Nate Duehr wrote:
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
Hi,
A killer app is an application that compels one to use a certain
system. On Debian lists, someone mentioned that meld, a GUI diff
utility, was killer. I can't think of any I have because I moved to
GNU/Linux for its said overall magnificence, ins
Dirk wrote:
Hi!
(I've asked this before but my account seemed to be deleted for some
reason...)
I have the choice between VARCHAR(8) and INT(10) to store unsigned crc32
values in hex or as decimal integer.
Which one would result in more speed after putting an INDEX on it?
VARCHAR(8) or INT(10)?
charles norwood wrote:
On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 21:18 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 05:18:02PM -0800, charles norwood wrote:
Hi list.
What applications use famd?
man -k famd
famd (8) - The File Alteration Monitor (FAM) daemon
Thanks,
Chuck
$ a
Arlie Stephens wrote:
Hi Folks,
It appears that there are a lot of tools for managing packages and
dependencies on debian - dpkg, apt-get, aptitude, synaptic, .
To what extent do these tools understand the same data, i.e. to what
extent can one mix and match between them?
I notice some
John Hasler wrote:
s. keeling writes:
And the downside is, you might say:
apt-get remove $SOME_GNOME_PROGRAM
and it will also remove Gnome (if you let it); Ditto KDE.
Gnome and KDE are metapackage which have no contents. They exist only to
pull in all the real packages th
Hello all,
I've followed every thread on this list about these programs, and not
seen these issues really addressed. I was wondering if anyone would
care to clarify (from an objective, non-cheerleader stance) the
differences between aptitude and apt-get.
I understand that aptitude has a "sm
Bert Verhaeghe wrote:
Hi all,
I have the following problem. I need to change the keyboard behavior
for X with pc105 model and be layout for the CAPS_LOCK key.
When CAPS_LOCK is locked, not only the alfanumeric keys (a, z, ..)
should produce (A,Z, ...) but also the other keys (&, é, :, =, ...)
sh
J.A. de Vries wrote:
On 2006-11-15 @ 11:20:46 (week 46) Ralph Katz wrote:
How about:
# rm -f 1141914051.*
No promises... but something like that worked once for me in a similar
mysterious situation.
Ah, hadn't tried that yet. Too bad it didn't work.
$ rm -i 1141914051.*
rm: cannot
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 06:43:13AM -0500, Craigevil wrote:
This is rather strange and disturbing a Ubuntu package in Debian. Since I do
not choose to run *buntu but Debian Sid, I feel the maintainers should
rename the package. What's next the *buntu desktop package?
Mark Grieveson wrote:
Disclaimer: not a pressing issue, but a curiosity none-the-less.
Hello. I'm setting up an old laptop for an inexperienced user, and
I'd like to set up a dictionary on the the desktop. The laptop will
not be connected to the internet (except for the occasional dial-up
cothrige wrote:
* Kelly Clowers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
You could just install kcontrol; it looks like it only depends on a couple
of things that kopete doesn't.
I tried this, but it is not working. It installed okay, and opens,
but the left hand pane, where one would expect to see
Rob Bochan wrote:
On Tuesday 14 November 2006 10:32, Dave Sherohman wrote:
An MTA is nothing. Really. ...
I appreciate the reply, but it's not a solution for me. In fact, it's one I
explicitly don't want. I do the occasional Linux install for fairly clueless
folks who own older hard
T wrote:
Hi,
The new cupsys in Etch does not work for me, while the old cupsys in Sarge
works perfectly. After switching to Etch, I've had 3 attempts trying to make
it works, but failed 3 times. (My latest attempt and problem logged at:
http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?s3095+gcups.bugs+v3104+
Michelle Konzack wrote:
Hello *,
Am 2006-10-20 08:28:01, schrieb Andrew Sackville-West:
If you are using t-bird to get mail directly from a pop server, then I
think you're stuck. But you COULD, setup fetchmail to get your mail,
reconfig exim to use spamassassin and whatever else you want) an
T wrote:
Hi,
Do you use yahoo mail, its web interface, regularly?
Do you use firefox for that?
Have you notice any problems?
I access my yahoo mail web interface using firefox almost every day. But I
bumped into problem from time to time. Sometimes I have
Sorry, Bad Request.
