Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 10:20:32PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: >> The problem, if one exists, is what font the terminal is using >> sudo apt-get install xfonts-efont-unicode xfonts-efont-unicode-ib > > What about the linux

Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 09:08:57AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 10:20:32PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת > > I am running mutt with mlterm (multilingual terminal) and it doesn't > show correctly. I experimented with

Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 10:20:32PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > The problem, if one exists, is what font the terminal is using > sudo apt-get install xfonts-efont-unicode xfonts-efont-unicode-ib What about the linux console? I suspect that the answer will be that the linux console is right now no

Re: Re: Re: Barry? Also berry_charge

> * From: Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >/home/carlf# find /lib/modules/ -iname \*berry\* >/lib/modules/2.6.22-2-k7/kernel/drivers/usb/misc/berry_charge.ko >/lib/modules/2.6.22-3-k7/kernel/drivers/usb/misc/berry_charge.ko >/home/carlf# modprobe >/lib/modules/2.6.22-3-k7/kernel/drivers/usb/misc

Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 10:20:32PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > Ah, Mutt is known not to work with Hebrew. > > Mutt works fine. The problem, if one exists, is what font the > terminal is using in which mutt is running. The font must support > UTF-8 or it can't display those

Re: Re: exim4 config for Lenny?

> * From: Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >invoke-rc.d: initscript exim4, action "start" failed. Linkname: invoke-rc.d: initscript exim4, action "start" failed - Google Search URL: http://www.google.com/search?q=invoke-rc.d%3A+initscript+exim4%2C+action+%22start%22+failed&num=1

Re: apt-get wants to uninstatll grub

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Re: how to disable the touchpad when pluging usb mouse?

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Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

Dotan Cohen wrote: > Ah, Mutt is known not to work with Hebrew. Mutt works fine. The problem, if one exists, is what font the terminal is using in which mutt is running. The font must support UTF-8 or it can't display those characters properly. If someone is using a classic 9x15 ASCII font for

Re: Re: Barry? Also berry_charge

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 02:12:20PM +0200, NN_il_Confusionario wrote: ... > and what about > > find /lib/modules/ -iname \*berry\* > > and then > > insmod $THE_COMPLETE_PATH_FOUND_AS_ABOVE > > (if there is a module in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ which probably is not > true given the depmod -a r

Re: apt-get wants to uninstatll grub

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 05:10:20PM -0700, Tom Brown wrote: > apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 > caused apt-get to want to uninstall grub what happens with apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 grub ? At least, it should explain the dependenchy problem. -- Chi usa software non liber

Re: Re: Re: Can't resolve ftp.us.debian.org

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 09:11:46PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > strace -f -o /tmp/apt-get.log apt-get update > Any other ideas? - John yes, post (or, better, make it avilable on a web server) the file /tmp/apt-get.log where strace has put its debug information. Moreover, what happened whe

Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 00:17:09 +0300, Dotan Cohen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > 2008/5/6 Bob Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Ah, Mutt is known not to work with Hebrew. There is a workaround, and > >> I have it buried in my notes somewhere if you really need it. But > >> unless you communicate in H

Re: Hplip

On Mon, 05 May 2008 22:30:08 +0300, "David Baron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I have been unable to get this to recognize my HP printer, either looking > directly to the parallel port or using CUPS. I set the driver to the one > which includes hplip, manually changed the URI to hp://..., nothing

Re: debconf dependency problems

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Re: Cannot partition a hard drive with the Etch installer

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Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 12:12:46AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 12:01:05AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > 2008/5/5 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > $ mutt -v > > > Mutt 1.5.17 (2007-11-01) > > > > Ah, Mutt is known not to work with Hebrew. There is a workaround, a

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Re: Most inexpensive debian friendly laserjet printer? total cost of ownership including laserink?

