Re: sony ericsson w550i for internet connection

2009-02-19 Thread Johann Spies
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:11:29AM +0530, jagdev singh wrote: > > i am using sony ericsson w550i mobile . i want to use it for internet on > debian > 4.03r . please tell me the method for doing it. I recently found this howto: http://p97.blogspot.com/2009/01/linux-bluetooth-gprs-and-internet.htm

Re: Upgrade procedure: etch -> lenny

2009-02-19 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi Chris, I plan to upgrade to lenny over the weekend: Take a look at http://www.ducea.com/2008/12/08/howto-upgrade-from-debian-etch-to-lenny/ It worked for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listm

Re: How can i install Debian via hard disk

2009-02-19 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 19 February 2009 22:12:42 Qzi wrote: > Is there a easy way to start the graphic install without CD *WRONG* *List*. Please follow the Code of Conduct http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct and use the correct list, debian-user *NOT* debian-mentors. -- Boyd Stephen Smith J

sony ericsson w550i for internet connection

2009-02-19 Thread jagdev singh
hi i am using sony ericsson w550i mobile . i want to use it for internet on debian 4.03r . please tell me the method for doing it.

Re: How can i install Debian via hard disk

2009-02-19 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 19 February 2009 22:12:07 Qzi wrote: > Is there a easy way to start the graphic install without CD > > JUST .ISO ... detail I need ! Not that I know of. You'll have to burn the .iso as a CD/DVD and boot from that. There might be some way to convince Ubuntu's GRUB to boot off on th

Re: MySQL Clustering; Load balancing is not working.

2009-02-19 Thread Jeff D
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Stackpole, Chris wrote: > I wanted to learn more about MySQL clustering so I looked around and > found this guide [1]. It was the newest guide I found (8 months old), so > I decided to give it a shot. I went through the guide with a little > deviation and I end up with mostly

Re: Seriously, no way to reconfigure video card in lenny?

2009-02-19 Thread Marc Shapiro
Sven Joachim wrote: On 2009-02-19 05:21 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/18/2009 10:13 PM, S D wrote: It appears that video card configuration was removed from dpkg-recofigure in lenny. Has anything replaced it? How can one reconfigure video card in lenny? It's supposed to be automagic now, bu

Re: emacs and terminus, proggy and ttf-inconsolata fonts

2009-02-19 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: > Sven Joachim wrote: >> Does not seem possible AFAIK. Your best bet would be to try Emacs 23 >> which has XFT support but is not released yet. Pre-compiled snapshots >> for Debian are available from http://emacs.orebokech.com. > > Wonderful! Fonts looks markedly better than in versi

Re: digital camera recomendations

2009-02-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:02:10PM -0500, Allan Wind wrote: > On 2009-02-19T16:05:55, Richard Lyons wrote: > > The rechargeeables, both NiCad and NiMH, are a good idea in principle, but > > lose charge when not in use and become ineffective surprisingly quickly in > > my experience. > > Try the lo

Re: How can i install Debian via hard disk

2009-02-19 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
Reply to the list and not to me. You should get faster responses that way, and a wider breadth and deeper depth of knowledge than I have. On Thursday 19 February 2009 18:46:17 Qzi wrote: > where to put lenny.iso on ! Per the instructions I pointed you at, you do not need the .iso images at all

Re: Gnome open can not recognize a file by its name

2009-02-19 Thread mond
On Feb 19, 7:30 pm, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > > Recently, my gnome failed to recognize any file by its name extension. > > That's actually a good thing if you've been reading the thread about > .desktop "viruses". However, shouldn't gnome fallback to file magic > test if extension test fails? > > --

Lenny rescue mode doesn't see partitions; install mode does

2009-02-19 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
Hello all, I just thought I'd boot up the i386 Lenny netinst.iso to ensure that it sees all the hardware: I'll wait for a couple of months before upgrading from Etch to Lenny. The Box is an HP NetServer LPr D6131-60200 dual PII/450. It has an integrated symbios SCSI system but the drives are con

