Re: Migrate debian services to a new debian system

On Aug 30, 6:10 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: > Jochen Schulz wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > Okay, so I want to make the asrock my server...it is quieter and uses > > > less power. I don't have a lot of time for trouble shooting etc. so I > > > want to plan this out so it mostly w

tools highlight PDF

Hello List, I want to highlight a PDF proof: is there any tool (distributed within Debian) which allows to do so? Thanks in advance, Jerome -- Jerome BENOIT jgmbenoit_at_mailsnare_dot_net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL P

Setting [u|f]mask on a bind mount

I tried mounting a directory like so: mount --bind -o umask=0117 /home/files /home/glen/files What I am shooting for, is that all files created in /home/glen/files will have the permissions 660. But the above command seems to have no effect on permissions of created files. I have also tried

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Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

On Thursday 30 August 2007, Charlie wrote: > On Friday 31 August 2007 12:47, Miles Bader shared this with us all: > >--} > >--} -- > >--} Freedom's just another word, for nothing left to lose --Janis > > Joplin > > I thought Kris Kristofferson wrote that song? And performed it as well. I have a

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>--} Freedom's just another word, for nothing left to lose --Janis Joplin > > I thought Kris Kristofferson wrote that song? Yes, he did. Janis sang it. -Miles -- "Nah, there's no bigger atheist than me. Well, I take that back. I'm a cancer screening away

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

Britton Kerin wrote: > I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would like to switch > it to pure debian. Is there a standard way to do this that someone > could point me to? While this is not a "standard" method I think 'debtakeover' is quite a clever method and should work. Here is

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

On Friday 31 August 2007 12:47, Miles Bader shared this with us all: >--} >--} -- >--} Freedom's just another word, for nothing left to lose --Janis Joplin I thought Kris Kristofferson wrote that song? -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ The temple bell stops

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Unless you REALLY know what you're doing, upgrading from Ubuntu to > Debian (And vice-versa) is nearly impossible and unsupported by the > Debian community (If you did try it, we probably wouldn't be able to > help you). Too many things are done differen

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

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Re: Asking about installation Debian Linux

Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 02:17:10AM +0200, ??!? Jansen wrote: Several days ago, I succeded download the DVD version of DVD intel x86 for Debian Linux and when I wanted to install Linux during the process of installation I got the problems. The DVD RW isn't able to be de

Re: X config issues

Chris wrote: On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 10:51 -0500, Kent West wrote: With one of the newer updates to X, Xinerama became problematic with an Intel video chipset, which broke my dual-monitor setup (the second video card is nVidia-based). After months of living without my dual-monitor setup to wh

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: > [snip] >> >> While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics, >> there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be used the

Magicpoint weirdness

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Re: Fwd: Asking about installation Debian Linux

On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 02:42:19AM +0200, ??!? Jansen wrote: > Hi dear Mr/Mrs, > > Several things I forgot to tell that in newest laptop doesn't have floopy > disk drive anymore and I have no idea about "image" that said during the > installation. I just downloaded the DVD files for installation f

Re: intel dp35dp

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 04:59:34PM -0700, Enrique Morfin wrote: > I tried to install debian testing on an intel dp35dp > motherboard and intel core 2 duo procesor. > > The installer (i386 and amd64) keeps me telling there > is no cdrom. > > I installed on another box, then put that HD in the > dp

Re: Asking about installation Debian Linux

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, [WINDOWS-1252] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jansen wrote: Hi dear Mr/Mrs, Several days ago, I succeded download the DVD version of DVD intel x86 for Debian Linux and when I wanted to install Linux during the process of installation I got the problems. The DVD RW isn't able to be dete

Re: intel dp35dp

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Enrique Morfin wrote: Hi! I tried to install debian testing on an intel dp35dp motherboard and intel core 2 duo procesor. The installer (i386 and amd64) keeps me telling there is no cdrom. I installed on another box, then put that HD in the dp35dp box and it tells me "The

Re: kde panels !

