Various Questions

Just a few questions: 1) Whenever I restart my system. My /tmp dir is cleared. Is there a way to stop this from happening so that tmpreaper will deal with it. 2) I'm running apache with php4. It's working just fine. My domain is currently redirected to my webserver. The first problem is:

Re: traffic shaping https connections

On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, sean finney wrote: sf>priority traffic. a) is a little heavy handed i think and b) won't keep sf>apache-ssl from disturbing my counterstrike games... I assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that preserving low latency would have been enough. If you really need to set some bandwidth

Re: ldap re-creating database

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 23:11:56 -0800, nate wrote: > mdevin said: > > > Can you spell that out even more for this ldap newbie? > > In my slapd.conf I do have the following: > > rootdn "cn=admin,dc=mycompany,dc=com" > > rootpw {SSHA}JuaWFhw+AXDgppTgOJPtpZARL1PpWRoj > > > you su

Re: Gnome2 and SID ?? HOWTO

When I do a apt-get install gnome I get a dependency error about x-screensaver- gnome. Hmm too bad heading back to Windowmaker I guess. Citeren Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'd like to add... > When I upgraded my machine, sawfish-gnome didn't preinstall emacs21 (no > dependency). So, there

Re: Problem in installation debian on the Raid :((((!!!

> Hello debian-user, > > I`ve some problem in Debian v3.0r0. (older also testing). > Me problem is that such i can`t installed debian because he > does`t finded my controler Raid. > Debian don`t loaded any modules at the booting and starting > installation. The controler name "Promise Technolo

Re: ldap re-creating database

mdevin said: > Can you spell that out even more for this ldap newbie? > In my slapd.conf I do have the following: > rootdn "cn=admin,dc=mycompany,dc=com" > rootpw {SSHA}JuaWFhw+AXDgppTgOJPtpZARL1PpWRoj you sure thats right? I think it should be SHA, though I prefer MD5. nate

Re: Proposal - non-free software removal

On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 22:44, Shawn Lamson wrote: > > --- "Mark L. Kahnt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 00:50, Rob Weir wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 10:00:54AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > snip > > My outlook largely is coincident with Rob on this one - my vrms > > lis

Problem in installation debian on the Raid :((((!!!

Hello debian-user, I`ve some problem in Debian v3.0r0. (older also testing). Me problem is that such i can`t installed debian because he does`t finded my controler Raid. Debian don`t loaded any modules at the booting and starting installation. The controler name "Promise Technologi ULTRA

getting an address from DHCP without an interface

hi there, is there a tool i can use as a DHCP client, which does everything a regular DHCP client does, except for actual interface configuration? In fact, I would love it to simply call a shell script whenever it obtains a lease, or even better, whenever the IP of the lease changes. thanks, --

Re: MP# (or OGG) -> WAV? How?

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 08:57:37PM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > Actually, Moore's "Law" has nothing to do with storage space or bandwidth, > more of both being needed to store/transmit song collections today. sure it does, if you store your music on some kind of ramdisk :) --sean msg13617/pgp

Re: ldap re-creating database

On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 00:13:28 -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 07:45:37PM -0800, nate wrote: > | mdevin said: > | > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 18:49:40 -0800, nate wrote: > | > | > Thanks, it worked straight away. But you have scared me now. I want to > | > migrate o

Re: gtk-engines-lighthouseblue

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 05:45:28PM -0600, Kevin C. Smith wrote: > Anyone else having trouble with gtk-engines-lighthouseblue? > > It's nice, however the checkmarks in checkboxes on "main" menus don't show. > Such as Galeon's "Settings" pull-down menu. It seems that all > gtk-1.2 apps have this pro

Re: MP# (or OGG) -> WAV? How?

