Re: Microsoft good press over Longhorn

On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 07:36:36AM +0800, csj wrote: > I've stumbled upon the free (BSD-style license) shooter Cube > . Have any frag freaks here > tried it? It seems fast enough for my mediocre video card. Just > wondering why there isn't a Debian package for i

Cube (was Re: Microsoft good press over Longhorn)

On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 07:21:28AM +0800, csj wrote: > Many of the free games available in main will give you the same > feeling when compared with commercially developed games like > Quake and cousins. All I'm looking for is a first person > perspective game that doesn't strap you on to a seat

Re: linux-kernel-headers foul-up

On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 10:12:07PM +0100, wsa wrote: > Every time i start to think 'i'm getting the hang of linux' things > like this happen...lib stuff...compile stuff...at times i think i need > spiked mountain shoes to climb the learning curve ;) if you run unstable, you can get exactly what

Re: linux-kernel-headers foul-up

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 04:37:04PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > That hierarchy [/usr/include/{linux,asm}] is chiefly for glibc's > internal use; applications were never supposed to use it directly. If these are supposed to be private, why are they now provided in a seperate package? -- Jon Dowl

Re: i810_audio.o

On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 04:11:56PM -0700, Jeffrey Barish wrote: > ... But when I try to insmod > i810_audio, I get the complaint > > i810_audio.o: init_module: No such device > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, > including invalid IO or IRQ parameters You can av

Re: linux-kernel-headers foul-up [RESOLVED]

On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 09:19:45AM +0800, csj wrote: > OPTFLAGS = ... -I/usr/local/src/linux/include /usr/local/src/linux should be the linux kernel source code. > Why > else would the mplayer developers look for their headers by > default in /usr/include/linux/? /usr/include/linux should be

Re: GUI login screen and non-root shutdown...

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 03:22:21PM +0100, S. Hakim Hamdani wrote: > Also, how can one get out of the whole x system under Debian? To get back into > text mode? I also haven?t found a method of booting into text. The display manager 'wdm' can be configured to allow users to shutdown, reboot and e

user reboot/shutdown (was Re: GUI login screen and non-root shutdown...)

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 03:22:21PM +0100, S. Hakim Hamdani wrote: > That would be appreciated, also from my side. I found it a bit strange > yesterday, when I reinstalled debian on a laptop, that I couldn?t login as > root graphically, and also that as a normal user I can?t shutdown or reboot > g

Re: GUI login screen.

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 10:14:54PM +0100, David Jardine wrote: > On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 11:09:53AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > > > > > > PLEASE don't CC me. Please. Pretty please with sugar on top. > > Whatever it takes, just don't CC me! I'm already subscribed!! > > > > You know, it

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 04:52:29PM -0700, David Millet wrote: > Or not until wine begins running these and every windoze app that > everyone uses flawlessly, which hopefully happens soon. > > david No! Emulating proprietry software is not the future for an open source operating system. -- Jon

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 07:32:41AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 05:46, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 04:52:29PM -0700, David Millet wrote: > > > Or not until wine begins running these and every windoze app that > > > ever

Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 11:01:58AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > As in "proprietary, closed-source apps"? > > Well, that depends on if you see them as a "problem", or something > that you prefer not to use. > > I prefer not to use proprietary, closed-source apps, but, when > necessary, will pay f

Re: if left idle i get logged out

On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 04:51:42PM +, Brett Hennig wrote: > hi, > warning: vague question from someone who doesn't > really know what they're doing :-/ > > i've just gathered the courage to upgrade to woody and > all has gone well, except that if i leave my machine > idle for about 20 minutes

Re: Exim question: open relay?

On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 05:20:09PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 23:44:48 -0500, > Jeff Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I have just started hosting a domain on my server for my granddaughter > > and the web portion is working perfectly.

XMMS Interface (Re: XMMS without X?)

