Re: Very disturbing feature in icedove

2007-02-11 Thread Dave Ewart
On Sunday, 11.02.2007 at 21:39 +0100, Fabian (Lists) wrote: > > 1. Set "When I delete a message" to be "Move it to Deleted", and > > also set "Empty Deleted folder on Exit; > > [snip] > > This is true for an IMAP folder. But that's not what this thread is > about. For IMAP you can also enable 'E

Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-11 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 01:58 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 11:37:48AM EST, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I recently updated Sid, and found that Ctrl-Alt-Fx does not work > > anymore. Video mode switching is also out, but I can kill the server > > with Ctrl-Alt-Bsp (thou

Re: Mactel questions...

2007-02-11 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, the svn is updated, and you should have a look into the archive list. Otherwise, it sounds to me that your question are very machine specific. You may specify the computer you have in mind. Jerome Ananda Samaddar wrote: Yes I have it's ok but hasn't been updated for a while. I was h

Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-11 Thread cga2000
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 11:37:48AM EST, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > Hi, > > I recently updated Sid, and found that Ctrl-Alt-Fx does not work > anymore. Video mode switching is also out, but I can kill the server > with Ctrl-Alt-Bsp (though the normal shutdown works fine). This happens > with Fluxbo

Re: How do I find what debian package ships a given program?

2007-02-11 Thread cga2000
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 10:57:07PM EST, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 10:53:36PM +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote: > > Hello. > > > > Olafur Jens Sigurdsson, 11.02.2007 22:48: > > > Þann 2007-02-11, 16:40:55 (-0500) skrifaði cga2000: > > >> Is there a debian utility that returns the name

Re: Mactel questions...

2007-02-11 Thread Ananda Samaddar
Yes I have it's ok but hasn't been updated for a while. I was hoping to bump into someone who's actually got GNU/Linux up an running on a Mactel. regards, Ananda On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:59:54 +0800 Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > have you visit www.mactel-linux.org ? >

Re: Mactel questions...

2007-02-11 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, have you visit www.mactel-linux.org ? Jerome Ananda Samaddar wrote: Hello everyone, this was originally posted on the Debian forums but I thought I'd give the user list a try as well. I'm thinking of getting an Intel based IMac and the only information I could find on the 'net was ab

Re: mysql server won't start,

2007-02-11 Thread Andy Smith
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:51:35AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > On Sunday 11 February 2007 02:12, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > Hi, > > > > quoting from your my.cnf > > > > # WARNING: Using expire_logs_days without bin_log crashes the server! See > > README.Debian! > > expire_logs_days= 10 > >

Re: Very disturbing feature in icedove

2007-02-11 Thread Steve Lamb
Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 02:30:33PM +, Virgo Pärna wrote: > I think I'll side with the people who think this obscure use of the word > "compact" is a bug in IceDove (and just continue using mutt). You mean the people who are oblivious to the fact that compact, as you

Re: Easier to Read Fonts

2007-02-11 Thread cga2000
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 11:04:32PM EST, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 22:52 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > Is fontconfig-config new with etch or sid? > > > > I cannot find this package in sarge. > > It is in Etch and Sid. Just install fontconfig if in Sarge. It is part > of the separa

Mactel questions...

2007-02-11 Thread Ananda Samaddar
Hello everyone, this was originally posted on the Debian forums but I thought I'd give the user list a try as well. I'm thinking of getting an Intel based IMac and the only information I could find on the 'net was about six months out of date so I thought I'd post a topic here. I've got a lot o

Re: Using GUI

2007-02-11 Thread Kelly
I do apologize Doug, When I sent the emails I kept getting this in return: This disposition report relates to a message you sent with the following header fields: Messag

Re: Using GUI

2007-02-11 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:50:21PM -0600, Kelly wrote: Why are we getting three identical posts from the same person Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To me its a suspicious email address. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: Introduction

2007-02-11 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:58:59 -0500 "Leonid Grinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I know that I am entering this discussion somewhat late, but I wanted > to provide my two cents. [snip] > I started off with Debian. It was a great system, but it had some > problems, especially on lap

