Re: Usenet news - server required

ón Many thanks for your help. I too am using Pan. And I found a news server on the web-site www.eternal-september.org which someone suggested. Problem now definitely solved. If only I can get my new kernel to work my cup would be overflowing. -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:20:02 +0200, Bob Proulx wrote: > poenik...@operamail.com wrote: >> Ubuntu asked for the ESSID and WPA2 password and connected fine. >> >> Debian squeeze installer asked for firmware to be installed from >> removable media >> but failed to load the files from CD-ROM. So wifi

squeeze on desktop with Atheros wifi - not accessing wifi

I have installed Debian squeeze on /dev/sda1, but the kernel does not pick up the Atheros wlan0 wifi card. Ubuntu 11.10 with a 3.0.0-12-generic kernel picks up the wifi, identifies the default wifi network, asks for a password and then it opens the wifi network. It would seem that the squeeze ker

Wifi with Atheros AR2414 not working

Here is the output from lspci in Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host- Hub Interface (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02) 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to CSA Bridge

Re: squeeze on desktop with Atheros wifi - not accessing wifi

On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:20:02 +0100, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:39:15 +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> I have installed Debian squeeze on /dev/sda1, but the kernel does not >> pick up the Atheros wlan0 wifi card. > > What you mean by "pick up"?

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

queeze system did not work. So I have now downloaded the first DVD iso for wheeze and I shall try to install a series 3 kernel for that release. Again, thank you all for your help. -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j8q4s0$m0k$1...@dont-email.me

Re: Wifi with Atheros AR2414 not working

On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:50:02 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Tuesday 01 November 2011 21:01:45 Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:10:03 +0100, Celejar wrote: >> > On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:23:54 + (UTC) Sian Mountbatten >> >> Do you mean Access

Re: Wifi with Atheros AR2414 not working -- problem solved

On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:50:02 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Tuesday 01 November 2011 21:01:45 Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:10:03 +0100, Celejar wrote: >> > On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 18:23:54 + (UTC) Sian Mountbatten >> >> Do you mean Access

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > On Oct 31, 12:50 am, John Hasler wrote: >> Sian writes: >> > The drawback to a newsreader is that one has to PAY for the use of a >> > Usenet server. >> >> Not true: >> >> >>

KDE package manager

Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking for some KDE applications. The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not the world's easiest program to use. Is there a KDE package manager available? -- Sian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > Thank you for your tip. I set wlan0 as the wireless device, but wicd > still said no wireless > connection. > > I have decided to download the latest 3.0.4 stable kernel source from > www.kernel.org > and try using make-kpkg to make a new Debian package with the n

Re: KDE package manager

Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:22:14 +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> Having installed Debian/GNU wheezy onto my desktop, I am now looking for >> some KDE applications. >> >> The only package manager provided on wheezy is aptitude which is not the

Re: KDE package manager

Camaleón wrote: >>> What happened with our beloved Synaptic? :-) > >> It works, but it is in /usr/sbin so it needs root permissions. > > But of course, as it should be. > >> I've found a KDE package called packagesearch which will install and >> probably remove (but I have not tried that yet) p

wheezy update system - how?

>From time to time, my wheezy system pops up a message to the effect that I should update my system (10 packages). How do I do that? -- Sian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: h

Re: Can I insall from xp partition?

rose perry wrote: > Hello I'm trying to install debian but the debian installer from goodbye > microsoft does not work, Because my network card requires Firmware. > Nothing seems to work for me. So Im going to try and dl a cd or 2 to > > get it working, And install from XP if this is possible

Re: wheezy update system - SOLVED

Sian Mountbatten wrote: >>From time to time, my wheezy system pops up a message to the effect > that I should update my system (10 packages). How do I do that? Found it! in synaptic, reload the packages file then click on mark all upgrades. Then click on apply and the upgrade job is d

wheezy konqueror - cannot download Adobe Flashplayer

Konqueror displays the following when I try to download Ubuntu APT version --/cfusion/downloadcenter/flashplayer/otherversions/[object HTMLAnchorElement]/ java.io.FileNotFoundException: /cfusion/downloadcenter/flashplayer/otherversions/[object HTMLAnchorElement]/ at jrun.servlet.file.Fi

Re: wheezy konqueror - cannot download Adobe Flashplayer

Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:21:13 +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> Konqueror displays the following when I try to download Ubuntu APT >> version --/cfusion/downloadcenter/flashplayer/otherversions/[object >> HTMLAnchorElement]/ > > (...) > >

Re: wheezy konqueror - cannot download Adobe Flashplayer

Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 23:21 +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> Konqueror displays the following when I try to download Ubuntu APT >> version --/cfusion/downloadcenter/flashplayer/otherversions/[object >> HTMLAnchorElement]/ > > I am not

Re: Can I insall from xp partition?

