My CDROM/CDRW not fully working in Debian

2004-11-25 Thread Tong
I have no clue what could be wrong. Things has always been working out of box for me for other distros. FYI, I installed the SCSI simulation after noticing that "cdrecord -scanbus" not working after freshly install Debian, but I've forgot how I did it, so that I can't get back an

Re: My CDROM/CDRW not fully working in Debian

2004-11-25 Thread Tong
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:41:11 -0500, Michael Spang wrote: > Tong wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've searched on the net, and it seems that it's only me having this >> problem -- my cdrom/cdrm is not fully working: >> >> I've noticed long time b

pam db version for Debian vsftpd virtual users

2004-12-04 Thread Tong
Hi, Hi, I followed the virtual users readme file (/usr/share/doc/vsftpd/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS/README.gz) to apply virtual users for vsftpd. The readme is well explained. I'm sure I've followed all the steps, though there is one only thing I can't figure out, the pam db version: The standard co

vsftpd upload only

2004-12-04 Thread Tong
ng from the previous failure point. Is that possible? thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: vsftpd upload only

2004-12-04 Thread Tong
On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 20:00:56 -0500, Tong wrote: > I want to configure one of the vsftpd virtual user to a "upload only" > account. I.e., able to upload but not able to download. > I can setup virtual user and upload, but how can I do "upload only"? download

ls color for bad symbolic link

2004-12-11 Thread Tong
Hi, I remember that my previous distro can distinguish symbolic links as good or bad: good links are show as normal link color whereas bad links are shown as red. How can I do that in Debian? Thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: ls color for bad symbolic link

2004-12-14 Thread Tong
On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:48:34 -0500, Tong wrote: > I remember that my previous distro can distinguish symbolic links as good > or bad: good links are show as normal link color whereas bad links are > shown as red. > > How can I do that in Debian? Thanks Thanks everyone for the

[Solved] ls color for bad symbolic link

2004-12-16 Thread Tong
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:51:22 +, Jason Chambers wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 07:29:22PM -0500, Tong wrote: >> On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:48:34 -0500, Tong wrote: >> >> > I remember that my previous distro can distinguish symbolic links as good >> > or bad: g

[OT], Database Comparer

2004-12-17 Thread Tong
script can be used to update target database to the latest metadata structure. This tool can be used as a part of automatic database updating mechanizm on your database server. Database Comparer produces the "update script" that can be executed using the next second tool. thanks tong

Re: [OT], Database Comparer

2004-12-17 Thread Tong
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 00:13:59 +0500, Nayyar Ahmed wrote: > >> Database Comparer >> Allows you to compare structure of two databases (or database metadata >> scripts). The result script can be used to update target database to the >> latest metadata structure. This tool can be used as a part of

Re: [OT], Database Comparer

2004-12-17 Thread Tong
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:41:21 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> any idea? thanks > > Google? yeah, I tried, Did you? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
Hi, Is Debian native java OK? I mean has anybody install it? has it had any trouble for you? How about compatibility? It equal to java 1.3 or 1.4, or less? Can original java compiled jar file work fine? ... The Debian native java readme files warns me about all above issues. But I just want to kn

Tora in Debian

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
Hi, The description of tora in Debian says: "Via qt3 it can access PostgreSQL and MySQL directly", but why I can only see PostgreSQL as connection type, not MySQL. what have I missed to install? $ dpkg -l | grep -Ei 'sql|qt' ii libdbd-mysql 0.7.1-2MySQL database server driver for lib

Re: [OT], Database Comparer

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:29:11 -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: > [...] > } I even have a Debian package :) > [...] > } let me know if you'd like to have a copy of it. > > This looks like it would be exceedingly useful to a lot of people. I would > recommend finding a Debian developer to sponsor you (

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 07:33:05 +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:41:04PM -0500, Tong wrote: >> Is Debian native java OK? > > What package/s are you talking about? > > I am using blackdown j2re1.4, it works. Oh, yeah, that's the one I was talking a

