Re: help with python bug

2004-06-07 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, John Hasler wrote: > Faheem Mitha writes: > > Can anyone help me with a seemingly Debian-specific Python bug, Debian > > bug no. 252517 (see > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252517 ) > > > Firstly, can anyone reproduce the problem on Sarge or unstable? > >

Re: Cobalt

2004-06-07 Thread Joost De Cock
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 07:05, Martin Fritzsche hurled the following on the wire: > Hallo > > Ich habe einen Cobalt 1 von einem Freund bekommmen. Da dieser das passwort > nicht mehr weis will ich den Rechner mit Debian aufsielen. Da der Server > kein CD Laufwerk hat (und auch nicht einbaubar ist) w

Re: Website creating software

2004-06-07 Thread Joost De Cock
On Monday 07 June 2004 17:36, Nick Smith hurled the following on the wire: > Joost De Cock said: > > On Monday 07 June 2004 15:31, jack kinnon hurled the following on the > > > > wire: > >> Hi > >> Thanks for the input. What I am referring to is > >> something like the MS FrontPage, not just an or

Re: Software to create 3D buttons for use on web pages, etc

2004-06-07 Thread Joost De Cock
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 07:41, Joost De Cock hurled the following on the wire: > On Monday 07 June 2004 16:57, Kevin Murphy hurled the following on the wire: > > I'm interested in creating 3D-buttons, ideally with a rounded, > > ray-traced look. > > > > Anybody have any advice? > > > > I am hoping

Re: Software to create 3D buttons for use on web pages, etc

2004-06-07 Thread Joost De Cock
On Monday 07 June 2004 16:57, Kevin Murphy hurled the following on the wire: > I'm interested in creating 3D-buttons, ideally with a rounded, > ray-traced look. > > Anybody have any advice? > > I am hoping that someone has scripted one of the major graphics > programs to help automate this process.

Cobalt

2004-06-07 Thread Martin Fritzsche
Hallo Ich habe einen Cobalt 1 von einem Freund bekommmen. Da dieser das passwort nicht mehr weis will ich den Rechner mit Debian aufsielen. Da der Server kein CD Laufwerk hat (und auch nicht einbaubar ist) wollte ich fragen ab es fertige Festplatten Images gibt, oder ob (wie) es möglich ist den

Re: Typical partition table for Debian?

2004-06-07 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Also, a lot of people don't really need a 100mb boot partition, even if you have a separate boot partition. I often have 3 or 4 kernel images with corresponding System.map and config, and I haven't ever needed more than a 15-20mb space for them. It really depends on what you are planning to do. -

Re: jigdo image errors

2004-06-07 Thread Mike Chandler
On Monday 07 June 2004 07:59 pm, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote: > Hi all > > I'm still trying to download sarge-i386 iso images using jigdo-lite. > > Image 1 (sarge-i386-1.iso) have problems, some packages listed in > jigdo/template files aren't found on the repositories. Some other > packages are listed

Re: Possible convert to Debian

2004-06-07 Thread Peter Bonucci
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 June 2004 8:26 pm, William Ballard wrote: > On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 10:10:18PM -0500, John Fleming wrote: > > Any other comments for this relative newbie that's old (>50) and not a > > sysadmin by trade? Thanks a bunch for your time! > >

jigdo image errors

2004-06-07 Thread Eduardo Gargiulo
Hi all I'm still trying to download sarge-i386 iso images using jigdo-lite. Image 1 (sarge-i386-1.iso) have problems, some packages listed in jigdo/template files aren't found on the repositories. Some other packages are listed as ".udeb" files ??!! and aren't found too. I have attached the log, wh

Re: Default printer in XPrint/FireFox?

