Re: kde removes on dselect-upgrade

2004-06-15 Thread richard lyons
On Tuesday 15 June 2004 09:46, Cristi Banciu wrote: > On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 12:33, richard lyons wrote: > > I thought that was all in the past (as of a week ago). Have you > > done an 'apt-get update' lately? > > yes, I did and still same error. What repository do you use? err.. various, I think.

Re: gnome 2.6 and keybindings

2004-06-15 Thread Nicholas Lativy
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 02:38:42PM -0700, Paul Yeatman wrote: > I've checked this 10 or so times. I must be missing something. How do > I remap the keys? When I go to Applications/Desktop Preferences/Keyboard, > a window labeled "Keyboard Preferences" emerges. There are two tabs, > "Keyboard" a

Cannot use APM or ACPI with kernel-image-2.6.6

2004-06-15 Thread David Kanter
I'm using the stock kernel-image-2.6.6-i686 and my desktop is unable to use either APM or ACPI, both of which are built-in. BIOS has power-saving turned on, with the timer set to 30 minutes. When booting the stock kernel, I get a message that my BIOS is from before 1999 and I cannot use ACPI. Then

Re: accessing a fuji digital camera

2004-06-15 Thread Erik Steffl
LeVA wrote: Hi! I want to download the pictures from a fuji digital camera. ... there was a lot of discussion about using the camera in usb mass storage mode. Did anybody try to use it in PC cam mode? I googled for it (even read the webcam howto) but it's hard to figure out what does it mean -

Auto Reply from info@jspecautosports.com

2004-06-15 Thread MAILER-DAEMON
Thank You for contacting J-Spec Auto Sports. We have received your email and we will reply to in the next 12-24 hrs. We look forward to doing business with you! Sincerely The J-Spec Auto Sports Team -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: gnome 2.6 and keybindings

2004-06-15 Thread Paul Yeatman
Thanks! I'm using Sarge and I only have two tabs in the "keyboard preferences" window. Thus still not sure how to remap my keys. Paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Nicholas Lativy-- > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 02:38:42PM -0700, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > I've checked this 10

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-15 Thread CaT
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 08:40:22AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > CaT wrote: > > It's more of a case of 'Isn't 240Mb (or 200 cos of squid) a bit much for > > a pretty desktop?' ;) > > That depends. To a person with ~700Mb, no. To a person with ~8Mb, yes. > However somehow this became a holy war

swap partition crashed

2004-06-15 Thread Travis Crump
I managed to crash my swap partition[kernel error attached if you care], is there any way to get it back[without rebooting]. The only thing I can think of is to re-run mkswap on the partition, but that instinctively seems dangerous. swapoff -a or swapoff /dev/hda7[the partition in question] d

ndiswrapper as a module

2004-06-15 Thread Marvin Gerardo Aguero Salazar
Guys, I've been trying to install my wireless card. As far as I can see I would need a module called ndiswrapper. I"ve been traying to install ndiswrapper as a module to no avail. I must be doing something wrong, but I downloaded the ndiswrapper package off the web, but it didn"t install the mod

Re: openwebmail + postgresql configuration

2004-06-15 Thread Tom Allison
Oliver Elphick wrote: On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 20:01, Tom Allison wrote: 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. I am using dovecot for my imap server. It is

Re: Keyboard map probs

2004-06-15 Thread Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra
Em Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:10:09 +0200, Piers Kittel escreveu: > The XF86Config file does contain enteries for the UK keyboard yet I > need to run setxkbmap to change it to the UK keyboard? Please check your logs (both X and xsession), there must something else going on. Perhaps at the Gnome

Re: gnome 2.6 and keybindings

2004-06-15 Thread Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra
Em Tue, 15 Jun 2004 23:10:22 +0200, Paul Yeatman escreveu: > I like to switch Caps Lock and Control and have done this for the > console but it gets unswitched when Gnome (gdm) is started. You have at least four options: You can disable the XKB extension of X so that it uses the

Error Activating XKB Configuration When Using US Intl

2004-06-15 Thread Jerome Werner
I'm using unstable and the latest X packages from it. When I use gnome and the keyboard applet switcher, I get an error when I try to add us international or some other layouts: ---begin error Error activating XKB configuration Probably internal X server problem. X server version data: The X

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-15 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 08:40:22AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > That depends. To a person with ~700Mb, no. To a person with ~8Mb, yes. > However somehow this became a holy war of "OMG that's so bloated!!!" > instead of answering the OP's question; which do people prefer? Neither. I have

Re: Commercial-grade application software

2004-06-15 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 07:02:01AM -0700, 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 lo

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-15 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 03:26:12AM -0400, Chad Perrin wrote: > Simon Kitching wrote: > >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

Re: gnome 2.6 and keybindings

2004-06-15 Thread Paul Yeatman
Those are great, thank! I may try the first and I completely forgot about the second. You reminded me that this is how I used to do this in the past. Thanks! Paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra-- > > Em Tue, 15 Jun 2004 23:10:22 +020

