Re: how to change location of mplayer tmp files

2008-07-01 Thread Peter Smerdon
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 07/01/08 00:42, Paul Dwerryhouse wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 06:30:31PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: >>> The mplayer plugin for iceweasel keeps filling up /tmp. >>> Is there some way I can get it to put the files elsewhere? The man page >>> and the

Re: My favorite radio stations

2008-01-14 Thread Peter Smerdon
Peter Smerdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Jamiil Abduqadir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On my windows xp I listen to this radio stations, but for some reason, >> debian, laterst and stable version, does not play any music whe I log ing >&g

Re: My favorite radio stations

2008-01-14 Thread Peter Smerdon
"Jamiil Abduqadir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On my windows xp I listen to this radio stations, but for some reason, > debian, laterst and stable version, does not play any music whe I log ing > using iceweasel or any of the other browser included in debian. Can any one > pls, tell if there is

Re: NetworkManager and XFCE

2008-01-14 Thread Peter Smerdon
"Eduardo B. V. Pereira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I would like to know if there is any NetworkManager frontend to > the XFCE environment. Or if there is any software that I could use > instead. > > Thanks in advance. You need to install the xfce4-xfapplet-plugin: Description: Gnome apple

Re: emacs and svn

2008-01-10 Thread Peter Smerdon
Misko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does emacs support svn version control as it does with cvs? And > how do I enable that feature. >From the Emacs info page (I am using emacs-snapshot) The Emacs version control interface is called VC. Its commands work with different version control systems

Re: Terminal issues in fresh install

2008-01-06 Thread Peter Smerdon
I cannot remember if I ever messed with locales before. -- Peter Smerdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Terminal issues in fresh install

2008-01-05 Thread Peter Smerdon
en_CA.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="en_CA.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="en_CA.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="en_CA.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_CA.UTF-8" LC_ALL= This seems ok does it not? -- Peter Smerdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Terminal issues in fresh install

2008-01-05 Thread Peter Smerdon
Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 15:05:10 -0500, Peter Smerdon wrote: > > [...] > >> Hi, I too have some issue with UTF-8, although I can install and remove >> software without a problem, my logs get filled with perl warnings abo

Re: Terminal issues in fresh install

2008-01-03 Thread Peter Smerdon
MERIC="en_CA.UTF-8" LC_TIME="en_CA.UTF-8" LC_COLLATE="en_CA.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="en_CA.UTF-8" LC_MESSAGES="en_CA.UTF-8" LC_PAPER="en_CA.UTF-8" LC_NAME="en_CA.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="en_CA.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="en_CA.UTF-

Re: Gnus and emacs22

2007-12-10 Thread Peter Smerdon
rks fine with emacs-snapshot. I hope this helps in some way. PS: thank you Tatsuya Kinoshita and Romain Francoise for providing these packages! Now all I need is antialised fonts :-) -- Peter Smerdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xorg wont work and wont generate a log

2007-11-21 Thread Peter Smerdon
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I would start by running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" and choosing the SVGA > driver (even if you have an nVidia or ATI or other card that is > supported). Then try running "startx". If that doesn't work, try the VGA > driver. > > Both of these options

Re: xorg wont work and wont generate a log

2007-11-20 Thread Peter Smerdon
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What happens if you just try running X alone, as in: > > # X & > The same thing happened running X directly I am having problems even googling this. It seems like a very rare situation and I am not sure what package is causing this so I am conidering re-in

Re: xorg wont work and wont generate a log

2007-11-20 Thread Peter Smerdon
Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do you see anything interesting in /var/log/syslog? > nothing appears in syslog with the startx command, however everytime I use gdm I get: Nov 20 17:51:54 laptop gdm[4562]: WARNING: Failed to start X server several times in a short time period; disab

Re: xorg wont work and wont generate a log

2007-11-20 Thread Peter Smerdon
Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 11:28:45 -0500, Peter Smerdon wrote: >> Jörg-Volker Peetz writes: >> >> > You need one of the xserver-xorg-video packages. There seems to be no X >> > server on your machine. > >

Re: xorg wont work and wont generate a log

2007-11-20 Thread Peter Smerdon
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Peter Smerdon wrote: >> I am starting x via gdm but if I use the startx command on tty1 I get: >> , >> | giving up. >> | xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): Unable to connect to X server >> | xinit: N

Re: xorg wont work and wont generate a log

2007-11-20 Thread Peter Smerdon
Jörg-Volker Peetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You need one of the xserver-xorg-video packages. There seems to be no X > server on your machine. > -- > Regards, > Jörg-Volker. I installed xserver-xorg-video-all but still have the same problem and no log file. -- pgpLzsWFpbDPt.pgp Descri

xorg wont work and wont generate a log

2007-11-20 Thread Peter Smerdon
Hello, I have a brand new HP pavillion laptop with debian unstable amd64 installed. I cannot get x to start, but more worrying than that is that /var/log/Xorg.0.log does not exist, and never gets generated. here are the packages related to X that I have installed: , | ii xserver-xorg 1:7.3

Re: reading email from gmail account with gnus in Emacs22

2007-11-04 Thread Peter Smerdon
(cond ((string-match "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" from) (setq sendmail-program "msmtp")) (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'fs-change-smtp)) You would have to of course install the program msmtp and create a ~/.msmtprc file: account default host smtp.gmail.com auth on user [EMAIL PROTECTED] password MYPASSWORD port 587 tls on logfile ~/.msmtplog Not sure if you want to go that route though. You might also try the gnu.emacs.gnus newsgroup where you would definately get a better answer. -- Peter Smerdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpwBKlZZzUSp.pgp Description: PGP signature

automatically loading iptables

2007-10-06 Thread Peter Smerdon
am wondering what the `debian way' to do this is. Thank you. -- Peter Smerdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgptThzkg6Qwb.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: xterm .Xdefaults & font size

2007-09-28 Thread Peter Smerdon
t; You can assign you xterm properties in .Xdefaults: >> >> # fonts >> xterm*faceName: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold > > I edit the .Xdefaults : > xterm.*faceName: -biznet-fixed-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > run xterm but the font do not changes. Why? did you run 'xrdb

Re: How do you turn on and off a program automatcially

2007-09-28 Thread Peter Smerdon
Sid Arth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I am running rtorrent and I was wondering if it is possible for the > system to turn the program off at certain times, and turn it back on at > other times. You can probably use use `cron' to achieve this. -- Peter Smer