On 9/5/05, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are the linux.debian newsgroups offical? Also, are they mailing list copies?
They're mirrors of the lists at lists.debian.org
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When I click on a link to a file (.iso .pdf .ps etc.) on the www,
firefox will not download or open the file. The file never appears in
the "download list". I tried with mozilla browser and it worked. How
do I fix firefox??
Firefox version: 1.0.4
Debian Sarge, kernel 2.4.27-2-686
Thanks in adv
On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 03:10:42AM +0200, Vegard|drageV wrote:
> When I click on a link to a file (.iso .pdf .ps etc.) on the www,
> firefox will not download or open the file. The file never appears in
> the "download list". I tried with mozilla browser and it worked. How
> do I fix firefox??
>
The upper-left corner of the "page content" slightly overwrites theupper-left header field. Do I need to "tweak" things just a bit more?
Would I use a value less than or greater than 0.25?Honestly, I have no idea. It works for me (for now). Feel free to tweak and report your findings. Myabe I've d
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 05:23:15PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 01:04:58AM +0200, David Jardine wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 11:09:31PM +0200, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 16:36 -0400, David R. Litwin wrote:
> > > > Any way, have you any
On 9/5/05, Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Now then, AFAIK, ALSA doesn't care about /dev/dsp* entries. Again,
> > AFAIK, those are part of OSS, not ALSA. If I understand how things
> > work correctly, they kind of run parallel to each other, and are
> > independant.
>
> It's simpl
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 08:56:48PM -0400, Adam wrote:
> Are the linux.debian newsgroups offical? Also, are they mailing list
> copies?
No and yes (mostly). But the gateway is used to be one-way, where what you
posted in the ng didn't go back to the ML. I have no idea if that's still
the case.
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On 2005-09-06T03:47:55+0200, David Jardine wrote:
> (a) the difference in the way mutt deals with html emails
> (sometimes outputting them as normal text, sometimes presenting
> them as attachments),
I do not understand the question. By default mutt list html files as
attachm
Hi folks
Sometimes the gnome works, sometimes not (the majority of times). And
when it works, i experienced a very unstable system. For example, the
gnome halts whenever i try to logout. And i just installed this distro
yesterday and I'm wondering why is so unstable considering that's a
testing ve
All was going well until:$ make xconfig** Unable to find the QT installation. Please make sure that the* QT development package is correctly installed and the QTDIR* environment variable is set to the correct location.
*make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/.tmp_qtcheck] Error 1make: *** [xconfig] Error 2I
> On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, David R. Litwin wrote:
>
> My appologies: I really, really want Bootsplash.
than you be able to make it work "yourself", as it is tons of work
> As I wrote (and so alluded to), my computer IS re-booted quite a bit.
bad boy ...
i asume you do know, that your system is st
On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 03:47:55AM +0200, David Jardine wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 05:23:15PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 01:04:58AM +0200, David Jardine wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 11:09:31PM +0200, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2005-09-0
vasaka wrote:
> David Purton wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 09:06:47PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi Preston,
>>>
>>> I am having the same problem. Did you find a solution for this issue
>>> yet?
>>>
>>>
>>>
After a recent update (I am running Unstable) I receive an e
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 10:51:46PM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote:
snip...
> Also, one good-man mentioned that I would need to configure GRUB when I
> install the kernel. Every time I have apt-got a linux-image, it says it is
> searching for GRUB and modifying it accordingly (and, in fact, also for
Paul Johnson wrote:
>On Thursday 01 September 2005 02:27 am, Ms Linuz wrote:
>
>
>
>>>And with that, I say what's wrong with running your own jabber server and
>>>using Psi?
>>>
>>>
>>100% Agree.
>>Even I prefer eJabberd server with client using Gaim or Kopete ;-)
>>
>>
>
>Gah! How ca
You don't need grub to use linux, lilo can be used instead. I prefer lilo togrub.
I actually started my Linux days with LILO. I like GRUB more.
IMHO, grub is too flexible.If I may: Huh? How can some thing be too flexible? This is most interesting.-- —A watched bread-crumb never boils.—My hover-cra
I have set debconf to use gtk by accident: I want it to be displayed with KDE's Qt. When I try to do dpkg-reconfigure debconf, it either says I do not have permission, or it says: # dpkg-reconfigure debconfXlib: connection to ":
0.0" refused by serverXlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keydpkg-reconfi
On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 11:05:58 -0700
Colin Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyways... My question relates to internet radio feeds. Some of the stations I
> like to listen to over the internet actually offer feeds in formats that
> aren't
> a problem for linux (mp3, ogg) but most stations give
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes:
>> I find it easiest to just grab the vanilla sources straight from
>> kernel.org. The Debian ones tend to be crippled and patched, which
>> makes it a pain to apply new patches.
>
> I always find it easier to use the Debian stock kernels. They have
> all o
Thomas,
as root, i ran:
update-alternatives --config pager
here is the output:
There are 4 alternatives which provide `pager'.
SelectionAlternative
---
1/bin/more
*+2/usr/bin/less
3/usr/bin/most
4
Peter,
the result of running:
ls /usr/include/ | pager
is that the output of ls is piped to less. i think
your're right in that less is already my default
pager.