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Re: hard drive problems

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Re: Can't resolve ftp.us.debian.org

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 08:34:56AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > getent hosts ftp.us.debian.org > > getent hosts security.debian.org > > getent hosts www.google.com > > getent hosts www.wikipedia.org > > Those return the expected results! > > The problem seems to be specific to apt-get an

Re: Bugs in latest upgrade for Debian etch

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Re: GPRS/EDGE PCMCIA/MiniPCI card working perfectly with Debian

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 s. keeling wrote: | Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: |> since my "Nokia 6120 classic" is screwing me up, please can anyone |> recommend a perfect workin[g] PCMCIA and a MiniPCI card for my |> Laptop and my Router? | | Sorry, no. | |> I need i

Re: Re: Re: Can't resolve ftp.us.debian.org

On 5/5/08, NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On 5/5/08, NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> then check apt configuration files in /etc/apt/ and subdirectories > >> (proxy or other unusual configuration settings?

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Re: Hplip

On Monday 05 May 2008 21:30:08 David Baron wrote: > I have been unable to get this to recognize my HP printer, either looking > directly to the parallel port or using CUPS. I set the driver to the one > which includes hplip, manually changed the URI to hp://..., nothing helps. > No one on their for

Re: GPRS/EDGE PCMCIA/MiniPCI card working perfectly with Debian

Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > since my "Nokia 6120 classic" is screwing me up, please can anyone > recommend a perfect workin[g] PCMCIA and a MiniPCI card for my > Laptop and my Router? Sorry, no. > I need it only to get my messages out of my Mailboxes and respond > in an accept

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Re: (visual) diff for large files

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 3:06 PM, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes now I am in the right dir and apply your patch and compile I get > some execs but it still falls over with large (2.5GB) input files: Hi, When I have to compare two large files, first, I split them into smaller files, then

Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 12:17:09AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/5/6 Bob Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Ah, Mutt is known not to work with Hebrew. There is a workaround, and > >> I have it buried in my notes somewhere if you really need it. But > >> unless you communicate in Hebrew, it is not wor

Re: Most inexpensive debian friendly laserjet printer? total cost of ownership including laserink?

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 12:58:25AM -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > I tend to print out a lot of documentation on the software for > projects that I work on. Therefore I go through alot of laserjet > cartidges on my postscript compatible hp laserjet 1200 printer. > > My latest cartridge just needs to

Re: (visual) diff for large files

2008/5/3 michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes now I am in the right dir and apply your patch and compile I get > some execs but it still falls over with large (2.5GB) input files: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/xxdiff_files > $ /home/michael/src/bsd-diff/bin/diff/diff OLDrun.log.part4 > run.log.part

Re: Hplip

2008/5/6 David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have been unable to get this to recognize my HP printer, either looking > directly to the parallel port or using CUPS. I set the driver to the one > which includes hplip, manually changed the URI to hp://..., nothing helps. No > one on their forum co

Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

2008/5/6 Bob Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Ah, Mutt is known not to work with Hebrew. There is a workaround, and >> I have it buried in my notes somewhere if you really need it. But >> unless you communicate in Hebrew, it is not worth the trouble. > > It all looks ok from here using mutt. I am seein

Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 12:01:05AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/5/5 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > $ mutt -v > > Mutt 1.5.17 (2007-11-01) > > Ah, Mutt is known not to work with Hebrew. There is a workaround, and > I have it buried in my notes somewhere if you really need it. But > unl

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Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 00:01:05 +0300, Dotan Cohen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > 2008/5/5 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > $ mutt -v > > Mutt 1.5.17 (2007-11-01) > > Ah, Mutt is known not to work with Hebrew. There is a workaround, and > I have it buried in my notes somewhere if you reall

Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

2008/5/5 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > $ mutt -v > Mutt 1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Ah, Mutt is known not to work with Hebrew. There is a workaround, and I have it buried in my notes somewhere if you really need it. But unless you communicate in Hebrew, it is not worth the trouble. Dotan Cohen h

Re: Hplip

On Mon, 05 May 2008 22:30:08 +0300 David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello David, > I have been unable to get this to recognize my HP printer, either > looking directly to the parallel port or using CUPS. I set the driver > to the one which includes hplip, manually changed the URI to > hp://

Re: Issue with VMware

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Re: exim4 config for Lenny?

On Mon May 5 2008, Florian Kulzer wrote: > Run (as root) > > dpkg --configure exim4-daemon-light > > and post the complete output of that command. # dpkg --configure exim4-daemon-light Setting up exim4-daemon-light (4.69-2+b1) ... Starting MTA:exim: incompatible command-line options or arguments i

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Hplip

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Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 08:50:27PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/5/5 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Is this a joke or am I missing something obvious? (wikipedia only shows > > a Hebrew diacritic, Patach, that looks like a dash) > > > > No, no joke. What system are you on? Even your rep

Re: exim4 config for Lenny?

