Re: OT: debian-beer

2002-05-26 Thread John
Ian D. Stewart wrote: On 2002.05.26 23:04 Ron Johnson wrote: On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 21:11, John Griffiths wrote: > >(A _continent_ got the crap bombed out of it? > > just darwin Darwinians (Darwinites?) obviously didn't like it much, but it's an awful huge leap from "Darwin got the crap bo

Re: ddt-client

2002-05-26 Thread Scott Henson
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 22:44, dman wrote: > On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 09:32:48PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > | On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 16:40, dman wrote: > ... > | > Does your ISP do any packet filtering? Is there a host outside of > | > your network you can use to test the connection at the TCP/UDP l

O.T. Need help in merging databases; postgresql

2002-05-26 Thread John Foster
I am so NEW to sql that I do not even know what questions to ask. I will tell you what I am trying to do in the best way I know. a. OS is Debian Linux Woody b. Postgresql is 7.2.1 c. I have phppgadmin and webmin installed d. I do not know diddley about SQL but I am learning. e. I need to get up t

Re: OT: debian-beer

2002-05-26 Thread Ian D. Stewart
On 2002.05.26 23:04 Ron Johnson wrote: On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 21:11, John Griffiths wrote: > >(A _continent_ got the crap bombed out of it? > > just darwin Darwinians (Darwinites?) obviously didn't like it much, but it's an awful huge leap from "Darwin got the crap bombed out of it" to "we go

Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re: disable paragraphflows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread Ian D. Stewart
On 2002.05.26 23:21 Ron Johnson wrote: On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 21:42, Dale Hair wrote: > > > Actually, the USA was asked to help Australia in 1939. We had the crap > > bombed out of us. After Pearl Harbour the USA decided that Oz was a > > great place to base a lot of Operations. > > Most Americans

Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re:disableparagraphflows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 22:56, Craig Dickson wrote: > begin John Griffiths quotation: > > > >(A _continent_ got the crap bombed out of it? > > > > just darwin > > So Hitler was a creationist? Wrong hemisphere (actually 2 wrong hemispheres), wrong ruler... -- +---

Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re:disableparagraphflows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread Craig Dickson
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Woody: make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct

2002-05-26 Thread David Jackson
Ok -- Do I need to add something in /etc/environment? Thanks in advance, David /etc/environment: #LANG=C LANG="english" Here's the output from locale: dabean:davej % locale LANG=en_US LC_CTYPE="en_US" LC_NUMERIC="en_US" LC_TIME="en_US" LC_COLLATE="en_US" LC_MONETARY="en_US" LC_MESSAGES="en_U

Re: What's the meaning of "echo $@"?

2002-05-26 Thread W. Paul Mills
$@ returns the arguments to the script, similar to $* The following bash script will show the differences. x- myargs.sh -- #!/bin/bash # myargs.sh IFS=";" echo "$@" echo "$*" echo $@ echo $* echo "$# arguments" exit 0 x end myargs.sh -

Re: What's the meaning of "echo $@"?

2002-05-26 Thread dman
On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 12:17:27PM +0930, Tom Cook wrote: | On 0, Squirrel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > | [implied question] | > | > What's the meaning of "echo $@"? | | So if a script just has 'echo $@' in it, then it is functionally | equivalent to 'echo' (except doesn't have the command lin

Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re: disable paragraphflows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 21:42, Dale Hair wrote: > > > Actually, the USA was asked to help Australia in 1939. We had the crap > > bombed out of us. After Pearl Harbour the USA decided that Oz was a > > great place to base a lot of Operations. > > Most Americans tend to be isolationists and pacifis

Re: OT: debian-beer

2002-05-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 21:11, John Griffiths wrote: > >(A _continent_ got the crap bombed out of it? > > just darwin Darwinians (Darwinites?) obviously didn't like it much, but it's an awful huge leap from "Darwin got the crap bombed out of it" to "we got the crap bombed out of us". (Unles

Re: Menus not updating

2002-05-26 Thread Bob Underwood
On Sunday 26 May 2002 20:14, Shaul Karl wrote: > > On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 09:59:45PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > any package not supporting menu when it should (ie. almost any X app) > > > is violating policy. > > > > The X apps do have this. Console apps that previously did have menu

RE: power saving, etc.. -SOLVED

2002-05-26 Thread Ross Tsolakidis
Title: RE: power saving, etc.. -SOLVED thank you  :) -Original Message- From: Jerome Acks Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 27 May 2002 12:28 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: power saving, etc.. On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 11:30:23AM +1000, Ross Tsolakidis

Re: Suggestions for a USB Webcam

2002-05-26 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020527 11:36]: > > >I'm looking into getting a USB Webcam > > I have a Logitech QuickCam Pro ($85) which I use with gnomemeeting and > with which I am quite happy. Getting the driver for it was easy... it > comes with the Debian stock kernel. I've got a

Re: What's the meaning of "echo $@"?

