Replying (was Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 21:54 -0400, Michael Z Daryabeygi wrote: > Anders Breindahl wrote: > > On Tuesday 26 July 2005 02:19, Rajiv Vyas wrote: [snip] > try looking in the archives for the reply-to question. We only just > went around on this. Just reply-all and delete the sender. Is T-bird so pr

Re: Why not a Desktop on a GNU/Linux Server

2005-07-25 Thread Martin Mewes
Hi Michael, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : > Quoting Martin Mewes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > If you want to give your colleagues access to the system you may > > use Webmin and let them administer some selected things over the > > webbrowser. > > I agree, > If your running a gui, then is your plan to giv

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking''

2005-07-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 23:06 -0500, Kent West wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > >On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:35:50AM +0200, Anders Breindahl wrote: [snip] > >and Microsoft's reaction was to announce that the next version of MS Office > >will use the same zipped-XML format that OO uses. > > > > > Again, I

Re: corrupt bash file

2005-07-25 Thread Michael Duckwitz
I had this same problem and it was solved by unmounting the CD and mounting it again. I tried to find the md5sum of the bash file, but I got an IO error. I unmounted the CD and looked at the CD using another computer. The md5sum of the file was perfect when using the other machine! Just

Re: proper way to change ip and hostname

2005-07-25 Thread Paul Scott
Matthew Lenz wrote: rather than grep xarging /etc for occurances of the ip and hostname is there a proper "debian way" of changing them? Editing /etc/hosts ? Paul Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how to get linux-image from linux-source-2.6.12?

2005-07-25 Thread Xiaoyang Gu
hi, I have installed linux-source-2.6.12. But after compiling the source, I get a package named kernel-image-2.6.12**.deb. But in sid, kernel-image has been renamed to linux-image since 2.6.12. Then how can i get a package named linux-image** from the source? Thanks.

proper way to change ip and hostname

2005-07-25 Thread Matthew Lenz
rather than grep xarging /etc for occurances of the ip and hostname is there a proper "debian way" of changing them? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Repost: used dd_rescue to image a partition of failing harddrive-unable to mount badpartition.img using -o loop

2005-07-25 Thread tripolar
I am reposting this in hopes that someone has an idea or two what I did wrong thanks tripolar wrote: >Hello >I have a failing harddrive so I did #dd_rhelp /dev/hdc7 >/mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img >I saved that image ( 72G ) on a new hardrive >/mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img I then pulled out the fai

Re: how to mount an image file ( .img ) in a loopback - mount -o loop ?

2005-07-25 Thread tripolar
Sergio Cuéllar Valdés wrote: >2005/7/25, tripolar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >>I backed up a 72Gig partition from a failing harddrive into an image >>file badpart.img >>How can I mount that image file in a loopback ( ? ) device? mount -o loop >>Any help would be appreciated >> >> > >First you

Re: MS Project 2003

2005-07-25 Thread Bradley Alexander
There was something similar called TaskJuggler, but I don't know whether or not it will read/write Project files. As someone said, Project is a beast, and I don't know if TJ is up to that level yet, since I haven't looked at it in over a year. On Monday 25 July 2005 22:15, Rajiv Vyas wrote: > T

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking''

2005-07-25 Thread Michael Z Daryabeygi
Anders Breindahl wrote: On Tuesday 26 July 2005 03:54, Michael Z Daryabeygi wrote: Anders Breindahl wrote: Have you tried `less`? Why are you picking on (perceived?) newbies? That's not funny. I'm pretty sure he needs more functionality than that. And I know from his other thread that he

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking''

2005-07-25 Thread Kent West
Carl Fink wrote: >On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:35:50AM +0200, Anders Breindahl wrote: > > >>I am also sorry to announce, that I am one of those, who will be ``jumping >>down peoples' throats'' in the case of not keeping to the net-etiquette. >> >> >Correct people, fine, but that's different

Re: monitoring web-based email

2005-07-25 Thread Mike Palmer
Curtis Vaughan wrote: Yeh, I was afraid that the encrypted factor would cause problems. As for legality, it would be interesting to know what other people know, but it is my understanding that: whereas the computers belong to the business, all activities carried out on that computer are

