GUI

If you are installing the 2.6 K then do the following when you set the Partition there is an option to create the gui partition. Then when you select the packages there is an option to do a desktop install. Select that and with the options stick to the default. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

Am Mittwoch, den 24.01.2007, 16:20 -0500 schrieb Stephen: > OK it might not be that funny, but hey, at least it mentions Linux and the > evil > empire (as we know it); > > > Well, Scott Adams must have read your post. Todays Dilbert "feature

Re: Ubuntu to Debian Installation

Stef Daniels VK5HSX wrote: > Greetings, > > I have got several Debian installations, however, my desktop > machine has Ubuntu 6.06 installed. What I wish to know is if there is an > easy way to change installations (without actually going through the > install) by changing the repositories an

Re: Installation of Debian by disk

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:28:03 -0500 "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm. You did not mention which version, so I will assum you installed > Etch. Now, if you got the etch installer, I will guess that you got > it from here: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ As you

Re: Re: shopping for an HTML editor

Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > said: Sorry wrong wording on my part. When I said "it should look exactly as it would appear on the net", I meant the editor to have a WYSIWYG way of editing html pages. HTML editing should be as easy as writing a

Re: Please stop using Horrendous Coloring (or coloring period)

> Francisco Zabala wrote: > ... > > > > Couldn't imagine how simple coloring would generate so much > > hatred (with so much passion). > > To help your weak imagination, consider this possible explanation: > > Because the message sender effectively reached into Greg's > computer and rudely told

Re: texmacs (Re: shopping for an HTML editor)

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:24:04PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > I used to think vim + latex-suite is the ideal way to edit a complex LaTeX > document. But then I tried texmacs and just love it. Now, all my documents > are in .tm format instead of .tex. If you are a heavy LaTeX user, I s

Re: Rsync, how to include ~/.files but not ~/.dirs

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 04:16:14AM +, ][ wrote: > On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:07:43 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > >> Is there any way to tell rsync to backup all the . files under my home but > >> no any . directories? E.g., .profile in, but .gconf/ & .gnome/ etc out? > >> > > Don't use the

Re: Installation of Debian by disk

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:14:21PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > Hi Roberto, > I have seen various 3rd party bits of documentation about "You just > installed Debian. Here's what to do next and answers to questions like > 'where's my X?". And it seems people still miss this info on the Debian > site.

Re: Rsync, how to include ~/.files but not ~/.dirs

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:07:43 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> Is there any way to tell rsync to backup all the . files under my home but >> no any . directories? E.g., .profile in, but .gconf/ & .gnome/ etc out? >> > Don't use the recursive option? unfortunately that's not an option. I have t

texmacs (Re: shopping for an HTML editor)

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 21:39, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > Personally, opening up an HTML document in vi and hacking away at it is > much easier than using a WYSIWYG editor. But then, I think that writing > a LaTeX document in vi is much easier than editing a document in word or > abiword

Re: Installation of Debian by disk

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 10:13:47AM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 03:06:07PM +, Colin Perkins wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I have installed Debian and logged -in ; all I see is a prompt which I do > > not > > have

Re: Rsync, how to include ~/.files but not ~/.dirs

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 04:05:25AM +, ][ wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way to tell rsync to backup all the . files under my home but > no any . directories? E.g., .profile in, but .gconf/ & .gnome/ etc out? > Don't use the recursive option? Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://

Rsync, how to include ~/.files but not ~/.dirs

Hi, Is there any way to tell rsync to backup all the . files under my home but no any . directories? E.g., .profile in, but .gconf/ & .gnome/ etc out? FYI, I tried with the following exclude rules but it didn't work, . directories are still included. rsync -vua --exclude-from=exclude.list

New Maintaners' Guide - Typo?

Fellow Debian Enthusiasts, Has anyone noticed that praecepta is misspelled in the New Maintainers' Guide? I added the quote to my .signature file and sent out a few e-mails before realizing it. Kevin http://www.RawFedDogs.net http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org Bruceville, TX Si hoc legere scis ni

Re: Ubuntu to Debian Installation

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 18:19, Stef Daniels VK5HSX wrote: > I have got several Debian installations, however, my desktop > machine has Ubuntu 6.06 installed. What I wish to know is if there is an > easy way to change installations (without actually going through the > install) by changin

Re: Ubuntu to Debian Installation

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 12:49:20PM +1030, Stef Daniels VK5HSX wrote: > Greetings, > > I have got several Debian installations, however, my desktop > machine has Ubuntu 6.06 installed. What I wish to know is if there is an > easy way to change installations (without actually going through the

Re: shopping for an HTML editor

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 07:39:49PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > Sorry wrong wording on my part. When I said "it should look exactly as it > would appear on the net", I meant the editor to have a WYSIWYG way of editing > html pages. > > HTML editing should be as easy as writing a texmac

Re: top post fixer?

