RE: X troubles

2002-05-10 Thread Darren Martz
Yeah, I think that was a thin on the information - sorry about that. I ran XF86Setup, the graphics version and my video card is not listed so I chose the standard vga. I knew it wouldn't be great, but at least a start. On the monitor I first selected from the bottom of the list of abilities. I als

Re: journaling file system on thinkpad?

2002-05-10 Thread Scott Henry
> "M" == Michael Hothorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: M> Hi, M> I'm running woody with kernel 2.4.18 on an IBM i1200 Thinkpad. I am using M> ext2 filesystem for all partitions (but swap:-). It happend more than M> once, that I left the machine on battery and left the office for more M> than 3h

Re: Printing

2002-05-10 Thread Gary Turner
On Thu, 09 May 2002 14:39:01 +0100, steve downes wrote: >Struggling to get my Debian Woody system to print. Any help greatly >appreciated. May I suggest you install Apsfilter? I found its configurator to be straight forward and easy to use, working seamlessly with gs. The printcap it created wo

Re: journaling file system on thinkpad?

2002-05-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 10:40:33PM -0700, Scott Henry wrote: > > "M" == Michael Hothorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > M> Hi, > > M> I'm running woody with kernel 2.4.18 on an IBM i1200 Thinkpad. I am using > M> ext2 filesystem for all partitions (but swap:-). It happend more than > M> once

Re: X troubles

2002-05-10 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 09 May 2002 10:09 pm, Darren Martz wrote: > Yeah, I think that was a thin on the information - sorry about that. > > I ran XF86Setup, the graphics version and my video card is not listed so > I chose the standard vga. I knew it wouldn't be

traceroute / netlink / net-pf-16

2002-05-10 Thread Liam Ward
Hi all, This week I did my potato -> woody upgrade. Pretty painless. Thanks to all concerned. A problem that I'm having though is when I traceroute, I get the following warnings: traceroute: Warning: findsaddr: cannot open netlink socket: Invalid argument traceroute: Warning: ip checksums disa

RE: X troubles

2002-05-10 Thread Darren Martz
What is Sid or Woody? I'm not familiar, how would I know? I'll get xfree86 v4.1 and run the configuration tools. Good suggestion on compiling the nv driver into the kernel, I found something on the nv site for that. Thanks for your help. -Original Message- From: Jaye Inabnit ke6sls [mail

C++ Style at Kuro5hin

2002-05-10 Thread Michael D. Crawford
My article "Musings on Good C++ Style" just got voted to the front page at community website http://www.kuro5hin.org/ The moderators at K5 are a tough crowd to please. It took two drafts, the one that got accepted took me all day to write. The article itself is at: http://www.kuro5hin.org/s

Re: how to gpg sign attachments?

2002-05-10 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
Thus spake Britton last Thu, May 09, 2002 at 05:34:52PM -0800: > > Is it possible to use gpg to sign all of a mail message, including the > attachments? > > I have found with mh-e and mailcrypt that after doing mh-edit-mhn to > incorporate the attachments, mailcrypt-sign fails. > > Britton Kerin

Mounting symbolic links

2002-05-10 Thread Jan Exss
Hi, I have some trouble getting filessytems mountet that are symbolic links only. I have some scripts running that copy specific files from cdroms into specific directories within my home area. These scripts must be run on different machines (hosted by different OSs) from time to time. The proble

Permission denied?

2002-05-10 Thread George Karaolides
Hi all, I am running a woody server with the root fs (reiserfs) on software RAID1. Kernel is 2.2.20 compiled with Debian make-kpkg from the Debian package of the kernel source. The server suddenly stopped working and I was unable to log in from the console. Attempting to reboot failed with "No

printing from linux to windows print server?

2002-05-10 Thread Martin A. Hansen
hi im trying to print to a windows print server from my linux box. i have installed smbspool, but what should i put in my printcap? martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1

2002-05-10 Thread Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra
Since May 5 my /var/log/messages has been filling up with messages such as: May 10 12:06:37 debian kernel: cdrom: open failed. May 10 12:06:37 debian kernel: VFS: Disk change detected on device ide1(22,0) May 10 12:06:37 debian kernel: VFS: Disk change detected on device fd(2,0) There

NFS small trouble.

