smbmount freezes ls only the first time

2004-07-20 Thread Robert William Hutton
I've been having problems with smbmount. I've noticed this on both my desktop and laptop computers. Both are running sid, updated regularly. The symptoms of the problem are: - mount a share (either from samba on a linux server or from a windows server) - cd to the mount point - type ls - ls f

gnome-keybinding-properties" -> "Text editing shortcuts" -> "Emacs"

2004-07-20 Thread Kaj Wiik
Hi! I have a frequently updated testing distribution and after a recent upgrade gnome-keybinding-properties -> "Text editing shortcuts" -> "Emacs" does not have an effect anymore i.e. Emacs keybindings do not work in e.g. gedit and evolution. I have tried also with a fresh setup using a test user

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread blm
* John L Fjellstad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Linux is not that, though it could contain some code that is descended > > from that. Some other OS operating systems (FreeBSD etc) are genetic > > linux. > > You mean unix. Didn't the *BSD people

Re: [linux-audio-user] Virtual Mixing Desk

2004-07-20 Thread RickTaylor
Olivier, > > But about color scale squares, just imagine how compact it can get : 8 > > tracks with 4 levels each, that's 32 little square on a gtk drawing > > area. I believe white to black would be very efficient, and rolling over > > a level or adjusting it, the status bar would get you some

Re: Linux as Windows Update Server???

2004-07-20 Thread Stefan Drees
Nicolas Montauban wrote: I use squid as proxy cache with option: maximum_object_size 8192 KB or more one client go, other get update from proxy does someone know a solution to use linux as an windows update server. Something like, check local network/ workstations for installed updates and insta

Re: Bash equivalent to DOS /p

2004-07-20 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 08:00:51AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > > >>>Elijah > >>> > >>> > >>That works for regular output. However, some programs also emit > >>error messages onto stderr. The above command will *not* redirect > >>error messages into less, so they might mess up the pagin

Re: Fonts in Window Maker

2004-07-20 Thread Daniel Figueira
Rodney D. Myers wrote: Ah. are you using GTK? GTK2? If so, look for gtk-theme-switch & gtk-theme-switch2.. Changed the font behaviour for me, so now I can read the fonts on the screen. That seemed to do the trick. I got all fonts to change except Thunderbird and Firefox... I guess these dont use g

Re: xfree4.3.0 with cirrus GD5436 video card

2004-07-20 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 06:59:40PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 01:27:55AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > >startx from console. I'm not running a session manager. > > >I get the the gray screen with the cursor in the middle then nothing. > >

Re: Experiment: Neophyte versus Windows XP

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 10:13:26AM +0800, csj wrote: > On 19. July 2004 at 10:46PM -0700, > Mark e Plummer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have just read your article as best I could. I am > > confused, but not by you but by me. I have been using Firefox > > as a browser and Thunderbird as mai

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-20 Thread Jacob S.
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:20:20 -0400 Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/20/04 18:40, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > > I'm fairly sure the system is using esd with OSS drivers so this > > could be the difference. Well, actually, how do I confirm OSS > > drivers? > > While I'm no expert, I can

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 08:53:23PM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Looks like you missed it a bit here. What you would call a pixel in the > > raw file is not the same as a pixel in the tiff file. > > Actually, it's close enough. > > > In the raw file y

Solved: Re: nvidia 6106 & kernel 2.6.7--X...

2004-07-20 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 02:00:14PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > Hi, > > I'm taking the plunge into 2.6 territory and just rolled my first 2.6.7 > last night. I used the latest available Sid components for the nvidia > driver module (6106), including nvidia-glx. module-init-tools has been ...

