Re: bind keys for vt consoles

2006-09-21 Thread cga2000
On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 02:54:59PM EDT, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > Things like xbindkeys bind keys for X. > Is there such a thing for non-X? The vt's? What are you running in that console..? Are we talking about a shell such as bash .. ? What do you want to bind..? Is it something like s

[Fwd: suspend-to-disk (powersave -U) problems]

2006-09-21 Thread Owen Heisler
> I just tried out powersave for suspending to RAM or disk and was quite > impressed that it all worked without any tweaking whatsoever. Well, > almost, that is. When I use suspend-to-disk, then resume, my usb > optical mouse isn't initialized (light/laser/whatever is off) until I > hit a key on

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wednesday 20 September 2006 23:52, Scarletdown wrote: > On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 19:23 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > handful of uses! And make it an absolute nightmare to buy foreign movies > > while travelling internationally that will play when I get home! > > If you're talking about region cod

Re: Fwd: Bash script to run OpenJUMP on Linux...

2006-09-21 Thread José Alburquerque
Redefined Horizons wrote: I've recently installed the Java 1.5 packages for Debian. I'm trying to create a simple bash script that will launch a java program. (There isn't a Debian package for this program, but I hope to create one if I can get it runnging.) I'm trying to launch the program, but

Re: spamcop

2006-09-21 Thread John Kelly
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:33:26 -0500, "Seth Goodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> But once you get a grip and hang on for a while, you realize that >> sacrificing 2% is a piece of cake. >If users value reliably getting their messages more than they value spam >reduction, which seems to be the case

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 06:31:58PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wednesday 20 September 2006 23:52, Scarletdown wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 19:23 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > handful of uses! And make it an absolute nightmare to buy foreign movies > > > while travelling internationally

Re: Please help me installing Debian!

2006-09-21 Thread jetblast
Hello! I had a similar problem with my Sarge instalation and I got it working with "expert 26 hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false acpi=off noapic"at the boot line. Maybe it helps. Best Rgrds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Parallel port access as non root user?

2006-09-21 Thread José Alburquerque
Ed Young wrote: What I want to do is to execute the program as a normal user. How can I do this? How must I configure the system (/dev/lp0, /dev/parport0, /dev/port, /etc/group) to allow this program to access the parallel port? I want to do this to reduce the security issues related to runnin

Re: mplayer encounts premission problem of directfb

2006-09-21 Thread José Alburquerque
Jeff Zhang wrote: I can play video with mplayer -vo directfb ???.avi, but normal user can't do it and mplayer complains that permission of /dev/tty0. what's the better method to resolve it? whether it will cause security problem? As I suggested in the "Parallel port access as non root user" t

python: local site-packages

2006-09-21 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, I have to use Python, which is new for me. In particular I have to install some Python packages which are not debianised on my Etch box: I tired to do so, but I realized that the package was installed in the /usr directory, namely not in the /usr/local directory as I expected: 1] thi

Please help me installing Debian!

2006-09-21 Thread Wahyu Aris Darmono
Linux operating system is really new for me. But after collected distro comparison from various sources, I decided to choose Debian. I have i386 Debian 3.1 rel. 2 Sarge DVD. I tried to install it onto my Acer Travelmate 2303 NLCi(laptop). The laptop features are : Intel Celeron M 340 processor (

Re: copy a dvd

2006-09-21 Thread Jon Dowland
Fred J. wrote: I can't, first I use etch and k9copy is for sarge. Is there a specific conflict? I've ran packages designed for older distros on newer ones fairly often. woody's user-mode-linux package on sarge, for example. > second, it depends on kde and I use icewm. that's a fairly lame

Re: kernel --append-to-version

2006-09-21 Thread Jon Dowland
Fred J. wrote: Hi I just built a kernel based on the steps below and got this linux-image-2.6.16.060919_2.6.16.060919-10.00.Custom_i386.deb my quetion is why this "2.6.16.060919_2.6.16.060919" and not just "2.6.16.060919"? > linux-image-2.6.16.060919_2.6.16.060919-10.00.Custom_i386.deb <---

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-21 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 11:52:13PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 19:23 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > handful of uses! And make it an absolute nightmare to buy foreign movies > > while travelling internationally that will play when I get home! > > If you're talking about regi

confused. (was: Re: sarge upgrade and preempt kernel)

2006-09-21 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 12:29:36PM +0200, Albert Dengg wrote: > On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 10:18:27PM +0100, David Mulcahy wrote: > > On Wednesday 20 September 2006 15:04, Albert Dengg wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 11:22:04PM +0100, David Mulcahy wrote: > > > > Hello All > > > > > > > > Just di

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