Kbear -- Is it broken?

2004-01-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Using Xandros 2.0. I downloaded Kbear today and I was very impressed with its design and features. A really outstanding product. That is, until I tried to use it to connect to my web site. It connected to my site and even showed the public_html directory but would NOT show the remot

Xlib Extension GLX Missing on Display 0:0 Error Message

2004-01-13 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: [Using Xandros 2.0 built on Debian] I installed Xandros 2.0 once again a few days ago. I had to reinstall it several times due to the appearanc e of the infamous Xlib GLX error message. This time, after reinstalling, I monitored carefully the Xlib GLX Extension story with "glxinfo"

Xlib Extension GLX Missing on Display 0:0 -- Footnote

2004-01-13 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I forgot to add that the "glx" module is indeed enabled in XF86Config-4. Here is the relevant output: Section "Module" Load"ddc" Load"dbe" Load"extmod" Load"glx" Load"record" Load"bitmap" Load"freet

Installing mplayer 1.0pre3 from source

2004-01-18 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I am a newbie but I thought I should try to install mplayer from source. So I downloaded the tarball source for mplayer 1.0pre3 and, using gcc3.33 compiler on Xandros 2.0 (Debian), I compiled it. It looks fine but nothing happens when I try to launch it. Here are the results when I d

Real, WMP and QT in Linux on MPlayer -- How to Install

2004-01-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: If you want to play RealPlayer, Windows Media Player and QuickTime on Linux (and the latest versions, to boot), I strongly recommend MPlayer. Using the Mplayer plugin, you will be able to play Real, WMP and QT (and the latest versions, to boot) in Mozilla, Netscape, Konqueror and Op

Real, WMP and QT in Linux on MPlayer -- How to Install (Rev)

2004-01-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: [This is a revised version of an earlier post, which lacked several steps. This should be complete] Using Xandros 2.0/Debian If you want to play RealPlayer, Windows Media Player and QuickTime on Linux (and the latest versions, to boot), I strongly recommend MPlayer. Using the Mpla

RealPlayer Autoupdate Error with Mplayer Plugin?

2004-01-20 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I am very pleased with my Mplayer plugin in Mozilla. However, when I try to run RealPlayer embedded files I get http://www.johnkerry.com/ (To to right column, middle: Recent TV Ads, A Good American, Real, DSL) I get a strange error message: "You do not have the necessary user pe

Mplayer Plugin vs. Mozilla plugin -- Footnote

2004-01-21 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Roberto and friends: Just a footnote to my earlier question about a possible conflict between the mplayer plugin and the moz plugin: I was thinking, for instance, of MPEG, which is supported by both plugin. How is this conflict resolved? Which plugin launches Mpeg files? I would want the

RealPlayer with Xine

2004-01-21 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: How do I get Xine to recognize my RealPlayer plugins (located in /usr/local/ lib/real in order to be able to play video clips by copying and pasting a file (Right click in Mozilla and Copy Location Link) to the console? Thank you. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher

Re: RealPlayer Autoupdate Error with Mplayer Plugin?

2004-01-22 Thread Benjamin Sher
codec.real_codecs_path:/usr/local/lib/real Thank you so much. Benjamin On 01/22/2004 12:53 pm, you wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > Dear Roberto: > > > > Would appreciate your help. I went ahead and copied the RealPlayer DSL > > link on www.johnkerry.com and tried to play i

Re: How Do I Update to Gnome 2.6?

2004-06-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
list? Thanks. > > Ed -- Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How Do I Update to Gnome 2.6?

2004-06-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Here is an example of one of the reviews of Gnome 2.6 from LinuxPlanet: Gnome 2.6: Two Left Feet? http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/5428/1/ Benjamin -- Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: QuickTime for Linux?

2004-02-24 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Micha: I'm enclosing a copy below of my instructions for installing Mplayer and Mplayerplug-in for Xandros/Debian. They will apply just as well to Debian itself. Note that you need to install Mplayer with a special argument in order to get the GUI version. It's all here. Just read below.

