Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-13 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Nov 13, 2007 9:52 PM, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, I agree with you and the others about the value of the poll. I > like seeing what others, especially those who are much more experienced > and knowledgeable than I, use and recommend. Thanks much... -- my place on the web: flos

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-13 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Nov 13, 2007 10:37 PM, Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2007 12:22 AM, Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> mathematics: > >>> > >> R, g++, Octave > >> > > > > g++? > > > > > yes, g++ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ g++ -v > Using built

Re: Locale Problem

2007-11-13 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 09:18:49PM -0800, Jeff Grossman wrote: > I get the following error messages whenever I update or install a program > with aptitude: > > perl: warning: Setting locale failed. > perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: >LANGUAGE = "en_US", >LC_AL

Re: Locale Problem

2007-11-13 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 09:18:49PM -0800, Jeff Grossman wrote: > I get the following error messages whenever I update or install a program > with aptitude: > > perl: warning: Setting locale failed. > perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: [snip] The simplest thing would be to set

Re: Request information

2007-11-13 Thread s. keeling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I want to leave windows and start with linux so I need some > assistance. Which Intel mother board I can use (last models) and I've never considered Linux (any flavour) to have any problem with stock PC hardware. It's what Linus built it for. Whiz-bang

Re: 64 bits or 32 bits? How to define?

2007-11-13 Thread s. keeling
Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Pantor wrote: > > > > anybody can tell me how to define is my system 64 bits or 32 bits? > > what do you really mean by `system' ? hardware ? or kernel ? Don't you mean CPU? If the CPU's 64 bit, and the Debian installer has any clue (and we chose the right

Locale Problem

2007-11-13 Thread Jeff Grossman
I get the following error messages whenever I update or install a program with aptitude: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = "en_US", LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8", LANG = "en_US" are supported and install

Re: Obsolete Packages

2007-11-13 Thread Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman wrote: I just ran 'aptitude update' and noticed in Aptitude there is a section called "Obsolete and Locally Created Packages". How come it would list "linux-image-2.6.22-2-k7" as obsolete? Isn't that my kernel? I am running Testing. It is also listing: g++-4.2 gcc-4.2 linux-

Re: chmod 670

2007-11-13 Thread s. keeling
Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Is there some reason why you would "chmod 670" and not "chmod 770"? To cause filesystem breakage? :-) It's not a bright thing to do. Users do a lot of not bright things. We should know what's going to happen when they do this. It's interesting pheno

Re: chmod 670

2007-11-13 Thread s. keeling
Owen Townend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 13:25 -0300, Patricio Rojo wrote: > > > > I recently noticed that strange things happen if you do 'chmod 670' on > > a directory that you own, and whose group is set to one you belong. > > > > - If you try 'ls', then its contents ar

Re: Compiling .deb from source with additional parameters?

2007-11-13 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 02:29 +, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:31:06 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to be able to compile a package from source (ghemical, FWIW) so > > that I can add so additional parameters not normally included which will > > en

Obsolete Packages

2007-11-13 Thread Jeff Grossman
I just ran 'aptitude update' and noticed in Aptitude there is a section called "Obsolete and Locally Created Packages". How come it would list "linux-image-2.6.22-2-k7" as obsolete? Isn't that my kernel? I am running Testing. It is also listing: g++-4.2 gcc-4.2 linux-headers-2.6.22-2 linux

Re: any pages listing text mode resolutions of video cards?

2007-11-13 Thread s. keeling
Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > However, I'd like to be able to know what text mode a card supports > the next time I buy a video card in case I don't want to use > framebuffer mode. Find a machine with that card, boot from a live CD, give it vga=ask for a kernel boot parm, and test. I bel

Re: Request information

2007-11-13 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Nov 13, 2007 1:21 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to leave windows and start with linux so I need some assistance. > Which Intel mother board I can use (last models) and which cpu? I own > a new matrox millenium p650 pci express graphic card: is that supported? All x86 CPUs work fine w

Re: chmod 670

2007-11-13 Thread Owen Townend
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 12:49 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 07:22:45AM +1100, Owen Townend wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 13:25 -0300, Patricio Rojo wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I don't know whether this is a bug or it is expected behavior. If > > > this is

Re: Request information

2007-11-13 Thread Owen Townend
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 21:21 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to leave windows and start with linux so I need some assistance. Which > Intel mother board I can use (last models) and which cpu? I own a new matrox > millenium p650 pci express graphic card: is that supported? > Thank You for

Re: Compiling .deb from source with additional parameters?

