Re: telnet localhost slow, telnet 127.0.0.1 ok

2003-08-18 Thread Rupert Levene
Mental Patient <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RUPERT LEVENE wrote: >> Indeed. Netcat and galeon appear to do the right thing too, while >> telnet, lynx and links all suffer from a delay. (I first noticed >> the problem using lynx). My guess at the moment is that the >&

Re: latex stoped handling tif images?

2003-08-18 Thread RUPERT LEVENE
---bufsize=20. > Please increase buf_size in texmf.cnf. >>From pdfelatex: > --- > ! LaTeX Error: Unknown graphics extension: .eps > Error: pdfelatex (file .../blackboard_i0.tif): unknown type of image This thread on comp.text.tex may help: http://groups.goo

Re: telnet localhost slow, telnet 127.0.0.1 ok

2003-08-16 Thread RUPERT LEVENE
Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Rupert" == RUPERT LEVENE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Rupert> Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "Rupert" == RUPERT LEVENE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Rup

Re: telnet localhost slow, telnet 127.0.0.1 ok

2003-08-16 Thread RUPERT LEVENE
Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Rupert" == RUPERT LEVENE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Rupert> Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 12:25:16AM +0100, > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wr

Re: telnet localhost slow, telnet 127.0.0.1 ok

2003-08-16 Thread RUPERT LEVENE
sts,bind Yes, it does. Sorry I forgot to include that file -- here it is. order hosts,bind multi on Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: faster boot sequence

2002-12-11 Thread Rupert
gt; (for the instant power downs). Wouldn't using a combination of a rw ramdisk and a read-only hard disk be safer? Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dvips "out of stack space" -- help?

2002-11-26 Thread Rupert
On 26 Nov 2002 16:27:19 +0100 Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:41:06AM -0500, Nori Heikkinen insinuated: > > on Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:37:43AM +, Rupert insinuated: > > > Summary: get the source, increase STACKSIZE in dvips.h and reco

Re: dvips "out of stack space" -- help?

2002-11-26 Thread Rupert
; [snip] > > help? You did search the web, right? http://www.google.com/search?q=dvips+%22out+of+stack+space%22 Summary: get the source, increase STACKSIZE in dvips.h and recompile. Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Zone Alarm

2002-11-26 Thread Rupert
ers a secure service[1]. IMO any "protections" that restrict the service should be applied to the secure service and not to the cheapo accounts. The assumption should be that those who don't opt in for the secure service _are_ moderately competent. [1] http://www.getadsl.co.uk/ser

Re: Visual notice for X

2002-11-20 Thread Rupert
eparate message window when called, > something that will persist until closed. You could use ratmenu. Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to compare two macros in TeX?

2002-11-19 Thread Rupert
On 20 Nov 2002 01:44:33 +0100 martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > also sprach Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.11.19.1932 +0100]: > > This compares the complete expansions of whatever you throw at it: > > nice. i didn't even think that far... >

Re: how to compare two macros in TeX?

2002-11-19 Thread Rupert
\if\same{typo}{typo} same\else diff\fi \bye %% Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: repost - printing - help please

2002-11-12 Thread Rupert
" | lpr > > does nothing! You may possibly need to send a form-feed character to the printer to eject the paper. I think you can do this with printf 'test\f' | lpr Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LaTeX and loops

2002-11-11 Thread Rupert
there was thread on this on comp.text.tex: How to define a loop "for..." with TeX/LaTeX http://groups.google.com/groups?th=e3878cb337b93c95 Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X: warning; process set to priority 0 instead of requested priority -10

2002-11-10 Thread Rupert
t. If you were to launch it from a desktop manager on startup, it would get run as root so would be able to adjust the priority (-10 is higher priority than 0). Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Building own deb

2002-11-04 Thread Rupert
n-way and take the package > from unstable. So I thought I take the original source and make a deb. I would use the procedure described here: http://www.debian.org//doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html#s-port Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

Re: Netscape 7.0 installation Error-Help please.

