Re: KDE desktop not accessible after installation

2019-11-02 Thread Kenward Vaughan
v 2019, Kenward Vaughan wrote: Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 14:42:45 From: Kenward Vaughan To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: KDE desktop not accessible after installation Resent-Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 01:43:04 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Hello, I have been using XFC

Re: KDE desktop not accessible after installation

2019-11-02 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On 11/2/19 8:42 PM, Keith Bainbridge wrote: On 3/11/19 5:42 am, Kenward Vaughan wrote: Hello, I have been using XFCE for quit some time, but wanted to play with several other desktop environments, so I installed Cinnamon, Mate, and KDE.?? The KDE choice does not show up in sddm'

KDE desktop not accessible after installation

2019-11-02 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Hello, I have been using XFCE for quit some time, but wanted to play with several other desktop environments, so I installed Cinnamon, Mate, and KDE. The KDE choice does not show up in sddm's or lightdm's menu.?? I see no startkde (has that disappeared?), and I have no .xsession* file. Anyo

Re: Logout, shut down autostarted app in openbox?

2013-10-18 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:04:17 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2013-10-18 at 09:09 -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > My trouble involves having this shut down if I log out, then back in > > at a later time. > > Than a script for shutdown wouldn't work. I misundersto

Logout, shut down autostarted app in openbox?

2013-10-18 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Hi, I have a nicely working script for rotating backgrounds in openbox. It is initiated in autostart.sh. My trouble involves having this shut down if I log out, then back in at a later time. The first instance does not get terminated, so my backgrounds begin to change at really interesting rates

Re: sequence of screenshots?

2011-01-23 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 08:20 -0800, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > I want to capture a rotating figure in a window and make a movie of it. > > I've Googled several ways to take screenshots with programs (gimp, > > shutter, imagemagick, etc.) but h

sequence of screenshots?

2011-01-23 Thread Kenward Vaughan
I want to capture a rotating figure in a window and make a movie of it. I've Googled several ways to take screenshots with programs (gimp, shutter, imagemagick, etc.) but have seen no way to do this consistently every 0.X seconds... fbcat looked hopeful until I realized that nvidia doesn't seem t

Re: Sun Java upgrade to 1.6.0_23 ?

2011-01-08 Thread Kenward Vaughan
I still run into the menu issues with 1.6.0_23, it seems. I'm assuming what I describe below worked effectively. :(( On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 20:06 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:16:14 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > > On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 12:57 +000

Re: Sun Java upgrade to 1.6.0_23 ?

2011-01-07 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 12:57 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:04:40 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: ... > > 1.6.0_23 is available on Sun's site, but I don't believe the upgrade is > > simple from what I've read. Is there a way to do this directl

Sun Java upgrade to 1.6.0_23 ?

2011-01-07 Thread Kenward Vaughan
I'm working with Jmol (www.jmol.org) under Debian Sid for a course I'm teaching in a few weeks, but am running into a standing issue with the current build of Sun Java found in Sid (RMB menus don't work properly). 1.6.0_23 is available on Sun's site, but I don't believe the upgrade is simple fro

CUPS print jobs get interrupted, lost

2009-06-23 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Somewhere in the last few updates of my Sid system I noticed that print jobs in process get lost if another job comes along behind it, whether from my own machine or another one on the LAN. I have an HP 1200 (parallel) and use this machine as the CUPS server. A current job of 4 pages might print

Re: 64-bit Flash Player

2008-11-22 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 16:44 +0200, Micha wrote: > On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:59:29 -0600 > John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Debian-multimedia now has a native 64 bit flashplayer in Experimental. I > > haven't tried it yet so I don't know how well it works. > > I tried that one and it did

Re: Firewall Utilities

2008-11-16 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 08:52 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 00:10 +0800, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > firehole is great too ! > > Anyone work with firestarter? Sorry about the post... I did not see the originals and had this question in mind at the moment. Now I

Re: Firewall Utilities

2008-11-16 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 00:10 +0800, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > firehole is great too ! Anyone work with firestarter? Kenward -- In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization al

[Resolved] Re: Cdrecord loses permission to write CD's...