2002-05-26 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Squirrel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [implied question] > > What's the meaning of "echo $@"? > In a shell script, $@ contains all the arguments to the script (NOT including the name of the script itself, unlike argv in C). So if a script just has 'echo $@' in it, then it is functionall

Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re: disable paragraphflows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread Dale Hair
> Actually, the USA was asked to help Australia in 1939. We had the crap > bombed out of us. After Pearl Harbour the USA decided that Oz was a > great place to base a lot of Operations. Most Americans tend to be isolationists and pacifists, it took Pearl Harbor to "awaken the sleeping giant".

Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re: disable paragraphflows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 19:38, Ian D. Stewart wrote: > On 2002.05.26 20:05 John wrote: > > > > > There's a lot of Aussies still pretty bitter about how hard it was to > > get the Yanks to abandon the idea of giving nearly half the contenent > > to the Empire. We sometimes wonder if that's what ou

Re: What's the meaning of "echo $@"?

2002-05-26 Thread dman
On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 10:25:28AM +0800, Squirrel wrote: where's the question? oh, it's in the subject. how about putting the message in the message? The question was : What's the meaning of "echo $@"? To start with, 'echo' is a command. Depending on your shell it is either built-in or it

Re: ddt-client

2002-05-26 Thread dman
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 09:32:48PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: | On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 16:40, dman wrote: ... | > Does your ISP do any packet filtering? Is there a host outside of | > your network you can use to test the connection at the TCP/UDP level? | | I dont think it does, but I have to call

Re: power saving, etc..

2002-05-26 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 11:30:23AM +1000, Ross Tsolakidis wrote: > Hi all, > > Every 10 mins, my monitor basically switches off. > First I thought, the monitor was in power saving mode, checked the On Screen > Display, and the powersaving mode is off. > > So it must be X. > Any ideas ? Look in y

What's the meaning of "echo $@"?

2002-05-26 Thread Squirrel
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Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re:disableparagraphflows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread John Griffiths
>(A _continent_ got the crap bombed out of it? just darwin >Very strong internal isolationist sentiments allowed even >Lend-Lease to only pass Congress after major arm-twisting by >Roosevelt. The only reason the the USN was able to help >with GB in the BoA before 07-Dec was by not making

To know what is really good or bad is pretty difficult...

2002-05-26 Thread lee
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Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re: disable paragraphflows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 19:05, John wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > >On Sat, 2002-05-25 at 08:37, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > >>On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 04:46:29AM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote: > >> > >[snip] > > > >>To make an observation, Americans have this bizarre superiority complex. > >>Oregonians

Unidentified subject!

2002-05-26 Thread colin
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Re: ddt-client

2002-05-26 Thread Scott Henson
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 13:19, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:36:01PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > > Its masquerading and Im using port forwarding. What is weird is that my > > smtp port is working because I can receive mail, but aparently the http > > port is not working because p

Re: ddt-client

2002-05-26 Thread Scott Henson
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 16:40, dman wrote: > On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:36:01PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > | On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 10:45, Rob Weir wrote: > | > On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 04:28:26PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > | > > I am trying to get a ddt acount up and running, but I am running into

power saving, etc..

2002-05-26 Thread Ross Tsolakidis
Title: power saving, etc.. Hi all, Every 10 mins, my monitor basically switches off. First I thought, the monitor was in power saving mode, checked the On Screen Display, and the powersaving mode is off. So it must be X. Any ideas ? Thanks  :) -- Ross.

Re: convert netscape/win32 Email to debian mail client ???

