Re: Thunderbird annoyance

2005-06-14 Thread Jonathan Kaye
En/La Steve Lamb ha escrit, a 15/06/05 08:07: > Jonathan Kaye wrote: > >>Hi Mitja, >>Can you give us a hint? >>1. What version of TBird? > > > Prime reason for some headers right there. ;) > > User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050331) > Right you are, Steve (*blush*). My TBird hi

Re: Gwebdec (Solved)

2005-06-14 Thread Kent West
David R. Litwin wrote: > By the bye, where are the archives? http://www.debian.org/ then scroll down the left-hand pane to "Mailing List Archives", then "Users", scroll down to "debian-user", and pick your month (or just go straight to http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/). You can also use the s

Re: Login as a root

2005-06-14 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday June 13 2005 11:27 pm, puishor wrote: > So... the question is what should i write in .bashrc (eventually > plus the password) , so that konsole app would login me as a root > user by default ? Don't. You don't want to defeat the system's security. Giving every user all privleges is o

Re: Bayes? - 3rd try

2005-06-14 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday June 14 2005 10:58 am, John Fleming wrote: > Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but noone has responded to my > question - > > If Bayes is working properly, am I supposed to have a Bayes_ entry > in the X-Spam_Status header info for every email? I think that's > the way it used to be - Baye

Re: Mailinglists

2005-06-14 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday June 14 2005 3:38 am, VFJ - Damiaan Peeters wrote: > Which one should we use? > Things that are very important to me: > * I have several list owners each managing there own list(s) > * Not to hard to administer for the list owners (webinterface = > ok, shell = nok) > * A translation sho

Re: Setting IP address not working

2005-06-14 Thread Alan Chandler
On Tuesday 14 June 2005 22:55, Kent West wrote: ...> > I'm coming into the middle of this thread, so I may be heading the wrong > direction. What does your "/etc/network/interfaces" file contain? Nothing dramatic # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to

Re: Thunderbird annoyance

2005-06-14 Thread Steve Lamb
Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Hi Mitja, > Can you give us a hint? > 1. What version of TBird? Prime reason for some headers right there. ;) User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050331) -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5

Re: Thunderbird annoyance

2005-06-14 Thread Jonathan Kaye
En/La Mitja Podreka ha escrit, a 15/06/05 06:33: > Hello > > When using Thunderbird I get reminded all the time to "compact the > folder to save space". > I know this is good, but i want to do it when I want, not evertime I > want to read my new mail! > > And when I click Cancel or OK button on t

Re: debian package list

2005-06-14 Thread Mart Frauenlob
Hello Simon, Simon wrote: Is there an easy place to get a list of installed packages... To make sure that i dont miss any in the new install? dpkg --get-selections should bring up all you need. Mart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: /etc/debian_version - the penny drops

2005-06-14 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday June 14 2005 1:23 pm, David Jardine wrote: > When upgrading to Sarge, I was asked if I wanted to keep my old > entry in /etc/debian_version or have it replaced by the package's > version. > > I was surprised to see that the default was to keep the old entry > (which explains why people u

Re: debian package list (dont worry - got it)

2005-06-14 Thread Simon
Simon wrote: Hi There, Im installing a new server to replace one of our old ones. Its a LAMP(PHP) server, so i am installing a nice fresh version of sarge. The old server was running sarge as well... Is there an easy place to get a list of installed packages... To make sure that i dont mis

Re: Konqueror annoyance

2005-06-14 Thread Ryan Schultz
On Wednesday 15 June 2005 12:38 am, Mitja Podreka wrote: > Hello > > Some time ago I visited a folder on my NTFS partition and since then > this folder appears everytime I start Konqueror. I have setup Konqueror > to use my /home/mitja folder as a home folder, but it doesn't help. > > -

debian package list

2005-06-14 Thread Simon
Hi There, Im installing a new server to replace one of our old ones. Its a LAMP(PHP) server, so i am installing a nice fresh version of sarge. The old server was running sarge as well... Is there an easy place to get a list of installed packages... To make sure that i dont miss any in the n

