Re: Kernel issues: booting from USB storage (Repost)

Quoth green at 2009-03-25 14:26... > This is off-topic for the thread, but > I am happy with my 3945ABG: it works good with 2.6.26 (though I don't know > about before that). I suppose you are using iwl3945 now; if you are not (are > using ipw3945 and ipw3945d) be sure to try out iwl3945. Of cou

Re: Which timezone does the cron use in Debian?

On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:15:09 -0500 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: > In <20090322151837.7d584022.cele...@gmail.com>, Celejar wrote: > >On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:18:34 + > >Nuno Magalhães wrote: > >> > and the date and time is correct. They're the same as the bios (cmos) > >> > clock shows. > >>

Re: Xwindow Failed Suddenly

On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:06:29 +0100 Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:43:48 +0700, Zaki Akhmad wrote: ... > > Error in I830WaitLpRing(), timeout for 2 seconds > > It looks like this problem has been around for a while: > > http://bugs.debian.org/494321 and here: http://bugs.

Re: Kernel issues: booting from USB storage (Repost)

Matthew Smith wrote at 2009-03-16 23:18 -0600: > It even found my horrible Intel > 3945ABG card which is usually a real pig to get to work. It didn't work > - complaining about something which I intepreted as a missing firmware > package; but it found it, which is quite amazing! This is off

Re: Delete 4 million files

> kj wrote: >> Now, I've been running the usual find . -type f -exec rm {} \; >> but this is going at about 700,000 per day. Would simply doing an rm >> -rf on the Maildir be quicker? Or is there a better way? While rm -rf would certainly be quicker and is obviously preferred when you want t

Re: Best slim laptop on debian

Quoth gusti at 2009-03-24 18:26... > I want to by a slim laptop, but the last time that was buy a laptop was > a Toshiba Portege R100 and still I have not 3D support. > I don't want to make a wrong decision, so can you please recommend the > best slim laptop today supported fully support on lin

Re: Xwindow Failed Suddenly

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > It looks like this problem has been around for a while: > > http://bugs.debian.org/494321 [...] > The intel driver seems to be a bit flaky at the moment. (I have run into > problems with my 82Q963/Q965 card as well.) > > You can try to s

Best slim laptop on debian

Hello, I want to by a slim laptop, but the last time that was buy a laptop was a Toshiba Portege R100 and still I have not 3D support. I don't want to make a wrong decision, so can you please recommend the best slim laptop today supported fully support on linux? Thank you very much in adva

Re: testing microphone - how?

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:24:37 +0100 Nigel Henry wrote: ... > Personally I use MhWaveedit for recording. Normally I compile it from source, > but it is available on some Debian based installs from their repo's. It's in Sid. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP)

Re: sound blaster problem -

> > > > Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Channels PCI Express > > Interface Sound Card - > > OEM > > > >- *Sample Rate:* 96KHz > >- *Digital Audio:* 24-bit > >- *SNR:* >100dB (20kHz Low-pass filter, A-Weighted)

Re: Xwindow Failed Suddenly

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:43:48 +0700, Zaki Akhmad wrote: > Hello, > > I am using Debian Testing. While I am using computer on my xwindow, > suddenly the xwindow it blink and failed. And I should restart my > computer if I want my xwindow works again. The strange behaviour is, > if I restart from

Re: sound blaster problem -

Joey L wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Andrei Popescu > wrote: > >> On Tue,24.Mar.09, 14:01:53, Joey L wrote: >> >> What model is this? As far as I know some recent models are not >> supported in Linux, because Creative Labs doesn't provide any drivers >> and doesn't cooperate with the

Re: testing microphone - how?

Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > excuse me but you are not correct > > use amixer > > amixer | grep Input > Simple mixer control 'Digital Input Source',0 > Items: 'Analog Inputs' 'Digital Mic 1' 'Digital Mic 2' 'CD' > Item0: 'Analog Inputs' > Simple mixer control 'Digital Input Source',1 > Items: '

Re: questions about CUPS

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 12:27:57 +0200, Angelin Lalev wrote: [...] > Is it possible to use native PCL drivers for my printer and bypass the > long conversion -> text and > images->Postscript>CUPS>Postscript->PCL5/6 (and solve the > naming problem besides)? CUPS has a special printer mode

Re: testing microphone - how?

Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 08:38:55AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:50:22PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: >> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:44:24PM -0400, H.S. wrote: >> > > Alex Samad wrote: >> > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:51:37PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote

Re: testing microphone - how?

Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 08:38:55AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:50:22PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:44:24PM -0400, H.S. wrote: Alex Samad wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:51:37PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: >

Re: weird error while trying to run apt-get ? has anyone seen this...google has not

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > The relevant part is this: > > > dpkg: error processing > > /var/cache/apt/archives/libtagcoll-dev_1.6.3-2_amd64.deb (--unpack): > > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/tagcoll.1.gz', which is also in > > package tagcoll > > You have a

Re: sound blaster problem -

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue,24.Mar.09, 14:01:53, Joey L wrote: > > What model is this? As far as I know some recent models are not > supported in Linux, because Creative Labs doesn't provide any drivers > and doesn't cooperate with the community. > > Regards, >

Re: How does host lookup work

On Tuesday 24 Mar 2009, Alex Samad wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 06:40:41PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > > > > I still do not understand [NOTFOUND=return]. > > > > My reading of the manual is that it stops a failed lookup moving on > > to the subsequent entries. How do the dns entry and the md

Re: How can I install mencoder on Lenny?

Thomas Weinbrenner wrote: My advice is to read what's written on http://debian-multimedia.org/. Because these questions are answered there. And don't forget the key.. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listma

Re: libglib1.2ldbl

André Moreira wrote: Hey, been there already, got the source [glib1.2_1.2.10.orig.tar.gz]build it and... no libglib1.2ldbl anywhere... That's why I was looking for a repository that had it. What repos are you using

Re: Iceweasel: Can't find helper application

Quoth Thorny at 2009-03-25 03:11... > I have a default installation of Iceweasel 3.0.6 on Lenny and when I go to > Preferences-->Applications I only see one instance of Portable Document > Format. For it there is a drop down list to choose other than the default > "Always ask" which also includes n

Re: testing microphone - how?

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 08:38:55AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:50:22PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:44:24PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > > > Alex Samad wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:51:37PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > >> On Tuesday 24 Ma

Re: How can I install mencoder on Lenny?

Csanyi Pal writes: > If I can to install mencoder from http://debian-multimedia.org/ then > what to put in sources.list and mayhep what keyring to install? > > Any advices will be appreciated! My advice is to read what's written on http://debian-multimedia.org/. Because these questions are answ

Re: testing microphone - how?

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:50:22PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:44:24PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > > Alex Samad wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:51:37PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > >> On Tuesday 24 March 2009 17:21:06 Thorny wrote: > > >>> On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:26:33 +

How can I install mencoder on Lenny?

Hi, I want to install mencoder on Lenny. aptitude search mencoder give me nothing. If I can to install mencoder from http://debian-multimedia.org/ then what to put in sources.list and mayhep what keyring to install? Any advices will be appreciated! -- Regards, Paul Csanyi http://www.freewebs.

Re: lenny reinstall

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 09:38:23AM -0600, postid wrote: > I need to reinstall lenny using netinstall. (I had some problems > with the network, etc. during the first attempt.) I want to keep > the partitioning I currently have set up. I especially don't want > to risk messing up hda1 since I prom

Re: File Sharing Problem

Thomas H. George wrote: > I wish to share or move files between two Debian systems on a LAN. Each > can successfully ping the other using their system names, dragon and > phoenix. There are myriad ways (well, quite a number, anyway) to do this. Here are a few: 1. ssh aptitude install ssh

Re: mouse and gpm

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:50:17PM +0100, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 07:42:44PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm using a mouse with gpm and brltty, and it is working well... Is it > > possible to get the scroll wheel on my mouse to scroll the terminal in > > te

Re: testing microphone - how?

H.S. wrote: > Rick Pasotto wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:44:24PM -0400, H.S. wrote: >>> Alex Samad wrote: arecord, aplay - command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA soundcard driver >>> Yes, I second that. >>> >>> Try with the following command (duration is in seconds):

Re: testing microphone - how?

Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:44:24PM -0400, H.S. wrote: >> Alex Samad wrote: >>> >>> arecord, aplay - command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA >>> soundcard driver >> Yes, I second that. >> >> Try with the following command (duration is in seconds): >> ~$> arecord -

Re: How does host lookup work

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 06:40:41PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Monday 23 Mar 2009, Alex Samad wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 09:28:27PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > > > I am extremely confused about host lookup works now that avahi > > > daemon has been added into the equation. > > > > >

Re: testing microphone - how?

