[OT]Yahoo mail

2003-02-20 Thread Sridhar M.A.
at boot-up. I then sent an e-mail to yahoo helpdesk. I have not received even an acknowledgement from them so far. Has anyone else faced this sort of problem? I would like to clear my Inbox so that I do not run out of space. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. The only disadvantage I see is that it

Themes

2003-02-25 Thread Sridhar M.A.
nautilus2 to use it? I was using kov's gnome2.0 packages on woody/sarge. Compared to gnome2.0, gnome2.2 is a vast improvement. Kudos to the developers. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Insanity is the final defense ... It's hard to get a refund when the salesman is sniffing your crotch and bay

Re: Phoenix with java ..

2003-02-28 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ll. BTW, are you able to use java plugin with other browsers like galeon, mozilla, konqueror? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Phoenix with java ..

2003-02-28 Thread Sridhar M.A.
; login -> inbox -> delete. It just says, multiple connection limit reached, blah, blah. Galeon, etc. do not have this issue. YMMV. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. A shy teenage boy finally worked up the nerve to give a gift to Madonna, a young puppy. It hitched its waggin' to

Re: Phoenix with java ..

2003-03-01 Thread Sridhar M.A.
t; Do not know about the phoenix deb, but got my j2sdk1.3 debs from below: # Blackdown Java from metalab deb http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian/ woody non-free Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In th

Re: rox filer package

2003-03-06 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 10:15:33AM +0100, Francois Chenais wrote: > >I can't find rox deb package. Is there any "non official" server ? > Add this tour apt/sources.list: deb http://users.stone.pl/szczepan/ apt/ Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. When Go

Re: XMMS and CD Audio Broken

2003-03-08 Thread Sridhar M.A.
you have a kernel without ide-scsi support, try xmms under that. You might succeed in playing audio cd's off that drive. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. To see you is to sympathize. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mount problems

2003-03-10 Thread Sridhar M.A.
execute permission for group and others. I tried mounting with a different gid value, but could not succeed in mounting /dosd as rwxr-xr-x. How can I get that behaviour? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Q: Why do ducks have big flat feet? A: To stamp out forest fires. Q: Why do elephants

Re: newbie mutt questions

2003-03-11 Thread Sridhar M.A.
gging (use 't') and then ';C'. It prompts for the name of the folder. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Goto, n.: A programming tool that exists to allow structured programmers to complain about unstructured programmers. -- Ray Simard -- To UNSUBSCR

gcc 3.2 and kernel 2.4.20

2003-03-20 Thread Sridhar M.A.
testing :-) Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us. -- R. Burns -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Kernel 2.6 and framebuffer

2003-10-24 Thread Sridhar M.A.
? I checked the config files of both the kernels for the selected options. They are identical. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Give your child mental blocks for Christmas. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Insidious Spam/swen/Garbage

2003-10-25 Thread Sridhar M.A.
works in both interactive and non-interactive mode. Search for it on freshmeat/google. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Give him an evasive answer. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Simple little basic config questions

2003-10-26 Thread Sridhar M.A.
installs (x/g/k)dm and does use intend to use it, removing it is the best option. But, if your server is not properly configured and you intend to try something else, booting into (x/g/k)dm should be temporarily disabled. I generally do not manually create/remove symlinks in rd?.d. I just do

Re: Kernel 2.6 and framebuffer

2003-10-27 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 02:35:08AM -0400, Stephen Cormier wrote: > > I had the same problem and I think it is the CONFIG_FB_VGA16=y that is > the cause but I am not positive... Well I am now :-) Thanks for the tip. It is working now. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Ignorance

Re: Has SWEN finally died?

2003-10-29 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ail servers are blcoking these. I am happy that I am getting only about 10-15 per day down from ~200/day. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. I'm a gnus person myself. It's an editor! It's a floorwax! It's a dessert topping! pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: 2.6 kernel on sarge?