Re: Using graphical environment

2007-02-11 Thread Kent West
Michael Pobega wrote: > Sarge is a bit old for most hardware today, so depending upon your > errors it may just be the simple fact that Sarge doesn't support your > hardware. I'd give Etch a try before anything else > You can download a copy of the Etch NetInstall > Gulp!! Reinstall?!! No need

Re: Using graphical environment

2007-02-11 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:30:35PM -0600, Kelly wrote: > Hello, > > I am having trouble getting a new install of Debian 3.1 r4 and it boots > to the command line prompt. I want it to have a graphical interface. > As is it is useless to me. Could someone point me in a direction of a > tutoria

Re: Using graphical environment

2007-02-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/07 22:37, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/11/07 22:25, Kelly wrote: >> I have xfree86 installed to my knowledge. It was installed by default. >> When I type startx it spits out a laundry list of errors. > > And you still haven't given us the firs

Re: bugzilla: can not log on to default web site

2007-02-11 Thread Jorge Gonzalez
remplaze: 'urlbase' => './cgi-bin/bugzilla/', for 'urlbase' => '/cgi-bin/bugzilla/', in this files /etc/bugzilla/params /usr/share/bugzilla/debian/params.new -- JAG jag2kn (at) gmail.com Cel: 301 217 78 60 Linux Counter 345082 Bogotá -Colombia- Sur América

Re: Using graphical environment

2007-02-11 Thread Michael Pobega
Kelly wrote: > I have xfree86 installed to my knowledge. It was installed by default. When I type startx it spits out a laundry list of errors. > > Kelly > > Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/11/07 21:49, Kelly wrote: > > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I am having trouble getting a new install of Debian 3.1 r

Re: Using graphical environment

2007-02-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/07 22:25, Kelly wrote: > I have xfree86 installed to my knowledge. It was installed by default. > When I type startx it spits out a laundry list of errors. And you still haven't given us the first hint as to what errors you are getting. Ru

Re: Using GUI

2007-02-11 Thread Kent West
Kelly wrote: > Hello, > > I am having trouble getting a new install of Debian 3.1 r4 and it boots > to the command line prompt. I want it to have a graphical interface. > As is it is useless to me. Could someone point me in a direction of a > tutorial on how to install with GUI or how to get a ne

Re: Apt source file for etch.

2007-02-11 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:03:40 +0100 Gilles Mocellin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le vendredi 9 février 2007 21:07, cga2000 a écrit : > > Could someone direct me to an /etc/apt/sources.list file that works for > > "etch" or explain how I should go about creating one. This is normally > > taken care

Re: Using graphical environment

2007-02-11 Thread Kelly
I have xfree86 installed to my knowledge. It was installed by default. When I type startx it spits out a laundry list of errors. Kelly Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/07 21:49, Kelly wrote: Hello, I am having trouble getting a new install of De

Re: KDE peculiarities and questions

2007-02-11 Thread Kent West
Ken Heard wrote: > I have KDE installed on all three of the boxes my spouse and I use. The > box with Sarge installed, a P4 desktop, uses KDE 3.3.?; whereas the > other two, one a P3 desktop and the other a P2 Tecra 8000 Toshiba > laptop, have Etch, which uses KDE 3.5.5. The latter has some nice

Re: Using graphical environment

2007-02-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/07 21:49, Kelly wrote: > Hello, > > I am having trouble getting a new install of Debian 3.1 r4 and it boots > to the command line prompt. I want it to have a graphical interface. > As is it is useless to me. Could someone point me in a dire

Re: Easier to Read Fonts

2007-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 22:52 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:58:40PM EST, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > > Now you need install fontconfig and turn on Native hinting. > > > > apt-get install fontconfig fontconfig-config > > > > When asked question answer

Re: How do I find what debian package ships a given program?