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:44:24PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:51:37PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On Tuesday 24 March 2009 17:21:06 Thorny wrote: > >>> On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:26:33 +, Lisi Reisz posted: > I am trying to test a microphone by some

Re: testing microphone - how?

Alex Samad wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:51:37PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Tuesday 24 March 2009 17:21:06 Thorny wrote: >>> On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:26:33 +, Lisi Reisz posted: I am trying to test a microphone by some method other than ringing the same poor person repeatedly

debian 5.0 supports virtual private servers

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Re: Sid/unstable+mozilla-mplayer

Jimmy Johnson wrote: On my latest Sid/unstable update I see that mozilla-mplayer is now marked as obsolete, dose anybody have any info as way it's getting marked obsolete? apt-get -u dist-upgrade gave me no info nor did it mark mozilla-mplayer for removal. aptitude full-upgrade gave me no i

Re: testing microphone - how?

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:51:37PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 24 March 2009 17:21:06 Thorny wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:26:33 +, Lisi Reisz posted: > > > I am trying to test a microphone by some method other than ringing the > > > same poor person repeatedly by VOIP. > > > > >

Re: Delete 4 million files

In <49c93fd1.7040...@net153.net>, Sam Leon wrote: >Most everyone here is recommending just plain old rm -rf > >I might add that once you start the rm process that you find the pid of >it and then lower its priority with renice so that away your whole >system won't be slowed down while it works. Wh

Re: Delete 4 million files

kj wrote: Hi guys, This might seem like a stupid question, but I'm hoping there's a better way. I discovered a Maildir on my server with 4+ million mails in. The result of a cronjob that runs every minute - this has been fixed. Now, I've been running the usual find . -type f -exec rm {} \

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Barclay, Daniel > wrote: > > Christofer C. Bell wrote: > > > Mail 1: Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > Mail 2: A: Top-posting. > > Mail 3: Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing

Sid/unstable+mozilla-mplayer

On my latest Sid/unstable update I see that mozilla-mplayer is now marked as obsolete, dose anybody have any info as way it's getting marked obsolete? apt-get -u dist-upgrade gave me no info nor did it mark mozilla-mplayer for removal. aptitude full-upgrade gave me no info nor did it mark mo

Re: File Sharing Problem - Thanks

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 08:28:23PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue,24.Mar.09, 12:17:29, Thomas H. George wrote: > > I wish to share or move files between two Debian systems on a LAN. Each > > can successfully ping the other using their system names, dragon and > > phoenix. > > Good > > >

Re: export variables bash

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Daniel Dalton wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 06:51:08PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How can I export (or just run a bunch of commands like .bash_profile), > > when gnome starts from gdm? > > Solved, configured in the gnome-terminal profiles window

Re: How does host lookup work

On Monday 23 Mar 2009, Alex Samad wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 09:28:27PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > > I am extremely confused about host lookup works now that avahi > > daemon has been added into the equation. > > > > my /etc/nsswitch.conf file has this in it for the host entry > > > > host

Re: sound blaster problem -

On Tue,24.Mar.09, 14:01:53, Joey L wrote: > I ran lspci and got this: ... > 04:00.0 PCI bridge: Creative Labs Unknown device 7006 > 05:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs Unknown device 0009 > > when i run alsaconf - I get no sound devices detected. > Is there another step that i am missing - The las

Re: weird error while trying to run apt-get ? has anyone seen this...google has not

The relevant part is this: > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libtagcoll-dev_1.6.3-2_amd64.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/tagcoll.1.gz', which is also in > package tagcoll You have a file conflict. If both packages are from Debian (and not from some o

Re: File Sharing Problem

On 2009-03-24 12:57, Daryl Styrk wrote: [snip] Tom, You need top open port 22 on the destination machine and make sure your have openssh-server installed on the destination as well. I use shorewall and have the following rule to allow ssh on 22... #ACTIONSOURCEDESTPRO

Re: libglib1.2ldbl

Hey, been there already, got the source [glib1.2_1.2.10.orig.tar.gz]build it and... no libglib1.2ldbl anywhere... That's why I was looking for a repository that had it. What repos are you using with aptitude. I have

Re: File Sharing Problem

On Tue,24.Mar.09, 12:17:29, Thomas H. George wrote: > I wish to share or move files between two Debian systems on a LAN. Each > can successfully ping the other using their system names, dragon and > phoenix. Good > I have gotten lost in the NFS-Root-Client-Mini-HOWTO which seems far > more elab

Re: libglib1.2ldbl

André Moreira wrote: Hello, some front matter ;) I'm having a hard time installing lazarus on a debian machine with kernel 2.6.18-5-686. I have a dependency issue with libglib1.2ldbl and I can't find it anywhere in my repositories with apt-cache. Can anyone point me to the right place? Cheer

Re: testing microphone - how?

