Re: Swap space not used

2012-05-02 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Sincerely -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jnr4qu$hag$1...@speranza.aioe.org

Re: Backup backup backup -- sound problem SOLVED using a backup

2012-04-27 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 28/04/12 03:10, Chris Bannister wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:50:40AM +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote: I then did the usual sid upgrade commands: apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade reboot After the reboot, I logged in and ran speaker-test: speaker-test -tsine -c2 Sound

Re: Is 1600x1200 screen better than 1440x900? YES

2012-04-26 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 25/04/12 15:30, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:39:54 +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote: When I replaced my desktop with a new computer, I kept my TFT screen. It has the non-standard size of 1440x900. Recently, I have been wondering if it would be better for me to have 1600x1200 screen

Re: Backup backup backup -- sound problem SOLVED using a backup

2012-04-26 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 26/04/12 16:10, Indulekha wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote: Without knowing the cause of the original problem one cannot really call it "solved" though... Or am I missing something? I was doing something with xbmc (just trying things out), but why it muted sound is beyond me. B

Backup backup backup -- sound problem SOLVED using a backup

2012-04-26 Thread Sian Mountbatten
the reboot, I logged in and ran speaker-test: speaker-test -tsine -c2 Sound from both speakers! played some music using Deadbeef (Audio player) So there you are: a backup saved my bacon. -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.

Re: USB harddisk problem

2012-04-25 Thread Sian Mountbatten
ebian sid) with a 3.3 kernel. -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jn9i4v$bik$2...@speranza.aioe.org

Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up

2012-04-25 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Case #79728. [[d05c73fe3a70dd2b1f417f53be3258203ab0563f-1700709]] -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist

Re: Is 1600x1200 screen better than 1440x900?

2012-04-25 Thread Sian Mountbatten
io of 1.78) -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jn9049$n97$1...@speranza.aioe.org

Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up

2012-04-24 Thread Sian Mountbatten
disk, Linux only detects about 780MB if I remember well. Try to not make the same mistake. 2012/4/21 Sian Mountbatten: I am going to buy a big USB hard drive to backup films, music and photos. In fact, I might backup the system (at least, the list of packages installed). Anybody out there tried

Is 1600x1200 screen better than 1440x900?

2012-04-24 Thread Sian Mountbatten
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Re: 2TB USB hard drive for backing up

2012-04-24 Thread Sian Mountbatten
ro to write the pieces to 4 DVD+RW discs. So that's another, safe, way of backing up my data. I am now going to write my 4.3 GB music collection to another DVD+RW disc. Greetings -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

2TB USB hard drive for backing up

2012-04-21 Thread Sian Mountbatten
I am going to buy a big USB hard drive to backup films, music and photos. In fact, I might backup the system (at least, the list of packages installed). Anybody out there tried a 2TB USB hard drive? What did you use as filing system. I am intending to use ext4. Any comments? -- Sian

Re: siduction distribution - KDE4 desktop - Default browser problem - SOLVED

2012-04-20 Thread Sian Mountbatten
default web browser. Thank you for your help. Problem now solved. -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jm

Re: siduction distribution - KDE4 desktop - Default browser problem - SOLVED

2012-04-20 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 20/04/12 17:50, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:05:43 +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote: On 20/04/12 16:50, Camaleón wrote: Try with "update-alternatives" but remember the leading "x". I found that I could tell icedove to Use firefox for http and https links

Re: siduction distribution - KDE4 desktop - Default browser problem - SOLVED

2012-04-20 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 20/04/12 16:50, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:43:30 +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote: When I clicked on an http link in an email message in icedove, firefox was started and the link appeared on a tab. Fine. Then I discovered that my firefox stopped working. Click on firefox: no

siduction distribution - KDE4 desktop - Default browser problem

2012-04-19 Thread Sian Mountbatten
en I click on an email message link? Anybody any ideas? Sincerely -- Sian Mountbatten ex-Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lis

Re: Hauppauge Nova-T USB stick -- now what?

2012-04-16 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 16/04/12 16:50, Rob Owens wrote: On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 04:13:36PM +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote: On 16/04/12 15:00, Dom wrote: On 16/04/12 13:02, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Dear All This morning I received a second-hand USB stick which consisted of the stick a USB extension cable plus USB

Re: Hauppauge Nova-T USB stick - installed but not working

2012-04-16 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 16/04/12 16:20, Indulekha wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote: On 16/04/12 14:20, Indulekha wrote: on the first try: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-Stick Yes, I've read that web page, but it does not help me. I've tried Kaffeine and VLC, but neith

Re: Hauppauge Nova-T USB stick -- now what?

