Moving to a new disk on Debian with root filesystem on LVM over encryption mini-HOWTO

2007-08-11 Thread Babstar
Moving to a new disk on Debian system with root Filesystem on LVM over encryption mini-HOWTO Babstar August 2007, Thanks to the Debian team for all your hard work & great software. Current setup I used the standard Etch installer to setup and encrypted disk for my laptop. However, I now want

Missing /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/build

2007-08-11 Thread jupiter . hce
Hi, I am building a win modem source code which requires /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/build. I could not find the build in my /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686 directory. What am I missing, and where can I get the build from? Thank you. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

source code installation

2007-08-11 Thread jupiter . hce
Hi, I've installed Debian 4.0 from a CD, just found that the installation does not let me to select applications. Mow I have to install an application from the CD (I don't have a network connection, a win modem has not worked yet ...) 1. Which openoffice in the CD I should install? Is the co

Re: flac and wav

2007-08-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> Would have if I could have! But it wasn't a cd. It was an old cassette >> tape feeding into the sound card, captured with ReZound. > There are *definitely* ways to do that with Linux. Someone asks > every 4-6 months on this list. Record players, not cassette > players, but the concept is the

Re: How to add dir to path

2007-08-11 Thread Carl Johnson
This is to the list this time, instead of a direct reply -- Sorry! "Manon Metten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. (*) text/plain ( ) text/html > > Hi Andrei, > > On 8/10/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just look at your .bash_profile: > > > > # ~/.bash_

Re: Eclipse: Fills my memory and does not start

2007-08-11 Thread Takehiko Abe
Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ eclipse > searching for compatible vm... > testing /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj...found > GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 262144000): > May lead to memory leak and poor performance. > > [EMAIL

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-11 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-12 00:57:22 +0100, William Pursell wrote: > Here is a method for doing a timeout. I'm not arguing against > the claim that sh is limited, nor am I claiming that the method > presented here is robust (it doesn't work well if the function > has already completed, for example), but this ce

Eclipse: Fills my memory and does not start

2007-08-11 Thread Jose Luis Rivas Contreras
Hi, I installed eclipse in my machine and wen I run it says: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ eclipse searching for compatible vm... testing /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj...found GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 262144000): May lead to memory leak and poor performanc

temporary failure. Command output: /usr/bin/maildrop: Home directory owned by wrong user.

2007-08-11 Thread jaYPee
Hi to all. I have setup my mail server but having this problem after installing maildrop. If I will not use maildrop in main.cf the problem has gone. In my main.cf this is the line I have added to work with maildrop. home_mailbox = Maildir/ mailbox_command = /usr/bin/maildrop #mailbox_command = p

Re: Scribus with acentuation

2007-08-11 Thread Jose Paulo Matafome Oleiro
Sáb, 2007-08-11 às 22:35 +0200, Florian Kulzer escreveu: > On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 22:49:32 +0100, Jose Paulo Matafome Oleiro wrote: > > Hello to all. > > I've got a problem with Scribus, when I write text like é or ã this > > doesn't appear how it should be, it looks like 'e or ã how I can fix > >

Re: Help - touchpad not working

2007-08-11 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Sun, 2007-08-12 at 04:50 +0530, Rahul Samuel wrote: > I have been trying to install linux in my HP 500 laptop but all have > failed. I last installed the Debian 4 and this also doesnt work. > Please help. > > Everything goes fine, but when the GUI comes up my touch pad doesnt > work at all. A

Re: Help - touchpad not working

2007-08-11 Thread Jeff
Is this an HP *Ominbook* 500? Whatever it is. Google will help you locate whatever help is available (tuxmobil.org would be a gpod resource also. But, if you're really a newbie, your life would be much easier if you first serious Linux experience was on a desktop system. Laptops are almost a

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-11 Thread William Pursell
Vincent Lefevre wrote: Not every system has bash. If this is for compatibility, you can learn POSIX sh, but e.g. Solaris /bin/sh is not a POSIX sh. For this reason and because POSIX sh is limited (you can't execute a command and have a timeout on it), Here is a method for doing a timeout. I'

Help - touchpad not working

2007-08-11 Thread Rahul Samuel
Hey I have been trying to install linux in my HP 500 laptop but all have failed. I last installed the Debian 4 and this also doesnt work. Please help. Everything goes fine, but when the GUI comes up my touch pad doesnt work at all. After installation also the touchpad is probably not even detecte

