Re: Reporting bugs about documentation (install Deb from another distro (Re: finding files from archives: where?

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 02:19:00PM +0800, Augustin wrote: > The other question, re. submitting bugs about the docs remain, if someone > knows the proper way to go about it: > > > 1) the documentation is clearly not precise enough. > Do I report this as a bug in the same way as I would any othe

Reporting bugs about documentation (install Deb from another distro (Re: finding files from archives: where?

2007-05-27 Thread Augustin
On Monday 28 May 2007 13:30, Felipe Sateler wrote: > > I am a would-be new debian user (using Mandriva now). > > > > I will try to install from the hard disk (can't burn cds). > > > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en > > You are reading the wrong section. You should be rea

Re: weirdest network problem - only native kde apps resolve hostname

2007-05-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Another update: problem seems to be solved by using the following patch (from http://maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2007-February/007902.html ): -- /etc/nsswitch.conf 2007-01-11 22:01:14.0 +0100 +++ /scratchbox/etc/nsswitch.conf 2007-01-25 12:20:06.0 +0100 @@ -8,7 +8,

Re: choosing a sound device.

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 10:15:03PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How is a sound device selected in Iceweasel > and in Xine? AFAIK iceweasel can be configured to use either esd or alsa. alsa probably means it will use the primary device and esd should be configurable. I think in xine you

Re: mutt question

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 09:57:43PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > set realname="Roberto C. Sanchez" > > set from="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > it is my experience that exim doesn't like that and will rewrite the > from address unless you set > > > local_sender_retain = true > trusted_users

Re: weirdest network problem - only native kde apps resolve hostname

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 08:02:47PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "cannot find server"). The only non-native app so far to succeed is > ping. Ping by ip or hostname? Do you have network-manager installed? Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

Re: finding files from archives: where?

2007-05-27 Thread Felipe Sateler
Augustin wrote: > > Hello, > > I am a would-be new debian user (using Mandriva now). > > I will try to install from the hard disk (can't burn cds). > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en You are reading the wrong section. You should be reading section D.3 "Installing De

choosing a sound device.

2007-05-27 Thread peasthope
A machine can have more than one sound device. A PCI sound card and a USB headset for example. Skype allows devices to be chosen in Tools > Options > Sound Devices. Nothing similar is evident in iceweasel > Edit > Preferences nor in xine > Audio. How is a sound device selected in Iceweasel an

Log in on machine with nn_NO.iso88591

2007-05-27 Thread Salve Håkedal
I run Etch and want to log in to an older box also running Etch, but with locale nn_NO.iso88591. To do that with xterm, I do: LANG=nn_NO xterm -e ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] & But in console I have no success doing for example: LANG=nn_NO bash unicode_stop ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] How to do that when

finding files from archives: where?

2007-05-27 Thread Augustin
Hello, I am a would-be new debian user (using Mandriva now). I will try to install from the hard disk (can't burn cds). http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en Above, they write: "" Copy the following files from the Debian archives to a convenient location on your hard driv

Thanks (Re: List of packages and version

2007-05-27 Thread Augustin
On Sunday 27 May 2007 21:30, Ron Johnson wrote: > > If I want to find out what version of a certain software ships with what > > version of debian, and whether some other software are packaged or not, > > where do I go? > > The main Debian web page has a Packages link on the left hand side. > > 3 c

Re: weirdest network problem - only native kde apps resolve hostname

2007-05-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Small update: completely disabling ipv6 (in /etc/modules.conf AND /etc/environment) allows iceweasel to work. Still no progress on apt and evolution, though. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mutt question

2007-05-27 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 11:40:29PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 11:16:49PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > What user modifiable variable holds a user's email address in mutt? That > > is the address once a message gets sent a reader will find on the from: > > line?