Brian wrote: > On Thu 03 Nov 2011 at 17:29:57 +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> Well, I popped downstairs and asked my local computer consultant >> whether he could sell me a USB stick. He had a small one (yes, >> he said it was small) with only 4GB (which to me is

Re: squeeze on desktop with Atheros wifi - not accessing wifi

Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Tuesday 01 November 2011 12:39:15 Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> I have installed Debian squeeze on /dev/sda1, but the kernel does not >> pick up the Atheros wlan0 wifi card. >> > > Can you give the output of lspci, ifcinfig and iwconfig?

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:02:56 -0400 (EDT), Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> >> Thank you all for your helpful advice and info. >> >> I am giving up on squeeze because I get so many problems with building >> a series 3 kernel. I tried to do

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:56:46 -0700 (PDT), poenik...@operamail.com wrote > in message > <6a9c6581-5fbb-4848-9d92-81bf0dbce...@j36g2000prh.googlegroups.com>: > >> On Oct 31, 7:20 pm, "poenik...@operamail.com" >> wrote: >> > On Oct 31, 12:40 am, Stephen Powell wrote: >> > >

Re: creaing new 3.0.4 kernel in squeeze --kernel panic

poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > On Oct 30, 8:10 pm, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > I suspect that my configuration of the kernel is at fault, but where > should I start looking for problems? > > Problem solved by installing wheezy which comes with a 3.0.0 kernel. Thank you all for your time and p

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

Andrew Reid wrote: >> I've repacked linux-image-3.0.0-2-generic, wireless-crda and udev and >> have now >> discovered that I cannot install the udev package because it breaks >> package linux-base. >> So I cannot install the later kernel. >> >> It looks as though I shall have to forget using wif

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

Bob Proulx wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: >> poenik...@operamail.com wrote: >> > Robert Holtzman wrote: >> > > what NIC are you running? >> > >> > What is an NIC? >> >> Network Interface Card. You can find this by using 'lspci'. >> >> $ lspci >> >> On my machine: >> >> $ lspci | grep -i ethe

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:41:41 -0700, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > >> I installed wicd, but it gave lots of python error messages, so I purged >> it from the system. > > Mmm, good. And now what? > > I mean, you faced a problem with an application that gave you "errors" > a

Re: xboing has no sound on squeeze

Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:30:27 -0700, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: > >> What's happened to xboing? > > It seems the package is considered to be removed from Debian because it > has not been updated upstream since long time: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bu

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Saturday 29 October 2011 21:40:02 poenik...@operamail.com wrote: >> Well, I tried wicd again and now it sits in the gnome-panel but tells >> me that there is no >> network interface. >> >> I am posting this message using Ubuntu 11.10 on the same laptop as the >> Debia

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

Victor Nitu wrote: > On 10/29/2011 02:37 PM, poenik...@operamail.com wrote: >> I cannot see what else to do to get the wifi working with Debian >> squeeze. Has >> anybody got any ideas? > I would try removing the NM control over the wlan0 device, and install > wicd network manager, which, on my d

Re: Wifi with squeeze on Lenovo X61s laptop - difficulties

Bob Proulx wrote: > Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> > poenik...@operamail.com wrote: >> >> Is there any way I can get the firmware loaded once squeeze is >> >> installed so that wifi will work? >> > >> > You should be able to install using

emacs RMAIL -- help needed

I have been trying to get an email client which would access my web mail. I've tried kmail -- which simply does not retrieve the mail balsa -- which asks for an SMTP address (I don't have SMTP) and I am now using emacs23. Can anybody tell me how to configure RMAIL so that it accesses my mail s