2012-04-16 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 16/04/12 15:00, Dom wrote: On 16/04/12 13:02, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Dear All This morning I received a second-hand USB stick which consisted of the stick a USB extension cable plus USB plug/socket a mini antenna No instructions of any sort. I plugged the USB stick into a USB slot on the

Re: Hauppauge Nova-T USB stick -- now what?

2012-04-16 Thread Sian Mountbatten
se. This is all very confusing. In the first instance, I'd simply like to watch TV on my Linux PC without sophisticated DVR functions. Can anybody help me? Regards -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubsc

Hauppauge Nova-T USB stick -- now what?

2012-04-16 Thread Sian Mountbatten
ption? 3. Do I have to buy any more hardware? eg, should I buy the device new so that I get all the relevant h/w? Any help would be appreciated. Sincerely -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-11 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 11/04/12 10:20, David Goodenough wrote: On Tuesday 10 Apr 2012, Sian Mountbatten wrote: I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence? It dependsa. The tuner does not need a licence, the premises does. So if

TV with Linux

2012-04-10 Thread Sian Mountbatten
t it working? Any comments would be much appreciated (I don't have room for a standalone TV set so TV on Linux is my only option). Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-10 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 10/04/12 22:40, Steven Jan Springl wrote: On Tuesday 10 Apr 2012 21:50:44 Sian Mountbatten wrote: I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence? Sian See: http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one

Re: Linux TV tuner

2012-04-10 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 10/04/12 22:30, Lisi wrote: On Tuesday 10 April 2012 21:50:44 Sian Mountbatten wrote: I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence? I think so. But I also believe that you can get round it by watching iPlayer

Linux TV tuner

2012-04-10 Thread Sian Mountbatten
I have decided to get a USB TV tuner so that I can use it with my sid(uction) box. I am in the UK. Will I need a TV licence? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.deb

Re: Icedove and Enigmail

2012-04-01 Thread Sian Mountbatten
n 1.0.1-5 does not work with icedove 8.0 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=664427 I am using Icedove 10.0.3 and enigmail 2:1.4-1. Maybe youse guys should upgrade. -- Sian Mountbatten siduction user -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subjec

NFS portmap - is it really needed and if so where is it?

2012-03-14 Thread Sian Mountbatten
seded? What do I need to get my NFS server working? Any help much appreciated. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 Specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.de

HTML vertical gap

2012-03-12 Thread Sian Mountbatten
? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jjlkga$t9n$1...@speranza.aioe.org

Re: Make not installing man pages

2012-03-10 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 10/03/12 03:40, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 10:05:35PM +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Hi All. I maintain a Debian package. There are two documents (man pages) in a sub-directory. Here is the Makefile which should be installing the two manpages into the /usr/share/man/man1

Re: Menu program in KDE? SOLVED

2012-03-10 Thread Sian Mountbatten
utility providing access to small shell scripts is no longer needed because kmenueditor is finally working. Thanks to all of you who replied to my question. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 Specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

Make not installing man pages

2012-03-09 Thread Sian Mountbatten
stall) -g root -o root" MANDIR is defined in the toplevel Makefile as $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man1 where DESTDIR is provided by the package maker (the dh scripts). What do I have to do to get the manpages installed? Everything else gets installed properly. It's just these two files.

Menu program in KDE?

2012-03-09 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Hello All Which program is responsible for displaying the launcher menu in KDE (version 4.7.2)? Surely, the lack of a Debian entry in the Launcher menu is the fault of that program, rather than kmenuedit which now appeaars to be working. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 Specialist -- To

Timing a process

2012-03-07 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Hello All, AFAIK, there is a command which says how long a process takes to complete. Its invoked with the command to be timed as an argument. Does anybody know what it is? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: Desktop icons in KDE 4.7.4

2012-03-07 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 07/03/12 17:10, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:02:16 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: The desktop icons have disappeared. What do I have to do to get them back again? Did they leave a note or something? Now seriously, did you change the desktop layout or the path where folder view

Desktop icons in KDE 4.7.4

2012-03-07 Thread Sian Mountbatten
The desktop icons have disappeared. What do I have to do to get them back again? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arc

