Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Nate Bargmann wrote: Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:41:45 -0500 From: Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network Resent-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:42:26 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@list

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Jul 15 21:21 -0500]: > >> In 1990? Seems like it would have been a close-out deal. > > I bought it from a friend at the tech school I was attending. > >>> That computer served me very well for several years. >> Leading Edge D? > >

xsane: conversion

hi list, how do i get xsane so far to convert ancient dia's from bolivia (1984) to 'normal' photographs? i tried up till now without success. thank you, steef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: JRE which openjdk & gcj

On Tuesday 15 July 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 05:35:55PM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > On Monday 14 July 2008 05:26:14 pm Alex Samad wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 02:59:00PM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > > > On Monday 14 July 2008 02:47:06 pm Andre

Re: APT Strange Behaviour (Priorities)

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What the proper way to create debian rescue disk (debian installed into qemu iso and dd'ed into some hard drive)

Howdy , I wish to create a Debian an image that can be dd'ed into a hard drive. So for instance if i have a mulfunctioning hard drive i could put other disk and just use dd to put it on. I'm installing now (debian sid ) it now into a qemu image build using qemu-img -f qcow filename size. and sett

Re: xsane: conversion

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/08 02:44, steef wrote: > hi list, > > how do i get xsane so far to convert ancient dia's from bolivia (1984) > to 'normal' photographs? > i tried up till now without success. What's a "dia"? "Diagram"? And how is this an abnormal photograp

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 21:08:43 -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > John Hasler wrote: >> Brian writes: >>> I would argue that this is a problem with Firefox, not whatever video >>> driver you're using. I've noticed that fixed background images really >>> cause Firefox to choke, especially with smooth sc

Re: xsane: conversion

Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/08 02:44, steef wrote: hi list, how do i get xsane so far to convert ancient dia's from bolivia (1984) to 'normal' photographs? i tried up till now without success. What's a "dia"? "Diagram"? And how is this

Re: Blurry fonts in printed invoices

On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 04:00:09PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > The text that looks OK in your PDF has no CSS font specifications > associated with it, so iceweasel should render it using your configured > default font. The elements with the ugly fonts in the PDF, on the other > hand, all have th

Re: xsane: conversion

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/08 05:00, steef wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 07/16/08 02:44, steef wrote: > >>> hi list, >>> >>> how do i get xsane so far to convert ancient dia's from bolivia (1984) >>> to 'normal' photographs? >>> i tried up till now without success

Why isn't Gnome 2.22 in sid yet?

Why isn't all of Gnome 2.22 in sid yet? I'm most interested in the panel and the applets which are still at 2.20.3. 2.22 is in experimental but has not yet gone into sid? What's holding it up? What needs to be done to get it into sid and is there anything I can do to help it along? -- To UNSUBS

Re: xsane: conversion

Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/08 05:00, steef wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/16/08 02:44, steef wrote: hi list, how do i get xsane so far to convert ancient dia's from bolivia (1984) to 'normal' photographs? i tried up till n

Re: [OT] GMail troubles [Was: Re: du-guidelines - point 7]

Ron Johnson wrote: > I keep telling people that Gmail is evil, but no one will listen. > I don't think so. It is as evil as using any proprietary software. I use proprietary software all the time. Their TOS is very restrictive (as is the case for most proprietary software). So, I just use it not

Re: [OT] GMail troubles [Was: Re: du-guidelines - point 7]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/08 06:07, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> I keep telling people that Gmail is evil, but no one will listen. >> > > I don't think so. It is as evil as using any proprietary software. I use > proprietary software all the

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

* Bret Busby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Jul 16 02:02 -0500]: > Ah, yes. > > But, would it be able to run Debian 4.0? It did run Desqview along with an amateur radio BBS software back in '91 after I upgraded it with an NEC V20 microprocessor chip. I recall there was Desqview X out about that time.