Re: [linux-audio-user] Mellotron

2004-07-20 Thread RickTaylor
Ryan, > It's not *impossible* I bet someone with a lot of patience could set > some reasonable loop points. The mellotron is a neat sounding > instrument, I'd be really excited to have digital copies of the original > tape loops. But each of these key presses is about a minute long and > the mell

Re: [linux-audio-user] Virtual Mixing Desk

2004-07-20 Thread RickTaylor
Stefan, > that sounds almost like blenders "slide buttons" .> > they basically like that (if it doesn't get mangled): > > /\ > |< 0.800 >| > \/ > > you can: > a: click on the edges to change the value step by step (ctrl+click for > larger steps) > b: click and move y

Re: [linux-audio-user] Virtual Mixing Desk

2004-07-20 Thread RickTaylor
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > How 'bout those little number like they use in high endish graphics programs? > > ...Where you have a row of numbers that it looks like they pulled out of a slot > > machine and you can either click on them and enter a new number, use the up and > > down arrows on

Re: Fonts in Window Maker

2004-07-20 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:36:23 -0300 Daniel Figueira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rodney D. Myers wrote: > > >On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:17:07 -0300 > >Daniel Figueira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Is it possible to change the font size in Window Maker? > >>Im referring to the font that

Re: Fonts in Window Maker

2004-07-20 Thread Daniel Figueira
Rodney D. Myers wrote: On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:17:07 -0300 Daniel Figueira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it possible to change the font size in Window Maker? Im referring to the font that appears in menus, buttons, etc. If read about wsetfont, but that apparentely only changes the font and F

Re: Fonts in Window Maker

2004-07-20 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:17:07 -0300 Daniel Figueira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to change the font size in Window Maker? > Im referring to the font that appears in menus, buttons, etc. > If read about wsetfont, but that apparentely only changes the font and > > not the size. Am I c

Fonts in Window Maker

2004-07-20 Thread Daniel Figueira
Is it possible to change the font size in Window Maker? Im referring to the font that appears in menus, buttons, etc. If read about wsetfont, but that apparentely only changes the font and not the size. Am I correct? Looks like helvetica is the default font. My fonts just look way too big. Thank

Kernel 2.6.7-1 & NVIDIA Trouble

2004-07-20 Thread Kevin C. Smith
Running Debian Sid Upgrade from kernel 2.4 to kernel 2.6.7-1, and recent nvidia driver. I have noted a "stutter" every few seconds when playing OpenGL games. So far the only thing I've noted is this: # xdpyinfo | grep GLX GLX NV-GLX I'm missing "NVIDIA-GLX" Thoughts? -- Kevin C. Smith

Re: Experiment: Neophyte versus Windows XP

2004-07-20 Thread csj
On 19. July 2004 at 10:46PM -0700, Mark e Plummer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have just read your article as best I could. I am > confused, but not by you but by me. I have been using Firefox > as a browser and Thunderbird as mailbox for about a week and a > half now and I love them. I am thi

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Alan Shutko
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Looks like you missed it a bit here. What you would call a pixel in the > raw file is not the same as a pixel in the tiff file. Actually, it's close enough. > In the raw file you have 4 ccd cells per image pixel (R, G, G, B) That's not correct for any

Re: DVD Writing HOW TO

2004-07-20 Thread csj
On 19. July 2004 at 6:32PM -0500, Patrick Albuquerque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi ppl, got to put a dvd rw and cd-rw working in the same > > computer, i have allready a cd-rw working but have no clue > > where to start with the dvd rw, i have install the dvdplusrw > > package, by the way im

Re: via82cxxx

2004-07-20 Thread csj
On 20. July 2004 at 4:19PM +0200, Frank Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I can see 'snd_rawmidi' and 'snd_seq_device', so I think it > >> should work. Any hints to make it work? > > > >You're lacking snd-seq-oss, the OSS compatibility module for > >the ALSA sequencer. > > Thank you for rep

RE: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Steven Jones
Working in a MS, Solaris, Linux, Tru64 shop, I find that for the vast majority of our servers the usability of Linux is as good as Unix if not better. While Unix might have high end bits Linux lacks for 95% of the world's servers that small missing % I suspect is not an issue. regards thing -

Installing on Inspiron 2600

2004-07-20 Thread Michael
I'm trying to install Debian on a Dell Inspiron 2600. I've got the latest BIOS and tried both woody and the sarge debian-installer, as well as used the oapic, aic7xxx=no_probe, and video=vga16:off options. No matter what I do, every time I get to the point where it says md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DE

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Simon Kitching
On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 13:16, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 08:35:11AM +1200, Steven Jones wrote: > > hehand at the rate Linux is taking over Unix space he like RISC based Unix > > will be going the way of the dodo. > > > > ;] > > > > Considering how many "Unixes" run Open so

