Re: I can't change monitor resolution in gnome

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:20:46 -0700 Tyler MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > Reconfigure the "xserver-xorg" package ("dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" in a > terminal as root); the defaults should be what you're currently configured > for. When you get to the monitor configuration page, try auto-d

Burn files > 4 GB to DVD

I got burned with this on Ubuntu Edgy, and now it appears I am still stuck with it under Etch. K3b refuses to burn a file to DVD if the size of the file exceeds 4 GB. From previous googling I know the problem is in mkisofs. But I thought that there was a replacement for mkisofs (growisofs?) and tha

Re: Burn files > 4 GB to DVD

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:41:35 +0800 Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > John Jason Jordan wrote: > > I got burned with this on Ubuntu Edgy, and now it appears I am still > > stuck with it under Etch. K3b refuses to burn a file to DVD if the size > > of the file

Re: Burn files > 4 GB to DVD

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:16:18 -0400 Amy Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > If you're looking for growisofs (which is the impression I'm > getting from some of the earlier posts to this thread), it's > included in dvd+-rw-tools, which is a package that is > definitely in Lenny and may or may not

Re: RAID

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:23:59 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 03:07:49PM -0300, Rogerio wrote: > > I want use RAID in Debian, do I have to use the MDADM package? Is it the > > best choice?? > > for software RAID where the RAID array is controlled by

Re: audacity number fonts

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:44:53 -0700 Bob McGowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 08:06:17PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > >> On Friday 20 April 2007 19:27, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 04:47:19PM +0100, Alan Chandler

Re: RAID

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:00:15 -0400 Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > I have installed Etch amd64 on a new computer that I just built. Its > > ultimate purpose is to serve as storage for backups from my other two > > computers, plus to be a way to get on the net when I goober up my

Re: to allow root logins or not?

On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:18:49 +0300 Linas Žvirblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > If something happens during boot and you want to boot single, /home > > isn't mounted and only root is allowed to log in. If there i

Re: Burn files > 4 GB to DVD

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:08:32 -0700 (PDT) Jeff Dickison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:41:35 +0800 > > Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > >> John Jason Jordan wrote: > >>

Re: Grepping fonts for a specific glyph

On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:58:17 +0200 Dotan Cohen dijo: >On 28 January 2010 16:40, Camaleón wrote: >> On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:05:42 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> Open OOo Writer and write down the symbol to test it against all the >> fonts. If some fonts do not display the Aleph, then you know it is

Re: Free book - GNU/Linux Advanced Administration

On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 15:58:12 -0500 (EST) Stephen Powell dijo: >The first sentence of his article was supposed to be > > This is an exciting time for all of us! > >But he misspelled exciting. He left out the "c". So the first >sentence of his article was > > This is an exiting time for all of

Re: which debian i should install?

On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:49:35 -0800 (PST) rosy cutie dijo: >i want to install debian on my computer.by searching its website i >reaches at the page >http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.4/i386/iso-cd/ but i am not >able to decide which debian? i dont understand the computer jargon.i >cannot inst

Re: which debian i should install?

On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:58:57 +0200 Jari Fredriksson dijo: >Debian is a great base. Ubuntu is based on Debian (try 'cat >/etc/debian_version' under Ubuntu ;) > >Debian is great. And Ubuntu is an improvement on that platform. >Improvement in the sense that it is better for inexperienced users, and

Re: which debian i should install?

On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:33:42 +0100 Sjoerd Hiemstra dijo: >John Jason Jordan: >> Several years ago Mark Shuttleworth decided that it was time for >> Linux on the desktop. He founded Canonical, and the fact that Ubuntu >> now *owns* the Linux desktop market has proved him r

Re: Weather forecast through applet not available in Europe?

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:54:37 + Terence dijo: >On 11 March 2010 23:41, Ron Johnson wrote: >> (Let's get this back on the list!) > >If you want weather forecasts (in Europe or anywhere else) try: > >http://www.accuweather.com > >These people give an excellent services and forecasts geared to y

Re: acroread not seeing printers

On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:56:44 -0400 "John A. Sullivan III" dijo: >Hello, all. We've installed acroread 8.1.7-0.1 from debian-multimedia. >It is not seeing any of the printers on our cups print server. It just >shows the custom lpr printer. How do we get it to see our printers >like all the othe

Re: Mobile devices ... any of them still use Linux?

