Re: creating a ProDOS boot diskette

2008-04-16 Thread Richard Lyons
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 07:54:19AM +0200, Richard Lyons wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 01:04:14AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > [...] > > Hal > > (Who still misses his Apple //e with a *fully socketed* motherboard, a > > whopping 5 MB hard drive and who actually enjoyed programming in 6502 > > A

Re: creating a ProDOS boot diskette

2008-04-16 Thread Richard Lyons
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 01:04:14AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: [...] > Hal > (Who still misses his Apple //e with a *fully socketed* motherboard, a > whopping 5 MB hard drive and who actually enjoyed programming in 6502 > Assembler!) ooh, you're making me misty-eyed. That 6502 Assembler _was_ fun

Re: command line browser questions: - javascript - lynx history

2008-04-16 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Celejar wrote: I believe so; you would probably get the source deb and build it yourself with JS configured. Will look into that when I get a chance. Thanks. NN_il_Confusionario that much Javascript content is unnecessary, my Yes, I agree... I would use firefox if I co

Re: [OT] How to add fortune output to terminal

2008-04-16 Thread Martin Schulze
Bob Proulx wrote: > s. keeling wrote: > > Another common practice is to set PS1 in .bash_profile, then call > > .bashrc from .bash_profile. > > if [ ! -z "$PS1" ]; then > > The PS1 is set by default for interactive shells and not set for > non-interactive shells. So the test for $PS1 works witho

Re: Support for VESA Textmode 132x60

2008-04-16 Thread Joey Schulze
Luis Ariel Lecca wrote: >On 04/16/08 11:15, Joey Schulze wrote: >> I'm seeking information on modern graphic cards (PCI, PCIe) that >> support VESA BIOS mode 0x010C, a special text mode that works with >> 132x60 characters. Linux supports this mode when the graphics board >> pro

Re: creating a ProDOS boot diskette

2008-04-16 Thread Mark Allums
Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Wednesday 16 April 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 04/16/08 21:15, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: >>> Folk, >>> >>> I have a copy of ProDOS-System.zip which unzips >>> to "Apple II System Disk 3.2.dc". >>> >>> Can a Debian make a ProDOS boot diskette? >>> Should dd work? >> dd should

Re: Support for VESA Textmode 132x60

2008-04-16 Thread Joey Schulze
Ron Johnson wrote: > > I'm seeking information on modern graphic cards (PCI, PCIe) that > > support VESA BIOS mode 0x010C, a special text mode that works with > > 132x60 characters. Linux supports this mode when the graphics board > > provides this particular mode. > > > > Unfortunately, not many

Re: creating a ProDOS boot diskette

2008-04-16 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Wednesday 16 April 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/16/08 21:15, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > > Folk, > > > > I have a copy of ProDOS-System.zip which unzips > > to "Apple II System Disk 3.2.dc". > > > > Can a Debian make a ProDOS boot diskette? > > Should dd work? > > dd should be able to do it, if

Re: Backports packages in red letters.

2008-04-16 Thread David
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 4:40 AM, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Luca Renaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > Several packages (if not all) in backports.org when we search them in > > http://packages.debian.org/ appear with > > the letters in red: backports(in red),is this a specific

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

2008-04-16 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 08:02:21AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:57:48PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:38:46AM +0900, Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > was heard to say: > ... > > > > You need to tel

Re: OT: what scripting language to learn?

2008-04-16 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 03:23:57AM +0200, s. keeling wrote: > >> I strongly agree, and this knowledge is portable. All of the *nix >> tools, including shell, perl, and python, rely on regex >> understanding. > > One can ge

Re: creating a ProDOS boot diskette

2008-04-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/16/08 21:15, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > Folk, > > I have a copy of ProDOS-System.zip which unzips > to "Apple II System Disk 3.2.dc". > > Can a Debian make a ProDOS boot diskette? > Should dd work? dd should be able to do it, if the hardware i

Re: Problem compiling simple C program

2008-04-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/16/08 20:06, s. keeling wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Thanks all for bottom-posting! But why isn't anyone snipping out >> the same, repeating, unnecessary text? >> >> On 04/16/08 10:10, H.S. wrote: >>> John Salmon wrote: S

Re: command line browser questions: - javascript - lynx history

2008-04-16 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:45:30 +1000 (EST) Daniel Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Celejar wrote: > > > As I have written in other mails to this list, there is apparently no > > non GUI browser with proper Javascript support. While I agree with > > Yes, I haven't found a l

shrishanidev invites you to join Zorpia

2008-04-16 Thread shrishanidev
Hi ! Your friend shrishanidev from , just invited you to his/her online photo albums and journals at Zorpia.com. So what is Zorpia? It is an online community that allows you to upload unlimited amount of photos, write journals and make friends. We also have a variety of skins in store

Re: checking life of battery?

