Re: VMWare package

2003-02-17 Thread Andy
can't get VMWare workstation to work on my Debian machine. He did not seem to care. So it would be great if someone could share experiences with VMWare working in Debian. Thanks, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: VMWare package

2003-02-18 Thread Andy
>There are 2 potential "gotchas" that I'm aware of... You are exactly right! Read on > 1) The kernel headers need to *exactly* match your running kernel. If > your using a distribution kernel, there should be a matching > kernel-headers-* package that you can install. If you compile your >

Re: VMWare package

2003-02-18 Thread Andy
> if it comes up with anything. If not, just do "apt-get install make". > Then try it again. That was the culprit. I needed the make package. Now it works fine!!! > Hope that helps. Good luck. :) It did and thanks for your help. Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

HP cd-writer locking up my system hard!

2003-03-06 Thread Andy
look at a cd, I freeze up HARD. I have installed cdrecord and xcdroast. Here is all the relevant information I can think of: andy# cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22 Using libscg version 'schily-0.5' scsi

Re: HP cd-writer locking up my system hard!

2003-03-06 Thread Andy
tart xcdroast and/or mount the burner to look at a cd, > >I freeze up HARD. I have installed cdrecord and xcdroast. > >Here is all the relevant information I can think of: > > > >andy# cdrecord -scanbus > >Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg S

Re: HP cd-writer locking up my system hard!

2003-03-06 Thread Andy
> Now if I do a command line cdrecord, I get this error (but at least I don't > lock up my whole machine!) > steelhead:/home/andy# cdrecord -speed=1 dev=0,0,0 -data paperport.iso Responding to my own post here as I got a command line cdrecord to work. 2 things I just found sea

Re: exim & iptables

2003-03-08 Thread Andy
stion, I personally think it is an Exim configuration problem. If you figure it out...please let me know as I like to mail all of my log files on a daily basis. -Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Another Happy Debian User

2003-03-08 Thread Andy
> the whole experience is enriching. For me personallyDebian is my favorite and what keeps popping into my head when I think about itis that Linux, in general, and Debian, in particular, is very compelling and especially "LIBERATING". That is the one word I use to tell all of my friends,

Re: sawfish debian menu compatibility?

2003-11-08 Thread andy
like it should cause the debian menu to be included... andy -- "i'm not eccentric. i'm genuinely strange" - jeremy cavendish -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread Andy
> After a Windows reinstall, I have lost lilo. How do I install lilo or any > bootloader, so I will be able to access my linux system? > As the system crash was not planned i have no floppy with my custom kernel > etc. The only thing i have is the Debian 3.0r0 CD set. Just boot from your CD and fi

Re: Has Anyone Used This Debian Book?

2003-01-25 Thread Andy
really want to learn the fundamentals of Linux and Debian in particular. This book is just for me. Read it, learn it, love it! It won't go out of style. Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mailman problems

2003-01-26 Thread Andy
customer to act as a file/print server but also to run Mailman to blast out newsletters to a mailing list of over 5,000 people. Does it matter which I use...Exim or Qmail? andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

java not working in galeon

2003-01-27 Thread andy
eople pointing right back; but it works for me in mozilla, so i'm at a loss. i am seeing this on 2 x86 boxes, both running testing (although i believe i had the problem in woody, as well). if anyone has suggestions, please toss me an email... tia! andy -- "you tried

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-27 Thread Andy
erstand your point totally and will try to make more informative and helpful posts in the future. andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bunch of musicians in a tent [was: Re: Gimp Print Problem]

2003-01-27 Thread Andy
emovie.com/ap_home.html Look at the girl Michelle. She kept saying throughout the movie "This one time, at band camp" Funny movie. But I could be wrong about the reference. andy (who is now depressed because this is the only useful thing he can contribute to the debian-user list.