NFS problem with debian installation

2005-07-25 Thread Michael Gass
I am having a problem with a debian install using nfs and a floppy boot. I am trying to install woody (bf2.4 flavor) on an old 486 with 24M ram (Compaq Prolinea 4/66). I am using PLIP as the machine has no network card and no cdrom. This target machine is connected via PLIP to a source machine (

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-25 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 25 July 2005 11:21 pm, Carl Fink wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:35:50AM +0200, Anders Breindahl wrote: > > I am also sorry to announce, that I am one of those, who will be > > ``jumping down peoples' throats'' in the case of not keeping to the > > net-etiquette. > > Stop it. > > I've

Debian Installer SATA detection

2005-07-25 Thread Grant Thomas
Display all headersDate: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:26:28 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SATA installer detection From: "Grant Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Debian user lists I have a problem getting the Debian Installer to recognize my SATA controller. My computer is a ST20G5, a

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-25 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:35:50AM +0200, Anders Breindahl wrote: > I am also sorry to announce, that I am one of those, who will be ``jumping > down peoples' throats'' in the case of not keeping to the net-etiquette. Stop it. I've done that, but I've always regretted it. Correct people, fine

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-25 Thread Joel Peter William Pitt
Ok, this is my first foray into debian-user and this behaviour doesn't impress me. I'm not a newbie, I've been using debian for the past 6 years after changing from redhat. Did you actually bother to find anything out about MS Project? If it is indeed in clear text then 'less' is a useful suggesti

Re: trying to install debian with no luck

2005-07-25 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Jack Farley wrote: Hello all, I am currently trying to install debian on my HP pavilion ze4523ap laptop with no luck. I have tried downloading both the internet install cd and the full cd and using them for the installation with the same problem. The problem is when it gets to the select l

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
Thanks a lot. Got it working. Regards, Rajiv On 7/25/05, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 22:33,typed:> relogin from where? I am not getting the question. sorry.You are probably using either Gnome or KDE. First, logout from yourcurrent session. Then login ag

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 22:33,typed: > relogin from where? I am not getting the question. sorry. You are probably using either Gnome or KDE. First, logout from your current session. Then login again. The relogin is needed to make you belong to the cdrom group. ->HS -- Please remov

OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking'' (was:Re: MS Project 2003)

2005-07-25 Thread Anders Breindahl
On Tuesday 26 July 2005 03:54, Michael Z Daryabeygi wrote: > Anders Breindahl wrote: > > Have you tried `less`? > > Why are you picking on (perceived?) newbies? That's not funny. > I'm pretty sure he needs more functionality than that. > And I know from his other thread that he is doing his best to

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
relogin from where? I am not getting the question. sorry.On 7/25/05, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 22:12,typed:> Tried that but didn't work. This is what I did to k3b: >> marked to the cdrom group.after this ... er .. pardon my probably reduntant question, b

Digital DJ Installation

2005-07-25 Thread David Berg
I've tried several times to install DIgitalDJ with no success. Here are the steps I have taken this most recent time to prep for installation and running for first time: mysql packages: mysql-admin mysql-admin-common libmysqlclient14-dev libmysqlclient10 libmysqlclient12

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 22:12,typed: > Tried that but didn't work. This is what I did to k3b: > > marked to the cdrom group. after this ... er .. pardon my probably reduntant question, but, just to be thorough, did you relogin (and confirmed you belong to cdrom group using the "grou

Re: MS Project 2003

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
Thanks. On 7/25/05, Michael Z Daryabeygi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anders Breindahl wrote:> On Tuesday 26 July 2005 02:19, Rajiv Vyas wrote:>>>Are there any free software that would open MS Project files?Rajiv>>> Have you tried `less`? Why are you picking on (perceived?) newbies? That's not fu

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
Tried that but didn't work. This is what I did to k3b: marked to the cdrom group. added the file to be burnt to projects then tried burning it. I get the message: K3b did not find a suitable writer. You will only be able to create an image. rajiv On 7/25/05, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: App

Re: where do they go?