2003-11-05 Thread Sridhar M.A.
g did that take? > Straight out of the box. No problems were there. Get the module-init-tools for loading the modules. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A.GPG KeyID : F0225B2C Fingerprint: F7CC 61A8 C6C1 D29C 2863 4E20 8A78 A19D F022 Rainy days and automatic weapons a

Re: Can't start X with Nvidia [solved]

2003-01-19 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ll. X started just fine. Finally, I could play tuxracer :-D Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. The reason that every major university maintains a department of mathematics is that it's cheaper than institutionalizing all those people. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Lilo and vga=791

2003-01-20 Thread Sridhar M.A.
n the command line. FWIW, I am running sarge and the lilo version is 1:22.3.3-2. Has anyone faced something similar? Given a chance, I would like to use grub, but I _cannot_ with my present motherboard :-( Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. It was all so different before everything changed. -- To U

Re: Lilo and vga=791

2003-01-20 Thread Sridhar M.A.
statement and it is working fine. Thanks everybody, -- Sridhar M.A. "Live or die, I'll make a million." -- Reebus Kneebus, before his jump to the center of the earth, Firesign Theater -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to change start up screen resolution for X?

2003-01-20 Thread Sridhar M.A.
24x768 with interlace option earlier. X 4.x no longer supports that. On such machines running woody, I just installed X 3.3.6 and I could get 1024x768. Of course, with the flicker, etc. headache is assured :-) Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Let us be charitable, and call it a misleading feature :-) -- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Lilo and vga=791

2003-01-21 Thread Sridhar M.A.
the info. I will try upgrading grub and comeback. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. The wages of sin are high but you get your money's worth. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Lilo and vga=791

2003-01-21 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 05:04:09PM +, T. Beauregard wrote: > Is this the memory error that GrUB 0.91 gives? This is resolved in 0.93. > It works. Thanks, -- Sridhar M.A. She often gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it). -- Lewis C

Re: Window Managers

2003-01-25 Thread Sridhar M.A.
so you could roll your own or spend time looking > for someone else's script). > apt-get install selectwm Add exec selectwm to ~/.xinitrc. You get a menu of all the window managers installed on your system. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. mophobia, n.: Fear of being verbally ab

Checkinstall problems

2003-01-26 Thread Sridhar M.A.
including even the source files in the deb package. I could not find anything in the manual, like a switch to disable that feature, which would prevent source from being included in the deb package. Has anyone else overcome this problem? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Today is the first day of the rest

Cdrecord and audio cd

2003-01-27 Thread Sridhar M.A.
players do? Have I missed some module/switch/incantaion that needs to be loaded/given/chanted? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. New Year's Eve is the time of year when a man most feels his age, and his wife most often reminds him to act it. -- Webster's Unafraid Dictionar

Re: Cdrecord and audio cd

2003-01-29 Thread Sridhar M.A.
won't > work. Maybe try some other player? > The cd does not spin. CD channel is unmuted. I can play other audio cd's. No, I am not attempting to mount an audio cd. All cd players under linux gave me the same error. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. After they got rid of capital p

Re: Cdrecord and audio cd

2003-01-29 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ecord, linux programs do not recognize this. I have done this before and never came across this problem. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. : But for some things, Perl just isn't the optimal choice. (yet) :-) -- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Cdrecord and audio cd [solved]

2003-01-30 Thread Sridhar M.A.
file, restared alsa. I got back the sound. As a consequence (or so I think), I am able to play the audio cd with both cdplay and gcd, but not xmms. Even cdparanoia rips the tracks. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. God created a few perfect heads. The rest he covered with hair. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: LaTex editor

2003-02-01 Thread Sridhar M.A.
* OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 * SANE 1.0.9 * SpamAssassin 2.43 * Webmin 1.050 * Wine 20030115 * XFree86 4.2.1 So, you can have the latest lyx even for woody. Grab it from from http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/packages Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Yield to