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Paul E Condon
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 08:35:11AM +1200, Steven Jones wrote: > hehand at the rate Linux is taking over Unix space he like RISC based Unix will > be going the way of the dodo. > > ;] > > Considering how many "Unixes" run Open source applications and utilities I find it > laughable that ppl

Re: Backup to DVD

2004-07-20 Thread Robert William Hutton
Marcus wrote: Can anyone recommend a backup program which can write to DVD? tar cvzf .tar.gz burn this to DVD, optionally using "split" if the file is too large for a single DVD. I'd like to backup my entire deb installation (4-5 GB) and be able to snap it back into place from DVD. I last used Mon

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 05:17:54PM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Some cameras actually compress the raw data BTW. I think Nikon does > > that since nef (raw) output takes less space then tiff output. > > On some Nikon cameras they are compressed using

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Paul Smith
%% John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: js> and another js> http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html js> It is not ready for production use, as there are still many bugs and js> missing features. While not ready for production, it is bootable and working in a developer/hacker/ea

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-20 Thread Ralph Katz
On 07/20/04 18:40, Paul Yeatman wrote: I'm fairly sure the system is using esd with OSS drivers so this could be the difference. Well, actually, how do I confirm OSS drivers? While I'm no expert, I can see mine here on this stock kernel: ~$ grep -i oss /boot/config-2.4.25-1-686 CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSS

Re: [SLUG] Re: Helix install from *bin files

2004-07-20 Thread James Ponza
do you have the gcc version that is specified in the file name? On Monday 19 July 2004 13:51, Adam Bogacki wrote: > I think I may have a corrupted download. > > > Tux:/home# chmod a+x hxplay* > > Tux:/home# ./hxplay* > > bash: ./hxplay-0.4.0.187-linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586.bin: cannot > > execute

Backup to DVD

2004-07-20 Thread Marcus
Can anyone recommend a backup program which can write to DVD? I'd like to backup my entire deb installation (4-5 GB) and be able to snap it back into place from DVD. I last used Mondobackup, but it only does CDs AFAIK, and that can take ages on CDRWs at 10-speed. Norton Ghost 2003 fails backing

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread John Summerfield
John Summerfield wrote: Results 1 - 100 of 129,000 English pages from debian.org for HURD. http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Adebian.org%20HURD&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Results 1 - 100 of 57,300 English pages from gnu.org http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Agnu.org%20HURD&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 I followe

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread John Summerfield
Antonio Rodriguez wrote: can someone say what the status of HURD is? No much talk about it lately. there used to be a link to it in the main debian page, and another in the gnu.org main page, that i can't find anymore. Results 1 - 100 of 129,000 English pages from debian.org for HURD. http://www

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 05:06:38PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 13:39, Paul Tsai wrote: > > Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: > > >John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:> > > GNU == GNU is Not Unix, GNU was synonymous with HURD... Well we shall > all be switching to it RSN, 200

Re: Nagios vs Netsaint

2004-07-20 Thread Jeremy T. Bouse
In short, nope. I'm on the plugin development team which is separate from the development team for Nagios itself. I've actually not had any look at the nagios-mysql or -postgresql tables and whether or not they were indexed or optomized. I can only speculate it was not given a high priority

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Alan Shutko
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Some cameras actually compress the raw data BTW. I think Nikon does > that since nef (raw) output takes less space then tiff output. On some Nikon cameras they are compressed using a "visually lossless" algorithm. Some recent posts on the D1scussion gro

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread John Summerfield
Matthias Czapla wrote: because the latter provides the API and utitilities only on top of a completely different operating system. I don't know OS/2 though. OS/2 is a DOS-family OS. Better by far than Windows, but that kind of thing. -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-20 Thread Paul Yeatman
Hi and thanks so much for the reply. ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Jacob S.-- > That's odd. I'm using esd on my system (previously with OSS drivers, now > with Alsa) and I can hear sound from flash just fine; as well as play > xmms at the same time, etc. I'm fairly sure the