2004-06-07 Thread Roland Mainz
Magnus Therning wrote: > I have two network printers configured in CUPS: > > bern (CUPS default) > escher > > FireFox finds both (through XPrint I guess), but it disregards the CUPS > setting for what printer should be the default one. Can I somehow get > XPrint or FireFox to use bern as its de

Re: Possible convert to Debian

2004-06-07 Thread Adam Aube
John Fleming wrote: > 1. It sounds like Sid is actually pretty stable, I'm guessing especially > for the basic mail and webserving things I use. Would you recommend I go > with Sid, or with testing or stable? Overall, Sid is rather stable. However, every thread on this topic I have seen in the

Re: apt-get error

2004-06-07 Thread Nick Smith
Nick Smith said: > can someone tell me what to do to get rid of this error message: > > dpkg: error processing sslwrap (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > sslwrap > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an

Re: Possible convert to Debian

2004-06-07 Thread Kent West
John Fleming wrote: With my FC2 server (Dell 600SC), I have these things going: pop and imap mail, Squirrelmail, Mailman, SpamAssassin, Webmin, and Apache with several virtual hosts. I've toyed with Debian and Knoppix a bit, but haven't tried to fully implement the above services yet and have

Re: glibc + libstdc++?

2004-06-07 Thread Jeff Elkins
On Monday 07 June 2004 12:06 pm, Bob Proulx wrote: >Jeff Elkins wrote: >> Bob Proulx wrote: >> > Jeff Elkins wrote: >> > > pvconv: relocation error: pvconv: undefined symbol: __dynamic_cast_2 >> > >> > I was curious enough to download the application and try it. I can >> > get a usage string out o

Re: Typical partition table for Debian?

2004-06-07 Thread Lorenzo Prince
Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED]: # What's a "typical" partition table look like for a Debian box? # # I thought that the minimum would be: # # /boot around 100-200 mb # swaparound 1-2x RAM (in this case, 2 gig) # / everything else... This is typical, but not the minimum requirement. All

Re: xfs and cyrillic

2004-06-07 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Glenn Meehan: > > I am getting the following line in /var/log/messages on start up. > > xfs: ignoring font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/ > (unreadable) > > The directory: "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/" does not exist. > > I don't need cyrillic fonts. > > How can I ma

apt-get error

2004-06-07 Thread Nick Smith
can someone tell me what to do to get rid of this error message: dpkg: error processing sslwrap (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: sslwrap E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) i tried apt-g

Re: Possible convert to Debian

2004-06-07 Thread Simon Kitching
On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 15:10, John Fleming wrote: > Consider me a newbie, but with enough experience to be dangerous. I started > learning Linux with RH8.0 about a year ago. I later installed Fedora Core 1 > and have upgraded to FC2, but I'm not happy with the upgrade process (they > recommend a f

Re: Possible convert to Debian

2004-06-07 Thread William Ballard
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 10:10:18PM -0500, John Fleming wrote: > Any other comments for this relative newbie that's old (>50) and not a > sysadmin by trade? Thanks a bunch for your time! It takes about a month of solid work to get all your hardware and eye candy working in Sid. Use Knoppix LiveC

xfs and cyrillic

2004-06-07 Thread Glenn Meehan
Hi, I am getting the following line in /var/log/messages on start up. xfs: ignoring font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/ (unreadable) The directory: "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/" does not exist. I don't need cyrillic fonts. How can I make the message go away? Thanks -- To UNSUB

Possible convert to Debian

2004-06-07 Thread John Fleming
Consider me a newbie, but with enough experience to be dangerous. I started learning Linux with RH8.0 about a year ago. I later installed Fedora Core 1 and have upgraded to FC2, but I'm not happy with the upgrade process (they recommend a fresh install of each upgrade, and of course, Fedora has a

Re: newb question: user switching in KDE?

2004-06-07 Thread Kent West
Mal Beaton wrote: Thanks for the idea. That is good. However I start the second session ctl-alt-f2 login as another user startx -- :1 starts fine ctl=alt-f7 back to my first session then I ctl-alt-f2 back to other session it has crashed no real (EE) showing. If you really intended to write "f2", th

RE: newb question: user swithcing in KDE

2004-06-07 Thread Clifton Sluss
Ignatz, You may have figured this our already but for prosperity here goes... Kent's answer below is awesome, i have already started using it, but if you want a graphical user switching interface KDE provides an excellent one.  All you have to do is make kdm your default display manag

wvdial connects but no internet and KPPP dies

2004-06-07 Thread Jason Kretzer
Hello all, I have set up wvdial to connect to my isp. I use it to connect but cannot get any internet sites. I have checked the resolv.conf file while wvdial is running, and my dns servers are correct there. So, I tried KPPP. I configured it with everything it needs and it connects for a spli

Re: newb question: user switching in KDE?