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 16:03:02 -0500, Tong wrote: > On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 07:33:05 +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:41:04PM -0500, Tong wrote: >>> Is Debian native java OK? >> >> What package/s are you talking about? >> >> I

paste -sd

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
Hi, Just noticed a wonderful usage of paste -s. However, I don't quite understand how -d works. Specifically, $ seq 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $ seq 10 | paste -sd " \n" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $ seq 10 | paste -sd " \n" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $ seq 10 | paste -sd " \n" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >From

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 19:25:23 -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: >> Is Debian native java OK? I mean has anybody install it? > > You can install the package free-java-sdk and it will give you an > environment that is reasonably good for simple programs. The JVM that will > be installed this way is sablev

A good XML Toolkit

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
hi, Please recommend a good XML Toolkit. I don't know many, the only one that I tried is XMLStarlet: http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/ ,- | XMLStarlet is a set of command line utilities (tools) which can be used to | transform, query, validate, and edit XML documents and files using simple |

Re: paste -sd

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 23:21:12 +0100, Maurits van Rees wrote: > Maybe these examples will make it clear: Sure it does. Thanks a lot for the clear explanation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Backup with versioning

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
the new problem. I think the tool that will solve your problem and the new problem and many more beyond the new problem is dar -- Dar stands for Disk ARchive. It is a GPL command line tool to backup a directory tree and files. http://dar.linux.free.fr/ I strongly recommend it! tong --

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 10:58:16 +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > [...] If have ethical objections to non-free software, or you want > to support the development of free-software java systems, install > free-java-sdk. [...] Come on, Sam. relax. I don't have any bias and I don't want to offend anybody.

OT, simple bash alias expansion question

2005-06-07 Thread Tong
Hi, How can I use my aliases in my bash script? This seems a very simple question but I just can't get it working. For example, I have an alias alias acpl='apt-cache policy' and this test file: $ cat cmd.bash shopt alias acpl apt-cache Now, no matter how I invoke the script, I always get t

New xterm title setting

2005-06-20 Thread Tong
Hi, I used to set my own xterm titles, but after the recent upgrade, the title of my xterm and rxvt are changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/pwd. How can use back to my own? (I think some system files have been changed, I didn't do any relevant changes before and after the upgrade). thanks -- T

Re: New xterm title setting

2005-06-20 Thread Tong
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:05:11 +0200, Ernst-Magne Vindal wrote: >> I used to set my own xterm titles, but after the recent upgrade, the >> title of my xterm and rxvt are changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/pwd. >> >> How can use back to my own? (I think some system files have been changed, >> I didn't do

Is this tidy converting correct?

2005-06-22 Thread Tong
'181 220 210 221 149 132 163 168 183 189 193 166 201 234 163 169' | perl -ne 'print chr $_ for split /\s+/' > test tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xsel bug with emacs?

2005-06-22 Thread Tong
see" the highlighted string, 1st my "xselh sg" is just a wrapper for the "[selection get]" command in tk. and 2nd is the standard xfree command: $ xselh sg test string highlighted in emcas $ xprop -root CUT_BUFFER0 CUT_BUFFER0(STRING) = "test string highlighted in

Re: Is this tidy converting correct?

2005-06-22 Thread Tong
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:11:39 +0100, michael wrote: >> I have this file: >> >> $ cat test | od -t u1 >> 000 181 220 210 221 149 132 163 168 183 189 193 166 201 234 163 169 >> ^^^ ^^^ > > Maybe I've missed something, but why are you piping this through `od`? > And, belo

[Solved] New xterm title setting

2005-06-22 Thread Tong
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:02:22 -0400, Tong wrote: > Thanks for the reply, but ... I don't want > the [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/pwd title, I want my own. > > Another thing that I forgot to mention, another reason that I think some > system files have been changed is because that t

About blackdown

2005-06-22 Thread Tong
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 08:01:56 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > Obviously all this from standard debian packages if that is possible I've noticed that many of the answers for this thread suggest to avoid the blackdown. Any justification for that? The reason I'm asking is that I asked a similar quest