Re: Sound in Acer TravelMate 2301LM

2007-05-27 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Oscar Blanco wrote: > Hi there! > I have just installed Debian Lenny in an Acer TravelMate 2301LM, using KDE > 3.5.5. Everything looks fine, except for sound system, it does work but I > can't configure the volume, neither by software nor by pushing down > dedicated buttons (for this Laptop, Ctrl+

Re: Get Rid of Messed Print Jobs

2007-05-27 Thread André Berger
* Nyizsnyik Ferenc (2007-05-27): > On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:12:52 +0100 > Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David Baron wrote: > > > This is a problem we have all had, I think. Something goes wrong in > > > a print job, paper jam or whatever. Instead of the printout, one > > > will now get ra

Re: mutt question

2007-05-27 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 11:16:49PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > What user modifiable variable holds a user's email address in mutt? That > is the address once a message gets sent a reader will find on the from: > line? The x-sender field may need control too in my situation. The home > netwo

Re: wireless adapter recommendation

2007-05-27 Thread Wayne Topa
Default User([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: <> > Thanks to all for your replies. > > I am trying to set up a Netgear MA111 (v1) usb wireless adapter on a > desktop system, later to set up on a laptop if it works on the desktop > system. Sorry but I have to ask as you did no

weirdest network problem - only native kde apps resolve hostname

2007-05-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hey there! Since a few days, I have the WEIRDEST network problem: only /native/ KDE apps seem to be able to resolve hostnames (i.e., konqueror, kopete, etc.). Non-native apps such as iceweasel, evolution, even apt completely fail to resolve hostnames. (iceweasel does not even try seriously - typin

mutt question

2007-05-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
What user modifiable variable holds a user's email address in mutt? That is the address once a message gets sent a reader will find on the from: line? The x-sender field may need control too in my situation. The home network has got a hostname and domain on it that not only don't exist anywh

Re: Upgrade sarge

2007-05-27 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 10:46:22PM -0400, John Fleming wrote: > Inexperienced question - I'm running Sarge, with newer ClamAV from > volatile and newer SpamAssassin from backports. When I'm ready to > upgrade to Etch, I assume I don't need the backports and volatile > entries in sources.list? Wil

Upgrade sarge

2007-05-27 Thread John Fleming
Inexperienced question - I'm running Sarge, with newer ClamAV from volatile and newer SpamAssassin from backports. When I'm ready to upgrade to Etch, I assume I don't need the backports and volatile entries in sources.list? Will ClamAV and SA get upgraded as part of the upgrade to Etch, or is thi

Re: xterm fonts

2007-05-27 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/26/07, Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am 2007-05-23 05:19:31, schrieb Deboo ^: > On 5/22/07, Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Please note, that the FILE ~/.Xresources is deprecated in favour of > >the directory. ~/.Xresources/. > > You can load ~/.Xdefaults or ~/.X

Re: New and working Debian + WPA Howto online

2007-05-27 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 06:46:19PM -0700, Christoph Pilka wrote: > Hi folks, > > if anyone of you is looking for a working howto concerning Debian > (Etch) + WPA encrypted WLAN configuration, take a look at > http://blog.slashconcept.com/2007/05/25/wlan-mit-atheros-chipsatz-wpa-unter-debian-etch >

New and working Debian + WPA Howto online

2007-05-27 Thread Christoph Pilka
Hi folks, if anyone of you is looking for a working howto concerning Debian (Etch) + WPA encrypted WLAN configuration, take a look at http://blog.slashconcept.com/2007/05/25/wlan-mit-atheros-chipsatz-wpa-unter-debian-etch I am writing some clear and simple howto's covering day-to-day topics around

Re: libpam-umask and .pam_umask

2007-05-27 Thread David Jardine
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 03:30:33PM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > I'm trying to get a single user to default to a umask of 002, regardless > of login method (e.g. gdm or ssh) so that I don't have to update the > umask in a host of different places. So, I installed: > > libpam-umask/testing upt

Re: 'apt-get update' GPG error

2007-05-27 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 11:13:50AM +1200, alan bonard wrote: > Hi, when using 'apt-get update' I keep getting > > >Reading package lists... Done > >W: GPG error: http://www.mclean.net.nz stable Release: The following > >signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not > >available: NO

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-27 Thread Nigel Henry
On Monday 28 May 2007 00:24, Hugh Lawson wrote: > Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I mean we're not talking about big bucks here. It's just annoying when > > something stops working for no apparent reason. > > I may have missed an earlier post, but here goes anyway. > > I had the same pr

'apt-get update' GPG error

2007-05-27 Thread alan bonard
Hi, when using 'apt-get update' I keep getting Reading package lists... Done W: GPG error: http://www.mclean.net.nz stable Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 1AF1A20A4CC00851 W: GPG error: http://www.debian-multimedia.org etc

