendmail.mc file. This causes big problems > as sendmail like

Re: Installation woes: How can I network boot a dell gx280, including tg3? May require kernel 2.6.12.

2005-08-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/08/05 15:46), Turloch O'Tierney wrote: > Dell Gx280 installation > > Tigon3 ethernet card is not supported on the debian testing network > install download(kernel 2.6.8). > (http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/) > > Error: > [tg3:eth%d:Firmware "tg3/tso-1.4.0" not loaded; c

Re: update-alternatives and window-manager and display-manager

2005-08-26 Thread Michael Spang
Paolo Pantaleo wrote: 2005/8/26, Marcel Gschwandl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 11:50 -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: I think that * update-alternatives is a good facility It isn't, really. IMHO it is. The alternatives system would be even better if it wa

A module for AMD64

2005-08-26 Thread Dalibor Straka
Hello, a debian netboot kernel http://amd64.debian.net/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/ doesn't detect my aacraid. I'd like to use the debian's .config and build nearly the same kernel but newer and working. The problem is that i don't know

Re: Can't install Sarge on an HP NetServer

2005-08-26 Thread Raquel Rice
On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:28:28 +0200 "marco_elen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On (25/08/05 11:27), Raquel Rice wrote: > > > > > > BTW ... I'm booting off the SCSI drive too. > > > Sorry, but I can't understand the meaning of this last sentence > (my english is not good) > I don't know if I ca

Re: email clients with reply-to-list feature

2005-08-26 Thread Stephen Patterson
> >> >I would like to make a list of email clients which have a >> > reply-to-list feature either built-in or as an add on. This is what I >> > know so far from reading the archives. I am hoping that others would >> > comment about whether their favorite email client has this feature or > not

Re: Can't install Sarge on an HP NetServer

2005-08-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/08/05 15:46), marco_elen wrote: > On (25/08/05 11:27), Raquel Rice wrote: > > > The upgrade "manual" suggests using aptitude dist-upgrade and doing > > the kernel upgrade in a separate step. After upgrading to Sarge, I > > later upgraded the kernel on the server to 2.4.27 and all went well

Re: tiny fonts in xmms and xchm

2005-08-26 Thread Dorpmüller
"apt-get install xfonts-100dpi-transcoded xfonts-75dpi -transcoded xfonts-base -transcoded" will help you. Flori -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can't install Sarge on an HP NetServer

2005-08-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/08/05 14:28), marco_elen wrote: > On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:33:32 +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > I've got an LH3 also upgraded to sarge recently (from an original woody > > install) and upgrading with aptitude worked flawlessly. I also had a > > couple of LHPro200's which I've now given away

Re: blind spot for java

2005-08-26 Thread Graham Smith
On Friday 26 August 2005 15:56, Michael Marsh wrote: > On 8/26/05, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > $file java > > java: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for > > GNU/Linux 2.2.5, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped > > Crazy question: You are trying t

Re: Portable OGG Player

2005-08-26 Thread Stephen Tait
At 14:33 26/08/2005, Derek \"The Monkey\" Wueppelmann wrote: On Fri, 2005-26-08 at 12:23 +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: > I got an Ibead 400: 1GB flash RAM and a 'proper' USB mass storage > interface. Anybody have a player that has at least 20GB of storage that plays oggs? My rio karma crapped out and

Re: blind spot for java

2005-08-26 Thread Graham Smith
On Friday 26 August 2005 15:55, Kent West wrote: > > I'm a little hazy on the chroot; is your "./java" command failing to be > found while in chroot, or while not in chroot. If while in, that seems > odd, as the symlink is there. If while not in, I'd just create a new > symlink: > > ln -s /lib/ld-2

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-26 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Thursday 25 August 2005 11:28 pm, Wulfy wrote: > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > >These people are the guides. If they thought as the rest of the guided > >humans, the future would be blackly dark, as when under a > >thunderstorm. They have created Debian by not listening to the > >multitudes. The mu

Re: blind spot for java

2005-08-26 Thread Tim Ruehsen
> # ls -la /lib/ld-* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 97904 2005-08-20 00:03 /lib/ld-2.3.5.so > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root11 2005-08-22 16:17 /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 -> > ld-2.3.5.so > > Hmmm I wonder if this is has something to do with the upgrades going on in > unstable at the minute. Shouldn't t

Re: Nagios : need some advice

2005-08-26 Thread Sebastian Kayser
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> - Do i need to use another monitoring software? > >I depends on what you want to monitor and what your boss wants to see. > The essential things to monitor is switch, gateway .. Bosses always appreciate - besides the uptime of your systems ;

LinuxBasic.org is now offering a free Linux class

2005-08-26 Thread peter colton
Hello all just thought that some would find the info below very usefull. LinuxBasic.org is now offering a free Linux class for people who want to learn what is under the hood of a Linux-System. Course will be using the RUTE-Book for it's study material. Details can be found her

Installation woes: How can I network boot a dell gx280, including tg3? May require kernel 2.6.12.

2005-08-26 Thread Turloch O'Tierney
Dell Gx280 installation Tigon3 ethernet card is not supported on the debian testing network install download(kernel 2.6.8). (http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/) Error: [tg3:eth%d:Firmware "tg3/tso-1.4.0" not loaded; continuing without TS0] The sarge network install failed due t

Re: blind spot for java

2005-08-26 Thread Michael Marsh
On 8/26/05, Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $file java > java: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux > 2.2.5, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped Crazy question: You are trying this from the 32-bit chroot, right? > $ldd java > /usr/bin/ldd:

DMA not working

2005-08-26 Thread Lorenzo Bettini
Hi, I'm using kernel 2.6.12.4 (vanilla), recompiled, on a Kubuntu, and when I try to enable DMA, I get this error: sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc /dev/hdc: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma= 0 (off) I know that this typically means that the

Re: blind spot for java

2005-08-26 Thread Kent West
Graham Smith wrote: >On Friday 26 August 2005 15:32, Kent West wrote: > > >>Graham Smith wrote: >> >> >>>$ldd java >>>/usr/bin/ldd: line 171: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: No such file or directory >>>ldd: /lib/ld-linux.so.2 exited with unknown exit code (127) >>> >>> >>What's the result of "ls

Re: blind spot for java

2005-08-26 Thread Graham Smith
On Friday 26 August 2005 15:42, Tim Ruehsen wrote: > > > or 'ldd java', > > > > this looks bad > > > > $ldd java > > /usr/bin/ldd: line 171: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: No such file or directory > > ldd: /lib/ld-linux.so.2 exited with unknown exit code (127) > > Here we go. Let's concentrate on this. Norma

Re: tiny fonts in xmms and xchm

2005-08-26 Thread Jonathan Kaye
En/La Alex ha escrit, a 26/08/05 14:36: > Hi, > > there are two applications in my sarge installation (using GNOME) for > which displayed fonts are so small that I can't even read them. This > also applies to the menu items. > I have the same problem with xmms and xchm, but all the other > applica

Re: Sendmail woes

2005-08-26 Thread Derek \"The Monkey\" Wueppelmann
On Fri, 2005-26-08 at 15:35 +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote: > I think that Debian itself runs /usr/share/sendmail/update_sendmail. > That ought to be almost as convenient as running make. Does it do the > trick? It looks like it does more from the output, however it still doesn't create either an a

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