Re: Make Debian better (Re: Two Debian 3.0 reviews at Slashdot)

2002-10-21 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 05:35:45PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 03:21:40PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > I don't see why...it takes a few seconds to pass on a bug. > > If it only takes a few seconds, then why do you object to being asked to > do it yourself? ;) The sub

Re: Creating Release{.gpg} files, how to do it...for a local cache

2002-10-24 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 12:04:58PM -0400, Walter Tautz wrote: > I have succeeded in getting one to work by changing the Origin > to something other than Debian and then using /etc/apt/preferences > to bump up the PIN priority so that my packages are on par with > the rest of debian stable. There m

Re: Bug#127502: Anyone packaging this yet?

2003-08-27 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 03:10:34AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 10:07:37PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > > If noone is packaging davfs yet, then I might consider it. I am > > talking to the author to see if it is still maintained, then I will > > give it a go. > > You di

Re: How do I use dpkg without superuser privileges?

2003-11-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
(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 > permission. I just want to unwrap the file like a tar > file. I DO NOT WANT TO INSTALL IT. I just want t

Re: Broken mime handling in netscape

2000-07-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 03:05:21AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Has anybody worked out a way to get netscape's mime handling to work > reliably and consistently? I'm getting sick of the following problem, > and I'm sure I can't be alone. > > Currently, every time I click on a link to a plain te

Re: Installing Debian Potato with ReiserFS on a laptop (take 1)

2000-12-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
Do these really need to go to -devel? -user only seems more appropriate. -- - mdz

Bug#101827: xmms-flac

2001-06-21 Thread Matt Zimmerman
Package: xmms-flac Version: 0.10-1 Severity: grave On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 09:17:36PM +0200, Sergio da Silva wrote: > Hi, > > I encounter following problem when I try to use xmms with xmms-flac > installed: I am not able to play back audio files encoded with flac and I get > following message: >

Re: xmms-flac

2001-06-21 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 09:17:36PM +0200, Sergio da Silva wrote: > I encounter following problem when I try to use xmms with xmms-flac > installed: I am not able to play back audio files encoded with flac and I get > following message: > > /usr/lib/xmms/Input/libxmms-flac.so: undefined symbol: >

Re: apt-get kernel?

2002-02-10 Thread Matt Zimmerman
(please reply to debian-user only) On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 11:14:24PM -0500, Benjamin Lowe wrote: > Is there an apt-get kernel for the kernel upgrades. I have tried to > upgrade prior to my current version and destroyed my setup. Is there some > documentation that you can point me to or how can u

Re: building mutt SSL deb package (configure error)

2002-02-12 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 04:09:03PM -0800, Nick Jennings wrote: > FYI - Please CC me in reponse, as I am not subscribed to the list. Thanks. Please don't crosspost to multiple mailing lists unnecessarily. Follow-up to debian-user. > I am running woody (testing) and trying to get together a mut

Re: building mutt SSL deb package (configure error)

2002-02-13 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 09:26:41AM -0800, Nick Jennings wrote: > The README.Debian does _not_ contain this information. > > The only mention is: > > To enable SSL support you need to install the libgcrypt1 and gnutls0 > packages. > > NOW i can see what that means, but it would be nice if i

Re: your mail

2001-10-24 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 11:50:47AM -, Radulovity Emil wrote: > I want to know where can I get Debian Woody ISO images. I want to > update my Potato system, I have slow connection and can`t use Internet > for this. I looked for ISO images, but didn't find one. Woody is not yet released. On

Re: bash: /dev/lp0: no such device

2001-08-31 Thread Matt Zimmerman
debian-qa is for Quality Assurance, not Questions/Answers. Please followup to debian-user. On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 10:07:13AM -0400, John Kittel wrote: > more /etc/debian_version returns 2.2 > lptest 36 7 returns 7 rows of 36 characters > to the crt > why does: lptest 36 7 > /dev/lp0 > lptest 3

Re: Trouble getting uml networking going.

2003-07-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 07:35:11PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > execvp of '/usr/lib/uml/uml_net' failed - errno = 13 > tuntap_open_tramp failed - errno = 22 > execvp of '/usr/lib/uml/uml_net' failed - errno = 13 > tuntap_open_tramp failed - errno = 22 > > > What am I doing wrong? Is thi

Re: Why Linux, Why Debian

2004-02-13 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:09:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > 7) are security patch mechanisms convenient for the BSD's? > For Linux in general? For Debian? I believe their methods of distributing updates securely are significantly more convenient than ours at present. I believe you c

Re: Why Linux, Why Debian

2004-02-13 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 08:15:34PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 09:59:25AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 05:09:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > > > 7) are security patch mechanisms convenient for the BSD&#

Re: APT dependency feature

2002-05-02 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 05:55:47PM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: > OK, I've looked at the docs but I am hoping I'm missing something. > > I've got a problem with the hurd port. My hurd install has a broken > dependency that I would like to ignore. > > libstdc++3-dev: Depends: libc6-dev (>= 2.2.3-

Re: SUGGESTION for Debian FAQ

2002-05-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
Please do not cross-post to so many lists with general comments. Following up to debian-user. On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:54:37PM +0700, Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim wrote: > BTW, I tried to find out (in FHS and Debian Policy) the > differences between /usr/doc/ and /usr/share/doc as well as > why s

Re: help

2002-05-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
(this mailing list is for development of the installation system, not for support of it. moving to debian-user) On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 11:33:29AM -0500, GARY P LARGESS wrote: > Then "VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press > ENTER" > > This is where I'm stuck. > I ha

Re: SUGGESTION for Debian FAQ

2002-05-22 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 06:01:35PM +0700, Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim wrote: > Thus, I have sent the suggestion to all related parties who could increase > that FAQ visibility. May I know how to notify them all otherwise? I > believe that there should be sufficient hints for finding the FAQ and > HOWT

Re: Why need Debian?

2005-10-24 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 02:07:11PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > A few times I have statements in the ubuntu website that there can't > be Ubuntu if there's no Debian. This statement seems to me like it's > only relevant to Warty No, it was very much still true for Hoary and Breezy, and wil