2004-06-07 Thread Mal Beaton
Ralph Katz wrote: On 06/07/04 20:00, Mal Beaton wrote: Kent West wrote: [...] Then to switch between users, Ctrl-Alt-F7 to switch to the first session, Ctrl-Alt-F8 to the second, Ctrl-Alt-F9 to the third, etc. [...] Thanks for the idea. That is good. However I start the second session ctl-alt-f2 l

Re: Website creating software

2004-06-07 Thread Lee Braiden
On Tuesday 08 Jun 2004 00:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Nick Smith wrote: > > forget frontpage, what about a dreamweaver alternative? > You might want to check out N-View, see http://www.nvu.com/ for more I gather NVu is simple Mozilla's Composer program by another name. Actu

Re:Website creating software

2004-06-07 Thread jack kinnon
Hi folks, Thanks for the flood of info. Now I have a better idea about what are available out there. Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

locale vs. localeconf & /etc/environment & paper sizes

2004-06-07 Thread William Ballard
I noticed both "dpkg-reconfigure localeconf" and "dpkg-reconfigure locales" will change /etc/environment. Sometimes you will end up with LANG=en_US in the "Debconf" section (via localeconf) and also LANG=en_US at the end (added by locales). But when you "clear" your language to none via dpkg-r

Simultaneous mounting dvd & cdrw conflict

2004-06-07 Thread Adam Bogacki
I'm confused about mounting dvd & cdrw drives. I wish to (permanently ?) mount both so that I can play dvd's and also burn audio from CD's in drive dvd. However, it seems I can't mount both at the same time. 'dmesg' gives me hdc: ATAPI DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, UDMA(33) Uniform CD-ROM driver R

Re: Website creating software

2004-06-07 Thread Chris Metzler
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 01:31:23 +0200 (MEST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > You might want to check out N-View, see http://www.nvu.com/ for more > info. Haven't use it myself though, I am just too fond of vim and > more recently the Template Toolkit. My understanding is that NVu is just Mozilla's editor

Re: [YA] SBLive 5.1 but no sound (ALSA)

2004-06-07 Thread Chris Metzler
On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 23:46:48 -0600 Hamilcar Barca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 01:43:47 -0400, Chris Metzler wrote: >> >> Do me a favor -- pass along the output of lspci, [...] > > I've wrapped it. > [ snip ] > > :00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creat

Re: newb question: user switching in KDE?

2004-06-07 Thread Ralph Katz
On 06/07/04 20:00, Mal Beaton wrote: Kent West wrote: [...] Then to switch between users, Ctrl-Alt-F7 to switch to the first session, Ctrl-Alt-F8 to the second, Ctrl-Alt-F9 to the third, etc. [...] Thanks for the idea. That is good. However I start the second session ctl-alt-f2 login as another us

Re: Website creating software

2004-06-07 Thread Nick Smith
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Nick Smith wrote: > >> forget frontpage, what about a dreamweaver alternative? > > You might want to check out N-View, see http://www.nvu.com/ for more > info. Haven't use it myself though, I am just too fond of vim and > more recently the Template Toolkit. > > Grx HdV > > wo

USB keyboards and linux 2.6

2004-06-07 Thread csj
Does anybody have a link to a quick howto on getting USB keyboards to work with kernel 2.6? All my google searches on the subject turn up links on kernel 2.4, which tend to list kernel modules which aren't available on 2.6. The "best" advice I've gotten thus far is to disable the kernel's entire

Re: Increasing Screen Resolution

2004-06-07 Thread Lee Braiden
On Monday 07 Jun 2004 22:56, Robert Tilley wrote: > I have dpkg-reconfigure'd xserver-xfree86, edited /etc/X11/XF86Config, > edited /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, and experimented with KRandR. The only mode > that is still present is 1280x1024, however 1024x768 is still used. > Nothing I have done has ch

Any workaround for 246350 -- tons of icon warnings -- anybody not getting it?

