Re: playing DVDs from hard disk or CD

2005-12-07 Thread David Purton
Hi, Thanks to all who answered. This dvd is not encrypted, so it is not a libdvdcss missing problem. $ xine *.VOB works, but is not quite perfect. See below for more questions. On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 12:20:59PM -, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote: > David Purton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > H

Re: Problem

2005-12-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 07:26 +, Paddy Hackett wrote: > Hi > There seems to be a problem with the subject heading of the mailing > list. Neither the subject nor the name of the mailing list is appearing. > Instead it appears that the addreses of the authors of the postings is > in the subject are

Re: Upgraded to testing, broke X, can't open /dev/input/mice

2005-12-07 Thread David A.
This works for me in unstable/xorg, snipps from xorg.conf Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" #Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" Option "ZAxisMapping

Re: Using dd to clone smaller drive to larger drive

2005-12-07 Thread Lubos Vrbka
Brian C wrote: Warning to archive readers. I believe a typo in one of the commands below will destroy your data. Read on... Alvin Oga wrote: [snip] - if you want to leave bad data behind mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/new-disk HERE IT COMES tar cvfp old-disk-paritions /mnt/new-disk just watch

Re: Using dd to clone smaller drive to larger drive

2005-12-07 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya brian On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Brian C wrote: > Warning to archive readers. I believe a typo in one of the commands > below will destroy your data. Read on... more serious than typo .. :-) > Alvin Oga wrote: > [snip] > > > - if you want to leave bad data behind > > > > mount /dev/hdb1 /mn

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2005-12-07 Thread Andrey S Andreev
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: Hello, There has been an interesting number of responses on this thread. I like it because it helps me explore some other FLOSS (or not so FLO) out there which I might otherwise find superior to my own favourites. I would just like to post stats on what the respoding

Setup external monitor thru docking station

2005-12-07 Thread Vikas BN
Hi Folks,   I have a laptop Dell D610 at office, with an external monitor (dell 1905FP)   connected through a docking station (DVI port).   I installed debian sarge from the dvd that i downloaded using jigdo. I then   did a "dist-upgrade" to sid.  I can't seem to drive the external monitor  to

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2005-12-07 Thread Arafangion
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 21:43, Andrey S Andreev wrote: > I think (g)vi(m) should have made the list with 10 votes , as, at least > in Debian vi and vim refer to the same thing, and gvim is still mostly > just vim. > > Regards, > > Andro Careful when you say this to those who use vi or vim a

Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

2005-12-07 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tuesday, 6 December 2005 at 21:43:15 -0600, Josh King wrote: > Hey all, > > Currently I am the lead admin/webmaster of DebCentral.org. I really > would like to take a few minutes out of your life to gather some inputs > on an idea I have. [...] > subject was the basis of an article written b

Re: /etc/resolv.conf replaced!

2005-12-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hal Vaughan wrote: On Tuesday 06 December 2005 05:25 pm, Hal Vaughan wrote: During the past two days I've had power flickers and outages from snow. I have not yet been able to attach a new system to a UPS (too many things to move), and it's lost power a few times. When it reboots, it cannot c

Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

2005-12-07 Thread Josh King
Richard Lyons wrote: I'm half inclined to ignore this post as merely promotional, but debcentral looks fairly interesting, even if I couldn't create an account on its wiki (that part of the form missing). Thanks for the ideas and suggestions. I am hoping that we can accomplish some kind of a

Re: Using dd to clone smaller drive to larger drive

2005-12-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Brian C wrote: Warning to archive readers. I believe a typo in one of the commands below will destroy your data. Read on... Alvin Oga wrote: [snip] - if you want to leave bad data behind mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/new-disk HERE IT COMES tar cvfp old-disk-paritions /mnt/new-disk DON'T T

XKB problem with x-terminal

2005-12-07 Thread Simo Kauppi
Hi, Is there a way to compile keyboard definitions for X and save them somewhere, where XServer can read them, when it starts? The reason I'm asking is that I set up a thinclient, i.e. an x-terminal with just Xorg running on it. When X starts it gives the '(EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling b