Re: Gnome open can not recognize a file by its name

2009-02-19 Thread mond
On Feb 19, 6:20 pm, Daryl Styrk wrote: > mond wrote: > > Hi, > > > Recently, my gnome failed to recognize any file by its name extension. > > For example, I have a .odt file but gnome fails to open it with > > openoffice writer. So every time I want to open .odt file I have to > > use "open with o

Re: Gnome open can not recognize a file by its name

2009-02-19 Thread Nuno Magalhães
> Recently, my gnome failed to recognize any file by its name extension. That's actually a good thing if you've been reading the thread about .desktop "viruses". However, shouldn't gnome fallback to file magic test if extension test fails? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: Java in Debian 5

2009-02-19 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 01:54:39PM -0800, francisco Quinonez wrote: > On February 18, 2009 11:44:43 pm S D wrote: > > --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Bret Busby wrote: [snip] > > Again, no. It means that Java SDK is now part of Debian distribution and > > people who want Java installed can install it, as y

Re: Upgrade procedure: etch -> lenny

2009-02-19 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 20 February 2009 00:44:11 Chris Jones wrote: > > > 2. apt-get update > > > 2. replace "etch" by "lenny" in /etc/sources.list > > > > These steps need to be reversed, obviously. > > Thought the "apt-get update" stage ensured system was up-to-date before > the upgrade plunge, thus that my a

How to find uninstallable packages in apptiude?

2009-02-19 Thread S D
Is there a way to get a list of uninstallable packages in aptitude? Something like "aptitude search ..." that would return a list of packages that were installed in the past but are currently uninstallable. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Re: [OT] Linux on the London Tube?

2009-02-19 Thread Lydgate
Ha, I thought the same thing! On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 07:16:02PM +, Richard Lyons wrote: > I saw this ad on the tube recently, and was disappointed to find it wasn't > inviting people to migrate from the dark side > > http://the-place.net/penguin/migrate.jpg > > But maybe we should... > > r

Re: Upgrade procedure: etch -> lenny

2009-02-19 Thread Chris Jones
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 02:10:11AM EST, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-02-19 04:00 +0100, Chris Jones wrote: > > > I plan to upgrade to lenny over the weekend: > > > > 1. duplicate current etch system on a new partition > > Good idea to be cautious. bare-bones netinst -> install 3-4 apps I need -

Re: Gnome open can not recognize a file by its name

2009-02-19 Thread Daryl Styrk
mond wrote: > Hi, > > Recently, my gnome failed to recognize any file by its name extension. > For example, I have a .odt file but gnome fails to open it with > openoffice writer. So every time I want to open .odt file I have to > use "open with other application" option. It is annoying. Gnome als

Gnome open can not recognize a file by its name

2009-02-19 Thread mond
Hi, Recently, my gnome failed to recognize any file by its name extension. For example, I have a .odt file but gnome fails to open it with openoffice writer. So every time I want to open .odt file I have to use "open with other application" option. It is annoying. Gnome also fails to display the c

Re: How can i install Debian via hard disk

2009-02-19 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 19 February 2009 17:25:24 Qzi wrote: > How can i install Debian via hard disk ? > > My system is ubuntu ... > > I have dowload Lenny.iso on my hard disk ...But I don't know how to > install it ! http://debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual Specifically, appendix D section 4. Wron

Re: Upgrade procedure: etch -> lenny

2009-02-19 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:26:44 -0500 Chris Jones wrote: ... > So pin or hold, what's best? My understanding is that a hold is more of a short term, quick and dirty, solution, while for a more robust, longer term solution, one would use pinning. IINAE, though, and there may be other consideration

Re: Upgrade procedure: etch -> lenny

2009-02-19 Thread Chris Jones
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 04:52:50PM EST, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:40:53 -0600 > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On 02/19/2009 06:29 AM, Chris Jones wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:41:21PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote: > > >> On 02/18/2009 09:00 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > > ... > > > >>>

Re: Upgrade procedure: etch -> lenny

2009-02-19 Thread Chris Jones
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 04:40:53PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/19/2009 06:29 AM, Chris Jones wrote: > >On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:41:21PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>On 02/18/2009 09:00 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > >>>I plan to upgrade to lenny over the weekend: > >>> > >>>1. duplicate current etch

MySQL Clustering; Load balancing is not working.

