Re: dvds burnt in k3b won't show up on mac os x

2005-06-13 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Samstag, den 11.06.2005, 23:31 +0200 schrieb Alex Polite: > I've burnt several DVDs using k3b. They'll show up alright under linux > but not on my Mac OS X system. Does this ring any bells with you? I > don't know where to start debugging this. Are you sure your Mac is able to read this special

Re: Bluetooth in the kernel

2004-12-13 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Montag, den 13.12.2004, 10:09 -0600 schrieb Ron Johnson: > > I've looked all thru it, but haven't found them. Any pointers > appreciated. Device Drivers -> Network Devices -> Bluetooth Subsystem Very well hidden ;) joerg signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrich

Re: linux source vs kernel-source

2004-11-16 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Dienstag, den 16.11.2004, 15:59 -0600 schrieb Russ Cook: > I generally compile my own kernel using kernel-package and the > kernel-source packages from the debian sites. But, at ftp.kernel.org > are source files that are 2.6.9 vs 2.6.8. > These files are labeled linux-2.6.9 vs kernel-source-2

Re: OT: MP3 CDs

2004-09-10 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Do, den 09.09.2004 schrieb Tong um 22:03: > Hi, > > My DVD player supports playing MP3 CDs. I'm wondering how can I burn my > MP3s as MP3s (instead of WAVs), so that I can play them in my DVD player. > > Thanks > Are you asking about how to convert .wav to .mp3? Then add deb ftp://ftp.ner

Re: Don't buy Sony (was: Re: sony vaio desktop)

2004-07-20 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Di, den 20.07.2004 schrieb Matthias Czapla um 3:28: > Additionally I would suggest avoiding *any* product made by that > company. They actively try to reduce compatibility and are great > supporters of Digital-Restrictions-Management junk (e.g. Notebooks > only work with their own expensive RAM

Re: Grid: Globus in Debian

2004-07-14 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mi, den 14.07.2004 schrieb Dave Howorth um 13:43: > Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > >>is there a kind of Globus packet to Debian? > > http://apt-get.org./ > > I can't find any reference to globus at that site. Could you be more > specific with the link, please? You could

Re: xdm won't start; console 7 broken

2004-07-12 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mo, den 12.07.2004 schrieb Nori Heikkinen um 16:42: > after shutting down xdm the usual way friday afternoon > (/etc/init.d/xdm stop), i now can't get it to start via the usual way > (/etc/init.d/xdm start). it tells me: > > Starting X display manager: xdm already running. > > (which it's not

Re: IMPORTANT WARNING! Re: I'm too stupid to use find, can someone help me out, please?

2004-07-06 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Di, den 06.07.2004 schrieb Hendrik Boom um 16:39: > On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 10:36:06AM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/$ find . -type l -exec rm {}; > > > > By now other have answered your wustion, but: > > VERY IMPORTANT: &g

Re: I'm too stupid to use find, can someone help me out, please?

2004-07-06 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Di, den 06.07.2004 schrieb Rick Pasotto um 10:49: > On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 10:36:06AM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote: > > This is not so clear anymore. But I think I understand that > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/$ find . -type l -exec rm {}; > > > > should d

I'm too stupid to use find, can someone help me out, please?

2004-07-06 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody I'd like to delete all symbolic links in a directory. I thought I'm smart and use find for that instead of doing it manually. OK. The find man page says (snipped): -type c File is of type c: l symbolic link So far so good. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/$ find . -type

Re: Mouse wheel does not work with kernel 2.6.x

2004-06-16 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mi, den 16.06.2004 schrieb Greg Norris um 14:49: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 10:56:40AM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote: > > I have a logitech USB mouse which works great using 2.4 kernels. With > > exactly the same setup in X, the same mouse attached to the same > > computer

Re: Mouse wheel does not work with kernel 2.6.x

2004-06-16 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mi, den 16.06.2004 schrieb Greg Norris um 14:49: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 10:56:40AM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote: > > I have a logitech USB mouse which works great using 2.4 kernels. With > > exactly the same setup in X, the same mouse attached to the same > > computer

