Re: To find out the installed packages repo section.

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 11:21:57PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Is there an easy way how I can found out from which repo and which > section (or whatever it is called, I mean here: main, contrib, > non-free) one or more packages come from? > > For example, I want to know if I have the packages instal

Re: ls has stopped using the ISO date format

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 02:52:52AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sun,30.May.10, 16:21:26, Brian Marshall wrote: > > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 01:51:14AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > -rwx-- 1 amp amp 891837 2010-05-03 22:55 03052010065.jpg > > > -rwx-- 1 a

Re: ls has stopped using the ISO date format

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 01:51:14AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > -rwx-- 1 amp amp 891837 2010-05-03 22:55 03052010065.jpg > -rwx-- 1 amp amp 733361 2010-05-03 22:55 03052010066.jpg > > Can you tell if these files were created 5th march or 3rd may? How (I'd > really like to know)? I've n

Re: lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 03:02:23PM -0700, Mark wrote: > I just booted to Lenny, changed the "default=0" value to > "default=3" in /boot/grub/menu.lst so it now boots to XP by default. My > limited experience with grub2 in Squeeze didn't appear to have this ability, > so what would I have

Re: ls has stopped using the ISO date format

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:44:38AM +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > In any case if locales were the reasoning, pt_PT.UTF-8 oughta be "30 > Mai 2010" or something when it's actually just a translation from > english, "Mai 30 2010". That looks like a bug in the pt_PT.UTF-8 locale. de_DE.UTF-8 gets it

Re: ls has stopped using the ISO date format

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 07:17:31AM +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote: > * 2010-05-29 20:25 (-0700), Brian Marshall wrote: > > > Recently, I noticed that the date format in the output from "ls -l" > > has changed in squeeze. Before, it used the ISO standard (2010-05-29 >

ls has stopped using the ISO date format

Hi all, Recently, I noticed that the date format in the output from "ls -l" has changed in squeeze. Before, it used the ISO standard (2010-05-29 20:00) but now it's started printing "May 29 20:00" or "May 29 2009" if it's not the current year. My locale, which hasn't changed in years, is en_US.UT

Re: [OT] List policy - [Was: Could you recommend CD/DVD writer program?]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:33:28AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > I'm on T-Bird 2.0.0.23 (latest) and I don't have a reply-to-list option. > Is this something I have to set manually in about:config? Sure would > save me some time manually editing the recipient list with each reply. It's only in T

Re: Emails to list (with apologies)

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 02:24:58PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > I think the mms.mycricket.com server is misconfigured; I would expect DSNs to > go to the mailing list software. Mailman et. al. have some support for > handling such messages and auto-unsubscribing troublesome addresses.

Re: Printing from last page to the first

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 01:20:01PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20091012_174750, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > Andrew Sackville-West writes: > > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 03:43:53PM +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> Hello, > > >> > > >> When printing a document, it is always easier for the pers

Re: [OT] List policy - [Was: Could you recommend CD/DVD writer program?]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 04:03:42PM +0200, Tom H wrote: > In order to reply to the list, I choose "reply" and change the "to" > field to "debian-user...". > > I assume that some people choose "reply to all" and it makes others > unnecessarily angry about receiving two identical emails. > > Non-Deb

Re: Iceape video problem

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 09:35:24AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > Problem: Now that I understand to enter about:config in the search field > I can find plugin.expose_full_path but cannot edit the value to change > it from false to true. I have tried a number of key combinations that > work with

Re: Could you recommend CD/DVD writer program?

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 08:58:36AM +0100, Tim Beauregard wrote: > green wrote: > > Tim Beauregard wrote at 2009-10-10 14:27 -0500: > >> My choice is cdrdao, as it can identify burn-proof technology without > >> switches. > > > > Surely wodim does too? And I don't see mention of 'burn-proof' in >

Re: When to expect a kernel commit in Debian stable's kernel?

