Re: Console video sleep mode?

On Sat,29.Aug.09, 00:38:07, Ron Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > (I've tried Googling, but all hits seem to refer to various laptop > suspend modes.) > > When in "console mode" (i.e., no X!), and no one is logged it, the > screen blanks after 10ish minutes, but the monitor stays fully > powered. How do

Console video sleep mode?

Hi, (I've tried Googling, but all hits seem to refer to various laptop suspend modes.) When in "console mode" (i.e., no X!), and no one is logged it, the screen blanks after 10ish minutes, but the monitor stays fully powered. How do I tell the screen to go into sleep mode? Thanks -- Obse

Re: modifier keys stop working [second try]

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:34:48 -0400, I wrote: > I am repeatedly losing modifier-key function. > > I run an up-to-date Lenny system and use the window manager fvwm (2.5.26-1) > so that I can mostly work from the command line. I also have a virtual XP > machine (VM, VMware 1.06). > > If I use the VM

Re: hotmail sends blank messages from iceweasel

Charles wrote: > On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:42:09 -0700 > Paul Johnson wrote: > >> On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 20:51 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: >>> Hotmail does not like Iceweasel. >> Duh! When has Microsoft played well with others except when >> politically convenient for them? Have you considered using a

Re: hotmail sends blank messages from iceweasel

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:42:09 -0700 Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 20:51 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: > > Hotmail does not like Iceweasel. > > Duh! When has Microsoft played well with others except when > politically convenient for them? Have you considered using a > higher quality ema

Yet *another* reason... (was Re: Thread hijacking)

On 2009-08-28 11:30, Patrick Wiseman wrote: [snip] I just discovered that gmail does not include the References header if you reply to an email and change the subject line. I wonder if that's a deliberate "feature". to hate gmail! -- Obsession with "preserving cultural heritage" is a racist

Re: hotmail sends blank messages from iceweasel

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Re: .mov skipping?

On 2009-08-28 12:01, i'll teach you to turn away. wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: RJ> On 2009-08-25 21:58, i'll teach you to turn away. wrote: erm. installing tovid wants to remove a bunch of crap i use regularly. i hate that. RJ> Really? It's Depends list isn't that unusual for this kind of s

Re: Converting Flac to MP3

Rob Owens wrote: On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 01:16:19PM +0100, Gav wrote: Does anybody know of a program that will convert Flac files to MP3. Preferably taking all the tag information from the flac file and setting it in the MP3 file. I converted my CD collection to Flac a while back but could

Re: [semi-OT] How to echo \\ in dash

On Friday 28 August 2009 13:20:24 Paul E Condon wrote: > On 2009-08-28_10:02:50, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Friday 28 August 2009 08:54:50 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > > Hi list! > > > > > > In an effort to write my scripts in a posix conform way, I try to use > > > dash instead of bash

RE: Nvidia cards

> From: Andrei Popescu [mailto:andreimpope...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 10:40 AM > > On Thu,27.Aug.09, 14:59:57, Kevin Ross wrote: > > > > Of course, VDPAU-enabled players are not yet in the Debian archives. > All of > > the above mentioned players I build from source. VDPAU is i

Re: [semi-OT] How to echo \\ in dash

On 2009-08-28_10:02:50, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Friday 28 August 2009 08:54:50 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > Hi list! > > > > In an effort to write my scripts in a posix conform way, I try to use > > dash instead of bash. One issue I don't understand: > > > > Why does 'echo ' behave

Re: maildrop: (aas: ProcMail ...)

On Wed,26.Aug.09, 21:46:43, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 03:38:05PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Wed,26.Aug.09, 21:02:48, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > > The rule above will actually create an mbox if the folder doesn't exist > > (tested). Yesterday I just added a trailing "/" to

Re: Debian preseed: How to choose the hdd for partman?

