Re: vim + LaTeX (Was: What am I missing without mutt?)

2008-02-06 Thread Dan H.
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 11:29:40AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > Just out of curiosity: why OOo instead of AbiWord? > > After you suggested using AbiWord I gave it a whirl. At first glance it > seemed to work nicely but after 2-3 times I noticed that it was really > chuggi

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread Dan H.
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 05:27:50AM +0100, s. keeling wrote: Although I'm a recent convert to mutt, let me blow the horn for Claws (aka sylpheed-claws-gtk2 on sarge). > Mutt handles any standard form of mail box format, Claws is only good with MH folders and IMAP, but it can import mbox. Supposed

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 09:54:03AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 06/02/2008, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you managed to see the letters in Dotan's signature, you probably > > don't have a problem with UTF-8. > > Tzafir, were the letters displayed backwards? In the mutt I inst

Re: low-MHz server [OT]

2008-02-06 Thread Julian De Marchi
HP/Compaq Proliant 5000. 200 MHz (may be available slower) is a possibility at $300 USD on eBay plus shipping it across the border to Canada. 2 PCI busses with 5 slots (2 shared with EISA), max 4 GB ram, Pen Pro CPU, 5 bays in a rack-mount, 4 in a tower (may be other options but I haven't got

Re: discovering debian ...

2008-02-06 Thread Chris Lale
oxy wrote: > Hi, i just installed debian/gnome and am discovering it. > At first, few things sound strange: > > where is man here? There is only a strange xman :-[ If you are looking for a way to access man(ual)pages graphically in Gnome, I would suggest installing the package "dwww". You can sea

Re: How to set up a WLAN?

2008-02-06 Thread Dan H.
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:57:45PM +0100, Hakon Alstadheim wrote: > Check out module-assistant for automatically building extra modules for > your kernel. That's what I did. The module loads fine. Dmesg output is: usbcore: registered new driver rt2500usb If I do "ifconfig wlan1 up", the "Link"

What package does my bug report belong to?

2008-02-06 Thread Jose M Gomez Llorente
Since the mail account from where I sent the previous mail has strong filtering and I have not received any answer, I send it again from this alternative account. == I have an ACER TM7720 (ATI Mobility Radeon 2400 XT card) laptop under Debian 4.0 (default install). W

Re: vim + LaTeX (Was: What am I missing without mutt?)

2008-02-06 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 06 Feb 2008, Dan H. wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 11:29:40AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Just out of curiosity: why OOo instead of AbiWord? > > > > After you suggested using AbiWord I gave it a whirl. At first glance it > > seemed to work nicely but after 2-3 t

Kept back packages

2008-02-06 Thread Samuel Bächler
Dear All I did # aptitude update # aptitude upgrade [...snip...] The following packages have been kept back: ipw3945-modules-2.6-686 linux-image-2.6-686 [...snip...] Shall I do a # aptitude dist-upgrade to install the packages mentioned above? Regards Sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

debian live cv with dev apps

2008-02-06 Thread Brent Clark
Hi Does anyone know of live cd distro that has all the debian development / package building apps. If anyone can help recommend, thanks in advance. Brent Clark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What package does my bug report belong to?

2008-02-06 Thread Jochen Schulz
Jose M Gomez Llorente: > > I have an ACER TM7720 (ATI Mobility Radeon 2400 XT card) > laptop under Debian 4.0 (default install). > When I press Alt-Ctrl-F1 from the gdm login window or from the gnome > desktop to switch session and then come back with Alt-Ctrl-F7, the > screen is screwed up with a

Re: security keys

2008-02-06 Thread Jochen Schulz
tom arnall: > > W: GPG error: http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch Release: The following > signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: > NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907 > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems These messages are not very helpfu

Re: Per app GTK+ theme?