Re: Using dd to clone smaller drive to larger drive

2005-12-07 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Brian C wrote: Hi, /dev/hda is the Debian Sarge system, w/ 3 partitions. /dev/hdb is a new slightly larger drive w/ no partitions. /dev/hda may have a bad block or two, and so the plan is to clone it to the new drive, remove the old drive, move new drive to /dev/hda (prima

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2005-12-07 Thread Richard Lyons
On Wednesday, 7 December 2005 at 21:18:33 +1100, Arafangion wrote: > On Wednesday 07 December 2005 21:43, Andrey S Andreev wrote: > > > I think (g)vi(m) should have made the list with 10 votes , as, at least > > in Debian vi and vim refer to the same thing, and gvim is still mostly > > just vim.

Re: file not found - hardware, fs, or driver problem?

2005-12-07 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tuesday, 6 December 2005 at 19:41:04 +0100, Almut Behrens wrote: > On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 03:26:36PM +, Richard Lyons wrote: [...] > > # ./qcad > > bash: ./qcad: Accessing a corrupted shared library [...] > > to recap., this is etch on an amd64 system, [...] > you probably want to insta

Re: Using dd to clone smaller drive to larger drive

2005-12-07 Thread Nate Bargmann
I found that rsync does an excellent job of copying the data over. It can be used with two machines over a network. I used a KNOPPIX CD to boot each machine (laptops) and then copied the data over. I should add my notes to my web pages sometime... - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Statio

pppoe connects but i need to run 'ifconfig eth0 up' please help....

2005-12-07 Thread Prakash Jose Kokkatt
Hello All, I got sarge 3.1r0a with a pppoe connection from dataone.i have configured this connection,able to connect but as title shows,i need to run 'ifconfig eth0 up'.here is /etc/network/interfaces: ---

Weird PS/2 mouse behaviour

2005-12-07 Thread Oliver Lupton
Hi, I've had this problem ever since I got the external mouse, it's recurred across (iirc) a stock 2.4 kernel, a stock 2.6 kernel, and 2 self-compiled 2.6 kernels. So I don't think that's the issue. I'm running a testing system with testing security updates. Whenever I plug in my external PS/2

Re: New messages in thunderbird

2005-12-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Steve Lamb wrote: Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: two computers. Now that I have switched back to thunderbird, however, I don't see the emails that have been delivered to the various folders. Is there a way around this? Imap? If so you have to tell TBird to check for new mail in folders you

Re: One stage rsync

2005-12-07 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Olleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> That said, what happens when e.g. the rsync stops halfway? > > I make experiment, kill rsync server on transfer. > >> Does it update the files it already has? > No >> Does it keep the files delayed and resume on the next run? >> Do

Re: Using dd to clone smaller drive to larger drive

2005-12-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Andrew Perrin wrote: On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Brian C wrote: Hi, /dev/hda is the Debian Sarge system, w/ 3 partitions. /dev/hdb is a new slightly larger drive w/ no partitions. /dev/hda may have a bad block or two, and so the plan is to clone it to the new drive, remove the old drive, move new dr

Re: Using dd to clone smaller drive to larger drive

2005-12-07 Thread Lubos Vrbka
1.) partition the new drive as you want it 2.) for each partition of the new drive, mount the partition in /mnt/tmp or something like that, then cd /old-partition-mount ; tar cf - . | (cd /mnt/tmp ; tar xf -) What does the dot do? archive the local directory to the stdout tar cf - . | ... tar

Re: Using dd to clone smaller drive to larger drive

2005-12-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Andrew Perrin wrote: On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Brian C wrote: Hi, /dev/hda is the Debian Sarge system, w/ 3 partitions. /dev/hdb is a new slightly larger drive w/ no partitions. /dev/hda may have a bad block or two, and so the plan is to clone it to the new drive, remove t