Re: libpam-umask and .pam_umask

2007-05-27 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
For the record, I also tried this: # /etc/passwd: umask set in GECOS foo:x:1020:1020:umask=002:/home/foo:/bin/bash # /etc/pam.d/common-session session requiredpam_unix.so session optionalpam_umask.so with exactly the same results, e.g. nothing useful. --

libpam-umask and .pam_umask

2007-05-27 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
I'm trying to get a single user to default to a umask of 002, regardless of login method (e.g. gdm or ssh) so that I don't have to update the umask in a host of different places. So, I installed: libpam-umask/testing uptodate 0.04 and placed a .pam_umask in the user's directory. It's not clea

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-27 Thread Hugh Lawson
Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I mean we're not talking about big bucks here. It's just annoying when > something stops working for no apparent reason. I may have missed an earlier post, but here goes anyway. I had the same problem a few days ago. I opened up the computer and presse

Re: disk temp monitoring

2007-05-27 Thread pol
Linas Žvirblis wrote: > * Post output of "uname -a" (kernel info). > * Post output of "cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep model" (CPU model). > * Post output of "cat /proc/acpi/processor/*/*" (CPU info). > * Post output of "acpi -t" (current temperatures). > * Post output of "cat /proc/acpi/fan/*/state" (fa

Re: wireless adapter recommendation

2007-05-27 Thread Default User
On Sun, 2007-05-27 at 10:55 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > Default User wrote: > > Would anyone please recommend a suitable wireless adapter for these > > conditons: > [...] > > 3) Should work "out of the box", with out having to try to learn how to > > recompile the kernel or insert modules or ndiswr

Re: PPPoE protection

2007-05-27 Thread H.S.
ccostin wrote: Hello What are the best combination of values for lcp-echo-interval, lcp-echo-failure, lcp-restart, lcp-max-terminate or other parameters, to protect a PPPoE link against ARP requests floods or UDP floods (generated by M$ SQL worms) wich cause PPPoE interface (ppp0) or pppd daemo

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-27 Thread Nigel Henry
On Sunday 27 May 2007 22:28, Wayne Topa wrote: > Nigel Henry([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > On Sunday 27 May 2007 19:21, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > > > On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:39:54 +0200 > > > > > > Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on thi

Re: Wrapping workspace-switcher

2007-05-27 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:14:08 +0100 John K Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I get the workspace switcher to wrap from workspace 6 to 1 > when I do Ctl-Alt-Right? I noticed XFCE does this by default but I > use Gnome and have not found a way to do this. As others have pointed out, the GN

Re: XFS Filesystem problem

2007-05-27 Thread George N. White III
On Wed, 23 May 2007, Andreas Grabner wrote: Am Dienstag, den 22.05.2007, 22:23 -0400 schrieb Greg Folkert: On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 23:39 +, George N. White III wrote: On Tue, 22 May 2007, Greg Folkert wrote: can anybody explain the following to me? It happens in full production use. Should

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-27 Thread Wayne Topa
Nigel Henry([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Sunday 27 May 2007 19:21, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > > On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:39:54 +0200 > > > > Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently > > > appeared to be workin

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2007 #1649

2007-05-27 Thread John Hasler
David Baron writes: > Next time I will try the fuser -k /dev/lp0 (probably run as root). Try lprm. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Good video card?

2007-05-27 Thread Jacob S
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 27 May 2007 06:19:12 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/27/07 00:58, David Fox wrote: > [snip] > > Fortunately, a friend gave me an Nvidia Gforce FX5200, has 128 megs > > o

Re: OT: Petition: StarCraft 2 for Linux

2007-05-27 Thread Nelson Castillo
On 5/23/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (cut) Explain to me... what BIG games are there for Linux ... NOT Wine enabled. How many sales will that take a away from Blizzard... the WoW has shown people will use Windows to play it period. Why shoudl it change and cater to 5% that will cau

Re: OT: Petition: StarCraft 2 for Linux

2007-05-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/27/07 12:17, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: On Tuesday 22 May 2007 14:35:30 Ron Johnson wrote: On 05/22/07 15:27, Andrei Popescu wrote: At least it's related to Linux :) To make it short here is the link: http://www.petitiononline.com/ibpfl/petition.html If you liked StarCraft (and/or other

Re: how can i make my package better ?

