Re: iTunes Replacement for Linux

2004-11-30 Thread Sudarshana Koushik
> For using your iPod, there seems to be two options: gtkpod and gnupod-tools > (the latter being a suite of scripts). Well, actually you should be able to recompile rhythmbox to connect to iPod as well. For some reason, the debian version is not compiled with iPod support. But it is possible to

Re: Get directories names

2004-11-11 Thread Sudarshana Koushik
Hang on ppl. Whats wrong with what one of previous posts suggestedjust use ls -d */ (dont forget the '/') -- Sud accident, n.: An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Amazingly slow bootup on HP laptop and other problems

2004-07-01 Thread Sudarshana Koushik
Hi ppl, So here goesI installed debian/unstable on HPnx9110 and almost everything works fine, except 1. The first line after lilo ('Loading Linux..') takes ages. The dots appear one after the other so slowly, it painful to watch it. The normal bo

Problems with alsa and ethernet on HPnx9110

2004-06-28 Thread Sudarshana Koushik
Hi ppl, I recently installed debian unstable on an HPnx9110 laptop. Most things are fine except DRI and alsa. I understand DRI doesnt work yet coz the chipset isnt supported in the current X in unstable. but i dont understand the problem with alsa. When I bootup the laptop alsa

Re: Gnome fonts and themes

2004-06-23 Thread Sudarshana Koushik
gnome2 runs a deamon every time one of the gnome setting apps are opened. That deamon controls the fonts for gnome apps. So I run that deamon at startup from fvwm like this each time. gnome-settings-daemon --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:GNOME_SettingsDaemon --oaf-ior-fd=18 This however causes a slight

Re: /.journal, /root-n

2004-06-22 Thread Sudarshana Koushik
Now that you mention it, I too checked and there are two files in / -rw---1 root root 33554432 May 12 15:19 .journal -rw---1 root root 1274 May 29 08:45 .viminfo .journal just as you said, and file called .viminfo. I have no idea where it came from as i have nev

Re: Ugly (xemacs) font

2004-06-14 Thread Sudarshana Koushik
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 04:00:10PM +0200, Joachim Reichel wrote: > > Hi, > > > > the menu font in my xemacs is really ugly (I've uploaded a screenshot to > > http://www.joachim-reichel.de/tmp/xemacs.png). I know how to set the fonts > > for the editor

Please ignore this

2004-06-09 Thread Sudarshana Koushik
Just testing gnus/gmane combo -- Sudarshan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]