Re: Batch Resize, how to?

2006-01-25 Thread Patrick Rittich
Adam Hardy wrote: > convert -resize 800x600 originalpic_name resizedpic_name > I was trying out imagemagick with the command line above on some photos I want to put on the web, and it reduced them from 1.xMB to a web-friendly 100KB or so, but unfortunately most of them are pretty badly pixe

Re: xterm not dealing with long lines of typing correctly

2006-01-25 Thread Thomas Dickey
Andrew Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > Recently I've noticed my xterm's doesn't seem to be handling line wrapping of > commands correctly. Instead of wrapping to a new line the characters start > wrapping back on the current line. > Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to

RE: no sound from alsa

2006-01-25 Thread Majors, Jason
> My guess is that the channels are still muted. Moving up the sliders do > not unmute the channels. In alsamixer, pressing "M" when the slider is > highlighted will unmute that channel. All channels are unmuted, except the mic.

Re: [OT] debianhelp.co.uk steals my words?

2006-01-25 Thread Scott
Joey Hess wrote: David R. Litwin wrote: 2: The page has exactly one and a half sentences of my post (plus what they call the "answer"). Indeed, it cuts off that half sentence at a comma If someone quoting one and a half sentences of your post is a problem to you, I suggest you consult a lawyer

Re: odd apt error

2006-01-25 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Wednesday 25 January 2006 20:12, Preston Boyington wrote: > Would someone mind helping me with this? I was doing an > update/upgrade and it keeps dying with this error message: > > Unpacking libiec61883-0 (from .../libiec61883-0_1.0.0-0.1_i386.deb) > ... dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/

no network access to or from server

2006-01-25 Thread Brian Street
Hello everyone, I'm faced with an issue that I don't understand; I hope someone can help me. I have a dedicated server at 1and1.com that will be our company's new web and mail server running Debian 3.1. I have installed Postfix, Dovecot, and Apache2 to name a few, and everything was working as e

Re: odd apt error

2006-01-25 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Wednesday 25 January 2006 21:52, Stephen Cormier wrote: That would be dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/libiec61883-0_1.0.0-0.1_i386.deb Stephen -- Debian the choice of a GNU generation GPG Public Key: http://users.eastlink.ca/~stephencormier/publickey.asc pgpLD24yvqPoc.p

Re: kde status in Etch

2006-01-25 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: > I apologize if this is a vague query. I have been patiently waiting for > more than a couple of months now (I believe) to update KDE in Etch. > However, apt-get is still wanting to uninstall quite a bit of packages, > almost whole of KDE. Dselect also wants to uninstall quite a few KD

Re: Xorg eats my CPU

2006-01-25 Thread Bill Wohler
René Seindal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bill Wohler wrote (18-01-2006 22:04): >> Michael Ott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>>Hello Kevin! >>> >>> I am running (up to date) Debian unstable on my laptop, it has a Radeon IGP 340M graphics chip. For the last month or so I am seeing t

Re: mysql 5.0

2006-01-25 Thread linux china
That sounds good, what's the difference between backports and etch? On 1/25/06, Steve Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 02:44:24PM +0800, linux china wrote:>Hi,>Is Mysql 5.0 already in debian? I just found 4.1.If you're running debian stable (sarge), then the official mysql

Re: mysql 5.0

2006-01-25 Thread Edward Shornock
On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 10:44:43AM +0800, linux china wrote: > That sounds good, what's the difference between backports and etch? A backport consists of the MySQL 5.0 packages built for Sarge. Etch will be the next version of Debian, which is currently in-testing. If you're not sure what to do,

Re: [debian] Re: gdm config

2006-01-25 Thread Keith Bates
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:38:09 + Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 10:00:59PM +1100, Keith Bates wrote: > >On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:20:51 + > >Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 04:32:02PM +1100, Keith Bates wrote: > >

Simple aptitude/apt question

2006-01-25 Thread Hugh Crissman
How do I exclude a package when doing a upgrade. Say Postfix for example. I want to update all the packages on my system but I don't want to update Postfix. How would I do that? HCrissman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL P

Re: Linux kernel 2.6.14 headers

2006-01-25 Thread Antonio Rafael C. Paiva
Thank you Florian, that solved my problem! I know that I should update the kernel but I'm trying to stick with Debian testing and the kernel I have was already picked ahead which is something I which to avoid except when necessary as was the case. Best, Antonio Florian Kulzer wrote: Antonio

Re: kde status in Etch

2006-01-25 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 08:58:47PM -0500, H.S. wrote: > H.S. wrote: > > I apologize if this is a vague query. I have been patiently waiting for > > more than a couple of months now (I believe) to update KDE in Etch. > > However, apt-get is still wanting to uninstall quite a bit of packages, > > alm

