Re: disable tooltips in etch

2006-11-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061122 02:52]: > On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:02:45 -0600 > "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been unable to discover how to disable tooltips in X in Debian > > Etch. In particular, I need to disable the rectangular yellow box > > which appears

how can i use wireless as wan?

2006-11-24 Thread Jabka Atu
Hello .. i have wireless router that is in the range of local AP . id like to use my router as extention to this AP . with wires i'd put the wire inside the WAN port on my router. how can i do the same with Wireless ? .. BTW : Wifi 54 G level one . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Richiesta Autorizzazione da MondocaseOSQ.it

2006-11-24 Thread info
Informativa ai sensi dell'articolo 13 del Decreto legislativo 30 giugno 2003, n. 196 per richiesta consenso (opt-in) MondocaseOSQ.it http://www.mondocaseosq.it Il motore di ricerca intermanete dedicato a prodotti e servizi per la casa VANTAGGI -un motore di ricerca ad iscrizione

X resolution: dpk-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 does nothing

2006-11-24 Thread Ed Young
For some reason debian installed X with a really low resolution so I'm trying to increase my screen resolution from 800x600 to something like 1024x768. I tried running dpg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and it returned immediately without doing anything. What is the procedure for reconfiguring my

SunBlade150 (Sparc64) random system freeze

2006-11-24 Thread Nishant Sharma
Hi, I am running Debian Testing on SunBlade150 with kernel 2.6.16. It used to run kernel 2.6.8 before the upgrade. Irrespective of the kernel version, I am facing system freezing randomly with no traces in any of the logs. Many times system keeps running for 40 days and many times it will just ha

Re: disable tooltips in etch

2006-11-24 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 02:48:10 -0600 "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > In the bottom panel, there is a window list, and tooltips continue to > be displayed when the mouse moves over the buttons of the window > list. The window list is displayed by the "window_list_applet". I

starting qemu: shm problem

2006-11-24 Thread Mirto Silvio Busico
Hi all, I'm trying to star qemu but I have problems. I'm using Etch and qemu 0.8.1-1 When I try to start I receive an error message stating that I have not enough shared memory. the mount command says: devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) If I do what qemu suggest: umount /dev/shm mou

dell server

2006-11-24 Thread Nagy Ákos
Hi! I'd like ask some help! I have a DELL power edge 1420 server and I want to install debian on it, but I'm not shure, everything is gona be alright. is debian support this hardwer?? thanks: akoman Nézzen körül a Karácsonyi Ajándékcentrumb

Re: Printer hassle

2006-11-24 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
George Langford wrote: > Progress ! Excellent output from the PDF viewer and OpenOffice SXW's > but not with HTML files, even though OK previews appear on screen. I guess this is related to the horrible mess that mozilla's products tend to send to the printer. Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Laptop choice?

2006-11-24 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Marc Shapiro wrote: > Baz wrote: > >> Thinkpad - it's the standard by which all others are measured... > > Yes, but I still can't afford to pony up the price of a new Thinkpad. I adviced my girlfriend to buy a used thinkpad. It's not a current model, but was good value for money. She's never had

Re: How can I update the pkg lists on a non-networked debian?

2006-11-24 Thread Magnus Therning
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 09:45:04 +0800, Jed R. Mallen wrote: >But all I want is to update my /var/lib/apt/lists/* so that I can >download only pkgs that *need* to be downloaded (via apt-get -qq >--print-uris install pkg) when I want to install a certain package. > >I guess there's no other way exc

Re: [OT] M$ collaborates with Suse

2006-11-24 Thread Joe
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: I'm not a windows guy, so I am not sure about scripting. Perhaps there is a way as you suggest, but all of the windows admins I personally know are only able to get around in the GUI. The concept of scripting anything is foreign to them. Not exactly foreign, as ma

Re: [OT] M$ collaborates with Suse

2006-11-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 12:52:24PM +, Joe wrote: > > Not exactly foreign, as many essential admin tools are command-line > only, or at least easier to do from the command line than elsewhere. > Ipconfig returns the same kind of data as ifconfig, and also allows > some DNS and DHCP cache contro

Re: how can i use wireless as wan?