2007-11-13 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:31:06 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to be able to compile a package from source (ghemical, FWIW) so > that I can add so additional parameters not normally included which will > enhance the app for my purposes. The enhancements are part of the > upstream

Re: chmod 670

2007-11-13 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Patricio Rojo wrote: Hi, I don't know whether this is a bug or it is expected behavior. If this is a bug I would appreciate someone telling me who to report it to:D... I recently noticed that strange things happen if you do 'chmod 670' on a directory that you own, and whose group is set t

Re: lprng + magicfilter + hpijs => hp deskjet 680c

2007-11-13 Thread Javier Vasquez
On Nov 7, 2007 9:11 PM, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Javier Vasquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 11/4/07, Javier Vasquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > ... > > Please, what does "I can't get to use" mean? Error messages? Log > entries? See /var/log for the latter. The error i

Re: Compiling .deb from source with additional parameters?

2007-11-13 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 01:06 +0100, Davide Mancusi wrote: > Kenward Vaughan ha scritto: > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to be able to compile a package from source (ghemical, FWIW) so > > that I can add so additional parameters not normally included which will > > enhance the app for my purposes. The en

Re: Request information

2007-11-13 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:21:56 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to leave windows and start with linux so I need some assistance. Which > Intel mother board I can use (last models) and which cpu? I own a new matrox > millenium p650 pci express graphic card: is that supported? > Thank You for

Re: Charging iPod / Listening to music

2007-11-13 Thread Jamin W. Collins
steve wrote: > > I am curious to know what computer, desktop or laptop provides power to > accessories when the power supply is switched off... None of mine do? My Shuttle XPC SN95G5 does. -- Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: Compiling .deb from source with additional parameters?

2007-11-13 Thread Davide Mancusi
Kenward Vaughan ha scritto: Hi, I'd like to be able to compile a package from source (ghemical, FWIW) so that I can add so additional parameters not normally included which will enhance the app for my purposes. The enhancements are part of the upstream distribution (an interface with GAMESS).

Compiling .deb from source with additional parameters?

2007-11-13 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Hi, I'd like to be able to compile a package from source (ghemical, FWIW) so that I can add so additional parameters not normally included which will enhance the app for my purposes. The enhancements are part of the upstream distribution (an interface with GAMESS). Is there a way to do this usin

Request information

2007-11-13 Thread riccardo . bertarelli
I want to leave windows and start with linux so I need some assistance. Which Intel mother board I can use (last models) and which cpu? I own a new matrox millenium p650 pci express graphic card: is that supported? Thank You for helping. My best regards. Riccardo Bertarelli Inviato dal disposi

Re: Convert .OGG to .MPEG or .SWF

2007-11-13 Thread Alejandro Aguila Sáinz
That worked for .mpg :) but any idea to convert to .avi or .swf? Thanks! On 11/13/07, Stefano Sabatini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On date Monday 2007-11-12 22:45:54 -0600, Alejandro Aguila Sáinz wrote: > > Hi, I'm trying to convert a .OGG formated video that I've created using > > gtk-recordmy

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-13 Thread Martin Waller
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: On Nov 11, 2007 12:22 AM, Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: mathematics: R, g++, Octave g++? yes, g++ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ g++ -v Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-

Re: NVIDIA card & lenny

2007-11-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Tue November 13 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: > If the installer finishes without errors and nevertheless your X will > not start then we need to see the output of > > egrep '^\((EE|WW)\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log installing the headers got me to finish teh NVIDIA...run, but X still didn't start. $ e

Re: how to generate a graphical call graph

2007-11-13 Thread Michael Marsh
On Nov 13, 2007 4:08 PM, cs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was looking for a tool that would generate a graphical call graph (aka > SGI's old Speedshop tools) but couldn't find anything appropriate in > 'etch'. ie for a given Fortran code that has numerous subroutines I > wish to know what calls w

Re: NVIDIA card & lenny

2007-11-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Tue November 13 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > is that enough info? > > Yes, it is. Install the gcc-4.1 package if it is not on your system > already. Then run > > export CC=gcc-4.1 well, it went further insto the process, but still bombed out at the nvidia.ko : -> Performing CC version check