2008-10-30 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 18:31 +0100, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > > On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 23:58 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > >> Kenward Vaughan: > >> > On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 23:29 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: ... > >> Do you have DMA

Re: Cdrecord loses permission to write CD's...

2008-10-26 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 23:58 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Kenward Vaughan: > > On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 23:29 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > >> Kenward Vaughan: > >>> > >>> Speed set to 7056 KB/s > >>> /usr/bin/wodim: DMA speed too slow (OK for

Re: Cdrecord loses permission to write CD's...

2008-10-26 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 23:29 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Kenward Vaughan: > > > > Speed set to 7056 KB/s > > /usr/bin/wodim: DMA speed too slow (OK for 6x). Cannot write at speed > > 40x. > > This might be your problem. Did you already try burning in a slower &g

Re: Cdrecord loses permission to write CD's...

2008-10-26 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 12:09 -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > After copying one CD, I find cdrecord losing it's permission to write to > the blank for a second, new CD. Any thoughts why this is happening? > Info is in the debugging output below. I was running Fluxbox after a ...

Cdrecord loses permission to write CD's...

2008-10-26 Thread Kenward Vaughan
After copying one CD, I find cdrecord losing it's permission to write to the blank for a second, new CD. Any thoughts why this is happening? Info is in the debugging output below. I was running Fluxbox after a reboot. FWIW I have difficulties as well getting the Plextor drive to be recognized un

Solved... Re: resetting ssh after blacklist?

2008-08-07 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 12:17 -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > From: Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In linux.debian.user you write: > > >Hi, > > >Google isn't helping me right now with this, and the update notice >

Re: resetting ssh after blacklist?

2008-08-07 Thread Kenward Vaughan
From: Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In linux.debian.user you write: >Hi, >Google isn't helping me right now with this, and the update notice >doesn't show a procedure, AFAICT, for redoing ssh between my gateway and >primary desktop at home.

Re: resetting ssh after blacklist?

2008-08-06 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 08:24 +0300, Shachar Or wrote: > On Thursday 07 August 2008 08:18, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Google isn't helping me right now with this, and the update notice > > doesn't show a procedure, AFAICT, for redoing ssh between

resetting ssh after blacklist?

2008-08-06 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Hi, Google isn't helping me right now with this, and the update notice doesn't show a procedure, AFAICT, for redoing ssh between my gateway and primary desktop at home. The firewall/gateway allows connections only from the desktop machine, and that is ssh. I regenerated rsa keys for myself, tran

Re: nVidia binary on 2.6.26 [was: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid]

2008-08-06 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 16:29 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/05/08 15:53, David Witbrodt wrote: > > > > > > > > - Original Message > >> From: Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> My big problems now are: > >> a) nvidia binary driver doesn't build on .26 (which I need for other > >

Re: Lenovo Thinkpad, HP, or Vostro/Latitude? was Re: OT: Laptop for College Bound Student?

2008-06-21 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 04:30 +0100, Sam Kuper wrote: > 2008/6/21 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As long as California limo liberals make sure there are no > offshore oil rigs, and Ted Kennedy prevents windmills off the > coast > of Martha's Vineyard, they don't *r

Lenovo Thinkpad, HP, or Vostro/Latitude? was Re: OT: Laptop for College Bound Student?

2008-06-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
We are in the same position, and need a quick solution. I'm looking at Newegg's Lenovo Thinkpads (R61i and T61) at <$1K and the Dell Vostro/Latitude D630 choices at the $600/850 levels. Costco has some HP's as well, roughly the same level. The $$ is fine across the board--I wanted quick feeling

Re: printing gives only totallly black pages

2007-12-18 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 11:41 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > I haven't been tracking any threads on cups, so don't know whether > others have encountered this or not. Nothing seems to show up in the > archives. > > I just upgraded in Sid last night and today discovered t

printing gives only totallly black pages

2007-12-17 Thread Kenward Vaughan
I haven't been tracking any threads on cups, so don't know whether others have encountered this or not. Nothing seems to show up in the archives. I just upgraded in Sid last night and today discovered that printing was messed up--first the printers wouldn't respond, then (after rebooting), all I

Re: Compiling .deb from source with additional parameters?