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:17:37 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > have the typical kde panel below to launch my apps, and applets, > virtual desktop HOWEVER, its getting crowded... I would like to > do the following "IF Possible" > > is there a way to add a new panel, and have it display on

Re: Garmin GPS on USB port

On 8/30/07, Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bernard([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > Thanks all for your help. > > > > First, my digital camera works like a charm. > > > > When I plug my GPS I have only those two lines in /var/log/syslog: > > Aug 30 17:23:15 zherc kernel:

Asking about installation Debian Linux

Hi dear Mr/Mrs, the category of my DVDRW of my laptop (LG) from Windows vista device manager is HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T20N ATA Device Thank you very much, sincerely yours, Eric Jansen

Re: docBook or latex

On 2007-08-30 18:40:26 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:46:05PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2007-08-29 21:38:44 +, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > Reading /usr/share/doc/tex4ht/html/index.html, says that: > > Usage is simplified via the Perl script mk4ht whi

Fwd: Asking about installation Debian Linux

Hi dear Mr/Mrs, Several things I forgot to tell that in newest laptop doesn't have floopy disk drive anymore and I have no idea about "image" that said during the installation. I just downloaded the DVD files for installation from debian.org Would you mind to tell me with more details what are th

Re: Has recent apache2 upgrade screwed something

Mumia W.. wrote: On 08/23/2007 04:03 PM, Alan Chandler wrote: [...] Include /etc/apache2/sites-available/www-common RewriteRule ^/$ /blog/app [PT] [...] I still get HTTP response "400 No Host matches server name www.chandlerfamily.org.uk." If home.chandlerfamily.org

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

On Thursday 30 August 2007, 应富鸣 wrote: ... > If you want to use GNOME, Ubuntu is also a good choice. It's very > stable. But if you want to use KDE, as far as my experience, KUbuntu > is less stable than both GNOME of Ubuntu and KDE of Debian. I've found Kubuntu quite stable. The only difference

Re: Asking about installation Debian Linux

On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 02:17:10AM +0200, ??!? Jansen wrote: > > Several days ago, I succeded download the DVD version of DVD intel x86 for > Debian Linux and when I wanted to install Linux during the process of > installation I got the problems. > The DVD RW isn't able to be detected. So, from th

Asking about installation Debian Linux

Hi dear Mr/Mrs, Several days ago, I succeded download the DVD version of DVD intel x86 for Debian Linux and when I wanted to install Linux during the process of installation I got the problems. The DVD RW isn't able to be detected. So, from the first step I could not pass this step that my DVDRW

Re: ssh-agent (was: using a remote IMAP server and smarthost)

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 01:00:44AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 20:09:03 +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > > But, again if I understand Florian's earlier post, Method 2 requires the > > use of sssh-agent. And I cannot see fromt he man page how to use it or > > configure it. >

intel dp35dp

Hi! I tried to install debian testing on an intel dp35dp motherboard and intel core 2 duo procesor. The installer (i386 and amd64) keeps me telling there is no cdrom. I installed on another box, then put that HD in the dp35dp box and it tells me "There is no OS Disc". Any ideas? PS: When i ins

Re: All New rc2.d Scripts get Ignored. Debian from KNOPPIX

"Douglas A. Tutty" writes: > If you have a paralell port you could print to a printer with a paralell > port and find a way to get that read. Or, if the box has USB, you could > hook up a usb/serial adapter and use that. See the > remote-serial-console-HOWTO for details. Great ideas. The

Re: Solution

On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 01:36:03AM +0200, dunkel wrote: > > I think it is not current now, but for the guys surfing the net: > The solution is to add these 2 lines to snmpd.conf > interface eth0 - the network card you want to use > agentaddress ip-address:161 - the listening IP address and port I

Solution

I think it is not current now, but for the guys surfing the net: The solution is to add these 2 lines to snmpd.conf interface eth0 - the network card you want to use agentaddress ip-address:161 - the listening IP address and port -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

