Re: WEP??? (was Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome)

2007-05-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/07 19:17, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2007 18:41:22 -0500 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 05/25/07 18:25, Micha Feigin wrote: > [snip] do ifdown wlan0 followed by a ifup wlan0 and it will sometimes work. In

Re: Install which Linux? (or avoiding dirty birds)

2007-05-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/07 23:27, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: > Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri, 25 > May 2007 12:15:17 -0500 > > On 05/25/07 11:32, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote (portions deleted): > >> > have installed Windows and booted li

Re: Remove gnome-games

2007-05-25 Thread Mark Grieveson
> What happens when gnome-desktop-environment will be broken. I never > use it anyway. But IIRC I've read that some kde apps use some gnome > stuff. So I don't know if I can safely remove gnome-games. > I rather have gnome-desktop-environment removed completely, but I > don't know what part or app

Re: Install which Linux? (or avoiding dirty birds)

2007-05-25 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri, 25 May 2007 12:15:17 -0500 On 05/25/07 11:32, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote (portions deleted): > have installed Windows and booted live Linux CD's. Ubuntu Dapper Drake > stalled with a KDE desk error. RJ> What kind of error? It

How to get Belkin F5D8011 to work

2007-05-25 Thread Pete Klemm
Has anyone been able to get the Belkin F5D8011 (N1 MIMO) pcmcia wireless card to work with Debian Lenny? I have installed ndiswrapper and madwifi and the F5D8011 is recognized but I cannot get the essid to stay. If I set it with the iwconfig command and the look at, everything has been stored

Re: (OT) Looking for Cell Phone/PDA Recommendations

2007-05-25 Thread Rob Sims
On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 09:59:36PM -0700, Mark Phillips wrote: > On Wednesday 23 May 2007 20:59, Rob Sims wrote: > > How about the Wing?  I'm reasonably happy with the predecessor, the MDA. > > You need to download Java if you need it (I did it to try an app, so I > > know it works). > > I plan on

limiting monthly network traffic

2007-05-25 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] I'm moving my colocated Debian server to a place with high overage charges. My network link will carry about 200x my bandwidth allocation for the month. The new bandwidth allocation is about 8x what I've been using. But if I get slashdotte

Re: http cache for dialup?

2007-05-25 Thread Mumia W..
On 05/25/2007 07:57 PM, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: I seem to remember reading somewhere that useing an http cache proxy would speed up browsing similar sites when using dialup. [...] You probably want 'wwwoffle.' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: connecting HP Pavilion zv5260 to a tv

2007-05-25 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 20:07 -0700, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote: > "Andrew J. Barr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I have a HP Pavilion zv5260 laptop. Today I got the HP XC1000 media > > >cable from ebay to solve the problem with power jack. The cable has > > >an s-video and my laptop's video ca

vim crash #289188 etch to be fixed?

2007-05-25 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] The bug described at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=289188 makes vim practically unusable. The bug says fixed in 1:7.0-164+1 The version in etch is 1:7.0-122+1etch2 and it's broken. The upstream version is 7.1 and its rel

Re: connecting HP Pavilion zv5260 to a tv

2007-05-25 Thread Alexandru Cardaniuc
"Andrew J. Barr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have a HP Pavilion zv5260 laptop. Today I got the HP XC1000 media > >cable from ebay to solve the problem with power jack. The cable has > >an s-video and my laptop's video card has a video-out. > What kind of video hardware do you have? Sony P

Re: [Resolved] pftp proxy

2007-05-25 Thread Gabriel Parrondo
El vie, 25-05-2007 a las 22:02 -0400, Floxxx escribió: > Hi all, > > i already solved it on my own, sorry for the inconvenience :) That's great! Maybe you can publish the solution (or a link to it) so it might help other people with the same problem. > > Floxxx. > > Floxxx wrote: > > Hi all,

Re: connecting HP Pavilion zv5260 to a tv

2007-05-25 Thread Andrew J. Barr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 25 May 2007 18:44:08 -0700 Alexandru Cardaniuc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All! > > I have a HP Pavilion zv5260 laptop. Today I got the HP XC1000 media > cable from ebay to solve the problem with power jack. The cable has an > s-video and my l

