only marked for deletion, the
default behaviour is to skip over them when scrolling through the
message list. You have already marked them for deletion, so they are
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On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 02:54:24PM +, Joao Clemente wrote:
> Hi. Can you clear me what is the procedure to follow to report/reopen bugs?
Look at package `reportbug'. It takes you through all the necessary
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t; or is that just to completely upgrade the Woody installation.?
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use the last-most recently altered file's name in a
> script.
Try this:
ls -ltr
This gives a listing of files in the current dir with the most
recently altered one last. To get only the name of that last one use:
ls -tr | tail -1
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is faster and starts to request a dhcp lease
before the router is fully up and running, so it doesn't work. When
that's the case I have to run the dhclient command manually as
well. Could this be your problem?
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`apt-get update' first to get info on the latest
packages. It's a classic mistake to forget that - maybe you already
did this though - and it might solve some problems. Just covering the
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then won't be
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Or start a fresh message and see if sent-mail comes up in the Fcc
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> > should continue!
>
> Just to show that I'm onboard, I'll not answer my question either!
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> and my mail seems to work.
Correct. Usually when others reply to your email their program will
send it to the address you specified in the From header. When you want
them to send it to a different address, you can set the Reply-To
he
orld" > tmp.sh
$ chmod +x tmp.sh
Then tell `at' to run the commands in that shell script now:
$ at -f tmp.sh now
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
job 91 at 2004-11-28 23:53
You should now get a mail saying "Hello World".
Instead of `now' you
t a blank
screen with a menu on top saying File, Edit, etc. So your SO7 seems
fine.
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> Can anyone point me to a web page or manual page that shows how to set out
> sources.list (for apt-get) - like what to put in, where the servers are,
> etc.
man sources.list
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Wait, I notice that the `cd /' has no effect. In the original case it
actually works, but also without the prompt, so I didn't notice at
first. :)
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. See `man
dd' for more info. Now you should be able to burn that image file to a
blank cd with your tool. If it can't handle image files, you may need
to just copy the contents of the original cd/dvd to a new folder and
burn that one.
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e by pressing a combination of Control or
Alt with Space or Enter, but none of the combos seem to work. Using
KDE here. Clicking with the mouse on the upper left corner of the
window/title bar works as well. You get a menu, one of the options
being "Close". Does that work?
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> Maurits van Rees wrote:
> | It works for me. It even closes all Firefox instances that are open,
> | not just the one in which I do File->Quit, which isn't how I meant it
> | to. Oh well. Anyway, I have an
fast it should burn.
Burning under Linux kernel 2.4 is different from kernel 2.6. Most info
could be specific for 2.4 so watch out there.
This works for me, but a graphical program like k3b is more
userfriendly and /should/ also function. So I hope you can get that to
work with some
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 07:11:29AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Maurits van Rees wrote:
> >You run mplayer from a cron job. You kill mplayer from a cron job. A
> >mail with details gets mailed to root. Okay. Interesting. Was there a
> >question I missed?
>
> Did y
and didn't specify one, dd got to the end
> of the cd and then threw and error because of it?
I don't think so. dd will stop copying when it reaches the end of the
input stream. The count argument is only needed when your infile
doesn't have an end, e.g. with /dev/zero.
--
v/hdc3 48G 40G 8,1G 84% /backup
Your output is probably very different, which is fine.
If it is something like the following, without a mention of something
mounted on /home and the amount mentioned under `Avail' is let's say
more than 10G then free spa
file of that dir and burn it. Then mount the
burned cd, go to the cdrom dir and check the md5 sums with `md5sum -c
apt.md5'.
There is probably a theorethical chance not equal to zero that a cd
burn fails and you don't notice it in the md5 check. If you're
paranoid burn a second cd
s also part of
package reportbug and is also started as part of a reporting session
by reportbug. Then try:
querybts openssh
and
querybts fam
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package
> that you might want to install.
The above info I mentioned is for Sarge. Now I `chrooted' to a woody
installation. It was exactly the same there. `dpkg -l' gave no info,
apt-cache gave info on purged packages only.
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cat test2 | sed "s/$/\/g/g"
%s/bla/hello/g
%s/blabla:we/hello hello/g
> So, I would just have to delete the strings not to be translated and
> double strings, to insert translations and to feed sed with the file.
>
> I am very bad in regex and I dont succeed. But I kn
gine that you need to logout and login again before
it takes effect. If that doesn't work, post your bash version, debian
version, kernel version. That might help others wanting to help you.
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rc or other bash config files if you feel like
it.
Good luck,
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anyway, so it won't take long.
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info there. (BTW, I don't have a dvd reader/writer.)
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Alberto,
Posting to the list instead of replying to individual posters is more
likely to get you an answer, if only because you reach more people
that way.
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 02:08:28PM +0100, Alberto Bert wrote:
> On Dec 16, 2004 at 12:08:36PM +0100, Maurits van Rees wrote:
> > On
ine there, though the dist-upgrade won't
hurt. I use dselect on my home machine with the testing distro. That
handles it just fine. But I'll be doing a dist-upgrade shortly on a
server I'm handling. Thanks for the heads-up.
