Default Directory in apache2

2006-02-03 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I can't find the directive to establish the root directory in apache2. Looking into /etc/apache2/apache2.conf doesn't help, I couldn't find the line that points to "/var/www" I want to point any request to my server not to "/var/www", but to "/var/www/apache2-default/" Running apache2-mpm-prefork,

Re: [OT] good laptops

2005-12-14 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 01:47:36PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > I just got a 1.6 GHz IBM ThinkPad A31 for $500 at budcom.com (Budget > Computers, SW 114th Ave and OR-10 and OR-217, Beaverton, Oregon). That's a > much nicer machine, everything on it works, and I've even heard good things > about Li

Re: tutorial to use the BTS ?

2005-12-13 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 01:57:30PM +0100, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > Hi, > I would like to notify a package maintainer that a new version of the > software he packaged is out. > I told me not to directly contact him, but to use the "BTS". > Ok. > > - What is that? > - Need to register? > - W

Re: tool to print photos

2005-12-13 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 04:38:35PM +0100, olive wrote: > In Windows XP, there is a tool to easily print photos: we choose a > directory and the size of the photos and he print puting as many as > photos on a page as possible. Is there such a tool for Linux? I could > use gimp but it is not so ea

Re: CD/DVD burning

2005-12-12 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 05:04:13AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 10:19:08AM +0100, Fritz Wettstein wrote: > > Which tool do you recommend for burning/authoring dvds? > > > > tovid > > Tovid, links of interest: (provides a link

Re: CD/DVD burning

2005-12-12 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 10:19:08AM +0100, Fritz Wettstein wrote: > Which tool do you recommend for burning/authoring dvds? > tovid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

(Trouble at booting) Re: problema al bootear

2005-12-12 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 06:02:37AM -0300, Gabriel wrote: > Levi Sandoval wrote: > >/bin/cat: /sys/block/hda/dev: No such file or directory > >Waiting: 1 seconds for /sys/block/hda/dev to show up > >/bin/cat: /sys/block/hda/dev: No such file or directory > >Waiting: 2 seconds for /sys/block/hda/dev

Re: No debian menu in applications in gnome

2005-11-28 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 11:59:10AM +0100, Philippe Dhont (Sea-ro) wrote: > > Hello, > > I use several debian machines and normally i have a menu "debian" in > applications (in gnome). > With my last installed systems, i don't have that menu anymore. > > How comes ? Is it moved or what happened

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-24 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:36:11PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > You'll just have to go back to eating corn and wheat from much > smaller, lower-yielding crops. Botanists (those are scientists, > right?) bred taller, healthier more high-yielding corn, wheat and > soy, starting 140 years ago. >

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:36:11PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Science is the new religion. A few centuries ago, if you dared > > to go against the church, you would end up fried. Now, if you > > dare to say that you give a shit about what scientists think, > > you > > You'll be elected to a

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 12:22:56PM -0600, Gnu-Raiz wrote: > > We are fat because we eat too much; because it's easy and cheap to eat > > too much. I am fat because I eat when I'm bored or not hungry at all, not > > because of growth hormones fed to cows. I prefer more natural things but > > I'm no

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 09:38:37AM +0100, steef wrote: > Steve Lamb wrote: > believe me: i know where i am talking about. herman and i analyzed for > over thirty years the workings of the nuclear industry mainly in europe. > and now the *benefits* of corporations like monsanto pioneer hi-bred and

Re: Can't write to external 160 gigs usb hard drive

2005-11-07 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 02:13:41AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 20:20 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 06:58:44PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > and parted is included in debian I'm using sid: apt-cache search parted gparted - GN

Re: Can't write to external 160 gigs usb hard drive

2005-11-06 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 06:58:44PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 09:57 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 11:11:48PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 23:39 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > > > &

Re: Can't write to external 160 gigs usb hard drive

2005-11-06 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 11:11:48PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 23:39 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Writing to NTFS partitions is fraught with risk. If you need to > share data with MSFT systems, reformat the disk as FAT32. > Solution: connect it,