2007-11-13 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 02:29 +, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:31:06 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to be able to compile a package from source (ghemical, FWIW) so > > that I can add so additional paramete

Re: Compiling .deb from source with additional parameters?

2007-11-13 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 01:06 +0100, Davide Mancusi wrote: > Kenward Vaughan ha scritto: > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to be able to compile a package from source (ghemical, FWIW) so > > that I can add so additional parameters not normally included which will > >

Compiling .deb from source with additional parameters?

2007-11-13 Thread Kenward Vaughan
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Re: Motherboard Recommendation

2007-10-09 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 15:45 +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote: > Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > MSI K9A Platinum > > http://products.amd.com/en-us/MotherboardDetail.aspx?id=28 > > I use this board with an AMD 3800 X2 . No problem. Ditto here. No issues, good board. Kenward -- In a comple

Re: Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2007-06-27 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 07:50 +, Qnick wrote: > I have a box ((Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY RX300 S3) within Debian 4.0 > "Etch" and 2.4.31 kernel . > I very want upgrade it to kernel 2.6.21 but i don't know how do it. > I installed kernel package 2.6.18 from Debian distribution but after > reboot

Re: nvidia-glx & linux-image-2.6.18-4-486 & a custom linux image?

2007-06-22 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 11:54 +0200, csanyipal wrote: > Hello! > > I want to by a videocard: > MSI nVidia NX7600GS-T2D512EH 400MHz/800MHz/DDR2 128-bit/TV-out&2xDVI/SLI > > For this to work, a will to install nvidia-glx debian package. > > But, with this package apt will to install: > linux-image-2

Re: xorg & hardwear support for GeForce 7600GS Leadtek AGP

2007-06-07 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Thu, 2007-06-07 at 16:24 +0200, csanyipal wrote: > Hello! > > System: Etch, kernel 2.6.18 > > Before I by this videocard, I want to be sure that that xorg supports > it. > > Is somewhere a list of videocards supported by xorg? > > Any advices will be appreciated! Sorry... I should point ou

Re: xorg & hardwear support for GeForce 7600GS Leadtek AGP

2007-06-07 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Thu, 2007-06-07 at 16:24 +0200, csanyipal wrote: > Hello! > > System: Etch, kernel 2.6.18 > > Before I by this videocard, I want to be sure that that xorg supports > it. > > Is somewhere a list of videocards supported by xorg? > > Any advices will be appreciated! Hi Paul, I have the Gigab

Re: printer setup

2007-06-05 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 10:57 -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: > > IIRC cups by default does not accept root for administration. > > Really? Mine does. When I open "Common UNIX Printing System 1.2.7" > page at http://localhost:631, it states quite clearly: > > If you are asked for a username and pas

Re: printer setup

2007-06-04 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 23:39 -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: > > I've tried cups but it asks for a user name and password but does not > > accept mine and I have to cancel out of cups. I assume that since I'm > > not on line this option will nt work. > > You would need to use the root user, and the ro

Re: LNE100TX lan card detected as eth2

2007-06-04 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 21:14 -0400, Charles Roberts wrote: > system: etch > I installed a new lan card(Linksys model LNE100TX). The system detected > it and installed the tulip module but the network was not working. I > executed "ifconfig -a" and it showed the new lan card as eth2 ( the mac > ad

Re: connecting HP Pavilion zv5260 to a tv

2007-05-25 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 20:07 -0700, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote: > "Andrew J. Barr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I have a HP Pavilion zv5260 laptop. Today I got the HP XC1000 media > > >cable from ebay to solve the problem with power jack. The cable has > > >an s-video and my laptop's video ca

Re: Is there a "Using Debian GNU/Linux" sticker?

2007-05-25 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 13:14 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Linas Žvirblis wrote: > [snip] > > > Of course, certain types of glue on certain surfaces tend to leave ugly > > sticky stains, but they can usually be removed with alcohol. But use

Re: Mounting network shares under home?

2007-05-18 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 22:55 -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 21:46 -0400, Eric A. Bonney wrote: > > Is it possible to mount network shares so that they will show up under > > each users /home? It seems alot of programs only will look at files > > und

Re: Mounting network shares under home?