2002-05-10 Thread Jorge Alberto Serralheiro
Hi folks. For the past 6 months, I've been building my diskless system at home, in my spare time. Before posting this, I tried everyting I could find documented, but troubles usually dont come documented. Here it goes. My diskless computer works fine ( sometimes ). I have X-window and all the fancy

Re: recommended documentation iptables

2002-05-10 Thread christophe barbé
On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 11:19:55PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 03:14:45PM -0700, justin cunningham wrote: > | Hey, I did I search for iptables how to and got tons of docs-- does > | anyone recommend one over another or a debian specific one? The goal is > | to take advantage of th

What's causing my load average?

2002-05-10 Thread Paul Sargent
Hi People, I've got a box here which is cliaming a load average of about 10, but as 'ps aux' shows no process taking any CPU time. Any idea's what's going on? duane:/var/log# ps aux USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1 0.0 0.0 1276 504 ?

basic Problems

2002-05-10 Thread Nik Engel
Hi ! I cannot figure thsi out: i want to select a numer of files and cat the content of a file to all selected. I try this by: find -name "db.[^0-9^root^local^netrt]*" -print | cat tmp/db.netrt.de $1 or find -name "db.[^0-9^root^local^netrt]*" -print | xargs cat tmp/db.netrt.de $1 i also tr

Re: X troubles

2002-05-10 Thread Bob Nielsen
The easiest way to install the NVidia driver is to install the Debian nvidia-kernel-src and nvidia-glx-src packages, which will download the files from nvidia and create .deb packages. This process is not automated, so read the docs. Bob On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:58:17AM -0700, Darren Martz wro

Re: High quality audio card

2002-05-10 Thread Rob Weir
On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 03:08:05PM -0700, alberto wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > How about a high quality audio card supported under Linux? > (so as I can backup my precious vynil records collection...!) > > Any Hi-Fi geek that knows about it and can recommend one or at least the > characteristic

Re: recommended documentation iptables

2002-05-10 Thread dman
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 07:36:32AM -0400, christophe barbé wrote: | On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 11:19:55PM -0500, dman wrote: | > On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 03:14:45PM -0700, justin cunningham wrote: | > | Hey, I did I search for iptables how to and got tons of docs-- does | > | anyone recommend one over

Re: printing from linux to windows print server?

2002-05-10 Thread dman
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 12:41:41PM +0200, Martin A. Hansen wrote: | hi | | im trying to print to a windows print server from my linux box. | | i have installed smbspool, but what should i put in my printcap? Use CUPS and use a web browser to configure a spool for the printer. It's really quite s

Re: What's causing my load average?

2002-05-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:51:06PM +0100, Paul Sargent wrote: > I've got a box here which is cliaming a load average of about 10, but as 'ps > aux' shows no process taking any CPU time. Any idea's what's going on? You don't necessarily have to have processes taking up CPU time to have a high load

Re: basic Problems

2002-05-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 03:08:14PM +0200, Nik Engel wrote: > i want to select a numer of files and cat the content of a file to all > selected. > I try this by: > find -name "db.[^0-9^root^local^netrt]*" -print | cat tmp/db.netrt.de > $1 > or > find -name "db.[^0-9^root^local^netrt]*" -print |

hard drive question

2002-05-10 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
I am using an MSI mobo with a VIA VT686B chipset that should allow ATA100 operation. Here is the hdparm information: burnt:/home/mellofone# hdparm -i /dev/hda /dev/hda: Model=ST340823A, FwRev=3.39, SerialNo=6EF0WCTQ Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs RotSpdTol>.5% } RawCHS=1

problems with cyrus (sid) on woody

2002-05-10 Thread ke
Hi, I have installed the cyrus-Server from sid on a debian woody installation: name : Cyrus IMAPD version: v2.1.3-Debian(unstable) 2002/04/12 00:38:18 vendor : Project Cyrus support-url: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus os : Linux os-version : 2.4.18 environment: Cyrus SASL 2.

how does one look inside a initrd image?

2002-05-10 Thread Walter Tautz
subject says it all. -walter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

no upgrades in woody for a while?

