RE: Network interface testing utlity

2009-10-03 Thread Kushal Koolwal
> OK then. The next question is how and what you intend to test. Are > you trying only to test a link (the media between your box and the > next box) or end-to end (where the two boxes are separated by many > links and many routers)? > Probably a block diagram of your proposed test setup would hel

Re: Suggestions for video/tv capture?

2009-10-03 Thread Dale
2009/10/4 Mark Allums : >> I have a Leadtek DTV 1000T and it works great under linux (never used >> it under windows) >> >> $ lspci -nnn >> 05:01.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI >> Video and Audio Decoder [14f1:8800] (rev 05) >> 05:01.2 Multimedia controller [0480]

Re: Suggestions for video/tv capture?

2009-10-03 Thread Mark Allums
Dale wrote: 2009/9/30 Dennis Wicks : Greetings; I have a lot of VHS tapes that I would like to put on CDs or DVDs. Any suggestions for a decent capture card? I would prefer one that is O/S neutral so I can run it on Deb or XP, but that isn't an absolute requirement. Grateful for any help! T

Re: Suggestions for video/tv capture?

2009-10-03 Thread Dale
2009/9/30 Dennis Wicks : > Greetings; > > I have a lot of VHS tapes that I would like to put on CDs or DVDs. > > Any suggestions for a decent capture card? > > I would prefer one that is O/S neutral so I can run it on Deb or XP, but > that isn't an absolute requirement. > > Grateful for any help! >

Re: Suggestions for video/tv capture?

2009-10-03 Thread I Rattan
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009, Dennis Wicks wrote: Thanks for all the help. I have gotten a card that works extremely well! Can you give crad details? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.

Re: pidgin not loading

2009-10-03 Thread Daniel Dalton
Solved, used ldconfig and compiled myself. Thanks, Dan. On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 06:19:34PM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 11:33:39PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > Something seems to be wrong with libpurple on your system. Please post > > the output of: > > > > nm -D

Re: Suggestions for video/tv capture?

2009-10-03 Thread Dennis Wicks
Thanks for all the help. I have gotten a card that works extremely well! Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Debian preseed errors with DHCP and network parameters

2009-10-03 Thread Josep M.
Hello. I have a preseed file, all runs ok, except install network manually, always install DHCP, I have disabled DHCP and debconf is well configured, I have four problems : 1 - For install network without enable dhcp I must write when boot: netcfg/disable_dhcp=true preseed/url=ftp://192.168.x.x

[SOLVED] Re: Downgrade libxi6 -- HowTo? (Bug 515734)

2009-10-03 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 29. 09. 2009 16:38:40 je Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. napisal(a): > What version of Debian are you running? If you are as "noob" as you > say, you > should be running Lenny. Until you are more comfortable with > administering a > Debian machine, running anything else is asking for trouble. > -

Re: Need advice from experts in complex multi-boot setups.

2009-10-03 Thread Tom H
I purchased an Iomega mobile HDD 250GB and am planning to install on it several OSs: MacOSX 10.5.8 (Hackintosh), Solaris10, OpenSolaris, Debian, OpenSuse, Fedora, BSDs (FreeBSD and OpenBSD). The computer is a Dell netbook Mini9 which supports all these operative systems ver

Re: dhclient DHCPREQUEST loop

2009-10-03 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Michael Pobega wrote: > I get this problem on some networks; it seems to me that some routers just > don't play nicely with dhclient. I've tried multiple times to find the source, > but I've yet to have any luck. Well, we'd need packet dumps (*full* packet dumps) from tcpdump

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:37:27 -0400 Lee Winter wrote: Hello Lee, > Nah, don't do that. {snipped} > The sender is the problem, not the message he sent. So make the > message handling his responsibility. Advice duly noted. I'll have to come up with a suitably cryptic and universal response to u

Re: Can't boot custom compiled 2.6.30 amd64 kernel

2009-10-03 Thread Morten Bo Johansen
Andrew Perrin wrote: > Appreciate all the replies. However I have never used an initrd in the > past (been building kernels since the 2.0.x series) and don't want to > this time. sata and ext3 drivers are built into the kernel (not > modules) so I don't think I should need one. Any thoughts as t

Re: Nvidia chipset problems on Presario

2009-10-03 Thread Richard Lyons
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 02:01:25PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 09:44 +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > > I have an HP Compaq Presario CQ60 laptop. Having no high-speed > > connection, > > I have installed Debian 5.0.2 from the dvd set. This gives me kernel· > > 2.6.26-2-686.