Re: [OT] GMail troubles [Was: Re: du-guidelines - point 7]

On 7/16/08, Ron Johnson wrote: >> An ordinary user might not have resources to have a machine running >> 24/7. > > Why not? > Because I currently am using the services of an internet service provider who claims to be providing "broadband" access under a plan where I am metered by the byte, a

Re: What the proper way to create debian rescue disk (debian installed into qemu iso and dd'ed into some hard drive)

Jabka Atu wrote: > Howdy , > > I wish to create a Debian an image that can be dd'ed into a hard drive. > So for instance if i have a mulfunctioning hard drive i could put > other disk and just use dd to put it on. > I'm installing now (debian sid ) it now into a qemu image build using > qemu-img -

Re: Why isn't Gnome 2.22 in sid yet?

Am Mittwoch, 16 Juli 2008 10:38:18 schrieb Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Why isn't all of Gnome 2.22 in sid yet? I'm most interested in the panel > and the applets which are still at 2.20.3. - many applications now use the new gio library instead of gnome-vfs, leading to important per

how to add ether net card in etch

I have etch. Now I add a Ethernet card The card use e100 module in kernel 2.4/sarge but e100 in etch does not seem to work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian boot from SAN with multipath

Hello I would like to install Debian on Dell PowerEdge M600 (blade server) for a mailserver. The blade server haven't local disk but PowerEdge is connect to SAN Dell/EMC CX3-20C with Brocade Fibre Channel Switches. How to install Debian ? I would like to boot from from SAN but i don't know how to

Re: Debian boot from SAN with multipath

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 03:18:42PM +0200, Marco Curradi wrote: > Hello > > I would like to install Debian on Dell PowerEdge M600 (blade server) > for a mailserver. > The blade server haven't local disk but PowerEdge is connect to SAN > Dell/EMC CX3-20C with Brocade Fibre Channel Switches. > > How

Squirrelmail:115 Can't Open SMTP Stream.

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Re: Strange NFS behaviour

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:16:34AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 08:13:09AM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > Does your /etc/exports file on the server say the client can write? > > eg. > > /home/daniel 192.168.1.14(rw) > yep > > /exports/video > 192.168.8.0/22(no_root_squash,se

Re: Blurry fonts in printed invoices

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 22:15:04 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 04:00:09PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] > > $ for F in Arial Helvetica sans-serif; do fc-match $F; done > > Arial.ttf: "Arial" "Normal" > > n019003l.pfb: "Nimbus Sans L" "Regular" > > Vera.ttf: "Bitstre

Re: Squirrelmail:115 Can't Open SMTP Stream.

Semih Gokalp escreveu: Hi all. I asked this problem to squirrelmail-users mail list but I could not answer about this problem so If it doesn't problem,I want to ask this problem to debian users mail list. I have Debian 4.0 Etch and i use Postfix 2.3.8-2 and Dovecot 1.0.rc15-2etch4 IMAP and P

Re: [OT] GMail troubles [Was: Re: du-guidelines - point 7]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 05:00:09PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: > On 7/16/08, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> An ordinary user might not have resources to have a machine running > >> 24/7. > > > > Why not? > > > > Because I currently am using the services of an internet service > provi

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

Florian Kulzer wrote: > You can use a userContent style sheet to do that. Add this line * { background-image: none ! important; } to the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/.default/chrome/userContent.css Thanks for that. It seemd to have mostly fixed the sluggishness on the page (http://www.

