Re: Why is there suddenly a 'Universal Access Preferences' icon in my notification area?

2009-05-25 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Mon, 25 May 2009 19:15:39 -0400 Patrick Wiseman wrote: > And how do I get rid of it? It just showed up after a reboot after > this morning's upgrade on my amd64 testing system. (The reboot > necessitated by yet another NetworkManager system freeze.) > Accessibility options (e.g. aids for h

Re: Second ethernet card seems to cause networking failure?

2009-05-25 Thread Daniel Dickinson
Do you have network-manager installed? It's not very good with setups with mixed static/dynamic ips. If you've got network-manager, remove it and set things up manually. Regards, Daniel -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I have the rest of the after

Re: how can i turn /dev/null into an MTA?

2009-04-15 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:15:42 -0400 Michael Pobega wrote: > I actually have a question about this; I've always used reportbug with > the -M flag, which relays the mail through Mutt. What is the *proper* > way to set up exim4 so that reportbug will work without any errors? > (Currently I'm not usin

Re: update information is outdated?

2009-03-18 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:04:52 +0530 Girish Kulkarni wrote: > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Daniel Dickinson wrote: > >> I am getting this message from the update notifier constantly in > >> the notification area on my panel -- > >> > >> The updat

Re: grub2 output to both console and serial

2009-03-18 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:39:32 -0400 William Thompson wrote: > I am not on the list, keep me in CC. > > Is it possible to output to both the vga console and the serial > terminal as with older versions of grub? I thought I did this at one > time but am unable to do this now. At this time, the ol

Re: mixer problem? Ekiga and skype calls together give audio errors

2009-03-18 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:27:50 -0400 "H.S." wrote: > Hello, > > Perhaps I am trying to do something that is not possible, though > certainly it is inconvenient. > > If I try to make a call with ekiga when a skype call is active (and > the other way around), I get an error saying there is a proble

Re: GTK fonts too big

2009-03-15 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:08:32 +0100 Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > Hello, > > afer upgrading to lenny I have noticed that fonts in GTK applications > are too big. It seems that GTK does count font size from DPI > resolution (hbigger DPI, higher font). > > Is there any way to force GTK to ignore

Re: update information is outdated?

2009-03-13 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:44:48 +0530 Girish Kulkarni wrote: > Hi, > > I am getting this message from the update notifier constantly in the > notification area on my panel -- > > The update information is outdated. This may be caused by network > problems. Please update manually by click

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2

2009-03-13 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:47:11 -0600 Robert Hodgins wrote: > Daniel, thank you for your suggestions. > > > I did this. I hit Alt-F4 as the installer was finishing the formatting > of the hard drive. When the cursor stopped blinking and the keyboard > no longer responded, I took a picture. > > I

Re: help for Debian pppoe configuration

2009-03-13 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:45:16 +0600 Asanka Ruwan Kumara wrote: > Dear Sir, > i need to configure Debian proxy server using pppoe connection. > i have already install Debian os with two NIC.but i have a > problem,how to config pppoe connection > > i reffed below link and > (http://users.telenet.be

Re: Do you know about DebianON?

2009-03-13 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:29:57 +0200 Aioanei Rares wrote: > >> > >> I would like to propose that you have a look at > >> > >> http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/ > >> > >> and consider contributing. > >> > > Good idea. In fact, I have written a pretty complete page about my > > experi

Re: samba - smb.conf

2009-03-11 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:51:01 -0300 Rodrigo Hashimoto wrote: > Hello guys, > > I have two questions, the first one is how to generate a new > "smb.conf" ?? Do you just mean the smb.conf from the package or do have specific settings you want. If you want to configure your smb.conf without doing

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2

2009-03-11 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:22:57 -0600 Robert Hodgins wrote: > I sent this email in two parts. It seems that only the second part got > through. So, here are both parts combined into one email. > > I have a (old) Pentium 75 that used to run Etch. I have been trying to > install Lenny on it without s

Re: .Xmodmap has no effect

2009-03-08 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:49:55 -0400 Frank wrote: > On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 17:30 -0400, Ed Jabbour wrote: > > Below is my ~/.Xmodmap. It's an attempt to make the key > > assignments permanent rather than running xmodmap each login. > > It's not working. Syntax wrong? > > > > keycode 162 = XF86Aud

AGPL discussion on debian-legal; opponents who aren't fringe should participate

2008-09-25 Thread Daniel Dickinson
Hi, I just thought I'd drop a note suggesting that users like Steve Lamb (because he replied when I said that I thought the AGPL was free not not-free in response to a message), who oppose the AGPL but are not free software fanatics with arguments that are ludicrous and not just different than wha

Re: xserver, video playback, direct rendering etc.

