Re: IPv6 static config in /etc/network/interfaces ignored

2019-01-27 Thread Claudio M
Hi, On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 5:55 PM Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 27/01/2019 à 16:29, Claudio M a écrit : > >> > >> auto eth0 > >> iface eth0 inet static > >>address a.b.c.d > >>netmask 255.255.255.224 > >>gateway c.d.e.f >

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-02-25 Thread Michael M.
th, especially of an organ or other body part, prior to full development or maturation. 4. An aborted organism. 5. Something malformed or incompletely developed; a monstrosity. Don't see anything about "murder" there. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can c

Re: REALLY OT: News Flash

2007-02-25 Thread Michael M.
the absolute certainty that your faith determines the laws of the universe. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." --S. Jackson -- To UNSUB

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-02-25 Thread Michael M.
On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 15:44 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:14:05AM -0800, Michael M. wrote: > > > > a·bor·tion (??-bôr'sh??n) > > n. > > 1. a. Termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus > > that is i

Re: REALLY OT: News Flash

2007-02-25 Thread Michael M.
ible or Koran or Torah claims otherwise. And that's why the majority of atrocities humans have visited upon other humans have been committed in the name of someone or another's god. That says nothing about all the great things that have been accomplished in the name of anyone's god, no

Re: REALLY OT: News Flash

2007-02-25 Thread Michael M.
ink Linux is nothing but random acronyms. Usually recursive, random acronyms. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." --S. Jackson -

Re: OT: sponge burning!

2007-02-25 Thread Michael M.
not let us eat transfats in restaurants are probably all > pro-abortion. Dude, take a transfatty foodstuff into a restaurant in NYC and eat it. The Board of Health won't stop you. Of course, the restaurant staff may have an issue with you bringing food into their restaurant. -- Michael M. ++ P

Re: konqueror is slow

2007-02-27 Thread Michael M.
doesn't use IPV6 by default? I had to completely disable IPV6 to get anywhere with Debian (same with Ubuntu). There's something funky about the way (at least some) Debian-based distros handle IPV6. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exi

Re: konqueror is slow

2007-02-27 Thread Michael M.
On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 14:01 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 01:15:39PM -0800, Michael M. wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 11:33 +0100, Cédric Lucantis wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > Hi all. > > > > > > >

Re: konqueror is slow

2007-02-28 Thread Michael M.
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 08:15 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 04:28:02PM -0800, Michael M. wrote: > > > > > > Well I'm not really using IPv6 at all. I disabled it. My ISP doesn't > > use IPv6. When it was enabled, everything I

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-02-28 Thread Michael M.
we might be on to something :-) > I use Debian (and sometimes Arch Linux), and don't own a car. I ride a bicycle and use public transport (here in Portland, busses and the MAX, our light-rail; in NYC, primarily the subway). Cheers, 'Greener-than-thou' -- Michael M. ++ Port

Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

2007-02-28 Thread Michael M.
transport (and bicycle). I just never would have know otherwise. How idiotic. And typical of frothing conservative asswipes always condemning everybody else's choices. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute

Re: how to send files from a pc to my home server and viceversa

2007-03-01 Thread Michael M.
homson confuse all those > concepts. I think maybe you are confusing a "bridge" with "bridged mode." Many (most? all?) routers can be configured to operate in "bridged mode" if you want or need that. Otherwise, they operate in "router mode." In bridged m

Re: Java: Error occurred during initialization of VM

2007-03-01 Thread Michael M.
java6-jdk - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 6 sun-java6-jre - Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture independent files) sun-java6-plugin - The Java(TM) Plug-in, Java SE 6 sun-java6-source - Sun Java(TM) Development Kit (JDK) 6 source files -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No li

Re: What's the best way to backup to dvd?

2007-03-02 Thread Michael M.
they do with all the material they archive, regardless of what any industry decides should be its business model(s). -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some,

Re: Upgrades vs Reinstalls (was Re: sarge/woody upgrade - boot problem)

2007-03-02 Thread Michael M.
n I tried it for a while -- the sheer volume of updates was kinda overwhelming. These of course are entirely subjective evaluations ... what seems reasonable to one person will seem burdensome to another. I just thought I'd throw in a little encouragement for you to "think about it.&q

Re: What's the best way to backup to dvd?