On Tuesday 24 March 2009 18:51, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 24 March 2009 17:21:06 Thorny wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:26:33 +, Lisi Reisz posted: > > > I am trying to test a microphone by some method other than ringing the > > > same poor person repeatedly by VOIP. > > > > > > I have t

Re: help - Browsing network Issue after installing SAMBA?

The method I used before was just using Nautilus 2.20.0 > network > Windows Network > select the server and brows from there. Never got any error messages, it worked fine. Turns out I ended up doing a reinstall and this time I didn't select the "File Server" option, works fine now. I will post a ne

libglib1.2ldbl

Hello, some front matter ;) I'm having a hard time installing lazarus on a debian machine with kernel 2.6.18-5-686. I have a dependency issue with libglib1.2ldbl and I can't find it anywhere in my repositories with apt-cache. Can anyone point me to the right place? Cheers

Re: minimal xorg.conf for usb mouse

On Tue,24.Mar.09, 12:17:38, David Goodenough wrote: > With the sid Xorg code for many systems you now no longer need an > xorg.conf, everything self configures. > > But it would appear that USB mice are not supported in this configuration. My usb mouse works just fine. Try running 'tail -f /var/

Re: export variables bash

On Tue,24.Mar.09, 19:46:28, Daniel Dalton wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 06:51:08PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How can I export (or just run a bunch of commands like .bash_profile), > > when gnome starts from gdm? > > Solved, configured in the gnome-terminal profiles window...

Re: Possible bug in packaging

On Tue,24.Mar.09, 06:30:50, Amey Parulekar wrote: > Hi, > > I built and installed mercator from source, and then built and installed > cyphesis (which has mercator as one of the dependencies), but on running > cyphesis I got a linking error saying libmercator-0.2.so not found. However, > installin

sound blaster problem -

I ran lspci and got this: 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a3) 00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a3) 00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1) 00:02.1

Re: File Sharing Problem

Thomas H. George wrote: I wish to share or move files between two Debian systems on a LAN. Each can successfully ping the other using their system names, dragon and phoenix. I have gotten lost in the NFS-Root-Client-Mini-HOWTO which seems far more elaborate than my needs. From either system I

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

On Tue,24.Mar.09, 13:30:15, Bob Cox wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 01:06:11 +1300, Chris Bannister > (mockingb...@earthlight.co.nz) wrote: > > [...] > > It was mentioned that inline posting and deleting unnecessary text is a > > better method, but that was shrugged off as being too confusing.

Re: testing microphone - how?

On Tuesday 24 March 2009 17:21:06 Thorny wrote: > On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:26:33 +, Lisi Reisz posted: > > I am trying to test a microphone by some method other than ringing the > > same poor person repeatedly by VOIP. > > > > I have tried to run record applications, but cannot seem to get the >

Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1751-1] New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities

On Tue,24.Mar.09, 10:05:06, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > For how long have I been running a (knowingly) insecure Iceweasel? It seems to me as you haven't. I searched through my archive of debian-security-announce and I don't see any other related message. Did you try searching the archives of deb

Re: Pocket Hard Drive or Keypen to run Linux

Dean Chester wrote: Hi Im soon to be buying a new key pen/pocket hard drive that will have a linux distro installed on a partition. What would be the best to go for as key pens only have a certain life and the keypen will be used daily. I know i shouldn't run it as a main OS off the keypen yet im

Re: testing microphone - how?

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:26:33 +, Lisi Reisz posted: > I am trying to test a microphone by some method other than ringing the > same poor person repeatedly by VOIP. > > I have tried to run record applications, but cannot seem to get the > applications going (so far Audacity and KRec). > Hi Lisi

Re: flakey internet access through network

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:11:53 -0700, postid posted: > I'm working on our school's computer system and discovering that the > internet access is really a pain. I can log on to the wireless network > and get a strong signal, but internet access comes and goes. I just > discovered that if I try to do

weird error while trying to run apt-get ? has anyone seen this...google has not

serv:/usr/share/man/man1# apt-get upgrade tagcoll Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be upgraded: libtagcoll-dev 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need

