huge abiword font libs

I'm trying to reclaim some space on my puny <6G drive. I found this: /var/lib/defoma/abiword-common.d# du -sh 271M and abiword isn't even installed. Are these fonts used for any other app, can I safely delete them ? -- jean-michel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Sid KDE menu fonts changed

On Monday, 14 Jun 2004 09:29, H. S. wrote: > I was thinking maybe the XFree86-config have changed somehow, but the > resolution of the screen seems to be the same as before. > > The effect is that the items are streched out vertically more, there is > more spacing between the items. Has anybody exp

Re: bash profile how?

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 07:41:55 +0300 Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I assume you're using a gdm or xdm or kdm...someone earlier on this > > > list taught me this...I just wrote a .xsession file in my home > > > directory that looks like this: > > > > > > #!/bin/bash --login > > > e

Re: FDDI vs Fast Switched Ethernet

Pete, On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 10:29:35PM +0100, Pete Clarke wrote: > I currently have a switched fast ethernet network installed in my house. > Each room has network points, and all traffic goes through Cat 5e cables > and10/100 switches. As far as I know Cat5e (which is better quality tah Cat5)

Re: getting started with LISP

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:45:29 -0500, dircha wrote: > Is Scheme a proper subset of Common Lisp? No. Scheme is a LISP "dialect" which attempts to remove LISPs ugliness and restore its original, functional purity. > What do you make of the available Free software runtimes, compilers, and > librarie

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 07:34:41AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > > And I believe gnome-terminal gives you only partial, if any integration > with gnome as it uses its own settings. Its only advantage is that it > looks like gnome. > > > I recommend xterm or rxvt. You can change the font with the -

Re: [Gimp-user] kde & gimp problems when zooming in

On Wednesday 16 June 2004 06:37 am, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > Vittorio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Context: P4, linux debian testing with boxed kde 3.2 and gimp > > 1.2.3. > > Any particular reason you are using such a terribly outdated version > of The GIMP? He's probably using it because

Re: getting X standard background with metacity

To those on CC: I want: sid/unstable + gnome2 + gdm + NOT Nautilus + "standard X gray-fence style desktop background, as produced with xsetroot" + "gnome cursors, for which default cursor is turned into ugly X cursor by xsetroot" + NO image background - I'm trying to get a snappy/ no flicker

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 03:44:50 +0100 Michael Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael wrote: > > After much consternation I feel the need to vent about shell > > environment initialization. With the default Debian installation, > > /etc/profile and~/.bash_profile are not sourced in the X windows

Re: bash profile how?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 05:27:51PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: > Paul Galbraith said: > > I assume you're using a gdm or xdm or kdm...someone earlier on this list > > taught me this...I just wrote a .xsession file in my home directory that > > looks like this: > > > > #!/bin/bash --login > >

Re: getting X standard background with metacity

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 07:01:01AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Does anyone know how to get the standard black/gray X backround when > using: > > - unstable/ sid > - metacity > - gnome > - NOT nautilus (I don't run this!)! > The gray fence like background is actually just a no background

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 07:16:09PM -0500, dircha wrote: > William Ballard wrote: > >>>Fluxbox > >>>Desktop 1 w/ 4 gnome terminals & Gbuffy. > >>>Desktop 2 w/ Firefox full screen. > > Since you've given us all a look at your workspace, I'll make a few > friendly recommendations. Maybe others have

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 02:18:47PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Micha Feigin wrote: > > Of course you could, but that wouldn't be very proper > > programing. Assuming proper coding it does imply in certain cases (and > > window managers usually fall into that category) on computational > > complexity

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 02:17:49PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Micha Feigin wrote: > > And in such scenarios I find other window managers much more suiting > > for the task. > > And yet when someone comes here asking for a comparison between the two > you feel compelled to lambast their choice.

Re: installing packages from a list.