2008-02-06 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Feb 05 09:19 -0600]: > On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 04:49:55PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > Is this possible? I looked through GNOME's GTK theme documentation but > > didn't see anything obvious. Or, is this an all or nothing deal? > > withuot rea

Re: [OT] Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/06/08 00:33, s. keeling wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On 02/05/08 22:27, s. keeling wrote: >>> Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 05/02/2008, BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 4, 5:20 pm, "Steve Lamb

mailping setup

2008-02-06 Thread Johann Spies
I am trying to get mailping to work. When finished, I want it to be able to produce graphs in Munin for our three mail servers. At the moment, I am trying out the new-to-be-put-in-production-soon server: mail2a I am monitoring it from a server (archive.sun.ac.za) which is not part of the mail ga

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/06/08 00:13, s. keeling wrote: > John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> s. keeling writes: >>> Mutt handles any standard form of mail box format, including >>> on_some_other_server(don't much care how), aka. imap. >> Internet Message Access Protoc

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/06/08 00:43, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Feb 5, 2008 8:27 PM, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> email was intended to be ASCII (or something discernable as it), and >> we have MIME attachments to deal with the rest. I don't need or want >>

Re: Kept back packages

2008-02-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/06/08 05:55, Samuel Bächler wrote: > Dear All > > I did > # aptitude update > # aptitude upgrade > [...snip...] > The following packages have been kept back: > ipw3945-modules-2.6-686 linux-image-2.6-686 > [...snip...] > > Shall I do a > # apt

Unable to install debian via netinst.iso CD,

2008-02-06 Thread narendra sisodiya
Hello, I am trying to install Debian from this CD http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r2/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r2-i386-netinst.iso all are going ok, but when we got option for selecting mirror we are unable to install We have to install from a local server where all there DVD iso images are ext

LJ4300 & LJ5M Printer Network works only sometimes over Debian 3.0

2008-02-06 Thread luisben
Hi. I have a HP laseJet 4300 and a HP Laserjet 5M printers connected to our corporative network and their computers sometimes print their works normally and sometimes user have to make their print request twice. In this last case sometimes they isn't any network or OS response until the second req

Re: debian live cv with dev apps

2008-02-06 Thread Gerard Robin
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:03:51PM +0200, Brent Clark wrote: From: Brent Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: debian live cv with dev apps Does anyone know of live cd distro that has all the debian development / package building apps. knoppix live CD http://ww

Re: Unable to install debian via netinst.iso CD,

2008-02-06 Thread narendra sisodiya
On Feb 6, 2008 6:49 PM, narendra sisodiya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to install Debian from this CD > > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r2/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r2-i386-netinst.iso > all are going ok, but when we got option for selecting mirror we are > unable to inst

Re: debian live cv with dev apps

2008-02-06 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:03:51PM +0200, Brent Clark wrote: > Hi > > Does anyone know of live cd distro that has all the debian development / > package building apps. > > If anyone can help recommend, thanks in advance. Make one with whatever you need: http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/

Re: Unable to install debian via netinst.iso CD,

2008-02-06 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 06:49:55PM +0530, narendra sisodiya wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to install Debian from this CD > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r2/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r2-i386-netinst.iso > all are going ok, but when we got option for selecting mirror we are unable > to install >

Re: Unable to install debian via netinst.iso CD,

2008-02-06 Thread narendra sisodiya
On Feb 6, 2008 7:26 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 06:49:55PM +0530, narendra sisodiya wrote: > > Hello, > > I am trying to install Debian from this CD > > > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r2/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r2-i386-netinst.iso > > all are goin

Re: Getting started with Xen -- Xen enabled kernel for Lenny?

2008-02-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-01-24 23:34:44, schrieb Martin Marcher: > aptitude install xen-linx-image-2.6-xen-amd64 > > no i'm not joking, those with the hypervisor and ioemu and i was set, I had > the 2 or 3 minor updates since etch release and all of those kernels worked > fine. I am using the "xen-linx-image-2.6-

Re: Getting started with Xen -- Xen enabled kernel for Lenny?

2008-02-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-01-24 21:02:02, schrieb Ted Hilts: > Also, I was talking about kernel versions higher than yours (up in the > twenties where yours was 18) and 32 bit. But whether the CPU is 32 bit Sorry, but I am using the latest "linux-image-2.6.23-1-xen-686" from Unstable/Sid which I have tried to reb

Re: Getting started with Xen -- Xen enabled kernel for Lenny?