Straw RSS News aggregator -- Install and Tutorial?

2004-02-27 Thread Benjamin Sher
traw? A User's Tutorial on how to use RSS in Straw. I've searched using Google, and all i've come up with is a "tutorial" for installing Straw as rpm. I need a User's Guide to RSS and how to use it in Straw. Thank you. Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBS

Screensaver fails!

2004-03-01 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: [Using Xandros 2.0/Debian] I have installed and uninstalled a number of programs -- all of them either from XN (with only the two XN sources) or else by recompiling source tarballs (all of which go into /usr/local -- which has no effect, I am told, on the operation or stability o

Mplayer won't "make" during install

2004-03-02 Thread Benjamin Sher
yer/MPlayer-1.0pre3# I tried several times and I keep getting this same message. What does this mean, please? Why can't I "make" the mplayer executable? I would appreciate your help in troubleshooting this puzzling development. Thank you so much. Benjamin Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROT

"Make" error message -- Solved!

2004-03-02 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Roberto and friends: You were right, Roberto. The tarball was corrupt. I downloaded a new one, and it's already busy building the the Mplayer executable. Thanks again. Benjamin -- Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Video great, Audio dead!

2004-03-08 Thread Benjamin Sher
udio is working. The video is just great. No skips, etc. I do not recall having ANY audio problems in my previous installations. Thank you. Benjamin -- Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Koffice installs but won't run

2004-03-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
would really appreciate your help in overcoming this last hurdle. The installation is a success, but the patient is not yet alive. Benjamin -- Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Konqueror goes crazy -- endless loop

2004-03-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
is a screenshot of the error message: http://www.websher.net/temp/Konqueror1.jpg Thank you. Benjamin -- Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Koffice 1.3 installs but won't launch -- Data

2004-03-13 Thread Benjamin Sher
tp.la weather_panelapplet.la kio_sftp.so weather_panelapplet.so kio_smb.la ww_panelapplet.la kio_smb.so ww_panelapplet.so [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/lib/kde3$ Would really appreciate your help in solving this mystery. Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin S

Aptitude "#Broken: 4" message -- Confused!

2004-02-02 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Just for the fun of it, I downloaded and installed "Aptitude", At the top on the menu it says: Aptitude 0.2.13 #Broken: 4 Will free 9375kb DL size: 13.9 This appears on the third line of the menu BEFORE I actually use it in any way. Does this really mean that I have four broken p

K3b won't compile

2004-02-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I would really appreciate your help in recompiling K3b 0.11.2. I have installed every library or file mentioned during install but it still won't configure. Could you please take a look at my config.log and tell me what's wrong? You'll find it at: http://www.websher.net/config.log

URGENT -- Apt-get fiasco

2004-02-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: [Using Xandros 2.0/Debian] This morning I noticed that I could no longer install anything from Xandros Networks. I drew the conclusion that I had been pushing the envelope to the breaking point, installing from all sorts of sources, including unstable (though with a /etc/apt/pref

Win4Linux for Debian?

2004-02-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: May I ask if Win4Linux works in Debian? If so, how well does it work? Thank you. Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Win4Lin -- Security patches, anti-virus, spyware?

2004-02-16 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: [Using Xandros 2.0/Debian] I'd appreciate advice from those of you who are using Win4Linux: One big question I've never been clear about. The Win4Lin FAQ says NOT to install any Microsoft security patches or updates. Could you please clarify this for me. Should I install ANY Micr

MplayerPlugin ALMOST Works!

2004-02-16 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: [Using Xandros 2.0/Debian Linux, Mplayer 1.0pre3 and mplayerplugin 2.11-1.386.deb] I installed Mplayer with the codecs, etc. Mplayer (gmplayer) workes beautifully (Hollywood DVD's), etc. I then installed Mplayer plugin. It installed fine and shows clearly in Mozilla 1.4 under About

Fwd: Mplayer-plugin -- SOLVED!