[Resolved] pftp proxy

2007-05-25 Thread Floxxx
Hi all, i already solved it on my own, sorry for the inconvenience :) Floxxx. Floxxx wrote: Hi all, i was wondering if any of you know if it's possible to proxy pftp. I'm trying to access a pftp server that is in the same internal network as my own server, but not accessible from the outsid

Re: [Request for Help] Recommender system for Debian packages

2007-05-25 Thread Diego Pereira
Greetings Roberto, yes, I'm aware of debtags. I'm also aware of popsuggest, which has very much the same purpose of my system. However, debommender recommends packages based on package descriptions, and similarity between users, as of know. I intend to include support for tags-based recommendatio

connecting HP Pavilion zv5260 to a tv

2007-05-25 Thread Alexandru Cardaniuc
Hi All! I have a HP Pavilion zv5260 laptop. Today I got the HP XC1000 media cable from ebay to solve the problem with power jack. The cable has an s-video and my laptop's video card has a video-out. I'd like to connect this laptop to TV to be able to watch DVD's on a bigger screen. How can I do t

Re: xen-tools freezes (debootstrap)

2007-05-25 Thread Lars
Steve Kemp wrote: > So you're saying that using debootstrap manually, without xen-tools > causes a freeze? Yes, that is right. > I'd suggest it might be network/disc related. Since the kernel > is old in real terms there are sometimes issues. Until I upgraded > my Sid system to the 2.6.20

pftp proxy

2007-05-25 Thread Floxxx
Hi all, i was wondering if any of you know if it's possible to proxy pftp. I'm trying to access a pftp server that is in the same internal network as my own server, but not accessible from the outside. I need to delete a large number of files on it and it would take ages to do this with the p

Re: http cache for dialup?

2007-05-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 08:57:14PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > I seem to remember reading somewhere that useing an http cache proxy > would speed up browsing similar sites when using dialup. > > I'm not sure which package would be best. > > I want light weight and minimal/simple config.

http cache for dialup?

2007-05-25 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
I seem to remember reading somewhere that useing an http cache proxy would speed up browsing similar sites when using dialup. I'm not sure which package would be best. I want light weight and minimal/simple config. I don't need the security configs of something like squid. Just something so tha

Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-25 Thread Michael M.
On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 08:43 +0200, M. Fioretti wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2007 16:41:49 PM -0400, Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Frans, Cord, Martin, Pascal, > > > > I'm writing the listmasters because reading debian-user has become > > nearly unbearable for me (one of the sadly few DDs wh

Re: WEP??? (was Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome)

2007-05-25 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 25 May 2007 18:41:22 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/25/07 18:25, Micha Feigin wrote: > [snip] > > do ifdown wlan0 followed by a ifup wlan0 and it will sometimes work. In > > roaming mode it doesn't set the wep key a

Re: Complete KDE crash (since last upadate)

2007-05-25 Thread kristian . mailinglists
- Nachricht von [EMAIL PROTECTED] - On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 13:50:22 +0200, kristian DOT mailinglists AT ewetel DOT net wrote: - Nachricht von Florian Kulzer - On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 23:30:57 +0200, kristian DOT mailinglists AT ewetel DOT net wrote: [ snip: KDE h

Re: running qemu on an AMD64

2007-05-25 Thread Linas Žvirblis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> Could I use Linux to copy the Windows program exe files etc to the >> Windows fake partition created by qemu and then go into Windows under >> qemu and then get it to install the software? > > For many pieces of software that scheme would work, but

WEP??? (was Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome)

2007-05-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/07 18:25, Micha Feigin wrote: [snip] > do ifdown wlan0 followed by a ifup wlan0 and it will sometimes work. In > roaming > mode it doesn't set the wep key at all. > > I am trying to convert my dad to linux and proper wifi is kind of the main

deranged mouse behaviour with ibm thinkpad t31

2007-05-25 Thread Micha Feigin
I am installing linux on a thinkpad t31. Most things work, but I think that the mouse is setup wrong since after playing with the mouse (it's the red point in the middle of the keyboard, not sure what it's called) for a few seconds to minutes (not consistent) it suddenly goes crazy opening windows,

reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-25 Thread Micha Feigin
I am looking for a reliable wifi manager for gnome for my dad (I'm comfortable enough with the command line and fvwm). I tried using the installed NetworkManger Applet but it doesn't seem to setup things properly, in manual mode after I plug in the usb wifi thingy I need to do ifdown wlan0 followe