Mouse wheel does not work with kernel 2.6.x

2004-06-16 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody This is a bit strange to me, and I don't exactly know how to track the problem down. Here are the symptoms: I have a logitech USB mouse which works great using 2.4 kernels. With exactly the same setup in X, the same mouse attached to the same computer works still, but only the three

Re: Software to create 3D buttons for use on web pages, etc

2004-06-08 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Di, den 08.06.2004 schrieb Joost De Cock um 11:07: > On Tuesday 08 June 2004 10:24, Joerg Johannes hurled the following on the > wire: > > Am Di, den 08.06.2004 schrieb Joost De Cock um 7:45: > > > > http://members.rogers.com/ityker/aqua.pl > > > > > >

Re: Software to create 3D buttons for use on web pages, etc

2004-06-08 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Di, den 08.06.2004 schrieb Joost De Cock um 7:45: > > http://members.rogers.com/ityker/aqua.pl > > and euh... It's a GIMP script, so you'll need the GIMP Hi Joost, I just downloaded this script and put it in my $HOME/.gimp-2.0/scripts directory, but it does not show up in the menus. From what

Re: [OT] List of dates from evolutions calendar

2004-06-02 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi again > >this script is exactly what I wanted. Only one problem: It freezes on > >dates containing non-ASCII characters, especially "Ã". Any idea how I > >could solve this? > > Apparently this is not a problem with the script, but with the file encoding. The console freezes on this character e

Re: [OT] List of dates from evolutions calendar

2004-06-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Sa, den 29.05.2004 schrieb Paul Scott um 9:39: > Joerg Johannes wrote: > > >Hi everybody > > > >Does anybody use the calendar function of evolution? I do, and I like > >it, but I'm missing one feature. I'd like to let the program make a list > &

Re: How to include nomenclature in Latex

2004-06-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Di, den 01.06.2004 schrieb James Willie um 12:24: > Hi, > > I have a problem with including nomenclature in my > latex document. I have done the nomenclature > successfully but have to be able to sort it into greek > symbols and ordinalry symbols. Did you read the manual? Especially section 3:

Re: Please help to find this font

2004-06-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mo, den 31.05.2004 schrieb Mimmo Spena um 15:00: > Please is there anybody that may help me to recognize this font? > Any ideas where I can find this font? > Pleas > Thank you Hi Mimmo Bodega Sans looks very much alike: http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/fontbureau/bodega-sans/bodegasans-light/?

[OT] List of dates from evolutions calendar

2004-05-25 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody Does anybody use the calendar function of evolution? I do, and I like it, but I'm missing one feature. I'd like to let the program make a list of dates such as: 2004/06/05 10:30 Choir rehearsal in Neustadt 2004/07/02 20:00 Heather Nova Concert in Freiburg 2004/07/08

Gnome-apps crashing [Was: Re: Evolution?]

2004-05-12 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Di, den 11.05.2004 schrieb Ping Wing um 21:51: > Btw, has anyone seen any gnome/gtk application that > doesnt crash regulary? > Really, i dont wanna start flame but thats so. I use evolution, gimp, gnomeicu regularly (means: they are running daily from morning till evening) without any crashing

Re: case insensitive find and grep

2004-05-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Sa, den 01.05.2004 schrieb Micha Feigin um 17:52: > How can I do case insensitive file finding and grep? Both grep and find > are case sensitive and writing the search as [fF][iI][lL][eE] is quite > cumbersome. From the man pages: grep: -i, --ignore-case Ignore case distinc

Re: Keyboard problems since last upgrade

2004-04-07 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mi, den 07.04.2004 schrieb Olle Eriksson um 2:11: > On Tuesday 06 April 2004 16.20, Joerg Johannes wrote: > > Hi everybody > > > > Last friday I upgraded my system (sid) and since then, I cannot type > > the "less than" and "greater than" signs any

Keyboard problems since last upgrade

2004-04-06 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody Last friday I upgraded my system (sid) and since then, I cannot type the "less than" and "greater than" signs anymore. When I press this key (It is a german keyboard, the key is just beside the left "shift" key), nothing happens. This is especially annoying when using emacs (cannot ju

Re: Quake on Debian?

