Re: GUI Looks Like Safe Mode

lee wrote: > It looks like gnome, not KDE, and gnome always looked like that. > ... If you take a look at the bottom left corner you'll see the K-menu button. Of course it's possible to make Gnome look like KDE and vice versa but my guess would be it's KDE. -- Juha Tuuna -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: GUI Looks Like Safe Mode

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 09:58:51AM +0200, Juha Tuuna wrote: > lee wrote: > > It looks like gnome, not KDE, and gnome always looked like that. > > ... > > If you take a look at the bottom left corner you'll see the K-menu > button. Ok, I didn't recognize the button. It's been years that I tried ou

Re: Etch and a half in commercial package

On 2008-11-27 07:27 +0100, jeffry killen wrote: > Hello: > Is it possible to get a commercially packaged dc/dvd > with Etch and a half? If you mean: find someone who sells CDs/DVDs, yes. Just visit http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ and choose a seller near to you. Beware that the list there is h

Re: Why packages in testing/unstable require the newer shared libraries ?

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:53:01 -0500 Boris Toloknov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > I have debian stable (etch). Sometimes I want to install the newest > versions of some packages from testing/unstable. Typically I can only > install some package with the newer version of the shared librari

Re: laptop does not resume after suspend

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:54:05 + "Vladimir Komendantsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Some days ago, following a normal package update, I noticed that my Dell > Inspiron 1525 laptop doesn't resume after suspend any more. Now the only way > to quit the suspended state is to switch the la

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:42:53PM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > Windows NT 4, 2000 and XP (and I think ME, 98, 95 and NT 3) had > a hidden file called thumbs.db in each folder that had images that > had ever been displayed as thumbnails. Sometimes if you download > peoples image dump rar files, y

Re: laptop does not resume after suspend

Hi all. >> Some days ago, following a normal package update, I noticed that my Dell >> Inspiron 1525 laptop doesn't resume after suspend any more. Now the only way >> to quit the suspended state is to switch the laptop off by pressing the >> power button. In fact I have no clear idea what package

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 08:13:00AM +0100, Johan Grönqvist wrote: > lee skrev: >> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 05:46:29PM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: >> Hm, that is not a fix, it's a poor workaround. And when I start >> nautilus and look at the preferences dialog, there is no mentioning of >> caching thu

Re: advice on cloning system

tom arnall wrote: At the bottom of this post is a description of my last attempt at 'cloning' my old system to my new machine. I put 'cloning' in quotes because it's not really that, otherwise I could just use 'dd'. The procedure left me with a system that seemed fine until I tried to run kdm.

Re: advice on cloning system

On Thursday 27 November 2008 09:55:29 Dirk Vervoort wrote: > tom arnall wrote: > > At the bottom of this post is a description of my last attempt > > at 'cloning' my old system to my new machine. I put 'cloning' in > > quotes because it's not really that, otherwise I could just > > use 'dd'. The pr

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

> From: lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 8:41 AM > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 08:13:00AM +0100, Johan Grönqvist > wrote: > > lee skrev: > >> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 05:46:29PM -0800, Ke

Re: GUI Looks Like Safe Mode

On 2008-11-27, Reikoshea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I upgraded my distro to Lenny a few weeks ago, and after the upgrade it > all of my applications look horrible (not as clean as they used to). > > Its not a huge issue, but its really odd. > > I use OpenBox WM with Kicker. The open box stuff

Re: GUI Looks Like Safe Mode

lee wrote: >> Of course it's possible to make Gnome look like KDE and vice versa >> but my guess would be it's KDE. > It is? Like I said, that's just how these programs look since gnome > became available in Debian, they never looked any different. > How are they supposed to look? You can even mak

Re: advice on cloning system

On Thursday 27 November 2008 09:55:29 Dirk Vervoort wrote: > tom arnall wrote: > > At the bottom of this post is a description of my last attempt > > at 'cloning' my old system to my new machine. I put 'cloning' in > > quotes because it's not really that, otherwise I could just > > use 'dd'. The pr

any sarge repository?

