Re: thumderbird web links in firefox

2006-01-15 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Any other ideas are very welcome... Open your ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/...default/prefs.js and add user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/usr/bin/firefox"); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/firefox"); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/usr/bin/fire

RE: dialup modem recommendation for debian sagre?

2005-11-07 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Guess the best model I can find would be a hard pci us-robotics indeed! What packages do I need? kppp or wvdial Cheers, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: drawing application

2005-10-28 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
I prefer Inkscape which is available in debian. Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: find

2005-10-26 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Hi, I'm trying to find a word in a file using find. I take a look at the man of find but... All i see is to find files, perms, etc. It's possible to find an word in a text file? All i can do is this: $find . -name *.c -print Many thanks. for flnm in $(find . -type f ) ; do grep -l -i "the s

RE: xfree86

2005-10-20 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
i am in etch.. i need xfree86 and Gnome-2.10.x. in sarge there is only gnome 2.8.x. i think i can use sarge for xfree86 and then come back to etch to install gnome.. need suggestions. Paras. Have a look at http://snapshot.debian.net/. There xfree86 for Etch should be available. Don´t forget

RE: xfree86

2005-10-20 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
how do i install xfree86. when i do: apt-get install xserver-xfree86 it says: - Note, selecting xserver-xorg instead of xserver-xfree86 -- and xorg is installed i need xfree86 not xorg.. Depends on the flavour you´d like to install. If you are inEtch or Sid than xorg is state of the art

RE: ati driver problem

2005-10-14 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Hi, I'm new to linux, by the way I managed to install the driver for my ati videocard(Ati radeon 9550 128mb), but I still cannot change the resolution to anything higher than 800*600. Look at /var/log/XFree86.0.log. If necessary post it here. Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: Dual booting -- Adding windows to a Linux system

2005-10-10 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
But one thing that I'm not sure and not really know, will windows work OK if it installed not on the first partition of the disk ? Even I believe this will work, but better be carefull. --w.h-- Possible but not simple. E.g. you must manually set the drive and Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) pat

Re: Dual booting -- Adding windows to a Linux system

2005-10-10 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Yes, on the same disk. I have to somehow reduce the current partition sizes and add a new partition for windows. I am also concerned that the windows installation will then screw things up (overwrite the MBR). Don´t know if it´s suitable for you but I am happy with WIN2k running under qemu (ht

RE: Frozen mouse pointer in X

2005-10-07 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" Option "Protocol""Microsoft" Option "Emulate3Buttons"

RE: A problem with my apt-get

2005-10-05 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Could help me? Have you made an "apt-get update" before? Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: drm and radeon module load problems

2005-10-05 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
my .config file contains CONFIG_AGP=y CONFIG_AGP_AMD64=y CONFIG_DRM=m CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m Try CONFIG_DRM=y Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: ripping audio cd (sarge)

2005-09-30 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Hi I want to rip my audio cd's and have the files renamed to the name of the music title. I have heard about 'abcde' and have used 'jack' long ago (but forgotten the details). I didn't know which one to take, so I wanted to try both, but couldn't manage to run either of them. I'm not really clea

Re: cpufreqd: ondemand

2005-09-29 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
> If you are able to understand german, I can recommend to have a look at > http://www.debianforum.de/wiki/?page=P4DynamischTakten. Furthermore I > propose to use the ondemand governor. Yes, I understand German. Thank you for the link! It seems that the `ondemand' governor is available only in 2

RE: cpufreqd: ondemand

2005-09-29 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Hello, I have an /etc/cpufreqd.conf that makes /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq go to 60 on Mandriva if the system is idle. However the same configuration on Debian makes it go to 150 that is full speed if the system is idle. Kernel is 2.6.8-2-686. Why does the same c

RE: Question about samba setup in Sarge

2005-09-27 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
I cannot find a file, ENCRYPTION.txt, on my computer or as part of any of the packages that I installed. Where can I obtain a copy of this file? Have you tried to ask google? Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

RE: Used Laptop Reccomendations for Sarge

2005-09-20 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Thinking about getting a used laptop and loading sarge into it. I was wondering what specs I need to look for (or, actually getting models to look for.) What kind of memory, disk size, and processor do I need (or, wont work on sarge.) Depends on the money you´d like to spend. I can recommend

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-17 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
# The first network card - this entry was created during the Debian installation auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Hey, there's a bug! Replace "dhcp" by "static" please on both computers. Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Well, I was afraid I was going on a bit, but anyway: -- Laptop: # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-16 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
I'm very grateful to everyone for their suggestions but I'm starting to think it's about time to give up :-( Don´t give up! Linux computers are designed to work in networks. Please be so kind to post the complete contents of your /etc/network/interfaces again here. Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIB

RE: absurdly simple LAN problem

2005-09-15 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Is what I'm trying to do even possible? Or am I missing something obvious? Have you made your mind up because of the operation type of your network? Peer-to-peer or ad-hoc mode: This mode is a method for wireless devices to directly communicate with each other. Operating in ad-hoc mode allows

disabling rendering in root window for KDE

2005-09-13 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Using torsmo or conky on a KDE Desktop requires to disable rendering in the root window. I have spend about one hour for finding this option but I can't. Anybody here around who knows how to disable the rendering (kcontrol and then?) Thanks in advance, Flori -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

disabling rendering in root window for KDE

2005-09-13 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Using torsmo or conky on a KDE Desktop requires to disable rendering in the root window. I have spend about one hour for finding this option but I can't. Anybody here around who knows how to disable the rendering (kcontrol and then?) Thanks in advance, Flori -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

RE: Laptop choice to run debian

2005-09-09 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
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? With http://tuxmobile.org and http://www.linux-laptop.net/ you can make your mind up. A fairly good ML is available für Thinkpads: htt

fglrx on an ATI 9200SE???

