Re: Help - touchpad not working

2007-08-11 Thread Jeff
lmost always much more challenging. Good luck, Jeff Rahul Samuel wrote: Hey I have been trying to install linux in my HP 500 laptop but all have failed. I last installed the Debian 4 and this also doesnt work. Please help. Everything goes fine, but when the GUI comes up my touch pad doesnt

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Jeff
y, as I understand it, thermal shock to minuscule electronic components during power-on. In the past, I've lost a number of motherboards and processors due (presumably) to this effect. Since keeping my machines on 24/7 (for several years now), I have not had any such problems.

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-11-30 Thread Jeff
openness by being cross platform. High on my list are VNC, OpenOffice Calc, Firefox... Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to find out IP address used by router?

2007-10-05 Thread Jeff
If you have the ability to store and run a CGI script remotely, run something like this... #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my $myip = $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'}; print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print "my ip: $myip"; print ""; exit; Jeff Sere

No sound in browser

2007-10-05 Thread Jeff
System sounds work but can not get sound to work in BBC News (real play) or sound to work in Youtube. Sound system is ALSA and Card is Realteck AC97 now running Lenny but had the same problem in Etch. Wonder if i have left something out? Any suggestions welcome. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: No sound in browser (solved)

2007-10-06 Thread Jeff
Shams Fantar wrote: Jeff wrote: System sounds work but can not get sound to work in BBC News (real play) or sound to work in Youtube. Sound system is ALSA and Card is Realteck AC97 now running Lenny but had the same problem in Etch. Wonder if i have left something out? Any suggestions

Re: No sound in browser (NOT solved)

2007-10-06 Thread Jeff
Jeff wrote: Shams Fantar wrote: Jeff wrote: System sounds work but can not get sound to work in BBC News (real play) or sound to work in Youtube. Sound system is ALSA and Card is Realteck AC97 now running Lenny but had the same problem in Etch. Wonder if i have left something out? Any

Re: No sound in browser (NOT solved)

2007-10-06 Thread Jeff
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 09:43:05 +1300, Jeff wrote: Jeff wrote: Shams Fantar wrote: Jeff wrote: System sounds work but can not get sound to work in BBC News (real play) or sound to work in Youtube. Sound system is ALSA and Card is Realteck AC97

Re: No sound in browser (NOT solved)

2007-10-06 Thread Jeff
Davide Mancusi wrote: Jeff ha scritto: If you are not running any sound daemons then it might be necessary to load the OSS legacy support modules so that the browser can use those devices directly. (It seems that alsaconf does not automatically load the OSS modules anymore with some soundcards

Re: No sound in browser (NOT solved)

2007-10-06 Thread Jeff
Jeff wrote: Jeff wrote: Shams Fantar wrote: Jeff wrote: System sounds work but can not get sound to work in BBC News (real play) or sound to work in Youtube. Sound system is ALSA and Card is Realteck AC97 now running Lenny but had the same problem in Etch. Wonder if i have left something

Re: No sound in browser (NOT solved)

2007-10-07 Thread Jeff
Jeff wrote: Jeff wrote: Jeff wrote: Shams Fantar wrote: Jeff wrote: System sounds work but can not get sound to work in BBC News (real play) or sound to work in Youtube. Sound system is ALSA and Card is Realteck AC97 now running Lenny but had the same problem in Etch. Wonder if i have

Re: No sound in browser (NOT solved)

2007-10-07 Thread Jeff
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 13:01:43 +1300, Jeff wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 09:43:05 +1300, Jeff wrote: [...] It was short lived because when i logged out and in again The browser sound stopped woking? Then

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

2007-02-01 Thread Jeff
, but for yucks I swapped out the hard disk and installed Kubuntu dapper. Install was very smooth, and all of the traditional trouble areas (wifi, suspend, hibernate, etc.) worked perfectly "out-of-the-box." I was impressed :) Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: Introduction

2007-02-10 Thread Jeff
NR is "not the way to go" for someone, they can just ignore it. Is that not your understanding? Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

VPN notification

2008-02-24 Thread Jeff
coax kvnc into service, but it doesn't seem to have the ability to notify on a dropped connection. Any suggestions? All help much appreciated. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] spamassassin overreach? [Was: Re: [OT] how to clean grime off old computer MB?]

