Installation options for SATA machines

2009-07-16 Thread AG
List Is there a switch (option?) during the installation process one needs to be aware of using a sata system? I was planning on using a May 30/09 netinst snapshot ("squeeze") for a basic system and then add from there. Thanks for any thoughts AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

SATA DVD/CD-RW still NOT resolved: Please help!!

2009-07-18 Thread AG
List Over the last few months I have described my on-going tales of woe with the sata DVD/CD-RW on this new machine. A number of you have made some helpful comments which have unfortunately not alleviated the situation. There are also no switches to use when installing to sata drives, so I

Query on IP connections & security

2009-07-24 Thread AG
t the portmap service was not enabled at boot up, it would appear that it is running in the background. I recall that portmap used to be a security risk, but is this still the case and should I be concerned? Thanks AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

[SOLVED] Re: Query on IP connections & security

2009-07-24 Thread AG
AG wrote: I was going through the hardinfo application and when I got to "IP connections" I noticed the following connections have the "Established" status using TCP and both on port 443 (SSL and HTTPS). One of these connections is to 71.62.0.176 (which doesn't seem

Re: Query on IP connections & security

2009-07-24 Thread AG
Brian wrote: On Fri 24 Jul 2009 at 19:15:45 +0100, AG wrote: Also, although I was under the impression that the portmap service was not enabled at boot up, it would appear that it is running in the background. I recall that portmap used to be a security risk, but is this still the

Re: Query on IP connections & security

2009-07-24 Thread AG
Kevin Ross wrote: AG wrote: What applications could I have on my machine that would establish tcp connections with either of these using ssl/https? You can determine what program opened a particular connection by running "netstat -p". Running as root usually gives better results.

Re: Query on IP connections & security

2009-07-24 Thread AG
Jeff D wrote: On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, AG wrote: I was going through the hardinfo application and when I got to "IP connections" I noticed the following connections have the "Established" status using TCP and both on port 443 (SSL and HTTPS). One of these connections is t

Obtaining firmware - can one use Sidux files?

2009-07-26 Thread AG
king for? I'd appreciate any further suggestions - thanks. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Back up routines

2009-07-26 Thread AG
st if the application was able to tell what has changed between backup sessions to back up only that which is new, but perhaps that is the default anyway. Any recommendations please? Cheers AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "u

Re: Back up routines

2009-07-26 Thread AG
Brad Rogers wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:48:17 +0100 AG wrote: Hello AG, Thus, can I please have a few recommendations for a backup routine that is safe for dummies (i.e. me) and is low maintenance that I can just leave to run according to a cron job once (or twice) a week? It would be

Re: Back up routines

2009-07-26 Thread AG
AG wrote: Generally I have relied on the separate partitioning of my /home directory as some measure of protection against hosing my system through pebkac-type activities, but this is not necessarily the most reliable of options and certainly won't help in the case of a catastrophi

Safest maintenance of a sid system

2009-07-27 Thread AG
reasonable stability? For example, the use of scripts such as those from sidux, or not doing a daily system update or ... ? Thanks for any tips/ steers. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Back up routines

2009-07-27 Thread AG
Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-07-27 01:40, AG wrote: [snip] Thanks for the many suggestions of applications and approaches. The next step for me is to take each one and do some further research and make a decision. If it would be useful, I'm happy to post back once I've d

Re: Safest maintenance of a sid system

2009-07-27 Thread AG
Siggy Brentrup wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 07:45 +0100, AG wrote: Hi Having recently upgraded to sid, I want to try to ensure that I am able to maintain a more or less stable system under those circumstances and in the full knowledge that, by definition, sid is unstable and may be

Re: Safest maintenance of a sid system

2009-07-27 Thread AG
Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-07-27 02:32, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 27 Jul 2009, Siggy Brentrup wrote: On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 07:45 +0100, AG wrote: Hi Having recently upgraded to sid, I want to try to ensure that I am able to maintain a more or less stable system under those circumstances

Re: Safest maintenance of a sid system

2009-07-27 Thread AG
Jochen Schulz wrote: AG: With this in mind, what do the more experienced sid users do in terms of the daily updates of packages that come through - for example - the Update Notification? I usually install all available upgrades daily (or even twice a day) using 'sudo apt

Re: Safest maintenance of a sid system

2009-07-27 Thread AG
John Hasler wrote: AG writes: With this in mind, what do the more experienced sid users do in terms of the daily updates of packages that come through - for example - the Update Notification? Nothing. I make no attempt to "track" Unstable. I keep an eye on what's