Re: Usenet news - server required

Harry Putnam writes: > Sian Mountbatten writes: > > [...] > >>> I personally use Pan, but Thunderbird and Icedove also embedd a >>> newsreader. >>> > > Waa Wa sniffle sniffle... no one is paying the proper > attention to my suggestion

Getting mail using gnus

My gnus-init-file contains the following: == (setq user-full-name "Sian Mountbatten") (setq user-mail-address "poenik...@operamail.com") (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "nntp.aioe.org")) (setq gnus-secondary-se

Re: emacs RMAIL -- help needed

Having loaded gnus into emacs23, in the group buffer I keyed ^ and got a list of servers. Two entries caught my attention: {nnimap:Opera} (denied) {nntp:nntp.aioe.org} (opened) (agent) Why was Opera denied? Will there be a log anywhere? The *Messages* buffer contains nothing about trying to conne

Re: KDE package manager

Doug writes: > On 11/09/2011 03:33 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Jo, 03 nov 11, 10:59:43, Ken Heard wrote: >>> Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: >>> >>>> Is there a KDE package manager available? >>> >>> What happened to KDE's Kp

Re: Getting mail using gnus

Memnon Anon writes: > Sian Mountbatten writes: > >> When I issue the command M-x gnus in Emacs, some messages flash >> by in the echo area, but I do not get any mail. > > Have a look at your message buffer: *Messages* I've done that, but the only clue is the repo

Re: emacs RMAIL -- help needed

Harry Putnam writes: > Sian Mountbatten writes: > >> Having loaded gnus into emacs23, in the group buffer I keyed ^ >> and got a list of servers. Two entries caught my attention: >> >> {nnimap:Opera} (denied) >> {nntp:nntp.aioe.org} (opened) (agent) >>

Re: Getting mail using gnus

hob...@poukram.net (Rémi Letot) writes: > Sian Mountbatten writes: > > > [...] > >> When I issue the command M-x gnus in Emacs, some messages flash >> by in the echo area, but I do not get any mail. > > gnus treats imap folders as newsgroups, so you have to subs

Re: Getting mail using gnus

Memnon Anon writes: > Sian Mountbatten writes: > >> When I issue the command M-x gnus in Emacs, some messages flash >> by in the echo area, but I do not get any mail. > > Have a look at your message buffer: *Messages* No joy there. -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSU

Re: KDE package manager

Doug writes: > On 11/09/2011 03:33 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Jo, 03 nov 11, 10:59:43, Ken Heard wrote: >>> Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: >>> >>>> Is there a KDE package manager available? >>> >>> What happened to KDE's Kp

Re: Getting mail using gnus

Sian Mountbatten writes: > Memnon Anon writes: > >> Sian Mountbatten writes: >> >>> When I issue the command M-x gnus in Emacs, some messages flash >>> by in the echo area, but I do not get any mail. >> >> Have a look at your message buffer: *

Skype - how to get the microphone test

There is a way of testing one's microphone using Skype. Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted it from amongst my contacts. Does anybody know how to get it back? My microphone does not appear to be working on wheezy/KDE. -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.

Sound wheezy/KDE -- testing the microphone

Hello! I am having trouble with a microphone plugged into my soundcard. According to Kmix, the Playback Devices are set to about 55%, the Capture Devices are set to 100% and both playback and capture are shown as not muted. speaker-test shows that the right speaker is working, but not the left. Th

Re: Skype - how to get the microphone test

Brian writes: > On Tue 15 Nov 2011 at 16:15:06 +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> There is a way of testing one's microphone using Skype. Unfortunately, >> I accidentally deleted it from amongst my contacts. > > echo123 Many thanks for your prompt reply.

Re: Sound wheezy/KDE -- testing the microphone

alsamixer with F4 gives Capture all right, but it is set to 100% and still the mic does not work. -- Dr S Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/

Openoffice.org - has it been replaced by LibreOffice?

