Re: trying to get unicode to work in perl

2007-08-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 12:42:23PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > > Did you set LC_ALL? It is not set by default (at least not on my > > system). What is the output of locale (and why is your kmail sending > > ISO-8852-1 mails?) > > > > Regards, > > Andrei > > 'env' gives: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: font problem - please help!

2007-08-09 Thread Takehiko Abe
Zach wrote: > Someone said the new version of the X.Org xserver no longer puts the > Font lines in the xorg.conf file. I wonder where it puts them? I just > remember one of the packages that it upgraded was xserver-xorg yet it > didn't show anything on stdout indicating it was changing font > dir

Re: font problem - please help!

2007-08-09 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/09/2007 01:30 AM, Zach wrote: On 8/8/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] xset q xlsfonts The first command shows X settings, and the second one shows the fonts that X recognizes. This information helps in debugging the problem. Ok here is that output: http://pastebin.ca/65081

Re: font problem - please help!

2007-08-09 Thread Zach
On 8/8/07, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Version 7.2 of Xorg includes the default font paths automatically now, > so most of these lines are not needed anymore in the "Files" section of > xorg.conf: I checked apt-cache for xserver-xorg and you're right I have "Version: 1:7.2-5". So

Re: font problem - please help!

2007-08-09 Thread Zach
On 8/9/07, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well there's one quick way to find out. Assuming you have the correct font > packages installed, then just add the font directories in my or Mumia's > xorg.conf files that we've posted on this thread. Stop and restart your > xserver. If the pr

Re: font problem - please help!

2007-08-09 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Takehiko Abe wrote: > Zach wrote: > > fwiw my xorg.conf does not have a fontpath entry, and I don't have > much problem with fonts (or I have the same problem as you, but have > not noticed it.) > > From /usr/share/doc/xorg/changelog.Debian.gz : > > | * Don't write the files section of xorg.co

Re: switch from xserver-xorg-video-i810 to -intel and unsupported modes

2007-08-09 Thread Anton Piatek
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 06:34:51PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 07:31:16PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:32:40AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >>> I'm trying to configu

Re: font problem - please help!

2007-08-09 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Takehiko Abe wrote: > >> Zach wrote: >> >> fwiw my xorg.conf does not have a fontpath entry, and I don't have >> much problem with fonts (or I have the same problem as you, but have >> not noticed it.) >> >> From /usr/share/doc/xorg/changelog.Debian.gz : >> >> | * Don't

Switching to console freezes PC

2007-08-09 Thread Vincenzo Spinoso
Hi all, I've installed Debian Lenny using 2007-08-06 netinstall image and net installation. After using the PC for some time, if I switch from X to console using the classic CTRL+ALT+F1, then the system freezes, with keyboard/mouse not responding, xmms audio stopped, black screen... I must turn

Re: evolution does not start

2007-08-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It would be important to see a few lines of the strace output that comes Hello Florian, here they are a few of the last lines. The lines above look pretty much the same, with different library files to be looked for: open("/usr/lib/libsoftokn3.s

gnome in testing

2007-08-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
Right now when I run 'apt-get -s upgrade' there are 172 programs in the 'not-upgraded' response. If I try to upgrade any one of them a bunch of gnome programs are also upgrade but also apt-get wants to REMOVE gnome-desktop-environment and gnome-themes among a few others. Even upgrading vim wants t

Debian on a KVM switch

2007-08-09 Thread izlem Gozukeles
Hi, I have a debian etch on a KVM (keyboard-video-monitor) switch: -- Computers share the cd-rom and usb floppy. -- there is a scsi disk Further, in bios settings user does not have any chance for disabling the usb floppy. So after install, I had /dev/sda for usb floppy and /dev/sdb for the disk.

Passwordless X login

2007-08-09 Thread Dan H
Hello, I'd like to be able to login with just a mouseclick like possible in Windows. My wife and I are sharing a computer at home, and it's kind of silly to always have to type in a password (which is the same for both of us anyway). Is this possible with kdm, or do I have to switch window mana

Re: Passwordless X login

2007-08-09 Thread Joe Hart
On Thursday 09 August 2007 13:59:55 Dan H wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to be able to login with just a mouseclick like possible in > Windows. My wife and I are sharing a computer at home, and it's kind of > silly to always have to type in a password (which is the same for both of > us anyway). Is t

Re: font problem - please help!

