Re: Versioned /etc ?

On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 11:10:53PM +, J.A. de Vries wrote: > On 2007-04-28 @ 15:36:10 (week 17) Greg Folkert wrote: > > > On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 19:22 +, J.A. de Vries wrote: > > [snip description of vicf] > > > > That rocks. > > > > Anyway to get into Debian as a package? Since you are t

Re: wireless - is it possible?

Default User (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I did install ndiswrapper-common, but when I run sudo ndiswrapper, i > get: > "Error: no versions of ndiswrapper found!" > > man ndiswrapper only says: > "ndiswrapper is a wrapper for the version-specific ndiswrapper-X.X > programs (where -X.X is ndisw

Re: wireless - is it possible?

Default User (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 00:14 +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: >> Default User (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >> > On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 23:24 +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: >> >> Default User (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >> >> >> >> I think one of them uses a

Re: aptitude + dpkg

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:26:38AM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > Given that aptitude is awesome and that all the stuff I want is missing > from all the repositories, is there anyway for me to use .deb files and > dpkg in conjunction with aptitude. I'm sure they have the dependencies > listed ins

Re: ftpd error

Do you use xinetd? If yes, please post your xinetd.conf. Have you checked your /etc/hosts, /etc/hosts.allow, and /etc/hosts.deny? Please post them if necessary. I think your problem are in these files. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail h

Re: Black screen before login

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:18:41 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 09:18:54PM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:42:57 -0700 > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 08:41:57AM -0300, Renat

best practice: mixed 32/64 bit?

On my local network /usr/local is common to every system via NFS. This method has served well until I added 64bit machines. Now /usr/local/lib and .../bin are problematic. The dilemma is common to all multi-platform shops, so I figure its been solved long ago. I bow to the wisdom real sysad

Re: apt-get install synaptic / sources.list

On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 10:00:09PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > >> > >No, it isn't too obvious to bother writing anywhere: it may be obvious > >to many that some users don't bother _READING_ anywhere. > >Google is your friend, as is browsing the archives of the maili

Re: how to make a symlink

On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 10:11:40PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > not using Gnome or KDE, I seem to be mising some basic features (like > search). One of these is the ability to make links to files. I want to > make a link to seamoney, which has not registered as a browser, nor has > it registere

Extracting WAD files from Ultimate_Doom.exe under Linux

I just purchased the registered version of Doom (Ultimate_Doom.exe), and I want to start playing the game, but there is a problem--I'm a Linux user. I was able to play the shareware Doom episode using prboom and freedoom, so I know Doom can work on Linux. I just need to get the WAD files extra

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: installing ralink chip lets disappear ' floppy' ??!!l]]

Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:40:47AM +0200, steef wrote: second try... Rather than resending, why not ask the question better? you are absolutely right: was in too much a hurry. thanks for your answer got a strange problem. when i install a wireless asusc

Re: Sarge Update Problem

Hello Brandon B (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Hopefully someone can help here... > > I'm on an R50e Thinkpad with Sarge installed. > > I ran an upgrade (note: upgrade not dist-upgrade). Something strange > happened. > The file /etc/debian-release states 4.0 now. > > In my /etc/apt/apt.conf I

Sarge Update Problem

Hello, Hopefully someone can help here... I'm on an R50e Thinkpad with Sarge installed. I ran an upgrade (note: upgrade not dist-upgrade). Something strange happened. The file /etc/debian-release states 4.0 now. In my /etc/apt/apt.conf I had the following entry: APT::Default-Release "sarge"; S

KDE bug

Hello, I would like to write a bugreport, but I don't know which package is responsible for. If you have configured a large background image in KDE (Debian etch), on slow machines the error message(s) "The process for the ... protocol died unexpectedly" appears on startup. (See also http://www.kd

install with dmraid

Hello, How can I install etch to fakeraid (I need a dual boot system) with netinst cd? The partition manager doesn't see my raid. I tried with modules=dmraid-udeb and dmraid -ay, but I don't know what to do. my controller: ICH8R Thx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: KDE bug

Robert Heel (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I would like to write a bugreport, but I don't know which package is > responsible for. > > If you have configured a large background image in KDE (Debian etch), > on slow machines the error message(s) "The process for the ... > protocol died unexpectedl

xmms (1.2.10+20070401-1) segfaults

Hi, In Sid xmms latest version segfaults. File a bug? Brings up a point: xmms contains currently 144 outstanding bugs, most years old. How do you find out if there are recent bugs? Does it make any sense to file another one to add to the 144? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: btw: gnome desktop manager

Andrew Sackville-West: > or b) you could install other dm's alongside gdm. try xdm or > wdm. There is a way to specify which one is the default dm to use, > though that escapes me at the moment and I don't have one installed to > figure it out with. look in the /etc/init.d/*dm file of choice and yo

Re: edit the subject line of a thread?