Re: Gwebdec (Solved)

2005-06-14 Thread David R. Litwin
PS. I think a lot of people are hesitant to use their "good" emailaddresses on this list, such as a Gmail account, because the list mail is publicly archived, and spammers tend to scrape addresses from the archives. I'm not too concerned: It has a great spam filter. And two gigabytes of free space

Konqueror annoyance

2005-06-14 Thread Mitja Podreka
Hello Some time ago I visited a folder on my NTFS partition and since then this folder appears everytime I start Konqueror. I have setup Konqueror to use my /home/mitja folder as a home folder, but it doesn't help. -- Mitja Podreka http://mitja.kizej.net -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Thunderbird annoyance

2005-06-14 Thread Mitja Podreka
Hello When using Thunderbird I get reminded all the time to "compact the folder to save space". I know this is good, but i want to do it when I want, not evertime I want to read my new mail! And when I click Cancel or OK button on the popup window, my cursor changes, to the one which appears

Re: Gwebdec (Solved)

2005-06-14 Thread Kent West
David R. Litwin wrote: > > Concerning top-posting, > > you should intersperse your comments just after the material to > which you're replying > > > In that case, I'll disperse my replies within the text. A wise move. > The only reason I've been deleting is that, on another fairly >

Re: [Bit OT] Printers

2005-06-14 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 02:06:43AM +0200, Olle Eriksson wrote: > I have a HL-5150D too, and I have problems with some PDF files too. I use > the postscript driver and the printer is supposed to support postscript > but still some pages fail to print. I get a Syntax error message printed. I use a

Re: Oldstable? Abandoned Packages? Alternatives?

2005-06-14 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 08:57:01PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > An academic question: If I wrote a standalone program in C strictly for > my own use what would be its lifetime? I have heard it argued that C > (and I assume gcc) is here forever as it is the preferred language for > writing ope

Re: Ifconfig

2005-06-14 Thread David R. Litwin
Firslty, I'm not quite sure what you mean by the Top Post Thread Comment. I've not been paying attention to it. Should I? It seems it discusses the pros and cons of putting a post in a new E-Mail, or inserting it in to the last one. If this is so, which should I be doing? Nexlty, I have High-Sp

Re: Fourth Mouse Button

2005-06-14 Thread David R. Litwin
On 14/06/05, David Dorward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/14/05, David R. Litwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Forgive me, but I see two problems with this:>> Firstly, Options "Buttons" does not exist Create it then.> Secondly, the ZAxisMapping has two> numbers. Shouldn't I be giving two?As I said -

Re: Sarge - disk list?

2005-06-14 Thread Bill
On June 14, 2005 05:56 pm, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to do a fresh install of Sarge but obviously I don't > > need to download all 14 cds. Is there a list or an index > > somewhere that describes each cd? I can't seem to find > > anything. > > If

Re: Disk Mirroring in Sarge howto

2005-06-14 Thread Siju George
On 6/15/05, Rhomboid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing I forgot in system details: This is with the 2.6 kernel. > Haven't tried install with 2.4. > also did it with the 2.6 kernel but GRUB didi not install in the second hard disk! The first one works fine :-( --Siju

Re: Brief Apt-Get and KDE Question

2005-06-14 Thread David R. Litwin
On 14/06/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 01:18:42AM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote:> I have recently gotten KDE 3.4.1 from deb> http://pkg-KDE.alioth.debian.org/kde-3.4.1/ ./ which is apparently a> legitimate debian site from which to get KDE. Now, after doi

Re: Sarge - disk list?