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 14:31:59 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: [...] > > > what does this error below mean?? > > > > > > E: exim4: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > > this is what I get when I went to install xorg-dev(among other things..): > The following partially installed packages

Re: exim4 config for Lenny?

what does this error below mean?? E: exim4: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured this is what I get when I went to install xorg-dev(among other things..): The following partially installed packages will be configured: exim4 exim4-daemon-light and when it was over: exim4 depends on

Re: Issue with VMware

Hi > So I installed VMware server, had to use the any-any update for I use the > 2.6.24 kernel and > when I try to run it, it says that same message as before running the > vmware-conifig.pl tool. I'm running about the same kernel (2.6.24-1-686). I'm running also VMWare server rel. 1.0.5 (latest)

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Re: exim4 config for Lenny?

On Mon May 5 2008, Alan Ianson wrote: > > I might go to 2.6.24-1 soon, but with 22-3 I got my NVIDIA drivers to > > install.. I always get confused as to what extra packages I need to > > install the NVIDIA...run program. > > If your using nvidia's installer I would first install xorg-dev. > > I a

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Issue with VMware

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Re: Booting kernel 2.6.25 from Debian40r3 prompts: Waiting for root file system

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 10:04:12AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On May 5, 5:40 am, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 03:50:28AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > $ cat /proc/partitions > > > major minor #blocks name > > >8 08388608 sda > > >

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usb not detected in gnome

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Re: Why's this look like gibberish to me?

2008/5/5 Christer Oldhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In the 'raw' version of the mail, the beginning of the above line reads: > > =D7=90-=D7=91-=D7=92-=D7=93-=D7=94-=D7=95-=D7=96-=D7=97-=D7=98-=D7=99- > > For example, 0xD7 0x90 is the UTF-8 encoding for the Hebrew letter aleph. Right, now run that tex

Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

2008/5/5 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is this a joke or am I missing something obvious? (wikipedia only shows > a Hebrew diacritic, Patach, that looks like a dash) > No, no joke. What system are you on? Even your replies have the Hebrew quoted properly. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.c

Re: Why's this look like gibberish to me?

Hello Andrei, On 2008-05-05, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 10:49:44AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> 2008/5/5 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> You are 100% correct, Andrei. See those Hebrew letters at the bottom >> >> of every post I make? It's to build a database of wron

Re: exim4 config for Lenny?

On Mon May 5 2008 10:24:35 am Paul Cartwright wrote: > I was having problems with sound, so I decided to upgrade to lenny. > I am now on > $ uname -a > 2.6.22-3-686 #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 20:20:49 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux > > > I might go to 2.6.24-1 soon, but with 22-3 I got my NVIDIA drivers to > inst

Re: Booting kernel 2.6.25 from Debian40r3 prompts: Waiting for root file system

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Re: Booting kernel 2.6.25 from Debian40r3 prompts: Waiting for root file system

On May 5, 5:40 am, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 03:50:28AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > $ cat /proc/partitions > > major minor #blocks name > >8 08388608 sda > >8 1 273073 sda1 > >8 2 1 sda2 > >8 530603

exim4 config for Lenny?

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Re: [Kind of OT] Why's this look like gibberish to me?

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 10:49:44AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/5/5 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> You are 100% correct, Andrei. See those Hebrew letters at the bottom > >> of every post I make? It's to build a database of wrongly-encoded > > > > No. I didn't trim anything from what y

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Re: Most inexpensive debian friendly laserjet printer? total cost of ownership including laserink?

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Re: Most inexpensive debian friendly laserjet printer? total cost of ownership including laserink?

On Mon, 5 May 2008 01:56:36 -0700 (PDT), phobot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On May 5, 8:10 am, Mitchell Laks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, My latest cartridge just needs to be replaced again. are there >> any truly cheaper approaches? Can we buy a postscript laserprinter >> that is not design

Re: how to disable the touchpad when pluging usb mouse?

