Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 11:27:46 -0900, Ken Irving wrote: On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 11:59:29AM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: Aptitude may go a little 'crazy' or 'run away' when you first start using it until you tell it which packages are installe because _you_ want th

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Re: Mozilla resolving host problem

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Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

Russell L. Harris wrote: > Unless you are not running X, why is that a problem? Uhm, maybe the times when X is broken? Takes a hell of a lot more to break the console. Or maybe people want to run minimalist and not bother with X if they don't have to? Or maybe even that the CL tools

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

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Re: Mozilla resolving host problem

With great regret, the problem has shown its ugly face again. mozilla again shows: Resolving host www.google.com and a delay. I didn't have any problem until yesterday when it started. By any chance, have you switched ISPs recently? You may still have the DNS addresses of the old ISP, so everyti

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 01:05:29AM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 11:27:46 -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > > If it isn't "safe" to use apt-get once aptitide is installed, i.e., > > apt-get conflicts with aptititude, then couldn't this be handled in the > > package setup as policy

Re: new list user

On Saturday 02 December 2006 18:37, Alan Ianson wrote: ".   > > > > > > I also tried sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg > > > > > > and got the same error message > > > > not updating /etc/X11/X; file has been > > customized". > > > > > > It seems to me when you give the command to FORCE!

Re: new list user

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 05:30:59PM -0500, steve reilly wrote: > On Saturday 02 December 2006 17:08, Igor Guerrero Fonseca wrote: > > I think your problem will solve with this: > > > > sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg > > > > > hi, > > thank you. I think im making a step in the right di

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:55:26 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 02:54:12PM +, George Borisov wrote: > >> Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> Win32 belies that. It's been stable for 8 (possibly 11, not being a > >>> Windows developer) y

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Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 11:27:46 -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 11:59:29AM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > Aptitude may go a little 'crazy' or 'run away' when you first start > > using it until you tell it which packages are installe because _you_ > > want them there and which a

Re: VCS systems on linux (WAS: Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?)

On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:00:48 -0800 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > >On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 20:30:58 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > >>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >>Hash: SHA1 > >> > >>On 11/30/06 16:29, Florian Kulzer wrote: > >> > >> > >>>O

Re: new list user

On Saturday 02 December 2006 15:15, steve reilly wrote: > On Saturday 02 December 2006 17:53, you wrote: > > sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg --force > > Thank you Igor, > > > > how frustrating!! Indeed! That is a bug. > I tried the above and get the same error message > >  not updating

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On 12/2/06, Brian Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't know if it is the time of the night here or whether it's because I am a newbie, but I can't seem to sort this out in my head. I thought I should write this before I do some damage, as it usually pays to prevent problems before they happe

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Re: Mozilla resolving host problem

On 12/2/06, Douglas Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 01:35:34PM -0500, David Shultz wrote: > Whenever I browse any website, mozilla says > "Resolving www.google.com" and waits for about > 15 seconds to resolve the host. I've disabled > ipv6 but the problem is still there

Re: new list user

On Saturday 02 December 2006 17:53, you wrote: > sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg --force Thank you Igor, how frustrating!! I tried the above and get the same error message  not updating /etc/X11/X;  file has been customized".   I also tried sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserve

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Re: new list user

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg --force El sáb, 02-12-2006 a las 17:30 -0500, steve reilly escribió: > On Saturday 02 December 2006 17:08, Igor Guerrero Fonseca wrote: > > I think your problem will solve with this: > > > > sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg > > > > > hi, > > th

Re: aptitude dist-upgrade removes important packages

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[solved] upgrading trashed my font display

[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/12/06 21:27, wrote: On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 20:35 +, matthew yee-king wrote: Adam Hardy wrote: I upgraded a whole set of packages in etch using synaptic. I answered several of the questions posed by the installation processses of some of the packages but I must have a