2004-06-07 Thread William Ballard
Is anybody *not* getting tons of icon warnings every time a KDE app is launched? As reported in 246350? With sid's kdelibs? Is there a way workaround? Or it just a "sid's broke, what do you want, it's sid" thing? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Website creating software

2004-06-07 Thread dking
Its better then frontpage output, even the newest version of it had html syntax errors. On 7 Jun 2004 at 20:00, richard lyons wrote: > On Monday 07 June 2004 11:56, Micha Feigin wrote: > [...] > > Doesn't mozilla also have an html editor? > [...] > > Have you _read_ any html produced by Mozilla

Re: Website creating software

2004-06-07 Thread richard lyons
On Monday 07 June 2004 11:56, Micha Feigin wrote: [...] > Doesn't mozilla also have an html editor? [...] Have you _read_ any html produced by Mozilla? I really do not think you can recommend anyone to go that route. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: newb question: user switching in KDE?

2004-06-07 Thread Mal Beaton
Kent West wrote: Ignatz Sol wrote: I am a recent convert to Linux, running Debian sarge/testing with KDE 3.2.2. I am interested in setting up some sort of user switching, so that my wife can have her setup separate from mine. I've been especially inspired by the switching available in the new Mac

Re: Website creating software

2004-06-07 Thread HdV
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Nick Smith wrote: > forget frontpage, what about a dreamweaver alternative? You might want to check out N-View, see http://www.nvu.com/ for more info. Haven't use it myself though, I am just too fond of vim and more recently the Template Toolkit. Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Increasing Screen Resolution

2004-06-07 Thread Kent West
Robert Tilley wrote: My screen resolution is currently 1024x768. The desired resolution is 1280x1024. I have dpkg-reconfigure'd xserver-xfree86, edited /etc/X11/XF86Config, edited /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, and experimented with KRandR. The only mode that is still present is 1280x1024, however 10

Re: newb question: user switching in KDE?

2004-06-07 Thread Kent West
Ignatz Sol wrote: I am a recent convert to Linux, running Debian sarge/testing with KDE 3.2.2. I am interested in setting up some sort of user switching, so that my wife can have her setup separate from mine. I've been especially inspired by the switching available in the new Mac OSX. Now I don'

Re: Need to get NFS and SMB installed and working.

2004-06-07 Thread Clive Menzies
On (07/06/04 18:59), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > I asked earlier about getting the NFS server > running on my new Sarge install. I got no replies. > I have tried researching it myself but have not > found anything that explains it properly. Can > someone please help? > > I need to be able

RE: raidhotadd not working after reboot?!? *SOLVED*

2004-06-07 Thread Michael Kahle
On Thursday, June 03, 2004 4:59 PM, Michael Kahle wrote: > Recently when starting my computer I was notified by the Adaptec > SCSI BIOS that my disk ID #4 was not starting up. This disk was > failed. This disk is part of the software raid array that I have > setup on the machine. > > When the ker

Re: delete key doesn't work with csh in xterm session

2004-06-07 Thread Paul Scott
Lucas Albers wrote: Bob Proulx said: For users using /bin/csh and running rxvt-xterm, their delete key does not work. Users running /bin/bash and running rxvt-xterm, their delete key does work. Both delete keys work on an ssh session. I finally fixed the problem by defining in: .Xdefaults

Re: Lynx and xhtml

2004-06-07 Thread Thomas Dickey
Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'll look into that (and if a code-change is needed, add it to dev.5). > Would be great :-))) Since you're running 2.8.6dev.4, it sounds like you built it yourself. The fix is a one-liner to src/HTInit.c, adding this SET_INTERNL("applicat

Increasing Screen Resolution

2004-06-07 Thread Robert Tilley
My screen resolution is currently 1024x768. The desired resolution is 1280x1024. I have dpkg-reconfigure'd xserver-xfree86, edited /etc/X11/XF86Config, edited /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, and experimented with KRandR. The only mode that is still present is 1280x1024, however 1024x768 is still used.