On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 04:02:07PM -0800, Tom wrote: > I use xmms, xmms-flac, and xmms-shell with some custom scripts. I do > all my interacting with xmms via the command line. (I've never > understood why every SOUND PLAYER in the world had to get mixed up with > showing flashy colors to the

Re: Doom problems?

On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 12:40:34PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 11:57, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > > Andreas Janssen wrote: > > > I can't say what exactly your problem is, but Debian comes with several > > > prepackaged Doom clones (for example lxdoom, prboom). prboom will

Re: Doom problems?

On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 12:57:21PM -0500, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > Andreas Janssen wrote: > >I can't say what exactly your problem is, but Debian comes with several > >prepackaged Doom clones (for example lxdoom, prboom). prboom will also > >allow you to run the game at higher resolutions. > >

Re: fast swithichg between X and virtual console - how to?

On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 02:41:32PM -0800, Tom wrote: > I've finally discovered my own perfect working environment: Fluxbox w/ > exactly virtual desktops, using the Mouse wheel to alternate them. > ... > It repaints fast as FUCK plus it's all anti-aliased. I'm sure I could > go even more mini

Re: Any simple way to add modules w/o recompiling the kernel?

On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 07:30:19AM -0500, Andrew Perrin wrote: > Greetings- > > In expectation of a new palm pilot arriving soon, I need to add two > modules to my system: usbserial and visor. What I've done in the past is > to do a make menuconfig; select the new modules; make-kpkg clean; > make

Re: Using an IDE CD-writer via scsi emulation

On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 12:39:07AM +0100, Karol Czachorowski wrote: > On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 21:53:51 +0100 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) wrote: > > > I knew I could read and write CD's on my system but I lost it during my > > upgrades about a year ago. I remember when I switched the system I > > co

Re: Setting up a new Debian system. X and Gnome, no KDE

On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 08:45:04AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > This time I'd like to install base system, X-windows, and Gnome, > but *not* KDE. It seems to me that using dselect to select just > a few gnome packages should pull in all the packages that I need. > What is the minimal set of packag

Re: fetchmail, when does one loose email?

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 11:22:44AM +0100, wsa wrote: > I've been following the recent threads on fetchmail and i've been > reading up on it but i'm not quite clear on when one can loose mail. > Right now in fetchmailrc i have "set no bouncemail, antispam -1, > batchlimit 50, keep" as defaults. >

Re: Setting up a new Debian system. X and Gnome, no KDE

On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 08:01:57PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 18:43, Ron Johnson wrote: > > A moment with 'apt-cache search graph|sort|less' produces > > apt-rdepends. Thus, along with the recommended package graphviz, > > one can do: > > apt-rdepends -d evolution | dotty >

mutt, key bindings and debian mailing lists

I wrote the following configuration items for mutt, in an attempt to end the accidentally-replied-to-poster-rather-than-mailing-list problem: folder-hook debian 'bind index r list-reply' folder-hook debian 'bind pager r list-reply' folder-hook !debian 'bind index r reply'

Re: preventing a USB device from being taken by the HID driver

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 02:06:40PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > Not really Debian related, but there should be a Debian way to solve > this... I have a USB device that I want to access as a raw USB > device. However, it is a HID device, and thus claimed by the HID > driver upon plugin (thanks to

Re: galeon

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 03:52:11PM +0530, Lakshmi S. wrote: > Hi all, > > I guess I have done something seriously wrong while trying to install a > package(gchempaint) from testing on my stable machine :-( > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: > galeon: Conflicts: moz

Re: mutt, key bindings and debian mailing lists

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:42:09AM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > Wouldn't it be easier to use mutt's builtin support for mailing lists? > > Add the line > subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > somewhere in your .muttrc, and then use L for "reply-to-list"... I do use mutt's built-in support for maili

Re: scsi vs. cdrom_read

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:41:22PM -0600, Jacob S. wrote: > No, it is still possible to read CDs from a CDRW drive that you've setup > using append="hdx=ide-scsi" in lilo.conf. If you have sr_mod.o compiled > into the kernel or as a loadable modules, your cdrom drive will show up > as /dev/srX or

Re: Identifying kernel soruce for 2.4.18-bf2.4

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 04:50:27PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > I need to have installed the kernel source in order to compile a > driver, but have difficulty finding the source for 2.4.18-bf2.4. Is > the answer that the "bf2.4" is just an addition, and that the kernel > source for my kernel is act

Re: What is the password of "root" when first run after the installation of the base system!