On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 08:45 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > P Kapat wrote in Article > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to > gmane.linux.debian.user: > > > I googled around a little bit, and did some simple mailing-replying > > actions.. It seems like gmail uses "subject" for threading the > > conversation

Re: Whats happened to my psuedo ttys

On Thursday 26 Apr 2007, Scott Gifford wrote: > Sorry to jump in on an old discussion, but... > > > Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > > OK, I think its the latest kernel and some interaction with my > > motherboard. I just booted a hand compiled 2.6.19 (originally done > > wh

Re: Etch 32-bit system w/ AMD64 proc.

On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 12:40 -0700, Bill Thompson wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:13:23 +0200 > Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Etch/i386 also comes with an AMD64 kernel package. It should run fine > > with a 32 bit userspace environment. > > I was confused about that. I tried the

Re: Etch 32-bit system w/ AMD64 proc.

Bill Thompson wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:30:03 -0400 > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> For what do you need the 32-bit chroot? > > Flash, Java, Mplayer w/ win32 codecs, audio drivers, etc. > And amd64 consumes much more memory. However, Opera 9.10 works fine for me with

Re: Host's IP address can't be found

On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 19:25 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 02:35:03PM -0400, Gloria Brown wrote: > > > > I installed Etch on a stand-alone workstation which is the sole host on > > > > a local network and has Internet access through a hardware firewall. > > > >

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 23:08:39 +0100, graham wrote: > Hi Florian, > > Thanks for the response! Answers inline below: basically everything seems > to be right - but cups still thinks the printer is paused... > > Florian Kulzer wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 15:18:52 +0100, graham wrote: >>> Hi

Re: webhttrack. start please

On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 18:13 +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > Amy Templeton wrote: > > somethin2cool wrote: > >> Well, If I type "lynx" into I expect > >> it to launch lynx. ie, launch a terminal with command > >> lynx. > > > > xterm -e lynx > > > > Amy > > > > > > Well, can't it just know that L

Re: install with dmraid

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:38:05PM +0200, Laszlo T. wrote: > Hello, > > How can I install etch to fakeraid (I need a dual boot system) with netinst > cd? > The partition manager doesn't see my raid. > I tried with modules=dmraid-udeb and dmraid -ay, but I don't know what to > do. > > my control

Re: Host's IP address can't be found

On 4/29/07, Gloria Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 19:25 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 02:35:03PM -0400, Gloria Brown wrote: > > > > I installed Etch on a stand-alone workstation which is the sole host on > > > > a local network and has I

Re: install with dmraid

2007/4/29, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:38:05PM +0200, Laszlo T. wrote: > Hello, > > How can I install etch to fakeraid (I need a dual boot system) with netinst > cd? > The partition manager doesn't see my raid. > I tried with modules=dmraid-udeb and dmraid -

Re: how to make a symlink

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 10:11:40PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: not using Gnome or KDE, I seem to be mising some basic features (like search). One of these is the ability to make links to files. I want to make a link to seamoney, which has not registered as a browser

Re: GRUB launch a CD?

Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:56:22AM +1000, M-L wrote: >> On Saturday 28 April 2007 22:49, Douglas Allan Tutty shared this with us >> all: >> >--} On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 06:28:02AM +, David Dawson wrote: >> >--} > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >--} > >> >--} > sbm (sm

Re: webhttrack. start please

Michael M. wrote: On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 18:13 +0100, somethin2cool wrote: Amy Templeton wrote: somethin2cool wrote: Well, If I type "lynx" into I expect it to launch lynx. ie, launch a terminal with command lynx. xterm -e lynx Amy Well, can't it just know that Lynx is installed and run it

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 23:08:39 +0100, graham wrote: Just to be sure: Run apt-get --purge remove hotplug (Plain "remove" leaves configuration files on the system; "--purge" gets rid of them.) OK, done. Following which I power cycled the printer and rebooted the s

Re: apt-get install synaptic / sources.list

Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Try apt-get sources list debian format into google: first hit is APT Howto, second is the Debian tutorial, both on www.debian.org or its mirrors. Yeah, you cheated by finding the page then searching the key words you saw on it to bring it up. -- To UNSUBSC

