Mouse help

2003-01-31 Thread Doug
command line necessary to change my serial port. Thank you in advance. Doug "Talent just defines what you do . . . . It doesn't define what you are." -- Rincewind -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mouse help

2003-01-31 Thread Doug
At 10:53 PM 1/31/03 -0600, Kent West wrote: Doug wrote: Hail: I am new to Debian and have mostly only used GUI versions of linux in the past. I have a problem, and I hope that you can help. On my Debian machine while setting it up I misidentified the serial port that the mouse is using

Re: shuttle disaster

2003-02-03 Thread Doug
on the Columbia some of you may find this of interest: < www.interviewwithgod.com/columbia > Doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian CD Image

2000-11-15 Thread doug
Too slow means 10K/sec.Thanks for the link.> At: > http://www.linuxiso.org/debian.html > > Not sure what you mean by "too slow" though, I'm d/ling the first > disk right now at 20-25K/sec and looks to be a 6-7 hour session

Network problems after compile of 2.2.14 kernel

2000-03-02 Thread Doug
for configuring network cards in this new Kernel? Thanks for your time! Doug Thistlethwaite

Re: Network problems after compile of 2.2.14 kernel

2000-03-02 Thread Doug
kernel and not bother with the modules? Finally, are you using the 2.2.14 kernel? My 2.0.36 kernel worked without a hitch. Doug > Read over the Linux Network Administrators Guide, you need to pass some > parameters to the kernel to let it know that it needs to look for 2 > cards. T

Re: Network problems after compile of 2.2.14 kernel

2000-03-03 Thread Doug
and added statements to the /etc/networks/interfaces file to start each ethernet card. It looks like this part is working. Thanks for your help. Doug > On 2000-03-02 10:59:25, Doug wrote: > > > I was under the impression that the append line was used when the > > networking is

Configuration of local mailserver behind linux firewall - HELP!

2000-03-07 Thread doug
time! Doug Thistlethwaite

Configuration of local mailserver behind linux firewall - HELP!

2000-03-07 Thread doug
time! Doug Thistlethwaite

Re: Mysql's root password

2000-01-21 Thread doug
. Use the old mysql table, remove or replace roots password and copy the old table over the new one. I haven't had to actually do this but it seems like it should work. Just remember to keep a backed up copy of all your old tables. Doug > Hi > > I forgot mysql's root passw

Re: HELP! mv problem

2000-01-21 Thread doug
hould be in /mnt/LS120 . Doug

Re: I need Help

2000-01-24 Thread doug
There are two options to find out what a package depends on. You can use apt-get which will list all packages needed to install the package you want and prompt you to continue or there is dpkg --info package which lists the dependencies among other things. Doug > I'm am now the lucky

Re: technical terms overhaul

2020-06-19 Thread Doug
hink? What I think is that you're barking up the wrong fire-hydrant. Who knows or cares about pumps? --doug All the best Eike -- Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE Paradox: Getting live-updates about fatalities This is a very good choice of names. I like it especially because it is also not speakin

Re: lists.debian.org has received bounces from you

2020-06-29 Thread Doug
ut of Spam, even if it is spam. Kind regards, Andrei I get these messages every so often, and I don't remember if I've EVER actually sent a message to the Debian list, altho I do read it occasionally. So how something from me could bounce, I have no idea-- I just erase the message and move on.--doug

Re: Laptop recommendation

2018-07-05 Thread Doug
hat sits in the middle of the keyboard. I think HP specializes in that, and I have a Dell that has one. Just my 2¢. --doug

Re: VPN suggestions?

2018-07-11 Thread Doug
It's hosted on one of my machines, and I'm just using openvpn. You seem to downplay a free VPN. What about TOR Browser? Do you know anything about that? I would prefer not to have the browsed address know who I am. I think (but I'm not sure) that this is the function of TOR Browser. Thanx for any info--doug

Re: CDROM will not play a music cd.

2018-07-23 Thread Doug
e, ever gotten Audacity to do anything for me, so that is out! Thanx for any kind words and info! --doug

Re: GarminExpress possible on Debian with WINE?