2007-02-11 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 10:53:36PM +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote: > Hello. > > Olafur Jens Sigurdsson, 11.02.2007 22:48: > > Þann 2007-02-11, 16:40:55 (-0500) skrifaði cga2000: > >> Is there a debian utility that returns the name of a package that ships > >> a given program..? > >> > >> ie. - You'r

Re: Easier to Read Fonts

2007-02-11 Thread cga2000
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:58:40PM EST, Greg Folkert wrote: > Now you need install fontconfig and turn on Native hinting. > > apt-get install fontconfig fontconfig-config > > When asked question answer this way: > > Select: Native > Select: Automatic > Select: yes > > And t

Using GUI

2007-02-11 Thread Kelly
Hello, I am having trouble getting a new install of Debian 3.1 r4 and it boots to the command line prompt. I want it to have a graphical interface. As is it is useless to me. Could someone point me in a direction of a tutorial on how to install with GUI or how to get a new install to boot to GU

Using graphical environment

2007-02-11 Thread Kelly
Hello, I am having trouble getting a new install of Debian 3.1 r4 and it boots to the command line prompt. I want it to have a graphical interface. As is it is useless to me. Could someone point me in a direction of a tutorial on how to install with GUI or how to get a new install to boot to GU

Using graphical environment

2007-02-11 Thread Kelly
Hello, I am having trouble getting a new install of Debian 3.1 r4 and it boots to the command line prompt. I want it to have a graphical interface. As is it is useless to me. Could someone point me in a direction of a tutorial on how to install with GUI or how to get a new install to boot

Re: Mounted Partitions not in Places/on Desktop

2007-02-11 Thread Michael M.
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 23:26 +0100, Jörg Großhans wrote: > Olafur Jens Sigurdsson schrieb: > > Þann 2007-02-11, 22:30:18 (+0100) skrifaði Jörg Großhans: > > > >> I've installed Etch yesterday and added some paritions to fstab. The > >> partitions are mounted on boot, but they don't appear in the

Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)

2007-02-11 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 04:38:47AM +0100, Marcus Blumhagen wrote: > > But if one never used VI(M) it can be hard to get you going, but the > more one uses it, the more the productivity increases. And I think > the upper limit of productivity is far beyond WYSIWYG, because you > need not check how

Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)

2007-02-11 Thread Marcus Blumhagen
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:44:08PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > [...] and my memory isn't what it used to be. I find myself having to > look back to ensure that I keep names consistent. Can't very well have > Kathy do something then have Karmen say later that she did it. It would > probably help

Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)

2007-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:22 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/11/07 19:48, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:16 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > >> Andrei Popescu wrote: > >>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:41:55 +0200 > >>> Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > The document was the "

Re: [Fwd: Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)]

2007-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:19 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/11/07 20:08, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > How about a simple wiki-type product. Change tracking and the whole > > sh-bang. It is the whole reason Wikis were created. If not a wiki, a > > A wiki for long, complex and/or important documen

Re: KDE peculiarities and questions

2007-02-11 Thread Ben Breslauer
Ken Heard wrote: 1. On the P3 desktop only, the panel displays the taskbar three times. Once is surely enough. I tried to fix it by purging KDE and reinstalling it, to no avail. Any ideas on what I can do to remove this redundancy? Right-click on the panel, move your mouse over "Remove

Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)

2007-02-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/07 19:48, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:16 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: >> Andrei Popescu wrote: >>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:41:55 +0200 >>> Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > The document was the "production" schedulin

Re: Easier to Read Fonts

2007-02-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/07 20:27, Winston Smith wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 01:11:55PM -0500, Winston Smith wrote: [snip] > Still, doing head on comparisons like I described above with the same > nominal fonts, I notice a difference. It's most pronounced with bo

Re: program to build .debs from compiled source code?

2007-02-11 Thread Stephen Cormier
On February 11, 2007 09:09:13 pm Bruno Buys wrote: > I'm looking for checkinstall (was using it under sarge) at etch for > amd64, but it seems to be absent. Which program can I use to build debs > > >from compiled programs? According to apt-cache it is only in unstable here on my mixed testing/un

Re: [Fwd: Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)]

2007-02-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/07 20:08, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 19:29 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 02/11/07 18:41, Greg Folkert wrote: >>> On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 15:39 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:

Re: Introduction

2007-02-11 Thread Leonid Grinberg
Hi all, I know that I am entering this discussion somewhat late, but I wanted to provide my two cents. In my house there is currently: -4 Debian Etch servers -An Ubuntu Dapper desktop -An Ubuntu Edgy laptop -A Windows desktop -An MS-DOS web server (yes, you read that right!) We can ignore the l

Re: Easier to Read Fonts

2007-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:27 -0500, Winston Smith wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 01:11:55PM -0500, Winston Smith wrote: > > To my chagrin, web pages are actually easier to read indirectly from > > my wife's Windows machine (when I connect to it by VNC from my Debian > > box) than directly on my De