2007-05-27 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 08:35:29PM +0300, Jabka Atu wrote: > i started to use mentors.debian.net so : > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/contrib/k/klthemes/ > > btw how can i use diff files for that (i prefer to upload 10k instead of 18 > Mb) ? Don't make your package a native package. If i

Sound in Acer TravelMate 2301LM

2007-05-27 Thread Oscar Blanco
Hi there! I have just installed Debian Lenny in an Acer TravelMate 2301LM, using KDE 3.5.5. Everything looks fine, except for sound system, it does work but I can't configure the volume, neither by software nor by pushing down dedicated buttons (for this Laptop, Ctrl+"UP or DOWN arrow"). I have tr

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2007 #1649

2007-05-27 Thread David Baron
On Sunday 27 May 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This is a problem we have all had, I think. Something goes wrong in a > > print job, paper jam or whatever. Instead of the printout, one will now > > get raw data numbers and stuff. So one turns off the printer and removes > > the job from the que

Re: Wrapping workspace-switcher

2007-05-27 Thread John K Masters
On 20:37 Sun 27 May , Mathias Brodala wrote: > Hi John. > > John K Masters, 27.05.2007 20:14: > > How do I get the workspace switcher to wrap from workspace 6 to 1 when I > > do Ctl-Alt-Right? I noticed XFCE does this by default but I use Gnome > > and have not found a way to do this. > > GNO

Re: nvidia dies hard after upgrade Sarge-Etch

2007-05-27 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Le dimanche 27 mai 2007 06:34, Uwe Heinz Rudi Dippel a écrit : > Wackojacko wrote: > > I would purge the non legacy nvidia packages (marked rc) and then try to > > upgrade the nvidia-glx-legacy package as the version is slightly > > different to the module package (-3 versus +6). > > Makes a lot of

Re: Wrapping workspace-switcher

2007-05-27 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi John. John K Masters, 27.05.2007 20:14: > How do I get the workspace switcher to wrap from workspace 6 to 1 when I > do Ctl-Alt-Right? I noticed XFCE does this by default but I use Gnome > and have not found a way to do this. GNOME does not support something like this. You might want to try br

Re: Still: "AIGLX: Screen 0 not dri capable"

2007-05-27 Thread Mumia W..
On 05/27/2007 09:28 AM, Georg Heinrich wrote: Mumia W.. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on Sat, 26 May 2007 23:15:29 -0500: On 05/26/2007 04:07 PM, Georg Heinrich wrote: Mumia W.. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on Sat, 26 May 2007 13:17:45 -0500: Start reconfiguring xorg: "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-27 Thread Nigel Henry
On Sunday 27 May 2007 19:21, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:39:54 +0200 > > Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently > > appeared to be working ok. Now I'm getting a "No Media Found" when > > trying to mount a d

Wrapping workspace-switcher

2007-05-27 Thread John K Masters
How do I get the workspace switcher to wrap from workspace 6 to 1 when I do Ctl-Alt-Right? I noticed XFCE does this by default but I use Gnome and have not found a way to do this. Regards, John -- War is God's way of teaching Americans geography Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: obsolete packages

2007-05-27 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 07:54:15AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I'm running Sid. What's the way to find out what packages are obsolete and what they should be replaced with? Your question is pretty vague. What do you mean by obsolete? AFAIK if you remove etch and

Re: usb hard disk / ext3 partition - permissions change automatically(!) from read-write to read-only

2007-05-27 Thread Don Hayward
by Ilias Paraponiaris May 26, 2007; 07:14pm I would appreciate any help to the following issue: My system is debian-testing (not stable=etch). I use linux exclusivelly only for 3 months and I have no programming background, so I am rather newbe than expert. I have an external usb hard disk Se

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-27 Thread Nigel Henry
On Sunday 27 May 2007 18:43, Joe Hart wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Nigel Henry wrote: > > I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently > > appeared to be working ok. Now I'm getting a "No Media Found" when trying > > to mount a data CD. When I

Re: Re: importing an address book to Icedove

2007-05-27 Thread Peter Easthope
Roland & others Roland wrote, r> in the following I assume that Icedove is Thunderbird ... Icedove is the newer name. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceweasel and specifically the Debian paragraph near the end of the article. r> no, default order of fields seams to be: * ,, , , r> Afte

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-27 Thread Nigel Henry
On Sunday 27 May 2007 18:54, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 04:39:54PM +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > > The drive is detected in the BIOS as master on IDE1, which is correct, > > and dmesg shows that it's there on IRQ15, and KDE's info lists a load of > > different stuff about the dri

Re: Good video card?