Hello, We need to install some packages in an old sarge server. It seems that debian doesn't have this repository online. Is there any sarge repository online? -- Angel L. Mateo Martínez Sección de Telemática Área de Tecnologías de la Información _o) y las Comunicaciones Aplicadas

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

Arthur Marsh wrote, on 2008-11-25 17:22: lee wrote, on 25/11/08 01:24: On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 04:29:52PM +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: Hi, I have a DPT2044W SCSI adaptor identified with lspci -vv as: which has an IBM SCSI disk attached, which contains MS-Windows95 OSR2. If I set the BIOS to boo

Insufficient privileges as root

Hi, i rescently installed the latest version of debian successfully (on a mini-itx with 600Mhz) and when i go to install apache2 on it, it installs successfully, but i am unable to write/edit files in the directories. Thanks in advance for any help. Jason Millis __

Re: How to enable reading SNMP from the LAN in Lenny

On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 10:45 +0100, Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > snmpwalk 192.168.32.161 -c public -v1 (gives the error "Timeout: No > Response from 192.168.32.161") Remove 127.0.0.1 from /etc/defaults/snmpd and restart your snmpd. Regards Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

How to enable reading SNMP from the LAN in Lenny

Hi all, I'm trying to setup a lan monitoring system (zenoss) Trying to enable SNMP in Lenny, I'm able to query the snmpd daemon only on localhost. I tried to configure snmpd.conf file using the tutorial at http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/snmp.htm Then I tried the snmpconf utility. I always get the s

Pasting old config file of 18th kernel to new kernel source of 26

i pasted the config file of 18th kernel to kernel source of 26 & I ran "make oldconfig" , eventhough it is querying for the new options present in that source for that i didnt know what to do.. i simply gave enter to that options. Simply pressing enter will enable the options if not shall I cont

Re: any sarge repository?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Angel L. Mateo wrote: > We need to install some packages in an old sarge server. It seems that > debian doesn't have this repository online. Is there any sarge > repository online? Googling the last two words of your subject should get you: htt

Re: laptop does not resume after suspend

> > Do you have an nvidia card in there by any chance? If so, are you using the > debian version of the non-free nvidia driver? > No, I don't have an NVidia card. I've got an Intel integrated one. I've found the reason. It's acpid_1.0.6-16_amd64. I downgraded to the version acpid_1.0.6-15_amd64.

Re: laptop does not resume after suspend

Vladimir Komendantsky wrote: >> Do you have an nvidia card in there by any chance? If so, are you using the >> debian version of the non-free nvidia driver? >> > > No, I don't have an NVidia card. I've got an Intel integrated one. > > I've found the reason. It's acpid_1.0.6-16_amd64. I downgraded

Re: Pasting old config file of 18th kernel to new kernel source of 26

2008/11/27 boss ganesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > i pasted the config file of 18th kernel to kernel source of 26 & I ran "make > oldconfig" , eventhough it is querying for the new options present in that > source for that i didnt know what to do.. i simply gave enter to that > options. > Simply pres

Re: Insufficient privileges as root

On Thu,27.Nov.08, 12:58:02, Jas-n Millis wrote: > > Hi, i rescently installed the latest version of debian successfully > (on a mini-itx with 600Mhz) and when i go to install apache2 on it, it > installs successfully, but i am unable to write/edit files in the > directories. Please post the ex

Re: laptop does not resume after suspend

Eugene, Thanks for the advise about snapshots. > > Now laptop comes back to life after suspend. > Please also bug report it against acpid package using reportbug utility. > Done earlier today: Debian bug #507031 V

ALSA sound recording frustration

Hi All, In case I have to say it, I'm very frustrated trying to get ALSA sound working on my Debian ETCH (up to date) box. My motherboard has built-in sound. Needless to say, I want to hear sound. I also want to be able to record sound from the stereo headphones jack of my radio and the stere

using the clipboard

I have a text file of about 100 lines (more than will display on one screen of less or vi). How can I get the entire file into the clipboard so I can then do a single paste to get it into a web text box? I know I can do it in sections but pasting uses the scroll wheel and the scroll wheel wants to

RE: GUI Looks Like Safe Mode

> * lee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 07:45:46PM -0600, Reikoshea wrote: > > > > > > For a graphical example see: > > > http://reikoshea.com/Screenshot.png > > > > > > Before upgrading to Lenny my windows looked exactly like > they do on > > > my Ubuntu desktop at work

Re: using the clipboard

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a text file of about 100 lines (more than will display on one > screen of less or vi). How can I get the entire file into the clipboard > so I can then do a single paste to get it into a web text box? I know I > can d

Purchase weekly snapshots of testing on DVDs?

