Re: Migrate from Icedove to Thunderbird.

2013-04-08 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 09/04/2013 06:43, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: Dear list - How do I migrate my 1] email 2] filters 3] mailboxes 4] address book from Icedove to Thunderbird? Thanks Ethan Good day, Here is a script that I use to migrate from debian to any other OS. But modify it to suit your circumstances

Re: Fixing a half-configured package

2013-04-08 Thread sirquijote
> Hello sirquijote > > > Excerpt from sirquij...@lavabit.com: > > > -- -- > >> The usercommands script is just a simple one-liner that I inserted to >> turn >> off my laptop's screen on boot, just before login: >> CODE<< >> >> #! /bin/sh >> # /etc/init.d/usercommands >> # >> >> # Turn off the

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-08 Thread Joel Roth
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Le 09.04.2013 00:58, Joel Roth a écrit : > >berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > >>Now, I am not using a DE anymore, and also planning about creating a > >>DE based on a tiling WM and minimalistic tools that you can use in > >>keyboard only. > > > >There a

Migrate from Icedove to Thunderbird.

2013-04-08 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
Dear list - How do I migrate my 1] email 2] filters 3] mailboxes 4] address book from Icedove to Thunderbird? Thanks Ethan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.de

Re: keyboard shortcuts

2013-04-08 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 01:00:35PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Robert Holtzman wrote: > > Running 6.0.7 with all updates. Opening a terminal is set to Ctrl+A. > > This has worked flawlessly for months. As of yesterday, Ctrl+A > > highlights all of the file icons on the desktop but fails to bring up >

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Yaro Kasear
On 04/08/2013 10:07 PM, Joel Roth wrote: On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 04:49:40AM +, Dirk wrote: http://i.imgur.com/6Oja0bm.png https://boards.4chan.org/g/res/32881623 I wondered about this. Looking at one example: D-Bus, with which I was minimally acquainted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Bus

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Joel Roth
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 04:49:40AM +, Dirk wrote: > http://i.imgur.com/6Oja0bm.png > https://boards.4chan.org/g/res/32881623 I wondered about this. Looking at one example: D-Bus, with which I was minimally acquainted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Bus D-Bus has replaced Bonobo (originated

Re: Fixing a half-configured package

2013-04-08 Thread Thilo Six
Hello sirquijote Excerpt from sirquij...@lavabit.com: -- -- > The usercommands script is just a simple one-liner that I inserted to turn > off my laptop's screen on boot, just before login: > >>> CODE<< > > #! /bin/sh > # /etc/init.d/usercommands > # > > # Turn off the display on boot > vb

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread João Luis Meloni Assirati
Em 08-04-2013 08:03, Ralf Mardorf escreveu: This is an international mailing list and the rules should be civilized and not taken from banana republics. I don't like offtopic subjects, but since I am supposed to be civilized in this international mailing list I have to ask what are the standar

Re: sync apt/dpkg state between systems?

2013-04-08 Thread Thilo Six
Hello Bob, Thank you for your answer! Excerpt from Bob Proulx: -- -- >>> # rsync -av /mnt/backup/etc/ /etc/ >>> # rsync -n --delete -av /mnt/backup/etc/ /etc/ >>> # rsync --delete -av /mnt/backup/etc/ /etc/ >> >> I believe this not to be a good idea. When you do this you mess around wi

Re: Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-08 Thread berenger . morel
Le 09.04.2013 00:58, Joel Roth a écrit : berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Now, I am not using a DE anymore, and also planning about creating a DE based on a tiling WM and minimalistic tools that you can use in keyboard only. There are a lot of tiling WMs to choose from: https://wiki.ar

Re: Fixing a half-configured package

2013-04-08 Thread sirquijote
> sirquij...@lavabit.com wrote: >> Setting up nfs-kernel-server (1:1.2.2-4squeeze2) ... >> insserv: warning: script 'K01usercommands' missing LSB tags and >> overrides > > That error message tells the problem. It says that the > K01usercommands script is missing the LSB tags. It will do nothing >