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-15 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 11:21:35AM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2004-06-15T15:52:23Z, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > He got it from someone surmising that my KDE was 200Mb without backing it > > up. > > I think you're probably right. Maybe it's that people load KDE and launch >

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-15 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 08:40:22AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > CaT wrote: > > It's more of a case of 'Isn't 240Mb (or 200 cos of squid) a bit much for > > a pretty desktop?' ;) > > That depends. To a person with ~700Mb, no. To a person with ~8Mb, yes. > However somehow this became a holy war

Restarting X

2004-06-15 Thread Michael B Allen
What is the cleanest way to restart X? In RH 7.3 I can just to init3, wait a second, and do init 5. Is there an equivalent method with Debian? Thanks, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Restarting X

2004-06-15 Thread eCLE
/etc/init.d/gdm restart On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 21:55, Michael B Allen wrote: > What is the cleanest way to restart X? In RH 7.3 I can just to init3, wait > a second, and do init 5. Is there an equivalent method with Debian? > > Thanks, > Mike > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: bash profile how?

2004-06-15 Thread Paul Galbraith
Bill Marcum wrote: On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 11:01:06PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: 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 shel

cae/spice - Re: Commercial-grade application software

2004-06-15 Thread Alvin Oga
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > >In hardware design, I'm looking for E-CAD for analog and digital circuit > > design and simulation. Does SPICE > >run on Linux? > > use geda ... its free and tons of other cae/cad apps ( all free and GPL'd ) http://linux-cae.ne

WindowMaker w/ Exceed Colors Washed Out Green

2004-06-15 Thread Michael B Allen
Thanks for answering my last question now I have a hard one. If I run WindowMaker with the Exceed X server the icons, menus, doc, dialogs and so on are green. Meaning the color is all washed out. There's not red. Doesn't happen with GNOME or KDE and it doesn't happen logged into the machine locall

Re: gnome 2.6 and keybindings

2004-06-15 Thread Leandro GuimarĂ£es Faria Corcete Dutra
> Those are great, thank! I may try the first and I completely > forgot about the second. You reminded me that this is how > I used to do this in the past. Thanks! You are welcome! Now if I could find a way of doing something like xkeycaps and xmodmap in the consoleĂ¢ -- Leand

Re: Better file manager

2004-06-15 Thread jack kinnon
Hi, It's the file manager that is slow to load up because knoqueror browser comes up fast. mc is not too bad. I'm not able to apt-get xfe. Is it a 'stable' package? Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! htt

Re: Commercial-grade application software

2004-06-15 Thread jack kinnon
Hi That's true, there are a lot of possible mix-and-match. I am looking for a completed one that may suit my needs. Basically I have in mind an integrated environment like those available fr Borland or MS. Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Impro

Re: Better file manager

2004-06-15 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 12:13, jack kinnon wrote: > mc is not too bad. I'm not able to apt-get xfe. Is it > a 'stable' package? Mustn't be. apt-get.org is your friend packages.debian.org will allow you to search official debian to find out what Debian distros a package is in. cheers zen -- To

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-15 Thread dircha
Micha Feigin wrote: Gnome and KDE are also bloated everywhere else, not just memory, they kill your cpu in the process also. No doubt. Is there anything worse than seeing top run in GNOME's terminal emulator consume ~4-6% CPU on a P4 1.7 Ghz machine? It has been a while now since I last tried GNO

Re: Restarting X

2004-06-15 Thread Adam Aube
Michael B Allen wrote: > What is the cleanest way to restart X? In RH 7.3 I can just to init3, wait > a second, and do init 5. Is there an equivalent method with Debian? I generally use "Ctrl-Alt-Backspace". Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Gnome Printing Work-Around

2004-06-15 Thread Ed Sutherland
I 'discovered' a way for Gnome to use my CUPS printer. Before, Gnome applications would only print to lpr. I discovered I could replace lpr with xpp to bring up a great printer interface -- works like a charm. Ed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-15 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2004-06-16T01:26:28Z, Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I tried my system with fvwm and gnome (sorry, don't have kde installed) > with everything else unchanged, memory usage on startup before starting > any programs as about 15MB-20MB difference, that a lot when all I have on > my lap

Re: performing diff on parts of a file

2004-06-15 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 02:23:11PM -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > I am looking for a program/script(?) which performs diff on parts of a > file. Say I have a file of 100 lines. How to do diff on lines between > 20-30, and 50-60 without writing them into separate files. Which > software shou

system sends empty emails to myself - should I worry?

2004-06-15 Thread Micha Feigin
On my home server I get about once every couple of days an empty email sent to myself as the regular user. The headers seem to indicate that it originated on the local machine but nothing else. I have smtp access I once setup there but currently its blocked to the world using the firewall. chkroo

Re: trouble adding window manager to GDM

2004-06-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 06:07:25AM +, Adam Funk wrote: > 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

Adding Zope 2.7 to Debian

2004-06-15 Thread Brad Adler
I am having trouble adding Zope 2.7 to my Debian system. It is located at ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/z/zope2.7. What is the format of the "deb" line that needs to be added to /etc/apt/sources.list to make sure that dselect updates from this directory. Thanks in advance. __

Latest linux for HP tablet PC Series

2004-06-15 Thread Vijaya S
Hi , Can anyone suggest me whcih is the latest Linux version for HP tablet PC ,its a compaq tc1100. (touchscreen) Regards, Vijaya -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Gnome AddressBook?

