Re: evolution fails to start on Etch

2006-04-06 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
$ G_SLICE=always-malloc evolution & apparently there are packages that should be backed out of to make it work, but they are superseded in Etch already. The 2.4.2.1-2 is supposed to be a fix, and the bugs about this are closed as being fixed, but apparently it isn't. I'm looking to fi

Re: Kernel upgrade time

2003-12-05 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
're scary. > > > I simply don't understand this concept of 'sides.' > I thought, all being the same species, that we were all on the same > side. > This 'us and them' concept is just a political tool. > Regards, > > David. Well, there is *SCO* ;) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: update in sid has killed gnome-terminal

2003-10-20 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
I was running Stable (Woody) or Unstable (Sid). To the OP - just remember, however, that Woody is about as up-to-date as Windows XP, but vastly more reliable. Unstable is bleeding edge, but, well, still more stable than XP ;) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Mark

East Asian O/S

2003-09-08 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
by them. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3090918.stm -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Good Debian-based distro

2003-08-26 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
gns from one vendor to the next. When faced with those different considerations of the environment encountered for hardware detection, do you doubt that it could be anything but complicated? -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Helping the newbie

2003-08-25 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
s SuSE ? > > Maybe the OS/2 of Linux? ;) > > (I used to run OS/2... it was pretty cool!) Nah, SuSE is the TUBA of Linux. ;) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Challenge-response mail filters considered harmful

2003-08-19 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
PROTECTED] Lines: 7 Xref: uunet control:1124685 This is a moderated newsgroup. Make sure your moderators file contains: # Linux gated mailing lists linux.act.*:[EMAIL PROTECTED] linux.*:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For your newsgroups file: linux.debian.user User input on the Debian Linux distribution -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

PGP on Usenet (was Re: Can't Keep Kernel Log Messages From Console)

2003-08-14 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
erarchy (one of the Big-Eight hierarchies) and you will find all manner of posts, particularly on posted reports, PGP or GPG signed to indicate that they are authoritatively from who they claim to be. This is particularly the case in the news.admin groups, where spoofing of emails has been a problem

Re: Procmail partially working

2003-08-14 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
once. Would multiple feeds poring into the bit bucket at the same time risk splash back and possible corruption of nearby memory from the spray? ;) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: "undead" network interface

2003-08-03 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
tem, and particularly perchance he may have a half-duplex ethernet card, that could be a bottleneck right there. Beyond that, it appears that eth0 interface is likely being launched on demand by something (anything) on the local machine - possibly even something as simple as ntp or evolution checking a m

Re: printer

2003-07-23 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
you? -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: kernel oops playing sound -- sound now wedged

2003-07-20 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
local build from source to *really* work reliably on any computer I've worked with it. Download the source from http://www.mplayerhq.hu, untar it and from its lead directory, run: ./configure --help | lpr after which you can run debian/rules with the appropriate flags for the type of system

Re: What good is Alien? (was Re: OT: why I don't want CCs)

2003-07-18 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
I've been involved with, and my gratitude to all that accomplished these miracles. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: OT: why I don't want CCs

2003-07-18 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
is where I have many of my best job titles and descriptions, partly because I got to get more involved with the complexities of various projects than would be the case in most business or government structures, and partly because I got to create my own titles in those environments (hmm, was that Admi

Re: Needs some information

2003-07-16 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
ESSIVE kepada para > pengguna > TELKOMNet-Instan hingga 50% mulai bulan Juli hingga September 2003." > =========== HTH, I normally charge $60 Cdn for what work went into this answer. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel

Re: sources.list

2003-07-15 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
url's to update from too. And see section 2.3 of that doc for > net-select to get the "best" sources. > > > Shawn Lamson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Alternately, apt-spy will get the lists of servers, check the quality of response from each, and set

Re: X's "default console input source" = /dev/what? [Solved]

2003-07-13 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 13:32, Pigeon wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 09:27:46PM +0100, Pigeon wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 12:23:15PM -0400, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > > My own > > > suspicion is that it *could* be looking for the virtual console on which > >

Re: X's "default console input source" = /dev/what?