--- Peter J Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 06:55:09AM -0700, James
> Haskell wrote:
>
> > hello all,
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 11:38:16PM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote:
> I have set debconf to use gtk by accident: I want it to be displayed with
> KDE's Qt. When I try to do dpkg-reconfigure debconf, it either says I do not
> have permission, or it says: # dpkg-reconfigure debconf
> Xlib: connection
Use sudo.Hm My sudo is not configured.--
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On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 10:51:46PM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote:
> I'm using Sid
Isn't this perhaps the problem? I've been trying to get to grips
with debian for years and I haven't ventured outside stable. I
still feel out of my depth and - no offence meant, honestly -
you're obviously out
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 20:02:55 -0700 (PDT)
Alvin used the keyboard to craft this:
>|bad boy ...
>|
>|i asume you do know, that your system is statisticly more likely
>|to die exponentionally each time you reboot your PC.. the more
>|you reboot it, the lifespan of your machine just wend down
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 05:06:22PM -0700, James Vahn wrote:
> David Jardine wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 11:09:31PM +0200, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:
> >> On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 16:36 -0400, David R. Litwin wrote:
> >> > Any way, have you any advice
> >>
> >> not using HTML...
> >
> > Us
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 10:26:48PM -0400, Allan Wind wrote:
> On 2005-09-06T03:47:55+0200, David Jardine wrote:
> > (a) the difference in the way mutt deals with html emails
> > (sometimes outputting them as normal text, sometimes presenting
> > them as attachments),
>
> I do not un
Isn't this perhaps the problem? I've been trying to get to gripswith debian for years and I haven't ventured outside stable. I
still feel out of my depth and - no offence meant, honestly -you're obviously out of your depth and you shouldn't think youhave the right to demand answers to all your qu
Bob,
you're right. after trying the 'ps -efH', i can
verify that bash is using the built-in pager and not
/bin/more.
> If you are seeing differences I am guessing it has
to > do with bash and libreadline upgrades combined
with
> your own personal readline configuration.
my /etc/inputrc (without
Bob,
in my previous post, i forgot to mention that i have
no ~/.inputrc file.
--- Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> James Haskell wrote:
> > i just upgraded from woody to sarge, and it
> *seems*
> > that in the process, my pager has changed from
> > /usr/bin/less to /bin/more.
> > e.g. if
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 09:05:31PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Some MUAs can be configured to send the same message as both a plain
> text message and an HTML message, nothing very magical and only slightly
> more wastful than HTML alone.
Yes, I've noticed that. Wasteful maybe, but it gives yo
David R. Litwin wrote:
Before I go any further, yes, I need bootsplash: My computer is dual-boot
and the other user insists on A: Using Windows and B: Shutting Down every
Evening. In addition, I shall be getting a lap-top soon. (By the bye, why
doesn't Debian have Bootsplash as a standard?)
w
s
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elimar,
i tried:
echo "export PAGER=less" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export aCeiMs=LESS" >> ~/.bashrc
not sure about the second line; shouldn't it be
echo "export LESS=aCeiMs" >> ~/.bashrc
anyway i tried both ways -- unfortunately, neither of
these work. if you follow this thread, it seems that
less is
Ye Gods !
mutt really is super. Thanks a lot to everybody involved.
And to think it took me all these years to find out.
Sigh.
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On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 05:38:07AM +0100, Joe Mc Cool wrote:
mutt really is super. Thanks a lot to everybody involved.
And to think it took me all these years to find out.
Happy day!
If you're like many of us your muttrc will grow over time, getting
longer and longer like a cancer. =D
No w
On 9/6/05, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
David Niemi wrote:> Bob Proulx wrote:> > In the future when you install Debian it is highly recommended to> > install using the linux 2.6 kernel instead of the 2.4 kernel. Yes, I>> Wasn't obvious when I read through the install instructions :)
Yes.
James Haskell wrote:
> my /etc/inputrc (without comments) is:
> set input-meta on
> set output-meta on
> so, i don't think my readline configuration is the
> cause.
That looks normal.
The problem now is that what you describe sounds really normal to me.
And apparently to the other responders.
SALAH NOURI wrote:
Hi,
did anybody figure out how to install debian on a machine with 2 or more
SATA drives?
i get the error "no partitionable media" when booting the installer with
the default parameters.
and booting with expert26 gives me "no common cd-rom drive was detected".
- make sur
Hello,
Could you please tell me how to configure mplayer to not use hardware
mixing.I want different applications to play sound simultaneously at different
volume levels.And could you also tell me if there is a method to force all
applications to use software mixing only.
Thank you in advance,
This is a known issue of the Debian Sarge Installer:
See the "Errata" section in
http://www.us.debian.org/releases/sarge/debian-installer/
and try out the mentioned workaround.
> -Original Message-
> From: Erik Steffl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 8:09 A
Subject says it all I think. I and many others had to roll back, and I
was advised to hold back. How will I know when to proceed?
Kim
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El mar, 06-09-2005 a las 10:09 +0700, Ms Linuz escribió:
> I had this problem and solved by editing my gnome2 session file.
> $home/.gnome2/session
> I found two entries of gnome-panel there and delete one ( backup first
> of course )
> Make sure you delete all line which start with the same numbe
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