2004-06-15 Thread Ed Sutherland
What is the Gnome application serving as an addressbook? I've tried to apt-get gnome-pim and it no longer exists. I need something like KDE's addressbook. Thanks. Ed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: bash profile how?

2004-06-15 Thread Michael B Allen
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:15:24 -0400 Paul Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>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. > >> > > How are you starting the sh

problems with CD-ROM and network driver during debian install

2004-06-15 Thread Maurice Leutenegger
Hi, I'm having a few problems getting debian woody to install: (using bf24) 1.) it can't see the onboard LAN. The motherboard is a Shuttle AN35N Ultra, and the LAN is Realtek 8201BL. I tried to look for a driver, assuming it was something obscure. According to the manufacturer (Realtek), there is

Re: Gnome AddressBook?

2004-06-15 Thread Simon Kitching
On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 16:44, Ed Sutherland wrote: > What is the Gnome application serving as an addressbook? I've tried to > apt-get gnome-pim and it no longer exists. I need something like KDE's > addressbook. Thanks. > AFAIK, in the next version of gnome (2.8), the module "evolution-data-serve

RE: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-15 Thread Matthew Joyce
> > > For me kde/gnome have their place for M$ refugees but I don't like > > them myself. > > Be nice, now. I haven't touched a Windows system in months, > and haven't really used one regularly since the '90s. I'm > hardly what you'd call a "M$ refugee" but I love KDE > -- > Kirk Strauser >

Re: Commercial-grade application software

2004-06-15 Thread Al Davis
On Tuesday 15 June 2004 10:17 pm, jack kinnon wrote: > That's true, there are a lot of possible > mix-and-match. I am looking for a completed one that > may suit my needs. Basically I have in mind an > integrated environment like those available fr Borland > or MS. Some of us think the MS or Borla

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-15 Thread William Ballard
On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 02:53:00PM +1000, Matthew Joyce wrote: > > > > > For me kde/gnome have their place for M$ refugees but I don't like > > > them myself. > > > > Be nice, now. I haven't touched a Windows system in months, > > and haven't really used one regularly since the '90s. I'm > >

Re: bash profile how?

2004-06-15 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Michael B Allen: > On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:15:24 -0400 > Paul Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > #!/bin/bash --login > > exec x-session-manager > > Yes, I think this is my problem. But I don't understand what the reasoning > is for this default configuration. Obviou

Re: Commercial-grade application software

2004-06-15 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Al Davis: > On Tuesday 15 June 2004 10:17 pm, jack kinnon wrote: > > That's true, there are a lot of possible > > mix-and-match. I am looking for a completed one that > > may suit my needs. Basically I have in mind an > > integrated environment like those available fr Borland > > or M

Re: Adding Zope 2.7 to Debian

2004-06-15 Thread Bill Marcum
On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 02:04:03PM +1000, Brad Adler wrote: > I am having trouble adding Zope 2.7 to my Debian system. It is located at > ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/z/zope2.7. > > What is the format of the "deb" line that needs to be added to > /etc/apt/sources.list to make sure th

nvidia driver in 2.4.26-1-686

2004-06-15 Thread H. S.
I am using Sarge, kenel 2.4.26-1-686 and I am trying to install the nvidia driver for my graphics card: :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2) The last time I installed the driver was a few months ago (before I did the present clean install

Re: Commercial-grade application software

2004-06-15 Thread Alphonse Ogulla
jack kinnon said: > In hardware design, I'm looking for E-CAD for analog and digital > circuit design and simulation. Try electric, from http://www.staticfreesoft.com Electric is a free, GPLed (available with source) VLSI Design System that runs on Unix/Linux/Mac OS and Windoze. It is a complete

how to use framebuffer on DELL PE1750??

2004-06-15 Thread cwinl
hi all, DELL PE1750 system has an embeded ATI Rage XL. how to recompile kernel 2.4.26 with the proper things that can use framebuffer? -- P4/2.4B ELSA 528/128 512MB DDR333 240GB MSI 845PE BenQ FP557s Pioneer DVD-120A LG GCE-8320B

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

2004-06-15 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 10:13:42PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2004-06-16T01:26:28Z, Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I tried my system with fvwm and gnome (sorry, don't have kde installed) > > with everything else unchanged, memory usage on startup before starting > > any progr

Re: ndiswrapper as a module

2004-06-15 Thread David Fokkema
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 05:50:19PM -0600, Marvin Gerardo Aguero Salazar wrote: > Guys, > > I've been trying to install my wireless card. As far as I can see I > would need a module called ndiswrapper. > > I"ve been traying to install ndiswrapper as a module to no avail. > > I must be doing somet

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