[totally fixed] Re: Verizon DSL (pppoeconf, WinXp, netgear rt311 don't work)

2003-11-05 Thread DvB
st've done that (it had an option for "allow user access" or something like that). --- DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once again, please CC me on all replies as I'm not > subscribed to the list. > > Verizon called me at around 10pm last night to tell > me,

[almost fixed] Re: Verizon DSL (pppoeconf, WinXp, netgear rt311 don't work)

2003-11-05 Thread DvB
e4 or opera, I have to type in IP addresses to be able to go anywhere, otherwise I get "foo.com not found" errors. Somebody suggested adding PEERDNS=yes to /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig- but that doesn't appear to have worked. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. --- DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Verizon DSL (pppoeconf, WinXp, netgear rt311 don't work)

2003-11-04 Thread DvB
Please CC me on all replies since I'm not currently subscribed to the list. I start talking about Debian specifically around paragraph 7. You might consider the rest to be slightly OT. I just got Verizon DSL last week and have yet to manage to get online. I was unsuccessful with my roommate's WinX

[SOLVED] Re: netgear ma311 recognized but not working on testing

2003-03-02 Thread DvB
Got it working after installing some extra packages and modifying /etc/network/interfaces based on the info in: /usr/share/doc/linux-wlan-ng/README.Debian.gz Here're the packages: ii linux-wlan-ng0.1.15-1 ii linux-wlan-ng-modules-2.4.20-686 2.4.20-5+0.1.15-

netgear ma311 recognized but not working on testing

2003-03-01 Thread DvB
Please CC me on all replies, since I'm not currently subscribed to the list. I just got a netgear ma311 wireless network card and, after compiling a 2.4.20 kernel with the necessary hermes PCI/PCMCIA drivers (and just about every other wireless driver I could find, for that matter), I got my test

[Guess not] Re: USB wireless modem

2003-02-22 Thread DvB
DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think they're called modems... it's a 2Wire USB 128RC4. Will one of > these work under Linux with just a regular USB driver or is a special > driver necessary? If so, is there one for Linux? > Compiled 2.4.20 and included wirele

USB wireless modem

2003-02-21 Thread DvB
I think they're called modems... it's a 2Wire USB 128RC4. Will one of these work under Linux with just a regular USB driver or is a special driver necessary? If so, is there one for Linux? TIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

Re: cdrdao CD -> burner question

2003-02-21 Thread DvB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On 21 Feb 2003 15:00:09 +0100, > Mark Janssen wrote: > > > > > > Faster writing will need more cpu, but burn-proof or whatever > > will compensate. > > Using burnproof on an audio CD isn't (generally) a good idea. > Why not? Just curious. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Boy! this spam is riling me!Re: First Time

2003-02-21 Thread DvB
Barry Rab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Cannot something be done to stop them using the list? > Thanks , Barry > You can: 1.) Report the spam to the ISP it was sent from. 2.) Put add a filter so that it doesn't get in your inbox 3.) Stop posting spam back to the list. We already saw it. --

Re: Gnome workspaces

2003-02-21 Thread DvB
Bob Paige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've noticed an odd behavior of Gnome. > > I have a keystroke mapped to the sawfish event to go to the next > workspace. If I try to go to the 'next' one when I'm already at the > 'last' one, it adds a new one. I've checked 'workspaces' in the control > cen

Re: cdrdao CD -> burner question

2003-02-21 Thread DvB
stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've got a machine with both a 56X CD and an HP CD writer. I would like to > be able to copy CD's (audio) by going directly fro the CD to the burner. Is > this feasible? Looks like cdrdao has command line options to do this. Will > there bee speed issues, given a

Re: nslookup --- which package?

2003-02-21 Thread DvB
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 08:25:02AM -0600, DvB wrote: > > According to the "search contents of packages" utility at > > packages.debian.org it's in the dnsutils package in testing (and also > > zsh, apparently). &

Re: [OT]Yahoo mail

2003-02-20 Thread DvB
David Pastern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well that's cos Yahoo is *ucked - I won't use or recommend their services > ever again. I just had my ex g/f crack my yahoo account, because of a > weakness in their setup. When you forget a p/w, you can do the secret > question routine, and if someone

Re: [OT]Yahoo mail

2003-02-20 Thread DvB
"Sridhar M.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > First of all let me apologise for this OT mail. I could not get an > answer and thought of asking here and see whether someone else has faced > a similar problem. > > > Since a week or so I am not able to delete the e-mails on yahoo server. > I tried

Re: nslookup --- which package?