Re: how to make a symlink

On Sunday 29 April 2007 08:07, somethin2cool wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 10:11:40PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > >> not using Gnome or KDE, I seem to be mising some basic features (like > >> search). One of these is the ability to make links to files. I want t

Re: GCC compiler

Le dimanche 29 avril 2007 04:56, Micha Feigin a écrit : > On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:20:08 -0300 > > "Iuri Sampaio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I tried to compile a C source code, using make command: > > > > > > > > The Makefile script is: > > > > > > > > BINDIR = ./ > > > > LIBD

ams.sty not found after updating to texlive

Dear Debianers, I am running a debian sid system on a Dell dimension 8300 PC (2.6.18-3-686 #1 SMP) and am having some problems getting latex working after I updated some packages to day. I removed the tetex packages and installed texlive (initially including texlive-base, texlive-bin, texlive-

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 14:31:24 +0100, graham wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 23:08:39 +0100, graham wrote: > >> Just to be sure: Run >> apt-get --purge remove hotplug >> (Plain "remove" leaves configuration files on the system; "--purge" gets >> rid of them.) > > OK, do

Re: Black screen before login

Sorry about my ignorance, some conventions I don't know well (yeat), but "virtual console" means a command line in Terminal? If it´s correct, I should do this: tail -f /var/log/Xorg.0.log Thanks. Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:41:57 -0300 (ART) Renato Gondim

use camera on debian (was: ...)

Hello Jb, On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:47:24AM +0100, joe bloggs JB wrote: > Photos: I have been trying to dl my Kodak digi camera on to my Debian flavour > but, to my absolute surprise, have found it an > impossible task, please can you advise me? You should : - use the appropriate mailing list

Re: Extracting WAD files from Ultimate_Doom.exe under Linux

On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 04:16 -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > I just purchased the registered version of Doom (Ultimate_Doom.exe), and > I want to start playing the game, but there is a problem--I'm a Linux user. > > I was able to play the shareware Doom episode using prboom and freedoom, > so I know Do

RAM 95% used

even though i'm not running anything. in processes task manager says i'm using a total of 25mb, inc dependencies. in resources, it says 204. given the sluggishness of the totally minimal system i believe the later. however, even if i was to open every gui ap, it shouldn't use that much. what

Re: RAM 95% used

somethin2cool (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > even though i'm not running anything. > > in processes task manager says i'm using a total of 25mb, inc > dependencies. > > in resources, it says 204. given the sluggishness of the totally > minimal system i believe the later. > > however, even if i

Re: GCC compiler

On 4/29/07, Cédric Lucantis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Le dimanche 29 avril 2007 04:56, Micha Feigin a écrit: > On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:20:08 -0300 > "Iuri Sampaio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > $(BIN): $(OBJS) > > > > $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $(BIN) $(OBJS) $(LIBS) > > Not really an answe

Re: ams.sty not found after updating to texlive

On 4/29/07, Peter Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am running a debian sid system on a Dell dimension 8300 PC (2.6.18-3-686 #1 SMP) and am having some problems getting latex working after I updated some packages to day. I removed the tetex packages and installed texlive (initially includi

Re: ams.sty not found after updating to texlive

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 10:35:21AM -0400, Michael Marsh wrote: > On 4/29/07, Peter Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I am running a debian sid system on a Dell dimension 8300 PC (2.6.18-3-686 > >#1 SMP) and am having some problems getting latex working after I updated > >some packages to day

Re: ams.sty not found after updating to texlive

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 15:47:45 +0200, Peter Robinson wrote: > > Dear Debianers, > > I am running a debian sid system on a Dell dimension 8300 PC > (2.6.18-3-686 #1 SMP) and am having some problems getting latex > working after I updated some packages to day. I removed the tetex > packages and i

Re: Since chvt works, the problem must be the keymap

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > maybe you could wrap it in a script that was suid root, > but I don't know about those things either. Fair enough. I guess I should probably find some time to read up on this (I know relevant info. can be found in some manpage I doubtless have installed, and I've see

Re: RAM 95% used

On Sunday 29 April 2007 16:19, somethin2cool wrote: > even though i'm not running anything. > > in processes task manager says i'm using a total of 25mb, inc dependencies. > > in resources, it says 204. given the sluggishness of the totally minimal > system i believe the later. > > however, even if

Re: ams.sty not found after updating to texlive

Hello, `ams.sty' can be found in `texlive-latex-extra' Debain Lenny Package Jerome Peter Robinson wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 10:35:21AM -0400, Michael Marsh wrote: On 4/29/07, Peter Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am running a debian sid system on a Dell dimension 8300 PC (2.6.18-3-

Re: wireless - is it possible?