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>
> ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "sh -c 'cd /; exec bash'"
Alternatively, if you *always* want to start in that directory, you
can edit the .bash_profile or similar on the remote machine. Just add
`cd '.
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betically, which I guess is what most programs do. You may want
to use `ls -U' to list the files in the order they appear in the
directory. Or look at the man page for ls for more sorting options.
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info for that command to
work. Or type `mount' to see if any other file system is mounted on
/cdrom, though I would expect another error message in that case. Or
do `ls /cdrom' to see if anything is there. Lots of things to try. ;-)
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precisely what I can't do -- select "..". As you said yourself
> above, when I select "..", it tells me:
>
> Unable to attach /home/nori/Mail/..!
When I press `?' the sign for parent directory isn't `..' but
`../'. If in yo
acter as delimiter. When you specify more
than one character `paste' will cycle through them. In your last
example, it uses a space as the delimiter for the first three columns
and a newline for the fourth.
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g some text from the gpm
manual... :)
To select text press the left mouse button and drag the mouse. To
paste text in the same or another console, press the middle button.
The right button is used to extend the selection, like in `xterm'.
Two-button mice use the right button to paste
u might put it in an version control system (cvs, subversion, ...)
so you can more easily see all differences over time.
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ion and what operating system you use may
be useful as well.
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to take effect.
Somewhat related: with CONTROL-R you can search backwards in your
history when on the command line. It can be quite a time saver. I
think that's only when you're in emacs-compatible mode.
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least I myself got into trouble when combining Kpilot
and pilot-xfer, which may be due to a bug in one of those programs or
simply my lack of understanding. I use only Jpilot for synching now,
and memos for saving the memos in a readable way.
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#x27;knemo' is not yet a
> 'sarge' package.
See http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist
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of the history. Is there a possibility to jump to the end of
> history again? Let me clearify this a bit:
Try "ALT+>", so the ALT key and the "greater than" key. [On my
keyboard that is "SHIFT+."] That should bring you to the end of the
history
.de.vu/start/
I don't know how to solve this, but maybe this points you in the right
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s.
If this doesn't help, please post some more info, like which Debian
version you are using (stable/testing/unstable). And tell where you
got knemo, as it isn't on official Debian mirrors.
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ll contents into the current cell.
That is what happens to me.
So that's probably some config option somewhere. A quick scan of
options in OpenOffice didn't turn anything up though. I use
1.1.2dfsg1-3.
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ith envelopes, but might solve your
problem. At least it gives you a correct From line. In the case of my
ISP (xs4all.nl, who sponsor nl.debian.org) all works fine with those
settings. You may want to check what the headers of this mail look
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could have been in a failed attempt to solve a problem.
It is useful to add your email address to the 'alternates' command in
mutt, though that doesn't seem related to any problems mentioned.
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ge.
Info or ? Show information about ethereal.
Undo Undo last response.
Quit Exit without removing packages.
Exit Remove unwanted packages and exit.
These two programs help to keep your system tidy.
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ows any app to do so?; i don't want to install acrobat reader.
> Maybe with a cups command to print?
gv (Ghostview) can do it. Package gv.
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SP may think otherwise. Or you made a mistake. I
sent a zipped attachment to this list a few days ago and it arrived
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#: date -d "today 1 week"
> Should this be reported as a bug (and how)?
It's not a bug; it is the behaviour described in the docs. If this
would be a real bug, I would recommend the reportbug tool from package
reportbug.
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On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 05:12:28PM +0530, Deboo Geek wrote:
> How do I copy/paste between different screens running on different
> ttys?
I suggest using the mouse and install the gpm package. Then it is:
leftclick-and-drag to select, go to another console and rightclick to
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in a multi-cd set must
be inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns.
That said, try: http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst.
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tting
> 'mail massive'. But, I can post! (=: ..Ian
You don't have to be subscribed to debian-user in order to be able to
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On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 11:34:32AM +0100, Lee Braiden wrote:
> If you want to install things that need a GUI, you'll have to do
> this next: export DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=~username/.Xauthority
Or install the 'sux' package and use 'sux' instead of &#x
ommand was for it.
> Anyone knows ?
I think you just issue the following command as root:
hostname
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On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 10:37:10AM +0200, Maurits van Rees wrote:
> hostname
Oops, I sent this to the wrong thread, sorry.
But I see you got it already: base-config.
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u just issue the following command as root:
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ss it, and it is already off the screen, then try Ctrl and PageUp
> (or is it Shift and PageUp? - and IIRC for some reason this part doesn't
> always work). When you want it to start the scroll again use Ctrl and Q.
It's Shift-PageUp. And in case Ctrl-S doesn't work, try
ling list directly. I don't see much spam
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te and architecture mostly). This page should tell
you where you can find the images and the sums:
http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#which
If it still doesn't work search the archives for the debian-cd mailing
list:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/
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ing that file empty. You can try
other methods as well, e.g. 'cat /dev/null > /etc/mtab'.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo "Hello World" > temp
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat temp
Hello World
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ : > temp
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat temp
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Does anyone kn
uot; to the front makes that value a
> no-op.