Re: Install which Linux? (or avoiding dirty birds)

2007-05-25 Thread Wayne Topa
Gayle Lee Fairless([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > I just installed Windows XP Professional on an IBM ThinkPad 390 > with a Pentium MMX (233 MHZ) and a 60 GB harddrive. (I have partioned it > in anticipation of also installing Linux.) Knoppix 3.7 boots on the > machine. (Wou

Re: running qemu on an AMD64

2007-05-25 Thread pinniped
(quote) Could I use Linux to copy the Windows program exe files etc to the Windows fake partition created by qemu and then go into Windows under qemu and then get it to install the software? (end quote) For many pieces of software that scheme would work, but for "copy protected" discs it will

Re: Encrypted loopback filesystem

2007-05-25 Thread Klein Moebius
* Klein Moebius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-25 16:25:56 -0500]: > will block out a working space for the file... change the count to vary > the size... That example gave you a 1 Mg file... Once you have the loop successfully created, you will have to make a filestem on it: mke2fs -c /dev/l

Re: running qemu on an AMD64 box to host Windows 98......

2007-05-25 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Debianists, I am emailing to thank people for helping me with qemu Windows 98 installed reasonably OK on qemu on my AMD64 machine.. There is one small problem which may reflect my newness to qemu. Once I had installed Windows 98, I then tried to load some software on to it from

Re: modem and default gw

2007-05-25 Thread remigio
You need to explicitely allow this using the > > replacedefaultroute > > option in /etc/ppp/peers/kppp or /etc/ppp/options. Tried in /etc/ppp/peers/kppp-options. It works fine! Thank you very much! Remigio - visit www.sacraspina.it -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: [OT] Re: installing tutos2

2007-05-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 08:24:58PM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > > Yes,now and after I edited the pg_hba.conf, I restarted postgresql too. > > But I get the same error message: > > Opening the database POSTGRES: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:5432 as www-data > > Detail > > DBerror: POSTGRES: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Encrypted loopback filesystem

2007-05-25 Thread Klein Moebius
* Michael S. Peek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-25 10:43:26 -0400]: > Hi gurus, > > I thought I would experiment with creating an encrypted loopback > filesystem. I've generated a file of random numbers, but I can't attack > it to /dev/loop0: > > # losetup -e serpent /dev/loop0 $(pwd)/file.bin

Re: modem and default gw

2007-05-25 Thread remigio
On 25 Mag, 02:00, Marko Randjelovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > remigio wrote: > > Hi, > > on my pc I have installed a network pci card and an internal > > softmodem. Both them work fine but I have a problem with the default > > gateway. > > In /etc/network/interfaces is defined a gateway that is

Re: modem and default gw

2007-05-25 Thread remigio
On 25 Mag, 02:00, Marko Randjelovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > remigio wrote: > > Hi, > > on my pc I have installed a network pci card and an internal > > softmodem. Both them work fine but I have a problem with the default > > gateway. > > In /etc/network/interfaces is defined a gateway that is

Re: modem and default gw

2007-05-25 Thread remigio
> For security reasons, pppd does not change the default gateway if you > already have a default gateway (at least if you use the noauth option, > as far as I know). You need to explicitely allow this using the > > replacedefaultroute > > option in /etc/ppp/peers/kppp or /etc/ppp/options. Thank

Re: debian-multimedia bug reports?

2007-05-25 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 03:16:05PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Rick Pasotto wrote: > > Today I encountered a fatal error when running ffmpeg. When I ran > > reportbug it tells me that my version is newer than the debian > > version, prob

Re: modem and default gw

2007-05-25 Thread remigio
> Are you saying that when not using your modem, you have a route to the > internet via the NIC? Why use the modem then. > > If not, why set a default gateway on the NIC in the first place? The answer for your questions is: because I'm using a notebook and, when I am in my office I can use the la

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/07 13:44, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] >> But isn't that putting all your eggs in one basket? (Unless I'm >> mis-reading you.) > > 3 disks in three different locations (according to Douglas' > requirements). You'd h

[Solved] Re: Windows shares again

2007-05-25 Thread Eric A. Bonney
Eric A. Bonney wrote: Ok, So I can find all sorts of information on how to share a Linux share to a windows machine using Samba and how to share a Linux share with a Linux box again using Samba. I can find all sorts of examples for each of these. I can find examples of using pam to auto mou

