how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Serena Cantor
how to use dpkg to list all packages in doc section that can be installed? just list package names. Thanks! We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures

Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread bdeferme
Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: how to use dpkg to list all packages in doc section that can be installed? just list package names. Thanks! dpkg -l will list all the packages in /var/lib/dpkg/list and brief information about their install status. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.paradiz

(Continued) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Serena Cantor
I remember, dselect can show available packages. Can dpkg do that? --- bdeferme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > how to use dpkg to list all packages in doc section that can be installed? > > > > just list package names. > > > > Thanks! > > dpkg -l wi

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Re: (Continued) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread bdeferme
Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I remember, dselect can show available packages. Can dpkg do that? I'm afraid not, you might want to use dselect, or apt-cache offcourse. Why would you want to list all available packages anyway? Could be a huge list. P.S. Try to reply at the bot

Re: (Continued) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2007/5/8, Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I remember, dselect can show available packages. Can dpkg do that? apt-cache search package_name or apt-get install [tab][tab] will ask you to show all available packages in the repositories pointed by sources.list raffaele

Re: OT - Dilbert on the ethics of e-mail etiquette

2007-05-08 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 16:55:14 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On May 7, 2007, at 3:55 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote: > >> On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 15:28:14 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: >>> >>> http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20070507.html >> >> You could have made this even funnier if

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > Minor nit: in Debian, '/bin/sh' is a symlink to bash; I don't know what > it is on other systems. So IIUC, when you write '#!/bin/sh', you aren't > really specifying a shell, but are rather saying 'use the standard > shell'. Which can be

Re: Default soundcard with alsa

2007-05-08 Thread Atis
Create a file/modify the existing one to be similar to the one I show below with the module for your PCI card being the first (snd-card-0 index=0 lines) then have your onboard as the second (snd-card-1 index=1 lines). Now when you start your machine the cards should be detected and used in the pro

Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Serena Cantor wrote: > how to use dpkg to list all packages in doc section that can be installed? > > just list package names. > > Thanks! With aptitude it is aptitude !~i~sdoc -- Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Etch install

2007-05-08 Thread Baptiste Carvello
Andrew M.A. Cater a écrit : > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 06:23:09PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hello! >> >> I'm new to linux, debian and etch. I've loaded etch onto another computer >> and am lost. I used the gui loader and expected to get to a place that was >> helpful but no way. When I po

Re: Problems with Xorg video

2007-05-08 Thread Florian Kulzer
[ It would be better not to top-post. You increase your chances of more people joining in to help you if every individual message can be read like a chronological story by someone who does not remember the previous messages. ] On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 14:01:54 -0700, Mark Phillips wrote: > Fl

Re: mutt is the bomb! (LDAP addressbook integration)

2007-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 07:48:50PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > I have rambled on a fair bit now, but I just wanted to share my renewed > admiration for mutt and its extensibility. Hopefully someone will find > this helpful. Very nice. I am back to using mutt because the maildir plug-in fo

Re: mutt is the bomb! (LDAP addressbook integration)

2007-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 11:39:12AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 07:48:50PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > I have rambled on a fair bit now, but I just wanted to share my renewed > > admiration for mutt and its extensibility. Hopefully someone will find > > this h

Re: mutt is the bomb! (LDAP addressbook integration)

2007-05-08 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 11:49:00AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 11:39:12AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 07:48:50PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > > > I have rambled on a fair bit now, but I just wanted to share my renewed > > > admirati

Re: Sid, xorg and fglrx

2007-05-08 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 08 May 2007, Tim Wood wrote: > On 07 May 2007, Anthony Campbell wrote: > >On 07 May 2007, Tim Wood wrote: > > > >>> My thanks for all the comments. > >>> > >>> I tried the latest ATI driver 8.36.5 but the included check.sh shows > >>the > Xserver as 1.3.0 and there is no target for that. > >

same error here. Synaptic works though

2007-05-08 Thread petercrasta
The network I'm in, uses an ISA server. So i had to install the ntlmaps package. This package uses a port you define to re-route application requests to the isa server hence enabling authentication. My ntlmaps package uses 5865 as it re-routing port.This helped synaptic work. However it doesnt se

Re: installing X libraries?? -- need your help!

