Re: multi-gnome-terminal alternative

2006-12-31 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Sunday 31 December 2006 13:24, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Is there any good alternative, patches or workarounds ? > I use konsole all the time. It does not have all the features that multi-gnome-terminal has. For example multi-gnome-terminal has facilities to split the screen horizontally and ve

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Mike Myers
On 1/1/07, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday 31 December 2006 12:24, Mike Myers wrote: > > Thanks for the tips! I downloaded the etch cd and it detected my card and > installed fine. The only issue now is getting the nvidia driver installed. > The 'nv' driver doesn't wor

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Sunday 31 December 2006 12:24, Mike Myers wrote: > > Thanks for the tips! I downloaded the etch cd and it detected my card and > installed fine. The only issue now is getting the nvidia driver installed. > The 'nv' driver doesn't work with my widescreen display at all. It looks > like to do t

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Mike Myers
Yes! That's exactly what I was looking for. I also had to install the nvidia-glx package to allow xorg to use the driver. Thanks a lot! On 12/31/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 11:24:03AM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the tips! I

Re: multi-gnome-terminal alternative

2006-12-31 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Folks, Mathias Brodala wrote: Hello Marc. Marc Wilson, 01.01.2007 01:57: On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 03:32:26PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Why not just use gnome-terminal? Have you ever *used* gnome-terminal? I did and do and I’m happy with it. 'Nuff said. I don’t think so. Ple

Re: update messages (resolution)

2006-12-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 05:01:30PM -0600, W Paul Mills wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > None of these are easy to find, and not really what you are looking for, > > so I can see why it's a bit frustrating. > > > > Most likely the only way you will get it to install

Re: digital pictures: reordering and renaming (in a different way)

2006-12-31 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 09:00:19PM -0500, H.S. wrote: > H.S. wrote: ... > >In Windows XP, it is also possible to drag and drop the images files in > >the desired order and one can also rename the files. The format is a bit > >better than in Picasa, though still limited, but all files get numbered

Re: Sarge: name resolution weirdness

2006-12-31 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 10:34:19PM -0500, Marty wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > >So, do I hold the record for "questions debian-user can't answer"? > > The broken link sounds like an issue for the maintainer to sort out. My > guess is the name resolution with non-existent resolv.conf files is someho

Re: Determining Page Size on AMD64 Etch

2006-12-31 Thread Owen Heisler
On 12/29/06, Matt Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > see what my page size is? > > man 2 getpagesize Thanks, that helped. I wrote the following C program which apparently tells me that my pagesize is 4K: #include #include int main () { printf ("%d\n", getpagesize ()); return 0; } M

Re: bridging eth1 to eth0

2006-12-31 Thread Kevin Ross
You got it half right. Turning on ip_forward on the server is only one piece. The other piece is to set the client's default gateway to point to your server, which is 192.168.0.1. You can set this via DHCP options, since you have a DHCP server. -- Kevin

Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)

2006-12-31 Thread Benjamí Villoslada
El Diumenge 31 Desembre 2006 23:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: > Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of > the sound system?  That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. I need > to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web site. Maybe with

Re: /dev/dsp missing

2006-12-31 Thread Benjamí Villoslada
El Diumenge 31 Desembre 2006 12:01, Sven Arvidsson va escriure: > > Right, but maybe some another programs need /dev/dsp ... such as mpg123? > > mpg123 can use alsa, see the -o option. Ok, thanks! And Audacity, can works with ALSA? -- Benjamí http://blog.bitassa.cat .

Re: Sarge: name resolution weirdness

2006-12-31 Thread Marty
Carl Fink wrote: So, do I hold the record for "questions debian-user can't answer"? The broken link sounds like an issue for the maintainer to sort out. My guess is the name resolution with non-existent resolv.conf files is somehow related to virtualization. Happy new year to everyone (w

Re: Sarge: name resolution weirdness

2006-12-31 Thread Carl Fink
So, do I hold the record for "questions debian-user can't answer"? Happy new year to everyone (who uses the Gregorian calendar--and to the rest of you, too, just less appropriately). On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 01:19:23PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > So yesterday my Sarge server couldn't resolve any hos

