Re: Planning a new Debian box!

2015-03-27 Thread Jordan Langelier
On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 5:54 PM, David Christensen < dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > On 03/26/2015 04:38 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> Shortly I will become the owner of a refurbished Dell >>> with Win7 already on its 160g sata hard drive. >>> I have no need or use for a multi-OS multi-boot >

Re: Writing to 2 TB USB hard drive fails

2015-02-11 Thread Jordan Langelier
I'd test the RAM by burning a memtest86 live CD or USB and running it. On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Rich Hare wrote: > I am new to Debian, but learning. > > My issue involves 2 TB USB hard drives. > > I have been using Debian via the Knoppix bootable CD to back up a couple > of Win XP compu

Re: Dovecot *requires* MySQL?

2014-01-02 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
n and libmysqlclient16 is about 5KB of disk space. Regards, Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cad758rho3w4inkhmzsfwvloskkvhjvdrvaeub-9z_vmqrc7...@mail.gmail.com

Re: Mobile devices ... any of them still use Linux?

2012-11-25 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:17:33 -0500 Carl Fink dijo: >On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:36:22AM -0700, der.hans wrote: > >> Is it proprietary? Isn't Cyanogenmod an android rebuild because >> android is FOSS? There are certainly some issue regarding release >> time and what some of the phone manufacturers

Re: Slow system and switching tabs on google chome

2012-05-16 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: >> The slow problem occurs with more than one tab, but disabling >> flashplayer-nonfree >> everything is ok, chrome and graphics effects back to normal speed. >> It seems like a libcairo issue, I will try downgradin

Re: Slow system and switching tabs on google chome

2012-05-16 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
cement=0 This needs to be ran each time X starts. I haven't tried to find a permanent fix yet. Regards, -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arch

Re: correct English usage

2012-04-03 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:41:20 + (UTC) Camaleón dijo: >But the above does not imply that using "posterior" in the above >stanza is wrong. It can be improved (we are not writers not editors) >but not incorrect. Those "old Latin" lovers (me included :-P) would >even use the term "ulterior" for the

Re: Random grumble to anybody doing translation-work, esp. to norwegian.

2012-03-27 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:28:29 + (UTC) Camaleón dijo: >On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:19:03 +0200, Håkon Alstadheim wrote: > >> I hate it when "y/N ?" gets translated into "j/N ?", and then the >> proggy will not accept "j" as an answer. Only "y". >> >> (pertains to norwegian translations). > >:-) > >

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

2012-03-21 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:40:10 -0400 Celejar dijo: >On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:48:21 -0700 >John Jason Jordan wrote: >> I should add that mine is a Ricoh also. Also that the Linux Thinkpad >> thinkwiki page and the listserve are full of problems with hardware >> failur

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

2012-03-20 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:34:31 +0700 Ken Heard dijo: >If I interpreted correctly the text below the OS may detect the >presence of the card but no longer will read it. I suppose my >solution now is to invest in an external "n"-in-1 card reader with the >capacity to read the high capacity SD cards

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

2012-03-20 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:45:58 +0700 Ken Heard dijo: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:29:28 +0700, Ken Heard wrote: >> >>> I have a Lenovo R61 laptop which has a built-in SD card slot. The >>> operating system is Lenny. >>> >>> Ever sinc

Re: Plymouth only displays text bar

2012-01-27 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:08:52 + (UTC) Ramon Hofer dijo: >I have a GeForce 9400 GT and use the nvidia drivers. There's your problem. Once you install the nVidia proprietary drivers Plymouth will only display the "text" boot progress bar. Even if you uninstall the nVidia drivers and go back to

Re: [OT] Ownership of words

2012-01-08 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 01:22:19 + Lisi dijo: >On Monday 09 January 2012 00:11:09 Joel Rees wrote: >> (Although I have to wonder why this topic is okay, but some others >> are not.) > >I get the distinct impression that some people think that it isn't! I wake up every morning with only a limited

Re: xfce weather plugin broken?

2011-11-18 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:59:59 -0500 Pete Orrall dijo: >> > Apparently this affects more than just Xfce users >> The Gnome weather applet still works, wonder why the XFce plugin >> doesn't use the same service? > >From what I've read, the xfce weather plugin only uses the one service, >The Wea

Re: xfce weather plugin broken?