2002-11-04 Thread Rupert
> ./netscape-installer > ./netscape-installer-bin: error while loading shared libraries: > libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file > or directory Try searching on http://packages.debian.org. The package you're after is oldlibs/libstdc++2.9-glibc2

Re: Making a java 1.4.1 deb

2002-11-03 Thread Rupert
e way around my problem is apt-get install -t testing checkinstall I had assumed that apt would notice that checkinstall was in testing and grab the package(s) it depended on from testing too, but you have to tell it that this is what you want it to do. Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [kosuke@rustybear.com] Re: can't kill a PID

2002-11-03 Thread Rupert
is up. > > > > killall -9 xmms > > > > Just tried that, and the monster continues to live . > > Kevin I've done something along the lines of while killall -9 xmms; echo -n .; sleep 1; done in the past, with varying success. Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Making a java 1.4.1 deb

2002-11-03 Thread Rupert
On Sat, 02 Nov 2002 21:25:17 -0800 Ken Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I personally used alien to convert the JDK RPM to a deb, however there > is also a program in sarge called checkinstall which can monitor what an > install process (either a dynamically-linked install binary, or a > ./con

Re: Straightforward printing help urgently needed

2002-11-01 Thread Rupert
ell me what I need > to do? Perhaps a bit short on detail, but you could try http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-install.en.html#s-printer I'd advise following the CUPS instructions on that page. Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: Kernel compilation

2002-11-01 Thread Rupert
On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 13:24:15 -0600 "cobb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone explain it, or point me to a document SPECIFIC to Debian? http://www.debian.org//doc/manuals/reference/ch-kernel.en.html Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: how to force galeon to use dns name resolving???

2002-11-01 Thread Rupert
e new address will be accessible through the dyndns name. Rupert --- 5015 13:41 rupert@kitty:~$ dig bboett.dyndns.org ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> bboett.dyndns.org ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEA

Re: how do I change the startup settings so that the GUI desktop does not automatically start

2002-10-26 Thread Rupert
2 like mine is, I would do rm /etc/rc2.d/S[0-9][0-9]gdm as root. This is reversible, as a copy of the file should still be in /etc/rcS.d. Maybe you should also delete the kdm and xdm things from /etc/rc2.d as well. Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Xnest and fonts

2002-10-25 Thread Rupert
On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 12:50:42 +0100 Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This may work for you: > > #!/bin/sh > > MCOOKIE=3D$(mcookie) > xauth add $(hostname)/unix$1 . $MCOOKIE > xauth add localhost/unix$1 . $MCOOKIE > Xnest $1& > ion -display $1 > xauth re

Re: Xnest and fonts

2002-10-25 Thread Rupert
it 0 I don't know why, but I don't need to go through this xauth business for low-numbered displays. Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Xnest and fonts

2002-10-25 Thread Rupert
icks and no buttons work. > You need to run something to respond to your clicking, like a window manager. Try this: Xnest :1& DISPLAY=:1 ion& I get the same error messages as you, but they're not fatal. I think Xnest's font handling is screwed up, as is its keyboard han

Re: Real-time window manager switching

2002-10-25 Thread Rupert
d guess that this _is_ a bug and should be reported. Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 386 or 486 machine

2002-10-23 Thread Rupert
the older box. I can apt-get things, but it tends to take about half an hour for new software to seep into the package database. If I ever want to upgrade, I can always reattach it to the more powerful system, or just get it started and wait a week ;) Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Linux file server in Windows & Macintosh environment

2002-10-22 Thread Rupert
what to > do for them... > Does the samba package allow to communicate with Mac too, or do I need > another package? Which one? Macs running Jaguar can see windows shares, so presumably they'll have no problem connecting to a samba server. I don't know about other Mac OSes though.

Xnest keyboard/font configuration from a script

2002-10-22 Thread Rupert
I'd like to write a script that runs Xnest as a client with the window manager of my choice. The problem is that Xnest doesn't respect the keyboard or font configuration of the parent server. I've tried to run xmodmap from the script, but I think this is only affecting the parent X server rather th

Re: Sed replacement from file

2002-10-19 Thread Rupert
e--$/line one\ line two\ line three/' i.e. put literal escaped newlines instead of \n. The perl way looks nicer though :) Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

mouse copying in lynx, aptitude,...

2002-10-19 Thread Rupert
more general solution that'll work for aptitude too? I'd really like to have my cake and eat it: I want to be able to specify a modifier key so that if (for example) I held control while clicking, I'd get regular cut/paste behaviour, and curses behaviour otherwise. Rupert -- To UNS

Re: A few questions about settings

2002-10-19 Thread Rupert
e aptitude (I'd recommend it) then you can tell it to show you that information: Options->UI Options->The display format for package views Change this to something like %c%a%M %p #%D %I %v%V ^^ ^^ to get download size and installed size displayed. Rupert -- To UNSUBS

Re: Galeon

2002-10-16 Thread Rupert
On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 11:20:03 +0700 Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, if Galeon is set to start without the main menubar, how can I get it > back? You can use the keyboard shortcut if there is one. It's Control-Shift-M on my galeon. Rupert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: xterm stops jobs writing to terminal (solved)