Re: Howto redirect output from a terminal

2003-01-29 Thread Andy
(This post is coming from a former athlete) Sometimes watching (reading) how you all do your magic on this list, I think of the things Wayne Gretzky and Michael Jordan used to do. Keep it up debian-users. Good stuff. We are all watching you!!! Andy (watching, reading, and learning Debian

Re: Books

2003-01-30 Thread Andy
>On Thursday 30 January 2003 15:18, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > Anybody got some recommendations for Debian books - books that have good > coverage of Debian-specific topics like APT and MODCONF? My favorite is: Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed by Mario Camou, Aaron Van Couwenberghe, John Goerzen Av

Re: .efx to Gimp generated file

2003-01-31 Thread Andy
>On Friday 31 January 2003 08:17, Sam Rosenfeld wrote: > Efax (apparently not related to Unix Efax, which is strange) is a fax > application that runs on MSWindows (but not Unix) and converts the > common fax format to their (probably proprietary) format, xxx.efx. Is > there any reasonable way to

Re: list delay

2003-01-31 Thread Andy
OW! It is the least I can do considering how much I have learned on this list. Someone just needs to tell me how to do it. (hopefully this email makes it thru the list serverhehehe) Got my checkbook ready. Tell me where to send the check. Andy http://www.firmanconsulting.com/ -- To

Re: Quicky about acroread...

2003-02-01 Thread Andy
> The only annoying thing in my case is that the "license" text continue > to pop up every time I invoke it (once per session)...I suppose once > can probably turn this off by looking at the appropriate configuration > file. I haven't done it. I tried figuring this out a while ago. There is a ver

what does "moved to stable" mean and how does if affect sources.list ?

2003-02-02 Thread Andy
uld have right? deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main Thanks, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

partitioning hard drive & /usr is already 96% full

2003-02-06 Thread Andy
Fresh woody install on a 20 GB hard drive and partitioned my drive this way after reading the recent partitioning thread on this list: / 1GB /usr 1GB /var 1GB /tmp 500 MB /home 15 GB The only thing I have done is install KDE 3.1 and OpenOffice.org and now /usr is 96% full. (

Re: [OT] SpamCop.net

2003-02-07 Thread Andy
mmers then how can they help stop the SPAM? Of course there will always be completely irresponsible and disgusting ISP's out there like Bellsouth.net which seem to promote and harbor spammers. You can't do anything about them. Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

alsa snd-cs4231-lib.o: unresolved symbols

2003-02-07 Thread andy
ny thoughts? any other information needed? tia... andy -- "people of earth... shh!" - zapp branigan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Certification

2003-02-14 Thread Andy
he certification helps me with confidence. It feels good now that I am starting to get a clue with Linux. Andy http://www.firmanconsulting.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dumb terminals possible with i386 Debian

2002-10-21 Thread Andy
> >> Suppose I wanted to set up some kiosks for web browsing, solitaire, > >> etc (just generic users). I can envision three scenarios: You knownot too long ago a friend of mine (Windows SysAdmin) showed me a really cool setup. He had Windows 2000 Server in one town and in another town he had

Re: Dumb terminals possible with i386 Debian

2002-10-21 Thread Andy
> Metaframe still requires a local CPU to handle display stuff. You > can't route VGA signals over ATM. I did not mean Asynchronous Transfer Mode.. (not sure if you meant that either...just trying to being clear) I meant that it was like an ATM card that you stick into this little box that h

Re: Dumb terminals possible with i386 Debian

2002-10-22 Thread Andy
On Monday 21 October 2002 22:36, Tom Cook wrote: > Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thin client technologyisn't that what you are talking about? > > > > I have always wondered.why can't Linux (especially Debian > > Linux) do the same th

lsmod question (was....Sound issues using 2.4.18-bf2.4-xfs and SB Live! 5.1)

2002-10-31 Thread Andy
A side question if you don't mind. It is my understanding that people use modules to make a lighter/smaller kernel. Is that correct? Other reasons? I have compiled kernels 30 times or so and most of the time I have no modules loaded. (maybe because I am clueless?) Are modules supposed to

Re: Radeon 8500

2002-11-06 Thread Andy
> Im having no luck getting X to work with Debian(3). I have a ATI > Radeon8500 card. I chose the 2.4 kernel at install time and chose to > include the ati module (I think). Here is the end of my > /var/log/XFree86.0.log file... (snip) > (II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.3.6) for chipsets: ati, at

Re: Authentication in a Mixed Debian/Samba/Win2K Environment

2002-11-20 Thread Andy
he Linux client machines to allow a user to logon to the machine but have the home directory on the main server? In what way would you configure the main server? Very big questions I knowjust looking for an overview. Thanks, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Books on Debian

2002-11-21 Thread Andy
on. Worth every single penny. Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: konqueror(kde2.2)

2002-11-21 Thread Andy
On Thursday 21 November 2002 12:59, Robert L. Harris wrote: > Did you install kdebase-crypto I think it is? I have the same problem and tried to apt-get kdebase-crypto and kdelibs3-crypto. I get the following debian:/home/andy# apt-get install kdebase-crypto Reading Package Lists... D