2004-04-02 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Do, den 01.04.2004 schrieb Mike Chandler um 22:45: > Newbie to Debian... > Can I run Quake / Quake II /Quake III on Debian Sid? > Thanks! Quake 1: Don't know Quake 2: Yes: apt-get install quake2 quake2-data Quake 3: Yes: Get linuxq3a from ftp.idsoftware.com For both Q2 and Q3 you need the orig

[OT] No 1st of April's joke

2004-04-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody I just started reading the newest issue of the german "Linux Magazin", (http://www.linux-magazin.de) and in the editorial, Jan Kleinert explains that a full page advertisment from Microsoft is NO April's joke. The Linux Magazin management decided to donate the money they got from Micr

Re: Inline PGP signatures

2004-03-27 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Sa, den 27.03.2004 schrieb Paul Johnson um 16:56: > Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thanks, Derrick. But the good thing about using evolution is, NOT having > > to use maildrop/procmail/fetchmail and all that stuff. > > Well, obviously that claim is

Re: Inline PGP signatures [was: Re: email signatures]

2004-03-27 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Fr, den 26.03.2004 schrieb Derrick 'dman' Hudson um 15:46: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 10:59:24AM +0100, Joerg Johannes wrote: > > | > Not when using inline PGP signatures, then it's considered valid. > | > | OK, sorry for that. But now to something else: I use

Inline PGP signatures [was: Re: email signatures]

2004-03-26 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Fr, den 26.03.2004 schrieb Paul Johnson um 04:52: > Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Am Do, den 25.03.2004 schrieb Paul Johnson um 03:03: > >> For any signature, it's generally considered polite to put in a "-- " > >> (that is,

Re: email signatures

2004-03-25 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Do, den 25.03.2004 schrieb Paul Johnson um 03:03: > For any signature, it's generally considered polite to put in a "-- " > (that is, dash dash space newline) on a line by itself. See my signature > for an example. > > See also: http://www.newbie.org/ > > - -- > .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMA

Re: Novellclient error

2004-03-12 Thread Joerg Johannes
welly hartanto wrote: > Hi..thanx for your answer. > Now I can mount the novell fs into my mnt directory. > But some features of novellclient software defenetely > missing, such as send message, change my own password, > etc... :-( This is sad but true, I am missing those, too. But from what I re

Re: Novellclient error

2004-03-10 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mi, den 10.03.2004 schrieb welly hartanto um 11:04: > Hi, guys > > I'm back !!! ;-) > After got satifying answers for my earlier question, > now I still let all of you call me a stupid > newbie...:D > I'd download a novellclient for linux from > SourceForge, and I'd installed with IP and I

Re: How to change keyboard shortcuts for characters?

2004-03-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Fr, den 27.02.2004 schrieb Joerg Johannes um 10:13: > Hi everybody > > I am about to learn swedish, and I'd like to write my vocabulary in text > files. So far I use a german locale, and there is no direct keyboard > shortcut (I know of) for the "å" charact

How to change keyboard shortcuts for characters?

2004-02-27 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody I am about to learn swedish, and I'd like to write my vocabulary in text files. So far I use a german locale, and there is no direct keyboard shortcut (I know of) for the "å" character ("a" with a small "o" above). I'd like to bind AltGr+a for this character, but it it is already used

Re: [OT] New tab instead of new Window in Mozilla

2004-02-23 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Sa, den 21.02.2004 schrieb Micha Feigin um 04:49: > On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 03:50:55PM +, Michael Graham wrote: > > Joerg wrote: > > > Hi everybody > > > > > > When I do BLAST searches (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/), I have to > > > wait for the results and then click a java-script bu

[OT] New tab instead of new Window in Mozilla

2004-02-20 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody When I do BLAST searches (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/), I have to wait for the results and then click a java-script button (Format!), and results page is shown in a new window. Can I change this behaviour so that no new window is opened, but the new page opens in a new tab? I h

Re: (un)mounting smb shares

2004-02-10 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mo, den 09.02.2004 schrieb Karsten M. Self um 23:38: > Consider using autofs to automatically mount and umount the shares on > demand. Thanks for the pointer, maybe I'll try it out when I try out the 2.6 kernel... > Set a short timeout -- a few seconds (2-3) isn't too short -- to allow > you t

Re: How to remove a kernel install package that has failed?