Re: lost my 'c' key in X

2004-07-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.07.21. +0200]: > So messed about with XF86Config-4 a bit, and what I found was, > change your kbd def from pc105 to pc102 and you'll find the keys > spring back into life... I have pc104 and I need it that way. So there must be some seve

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Paul Smith
%% Paul Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: pt> Ok, it is agreed that Linux shared no code from Minix, that is pt> well supported. But it is also well established that Linus was pt> trying to make a Minix-like OS with more features. If by "Minix-like" you mean a kernel that runs on an i386 an

Re: Nagios vs Netsaint

2004-07-20 Thread Jacob Friis Larsen
I chose nagios-mysql. Do you know why no tables have indexes? Thanks, Jacob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: enable duplex

2004-07-20 Thread Jacob Friis Larsen
Quick howto (but please read the documentation first): modprobe bonding miimon=250 mode=1 ifconfig bond0 10.100.20.230 ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1 Must the virtual interface use non global ip addresses or can I use global ones, and could I then have 3 accessable ip addresses? Thanks for your guide.

Re: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2010S and Woody

2004-07-20 Thread RalfG
Hi Erik, were there any private replies - or do you have new informations? thanks Ralf > Adaptec SCSI RAID 2010S and Woody > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2010S and Woody > > From: Erik Dörnbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 14:34:37 +01

Re: lost my 'c' key in X

2004-07-20 Thread anders
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 02:12:03PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Tue, 20 Jul 2004 05:31:44PM +0200, martin f krafft insinuated: > > Apparently, computers are taking over the entertainment industry > > now. Get this: I had been using this computer of mine for a while > > remotely and just today

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Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Paul Tsai
Wow the passion involved in this reply is remarkable. Greg Folkert wrote: FULLSTOP NO, LINUX IS IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM DERIVED FROM MINIX. Linus Torvalds and Professor Tannenbaum have dealt with this for years. They have repeatedly corrected people stating that they

Re: importing files on CD

2004-07-20 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
Hi Doug, On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 02:49:10PM -0400, Dougpol1 wrote: > HI Folks, >I am using Debian 3.0r2 Woody on a dual boot system along with > windows. I am am new to Linux but have managed to partitioned and > installed successfully. I need to bring over my files from windows by > way of

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Greg Folkert
On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 13:39, Paul Tsai wrote: > Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: > >John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:> > >>Is there a semantic difference between being like something or a > >>clone of something, and being that thing in the English language? [snip] > >>Kinda like, Kleenex is bot

Re: (RE) Q. /dev/dsp

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 06:24:39PM -, Wayne Ward wrote: > Hi again, > I lost the e-mail from the person who suggested thar I start the gnome control > center and disable this error message. > Could some kind soul show me the command. > I just signed up for a dsl connection.The company is going

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 09:48:57AM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > The real benefit to having the Windoze apps (Nikon or not) to support > > the camera is in being able to load camera (or film scanner) images > > directly into something like Photoshop without having to

Re: Magic mismatch??

2004-07-20 Thread Thomas Adam
--- "C. Tresenriter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hda: status error: status=0x58 {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest} > hda: drive not ready for command > hda: lost interrupt > hda: interrupt lost > hda: interrupt lost That drive is failing. Backup any data and replace it, it's a gonner. -- Th

RE: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Steven Jones
hehand at the rate Linux is taking over Unix space he like RISC based Unix will be going the way of the dodo. ;] Considering how many "Unixes" run Open source applications and utilities I find it laughable that ppl can look down on Linux. Simple answer is Linux is not Unix because its bett

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Sylvain Vedrenne
On Tuesday 20 July 2004 20:02, Bill Thompson wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:17:18 +0200 > > John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was wondering if Linux can be considered Unix? > > > > As others in this thread have stated: > > Linux Is Not UniX ;) > > \sorry, couldn't help myself Lin

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Ryo Furue
John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > I was wondering if Linux can be considered Unix? This question makes me laugh (no offense to you) because it reminds me (and would remind many people who frequent(ed) comp.unix.admin) of a certain person, who would

Re: importing files on CD

2004-07-20 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Dougpol1 (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am using Debian 3.0r2 Woody on a dual boot system along with > windows. I am am new to Linux but have managed to partitioned and > installed successfully. I need to bring over my files from windows by > way of CD. In Gnome I've learned to mount

Re: importing files on CD

2004-07-20 Thread Jacob S.
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:53:29 +0200 Matthias Czapla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 02:35:40PM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:49:10 -0400 > > Dougpol1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > HI Folks, > > > I am using Debian 3.0r2 Woody on a dual boot syste

Re: Linux as Windows Update Server???