2004-02-16 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Problem solved. Thanks to a suggestion from one of the mplayer-plugin team, I installed the command-line "mplayer" version of Mplayer in addition to mplayer-gui and mplayer-common.Apparently mplayer-plugin needs the command-line "mplayer" to work. By the way, I got the Debian pac

"Alien" from Red Hat rpm or Fedora Core rpm?

2004-02-16 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: A quick question: can "alien" convert from Fedora Core RPM as well as Red Hat RPM? More importantly: Does it make a difference? Thank you. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Mplayer "make all" error message

2004-02-17 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: First, my sincere thanks to all of you who wrote in or commented on the Mplayer rpm to deb issue. I did "succeed" in both installing it and playing it, but I've decided to take the advice of senior, more experienced members of both Xandros and Debian and stay strictly within the c

Re: Mplayer "make all" error message

2004-02-17 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Stephen and friends: You are absolutely right. All my thanks. I su to root and did "make install". It installed just fine in /usr/local. Only problem is that the install produced only "mplayer", the command-line executable but not the gui "gmplayer" even though I most definitely configured

Mplayerplug-in needs mozilla-dev 1.6

2004-02-17 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: [Using Xandros 2.0/Debian] I am on the very last stage of installing my Mplayer by recompiling from tarball source. I've been struggling for hours but the good news is that I have succeeded completely (by following the arcane instructions in Mplayer's Documentation) in installing MP

RealPlayer 8/9 Plugins in Linux -- Instructions

2004-02-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Here is the lowdown on the whole RealPlayer issue: The latest version of RealPlayer, RealOne that is currently used with Linux is RealOne Alpha. It has remained an alpha for two years and is essentially dead. That is why many of its features do not work or work imperfectly. And t

Nvu Free Web Program -- Linux's "Dreamweaver"

2004-02-21 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: In case you haven't heard, Linux now has its own Dreamweaver web program and entirely free. You can get the first beta from: http://www.nvu.com/ Would appreciate help with an error message I got in NVu: http://www.websher.net/temp/nvu1.png http://www.websher.net/temp/nvu2.png htt

Creating Photoshop FIRE image in Gimp

2004-04-24 Thread Benjamin Sher
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Urgent! -- New Debian 3.1R2 install -- Nvidia card not recognized: fuzzy desktop, 640X480 resolution

2006-05-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Decided to give the latest stable version of Debian 3.1Rc2 a chance so I downloaded the first two CD's and burned them in Nero. Everything went flawlessly. Literally. I was delighted. That is, until I booted up to the new Debian and was I in for a shock. The install urged me not

Re: Urgent! -- New Debian 3.1R2 install -- Nvidia card not recognized: fuzzy desktop, 640X480 resolution

2006-05-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Arafangion wrote: Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: Decided to give the latest stable version of Debian 3.1Rc2 a chance so I downloaded the first two CD's and burned them in Nero. Everything went flawlessly. Literally. I was delighted. That is, until I booted up to th

Re: Urgent! -- New Debian 3.1R2 install -- Nvidia card not recognized: fuzzy desktop, 640X480 resolution

2006-05-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Arafangion wrote: Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: Decided to give the latest stable version of Debian 3.1Rc2 a chance so I downloaded the first two CD's and burned them in Nero. Everything went flawlessly. Literally. I was delighted. That is, until I booted up to th

Re: Urgent! -- New Debian 3.1R2 install -- Nvidia card not recognized: fuzzy desktop, 640X480 resolution

2006-05-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: My installation is such a mess that I've decided to start from scratch. Problem is I don't know where I went wrong. Did I download the right CD's? Thank you all again. Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Newbie video configuration -- Monitor and video settings

2006-05-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I am about to install Debian once again. I made a mistake originally in the video setting. I have a Sony SDM-S73 TFT LCD Color 17 inch monitor which, it says, fully complies with the DDC Plug & Play standards with Nvidia GeForece 2 AGP card for 3D Accelaration. What precisely

Downloading Debian CD: "stable" or "testing"?