Re: soundjuicer and mp3

2006-12-31 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello. Nigel Henry, 31.12.2006 18:30: > It may be worth checking that […] the key is installed > ok. This doesn’t matter on Sarge since the whole archive signing started after its release and will be shipped for the first time with Etch. Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Descr

Re: multi-gnome-terminal alternative

2006-12-31 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Marc. Marc Wilson, 01.01.2007 01:57: > On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 03:32:26PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> Why not just use gnome-terminal? > > Have you ever *used* gnome-terminal? I did and do and I’m happy with it. > 'Nuff said. I don’t think so. Please explain. Regards, Mathias

Re: update messages

2006-12-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 05:05:27PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 05:31:59PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > It makes me rather reluctant to upgrade if some package that I have > > come to rely on might unexpectedly disappear - perhaps unnoticed > > until it is urgently needed..

Re: Looking for dark background themes

2006-12-31 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello. T, 31.12.2006 23:59: > I'm wondering if I can change those GTK/QT applications to a light-on-dark > theme. Moreover, can you recommend a good light-on-dark theme? You could try Mire v2[0] which will be released soon. Regards, Mathias [0] http://www.customize.org/details/48007 -- debia

Re: digital pictures: reordering and renaming (in a different way)

2006-12-31 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: B-Fly wrote: Google's Picasa 2 allows you to reorder photos with drag-and-drop and batch renaming using the new ordering of the photos as basis for the filename. Unfortunately it is based on wine, but they are nice enough to supply a nice deb package. Ronald I tried it out, in

Re: Perl Programming within Debian

2006-12-31 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 11:14 -0800, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Practical Extraction and Reporting Language > > > > > > Or, Practical Extraction and Report Language (per the man page) > > > > > > > Positively Eclectic Rubbish Lister > > > > > > Or, Pa

Re: Happy New Year to all the developers and helpers on Debian!

2006-12-31 Thread Baz
On 12/31/06, Kenward Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Folks, You do a wonderful job, keeping the best dist. flowing along and helping those who need it, on this list. I started with Debian and can't see myself changing ever. It works too well, even for a bumbling hobbyist like myself. Ple

Re: update messages

2006-12-31 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 05:31:59PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > It makes me rather reluctant to upgrade if some package that I have > come to rely on might unexpectedly disappear - perhaps unnoticed > until it is urgently needed... Not to belabor the obvious, but no one seems to have pointed this

Re: multi-gnome-terminal alternative

2006-12-31 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 03:32:26PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Why not just use gnome-terminal? Have you ever *used* gnome-terminal? 'Nuff said. -- Marc Wilson | Modesty: The gentle art of enhancing your charm by [EMAIL PROTECTED] | pretending not to be aware of it. -- Oliver

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Re: Looking for dark background themes

2006-12-31 Thread Sergio Cuéllar Valdés
On 12/31/06, T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, My main color theme (for my fluxbox) is light-on-dark. But all GTK or QT applications seems to be default to black-on-white, which is stressful to my eyes. I'm wondering if I can change those GTK/QT applications to a light-on-dark theme. Moreover, c

Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)

2006-12-31 Thread Marty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 03:53:14PM +0100, Benjam? Villoslada wrote: I've seen this message durning one reboot (in order to test oss modules load): "/etc/modprobe.conf exists but does not include /etc/modprobe.d/!" I see that my /etc/modprobe.conf is empty (no idea abou

Re: update messages

2006-12-31 Thread W Paul Mills
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 19:11 +, Digby Tarvin wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 07:31:04PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: >>> On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 17:37 +, Digby Tarvin wrote: Here is what it says: >>> [...] Main

Looking for dark background themes

2006-12-31 Thread T
Hi, My main color theme (for my fluxbox) is light-on-dark. But all GTK or QT applications seems to be default to black-on-white, which is stressful to my eyes. I'm wondering if I can change those GTK/QT applications to a light-on-dark theme. Moreover, can you recommend a good light-on-dark them

Re: soundjuicer and mp3

2006-12-31 Thread Nigel Henry
On Sunday 31 December 2006 21:13, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 18:30 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Sunday 31 December 2006 18:17, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > On Sunday 31 December 2006 16:42, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 16:30 +0100, Mathias Brodala

Re: xv resolved (was Re: update messages)