2008-02-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-01-25 12:11:35, schrieb Martin Marcher: > Any specific reason you need a newer kernel? (Again) I wouldn't do that on a > server machine. Also xen patches are always a couple of versions behind - > at least in my experience - so they only apply cleanly to the version > stated on xensource Y

Re: PUPPIES FOR SALE

2008-02-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-02-01 06:32:34, schrieb Ron Johnson: > On 01/30/08 17:17, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > I would filter for UPPER case only subjects since to 99.99% they are spam. > > OR AOL USERS. N.C. :-) Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Networ

Re: low-MHz server

2008-02-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
It seems you have the need for EMP-Secured equipment... I have 19" racks which support NEMA68 and EMP... But I believe, a "normal" working human can not buy it! Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant --

Re: Setting up Debian on a mobile disk

2008-02-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-02-01 09:26:59, schrieb Dan H.: > Yes, I figured that. But it ain't easy. There's simply no way I can think of > to make grub install itself on that disk. I have no idea which (hdx,y) to > use. /dev/sda is flatly refused as it is not a "BIOS" disk. Why can't grub > simply install itself on

Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?

2008-02-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-01-31 23:35:31, schrieb Gaudenz Steinlin: > Do you have any numbers that kernel with unneeded hardware options not > compiled in actually run faster? I would be very suprised by this as the > additional code just never runs. AFAIK all applicable processor > optimizations for powerpc are alr

Re: OT:weird problem downloading big files

2008-02-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-02-01 00:51:28, schrieb Sergio Belkin: > Hi, > > I've stuck with a weird problem... > > I can't download "big" files, I mean, I can't download well DVD iso files, > for So you are using Sarge or an older version of Linux? This version does NOT HAVE LFS (Large File Support). The ver

Re: low-MHz server

2008-02-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-01-31 14:31:34, schrieb Julian De Marchi: > > > >Any suggestions for good old boxes like this that will run modern Debian > >or OpenBSD and be reasonably reliable? > > An Old HP Proliant 800 or something would suit. They are readily available > on ebay. I ran one with multiple 200mhz cp

Re: PUPPIES FOR SALE

2008-02-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-01-30 22:40:27, schrieb mouss: > so we can no more discuss Puppy Linux or the Puppy package manager on > debian lists? > > keyword filtering on general public lists is risky. I wonder if training > bayes with a large corpus would help (the problem is what spam to use in > the corpus).

Re: low-MHz server

2008-02-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-01-31 08:51:08, schrieb NN_il_Confusionario: > The IBM I have (90MHz cpu, "carolina" motherboard) still runs woody (and > linux 1.4.19); I do not think it would run smoothly with etch. I suspect, Woody will run with a 1.4.19 :-) Since it was shiped with 2.2.20 and 2.4.8 (AFAIK) > I thin

Re: vim + LaTeX

2008-02-06 Thread Miles Bader
Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why has no one in this thread mentioned Lyx? I've just used it to > produce two books for Lulu and have found it good for that purpose. Last time I tried Lyx it crashed every 5 minutes even with fairly simple documents... "Texmacs" is kind of interes

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread BartlebyScrivener
On Feb 6, 2:40 am, "Dan H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My next hobby is going to be vim, In .muttrc: set editor="gvim -f" And see, "Efficient editing with vim": http://jmcpherson.org/editing.html rd http://dooling.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: vim + LaTeX (Was: What am I missing without mutt?)

2008-02-06 Thread BartlebyScrivener
On Feb 6, 4:10 am, Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But I don't use it to produce the actual text; for that I use (g)vim. It's an author's dream for the same reason that it's a programmer's dream. > the text is more or less as I want it I then import it into Lyx for > working up int

No subpixel rendering fonts in GTK+ apps

2008-02-06 Thread Lukasz Mazurkiewicz
Hi all! I've patched (using patches from Ubuntu Hardy sources) and recompiled freetype2, libcairo2, libxft2 and fontconfig to get the subpixel rendering (ClearType-like) fonts. Everything went ok, but the problem is that the subpixel rendering shows only on KDE/QT apps but not in GTK apps (ex.

Re: Printer HP c7280: No Installed HP Devices Found

2008-02-06 Thread Gerard Robin
On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 07:37:46PM -0500, Andrew Malcolmson wrote: From: Andrew Malcolmson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Printer HP c7280: No Installed HP Devices Found On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 16:13:26 +0100, "Gerard Robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Hello, When I

Re: Printer HP c7280: No Installed HP Devices Found

2008-02-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:24:27 +0100 Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Gerard, > Why can't I make hp-toolbox work as normal user ? > Why can't I make xsane work as normal user ? Make sure the normal user is a member of both 'lpadmin' and 'scanner' groups. They should then be able to r

