Re: HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-15 Thread deloptes
michael wrote: > Folks, I've tried and tried but have failed to get my HP LaserJet 5L, > connected by parallel port, to print postscript from the command line. > It will print a page from say iceweasel but just isn't having > lpr test.ps > do the expected thing - rather it prints out the postscrip

Re: Straw poll: What browser do you use?

2010-09-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Bret Busby wrote: > I understood that some of the functionality > (subroutines/modules/whatever) did not comply with the Debian > philosophy, and so were removed, to make the resultant applications > compliant with the Debian philosophy. It was a trademark issue. And a philosophy issue. See this

Re: Straw poll: What browser do you use?

2010-09-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/09/10 13:11, Bret Busby wrote: > On Tue, 14 Sep 2010, Kelly Clowers wrote: > >> >> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 19:52, Kelly Clowers >> wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 08:57, Bret Busby wrote: On Mon, 13 Sep 2010, Kelly Clowers wrote: > >> >> You say Moz (?) but, if you

Re: Straw poll: What browser do you use?

2010-09-15 Thread Bret Busby
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 19:52, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 08:57, Bret Busby wrote: On Mon, 13 Sep 2010, Kelly Clowers wrote: You say Moz (?) but, if you refer to Seamonkey, that is diifferent (from what I understand) to iceape

Re: new squeeze

2010-09-15 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/09/10 12:17, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Klistvud wrote: >> Dne, 15. 09. 2010 11:36:48 je Lisi napisal(a): >>> I find the hand-holding, suitable-for newbies, so-called-easy Ubuntu >>> installer utterly incomprehensible. >> +1 > I find both your statements utterly incompr

Re: new squeeze

2010-09-15 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 15. 09. 2010 11:36:48 je Lisi napisal(a): >> >> I find the hand-holding, suitable-for newbies, so-called-easy Ubuntu >> installer utterly incomprehensible. > > +1 I find both your statements utterly incomprehensible! :) I only use the Ubunt

Re: new squeeze

2010-09-15 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Scott Ferguson >> wrote: 2010/9/13 Jes�s M. Navarro : > On Friday 10 September 2010 21:17:24 Tom H wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Miles Fidelman >>> Now if you consider it user

Re: My lenny picks the wrong resolution whereas squeeze is right

2010-09-15 Thread T o n g
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:00:50 +, Camaleón wrote: > you can try with "cvt" tool to get the correct "Modeline" and then add > it to your "xorg.conf". Restart and check if it got the right > resolution. Yep, that works. Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net

Re: Creating Video DVDs from VOB files only

2010-09-15 Thread godo
On 09/16/2010 02:09 AM, Siju George wrote: Hi, I have copied only .VOB files from my DVDs to my Computer. How Do I create a Video DVD with them? Thanks :-) --Siju Try kdenlive, dvdauthor or devede. -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic Hrvatski: www.dobosevic.com English: www.dobosevic.com/en/ Register

Creating Video DVDs from VOB files only

2010-09-15 Thread Siju George
Hi, I have copied only .VOB files from my DVDs to my Computer. How Do I create a Video DVD with them? Thanks :-) --Siju -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian

HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-15 Thread michael
Folks, I've tried and tried but have failed to get my HP LaserJet 5L, connected by parallel port, to print postscript from the command line. It will print a page from say iceweasel but just isn't having lpr test.ps do the expected thing - rather it prints out the postscript file line by line by li

Re: How to change search engine in IceApe/SeaMonkey?

2010-09-15 Thread godo
I think the location bar search facility is handled by "keyword.URL" value in "about:config" section. Greetings, That was it. Thanks! -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic Hrvatski: www.dobosevic.com English: www.dobosevic.com/en/ Registered Linux User #503414 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

Re: Why can't ID3 tags be modified in GNOME file's properties?

2010-09-15 Thread Merciadri Luca
Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:50:17 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> For mp3 files, one generally needs to use a tag editor, or an advanced >> music player to modify ID3 tags. However, ID3 tags can be displayed by >> GNOME using Properties > Audio on the selected file. But they can

Re: Iceweasel blackout?? Solved for now...