On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:17:33 -0500 Carl Fink dijo: >On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:36:22AM -0700, der.hans wrote: > >> Is it proprietary? Isn't Cyanogenmod an android rebuild because >> android is FOSS? There are certainly some issue regarding release >> time and what some of the phone manufacturers

Re: [OT] US tax forms with acroread from debian-multimedia

On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:10:55 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom dijo: >>> Has anyone filled out US taxforms with a pdf viewer? >> Do you have any URI that we can test? >Yes, get form 1040 from here: http://www.irs.gov/ I had no trouble using Adobe Reader 9.4.2 on 64-bit Linux. I didn't try Okular, Evince,

Re: Where do I get a list of all the fonts in my system?

Just in case you are not averse to using a GUI, Fontmatrix is an excellent tool. It should be in your repos. -- 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/2011042323

Re: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?

On Wed, 4 May 2011 04:54:55 -0400 Brad Alexander dijo: >I have been researching this since I am in the same position with >AT&T. The primary phone on our line is $90/month, and the secondary is >$30. I called AT&T and asked them if they could help "keep an AT&T >customer from becoming a former AT

Re: [OT] Yet Another Language Issue (wa: imap with claws mail problem)

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:42:48 +0100 Lisi dijo: >On Tuesday 11 October 2011 18:32:02 Dom wrote: >> In this part of England (South East, just a little North of London), >> "dunno" is common. I would even use it myself sometimes. > >But would you write it? If so, perhaps it is an age thing. Are you

Re: Bluetooth and cell phone

On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:35:40 +0200 Mark Panen dijo: >> Although OT if you have an android phone, virtual cable is an >> alternative to bluetooth, it uses FTP via the cell switch, or a >> wireless router if you use one at home as I do. Also its fast, much >> faster than bluetooth. I was always und

Re: xfce weather plugin broken?

On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:06:55 -0500 Pete Orrall dijo: >On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 16:31 +, Brian wrote: >> On Sun 13 Nov 2011 at 10:18:52 -0500, Pete Orrall wrote: >> >> > What's going on and how do I fix this? >> >> https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce >> >> November 2011. > >Thanks Bria

Re: xfce weather plugin broken?

On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:59:59 -0500 Pete Orrall dijo: >> > Apparently this affects more than just Xfce users >> The Gnome weather applet still works, wonder why the XFce plugin >> doesn't use the same service? > >From what I've read, the xfce weather plugin only uses the one service, >The Wea

Re: [OT] Ownership of words

On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 01:22:19 + Lisi dijo: >On Monday 09 January 2012 00:11:09 Joel Rees wrote: >> (Although I have to wonder why this topic is okay, but some others >> are not.) > >I get the distinct impression that some people think that it isn't! I wake up every morning with only a limited

Re: Plymouth only displays text bar

On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:08:52 + (UTC) Ramon Hofer dijo: >I have a GeForce 9400 GT and use the nvidia drivers. There's your problem. Once you install the nVidia proprietary drivers Plymouth will only display the "text" boot progress bar. Even if you uninstall the nVidia drivers and go back to

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:45:58 +0700 Ken Heard dijo: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:29:28 +0700, Ken Heard wrote: >> >>> I have a Lenovo R61 laptop which has a built-in SD card slot. The >>> operating system is Lenny. >>> >>> Ever sinc

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:34:31 +0700 Ken Heard dijo: >If I interpreted correctly the text below the OS may detect the >presence of the card but no longer will read it. I suppose my >solution now is to invest in an external "n"-in-1 card reader with the >capacity to read the high capacity SD cards

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:40:10 -0400 Celejar dijo: >On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:48:21 -0700 >John Jason Jordan wrote: >> I should add that mine is a Ricoh also. Also that the Linux Thinkpad >> thinkwiki page and the listserve are full of problems with hardware >> failur

Re: Random grumble to anybody doing translation-work, esp. to norwegian.

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:28:29 + (UTC) Camaleón dijo: >On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:19:03 +0200, Håkon Alstadheim wrote: > >> I hate it when "y/N ?" gets translated into "j/N ?", and then the >> proggy will not accept "j" as an answer. Only "y". >> >> (pertains to norwegian translations). > >:-) > >

Bluetooth not working

I have used Ubuntu for a couple of years, but I never poked under the hood much. I have just installed 64-bit Debian testing on my Thinkpad T61 and am trying to get everything working. The Thinkpad has built-in bluetooth, which is recognized by Debian. However, I have a Razer bluetooth mouse and I

Lost my window manager

Debian testing amd64, fresh install, idiot newbie user four days old. I had everything pretty much working and configured except for my bluetooth mouse. Finally I succeeded in getting it working, although I cannot tell you how. I had installed Blueman, but it couldn't get the mouse paired either.