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/25/07 09:04, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > [snip] >>> True. However, for a small data set (under 1 GB) the need for three >>> copies means three hard drives. Using a hard drive and rewriting ove

Re: [OT] Re: installing tutos2

2007-05-25 Thread csanyipal
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 01:56:54PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 06:33:21PM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > > > > /etc/postgresql/8.1/main/pg_hba.conf : > > > > --> > > # Database administrative login by UNIX sockets > > local all po

Re: Remove gnome-games

2007-05-25 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Mumia, On 5/25/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I rather have gnome-desktop-environment removed completely, but I don't know > what part or apps of kde will be broken then. You probably can remove gnome-desktop-environment safely using aptitude. Those individual Gnome programs

Re: how can i make my package better ?

2007-05-25 Thread Jose Luis Rivas Contreras
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jabka Atu escribió: [...] >> Where's the package? :) > oops ... > strange i though i added a link : > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=181653&package_id=232735&release_id=510932 Well, I don't need the .deb, I need is the diff.gz a

[SOLVED] Re: 'mark' buttons of non-kde applications in kde

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2007 16:31:29 +0200 > Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > >> From >> 16:18:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $GTK2_RC_FILES >> /johannes2/.gtkrc-2.0 >> >> I delete that file and now the buttons get

Re: Remove gnome-games

2007-05-25 Thread Mumia W..
On 05/25/2007 12:14 PM, Manon Metten wrote: [...] I rather have gnome-desktop-environment removed completely, but I don't know what part or apps of kde will be broken then. Thanks, Manon. Hi Manon. You probably can remove gnome-desktop-environment safely using aptitude. Those individual Gno

Re: Mike Capture not working in Debian Testing/Creative Live Soundblaster

2007-05-25 Thread David Dawson
Chris Lale wrote: > David Dawson wrote: >> I'm running Debian Testing and the mike capture recently stopped working. >> The card is a Creative Soundblaster Live. >> The problem is that the system will not allow any app to get mike audio. >> On the other hand I *can* get mike audio through the card

Re: debian-multimedia bug reports?

2007-05-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 06:45:50PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > [snip] > > > True. However, it is possible (and recommended) for people who produce > > non-official packages to put an address that reportbug can use. In that > > way, people can use reportbug on

Re: [OT] Re: installing tutos2

2007-05-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 06:33:21PM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > > I have now installed postgresql-8.1: > > /etc/postgresql/8.1/main/pg_hba.conf : > > --> > # Database administrative login by UNIX sockets > local all postgres ident sameuser > > # TYPE DATAB

Re: Install which Linux? (or avoiding dirty birds)

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: > I just installed Windows XP Professional on an IBM ThinkPad 390 > with a Pentium MMX (233 MHZ) and a 60 GB harddrive. (I have partioned it > in anticipation of also installing Linux.) Knoppix 3.7 boots on the > machi

Re: xterm fonts

2007-05-25 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-05-23 09:19:35, schrieb Deboo ^: ??? On 5/22/07, Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ??? ??? >apt-cache show dfm ??? ??? Great. Thanks for the info. Works OOB! Perfect :-) Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network

Re: xterm fonts

2007-05-25 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-05-22 20:39:54, schrieb Mumia W..: ??? Ignore anyone who says that an ~/.Xresources/ directory has any ??? significance. This is bullshit, since ~/.Xresurces/ IS READ always. [ '/tmp/xfontsel.strace' ]-- 18707 14:25:31.582714 [] execve(

Re: Remove gnome-games

2007-05-25 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Manon Metten wrote: > Hi Ron, > > On 5/25/07, *Ron Johnson* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > When you say "gnome", do you mean the package named "gnome"? > > If so, you should be all right. Unless aptitude does so

Re: Installation/network card problem - FIXED but annoying.

2007-05-25 Thread Piers Kittel
Hello all, A few weeks ago, I got an Xircom CardBus Ethernet 10/100 PCMCIA card off eBay. I had an old Etch unstable netinst CD lying about, so I installed Etch on my old laptop using the CD, installing over the network without any problems. Now work has given me an old Dell Inspiron 2500 lapt

Re: debian-multimedia bug reports?