2009-02-19 Thread Stackpole, Chris
This is a project of personal experimentation and learning; in other words, if I goof something up real bad, oh well. I can reinstall. I wanted to learn more about MySQL clustering so I looked around and found this guide [1]. It was the newest guide I found (8 months old), so I decided to give it

Re: Java in Debian 5

2009-02-19 Thread S D
--- On Thu, 2/19/09, francisco Quinonez wrote: > The problem is, if it come on a standard installation as > SELinux and probably > others; because in this case it becomes an obligation by > default. What Java packages are you referring to? If you don't use any Java apps you should be able t

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released (fwd)

2009-02-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 02:48:55AM +0900, Bret Busby wrote: > > Hello. > > In the message below, is the part > > "In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux can now > also be directly used without prior installation. The special images > used, known as live images, are availabl

Re: Logitech MX Revolution/MX1100

2009-02-19 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: aneurin.pr...@gmail.com >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Logitech MX Revolution/MX1100 >Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:40:45 + > >>On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 5:02 PM, wrote: Original Message From: aneurin.pr...@g

xemacs flickers

2009-02-19 Thread Peter Robinson
Hi all, I have xemacs21 installed on a the following system (PC) deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main con

Re: Java in Debian 5

2009-02-19 Thread francisco Quinonez
On February 18, 2009 11:44:43 pm S D wrote: > --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Bret Busby wrote: > > Does this now mean that we cannot instal and run Debian 5 > > without Java, > > No, it doesn't mean that. You can install and run Debian without Java. > > > or that Debian cannot fully run without Java, > > in

Re: digital camera recomendations

2009-02-19 Thread Brendan
On Thursday 19 February 2009, Richard Lyons wrote: > I used to think standard batteries were a better idea too, but they don't > perform anywhere near as well as the L-ion flat ones most cameras now use. This is slightly misleading. Yes, lb for lb, LI batts perform better, but often if a camera u

Re: tools to get a mirror of modem/router configuration

2009-02-19 Thread H.S.
Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:32:19 -0500 > "H.S." wrote: > >> H.S. wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I vaguely recall that we can somehow "copy" or mirror the configuration >>> interface (accessible via a browser) of a modem or a router to a local >>> hard disk. This can be then browsed from t

Re: Upgrade procedure: etch -> lenny

2009-02-19 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:40:53 -0600 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/19/2009 06:29 AM, Chris Jones wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:41:21PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 02/18/2009 09:00 PM, Chris Jones wrote: ... > >>> Note: I do not want apt to mess with my linux kernel. > >> Then I'd pin tha

Re: Upgrade procedure: etch -> lenny

2009-02-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/19/2009 06:29 AM, Chris Jones wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:41:21PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/18/2009 09:00 PM, Chris Jones wrote: I plan to upgrade to lenny over the weekend: 1. duplicate current etch system on a new partition 2. apt-get update 2. replace "etch" by "lenny" in /e

Re: unstable and bugs

2009-02-19 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:20, Celejar wrote: > We had a recent thread about the reliability of Sid. I just got hit by > this 'grave' one: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515976 > > This is a bug in libxi6 which causes the system to (partially, at least > in my case) ignore t

Suspend/Resume issues - Custom scripts not running? Mouse frozen?

2009-02-19 Thread Alex Riebs
Hi. I recently installed Debian Lenny onto my Dell Studio XPS 16 laptop. I'm having issues getting resume to work properly. I can suspend, but when I resume and compiz was running, my screen shows up with only my cursor and some corrupted textures. I attempted to solve this by writing a script /etc

Re: tools to get a mirror of modem/router configuration

2009-02-19 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:32:19 -0500 "H.S." wrote: > H.S. wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I vaguely recall that we can somehow "copy" or mirror the configuration > > interface (accessible via a browser) of a modem or a router to a local > > hard disk. This can be then browsed from that saved copy. Anybo

unstable and bugs

2009-02-19 Thread Celejar
We had a recent thread about the reliability of Sid. I just got hit by this 'grave' one: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515976 This is a bug in libxi6 which causes the system to (partially, at least in my case) ignore the specified keyboard layout and revert to qwerty. The (hop

Re: tools to get a mirror of modem/router configuration

2009-02-19 Thread Ken Irving
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 02:32:19PM -0500, H.S. wrote: > H.S. wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I vaguely recall that we can somehow "copy" or mirror the configuration > > interface (accessible via a browser) of a modem or a router to a local > > hard disk. This can be then browsed from that saved copy. An

Re: Seriously, no way to reconfigure video card in lenny?