Re: Compiling non-Debian package (amaya) OpenGL libraries required

2012-03-06 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 06/03/12 15:40, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:15:45 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Does anybody know which package provides OpenGL libraries for development? I am using the siduction distribution which is based on Debian sid. http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/AmayaWX.html#What THT

Compiling non-Debian package (amaya) OpenGL libraries required

2012-03-05 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Hi All! Does anybody know which package provides OpenGL libraries for development? I am using the siduction distribution which is based on Debian sid. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

Re: Kshisen taking at least 5 seconds for each move

2012-03-02 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 02/03/12 17:10, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Hi All! I have an i5-2400 running at 3.10GHz, which is a 4-core processor. I have 8GB 1600MHz RAM, a 120GB SSD and when I play kshisen, I have to wait at least 5 seconds for the game to remove a pair of tiles. It wasn't always like this. Th

Kshisen taking at least 5 seconds for each move

2012-03-02 Thread Sian Mountbatten
n 3% CPU time is this one (icedove). I'm running top and it is taking 0.3% of the CPU, X0rg takes 0.3%, the load average is 0.03 and yet kshisen refuses to run fast. What do I have to do to get it to run at normal speed without pauses? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: VLC froze twice: so reboot

2012-03-02 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 01/03/12 17:50, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: 01/03/2012 18:01, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Hello All! I started to watch a DVD last night with VLC when the screen froze. Nothing would work, neither the mouse nor the keyboard. I did a H/W reset and rebooted the OS and VLC. I set the film to

VLC froze twice: so reboot

2012-03-01 Thread Sian Mountbatten
the siduction distribution which is based on Debian unstable. Anybody else had freeze problems with VLC? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.or

Audiobooks

2012-02-28 Thread Sian Mountbatten
package which will play an audiobook. A search with apt-cache gives yatm, but, after installing it, I tried it one of the files and it merely produced horrible sounds. Certainly nothing intelligible. So are audiobooks only for Windoze or MacOS? Has anybody any suggestions? -- Sian Mountbatten

Free movies on the Internet -- download scams

2012-02-27 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Hi All! It occurred to me that there might be free movies to download. So I did a web search with Google and got lots of sites; but there's a catch! You have to register (for free). So I give my email address and a password and discover that that email address is already used. Well, nobody els

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 27/02/12 17:50, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alberto Fuentes wrote: On 25/02/12 02:59, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set to the

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 27/02/12 17:40, Tom H wrote: Mmm, no dice? Okay, there has to be a way to run xterm with the X server running but no KDE env in place... Maybe from a remote ssh session. Yes, you're right. You could use "ssh -Y ...; echo $DISPLAY; export DISPLAY=...; xterm" but I'd make sure that KDM/KDE

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 27/02/12 17:00, Keith McKenzie wrote: On 27/02/12 16:15, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:46:38 -0500, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:37:46 -0500, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: Have you tried wit

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 26/02/12 21:30, Bob Proulx wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote: I'm running KDE on a siduction distribution. Konsole starts in $HOME. Xterms started from the KDE Launcher->System->Uxterm or Xterm start in ~/Documents. There's nothing in the environment which mentions ~/Documents. I

Re: New computer planned. Now: New computer delivered.

2012-02-27 Thread Sian Mountbatten
. Anyone know how to get Wifi working for this Wifi card? The mini-CD provided with the board has drivers for Windoze only. So my desktop, which is whisper quiet, is just sitting not being used because of the lack of a driver for the Wifi card. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist --

Re: DVD will not play SOLVED!

2012-02-26 Thread Sian Mountbatten
for your help. I set the videolan repository into my /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list, which enabled me to get the most uptodate version of vlc and libdvdcss2. And now I've been able to see the film. Verily, linux.debian.user is a useful News group. TVM indeed. -- Sian Mountbatten Alg

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-26 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 26/02/12 17:30, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:59:16 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set to the HOME directory? Weird... are you running

DVD will not play

2012-02-26 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Hi All! Recently, I bought a DVD from Amazon entitled "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines". I've loaded it into a DVD drive and tried to action it. No matter which program, I use, the damn thing won't work. I even tried loading up Windows 7, but Windows Media Center wouldn't read