2007-05-08 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:44:59AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello! > > I'm new in Linux. I installed Debian Linux "Etch" for Intel x86-CPU. > Everything is ok. Then I tried to install a kdm theme called "QtCurve- > KDE3-0.48.5" and I have to compile it. So I installed the gcc and g++ > pa

Re: Really annoying.

2007-05-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Joe Hart wrote: While we're at it, lets top paste and write it in HTML. Damn, my MUA won't let me to that. It also keeps the tread. Program too smart for its own good. The Dilbert cartoon was not funny, it was accurate. Joe Are you taking votes for the list ethicist? Hugo Andrew Sackvi

Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Serena Cantor
I use sarge, your command does not work. I'd rather give up. --- Jörg-Volker Peetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Serena Cantor wrote: > > how to use dpkg to list all packages in doc section that can be installed? > > > > just list package names. > > > > Thanks! > With aptitude it is > aptitud

Re: (Continued) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Serena Cantor
--- bdeferme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I remember, dselect can show available packages. > > > > Can dpkg do that? > > I'm afraid not, you might want to use dselect, or apt-cache offcourse. > Why would you want to list all available packages an

Re: (Continued) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/08/07 04:38, Serena Cantor wrote: > --- bdeferme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I remember, dselect can show available packages. >>> >>> Can dpkg do that? >> I'm afraid not, you might want to use

Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/08/07 04:33, Serena Cantor wrote: > I use sarge, your command does not work. > > I'd rather give up. With an attitude like that, you *should* go back to Windows. > --- Jörg-Volker Peetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Serena Cantor wrote: >>>

Re: Problem with compiling kernel

2007-05-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
pizzapie_linuxanchovies wrote: I was following a tutorial (http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html) for compiling a custom kernel, and got to the stage where it said to run this: "fakeroot make-kpkg clean" However, this command generated a bunch of errors saying this: dpkg-a

Re: what patches are in linux-image-2.6.20-1-k7?

2007-05-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, linux-image-2.6.20-1-k7 (latest version in Sid) has a problem: CONFIG_PARAVIRT=y That means that the nvidia driver install will fail. For this reason: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=90214 post #9 by Zander. Solution: Install the linux-2.6 source pac

Re: actual dimensions of X display.

2007-05-08 Thread Jonathan Kaye
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Debian users, > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf provides a selection of > depths and dimensions for the display. > For example, > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > > How can I know the depth and dimensions > actually present on an X display? > > Thanks, ... Pe

Re: Problem with compiling kernel

2007-05-08 Thread Raffaele Morelli
I just changed: 1. Processor type and features -> Paravirtualization support (EXPERIMENTAL) OFF 2. Processor type and features -> Timer frequency (1000 HZ) 3. Processor type and features -> Preemption Model (Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop)) 4. Device Drivers -> Graphics support -> Logo

Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Maik Beckmann
Am Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007 09:07:31 schrieb Serena Cantor: > how to use dpkg to list all packages in doc section that can be installed? > > just list package names. > > Thanks! > Hello Serena, I hope this does what you want: # apt-get install wajig ... $ wajig list-section doc MfG Maik -- T

Re: Problem with compiling kernel

2007-05-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Raffaele Morelli wrote: I just changed: 1. Processor type and features -> Paravirtualization support (EXPERIMENTAL) OFF 2. Processor type and features -> Timer frequency (1000 HZ) 3. Processor type and features -> Preemption Model (Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop)

Re: (Continued) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread bdeferme
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: PS: I always get 2 copyes of your email Probably because he does a "Reply All" instead of "Reply To List". Yeah sorry, that's what I did, my bad. I'm on another list(work related) where it's rather usual to do a "Reply all" to make sure people -not-

LVM Problems?