Doubt about page faults

2003-02-06 Thread Sridhar M.A.
Exit status: 0 Should I be worried about them? Sorry if this is trivial. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. The hope that springs eternal Springs right up your behind. -- Ian Drury, "This Is What We Find" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Vim error

2003-02-06 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ern Hit ENTER or type command to continue After that, the help.txt.gz file is opened and I see non-readable characters on my screen. I purged and reinstalled vim, still the same problem. I also moved my .vim/ out of the way in vain. Can someone suggest a solution for this? Regards, -- Sridhar

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-09-07 Thread Sridhar M.A.
anged. Even apt-cache policy console-common showed the new version as the installation candidate. But apt-get upgrade did not pull it in. So, I just removed console-tools using apt-get remove. Then did apt-get -t testing install console-tools which solved this particular problem. Regards, -- Sri

Re: Equation system resolver

2003-09-18 Thread Sridhar M.A.
olutions. If the OP is interested in symbolic algebra, then these aresome of the things he can try: 1. Maxima: GPL'ed s/w. Available in debian main 2. Yacas: ibid. 3. MuPAD: Free for personal use; binary only. Available at http://www.mupad.de or http://www.sciface.com

Vim and folding

2003-09-25 Thread Sridhar M.A.
nd of file are not being read and/or honoured. My question is, why this sudden change in the behaviour of vim settings given at the end of a file? Can I get back the earlier behaviour? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. doogie: you sound highly unstable :-) jgoerzen - he is. * doogie bops Kng

Re: Debian Desktop for a Joe Average

2003-09-27 Thread Sridhar M.A.
from a 40MB download to approx. 700MB download. Take your pick at http://morphix.sourceforge.net Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Life is the living you do, Death is the living you don't do. -- Joseph Pintauro -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Jpg's to mpg

2003-09-28 Thread Sridhar M.A.
"%i" "%o") [No such file or directory]. A search on debian.org/distrib/packages did not reveal any package containing the file mpeg2encode. Where can I find one? Or is this a bug in convert/imagemagick? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. I told my kids, "Someday, you'll have kids

gv segfaulting

2003-10-02 Thread Sridhar M.A.
stion to get it working again. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas l'Informatique. -- Bosquet [on seeing the IBM 4341] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gv segfaulting

2003-10-02 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 04:07:25PM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote: > > Asbj?rn S?b? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-02 16:03]: > > > > > On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 02:33:04PM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote: > > > > Sridhar M.A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10

Re: gv segfaulting

2003-10-02 Thread Sridhar M.A.
Did that and gv is working fine. Pity I did this after I filed a bug report :-( Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. I am a conscientious man, when I throw rocks at seabirds I leave no tern unstoned. -- Ogden Nash, "Everybody's Mind to Me a Kingdom Is" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Suggestions for Organization's documents

2003-10-08 Thread Sridhar M.A.
Personally the best thing for writing LaTeX docs is vim/emacs :-) Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. > Ok, I see you know what you're doing :-) Either that or I've gotten pretty good at faking it. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Suggestions for Organization's documents

2003-10-09 Thread Sridhar M.A.
+ auctex is good too... > If you are not averse to it, try vim + latexsuite. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Deflector shields just came on, Captain. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Question about LaTeX...

2003-10-14 Thread Sridhar M.A.
this helps, > After putting those files in there, don't forget to run texhash as root. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. The best thing about being bald is, that, when unexpected company arrives, all you have to do is straighten your tie. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Question about LaTeX...

2003-10-15 Thread Sridhar M.A.
in a place which needs to be globally accessible. In such a case, I would put it in a directory under the TeX tree and run texhash. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Stamp out organized crime!! Abolish the IRS. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: point and click with latex

2002-10-05 Thread Sridhar M.A.
nd puts you on that line. If gvim is already running, the file is opened in that session itself. HTH, Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Dawn, n.: The time when men of reason go to bed. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Best plotting software?