Re: Easier to Read Fonts

2007-02-11 Thread Winston Smith
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 01:11:55PM -0500, Winston Smith wrote: > To my chagrin, web pages are actually easier to read indirectly from > my wife's Windows machine (when I connect to it by VNC from my Debian > box) than directly on my Debian box. Her Firefox uses Times New Roman, > which I believe is

Re: [Fwd: Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)]

2007-02-11 Thread Miles Fidelman
Russell L. Harris wrote: * Miles Fidelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070211 19:07]: There are lots of reasons to dislike Word - for example, the excreble HTML it generates when people insist on using it to prepare web pages - but for run-of-the-mill document preparation in a corporate setting, it

Re: problem installing Intel icc with gcc

2007-02-11 Thread Daniel Grimwood
Hi Michael, On Sunday 11 February 2007 20:45, michael wrote: > I can install Intel's icc compiler v9.0 on my unstable Debian system (ta > Daniel for make_deb) but when I try and compile I get the following > error. Any ideas on what I've done wrong? That version of icc isn't compatible with gcc

Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)

2007-02-11 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:44 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: ... > Actually, my work is plain fiction, and the only features I need are > basic editing, but the feature that I used the most was using headers to > mark places and using the outline view to quickly locate different > sections. I am getting

Re: [Fwd: Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)]

2007-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:14 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Greg Folkert wrote: > >> There are lots of reasons to dislike Word - for example, the excreble > >> HTML it generates when people insist on using it to prepare web pages - > >> but for run-of-the-mill document preparation in a corporate s

Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-11 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 19:57 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 08:37:48 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I recently updated Sid, and found that Ctrl-Alt-Fx does not work > > anymore. Video mode switching is also out, but I can kill the server > > with Ctrl-Alt-Bsp

Re: How do I find what debian package ships a given program?

2007-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 16:40 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > Is there a debian utility that returns the name of a package that ships > a given program..? > > ie. - You're looking for program "pgm" .. so you type "whichpkg pgm" > from the prompt and the whichpkg utility returns the name of the > package(s).

Re: [Debian-User] re: Network Install

2007-02-11 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 02:55:44PM -0700, Admin wrote: > I download a 128MB network installer iso so that I could use it to > download binariy and source files one at a time from over the internet. > Being new to Debian I tried to understand this process and came to > understand that all binary

Re: [Fwd: Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)]

2007-02-11 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Miles Fidelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070211 19:07]: > There are lots of reasons to dislike Word - for example, the excreble > HTML it generates when people insist on using it to prepare web pages - > but for run-of-the-mill document preparation in a corporate setting, > it's a pretty good tool.

Re: [Fwd: Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)]

2007-02-11 Thread Miles Fidelman
Greg Folkert wrote: There are lots of reasons to dislike Word - for example, the excreble HTML it generates when people insist on using it to prepare web pages - but for run-of-the-mill document preparation in a corporate setting, it's a pretty good tool. Practicality sometimes trumps religion

Re: [Fwd: Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)]

2007-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 19:29 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/11/07 18:41, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 15:39 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > >> Ron Johnson wrote: > >> > >>> What do you need in a WP? Academic features (formal ci

Re: [Fwd: Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)]

2007-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 20:03 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 15:39 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > > >> Just to add another voice. Some of us have to exchange documents with > >> people who use Word - particularly in work settings, and features lik

Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)

2007-02-11 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:44:08PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > > I thought I could use the net and find a publisher in the U.S. but > that's not how it works. Most publishers wont touch writers who don't > have an agent and agents wont touch writers that haven't published. > > Joe If you want to

Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)

2007-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:16 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:41:55 +0200 > > Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Actually I am a bigger fan of lyx, but that's a hard sell for office > >> fans. > >> > > > > lyx is good for big documen

Re: How do I find what debian package ships a given program?

2007-02-11 Thread Marcus Blumhagen
Just realized that dlocate also is not installed by default. Got a little confused since I was looking for another package in parallel. Regards -- Marcus Blumhagen "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage --

Re: X interface for ohphone

2007-02-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/07 19:13, Peter Easthope wrote: > Debian Users, > > The package description for ohphone mentions that > it supports X. Yet when started in xfce4 in etch > with "ohphone -nl &", no graphics appear . How > is the graphical interface invoked?