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 08:57:07PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Personally, I feel this hardcoding of colors in the application is a > downside of X. One of the few visual things I miss from OS/2. There I had my apps set to white on black and they all behaved properly. Colors were set in the OS

Re: top post fixer?

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 03:17:17AM +0100, Wim De Smet wrote: > Then again, contrast is higher with light-on-dark sometimes increasing > eye strain. If your whites are blinding you you might just want to > adjust your monitor brightness and/or contrast. Which results in me constantly adjusting

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 17:30, tom arnall wrote: > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 12:36, Stephen Cormier wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 15:46, tom arnall wrote: > > > how do i 'hold' the packages. i can't find anything on this in either > > > the apt-get doc' or on the web. > > > > echo

Ubuntu to Debian Installation

Greetings, I have got several Debian installations, however, my desktop machine has Ubuntu 6.06 installed. What I wish to know is if there is an easy way to change installations (without actually going through the install) by changing the repositories and doing #apt-get dist-upgrade as I

Re: top post fixer?

On 1/24/07, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John C wrote: > It's kinda like a religious fanaticism... "everyone should act and > believe like I do". And yes, you're absolutely right - there is too much > bile being spewed at top posters. No, it's not. It's called a convention for comm

Re: top post fixer?

Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > Paper is REFLECTIVE. Monitors are PROJECTIVE. What's that mean? It means > > that paper REFLECTS the light that hits it. Without an outside source of > > light you wouldn't see jack on paper. However a monitor PROJECTS light. > > In the absence of all other ligh

Re: Slow web browsing?

Hi Joey, Joey Hess wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >>> But if I start my VM and load XP debian.org comes down in about 2 >>> seconds still. >> so xp in a vm on your debian box can download faster than the debian >> that's wrapped around it? That's just crazy. not a clue, sorry. > > Hmm, if

laptop with r1000 and ipw3945, not event etch...

Hi, I have a laptop, having a RTL8168 (r1000 module) Ethernet NIC, and a centrino (ipw3945 module) as wireless. It's Core 2 Duo T7200 CPU. No more NIC is available. The r1000 module, as well as the ipw3945 are not in any Debian CD iso available. How would you suggest me to install in that condi

Re: Re: scponly connection problem

I had the same problem. scponly works fine on my debian sarge box but not my etch box. The sftp client just died after authentication. The following fixed it: 'mknod -m 666 /HOMEDIR_OF_CHROOTED_USER/dev/null c 1 3' thankyou(and thankyou and steffen) Will Esselink -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Getting people to say nice things about Microsoft

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Re: Dependancy problem

Kevin Ross wrote: Check out the "equivs" package. -- Kevin Thanks, Kevin! -- Blessings Wulfmann Wulf Credo: Respect the elders. Teach the young. Co-operate with the pack. Play when you can. Hunt when you must. Rest in between. Share your affections. Voice your opinion. Leave your Mark

Re: top post fixer?

John C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steve Lamb wrote: > John C wrote: >> It's kinda like a religious fanaticism... "everyone should act and >> believe like I do". And yes, you're absolutely right - there is too much >> bile being spewed at top posters. > > No, it's not. It's called a convention for

Re: Dependancy problem

Wulfy wrote: I want to install jEdit 4.3pre9. I downloaded the deb from the download link given on the jedit.org site. When I try to dpkg -i jedit..., I get an error because it's dependant on sun-java5 and I have sun-java6 installed. How can I get it to accept sun-java5 *or later*? I run

RE: Dependancy problem

> -Original Message- > From: Wulfy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:39 PM > To: Debian User > Subject: Dependancy problem > > I want to install jEdit 4.3pre9. I downloaded the deb from > the download > link given on the jedit.org site. When I try to dpkg

Re: top post fixer?