2010-09-15 Thread John W Foster
On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 18:29 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:18:47 -0500, John W Foster wrote: > > > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 15:12 +, Camaleón wrote: > > >> > If by 'empty profile' you mean that I should clear the .iceweasel > >> > file & start over...No. I can do that & will ,

Re: HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:38:02 +0100, michael wrote: (...) > printer-make-and-model='HP LaserJet 5l Foomatic/hpijs, hpijs 2.8.6b' ^ Try with another (even generic?) PCL5e driver. The one recommended/suggested¹ for that printer (btw, one

Re: HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-15 Thread Phil Requirements
On 2010-09-15 22:38:02 +0100, michael wrote: > Folks, I've tried and tried but have failed to get my HP LaserJet 5L, > connected by parallel port, to print postscript from the command line. > It will print a page from say iceweasel but just isn't having > lpr test.ps > do the expected thing - rat

HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line

2010-09-15 Thread michael
Folks, I've tried and tried but have failed to get my HP LaserJet 5L, connected by parallel port, to print postscript from the command line. It will print a page from say iceweasel but just isn't having lpr test.ps do the expected thing - rather it prints out the postscript file line by line by l

Re: Squeeze. Failed to install bootloader in VirtualBox

2010-09-15 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Greg Madden wrote: > On Wednesday 15 September 2010 08:05:58 Mark Goldshtein wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> > On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:32:19 +0400, Mark Goldshtein wrote: >> >> Here is a try to install Squeeze into Oracle VirtualBox 3

Re: How to change search engine in IceApe/SeaMonkey?

2010-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:19:37 +0200, godo wrote: > I was changed google.com with ixquick.com and when i press "Search" > button everything works how it should; but if I type anything in url > field and hit "enter" or "go" button it open result with google.com. > > Same thing in IceApe and SeaMonke

Re: Squeeze. Failed to install bootloader in VirtualBox

2010-09-15 Thread Greg Madden
On Wednesday 15 September 2010 08:05:58 Mark Goldshtein wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:32:19 +0400, Mark Goldshtein wrote: > >> Here is a try to install Squeeze into Oracle VirtualBox 3.2.6. Virtual > >> drive is 8.0 GB persistent, RAM 768 Mb,

Re: My lenny picks the wrong resolution whereas squeeze is right

2010-09-15 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 15 September 2010 19:41:24 Stephen Powell wrote: > Running a newer kernel is not going to help you in this case.  It isn't the > kernel which doesn't support your card, it's the xserver-xorg-video-nv > package, which is part of the X server. Thanks for that, Stephen. :-) I'll know ne

Re: My lenny picks the wrong resolution whereas squeeze is right

2010-09-15 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:49:24 -0400 (EDT), Tong wrote: > > My lenny picks a smaller resolution than my monitor can handle. Almost > like http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/376362, but my case > is different. > > The good news is that my squeeze picks the right one, for the same

Re: Iceweasel blackout??

2010-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:18:47 -0500, John W Foster wrote: > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 15:12 +, Camaleón wrote: >> > If by 'empty profile' you mean that I should clear the .iceweasel >> > file & start over...No. I can do that & will , however I see others >> > are also having some issues related to

Re: Iceweasel blackout??

2010-09-15 Thread John W Foster
On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 15:12 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:15:50 -0500, John W Foster wrote: > > > On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 09:03 +, Camaleón wrote: > > >> Did you try to start Iceweasel from an empty profile? Does the same > >> happen with Epiphany? > >> > > If by 'empty prof

Re: Squeeze. Failed to install bootloader in VirtualBox

2010-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:05:58 +0400, Mark Goldshtein wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> I also had problems for installing GRUB (legacy) into VM using d-i >> (squeeze). I had to use SuperGrubDisk and proceed from there. > > Thanks for an idea. Tried both SGD and Debian S

Squeeze. Netinstall image unable to boot in VirtualBox

2010-09-15 Thread Mark Goldshtein
Hello, list! I have downloaded debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso (15-09-2010) and trying to install a system from that in Oracle VirtualBox. The boot process is not starting. "FATAL: Could not read from boot media! System halted" MD5 sum is correct. Please, help. Thanks in advance! -- Sincerely

Re: Occasional random cursor movement while typing

2010-09-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Elmer E. Dow wrote: > Ouch! Since I struggled through reading it I will quote more of the original message here for the rest of us. > Bob Proulx wrote: > > I am confident it is the touchpad. I have the same problem. > Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled? > A little research res

Re: Squeeze. Failed to install bootloader in VirtualBox

2010-09-15 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:32:19 +0400, Mark Goldshtein wrote: > >> Here is a try to install Squeeze into Oracle VirtualBox 3.2.6. Virtual >> drive is 8.0 GB persistent, RAM 768 Mb, a virtual drive was partitioned >> by Squeeze installer with default

Re: How to use -dbg packages (and specifically libncurses5-dbg) ?

