On 3 January 2015 at 17:19, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Jan 2015, Sam Halliday wrote:
>> /opt/intel/mkl/lib/intel64/libmkl_rt.so
>>
>> I'd like to be able to use the Debian alternatives system to point at
>> this file, without having t
Hi all,
I have a license for the Intel Math Kernel Library which has a file
/opt/intel/mkl/lib/intel64/libmkl_rt.so
that provides a lot of interfaces, such as BLAS/CBLAS (i.e.
libblas.so.3) and LAPACK (i.e. liblapack.so.3).
I'd like to be able to use the Debian alternatives system to point at
hi there,
i have my panel to show a "main menu" applet in gnome. i wish to edit the
entries here... specifically, i wish to remove the "Run Application", "Search
for File", spacers and "Recent Documents" entries and have my own custom
"Applications".
while googling for the answer, i came across
hi there,
i have been a long time blackbox user, but recently decided that maybe a full
blown desktop would be nice for a change. so i installed gnome-2.8 from
testing/unstable. it looks very sweet, but i have several issues which i hope
some people can help me with:
- gnome overrides .Xmodmap (e
Jonathan Kaye wrote:
Sam Halliday wrote:
Ralph Katz wrote:
For searching *within* a web page in firefox
sorry if i was unclear... i mean the search bar at the top. the one
that requires search engines, like google.
OH that one!
If you mean the one just to the right of the basic url textbox, then
Ralph Katz wrote:
For searching *within* a web page in firefox
sorry if i was unclear... i mean the search bar at the top. the one that
requires search engines, like google.
cheers,
Sam
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Jonathan Kaye wrote:
Sam Halliday wrote:
for anyone who has thunderbird installed, they will notice that when
you search for an item in the search bar, a little button appears
which allows you to clear the field... is there an extension to
firefox which enables the same feature in its search
hi there,
has anyone ever used this tool:
http://thegraveyard.org/skippy.php
it claims to do what expose does in Mac OS X. i'd like to see this debianised
and in unstable... but i guess i'll just have to compile it myself until then.
cheers,
Sam
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Ralph Katz wrote:
perhaps you might see the same as i do if you temporarily move your
.mozilla-thunderbird folder out of the way, and set up a new account.
Ouch! You're right. Fresh install ain't working for enigmail. You
should file a bug report. Alex is very good with the fixes. (I've filed
s
Ralph Katz wrote:
perhaps you might see the same as i do if you temporarily move your
.mozilla-thunderbird folder out of the way, and set up a new account.
Ouch! You're right. Fresh install ain't working for enigmail. You
should file a bug report. Alex is very good with the fixes. (I've filed
s
Ralph Katz wrote:
Sam Halliday wrote:
thanks, unfortunately that is not an optimal solution as on my laptop
keyboard it is quite tricky to send Delete.
Tricky to hit the delete key?!
yes its a laptop keyboard, so Delete (unlike Backspace) requires a two-key
combination, which is just a pain. when
Steve Lamb wrote:
Sam Halliday wrote:
i don't care for any of this Personal Certificate stuff... i just want
to use it with GPG. and in fact, Thunderbird is *ignoring* all the
PGP/Mime attachments for all the emails i have looked at which i
*know* have signatures (over IMAP). it is also s
Steve Lamb wrote:
Sam Halliday wrote:
but upon sending any mails, there is no signature made and it doesn't
even ask for my passphrase! if i go into the Security menu when
Composing a message and ask to encrypt or sign the message, it gives
me some speil about Personal Certificates. so i d
Sam Halliday wrote:
i think i will install gpg-agent and see if that makes a difference.
i cannot find gpg-agent in the debian package lists, so i guess that isn't the
problem...
cheers,
Sam
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Ralph Katz wrote:
Steve Lamb wrote:
Sam Halliday wrote:
by the way, i installed the enigmail plugin, but i am having real
hassles trying to get it to work with GPG signing/encryption. has
anyone got a HOWTO or some advice on how to set this up?