2007-08-09 Thread Takehiko Abe
Jonathan Kaye wrote: Yes, Takehiko. I removed all the font paths from xorg.conf and now my Xorg.0.log looks exactly like yours and the fonts seem ok so far. You were perfectly correct. Thanks I learned something. I merely observed that [a] I never touched FontPath and my xorg.conf doesn't have

Re: switch from xserver-xorg-video-i810 to -intel and unsupported modes

2007-08-09 Thread Takehiko Abe
Anton Piatek wrote: Does anyone have any advice on what to try to get this card to do [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? Andrew summarized what he's done to make the driver honour his modeline in another message. Check it out if you haven't seen it: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/08/msg00414.htm

grub2 experience?

2007-08-09 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, Anybody install grub2? Did it go OK? Did you change grub.cfg? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to add dir to path

2007-08-09 Thread Jeff Fisher
Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 18:38:49 +0200 > "Manon Metten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hi, >> >> This thread ain't over yet. Apart from using ~/bin (as Andrei Popescu >> suggested) I noticed that adding 'export PATH=$HOME/scripts:$PATH' >> to the end of ~/.bash_profile, t

Switching from i2o_block to dpt_i2o

2007-08-09 Thread Neil Gunton
Hi, I am going to be rebuilding my colo server next week using the latest Etch netinst. The box has an Adaptec RAID card that has been using the dpt_i2o driver rather than i2o_block. I built this back in 2005, rolling my own kernel and going through quite a contorted process to get AMD64 inst

How do I enable piping to programs in /etc/aliases?

2007-08-09 Thread Thomas Anderson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am trying to make mailman work with exim4 and need to enable the possibility of piping to programs in the /etc/aliases file. Does anyone know how to do that? The /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz file says that piping is disabled by default.

Re: Needed: spamtrap for...

2007-08-09 Thread s. keeling
Eric d'Alibut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm sure anyone with responsibility for spam filtering has seen > messages, many of them, which meet the following criteria: > > HTML formatted > empty body > one attachment, which is a pdf file > > Is there a spamassassin test which would score such mes

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-08 18:52:11 +0200, Manon Metten wrote: > Hi Nelson, > > On 8/8/07, Nelson Castillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why did you switch from Perl to Python? > > > > I found the code I wrote easier to understand. But as I said before, > > I still use Perl for some tasks. > > OK. I forgo

Re: font problem - please help!

2007-08-09 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 04:01:51 -0400, Zach wrote: > On 8/8/07, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > Version 7.2 of Xorg includes the default font paths automatically now, > > so most of these lines are not needed anymore in the "Files" section of > > xorg.conf: > > I checked apt-cache for xserver-xorg

Re: Sarge->Etch Upgrade Minor Problems

2007-08-09 Thread s. keeling
Glennie Vignarajah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Le Wednesday 08 August 2007, Aikins, Ronald (Ron) (CIV) disait: > > > The default settings for vi have been changed. Display looks weird > > in terms of colors, etc. Can't figure what vi/vim file needs > > changing. I have backups of course of all pre-upg

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Firefox and Time Zones

2007-08-09 Thread Thomas Jollans
On Wednesday 08 August 2007, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > On 8/8/07, Andrew J. Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am suffering from a frustrating issue with Iceweasel (2.0.0.6, > > Debian unstable amd64). > > > > I have a LiveJournal, and the post form has date and time fields on > > it. These are au

[RESOLVED] Re: Canon Powershot A640 (update #2)

2007-08-09 Thread andy
Stefan Monnier wrote: I don't have a card reader, but it sounds like that may not be such a bad thing to get, except that it is probably more hassle to eject the SD card and reload it into a reader and run the risk of damaging it from frequent handling. Contrary to HS I haven't found the c

Re: Debian on a KVM switch

2007-08-09 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 14:57:36 +0300, izlem Gozukeles wrote: > Hi, > I have a debian etch on a KVM (keyboard-video-monitor) switch: > -- Computers share the cd-rom and usb floppy. > -- there is a scsi disk > > Further, in bios settings user does not have any chance for disabling the > usb floppy