2003-07-11 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
u are seeking to use is on a remote box to where X11 is running, but the mouse is on the system with X11? I am not sure that anyone quite pictured that mix of input sources for one user. I'd suggest that maybe the familiarity with that level of configuration might be on the level of con

Re: Gnome-Terminal size not restored

2003-07-10 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
size. Otherwise, any terminal program typically goes to the 80x24 standard terminal proportions (not the IBM 80x25, btw.) HTH, HAND -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Linux Kernel 2.4.21 and bootldr.ver

2003-07-10 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
upposed to create it, although it is not listed in include/linux/modversions.h, while it had been in previous kernels (IIRC, modversions.h is created by 'make dep'.) Any suggestions? -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684

Re: Bad experience in installation

2003-07-09 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
y a manufacturing problem) and the IBM click of death reportedly is most prone to a handful of models (design problems likely.) ISTR a stretch where IBM drives were solid and greatly reliable, leading to them being the preferred drive of numerous major system vendors. I strongly recommend learni

Re: RAID?

2003-07-06 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
GAT d-(?) s: a--- C(++) UL P+ L+++> E W++ N+ o? > K- w--() O? M? V?(-) PS+(+++) PE(++) Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5 X-() > R*(?) tv-- b+++(++) DI+ D--(?) G e-(*)>+ h! r x? > --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- > Will your Mom buy me a hard drive, too? How about Colin, and Jamin, an

Re: Bootable Rescue CD-ROM

2003-07-04 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
x has a role as a demonstrator, tester, and tool to use on systems with serious operational impairment (aka Windows,) it isn't *exactly* the universal solution some automatically judge it to be. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-07-02 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
> > Can someone explain what these are all about? I've seen some of these > types of huge amounts of gibberish on other lists.. Are they strictly for > harassment or what? Reminded me of a Hell.Surfer message repeated 1000 times over ;) It did sound conspiracy-theory-esque,

Re: Worked around (dirty...) How to apply no-debianized kernelpatch to debianized kernel-source?

2003-07-02 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
rlying concepts and designs of various services on Linux, I am not configuring them regularly enough to know all of the considerations of everything to do things without the occasion burrowing into /usr/share/doc/HOWTO for at least clarification. To not have that available following an installation

Re: Kerberos on Debian - Windows clients

2003-06-30 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
PG v1.2.1 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE+/3sDL/zYpWVgapgRAlORAJ9OtGLAzYsAdQje4lhmmo7KPGHAHwCfXjaA > uSzRDduAY4eCpskmHNVW+6I= > =i/S6 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- You could encourage the Australian government to request annexation to the U

Re: Evolution 1.4 bug?

2003-06-30 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 07:30, Dominique Deleris wrote: > On 27 Jun 2003 17:18:23 -0400, "Mark L. Kahnt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Mark> I had the crash with Evolution 1.2 most of the time, but with Evolution > Mark> 1.4, I get a taskbar for the Calendar,

Re: AMD processor compatibility

2003-06-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
trictly with the mailing list (as is the case for most of us getting the list,) he wouldn't have seen that answer. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Remove With Understanding Due Work, Power And Nature Of IAssociative We

2003-06-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
resent the same relative theme within the convoluted ranting, including each having reference to some generally unknown kingdom (which may well exist, or had existed, but is not reported in our Western/European directed history.) Reminds me, however, of the oratory practices of Lord Crossharbour Conrad

Re: Kernel 2.5.44

2003-06-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
need to be addressed. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: grip & ide-scsi & ripping

2003-06-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
). While it is very unlikely to be the case with something as current as a DVD/CD drive, some older CD drives actually could not support CD-DA needed for ripping audio CDs (even without RIAA's involvement!) - I have a pair of drives from my old Pentium/90 MHz - one a 4x, the other a 6x CD drive

Re: Evolution 1.4 bug?