2002-05-26 Thread Jeffrey Chimene
> AFAIK, the file format for the Win32 and *nix versions of Netscape are > compatible. So you should be able to move the file over to the woody box > (many options to choose from here) and use either Netscape 4.x or Mozilla > to read them. I got bit trying to move from an Exchange server .pst

Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re: disable paragraphflows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread Ian D. Stewart
On 2002.05.26 20:05 John wrote: There's a lot of Aussies still pretty bitter about how hard it was to get the Yanks to abandon the idea of giving nearly half the contenent to the Empire. We sometimes wonder if that's what our allies are like what would we expect in say an invasion from Cimme

Which Package To File This Bug Report Under?

2002-05-26 Thread Ajit George
Hello, I'm currently running Debian Unstable... I'd like to report a bug concerning a package but I'm a bit confused as to which package to file it under. First, I don't think apt-get automatically logs its activities... I can find no mention of that in the man page. Correct me if I am wrong

Re: convert netscape/win32 Email to debian mail client ???

2002-05-26 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 06:49:50PM -0500, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > Perhaps, if Email can be kept in a real database, then the client issues > become more a matter of taste, as you posit. > > Right now, I'd like to have my next move satisfy me for a couple more > years, at least. Basically, I'm

Re: Menus not updating

2002-05-26 Thread Shaul Karl
> On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 09:59:45PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > any package not supporting menu when it should (ie. almost any X app) is > > violating policy. > > The X apps do have this. Console apps that previously did have menu > entries are slowly dropping them for whatever reas

Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re: disable paragraphflows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread John
Ron Johnson wrote: On Sat, 2002-05-25 at 08:37, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 04:46:29AM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote: [snip] To make an observation, Americans have this bizarre superiority complex. Oregonians, and to a lesser degree, Idahoans, tend to look in from the It's

Re: General Java question

2002-05-26 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes when I go to sites that are dependent on Java (like my > school's main web-accessible database/portal, and like www.popcap.com > for games, etc) the features on that site don't work as they should. Is > this because: > > 1) These sites are

Re: convert netscape/win32 Email to debian mail client ???

2002-05-26 Thread Michael D. Schleif
"Jamin W. Collins" wrote: > > On Sun, 26 May 2002 17:54:01 -0500 > "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > > > AFAIK, the file format for the Win32 and *nix versions of Netscape > > > > are compatible. So you should be able to move the file over to

Re: convert netscape/win32 Email to debian mail client ???

2002-05-26 Thread Paul Scott
Michael D. Schleif wrote: Paul Scott wrote: Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Sun, 26 May 2002 16:24:43 -0500 > "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>However, I have ~2 GB of netscape Email on this nt4 box, without which I >>do not want to live . . . > > AFAIK, the file format for the

Problems with lograte

2002-05-26 Thread Adar Dembo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log$ cat /etc/logrotate.conf # see "man logrotate" for details # rotate log files weekly weekly # keep 4 weeks worth of backlogs rotate 4 # create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones create # uncomment this if you want your log files compressed #compress # packa

Re: convert netscape/win32 Email to debian mail client ???

2002-05-26 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Sun, 26 May 2002 17:54:01 -0500 "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > > AFAIK, the file format for the Win32 and *nix versions of Netscape > > > are compatible. So you should be able to move the file over to the > > > woody box(many options to choos

Re: convert netscape/win32 Email to debian mail client ???

2002-05-26 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Paul Scott wrote: > > Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > On Sun, 26 May 2002 16:24:43 -0500 > > "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>However, I have ~2 GB of netscape Email on this nt4 box, without which I > >>do not want to live . . . > > > > AFAIK, the file format for the Win

Re: bad dist-upgrade - starting over

2002-05-26 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 06:52:36PM +0200, Eric Smith wrote: > Unfortunately on the way from potato to sid, my upgrade froze on > one of the main lib6 packages. Now I have a really disturbed > package database. > > I don't care if I have to start from scratch by removing all > packages. What's th

Re: convert netscape/win32 Email to debian mail client ???

2002-05-26 Thread Paul Scott
Michael D. Schleif wrote: > "Michael D. Schleif" wrote: > >>I have avoided this long enough! >> >>I just built a new system -- woody -- and have kde and konqueror working >>very well, thank you ;> >> >>Now, I need to wean myself from the last vestiges of m$oft. >> >>However, I have ~2 GB of netsca

Re: convert netscape/win32 Email to debian mail client ???

2002-05-26 Thread Paul Scott
Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Sun, 26 May 2002 16:24:43 -0500 > "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>However, I have ~2 GB of netscape Email on this nt4 box, without which I >>do not want to live . . . > > AFAIK, the file format for the Win32 and *nix versions of Netscape are > compa

Re: convert netscape/win32 Email to debian mail client ???