I live in a rural area and have a dialup connection, so it's not practical for me to download the weekly iso files for testing. Does anyone know where I can buy a reasonably recent copy on DVDs? From that point on I can upgrade via my dialup connection. I suppose I could wait until lenny become

Re: x11vnc java error

| If I run x11vnc as follows: | | x11vnc -tightfilexfer -ssl -usepw -ncache 10 | | and then try to connect with firefox to https://localhost:5900 I get the | following error: | | RFB 003.008 | | I'm thinking this has something to do with a wrong or missing .jar file, | but I don't want

RE: GUI Looks Like Safe Mode

On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 09:04 -0600, Juan Carlos Avila wrote: > > * lee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 07:45:46PM -0600, Reikoshea wrote: > > > > > > > > For a graphical example see: > > > > http://reikoshea.com/Screenshot.png > > > > > > > > Before upgrading to Lenny my w

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

On Thursday 27 November 2008 15:38, Mark Neidorff wrote: > Hi All, > > In case I have to say it, I'm very frustrated trying to get ALSA sound > working on my Debian ETCH (up to date) box. > > My motherboard has built-in sound. Needless to say, I want to hear sound. > I also want to be able to reco

Re: GUI Looks Like Safe Mode

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:00:16AM +0200, Juha Tuuna wrote: > lee wrote: > >> Of course it's possible to make Gnome look like KDE and vice versa > >> but my guess would be it's KDE. > > It is? Like I said, that's just how these programs look since gnome > > became available in Debian, they never lo

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 09:38:40AM -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: > also want to be able to record sound from the stereo headphones jack of my > radio and the stereo audio out from my XM radio. The headphone connector is for headphones, it is not for connecting recording devices: If the voltage and

Re: advice on cloning system

tom arnall wrote: I want to put linux on a new computer, without having to rebuild all my applications. Following are the steps I plan to take: Install a base system with the same network installer that I used for the source machine and without getting anything from the

Re: using the clipboard

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 03:29:38PM +, Magnus Therning wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a text file of about 100 lines (more than will display on one > > screen of less or vi). How can I get the entire file into the > > clipboard so I c

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Tue, 2008.11.25, 330, Kelly Clowers wrote: > Although I would argue that .thumbnails/ would be even better if it was > moved into the XDG basedir standard location for cache, usually > ~/.cache/ Yes, and all other user caches too! That helps tremendously when doing synchronizing (like with un

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Wed, 2008.11.26, 331, lee wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:40:38AM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > However, I am not that worried about it. Disk space is abundant and > > cheap, > > Backing up the data is another problem. That isn't cheap, either, and > it gets more expensive the more data y

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:08:07PM +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: >> The correct module for the DPT SCSI card is eata but when I do: >> >> modprobe eata >> >> I get a kernel stack trace and a system lock-up )-:. >> >> I had no problem accessing the SCSI disk using sysrescuecd >> (gentoo-based) which

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 18:25:43 -0600, lee wrote: [...] > So how do I find out which programs create these thumbnails? You can look at the existing thumbnails, the information should be in the metadata: for PIC in *; do identify -verbose "$PIC" | grep Software; done Depending on how many thu

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 01:04:07AM -0800, Angus Auld wrote: > > Well, I just tried it. I can turn off showing previews, but > > that > > doesn't mean that no thumbnails are created. > > > > Still the dialog doesn't mention anything about > > creating and even > > caching thumbnails. > > > > > >

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 06:48:41PM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 18:25:43 -0600, lee wrote: > > So how do I find out which programs create these thumbnails? > > for PIC in *; do identify -verbose "$PIC" | grep Software; done Nice :) But I don't have the thumbnails anymor

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

Mark Neidorff wrote: > > Is there anything else you need to know about my system to help me get sound > working? > > PLEASE HELP me get sound working. To list the recording devices on your system use the command: $> arecord -l ..snip.. card 1: M2496 [M Audio Audiophile 24/96], device 0: ICE17

Re: Cracking SSL passwords for fun and profit

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 08:58:02AM +0100, Richard Hartmann wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 01:27, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do you know what keyspace you used for your password? i.e. how many > > (roughly) characters, were they letters, numbers, punctuation, etc? > > I d

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 01:37:37PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Wednesday 26 November 2008, lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: > Erase cache, clean registry in Linux': > >The tendency in Debian to split up configuration files --- like for > >apache and exim4 --- and to spread th

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Wed, 2008.11.26, 331, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Wednesday 26 November 2008, lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: > Erase cache, clean registry in Linux': > >The tendency in Debian to split up configuration files --- like for > >apache and exim4 --- and to spread them over several d