2008-03-10 Thread Jeff
thingie (which I never pay attention to, so I don't know where it gets its filter rules) gave me a "Thunderbird thinks this message is junk" message. jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DELL Inspiron 530N

2008-03-22 Thread Jeff
ttp://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/ binsh-cant-access-tty-job-control-turned-off-474493/ ?s=9c49a645364350a283d4bb17b2135688> Just out of curiosity, is your boot order "CDROM, Harddisk," or is your LiveCD somehow trying to boot through the Grub that's installed on the

Re: Debian is losing its users

2008-03-27 Thread Jeff
s and wants of more users than other distros. But any of the others, with enough creativity and effort, could leapfrog Ubu. And it will happen. If you want Debian to be popular with more people, work at making it better for more people. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Again Temperature

2006-07-16 Thread Jeff
uot; should help you identify any daemons or other programs that put stress on the processor. But, has anything else changed (hardware, software, usage pattern)? Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kde, guarddog, and hotel wifi...

2006-07-22 Thread Jeff
Dave Patterson wrote: In this hotel, using the Guarddog firewall tool on KDE, I can't perform Browser login to hotel wireless until I've turned the firewall off. Once I've authenticated the login I can turn the firewall back on and things operate normally. How can I tell which port to open? R

Re: Debian Support for IBM xSeries 360

2006-07-25 Thread Jeff
series was IBM *System*/360. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian Sarge screen refresh rate

2006-09-12 Thread Jeff
board" > InputDevice"Configured Mouse" > InputDevice"Generic Mouse" > EndSection > > Section "DRI" > Mode0666 > EndSection > -snip end > > What command I can use

Re: How to install Etch using kernel 2.4.22?

2008-04-18 Thread Jeff
Jarek Jarzebowski wrote: Hello, we all know that Etch usues kernel 2.4.18 during installation but is there some way to install Etch using kernel 2.4.22? Regards, Jarek If you really mean 2.6.22, try: http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Looking for a decent IMAP server with hierarchical folders

2008-04-19 Thread Jeff
I recently installed Dovecot to allow me to use maildir local folders across mail clients. Very simple to get this running. Hierarchical folders seem to work fine. jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: VNC / Vino / tightVNC question

2008-05-11 Thread Jeff
d xvnc4viewer on the client(s). When you try to connect, monitor /var/log/syslog to watch for rejected or dropped packets and, if any are encountered, adjust firewall accordingly. jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: twiki on etch

2007-05-05 Thread Jeff
Tony Heal wrote: anyone using the new twiki package? I need help with the auth I have a very old install of twiki (circa 2001 I think) and I needed to update it finally. When I saw that debian etch now has a package I about freaked. I thought this is great! I set up a new server, installed

Re: Mouse Problems with KVM Switch

2006-09-22 Thread Jeff
aladdin wrote: Has anyone found a solution (besides a capacitor connected across the mouse leads) to the problem of the mouse going bonkers when you switch a KVM between windows and linux? I've read a lot of the archives where certain mice/KVMs exhibit this problem and my mouse/KVM does it. No

Re: Mouse Problems with KVM Switch

2006-09-22 Thread Jeff
aladdin wrote: On Friday 22 September 2006 20:55, Jeff wrote: aladdin wrote: Has anyone found a solution (besides a capacitor connected across the mouse leads) to the problem of the mouse going bonkers when you switch a KVM between windows and linux? I've read a lot of the archives

Re: mozilla firefox about:config

2006-10-02 Thread Jeff
o shut down all instances of firefox and update prefs.js directly. You could also try to right-click on about:config and add the mailto entry from there. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Dropbox in Lenny 64bit

2009-06-22 Thread Jeff
Hi, I would like to install Dropbox on my 64 bit Lenny . Wonder if there is a package for it somewhere? Thanks in advance. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Dropbox in Lenny 64bit

2009-06-22 Thread Jeff
> > > Hi, I would like to install Dropbox on my 64 bit Lenny . Wonder if > > there is a package for it somewhere? > > Thanks in advance. > > Jeff > > > Here's where to get it: > https://www.getdropbox.com/downloading?os=lnx > Here's how to

Re: Dropbox in Lenny 64bit [solved]

2009-06-22 Thread Jeff
That site below did the trick! Got dropbox now. Many thanks Jeff ManOn Mon, 2009-06-22 at 21:00 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:01:49 +1200 > Jeff wrote: > > > I haven't yet located Debian > > packages (although I suspect Ubuntu package would

Re: Thanks

2013-09-02 Thread Jeff
is a good substitute for Gnome 2. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5224ff2e.2000...@gmail.com

Fonts for widgets in Cinnamon

2017-08-19 Thread Jeff
-3.0, gtk-update-icon-cache, libgtk-3-bin to 3.22.17-1, which didn't help. I downgraded libwayland-client0, libwayland-cursor0 & libwayland-server0 to 1.13.0-1, but that didn't help either. So I'm now out of ideas. Does anyone know where I should look next? Regards Jeff P.