I tried using LibreOffice Writer to print a test letter which used two accented characters. What was printed was garbled rubbish. No accented letters and other letters replaced with `a's. I should like to try OpenOffice.org, but its packages all say they have been repackaged as LibreOffice. So wha

Re: Sound wheezy/KDE -- testing the microphone

Curt writes: > On 2011-11-16, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> alsamixer with F4 gives Capture all right, but it is set to 100% and >> still the mic does not work. > > Well, if you don't see any input sources to select, then you're cooked, > because you must Capture

Re: Openoffice.org - has it been replaced by LibreOffice?

Andrei Popescu writes: > On Mi, 16 nov 11, 17:37:52, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> I tried using LibreOffice Writer to print a test letter which used >> two accented characters. What was printed was garbled rubbish. No >> accented letters and other letters replaced with `a'

Re: Sound wheezy/KDE -- testing the microphone

"Selim T. Erdogan" writes: > Sian Mountbatten, 16.11.2011: >> Curt writes: >> >> > On 2011-11-16, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> >> alsamixer with F4 gives Capture all right, but it is set to 100% and >> >> still the mic does not work. &g

Re: Sound wheezy/KDE -- testing the microphone

I plugged the microphone into my laptop, ran alsamixer and made sure that the capture device was not muted and set to a reasonable figure (using alsamixer) and then issued the command arecord -V mono test.wav which gave sound file which when played with aplay test.wav, reproduced the input from the

Creative Audigy sound card on Debian

I've just bought a Creative Audigy sound card and I have discovered that the manual is stored in proprietary files for MS Windows (Vista and XP), so the Creative CD-ROM is no use to me. Could anybody tell me what the sockets on the Audigy are for? They are:- - light blue - light green - b

Re: Creative Audigy sound card on Debian

Pete Orrall writes: > On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 11:16 +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> I've just bought a Creative Audigy sound card and I have discovered >> that the manual is stored in proprietary files for MS Windows (Vista >> and XP), so the Creative CD-ROM is no use

Re: Creative Audigy sound card on Debian

Darac Marjal writes: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:16:34AM +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> I've just bought a Creative Audigy sound card and I have discovered >> that the manual is stored in proprietary files for MS Windows (Vista >> and XP), so the Creative CD-ROM is

Re: Creative Audigy sound card on Debian

Dom writes: > On 22/11/11 11:16, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> I've just bought a Creative Audigy sound card and I have discovered >> that the manual is stored in proprietary files for MS Windows (Vista >> and XP), so the Creative CD-ROM is no use to me. >> >>

Re: makeinfo - which package?

Wayne Topa wrote: > On 12/26/2011 01:18 PM, Dr Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> Does anybody know in which package the program makeinfo can be found? >> >> Regards > > $ which makeinfo > /usr/bin/makeinfo > dpkg -S /usr/bin/makeinfo > texinfo: /usr/bin/makeinfo Tha

Openbox window manager

. It's openbox which has to be altered. Has anybody any idea of how to stop openbox having this behaviour? Sincerely -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listma

Re: Openbox window manager

e machine off last night and switching it on this morning, something seems to have happened. The A-F behaviour has gone. Thank you for your help. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: Openbox window manager

Tony Baldwin wrote: > On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 10:07:06PM +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > I find that exceedingly odd. > I am using openbox on squeeze. > All I did was change the keybindings in ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml > and Alt-F4 does nothing here. > > I've pas

Debian menu in the KDE launcher

menu when I press the launcher button. Anybody else had similar experiences? And what can be done about it? Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Debian menu in the KDE launcher

Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:29:55 +0000, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> When I invoke the editor for the launcher menu, the Debian sub-menu is >> missing. > > What Debian release (or KDE version)? siduction distribution (based on sid/unstable) KDE version 4

Flash plugin not producing sound

Hello All I have the flashplugin-nonfree package installed on my system (version 1:2.8.3) so I can get the video clips working in my browser. Unfortunately, I am not getting any sound. The video clips without sound are not much use. So what do I do to get sound working? I have two sound card

Re: Flash plugin not producing sound

Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:01:02 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Hello All I have the flashplugin-nonfree package installed on my system (version 1:2.8.3) That suggests that you are on Wheezy (testing) or Sid (unstable); which one is it exactly? Is it fully up-to-date

Setting the compose key without KDE

ITH BREVE : "ŭ" U016D # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH BREVE My Newsgroup composer has autofilled such that the comments are wrapped onto the following line, but you can see what is supposed to happen. Any help will be appreciated. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 6