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 01:30:48AM +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > users to open the window to reach and eat an apple, when they were > warned that it was the devil's fruit of hidden stuff! > > This is why we must only teach Python, Bash and C programming, and > forgot all other curs

Modifying Iceweasel Start Parameters

2013-04-08 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
Dear List - I am trying to start Iceweasel with a specific program. The following sort of works from the command line, iceweasel -No-Remote localhost/choice.php -width $1280 -height $1024 but throws a bunch of errors, and does not start in full screen. If I use this #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

Re: SSDT - Any more ideas -- SOLVED

2013-04-08 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
Dear List - Finally solved!! I had removed the Bios battery [so I thought] {incorrect pictures and information on the internet #$%@}. I then removed the real BIOS battery and the problem was solved. My apologies for "running you around a tree". I learned a great amount from all of you. Et

Como Proveer Servicio al Cliente que Impacte y Sorprenda

2013-04-08 Thread Lic.Areliz Massanges
¡Sorprenda y cautive a sus clientes, y consérvelos para siempre! CÓMO PROVEER servicio al cliente que IMPACTE y SORPRENDA. 22 de abril - De 10:00 a.m a 1:00 p.m y De 3:00 p.m. a 6:00 p.m. (Hora del Centro de México). Lugar: Su computadora o dispositivo móvil. No deje la satisfacción de sus cl

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread berenger . morel
Le 08.04.2013 23:18, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : On Mon, 2013-04-08 at 13:35 -0700, Weaver wrote: So! Are we saying that the policy by which devs are included into core function needs looking at, from a Q.A. viewpoint? Do we even have one? If not, this may very well be a good place to start. I'm

Re: keyboard shortcuts

2013-04-08 Thread Joel Roth
Robert Holtzman wrote: > Running 6.0.7 with all updates. Opening a terminal is set to Ctrl+A. > This has worked flawlessly for months. As of yesterday, Ctrl+A > highlights all of the file icons on the desktop but fails to bring up > the terminal. Rebooting restores the functiononce. Thereafter

Tiling window manager based desktop environment (was: Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE)

2013-04-08 Thread Joel Roth
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Now, I am not using a DE anymore, and also planning about creating a > DE based on a tiling WM and minimalistic tools that you can use in > keyboard only. There are a lot of tiling WMs to choose from: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Comparison_of_Tilin

Re: Fixing a half-configured package

2013-04-08 Thread Bob Proulx
sirquij...@lavabit.com wrote: > Setting up nfs-kernel-server (1:1.2.2-4squeeze2) ... > insserv: warning: script 'K01usercommands' missing LSB tags and overrides That error message tells the problem. It says that the K01usercommands script is missing the LSB tags. It will do nothing more until th

Fixing a half-configured package

2013-04-08 Thread sirquijote
Hi, Debian 6.0.7 Stable Sorry, I've been trying to figure this out for myself and got nowhere. I'd like to fix it sooner than later because every time I run any aptitude/apt-get commands it shows the same warnings and clutters the screen. nfs-kernel-server appears to be half-configured ("C") ac

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2013-04-08 at 13:35 -0700, Weaver wrote: > So! > Are we saying that the policy by which devs are included into core > function needs looking at, from a Q.A. viewpoint? > Do we even have one? > If not, this may very well be a good place to start. I'm against Quality Assurance, IMO Linux nee

Contratacion, Despido, Finiquito y Liquidacion

2013-04-08 Thread Lic. Carolina Moo
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Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Weaver
On Mon, April 8, 2013 12:29 pm, agroconsultor0 wrote: > On 08/04/13 06:26 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >> >> But!! >> Because there is a but! >> Who made this image? Did this person contributed *any* line of code? >> How could MS introduce enough people in core dev teams to have the >>

keyboard shortcuts

2013-04-08 Thread Robert Holtzman
Running 6.0.7 with all updates. Opening a terminal is set to Ctrl+A. This has worked flawlessly for months. As of yesterday, Ctrl+A highlights all of the file icons on the desktop but fails to bring up the terminal. Rebooting restores the functiononce. Thereafter it revert to only highlighting