Re: Raid 5 detects but doesn't start on boot

2005-12-07 Thread Bob Vloon
Hi Hank. > New sarge install. > System is on hda under lvm, works fine. > Created raid 5 device after system was built > dmesg shows autodetect of the array > Array doesn't start (nor lvm on top of it) during boot though. [..snip..] > It all seems rather kludgy to me ... what do I have to do to

Re: Changeing capslock to control

2005-12-07 Thread Bob Vloon
Hi Ed, > Is there an userspace application to change the capslock to control? > In the old days it was the xf86Config file, but doesn't seem to be now. > Please advise and thanks, On Sarge, in my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, I've added this line in the section "InputDevice" in which the keyboard is def

Changing thunderbird default printer

2005-12-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, When I print in TBird, the default printer shows up as printer1@:64. When I print to file on that GV can't handle the resulting ps. When I change that printer to Postscript/printer1 allOK. I would like the latter to be the default like it is in Mozilla. Anyone? Thanks! H -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Using dd to clone smaller drive to larger drive

2005-12-07 Thread Merlin, the Mage
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 13:01, Lubos Vrbka wrote: > >> 1.) partition the new drive as you want it > >> 2.) for each partition of the new drive, mount the partition in > >> /mnt/tmp or something like that, then > >> > >> cd /old-partition-mount ; tar cf - . | (cd /mnt/tmp ; tar xf -) > > > >

openoffice broken after upgrading to 2.0.0 in unstable

2005-12-07 Thread Joaquin
Hi all. Yesterday I decided to install the new openoffice.org 2 in unstable. After an apt-get install openoffice.org I've broken it and i can use neither openoffice 2.0.0 nor 1.1.4 :( Some info: 1) Trying to run openoffice.org After: $ openoffice A dialog appears saying: Dialog header: "Ope

Re: iptables/backups/sound files fixed

2005-12-07 Thread Paul Bijnens
About the problem and the solution described below. What as the error message that Amanda gave in this case? - disk offline? - timeout error? - ... (Trying add this issue into the docs...) Paul Bijnens wrote: Glenn English wrote: On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 19:36 +0100, Paul Bijnens wrote: Tu

Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

2005-12-07 Thread Mark Crean
Josh King wrote: Hey all, Currently I am the lead admin/webmaster of DebCentral.org. I really would like to take a few minutes out of your life to gather some inputs on an idea I have. [snip] I wonder if you or colleagues have taken a good look at what other distros and their users are do

Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

2005-12-07 Thread Mark Crean
Antony Gelberg wrote: [snip] I like the one-question FAQ: "I want to get more involved with DebCentral, what can I do to help? WHo (sic) do I need to contact?" What an informative resource. The OP's post was sincere and his questions worthwhile. His site is also new and so not yet fully wo

Re: New messages in thunderbird

2005-12-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Antony Gelberg wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Steve Lamb wrote: Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: two computers. Now that I have switched back to thunderbird, however, I don't see the emails that have been delivered to the various folders. Is there a way around this? Imap? If so you have

Re: New messages in thunderbird

2005-12-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Antony Gelberg wrote: > Steve Lamb wrote: > >>Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> >> >>>two computers. Now that I have switched back to thunderbird, however, I >>>don't see the emails that have been delivered to the various folders. >>>Is there a way around this? >> >> >>Imap? If so you have to tel

Re: New messages in thunderbird

2005-12-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Nate Duehr wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >> Steve Lamb wrote: >> >>> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>> two computers. Now that I have switched back to thunderbird, however, I don't see the emails that have been delivered to the various folders. Is there a way around this? >

Re: Alternative to Microcal Origin?