2005-07-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 21:07 -0400, Colin wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 15:31 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > > > > If you use GNOME, then the relevant packages are hal and > > gnome-volume-manager. > > > > pmount is not needed for this? Not my knowledge. BTW, you'll also

trying to install debian with no luck

2005-07-25 Thread Jack Farley
Hello all, I am currently trying to install debian on my HP pavilion ze4523ap laptop with no luck. I have tried downloading both the internet install cd and the full cd and using them for the installation with the same problem. The problem is when it gets to the select language screen (the f

Re: MS Project 2003

2005-07-25 Thread Michael Z Daryabeygi
Anders Breindahl wrote: On Tuesday 26 July 2005 02:19, Rajiv Vyas wrote: Are there any free software that would open MS Project files? Rajiv Have you tried `less`? Why are you picking on (perceived?) newbies? That's not funny. I'm pretty sure he needs more functionality than that. And I k

Re: MS Project 2003

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
my mistake. I  pressed "r" in gmail, so it just responded to you and not the group.On 7/25/05, Anders Breindahl < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Tuesday 26 July 2005 02:19, Rajiv Vyas wrote:> Are there any free software that would open MS Project files? >> RajivHave you tried `less`?Regards, Anders Br

Re: MS Project 2003

2005-07-25 Thread Anders Breindahl
On Tuesday 26 July 2005 02:19, Rajiv Vyas wrote: > Are there any free software that would open MS Project files? > > Rajiv Have you tried `less`? Regards, Anders Breindahl. OT: My apologies to Rajiv Vyas for clobbing up his/her mailbox. Why is reply-to not debian-user? Didn't it use to be? pgp

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 21:29,typed: > no. Right. Add yourself to the cdrom group, relogin and try burning again. ->HS PS: For various things to work for me, I am in the following groups(in addition to my own(user's)): cdrom floppy audio src video staff plugdev camera -- Please re

Re: Promise SATA300 TX4 support in Kernel 2.6.x

2005-07-25 Thread Colin
C.Herdeg wrote: > Hello NG, > > does anyone know 'bout the compatibility to / support for the Promise > SATA300 TX4 controller card in Linux with 2.6.x kernels? The chip number would be the most useful piece of information. My motherboard had a Promise 20376 chip on it which required me to down

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
no. On 7/25/05, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 21:00,typed:> Tried couple of them. The funny thing is that K3b and natilus recognize> my Sony Burner but would not burn to the CD.I am not sure if this matters for this problem, but are you in cdrom group? ->HS-

Re: where do they go?

2005-07-25 Thread Colin
Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 15:31 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > > If you use GNOME, then the relevant packages are hal and > gnome-volume-manager. > pmount is not needed for this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 21:00,typed: > Tried couple of them. The funny thing is that K3b and natilus recognize > my Sony Burner but would not burn to the CD. I am not sure if this matters for this problem, but are you in cdrom group? ->HS -- Please remove the underscores ( the

Re: Three OS on one HD

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
Dreamweaver should even have a linux install. I am just not sure about MS Project 2003. Would love to drop XP if possible,On 7/25/05, Rajiv Vyas < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Dreamweaver should even have a linux install. I am just not sure about MS Project 2003. Would love to drop XP if possible, ra

Re: Three OS on one HD

2005-07-25 Thread Steve Lamb
Rajiv Vyas wrote: > I need XP only for MS Project 2003 and Dreamweaver. Need to use both > those software for a program I am doing. Do they run under Crossover? If you only need 2 apps you could drop XP completely if they do. -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shr

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
Tried couple of them. The funny thing is that K3b and natilus recognize my Sony Burner but would not burn to the CD.On 7/25/05, H. S. < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 20:18,typed: > I am looking for a simple straight forward CD Burner. Any suggestions?>> Rajiv>best f

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 20:18,typed: > I am looking for a simple straight forward CD Burner. Any suggestions? > > Rajiv > best for me, YMMV, in order of preference: (in terms of features) 1) cdrecord package commands 2) k3b 3) gnome nautilus cd burner (in terms of use for simple d

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread Doofus
Rajiv Vyas wrote: I am looking for a simple straight forward CD Burner. Any suggestions? Rajiv I think The simplest way is to write your own short shell script (one-liners, basically) to drive the cdrecord package. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread Alan Ianson
On Mon July 25 2005 05:18 pm, Rajiv Vyas wrote: > I am looking for a simple straight forward CD Burner. Any suggestions? There are a few. I use k3b myself. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Three OS on one HD