2011-11-16 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:06:55 -0500 Pete Orrall dijo: >On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 16:31 +, Brian wrote: >> On Sun 13 Nov 2011 at 10:18:52 -0500, Pete Orrall wrote: >> >> > What's going on and how do I fix this? >> >> https://mail.xfce.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce >> >> November 2011. > >Thanks Bria

Re: Bluetooth and cell phone

2011-10-22 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:35:40 +0200 Mark Panen dijo: >> Although OT if you have an android phone, virtual cable is an >> alternative to bluetooth, it uses FTP via the cell switch, or a >> wireless router if you use one at home as I do. Also its fast, much >> faster than bluetooth. I was always und

Re: [OT] Yet Another Language Issue (wa: imap with claws mail problem)

2011-10-11 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:42:48 +0100 Lisi dijo: >On Tuesday 11 October 2011 18:32:02 Dom wrote: >> In this part of England (South East, just a little North of London), >> "dunno" is common. I would even use it myself sometimes. > >But would you write it? If so, perhaps it is an age thing. Are you

Re: OT: Compatibility Issues With Windows Files

2011-10-04 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
and directories, regardless of the command in front of it. In bash, you can enable globbing of hidden files with "shopt -s dotglob". dotglob If set, bash includes filenames beginning with a `.' in the results of pathname expansion. Regards, -- Jordan Metzmeier

Re: [OT] British vs. American English

2011-10-03 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 3 Oct 2011 11:16:13 +0100 Darac Marjal dijo: >On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 05:17:11PM -0400, Doug wrote: >> On 10/02/2011 04:47 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: >> >On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 01:37:06PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >>A well-known example is "Toys R Us". >> >>(Actually, the right way

Re: Openoffice writer.................................fill

2011-09-19 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:16:17 -1000 Joel Roth dijo: >Hi Debianologists, > >Many word processors can fill to the right margin >with a repeated character (often dot or underscore). > >I think the technical term is 'leadering'. > >Does anyone know how to do it in OOW? Create a tab at the rightmost e

Re: pdfedit

2011-08-17 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:03:20 -0400 Rick Pasotto dijo: >I guess I'm too stupid to figure it out. > >I have a pdf document that I would like to add two lines of text to >(different positions, different fonts). Under the 'Page' menu I see an >icon for adding text but it is greyed out. I don't see th

Re: Entering International Phonetic Alphabet letters in terminal

2011-07-30 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:47:32 +0300 Alexander Batischev dijo: >On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 07:25:20PM +0100, pch0317 wrote: >> Hi List, >> >> Is it possible to type IPA signs in terminal? >> For example this sings:ð??^(r)t?æ??^? ?. >What terminal are you talking about - is it TTY

Re: How to get rid of the 'Wastebasket' and other icons on the GNOME2 desktop?

2011-06-19 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:46:27 +0200 Ralf Mardorf dijo: >Where are the settings to get rid of 'Computer', 'User's home' and >especially the 'Wastebasket' on the GNOME /Desktop? > >I never use the 'Wastebasket' and I don't like other icons either on >the /Desptop. On my Fedora 14 computer with Gnom

Re: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?

2011-05-04 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 4 May 2011 04:54:55 -0400 Brad Alexander dijo: >I have been researching this since I am in the same position with >AT&T. The primary phone on our line is $90/month, and the secondary is >$30. I called AT&T and asked them if they could help "keep an AT&T >customer from becoming a former AT

Re: Where do I get a list of all the fonts in my system?

2011-04-23 Thread John Jason Jordan
Just in case you are not averse to using a GUI, Fontmatrix is an excellent tool. It should be in your repos. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2011042323

Re: [OT] US tax forms with acroread from debian-multimedia

2011-03-09 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:10:55 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom dijo: >>> Has anyone filled out US taxforms with a pdf viewer? >> Do you have any URI that we can test? >Yes, get form 1040 from here: http://www.irs.gov/ I had no trouble using Adobe Reader 9.4.2 on 64-bit Linux. I didn't try Okular, Evince,

Re: OpenOffice has become LibreOffice?