Re: Cracking SSL passwords for fun and profit

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 19:22, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > openssh is not the only ssh client in Debian. We also have putty, > lsh-client and dropbear. Oooh. Very good point. Very good, indeed. /me looks :) Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 09:48, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 18:25:43 -0600, lee wrote: > > [...] > >> So how do I find out which programs create these thumbnails? > > You can look at the existing thumbnails, the information should be in > the metadata: > > for

Re: x11vnc java error

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:45:13AM -0500, Karl J. Runge wrote: > Until they do, I recommend you download an x11vnc source tarball, e.g. > x11vnc-0.9.6.tar.gz, unpack it and supply this: I downloaded the tarball last night, installed it via stow in /usr/local, and found that the -http flag finds

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

> Prior to your message, I didn't think anyone actually liked non-split > configuration files for exim4 and apache. I tend to find the many little files rather inconvenient since you can't get the complete picture quite as easily. > I guess it's a matter of taste, but monolithic files are certai

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On 11/27/08 12:06, lee wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 01:04:07AM -0800, Angus Auld wrote: Well, I just tried it. I can turn off showing previews, but that doesn't mean that no thumbnails are created. Still the dialog doesn't mention anything about creating and even caching thumbnails. KDE ma

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 18:01 +0100, lee wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 09:38:40AM -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > > also want to be able to record sound from the stereo headphones jack > of my > > radio and the stereo audio out from my XM radio. > > The headphone connector is for headphones,

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 18:25 -0600, lee wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 02:35:22PM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > > 350 MB? I have not cleaned my thumbnails since early 2007 or so > > and I had 1.6 GB. > > You probably have been using applications that create thumbnails more > than I did. I'm us

x11vnc and kde

I'm trying to start a new KDE session with either of the following: FD_SESS=kde x11vnc -N -usepw -http -ssl SAVE -xvnc FD_SESS=startkde x11vnc -N -usepw -http -ssl SAVE -xvnc but all I get is a default X server. I've also tried configuring ~/.vnc/xstartup to launch kde, but that isn't b

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stefan Monnier wrote: > If Debian were to use diff3 and other such revision-control-style tools, > it would not be nearly as hard. And it would behave better in the face > of local edits. And it would reduce the diff between the upstream and > the De

Re: lynx and readme.gz

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 04:40:07AM +0100, lee wrote: > Hm, there seem to be lots of options in lynx.cfg, but almost > everything is disabled. The file has 3569 lines, but only 34 lines are > not empty and don't start with a "." or a "#". And there is no manpage > about lynx.cfg. Most of those "356

SHOWBAND available for Xmas, New Year Event and short/long term contract

Hi there! (Please forward to the entertainment department) Pink'N'blacK - 4/5pc international Showband for cruise ships, 5* hotels, venues, etc. We are still available for the Xmas, the new year event and any kind of contract (short or long term) anywhere in the world. We would submit to your a

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

Johannes Wiedersich writes: > ...useful to keep track on who changed which config when and why (me > vs. maintainer script... The package-management system keeps track of that. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

> From: lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 6:06 PM > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 01:04:07AM -0800, Angus Auld wrote: > > > Well, I just tried it. I can turn off showing > previews, but > > >

Bug#507084: ability to set new mount defaults in fstab

Package: mount Version: 2.13.1.1-1 Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org I notice a problem. The mount(8) defaults have no easy way of being changed by root, without having to recompile something. Wouldn't it be nice in /etc/fstab to be able to add a lin

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

>> If Debian were to use diff3 and other such revision-control-style tools, >> it would not be nearly as hard. And it would behave better in the face >> of local edits. And it would reduce the diff between the upstream and >> the Debian version. > I'm not sure I understand correctly, whom you me

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

Stefan writes: > when a config file has been changed locally, it's unable to merge the > local change with the upstream change: There is no general way to do this. The system would have to fully understand the config file and know all the ways the changes could conflict and interfere. -- John Ha

RAM limit?

I know, it's one of those questions, but i'd like some extra input. My motherboard is an Asus M2NPV-VM with a AMD ATHLON64 3500+ (AM2 socket). I currently have two Kingston 1G DDR2 667MHz CL5 dual channel thingies (DIMMs?) and am considering upgrading to 4 or 6GB total. I know the board supports u

Re: x11vnc java error

> > With '-ncache 10' the java applet in your web browser will > > probably run out of memory (unless the screen is small, -ncache > > 10 will require 50-100MB on both sides). So drop the ncache > > value or don't use the option. > > I've tried it with and without. I have a 64-bit

Re: Purchase weekly snapshots of testing on DVDs?