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 03:43:26PM -0600, John C wrote: > Wow! and you don't think that's fanaticism?? :-) Nope. Want to know what I call fanaticism? > > I'll just cut out the "so-called" facts over which you and I will > never agree. (I've heard them all before-thank you) "Don't bo

Dependancy problem

I want to install jEdit 4.3pre9. I downloaded the deb from the download link given on the jedit.org site. When I try to dpkg -i jedit..., I get an error because it's dependant on sun-java5 and I have sun-java6 installed. How can I get it to accept sun-java5 *or later*? I run Sarge, though t

Re: shopping for an HTML editor

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 15:36, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 02:04:31PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > I used to use nvu. But looks like it has been removed from Debian. I do > > not want to edit any text files. So vim, emacs etc., are not what I am > > looking for

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 01:14:53AM EST, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 12:53:04AM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 11:36:15PM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > > > > > What I had in mind was a flexible model where different actors of the > > > system can be provide

Re: shopping for an HTML editor

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 14:03, Glenn Becker wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a good WYSIWYG HTML editor? I require very basic > > HTML stuff like lists, tables, formatting, inserting images etc., no > > complex CSS capabilities are necessary. > > Bluefish or Quanta are nice editors, or there's

Re: Slow web browsing?

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > But if I start my VM and load XP debian.org comes down in about 2 > > seconds still. > > so xp in a vm on your debian box can download faster than the debian > that's wrapped around it? That's just crazy. not a clue, sorry. Hmm, if you put it like that, it must be

Re: Can't get gnome-screensaver to work with pam_krb5

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 12:21:19AM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 16:48 -0600, Jacques Normand wrote: > > I have a nasty issue with gnome-screensaver. I cannot have it work > > properly with kerberos (mit krb5). The version in sarge worked wiithout > > problems but it has been

RE: POSIX regex packahe

> > I'm surprised that libc6-dev is only a "recommends" and not > > a "depends" for gcc. > > Gcc is quite useful without libc6-dev. For compiling a kernel, for > example. Good point. > > To build slapd, you may also need (according to apt-build > info slapd) > > 'apt-get build-dep slapd' wil

Re: Installation of Debian by disk

Colin Perkins wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I have installed Debian and logged -in ; all I see is a prompt which I do > not have not have a clue as to how to use it ! > > I had expected a graphical interface to appear i.e. KDE or gnome - I > was informed that KDE is supplied with Debian. > > Hav

Re: top post fixer?

John C wrote: > It's kinda like a religious fanaticism... "everyone should act > and believe like I do". And yes, you're absolutely right - there > is too much bile being spewed at top posters. > > So which is best, top posting or bottom posting? Who knows? Who > &^%^% cares? Anybody with a lim

Re: shopping for an HTML editor

Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good WYSIWYG HTML editor? I require very basic HTML > stuff like lists, tables, formatting, inserting images etc., no complex > CSS capabilities are necessary. Amaya sounds like it's what you're looking for. It produces real HTML, as in, someth

Re: Can't get gnome-screensaver to work with pam_krb5

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 16:48 -0600, Jacques Normand wrote: > I have a nasty issue with gnome-screensaver. I cannot have it work > properly with kerberos (mit krb5). The version in sarge worked wiithout > problems but it has been broken for quite some time in testing. Sarge didn't actually have gno

Re: undelete

On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 19:00 +, andy wrote: > Tony Heal wrote: > > OK, how about some preventative stuff. If there is not real way to > > 'undelete' files. How about adding a script named 'rm' that passes the same > > switches to from the script to /bin/rm but moves the files to tmp before > >

Re: Slow web browsing?

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 08:52:06AM +1000, Greg Vickers wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 01:37:23PM +1000, Greg Vickers wrote: > > ... > >> I'm running stable with some stuff off backports.org, like Firefox and > >> Thunderbird. > >> > >> I can't pin

Can't get gnome-screensaver to work with pam_krb5

Hi everybody, I have a nasty issue with gnome-screensaver. I cannot have it work properly with kerberos (mit krb5). The version in sarge worked wiithout problems but it has been broken for quite some time in testing. The same configuration reports broken passwords all the time (which is what I

Re: Sound jerking with via 82xx soundcard

On 1/25/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 06:35:10PM +0200, Atis wrote: > Hi, > > A little update to the sound jerking problem. > > If i unload most of applications, leave almost plain KDE, i can hear > KDE startup sound almost normally, just few flicker

Re: shopping for an HTML editor

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 15:22 -0500, celejar wrote: > On 1/24/07, Glenn Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Can anyone recommend a good WYSIWYG HTML editor? I require very basic HTML > > > stuff like lists, tables, formatting, inserting images etc., no complex > > > CSS > > > capabilities ar

Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG messages

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 11:13 +0100, Serban Udrea wrote: > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out > eth0: Transmit timed out, status , PHY status 786d, resetting... > eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #1 link partner capability of 41e1 > > The box is running an uptodate sarge with the la

Re: Slow web browsing?

