Re: apt-build

2006-09-25 Thread S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 25 September 2006 11:54, Deepak Kumar Tripathi wrote: > Hi i am using apt-build. > and i wrote two patch for it also one for show tha catch package and one > for search. > cool, then, what is ur feelings about apt-build. > anyway i am workin

linux-image-2.6.17-2-686

2006-09-25 Thread S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 there is no package called linux-image-2.6.17-2-686-smp which on should i install ?? i need smp - -- S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu) Home page: http://lavluda.tripod.com Blog: http://lavluda.tk Yahoo!! ID: lavluda MSN ID: lavluda Skype : lavluda gpg key: A991

Re: still in search of a good news reader

2006-09-25 Thread i'll teach you to turn away.
Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: MS> Been there. Done that. Tin for usenet and Pine for mail. Did that for MS> at least a year, or two. This is why I still use pico for a lot of my MS> text editing. a man after my own heart. :D lish "

Selecting processor type when compiling the kernel

2006-09-25 Thread Andras Lorincz
Hello,   I have a laptop with Celeron M processor within. My question is: what processor type should I select when compiling the kernel? Pentium M even though it's just Celeron M?

Re: still in search of a good news reader

2006-09-25 Thread Arthur Marsh
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:18, Michael M. wrote: >> Does anyone have suggestions on a good newsreader package with support >> for multiple nntp servers and filtering? I'd prefer gui but did start out >> with tin (-:. >> >> Arthur. > > If you can't find a newsreader that does everything you want on it

RE: Search for real debian Live -cd

2006-09-25 Thread Deepak Kumar Tripathi
Title: RE: Search for real debian Live -cd use knoppix . Deepak Tripathi ..---. Open Source Developer  / \       [EMAIL PROTECTED]@./       /`\_/`\       ..''`.  //  _  \\     : :'  :    | \ )|_    `. `'`

RE: apt-build

2006-09-25 Thread Deepak Kumar Tripathi
Title: RE: apt-build its a very good . Deepak Tripathi ..---. Open Source Developer  / \       [EMAIL PROTECTED]@./       /`\_/`\       ..''`.  //  _  \\     : :'  :    | \ )|_    `. `'`    /`\_`>  <_/ \

Re: apt-build

2006-09-25 Thread S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 25 September 2006 14:04, Deepak Kumar Tripathi wrote: > its a very good . > do u got any problem at compilition time. > > Deepak Tripathi .---. > Open Source Developer / \ >[EMAIL PROTECTED]@./ >

starting X fails: out of scan range

2006-09-25 Thread libre fan
Hello, I have a Debian Etch+Sid and Xubuntu Dapper dual-boot. Last Friday I updated Debian (lot of xorg stuff was updated) and when I rebooted I got this message on the screen: out of scan range Though X is started (I typed startx on a terminal) Wdm (my display manager) doesn't load. Is th

gxine and real on BBC radio

2006-09-25 Thread libre fan
Hello, Gxine + w32codecs is fine except on BCC radio (I tried radio 4 and 7): the sound is choppy because gxine is vary often busy buffering. I'm on dial-up. Now, Realplayer works fine (installed as a package): you can set the connection to dial-up in the settings, and you can increase the buffe

Re: gxine and real on BBC radio

2006-09-25 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/25/2006 04:18 AM, libre fan wrote: Hello, Gxine + w32codecs is fine except on BCC radio (I tried radio 4 and 7): the sound is choppy because gxine is vary often busy buffering. I'm on dial-up. Now, Realplayer works fine (installed as a package): you can set the connection to dial-up in th

Re: good personal information manager

2006-09-25 Thread Arafangion
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:41:00 +1000, James Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I have been searching for a good personal information manager that will run on GNU/Linux, unsecessfully. What I am looking for is something that works mostly like franklin planner for windows... I need a good

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread Steve Lamb
Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sunday 24 September 2006 14:16, Steve Lamb wrote: >> filtering Webforums are to communications as email/newsgroups/BBSes were in >> the mid-80s. Why anyone would want to go back 20 years is beyond me. > Even BBS's had offline QWK packet readers for offline message reading.

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread Steve Lamb
Julian De Marchi wrote: > I am NOT trying to take over any of the other forums. Sorry if it seemed > that way. I wish to create a place for people to talk about more in depth > problems, where the answers can be archived and retrived by all. Forums > will never beat mailling lists! Not even fo

How to create shadow passwords manually.........