2005-06-14 Thread Robert Wolfe
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Bill wrote: I'd like to do a fresh install of Sarge but obviously I don't need to download all 14 cds. Is there a list or an index somewhere that describes each cd? I can't seem to find anything. Just do a network install -- only 1 CDROM plus it fits on a mini-CDROM :) -

Re: Oldstable? Abandoned Packages? Alternatives?

2005-06-14 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 10:58:56AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 10:40:24AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > I just discovered the oldstable distribution. What are the implications > > of this? For example, for years I have used cbb (checkbook balancer) > > which I find

Re: Gwebdec (Solved)

2005-06-14 Thread David R. Litwin
In the second quote above, I assume you're responding to someone who guessed what Gwebdec is, but got it wrong; you're correcting him. ButI'm not going to spend my time and effort to go find the previous email to get the context. Instead, I'm just going to dangle, makingassumptions about what your

Re: Top posting

2005-06-14 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 14 June 2005 06:41 pm, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 13:01 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > --snip-- > > > No. We are close minded people, like those in the 1950s or before who > > never > > ^^ > > If I see one more post talking about "near-minded" people I'

Re: sound problems with 2.6

2005-06-14 Thread Colin
Prasenjit Kapat wrote: > thanx a ton Colin. i surely appreciate it. now as I had mentioned, I > have two sound cards... using alsaconf, i can play ONLY one. > > 1. if set up snd-intel8x0 : i am able to play into the on-board intel > card but into the pci card. > > 2. if i set up snd-ens1371 : i

Re: packages.debian.org down? (June 14 2005)

2005-06-14 Thread Jules Dubois
On Tuesday 14 June 2005 09:22, Fernando Cacciola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Are there alternative mirrors? (trying the get kdevelop3) http://www.debian.org/mirror/list If you install and use the 'netselect-apt' package, it will time transmissions to the various mirrors

Re: How to capture bootup messages?

2005-06-14 Thread Paulo M C Aragão
Stephen R Laniel wrote on Jun, 14: > See also > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/03/msg03789.html This is curious. I'm running Debian stock kernel 2.4.27-2-686 and neither: CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS=y CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT=256 seem to be configured (checked /boot/config-2.4.27-2-686), but bo

Re: Sarge - disk list?

2005-06-14 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I'd like to do a fresh install of Sarge but obviously I don't need > to download all 14 cds. Is there a list or an index somewhere that > describes each cd? I can't seem to find anything. If you have a (fast) internet connection, most just downloa

Sarge - disk list?

2005-06-14 Thread Bill
Hi, I'd like to do a fresh install of Sarge but obviously I don't need to download all 14 cds. Is there a list or an index somewhere that describes each cd? I can't seem to find anything. b.

Post to newsletter@programmazione.it denied

2005-06-14 Thread newsletter+owner
Hi, this is the mlmmj program managing the mailinglist [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm sorry to inform you that your message could not be delivered to the list. Your mail was rejected because it matched a rule set up by the list administrator. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: How to capture bootup messages?

2005-06-14 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 09:20:07PM -0300, Paulo M C Aragão wrote: > This fantastic list help me on this one before. > > Put this in /etc/default/bootlogd: > > BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=yes > > Next time you boot, every msg sent to /dev/console will end up in > /var/log/boot. Cool! Two things. 1) When I

Re: How useful is apt-spy?

2005-06-14 Thread Colin Ingram
David Jardine wrote: However, since apt-spy took 50 minutes to run through all the mirrors and the download itself took about 15 hours, I wonder how useful apt-spy's tests were. I have the feeling that I was wasting my time with apt-spy since the potential download speeds from the various s

Re: How to capture bootup messages?