2002-10-16 Thread Sridhar M.A.
e), in PostScript suitable for printing (gri-ps-doc package) and on-line by following links from the gri home page: http://gri.sourceforge.net/ Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Quantum Mechanics is God's version of "Trust me." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: electronic CAD software?

2002-11-25 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ething that I can lay out schematics (circuit diagrams) > with, that can then generate netlists for SPICE. > Have you tried xcircuit? It is available in debian. Just apt-get it. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Anarchy may not be a better form of government, but it's better than no government

VIA8233 audio

2002-11-28 Thread Sridhar M.A.
there. If it helps, I am running kernel 2.4.19. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Why is it taking so long for her to bring out all the good in you? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: VIA8233 audio

2002-11-30 Thread Sridhar M.A.
Flag and Suse, but not debian :-( Any other thing that I might have overlooked? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. A friend of mine has a barcode on his arm. He rings up as a $.35 pack of JuicyFruit. -- Seen on Slashdot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

Re: 2.4.19 kernel with Woody WAS:Re: TV output, and my new project

2002-11-30 Thread Sridhar M.A.
e package from testing and compile and > install on woody. Works great. > If you do not want compile your own, get it from: http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/packages/ Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. .net is microsofts perverted version of a java networked environment uglified fo

Re: how to let linux(2.2.18) read the cd-rw-disk formatted in xp

2002-12-03 Thread Sridhar M.A.
n you say yes to the option of making the cd readable on "other" systems. As a bonus, we can also disable completely fixing the cd, thus making it "rewritable". HTH, Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendou

openoffice on testing

2002-12-08 Thread Sridhar M.A.
/program $ (LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. strace setup.bin 2>&1) | grep open | grep .ttf | tail $ So, I suspect there is nor problem with the font(s). I could not find other pointers to correct this problem. What is to be done to get this thing running again? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. I was

Re: openoffice on testing

2002-12-09 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ed even with xcircuit. Changing to wmaker solved the problem. > - You do not have the English or German langpack installed, and your LANG > environment is set to a different language to the language pack that you > installed. > What is the package that provides this? R

Re: openoffice on testing

2002-12-09 Thread Sridhar M.A.
rg-l10n-en > Sorry for not making myself clear. I have the above package installed. Since you mentioned langpack, I thought it was different package that should be installed. Just curious, which program is faulty here: fluxbox/openoffice? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Give all orders verb

Compiling gsview

2002-12-10 Thread Sridhar M.A.
mpile gsview? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. You're never too old to become younger. -- Mae West -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Compiling gsview

2002-12-11 Thread Sridhar M.A.
program should not have compiled if it could not find libgs.so. But the doc clearly says that the *nix port of gsview is written by a newbie and the usual disclaimers apply, blah, blah. :-( If you have any luck, let us know. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Style may not be the answer, but at least it&#

AA fonts and galeon

2003-08-07 Thread Sridhar M.A.
I am currently using galeon from the unstable branch. Gnome is also from the unstable branch. Mozilla-firebird renders the text in aa fonts, but galeon does not. How can I set anti-aliasing in galeon? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. boy, n: A noise with dirt on it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: cdrecord suddenly doesn't allow burning

2003-08-10 Thread Sridhar M.A.
;; > esac > > You can fiddle with the permissions of cdrecord.* > > On my system, everything works if I chmod +r /usr/bin/cdrecord > Do it the debian way. Add yourself to the cdrom group. /dev/scd0 has root.cdrom as owner. That will solve the OP's problem. Regard

Re: AA fonts and galeon

2003-08-14 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 09:45:58PM -0400, James Strandboge wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 21:19, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > > I am currently using galeon from the unstable branch. Gnome is also from > > the unstable branch. > > > > Mozilla-firebird render

tetex and src-specials

2003-08-20 Thread Sridhar M.A.
window telling that no src-specials were included in the file. But, when I rul latex --src-specials=par filename, I have no problem in getting the file opened in vim and cursor positioned properly. Is there some other thing that needs to be set to include src-specials by default? -- Sridhar

