Re: CD burning programs with verification

Hi Jason, Jason Hsu wrote: I'm looking for a program in the Debian repository that offers verification but with few dependencies. I use my own antiX-derived distro called Swift Linux (www.swiftlinux.org) as my main distro, but I dual boot with Puppy Linux. Puppy Linux comes standard with is

Re: Want to do some enhancements on the catfish.

On 04/10/2011 01:58 PM, Hongyi Zhao wrote: Hi all, AFAIK, mlocate is the most fast filename-based search tool for *nix; OTOH, catfish can be set as its GUI. The source for catfish can be got here: http://www.twotoasts.de/media/catfish/catfish-0.3.2.tar.gz But, in the current version of catfis

Want to do some enhancements on the catfish.

Hi all, AFAIK, mlocate is the most fast filename-based search tool for *nix; OTOH, catfish can be set as its GUI. The source for catfish can be got here: http://www.twotoasts.de/media/catfish/catfish-0.3.2.tar.gz But, in the current version of catfish, it has several shortcomings from my po

Command-line X selection/clipboard tool (was: Free PDF viewer that can search for text across line-breaks?)

* 2011-04-09T14:46:07-10:00 * Joel Roth wrote: > xclip! how is it I didn't know about you for so long? Another similar utility is xsel which seems to have a bit nicer set of command-line options (like "-b" for using clipboard). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

[SOLVED] blank page after every page with HP PaintJet

About a year ago, April 24, 2010, to be specific, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/04/msg01879.html I reported a problem with a blank page after every page when using an HP PaintJet printer with CUPS/foomatic in Debian Lenny. IIRC, the "pj" driver was the only supported driver for

use scim-goolgpinyin under root.

Hi all, I compiled and installed the scim-goolgpinyin under the normal user with sudo command if necessary, see the following commands for detail: -- $ sudo apt-get install git-core $ git clone git://github.com/tchaikov/scim-googlepinyin.git $ sudo apt-get install automake autotools-d

Re: Free PDF viewer that can search for text across line-breaks?

On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 05:22:04PM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Arthur Marsh > wrote: > > > Is there any Free PDF viewer in Debian that works outside of GNOME/KDE that > > can both search for text across line breaks and allows copying of text from > > the PDF docu

Re: Free PDF viewer that can search for text across line-breaks?

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Arthur Marsh wrote: > Is there any Free PDF viewer in Debian that works outside of GNOME/KDE that > can both search for text across line breaks and allows copying of text from > the PDF document to the clip-board? > Install pdfgrep and xclip. You can then do someth

Re: Tell firefox to quit from a shell script

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Tyler Smith wrote: > alias shib='pkill firefox ; sudo hibernate' > The executable you need to kill is "firefox-bin" and not just "firefox." Give that a try instead.

Re: Disable a service

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 7:32 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > Once I took the time to learn how to use it, RedHat's chkconfig worked > very well and it was simple to use (chkconfig on, chkconfig > off, chkconfig --list , chkconfig --add .  I > wonder if that's what insserv is trying to do.  I

Re: CD burning programs with verification

on 11:15 Sat 09 Apr, Jason Hsu (jhsu802...@jasonhsu.com) wrote: > I'm looking for a program in the Debian repository that offers > verification but with few dependencies. I use my own antiX-derived > distro called Swift Linux (www.swiftlinux.org) as my main distro, but > I dual boot with Puppy Lin

Re: obtaining copy of debian

on 00:36 Sat 09 Apr, Larry Wazny (the-...@rogers.com) wrote: > I have been trying for the last hour to download a copy. I have not > used Linus for years, which was Redhat. I get the parent directory > which allows me to do nothing. I have tried http and torrent and have > never experienced such

Re: Disable a service

On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 12:50 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 05:29:51PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 11:05 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 11:04:52AM -0400, Dan wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to know which is the standa

Re: Disable a service

On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 05:29:51PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 11:05 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 11:04:52AM -0400, Dan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I would like to know which is the standard way to disable services. I > > > thought that the standard

Re: Disable a service

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Dan wrote: > > I would like to know which is the standard way to disable services. I > thought that the standard way is just to delete the link of the > service from rc*.d > > For example to disable bluetooth I would just delete the link > /etc/rc3.d/S20bluetooth t