2008-09-13 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:13:52 +0100 Nicholas Syrotiuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Output of dmesg | grep drm: > [nothing] > Is that bad? Maybe not for the closed source (ati's) driver, but for the open source driver if the drm kernel module is not loaded then DRI can't be done which means your ge

Re: xserver, video playback, direct rendering etc.

2008-09-12 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:39:35 -0300 "Felipe Gallois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Linux mozart 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Thu Aug 28 12:00:54 UTC 2008 i686 > >>> > >>> and I have included my xorg.conf and lspci info below. > >>> > >>> I'd be grateful for any help or suggestions. Do you have the neces

Re: encrypted partition question

2008-09-06 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:48:34 -0300 "Cassiano Leal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > options, refer to "man /etc/crypttab" > > My guess is that if you correct your step 3 to include all four > fields in /etc/crypttab you will be automatically asked for the > passphrase next time you boot the machine, s

Re: Do Debian's users care about the AGPL?

2008-09-06 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:40:39 -0700 "Steve Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 05:03:27PM -0400, Daniel Dickinson wrote: > > Which is the thing. GPL guarantees freedom the users of the > > software. The AGPL says that the user is the one wri

Re: Xorg cannot use non-native resolutions

2008-09-03 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:50:49 +0200 "David Banks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [massive list of mode details, some with sensible attributes, some all > zeroes: see below for example] > (WW) I810(0): config file hsync range 51.4286-56.8421kHz not within > DDC hsync ranges. > (II) I810(0): Generic Mon

Re: Question about Raid/Boot

2008-09-03 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:29:42 +0100 John Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Dickinson wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:12:18 -0400 > > "Tom Allison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > Well, RAID

Re: Do Debian's users care about the AGPL?

2008-09-03 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:30:10 -0700 Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Dickinson wrote: > > On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:14:48 -0700 > > Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Daniel Dickinson wrote: > >>> Why should it be non-free?

Re: Do Debian's users care about the AGPL?

2008-09-02 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:14:48 -0700 Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Dickinson wrote: > > Why should it be non-free? It's not, it should be in main! > > Probably because it goes way too far? I'm sorry, but the GPL is > clear. If you distribute

Re: Do Debian's users care about the AGPL?

2008-09-02 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:52:57 -0500 "Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes I get the feeling that Debian's users and Debian's > developers live in separate worlds. > > There's currently a long thread in d-legal over the AGPL. One DD has > expressed reservations towards the

Re: Question about Raid/Boot

2008-09-02 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:12:18 -0400 "Tom Allison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/1/08, Claudius Hubig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From what I recall reading the logs at startup if I put my boot > > > system > > >on a software raid 1 it appears to bo

Re: recommendations for CD burning.

2008-09-02 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 07:55:19 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Folk, > > The CD FAQ mentions K3b, X-CD-Roast and a few > other GUI frontends. Judging by wikipedia, K3b > is the most advanced. > > Can anyone recommend one of these for use under > Xfce4. I'm more concerned for efficient > fu

Re: website saver for linux?