2009-02-19 Thread Florian Kulzer
[ Please wrap your lines at 80 characters or less; this increases the likelihood of people reading your posts. (It is also part of the code of conduct for Debian mailing lists.) ] On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 23:33:32 -0800, S D wrote: > On Thu, 2/19/09, Sven Joachim wrote: [...] >> If that doesn

Re: radeonhd on R5xx based card + dri very slow

2009-02-19 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 04:55, Thomas Preud'homme wrote: > On Thursday 19 February 2009 09:32:33 Amit Uttamchandani wrote: >> On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:43:17 +0100 >> "Thomas Preud'homme" wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >> > Yes, all of these is installed. I'm sorry in fact because I forgot about >> > this t

Re: tools to get a mirror of modem/router configuration

2009-02-19 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > I vaguely recall that we can somehow "copy" or mirror the configuration > interface (accessible via a browser) of a modem or a router to a local > hard disk. This can be then browsed from that saved copy. Anybody know > if we have tools or packages in Debian to do so? > >

Re: USB Wireless Adapter for Linux?

2009-02-19 Thread Dave Ewart
On Thursday, 19.02.2009 at 10:38 +, Dave Ewart wrote: > On Wednesday, 18.02.2009 at 22:36 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > > I've used two Edimax adapters without issue: they just work. > > > > Really? The last time I tried, the fact that the Edimax adaptors did > > not work was the second mo

Re: label swap partition

2009-02-19 Thread Marc Auslander
The last posting asking about previous windows use. Also, blkid thought it was ntfs. This made me guess there was a stale superblock from the previous NTFS use that was confusing linux. So I took the swap partition off line, used dd to zero the beginning of it, and did mkswap again. All is now wo

Re: lenny netinst on laptop help

2009-02-19 Thread s. keeling
Chris Lew : > > lspci shows the following network related info: > Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 4380 (rev 10) > Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100 > > i also ran the dmesg command, but couldn't recall how to 'scroll' up to the > other outpu

Re: ifconfig data

2009-02-19 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Aneurin Price wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Maybe this would suit you: To explain a little: I wrote a little program that analyzes the output of apache2's access log. It puts just one message out to syslog if the server is accesse

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released (fwd)

2009-02-19 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Bret Busby escreveu: > "In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux can now > also be directly used without prior installation. The special images > used, known as live images, are available for CDs, USB sticks, and > netboot setups. Initially, these are provided for the amd64 a

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released (fwd)

2009-02-19 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. In the message below, is the part "In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux can now also be directly used without prior installation. The special images used, known as live images, are available for CDs, USB sticks, and netboot setups. Initially, these are provided

php-cgi segfault problem

2009-02-19 Thread bugs
Hello, I recently upgraded a debian etch box to lenny. Since then php-cgi keeps segfault-ing from time to time. It doesn't happen on every http request, many requests are served ok. Any ideas concerning the solution of this problem ? [137316.466578] php-cgi[7348]: segfault at 7f49ccafeed0 ip 7f4

Re: Sa. 21.2.: Sonix Saturday Night Show

2009-02-19 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:59:19 -0700 Martin Willcocks wrote: Hello Martin, > How did this spam get on this list. Why is the list open to hijacking Sadly, it happens sometimes. > know! The listowner needs to have some means to block such messages > in future. The list is forever being hammer

Re: ifconfig data

2009-02-19 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Aneurin Price wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Ifconfig says: ... ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:200.57.201.43 P-t-P:200.57.219.18 Mask:255.255.255.255 ... I want that inet addr (200.57.201.43) in a program and I prefer not

Re: Logitech MX Revolution/MX1100

2009-02-19 Thread Aneurin Price
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 5:02 PM, wrote: >> >> >> >> Original Message >>From: aneurin.pr...@gmail.com >>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >>Subject: RE: Logitech MX Revolution/MX1100 >>Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:42:20 + >> >>>Hello all, >>> >>>I'm thinking about replacing my mouse soon

Re: exim4: auth. to smarthost - what to set AUTH_CLIENT_ALLOW_NOTLS_PASSWORDS to?