Re: Two sound cards. SOLVED

2012-02-26 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 24/02/12 02:30, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 12:47 +, Brian wrote: On Thu 23 Feb 2012 at 11:42:59 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Does anybody know how I can make the CA0106 card on my m/c the default sound card? At the moment, card 0 is the Intel ICH5. I know it&#

when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-24 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set to the HOME directory? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Nepomuk

2012-02-24 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 24/02/12 20:00, baldyeti wrote: Not in my version of System Settings. No such thing as Advanced. On this here mepis system (kde 4.5.3), "desktop search" is under "workspace appearance & behaviour" K->Settings->System Settings->Desktop Search Switched Nepomuk off. At last. Many thanks fo

Re: Nepomuk

2012-02-24 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 23/02/12 02:40, Andrew Reid wrote: I didn't ask for it and I don't want it. So why do we have to have it? It hogs the CPU and has an enormous database. I certainly do not have enough file to justify a 60Mb database. Is it possible to stop it from working in KDE? And what about nepomuk? I'd li

Re: Flash plugin not producing sound

2012-02-23 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 02/19/2012 03:20 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 14:07:02 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: That all looks OK; the problem with flashplayer is that it blindly uses alsa card 0 to play its sound, regardless of how you configured your desktop environment and/or pulseaudio

Re: Two sound cards. How to make the CA0106 the default.

2012-02-23 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 02/23/2012 12:10 PM, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Does anybody know how I can make the CA0106 card on my m/c the default sound card? At the moment, card 0 is the Intel ICH5. I know it's something to do with modprobe. Removing the two kernel modules and then entering the CA0106 module as c

Two sound cards. How to make the CA0106 the default.

2012-02-23 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Does anybody know how I can make the CA0106 card on my m/c the default sound card? At the moment, card 0 is the Intel ICH5. I know it's something to do with modprobe. Removing the two kernel modules and then entering the CA0106 module as card 0. Does anybody know the details? --

Nepomuk

2012-02-22 Thread Sian Mountbatten
o. Do I have to exit from KDE and use another desktop? Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji3us2$3a8$1...@speranza.aioe.org

Re: New computer planned

2012-02-22 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 21 feb 12, 22:58:03, Sian Mountbatten wrote: It will have Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz Socket LGA1155, MSI Z68S REV B3 motherboard, 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 256MB PCI-Express graphics, an SSD OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA instead of a hard

Re: New computer planned

2012-02-21 Thread Sian Mountbatten
e development system I use. The site is in my signature. Thanks for all your comments. -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji17hm$7h2$1...@speranza.aioe.org

Re: ISO for wheezy

2012-02-21 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Bob Proulx wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote: Can anybody point me to a site where I can download an ISO for wheezy? First go to: http://www.debian.org/ Many thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

ISO for wheezy

2012-02-21 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Dear All Can anybody point me to a site where I can download an ISO for wheezy? Any help appreciated. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arc

New computer planned

2012-02-20 Thread Sian Mountbatten
ink that a new computer is one new year gift I could do with. I shall be interested to hear what people suggest. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact li

Re: Setting the compose key without KDE

2012-02-20 Thread Sian Mountbatten
only one that doesn't work is h with a circumflex, but it's rarely used in Esperanto. And capital letters: Ĉ Ĝ Ĥ Ĵ Ŝ Ŭ. Nearly alright now. What a relief. It just shows that KDE is not indispensible. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ..

Re: Setting the compose key without KDE

2012-02-19 Thread Sian Mountbatten
what am I doing wrong? -- Sian Mountbatten On 19.02.2012 16:28, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Dear All I have expunged KDE from my computer and am using xdm and fvwm as display manager and window manager respectively. Under KDE, I had a Compose key (Multi-key?) which enabled me to produce characte

Setting the compose key without KDE

2012-02-19 Thread Sian Mountbatten
ITH BREVE : "ŭ" U016D # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH BREVE My Newsgroup composer has autofilled such that the comments are wrapped onto the following line, but you can see what is supposed to happen. Any help will be appreciated. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 6

Re: Flash plugin not producing sound

2012-02-19 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:01:02 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Hello All I have the flashplugin-nonfree package installed on my system (version 1:2.8.3) That suggests that you are on Wheezy (testing) or Sid (unstable); which one is it exactly? Is it fully up-to-date

Flash plugin not producing sound

2012-02-19 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Hello All I have the flashplugin-nonfree package installed on my system (version 1:2.8.3) so I can get the video clips working in my browser. Unfortunately, I am not getting any sound. The video clips without sound are not much use. So what do I do to get sound working? I have two sound card