Re: Lost my window manager

On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:36:08 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." dijo: > In <20091107124017.gw11...@wasteland.homelinux.net>, Jochen Schulz wrote: > >John Jason Jordan: > >> I do like Debian testing so far, in spite of the issues I am having. > > > >Oh,

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:06:48 -0800 Jeff Goodman dijo: > > That's for stable, the OP asked for testing. > > Oops... > You should listen to what I MEAN to say, not what I ACTUALLY say :) > > Where does it say on that page that the links are for test

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:40:11 -0800 John Jason Jordan dijo: > On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:06:48 -0800 > Jeff Goodman dijo: > > > > That's for stable, the OP asked for testing. > > > > Oops... > > You should listen to what I MEAN to say, not what I ACTUALLY say

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:03:02 -0800 deb...@waysoft.com dijo: > On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:40:11 -0800 > John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:06:48 -0800 > > Jeff Goodman dijo: > > > > > > That's for stable, the OP asked for testing. >

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:51:21 -0800 "Willie" dijo: > > > I am looking for the CD image for an internet installation of 64-bit > > > testing. Debian's download pages are terribly confusing. > > > > I should add that I did finally find an ftp page with the CD image of > > 64-bit testing. But the do

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:09:54 -0800 "Willie" dijo: > On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:44 -0800, "John Jason Jordan" > wrote: > > On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:51:21 -0800 > > "Willie" dijo: > > > > > > > I am looking for the CD image for an

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:05:31 + Tixy dijo: > On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 22:07 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > I want a TORRENT that I can download with a bittorrent client like > > Transmission. I don't want a jigdo, whatever that is. And I want a > > bootable CD im

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:59:24 -0800 "Willie" dijo: > On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:07 -0800, "John Jason Jordan" > wrote: > > On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:09:54 -0800 > > "Willie" dijo: > > > > > On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:44 -0800, "John Ja

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:38:18 -0800 "Willie" dijo: > > Now I'm off to try to figure out jigdo. Thanks for the link. > Now it's me who hasn't made himself clear. There's not much to figure > out. > First install the "jigdo-file" package as shown above. > In the second command, the URL (incorrect

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:11:15 -0800 "Willie" dijo: > > I did find the .jigdo and .template files for testing netinst amd64, > > and I have downloaded them into a folder ~/Debian. But I am unclear > > about what to put in for . From a previous > > message in this discussion I thought it was > > ht

Bluetooth on testing

Squeeze amd64 on Thinkpad T61, fresh installation five hours ago. Idiot user migrating from Jaunty x86_64. I have long used a bluetooth Razer Pro|Click Mobile mouse, which works fine on Jaunty. I cannot get it to work in Debian testing. If I click on the bluetooth icon in the Gnome panel, then Se

Re: Bluetooth on testing

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:19:50 + Nuno Magalhães dijo: > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 22:15, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > Since hcitool found the mouse it is clear that the installation of > > Squeeze correctly found and configured the bluetooth module in the > > laptop. Since

Nautilus messed up in testing

This morning I did a fresh install of testing amd64 to a new hard drive in an effort to move to Debian from Ubuntu. This is actually my second time around; the first time was a month ago. Unfortunately I managed to mess up my window manager and after several days could not get it fixed. I needed th

Is Squeeze right for me?

I have several years of experience with Ubuntu, but I have never looked inside. I'm just a pointy-clicky desktop user. How things work has never been of interest to me except when they don't work. Even then I just learn enough to fix the problem and go back to living. However, several Linux friend

Re: Is Squeeze right for me?

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:47:38 -0600 Chris dijo: > ... Redefined... Ubu 9.10 (assuming) is both nice (to use, as in ease) > AND flashy (visually). Not a contradiction at all. > > Perhaps I should have taken the time to define that however, knowing > the Op was using Ubu to begin with, I assumed th

Scrunched display in VLC

I have installed VLC on my new installation of testing amd64. I installed it from Synaptic. It runs fine, but the display is scrunched to the left one-quarter of the screen. Height is normal, though. Makes actors look really, really skinny. It happens with every file type I have thrown at it, i

Re: Is Squeeze right for me?