2002-05-26 Thread Michael D. Schleif
"Michael D. Schleif" wrote: > > I have avoided this long enough! > > I just built a new system -- woody -- and have kde and konqueror working > very well, thank you ;> > > Now, I need to wean myself from the last vestiges of m$oft. > > However, I have ~2 GB of netscape Email on this nt4 box, w

Re: convert netscape/win32 Email to debian mail client ???

2002-05-26 Thread Michael D. Schleif
martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach Michael D. Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.05.26.2324 +0200]: > > What are my options? > > install an imap server. move them out of netscape via imap. > download to debian via fetchmail from imap. Sounds simple -- any ideas how to implement this? Can I

Re: convert netscape/win32 Email to debian mail client ???

2002-05-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Michael D. Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.05.26.2324 +0200]: > What are my options? install an imap server. move them out of netscape via imap. download to debian via fetchmail from imap. -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"

Re: (alsa)-module werden falsch installiert.

2002-05-26 Thread Jan Torben Heuer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Sonntag, 26. Mai 2002 19:09 schrieb Frank Barknecht: > > wie erwartet ist auch in dem deb archiv nicht viel drinn. ist die > > source.conf dafür verantwortlich, was kompiliert wird? warum wurde die > > nicht mit alsa mitinstalliert? > > Die gehört z

Re: (alsa)-module werden falsch installiert.

2002-05-26 Thread Jan Torben Heuer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Sonntag, 26. Mai 2002 19:09 schrieb Frank Barknecht: > (ich lese die Liste, Cc überflüssig.) sorry, falsche taste erwischt ;-) > > da steht besagter Pfad drinn > > Ich wollte eigentlich wissen, welcher... path=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/alsa passt als

Re: convert netscape/win32 Email to debian mail client ???

2002-05-26 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Sun, 26 May 2002 16:24:43 -0500 "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I have ~2 GB of netscape Email on this nt4 box, without which I > do not want to live . . . AFAIK, the file format for the Win32 and *nix versions of Netscape are compatible. So you should be able to mo

convert netscape/win32 Email to debian mail client ???

2002-05-26 Thread Michael D. Schleif
I have avoided this long enough! I just built a new system -- woody -- and have kde and konqueror working very well, thank you ;> Now, I need to wean myself from the last vestiges of m$oft. However, I have ~2 GB of netscape Email on this nt4 box, without which I do not want to live . . . What

Re: General Java question

2002-05-26 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: Sometimes when I go to sites that are dependent on Java (like www.popcap.com for games, etc) the features on that site don't work as they should. For example, in the game Atomica, in the tutorial I click on the ball and then click elsewhere and absolutely nothing happens. O

General question re: Report generation

2002-05-26 Thread Kent West
At work I need to generate monthly and other occassional reports out of an Oracle database. I started doing this years ago before I knew Linux existed, and use Crystal Reports on Windows to generate those reports. Crystal Reports is a drag-n-drop/point-n-click app that lets you create a "templa

General Java question

2002-05-26 Thread Kent West
Sometimes when I go to sites that are dependent on Java (like my school's main web-accessible database/portal, and like www.popcap.com for games, etc) the features on that site don't work as they should. Is this because: 1) These sites are using non-standard Java features that only work with

Re: ddt-client

2002-05-26 Thread dman
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:36:01PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: | On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 10:45, Rob Weir wrote: | > On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 04:28:26PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: | > > I am trying to get a ddt acount up and running, but I am running into | > > some problems. I have this D-link cable r

Re: accessibility

2002-05-26 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 07:50:38AM +0200, Dennis Heuer wrote: > Hi! > > Does somebody know a project that develops kind of accessibility4linux > for the support of specific hardware for disabled people? > Hi dennis, Here is a few: http://www.gnu.org/directory/skipper.html http://home.freeuk.net/

CD Labelling Software

2002-05-26 Thread Simon Read
Folks, Can any one suggest some CD label printing software and stationery that can be used under Debian GNU/Linux? If it makes any different I have an HP LaserJet and a HP DeskJet printer. I also have some "Neato" stationery, but their software is PC/Mac :( Simon Read -- To UNSU

Re: ddt-client

2002-05-26 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:36:01PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > Its masquerading and Im using port forwarding. What is weird is that my > smtp port is working because I can receive mail, but aparently the http > port is not working because people cannot access my web page. What error do they get?