Re: Setting the compose key without KDE

what am I doing wrong? -- Sian Mountbatten On 19.02.2012 16:28, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Dear All I have expunged KDE from my computer and am using xdm and fvwm as display manager and window manager respectively. Under KDE, I had a Compose key (Multi-key?) which enabled me to produce characte

Re: Setting the compose key without KDE

only one that doesn't work is h with a circumflex, but it's rarely used in Esperanto. And capital letters: Ĉ Ĝ Ĥ Ĵ Ŝ Ŭ. Nearly alright now. What a relief. It just shows that KDE is not indispensible. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ..

New computer planned

ink that a new computer is one new year gift I could do with. I shall be interested to hear what people suggest. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact li

ISO for wheezy

Dear All Can anybody point me to a site where I can download an ISO for wheezy? Any help appreciated. Regards -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arc

Re: ISO for wheezy

Bob Proulx wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote: Can anybody point me to a site where I can download an ISO for wheezy? First go to: http://www.debian.org/ Many thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: New computer planned

e development system I use. The site is in my signature. Thanks for all your comments. -- Sian Mountbatten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji17hm$7h2$1...@speranza.aioe.org

Re: New computer planned

Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 21 feb 12, 22:58:03, Sian Mountbatten wrote: It will have Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz Socket LGA1155, MSI Z68S REV B3 motherboard, 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 256MB PCI-Express graphics, an SSD OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA instead of a hard

Nepomuk

o. Do I have to exit from KDE and use another desktop? Regards -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ji3us2$3a8$1...@speranza.aioe.org

Two sound cards. How to make the CA0106 the default.

Does anybody know how I can make the CA0106 card on my m/c the default sound card? At the moment, card 0 is the Intel ICH5. I know it's something to do with modprobe. Removing the two kernel modules and then entering the CA0106 module as card 0. Does anybody know the details? --

Re: Two sound cards. How to make the CA0106 the default.

On 02/23/2012 12:10 PM, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Does anybody know how I can make the CA0106 card on my m/c the default sound card? At the moment, card 0 is the Intel ICH5. I know it's something to do with modprobe. Removing the two kernel modules and then entering the CA0106 module as c

Re: Flash plugin not producing sound

On 02/19/2012 03:20 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 14:07:02 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: That all looks OK; the problem with flashplayer is that it blindly uses alsa card 0 to play its sound, regardless of how you configured your desktop environment and/or pulseaudio

Re: Nepomuk

On 23/02/12 02:40, Andrew Reid wrote: I didn't ask for it and I don't want it. So why do we have to have it? It hogs the CPU and has an enormous database. I certainly do not have enough file to justify a 60Mb database. Is it possible to stop it from working in KDE? And what about nepomuk? I'd li

Re: Nepomuk

On 24/02/12 20:00, baldyeti wrote: Not in my version of System Settings. No such thing as Advanced. On this here mepis system (kde 4.5.3), "desktop search" is under "workspace appearance & behaviour" K->Settings->System Settings->Desktop Search Switched Nepomuk off. At last. Many thanks fo

when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set to the HOME directory? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Two sound cards. SOLVED

On 24/02/12 02:30, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 12:47 +, Brian wrote: On Thu 23 Feb 2012 at 11:42:59 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Does anybody know how I can make the CA0106 card on my m/c the default sound card? At the moment, card 0 is the Intel ICH5. I know it&#

DVD will not play

Hi All! Recently, I bought a DVD from Amazon entitled "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines". I've loaded it into a DVD drive and tried to action it. No matter which program, I use, the damn thing won't work. I even tried loading up Windows 7, but Windows Media Center wouldn't read

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

On 26/02/12 17:30, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:59:16 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set to the HOME directory? Weird... are you running

Re: DVD will not play SOLVED!

for your help. I set the videolan repository into my /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list, which enabled me to get the most uptodate version of vlc and libdvdcss2. And now I've been able to see the film. Verily, linux.debian.user is a useful News group. TVM indeed. -- Sian Mountbatten Alg

Re: New computer planned. Now: New computer delivered.