Re: new list user

On Saturday 02 December 2006 17:08, Igor Guerrero Fonseca wrote: > I think your problem will solve with this: > > sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg > hi, thank you. I think im making a step in the right direction. I tried that but got an error message "xserver-xorg postinst wa

Re: Media player

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Re: Mozilla resolving host problem

David Shultz wrote: Whenever I browse any website, mozilla says "Resolving www.google.com " and waits for about 15 seconds to resolve the host. I've disabled ipv6 but the problem is still there. Also I've checked the isp nameserver and they are fine. Does anyone has the sa

Re: new list user

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 steve reilly wrote: > Hi, > > > Having a problem with something stupid I did with one of my computers running > debian etch. Using the computer primarily to serve 2 sites, a a blog, and a > local LUG site.. > > Took the drive out of one pc with a

Re: new list user

I think your problem will solve with this: sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg El sáb, 02-12-2006 a las 16:51 -0500, steve reilly escribió: > Hi, > > > Having a problem with something stupid I did with one of my computers running > debian etch. Using the computer primarily to serve 2 si

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Re: Mozilla resolving host problem

On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 13:35 -0500, David Shultz wrote: > Whenever I browse any website, mozilla says > "Resolving www.google.com" and waits for about > 15 seconds to resolve the host. I've disabled > ipv6 but the problem is still there. Also I've > checked the isp nameserver and they are fine. >

Re: Migrating system to RAID-1/LVM

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 10:32:55AM -0500, David Bruce wrote: > As a result of reiserfs corruption, I'm moving my system to ext3 (or maybe > JFS - haven't decided for sure). I previously had a RAID-1/LVM setup on hda > and hdc, and the corruption occurred in my /home but nothing was lost. > > I

Re: BIOS upgrade

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 11:35:07AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I need to upgrade my BIOS. > > Generally it seems to involve getting freedos and putting it on a floppy > with the updates. > > Googling isn't clear on recent reports. > > Has anyone done this lately and specifically ho

Re: alternatives to sane in scanner software.......

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 07:43:13PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > >Quiteinsane (gimp2.0-quiteinsane) is a simpler alternative. > > THanks alot. I did apt-get install gimp2.0-quiteinsane and installed it on > my machine. > > I can't seem to find the executable with whereis gimp2.0-quitei

Re: Mozilla resolving host problem

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 01:35:34PM -0500, David Shultz wrote: > Whenever I browse any website, mozilla says > "Resolving www.google.com" and waits for about > 15 seconds to resolve the host. I've disabled > ipv6 but the problem is still there. Also I've > checked the isp nameserver and they are fi

Re: trying to get a Benq4300U USB scanner working .....

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Re: upgrading trashed my font display

>On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 20:35 +, matthew yee-king wrote: >> Adam Hardy wrote: >> > I upgraded a whole set of packages in etch using synaptic. >> > >> > I answered several of the questions posed by the installation processses >> > of some of the packages but I must have answered one of them ver

Re: Mozilla resolving host problem

On 12/2/06, Ralph Katz wrote: Yes, I have the same symptoms on sarge with firefox 1.5.0.8 (from mozilla tarball) and network.dns.disableIPv6 true. While firefox is resolving the address, I can bring up a terminal, $ host 'url' and get an ip address long before firefox gets it. The problem is v

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 11:59:29AM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > Aptitude may go a little 'crazy' or 'run away' when you first start > using it until you tell it which packages are installe because _you_ > want them there and which are only installed to meet dependancies. > After this step is done

Re: Mozilla resolving host problem

On 12/02/2006 01:40 PM, David Shultz wrote: > Whenever I browse any website, mozilla says > "Resolving www.google.com " and waits for about > 15 seconds to resolve the host. I've disabled > ipv6 but the problem is still there. Also I've > checked the isp nameserver and they

Re: BIOS upgrade

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I need to upgrade my BIOS. Generally it seems to involve getting freedos and putting it on a floppy with the updates. Googling isn't clear on recent reports. Has anyone done this lately and specifically how? Thanks! Hugo Usually when I've upgraded a BIOS, th

Re: alternatives to sane in scanner software.......