Hi Andrew, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 01:37:23PM +1000, Greg Vickers wrote: > ... >> I'm running stable with some stuff off backports.org, like Firefox and >> Thunderbird. >> >> I can't pin down exactly what caused the problem, I've installed karm >> and flashplayer-non

Free PR for Debian

Hi I spotted this in Linux Today and posted an entry. It is an opportunity to give Debian some media exposure: BBC NEWS: BATTLE OF THE OPERATING SYSTEMS "Tell us in 100 words or less, why you are such a supporter of your chosen operating system and what features you love about it..." COMPLETE

Re: [OT] Re: top post fixer?

Celejar writes: > I confess that I am rather leery of Jefferson's almost unbalanced > extremism as manifested in his over-the-top support for the French > Revolution, as in the notorious Adam and Eve quote [0]. I wrote: > Seems pretty reasonable to me, in the context of the times. Celejar writes:

Re: POSIX regex packahe

Kevin Ross writes: > I'm surprised that libc6-dev is only a "recommends" and not a "depends" > for gcc. Gcc is quite useful without libc6-dev. For compiling a kernel, for example. > To build slapd, you may also need (according to apt-build info slapd) 'apt-get build-dep slapd' will install all

Re: Sound jerking with via 82xx soundcard

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 06:35:10PM +0200, Atis wrote: > Hi, > > A little update to the sound jerking problem. > > If i unload most of applications, leave almost plain KDE, i can hear > KDE startup sound almost normally, just few flickers... > > however no chances of running any kind of media pla

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:46:55 -0800 tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > how do i 'hold' the packages. i can't find anything on this in either > the apt-get doc' or on the web. See here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html#s-hold -- Liam -- To UNSUBSC

Re: top post fixer?

Steve Lamb wrote: John C wrote: It's kinda like a religious fanaticism... "everyone should act and believe like I do". And yes, you're absolutely right - there is too much bile being spewed at top posters. No, it's not. It's called a convention for communicating with one another. Do yo

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 12:36, Stephen Cormier wrote: > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 15:46, tom arnall wrote: > > how do i 'hold' the packages. i can't find anything on this in either the > > apt-get doc' or on the web. > > echo "package_name hold" | dpkg --set-selections how did you find ou

Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

nice. On 1/24/07, Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: OK it might not be that funny, but hey, at least it mentions Linux and the evil empire (as we know it); -- Regards Stephen A. Encrypted/Signed e-mail accepted (GPG or PGP) -- Key ID: 978

[OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux

OK it might not be that funny, but hey, at least it mentions Linux and the evil empire (as we know it); -- Regards Stephen A. Encrypted/Signed e-mail accepted (GPG or PGP) -- Key ID: 978BA04

OT crappy tech support [was Re: dialup connectivity problem]

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 09:31:47AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > But no technical support ever identified the problem and they would only > talk to me when I said I had M$ OS installed and running. scripted "tech" support drone: click on the start menu me: uh huh, okay... stsd: click on sett

Re: random quirkyness

On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 04:48:43PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > On 1/23/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mike, please don't cc: me as I subscribe to the list. thanks. > > > I apologize, I'm using gmail and it did that automatically for some reason. > > > On Tue, J

Re: Please stop using Horrendous Coloring (or coloring period)

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:14:50 -0500 "Daniel B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Francisco Zabala wrote: > ... > > > > Couldn't imagine how simple coloring would generate so much > > hatred (with so much passion). > > To help your weak imagination, consider this possible explanation: > > Because t

Re: Are lilo and grub compatible?

José Alburquerque wrote: ... As far as I know, lilo and grub are mutually exclusive because both are boot-loaders that use a disk's mbr to boot up operating systems. LILO certainly isn't restricted to using the MBR. I've been using it on a floppy for years. (The floppy is a physical "boo

Re: shopping for an HTML editor

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 02:04:31PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > I used to use nvu. But looks like it has been removed from Debian. I do not > want to edit any text files. So vim, emacs etc., are not what I am looking > for. While editing the page, it should look exactly as it would appe

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 15:46, tom arnall wrote: > how do i 'hold' the packages. i can't find anything on this in either the > apt-get doc' or on the web. echo "package_name hold" | dpkg --set-selections Stephen -- GPG Pubic Key: http://users.eastlink.ca/~stephencormier/publickey.asc pgp

Re: strange processor (slow on AC, normal on battery)