Re: konqueror(kde2.2)

2002-11-21 Thread Andy
> Do you have non-us in your sources.list? Though come to think of it, > why is it still in non-us? mozilla-psm isn't... No I don't. Can you explain what that "non-us" means? This is all I have in my sources.list : deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://se

Re: where do I find the kernel headers? *solved*

2002-11-23 Thread Andy
> All I ended up needing was the kernel-headers package. >That did the trick. Can you, or someone, tell me more about this? I am confused as hell right now. I am trying to get my Lucent Winmodem on my Thinkpad A21e working. In order to build the drivers I need kernel-headers. My kernel is Li

Re: Where to view bootup info ? dmesg ??

2002-12-04 Thread Andy
> This should be in /var/log/syslog, /var/log/daemon.log, /var/log/kern.log. > As long as the system is able to write to /var/log, everything should be > there. - Debian newbie here.been waiting to ask this question for a long time

Re: Where to view bootup info ? dmesg ??

2002-12-04 Thread Andy
>Andy initially wrote: >So I did this command: grep -r cardmgr /var/log |less >and can't find that message that scrolls by on bootup. >Then dave mallery wrote: > less /var/log/dmesg It is not in there. I just checked again for the umpteeth time. Allow me to ask an even

kernel-package system: install a boot block using the existing /etc/lilo.conf?

2003-08-14 Thread Andy
"yes" and it adds a block to my existing lilo.conf and the script testing lilo.conf is successful and I can boot the new kernel. What I don't understand is why the script wants to change from boot=/dev/hda to boot=/dev/hda1 ??? I am assuming that I would not be able to boot..

can lsb depend on rlpr?

2003-08-14 Thread andy
the /etc/alternitives structure. has this been discussed and shot down? is it worth opening a wishlist bug? any thoughts? thanks... andy -- "i'm betting that i'm just abnormal enough to survive" - the tick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Antivirus in Debian?

2003-03-29 Thread Andy
. > * run program like tripwire Is there a package for tripwire? I searched the packages directory at debian.org and couldn't find anything. Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

issue with make-kpkg kernel_image

2003-04-05 Thread Andy
.4.18.old and all is well and I can continue. But I don't think I am doing this the right way. Am I not? Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: issue with make-kpkg kernel_image

2003-04-05 Thread Andy
e to make the custom kernels this way. Very easy indeed. Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

mozilla 1.2 and debian

2002-12-12 Thread Andy
-get? Thanks, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mozilla 1.2 and debian

2002-12-12 Thread Andy
doing any symlinking and just running from within the directory: steelhead:/home/andy/mozilla# ./mozilla ./mozilla-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Do I need to install a shared library? Now usually one

Re: Exchange Calendar client?

2002-12-13 Thread Andy
in functionality to Groupwise/Exchange type group calendar/scheduling??? Thanks, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dumb terminals possible with i386 Debian

2002-12-14 Thread Andy
> > > > Thin client technologyisn't that what you are talking about? > > > > > > > > I have always wondered.why can't Linux (especially Debian > > > > Linux) do the same thing Citrix is doing? > > > > > > Citrix essentially does what X does a lot less efficiently. X is > > > prett

apcupsd 3.8.5 with Debian & Back-UPS CS 350

2002-12-15 Thread Andy
Hello, I did apt-get install apcupsd on my Debian Woody box and made appropriate changes to the apcupsd.conf file. The program starts fine, I see apcmain, apcnis, apcser running, and I can do apcaccess status so I am communicating with the UPS. But when I unplug power NO warning messages are

rsync fails to copy (both 2.4.6-1 and 2.5.5-0.1) maybe other ways to copy?

2002-12-18 Thread Andy
I use: steelhead:~# rsync -av --ignore-errors --force /mnt /home/andy/serverbackup With rsync 2.5.5-0.1 I keep getting this error: send_files failed to open //mnt/pagefile.sys: Text file busy wrote 1997693597 bytes read 311316 bytes 798403.56 bytes/sec total size is 3608114930 speedup is 1.81

Re: rsync fails to copy (both 2.4.6-1 and 2.5.5-0.1) maybe other ways to copy?