2007-05-08 Thread James
Hi, I am running through a few steps to allow me to upgrade to etch, last of which is get my LVM in order and boot to a 2.6 kernel to make sure everything is OK for the upgrade. When I boot I get this message repeated several times: device-mapper: table: 254:1: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup f

Re: Closed Ports problem

2007-05-08 Thread Franck Joncourt
> 2007/5/7, Franck Joncourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:30:52AM -0300, Lucas Prado Melo wrote: > >> My computer is running Debian Etch. At the beginning, everything was > >> fine but after I'd tried to change my proxy configurations some ports > >> seemed to be closed. Icewea

Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Serena Cantor wrote: > I use sarge, your command does not work. > Sorry, that's my typo. It must be aptitude search !~i~sdoc -- Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Failed to install: "Detect and mount CD-ROM" failed

2007-05-08 Thread Stephen Turner
Trying to install etch from the netinst CD on a two-month old desktop machine. Boot from CD, choose language and location, and then it fails to find the CD drive: Detect and mount CD-ROM No common CD-ROM drive was detected. I have previously installed on an even newer laptop from the same CD.

Re: Closed Ports problem

2007-05-08 Thread Lucas Prado Melo
I have at least tried to turn off my proxy and the same thing happens... Wesnoth can't find the main server, aMsn and Gaim try to connect but always fail... Google earth works... So I guess this is not related to proxy... and maybe not related to ports... 2007/5/8, Franck Joncourt <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Maik Beckmann
Am Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007 13:24:37 schrieb Jörg-Volker Peetz: > Serena Cantor wrote: > > I use sarge, your command does not work. > > Sorry, that's my typo. It must be > aptitude search !~i~sdoc > -- this results in: $ aptitude search !~i~sdoc bash: !~i~sdoc: event not found but $

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2007-05-08 Thread Andrew Critchlow
Hi everyone, Does anyone know how to add a module into the kernel as a static module. I know how to compile and recompile the kernel but I don't know how to add an extra drivers into its configuration other than the ones the make config program specifies? Thanks. Andrew.

Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Franck Joncourt
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 02:02:03PM +0200, Maik Beckmann wrote: > Am Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007 13:24:37 schrieb Jörg-Volker Peetz: > > Serena Cantor wrote: > > > I use sarge, your command does not work. > > > > Sorry, that's my typo. It must be > > aptitude search !~i~sdoc > > -- > > this results in:

Re: Really annoying.

2007-05-08 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: >> While we're at it, lets top paste and write it in HTML. >> >> Damn, my MUA won't let me to that. It also keeps the tread. >> Program too smart for its own good. >> >> The Dilbert cartoon was not funny, it wa

Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Maik Beckmann wrote: >> aptitude search !~i~sdoc > > this results in: > $ aptitude search !~i~sdoc > bash: !~i~sdoc: event not found > but > $ aptitude search \!~i~sdoc > works. > > MfG Maik > Yes, to protect the "!" and the "~" from any shell expansion it should be called like

(solved on my own) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Serena Cantor
aptitude search \!~i~sdoc only lists 4 packages. surely main of sarge has far more than that. I've got many replies, none solved my question. Thanks anyway. I'm java programmer, I'd rather write a program to parse a file in /var/lib/apt/lists to list desired packages. --- Maik Beckmann <[EMAIL

Re: [OT] Good, evil and religion [WAS] Re: A way to compile 3rd party modules into deb system?

2007-05-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 7 May 2007 12:37:40 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [ I was without internet connection over the weekend, therefore I can > only follow up on this now. I don't want to give the impression that I > just wanted to rile people up without really participating in the > d

Re: swap

2007-05-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 7 May 2007 12:15:31 -0400 Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:55:56AM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > > I've part-time admin'd (contracted) a couple of systems that required > > 128GB of swap during batch processing "middle of the night" setups. > > Pri

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 7 May 2007 17:34:18 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 7 May 2007 16:10:24 -0700 > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:04:02PM +0200, Sjoerd Hiems

Re: For KDE: Re: how to hide the mouse pointer

2007-05-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:04:02 +0300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:27:45PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > Minor nit: in Debian, '/bin/sh' is a symlink to bash; I don't know what > > it is on other systems. So IIUC, when you write '#!/bin/sh', you aren't > > real