On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 02:10:51PM +1100, John Griffiths wrote: > >Actually, Moore's "Law" has nothing to do with storage space or bandwidth, > >more of both being needed to store/transmit song collections today. > >-- > > well it does allow real time compression/decompression allowing more > ef

Re: Debian installation: monitor/videocard problem

Liudmila Yafremava said: > Videocard > Diamond Viper 16MB TNTA AGP > Monitor > Sony Trinitron 21" Multiscan 520GS that should be pretty easy then.. make sure you have some of the basic packages installed: apt-get install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xserver-xfree86 xbase-clients xserve

Re: Debian installation: monitor/videocard problem

Liudmila Yafremava said: > Hi! > > I am trying to install Debian on my computer, but it does not seem to sounds like it is not configured. can you provide information about your hardware(both video and monitor). nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Debian installation: monitor/videocard problem

Hi! I am trying to install Debian on my computer, but it does not seem to configure my monitor/videocard appropriately. When I startx from command prompt, it says " (EE) Vesa(0): no matching modes. Mode screens found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found." Wha

Re: Proposal - non-free software removal

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 04:27:04PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > > provide specs to Bertrik Sikken ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) who's trying to > > write the SANE backend for it. THe last time I tried using the drivers for the hp PSC 750 scanner - it was broken - anyone get scanning to work on the PSC 750 on l

Re: Gnome2 and SID ?? HOWTO

I'd like to add... When I upgraded my machine, sawfish-gnome didn't preinstall emacs21 (no dependency). So, there was a glitch. I was pretty scared, I had thought that it was a complete Gnome->Gnome2 upgrade. apt-get'ing emacs21 fixed the problem. Anyway, Gnome2 desktop looks neater. Oki -- To

Re: printing - from beginning

On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 10:45:24AM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > "Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh writes: > > Sandip> echo "SOMETHING" | lpr results in lpr: command not found! > > > apt-get install cupsys-bsd > > thanx group for all the help. finally, i could get my printer to spit

Re: ldap re-creating database

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 07:45:37PM -0800, nate wrote: | mdevin said: | > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 18:49:40 -0800, nate wrote: | | > Thanks, it worked straight away. But you have scared me now. I want to | > migrate over other stuff too for host information, users passwords etc. | > Should I keep

Re: Gnome2 and SID ?? HOWTO

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 06:07:23PM +0100, Patrick Brunier wrote: > At the moment I'm waiting...and waiting and waiting until I see GNOME2 show up > in dselect. I allready have SID installed but when I do a apt-get update... > still no Gnome2 shows up in the dselect lists. apt-get install gnome2 d

Re: SVG-based presentation program?

Jens Grivolla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am looking for a good presentation program (something like > PowerPoint) for Linux. So far I have been using mostly Star- > /Openoffice which is kind of OK, but would be interested in > alternatives. I have been using LaTeX (which I use for word > pro

wtmp and setuid gone mad..

hi i tried to post this this morning, but it never made it. i have a diskless cluster.. uses kernel nfs and etherboot. there is only one copy of the kernel but a separate root directory for each node... all served up by one machine (only one with a disk). from /var/log: -rw-r-1 root

Re: ldap re-creating database

mdevin said: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 18:49:40 -0800, nate wrote: > Thanks, it worked straight away. But you have scared me now. I want to > migrate over other stuff too for host information, users passwords etc. > Should I keep using the perl scripts in migrationtools and then slapadd > to add

Re: Proposal - non-free software removal

--- "Mark L. Kahnt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 00:50, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 10:00:54AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: snip > My outlook largely is coincident with Rob on this one - my vrms > listing > mentions primarily RFCs and W3C recommendations, typefac

Re: extra multimedia keys

If you have a HP laptop, look here http://sourceforge.net/projects/omke Noah L. Meyerhans ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 04:10:22PM -0500, Levi Waldron wrote: >> Is there a way to configure the extra keys on my laptop - play, stop, FF >, RW >> - to work with a software CD

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Re: ldap re-creating database

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 18:49:40 -0800, nate wrote: > mdevin said: > > > In my most recent attempt I deleted the /var/lib/ldap/* files, put my > > slapd.conf file in place and started slapd. However, when I try to > > migrate the base system I get "Invalid credentials" errors. > > don't use ldapa

Re: ide-scsi emulation fails due to missing module sr_mod in kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4

"Michael" == Michael Rauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> now i'm wondering if there is some other way to get this Michael> module on my system beside of getting the kernel and Michael> module sources and baking a new kernel. apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-{arch} where

Re: MP# (or OGG) -> WAV? How?