On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 21:39, Tom Allison wrote: > I have two machines that I would like to have the second one installed > with the same list of packages as the first. > > I know I can find out what is installed by running > > dpkg -l | grep ^ii | awk '{print $2}' > installed_list > > But ho

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 12:44, Michael Graham wrote: > Michael wrote: > > After much consternation I feel the need to vent about shell > > environment initialization. With the default Debian installation, > > /etc/profile and~/.bash_profile are not sourced in the X windows > > environment. Apparently

Re: OpenSSH_3.8p1 (from Debian Installer) and Secure CRT

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Michael Bellears wrote: > I have just tested the debian installer (Excellent work by the way > guys!), and have found that Secure CRT(4.1.6 (build 251) and earlier > tested) cannot login to the box via ssh.(Only allowing SSH2) > > The failure reason is: "Unable to authenticate

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

Michael wrote: > After much consternation I feel the need to vent about shell > environment initialization. With the default Debian installation, > /etc/profile and~/.bash_profile are not sourced in the X windows > environment. Apparently this is because at no time is a login shell > created which

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Re: new to Debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 June 2004 01:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, > > Although I am using Linux for some time I am interested in learning > Debian. I would like to know if you could point me good sources on > the web for documentations, hacks, tric

Re: global search and replace

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 08:46:38 +1000 Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do people use for multi-file/ multi-directory search and replace? > > I use something like this: > > find . -name \*java|xargs perl -p -i.bak -e 's/searchRE/replaceRE/g;' > > However, I would also like to see w

installing packages from a list.

I have two machines that I would like to have the second one installed with the same list of packages as the first. I know I can find out what is installed by running dpkg -l | grep ^ii | awk '{print $2}' > installed_list But how can I use that list as a starting point to install the same packa

OpenSSH_3.8p1 (from Debian Installer) and Secure CRT

I have just tested the debian installer (Excellent work by the way guys!), and have found that Secure CRT(4.1.6 (build 251) and earlier tested) cannot login to the box via ssh.(Only allowing SSH2) The failure reason is: "Unable to authenticate using any of the configured authentication methods" -

Re: Problem with kernel boot with version 2.4.25 or later

If I follow this you removed the initrd support from the "Block Devices" menu option.  The default configuration is to have this "built-in" I am not sure I understand the second part o this referring to IDE and ext3 those from what I can tell are part of the configuration already.  Can you cla

Re: new to Debian

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Although I am using Linux for some time I am interested in learning Debian. I would like to know if you could point me good sources on the web for documentations, hacks, tricks on how to setup multimedia, etc besides the Debian install documentation. Any help

Re: how to comfig vim to hold the position that last access?

cwinl wrote: hi all, vim in redhat can 'remember' the position that you open a file last time. how to config vim in debian to do the same thing? Check :help position < *last-position-jump* This autocommand jumps to the last known position in a fil

Re: getting started with LISP

Phillip Garland wrote: "LISP" is a family of languages. There are three main existing LISP dialects: Common Lisp, Scheme, and Emacs Lisp. I use Common Lisp the most. If you want to learn Oommon Lisp I'd recommend installing the sbcl package, which is a Common Lisp compiler, and getting SLIME, a

how to comfig vim to hold the position that last access?

hi all, vim in redhat can 'remember' the position that you open a file last time. how to config vim in debian to do the same thing? thanks. -- P4/2.4B ELSA 528/128 512MB DDR333 240GB MSI 845PE BenQ FP557s Pioneer DVD-120A LG GCE-8320B

Re: Problem with kernel boot with version 2.4.25 or later

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 01:39:54PM -0800, Scott A. Henderson wrote: > I have have a problem with booting the kernel 2.4.25 and later on recent > hardware I purchased > > The initial installation is a basic bf24 install no options were > selected, I just followed the menus through the system. I

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

William Ballard wrote: Fluxbox Desktop 1 w/ 4 gnome terminals & Gbuffy. Desktop 2 w/ Firefox full screen. Since you've given us all a look at your workspace, I'll make a few friendly recommendations. Maybe others have ideas as well. If you don't use anything like Gaim or GIMP, you might consider

Where to put xset and kbdrate?

Where sould I put X initialization commands that need to be executed by root like xset -b and kdbrate -r 24? I'm using gdm so /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default looks like a winner but it's seems specific to gdm. Is there a better place? Thanks, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 09:35, Michael B Allen wrote: > After much consternation I feel the need to vent about shell environment > initialization. With the default Debian installation, /etc/profile and > ~/.bash_profile are not sourced in the X windows environment. ... I have been through the whole

Re: SSH permits root-Logins with wrong password

I hate to ask, but: have you checked the MD5 sum for sshd? For the PAM library? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http://www.jabootu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Re: power co's website uses vbscript, now what?