2018-07-25 Thread Doug
.Net --- Floris I have a similar question about installing the Garmin updater. I'm afraid I don't understand the above. What is meant by "a clean 32-bit Wineprefix"? Is Wineprefix a file, or what? I have wine32.32bit, if that is relevant. Thanx--doug

Re: GarminExpress possible on Debian with WINE?

2018-07-25 Thread Doug
one is a typical Motorola, with Android OS. I guess it might have BT, but I don't actually know. I only use it as a phone, and I don't answer it! --doug

Re: Car Audio USB Jacks

2018-07-26 Thread Doug
On 07/23/2018 03:19 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, (i reply to Doug's mail but adopt Dan Ritter's new subject text.) Doug wrote: I would make some copies of CDs onto a flash drive, if I knew how! The act of copying audio data from CD is usually called "ripping".

Re: Car Audio USB Jacks

2018-07-27 Thread Doug
eakers reconed... I presume nothing has changed... What a gas! --doug

Re: basilisk-browser

2018-10-18 Thread Doug
eral years and I like it. Unlike Firefox, it doesn't change its stripes every few weeks. I am happy with an app that retains its interface for years and years and doesn't mess with my head. YMMV. --doug

Re: Paypal and Linux in a low graphics environment.

2018-11-14 Thread Doug
eMoon is a spinoff from an older Firefox that doesn't get modified every few weeks.) Are you saying that you can't use PayPal with your browser, or what? Does it say why not? I'm sure you must have Firefox, so have you tried it? --doug

Re: that other OS

2018-11-16 Thread Doug
to suite. Just saying, prepare for stampede of ex windows users. Are they going to send an "upgrade" that will stop Windows from working if you don't subscribe? I almost never use Windows, altho the text reader program that I have used for years on Windows is far superior to anything available for Linux. --doug

Re: Any directional antennas recommendations?

2018-11-23 Thread Doug
On 11/23/2018 05:41 PM, Hubert Hauser wrote: Hello! I need to connect to a distant Wi-Fi network. I consider buying a parabolic antenna. I want to have 10 km range and long amplification. Will TP-Link TL-ANT2424B be a good aerial? -- Best wishes, Hubert. It's doubtful that you can reach a

Re: librecad

2018-12-06 Thread Doug
ed for 16 years.) It runs on Linux--I have an RPM system. --doug, retired RF engineer.

Re: do you find old firefox is better than new one?

2018-12-21 Thread Doug
stand it. I have been using the PaleMoon Browser, which seems to be a clone of some earlier version of Firefox, and they don't mess with it all the time, like Mozilla. --doug

Re: internet outages

2018-12-23 Thread Doug
scilloscope. The trick is, you need a REALLY FAST oscilloscope! The pulse generator is easy, just a couple of transistors, maybe a diode. The circuit is probably in every edition of the Radio Amateur's Handbook. The scope is expensive. If you don't have at least a 1GHz digital sam

Re: Why choose Debian on server

2019-01-04 Thread Doug
nd I don't have to learn emacs! If you don't have Kate, you must have another simple word processor type thing. --doug

Re: stretch disk label problems

2019-04-05 Thread Doug
e2label", and it worked perfectly on both mounted partitions while booted to them. So for the record, use e2label, it can apparently be used safely on a live stretch-9.8.0 64 bit system. Cheers, Gene Heskett You can also run gparted from a CD. Then nothing is mounted and you can do what you like. --doug

Re: 'synaptic' removed from buster

2019-04-05 Thread Doug
mpress partitions without regard to what's on them. You can even add or delete partitions, so be careful. --doug

Re: dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration (Swedish with "|" and "¦"?)

2019-05-04 Thread Doug
ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_bar#Solid_vertical_bar_vs_broken_bar I have not yet figured out how to make the Teres keyboard do the pipe. //Erik What is on the last key on the right, directly above the right Enter key? On a US keyboard, the is a back slant (unshifted) and the pipe, shifted. You haven't mentioned that key at all. --doug

Re: USB adapter for SD card.