2007-03-02 Thread Michael M.
distribution of those devices is not allowed on the grounds of 29a of the Dutch Copyright Act." (from a 2005 article) > Not that the law stops most of the people. Well you're right about that! :-)The law has certainly not stopped me from doing quite a bit that's illegal

Re: MP3

2007-03-02 Thread Michael M.
per calendar year. http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." --S. Jackson -- To

Re: What's the best way to backup to dvd?

2007-03-02 Thread Michael M.
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 22:24 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > Michael M. wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 16:02 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > > > According to Automatix (the easy installer that is used by many ubuntu > users ( http://www.getautomatix.com ) it is illegal to install deCSS i

Re: Configurable files and functions

2007-03-03 Thread Michael M.
here to look for them and how to configure them if you spend time with these books. You'll certainly learn all about .bashrc & .bash_profile, and much more. A really nice feature for the newbie documentation project many have been discussing on this list would be "essential Debian books

Re: What's the best way to backup to dvd?

2007-03-03 Thread Michael M.
;m streaming it. I agree. [1] The fourth, Warner Music, is no longer a part of American company Time Warner. It's owned by Edgar Bronfman, a Canadian, and his investors. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of

Re: Growing an HFS file system

2007-03-04 Thread Michael M.
but you might get more expert advice on the debian-ppc list, or failing that Ubuntu's or Gentoo's PPC mailing lists or forums. Good luck! -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even la

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-03-04 Thread Michael M.
ure looks like socialized medicine is sucking there, huh? I guess conservatives in the U.S. are only concerned about a the life cycle of fetus until a baby is born, after which it's fine by them if the baby dies, as long as the dreaded spectre of "Universal Health Care" is kept

Rekan debian-user, informasi tentang koleksi 10000 eBooks IT & Non IT

2007-03-05 Thread Tandiono M
ilahkan kunjungi website IndoeBooks di http://www.indoebooks.com/?id=tandiono (Advanced Knowledge & Learning) atau di http://www.indoebooks.com/store untuk melihat koleksi kami Terima kasih, Tandiono M http://www.indoebooks.com/?id=tandiono -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Tzconfig......... xfce4

2007-03-05 Thread M-L
Since the upgrade yesterday using xfce4 desktop manager. Reboot this morning... My timezone shows as Australia/Melbourne and yet is wrong:- Your default time zone is set to 'Australia/Melbourne'. Local time is now: Wed Mar 7 03:50:53 EST 2007. Universal Time is now: Tue Mar 6 16:50:53 UTC

Re: writing to DVD

2007-03-08 Thread M-L
On Friday 09 March 2007 11:05, andy sent this for all our perusal: >---} Hi all >---} >---} Can anyone help me to interpret and fix the following error when I try >---} to write a DVD in Etch. This approach has always served me well, until >---} now. I can't see that I am doing anything untoward, b

Re: Suggestions about the Debian install process

2007-03-09 Thread Michael M.
llation will take 227MB. I'm not sure, though, if there is a list of what is included in the former that is missing from the latter. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydid

Re: daylight savings time

2007-03-14 Thread M-L
On Wednesday 14 March 2007 21:54, Hugo Vanwoerkom sent this for all our perusal: >---} John Hasler wrote: >---} > Marty Landman writes: >---} >> I've got NTP running... >---} > >---} > NTP has nothing to do with DST. The servers send UTC. It is up to > the ---} > clients to deal with their time

Re: iceweasel always requesting to be default browser

2007-03-15 Thread Michael M.
t is not > the default browser atm and wether or not I want to make it. So what is your default browser? Do you have iceweasel set as the default in any DE you are using, if you are using one? What does update-alternatives report? -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism

Re: iceweasel always requesting to be default browser

2007-03-18 Thread Michael M.
On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 10:27 +0100, Roman Stöckl-Schmidt wrote: > Michael M. schrieb: > > So what is your default browser? Do you have iceweasel set as the > > default in any DE you are using, if you are using one? What does > > update-alternatives report? > > Okay,

Re: web browser choices

2007-03-20 Thread Michael M.
easel extension I like is for quick access to Google Notebook, which I make use of sometimes. I guess I could use some other means of quick copy/paste from the web if I stopped using Iceweasel altogether. That's the only one of my favorite extensions I can think of that isn't available for

Re: "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian" , Ian Murdock

2007-03-22 Thread Michael M.
purpose, and it's a valuable one, IMO. It's not for everybody; nor is Debian, nor any other distro in particular. Ubuntu at least provides an experience quite similar to Debian while doing things that Debian stubbornly refuses to do, like sticking to a schedule. On that score, I agr