2011-02-15 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:30:47 + (UTC) Camaleón dijo: >Back on topic, Wikipedia holds up-to-date info about OpenOffice forks >and its derivatives: > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org#Derivative_software Thanks. That was very helpful. The only part I don't understand is where it say

Re: OpenOffice has become LibreOffice?

2011-02-15 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:59:53 +0100 "Hans-J. Ullrich" dijo: >But of course, that is my point, other people might decide different. >Also free decisions are freedom, too! Well said. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: OpenOffice has become LibreOffice?

2011-02-15 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:10:00 + Roger Leigh dijo: >On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 02:02:30PM +, teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net >wrote: >> Why? I was afraid Oracle was gonna screw up a bunch of Sun's open >> projects, but they have been doing good as far as I have been able >> to tell (the latest ver

Re: SDXC card compatibility with Debian Lenny and beyond --UPDATE

2011-02-11 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:34:06 +0700 Ken Heard dijo: >> Has anyone had any experience with SDHC and SDXC cards in digital >> cameras to share? >My Lenovo R61 ThinkPad has a built-in SD card slot. The operating >system is Lenny with KDE. The file name for this slot is >/dev/mmcblk0p1. In Konquer

Re: Where are "xrandr" settings stored?

2011-01-22 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:13:29 + (UTC) Camaleón dijo: >1/ How can it that xrandr settings are remembered for all the users >session? > >2/ What is the involved file/tweak command to revert any change and >reset its settings? I don't know for sure the answers to these questions, but I have som

Re: linux on windows

2011-01-13 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:07:06 +0100 abdelkader belahcene dijo: >I have installed for a friend of me, ubuntu on windows, (ubuntu has >this option). I lost the password, and tried to fix it, so I tried >booting from CD, to fix the problem as usual, (I mean mount HD, and >chroot ). There is no

Re: [OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware

2011-01-02 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 00:13:24 +0100 Enrico Weigelt dijo: >> why do companies keep source "secret" for their old tech 10/100 >> cards. > >That happens when excelsheet jerks rule over things they dont >understand. They simply can't imagine that there're really valid >reasons for some people bying ma

Re: [OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware

2010-12-31 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:48:06 -0800 dijo: >On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:08:27 -0500 >Doug wrote: >> > You will always be in trouble with hardware under Linux because of >> > the lack of mfr's drivers, and when they do provide drivers they >> > are generally binary objects, e.g. NVIDIA. >> Why does it

Re: Monitor question

2010-12-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:25:19 -0500 Johan Kullstam dijo: >Good for you. My gripe is that one can no longer choose. It's >shortscreen or nothing. > >I had an old thinkpad t42 with a 14" 1440x1050 and it rocked. It >weighed only 4.5 lbs even with cd drive. For me, it was an optimal >size and wei

Re: o/t ipod

2010-12-26 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:32:34 -0600 Ted Wager dijo: >My son has bought me an ipodtouch for Xmas..Anyone tell me how I can >transfer the music files on his ipod to mine ?..I only have Linux on >my machines but can get access to a Winbox at a neighbours... I use gtkpod. Works like a champ. You'd h

Re: jewelcase insert for 5.0.7 "Lenny" Official i386 xfce+lxde-CD

2010-12-03 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:24:01 -0500 Ken Heard dijo: >John Jason Jordan wrote: >> Windows users (especially) are terrified of malware. As well they >> ought to be, considering the OS they run. My CD with Ubuntu-32 >> written on it with a sharpie did not impress them. But lat

Re: jewelcase insert for 5.0.7 "Lenny" Official i386 xfce+lxde-CD

2010-12-03 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:43:30 -0500 Doug dijo: >I have found that Light-Scribe is a surer way to know what's on a >disk, and if you're into jewel cases, you can read right thru the >empty top. > >Your idea of distributing them alongside the distro is a good one, but >the problem I see is that most

Re: aptitude called chromium-browser "obsolete"

2010-10-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
es, but I can't find it for amd64. > There have already been numerous other discussions on why it is not... Regards -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debi

Re: arp and /etc/ethers

2010-10-24 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
arated by whitespace. Additionally the pub, temp and netmask flags can be used. Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMxPh9AAoJEKj/C3qNthmTYzQQALskrI3j8nBOOxPyK3f657Cr YmyK9DzaU0IqUBDs+9F1kFVI73hykakrCeyC