CUPS, access configuration in Debian

2004-09-30 Thread Tong
Hi, I was able to lprm my own printer jobs until today when I was prompt with a password request: $ lprm 810 Password for tong on localhost? lprm: Unable to cancel job(s)! How to configure CUPS in Debian so that such password requests are not necessary for my own jobs and root account

Two compilation errors

2004-10-01 Thread Tong
Hi, I'm trying to compile DWI (a simple system to create data driven applications, http://www.linas.org/linux/dwi/), but met with 2 compilation errors. 1) in the dwi-gtk directory, I got the "No package 'xml2' found" error: make[2]: Entering directory `/export/home/t

Re: Two compilation errors

2004-10-01 Thread Tong
On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:32:13 -0700, Eric Gaumer wrote: > On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 14:10, Tong wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to compile DWI (a simple system to create data driven >> applications, http://www.linas.org/linux/dwi/), but met with 2 >> compila

Re: Two compilation errors

2004-10-02 Thread Tong
Thank you very much Eric, you solved all the problems. and thanks again for the two extra posts. On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 19:42:35 -0700, Eric Gaumer wrote: > On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 16:57, Tong wrote: >> On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:32:13 -0700, Eric Gaumer wrote: >> >> > On

[video-dvdrip], where is mp2enc

2004-10-17 Thread Tong
perl/libvideo-capture-v4l-perl Please help. Thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [video-dvdrip], where is mp2enc

2004-10-20 Thread Tong
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:34:38 +0200, Joan Tur wrote: > Es Dilluns 18 Octubre 2004 03:43, en Tong va escriure: > | sh: line 1: mpeg2enc: command not found > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# apt-file search mpeg2enc > mjpegtools: usr/bin/mpeg2enc Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you very

OT, dvd player playable jpeg pictures

2004-10-26 Thread Tong
ant information. Anybody can help? Thanks a lot tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT, dvd player playable jpeg pictures

2004-10-27 Thread Tong
94 DVD * Picture Zoom * JPEG Picture Viewer And mine support mp3 discs and jpeg picture discs... Thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Can't mount DVD any more

2004-10-27 Thread Tong
ide-detect 288 0 (autoclean) (unused) ide-disk 12512 12 (autoclean) ide-core 94108 12 (autoclean) [ide-scsi ide-cd ide-detect sis5513 ide-disk] Thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: OT, dvd player playable jpeg pictures

2004-10-28 Thread Tong
. Oooh, that IS too slow. Are those pictures you took from digital camera? When dimension are they? What kind of dimension have you been able to play on your DVD player? Thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can't mount DVD any more

2004-10-28 Thread Tong
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:03:01 -0400, Tong wrote: [Original question with more comments] > I used to be able to mount my dvd, but not now any more. That was long time ago, before I tweak the kernel modules. > Here is my fstab: > > $ grep dvd /etc/fstab > /dev/dvd

Re: Can't mount DVD any more

2004-10-29 Thread Tong
Thanks Justin. On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:27:22 -0600, Justin Guerin wrote: > On Wednesday 27 October 2004 19:03, Tong wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I used to be able to mount my dvd, but not now any more. >> > What did you change in between the times when you could mount it an

Re: OT, dvd player playable jpeg pictures

2004-10-29 Thread Tong
Thanks Icebiker. Good suggestion. I'll give it a try. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cdrecord --scanbus

2004-10-29 Thread Tong
ll of them are necessary. More over, my CDRW works fine, but I haven't find the reason why my DVD does not work yet... check out the full story in thread "Can't mount DVD any more" tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Subject=Re: cdrecord --scanbus

2004-10-29 Thread Tong
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:02:48 -0700, Eric Gaumer wrote: >> # cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI >> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a34 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg >> Schilling >> NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of >> cdrecord >> and thus may have bugs that

Re: Subject=Re: cdrecord --scanbus

2004-10-30 Thread Tong
Thanks, Eric, that's really clear things up for me. Nice weekend... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Solution [Can't mount DVD any more]