On 8/31/07, Britton Kerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would like to switch > it to pure debian. Is there a standard way to do this that someone > could point me to? > > (Though I will say that little hack where the shell tells you which > pack

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

Paul Scott([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Wayne Topa wrote: >> Paul Scott([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: >> >>> Laptop with AMD K6 running Debian sid >>> >>> xterm works w/ stock 2.6.17-2-486 >>> >>> with stock 2.6.22-1-486 attempting to start xterm gives: >>> >>> x

Re: Garmin GPS on USB port

Bernard([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Thanks all for your help. > > First, my digital camera works like a charm. > > When I plug my GPS I have only those two lines in /var/log/syslog: > Aug 30 17:23:15 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using > uhci_hcd and address

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

Ron Johnson wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics, > > there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be used the same as a > > root account on any Debian release. The only difference is it doesn't > > have a password on setup. > >

Re: [OT] revision control: git vs mercurial as replacement for bzr

Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > [I don't want to start a flame; just to investigate which application is > best for my particular purpose. No offence intended to anyone.] Almost impossible in a public forum. You might want to look at this reference which compares features. http://better-scm.berli

Re: Migrate debian services to a new debian system

Jochen Schulz wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Okay, so I want to make the asrock my server...it is quieter and uses > > less power. I don't have a lot of time for trouble shooting etc. so I > > want to plan this out so it mostly works on the first shot. My > > strategy is to setup each services o

Re: Copy ./ to subdirectory.

Mike Bird wrote: > James Preece wrote: > > cp -r ./ backup > > I'd use rsync locally. +1 on rsync. It is the perfect tool for this task. > First a dry-run in case I'd made a mistake: Excellent advice. Follow the advice or suffer for it when a typo is made! :-) > rsync -a --delete --exclude=ba

Re: docBook or latex

On 8/30/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:46:05PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2007-08-29 21:38:44 +, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > Try tex4ht. Makes html, docbook, +? > > > [snip slew of errors when using tex4ht directly from the command line

Re: package version numbers

Rick Pasotto wrote: > Aptitude reports that for several packages: > > Depends: libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0) but it is not installable > > however 'apt-cache policy libglib1.2' reports: > > libglib1.2: > Installed: 1.2.10-17 > Candidate: 1.2.10-17 > Version table: > *** 1.2.10-17 0 >

Re: docBook or latex

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:46:05PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-08-29 21:38:44 +, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > Try tex4ht. Makes html, docbook, +? > [snip slew of errors when using tex4ht directly from the command line] Reading /usr/share/doc/tex4ht/html/index.html, says that:

Re: xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

On 2007-08-29 20:40:28 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > So have I been missing the main point? Is the recent change in > CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS the problem? I have no problems with this recent change on my x86 machine. Also, if I understand correctly, most programs no longer use "legacy" pty's. And ttyrec

Re: xterm won't start

On 2007-08-29 15:39:42 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > No terminal I have tried will start. > rxvt fails. The error message is: > > urxvt: can't initialize pseudo-tty, aborting. > > Text mode Emacs 21 also fails. So, the problem seems to come from your kernel (since the old one works). Another sugg

Re: docBook or latex

On 2007-08-29 21:38:44 +, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > Try tex4ht. Makes html, docbook, +? On the same file: vin:~/wd/tex> tex4ht wcinverse.tex tex4ht.c (2007-04-21-21:07 kpathsea) tex4ht wcinverse.tex --- warning --- Problem with command line --- error --- Can't f

Re: Garmin GPS on USB port

I have the following: /dev/.static/dev/ttyUSB10 /dev/.static/dev/ttyUSB11 /dev/.static/dev/ttyUSB12 /dev/.static/dev/ttyUSB13 /dev/.static/dev/ttyUSB14 /dev/.static/dev/ttyUSB15 /dev/.static/dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/.static/dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/.static/dev/ttyUSB2 /dev/.static/dev/ttyUSB3 /dev/.static/dev/ttyU