2003-06-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
IA, > Oki I had the crash with Evolution 1.2 most of the time, but with Evolution 1.4, I get a taskbar for the Calendar, but the Task List comes up in the window (most recent Debian edition of Evolution1.3 package.) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Con

Re: debian

2003-06-28 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
ent due on that machine. That VAX was good up to a load of 10 for interactive functions, and it wasn't until it moved past 15 that it started to be unusable for interactive functions. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: how to use rpm in debian

2003-06-24 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 13:03, Bob Proulx wrote: > Rob Weir wrote: > > Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > > I have this myself, and the installation scripts use 'rpm' to attempt > > > the installation, which on Debian just won't work, period. > > Not even

Re: OT: America's Army

2003-06-23 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
at the time: the TRS-80, an Apple ][+, and an HP 9830A with a one line, 32 character LED alphanumeric display. But when I programmed things from scratch, I had self-modifying code and tweaks of individual memory locations as a given. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: how to use rpm in debian

2003-06-21 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
alien' to do the conversion,) or 'rpm' *someday* should be extended on Debian to support the Debian installation database *as best as possible* given the .rpm limitations. The third option is to clue IBM into the advantages of releasing a .deb edition of their packages, given the pos

Re: debian

2003-06-21 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
ll clients that if they don't have the documentation for a particular device, I make no guarantees that they will be able to use it. I make no guarantees anyhow, given the unpredictability of system difficulties. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: debian

2003-06-21 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
on the way so many proclaim (just my bad luck,) while my three installs of Woody generally found everything, although the boot-floppies installation didn't pass that on to specifically choose the correct modules (I did that on my own.) That said, the times I've installed Red Hat, it has always s

Re: debian

2003-06-21 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
iciently robust. The Hurd still apparently needs some important services in place and is awaiting a new microkernel that is supposed to solve some overhead and bottlenecks, iiuc. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935

Re: debian

2003-06-20 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
e, by then, you'll be asking > why Debian doesn't install like Tomorrow's other OSes.) > > Debian might be tough to install, but you only have to do it once. > > -- > Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt Ne

Re: Burning DVD onto CD

2003-06-20 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
happen with KDE, but I'm not familiar with which file it would go to. I remember, years ago, suggesting to what was then Progressive Networks that they should aim toward being able to set desktop icons that with one click launched a player with an Internet feed - they didn't pursue t

Re: Internet Browser Preferences

2003-06-16 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
the OP was asking this question BECAUSE Opera was too resource demanding. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: How to stop booting into KDE environment

2003-06-14 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 17:22, Alfredo Valles wrote: > On Saturday 14 June 2003 4:27 pm, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 12:35, Alfredo Valles wrote: > > > You can pass the init=3 parameter to the kernel at boot time to start in > > > runlevel 3 which s

Re: How to stop booting into KDE environment

2003-06-14 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
. Case of rum, case of rum (Kelly Bundy's attempt to say "que sera, sera") -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Internet Browser Preferences

2003-06-13 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:15, Mark Roach wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 01:10, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > I'm finding Epiphany impressive if you are using GTK2 oriented > > applications, if you have Mozilla already on the system for the Gecko > > portion. Otherwise, Mozilla

Re: Internet Browser Preferences

2003-06-12 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
lly annoyed. What are you guys using? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jake Johnson > > http://www.plutoid.com > From light to heavy: > links, dillo, links2,opera,galeon,mozilla > it depends what feature set you want. graphics, css support,plugins. > -K The next

Re: Internet Browser Preferences

2003-06-12 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
, w3 in its appropriate incarnation for your needs is a fine choice :) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [OT] Printer recommendations

2003-06-10 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
separately. Prices run around the same as a mid-market inkjet printer and while the toner cartridge is priced higher than replacement inkjet cartridges, the toner lasts far, far longer, and there is often more opportunity to find third-party toner cartridges that match. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI

Re: Evolution UI fonts in Gnome 2 on Woody

2003-06-06 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
egacy Gnome 1.4 setting that's lurking > somewhere? > > Thanks for any clues. > > Cheers, > Bret > -- > Bret Comstock Waldow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Simple consideration: Evolution 1.2 series is not Gnome 2, it is still Gnome 1.4, so the Gnome 2 font tools don'

Re: Knoppix ISO image is 715MB - How Do I burn it ?