Re: What the proper way to create debian rescue disk (debian installed into qemu iso and dd'ed into some hard drive)

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Jabka Atu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I did not understand what you are trying to do. Are you installing >> Debian on qemu, and then intend to clone this qemu image to a real hard >> disk? That might work (Debian is not Windows), but is not ideal as the >> virtu

Supported hardware

Hello! I recently tried to install the latest stable debian version on a Asus A7k laptop, but the installer fails to identify my hard drive. Here is the configuration: CPU: AMD Turion 64 x2 TL60 Video: Ati Radeon HD 2600 RAM: 2048 HDD: Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 SATA 250 GB WLAN: Atheros chipset. Are

Re: Supported hardware

Stefan Neacsu wrote: Hello! I recently tried to install the latest stable debian version on a Asus A7k laptop, but the installer fails to identify my hard drive. Here is the configuration: CPU: AMD Turion 64 x2 TL60 Video: Ati Radeon HD 2600 RAM: 2048 HDD: Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 SATA 250 GB WLAN

Re: Why isn't Gnome 2.22 in sid yet?

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 02:40:04PM +0200, Simon Wesp wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 16 Juli 2008 10:38:18 > schrieb Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Why isn't all of Gnome 2.22 in sid yet? I'm most interested in the panel > > and the applets which are still at 2.20.3. > >

Re: VirtualBox WinXP host, Linux Partition guest?

On Tuesday 15 July 2008 08:51 pm, Steve Lamb wrote: > Hello, > Anyone know how to get VirtualBox to make a definition to book a Linux > host from a partition? The instructions I have found thus far reference > the partition as /dev/sda...blah.blah.blah That's great for when I > want to b

Re: drbd WAS working fine; but now fsck can't open /dev/drbd? ??

As a followup to my own post - I've since tried inserting drbd into /etc/modules, and /etc/initramfs- tools/modules (and updated initramfs). But nothing I do seems to cause the drbd module to load prior to fsck running.. (I do have drbd0.7-module-source installed) and the module DOES load & work

how often is etch kernel updated

I'm at 2.6.18-6-686 and believe I need > 2.6.19 for pata_marvell module support. I'm wondering how often the Etch kernel is updated? Thanks, M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how often is etch kernel updated

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 michael wrote: > I'm at 2.6.18-6-686 and believe I need > 2.6.19 for pata_marvell module > support. I'm wondering how often the Etch kernel is updated? Thanks, M > > Etch is current stable release and its kernel receive only security updates. You can

Re: how often is etch kernel updated

Eugene V. Lyubimkin escreveu: Etch is current stable release and its kernel receive only security updates. You can (at least) 1) use testing 2) wait for new release (Lenny) 3) use Etch system but newer kernel picked from testing 4) See if there is a backported kernel for etch at http://www.b

Re: VirtualBox WinXP host, Linux Partition guest?

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:08:30PM -0400, Mark Neidorff wrote: > Hi. I'm not quite sure what you want to do, but it sounds to me like you > want a windows host to boot a linux guest. Correct. > So, you need to download the correct windows binary, install it and then > create the linux guest

Re: how often is etch kernel updated

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > Eugene V. Lyubimkin escreveu: >> Etch is current stable release and its kernel receive only security >> updates. You can (at least) >> >> 1) use testing >> 2) wait for new release (Lenny) >> 3) use Etch system but newer ke

auto update headers

why is it that after a round of updates via aptitude i have to go in and install things like linux-headers afterwards? how can i tell it to automatically update them along with the kernel? i was under the impression that if i had them installed then aptitude would update them as it does any o

Re: VirtualBox WinXP host, Linux Partition guest?

Steve C. Lamb wrote: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:08:30PM -0400, Mark Neidorff wrote: Hi. I'm not quite sure what you want to do, but it sounds to me like you want a windows host to boot a linux guest. Correct. So, you need to download the correct windows binary, install it and then creat

Re: how often is etch kernel updated

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:22:21 +0300 "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > michael wrote: > > I'm at 2.6.18-6-686 and believe I need > 2.6.19 for pata_marvell module > > support. I'm wondering how often the Etch kernel is updated? Tha

[OT] How to Analyze/Study Source Code?

Hey everyone, Just wondering how you guys go about studying code? Do you read every single source file and then make notes? Or is there a tool that goes about and draws out relationships between source code files? I ask this because I am looking into adding a feature/fix to pcmanfm but it looks l

debian no client name??