Re: Suggestions for a USB Webcam

2002-05-26 Thread John
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 01:58:39PM +0200, Thomas Hessling wrote: > On Sat, 2002-05-25 at 00:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Does anyone have any suggestions on what works well with linux? I've > > scanned over the USB-linux devices list, so I have a feel of what > > works and what doesn't. S

Re: ddt-client

2002-05-26 Thread Scott Henson
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 10:45, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 04:28:26PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > > I am trying to get a ddt acount up and running, but I am running into > > some problems. I have this D-link cable router (DI-704) that I have > > between me and the internet. I was won

Re: Trouble-shooting apache-perl

2002-05-26 Thread Ian D. Stewart
On 2002.05.26 10:55 Rob Weir wrote: On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:50:14AM -0400, Ian D. Stewart wrote: > So, > > I recently upgraded apache to apache-perl, and am trying to get to the > a test script under /usr/share/doc/libapache-mod_perl/examples to test I don't know if this is related, but apach

Re: Netiquette: crossposting, followup-to (was Re: 1:1 mirror for an entire hd)

2002-05-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Matijs van Zuijlen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.05.26.1209 +0200]: > It's called ! > So just type > c! macro index I "c!\n" "opens the inbox" macro pager I "c!\n" "opens the inbox" then just press 'I' -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailt

Re: MPlayer

2002-05-26 Thread VETSEL Patrice
If you are in need of a good paquetage for mplayer look here : http://www.mplayer.fr.st/ and for other very nice here (like divx, xine ...) : http://marillat.free.fr/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sylpheed

2002-05-26 Thread VETSEL Patrice
On Sun, 26 May 2002 15:20:25 +0100 Carlos Sousa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 24 May 2002 18:19:18 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > what's up with sylpheed-doc? or, in other words, where can i get it? > > have you tried apt-get install sylpheed-doc? That's how I installed > it... I'v

Re: non-gui battery app?

2002-05-26 Thread David Z Maze
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The apm bin from the apmd package with something like: > $ while(true);do apm; sleep 10; clear;done; Or, more simply, just 'watch apm'. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-26 Thread Walter Reed
On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 09:24:46PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Curiosity to see if its worth keeping squid duing a transparent proxy > now that our broadband came up (we were stuffed on dialup for four days > when the person in charge of getting everybody's share of rent and bill > money forgot th

Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re: disable paragraphflows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 06:57, Thomas Good wrote: > On Sat, 25 May 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:02:35AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] > By the way gents, there was no helicopter involved at Kent State. 2 days before the Massacre, there was a helicopter used to try a

Re: Trouble-shooting apache-perl

2002-05-26 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:50:14AM -0400, Ian D. Stewart wrote: > So, > > I recently upgraded apache to apache-perl, and am trying to get to the > a test script under /usr/share/doc/libapache-mod_perl/examples to test I don't know if this is related, but apache-perl and mod-perl(libapache-mod_p

Re: persistent cookies

2002-05-26 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 10:54:09PM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I am trying to set up persistent cookies with lynx. I am accepting all cookes > and have persistent_cookies set to true and mycookie file is supposed to be > ~/.lynx_cookies. I've also done a search for any such file on my system. I

Re: which package provides?

2002-05-26 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 01:14:15AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 02:10:36AM -0600, Dave Price wrote: > > > More generally, is there a command that can be run on a system to tell > > me what package installed a perticular file? > > dpkg -S should give it to you. AFAIK, thi

Re: booting RAID-1

2002-05-26 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya patrick try using a 2.4.18 kernel w/ raid0/1 built into the kernel instead of modules.. and/or is that initrd referenced in your lilo.conf for "root" partition in the lilo.conf stanza ... root=/dev/md0 initrd=that_one_u_used_from_rescue_partition.gz c ya alvin O

Re: ddt-client

2002-05-26 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 04:28:26PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > I am trying to get a ddt acount up and running, but I am running into > some problems. I have this D-link cable router (DI-704) that I have > between me and the internet. I was wondering if anyone had experience > setting up ddt-clie

booting RAID-1

2002-05-26 Thread Patrick Albuquerque
Hi, I've been struggling to boot into a RAID-1 (mirroring) o root is hda3, hdc3 as /dev/md0 o hda3 & hdc3 have partition type 'fd' o root is Ext3 o RAID enabled 2.4.18 kernel o initrd has raid modules (added 'raid1' to /etc/mkinitrd/modules