Make sure to turn on hushmail support. It passes the
Ralph Katz wrote:
And Sam, to clear the search bar, Ctrl-J, Delete or just type new entry.
thanks, unfortunately that is not an optimal solution as on my laptop keyboard
it is quite tricky to send Delete. the little X box which thunderbird has is
preferable to any keyboard shortcut to be honest.
for anyone who has thunderbird installed, they will notice that when you
search for an item in the search bar, a little button appears which allows you
to clear the field... is there an extension to firefox which enables the same
feature in its search bar? as it is very irritating having to manu
Ralph Katz wrote:
Sam Halliday wrote:
does anyone know if thunderbird 1.0 is going to make it into unstable
anytime soon?
Alexander Sack, the debian maintainer, has what you want on his website:
http://www.jwsdot.com/debian/index.html
drat... no powerpc builds...
cheers,
Sam
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Ralph Katz wrote:
Sam Halliday wrote:
does anyone know if thunderbird 1.0 is going to make it into unstable
anytime soon?
Alexander Sack, the debian maintainer, has what you want on his website:
http://www.jwsdot.com/debian/index.html
thanks!
by the way, i installed the enigmail plugin, but i am
hi there,
does anyone know if thunderbird 1.0 is going to make it into unstable
anytime soon?
cheers
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> Iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -sport ssh -j ACCEPT
try
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 22 \
-m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
cheers,
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John Summerfield wrote:
> Sam Halliday wrote:
> >cheers... but i do not need a way to generate rules; i already know how
> >to do that. i just want to know if there is a standardised debian way of
> >loading up a firewall on startup... like a file i need to dump my
> >
Sam Halliday wrote:
> Paul Gear wrote:
> > Sam Halliday wrote:
> > > ...
> > >>Debian supports shorewall, a great iptables preprocessor - get a
> > >recent>version from backports.org, and you're laughin'!
> > >
> > >
>
Paul Gear wrote:
> Sam Halliday wrote:
> > ...
> >>Debian supports shorewall, a great iptables preprocessor - get a recent
> >>version from backports.org, and you're laughin'!
> >
> >
> > cheers... but i do not need a way to generate rules;
Paul Gear wrote:
> Sam Halliday wrote:
> >i am quite familiar with setting up iptables rules in an initscript, or
> >via iptables-{restore,save}. i could easily set up my own initscript to
> >do this, but i was wondering what the correct "debian way" of setting up
hi there,
i am quite familiar with setting up iptables rules in an initscript, or via
iptables-{restore,save}. i could easily set up my own initscript to do
this, but i was wondering what the correct "debian way" of setting up an
iptables firewall is. is there a file where i should place my rules
Matthias Czapla wrote:
> I just noticed that lots of my process run at nice level 5. When I login
> at the VC the nice level is 0 as it should and all console programs
> inherit this nice value as they should. But when I startx everything
> from thereon and including the shell that is executing the
John L Fjellstad wrote:
> Sam Halliday writes:
> > however... there is one major problem! instead of creating the link to
> > /dev/input/mouseX, it is creating to the link to /dev/input/ts2, which
> > does not appear to be a valid mouse device. how can i fix it? (ts2
> >
John L Fjellstad wrote:
> Sam Halliday writes:
> > i would very much like to have a symlink set up by udev
> > (/dev/input/mousemain or similar) which points to the /dev/input/mouseX
> > unless it has been removed, in which case it should be pointed to
> > /dev/input/mo
Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> John L Fjellstad wrote:
> | Sam Halliday writes:
> |
> | > however that only solves half the problem... how can i make this
> | > /dev/usbmouse link (or whatever i call it) point to /dev/input/mouse1
> | > (the touchpad)
John L Fjellstad wrote:
> Sam Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > however that only solves half the problem... how can i make this
> > /dev/usbmouse link (or whatever i call it) point to /dev/input/mouse1
> > (the touchpad) when the usb mouse is not plugged in
John L Fjellstad wrote:
> Sam Halliday writes:
> > i would very much like to have a symlink set up by udev
> > (/dev/input/mousemain or similar) which points to the /dev/input/mouseX
> > unless it has been removed, in which case it should be pointed to
> > /dev/input/mo
David Fokkema wrote:
> Sam Halliday wrote:
> > hi there,
> >
> > when i first installed debian i tried to bring over my list of packages
> > using`dpkg --set-selections`, but i ended up just using aptitude and
> > starting afresh.