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Steve Lamb
Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Why not zsh (more powerful than bash) or perl? Because to some Perl is horrible compared to Python. > for FILE in *.wav; do lame -h -b 160 "$FILE" "$FILE.mp3"; done Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't I just end up with with a bunch of files named blahblah.wav

Re: [RESOLVED] Re: Canon Powershot A640 (update #2)

2007-08-09 Thread Jeff D
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, andy wrote: Stefan Monnier wrote: I don't have a card reader, but it sounds like that may not be such a bad thing to get, except that it is probably more hassle to eject the SD card and reload it into a reader and run the risk of damaging it from frequent handling. Contra

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Jeff D
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Steve Lamb wrote: Vincent Lefevre wrote: Why not zsh (more powerful than bash) or perl? Because to some Perl is horrible compared to Python. for FILE in *.wav; do lame -h -b 160 "$FILE" "$FILE.mp3"; done Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't I just end up with w

Re: evolution does not start

2007-08-09 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 15:28:46 +0200, wauhugo AT yahoo DOT com wrote: > --- Florian Kulzer wrote: >> It would be important to see a few lines of the >> strace output that comes > > > Hello Florian, here they are a few of the last lines. > The lines above look pretty much the same, with > differen

Re: How to add dir to path

2007-08-09 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Wayne, On 8/8/07, Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are you saying that you put the PATH in .bash_profile like > PATH="./scripts:$PATH" > export PATH > > And doing > . . .bash_profile > > does not make it availible when it finishes? If that is so, please > post the contents of your .bash_

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Steve Lamb
Manon Metten wrote: > - Which one is easiest to learn? Between Bash and Python, Python. > - Which one is more powerful? Python. > - Can I execute /bin commands from within a python script > (something like mkdir or ls)? Yes, though for those examples you don't need to. The os li

Re: [RESOLVED] Re: Canon Powershot A640 (update #2)

2007-08-09 Thread andy
Jeff D wrote: On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, andy wrote: Stefan Monnier wrote: I don't have a card reader, but it sounds like that may not be such a bad thing to get, except that it is probably more hassle to eject the SD card and reload it into a reader and run the risk of damaging it from frequent ha

Re: Switching to console freezes PC

2007-08-09 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 11:17:16 +0200, Vincenzo Spinoso wrote: > Hi all, > I've installed Debian Lenny using 2007-08-06 netinstall image and net > installation. > After using the PC for some time, if I switch from X to console using the > classic CTRL+ALT+F1, then the system freezes, with keyboa

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Florian, On 8/8/07, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/index.html > http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/Perl/start.html > http://hetland.org/writing/instant-python.html Thanks for the links. They are very useful. Although I did already some re

Re: Substituting one font for another system-wide?

2007-08-09 Thread Tim Hull
> > Font server? Who needs to use xfs in 2007? I guess I misspoke - I'm just using the default font configuration toolchain. Anyway... I must be misunderstanding something. Or don't recognize > Arial's pervasiveness. > > I know this is going to sound stupid, but couldn't you just install > Ari

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 09:25:20 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > Why not zsh (more powerful than bash) or perl? > > Because to some Perl is horrible compared to Python. > > > for FILE in *.wav; do lame -h -b 160 "$FILE" "$FILE.mp3"; done > > Correct me if I'm wron

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Vincent, On 8/9/07, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: zsh is more powerful, e.g. recursive globbing, MULTIOS, more powerful > parameter expansion, tied parameters... > > > In fact, zsh is better mainly for interactive use (better completion > mechanisms, multiline editor). I'll take

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Steve Lamb
Jeff D wrote: > It has nothing to do with shell, python, perl or what ever. You would > still have rename the file extention: Yes, you would. And therein lies the point. One liners often aren't. Quite often something comes up and "whoops, need to do this" and then "d'oh, need to do that" an

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Steve Lamb
Manon Metten wrote: > Well, I find Perl easier to understand. The problem may be with some > programmers who don't know how to write readable code... Now, the thing > I really hate concerning python is that it is sensitive to indentation; > this means that some operations like copy-

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Steve, On 8/9/07, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or should I learn bash scripting anyway? > > Learn enough to be able to parse it and convert it to your language of > choice. That's a valuable advice. It'll save me a lot of time and yet I'll be able to achieve what I want. import

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/09/07 11:51, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 09:25:20 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: >> Vincent Lefevre wrote: >>> Why not zsh (more powerful than bash) or perl? >> Because to some Perl is horrible compared to Python. >> >>> for F

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Steve, On 8/9/07, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> python ... is sensitive to indentation; > > > Well, that's a major disadvantage to me too. > > Actually, it isn't. At no time have I ever had any problems with > Python > code which would not also be an issue in other code as wel

Re: Substituting one font for another system-wide?