2010-09-15 Thread Frédéric Boiteux
Le 15/09/2010 14:56, Frédéric Boiteux a écrit : > Le 15/09/2010 14:52, Sven Joachim a écrit : > >> You have to use it before you start your program, e.g. >> >> $ env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/debug gdb ecran >> >> Specifying it at link time would also be possible, e.g. by linking with >> "-rpath=

Re: Iceweasel blackout??

2010-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:15:50 -0500, John W Foster wrote: > On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 09:03 +, Camaleón wrote: >> Did you try to start Iceweasel from an empty profile? Does the same >> happen with Epiphany? >> > If by 'empty profile' you mean that I should clear the .iceweasel file & > start over

Re: My lenny picks the wrong resolution whereas squeeze is right

2010-09-15 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 15 September 2010 15:49:24 T o n g wrote: > Any way for me to have my lenny to use the right resolution? Have you tried a back-ported kernel? It might be worth a try. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: My lenny picks the wrong resolution whereas squeeze is right

2010-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:49:24 +, T o n g wrote: > My lenny picks a smaller resolution than my monitor can handle. Almost > like http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/376362, but my > case is different. (...) > Any way for me to have my lenny to use the right resolution? It's > dama

Re: Squeeze. Failed to install bootloader in VirtualBox

2010-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:32:19 +0400, Mark Goldshtein wrote: > Here is a try to install Squeeze into Oracle VirtualBox 3.2.6. Virtual > drive is 8.0 GB persistent, RAM 768 Mb, a virtual drive was partitioned > by Squeeze installer with default settings (/, swap; ext3). Everything > is fine, except f

Squeeze. Failed to install bootloader in VirtualBox

2010-09-15 Thread Mark Goldshtein
Hello, list! Here is a try to install Squeeze into Oracle VirtualBox 3.2.6. Virtual drive is 8.0 GB persistent, RAM 768 Mb, a virtual drive was partitioned by Squeeze installer with default settings (/, swap; ext3). Everything is fine, except for bootloader. There is a failure during GRUB (GRUB2,

How to change search engine in IceApe/SeaMonkey?

2010-09-15 Thread godo
Hi all, I was changed google.com with ixquick.com and when i press "Search" button everything works how it should; but if I type anything in url field and hit "enter" or "go" button it open result with google.com. Same thing in IceApe and SeaMonkey in Squeeze and Sid. Does anyone have a solut

Re: Iceweasel blackout??

2010-09-15 Thread John W Foster
On Sat, 2010-09-11 at 09:03 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:58:08 -0500, John W Foster wrote: > > > After a recent update that seed doomed from the start in my slightly > > mixed Squeeze/(Sid for video card) system I noticed that Iceweasel > > starts OK then a second after the brow

Re: How to use -dbg packages (and specifically libncurses5-dbg) ?

2010-09-15 Thread Frédéric Boiteux
Le 15/09/2010 14:52, Sven Joachim a écrit : > You have to use it before you start your program, e.g. > > $ env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/debug gdb ecran > > Specifying it at link time would also be possible, e.g. by linking with > "-rpath=/usr/lib/debug", but don't do this for binaries that you give

Re: How to use -dbg packages (and specifically libncurses5-dbg) ?

2010-09-15 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-09-15 14:17 +0200, Frédéric Boiteux wrote: > I've tried : > > env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/debug gdb ecran core.ecran I'm afraid this cannot work because the crashed process that left the core file around had used the non-debug version of the library for which no symbols are available any

Re: How to use -dbg packages (and specifically libncurses5-dbg) ?

2010-09-15 Thread Frédéric Boiteux
Le 15/09/2010 13:55, Sven Joachim a écrit : > On 2010-09-15 12:23 +0200, Frédéric Boiteux wrote: > > >> I'm trying to debug an own C program which dumps a core, inside >> libncurses5 library. >> I'd like to use gdb to debug my program, and so I've installed -dbg packages >> : >> libc6-dbg, l

Re: How to use -dbg packages (and specifically libncurses5-dbg) ?

2010-09-15 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Sven Joachim writes: >> Or is there something I forgot ? > > Not really, the problem is that libncurses5-dbg ships a special debug > version of the library and no detached debugging symbols, unlike other > -dbg packages. This is fixed in Squeeze, though. Ah, that explains why it worked for me. I

Re: How to use -dbg packages (and specifically libncurses5-dbg) ?