Kernel 2.6

2003-09-01 Thread Sridhar M.A.
fter which /etc/init.d/networking start sets up everything correctly. As before, this does not happen in 2.4.22. I do not want to do this every time. How do I automate this as in 2.4.22? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Never let your schooling interfere with your education

Re: Kernel 2.6

2003-09-01 Thread Sridhar M.A.
defined' anywhere for the kernel to know about it? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. I am a traffic light, and Alan Ginzberg kidnapped my laundry in 1927! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel 2.6

2003-09-01 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 10:09:32AM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote: > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 06:34:21AM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > > > >2. In /etc/modutils, I have an alias for my nic as > > alias eth0 8139too > > > Roughly speaking, wha

Re: Cd manufactor

2003-09-03 Thread Sridhar M.A.
stamped on the media. > > Interesting, I did not know that. Thanks. As per the help page, -verbose,-v increment general verbose level by one But, you can use this to get all the necessary info, including the quality, of the media: cdrecord -atip Regards, --

Compiling xcircuit

2003-04-02 Thread Sridhar M.A.
o `xcinterp' follow collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [xcircuit] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mas/software/tmp/xcircuit-3.1.10' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 I could not find files xcinterp or consoleinterp. Checked the same at packages.debian.org with nul

Re: Compiling xcircuit

2003-04-03 Thread Sridhar M.A.
e files. It somehow does not check and get them. > Good luck... I need it :-) Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. MIT: The Georgia Tech of the North -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

apt-get problems

2003-06-02 Thread Sridhar M.A.
download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. brahman:~# exit Script done on Sun 01 Jun 2003 09:37:28 PM IST === Ends here === But, I can go to these locations using elinks/galeon/lftp/etc. Is there something that I am missing? Regards, -- Sridhar

Kernel compile fails

2002-12-12 Thread Sridhar M.A.
nyone else faced the same/similar problem? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. what do you get when someone cracks your debian machine ? mashed potato... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel compile fails

2002-12-13 Thread Sridhar M.A.
n to try out different things is to get my vt8233 sound working (it is on-board). Searching the alsa archives also did not throw up any solutions or problem areas to look into. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. A psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks you for

Changing font size in galeon menu

2003-01-01 Thread Sridhar M.A.
Hi, I would like to know how does one change the size of the menu font in galeon and other gnome apps like gaim, etc. They are too tiny for my taste. My current setup is `testing' running gnome2. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Tonight you will pay the wages of sin; Don't forget to l

Re: avi, mpeg

2003-01-04 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ollowing line to your apt/sources.list deb http://marillat.free.fr/ testing main Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. There's no such thing as a free lunch. -- Milton Friendman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Nautilus barfs

2003-01-13 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 06:43:19AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 08:46:19AM -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > Don't use Nautilus. It's a bloated piece of crap. > > What do you suggest as an alternative? > Have you tried

Can't start X with Nvidia

2003-01-18 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ed. The FAQ mentions this might be due to kernel mismatch. But, I redid everything a couple of times and checked the links, etc. All seem to be correct. Can someone help me to get X running on this machine? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can't start X with Nvidia

2003-01-18 Thread Sridhar M.A.
t; > Option "NvAGP" "n" > > in your device section of the XFConfig-4 file > > where n is 1,2 or 3 which stands for linux driver, nvidia driver, > auto (I may be wrong about the order though). > It defaults to 3 which is auto. Regards,

Re: Screen blanking on logout

2002-09-09 Thread Sridhar M.A.
een is cleared and whatever is in issue comes on screen. I am attaching my /etc/issue. Try that. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Save gas, don't use the shell.  ___ _,met$gg.  ,g$$$

KDE3 on sarge

2002-09-26 Thread Sridhar M.A.
Hi, I am trying to install kde3 on my debian machine which is currently running sarge. As per the docs, I did the following: 1. apt-get --purge remove kde* 2. Included deb http://people.debian.org/~schoepf/kde3/woody ./ in my sources.list 3.