2003-06-06 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
Canadian, because if you > discount votes at the vote at Champoeg made by convicted felons (who > weren't supposed to be voting), Oregon belongs to Canada by one vote > instead of vice-versa[1]. Nobody caught this until it was *way* too > late, unfortunately. > Sounds like Florida,

Re: ALSA/SBLive problem

2003-06-06 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
the better choice. All that said, what other parts of the thread seem to indicate (or are all the threads blurring together now?) that this was a *not exactly* SBLive!, which is not necessarily going to be perfectly supported. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: xdm starting, but not configured

2003-06-05 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
h my point of view. So no point in continuing this here. > -K Read that message, and the follow-ups again. It *is* done the way we've said, and that is the Debian position (I'm not sure if it is explicitly stated in Policy, as I haven't read the entirety of Debian Policy yet.) Directing

Re: xdm starting, but not configured

2003-06-04 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
6/bin/xf86config > /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config-v3 > -Kev > > > > I tried running my install CD with "rescue" instead of install, but it > > boots and uses xdm, which does'nt help me. > > > > thanks! > > > > emma > > > >

Re: inode error, linux won't boot

2003-06-03 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
do you suddenly seem to have *considerably* more free disk space on /home? -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Why "./configure" script of some projects doesn't work inDebian

2003-05-31 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
fit with the headers related headers rather than the binary packages, which have already been through the gtk-config or qtconfig. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
a some of the time but not universally ... > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yeah, everyone knows the best documentation system is to ask Colin and give him wonderful gifts in gratitude ;) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Mar

Re: CUPS / HPLJ5: very slow printer processing

2003-05-30 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
n maybe a basic monospaced, built-in font, presenting multiple copies of a page. Otherwise, you are transferring an image of the page rasterised on the computer by GhostScript, or at least "translated" from PostScript to, in your (and my) case, PCL. This takes time to transfer, particularly

Re: New User

2003-05-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 23:49, Richard Hector wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 08:47:30PM -0400, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 20:18, Jonathon B. Craw wrote: > > > > > > 1. Permissions on /dev/mix* /dev/dsp/*: give yourself read/write access > &

Re: New User

2003-05-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
have access to sound to the audio group, with a command such as: # adduser audio Note the pound sign - it needs to be issued from root or via an sudo. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GNOME applets not appearing in menu

2003-05-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
> > Many thanks in advance, > > Johan Unless they have been ported over to Gnome 2, they won't work, as the panel interfaces have changed somewhat. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [OT] Novell Challenges SCO and claims ownership of Unix

2003-05-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
re is SCO owned IP all over the Linux kernel. SCO will hunt them. > Free software infidels are liars. We will kill them all, and roast their > stomach in hell. Our estimates show that all slashodot viewers will die. > --Mohammad Al-Sahhaf SCO Sopkesman, Former Iraqi information minister*/ &g

RE: migrate to new hardware

2003-05-27 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 00:00, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Mark L. Kahnt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, 27 May 2003 4:05 PM > > To: Debian Users > > Subject: Re: migrate to new hardware > > > > > > O

Re: Opinions on Lindows Mobile PC

2003-05-27 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 22:05, Kevin McKinley wrote: > On 27 May 2003 21:06:03 -0400 > "Mark L. Kahnt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From what I've seen of the screenshots of the new Debian installer, the > > same structure appears to be planned, which

Re: Heads Up - Gnome 2.2 moving into Sarge

2003-05-27 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 20:56, Travis Crump wrote: > Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > The subject about says it - was doing an apt-get -s update of Sarge and > > got indications of a large number of parts of Gnome 2.2 entering Sarge. > > If you track Testing, use Gnome, and haven&#

Re: Opinions on Lindows Mobile PC

2003-05-27 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
the same approach as with apt, where apt-get is one of a number of different utilities, such as aptitude and synaptic, to implement the user interface, and a better structured, more intuitive installation interface is developed on the Debian installer base. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA,

Re: /dev/radio not found, but it is there.......

