Re: problem with "at"

2003-05-30 Thread Dirk
ailing list. Thanks for your help. Dirk On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 03:12:59PM +0200, Jon Haugsand wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Yes, I also made a bash script. But "nice" didn't seem to help. > > Let work be some program, e.g.: > > #!/bin/sh > for ((

Re: no NFS connection

1999-07-29 Thread dirk
all debian via multi cdrom nfs option, as soon as you need the other cd you are not able to change cd's. (at that moment I hadn't discovered yet the restart of nfsd) Dirk -- Do you do Linux? :) Get your FREE @linuxstart.com email address at: http://www.linuxstart.com

Re: ISDN newbie

2000-09-11 Thread dirk
some configuration startup problems) Dirk

voodoo3 3000

2000-09-11 Thread dirk
messages, it all seems to work ok. I have got different resolutions in my XF86Config, all working with 16bpp. (also started X with "startx -- -bpp 16") Another problem is that I can't reach linux.3dfx.com. I don't know if I can find a solution there but for now I can't check. Dirk

procmail & postfix

2000-10-04 Thread dirk
am curious if I should do (or don't do) something different when using postfix instead of exim or sendmail or so. TIA, Dirk

Re: procmail & postfix

2000-10-04 Thread dirk
> moritz I found that one but it doesn't work (yet). Dirk

Re: procmail & postfix

2000-10-04 Thread dirk
Well, it works. Sometimes it is so hard to RTFM en edit the nescessary files without mistakes. See http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/filtering-faq this is what I used to get it working (and the postfix faq) Now it's working it seems so easy, should have done it a long time ago. Dirk

email alias postfix procmail

2000-11-04 Thread dirk
Does this procmailrc have to contain my personal mailfilters, or does it run procmail again for my personal mail if I keep my ~/procmailrc? About this alias, this is not on my local machine but at my ISP. Tia, Dirk

Re: email alias postfix procmail

2000-11-05 Thread dirk
Problem solved. I hate it when things are sooo easy once you have figured it out. Just to save a few hours for someone else: Use fetchmail. There seem to be some issues about multidrop stuff, read the man page. using fetchmail, your fetchmailrc looks like this: set postmaster "dirk&

Re: SB Live! (XGamer)...

2000-11-06 Thread dirk
2.2.17 > source (from potato debian package). > > _Please_ point me to a file! The 2.2.17 kernel in potato is not the final version. I am still running 2.2.17 from potato and used the emu10k1 to get the SB live! working. Dirk

Re: email alias postfix procmail

2000-11-06 Thread dirk
t has to do with controlling to whom the mail is addressed too. > The aka option enlarges the list of properly formed addresses by, It was clear to me that aka would enlarge the list, but, now I added xs4all.nl does it look at all subdomains of xs4all? So mailserver.xs4all.nl and whatever.xs4all.nl? Dirk

Re: Q: Sound in/Alsaconf done: Linux 1 Human 0

2000-11-09 Thread dirk
's up? Did you do a "make modules-install"? > > Also it is related to the fact that three cd players I have used don't 'see' > my cdrom drive to play, eject, whatever? > Maybe a symlink to the wrong device? So, /dev/cdrom pointing to /dev/hdb whiel your cdrom is actually /dev/hdc? Dirk

Re: recommended TV/radio cards for potato

2000-11-22 Thread dirk
io app, I don't > use > mine for radio so I can't tell you about that part) > > This is in the USA, mind you. I can't attest to non-NTSC formats :P > I have got mine for 1, no for 2 years I think. Works great. But I also use it only for TV, not for radio. (this PAL format, Netherlands) Dirk

Re: Hi there

2000-11-26 Thread dirk
The sites are very difficult to us becouse we dont know what > to download and what not.. > Since you are from Holland you can easily buy CD's in Holland. Look at: http://panic.et.tudelft.nl/debian/cd/index.html You can also order a manual to get started Good luck, Dirk

Re: scanner doesn't scan...

2000-12-02 Thread dirk
ut scsi stuff, I only have a scsi card for the scanner and in the past for a DAT tape streamer. Well, this isn't much help, but maybe it is enough. Dirk

Re: scanner doesn't scan...

