Re: how to convert 100 bmp files to jpeg?

2006-01-15 Thread hendrik
On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 12:10:21PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > Star King of the Grape Trees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 > 10:47:03 +1100: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > >On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 08:40 +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > > > > > > > > >> > > >> > > >>Why on earth would you

Re: Is there a GPL substitute for RealPlayer?

2006-01-15 Thread Marc Shapiro
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:25:14 -0800 "David E. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:11:31 -0800 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually, I just tried xine. So far, it has handled all file formats that I have thrown at it, including Real Media

Re: how to convert 100 bmp files to jpeg?

2006-01-15 Thread theo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim Connors wrote: > Nope. > > #mkdir tmp > #cd tmp > #for i in `seq 1 1` ; do touch "blah $i" ; done > #for f in `ls *`; do ls -lA "$f"; done > ls: blah: No such file or directory > ls: 1: No such file or directory > ls: blah: No such file or dir

Re: how do i downgrade to xfree86 on sid?

2006-01-15 Thread Marc Shapiro
Joris Huizer wrote: Matt wrote: Joris, so, is there a way to stop a certian package from being upgraded? At least with aptitude you can indicate a package must be kept in it's current version; unfortunately, I do not know how to do this with dpkg/apt-get (I think it's probably done by

Re: how to convert 100 bmp files to jpeg?

2006-01-15 Thread Tim Connors
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:26:16 -0500: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 12:10:21PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > > I don't think there is a fixed limit glob buffer. Are you sure you > > are not confusing this with the amount of space bash is allowed to > > allocate for arguments for spa

Novice user having problem with extremely slow touchpad on laptop after Debian Etch installation

2006-01-15 Thread resonant evil
Hi there all.  I'm a novice Linux user having just a bit of a problem after installing Etch through a net install..  My touchpad on my laptop basically seems like the sensitivity is down 90%..  Large, swift movements that should easily zip across the screen only moves a couple of cm. across the scr

Replacing KDE shutdown dragon

2006-01-15 Thread Elmer E. Dow
Greetings: I've been trying to replace that dragon on the KDE logoff gui. I'm running Sarge on both the family desktop machine and on my laptop and found the critter at /usr/share/apps/ksmserver/pics/shudownkong.png. If I change the dragon's filename, the dragon disappears from the logoff. I tr

Re: kernel 2.4.* vs 2.6.* and ATAPI dvd question

2006-01-15 Thread Greg
Joris Huizer wrote: Greg wrote: Seeker5528 wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:17:50 -0400 > Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>Don't you think it would be more confusing to tell people that SCSI >>>emulation was built in to ide-cd. If you tell them that then they will >>>be expecting

Re: Replacing KDE shutdown dragon

2006-01-15 Thread Elmer E. Dow
On Sunday 15 January 2006 09:13 pm, Elmer E. Dow wrote: > Greetings: > > I've been trying to replace that dragon on the KDE logoff gui. I'm running > Sarge on both the family desktop machine and on my laptop and found the > critter at /usr/share/apps/ksmserver/pics/shudownkong.png. If I change the

Re: PostgreSQL on Etch...

2006-01-15 Thread Miguel Enrique Cobá Martínez
Eric Scott wrote: > Yo; Got a new server (testing) setup. While I was reinstalling my > server I made the move from sarge to etch... not sure if that's what > cause this or not. > > My PostgreSQL-7.4 is acting up. I'm pretty much a novice at all > this, and don't know where to start to t

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: system requirements for debian]

2006-01-15 Thread Kent West
(Bob; let me encourage you to keep conversations on the list rather than private replies; this way, others who might be helpful can help; and others who are looking for the same answers can find the answers both on the list and later in the archives.) Bob Hynes wrote: > Kent West wrote: > >> Bob

Re: Is it possible to balance download speed and upload speed in ADSL connection

2006-01-15 Thread Paul Johnson
Serena Cantor wrote: > I want to set up a server using a ADSL connection, > download speed is as important as upload, is it > possible change upload/download ratio of ADSL? Thanks! Asynchronous DSL cannot do that. You want some other DSL technology or cable instead. -- Paul Johnson Email and I

Re: LILO with root-raid nightmare - please help.

2006-01-15 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya drbob On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, drbob wrote: > I've replaced a failed disk in my raid 1 setup. I replaced the disk (hda > on-board ide), what exaactly did you type BEFORE you removed the bad disk ?? raidhotadd, raidhotremove, etc, etc.. is required ( aka good idea ) > So I went into the b

GLIB woes with Debian Etch :-(

2006-01-15 Thread resonant evil
Hi there all Just installed Debian ETCH and am having problems compiling ANYTHING that requires GLib support. First, I tried compiling GLib and make+checkinstall it on my own without any problems.  The newest version; 2.8.5.  However, after I do that, I get this problem: (from the ./configure of

Debian install fixes

2006-01-15 Thread Rodney Richison
I like to post things, hoping they'll come up for someone in a google search. Here's the current "fixes" while trying to install debian. #Good lord, no-one has public key's. Here's the fix wget http://ftp-master.debian.org/ziyi_key_2006.asc /usr/bin/apt-key add /path/to/file/ziyi_key_2006.asc Ins

Re: Printer woes

2006-01-15 Thread Mauro Condarelli
OK, I'm answering to myself... > Hi, > I just installed a printer on one of my debian machines (Epson > Stylus Color 1520/cups/foomatic). > It works locally. > > I need to use it from windows, so I followed the "Debian and > Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO". > Problem is my XP client found

Re: Novice user having problem with extremely slow touchpad on laptop after Debian Etch installation

2006-01-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:45:16 -0500 resonant evil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there all. I'm a novice Linux user having just a bit of a problem after > installing Etch through a net install.. My touchpad on my laptop basically > seems like the sensitivity is down 90%.. Large, swift movements

Re: Where is postrotate script? (was: logrotate + mysql = "Help!")

2006-01-15 Thread Eric d'Alibut
On 1/14/06, Eric d'Alibut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cannot by any stretch of the imagination be held responsible for my > behavior this week. [Long near-psychotic rant elided -- mucho apologies!] > I found the postroate script for mysql; it's in /etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server: > I'm gonna tr

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: system requirements for debian]

2006-01-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 16:29:03 -0800 Kenward Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sending this back to the list to keep it online. Middle stuff > chopped out... > > - Forwarded message from Bob Hynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > > Delivery-date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:30:10 -0800 > From: Bob

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: system requirements for debian]

2006-01-15 Thread Bob Hynes
Kent West wrote: (Bob; let me encourage you to keep conversations on the list rather than private replies; this way, others who might be helpful can help; and others who are looking for the same answers can find the answers both on the list and later in the archives.) Bob Hynes wrote: Kent

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: system requirements for debian]

2006-01-15 Thread Bob Hynes
Kent West wrote: (Bob; let me encourage you to keep conversations on the list rather than private replies; this way, others who might be helpful can help; and others who are looking for the same answers can find the answers both on the list and later in the archives.) Bob Hynes wrote: Kent

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: system requirements for debian]

2006-01-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 15 January 2006 18:10, Bob Hynes wrote: >Kent West wrote: >>(Bob; let me encourage you to keep conversations on the list rather >> than private replies; this way, others who might be helpful can >> help; and others who are looking for the same answers can find the >> answers both on the l

Re: thumderbird web links in firefox

2006-01-15 Thread Greg
Florian Dorpmueller wrote: Any other ideas are very welcome... Open your ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/...default/prefs.js and add user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/usr/bin/firefox"); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/firefox"); user_pref("network.protocol-handle

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