Re: Debian Lenny freezes in X

2007-11-06 Thread Tobias Nissen
Hi Lars! Lars wrote: [...] > Tobias wrote: >> I have/had a similar Problem. Maybe it's the same. Does yours also >> occur if there is no network (internet) connection? > > I looked at the connection and it showed, that I create the freeze > in Xfce4 by unplugging the cable (syslog at the end, dme

Re: Apache2 Dying

2007-11-06 Thread Raquel
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:38:55 -0600 "Sergio Cuéllar Valdés" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/11/6, Raquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I give up. I've spent all day, and part of yesterday, googling > > and haven't been able to fix a thing. > > > > > > Apache stops serving pages and has to be reloade

Re: Driver loaded, now, how do I access the camera? (SOLVED)

2007-11-06 Thread Marc Shapiro
Marc Shapiro wrote: OK. I Manually downloaded the gspca-source module and did 'm-a update' and when I went through the steps it seemed to build OK, but did not load. Silly me! Once I unplugged the camera and re-plugged it in, the driver loaded just like it ought to. At least is seems to ha

Re: Minolta driver and management software for Linux

2007-11-06 Thread jekillen
Hello again: regarding this query; Hello: I am trying to set up a Minolta Magicolor QMS printer. The printer is a postscript laser printer. (The actual model number is QMS 6110 and it is dis- continued). The printer is set up to connect via ether- net. This time it is a winner. I got it going

Re: Apache2 Dying

2007-11-06 Thread Sergio Cuéllar Valdés
2007/11/6, Raquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I give up. I've spent all day, and part of yesterday, googling and > haven't been able to fix a thing. > > Apache stops serving pages and has to be reloaded. I've looked at > all the logs and can find no rhyme nor reason to its stopping. > Everything els

Apache2 Dying

2007-11-06 Thread Raquel
I give up. I've spent all day, and part of yesterday, googling and haven't been able to fix a thing. Debian Etch Apache 2.2.3-4etch1 MySQL 5.0.32 PHP 5.2.0-8+etch7 modules loaded: alias.load authz_groupfile.load cgi.load include.load php5.conf auth_basic.load authz_host.

Re: how can I trust the driver

2007-11-06 Thread Serena Cantor
Thanks! Because the driver has root permission, it can modify the system. So output by ps and other commands are not reliable. Now I intend to take the risk, after thinking over pro and con. --- Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 17:36:22 -0800 (PST) > Serena Ca

Re: how can I trust the driver

2007-11-06 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 17:36:22 -0800 (PST) Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I download the driver from sourceforge. The site promise nothing. You are fair in being paranoid about the drivers or for any other software for that matter. That is the advantage of Free Software as it allows for

Re: how can I trust the driver

2007-11-06 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
I found the commands. From the OpenBSD afterboot man page: Check the running system You can use ps(1), netstat(1), and fstat(1) to check on running process- es, network connections, and opened files, respectively. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-06 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 09:32:52PM -0500, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > > audio player: VLC > * > > desktop OR window manager: icewm > > development: vim + gnat (Ada), python. > > disc burner: k3b > e-mail client: mutt > file manager: mc > ftp client: mc, wget, rsync > image viewer:

Re: creative zen management with command-line interface

2007-11-06 Thread ajm
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 08:01:43AM -0800, David Fox wrote: > On Oct 21, 2007 2:43 PM, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been searching without success for a command-line tool to > > manage a Creative Zen mp3 player. > > > > The only Creative Zen management tool for Linux which

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-06 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: It is not clear as to whether we should reply to you personally or post it on the d-u list. So I will just post it to the list... > > audio player: amarok > * > > cd-ripper: k3b > * > > desktop OR window manager: KDE > > development: vim + gcc + gdb > > di

Re: Basic SELinux Question

2007-11-06 Thread Klein Moebius
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-06-15 11:33:55 -0500]: > I know that Democrats confuse Reagan and Nixon on a regular basis, but it > actually was Reagan quoting a Russian proverb. > Or, more precisely, Reagan's speechwriters. -- Regards, Klein. A black cat crossing your path signifies

Re: how can I trust the driver

2007-11-06 Thread Serena Cantor
I download the driver from sourceforge. The site promise nothing. --- Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 11/06/07 18:59, Serena Cantor wrote: > > I just download a driver, compile and install it, it works on > > sarge. > > > > But how