2000-12-02 Thread dirk
On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 04:06:31AM -0500, Alec Smith wrote: > I think what Dirk meant was he's got an /etc/sane.d/mustek.conf which has > a line > > /dev/scanner > > as its contents. > > After the mustek.conf file includes that line, /dev/scanner should be >

Re: Laptops for Debian GNU/Linux?

2000-12-03 Thread dirk
stion maybe I can help, I just ended my quest for the perfect laptop. Dirk

Re: scanner doesn't scan...

2000-12-04 Thread dirk
v/sg0, permissions are: crw-rw-rw-1 root root 21, 0 Jul 4 00:25 /dev/sg0 I don't know what else there is to tell. Dirk

SQL question about performance...

2006-11-29 Thread Dirk
I use mySQL.. Thanks, Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection

2006-05-16 Thread Dirk
I have installed proftpd and it worked great for days... Now, without an reason, it gives me: 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection when I log in... or sometimes after I logged in and enter "ls" Why? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection

2006-05-16 Thread Dirk
I have installed proftpd and it worked great for days... Now, without an reason, it gives me: 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection when I log in... or sometimes after I logged in and enter "ls" Why? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection

2006-05-16 Thread Dirk
I have installed proftpd and it worked great for days... Now, without an reason, it gives me: 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection when I log in... or sometimes after I logged in and enter "ls" Why? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection

2006-05-16 Thread Dirk
I have installed proftpd and it worked great for days... Now, without an reason, it gives me: 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection when I log in... or sometimes after I logged in and enter "ls" Why? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection

2006-05-16 Thread Dirk
I have installed proftpd and it worked great for days... Now, without an reason, it gives me: 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection when I log in... or sometimes after I logged in and enter "ls" Why? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Windows is the better OS for running a FTP server

2006-05-16 Thread Dirk
"421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection" proftpd, wu-ftpd, (netkit) ftpd ... they all suck ass! (Yeah, I'm ultimately pissed after reading too many sloppy howto's) Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: Windows is the better OS for running a FTP server

2006-05-16 Thread Dirk
Chris Howie wrote: > Dirk wrote: > >>"421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection" >> >>proftpd, wu-ftpd, (netkit) ftpd ... they all suck ass! >> >>(Yeah, I'm ultimately pissed after reading too many sloppy howto's) >&

Re: Windows is the better OS for running a FTP server

2006-05-16 Thread Dirk
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 09:06:21PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > >>On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 20:52:10 +0200, Dirk wrote: >> >>>"421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection" >>> >>>proftpd, wu-

For the love of...

2006-05-20 Thread Dirk
Why was xorgcfg removed by the last update Am I supposed to install some retarded KDE to configure xorg.conf now? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

GTK drag'n'drop broken in testing?

2006-05-20 Thread Dirk
text in Mozilla and try to drag it like a idiot... after a short time the pointer doesn't return to the normal state anymore. I tested it on two machines.. but wanted to report here before I fight my way through the bug report dings bums.. Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

X key repeat broken in testing?

2006-05-20 Thread Dirk
Another problem I have is with key repeat in X(org) in testing. When I "xset r on" and press a key once it gets sometimes repeated 2, 3 or.. yeah... 100 times... it's all random and I already wiped all X stuff from the installation and reinstalled it. I have this problem since a update several mo

Re: For the love of...

2006-05-20 Thread Dirk
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 10:58:45AM -0400, rs wrote: > >> >>Try "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg". >> > > > the package description (from packages.debian.org) notes the existence > of xorgcfg in the 6.9 series but recommends usage of debconf tools > (dpkg-reconfigure)

Re: For the love of...

2006-05-21 Thread Dirk
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 07:23:46PM +0200, Dirk wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 10:58:45AM -0400, rs wrote: Try "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg". the package description (from packages.debian.org) notes the existence of

Locales destroy X key repeat!