Re: unable to run gsynaptics on lenny

2010-10-22 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
the line for shmconfig and directly run >> /usr/bin/gysnaptics-init, it shows the error of gysnaptics couldn't >> initialize. > At this point, I am not really sure. Sounds like a bug. What is the *exact* error? if its graphical, can you attach a screenshot? Regard

Re: dpkg issue

2010-10-21 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
it is more appropriate to ask on ubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com . Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMwRCGAAoJEKj/C3qNthmTxssP/21XmFxQMzAkLIWzG6yZBlMo oRTTthMLpGbpBFMybGWScZ8ZpwWkYNKNGEcR357TIcRPTJgA5fV2SL8p

Re: wine apps from command line

2010-10-17 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 10/17/2010 09:55 PM, T o n g wrote: > > but not this: > > winword path/to/myfile.doc & > What error do you get? -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listma

Re: wine apps from command line

2010-10-17 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
; > Now that I'm installing Ms Office under wine now, and I miss the ability > to run wine apps as simple commands. > > Anyone has scratched that itch yet? How about something like: winword() { wine ~/.wine/drive_c/rest/of/path/word.exe "$@"; } in your .bashrc file?

Re: Action behind gnome menu

2010-10-17 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On 10/17/2010 09:15 PM, T o n g wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to find out the action taken when a gnome menu is selected. How > can I do that? Can you be more specific about what you mean by selecting the gnome menu? Do you mean what the entries in the menu actually launch? Rega

Re: Chromium Browser Paralysis

2010-10-16 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
need to make sure you've gotten the latest > and greatest. I don't think advising against using Debian software is in the best interest of Debian or its users. Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQ

Re: Chromium Browser Paralysis

2010-10-16 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
s only on certain sites. Anyone had this problem? In chromium you can hit shift+esc to bring up a built-in task manager that may indicate a plugin that is consuming the resources. Regards, -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Installing avahi-daemon crashes kernel, corrupts filesystem

2010-10-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 10/14/2010 12:32 AM, Jason Heeris wrote: > On 14 October 2010 11:52, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: >> Please do as .32 is what will ship in the next stable. > > Bug filed: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=600155 >

Re: Installing avahi-daemon crashes kernel, corrupts filesystem

2010-10-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 10/13/2010 09:57 PM, Jason Heeris wrote: > On 14 October 2010 09:34, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: >> I would first check to see if the problem still occurs in .35 from the >> experimental repos. I believe it is much easier for th

Re: Installing avahi-daemon crashes kernel, corrupts filesystem

2010-10-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
> > Cheers, > Jason I would first check to see if the problem still occurs in .35 from the experimental repos. I believe it is much easier for them to provide a fix when it can be backported from a newer upstream. Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: Installing avahi-daemon crashes kernel, corrupts filesystem

2010-10-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
port for ipv6 can actually be done via a kernel parameter, so recompiling to remove ipv6 support should not be needed. Use the kernel parameter "ipv6.disable=1". Good luck! [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/av...@lists.freedesktop.org/msg01550.html Regards, -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To

Re: unable to run gsynaptics on lenny

2010-10-11 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
error was reported as a bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=586025 The maintainer indicated that the required steps are described in /usr/share/doc/gsynaptics/README.Debian. If you find that your answer is not there, I would provide feedback to the bug report. Regards, Jordan

Re: Pdf Font hardly legible

2010-10-09 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 01:15:00 -0400 Celejar dijo: >Look into mupdf - a really lightweight PDF reader. I downloaded the tar.gz file and untarred it, but could not figure out how to install it. There is no .deb or .rpm file in the archive. Note: I want to install it on a computer that I use for DT

Re: Pdf Font hardly legible

2010-10-09 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 02:32:57 +0200 Memnon Anon dijo: >However, I know that lots of you people do not use xpdf, and I think >there should be a remedy. Of the open source PDF viewers, Okular (formerly Kpdf) is the best overall . But Evince has a better export to PostScript and is more lightweight.