On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 18:49 +0300, Micha wrote: > Is it possible, and if so how to automatically disable the touchpad when > plugging in a usb mouse to the laptop? > > this is a dell vosotro laptop with the touchpad using the synapics driver > > Thanks > > easy peasy: http://ubuntu.wordpress.c

Re: full control of connections

On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:28:03AM +0200, NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > > * From: frits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >allowed to include the applications in the firewall rules. > > man iptables in etch still shows > >owner >This module attempts to match various characteristics of the pac

how to disable the touchpad when pluging usb mouse?

Is it possible, and if so how to automatically disable the touchpad when plugging in a usb mouse to the laptop? this is a dell vosotro laptop with the touchpad using the synapics driver Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: Re: Re: Can't resolve ftp.us.debian.org

> * From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On 5/5/08, NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> then check apt configuration files in /etc/apt/ and subdirectories >> (proxy or other unusual configuration settings? corrupted files?) > >I don't see any problems there. But it semm

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Re: Re: Can't resolve ftp.us.debian.org

On 5/5/08, NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >The problem seems to be specific to apt-get and aptitude. > > then check apt configuration files in /etc/apt/ and subdirectories > (proxy or other unusual configuration settings? cor

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On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 05:20:32PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > As I have written, I have nearly 20 TByte of Debian packages on my > mirror and only accidently killet the /debian/dists/ directory with all > its Packages.gz, Sources.gz, Release and releases.gpg files. > > I have all down

Re: swap partition question?

> * From: ISHWAR RATTAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I have a 1Gb primary swap partition (/dev/sda1) >and fdisk -l shows that. fdisk read the partition table from the disk, but the kernel data can be seen in /proc/partitions (it is read at boot time) > # swapon /dev/sda1 >says that ..:/dev/sda1: is i

Re: swap partition question?

ISHWAR RATTAN: > > I have a 1Gb primary swap partition (/dev/sda1) > and fdisk -l shows that. But the command > > # swapon /dev/sda1 > > says that ..:/dev/sda1: is invalid argument. Did you create a "swap filesystem" on the partition? # mkswap /dev/sda1 && swapon -a J. -- I have never been

Re: swap partition question?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/05/08 08:17, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: > > I have a 1Gb primary swap partition (/dev/sda1) > and fdisk -l shows that. But the command > > # swapon /dev/sda1 > > says that ..:/dev/sda1: is invalid argument. > I made an entry in /etc/fstab (too): >

Re: Most inexpensive debian friendly laserjet printer? total cost of ownership including laserink?

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 12:58:25AM -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Hi, > > I tend to print out a lot of documentation on the software for projects > that I work on. Therefore I go through alot of laserjet cartidges on my > postscript compatible hp laserjet 1200 printer. > > My latest cartridge just

Re: Re: Can't resolve ftp.us.debian.org

> * From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >The problem seems to be specific to apt-get and aptitude. then check apt configuration files in /etc/apt/ and subdirectories (proxy or other unusual configuration settings? corrupted files?) And post the complete and exact outpt of apt-get /

swap partition question?

I have a 1Gb primary swap partition (/dev/sda1) and fdisk -l shows that. But the command # swapon /dev/sda1 says that ..:/dev/sda1: is invalid argument. I made an entry in /etc/fstab (too): /dev/sda1 none swap sw 0 0 but swapon -a still syays that it is invalid argument! Any pointers? -is

Re: Not sure who this should be sent too.....?

On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 09:51:01AM +0200, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: Hi, > > I get this error message when trying to open a recent document in LyX [..] > See also: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478998 > (So you don't need to report it anywhere.) The right report is #475523 wh

Cannot partition a hard drive with the Etch installer

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am trying to install Etch in a new box which has an Intel dual core CPU and a 250 gB SATA hard drive. Since the instructions in the Etch Installation Guide have not been helpful, I was consequently left with my intuition, which unfortunately proved

Re: Can't resolve ftp.us.debian.org

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 07:49:59AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On a recently restored etch server, I can't apt-get update because it > can't resolve anything in my sources.list, e.g. ftp.us.debian.org. > Right after I did a fresh etch install, update worked fine, but now > after restoring my