2007-05-18 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 21:46 -0400, Eric A. Bonney wrote: > Is it possible to mount network shares so that they will show up under > each users /home? It seems alot of programs only will look at files > under various folders in the file system and not look at network > drives. It would be easie

Re: Help with setting up home network

2007-05-05 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sat, 2007-05-05 at 10:56 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 10:47:54AM -0400, Eric A. Bonney wrote: > > Can anyone point me to some docs that would help me configure my home > > network? I have one machine that is setup as a file/web/mail server and > > then I want

Re: AMD 64 DVD Installer for Debian Lenny Hangs

2007-05-04 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 21:31 -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > I've got a new Dell running dual core AMD 64 bit processors. I thought > I would try intsalling Debian Lenny on the computer. > > I've tried both the DVD installer for AMD 64 and the i386 CD installer > for Debian Lenny. The installer

A way to compile 3rd party modules into deb system?

2007-05-03 Thread Kenward Vaughan
With a brand new ATI board I have found that I need to go outside the latest kernel (2.6.21) to get the driver for the LAN chip (an RTL 8111). It is available, but not in anyone's package, of course. Is there a generic way that I can set it up under /usr/src/modules and have it compile as a deb pa

Re: Motherboard recommendations

2007-04-04 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 20:52 -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > After doing some digging, it appears that the M57SLI board is not > completely supported at this point. It needs a bios which I don't yet > see on Gigabyte's site. See the following msg and replies: > > h

Re: Motherboard recommendations

2007-03-31 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 12:01 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: ... > On 03/30/07 22:44, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: ... > > Note to the OP. You want to use a few IDE devices. This board only has > > Am I misunderstanding? Why should he use multiple IDE devices if > the mobo only has one IDE port? >From

Re: Motherboard recommendations

2007-03-24 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:22 -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > ... > Another addition to Hugo's list would be the Gigabyte board: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128014 > > Its bigger brother got a very good review on Tom's hardware

Re: Motherboard recommendations

2007-03-24 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 19:34 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > This past week my motherboard died. Again. In fact, for the third > time in three years. All were BioStar M7NCD Pro or Ultra boards. I > think it is time for a change (especially since apparently only one > place in the world has an

[Fixed] Re: Now working... gdm??? Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-17 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 11:37 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 02:49:23AM EST, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 01:09 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > [..] > > > > You're going to think I am persistent .. and probably talking through my >

Re: Now working... gdm??? Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-16 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 01:09 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 07:38:26PM EST, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 18:15 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > ... > > > I've pretty much lost track but if the OP absolutely needs a GUI logon > > >

Re: Now working... gdm??? Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-16 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 18:15 -0500, cga2000 wrote: ... > I've pretty much lost track but if the OP absolutely needs a GUI logon > screen .. did he try the alternatives to gdm (xdm, kdm, wdm, ..) ?? > > Otherwise what's wrong with .. > > $ startx $(which window-manager) -- 0: > > ... ? > > Is thi

Re: Now working... gdm??? Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-16 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 19:21 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 22:18:51 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > [...] > > > I started up gdm to give myself choices on sessions (to test fully > > whether this was a problem across the board with WM's)

Now working... gdm??? Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 20:39 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 16:24 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 18:37:04 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: ... > > > > > > 06:32:58 > > > daddy:~# xmodmap -pk | grep Switch_

Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 16:24 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 18:37:04 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 21:53 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 21:11:54 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > [...] > &

Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-13 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 21:53 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 21:11:54 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 22:40 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 18:20:55 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > >

Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-12 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 22:40 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 18:20:55 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 19:57 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 08:37:48 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > > > H

Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-12 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 03:12 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 02:22:39AM EST, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 01:58 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 11:37:48AM EST, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > > > Hi, > > >

Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-11 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 01:58 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 11:37:48AM EST, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I recently updated Sid, and found that Ctrl-Alt-Fx does not work > > anymore. Video mode switching is also out, but I can kill the s

Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)

2007-02-11 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:44 +0100, Joe Hart wrote: ... > Actually, my work is plain fiction, and the only features I need are > basic editing, but the feature that I used the most was using headers to > mark places and using the outline view to quickly locate different > sections. I am getting