Re: delete key doesn't work with csh in xterm session

2004-06-07 Thread Lucas Albers
Bob Proulx said: >> For users using /bin/csh and running rxvt-xterm, their delete key does >> not >> work. >> Users running /bin/bash and running rxvt-xterm, their delete key does >> work. >> >> Both delete keys work on an ssh session. > > When you say it does not work do you mean it prints out ^H

Re: Changing Default Display Mgr

2004-06-07 Thread igor_abrahao
Taubaté, SP Brasil.   Hi, edit the file /etc/X11/default-display-manager, change the line:   /usr/bin/   put your display manager where is   Regards,   Igor       > > "apt-get install kde kdm" > > If kdm is already installed, then do "dpkg-reconfigure kdm". > > Select "kdm" as your defau

Re: moving apt's cache [Success]

2004-06-07 Thread Ross Boylan
I'm happy to report that simply by 1) removing the cache setting of /usr/var/cache/apt from apt.conf and 2) moving the corresponding directory back to its default location (/var/cache/apt) everything worked. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: /cdrom & /cdrom0

2004-06-07 Thread igor_abrahao
Hi, I had the same trouble and the reason was a command called discover. So, as you did, I removed the cdrom0 and cdrom1 (in my case), then I removed the symbolik link /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom[0-1], so I created the link /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrw(I prefer to use it) like I use in my /etc/fstab

Re: lWebsite creating software

2004-06-07 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _richard lyons_, on 06/07/04 04:37,typed: knowing or writing html -- a wysiwyg editor. Mozilla writes crap html. Could you expand on this issue? I have used Mozilla composer and apart from tweaking its code a bit (stuff related to CSS), I haven't had any major problmes. I would lik

Re: slow cd burning

2004-06-07 Thread steef van duin
Rodney D. Myers wrote: On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 17:53:12 -0400 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Christian Christmann wrote: Hi, on my Debian box I'm running the kernel 2.6.6. I've read somewhere that the kernel 2.6 doesn't need the SCSI-emulation for IDE-burner anymore and thus I disab

Re: how to make a2ps -P display in Sid work

2004-06-07 Thread William Ballard
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 11:08:59AM -0400, David Sanders wrote: > On Monday 07 June 2004 01:36 am, TB wrote: > > Per advice on [EMAIL PROTECTED], to enable the 'display' printer in a2ps [snip] > > What else do I need to do? > Also uncomment: > Variable: ghostview gv -antialias -arguments -dNOPLATFON

Re: hostname

2004-06-07 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 04:18:36PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > IMHO it would be far better if all this domain/name "stuff" was sunk > into one file and left there. scattering it creates multiple points > where the same data must reside. A fundamentally bad idea. Yup- part of the legacy of th

Re: hostname

2004-06-07 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 12:44:39PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > I won't even suggest running /etc/init.d/hostname.sh without rebooting > in this case. There is too much baggage to recommend restarting > everything that needs it. All of the mail daemons. Possibly > networking. Possibly many thin

newb question: user switching in KDE?

2004-06-07 Thread Ignatz Sol
I am a recent convert to Linux, running Debian sarge/testing with KDE 3.2.2. I am interested in setting up some sort of user switching, so that my wife can have her setup separate from mine. I've been especially inspired by the switching available in the new Mac OSX. Now I don't need anything fa

Re: Lynx and xhtml

2004-06-07 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 the mental interface of Thomas Dickey told: > Daved Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It just doesnt know what to do with: > > > Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml > > > that their webserver is sending the file as. > > > I wasnt able to figure out quickly how to make it d

Re: Shockwave flash plugin

2004-06-07 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 15:41, Pedro M. (Morphix User) wrote: > When trying to install Macromedia Flash Player ( in the free version > from sourceforce, doesn't work the links > > gzip:stdin: not in gzip format. > > /usr/sbin/update-flashplugin:221: in `chdir': No such file or directory > /temp

Re: Lynx and xhtml

2004-06-07 Thread Thomas Dickey
Daved Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It just doesnt know what to do with: > Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml > that their webserver is sending the file as. > I wasnt able to figure out quickly how to make it do so. I'll look into that (and if a code-change is needed, add it to dev.5). --

Re: /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h for 2.6.5 kernel?

2004-06-07 Thread CW Harris
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 08:47:59PM +0200, LeVA wrote: > 2004. j?nius 7. 20:13 d?tummal Ishwar Rattan ezt ?rta: > > I am running kernel-2.6.5 Debian testing system. I am trying to > > compile Mplayer-1.0pre4. The complilation stops with a complaint > > about linux/version.h include not being there.