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: [snip] > True. However, it is possible (and recommended) for people who produce > non-official packages to put an address that reportbug can use. In that > way, people can use reportbug on your package and the bug report wi

Re: Remove gnome-games

2007-05-25 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Ron, On 5/25/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When you say "gnome", do you mean the package named "gnome"? If so, you should be all right. Unless aptitude does something stupid. Sorry for my inaccurate description. Here's aptitude's warning: gnome-games will be removed. Th

Re: Install which Linux? (or avoiding dirty birds)

2007-05-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/07 11:32, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: > I just installed Windows XP Professional on an IBM ThinkPad 390 > with a Pentium MMX (233 MHZ) and a 60 GB harddrive. (I have partioned it > in anticipation of also installing Linux.) Knoppix 3.7 b

Re: Remove gnome-games

2007-05-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/07 11:45, Manon Metten wrote: > Hi, > > As I never play games, I've removed most of them with aptitude. But some I > just can't remove: aptitude can't find them. I guess they are part of > gnome-games (games like: nibbles, robots, ataxx etc.)

Re: Creating a local repos

2007-05-25 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Douglas, On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 05:34:02PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > Just curious, why not use apt-proxy? After having some unexplained problems with apt-proxy I switched to apt-cacher. I'm pretty happy with that although I did only realise recently that it stores files based on th

Re: [OT] Re: installing tutos2

2007-05-25 Thread csanyipal
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 11:35:48AM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 11:39:31PM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > > > > > > sudo dpkg-reconfigure tutos2 > > Document `TUTOS' is not installed, cannot remove. > > Creating the POSTGRES TUTOS database... > > -

Install which Linux? (or avoiding dirty birds)

2007-05-25 Thread Gayle Lee Fairless
I just installed Windows XP Professional on an IBM ThinkPad 390 with a Pentium MMX (233 MHZ) and a 60 GB harddrive. (I have partioned it in anticipation of also installing Linux.) Knoppix 3.7 boots on the machine. (Would I be able to migrate to Debian or just stay with Knoppix if I go th

Remove gnome-games

2007-05-25 Thread Manon Metten
Hi, As I never play games, I've removed most of them with aptitude. But some I just can't remove: aptitude can't find them. I guess they are part of gnome-games (games like: nibbles, robots, ataxx etc.) or something. However, when I tried to remove gnome-games, aptitude warned me that gnome depen

Re: Is there a "Using Debian GNU/Linux" sticker?

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kenward Vaughan wrote: > Actually, longer chain alcohols are much more likely to soften many (if > not most) plastics than shorter chain ones. Differences that people may > see between ethanol and e.g. propanol can be influenced strongly by the > pre

Re: Complete KDE crash (since last upadate)

2007-05-25 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 13:50:22 +0200, kristian DOT mailinglists AT ewetel DOT net wrote: > - Nachricht von Florian Kulzer - >> On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 23:30:57 +0200, kristian DOT mailinglists AT ewetel >> DOT net wrote: [ snip: KDE hangs during startup after logging in via KDM ]

Re: Purging and reinstalling fixes it.

2007-05-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 07:00:08AM -0700, Altair IV wrote: > > I just came across this problem myself, too. As suggested by others, I > purged the icedove package and reinstalled it (version 2.0.0.0-3), and now > it seems to be working. No personal data appears to have been affected, > fortunat

Re: debian-multimedia bug reports?

2007-05-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 03:16:05PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Rick Pasotto wrote: > > Today I encountered a fatal error when running ffmpeg. When I ran > > reportbug it tells me that my version is newer than the debian > > version, probably because reportbug is not taking debian-multimedi

Re: Postgresql very slow to start on Etch with LDAP

2007-05-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 12:00:03PM +0200, Stefano Salvi wrote: > I'm configuring a workstation in a network that manages users and groups > with openLDAP. > I created nearly 60 users in Postgresql. > Now the server takes nearly 2 minutes on startup (/etc/init.d/postgresql > start) and on stop. W

Re: [Request for Help] Recommender system for Debian packages

2007-05-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 01:54:29AM -0300, Diego Pereira wrote: > Dear All, > > I'm currently working in my graduation project, which is a recommender > system for Debian packages. > > The purpose of the system is to evaluate which packages are mostly used, > much like what popularity-contest does

Re: [OT] Re: installing tutos2

2007-05-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 11:39:31PM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > > > sudo dpkg-reconfigure tutos2 > Document `TUTOS' is not installed, cannot remove. > Creating the POSTGRES TUTOS database... > > HOST: localhost > PORT: 5432 > DBUSER: www-data > DBNAME: tutos > --

