Re: Install Debian testing distribution

2007-02-21 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 04:20:50PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > rocky wrote: > > 3, What is the best way for me to find out which is the fastest mirror > > for me to download the Testing distribute packages? > > apt-spy > unfortunately, it appears apt-spy is *still* broken (segfaults). http://bu

Re: multicore gizmos

2007-02-21 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 04:06:08PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > Indeed. In 5 years I'll have the same 4-core desktop but with 3 PCIe > > videocards connected to 3 LCD monitors supporting a 3-seater and I'll > > have discovered a laptop to do the same. Great future. >

Re: enlightenment news server

2007-02-21 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 10:50:31PM +0100, Jakub Narojczyk wrote: > Hi All! > I'm having trouble customizing a theme in the enlightenment under etch. > Sourceforge.net holds a couple of mailing lists on developing and using > enlightenment. I'd like to view and post to those lists via thunderbird

XIO: fatal IO error 104

2007-02-21 Thread linux china
hello, I tried to search Internet but no lucky with following error, XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server "110.113.154.234:1.0" after 59 requests (58 known processed) with 0 events remaining. 110.113.154.234:1.0 is my Debian Linux on which tightVNC server is runn

Re: Upgrade to MySQL tries to remove kernel

2007-02-21 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 05:33:16PM -0500, Ropetin Again wrote: > > Good suggestion, thank you. However, I checked the page; > > http://www.backports.org/debian/pool/main/m/ > > And I couldn't find mysql-server listed anywhere. Is there another backport > site I'm not aware of? > They are all

Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)

2007-02-21 Thread Steve Lamb
Ron Johnson wrote: > There's no Law Of Nature that says you can't have your greenbar > printout next to your terminal. I prefer 2 screens now. Left screen is the on-line Python manual, right screen is my code in vim, fully expanded. -- Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what t

Re: was Re: [Fwd: Re: How does Cron send email?]

2007-02-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/21/07 21:30, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 07:23:49PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 02/21/07 19:06, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Grok Mogger wrote: [snip] > The most amazing moment in the development of my *nix geekness wa

Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)

2007-02-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/21/07 22:05, Steve Lamb wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> There's no Law Of Nature that says you can't have your greenbar >> printout next to your terminal. > > I prefer 2 screens now. Left screen is the on-line Python manual, right > screen i

libusb stopped working?

2007-02-21 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
Hi folks, Yesterday, jpilot stopped syncing my USB PalmPilot. I had been using libusb (i.e. "usb:" as the port). A reboot and a different cable didn't help, but un-blacklisting the visor module and changing the port to /dev/pilot -- i.e. using the kernel visor module instead of libusb -- and now s

Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)

2007-02-21 Thread Steve Lamb
Ron Johnson wrote: > "fully expanded"? Yes, I am using vim in a wicked GUI and click on the leetle button which expands the window to the entire screen. :P Although I pine for the day I can give Wing IDE a try. :) -- Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what they dream?

Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)

2007-02-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/21/07 23:00, Steve Lamb wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> "fully expanded"? > > Yes, I am using vim in a wicked GUI and click on the leetle button which > expands the window to the entire screen. :P > > Although I pine for the day I can g

Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)

2007-02-21 Thread Steve Lamb
Ron Johnson wrote: > What GUI would that be? The relevance being? I figured since you didn't know the terms of fully expanded you were one of dem d'ere CLI people who think GUIs are da werk uf da debil! -- Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what they dream? PGP Key: 8B6

Re: Very disturbing feature in icedove

2007-02-21 Thread Steve Lamb
Daniel B. wrote: > Steve Lamb wrote: >> This is no different. > Actually, it is. Sorry, nope. > We're not talking about Seamonkey's Trash folder to which tentatively > deleted messages are moved and from which users can recover or really > delete those tentatively deleted messages, worki

Re: Install of "etch"

2007-02-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 06:32:56PM -0700, Kevin Kempter wrote: > Hi List; > > I want to try out "Etch". Etch is the current 'testing' version of Debian, but will shortly be released. But I'd say its reasonable to install it. > I have a DVD of "Sarge" (via Linux Magazine). Is it easy enough to > i

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2007-02-21 Thread publimailgt.com
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Re: [Debian-User] Xen and LVM

2007-02-21 Thread Andy Smith
On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 01:28:52PM -0700, Archive wrote: > So I am not arguing aginst LVM. Those that use it and recommend it keep > telling me I should plan on using it. I will do that if these same > people start explaining the features in way that makes sense to the > kinds of things I have

Re: Xen-enabled kernel sources for etch

2007-02-21 Thread Andy Smith
On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 12:10:42PM +0300, Иванов Михаил wrote: > Where can I find debian etch kernel sources patched for xen? This bug report contains a fix and instructions for using make-kpkg to rebuild your own kernel with the xen patch: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=382699

Re: [Debian-User] Nice Job Andrew

2007-02-21 Thread Andy Smith
On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 11:57:36PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > ps. could you use something other than 'Admin' in the From line, I'd > prefer 'Ted' or even a nickname. But that's just me. I associate people > by their From line and Admin is not something I'd associate with a > person. Also replying

Re: cannot find PDF file printed by cups

2007-02-21 Thread H.S.
Paul Stolp wrote: * H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-02-21 11:30]: Hello, On Debian Testing, I have installed a cups-pdf virtual printer. Last time I check, last week, it was working okay. Today when I tried to print a web page, it seemed like the virtual printer worked, but the printed file w

Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)

2007-02-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/21/07 23:19, Steve Lamb wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> What GUI would that be? > > The relevance being? Because I asked? Why do I have to justify why I asked that question? > I figured since you didn't know the te

Command Line (was Re: a dumb query? pls humor me)

2007-02-21 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 03:01:48PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 02/21/07 14:29, Joe Hart wrote: [snip] >>> You have to understand that a whole generation has grown up without >>> knowing what a prompt is, and for those

Re: measuring CPU usage (was Re: nvidia driver problem)

2007-02-21 Thread steef
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: steef wrote: Jon Dowland wrote: steef wrote: LAST QUESTION: what package do i need to measure cpu-usage? (valgrind maybe??) I don't think valgrind is what you're after. "top" is a console program that does what you want (and is a required package in Debian), or there'

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