Re: help with python bug

2004-06-07 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, John Hasler wrote: > Faheem Mitha writes: > > Can anyone help me with a seemingly Debian-specific Python bug, Debian > > bug no. 252517 (see > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252517 ) > > > Firstly, can anyone reproduce the problem on Sarge or unstable? > >

Need to get NFS and SMB installed and working.

2004-06-07 Thread res0nid7
Hi, I asked earlier about getting the NFS server running on my new Sarge install. I got no replies. I have tried researching it myself but have not found anything that explains it properly. Can someone please help? I need to be able to access the other machines on my network. Should I be on

Re: Lynx and xhtml

2004-06-07 Thread Daved Daly
It just doesnt know what to do with: Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml that their webserver is sending the file as. I wasnt able to figure out quickly how to make it do so. On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 20:17:20 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 the mental int

Re: /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h for 2.6.5 kernel?

2004-06-07 Thread LeVA
2004. június 7. 20:13 dátummal Ishwar Rattan ezt írta: > I am running kernel-2.6.5 Debian testing system. I am trying to > compile Mplayer-1.0pre4. The complilation stops with a complaint > about linux/version.h include not being there. I looked in dir > /usr/src/linux-2.6.5/include/linux/ and the

Can we have your vote for our Miss Marieke for the Miss Belgium Contest ?

2004-06-07 Thread Mariekes Fan Club
Dear, We apologize for our unsolicited email. We represent the fanclub of our own Marieke, who is starting the preselection for Miss Belgium 2004. Though beauty and intelligence are important, the organisation organized also a webpoll. So we are creative and ask you if you would vote for our M

Re: A bit OT: GPRS connection problems

2004-06-07 Thread Joerg Rossdeutscher
Hi, Maybe it won't help you - but yesterday it took me half a day to bring a Mac OS X machine online via GPRS, and my problem was I had to deactivate a "PPP-Compression" that was activated by default. Am Mo, den 07.06.2004 um 10:34 Uhr -0600 schrieb s. keeling: > sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] Ma

Re: Lynx and xhtml

2004-06-07 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 the mental interface of Daved Daly told: > You might try looking into "links" > > http://links.sourceforge.net/ > > It's simliar to lynx but has a little more feature support. > > I have no idea if any debian packages for it exist or if you'd have to > build it yourself... a

Re: Lynx and xhtml

2004-06-07 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 the mental interface of Thomas Dickey told: > Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > how do you view xhtml sites with lynx? i.e. > > lynx views html - that's not html... > $ wget http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/NEWS.xhtml $ lynx NEWS.xht

/usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h for 2.6.5 kernel?

2004-06-07 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I am running kernel-2.6.5 Debian testing system. I am trying to compile Mplayer-1.0pre4. The complilation stops with a complaint about linux/version.h include not being there. I looked in dir /usr/src/linux-2.6.5/include/linux/ and the file does not exit. Where can I get this file (or it is now ob

Re: Lynx and xhtml

2004-06-07 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 11:08:57AM -0700, Daved Daly wrote: > You might try looking into "links" > > http://links.sourceforge.net/ I recall comparing lynx, w3m and links recently on a non-html file. links didn't do anything with it; lynx and w3m offered to download. The current version of lynx

Re: Lynx and xhtml

2004-06-07 Thread Daved Daly
You might try looking into "links" http://links.sourceforge.net/ It's simliar to lynx but has a little more feature support. I have no idea if any debian packages for it exist or if you'd have to build it yourself... and if it would help do what you want anyways tho. On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 15:51:0

Re: Shockwave flash plugin

2004-06-07 Thread Pedro M. (Morphix User)
Pedro M. (Morphix User) escribió: When trying to install Macromedia Flash Player ( in the free version from sourceforce, doesn't work the links gzip:stdin: not in gzip format. /usr/sbin/update-flashplugin:221: in `chdir': No such file or directory /temp/flashupdater1363.o/install_flash_player_

Re: Software to create 3D buttons for use on web pages, etc

2004-06-07 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 11:18:12AM +, Simon L wrote: > Kevin Murphy wrote: > > >I'm interested in creating 3D-buttons, ideally with a rounded, > >ray-traced look. > > > >Anybody have any advice? > > > >I am hoping that someone has scripted one of the major graphics > >programs to help automa