2005-06-14 Thread Paulo M C Aragão
John Kelly wrote on Jun, 13: > When booting, I see console messages from programs using stdout and > stderr, scrolling by too fast to read. They are not logged in dmesg > or any /var/log file. > > How to capture them? This fantastic list help me on this one before. Put this in /etc/default/boo

Re: Request for window manager recommendations

2005-06-14 Thread Simon Huggins
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 04:59:47AM -0700, Steve C. Lamb wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 05:56:46PM +0100, Simon Huggins wrote: > > I need to compile up 4.2.2 packages for sarge and bung them on the > > alioth page at some point. > Mmmm, upgrades. I really should see if there's something later tha

Re: download swf video

2005-06-14 Thread Christian Christmann
> http://whoppix.hackingdefined.com/WHoppix-HDinstall.swf > > That file doesn't have any navigation, so you might want to get the viewer > along with its configuration and build your own short HTML page. Thank you. I could download the movie but as you mentioned I can't play it without the confi

Re: [Bit OT] Printers

2005-06-14 Thread Olle Eriksson
On Tuesday 14 June 2005 14.58, michael wrote: > On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 12:35 +0100, Graham Smith wrote: > > [...] > > I'm looking to get a half way decent laser printer for my (very) new > > small business. If possible I would like colour but if a sufficiently > > good black and white is available f

Re: Getting the hang of APT....

2005-06-14 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 11:54:39PM +0200, Maurits van Rees wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 01:05:56PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 11:00:31AM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > > > I want to install package "X", does the "X" .deb contain the > > > dependency information,

Re: Getting the hang of APT....

2005-06-14 Thread John Hasler
> I assume that is the Packages.gz file that you download when you do an > (apt-get|aptitude) update. But the dependencies for package X are also > listed in X.deb. The maintainer puts the dependency information in the package when he creates it. When the package is uploaded that information is t

Re: How useful is apt-spy?

2005-06-14 Thread David Jardine
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 11:22:31PM +0200, Wim De Smet wrote: > On 6/14/05, David Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wanting to upgrade from Woody to Sarge and having a slow modem > > (not one of those ultra-modern 56K things), I thought apt-spy > > might be a useful thing to use to find the fas

Re: How useful is apt-spy?

2005-06-14 Thread David Jardine
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 02:00:18PM -0800, Greg Madden wrote: > On Tuesday 14 June 2005 12:45 pm, David Jardine wrote: > > Wanting to upgrade from Woody to Sarge and having a slow modem > > (not one of those ultra-modern 56K things), I thought apt-spy > > might be a useful thing to use to find the f

Re: Partimage under Sarge?

2005-06-14 Thread Matt Johnson
--- William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see that Partimage is a Piece Of Crap(tm). Is it? Oh. Why? I like it. > > I can't live without partimage or partimage-like > functionality. I gave up trying to use the partimage server/client model as it kept corrupting images across (our)

Partimage under Sarge?

2005-06-14 Thread William Ballard
I see that Partimage is a Piece Of Crap(tm). However, it is absolutely crucial to me under Linux to manage my NTFS Windows partition - only. I've been using it under Sid and all 2.6 kernels with no errors. I can't live without partimage or partimage-like functionality. While I will download a

Re: Getting the hang of APT....

2005-06-14 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 03:22:04PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Paul E Condon writes: > > [Apt-cache] operates as a kind of proxy between your computer and the > > Debian repository out on the internet. It keeps copies of all the > > packages that you download so that, if you want to download again

Re: Request for window manager recommendations

2005-06-14 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:07:34 +0100 Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jochen Schulz wrote: > > > A window manager is a program that just "manages windows". It gives > > applications an area on the screen where they can be displayed and most > > often the WM draws a border around it, gives it

Re: how to determine source of lockups?

2005-06-14 Thread Cam
Hi, On 6/14/05, Stephen R Laniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On a lark: which kernel version are you running? I'm running > Ubuntu on one of my machines, and one of the earlier kernel > versions interacted badly with GNOME. inotify turned out to > be the problem, and adding 'noinotify' to the ker

Re: Top posting

2005-06-14 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 13:01 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: --snip-- > No. We are close minded people, like those in the 1950s or before who never ^^ If I see one more post talking about "near-minded" people I'm going to go even more insane. :) That one ranks up there with 'loosing my

Re: how to determine source of lockups?