2005-12-07 Thread Ionut Georgescu
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 06:22:41PM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > Philipp Pagel wrote: > > >Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Is there any free software alternative to Origin, the chart plotting > >>software, with deb packages? I´m looking for suggestions, and trying to > >>figure w

Re: Using dd to clone smaller drive to larger drive

2005-12-07 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: cd /old-partition-mount ; tar cf - . | (cd /mnt/tmp ; tar xf -) What does the dot do? current directory -- Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://www.unc.edu/~aperr

Re: Setting up prvate public keys for ssh

2005-12-07 Thread Simo Kauppi
On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 07:02:47PM -0500, Amish Rughoonundon wrote: > Hi, > I have been trying to use sftp with cuteFTP 7.1 Pro. I set it up with SFTP > using SSH2 on port 22. I have also set the public and private keys. I want > to use this since for some reason when I use only username and pass

Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

2005-12-07 Thread Josh King
> Josh King wrote: > > Don't take this the wrong way, but you asked. What is the point of your > site existing? What does it achieve that has not already been achieved > elsewhere, better? > > I like the one-question FAQ: > "I want to get more involved with DebCentral, what can I do to help? WHo

Re: thunderbird as mailto in mozilla

2005-12-07 Thread j j
I recommend this extension, launchy.  It has an xml file that you need to edit. very easy and useful.  The other way is edit the user.js file in the profile directory.  forums.mozillazine.org and mozilla knowledge base can help.On 12/6/05, Hugo Vanwoerkom < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi,We have the o

embedded vim editor in kde

2005-12-07 Thread Yoram Hekma
Ok, I posted before, but after reading my post, I see it was incomprehensible at best. The problem is this: I am using KDEVELOP, and I would like to use the vi-functionality that the kpart module is supposed to give me. Now I configured the KDE Components in the system settings to use vim, and

Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

2005-12-07 Thread Josh King
> I wonder if you or colleagues have taken a good look at what other > distros and their users are doing with regard to websites. Perhaps some > ideas may come of it? The only other ones I know well are SuSE and > Ubuntu. SuSE's online presence is also a little bitty and spread around, > largely be

Re: thunderbird as mailto in mozilla

2005-12-07 Thread Ralph Katz
On 12/06/2005 03:40 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > We have the other side of the coin now. > > I managed to open mozilla tabs from thunderbird. > > But how to use thunderbird for the mailto links in *mozilla*, not > firefox. The two seem to do it differently. > > Googling found holgermetz

Re: Changing thunderbird default printer

2005-12-07 Thread Ralph Katz
On 12/07/2005 08:30 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > When I print in TBird, the default printer shows up as printer1@:64. > When I print to file on that GV can't handle the resulting ps. > > When I change that printer to Postscript/printer1 allOK. > > I would like the latter to be the default l

Re: /etc/resolv.conf replaced!

2005-12-07 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 06:19 am, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > But more interesting: what happened after the power out? > > Those happen here quite frequently (no snow, lots of sun :-) ) and what > you have to do is closely watch the e2fsck run after the powerout and > during the reboot: he wi

embedded vim editor in kde

2005-12-07 Thread Yoram Hekma
Ok, I posted before, but after reading my post, I see it was incomprehensible at best. The problem is this: I am using KDEVELOP, and I would like to use the vi-functionality that the kpart module is supposed to give me. Now I configured the KDE Components in the system settings to use vim, and

lvm problems

2005-12-07 Thread Kelly Harding
Hi I currently run Debian Unstable on a PII/350 dual cpu machine. It is running 2.4.27 and i've recent;y had to reboot it due to a power failure. There is a 3 drive LVM volume on it, across 3 36GB scsi drives connected to a Adaptec 2940U2W car.The filesystem on all drives is XFS. The system

Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

2005-12-07 Thread Josh King
Antony Gelberg wrote: I don't understand what you want to do other than run a website and collaborate with other websites, whatever that means in this instance. What I want to do is cut down on the redundancy. Whether I run it or not is irrelevant. I would like to be involved, yes. Collaborati

Re: lvm problems

2005-12-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Kelly Harding wrote: > Hi I currently run Debian Unstable on a PII/350 dual cpu machine. > > It is running 2.4.27 and i've recent;y had to reboot it due to a power > failure. > > There is a 3 drive LVM volume on it, across 3 36GB scsi drives connected > to a Adaptec 2940U2W car.The filesystem on

/dev/dsp missing gnome applet volume control complaining

2005-12-07 Thread Henry Hollenberg
Hey gang, I'm running sarge on an ibm laptop T40 from emperorlinux. I just upgraded the empkernel to 2.6.12 which got lots of things working which I had broken trying to fiddle with sound on my own. Later, when I tried to get the cdrom player working under gnome: /usr/bin/gnome-cd but had weak

So what's the difference ...