Re: flac and wav

2007-08-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/11/07 14:42, Adam Hardy wrote: [snip] > > Would have if I could have! But it wasn't a cd. It was an old cassette > tape feeding into the sound card, captured with ReZound. There are *definitely* ways to do that with Linux. Someone asks every 4

Re: Weird cron behavior

2007-08-11 Thread Frank McCormick
Damn! 10 seconds after I wrote the mail below I did sudo crontab -l and got: 0-59 5 * * * sudo aptitude update How the he** did that get into there?? Would it be part of a cron or anacron update?? On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:56:49 -0400 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 11 Aug

Re: nfs mounts no longer work in testing after upgrade (fwd)

2007-08-11 Thread Justin Piszcz
The fix is to make sure you have fsid=0 in the /etc/exports for the (root) partition of whatever you are mounting. On Sat, 11 Aug 2007, Justin Piszcz wrote: Submitted this bug. Looking to see how to mount it with the new version, anyone else run into this yet? http://www.opensubscriber.com

Re: Weird cron behavior

2007-08-11 Thread Frank McCormick
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:42:29 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: > Frank McCormick wrote: > > I left my machine on overnight ( I usually don't ) and got these > > messages in my mail this morning: > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Cron <

Re: Iceweasel file associations

2007-08-11 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 10:14:20PM +, Steven wrote: > How can I change this behavior to "Just show me the $#%*'in file as plain > text in a browser tab"? This was discussed just recently on this list. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/08/msg00097.html Regards, Andrei -- If you can

nfs mounts no longer work in testing after upgrade (fwd)

2007-08-11 Thread Justin Piszcz
Submitted this bug. Looking to see how to mount it with the new version, anyone else run into this yet? http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/7317692.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:53:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Justin Piszcz <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Can't install zlib1g-dev on etch?

2007-08-11 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/11/2007 01:46 PM, Eric Adum wrote: What does your sources.list look like? # etch deb http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/ etch main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/ etch main contrib non-free # security updates deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main co

Re: Java has stopped working (Partially SOLVED)

2007-08-11 Thread Marc Shapiro
Alex Samad wrote: On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 01:46:46PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: John W. Foster wrote: On Saturday 11 August 2007 00:09, Marc Shapiro wrote: I just realized that java is no longer functioning on my up-to-date Etch system. I had installed Sun Java using java-pa

Iceweasel file associations

2007-08-11 Thread Steven
As much as I really don't like it Iceweasel has some preconceived notions about how to open files based upon their filename extension. Specifically I'm thinking with respect to .c and .patch files, though others may apply. The problem is that Iceweasel wants to open these files with less whic

Re: Java has stopped working

2007-08-11 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 01:46:46PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > John W. Foster wrote: >> On Saturday 11 August 2007 00:09, Marc Shapiro wrote: >> >>> I just realized that java is no longer functioning on my up-to-date Etch >>> system. I had installed Sun Java using java-package and it had been

Re: correct kernel for etch - i386 - intel celeron

2007-08-11 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 09:51:02PM +0100, slink wrote: > > From what I remember, the installer lets you choose one of these > > versions: > > > > * 686 (optimized for Pentiums and Celerons) > > * K7 (optimized for AMD Athlons and Durons) > > * SMP versions of both (HyperThrea

Re: Scribus with acentuation

2007-08-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 22:49:32 +0100, Jose Paulo Matafome Oleiro wrote: > Hello to all. > I've got a problem with Scribus, when I write text like é or ã this > doesn't appear how it should be, it looks like 'e or ã how I can fix > this? Anyone can help me? My keyboard layout it's portuguese, wher

Re: correct kernel for etch - i386 - intel celeron

2007-08-11 Thread slink
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:09:38 +0200 Krzysztof Lubański <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 19:17 +0100, slink wrote: > > I got a new pc, celeron 2.6. [...] > > > > Using expert install you are presented with 4 choices of kernel but > > no hint as to the differences. > > > > I chose

Re: Java has stopped working

2007-08-11 Thread Marc Shapiro
John W. Foster wrote: On Saturday 11 August 2007 00:09, Marc Shapiro wrote: I just realized that java is no longer functioning on my up-to-date Etch system. I had installed Sun Java using java-package and it had been working at the time. I don't run java all that much, so I don't know just

Re: Weird cron behavior

2007-08-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Frank McCormick wrote: > I left my machine on overnight ( I usually don't ) and got these > messages in my mail this morning: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sudo aptitude update You must have a crontab entry that says "sudo a