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I would like to download and install the latest Debian 3.1, but even after a careful reading of all the info on the Debian site, I am quite confused. "Sarge" is now the STABLE release and "etch" is now the TESTING release. I would like to download the testing release so I would

Downloading Debian CD: "stable" or "testing"? -- follow-

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: A follow-up question: If you install the current sarge stable release, can you install deb packages from any earlier releases? That is, either earlier stable or testing deb packages? What's the hierarchy here: sarge stable, earlier stable, earlier testing, etc. Quite confused.

Downloading Debian CD: "stable" or "testing"? -- follow-up

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: A follow-up question: If you install the current sarge stable release, can you install deb packages from any earlier releases? That is, either earlier stable or testing deb packages? What's the hierarchy here: sarge stable, earlier stable, earlier testing, etc. Quite confused.

Re: Downloading Debian CD: "stable" or "testing"?

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Leonid and friends: So you would recommend installing the new "etch" testing distro? Is an iso image available of the "etch" testing release? That's what I find confusing. Since "sarge" is not longer "testing" but "stable", which testing are we talking about and where are the iso images f

FTP address for Sarge install CD?

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I have failed to find an FTP address for the iso image for Sarge? I found an HTTP address, but I would prefer to download it with my FTP client. What is the precise debian ftp address? Thank you. Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: Downloading Debian CD: "stable" or "testing"?

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
:34, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > >Dear Kamaraju: > > > >Thank you so much for the clear presentation. > > > > > > > >>You can always update from sarge to Etch. But you cannot go from Etch to > >>Sarge. > &

Downloading iso image through BitTorrent?

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I clicked on the "obtain your copy", then on "make a CD set yourself". This immediately caused Debian to start downloading its file with the "Installing Debian" message in the status bar (left). Is this OK? I did install Bittorrent before downloading. How long will it take to dow

Which Debian Installer for Etch, please?

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I am considering installing the new Etch testing distro. At the recommendation of a list member, I went to the proper Debian Installer site and am downloading the rc3 version of the installer. I hope I am downloading the right installer. My question is: If I install Etch, wh

Re: Which Debian Installer for Etch, please?

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
et as debian packages? Thank you. P. S. I am still downloading the Sarge stable release. It's taking a long time. I have an ADSL connection. Will decide after it's download what to do. On 12 Jul 2005 at 0:51, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > rc3 is fi

Etch vs. Sarge -- can't make up my mind

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Based on what I have learned tonight about Debian, I am not certain yet which option I will choose: Etch or Sarge, testing or stable. Here is my choice: Choose Sarge (STABLE) which can only be updated with a few specialized apt-get sources such as apt.get.org or backports.org

Re: Downloading Debian CD: "stable" or "testing"?

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
On 12 Jul 2005 at 1:02, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > >Dear kamaraju: > > > >Thank you again. One last question: > > > >If I install the stable sarge release, and someone issues a new > >debian package for some application, how

A Question about Bittorrent

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I am downloading the Sarge ISO using Bittorrent. Bittorent says that it supports resume. So, I paused (i.e. stopped) my download several times, even leaving Windows to do so. When I come back and click on the original link in Debian, it restarts my download. But there is no progr

Where is the FTP site for Sarge, please?

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: After much consideration, I've decided to go with Sarge and add the apt-get.org and backports.org sources to /etc/apt/sources.list This seems to me the wisest course of action. I will have the benefit of Debian's reputation for perfection and reliability plus updates of my favor

Re: Etch vs. Sarge -- can't make up my mind

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Alexandru: Thanks so much for an excellent clarification. Two follow-up questions: 1) I have decided a few minutes ago to go with Sarge for the reasons you mentioned. If I add apt-get.org and backports.org to my apt sources, will I be able to seamlessly add updated applications as they b

Re: Where is the FTP site for Sarge, please?