Re: debian 4.0 can't detect PCMCIA lan card

2007-11-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 11:01:24AM +0900, babynewton wrote: > Hi. > I have one problem while installing debian 4.0 on tecra530cdt with > PCMCIA lancard. > I used floppy image to install because cd rom drive is not available. > Installer detected PCMCIA card and completed installation on PCMCIA lanc

Re: Minolta driver and management software for Linux

2007-11-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 04:22:46PM -0800, jekillen wrote: > Hello: > I am trying to set up a Minolta Magicolor QMS printer. > The printer is a postscript laser printer. > (The actual model number is QMS 6110 and it is dis- > continued). The printer is set up to connect via ether- > net. > I obtaine

Re: Minolta driver and management software for Linux

2007-11-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 09:21:57PM -0800, jekillen wrote: > Yes, I believe I do have the ppd file, it was with the software for the > Mac OSX > set up. Where would I put the file? (a particular directory for that? > Mac does have > a dedicated dir for those files). > thank you for your response.

Re: Could not find nfs package

2007-11-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 11:04:55AM +1100, hce wrote: > Hi, > > I got an error "E: Couldn't find package nfs" while trying to install > nfs server by calling "apt-get install nfs". Is the nfs wrong nfs > server package name? Obviously. Try the following: apt-cache search nfs | less man apt-cache

Re: fglrx upgrade to 8.42.3

2007-11-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 10:51:33AM +0100, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > You will have to stop the x-server and then restart it. In fact I had to > reboot (aaarhhh) in order for the module to install correctly. Try Instead of having to reboot, you might get away with just a dpkg-reconfigure -- Chri

Re: Which browser is better, firefox?

2007-11-06 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 08:44:05AM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > --- "Michael M. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 10:59 +1100, hce wrote: > > > Is the firefox the best browser? > > > > I can say definitively that Dillo is the best > > browser. > > > > There, that's se

Re: Why kernel 2.6.23 does not appear in sid packages?

2007-11-06 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi. Magicloud Magiclouds, 07.11.2007 02:18: >It has been a long time >Also, I think sid's packages update little these days. Does this mean > a new stable? Being a Sid user you should be subscribed to debian-devel-announce: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2007/11/msg000

Re: how can I trust the driver

2007-11-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/06/07 18:59, Serena Cantor wrote: > I just download a driver, compile and install it, it works on > sarge. > > But how can I trust it? Does it contain malicious code? I am > unable read all the source code. > > Surely I'm very paranoid, or am I

Why kernel 2.6.23 does not appear in sid packages?

2007-11-06 Thread Magicloud Magiclouds
Dear, It has been a long time Also, I think sid's packages update little these days. Does this mean a new stable? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to check tftp server is running?

2007-11-06 Thread hce
Thanks for all responses and advice. I am going to use tftpd-hpa. Thank you. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how can I trust the driver

2007-11-06 Thread Serena Cantor
I just download a driver, compile and install it, it works on sarge. But how can I trust it? Does it contain malicious code? I am unable read all the source code. Surely I'm very paranoid, or am I? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has

Re: Can't connect to local machine using ssh

2007-11-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 05:24:28AM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Micha Feigin wrote: >> Doesn't seem to be that. Also I just tried to create a new user on the >> machine >> and that user can login with no problem, only the original one (and root >> which >> seems to be enabled in the setup fi

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Allan Wind wrote: On 2007-11-06T12:53:53+0200, Micha Feigin wrote: My problem is that half the time i hit f1 instead and go into help ending up saving some change or other to the help file or something else, not sure what and go into record mode, not to mansion that pasting always gives me crazy

Re: Can't connect to local machine using ssh

2007-11-06 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Micha Feigin wrote: Doesn't seem to be that. Also I just tried to create a new user on the machine and that user can login with no problem, only the original one (and root which seems to be enabled in the setup file) can't. could this be a shell setup problem? Is there a .ssh/config file in

Re: Debian Lenny freezes in X

2007-11-06 Thread Lars
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > I kind of doubt that its a WM issue, though. I tried iceWM and in the 4 hours i was logged in, there was nothing. Again with gnome, as I have used for 10+ hours, has only frozen ones. (twice, see below) Tobias wrote: >I have/had a similar Problem. Maybe it's the sa