2009-02-19 Thread Barclay, Daniel
I wrote: > In exim4, what value should AUTH_CLIENT_ALLOW_NOTLS_PASSWORDS be set to > to enable > authentication associated feature? ... > I tried simply setting to true like this: > > AUTH_CLIENT_ALLOW_NOTLS_PASSWORDS = true > > but that yields the error: > > # /etc/init.d/exim4 restart >

Re: digital camera recomendations

2009-02-19 Thread Allan Wind
On 2009-02-19T16:05:55, Richard Lyons wrote: > The rechargeeables, both NiCad and NiMH, are a good idea in principle, but > lose charge when not in use and become ineffective surprisingly quickly in > my experience. Try the low discharge NiMH batteries like Sanyo Eneloop. /Allan -- Allan Wind L

RE: Sa. 21.2.: Sonix Saturday Night Show

2009-02-19 Thread Martin Willcocks
How did this spam get on this list. Why is the list open to hijacking with a graphic image overlaying the entire text of the digest? This list has nothing to do with Berlin music events or Sonix, as far as I know! The listowner needs to have some means to block such messages in future. Mart

RE: Logitech MX Revolution/MX1100

2009-02-19 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: aneurin.pr...@gmail.com >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: RE: Logitech MX Revolution/MX1100 >Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:42:20 + > >>Hello all, >> >>I'm thinking about replacing my mouse soon as the ball is starting >to stick >>after about a deca

Re: Apache2 confused by index.php after Lenny upgrade

2009-02-19 Thread Kent West
Jeff D wrote: On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Kent West wrote: I'm ignorant when it comes to Apache/php, etc. I had a working etch server with Apache2 and PHP5, but after the upgrade to Lenny, whenever I point my web browser to a simple index.php file: the web browser opens a dialog window asking what

Re: Apache2 confused by index.php after Lenny upgrade

2009-02-19 Thread Jeff D
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Kent West wrote: > I'm ignorant when it comes to Apache/php, etc. > > I had a working etch server with Apache2 and PHP5, but after the upgrade to > Lenny, whenever I point my web browser to a simple index.php file: > the web browser opens a dialog window asking what I want to

Logitech MX Revolution/MX1100

2009-02-19 Thread Aneurin Price
Hello all, I'm thinking about replacing my mouse soon as the ball is starting to stick after about a decade of use, and I'm looking at either the Logitech MX Revolution or MX1100. Does anybody have any experience with either of these in Linux? I'm particularly interested in whether the special fea

Re: Java in Debian 5

2009-02-19 Thread Michael Pobega
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 04:07:05PM +0900, Bret Busby wrote: > > On the web page at > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#id2794519 > > is stated: > > "2.7. Java now in Debian > > The OpenJDK Java Runtime Environment openjdk-6-jre and Development Kit >

Apache2 confused by index.php after Lenny upgrade

2009-02-19 Thread Kent West
I'm ignorant when it comes to Apache/php, etc. I had a working etch server with Apache2 and PHP5, but after the upgrade to Lenny, whenever I point my web browser to a simple index.php file: wes...@]goshen]:/home/westk/web:> cat index.php the web browser opens a dialog window asking what I w

Re: Any info about http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/

2009-02-19 Thread Bob Cox
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 09:47:40 -0600, Cybe R. Wizard (cybe_r_wiz...@earthlink.net) wrote: > Dennis Wicks said: > > Greetings; > > > > I saw a regerence to http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/ in a > > recent email, but the site doesn't respond. I have tried > > several different browsers but

exim4: auth. to smarthost - what to set AUTH_CLIENT_ALLOW_NOTLS_PASSWORDS to?

