Re: gdm, kdm, xdm can't startkde

2005-09-17 Thread Mr Mike
e /opt/kde/bin or maybe some other 'not so usual' directory... then in /usr/share/xsessons, edit the kde.desktop file and change the 'exec' and 'try exec' lines to the correct path to your startkde script.. mr mike.. > Judging from looking at similar problems r

Re: no printer configuration in application menu

2005-08-21 Thread Mr Mike
On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 11:30:53 +0100, belahcene wrote: > Hi, > I don't understand why there is no printer configuration ( > administration not in the menu applications (I use gnome desktop) , as > in other distro like knoppix or fedora and others, same problem for > sound card configuration. > >

mozilla not saving prefs..

2005-08-19 Thread Mr Mike
no matter what i do, mozilla will not save my preferences. like, default home page, icons and buttons on the panels... seems it worked fine till i installed multizilla but after removing both multizilla and mozilla then reinstalling, the problem still hangs on... it's getting to really annoy me

Re: How can I configure debian, to boot to a text mode login (new Debian user)

2005-08-08 Thread Mr Mike
On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 17:35:04 +, Hans-Peter Sulzer wrote: > Hello! > > My Debian (Sarge) currently boots to a graphical login > screen. How can I configure which login screen will > appear (text mode or graphic with display manager)? > > In other distributions this may be set by changing > th

RE: Request for info/help

2005-08-08 Thread Mr Mike
On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 12:16:15 +1000, Mark Huff wrote: > Well, I did some further testing and checking and here is what I come to > find out. Debian 2.2 shipped with perl5.004 while Debian 3.0 shipped > with perl 5.6.1. From what I can find out, perl5.004 is in no way > compatible with 5.6.1, a

Missing Open Office Impress templates

2005-08-04 Thread Mr Mike
Is there some reason Impress does not have any templates? There are a couple *.sti files in these directories.. /usr/lib/openoffice/share/template/english/layout/ /usr/lib/openoffice/share/template/english/presnt/ but they don't show up anywhere in oo.. I created a directory /usr/lib/ope

Re: questions about anti virus tools in linux

2005-07-29 Thread Mr Mike
ust command in terminal? >> Thanks very much for any idea!! > > command-line scanner > Actually YES, there is a KDE interface to clamscan. My friend uses it all the time. I looked at it once myself before I totally dumped KDE and removed it from my system.. Wish I could give you

Re: how to add new window manager to display manager?

2005-07-28 Thread Mr Mike
workspace you want them in instead of them all coming up in your first workspace... It can also control a great deal of other attributes of the window state... hope this helps.. cheers, mr mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: howto get popup for connection speed

2005-07-23 Thread Mr Mike
. (someone like me..) I use xmessage a lot for these kind of info boxes.. really easy to use.. man xmessage gives you all the info you need... cheers.. mr mike.. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: fluxbox's slow startup and neglect of 'startup' file

2005-07-22 Thread Mr Mike
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:09:38 +0800, phyrster wrote: > Hi Debianers' > > My configuration is kdm+fluxbox in utf-8 environment on Sarge. > > I have already known that fluxbox's slow start is due to its incompatibility > with utf8 environment. And the easiest solution I can see is to export a > te

Re: kdm and kayboard

2005-07-18 Thread Mr Mike
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:35:22 -0700, Enrique Morfin wrote: > Hello: > > I have some troubles with kdm and the keyboard (i'm > using testing): > > When the box boots and kdm starts, the keyboard is > useless, i have to click on menu, then console login. > I login as root, then /etc/init.d/kdm rest

Re: completely inane AOL questions

2005-07-18 Thread Mr Mike
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 15:35:03 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Saturday July 16 2005 12:37 pm, roach wrote: >> On Saturday 16 July 2005 14:50, Nicos Gollan wrote: >> <...> >> >> > Anyone else for blocking all mails to the list that have a "From" >> > header ending in "@aol.com"? >> >> AOL has become

PyGTK (2, 6, 0) required, but (2, 4, 1) found

2005-07-18 Thread Mr Mike
Ok, I appologize for the last post and the half bleeped out profanity. Now, does anyone have a clue about this dumb error.. PyGTK (2, 6, 0) required, but (2, 4, 1) found. I get it when running hal-device-manager the pygtk pc file says version 2.6.2 IS installed and the pygtk pc file is in a vali