X interface for ohphone

2007-02-11 Thread Peter Easthope
Debian Users, The package description for ohphone mentions that it supports X. Yet when started in xfce4 in etch with "ohphone -nl &", no graphics appear . How is the graphical interface invoked? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Desktops.OpenDoc http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/ -- To UNS

Re: [Fwd: Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)]

2007-02-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/07 18:41, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 15:39 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> Ron Johnson wrote: >> >>> What do you need in a WP? Academic features (formal citations, >>> embedded graphics, TOC, index, etc), movie/theater format

Re: How do I find what debian package ships a given program?

2007-02-11 Thread Marcus Blumhagen
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 04:40:55PM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > Is there a debian utility that returns the name of a package that ships > a given program..? > > ie. - You're looking for program "pgm" .. so you type "whichpkg pgm" > from the prompt and the whichpkg utility returns the name of the > pack

program to build .debs from compiled source code?

2007-02-11 Thread Bruno Buys
I'm looking for checkinstall (was using it under sarge) at etch for amd64, but it seems to be absent. Which program can I use to build debs from compiled programs? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Fwd: Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)]

2007-02-11 Thread Miles Fidelman
Greg Folkert wrote: On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 15:39 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Just to add another voice. Some of us have to exchange documents with people who use Word - particularly in work settings, and features like change tracking, Change tracking in word is a horrible feature. I

Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)

2007-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 23:50 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: [...snip...] > Exactly. The policy for Ubuntu is 18 month support for normal versions, > 36 month for Dapper, which was released in June 2006. Normal releases 18 months for Desktop and Server For LTS releases: 36 months for Desktop 60 months

Re: A very simple documentation framework.

2007-02-11 Thread Cláudio E. Elicker
On Sunday 11 February 2007 09:11, cga2000 wrote: > So far my personal doc system amounts to a patchwork of notes and > cheat sheets in ascii files that I grep when I need to find some piece > of information or other. > > I would like to switch to something a little more ambitious where I > would be

Re: Sony AITi Tapedevice

2007-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 16:22 +0100, Stefan Weber wrote: > Hi, > > i have a SATA Sony AITi100 Tapedevice at a Sil3114 (Silicon > Image)Onboard Raid Controller. With each boat procedure the device is > recognized as Sony AITi100 with no device but there is a device in it. > My problem is i cant resp

Re: [Fwd: Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)]

2007-02-11 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 15:39 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > What do you need in a WP? Academic features (formal citations, > > embedded graphics, TOC, index, etc), movie/theater formating, > > something I haven't thought of? > > > > > Just to add another voice. Some o

Re: Inability to configure printer

2007-02-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/02/07 19:15), Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On 2/11/07, Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I tried today to add my only printer to CUPS from a P3 box running Etch. > >I first used CUPS's own installation wizard > >(http://localhost:631/admin). I answered all the questions about the > >print

Re: Inability to configure printer

2007-02-11 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:01:13 -0500 Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At this point I looked at the lppasswd help page > (http://localhost:631/help/man-lppasswd.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages&QUERY=). > It gave me information on how to create a user and password from the > command line. So I ran lppassw

Re: Inability to configure printer

2007-02-11 Thread Joey Hess
Ken Heard wrote: > I tried today to add my only printer to CUPS from a P3 box running Etch. > I first used CUPS's own installation wizard > (http://localhost:631/admin). I answered all the questions about the > printer faithfully. After providing the printer information I was asked > for a user n

Re: Inability to configure printer

2007-02-11 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On 2/11/07, Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I tried today to add my only printer to CUPS from a P3 box running Etch. I first used CUPS's own installation wizard (http://localhost:631/admin). I answered all the questions about the printer faithfully. After providing the printer information

Inability to configure printer

2007-02-11 Thread Ken Heard
I tried today to add my only printer to CUPS from a P3 box running Etch. I first used CUPS's own installation wizard (http://localhost:631/admin). I answered all the questions about the printer faithfully. After providing the printer information I was asked for a user name and password, which I p