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:18:19PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > Failing that, boot with the 'init=/bin/sh' parameter (so if you'd > normally type 'linux' to LILO, say, type 'linux init=/bin/sh' instead) > and run 'passwd root'. I found this out rather recently when I was reading the debian users

Re: Debian version

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:24:12AM -0800, Drew wrote: > Greetings, > > FWIW I did search the archives first but... > > I am trying to figure out what version of debian I am > running. /etc/issue* and /etc/debian_version all > state unstable/testing, but I don't know when this box > was installed

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 10:45:09PM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > I recieved many suggestions to remedy the problem, non of them easy. > > I've decided to try to recompile the latest kernel. I figure that it > would be nice to have the latest kernel with support for only the > hardware I have (or

Re: window manager recomendation

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:51:10AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > Hello, > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem > to fit the bill yet. > I need a window manager with the following > - As lite as possible

Re: window manager recomendation

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 06:08:32PM -0400, eCLe wrote: > On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 21:51, Micha Feigin wrote: > > I need a window manager with the following > > - As lite as possible on memory (I heavily stress my laptop so I don't > > have much to spare). > WindowMaker http://www.windowmaker.org tas

Re: window manager recomendation

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 06:15:29PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:34:19 + > Jonathan Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PWM, or ION (pwm, ion, ion-devel packages) > > > As I suggested before, Icewm. If I reply with, 'As I suggested

Re: window manager recomendation

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 06:38:40PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > the default look kinda sucks though... it can be changed completely > (take a lok at www.fvwm.org) There is a great article about window-manager choices, and fvwm advocacy at http://www.igs.net/~tril/fvwm/ -- Jon Dowland http://

Re: How to set up XDM to automatically login one user?

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 05:19:24PM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote: > I've got Debian running on an old tablet computer, and I'd like to have > it start an X session for me as soon as I boot up. (There's only one > user, me.) The xdm manpage is mysterious to me; does anyone know how to > do what I'm s

Re: mutt, key bindings and debian mailing lists

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:10:25AM +0100, Florian Ernst wrote: > How about adding > macro index r > macro pager r > to you .muttrc? > > It will just act as usual when only a reply seems possible and > automatically do a list-reply otherwise. It even beeps once in this > case ;) This is beautifu

drwright (gnome break-manager) dissapeared

Hi, I use the 'drwright' program to force me away from the screen every hour or so. I have been using it fine for the last couple of months in sid until today, when installing some gnome package or other forced its removal. I attempted to re-install it (not bothered about the other app) and it h

Re: How to set up XDM to automatically login one user?

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 05:37:29PM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote: > Thanks! That did the trick. The keyboard must be closed after login, > but that's no big deal. > > The Xsetup file has been dropped from the Debian xdm package, so I had > to create a new file called "Xsetup" that contained just a

Re: Nessus portscan takes loooooong

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 12:03:04PM +0100, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > However, the initial portscan takes an extremely long time... Actually, > I haven't seen it finish, because I had to turn my computer off at > night... :-) But something like 10 hours, it seems like it would need > to do a portsc

Re: window manager recomendation

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:32:38PM -0500, Bill Marcum wrote: > Some other small window managers are aewm, aewm++ and flwm. (What is > Installed-Size anyway?) It is a field for the debian package, representing disk space used when the package is unpacked. It provides a rough idea of how much memo

alternative to mrproject (gnome project planner)

I wish to use a project program to manage my dissertation. I need to be able to create and update GANTT charts. 'mrproject' in unstable is fairly useful but has a few serious problems. Can anyone recommend a similar program? Thanks, -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: internet