2006-09-25 Thread M-L
My Etch installer doesn't finish the installation, so i have to just reboot, and create my own passwords and such from the shell, and a few other things by hand. But these are in /etc/passwd There is no /etc/shadow file. Apart from creating the /etc/shadow file, how do i create shadow passwords

Re: How to create shadow passwords manually.........

2006-09-25 Thread Steve Kemp
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 08:21:30PM +1000, M-L wrote: > But these are in /etc/passwd There is no /etc/shadow file. > Apart from creating the /etc/shadow file, how do i create shadow passwords? /sbin/shadowconfig on Steve -- Debian GNU/Linux System Administration http://www.debian-administrati

Re: still in search of a good news reader

2006-09-25 Thread Arthur Marsh
Michael M. wrote, On 2006-09-24 17:18: If you can't find a newsreader that does everything you want on it's own, you might want to take a look at Leafnode: http://www.leafnode.org/ I've installed it (-:. It involved a bit of manual fiddling that took me back to the days of running INN under

Re: last attempt with pan newsreader

2006-09-25 Thread Arthur Marsh
Mumia W.. wrote, On 2006-09-24 20:02: On 09/22/2006 08:44 PM, Arthur Marsh wrote: Has anyone persisted with the pan newsreader. I'm about to ditch it after a few reportbug submissions /-: for problems including lockups. Arthur. I tried reporting some bug to the upstream author last year, bu

Re: How to use NIS or Ldap to manage remote counts

2006-09-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
abdelkader belahcene wrote: Hi, I have clients connected to a server, I want to manage (plan the access to the clients with cron for example in the server ) the access ( the authentification) thru the server ( using ldap or NIS ???). for nis: aptitude install nis zless /usr/share/doc/nis/nis.

Problem with ddclient?

2006-09-25 Thread T
Hi, Are you still able to use ddclient now? I was able to just several days ago. but now when I use it, I get "authorization failed" error: $ ddclient -force FAILED: updating my.dyndns.org: authorization failed (HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required FAILED:Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:41

Re: still in search of a good news reader

2006-09-25 Thread Carl Fink
Please don't start five threads with basically the same intent. I know you asked about GUI stuff, but slrn does everything I've ever wanted. Of course, I do 90% or more of my computing in an xterm. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you attempt to fix something tha

Re: good personal information manager

2006-09-25 Thread Dmitri Minaev
On 9/24/06, James Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I need a good todo list manager, appoinment manager, task manager, contact manager and the ability to sync with a palm type pda It would be really slick if it could integrate with mutt and emacs and not require KDE. Not sure about mutt

Re: linux-image-2.6.17-2-686

2006-09-25 Thread Dominique Dumont
"S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > there is no package called linux-image-2.6.17-2-686-smp > > which on should i install ?? i need smp Starting from 2.6.17, all kernel image provided by Debian are smp. HTH -- Dominique Dumont "Delivering successful solutions requires givin

Re: need a newsreader with decent filtering

2006-09-25 Thread Arthur Marsh
s. keeling wrote, On 2006-09-25 01:02: Arthur Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi, I've given up on Thunderbird for newsreading (ISP's news server, news.mozilla.org and news.gmane.org for things like Debian lists) given that it won't support filtering on newsgroup cross-posts any time soon, but ha

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread Arthur Marsh
E0x wrote, On 2006-09-25 01:22: "Because a forum cannot be accessed via ssh over a crappy dial up connection? Believe it or not, many people here are on poor quality, or intermittent or metered connections. They would rather read and reply to mail than downloading images and oth

Forced to edit shadow group file manually in Etch

2006-09-25 Thread Siju George
Hi, I switched over from Sarge to Etch. And I get the message below when I edit the group file. # vigr You have modified /etc/group. You may need to modify /etc/gshadow for consistency. Please use the command `vigr -s' to do so. It never used to happen in Sarge. Could some one point out what I

Re: newsreader for Debian unstable with cross-posting/filtering controls

2006-09-25 Thread Joe
Arthur Marsh wrote: Hi, I read newsgroups from my ISP's nntp server and from news.gmane.org. Many of the spam messages coming from news.gmane.org have a cross-post to gmane.spam.detected. What newsreader packages are available in Debian unstable that have the ability to filter (even if only

3G card: no product info

2006-09-25 Thread oscarperpi
Hi, I am trying to use a 3G card, model HUAWEI E612, with a Dell Precision M70, Debian testing distro, 2.6.16 kernel. When I insert the card it starts blinking. If I type pccardctl status, I obtain: "Socket 0: 3.3 V 32 bit PC Card" but with pccardctl status I get "Socket 0: no product info avai

Re: WTF is binding "Control-O" key in Gnome apps?