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
On 12 Jul 2005 at 2:24, Paul Smith wrote: > %% "Benjamin Sher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > bs> So, I am willing to download the CD image by FTP. But I > bs> have tried several times to find the iso image and have > bs> failed. I tried ftp.

1st CD of Sarge: KDE and Gnome?

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: A simple question: does the first downloadable CD of Sarge include both KDE and Gnome? And is this first CD sufficient to install Debian? Thank you. Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sarge install perfect

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: My thanks to everyone for your great advice, information and help. Finally downloaded the ISO, checked the MD5 alogorithm. Everything OK. Then installed. Install was flawless. Amazed. At least so far. I am now downloading 510 MB (733 packages) for the Desktop Environment option

New install -- MTA mail needs to be reconfigured

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I finally installed my first Debian system earlier this morning and I am very pleased with it. The install was flawless, but it was not quite as easy as I thought because there were plenty more questions AFTER the downloading of packages than I thought. But all is well. However,

Mail issue -- can send but not receive mail

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: My email issue is almost solved. I can now send mail. I removed exim4 with apt-get and installed ssmtp. I am stuck on the authentication method for receiving mail. Under Kmail, Receiving, Extras, which option should I use? What do I need to do to receive my mail? Thank you. Be

lspci -- all devices recognized

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: My thanks to everyone. lspci detected all of my devices correctly, including my Nvidia video card and my SoundBlaster 5.1 sound card. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Problem with mounting sda zip drive

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Thanks to your help, I am making progress step by step. My next issue has to do with my zip drive. When I try to mount it, I am told that I need to supply the file system. Please see below. Would appreciate your help. Benjamin [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: sta

Re: RealPlayer 10 for Debian?

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
On Tuesday 12 July 2005 06:50 pm, Darryl Clarke wrote: > On 7/12/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear friends: > > > > Is there a special Debian package for RealPlayer 10? Since it is a > > commercial package, I'd imagine that it's not part of Sarge itself. > > http://www.real.

Re: RealPlayer 10 for Debian?

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
On Tuesday 12 July 2005 07:16 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 07:15:06PM -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: > > Thanks for the tip. My problem is that I don't know if Debian allows you > > to install an RPM? Which RealPlayer package should I install, please

Re: RealPlayer 10 for Debian?

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
On Tuesday 12 July 2005 07:27 pm, Kent West wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > >On Tuesday 12 July 2005 06:50 pm, Darryl Clarke wrote: > >>On 7/12/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>Dear friends: > >>> > >>>Is the

Kernel configuration could not be read?

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: In the KDE Control Center, under System Admin, Linux Kernel, I read the following on the main screen to the right: --- The kernel configuration could not be read No hardware architecture was specified... Either your kernel sources contain

Re: Kernel configuration could not be read?

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
On Tuesday 12 July 2005 08:13 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What does this mean, please? Anything to worry about? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Benjamin > > I don't have an answer for the question that you're asking in this > post to the list. I would like, nevertheless, to offer you a bit > of ad

Re: Kernel configuration could not be read?

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
Kent West wrote: Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: In the KDE Control Center, under System Admin, Linux Kernel, I read the following on the main screen to the right: --- The kernel configuration could not be read No hardware

Re: Kernel configuration could not be read?

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read everything on the Debian home page before making my decision as to which version to install, etc. I found the explanations good but not good enough. They are still written from the point of view of the engineer, the programmer. What a new, prospective

RealPlayer installed -- Thank you!

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: My thanks to everyone who wrote in about RealPlayer. It's now installed and working fine. I installed the "bin" file into /usr/local Thanks again. Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A Question about Bittorrent

2005-07-12 Thread Benjamin Sher
David E. Fox wrote: On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:30:37 -0500 "Benjamin Sher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: restarts my download. But there is no progress bar and no partial file on my desktop or wherever. How can I be sure that it is still downloading. It's been th

Printing in CUPS -- almost there!