2004-02-09 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mo, den 09.02.2004 schrieb Jeff Self um 16:30: > I tried installing kernel-source-2.6.0. I used Debian's make-kpkg and > created a deb file. But when I ran dpkg -i > kernel-image-2.6.0_10.00.Custom_i386.deb, I got a segmentation fault. > Now I can't upgrade my system because whenever I run apt-g

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-09 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mo, den 09.02.2004 schrieb Joost Witteveen um 12:26: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Haines Brown wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 11:37:00AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > >> > When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX files. No > >> > information is sent to the print

Re: dvips TeX printer driver

2004-02-06 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Fr, den 06.02.2004 schrieb Haines Brown um 17:37: > When I migrated to debian, I lost my ability to print LaTeX files. No > information is sent to the printer. > > The printer driver is dvips, and I assumed that it was included in the > LaTeX package, for that was the case with my LaTeX install

Re: (un)mounting smb shares

2004-01-30 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Fr, den 30.01.2004 schrieb Tautau um 14:39: > Hello, > > I'm not quite sure, but I remember having read that you have to put > "users" and not "user" on the option line in /etc/fstab if you want to > be able to unmount smb-shares as normal user. Yes, that's it. Thank you joerg -- Gib GATES

(un)mounting smb shares

2004-01-30 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody At our university, I can mount a smb directory at our computing centre by giving my username and password. I have in my /etc/fstab: //myusername.files.uni-freiburg.de/windows /home/jorg/files smb username=myusername,user,noauto,rw 00 When I type "mount files/"

Re: Change DISPLAYMANAGER

2004-01-19 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mo, den 19.01.2004 schrieb Cristiano Tavares - SP um 11:34: > Hello everybody. > > How can I change de DISPLAYMANAGER of my Woody 3.0 Debian system from > gdm to kdm or xdm? # apt-get remove gdm && apt-get install kdm hth, joerg PS.: Please do not post html-mail to mailing lists! -- Gib G

Re: mounting NTFS disk

2004-01-19 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mo, den 19.01.2004 schrieb Barry Freeman um 10:22: > Hi All, > I've just got Deb installed without too many problems. > > Is there any way to mount an XP (NTFS 3.1) disk ? I Only need read > access - just want to copy off some docs and stuff. > > I did try installing the ntfs fs, but for eg,

CM-Super fonts for TeX

2004-01-19 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody Is there a debian way to install the cm-super fonts? Apt-cache and apt-get.org get me no results. And if there is one thing I want to avoid, it is messing up my tetex-installation... Thanks, joerg -- Gib GATES keine Chance! signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signiert

Re: OT: Why stonehenge Sucks

2004-01-15 Thread Joerg Johannes
> Did someone say Legoes! Now that they are dumping the mindstrom legos, > they want to focus on JUST LEGOS! ask them to build a lego stonehenge > (actual size!) x-) Already done, but not in original size: http://www.x-brick.de/legoland/windsor/stonehenge.jpg joerg -- Gib GATES keine Chance!

Unmounting smb share only possible as root

2004-01-15 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody In our university network, I have to access a server via smb. I have added to my /etc/fstab: //server.subdomain.domain.de/Biorad /home/jorg/biorad smb username=Biorad,password=Bioraduser,noauto,user 0 0 When I mount biorad/ as user, I get the following error message: 1773: sess

Serial port problem on a Amilo A laptop

2004-01-07 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody A friend has bought an Amilo A laptop, and we installed Knoppix on it. Everything works fine except the modem (it is the conexant chipset and he does not want to pay the license to linuxant.com). So he decided to use an old serial modem. OK, we connected it, but the serial port seems

Re: Filters in Evolution

2003-12-17 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Fr, den 05.12.2003 schrieb Joerg Rossdeutscher um 21:17: > Hi, > > Am Mi, den 03.12.2003 schrieb Joerg Johannes um 12:37: > > I have a strange problem in Evolution. > > > Obviously, the mails are detected correctly, but the > > action carried out is wrong (cp in

Re: only root can use cd player?