2003-02-20 Thread DvB
Rus Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Gary Turner wrote: > > > I have been unable to locate this utility. The more I look, the sillier > > I feel. Wasn't this in some util pkg? The closest I've come is > > ptknslookup in the ptknettools pkg. I'd prefer non X. > > > > R

Re: wine and IE

2003-02-20 Thread DvB
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 03:07:59PM -0600, DvB wrote: > > I've never done this, but I've seen it done (with me own eyes! :-) I > > don't think it worked as well as the native Linux browsers and probably > > w

Re: can anyone recomend an application ??? ...

2003-02-19 Thread DvB
Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > on Wed, 19 Feb 2003 02:36:29PM -0600, DvB insinuated: > > 0 12 */1 * * if [ birthday ]; then birthday | mutt -i - -s > birthday > > so if there's any output from the birthday program, it will be sent to > you every

Re: can anyone recomend an application ??? ...

2003-02-19 Thread DvB
Levi Waldron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On February 19, 2003 12:22 pm, DvB wrote: > > I usually set up cron jobs to remind me of recurring things (man > > crontab). This, of course, only works if the computer is turned on when > > the reminder time comes around, bu

Re: can anyone recomend an application ??? ...

2003-02-19 Thread DvB
Dave Selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I need an application to remind me when certain events are due, ie wifes > birthday etc !!, > I usually set up cron jobs to remind me of recurring things (man crontab). This, of course, only works if the computer is turned on when the reminder time come

Re: wine and IE

2003-02-18 Thread DvB
Matthew Weier O'Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Has anybody on the list gotten IE to work under a normal wine install? > Is it possible to get different versions to work under different install > directories (this would be IDEAL!)? Would you be willing to give me some > pointers? > I've n

Re: Installing Opera

2003-02-18 Thread DvB
"David Turetsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm currently downloading Opera 6 to my linux machine and would like to > install it > > > > It's a deb file, downloading to /home/david (which is where I'm logged > in and running Mozilla) > > > > How do I proceed? > > as root, in the dir

Re: Gnome2 in testing - any chances?

2003-02-18 Thread DvB
Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DvB sez: > } The only real problem I have with gnome1.4 is that it appears to want to > } create a new pager for every "workspace" I create with sawfish, so I've > } ended up having one workspace and adding an extra r

Re: Gnome2 in testing - any chances?

2003-02-17 Thread DvB
Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:11:33AM +0100, René Seindal wrote: > > | Is gnome2 worth the hassle? > > No. (IMO) > Does this mean that, once gnome2 gets into testing, we're all screwed? I keep hearing about how much less configurable gnome2 is

Re: Galeon AND Mozilla!

2003-02-15 Thread DvB
"Narins, Josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Galeon: > On starting Galeon I see the standard "last time bombed" > I click discard last session. > Galeon starts making new windows at the rate of 2 per second, ad > infinitum(?) > Clicking X to close the windows, as fast as I can, _sometimes_ stops

Re: how the fuck do I unsubscribe

2003-02-13 Thread DvB
"Fer'had Erdogan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > UM.. Yeah.. I did that (followed the instructions) three times over > a 24 hour (earth hours) period before I posted this thing in the actual > user list. > There might be a confirmation message asking you if you're sure you want to be unsubsc

Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader deb

2003-02-13 Thread DvB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I want to install Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is there any deb file for it? I have Debian Woody. It's not in Debian official. Have you checked for unofficial sources at apt-get.org? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: good sources.list

2003-02-09 Thread DvB
"Willem-Jan Meijer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I've got a question about apt and dselect. > ATM sources.list contains: > > Deb http://devel-home.kde.org/~nolden/kde stable main > Deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > Deb http://security.debian.org/ st

Re: inteligently downgrade packages?

2003-02-09 Thread DvB
Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 10:24:31PM -0600, Jason Pepas wrote: > > I recently wanted to install perlmagick, which depends on an older version of > > perl-api than the one currently on my system. > > > > This can be remedied by specifying which branch of perl

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-09 Thread DvB
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 11:53:26AM -0600, DvB wrote: > > > As far as "essential goods", who decides this? > > > > > > > The commonwealth of Pennsylvania currently (unless things have changed > > s

Re: how can I restart a thread?