> >
> > but i recent
Thomas Adam wrote:
> Sam Halliday wrote:
> > may i ask how this would suggest that i have a broken system? i fail to
> > see the
> > reasoning.
>
> You said to "purge all un-installed apps". I mis-read that. Mind you, it
> wasn't well written anyway.
Thomas Adam wrote:
> Sam Halliday wrote:
> > but i recently ran `apt-get dselect-upgrade` and it seems to have a
> > memory of
> > all apps i originally wanted to pull over... is there any way i can
>
> Yes, that was meant to be run *after* you --set-selections!
yeah
hi there,
when i first installed debian i tried to bring over my list of packages using
`dpkg --set-selections`, but i ended up just using aptitude and starting afresh.
but i recently ran `apt-get dselect-upgrade` and it seems to have a memory of
all apps i originally wanted to pull over... is th
hi there,
i was wondering if somebody could help me set up udev to make symlinks in a
specific way...
i have 2 mouse input devices... one is always connected (/dev/input/mouse1) and
another is a usbmouse and appears as (/dev/input/mouseX), with X increasing
every time i remove and reconnect it.
Stephen Le wrote:
> Being educated does not make you a good teacher.
yes, but it doesn't make you an idiot either.
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> Sam Halliday wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Sam Halliday wrote:
> > > > William Ballard wrote:
> > > > > Oh and your professor is an idiot.
> > > >
> > > > thats a very brave thing to
William Ballard wrote:
> Oh and your professor is an idiot.
thats a very brave thing to say about a PROFESSOR
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cecil wrote:
> Ok, yet again, my prof wants us to use Visual C++. I have not yet talked
> to him about this. I have decided that I will HAVE to use X, so I guess
> I'm looking for a IDE that will approximate this. I know of anjuta,
> kdevelop, and motor(console mode app). Any ideas, suggestions,
the way debian's firefox is set up, is that if it sees a file of a certain MIME
type, then it will try to opem it in a program suitable for that format.
however, sometimes this is just stupid. if i want to load a LaTeX .tex file,
firefox spawns Emacs (as with some other text files) and it was the f
Tom Allison wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man passwd
> man: can't set the locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct
> Reformatting passwd(1), please wait...
>
> I can get the man pages, but how do I fix the locale error?
> I seem to run into this from time to time and ... sometimes are worse
Bob Proulx wrote:
> Sam Halliday wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > By starting a login shell. Create ~/.xsession with the following:
> > >
> > > #!/bin/bash --login
> > > exec x-session-manager # or gnome-session or whatever.
> >
>
Michael B Allen wrote:
> Sam Halliday wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > Simon L wrote:
> > > > When I log in text mode, the entire PATH is there as I want, I can
> > > > "startx" and when I open a terminal, the PATH is perfect.
> >
hi there,
i was wondering, on a 2.6.7 linux kernel, i have the chance to compile-in fonts
and keymaps.
i wish to compile in fonts which have a full iso-8859-15 (Latin-9) compliment.
is there any way i can do this? there is also no kernel option for the character
mapping either. could i maybe copy
Bob Proulx wrote:
> Simon L wrote:
> > When I log in text mode, the entire PATH is there as I want, I can
> > "startx" and when I open a terminal, the PATH is perfect.