Re: Installation advice needed for a really stable desktop machine

2007-03-23 Thread Michael M.
> over. I thought all the kernels were SMP-enabled now, no? Didn't Debian do away with the distinction between SMP and non-SMP kernels? At least, when I look at what's available with aptitude, all the kernel images labelled with "-smp" are given as "for transition onl

Re: "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian" , Ian Murdock

2007-03-23 Thread Michael M.
On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 20:59 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 05:37:00PM -0700, Michael M. wrote: > > Personally, I'm getting a little > > frustrated being stuck on Gnome 2.14 when 2.18 has been released. Etch > > is two Gnome releases behin

Re: pppconfig "command not found"

2007-03-23 Thread M-L
On Saturday 24 March 2007 11:54, eklektik sent this for all our perusal: >---} Hi, >---} I've just installed etch and want to hook up to the Internet via an > external modem. But when I issue the command pppconfig I get the message > "command not found." pppconfig always worked for me before. Now I

Re: pppconfig "command not found"

2007-03-23 Thread M-L
On Saturday 24 March 2007 15:00, eklektik sent this for all our perusal: >---} >---} http://jozmak.googlepages.com >---} >---} - Original Message >---} From: M-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >---} To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >---} Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10

Re: pppconfig "command not found"

2007-03-24 Thread M-L
On Sunday 25 March 2007 06:58, eklektik sent this for all our perusal: >---} Thanks for clarifying the issue. I wait till the final version come out > hoping that it will include the package. In the mean time I take up the > issue on the developer-testing list or file a bug report as you suggested

Re: "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian" , Ian Murdock

2007-03-26 Thread Michael M.
On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 15:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 05:37:00PM -0700, Michael M. wrote: > > All that is to say that Ubuntu serves a purpose, and it's a valuable > > one, IMO. It's not for everybody; nor is Debian, nor any other distro >

Re: "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian" , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Michael M.
with his own priorities. There's no "right answer" for everybody, or we'd all be using the same distro, a BSD, Windows, OS X. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; eve

Re: "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian" , Ian Murdock

2007-03-27 Thread Michael M.
On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 16:42 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 11:35:02AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: > > > > Call it what you want: schedule, timeline, target, whatever. The point > > is that the Debian Project doesn't value it enough to stick to

Re: "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian" , Ian Murdock

2007-03-29 Thread Michael M.
My hope is that the next iteration of testing (Lenny, I think?) returns to what I personally found to be the optimal balance between timeliness and stablility, up until (and at least for a while after) Etch was frozen. That won't happen until Etch is out the door. -- Michael M. ++ Portland,

Re: lenny comfortable yet?

2007-07-07 Thread Michael M.
ms whatsoever. But it still seems behind where I thought it would be by now. OTOH, if you're worried about instability in Lenny, so far x86 has been rock-solid. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute rea

Re: setting default screen resolution for Gnome desktop

2007-07-07 Thread Michael M.
reen and image > look very bad. I wonder whether I can set the default > so I would not have this problem. > Did you try menu item "Desktop" => "Preferences" => "Screen Resolution"? -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can con

MSI PC60G wireless adaptor problem

2007-07-12 Thread I M
Hi.I recently bought a MSI PC60G wireless card and i am experiencing problem with configuring it on debian etch.I googled up and i found that it uses Ralink chipset and i got Ralink RT61 driver for linux.I managed to configure and install the driver .. but can't get connected.Both Wlassistent an

Re: MSI PC60G wireless adaptor problem

2007-07-13 Thread I M
--- Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [ Please turn off the html mails and wrap your lines at a width of 72 > characters. ] > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 03:00:35 -0700, I M wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I recently bought a MSI PC60G wireless card an

Re: Computer freezes with linux-image-2.6.21-2

2007-07-13 Thread M-L
On Saturday 14 July 2007 00:22, Miguel J. Jiménez shared this with us all: >--} Hi, has anyone have experienced computer hangs while using kernel >--} 2.6.21-2 (debia testing) My computer was fine until I installed > it... Seems fine here on my laptop with 2.6.21-2-686 Charlie -- Registered