2002-10-15 Thread Rupert Levene
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 21:26:32 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: > Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-14 22:20:20 +0100]: > > XTerm*loginShell: true > > > > that causes problems. I don't know why telling XTerm to use a login > > shell gives

Re: xterm stops jobs writing to terminal

2002-10-14 Thread Rupert
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 19:44:27 +0100 Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:12:05 +0100 > Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My xterm stops background jobs that write to the terminal. For example, > > Here's the culprit in ~/.Xr

Re: xterm stops jobs writing to terminal

2002-10-14 Thread Rupert
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:12:05 +0100 Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My xterm stops background jobs that write to the terminal. For example, Here's the culprit in ~/.Xresources: XTerm*allowSendEvents: true This was letting ratpoison, my window manager, send C-t to xterms, b

Re: xterm stops jobs writing to terminal

2002-10-14 Thread Rupert
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 14:25:34 +0200 martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.14.1412 +0200]: > > My xterm stops background jobs that write to the terminal. > > This is not xterm, it's your shell, and it's ex

xterm stops jobs writing to terminal

2002-10-14 Thread Rupert
My xterm stops background jobs that write to the terminal. For example, 2680 13:06 rupert@kitty:~$ galeon& [5] 1223 2681 13:06 rupert@kitty:~$ {I wait a little, nothing happens, so I hit } [5]+ Stopped galeon 2681 13:07 rupert@kitty:~$ 2681 13:07 rupert@kitty:~

Re: Re: How to confirm ncurses installed properly

2001-11-06 Thread Rupert Heesom
s installed properly > Date: 01 Nov 2001 16:06:55 + > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Rupert Heesom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Unable to find the ncurses libraries. > >>> You must have ncurses installed. > >make[1]: ***

How to confirm ncurses installed properly

2001-11-01 Thread Rupert Heesom
I checked for ncurses libraries; in /lib, I found - libncurses.so.4, libncurses.so.4.2, libncurses.so.5, libncurses.so.5.0 . Is this what's supposed to be there? -- regs rupert

Re: How do I know whether I've got the "potato" or "woody" versions of debian?

2001-10-29 Thread Rupert Heesom
the login prompt, I get - "Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 debian tty1" Post login lines don't offer any more information. -- regs rupert

How do I know whether I've got the "potato" or "woody" versions of debian?

2001-10-25 Thread Rupert Heesom
I've installed Debian using a couple of CDs which I downloaded. I'm still very new to Debian. Thus the question -- regs rupert

Seeing if I can post to debian-user list as member of debian-user-digest

2001-10-25 Thread Rupert Heesom
-- regs rupert

Re: Debian inside VM can't find NIC

2001-09-14 Thread Rupert Heesom
twork/interfaces to configure eth0 there. Could I have done this in a better way? On 13 Sep 2001 22:30:47 +0200, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > On 13 Sep 2001 20:45:30 -0400, Rupert Heesom wrote: > > >Inside my NT VM I can see VMware's "AMD PCNET PCI" NIC. > > > &g

Debian inside VM can't find NIC

2001-09-13 Thread Rupert Heesom
o see it's NIC? My host OS is Redhat 7 if that matters. -- regs rupert

RE: Wierd compile error with libpthread.a

1999-08-27 Thread Brooks, Rupert
-0400, Rupert Brooks wrote: > Hi, > > Please note to CC replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] I > don't follow this list all that regularly - thanks > > I am having problems compiling a c program under Debian-Potato.

Wierd compile error with libpthread.a

1999-08-26 Thread Rupert Brooks
n't figure out what it is doing. That is not surprising as I am not very good with gdb. I have upgraded my libc6, and libc6-dev, and gconv-modules to the latest versions. Thanks a million in advance Rupert Brooks More details: The prog that I am trying to compile is a ppp over ethernet prog

Re: 2.2.x kernel and PCI eth0 problem - the answer

1999-08-06 Thread Rupert Brooks
note, with other diagnostic techniques. Namaste Rupert B. At 08:02 AM 03/08/99 -0500, Jor-el wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Rupert, > > I assume that you are running Slink. Have to installed the upgrade >versions of the packages that are required for your

2.2.x kernel and PCI eth0 problem

1999-08-03 Thread Rupert Brooks
nyone out there have a ne2000 PCI ethernet card working under a 2.2.x kernel? If so, did you have to do anything wierd to get it to work? I am not sure what is not working, because there have been so few error messages. Can anyone recommend some diagnostic tests? TIA Rupert Brooks