On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 08:05:55AM -0500, Ed and Pat Reilly wrote: > HI, > I have setup debian on my pc along with windows 98 se. I've had redhat and suse > before and they recognized my cable connection and set it up. How can I get debian > to recognize my internet connection? Is your cable mod

Re: xinetd

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 07:07:58AM +0100, Florian Ernst wrote: > On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 08:46:04PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > >I was a little surprised to find that I could not then remove the inetd > >package. > > Some rather old issue, see > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=68

Re: problems starting x

On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 09:53:42PM +, navaja wrote: > i noticed that dpkg-reconfigure didnt seem to update > the XF86config file, even though i ran it several times, thats why this > error > kept showing up. > > any ideas why it wasnt overwritten by the dpkg-reconfigure program? Which pack

Re: blank screen in Xvnc / xrdb can't open display - on Woody

On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 07:04:42PM -, John Stumbles wrote: > xrdb: Connection refused > xrdb: Can't open display 'Hostname:1' > > I think I read somewhere else that it could be an Xauth cookie issue, but > I've lost that piece and haven't a clue how to investigate that possibility. This sou

Re: splitting mbox files

On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 06:06:07PM -0500, TR wrote: > mb2md in sid Additionally 'safecat' is handy (can be slotted in to procmail too). There's some info in the safecat manpage which states that procmail's maildir implemention is flawed (which sounds like a grudgematch occured at some point). --

Re: virtual terminals become unusable when starting x on sid

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 12:38:16PM +, navaja wrote: > hi, > > i boot up, and get command prompt login. can use all vitual termninals. > then i start x, with "startx" (with login manager i get the same > problem). x starts, then i try to go back to a virtual terminal, and all > i see is mess

Re: Please, no GUI boot.

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 02:19:25AM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 10:10:20AM +0100, guran wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have a sarge installation and only got to chose between gdm and xdm. > > > > I have read the thread on "GUI login screen" and have a difficulty to decide > > what to do

Re: Knoppix on top of woody

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 05:00:38AM -0800, Ralph Bacolod wrote: > Hi! I just bought a knoppix cd and i want to install it on my computer. I > already have woody installed which is dual booting with XP. I have 2 > questions. > 1. I want to replace woody without overwriting my files in home. Is this >

Re: alternative to mrproject (gnome project planner)

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 12:00:20PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:49:16 +0200, > Sourian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > However, this needs mysql-php-apache, but it runs perfectly. > > ..uhoh. I would have called it 0.10.0, 0.10.1, and 0.11.0 etc until > I had po

dangling symlinks - bug reports

hi, Cron is telling me I have a lot of dangling symlinks. I haven't done any manual fiddling with them, they are entirely the result of package installation: symlink | dpkg -S --+ /usr/share/man/man1/jar.1.gz |

reading ext2 from windows (was Re: Knoppix ,woody and LILO)

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 08:00:49AM -0800, eric brown wrote: > Drawback: Since windows is partitionned in NTFS I can > only read my windows file from the Linux side. > Windows doesn't even see the linux side. The tool 'explore2fs' (google) allows you to read ext2/3 partitions from windows, althou

Re: How to set up XDM to automatically login one user?

On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 01:53:45AM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote: > There is one slight problem with the xdm solution: when I log out of an > X session, xdm presents the same login prompt as before, but the mouse > is frozen. It's not really a problem for me since I don't expect I'll > be logging i

Re: Suggestions for a window manager to replace Enlightenment

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 09:09:16PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > That said, WindowMaker arguably meets all your needs -- it's keep me > happy for years. The tiles take up minimal real estate, particularly if > you set the Clip to "autoattract icons" and "Autocollapse". Or you can turn off the

Re: Suggestions for a window manager to replace Enlightenment

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 08:32:56PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > After years of running E (without gnome), I might be tempted to use > something else. Any suggestions appreciated. > > Here's what I really like about E: Here's how PWM shapes up: > - minimal screen real estate lost. I don't

Re: How do I use dpkg without superuser privileges?