Re: MSI PC60G wireless adaptor problem

2007-07-14 Thread I M
> For the moment that is OK as /proc/net/wireless is still supported. > > [ snip: dhclient cannot get a lease. ] > > I think you should first try if you can change the settings of the > card. > As root, run > > iwconfig ra0 mode Managed > > Then check the result with "iwconfig ra0". You should

Re: MSI PC60G wireless adaptor problem

2007-07-14 Thread I M
>Is the "windows connection" from the same computer, using the same >wireless card? (I want to rule out the possibility that the AP uses >mac-based filtering to block you.) >Are you sure that Windows manages to connect to cell 01? In any case, I >would try to associate with the AP of cell 04: >iw

Re: dialup modem connection

2007-07-16 Thread M-L
On Tuesday 17 July 2007 15:40, Mark Grieveson shared this with us all: >--} I decided to give up high speed internet, because it's a waste of money >--} and time. So, now I have dial-up. The last time I had dial-up was >--} when I used Corel Linux, and I had no problem setting that up. Now, >--}

Re: Notebook Battery

2007-07-17 Thread M-L
On Tuesday 17 July 2007 19:19, koffiejunkie shared this with us all: >--} Is there anything I can do to improve this, or this battery just on the >--} way out?  I'm just bothered by the suddeness of this drop in battery >--} life - it's been at about an hour for a good six months now, and stayed >-

Re: 'sensible-browser'

2007-07-27 Thread M-L
On Saturday 28 July 2007 13:57, Rick Pasotto shared this with us all: >--} The browser I have running all the time is seamonkey. How can I get >--} programs that want to use a browser open a seamonkey window instead of >--} firing up the gnome or kde browser? >--} >--} -- >--} When in doubt. . . mu

Re: searching for graphical torrent client

2007-07-28 Thread Michael M.
n general, I find it easier to use them for managing the tasks at hand than the bare command line, and nearly as capable as both CL and GUI alternatives with far less bloat than the latter. But that's only when developers or helpers take the time to explain their usage, with examples, in jargon-

Re: How to disable ipv6 tunneling

2007-08-06 Thread Michael M.
aites for 10 seconds anyway. Does someone have a better idea? I made the following change to /etc/modprobe.d/aliases alias net-pf-10 off # alias net-pf-10 ipv6 (added the first line; commented out the second line) I don't know if that's the "right" way to do it. It worked

Re: how can I find out if ttf native hinting is enabled?

2007-09-01 Thread Michael M.
ly handy in bug reports involving a package’s use of debconf." But it doesn't say how to figure out which packages use debconf. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are suppose

Re: public key warning

2006-11-21 Thread M-L
On Wednesday 22 November 2006 15:08, Mark Grieveson wrote: > Hello. After a recent upgrade of my Etch, I get the following warning: > > Fetched 30.2kB in 9s (3350B/s) > Reading package lists... Done > W: There are no public key available for the following key IDs: > A70DAF536070D3A1 > W: You may w

Re: No sound with KDE

2006-11-26 Thread M-L
On Monday 27 November 2006 08:26, Luis Finotti shared this with us all: >--> Hi, >--> >--> I've recently upgraded from Sarge to Etch. Most things went smoothly... >--> But, I just realized I have no sound anymore. >--> >--> I noticed that alsa was not installed anymore (I'm pretty sure it was >-->

Re: No sound with KDE

2006-11-26 Thread M-L
On Monday 27 November 2006 10:42, Luis Finotti shared this with us all: >--> Hi, >--> >--> On 11/26/06, M-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--> > >--> > >--> > I hate to ask this, but did you reboot the computer after you did all >--> > these

Re: No sound with KDE

2006-11-26 Thread M-L
On Monday 27 November 2006 12:00, Luis Finotti shared this with us all: >--> Hi, >--> >--> >--> > KDE does have some strange issues at the moment. An example is that on > one --> > of >--> > my laptops, kcontrol is empty but Lost and Found contains all the > links --> > for >--> > kcontrol. So mayb

Re: Replacing Gnome with KDE

2006-11-28 Thread M-L
On Wednesday 29 November 2006 14:21, Cameron L. Spitzer shared this with us all: >--> Having just attempted to replace GNOME with KDE, and ending up >--> with an empty Control Center, I'd be willing to give icewm a try. This is a separate problem, look in lost and found and look back at some of