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 08:30:01AM -0700, Rick Morneau wrote: > I live in a rural area and have a dialup connection, so it's > not practical for me to download the weekly iso files for > testing. Does anyone know where I can buy a reasonably > recent copy on DVDs? From that point on I can upgrade

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:06:42PM +0200, Rob de Graaf wrote: > > The headphone connector is for headphones, it is not for connecting > > recording devices: If the voltage and/or current are too high/much, > > you can damage the soundcard. > > An input which measures voltages (here the microphone

Problem on slow keystroke response - guest on Xen box

Hi folks, Host - Debian Etch Guests - Debian Etch. Performed following steps to create duplicate guest, a mail server. 1) # cp /etc/xen/guest-1.cfg /etc/xen/guest-2.cfg edit guest-2.cfg changing the settings of:- disk = ['file:/vserver/domains/guest-2_directory/disk.img,hda1,w', 'file:/vser

Re: Bug#507084: ability to set new mount defaults in fstab

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:46:15AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Package: mount > Version: 2.13.1.1-1 > Severity: wishlist > X-Debbugs-Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org > > I notice a problem. The mount(8) defaults have no easy way of being > changed by root, without having t

Re: lynx and readme.gz

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 04:07:50PM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 04:40:07AM +0100, lee wrote: > > Hm, there seem to be lots of options in lynx.cfg, but almost > > everything is disabled. The file has 3569 lines, but only 34 lines are > > not empty and don't start with a "."

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

lee wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:06:42PM +0200, Rob de Graaf wrote: The headphone connector is for headphones, it is not for connecting recording devices: If the voltage and/or current are too high/much, you can damage the soundcard. An input which measures voltages (here the microphone i

using dual core to build kernels

Hi, I have a dual core system here, what is the switch to make make-kpkg when building the kernel to use both cores? I know -j works for make, but is there one for make-kpkg? Thanks, Danny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: using dual core to build kernels

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 01:39:31PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > I have a dual core system here, what is the switch to make make-kpkg > when building the kernel to use both cores? I know -j works for make, > but is there one for make-kpkg? >From the make-kpkg man page: CONCURRENCY_LEVEL "If defi

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 01:29:11PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> So the solution is to install and use KDE to keep gnome at bay? That > > No, the solution is: > $ rm ~/.thumbnails/* ~/.cache That's not a solution: 1/ It won't prevent the creation of new thumbnails. 2/ It doesn't implement any co

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 01:39:41PM -0800, Angus Auld wrote: > Of course you *could* use KDE, and that with a certainty would > facilitate your keeping Gnome at bay. :) Yeah, maybe I'll install it and try it out. It's been very long ago that I tried it last time. How do you use enlightenment as w

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 09:11:31PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: > lee wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:06:42PM +0200, Rob de Graaf wrote: >>> An input which measures voltages (here the microphone input) has >>> infinite large impedance, hence no current will flow. >> How can there be voltage (or volt

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

Napoleon writes: > Without getting into the more technical stuff, for correct operation > impedances need to match. Any mismatch lower performance. A small > mismatch probably won't be noticed but a larger one will. You need an impedance match for maximum power transfer but that is rarely what i

Re: using dual core to build kernels

Hello Daniel, You want to add in `/etc/kernel-pkg.conf' the line CONCURRENCY_LEVEL := 2 hth, Jerome Daniel Dalton wrote: Hi, I have a dual core system here, what is the switch to make make-kpkg when building the kernel to use both cores? I know -j works for make, but is there one for make-k

Re: using dual core to build kernels

> >From the make-kpkg man page: > > CONCURRENCY_LEVEL Thanks, that is what I'm after. Sorry, I know I should have looked at the man page... :-) Danny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian Boot Hangs at Swapfile Swap

Hi all, Hope you enjoyed the thanksgiving. I have a tiny problem about my debian/sid. When I boot my debian, it hangs at activating swapfile swap ...done. Here is what I get from the screen: Mounting local filesystems ... done Activating swapfile swap .. done It just hangs here. Then I press "

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

John Hasler wrote: Napoleon writes: Without getting into the more technical stuff, for correct operation impedances need to match. Any mismatch lower performance. A small mismatch probably won't be noticed but a larger one will. You need an impedance match for maximum power transfer but that