> $ apt-cache show gb > doesn't sound like part of a browser. Indeed; moreover, gb has also been dead upstream for a year or two now. It's only hanging around in debian until a better VB alternative comes along. b. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: FDDI vs Fast Switched Ethernet

Pete Clarke wrote: > I have the opportunity to play with fiber (FDDI) - my question is has > anyone any exprience of FDDI adaptors in linux, and what the relative pros > and cons are - cost is not a problem for this project as I already have > the FDDI cards/cables/switches/hubs etc. Lucky you -

Re: lpr failure for users. but hey, root can print.

one more time to the correct address. (Doh!) > Printing works great as root but as user it fails.. > > > lpr says, > lpr: Printer queue is disabled > > > lpq says, > Warning: lp is down: sending to 10.10.1.3 > Warning: lp queue is turned off > JetDirect lpd: no jobs queued on this port > > /

Login Shell/Profile: Stop the Madness

After much consternation I feel the need to vent about shell environment initialization. With the default Debian installation, /etc/profile and ~/.bash_profile are not sourced in the X windows environment. Apparently this is because at no time is a login shell created which is necessary to trigger

power co's website uses vbscript, now what?

My electric company has entered the paperless age, but with "vbscript", https://wapp8.taipower.com.tw . Any hope of me clicking further without departing Debian? $ apt-cache show gb doesn't sound like part of a browser. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

new to Debian

Hello all, Although I am using Linux for some time I am interested in learning Debian. I would like to know if you could point me good sources on the web for documentations, hacks, tricks on how to setup multimedia, etc besides the Debian install documentation. Any help is apreciated. Thanks, C

Re: ftp.uk.debian.org not allowing connections?

On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 09:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Lee Braiden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've no idea what the cause is, but it seems to flake out regularly... I'm > > using mirror.ac.uk now. > > You do know that mirror.ac.uk is likely to be disappearing, to be replaced > by a completel

global search and replace

What do people use for multi-file/ multi-directory search and replace? I use something like this: find . -name \*java|xargs perl -p -i.bak -e 's/searchRE/replaceRE/g;' However, I would also like to see which files actually got changed. With the in-place option (-i[backup-extension]), every file

Re: [SPAM] What irc software?

for irc xchat and BitchX for console and Multiple, Gaim is cool On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 14:11, Cecil wrote: > Being fairly new to linux, I need to know what irc program is generally > considered to be the best by most people. even better if it was a combo > proggie that had aim, msn, yahoo, etc in

BitDefender found an infected object

BitDefender found an infected object in a message that was sent from your address To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Re: Secure SMTP Message] Object: readme_adrian.marinescu.doc.exe Virus: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We strongly advise you to check your computer using BitDefender antivirus products. You can d

Re: Problem with GDM setting ugly system fonts

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 06:27:10PM +0100, Piers Kittel wrote: > Hello all, > > After a long while, finally got GDM to work with Windowmaker, but the > system fonts are a little horrible - am trying to fix it. After > extensive search on Google it seems that GDM sets the DPI of the X > server w

Re: bash profile how?

Incoming from Michael B Allen: > Paul Galbraith said: > > I assume you're using a gdm or xdm or kdm...someone earlier on this list > > taught me this...I just wrote a .xsession file in my home directory that > > looks like this: > > > > #!/bin/bash --login > > exec x-session-manager > > Mm

Re: OT? kernel configuration guessing

On 2004-06-16, Joris Huizer penned: > Hello, > > I find myself often just reusing my configuration endlessly, which is > probably not the smarted configuration anymore; In the transition from > 2.4.x to 2.6 some configurations went away but still.. is there a some > kind of script or something to m

Re: OT? kernel configuration guessing

Incoming from Joris Huizer: > > I find myself often just reusing my configuration endlessly, which is > probably not the smarted configuration anymore; > In the transition from 2.4.x to 2.6 some configurations went away but > still.. is there a some kind of script or something to make the kernel

Re: What irc software?

On 2004-06-16, Rene 'RvB' van Bevern penned: > > Monique Y. Mudama wrote: >> xchat is an irc-only program. Very similar to mirc on windows, if >> you've used that, but better than mirc in my opinion. > > It is better than mIRC because xchat is not similar to it at all. Its > user interface more re

Re: Default config file for 3.0?

Hello Julian M. Mason (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Does anyone know where I could find the .config file for the default > 3.0 kernels? If the kernel package is installed, the config file is in /boot. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xD

Re: The Best Printer Drivers?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 02:13:15PM -0400, Ed Sutherland wrote: > Where can I find the best-quality CUPS-compatible printer driver for an > HP inkjet (HP940c)? I tried the one recommended by linuxprinting and it > didn't work. The New HP Inkjet driver included with cup-sys gives dark, > muddy print-

Problem with kernel boot with version 2.4.25 or later

I have have a problem with booting the kernel 2.4.25 and later on recent hardware I purchased The initial installation is a basic bf24 install no options were selected, I just followed the menus through the system. I do have ext3 fs. My application requires me to compile device drivers so I ne

Re: bash profile how?