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
S. Fishpaste wrote: > Reply-To-List is built into Thunderbird now isn't it? I thought there had > been some action on this front from the T-Bird developers. I had been > watching this on Bugzilla. > It's present in the version 3 betas, but not yet in the 2.x versions. -- Odd that we think de

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sat October 3 2009, S. Fishpaste wrote: > > Does not help the OP though, unless he reads the GMail with fetchmail > > into own machine. > > Well; There is a GMail IMAP option the OP could use with an external > client. Far superior in my mind then pop3. I use Kontact, and have a gmail IMAP ( ca

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread S. Fishpaste
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 16:42:30 +0300, Jari Fredriksson in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > > Does not help the OP though, unless he reads the GMail with fetchmail into > own machine. Well; There is a GMail IMAP option the OP could use with an external client. Far superior in my mind then pop3. Usi

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread S. Fishpaste
On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:27:05 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: >> Another thing that really piss me off is when I want to reply a >> message to the list. >> Pressing `R` or clicking on `Reply` places the author of the current >> email on th

Re: unstable: gnome kind of broken?

2009-10-03 Thread Jonas Meurer
hey again, On 03/10/2009 Jonas Meurer wrote: > since gnome transition to 2.28 was started[1], my desktop seems kind of > broken. the look and feel is comparable to gnomes default five years ago > and several minor issues occured. applets don't start any more, the > position of my desktop icons is

NETDEV WATCHDOG

2009-10-03 Thread izlem Gozukeles
Hello, I am using Lenny (kernel : 2.6.26-2-686). After I start my computer, in a few minutes, I lose my Network connection with a kernel failure. In the error logs, it is saying that: " r8169: eth0: link up [ 3129.367003] NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out" However, more interestingly, if

Re: apt/dpkg problems

2009-10-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4ac66dd8.9080...@baywinds.org>, Bruce Ferrell wrote: >Preparing to replace dpkg 1.14.25 (using >.../archives/dpkg_1.14.25_arm.deb) ... >Unpacking replacement dpkg ... >Processing triggers for man-db ... >Setting up dpkg (1.14.25) ... >chown: changing ownership of `&x\b': No such file or directo

Re: question about timezone

2009-10-03 Thread Guillaume CHARDIN
2009/10/3 Chris Jackson : > Guillaume CHARDIN wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I actually run a debian etch on my computer. I just run `date` on this >> computer and i don't understand what is displayed.  I live in France >> and the timezone is (as my knowledge) gmt/utc +01:00. When i run `date >> `on my comp

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Lee Winter
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 19:19:53 +0300 > "Jari Fredriksson" wrote: > However, on at least one list I'm on, there are people that *insist* on > only replying privately, not the list. I'm starting to get tired from > the constant need to redirect m

Re: question about timezone

2009-10-03 Thread Chris Jackson
Guillaume CHARDIN wrote: Hi, I actually run a debian etch on my computer. I just run `date` on this computer and i don't understand what is displayed. I live in France and the timezone is (as my knowledge) gmt/utc +01:00. When i run `date `on my computer it shows me : Sat, 03 Oct

question about timezone

2009-10-03 Thread Guillaume CHARDIN
Hi, I actually run a debian etch on my computer. I just run `date` on this computer and i don't understand what is displayed. I live in France and the timezone is (as my knowledge) gmt/utc +01:00. When i run `date `on my computer it shows me : Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:22:56 +0200 UTC +020

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 19:19:53 +0300 "Jari Fredriksson" wrote: Hello Jari, > If someone sends a message to your email address, and a carbon copy to > list, just ignore the direct email, and answer the the list message. > List-Id filters the list copy to the correct folder. The another copy > is ju

Re: very large fonts in gtk-gnutella

2009-10-03 Thread steef
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 23:59:33 +0200, steef wrote: hi list, gtk-gnutella started today unexpected with very - too - large fonts. is there a way to manipulate this phenomenon for which i cannot discover any reason?? Suggestions: - Check if xdpyinfo | grep -

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 16:54:06 +0100 Terence wrote: > My apologies. ;-] No problem. It's the software. You only expected it to act correctly. Google needs tons of complaints, though. Cybe R. Wizard -- Registered GNU/Linux user # 126326 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Jari Fredriksson
If someone sends a message to your email address, and a carbon copy to list, just ignore the direct email, and answer the the list message. List-Id filters the list copy to the correct folder. The another copy is junk. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a sub

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Terence
2009/10/3 Cybe R. Wizard : > Add to that Gmail users who send list mail as Cc: and send the mail to > the original poster instead of the list (uhum, Terence, for instance). You're right, pisses me off as well! I can only plead: a. Gmail, b. Fast finger, before I amended the "to:" list. My ap

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 18:25:57 +0300 "Jari Fredriksson" wrote: Hello Jari, > You should filter with "List-Id" header. That does not fail. When somebody replies to my address from a list message, Cc'ing the list the list ID header doesn't get included as that header is added by the list software, n

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Jari Fredriksson
> On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 15:38:03 +0100 > Terence wrote: > > [...] >> >> Two things piss me off: top posters, and those who do >> not truncate their posts, because all they can see is >> their own words. >> > Add to that Gmail users who send list mail as Cc: and > send the mail to the original pos

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Neal Hogan
> Your message goes where your MUA sends it.  If you don't want it to go > to the OP don't send it there. > -- > John Hasler Ya . . . the more I think about it, it makes better sense to inculde the OP's email, in case you want to take an OT post offlist . . . a practice that is underused, IMO. . >