2007-08-09 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/09/07 11:59, Tim Hull wrote: >> Font server? Who needs to use xfs in 2007? > > > I guess I misspoke - I'm just using the default font configuration > toolchain. > > Anyway... I must be misunderstanding something. Or don't recognize >> Arial'

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/09/07 12:19, Steve Lamb wrote: > Manon Metten wrote: >> Well, I find Perl easier to understand. The problem may be with some >> programmers who don't know how to write readable code... Now, the thing >> I really hate concerning python

Re: evolution does not start

2007-08-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 15:28:46 +0200, wauhugo AT yahoo DOT com wrote: open("/usr/lib/evolution/2.6/libdb-4.4.so", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260x\1"..., 512) = 512Process 3243 detached That is strange, where does the /usr/li

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread mmiller3
> "Jeff" == Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You would still have rename the file extention: > for FILE in *wav ; do lame -h -b 160 "$FILE" "`echo $FILE > |sed s/.wav/.mp3/g ` " ; done Or just use the shell itself: for FILE in *wav ; do lame -h -b 160 \"$FILE\" \"${FILE%.

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Jeff D
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, mmiller3 wrote: "Jeff" == Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You would still have rename the file extention: > for FILE in *wav ; do lame -h -b 160 "$FILE" "`echo $FILE > |sed s/.wav/.mp3/g ` " ; done Or just use the shell itself: for FILE in *wav ; do lame -

Python intention (Was: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?)

2007-08-09 Thread Steve Lamb
Manon Metten wrote: > Than, probably I didn't understand it correct. I thought of it as some > prefixed indentation. I like eg. to indent with two spaces and not four or > six. But then I consequently stick to it. If that's what you mean, then it > ain't no problem for me. It is but it isn't.

Re: Python intention (Was: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?)

2007-08-09 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Steve, Thanks for explaining. I'll examine some scripts I'll find on the web, to get an idea of how it looks. Manon.

Re: gnome in testing

2007-08-09 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Right now when I run 'apt-get -s upgrade' there are 172 programs in the > 'not-upgraded' response. If I try to upgrade any one of them a bunch of > gnome programs are also upgrade but also apt-get wants to REMOVE > gnome-desktop-environment and gnome-themes among a few others. I'd probably do:

Re: evolution does not start

2007-08-09 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 22:00:45 +0200, wauhugo AT yahoo DOT com wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 15:28:46 +0200, wauhugo AT yahoo DOT com wrote: >> open("/usr/lib/evolution/2.6/libdb-4.4.so", O_RDONLY) >> = 3 >> read(3, >> "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\2

Conversion of .flv to .mpg format?

2007-08-09 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
Is there a way to go form .flv file to .mpg under linux? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

newbie here - system administration question

2007-08-09 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
Hi debianites, I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get going. Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not installed software), things like the network, users, logging etc. Coming from BSD where a lot of things are in .conf files under /etc I have a pro

Wine question

2007-08-09 Thread Loeghmon T. Nejad
Everyone, I installed notpad++, a fantastic Windows text editor, using wine and It works flawlessly. However, when I change keyboard layout and encoding (UTF-8) by pressing alt-shift, all I get is question marks instead of alpha characters. I even copied TTF fonts to the directory that notpad++ w

Re: newbie here - system administration question

2007-08-09 Thread Jeff D
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: Hi debianites, I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get going. Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not installed software), things like the network, users, logging etc. Coming from BSD where a lot of th

Re: newbie here - system administration question

2007-08-09 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
Jeff D wrote: On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: Hi debianites, I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get going. Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not installed software), things like the network, users, logging etc. Coming from BSD wh

Re: DNS problem on local network

2007-08-09 Thread Adam Hardy
Jeff D on 09/08/07 00:55, wrote: On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Adam Hardy wrote: Jeff D on 08/08/07 00:34, wrote: On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Adam Hardy wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 06/08/07 21:04, wrote: My server isengard runs dnsmasq to provide the dhcp clients. However it doesn't recognise any internal net

problem with java-gcj-compat-plugin on distillation applet.....