2004-07-20 Thread Nicolas Montauban
I use squid as proxy cache with option: maximum_object_size 8192 KB or more one client go, other get update from proxy > does someone know a solution to use linux as an windows update server. > Something like, check local network/ workstations for installed updates > and > install missing updates

Re: importing files on CD

2004-07-20 Thread Matthias Czapla
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 02:35:40PM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:49:10 -0400 > Dougpol1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > HI Folks, > > I am using Debian 3.0r2 Woody on a dual boot system along with > > windows. I am am new to Linux but have managed to partitioned and > > in

[OT] quieter EPIC

2004-07-20 Thread * Tong*
Sorry for an OT message... I want my EPIC4 to be more quieter, ie, to ignore messages like people joining and leaving, mode changes, etc. In the manual page, it says: ,- | To highlight people joining and leaving, mode changes, etc. for a | channel: | | /ignore #channel +crap `- But I t

Re: importing files on CD

2004-07-20 Thread Jacob S.
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:49:10 -0400 Dougpol1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HI Folks, > I am using Debian 3.0r2 Woody on a dual boot system along with > windows. I am am new to Linux but have managed to partitioned and > installed successfully. I need to bring over my files from windows by > w

Re: importing files on CD

2004-07-20 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Tue, 20 Jul 2004 02:49:10PM -0400, Dougpol1 insinuated: > HI Folks, >I am using Debian 3.0r2 Woody on a dual boot system along with > windows. I am am new to Linux but have managed to partitioned and > installed successfully. I need to bring over my files from windows by > way of CD. In G

Linux as Windows Update Server???

2004-07-20 Thread Stefan Drees
Hi, does someone know a solution to use linux as an windows update server. Something like, check local network/ workstations for installed updates and install missing updates remotly. Thanks in advance Stefan D. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

Re: (RE) Q. /dev/dsp

2004-07-20 Thread Jacob S.
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 18:24:39 - Wayne Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi again, > I lost the e-mail from the person who suggested thar I start the gnome > control center and disable this error message. Could some kind soul > show me the command. I just signed up for a dsl connection.The compa

importing files on CD

2004-07-20 Thread Dougpol1
HI Folks, I am using Debian 3.0r2 Woody on a dual boot system along with windows. I am am new to Linux but have managed to partitioned and installed successfully. I need to bring over my files from windows by way of CD. In Gnome I've learned to mount them but don't understand how to import t

Re: lost my 'c' key in X

2004-07-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.07.20.2012 +0200]: > as suggested in an earlier thread[1]: `setxkbmap us` (or whatever variant > you're using -- for a good time, try `setxkbmap dvorak` ;) heh. sorry for not having checked the archives. it was too surreal for me to experience t

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread frizzgrig
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've used Unix and I've used Linux.  Linux is Unix. I've used Unix and Linux too, but I would not say Linux is Unix. I would say for most tasks, Linux or Unix can be made to serve equally well. If it looks like a rose, smells like a rose, feels like a ro

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-20 Thread Jacob S.
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:04:27 -0700 Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi again. I'm responding to my own post. It wasn't until today, > weeks after my original post, that I got more clues as to is going on > concerning flash causing Mozilla to freeze on my Debian Sarge system. > The probl

(RE) Q. /dev/dsp

2004-07-20 Thread Wayne Ward
Hi again, I lost the e-mail from the person who suggested thar I start the gnome control center and disable this error message. Could some kind soul show me the command. I just signed up for a dsl connection.The company is going to install it July 30th. I then will update many parts of the system.