2003-12-09 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mo, den 08.12.2003 schrieb michelle um 14:26: > I have things set up so that members of the audio group can use the sound > cards. Users can mount and unmount cds. But only root can play music off > the cd. Not even members of the disk and groups can do that. > > How do I fix this so members

Re: vertical scrolling mouse?

2003-12-05 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Do, den 04.12.2003 schrieb Mark Roach um 19:13: > On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 12:48, stan wrote: > > Strolling through a CimpUSA store the other day, I noticed a new mouse from > > Microsoft, that you could push the little scrollwhell left & right on. This > > is to allow vertical csrolling something

Re: Anfrage f?r einen Linktausch an debian-user@lists.debian.org

2003-12-05 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Fr, den 05.12.2003 schrieb Hugo Vanwoerkom um 16:31: > There are, to my knowledge, no freely available good translators. s/freely// > There are free word lookeruppers but they make a royal mess out of any > translation. In one of the latest c't magazines they tested commercial packages. They t

Re: Is resolv.conf essential?

2003-12-05 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Fr, den 05.12.2003 schrieb Anthony Campbell um 14:58: > According to the man page for resolv.conf it is not supposed to be > necesssary on a properly configured system. However I can't connect to > my dialup ISP without it. This creates problems when I use a different > ISP. > > What needs to b

Re: passwordless ssh-login

2003-12-04 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mi, den 03.12.2003 schrieb Vineet Kumar um 21:32: > * Joerg Johannes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031203 08:08]: > > Am Di, den 02.12.2003 schrieb Joerg Johannes um 09:25: > > > I am starting Debian X environment using gdm, but after logging in, I > > > can't find ssh-ag

Re: passwordless ssh-login

2003-12-03 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Di, den 02.12.2003 schrieb Joerg Johannes um 09:25: > Am Mo, den 01.12.2003 schrieb Greg Folkert um 21:22: > > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 12:29, Joerg Johannes wrote: > > > Hi everybody > > > > > > Is it possible to use different login names on differen

Filters in Evolution

2003-12-03 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody I have a strange problem in Evolution. I have defined a lot of filters to move mails from my inbox to certain folders. This works great for e.g. the debian-user mailinglist (every mail is moved to the folder debian-user). Mails that are filtered via the Subject: or From: headers are n

Re: My machine compromised?

2003-12-03 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mi, den 03.12.2003 schrieb Vanh Phom um 10:03: > Hi folk, > After reading on report of servers compromised. Just for curiorsity I > run chkrootkit on my own machine and come up with this result: > > Searching for anomalies in shell history files... nothing found > Checking `asp'... not infected

Re: Unscribe

2003-12-02 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Di, den 02.12.2003 schrieb Reed, T.J. um 17:14: > -Original Message- > From: Nick Lidakis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 10:34 PM > To: Debian Mailing List > Subject: test > > > test I don't know what the intention of this mail was: Do you want to unsubscr

Re: Debian Package Finder, where?

2003-12-02 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Di, den 02.12.2003 schrieb Chema um 03:02: > Heya there. > > Now that packages.debian.org is down, I have found myself looking > for "which deb provides such file/library" a pair of times. > Having resolved the situation in unusual froms, I'm starting to > miss packages.deb. > > Is there a mir

Re: passwordless ssh-login

2003-12-02 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mo, den 01.12.2003 schrieb Vineet Kumar um 19:34: > * Joerg Johannes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031201 09:52]: > > Hi everybody > > > > Is it possible to use different login names on different machines in > > combination with passwordless ssh logins? My situation is the f