Can't write to external 160 gigs usb hard drive

2005-11-05 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I have an external 160 gigs usb hard drive, and I can't write to it. With 'tail -f /var/log/kern.log' I discovered that it is attached to /dev/sde1 Nov 5 23:30:03 localhost kernel: usb 5-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Nov 5 23:30:03 localhost kernel: scsi3 : SCSI emul

Re: /var/www/ and the user ho like to edit web pages

2005-11-05 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 06:24:45PM +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Hello! > > My system is Debian GNU/Linux Sarge. > I have installed apache 1.3.33 > > I'm new to apache server. > I try to set up access to user "webeditor" so he may to write his web > pages in the /var/www/ directory in the webmin, b

Re: openoffice 2.0 fail on start (debian unstable)

2005-11-04 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 08:10:52PM -0800, yzhh wrote: > Hi,all > > Today I get openoffice 2.0 in debian unstable and found most of the > components can not start. oowriter, oocalc, oobase and ooimpress all > popup with a dialog asking me whether to recover an document > "untitled1" (this should ha

Solved: Re: emacs settings in sid gnome 2-10

2005-11-04 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 10:48:43PM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Nov 03 2005, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 09:15:30AM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote: > > > apt-get install --reinstall x11-common > > > > I've done it several times, w/

Re: emacs settings in sid gnome 2-10

2005-11-03 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 09:15:30AM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote: > Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ls: /etc/X11/rgb.txt: No such file or directory > > This is bad (as you've noticed). > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:863]$ dpkg --search /etc/X11

Re: emacs settings in sid gnome 2-10

2005-11-03 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 12:42:45AM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Nov 02 2005, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > Can someone with working emacs check and see if they have this file in > > their systems (sid)? Any other ideas? > > In my testing

Re: emacs settings in sid gnome 2-10

2005-11-02 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
Yeap, I'm screwed: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ qiv -m -f fotos/cayos/*jpg qiv: can't parse color 'black' [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: emacs settings in sid gnome 2-10

2005-11-02 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 02:35:36PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 04:05:40PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > > I recently moved from sarge to sid, and emacs is giving me some trouble. > > > I had two lines in

Re: emacs settings in sid gnome 2-10

2005-11-02 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 04:05:40PM +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > I recently moved from sarge to sid, and emacs is giving me some trouble. > > I had two lines in .emacs > > > > ;;(set-background-color "black") > > ;;(set

Re: emacs settings in sid gnome 2-10

2005-11-02 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 05:42:05AM +, s. keeling wrote: > Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I recently moved from sarge to sid, and emacs is giving me some trouble. > > I had two lines in .emacs > > > > ;;(set-background-color "black

emacs settings in sid gnome 2-10

2005-11-01 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I recently moved from sarge to sid, and emacs is giving me some trouble. I had two lines in .emacs ;;(set-background-color "black") ;;(set-foreground-color "white") which I commented after getting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ emacs Undefined color: "black" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ it didn't make any differe

Re: Best way to copy a video dvd

2005-10-30 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 02:38:13PM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > >According to the man pages of dvrequant, it handles only one title. In > >some cases, there are several titles (>=5) in one dvd, where each > >individually doesn't require shrinkage. > > > Indeed. Well, I never bother, cause the others

Re: Best way to copy a video dvd

2005-10-30 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 12:46:39PM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > Dvrequant can shrink vobs, and make a movie fit into smaller media. It > uses the tcrequant tool from transcode to shrink mpeg2 streams. > https://sourceforge.net/projects/dvrequant According to the man pages of dvrequant, it handles

Re: Best way to copy a video dvd

2005-10-30 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 05:51:38PM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > >Disclaimer: The intended dvds "are not" commercial ones. > > > There are a few options: 'tovid' (http://tovid.sourceforge.net/), its a > nice script for converting

Best way to copy a video dvd

2005-10-29 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I am trying to find the best way to make copies of video dvds, especially when these are 6-8 gigs, and need to be split in two to fit the standard consumer dvd size of about 4.4 gigs. Disclaimer: The intended dvds "are not" commercial ones. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: Writing technical text

2005-10-27 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 01:55:12AM -0700, Alan Ezust wrote: > On 10/22/05, Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 22 2005, Alan Ezust wrote: > > > Docbook/XML can also be converted to LaTEX (although the reverse is > > > not true). > > > > Actually, with a few indirect steps, LaTeX can

Re: Three Doubts

2005-10-26 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 12:28:07AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there a program in Debian,which permits > to erase files securely(using sophisticated > patterns)?In PGP7 for Windows/Mac I think is > there an utility to do so. > info shred (type 'info shred' at the command prompt, hit ent

Re: email components faq?