2008-04-16 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > 1) Is there any way to check the life of a battery on a Dell Inspiron 6400 > E1505? I am using Debian Etch. > > 2) How to find out the number of cells in the battery? The manual says it > can be "6-cell smart lithium ion

Re: migrating to 64 bit...

2008-04-16 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:32:26PM -0500, Sam Leon wrote: >> Could one easily upgrade to an amd64 system just by formating /, >> reinstalling with the proper arch, and then reinstalling all the apps >> that were installed an

Re: Backports packages in red letters.

2008-04-16 Thread s. keeling
Luca Renaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Several packages (if not all) in backports.org when we search them in > http://packages.debian.org/ appear with > the letters in red: backports(in red),is this a specific warning sign? Or > just to remember that these packages > do not have security update

creating a ProDOS boot diskette

2008-04-16 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, I have a copy of ProDOS-System.zip which unzips to "Apple II System Disk 3.2.dc". Can a Debian make a ProDOS boot diskette? Should dd work? Thanks,... Peter E. -- http://carnot.yi.org/ http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: [OT] How to add fortune output to terminal

2008-04-16 Thread s. keeling
Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > s. keeling wrote: > > Another common practice is to set PS1 in .bash_profile, then call > > .bashrc from .bash_profile. > > if [ ! -z "$PS1" ]; then > > The PS1 is set by default for interactive shells and not set for > non-interactive shells. So the test for

Re: command line browser questions: - javascript - lynx history

2008-04-16 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Celejar wrote: As I have written in other mails to this list, there is apparently no non GUI browser with proper Javascript support. While I agree with Yes, I haven't found a lot of pages too bad, just youtube mainly... If I was to use elinks must I compile from source to

Re: Source code editor

2008-04-16 Thread Nick Boyce
Tero M�ntyvaara wrote: I am looking for shell program for source code edition. I have used nano, but it isn't enough. I need more "real" IDE like functionalities eg constant view of current row number, file browser and selection, cutting, pasting and copying functions. [You're very brave ..

Re: Lenny d-i and KDE

2008-04-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 08:29:42PM +0100, Michael C wrote: > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Michael C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Sorry Andrew --- I didn't make myself nearly clear enough --- is the >>> Lenny d-i *net* install CD able to provide for a KDE

Re: Problem compiling simple C program

2008-04-16 Thread s. keeling
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Thanks all for bottom-posting! But why isn't anyone snipping out > the same, repeating, unnecessary text? > > On 04/16/08 10:10, H.S. wrote: > > John Salmon wrote: > >> Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> > >>> On 20

Backports packages in red letters.

2008-04-16 Thread Luca Renaud
Several packages (if not all) in backports.org when we search them in http://packages.debian.org/ appear with the letters in red: backports(in red),is this a specific warning sign? Or just to remember that these packages do not have security updates treated as the packages in stable?Examples:gnash,

Re: taming resolv.conf

2008-04-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Digby Tarvin wrote: > My new /etc/resolv.conf is coming up as: > nameserver 127.0.0.1 This is correct if you have bind9 installed. Since this is automatically detected then I assume that you do have bind9 installed in order to see this result. If you remove bind9 then you would see the DHCP name

Re: Source code editor

2008-04-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Tero Mäntyvaara wrote: > I am looking for shell program for source code edition. I have used > nano, but it isn't enough. I need more "real" IDE like functionalities > eg constant view of current row number, file browser and selection, > cutting, pasting and copying functions. I also tried to us

Re: [OT] How to add fortune output to terminal

2008-04-16 Thread Bob Proulx
s. keeling wrote: > Another common practice is to set PS1 in .bash_profile, then call > .bashrc from .bash_profile. > if [ ! -z "$PS1" ]; then The PS1 is set by default for interactive shells and not set for non-interactive shells. So the test for $PS1 works without needing to set it. This is i