Re: passwordless ssh-login

2003-12-02 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mo, den 01.12.2003 schrieb Greg Folkert um 21:22: > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 12:29, Joerg Johannes wrote: > > Hi everybody > > > > Is it possible to use different login names on different machines in > > combination with passwordless ssh logins? My situation is t

passwordless ssh-login

2003-12-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody Is it possible to use different login names on different machines in combination with passwordless ssh logins? My situation is the following: I have my notebook, where my user account is called "jorg". On the university network, I have different user names on several Unix machines. I'

Re: sending messages using smbclient

2003-11-20 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mi, den 19.11.2003 schrieb Alex Malinovich um 20:15: > On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 08:24, Jacob S. wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:13:53 +0100 > > Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi everybody > > > > > > How do I send

sending messages using smbclient

2003-11-19 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody How do I send a message to a recpient in my local network using only the IP address? I can send a message with [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ smbclient -M hostname but not with [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ smbclient -M 192.168.0.2 Any idea? Thanks, joerg -- Gib GATES keine Chance! -- To UNSUBS

Re: Swen on the come back trail.

2003-11-13 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Do, den 13.11.2003 schrieb David Palmer. um 13:06: > Is it my imagination, or is it really happening? At least the number of Swens is increasing again... joerg -- Gib GATES keine Chance! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

GATOS driver -- is there a debian way?

2003-11-11 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody I have apt-cache searched for gatos, but did not find the ATI X11 drivers packaged. I have doubts that installing the precompiled version from gatos.sf.net will be good for dpkg's database consistency. I'm afraid it will completely break during tomorrow's dist-upgrade... So, has anybo

Re: dselect-upgrade vs dist-upgrade

2003-11-04 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Di, den 04.11.2003 schrieb Benedict Verheyen um 10:55: > Hi, > > when cloning a system via the dpkg --get-selection, dpkg --set-selection > method, it's advised to do a apt-get dselect-upgrade instead of > apt-get dist-upgrade. I do not understand why. >From the man page (man apt-get):

Re: Fonts in gtk programs (mozilla, evolution etc)

2003-10-27 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mo, den 27.10.2003 schrieb Joris um 11:53: > > So long story short > > question: How do I make the font size change permanent WITHOUT > > gnome-session? This is also of interest for the gdm login screen... > > to load all your gnome settings, you should use gnome-settings-daemon. > I have rece

Fonts in gtk programs (mozilla, evolution etc)

2003-10-27 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody I'm using mozilla for browsing, and evolution for mailing and some other gtk programs. I have a high resolution laptop lcd and so I need large font sizes to read without my eyes getting tired. As far as I understand, I have to change the font settings in the gnome control center: As s

Re: [Waaaaaay OT] Grammer

2003-10-22 Thread Joerg Johannes
Am Mi, den 22.10.2003 schrieb Nicos Gollan um 15:55: > It's "grammar". > > On Wednesday 22 October 2003 15:45, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > Not trying to start a flame-fest here, but the correct plural form of > > virus is viruses. > > Last thing I heard was that the original word had no plural at

Re: wxWindows

2003-10-17 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Friday 17 October 2003 16:13, Dave Howorth wrote: > I need to install wxWindows 2.4 on a Woody system so I can build > another application (TreeView X). Does anybody have any idea of the > best way to do this, and what steps are involved? Maybe apt-get install wxwin2.4-doc wxwin2.4-examples wx

Re: USB DVD movie playback

2003-10-17 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Friday 17 October 2003 13:16, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:11:46AM -0700, Jack Pistachio wrote: > > Has anyone had success viewing DVD movies with a USB DVD > > device? > > Wow, that's probably the most obscene misapplication of USB I've > heard of yet... Why? If you have a

Re: Problem with my printer and cups

2003-10-17 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Thursday 16 October 2003 21:17, Francois Fayard wrote: > I've configured CUPS through the web interface after installing the > package that contains all the PPD files. > first : > - the printer prints when I do a : echo "hello wold" > /dev/lp0 > - the printer doesn't print a test page (but it

Re: Unidentified subject!