Re: Safest maintenance of a sid system

2009-07-27 Thread AG
Tim Beauregard wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 AG wrote: Having recently upgraded to sid, I want to try to ensure that I am able to maintain a more or less stable system under those circumstances and I manually use apt-get update then apt-get upgrade. If no

Re: Safest maintenance of a sid system

2009-07-27 Thread AG
AG wrote: Hi Having recently upgraded to sid, I want to try to ensure that I am able to maintain a more or less stable system under those circumstances and in the full knowledge that, by definition, sid is unstable and may be subject to breakages. With this in mind, what do the more

Amarok - unmet dependencies

2009-07-28 Thread AG
ht have done to contribute to this situation and (b) how to resolve it. Many thanks AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Amarok - unmet dependencies

2009-07-28 Thread AG
Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-07-28 10:59, AG wrote: Did I speak too soon about maintaining sid I wonder? Famous last words and all that? Anyway, I seem to have lost Amarok from my sid machine. When I went to install it, the response was: Some packages could not be installed. This may mean

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-28 Thread AG
Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-07-28 16:03, Tim Beauregard wrote: [snip] Altavisting? Yahooing? It really is a jungle out there. Altavista... Haven't thought about that in a good long time. Yep - altavista brings back memories. Remember "web crawler"? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-28 Thread AG
l a WM (or was that a DE?). Are you referring to those FWM-like systems, or something entirely different? AG

Re: How to install Java in Lenny?

2009-07-28 Thread AG
"nicely" with a wider range of apps that require Java. Just my $0.02 worth. AG

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-28 Thread AG
Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Tue, Jul 28 2009, AG wrote: Care to elaborate on that, John? This is a serious question - I used to use Xfce back in the days of Slackware 8.1, but that was still a WM (or was that a DE?). Are you referring to those FWM-like systems, or something entirely

Installing via NFS - I think?

2009-08-01 Thread AG
n the direction of docs that concern what I am looking for, that would be great. Thanks AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Installing via NFS - I think?

2009-08-02 Thread AG
Neal Hogan wrote: On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 2:37 PM, AG wrote: Hi all I'm happy to follow up with the relevant reading, but I want some help in defining the question so that I know what it is that I am looking at: I have an old laptop that runs Slackware 10.1 and its CD-R is kaput

Re: xfce menus

2009-08-12 Thread AG
er, simply the latter and there may be some distro-specific factors involved in resolving your question. Good luck. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Installing KDE4

2009-08-14 Thread AG
Hello Sorry for the simplicity of this query, but I cannot figure out the means to install KDE4 (the whole DE package). Can someone please give me a steer. Thanks AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Problems with sound files for events

2009-08-14 Thread AG
rd. Other audio files play fine (*.ogg *.mp3 and audio CDs), but Kaffeine doesn't play sound either. Any ideas/ suggestions? Cheers AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Installing KDE4 [SOLVED]

2009-08-14 Thread AG
AG wrote: Hello Sorry for the simplicity of this query, but I cannot figure out the means to install KDE4 (the whole DE package). Can someone please give me a steer. Thanks AG No worries - figured it out: apt-get install kde-full and viola! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Problems with sound files for events

2009-08-14 Thread AG
S. Fishpaste wrote: On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:24:33 +0100, AG in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: Hi Using GNOME, the volume control has greyed out all options for using a "sound theme". The card is HDA NVidia using the ALSA mixer, but I am unable to access any sound files for a

Re: Problems with sound files for events

2009-08-14 Thread AG
S. Fishpaste wrote: On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:24:33 +0100, AG in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: Hi Using GNOME, the volume control has greyed out all options for using a "sound theme". The card is HDA NVidia using the ALSA mixer, but I am unable to access any sound files for a

GNOME settings on start up

2009-08-17 Thread AG
at level? If not, what are my alternatives? Thanks for your input. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: GNOME settings on start up

2009-08-17 Thread AG
Chris Burkhardt wrote: AG wrote: Hello list & happy birthday Debian ... sweet 16 and all of that ;-) [...] Anyway, one of the issues I am finding is that the gnome-screensaver is triggered on start up and runs in the background, but despite being configured to kick in afte

Re: GNOME settings on start up

2009-08-17 Thread AG
Klistvud wrote: Dne, 17. 08. 2009 10:25:44 je AG napisal(a): Hello list & happy birthday Debian ... sweet 16 and all of that ;-) I am having a bit of a problem with the services that GNOME triggers on start up, and would like some ideas on how to fix these. I really have come to