Re: ssh port not opening

2007-11-06 Thread Vikki Roemer
On Nov 5, 2007 4:35 PM, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 09:08:21PM +, John O Laoi wrote: > > "Looks like there's your problem. You don't have openssh-server > > installed." > > > > > > "aptitude install openssh-server > > > > > > This should solve y

Re: Can't connect to local machine using ssh

2007-11-06 Thread Micha Feigin
Doesn't seem to be that. Also I just tried to create a new user on the machine and that user can login with no problem, only the original one (and root which seems to be enabled in the setup file) can't. could this be a shell setup problem? On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:12:45 -0900 Ken Irving <[EMAIL PR

Re: Can't connect to local machine using ssh

2007-11-06 Thread Ken Irving
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 11:44:29PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > I installed openssh server and client but I still can't connect to the local > machine, neither remotely or localy > > ssh localhost > The authenticity of host 'localhost (127.0.0.1)' can't be established. > RSA key fingerprint is 86:

what is supposed to set $LANG?

2007-11-06 Thread Micha Feigin
I noticed lately that $LANG is no longer set by default on my system. Seems that it is defined correctly in /etc/defaults and when changing to root it is also defined, but it is not defined for the default user seems like some programs get confused by the lack of a default encoding thanks -- T

Can't connect to local machine using ssh

2007-11-06 Thread Micha Feigin
I installed openssh server and client but I still can't connect to the local machine, neither remotely or localy ssh localhost The authenticity of host 'localhost (127.0.0.1)' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is 86:df:53:2d:84:7e:e9:f4:8e:f8:06:ac:73:1b:05:f3. Are you sure you want to con

RE: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-06 Thread Keith O'Brien
>--} Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites; feel free to >--} add missing categories: >--} >--} audio player: * Amarok >--} >--} desktop OR window manager: * KDE >--} >--} disc burner: * K3B >--} >--} e-mail client: * gmail / thunderbird >--} >--} file manager: * Konqueror >-

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-06 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe shared this with us all: >--} Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites; feel free to >--} add missing categories: >--} >--} audio player: * Totem >--} >--} desktop OR window manager: * KDE >--} >--} disc burner: * Growisofs - Wodim >--} >--

Re: Debian Lenny freezes in X

2007-11-06 Thread Tobias Nissen
Hi Lars! Lars wrote: > I'm running Debian Lenny (kernel 2.6.22-2) on my laptop Asus > M6Ne. After 5-10 min. in X the system freezes up (or part of it). Does the screen also blank or does it just freeze? I have/had a similar Problem. Maybe it's the same. Does yours also occur if there is no netwo

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread BartlebyScrivener
On Nov 6, 11:30 am, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:10:50PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: > > Using vi requires you to keep track of the editor's state in your head -- > > you have to remember whether it's in input mode or command mode. I've > > never been abl

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
Oh, apparently we're taking this seriously... ;) On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:24:55PM -0500, Vikki Roemer wrote: I'm piggybacking your reply, thanks for doing most of the typing Vikki :-P > On 11/6/07, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's a template where you can fill in your

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-06 Thread Vikki Roemer
On 11/6/07, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites; feel free to > add missing categories: > > audio player: xmms or moc > > cd-ripper: cdparanoia > > desktop OR window manager: fluxbox > > e-mail client: mutt > > file manager: gen

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Nov 6, 2007 9:30 AM, Allan Wind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-11-06T12:53:53+0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > My problem is that half the time i hit f1 instead and go into help ending up > > saving some change or other to the help file or something else, not sure > > what > > and go into re

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:15:18PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites; feel free to > add missing categories: > > audio editor: > * > > > audio player: > * moc > > cd-ripper: > * jack (the ripper not the audio server) > > desktop OR wi

Re: Debian Lenny freezes in X

2007-11-06 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Nov 6, 2007 9:59 AM, Lars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > I'm running Debian Lenny (kernel 2.6.22-2) on my laptop Asus > M6Ne. After 5-10 min. in X the system freezes up (or > part of it). When it happens, the keyboard and hotkeys stops > responding. But the usb mouse/touchpad still works, >