Re: low-MHz server

2008-02-06 Thread Brian
I hadnt considered the multi proc possibility, there are indeed some dual proc p2 boxen available. I see a dual p2 300 (probably too fast) for 60 bux with 3 9 gig scsi disks and 512 mb ram as well. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread Dan H.
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 06:37:27AM -0800, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > In .muttrc: > > set editor="gvim -f" That would be without the "g", right? BTW, what's wrong with my setup? When I type :help, I get E433: No tags file E149: Sorry, no help for help.txt But: $ locate help.txt | grep vim /us

Re: low-MHz server

2008-02-06 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 07:44:30AM -0800, Brian wrote: > I hadnt considered the multi proc possibility, there are indeed some > dual proc p2 boxen available. > > I see a dual p2 300 (probably too fast) for 60 bux with 3 9 gig scsi > disks and 512 mb ram as well. Yea, 300 is too fast. 200 is th

Re: How to set up a WLAN?

2008-02-06 Thread Wayne Topa
Dan H.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 03:57:45PM +0100, Hakon Alstadheim wrote: > Never could get my USB stick G122 working. Seems like others had the same problem. Found this in my collection of HowTo's for Dlink. Google for DWL-G122_Ubuntu.html WT -

Re: low-MHz server

2008-02-06 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 03:16:52PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2008-01-31 08:51:08, schrieb NN_il_Confusionario: > > The IBM I have (90MHz cpu, "carolina" motherboard) still runs woody (and > > linux 1.4.19); I do not think it would run smoothly with etch. > > I suspect, Woody will run wit

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread BartlebyScrivener
On Feb 6, 10:00 am, "Dan H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > set editor="gvim -f" > > That would be without the "g", right? > The "g" starts the gui version of vim, which I like. > BTW, what's wrong with my setup? When I type :help, I get > > E433: No tags file > E149: Sorry, no help for help.tx

Re: low-MHz server

2008-02-06 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 05:00:43PM +0100, NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 03:16:52PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > Am 2008-01-31 08:51:08, schrieb NN_il_Confusionario: > > > The IBM I have (90MHz cpu, "carolina" motherboard) still runs woody (and > > > linux 1.4.19); I do

hitachi hd

2008-02-06 Thread Giancarlo Bruno
I am trying to install debian Etch on a new PC (with no other OS installed) I get a message saying that "no disk drive was detected" The BIOS screen says HD is a SATA drive HITACHI HDP 725040GLA with 400GB. Any hint to help me with this issue? thanks a lot Giancarlo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Iceweasel problems - where to report them?

2008-02-06 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Greetings; I have several serious problems with Iceweasel. Where do I report them? It seems every thing I have found is for Firefox problems. Tnx! Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread Wayne Topa
Dan H.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 06:37:27AM -0800, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > > In .muttrc: > > > > set editor="gvim -f" > > That would be without the "g", right? > > BTW, what's wrong with my setup? When I type :help, I get > > E433: No tags file >

Re: Iceweasel problems - where to report them?

2008-02-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/06/08 10:55, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Greetings; > > I have several serious problems with Iceweasel. > > Where do I report them? It seems every thing I have > found is for Firefox problems. $ reportbug iceweasel But maybe you should first pos

Re: vim + LaTeX

2008-02-06 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 06 Feb 2008, Miles Bader wrote: > Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Why has no one in this thread mentioned Lyx? I've just used it to > > produce two books for Lulu and have found it good for that purpose. > > Last time I tried Lyx it crashed every 5 minutes even with fairly simp

choice of Debian server; was Re: Flash with Iceweasel in Lenny

2008-02-06 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Nuno, nm> Try the rest of the world, ... oregonstate.edu is the closest server which has the files. Going to another server will only increase the cost of communication. Regards, ... Peter E. http://carnot.yi.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: vim + LaTeX (Was: What am I missing without mutt?)

2008-02-06 Thread Steve Lamb
s. keeling wrote: > Just curious, but what's wrong with breaking it up by chapters and > figuring out how to merge it all together later? "lpr chap*" too much > to remember? Now email that ream of paper. -- Steve Lamb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread Steve Lamb
John Hasler wrote: > s. keeling writes: >> Mutt handles any standard form of mail box format, including >> on_some_other_server(don't much care how), aka. imap. > Internet Message Access Protocol is a protocol, not a file format. Not to mention mutt's IMAP implementation is less than stellar.