Re: [OT] Re: installing tutos2

2007-05-25 Thread csanyipal
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 12:07:57AM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 11:39:31PM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-7.4 restart > > Restarting PostgreSQL 7.4 database server: main. > > > > I think it is all OK, except that that I cant ope

Re: [OT] Re: installing tutos2

2007-05-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 12:07:57AM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 11:39:31PM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-7.4 restart > > Restarting PostgreSQL 7.4 database server: main. > > > > I think it is all OK, except that that I cant ope

Re: need typewriter-style quotes in LaTeX mode of emacs

2007-05-25 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-25, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Auctex is installed (11.83-6). This is a recent (less than two month > old) installation of Debian Lenny ("testing") via netinstall, kept up > to date with snaptic. TeX is via TeXLive. > > When a LaTeX document is loaded, XEmacs aut

Re: 'mark' buttons of non-kde applications in kde

2007-05-25 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 25 May 2007 16:31:29 +0200 Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > From > 16:18:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $GTK2_RC_FILES > /johannes2/.gtkrc-2.0 > > I delete that file and now the buttons get this nice frame for the > selected item. However, now the font used by these appl

Re: emacs bugs post upgrade to etch

2007-05-25 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-25, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352811 > Anybody managed to get emacs to give sensible fonts as opposed to chars > like empty boxes? I've run into that before. In my case the source of the problem was xorg, rather than Emacs. It

Encrypted loopback filesystem

2007-05-25 Thread Michael S. Peek
Hi gurus, I thought I would experiment with creating an encrypted loopback filesystem. I've generated a file of random numbers, but I can't attack it to /dev/loop0: # losetup -e serpent /dev/loop0 $(pwd)/file.bin Password: ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument I did a quick google search

Re: 'mark' buttons of non-kde applications in kde

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Liam O'Toole wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2007 14:42:41 +0200 > Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Dear all, >> >> I seem to have messed up my config a little. A few days ago I changed

Re: Is there a "Using Debian GNU/Linux" sticker?

2007-05-25 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 13:14 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Linas Žvirblis wrote: > [snip] > > > Of course, certain types of glue on certain surfaces tend to leave ugly > > sticky stains, but they can usually be removed with alcohol. But use

Update

2007-05-25 Thread Altair IV
Update: Removing the icedove package with the --purge option and reinstalling it (2.0.0.0-3) appears to fix everything. It looks like there's no need to downgrade. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/25/07 09:04, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: [snip] >> True. However, for a small data set (under 1 GB) the need for three >> copies means three hard drives. Using a hard drive and rewriting over >> it means that you loo

Experienced designer....

2007-05-25 Thread Pannirshelvan
Friend of mine gave me your contact and suggested that either: • you might be or • know someone who can assist With graphic design conceptualization, pre-press and print production. If you are an experienced individual, please let me know or could you put me in touch with two or thr

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 10:41:18AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >>> No. I figure a CD is good for at least a year. Every year, I >>> pull the two netinst cds from the bank, take an SHA h

Purging and reinstalling fixes it.

2007-05-25 Thread Altair IV
I just came across this problem myself, too. As suggested by others, I purged the icedove package and reinstalled it (version 2.0.0.0-3), and now it seems to be working. No personal data appears to have been affected, fortunately . -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Icedov

Re: Me too

2007-05-25 Thread michael
On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 15:26 +0200, Altair IV wrote: > The same thing has just happened to me. After a regular system update which > boosted the program to 2.0.0.0-3, the whole program is hosed. All of my > account information is gone, and half of the controls don't work. That is, > when all o

Re: emacs bugs post upgrade to etch

2007-05-25 Thread michael
On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 14:37 +0100, michael wrote: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352811 > Anybody managed to get emacs to give sensible fonts as opposed to chars > like empty boxes? My setup is > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l|grep -i emacs;locale -a;set |grep -e LANG -e LC > ii

Me too

2007-05-25 Thread Altair IV
The same thing has just happened to me. After a regular system update which boosted the program to 2.0.0.0-3, the whole program is hosed. All of my account information is gone, and half of the controls don't work. That is, when all of them don't work--sometimes all menu entries go grey. I

Re: need typewriter-style quotes in LaTeX mode of emacs

2007-05-25 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070524 20:49]: > On Thu, 24 May 2007, Russell L. Harris wrote: > >> The XEmacs implementation which I am running appears to differ from >> the implementation which you are running. >> >> When in LaTeX mode, the first press of " produces a contiguous pair of >>

Re: Is there a "Using Debian GNU/Linux" sticker?