Re: Garmin GPS on USB port

Thanks all for your help. First, my digital camera works like a charm. When I plug my GPS I have only those two lines in /var/log/syslog: Aug 30 17:23:15 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 Aug 30 17:23:15 zherc kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen fr

Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 10:27:56PM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: > I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window > manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if > (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. > > I am using Debian 4.0, with GDM, and

Re: konsole + system bell

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 09:52:35AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >10' extension cords. The box in on a shelf half-way up the wall > >directly below my mini-desk in the living room. Makes for a totally > >silent operation even though the hostname on the box is 'rocky' s

Re: All New rc2.d Scripts get Ignored. Debian from KNOPPIX

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 10:53:42AM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > When I usually install Linux, I use a serial console. > That is not an option as there are no native serial ports on > this system. I need every screen message to go to a file > somewhere and that may tell me something new.

Re: Garmin GPS on USB port

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 10:36:18AM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > Bernard([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > On 8/29/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Bernard wrote: > > > > > > > > module. I did it with succes but the documen

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

On Thursday 30 August 2007, Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:03:17 -0400 > > > > Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thursday 30 August 2007, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: > >>> [snip] > >>> > While it's just a

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:03:17 -0400 > Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thursday 30 August 2007, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: >>> [snip] >>> While it's just a small, niggling detail and

how find postscript for a Unicode character.

Now I've written a program that takes minimally marked-up text and formats it as a Postscript file. I take the generated Postscript file and send igtto a Postscript orinter using xpp. That works fine for most of the text I have to print The minimal markup notation is pure nonstandard hackery. I

Re: vdrift package

Op donderdag 30 augustus 2007 21:41, schreef Celejar: > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:32:56 +0200 > > Rody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > since the 40r1 release debian has deleted the vdrift package from their > > repo's. does anyone still have these packages for me to download or know > > how i can recre

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/30/07 15:15, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: [snip] > >>> While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just >>> semantics, there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be >>> used t

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: > [snip] > >> While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics, >> there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be used the same as a >> root account on any Debian relea

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:03:17 -0400 Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 30 August 2007, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics, > > > there is a true root account on Ubuntu

Bluetooth mouse not connecting using Lenny

Hi List, Since my upgrade to Lenny, my mouse doesn't connect automatically anymore. To get my mouse working, I have to remove my USB bluetooth dongle and put it back. I've compared the modules before and after but everything is the same. Any one a suggestion what's going wrong? Kind regards,

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

On Thursday 30 August 2007, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: > [snip] > > > While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics, > > there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be used the same as > > a root account on any Debian release. The only diffe

question about DROP in NIC interface

Hi all When I type netstat -i there is number in RX-DRP but RX-ERR is 0 ls it normal? how is problem to make this RX-DRP router> netstat -i Kernel Interface table RX-ERR RX-DRP 0 1365203 0 2556544 0 17805602 Thank you for your help

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: [snip] > > While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics, > there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be used the same as a > root account on any Debian release. The only difference

Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:27:56 +0530 "Masatran, R. Deepak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, > but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen > is locked with a screen-saver. > > I am using Debian 4.

Re: vdrift package

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:32:56 +0200 Rody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > since the 40r1 release debian has deleted the vdrift package from their > repo's. does anyone still have these packages for me to download or know how > i can recreate te deb file from my installed version? > > > -- > To UNS

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Britton Kerin wrote: > I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would like to switch > it to pure debian. Is there a standard way to do this that someone > could point me to? There is no standard way. Fresh reinstall is perhaps the closest

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

On Thursday 30 August 2007, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 10:19:06AM -0800, Britton Kerin wrote: > > I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would like to > > switch it to pure debian. Is there a standard way to do this that > > someone could point me to? > > > > (Thou

vdrift package

since the 40r1 release debian has deleted the vdrift package from their repo's. does anyone still have these packages for me to download or know how i can recreate te deb file from my installed version? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: ssh-agent (was: using a remote IMAP server and smarthost)