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:18:09 +0100 Klistvud dijo: > Dne, 21. 11. 2009 21:10:38 je John Jason Jordan napisal(a): > > the way I want it. I still have some troublesome apps to install > > (realplayer, xaralx, foxit reader), but I had them working on Jaunty, > > Just out o

Iceweasel annoyance

I shouldn't blame Iceweasel, because when I used to use Firefox it did the same thing. And they are not the only apps that annoy me with this "feature." What is this annoyance? I am on a web page and there is a link for Contact Us. I know little of html, but I think the code behind the link is "

Re: Scrunched display in VLC

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:08:58 -1000 Joel Roth dijo: > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 02:41:59PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > I have installed VLC on my new installation of testing amd64. I > > installed it from Synaptic. > > > > It runs fine, but the display is scrunc

Re: Iceweasel annoyance

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:22:05 -0500 Celejar dijo: > On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:51:51 -0800 > John Jason Jordan wrote: > > I am on a web page and there is a link for Contact Us. I know little of > > html, but I think the code behind the link is "mailto." If I click on &g

Re: Iceweasel annoyance

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:19:58 -0500 Patrick Wiseman dijo: > On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Neal Hogan wrote: > > JJJ, > > > > You need to slow down. > I don't have an answer for the OP, but this (top-posted) "response" is > completely unresponsive, presumptuous, arrogant, unhelpful, dickish,

Update Manager slightly broken

I have a fresh install of testing amd64 as of two days ago. Right after the installation the Update Manager orange star appeared in the gnome panel notification area. Hovering over it revealed that there was one upgrade available. But running Update Manager (either from the panel icon or from Syste

Lost window manager and gnome-panel

About a month ago I installed testing amd64 on a brand new hard disk for my Thinkpad, planning on migrating from Jaunty to Debian. I kept my old Jaunty hard disk untouched. I used the Jaunty disk as a source of config files as I installed the applications I need, plus I wanted it available just in

Re: Lost window manager and gnome-panel

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:30:08 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West dijo: > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:31:14AM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > couple problems left to resolve. Then I decided to reboot. And then it > > happened again - no metacity or gnome panel. Only this time I cou

Re: Lost window manager and gnome-panel

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:53:56 -0500 Tony Nelson dijo: > On 09-11-23 13:31:14, John Jason Jordan wrote: > ... > > 1) How can I fix Gnome? What part of the configuration starts > > metacity and gnome-panel when the user logs in? Note that I'll have > > to do this

Re: Lost window manager and gnome-panel

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:50:52 -0800 John Jason Jordan dijo: > On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:53:56 -0500 > Tony Nelson dijo: > > > On 09-11-23 13:31:14, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > ... > > > 1) How can I fix Gnome? What part of the configuration starts > > >

Re: Asus M2NPV-VM RAID and SMP64 feedback

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:08:13 + Nuno Magalhães dijo: > *) either i buy an AMD Phenom X4 (9650, no TLB issue; socket AM2+ is > compatible with AM2) to replace my Athlon64; or > *) i buy one 500+ GB SATA-2 drive; or two with RAID. I'm considering > Western Digital, two of them with 32Mb cache ar

Re: Lost window manager and gnome-panel

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:10:06 -0500 Rob Owens dijo: > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 01:14:23PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:50:52 -0800 > > John Jason Jordan dijo: > > > > > On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:53:56 -0500 > > > Tony Nelson di

Re: Lost window manager and gnome-panel

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:05:43 -0500 Chris Jones dijo: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 06:23:16PM EST, Rob Owens wrote: > > [..] > > > Somebody else mentioned it already, but I'll second it: it is important > > to remove/rename the .gnome, .gconf, etc. files while not logged into > > Gnome. In my exp

Re: Lost window manager and gnome-panel

On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:45:45 -0500 Chris Jones dijo: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 09:22:51PM EST, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:05:43 -0500 > > Chris Jones dijo: > > > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 06:23:16PM EST, Rob Owens wrote: > >

Re: Is Squeeze right for me?

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:54:02 -0800 Paul Johnson dijo: > John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > Having spent just a day in testing I am not happy with the quantity of > > bugs. Yes, I know it is called "testing" for a reason. And I am happy > > to do my part to help f

What can I run on Stable?

Recently I tried Testing (twice), only to be bitten by bugs in Gnome 2.8.0 that caused metacity and gnome-panel to fail to load on login. I spent days trying to fix the problem, but finally gave up. Then I installed Unstable, only to have it fail to install the boot loader at the end of the instal

Re: What can I run on Stable?

On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:07:56 -0600 Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 08:23:56PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > [snip] > > I absolutely require the following: > > > > Gnome desktop (yes, I've tried all the others) > > This works fine in Lenn

Re: [OT]What's the price index of your laptop's battery?