Re: How to configure Compiz Fusion without CCSM

2007-11-13 Thread Bogdan Marian
Jasminko Dedic wrote: Hi, Simple-ccsm is not needed. The regular ccsm can be used in Debian Etch. You just have to disable the check for pygtk and then comment or remove the lines that cause errors. It is explained in more detail in a HowTo here: http://www.dd.chalmers.se/~jasminko/ccsm_etch.h

how to generate a graphical call graph

2007-11-13 Thread cs
I was looking for a tool that would generate a graphical call graph (aka SGI's old Speedshop tools) but couldn't find anything appropriate in 'etch'. ie for a given Fortran code that has numerous subroutines I wish to know what calls what (eg via gprof) but also to get a graphical representation (

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-13 Thread Martin Waller
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: On Nov 11, 2007 12:22 AM, Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: mathematics: R, g++, Octave g++? yes, g++ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ g++ -v Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++

Re: NVIDIA card & lenny

2007-11-13 Thread Bogdan Marian
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 14:44:33 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: [...] it seems envy isn't supported yet in lenny, and I can't get the NVIDIA*.run to work. it complained about GCC versions ( I don't remember the exact text). [...] I have this card: "nVid

Re: chmod 670

2007-11-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 07:22:45AM +1100, Owen Townend wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 13:25 -0300, Patricio Rojo wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I don't know whether this is a bug or it is expected behavior. If > > this is a bug I would appreciate someone telling me who to report it > > to:D... > >

Re: NVIDIA card & lenny

2007-11-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 14:44:33 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: [...] > > > it seems envy isn't supported yet in lenny, and I can't get the > > > NVIDIA*.run to work. it complained about GCC versions ( I don't remember > > > the exact text). [...] > > > I have this card: > > >  "nVidia Corporati

Re: chmod 670

2007-11-13 Thread Owen Townend
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 13:25 -0300, Patricio Rojo wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know whether this is a bug or it is expected behavior. If > this is a bug I would appreciate someone telling me who to report it > to:D... > > > I recently noticed that strange things happen if you do 'chmod 670' on

Re: Clamav (was Re: Apache2 Still Dying (Solved!))

2007-11-13 Thread Raquel
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:40:21 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 10:49:54AM -0800, Raquel wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:36:46 -0800 > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Were you actually using php5-clamav or was it

Re: docx files

2007-11-13 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:12:35 +0200 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 06:24:06PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > Other people know I no longer use Windows which has cut the requests I > > receive for free support to ZERO! I like that. :-) > > Ha, ha :) I know

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-13 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:25:57 +0200 "Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 11, 2007 2:05 AM, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think you should, in the future, include a 'backup' category. > > That shouldn't have limited you since I asked that you may your own > category

Re: NVIDIA card & lenny

2007-11-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Tue November 13 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > it seems envy isn't supported yet in lenny, and I can't get the > > NVIDIA*.run to work. it complained about GCC versions ( I don't remember > > the exact text). > > We need to see the exact text; there is no point in wasting our time > guessing. J

Re: 64 bits or 32 bits? How to define?

2007-11-13 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, what do you really mean by `system' ? hardware ? or kernel ? Jerome Pantor wrote: Hi, anybody can tell me how to define is my system 64 bits or 32 bits? Thanks in advance. Andrius -- Jerome BENOIT jgmbenoit_at_mailsnare_dot_net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: Clamav (was Re: Apache2 Still Dying (Solved!))

2007-11-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 10:49:54AM -0800, Raquel wrote: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:36:46 -0800 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 07:16:49AM -0800, Raquel wrote: > > > On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:56:45 -0800 > > > Raquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >

Re: 64 bits or 32 bits? How to define?

2007-11-13 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le Tuesday 13 November 2007 20:17:35 Pantor, vous avez écrit : > Hi, > > anybody can tell me how to define is my system 64 bits or 32 bits? > Thanks in advance. > > Andrius Use file on a binary for example : $ file /bin/bash /bin/bash: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/L

Re: Network management, both ethernet and wireless

2007-11-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 10:22:58AM -0800, ispmarin wrote: > On Nov 13, 3:50 pm, Andrew Sackville-West > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:08:01AM -0800, ispmarin wrote: > > > Hello all. > > > > > I´ve just installed debian lenny (amd64) on my macbook, and since this > > > is

64 bits or 32 bits? How to define?