2002-05-10 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I'm just a little concerned; I haven't been having any package upgrades for maybe a couple of weeks in woody. I haven't changed anything in my sources.list and apt-get is working fine to fetch packages that i want, but I've never gone this long in testing without any package upgrades. Is this just

Re: How to get xfree86 v4 working after dist-upgrade?

2002-05-10 Thread Eric Richardson
Hi Shyamal, Thanks again for the help. Just so much to learn. On the xfree86-4 install, if you install from scratch, not an update, then you get the new code. Upgrades don't work that way and leave version 3 alone but by the documentation makes it sound like you should get the new one unless

Re: structure has no member named 'tbusy'

2002-05-10 Thread Brenda Butler - mrd
I got a laptop a while ago and a pcmcia network card to go with it. The network card has some basic linux support: it comes with a c file and a h file that you can compile into a module. I tried compiling it with the 2.4 kernel and pcmcia-cs, and got some errors. I tried again with the 2.2.20 k

Re: How to get xfree86 v4 working after dist-upgrade?

2002-05-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 09:04:21AM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > On the xfree86-4 install, if you install from scratch, not an update, > then you get the new code. Upgrades don't work that way and leave > version 3 alone but by the documentation makes it sound like you should > get the new one

Re: no upgrades in woody for a while?

2002-05-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 11:07:11AM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I'm just a little concerned; I haven't been having any package > upgrades for maybe a couple of weeks in woody. Woody is deep-frozen now. The only updates you'll see before release are a few last-minute fixes for critical bugs. Chee

Re: no upgrades in woody for a while?

2002-05-10 Thread Jorge Santos
Cheryl Homiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm just a little concerned; I haven't been having any package upgrades for > maybe a couple of weeks in woody. I haven't changed anything in my > sources.list > and apt-get is working fine to fetch packages that i want, but I've never gone > this long

Setting up phpGroupWare w/Postgresql

2002-05-10 Thread Chad Walstrom
I'm attempting to set up phpGroupWare from the woody distribution. I'm using phpgroupware{,-calendar,-email,-core,-api,-setup,-admin}, php4{-pgsql,-imap}, apache 1.3, and postgresql 7.x. The database server is on a separate woody box. I've set up a blank database called phpgroupware with a user

xvidtune + xfree4

2002-05-10 Thread Harvey Kelly
Dear All, I've just installed Potato 2.2r6 and can't get my screen right. I had this problem a year or so ago when I last installed Debian - but I can't remember how I did it. I've upgraded to XFree 4.0.2 from a Libranet CD and the screen is fine except it is an inch or two off-centre. I used x

Re: hard drive question

2002-05-10 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Fri, 10 May 2002 10:54:02 -0400 "Matthew Daubenspeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using an MSI mobo with a VIA VT686B chipset that should allow > ATA100 operation. Here is the hdparm information: > > burnt:/home/mellofone# hdparm -i /dev/hda (snip) > Which to me shows that it is using AT

Re: xvidtune + xfree4

2002-05-10 Thread Harvey Kelly
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 06:25:32PM +0100, Harvey Kelly wrote: Forgot to add XF86Config :) > Dear All, > > I've just installed Potato 2.2r6 and can't get my screen right. I had > this problem a year or so ago when I last installed Debian - but I can't > remember how I did it. > > I've upgraded t

ipmasq logging

2002-05-10 Thread George Karaolides
Hi, I'm running woody with kernel 2.2.20 and using the ipmasq Debian package to set up packet filtering. I find that on woody, ipmasq (well really, ipchains as ipmasq calls ipchains with the -l option) logs to the console as well as /var/log/messages which is a big pain; it makes the console unu

GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Jim Lynch
Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? Thanks, Jim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how does one look inside a initrd image?

2002-05-10 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Fri, 10 May 2002 11:54:35 -0400 (EDT) "Walter Tautz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > subject says it all. Try mounting it with the loop option somewhere, such as: mount -o loop -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: hard drive question

2002-05-10 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
> > Which to me shows that it is using ATA100... However: > > Don't believe that's quite the case. That is reading what the drive is > capable of. Per the hdparm man page: > > -i Display the identification info that was obtained > from the drive at boot time, if available. >

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 19:34, Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? apt-get install gimp1.2-nonfree gifs are patent encumbered -- I did not vote for the Austrian government -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:34:23PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? Have you installed the gimp1.2-nonfree package? Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:34:23PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? GIF is a patented format. It can be (and is) argued that supporting it without paying patent license fees is illegal. Therefore no "free" (libre) software collection ca

Re: hard drive question

2002-05-10 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Fri, 10 May 2002 13:28:02 -0400 "Matthew Daubenspeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > burnt:/home/mellofone# hdparm /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: > multcount= 0 (off) > I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit) > unmaskirq= 0 (off) > using_dma= 0 (off) > keepsettings = 0 (off) > nowerr

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Andrey Vlassov
  No it is linux community doesn't support gif format because of it patent for compression. But you can recompile GIMP with support for gif without any problem. Andrey Jim Lynch wrote: Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? Thanks, Jim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: hard drive question

2002-05-10 Thread Andrey Vlassov
try this remedy test a speed of your disk hdparm -Tt /dev/hda optimize parameters for HDD hdparm -c1 -d1 -u1 -m16 -A /dev/hda and test again hdparm -Tt /dev/hda if it worked for you add a file into /etc/init.d as startup script #! /bin/sh set -e case "$1" in start) echo -n "Sett

UNSUBSCRIBE'

2002-05-10 Thread Ina & Frank
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debconf problem during upgrade

2002-05-10 Thread Eric Richardson
Hi, I think there is a problem with debconf or whatever the interface is that is used to answer questions during upgrade from potato to woody. The problem occurs like this. You walk away from the machine and then one of these configuration screens comes up, and then the monitor blanks out fo

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Chad Walstrom
Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? apt-get install gimp1.2-nonfree Package: gimp1.2-nonfree Priority: optional Section: non-free/graphics Installed-Size: 57 Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Alan Shutko
Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > gifs are patent encumbered LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! Somewhere, just out of sight, the unicorns are gathering. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Alan Shutko
Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > GIF is a patented format. No, it isn't. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! All constants are variables. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[MAILapt-get upgrade problems

2002-05-10 Thread steve downes
Just done my usual apt-get update, apt-get upgrade & 2 of my machines have "kept back" a number of upgrades without explanation. Any ideas why this is or where I can look to find out. Had a hunt through the log files to no effect. The kept back packages are:- abiword afterstep gettext gimp1.2 ini

Re: debconf problem during upgrade

2002-05-10 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Eric Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > whatever question was pending goes through before you have a chance to > answer it. It's like hitting the space bar acts as a return and the > default action gets executed. The reason why i always press Strg/Ctrl to get out of Screensavermode :) --

Ximian Evolution Fixed-width fonts

2002-05-10 Thread Rick Crawford
I recently installed Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 on my woody desktop pc. When I first launched it, I noticed that the Fixed width fonts that are used for text in email were unreadable: the characters were just blocks. So I went to gnome-control-center -> HTML VIewer and changed the fixed-width font.

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Re: [MAILapt-get upgrade problems

2002-05-10 Thread dman
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 08:30:07PM +0100, steve downes wrote: | Just done my usual apt-get update, apt-get upgrade & 2 of my machines | have "kept back" a number of upgrades without explanation. Any ideas | why this is or where I can look to find out. Had a hunt through the | log files to no effect

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 21:39, Alan Shutko wrote: > LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed. And loose all appeal instantly -- I did not vote for the Austrian government -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Alan Shutko
Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 21:39, Alan Shutko wrote: > >> LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed. > > And loose all appeal instantly Maybe for you. As I posted the last time this came up, there are still uses. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL

[no subject]

2002-05-10 Thread joseph edward
ATTN: I PRESUME THIS MAIL WILL NOT BE A SURPRISE TO YOU. I AM AN ACCOUNTANT WITH THE MINISTRY OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY IN SOUTH AFRICA AND ALSO A MEMBER OF CONTRACTS AWARDING COMMITTEE OF THIS MINISTRY UNDER SOUTH AFRICA GOVERNMENT. MANY YEARS AGO, SOUTH AFRICA GOVERNMENT ASKED THIS COMMI

Running openoffice as regular user?