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 06:22:43PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: > Matt Zimmerman wrote: > >(this is debian-user; please read the descriptions of the various lists) > > > >On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:02:27AM -0800, Debs Spammagnet wrote: > > > >>I've been trying to de-deb a .deb file without root > >>p

Re: pasting into vi inserts many indents

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 02:04:57PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > if you run gvim you can paste using mouse (middle button), it doesn't > do autoindenting then > > erik You can paste in console-vims, too, depending on your terminal, by setting mouse=a . However I have the indent-problem w

Re: ls and directories only

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 03:44:41PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > alias lsd='ls -d */' > NOTE: This has nothing to do the the Opium Thread!! I was thinking about sensible aliases, and I came to the same conclusion :-) -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: Please, no GUI boot.

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 08:51:12PM +1300, cr wrote: > From this thread it looks like I can safely lose xdm... but an explicit > option to do so would be reassuring. you can - but you shouldn't have to, just to stop it from being the default display manager. -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland

Re: ISP and DNS port scanning!

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:50:02PM +, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Looks like a ping (ICMP type 8). Where do you get port scanning from? > FWIW, I think that blocking pings via a firewall isn't recommended, but > not sure why. It does not provide any kind of security or protection what-so-ever,

Re: Workspace/desktop switching

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:19:41AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and > everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace switching. > I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces for? Every once > in a while,

Re: What is mmenu?

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 08:09:48PM +0200, Egor Tur wrote: > Hi folk. > How can mmenu use? > How can I do menu on desktop if window manager don't use it. > Thanx. My suggestion is to look elsewhere - it doesn't provide a man page, and doesn't work out-of-the-box with debian's menu system. -- Jon

Re: mutt - saving message to disk (not mail folder)

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 02:53:18PM -0500, iain d broadfoot wrote: > * Micha Feigin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > How do I save a mail message to disk with mutt? I want to save it to > > disk, not another mail folder (saving to a different mail folder appears > > quite clearly in the docs but could

Re: xmms with icewm

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 01:13:27AM +, Antony Gelberg wrote: > I've noticed that the "show on all desktops" setting in the xmms menu > doesn't appear to work in ice. Anyone know why, and how to fix it? I > can do an Alt-F2, the ice command to show on all desktops, but that only Do you happe

Re: mutt - changing maildir in responce to script output

On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:13:30AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > (I am trying to get list of maildirs with new messages in the subtree, > print the number of new messages and allow to choose which one to switch > into). > Is it possible to do this? I'm not sure if this exactly answers your questio

Re: mutt - Getting a list of the number of new messages in each mailbox

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 06:38:34PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > Is it possible with mutt to get a list of mailboxes and the number of > new messages in each mailbox without resorting to an external script (or > is there a script that can already do that?) See mutt manual section 3.11. -- Jon Dow

Re: window tabs with emacs 21.3.5

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 10:22:00PM -0600, Alan Shutko wrote: > Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Anyone knows if and how its possible to get tabs for the buffers in > > emacs 21.3.5 (like the window tabs with xemacs, multi-gnome-terminal, > > mozilla etc.)? > > Not quite. I think th

Re: www.debian.org

On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 01:22:27PM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote: > > Cristi Banciu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-21 13:17]: > > > > http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/files/fw/debian-security-20031121.txt > > > > after having read: I have run upgrades on various machines this > morning. > > Is there any chanc

Re: gv and filenames with spaces

On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 10:35:38AM +, Dave Howorth wrote: > (why do programs not let you copy messages from errors and instead force > you to type them again!) Perhaps a candidate for a wishlist-bug? -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: No mouse in gpm

On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 01:40:06PM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > I've done that and still no cursor. I booted knoppix and it detected > the generic ps2 mouse at /dev/psaux and it worked correctly. > > What do I check next? Knoppix detected the mouse for /dev/psaux, in X, or as gpm? (I don't know