2005-07-25 Thread Michael Z Daryabeygi
Rajiv Vyas wrote: I need XP only for MS Project 2003 and Dreamweaver. Need to use both those software for a program I am doing. I mean what kind of cross-installation usage might you have? Or can they be totaly separated from each other? Not that I care, but others on this list might jump

MS Project 2003

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
Are there any free software that would open MS Project files? Rajiv

CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
I am looking for a simple straight forward CD Burner. Any suggestions? Rajiv

Re: glitch during sarge install from CDROM

2005-07-25 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 07:42:57PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > When installing sarge, I was asked whether I wanted to install grub > as bootloader to my hard disk. > I said NO (I prefer lilo). > Then it asked me to explain just where I did want to install the boot loader. > I left the space blank

Re: Kernel Compile - the Debian way

2005-07-25 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.07.26.0144 +0200]: > For an explanation of the kernel workings, Martin Krafft's new book, The > Debian System, might be the place: http://debiansystem.info/about My book does not talk about "kernel workings" (which would be an entire book of its

Re: how to mount an image file ( .img ) in a loopback - mount -o loop ?

2005-07-25 Thread Sergio Cuéllar Valdés
2005/7/25, tripolar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I backed up a 72Gig partition from a failing harddrive into an image > file badpart.img > How can I mount that image file in a loopback ( ? ) device? mount -o loop > Any help would be appreciated First you could create a mount point, for example: # mkdi

Re: Kernel Compile - the Debian way

2005-07-25 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 06:00:27PM -0500, Josh Battles wrote: > I'd like to learn how to compile a kernel the Debian way and haven't had that > much luck finding a faq or walkthrough that explains what I'm doing > step-by-step and why I'm doing it. I hear that it's easier than the > "standard way"

Re: sym link checker

2005-07-25 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 06:56:32PM -0400, Tong wrote: > Hi, > > I didn't find a symbolic link checker using apt-cache search. What is the > recommended tool for this? > > Thanks > Look at the package symlinks -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: Kernel Compile - the Debian way

2005-07-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/07/05 18:00), Josh Battles wrote: > I'd like to learn how to compile a kernel the Debian way and haven't had that > much luck finding a faq or walkthrough that explains what I'm doing > step-by-step and why I'm doing it. I hear that it's easier than the > "standard way" and I'd like to find

glitch during sarge install from CDROM

2005-07-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
When installing sarge, I was asked whether I wanted to install grub as bootloader to my hard disk. I said NO (I prefer lilo). Then it asked me to explain just where I did want to install the boot loader. I left the space blank and went on. Of sourse it tried to install grup noplace, and failed with

Re: Reference to your work

2005-07-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/07/05 19:07), Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 09:57:56PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > Might be ... but he doesn't seem to be trying to sell anything. > I think this guy sincerely wants to do the > right thing with copyright and author's paternal rights as > they apply to so

Re: What is etc/profile for?

2005-07-25 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 03:27:02PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > Just curious. What is the etc/profile directory for? > > Thanks, > > Scott Huey > On my machine (OS==Sarge), it is not a directory, but a startup script for a shell, such as bash. It defines the environment variable, PATH, an

Re: Three OS on one HD

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
I need XP only for MS Project 2003 and Dreamweaver. Need to use both those software for a program I am doing. On 7/25/05, Michael Z Daryabeygi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rajiv Vyas wrote:> Newbie question.>> I am thinking about having three OS (XP, Debian and SuSE) on one HD.> I'll mostly be

Re: where do they go?

2005-07-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 15:31 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 21:58:46 -0400 > Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In order to use a *different* application I'd have to know what the > > *current* application is. As I said, I don't. > > That isn't true, you know. I hav

sym link checker

2005-07-25 Thread Tong
Hi, I didn't find a symbolic link checker using apt-cache search. What is the recommended tool for this? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Reference to your work

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
It's actually a girl, I think.On 7/25/05, Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 09:57:56PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote:> On (25/07/05 15:15), Hendrik Boom wrote:> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 02:07:19PM +0530, Sandhya wrote:> > > Hello,> > > > > > Greetings of the day. Please