2006-11-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 11:29:40AM +0200, Jabka Atu wrote: > Hello .. > i have wireless router that is in the range of local AP . > id like to use my router as extention to this AP . > with wires i'd put the wire inside the WAN port on my router. > > how can i do the same with Wireless ? .. > BTW

There will be fun an.

2006-11-24 Thread Covington M. Molly
Time to start plannin. Food and refreshments available all day and live entertainment provided during the evening. Judging and prize-giving complete the event, with proceeds being donated to local charities. *** CNHC *** CNHC *** CNHC *** Trade Date: Friday, November 24, 2006 Company: Chin

Re: X resolution: dpk-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 does nothing

2006-11-24 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 03:39 -0700, Ed Young wrote: > For some reason debian installed X with a really low resolution so I'm > trying to increase my screen resolution from 800x600 to something > like 1024x768. > > I tried running dpg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and it returned dpk

Re: starting qemu: shm problem

2006-11-24 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello. Mirto Silvio Busico, 24.11.2006 12:05: > I'm trying to star qemu but I have problems. > > I'm using Etch and qemu 0.8.1-1 > > When I try to start I receive an error message stating that I have not > enough shared memory. You could start the VM with less memory. > the mount command says:

He said that, when consumers have more choice, they are more likely to be happy.

2006-11-24 Thread Pen P. Cain
While Kaiser has its work cut out, AmBev could take quite a body blow if the campaign proves effective. Wednesday was a relative day of rest, before Thursday exploded in my lap. However, for the rest of this year, these profiles are available free - on a sliding scale - when you purchase research.

Re: Laptop choice?

2006-11-24 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Marc Shapiro wrote: For those who have already finished their turkey, or reside outside the US and don't celebrate Thanksgiving, or for whatever reason are actually reading debian-user today... I finally have some spare cash and so am looking to replace my aged IBM Thinkpad 390. All the sale

Re: The danger of dishonest disk drives (WAS:Re: Need to remove a ghost file, but can't because it doesn't exist)

2006-11-24 Thread Amit Joshi
On Friday 24 November 2006 12:21, Tim Post wrote: > On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 17:31 -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > The question is how does the file system know that a write has made it > > to disk. E.g. if the file system is atomic transaction oriented, how > > can the file system know that a commit

Update broke VMware

2006-11-24 Thread Patrick Draper
Hi, I ran an apt-get upgrade on my Debian Etch box and it broke VMWare. I think the issue is that the libsexymm1 was replaced with a libsexymm2. Anybody else see this problem or know of the quickest way to fix it? -- Patrick Draper --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austin, Texas --- http://www.pdrap.org --

resizing with compiz

2006-11-24 Thread Andras Lorincz
Hello, Has anyone played with compiz and aiglx on etch? It's working fine except resizing. On google I found that I should check stretch_texture in gconf-editor at apps->compiz->plugins->resize->allscreens but it wasn't there. I created a key with this name but it didn't help. Does anyone know ho

Re: resizing with compiz

2006-11-24 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 18:15 +0200, Andras Lorincz wrote: > Has anyone played with compiz and aiglx on etch? It's working fine > except resizing. On google I found that I should check stretch_texture > in gconf-editor at apps->compiz->plugins->resize->allscreens but it > wasn't there. I created a ke

Deafness

2006-11-24 Thread Chris Glavin
Hi, My name is Chris Glavin. I run a website devoted to providing resourceful information for a number of topics in education and disorders. I have created a wonderful page on Deafness with in depth information on the hearing impairment. Please take a moment out of your day to visit the page.

Re: counting incoming mail

2006-11-24 Thread Scott Lair
Scott Lair wrote: > Hello all, > > I am using Sarge with Exim4. I would like to get a count > of the number of emails coming into the mail server. > I would like to count emails that were not delivered also. > In other words, I would like to count any attempts at > sending an email to my host. >

Re: Using defoma to install heritage truetype fonts

2006-11-24 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-11-21 17:07:03, schrieb Ismael Valladolid Torres: > Jan Willem Stumpel escribe: > > apt-get install msttcorefonts will do (most of) what you want. > > He'll need to enable the non-free repo in his sources.list. And of cause he need to be On-Line since this Package want to download somethi

Re: iMode access from Linux?