2006-12-31 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 21:46 +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > Mind you - it still looks like xlockmore and xearth disappeared from > the official packages with only an automated acknowledgement that > they are gone rather than an explanation: > http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xlockmore/news/200611

Re: /dev/dsp missing (SOLVED)

2006-12-31 Thread hendrik
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 03:53:14PM +0100, Benjam? Villoslada wrote: > I've seen this message durning one reboot (in order to test oss modules > load): "/etc/modprobe.conf exists but does not include /etc/modprobe.d/!" > > I see that my /etc/modprobe.conf is empty (no idea about the reason) I've

xv resolved (was Re: update messages)

2006-12-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 11:55:38AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > Its not so much the removal of a package that disturbs me - it is > > the apparent lack of warning or explanation. > > well, since it was removed from the official repositories in 2001: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/b

Re: digital pictures: reordering and renaming (in a different way)

2006-12-31 Thread H.S.
B-Fly wrote: Google's Picasa 2 allows you to reorder photos with drag-and-drop and batch renaming using the new ordering of the photos as basis for the filename. Unfortunately it is based on wine, but they are nice enough to supply a nice deb package. Ronald I tried it out, in Windows. Whi

Re: your mail

2006-12-31 Thread Guennadi Liakhovetski
On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Rick Thomas wrote: > There was an error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon > Some things such as themes, sounds, or background settings, may not > work correctly. > The Settings Daemon restarted too many times > > The last error message was: >

Happy New Year to all the developers and helpers on Debian!

2006-12-31 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Folks, You do a wonderful job, keeping the best dist. flowing along and helping those who need it, on this list. I started with Debian and can't see myself changing ever. It works too well, even for a bumbling hobbyist like myself. Please, PLEASE keep up the great work that is needed for a pro

Re: Unable to Unmount Flash Drive

2006-12-31 Thread Volker Braun
This will show all programs that have files open under any directory: /usr/sbin/lsof | grep Your is probably /media/usbdisk Volker PS: Please avoid excessive crossposting. On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 09:41:11 -0800, John Serafin wrote: >> Error >> Cannot unmount volume > Some process has its curren

Re: multi-gnome-terminal alternative

2006-12-31 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 02:24:27AM +0800, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List, > > I have just tried Multi-Gnome-Terminal on my new x86_64 box: > it appears the terminal is filled with arbitrary caracters > [ bug #345504 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345504 > > Is there any good

RE: multiple network cards and dns

2006-12-31 Thread Andrew Critchlow
That's brilliant thanks for that! I am going to be setting up a proxy server using Squid with 2 network cards. I am right in saying the routing table should have a default out the external interface. Also the reason i was asking about dns is that as im using this box as a proxy what dns servers

Re: Perl Programming within Debian

2006-12-31 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Dec 31 12:43 -0600]: > Perl is Perl, nothing else. Even though the man page says so... Or the > Camel Book or whatever. > > I've been admonished by Perl core team members and Perl Monks and many > from the Perl mailing lists. Sounds like a rather humorle

Re: multi-gnome-terminal alternative

2006-12-31 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 07:46:48PM +0100, Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: > Jerome BENOIT writes: > > > Is there any good alternative, patches or workarounds ? > > Maybe set the bug severity to critical? The program is unusable and > not suitable for release. > No!!! Please think about wh

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 11:24:03AM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > > > Thanks for the tips! I downloaded the etch cd and it detected my card and > installed fine. The only issue now is getting the nvidia driver installed. > The 'nv' driver doesn't work with my widescreen display at all. It looks > li

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade failes on ssh

2006-12-31 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 05:57:47PM +0100, fvassem wrote: > > I seem to have the same problem and I am not to familiar with the dpkg > command. > > Can you give me the correct syntax for the dpkg command to install > openssh-client and server with the --force-all option? > You are much better o

Re: GRUB problem?