Re: Data Archiving

2013-04-08 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 09:30:52AM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > As for as OCR vs retyping vs scan and preses - still up in the air > at this point. I suspect that all three methods might be used. > There are commercial companies that will do bulk scanning and OCR. I used one in the past and I found

Re: start-stop-daemon on an inotify script

2013-04-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Andreas Leha wrote: > No one? > Is there anything, I should add to the question? Since no one else is jumping in... > Consider this stripped down script (placed at > /usr/local/bin/testinotify) around inotifywait: > > #+begin_src sh > #!/bin/bash You haven't used any bash specific features. I

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread agroconsultor0
On 08/04/13 06:26 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: But!! Because there is a but! Who made this image? Did this person contributed *any* line of code? How could MS introduce enough people in core dev teams to have the possibility to make the majority of votes about integrating stuff or

Re: sync apt/dpkg state between systems?

2013-04-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Thilo Six wrote: > Excerpt from Bob Proulx: > > # rsync -av /mnt/backup/etc/ /etc/ > > # rsync -n --delete -av /mnt/backup/etc/ /etc/ > > # rsync --delete -av /mnt/backup/etc/ /etc/ > > I believe this not to be a good idea. When you do this you mess around with > config files under the contr

AW: Scripts that should run on different distros - Was: SOLVED]Re: Squeeze X86 with 4GByte RAM?

2013-04-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Sorry for sending my last mail 2 times, an issue with the MUA, I fear that the thingy I'm using now will send in HTML :S. Instead of a wrapper sometimes also a link could do the job. However, running a script on different distros becomes a PITA for my needs.

Scripts that should run on different distros - Was: [SOLVED]Re: Squeeze X86 with 4GByte RAM?

2013-04-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:38:56 +0200, Kevin Chadwick wrote: And start your display manager with /etc/init.d/?dm restart It's correct to explain it on a Debian list, as it is for Debian. Allow me a OT note/question. Since the issue is solved, I guess it's ok to capture this thread? Hm? I bet

Scripts that should run on different distros - Was: SOLVED]Re: Squeeze X86 with 4GByte RAM?

2013-04-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:38:56 +0200, Kevin Chadwick wrote: And start your display manager with /etc/init.d/?dm restart It's correct to explain it on a Debian list, as it is for Debian. Allow me a OT note/question. Since the issue is solved, I guess it's ok to capture this thread? I'm using

Re: [SOLVED]Re: Squeeze X86 with 4GByte RAM?

2013-04-08 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> Today I successfully reinstalled my NVIDIA driver and repaired kernels - > and after restart computer it could boot the x86 kernel with Bigmem option. I should have said this earlier too sorry but you will know for next time. When you had your flashing cursor on a blank screen then, there was l

Re: Data Archiving

2013-04-08 Thread Lars Noodén
On 4/8/13 7:30 PM, Gary Roach wrote: > Ok, the organization is the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach > CA. We have been around since 1913. I recently got stuck with the job of > Church Historian and am concerned about the closet full of records going > back to day one. [snip] Is there a

Re: Data Archiving

2013-04-08 Thread Gary Roach
On 04/07/2013 05:56 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: On 4/8/13, Gary Roach wrote: Hi all, I have a records archiving problem and don't know where to start. There are 100 years of records that include hand written material, type written hard copy, photos and a lot of email. I would like to have a sys

[SOLVED]Re: Squeeze X86 with 4GByte RAM?

2013-04-08 Thread Gábor Hársfalvi
Thanks all for helps! Today I successfully reinstalled my NVIDIA driver and repaired kernels - and after restart computer it could boot the x86 kernel with Bigmem option. Stefan Monnier 2013. április 8., hétfő napon a következőt írta: > > I could use x64 kernel with x32 system? > > Yes. > > > Ho

Re: start-stop-daemon on an inotify script

2013-04-08 Thread Andreas Leha
Andreas Leha writes: > Hi all, > > > (cross-post from here: > http://superuser.com/questions/571416/start-stop-daemon-on-an-inotify-scripti) > > > > I am on debian squeeze. > > Consider this stripped down script (placed at > /usr/local/bin/testinotify) around inotifywait: > > #+begin_src sh > #

Re: sync apt/dpkg state between systems?