RE: ip forwarding

2007-02-11 Thread Kevin Ross
> Hi everyone, I am having some problems either understanding ip forarding or configuring it? > > My set up is: > > XP1 - Debian/Server - XP2 > > XP1 IP = 10.251.134.20 > Debian/Server eth0 = 10.251.134.10 > Debian/Server eth1 = 172.16.0.50 > XP2 IP = 172.16.0.10 > > I want XP1 to be able t

Re: ip forwarding

2007-02-11 Thread Paul Cupis
Andrew Critchlow wrote: Do I have to do anything else to enable the Debian/Server to act as a simple router? Does either XP1 or XP2 know that they can find the other subnet by sending packets to the Debian machine? i.e. is the Debian machine set as the default gateway? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

RE: mplayer + usb-to-video

2007-02-11 Thread Kevin Ross
> Well I have a LCD Sanyo, model LCD-32XA2. The possible inputs are: > # Y-Cb-Cr > # Video (common video) > # S-Video > > I think that your above suggestion > (http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/9A60.html) is the best > solution for me. > > Thank you for your help, > Gusta

Re: ip forwarding

2007-02-11 Thread Wim De Smet
On 2/12/07, Andrew Critchlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone, I am having some problems either understanding ip forarding or configuring it? My set up is: XP1 - Debian/Server - XP2 XP1 IP = 10.251.134.20 Debian/Server eth0 = 10.251.134.10 Debian/Server eth1 = 172.16.0.50 XP2 IP =

Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)

2007-02-11 Thread Wim De Smet
On 2/11/07, Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I thought I could use the net and find a publisher in the U.S. but that's not how it works. Most publishers wont touch writers who don't have an agent and agents wont touch writers that haven't published. How bout putting it up on one of the sel

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

2007-02-11 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:22:04 +0100 Lorenzo Bettini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim Wescott wrote: > > Does anyone have any recommendations on a distro to use? I've got Etch > > on this machine, and I'm mostly happy with it. At this point I'd like > > to stick with something that has similar a

Re: mplayer + usb-to-video

2007-02-11 Thread gustavo halperin
Kevin Ross wrote: But I have one more question: So a converter from my connector to my TV-LCD with "VideoComponent Y-Cb-Cr" (see http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/vga-rgb-component.html#hd15rgb) is just connect the pins 1,6 and 2,7 and 3,8 to the terminals "Y-Cb-Cr" (see http://en.wikipedia.

Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)

2007-02-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/11/07 14:44, Joe Hart wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 02/11/07 14:03, Joe Hart wrote: >> >>> Hal Vaughan wrote: >>> >> [snip] [snip] > Actually, my work is plain fiction, and the onl

Re: USB2 Issues

2007-02-11 Thread Olafur Jens Sigurdsson
Þann 2007-02-11, 17:05:28 (-0500) skrifaði peter drew: > Hello, > > I'm having trouble getting my etch desktop to recognize a usb2 pci card. > > The card is a SYBA PCI USB 2.0 4+1 port controller card Model > SD-V2-5U, and it provides power to the device (mp3 player) I'm trying > to connect to,

ip forwarding

2007-02-11 Thread Andrew Critchlow
Hi everyone, I am having some problems either understanding ip forarding or configuring it? My set up is: XP1 - Debian/Server - XP2 XP1 IP = 10.251.134.20 Debian/Server eth0 = 10.251.134.10 Debian/Server eth1 = 172.16.0.50 XP2 IP = 172.16.0.10 I want XP1 to be able to ping XP2, so I enable

Re: Which USB WLAN adapter to get?

2007-02-11 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:44:39 -0600 Dustin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan H. wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'd like to get a WLAN USB dongle. Which brands/types/chipsets are well > > supported by Debian? Which packages should I install in order to get > > onto the network (preferentially command-line

Re: [Debian-User] re: Network Install

2007-02-11 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 05:50:46PM -0500, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: [huge snip] Sorry for not trimming. Finger slipped. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Debian-User] re: Network Install

2007-02-11 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 02:55:44PM -0700, Admin wrote: > I download a 128MB network installer iso so that I could use it to > download binariy and source files one at a time from over the internet. > Being new to Debian I tried to understand this process and came to > understand that all binary

Re: [Debian-User] re: Network Install

2007-02-11 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:35:25 -0600 "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Regarding binaries: The Debian archive typically includes both source > and binary for each package, but the network installer assumes that > you can do without the source until the base system is running.

Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)

2007-02-11 Thread Joe Hart
Michael Pobega wrote: Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 07:03:18AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: Yes, it works that way because Debian Testing is constantly being updated with packages. The latest release of Ubuntu is always a snapshot of Unstable a few months before they

KDE peculiarities and questions

2007-02-11 Thread Ken Heard
I have KDE installed on all three of the boxes my spouse and I use. The box with Sarge installed, a P4 desktop, uses KDE 3.3.?; whereas the other two, one a P3 desktop and the other a P2 Tecra 8000 Toshiba laptop, have Etch, which uses KDE 3.5.5. The latter has some nice new features, but I have

Re: removing sound-juicer

2007-02-11 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello John. John K Masters, 11.02.2007 23:23: > I have been running etch for a few weeks now and am very happy. > However, after trying a couple of CD ripping programs I decided to > stick with grip. On trying to remove sound-juicer apt informs me it > will also remove gnome-desktop-environment. ?

Re: [Debian-User] re: Network Install

2007-02-11 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070211 16:00]: > I download a 128MB network installer iso so that I could use it to ... > In other words, I need a Debian system up and running (which I don't > have at the present time) and even then the packaged binaries and > sources will be unpacked and placed in

Re: How do I find what debian package ships a given program?

2007-02-11 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 04:40:55PM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > Is there a debian utility that returns the name of a package that ships > a given program..? > > ie. - You're looking for program "pgm" .. so you type "whichpkg pgm" > from the prompt and the whichpkg utility returns the name of the > pack

Re: Mounted Partitions not in Places/on Desktop

2007-02-11 Thread Jörg Großhans
Olafur Jens Sigurdsson schrieb: Þann 2007-02-11, 22:30:18 (+0100) skrifaði Jörg Großhans: I've installed Etch yesterday and added some paritions to fstab. The partitions are mounted on boot, but they don't appear in the places-menu or on the desktop, only the root-partition appears in the pl

removing sound-juicer

2007-02-11 Thread John K Masters
I have been running etch for a few weeks now and am very happy. However, after trying a couple of CD ripping programs I decided to stick with grip. On trying to remove sound-juicer apt informs me it will also remove gnome-desktop-environment. Is this correct? If I have to keep sound-juicer the

USB2 Issues

2007-02-11 Thread peter drew
Hello, I'm having trouble getting my etch desktop to recognize a usb2 pci card. The card is a SYBA PCI USB 2.0 4+1 port controller card Model SD-V2-5U, and it provides power to the device (mp3 player) I'm trying to connect to, but nothing else. I added ehci_hcd to /etc/modules, but this doesn'

Re: [Debian-User] re: Network Install

2007-02-11 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:55:44 -0700 Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] The Debian archive is huge and it is not trivial to set-up. There is a method to use CD images as a pseudo-mirror, though I don't think this is the best way for you (see below). Check this: http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/in

Re: Mounted Partitions not in Places/on Desktop

2007-02-11 Thread Olafur Jens Sigurdsson
Þann 2007-02-11, 22:30:18 (+0100) skrifaði Jörg Großhans: > > I've installed Etch yesterday and added some paritions to fstab. The > partitions are mounted on boot, but they don't appear in the places-menu > or on the desktop, only the root-partition appears in the places-menu. > How can i add

[Debian-User] re: Network Install

2007-02-11 Thread Admin
I download a 128MB network installer iso so that I could use it to download binariy and source files one at a time from over the internet. Being new to Debian I tried to understand this process and came to understand that all binary files are considered to be a "package" sort of wrapped with d

Re: How do I find what debian package ships a given program?

2007-02-11 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello. Olafur Jens Sigurdsson, 11.02.2007 22:48: > Þann 2007-02-11, 16:40:55 (-0500) skrifaði cga2000: >> Is there a debian utility that returns the name of a package that ships >> a given program..? >> >> ie. - You're looking for program "pgm" .. so you type "whichpkg pgm" >> from the prompt and

Re: Mounted Partitions not in Places/on Desktop

2007-02-11 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 16:40 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > What is the "Places-menu" of which you speak? It's on the standard GNOME menu, it contains devices such as the cd-rom, remote shares, and bookmarked directories. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22 sign

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