2006-12-31 Thread Eeltje
Keith Willis schreef: > Hi, > > Here's a weird one... I've noticed that as soon as the GRUB > boot-loader runs, I lose my DVD-RW drive. It functions normally if I > jump into the BIOS setup at boot time, then ceases to respond the > moment GRUB runs, so that even if I boot into WinXP, the drive

Re: Clone root partition

2006-12-31 Thread T
On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:08:14 -0300, Alejandro wrote: > Suppose I have a production server with a /dev/sda disk and I mount a > second disk /dev/sdb in order to clon sda to sdb (booting from a live > cd). Sdb is the disk from a backup server (similar to the production > server) I want to use whe

Re: update messages

2006-12-31 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 19:11 +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 07:31:04PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 17:37 +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > Here is what it says: > > [...] > > > Maintainer: Fabian Greffrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > That says it all

Re: soundjuicer and mp3

2006-12-31 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 18:30 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > On Sunday 31 December 2006 18:17, Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Sunday 31 December 2006 16:42, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > > On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 16:30 +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote: > > > > Hello Marcelo. > > > > > > > > Marcelo Chiapparini, 3

Re: Missing packages (was Re: update messages)

2006-12-31 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 06:01:39PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > Further to the loss of 'xv', 'xearth' and 'xlock' after my recent > 'apt-get dist-upgrade' of my etch system > > I tried adding > deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian etch main contrib non-free > restricted > > To my '/et

Re: update messages

2006-12-31 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 05:31:59PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 04:59:40PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > So what puzzles me is why it is no longer in 'non-free', and if > > > it was removed because of some objection to the licensing terms, > > > sur

Re: [Thinkpad] Unable to Unmount Flash Drive

2006-12-31 Thread Alex Austin
OpenOffice is bad for that. See if the quickstarter is running, and try opening an OO document on the hard drive. On 12/31/06, John Serafin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 04:06:20AM -0800, Baz wrote: > Hello - > > I'm getting the following error message every time I attempt

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 11:24:03AM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the tips! I downloaded the etch cd and it detected my card and > installed fine. The only issue now is getting the nvidia driver installed. > The 'nv' driver doesn't work with my widescreen display at all. It looks

Re: multiple network cards and dns

2006-12-31 Thread Ryan Castleberry
Andrew Critchlow wrote: When you have 2 network cards in use with debian with DNS server configured on each which one does it choose to query for an address? Is configuring 2 network cards on debian as simple as configuring one card? thanks everyone. DNS is a map of names to numbers and

Re: update messages

2006-12-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 07:31:04PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 17:37 +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > Here is what it says: > [...] > > Maintainer: Fabian Greffrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > That says it all, doesn't it? Afraid the name doesn't mean anything to me. > > I h

Re: Anacron job 'cron.daily'

2006-12-31 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 10:06:45AM +0200, Justin Hartman wrote: > Every day I get an email to my root account with the following error: > > /etc/cron.daily/apt-cacher: > flock() on closed filehandle $lck at > /usr/share/apt-cacher/apt-cacher-cleanup.pl line 121. > flock() on closed filehandle $lck

Re: Perl Programming within Debian

2006-12-31 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Practical Extraction and Reporting Language > > > > Or, Practical Extraction and Report Language (per the man page) > > > > > Positively Eclectic Rubbish Lister > > > > Or, Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister (per the Camel Book) > > I see, you

Re: multi-gnome-terminal alternative

2006-12-31 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
Jerome BENOIT writes: > Hello List, > I have just tried Multi-Gnome-Terminal on my new x86_64 box: > it appears the terminal is filled with arbitrary caracters > [ bug #345504 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345504 I can reproduce this with Package: multi-gnome-terminal Version

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade failes on ssh

2006-12-31 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 05:57:47PM +0100, fvassem wrote: > > I seem to have the same problem and I am not to familiar with the dpkg > command. > > Can you give me the correct syntax for the dpkg command to install > openssh-client and server with the --force-all option? the command is dpkg -

Re: Making hotplugging my camera work

2006-12-31 Thread Alan Chandler
On Sunday 31 December 2006 02:02, Wayne Topa wrote: > This may not apply to you, as you didn't say what version of digikam > or Debian, your running, but I have a problem like yours with version > 0.9.0~beta3-3 of digikan on a testing box. I am running debian SID > > Prior to this version it foun

multi-gnome-terminal alternative

2006-12-31 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, I have just tried Multi-Gnome-Terminal on my new x86_64 box: it appears the terminal is filled with arbitrary caracters [ bug #345504 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345504 Is there any good alternative, patches or workarounds ? Thanks in advance, Jerome -- Jerom