2009-02-19 Thread Barclay, Daniel
In exim4, what value should AUTH_CLIENT_ALLOW_NOTLS_PASSWORDS be set to to enable authentication associated feature? My exim4 (on Sarge) is set up in smarthost mode, and I'm trying to set up authentication to my smarthost, my ISP's SMTP server. I found some documentation saying to set AUTH_CLI

Re: Any info about http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/

2009-02-19 Thread Kent West
H.S. wrote: Cybe R. Wizard wrote: Dennis Wicks said: Greetings; I saw a regerence to http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/ in a recent email, but the site doesn't respond. I have tried several different browsers but they all go into a "waiting for reply" mode and nothing comes back.

Re: Packardell with usb problems

2009-02-19 Thread Rodrigo Valenzuela
On Thursday 19 February 2009 03:06:44 consultores1 wrote: > On February 18, 2009 11:58:04 am Rodrigo Valenzuela wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 February 2009 14:51:31 Javier wrote: > > > irqfixup > > > > thanks for the tip but it it won't work for me :( > > > > sadly but it seems i've got no choice but

Re: digital camera recomendations

2009-02-19 Thread Richard Lyons
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:55:12AM -0500, Barclay, Daniel wrote: > Mike McClain wrote: > > > > > AA batteries are cheap, readily available and I can get NiCad and NiMH. > > Custom rechargable battery packs are like printer ink cartridges. > > I wonder whether any camera use AAA batteries. Tha

Re: Any info about http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/

2009-02-19 Thread H.S.
Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > Dennis Wicks said: >> Greetings; >> >> I saw a regerence to http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/ in a >> recent email, but the site doesn't respond. I have tried >> several different browsers but they all go into a "waiting >> for reply" mode and nothing comes back. >> >>

Re: Any info about http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/

2009-02-19 Thread Kent West
Cybe R. Wizard wrote: Dennis Wicks said: Greetings; I saw a regerence to http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/ in a recent email, but the site doesn't respond. I have tried several different browsers but they all go into a "waiting for reply" mode and nothing comes back. Any info apprecia

Re: digital camera recomendations

2009-02-19 Thread Barclay, Daniel
Mike McClain wrote: > > AA batteries are cheap, readily available and I can get NiCad and NiMH. > Custom rechargable battery packs are like printer ink cartridges. I wonder whether any camera use AAA batteries. That would let the camera be smaller and you'd still be able to install non-recharg

Re: Seriously, no way to reconfigure video card in lenny?

2009-02-19 Thread H.S.
S D wrote: > --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Sven Joachim wrote: > It appears that video card configuration was >> removed from dpkg-recofigure in lenny. Has anything replaced >> it? How can one reconfigure video card in lenny? >>> It's supposed to be automagic now, built into xorg >> itself.

Re: digital camera recomendations

2009-02-19 Thread Barclay, Daniel
kj wrote: > ... I can imagine there's some benefit to designing a battery > that delivers the cameras exact energy requirements rather than trying > to make the most of the fixed output of AAs. Given how small compact > digital cameras have become, AA batteries really just add unnecessary bul

Re: display is not detected (or supported)

2009-02-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:31:42PM +0100, abdelkader belahcene wrote: > Hi, > I install the debian on my PC, but the monitor is not detected or not > adapted ( while it is for linux CD live, and windows XP). it gives the > following errors : > > out of range > > H 86,2 KHZ > > V 85 > > > I wa

Re: Any info about http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/

2009-02-19 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
Dennis Wicks said: > Greetings; > > I saw a regerence to http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/ in a > recent email, but the site doesn't respond. I have tried > several different browsers but they all go into a "waiting > for reply" mode and nothing comes back. > > Any info appreciated. > > TIA

Any info about http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/

2009-02-19 Thread Dennis Wicks
Greetings; I saw a regerence to http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/ in a recent email, but the site doesn't respond. I have tried several different browsers but they all go into a "waiting for reply" mode and nothing comes back. Any info appreciated. TIA, Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: ifconfig data

2009-02-19 Thread Raquel
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:48:12 + Aneurin Price wrote: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Ifconfig says: > > > > ... > > ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol > > inet addr:200.57.201.43 P-t-P:200.57.219.18 > > Mask:255.255.255.255 ...