2006-09-25 Thread José Alburquerque
Miles Bader wrote: I dunno, I'm really confused. The only thing that's clear is that the configuration for this stuff sucks ... :-/ -Miles I'd be frustrated too. Maybe the GNOME list might have some suggestions? -- Sincerely Jose Alburquerque -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

lockd: cannot monitor

2006-09-25 Thread hendrik
I'm having trouble, probably with locking. logcheck reports: > This email is sent by logcheck. If you wish to no-longer receive it, > you can either deinstall the logcheck package or modify its > configuration file (/etc/logcheck/logcheck.conf). > > Security Events > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Sep 23 10

URGENT Pls fix

2006-09-25 Thread Khurram Farooquie
I am not sure who to address this to but someone has spammed Adult content material using my small startups domain name, Xporium, and if you google my company name (xporium) it comes up with your list server address http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-ukrainian/2005/10/msg00012.html Please remove

Re: Michelle Konzack's sex (was: Email programs that work.)

2006-09-25 Thread Maximillian Murphy
Am 08.09.2006 um 14:46 schrieb Kim Christensen: On 9/8/06, Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: FWIW, I work with a guy named Erin, and another named Kim (not an Asian family name, but a European first name). :-P Hey! My first name is Kim, the middle one's Michelle - and yeah, I'm mal

Re: 3G card: no product info

2006-09-25 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 21:03 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to use a 3G card, model HUAWEI E612, with a Dell Precision M70, > Debian testing distro, 2.6.16 kernel. > When I insert the card it starts blinking. If I type pccardctl status, I > obtain: "Socket 0: 3.3 V 32 bit P

Problem installing xserver-xorg

2006-09-25 Thread David Goodenough
I am trying to install xorg on an HP 9010 laptop. It was installed but the hard drive died and so I took an old 2.5" drive I had which had linux on it with XFree86 (and a SIS screen configured) and I am trying to upgrade it to work on this new machine. I got rid of the old XFree86 code (I think I

Re: WTF is binding "Control-O" key in Gnome apps?

2006-09-25 Thread Miles Bader
José Alburquerque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Miles, sorry didn't notice your thread earlier. :( On my system I use > the Keyboard Indicator applet for switching between keyboards (Is this > what you mean by switching input methods?) Input methods are not really alternate keyboards, rather, t

Re: spamcop

2006-09-25 Thread George Borisov
John Kelly wrote: > > Many users won't complain, because they're glad to have an INBOX free > of porn spam and other garbage. For that, they don't mind sacrificing > a potential 2% false positives. Sorry, but my direct experience contradicts your opinion. No only will they not accept any loss o

startx and xfce

2006-09-25 Thread shark
Kernel 2.6.17 and Etch are installed here and startx invokes xfce, all OK. But how does startx find xfce rather than xpdf or another X client? man startx remarks that it looks for ".xinitrc in the user's home directory. If that is not found, it uses the file xinitrc in the xinit libra

Re: last attempt with pan newsreader

2006-09-25 Thread Arthur Marsh
David E. Fox wrote, On 2006-09-25 14:08: On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:44:06 + (UTC) "Arthur Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Has anyone persisted with the pan newsreader. I'm about to ditch it after a few reportbug submissions /-: for problems including lockups. What version/ distribution? Pan

Advanced trash for KDE

2006-09-25 Thread Paolo Pantaleo
Hi, does an advanced trash application exist for kde? I mainly want something to automatically remove files from trash to prevent it getting to big. It nothing like that exists I want to write a small application in Python. Greetings PAolo -- if you have a minute to spend please visit my photo

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread Arthur Marsh
Paul Johnson wrote, On 2006-09-25 07:09: On Sunday 24 September 2006 14:16, Steve Lamb wrote: Dave Sherohman wrote: So, what are the advantages of changing to a web forum which are so compelling that not wanting to give up the advantages of mail looks like fear of change? None as far as I