Re: server monitoring

2012-05-19 Thread Jeff
rk metrics, and has a GUI (kmchart) for viewing realtime and archive data. To try out, use apt to install pcp and kmchart, start up kmchart with File->New Chart, choose metrics and start graphing. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &quo

Re: need advice on IRC client choice

2002-03-10 Thread Jeff
next best thing to sliced bread :=) > > tnx, > -- Start with xchat. It's pretty straight forward and easy to get started with. Bitchx is my favorite term-based client, and its very powerful. I suggest getting famialiar with both, as I have, so that when you get into a situation wh

Re: woody install and X

2002-03-10 Thread Jeff
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) > Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net Not every component of X and Gnome require configuring. Are you sure they are all there? Make sure xserver-xfree86 and gnome-session are installed. The xserver will require the most configuring. jc --

Re: Woody CD ROM images?

2002-03-10 Thread Jeff
> From what I understand reading the information at the site, all I need > is the first CDROM image. > > Thanks for any tips! > > Randy Yes, these images are ready to burn. Treat it like an iso image. I think the ".raw" extention indicates a raw file format,

Re: Installing from source

2002-03-10 Thread Jeff
goes like RTFM. :-) Oh, and just to let you know, another reason your colleagues want you to build from source is that the .deb versions do most of the configuration for you. :-D Those guys are so sneaky! jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User

Re: files disappearing??? apt-get fun?

2002-03-10 Thread Jeff
> > I used apt-get and aptitude (didn't find similar bug for apt, aptitude > or dpkg). > > any ideas? TIA > > erik I think the first thing you should do is check the integrity of you HDD. Also, verify that you BIOS supports the size of your HDD, although Linux can

Re: dh-client setup problems

2002-03-10 Thread Jeff
in NYC requires no host name - the modem > validates the mac address of the ethernet card. It works fine when I boot to > NT..., so I'm pretty confident the network is good, but I'm really at a loss > right now... > > Thoughts? Can you confirm that the DHCPDISCOVER p

Re: AMD Support

2002-03-11 Thread Jeff
Use the i386 port. The AMD is supported there. If you compile your own kernel, there some some specific setting for various processor families and chipsets by AMD that you can play with. jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User

Re: portsentry: port 162 attack

2002-03-12 Thread Jeff
re listening. Have you looked at the snmp trap log to see what the trap is? Your colleagues machine won't have listening ports since it's the agent/client. Check the processes running and look for the agent. If the agent must run, check the config to tune it. hope this helps, jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User

Re: PS1

2002-03-13 Thread Jeff
{PWD}\007"' ;; linux*) PS1='[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\w\$' ;; *) ;; esac fi This keys off the $TERM variable. jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User

Re: A couple of general Debian questions

2002-03-14 Thread Jeff
rox. 30Kb/sec - not a good option for doing an internet install. I > don't see any iso's of Woody (b/c it's not released yet) out for me to > download and burn to take home. What are my options? Check out http://linuxiso.org/debian.html for the latest unofficial iso images

Re: Mail server for local lan

2002-03-15 Thread Jeff
, and making sure the service application is not vulnerable due to bugs or poor architecture. > I am behind a hardware firewall already (Netgear FR314) which I think > will hide the open ports from the internet. but still want > to make all precautions. And know how to setup so that onl

Re: Changing from a PS/2 mouse to a USB mouse?