2005-06-14 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 04:29:12PM -0600, Cam wrote: > mouse or do anything w/ ctrl+alt+backspace, sysrq, etc. the only > thing i can possibly think of being an issue is maybe my nvidia > drivers (i did recompile the module for my new kernel). any tips for > maybe narrowing this down better? I'd

how to determine source of lockups?

2005-06-14 Thread Cam
Hi, I've been experiencing some bad lockups lately... it seems like certain applications are more prone to cause them (lotus notes under wine, for example). Anyway, i re-compiled my kernel (i just wanted a thinner kernel), but now everytime i start firefox, my box freezes up. There's nothing in

Re: How useful is apt-spy?

2005-06-14 Thread Greg Madden
On Tuesday 14 June 2005 12:45 pm, David Jardine wrote: > Wanting to upgrade from Woody to Sarge and having a slow modem > (not one of those ultra-modern 56K things), I thought apt-spy > might be a useful thing to use to find the fastest mirror. I > have no complaints about the result because I hav

Re: Setting IP address not working

2005-06-14 Thread Kent West
Alan Chandler wrote: >On Tuesday 14 June 2005 15:14, Meni Shapiro wrote: > > >>Try: >>#mii-tool >> >> >Says > No MII transceiver present!. > >the 3C59x module is loaded (my 3com NIC). Since even after the strange >problems of getting the wrong IP address I can still do things like browse

Re: Getting the hang of APT....

2005-06-14 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 01:05:56PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 11:00:31AM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > > I want to install package "X", does the "X" .deb contain the > > dependency information, or is there a list on my system somewhere? If > > Yes. What do you mean

Re: Getting the hang of APT....

2005-06-14 Thread John Hasler
Paul E Condon writes: > [Apt-cache] operates as a kind of proxy between your computer and the > Debian repository out on the internet. It keeps copies of all the > packages that you download so that, if you want to download again in > order to install on another computer, you already have a copy of

Re: permissions 757 (drwxr-xrwx) unable to write?

2005-06-14 Thread Kent West
Rob Benton wrote: > I ran into this at the office today. There's a directory with this > ownership and permissions > > drwxr-xrwx oracle dba 4.0K log/ > > I'm part of the dba group yet I can't create a file inside that > directory. Only if I add write permissions for the group can I create > a f

Re: Setting IP address not working

2005-06-14 Thread Alan Chandler
On Tuesday 14 June 2005 15:14, Meni Shapiro wrote: > Hi, > Well first of all i would check if the eth0 is connected and is known to > the OS. ifconfig says it is there - but with ip address 169.254.50.3 > Try: > #mii-tool Says No MII transceiver present!. the 3C59x module is loaded (my 3com N

Re: How useful is apt-spy?

2005-06-14 Thread Wim De Smet
On 6/14/05, David Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wanting to upgrade from Woody to Sarge and having a slow modem > (not one of those ultra-modern 56K things), I thought apt-spy > might be a useful thing to use to find the fastest mirror. I > have no complaints about the result because I have

Sorry - wrong list!

2005-06-14 Thread John Fleming
I posted to the wrong list this time - my apologies! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

apt-get dist-upgrade gave me emacs

2005-06-14 Thread David Jardine
I woke up this morning to find that apt-get dist-upgrade, which had been running since the night before, was downloading emacs packages. - I've never had emacs on this machine. - A subsequent "dpkg -l" showed no sign of emacs. - There are emacs debs now in /var/cache/apt/archives. So it was

Re: Getting the hang of APT....

2005-06-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 11:00:31AM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > I've got a couple of questions about using APT on Debian Sarge. > > Is there a way to set up a "repository" of Debian packages on a > CD-ROM? I would like to do this, instead of keeping the packages on my > hardrive. I tried to

Sarge Upgrade SOCCESS ! ! !

