Re: apt: exporting and importing list of installed packages

2003-10-15 Thread Jens Grivolla
Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Is there a way to dump my current selection to a file and read it back >> > later? I didn't find such an option in aptitude or any of the other >> > tools. > > dpkg --get-selections > Ok, this gives me a list of packages like " install" for in

apt: exporting and importing list of installed packages

2003-10-14 Thread Jens Grivolla
Hi, I apparently have a lot of leftovers from old packages that did not get cleanly uninstalled, and am losing quite a bit of disk space for that. I would therefore like to do a fresh install (backing up /home and /etc), but using my current selection of packages (which I just carefully verified)

Re: [OT] boot CD from grub?

2003-03-26 Thread Jens Grivolla
Shri Shrikumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 00:11, Jens Grivolla wrote: >> Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately it seems to only boot from IDE >> drives, but it is an interesting pointer in the right direction. > > What about http://www.nu2.nu/bootd

Re: [OT] boot CD from grub?

2003-03-24 Thread Jens Grivolla
Shri Shrikumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 00:17, Jens Grivolla wrote: >> So I guess I'll just have to work around it (which can be a pain), >> apparently booting from a CD without BIOS-support is not possible. > > Have you tried xosl from h

Re: [OT] boot CD from grub?

2003-03-19 Thread Jens Grivolla
"deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> From: Jens Grivolla [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> I have a system that won't boot from (SCSI-)cdrom when any IDE >> harddrives are configured in the BIOS (yes, this is very definitely a >> bug). Thi

[OT] boot CD from grub?

2003-03-18 Thread Jens Grivolla
Hi, this isn't exactly Debian related, but I didn't find a good place to ask, sorry. I have a system that won't boot from (SCSI-)cdrom when any IDE harddrives are configured in the BIOS (yes, this is very definitely a bug). This is somewhat annoying and I am looking for a workaround. As I do ha

Re: Open Office 1.0.2 formats differently on different OSes

2003-02-20 Thread Jens Grivolla
Dragan Cvetkovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Gianfranco Berardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Basic problem: The formatting of the page is different in Open Office for >> Windows than from Open Office for Linux. > > It's probably the same behaviour as it is in MS Word: your formating > depends

Re: Mouse not aligned in X

2003-01-31 Thread Jens Grivolla
Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "Kent" == Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Kent> Just installed Woody. imps2 mouse on /dev/psaux works fine, except > Kent> that the "sweet spot" where the click takes place is off-centered > Kent> to the left of where the actual click is made

Re: Recommendation for dual head video card

2003-01-13 Thread Jens Grivolla
David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I suggest the second video > card approach because you can probably be happy for about US$20, > rather than having to spend US$200 or more for a professional-grade > video card with two independent video outputs. AFAIK, for around 60EUR you get something

Re: X problem: mouse pointer shifted

2002-12-11 Thread Jens Grivolla
Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:06:27 +0100, Jens Grivolla wrote" >> Regularly, after some time, the mouse pointer will shift and then be >> shown around 100 pixels to the right of the actual position[...] > > Yes. From a post of

X problem: mouse pointer shifted

2002-12-11 Thread Jens Grivolla
Hi, I have a problem on my Acer TM210 laptop with integrated ALi (Trident) graphics (sorry, I don't have the exact name, it doesn't seem to show anywhere) on XFree86 4.2.1.1, but also on older versions. Regularly, after some time, the mouse pointer will shift and then be shown around 100 pixels t

Re: SVG-based presentation program?

2002-11-18 Thread Jens Grivolla
Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>>> "Jens" == Jens Grivolla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jens> Hi, I am looking for a good presentation program (something like > Jens> PowerPoint) for Linux. > > There are several packages fo

Re: SVG-based presentation program?

2002-11-17 Thread Jens Grivolla
Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://www.mew.org/mgp/ Thanks, it looks like it has some nice templates that come with it (or at least one), which is important to me. However, it uses a proprietary format (though it is pure text, which is nice) and I do not find much documentation as to

SVG-based presentation program?