Re: access to DVD movies

2007-05-08 Thread Jonathan Kaye
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Debian users, > > http://xinehq.de/ suggests xine_dvd_plugin for > access to DVD movies. xine_dvd_plugin is not > visible in Debian. What in Debian has a similar > function? > > Thanks, ... Peter E. > > > > Desktops.OpenDoc http://carnot.pathology.ub

'Static kernel modules'

2007-05-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 May 2007 12:05:21 + Andrew Critchlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > Does anyone know how to add a module into the kernel as a static module. > I know how to compile and recompile the kernel but I don't know how to add an > extra drivers into its configuration other t

Re: Is it Java or is it Iceweasel?

2007-05-08 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Celejar wrote: On Mon, 07 May 2007 09:22:28 -0500 "Dennis G. Wicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] I guess I will give up and do what I have been thinking about for a couple of weeks. Set up a windows machine and stick it down in my server room. Then I can VNC to it to do those "Windows

Re: does a home user on dialup need a domain name?

2007-05-08 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 10:03:19PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:39:07PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > Looking at man 1 hostname, it looks like /etc/hostname is just the short > > hostname.

Re: PCI controller issues and stable Debian vs latest ubuntu

2007-05-08 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 06:03:32PM +, Tim Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 08 May 2007 00:31, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > Burned and booted ... here's what I saw when I started the install: > Debian tells me the following: > "Primary Network Interface: >eth0: firewire (IEEE 1394) et

RE: How do I setup printer?

2007-05-08 Thread Jan Sneep
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Sackville-West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: May 7, 2007 2:50 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: How do I setup printer? > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 02:07:44PM -0400, Jan Sneep wrote: > > > > From: Andrew Sackville-West [mailto:[EM

Re: Problem with compiling kernel

2007-05-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 May 2007 12:12:22 +0200 "Raffaele Morelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Me too compile kernels as root and really would like to know why it is > considered such a bad habit. It's generally considered a bad idea to do anything as root unless it's absolutely necessary. I suppose i

top vs htop %MEM

2007-05-08 Thread Tyler Smith
Hi, I'm running a process that is very memory intensive (analyzing ca. 500,000 phylogenetic trees). It's using 1.6Gb of virtual memory, 1.2Gb of physical memory (I have 1.5Gb of RAM). However, htop reports only 21.5 for MEM%, while top reports 83.8 for %MEM. I thought that htop was just a prettier

Re: Problems with Xorg video

2007-05-08 Thread Mark Phillips
On Tuesday 08 May 2007 01:20, Florian Kulzer wrote: > [ It would be better not to top-post. You increase your chances of more > people joining in to help you if every individual message can be read > like a chronological story by someone who does not remember the > previous messages. ] > > On

Matrox G450 framebuffer...

2007-05-08 Thread Mat
Hi all. I have problems with a G450 eTV on kernel 2.6.15-26. Any idea? === # lspci | grep Matrox :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. G400/ G450 (rev 85) # modprobe matroxfb_g450 Nothing new in dmesg... # modprobe matroxfb_base Nothing new in dmesg... # lsmod | grep

Re: Problem with compiling kernel

2007-05-08 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2007/5/8, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tue, 8 May 2007 12:12:22 +0200 "Raffaele Morelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Me too compile kernels as root and really would like to know why it is > considered such a bad habit. It's generally considered a bad idea to do anything as root unl

Re: swap

2007-05-08 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 7 May 2007 12:15:31 -0400 > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] >> To generalize the problem, given that the software can't be changed, at >> what point do you start to look at either a bigger single computer

RE: 'Static kernel modules'

2007-05-08 Thread Andrew Critchlow
Appologies, I forgot to include the subject of the message. I am trying to get a module (kernel bit) compiled into the kernel and not as a module. The module is not part of the standard kernel tree. Thanks. > Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 09:35:49 -0400 > Fr

mutt: copy content from existing message into a new one

2007-05-08 Thread Allan Wind
I changed the subject to reflect the thread is being hijacked. On 2007-05-08T11:39:12+0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > 1. A way to look (copy & paste) to other messages while I am composing > a new one. Now I'm thinking that I could start a second instance of mutt > ... You can certainly use two ins