Re: Disable a service

On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 11:05:33AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 11:04:52AM -0400, Dan wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to know which is the standard way to disable services. I > > thought that the standard way is just to delete the link of the > > service from rc*.d > > > > For

Re: ata2: STST failed (error -5)

On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:06 +, "Camaleón" wrote: > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:07:06 -0400, dave boland wrote: > > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:11 +, "Camaleón" wrote: > > >> Hum... you seem to have many IDE devices attached to that box with > >> almost all channels occupied (1 hdd and 2 DVD/CD uni

Re: Disable a service

On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 11:05 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 11:04:52AM -0400, Dan wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to know which is the standard way to disable services. I > > thought that the standard way is just to delete the link of the > > service from rc*.d > > > > For exampl

Re: Debian on a Macbook (Leopard): Xorg installation leads to blank screen on reboot

GM965 graphics controller is well supported now and should work on defaults with your 2.6.32-5 kernel. By the first boot you told to start X you needed to manually issue startx. But since the second boot, standing at your description, the blanked screen after "some textlines" rolled up, would sug

Re: Disable a service

On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 11:04:52AM -0400, Dan wrote: > Hi, > I would like to know which is the standard way to disable services. I > thought that the standard way is just to delete the link of the > service from rc*.d > > For example to disable bluetooth I would just delete the link > /etc/rc3.d/S

Re: Tell firefox to quit from a shell script

Mike Viau writes: >> On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 16:06:13 -0400 wrote: >> >> > >> > Is there a way I can politely ask firefox to quit, less traumatically >> > than pkill? >> >> I think I answered my own question: >> >> wmctrl -c firefox >> >> appears to do what I need. >> > > Does that work (to exit grac

Re: Disable a service

On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 01:27:18PM -0400, Dan wrote: > On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:04:52 -0400, Dan wrote: > > > >> I would like to know which is the standard way to disable services. I > >> thought that the standard way is just to delete the link of

-lssl problem on debian sprac 64-bit

Hello All, I'm trying to install some software on Debian (Squeeze) for Sparc 64-bit. I have the following installed: #> dpkg --get-selections | egrep -i -e 'ssl|tls' libcurl3-gnutls install libcurl4-gnutls-dev install libgnutls-dev

RE: Tell firefox to quit from a shell script

> On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 16:06:13 -0400 wrote: > > Tyler Smith writes: > > > > > Is there a way I can politely ask firefox to quit, less traumatically > > than pkill? > > Hi again, > > I think I answered my own question: > > wmctrl -c firefox > > appears to do what I need. > > Sorry for the noise, >

Re: Tell firefox to quit from a shell script

On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 15:06:13 -0400, Tyler Smith wrote: > I want firefox to quit every time I hibernate my laptop. I've tried > doing this using the following bash alias: > > alias shib='pkill firefox ; sudo hibernate' > > However, firefox doesn't close cleanly, and I often have problems when I

Re: Tell firefox to quit from a shell script

Tyler Smith writes: > > Is there a way I can politely ask firefox to quit, less traumatically > than pkill? Hi again, I think I answered my own question: wmctrl -c firefox appears to do what I need. Sorry for the noise, Tyler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian

Re: Free PDF viewer that can search for text across line-breaks?

Brian wrote, on 10/04/11 01:39: On Sun 10 Apr 2011 at 01:22:21 +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: Thanks, right again. From the manual page: Dragging with the right mouse button selects an area and copies the enclosed text to the clipboard buffer. I generally just paste with the middle mouse button

Tell firefox to quit from a shell script

Hi, I want firefox to quit every time I hibernate my laptop. I've tried doing this using the following bash alias: alias shib='pkill firefox ; sudo hibernate' However, firefox doesn't close cleanly, and I often have problems when I open it again, with ff complaining that it can't recover my ta

Xlib: extension "NV-GLX" missing on display ":1.0".