Hi I don't know what's the problem, i just can't figure it out: I install standard debian etch without gui, i give hostname at install, etc, and when i log in the console, and i install ssh [apt-get install ssh openssh-server] i just can't ssh from an ubuntu, but i have done this before, but for

Webcam setup

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am trying to test a Webcam (it's recognized by the USB system) on my Sid installation and am getting nowhere. The problem seems to be a lack of a video device. The program webcam keeps complaining about the lack of device video0. How do I create thi

Re: debian no client name??

Lóránd Erik escreveu: Hi I don't know what's the problem, i just can't figure it out: I install standard debian etch without gui, i give hostname at install, etc, and when i log in the console, and i install ssh [apt-get install ssh openssh-server] i just can't ssh from an ubuntu, but i hav

Re: how often is etch kernel updated

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-07-16 18:22, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > michael wrote: >> I'm at 2.6.18-6-686 and believe I need > 2.6.19 for pata_marvell module >> support. I'm wondering how often the Etch kernel is updated? Thanks, M > > > Etch is current stable release

Re: [OT] How to Analyze/Study Source Code?

2008/7/16 Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Just wondering how you guys go about studying code? > My guess is: different people use different techniques, some more formal than others. I'm looking forward with interest to replies from more experienced coders, though. However, note that as

install debian on dell poweredge 1950

Hello I am running the following set up: A dell poweredge 1950: running Debian Etch - 1x Dual Core 64-bit Intel(r) Xeon(r) 5050, 2x2MB Cache, 3.00GHz, 667MHz FSB - 2GB 533MHz (4x512MB), Single Ranked DIMMs - 2x 146GB,SAS, 3.5-inch, 10K RPM Hard Drive - Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 1, P

Re: What the proper way to create debian rescue disk (debian installed into qemu iso and dd'ed into some hard drive)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-07-16 16:54, Jabka Atu wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Jabka Atu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I did not understand what you are trying to do. Are you installing >>> Debian on qemu, and then intend to clone this qemu image to a rea

Debian UPS

Hi 1 - Where could i check if a UPS is compatible for Debian Etch or not? I don't want to buy an expensive ups, then realize it doesn't work with it :S 2 - Why is that, in console, under Debian Etch, i hit CapsLock, and not all the letters, that i type are uppercase, but they are mixed, like this:

Diskless boot works nearly

I managed to make almost booting system with help of document https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DisklessUbuntuHowto. The boot process ends suddenly to error. See http://pastebin.com/m4929bba1. What can I do? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: Debian UPS

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/08 12:51, Lóránd Erik wrote: > Hi > 1 - Where could i check if a UPS is compatible for Debian Etch or not? I > don't want to buy an expensive ups, then realize it doesn't work with it :S Look on the web pages of nut and apcupsd. http://www.n

Re: VirtualBox WinXP host, Linux Partition guest?

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:27:53PM -0400, Steve C. Lamb wrote: > Nope. What I want to do is have my Windows host boot a Linux guest from a > *real* hard drive partition, not an image. The VirtualBox help gives a method > to do the reverse, IE, a Linux host booting a real Windows partition. >

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

Ron Johnson wrote: That computer served me very well for several years. Leading Edge D? Oh wow, that name brings back some memories... Nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how often is etch kernel updated

On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 19:44 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2008-07-16 18:22, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > > michael wrote: > >> I'm at 2.6.18-6-686 and believe I need > 2.6.19 for pata_marvell module > >> support. I'm wondering how often

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/08 13:38, Nate Duehr wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> That computer served me very well for several years. >> >> Leading Edge D? > > Oh wow, that name brings back some memories... Heh. Lots of people ragged on them, but the ones we had at

Re: how to add ether net card in etch

On Wednesday 16 July 2008 14:51, Serena Cantor wrote: > I have etch. > Now I add a Ethernet card > The card use e100 module in kernel 2.4/sarge > but e100 in etch does not seem to work. Hi Serena. Is the e100 module loaded? Post the ouput of lsmod please. I know that I had some problems with the

Re: Bash: pipe once more

Stefan Schmidt wrote: Hello, if I pipe the output of a cd command the working directory doesn't change. , | $ cd ~/bin 2>&1 | tee -a output.log; pwd | /home/stefan ` How come and how can I get this to work? Stefan 'cd' is a shell "builtin" command. In 'bash' and 'ksh', you can r

Re: debian no client name??