Re: Iceweasel: Can't find helper application

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:19:53 +1030, Matthew Smith posted: > Hi Folks > > Don't know if this is a Debian issue or a Firefox issue - having only just > switched from Gentoo+FF2 to Debian+FF3/Iceweasel. > > * Try to follow a link to a PDF document. * Get a message that the helper > application (xpdf

File Sharing Problem

I wish to share or move files between two Debian systems on a LAN. Each can successfully ping the other using their system names, dragon and phoenix. I have gotten lost in the NFS-Root-Client-Mini-HOWTO which seems far more elaborate than my needs. From either system I only want to access the fi

flakey internet access through network

I'm working on our school's computer system and discovering that the internet access is really a pain. I can log on to the wireless network and get a strong signal, but internet access comes and goes. I just discovered that if I try to do a search, click on something online, or start writing a

Re: Fetchmail problem: connection to localhost refused

On (25/03/09 01:05), Chris Bannister wrote: | On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 07:37:45PM -0700, johnrchamp...@columbus.rr.com wrote: | > | > Fetchmail, for reasons I can't figure out, has started refusing to download mail. ... | > )..fetchmail: connection to localhost:smtp [127.0.0.1/25] failed: Connecti

Re: lenny reinstall

postid wrote: I need to reinstall lenny using netinstall. (I had some problems with the network, etc. during the first attempt.) I want to keep the partitioning I currently have set up. I especially don't want to risk messing up hda1 since I promised the user that I'd give them the option of b

Re: minimal xorg.conf for usb mouse

David Goodenough wrote: With the sid Xorg code for many systems you now no longer need an xorg.conf, everything self configures. But it would appear that USB mice are not supported in this configuration. Normally I have a synaptic mousepad on my laptop, but sometimes I would rather use a mouse.

lenny reinstall

I need to reinstall lenny using netinstall. (I had some problems with the network, etc. during the first attempt.) I want to keep the partitioning I currently have set up. I especially don't want to risk messing up hda1 since I promised the user that I'd give them the option of booting either s

Re: Can't print print in gnome 2.22 after upgrading etch >> lenny

Hi, I found out what was wrong. The cups in lenny uses the FQDN. You can checkout the used FQDN using "ngrap". There was no error reported by /vav/log/cups/error.log Thank you and greetings! Javier Barroso wrote: Hi, On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Sebastian Schnur wrote: Hi dear debi

Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1751-1] New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 07:57:11PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sun,22.Mar.09, 18:35:21, wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I'm running Etch, and use Iceweasel. I'm concerned about this security > > advisory. It says that the Etch release notes said that the Mozilla > > products would have to b

Re: Consolechars Question

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 01:02:42AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:24:47AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > During bootup (Lenny) the console font changes to a thin, wiry font > > and then changes again to a font with much fatter characters. The final > > font is very

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 01:06:11 +1300, Chris Bannister (mockingb...@earthlight.co.nz) wrote: [...] > It was mentioned that inline posting and deleting unnecessary text is a > better method, but that was shrugged off as being too confusing. :o > So in that situation I was happier[2] seeing a sil

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Re: testing microphone - how?

On 2009-03-24, Lisi Reisz wrote: > I am trying to test a microphone by some method other than ringing > the same poor person repeatedly by VOIP. > > I have tried to run record applications, but cannot seem to get the > applications going (so far Audacity and KRec). (GNOME) Sound Recorder works

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

On 2009-03-24 07:06, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:40:14AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-03-22 11:45, Chris Bannister wrote: Bottom posting of course is just as bad or worse than top posting. The only person who can say that with a straight face is one who has spent to

minimal xorg.conf for usb mouse

With the sid Xorg code for many systems you now no longer need an xorg.conf, everything self configures. But it would appear that USB mice are not supported in this configuration. Normally I have a synaptic mousepad on my laptop, but sometimes I would rather use a mouse. What do I have to have i

Re: iceape-browser disappear of debian

On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:00:30 +0100, Gerard Robin posted: > Hello, > iceape is no more part of debian, I would like to know if is it possible > to install the package seamonkey of ubuntu in sid ? > It was dropped from Debian because no one stepped up to act as maintainer, you may be able to do yo

Re: confused about gcc-4.3 version in my system

On 2009-03-24 13:03 +0100, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 08:37:47AM -0700, shaul Karl wrote: >> >> dpkg (dpkg -l gcc-4.3) reports that 4.3.3-3 is installed. >> The latest entry in /var/log/apt/term reports 4:4.3.3-2 were set up. >