2005-06-14 Thread David Jardine
Just to let you all know that someone's grateful. A couple of questions/comments follow in separate threads. -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

/etc/debian_version - the penny drops

2005-06-14 Thread David Jardine
When upgrading to Sarge, I was asked if I wanted to keep my old entry in /etc/debian_version or have it replaced by the package's version. I was surprised to see that the default was to keep the old entry (which explains why people using the --assume-yes option would not see a change). As s

How useful is apt-spy?

2005-06-14 Thread David Jardine
Wanting to upgrade from Woody to Sarge and having a slow modem (not one of those ultra-modern 56K things), I thought apt-spy might be a useful thing to use to find the fastest mirror. I have no complaints about the result because I have no way of knowing how much faster or slower it would have

Re: Problems in linux software dev at enterprise level

2005-06-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 03:40:03PM -, shatam bhattacharya wrote: > > > Hi, > I dont know whether this is an appropriate forum to open this > thread. I am an ardent admirer of linux and debian in particular. > Earlier I used to work on FC 1, recently I swithced to debian. God, > it i

Re: packages.debian.org down? (June 14 2005)

2005-06-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 03:58:13PM -0300, Fernando Cacciola wrote: > > "Carl Fink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió en el mensaje > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Works fine from here. > > > Hnmm, not for me here in Buenos Aires, Argentina. > > # ping -c3 packages.debian.org > PING packages.debian.org

Re: [Bit OT] Printers

2005-06-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 12:35:03PM +0100, Graham Smith wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for the slightly off topic nature of this question but I thought this > was > probably the best place to ask it. > > I'm looking to get a half way decent laser printer for my (very) new small > business. If possible

Re: packages.debian.org down? (June 14 2005)

2005-06-14 Thread Fernando Cacciola
"Carl Fink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió en el mensaje news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Works fine from here. > Hnmm, not for me here in Buenos Aires, Argentina. # ping -c3 packages.debian.org PING packages.debian.org (128.101.80.133) 56(84) bytes of data 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% pack

Re: Getting the hang of APT....

2005-06-14 Thread Michael Marsh
On 6/14/05, Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 12:13:36PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > > What does apt-cache do? > It operates as a kind of proxy between your computer and the Debian > repository out on the internet. It keeps copies of all the packages > that y

Re: download swf video

2005-06-14 Thread Ugo Bellavance
Christian Christmann wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to download the swf video which you can get on > > http://whoppix.hackingdefined.com/Whoppix-HD-install.html > > Is there any way to do that? > > > Thanks > Chris > > I think you can download it with this url http://whoppix.hackingdefined.com/W

Re: Login as a root

2005-06-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 10:36:29AM +0200, Philipp Pagel wrote: > > Same here - I am the only user of my laptop. Still, I really do not want > to do my normal work as root because of security. As normal user I don't > have the power to destroy the system and even more important - the > programs I r

Re: Newbie needs help fine tuning sarge

2005-06-14 Thread j Mak
--- Matthias Kaeppler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > j Mak wrote: > > 1 My /apt/sources.list is empty, where can i find > > repository addresses. > > If it is empty, I suggest you first run apt-setup. > This will create a > first sources.list for you, and will offer you a > long list of debian

Re: Newbie needs help fine tuning sarge

2005-06-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 09:20:53AM +0200, Matthias Kaeppler wrote: > > You will probably also want to add these to your sources.list: > > # mplayer, acroread, LAME, etc. > deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ stable main > > # Skype, Java 5, Real Player, Flash, etc. > deb http://archive.unab

Re: partition magic-ally

2005-06-14 Thread Ionut Georgescu
prash wrote: hello, i installed the partitions using lvm on my home machine which only has 10 GB. here is a df -h: mantra:/home/prash# df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/rootvol-root 1.7G 200M 1.4G 13% / tmpfs 126M