2007-08-09 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Debianists, I run Debian AMD64 Etch 4.0 (r0) on an AMD64 Sempron 3200 box. I use Iceweasel and I recently installed java-gcj-compat-plugin from synaptic. I then went to the following site: http://tierling.home.texas.net/ This guy has generously put a bunch of java applets on the site

RE: problem with java-gcj-compat-plugin on distillation applet.....

2007-08-09 Thread Michael Fothergill
From: "Michael Fothergill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: problem with java-gcj-compat-plugin on distillation applet. Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:39:35 + Dear Debianists, I run Debian AMD64 Etch 4.0 (r0) on an AMD64 Sempron 3200 box. I use Iceweasel and

Re: Conversion of .flv to .mpg format?

2007-08-09 Thread Wu-Kung Sun
On 8/9/07, ISHWAR RATTAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to go form .flv file to .mpg > under linux? > > -ishwar > Use mencoder. A basic example: mencoder your.flv -oac copy -ovc lavc -of mpeg -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -o your.mpg -- swk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Virtual Machines/Emulators

2007-08-09 Thread Mike McCarty
Nate Bargmann wrote: * Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Aug 07 18:35 -0500]: Nate Bargmann wrote: * Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Aug 07 17:29 -0500]: However, I'd say installation is VERY HARD. That's why we use Debian, it makes the hard tasks easy and the impossible ones

Re: Conversion of .flv to .mpg format?

2007-08-09 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/09/07 13:56, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: > Is there a way to go form .flv file to .mpg > under linux? Check out clive and mpgtx in the repository. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish,

Re: How to add dir to path

2007-08-09 Thread Wayne Topa
Manon Metten([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi Wayne, > > On 8/8/07, Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you saying that you put the PATH in .bash_profile like > > PATH="./scripts:$PATH" > > export PATH > > > > And doing > > . . .bash_profile > > > > does not make it ava

Re: Debian can't mount Camera Memory Stick

2007-08-09 Thread Mike McCarty
Mike McCarty wrote: My GF has a situation in which she cannot mount a camera memory stick. Here's the setup... CPU<--->HUB<--->Dazzle[<--Stick Ok, I realize that it mounts when connected directly, so there is a work around. But is anyone willing to help figure out what is wrong so we can make

Re: newbie here - system administration question

2007-08-09 Thread Jeff D
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: Hi debianites, I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get going. Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not installed software), things like the n

Re: Conversion of .flv to .mpg format?

2007-08-09 Thread andy
ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: Is there a way to go form .flv file to .mpg under linux? -ishwar Yes. Assuming that you have mencoder, the script I use prior to converting from anyvideo.* to *.mpg prior to converting to DVD format is as follows: /usr/bin/mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegop

Re: [solved] Defoma: How2 install type 1 fonts?

2007-08-09 Thread Bill
On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 16:00 -0700, Bill wrote: > Hi folks, > > It's been some time now since I've used my old copy of > WordPerfect 8.0 Personal Edition for Linux. I usually use > the OpenOffice suite these days. > > However, I've been looking to install more fonts for > OpenOffice and make

Re: Solved: evolution does not start

2007-08-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Florian Kulzer wrote: ldd $(which evolution) | grep libdb-4.4.so /usr/bin/ldd: line 117: 4677 Segmentation fault LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS=1 LD_WARN= LD_BIND_NOW= LD_LIBRARY_VERSION=$verify_out LD_VERBOSE= "$@" ldd segfaulting might indicate a serious problem with the dynamic

Re: newbie here - system administration question

2007-08-09 Thread Wayne Topa
Per olof Ljungmark([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi debianites, > > I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get > going. Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not > installed software), things like the network, users, logging etc. > > Comin