2007-05-27 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/27/07 00:58, David Fox wrote: [snip] Fortunately, a friend gave me an Nvidia Gforce FX5200, has 128 megs of RAM. This one is decidedly better for the 3D applications (beryl *almost* works). Although it's not state of the art

Re: Tomcat installation blues

2007-05-27 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sun, 27 May 2007 11:53:31 +0200 "Joachim Smit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK > > I installed mod_jk.so and JDK now. Thanks! > > But now a JSP-file in /var/www is not recognized as a JSP-file. My > browser shows me the plain java-code. > > What is the next step? > > Regards, > > Joachim >

Re: how can i make my package better ?

2007-05-27 Thread Jabka Atu
i started to use mentors.debian.net so : http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/contrib/k/klthemes/ btw how can i use diff files for that (i prefer to upload 10k instead of 18 Mb) ?

Re: obsolete packages

2007-05-27 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:02:25 +0300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 07:54:15AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm running Sid. > > What's the way to find out what packages are obsolete and what they > > should be replaced with? > > Your question

Re: List of packages and version

2007-05-27 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 09:31:12PM +0800, Augustin wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to be a new debian user. > I have been browsing the debian.org site, but I couldn't find anywhere where > I > could find a list of packages + their versions for each Debian release > (stable, test, unstable). >

Re: Get Rid of Messed Print Jobs

2007-05-27 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:12:52 +0100 Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Baron wrote: > > This is a problem we have all had, I think. Something goes wrong in > > a print job, paper jam or whatever. Instead of the printout, one > > will now get raw data numbers and stuff. So one turns off t

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-27 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:39:54 +0200 Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently > appeared to be working ok. Now I'm getting a "No Media Found" when > trying to mount a data CD. When I first noticed this, I tried an > audio cd, and th

Re: OT: Petition: StarCraft 2 for Linux

2007-05-27 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
On Tuesday 22 May 2007 14:35:30 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/22/07 15:27, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > At least it's related to Linux :) > > > > To make it short here is the link: > > http://www.petitiononline.com/ibpfl/petition.html > > > > If you liked StarCraft (and/or other Blizzard games) then plea

Re: Get Rid of Messed Print Jobs

2007-05-27 Thread Chris Lale
David Baron wrote: > This is a problem we have all had, I think. Something goes wrong in a print > job, paper jam or whatever. Instead of the printout, one will now get raw > data numbers and stuff. So one turns off the printer and removes the job from > the queue. Problem is that as soon as the

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 04:39:54PM +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > The drive is detected in the BIOS as master on IDE1, which is correct, and > dmesg shows that it's there on IRQ15, and KDE's info lists a load of > different stuff about the drive. Is there anything interesting in dmesg after you t

Re: deranged mouse behaviour with ibm thinkpad t31

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 07:10:32PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > I don't think it's replacable, how do I disable clicking with the trackpoint? xorg.conf? > I read somewhere recently that I may be using the wrong driver and I need to > change ImPS/2 -> PS/2 but it's my dad's laptop so I wasn't ar

Re: Update

2007-05-27 Thread bacasoft
On May 25, 9:30 am, Altair IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Update: Removing the icedove package with the --purge option and > reinstalling it (2.0.0.0-3) appears to fix everything. It looks like there's > no need to downgrade. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-27 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nigel Henry wrote: > I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently appeared > to be working ok. Now I'm getting a "No Media Found" when trying to mount a > data CD. When I first noticed this, I tried an audio cd, and that played

Re: Mike Capture not working in Debian Testing/Creative Live Soundblaster

2007-05-27 Thread Chris Lale
David Dawson wrote: [...] > I just finished playing around with Alsamixer again and lo-and-behold the > capture is working. Just had to activate the AC97 capture maybe. I dunno. > I'm shaking my head {:) > Thanks for your interest, Chris. My pleasure, Dave. It seems that "IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA

Re: deranged mouse behaviour with ibm thinkpad t31

2007-05-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:51:53 +0300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 02:29:46AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > > I am installing linux on a thinkpad t31. Most things work, but I think that > > the mouse is setup wrong since after playing with the mouse (it's the red

Re: obsolete packages

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 07:54:15AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Sid. > What's the way to find out what packages are obsolete and what they > should be replaced with? Your question is pretty vague. What do you mean by obsolete? AFAIK if you remove etch and lenny from sourc