>Actually, Moore's "Law" has nothing to do with storage space or bandwidth, >more of both being needed to store/transmit song collections today. >-- well it does allow real time compression/decompression allowing more effective use of bandwith. doesn't get you over Shannon's Law however. --

Re: MP# (or OGG) -> WAV? How?

At 2002-11-18T00:48:20Z, Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ...Moore's Law will kill off this whole horrid, horrid, horrid > lossy-audio-compression idea before it gets to the point of being > impossible to buy... Actually, Moore's "Law" has nothing to do with storage space or bandwidth, more

Re: ldap re-creating database

mdevin said: > In my most recent attempt I deleted the /var/lib/ldap/* files, put my > slapd.conf file in place and started slapd. However, when I try to > migrate the base system I get "Invalid credentials" errors. don't use ldapadd, use slapadd that will fix your problems, just be sure your ent

ldap re-creating database

I didn't like the way Debian setup the initial ldap database for me and want to start over. I have tried purging the slapd package and reinstalling after keeping my modified slapd.conf as well as trying to manually remove each entry in the database. I just want a clean slate to start with so that

Re: xine-ui error

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 06:01:21PM -0800, nate wrote: > Michelle Storm said: > > I'm new to linux. Only been using it a little ove 2 months. > > hi, welcome to tux land.. > > try dpkg --purge xine > > then install xine-ui again, xine is an old package, shouldn't > be used anymore. older versions

Re: SVG-based presentation program?

> "Jens" == Jens Grivolla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jens> Hi, I am looking for a good presentation program (something like Jens> PowerPoint) for Linux. So far I have been using mostly Star- Jens> /Openoffice which is kind of OK, but would be interested in Jens> alternatives. I have been us

Re: xine-ui error

Michelle Storm said: > I'm new to linux. Only been using it a little ove 2 months. hi, welcome to tux land.. try dpkg --purge xine then install xine-ui again, xine is an old package, shouldn't be used anymore. older versions of xine-ui automatically removed xine when installing, perhaps current

Re: MP# (or OGG) -> WAV? How?

Pigeon wrote: On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 12:28:14 -0500, sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: also, if you're debating whether or not you should go to ogg, i highly reccommend it. first of all, it's a free codec, and many people don't know that mp3 actually isn't free. secondly, it's a _better_ co

xine-ui error

I'm new to linux. Only been using it a little ove 2 months. I was trying to install xine, and got this error: (Reading database ... 79600 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking xine-ui (from .../xine-ui_0.9.13-2_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xine-ui_0.

Re: amavis install w/ exim

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 07:09:04PM +0100, Ramin Motakef wrote.. > > I think this instruction are only valid for Exim4. For Exim3 use > README.exim.old. > > I also found that amavis-ng works better. You have to adjust paths and > permissions to make it work. I've unintalled amavis-exim and

Re: How to install Gnome2 into SID

+ Patrick Brunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > still no Gnome2 shows up in the dselect lists. apt-get install gnome2 doesn't > work. What am I doing wrong ? How do you install Gnome2 ? http://people.debian.org/~walters/gnome2.html apt-get install gnome kai* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

postgresql problem in woody and sid

I cannot get postgresql to install : Here is the error message: Now installing the PostgreSQL database files in /var/lib/postgres/data su - postgres -c cd /var/lib/postgres; . ./.bash_profile; LANG=C initdb --encoding UNICODE --pgdata /var/lib/postgres/data -su: initdb: command not found dpkg: e

Partition size mismatch

I'm trying to track down why my /var partition is only mounting as half the size as reported by fdisk or parted. I'd appreciate any suggestions or other information. df reports this (approx 2G): Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda7 1968588

Small problem with update-menus

When I run it, it mostly works, except for the following: Could not open dir "KMail/" /etc/menu-methods//afterstep: Aborting Update-menus[11613]: Script /etc/menu-methods//afterstep returned error status 1. There is a KMail subdirectory (in fact, there are 2, one nested inside the other). The in