2008-09-01 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:53:38 +0530 Sabarish Balagopal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 08/31/08 11:02, Philip wrote: > >> I'm looking for a tool which spiders a site, and downloads every > >> page in the domain that it finds linked from a particular url and > >> linked urls i

Exim4 SMTP direct send, blocked incoming port 25

2008-08-31 Thread Daniel Dickinson
Is it possible to use exim4 to send mail if port 25 is blocked by the ISP (incoming)? I can receive mail by using easyDNS and getting them to forward my mail to another port, but I'm not sure outgoing will work. I tried doing that a while back and I had issues, but there was also list trouble at

[SOLVED] Re: Overriding font names

2008-08-18 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:19:50 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 23:51:00 -0400, Daniel Dickinson wrote: > > Is there any way to override 'Times' and 'Helvetica' with fonts of > > my choice when Firefox tries to

Overriding font names

2008-08-15 Thread Daniel Dickinson
Is there any way to override 'Times' and 'Helvetica' with fonts of my choice when Firefox tries to print 'Times' or 'Helvetica', without overriding fonts selections for every site. I have a stupid site that has hard-coded Helvetica as the font name, which means it prints horribly. Also, is there

Re: Read-only root (/) except /etc

2008-04-14 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:04:31 -0400 "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 03:12:08PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > I don't *need* things read-only. I would just rather not *need* to > > have my root filesystem read write. > > > > I gave some reasons abo

Read-only root (/) except /etc

2008-04-11 Thread Daniel Dickinson
Is it possible to have /etc on a separate partition from / (root) so that root can be read-only while /etc is read-write? Regards, Daniel -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or strangle cute

Re: Need to configure manually PPPoE,PPP,pppoeconf does not work for me.

2008-01-27 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:22:10 -0800 (PST) alexandre suzuki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > pppoeconf is useless for me,when I run > it detects eth0 but after some checks > it outputs: > > Sorry,I scanned 1 interface but the > access concentrator of your provider > did not respond.Please check your >

Re: UPS question

2008-01-27 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:11:57 -0500 Jonathan Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a new ups and it came with a software disc with the following > Unix software...AIX, Freebsd, HP, Linux, SCO, Solarus. Which one do > I use and or Is there software on the Synaptic Package Manager that I > s

Re: [OT] Using aliases or functions in bash script

2008-01-26 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:40:12 + (UTC) T o n g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:32:57 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > >> >> I'm wondering if you have read my OP or not. Read it again pls. > >> > > >> > source ~/.bashrc > >> > >> Guess that I am having bad lucks

Re: Using aliases or functions in bash script

2008-01-26 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:03:32 + Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 12:44:42PM -0500, Daniel Dickinson wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:12:56 + > > Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 2

ffmpeg and mpeg2video codec

2008-01-26 Thread Daniel Dickinson
Anyone know what happened to the mpeg2video video codec in the lenny version of ffmpeg? It seems to have been removed. Is it a patent issue, and if so will it eventually also effect players such as vlc, mplayer and xine? Regards, Daniel -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out

Re: Using aliases or functions in bash script

2008-01-26 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:12:56 + Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 03:55:51AM +, T o n g wrote: > > > I'm wondering if you have read my OP or not. Read it again pls. > > Yes I have. Use functions. Don't use aliases. > On command-line: function dt () {

Re: which to use: ext3, JFS, XFS, ReiserFS? [Was: new user question:

2008-01-18 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:32:25 -0500 Allan Wind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-01-18T14:05:25-0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > > (8) Is there any advantage to using ext2 for /boot rather than > > > > ext3? > > > > no to either > > /boot should not be a single partition by itself.. > > it

Re: Raid 1 action on failed disk?

2007-12-20 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Wednesday 19 December 2007 07:50, S Scharf wrote: > I am running a Debian 3.1 (Sarge) server with Raid 1 mirroring on the disk > drive. > > Recently, one of the disks failed. The system sent root a proper e-mail > notification of the failure. Unfortunately, > the system seemed to continue to try

Re: debian dvd setup question

2007-12-12 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Thursday 13 December 2007 02:35, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > I have a combo drive on this machine that's supposed to be able to read > > dvd's. I made a dvd using wodim on ubuntu and checked the dvd's > > directory structure after that was done and so far as I can tell on >

Re: Current status of cdrecord under linux 2.6.8

2005-09-09 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:29:21PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > I'm running Sarge/stable. Last week I installed the Linux 2.6 kernel. > Yesterday I tried to burn a CD and failed. I did some poking around, > read the man pages, etc., and became convinced that I would not resolve > this on my own. D