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
helycos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to revisit previous emails in this list from a month ago so I can > add [SOLVED] to my original problem, for the sake of Google. Is there > any way I can add to a thread, even though I don't have the original > emails? Copying the subject line doesn't

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 12:06, DvB wrote: > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 00:27, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 11:55:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson w

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 12:00, DvB wrote: [snip] > Now, whether that means privatization or replacing the existing Civil > Servants, must obviously be looked at on a case-by-case basis... > That I can agree with. > > > And don

Re: Mozilla and Galeon not working anymore in Sid

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
Riccardo Gusso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > after today's upgrade of my sid both Mozilla (mozilla-browser_1.2.1-9) > and Galeon (galeon 1.2.7-6) don't work anymore: the first starts (I can > see the process with ps aux) but no windows appear on the desktop, the > second starts and continues

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DvB wrote: > > >Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> DvB wrote: > >> > >> >Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >>

Re: [OT] SpamCop.net

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DvB wrote: > > > Kind of hard when your ISP is Yahoo! and you're not willing to pay for > > their pop server :-) > > apt-get install fetchyahoo > > I've been using it for months in a cron job. Works

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 00:27, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 11:55:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Ummm, somehow I don't think that when W was inaugurated, he was planning > > > on having these new burdens placed on the Federal budget.

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 00:14, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 11:24:41PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > [snip] > > businesses behaving badly: Shape up or we take it. > > Things must be different up in Oregon, because, here, for instance, even

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 02:17:16AM -0600, DvB wrote: > > > I assume you are in favor of a "progressive" income tax scale. > > > Shouldn't other taxes such as payroll taxes (not the same as income >

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 01:59:12AM -0600, DvB wrote: > > If you want to have a debate, try to not put words into my mouth. > Obviously I never said any such thing. I know I never thought it > either, and I'm quite certain y

Re: [OT] SpamCop.net

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 01:15:23AM -0600, DvB wrote: > > Kind of hard when your ISP is Yahoo! and you're not willing to pay for > > their pop server :-) And, yes, I've written their support people and > > requested

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 01:31:31AM -0600, DvB wrote: > > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 11:24:41PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > How much are the city/s

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 12:51:25AM -0600, DvB wrote: > > Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > DvB wrote: > > > > > > >Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-08 Thread DvB
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 09:22:33AM -0600, DvB wrote: > > Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:34:51PM -0600, DvB wrote: > > > > "James Buchanan" <

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 11:24:41PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > How much are the city/state/feds subsidizing TriMet? > > Right now, about half. Normally, nearly nothing or less. TriMet only > goes net-loss and extra subsidy when it's building new rail

Re: [OT] SpamCop.net

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 09:57:40AM -0600, DvB wrote: > > The biggest problem with spamcop, and reporting spam in general, IMO, > > is that you have to open the message in order to do so. Many spammers > > nowdays have lit

Re: [OT] SpamCop.net

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 12:19:05PM -0600, DvB wrote: > > Just disable HTML rendering completely. All you need is the headers and, > > besides, anybody who sends you HTML formatted mail (unless it's your > > boss) probably

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 03:34:47PM -0600, DvB wrote: > > Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The American writer Bill Bryson comments that he cannot understand the > > > British obsession with cars given that there

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DvB wrote: > > >Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Yeah, after all it's not their money .. they just worked hard to earn > >> it. > >> > > > > > >You don

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 17:01, DvB wrote: > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It seems as if there's a lot of (US) Americans on the list who think > > > that Federal projects are a very good way to

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DvB wrote: > > >Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 03:59, James Buchanan wrote: > >> > > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:34:51PM -0600, DvB wrote: > >> >

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 03:59, James Buchanan wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:34:51PM -0600, DvB wrote: > > > > "James Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > &

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 09:22, DvB wrote: > > Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:34:51PM -0600, DvB wrote: > > > > "James Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 08:04:30PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 06:14:11PM -0600, DvB wrote: > > > > (advocacy of public transport which I totally agree with) > > > > Of course, this isn&#x

Re: Getting sawfish to remember stacking level

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DvB sez: > } I would like to force GCD to always be on top and sticky whenever I run > } it. I've tried History->Remember-attributes, which makes it remember to > } be sticky whenever I run it. However, the stacking isn&#x

Getting sawfish to remember stacking level

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
I would like to force GCD to always be on top and sticky whenever I run it. I've tried History->Remember-attributes, which makes it remember to be sticky whenever I run it. However, the stacking isn't remembered. Is there a way to do this? ii gnome-core 1.4.2-1Common files for GNOME core app

Re: What's with Forbidden downloads?