Re: XDM can't shutdown

On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 09:27:14PM -0500, lee wrote: > On Tuesday 25 November 2003 12:31, Otto Wyss wrote: > > I've installed XDM to get directly into X after starting but XDM doesn't > > allow for a shutdown. Are there better alternatives to start X without > > installing Gome or KDE (just use XFC

Re: Need a user-friendly, low-requirement desktop

On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 05:58:25AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > Every time before I've had to go with a newbie-friendly GUI for people > who don't know computers and more importantly DON'T WANT TO LEARN about > them, I've gone with either a Gnome or KDE setup. > > At any other time, I'd suggest

A web-based frontend to apt (or, configuring a new pseudo-protocol)

Has anyone heard of a web-based frontend to apt? What I am thinking of is configuring a browser to accept some kind of pseudo-protocol such as apt://package-name 'Why' you might ask? Well, I've been thinking for a long time about different ways the archive could be organised. I've just browser th

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

(CCed to the bemused one because of the massive delay in posting a reply) On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:24:40AM +, John Peter wrote: > Mark Healey wrote: > > I then made and make installed the module. Now I need to know what > > lines I have to add to what files to get the module working. > We

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

(CCed to original poster due to the massive delay in posting a reply... apologies if this is annoying) On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 12:53:11AM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:31:35 +0000, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > >getting a .o kernel module for your NIC into the de

usenet gateways (was Re: tar question)

On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 08:10:17PM -0800, Ralph Alvy wrote: > After I noticed that, I deleted my message from the > server to not waste anyone's time. Apparently it stayed on long enough for > your patient answer. Thanks. Interesting, you are using the GMANE gateway... of course since this is a

Re: odd: gv *very* slow while view ps file from dvips

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 12:03:43AM -0500, H. S. wrote: > Hi, > > I am compiling a latex source file(just 2 page resume) in Debian > (Unstable) and when I try to magnify a certian area in the resulting ps > file the new magnified widow of gv takes ages to come up. This behavior > was not so in R

Re: Windows character sets and Linux

On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 11:19:10PM -0500, Paul M Foster wrote: > I've often seen webpages where certain characters (primarily things like > apostrophes, quotes and such) show as '?' under Linux. I believe this is > a problem with character sets in Windows versus Linux. I'm assuming that > if I i

Re: 2.4.23 in unstable?

On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 09:39:22PM -0600, Scott C. Linnenbringer wrote: > On Mon, Dec 01, 2003, at 14:11 -0800, Tom wrote: > > > I'm sure you're all reading the Slashdot article right now. > > > > Since 2.4.23 does not appear to be in unstable, should we all go out > > and download it ourselves?

Re: Install Debian over loopfs-based Linux

On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 06:00:06PM -0600, Lynn W wrote: > If a person has a loop file system Linux already running (say in a large file in > FAT32 e.g. Peanut Linux), how can she install Debian over it without booting from > the Debian install CDs? The reason is, when one boots from the Debian CD

Re: Hot to be a Guru

On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 10:05:46PM +, Brendan Sleight wrote: > * Try kernel hacking, Linux from Scratch ? If you are a programmer I'd recommend having a look at this. There's a fantastic book 'linux device drivers' that I'd recommend buying if you find that you like this stuff, also available

Re: conditionals in ~/.muttrc ?

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 04:47:22PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > in my vim configuration files, i have different settings for dark and > light terminal backgrouds > i'd like to have the same functionality in my ~/.muttrc. looking at > the documentation, i can't see that it supports conditionals.

Re: How to post to linux.debian.user

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 05:53:08PM -0700, Dr. MacQuigg wrote: > P.S. The requirement to use a real email address in this public mailing > list is a big problem. I was recently flooded by 3000 spams over a three > day period, essentially blocking my access to email on that address, > disrupting

Re: Color in text console

On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 08:40:00PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 08:05:49PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > How come I don't see a dependency of prboom on aalib1? > > It being able to *use* it if it's there isn't the same thing as *requiring* > that it be there in order to

Re: Cheap PC / unknown components. ALDI/Medion MD 8080 XL anyone?