> > Now, if I start the computer with KDM and that I run a terminal, the
> > PATH is only: "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11
hi there,
> while i was trying to set up my keyboard's map by hand (which is a new mac
> layout), i suddenly became very confused with how debian handles standards
> compliant console fonts.
grrr... sorry i missed the "if you are using a framebuffer, make sure you apply
this to all the virtual ter
hi there,
while i was trying to set up my keyboard's map by hand (which is a new mac
layout), i suddenly became very confused with how debian handles standards
compliant console fonts.
the default setup was SCREEN_FONT=lat0-sun16 in /etc/console-tools/config. this
confuses me. i have been googlin
hello,
i know this is probably somthing which is discussed often on the list... but i
was unable to find anything in the archives, the apt FAQ or several google
searches... so i'm posting to the list.
i have a machine running Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable with a package list i
am very happy w
Mark Ferlatte wrote:
> Sam Halliday said on Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 09:57:42PM +:
> > must have installed debian a loong time ago when it still had to use
> > wrappers for dhclient2 and dhclient3... now its just
> > /etc/dhclient-script, and i really DO NOT want to edit
Mark Ferlatte wrote:
> Sam Halliday:
> > i am on a DHCP-served network and the server will always give out a
> > hostname, but debian completely ignores that hostname; preferring
> > instead to use the hostname "debian" which it set up during the
> > initi
Harland Christofferson wrote:
[snip]
> you know, you can change the hostname of the machine locally :
> /etc/hostname
> also, will nees to change localhost stuff:
> /etc/hosts
thanks, but thats not really what i mean... if the DHCP server tells the
client what its hostname is (as the rest of the w
Sam Halliday wrote:
[snip]
> i am on a DHCP-served network and the server will always give out a
> hostname, but debian completely ignores that hostname; preferring
> instead to use the hostname "debian" which it set up during the
> initial install.
[snip]
apologies all
Harland Christofferson wrote:
> Sam Halliday wrote:
[snip]
> >i am on a DHCP-served network and the server will always give out a
> >hostname, but debian completely ignores that hostname
[snip]
> can't you do this in /etc/dhcpd.conf? i think you have to assign
> a fix
Richard Lyons wrote:
> >
> [oh yes: It hadn't occured to me that
> people here speak english.]
why people still get annoyed about this kind of thing is beyond me...
echo 'ok_locales en' >> ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs
probably just a simple mistake on the senders beha
Sam Halliday wrote:
> did anyone else do a system upgrade yesterday to find out that
> mozilla-tabextensions/testing has been updated... and now you get
> really annoying coloured tabs when you open a new tab in mozilla? if
> so, could they please let me know how they turned it o
hi there,
did anyone else do a system upgrade yesterday to find out that
mozilla-tabextensions/testing has been updated... and now you get really
annoying coloured tabs when you open a new tab in mozilla? if so, could
they please let me know how they turned it off? as there seems to be no
option t
hi there,
ok, i know there have been many bugs (for some reason, all closed)
applied against this issue... but i have found no solution at all to it
in either the archives nor the bug reports, and i was wondering if
someone could help:
i am on a DHCP-served network and the server will always give
Matthias Hentges wrote:
> Am Di, den 10.02.2004 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] um 10:49:
> > Bonjour tout le monde,
> > je viens de faire un dist-upgrade sur ma woody (noyau 2.6.1) pour passer en
> > sid. Tout s'est bien passé jusqu'au reboot.
> > En effet, maintenant je n'ai plus accès au réseau (via
Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 12:29:35AM +0000, Sam Halliday wrote:
> > varicad is a joke for serious work... speak to an expert, and they
> > will tell you the same thing. even autocad is described as "too
> > simplistic" by a few mechanical e
Cristian Gutierrez wrote:
> [ftp/http is bandwidth limited on university network, ssh isn't
> limited]
>
> [idea: tunnel ftp/http via ssh and a remote friendly proxy]
>
> [step by step instructions]
excellent! thanks for the help... i think we can probably sort something
out for them! :-D the sy
Brian Nelson wrote:
> Sam Halliday writes:
> > i just had this exact same problem... i got around it by using
> > aptitude and pretty much adding every X4.3 package i could find
> > before hitting`g'...
