Re: PPP connection

2004-12-12 Thread Howard Eisenberger
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Collet Brunel wrote: > I connect to the internet through a 56K USR modem. > Whenever I connect to my ISP using wvdial, it outputs > lots of messages about the connection and one of these > displays the connection speed that was established > (something like CONNECT

Re: Custom kernel building and mkinitrd

2005-05-26 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2005-05-25, Ibrahim Mubarak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK. So I went ahead and downloaded the latest kernel off of kernel.org, > compiled it and installed it. Still mkinitrd doesn't output the image. I don't know much about this, but perhaps it's as simple as "mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img".

Re: audio recorder in linux ... what's its name?

2007-02-25 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2007-02-25, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I remember there is an application to record audio (mic or line-in) and > IIRC it had the X11 interface. What I also remember is the level meters > it had, they were two dials, one for each channel, and had needles > showing the levels (something

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-02-28 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2007-02-28, Dan H. wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> I hate gmane (or maybe just it's web interface). d-u is dual-ported >> to news:linux.debian.user. That's what I'd use. > > Is it really dual-ported? Some months ago I posted stuff there that > obviously nobody saw. See http://lists.bofh.it/

Re: Number of OT Posts

2007-03-02 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2007-03-02, John L Fjellstad wrote: > "Dan H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Is it really dual-ported? Some months ago I posted stuff there that >> obviously nobody saw. > > My understanding is things posted to the mailing list will show up in > the newsgroup, but not the other way around.

Re: wma player for firefox

2007-03-09 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 04:45:18PM +0100, Jonas Geiregat wrote: > I'm using amazon to listen to cd's I might buy. But the mplayer plugin > for firefox doesn't play the short pieces of music. I think it's the > wma format , are there any players out there that might support this ? I recently disco

Re: A silent beep

2006-05-18 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2006-05-18, Lex Hider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $ lsmod | grep spk > pcspkr 1924 0 > > But still no sound for "beep". Like I said, the pc speaker works > in general (e.g. echo -e '\a') but not for the beep application. Not an answer, but you are not alone. At some point "b

Re: Minimum to start NFS client

2006-08-27 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2006-08-21, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > I have a box that I want to run an NFS client on, but not the server. I > installed nfs-common, but attempts to mount result in the following: > > mount: storage:/mnt/storage failed, reason given by server: > Permission denied > > My /etc/exports on t

Re: Recommended Audio CD player?

2009-07-17 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-07-15, AG wrote: > Nothing is muted - have double-checked and checked again - and as > mentioned Rhythmbox picks up the drive okay ... just nothing else seems to. > > Tried to do what you suggested and even when directing it to the drive I > either get the response that it is not a dire

Re: Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

2009-08-18 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-08-18, Mark wrote: > After numerous Google searches I'm unable to arrive at a definitive > answer/website so please send me a link if I've missed something (here's the > best I've found so far: http://www.linux-drivers.org/, > http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/). My question is simple: I inheri

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-07 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-04-07, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > I need to add USB to my HP NetServer LPr. > > Do they all "just work" now? > > I'm looking at either the Belkin F5U220v1 5-port (4+1) which I think has > an NEC chipset, or one of the Startech's: > > PCI625USB21 6-port (4+2) with nvidia chipset > >

Re: DNS problem in testing?

2009-06-28 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-06-25, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > I updated my testing system, as usual, this morning, but then > suspended my machine (so everything worked as it had been all day). > This evening, I rebooted, and suddenly no sites could be found. > (Other machines on my network did not have the problem.)

Re: Very slim Desktop Manager

2008-11-23 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2008-11-18, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not to mention, gpm config is a black art. I have no clue how to gpm > my mouse, and haven't for years. I knew how long ago, but gpm is not > easy these days. What protocol does a three button, serial, logitech > mouse use? None of what I'

Re: Very slim Desktop Manager

2008-11-24 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2008-11-24, Sjoerd Hiemstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An M/N:M-S35 Logitech three button PS/2 mouse is exactly what I have, > and gpm always worked fine, in Sarge, Etch, Lenny and Sid. > > Following the directions at > www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-install.en.html#s-gpm > I have th

Re: Ecasound Syntax Can you Listen to what you are Editing?

2008-12-03 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2008-12-01, Martin McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to edit a sound file under ecasound and > store the parts one wants to keep at the same time while > monitoring the master? > > The documentation seems to state that you can send the > output to multiple locati

Re: reading USB port on old Thinkpad

2008-12-14 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2008-12-14, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, ZephyrQ wrote: >> mix/edit/burn on my home machine. It has a USB port, but I've tried a >> few things (including some BIOS settings) and I can't get it to read my >> thumb drives (they work on all other machines, includ

Re: Help with u tube video streaming

2009-01-12 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-01-11, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/10/09 19:27, Celejar wrote: >> On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:49:18 -0600 >> Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> ... >> >>> clive is good for grabbing Flash videos and converting them to .mp4. >> >> I'm not sure that there's generally any need to convert them; mplayer i

Re: video MOV

2009-01-19 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-01-18, Antonio Macchi wrote: >> What player were you trying to use to view it? >> > > standard mplayer from etch... maybe lenny has a new version of it? > Works here without win32 codecs. Debian-sparc testing. ultra5:~$ mplayer test2.MOV MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.3-DFSG-free (C) 2000-2007 MPl

Re: listening to radio stations

2007-11-23 Thread Howard Eisenberger
> http://sc1.liquidviewer.com:9062/listen.pls $ cat listen.pls [playlist] NumberOfEntries=1 File1=http://sc1.liquidviewer.com:9062/ On lenny, using MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.3-DFSG-free (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team CPU: Sun Sparc "mplayer -playlist http://sc1.liquidviewer.com:9062/listen.pls"; or "

Re: [OT] alternative to dsndynamic.com?