Motherboard suggestions?

2008-02-06 Thread Michael S. Peek
Hello gurus, Can anyone suggest a motherboard w/ support for quad-core CPUs and gigabit ethernet? Video and sound don't matter (they'll be headless). Multiple CPUs and multiple ethernet welcome. Thanks for your help, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread Steve Lamb
Dan H. wrote: > Claws doesn't do HTML, period (which may be part of the reason for its > snappiness, because i doesn't have to load a bloated HTML rendering engine). Huh? sylpheed-claws-dillo-viewer Wasn't that long ago it was not a plugin, it was base. -- Steve Lamb -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Motherboard suggestions?

2008-02-06 Thread Neil Watson
Tyan -- Neil Watson | Debian Linux System Administrator| Uptime 11 days http://watson-wilson.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread BartlebyScrivener
On Feb 6, 10:00 am, "Dan H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, what's wrong with my setup? If you have any other problems, the vim_use google group is hyperactive and very helpful. http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use Good luck, RD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: Printer HP c7280: No Installed HP Devices Found

2008-02-06 Thread Gerard Robin
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 03:35:19PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: From: Brad Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Printer HP c7280: No Installed HP Devices Found On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:24:27 +0100 Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Gerard, Why can

Re: Iceweasel problems - where to report them?

2008-02-06 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 6 Feb at 16:55 "Dennis G. Wicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Greetings; > > I have several serious problems with Iceweasel. > What are your problems? [snip] -- Tony van der Hoff| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Buckinghamshire, England -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: vim + LaTeX (Was: What am I missing without mutt?)

2008-02-06 Thread marc
Steve Lamb said... > s. keeling wrote: > > Just curious, but what's wrong with breaking it up by chapters and > > figuring out how to merge it all together later? "lpr chap*" too much > > to remember? > > Now email that ream of paper. Scanner? -- Cheers, Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: hitachi hd

2008-02-06 Thread Jochen Schulz
Giancarlo Bruno: > > I am trying to install debian Etch on a new PC (with no other OS > installed) > > I get a message saying that "no disk drive was detected" > > The BIOS screen says HD is a SATA drive HITACHI HDP 725040GLA with > 400GB. Any hint to help me with this issue? Probably your SAT

Re: vim + LaTeX (Was: What am I missing without mutt?)

2008-02-06 Thread marc
Steve Lamb said... > After you suggested using AbiWord I gave it a whirl. At first glance it > seemed to work nicely but after 2-3 times I noticed that it was really > chugging on dealing with my document which was a mere 25 pages of prose > so far. Unless I planned on breaking it up by chapt

Re: choice of Debian server; was Re: Flash with Iceweasel in Lenny

2008-02-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/06/08 11:59, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > Nuno, > > nm> Try the rest of the world, ... > > oregonstate.edu is the closest server which > has the files. Going to another server will > only increase the cost of communication. > > Regards,

Re: How to set up a WLAN?

2008-02-06 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
Dan H. wrote: # iwlist scan wlan1 No scan results # iwlist freq wlan1 0 channels Current Frequency=3D2.412 GHz 0 channels? I don't get it. Shouldn't I see at least the channels this thing /could/ do, even if I sat in an EMI-proof building? That seems very wrong yes. See

Re: Motherboard suggestions?

2008-02-06 Thread Jochen Schulz
Michael S. Peek: > > Can anyone suggest a motherboard w/ support for quad-core CPUs and > gigabit ethernet? Video and sound don't matter (they'll be headless). > Multiple CPUs and multiple ethernet welcome. I am running Debian AMD64 on a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P. It supports the latest 45nm Cor

Re: security keys

2008-02-06 Thread tom arnall
i ended up doing the routine described at: http://debian-multimedia.org/ tom arnall arcata -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: low-MHz server

2008-02-06 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:59:25AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 05:00:43PM +0100, NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > > I was referring to a (peculiar kind of) powerpc architecture, > > Below 200 MHz and run current Debian or OpenBSD. current 2.6.x linux kernels should have

Re: Printer HP c7280: No Installed HP Devices Found

2008-02-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:07:37 +0100 Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Gerard, > in the terminal I get: > (xsane:6479): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to > pango_layout_set_text() (xsane:6479): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 > string passed to pango_layout_set_text() I'm

Re: Iceweasel problems - where to report them?