Hi, My 3D acceleration is out. It worked greatly until yesterday. inael@inael:~$ glxinfo | grep rendering Xlib: extension "NV-GLX" missing on display ":1.0". direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose) inael@inael:~$ inael@inael:~$ grep -B2 'Module class:

Re: CD burning programs with verification

On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:15:16 -0500, Jason Hsu wrote: > I'm looking for a program in the Debian repository that offers > verification but with few dependencies. (...) It seems there are not many FLOSS GUI based burning tools out there¹. The big and full featured ones (Brasero, K3B...) are bind

Re: Disable a service

On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:27:18 -0400, Dan wrote: > On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Camaleón wrote: (...) >>> But then I used service manager from gnome to disable bluetooth. It >>> disabled the service but it didn't delete the link. So I guess that >>> there is a standard procedure to disable the

Re: Ayuda para instalar debian

On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 11:24:17AM -0600, Jacqueline Cruz wrote: > Hola comunidad, qieria pedirles ayuda par ver como puedo istalar debian, lo > q pasa es q la primera vez intente bajar un archivo para quemarlo y lo pase > a un cd, pero durant ela istalacion encontre un error"q uno de los archivos

Ayuda para instalar debian

Hola comunidad, qieria pedirles ayuda par ver como puedo istalar debian, lo q pasa es q la primera vez intente bajar un archivo para quemarlo y lo pase a un cd, pero durant ela istalacion encontre un error"q uno de los archivos estaba corrupted y yo :S" busq en algunos foros el error y lei que era

Re: CD burning programs with verification

On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 11:15:16AM -0500, Jason Hsu wrote: > I'm looking for a program in the Debian repository that offers verification > but with few dependencies. I use my own antiX-derived distro called Swift > Linux (www.swiftlinux.org) as my main distro, but I dual boot with Puppy > Linux

Re: Disable a service

On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:04:52 -0400, Dan wrote: > >> I would like to know which is the standard way to disable services. I >> thought that the standard way is just to delete the link of the service >> from rc*.d > > I wondered the same in this thre

Re: Disable a service

On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:04:52 -0400, Dan wrote: > I would like to know which is the standard way to disable services. I > thought that the standard way is just to delete the link of the service > from rc*.d I wondered the same in this thread: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/12/msg00424.h

Re: Free PDF viewer that can search for text across line-breaks?

On Sun 10 Apr 2011 at 01:22:21 +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: > Thanks, right again. From the manual page: > > Dragging with the right mouse button selects an area and copies the > enclosed text to the clipboard buffer. I generally just paste with the middle mouse button but Parcellite, with Use Pr

Re: debian testing: upgrade latest few days => nautilus freezes entire desktop when changing directories for a few seconds

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:16:42 +0200, Bjorn Wesen wrote: > perhaps I shouldn't run testing and not expect problems but anyway I do > and I wanted to ask if anyone else noticed something like this: > > After yesterdays restart of Xorg, the file-manager in gnome (nautilus) > completely freezes the de

Re: Disable a service

On Sb, 09 apr 11, 16:50:58, Michael Thompson wrote: > > And to disable the service in all the run levels, you execute the command: > > # update-rc.d -f apache2 remove > > Here -f option which stands for force is mandatory. This will have unwanted side-effects, see the paragraph I quoted in my

Re: Disable a service

On Sb, 09 apr 11, 11:04:52, Dan wrote: > Hi, > I would like to know which is the standard way to disable services. I > thought that the standard way is just to delete the link of the > service from rc*.d > > For example to disable bluetooth I would just delete the link > /etc/rc3.d/S20bluetooth th

Re: Printer in Gnome loathes being enabled

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:11:37 +0200, Klistvud wrote: > From time to time, out of nowhere, my printer refuses to print. When I > check it via 'System/Administration/Printing/right-click menu on printer > icon', I see that the menu item 'Enabled' is not ticked. I tick it, I > get assed for the root

CD burning programs with verification

I'm looking for a program in the Debian repository that offers verification but with few dependencies. I use my own antiX-derived distro called Swift Linux (www.swiftlinux.org) as my main distro, but I dual boot with Puppy Linux. Puppy Linux comes standard with iso2cd and PBurn, but those appl

Re: Disable a service

On 9 April 2011 16:04, Dan wrote: > Hi, > I would like to know which is the standard way to disable services. I > thought that the standard way is just to delete the link of the > service from rc*.d > > For example to disable bluetooth I would just delete the link > /etc/rc3.d/S20bluetooth that po

Re: Free PDF viewer that can search for text across line-breaks?