RE: Problem installing xserver-xorg

2006-09-25 Thread Stephen Yorke
Guess it is not just me having this issue...I was going to dual boot my Laptop but after testing with Microsoft Virtual Server & VMWare and seeing this error...think I will wait. If you want to reproduce it...debootstrap sid, change root to the sid directory and 'apt-get install xserver-xorg-c

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 09:17:46AM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: > > Back on topic, a web forum can be good if it is easy to find relevant > information (and gets indexed by Google et al) e.g. the broadband site > www.whirlpool.net.au which does have very active moderation. > > Given proper archiv

Making kernel 2.6.18

2006-09-25 Thread David Baron
I recall others have had a problem with this as well. Looks for the asm/socket.h file. This is very often a problem on a clean(ed) build, usually solved by running a make until c files are actually being compiled and then stopping it. Then one could go on with whatever makekpkg one was doing.

Making APT prefer locally compiled packages

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This is a little confusing, and please forgive me if the answer is out there somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it. Here's what happened: 1. I installed pentium-builder and set it for "athlon-xp" so it will compile for my CPU. 2. $ apt-src

Re: Watching google videos?

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
Mathias Brodala wrote: > Hello Adam. > >> Democracy Player (which has a built-in Google Video search), for one, can >> play FLV videos, but I can't get it to play sound, [?] > > Are you using ALSA instead of OSS? Have you tried starting the player via > ?aoss program-name?? (?aoss? is a wrapper

apt preferences and apt-build's "Archive" line

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Here is a strange problem: $ cat /var/cache/apt-build/repository/Release Archive: apt-build Component: main Origin: apt-build Label: apt-build Architecture: i386 $ cat /etc/apt/preferences Package: * Pin: release a=apt-build Pin-Priority: 900 Pack

Re: Recommend a file manager

2006-09-25 Thread George Borisov
T wrote: > > Please recommend a file manager. "emelfm" is the best one I have found, so far. Such a shame that it is GTK 1 only. :-( Hope this helps, -- George Borisov DXSolutions Ltd signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: linux-image-2.6.17-2-686

2006-09-25 Thread Arthur Marsh
S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu) wrote, On 2006-09-25 16:52: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 there is no package called linux-image-2.6.17-2-686-smp which on should i install ?? i need smp linux-image-2.6.17-2-686 is smp-aware and will use multiple CPU's if they are present: grep -i S

Re: saving digital photographs

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
> I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I > have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on > to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of > anyone has any suggestions on how best to do this. Should I just dump > t

laptop without wind$

2006-09-25 Thread abdelkader belahcene
Hi, I am looking for a laptop without wind$, with any Linux installed (  or   without system at all). Is there resseler in France (Paris). Thanks for help best regards bela

Re: startx and xfce

2006-09-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/09/06 21:21), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Kernel 2.6.17 and Etch are installed here > and startx invokes xfce, all OK. > > But how does startx find xfce rather than > xpdf or another X client? man startx > remarks that it looks for ".xinitrc in the > user's home directory. If that

Re: Xen 3.0.2 on Etch [SOLVED]

2006-09-25 Thread Lars Staun Knudsen
Alex Pimperton skrev: > This is a known issue with the 16-2 kernels, see: > > http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/435 > > There are also bugs filed in the BTS. Thanks, but actually i got the computer to boot with 2.6.16-2 (of course only with my own created initrd image). But let' see

Problem with X.org, ATI Radeon X300/X550 Series and TFT LCD SDM-HS73 Sony Monitor

2006-09-25 Thread sciencisto-debian
Hi everybody. (Excuse me if my english is not very well.) I use Debian GNU/Linux Etch, with X.org 7.0.0. Although the system recognizes my video card and monitor, and although it seems that all is well configured in the xorg.conf file (see below), when the X server starts, at first it tries to lo

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread Wolfe, Robert
Okay, I know this is off-topic, but since BBSes were mentioned, I should mention that I run one of these dinosaurs :) Have been now for about 15 years nonstop :) I even monitor the Fidonet DEBIAN echo. On Sun, September 24, 2006 7:47 pm, Arthur Marsh said: > Paul Johnson wrote, On 2006-09-25 07:

2 e1000 interfaces not working together

2006-09-25 Thread udo waechter
Hello list, I have a strange problem with a machine which has 2 Intel G-Bit interfaces. The driver is e1000, kernel 2.6.17-2-686 (SMP). Each interface is supposed to be available via a different IP-Adress. Both MAC-Adresses are known to and working with dhcp. As long as I ifup one of the two

Re: Installing source packages?