Re: to not read spam emails on debian MLs

2005-07-17 Thread Mr Mike
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 08:48:59 -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote: > On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 08:41:35PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > } On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 20:15 -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > [...] > } But then you'll be replying from a different address than the > } email was sent to. > } > } Most

Re: Ubunto vs. Debian

2005-07-17 Thread Mr Mike
would get the code from developers and compile.. Bout 98% of the time I could get them to work. Not bad considering I'm not a C/C++ programmer... Anyway, decided in Jan2005 to go with debian just for the apps. I got tired of having to track down compile problems... Debian has issues too

Re: Debian or Ubuntu Dilemma

2005-07-16 Thread Mr Mike
On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:15:16 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Saturday 16 July 2005 12:10 pm, Carl Fink wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 11:59:21AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: >> > Yes and no. ?Ubuntu is a flavor of Debian and uses the Sarge installer, >> > but they use their own packages. ?In Debian

pygtk version mixup driving me nuts to say the least!!

2005-07-16 Thread Mr Mike
I'm tired of 'f'ing around with this STUPID pkgconfig carp. YUP, I'm upset... Been going round and round with this all damn day. The following error is what I get when I run hal-device-manager.. ** ERROR **: PyGTK (2, 6, 0) required, but (2, 4, 1) found. aborting... Aborted But.. cat /usr/lib

Re: Cd writing tool under Linux

2005-07-15 Thread Mr Mike
On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:37:07 +0800, Lian Liming wrote: > I do install xcdroast. Nice too! It is written in GTK. > But since I am using KDE, so forward my question, is there any GUI cd > writing tool for KDE? someone already suggested K3B... did you even look at it? it is KDE application.. >

Re: FTP address for Sarge install CD?

2005-07-12 Thread Mr Mike
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:22:59 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear friends: > > I have failed to find an FTP address for the iso image > for Sarge? I found an HTTP address, but I would > prefer to download it with my FTP client. What is the > precise debian ftp address? > > Thank you. > > Benja

Re: startup programs

2005-07-12 Thread Mr Mike
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:16:25 -0600, wrote: > hey, can anyone tell me what i would have to do to remove programs from the > system bootup? there are 2 servers that i want to remove from the system > bootup but keep on my computer and have full control over their startup and > shutdown, i would l

Re: creating symlinks with ldconfig

2005-07-09 Thread Mr Mike
On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 20:44:12 -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > Let's say I have a file called libfortranposix.so.0.0.0, whose soname is > libfortranposix.so.0 . Now when I run 'sudo ldconfig', I should have 3 > files namely, libfortranposix.so, libfortranposix.so.0 which point to > libfort

Re: dumb question - dvd creation

2005-07-09 Thread Mr Mike
On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 22:04:30 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Saturday 09 July 2005 09:35 pm, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: >> Rodney D. Myers wrote: >> >I was just handed an dvd r/w player in exchange for work I've done.. >> > >> >Not sure what I need to take a few mpg/avi movies, and create a dvd >>

Re: grub splash image

2005-07-08 Thread Mr Mike
On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 01:02:42 -0600, you wrote: > hello, i have a small problem, i am trying to add a splash image to my > bootup, grub and the initial loading before xserver starts, everything > i have read that refers to this sort of thing mentions a file called > "grub.conf" but it appears that

A little debian-user ml help..

2005-06-25 Thread Mr Mike
r now but on the brink of ordering the sbc 14.95/mo dsl pkg.. with this in mind (56k modem) are there any recommendations for the news server i should use? thanks for your help.. mr mike houston, tx note: I asked in chat and all I got was BS about using mail and filtering msgs on X headers (which I&

Re: APT can't recognize Packages.gz?

2005-06-23 Thread Mr Mike
On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 04:29 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 04:53:25PM -0500, Mr Mike wrote: > > > I'm learning a little something new about apt and dpkg and the like > > every day here in this list... But I have a question about this one. > >

Re: How do i find dynamic IP assigned?

2005-06-21 Thread Mr Mike
On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 16:48 -0400, Patrick Rutkowski wrote: > On Tuesday 21 June 2005 04:39 pm, Valeriu Cerchez wrote: > > I'm trying to find out a(/n easy) way to determine > > what is my dynamic IP assigned by my ISP (not my > > internal DHCP). I wish to make a script to determine > > that by re

Re: APT can't recognize Packages.gz?