2005-10-24 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 03:28:41PM -0400, Bernd Prager wrote: > I would like to catch up on some mail component techniques and vocabulary. > I am getting confused with meaning and interaction of all the different > things like: > > - mail user agent (like mailx) > - mail delivery agent (like maild

Re: ati radeon x600 with etch

2005-10-15 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 11:55:01AM -0400, Cliff Pankonien wrote: > hello all, > i am trying to download the ati installer from ati's web site, but > every time i try i get the contents of the file. i have successfuly > downloaded it in the past (aug, when i got a new pc). i have tried > sa

Converting asf to ogg

2005-10-14 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I recently found a script to listen to internet radio which seems to work fine most of the time at http://www.esdebian.org/article.php?story=20050927063657496#comments One thing that I would like to do is to recode asf files into ogg. Xine can read both, but I can't figure out how to use it for t

Re: chiavi usb

2005-10-09 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 08:45:15AM +, Riccardo Corrado wrote: > Ciao a tutti, > sono un utente autodidatta che da windows è passato a Debian con buona > soddisfazione; sono arrivato a configurare la Sarge abbastanza bene con > l'aiuto del vario materiale in rete (grazie,lo ho trovato ottimo).

Re: Configuration error running su in unstable

2005-10-08 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 05:49:21PM +0100, Maximillian Murphy wrote: > Whoops - sorry - forgot to change the subject line (cringe)! > > Regards, Max Changing the subject line doesn't help either if you are replying, because your message will still be inserted in the thread. It is usually better to

Re: linux-source 2.6.12 in sarge?

2005-10-02 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 08:51:13AM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hello! > > I am running sarge with the standard debian kernel 2.6.8. I want to > install the new kernel 2.6.12, but the related package > linux-source-2.6.12 is in the unstable tree. How should I proceed? > (swiching to unstabl

Re: Audio i/o

2005-10-02 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 03:01:31PM -0400, Roger Creasy wrote: > Interesting... I was following the advise of someone on a forum...Should I > undo my changes to permissions? If so, how? > > What is 'join #debian'? irc chat at irc.debian.org, #debian is a channel. You can use bitchx, or xchat, or i

Re: hardware recommendation

2005-09-30 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 07:33:30PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, first time in this list. > > I've been a Suse user for the last several years and have decided to try > Debian. I'm looking to purchase a new system. Can anyone recommend a > system that Debian will install with no problems,

Re: GRUB problem

2005-09-28 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 03:11:18PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > I know I created a GRUB floppy some time back. I'd have to find > some old notes to remember the exact steps. > > Mike This way from /usr/share/doc/grub/README.Debian.gz cat /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 > /dev/fd0 works f

Re: GRUB problem

2005-09-28 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 10:34:43AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > >described. and since, i've adopted a habit of keeping a GRUB boot disk > >around. (it's fairly trivial to create a bootable floppy. only slightly > >tougher to create a bootable CD.) i then use grub shell, to do a 'setup' > >of >

Re: Debian Kernel 2.6.12 and parallel port problems.