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Re: lost my 'c' key in X

2004-07-20 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Tue, 20 Jul 2004 05:31:44PM +0200, martin f krafft insinuated: > Apparently, computers are taking over the entertainment industry > now. Get this: I had been using this computer of mine for a while > remotely and just today tried to use it locally for the first time > in days... However, the 'c'

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Bill Thompson
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:17:18 +0200 John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering if Linux can be considered Unix? > As others in this thread have stated: Linux Is Not UniX ;) \sorry, couldn't help myself -- Bill Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpROGTKuaYns.pgp Description: PGP

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-20 Thread Paul Yeatman
Hi again. I'm responding to my own post. It wasn't until today, weeks after my original post, that I got more clues as to is going on concerning flash causing Mozilla to freeze on my Debian Sarge system. The problem appears to be with esd. Esd (appears to be ) used by default by gnome and is sta

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread John Hasler
Paul Tsai writes: > Mainly it all depends on your definition of Unix, however the origins of > Linux is Minix which is by no means Unix. The origin of Linux is _not_ Minix. Torvalds and Tannenbaum clearly agree on that. Minix is a microkernel while Linux is a monolithic kernel. > I think BSD is

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Paul Tsai
Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Is there a semantic difference between being like something or a clone of something, and being that thing in the English language? I'm just thinking of the statement, GNU's Not Unix. Does that mean that GNU/Linux is a OS wit

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a semantic difference between being like something or a > clone of something, and being that thing in the English language? > > I'm just thinking of the statement, GNU's Not Unix. Does that mean > that GNU/Linux is a OS with unix like funct

Re: Re: Experiment: Neophyte versus Windows XP

2004-07-20 Thread Tony Godshall
Hi, Mark. My two cents follow Simon's, inline. According to Simon Kitching, > On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 17:46, Mark e Plummer wrote: > > Hello, > > I have just read your article as best I could. I am confused, but not > > by you but by me. > > I have been using Firefox as a browser and Thunderbird

Magic mismatch??

2004-07-20 Thread C. Tresenriter
I've just done a re-installation of Sarge but on booting up the new install I'm getting: hda: drive not ready for command EXT3-fs Magic mismatch Very weird! ...then goes on to complain about dma timeout Then: hda drive not ready for command EXT2-fs hda1: couldn't mount because of unsupported feat

Re: How to install debian by using usb cdrom?

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 01:50:05PM +0200, Marcin Kaczmarski wrote: > > > > Dear Debian users, > > Please forgive me asking such trivial question: > > I have machine which doesn't have floppy nor cd but only usb port > instead. I would like to install debian sarge. I recorded cd image and > tri

Re: Q. on /dev/dsp

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 12:01:53PM -, Wayne Ward wrote: > Hi, > As I said in an earlier e-mail, > that i'm getting an error telling > me that /dev/dsp can't be found. Is > this because that the person putting > together this cd had sound compiled > in thier kernel.I do not have a sound > card o

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 01:34:10AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In that case I would also suggest you avoid anything Sony. I've never > > seen worse customer support (and that even for very high end equipment > > company customers, not just the small end user), and when they do > > bother ma

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 12:33:31AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Just out of curiosity, what does that SW offer? > > Well, there are several packages, one of which is always bundled > with the camera and the others for sale separately. The Nikon website > is a > better source of info tha

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Matthias Czapla
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 02:04:36PM +0200, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> I was wondering if Linux can be considered Unix? For me the term "Unix" can mean three different things. First there was the "origi

Re: Q. on /dev/dsp

2004-07-20 Thread Jacob S.
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:01:53 - Wayne Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > As I said in an earlier e-mail, > that i'm getting an error telling > me that /dev/dsp can't be found. Is > this because that the person putting > together this cd had sound compiled > in thier kernel.I do not have a

Re: Q. on /dev/dsp

2004-07-20 Thread Kent West
Tony Godshall wrote: According to Wayne Ward, I do not have a sound card on my box If you are using udev or devfsd, /dev/dsp will appear when the correct module for your soundcard is loaded. I missed Wayne's statement that he doesn't have a sound card my first read-through also. ;-) He's j

Re: Q. on /dev/dsp

2004-07-20 Thread Kent West
Wayne Ward wrote: Hi, As I said in an earlier e-mail, that i'm getting an error telling me that /dev/dsp can't be found. Is this because that the person putting together this cd had sound compiled in thier kernel.I do not have a sound card on my box and I don't know why gnome is asking for it when