Re: Status of XFS

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 05:14:29PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > Anyone up on the status of the xfs file system? > > I use xfs file system on my laptop and one desktop. I see the package > kernel-patch-xfs is just for up to 2.4.18. Is there still work on this > file system? I remember seeing som

Re: [OT] CD-R Requirements (or Giving Back To Windows Users)

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 04:09:41PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > At 04:33 PM 11/17/02 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > >I think Clemens said something to the effect that there is nothing > >more annoying than the presence of an example. Your best bet would be > >to load up this old box (actually pretty n

Status of XFS

Anyone up on the status of the xfs file system? I use xfs file system on my laptop and one desktop. I see the package kernel-patch-xfs is just for up to 2.4.18. Is there still work on this file system? I remember seeing some debate about xfs going into 2.5.x. Can I expect this to be more suppor

Re: gdm & kerberos

On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 11:22:36AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > Hi, > > Would it be possible to have gdm authenticates to a kerberos server while > still have the chance to auth. to a local pam when the server is down? Yes, I think so, though I do it the other way--check for unix first, then go through

Re: apt and dist-upgrade

On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 10:10, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Vineet" == Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Vineet> (or better yet, do the upgrade using dselect or aptitude > Vineet> for a good overview of what will be upgraded, what new > Vineet> packages need to be installed, w

Re: MP# (or OGG) -> WAV? How?

On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 12:28:14 -0500, sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >also, if you're debating whether or not you should go to ogg, i highly >reccommend it. first of all, it's a free codec, and many people don't >know that mp3 actually isn't free. secondly, it's a _better_ codec, >with bet

Re: [OT] CD-R Requirements (or Giving Back To Windows Users)

* Bill Moseley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021117 16:11]: > At 04:33 PM 11/17/02 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > >I think Clemens said something to the effect that there is nothing > >more annoying than the presence of an example. Your best bet would be > >to load up this old box (actually pretty nice hardwar

Re: ide-scsi emulation fails due to missing module sr_mod in kernel2.4.18-bf2.4

Michael Rauch wrote: hi, i recently replaced the SuSE installation on my desktop with debian/woody. now i have some troubles getting my IDE cd-burner (alias hdd) working. after reading the CD-WRITING-HOWTO and googling around for some time i figured that the module sr_mod (afaik SCSI CD-ROM su

Debian User Worldmap

Hello I have started a worldmap of Debian users, similar to the one of Debian developers. Please send me your coordinates if you want to be listed (if you are a Debian user, that is). http://www.linuks.mine.nu/debian-worldmap/ Kind regards, Gürkan -- Hey, it compiles! Ship it! -- To UNSUBSC

Re: [OT] CD-R Requirements (or Giving Back To Windows Users)

At 04:33 PM 11/17/02 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: >I think Clemens said something to the effect that there is nothing >more annoying than the presence of an example. Your best bet would be >to load up this old box (actually pretty nice hardware!) you have and >burn a CD while doing "other tasks" and w

Re: traffic shaping https connections

hiya, this looks pretty cool, but after reading the docs i'm not sure if it will do what i want. i want to specifically limit all traffic on a certain port (https) to the outside world to a hard limit, but not anything else... and it seems that with wondershaper i can either a) set a hard limit o

gtk-engines-lighthouseblue

Anyone else having trouble with gtk-engines-lighthouseblue? It's nice, however the checkmarks in checkboxes on "main" menus don't show. Such as Galeon's "Settings" pull-down menu. It seems that all gtk-1.2 apps have this problem. It's not just me I'll file a bug report, but sure if I'm missing s

Re: [OT] CD-R Requirements (or Giving Back To Windows Users)

* Bill Moseley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021117 14:32]: > > This is a rather non-specific question: > > Will CD writing quality be effected if the machine is doing other tasks? Does the CD Burner have any buffer underrun protection? If so, you should produce good burns on even heavily-loaded systems

Re: [OT] CD-R Requirements (or Giving Back To Windows Users)

Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-17 14:29:15 -0800]: > > This is a rather non-specific question: Good, then you won't mind non-specific answers? :-) > Will CD writing quality be effected if the machine is doing other tasks? > Of course the answer is "it depends", but here's what I'm co

Re: Redoing the rescue floppy...