2008-02-06 Thread dick thompson
I am too. What happens is that Iceweasel starts off fine and then randomly drops out completely. You can bring it right back up but it just seems to randomly hiccup. I am not doing anything special at the time at all, just surfing. I get no message that it is timing out or anything else. I

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread Jochen Schulz
Steve Lamb: > > Not to mention mutt's IMAP implementation is less than stellar. > [...] I have read statements to that effect several times now but I don't really know where the problem lies. I know that mutt is mainly unmaintained now and that there are unfixed bugs (like the wrong reporting

Re: vim + LaTeX (Was: What am I missing without mutt?)

2008-02-06 Thread Steve Lamb
marc wrote: > Steve Lamb said... >> s. keeling wrote: >> > Just curious, but what's wrong with breaking it up by chapters and >> > figuring out how to merge it all together later? "lpr chap*" too much >> > to remember? >> >> Now email that ream of paper. > Scanner? Yeahh, that's effi

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread Steve Lamb
Jochen Schulz wrote: > I have read statements to that effect several times now but I don't > really know where the problem lies. I know that mutt is mainly > unmaintained now and that there are unfixed bugs (like the wrong > reporting of unread mails per IMAP-mailbox). But are there general > probl

Re: Motherboard suggestions?

2008-02-06 Thread Michael S. Peek
Neil Watson wrote: Tyan Any Tyan motherboard? Are there any gotcha's that I would need to know about getting debian installed (special driver needs, kernel command line options, that sort of thing)? I've found both duel- and quad-CPU boards by Tyan that look very nice... Michael -- To U

Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-06 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:54:08 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:54:08 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > Check for non-Debian packages on your system by running: > > aptitude search '~i!~Odebian' > As an aptitude-novice, I tried the above command on my fully-operational upgrade from

Re: Motherboard suggestions?

2008-02-06 Thread Michael S. Peek
Jochen Schulz wrote: I am running Debian AMD64 on a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P. Thanks, I'll check into that. I don't really care about the sound, as it'll be a headless machine running in a server room. CPU power and gigabit ethernet is what I really care about. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: Iceweasel problems - where to report them?

2008-02-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please no top-posting!!! On 02/06/08 13:59, dick thompson wrote: > I am too. What happens is that Iceweasel starts off fine and then > randomly drops out completely. You can bring it right back up but it > just seems to randomly hiccup. I am not d

Iceweasel problems - 1 of 3

2008-02-06 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
OK, here is the first one. Iceweasel will just shutdown on its own. All windows and tabs are gone, for no reason. Sometimes when I come back from eating or getting a cup of coffee it will have happened. The latest was while I was in another session. (Ctl-Alt-Fx) I was using VNC to do some work on

Re: Sata controller order

2008-02-06 Thread Stuart Gall
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/29/08 12:09, Stuart Gall wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a problem with 4.0r2 (although it is probably not exclusive to > > that release) > > > > On a number of syste

Iceweasel problems - 2 of 3

2008-02-06 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
When I restart Iceweasel it reopens all the windows and tabs as designed with one not-so-small problem. It opens *every* window or tab that was ever opened before, nopt just the ones that were open when it crashed or was shutdown. It doesn't seem to know or care that those particular items were clo

Iceweasel problems - 3 of 3

2008-02-06 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Well, this is the third of the most aggravating problems. Iceweasel will just "go to sleep". I have clicked on a link or pasted a url in the address bar and it is doing nothing. It displays "STOPPED" in the status bar and will not load any pages, either i'net or local network. The system monitor

Re: Sata controller order

2008-02-06 Thread Stuart Gall
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jonathan Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can label swap partitions like this: > > mkswap -L OH I SEE! Well that does it, many thanks. Stuart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

Etch desktop: switching between ppp and ethernet network connections

2008-02-06 Thread Mikko Rapeli
Ok, I think I've tried everything but I can't get automation and userfriendlyness into etch based networking, so I'm asking for help. How to setup ppp/gprs modem connection and ethernet/dhcp in etch so that: - ethernet connection is used when cable is plugged in and dhcp client finds a lease,

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread Patter
On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:30:21 +0100, Steve Lamb wrote: > John Hasler wrote: >> s. keeling writes: >>> Mutt handles any standard form of mail box format, including >>> on_some_other_server(don't much care how), aka. imap. > >> Internet Message Access Protocol is a protocol, not a file format. > >