2005-09-28 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 08:26:39PM -0700, Malcolm Lalkaka wrote: > I just thought of another thing that could be causing this problem: > udev. When I upgraded to kernel version 2.6.12, it would not let me > upgrade my kernel unless I upgraded udev as well. Since you seem to be > having similar prob

Re: change window manager in Gnome

2005-09-26 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 09:30:05AM +0200, Lorenzo Bettini wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to replace Metacity with Enlightenment as the window manager > in Gnome. I did this by modifying the corresponding entry in the > Control Center of Gnome, but it is simply ignored... even Google didn't > help

Re: Network (pcmcia card) not enabled after boot [newbie alert]

2005-09-21 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 08:01:33AM -0400, Peter Coppens wrote: > > A search in google with 'linux kernel Xircom CBEM56G' gives thousands > > of pages indicating trouble. Most of all 2.4 kernels. Why don you try > > installing 2.6.x (x > 10)? > > > I guess I could try that. But to be honest I am fa

Re: Network (pcmcia card) not enabled after boot [newbie alert]

2005-09-21 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
> I want to get a Xircom CBEM56G network/modem card > (http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/resources/doc_library/tech_sp > ecs/spec_xircbem56g100btx.htm) enabled during the boot of Debian 3.1 > (2.4 kernel) running on an old Dell D300XT latitute laptop. What should > I install (and/or remove)

Re: Printing via LAN fails - SOLVED

2005-09-20 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 07:01:15PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 20 Sep 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > After some more googling I found someone else with the same problem. It > was due to the -s switch on lpd, which is added by default by Debian. > Removing this has fixed it. Would you k

Re: digital camera software

2005-09-20 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 08:47:13PM -0300, Romulo Sousa wrote: > Can one of these software make "slides" w/ pics? You know...select > some pics, playing a song on the background and then burn a dvd to > watch the animation? Sorry, but i have no idea how these softwares are > called. > > Thanks a l

Re: digital camera software

2005-09-19 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 10:12:47AM +0200, Bayrouni wrote: > Hello all, > > I need nice software for my digcameraital . > But I have'nt any idea which software is fine for accessng, reading, ... > all enabled info and data on the camera. > > Thank you. > Bayrouni apt-cache search digital | grep

Re: watching an avi

2005-09-18 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 07:48:26PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > System: > KM4M-V motherboard with onboard video using via driver > 1-gig of ram (using less than 300mb) > Running testing so have switched to X-org > > Most of the time I can watch avi videos using xine with no probl

Re: app to add subtitles videoclips for DVD?

2005-09-17 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 11:02:59AM +0200, Søren Christensen wrote: > > Iv'e been looking for an application to add subtitles to video-movies, > that is I have some DVDs in english that I need to add danish subtitles. > > What app should I be looknig for? > > Severino apt-cache show kino Package

Re: app to add subtitles videoclips for DVD?

2005-09-17 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 11:54:03AM +0200, Søren Christensen wrote: > Well, I think I do need to change the mpeg/movie content, that is to > make a copy with added subtitles. I'm looking for some kind of > "DVD-factory" app. > dvdauthor? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

Re: Problem whith fluxbox

2005-09-16 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 01:50:04AM -0700, Basajaun wrote: > Álvaro Eixea wrote: > > Hello everybody: > > ¡Qué tal, Álvaro! > > > I instaled the new version of Debian called Woody > > Woody is old, man! > > > and when I try to install my window manager, fluxbox > > Aha!, the problem is this: Fl

how would remote user start X application on local monitor

2005-09-14 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
Problem: I log in from a remote location, but I need to start an aplication (example: emacs /home/user/documents/importantpaper & ) so that the person at home can see it and work with it. The person at home is very old (8x, x > 5), so there is little hope of getting the person to start the applica

Re: adventures with window managers

2005-09-13 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:39:58PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: > This thread is turning into a bit of monologue. Does nobody else have > issues with their window manager? Or even better, solved them? Adam, keep talking. It is an interesting monologue. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Xdefaults versus Xresources (Re: Help!)

2005-09-12 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 11:37:35AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Sorry this posting was not the most accurate of references. I just > flung it out from faded memory. > > Bob For me it has been great. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Help!

2005-09-11 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 10:27:11AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > The solution is to include in your .Xdefaults the lines: > > *aixterm.Translations: #override BackSpace: string(0x7f) > aixterm*ttyModes: erase ^? Speaking of which, whats the difference between .Xdefaults and .Xresources?