Brian wrote, on 09/04/11 23:40: On Sat 09 Apr 2011 at 20:50:55 +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: Thanks, the '/' command in mupdf 'just works'. Is there any Free PDF viewer in Debian that works outside of GNOME/KDE that can both search for text across line breaks and allows copying of text from the P

Re: Mouse disappeared after update to squeeze 6.0.1

On 04/09/2011 08:10 AM, Jukka wrote: Steven Sciame yahoo.com> writes: What is the easiest way to downgrade the kernel as a work around for this problem?debtop:/home/steven# apt-get install linux-image-2.6.32-5-686=2.6.32-30Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading

Re: Mouse disappeared after update to squeeze 6.0.1

--- On Sat, 4/9/11, Jukka wrote: > From: Jukka > Subject: Re: Mouse disappeared after update to squeeze 6.0.1 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Saturday, April 9, 2011, 10:10 AM > Steven Sciame > yahoo.com> writes: > > > > > > > What is the easiest way to downgrade the kernel a

Re: Mouse disappeared after update to squeeze 6.0.1

Steven Sciame yahoo.com> writes: > > > What is the easiest way to downgrade the kernel as a work around for this problem?debtop:/home/steven# apt-get install linux-image-2.6.32-5-686=2.6.32-30Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree   Reading state information... DoneE: Version

Disable a service

Hi, I would like to know which is the standard way to disable services. I thought that the standard way is just to delete the link of the service from rc*.d For example to disable bluetooth I would just delete the link /etc/rc3.d/S20bluetooth that points to ../init.d/bluetooth But then I used ser

Re: Free PDF viewer that can search for text across line-breaks?

On Sat 09 Apr 2011 at 20:50:55 +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: > Thanks, the '/' command in mupdf 'just works' . > > Is there any Free PDF viewer in Debian that works outside of GNOME/KDE > that can both search for text across line breaks and allows copying of > text from the PDF document to the cl

Re: obtaining copy of debian

Go to and follow instructions. Alternatively, go to , choose a vendor, and order a CD. > No wonder windows is the most popular as I can download any software I > need by one click.the-waz@rogers,com You can download an installabl

Re: Free PDF viewer that can search for text across line-breaks?

Brian wrote, on 09/04/11 18:33: On Sat 09 Apr 2011 at 15:13:55 +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: Hi, I'm running Debian unstable but don't have GNOME or KDE 4 installed. Can anyone suggest a Free PDF viewer that can search for text phrases that may be broken by a line break in the original PDF? Mup

Re: obtaining copy of debian

On 04/09/11 09:36, Larry Wazny wrote: I have been trying for the last hour to download a copy. I have not used Linus for years, which was Redhat. I get the parent directory which allows me to do nothing. I have tried http and torrent and have never experienced such difficulty. No wonder windows

Re: Managing large numbers (100+) of Debian-based machines

On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 13:28 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > I have moved my apt-cacher-ng files to a new partition, but kept the > same path name. That was successful. Later I moved it to a different > machine altogether, and that was also successful. Hi Rob, thanks for the info - will try that next

Re: Free PDF viewer that can search for text across line-breaks?

On Sat 09 Apr 2011 at 15:13:55 +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote: > Hi, I'm running Debian unstable but don't have GNOME or KDE 4 installed. > > Can anyone suggest a Free PDF viewer that can search for text phrases > that may be broken by a line break in the original PDF? Mupdf can do it. -- To UNSU

Re: Free PDF viewer that can search for text across line-breaks?

Op 09-04-11 07:52, Hans-J. Ullrich schreef: > Am Samstag, 9. April 2011 schrieb Arthur Marsh: >> Hi, I'm running Debian unstable but don't have GNOME or KDE 4 installed. >> >> Can anyone suggest a Free PDF viewer that can search for text phrases >> that may be broken by a line break in the original

Re: obtaining copy of debian

On 04/09/2011 02:36 AM, Larry Wazny wrote: I have been trying for the last hour to download a copy. I have not used Linus for years, which was Redhat. I get the parent directory which allows me to do nothing. I have tried http and torrent and have never experienced such difficulty. No wonder w

obtaining copy of debian

I have been trying for the last hour to download a copy. I have not used Linus for years, which was Redhat. I get the parent directory which allows me to do nothing. I have tried http and torrent and have never experienced such difficulty. No wonder windows is the most popular as I can downlo