Your browse
Mark Olsen wrote:
On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Tom Allison wrote:
I dunno what happened, but I did an upgrade on my -testing
installation and my Window maker preferences are completely screwed up.
I experienced the same, although on unstable. My key bindings were
gone, as were most of my settings,
Osamu Aoki wrote:
On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 03:31:37PM -0400, Matthew Krauss wrote:
Hi,
On a clean new Etch install, I can't seem to see any Gutenprint printer
drivers (ie. the Canon iP4000) from any Cupsys printer setup tool (ie.
gnome-cups-manager, http://localhost:631). I have c
Ron Johnson wrote:
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On 11/06/06 12:53, Matthew Krauss wrote:
Steve Lamb wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
Coolness, sounds like good news for your career too! This reminded me,
I was in a casino and saw a video slot machine
Steve Lamb wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
But because of their lock on the desktop, they also have incredible
userland and developer mindshare.
You sure? I had a rather interesting conversation at work the other day.
I work at a casino outside of Vegas and the guy in charge of what te
George Borisov wrote:
Matthew Krauss wrote:
Anyone?
(..crickets chirping..)
If all else fails, get hold of the PPD file and copy it into the
"/usr/share/cups/drivers" folder. That should ensure that Cups
can see it.
Thanks, I tried that, but it still does not show up.
Matthew Krauss wrote:
José Alburquerque wrote:
José Alburquerque wrote:
Matthew Krauss wrote:
Hi,
On a clean new Etch install, I can't seem to see any Gutenprint
printer drivers (ie. the Canon iP4000) from any Cupsys printer
setup tool (ie. gnome-cups-manager, http://localhost:631
linux china wrote:
hi,
using the dpkg -l to get a list some installed package lists like this,
dpkg -l some-pattern
if the package name is too lang, its name is cut because of the limit
of the columns 80. if I wanna output name and description, what's the
command line?
The Easy Way:
dpkg -l
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 10:25:37AM -0400, Matthew Krauss wrote:
[snip]
What I would try to isolate the problem is:
1. Reboot in to single user mode.
2. Log in as root.
3. Try starting X alone:
$ X 2>&1 | less
3a. If X starts, you may kill it with c
Stefan Monnier wrote:
What tool can I use to extract some part of a pdf file?
In kpdf, I can copy a piece of the PDF image and save it, but it's only
saved as a bitmap, whereas I'd like to keep it in vector form.
You don't ask much, do you?
No, indeed. Mac OS X's `preview' does it
Stefan Monnier wrote:
What tool can I use to extract some part of a pdf file?
In kpdf, I can copy a piece of the PDF image and save it, but it's only
saved as a bitmap, whereas I'd like to keep it in vector form.
Stefan
You don't ask much, do you?
AFAIK: PDF is not strictly speaking
Hi, I haven't been following this to closely so I may be missing
something, but this message caught my eye. I'm not sure how experienced
you are, so I will try to be very explicit -- if I tell you things you
think are obvious, please forgive me.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Oct 25, 2006
John C wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We in Linux heavily use the command-line. So, I was dismayed when my
new Debian etch version displayed a Gnome
interface WITHOUT ANY XTERM (or GNOME-TERMINAL or KONSOLE) and not
even any immediate panel options for these terminals.
Gnome's "Add to Pane
José Alburquerque wrote:
José Alburquerque wrote:
Matthew Krauss wrote:
Hi,
On a clean new Etch install, I can't seem to see any Gutenprint
printer drivers (ie. the Canon iP4000) from any Cupsys printer setup
tool (ie. gnome-cups-manager, http://localhost:631). I have cupsys,
c
Mike McCarty wrote:
Steve Lamb wrote:
Hans du Plooy wrote:
Calling someone a weasel has never been a compliment
*covers his ferrets eyes* Hey, there's children present!
Sheesh, some
people.
I enjoyed that post.
Well, how about "Web Ferret"? "Ferret", AFAIK, only has neutral
connotatio
Hi,
On a clean new Etch install, I can't seem to see any Gutenprint printer
drivers (ie. the Canon iP4000) from any Cupsys printer setup tool (ie.
gnome-cups-manager, http://localhost:631). I have cupsys,
cupsys-driver-gutenprint, and foomatic-db-gutenprint installed. Plenty
of printer driv
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