2003-10-15 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Wednesday 15 October 2003 15:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [Questions about securing debian on a server] > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > Mailscanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. Seems to me l

iptables - I don't get it working

2003-10-14 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody I have configured my kernel with iptables enabled: # IP: Netfilter Configuration # CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK is not set # CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE is not set CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=y CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT=m CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MAC=m CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_PKTTYPE=m CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_MARK=m CON

Re: Wilber the gimp

2003-10-13 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Monday 13 October 2003 13:18, Trevor D. Manning wrote: > * Joerg Johannes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > In the gimp documentation directory, there is a thumbnail-sized > > version of Wilber the gimp. Is there a larger version of this image > > available (I did not find on

Wilber the gimp

2003-10-13 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody In the gimp documentation directory, there is a thumbnail-sized version of Wilber the gimp. Is there a larger version of this image available (I did not find one on gimp.org)? I'd like to print it to a T-shirt, but scaling it to 15x15 cm makes it rather ugly. Any pointers? thanks

Evolution and IMAP

2003-10-10 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody I'm not sure if I found a bug or if I just overlooked a check-box: I just started to try out evolution as a mail client, and I found out that the details of mails in my IMAP-folders are not shown in the overview (such as Subject, From: and date). In fact, I just see a list of empty li

Re: don't read

2003-10-09 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Thursday 09 October 2003 15:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I disagree. Everybody who wants to unsubscribe from the list should reat that instead of sending "unsubscribe" requ

Re: where did xclock go?

2003-10-07 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Wednesday 08 October 2003 00:20, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > anybody know where debian's xclock package went? seems pretty > innocuous, but i can't find it in the archives anywhere! :( > > xbase-clients ? joerg -- Gib GATES keine Chance! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Diff btw GeForce4 and RIVA TNT2?

2003-10-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Wednesday 01 October 2003 17:00, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi all! > > I have Backstreet Ruby installed so I have 2 monitors > with kbds/mice that each have a user. > > The monitors are samsungs 17" but the cards are > different: one is a RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 and > the other a GeForce4 MX

Novell networking

2003-10-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everyone At my new workplace, we have a novell file server which holds every user's home directory. I am able to mount the volumes from this server (one private directory and one "world writeable" directory) with ncpmount after configuring the ipx network interface with ipx_interface. So fa

Re: swen killed me!

2003-10-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Wednesday 01 October 2003 11:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello D-u, > I stopped getting mail from you guys! > I check the list and realized that I was a victim of swen! > Is there a 'list command' to get the last 100 messages? > -Kev If you have a pop mail-provider, go ahead and apt-get inst

unable to lookup notebook-johannes via gethostbyname()

2003-09-30 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everyone. What does this warning message mean: unable to lookup notebook-johannes via gethostbyname() It happens when I use sudo. The background: I have got a static IP from my university, and I have entered it into /etc/network/interfaces. I have also put my hostname (notebook-johannes) in

Re:

2003-09-10 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 09:44, ShowReddy wrote: > WHAT IS THE USE OF PROGRAMIG I INTERESTED STUDY ABOUT PROGRAMING None, if you don't have any idea about what you want to do with it. joerg -- Gib GATES keine Chance! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

Re: finding upstream

2003-08-14 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Wednesday 06 August 2003 00:40, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 02:50:43PM -0500, Bob McElrath wrote: > > It is, in general, difficult to find the upstream developers of a > > given debian package. The package page does not include any > > mention of a web site or mailing list whe

Re: stress testing software routers

2003-08-14 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 19:48, Dan wrote: > I'd like to stress test a software router to determine how many > packets it can handle per second. Is there any package available for > doing this? One requirement I would need is that I should be able to > create custom packets to be used for the test

Re: Really stupid use of cleanlinks

2003-08-14 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Wednesday 06 August 2003 16:56, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Never do this! > > I just ran cleanlinks on my root directory; really stupid thing to > do! > > Lots of things were deleted which should not have been and I don't > know how long it will take to get things back working; only just > restor