2004-10-31 Thread Tong
The answer is actually very simple -- my dvd device is /dev/sr7 instead of /dev/sr1. On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:02:41 -0400, Tong wrote: > Thanks Justin. > > On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:27:22 -0600, Justin Guerin wrote: > >> On Wednesday 27 October 2004 19:03, Tong wrote: >>&g

Get directories names

2004-11-09 Thread Tong
Hi, I used to use the following command/alias to get the names under the current directory in RH: ls -l | grep ^d | cut -c57- but in Debian, the position of the file name is not fixed. How do you get it? Thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Get directories names

2004-11-11 Thread Tong
Thanks everybody for the respond. On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:57:21 -0500, Sudarshana Koushik wrote: > Hang on ppl. Whats wrong with what one of previous posts > suggestedjust use ls -d */ (dont forget the '/') Yes, I think this is the most elegant solution (should be much much faster than the fi

How about links (was: Get directories names)

2004-11-11 Thread Tong
; > ls -d */ Ok, the problem of directories names solved. Now, how about links? PS. I used to use: ls -l | grep ^l | cut -c57- which shows me the link files and their targets... tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound stopped working on i810 on debian/unstable

2004-11-11 Thread Tong
t; myhost$ lspci|grep audio > :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM > (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) > Hi, This is just to confirm that you are not along. I'm using debian/testing, 2.4.25-

Good unicode compatible editors under X

2004-07-06 Thread * Tong*
Hi, Since the gedit is crashing in debain testing (http://www.google.com/groups?q=+%22gedit:+undefined+symbol:+eel_input_event_box_new%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=r&selm=2bRJs-659-17%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=2) I'm wondering what unicode compatible editors would you recommend under X? Thanks

tzconfig for Otario Canada

2004-07-06 Thread * Tong*
Please forgive my ignorance, in Debain, I don't know which of the following correspond to the Ontario time zone in Canada: Atlantic Central East-Saskatchewan Eastern Mountain Newfoundland Pacific Saskatchewan Yukon PS, - I have to choose America/New_York at the moment. - I didn't have any prob

Is gedit crashing in sid?

2004-07-07 Thread * Tong*
Hi, Since the gedit is crashing in debain testing (http://www.google.com/groups?q=+%22gedit:+undefined+symbol:+eel_input_event_box_new%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=r&selm=2bRJs-659-17%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=2) I'm wondering if it is crashing in SID? Crashing now and then is at least better

Re: tzconfig for Otario Canada

2004-07-07 Thread * Tong*
On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 08:55:00 -0400, S.D.A. wrote: > On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:40:49AM -0400 or thereabouts, Seneca wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 11:50:27PM -0400, * Tong* wrote: >> > Please forgive my ignorance, in Debain, I don't know which of the >> > fol

Very strange error setting up my cups printer

2004-07-07 Thread * Tong*
Hi, I switched from RH9 and installed Debian just recently. Previously my printer was working fine, now I just can't use it: $ lpstat -p -d printer hp_psc_1210 is idle. enabled since Jan 01 00:00 system default destination: hp_psc_1210 $ lpq lpq: hp_psc_1210: unknown printer $ lpq -Php_ps

How to get dependent report

2004-07-07 Thread * Tong*
Hi, How can I get a list of dependent packages and their versions without going through the reportbug? Something like the following: Package: gedit Version: 2.4.1-1 Versions of packages gedit depends on: ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-5 Library of functions for 2D graphi ii libas

Re: How to get dependent report

2004-07-07 Thread * Tong*
On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 14:18:08 -0500, Jacob S. wrote: >> How can I get a list of dependent packages and their versions without >> going through the reportbug? > > Have you tried "apt-cache show packagename"? Part of its ouput is a line > telling what packagename depends on. Yes, I tried that. It

Re: Very strange error setting up my cups printer

2004-07-07 Thread * Tong*
On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 13:35:21 -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: >> I switched from RH9 and installed Debian just recently. Previously >> my printer was working fine, now I just can't use it: > > Check to see where your lpq came from. You need to be using the > versions in the cupsys-bsd package. From t