Re: Debian menu in the KDE launcher

2012-02-05 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:29:55 +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> When I invoke the editor for the launcher menu, the Debian sub-menu is >> missing. > > What Debian release (or KDE version)? siduction distribution (based on sid/unstable) KDE version 4

Debian menu in the KDE launcher

2012-02-05 Thread Sian Mountbatten
menu when I press the launcher button. Anybody else had similar experiences? And what can be done about it? Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Openbox window manager

2012-02-04 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Tony Baldwin wrote: > On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 10:07:06PM +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > I find that exceedingly odd. > I am using openbox on squeeze. > All I did was change the keybindings in ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml > and Alt-F4 does nothing here. > > I've pas

Re: Openbox window manager

2012-02-04 Thread Sian Mountbatten
e machine off last night and switching it on this morning, something seems to have happened. The A-F behaviour has gone. Thank you for your help. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscrib

Openbox window manager

2012-02-03 Thread Sian Mountbatten
. It's openbox which has to be altered. Has anybody any idea of how to stop openbox having this behaviour? Sincerely -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listma

Re: makeinfo - which package?

2011-12-27 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Wayne Topa wrote: > On 12/26/2011 01:18 PM, Dr Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> Does anybody know in which package the program makeinfo can be found? >> >> Regards > > $ which makeinfo > /usr/bin/makeinfo > dpkg -S /usr/bin/makeinfo > texinfo: /usr/bin/makeinfo Tha

Re: Menu Editor for KDE Launchpad on siduction is missing

2011-12-26 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 27/12/11 00:48, Dr Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >>> On 25/12/11 10:23, Dr Sian Mountbatten wrote: >>>> But I would like to use the menu. So what has happened to the menu >>>> editor? >>> &

makeinfo - which package?

2011-12-26 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
Does anybody know in which package the program makeinfo can be found? Regards -- Dr Sian Mountbatten siduction user -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.

Re: Menu Editor for KDE Launchpad on siduction is missing

2011-12-26 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 25/12/11 10:23, Dr Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> But I would like to use the menu. So what has happened to the menu >> editor? > > A. Ask the people who made your product (siduction.org is *not* > debian.org) OR > B. Right-click on the KMenu Ic

Menu Editor for KDE Launchpad on siduction is missing

2011-12-24 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
the firefox binary. But the menu does not have an item to launch Firefox. I have to choose Run Command... and put firefox into the one line window, press return and up it comes. But I would like to use the menu. So what has happened to the menu editor? Regards -- Dr Sian Mountbatten siduction

Getting the microphone to work on Creative Audigy

2011-12-24 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
which the manual says is for Line In or microphone. arecord does not produce any sound with the command arecord -Ddefault:CA0106 -d10 test.wav the command aplay -Ddefault:CA0106 test.wav certainly produces a background hiss, but no actual input. Can anybody help me? Regards -- Dr Sian

KMenu editor not saving properly

2011-12-14 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
I've been trying to delete a number of entries in the Internet subfolder. The menu editor records the items deleted and inserts a new item, but when I click on Save the program very slowly saves the menu according to the window showing the saving process progress. But when it gets to the 90% mark,

Re: Copying of web pages by Firefox

2011-12-13 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:04:58 +, Dr Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> Someone in another group had a web-page in a Usenet newsgroup article >> which I clicked on. KDE loaded firefox (which is my default browser), >> but instead of giving me the web page

Disappearance of the Debian menu item in KDE menu

2011-12-13 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
When I first loaded Debian wheezy from a NETINST CD and after packages were downloaded, the KDE menu had a Debian menu item which gave me access to those programs which did not appear in the KDE menu. For example, xkill. That menu item has disappeared. In the menu editor, the item appears, but the

Copying of web pages by Firefox

2011-12-13 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
Someone in another group had a web-page in a Usenet newsgroup article which I clicked on. KDE loaded firefox (which is my default browser), but instead of giving me the web page, it copied the web-page of the link into /var/tmp/kdecache-sian/krun/13950.0.iu.html Unfortunately, most of the links in

[SOLVED] Re: How to key Esperanto characters

2011-12-12 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
ed the name into the KMenuEdit window for UXterm. That is, the command for the uxterm was uxterm -fn -misc-etc-10646-1 I can now compose Esperanto characters in the Xterm using the Right Win key. Here are all the Esperanto characters keyed into kwrite: ĉĝĥĵŝŭ ĈĜĤĴŜŬ So that problem is solved. Thank y