2003-05-27 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
pports my 78 rpm platters the way my stereo does (although they aren't *in* stereo,) but it doesn't hurt knowing in case a reason did arise for considering one. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: M$ licenses Unix

2003-05-27 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
dler. Did I miss a step (or something > otherwise obvious)? > > Thanks, > > > -- > Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] The newsgroups of the Debian lists are a one-way gateway, echoing the mailing lists to Usenet groups. While some misconfigured news servers permit and circ

Re: Office soulution

2003-04-05 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
was there, and suffiently different in trademark terms, and it carries with it the not-for-profit nature of free software - that ended up being accepted. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: quick question about fvwm 2.4 screen shot

2003-04-04 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
t is called. It > looks like a neet pager/utility bar.. > > the link to the screen shot is > http://www.fvwm.org/screenshots/Dominik-desk1-1152x864.html > > Thanks! > > Jim That's the buttons module that you can get from that submenu. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, AL

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

2003-04-04 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
logy, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill > [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu > Nah - in Canada, we get to month's end. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.as

Re: Shell based text editor for writing prose

2003-04-02 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
; for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state > or the office of a thoroughly nasty business concern." > > - - C. S. Lewis > > > > John "Johnboy" Griffiths - RiotACT Editor > > http://the-riotact.com > Ph: 0412 69

Re: mounting USB Camera Pentax Optio 330

2003-04-02 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
y you have more luck than my father had trying to connect his camera to a computer. I had to explain to him the difference between digital and traditional (legacy) cameras, and why he couldn't find the right cable. "Dad - if it uses film, it isn't a digital camera, and won't work w

Re: KNOPPIX as an installer for Debian

2003-03-30 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 11:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 30 Mar 2003 02:09:11 -0500 > "Mark L. Kahnt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The band around the spindle says 700 MB (and even Memorex) but I've > > produced two coasters based on the messag

Re: Sarge Release Date

2003-03-30 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
re, and as yet, it isn't This thread is recurrent, and has been for many years. Look in the list archives, and you will find similar themes, each hopefully informative. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Em

Re: KNOPPIX as an installer for Debian

2003-03-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 00:39, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 02:55:36PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > Yep - I pulled an iso of it from ftp.leo.org, burned it to a cd, and > > then realised that it was too big for the 700 MB CDs I have here (as was > > 3.1)

Re: KNOPPIX as an installer for Debian

2003-03-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
al stores have the 800 MB blank CDs yet. So, right now the iso is sitting in /var/tmp awaiting media on which I can burn it, or the time to mount it, trim out some stuff, and master a new iso that will fit. ***indecent muttering under my breath*** -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA

Re: How long is linux going to be free ?

2003-03-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
dless of how valuable of a contribution this clause might be, require that any extensions of the code be done in a way that it improves the code and does not introduce viruses or worms. I could alternately license it that way, but it would not, IIUC, be DFSG-Free. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA,

Re: Toy Story List

2003-03-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
, this is serious > Lindsay> puter stuff! > > Potatoe? No! Its Potato. Potato! potato!! > > ;-) Shhh - Lindsay was the kid taught spelling by Dan Quayle ;) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 E

Re: How should we handle people who can not unsubscribe?

2003-03-29 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
ribed here is not going to demonstrate sufficient clue-iostity to deal with unsubscribing when you can no longer use the outbound address. That said, again IIUC, he should be able to do it by switching his self-identifying email address in the original and confirmation messages to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Linux Sucketh not.

2003-03-28 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 02:32, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 01:03:34AM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > I got the digest - for less than one week. You can't follow threads with > > it, and it is

Re: Mozilla 1.3 for Woody?

2003-03-28 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 09:45, Michael Bona wrote: > Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > > On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 12:57, Michael Bona wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> does anyone know a source for Mozilla Version 1.3 for Woody? Apt-get.org > >> does not seem to lis

Re: [OT, DSW] Appropriate transportation

2003-03-28 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
it is treated as the same as a woman not being without her purse, or an outdoors sales person wrt their cell phone, or a smoker without their smokes. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signat

Re: Linux Sucketh not.