Paul Galbraith said: > I assume you're using a gdm or xdm or kdm...someone earlier on this list > taught me this...I just wrote a .xsession file in my home directory that > looks like this: > > #!/bin/bash --login > exec x-session-manager Mmm, for some reason this didn't work. The ~/.x

FDDI vs Fast Switched Ethernet

Hi there, I currently have a switched fast ethernet network installed in my house. Each room has network points, and all traffic goes through Cat 5e cables and10/100 switches. I have the opportunity to play with fiber (FDDI) - my question is has anyone any exprience of FDDI adaptors in linux, and

OT? kernel configuration guessing

Hello, I find myself often just reusing my configuration endlessly, which is probably not the smarted configuration anymore; In the transition from 2.4.x to 2.6 some configurations went away but still.. is there a some kind of script or something to make the kernel "guess" the minimal & best ker

Re: Default config file for 3.0?

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Julian M. Mason wrote: > Does anyone know where I could find the .config file for the default 3.0 > kernels? Specifically, I'm upgrading the kernels on several Debian > machines to fix the crash exploit that was discovered several days ago; > however, I'm compiling my own kern

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

Micha Feigin wrote: > Of course you could, but that wouldn't be very proper > programing. Assuming proper coding it does imply in certain cases (and > window managers usually fall into that category) on computational > complexity. Point stands that something loaded doesn't mean it is always be

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

Micha Feigin wrote: > And in such scenarios I find other window managers much more suiting > for the task. And yet when someone comes here asking for a comparison between the two you feel compelled to lambast their choice. Nice. > And if you go into options how do I make a custom menu with g

Re: bash profile how?

Incoming from Michael B Allen: > > So what you're saying is their is no mechanism to change the behavior of > all shells derived from a logon session and that the observed behavior is > not a mistake and that the "proper" method is to simply lauch shells with > the appropriate flags depending on t

getting X standard background with metacity

Does anyone know how to get the standard black/gray X backround when using: - unstable/ sid - metacity - gnome - NOT nautilus (I don't run this!)! I've run "xsetroot", but it doesn't make sense to put it in .bashrc - it will be re-run for every shell (and I have a lot in my session). The oth

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 11:13:50AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Micha Feigin wrote: > > and they do require more cpu, eye candy takes cpu power to draw (either > > real cpu or graphic card cpu, either way, battery power). It also > > requires more memory accesses each time you need to redraw parts of

Re: bash profile how?

Micha Feigin said: >> Well I can appreciate having separate profiles for sh and bash. I have >> cron >> jobs and cgi scripts that need a certain consistent environment that >> differs >> from the environment used for development. But the problem is I cannot >> seem >> to locate the mechanism to tri

Re: xemacs21 in testing

Hello! On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 08:12:32PM +0200, Christian Schaefer wrote: > is there a reason why the package xemacs21 isn't available in testing > anymore? Yes, in its state it wasn't suitable for the next release, please see for d

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 11:12:27AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Micha Feigin wrote: > > No, but the cpu cycles required to handle all the overhead do take more > > power (more memory usually means someone is using it, otherwise it > > really is bloatware), and yes its the cpu that is causing the powe

Re: getting started with LISP

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Somehow my last post on this thread got lost. :/ Aaron Maxwell wrote: > The clisp-doc package puts its docs in /usr/share/doc/clisp/doc. It > includes a general LISP tutorial, LISP-tutorial.txt.gz, in that > directory. Additional to these pac

response time for subscribing

Hi, when I subscribe to debian-user, it normally takes more than several hours, up to a full day, before I get the "please confirm that you want to subscribe" email. When I confirm, there is a significant delay before I start receiving list messages. Is this normal? Is there a way to speed u

Re: getting started with LISP

"LISP" is a family of languages. There are three main existing LISP dialects: Common Lisp, Scheme, and Emacs Lisp. I use Common Lisp the most. If you want to learn Oommon Lisp I'd recommend installing the sbcl package, which is a Common Lisp compiler, and getting SLIME, a Lisp IDE for Emacs (http:

Re: SSH permits root-Logins with wrong password

On 2004-06-16 at 16:02:59, Andrew Perrin wrote: > > >> > I have a Debian testing server on my network with OpenSSH running. > > >> > If I try to log in as root but with wrong password I get access... > Quick questions: > (1) how long is the password?; and > (2) is the variation you're trying at th

Re: Question about X Window Crashing

Two thoughts: 1) When you got stuck during X configuration, and had to reboot, did you press the 'ctrl-alt-backspace'? If so, did it respond? This key chord is is supposed to kill the X server. 2) In the file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, there should be a Screen section. (Search for a line that sa

Re: What irc software?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > xchat is an irc-only program. Very similar to mirc on windows, if > you've used that, but better than mirc in my opinion. It is better than mIRC because xchat is not similar to it at all. Its user interface more resembles t

Re: The Best Printer Drivers?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 02:13:15PM -0400, Ed Sutherland wrote: > Where can I find the best-quality CUPS-compatible printer driver for an > HP inkjet (HP940c)? I tried the one recommended by linuxprinting and it > didn't work. The New HP Inkjet driver included with cup-sys gives dark, > muddy print-

Re: SSH permits root-Logins with wrong password

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Frank Niedermann wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:35:33 Patrick Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > I have a Debian testing server on my network with OpenSSH running. > >> > If I try to log in as root but with wrong password I get access... > > > tried to duplicate this

Re: SSH permits root-Logins with wrong password

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:35:33 Patrick Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I have a Debian testing server on my network with OpenSSH running. >> > If I try to log in as root but with wrong password I get access... > tried to duplicate this on a sid box and a sarge box (that hasn't been > upgraded

Default config file for 3.0?

Does anyone know where I could find the .config file for the default 3.0 kernels? Specifically, I'm upgrading the kernels on several Debian machines to fix the crash exploit that was discovered several days ago; however, I'm compiling my own kernels, and several of the machines have never had this

Re: getting started with LISP

Hi. CLISP is a good, complete implementation, and probably the best choice for debian if you are just getting started. aptitude install clisp clisp-doc The clisp-doc package puts its docs in /usr/share/doc/clisp/doc. It includes a general LISP tutorial, LISP-tutorial.txt.gz, in that direct

Problem with GDM setting ugly system fonts

Hello all, After a long while, finally got GDM to work with Windowmaker, but the system fonts are a little horrible - am trying to fix it. After extensive search on Google it seems that GDM sets the DPI of the X server wrongly - anyone help me find out exactly where to set the correct DPI? I'

Re: What irc software?

On 2004-06-16, Cecil penned: > Being fairly new to linux, I need to know what irc program is > generally considered to be the best by most people. even better if it > was a combo proggie that had aim, msn, yahoo, etc in it too... Sorry > yall, i'm new. > xchat is an irc-only program. Very similar

Re: What irc software?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 01:11:46PM -0500, Cecil wrote: > Being fairly new to linux, I need to know what irc program is generally > considered to be the best by most people. even better if it was a combo > proggie that had aim, msn, yahoo, etc in it too... Sorry yall, i'm new. irssi(-text) if you

Re: getting started with LISP

Em Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:40:17 +0200, Randall Smith escreveu: > I'd like to learn LISP. Try either going thru the emacs-lisp-intro tutorial, or by _The Little Schemer_ and install one of the scheme packages. -- Leandro GuimarÃes Faria Corsetti Dutra +55 (11) 5685 2219 Av Sgto G

iSCSI

Has anyone been sucessful with getting iSCSI working on Debian? I have tried various packages and none seem to quite work. I am looking for both an initiator and a target. I will write a howto when I get something working... Thanks --jr signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: What irc software?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cecil wrote: > Being fairly new to linux, I need to know what irc program is generally > considered to be the best by most people. even better if it was a combo > proggie that had aim, msn, yahoo, etc in it too... Sorry yall, i'm new. You could use

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 07:18:25AM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2004-06-16T05:35:57Z, William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Have P4 3.2 + 9800XT, 1 gig memory > > > > ===> > > > > Fluxbox > > Desktop 1 w/ 4 gnome terminals & Gbuffy. > > Desktop 2 w/ Firefox full screen. > > I have

Re: Firefox 0.9

Daniel Klein wrote: Hoi, this is my first time on debian when a new version of some program comes out that I want immediately. I have firefox 0.8 installed, an apt-get install mozilla-firefox tells me I have the latest version, and in my apt/sources.list it says unstable after the url.. when, r

On behalf of Don Prior.