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 03:02:32PM +0200, Felix H. Dahlke wrote: > On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 14:04 +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: > > > However, I'm wondering why aptitude search and aptitude install show and > > > install packages from backports when I'm not specifically using -t > > > lenny-backports

Re: Re (3): Video on Demand, VoD

On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 02:12:43PM -0700, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:13:02 -0700 > Brian Marshall wrote, > > The plugin in the screenshot is totem-mozilla. > > Will install it. Thanks. > > > gecko-mediaplayer should also work. I don'

Re: Re (2): Video on Demand, VoD

On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 09:21:24AM -0700, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: [...] > > You mean like this? > > > Yes. Your controls appear to have the same > capabilities as Win XP. The progress bar and > sound level control

Re: Grub update problems

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 08:45:25AM -0700, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:34:23 + Frank wrote, > > ... update to grub2. ... boot goes nowhere. > > FWIIW, the install-grub2-at-update-of-Squeeze, > test-boot-with-chainloading and upgrade-from-grub-legacy > process was like

Re: Grub 1.5 error after update

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 06:21:16PM +0200, Ole Toft Jensen wrote: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 05:58:51PM +0200, thveillon.debian wrote: > > > Frank wrote: > > > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:27:09 +0200 > > >> "thveillon.debian" wrote: > > >> Obviously grub-pc is not ready for primetime yet. On the update

Re: jackd won't start in X

On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 07:09:18AM +0100, tomdeb wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to migrate away from pulseaudio and currently testing out > jack-audio-connection-kit > > For some unknown weird reason jackd won't start if I launch it via an > X terminal. I get the following: > > ~ > /usr/bin/jac

Re: apt-get error message seems contradictory

On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 12:03:37PM +0800, Gero Putzar wrote: > Hi, > > I get the following error message from apt-get: > > ---snip--- > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > libc6-i386: Breaks: lib32asound2 (<= 1.0.20-2) but 1.0.16-2 is to be > installed > Breaks: lib3

Re: GNOME settings on start up

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 07:01:40PM +0100, AG wrote: > Brian Marshall wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 09:25:44AM +0100, AG wrote: >> [snip] >> >>> Unfortunately, gnome-screensaver is started automagically whilst I >>> have to kill gnome-scre

Re: GNOME settings on start up

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 09:25:44AM +0100, AG wrote: [snip] > Unfortunately, gnome-screensaver is started automagically whilst I > have to kill gnome-screensaver and start xscreensaver manually. If you want to stop gnome-screensaver from starting automatically, setting the the gconf pref /apps/gnom

Re: testing upgrade from 2.6.26-2 to 2.6.30-1 and nvidia drivers

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:00:27PM +0300, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: > Hello to all! > > With kernel 2.6.26-2 I used the nvidia packets: nvidia-glx, > nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-2-686 in order to have 3D acceleration. > Now that testing was upgraded to 2.6.30 I can't find the equivalent > 'nvidia-kernel-2.6

Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 06:35:20PM +0200, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 16. 08. 2009 16:41:43 je Ron Johnson napisal(a): > > On 2009-08-16 09:30, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On 2009-08-16 03:20, Klistvud wrote: > > > [snip] > > >> > > >> If it's of any help, according to Synaptic, these are the > > >> Flash

Re: ompile 32 bit debian source on 64 bit machine

On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 02:09:23PM +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: [...] > there is one actually http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/zsnes > but it seems such a hassle to do it. > > so, after getting the source with apt-get source source-name, what command > to be used to compile it? The reason th

Re: question about Dash

On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 05:23:50PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > the first line is used to invoke a program to process the script for > example > > #!/bin/bash [...] > there is name for this, but I can't remember it right now. A shebang: -- Brian

Re: nspluginwrapper problem

On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 07:28:58PM -0700, jeremy jozwik wrote: > [...] > [Edit: i did a re-install and now it works. just download and extract > the package, make folder named "plugins" to .mozilla (in home folder) > and move file libflashplayer.so there.] > [...] Why not use the flashplugin-nonfr

Re: Reason to not upgrade to 5.0 - was Re: Problem with Debian 4.0 security

On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 10:00:44AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > The problem with downloading the applications from seamonkey, is > that they are .tar.gz files, rather than .deb packages, and my > experience with using .tar.gz files for installing software, rather > than .deb packages, is that the .ta

Re: Musings on debian-user list

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:22:05PM +0100, AG wrote: > John Hasler wrote: > >Mark wrote: > >>When I feel adventurous one weekend I'll try a Debian install without the > >>desktop environment. > > > >Ron Johnson writes: > >>But what will you *do* with it? Mutt will frustrate you to no end, and > >>t

Re: Apt-get: how to freeze a package version?