2002-03-16 Thread Jeff
ouse. > Using gpm to repeat wouse events to X. Here are a few reference sites to help you get started: Setting up USB support: http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/book1.html Mouse configuration: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/other-formats/html_single/XFree86-Second-Mouse.html

Re: changed network config

2002-03-19 Thread Jeff
IF_PORT="auto" # Use /sbin/pump for BOOTP/DHCP? [y/n] DHCP="y" ;; work,*,*,*) IF_PORT="auto" IPADDR="192.168.0.100" NETMASK="255.255.255.0" NETWORK="192.168.0.0" GATEWAY="192.168.0

Re: PDF

2002-03-19 Thread Jeff
papers * from XML to PDF in one step So, I figure you could use pstoedit convert a pdf, and create documents in XML and use python to create a pdf from it. I'm sure someone else that's doing this very thing will chime in...I hope! :-) jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User

Re: backing up /etc

2002-03-19 Thread Jeff
d about putting in the scripting to convert existing configs over to the new structure during this phase as well. Sometimes a package will install the maintainers versions of config files during the upgrade, but in this case you are always given the choice to install or not, and the main

cdrw

2002-03-21 Thread jeff
hello folks... i'm trying to get my cdwriter to be recognized under debian... seems like i can mount the /cdrom no prob... any pointers on how to create a device for the writer? it seems to detect it ok at boot but i can't mount the sucker... TIA -jeff

Re: DRI not enabled - Why?

2002-03-22 Thread jeff
d one (without the 4) and DRI won't be enabled by default. this worked for me and my Voodoo...mileage may vary... good luck -jeff

Re: gphoto2 with USB digital camera problem

2002-03-24 Thread Jeff
USB port, it loads up as USB Mass Storage and I 'mount /dev/sda1 /mnt' and I can access my pictures. The usb-storage and sd_mod modules are loaded for this to work. Any help will be appreciated. thanks, jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian

fun with printers

2002-03-25 Thread jeff
ok...before i hang myself (after RTM and docs galore mind you :) ) i was wondering if anyone has a printer success story they could share with me...step by step...so my feeble brain can read it. :) thanks...the list has always been cool... -jeff p.s. my printer is an Epson Stylus Color 640

Re: fun with printers

2002-03-25 Thread jeff
wow man...do you write manuals? :) you should... THANKS!!! YOU DA MAN!!! -jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gphoto2 with USB digital camera problem

2002-03-26 Thread Jeff
Craig Dickson, 2002-Mar-24 07:02 -0800: > From the SanDisk web site: > > "Please Note: SDDR-55 is not mass storage compliant (not supported under > Linux)." > > Craig Ah crap! I missed that. Thanks for pointing that out. jc -- Jeff CoppockSys

Re: Wheel Mouse

2002-03-29 Thread jeff
c file with your favorite text-mode editor (like vi, or pico) and add the line 'imwheel &' - without the quotes of course restart X and all should be good about gpm...you can run gpm and X...use gpmconfig as root and play with the settings...usually you don't have to

Re: Help with window manager

2002-03-29 Thread jeff
ox strange, but somehow nice, XFCE all you need to do is download these packages and edit your .xinitrc file in your home directory. you can do a whole lot to make X look pretty with that file. > > Thanks, Al > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of

cdrw

2002-03-30 Thread jeff
rnel 2.4.18 thanks much...the list has always been cool... -jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound Problem

2002-03-31 Thread Jeff
se the script that comes with the ALSA drivers source called 'snddevices.in' which creates all the device files and links needed for sound. Also, please set your email editor to wrap to around 72 characters width. jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian

relocation error installing nautilus

2002-04-02 Thread Jeff
Help! Anyone know how to fix this: Setting up nautilus (1.0.6-2)... scrollkeeper-update: relocation error: /usr/lib/libscrollkeeper.so.0: undefined symbol: xmlLoadExtDtdDefaultV jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: relocation error installing nautilus

2002-04-02 Thread Jeff
Eric G. Miller, 2002-Apr-02 20:50 -0800: > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:25:30PM -0800, Jeff wrote: > > Help! > > > > Anyone know how to fix this: > > > > Setting up nautilus (1.0.6-2)... > > scrollkeeper-update: relocation error: > > /u

mail client and maildir

2002-04-03 Thread Jeff
Is that any mail client that supports maildirs, other than Mutt of course? jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gnome-gv / libscrollkeeper error with sid

2002-04-08 Thread Jeff
seful for the debugs should > file a bug? > > Marshal I got this same error while intalling nautilus into woody recently. I resolved the problem by purging scrollkeeper and libscrollkeeper0, plus a couple of dependancies, and reinstalling them. So, I don't know what the problem was, but i

Re: Procmail Rules for Debian lists

2002-04-09 Thread Jeff
^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ) { to $MAILBOX/deb-user } if ( /^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ) { to $MAILBOX/deb-laptop } if ( /^(To|Cc):[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ) { to $MAILBOX/deb-security } -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The latest round of antivirus bouncebacks

2002-04-11 Thread Jeff
ns that do the same thing (i.e. email clients), this gets expensive. My company simply says that they just won't support anything but those specified (Outlook and Outlook Express), but I can use anything I want. jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian

Re: User's perspective on upgrading to kernel 2.4?