2005-06-21 Thread Mr Mike
about this one. I have a directory full of *.deb files that may OR maynot have been installed already with dpkg -i .deb and their info is already in the apt database. ie: they show up in synaptic and apt-cache show whatever Can I still use dpkg-scansources and add them (ie: the Packages.g

Re: Remote connect to MySQL db with woody - Help please?

2005-06-21 Thread Mr Mike
an weekly newsletter has been added to the distrobution (unstable i think).. There may be more but I've used all these with a variety of distributions including sarge. mr mike.. houston, tx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: XServer Randomly restarting

2005-06-20 Thread Mr Mike
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 04:06:07 -0500 Mr Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 02:50:52 -0400 > Ryan Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 18 June 2005 11:57 pm, Mr Mike wrote: > > > A while back I was running a pure sarge system

Re: XServer Randomly restarting

2005-06-19 Thread Mr Mike
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 02:50:52 -0400 Ryan Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 18 June 2005 11:57 pm, Mr Mike wrote: > > A while back I was running a pure sarge system with several upgrades from > > the sid branch.. At some point my X Server began to 'resta

Re: XServer Randomly restarting

2005-06-18 Thread Mr Mike
On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:29:46 -0400 Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mr Mike wrote: > > A while back I was running a pure sarge system with several upgrades from > > the sid branch.. At some point my X Server began to 'restart' on it's own > > for

Re: XServer Randomly restarting

2005-06-18 Thread Mr Mike
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:33:37 -0500 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mr Mike wrote: > > >At some point my X Server began to 'restart' on it's own for no real > >apparent rhyme or reason. ie, the action that triggered the restart one > >sess

XServer Randomly restarting

2005-06-18 Thread Mr Mike
A while back I was running a pure sarge system with several upgrades from the sid branch.. At some point my X Server began to 'restart' on it's own for no real apparent rhyme or reason. ie, the action that triggered the restart one session could not always be duplicated in another one... Simp

Re: KDE 3.4.1 .ICEauthority

2005-06-18 Thread Mr Mike
that checked the ownership of the file and if it wasn't me then sudo chown me:me the.file As far as I know, that process never caused any problems for me... (2cents provide by mr mike) -- Cheers: Mike .. Now, a little humor compliments of Linux Fortune... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fixing Mistake in grub config.lst; Need Rescue Disk

2005-06-18 Thread Mr Mike
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 14:47:51 -0500 Martin McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I successfully installed Debian from a CDROM burned from the image > > debian-31r0a-i386-binary-1.iso > > I then tried to install a 2.6.5 kernel on that system and must > have incorrectly modified /boot/

Re: movie pb on totem ??

2005-06-17 Thread Mr Mike
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 12:23:37 -0500 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > belahcene wrote: > > > Hi, > > I ve just installed sarge deb3.1, mozilla-firefox. by default totem is > > calling when I try to watch movie on the net. In general the movies > > require mplayer and realplayer. Here I send a

Re: smaller fonts on boot

2005-06-16 Thread Mr Mike
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:29:21 +0200 Michal Simovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, i would like to ask if there is a way to get smaller fonts on boot > (and in console) different from editing lilo.conf (as i am using grub > and want to continue in doing so :)) > has grub any such configuring opt

Re: Request for window manager recommendations

2005-06-14 Thread Mr Mike
On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 06:25:08 -0300 Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 12 2005, Steve Lamb wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > A personal recommendation of your favourite window manager would be > > > much appreciated. > > > > I'd say give XFCE4 a try. While I generally u

Re: Console Login

2005-06-11 Thread Mr Mike
On 06/11/2005 11:36:30 AM, Strake wrote: I just installed sarge but it always boots into a graphical environment and even when I kill it with ctrl+meta+backspace it starts again. How do I boot into console mode? -- No place like ~/ You shouldn't have to remove your GUI's or login managers.. Som

Trouble configuring GRUB to dual boot Win2k

2005-06-08 Thread Mr Mike
The problem is win2k is on third ide disk. hd0 is 160gig ide with debian hd1 is DVD-RW hd2 is 60gig ide with Win2k on hdc1 & mdk 9.0 hdc6. hd3 is CD-RW I've put together the following Grub statments from reading Grub Docs and tried them in menu.lst but it didn't work... Can anyone giv

Re: Synaptic

2005-06-07 Thread Mr Mike
st logged in as root, opened terminal window and did apt-get install synaptic to get the latest version. Worked for me. :-) of course if you have version => .55 then your pretty much up to date anyway and Robertos' idea would be best.. cheers.. mr mike..