Re: Reboot loses LAN connection

2007-08-11 Thread John K Masters
On 14:45 Sat 11 Aug , Kent West wrote: > John K Masters wrote: >> Strange behaviour on my laptop. Not sure if it's hardware or OS. Running >> unstable and apart from a couple of problems (solved) all has been well >> until about 4 days ago. Since then if I reboot or shutdown and do not >> disc

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-11 Thread Bob Proulx
Tong Sun wrote: > I remember that I used to be able to exit 'less' by command key 'x' or > something so that the content just viewed is left on screen, instead of > being cleared and restored to the screen before invoking 'less'. But I > found there is no such capability in current less (version 39

Re: Problems with beryl after dist-upgrade

2007-08-11 Thread Sam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGvhc9MwtNS8TLpaIRAoNmAKCgKj0VPLRdiz79e8pspkQ7os+zBACdEDZv tT00yS2e+TdvolMIdQx0D6A= =+dhr -END PGP SIGNATURE- On 8/11/07, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [ T

Re: Reboot loses LAN connection

2007-08-11 Thread Kent West
John K Masters wrote: Strange behaviour on my laptop. Not sure if it's hardware or OS. Running unstable and apart from a couple of problems (solved) all has been well until about 4 days ago. Since then if I reboot or shutdown and do not disconnect the power, either by switching off at the mains

Re: flac and wav

2007-08-11 Thread Adam Hardy
Ron Johnson on 11/08/07 20:20, wrote: On 08/11/07 14:05, Adam Hardy wrote: Marko Randjelovic on 11/08/07 13:00, wrote: Adam Hardy wrote: is anyone here familiar with wav files or flac encoding? I created a wav file using ReZound and I'm trying to compress it with flac but I get the following e

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-11 Thread Brendan
On Saturday 11 August 2007, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-08-11 11:34:48 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Really? Tell that to the Perl 4 programmers. > > Perl 4 is obsolete and no longer used, and has complete disappeared > from Debian a long time ago. Perl 5 has been there since 13 years > (a

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-11 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-11 11:34:48 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Really? Tell that to the Perl 4 programmers. Perl 4 is obsolete and no longer used, and has complete disappeared from Debian a long time ago. Perl 5 has been there since 13 years (about the same time python 1.0 was released). Concerning python

Re: Debian can't mount Camera Memory Stick

2007-08-11 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 02:57:04PM -0500, Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Mike McCarty wrote: >> My GF has a situation in which she cannot mount a camera memory >> stick. Here's the setup... >> CPU<--->HUB<--->Dazzle[<--Stick > > Ok, I realize that it mounts when connected dir

Re: flac and wav

2007-08-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/11/07 14:05, Adam Hardy wrote: > Marko Randjelovic on 11/08/07 13:00, wrote: >> Adam Hardy wrote: >>> is anyone here familiar with wav files or flac encoding? I created a wav >>> file using ReZound and I'm trying to compress it with flac but I ge

Re: Problems with beryl after dist-upgrade

2007-08-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
[ Top posting. Please don't. Hard for other people to join the discussion, etc. ] On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 11:10:07 -0700, Sam wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks for the replies. I'm running Sid, and i used the nvidia installer > script. > > (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not

Re: correct kernel for etch - i386 - intel celeron

2007-08-11 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 19:17 +0100, slink wrote: > I got a new pc, celeron 2.6. [...] > > Using expert install you are presented with 4 choices of kernel but no > hint as to the differences. > > I chose ... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a > Linux skutter 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Wed May 9 23:03:12

Re: Default browser(Problem fixed)

2007-08-11 Thread Jeff
Thanks for the reply. Problem has been fixed now. Jeff -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/10/07 23:35, Jeff wrote: Using Iceweasel as my browser in Etch but when i open a link it opens in Epiphany. Have checked Iceweasel in Preferred Applications but still opens in Epiphany!

Re: flac and wav

2007-08-11 Thread Adam Hardy
Marko Randjelovic on 11/08/07 13:00, wrote: Adam Hardy wrote: is anyone here familiar with wav files or flac encoding? I created a wav file using ReZound and I'm trying to compress it with flac but I get the following error: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ flac Ted/Ted\ Hughes\ -\ 1970\ -\ Crow\ \(sid

Re: How to add dir to path

2007-08-11 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Andrei, On 8/10/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just look at your .bash_profile: > > # ~/.bash_profile: executed by bash(1) for login shells. And in .bashrc I find: # ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells. So this is my conclusion: Whenever I open a new bash

Re: Can't install zlib1g-dev on etch?