2013-09-05 Thread Doug
o share with any other hardware... > > Cindy Sue :) > > - :: - > Cindy-Sue Causey > Wren Grabs [Processed Bugs] Ball From Nestling > http://youtu.be/nx7g3F6J_jI > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mountainsplash/ > Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA > ~ > > C

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-09 Thread Doug
very good, both from the net and scanned in. For B&W images, it's about on a par with the LaserJet. And Epson has Linux drivers on their website for all their printers and scanners, in both deb and rpm formats. Someone on the other list found the WP-4530 for $189 on Amazon. I have no fin

Re: any way to get the mouse position on two places on the screen?

2013-09-20 Thread Doug
ce between them or construct a line joining them, and calculate the angle of the line. Or construct a rectangle using the points as opposite corners. You may even be able to select /three/ points and construct a circle that includes them. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall

Re: Building computer

2013-09-26 Thread Doug
nt on that, and if that's correct, possibly recommend a name or two. An excellent presentation. I have put it in my "saved" file. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ.

Re: Building computer - power supplies

2013-09-27 Thread Doug
around 450 Watts. You wouldn't want to lift the transformer that would supply 450 Watts, much less take up the space for it. So switching supplies are the only reasonable alternative. --Doug, retired electronic engineer and radio amateur, WA2SAY -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they sha

Re: Building computer - power supplies

2013-09-28 Thread Doug
that there are two switching power supply chips at the input to the CPU to produce 3.3Volts? Obviously, a linera regulator cannot produce and gain in current. Iin = Iout for linear regulators. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: should an end user stick to a kernel with an initrd?

2013-09-28 Thread Doug
it is not required to know which disk is closest to the connector, etc. So unless The SATA controller and connector has that SCSI capability, the above argument does not hold water. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Building computer - power supplies

2013-09-29 Thread Doug
On 09/29/2013 06:02 AM, Joel Rees wrote: > On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Doug wrote: /snip/ >> >> Do I understand correctly that there are two switching power supply >> chips at the input to the CPU to produce 3.3Volts? Obviously, a linera >> regulator cannot produ

Re: Building computer - power supplies

2013-09-29 Thread Doug
y published specifications of all the devices--the active device, the insulator, if any, the heatsink, and the airflow. The calculations are straightforward, but will not be related here. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- T

Re: Building computer

2013-09-30 Thread Doug
Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, for the month of August, 2013. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: Building computer

2013-10-01 Thread Doug
On 10/01/2013 10:57 AM, Charles Kroeger wrote: > On Tue, 01 Oct 2013 06:40:01 +0200 > Doug wrote: > >> it's nothing >> like the prices shown unloaded, above. > > .21 cents is nothing like .22 cents, who knew. > The unloaded prices above refer to the 8.6 ce

Re: ddrescue and windowsxp

2013-10-05 Thread Doug
rs ago with a crashed > slackware_hd?? > > google confused me. > > thank you, > > steef > > google for XP rescue and see what you get. There are a whole bunch of rescue disks available. I have about 4, but have never had to use one. I think they're all based on Linu

Re: CF-Firewire adapter

2013-10-16 Thread Doug
I/O to offline device > [ 2217.073817] sdb: unable to read partition table > [ 2217.073977] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk > === > > > Did you really post this over nine years ago? It's dated 12/31/2001 09:07 PM. Someone must have

Re: maintained web-browser (

2013-10-23 Thread Doug
> Kind regards > > I looked at Qupzilla's website, and tried to download the Mandriva version, that being closest to pclos. But I could just move between "Download" and "Mandriva" but nothing else happens--no download, no nothing. Thought I'd at least try

Re: maintained web-browser (

2013-10-23 Thread Doug
On 10/23/2013 08:27 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 24/10/13 11:09, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Wed, 2013-10-23 at 19:58 -0400, Doug wrote: >>> I looked at Qupzilla's website, and tried to download the Mandriva >>> version, that being closest to pclos. But I could just

Re: qupzilla webbrowser

2013-10-24 Thread Doug
ally, when I see words exchange and microsoft in the same >> phrase, I suddenly pay less attention. >> >> > I just answered your question, no more no less; > I have to do at least. > > > Perhaps it was not clear. "msft" is the abbreviation used to list

Re: Choosing Debian version or derivative to run Wine when resource poor

2013-10-24 Thread Doug
the kde desktop, since it is quite similar to Windows, which is what most people are accustomed to. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "un