2007-11-13 Thread Pantor
Hi, anybody can tell me how to define is my system 64 bits or 32 bits? Thanks in advance. Andrius -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lossless rotation in konqueror

2007-11-13 Thread H.S.
Ken Irving wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 10:29:26AM -0500, H.S. wrote: >> Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: >>> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:05:53 -0500 >>> "H.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi, When I rotate an image in Konqueror, is the rotation lossless? I have a few gigs of phot

Re: NVIDIA card & lenny

2007-11-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 11:26:48 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > I just did the dist-upgrade to Lenny ( I love a challenge:) > when it came up after a reboot, of course it went to the text login prompt, > no > KDM. I'm used to that, this is my 2nd DELL desktop running linux with NVIDIA > graphic

Clamav (was Re: Apache2 Still Dying (Solved!))

2007-11-13 Thread Raquel
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:36:46 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 07:16:49AM -0800, Raquel wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:56:45 -0800 > > Raquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I ran mtest86+ and the memory checked out ... no errors. > > > > > >

Re: Network management, both ethernet and wireless

2007-11-13 Thread ispmarin
On Nov 13, 3:50 pm, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:08:01AM -0800, ispmarin wrote: > > Hello all. > > > I´ve just installed debian lenny (amd64) on my macbook, and since this > > is my first time as a notebook user, I would like to hear your ways to > >

Re: using mail in scripts

2007-11-13 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 05:56:59PM +, cs wrote: > On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 21:54 +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > If I recall correctly, single quote dumps values literally. You might > > want to use doublt quotes for the value of ${0} to be substituted, > > though I am not 100% sure that that will

Re: Convert .OGG to .MPEG or .SWF

2007-11-13 Thread Alejandro Aguila Sáinz
That worked! Thank you so much Stefano and everyone! On 11/13/07, Stefano Sabatini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On date Monday 2007-11-12 22:45:54 -0600, Alejandro Aguila Sáinz wrote: > > Hi, I'm trying to convert a .OGG formated video that I've created using > > gtk-recordmydesktop , the only w

Re: using mail in scripts

2007-11-13 Thread cs
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 21:54 +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:32:39PM +, cs wrote: > > #!/bin/bash -x > > TEMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/chk_procs_XXX` > > trap 'date|mail -s "$0 error" [EMAIL PROTECTED];echo Error - aborting;\ > > exit' ERR > > > > ### only allow one instance of

Re: Out-Of-Sync Synaptic

2007-11-13 Thread Travis Crook
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:47:48 +0100 Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 07:45:35AM -0700, Travis Crook > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > >> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:28:54 + > >> Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Out-Of-Sync Synaptic

2007-11-13 Thread Travis Crook
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:50:13 -0800 Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 07:45:35AM -0700, Travis Crook > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:28:54 + > > Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Travis Crook wrote: > > > > Hi A

Re: Network management, both ethernet and wireless

2007-11-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:08:01AM -0800, ispmarin wrote: > Hello all. > > I´ve just installed debian lenny (amd64) on my macbook, and since this > is my first time as a notebook user, I would like to hear your ways to > control connectivity. I have two different ethernet connections, home > and w

qmail + anti-virus + anti-spam

2007-11-13 Thread Vicente Vives
Hello, I'm migrating an old mail server (qmail) to a new server (new hw). I want to add some anti-spam and anti-virus filter to qmail. I'm thinking about two solutions: - Qmail-ldap + qmail-scanner+clamav+spamassassin - Qmail-ldap + clamsmtp + spampd + iptables What do you think about it? Do yo

Re: using mail in scripts

2007-11-13 Thread Ken Irving
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:32:39PM +, cs wrote: > Folks, I have a bash script and I wanted to be able to catch a situation > and then send an email to the user flagging this. However, the -s to > `mail` doesn't allow spaces and I cannot work out, despite several > attempts, how to escape/quote

Re: using mail in scripts

2007-11-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:32:39PM +, cs wrote: > Folks, I have a bash script and I wanted to be able to catch a situation > and then send an email to the user flagging this. However, the -s to > `mail` doesn't allow spaces and I cannot work out, despite several > attempts, how to escape/quote