2006-05-21 Thread Dirk
d if someone could tell me how to fix this mess it would really be appreciated. Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xfonts-dosemu broken

2006-05-21 Thread Dirk
I installed xfonts-dosemu because I want a font in xterm that does NOT suck when I use something that uses curses... But it can't find the font (it did work before). What must I do to restart some-font-cacheing-something... or what? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

xfonts-dosemu broken (2)

2006-05-21 Thread Dirk
I installed xfonts-dosemu because I want a font in xterm that does NOT suck when I use something that uses curses... But it can't find the font (it did work before). What must I do to restart some-font-cacheing-something... or what? UPDATE: even dosemu doesn't find the font... this SUCKS! finis

How does inetd work?

2006-05-24 Thread Dirk
I know inetd forwards a programms (servers) stdout to the client... but where does it forward the requests from a client to? It's not stdin.. It there any simple example server available that was written to work with inetd? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

How does inetd work?

2006-05-25 Thread Dirk
I know inetd forwards a programms (servers) stdout to the client... but where does it forward the requests from a client to? It's not stdin.. It there any simple example server available that was written to work with inetd? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

Re: How does inetd work?

2006-05-26 Thread Dirk
John L Fjellstad wrote: > Dirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>I know inetd forwards a programms (servers) stdout to the client... but >>where does it forward the requests from a client to? It's not stdin.. >> >> >>It there any simple exampl

Re: How does inetd work?

2006-05-26 Thread Dirk
John L Fjellstad wrote: > Dirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>I know inetd forwards a programms (servers) stdout to the client... but >>where does it forward the requests from a client to? It's not stdin.. >> >> >>It there any simple exampl

_short_ debian package creation HOWTO?

2006-05-27 Thread Dirk
I need to know HOWTO create debian packages. But all HOWTO's I've found are too long to read. Is there one available with less than 1000 words? Thanks, Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I'm looking for a specific firewall...

2006-05-27 Thread Dirk
1) It must be written in C 2) It must be able to block connections from a specific IP Thanks, Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Proxy examle code needed

2006-06-06 Thread Dirk
Where do I find an example proxy code in C, with less than 100 lines and no dependencies? I mean C. C is nothing different than C. Thank you! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Is it possible to install ftp servers w/o 421 Service not available errors?

2006-07-02 Thread Dirk
started putting unstable stuff into 2.6.x.y instead of 2.7.x. Sorry for being an ass but I'm lightly pissed about Linux turning into a bitch lately. Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

HOWTO setup a shoutcast server....

2006-07-12 Thread Dirk
ast which is so incredibly easy to setup? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

serious Reiser4 fsck problem

2006-07-21 Thread Dirk
remove corruption... Thanks, Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mozilla or firefox package-what is the difference?

2006-07-29 Thread Dirk
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > J F wrote: > >> Mozilla or firefox package-what is the difference? >> >> I guess I'm a little confused about which one is better/newer or >> the one to use? >> > > I favor Seamonkey (Mozilla suite replacement): > http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/ > over Firefox f

Which algorythm produces such hashes?

2006-08-22 Thread Dirk
; PACSVI4MHFM3DXEAKGJBZCRAWYS2RS4T; XKJKZKZ25MEZMG37KVXYIN5PLQ6JW2IA; ??? Thank you, Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Which algorythm produces such hashes?

2006-08-22 Thread Dirk
Hex Star wrote: > oh can I play too? :P > > how about this one: > > safkaskfs9030rawkldkΩkci9wr9qrw90ras9ofcozx∂ßåß˚∆∂ˆ™ª™dfgfjisdmksdfdz.><>o0320d∆ßß≈Ωµ∑ß˚∂ˆ™´ª™∑å'∂åß«ååß"Ω≈æç≥Ω÷≥≤µçΩçµåª™º≠™–™¢•∑ª´ß˚Ω˜ > > å∆™¨™•£´∂∆˚∂ß∂kdskfzmzzzZKADEI29449020∂˚∂µßµ˚çå߈∂º™ ??? > hehe... Cool! Where do yo

Current Mozilla (stable) is broken!