Re: Brief Apt-Get and KDE Question

2005-06-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 01:18:42AM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > I have recently gotten KDE 3.4.1 from deb > http://pkg-KDE.alioth.debian.org/kde-3.4.1/ ./ which is apparently a > legitimate debian site from which to get KDE. Now, after doing the usual > apt-get and apt-upgrade (and dist-upgra

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-14 Thread Ionut Georgescu
j Mak wrote: Hi, I've just installed Sarge and everything went ok. but when i log in, there is no graphical interface appears anywhere only the command line. How can i start gnome or kde or any other grahical desktop. Thanks alot Hi, did you install the graphical desktop at all ? Login

Re: Bayes? - 3rd try

2005-06-14 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 12:58:31PM -0500, John Fleming wrote: If Bayes is working properly, am I supposed to have a Bayes_ entry in the X-Spam_Status header info for every email? I think that's the way it used At least I don't have a Bayes_ entry for every mail, only for most of the spam mail

permissions 757 (drwxr-xrwx) unable to write?

2005-06-14 Thread Rob Benton
I ran into this at the office today. There's a directory with this ownership and permissions drwxr-xrwx oracle dba 4.0K log/ I'm part of the dba group yet I can't create a file inside that directory. Only if I add write permissions for the group can I create a file inside that directory.

Re: sound problems with 2.6

2005-06-14 Thread Thomas Hood
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 06:40:06 +0200, Prasenjit Kapat wrote: > how do i do both With snd-intel8x0 and snd-ens1371 loaded you should be able to use /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p and /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p. E.g., aplay -Dhw:0 foo.wav aplay -Dhw:1 foo.wav You can set up /etc/modprobe.d/sound this way by hand:

Re: Getting the hang of APT....

2005-06-14 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 12:13:36PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > Thanks for the response Paul. > > What does apt-cache do? > It operates as a kind of proxy between your computer and the Debian repository out on the internet. It keeps copies of all the packages that you download so that, if

Re: Disk Mirroring in Sarge howto

2005-06-14 Thread Rhomboid
One thing I forgot in system details: This is with the 2.6 kernel. Haven't tried install with 2.4. Rhomboid wrote: Exactly what I did. I had only one partition on each of the 40GB drives, marked for physical RAID volumes, set them to active/boot, selected them for use as RAID when prompted, us

Re: download swf video

2005-06-14 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Tuesday June 14 2005 18:56, Christian Christmann wrote: > I'd like to download the swf video which you can get on > > http://whoppix.hackingdefined.com/Whoppix-HD-install.html > > Is there any way to do that? Yes. Just have a look at the page source. It points to an XML file that holds the vie

Re: Disk Mirroring in Sarge howto

2005-06-14 Thread Rhomboid
Exactly what I did. I had only one partition on each of the 40GB drives, marked for physical RAID volumes, set them to active/boot, selected them for use as RAID when prompted, used resulting RAID disk as ext3 root "/" mount point. GRUB just hangs when grub-install is running (selected install

Bayes? - 3rd try

2005-06-14 Thread John Fleming
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but noone has responded to my question - If Bayes is working properly, am I supposed to have a Bayes_ entry in the X-Spam_Status header info for every email? I think that's the way it used to be - Bayes_00 - Bayes_99 etc. Lately it seems that only the spam email

Re: Getting the hang of APT....

2005-06-14 Thread Redefined Horizons
Thanks for the response Paul. What does apt-cache do? Does it require an internet connection? I don't have an internet connection to my Debian box yet. (But I'm working on it) I asked these questions in response to a problem I had. I tried to install one package that depended on another pac

Re: Getting the hang of APT....

2005-06-14 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 11:00:31AM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: [snip] > Does APT have a list that it uses to determine dependencies, or is > this information contained in each individual package? For example, If Yes. > I want to install package "X", does the "X" .deb contain the > dependenc

Re: Setting up PostgreSQL on Debian...