Re: Out-Of-Sync Synaptic

2007-11-13 Thread Sven Joachim
Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 07:45:35AM -0700, Travis Crook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: >> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:28:54 + >> Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Do apt and aptitude also show evince as not installed? ie >> > >> >$

Re: Convert .OGG to .MPEG or .SWF

2007-11-13 Thread Stefano Sabatini
On date Monday 2007-11-12 22:45:54 -0600, Alejandro Aguila Sáinz wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to convert a .OGG formated video that I've created using > gtk-recordmydesktop , the only way I found in google was using ffmpeg, but > it not working, when I put ' ffmpeg -i myvideo.ogg myvideo.mpeg ' I got >

chmod 670

2007-11-13 Thread Patricio Rojo
Hi, I don't know whether this is a bug or it is expected behavior. If this is a bug I would appreciate someone telling me who to report it to:D... I recently noticed that strange things happen if you do 'chmod 670' on a directory that you own, and whose group is set to one you belong. - I

Re: using mail in scripts

2007-11-13 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 03:32:39PM +, cs wrote: > #!/bin/bash -x > TEMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/chk_procs_XXX` > trap 'date|mail -s "$0 error" [EMAIL PROTECTED];echo Error - aborting;\ > exit' ERR > > ### only allow one instance of this per user to run at a given time > ps -elf|grep $0|grep -v grep >

Re: Apache2 Still Dying (Solved!)

2007-11-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 07:16:49AM -0800, Raquel wrote: > On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:56:45 -0800 > Raquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I ran mtest86+ and the memory checked out ... no errors. > > > > I ran strace /usr/sbin/apache2 and can see no errors. > > > > I have googled until my eyes are re

Re: lossless rotation in konqueror

2007-11-13 Thread Ken Irving
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 10:29:26AM -0500, H.S. wrote: > Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:05:53 -0500 > > "H.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> When I rotate an image in Konqueror, is the rotation lossless? > >> > >> I have a few gigs of photos which I cannot im

Re: Out-Of-Sync Synaptic

2007-11-13 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 07:45:35AM -0700, Travis Crook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:28:54 + > Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Travis Crook wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > I've noticed that the list of installed software that > > > Synaptic tells me a

NVIDIA card & lenny

2007-11-13 Thread Paul Cartwright
I just did the dist-upgrade to Lenny ( I love a challenge:) when it came up after a reboot, of course it went to the text login prompt, no KDM. I'm used to that, this is my 2nd DELL desktop running linux with NVIDIA graphics cards.. it seems envy isn't supported yet in lenny, and I can't get the

Re: lossless rotation in konqueror

2007-11-13 Thread Magnus Pedersen
H.S. wrote: Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:05:53 -0500 "H.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, When I rotate an image in Konqueror, is the rotation lossless? I have a few gigs of photos which I cannot import as an album into my digikam (not enough space in /home). So I am tryin

using mail in scripts

2007-11-13 Thread cs
Folks, I have a bash script and I wanted to be able to catch a situation and then send an email to the user flagging this. However, the -s to `mail` doesn't allow spaces and I cannot work out, despite several attempts, how to escape/quote etc in order to do what I want. Here's what I'd like to do:

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-13 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Nov 11, 2007 12:22 AM, Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > mathematics: > R, g++, Octave g++? -- my place on the web: floss-and-misc.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lossless rotation in konqueror

2007-11-13 Thread H.S.
Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:05:53 -0500 > "H.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> When I rotate an image in Konqueror, is the rotation lossless? >> >> I have a few gigs of photos which I cannot import as an album into my >> digikam (not enough space in /home). So I am

Re: Finding the name server owning a domain name

2007-11-13 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:55:28 + Chris Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a way to find which domain name server owns a given domain name? I > > don't want to lookup the IP address but rather where the name is defined. > > What do you mean b

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-13 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Nov 11, 2007 2:05 AM, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you should, in the future, include a 'backup' category. That shouldn't have limited you since I asked that you may your own category. Anyways, it will only be valid if there's enough voters for such a category, and if not so it

Re: Apache2 Still Dying (Solved!)