2002-12-18 Thread Andy
> > I am trying to copy the whole drive from a Win2000 Server to a Debian box > > over the LAN for backup. The whole 2000 drive is mounted on my /mnt > > directory. This is the command I use: > > steelhead:~# rsync -av --ignore-errors --force /mnt > > /home/andy/s

Re: rsync fails to copy (both 2.4.6-1 and 2.5.5-0.1) maybe other ways to copy?

2002-12-19 Thread Andy
> > It still fails at the pagefile.sys even though I tell it to exclude > > pagefile and ntldr 2 different ways. I have read the manpage but I am > > very weak on proper syntax. I tried with including the .sys extension as > > well. No dice. Can you correct me here? Is my PATTERN correct? > > st

wall command only broadcasts to gnome-terminal?

2002-12-22 Thread Andy
dcast to a gnome-terminal and why won't it broadcast to my KDE desktop? Thanks, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wall command only broadcasts to gnome-terminal?

2002-12-22 Thread Andy
are using apcupsd 3.8.5. How can I get Debian to do the same? Not a big deal reallyjust trying to learn something new Thanks, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: KDE3 -- wich packages to download

2003-01-04 Thread Andy
hole application quits. I was hoping this would be easy and painless. How do I get out of this mess? Move forward and try to get KDE 3.x in there or try to undo what I did already? Thanks, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: KDE3 -- wich packages to download

2003-01-04 Thread Andy
e i686. Linux 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 . i686 unknown Is that a problem with i386 in my sources file? Thanks for any help out there. Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: KDE3 -- wich packages to download

2003-01-07 Thread Andy
fix my KDE problem now. For other Debian newbies that have busy lifestyles like me and not alot of time to dig into things..check this out. Very nice and visual. Just what I need to figure things out (maybe next week when I get the time...hehe) Thanks for the tip. Hope it works for me

apt-get remove exim .... wants to remove more?

2003-01-14 Thread Andy
I want to install qmail to give it a test drive and thought it might be a good thing to remove exim. But look at all that will be removed below Why does Debian want to remove all those other packages? steelhead:~# apt-get remove exim Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree...

Re: apt-get remove exim .... wants to remove more?

2003-01-14 Thread Andy
> All of those packages depend on a MTA; try "apt-get install qmail." > Apt will be much happier when it realizes that you are merely switching > MTAs. Also, apt will leave your exim config files, so you can merely > "apt-get install exim" at the end of your test drive and things should go > back t

Re: apt-get remove exim .... wants to remove more?

2003-01-14 Thread Andy
> > > All of those packages depend on a MTA; try "apt-get install qmail." > > > Apt will be much happier when it realizes that you are merely switching > > > MTAs. Also, apt will leave your exim config files, so you can merely > > > "apt-get install exim" at the end of your test drive and things sh

Xwindows problems

1999-09-09 Thread Andy
o run as 640x480.   if u can help me get xwin to run at 640x480 res i would be grateful, thanks, andy

hangs during boot and shutdown - frustrated new Debian user...

1999-11-10 Thread Andy .
get by it and then the next line that comes up says somthing about cleaning /tmp /var. Also if once I'm logged in I attemp to shutdown or reboot is seem to hang here as well. Anybody know the answer to this one?? -Andy Leedy __ Get

Re: problem with sound card from a newbie

2002-09-30 Thread Andy
x27;t be opened. (no such device). I have done chmod 777 on /dev/dsp /dev/dsp1 2 and 3 added myself to audio group. Here is my lsmod and lspci: debian:/home/andy# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82440MX I/O Controller (rev 01) 00:00.1 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82440MX AC

newbie....Konqueror not launching properly sometimes

2002-10-01 Thread Andy
I have not done much research on this problem because I simply starting using galeon which is nice. But I do like to browse my directories with Konqueror but it is always giving me grief. Anyone care to help? This happens quite frequently. KDE 2.2.2 Woody 2.2.20 on Thinkpad a21e andy@debian

debian on del poweredge 4200

2001-03-03 Thread andy
ms a little flaky lately. thanks! andy

Previous versions of woody .debs

2000-12-17 Thread Andy
e of old versions would help those who have though! Any info will be gratefully received. Andy Griffiths

local deb and apt-get versioning

2001-06-26 Thread andy
what is the preferred method of resolving this? place a hold on the local package? tia... andy % apt-cache show mutt Package: mutt Priority: standard Section: mail Installed-Size: 2724 Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: sparc Version: 1.2.5-4 [...] %