Re: Debian Boot Hangs at Swapfile Swap

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:15:53PM -0800, mond wrote: > I have a tiny problem about my debian/sid. When I boot my debian, it > hangs at activating swapfile swap ...done. > > Here is what I get from the screen: > > Mounting local filesystems ... done > Activating swapfile swap .. done > > It just

Re: ALSA sound recording frustration

lee wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 09:11:31PM -0500, Napoleon wrote: lee wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:06:42PM +0200, Rob de Graaf wrote: An input which measures voltages (here the microphone input) has infinite large impedance, hence no current will flow. How can there be voltage (or vol

Re: using dual core to build kernels

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 02:25:34PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > >From the make-kpkg man page: > > > > CONCURRENCY_LEVEL > > Thanks, that is what I'm after. Sorry, I know I should have looked at > the man page... :-) That's OK; it's not immediately apparent from a cursory glance. Glad to have

typing keys in scripts

Hi, I need to kill my screen reader when opening emacs. So I'm writing a script. I can kill it on the keyboard with insert and numpad enter. So is there anyway to type this key command from a script? If so how. I just want a script to type this key for me basically so I don't have to press it each

automatic gdm log in

Hi, Is it possible to get gdm to log me in automatically to a certain account with out me having to enter a username or password? It's a home pc so security isn't an issue, but I'm blind and I have to log in to gdm with out any feadback, and it would just be easier if it auto-logged me in... Than

building entire Lenny from source

Hi, I'd like to build the whole of Lenny from source and am looking for advice on the easiest tools to use. I looked at pbuilder and rebuildd and nearly had a headache. Are there tutorials out there? -- my place on the web: floss-and-misc.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Debian Boot Hangs at Swapfile Swap

On Nov 27, 10:00 pm, "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:15:53PM -0800, mond wrote: > > I have a tiny problem about my debian/sid. When I boot my debian, it > > hangs at activating swapfile swap ...done. > > > Here is what I get from the screen: > > > Mounting

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

>> when a config file has been changed locally, it's unable to merge the >> local change with the upstream change: > There is no general way to do this. The system would have to fully > understand the config file and know all the ways the changes could conflict > and interfere. Try to take the ne

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

lee wrote, on 2008-11-28 04:19: I've tried a kernel recompile from linux-source-2.6.27 and experienced the same problems. I get a kernel stack trace that ends in: note: scsi_scan0 [240] exited with preempt_count 1 Did you compile eata into the kernel or as a module? compiled into the ker

Re: automatic gdm log in

Daniel Dalton skrev: Is it possible to get gdm to log me in automatically to a certain account with out me having to enter a username or password? I use gnome, and I find it under the menu in what might be called "system -> login-window -> security -> atomatic-login" in english / johan --

Re: RAM limit?

Nuno Magalhães wrote: > The questions are: > - does the 2.6.26-1-amd64 kernel support up to 6GB? Yes, and many more. > - does it support PAE? How can i check/enable? You don't even need PAE on 64-bit system. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com Ukrainian C++ dev

Truecrypt as A User

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I am using truecrypt to encrypt my partition. But I can't access my encrypted partition as a user. Is is must run as a root? - -- Zaki Akhmad -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://getfiregpg.org iEYEAR

Re: using the clipboard

On Thursday 2008 November 27 11:18, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 03:29:38PM +, Magnus Therning wrote: > > You can also open the file in vim (or gvim) and copy to the clipboard. > > If you want the whole file then jump to the top (gg) then copy > > everything to the '+' registe

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Thursday 2008 November 27 23:38, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> when a config file has been changed locally, it's unable to merge the > >> local change with the upstream change: > > > > There is no general way to do this. The system would have to fully > > understand the config file and know all th

Re: building entire Lenny from source

On Thursday 2008 November 27 22:49, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > I'd like to build the whole of Lenny from source and am looking for > advice on the easiest tools to use. I looked at pbuilder and rebuildd > and nearly had a headache. Are there tutorials out there? Yes. ;) That said, I found the

Re: typing keys in scripts

On Thursday 2008 November 27 22:20, Daniel Dalton wrote: > I need to kill my screen reader when opening emacs. So I'm writing a > script. I can kill it on the keyboard with insert and numpad enter. So > is there anyway to type this key command from a script? If so how. I > just want a script to typ

Re: automatic gdm log in

On Thursday 2008 November 27 22:46, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Is it possible to get gdm to log me in automatically to a certain account > with out me having to enter a username or password? It's a home pc so > security isn't an issue, but I'm blind and I have to log in to gdm with > out any feadback,