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
DSC Siltec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I just installed Current debian (I guess that's Woody? Or is > it Sarge now?) Anyhow, I've been trying to install my X-server, > with KDE or with Gnome. > > But both of them seem to want Cracklib2-2.7, and KDE also wants > ksirc. In bot

Re: [OT] SpamCop.net

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
Brian McGroarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 09:57:40AM -0600, DvB wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > Hi, > > >I know this is off-topic but since joining this list I'm getting > > > increasing levels

Re: [OT] SpamCop.net

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi, >I know this is off-topic but since joining this list I'm getting > increasing levels of Spam. I've heard that using SpamCop.net to process and > report spam can help. Is this true? Is it worth bothering with? > The biggest problem with spamcop, and reporting

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
"James Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:34:51PM -0600, DvB wrote: > > > "James Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > Famine victims OK, but nobody has mentioned the people

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-07 Thread DvB
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:34:51PM -0600, DvB wrote: > > "James Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Famine victims OK, but nobody has mentioned the people living in > > > pov

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-06 Thread DvB
"James Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Famine victims OK, but nobody has mentioned the people living in > poverty in America. Boost welfare, more education funding, subsidise > pay rises for the lowest paid workers... ooops, America's budget all > gone ;-) > Of course! If we spent that

Re: *.wma

2003-02-06 Thread DvB
"Sergey A. Ovchar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 18:13:38 +0100 > Johannes Zarl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Are you sure, you have libavcodec0 and w32codecs installed? The > > appropriate codec is in either of them. There is no dependency from > > mplayer to it, so

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-06 Thread DvB
Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:41:19AM -0600, DvB wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:36:45 +, > > > Pigeon wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > >

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-05 Thread DvB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:36:45 +, > Pigeon wrote: > > [...] > > > Personally, I think that the space programme in its current > > state of development is frequently trying to run before it can > > walk, and consumes money which would be better spent on famine > > rel

Re: [OT] Capitalism (was Re: columbia -- what really happened)

2003-02-04 Thread DvB
Sean Burlington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DvB wrote: > > > AFAIK, many European countries have been doing that for some time > > now. Their citizens have a relatively high purchasing power, yet they > > still have relatively successful and extensive social p

Re: *.wma

2003-02-04 Thread DvB
Johannes Zarl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >== Requested audio codec family [divx] (afm=acm) not available (enable it > > at compilation!) *** Try to upgrade /home/foo/.mplayer/codecs.conf from > > etc/codecs.conf *** If

[OT] Capitalism (was Re: columbia -- what really happened)

2003-02-04 Thread DvB
"Brooks R. Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | How the US can justify spending so much money on Space while 33 million US > | citizens live below the poverty line amazes me. > > > As hard as they try, putting a socialist blanket over capitalism will never > work. AFAIK, many European cou

Re: *.wma

2003-02-04 Thread DvB
Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DvB wrote: > > >"Sergey A. Ovchar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >>Hi. > >>Can anyone help me about encoding from subject format to cdr, mp3 or wav for >recording

Re: *.wma

2003-02-03 Thread DvB
Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Any self respecting slashdot reader will remember this article [1] which I spend most of my time at /. trolling ;-) > [1] - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/28/1331251&mode=thread > [2] - http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/ Cool. I'll have to check thos

Re: *.wma

2003-02-03 Thread DvB
"Sergey A. Ovchar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. > Can anyone help me about encoding from subject format to cdr, mp3 or wav for >recording it to the CD's. > > And how can I play the *.wma's using XMMS ? > .wma stands for "Windows Media Audio" which is a proprietary format developed by Micr

Re: apt

2003-02-03 Thread DvB
"Sergey A. Ovchar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. > Hint me, please, how can I compile and install programs.tar.bz2 using command : > > apt-get source -b blah-blah-blah > > Any suggestions will be appreciated :) > man apt-get? If the file you speak of is something you downloaded, you prob

Re: CD Player no sound

2003-02-03 Thread DvB
Willem-Jan Meijer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello all, > > My sound is working fine, but when I want to play an audio-cd I hear nothing, > Noatun works fine, system sound works fine but when I open the cd-player I > hear nothing. The program doesn't crash like XMMS there's just no sound. >

Re: OI! Turn my screen back on!