Re: Live-Helper. Became root

2009-02-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:33:14 -0500 "Thomas H. George" wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 06:55:09PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > > I have forgotten how to become root on a customised usb-hdd which I > > built with the aid of lh_clean, lh_config and lh_build. The system > > boots nicely from th

RE: Re: lenny on x86

2009-02-19 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: news [mailto:n...@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Stefan Monnier > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:58 PM > Subject: Re: lenny on x86 > > Then I guess my recommendation would be: > - use your Etch floppys to install an simple Debian system. > - using this system, use a USB key to transfer

Re: Live-Helper. Became root

2009-02-19 Thread Thomas H. George
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 06:55:09PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > I have forgotten how to become root on a customised usb-hdd which I > built with the aid of lh_clean, lh_config and lh_build. The system > boots nicely from the usb stick and opens a gnome desktop. I can open > console displays (

Re: Serious Error in Lenny Stable: X Server doesn't works when i reboot eight or nine times

2009-02-19 Thread Adam Hardy
carlos carrego gutierrez on 18/02/09 17:13, wrote: No, i reboot the computer, so i have a problem. when you try CTRL + ALT + F1, don't you got a command-line interface login prompt? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: ifconfig data

2009-02-19 Thread Aneurin Price
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > Ifconfig says: > > ... > ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol > inet addr:200.57.201.43 P-t-P:200.57.219.18 Mask:255.255.255.255 > ... > > I want that inet addr (200.57.201.43) in a program and I prefer not to run

Re: adding secure accounts for remote users?

2009-02-19 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, L Glidewell wrote: On Saturday 14 February 2009 16:08:05 Zach Uram wrote: Thanks for the replies, I decided to go with just SFTP for now. I suppose they could also use SCP? Configure the users with the scponly shell and they will be able to use either scp or sftp as needed. I would use

Re: ifconfig data

2009-02-19 Thread Tanco .
Hi Hugo, this will give you the IP :) ifconfig ppp0 | grep "inet addr:" | awk '{ print $2}' | tail -c14 probably not the best solution, (the last part awk assumes your IP has 14 chars) but this came to mind first .. do some experimenting :) Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Ifconfig says:

Re: How to make suspend/hibernate buttons work

2009-02-19 Thread David Jarvie
On Thursday 19 February 2009 11:28:49 Aneurin Price wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM, David Jarvie wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 February 2009 22:37:56 you wrote: > >> On Wednesday 18 February 2009 11:48:38 am David Jarvie wrote: > >> > No - PowerDevil is the replacement in KDE4 for KPowerS

Re: radeonhd on R5xx based card + dri very slow

2009-02-19 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
On Thursday 19 February 2009 09:32:33 Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:43:17 +0100 > "Thomas Preud'homme" wrote: > > [snip] > > > Yes, all of these is installed. I'm sorry in fact because I forgot about > > this thread: I actually found what was the problem. ATI cards need an > >

Re: Dual monitor problem (intel, GNOME)

2009-02-19 Thread W. Martin Borgert
On 2009-02-19 12:52, Mirco Piccin wrote: > grandr is a frontend to xrandr. > You can edit a simple bash script that launch xrandr with your preferred > settings. Hm, I found the commands for resolution and putting one screen right of the other, but I didn't find the command to put the panels on t

Re: Upgrade procedure: etch -> lenny

2009-02-19 Thread Chris Jones
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 02:10:11AM EST, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-02-19 04:00 +0100, Chris Jones wrote: > > > I plan to upgrade to lenny over the weekend: > > > > 1. duplicate current etch system on a new partition > > Good idea to be cautious. > > > 2. apt-get update > > 2. replace "etch" b