2007-11-13 Thread Raquel
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:56:45 -0800 Raquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ran mtest86+ and the memory checked out ... no errors. > > I ran strace /usr/sbin/apache2 and can see no errors. > > I have googled until my eyes are red and sore. > > Apache2 is still dying (stops delivering pages) after a

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2007-11-13 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On Nov 10, 2007 11:30 PM, M. Baldinelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > games: > MAME (uhm, perhaps this is non-free in Debian sense so it should go > below... - I don't remember.) Interesting. Does this run on Debian, and if so, how? -- my place on the web: floss-and-misc.blogspot.com -- To U

Re: Out-Of-Sync Synaptic

2007-11-13 Thread Travis Crook
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:17:24 -0800 Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 10:52:27AM -0700, Travis Crook > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > I've noticed that the list of installed software that > > Synaptic tells me and what I actually can use on my box ar

Re: Out-Of-Sync Synaptic

2007-11-13 Thread Travis Crook
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:28:54 + Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Travis Crook wrote: > > Hi All, > > I've noticed that the list of installed software that > > Synaptic tells me and what I actually can use on my box are not the > > same. For example, I can run Evince, but Synaptic te

RFC4193 IPv6 addresses seem not to be completly supported : default gateway not set

2007-11-13 Thread Guy Widloecher
Hello, I made the following tests on ETCH and SID with the same result. I tested on COMPAQ Deskpro EN and VMware machines (the captures below are taken from the VMware machine) . RFC4193 defines fc00::/8 and fd00::/8 IPv6 addresses known as "Local IPv6 addresses" and stated that "They are no

Re: any pages listing text mode resolutions of video cards?

2007-11-13 Thread Daniel B.
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 12:26:33AM -0500, Daniel B. wrote: Kelly Clowers wrote: On Nov 12, 2007 7:24 AM, Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kelly Clowers wrote: On Nov 11, 2007 7:46 PM, Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been having trouble finding out the te

Re: Finding the name server owning a domain name

2007-11-13 Thread Chris Davies
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to find which domain name server owns a given domain name? I > don't want to lookup the IP address but rather where the name is defined. What do you mean by "owns"? Do you mean the authoritative name server, or an email address corresponding

Re: Convert .OGG to .MPEG or .SWF

2007-11-13 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 11:27:13PM -0600, Alejandro Aguila S?inz wrote: > Hi Carl, I've got this: [snip] > Unsupported codec for output stream #0.0 I can't make it work either. FFmpeg will convert anything ELSE, but apparently the September build for Debian can't handle Ogg Vorbis, which is i

Re: any pages listing text mode resolutions of video cards?

2007-11-13 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 12:26:33AM -0500, Daniel B. wrote: > Kelly Clowers wrote: > >On Nov 12, 2007 7:24 AM, Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Kelly Clowers wrote: > >>>On Nov 11, 2007 7:46 PM, Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been having trouble finding out the text-mode res

Re: Finding the name server owning a domain name

2007-11-13 Thread Daniel Palmer
On Tuesday 13 November 2007 10:51:36 Micha Feigin wrote: > Is there a way to find which domain name server owns a given domain name? I > don't want to lookup the IP address but rather where the name is defined. > > I tried dig but it shows the name server defined in resolv.conf and not the > actual

Re: Finding the name server owning a domain name

2007-11-13 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
Micha Feigin wrote: Is there a way to find which domain name server owns a given domain name? I don't want to lookup the IP address but rather where the name is defined. whois(1) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

Network management, both ethernet and wireless

2007-11-13 Thread ispmarin
Hello all. I´ve just installed debian lenny (amd64) on my macbook, and since this is my first time as a notebook user, I would like to hear your ways to control connectivity. I have two different ethernet connections, home and work, each with different IPs. I also have a wireless connection at wor

Finding the name server owning a domain name

2007-11-13 Thread Micha Feigin
Is there a way to find which domain name server owns a given domain name? I don't want to lookup the IP address but rather where the name is defined. I tried dig but it shows the name server defined in resolv.conf and not the actual owner thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Can't type UPPERCASE character in Geany?

2007-11-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 07:11:50AM +0800, Michael Yang wrote: > On Nov 13, 2007 3:03 AM, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 09:19:20PM +0800, Michael Yang wrote: > > > Any body using geany editor? > > > I can't type any characters in upper case, although I have

Re: Is etc/Net a file or directory? Ans: Yes

2007-11-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 07:14:48PM -0500, Marty wrote: > Upon upgrading perl-modules, one my systems installed a new configuration > file called /etc/Net, while the other systems have a directory by this name. > How is that possible? I don't know if this helps, but: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /et