Re: Re: Network Adapter Problem!

2004-06-14 Thread Dan Williamson
I have already replied to this problem but I will try again.   The card you are referring to (DFE 530TX I think it was) ships as both a 8139 and a via-rhine. It was a relatively trivial task to compile (make install) the rhinefet.o driver and it works perfectly. I could not get it to work wi

Re: Xfce4 dies instead of prompting when I click the logout button on the panel.

2004-06-14 Thread Adam Funk
On Monday 14 June 2004 16:00, Hamilton Coutinho wrote: > On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 05:40:57PM +, Adam Funk wrote: >> On Friday 11 June 2004 20:50, Hamilton Coutinho wrote: >> >> > Same thing here. Did you also notice that the icons appear clipped >> > on the panel now? >> >> No, my panel looks

Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-14 Thread Cecil
I am curious as to what the pros and cons would be of picking just one desktop and deleting the other. Please tell me which you prefer, and resons why. I have bothe kde and gnome now. Thanks, Cecil -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

KDE Package

2004-06-14 Thread Jack Kinnel
Using apt-get I have down loaded and installed KDE form my Debian discs.   I am having problems getting kde stated.  I believe there are some environmental settings I should make.   Can you lead me to a location where I can get installation documentation on this package.  I have tried KDE.ORG

Re: newbie postfix/mta question

2004-06-14 Thread Matthijs
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 19:30:24 +0200, Ignatz Sol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have set up postfix on a machine to send/receive mail. Normal > install and seems fine EXCEPT that I don't think that port 110 is open > for POPing. I can send mail fine but I can't get into the machine to > download m

Re: accessing a fuji digital camera

2004-06-14 Thread LeVA
2004. június 14. 22:29, Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > There's your problem. You need to mount the partition, not the block > device: > > mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/fuji > > I usually use the following: > > mount -tvfat -oumask= /dev/sda1 /mnt/fuji For this, I get, "invalid block device" e

Re: Printing to USB printer

2004-06-14 Thread Jacob S.
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0400 Curt Howland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many thanks, you have solved a problem that has been bugging me for a > long time. I noticed that scanner management software was installed > at the same time, I'll see what success I have with that before > calling on

Jabber xdb_sql problems with oracle

2004-06-14 Thread Bjoern Kiesbye
Hi , I am runnig a Jabber Server which uses the xdb_sql component for oracle, The Jabber Server (inc. xdb_sql) used to run well on a Suse 8.2 Distribution, we moved to a Server with Debian Sarge installed (Kernel 2.4.26-1-686-smp) , and I'm having problems to get Jabbers xdb_sql component runnin

Re: newbie postfix/mta question

2004-06-14 Thread John Redmond
Ignatz Sol wrote: I have set up postfix on a machine to send/receive mail. Normal install and seems fine EXCEPT that I don't think that port 110 is open for POPing. I can send mail fine but I can't get into the machine to download mail. I can't figure out what the problem is. I cannot telnet in

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-14 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Cecil: > I am curious as to what the pros and cons would be of picking just one > desktop and deleting the other. Please tell me which you prefer, and > resons why. I have bothe kde and gnome now. Thanks, "We like both kinds; Country and Western." *-) I gave up on both of those;

lpd printing problems to HP directjet card

2004-06-14 Thread Kent Andersen
anyone know how to make lpd work with the hp directjet network printer? I have been to about every website that shows how to use lpd but when i send a print job using lpr to the printer it does the staircase problem. so I installed the filter which should keep that from happening, but alas

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-14 Thread Steve Lamb
s. keeling wrote: > I gave up on both of those; they're equally uncontrollable, and far > too fat to leave any room for actual applications to run. ymmv. Could've fooled me. KDE + Squid + Addzapper + other stuff... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~} free total used free share

Re: XConsole in Root Window with KDE

2004-06-14 Thread Martin Fluch
Basicaly xconsole is alright (beside that it takes space from the task bar), I thought maybe there is some programm which integrates just a little bit better to KDE (like docking to the panel)... - Martin On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, s. keeling wrote: Why do you need a kde app which replaces xconsole?

Re: Soundproblems: SOLVED

2004-06-14 Thread Daniel Klein
Hey, this mostly to Justin, but probably to others as well who might be interested in helping me solve the mystery of HOW I solved my problem. Justin's hint to actually use alsamixer for more than finding out the version of my alsa sent me on the right way. Scrolling all the way to the right in

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-14 Thread Edward Murrell
On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 09:10, Cecil wrote: > I am curious as to what the pros and cons would be of picking just one > desktop and deleting the other. Please tell me which you prefer, and > resons why. I have bothe kde and gnome now. Thanks, > > Cecil > It's really a case of how much you want t

Re: lpd printing problems to HP directjet card

2004-06-14 Thread Barry Skidmore
Kent, The following printcap entry works fine for me with my networked HP LaserJet 2100 TN. The 'rp=text' line is suggested on HP's web site as the best way to prevent the 'stair-stepping' effect when text is printed. Barry lp|Remote printer entry:\ :lp=:\ :rm=xxx.xxx.xxx.xx

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-14 Thread Steve Lamb
Edward Murrell wrote: > It's really a case of how much you want to fiddle with things. KDE is > big on options. GNOME is big on setting the defaults for you (which by > and large, I prefer, with the exception of that weird ass spatial > nautilus thing). Love to know why people are calling it a

Re: accessing a fuji digital camera

2004-06-14 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, LeVA wrote: > 2004. június 14. 22:29, > Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > There's your problem. You need to mount the partition, not the block > > device: > > > > mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/fuji > > > > I usually use the following: > > > > mount -tvfat -oumask= /dev/sda1 /

Re: Better file manager

2004-06-14 Thread Katipo
jack kinnon wrote: Hi folks, Is the file manager offered by KDE the best available for Debian GNU/Linux? As I mentioned before, it takes a long time to load up. Hello again, Jack. It totally depends on your needs. What do you call a 'good' file manager? Do you need one that has all the file-li

Re: Commercial-grade application software

2004-06-14 Thread Katipo
jack kinnon wrote: Hi folks, I have now a working Linux system with an acceptable GUI and a broadband link for communication, all with freely available software. But without application software, they don't mean much. I'm looking for good application software in the areas of hardware and softw

Re: problem while update to kernel 2.6.6

2004-06-14 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Sun, 2004-06-13 at 10:50, Paul Tsai wrote: > Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > >On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 01:01, J. Preiss wrote: > > > > > >>I have exactly the same message on the screen. > >>I think it has something todo with this initrd-option (which I ignored of > >>course...). My device is 305 (3

Re: accessing a fuji digital camera

2004-06-14 Thread Greg Madden
On Monday 14 June 2004 12:17 pm, LeVA wrote: > Hi! > > I want to download the pictures from a fuji digital camera. > When I plug it in the usb port, my kernel detects the camera: > > ---###--- > Jun 14 20:40:22 leva kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass > Storage devices > Jun

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-14 Thread dircha
Cecil wrote: I am curious as to what the pros and cons would be of picking just one desktop and deleting the other. Please tell me which you prefer, and resons why. I have bothe kde and gnome now. Thanks, In GNOME try printing in the default installs of gpdf (PDF), ggv (Postscript), Epiphany (w

Firefox Configuration Question

2004-06-14 Thread James W. Thompson, II
I have posted recently about my project to build a Debian based web browsing kiosk and I wanted to ask one question not really related to Debian but that someone here may be able to answer. I have a Browser.jar that I would like to use just for the guest user. Would the only way to make sure this

openwebmail + postgresql configuration

2004-06-14 Thread Tom Allison
I'm running my authentication through a pgsql database with passwords that are stored as md5 hashes of the password. This authentication model is working for the dovecot imap server. However, under openwebmail I am accessing the database through 'localhost' instead of sockets and I keep getting

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-14 Thread Alan Shutko
Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Love to know why people are calling it a new thing. Everything I've read > about the "spatial nautilus" being a "departure" from how GUI computing has > been done only reminds me of how I've been doing it for the past several years > in Win95-Win2k and

bash profile how?

2004-06-14 Thread Michael B Allen
For some reason bash isn't sourcing /etc/profile. In fact after adding . /etc/profile to .bash_profile I don't think .bash_profile is being sourced b/c it had no effect. I just wiped RH 7.3 and I don't know the shell best-practices for Debian. Please advise. I'm running testing w/ 2.4.26. Thanks,

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-14 Thread Steve Lamb
Alan Shutko wrote: > Ignore them... they'll learn what we learned long ago, they'll just > be annoying until they do. That's just the thing, I don't want to ignore them. I happen to really HATE the idiotic browser model. Pisses me off to no end when i want to copy from folder A to folder B w

Re: trouble adding window manager to GDM

2004-06-14 Thread Chris Metzler
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:33:08 +0200 Philipp Bliedung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am running Debian unstable and updated to Gnome 2.6 this past weekend. > > After the update (and an update to the newest version of gdm 2.4.4.7-3) > I can't select any other window managers from the G

Re: bash profile how?

2004-06-14 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Once upon a time Michael B Allen said... > For some reason bash isn't sourcing /etc/profile. In fact after adding . > /etc/profile to .bash_profile I don't think .bash_profile is being sourced > b/c it had no effect. The man page for bash explains what files are read on startup, in the section INV

USB and debian ppc

2004-06-14 Thread r351574nc3
Hello all, I just joined the list. Is there anyone on that knows about which would be a suitable usb adapter for debian ppc on a g3? I installed an I/O Gear usb adapter and found it works in OS 9 and OS X, but gives me strange errors in linux. To my understanding all USB adapters use the same d

Debian on a small PC?

2004-06-14 Thread Nicolas
Hi, I borrowed a little embedded PC from work (yes, my boss knows it) with 96 megs of disk (flash) and 64 megs or ram. The cpu is a pentium 166 (I think) with 2 serial port, parallele port, vga, usb, pcmcia, keyboard and floppy. I'd like to know if it is possible to put Debian directl

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-14 Thread Paul Scott
Steve Lamb wrote: Alan Shutko wrote: Ignore them... they'll learn what we learned long ago, they'll just be annoying until they do. That's just the thing, I don't want to ignore them. I happen to really HATE the idiotic browser model. Pisses me off to no end when i want to copy from fo

Re: Debian on a small PC?

2004-06-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 12:08:23AM -0400, Nicolas wrote: > Hi, > I borrowed a little embedded PC from work (yes, my boss knows it) with 96 > megs of disk (flash) and 64 megs or ram. The cpu is a pentium 166 (I think) > with 2 serial port, parallele port, vga, usb, pcmcia, keyboard and flop

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-14 Thread Steve Lamb
Paul Scott wrote: > But that's a CLI job anyway. Tab-completion and history and the rest of > the shell goodies makes the CL easier for most of that stuff :) Most, not all. Shell's not to fond of partial selecions across a large list which is handled quite nicely in a properly implemented GU

Re: aol art files:

2004-06-14 Thread DrLouNCV
REMOVE THESE ART FILES FROM MY AOL ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY OR I CANCEL IM TIRED TO SEE THIS MESSAGE WHEN I SHUT DOWN MY PC     [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How Do I Update to Gnome 2.6?

2004-06-14 Thread Ed Sutherland
Can I apt-get gnome 2.6 for the ppc? If so, what's the filename and/or do I need to add a source to my apt sources list? Thanks. Ed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How Do I Update to Gnome 2.6?

2004-06-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Ed: I don't use Debian. I use the Debian-based Xandros Linux. But I would advise you very strongly to read some of the reviews of Gnome 2.6. They are horrendous. Just look for them at LinuxToday. The consensus is that if you really want Gnome 2.6, you should wait till your distro has upgra

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-14 Thread Paul Scott
Steve Lamb wrote: Paul Scott wrote: But that's a CLI job anyway. Tab-completion and history and the rest of the shell goodies makes the CL easier for most of that stuff :) Most, not all. Agreed! Shell's not to fond of partial selecions across a large list which is handled quite nicely

Re: How Do I Update to Gnome 2.6?

2004-06-14 Thread Simon Kitching
On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 17:12, Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear Ed: > > I don't use Debian. I use the Debian-based Xandros Linux. But I would advise > you very strongly to read some of the reviews of Gnome 2.6. They are > horrendous. Just look for them at LinuxToday. The consensus is that if you > rea

Re: How Do I Update to Gnome 2.6?

2004-06-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Here is an example of one of the reviews of Gnome 2.6 from LinuxPlanet: Gnome 2.6: Two Left Feet? http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/5428/1/ Benjamin -- Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Mozilla thunderbird crashes when opening attachments

2004-06-14 Thread Mal Beaton
Alexander Sack wrote: thanks however right click on any attachment pdf, sxc, jpg and select open. THey all crash Does thunderbird crash itself or 'just' the apps started by the open dialog?? If so, does thunderbird crash if you select "save as.." too, or just when trying to open? If it cras

strange problem with sound card

2004-06-14 Thread j smith
i have SB 16 and Debian 3.0. after compiling kernel 2.4, i put the following to /etc/modules: sound uart401 sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 it seems that sound driver works, because lbreakout2's sound effect is OK and xawtv'TV sound is OK. but i can't record TV sound in xawtv. it com

kde removes on dselect-upgrade

2004-06-14 Thread Cristi Banciu
Hi, I am running sid and when I perform an apt-get dselect-upgrade it wants to remove kde. Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: (14 or more lines of packages to be removed) 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 247 to remove and 3

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-14 Thread CaT
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 02:50:43PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > s. keeling wrote: > > I gave up on both of those; they're equally uncontrollable, and far > > too fat to leave any room for actual applications to run. ymmv. > > Could've fooled me. > > KDE + Squid + Addzapper + other stuff... >

Re: trouble adding window manager to GDM

2004-06-14 Thread Adam Funk
On Monday 14 June 2004 18:30, Philipp Bliedung wrote: > Hello, > > I am running Debian unstable and updated to Gnome 2.6 this past > weekend. After the update (and an update to the newest version of gdm > 2.4.4.7-3) I can't select any other window managers from the GDM > login-screen. > > I want

XFree86 wierdness

2004-06-14 Thread Warren Stramiello
Description: I'm trying to set up X so it can display in 3 different resolutions (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768). Unfortunately, I can't for the life of me figure out how to get it to work properly - I keep getting an hsync out of range error in my XFree86 log file for 800x600 and 640x480. I'm at a lo

Re: How Do I Update to Gnome 2.6?

2004-06-14 Thread Simon Kitching
On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 17:54, Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear friends: > > Here is an example of one of the reviews of Gnome 2.6 from LinuxPlanet: > > Gnome 2.6: Two Left Feet? > http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/5428/1/ All this review points out is how much Slackware sucks. Or how badl

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-14 Thread Simon Kitching
On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 18:14, CaT wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 02:50:43PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > s. keeling wrote: > > > I gave up on both of those; they're equally uncontrollable, and far > > > too fat to leave any room for actual applications to run. ymmv. > > > > Could've fooled m

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