Please reply to the list, where the conversation can be followed by more persons. (And only to the list, do not CC me, please.) Lóránd Erik escreveu: You have to add an entry to the /etc/hosts file of the Ubuntu machine which the name and IP of your Debian box, or set up a DNS serv

Re: regexp q.

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 15:44:02 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > Not being very versatile in regular expressions I wonder if is possible > to express this: > > Find the number of ),( triplets in a string, provided they are not in a > substring that is enclosed in single quotes, ignoring

Create single PDF out of several other files

I have a user who processes documents from other people. In Windows she would select 20+ documents (all of the same type, usually pdf, gs, or word files) and make a single PDF document out of them. She could then easily take that PDF with her and print it at the job. I believe that she was using Ad

Resp.: drbd WAS working fine; but now fsck can't open /dev/drbd? ??

Hi Bob, I can't help you with your trouble, but I'm interested in drbd, can you post your cenario? I'll test it. Thanks, Lucas. 2008/7/16, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As a followup to my own post - > > I've since tried inserting drbd into /etc/modules, and /etc/initramfs- > tools/modules (and up

Re: Create single PDF out of several other files

Dotan Cohen escreveu: I have a user who processes documents from other people. In Windows she would select 20+ documents (all of the same type, usually pdf, gs, or word files) and make a single PDF document out of them. She could then easily take that PDF with her and print it at the job. I belie

Re: [OT] How to Analyze/Study Source Code?

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:45:54 +0100 "Sam Kuper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/7/16 Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Just wondering how you guys go about studying code? > > > > My guess is: different people use different techniques, some more > formal than others. I'm looking forw

Re: how often is etch kernel updated

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:41:56 +0100 michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 19:44 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 2008-07-16 18:22, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > > > michael wrote: > > >> I'm at 2.6.18-6-686 and b

Re: Create single PDF out of several other files

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:30:54 -0300 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dotan Cohen escreveu: > > I have a user who processes documents from other people. In Windows > > she would select 20+ documents (all of the same type, usually pdf, > > gs, or word files) and make a single PDF doc

Re: Webcam setup

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:41:32 -0400 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I am trying to test a Webcam (it's recognized by the USB system) on > my Sid installation and am getting nowhere. The problem seems to be a > lack of a video devi

Re: install debian on dell poweredge 1950

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:49:30 +0700 "Surachai Locharoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello I am running the following set up: > > A dell poweredge 1950: running Debian Etch > >- 1x Dual Core 64-bit Intel(r) Xeon(r) 5050, 2x2MB Cache, 3.00GHz, > 667MHz FSB >- 2GB 533MHz (4x512MB), Single

Re: Create single PDF out of several other files

2008/7/16 Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Second to pdftk. I use it all the time. > > e.g. > > pdftk p1.pdf p2.pdf p3.pdf cat output p_combined.pdf > > Amit > Thanks, Amit. I suppose now is my chance to learn KDE service menus so that I can make this easy for her. -- Dotan Cohen http:

Re: APT Strange Behaviour (Priorities)

main:~# apt-cache policy | grep -i backport 1 http://www.backports.org etch-backports/non-free Packages release o=Backports.org archive,a=etch-backports,l=Backports.org archive,c=non-free origin www.backports.org 1 http://www.backports.org etch-backports/contrib Packages relea

Re: Webcam setup

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:02:44 -0700 Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:41:32 -0400 > Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am trying to test a Webcam (it's recognized by the USB system) on > > my Sid

Re: how to add ether net card in etch

Thanks! Below is output of lsmod: ... e100 32232 0 mii 5344 1 e100 ... I try "ifconfig eth0", it says device not found. --- On Wed, 7/16/08, Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: how to add ether net card in etch > To: debian-user@lists.