2007-08-11 Thread Eric Adum
> > What does your sources.list look like? # etch deb http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/ etch main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/ etch main contrib non-free # security updates deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-11 Thread Steve Lamb
Vincent Lefevre wrote: > A part of the language is a bit obsolete. Some features are deprecated > (but can be useful for some one-liners). Unlike Python, nothing is > removed from Perl, so that old Perl scripts can still run and there > is no need for N versions on the disk. Really? Tell that

Re: How to add dir to path

2007-08-11 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Wolodja, As a side note on documentation. You might find packages like "dwww" or > "dhelp" useful. They provide a single entry point to access all > installed documentation. Thanks! It's a very useful tip. Manon.

Re: How to add dir to path

2007-08-11 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Wayne, I have never seen this way of defining a path [ PATH=~/XX:"${PATH}" ] These lines come from .bash_profile: # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}" fi I learned PATH="a path:a new path" everything inclosed in quotes

correct kernel for etch - i386 - intel celeron

2007-08-11 Thread slink
Hi all, I am hoping someone can shed some light regarding kernel choice. I got a new pc, celeron 2.6. but before I trash a working Etch taken from my 1.8 celeron I thought I would test the install on a spare 10gb drive. Using expert install you are presented with 4 choices of kernel but no hint

Reboot loses LAN connection

2007-08-11 Thread John K Masters
Strange behaviour on my laptop. Not sure if it's hardware or OS. Running unstable and apart from a couple of problems (solved) all has been well until about 4 days ago. Since then if I reboot or shutdown and do not disconnect the power, either by switching off at the mains or physically disconnect

Re: Problems with beryl after dist-upgrade

2007-08-11 Thread Sam
Hi all, Thanks for the replies. I'm running Sid, and i used the nvidia installer script. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. (WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not exist. (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; pl

problem running distillation simulation applet with amd64 java.....

2007-08-11 Thread Michael Fothergill
From: "Michael Fothergill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: problem running distillation simulation applet with amd64 java. Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:41:27 + From: "Michael Fothergill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: problem running distillat

Re: Default browser

2007-08-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/10/07 23:35, Jeff wrote: > Using Iceweasel as my browser in Etch but when i open a link it opens in > Epiphany. Have checked Iceweasel in Preferred Applications but still > opens in Epiphany! How do Make it open in Iceweasel? What DE and applic

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-11 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/10/07 23:43, Stefan Monnier wrote: >>> Haskell defines TABs as being 8 spaces apart and I expect Python to do >>> the same. > >> Python should do it because Haskell does it?? > > Not because Haskell is so influential, but because the same cause

RE: problem making symbolic link to blackdown SOLVED but now applet still fails.

2007-08-11 Thread Michael Fothergill
Wait a minute Forget all this. I read the documentation for a generic install from the blackdown site and forgot about the debian installation process. I deleted the manual installation I did. I did apt-get install java-package I then did the fakeroot command: [EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: problem making symbolic link to blackdown (fixed) but a now a new problem..

2007-08-11 Thread Michael Fothergill
From: "Michael Fothergill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: problem making symbolic link to blackdown (fixed) but a now a new problem.. Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:56:12 + From: "Michael Fothergill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

RE: problem making symbolic link to blackdown (fixed) but a now a new problem..

2007-08-11 Thread Michael Fothergill
From: "Michael Fothergill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: problem making symbolic link to blackdown amd64 java plugin library file... Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:17:32 + Dear Debianists, I use Etch 4.0 (r0) AMD64 version on a AMD64 box. I use Iceweasel.

Re: usb and debian 4.0 os ...can i get some pointers???please???