Re: GNOME settings on start up

2009-08-18 Thread AG
Brian Marshall wrote: On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 09:25:44AM +0100, AG wrote: [snip] Unfortunately, gnome-screensaver is started automagically whilst I have to kill gnome-screensaver and start xscreensaver manually. If you want to stop gnome-screensaver from starting automatically

gnome-volume-manager problem

2009-08-18 Thread AG
Hi Has anyone else noticed that /usr/lib/gnome-volume-manager/gnome-volume-manager is not working after the recent apt-get update to testing? Doing a quick search,[1] it appears like this is a recurring problem. Has anyone figured out a hack? Cheers AG [1] For example: http

Re: gnome-volume-manager problem

2009-08-19 Thread AG
Wolodja Wentland wrote: On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 23:57 +0100, AG wrote: Has anyone else noticed that /usr/lib/gnome-volume-manager/gnome-volume-manager is not working after the recent apt-get update to testing? Automounting is disabled in recent versions of g-v-m and is provided by

Re: gnome-volume-manager problem

2009-08-19 Thread AG
Liviu Andronic wrote: On 8/18/09, AG wrote: Has anyone else noticed that /usr/lib/gnome-volume-manager/gnome-volume-manager is not working after the recent apt-get update to testing? You could try thunar-volman. Liviu Cheers Liviu - have you got that set up on your rig and do

Applying a patch to existing code

2009-08-29 Thread AG
this list); and (b) some guidance in relatively straightforward terms on how to apply a patch to an application. A link to a "how-to" is fine ... aside from bug reports and how to apply kernel patches, there was very little that I could come up with using Google. Thank you for any he

Re: dpkg sees packages that don't exist

2009-09-03 Thread AG
Todd A. Jacobs wrote: I have the following output from dpkg: $ dpkg --get-selections ia32-cross\* ia32-crossover-games-demo install ia32-crossover-gamesdemodeinstall ia32-crossover-pro install ia32-cro

Re: dpkg sees packages that don't exist

2009-09-03 Thread AG
AG wrote: Todd A. Jacobs wrote: I have the following output from dpkg: $ dpkg --get-selections ia32-cross\* ia32-crossover-games-demo install ia32-crossover-gamesdemodeinstall ia32-crossover-pro install

Amarok 2.1 playback problems

2009-09-05 Thread AG
- nothing is playing at all. Is this an experience shared by other Debian users? Thanks all. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

[SOLVED] Re: Amarok 2.1 playback problems

2009-09-05 Thread AG
AG wrote: Downloaded Amarok 2.1. from the testing repos this a.m. One fundamental problem: once a track has been selected, clicking the play button gives a message at the bottom of the screen about the track playing, but the progress indicator bar does not move and no sound is produced. In

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Amarok 2.1 playback problems

2009-09-05 Thread AG
Erik Sundin wrote: On Saturday 05 September 2009 14:35:33 AG wrote: AG wrote: Downloaded Amarok 2.1. from the testing repos this a.m. One fundamental problem: once a track has been selected, clicking the play button gives a message at the bottom of the screen about the track playing

Re: Inquiry:Can I make use of external memory stick for Debian installation ?

2009-09-06 Thread AG
cture type you want. Then it will be section 2.4.3 of the Installation manual. Good luck. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Inquiry:Can I make use of external memory stick for Debian installation ?

2009-09-06 Thread AG
AG wrote: hadi motamedi wrote: Dear All Can you please do me favor and let me know how can I make use of the external memory stick for Debian installation ? Please be informed that my server doesn't come with internal CDROM drive so I need to make use of the external memory stick for

[SOT] Installing additional Wesnoth campaigns

2009-09-06 Thread AG
sedly installed Wesnoth files. Has anyone had any success in this, and if so, care to share the trick please? Cheers verily. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: [SOT] Installing additional Wesnoth campaigns

2009-09-06 Thread AG
thveillon.debian wrote: AG wrote: Hello Sorry if this is too far OT, but I was hoping for some Debian-specific advice on obtaining and using Battle for Wesnoth campaigns. The website/ forum provides some linkages to additional campaigns, but after following their instructions I just can&#

Re: [SOT] Installing additional Wesnoth campaigns

2009-09-06 Thread AG
Celejar wrote: On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:33:56 +0200 "thveillon.debian" wrote: AG wrote: ... Download add-ons (campaigns but not only) from: http://www.wesnoth.org/addons/1.6/ (again for 1.6) Unpack the archives, copy the whole campaign folder into: /usr/share/gam