From emacs TEXINPUTS doesn't work

2005-09-10 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I'm having a strange thing happening to me: In .bashrc and .bash_profile I have the line export TEXINPUTS=".:~/my_tex_macros:" It has been working fine, until yesterday I noticed that it wasn't, the macro from that directory wasn't loaded. From the console, and from the xterm they work, but not f

Laptop choice to run debian

2005-09-09 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I am planning to buy a laptop for my self in the near future for travels, stinks not having with you a debian system. Any good recommendations by any chance? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mutt rocks

2005-09-06 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 12:32:40AM -0500, Steve Block wrote: > On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 05:38:07AM +0100, Joe Mc Cool wrote: > >mutt really is super. Thanks a lot to everybody involved. > > > >And to think it took me all these years to find out. > > Happy day! > > If you're like many of us your

Best strategy for multiple terminals connected to one server

2005-08-29 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I plan to implement a system similar to a cybercafe, the basic being the following: <> A central server. <> Several end points with terminals, keyboards (no sound), with access to programs running from the server, which output to the terminals. <> The end points are connected to the central

Re: No sound in sarge, all devices & drivers present

2005-08-28 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 02:47:10AM +0100, M Carlock wrote: > After my recent upgrade to Sarge, and a 2.6.8-2-38 > kernel, I find I can run audio apps OK, but no sound > comes out. > > There is also another odd thing -- /dev/dsp seems to > disappear after each reboot, and does not reappear > until

Re: www.debian.org down?

2005-08-25 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 09:06:54AM +0200, Nico De Ranter wrote: > > Is anybody else having problems reaching the debian website? I can't > reach www.debian.org or security.debian.org. DNS still works (ah, wait, > they appear to be the same machine 194.109.137.218. hardware problem? > scheduled d

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-25 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 02:26:24AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > One thing I've noticed about the Debian lists and attitudes: There is a group > of people that are so absolutely sure they're right, that they are determined > they will do things their way, and no other way, whether it's a "reply to

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 09:56:20PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > debian users: > > I am tired of replying to messages on this list, only to realize that my reply > went to the message author and not to the list. It is my understanding that > the > people in charge of this list think that his

Re: Default installation of themes from http://art.gnome.org

2005-08-24 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 04:58:23AM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > How do you change the default installation for new users, using one of > the themes from http://art.gnome.org? > On a case by case base following the instructions in > http://art.gnome.org/faq.php seems not d

Default installation of themes from http://art.gnome.org

2005-08-23 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
How do you change the default installation for new users, using one of the themes from http://art.gnome.org? On a case by case base following the instructions in http://art.gnome.org/faq.php seems not difficult. For a debian system, system wide change, it will be more involved. -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: Upgraded kernels, now eth0 and framebuffer are gone

2005-08-22 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 11:27:37PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > They are complementary. The discover process runs at boot time to > load up statically attached hardware. This would typically be things > like PCI network cards, PCI sound cards, and things li

Re: Apt-Get udev and the Newest Kernel

2005-08-18 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 09:15:15PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > If this is ridiculously complex, umm. are you sure you want to > be running Sid? > > manoj Manoj, btw, as an insider, how broken is sid as of now? I'm waiting for some unstable stability before I go back to i

Re: CD file copying problem with kernel 2.6

2005-08-18 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
To copy svcds (and vcds) the procedure is different, as outlined below: 1. mkdir limpio 2. cd limpio, then put the svcd in the dvdwriter bay. 3. cdrdao read-cd --paranoia-mode 2 --read-raw --driver generic-mmc --device ATAPI:0,1,0 data.toc 4. umount if needed, remove the original svcd from the ba

Re: Starting USB in Debian with kernel 26

2005-08-18 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 10:41:29AM +0200, Diego Martínez Castañeda wrote: > On 18/08/05, Jesús Fernández <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it happens the same to me, it never passes the usb loading section > > have you ever tried to disable acpi? USB devices sometime uses the IRQ > (number 11 in my

Re: usb issues in sarge: scanner, multicard

2005-08-17 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
> It was a kernel problem, I had not thought of that. I went ahead, > grabbed a kernel image from sid, installed it (2.6.11) and all usb > and scanner permissions problems dissapeared. But now there is no > sound, I tried to find any info in kern.log, syslog, but didn't see any > reference to alsa.