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:42:49 +0100 lee dijo: >On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:45:31PM +0100, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: >> >> no need of lithium at all. > >What's the alternative? Have they found another resource to make >batteries from? There are lots and lots of ways to make batteries. The great advant

Re: Is apt-get still the cool package installer?

On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:21:34 -0600 sys49...@hushmail.com dijo: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >Hi, > >For several years, I have enjoyed apt-get as a very powerful >software install tool that doesn't require a mouse, but I have been >finding it increasingly problematic over the p

Re: Bluetooth A2DP

On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:16:25 -0500 Mark Kamichoff dijo: >It's got me wondering, do folks out there who have the appropriate >headsets actually use Bluetooth hi-fi audio on Linux? Perhaps there is >a workaround for this problem that everybody's using, that doesn't >appear on any Google searches?

Re: Using LightScribe on Debian?

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:28:34 +0100 Richard Hartmann dijo: >Hi all, > >my new drive comes with LightScribe support. > >>From what I can tell, there are little to none FLOSS solutions. LaCiE >seems to offer a closed source solution that supposedly runs on >Linux, but I am loath to try it for the si

Re: Using LightScribe on Debian?

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:26:45 +0100 Richard Hartmann dijo: >On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 22:12, John Jason Jordan >wrote: > >> 1) The image is black and white only > >Yes, I was aware of that. You can get colored CD/DVD blanks, though. > > >> 3) The image quality s

Re: Using LightScribe on Debian?

On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:37:14 -0800 Paul Johnson dijo: >John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I still want to be able to put an image on a CD or DVD, but I guess >> the only way to do that properly is with an inkjet. But if I do it >> only once every few months I'll have

Re: Using LightScribe on Debian?

On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:54:36 -0800 Bob McGowan dijo: >>> John Jason Jordan wrote: >>>> I still want to be able to put an image on a CD or DVD, but I guess >>>> the only way to do that properly is with an inkjet. But if I do it >>>> only once every

Re: correct English usage

On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:41:20 + (UTC) Camaleón dijo: >But the above does not imply that using "posterior" in the above >stanza is wrong. It can be improved (we are not writers not editors) >but not incorrect. Those "old Latin" lovers (me included :-P) would >even use the term "ulterior" for the

Re: o/t ipod

On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:32:34 -0600 Ted Wager dijo: >My son has bought me an ipodtouch for Xmas..Anyone tell me how I can >transfer the music files on his ipod to mine ?..I only have Linux on >my machines but can get access to a Winbox at a neighbours... I use gtkpod. Works like a champ. You'd h

Re: Monitor question

On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:25:19 -0500 Johan Kullstam dijo: >Good for you. My gripe is that one can no longer choose. It's >shortscreen or nothing. > >I had an old thinkpad t42 with a 14" 1440x1050 and it rocked. It >weighed only 4.5 lbs even with cd drive. For me, it was an optimal >size and wei

Re: [OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware

On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:48:06 -0800 dijo: >On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:08:27 -0500 >Doug wrote: >> > You will always be in trouble with hardware under Linux because of >> > the lack of mfr's drivers, and when they do provide drivers they >> > are generally binary objects, e.g. NVIDIA. >> Why does it

Re: [OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware

On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 00:13:24 +0100 Enrico Weigelt dijo: >> why do companies keep source "secret" for their old tech 10/100 >> cards. > >That happens when excelsheet jerks rule over things they dont >understand. They simply can't imagine that there're really valid >reasons for some people bying ma

Re: linux on windows

On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:07:06 +0100 abdelkader belahcene dijo: >I have installed for a friend of me, ubuntu on windows, (ubuntu has >this option). I lost the password, and tried to fix it, so I tried >booting from CD, to fix the problem as usual, (I mean mount HD, and >chroot ). There is no

Re: Where are "xrandr" settings stored?

On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:13:29 + (UTC) Camaleón dijo: >1/ How can it that xrandr settings are remembered for all the users >session? > >2/ What is the involved file/tweak command to revert any change and >reset its settings? I don't know for sure the answers to these questions, but I have som

Re: SDXC card compatibility with Debian Lenny and beyond --UPDATE

On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:34:06 +0700 Ken Heard dijo: >> Has anyone had any experience with SDHC and SDXC cards in digital >> cameras to share? >My Lenovo R61 ThinkPad has a built-in SD card slot. The operating >system is Lenny with KDE. The file name for this slot is >/dev/mmcblk0p1. In Konquer

Re: OpenOffice has become LibreOffice?