Re: Why not a Desktop on a GNU/Linux Server

2005-07-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 01:28:51PM -0700, Anthony Simonelli wrote: > I am planning on running a Squid Proxy, Postfix, > Apache, webmail server here at my company and I was > wondering if it was alright to run a Desktop or just > X-Windows on this server. I love using the > command-line and have be

Re: Bochs use

2005-07-25 Thread Jim Hall
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 03:22:10PM -0500, Jim Hall wrote: Does anyone have experience with Bochs? Can I actually install it, then W98se, then the software I need to have running with minimum hassle? And yes, I know that's a very broad question. But I need to start som

Re: Reference to your work

2005-07-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 09:57:56PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (25/07/05 15:15), Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 02:07:19PM +0530, Sandhya wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Greetings of the day. Please allow me to introduce myself as a member of > > > the > > > technical develo

Kernel Compile - the Debian way

2005-07-25 Thread Josh Battles
I'd like to learn how to compile a kernel the Debian way and haven't had that much luck finding a faq or walkthrough that explains what I'm doing step-by-step and why I'm doing it. I hear that it's easier than the "standard way" and I'd like to find out for myself what it's all about. can someone

Re: where do they go?

2005-07-25 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 21:58:46 -0400 Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In order to use a *different* application I'd have to know what the > *current* application is. As I said, I don't. That isn't true, you know. I have a similar pop-up when I attach my camera (and, yes, I know you are us

Re: Sound is clipping - alsamixer isn't working

2005-07-25 Thread Anders Breindahl
On Thursday 21 July 2005 17:27, Lars Stokholm wrote: > Installing ALSA (alsa-base and alsa-utils) broke the sound on Debian > too. I did it because MPD sounded like the sound was played from within > a tin can, or something. XMMS is clipping on OSS and ALSA. Before > installing ALSA, only OSS was w

Re: xfce4 dependencies in stable

2005-07-25 Thread Steve Lamb
Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > I just installed xfce4 in stable version. i noticed that the package > xfce4 has not a dependecy requiring that a X server is installed, is > it a bug or a precise policy? I don't believe it is. There's nothing that says the display has to be on the local machine. --

Re: xfce4 dependencies in stable

2005-07-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 12:42:02AM +0200, Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > I just installed xfce4 in stable version. i noticed that the package > xfce4 has not a dependecy requiring that a X server is installed, is > it a bug or a precise policy? > If it is a bug what should i do? > It is not a bug. Sinc

xfce4 dependencies in stable

2005-07-25 Thread Paolo Pantaleo
I just installed xfce4 in stable version. i noticed that the package xfce4 has not a dependecy requiring that a X server is installed, is it a bug or a precise policy? If it is a bug what should i do? Thnx PAolo

Re: Three OS on one HD

2005-07-25 Thread Michael Z Daryabeygi
Rajiv Vyas wrote: Newbie question. I am thinking about having three OS (XP, Debian and SuSE) on one HD. I'll mostly be using Debian (70%), XP (20 to 25%) and ocassionally SuSE. What's the best way to go about partitioning the HD. Will load XP first for sure. Thanks, Rajiv Check the list

What is etc/profile for?

2005-07-25 Thread Redefined Horizons
Just curious. What is the etc/profile directory for? Thanks, Scott Huey

Eclipse on Debian - No Java?

2005-07-25 Thread Redefined Horizons
I've just installed Sun's JDK on my Debian Sarge OS. Java appears to be running just fine when I run "java -version" from the terminal. I installed IBM's Eclipse 3.01. Eclipse fires up with no problem when I double-click eclipse.exe. However, I'm not able to create any Java projects from within E

Re: Three OS on one HD

2005-07-25 Thread Anders Breindahl
On Tuesday 26 July 2005 00:02, Rajiv Vyas wrote: > I am thinking about having three OS (XP, Debian and SuSE) on one HD. I'll > mostly be using Debian (70%), XP (20 to 25%) and ocassionally SuSE. What's > the best way to go about partitioning the HD. Will load XP first for sure. It is my experience

Re: Why not a Desktop on a GNU/Linux Server

2005-07-25 Thread michael
Quoting Martin Mewes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hello, On 25/Jul./2005 22:28 Anthony Simonelli wrote .. I have always read that a desktop should not be running on a server but there is never an explanation as to why. To my intention the main reason is only to install software on a server which is

how to mount an image file ( .img ) in a loopback - mount -o loop ?