Re: Viewing avi files

2002-10-02 Thread Sridhar M.A.
s easier along with the recommended packages. Performancewise, on my celeron 400 machine, it outperforms xine. Maybe on a very fast machine, xine and mplayer perform identically. Mplayer shines even on a lower end machine. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier.

Gnome2 in woody

2002-10-04 Thread Sridhar M.A.
trol-center. How does one do it? Does not the ~/.xsession rote work anymore in gnome2? Any pointers to get this thing working properly? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Well, the handwriting is on the floor. -- Joe E. Lewis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: CTRL+ALT+Backspace will kill the X-server

2003-11-21 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ate-rc.d -f xdm remove After you get back the monitor, # update-rc.d xdm defaults Regards, -- Sridhar M.A.GPG KeyID : F0225B2C Fingerprint: F7CC 61A8 C6C1 D29C 2863 4E20 8A78 A19D F022 I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It

Woody on Sparc

2003-11-25 Thread Sridhar M.A.
anyone on the list is using such a machine with Woody and has got X running on it, can he/she post the instructions? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A.GPG KeyID : F0225B2C Fingerprint: F7CC 61A8 C6C1 D29C 2863 4E20 8A78 A19D F022 Money is a powerful aphrodisiac. But

Re: Gimp 1.3 and the latest GAIM

2003-12-17 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ndidate: 1:0.72-1 Version Table: *** 1:0.72-1 0 95 http://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:0.64-3 0 900 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main Packages Yes, gaim is lagging behind. But, gimp is up to date. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A.

Re: processing data for gnuplot

2003-12-17 Thread Sridhar M.A.
I have to > > process this data somewhat further to obtain a second data file with > > three columns: m2, tan alpha-low, tan alpha-high. > > Gnuplot itself can handle these things: I just copied your data into a file test.dat, ran gnuplot and issued this command:

Re: Gimp 1.3 and the latest GAIM

2003-12-17 Thread Sridhar M.A.
a=stable Pin-Priority: 200 Package: * Pin: release a=woody Pin-Priority: 200 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 95 HTH, Regards, -- Sridhar M.A.GPG KeyID : F0225B2C Fingerprint: F7CC 61A8 C6C1 D29C 2863 4E20 8A78 A19D F022 "Life, loathe it

Re: xtree for Linux

2003-12-17 Thread Sridhar M.A.
> > I did not know about that one, but I did not find a download for Linux, > only NT and OS/2. > If mc like functionality and X interface are required, I would suggest emelfm. Just apt-get it. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A.GPG KeyID : F0225B2C Fingerprint: F7CC 61A8 C6C1 D29C 2863 4E20 8A78 A19D F022 Best of all is never to have been born. Second best is to die soon. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: mutt + squirrelmail

2004-11-19 Thread Sridhar M.A.
, it is difficult to > scroll back to correct the problem because it skips the > messages marked for deletion. > 'J' and 'K' will take the cursor even on to the deleted messages. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID

Re: Sarge questions on aptitude and GRUB

2004-11-19 Thread Sridhar M.A.
nel it updates grub's menu.lst automatically. > Is it? On my machine, it has not done that. I use make-kpkg to build my own kernels. It has never touched my /boot/grub/menus.lst for putting any entry. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID : F6A35935 Fingerpr

Re: framebuffer in 2.6.9, anybody got it working?

2004-11-19 Thread Sridhar M.A.
NT_MINI_4x6 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_SUN8x16 is not set # CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22 is not set # # Logo configuration # CONFIG_LOGO=y # CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO is not set # CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16 is not set CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y Regards, -- Sridhar M.A.

Re: framebuffer in 2.6.9, anybody got it working?

2004-11-20 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 09:59:48AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Sridhar M.A. wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 03:55:23PM -0500, H. S. wrote: > > > I have been trying to get frambuffer bootup work in 2.6.9 without > > > success so far.