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 06:14:11PM +0100, genesis wrote: > > Hi Roberto. What are these list archives? I don't understand. I'm Italian > maybe like you... > Thanks > No. I come from a Cuban family. :-) To search the list archives, I usually go to Google and type in something like this: site

Re: Please stop using Horrendous Coloring (or coloring period)

Francisco Zabala wrote: ... Couldn't imagine how simple coloring would generate so much hatred (with so much passion). To help your weak imagination, consider this possible explanation: Because the message sender effectively reached into Greg's computer and rudely told the his mail reader t

Re: shopping for an HTML editor

Bluefish does WYSIWYG ? I thought it is "merely" an HTML editor. you are correct, my inner filter made me leap right over WYSIWYG. sorry. gb +-+ Glenn Becker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-

Foreground and background (was: top post fixer?)

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 02:41:21PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 14:03, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > > > The fanatics insisted that the background should be black and the text > > > white because that was the "natural" way to view a computer screen. It > > > was the wa

Re: shopping for an HTML editor

On 1/24/07, Glenn Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good WYSIWYG HTML editor? I require very basic HTML > stuff like lists, tables, formatting, inserting images etc., no complex CSS > capabilities are necessary. Bluefish or Quanta are nice editors, or there's html-helpe

Re: top post fixer?

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:03:55AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > John C wrote: > > It's kinda like a religious fanaticism... "everyone should act and > > believe like I do". And yes, you're absolutely right - there is too much > > bile being spewed at top posters. > > No, it's not. It's called a

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:46:55AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > On Monday 22 January 2007 12:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 10:29:00AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > > > > is the solution simply to wait until the repository deals w' the > > > situation, or is the probl

Re: [OT] Re: top post fixer?

On 1/24/07, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Celejar writes: > I confess that I am rather leery of Jefferson's almost unbalanced > extremism as manifested in his over-the-top support for the French > Revolution, as in the notorious Adam and Eve quote [0]. Seems pretty reasonable to me, in

RE: POSIX regex packahe

> I need POSIX regex to compile openldap-2.3.28. Does anyone know which > package has it? libc6-dev I'm surprised that libc6-dev is only a "recommends" and not a "depends" for gcc. But whatever. To build slapd, you may also need (according to apt-build info slapd): automake1.9 diffstat libltd

Re: top post fixer?

Francis Healy wrote: > I'm dodging the bile being spewed at top posters. Bottom line, top > posting is not evil. Scrool down if you want to read the original > message. Just because you do it among your limited circle of friends and coworkers doesn't mean it's acceptable in a public environment

Re: dialup connectivity problem

Zach wrote: On 1/24/07, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This ISP switched to v.92 protocol and my old modem would not connect. The ISP said nothing, but with a new v.02 analog modem the connections are a lot better. If it is the modem protocol why can it sometimes stay connected fo

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

On Monday 22 January 2007 12:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > I didn't read the beginning of the thread, but it looks like you're > hijacking... :( > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 10:29:00AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > i tried to upgrade this morning but got the following right after > > fetching th

Re: Firefox user agent settings for Iceweasel

Hello John. John Talbut, 24.01.2007 20:11: >>> John Talbut wrote: >>> [ User agent string ] >>> What are the values for Firefox? >>> >> Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> >> Firefox/2.0 >> > Yes. And which line does that go on? And what goes on the other lines? Only one is necessary: general.usera

Re: top post fixer?

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 14:03, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > The fanatics insisted that the background should be black and the text > > white because that was the "natural" way to view a computer screen. It > > was the way that it would always remain. Of course, when I went to my > > office supply s

Re: Firefox user agent settings for Iceweasel

John Talbut wrote: My problem is not how to change the settings - the path I gave in the first place works perfectly well for doing this. It is what to enter, without doing a fair amount of guessing and experimenting. For instance, the values for IE are: appnameMicrosoft Inter

Re: shopping for an HTML editor

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 14:04 -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > I used to use nvu. But looks like it has been removed from Debian. I do not > want to edit any text files. So vim, emacs etc., are not what I am looking > for. While editing the page, it should look exactly as it would appear on the

Re: shopping for an HTML editor

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 14:04 -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good WYSIWYG HTML editor? I require very basic HTML > stuff like lists, tables, formatting, inserting images etc., no complex CSS > capabilities are necessary. > > I used to use nvu. But looks like it has been

Re: shopping for an HTML editor

Can anyone recommend a good WYSIWYG HTML editor? I require very basic HTML stuff like lists, tables, formatting, inserting images etc., no complex CSS capabilities are necessary. Bluefish or Quanta are nice editors, or there's html-helper-mode in Emacs. If you like real basic, there's one cal

Re: configuring ntpd to respond to rdate

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 13:49 -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 10:15 -0800, Easthope wrote: > > ntp is installed on a server here and appears to work. > > Yet another machine runs rdate at startup and produces > > this report. > > > > rdate: connect: Connection refused > > > > I h

Re: top post fixer?