RE: Occasional freezing / need help diagnosing

2004-07-20 Thread Scott Thompson
Title: RE: Occasional freezing / need help diagnosing > On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 13:54, Scott Thompson wrote: > > The box is connected to a cable modem and no other network.  The > > freezes have never occurred when using the web browser or > email, but > > with a variety of other programs, su

Re: Q. on /dev/dsp

2004-07-20 Thread Tony Godshall
According to Wayne Ward, > Hi, > As I said in an earlier e-mail, > that i'm getting an error telling > me that /dev/dsp can't be found. Is > this because that the person putting > together this cd had sound compiled > in thier kernel.I do not have a sound > card on my box and I don't know why > gno

Re: Experiment: Neophyte versus Windows XP

2004-07-20 Thread Kent West
Simon Kitching wrote: On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 17:46, Mark e Plummer wrote: Hello, I have just read your article as best I could. Just curious -- what article? I am thinking about dumping Windows XP because it is a pain, I was looking at Mandrake and ReHat. Debian Woody I have never heard off

Re: Upgrade to kernel 2.6.7

2004-07-20 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 05:05:49PM +0200, Chris wrote: > 3) The touchpad on my fujitsu-siemens lifebook's just stopped - I see >some kernel patches for these (synaptec) - will these appear in a >debian standard kernel? First check to see what drivers you need to be using. If it's a "Synapt

Re: Upgrade to kernel 2.6.7

2004-07-20 Thread Chris
> "Andreas" == Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andreas> alias usb-uhci uhci-hcd Andreas> to /etc/modprobe.d/aliases and run update-modules. Next Andreas> time you boot the correct driver will be loaded. If you Andreas> are not going to use 2.4 anymore, simply chang

Re: Upgrade to kernel 2.6.7

2004-07-20 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Chris (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Just installed udev and kernel-image-2.6.7-686-1 > > Startup gives some module errors (all are in /etc/modules from the 2.4 > kernel) > > 1) Can't load usb-uchi - it looks like that should be uchi-hcd - is >that right? Right. Add alias usb-uhci u

Re: Duplicate Entries in /proc/scsi/scsi

2004-07-20 Thread Rob Sims
On Sunday 18 July 2004 08:19 pm, rankine wrote: > Hi *, > I decided to downgrade from kernel 2.6.x to 2.4.x > The problem is that a weird problem is happening > since then. In /proc/scsi/scsi I get a lot of > duplicate entries. > Namely: > > > Attached devices: > Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00

lost my 'c' key in X

2004-07-20 Thread martin f krafft
Apparently, computers are taking over the entertainment industry now. Get this: I had been using this computer of mine for a while remotely and just today tried to use it locally for the first time in days... However, the 'c' key won't print a C, merely cause the machine speaker to beep. This is in

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Alan Shutko
John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wondering if Linux can be considered Unix? I believe that Linux is pretty much compliant with the Single Unix Specification (v3) which is what you have to be to be eligible for the Unix brand. However, in common parlance, I still see people ma

Re: recommendation for digital camera -=> Shameless Nikon plug

2004-07-20 Thread Alan Shutko
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The real benefit to having the Windoze apps (Nikon or not) to support > the camera is in being able to load camera (or film scanner) images > directly into something like Photoshop without having to go through > any JPEG or other compression, so that you can manipulate

Re: Keyboard Blinking after shutdown

2004-07-20 Thread Kent West
Marc Barisch wrote: Hi, I'm having a non-ATX machine (no automatic power-off) without a monitor and want it to indicate me by blinking of the keyboard lights, when the shutdown procedure has finished. I am convinced that somebody knows a simple solutions Thanks in advance Sincerely Marc Um,

Re: /dev/dsp

2004-07-20 Thread Kent West
Wayne Ward wrote: Wayne Ward wrote: Hi, I have installed debian from (CD) Steve Hunger's book "Debian GNU/Linux Bible" and I'm now trying to get GNOME up and running. When I enter the command to start GNOME i get the error that "/dev/dsp No such device". 1) the 2.2 kernel is pretty ol

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