Problem: make-jpkg usage to compile 'server-jre-7u45-linux-x64.tar.gz'

2013-12-17 Thread John W. Foster
I have compiled & installed the pakages below that I downloaded directly from Oracle; jdk-7u45-linux-x64.tar.gz jre-7u45-linux-x64.tar.gz However when I try to compile this one: server-jre-7u45-linux-x64.tar.gz I get a message saying it can not find the matching plugin & the compilation aborts

MediaWiki 1.17.0 new stable release from Wikimedia

2011-07-20 Thread John W Foster
There is a new stable release from Wikimedia of MediaWiki 1.17.0 Any idea when we will see it packaged for Debian. It is said to support substitution// {{subst}} & {{safesubst}} // so that the error message we are getting with Ver. 1.15 will be resolved. It is an important upgrade for those of us

Driver for video card question

2009-06-28 Thread John W Foster
Any one know of a .deb Debianized version of the ATI Catalyst driver for The ATI All-in-Wonderâ„¢ HD 3600 series of video cards chipset is radeon 3650 , the specific card is the VisionTek card (Visiontek ATI All-in-Wonderâ„¢ HD 3650)of the same type. I am aware that ATI/AMD supply this driver. Just wa

Visiontek ATI Radeon "All-In-Wonder" Delux card

2009-06-25 Thread John W Foster
Any one here using this card effectively with Linux? -- John Foster -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

OT:Need to locate Debianistas that are TIVO hackers

2009-06-20 Thread John W Foster
Any of you who are TIVO hackers & Debianistas; please contact me via e-mail off the lists. If you reply on the list I will not see it as freakin GMail scrubs the replies with my name in the header. That's a whole other issue. I am starting a personal project to design a process for using Debian to

Best way to stream shows from www.myeasytv.com

2009-06-01 Thread John W Foster
I am currently using debian lenny with backports. I want to use my linux box to play TV shows from myeasytv.com & others. It plays them in most cases but does a very poor job. I have talked to the Verizon FIOS folks and it seems that in a very short time they will begin offering a massive amount of