Re: Lenny d-i and KDE

2008-04-16 Thread Michael C
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Michael C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry Andrew --- I didn't make myself nearly clear enough --- is the Lenny d-i *net* install CD able to provide for a KDE-only installation? The net install includes only the base system

Re: Source code editor

2008-04-16 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
On 16/04/2008, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It just occurred to me: is AMD64 fully supported in Etch? (Or am I > thinking Sarge?) Yes, it is. etch was the first Debian distribution to support x86_64. I guess there were a few kinks in that support. - Jordi G. H. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: taming resolv.conf

2008-04-16 Thread Digby Tarvin
Combining the responses to the previous to posters... On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 08:37:30PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 05:08:08PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > Not quite. I only want the static information in the interfaces file. > > I still want the nameserver address th

Flickering mouse pointer (nvidia-glx, Etch, amd64)

2008-04-16 Thread Martin Breguet
Hi List ! I have a (silly) issue: I have a Nvidia GeForce 7300. On a Lenny box, it works "out of the box". On an Etch box, it installs with Vesa, and once you enable contrib & non-free in the sources.list, you can install either "nv" or "nvidia-glx". I am on my amd64 Etch box. Everything is fin

Re: Support for VESA Textmode 132x60

2008-04-16 Thread Luis Ariel Lecca
On 04/16/08 11:15, Joey Schulze wrote: > I'm seeking information on modern graphic cards (PCI, PCIe) that > support VESA BIOS mode 0x010C, a special text mode that works with > 132x60 characters. Linux supports this mode when the graphics board > provides this particular mode. Did you probe u

Re: Source code editor

2008-04-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/16/08 15:33, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: > On 16/04/2008, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 16/04/2008, Tero Mäntyvaara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I installed motor in my AMD64 Etch system and after I execute it I

Re: Source code editor

2008-04-16 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
On 16/04/2008, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 16/04/2008, Tero Mäntyvaara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I installed motor in my AMD64 Etch system and after I execute it I get > > "Segmentation fault"... :-/ > > Whoa, etch? You got that on etch? How the hell did such an

Re: 2.6.24.4+debian+openvz doesn't work with nvidia-glx

2008-04-16 Thread Alexander GQ Gerasiov
Oh, problem was in vmalloc. default limit is 128M, but openvz+nvidia wants ~130 %) passing vmalloc=256m to kernel boot command line solve the problem. -- Best regards, Alexander GQ Gerasiov Contacts: e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://gq.net

Re: Source code editor

2008-04-16 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
On 16/04/2008, Tero Mäntyvaara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed motor in my AMD64 Etch system and after I execute it I get > "Segmentation fault"... :-/ Whoa, etch? You got that on etch? How the hell did such an RC bug get into etch? First time I hear about it. - Jordi G. H.

Re: Support for VESA Textmode 132x60

2008-04-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/16/08 11:15, Joey Schulze wrote: > Hi, > > I'm seeking information on modern graphic cards (PCI, PCIe) that > support VESA BIOS mode 0x010C, a special text mode that works with > 132x60 characters. Linux supports this mode when the graphics boa

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

2008-04-16 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 08:02:21 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:57:48PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:38:46AM +0900, Osamu Aoki was heard to say: > ... > > > > You need to tell in NEWS file that local scripts need to add "~n" before >

Re: taming resolv.conf

2008-04-16 Thread Michael Shuler
Digby Tarvin wrote: > My /etc/resolv.conf file looked ok, except the DHCP server in my > router provides nameserver IP only, no search list. > > Any suggestions? I do like the idea of having any static nameserver > information in the /etc/network/interfaces file with the rest of > the network conf

Re: Source code editor

2008-04-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/16/08 11:09, Tero Mäntyvaara wrote: [snip] > > I installed motor in my AMD64 Etch system and after I execute it I get > "Segmentation fault"... :-/ Did you file a bug? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -BEGI

Re: Problem compiling simple C program

2008-04-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks all for bottom-posting! But why isn't anyone snipping out the same, repeating, unnecessary text? On 04/16/08 10:10, H.S. wrote: > John Salmon wrote: >> Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> >>> On 2008-04-15