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 9, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Steve Lamb wrote: for FILE in *.wav; do lame -h -b 160 "$FILE" "$FILE.mp3"; done Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't I just end up with with a bunch of files named blahblah.wav.mp3? Follow it with "rename .wav.mp3 .mp3 *". :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 9, 2007, at 10:19 AM, Steve Lamb wrote: Actually, it isn't. At no time have I ever had any problems with Python code which would not also be an issue in other code as well. The only difference being you have to be careful about indention in one case, braces in the other. Stil

em64t

2007-08-09 Thread fagogue
Hi there, I'm trying to get the best of my machine based on intel core2 (6550), which is compliant with em64t debian arch (at least I thought...) but there is only a amd64 install available, which doesn't want to run on Intel machine... Therefore, I've started with a x386 architecture debian inst

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Nelson Castillo
On 8/9/07, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 9, 2007, at 10:19 AM, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Actually, it isn't. At no time have I ever had any problems > > with Python > > code which would not also be an issue in other code as well. The only > > difference being you have to be

Strange video troubles (DPMS & nv driver)

2007-08-09 Thread cothrige
I have been having a couple of odd developments lately which I think may be traceable to my Samsung SyncMaster 940BW 19" LCD monitor. It started when I noticed I was not getting consistent reactions to my DPMS settings. In my xorg.conf I have the following: Section "ServerFlags" Option

Re: newbie here - system administration question

2007-08-09 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
Wayne Topa wrote: Per olof Ljungmark([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Hi debianites, I am a complete beginner with Debian and need a little help to get going. Specifically, I wonder how you configure the system (not installed software), things like the network, users, logging etc.

Re: Debian can't mount Camera Memory Stick

2007-08-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 02:57:04PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: >> My GF has a situation in which she cannot mount a camera memory >> stick. Here's the setup... >> CPU<--->HUB<--->Dazzle[<--Stick > > Ok, I realize that it mounts when connected directly, so there > is a work arou

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Just remember to tell you editor to "inserts spaces as tab" and set > the tab width to something reasonable like 4. Please don't. TABs are 8 spaces apart. Always have been, always will be. People playing silly tricks with tab-width is the main reason why using TABs in languages like Python is

Re: Debian on a KVM switch

2007-08-09 Thread izlem Gozukeles
Thanks, now everything is OK. On 8/9/07, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 14:57:36 +0300, izlem Gozukeles wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a debian etch on a KVM (keyboard-video-monitor) switch: > > -- Computers share the cd-rom and usb floppy. > > -- there is a scsi

Re: Solved: evolution does not start

2007-08-09 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 00:16:04 +0200, wauhugo AT yahoo DOT com wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] >> It might also help to check the md5sums of all files from the evolution >> and the libdb4.4 package: >> >> debsums -a evolution libdb4.4 | grep -v OK$ >> > debsums -a evolution libdb4.4 | g

Re: newbie here - system administration question

2007-08-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 10:49:15PM +0200, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: >> Rather then try to give you things to do, and as you are a beginner, >> install the debian-reference package. Most, if not all, of your >> questions are answered there. >> apr-cache search debian-reference(pick your language)

Re: newbie here - system administration question

2007-08-09 Thread John K Masters
On 22:49 Thu 09 Aug , Per olof Ljungmark wrote: > Wayne Topa wrote: >> Per olof Ljungmark([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > bash: apr-cache: command not found ^^^ Typo - should be apt-cache. Probably worth reading up on Debian basics, maybe run "apt-get install apt-howto

dfsbuild

2007-08-09 Thread André César de Sá
Heya, I've been trying to build a CD with dfsbuild. I used a tutorial found on Debian Administration site, but I keep getting this error(ATTN: Large Output!): *SNIP* [dfs/DEBUG] Processing at state Fresh [dfs/DEBUG] Processing at state Initialized [dfs/INFO] Mirroring process starting. [dfs/INFO

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Steve Lamb
Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Just remember to tell you editor to "inserts spaces as tab" and set >> the tab width to something reasonable like 4. > Please don't. TABs are 8 spaces apart. Always have been, always will be. > People playing silly tricks with tab-width is the main reason why using TABs

Re: em64t

2007-08-09 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 22:39 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to get the best of my machine based on intel core2 (6550), which is > compliant with em64t debian arch (at least I thought...) but there is only a > amd64 install available, which doesn't want to run on Intel machine... Hello