Re: How to key Esperanto characters

2011-12-12 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
qwerty alphabet as well as the extra characters. So what do I do next? -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jc55lt$oqh$1...@speranza.aioe.org

Re: How to key Esperanto characters

2011-12-12 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
t; to learn how to set up the Compose key >> >> http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/ComposeKey >> > > I just have this in a login script: > > # remap keys section > setxkbmap -option compose:caps > > Then my CAPS-LOCK key is remapped as compos

Re: How to key Esperanto characters

2011-12-12 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
Cousin Stanley wrote: > Doug wrote: > >> >> The answer is to set up your Compose key. >> > > The following link might help > to learn how to set up the Compose key > > http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/ComposeKey > > I've gone to that page, but the command given (dpkg

How to key Esperanto characters

2011-12-11 Thread Dr Sian Mountbatten
I have downloaded Aurora from the Mozilla web-site using the Esperanto version. When setting the preferences, aurora wants to use `elshutadoj' but it uses the Esperanto s-kun-capelo. How do I key Esperanto accented letters in KDE? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Creative Audigy sound card on Debian

2011-11-22 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Dom writes: > On 22/11/11 11:16, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> I've just bought a Creative Audigy sound card and I have discovered >> that the manual is stored in proprietary files for MS Windows (Vista >> and XP), so the Creative CD-ROM is no use to me. >> >>

Re: Creative Audigy sound card on Debian

2011-11-22 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Darac Marjal writes: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:16:34AM +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> I've just bought a Creative Audigy sound card and I have discovered >> that the manual is stored in proprietary files for MS Windows (Vista >> and XP), so the Creative CD-ROM is

Re: Creative Audigy sound card on Debian

2011-11-22 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Pete Orrall writes: > On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 11:16 +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> I've just bought a Creative Audigy sound card and I have discovered >> that the manual is stored in proprietary files for MS Windows (Vista >> and XP), so the Creative CD-ROM is no use

Creative Audigy sound card on Debian

2011-11-22 Thread Sian Mountbatten
I've just bought a Creative Audigy sound card and I have discovered that the manual is stored in proprietary files for MS Windows (Vista and XP), so the Creative CD-ROM is no use to me. Could anybody tell me what the sockets on the Audigy are for? They are:- - light blue - light green - b

Re: Sound wheezy/KDE -- testing the microphone

2011-11-17 Thread Sian Mountbatten
I plugged the microphone into my laptop, ran alsamixer and made sure that the capture device was not muted and set to a reasonable figure (using alsamixer) and then issued the command arecord -V mono test.wav which gave sound file which when played with aplay test.wav, reproduced the input from the

Re: Sound wheezy/KDE -- testing the microphone

2011-11-16 Thread Sian Mountbatten
"Selim T. Erdogan" writes: > Sian Mountbatten, 16.11.2011: >> Curt writes: >> >> > On 2011-11-16, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> >> alsamixer with F4 gives Capture all right, but it is set to 100% and >> >> still the mic does not work. &g

Re: Openoffice.org - has it been replaced by LibreOffice?

2011-11-16 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Andrei Popescu writes: > On Mi, 16 nov 11, 17:37:52, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> I tried using LibreOffice Writer to print a test letter which used >> two accented characters. What was printed was garbled rubbish. No >> accented letters and other letters replaced with `a'

Re: Sound wheezy/KDE -- testing the microphone

2011-11-16 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Curt writes: > On 2011-11-16, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> alsamixer with F4 gives Capture all right, but it is set to 100% and >> still the mic does not work. > > Well, if you don't see any input sources to select, then you're cooked, > because you must Capture

Openoffice.org - has it been replaced by LibreOffice?

2011-11-16 Thread Sian Mountbatten
I tried using LibreOffice Writer to print a test letter which used two accented characters. What was printed was garbled rubbish. No accented letters and other letters replaced with `a's. I should like to try OpenOffice.org, but its packages all say they have been repackaged as LibreOffice. So wha

Re: Sound wheezy/KDE -- testing the microphone

2011-11-16 Thread Sian Mountbatten
alsamixer with F4 gives Capture all right, but it is set to 100% and still the mic does not work. -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/

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