Re: Dear Debian Maintainers (usability)

2004-06-07 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 04:47:56PM +0200, J. Preiss wrote: > It is great what you are doing. But the usability of debian itself... I get > the feeling that I'm too stupid to use it. > I do understand the installation stuff with apt-get, ok. If the package > configures itself, it may works. But w

Shockwave flash plugin

2004-06-07 Thread Pedro M. (Morphix User)
When trying to install Macromedia Flash Player ( in the free version from sourceforce, doesn't work the links gzip:stdin: not in gzip format. /usr/sbin/update-flashplugin:221: in `chdir': No such file or directory /temp/flashupdater1363.o/install_flash_player_6_linux (Error: ENOENT). :( Rega

Can we have your vote for our Miss Marieke for the Miss Belgium Contest ?

2004-06-07 Thread Mariekes Fan Club
Dear, We apologize for our unsollicated email. We represent the fanclub of our own Marieke, who is starting the preselection for Miss Belgium 2004. Though beautiness and intelligence are important, the organisation organized also a webpoll. So we are creative and ask you if you would vote for

Can we have your vote for our Miss Marieke for the Miss Belgium Contest ?

2004-06-07 Thread Mariekes Fan Club
Dear, We apologize for our unsollicated email. We represent the fanclub of our own Marieke, who is starting the preselection for Miss Belgium 2004. Though beautiness and intelligence are important, the organisation organized also a webpoll. So we are creative and ask you if you would vote for

Re: Changing Default Display Mgr

2004-06-07 Thread Kent West
On (07/06/04 16:09), J. Preiss wrote: "apt-get install kde kdm" If kdm is already installed, then do "dpkg-reconfigure kdm". Select "kdm" as your default display manager. (If it doesn't take, try again, select one of the other managers, then repeat the process a final time and select kdm.) If kdm d

Re: Dear Debian Maintainers (usability)

2004-06-07 Thread J. Preiss
Thank you for these guidelines. I just wanted to mention how difficult it is to have all these commands in mind. At least for a beginner. Am Montag, 7. Juni 2004 17:17 schrieb Andreas Janssen: > Hello > > J. Preiss (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > dpkg-reconfigure locales. I can select [EMAIL PRO

Re: Multimedia Optimisation

2004-06-07 Thread Simon L
Chris Metzler wrote: On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:15:14 + Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now I am all :S It wrote 362.600 FPS so I said to myself "how come". I ran "Tuxracer" and now it works... I don't know what happened, I don't know what I did, but now it works. 3 Hours before it didn't w

Re: A bit OT: GPRS connection problems

2004-06-07 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Vittorio: > I'm trying to connect my debian-testing portable PC to my GPRS provider via a > serial pcmcia card. To no avail! > > This is my GPRS-provider /etc/ppp/peers/gprs > > noauth > connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/gprs" > debug > /dev/ttyS1 > 115200 > defaultro

Re: Multimedia Optimisation

2004-06-07 Thread Chris Metzler
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:15:14 + Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now I am all :S > It wrote 362.600 FPS so I said to myself "how come". I ran "Tuxracer" > and now it works... > I don't know what happened, I don't know what I did, but now it works. 3 > > Hours before it didn't worked and

Re: trouble installing kde

2004-06-07 Thread Kent West
J. Preiss wrote: Hi all, currently it seems that I have a similar problem: I wanted to have kdm as display manager (please! no hints aboutdisplay and windowmanagers, ok?). I selected it with dpkg-reconfigure kdm... and it does not work. I only can start kde by calling startx, not as runlevel def

Re: Re: .bash_profile problems under gnome

2004-06-07 Thread Adam Siepel
> I had this problem for months with one box. ... > Perhaps yours is that easy too. nope, the shell is set correctly. [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ grep acs /etc/passwd acs:x:1000:1000:Adam Siepel,,,:/home/acs:/bin/bash > Make sure your ~/.xsession file is executable. > > chmod a+x ~/.xsession >

Re: Re: .bash_profile problems under gnome

2004-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Adam Siepel wrote: > permissions look good. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ ls -l ~/.xsession > -rwx--1 acs acs60 Jun 7 08:59 /home/acs/.xsession* Seems reasonable enough. I am not that restrictive myself. (But people at work want to be able to copy my files. :-) > I mus