Dosemu question

2004-01-08 Thread Andy
entation on the parameters and i've been at this for 2 days. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance, andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mozilla prints garbage to file

2004-03-16 Thread andy
On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 05:08:39PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Every time I print to file using Mozilla I get a bunch of > garbage. Firebird does it nicely. A solution is of course to take a > snapshot of the page with gimp, and convert it to ps, or just save the png. > Any ideas what's wrong

making the smartest use of SE Linux

2007-02-28 Thread andy
Dear all I noted with interest that Etch seems to automatically include SE Linux as part of the packages, and I was wanting a bit of a steer about how I, as a user on a small home LAN, can exploit the strength of SE Linux. There isn't anything for selinux in man or info, and this is how it is

where does kmail keep its mail files?

2007-02-28 Thread andy
Hi all Where does Kmail locate its mail directories? It is evidently in a different place than where I am used to it being. Thanks /A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

sound in iceweasel

2007-02-28 Thread andy
file. Clicking cancel crashes konqueror. It is likely to be local to this site, but just wanted to check in with anyone else's experiences or ideas on this. Cheers Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: where does kmail keep its mail files?

2007-02-28 Thread andy
Nigel Henry wrote: On Wednesday 28 February 2007 22:22, andy wrote: Hi all Where does Kmail locate its mail directories? It is evidently in a different place than where I am used to it being. Thanks /A You should find them in /home/user/Mail Nigel. Thanks Nigel That is the

Re: where does kmail keep its mail files?

2007-02-28 Thread andy
Nigel Henry wrote: On Wednesday 28 February 2007 22:37, andy wrote: Nigel Henry wrote: On Wednesday 28 February 2007 22:22, andy wrote: Hi all Where does Kmail locate its mail directories? It is evidently in a different place than where I am used to it being. Thanks /A

[SOLVED] Re: sound in iceweasel

2007-03-01 Thread andy
o use gxine to load the swf file. Clicking cancel crashes konqueror. It is likely to be local to this site, but just wanted to check in with anyone else's experiences or ideas on this. Cheers Andy The site works for me. I'm using Epiphany, on Etch, w

Re: making the smartest use of SE Linux

2007-03-01 Thread andy
Kevin Mark wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:53:02PM +, andy wrote: Dear all I noted with interest that Etch seems to automatically include SE Linux as part of the packages, and I was wanting a bit of a steer about how I, as a user on a

Re: [SOLVED] Re: sound in iceweasel

2007-03-04 Thread andy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 05:49:26PM +, andy wrote: Thanks for the help - have fixed it. It was a combo of not having the latest flash plugin (now fixed with flashplugin-nonfree) and adjusting the /etc/iceweasel/iceweaselrc file as was suggested with

Re: where does kmail keep its mail files?

2007-03-04 Thread andy
Jan Schledermann wrote: andy wrote: The only other suggestion I had from the KDE list when I wanted to move mail, was to look in /home/user.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail . That's a bit hit and miss, but you might find it there. Nigel. Thanks Nigel - you hit the nail o

miscellaneous issues in KMail

2007-03-08 Thread andy
Hey gang I have a few problems that are confusing and frustrating me, using Etch, in KMail: 1. I press the enter key and after a noticeable delay the text scrolls down. If the return key is pressed repeatedly, I can sit back and relax while watching the cursor move from one row to another. Loo

writing to DVD

2007-03-08 Thread andy
Hi all Can anyone help me to interpret and fix the following error when I try to write a DVD in Etch. This approach has always served me well, until now. I can't see that I am doing anything untoward, but as they say "many eyes make shallow bugs" ... This is the output when trying to burn a

Installing Debian from a memory stick

2007-03-17 Thread andy
Hi all A few weeks' back I asked for some ideas re: installing Debian on a laptop with a dodgy CD-R/W. I was wondering if I could do so using a USB memory stick and if anyone has tried this. My primary concern is in whether or not the BIOS will recognise the USB stick at boot, and how I might

deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread andy
Hi all Can someone advise me on the pros and cons of deleting the contents of /tmp/ as part of general security conscious non-paranoia. I was thinking that it would be an okay thing to do periodically (or at logout, etc.) using a overwriting/shredding program. But, before I committed myself,

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread andy
Raquel wrote: On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:12:10 -0300 "Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can someone advise me on the pros and cons of deleting the contents of /tmp/ as part of general security conscious non-paranoia. >From the FHS: tmp : Temporary files P