2006-11-24 Thread Michelle Konzack
Does realy no one know, how to send E-mails using the cellphones iMode? Am 2006-11-08 16:39:39, schrieb Michelle Konzack: > Hello, > > I have modified the sourcecode of 'ssmtp' to accept E-Mails like > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and then it send it as SMS using smstools > instead with SMTP. > > Now I

Re: jre not found?

2006-11-24 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-11-20 22:46:00, schrieb Tyler: > Hi, > > I don't know anything about java, but I have to use a java app for some > research. I've installed everything I can find in the repos for > sun-java5, listed below. I also have some of the free alternatives > installed. I have no real preference,

Re: Laptop choice?

2006-11-24 Thread Baz
Johannes - Which model was it? If it's any relief, my model is three months old and I'm having the some of the same problems. Don't the developers know? Do they even care? or are they just elitists? - Sebastian

Re: Laptop choice?

2006-11-24 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Sebastian, Baz wrote: > Which model was it? If it's any relief, my model is three months old and > I'm having the some of the same problems. Sorry, I should have written that more clearly. The other laptop was NOT a Thinkpad. It was a Transtec laptop (I don't recall the model, by now at least

Re: Re: No more than 255 device files with Debian Sarge

2006-11-24 Thread Stefan Sperling
Hello Kevin, I did diff my Debian kernel configuration with the one from Ubuntu. Lots of differences but nothing really in the filesystem area 8-( I found two differences worth checking: Ubuntu has no DEVFS support compiled/activated. And there was a raw files parameter set to 255. Neither throw

Re: Laptop choice?

2006-11-24 Thread Marc Shapiro
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Marc Shapiro wrote: For those who have already finished their turkey, or reside outside the US and don't celebrate Thanksgiving, or for whatever reason are actually reading debian-user today... I finally have some spare cash and so am looking to replace my aged IBM T

after upgrade tomcat5.5 stop working!

2006-11-24 Thread nx13464a
Hi all, After upgrade tomcat5.5 stop working! Since i'm using java 1.5 from sun, and this upgrade is for tomcat5.5 start working with java-gcj-compat, i think it stop working with others jre. But also since i'm a newbie in tomcat, i can't report this as a bug. I only upgrade from 5.5.20-1 to 5

Help: Developing Free Debian Trainings

2006-11-24 Thread Maarten Verwijs
Hello! I'd like to announce a new project in order to gain world domination for Debian. It's my little pet project and I call it "The Tipii Project" [1]. The short term goal of the Tipii Project is to train people in the use of Debian GNU/Linux. The long term goal is to create a set of training

Re: X resolution: dpk-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 does nothing

2006-11-24 Thread David Jardine
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 03:39:35AM -0700, Ed Young wrote: > For some reason debian installed X with a really low resolution so I'm > trying to increase my screen resolution from 800x600 to something > like 1024x768. > > I tried running dpg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and it returned > immediately

Re: X resolution: dpk-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 does nothing

2006-11-24 Thread Maarten Verwijs
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 07:30:18PM +0100, David Jardine wrote: > > I tried running dpg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and it returned > > immediately without doing anything. > > > > What is the procedure for reconfiguring my x server? Did you run dexconf after dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86? You c

Re: cable modem connection slower than dial up

2006-11-24 Thread Gianfranco
Hi all! I've the same problem... On the same pc, with windows xp internet is fast (about 80k) but with the latest debian etch, internet is very very very slow (about 25k)!! I've installed debian sarge, dist-upgrading to etch and the download speed is about 80k. But installing the deb linux-image

Re: Help: Developing Free Debian Trainings

2006-11-24 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Maarten Verwijs wrote: Hello! I'd like to announce a new project in order to gain world domination for Debian. It's my little pet project and I call it "The Tipii Project" [1]. The short term goal of the Tipii Project is to train people in the use of Debian GNU/Linux. The long term goal is to