Default User([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 22:36 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > <> > > To find out which chipset your dongles use, try Googleing with > > " linux WG111". You should have the chipset in the 1st or 2nd page. > > > > > > Take a look at

Re: RAM 95% used

Nigel Henry wrote: On Sunday 29 April 2007 16:19, somethin2cool wrote: even though i'm not running anything. in processes task manager says i'm using a total of 25mb, inc dependencies. in resources, it says 204. given the sluggishness of the totally minimal system i believe the later. however

Re: how to make a symlink

somethin2cool wrote: > Typing seamonkey in terminal does nothing: > > bash: seamonkey: command not found The Debian version of seamonkey is called 'iceape'. You should install iceape-browser, e.g. with synaptic. A symlink will not be required, since /usr/bin/iceape will be there. -- To UNSUBSC

Re: RAM 95% used

Andreas Janssen wrote: somethin2cool (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: even though i'm not running anything. in processes task manager says i'm using a total of 25mb, inc dependencies. in resources, it says 204. given the sluggishness of the totally minimal system i believe the later. however, ev

Re: Black screen before login

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:15:47 -0300 (ART) Renato Gondim Filho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry about my ignorance, some conventions I don't know well (yeat), > but "virtual console" means a command line in Terminal? If it´s > correct, I should do this: > > tail -f /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > Thanks

Re: Since chvt works, the problem must be the keymap

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:12:23 -0400, Amy Templeton wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > maybe you could wrap it in a script that was suid root, > > but I don't know about those things either. > > Fair enough. I guess I should probably find some time to > read up on this (I know relevant in

Re: XDMCP

On Saturday 28 April 2007 15:23, Robert Brockway wrote: Thanks for the response. > On Sat, 28 Apr 2007, Daniel D Jones wrote: > > Running unstable. Trying to get XDMCP working via KDM. On the local > > host, everything works. KDM gives me a graphical login prompt, and KDE > > loads when I log

an't create VMware XP client on Etch host (keymap problem?)

I've successfully installed VMware-1.0.2-39867 on my Etch machine with the help of the any-any-update109 patch. I am now unable to set up an XP client on the same box. I bring up the VMware Server Console and call "Create a new virtual machine". It sets up the virtual hard disk, and I put in the

Re: webhttrack. start please

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 somethin2cool wrote: [snip] >> >> >> Can't you just alias the command as above, so that when you execute >> 'lynx' it launches 'xterm -e lynx'? >> >> Do you have more than one terminal app installed? How would it know >> which terminal you want to use

Re: RAM 95% used

On 29/04/07, somethin2cool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: even though i'm not running anything. [snip] This is a paste from my laptop, running with a good 2gb of RAM [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt$ free -m total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 2028 197

Re: GCC compiler

"Michael Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If I'm using GNU make, I hardly ever use "=" instead of ":=", unless I > really want to define a macro. You're a lot more likely to get what > you expect most of the time, and you can use "+=". What's the difference? My book on Make mentions "=", bu

Re: Black screen before login

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:16:44AM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:18:41 -0700 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 09:18:54PM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote: > > > On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:42:57 -0700 > > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PRO

Re: Since chvt works, the problem must be the keymap

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:10:22PM EDT, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:12:23 -0400, Amy Templeton wrote: > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > maybe you could wrap it in a script that was suid root, > > > but I don't know about those things either. > > > > Fair enough. I guess

Re: RAM 95% used

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 05:00:45PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > Nigel Henry wrote: > >On Sunday 29 April 2007 16:19, somethin2cool wrote: > >>even though i'm not running anything. > >> > >>in processes task manager says i'm using a total of 25mb, inc > >>dependencies. > >> > >>in resources, it sa

Re: webhttrack. start please

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 05:57:22AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: > On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 18:13 +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > > Amy Templeton wrote: > > > somethin2cool wrote: > > >> Well, If I type "lynx" into I expect > > >> it to launch lynx. ie, launch a terminal with command > > >> lynx. > > > > >

Re: can't create VMware XP client on Etch host (keymap problem?)