Configuring for skype

2007-07-01 Thread andy
Hi all I have recently downloaded and installed Skype onto my lenny system and when I am configuring it by making a test call, apparently there is a problem with my sound system. I have gone through the various options in the Skype settings, but am wondering if there is something that I should

Re: Configuring for skype

2007-07-02 Thread andy
A. Ben Hmeda wrote: andy wrote: Hi all I have recently downloaded and installed Skype onto my lenny system and when I am configuring it by making a test call, apparently there is a problem with my sound system. I have gone through the various options in the Skype settings, but am wondering

[SOLVED] Re: Configuring for skype

2007-07-02 Thread andy
Oscar Blanco wrote: Hi! I was checking the Skype website and I saw that Skype-1.4.0.74.deb is for Debian ETCH. You have said that you are using Lenny (me as well). I also have installed Skype, but I did it using Synaptic Package Manager instead of downloading it from the Skype downloads websi

Importing mencoder into a bash script

2007-07-02 Thread andy
Hey folks I'm lazy and want to call the mencoder routine from mplayer into a bash script I'm writing to automatically convert different video files into dvd format *.mpg files. Anybody know how to call in just the routine without any unnecessary mplayer stuff? Thanks A -- "If they can g

Re: Importing mencoder into a bash script

2007-07-02 Thread andy
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 09:10:45PM +0100, andy wrote: Hey folks I'm lazy and want to call the mencoder routine from mplayer into a bash script I'm writing to automatically convert different video files into dvd format *.mpg files. Anybody know how

Re: Importing mencoder into a bash script

2007-07-02 Thread andy
Bob Proulx wrote: andy wrote: mencoder: command not found I'm wondering if I need to explicitly set my path in the script file in order to call this function. Uhm, mencoder, when installed, lives in /usr/bin/mencoder. Perhaps you have not installed it? dpkg -l mencoder

Re: Importing mencoder into a bash script

2007-07-02 Thread andy
Justin Hartman wrote: On 7/2/07, andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yeah, it is a cli tool and I have traditionally used it as such at the vt and just entered it directly. However, in a shell script I have tried to do that but get the error message: mencoder: command not found You h

[SOLVED] Re: Importing mencoder into a bash script

2007-07-03 Thread andy
Bob Proulx wrote: andy wrote: No - it is definitely installed - I've used it on the cli plenty of times. I am interested in finding out how I am to call it from within a bash script, because simply putting mencoder in the bash script isn't working. Hmm... Okay. Then l

Re: Importing mencoder into a bash script

2007-07-03 Thread andy
Bob McGowan wrote: andy wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 09:10:45PM +0100, andy wrote: Hey folks I'm lazy and want to call the mencoder routine from mplayer into a bash script I'm writing to automatically convert different video files into dvd fo

Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which is the appropriate plug-in), but: (i) is this the best thing to be using on a Lenny/Sid system and (ii) if so, how do I go about installing a *.bi

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Martin Marcher wrote: Hi Martin Thanks for this info - I wasn't aware of a native Debian install. However, now that I have installed sun-java6-jre & bin the plug-in still doesn't appear to work. Has this been your experience, and if so do you have a suggestion on how to work this or ... ? for

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which is the appropriate plug-in), but: (i) is this the best thing to be using on a Lenny/Sid system

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Tom Rauchenwald wrote: andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jeff D wrote: The easiest way would be to make sure you have non-free in your /etc/apt/sources.list , run aptitude update and then aptitude install sun-java6-bin Thanks I've already done that - it still does

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which is the appropriate plug-in), but: (i) is this

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course. I have downloaded jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin (which

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: Dear each Iceweasel is telling me that I have a missing plugin, the JRE, which I need for a course

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Jeff D wrote: On Sat, 7 Jul 2007, andy wrote: When I go to http://www.java.com/en/ and click the link that asks "Do I have java?", which opens http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1 then the result is that I don't have the recommended ver

[SOLVED] Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
Bob Proulx wrote: andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: Thats odd, it should create a symlink to /etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so Agreed. what does update-alternatives --list mozilla-javaplugin.so give you? it should give you something like this: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre

Re: Installing a JRE plug-in

2007-07-07 Thread andy
andy wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: andy wrote: Jeff D wrote: Thats odd, it should create a symlink to /etc/alternatives/mozilla-javaplugin.so Agreed. what does update-alternatives --list mozilla-javaplugin.so give you? it should give you something like this: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6

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