From: Andrew Malcolmson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Michael Fothergill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: alternatives to sane in scanner software... Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:28:59 -0500 On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 12:10:18PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Dear Debian folks, > > I have given up

Re: Media player

On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 20:37:15 +0100 "Brian Durant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sounds like you're affected by this bug, > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=385322 > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Sven Arvidsson > > http://www.whiz.se > > PGP Key ID 760BDD22 > > Hmm. OK, I assume t

Re: Media player

On 12/2/06, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 19:35 +0100, Brian Durant wrote: > Whoops, my fault. A return character crept into the command. However, > there still seems to be a problem. When I try to play a CD after > having started Goobox form command line, I get

Re: Linux app similar to TypeIt4Me on OS X?

On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 20:06 +0100, Brian Durant wrote: > I am trying to win back as much of the functionality as possible that > I had under Mac OS X, before I started using Debian i386. I am looking > for a Linux app with similar functionality to TypeIt4Me: > > http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/69

Re: Media player

On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 19:35 +0100, Brian Durant wrote: > Whoops, my fault. A return character crept into the command. However, > there still seems to be a problem. When I try to play a CD after > having started Goobox form command line, I get the following: > > :~$ goobox >$1 = >$1 = >

Re: Harddisk Errors in Etch using Kernel 2.6.17 but not Kernel 2.6.8

On Saturday 02 December 2006 10:38, Salman Al-Rahma wrote: > I've been using Sarge for a several months now with no problem , other > than drooling over new software. So, as this is my desktop computer and > not a server -my server runs a Slackware 10, and is running very fine, > although I hope to

Linux app similar to TypeIt4Me on OS X?

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Re: Media player

On 12/2/06, Brian Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Sven, On 12/1/06, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 23:00 +0100, Brian Durant wrote: > > Neither of these were installed. I installed them both and now GNOME > > CD, Rhythmbox and Sound Juicer seem to work fin

Mozilla resolving host problem

Whenever I browse any website, mozilla says "Resolving www.google.com" and waits for about 15 seconds to resolve the host. I've disabled ipv6 but the problem is still there. Also I've checked the isp nameserver and they are fine. Does anyone has the same problem? --David

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 01:39:04AM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > I've periodically tried using aptitude, but always get scared off > when it seems to "run away". I'm sure it knows what's best for my > machine ;-), but is it possible to override this behavior? > Very much yes. Its called the inter

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 05:34:23AM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061202 04:52]: > > I've periodically tried using aptitude, but always get scared off > > when it seems to "run away". I'm sure it knows what's best for my > > machine ;-), but is it possible to

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 04:00:02AM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > I can appreciate that, but I'm used to using apt-get and it seems to > do what's needed. Just figured to try aptitude (etc.) based on all > the glowing reports I've seen on the list, but I'm not convinced of > its (nor synaptic's) ad

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

Ken Irving wrote: I've periodically tried using aptitude, but always get scared off when it seems to "run away". I'm sure it knows what's best for my machine ;-), but is it possible to override this behavior? $ sudo aptitude install wmmoonclock -s ... The following packages are unused and

BIOS upgrade

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Re: Single board for debian.

On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 08:08 -0800, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > How did you do that? I mean, how did you squeeze sarge on 128MB? > I have a 'minimal' sarge install: 190 MB and it's barely usable! > > Ottavio > I've gotten it that small on a similar board. Very small monolithic kernel (no modules)

Re: Re: Migrating system to RAID-1/LVM

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Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 18:54:36 +0200 Yuriy Padlyak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raquel wrote: > > > > Is the problem, perhaps, because of the differences between apt > > and aptitude? I ran into the same problem when I first started > > using aptitude. > > > > What I did was to go into the interact

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 01:39:04 -0900 Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The following packages are unused and will be REMOVED: > ... > > I'll probably just go back to using apt-get, and probably > everything will be fine until the next time I decide to try > aptitude. Is there a compelling

Re: Single board for debian.