Re: editing configurations

2009-09-07 Thread AG
Good luck AG [1] I think that sudo is installed by default, so what you would need to do then is enter into a text-based terminal su (which will allow you to login as root) and then visudo . This will open up a file for you to edit. This is very straightforward - simply go to the line foll

Installing onto an old laptop

2009-09-12 Thread AG
tting this laptop up and running in the 21st Century with Debian testing? Thanks for any ideas/ suggestions. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Xfmedia - segmentation fault

2009-09-25 Thread AG
stream_new Using netbios name STATION. Using workgroup WORKGROUP. Segmentation fault Any thoughts on how to fix this, since the debugging doesn't give that much info I can work with? Thanks AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "u

Re: Xfmedia - segmentation fault

2009-09-25 Thread AG
Celejar wrote: On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:41:46 +0100 AG wrote: With a freshly installed Xfmedia, whenever it is launched, it crashes immediately with a "segmentation fault" message. Other people are having the same problem; I don't see a solution: http://bugs.deb

Autoremove appears to want to remove most of Gnome

2009-10-01 Thread AG
Thanks for any advice. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Autoremove appears to want to remove most of Gnome

2009-10-01 Thread AG
Kevin Ross wrote: From: AG [mailto:computing.acco...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:14 PM Hi Recently when installing a new package I noticed that apt-get seems to want to remove most (all?) of my Gnome-related applications, suggesting that I run "autoremove"

Alternative to korganizer for gnome?

2009-10-01 Thread AG
Hi Korganizer seems to have given up the ghost: it sits in the system notification area on my gnome desktop but cannot be opened by clicking on it - so hence I cannot add appointments nor check what might be coming up. Is there an alternative to korganizer for the gnome DE? TIA AG -- To

Korganizer - cannot open from notification area

2009-10-06 Thread AG
has somehow borked it. Two questions: (i) is this just my own experience or have others experienced this as well, and (ii) anybody come up with a fix or a work-around? Thanks for any ideas, tips, etc. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Iceape video problem

2009-10-11 Thread AG
tinue" you should see what Florian described. If you already knew all that then sorry for repeating the obvious. AG

Strategic approach to recreating an existing user

2009-10-14 Thread AG
approach, or recommend a more sophisticated way of accomplishing the same objective? TIA AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Strategic approach to recreating an existing user

2009-10-15 Thread AG
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 AG wrote: Due to something that got seriously borked on my wife's Lenny system, I have decided that the best way to tackle this is to create a new account for her and transfer existing files over (excluding th

Re: Unexplained changes in Gnome functionality

2009-05-13 Thread AG
t may just be a Nautilus issue. I'll post back later with any discoveries. Who knows, when I go back perhaps the other problem to do with the mouse and accessing properties of files via > right click > open properties may also be fixed too. Perhaps Nautilus is volatile at present. AG

Re: Heads-up: KDE4 hitting testing tonight (UTC)

2009-05-18 Thread AG
maintainers - first blush caught me by surprise: I was wondering what the Akonadi server was doing until I realised that it was migrating kmail and korganizer. Anyway, so far so good. I seem to have lost some icons but other than that, (touch wood) no other probs. Thanks again folks! AG -- T

Removable media not found on KDE

2009-05-19 Thread AG
sists, and when I go back into KControlCenter, etc. OOo is at the top of the list of associations again. This is the same regardless of whether or not I go in via sudo or as a regular user. How can I fix this? Any pointers would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance. AG -- To UNSUBS

Re: Removable media not found on KDE

2009-05-21 Thread AG
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 23:07:16 +0100, AG wrote: Hi List In KDE3.5.5, running on Etch whenever I load a USB data stick, it triggers OpenOffice.org's splash screen and then reports that media:/sda1 does not exist. The same USB stick loads fine and is acces

Re: Removable media not found on KDE

2009-05-22 Thread AG
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 09:14:08 +0100, AG wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 23:07:16 +0100, AG wrote: In KDE3.5.5, running on Etch whenever I load a USB data stick, it triggers OpenOffice.org's splash screen and then reports

Re: KDE is now broken (Fwd: Heads-up: KDE4 hitting testing tonight (UTC) )

2009-05-22 Thread AG
so the lesser of the two evils, I guess. AG

Re: Removable media not found on KDE

2009-05-22 Thread AG
AG wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 09:14:08 +0100, AG wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 23:07:16 +0100, AG wrote: In KDE3.5.5, running on Etch whenever I load a USB data stick, it triggers OpenOffice.org's splash screen and then re