Re: Perl Programming within Debian

2006-12-31 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 20:22 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Dec 30 20:14 -0600]: > > > > PERL style has changed radically over the years as has its usage > > > (PERL==PErsonal Report Language and who uses it for this nowadays?). > > > Object > > > > Pract

Re: update messages

2006-12-31 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 17:37 +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > Here is what it says: [...] > Maintainer: Fabian Greffrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That says it all, doesn't it? > I have tried google, and whilest I have found the same deb package > that I have (or derivatives) elsewhere, I haven't found any

Re: Mapping version number to version name

2006-12-31 Thread Gary Roach
Ottavio Caruso wrote: Hi all, Happy New Year! I know I can get my Debian's version number in /etc/debian_version file. But how I map this to its name (Sarge, Potato, Woody)? Thank you Happy New Year to You too. There is a list of releases with numbers at http://www.debian.org/releases/ but t

Missing packages (was Re: update messages)

2006-12-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
Further to the loss of 'xv', 'xearth' and 'xlock' after my recent 'apt-get dist-upgrade' of my etch system I tried adding deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian etch main contrib non-free restricted To my '/etc/apt/sources.list', and this does give me an 'xv' package to try to install.

Re: [Thinkpad] Unable to Unmount Flash Drive

2006-12-31 Thread John Serafin
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 04:06:20AM -0800, Baz wrote: > Hello - > > I'm getting the following error message every time I attempt to unmount my > USB flash drive. > > Error > > Cannot unmount volume > > The volume was probably mounted manually on the command line. > > Details > > Device to unmo

Re: update messages

2006-12-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 11:56:07AM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > Is there any way to check the origin of an deb archive in my > > /var/cache/apt/archives? > > You could try > > dpkg-deb --info /var/cache/apt/archives/.deb > > As far as I know there is no standard field to denote the origin of

Looking for music player software

2006-12-31 Thread Mark Grieveson
> I'm looking for a music player in Debian with some features, I > did not yet find in the ones I tried xmms gives some additional options for playing music, such as an equalizer. Also, a good website for finding music applications is http://sound.condorow.net/ Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: update messages

2006-12-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 04:59:40PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Digby Tarvin wrote: > > So what puzzles me is why it is no longer in 'non-free', and if > > it was removed because of some objection to the licensing terms, > > surely there should be something documenting this? > > It may have been re

Re: Making hotplugging my camera work

2006-12-31 Thread Wayne Topa
Alan Chandler([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Saturday 30 December 2006 19:32, Paul E Condon wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 10:04:01AM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > > > Can someone explain the processes that occur when I hot plug my > > > camera in and kde pops up a dialog ask

Re: soundjuicer and mp3

2006-12-31 Thread Nigel Henry
On Sunday 31 December 2006 18:17, Nigel Henry wrote: > On Sunday 31 December 2006 16:42, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 16:30 +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote: > > > Hello Marcelo. > > > > > > Marcelo Chiapparini, 31.12.2006 16:27: > > > > thank you for your answer! My sources.lis

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Mike Myers
On 12/31/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:36:57PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > On 12/30/06, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:20:41PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for the prompt response! > >>

Re: soundjuicer and mp3

2006-12-31 Thread Nigel Henry
On Sunday 31 December 2006 16:42, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 16:30 +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote: > > Hello Marcelo. > > > > Marcelo Chiapparini, 31.12.2006 16:27: > > > thank you for your answer! My sources.list file has the Marillat > > > repository: > > > > > > deb http://

Nautilus,udev 3 Question

2006-12-31 Thread E0x
i am use Sid a few week ago the icons of partitions don't show anymore in nautilus or desktop of gnome ( AFAIK nautilus control the desktop icons ) if you mount usb storage device the icon show up but the other partition not , even in place menu of gnome so somebody know what happen with is a bug

apt-get dist-upgrade failes on ssh

2006-12-31 Thread fvassem
I seem to have the same problem and I am not to familiar with the dpkg command. Can you give me the correct syntax for the dpkg command to install openssh-client and server with the --force-all option? Thanks in advance! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

multiple network cards and dns

2006-12-31 Thread Andrew Critchlow
When you have 2 network cards in use with debian with DNS server configured on each which one does it choose to query for an address? Is configuring 2 network cards on debian as simple as configuring one card? thanks everyone.