Re: homepage in konqueror

2006-11-30 Thread M-L
On Friday 01 December 2006 16:24, Mark Grieveson sent this for all our perusal: >---> Anyone know how I can get konqueror to start up with google.ca, instead >---> of this irritating "Konqueror: Conquer your desktop!" page that keeps >---> popping up? I changed the homepage setting, but when I s

Re: homepage in konqueror

2006-11-30 Thread M-L
On Friday 01 December 2006 16:49, M-L sent this for all our perusal: >---> On Friday 01 December 2006 16:24, Mark Grieveson sent this for all our >---> perusal: >---> >---> Anyone know how I can get konqueror to start up with google.ca, > instead ---> >---> of

Re: Empty KDE Control Panel; Crowded Lost and Found

2006-12-01 Thread M-L
On Saturday 02 December 2006 08:35, Florian Kulzer sent this for all our perusal: >---> On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 12:02:54 -0800, Arlie Stephens wrote: >---> > Hi Folks, >---> > >---> > Like several others, I've got an etch installation with kde where the >---> > kde control panel is empty. The last

Re: what's the killer app for GNU/Linux systems?

2006-12-01 Thread M-L
On Saturday 02 December 2006 08:50, Nate Duehr shared this with us all: >--> Ron Johnson wrote: >--> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >--> > Hash: SHA1 >--> > >--> > On 12/01/06 12:30, Nate Duehr wrote: >--> >> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >--> >>> On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 02:30:54PM -0600, Ron Joh

Re: dual layered DVD's vs single layer etc....

2006-12-03 Thread M-L
On Monday 04 December 2006 07:51, Michael Fothergill sent this for all our perusal: >---> Dear Debian people, >---> >---> This is a pretty dumb question. But I think it has a little merit. I >---> bought myself a new Benq DVD rewriter and stuffed in my box. This one > can ---> handle dual layer

Re: USB problems on laptop with debian etch

2006-12-17 Thread M-L
On Sunday 17 December 2006 20:57, carlopmart sent this for all our perusal: >---> Hi all, >---> >---> Recently I have installed etch on my laptop. Frequently, when etch >---> boots displays this errors: >---> >---> >---> usb 3-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 ... >---> usb 3-2: device not a

Re: why some packages are kept back?

2006-12-18 Thread M-L
On Monday 18 December 2006 17:07, Yuwen Dai sent this for all our perusal: >---> Dear all, >---> >---> I'm using Debian Sarge. When I ran apt-gete upgrade, this message > shows: ---> >---> ~# apt-get upgrade >---> Reading Package Lists... Done >---> Building Dependency Tree... Done >---> Th

XCDRoast etch not working......

2006-12-22 Thread M-L
I get this error message when invoking XCDRoast:- ** (xcdroast:7879): WARNING **: Invalid mkisofs version -unknown- found. Expecting at least version 1.15a17 Start xcdroast with the -n option to override (not recommended!) It appears I have this version of mkisofs installed:- Arc

Re: Getting scanner to work

2006-12-28 Thread M-L
On Wednesday 27 December 2006 19:15, BALLABIO GERARDO sent this for all our perusal: >---> Hi all, >---> may I please ask for your help. >---> >---> I've been given an old scanner by a friend (not sure exactly how old, >---> but the drivers cd says "windows 95, 98 and NT") and have been trying > t

Re: is this fair comment?????

2007-01-07 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 21:45:48 PM +, Michael Fothergill ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I found an article on a web site called linux-watch > (http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3128387759.html) [...] > > Is this article accurate in its reporting? I have no idea yet, must still think about it. B

Re: is this fair comment?????

2007-01-07 Thread M-L
On Monday 08 January 2007 09:38, M. Fioretti shared this with us all: >--> On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 21:45:48 PM +, Michael Fothergill >--> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >--> >--> > I found an article on a web site called linux-watch >--> > (http://www.li

Re: is this fair comment?????