2005-07-13 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I've spent the past hour searching in Google for articles that will explain to me how to install my printer in Debian 3.1. I'm literally 99% of the way there. First, I found out that Debian 3.1 does not include the CUPS server by default. So, I downloaded that via Synaptic. Then I

Printing in CUPS -- almost there!

2005-07-13 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I've spent the past hour searching in Google for articles that will explain to me how to install my printer in Debian 3.1. I'm literally 99% of the way there. First, I found out that Debian 3.1 does not include the CUPS server by default. So, I downloaded that via Synaptic. The

Printing in Cups -- Almost there -- an apology

2005-07-13 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: My apology for double posting of my message concerning my printer issue. I sent the first message by mistake from my first email address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). This is not my Debian address, and I assumed that it would be bounced back to me as they always are. So, I resent it from

Re: Printing in CUPS -- almost there!

2005-07-13 Thread Benjamin Sher
michael wrote: On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 06:28 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: michael wrote: On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 05:32 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: I've spent the past hour searching in Google for articles that will explain

Re: Printing in CUPS -- almost there!

2005-07-13 Thread Benjamin Sher
Clive Menzies wrote: On (13/07/05 13:19), michael wrote: On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 06:28 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: michael wrote: On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 05:32 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: I've spent the past hour searching in Google for articles

Re: Printing in CUPS -- almost there!

2005-07-13 Thread Benjamin Sher
peter colton wrote: On Wednesday 13 July 2005 16:46, Clive Menzies wrote: On (13/07/05 13:19), michael wrote: On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 06:28 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: michael wrote: On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 05:32 -0500

Printer issue -- SOLVED!

2005-07-13 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Printer issue resolved! My printer is now working fine. I called my printer company, Okidata, and, although they don't provide tech support for Linux, their expert was able to figure out that I was using the wrong emulation HP driver for Okipage 14e. The correct driver is HP La

Re: Problem with mounting sda zip drive

2005-07-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
L.V.Gandhi wrote: On 7/13/05, Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear friends: Thanks to your help, I am making progress step by step. My next issue has to do with my zip drive. When I try to mount it, I am told that I need to supply the file system. Please see below.

Re: Problem with mounting sda zip drive

2005-07-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
L.V.Gandhi wrote: On 7/13/05, Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear friends: Thanks to your help, I am making progress step by step. My next issue has to do with my zip drive. When I try to mount it, I am told that I need to supply the file system. Please see below.

Sarge vs. Stable in /etc/apt/sources.list

2005-07-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I've noticed that some debian sources use the term "stable", others use the term "sarge". I was advised by some members of our list that I should change "stable" to "sarge" to assure continuity. But when I did that, Synaptic complained of errors. What happens when you find a sou

Data for stable vs. sarge

2005-07-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Here are the data for stable vs. sarge after I changed "stable" to "sarge" in my sources: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ sarge main deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ sarge main deb ht

Re: Sarge vs. Stable in /etc/apt/sources.list

2005-07-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Lorenzo Taylor wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "sarge" and "stable" currently refer to the same Debian branch in the official Debian mirrors. However, when Etch becomes stable, "stable" will refer to Etch rather than Sarge and "sarge" will still refer to Sarge, which will

Re: Data for stable vs. sarge

2005-07-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Dear friends: Here are the data for stable vs. sarge after I changed "stable" to "sarge" in my sources: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main deb http://

FTP authentification issue

2005-07-14 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I have run into an unusual and inexplicable FTP authentification issue. It's the first time I've ever had this problem in Linux, and I've been using the same Dell 8200 Dimension computer for five years (on both WinXP and different flavors of Linux). I've discussed this with my

Can you launch URL from email application?