Recompile source after error

2004-07-07 Thread * Tong*
Hi, I was trying to compile the emacs from source deb package. The compilation stopped in the middle because of some error. If I use dpkg-buildpackage, everything will be started all over again. Which command I can use to start from where I was left? I want to duplicate the error, fix it and

Re: Recompile source after error

2004-07-08 Thread * Tong*
elpful one. Thank you, from me and for all newbies like me. tong FYI. - I've been using Linux ever since RH6.2, and just shifted to Debian recently. - The reason I want to recompile Emacs is that I don't like its Windose scrollbar behavior, and want to restore it to X-windows def

My eth0 is gone

2004-07-08 Thread * Tong*
Hi, Hysterically, after I reboot Debian, my eth0 device is gone. % networking start eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device % ifconfig eth0 inet 192.168.0.99 up SIOCSIFADDR: No such device eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device eth0: ERROR while getting int

About extra features of less

2004-07-08 Thread * Tong*
Hi, I don't know how they did it, but when I was using RedHat9, I can use less to view directories, .gz files, and even .zip files, etc. I can't do it now in Debian. Anybody know how they did that? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Fonts are larger

2004-07-08 Thread * Tong*
Hi, This is the question I hesitate to ask, because the cause of the problem is beyond my wild imagination. You see, I migrated from RH8 to Debian recently. Under X in Debian, I noticed that some of my fonts are a bit bigger. I use fluxbox, and its configuration is the same for both systems,

Re: postgresql with tcp/ip conection

2004-07-08 Thread * Tong*
On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:23:29 -0300, Filipi Vianna wrote: >> I know that a flag -i should be added, but i dont know where. > > There is how I do it on Slackware: I was wondering that too. Any Debian solutions? thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Fonts are larger

2004-07-08 Thread * Tong*
On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 23:48:17 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> As I said, the cause of the problem is beyond my wild >> imagination. Is it the DPI of X? The interpretation of fonts? ... >> puzzled. > > Look here: > > http://linuxgazette.net/issue96/adam.html Ha, as I read along, I repeated to mysel

Prepare the Debian kernel-source, modversions.h

2004-07-09 Thread * Tong*
Hi, I'm preparing my Debian kernel-source so that I can compile my pctel modem driver. I've done the kernel-source-preparing before in RedHat, basically: make mrproper # get the configuration file ready, then make dep But when I compile my pctel modem driver, I get the "no modversions.h file

About emacs

2004-07-09 Thread * Tong*
ation finished successfully and the error only occurs in the packing phase: cd leim; /usr/bin/make install /root/try/emacs21-21.3+1/debian/build-x/leim make[2]: Entering directory `/export/home/tong/try/emacs21-21.3+1/debian/build-x/leim' if [ x`(cd /root/try/emacs21-21.3+1/debian/pkg-el-all/u

Re: Prepare the Debian kernel-source, modversions.h

2004-07-09 Thread * Tong*
On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 21:32:31 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- * Tong* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> But when I compile my pctel modem driver, I get the "no >> modversions.h file found" error: >> >> $ ./configure -auto > > > Insta

update-rc.d usage

2004-07-09 Thread * Tong*
Q: In RedHat, the chkconfig can also be used to generate a code skeleton that have start/stop, etc. Can we do it in debian? Q: what is the right way to specify a service that only has start but no stop? I just can't get it right. from the man page it is: ,- | update-rc.d [-n] name de

Re: update-rc.d usage

2004-07-09 Thread * Tong*
On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 23:44:07 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> % update-rc.d local defaults 80-start >> update-rc.d: error: codenumber must be a number between 0 and 99 >> usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] remove >>update-rc.d [-n] defaults [NN | sNN kNN] > > RTFM would help here. You're almost t

Re: update-rc.d usage

2004-07-09 Thread * Tong*
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 01:25:07 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> # update-rc.d local defaults start 80 >> update-rc.d: error: codenumber must be a number between 0 and 99 > > update-rc.d local defaults 80 Come on, Thomas, I notice that you seldom read people's posting closely. What I was asking was:

Re: update-rc.d usage

2004-07-10 Thread * Tong*
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 03:34:22 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> what is the right way to specify a service that only has start but no >> stop? > > station:~# update-rc.d local start 80 2 3 4 5 . > Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/local ... >/etc/rc2.d/S80local -> ../init.d/local >/etc/rc

Image viewer that support keyboard panning and zooming

2004-07-10 Thread * Tong*
Hi, Is there a ready-made debian image viewer package/tool that supports keyboard panning and zooming? I used to use xv, but it is not available in debian. I use gqview a lot, but it is not good enough for a one-picture-quick-view task. I'm currently using eog, but it can't quit by keyboard (re

Re: Gnome configuration

2004-07-10 Thread * Tong*
On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 20:04:59 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > opens the URL. But, it used to be that the browser was selectable > via alternatives. Now it seems not to be. I'm pretty sure that A side question, How to configure the bg/fg color for Gnome/gtk applications? I think I could previously, b

Re: Keeping a customized file from being updated during package upgrade

2004-07-10 Thread * Tong*
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 00:55:08 -0400, Silvan wrote: > anyway. One thing I've done to help me keep track of where I am is to use > colorized prompts. Red is root, cyan is local user, purple is local user > with developer environment variables, green is remote, etc. It helps when > you have as m

Re: is it possible to change apt-get's access priorities?

2004-07-10 Thread * Tong*
On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 20:14:05 -0500, Jacob S. wrote: > If I'm understanding you properly, you want apt-pinning to work with 4 > repositories: 1) CDs, 2) stable on debian.org servers, 3) testing on > debian.org server and 4) unstable on debian.org servers. This is really a good and comprehensive ar

reportbug (was: About emacs)

2004-07-10 Thread * Tong*
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 11:39:41 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > However consider filing a bug if the source package for emacs does not > build correctly with all the build-depends installed and using the > standard debian package building scripts. Yes, that seems to be what's happening here. Hmm, do I

Any way to search executable name?

2004-07-12 Thread * Tong*
Hi, Is there any way to search executable name for it package? For example, from efax.rc I know that it uses "paperconf" to determine paper size. but apt-cache search can't find its package name... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Changing hostname

2004-07-12 Thread * Tong*
Hi, Quick question how to change hostname under debian? I changed my /etc/hosts from 127.0.0.1 cxmrlocalhost to 127.0.0.1 cxmr.dyndns.org localhost but why my hostname is still reporting merely 'cxmr'? How to fix it? (Surely I've reboot

Re: Any way to search executable name?

2004-07-12 Thread * Tong*
search can't find its package name... > > You can use dpkg -L to list the contents of an installed package. You see, the reason I need to search is that I don't have that executable, and what to know where it comes from. :-) I think Oliver's answer might be the only answer.

Re: Disk tools in debian

2004-07-12 Thread * Tong*
g's problem, but running as root on a Sarge system, I get >> > results just like Tong, and not like you, Oliver. I fail to see what >> > I could be doing wrong. Maybe there is a problem here. >> >> Same here. Nothing. I am running Sid. > > I guess someone

How to configure Gnome app color

2004-07-12 Thread * Tong*
A silly question, How to configure the bg/fg color for Gnome/gtk applications? I think I could previously, but I can't find where to do it now. Please help. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Disk tools in debian

2004-07-13 Thread * Tong*
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:02:07 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > I fired up reportbug and it tells me that I don't have the latest version > of util-linux installed. So, maybe I should do this before I bother the > maintainer, yes? update from my part. I get everything updated: 0 upgraded, 0 newly ins

Re: Changing hostname

2004-07-13 Thread * Tong*
localhost | | 127.0.0.1localhost | cxmr.dyndns.orgcxmr `- That's actually what I want to do. I.e., I want my FQDN reflects my real IP address, not localhost, but that seems impossible, because I'm getting a new IP every time I reboot. Any comments? Thanks Tong

Statistic reports

2004-07-13 Thread * Tong*
it weekly). If you have any concerns, please follow up to this message or the statistic reports. Thanks Tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Using dd to copy a cd. Accuracy of the obtained image.