Re: Lenny d-i and KDE

2008-04-16 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Michael C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry Andrew --- I didn't make myself nearly clear enough --- is the > Lenny d-i *net* install CD able to provide for a KDE-only installation? The net install includes only the base system. It does not come with KDE, it'll h

Re: Lenny d-i and KDE

2008-04-16 Thread Michael C
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 01:51:48PM +0100, Michael C wrote: Hi, Does the current build of the Lenny d-i allow users to specify a KDE-only desktop installation? the lenny beta1 release includes a kde version of cd 1: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_

Re: taming resolv.conf

2008-04-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 05:08:08PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 08:00:12PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 04:16:13PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > > > Any suggestions? I do like the idea of having any static nameserver > > > information in the /e

Re: taming resolv.conf

2008-04-16 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 08:00:12PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 04:16:13PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > Any suggestions? I do like the idea of having any static nameserver > > information in the /etc/network/interfaces file with the rest of > > the network config, so r

Re: taming resolv.conf

2008-04-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 04:16:13PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > Any suggestions? I do like the idea of having any static nameserver > information in the /etc/network/interfaces file with the rest of > the network config, so resolvconf would be good if it worked as > expected If I understood

Re: checking life of battery?

2008-04-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:23:11PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > 1) Is there any way to check the life of a battery on a Dell Inspiron 6400 > E1505? I am using Debian Etch. what do you mena by life of the battery? If you mean it's operational life, like before it wears out and doesn't hold

taming resolv.conf

2008-04-16 Thread Digby Tarvin
Another little niggle from my recent install which doesn't seem to be as straight forward as it should be... I hope someone can point me at what I am doing wrong... Immediately following my Etch 40r3 netinstall my /etc/network/interfaces had a pretty standard looking precision:/etc/network

Support for VESA Textmode 132x60

2008-04-16 Thread Joey Schulze
Hi, I'm seeking information on modern graphic cards (PCI, PCIe) that support VESA BIOS mode 0x010C, a special text mode that works with 132x60 characters. Linux supports this mode when the graphics board provides this particular mode. Unfortunately, not many of current video cards support this V

Re: Lenny d-i and KDE

2008-04-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 01:51:48PM +0100, Michael C wrote: > Hi, > > Does the current build of the Lenny d-i allow users to specify a > KDE-only desktop installation? the lenny beta1 release includes a kde version of cd 1: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_beta1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testin

checking life of battery?

2008-04-16 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
1) Is there any way to check the life of a battery on a Dell Inspiron 6400 E1505? I am using Debian Etch. 2) How to find out the number of cells in the battery? The manual says it can be "6-cell smart lithium ion" or "9-cell lithium ion". But I am not sure which one I have. $pwd /proc/acpi/batter

Re: Source code editor

2008-04-16 Thread Tero Mäntyvaara
Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: On 15/04/2008, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's a darned shame that there are no IDEs similar to the one in Turbo Pascal. How about motor? (apt-cache show motor). I still prefer myself to use Emacs. With stuff like ede to automatise the building of

Lenny d-i and KDE

2008-04-16 Thread Michael C
Hi, Does the current build of the Lenny d-i allow users to specify a KDE-only desktop installation? Thanks in advance, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Reg Blind

2008-04-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:30:30PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:48:36AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > and one more thought. Could it be possible to write a video driver > > that is essentially a dummy? A blind user does need X to actually draw > > on the

Re: Firewall froth..

2008-04-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 17 Apr 2008, Jon wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:00:37AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > You can prevent this stuff appearing by inserting "klogd -c5" to > > /etc/init.d/klogd. See /www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm. > > It's better to modify /etc/default/klogd. > > Looking at that, I see

Re: Source code editor

2008-04-16 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
On 15/04/2008, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a darned shame that there are no IDEs similar to the one in > Turbo Pascal. How about motor? (apt-cache show motor). I still prefer myself to use Emacs. With stuff like ede to automatise the building of Makefiles, it's a full-fledged I

Re: Problem compiling simple C program

2008-04-16 Thread H.S.
John Salmon wrote: Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 2008-04-15 20:39 +0200, John Salmon wrote: I'm running Debian Etch on a PC. When I try to compile the following (called test.c); #include #include int main() { double val = 1.55; prin

Re: migrating to 64 bit...