Re: Choosing Debian version or derivative to run Wine when resource poor

2013-10-24 Thread Doug
On 10/24/2013 06:56 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 18:47 -0400, Doug wrote: >> You should consider an os using the kde desktop, since it is quite >> similar to Windows, which is what most people are accustomed to. > > Windows 98, XP etc., I guess new Windows

Re: audacity export wma format[1 more question]

2013-10-24 Thread Doug
t. But I don't understand a distro where anyone who has access to the machine can use sudo. I guess I don't understand how a user whithout the root password, and only his own password could use sudo, which seems to be how Debian is set up. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they sha

Re: audacity export wma format[1 more question]

2013-10-25 Thread Doug
On 10/25/2013 02:31 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Doug wrote: >> I know Debian is different, > > Most of us say that in a good way. :-) > >> but the distro I use and the man page for sudo, I believe, expects >> there to be a root password, that sudo will expect when invo

Re: ANDROID

2013-10-29 Thread Doug
are definitely /not/ for freedom--they would, if they could, prohibit people and Linux distros from including software that people want, and in many, if not most, cases, need. Of all the distros they mention, it seems that Mint has got it mostly /right/! --doug -- Blessed are the peacema

Re: ANDROID

2013-10-30 Thread Doug
or anything, or the ISO, which can > actually define some official compliance. All the FSF offers is their > opinion of what open source should be. > > I prefer the Linus Torvalds philosophy: Open source produces generally > superior code. But there are plenty of cases where

Re: ANDROID (back to the OQ)

2013-10-31 Thread Doug
cut] I may be wrong, but I seem to remember seeing somewhere recently that it is illegal in the United States to jailbreak a phone. (I don't know how they'd catch you, or what the penalty would be.) --doug -- 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/5272b4c3.40...@optonline.net

Re: Only in America! ? (was ... Re: sudo and UNIXes

2013-10-31 Thread Doug
o is either try to restrain or immobilize the culprit or call the police, and the second would be necessary anyway if the first is successful. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists

Re: Questions about new hardware & Debian (or Linux in general)

2013-11-12 Thread Doug
d be possible to get both sound and video _at the same time_ both locally and at the TV.) Just so you know. --doug -- 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/5282d1b3.2050...@optonline.net

Re: Install Google Chrome

2013-11-18 Thread Doug
ox available on Debian? (It's been a while since I had Deb installed.) AFAIK, FF will download your bills, or whatever. I've never used, or needed, Chrome or Chromium. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: top posting

2013-11-20 Thread Doug
clip the files to leave only the salient points, the files will not be so long as to bore you enroute. However, it does not help to clip _everything_ and just reply "Yes, that's the way." I have seen some replies like that--_useless_! --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they s

Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related

2013-11-24 Thread Doug
ese from scratch, altho I have looked at the creation of RPMs, and it looks hairy. If you need to obtain some software that is not in the distro's repo, (they all tell you not to, but sometimes you must) most manufacturers who supply apps in deb also supply the same apps in RPM. Some don'

Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related

2013-11-26 Thread Doug
On 11/26/2013 03:22 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 11/27/13, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Sunday 24 November 2013 19:20:47 Doug wrote: >>> On 11/24/2013 12:34 PM, AP wrote: >> [snip] >>>> (i) Which Distribution: >> [snip] >>>> (ii) DEB vs RPM >

Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related

2013-11-26 Thread Doug
n, but it _does_ happen. (I use PCLOS, so I know!) There are a few other rolling release distros, but I don't know which ones they are--probably Googling will find them. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: A rookie's query: Want to about Debian and the related

2013-12-02 Thread Doug
On 12/03/2013 01:51 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2013-12-02 at 13:03 -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote: /snip/ >>> >>> >>> >> Start (Home) Page: >> Firefox>Edit>Preferences>General>Home Page >> Set it to anything you like. Or nothing. &g

Re: 32/64 bit ... downloading install images

2014-10-04 Thread Doug
hat tell the blocks what to do, and how to do it. This would include the input/output connections, etc. You need a particular architecture to run Windows, for instance, and a slightly different architecture to run the old Apple software. (OS-X could probably be made to run on a "PC," s