2006-08-26 Thread Dirk
The single-file-download-dialog won't close after the download has been finished. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Is there any chance to find out in which package the start-stop-daemon

2007-06-22 Thread Dirk
any chance to find out in which package the start-stop-daemon is w/o reinstalling the whole debian distribution and hopeing that it will be installed automatically? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Slightly annoyed question about Debian package system

2007-06-22 Thread Dirk
Is there any chance to find out in which package the start-stop-daemon is w/o reinstalling the whole debian distribution and hopeing that it will be installed automatically? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

SQL insert dupe prevention problem

2006-09-23 Thread Dirk
what I'm doing wrong? I want to check table.a to prevent inserting dupes... it says... #1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM rsstool_table WHERE

WARNING: reiser4 (kernel 2.6.16 w/ reiser4 patch) breaks stuff when the hdd is full

2006-10-10 Thread Dirk
When a reiser4 partition is full and some process keeps writing to it you can revive it only with fsck.reiser4 -y --fix --build-fs /dev/... afterwards... I had all kinds of FUBAR behaviour.. clips that contained fragments of pictures and sound of other clips i downloaded and files that did show

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
ncy and make the HAL package optional again. Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Thursday 16 July 2009 12:50:22 Dirk wrote: Why don't people, who like it, use the real Windows instead of turning Linux into it and forcing advanced users down to their level? Dirk What level are you taking about? This will look quiet insulting to many p

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
rced per dependency in Debian. One "Hardware Abstraction Layer" (the Linux Kernel) should be enough. People who want more than one can install Ubuntu which is a good distribution. Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: Dirk schreef: You would have much more credibility in this thread if you provided solid technical reasons why HAL is bad rather than stomping your feet while saying "I don't like it!" Please provide a technical reason why HAL is unacceptable. HA

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Avi Greenbury wrote: Dirk wrote: Geeez... the problem is that it was promoted to a requirement for running a Debian Desktop while there was no need for it in the first place with alternatives like Ubuntu or Windows(!) at hand. Another problem are the people who think they need to turn Linux

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
m ready to be convinced. But I'm afraid that right now you're coming across as yelling at HAL to get off your lawn, and that's probably not the strongest case you could make. On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Dirk wrote: What is the 'best part of Linux' that HAL neglects? The

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Dirk wrote: Jeff Soules wrote: Is that enough of an answer or is there any HAL fanboy left who want's to battle choice? I'm not a HAL fanboy. In fact, I couldn't care less. From the descriptions, it sounds like HAL (like every other piece of software ever written) solve

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Jochen Schulz wrote: Dirk: Ok, let us assume I wouldn't be able to remove HAL from a installed Debian without breaking X11 permanently and I have a random problem (pick one from this list: http://www.google.com/search?q=HAL+problem+linux). Previously, you said not only HAL itself i

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
t to explain it (beyond "I might have to learn how to fix it"). It is not: "I might have to learn how to fix it" It is: "I can't deinstall it even though it could be possible" Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
steef wrote: Dirk wrote: Jochen Schulz wrote: Dirk: Ok, let us assume I wouldn't be able to remove HAL from a installed Debian without breaking X11 permanently and I have a random problem (pick one from this list: http://www.google.com/search?q=HAL+problem+linux). Previously, you

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Celejar wrote: On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:58:12 +0200 Dirk wrote: Avi Greenbury wrote: ... What is the 'best part of Linux' that HAL neglects? ... The ability to mount devices myself, or not. This is just wrong; HAL *doesn't automount anything* on its own. It merely pas

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Brian Nelson wrote: Dirk writes: Jochen Schulz wrote: Nobody forces you to do anything. You can compile patch X.org yourself, run oldstable, switch to another distribution or throw your computer out of the window. Or you could just accept HAL and go on with your life. You suggest that

Re: Problem with DVD drive mounting

2009-07-17 Thread Dirk
thomas.ferry wrote: Ive been having problems with my DVD/RW mount each time I insert a disc it causes a hard lock of the drive and i gotta reboot the system. Im using Debian sid with the 2.6.30-bigmem kernel. Debian/unstable? Do you mount manually or does HAL mount it? Dirk -- To

Re: Problem with DVD drive mounting

2009-07-17 Thread Dirk
/hald and reboot again... Maybe someone has a better idea how to disable hal... but this is how i would do it... Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

sidplay broken since... uh... a long time now... :o

2009-07-18 Thread Dirk
maintainer obviously doesn't check the result of his work. Anyone knows if there is a fix. The project on Sourceforge seems pretty much dead since 2004. I've heard new features in GCC4 are to blame. Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