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:10:00 + Roger Leigh dijo: >On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 02:02:30PM +, teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net >wrote: >> Why? I was afraid Oracle was gonna screw up a bunch of Sun's open >> projects, but they have been doing good as far as I have been able >> to tell (the latest ver

Re: OpenOffice has become LibreOffice?

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:59:53 +0100 "Hans-J. Ullrich" dijo: >But of course, that is my point, other people might decide different. >Also free decisions are freedom, too! Well said. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: OpenOffice has become LibreOffice?

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:30:47 + (UTC) Camaleón dijo: >Back on topic, Wikipedia holds up-to-date info about OpenOffice forks >and its derivatives: > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org#Derivative_software Thanks. That was very helpful. The only part I don't understand is where it say

Re: How to get rid of the 'Wastebasket' and other icons on the GNOME2 desktop?

On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:46:27 +0200 Ralf Mardorf dijo: >Where are the settings to get rid of 'Computer', 'User's home' and >especially the 'Wastebasket' on the GNOME /Desktop? > >I never use the 'Wastebasket' and I don't like other icons either on >the /Desptop. On my Fedora 14 computer with Gnom

Re: Entering International Phonetic Alphabet letters in terminal

On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:47:32 +0300 Alexander Batischev dijo: >On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 07:25:20PM +0100, pch0317 wrote: >> Hi List, >> >> Is it possible to type IPA signs in terminal? >> For example this sings:ð??^(r)t?æ??^? ?. >What terminal are you talking about - is it TTY

Re: pdfedit

On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:03:20 -0400 Rick Pasotto dijo: >I guess I'm too stupid to figure it out. > >I have a pdf document that I would like to add two lines of text to >(different positions, different fonts). Under the 'Page' menu I see an >icon for adding text but it is greyed out. I don't see th

Re: Openoffice writer.................................fill

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:16:17 -1000 Joel Roth dijo: >Hi Debianologists, > >Many word processors can fill to the right margin >with a repeated character (often dot or underscore). > >I think the technical term is 'leadering'. > >Does anyone know how to do it in OOW? Create a tab at the rightmost e

Re: [OT] British vs. American English

On Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:16:13 +0100 Darac Marjal dijo: >On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 05:17:11PM -0400, Doug wrote: >> On 10/02/2011 04:47 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: >> >On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 01:37:06PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >>A well-known example is "Toys R Us". >> >>(Actually, the right way

Re: Unicode Character key-in problem

On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:47:44 -0700 Carl Johnson dijo: >That is why we were talking about the Compose and AltGr keys. I have a >US keyboard and I just press the Compose key followed by "s" and "s" to >get ß. Similarly, I can press Compose "'" and "a" to get á. The AltGr >key will also allow acc

Re: Occasional random cursor movement while typing

On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:19:34 -0500 "Elmer E. Dow" dijo: >What's happening here? My sleeve isn't touching the touchpad nor did I >bump the Trackpoint nor the mouse. I was plagued with the same thing. I finally found relief when I went into the BIOS and disabled the touchpad. I use a bluetooth mo

Re: Pdf Font hardly legible

On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 02:32:57 +0200 Memnon Anon dijo: >However, I know that lots of you people do not use xpdf, and I think >there should be a remedy. Of the open source PDF viewers, Okular (formerly Kpdf) is the best overall . But Evince has a better export to PostScript and is more lightweight.

Re: Pdf Font hardly legible

On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 01:15:00 -0400 Celejar dijo: >Look into mupdf - a really lightweight PDF reader. I downloaded the tar.gz file and untarred it, but could not figure out how to install it. There is no .deb or .rpm file in the archive. Note: I want to install it on a computer that I use for DT

Re: jewelcase insert for 5.0.7 "Lenny" Official i386 xfce+lxde-CD

On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:43:30 -0500 Doug dijo: >I have found that Light-Scribe is a surer way to know what's on a >disk, and if you're into jewel cases, you can read right thru the >empty top. > >Your idea of distributing them alongside the distro is a good one, but >the problem I see is that most

Re: jewelcase insert for 5.0.7 "Lenny" Official i386 xfce+lxde-CD

On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:24:01 -0500 Ken Heard dijo: >John Jason Jordan wrote: >> Windows users (especially) are terrified of malware. As well they >> ought to be, considering the OS they run. My CD with Ubuntu-32 >> written on it with a sharpie did not impress them. But lat