2014-11-24 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2014-11-24, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > It seems dsndynamic.com bit the dust this weekend of the 23 of November. > Is there an alternative of a free dsn server? I have been using dnsdynamic for a few years and saw that it was down over the weekend, but it is working again for me now. Try http:

Re: [OT] alternative to dsndynamic.com?

2014-11-25 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2014-11-25, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> It seems dsndynamic.com bit the dust this weekend of the 23 of November. >> Is there an alternative of a free dsn server? > > Thanks everybody. I switched to noip. Like Scott said, it works with > ddclient. Good thing. dnsdynamic stopped working again to

Re: Problem With exim4 smtp authenication

2012-12-12 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2012-12-03, Thomas H. George wrote: > I have edited passwd and entered server:user:password exactly as > described in exim4_passwd_client and run dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config. > When I try to send mail using exim4 and then tail /var/log/exim4/mainlog > I find authenication has failed. I h

Re: Debian 6.0.5 and loadlin

2012-06-16 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2012-06-16, Mike McClain wrote: > I'm accustomed to running loadlin to launch different versions > of Linux from dos and it's worked dependably for me for many years. > I installed a copy of squeeze yesterday on a partition, copied the > kernel and initrd to C: and tried to boot into squeez

Re: Debian 6.0.5 and loadlin

2012-06-21 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2012-06-20, Etienne Lorrain wrote: >> just used FreeDOS and gujin (tiny.exe) to install wheezy on >> an old laptop with no CD drive. > > "tiny.exe" in Gujin has been renamed to "mingujin.exe", found > precompiled in http://gujin.sourceforge.net/ standard-2.8.5.tar.gz. > For the network install

Re: accented characters in text console

2012-06-23 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2012-06-21, Chris Davies wrote: > XKBMODEL="pc105" > XKBLAYOUT="gb" > XKBVARIANT="" > XKBOPTIONS="compose:ralt,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" > > Notice that even though I chose the 105 key (Intl) keyboard, I do not > have an XKBVARIANT even though Compose is enabled and works. Mind you, > I've never

Re: Loadlin and Squeeze kernel 2.6.32

2012-07-14 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2012-07-06, Mike McClain wrote: > I've used loadlin.exe for years but with my recent install of > Squeeze loadlin reboots the computer rather than launching Debian. I am able to boot linux from DOS using a boot loader from Gujin where loadlin has failed with big kernels. See http://guji

Re: Qs re: capture card, composite input, devices

2015-05-18 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2015-05-15, Kent West wrote: > I currently have an RCA-style cable (yellow-tip) going from the VCR's > composite video output to the "Comp In" (yellow) input on the interface > that also has the coax connectors. I also have a stereo RCA cable (red & > yellow tips) going from the VCR's audio

Re: Qs re: capture card, composite input, devices

2015-05-19 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2015-05-18, Kent West wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Howard Eisenberger wrote: > >> On 2015-05-15, Kent West wrote: >> >> > I currently have an RCA-style cable (yellow-tip) going from the VCR's >> > composite video output to the "Comp

Re: debian squeeze / lynx / m.facebook.com

2012-02-21 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:43:38AM +, Frederic Robert wrote: > I can't use lynx to go to http://m.facebook.com. Is it a > compatibility problem? This one works here (wheezy). ~$ lynx -version Lynx Version 2.8.8dev.8 (10 Jan 2011) libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.1, GNUTLS 2.8.6, ncurses 5.7.201003

Re: Configuring a US keyboard with umlauts in sid (hal etc?)

2009-11-24 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-11-23, Frank Küster wrote: > I have a Thinkpad T43p which has a quite complete keyboard, and it comes > with US layout. Which I like. However, I'd also like to be able to > easily input german Umlauts. I don't like the compose approach, it > needs too much keypressing for fast typing. In

Re: clive doesn't extract youtube file

2009-11-26 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-11-24, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi to all Debian users. > > I installed clive in my Lenny partition with: `aptitude install clive', but > it seems that it does not manage to download the video I installed it for: > > $ clive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucOVqmhXa-o > clive 0.4.18 2008071

Re: Configuring a US keyboard with umlauts in sid (hal etc?)