Re: em64t

2007-08-09 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/09/07 15:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm trying to get the best of my machine based on intel core2 (6550), which is > compliant with em64t debian arch (at least I thought...) but there is only a > amd64 install available, which

Re: em64t

2007-08-09 Thread Stephen Cormier
On August 9, 2007 05:39:28 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm trying to get the best of my machine based on intel core2 (6550), which > is compliant with em64t debian arch (at least I thought...) but there is > only a amd64 install available, which doesn't want to run on Intel > machin

Re: newbie here - system administration question

2007-08-09 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
John K Masters wrote: On 22:49 Thu 09 Aug , Per olof Ljungmark wrote: Wayne Topa wrote: Per olof Ljungmark([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: bash: apr-cache: command not found ^^^ Typo - should be apt-cache. Probably worth reading up on Debian basics, maybe run "apt-ge

Re: em64t

2007-08-09 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/09/07 16:16, Krzysztof Lubański wrote: > On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 22:39 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I'm trying to get the best of my machine based on intel core2 (6550), which >> is >> compliant with em64t debian arch (at least I thought...)

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-09 Thread Jochen Schulz
Nelson Castillo: > > I make trailing spaces and TABS visible in vim. > I know it's hard to keep conventions when you work with a team. > > http://wiki.freaks-unidos.net/weblogs/arhuaco/visible-spaces-in-vim I am using set listchars=tab:»·,trail:· in my ~/.vimrc. That makes tabs and taling spac

Re: newbie here - system administration question

2007-08-09 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Looking in /etc, I see /etc/network/iface, is it here I fix that? I don't see any such file. There is /etc/network/interfaces however. > man iface > man network try "man interfaces" ;-) Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

Re: Debian can't mount Camera Memory Stick

2007-08-09 Thread Mike McCarty
Andrei Popescu wrote: lkml? What is lkml? Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I can explain it for you, but I can't un

Re: [RESOLVED] Re: Canon Powershot A640 (update #2)

2007-08-09 Thread H.S.
andy wrote: > Thanks for your ideas. I suspect that you are probably right in your > assessment of the protocols the different devices use: the Sony > registers as a storage device while the Canon is registered as a camera. > While this doesn't answer the issue of why on my partner's Etch machine

Re: How to add dir to path

2007-08-09 Thread Mike McCarty
Manon Metten wrote: Hi Mike, On 8/7/07, Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I do believe he's got it... almost. Errr... She :-) Sorry 'bout that! Hard to see what you look like! Abject apologies and all that. Also, that's a better quote (from "My Fair Lady"). If ENV_VAR is an environ

Scribus with acentuation

2007-08-09 Thread Jose Paulo Matafome Oleiro
Hello to all. I've got a problem with Scribus, when I write text like é or ã this doesn't appear how it should be, it looks like 'e or ã how I can fix this? Anyone can help me? My keyboard layout it's portuguese, where we use too often acentuation in words. Thanks in advance for your help. Sincer

Re: em64t

2007-08-09 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 16:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/09/07 16:16, Krzysztof Lubański wrote: > > [...] > > I'm not big into x86-64 business, but AMD64 and EM64T / Intel 64 > > Danger!! Danger!!! > > Intel has two wildly different 64-bit implementations: Itanium (aka > ia64) and em64t/amd

Re: em64t

2007-08-09 Thread Linas Žvirblis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > I'm trying to get the best of my machine based on intel core2 (6550), which is > compliant with em64t debian arch (at least I thought...) but there is only a > amd64 install available, which doesn't want to run on Intel machine... AMD64 == EM64T ==

trying to connect to usb devices...can not get tty -but get some strange stuff

2007-08-09 Thread Michael Habashy
Hi all - I am a little new to this. I am trying to connect my cingular 8125 cell phone to my debian box so it can talk to kannel and I can be very happy. I am trying to connect it via usb or a bluetooth dongle that is usb. In either case i think the box is okay..I get that the devices are being rec

Re: problem with java-gcj-compat-plugin on distillation applet.....

2007-08-09 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 07:42:43PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > >> From: "Michael Fothergill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: problem with java-gcj-compat-plugin on distillation applet. >> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:39:35 + >> >> Dear Debianists,

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