Re: deranged mouse behaviour with ibm thinkpad t31

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 02:29:46AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > I am installing linux on a thinkpad t31. Most things work, but I think that > the > mouse is setup wrong since after playing with the mouse (it's the red point in > the middle of the keyboard, not sure what it's called) for a few seco

Re: List of packages and version

2007-05-27 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Augustin wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to be a new debian user. Cool! Welcome to Debian. > I have been browsing the debian.org site, but I couldn't find anywhere > where I could find a list of packages + their versions for each Debian > release (stable, test, unstable). > > If I want to fin

Re: bash script error

2007-05-27 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 23.05.07 10:27, Alex Samad wrote: > is it because you shell is running bash and in the script it says sh > otry changing /bin/sh to /bin/bash better simply change [[ ]] to [ ], since [[ ]] are bash builtins. See man test for more informations on what arguments you can use with [ ], but you sure

Re: importing an address book to Icedove

2007-05-27 Thread Roland Müller
Hello, in the following I assume that Icedove is Thunderbird ... > Hello Debian Users, > > I have an address book from an old Windows > system to import into Icedove. > > Currently there is a text file on the target > system containing lines in this syntax. > > ,,, > no, default order of f

Re: Install which Linux? (or avoiding dirty birds)

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 12:10:28PM -0500, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: > >The quoting > >style of this (your) message was, well, different to say the least. > >Ah, it was hand-cobbled. I composed it in a well-known Word > Processor (We won't say which one!) and then pasted it into > Thunderb

importing an address book to Icedove

2007-05-27 Thread peasthope
Hello Debian Users, I have an address book from an old Windows system to import into Icedove. Currently there is a text file on the target system containing lines in this syntax. ,,, Example. John,Doe,John Doe,[EMAIL PROTECTED] Larry,Doe,Larry Doe,[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... The names are i

CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-27 Thread Nigel Henry
I've got a Sony CD-RW CRX230E on this machine, which until recently appeared to be working ok. Now I'm getting a "No Media Found" when trying to mount a data CD. When I first noticed this, I tried an audio cd, and that played ok, but now I find that the cdplayer just says "no disc". Neither can

Re(2): Still: "AIGLX: Screen 0 not dri capable"

2007-05-27 Thread Georg Heinrich
Mumia W.. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on Sat, 26 May 2007 23:15:29 -0500: >On 05/26/2007 04:07 PM, Georg Heinrich wrote: >> Mumia W.. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on Sat, 26 >> May 2007 13:17:45 -0500: >> >>> Start reconfiguring xorg: "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" >>> >>> Then select the VESA driver

Re(2): Still: "AIGLX: Screen 0 not dri capable"

2007-05-27 Thread Georg Heinrich
Florian Reitmeir ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on Sun, 27 May 2007 01:23:57 +0200: >please post the output from: > >uname -a Linux gh-mob-lx 2.6.18-4-powerpc #1 Mon Mar 26 09:11:14 CEST 2007 ppc GNU/Linux >lspci Is attached (lspci.out) >and your Xorg.0.log Is attached, too. Thanks. G. Heinri

Re: List of packages and version

2007-05-27 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 08:30:01AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/27/07 08:31, Augustin wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I would like to be a new debian user. > > I have been browsing the debian.org site, but I couldn't find anywhere > > where I >

Re: regexp for "anything except the combination .} "

2007-05-27 Thread Michael Marsh
On 5/27/07, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am trying to write a regular expression which searches for the following string: \footnote{x.} where is any character, including newline. I wish to capture the entire string in a match variable. Thus far, I have written:

Re: Tomcat installation blues

2007-05-27 Thread Marko Randjelovic
Joachim Smit wrote: > OK > > I installed mod_jk.so and JDK now. Thanks! > > But now a JSP-file in /var/www is not recognized as a JSP-file. My > browser shows me the plain java-code. > > What is the next step? > > Regards, > > Joachim > > You said in your first post you could not install jr

Re: List of packages and version

2007-05-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/27/07 08:31, Augustin wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to be a new debian user. > I have been browsing the debian.org site, but I couldn't find anywhere where > I > could find a list of packages + their versions for each Debian release > (sta

List of packages and version

2007-05-27 Thread Augustin
Hello, I would like to be a new debian user. I have been browsing the debian.org site, but I couldn't find anywhere where I could find a list of packages + their versions for each Debian release (stable, test, unstable). If I want to find out what version of a certain software ships with what

Re: Tomcat installation blues

2007-05-27 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 11:53:31AM +0200, Joachim Smit wrote: > OK > > I installed mod_jk.so and JDK now. Thanks! > > But now a JSP-file in /var/www is not recognized as a JSP-file. My > browser shows me the plain java-code. > > What is the next step? > Have you read the documentation in /usr/

Why konqueror cannot connect to web ?