2005-12-07 Thread John
... between the fonts in /usr/lib/X11/fonts and those in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts? Does it matter which is specified in xorg.conf? (up-to-date sid, home-baked 2.6.14 kernel) No difference is apparent: me@/usr/lib$ ll /usr/lib/X11/fonts total 188 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-07-30 19:47 Spee

USB DVD/CD burners

2005-12-07 Thread dbarker
I'm contemplating adding a USB DVD burner to my system. Does anyone have any good or bad experiences with these? In theory it should be simple, but I thought I'd check on the practice first...:-) -- |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| |Camosun College, V

Re: postfix + osCommerce problem

2005-12-07 Thread Thomas Jollans
Almut Behrens wrote: On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 07:30:48PM +0100, Thomas Jollans wrote: I am creating an osCommerce-based webshop and am having probems with postfix. the mail below gets returned by the mailer. (things in square brackets were left because they are unimportant and/or to protect

Re: embedded vim editor in kde

2005-12-07 Thread Bob Vloon
Hi Yoram, > The problem is this: > I am using KDEVELOP, and I would like to use the vi-functionality that > the kpart module is supposed to give me. > Now I configured the KDE Components in the system settings to use vim, > and when I click "test" everything seems ok. However, I cannot select >

Re: So what's the difference ...

2005-12-07 Thread Sebastien
Hi, Le Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:55:43 -0500 John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> écrivit: > ... between the fonts in /usr/lib/X11/fonts and those in > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts? They are the same. /usr/lib/X11 is a symbolic link to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 bitch ~ % ls -l /usr/lib/X11 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2005-11

Re: So what's the difference ...

2005-12-07 Thread Richard Lyons
On Wednesday, 7 December 2005 at 9:55:43 -0500, John wrote: > ... between the fonts in /usr/lib/X11/fonts and those in > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts? Does it matter which is specified in > xorg.conf? (up-to-date sid, home-baked 2.6.14 kernel) No difference is > apparent: You might like to check wh

Re: Bad superblock [solved]

2005-12-07 Thread Martin Schmid
Well, using e2fsck could not work since the primary superblock is damaged hand hence not writable. Instead, debugfs came to my rescue. It allows to enter the blocksize and the superblock to be used for filesystem to debug, and one can enter an interactive session or let run a script. Phantastic! U

LVM bug?

2005-12-07 Thread jpg
# Sent this yesterday, but never showed up in digest. Resending # I am trying to setup a striped lvol on 7 raid disks, and getting corruption. I have set up 14 disks as 7 distin

Re: Changing thunderbird default printer

2005-12-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ralph Katz wrote: On 12/07/2005 08:30 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, When I print in TBird, the default printer shows up as printer1@:64. When I print to file on that GV can't handle the resulting ps. When I change that printer to Postscript/printer1 allOK. I would like the latter to be the d

Re: Weird PS/2 mouse behaviour

2005-12-07 Thread Leonid Grinberg
Hello, Am I correct in saying that you are plugging in the mouse, it acts in the strange manner that you described, you unplug it, plug it back in and all is fine? I have no idea as to why this would happen, but, out of curiosity, are you plugging in the mouse while the machine (or at least X) is

Re: /dev/dsp missing gnome applet volume control complaining

2005-12-07 Thread Leonid Grinberg
This problem has been happening a lot lately. In any case, it has happened on most computers that I have installed Debian on recently. I remember being told that the reason is that Alsa is not stable enough so that it does not get installed by default (or something to that effect). Not much help,

Qmail redundant mail delivery

2005-12-07 Thread Jay Zach
For some reason I keep getting multiple messages of the same message to my inbox. Qmail redelivers all messages multiple times, like it thinks that it doesn't deliver them, even though it does. I play around with it and change permissions, and restart qmail, and it seems to start working, then th

OpenVPN

2005-12-07 Thread Carl Fink
Does anyone have experience using OpenVPN in a mixed network seting of Windows XP and Linux, with a Windows 2003 box as the server? Is there any way to use OpenVPN with the "magic keyfob"? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Patriotism is supporting your cou

Re: How should this procmail-rule be to work?