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 02:38:23PM +0200, Gerolf Ziegenhain wrote: > Problem: > The problem is now, that reference (b) in the snipplet doesn't choose disk1 > aka sdb - even though the disk is recognized after the additional modules > have been loaded (I verified this in another console). The inst

Re: Nvidia cards

On Thu,27.Aug.09, 14:59:57, Kevin Ross wrote: > > Of course, VDPAU-enabled players are not yet in the Debian archives. All of > the above mentioned players I build from source. VDPAU is in the main > source tree for those players, so no patching is necessary. Official archives no, but www.debia

Re: .mov skipping?

Ron Johnson wrote: RJ> On 2009-08-25 21:58, i'll teach you to turn away. wrote: >> erm. installing tovid wants to remove a bunch of crap i use >> regularly. i hate that. RJ> Really? It's Depends list isn't that unusual for this kind of s/w, RJ> so what does it want to deinstall?

Re: Thread hijacking

On 2009-08-28 18:30 +0200, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > I just discovered that gmail does not include the References header if > you reply to an email and change the subject line. I wonder if that's > a deliberate "feature". >From what I've heard of gmail so far, it probably is. :-/ Sven -- To U

Re: Thread hijacking

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-08-28 17:04 +0200, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 09:33:57AM -0500, David Young wrote: >>> On Fri, August 28, 2009 9:14 am, Sven Joachim wrote: >>> > No, look at the "References" header in your messageน.  Whe

Re: Thread hijacking

On 2009-08-28 17:04 +0200, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 09:33:57AM -0500, David Young wrote: >> On Fri, August 28, 2009 9:14 am, Sven Joachim wrote: >> > No, look at the "References" header in your message¹. When starting a >> > new thread, this header does not exist, be

Re: modifier keys stop working [second try]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 08:13:17PM -0400, Steve Kleene wrote: > On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:34:48 -0400, I wrote: > > > I am repeatedly losing modifier-key function. > > > > I run an up-to-date Lenny system and use the window manager fvwm (2.5.26-1) > > so that I can mostly work from the command line.

Re: 5 newbie Linux users & one shared media folder?

On 26/08/09 13:11, Nick Lidakis wrote: > I'm attempting to setup a Debian Linux/Gnome laptop for a friend, his wife, > and > their 4 kids. Each has a home folder that is private to the rest. They > have small collection of music & photos that they would like to share. > What's the most efffective

Re: Thread hijacking (was: Install gcc)

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 09:33:57AM -0500, David Young wrote: > On Fri, August 28, 2009 9:14 am, Sven Joachim wrote: > > On 2009-08-28 16:07 +0200, David Young wrote: > > > >> On Fri, August 28, 2009 8:52 am, Sven Joachim wrote: > >>> And please refrain from hijacking threads in the future. When yo

Re: [semi-OT] How to echo \\ in dash

On Friday 28 August 2009 08:54:50 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Hi list! > > In an effort to write my scripts in a posix conform way, I try to use > dash instead of bash. One issue I don't understand: > > Why does 'echo ' behave different for bash and dash? Per the POSIX and SUS specifications,

Re: problem compiling new kernel

On Fri, Aug 28 2009, Celejar wrote: > Assuming that you're building kernel packages with kernel-package, you > may be being hit by this: > > "The image postinst no longer runs the initramfs creation commands. > Instead, there are example scripts provided that will perform the task. > These script

Re: Thread hijacking (was: Install gcc)

On Fri, August 28, 2009 9:14 am, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-08-28 16:07 +0200, David Young wrote: > >> On Fri, August 28, 2009 8:52 am, Sven Joachim wrote: >>> And please refrain from hijacking threads in the future. When you >>> have >>> a problem not already discussed here, write a new messag

Re: [semi-OT] How to echo \\ in dash

On Friday 28 August 2009 15:54:50 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > In an effort to write my scripts in a posix conform way, I try to use > dash instead of bash. One issue I don't understand: > > Why does 'echo ' behave different for bash and dash? > > It's a bit confusing that one cannot echo two \

Re: Silverlight/Moonlight/Tuva

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:00 AM, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > Has anyone succeeded in using the "moonlight" packages in order to > view the videos at Microsoft's Tuva project? If so, which packages > are needed exactly / which tricks? > > http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/ i am also int