This (and your other example) could be useful, thanks.
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udopackage:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=listarchives
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Read the docs of these packages and come back with more questions if
any come up. Basically these packages help you to keep a trimmed
system without unwanted stuff. I think I recommended them on this list
a few weeks ago, so you may also want to search there.
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On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 11:53:01AM +0200, wb wrote:
> 2. Is the midnight commander included into the distribution? Where resides?
> How can be invoked?
Yes. To install:
apt-get install mc
Then invoke it with:
mc
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he cd and reloads it (possibly superfluous), then calls the
# ckcdsums script mentioned above.
echo "Burning 1st cd to CD-Rom..."
burncheck cd1.iso
echo "Burning ended:"
date
# Report how large the iso files are:
ls -lh *
# Check if there is enough space left for futu
following should work (untested)
#find "$SRC_DIR" -daystart -mtime +$DAYS -printf "rm \"%p\";\n" > "$TMP_SCRIPT"
source "$TMP_SCRIPT"
rm "$TMP_SCRIPT"
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why dselect is
harassing you and hopefully be able to fix it.
If it doesn't work, please give some more info, like the packages
involved and their version numbers (currently installed version and to
be installed version).
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a more thorough (and
possibly more dangerous) method of upgrading. Say you have package-a
version 1 installed, with no dependencies. A new version 2 becomes
available, which has a new dependency on package-b, which you don't
yet have installed. An 'apt upgrade' will do nothing. An &#x
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 06:20:47AM -0700, Basajaun wrote:
> Maurits van Rees wrote:
> > And on dist-upgrade: this is not meant just to upgrade to a new
> > distribution. I used to think that too. It is a more thorough (and
> > possibly more dangerous) method of upgrading. S
I know I'm prolly missing
> something simple...
I don't remember ever using apt-setup. But look in the /etc/apt/ dir
for files called apt.conf and preferences. Both may have a line
mentioning Default-Release which could be the source of your problem.
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scriptions:
debfoster: Install only wanted Debian packages
deborphan: Find orphaned libraries
Does anyone know if these are also useful when using aptitude? I think
so, but I don't really know the power of aptitude.
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P
ems safer to me.
A dist-upgrade should be relatively painless. But as it is software it
can break. First do update then a normal upgrade. Then try the
dist-upgrade. If your package manager threatens to upgrade or install
lots of packages and you don't like it, you can still abort and try
the m
removed
Package zope is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Okay, maybe not. :-(
So how *do* you purge packages that are already removed? The manual
way would be to just fire up dselect, hunt down those packages and
press underscore to selec
On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 10:20:29AM +0100, Chris Boot wrote:
> Maurits van Rees wrote:
> >So how *do* you purge packages that are already removed? The manual
> >way would be to just fire up dselect, hunt down those packages and
> >press underscore to select them for purging.
Chris Boot wrote earlier in this thread should work:
dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall | cut -f1 | xargs dpkg --purge
At least it worked for me.
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h a newsreader? i use pan. But after tryiing
> different news servers adress this was not successful
Yes. linux.debian.user should be available via your favorite
newsserver.
Else try it via the web: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user
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lease. There was a mistake in
the file /etc/apt/sources.list that prevented security updates from
functioning properly. :(
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On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 08:20:11PM +0200, Jan Leewe Behrendt wrote:
> could anybody please tell me how to upgrade to etch?
See 'man apt_preferences'.
put:
APT::Default-Release "etch";
in the file
/etc/apt/apt.conf
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fb 6688 0
cfbcopyarea 3840 1 vesafb
cfbimgblt 3072 1 vesafb
cfbfillrect 3712 1 vesafb
So at least something is loaded.
But I notice that this is vesafb while the error seems to be about
vesafb0.
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version
of Debian for its new features and packages. apt, the
usual upgrade tool, can break your system by
installing a buggy package.
.
apt-listbugs lists critical bug reports from the Debian
Bug Tracking System. Run it before apt to see if
an upgrade or installation is known
ebian.org/CD/netinst/
Don't forget to read the install manual:
http://www.nl.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual
HTH,
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l find all
files larger than 1 kilobytes (say 10 megabytes).
find / -size +1k
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will give you an overview of packages on your system that aren't
correctly installed at the moment.
I don't use aptitude, but apt-get. I see there is the 'apt-get check'
command that could help find broken packages. The same command might
work with aptitude.
etter, but what would
be considered the authorative source regarding to this dependency? The
list? Or the actual zope-mysqlda package? I think the package. Any
thoughts?
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in either,
but it does. :-/ Just a minor problem which I'll probably work out
someday.
At least you and Paul say the Packages file contains the info scraped
from the actual packages. And in case of conflicts between the two the
actual package is authorative. Thanks for clearing that up.
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use
> 'module-assistant' in this case!
Here is a good HOW-TO from Andrew Schulman on Debian and nVidia:
http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/
It also covers module-assistant, at least as an option for getting
nvidia to work. I didn't know where to start, but this how
a few other answers of course. :)
HTH,
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