* Darryl L. Pierce ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021117 15:16]: > I want to upgrade my boot floppy to support 2.4.19 kernel and Ext3. Can > someone point me to a HOWTO for doing so? I think mkboot will do exactly what you're looking for. Try the manpage first, make a boot disk, and test it to see if it's

ide-scsi emulation fails due to missing module sr_mod in kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4

hi, i recently replaced the SuSE installation on my desktop with debian/woody. now i have some troubles getting my IDE cd-burner (alias hdd) working. after reading the CD-WRITING-HOWTO and googling around for some time i figured that the module sr_mod (afaik SCSI CD-ROM support) is not present

Redoing the rescue floppy...

I want to upgrade my boot floppy to support 2.4.19 kernel and Ext3. Can someone point me to a HOWTO for doing so? -- Darryl L. Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit the Infobahn Offramp - "What do you care what other people think, Mr. Feynman?" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: extra multimedia keys

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 04:10:22PM -0500, Levi Waldron wrote: > Is there a way to configure the extra keys on my laptop - play, stop, FF, RW > - to work with a software CD player? > > I have found the funkey kernel patch - http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/funkey/ > - but is there a Debian way?

Re: [OT] CD-R Requirements (or Giving Back To Windows Users)

This one time, at band camp, Bill Moseley said: > > This is a rather non-specific question: > > Will CD writing quality be effected if the machine is doing other > tasks? Of course the answer is "it depends", but here's what I'm > considering: It depends (sorry, couldn't help myself) (^: > So

Re: utf8 in emacsen

On November 15, 2002 at 10:52PM +0100, Christian Jaeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to edit & save some files in UTF-8, preferably with > xemacs-21(-mule), if not possible then with emacs(-21). > > I won't type any other characters than latin1, but they should be > stored as utf-8 and

Re: [OT] CD-R Requirements (or Giving Back To Windows Users)

On Sunday 17 November 2002 02:29 pm, Bill Moseley wrote: Hi Bill The full answer is "it depends" - chipset behaviour, NIC behaviour, all those sorts of things. A rough back-of-the-envelope answer is: - You can NAT fine through a P75 (or less) with 16MB. - You can burn CDs fine with a P90 with

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 05:31:04PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 05:04:38PM -0500, Stephen Gran insinuated: > > apt-get install won't let you do it as a user, but apt-get source will > > download the source - this is because you're not actually installing > > anything to the sy

Re: URGENT - How to shutdown Debian 3? - URGENT

On November 15, 2002 07:44 pm, Michael Naumann wrote: > shouldn't that read > alias halt="sudo /sbin/halt"   > or even better > alias halt="/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/halt"   Yes, good eye. -- -Levi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: system will not soft power down

A correction to my previous message, for the archives: > If you have apm in the kernel and acpi loaded from a module, apm might > > win and won't work if your BIOS doesn't support ACPI.  Try turning SHOULD READ ---> doesn't support APM > > apm=off in lilo.conf, and l

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 05:04:38PM -0500, Stephen Gran insinuated: > This one time, at band camp, Nori Heikkinen said: > > on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:49:36PM +, Colin Watson insinuated: > > > Firstly, don't be in / when grabbing source packages. :) You don't > > > need to be root, either. > > > > well

[OT] CD-R Requirements (or Giving Back To Windows Users)

This is a rather non-specific question: Will CD writing quality be effected if the machine is doing other tasks? Of course the answer is "it depends", but here's what I'm considering: A few of my Debian machines are old MS Windows hand-me-downs. I've been offered another (they just bought a new

Riblio - VersaBar Barcode Sofware

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Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

This one time, at band camp, Nori Heikkinen said: > on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:49:36PM +, Colin Watson insinuated: > > Firstly, don't be in / when grabbing source packages. :) You don't > > need to be root, either. > > well, i have needed to be of late, and just haven't worried about it > recently