Re: Inquiry:Linux installation problem

On Friday 28 August 2009 13:54:30 Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:51:31 +0100 > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > ... > > > > +Ok%2C+booting+the+kernel&btn> > > Just a head's up: your mailer (Kmail) seems to have broken your li

Thread hijacking (was: Install gcc)

On 2009-08-28 16:07 +0200, David Young wrote: > On Fri, August 28, 2009 8:52 am, Sven Joachim wrote: >> And please refrain from hijacking threads in the future. When you >> have >> a problem not already discussed here, write a new message instead of >> replying to an unrelated one. > > I apprecia

Re: OpenVPN and Juniper

Jerome BENOIT: > Jochen Schulz wrote: >> Jerome BENOIT: >> >>> can OpenVPN connect to a Juniper network ? >> >> I don't think so. OpenVPN uses its own approach to establishing a VPN. I >> would be very surprised if Juniper had copied it (or vice versa). You >> need to find out whether Juniper inve

Re: Install gcc

On Fri, August 28, 2009 8:52 am, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-08-28 02:18 +0200, David Young wrote: > >> I installed gcc 4.3 using Synaptic, and the process seemed to have >> succeeded. However, when I enter the gcc -v command, I get a "bash: >> gcc: command not found error". >> >> Is there addit

FIXED: can't get a terminal in icewm until after I start iceweasel

I upgraded everything to current yesterday, and booted with kernel 2.6.30-1-486, and now the terminal comes up properly. I have no idea which of these updates made it work, but it works now. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

[semi-OT] How to echo \\ in dash

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi list! In an effort to write my scripts in a posix conform way, I try to use dash instead of bash. One issue I don't understand: Why does 'echo ' behave different for bash and dash? It's a bit confusing that one cannot echo two \\ to another f

Re: Install gcc

On 2009-08-28 02:18 +0200, David Young wrote: > I installed gcc 4.3 using Synaptic, and the process seemed to have > succeeded. However, when I enter the gcc -v command, I get a "bash: > gcc: command not found error". > > Is there additional configuration to be done beyond the package install? N

Re: Install gcc

On Fri, August 28, 2009 8:16 am, Celejar wrote: > [Please reply only to the list and don't cc. me, as per the list CoC.] Sorry. Rookie mistake. > On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:49:08 -0500 (CDT) >> On Thu, August 27, 2009 7:48 pm, Celejar wrote: >> > On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:18:28 -0500 (CDT) >> > "David

Re: OpenVPN and Juniper

Thanks for the reply. Jochen Schulz wrote: Jerome BENOIT: can OpenVPN connect to a Juniper network ? I don't think so. OpenVPN uses its own approach to establishing a VPN. I would be very surprised if Juniper had copied it (or vice versa). You need to find out whether Juniper invented somethi

Re: Install gcc

[Please reply only to the list and don't cc. me, as per the list CoC.] On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:49:08 -0500 (CDT) "David Young" wrote: > On Thu, August 27, 2009 7:48 pm, Celejar wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:18:28 -0500 (CDT) > > "David Young" wrote: > > > >> I installed gcc 4.3 using Synapti

Re: problem compiling new kernel

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:07:45 +0800 Niu Kun wrote: > bdebreil 写道: ... > > Now, with Lenny, I haven't so far been able to go any further in > > recompiling usable kernels. 2.6.30.4 did compile without errors, but > > then I found that I had no 'mkinitrd' on my new system. How am I to > > generate

Re: Inquiry:Linux installation problem

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:51:31 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: ... > +Ok%2C+booting+the+kernel&btn> Just a head's up: your mailer (Kmail) seems to have broken your link by hard-wrapping it (a famous brokenness that I often see wit

Re: Install gcc

On Thu, August 27, 2009 7:48 pm, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:18:28 -0500 (CDT) > "David Young" wrote: > >> I installed gcc 4.3 using Synaptic, and the process seemed to have >> succeeded. However, when I enter the gcc -v command, I get a "bash: >> gcc: command not found error". > > Ex