2002-11-17 Thread Jens Grivolla
Hi, I am looking for a good presentation program (something like PowerPoint) for Linux. So far I have been using mostly Star- /Openoffice which is kind of OK, but would be interested in alternatives. I have been using LaTeX (which I use for word processing), too, but I don't think it is really t

Re: dockable apps for icewm?

2002-11-13 Thread Jens Grivolla
Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 02:59:38PM +0100, Jens Grivolla wrote: >> Dave Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Blackbox is fairly lightweight, and has a 'slit' which will swallow >> > wmaker dock apps. >

Re: dockable apps for icewm?

2002-11-12 Thread Jens Grivolla
Dave Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 08:26:25PM +0100, Jens Grivolla wrote: > > I think I will be switching to a different WM. Unfortunately most > > themes for other WMs are totally overloaded and bloated, and I really > > don't nee

Re: dockable apps for icewm?

2002-11-12 Thread Jens Grivolla
Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jens Grivolla schrieb am Wednesday, den 06. November 2002: > > - ICQ (possibly a licq frontend) > Psi, with mimize+occupy-all-desktop is good enough for me. I am using licq and would much prefer to have it docked. Possibly, ps

Re: dockable apps for icewm?

2002-11-08 Thread Jens Grivolla
"Karl E. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 06:00:25PM +0100, Jens Grivolla wrote: > > Does anybody know of such applets? > > There aren't any applets; icewm's architecture is radically different > from e.g. Gnome. >

dockable apps for icewm?

2002-11-06 Thread Jens Grivolla
Hi, I have been using Icewm with a nice and lean theme for quite a while now and find it very nice. However, I have been unable to find any applications that would dock in the taskbar (except for the network, mail, and APM monitors that come with it). There seem to be tons of applets out there f

Re: Exim and SMTP on an internet gateway

2002-11-01 Thread Jens Grivolla
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Note that since 10.0.0.2 will fail MX lookups, you'll > want to specify this route as 10.0.0.2 byname in that section, rather > than bydns_a. AFAIR bydns_a uses DNS to look up the corresponding A record, not MX, so it is almost the same as byname in mos

Re: any suggestions on mail client?

2002-11-01 Thread Jens Grivolla
Dale K Dicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [Fullquote snipped] > apt-get install evolution :) it is an outlook clone. Coincidence? Well, at least he didn't top-post. Ciao, Jens P.S.: sorry if this reply sounds a bit harsh, but the correlation between Outlook and badly formatted (up to unre

Re: exim problem solved. how do i configure mozilla?

2002-10-28 Thread Jens Grivolla
Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > now, i changed smtp server in my mozilla to 192.168.100.21 - my > machine's ip address. it is unable to deliver message. the error i get > is: > > an error occured while sending mail. the mail server responded: > relayin to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> prohi

Re: exim configuration

2002-10-23 Thread Jens Grivolla
Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David A. Rogers wrote: > >Yes your machine could send mail directly. > > > how! that was my question. even after reading the nag chapters, i am > unable to handle this! ok, so here comes a setup (this needs to go in the routers section) that uses a

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-16 Thread Jens Grivolla
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As to why involve exim? You need an MTA installed for cron, etc, > anyway, so it may as well be exim.. And, although I've never tried to > set up fetchmail, some have said it was a wee bit more complicated than > exim, dunno about that.. Are you saying you u

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-16 Thread Jens Grivolla
Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:15:21PM +0200, Jens Grivolla wrote: > > Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 01:50:17PM +0100, Pat Colbeck wrote: > > > > "|IFS=' ' &&

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-15 Thread Jens Grivolla
Jamin W.Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:51:59 -0400 (EDT) Mark Carroll > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Then you're using fetchmail, not exim, to receive mail - it's just a > > matter of terminology. (Of course, exim performs the local delivery > > after'receiving' fr

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-15 Thread Jens Grivolla
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 12:57:25PM +0200, Jens Grivolla wrote: > > Obviously it can. But you just don't want to use exim _at all_ to > > receive mail on a machine that is not permanently connected to the > > Internet (unless y

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-15 Thread Jens Grivolla
Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This seems very odd. I thought that Debian set up exim more or less by > default. Yes, that is because you need _some_ program at least for local mail delivery (system messages and such), although you don't really need a full-featured MTA (mail tran