2002-04-11 Thread jeff
ugrading to 2.4.18 (IMHO) gives a pretty good performance increase... of course, i don't have any 'real' stats to prove...it just 'feels' like it ;) good luck and happy compiling! -jeff p.s. the make-kpkg is so slick...why not try it...just to see how it works...ver

Re: The latest round of antivirus bouncebacks

2002-04-12 Thread Jeff
n what OS/Apps I'm using because they will usually get confused or clam-up or give-up. jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mail rules

2002-04-12 Thread Jeff
additions, modifications? > How about... 6. on reply, add your text at the bottom of the message body after removing content you are not responding too or is this too much? jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: mail rules

2002-04-12 Thread Jeff
s. How about borrowing from rfc 1855: "Be brief without being overly terse. When replying to a message, include enough original material to be understood but no more. It is extremely bad form to simply reply to a message by including all the previous message: edit out all the irrel

Re: compilation problems

2002-04-13 Thread jeff
g the debian version of compiling the kernel...which, seems to be very slick and let's you assign version numbers to your newly made kernel... http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.html#s-customkernel good luck! -jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Limewire

2002-04-14 Thread jeff
a decent alternative to lime is gtk-gnutella...while not as fancy and pretty as lime, it seems to do the job for me. (unstable) apt-get install gtk-gnutella good luck! -jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

scripting

2002-04-14 Thread jeff
eciate the help...being a semi-n00b. ideas? -TIA- -jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: scripting

2002-04-14 Thread jeff
On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 19:47, Shawn McMahon wrote: > begin jeff quotation: > > first, send replies to me...not the list... > > Then set a Reply-To: header. Don't expect everybody else to work harder > so that you don't have to. > > > -- > Shawn McMaho

Re: scripting

2002-04-15 Thread jeff
> Jeff, perhaps you are kindly willing to consider that it's a good idea > to post the answers to the list, so that other readers can also benefit > from it. > > Just an opinion. > > -- > Daniel Toffetti --- 'There is no spoon...' - The Matrix &g

Re: scripting

2002-04-15 Thread jeff
On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 13:21, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach John S. J. Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.15.1243 +0200]: > > jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > dpkg -l | sed -e 's/$// > dpkg.html > > > dpkg -l | perl -e '

Re: Running Yahoo Messenger??

2002-04-17 Thread Jeff
is not asking for my http proxy's id n password, w/o > which it can't connect to the net. > > -Gaurav Try using gaim, it provides good Yahoo Messenger support and has proxy support built-in. jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin a

Re: Dual Boot with Win2k

2002-04-17 Thread Jeff
=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map prompt delay=100 timeout=100 vga=ask append="" default=Linux image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only image=/vmlinuz.old label=LinuxOLD read-only optional other=/dev/hda label=Windows Oh yeah, and this is on a

Re: Why 2.2 kernel instead of 2.4

2002-04-17 Thread jeff
e all the new stuff too...haven't seen any real problems even with unstable...but, then again, i'm only using debian at home...but i think tackling our own distro of debian would be - for lack of a more intelligent term - pretty cool. that is the nature of linux? no? 'do it your

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

2006-04-20 Thread Jeff
ing to make your life easier. The good news is that it would be tough to go wrong with either choice. Good luck. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Multiple ubuntu-based distributions

2006-04-23 Thread Jeff
Michael M. wrote: Well, this is a pretty OT question for a Debian mailing list, but does Ubuntu not work as well with an alternate DE or WM as Debian does? ... Of course it does. I've used Kubuntu with icewm. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: Wiki recommendation

2006-05-06 Thread Jeff
tions? The "best," of course, depends on your specific needs. But if you want the ease of a flat-file wiki (i.e. no database required), that also has tons of flexibility, Pmwiki can't be beat. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: magicfilter and HP Deskjet 720c

2002-04-18 Thread Jeff
If not, can I use one of the above filters as an alternative? I have a Deskjet 952c and I use the Magicfilter 690c input filter and it works fine. Give it a try. jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Will Gnome 2.0 make it inot Woody?