HOWTO enhance Debian by removing HAL

2009-08-01 Thread Dirk
D-ROM drives to save power (and time) http://blogs.koolwal.net/2009/07/24/tip-disable-automatic-polling-of-cd-roms-to-save-power/ I wonder why people who need "nanny-features" like HAL refuse to just use windows instead. Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Losing Debian to the cancer known as HAL

2009-09-13 Thread Dirk
how their Linux should work. Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Losing Debian to the cancer known as HAL

2009-09-13 Thread Dirk
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun,13.Sep.09, 23:12:00, Dirk wrote: Hello, I have been using Debian/Unstable for more than 7 years. Now I am switching to Gentoo because it really has become more attractive since Debian+HAL really isn't the operating system anymore I want to work with. [snip

Why do xorg developers hate gamers and use that stupid mouse acceleration to anger them?

2009-02-18 Thread Dirk
operating system for serious gaming.. Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Is there no way to RELIABLY disable mouse acceleration in Linux?

2009-02-24 Thread Dirk
Everytime I start a game the mouse input is accelerated or just messed up... I turned "xset m 0 0" into a cronjob now that runs the command 30 times every minute... Is there a way to disable it permanently.. like in... Windows? :D Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lis

Linux desktop without mouse acceleration. Is it possible?

2009-02-26 Thread Dirk
Is it possible to permanently(!) disable mouse acceleration without having a cronjob running "xset m 0 0" every minute? It would really make Linux a better gaming system if this ^%$!@ mouse acceleration would be permanently(!) disabled by default. Thanks, Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Linux desktop without mouse acceleration. Is it possible?

2009-02-26 Thread Dirk
Is it possible to permanently(!) disable mouse acceleration without having a cronjob running "xset m 0 0" every minute? It would really make Linux a better gaming system if this ^%$!@ mouse acceleration would be permanently(!) disabled by default. Thanks, Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Linux desktop without mouse acceleration. Is it possible?

2009-02-26 Thread Dirk
Thierry Chatelet wrote: On 26 February 2009 16:19:36 Dirk wrote: Is it possible to permanently(!) disable mouse acceleration without having a cronjob running "xset m 0 0" every minute? It would really make Linux a better gaming system if this ^%$!@ mouse acceleration would be p

Re: Linux desktop without mouse acceleration. Is it possible?

2009-02-26 Thread Dirk
Aneurin Price wrote: On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Dirk wrote: Is it possible to permanently(!) disable mouse acceleration without having a cronjob running "xset m 0 0" every minute? It would really make Linux a better gaming system if this ^%$!@ mouse acceleration would be p

Re: Linux desktop without mouse acceleration. Is it possible?

2009-02-26 Thread Dirk
Dotan Cohen wrote: If you have a problem with trolling... well... let me welcome you to the internet. Well, then please go to the internet. We are not the internet, we are debian-user, a mailing list that just happens to be mirrored to the internet. You _could_ have just introduced him to goa

how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-14 Thread Dirk
(see subject) i don't want an MTA running on a system... but many programs require it as dependency to spam me with their stuff (which should belong into just a log file (IMO))... Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "u

HOWTO run xorg without hal

2009-04-14 Thread Dirk
uot; Option "AutoAddDevices""false" EndSection to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf FUCK YOU! whoever did that... Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

HOWTO run xorg without hal

2009-04-14 Thread Dirk
uot; Option "AutoAddDevices""false" EndSection to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf F*CK YOU! whoever did that... Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: HOWTO run xorg without hal

2009-04-14 Thread Dirk
Javier Barroso wrote: Hi, On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Dirk wrote: some true a**hole decreased linux' value as an alternative to windows by making hal a dependency(!) of xorg now... you can get the sovereignty over your system back by purging hal from your installation and adding

Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-14 Thread Dirk
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:26:17AM +0200, Dirk wrote: (see subject) i don't want an MTA running on a system... but many programs require it as dependency to spam me with their stuff (which should belong into just a log file (IMO))... Unix without an MTA??? Wh

Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-14 Thread Dirk
Martin Kraus wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 08:28:08AM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:26:17AM +0200, Dirk wrote: (see subject) i don't want an MTA running on a system... but many programs require it as dependency to spam me with their stuff (which should b

Re: HOWTO run xorg without hal

2009-04-14 Thread Dirk
Randy Kramer wrote: On Tuesday 14 April 2009 05:49:48 am Dirk wrote: some true asshole decreased linux' value as an alternative to windows by making hal a dependency(!) of xorg now... Just for clarification, is this in Debian stable or test? Randy Kramer unstable.. if it was alrea

Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-14 Thread Dirk
Michael Pobega wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:26:17AM +0200, Dirk wrote: (see subject) i don't want an MTA running on a system... but many programs require it as dependency to spam me with their stuff (which should belong into just a log file (IMO))... Dirk Install nullmailer

Re: HOWTO run xorg without hal

2009-04-14 Thread Dirk
Thorny wrote: On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:22:59 +0200, Dirk posted: Randy Kramer wrote: On Tuesday 14 April 2009 05:49:48 am Dirk wrote: some true asshole decreased linux' value as an alternative to windows by making hal a dependency(!) of xorg now... Just for clarification, is this in D

Re: HOWTO run xorg without hal

2009-04-14 Thread Dirk
king time... and in what companies the xorg and had debian package maintainers spend their working time... Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: HOWTO run xorg without hal

2009-04-18 Thread Dirk
Jochen Schulz wrote: Dirk: John Hasler wrote: File a bug against xserver-xorg and firmly but _politely_ explain your objection. someone already did... http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515214 Well, the first messages in this bug report weren't very polite either...

X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-15 Thread Dirk
ot;DontZap" for this? Is that HAL dependency supposed to make it into stable? I would like to know so because then I can move our machines to another distro soon enough before the shit hits the fan. Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-15 Thread Dirk
Jochen Schulz wrote: Dirk: the X11 in debian/unstable is very broken right now. It requires HAL which i replaced with a dummy package and now the "DontZap" option in /etc/X11/xorg.conf is also broken... I can't quit X11 with ctrl+alt+bs anymore... I have that problem a

How do I get the japanese font back that is broken since the last update?

2008-12-22 Thread Dirk
debian/unstable Thanks for shutting the fuck up if you don't have the solution. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

How do I get the japanese font back that is broken since the last update? (2)

2008-12-22 Thread Dirk
found it.. myself(!).. http://dspnet.fr.eu.org/~lonewolf/LinuxJapan/Howto_English_Japanese.html Thanks for nothing! and no.. i'm still not interested in what you think about using debian/unstable... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: How do I get the japanese font back that is broken since the last update? (2)

2008-12-27 Thread Dirk
PS: I am curious why you sounds so angry. You will get more help by being more patient and friendly. It's called trolling... and I wasn't asking for help.. I was just lazy... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

X fonts broken, again

2007-12-09 Thread Dirk
Who is responsible for breaking the font settings of my X with every update I make? Now I have, again, wrong fonts that have no antialiasing. How can I get anitaliased fonts back? No packages had been de-installed. Just the config must have been broken. Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

HOWTO make apt(itude) ignore dependencies

2007-12-29 Thread Dirk
ignore certain dependencies? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

HOWTO make apt(itude) ignore dependencies

2007-12-29 Thread Dirk
ignore certain dependencies? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-07 Thread Dirk
http://i.imgur.com/6Oja0bm.png https://boards.4chan.org/g/res/32881623 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51624c5c.5010...@mailinator.com

vga=ask doesn't work anymore

2013-05-19 Thread Dirk
arketing has started writing the linux code now.. so it is bye bye... Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5199757f.8050...@pwnoogle.com

Re: vga=ask doesn't work anymore

2013-05-19 Thread Dirk
On 05/20/13 04:57, staticsafe wrote: On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 02:59:43AM +0200, Dirk wrote: hello, do I see that right that vga=ask has been removed in grub2 without offering a working replacement? because all those gfxpayload=bla bs i found online surely doesn't work... so i reverted to

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