Re: MPlayer

2002-05-26 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 03:32:59PM -0300, O Senhor wrote: > Hello, > > I have compiled the MPlayer in my Debian Machine, and was fine... But > when i try run it, (mplayer , nothing appears. Only messages > about permission denied in some places and .mplayer configuration > faults. But is my first

Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re: disable paragraph flows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 07:34:51PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > of sharp turns, short but steep hills and one-lane corduroy bridges. They make bridges out of corduroy? Wow, Canada's even weirder than I'd heard...;) -rob, currently thinking about a long, cold pint of Kilkenny pgprFIsM6qYQP.pgp

Re: iptables 2.2.20-idepci

2002-05-26 Thread dman
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 04:51:26AM -0600, Dave Price wrote: | It sets up with a 2.2.20 kernel and returns uname= 2.2.20-idepci. | | I am trying to use this as a firewall system. The system appears to | have iptables installed (even an init script and 'empty' config, but | when I try to do the co

Re: sylpheed

2002-05-26 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Fri, 24 May 2002 18:19:18 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > what's up with sylpheed-doc? or, in other words, where can i get it? have you tried apt-get install sylpheed-doc? That's how I installed it... > (...) > though i configured the line wrap at 72, it doesn't wrap by default. > has anyon

Re: non-gui battery app?

2002-05-26 Thread dman
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 02:54:07AM -0600, Dave Price wrote: | anyone know of a battery status program that is not GUI-based? $ cat /proc/apm -D -- The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to

Configuring mod_perl on Debian

2002-05-26 Thread Ian D. Stewart
Dear List, I have been trying for the better part of the day to get Apache w/mod_perl working on a Debian Woody system. With the help of the Configuration section of the mod_perl Guide, I have set up httpd.conf w/ mod_perl support, I have setup a /perl location with Apache::Registry as the P

Recovering a dd'd MBR -Possible?

2002-05-26 Thread Russ Pitman
I have two hard drives, hda and hdb. I wiped the MBR on /dev/hdb not realizing that it would cause the boot of /dev/hda to fail while it was still in the chain. With /dev/hdb switched off /dev/hda boots fine, but I need to be able to access /dev/hdb to transfe all/most of the files over to /dev/hd

Re: bringing up multiple pc-card interfaces

2002-05-26 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Sun, 26 May 2002 03:03:03 -0600 "Dave Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It work, except that on boot the system trys to start the network before > the cardservices are ready. > > I have the configurations of eth0 and eth1 in /etc/interfaces as static. > > Even after the cards are recognized

Re: Menus not updating

2002-05-26 Thread Joey Hess
Paul Johnson wrote: > The X apps do have this. Console apps that previously did have menu > entries are slowly dropping them for whatever reason, despite the fact > that it would be reasonable to spawn an xterm and start it there. > Examples off the top of my head on this one are mutt and tin. I

Re: bringing up multiple pc-card interfaces

2002-05-26 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Sun, 26 May 2002 03:03:03 -0600 "Dave Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It work, except that on boot the system trys to start the network before > the cardservices are ready. > > I have the configurations of eth0 and eth1 in /etc/interfaces as static. I suspect you have the interfaces liste

Re: Lost floppy ??

2002-05-26 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Ted wrote on Sun May 26, 2002 um 12:40:17PM: fdformat is old piece of crap. Use superformat. > About to fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 Bad idea. These format makes problems with some hardware and some operating systems. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- begin LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.txt.vbs I am a sign

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-26 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Sunday 26 May 2002 12:58, Paul Johnson wrote: > Will I get enough winnage over the cable modem to make it worth while > now that the broadband's back? Depends on the servers you want to access. I "only" have ADSL with maximum 90KB/s download, and yet the average speed seeme to be somewhere b

Re: Lost floppy ??