2008-04-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:55:57AM +0100, michael wrote: > > On 16 Apr 2008, at 02:37, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:32:26PM -0500, Sam Leon wrote: >>> Could one easily upgrade to an amd64 system just by formating /, >>> reinstalling with the proper arch, and then reinstalli

Re: Firewall froth..

2008-04-16 Thread Jon
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:00:37AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > You can prevent this stuff appearing by inserting "klogd -c5" to > /etc/init.d/klogd. See /www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm. It's better to modify /etc/default/klogd. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Problem compiling simple C program

2008-04-16 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
John Salmon wrote: > That solved the linking problem. Now, after a successful compilation, when > I run 'test' I gen no output. ??? > It works for me. $cat using_sin.c #include #include int main() { double val = 1.55; printf("sine: %g\n", sin(val)); return 0; } $gcc using_sin.

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

2008-04-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:57:48PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:38:46AM +0900, Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: ... > > You need to tell in NEWS file that local scripts need to add "~n" before > > serch string to make it act as before under the new v

Re: Problem compiling simple C program

2008-04-16 Thread Joost Witteveen
On 16/04/2008, John Salmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > On 2008-04-15 20:39 +0200, John Salmon wrote: > > > >> I'm running Debian Etch on a PC. When I try to compile the following > >> (called test.c); > >> > >> #includ

Re: Problem compiling simple C program

2008-04-16 Thread John Salmon
Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On 2008-04-15 20:39 +0200, John Salmon wrote: > >> I'm running Debian Etch on a PC. When I try to compile the following >> (called test.c); >> >> #include >> #include >> >> int main() >> { >> double >> val = 1.55;

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

2008-04-16 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:45:22AM +0200, NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:17:55PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > Did aptitude work on this system in past Debian releases? > > I use aptitude rarely and only for command-line tests (download

Re: bits/news from the users of Debian?

2008-04-16 Thread Chris Davies
Peter Hugosson-Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here at work we have one single Linux installation in a sea of Windoze: > a PC running Debian "woody" [...] > At home my latest installation is also "woody" [...] Woody's pretty old now. But I guess you know that. You might want to step forward

Re: Source code editor

2008-04-16 Thread Adrian Levi
On 16/04/2008, Dave Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Debian has a package for damn near anything! > > dt Yup, your right... #apt-cache show kitchensync :-) Adrian -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works complet

Re: migrating to 64 bit...

2008-04-16 Thread michael
On 16 Apr 2008, at 02:37, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:32:26PM -0500, Sam Leon wrote: Could one easily upgrade to an amd64 system just by formating /, reinstalling with the proper arch, and then reinstalling all the apps that were installed and hopefully all the conf files

Re: JFS / Unsupported file systems

2008-04-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/15/08 23:16, Hose wrote: > [snip] > sometimes be a hassle). I have a severe dislike for ext, though I Why? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8D

Re: Firewall froth..

2008-04-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 15 Apr 2008, Digby Tarvin wrote: > [snip] > where the list line was to filter out the most frequent messages, but > I am not really sure what, if any, rejected connections/packets I > should be looking out for, and what should just be ignored... > > Perhaps I should redirect the firewall logs

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

2008-04-16 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:17:55PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > Did aptitude work on this system in past Debian releases? I use aptitude rarely and only for command-line tests (downloads, simulate installs, compartation with the dependencies-resolving results with apt-get. _Never_ for install

Re: Source code editor

2008-04-16 Thread Dave Thayer
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 03:53:38PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > It's a darned shame that there are no IDEs similar to the one in > Turbo Pascal. $ apt-cache show xwpe [...] Description: Programming environment and editor for console and X11 Xwpe is an integrated programming and debugging environmen

Re: D-Link DWL-122 Wireless Adapter

2008-04-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-04-16 03:35 +0200, francisco wrote: > Hello > > Does somebody knows how to install the DWL-122 Wireless Adapter? Which revision is that? It should be printed on the packing, if you can't find it, run lsusb as root and post the results. > I'm using testing-gnome, Kernel version would al

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

2008-04-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:20:21PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > I don't suppose while you're re-writing aptiutde you can make it not hit > swap when I start the curses interface on my P-II with 64 MB ram (or > will Lenny and whatever comes next not run on 64MB anyway)? Do you have /tmp on tm