2005-07-25 Thread tripolar
I backed up a 72Gig partition from a failing harddrive into an image file badpart.img How can I mount that image file in a loopback ( ? ) device? mount -o loop Any help would be appreciated -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL P

Re: Debian kernel source and compiler

2005-07-25 Thread Jules Dubois
[edited for brevity] On Saturday 23 July 2005 15:39, Gayle Lee Fairless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Jules Dubois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Do the Debian kernel source packages use a new naming convention or >> is this new package a vanilla kernel (or something el

Three OS on one HD

2005-07-25 Thread Rajiv Vyas
Newbie question. I am thinking about having three OS (XP, Debian and SuSE) on one HD. I'll mostly be using Debian (70%), XP (20 to 25%) and ocassionally SuSE. What's the best way to go about partitioning the HD. Will load XP first for sure. Thanks, Rajiv

Re: monitoring web-based email

2005-07-25 Thread Douglas Ward
On Monday 25 July 2005 17:33, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > Yeh, I was afraid that the encrypted factor would cause problems. As   > for legality, it would be interesting to know what other people know,   > but it is my understanding that: whereas the computers belong to the   > business, all activities

Re: monitoring web-based email

2005-07-25 Thread Adam Aube
Curtis Vaughan wrote: > We have an issue where management wants to monitor possible leaks > through the use of Hotmail, etc. web-based email accounts. They do > not want to just prohibit usage of such accounts. So, the question > is, using SQUID, is it possible to cache what information employees

Re: Why not a Desktop on a GNU/Linux Server

2005-07-25 Thread Robert Brockway
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Anthony Simonelli wrote: > I am planning on running a Squid Proxy, Postfix, > Apache, webmail server here at my company and I was > wondering if it was alright to run a Desktop or just > X-Windows on this server. I love using the > command-line and have become pretty proficie

Re: USB Pen / Thumb / Keyring Drive

2005-07-25 Thread Douglas Ward
On Monday 25 July 2005 16:45, H. S. wrote: > I believe KDE 3.4 is going to offer the feature of doing this > transparently for the user as is currently being done in Gnome using > gnome-volume-manager. I should have stated that, for both Debian and (k)Ubuntu, I was using KDE 3.4. It has been a wh

Re: monitoring web-based email

2005-07-25 Thread Curtis Vaughan
On 25 juil. 05, at 14:15, Dave Ewart wrote: On Monday, 25.07.2005 at 13:48 -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote: We have an issue where management wants to monitor possible leaks through the use of Hotmail, etc. web-based email accounts. They do not want to just prohibit usage of such accounts. So, t

Re: monitoring web-based email

2005-07-25 Thread Dave Ewart
On Monday, 25.07.2005 at 13:48 -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > We have an issue where management wants to monitor possible leaks > through the use of Hotmail, etc. web-based email accounts. They do > not want to just prohibit usage of such accounts. So, the question > is, using SQUID, is it possibl

Re: Why not a Desktop on a GNU/Linux Server

2005-07-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 13:28 -0700, Anthony Simonelli wrote: > I am planning on running a Squid Proxy, Postfix, > Apache, webmail server here at my company and I was > wondering if it was alright to run a Desktop or just > X-Windows on this server. I love using the > command-line and have become pr

Re: Why not a Desktop on a GNU/Linux Server

2005-07-25 Thread ke6isf
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, ke6isf wrote: > Of course it's perfectly fine. Did this for ages myself. Caveat to what I said here - sent prematurely. =O.o= While it's fine (functionally), it's discouraged for security reasons. -Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Reference to your work

2005-07-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/07/05 15:15), Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 02:07:19PM +0530, Sandhya wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Greetings of the day. Please allow me to introduce myself as a member of the > > technical development team at EC-Council. Currently we are finalizing the > > release version of o

Re: Why not a Desktop on a GNU/Linux Server

2005-07-25 Thread ke6isf
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Anthony Simonelli wrote: > I am planning on running a Squid Proxy, Postfix, > Apache, webmail server here at my company and I was > wondering if it was alright to run a Desktop or just > X-Windows on this server. Of course it's perfectly fine. Did this for ages myself. -Den

monitoring web-based email

2005-07-25 Thread Curtis Vaughan
We have an issue where management wants to monitor possible leaks through the use of Hotmail, etc. web-based email accounts. They do not want to just prohibit usage of such accounts. So, the question is, using SQUID, is it possible to cache what information employees are passing through suc