2005-06-14 Thread John Hasler
Clive Menzies writes: > Will you file a bug or shall I? I will. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

download swf video

2005-06-14 Thread Christian Christmann
Hi, I'd like to download the swf video which you can get on http://whoppix.hackingdefined.com/Whoppix-HD-install.html Is there any way to do that? Thanks Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Request for window manager recommendations

2005-06-14 Thread Mr Mike
On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 06:25:08 -0300 Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 12 2005, Steve Lamb wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > A personal recommendation of your favourite window manager would be > > > much appreciated. > > > > I'd say give XFCE4 a try. While I generally u

Re: Oldstable? Abandoned Packages? Alternatives?

2005-06-14 Thread Brian Nelson
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 10:40:24AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > I just discovered the oldstable distribution. What are the implications > of this? For example, for years I have used cbb (checkbook balancer) > which I find is in the oldstable distribution but not in Sarge. >From http://ft

Getting the hang of APT....

2005-06-14 Thread Redefined Horizons
I've got a couple of questions about using APT on Debian Sarge. Is there a way to set up a "repository" of Debian packages on a CD-ROM? I would like to do this, instead of keeping the packages on my hardrive. I tried to just burn the packages to a CD-ROM, but this didn't work. I think I need to pr

Re: partition magic-ally

2005-06-14 Thread prash
hello, i installed the partitions using lvm on my home machine which only has 10 GB. here is a df -h: mantra:/home/prash# df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/rootvol-root 1.7G 200M 1.4G 13% / tmpfs 126M 0 126M

Re: packages.debian.org down? (June 14 2005)

2005-06-14 Thread Carl Fink
Works fine from here. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you attempt to fix something that isn't broken, it will be. -Bruce Tognazzini -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Debian Sarge DVD Download Limit?

2005-06-14 Thread Glyn Tebbutt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 peter colton wrote: > On Monday 13 June 2005 23:13, Glyn Tebbutt wrote: > >>Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >>>Glyn Tebbutt wrote: >>> Hi everyone I'm having problem's downloading the sarge dvd's. Im trying http://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_

Re: Request for window manager recommendations

2005-06-14 Thread Herminio Gonzalez
Thank you all for so much feedback. I will be looking at a few different WM's and will make my choice eventually. I think xwinman.org is a great starting point, thank you for the tip. I'm glad that there are still many users of 'traditional' window managers out there :) Herminio -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Inkscape (and others) make debian freeze

2005-06-14 Thread Emile Kroeger
(oops, accidental single-user reply ... damn gmail !) > Looks like inkscape leaks memory too fast ... then your swap fills (your > machine becomes slower), and when filled you get into an OOM (out of > memory) situation, and your poor kernel tries hard to recover ... :( > > When inkscape is killed

Re: Top posting

2005-06-14 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 14 June 2005 10:07 am, Basajaun wrote: > > Nope. Different scale entirely. That's like saying re-arranging protons > > within a nucleus of an atom does not change the atom, but if you have a > > group of atoms, they can form different molecules with different > > properties depending o

Re: Inkscape (and others) make debian freeze

2005-06-14 Thread Aurélien Campéas
Le mercredi 15 juin 2005 à 00:54 +0800, Emile Kroeger a écrit : > Um, I'm not sure it's the right place to ask this, but ... > > Inkscape regularly makes debian freeze : It slows down, then becomes > nonresponsive and then, after a *long* wait (20 minutes ?), it closes > inkscape, and all's abck t

Inkscape (and others) make debian freeze

2005-06-14 Thread Emile Kroeger
Um, I'm not sure it's the right place to ask this, but ... Inkscape regularly makes debian freeze : It slows down, then becomes nonresponsive and then, after a *long* wait (20 minutes ?), it closes inkscape, and all's abck to normal. When it's frozen, Gnome refreshes very slowly (if at all, often

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