Jarek wrote: > Dnia 02-12-2006, sob o godzinie 13:20 +0700, Surachai Locharoen > napisa³(a): > > Hello > > > > Doese anybody know the single board which work with debian? I want to > > use in car as a navigator. If it prompt connect to the electic system > > of car, is very good. > > I've teste

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/02/06 09:03, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 08:46:37AM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 09:39:35PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: >>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> And has *kept* them working on it, without turn

Re: Migrating system to RAID-1/LVM

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 10:32:55AM -0500, David Bruce wrote: > As a result of reiserfs corruption, I'm moving my system to ext3 (or maybe > JFS - haven't decided for sure). I previously had a RAID-1/LVM setup on hda > and hdc, and the corruption occurred in my /home but nothing was lost. > > I

Migrating system to RAID-1/LVM

As a result of reiserfs corruption, I'm moving my system to ext3 (or maybe JFS - haven't decided for sure). I previously had a RAID-1/LVM setup on hda and hdc, and the corruption occurred in my /home but nothing was lost. I have put a new disk in hdb and moved everything there with ddrescue - t

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

Hi, On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 03:13:53AM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > >From another thread: > > > From: Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: aptitude dist-upgrade removes important packages > > On 11/17/2006 01:30 PM, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > > > > Meanwhile, Debian installs "synapti

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 10:03 -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > So if one finds a neat piece of old gear, say a 386 (which debian now > doesn't support) or even 286 (which linux never supported) what > monitarily-free (since I don't hack existing code, just write new) OS > options are there other than DO

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 10:03:46AM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > So if one finds a neat piece of old gear, say a 386 (which debian now > doesn't support) or even 286 (which linux never supported) what > monitarily-free (since I don't hack existing code, just write new) OS > options are there oth

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 08:46:37AM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 09:39:35PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > >And has *kept* them working on it, without turning it into a huge > > >ball of legacy crud, without forking or general worker revolution

Re: Maze of Twisty Turny Little Package Managers

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 06:38:45AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 11/30/06 10:50, Ralph Katz wrote: > > On 11/29/2006 08:50 PM, Osamu Aoki wrote: > [snip] > > On 11/17/2006 01:30 PM, Russell L. Harris wrote: > >> Meanwhile, Debian installs "synaptic" by default. Use synaptic > >> instead of aptitu

Re: dedicated debian hosting

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 09:50:28AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > Can anyone direct me towards debian based dedicated server hosting > companies? > > I might be interested in other levels of hosting, but I might need more > root-level access than some configurations would permit. > Do you need a

Re: Single board for debian.

Dnia 02-12-2006, sob o godzinie 13:20 +0700, Surachai Locharoen napisał(a): > Hello > > Doese anybody know the single board which work with debian? I want to > use in car as a navigator. If it prompt connect to the electic system > of car, is very good. I've tested a lot of Advantech PC104 boards

dedicated debian hosting

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Re: how to choose multiple package when i write control file

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 04:42:37PM +0200, Jabka Atu wrote: > Hello > im creating an alternetiva package for azureus (couse the normal has > tons of bugs). > id like it to be depneded on sun-java or the regular java (never mind > the version). > > i can make it depended on both but only for one .

how to choose multiple package when i write control file

Hello im creating an alternetiva package for azureus (couse the normal has tons of bugs). id like it to be depneded on sun-java or the regular java (never mind the version). i can make it depended on both but only for one .. theat is reall hard Thnx in advance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: can I use etch now? and 2 other questions

On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 17:43 -0800, Serena Cantor wrote: > I can't wait for etch official release. What's the difference between current > etch and its > official release? How much disk space does minimal etch installation require? From the installation manual: "You must have at least 32MB

Re: Large file uploads via PHP

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 02:12:54AM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 07:45:17PM -0500, John Miller wrote: > > We have a user who wants to upload podcasts to her website via PHP forms > > (Wordpress & Drupal). Some of the podcasts are in the 60-minute+ range > > and take up over 1

Re: Evolution multilingual spellchecking in Debian Etch (Newbie).