Re: swap

2007-05-08 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:00:50PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 7 May 2007 12:15:31 -0400 > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To generalize the problem, given that the software can't be changed, at > > what point do you start to look at either a bigger single computer or a > >

mutt: slow reading d-u

2007-05-08 Thread Allan Wind
On 2007-05-08T11:49:00+0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > 3. I can't seem to get mutt to cache better. On reading the d-u folder > it takes a bit much for my taste (claws was faster). Any pointers? Of > course I STFW and RTFM. Are you using maildir (opposed to mailbox)? If you keep a lot of content ar

Re: swap

2007-05-08 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 04:12:22PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 7 May 2007 12:15:31 -0400 > > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > >> intelectual exercise; I went from a 486 with 32 MB swap to an Athlon > >> with 1GB in a single bound. That Xorg makes _t

Re: mutt: copy content from existing message into a new one

2007-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 10:19:44AM -0400, Allan Wind wrote: > I changed the subject to reflect the thread is being hijacked. Sorry, we were discussing mutt ... > On 2007-05-08T11:39:12+0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > 1. A way to look (copy & paste) to other messages while I am composing > > a ne

Re: swap

2007-05-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 May 2007 10:28:02 -0400 Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > In fact, it was poor browser performance (read inability to view some > sites) that was the drive to buy my new box. For everything else, my > IBM 486 was more than adequate. It annoyed me that I had to bu

Re: top vs htop %MEM

2007-05-08 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tyler Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running a process that is very memory intensive (analyzing > ca. 500,000 phylogenetic trees). It's using 1.6Gb of virtual memory, > 1.2Gb of physical memory (I have 1.5Gb of RAM). However, htop reports > only 21.5 for

Re: Japanese fonts in gnome-terminal

2007-05-08 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 09:38 -0400, Victor Munoz wrote: > Hello. I had this working in sarge, but somehow things have changed in > etch, and I can't see Japanese fonts in gnome-terminal. Currently I > have installed packages like cjk-latex, hbf-kanji48, ttf-kochi-mincho, > among the japanese-related

vim wrapping [Was: Re: mutt is the bomb! (LDAP addressbook integration)]

2007-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:52:33PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > this is in my .mutt/vimrc file > > source /etc/vim/vimrc > source ~/.vimrc > filetype indent on > highlight SpellErrors ctermfg=Red cterm=underline term=reverse > set filetype=mail " correct syntax highlighting > set textwidth=79 " wr

Re: 'Static kernel modules'

2007-05-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 May 2007 14:17:26 + Andrew Critchlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Appologies, > I forgot to include the subject of the message. > I am trying to get a module (kernel bit) compiled into the kernel and not as > a module. > The module is not part of the standard kernel tree. > > >

Re: (solved on my own) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:02:41AM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > aptitude search \!~i~sdoc only lists 4 packages. > > surely main of sarge has far more than that. > > I've got many replies, none solved my question. Thanks anyway. > > I'm java programmer, I'd rather write a program to parse a fil

Re: mutt is the bomb! (LDAP addressbook integration)

2007-05-08 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:52:33PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 11:49:00AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 11:39:12AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 07:48:50PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > > > 2. more an editor i

Re: Sid, xorg and fglrx

2007-05-08 Thread robin putters
BTW: Why is the latest fglrx driver only available for i386? AMD64 is just at 8.31.xx http://packages.debian.org/fglrx-driver -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: actual dimensions of X display.