2007-08-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 09:07:07 -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: [...] > I did a modprobe on usb-serial and ftdi_sio and they both load great. What gave you the idea to modprobe ftdi_sio? Is that somewhere in the kannel manual or was this module loaded automatically? > ...after > loading what am

Re: Fwd: Wireless card

2007-08-11 Thread Cavan Mejias
Hey everybody, does anyone know where on the Debian website can i find the 2.6.20 kernel? I only see the 2.6.21 release which wont boot on my machine(hangs after detecting the CD-ROM). Or is it not available from the site any more? Thanks. Cavan On 11/0

Re: Boot troubles

2007-08-11 Thread Cavan Mejias
yeah, i think its recommended that you install XP first, then debian. Good Luck! On 11/08/07, Samuel Bächler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I installed Windows XP, it setted it's own code in MBR. I wasn't > > confused, I just inserted first DVD of Debian GNU/Linux Sarge in > > DVD-ROM, but then

Re: Fwd: Wireless card

2007-08-11 Thread Cavan Mejias
ok thanks, I just realised I have a kernel from unstable installed, 2.6.22. I hope the 6.20 kernel supports wireless. On 11/08/07, Stef Daniels VK5HSX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would update your kernel to atleast 2.6.18 or 2.6.20 which is better. > If you have the module_assistant installed

problem making symbolic link to blackdown amd64 java plugin library file...

2007-08-11 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Debianists, I use Etch 4.0 (r0) AMD64 version on a AMD64 box. I use Iceweasel. I removed the gcj java plugin from my browser I had been using because it could not run applet properly . I then downloaded the amd64 version of blackdown j2re-1.4.2-03. I then followed the instructions

Re: php5 and UTF BOM header

2007-08-11 Thread supermega
On 11 Sie, 09:50, Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Use an editor which allows you to omit the BOM, it's optional for UTF-8 > anyways. > As long as you send the correct Content-Type header, the output won't be any > different. > I know this solition and I use it for now, but it's again

Re: usb and debian 4.0 os ...can i get some pointers???please???

2007-08-11 Thread Michael Habashy
On 8/11/07, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 21:34:08 -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: > > On 8/10/07, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > [...] > > > > Now, coming back to your problem: Since your example configuration > file > > > mentions /dev/ttyS0 it would seem that kann

Re: Java has stopped working

2007-08-11 Thread John W. Foster
On Saturday 11 August 2007 00:09, Marc Shapiro wrote: > I just realized that java is no longer functioning on my up-to-date Etch > system. I had installed Sun Java using java-package and it had been > working at the time. I don't run java all that much, so I don't know > just when it stopped work

Re: Boot troubles

2007-08-11 Thread Samuel Bächler
I installed Windows XP, it setted it's own code in MBR. I wasn't confused, I just inserted first DVD of Debian GNU/Linux Sarge in DVD-ROM, but then I understood... The kernels on DVD doesn't support my reiserfs filesystem! In my opinion this point is confusing. Did you install XP when debian wa

Re: flac and wav

2007-08-11 Thread Marko Randjelovic
Adam Hardy wrote: > Hi > > is anyone here familiar with wav files or flac encoding? I created a wav > file using ReZound and I'm trying to compress it with flac but I get the > following error: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ flac Ted/Ted\ Hughes\ -\ 1970\ -\ Crow\ \(side\ > 1\).wav > > flac 1.1.2

flac and wav

2007-08-11 Thread Adam Hardy
Hi is anyone here familiar with wav files or flac encoding? I created a wav file using ReZound and I'm trying to compress it with flac but I get the following error: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tmp$ flac Ted/Ted\ Hughes\ -\ 1970\ -\ Crow\ \(side\ 1\).wav flac 1.1.2, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-11 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-11 00:44:17 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Vincent Lefevre wrote: > >>> Imagine a filename contains: ' `some command` > > > Yes, because you get: > > > echo '' `ls -l`' > > I get? *I* get? Pst, look up above. *YOU* decided say "Imagine a > filename contains: ' `some command` Quo

Re: Problems with beryl after dist-upgrade

2007-08-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 20:51:54 -0700, Sam wrote: > Hi all, > Just did a dist-upgrade. Upon reboot I get the usual login screen, but when > I log in things start up and then immediately crash back to the login > screen. > > Here is my xorg.conf file that worked before upgrade [...] > Section "M

Re: usb and debian 4.0 os ...can i get some pointers???please???

2007-08-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 21:34:08 -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: > On 8/10/07, Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] > > Now, coming back to your problem: Since your example configuration file > > mentions /dev/ttyS0 it would seem that kannel wants to talk to the phone > > like to a serial modem. Therefore y

Re: (solved) Re: how to (dis)allow some users from using wireless router?

2007-08-11 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:06:15 + (UTC) Simon Brandmair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please notice, that filtering by mac address doesn't really add any > extra security. The mac address can easily be changed with ifconfig, > which is IMO default on every Debian machine. While it is true that th

Re: How to add dir to path

2007-08-11 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 22:21 +0200, Manon Metten wrote: > On 8/7/07, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I ain't got no /usr/share/doc/bash/examples dir. > > > There's also no /usr/local/share/doc dir. > > > Where do I get these examples? > > apt-get install bash-doc > > In general, for any pac

Re: (solved) Re: how to (dis)allow some users from using wireless router?