Re: APT Strange Behaviour (Priorities)

> It looks like apt have an idea backports.org has priority of 1 when there is > no entry in preferences file. Why? Every other priorities are recognized correctly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Create single PDF out of several other files

If the files are all PDF, then pdftk can easily join them in another PDF. For Postscript, they can easily be converted to PDF and then joined. I believe there was a KDE extension that allowed some pdftk operations in an "easy" graphical way. But I do not remember in which package it was.

Re: APT Strange Behaviour (Priorities)

Marko Randjelovic wrote: >> It looks like apt have an idea backports.org has priority of 1 when there is >> no entry in preferences file. Why? > > Every other priorities are recognized correctly. > > Also, there is no mention of priority=1 in /etc/apt/preferences. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: [OT] How to Analyze/Study Source Code?

2008/7/16 Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 4. doc++ - Documentation system that generates LaTeX/html. Latest > upload was on dec 2002. Doxygen could also work here. It's more recent, and it does more languages than just C or C++. I frequently use it to document my own code, and for undo

Re: regexp q.

Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 15:44:02 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Not being very versatile in regular expressions I wonder if is possible to express this: Find the number of ),( triplets in a string, provided they are not in a substring that is enclosed in single qu

Re: regexp q.

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 09:45:03PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: ... > > The insane approach (dedicated to Andrew S-W, who is a great perl > aficionado): > > #! /usr/bin/perl -w > > #read file > open ( FH, "test.txt" ); > $string = ; > close ( FH ); > > # match and count > while ( $string =~ /

Re: [OT] How to Analyze/Study Source Code?

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:48:02 -0500 "Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/7/16 Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 4. doc++ - Documentation system that generates LaTeX/html. Latest > > upload was on dec 2002. > > Doxygen could also work here. It's more recent, and

Re: [Mostly Solved] Re: Blurry fonts in printed invoices

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:04:45 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 20:30:05 -0400, Celejar wrote: ... > > $ pdffonts PDF/A_simple_test_page_for_common_fonts.pdf > > name type emb sub uni object ID > > -

Anyone know what's up with the Quantum Gis package?

http://packages.qa.debian.org/q/qgis.html Looks like the maintainer went AWOL and it's been removed from everything but Etch. Any clues? Thanks, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: auto update headers

On 07/16/2008 11:30 AM, Preston Boyington wrote: why is it that after a round of updates via aptitude i have to go in and install things like linux-headers afterwards? how can i tell it to automatically update them along with the kernel? i was under the impression that if i had them installed

need help with chroot

The man page and a google search gave minimum info except for the link to www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tip.en.html. Following by rote the prompts in 8.6.35.1 I think I succeeded in installing a minimal Etch installation though the prompt never changed to chroot # when I entered chro

Re: need help with chroot

El mié, 16-07-2008 a las 21:13 -0400, Thomas H. George escribió: > The man page and a google search gave minimum info except for the link > to www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tip.en.html. Following by I think that document is a little out of date. The 'MAKEDEV generic' for example, is n

Re: install debian on dell poweredge 1950

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 02:05:02PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:49:30 +0700 > "Surachai Locharoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello I am running the following set up: > > > > A dell poweredge 1950: running Debian Etch > > > >- 1x Dual Core 64-bit Intel(r) X

Re: [OT] GMail troubles [Was: Re: du-guidelines - point 7]