RE: IRC

Ron/Wigglit wrote: > But, if you guys screen who you help by theif file-sharing philosophy, > that's a bit overboard. ... Hmm. After reading the log file, I became convinced of three things: 1) I was right to stop using IRC 5 years ago, because it is a waste of time. 2) No-one cares about your 'fi

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 04:35:39PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:49:36PM +, Colin Watson insinuated: > > Firstly, don't be in / when grabbing source packages. :) You don't > > need to be root, either. > > well, i have needed to be of late, and just haven't worried about

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:49:36PM +, Colin Watson insinuated: > Firstly, don't be in / when grabbing source packages. :) You don't > need to be root, either. well, i have needed to be of late, and just haven't worried about it recently ... whenever i try to run apt as myself, i get the following:

Re: IRC

On Sunday 17 November 2002 14:49, Justin A wrote: > So basically #debian didn't cater to your file sharing philosophy, > and wasn't able to read your mind. > > I'm terribly sorry, guess we should have tried harder. > > CC replies :-) Sorry...you are definitely wrong on that account. But, if you g

Re: SVG-based presentation program?

Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://www.mew.org/mgp/ Thanks, it looks like it has some nice templates that come with it (or at least one), which is important to me. However, it uses a proprietary format (though it is pure text, which is nice) and I do not find much documentation as to

extra multimedia keys

Is there a way to configure the extra keys on my laptop - play, stop, FF, RW - to work with a software CD player? I have found the funkey kernel patch - http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/funkey/ - but is there a Debian way? (Woody 2.4.18) -- -Levi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Help using Linux box as Mac print server

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 01:44:26PM -0500, Martin Weinberg wrote: > I've been trying to use my woody box as print server for a Mac. I do it, and it works. Most important thing... make sure printing is working before you try to get the Mac to use it. > 1) Dual interface box >* eth0 con

How to install Gnome2 into SID

Hello Debian Fanatics, At the moment I'm waiting...and waiting and waiting until I see GNOME2 show up in dselect. I allready have SID installed but when I do a apt-get update... still no Gnome2 shows up in the dselect lists. apt-get install gnome2 doesn't work. What am I doing wrong ? How do yo

Re: SVG-based presentation program?

hi ya http://www.mew.org/mgp/ c ya alvin On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Jens Grivolla wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for a good presentation program (something like > PowerPoint) for Linux. So far I have been using mostly Star- > /Openoffice which is kind of OK, but would be interested in > alternativ

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 03:32:01PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 03:14:38PM -0500, Edward Guldemond insinuated: > > Download the latest source package with "apt-get source centericq" > > from unstable > > okay, got thus far ... > > > and roll it with "dpkg-buildpackage -us -

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 03:42:25PM -0500, Stephen Gran insinuated: > You have to be in the top level directory of the source, so for > centericq from unstable, that would be centericq-4.8.7, I'm > guessing. pardon the ignorance, but where's the "top level directory" for centericq-4.8.7? > No need t

Re: IRC

Replying to http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200211/msg02927.html If it lets me Mr "W|GGL|T" eh wonder if you knows some people log irc.. i have about 20 pages of nothing but Oct 24 03:55:47 * W|GGL|T is away: I'm busy or asleep Oct 24 10:36:04 <-- W|GGL|T has

SVG-based presentation program?

Hi, I am looking for a good presentation program (something like PowerPoint) for Linux. So far I have been using mostly Star- /Openoffice which is kind of OK, but would be interested in alternatives. I have been using LaTeX (which I use for word processing), too, but I don't think it is really t

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

This one time, at band camp, Nori Heikkinen said: > on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 03:14:38PM -0500, Edward Guldemond insinuated: > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:02:14PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > > however, as i pointed out in an earlier thread, i've never gotten it > > > to work right with the AIM prot

Re: instead of xv?