Re: OpenVPN and Juniper

Jerome BENOIT: > > can OpenVPN connect to a Juniper network ? I don't think so. OpenVPN uses its own approach to establishing a VPN. I would be very surprised if Juniper had copied it (or vice versa). You need to find out whether Juniper invented something on their own or uses standard protocols

Re: Installed list of Apps

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:42:26PM -0400, Tim Tebbit wrote : > Yeah that's it.. > > from the current install.. > # dpkg --get-selections > list.txt > > bring that file with you... > > new install.. > > # dpkg --set-selections < list.txt > # aptitude install With this method, you loose the flag

Re: problem compiling new kernel

bdebreil 写道: Hi to Everyone, With my old SARGE system, as stated here last week, I was unable to boot newly compiled kernels, most likely because of the faulty initrd.img that I got using 'mkinitrd'. For this reason, I decided to install Lenny. Now, with Lenny, I haven't so far been able to go

problem compiling new kernel

Hi to Everyone, With my old SARGE system, as stated here last week, I was unable to boot newly compiled kernels, most likely because of the faulty initrd.img that I got using 'mkinitrd'. For this reason, I decided to install Lenny. Now, with Lenny, I haven't so far been able to go any further in

Re: OpenVPN and Juniper

Hello Mark, Thanks for your remarks. By Juniper I meant the Juniper VPN stuff (version 6.4.0): I want to connect with my laptop from my home to my organization which holds a Juniper VPN network via SSL. I can with the Linux material furnished by Juniper ( http://www.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/~iwr91/j

Re: Dell or HP laptop with excellent support to Linux (Debian)

Mark schreef: ... In general, our experience at work has been: HP desktops are great (again, "business" grade not home or consumer grade), but HP laptops we gave up on and went back to Dell. That's just our experience though. HTH > G'day, > > My name is Alexander Kapshuk.

Re: Linksys USB200M adapter failing under wicd

>Peter Crawford wrote: >> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:12:28 +0200 >> From: thveillon.deb...@googlemail.com >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: Linksys USB200M adapter failing under wicd > >> for wicd to work you need an empty /etc/network/interfaces file (except lo). > > Yes; as spe

Re: Inquiry:Linux installation problem

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 27 August 2009 17:22:10 Sthu Deus wrote: > > Thank You for Your time and answer, Ron: > > > Did you google "Uncompressing Linux .. Ok, booting the kernel"? > > > > > > I did, and got some interesting results. > > > > For the lazy o

Re: Inquiry:Linux installation problem

On Thursday 27 August 2009 17:22:10 Sthu Deus wrote: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Ron: > > Did you google "Uncompressing Linux .. Ok, booting the kernel"? > > > > I did, and got some interesting results. > > For the lazy ones, could You share the interesting points? Erm Open a browse

Re: configuring printer in newly installed Lenny

On Wednesday 26 August 2009 20:45:54 rudu wrote: > bdebreil a écrit : > > I feel sorry that I installed Lenny in a somewhat automated install > > program. [snip] > > > > What packages should I install and run so that my parallel printer gets > > proper drivers and config ? > > aptitude install cup

Silverlight/Moonlight/Tuva

Has anyone succeeded in using the "moonlight" packages in order to view the videos at Microsoft's Tuva project? If so, which packages are needed exactly / which tricks? http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/ Regards, Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: hotmail sends blank messages from iceweasel

Sven Joachim wrote: [...] > > Out of curiosity, why are you using Hotmail? > [...] I wouldn't touch it myself, but other users (family) of my computer do. My daughter has grudgingly allowed me to put a small Linux partition on her laptop, but she won't use it if her email doesn't work. -- Chris.

Re: modifier keys stop working [second try]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 20:13:17 -0400, Steve Kleene wrote: > On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:34:48 -0400, I wrote: > > > I am repeatedly losing modifier-key function. > > > > I run an up-to-date Lenny system and use the window manager fvwm (2.5.26-1) > > so that I can mostly work from the command line. I