Re: Clearing SWAP

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 03:52:27PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > I was just trying to show another way of solving the problems. and this is a good thing > My presumption was that cron was part of the LSB. it might wery well be so, but one can disable it (in my workstation it is installed to satify

[OT] SkyDSL in Europe

Hello, In the place where I life (very mobile), I can not get ADSL or even a telephone line without paying 17.300 Euro to the German Telecom for installing 5km telephone cabel or 12.000 Euro in Frace to the Telecom to install 4km telephone cable. Using GSM is limited to the contry where y

Re: Replace Ubuntu with Debian

Am 2008-04-29 22:40:22, schrieb Igor: > I just noticed an unfortunate circumstance, though. Dell installed a > 32-bit OS on my 64-bit machine. In my opinion, that is a rather dumb > thing to do. It also means that I might have to also figure out a way > to migrate to a 64-bit environment. I'm not q

Re: [OT] Need old Packages.gz and Release Files

Am 2008-04-28 20:21:34, schrieb Goswin von Brederlow: > > If you have for example the ORIGINAL CDs/DVD's of 3.1r4 I can build the > > package tree from there since I have all original packages I only do not > > know which packages went included in the releases... > > Did anyone mention http://arc

GPRS/EDGE PCMCIA/MiniPCI card working perfectly with Debian

* Do not Cc: me, because I READ THIS LIST, if I write here * *Keine Cc: am mich, ich LESE DIESE LISTE wenn ich hier schreibe* Hello,

Re: /dev/null > /dev/sdb1 !

Hello Douglas and *, Am 2008-04-29 22:35:15, schrieb Douglas A. Tutty: > You may wish to consider an industrial-quality compact flash drive. The > CF adapter plugs in just like a drive and the I-Q CF cards come with a 5 > year warranty and testing by OpenBSD-types (who do a lot of embedded > devi

Re: /dev/null > /dev/sdb1 !

Am 2008-04-25 17:08:30, schrieb Bob McGowan: > By the "definition", if you will, used in the Readme.txt, that the > utility writes zeros to the disk, and given that the appropriate dd > command can be said to do the same, I'm left wondering as well about > just exactly what this tool is doing.

Re: "Nokia 6120 classic" and Internet connection with laptop

Am 2008-04-30 10:36:09, schrieb Douglas A. Tutty: > Do you have Etch install media (e.g. CD) and do you have access to a > computer with a CD and a USB (and a USB stick)? You could make a > USB-stick install to run on your laptop. Next week I will even get a package of 10 new Hitachi E5K160 drive

Re: Can't resolve ftp.us.debian.org

On 5/5/08, NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On a recently restored etch server, I can't apt-get update because it > >can't resolve anything in my sources.list, e.g. ftp.us.debian.org. > > (1) check the correctness of /etc/reso

Re: Most inexpensive debian friendly laserjet printer? total cost of ownership including laserink?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/04/08 23:58, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Hi, > > I tend to print out a lot of documentation on the software for projects > that I work on. Therefore I go through alot of laserjet cartidges on my > postscript compatible hp laserjet 1200 printer. > >

Re: Can't resolve ftp.us.debian.org

> * From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On a recently restored etch server, I can't apt-get update because it >can't resolve anything in my sources.list, e.g. ftp.us.debian.org. (1) check the correctness of /etc/resolv.conf (2) correct /etc/resolv.conf and then try again If you hav

Re: Re: Barry? Also berry_charge

> * From: Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 07:50:48AM +0200, NN_il_Confusionario wrote: >> grep berry_charge /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep ; \ >> depmod -a ; \ >> grep berry_charge /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep ; \ >> modprobe berry_charge > >"FATAL: Module ber

Can't resolve ftp.us.debian.org

On a recently restored etch server, I can't apt-get update because it can't resolve anything in my sources.list, e.g. ftp.us.debian.org. Right after I did a fresh etch install, update worked fine, but now after restoring my previous files, it doesn't. If I try to INSTALL a package instead of UPDAT

Re: Barry? Also berry_charge

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 07:50:48AM +0200, NN_il_Confusionario wrote: > grep berry_charge /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep ; \ > depmod -a ; \ > grep berry_charge /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep ; \ > modprobe berry_charge "FATAL: Module berry_charge not found." -- Carl Fink

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