Re: KDE is now broken (Fwd: Heads-up: KDE4 hitting testing tonight (UTC) )

2009-05-22 Thread AG
H.S. wrote: AG wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In <20090521183512.gb7...@cat.rubenette.is-a-geek.com>, lee wrote: Yes, I removed them and now KDE is broken. I even tried to get just konqueror back to use as a web browser, but that doesn't work without the m

Kmail - keeps losing settings for folder pane

2009-05-23 Thread AG
lse experienced this problem, and if so, any ideas about a fix? Thanks for suggestions. Cheers AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Removable media not found on KDE

2009-05-23 Thread AG
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 16:54:31 +0100, AG wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 09:14:08 +0100, AG wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 23:07:16 +0100, AG wrote: In KDE3.5.5, running on Etch

Re: KDE is now broken (Fwd: Heads-up: KDE4 hitting testing tonight (UTC) )

2009-05-24 Thread AG
ed, or is only available from another source E: Package ktron has no installation candidate This isn't just about dependencies - it seems as if the package simply doesn't exist! I've already raised the missing "total" column view in Kmail.

Re: KDE is now broken (Fwd: Heads-up: KDE4 hitting testing tonight (UTC) )

2009-05-24 Thread AG
Tony Baldwin wrote: AG wrote: lee wrote: Hi! Well, KDE is now broken after I updated today. I refuse to run a mysql-server just to get KDE installed. It's already bloated more than enough. I'm not using the applications that would require the mysql-server anyway. Will that be fi

Re: Is gnome built on top of twm?

2009-05-28 Thread AG
bian magicians (deliberately?) leave the curtain imperfectly closed, so users can see them at work, doing their magic. Paul I thought that that was a well crafted, eloquent response to the OP. Nicely put. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje

Configuring Tor and Privoxy in Squeeze

2009-05-31 Thread AG
this may be a really simple misconfiguration, but as I said - when compared to suggested configurations found on the web, my config file seems fine and yet it just won't allow me access to webpages which are otherwise accessible without Tor. Thanks for any suggestions. Cheers AG -- To

Update notifier not requesting root privileges

2009-05-31 Thread AG
gs as root, so I would like it to not proceed without root permissions. How do I set it up, so that the root password is asked for automatically? I am using Squeeze (freshly squeezed as of May 30th). Thanks AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje

Re: Configuring Tor and Privoxy in Squeeze

2009-06-01 Thread AG
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:59:29 +0100, AG wrote: Hello I am attempting to get Tor and Privoxy working with Iceweasel, but it keeps throwing up errors. [...] Under the preferences option of the Iceweasel Tor Button, running the test, this is the output

Re: Configuring Tor and Privoxy in Squeeze (Addendum)

2009-06-01 Thread AG
AG wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:59:29 +0100, AG wrote: Hello I am attempting to get Tor and Privoxy working with Iceweasel, but it keeps throwing up errors. [...] Under the preferences option of the Iceweasel Tor Button, running the test, this is the

Re: Configuring Tor and Privoxy in Squeeze (Addendum)

2009-06-01 Thread AG
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 19:08:31 +0100, AG wrote: AG wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:59:29 +0100, AG wrote: Hello I am attempting to get Tor and Privoxy working with Iceweasel, but it keeps throwing up errors

Re: Configuring Tor and Privoxy in Squeeze (Addendum)

2009-06-01 Thread AG
wauh...@yahoo.com wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 19:08:31 +0100, AG wrote: [...] When trying this again as root (sudo), these are the results: sudo netstat -plant | grep -E ':(8118|9050)' tcp0 0 127.0.0.1:9050 0.0.0.0:* LISTE

Re: Configuring Tor and Privoxy in Squeeze

2009-06-02 Thread AG
AG wrote: Hello I am attempting to get Tor and Privoxy working with Iceweasel, but it keeps throwing up errors. The logfile has been enabled to record debugging info (1024 "Log the destination for requests Privoxy didn't let through, and the reason why", 4096 "start up

Re: Update notifier not requesting root privileges

2009-06-02 Thread AG
AG wrote: Hello After having a recent fresh installation, I've noticed that the update notifier no longer seeks root privileges before downloading/ installing software packages. This is not a big concern as I am the only user. However, I do like the reassurance of having to deliber

Re: Update notifier not requesting root privileges [SOLVED]

2009-06-02 Thread AG
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Tue,02.Jun.09, 17:52:15, AG wrote: I don't know if this will help debugging this any, but apt-get requires a password but the Update Manager (Synaptic, I believe) from within Xfce4 doesn't. Has anyone else noticed this? I wouldn't mind forcin