Re: Iceweasel problems - 2 of 3

2008-02-06 Thread Davide Mancusi
Dennis G. Wicks ha scritto: When I restart Iceweasel it reopens all the windows and tabs as designed with one not-so-small problem. It opens *every* window or tab that was ever opened before, nopt just the ones that were open when it crashed or was shutdown. It doesn't seem to know or care that t

I would like to trade links with you to my Mustang Sites

2008-02-06 Thread Tony
Hi people.debian.org Administrator, my name is Tony Norella and I own 2 very successful Ford Mustang sites: MustangTraderOnline.com and YourMustangTrader.com. I was searching on Google today for possible link partners and found your site to be interesting and something that would be of interest

Iceweasel problems - YouTube infiltration

2008-02-06 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Greetings; Well, just ran into a another frequent problem. I just re-booted and restarted Iceweasel. (22 windows, I don't know how many tabs.) I had a bad feeling as soon as I saw that all the favicons were YouTube. Everytime I try to get an internet page, either refresh or new link, I get the f

Re: Printer HP c7280: No Installed HP Devices Found

2008-02-06 Thread Gerard Robin
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 07:40:38PM +, Brad Rogers wrote: From: Brad Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Printer HP c7280: No Installed HP Devices Found On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:07:37 +0100 Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "userfoo" can also start

Re: Iceweasel problems - 3 of 3

2008-02-06 Thread Angus Auld
--- "Dennis G. Wicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, this is the third of the most aggravating > problems. > > Iceweasel will just "go to sleep". I have clicked on > a > link or pasted a url in the address bar and it is > doing > nothing. It displays "STOPPED" in the status bar and > will no

Re: What am I missing without mutt?

2008-02-06 Thread Joe
On 12:28 Wed 06 Feb , Steve Lamb wrote: > > The main problem that I saw is that on delete operations it does > something that is insanely slower than TBird. For example, on TBird I > can mark 25 messages as deleted, hit delete, and within about a second > they are in the trash folder. >

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-06 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 20:34:14 +, Felix Karpfen wrote: > On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:54:08 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > Check for non-Debian packages on your system by running: > > > > aptitude search '~i!~Odebian' > > As an aptitude-novice, I tried the above command on my > fully-operationa

Re: Iceweasel problems - 1 of 3

2008-02-06 Thread Mike Bird
On Wed February 6 2008 12:53:26 Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Iceweasel will just shutdown on its own. All windows > and tabs are gone, for no reason. Do you have any plugins or java? Here Iceweasel crashes on some flash ads but is very stable with flash disabled. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: Iceweasel problems - YouTube infiltration

2008-02-06 Thread Mike Bird
On Wed February 6 2008 13:42:55 Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Everytime I try to get an internet page, either refresh > or new link, I get the following message, and no page. > > Not Found > > The requested URL /~joyce/album/ was not found > on this server. > Apache Server at www

Re: Iceweasel problems - 2 of 3

2008-02-06 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Davide Mancusi wrote the following on 02/06/2008 03:28 PM: > Dennis G. Wicks ha scritto: >> When I restart Iceweasel it reopens all the windows and >> tabs as designed with one not-so-small problem. It >> opens *every* window or tab that was ever opened >> before, nopt just the ones that were open

Re: Printer HP c7280: No Installed HP Devices Found

2008-02-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:03:57 +0100 Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Gerard, > command : sh -c 'LANG=C; STARTED_FROM_MENU=yes /usr/bin/hp-toolbox' > and now it's ok for "userfoo" > (it's odd job but it's working ;-)) Very odd, yes. Seems as though there are some LOCALE issues there.

OT: xmms and last.fm scrobbler

2008-02-06 Thread Sergio Cuéllar Valdés
Hello, I noticed that xmms is not scrobbling the songs I play. I have not updated xmms or the plugin. Has anybody of you the same weird problem. The plugin is still queueing the played songs. I am using the plugin that can be downloaded from the last.fm site. I have sniffed the connections made

Re: Iceweasel problems - YouTube infiltration

2008-02-06 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Mike Bird wrote the following on 02/06/2008 04:05 PM: > On Wed February 6 2008 13:42:55 Dennis G. Wicks wrote: >> Everytime I try to get an internet page, either refresh >> or new link, I get the following message, and no page. >> >> Not Found >> >> The requested URL /~joyce/album/ was no

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