John C wrote: > It's kinda like a religious fanaticism... "everyone should act and > believe like I do". And yes, you're absolutely right - there is too much > bile being spewed at top posters. No, it's not. It's called a convention for communicating with one another. Do you call it religiou

shopping for an HTML editor

Can anyone recommend a good WYSIWYG HTML editor? I require very basic HTML stuff like lists, tables, formatting, inserting images etc., no complex CSS capabilities are necessary. I used to use nvu. But looks like it has been removed from Debian. I do not want to edit any text files. So vim, ema

Re: strange processor (slow on AC, normal on battery)

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 18:14 +0100, genesis wrote: > Hi Roberto. What are these list archives? I don't understand. I'm Italian > maybe like you... > Thanks http://lists.debian.org -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The technology that is Stronger, better, faster: Linux signature.asc Description: This

Re: configuring ntpd to respond to rdate

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 10:15 -0800, Easthope wrote: > ntp is installed on a server here and appears to work. > Yet another machine runs rdate at startup and produces > this report. > > rdate: connect: Connection refused > > I have the ntpd man page and it isn't helping. > Someone please give a hin

Re: top post fixer?

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 10:41:02AM -0600, John C wrote: > It's kinda like a religious fanaticism... "everyone should act > and believe like I do". And yes, you're absolutely right - there > is too much bile being spewed at top posters. > > So which is best, top posting or bottom posting? Who kn

configuring ntpd to respond to rdate

ntp is installed on a server here and appears to work. Yet another machine runs rdate at startup and produces this report. rdate: connect: Connection refused I have the ntpd man page and it isn't helping. Someone please give a hint of what is needed in /etc/ntp.conf. Thanks, ... Peter

POSIX regex packahe

Hi, I need POSIX regex to compile openldap-2.3.28. Does anyone know which package has it? Thanks, Andre -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

strange processor (slow on AC, normal on battery)

Hi Roberto. What are these list archives? I don't understand. I'm Italian maybe like you... Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] CPU and GHz

> cache, and instruction pipelines, all internal to the CPU chip. The CPU > does not normally "slow down" when a cache miss occurs, it idles until > the data comes from memory, but the clock doesn't vary. Indeed. Although it doesn't strictly idle right away: it first tries to keep working on oth

Re: [OT] Re: top post fixer?

Celejar writes: > I confess that I am rather leery of Jefferson's almost unbalanced > extremism as manifested in his over-the-top support for the French > Revolution, as in the notorious Adam and Eve quote [0]. Seems pretty reasonable to me, in the context of the times. -- John Hasler -- To UN

Re: top post fixer?

It's kinda like a religious fanaticism... "everyone should act and believe like I do". And yes, you're absolutely right - there is too much bile being spewed at top posters. So which is best, top posting or bottom posting? Who knows? Who &^%^% cares? I certainly don't. On this list however, I

Re: Cdrecord with a 2.4 kernel

Please help me! Thanks :) 2007/1/23, Sonixxfx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi, I am trying to burn multisession cd's with cdrecord but I have a problem. After I have written a multisession disc, and mount it, the burned files are not shown at /media/cdrom. The files are written to the disc though, b

Re: Sound jerking with via 82xx soundcard

Hi, A little update to the sound jerking problem. If i unload most of applications, leave almost plain KDE, i can hear KDE startup sound almost normally, just few flickers... however no chances of running any kind of media player.. here's an example.. i freed up memory, and launched noatun play

Re: Possible New User - Intro

On Tuesday 23 January 2007 13:16, Kevin Monceaux wrote: > Andrew, > > > The thing to remember about Debian -- when a release goes "Stable" then > > it doesn't change, except for security fixes. So if you install etch, you > > will NEVER see a new version of Hercules other than security patches. > >

Re: Installation of Debian by disk

Bhasker C V wrote: > If you had told yes there (checked the box) , then you must be able to > see graphics by command > $ startx > If this works then you probably want to check to enable startup of > /etc/init.d/gdm in your runlevel. > something like (say your runlevel is 2) > then yo

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