Re: Configuring Tor and Privoxy in Squeeze (Addendum)

2009-06-02 Thread AG
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 21:06:26 +0100, AG wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 19:08:31 +0100, AG wrote: AG wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:59:29 +0100, AG wrote: Hello

Konqueror spawning multiple copies from Kmail

2009-06-02 Thread AG
into Opera or Iceweasel. Anyone else noticing this? AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Configuring Tor and Privoxy in Squeeze [SOLVED]

2009-06-03 Thread AG
AG wrote: AG wrote: Hello I am attempting to get Tor and Privoxy working with Iceweasel, but it keeps throwing up errors. The logfile has been enabled to record debugging info (1024 "Log the destination for requests Privoxy didn't let through, and the reason why", 4096 "

Re: Configuring Tor and Privoxy in Squeeze [SOLVED]

2009-06-03 Thread AG
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 18:31:43 +0100, AG wrote: AG wrote: Hello I am attempting to get Tor and Privoxy working with Iceweasel, but it keeps throwing up errors. [...] The following is my /etc/privoxy/config file (without the commented

Re: Configuring Tor and Privoxy in Squeeze [SOLVED]

2009-06-05 Thread AG
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 19:46:54 +0100, AG wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 18:31:43 +0100, AG wrote: AG wrote: I am attempting to get Tor and Privoxy working with Iceweasel, but it keeps throwing up errors

Problems with OOo3.0.1 - not retaining formats when copying

2009-06-07 Thread AG
get swamped in trying to reformat again. If it is okay to install the above version, any thoughts about the best and safest way of doing it, especially if it turns out that it doesn't work, so that I can uninstall it? Thanks for any assistance. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Problems with OOo3.0.1 - not retaining formats when copying

2009-06-07 Thread AG
Girish Kulkarni wrote: On Sun, 7 Jun 2009, AG wrote: Does anyone: (a) have similar problems with their version of OOo? or (b) have any thoughts about installing the version referenced above? No idea why you're having that problem. But just wanted to mention that it doesn't ex

Configuring preferred web browser with Icedove

2009-06-07 Thread AG
o show any options. I'm using Squeeze up-to-date. Thanks AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Configuring preferred web browser with Icedove

2009-06-08 Thread AG
?? wrote: On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun,07.Jun.09, 21:03:26, AG wrote: Hello List How does one configure Icedove (Thunderbird) to use the system's default browser. My system's default browser is Opera, but Icedove will always call up Konqu

Enabling MySpace in Iceweasel, et al.

2009-06-11 Thread AG
usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/ directory, but still nada. What am I doing wrong? Cheers AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Enabling MySpace in Iceweasel, et al.

2009-06-11 Thread AG
Kelly Clowers wrote: On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 14:48, AG wrote: Hello list There must be a secret to this, but after searching through the email archives, I have still been unable to figure this out: how do I get Iceweasel (or any browser) to play MySpace music streams. I have

Re: Enabling MySpace in Iceweasel, et al.

2009-06-12 Thread AG
Brad Rogers wrote: On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:32:39 +0100 AG wrote: Hello AG, File name: libflashplayer.so Shockwave Flash 7.0 r68 site keeps insisting that I / / "Get Flash now!" Probably because your flash player is quite old. Update to v10.

Re: Enabling MySpace in Iceweasel, et al.

2009-06-12 Thread AG
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 08:26:54 +0100, AG wrote: Brad Rogers wrote: On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:32:39 +0100 AG wrote: [...] File name: libflashplayer.so Shockwave Flash 7.0 r68 site keeps insisting that I

[OT] The perfect system ...

2009-06-12 Thread AG
quality - what might this thing of technological beauty be? The usage would be desktop with strong research and multimedia focus (plus Wesnoth, of course). Although this is unfortunately not the case with me, dream large where money is not a restriction. Hit me with your best shot!!

Problems with play action in DopeWars game

2009-06-13 Thread AG
th tedious and a real drag to playing the game. I cannot lay my hands on the config file either, so cannot seem to change it from there if that is even an option. Any suggestions please? Thanks AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

SATA CD/DVD drive not showing up in Squeeze

2009-06-13 Thread AG
last IDE HDD into in order to copy data from it onto my SATA drive, but I don't know for sure. I have exhausted all of my limited skills in trying to (a) understand what all of this is about and (b) how to fix it. Please help!! Thanks in anticipation. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

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