Re: enquiry for security cameras

2006-01-25 Thread Phill Schultz
It Will depend on the the number of Cams you are wanting There are systems out there that will enable you to install up to 16 cams and be able to login in remotely from the web browser But you must have internet access from and are you wanting to be able to record via DVR or Tape the Ave

Can't sync with Evolution

2006-01-25 Thread Rob Blomquist
Hi all, new Debian user here having migrated from Mandriva 2006 to Ubuntu to Debian and am trying to settle in to this apparently wonderful distro, where dependencies are minimal, and Linux is as Linux should be. Here's my question: I am trying out Evolution for the first time after being a Kmail

Font size discrepancy

2006-01-25 Thread Lei Kong
The actuall font size is smaller when starting kde from command line, than the kde font size when started from kdm. I am running debian testing on my thinkpad z60t, and the font I am using is Bitstream Vera Sans. I noticed there is no difference in the console font size, which is bitmap font, i

Re: kde status in Etch

2006-01-25 Thread H.S.
Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 08:58:47PM -0500, H.S. wrote: > >>H.S. wrote: >> >>>I apologize if this is a vague query. I have been patiently waiting for >>>more than a couple of months now (I believe) to update KDE in Etch. >>>However, apt-get is still wanting to uninstall quit

Re: kde status in Etch

2006-01-25 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 11:00:37PM -0500, H.S. wrote: > Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 08:58:47PM -0500, H.S. wrote: > > > >>H.S. wrote: > >> > >>>I apologize if this is a vague query. I have been patiently waiting for > >>>more than a couple of months now (I believe) to update

Mac OS X and Linux Zeroconf LAN irregularities

2006-01-25 Thread Chinook
Mac OS X and Linux Zeroconf LAN irregularities I would like to at least understand, if not remedy, an annoyance in establishing the connection between my Mac and my Linux box. I have yet to find anything constructive relative to the

Re: Appletalk Starting and Failing during Sarge Boot

2006-01-25 Thread Mike McCarty
Chinook wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: My girlfriend runs Sarge on Intel, and during boot, she sees the message "Starting Appletalk, this may take a while" (or sth the like) [snip] If you see the message you note during bootup then you have netatalk installed. If you look in the process monito

Re: Font size discrepancy

2006-01-25 Thread Felix Miata
Lei Kong wrote: > The actuall font size is smaller when starting kde from command line, > than the kde font size when started from kdm. I am running debian > testing on my thinkpad z60t, and the font I am using is Bitstream Vera > Sans. > I noticed there is no difference in the console font s

Re: xterm not dealing with long lines of typing correctly

2006-01-25 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 12:08:30AM -, Thomas Dickey wrote: > I'm pretty sure it's a bash bug. See #348111 Specifically, #343471. -- Marc Wilson | You had mail. Paul read it, so ask him what it said. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

DVD burner optimization (or how to avoid crappy burns)

2006-01-25 Thread Eric P
I've been burning for about a year with my ultra cheapy MicroAdvantage DVD burner. It seems to work, but I've noticed on a majority of the disks I've burned, somewhere midway in the disc it'll kinda crap out and show compression artifacts, get jerky for a few moments (usually under 30 seconds), an

Re: kde status in Etch

2006-01-25 Thread H.S.
Ryan Nowakowski wrote: >>Couple of questions: >>1. Do you have k3b installed now? > > yes > >>2. What kernel are you using? > > 2.6.15 > > > Okay, I did an upgrade but have lost two major things (among others), vlc and k3b. What version of k3b do you have? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: kde status in Etch

2006-01-25 Thread Edward Shornock
On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 12:46:50AM -0500, H.S. wrote: > Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > > >>Couple of questions: > >>1. Do you have k3b installed now? > > > > yes > > > >>2. What kernel are you using? > > > > 2.6.15 > > > > > > > > Okay, I did an upgrade but have lost two major things (among other

Re: xterm and mc shortcuts

2006-01-25 Thread Almut Behrens
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 09:21:43AM +0200, Andras Lorincz wrote: > > so /usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm is used in both cases. Regarding the stty -a > output they are also the same. When pressing Ctrl-V the behaviour is the > same: if I press once then nothing and if I press twice then ^V appears. If >

Re: DVD burner optimization (or how to avoid crappy burns)

2006-01-25 Thread Brad Sawatzky
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Eric P wrote: > I've been burning for about a year with my ultra cheapy > MicroAdvantage DVD burner. > > It seems to work, but I've noticed on a majority of the disks I've > burned, somewhere midway in the disc it'll kinda crap out and show > compression artifacts, get jerky

Re: urgent newbie question : ssh : problem with variable inside ssh session

2006-01-25 Thread Almut Behrens
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 11:49:39AM +0100, Stephane Durieux wrote: > Hello > > I have a problem in a ssh script: > ssh host << EOF > for o in /directory/* > cp -pr /directory/* /other_location > > the problem is that variable o isn t created in fact. It seems that the it > is created

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