2013-04-08 Thread Thilo Six
Hello Excerpt from Bob Proulx: -- -- > # rsync -av /mnt/backup/etc/ /etc/ > # rsync -n --delete -av /mnt/backup/etc/ /etc/ > # rsync --delete -av /mnt/backup/etc/ /etc/ -- -- I believe this not to be a good idea. When you do this you mess around with config files under the control of

Re: Squeeze X86 with 4GByte RAM?

2013-04-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I could use x64 kernel with x32 system? Yes. > How to use that? Just "aptitude install linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64". Such "32bit userland on top of a 64bit kernel" used to suffer from corner-case bugs (like wpa_supplicant or s2ram not working) when I first tried it (like 5 years ago), but nowa

Re: Eee PC freeze on wakeup

2013-04-08 Thread berenger . morel
Le 05.04.2013 22:04, Aidan Gauland a écrit : I am running Debian squeeze on a Eee PC 1015B. I can sleep the system with pm-suspend, but when I wake it up, I get a blank screen, the OS doesn't seem to be coming back *at all* (i.e. the machine just freezes on wake up), since I get nothing on ne

Re: Debian on recent MacBooks

2013-04-08 Thread berenger . morel
If anyone has got this working, using either the intel or radeon driver (I'll settle for anything which gives a usable display!) I'd be very grateful for any advice here. If you do a minimal install, without Xorg server, are you able to login or not? If yes, it would be a very good starting poi

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Doug
On 04/08/2013 07:03 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: This is an international mailing list and the rules should be civilized and not taken from banana republics. Everybody, also a coder has got the right to be an assholes and to be mistaken. I don't try to defend the victims as individuals, I try to def

RE: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
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Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread berenger . morel
Le 08.04.2013 12:44, Nate Bargmann a écrit : * On 2013 08 Apr 03:24 -0500, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Please, continue at d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org only! Why? This list does not have an iron fisted moderator. Some of the assertions in the picture are true, at least as to the beha

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2013-04-09 at 00:28 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > Btw. IMO this belongs to > > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic > > > if we should continue without witch-hunting. > > > > IMO discussion belongs right here for reasons I stated above. Besi

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 08/04/13 14:01, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 3:44 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: >> * On 2013 08 Apr 03:24 -0500, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> Please, continue at d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org only! >> >> Why? This list does not have an iron fisted moderator. > Just killfi

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 3:44 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2013 08 Apr 03:24 -0500, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> Please, continue at d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org only! > > Why? This list does not have an iron fisted moderator. > This is for Debian user support. This is not a forum for

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 05:44:59AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2013 08 Apr 03:24 -0500, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Please, continue at d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org only! > > Why? This list does not have an iron fisted moderator. > > Some of the assertions in the picture are t

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
This is an international mailing list and the rules should be civilized and not taken from banana republics. Everybody, also a coder has got the right to be an assholes and to be mistaken. I don't try to defend the victims as individuals, I try to defend the principle that defamation is wrong and

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2013 08 Apr 03:24 -0500, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Please, continue at d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org only! Why? This list does not have an iron fisted moderator. Some of the assertions in the picture are true, at least as to the behavior of software and personalities, and this af

Re: Data Archiving

2013-04-08 Thread Darac Marjal
On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 01:57:51PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a records archiving problem and don't know where to start. > There are 100 years of records that include hand written material, > type written hard copy, photos and a lot of email. I would like to > have a system base

Re: MICROSOFT HIRED THESE PEOPLE TO SABOTAGE OPEN SOURCE

2013-04-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Please, continue at d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org only! On Mon, 2013-04-08 at 04:49 +, Dirk wrote: > http://i.imgur.com/6Oja0bm.png > https://boards.4chan.org/g/res/32881623 First of all, I forwarded this to a list, where one of those persons is subscribed. This is the OP: Dir