2007-01-07 Thread M. Fioretti
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 09:41:32 AM +1100, M-L ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When I went to the site, it did say "Spread the Word" So I assume > you're moving off the subject for a reason? I'm am not 100% sure I understand your answer, but I _believe_ you are referring to t

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-08 Thread M-L
On Tuesday 09 January 2007 12:37, Mark Grieveson sent this for all our perusal: >---> Hello. Is there a graphical application for achieving a dial-up > connection for xfce? I don't wish to use kppp, or gnome-ppp. ---> >---> I've used wvdial, but I find it only works as root. As a regular user >

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Mailing List Netiquette

2007-01-10 Thread M. Fioretti
On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 17:08:16 PM +0100, Per Carlson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Here is my 0.02$: > > - Never start a new topic by replying to an existing email and just > change the subject. This will mess things up for people (like me) who > uses threads. Fortunately proper mail clients (r

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Mailing List Netiquette

2007-01-10 Thread M. Fioretti
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 23:37:30 PM -0800, Justin Gallardo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hey All, > I am preparing a presentation to a group of students on mailing list > netiquette > ... > Also, if you can think of any other good points to bring up during > this talk, I would love to hear them. 0)

This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-11 Thread M-L
Can someone enlighten me please as to why this the URL below crashes Konqueror? http://www.avaaz.org/en/iraq_campaign_jan_2007/ TIA Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak

Re: This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-11 Thread M-L
On Friday 12 January 2007 14:00, Roberto C. Sanchez shared this with us all: >--> On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 01:54:06PM +1100, M-L wrote: >--> > Can someone enlighten me please as to why this the URL below crashes >--> > Konqueror? >--> > >--> > http

Re: This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-11 Thread M-L
On Friday 12 January 2007 14:02, Alan Ianson shared this with us all: >--> On Thu January 11 2007 18:54, M-L wrote: >--> > Can someone enlighten me please as to why this the URL below crashes >--> > Konqueror? >--> > >--> > http://www.avaaz.org/en/iraq_cam

Re: This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-12 Thread M-L
On Friday 12 January 2007 18:54, Kamaraju Kusumanchi shared this with us all: >--> On Thursday 11 January 2007 21:54, M-L wrote: >--> > Can someone enlighten me please as to why this the URL below crashes >--> > Konqueror? >--> > >--> > http

Re: linux on ipod nano?

2007-09-05 Thread Michael M.
nts. I'm using gtkpod also; meanwhile, anxiously awaiting Floola to make its way to Debian. I don't use gtkpod to mount / unmount my nano, though. I launch gtkpod after the nano is plugged in and mounted, and exit it with the nano still mounted. Have you considered using anot

etc/X11/xorg.conf format change?

2007-09-08 Thread Michael M.
headaches and there has always been a lot of discussion about the conf file. When did this happen? And funnily enough, this is the first time any Linux install has configured the correct optimal resolution & refresh rate for this machine & monitor from the get-go. Previously I have had alwa

Re: Upgrading from Etch to Lenny

2007-09-24 Thread Michael M.
w years old and who don't want to be stuck in early 2006 for the next year while Debian drags itself kicking and screaming through yet another protracted and endlessly delayed release cycle. -- Michael M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: going from XFCE to Gnome?

2007-10-27 Thread Michael M.
is "about choice," they often forget to mention that you'll find your choices restricted by packages and apps that do not play as well together as they are supposed to. GNOME is a really nice DE, but I am sick and tired of my choices being restricted by using it. -- Michael M. ++

Re: This URL crashes Konqueror.....?

2007-01-12 Thread M-L
On Saturday 13 January 2007 03:12, Roberto C. Sanchez shared this with us all: >--} On Fri, Jan 12, 2007 at 12:57:36AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: >--} > On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 13:54 +1100, M-L wrote: >--} > > Can someone enlighten me please as to why this the URL below crashes

Re: software for making a web site......

2007-01-15 Thread M-L
On Tuesday 16 January 2007 09:57, Hal Vaughan sent this for all our perusal: >---} > The only somewhat pesky area would be laptops which are supposed be >---} > awkward where Linux is concerned.  I don't laptops much. >---} >---} This is a longstanding difficulty in working with Linux.  Laptops ha

Re: Revive dark photos -- Debian gimp packaging question

2007-01-21 Thread M-L
On Monday 22 January 2007 17:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent this for all our perusal: >---} On Jan 21, 6:30 pm, "][" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >---} > Hi, >---} > >---} > I remember that I revived some dark photos to normal look by simply >---} > choosing certain gimp menus. Now I want to do it again

Re: Revive dark photos -- Debian gimp packaging question

2007-01-21 Thread M-L
On Monday 22 January 2007 17:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent this for all our perusal: >---} On Jan 21, 6:30 pm, "][" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >---} > Hi, >---} > >---} > I remember that I revived some dark photos to normal look by simply >---} > choosing certain gimp menus. Now I want to do it again