2007-08-11 Thread Simon Brandmair
Hi! On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:10:07 +0200 Serena Cantor wrote: > Thanks! I'll try MAC filter later on. > > --- steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Serena Cantor wrote: >> > I knew WEP can do it. but the password is the same, any user can let >> > others use the router by >> > giving them the pa

Re: Questions about installing from net-install CD

2007-08-11 Thread kaldrenon
Thanks to all for your help! I've got a much clearer picture of how the process goes now, and I'm certain aptitude will help me get all the products I anticipate needing. Very glad I posted here before I went and burned 21 CDs. Wouldn't have enjoyed that. -Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: How to make phone call using modem in Linux

2007-08-11 Thread Ken Irving
On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 11:20:20PM -0700, Jeff D wrote: > On Sat, 11 Aug 2007, Kieu Minh Thang wrote: >> >> I have install dtmfdial, but it seems my Debian doesn't have driver for >> modem. But I see that dtmfdial is very simple program, just a binary file, >> no config file. How does this know wha

Re: Browser link

2007-08-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 19:48:01 +1200, Jeff wrote: > Magnus Therning wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 19:06:45 +1200, Jeff wrote: >> >>> When i click on a web link in an email it opens the page in Epiphany >>> and not Iceweasel which i have set up as my prefered browser.(in >>> preferences) Ca

Re: Browser link

2007-08-11 Thread Jeff
Kent West wrote: Jeff wrote: Magnus Therning wrote: On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 19:06:45 +1200, Jeff wrote: When i click on a web link in an email it opens the page in Epiphany and not Iceweasel which i have set up as my prefered browser.(in preferences) Can someone tell me how to make the webpa

Re: Java has stopped working

2007-08-11 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:09:24 -0700 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just realized that java is no longer functioning on my up-to-date > Etch system. I had installed Sun Java using java-package and it had > been working at the time. I don't run java all that much, so I don't > know jus

Re: Browser link

2007-08-11 Thread Kent West
Jeff wrote: Magnus Therning wrote: On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 19:06:45 +1200, Jeff wrote: When i click on a web link in an email it opens the page in Epiphany and not Iceweasel which i have set up as my prefered browser.(in preferences) Can someone tell me how to make the webpages from an email

Re: automagically mounting cdrom with discover

2007-08-11 Thread Juha Tuuna
Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hello, > > In the past I clearly remember that my cdroms where automagiclly > mounted in /media/cdrom by -I think- discover. Today when I put a cd > in the cdrom I have to manually mount them. Is there something I need > to setup ? > > Thanks for any documentation >

Re: Browser link

2007-08-11 Thread Jeff
Magnus Therning wrote: On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 19:06:45 +1200, Jeff wrote: When i click on a web link in an email it opens the page in Epiphany and not Iceweasel which i have set up as my prefered browser.(in preferences) Can someone tell me how to make the webpages from an email link open in

Re: php5 and UTF BOM header

2007-08-11 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi. supermega, 11.08.2007 03:21: > How to make PHP interpreter not to send these BOM bytes to client? Use an editor which allows you to omit the BOM, it’s optional for UTF-8 anyways. As long as you send the correct Content-Type header, the output won’t be any different. Regards, Mathias -- de

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-11 Thread Steve Lamb
Vincent Lefevre wrote: >>> Imagine a filename contains: ' `some command` > Yes, because you get: > echo '' `ls -l`' I get? *I* get? Pst, look up above. *YOU* decided say "Imagine a filename contains: ' `some command` Quoted right there. > which is not valid. Try with: So now you'

Re: Browser link

2007-08-11 Thread Magnus Therning
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 19:06:45 +1200, Jeff wrote: >When i click on a web link in an email it opens the page in Epiphany >and not Iceweasel which i have set up as my prefered browser.(in >preferences) Can someone tell me how to make the webpages from an email >link open in Iceweasel. You probably

Browser link

2007-08-11 Thread Jeff
When i click on a web link in an email it opens the page in Epiphany and not Iceweasel which i have set up as my prefered browser.(in preferences) Can someone tell me how to make the webpages from an email link open in Iceweasel. Thanks Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with