2005-12-07 Thread Hendrik Verhoek
I don't think the trailing colon is needed, only in case if your mbox file needs to be locked, i.e., if there are different procmail instances running. If your .procmailrc doesn't contain sub blocks or pipes etc., I would leave out the trailing colon. Hendrik On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 09:08:49AM +0

Re: Weird PS/2 mouse behaviour

2005-12-07 Thread Oliver Lupton
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 14:13:38 -0500 Leonid Grinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Am I correct in saying that you are plugging in the mouse, it acts in > the strange manner that you described, you unplug it, plug it back in > and all is fine? Yes, exactly > I have no idea as to why this

apt-get only works half-way

2005-12-07 Thread James Scott
I have recently put together a Sarge/Stable box that seems to be having a problem with Apt-Get.    When I first set it up, everything seemed to work fine, and I successfully used apt-get to install numerous packages (postfix, clamav, spamassassin, apache2, etc.)  However now, anything I have attem

/dev/st0[lma] "modes"?

2005-12-07 Thread Michael S. Peek
Hello gurus, I've been searching for information on how the linux kernel handles tape drives. I have /dev/st0[lma] in my device directory, and the devices.txt file from the kernel source tree says: 9 char SCSI tape devices 0 = /dev/st0 First SCSI tape, mode 0

Re: IO::Seekable::getpos missing

2005-12-07 Thread Colosi, John
Hey Claudio,   I’m having this issue with IO::Seekable::getpos and I was wondering if you ever found an answer.  I googled the issue, and I found your question, as well as a question from another guy named Joe Johnson, but it doesn’t look like you ever got a response.   Any help is appr

Re: New messages in thunderbird

2005-12-07 Thread Steve Lamb
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > That really helps. That really should be an option for INBOX and/or any > other parent folders. Something like "check folder and all subfolders > for new mail." It should but TBird really doesn't have any concept of settings inheritance from other folders. :( --

Re: Qmail redundant mail delivery

2005-12-07 Thread Jay Zach
Jay Zach wrote: > For some reason I keep getting multiple messages of the same message to my > inbox. Qmail redelivers all messages multiple times, like it thinks that it > doesn't deliver them, even though it does. I play around with it and change > permissions, and restart qmail, and it seems t

.xmodmap and .Xsession are ignored

2005-12-07 Thread Renee Klawitter
Hi! I'm running debian-unstable, using gdm ( configured for use with XDMCP ). I have changed to ion3 four days ago, coming from gnome. In ion3 you have to do things like starting apps on X session startup yourself, so I put: exec "feh .. " in my ~/.Xsession but I won't start. In addendum, neithe

ipmasq question. Completely lost!!!!

2005-12-07 Thread Amish Rughoonundon
Hi, first of all, I am new to the linux scene so bear with me. I have just installed ipmasq. I want to allow an ipaq connected to my debian system to connect to the internet. So when I installed ipmasq, I chose the "yes" when it asked if I wanted ppp to reconfigure the firewall. I then started

Ncurses

2005-12-07 Thread Matt Jerdonek
I'm trying to install Ncurses (for make menuconfig for Linux build). When I type apt-get install Ncurses, I'm told that Ncurses can't be found: debian:/home/matt# apt-get install ncurses Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Package ncurses is not available, but is referr

Re: bash and variable holding directories with spaces

2005-12-07 Thread Andrew Cady
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 01:18:12AM +0100, Almut Behrens wrote: > On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 04:07:02PM -0500, Andrew Cady wrote: > > Seriously though, shell scripting sucks. Perl! It's on every > > debian system with debconf. > > I absolutely agree with you here. I love perl myself. OTOH, I'm > t

Re: Question: Maximum number of directories? OT question...