2007-05-08 Thread mmiller3
> "peasthope" == peasthope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Debian users, /etc/X11/xorg.conf provides a selection of > depths and dimensions for the display. For example, Modes > "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > How can I know the depth and dimensions actually present on >

Re: vim wrapping [Was: Re: mutt is the bomb! (LDAP addressbook integration)]

2007-05-08 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 05:28:41PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:52:33PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > > this is in my .mutt/vimrc file > > > > source /etc/vim/vimrc > > source ~/.vimrc > > filetype indent on > > highlight SpellErrors ctermfg=Red cterm=underline term=re

Re: swap

2007-05-08 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 10:33:26AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 8 May 2007 10:28:02 -0400 > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > In fact, it was poor browser performance (read inability to view some > > sites) that was the drive to buy my new box. For everything els

Re: swap

2007-05-08 Thread John Hasler
Douglas Allan Tutty writes: > I don't know what's with this site but all of a sudden Xorg starts > racking up the memory. X "racks up memory" because the browser is asking for it. Note this: The page was created with Dreamworks. In other words, it's a buggy, bloated piece of crap. Interest

Re: vim wrapping [Was: Re: mutt is the bomb! (LDAP addressbook integration)]

2007-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 10:53:22AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > The problem is it only wraps when you reach the end of the line. If you > > go back and insert text it will not rewrap everything. > > Sure it will. Put your cursor in the paragraph, in command mode, hit > gqap > Note

Re: swap

2007-05-08 Thread Nigel Henry
On Tuesday 08 May 2007 16:21, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:00:50PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 7 May 2007 12:15:31 -0400 > > > > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To generalize the problem, given that the software can't be changed, at > > > what p

Re: Matrox G450 framebuffer...

2007-05-08 Thread Mat
I'm trying with a stable Etch and all seems ok... On May 8, 4:10 pm, Mat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. > I have problems with a G450 eTV on kernel 2.6.15-26. > Any idea? > ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: does a home user on dialup need a domain name?

2007-05-08 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 08:40:16AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 10:03:19PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > Douglas Allan Tutty([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:39:07PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > > > Looking a

Re: access to DVD movies

2007-05-08 Thread Bob McGowan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Debian users, http://xinehq.de/ suggests xine_dvd_plugin for access to DVD movies. xine_dvd_plugin is not visible in Debian. What in Debian has a similar function? Thanks, ... Peter E. Desktops.OpenDoc http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/ You may a

Re: Broken AMD-64-DVD-ISO-image retrieved via bittorrent

2007-05-08 Thread Andreas Glaeser
Thank you for all suggestions made. I am considering using rsync, when another BT-download of the missing parts has failed, but I don´t think the debian-cd-list is the right place for reporting the problem, because the problem is not the image itself, but rather the transfer of the image. Greetin

Re: (solved on my own) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Nigel Henry
On Tuesday 08 May 2007 16:36, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:02:41AM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > > aptitude search \!~i~sdoc only lists 4 packages. > > > > surely main of sarge has far more than that. > > > > I've got many replies, none solved my question. Thanks anyway.

Re: mutt: slow reading d-u

2007-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 10:23:05AM -0400, Allan Wind wrote: > On 2007-05-08T11:49:00+0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > 3. I can't seem to get mutt to cache better. On reading the d-u folder > > it takes a bit much for my taste (claws was faster). Any pointers? Of > > course I STFW and RTFM. > > Are

Re: DPMS stops working (ATI, openGl issue?)

2007-05-08 Thread Erik Steffl
jason.public wrote: On 4/9/07, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 01:28 -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: >When I start X DPMS is working (monitor is turned off), however after > some time it stops working (i.e. monitor is always on). [...] >fglrx-driver 8.31.5-1 (

Re: (solved on my own) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Perhaps I should put this to Synaptic's maintainer. Anyone know who > that is? > > Nigel. menu, click , then Cybe R. Wizard -- Nice computers don't go down. Larry Niven, Steven Barnes "The Barsoom Project" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

alsa problem in etch

2007-05-08 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hello, I am running ech in a sony vaio pcg-v505ex notebook. The system has a buildin intel8x0 sound card. My problem is that alsaconf configures correctly the card, but the configuration doesn't survives to the boot, in each boot I have to run alsaconf again. I know this problem has to do with a

Re: swap

2007-05-08 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: [snip] >> I run several apps at the same time. Currently there are 105 processes >> running, although most are sleeping according to top. > > Are you on i386 or amd64? I'm wondering how memory gets packed when > things are

Re: Is it Java or is it Iceweasel?