2006-09-25 Thread Jef Driesen
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 09:14:27AM +0200, Jef Driesen wrote: When I install a source package, the package installs correctly and replaces the binary package. I used the debian documentation [1] to do this. But when I check for upgrades, the package manager wants to repl

Re: gxine and real on BBC radio

2006-09-25 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 04:23:29AM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > On 09/25/2006 04:18 AM, libre fan wrote: > >Gxine + w32codecs ... [snip] > >However I'd like to be able *not to use RealPlayer* because it isn't libre > >software. But the w32codecs aren't free (libre) either. > I think that HelixPla

Re: Pinging Postmaster

2006-09-25 Thread George Borisov
Cord Beermann wrote: > > check http://rfc-ignorant.org/tools/lookup.php?domain=spamcop.net LOL -- George Borisov DXSolutions Ltd signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: spamcop

2006-09-25 Thread John Kelly
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:46:20 +0100, George Borisov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >John Kelly wrote: >> Many users won't complain, because they're glad to have an INBOX free >> of porn spam and other garbage. For that, they don't mind sacrificing >> a potential 2% false positives. >Sorry, but my d

Re: Search for real debian Live -cd

2006-09-25 Thread Chris Lale
Jabka Atu wrote: I'm searching for real debian live, [...] The wiki is at http://live.debian.net/wiki/ The mailing list is at http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-live-devel Hth, Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: copy a dvd

2006-09-25 Thread H.S.
Scarletdown wrote: On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 09:07 -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: I don't have kde installed on my computer, and I use Etch, and I was able to install k9copy (1.0.4.2-0.1), and run it (in either ion3, fluxbox, or gnome). So, k9copy does not require all of kde to run. Whatever libr

Re: Debian Love

2006-09-25 Thread George Borisov
Jason Martens wrote: > It seems that morale is a bit low among the developers right now, so I > thought it might be nice for all of us users to remind them why Debian > is such an awesome project. To all DDs, A big thank you for making my life so much easier. Debian makes Linux rock even more th

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread John Kelly
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:59:25 -0400, "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think that people who value their time and effort more tend to >prefer the mailing list as it represents a much more efficient way >to communicate. The click-wait, click-wait, click-wait, when using a web forum

FW: Etch, Samba 3, passwordproblem, Win2000

2006-09-25 Thread Bernd Kloss
> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: "Bernd Kloss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gesendet: 16.09.06 13:24:42 > An: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Betreff: Etch, Samba 3, passwordproblem, Win2000 > Hello, > we have been running SuSE 9.3 on server and Win98SE, Win2000 and XP-Clients > with Samba 3

Re: startx and xfce

2006-09-25 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:21:35 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Kernel 2.6.17 and Etch are installed here > and startx invokes xfce, all OK. > > But how does startx find xfce rather than > xpdf or another X client? man startx > remarks that it looks for ".xinitrc in the > user's home direct

Re: Odd Thing ? usb drive

2006-09-25 Thread Roby
Richard wrote: > here something, odd my usb (backup) drive, was acting alittle odd, > when trying to delete a folder off it, then copying a folder from the usb > drive to main desktop drive stalled several time. > > Is there a Liinux command to check to see if the usb (fat32) drive > is having a

Re: Making APT prefer locally compiled packages

2006-09-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 02:00:02AM -0500, Adam Porter wrote: > This is a little confusing, and please forgive me if the answer is out there > somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it. Here's what happened: > > 1. I installed pentium-builder and set it for "athlon-xp" so it will > compile fo

Re: Installing source packages?