2007-05-27 Thread Bruno Costacurta
Hello, my network setups are fine as other browsers work fine (iceweasel..etc..) but all connection by konqueror to the web are refused. How to setup it ? (...) An error occurred while loading http://www.linux.org: Could not connect to host http://www.linux.org/. (...) Thanks. Bye, Bruno -- T

PPPoE protection

2007-05-27 Thread ccostin
Hello What are the best combination of values for lcp-echo-interval, lcp-echo-failure, lcp-restart, lcp-max-terminate or other parameters, to protect a PPPoE link against ARP requests floods or UDP floods (generated by M$ SQL worms) wich cause PPPoE interface (ppp0) or pppd daemon to crash frequ

Re: [OT] Re: installing tutos2

2007-05-27 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 10:12:33AM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 06:07:32PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > > > Log in to postgres and execute this: > > > > > > > > SELECT * FROM pg_user; > > > > > > > > Paste the results. > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su > > > Pas

Re: wireless adapter recommendation

2007-05-27 Thread Hugh Lawson
Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Default User wrote: > > Would anyone please recommend a suitable wireless adapter for these > > conditons: > [...] > > 3) Should work "out of the box", with out having to try to learn how to > > recompile the kernel or insert modules or ndiswrapper, etc.

Re: how can i make my package better ?

2007-05-27 Thread Jabka Atu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sorry for the long replay. i have uploaded it to scex.sf.net under klthemes. direct download : https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=181653&package_id=232735&release_id=511540 Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote: > Jabka Atu escribió: [

Re: XEmacs - how to automate mark-search-cut

2007-05-27 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-27, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The code runs in Emacs. If I comment out the line > "(transient-mark-mode -1)", it also runs in XEmacs. But in both > cases, it aborts with an "unbalanced parenthesis" error after finding > about ten footnotes (about 25 percent of

Re: Good video card?

2007-05-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/27/07 00:58, David Fox wrote: [snip] > Fortunately, a friend gave me an Nvidia Gforce FX5200, has 128 megs of > RAM. This one is decidedly better for the 3D applications (beryl > *almost* works). Although it's not state of the art (I was reviewin

Re: nvidia dies hard after upgrade Sarge-Etch

2007-05-27 Thread Uwe Heinz Rudi Dippel
Wackojacko wrote: > > I would purge the non legacy nvidia packages (marked rc) and then try to > upgrade the nvidia-glx-legacy package as the version is slightly > different to the module package (-3 versus +6). Makes a lot of sense. I cleaned out everything, until 'dpkg -l' did show no more '

regexp for "anything except the combination .} "

2007-05-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
I am trying to write a regular expression which searches for the following string: \footnote{x.} where is any character, including newline. I wish to capture the entire string in a match variable. Thus far, I have written: /(\\footnote(.*([^\.][^}]))/s in which I intended the

Re: wireless adapter recommendation

2007-05-27 Thread Chris Lale
Default User wrote: > Would anyone please recommend a suitable wireless adapter for these > conditons: [...] > 3) Should work "out of the box", with out having to try to learn how to > recompile the kernel or insert modules or ndiswrapper, etc. It's so simple these days [1]. Eg to install the Ra

Re: Tomcat installation blues

2007-05-27 Thread Joachim Smit
OK I installed mod_jk.so and JDK now. Thanks! But now a JSP-file in /var/www is not recognized as a JSP-file. My browser shows me the plain java-code. What is the next step? Regards, Joachim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Display of Notification Area icon in Gnome

2007-05-27 Thread andy
Dear all I am using Gnome 2.14.3 (Build date 15/02/07) on Debian Lenny/Sid (i.e. "Testing"). I have a question regarding the malformation of the Notification Area vertical bar icon (on my screen, to the left of icons in the "system tray" area. Has anyone else experienced this, and any ideas

Re: Remove gnome-games

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 06:40:56PM +, Manon Metten wrote: > I'll give it a try. If it doesn't work, I can always reinstall > gnome-desktop-environment (I guess). aptitude might want to remove all (most?) gnome packages. Before you apply the changes (g) just go through the list and mark manu

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