On 7/16/08, Daniel Burrows wrote: >> plan (extra pay for more MBs). It's too expensive for me to get a >> better plan, and plain not worth the money for the limited needs of >> people here at home. > > I don't know how expensive is "too expensive", but when I got fed up > with my ISP's mail serve

re: VGA modes for the supported resolutions

Folk, [As soon as I have a tunnel working, thread continuity will be possible.] Andrei Popescu wrote, ",[ hwinfo --framebuffer ] | 02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer | [Created at bios.450] ..." hwinfo gives no output on this system. dalton:~# hwinfo --framebuffer dalton:~#

Re: Strange NFS behaviour

Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:16:34AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 08:13:09AM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > > Does your /etc/exports file on the server say the client can write? > > > eg. /home/daniel 192.168.1.14(rw) > > > > /exports/vi

Audacious won't open files specified in command line

Hi, I'm trying to play audio files with audacious. From audacious(1): > audacious [-h] [--help] [-r] [--rew] [-p] [--play] [-u] [--pause] [-s] >[--stop] [-f] [--fwd] [-e] [--enqueue] [-m] [--show-main-window] [-v] >[--version] [--headless] [filename]... So, running 'audacious

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 12:06:39AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Sunday 13 July 2008, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: > > 2008/7/13 Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I'm using Kubuntu, but not the latest version, the one before it > > > (Gutsy, I think) and KDE 3.5.8 and have been using OSS. >

Re: My first message... more of a mad mans rant...

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 08:27:25PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > You should contact debian-www about that. I think I recall a discussion > about the children-distros page being outdated, but I guess manpower is > missing again. I you would be willing to supply patches against the CVS > source I

Don't edit posts and claim OP posted it!! (was ... Re: My first message...)

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 05:28:38PM +0100, Steven Maddox (Cyorxamp) wrote: > Damon L. Chesser wrote: [..] >> I thought you said an alpha release. That is testing. I am not a >> developer and I don't use testing, I use Sid. In my eight years with >> Debian, testing seems a ... BLAH BLAH BLAH

Re: Automating the configuration of alsa on known HW

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 07:58:11PM +0300, Shachar Or wrote: > Doesn't anyone know? > > On Friday 11 July 2008 15:39, Shachar Or wrote: > > Hello! > > > > In order to do this, I'll run alsaconf on the HW and copy it's results. So > > I'm here asking, what files does alsaconf change/create? Please

Re: Audacious won't open files specified in command line

El jue, 17-07-2008 a las 00:00 -0300, Gabriel Parrondo escribió: > Hi, > > I'm trying to play audio files with audacious. From audacious(1): > > > audacious [-h] [--help] [-r] [--rew] [-p] [--play] [-u] [--pause] [-s] > >[--stop] [-f] [--fwd] [-e] [--enqueue] [-m] [--show-main-window]

Re: Don't edit posts and claim OP posted it!! (was ... Re: My first message...)

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 03:28:22PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 05:28:38PM +0100, Steven Maddox (Cyorxamp) wrote: > > Damon L. Chesser wrote: > [..] > >> I thought you said an alpha release. That is testing. I am not a > >> developer and I don't use testing, I use Sid.

Re: Strange NFS behaviour

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 04:19:47AM +0200, s. keeling wrote: > Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:16:34AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 08:13:09AM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > > > Does your /etc/exports file on the server say the client c

Re: APT Strange Behaviour (Priorities)

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:21:59PM +0200, Marko Randjelovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > main:~# apt-cache policy | grep -i backport >1 http://www.backports.org etch-backports/non-free Packages > release o=Backports.org archive,a=etch-backports,l=Backports.org > archive,c=non-

Re: auto update headers

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:30:31AM -0500, Preston Boyington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > why is it that after a round of updates via aptitude i have to go in and > install things like linux-headers afterwards? how can i tell it to > automatically update them along with the kernel?

Re: [OT] Incredible world-wide transportation network

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh wow, that name brings back some memories... Never had one of those. My first was a clone XT at Fry's electronics - no hard drive at first, just 2 floppies (both 360K) and hercules monochrome card and 12" amber monitor.

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