Re: question about systemd

2014-10-09 Thread Doug
e machine... /snip/ I thought I read that systemd-shim is not being supplied anymore? --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5436ac9f.2080...@optonline.net

Re: question about systemd

2014-10-10 Thread Doug
to indicate any great loss of apps due to dependencies on systemd. It would be nice if someone knowledgeable would figure this out and post the results. --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5438af08.40...@optonline.net

Re: implicit linkage

2014-10-11 Thread Doug
perfectly logical code, quite similar, in fact, to Pascal. The problem is that they don't have the advantage of normal language; they rely on all sorts of abbreviations instead of the English words that more popular programming languages like Pascal, C, Python, and BASIC use. It

Re: preseeding question (yes, re. systemd / sysvinit-core)

2014-10-16 Thread Doug
pending on what is being done, a > late_command is available too. > > Tried to find the message you referred to, but there are many from John Dowland. Could you refer me to a date, or something? --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject o

Re: GR proposed re: choice of init systems

2014-10-17 Thread Doug
modified so as to run on systemd. 3--Making all those applications incompatible with any other version of Unix. Never mind "GNU's not Unix." This stuff we're running is essentially Unix. 4--Eliminating readable logs. I probably missed a few along the way. --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Debian fork

2014-10-21 Thread Doug
concerned, you can add cups and a few other things to this > list, too. And the word "udev" doesn't have alltogether positive connotations > for me either. > > Many thanks to golinux for sharing the link. > > p. > > What do you suggest instead of cups

Re: just a thought (re. systemd nonsense)

2014-10-21 Thread Doug
On 10/21/2014 08:12 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > It occurs to me that the whole notion of packaging and distros may be > becoming less and less relevant. Well if everybody is forced to use systemd you'll be right. All the distros will _have_ to be the same. Maybe the packaging will remain unique.

Re: Avoiding SystemD isn't hard

2014-10-22 Thread Doug
On 10/22/2014 07:04 AM, Jape Person wrote: /snip/ I haven't paid a lot of attention to threads concerning systemd because of the (unfortunate, though occasionally entertaining) hyperbole and innuendo employed by so many. . . .

Re: dpkg "no space left on device" errors (lots of room left)

2014-10-22 Thread Doug
Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 106G 31G 70G 31% / What is the output of "df -i"? I guess you ran out of inodes. S° How many inodes are available? What remedy is available if you do run out of them? --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.or

Re: Canoscan Lide 210 Scanner

2014-10-30 Thread Doug
run, or the lamp may become too dim, or some combination of things. --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54525670.9060...@optonline.net

Re: Preventing the computer from shutting down.

2014-10-30 Thread Doug
;re looking for, but the pclos repo doesn't seem to have it. Meanwhile the hardware solution works perfectly. --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/545283f7.10...@optonline.net

Re: proofing searchable pdf files

2014-10-30 Thread Doug
It would not be modifiable, but it could be a template. Then in an active layer, you could type text over it or next to it or something. You might have to do a bit of figuring out, but I think maybe this might work. --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wi

Re: proofing searchable pdf files

2014-10-31 Thread Doug
On 10/31/2014 06:31 PM, Gary Roach wrote: On 10/30/2014 05:47 PM, Gary Roach wrote: Hi all, This is part of a medium sized, low budget archiving project that will process serveral thousand documents, all done by low tech volunteers. So I really need methods that are straight forward or can

Re: Joey Hess is out?

2014-11-07 Thread Doug
y I wonder what specifically he thinks makes the Debian Constitution a "toxic document". Joey is one big reason I would like to be a DD someday... I see by the url--Hess's goodbye--that he's the maintainer of alien. I hope someone will step up and continue that useful softwar

Re: Has the systemd fork already happened?