Re: 'sudo gedit' stopped working

2010-09-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
s another > menu item, which runs 'sudo aptitude' in a terminal, works. How can I > run gedit as root? > > Patrick > > Try using "gksudo" for graphical sudo. Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuP

Re: Logitech G110 keyboard

2010-09-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
else has this board & has > been able to get it to work in Linux. > John > > If you are looking for something to get the macro keys to work, I would try g15macro. I would guess most of the g15 utilities should work fine on it. Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATU

Re: unable to run gsynaptics on lenny

2010-09-29 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20100928233119 > > how should i overcome the above error. > You should not need to run dpkg-reconfigure, and it will overwrite the changes you just made as it says. Simply don't run it. Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE---

Re: Sources for Debian 4.0 Etch

2010-09-17 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
n updating apt. I realize I no > longer get security updates but that's fine too. > > Thanks, > > Ed > > The old etch packages can be found here: http://snapshot.debian.org/ Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9

Re: Occasional random cursor movement while typing

2010-09-10 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:19:34 -0500 "Elmer E. Dow" dijo: >What's happening here? My sleeve isn't touching the touchpad nor did I >bump the Trackpoint nor the mouse. I was plagued with the same thing. I finally found relief when I went into the BIOS and disabled the touchpad. I use a bluetooth mo

Re: Package Name Confusion

2010-09-09 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
bian? > > Any help would be appreciated, > > Prakhar Gaur > > Taking a guess at what that fedora package contains, I would say you are looking for linux-headers-$(uname -r) - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v

Re: Unicode Character key-in problem

2010-09-08 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:47:44 -0700 Carl Johnson dijo: >That is why we were talking about the Compose and AltGr keys. I have a >US keyboard and I just press the Compose key followed by "s" and "s" to >get ß. Similarly, I can press Compose "'" and "a" to get á. The AltGr >key will also allow acc

Re: install lenny from iso

2010-09-02 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
n directories. Perhaps that is the result of a broken "sudo su" or similar? Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMgBt5AAoJEKj/C3qNthmTh2cP/iZNjR1arYsZxrbF5u7VORpG /nIy52+Qp/53nSN5QoUH8SCxeVj6ldHRGUc

Re: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns

2010-09-01 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
"wesnoth-1.8-trow". I don't see why your machine would not want to install that package, provided you have either of those two meta packages. Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMfn+cAAoJEKj/C3qNt

Re: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns

2010-09-01 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
TIA > > AG > > Had you upgraded from a previous version? Are you sure that 1.8 is what you are really launching, and not the older 1.4 or 1.6 (they will somewhat coexist)? What version of Debian are you running? Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: Now lost boot dir

2010-08-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 David, Your reply seems to have removed all newline characters making it unreadable. Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMe//FAAoJEKj/C3qNthmTvKsP/RPblJk6DAdkpNE8do6HGMrI

Re: How do I go from Lenny to unstable?

2010-08-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
This refers to "dpkg" the bot on the #debian IRC channels. You can ask him about squeeze or squeeze udev using the new web interface, ircbots.debian.net. Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMe8DDAAoJEKj/C3q

Re: howto automatically install documentation

2010-08-25 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
re is no easy to way to handle automatic installation of the -doc packages. Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMdRhSAAoJEKj/C3qNthmT6asQAL9fxmQUDf7nefu7RHgd7Fnd TH151ce9lcuYXsyss5gtZNwOW9mAqSG1rojj3TvC/8aN/m

Re: From console to GUI

2010-08-20 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
buntu maybe?), shipping mono with default gnome, was because of tomboy-notes. - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMbqf6AAoJEKj/C3qNthmTwnwQAIutlWIOHpAkJuCdsHS0BheB V8LlzHgv/vdIqt/VQ

Re: Broken/Obsolete packages - I think we can do better.

2010-08-18 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
e a release-critical bug, > which should prevent the package from entering stable, and should warn > anyone against installing it. > > Celejar - From what I understand, a grave RC bug filed against stable will also allow a fix to be backported and released in the next stable poin

Re: control apt-get selection for packages having multiple virtual package alternatives

2010-08-16 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
;t have any newlines. If I understand correctly, you are looking for "aptitude unmarkauto foo" Regards, - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMabE9AAoJEKj/C3qNthmTFQYQAIJWykt08mXurKbM1aACz6XA s

Re: Squid 3.0 on Debian 5

2010-08-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
ratch and want to use the .deb file instead. >> >> >> Im not sure is correct, when i has the error only the new build help me. >> >> > > new build of squid3? i tried to update through apt-get but it said > that it's already the newest > > There i

Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?