Re: mutt pop configuration

2004-11-25 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ur Gmail password > Typing 'c' will pop up a message of change mailbox and there you can try this: pops://[EMAIL PROTECTED] It will ask for your password. I do not know whether the outgoing mail server can be configured via mutt. HTH, Regards, -- Sridhar M.A.

Re: how does mutt send?

2004-11-28 Thread Sridhar M.A.
Esc-f, will prompt you for the new from address which overrides whatever is in /etc/email-addresses (w.r.t. exim) Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID : F6A35935 Fingerprint: D172 22C4 7CDC D9CD 62B5 55C1 2A69 D5D8 F6A3 5935 It is impossible to defend perfectly

Re: how does mutt send?

2004-11-29 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ne does not want a full MTA installed, I'd say that msmtp is the way to > go. Quite impressed by its versatility. > Had not heard about it till now. Will have a look at it. But my needs are very modest, at best. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID :

Re: how does mutt send?

2004-11-30 Thread Sridhar M.A.
AUTH. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID : F6A35935 Fingerprint: D172 22C4 7CDC D9CD 62B5 55C1 2A69 D5D8 F6A3 5935 The hope that springs eternal Springs right up your behind. -- Ian Drury, "This Is What We Find" signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: M$ USB-key

2004-12-04 Thread Sridhar M.A.
d to be formatted under Linux using mkfs.vfat or mkfs.msdos. I went with the latter and till date have no problems. Possible solution for your stick: Try cfdisk /dev/sda If your system can recognise it, then follow the above procedure of creating a partition and formatt

Re: new to debian -- a few questions

2004-12-08 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ome-session gnome-session: Installed: 2.8.1-3 Candidate: 2.8.1-3 Version Table: 2.8.1-4 0 95 http://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages *** 2.8.1-3 0 900 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Regards,

Re: udev and gnome-volume-manager not working in Sarge

2004-12-13 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ernel as well, but it doesn't work > there even. Any idea what I am missing here? > I am using usbmount (not in debian, but available) package. It neatly mounts the device under /media/usb[0-7]. It is working very well on all my sarge machines. Why not give it a try? Regards, --

/dev/lp0 getting deleted

2004-12-16 Thread Sridhar M.A.
:-( How do I set this right? None of my other machines (~4) exhibit this behaviour. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID : F6A35935 Fingerprint: D172 22C4 7CDC D9CD 62B5 55C1 2A69 D5D8 F6A3 5935 Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. signature.asc Description

Re: xv

2004-12-17 Thread Sridhar M.A.
'Xv' > realized that the resizing was for viewing purposes only. Very annoying. > I personally would recommend qiv. A wonderful tool for viewing images. Just apt-get it and you will, probably, never worry about xv :-) Regards, -- Sridhar M.A.

Re: xv

2004-12-17 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 08:20:40PM -0500, William Ballard wrote: > On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 06:39:48AM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > > I personally would recommend qiv. A wonderful tool for viewing images. > > Just apt-get it and you will, probably, never worry about xv :

Re: Sarge Betting Pool

2004-12-17 Thread Sridhar M.A.
his bday gift. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID : F6A35935 Fingerprint: D172 22C4 7CDC D9CD 62B5 55C1 2A69 D5D8 F6A3 5935 The life of a repo man is always intense. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Knoppix & Swap

2004-12-11 Thread Sridhar M.A.
-a > swapon: /dev/hda2: Argument invalide > > Any ideas? > Have you run mkswap /dev/hda2? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID : F6A35935 Fingerprint: D172 22C4 7CDC D9CD 62B5 55C1 2A69 D5D8 F6A3 5935 My haircut is totally traditiona

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Sridhar M.A.
ne know of an active > floppy based firewall (Linux or *BSD)? > If you have a cd drive, why not try the Live CD Router? Just boot off the cd and it runs. http://www.wifi.com.ar/english/cdrouter.html HTH, -- Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID : F6A35935 Fingerprint

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