2010-09-15 Thread Frédéric Boiteux
Le 15/09/2010 13:55, Timo Juhani Lindfors a écrit : > (gdb) shell pidof nano > 23506 > (gdb) attach 23506 > Attaching to process 23506 > Reading symbols from /bin/nano...(no debugging symbols found)...done. > Reading symbols from /lib/libncursesw.so.5...Reading symbols from > /usr/lib/debug/lib/li

Re: How to use -dbg packages (and specifically libncurses5-dbg) ?

2010-09-15 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-09-15 12:52 +0200, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: > Frédéric Boiteux writes: >> Does I have to redo the compilation before to test my program with >> libncurses5-dbg debug library ? > > No. libncurses5-dbg is not a library, it does not even contain > code. This is wrong. > It only contains

Re: How to use -dbg packages (and specifically libncurses5-dbg) ?

2010-09-15 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-09-15 12:23 +0200, Frédéric Boiteux wrote: > I'm trying to debug an own C program which dumps a core, inside libncurses5 > library. > I'd like to use gdb to debug my program, and so I've installed -dbg packages : > libc6-dbg, libncurses5-dbg, libstdc++-6.4.3-dbg (on a Debian Lenny syste

Re: How to use -dbg packages (and specifically libncurses5-dbg) ?

2010-09-15 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Frédéric Boiteux writes: > It's what I would like to have, but in my gdb session, the symbols / > data aren't available. When you start your gdb, do you have some info > about gdb loading libncurses5 debugging symbols ? (gdb) shell pidof nano 23506 (gdb) attach 23506 Attaching to process 23506 R

Re: How to use -dbg packages (and specifically libncurses5-dbg) ?

2010-09-15 Thread Frédéric Boiteux
Hello Timo, Le 15/09/2010 12:52, Timo Juhani Lindfors a écrit : > Frédéric Boiteux writes: > >> Does I have to redo the compilation before to test my program with >> libncurses5-dbg debug library ? >> > No. libncurses5-dbg is not a library, it does not even contain > code. It only con

Re: How to use -dbg packages (and specifically libncurses5-dbg) ?

2010-09-15 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Frédéric Boiteux writes: > Does I have to redo the compilation before to test my program with > libncurses5-dbg debug library ? No. libncurses5-dbg is not a library, it does not even contain code. It only contains the debugging symbols that were removed from libncurses5. At least the following w

How to use -dbg packages (and specifically libncurses5-dbg) ?

2010-09-15 Thread Frédéric Boiteux
Hello, I'm trying to debug an own C program which dumps a core, inside libncurses5 library. I'd like to use gdb to debug my program, and so I've installed -dbg packages : libc6-dbg, libncurses5-dbg, libstdc++-6.4.3-dbg (on a Debian Lenny system), but if the libc6's debug package is use

Re: new squeeze

2010-09-15 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 15. 09. 2010 11:36:48 je Lisi napisal(a): I find the hand-holding, suitable-for newbies, so-called-easy Ubuntu installer utterly incomprehensible. +1 That said, however, I don't think the main question here should be "what kind of users is d-i targeted for". I think the crucial issue

Re: anacron mail encoding

2010-09-15 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:51:01 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: Hello Camaleón, > "Anacron" or "cron"? It seems they are two different packages :-? They are; Anacron is recommended for machines that aren't up 24/7 so missed cron jobs (many are run overnight by default) get run as soon a is convenient

Re: new squeeze

2010-09-15 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 15 September 2010 06:03:54 Scott Ferguson wrote: > Hand-holding installations have been discussed to death - the general > consensus seems to be if you want hand-holding use one of the "less > pure" Debians (Ubuntu et al). > If you want choice use the Debian installer - it may wipe an

Re: anacron mail encoding

2010-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:54:17 +0200, Malte Forkel wrote: > I'm using anacron for some tasks on a machine running Lenny. Error > output from those jobs send by email looks strange in Thunderbird. "Anacron" or "cron"? It seems they are two different packages :-? > Mails send by cron supposedly res

Re: Why can't ID3 tags be modified in GNOME file's properties?

2010-09-15 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:50:17 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > For mp3 files, one generally needs to use a tag editor, or an advanced > music player to modify ID3 tags. However, ID3 tags can be displayed by > GNOME using Properties > Audio on the selected file. But they can't be > edited. Why is ther