2006-09-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 12:16:00PM +0200, Jef Driesen wrote: > > Your method seems to work fine. But I still don't understand why dpkg > doesn't want to replace eog. Because the checksum is also different in > that case. > What is the output of `apt-cache policy eog` ? > BTW you have some very

Re: still in search of a good news reader

2006-09-25 Thread Arthur Marsh
Carl Fink wrote, On 2006-09-25 00:38: Please don't start five threads with basically the same intent. I know you asked about GUI stuff, but slrn does everything I've ever wanted. Of course, I do 90% or more of my computing in an xterm. Hi, I did apologise about this. news.gmane.org which norm

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread Raquel
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:59:25 -0400 "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If people want to prefer a forum over a mailing list, then they > are free to do so. However, I think that people who value their > time and effort more tend to prefer the mailing list as it > represents a muc

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread John Kelly
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:38:18 -0400 (EDT), "Wolfe, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I know this is off-topic, but since BBSes were mentioned, I should >mention that I run one of these dinosaurs :) The online experience will never get any better than a 33.6 modem connection to BBS text mode inte

Re: fonts messed up

2006-09-25 Thread Lorenzo Bettini
The problem shows up again: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384262 and this time the solution of reverting does not work for me (by reverting to version xserver-xorg-core_2:1.0.2-10_i386.deb, X simply does not start) :-( anyone else experienced this problem? -- +---

Re: startx and xfce

2006-09-25 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/24/2006 11:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kernel 2.6.17 and Etch are installed here and startx invokes xfce, all OK. But how does startx find xfce rather than xpdf or another X client? man startx remarks that it looks for ".xinitrc in the user's home directory. If that is not

Re: copy a dvd

2006-09-25 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 10:53 -0400, H.S. wrote: > > Personally, I think the most efficient method is vobcopy. > > > > vobcopy -m will mirror the entire DVD, and in the proper structure, to > > your hard drive. Then you can simply use K3B to burn it to a DVD-R or > > an iso file. > > > > Doesn't

Re: copy a dvd

2006-09-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 10:53:52AM -0400, H.S. wrote: > > Doesn't dd serve the same purpose? > > Use dd to copy the data: > $> dd if=/dev/dvd of=dvddata.iso > > and then burn the iso to a blank disk using growisofs. > I think the issue is that if you use consumer-grade DVD media, it is not cap

Re: spamcop

2006-09-25 Thread George Borisov
John Kelly wrote: > > So I only have an opinion, without experience? How would you know? I don't, so I make no assumptions that you do. > When you're near the bottom of the authority chain, perhaps submission > is the best way to cope. In that case I guess customer service == submission. > Bu

Re: How to create shadow passwords manually.........

2006-09-25 Thread Charlie
On Monday 25 September 2006 20:40, Steve Kemp wrote: > > But these are in /etc/passwd There is no /etc/shadow file. > > Apart from creating the /etc/shadow file, how do i create shadow > > passwords? > >    /sbin/shadowconfig on Thanks Steve. -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
Arthur Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > E0x wrote, On 2006-09-25 01:22: > > "Because a forum cannot be accessed via ssh over a crappy dial up > > connection? Believe it or not, many people here are on poor quality, > > or intermittent or metered connections. They would rather read

Re: Problem with ddclient?

2006-09-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
T wrote: Hi, Are you still able to use ddclient now? I was able to just several days ago. but now when I use it, I get "authorization failed" error: $ ddclient -force FAILED: updating my.dyndns.org: authorization failed (HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required FAILED:Date: Sun, 24 Sep

Re: Problem installing xserver-xorg

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
David Goodenough wrote: > I am trying to install xorg on an HP 9010 laptop. It was installed but > the hard drive died and so I took an old 2.5" drive I had which had linux > on it with XFree86 (and a SIS screen configured) and I am trying to > upgrade it to > work on this new machine. I got rid

Re: newsreader for Debian unstable with cross-posting/filtering controls

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
Arthur Marsh wrote: > What newsreader packages are available in Debian unstable that have the > ability to filter (even if only mark as read) messages that can be > identified as spam by such a cross-post or by header/body contents? KNode can filter the GMANE-detected spam. You just set a filter

Re: 2 e1000 interfaces not working together

2006-09-25 Thread George Borisov
udo waechter wrote: > > As long as I ifup one of the two interfaces everything is fine. Not > everything though, since both IP Adresses are reachable. there is no > other computer having one of the two IPs, since none of them are > reachable as soon as I ifdown the interface. This is the first str

Re: need a newsreader with decent filtering

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
Arthur Marsh wrote: > At present, I'm trying knode but still seem unable to filter based on the > fact that news.gmane.org marks detected spam as cross-posted to > gmane.spam.detected (one cannot subscribe to gmane.spam.detected directly, > so one can't automatically mark gmane.spam.detected as re