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 05:58:11PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] > I don't think you need port > forwarding if you have the remote execution of msmtp working, no matter > where you are. Just add your laptop's id_*.pub identities to > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the vm. Of course. It is amazin

Re: NetworkManager help, esp. after suspend

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 12:49:46AM +0200, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 18:19 -0400, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > > > I'm a relatively new Debian user, running an up-to-date Etch on > > a ThinkPad T60. > Welcome. I am running Debian on a T60 as well and am very pleased with > i

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 10:19:06AM -0800, Britton Kerin wrote: > > I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would like to switch > it to pure debian. Is there a standard way to do this that someone > could point me to? > > (Though I will

Re: kde panels !

On 08/30/2007 10:53 AM, Rick wrote: have the typical kde panel below to launch my apps, and applets, virtual desktop HOWEVER, its getting crowded... I would like to do the following "IF Possible" is there a way to add a new panel, and have it display only "Open Windows or Open Apps"... ag

Re: hdparm configuration help

Joris Huizer wrote: Hello, After the recent udev + hdparm problems, I'm thinking of reconfiguring hdparm (hdparm currently is not configured, just reinstalled, so I'm assuming it's currently using default settings) This is the output of `hdparm -v -i /dev/hda`: /dev/hda: multcount= 0 (

Re: Editing a text file with sed

Joe, you could also try the 'par' program, see: http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?searchon=names&version=all&exact=1&keywords=par It has a lot of options and can handle more complex documents than fmt can. Keith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

Hi. Britton Kerin, 30.08.2007 20:19: > (Though I will say that little hack where the shell tells you which > package a program is in looks pretty cute and helpful :) Not sure what you mean here, but that’s what apt-file is for. Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description:

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

Just get a debian cd (check architecture) and boot. When it asks what to do tell it to format the entire hard drive and install Debian. Or did you want to keep some aspects of Ubuntu? On 8/30/07, Britton Kerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and woul

upgrading ubuntu to debian

I just bought a computer that came with ubuntu and would like to switch it to pure debian. Is there a standard way to do this that someone could point me to? (Though I will say that little hack where the shell tells you which package a program is in looks pretty cute and helpful :) Thanks, B

USB/HID keyboard

I cannot figure out how to get input: Generic USB K/B as /class/input/input5 input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Generic USB K/B] on usb-:00:1d.1-2 to get read. I hit on the keys and nothing happens. I want to try out this second keyboard and I can't. I see the above dmesg message, but I can't make

Re: Editing a text file with sed

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joe Hart wrote: [snip] > I appreciate the answer, I didn't even know about the fmt command until now. > It does seem to work in the example, but not on the real file(s) that I am > working with. Something makes me think that these files have some

Re: Better iptables firewall

Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.6 on Mon Jun 18 09:55:18 2007 > *filter > :INPUT DROP [0:0] > :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [35639:3072343] > -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p icm

Re: X config issues

On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 10:51 -0500, Kent West wrote: > With one of the newer updates to X, Xinerama became problematic with an > Intel video chipset, which broke my dual-monitor setup (the second video > card is nVidia-based). After months of living without my dual-monitor > setup to which I had

How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?

I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen is locked with a screen-saver. I am using Debian 4.0, with GDM, and Sawfish. -- Masatran, R. Deepak -

Re: hdparm configuration help

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:08:28 -0700, Joris Huizer wrote: > Hello, > > After the recent udev + hdparm problems, I'm thinking of reconfiguring > hdparm (hdparm currently is not configured, just reinstalled, so I'm > assuming it's currently using default settings) > > > This is the output of `hdpar

Re: ssh-agent (was: using a remote IMAP server and smarthost)

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 12:59:10 +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 01:00:44AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] > > Ssh-agent is part of the openssh-client package. It should be started > > with every X session by the /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent > > script. (Se

AW: configuration center in debian?

thank you very much, chris, for pointing me to packages.debian.org! this was very helpful ( - maybe some search-time is now needed... :-) ) greetings hans > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. August 2007 18:00 > An: debian-u

[OT] revision control: git vs mercurial as replacement for bzr

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [I don't want to start a flame; just to investigate which application is best for my particular purpose. No offence intended to anyone.] I currently use bzr for revision control of mainly text (eg. LaTeX) documents and simple 'scripts' to analyse scie

Re: configuration center in debian?