2005-09-07 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
I thinking about establishing the propreitary ATI driver for my 9200SE graphics adapter. Hopefully the graphics performance can be increased with this. But on several pages on the net I read that the performance with the radeon driver is better. Is there anybody around who has such experiences

RE: Prelinking

2005-09-02 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
I wonder if anyone with experience of installing and using prelink would tell me whether they've found it worthwhile or not. Also, is the process irrevocable in practice, or can I back out and uninstall if it doesn't work that well? I am using prelink regurlarly on my installation (prelink -avm

Re: Writing problem on FAT via NFS - solution

2005-08-30 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Ok guys, for those who are interested I´ve got the solution. Create a new server group e.g. vfat-user (GID=500). In the server fstab insert this GID and a valid UID for the FAT partition. Here I use my own UID (UID=1000) and GID=vfat-user. In /etc/exports export the FAT with the follwing opti

Re: Writing problem on FAT via NFS

2005-08-29 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Some things were nevern meant to be. I believe that FAT over NFS is one of them. Maybe, but no reason for not trying it... Flori -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Writing problem on FAT via NFS

2005-08-29 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Only limited writing access on FAT via NFS ( post #1) I am trying to connect a windows partition from my linux client via NFS. The partition has been sucessfully exported by the server which is a double-boot-PC. AT the moment I am able to copy files from the FAT to the Linux box and furth

RE: Newbie: How do I defrag my drive?

2005-08-23 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
I realized, I've had Sarge installed for a few months, and I should probably defragment my partitions. How can I do this? Normally this is not necessary. But if you want you can use defrag. Flori -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: playing contained mp3-files

2005-08-08 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Could be that you are missing the required codecs. I vaguely remember having installed a number of codec packs in the past. I believe that a number of codecs are not distributed with the various media player for copyright/patent reasons. On my system these codecs are located at: /usr/local/lib/cod

RE: script to run on startup

2005-08-03 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
1. Make a file called /etc/init.d/local with a text editor. This file is a script so it should always start with the following line: #! /bin/sh 2. Add the following command to the file: mysql -u root --password=passwd syslog < /tmp/mysql.pipe 3. Make this file executable with: chmod +x /

RE: WPA on Intel Wireless 2200BG

2005-08-02 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Hi List, I resently got a Wireless DSL Modem (Sinus 1054 DSL). I am now trying to make my notebook connecting with the router using WPA-SPK (since this is the most secure way if one does not want to configure RADIU server and such.. isn't it?). On router side I have: Encoding: On MAC filtering:

RE: Trying to use Mozilla-mplayer plug-in

2005-08-01 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
I have downloaded File:mozilla-mplayer_2.70-1_i386.deb. I am running Gnome Nautilus and cannot find the appropriate spot to click to install. Really new at this. Open a konsole and type "apt-get install mozilla-mplayer" (as root). Flori -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: playing contained mp3-files

2005-07-29 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Hmm, XMMS seems to time out while trying to stream the file... with Amarok it works though (used to be the other way around...) What I did is write a trivial script called amarok-append.sh: #!/bin/sh amarok -a -p "$@" I have configured Firefox to open .m3u files with that script. Their content

Re: playing contained mp3-files

2005-07-28 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
I dont know about you, but I am a KDE-man! Therefore I use Kaffeine. Install: kaffeine(I use 0.6-1) kaffeine-mozilla(I use 0.4.3.1-1) I have tried that with the packages provided by debian sarge. Kaffeine only opens a black window and I have found no way

Re: playing contained mp3-files

2005-07-28 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Okay, I have found a m3u.shtml file which seems to be a script that redirects to an actual m3u link... and that was then actually opened in XMMS (the application i have configured Firefox to open m3u files in). And will xmms play it directly by starting it from the Firefox window? Thats the

Re: playing contained mp3-files

2005-07-28 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
I suggest you install the MediaPlayerConnectivity extension into Firefox. I don't know that it will solve your problem, but it might. I already have tried that without success so far. I also have tried with the plugins for kaffeine and mplayer with the same result. Something basic seems to be

playing contained mp3-files

2005-07-28 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
I would like to get sound from a contained mp3 file. The container is named m3u.shtml and can be downloaded from anywhere in the internet. It contains a normal URL like http://81.176.74.27:80/u/uizmp_yozxp/7996_~_hsld_nv_blfi_gvzih_(drgs_gsv_xzgslorxh)/61438/16253683/05-new_house_of_the_pope.pre