2004-07-13 Thread * Tong*
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:55:00 -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Does anyone have anything to add to this (pointers, howtos, etc)? ... You may have known, the normal tool is cdrdao. # to make a bin/cue image cdrdao read-cd --device $CDR_DEVICE --datafile $iname.bin $iname.toc tong --

[OT] How to set pan's color

2004-07-14 Thread * Tong*
Hi, How do you set pan's color? I want to set it white on black. I can't find where to set pan's color (bg/fg, for its group/header/message window). Moreover, the default Gnome/gtk theme doesn't specify g/fg color setting either. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: KDE Fonts Too Large

2004-07-15 Thread * Tong*
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:13:03 +0300, Janjs Jangori wrote: > Part output of the original /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > > Section “Files” > FontPath“Unix/:7#Local font server > # if the local font server has problem, we can fall back on these > FontPath

Re: [OT] How to set pan's color

2004-07-15 Thread * Tong*
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:14:43 -0400, * Tong* wrote: > How do you set pan's color? > > I want to set it white on black. I can't find where to set pan's > color (bg/fg, for its group/header/message window). Moreover, the > default Gnome/gtk theme doesn't specify

Why GTK apps show smaller fonts under KDE?

2004-07-15 Thread * Tong*
Hi, I notice that fonts are smaller for GTK applications (like pan) under KDE. E.g., for the same app -- pan, fonts are smaller in KDE than in my fluxbox. Why is that? Is there a fix? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: Why GTK apps show smaller fonts under KDE?

2004-07-15 Thread * Tong*
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 00:32:45 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> I notice that fonts are smaller for GTK applications (like pan) under >> KDE. >> E.g., for the same app -- pan, fonts are smaller in KDE than in my >> fluxbox. >> >> Why is that? Is there a fix? > > The command: "gnome-font-properties" w

KDE color setting inheriting (was: How to set pan's color)

2004-07-15 Thread * Tong*
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:40:32 -0400, * Tong* wrote: >> How do you set pan's color? >> >> I want to set it white on black. I can't find where to set pan's >> color (bg/fg, for its group/header/message window). Moreover, the >> default Gnome/gtk th

Re: Why GTK apps show smaller fonts under KDE?

2004-07-16 Thread * Tong*
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 21:23:21 -0400, Larry Geralds wrote: >> I notice that fonts are smaller for GTK applications (like pan) under KDE. >> E.g., for the same app -- pan, fonts are smaller in KDE than in my fluxbox. > > There's a setting in Kmenu > Settings > Gnome Control Center. > > After setti

gnome-settings-daemon equivalent for KDE

2004-07-16 Thread * Tong*
Hi, What is the equivalent command for KDE that is same as gnome-settings-daemon for GNOME? I.e., how can other WMs (e.g., fluxbox) to inherit KDE's settings (e.g. color/fonts)? TIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT

[OT] quieter EPIC

2004-07-20 Thread * Tong*
Sorry for an OT message... I want my EPIC4 to be more quieter, ie, to ignore messages like people joining and leaving, mode changes, etc. In the manual page, it says: ,- | To highlight people joining and leaving, mode changes, etc. for a | channel: | | /ignore #channel +crap `- But I t

why I can't post while on the list (still geting mails)

2004-08-06 Thread Tong
I can't post -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I've been blocked

2004-08-06 Thread Tong
for no reason. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I've been blocked

2004-08-06 Thread Tong
On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 21:19:24 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 20:32, Tong wrote: >> for no reason. > > NO YOU HAVE NOT. > > goto: http://lists.debian.org > > Search for this list and subscribe to it. I've been on the digest list. I have to su

Configuration DB

2004-08-07 Thread Tong
Hi, I'm new to Debian. Seems that Debian keeps all configuration data in a DB. Is there a way to backup this configuration data, so that next time when I have to reinstall Debian, using apt-get install , I don't have to answer those hard and tedious questions again? Thanks tong

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