2009-11-26 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-11-25, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 14:59, Howard Eisenberger wrote: >> On 2009-11-23, Frank Küster wrote: >> >>> in xorg.conf, I used this definition for my keyboard: >>> >>> Section "InputDevice" >>>

Re: [OT] Mails coming from "joe1assis...@gmail.com"

2012-05-04 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2012-04-30, Indulekha wrote: > Can you actually post via usenet, and if so, how? > I tried that a few times, but my posts never showed up, > so I got the impression the mail2news thingie was strictly > one way. I rarely post, but am posting via Usenet now. See http://lists.bofh.it/listinf

Re: Plugin Flash Player for sparc ?

2011-02-24 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2011-02-22, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> I use the Debian Lenny distribution on Sun Ultra Sparc 60 with 2 >> processors and 2 go ram. Is a complete Linux system working good, but I >> can't find a flash player plugin for Iceweasel or Epiphany navigators.. >>=20 >> Where I can find this plugin to s

Re: Avoid POP3

2011-05-22 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2011-05-17, Alan Chandler wrote: > POP has an option to leave messages on the server after you have read them. > > I have a server set up which stores all my mails, and I use IMAP to read > them. I have a few old accounts from old ISPs which uses POP, and I > just collect mails from them wit

Re: Creating a (bootable) DOS floppy disk image

2010-05-30 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2010-05-30, T o n g wrote: > How can I make a DOS floppy disk image under Linux? > > [OT] > Moreover, my experience with DOS was back in stone age when you use > > sys A: > > to make it boot-able. Now with Win NT/XP etc, I hear that merely copying > ntldr, ntdetect.com and boot.ini into it w

Re: meta-question

2010-08-18 Thread Howard Eisenberger
Louis Hinman wrote: > I was accustomed some time back to post questions on linus.debian.user > (http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/topics). Recently, > I logged into this forum and tried to post. > > My post was rejected and I was informed I needed to register. I registered > as

Re: Straw poll: What browser do you use?

2010-09-07 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2010-09-07, B. Alexander wrote: > So what do others use? Iceweasel, iceape, lynx here. Straight Debian on x86 and sparc. Regards, Howard E. Ottawa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.or

Re: debian list problem

2010-11-04 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2010-11-03, godo wrote: >> Mmm... maybe the mailing list server does not like your IP >> (93.139.23.178) because it appears as blacklisted under some rbl :-?> >> > Thanks for answer. Yes, I'm on http://www.mail-abuse.com/ and I don't > know why. > I contacted them and hope that I will soon be

Re: Older Toshiba won't restart only halt

2010-11-11 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2010-11-09, Stephen Fishpaste wrote: > I've had this issue for some time with this laptop through the various > incarnations of Debian. This is a Toshiba Satellite 1800 circa 2004 > with maxed out ram 512 Mb and it runs just fine with LXDE on it. > Presently I'm running Squeeze, with proposed S

Re: [OT] Mail list issue.

2010-12-10 Thread Howard Eisenberger
I've been reading linux.debian.user on news.individual.net for years and posting (slrn) this via the mail-to-news gateway at http://lists.bofh.it/listinfo/linux-gate I am not subscribed to debian-user. The only list e-mail I receive is the monthly reminder from lists.bofh.it Season's Greetings,

Re: MTA slow to start

2005-12-24 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2005-12-23, Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > During boot up it takes about 30 seconds for MTA to start for my Etch > install. With Sarge on the same box this takes less than a second. Can > I fix this somehow? Changing "mybox" to "mybox.localdomain" in /etc/hostame works for me. I ca

Re: MTA slow to start

2005-12-24 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2005-12-24, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > During boot up it takes about 30 seconds for MTA to start for my Etch >> > install. With Sarge on the same box this takes less than a second. Can >> > I fix this somehow? >> >> Changing "mybox" to "mybox.localdomain" in /etc/hostname works

Re: Controlling which modules are loaded at boot

2005-07-11 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2005-07-10, Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dell Inspiron > sarge/2.4.27 > > Not strictly a laptop question this, but... > The last time I spent my quality time playing with debian this subject > mostly came down to the contents of /etc/modules. I've just compiled a > new kernel and altho

Re: Debian or Ubuntu Dilemma

2005-07-16 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2005-07-16, Sebastian Luque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > >> What's with the question marks? (Non-ASCII characters?) > > As Hal, I don't seem them in his post either, so some decoding variable > probably needs correcting on your system. I didn'

Re: Newsgroups for Debian

2005-09-06 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2005-09-06, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 08:56:48PM -0400, Adam wrote: >> Are the linux.debian newsgroups offical? Also, are they mailing list >> copies? > > No and yes (mostly). But the gateway is used to be one-way, where what you > posted in the ng didn't go back to the ML.

Re: aic7xxx driver floppy for sarge

2005-11-10 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2005-11-10, David Kirchner wrote: > This may sound like a stupid question, answered in some FAQ somewhere, > but I just can't find it. Does anyone know which Sarge floppy image > contains the aic7xxx SCSI driver? I use boot.img + root.img + cd-drivers.img OR net-drivers.img to start installing

Re: slow starting MTA

2005-11-26 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2005-11-23, roberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have kernel 2.6.8-2-386 currently installed and when i boot not > being connected to the network the booting process stops for at least > 3 or 4 minutes showing: > . > Starting MTA: > . > > and then it goes on correctly, but it is very