Re: dell server

2006-11-24 Thread Kevin Ross
I've installed Debian on 4 different PowerEdge servers now, without any problems. I had to use Etch, to get a recent enough kernel to support the SATA controller. Other than that, everything was fine. However, I haven't installed on your particular model. Looking at the specs, there are a fe

Re: The danger of dishonest disk drives (WAS:Re: Need to remove a ghost file, but can't because it doesn't exist)

2006-11-24 Thread Douglas Tutty
Thanks Tim for the workout. On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 02:51:11PM +0800, Tim Post wrote: > I've been following this thread and thought I'd do a bit of > experimenting to see which of the two best recover themselves. > > Once that happened, I paused both VM's, issued a sysrq to sync disks and > d

Re: Laptop choice?

2006-11-24 Thread Nick Boyce
Baz wrote: > Thinkpad - it's the standard by which all others are measured... My 2p on that: I've used two Thinkpads at work (but not with Linux), a T20 and a T21. Good points: very physically sturdy (a Dell Latitude seems flimsy by comparison), and have a nice security feature (or scary feature

Re: dell server

2006-11-24 Thread Nick
Nagy Ákos wrote: > I have a DELL power edge 1420 server and I want to install debian on > it, but I'm not shure, everything is gona be alright. is debian support > this hardwer?? I've installed Debian Sarge on two Dell Poweredge 4400 servers at work - dual Xeon processors, and lots of SCSI-conn

Re: Laptop choice?

2006-11-24 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Nick Boyce wrote: > My 2p on that: I've used two Thinkpads at work (but not with Linux), a > T20 and a T21. Good points: very physically sturdy (a Dell Latitude > seems flimsy by comparison), and have a nice security feature (or scary > feature depending on your point of view) in that if you set a

Re: Laptop choice?

2006-11-24 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Baz wrote: > So, you have Etch running? Yes. More information can be found here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396411 Installation went very smooth and took about an hour, including more than 4 GB worth of packages downloaded :-) Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: apt-proxy

2006-11-24 Thread Wayne Topa
Rodrigo Castro([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > I'm experiencing trouble to put apt-proxy to work. In the > apt-proxy-v2.confI didn't change many things, only the server Ip (like > 192.168.1.11) and the backends. And the client's source.list would be like > deb http://192.168.1.11:999

dpkg and apt-get under problems on Debian

2006-11-24 Thread Darcy Larangeira
hello! Trying to install any program, there comes out a message, Code 100, sometime Code [1], sometimes Code [10] and in all cases states the information that phpgroupware must be removed. My questions is: Where can I find instructions to clean the installer or unstall etc. I have already tried dp

Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-24 Thread Wayne Topa
I have a question. How long does it take for a bug submitted via reportbug to get posted to the Bug page? I posted this bug on Nov 20 and it still isn't listed. ___ Package: xserver-xorg-video-tseng Version: 1:1.1.0-3 Severity: grave Justification: rend

Re: Help: Developing Free Debian Trainings

2006-11-24 Thread steef
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Maarten Verwijs wrote: Hello! I'd like to announce a new project in order to gain world domination for Debian. It's my little pet project and I call it "The Tipii Project" [1]. The short term goal of the Tipii Project is to train people in the use of Debian GNU/Linux.

Re: dpkg and apt-get under problems on Debian

2006-11-24 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 19:36:25 -0200, Darcy Larangeira wrote: > hello! > Trying to install any program, there comes out a message, > Code 100, sometime Code [1], sometimes Code [10] and in > all cases states the information that phpgroupware must be removed. > My questions is: Where can I find in

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-24 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 17:00:02 -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > I have a question. How long does it take for a bug submitted via > reportbug to get posted to the Bug page? Normally bug reports show up after a few minutes. > I posted this bug on Nov 20 and it still isn't listed. Something went wrong

Re: orientation with respect to tex, auctex, tetex, texlive, etc.