Re: usb issues in sarge: scanner, multicard

2005-08-17 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 10:02:02AM +0200, Bob Vloon wrote: > >> BTW: I assume that the IRQ- messages are harmless, but I might be proven > >> wrong.. > > AR> I have the feeling that they are related to the problem, because it > AR> happens always when I connect anything to a usb port for the first

Re: usb issues in sarge: scanner, multicard

2005-08-16 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 11:59:25PM +0200, Bob Vloon wrote: > Hi Antonio, > > >> 6) examine "/var/log/messages". It *should* say something :-)) Send in > >>the relevant output (lines are marked with "default.hotplug").. > > AR> and here is what I got: > AR> tail -f /var/log/messages > AR> Aug

Reading an autocad dwg file

2005-08-16 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
What tool could I use to read a dwg autocad file? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Hardware or software?

2005-08-16 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 07:21:40PM -0700, Mark Fletcher wrote: > Or, you could post details of the kernel you are > using, and the config details of the kernel if you > built your own kernel from source, and someone on this > list may by luck have similar hardware and be able to > help you out. >

Re: usb issues in sarge: scanner, multicard

2005-08-15 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 10:58:03PM +0200, Bob Vloon wrote: > Hi Antonio, all was present, so I continued to this step: > > 5. edit the file "/sbin/hotplug" and add, on the second line: >"export DEBUG=1". Dis- and reconnect your scanner; > 6) examine "/var/log/messages". It *should* say some

Re: Hardware or software?

2005-08-15 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 06:12:40AM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > How do I determine if the reason for the kernel not handling well > my card reader and usb ports is hardware failure? > Before buying a new piece of hardware, I would like to know the > answer to this, but I am not su

Hardware or software?

2005-08-15 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
How do I determine if the reason for the kernel not handling well my card reader and usb ports is hardware failure? Before buying a new piece of hardware, I would like to know the answer to this, but I am not sure how to do it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Kernels 2.4.x and 2.6.x coexistence issues

2005-08-14 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I would like to know what problems could occur from installing both kernels in sarge and how to deal with them. I can think of 1. alsa problems 2. cdrecord problems 3. mounting points problems (cdrom is expected in different places) 4. X problems (mouse expected in different places) These last two

Re: usb issues in sarge: scanner, multicard

2005-08-13 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
Everything below occurred after a fresh reboot. On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 11:23:35PM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > I am going to add the following, which may be relevant: > > tail -f /var/log/messages > Aug 13 23:16:56 localhost gconfd (trc-4692): Resolved address > "xml

Re: usb issues in sarge: scanner, multicard

2005-08-13 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I am going to add the following, which may be relevant: tail -f /var/log/messages Aug 13 23:16:56 localhost gconfd (trc-4692): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2 Aug 13 23:17:00 localhost kernel: usb 2-1: control timeout

Re: usb issues in sarge: scanner, multicard

2005-08-13 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 07:59:17PM +0200, Bob Vloon wrote: > Hi, > > AR> I'm having some issues with my usb system in my fresh sarge > AR> installation, the scanner's are permission issues, > > When looking in /proc/bus/usb, if found that my scanner is owned by > root.scanner. At your system, thi

usb issues in sarge: scanner, multicard

2005-08-13 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I'm having some issues with my usb system in my fresh sarge installation, the scanner's are permission issues, multicard doesn't even make the kernel blink. As root, xsane has no problems. I am using a 2.6.x stock debian kernel, the one in sarge. Here is some about my system: uname -a Linux hpd 2.