2005-12-07 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 11:46:14PM +, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Gerorge Reece-Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "Jochen Schulz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>You can see that / and /srv are ext3 and /var and /home are xfs. I > >>chose xfs for these becau

Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

2005-12-07 Thread Katipo
Mark Crean wrote: However, in my experience running a website is a great deal of hard work and many people start to flag after three months or so. Many other people enjoy running their own show and wouldn't want to combine into a bigger one, other than as, perhaps, an item in a web ring. Whi

Re: [Cygwin <-> Debian]: rysnc hangs when backing up multiple /cygdrive/* dirs

2005-12-07 Thread Toens Bueker
"H.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not able to see what could be going wrong with my rsync method. I > am trying to back up a Windows XP box (running Cygwin and sshd and > rsyncd) from my Debian Testing box. Have you tried using SFU (services for unix) instead of cygwin on your Windows box

Re: root's directory corrupted

2005-12-07 Thread k l u r t
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Jon Dowland wrote: On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 04:03:58PM -0800, k l u r t wrote: when i log into my desktop as root, i get the following message: No directory, logging in with HOME=/ when i view the contents of / i see that root

Re: file not found - hardware, fs, or driver problem?

2005-12-07 Thread Almut Behrens
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 12:17:47PM +, Richard Lyons wrote: > On Tuesday, 6 December 2005 at 19:41:04 +0100, Almut Behrens wrote: > > you probably want to install ia32-libs. This should provide > > the 32-bit compatibility libraries, and the correct link > > > > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -> /emul/ia

Re: New messages in thunderbird

2005-12-07 Thread Ralph Katz
You wrote: > That really helps. That really should be an option for INBOX and/or any > other parent folders. Something like "check folder and all subfolders > for new mail." Hello Roberto, Doesn't that already exist? Perhaps I misunderstand, but the Get Mail button has a down arrow, which lets

Re: Ncurses

2005-12-07 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello *, On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 11:59:52AM -0800, Matt Jerdonek wrote: > I'm trying to install Ncurses (for make menuconfig for > Linux build). When I type apt-get install Ncurses, > I'm told that Ncurses can't be found: Yep, there is no package that goes by this name. What you are searching fo

Re: Setting up prvate public keys for ssh

2005-12-07 Thread Simo Kauppi
Simo Kauppi nic.fi> writes: > > On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 07:02:47PM -0500, Amish Rughoonundon wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been trying to use sftp with cuteFTP 7.1 Pro. I set it up with SFTP > > using SSH2 on port 22. I have also set the public and private keys. I want > > to use this since for so

Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

2005-12-07 Thread Andy Streich
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 01:26 pm, Katipo wrote: > Mark Crean wrote: > > However, in my experience running a website is a great deal of hard > > work and many people start to flag after three months or so. Many > > other people enjoy running their own show and wouldn't want to combine > > into

solidworks and samba

2005-12-07 Thread Jean-Yves Boisiaud
hello, I have a problem with SolidWorks (2006 rc2.0 and rc0.0) and Samba (2.0.14a on Debian Gnu/Linux 3.1 Sarge (stable). There are several stations running SolidWorks and the Samba server. Before the migration (from Windows XP server), the application was running ok. The problem is while

Sarge CD Install location problem

2005-12-07 Thread Bill
Hi, I have an old pentium box that's a candidate for a sarge install. It has a hdd and a cd. The bios does not detect the cd, and the boot order can only be set to A:/C: or C:/A:. Hence, it cannot be set to boot from the Sarge CD. I've tried to use debian boot/root floppies to begin the instal

Re: Graphire3 under debian sarge

2005-12-07 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Henk Boom wrote: > I've installed the 2.6 kernel in sarge, then (after reinstalling my > nvidia drivers) did "m-a auto-install wacom" to install the wacom > module, then rebooted. Now, instead of acting properly as a USB mouse, > when I move the pen close to the tablet the cursor jitters wildly u