2002-04-20 Thread jeff
let's make our own debian dern it you guys... stop complaining and let's make our own! wheee! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: $netstat -a

2002-04-23 Thread Jeff
anything for that protocol. Usually this is a firewall with rules specific to icmp and tcp in this case. jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Fwd: Command Line Listing?]

2002-04-26 Thread jeff
up and running in no time! http://www.linuks.mine.nu/workstation/ good luck! -jeff p.s. be careful in the 'apt' section of the page. you won't be able to download stuff unless you have your linux box online! just install stuff from the cdrom for now. as root, apt-get install

stupid script tricks - slightly OT

2002-04-29 Thread jeff
help a scripting dummy here... made a /usr/local/share/icons dir. would like to have symlinks to _all_ the xpm, gif, tiff, and jpg icons on my drive...available for use as icons in windowmaker... am i making sense? i await your lesson sensei... :) domo...arigato... -jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: stupid script tricks - slightly OT

2002-04-29 Thread jeff
Allan Wind wrote: > cd /usr/local/share/icons; find / \( -name \*.gif -o name \*.jpeg -o -name > \*.jpg -o -name \*.tif -o -name \*.tiff \) -a -type f | xargs -i ln -s \{\} . this looks like it should indeed work...but when i try it, i get: find: paths must precede expression Usage: find [path

Re: stupid script tricks - slightly OT

2002-04-30 Thread jeff
i would like to thank you all for a show of hands. it worked great and i tested it with the different methods you all suggested. thanks again. more posts to come. :) -jeff find / \( -name \*.gif -o -name \*.jpg -o -name \*.jpeg -o -name \*.tif -o -name \*.tiff -o -name \*.xpm \) -a -type f

Re: stupid script tricks - slightly OT

2002-04-30 Thread jeff
x27;cache'...then just do rm -f cache* :) -jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: java plugin for mozilla?

2002-05-02 Thread Jeff
egular user. That should do it. Otherwise, use the Blackdown java as describe elsewhere in this thread, although I've not yet used it I understand it works nicely. jc -- Jeff CoppockSystems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: OpenOffice.org & Woody

2002-05-06 Thread Jeff
ing, I thank my lucky stars that I am > using a stable program on a stable operating system. Even though OO is prone to hang/crash, when I restart it, OO has always recovered my working document properly. This a helluva lot more than I can say for the same situation using Microshaft stuff

Problem with XFree86 under sid

2002-05-09 Thread jeff
und and X mouse cursor. Any ideas? Thanks, Jeff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Red Hat user shopping around

2002-05-09 Thread jeff
ot getting paid tho so i don't complain. :) i think once you get in the drivers seat, you'll want to take it home. > Regards, > > Glen > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] good luck -jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X just locks up

2002-05-11 Thread jeff
th desktop, and I could still SSH in. Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: home "network"

2002-05-11 Thread jeff
> Kernel 2.2.19pre17 > XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System > Jesus Loves You! http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/quick-reference/ch-gateway.en.html good luck ;) -jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X just locks up

2002-05-11 Thread jeff
> On Sat, 11 May 2002 10:23:02 +0900 > "jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> banged a keyboard: > > Are you using Enlightenment as your window manager? I was and had > the same prob and when X and keyboard would freeze and I'd need to > hardboot to fix it, since

Re: good choice of network card?

2002-05-13 Thread jeff
.18 w/UNSTABLE (hee hee) and things are shiny all over. :) your mileage may vary... good luck! -jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: versions

2002-05-18 Thread jeff
th but there are some security issues to be worked on. the way i typcially set up my boxen is to use debian/freebsd for my servers and use mandrake/suse for my desktops. thus far, it's been a great combo and i haven't run into any major problems. good luck to you in your quest. -jeff --

Re: Locale setting on my console to see Japanese character

2002-05-20 Thread Jeff
he /etc/environment file and changed the LANG setting there and then checked /etc/profile to see if anything was set there for LANG or LC_*, but nothing was. I then changed the environment variable with "export LANG=en_US". And that did the trick. Look for an LC_ settings too, such as

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