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I am sure I must be doing something wrong, but I have tried repeatedly to click on a URL in Kmail or Thunderbird and launch the URL in the Web Browser, any web browser. I have failed in Kmail and Thunderbird but it works perfectly in Evolution and it brings up Epiphany. Is this re

Can you launch URL from email application? -- Follow-up

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: The browser preference in KDE, Control Center, KDE Components, Component Choose is set to Epiphany as it the html in File Associations. I tried to change the browser to Firefox. Same strange results. Yet, no problem in Evolution with Epiphany. So, it's not a browser issue. Thank

Can you launch URL from email application? -- Correction

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: My apologies. Just checked again. No problem with URL launching in Evolution AND Thunderbird. The problem is in Kmail only. Any solution, please? I tried selecting Konqueror so it would work with Kmail but when I click on a URL, Konqueror spins and shakes (literally shakes) in the

stable vs. sargein apt-get: are they interchangeable?

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Just a brief follow-up note on our discussion of "stable" vs "sarge". I replaced ALL of the "stable" in etc/apt/sources.list with "sarge". Then I did #apt-get update. This updated the entire database. I then tested it by downloading and installing two applications. No problems. N

Re: Can you launch URL from email application? -- Correction

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
On Friday 15 July 2005 08:37 am, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 07:13:40 -0500 > > Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > >Konqueror spins and shakes (literally shakes) in the taskbar and > > >never launches > >

Re: FTP authentification issue

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
On Friday 15 July 2005 08:58 am, Wim De Smet wrote: > On 7/15/05, Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear friends: > > > > I have run into an unusual and inexplicable FTP authentification issue. > > It's the first time I've ever had this pr

Re: FTP authentification issue

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
On Friday 15 July 2005 07:20 am, Kent West wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > > > > > So, the issue is clearly a GUI one. I tested my FTP with three GUI FTP > > clients in Linux: Kbear, gftp and IglooFTP-PRO. The results are: > > > > 1) gftp works fine but i

test

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
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Can you launch URL from email application

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear David and friends: Good news! I tested the URL again and here is what happened: When I click on the URL, the box comes up. Normally, after a while I just get fed up and shut it down. This time I decided to wait it out. At last, after an eternity, two things happen: first I see the skelet

Re: Cd writing tool under Linux

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
On Friday 15 July 2005 07:28 pm, Sergio Cuéllar Valdés wrote: > 2005/7/15, Lian Liming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi all, > > I wonder if there are any GUI cd writing tool available under > > Debian. What I find so far is "cdrecord" which is a command line CD > > writing tool. > > Thanks in a

Re: Cd writing tool under Linux -- important note

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
On Friday 15 July 2005 07:28 pm, Sergio Cuéllar Valdés wrote: > 2005/7/15, Lian Liming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi all, > > I wonder if there are any GUI cd writing tool available under > > Debian. What I find so far is "cdrecord" which is a command line CD > > writing tool. > > Thanks in a

Can't launch URL from email -- Note

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear David and friends: If openURL3.jpg lookedlike openURL2.jpg, don't worry. I've just correct it. I reran the URL launch and what you see in the third image is the final landing with images. But it took a l-o-o-o-ong time. About five minutes. Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: (Fwd) Re: FTP authentification issue

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
On Friday 15 July 2005 10:20 pm, Benjamin Sher wrote: > --- Forwarded message follows --- > Date sent:Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:50:35 -0500 > From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject:

Re: Can you launch URL from email application

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
On Friday 15 July 2005 10:21 pm, Benjamin Sher wrote: > --- Forwarded message follows --- > Date sent:Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:52:47 -0500 > From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject:

Re: Can you launch URL from email application -- Problem Isolated and "solved"

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
On Friday 15 July 2005 11:33 pm, Kent West wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > >On Friday 15 July 2005 10:21 pm, Benjamin Sher wrote: > >>From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>Benjamin Sher wrote: > >>>I tested the URL again an

"makeobj" wrapper script -- how to use it?

2005-07-15 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I am trying to install a KDE program called Kradio-1 from source tarball. Configure went fine. I then was warned NOT to use "make" but instead unsermake. Well, unsermake is not available in Synaptic, not even for Etch (I switched to Etch earlier today. (No errors, no problem. apt-

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