Re: soundjuicer and mp3

2006-12-31 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 17:01 +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote: > Hello Marcelo. > > Marcelo Chiapparini, 31.12.2006 16:42: > > On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 16:30 +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote: > >> Marcelo Chiapparini, 31.12.2006 16:27: > >>> thank you for your answer! My sources.list file has the Marillat > >

Re: Looking for music player software

2006-12-31 Thread marc
Philistine said... > Hi, > > I'm looking for a music player in Debian with some features, I > did not yet find in the ones I tried (alsaplayer, beep, > mp3blaster, quodlibet, rhythmbox, zinf). I did not try banshee > ("55.2 MB of additional disk space will be used") nor amarok > ("124MB..."). What

Freecom 27047 external HD

2006-12-31 Thread jdkaye10
Hi all, I'm considering buying a Freecom 27047 external HD (400GB/Highspeed USB). I'm running Debian testing with a 2.6.17 kernel. Although Linux is not listed as a required OS, I don't see why this couldn't be used with Debian. Does anyone have any experience in this area? Any advice welcome. Than

Re: soundjuicer and mp3

2006-12-31 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Marcelo. Marcelo Chiapparini, 31.12.2006 16:42: > On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 16:30 +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote: >> Marcelo Chiapparini, 31.12.2006 16:27: >>> thank you for your answer! My sources.list file has the Marillat >>> repository: >>> >>> deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ sarge main

Re: soundjuicer and mp3

2006-12-31 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 16:30 +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote: > Hello Marcelo. > > Marcelo Chiapparini, 31.12.2006 16:27: > > thank you for your answer! My sources.list file has the Marillat > > repository: > > > > deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ sarge main > > > > Now the output from aptitud

Re: soundjuicer and mp3

2006-12-31 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Marcelo. Marcelo Chiapparini, 31.12.2006 16:27: > thank you for your answer! My sources.list file has the Marillat > repository: > > deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ sarge main > > Now the output from aptitude: Did you run „aptitude update“ before this? Regards, Mathias -- debia

Re: soundjuicer and mp3

2006-12-31 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 15:34 +0100, Mathias Brodala wrote: > Hello Marcelo. > > Marcelo Chiapparini, 31.12.2006 15:29: > > I am running sarge. How can I rip a CD into mp3 with soundjuicer? I need > > gstreamer-lame, but I don't know how install it in sarge. > > Try this: > > apt-get install gst

Mapping version number to version name

2006-12-31 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Hi all, Happy New Year! I know I can get my Debian's version number in /etc/debian_version file. But how I map this to its name (Sarge, Potato, Woody)? Thank you -- Ottavio Caruso I will not purchase any computing equipment from manufacturers that recommend Windows Vista™ or any other Microso

GRUB problem?

2006-12-31 Thread Keith Willis
Hi, Here's a weird one... I've noticed that as soon as the GRUB boot-loader runs, I lose my DVD-RW drive. It functions normally if I jump into the BIOS setup at boot time, then ceases to respond the moment GRUB runs, so that even if I boot into WinXP, the drive does not show up. Restoring the

Re: Clone root partition

2006-12-31 Thread Alejandro
Digby Tarvin wrote: I did this only yesterday - but in my case I wanted a mirror image of the entire system, not just the root partition. The simplest most bullet proof procedure I could come up with was: 1. dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/sda 2. vi /etc/fstab in the copy and 1,$s/hda/sda/ 3. e

Re: apache build

2006-12-31 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
(Message reformatted for readability) Note: Please fix your email program so it produces sensibly formatted emails. On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 01:20:02PM +, Andrew Critchlow wrote: > Hi eveyone, I am in desperate need of help to understand the > configuration when using ./configure to install ap

Re: Looking for music player software

2006-12-31 Thread Philistine
Update: moreamp 0.1.19 seems to be very capable. It includes pitch/tempo/speed effects out of the box. Again, not yet packaged for Debian. The UI needs some work, but moreamp is most promising so far. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: soundjuicer and mp3