2014-11-09 Thread Doug
inking particularly of Mint, which uses a lot of Ubuntu, and its repos. Isn't Refracta a similar situation? (And one hopes that Mint also will reject systemd. We shall see.) --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: the developers have spoken

2014-11-19 Thread Doug
love, go jessie! songbird What is this, a tease? What is the _result_ of the vote? --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/546

Re: replacing boot and only disk drive

2014-11-22 Thread Doug
It's all a pain, but it's doable. (I'm thinking of doing the same basic thing myself, to put a SSD in my laptop.) Good luck! --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/547124a4.7020...@optonline.net

Re: replacing boot and only disk drive

2014-11-23 Thread Doug
activation does not suffice.That's why I mentioned obtaining a program to activate Windows. If you only have one computer, you should get that before you mess around. (I don't pretend to know why this happens, only that it does. That's why there are programs available to take care of

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-08 Thread Doug
On 12/08/2014 09:40 AM, The Wanderer wrote: On 12/08/2014 at 09:15 AM, Brian wrote: /snip/ This thread is about complaints about not being able to interrupt / abort / cancel an already-started boot-time fsck. /snip/ It has been remarked that systemd is an approach similar to Windows, and i

Re: Installation

2012-09-08 Thread Doug
you will use the system time. (Thunderbird requires a few inputs, but they're the same in Windows.) That doesn't seem very complicated to me. . . . --doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: What Version To Install On iMac?

2012-09-08 Thread Doug
l definition is "disapproved". I don't think "disapproved" is the correct word in that sense. Artha: deprecate: express strong disapproval of; deplore --doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To UNSUBSC

Re: problems installing linux on new laptop

2012-09-09 Thread Doug
altogether, and clean the drive out, but that's a bit drastic, unless you know you'll never need Windows for anything. --doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debi

Re: Installation

2012-09-09 Thread Doug
On 09/09/2012 03:04 AM, Weaver wrote: On Sat, September 8, 2012 6:33 pm, Doug wrote: On 09/08/2012 09:03 PM, Weaver wrote: On Sat, September 8, 2012 8:51 am, Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:37:55 -0700, Weaver wrote: I know how hard it can be to see the forest when you are too close

Re: workforce 645 printer can't find other network assets

2012-09-10 Thread Doug
OS. The LaserJet responds more quickly to the Windows machine, but the Epson responds pretty quickly to either operating system. --doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.

Re: Install Debian on a UEFI-motherboard ?

2012-09-11 Thread Doug
ouldn't get any bad surprises. Why not report back after you have installed an OS on it. --doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsub

Re: [OT] Re: workforce 645 printer can't find other network assets

2012-09-11 Thread Doug
nows are ones and zeros in the Ethernet format. --doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debi

Re: No sound when attempting to play an audio CD

2012-09-11 Thread Doug
alsa, and that you can't run PA without Alsa. So make of that what you will. For reference, the distro I speak of is PCLinuxOS. --doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.deb

Re: Display hurtful on LCD screen with Wheezy

2012-09-18 Thread Doug
at is true... -Rob The human heart rate is measured in beats *per minute* not per second! --doug -- 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/5059152a.6080...@optonline.net

Re: Add a PCI USB card

2012-09-23 Thread Doug
nd of expensive, and may be superseded by something, since one of the large vendors no longer has any. Just my 2¢ --doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a sub

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-15 Thread Doug
they are, then 18 seconds in a day would be quite excessive. But if they're not, then perhaps something in the circuit has aged out. Alternatively, how often does your computer clock get resynchronized? Maybe the circuit in the computer just runs fast? --doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepe

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread Doug
ing received. Such a receiver would probably cost over $1000, at a guess, but that's the difference between a scientific reference and a $20 "atomic" clock! --doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To UN

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread Doug
kely that the radio receiver in the cheap clock is no longer functioning, and the crystal oscillator, which of necessity uses a cheap poor-tolerance crystal, is running on its own, and drifting off frequency. --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-16 Thread Doug
lines, transformers, or radio transmitters. --doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.or

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time--more

2012-10-16 Thread Doug
disconnected. Please keep in mind that these are not toll-free numbers. Callers outside the local calling area are charged long distance rates. --doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: A puzzle with internet time and NIST time

2012-10-17 Thread Doug
on in Coordinated Universal Time, or UTC. Here's the url again: http://tf.nist.gov/general/pdf/1383.pdf --doug -- Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &q

Re: Advice on system purchase

2012-10-28 Thread Doug
s all the time. /snip/ If you build a powerful machine with 8 cores, can't you make it a server, with two more terminals, so the wife and daughter can log in and work while you do? I don't know how to do that, but there must be some Unix maven here who cah=n tell you. --doug --

  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   >