RE: Syslog Server on Debian Etch ***SOLVED***

2007-11-06 Thread Joel Roberts
I found the answer, in the Report Settings on the NetScreen firewall, I had the syslog reporting going to LOCAL0 instead of LOCAL7. When I changed it to LOCAL7, the file I specified started receiving the messages. Thanks for the input on getting syslog up and running correctly. -Original Mess

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Allan Wind
On 2007-11-06T12:53:53+0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > My problem is that half the time i hit f1 instead and go into help ending up > saving some change or other to the help file or something else, not sure what > and go into record mode, not to mansion that pasting always gives me crazy > indentations

RE: Syslog Server on Debian Etch

2007-11-06 Thread Joel Roberts
Syslog was working fine on the clients, I had it installed to a diff linux server and was trying to move it over. The issue was the location of the sysklogd file. The walkthough I found told me to modify the /etc/init.d/sysklogd file, when it should have been the /etc/default/syslogd file. The sy

Re: The problem with modern hardware... (Re: Programmers Text Editor)

2007-11-06 Thread David Brodbeck
On Nov 6, 2007, at 4:04 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/06/07 04:53, Micha Feigin wrote: [snip] Personally I prefer emacs, but it takes longer to load and I am still looking Modern machines are so fast that the younger generations of geeks don't

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:10:50PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: > I think it comes down to personal taste. I just can't get the hang of vi. > I use it when I have to, but after years of using it off and on I still do > things like accidentally insert 127 copies of the letter 'a' into my file.

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-06 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Nov 6, 2007 3:15 AM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites; feel free to > add missing categories: Is it already that time of year? This is always fun, thanks for doing it, Tshepang. > audio editor: Audacity > audio player: A

Re: Driver loaded, now, how do I access the camera? (WAS: Re: Intel Deluxe PC Camera )

2007-11-06 Thread John Schmidt
On Tuesday 06 November 2007, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > So my drivers seem to be loaded. Now, how do I access the camera, so > that I can capture an image to be processed? I am currently thinking of > using opencv through either C/C++ or Python. How would I access the > camera to generate an image

Re: Which browser is better, firefox?

2007-11-06 Thread joseph lockhart
--- "Michael M. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 10:59 +1100, hce wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is the firefox the best browser? > > > I can say definitively that Dillo is the best > browser. > > There, that's settled. > is it, Dillo is good, but i think Lynx is faster (

Re: Driver loaded, now, how do I access the camera? (WAS: Re: Intel Deluxe PC Camera )

2007-11-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 11:00:42PM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: >> > OK. I Manually downloaded the gspca-source module and did 'm-a update' and > when I went through the steps it seemed to build OK, but did not load. > Silly me! Once I unplugged the camera and re-plugged it in, the driver >

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:15:18PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites; feel free to > add missing categories: Oh, this is too easy: ... > desktop OR window manager: > * /usr/bin/x-window-manager > terminal emulator: /usr/bin/x-terminal-e

Re: 2006 results for debian-user's favourite FLOSS

2007-11-06 Thread David Fox
On Nov 6, 2007 2:51 AM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last year (and the year before) I asked debian-user which of the > thousands of available FLOSS was their favourite. I 'd like to do the > same for this year (on another mail, so hurry not with your picks). oh - in that case

Re: Debian Lenny freezes in X

2007-11-06 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 03:59:25PM +0100, Lars wrote: > I normally use Xfce4, but I read on bugs.debian.org something > regarding freeze and audio. So yesterday I started using Gnome to > have a stable X until the other problem got solved. But now I > experienced a freeze, similar to the Xfce4. So

Re: Could not find nfs package

2007-11-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 12:32:31PM +0100, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 02:17:10PM +1100, hce wrote: > >> I am from FC where > >> installation of packages are different to Debian. > >> > > > > welcome to the dark side > > should read: >

Re: List of packages on a Debian / Ubuntu system

2007-11-06 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure I am overlooking something, but after scouring the dpkg documentation, I cannot find the options that tell me a list of all packages that are installed on my system and the time/date on which they were installed and/or updated. What I am looking for is someth