2006-12-31 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Marcelo. Marcelo Chiapparini, 31.12.2006 15:29: > I am running sarge. How can I rip a CD into mp3 with soundjuicer? I need > gstreamer-lame, but I don't know how install it in sarge. Try this: apt-get install gstreamer0.8-lame After adding Marillat’s repository: http://debian-multime

soundjuicer and mp3

2006-12-31 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Dear all I am running sarge. How can I rip a CD into mp3 with soundjuicer? I need gstreamer-lame, but I don't know how install it in sarge. I was looking the archives, but without success. Thanks in advance! Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: Clone root partition

2006-12-31 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Digby Tarvin wrote: I did this only yesterday - but in my case I wanted a mirror image of the entire system, not just the root partition. The simplest most bullet proof procedure I could come up with was: 1. dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/sda 2. vi /etc/fstab in the copy and 1,$s/hda/sda/ 3. e

Re: missing free space

2006-12-31 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 03:09:34AM +0200, ccostin wrote: For this moment I don't run any qemu instace. But is somenthing similar. When I test an example from php5-imagick package (/usr/share/doc/php5-imagick/examples/resize.php) apache2 "eat" a lot of disk space (a bug

Re: Looking for music player software

2006-12-31 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 13:11 +, Philistine wrote: > Thanks to Sven Arvidsson! I found the plugins SndStretch for > xmms and Scizzor for both xmms and beep. Both are not packaged. > They are easily compiled and at least SndStretch works fine. > There is also a crossfade plugin for xmms in Debian.

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-31 Thread Robert Epprecht
operator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > /What was Your solution? I want to know. sorry, if that was not clear enough from context: I searched for a backport of sun java for Sarge (as the program my children want to run was not happy with the free alternatives) and installed that with dpkg: dpkg

Re: Looking for music player software

2006-12-31 Thread Philistine
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 06:52:41PM -0800, Baz wrote: > You're a Debian developer - and, don't know music players? Fortunately, it's not a requirement for DDs to know all Debian packages. I already mentioned, that I tried six players: alsaplayer, beep, mp3blaster, quodlibet, rhythmbox, zinf. > N

apache build

2006-12-31 Thread Andrew Critchlow
Hi eveyone, I am in desperate need of help to understand the configuration when using ./configure to install apache 2../configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --enable-soI understand what the prefix does, its the module theory.>From my understanding --enable-so, enable shared objects.So correct me

Re: Looking for music player software

2006-12-31 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
John Hasler wrote: Sebastian writes: I hold Debian developers in high regard - and, was a bit incredulous that he wasn't aware of Debian's own offerings... Debian has tens of thousands of packages. ...especially such a common application group as music players. Some of us are not interes

Unable to Unmount Flash Drive

2006-12-31 Thread Baz
Hello - I'm getting the following error message every time I attempt to unmount my USB flash drive. Error Cannot unmount volume The volume was probably mounted manually on the command line. Details Device to unmount is not in /media/.hal-mtab so it is not mounted by HAL Contrary to the mess

Re: Looking for music player software

2006-12-31 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 00:27 +, Philistine wrote: > I'm looking for a music player in Debian with some features, I > did not yet find in the ones I tried (alsaplayer, beep, > mp3blaster, quodlibet, rhythmbox, zinf). I did not try banshee > ("55.2 MB of additional disk space will be used") nor am

Re: /dev/dsp missing

2006-12-31 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 05:06 +0100, Benjamí Villoslada wrote: > Right, but maybe some another programs need /dev/dsp ... such as mpg123? mpg123 can use alsa, see the -o option. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 760BDD22 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-31 Thread operator
/What was Your solution? I want to know. operator / Robert Epprecht wrote: >Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 20:15 +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: >> >> >>>Now I have tried again on the *sarge* box: >>> >>> > > > >>>muz:/tmp# alien jre-1_5_0_10-l

Re: update messages

2006-12-31 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 00:17:29 +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:37:01PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > > So what puzzles me is why it is no longer in 'non-free', and if > > > it was removed because of some objection to the licensing terms, > > > surely there should be som

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:36:57PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > On 12/30/06, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:20:41PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for the prompt response! > >> > >> I'm using the i386 netinst. The ethernet card is an intel

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