2002-05-26 Thread Ted
Paul Johnson wrote: On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:50:38PM +0100, Ted wrote: I have not recompiled the kernel on this partition and the floppy was ok yesterday...It is also ok mechanically as it works on my suse partition.. Ooh, don't take us down this road...I'm still in recovery[1]. The word

Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re: disable paragraphflows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 07:57:27AM -0400, Thomas Good wrote: > about this insensitive behaviour. This sort of thing is not taught > in American schools perhaps because it is seemingly at odds with our > democratic principles. The less polished side of US history is covered > well by Howard Zinn

Re: Suggestions for a USB Webcam

2002-05-26 Thread Thomas Hessling
On Sat, 2002-05-25 at 00:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone have any suggestions on what works well with linux? I've > scanned over the USB-linux devices list, so I have a feel of what > works and what doesn't. So I'm looking for opinions and expriences. The Philips PCVC 740K (aka ToUc

Re: OT: debian-beer (was Re: wrapping [was: Re: disable paragraphflows in mozilla?])

2002-05-26 Thread Thomas Good
On Sat, 25 May 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:02:35AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > home and abroad. And it was still a cheap shot for the national gaurd > > > to open fire from a helicopter on an unarmed, peaceful war protest. > > > > You aren't talking about

Re: Lost floppy ??

2002-05-26 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:50:38PM +0100, Ted wrote: > I have not recompiled the kernel on this partition and the floppy was ok > yesterday...It is also ok mechanically as it works on my suse partition.. Ooh, don't take us down this road...I'm still in recovery[1]. The words "I didn't change an

Re: Lost floppy ??

2002-05-26 Thread Ted
Paul Johnson wrote: On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:40:17PM +0100, Ted wrote: ioctl(FDFMTBEG): No such device FAILED fdformat error Enter to continue... Needless to say the fd0 is in dev and if I do a make bzdisk it works ok... Sounds like maybe you recompiled the kernel and forgot floppy sup

Re: Lost floppy ??

2002-05-26 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:40:17PM +0100, Ted wrote: > ioctl(FDFMTBEG): No such device > FAILED fdformat error Enter to continue... > Needless to say the fd0 is in dev and if I do a make bzdisk it works ok... Sounds like maybe you recompiled the kernel and forgot floppy support? -- Baloo p

Lost floppy ??

2002-05-26 Thread Ted
HI.. Whilst tyring to install tomsrtbt onto a floppy I get this response.. About to fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 Double-sided, 82 tracks, 21 sec/track. Total capacity 1722 kB. Formatting ... ioctl(FDFMTBEG): No such device FAILED fdformat error Enter to continue... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/twager/toms

Re: screens saver - scrolling marquee

2002-05-26 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Wed, 22 May 2002 10:28:33 -0500 ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got a kiosk set up and would like to display what the intended > use of the kiosk is for, in the form of a screensaver. I've installed > xscreensaver. The only two screensavers included that come close are > (...) The nose

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-26 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 11:44:51AM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: > My instinct is that it probably is worth it because your web browser will > initially ask the proxy, which is presumably either local, or attached via > LAN, rather than the remote server, which is over 56K. Will I get enough winnag

iptables 2.2.20-idepci

2002-05-26 Thread Dave Price
Hi, I have a woody system built from a netinst cdrom i found on the debian site. It sets up with a 2.2.20 kernel and returns uname= 2.2.20-idepci. I am trying to use this as a firewall system. The system appears to have iptables installed (even an init script and 'empty' config, but when I try

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-26 Thread Peter Whysall
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 05:24, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 03:03:26PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > I'd activate cache, flush it then run an automated pull of a slew of > > sites tried against both a proxied and unproxied session. You can get a > > list of sites (if you want

Re: Galeon submits empty forms

2002-05-26 Thread Matthias Papesch
Hi, seems that my original response missed the list. James Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > I was having this problem. The solution I found was to delete > ~/.galeon/mozilla/galeon/prefs.js. Don't ask me why, I have no idea. It just > worked. > Anyways, deleting this file did the

Re: Netiquette: crossposting, followup-to (was Re: 1:1 mirror for an entire hd)

2002-05-26 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 12:09:40PM +0200, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: > It's called ! > So just type > c! I don't know if it's because it's 0324 and I'm bored, or I hated menu hell in pine or what, but COOLEST FEATURE EVER! Sorry bout that. I'm easily amused right now. Thanks, though! --

Re: non-gui battery app?

2002-05-26 Thread Matijs van Zuijlen
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 05:28:28AM -0400, jereme wrote: > Dave Price wrote: > > anyone know of a battery status program that is not GUI-based? > > > This may not be what you are looking for but two things come to > mind. > > Within emacs, M-x display-battery will put a meter in the mode li

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