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-15 Thread Jens Grivolla
Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 01:50:17PM +0100, Pat Colbeck wrote: > > "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail || exit 75 #fredsmith" > > Good to do it explicitly, but Exim will automatically deliver using > procmail if you have a ~/.procmailrc The explanation was f

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-15 Thread Jens Grivolla
Mark Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 15 Oct 2002, Jens Grivolla wrote: > > When did what change? > > That you need to really know what you're doing to use exim to receive mail > on a machine that is not permanently connected to the Internet, I'd gues

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-15 Thread Jens Grivolla
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 12:57:25PM +0200, Jens Grivolla wrote: > > Obviously it can. But you just don't want to use exim _at all_ to > > receive mail on a machine that is not permanently connected to the > > Internet (un

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-15 Thread Jens Grivolla
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Exim (or at least 3.35) can distribute mail to different mailboxes. If > I understand some of the posters in this thread, they have stated that > you cannot, but this is what I'm doing. Obviously it can. But you just don't want to use exim _at all_ to receiv

Re: The only thing I miss about Windows

2002-10-14 Thread Jens Grivolla
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If I believed that there was anything "Socialist" about Free Software I > would cease contributing to it. Free Software without the concept of "giving what you can, getting what you need" is a rather strange thought. So strange that I suspect what you r

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-14 Thread Jens Grivolla
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Wilhelm Land) writes: > Jens Grivolla wrote: > > The "only one email address" part makes me think you really want to > > poll an external mailbox using POP3 or IMAP. Exim does not have > > anything to do with this, you need to use fetc

Re: using exim for simple mail delivery

2002-10-14 Thread Jens Grivolla
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Wilhelm Land) writes: > Does exim allow the config. of simple mail delivery > on the following system?: > > -One mashine, connected tmp. to the internet > -one user with only one email adress and >   who likes to have his incoming mail sorted as: >    +one inbox for eac

Re: MUA that supports MH-folders?

2002-10-10 Thread Jens Grivolla
Chad Walstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Regarding Jens Grivolla's <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> question about > clients that read MH folder formats, you have a couple options. You > have already listed the GUI clients that I know of that work with MH, > the best supported being sylpheed and exmh. Ye

Re: MUA that supports MH-folders?

2002-10-09 Thread Jens Grivolla
Gerald Livingston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My gripe is that you cannot associate an account to a specific > folder. You can, with the freshly released sylpheed-claws 0.8.5 :-) Ciao, Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: MUA that supports MH-folders?

2002-10-09 Thread Jens Grivolla
"Jack O'Quin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [switch to Gnus] > Gnus is a very complicated beast. It runs under emacs (or xemacs), so > you have to learn all that, too. I don't recommend it unless you need > heavy-duty mail-handling and are willing to spend some time learning > to use it. But, it

Re: MUA that supports MH-folders?

2002-10-09 Thread Jens Grivolla
Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A simple shell script could use 'find' to get the filenames of all your > stored messages under ~/Mail (or wherever you keep it) and pipe them > through procmail to store them in your new mailboxes in whatever format > you like. That's what I did when I

Re: MUA that supports MH-folders?

2002-10-09 Thread Jens Grivolla
Gerald Livingston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jens Grivolla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been using sylpheed but would like to change because of a few > > small inconveniences (e.g. no freely editable "From:", seemingly > > messed up line wr

MUA that supports MH-folders?

2002-10-09 Thread Jens Grivolla
Hi, I have been using sylpheed but would like to change because of a few small inconveniences (e.g. no freely editable "From:", seemingly messed up line wrap in sylpheed claws, ...) However, I have been unable to import my Folders into any of the MUAs that claim to support MH (such as balsa, tkr

Re: using xpdf to open pdf files from galeon

2002-10-07 Thread Jens Grivolla
Shri Shrikumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > % telnet www.whatever.com 80 > GET /index.pdf > > but that only returns the PDF itself - no headers with Content-Type. try `wget -S ...` HTH, HAND, Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: Headers in this ML

2002-10-03 Thread Jens Grivolla
Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would advise filtering on the X-Mailing-List: header, not To: or Cc:, > > if the latter is what you're doing. This should be reliable. > > Thanks, but there wasn't such a header in the message. No referen