2003-02-02 Thread DvB
Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > How can I prevent a semi-headless machine (no keyboard, but > occasionally has monitor) from blanking its screen and needing either > a keyboard plugged in, or a command executed via ssh that causes a > kernel error of some sort, to bring the display b

Re: cdrecord: What does "BURN-Free is OFF" mean?

2003-02-02 Thread DvB
Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DvB wrote: > > >Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Please. Even foolish suggestions might be helpful here. > Maybe, just this one time, when we find out what the problem is, it will > be a problem

Re: cdrecord: What does "BURN-Free is OFF" mean?

2003-02-02 Thread DvB
Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What else might be wrong? Googling reveals that my newer writer might be > "ATAPI". Is this important in this context? I found a few rants about > ATAPI. I couldn't make out whether the author(s) thought it was good, > but poorly supported by Linux, or b

Re: columbia -- what really happened

2003-02-02 Thread DvB
"Jeremy Gaddis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2709875.stm: > > [snip] > > "To test the technology the Columbia space shuttle was fitted > with an embedded PC that has a 233 MHz processor, 128 MB of RAM > and a solid-state 144 MB hard drive." > > "The c

Re: Quicky about acroread...

2003-01-31 Thread DvB
ZephyrQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I haven't found a .deb for acroread, Acrobat's linux version of their > .pdf reader. Does one exist? I realize it isn't free, but I also > cannot get xpdf and/or ghostview to deal with passworded pdf files (as > sent to me by my wife's student loan peo

Re: [OT] Learning PERL

2003-01-31 Thread DvB
Not sure what could be easier than the Camel... he might want to take a programming course. As to online tutorials, you might want to try perl.com I find the "Documentation" section to be a very good quick reference guide, most of the time. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi, >I know this is sl

Re: phoenix + mozilla

2002-11-05 Thread DvB
iain d broadfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > René Seindal wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:26:16AM +, iain d broadfoot wrote: > > > >>i'm currently using mozilla for mail/news and phoenix for www. > >> > >> if phoenix is running when i try to start mail, i get an error about > >> phoeni

Re: javascript on galeon and mozilla

2002-10-30 Thread DvB
"martin f krafft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > If you don't happen to be using the version of mozilla on which your > > version of galeon is based, you could, theoretically, see very > > different behaviour do to bugs being fixed or new bugs being > > introduced. > > But I run Debian, so I do

Re: javascript on galeon and mozilla

2002-10-30 Thread DvB
"Martin F Krafft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why are there many webpages that employ Javascript, which can be used > with Mozilla but not with Galeon? Mainly, this seems to be about the > submit() function as well as the function(s) to pop up new windows. > I though galeon used mozilla to do al

Re: ssh broadcasts package name???

2002-10-25 Thread DvB
"Karl E. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 05:19:18PM -0500, DvB wrote: > > Isn't this a potential security issue? > > > As for the "how" bit, try: > $ telnet localhost ssh > > and your sshd should r

ssh broadcasts package name???

2002-10-25 Thread DvB
Isn't this a potential security issue? A co-worker recently portscanned my Debian box with the "windows network scanner," or something like that. One thing I noticed was that the scanner appeared to somehow come up with the full debian package name of ssh on my box... if you moused over "ssh" in t

Re: Limiting user's space in /home?

2002-10-25 Thread DvB
Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am setting up a server and want to limit the size of users' home > directories. Where do I find info on how to do this? > apt-get install quota ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: GUADAGNARE DAVVERO, LEGGI E CAPIRAI!!!!

2002-10-16 Thread DvB
Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thursday 01 January 1970 1:00 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > FAI ATTENZIONE PERCHE' CON QUESTO SISTEMA GUADAGNI DAVVERO ! > > (se il messaggio vi e' arrivato piu volte scusate ma, …leggetelo…..) > > > An italian chain letter, or the N

Re: How does LILO work...