Pocket Hard Drive or Keypen to run Linux

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Re: 64 vs 32 lenny

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 05:40:09AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > As for applications, the only one I'm missing at the moment is a 64bit version > of skype (you can still run the static version), most everything else has 64 > bit versions I believe (at least things I use) Not tovid, that I could see

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:40:14AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-03-22 11:45, Chris Bannister wrote: >> Bottom posting of course is just as bad or worse than top posting. > > The only person who can say that with a straight face is one who has > spent too much time using Windows. Or who re

Re: Fetchmail problem: connection to localhost refused

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 07:37:45PM -0700, johnrchamp...@columbus.rr.com wrote: > > Fetchmail, for reasons I can't figure out, has started refusing to download > mail. An identitical .fetchmailrc works on a different laptop, both running > uptodate sid. Here's a sample error message: > > 2 mess

Re: mouse and gpm

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 07:42:44PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using a mouse with gpm and brltty, and it is working well... Is it > possible to get the scroll wheel on my mouse to scroll the terminal in > text mode? eg. work like the page up and page down keys, maybe not as > bigger

Re: confused about gcc-4.3 version in my system

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 03:56:22PM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > Debian has a sort of rule about ABIs. There can be two named "versions > for the same package. For example, a kernel might be 2.6.xx-1 and > 2.6.xx-6 at the same time, a little confusing. The -1 is the ABI, and > if the ABI cha

Re: PHP5 Warning: pg_connect() Cannot create new link.

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 05:04:07PM +0100, Pet wrote: > Hi, > > I've php5-pgsql installed, but php-scripts throw > > Warning: pg_connect() [function.pg-connect]: Cannot create new link. > > For any help, many thanks That is insufficient information. Honestly, this is probably why your post is be

Re: confused about gcc-4.3 version in my system

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 08:37:47AM -0700, shaul Karl wrote: > > dpkg (dpkg -l gcc-4.3) reports that 4.3.3-3 is installed. > The latest entry in /var/log/apt/term reports 4:4.3.3-2 were set up. ^^ typo? > To ad

Re: Consolechars Question

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:24:47AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > During bootup (Lenny) the console font changes to a thin, wiry font > and then changes again to a font with much fatter characters. The final > font is very readable but when I start mutt the symbols used to indicate > threading o

Re: msginit doesn't work

Please don't hijack threads. Start a new thread instead of replying to an existing thread and changing the subject. On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 06:04:51PM +0800, Chris wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I try to use msginit to generate a po file, but it doesn't work. > > msginit -l zh_CN.UTF-8 > > The new mess

Re: help - Browsing network Issue after installing SAMBA?

On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:32:49 -0700, dbpbandit posted: > I've been experimenting with several distributions of Linux over the past > few months and I finally decided on Debian for many reasons. Currently I > have it running on a couple of laptops and an old PC. The PC has two HDD, > one has Debian

testing microphone - how?

I am trying to test a microphone by some method other than ringing the same poor person repeatedly by VOIP. I have tried to run record applications, but cannot seem to get the applications going (so far Audacity and KRec). I have tried to run tests, but either I get an error message that the de

Re: Possible bug in packaging

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:30:50 +0530, Amey Parulekar posted: [...] > Now, cyphesis doesn't build unless it finds an installed copy of mercator, > so this is not a problem with cyphesis. The fact that it is a runtime > error suggests that it has something to do with the directory structure > that debi

Re: "Domain of sender address does not resolve" in mail logs

> >> Quoth Bob Cox at 2009-03-18 18:39... > >> >The question is whether you should be rejecting email from any user > >> >@act.gov.au just because act.gov.au does not resolve. > > > >On 18.03.09 19:31, Matthew Smith wrote: > >> we need to > >> be tolerant of such things as MX records not having cor

Re: export variables bash

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 06:51:08PM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Hi, > > How can I export (or just run a bunch of commands like .bash_profile), > when gnome starts from gdm? Solved, configured in the gnome-terminal profiles window... Daniel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lis

stopping syslog errors from vserver guests

Hi, Following on from the below message where I found that some of my vserver guests are causing errors to be written in the vserver host's syslog, does anyone know if/how it is possible to stop certain errors from appearing? 2009/3/23 Anton Piatek : > 2009/3/23 Anton Piatek : >> Not sure when th

export variables bash

Hi, How can I export (or just run a bunch of commands like .bash_profile), when gnome starts from gdm? Thanks, Daniel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org