Title: On behalf of Don Prior. Cam, How are you? I am writing on behalf of Don Prior of the Caldwell Partners. We have a few questions regarding Psychological Testing conducted in the workplace and how to access specific tests and their applicable test centers in the Lower Mainland. Could

xemacs21 in testing

Hi, is there a reason why the package xemacs21 isn't available in testing anymore? Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Locale and Umlauts again

Em Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:50:26 +0200, J. Preiss escreveu: > locales was installed, localconf not. After installing, it wanted to overwrite > the existing files, and I said no (praying this to be a good answer, see > below). Then you might just as well not have installed it! > I do have

Re: What irc software?

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:11:46 -0500 Cecil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Being fairly new to linux, I need to know what irc program is > generally considered to be the best by most people. even better if it > was a combo proggie that had aim, msn, yahoo, etc in it too... Sorry > yall, i'm new. > > C

Re: What irc software?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 01:11:46PM -0500, Cecil wrote: } Being fairly new to linux, I need to know what irc program is generally } considered to be the best by most people. even better if it was a combo } proggie that had aim, msn, yahoo, etc in it too... Sorry yall, i'm new. I've used gaim (whi

Problems updating sid

Hi, ppl, I got a machine for "testing" runing sid(unstable). The problem is that i cant compleat an update becouse the iptotal program does not compleat the update, when i try to remove it the apt spit the following # apt-get remove iptotal Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho Creando árbol de depen

What irc software?

Being fairly new to linux, I need to know what irc program is generally considered to be the best by most people. even better if it was a combo proggie that had aim, msn, yahoo, etc in it too... Sorry yall, i'm new. Cecil -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

The Best Printer Drivers?

Where can I find the best-quality CUPS-compatible printer driver for an HP inkjet (HP940c)? I tried the one recommended by linuxprinting and it didn't work. The New HP Inkjet driver included with cup-sys gives dark, muddy print-outs with o ften bad registration and so-so font support. Thanks. Ed

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

Micha Feigin wrote: > and they do require more cpu, eye candy takes cpu power to draw (either > real cpu or graphic card cpu, either way, battery power). It also > requires more memory accesses each time you need to redraw parts of the > screen to access bitmaps, calculate transparencies, build gra

Re: bash profile how?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 12:39:51PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 23:36:25 -0600 > "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Incoming from Michael B Allen: > > > On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:15:24 -0400 > > > Paul Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > #!/

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

Micha Feigin wrote: > No, but the cpu cycles required to handle all the overhead do take more > power (more memory usually means someone is using it, otherwise it > really is bloatware), and yes its the cpu that is causing the power > consumption (and even if you do use accelerated graphics to redu

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 10:31:21AM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2004-06-16T15:02:37Z, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is someone actually arguing that 1s were more power than 0s? > > I choose to believe that they were arguing that desktop environments like > KDE and Gnome require

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

Steven Yap wrote: On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 10:04, Paul Scott wrote: Steven Yap wrote: Errm, doesn't the "Show windows from all workspaces" option for the window list applet work for you? I don't have Gnome installed at the moment. Is the window list displayed in the taskbar? If it's

Re: Pros/Cons Kde vs Gnome?

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 08:02:37AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > charlie derr wrote: > > also, i don't think the memory consumption of the desktop is all that > > much "weight" on the battery life > > Is someone actually arguing that 1s were more power than 0s? > No, but the cpu cycles required

Re: defoma & symbol.ttf

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 10:06:18AM -0300, Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > Em Mon, 14 Jun 2004 21:50:18 +0200, Martin D. Weinberg escreveu: > > > Does anyone know how to install symbol.ttf using defoma? (Or better > > yet, perhaps it's already in some package?) > > msttcor

getting started with LISP

I'd like to learn LISP. Can someone tell me how to get it installed / get started on Debian? What packages do I install, etc? Randall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SSH permits root-Logins with wrong password

I tried to duplicate this on a sid box and a sarge box (that hasn't been upgraded for awhile). I couldn't duplicate your results. The sid box has ii ssh3.8.1p1-4 Secure rlogin/rsh/rcp replacement (OpenSSH and the sarge box has ii ssh3.6.1p2-3 Secure rlogin/r

Re: ndiswrapper as a module

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 09:58:22AM -0600, Marvin Gerardo Aguero Salazar wrote: > OK. The make install displayed a line like > > #!/sbin/depmod -a > > I thought it had done. Anyway, I did so and as far as modules and > modprobe it seem to be working. Good! > As far as my card being recognized, i

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