2006-11-24 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061123 03:26]: > On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 01:07:51AM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote: >> Where can I go for a > basic orientation and for more information >> on the options which are > available to me? > > I have tried out Texlive and I could not compile some of m

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 05:00:02PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > I have a question. How long does it take for a bug submitted via > reportbug to get posted to the Bug page? > > I posted this bug on Nov 20 and it still isn't listed. What does your /var/log/mail.log say about the exchange? Did the m

Re: after upgrade tomcat5.5 stop working!

2006-11-24 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
nx13464a writes: > Hi all, > After upgrade tomcat5.5 stop working! > Since i'm using java 1.5 from sun, and this upgrade is for tomcat5.5 > start working with java-gcj-compat, i think it stop working with > others jre. But also since i'm a newbie in tomcat, i can't report this > as a bug. > I onl

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-24 Thread Wayne Topa
Florian Kulzer([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 17:00:02 -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > I have a question. How long does it take for a bug submitted via > > reportbug to get posted to the Bug page? > > Normally bug reports show up after a few minutes. > > > I

Re: SATA PCI

2006-11-24 Thread Bob
Martinez Perez Alberto wrote: Hi! I'm planning to add a SATA PCI card to a system which as no SATA support on motherboard. Does debian support any of these cards or I have to take care with the model I purchase? Thank you! Get one based on the Sil 3124-2 for Sata II, it's not supported by

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-24 Thread Wayne Topa
Roberto C. Sanchez([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 05:00:02PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > I have a question. How long does it take for a bug submitted via > > reportbug to get posted to the Bug page? > > > > I posted this bug on Nov 20 and it still isn't li

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 08:41:47PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > My /var/log/emim4/mainlog shows 2 messages sent to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11-20 and accepted my my ISP's mail server. > The one mentioned in this thread and one on crom. > Strange. You may want to contact your ISP's tech support and

Gv package..

2006-11-24 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I am running a debian derivative (Kanotix). I installed gv-3.6.2-1 after update but seems to have a problem. How can I reinstall older version gv-3.6.1-12? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Firefox icon on KDE desktop?

2006-11-24 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I accidently deletd the firefox icon (colorful fox) from menu bar (with Big-K). Is there a way to create the icon again? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-24 Thread Wayne Topa
Roberto C. Sanchez([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 08:41:47PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > > > My /var/log/emim4/mainlog shows 2 messages sent to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11-20 and accepted my my ISP's mail server. > > The one mentioned in this thread and one

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 11:07:22PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > With this IP that would be a huge waste of time. They installed some > spam blocking for all users for one month free. I started loseing > mail the day they installed it and had some of my yahoo groups stopped > because their mail f

Re: new podcast with stallman, allison and waugh

2006-11-24 Thread Timothy Musson
Jonathan Roberts wrote: > Just released a new podcast. The first episode has Richard Stallman, > Jeremy Allison and Jeff Waugh all answering questions from the community > in a panel format. It's a really interesting listen in my opinion and > covers a good range of topics! > the url is http://

Re: Firefox icon on KDE desktop?

2006-11-24 Thread Amit Joshi
On Saturday 25 November 2006 07:44, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > I accidently deletd the firefox icon (colorful fox) > from menu bar (with Big-K). > > Is there a way to create the icon again? > > -ishwar Right click on the KMenu Button (with Big-K) and select Menu Editor. Then Select the Internet Secti

Re: Gv package..

2006-11-24 Thread Angelina Carlton
Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am running a debian derivative (Kanotix). > I installed gv-3.6.2-1 after update but seems to have > a problem. How can I reinstall older version gv-3.6.1-12? > > -ishwar Assuming Kanotix uses .debs and apt-get (if not, your better off posting to a Kan

Wireless adapter

2006-11-24 Thread Steve Mazurek
I'm curious how I would connect a Linksys 802.11b WUS B11 wireless USB adapter to a destop using Debian Sarge. If anyone has any information, or if I need to give more information, please let me know. Thanks. --Steve

Re: Re: No more than 255 device files with Debian Sarge

2006-11-24 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 06:36:06PM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > Hello Kevin, > > I did diff my Debian kernel configuration with the one from > Ubuntu. Lots of differences but nothing really in the filesystem > area 8-( > > I found two differences worth checking: Ubuntu has no DEVFS > support c