2010-08-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/13/2010 02:42 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Jordan Metzmeier wrote: >> Java has a separate alternatives command. It is >> "update-java-alternatives". >> > # update-java-alternatives -l > java-6-sun 63 /usr/li

Re: Why is /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/sun-java6-6-12/jdk1.6.0_12 not recognized in update-alternatives?

2010-08-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Java has a separate alternatives command. It is "update-java-alternatives". - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMZYY3AAoJEKj/C3qNthmTxM0P/1v9E1i/sU0S8W

Re: Installing Debian from USB stick

2010-08-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
understand, it works with testing but not stable. I have also used it with other distributions without issue. - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMZXmlAAoJEKj/C3qNthmTwscQAMkFu7CXJVgGOgCu0QEIHsNC V90foHpY09RfPGbsgFNA1RhU

Re: Installing Debian from USB stick

2010-08-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
issue has the floods of users on IRC. "failed to find cdrom devices". For this reason, we push the usb installation method documented in the install guide. I replied with a link to the install guide chapter to this thread once already (this is a dupe). - -- Jordan Metzmeier

Re: Installing from USB stick

2010-08-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/13/2010 10:48 AM, James Stuckey wrote: > Could someone please provide me with directions for installing Debian from a > usb stick? > http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/i386/ch04s03 - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP

Re: How to boot machine with newly installed kernel using presseed.cfg

2010-08-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
le in Lenny backports. You just can not go the other way around (Lenny kernel on a squeeze machine). The .32 kernel is also available in the kmuto Lenny installer. - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMZViQAAoJEKj/C3qNthmTvBEQAI4

Re: A question about rsync's behaviour

2010-08-12 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/12/2010 01:14 PM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> `uid=1000'. > > > I spoke too early: the problem reappears at any new mounting of the pendrive. > Jordan, what do you mean by time preservation? The time of the file is the

Re: A question about rsync's behaviour

2010-08-12 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
ong the lines of the usb stick being formatted in a non-UNIX filesystem, such as vfat. I know this is often the case when preserving permissions, which you are not... So perhaps the time preservation? - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Lin

Re: Should I submit a new bug ?

2010-08-11 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
ot included. If you don't find a reason, it should be safe to file a bug. If you do find a reason, you could file a minor bug against the documentation. In this case I can see that it is Contents-i386.gz (apt-file), but the package is actually missing the file. Does this break functionali

Re: I was told to "MSN" somebody

2010-08-10 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/10/2010 04:13 PM, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > I was told to "MSN" somebody. So which MSN replacement program do you > folks recommend of > $ apt-cache search MSN | wc -l > 53 > given that I don't use KDE etc. but just nodm. > > I had to rea

Re: When is best time to upgrade lenny to squeeze

2010-08-04 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
ualization software now that can be used for this kind of testing. Virtualbox for example can run entirely off software, without the need for virtualization support in the CPU (although much slower). - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIc

Re: When is best time to upgrade lenny to squeeze

2010-08-03 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
est if this is done in a testing environment, outside of the actual production machine. - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIbBAEBCAAGBQJMWLwBAAoJEKj/C3qNthmTKm4P92JsoLKcgCaR/nT3oFI6bdtF goKc/HZHB9S2O/FgJxQHBbmQaecNjw2Jr22lm1DYkmTbCRfe7PR2

Re: find+grep [was: Re: Amaya W3C Web browser and sid]

2010-07-29 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
specify the user to run the shell as but will not affect which shell is actually run. - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMUazIAAoJEKj/C3qNthmTW7EQANHKUy7UW/YWxax3W5Z6C9nF T+0JP2a79FlwaQABCP3+0CLWlk4QGB+Oa9UqnttQP6SjE

Re: Segfault in smbpasswd

2010-07-29 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
report (with some missing information). Are you trying to ask why it segfaults? What version of samba-common or samba-common-bin (backports only)? What about libc6? Have you been mixing releases? - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCA

Re: find+grep [was: Re: Amaya W3C Web browser and sid]

2010-07-29 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
I just cannot get over feeling uneasy when seeing things like: find | grep cat | grep ls -l | grep for i in $(ls -l foo/) sudo su I realize that all of it can be used to accomplish a task. So why do I hate to see it so much? - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- V

Re: Amaya W3C Web browser and sid

2010-07-28 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
way, or > you can download the source to amaya and compile it against your > libraptor install (which is what I recommend personally). > > Perhaps you wanted find's -name option? find / -name 'libraptor*' - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versi

Re: Monitoring tools to use on an account

2010-07-27 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
I would recommend locking the network down over a monitoring solution. Not only will it can it be more effective, but it does not require the invasion of privacy. You can use a web proxy, such as squid, to whitelist allowed sites. A quick google search turned up this that looks interesting: h

Re: simple way to securely destroy deleted files in a file system

2010-07-16 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
specialized tools could have been consider the "right tool". If you spend more time looking for the "right tool" than you would have done so manually, then I would be inclined to agree. - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQ

Re: simple way to securely destroy deleted files in a file system

2010-07-16 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
g... but why when I can just dget the .dsc? - -- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMQFdFAAoJEKj/C3qNthmTn5AQAMmaKvluxNTegvwDvy3KB9Zc JSTVmhEIHclLe5PGpcUAWeapxndblGqTUuOYNvdbSzbBc8pOJrMCmfmNEqDs8A0M oMYTcxJnTpbM/Wfn9IuehGMFIXfCc73h932Z

Re: When is best time to upgrade lenny to squeeze

2010-07-14 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
t; The question is rather vague... After squeeze becomes the stable release and lenny becomes old stable. At this time, there will be squeeze release notes detailing the upgrade process. - --- Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJ

Re: thinking of installing amd64 Debian: what is its current state?

2010-07-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/13/2010 01:19 AM, H.S. wrote: > What packages would cause me trouble in 64 bit Debian? I do not use > acroread and flash player can work with ndiswrapper. Other than these > two, are there any other packages that won't run on this arch > instal

Re: xsane insisting on installing CUPS

2010-07-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/13/2010 01:19 PM, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I want to install xsane but it insists on replacing lprng with cups. I > don't want this. Can anyone suggest a way of getting xsane without cups? > > > Anthony > It looks like cups is just a recom

Re: Versions of Debian

2010-07-13 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/13/2010 10:16 AM, John Culleton wrote: > I see references to various versions of Debian, including Lenny > etc. For a 32 bit system, what is the latest stable and the > latest unstable version? Lenny 5.0.5 is the latest stable release [1]

Re: Debian Network install disk doesn't find NIC

2010-07-09 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/09/2010 07:42 PM, Gary L. Roach wrote: > Hello everone; > I just got my new i5 based DP55kg system up and running. I inserted a > newly minted installation disk and selected the gui installation. > Everything worked fine till the program declar

Re: Connecting to the exterior network is impossible `directly'

2010-07-02 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
> Thanks. > I am not sure of a way around it. The software is known as a "captive portal". That should atleast help you search. Regards, Jordan Metzmeier -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMLds+AAoJEKj/C3qNthmTzZoP/0qfJeDQ

Re: Local apt repository and specific version

2010-07-01 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/01/2010 03:51 PM, Didster wrote: > Hi there, > > We use a local apt repository as a means to distribute our own > software. The software is not and will not ever be part of the > official Debian archives. Our software consists of 4 packages,

Re: Maple 14 and Squeeze (amd64)

2010-06-30 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/30/2010 09:25 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List, > > I am installing the last Maple version (Maple 14) on my Squeeze box > (amd64): > the command-in-line works fine, but I have trouble with the Java interface. > A small console pops up wit

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

2010-06-29 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/29/2010 04:48 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I'm not sure to understand fully your answer. I know that `guided > partitioning' is what's adviced for a new user, because it's easy to > configurate, but I'm here speaking about users who're not begin

Re: Misleading Debian's installer choice

2010-06-29 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/29/2010 04:02 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to reinstall Debian on an older PC where I had installed RH > some months ago. I had numerous problems because of RH (I don't like RH > at all, actually). > > I often install Debian o

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