. Anyone know how to get Wifi working for this Wifi card? The mini-CD provided with the board has drivers for Windoze only. So my desktop, which is whisper quiet, is just sitting not being used because of the lack of a driver for the Wifi card. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist --

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

On 26/02/12 21:30, Bob Proulx wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote: I'm running KDE on a siduction distribution. Konsole starts in $HOME. Xterms started from the KDE Launcher->System->Uxterm or Xterm start in ~/Documents. There's nothing in the environment which mentions ~/Documents. I

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

On 27/02/12 17:00, Keith McKenzie wrote: On 27/02/12 16:15, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:46:38 -0500, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:37:46 -0500, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: Have you tried wit

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

On 27/02/12 17:40, Tom H wrote: Mmm, no dice? Okay, there has to be a way to run xterm with the X server running but no KDE env in place... Maybe from a remote ssh session. Yes, you're right. You could use "ssh -Y ...; echo $DISPLAY; export DISPLAY=...; xterm" but I'd make sure that KDM/KDE

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

On 27/02/12 17:50, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alberto Fuentes wrote: On 25/02/12 02:59, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set to the

Free movies on the Internet -- download scams

Hi All! It occurred to me that there might be free movies to download. So I did a web search with Google and got lots of sites; but there's a catch! You have to register (for free). So I give my email address and a password and discover that that email address is already used. Well, nobody els

Audiobooks

package which will play an audiobook. A search with apt-cache gives yatm, but, after installing it, I tried it one of the files and it merely produced horrible sounds. Certainly nothing intelligible. So are audiobooks only for Windoze or MacOS? Has anybody any suggestions? -- Sian Mountbatten

VLC froze twice: so reboot

the siduction distribution which is based on Debian unstable. Anybody else had freeze problems with VLC? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.or

Re: VLC froze twice: so reboot

On 01/03/12 17:50, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: 01/03/2012 18:01, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Hello All! I started to watch a DVD last night with VLC when the screen froze. Nothing would work, neither the mouse nor the keyboard. I did a H/W reset and rebooted the OS and VLC. I set the film to

Kshisen taking at least 5 seconds for each move

n 3% CPU time is this one (icedove). I'm running top and it is taking 0.3% of the CPU, X0rg takes 0.3%, the load average is 0.03 and yet kshisen refuses to run fast. What do I have to do to get it to run at normal speed without pauses? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Kshisen taking at least 5 seconds for each move

On 02/03/12 17:10, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Hi All! I have an i5-2400 running at 3.10GHz, which is a 4-core processor. I have 8GB 1600MHz RAM, a 120GB SSD and when I play kshisen, I have to wait at least 5 seconds for the game to remove a pair of tiles. It wasn't always like this. Th

Compiling non-Debian package (amaya) OpenGL libraries required

Hi All! Does anybody know which package provides OpenGL libraries for development? I am using the siduction distribution which is based on Debian sid. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

Re: Compiling non-Debian package (amaya) OpenGL libraries required

On 06/03/12 15:40, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:15:45 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Does anybody know which package provides OpenGL libraries for development? I am using the siduction distribution which is based on Debian sid. http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/AmayaWX.html#What THT

Desktop icons in KDE 4.7.4

The desktop icons have disappeared. What do I have to do to get them back again? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arc

Re: Desktop icons in KDE 4.7.4

On 07/03/12 17:10, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:02:16 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: The desktop icons have disappeared. What do I have to do to get them back again? Did they leave a note or something? Now seriously, did you change the desktop layout or the path where folder view

Timing a process

Hello All, AFAIK, there is a command which says how long a process takes to complete. Its invoked with the command to be timed as an argument. Does anybody know what it is? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Menu program in KDE?

Hello All Which program is responsible for displaying the launcher menu in KDE (version 4.7.2)? Surely, the lack of a Debian entry in the Launcher menu is the fault of that program, rather than kmenuedit which now appeaars to be working. -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 Specialist -- To

Make not installing man pages

stall) -g root -o root" MANDIR is defined in the toplevel Makefile as $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man1 where DESTDIR is provided by the package maker (the dh scripts). What do I have to do to get the manpages installed? Everything else gets installed properly. It's just these two files.

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