> Er, why? The only 4.3 package you really need is xserver-xfr
Nate Duehr wrote:
> While you may be very intelligent regarding CAD software, you sure
> seem willing to attack people like myself who are only pointing out
> alternatives that ARE Linux-related on a Linux mailing list, and then
> claiming that *I* took the conversation off-topic? Wow. Quite bo
Derrick Hudson wrote:
> Sam Halliday wrote:
> | Cristian Gutierrez wrote:
> | > Sam Halliday writes:
> [ftp/http is bandwidth limited on university network, ssh isn't
> limited]
> | > May be they can use an external proxy via ssh. Say, they have ssh
> | > access
Nate Duehr wrote:
> Damon Chesser wrote:
> > This is the first time I have to disagree with you S. Keeling.
> > Users of CAD (espe. AutoCad) realy have to use windose. No maker
> > of professional CAD is porting to linux. I know a shop here that
> > builds buildings and they all use Autocad. T
s. keeling wrote:
> Incoming from Paul Morgan:
> > You must also be referring to the almost constant stream of
> > infantile anti"M$" remarks with which I am heartily sick and tired.
> > I use several OSes,
> This is an attitude of which _I_ am sick and tired. Microsoft
> software sucks, bigtime!
Hank Marquardt wrote:
> > you should _really_ ask yourself why you are going to X4.3: unless
> > it has better support (or in my case... the only support of my
> > card), there really isn't much benefit in the upgrade.
> Well, I've had this darned Radeon 8500DV for over a year now without
> really
Hank Marquardt wrote:
> I've added experimental to list.sources, I've update and even upgraded
> today so the system is current, here's my current X inventory:
[ snip lots of 4.2.1-16 stuff ]
> What I'm concerned with is that if I enumerate all those in a 'apt-get
> --simulate install' statement
hi there,
there are many ways to list all the packages a system has installed, but
unfortunately i cannot find how to get a list the way i want.
i would like to get a listing of all the packages i have installed, with
the branch tag beside it.
dpkg -l
seems to come closest, but lists the pack
Cristian Gutierrez wrote:
> Sam Halliday writes:
> >i am trying to convert a bunch of friends to using Debian GNU/Linux
> >as opposed to the unmaintained Redhat... a major selling point being
> >the constant maintenance and security updates by FTP and HTTP.
> >
> >
Mark Healey wrote:
> I have a question about this list. How do I prevent my messages from
> being forwarded to usenet? Spammers harvest there.
i also have a question: why do debian not obfuscate email addresses?
like the way mail.gnu.org does. for example, browse
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/h
Haines Brown wrote:
> I stayed clear of CUPS because I'm running a stand-alone work station,
> and it seems to open a range of hurdles to overcome. What I'm using is
> just the default printer system (woody).
uuh... i thought CUPS _was_ the default printing system? try installing
it... honestly yo
Mark Healey wrote:
> When I boot knoppix it uses via82cxxx_audio and works. I have that
> module installed so I added the line to my "via82cxxx_audio" to my
> /etc/modules. Still no sound.
does it work as root? if so, you need to add your user to the audio
group
hope that helps,
cheers,
Sam
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Haines Brown wrote:
> When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX files. No
> information is sent to the printer.
>
> The printer driver is dvips, and I assumed that it was included in the
> LaTeX package, for that was the case with my LaTeX installation under
> RedHat. Under Debia
Adam Aube wrote:
> On Friday 06 February 2004 04:23 am, David Baron wrote:
> > The new kernel image would not boot up because of "missing" modules.dep
> > references. Does one need to build the whole thing or is there a way to
> > simply use the newer kernel with the modules that are already on the
Steve Hargreaves wrote:
> Now the minor problem. I use an S99local file to insmod required modules
no need to do that... just add the modules you want to load into the file
"/etc/modules" (no need for the insmod command) and the debian bootscripts will
load them and their dependencies automagicall
Steve wrote:
> I have an onboard soundcard that should conform to the ac97 module. I
> can insmod ac97, and the associated modules. Soundcore is also
> installed - but /dev/dsp is still not available (either doesn't exist
> or permission denied - it tends to vary).
>
> What the hell do I need to
hello there,
i am trying to convert a bunch of friends to using Debian GNU/Linux as
opposed to the unmaintained Redhat... a major selling point being the
constant maintenance and security updates by FTP and HTTP.
unfortunately all of the would-be-converts are in a university network
which has ban
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