Re: USB Pen / Thumb / Keyring Drive

2005-07-25 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Graham Smith_, on 25/07/05 11:42,typed: > Hi, > > I was just given a small USB pen drive and would like to get it working with > Debian. I am sure you are probable thinking "Oh god not another n00b that > can't mount a drive" but thankfully you would be wrong. I don't have any > pr

Re: Why not a Desktop on a GNU/Linux Server

2005-07-25 Thread Martin Mewes
Hello, On 25/Jul./2005 22:28 Anthony Simonelli wrote .. > I have always read that a desktop should not be > running on a server but there is never an explanation > as to why. To my intention the main reason is only to install software on a server which is absolutely necessary to run the server a

Re: Bochs use

2005-07-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 03:22:10PM -0500, Jim Hall wrote: > Does anyone have experience with Bochs? Can I actually install it, then > W98se, > then the software I need to have running with minimum hassle? And yes, I know > that's a very broad question. But I need to start somewhere. > Try qemu

Re: Why not a Desktop on a GNU/Linux Server

2005-07-25 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 01:28:51PM -0700, Anthony Simonelli wrote: > I have always read that a desktop should not be > running on a server but there is never an explanation > as to why. Is there any problem with running a > desktop on a server other than performance issues? I'll take a stab and

Why not a Desktop on a GNU/Linux Server

2005-07-25 Thread Anthony Simonelli
I am planning on running a Squid Proxy, Postfix, Apache, webmail server here at my company and I was wondering if it was alright to run a Desktop or just X-Windows on this server. I love using the command-line and have become pretty proficient with it (I always have a terminal open), but other peo

Re: Bochs use

2005-07-25 Thread Nelson Castillo
On 7/25/05, Jim Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have experience with Bochs? Can I actually install it, then > W98se, then the software I need to have running with minimum hassle? And > yes, I know that's a very broad question. But I need to start somewhere. I think you can install it

Bochs use

2005-07-25 Thread Jim Hall
Does anyone have experience with Bochs? Can I actually install it, then W98se, then the software I need to have running with minimum hassle? And yes, I know that's a very broad question. But I need to start somewhere. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: Web search utility

2005-07-25 Thread Steve Å
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 10:22:36AM -0700 or thereabouts, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > Is anyone aware of a utility that will search the web, put all the > data in a file or database that is readily accessible, but also that > could email the results to you? Google Alerts;

Re: USB Pen / Thumb / Keyring Drive

2005-07-25 Thread Douglas Ward
On Monday 25 July 2005 11:42, Graham Smith wrote: > What I would like it something that will just automagically mount the > drive. I have installed the usbmount package (which I presume is the same > as usb-mount) but it doesn't seem to do anything. It's created /media/cdrom > and /media/usb direc

Re: Reference to your work

2005-07-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 02:07:19PM +0530, Sandhya wrote: > Hello, > > Greetings of the day. Please allow me to introduce myself as a member of the > technical development team at EC-Council. Currently we are finalizing the > release version of our courseware that prepares aspirants for the > certi

Re: postgresql on Sarge

2005-07-25 Thread Daniel Ramaley
>> My guess is that libperl5.8 is out of date. Is that correct? > >No it's your perl-base whuich comes from etch/sid > >reinstall perl-base > >apt-get install --reinstall perl-base/stable Now i think i know what the problem is. When i installed Sarge, i used a CD that was a few months old, not th

Re: Is agp 8x enabled?

2005-07-25 Thread LeVA
2005. július 25. 18:55, Andras Lorincz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -> user ,: > Hi, > > I can see in /var/log/XFree86.log.0 this line: > > (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X > > I just want to know if this means that agp 8x is really enabled or it > just detects that the video card can work at 8x and I

Re: pstopdf possible

2005-07-25 Thread Wayne Topa
roberto([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi, i know that it exists a package "pdftops" to convert ps to pdf files but > i do not know if it > exists a similar tool like "pstopdf" to convert ps to pdf files. > > Do you know anything for debian? Yes there is, but it is called pdf2ps.

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