I guess, that aspell5 is for aspell 0.5... В Птн, 01/12/2006 в 16:18 +0100, Sven Arvidsson пишет: > On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 18:10 +0100, Brian Durant wrote: > > Thanks for replying. OK, here is what I did. I downloaded > > aspell5-id-1.2-0.tar.bz2 and then unpacked the archive. The ReadMe > > file e

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 09:52:16PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: > > Both the GPL *and* commercial licenses are ultimately based on FUD. If > you're scared of the consequences of simply taking some code and using > it as you please and/or the consequences of doing so: You want a > license to tell

Re: VCS systems on linux

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 03:35:54PM -0800, John L Fjellstad wrote: > > But the versions of the files that doesn't get checked in during the > fileset, doesn't get change, does it? From what i understand from the > manual. > > So, I have fileA, fileB, fileC at v5. I change fileA and fileB, and > c

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 09:39:35PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > >And has *kept* them working on it, without turning it into a huge > >ball of legacy crud, without forking or general worker revolution. > >However he does it, he *has* done it, and that is his genius. > > Some m

Re: Saw upgrade changelog of the packages before apply and start the upgrade

E0x wrote: is possible do that ? if the answer is yes then , how to ? Have you tried apt-listchanges? ~apt-cache show apt-listchanges Package: apt-listchanges Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 416 Maintainer: Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Version: 2.72 De

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 06:38:46 -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061202 06:26]: > > On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 05:34:23AM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > Does synaptic do something better than apt-get? It doesn't appear to > > be very usable on a command-line,

Re: [OT] Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/02/06 06:42, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 03:39:55PM -0800, Francis Healy wrote: >>The classic definition of the killer app is the one program that justifies >>the entire cost of the computer. > > The only ones I can

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 03:31:29 -0900, Ken Irving wrote: [..] > I have the impression that I can use aptitude search if it's better, but > still use apt-get to install and upgrade without conflict. You can use "aptitude search" as a normal user, so there is no danger that it will interfere w

Re: Etch status..?

Douglas Tutty wrote: On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 12:50:58AM -0500, cga2000 wrote: Sounds like I'll have to start over and stick to one or the other. No, just start using aptitude, stop using apt-get, and go manually through the list of packages from within aptitude, determine if they'

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 06:38:46AM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061202 06:26]: > > On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 05:34:23AM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > Does synaptic do something better than apt-get? It doesn't appear to > > be very usable on a command-line

Re: minimal kde system for amarok?

On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 19:30 -0800, Alan Ianson wrote: > I find rhythmbox from gnome to be very close to amarok but I'm not sure if > it's a gtk app (I don't think so). Rhythmbox is a GTK app, however, it doesn't support adding music to USB mass storage devices (like a Rockbox player) yet. -- Ch

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/02/06 06:13, Ken Irving wrote: > On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 05:34:23AM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote: >> * Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061202 04:52]: [snip] > Maybe I'll just crawl back under a rock and continue using apt-get. Use what works a

[OT] Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 03:39:55PM -0800, Francis Healy wrote: >The classic definition of the killer app is the one program that justifies >the entire cost of the computer. The only ones I can think of were "Visi Calc" for the Apple II and Pagemaker for the Mac. AFA GNU/Linux is concerne

Re: problem with Xxorg - testing update -- vesa driver on ati x1400

On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 09:39:44PM +0100, Imre Vida wrote: > > Hi, > > i am running Debian testing on a IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad T60p. > > For the graphics, i have chosen the vesa driver from xorg - > as it works together well with software suspend. > This combination worked quit well uptill now: X

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