On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 13:28:07 -0400, Steve Kleene wrote: > I've successfully installed VMware-1.0.2-39867 on my Etch machine with the > help of the any-any-update109 patch. I am now unable to set up an XP client > on the same box. I bring up the VMware Server Console and call "Create a new > v

Re: apt-get install synaptic / sources.list

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 02:30:46PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > > >Try > > > > apt-get sources list debian format > > > >into google: first hit is APT Howto, second is the Debian tutorial, both > >on www.debian.org or its mirrors. > > > > Yeah, you cheated b

Re: how to make a symlink

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 02:07:31PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 10:11:40PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > >>not using Gnome or KDE, I seem to be mising some basic features (like > >>search). One of these is the ability to make links to files.

Re: Since chvt works, the problem must be the keymap

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 02:10:14PM -0400, cga2000 wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:10:22PM EDT, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:12:23 -0400, Amy Templeton wrote: > > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > maybe you could wrap it in a script that was suid root, > > > > but I

Re: RAM 95% used

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:00:45PM EDT, somethin2cool wrote: > Nigel Henry wrote: > >On Sunday 29 April 2007 16:19, somethin2cool wrote: > >>even though i'm not running anything. > >> > >>in processes task manager says i'm using a total of 25mb, inc > >>dependencies. > >> > >>in resources, it says

Re: Since chvt works, the problem must be the keymap

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 14:10:14 -0400, cga2000 wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:10:22PM EDT, Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] > > It would be interesting to see which keycodes and keysyms are reported > > if you run "xev", press (and hold) both CTRL and ALT, and then press F1, > > F2, etc. Does xe

Re: install with dmraid

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 03:04:28PM +0200, Laszlo T. wrote: > > Why? The fakeraid on many newer motherboards is the worst of all worlds. Most don't have a battery backup (which means that if you suddenly lose power in addition to the possibility of your data getting screwed up by all the normal me

Re: webhttrack. start please

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 02:28:06PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > that is a good idea. however, i have another thread about making a > symlink, but all the responses involve real 1980s command solutions. > which, while fully capable of doing, i refuse to. when my friends see > this, they will lau

Re: webhttrack. start please

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:53:55PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > > > Use KDE. Right click on somewhere on the desktop, choose new, choose > link. Hmm, sounds like windows to me, except they call it a shortcut. > Actually, the windows "shortcut" is *not* a symlink. It is something completely differe

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

Florian Kulzer wrote: find /dev/ -name usblp0 -exec ls -l {} \; ^ I'd still like to see the output of the above command just to be sure. Oops, sorry thought I'd checked this but I hadn't. /dev/usblp0 does not exist. There is a /dev/usb/lp0, however.

Re: GCC compiler

Le dimanche 29 avril 2007 19:40, John L Fjellstad a écrit : > "Michael Marsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > If I'm using GNU make, I hardly ever use "=" instead of ":=", unless I > > really want to define a macro. You're a lot more likely to get what > > you expect most of the time, and you can

Re: an't create VMware XP client on Etch host (keymap problem?)

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:28:07 -0400, I wrote: > But I have no evidence that the fkeys are ever seen with X running. On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:19:10 +0200, Florian Kulzer replied: > Run "xev" and check the keysyms for CRTL, ALT, F1, etc. It would be > especially interesting to see what you get for th

Re: webhttrack. start please

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:53:55PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: >> Use KDE. Right click on somewhere on the desktop, choose new, choose >> link. Hmm, sounds like windows to me, except they call it a shortcut. >> > Actually, the

Re: webhttrack. start please

Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:53:55PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Use KDE. Right click on somewhere on the desktop, choose new, choose link. Hmm, sounds like windows to me, except they call it a shortcut. Actually, the windows "shortcut" is *not* a symlink. It is something

Re: webhttrack. start please

Joe Hart wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:53:55PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Use KDE. Right click on somewhere on the desktop, choose new, choose link. Hmm, sounds like windows to me, except they call it a shortcut. Actua

Re: an't create VMware XP client on Etch host (keymap problem?)