2002-05-10 Thread DvB
I've installed openoffice from the unofficial source and, now, if I run it as root, it works but if I run it as a regular user, its attempt to install inself into that user's home directory (which, IMO, is stupid since root appears to run it from /usr) fails while trying to copy files. Has anyone f

Re: Running openoffice as regular user?

2002-05-10 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Fri, 10 May 2002 16:03:27 -0500 "DvB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've installed openoffice from the unofficial source and, now, if I run > it as root, it works but if I run it as a regular user, its attempt to > install inself into that user's home directory (which, IMO, is stupid > since roo

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 03:39:53PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > GIF is a patented format. > > No, it isn't. Okay, technically it's LZW that's patented, but even I, the owner of nitpicking.com, didn't want to bother explaining in that level of detail.

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread John Hasler
Carl Fink writes: > Okay, technically it's LZW that's patented, but even I, the owner of > nitpicking.com, didn't want to bother explaining in that level of detail. It isn't an irrelevant detail. GIF's don't have to be compressed. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisc

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 10 May 2002, Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? http://packages.debian.org/stable/graphics/gimp1.1-nonfree.html -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [MAILapt-get upgrade problems

2002-05-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 03:06:55PM -0500, dman wrote: > The 'upgrade' action will not : > o remove packages > o install new packages > o install a package marked as 'hold' with "dpkg --set-selections" ... and, to complete this explanation, the 'dist-upgrade' action may be closer

Re: Running openoffice as regular user?

2002-05-10 Thread Ian D. Stewart
On 2002.05.10 17:34 Jamin W. Collins wrote: On Fri, 10 May 2002 16:03:27 -0500 "DvB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've installed openoffice from the unofficial source and, now, if I run > it as root, it works but if I run it as a regular user, its attempt to > install inself into that user's hom

rsync over ssh without password

2002-05-10 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'd like to automate a backup of a user's machine to the server. I've set up the backup with rsync using ssh (not rsyncd on the server). I know that it is easy to set this up with rsyncd, but I'd prefer to learn how to do this with ssh! I'd like to be able to run the backup without providing a pas

default window manager

2002-05-10 Thread Tomasz Kosinski
On a XF86-4.01, testing, could anyone please tell me where the default window manager is controlled/determined? I have searched through likely files in the /etc/X11/ dir and subdirs, and I don't see how this is determined. Sorry if this is an obvious question...have searched with no luck. I would

Re: rsync over ssh without password

2002-05-10 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya rory just a comment... - i do backups via root's cron ... - root should be able to read tom, dick and harry's local home directory - a hours after home-server creates a local backup of the users dir... ( backups should NOT be on the machine its backing up )

sylpheed & addressbook

2002-05-10 Thread Tomasz Kosinski
Does anyone know whether there exists a (rolodex, bbdb type) addressbook for integration with sylpheed? An address book which has fields for phone numbers, mailing addresses, etc, in addition to the e-mail address provdided for in the included addressbook. Thanks, Tomasz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Running openoffice as regular user?

2002-05-10 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Fri, 10 May 2002 18:07:25 -0400 "Ian D. Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IMO, OpenOffice is BAD (Broken as Designed) for multi-user operating > systems. You are most certainly entitled to that opinion. > 2) that there is only one user on that workstation, and 3) that the > user who in

Re: default window manager

2002-05-10 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On 10 May 2002 22:16:12 -0400 "Tomasz Kosinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On a XF86-4.01, testing, could anyone please tell me where the default > window manager is controlled/determined? I have searched through likely > files in the /etc/X11/ dir and subdirs, and I don't see how this is > dete

Re: sylpheed & addressbook

2002-05-10 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On 10 May 2002 22:21:23 -0400 "Tomasz Kosinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know whether there exists a (rolodex, bbdb type) addressbook > for integration with sylpheed? An address book which has fields for > phone numbers, mailing addresses, etc, in addition to the e-mail address > p

Re: default window manager

2002-05-10 Thread David Bridges
Tomasz Kosinski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On a XF86-4.01, testing, could anyone please tell me where the default > window manager is controlled/determined? I have searched through likely > files in the /etc/X11/ dir and subdirs, and I don't see how this is > determined. Sorry if this is an obvio

Re: Running openoffice as regular user?