2002-10-15 Thread DvB
For starters, you should probably set up your mail software to wrap lines at 72 characters. "Price, Erik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) If I choose Linux from the current, SuSE-installed LILO, will that > actually boot up my new Debian installation? Or does LILO somehow > "remember" that it'

Re: galeon and its problems (was: tabbed browsing as 'zilla's default)

2002-10-01 Thread DvB
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.01.1245 +0200]: > > Alright, since it's you saying that, and thanks to aptitude and the > > automatic dependency management (incl. de-installation), I am giving > > it a shot. > > It's a cool b

Re: Apt errors: Warning: could not lock the cache file.

2002-09-30 Thread DvB
Sven Hartrumpf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have installed packages using aptitude when my / partition filled up > by some /etc ... files (from CUPS packages). > Installation failed therefore. > Now, everytime I call aptitude I get: > "Apt errors: Warning: could not lock the cache file. Openin

Re: Recent leadsmaster spammer

2002-09-27 Thread DvB
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 10:14:12AM -0400, Mike Dresser wrote: > > Um, how does a fax machine accept a collect call? :D > > Call the main number, get ahold of someone near the fax machine to > accept the call on the fax machine. Then, ring on voice on

tramp doesn't work with emacs21

2002-09-26 Thread DvB
I installed tramp and tried to use it in emacs21, but ran into bug #89339 so I install the version of tramp in unstable and now, when I attemp to open a file, it will try to find it in my root dir. C-x C-f /[name]file C-x C-f /[scp/name]file and C-x C-f /[scp/user@name]file don't work and using

Re: tabbed browsing as 'zilla's default

2002-09-26 Thread DvB
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i've looked online and found nothing, and i don't have NNTP access, so > this has to go to debian once again. Have you tried groups.google.com? how can i make mozilla display > all new pages as tabs. when a webpage has , > then clicking on that lin

Re: List replies (was Re: cdrecord -scanbus examples, please.)

2002-09-23 Thread DvB
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday 23 September 2002 08:37, Jamin W.Collins wrote: > > > > There are at least two major factions of thought on how a mailing list > > should be set up. One suggests that lists should munge their headers so > > responses are forced to the l

gcdmaster 1.1.6 When?

2002-09-22 Thread DvB
The current version of gcdmaster in stable/testing/unstable has a bug http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=2171&atid=102171&func=detail&aid=566948 that breaks copying cds with only one drive available. Does anyone have any idea as to when version 1.1.6 will make it into Debian? -- To UNS

Re: cdrecord -scanbus examples, please.

2002-09-22 Thread DvB
Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > > I am packaging a tool (phaser) to use cdrecord from the conseole. I want > to show the user list of different scsi devices (through ide-scsi) to > select the one for writer and one for reader. > > I would like to default the selection to the on

Re: [OT] punctuation (was Re: Configuring w3m for Mozilla)

2002-09-20 Thread DvB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-20 16:50:14 -0500]: > > csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 01:20:21 -0600 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: > > > > >

Re: [OT] punctuation (was Re: Configuring w3m for Mozilla)

2002-09-20 Thread DvB
csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 01:20:21 -0600 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: > unless I under-read the man page, can't do wild-card history searches. I haven't tried this, but you might be able to remap emacs' regexp-isearch-backward to something that doesn't r

getting a new package into next stable revision?

2002-09-20 Thread DvB
What are the chances of libfox1.0 getting into the next stable revision and who would one contact about this? The reason I'm asking is that one of my co-workers has a project on sourceforge that uses the libfox UI library. Apparently, he's been getting a lot of complaints from Debian users about

Re: email clients

2002-09-20 Thread DvB
Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Second, Is there someway to modify Mozilla to over-ride it's mail client > to start $MAIL_CLIENT when prompted. > (Ctrl-M, mailto:$links...) Known issue. See mozilla bug 56478: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56478 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: [OT] punctuation (was Re: Configuring w3m for Mozilla)

2002-09-19 Thread DvB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-19 10:50:34 -0500]: > > > > try running "which mozilla," minus the quotes and the comma from the > > > > command line. > > > I was merely following commonly accepted pu

[OT] punctuation (was Re: Configuring w3m for Mozilla)

2002-09-19 Thread DvB
Robert Ian Smit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [19-09-2002 16:22]: > > try running "which mozilla," minus the quotes and the comma from the > > command line. > > Why did you put the comma there in the first place. Is it some

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