Re: Upgrade procedure: etch -> lenny

2009-02-19 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:41:21PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/18/2009 09:00 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > >I plan to upgrade to lenny over the weekend: > > > >1. duplicate current etch system on a new partition > >2. apt-get update > >2. replace "etch" by "lenny" in /etc/sources.list > >3. apt-get

Re: digital camera recomendations

2009-02-19 Thread kj
kj wrote: ...The T100's battery is tiny compared to two AAs, and gave me roughly double number of pictures that I got out of two 2700mAh NiCads. Correction: they're 2700mAh NiMh batteries. Amazon linky: *http://tinyurl.com/dny49q --kj * -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: digital camera recomendations

2009-02-19 Thread kj
Mike McClain wrote: A batteries are cheap, readily available and I can get NiCad and NiMH. Custom rechargable battery packs are like printer ink cartridges. Mike Except they last a lot longer - in both ways. I am not an electronic engineer, but I can imagine there's some benefit to designi

Re: Dual monitor problem (intel, GNOME)

2009-02-19 Thread Mirco Piccin
HI Monitors: Internal LVDS 1280×800, external VGA 1280×1024. > Video: Intel GM965/GL960. > Software: Debian 5.0, Gnome. Exception: X is from experimental. > Initial layout: two identical pictures of 1024×786 each. > > With grandr, I can fix the resolution of each screen (just by > selecting "Auto"

display is not detected (or supported)

2009-02-19 Thread abdelkader belahcene
Hi, I install the debian on my PC, but the monitor is not detected or not adapted ( while it is for linux CD live, and windows XP). it gives the following errors : out of range H 86,2 KHZ V 85 I want to use the file xorg.conf given by CDlive ( sidux for example) and copy it in the /etc/X11 of

ifconfig data

2009-02-19 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, Ifconfig says: ... ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:200.57.201.43 P-t-P:200.57.219.18 Mask:255.255.255.255 ... I want that inet addr (200.57.201.43) in a program and I prefer not to run the ifconfig command from it and grep it. Does anyone know where el

Dual monitor problem (intel, GNOME)

2009-02-19 Thread W. Martin Borgert
Hi, for the first time I try to get a second monitor at my laptop, so far with limited success: Monitors: Internal LVDS 1280×800, external VGA 1280×1024. Video: Intel GM965/GL960. Software: Debian 5.0, Gnome. Exception: X is from experimental. Initial layout: two identical pictures of 1024×786 ea

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0

2009-02-19 Thread Richard Lyons
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 04:00:51PM +0500, Farid Ansari wrote: > *Dear Sir's, > I downloaded and installed the new Debian 5.0 Lenny and was very happy with > the installer which is the best of all Linux installers. > After installation I am not able to run the system. > I come to the screen where i

Re: How to make suspend/hibernate buttons work

2009-02-19 Thread Aneurin Price
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM, David Jarvie wrote: > On Wednesday 18 February 2009 22:37:56 you wrote: >> On Wednesday 18 February 2009 11:48:38 am David Jarvie wrote: >> > No - PowerDevil is the replacement in KDE4 for KPowerSave. It looks as if >> > global shortcuts to control it is something

Re: Restoring file permissions from package database?

2009-02-19 Thread Richard Lyons
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 09:24:15AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:43:48AM +0100, Oliver Schneider wrote: [...] > However, its a lot of work to go > through each package individually. > > I know, its a lot of work either way. But you could write a bash script to do th

Re: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0

2009-02-19 Thread Farid Ansari
*Dear Sir's, I downloaded and installed the new Debian 5.0 Lenny and was very happy with the installer which is the best of all Linux installers. After installation I am not able to run the system. I come to the screen where it asks for the user and password, after these are entered i get the $ sig

Re: testing or unstable?

2009-02-19 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On 2009-02-17_13:02:38, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I've been using Debian for more than three years now, but always using the >> official DVDs of the most current stable version: first Sarge, and then Etch. >> >> Recently, many times I've been needing to use a testing/unstable Debian >> version for

Re: USB Wireless Adapter for Linux?

2009-02-19 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/2/19 Dave Ewart : > My receipt says the adapter I got was "Edimax EW-7318USg 54G 802.11 > b/g". According to google, it should work. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-

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