When the thread wanders too far

2004-12-29 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I think it would be wise to implement a way of stopping a thread at the top level when it goes to far off topic. It has been the case is several of them very recently. In the last DWN there are some references about it, with some propositions about implementing a list moderator I think. It is putti

Re: [Way off topic] the politics of ubuntu.org

2004-12-28 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 09:40:33AM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Ecclesiates 3:1-8 > >>>= bull > >>What do you think "a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;" means, > >>then? > >> > >>I agree that the Q'uran contradicts itself numerous times, but there is > >>no evidence of such thi

Re: {advocay] Linspire machine

2004-12-26 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 01:38:11PM -0500, Ryan D'Baisse wrote: > Ya' know, that has been something which I have wondered about. While > I like what Linspire is trying to do (i.e. produce consumer-priced > machines with Linux) I am somewhat fearful of their approach. They > could do a lot of damag

Re: Sarge with an Ensoniq Soundscape Elite ISA sound card

2004-12-20 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 06:00:11PM -0500, Etienne Fontaine-Lavoie wrote: > html > > meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> > title> > /head> > body bgcolor="#ff" text="#00"> > Hi, > > I'm running Sarge with an old Ensoniq Sounscape Elite ISA card.  I

Re: Kernel Compilation

2004-12-20 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 07:39:01AM -0800, Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote: > Hello, > > Anyone can tell me howto install kernel sources under > Debian Testing, I already try: > > apt-cache search kernel sources > > and things like that, I also install a kerne-image and > it just install a kernel bu

Re: how to use

2004-12-19 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 06:10:06PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * donald szatkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004 Dec 19 16:34 -0600]: > > With so many requests for assistance upon reaching the command line, > > MAYBE it is time to include a simple text file (README.FIRST) to assist. > > I realise t

Re: Problem with /dev/scd[0-9] permissions

2004-12-19 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 05:56:45PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > I have a problem with permissions to my cdrom devices. If I try to access > them as an user just to playback audio-cds or mounting data-contents there > is no problem at all. > > Even when I try to use them for rippin

Re: starting x

2004-12-19 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 06:59:01PM -0800, cfk wrote: > On Saturday 18 December 2004 18:14, Sam Watkins wrote: > Dear Sam: > Thank you very much for the tip. I did do a 'apt-get install > x-window-system', and a number of good things happened. I can now do a startx > and get twm. I can also

Re: Mozilla crashing in sarge

2004-12-17 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 06:05:45PM +, Cláudio E. Elicker wrote: > On Friday 17 December 2004 09:05, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > I am running mozilla in sarge, and it is crashing frequently, with > > increasing frequency, first when several tabs were opened, now with > &

Re: Mozilla crashing in sarge

2004-12-17 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 04:05:00AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > I am running mozilla in sarge, and it is crashing frequently, with > increasing frequency, first when several tabs were opened, now with > only one tab. Has anybody had this crashing? > It h=just hapenned again w

Mozilla crashing in sarge

2004-12-17 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I am running mozilla in sarge, and it is crashing frequently, with increasing frequency, first when several tabs were opened, now with only one tab. Has anybody had this crashing? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Forward all mail in mbox to new email address

2004-12-11 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 04:47:07PM -0800, ThanhVu Nguyen wrote: > I have a large number of emails stored in a mbox file > and I read these mails from mutt. I'd like to forward > *each* one of them to a new email address (not as a > big attachment). I can forward one by one manually > but I am loo

Re: Debian retail kit?

2004-12-09 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 07:51:39AM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > Hi Paul, > > When I was becoming more intereted in Debian, I printed the install > manaul and the debian refernce. I did it at Kinko's by giing them a PDF > which they easily printed and spiral bound. (B/W -- as color is a bit > beyond

Re: X.org <-----> Xfree

2004-12-09 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 11:16:49AM +, Jon Dowland wrote: > I see a lot of discussion about packaging and which distro it may end up > in but nothing about why you might want to use X.org instead of XFree :) http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/trunk/debian/local/FAQ.xhtml -- To UNSUB

Re: devfs_mk_cdev question

2004-12-07 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 10:13:23AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 06:57:41PM +0100, Paul Akkermans wrote: > > Where can I find this documentation? > > A: No. > Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? > The one above is a good piece to show the inconvenience of top postin

Re: paper size

2004-12-07 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 05:34:28AM -0500, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > On Monday 06 December 2004 06:14 pm, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > In a sarge installation, I should have leter as paper size for my > > system, but it seems more like a4. Checking config.ps I see a4 listed >

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