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:51:33 -0300 Cassiano Leal wrote: > # wodim hold libmarble4 > I think you mean wajig: wodim (1)- write data to optical disk media wajig (1)- Simplified command line administrator for Debian -- Brian signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Position of windows on Gnome desktop

On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:53:56 +0100 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi. > > When starting an application, like terminal or xdvi, I wish to > control the position of the window on the screen: e.g., I wish that > the terminal window was up right and the xdvi window up left. > > How can I do that? > Try

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:35:58 + Avi Greenbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kent West wrote: > > > > Whereas there are some "cleaning" functions you can do, for the most > > part, it's not something you'll need to worry about like you do in > > Windows. > > > > I think you might've meant "...f

Re: Any textual web browser handling javascript?

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 07:48:18AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > It therefore made sense to set up a separate user for times when I need > to run javascript or flash on sites which I don't specifically trust > (i.e. just random surfing). Since any site I do actual transactions > with (e.g. my o

Re: Q: List Policy

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 02:31:25PM -0800, Brian Marshall wrote: > Odd. I see the list signatures with mutt, but PGP signatures are > recognized for me. Whoops, I just checked that message again and noticed that the list signature wasn't added with the attached PGP signature. Sorry.

Re: Q: List Policy

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 09:12:39AM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > > > > Regards, > > Andrei > > -- > > If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. > > (Albert Einstein) > > > > [-- Attachment #2: Digital signature --] > > [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Encoding: 7bit,

Re: bittorrent client with server/client relationship

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:31:34PM +1000, Adrian Levi wrote: > Is there such a client that has a server backend that can be left > running on one box left running 24h and a gui loaded and connect to > the backend from another computer? > rTorrent is excellent. It's still a client, but you can leav

Re: Fwd: flash in lenny with iceweasel 3

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:16:26 -0400 "Carlos Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know what Debian developers did with flash plugin on IW but > right after doing a fresh install, I am no longer propmted to install > flash plugin but rather IW appears to have a plugin pre-packaged. It > d

Re: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 - US - Debian mirror?

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:10:20 -0700 "Lubos Rendek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I'm just wondering what is the reason that Debian US mirror is running > on Microsoft-IIS/6.0? Or at least this is what my browser shows when I > go to: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/ Where

Re: [OT perhaps] Any way to restore Iceweasel 2 behavior in the Navigation bar?

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:55:05 -0400 "Patrick Wiseman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello: > > I mostly like Firefox/Iceweasel 3 but I hate what they've done to the > navigation bar. Clicking on the down-arrow at the right now brings up > unclassified bookmarks or something instead of recently vis

Re: Cron jobs and root account locked on Lenny

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:10:26 +0300 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed,23.Jul.08, 00:11:35, Alexander Fortin wrote: > > [locked root account troubles] > > > Of course, I could unlock root account, but I thought it was good > > practice to avoid root login from tty/ssh etc, and I'm

Re: My first message... more of a mad mans rant...

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:55:13 -0700 Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, let me know when Debian finally gets MB 4/5 to work out of > the box as forward/back. Only been a decade since those became > standard on most consumer grade mice. :P > I recently did a lenny install and those

Re: [OT] GMail troubles [Was: Re: du-guidelines - point 7]

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:36:57 -0700 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 19:04 -0700, Brian Marshall wrote: > > The reason I use Gmail is because there is no way I can set up > > everything for email on a local server (not the least of which >

Re: [OT] GMail troubles [Was: Re: du-guidelines - point 7]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:16:29 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/14/08 22:41, Brian Marshall wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:43:38 -0500 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On 07/14/08 21:04, Brian Marshall wrote

Re: [OT] GMail troubles [Was: Re: du-guidelines - point 7]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:43:38 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/14/08 21:04, Brian Marshall wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:46:07 -0500 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I keep telling people that Gmail is evil, but

Re: [OT] GMail troubles [Was: Re: du-guidelines - point 7]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:46:07 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I keep telling people that Gmail is evil, but no one will listen. > > If you care about your data, and want to get to it at any time, keep > your data and your apps on your local machine. So what would you recommend for

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:42:43 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/12/08 08:38, Brian Marshall wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:42:11 -0400 > > Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:53:45 -0400 &

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:42:11 -0400 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:53:45 -0400 > Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Frank McCormick wrote: > > > > > > > > Hummn.Tried both sites and they work well on my machine - the > > > shame site does tend to