2003-03-26 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
ek. You can't follow threads with it, and it is several big emails a day, at relatively indeterminate times, often apparently missing some of the key posts in numerous threads (they may be in a previous or even later digest.) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt

Re: OT: VMS / WNT [was: Re: Official Exim 4 package]

2003-03-26 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 15:36, Pigeon wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 12:08:40PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > Windows 5 (XP, 2000) is based on the "now" 32-bit kernel (morphed > > from a mix of Windows 3, OS/2 and Vax code.) > > The so-called NT kernel? *Vax*

Re: Multiple network interfaces

2003-03-26 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 05:18, Raúl Alexis Betancort Santana wrote: > El Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 06:43:07PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt escribió: > > 2) Linux, iirc, requires a kernel driver for each individual ethernet > > card, meaning that if you have two or more identical ethernet cards, y

Re: emacs and error message

2003-03-25 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
tarting for few seconds so I'd like to remove > > it. How can I configure emacs not to ask for that file? > > Why not just create it? As root: "cat /dev/null > /etc/mailname" A wild suggestion: "touch /etc/mailname" I always feel odd reading from /dev/null

RE: Multiple network interfaces

2003-03-25 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
#x27;t Jeopardy 2) Linux, iirc, requires a kernel driver for each individual ethernet card, meaning that if you have two or more identical ethernet cards, you need the driver twice. The only way to do that is to compile it as a module, rather than into the kernel, and then set it up in /etc/modules -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Mozilla 1.3 for Woody?

2003-03-25 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
an see Mozilla.org's own installer for 1.3 at http://www.mozilla.org - tested here to install under /opt, it works fine, just isn't maintained by the Debian packaging system. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613

Re: FW: FW: Retrieving mail from a web based mail service?

2003-03-25 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
it by loading in and interpretting the Yahoo Mail webpages, and extracting the emails from that. Conceptually, it works, and in practice, it is working, but to be used elsewhere, it must be largely rewritten to deal with the structure of your company's webmail webpages. Not a nice task. -- Mark L

RE: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks

2003-03-25 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
alone running the risk of having to install an operating system, even if it is merely Windows. Just because the computer does all manner of calculations doesn't mean the user *can* stop thinking ;) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (

Re: Official Exim 4 package

2003-03-25 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
5 (XP, 2000) is based on the "now" 32-bit kernel (morphed from a mix of Windows 3, OS/2 and Vax code.) That said, they don't *always* follow that with major number changes with their applications - there it is far more of a decision made in Marketing rather than IT. -- Mark L.

Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks

2003-03-25 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 08:15, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 03:28:03AM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > > A week ago, I was setting up a new box (well, new as Debian - had been > > Win98 and RH) and got to try the Debian boot-floppies installation for > >

Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks

2003-03-25 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
ound the world. Is it perfect for everyone's grandmother? No. But for anyone that knows Unix-ie type computers and has installed an o/s on their box, it may be a thinking exercise, but it is definitely a solid and effective method. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [OT] user psychology

2003-03-23 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
rrent CPU while under the severest of security restrictions in order to foster your position that the current technology just can no longer meet the needs of a modern and growing company. ;) -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613)

Re: help with playing a midi file

2003-03-23 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 05:19, Paul Scott wrote: > Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > >On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 00:43, Paul Scott wrote: > > > > > >>Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 22:18, Paul Scott wrot

Re: When will Sarge become Stable ?

2003-03-23 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
put together a release more frequently, might I suggest launching your own Debian-derived distribution. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: help with playing a midi file

2003-03-23 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 00:43, Paul Scott wrote: > Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > >On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 22:18, Paul Scott wrote: > > > > > >>My sound card works. I am using KDE on the 2.4.20-k6 kernel. I have a > >>number of midi players installed - kmid,

Re: Official Exim 4 package

2003-03-22 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
jection - the situation would appear comparable to that of Bind (version 8) and Bind9 (not version 8) - a relatively clear and apparently broadly accepted solution to packaging a noticeably different successor system. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: help with playing a midi file

2003-03-22 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
> TIA, > > Paul Scott And what, pray tell, is the make/model of your sound card? Simple audio, and the reproduction of sound shapes (what MIDI does) are two different functions of the same card, and the latter isn't always implemented at the time the first part is available. --

Re: When will we see alsa-modules for 2.4.20?

2003-03-22 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 14:18, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 01:49:52PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 08:26, Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > Yes. With alsa-base and alsa-headers installed, I compile alsa-source when I > > > build m

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