On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 15:59 +0200, Johann Horwath wrote: > hello, > > is there something like a gui-configuration-center (bootloader, network, > software-(de)installation,...) in debian? > AFAIK there is no such thing as a "gui-configuration-center". There are, however, gui-tools for system manag

Re: AW: AW: configuration center in debian?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/30/07 10:33, Johann Horwath wrote: > hi ron, > > knowing all the - heavy - discussions about ubuntu versus debian i really > want to stay with debian. ;-) It's been way too long since I've used KDE. I'm pretty sure that it has more "control ce

Re: All New rc2.d Scripts get Ignored. Debian from KNOPPIX

Bob McGowan writes: > During startup, /etc/inittab uses the /etc/init.d/rc script to run the > various scripts in the rc?.d directories. It has a commented out line for > debugging. If you uncomment it, from what I can see, it will tell you what > it's doing. It looks like this will propagate to th

kde panels !

have the typical kde panel below to launch my apps, and applets, virtual desktop HOWEVER, its getting crowded... I would like to do the following "IF Possible" is there a way to add a new panel, and have it display only "Open Windows or Open Apps"... again, the original panel is very crowde

X config issues

With one of the newer updates to X, Xinerama became problematic with an Intel video chipset, which broke my dual-monitor setup (the second video card is nVidia-based). After months of living without my dual-monitor setup to which I had become accustomed, I finally snagged another nVidia-based P

AW: Configuration center

i want to use mostly kde but also gnome. hans > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Eeltje [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. August 2007 17:02 > An: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Betreff: Configuration center > > > > It depends on your Window manager. Are you usi

AW: AW: configuration center in debian?

hi ron, knowing all the - heavy - discussions about ubuntu versus debian i really want to stay with debian. ;-) are those tools only available in/for ubuntu? where do i get them? greetings hans > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Ron Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Don

Configuration center

It depends on your Window manager. Are you using KDE, Gnome or whatever? -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: AW: configuration center in debian?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/30/07 09:45, Johann Horwath wrote: > thank you roberto for your tip - i think most of my wishes are fulfilled now > :-) > > exept: starting/stopping/configuring wifi/bluetooth and configuring > x-server. i didn't see a module in webmin during my

Re: konsole + system bell

Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 12:48:41PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > Unfortunatly for you, the computer that I'm directly attached to me is on the floor below (monitor, keyboard, and mouse cables run through the floor) so I can only hear the beep

AW: configuration center in debian?

thank you roberto for your tip - i think most of my wishes are fulfilled now :-) exept: starting/stopping/configuring wifi/bluetooth and configuring x-server. i didn't see a module in webmin during my quick-search. is there some gui-thing for those jobs? greetings hans > -Ursprüngliche

Re: CTRL-D needed

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/30/07 08:40, michael bailey wrote: > The stable release of Etch has recently been > installed on an old Abit BE6 II motherboard. The > previous system run on this board was a 2.4 Sarge. > > Whenever, Etch is booted, the boot stops at several >

Re: Garmin GPS on USB port

Bernard([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On 8/29/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Bernard wrote: > > > > > > I try to communicate with my GPS via a USB port but without success. I > > used > > > to do it with a serial c

Re: configuration center in debian?

2007/8/30, Johann Horwath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > hello, > > is there something like a gui-configuration-center (bootloader, network, > software-(de)installation,...) in debian? > > greetings > hans > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

configuration center in debian?

hello, is there something like a gui-configuration-center (bootloader, network, software-(de)installation,...) in debian? greetings hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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