Re: Sarge CD Install location problem

2005-12-07 Thread Hodgins Family
Good afternoon! I have an old pentium box that's a candidate for a sarge install. It has a hdd and a cd. The bios does not detect the cd, and the boot order can only be set to A:/C: or C:/A:. Hence, it cannot be set to boot from the Sarge CD. Smart Boot Manager "might" be a solution. Also cal

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2005-12-07 Thread Andrey Andreev
Arafangion wrote: > On Wednesday 07 December 2005 21:43, Andrey S Andreev wrote: >>I think (g)vi(m) should have made the list with 10 votes , as, at least >>in Debian vi and vim refer to the same thing, and gvim is still mostly >>just vim. > Careful when you say this to those who use vi or vim alot

Re: /dev/dsp missing gnome applet volume control complaining

2005-12-07 Thread Colin
Henry Hollenberg wrote: > When I checked for devices I see no /dev/dsp but there is a /dev/snd and > /dev/sndstat. Load the snd_pcm_oss kernel module > Anybody else seen gnome Volume Control broken as such? Use the alsamixergui to change volume with ALSA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Sarge CD Install location problem

2005-12-07 Thread Joey Hess
Bill wrote: > I know there are exotic alternatives but what's the simple way to > do this? Inserting the CD driver floppy when the installer asks for a driver floppy will should the installer use the CD drive. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

2005-12-07 Thread Arafangion
On Thursday 08 December 2005 11:31, Andrey Andreev wrote: > Arafangion wrote: > > On Wednesday 07 December 2005 21:43, Andrey S Andreev wrote: > >>I think (g)vi(m) should have made the list with 10 votes , as, at least > >>in Debian vi and vim refer to the same thing, and gvim is still mostly > >>j

Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

2005-12-07 Thread Josh King
Andy Streich wrote: Sometimes it's about the "personal requirement for individual recognition," but other times it has more to do with an individual having a vision and trying it out. That's not something we should be pushing back on. Sure it would be nice if all these people found a way to

Synching deeply nested directories Debian Server - Win XP

2005-12-07 Thread Debian Users
Hello all, I am using a Win XP feature called "Offline Files", which is basically like having a replica of files which are orginally on a network drive and letting XP decide whether to work on the local replica or the actual network files. The user doesn't notice the difference. After reconnec

Debian on IBM

2005-12-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is it possible install Linux Debian on Server IBM x346 series? Please answer to this address -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

2005-12-07 Thread Alvin Oga
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Mark Crean wrote: > The OP's post was sincere and his questions worthwhile. His site is also > new and so not yet fully worked out, so far as I can tell. I think he > deserves more than you appear able to give. yes .. always give credit to those willing to put in time and e

where to point JAVA_HOME?

2005-12-07 Thread will trillich
how does a newbie learn where best to point environment variable $JAVA_HOME to? and what packages are likely candidates to install (debian sarge) in order to have the ingredients needed to point JAVA_HOME to? any pointers hungrily welcomed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

2005-12-07 Thread Alvin Oga
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Andy Streich wrote: > Sometimes it's about the "personal requirement for individual recognition," > but other times it has more to do with an individual having a vision and > trying it out. That's not something we should be pushing back on. Sure it > would be nice if all

Re: where to point JAVA_HOME?

2005-12-07 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 12/7/05, will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how does a newbie learn where best to point environment > variable $JAVA_HOME to? and what packages are likely > candidates to install (debian sarge) in order to have > the ingredients needed to point JAVA_HOME to? > > any pointers hungrily wel

Re: Debian on IBM

2005-12-07 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 12/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible install Linux Debian on Server IBM x346 series? > See if it'll boot KNOPPIX. If so, you can probably install Debian on it. -- Jiann-Ming Su "I have to decide between two equally frightening options. If I wanted to do that

Re: where to point JAVA_HOME?

2005-12-07 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
Also: http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/debian/java.jspx -- Jiann-Ming Su "I have to decide between two equally frightening options. If I wanted to do that, I'd vote." --Duckman "The system's broke, Hank. The election baby has peed in the bath water. You got to throw 'em both out." --Da

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