Re: goddammit

2007-02-01 Thread M-L
On Friday 02 February 2007 17:16, Incoming shared this with us all: >--} I have been fighting with this damned Debian 3.1 - Sergeant Wolly or > some such - and I can't even print. I have also installed JRE, but I > haven't found out how to connect it to Firefox. --} >--} I can't downlosd from my d

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

2007-02-02 Thread Michael M.
one... Careful now! I put those thing together myself and the truly difficult one is laptops. (I noticed that in this thread only Raquel really gave recommendations) Here is another one: http://groovix.com/groovix.html I would start in an area that M$ does *not* cover, like what I have

Re: Attracting newbies (Was Booting Debian/testing fails)

2007-02-05 Thread Michael M.
e explicit about meeting that users' basic needs and expectations, and honest about what needs that user has that might not be met. I think the question the documentation needs to address (implicitly, anyway) is not "why Debian instead of Windows/OS X?," but "why Debian

Re: debian rocks!

2007-02-05 Thread M-L
On Tuesday 06 February 2007 02:19, Shobhit Jindal sent this for all our perusal: >---} Just count one more happy debian user! Reinstalled yesterday, to > switch ---} > from x86 sarge to amd64 etch. Everything went flawlessly. Thanks to developers, maintainers, people on this list and everyone wh

Re: Attracting newbies (Was Booting Debian/testing fails)

2007-02-05 Thread Michael M.
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:15:44 -0800 "Michael M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think the issue people aren't addressing in this thread is one of goals. Most people who use Windows are not much more than novices or advanced beginners with respect

Re: Attracting newbies (Was Booting Debian/testing fails)

2007-02-08 Thread M-L
On Thursday 08 February 2007 01:59, Celejar shared this with us all: >--} On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:32:02 -0500 >--} Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--} >--} [snip] >--} >--} > see how the turnout is; If anyone else is interested email me >--} > personally, and email it to the list also (Se

Re: I'm not sure if this is a Bug: Etch-BC-Install does not find my USB-CD-ROM

2007-02-08 Thread M-L
On Thursday 08 February 2007 23:56, Johan Kröckel shared this with us all: >--} Hi, >--} I tried to setup Debian-Etch with the BC-RC1-CD on my Thinkpad x60s with >--} a USB-cdrom, but the Installer does not find the CD. >--} Is it a Bug? >--} >--} Johan Kröckel >--} >--} Not certain what a BC-RC1-

Re: Introduction

2007-02-11 Thread Michael M.
at many distros limit the number of options that are easily installable. Personally, I dislike distros that are KDE- or Gnome-centric, but many are. Did you install XFCE 4.4 from source? Because it's not available in Etch repositories, and won't ever be since Etch is frozen. Same goes

Re: Mounted Partitions not in Places/on Desktop

2007-02-11 Thread Michael M.
t added them to the Nautilus sidebar and to the Places menu on the Gnome panel. Since all I need is quick access to these particular partitions, that works fine for me. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of abs

Re: KDE peculiarities and questions

2007-02-12 Thread Michael M.
or use sudo.) You can have more than one theme installed, and use update-alternatives to select the one you want to use. Same goes for a whole bunch of other things, including your default editor, www browser, shell, terminal emulator, window manager, session manager, etc. -- Michael M. ++

Re: when in doubt wipe it out

2007-02-13 Thread Michael M.
ot;theft." The only difference between "criminal copyright infringement" and regular copyright infringement is that the former is punishable under criminal statutes and the latter is not. The name of the Act is just an attempt to make it memorable, which Congressfolk do all the

Re: REALLY OT: News Flash

2007-02-13 Thread Michael M.
t; by their staff about what the Constitution says. One would hope they would have read it themselves. (BTW, the cite is to the Congressional Record ... you can check the Wikipedia entry and follow the link provided if you want to read her testimony.) (Sorry Mike, I didn't mean to send you

Re: Stupid Noob Question: Surfing the 'Testing' edge

2007-02-14 Thread Michael M.
ting the latest and grooviest browsers, email clients, office apps, etc., then the backports solution would probabably work well. If you're primarily concerned with the whole system being closer to cutting edge, then it wouldn't really meet your needs. You just have to be prepared for the fa

Re: Install Debian testing distribution

2007-02-16 Thread Michael M.
such-and-such a file that you need is in a place where you can't get to it or can't edit it from where you happen to be. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids ar

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