2007-05-08 Thread Mumia W..
On 05/08/2007 08:36 AM, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: [...] dgwicks:~$ openoffice /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice: line 254: 5256 Floating point exception"$sd_prog/$sd_binary" "$@" ** (process:5240): WARNING **: Unknown error forking main binary / abnormal early exit ... dgwicks:~$ [...] Some

Re: (solved on my own) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 05:50:19PM +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > it would be a nice feature for Synaptic's scrollbar to have both slow, and > fast, up, and down arrows. > > Perhaps I should put this to Synaptic's maintainer. Anyone know who that is? Just send a bug severity 'wishlist' with 'rep

[OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-08 Thread Jostein Elvaker Haande
I'm left speechless, honestly... http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070507-record-shops-used-cds-ihre-papieren-bitte.html -- Yours sincerely Jostein Elvaker Haande "A free society is a place where it is safe to be unpopular" - Adlai Stevenson Web: http://tolecnal.net - Mail: tolecnal tolec

Re: swap

2007-05-08 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nigel Henry wrote: > On Tuesday 08 May 2007 16:21, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: [snip] >> Sometimes, just links2, sometimes konq. I ususally use Xfce but have >> tried it with just rxvt, pdmenu, then links2 or konq. Try this site: >> >> http://www.uhn.

Re: How do I setup printer?

2007-05-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
> > > > > > I followed the steps in > > > > > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing/shari > ng_with_window > > s.html to the letter and it didn't work. > > > > Luckily the http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/425 had the two > > lines I needed to add; > > > > Allow From

Re: etch help

2007-05-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 12:53:33PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > You responded to my call for help yesterday and I appreciate any >that I can get. Thank you! I'm not sure I should contact you directly >but here I am. Please let me know if it's inappropriate and I'll >stop. I'd really like to

Re: Really annoying.

2007-05-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 04:22:46AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: > >While we're at it, lets top paste and write it in HTML. > > > >Damn, my MUA won't let me to that. It also keeps the tread. > >Program too smart for its own good. > > > >The Dilbert cartoon was not funny, it was a

Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-08 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jostein Elvaker Haande wrote: > I'm left speechless, honestly... > > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070507-record-shops-used-cds-ihre-papieren-bitte.html > Ha! Makes me glad I don't live there. Looks to me like another reason to download mu

Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-08 Thread Michael Marsh
On 5/8/07, Jostein Elvaker Haande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm left speechless, honestly... http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070507-record-shops-used-cds-ihre-papieren-bitte.html RIAA crap aside, it's true that CDs are easy to steal and easy to sell. A good friend's apartment was burgl

Re: does a home user on dialup need a domain name?

2007-05-08 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Mon, 7 May 2007 20:22:22 -0400 Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 05:01:10PM -0700, Jeff D wrote: > > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > >On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:03:49PM +0200, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > > >>On Mon, 7 May 2007 12:33:21 -0400 > > >>Douglas All

re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

2007-05-08 Thread Mike McClain
On Tue, 8 May 2007, Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how to use dpkg to list all packages in doc section that can be installed? > > just list package names. > > Thanks! I don't think dpkg itself will, try: grep "Package: .*doc" /var/lib/dpkg/available | cut -d" " -f2 for a list of avai

Re: Closed Ports problem

2007-05-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 08:32:32AM -0300, Lucas Prado Melo wrote: > I have at least tried to turn off my proxy and the same thing > happens... Wesnoth can't find the main server, aMsn and Gaim try to > connect but always fail... > Google earth works... So I guess this is not related to proxy... and

Re: Failed to install: "Detect and mount CD-ROM" failed

2007-05-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 12:14:53PM +0100, Stephen Turner wrote: > Trying to install etch from the netinst CD on a two-month old desktop > machine. > > Boot from CD, choose language and location, and then it fails to find > the CD drive: > > Detect and mount CD-ROM > No common CD-ROM drive was

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