2002-05-10 Thread DvB
I'll answer two people in one post, if everyone doesn't mind. > On 2002.05.10 17:34 Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > If by "official source" you mean the binaries or files directly from > > OpenOffice.org, you need to do a net install or have each user do a > > full > > install. For more information

Help! My email is swamped!

2002-05-10 Thread Soul Computer
Can you switch me list email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], please? I would have better tools to manage it, there. ->Scwawcaac<- ->The Soul Computer With Abundant Whipped Cream And A Cherry ... <- ->On Top!<- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Help! My email is swamped!

2002-05-10 Thread Soul Computer
Never mind ... I just found the bulk email management controls. Now I feel embarassed ... ->Scwawcaac<- ->The Soul Computer With Abundant Whipped Cream And A Cherry ...<- ->On Top!<- On Fri, 10 May 2002 20:04:47 -0700 Soul Computer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can you switch me list email to [EM

Re: Help! My email is swamped!

2002-05-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 08:04:47PM -0700, Soul Computer wrote: > Can you switch me list email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], please? I > would have better tools to manage it, there. Sorry, NO. > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

kernel-image-2.4.xx

2002-05-10 Thread Tom Allison
Does anyone know if these kernel images for i86 architecture support the ext3 file system? If so, is it in the kernel or a module? I would like to set up my root directory as an ext3 fs -- but I can't unless this is in the kernel itself at boot time. help? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: journaling file system on thinkpad?

2002-05-10 Thread Tom Allison
Scott Henry wrote: "M" == Michael Hothorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: M> Hi, M> I'm running woody with kernel 2.4.18 on an IBM i1200 Thinkpad. I am using M> ext2 filesystem for all partitions (but swap:-). It happend more than M> once, that I left the machine on battery and left the office f

Re: Running openoffice as regular user?

2002-05-10 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-05-11T02:59:10Z, DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> IMO, OpenOffice is BAD (Broken as Designed) for multi-user operating >> systems. > There's definitely *something* that still needs to be worked on. I'm not sure why people are saying this. In the last 24 hours, I've installed OOo (yes,

Re: Running openoffice as regular user?

2002-05-10 Thread Alan Shutko
Kirk Strauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What's left to be worked on? Getting rid of the 2MB/user data until it's modified by the user. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! When you were born, a big chance was taken for you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

console based word processors

2002-05-10 Thread Bryan K. Walton
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good linux console based word processor? What I am looking for is a consoled based word processor similar to something like Wordstar or the early versions of MS Word or and WordPerfect. I need a program that supports underlining text, tabbing, bold text,

Re: kernel-image-2.4.xx

2002-05-10 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Tom" == Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tom> Does anyone know if these kernel images for i86 architecture Tom> support the ext3 file system? I know that 2.4.18-k7, 2.4.18-686, and 2.4.18-586tsc certainly do, I know this from experience. Tom> If so, is it in the kernel or

Re: XFree86 after crash

2002-05-10 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 10:14:08PM -0400, Daniel D Jones wrote: > I had a brief power fluctuation the other day. Despite being plugged into a > cheap UPS (which is going back to the store this weekend), my box reset > itself. Boot-up file system check found no errors. However, when I logged >

Re: console based word processors

2002-05-10 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Bryan" == Bryan K Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bryan> Does anyone have any recommendations for a good linux Bryan> console based word processor? What I am looking for is a Bryan> consoled based word processor similar to something like Bryan> Wordstar or the early versio

Re: console based word processors

2002-05-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 11:21:03PM -0500, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > [emacs|vi|pico|some-bigots-fav-text-editor] + groff + the ms macro > package is a pretty good replacement for Wordstar with it's dot > commands. Actually, that's wrong: it's WAY better than Wordstar, and I > actually think it's bette

Re: wireless.opts and Encryption

2002-05-10 Thread Jack
For the record, the problem was I did not activate the configure settings indeed. (read the first half of wireless.opts) On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 08:41:55AM -0500, Jack wrote: > Hi, > > Success with these: > > . no encryption. settings in wireless.opts just work fine. > . with encr