Re: Recommend a file manager

2006-09-25 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
> T wrote: > > > > Please recommend a file manager. FileRunner is the one I've been using for years. Fits especially well into WMs like Blackbox: simple yet powerful, and easily configurable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: spamcop

2006-09-25 Thread John Kelly
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:55:18 +0100, George Borisov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >John Kelly wrote: >> So I only have an opinion, without experience? How would you know? >I don't, so I make no assumptions that you do. >> When you're near the bottom of the authority chain, perhaps submission >> i

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread Raquel
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:05:08 + John Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:59:25 -0400, "Roberto C. Sanchez" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I think that people who value their time and effort more tend to > >prefer the mailing list as it represents a much more efficient

Etch won't install to /dev/hdax

2006-09-25 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi. I've just bought 6 DVD's (sources and binaries) of Debian Etch Official, but don't manage to install the GRUB boot loader to /dev/hda8, or to /dev/hda7, as I want. It gives me error message. I've done it hundreds of times with Sarge, with never problems: why does this happen now? I don't want

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread hendrik
On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 07:18:32PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 09:38:50AM +1000, Julian De Marchi wrote: > > The purpose of the forum was not to ake over the mailing list, but assist > > is more in-depth problems and a way of people to find common issues, > > instead of us

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread John Kelly
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:54:55 -0700, Raquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'll never give up my trusty old mail/news client. It's ten >> times faster than using a web forum. >Forums are searchable where many email lists archives are not. Raquel, that's true. But some of us die-hards keep our ow

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 09:54:55AM -0700, Raquel wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:05:08 + > John Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:59:25 -0400, "Roberto C. Sanchez" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >I think that people who value their time and effort more tend

Re: must run alsaconf alll the time for sound to work

2006-09-25 Thread Nelson Castillo
On 9/23/06, Nelson Castillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (snip) Same here, running Debian unstable. I use gnome at the desktop, and Gaim and Amarok don't work unless I run alsaconf first. I upgraded alsa-base and alsa-utils to the latest version in sid and the error is gone. # apt-get update &&

Re: Etch won't install to /dev/hdax

2006-09-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 06:29:15PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi. > > I've just bought 6 DVD's (sources and binaries) of Debian Etch Official, but > don't manage to install the GRUB boot loader to /dev/hda8, or to /dev/hda7, as > I want. It gives me error message. I've done it hundreds of time

Re: spamcop

2006-09-25 Thread George Borisov
John Kelly wrote: > > My statement is a simple if/then clause. It does NOT say "George is > near the bottom of the authority chain." I made no assumptions. But > if the shoe fits, you can wear it. Ah well, you missed my point about customer service then (which was my point by the way - shame,

Re: debian forum

2006-09-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 05:03:36PM +, John Kelly wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:54:55 -0700, Raquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> I'll never give up my trusty old mail/news client. It's ten > >> times faster than using a web forum. > > >Forums are searchable where many email lists arc

Re: spamcop

2006-09-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
John Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well then obviously, if the number of complaining users is very small, > then what I said must be true: many users won't complain. > > George, if this is a debate, you're losing. I'm not an administrator, but I do work in a customer-oriented field. One of

Re: Problem installing xserver-xorg

2006-09-25 Thread Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas
On 9/25/06, Stephen Yorke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] -Stephen From: David Goodenough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 9/25/2006 9:36 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Problem installing xserver-xorg [...] When configuring xserver-xorg it ask

Re: spamcop

2006-09-25 Thread John Kelly
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:05:13 +0100, George Borisov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You started this by saying your "experience" contradicts my "opinion" >> to imply that I don't know what I'm talking about. >When I said my experience contradicts your opinion I meant >exactly that, word for word. R

Re: spamcop

2006-09-25 Thread John Kelly
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:12:37 +0300, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm not an administrator, but I do work in a customer-oriented field. >One of the first rules to learn is "Don't treat your customers like >numbers in a statistic. They are real persons with real problems and >feelings"

OT : Does the Olympus VN-960 PC work in Linux?

2006-09-25 Thread Nelson Castillo
Hi. http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/21.php http://www.streettech.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1405&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 You you happen to know whether this voice recorder works as a normal USB pendrive? We need to buy a few, and we need to download the a

Re: spamcop

2006-09-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
John Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:12:37 +0300, Andrei Popescu > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I'm not an administrator, but I do work in a customer-oriented field. > >One of the first rules to learn is "Don't treat your customers like > >numbers in a statistic. They

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