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 03:45:42PM -0400, Steve Kleene wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:28:07 -0400, I wrote: > > > But I have no evidence that the fkeys are ever seen with X running. > > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:19:10 +0200, Florian Kulzer replied: > > > Run "xev" and check the keysyms for CRTL, A

Re: RAM 95% used

Jostein Elvaker Haande wrote: On 29/04/07, somethin2cool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: even though i'm not running anything. [snip] This is a paste from my laptop, running with a good 2gb of RAM [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt$ free -m total used free sharedbuffers cach

Re: webhttrack. start please

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:03:33PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > > and that is exaclty why the interface is underdeveloped. because you > take any criticism to heart and chose to ignore / forget it, rather than > do something about it. > > The fact is that I will fix all these things myself as

Re: how to make a symlink

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 02:07:31PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 10:11:40PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: not using Gnome or KDE, I seem to be mising some basic features (like search). One of these is the ability to

Re: webhttrack. start please

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:00:38PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > > I know. symlinks are way better. in windows they're called... um.. well > something else and are a real pain to create. Before anyone says I'm > wrong and windows cannot do symlinks... I am not. I know alot about that > OS, and

Re: RAM 95% used

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:07:35PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > > But it isn't handling the memory well. Everything is rubbish and > sluggish right from start-up. Something is wrong > well, how much total physical RAM do you have? How much swap? How much swap is being used? Regards, -Robert

Re: Extracting WAD files from Ultimate_Doom.exe under Linux

On 04/29/2007 09:16 AM, Sven Arvidsson wrote: On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 04:16 -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: I just purchased the registered version of Doom (Ultimate_Doom.exe), and I want to start playing the game, but there is a problem--I'm a Linux user. I was able to play the shareware Doom episode u

Re: aptitude + dpkg

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:26:38AM +0100, somethin2cool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Given that aptitude is awesome and that all the stuff I want is missing > from all the repositories, is there anyway for me to use .deb files and > dpkg in conjunction with aptitude. I'm sure they hav

Re: RAM 95% used

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 05:00:45PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: Nigel Henry wrote: On Sunday 29 April 2007 16:19, somethin2cool wrote: even though i'm not running anything. in processes task manager says i'm using a total of 25mb, inc dependencies. in resources,

Re: RAM 95% used

Roberto C. Sánchez (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:07:35PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: >> >> But it isn't handling the memory well. Everything is rubbish and >> sluggish right from start-up. Something is wrong >> > well, how much total physical RAM do you have? How much

Re: how to make a symlink

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 somethin2cool wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 02:07:31PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: >>> Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 10:11:40PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > not using Gnome or KDE, I s

Re: how to make a symlink

somethin2cool wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 02:07:31PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 10:11:40PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: not using Gnome or KDE, I seem to be mising some basic features (like search). One of th

Re: how to make a symlink

On Sunday 29 April 2007 13:06, somethin2cool wrote: > > man mount > No (for goodness sake, you people are supposed to be smart), Says who!? ;) > I asked what I wanted to know. I can start the program fine. Hence having > been using it for the last few days? This group is more annoying than > he

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 20:32:59 +0100, graham wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > find /dev/ -name usblp0 -exec ls -l {} \; >>^ >> I'd still like to see the output of the above command just to be sure. > > Oops, sorry thought I'd checked this but I had

Re: wireless - is it possible?

On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 11:26 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > Default User([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 22:36 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > > > <> > > > > To find out which chipset your dongles use, try Googleing with > > > " linux WG111". You should have th

Re: webhttrack. start please

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 somethin2cool wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 07:53:55PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > Use KDE. Right click on somewhere on the desktop, choose new, choose > link. Hmm, sounds like windows to me, e

Re: an't create VMware XP client on Etch host (keymap problem?)

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 15:45:42 -0400, Steve Kleene wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:28:07 -0400, I wrote: > > > But I have no evidence that the fkeys are ever seen with X running. > > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:19:10 +0200, Florian Kulzer replied: > > > Run "xev" and check the keysyms for CRTL, ALT

Re: KDE bug

On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 12:21 +0200, Robert Heel wrote: > I would like to write a bugreport, but I don't know which package is > responsible for. > > If you have configured a large background image in KDE (Debian etch), on > slow machines the error message(s) "The process for the ... protocol > died

Re: how to make a symlink

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:06:14PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > > No (for goodness sake, you people are supposed to be smart), I asked > what I wanted to know. I can start the program fine. Hence having been > using it for the last few days? Your original post: > not using Gnome or KDE, I s

Re: RAM 95% used

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:08:21PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > >I am curious about your sluggishness though, as I've had xfce running > >for days with multiple apps open and problems. Currently I've got 2 or > >3 terminals, iceweasel, openoffice, xfmedia and gnu

Re: XDMCP

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007, Daniel D Jones wrote: One more thing: There is a reported but unfixded bug in kdm in Debian/Ubuntu going back a long way which is causing some xdmcp configurations to fail when they really are ok. If you look in your logs you'll see reports of kdm_greet getting memory corr

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