On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:07:24PM +0100, Mariano Kamp wrote: > Hi, > > I bought one of the "cheap" PCs from a german discounter. I am wondering if > anybody has been able to install Debian on it? Any pointers would be nice. > > www.linux-hardware.de wasn't helpful. I have recently bought

Re: Moving programs into KDE menu

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 05:48:09AM -0600, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > FYI system wide is me. I did the menu editor and that got it into the main > KDE menu but I selected applications so I need to move it from the main menu > to submenu applications. How do you do that? > Hoyt The following will put gi

Re: rcs help

On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 01:41:02PM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > > > I been trying my self on RCS > I read the "man rcs" file > created an rcs file with "rcs -i rebel" rebel is the name of my Debian > box > But I can't figure how this is supposed to work. > Isn't there a way to opening the file and ed

Re: Logbook - RCS

On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 09:11:02AM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > > > I found following in the "Configuration HOWTO" manual. > My question is what software do U use as Logbook and what in RCS? Regarding keeping a log book - I would highly recommend buying a real, physical notebook and keeping notes ab

Re: how to use external router?

On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 12:26:22PM -0400, Jeff Waltermire wrote: > I have a cable modem and a D-Link 614+ router that work fine in SUSE > and WinXP. I would like to use that on my Debian Box but how do I set > up Debian to use my gateway of 192.168.0.1 (D-link router)? Where do > I setup that m

Re: USB tv tuners?

On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 12:56:11AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 12:10:08AM -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > > Does anyone have any suggestions for something that works with Linux > > (preferably Woody out of the box)? >

Re: having trouble with abcde

On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:09:56PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 12:34:07PM -0700, Scott Berry wrote: > > Getting CD track info... cd-discid: /dev/cdrom: CDROMREADTOCHDR: > > Input/output error > > abcde error: CD could not be read. Perhaps there's no CD in the drive? > > Scott

Re: Bookmarks: Konqueror *AND* Mozilla ???

On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 04:28:47PM -0500, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > > Methinks you have your own little open source project there as far as i > > know -- very badly needed. I wrote a PHP/Mysql web app to access links > > anywhere. It's a very simple concept and easily maintainable. I threw in >

Re: cfdisk vs fdisk & speaking of Western Digital drives...

On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 04:52:06PM -0500, Andy Firman wrote: > > Second, I have 2 Western Digital drives. > Both model WD400BB but they were manufactured about > 6 months apart. I just bought the second one as I want > to try out Lucas' new Debian software Root on Raid howto. Could you echo the

Re: tft tcd screens

On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 09:54:46AM +, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > Hi All, > > I wonder what your experiences are with tft / lcd screens ? Do they > cause any more problems that CRTs? What problems? eye strain, or X configuration? ;) I have a Hitachi CML17SXW, 17" TFT which I love, and has worked

Re: display directories only

On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 09:58:52AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 06:43:23PM +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 the mental interface of > > Rick Weinbender told: > > > > > I have a basic question. > > > Is there a method using "ls" from the command line to

Re: pen tablet

On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 12:26:40AM -0700, jack kinnon wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have one more device to config for Linux; a Genius wizardpen 5x4 pen > tablet. Net search came up with a driver which requires XFree86 source > and the installation procedure seems weird. A search thro' Debian > packag

Re: Local plugins for FireFox?

On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 03:04:58PM -0400, Chris Black wrote: > SID's install of Firefox uses ~/.firefox. Not ~/.mozilla. Whereas the mozilla-shipped firefox uses .phoenix - just to confuse you further :) -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Orderly shutdown of running programs when quitting X

On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 01:57:06PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is there a way to run a script before X exits, so that I can more > > gracefully quit apps? More like Windows; although rude apps such as > > Outlook can "hang" quitting. > > Why n

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