Re: Debian Lenny freezes in X

2007-11-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 03:59:25PM +0100, Lars wrote: > > Hi > I'm running Debian Lenny (kernel 2.6.22-2) on my laptop Asus > M6Ne. After 5-10 min. in X the system freezes up (or > part of it). ... > I normally use Xfce4, but I read on bugs.debian.org something > regarding freeze and audio. So yes

Re: creative zen management with command-line interface

2007-11-06 Thread David Fox
On Oct 21, 2007 2:43 PM, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been searching without success for a command-line tool to > manage a Creative Zen mp3 player. > > The only Creative Zen management tool for Linux which I have > discovered thus far is gnomad2 (version 2.8.12-2 currently

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Pavel SRB
Richard wrote: Looking to get into programming for linux, would like to do: Java, Perl & Lisp What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too. (please no: emacs or vi (or command line apps) wanting something th

Re: Syslog Server on Debian Etch

2007-11-06 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 08:05:39AM -0700, Joel Roberts wrote: > I'm trying to configure a syslog server on Debian Etch, but so far the > only walkthrough I've found is for Debian Sarge. The walkthrough says to > modify the /etc/init.d/sysklogd file at the line that says: SYSLOGD="" > and change it

Fwd: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-06 Thread David Fox
Oops sorry I wanted to post to the list. -- Forwarded message -- From: David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Nov 6, 2007 7:21 AM Subject: Re: what's your favourite FLOSS? To: Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Nov 6, 2007 3:15 AM, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Debian Lenny freezes in X

2007-11-06 Thread Lars
Hi I'm running Debian Lenny (kernel 2.6.22-2) on my laptop Asus M6Ne. After 5-10 min. in X the system freezes up (or part of it). When it happens, the keyboard and hotkeys stops responding. But the usb mouse/touchpad still works, although I can't change desktop, focus windows and etc. Half the tim

Syslog Server on Debian Etch

2007-11-06 Thread Joel Roberts
I'm trying to configure a syslog server on Debian Etch, but so far the only walkthrough I've found is for Debian Sarge. The walkthrough says to modify the /etc/init.d/sysklogd file at the line that says: SYSLOGD="" and change it to SYSLOGD="-r -m0" There is no such line in the sysklogd file. I

Re: hello

2007-11-06 Thread Kent West
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 02:42:23PM +, Live session user wrote: I have Windows XP and i have install Debian from pendrivelinux.com with "LaunchPDL", but only run in "safe mode", not in "Live"... in "Live" i see many - many "lost interrupt" messages... why? I wa

Re: How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)

2007-11-06 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 07:43:29AM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071106 06:42]: > > In the documentation of `sort' I couldn't find the possibility of ignoring > > digits. I have a document that contains names and phone numbers and I wish > > to > > sort i

RE: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Emre Sevinc
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Tyler Smith > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 2:41 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Programmers Text Editor > > On 2007-11-05, BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I

Re: How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)

2007-11-06 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071106 06:42]: > In the documentation of `sort' I couldn't find the possibility of ignoring > digits. I have a document that contains names and phone numbers and I wish to > sort it by names. The `-k' option doesn't seem to help because names and > numbers ar

Re: How to check tftp server is running?

2007-11-06 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
hce wrote: On 11/6/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 04:21:31PM +1100, hce wrote: On 11/6/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:32:47PM +1100, hce wrote: On 11/6/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: hello

2007-11-06 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 02:42:23PM +, Live session user wrote: > I have Windows XP and i have install Debian from pendrivelinux.com with > "LaunchPDL", but only run in "safe mode", not in "Live"... > > in "Live" i see many - many "lost interrupt" messages... > > why? > > I wait for your ans

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-11-05, BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have to work on both Windows and Debian, and Vim works in both > places. Getting Emacs to run on Windows is a pain in the neck. > It used to be that Xemacs was easier than Emacs to get running on Windows, but the new Emacs22 is supp

hello

2007-11-06 Thread Live session user
hello, I have Windows XP and i have install Debian from pendrivelinux.com with "LaunchPDL", but only run in "safe mode", not in "Live"... in "Live" i see many - many "lost interrupt" messages... why? I wait for your answer...(if you want)... thanks a lot... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

How to sort ignoring digits? (was: Contacts printing)