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Tim Tebbit
Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 15:38:03 +0100 > Terence wrote: > > [...] >> Two things piss me off: top posters, and those who do not truncate >> their posts, because all they can see is their own words. >> > Add to that Gmail users who send list mail as Cc: and send the mail to > the

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:43:45 -0500 "Cybe R. Wizard" wrote: Hello Cybe, > Add to that Gmail users who send list mail as Cc: and send the mail to > the original poster instead of the list (uhum, Terence, for instance). > This invariably breaks my filtering of mail into the appropriate > directories

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread John Hasler
Tony Baldwin writes: > That's what I'd call normal list behavoir (reply goes to list). Your reply goes where you send it. If an extra copy is being sent to the OP it is being sent by your MUA, not by the list. You have your MUA configured to "reply to all" and so it is sending one copy to the li

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 15:38:03 +0100 Terence wrote: [...] > > Two things piss me off: top posters, and those who do not truncate > their posts, because all they can see is their own words. > Add to that Gmail users who send list mail as Cc: and send the mail to the original poster instead of the l

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Terence
2009/10/3 Vinicius Massuchetto : > Another thing that really piss me off is when I want to reply a > message to the list. Two things piss me off: top posters, and those who do not truncate their posts, because all they can see is their own words. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Jari Fredriksson
> Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: > > Yeah, > That's what I'd call normal list behavoir (reply goes to > list). > All fedora and ubuntu lists, K12ltsp lists, RH lists, > Linguas OS list, lists for projects in which I > participate (OmegaT, Anaphraseus), etc., > and even professional e-mail lists out

debian stream browser accessibility

2009-10-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
I have gnome-orca installed and when I use the X environment I have speech turned on. I tried tunapie earlier and found it totally useless with orca; the only thing orca ever said when tunapie was running was "panel" when I hit the left and right arrow keys, I couldn't get it to do anything el

RE: Network interface testing utlity

2009-10-03 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: kushalkool...@hotmail.com >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: RE: Network interface testing utlity >Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:10:29 -0700 > >> >>> 1. Any errors in transmission or reception will most likely NOT be >>> due to or caused by your cards bu

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread John Hasler
Neal Hogan wrote: > FYI -  The gentoo-users list only sends messages to the list from the > list and doesn't include the OP. So, when you hit reply, it goes to > the list and not the OP (directly). Vinicius Massuchetto writes: > My experience with mailing lists are generally like that. Is there >

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: > Another thing that really piss me off is when I want to reply a > message to the list. > Pressing `R` or clicking on `Reply` places the author of the current > email on the `To:` field, not the list address. > > Let me know if anyone had a workaround for this in GMail.

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Tony Baldwin
Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Neal Hogan wrote: On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: [...] FYI - The gentoo-users list only sends messages to the list from the list and doesn't include the OP. So, when you hit reply, it goes to the list

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Vinicius Massuchetto
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Neal Hogan wrote: > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Vinicius Massuchetto > wrote: [...] > FYI -  The gentoo-users list only sends messages to the list from the > list and doesn't include the OP. So, when you hit reply, it goes to > the list and not the OP (direct

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Neal Hogan
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: > Another thing that really piss me off is when I want to reply a > message to the list. > Pressing `R` or clicking on `Reply` places the author of the current > email on the `To:` field, not the list address. > > Let me know if anyone ha

Re: Gmail again

2009-10-03 Thread Vinicius Massuchetto
Another thing that really piss me off is when I want to reply a message to the list. Pressing `R` or clicking on `Reply` places the author of the current email on the `To:` field, not the list address. Let me know if anyone had a workaround for this in GMail. Thanks! -- Vinícius Massuchetto http:

Re: Redirect internet connection to wireless router (was: Sharing ppp [...])

2009-10-03 Thread Vinicius Massuchetto
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:00 PM, wrote: > Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: [...] >> So, I was wondering if I get a standard wireless router and feed it >> with an internet connection from the laptop, configuring my computer >> as a dhcp server. >> >> Would that work? Did anyone already tried this? >>

unstable: gnome kind of broken?

2009-10-03 Thread Jonas Meurer
hello, since gnome transition to 2.28 was started[1], my desktop seems kind of broken. the look and feel is comparable to gnomes default five years ago and several minor issues occured. applets don't start any more, the position of my desktop icons is not restored after logout+login, gnome-setting

No monitor (was Re: Debian vs. ATI Radeon x1650)

2009-10-03 Thread Dominik Smatana
Hello, thanks a lot for your help, I really appreciate it. Kelly Clowers wrote: > It is really weird that you don't get logs from those runs... Yes, it's strange. I thing there's some message (an error probably) on the screen just right before monitor's sleep mode, but it's too quick to read it

Re: pidgin not loading

2009-10-03 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 11:33:39PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > Something seems to be wrong with libpurple on your system. Please post > the output of: > > nm -D /usr/lib/libpurple.so.0 | grep purple_theme_loader 0008d450 T purple_theme_loader_build 0008d470 T purple_theme_loader_get_type 0008