Re: External modem

2005-06-04 Thread Mr Mike
On 06/03/2005 07:03:38 PM, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 08:55:37AM -0700, Muhammad Ali wrote: > the command pon but not able to connect internet. What could be the > problem. Please help me out. Regards Ali Well, it could be a lot of things... what error msgs do you get and

Re: PPPD exit code 2

2005-06-03 Thread Mr Mike
On 06/03/2005 10:26:34 AM, Lee Braiden wrote: On Friday 03 Jun 2005 13:26, xxx xxx wrote: > Pon isn't working!!! I mean it dials, but Mozilla isn't connecting. Still > surfing as root... > > Please Help! Did you add yourself to the dialout and dip groups, and then logout and in again, as instruc

Re: Random Crashing KMail

2005-05-06 Thread Mr Mike
On Friday 06 May 2005 04:38 am, Lee Braiden wrote: > On Friday 06 May 2005 10:33, Mr Mike wrote: > > Is there any documentated problems with KMail random crashes? It is quite > > annoying... I can't seem to find a rhyme or reason for them and they > > aren't doin

Re: OpenOffice 1.1.3 envelopes with hp psc 1210

2005-05-06 Thread Mr Mike
On Tuesday 03 May 2005 08:25 pm, John Marks wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I have been running Debian Sarge and enjoyed until I ran apt-get > dist-upgrade. > I will not be doing that again any time soon. It has caused nothing but > trouble. > > I cannot get it to print #10 envelopes with the corr

Re: apt CDROM Method

2005-05-06 Thread Mr Mike
On Tuesday 03 May 2005 05:24 pm, Bill Marcum wrote: > On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 04:48:27PM -0500, Mr Mike wrote: > > apt CDROM method /var/lib/apt/methods/CDROM has quit finding my DVDRW > > for some reason. > > > > I recently modified my fstab and mountpoints in /medi

Re: apt CDROM Method

2005-05-06 Thread Mr Mike
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 10:20 am, Angelina Carlton wrote: > On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 04:48:27PM -0500, Mr Mike wrote: > > apt CDROM method /var/lib/apt/methods/CDROM has quit finding my DVDRW for > > some reason. > > > > I recently modified my fstab and mountpoin

Random Crashing KMail

2005-05-06 Thread Mr Mike
Is there any documentated problems with KMail random crashes? It is quite annoying... I can't seem to find a rhyme or reason for them and they aren't doing any real damange to my system. I just restart it and it runs for a while but a wrong click here or a delete there or move to trash ... a

Re: modem+kppp question..

2005-05-06 Thread Mr Mike
On Thursday 05 May 2005 07:38 pm, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > I am trying to connect to scholl dial-up via USRModem and Kppp. > I configure the modem (including initialize string), but when > dialed it gets connected to remote box, the message is displayed but > stays stuck at: > > host: > (in log wind

Re: Background question

2005-05-06 Thread Mr Mike
On Friday 06 May 2005 01:44 am, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Friday 06 May 2005 07:14, M. Maas wrote: > > M. Maas wrote: > > > Hello List, > > > > > > Between the boot splash and the graphical login manager, there is a > > > screen with a black and white checkerd background and a big black > > > "X" w

Re: Regex expert needed

2005-05-05 Thread Mr Mike
On Wednesday 04 May 2005 03:32 am, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Mr Mike wrote: > > On Saturday 30 April 2005 03:42 pm, Alan Chandler wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > > You know... if I ask this sorta question all I get is RTFM and in reality >

Re: Regex expert needed

2005-05-04 Thread Mr Mike
On Saturday 30 April 2005 03:42 pm, Alan Chandler wrote: > I am using PHP and I am trying to parse a string into substrings delimited by > a single character. In some instances this is a ',' in others it will be '='. > > I think the php function preg_split is the one to use, but I need find the

apt CDROM Method

2005-05-02 Thread Mr Mike
apt CDROM method /var/lib/apt/methods/CDROM has quit finding my DVDRW for some reason. I recently modified my fstab and mountpoints in /media to reflect the actual device types.. ie: /media/cdrom0 to /media/dvdrw and /media/cdrom1 to /media/cdrw In the event I should add another optical disk