2007-05-25 Thread Linas Žvirblis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > You mean '(dis)-solve'. Yes, I do. Thank you for clarification. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGVuZpztOe9mov/y4RAoRIAKCqFrXJ58CLRb4g74pHGw63MlyJqQCfQuWG esQmCidbk3A1Md09GH0HXI4= =

emacs bugs post upgrade to etch

2007-05-25 Thread michael
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352811 Anybody managed to get emacs to give sensible fonts as opposed to chars like empty boxes? My setup is [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l|grep -i emacs;locale -a;set |grep -e LANG -e LC ii emacs21.4a+1-3 The GNU Emacs edi

Re: 'mark' buttons of non-kde applications in kde

2007-05-25 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 25 May 2007 14:42:41 +0200 Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Dear all, > > I seem to have messed up my config a little. A few days ago I changed > my font selections (appearence) in control centre. Now my non-kde > applic

Re: debian-multimedia bug reports?

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rick Pasotto wrote: > Today I encountered a fatal error when running ffmpeg. When I ran > reportbug it tells me that my version is newer than the debian > version, probably because reportbug is not taking debian-multimedia > into account. Should I go

evolution 2.6.3

2007-05-25 Thread michael
I've had a few problems when upgrading from sarge to etch, particular with the new version of Evolution 2.6.3 dealing with IMAP accounts. ii evolution 2.6.3-6 groupware suite with mail client and organizer Errors were particularly crytic messages about errors from server

debian-multimedia bug reports?

2007-05-25 Thread Rick Pasotto
Today I encountered a fatal error when running ffmpeg. When I ran reportbug it tells me that my version is newer than the debian version, probably because reportbug is not taking debian-multimedia into account. Should I go ahead and file a bug report using reportbug or by some other means? -- "Do

Re: Creating a local repos

2007-05-25 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 02:15:34PM +0600, Abu Zaher wrote: > > > >Just curious, why not use apt-proxy? > > > > Does apt-proxy store the packages in hierarchical order like apt-move > (i.e. a real mirror). > That's my understanding from the package description. You point your apt source at the r

Re: How can I get debian linux?

2007-05-25 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 01:58:05PM +0800, 东集詹 wrote: > Hi debian users,I am a new of linux.Some day I found debian linux and know > much about this.As I learned, debian linux is the true linux os and there > are so many components compress in the disk. I got interested in it. I hope > to get it.But

Re: [semi-OT] Data archiving (was Re: Query on adding a USB hdd)

2007-05-25 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 10:41:18AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > No. I figure a CD is good for at least a year. Every year, I > > pull the two netinst cds from the bank, take an SHA hash and compare it > > with the written notes, then run something like cdck o

'mark' buttons of non-kde applications in kde

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear all, I seem to have messed up my config a little. A few days ago I changed my font selections (appearence) in control centre. Now my non-kde applications don't 'mark' the selected button any more. The attached screen shot shows that 'print' is ma

Re: Complete KDE crash (since last upadate)

2007-05-25 Thread kristian . mailinglists
- Nachricht von [EMAIL PROTECTED] - On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 23:30:57 +0200, kristian DOT mailinglists AT ewetel DOT net wrote: - Nachricht von Florian Kulzer - On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 08:37:02 +0200, kristian DOT mailinglists AT ewetel DOT net wrote: On Wed, May 23,

Re: How can I get debian

2007-05-25 Thread pinniped
Aside from the numerous pure Debian vendors, if you don't mind 'Ubuntu' you might want to check if Canonical still offer to send you a free CD. Otherwise, 'wget' has been ported to WinDos and is yet another tool which can resume a download. If your disk space is really too small then the 'net

Re: Is there a "Using Debian GNU/Linux" sticker?

2007-05-25 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Linas Žvirblis wrote: [snip] > Of course, certain types of glue on certain surfaces tend to leave ugly > sticky stains, but they can usually be removed with alcohol. But use it > only as a last resort, and be very careful - alcohol can melt certain >

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