On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 01:35:59PM +, Glyn wrote: > Kevin Coyner wrote: > > A fluxbox theme I'm trying has the command > > > > rootCommand: xv -root -rmode 5 -max -quit ~/.fluxbox/bkgnds/pic.jpg > > xloadimage will probably do this. Also bsetbg, but that's part of the > blackbox package. Re

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

on Sun, 17 Nov 2002 03:14:38PM -0500, Edward Guldemond insinuated: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:02:14PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > however, as i pointed out in an earlier thread, i've never gotten it > > to work right with the AIM protocol. sean, if you get it working, > > want to come look

Re: DHCP Kernel Options - where to set?

> "Doug" == Doug MacFarlane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Doug> Per Vincent, I simply need to edit my /.config file and voila. You need to recompile too, of course. You say you're using a prepackaged kernel. Which one are you using? All the official Debian packages should have both opt

Re: Mozilla 1.1. plugin failure

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 06:15:27PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > It was a bug in that version of libstdc++; the maintainer just made a > typo in the name of the symlink. Fixed versions went up with hours, > fortunately. You sure picked a bad time to upgrade your sid machine, I > can't even remember th

Re: Soundmixers all mixed up... :( How do I resolv?

> "Pontus" == Pontus Edvardsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Pontus> Trying to start a mix I get the following error: Pontus> amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory This is unrelated to having other mixers installed. This means that either the sound modules are n

Re: alsa: no device

> "Thaden" == Thaden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Thaden> thank you very much for all your help in getting alsa running. Thaden> however, esd-alsa seems not to work on my system, so after all i Thaden> may still have to stick with oss :-(. esd-alsa uses an older version of alsa (libaso

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 02:02:14PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > however, as i pointed out in an earlier thread, i've never gotten it > to work right with the AIM protocol. sean, if you get it working, > want to come look at mine? :) > > Download the latest source package with "apt-get source

Re: dosemu

On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 09:09:12PM +0100, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > I'd like to invite comments, criticism, additions, suggestions, > and tips, to the following 'Dosemu for Dummies': > > http://www.jw-stumpel.nl/dosemu.html It's interesting... I really hadn't any idea that dosemu had gone so fa

Re: Proposal - non-free software removal

On 16 Nov 2002, John Hasler wrote: > Bruce writes: > > If I was a company I would certainly be hesitant to do anything with > > Debian because it seems to have a problem with people making money off > > software. > > Baffle. One of the most common reasons for packages to be in non-free is > that

alsa output plugin for realplayer

Hi, I have ALSA drivers for sound on my latop and I am using realplayer and xmms . Is there a way to use AlSAoutput plugins for realplayer instead of OSS emulation . because I get very distorted sound out of some .ram files. thanks in advance suresh

Re: Version To Use? (2)

On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 12:59, Christophe Courtois wrote: > > You seem to miss the point, or so I understand it. I want to > > download the distribution on a DIFFERENT computer, burn a > > If you have only a 56k modem, you should better buy the CDs. I don't > know where you live, but for example

Re: Version To Use? (2)

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 10:28:26AM -0800, John Floren wrote: > > > So, I should just use the new release? Remember, my computer is really > slow, I could only download with a 56K modem, and I can't download > directly to the intended computer. Also, exactly how large is the > current release?

Re: Which ICQ Client is better?

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 12:34:40PM -0500, sean finney wrote: > what i'm most interested in is a text-only aim clone though. gaim is > nice and all, but on my desktop it's aesthetically horrible with all > those big fonts and buttons (which can be reduced somewhat, but not > completely). also, bec

Re: Version To Use? (2)

Hi John On Sunday 17 November 2002 10:57 am, John Floren wrote: [snip] > You seem to miss the point, or so I understand it. I want to download > the distribution on a DIFFERENT computer, burn a installation CD, http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/ Explains how to build ISO images for the vario

Re: psaux.o not compiled as a module?!

Perhaps mousedev.o is what you are looking for. This is what 2.4.19 uses for a ps/2 mouse driver. On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 06:55:18PM +0100, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > Hi there, > > all of a sudden I've got a strange problem. I'm trying to compile 2.4.20-rc2 > with XFS, where psaux should be com

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