Re: Lynx and xhtml

2004-06-07 Thread Thomas Dickey
Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > how do you view xhtml sites with lynx? i.e. lynx views html - that's not html... > http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/NEWS.xhtml -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

A bit OT: GPRS connection problems

2004-06-07 Thread Vittorio
I'm trying to connect my debian-testing portable PC to my GPRS provider via a serial pcmcia card. To no avail! This is my GPRS-provider /etc/ppp/peers/gprs noauth connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/gprs" debug /dev/ttyS1 115200 defaultroute noipdefault usepeerdns nobsdcomp

Re: Website creating software

2004-06-07 Thread Steve Lamb
Micha Feigin wrote: > BTW I also use vi/emacs for web work, gives you much more control and > you know exactly what is in there and where to fix things. Ok, now it's getting thick around here. I love vim as much as the next guy but, at least in the case of Dreamweaver, you know exactly what's

Re: charset of ext3 drives

2004-06-07 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 16:26:17 +0200 "J. Preiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am at the point that cyrillic chars are always -displays (in > text mode) and glyphs in graphic mode (konqueror). I changed the > charset of konqi to utf8 without any change. Am I too stupid to use > debian? Maybe...

Re: Multimedia Optimisation

2004-06-07 Thread Simon L
Chris Metzler wrote: On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 11:55:05 + Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris Metzler wrote: On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:02:43 + Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I will take a concrete example: "Tuxracer". I can run it (at approx 1frame/sec). Whoa. If y

Re: Switching to enlightenment

2004-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Marvin Gerardo Aguero Salazar wrote: > I'd like to switch to enlightenment. I am currently using kde. > How can I switch to enlightenment? apt-get install enlightenment Then change your ~/.xsession file to use enlightenment instead of kde. What you don't have a ~/.xsession file? Assuming yo

Re: Website creating software

2004-06-07 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 03:56:27PM +0200, Joost De Cock wrote: > On Monday 07 June 2004 15:31, jack kinnon hurled the following on the wire: > > Hi > > Thanks for the input. What I am referring to is > > something like the MS FrontPage, not just an ordinary > > editor. > > must-suppress-urge-to-m

Re: apt dependency problems

2004-06-07 Thread Chris Metzler
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:03:05 -0400 Lee Hanxue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The reason I want to have 'user' or 'users' is because I want to allow > non-priveleged users to mount/unmount it. Actually, it is more of a > convenience for me, since it is primarily my workstation. The system needs /var

Re: glibc + libstdc++?

2004-06-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Jeff Elkins wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Jeff Elkins wrote: > > > pvconv: relocation error: pvconv: undefined symbol: __dynamic_cast_2 > > > > I was curious enough to download the application and try it. I can > > get a usage string out of it so I think I have all of the libraries on > > my wood

Re: Multimedia Optimisation

2004-06-07 Thread Chris Metzler
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 11:55:05 + Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Chris Metzler wrote: >>On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:02:43 + >>Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> I will take a concrete example: "Tuxracer". I can run it (at approx >>> 1frame/sec). >> >> Whoa. If you're only getting 1 f

Re: make-kpkg, lm-sensors + i2c ain't work

2004-06-07 Thread Chris Metzler
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:27:01 +0200 "Michal R. Hoffmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have problem with making debs of kernel modules: i2c and lm-sensors. > I've downloaded sources of lm_sensors 2.8.6 (tar.gz), not the > source.deb, can it be the reason? > I've unpacked sources into /usr/src/mo

Re: Multimedia Optimisation

2004-06-07 Thread Simon L
Chris Metzler wrote: On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:02:43 + Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I will take a concrete example: "Tuxracer". I can run it (at approx 1frame/sec). Whoa. If you're only getting 1 fps on tuxracer, that strongly suggests you're using software rendering rather than ha

Re: Larger screen size

2004-06-07 Thread Clive Menzies
On (07/06/04 17:39), Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Jacob Friis Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 17:39:26 +0200 > Subject: Larger screen size > > I am currently only able to use 800x600. > When I use Knoppix I can use a larger screen. > > How can I ge

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