Re: Helping the newbie

2003-08-08 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Friday 08 August 2003 15:44, Aaron wrote: > On -1782-Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 04:31:21PM -0700, Alan Connor > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus, > > > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 7 16:30:09 2003 > > > > > > > > > I can testify that once you move to Debian, you will not move > > > away. > > > > >

Re: non gnomified emacs

2003-08-08 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Friday 08 August 2003 05:46, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > Is there a "recent" version of emacs that is not gnomified with all > of the bells & whistles? > > The version loaded with sarge has new keystrokes for doing things, > and has become annoying (IMHO). From my .emacs: (menu-bar-mode 1) ;; Thi

Re: Animate png images.

2003-08-08 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Friday 08 August 2003 12:18, Egor Tur wrote: > Hi folk. > Is there any programme for manipulate png images, for example animate > *.png from many frames? How gifsicle for manipulation *.gif images. > Thanx. Hi Egor From the "convert manpage (imagemagick): To create a MNG animation from a DNA

Re: reading an ufs partition

2003-08-01 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Friday 01 August 2003 14:33, mess-mate wrote: > Hi, > I'm unable to read my ufs partition. > like: > mount -t ufs /dev/hdxx /FBSD > Have I omit somewhat to do ? > Thanks for your help. > mess-mate grep UFS /boot/config-`uname -r` If it is not set, you will have to recompile your kernel. Choose

Re: second try at voodoo v and hardware rendering

2003-07-31 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Thursday 31 July 2003 15:18, davis wrote: > Hello > > I have details of a second try at getting hardware rendering for > a voodoo v card here -> http://www.skink.net/~davis/docs > > My basic problem is that in the past, I had hardware rendering > enabled. After a rebuild of the computer and rei

Re: flphoto program to deb?

2003-07-30 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Tuesday 29 July 2003 14:25, Chris Kenrick wrote: > I've got my A70 working under 2.0final-4 which is the version in > stable. The trick is to have all the right USB modules loaded, and > pass a fudged command line to gphoto2 (trick it into thinking it's a > different camera) > > Try > gphoto2 --

Re: debconf wonky

2003-07-29 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Tuesday 29 July 2003 16:19, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Hi all, > > Debconf is giving me yes / no options with no questions! Anyone got > any ideas on what could be wrong? I see some error messages about > templates fly by, but they're gone before I can read them. Hi Antony Is this limited to on

Re: Looking for more Debian packages

2003-07-29 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Tuesday 29 July 2003 15:28, Jianan Huang wrote: > Hi folks > > My Linux system is basically working. I am looking at ways to enhance > it. > > 1) I read about disk boot problem in the mail list. Right now I boot > from a floppy. My machine BIOS can only boot from the C drive or the > floppy. I u

Re: how to subscribe

2003-07-29 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Tuesday 29 July 2003 15:13, Joydeep Bakshi wrote: > Hi listadmin, > I am interested to subscribe my self in ur mailing list. > please tell me how to subscribe by email request & where to mail that > email request . > > thanks in advanced. Hi. Read http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ You will f

Re: Mozilla 1.3.1

2003-07-28 Thread Joerg Johannes
On Monday 28 July 2003 18:39, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > I want to go back to mozilla 1.3.1 -- but stupidly I cleaned the > cache. Can this version (which used to be in unstable) still be > found somewhere? > > Regards, Jan I have this version in my /var/cache/apt/archives: mozilla_2%3a1.3.1-3_i

Thoughts about my mail setup

2003-07-28 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody. Yesterday, I tried to read mail from my IMAP account via modem. This was horribly slw. So I thought about my mail setup again. I know that I could store my IMAP mails locally (fetch them once only) with "offlineimap". At the moment I am using kmail for my three mail-accounts:

How to turn of touchpad on laptop?

2003-07-26 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi everybody I'd like to turn off the touchpad on my laptop wehn I have an USB mouse plugged in. In my XF86Config-4 I have configured two pointer devices: InputDevice"PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer" and InputDevice"USB Mouse" "CorePointer" Is there a way to turn the "PS/2 Mouse"

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