2007-11-06 Thread Rodolfo Medina
In the documentation of `sort' I couldn't find the possibility of ignoring digits. I have a document that contains names and phone numbers and I wish to sort it by names. The `-k' option doesn't seem to help because names and numbers are not in definite fields. Any help appreciated Rodolfo --

Re: List of packages on a Debian / Ubuntu system

2007-11-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/06/07 03:27, Ivan Glushkov wrote: > dpkg -l | grep ii > > will do the job A more effective variant is: COLUMNS=120 dpkg -l | grep ii > Cheers, > Ivan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I'm sure I am overlooking something, but after scour

The problem with modern hardware... (Re: Programmers Text Editor)

2007-11-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/06/07 04:53, Micha Feigin wrote: [snip] > > Personally I prefer emacs, but it takes longer to load and I am still looking Modern machines are so fast that the younger generations of geeks don't know the real joy of vi-users bashing emacs becaus

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/05/07 19:51, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 11/05/07 17:40, BartlebyScrivener wrote: >>> On Nov 5, 5:30 pm, "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon,

Re: Could not find nfs package

2007-11-06 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 02:17:10PM +1100, hce wrote: >> I am from FC where >> installation of packages are different to Debian. >> > > welcome to the dark side should read: welcome from the dark side or welcome

Re: How to check tftp server is running?

2007-11-06 Thread Gabriel Parrondo
El mar, 06-11-2007 a las 20:51 +1100, hce escribió: [...] > > Thanks Andrew, you are indeed so helpful. > > Fow anyone who knows debian, please help me the following: > > In FC6, the tftp script is in xinetd.d, I can call xinetd restart to > include tftp service. > > In Debian, I could not find

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 01:03:45 -0700 Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 5, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > David Brodbeck wrote: > >> Using vi requires you to keep track of the > >> editor's state in your head -- you have to remember whether it's in > >> input mode or comman

2006 results for debian-user's favourite FLOSS

2007-11-06 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Last year (and the year before) I asked debian-user which of the thousands of available FLOSS was their favourite. I 'd like to do the same for this year (on another mail, so hurry not with your picks). Here's last year's results: audio editor: * audacity (8) -> 2005 winner audio player: * xmms

Re: salome in debian etch

2007-11-06 Thread Mauro Darida
On Tuesday 06 November 2007 00:19, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > What is salome? www.salome-platform.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: salome in debian etch

2007-11-06 Thread Mauro Darida
On Tuesday 06 November 2007 00:34, Roberto Nicolini wrote: > Expecially if the installer you have is trying to replace Etch versions of > the dependencies with its own verions, wich may well equal to break your > Etch system. Its own versions are installed in its own directory, they don't replace

Re: How to check tftp server is running?

2007-11-06 Thread hce
On 11/6/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 04:21:31PM +1100, hce wrote: > > On 11/6/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:32:47PM +1100, hce wrote: > > > > On 11/6/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: List of packages on a Debian / Ubuntu system

2007-11-06 Thread Ivan Glushkov
dpkg -l | grep ii will do the job Cheers, Ivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure I am overlooking something, but after scouring the dpkg documentation, I cannot find the options that tell me a list of all packages that are installed on my system and the time/date on which they

Re: disable mounting of bogus CD device on Toshiba USB stick?

2007-11-06 Thread Paul Wise
They are two separate devices, the cdrom one is not writable, and k3b can't burn stuff to it either. Hopefully the U3 uninstaller will work. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: disable mounting of bogus CD device on Toshiba USB stick?

2007-11-06 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 21:19 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > What you have appears to be one of those U3 drives. Visit > http://www.u3.com/uninstall and you will find an uninstall utility using > which you can disable the cdrom 'feature'. Unfortunately, the > uninstaller runs only on windows,

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Nate Duehr
On Nov 5, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Steve Lamb wrote: David Brodbeck wrote: Using vi requires you to keep track of the editor's state in your head -- you have to remember whether it's in input mode or command mode. I've never been able to do that reliably. Neither have I. However I did learn

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Nate Duehr
On Nov 5, 2007, at 4:10 PM, David Brodbeck wrote: I think it comes down to personal taste. I just can't get the hang of vi. I use it when I have to, but after years of using it off and on I still do things like accidentally insert 127 copies of the letter 'a' into my file. If you do th