Re: Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-11 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 19:57 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 08:37:48 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I recently updated Sid, and found that Ctrl-Alt-Fx does not work > > anymore. Video mode switching is also out, but I can kill t

Couldn't load XKB keymap... Can't switch to terminal mode

2007-02-11 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Hi, I recently updated Sid, and found that Ctrl-Alt-Fx does not work anymore. Video mode switching is also out, but I can kill the server with Ctrl-Alt-Bsp (though the normal shutdown works fine). This happens with Fluxbox, Xfce, and Gnome. Everything else seems to be fine. Tried to reconfig

Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

2007-01-26 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 23:20 +0100, Piotr Dziubinski wrote: > I'm very irritated and disappointed with your policy! Why? > > I've used various Linux distributions for 8 years. I've been using > Debian for the last 6 months, but today I changed my mind! > > After updating Firefox in Debian I realiz

[OT] Setting a large kernel.shmmax... consequences?

2007-01-11 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Hi, I'm setting up my home machine to do some QM calculations using GAMESS, and the docs point out the desirability of upping the shared memory allowances (in fact, it's outright needed in some cases). I have 512 Mb at this time, and am considering setting the shmmax size to 75% of that. What I

Re: Switching graphics cards, how?

2007-01-03 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 10:42:14AM -0800, Alan Ianson wrote: > On Wed January 3 2007 10:35, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 10:28:36 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > My old Matrox video card is dying. I have a new e-geforce > > > 6200 and an Etch system. I have picked up on some

Re: Seeking CPU Recomendations

2007-01-02 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 08:39:02PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 02:20:47PM -0800, Kevin Ross wrote: > > You didn't say what kind of camcorder you have. Is it a digital camcorder, > > that you can download the video via FireWire or USB 2.0? Or does it only > > have an

Re: digital pictures: reordering and renaming (in a different way)

2006-12-31 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 09:00:19PM -0500, H.S. wrote: > H.S. wrote: ... > >In Windows XP, it is also possible to drag and drop the images files in > >the desired order and one can also rename the files. The format is a bit > >better than in Picasa, though still limited, but all files get numbered

Happy New Year to all the developers and helpers on Debian!

2006-12-31 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Folks, You do a wonderful job, keeping the best dist. flowing along and helping those who need it, on this list. I started with Debian and can't see myself changing ever. It works too well, even for a bumbling hobbyist like myself. Please, PLEASE keep up the great work that is needed for a pro

Re: digital pictures: reordering and renaming (in a different way)

2006-12-28 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 12:29:51AM -0500, H.S. wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a few hundred digital pictures scanned from negatives. Now when > the negatives were scanned, the ordering was kind of lost. So now I have > these sequential digital image files but their content is out of order. > > I

Re: document processing

2006-10-29 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 09:21:50PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > I'm revisiting how I make documents. I have been using lout since I > started with linux in 2000 but it has the following shortcomimgs: > > Difficult to change things like margins > > Can't make html > > plain te

Re: Broadcom 4401

2006-10-04 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 10:25:39AM +0300, Andras Lorincz wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using debian testing with kernel _2_._6_._1_7_._1_3 and > have an integrated broadcom 4401 NIC. I saw some bug reports about it > on _b_u_g_z_i_l_l_a_._k_e_r_n_e_l_._o_r_g and some > hints

Re: Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

2006-10-02 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 07:42:18PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. After > switching from sarge to etch, I kept seeing a message on linux boot > about "Superblock last write time is in the future. Fix? yes". > > The boot proceeds no

Re: [Solved] Re: ISP has screwed up smtp for me...

2006-09-28 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 09:00:46PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: ... > 'Twas the latter, as it turned out. Simple misconfiguration having a > different server (smtp.earthlink.net) than the one which worked with > swaks. Thanks for the suggestion, Kevin, as it allowed me to play w

[Solved] Re: ISP has screwed up smtp for me...

2006-09-27 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 11:07:47PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > On 09/26/2006 11:59:03 AM, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > Hi Kevin, > > > >I'll try this once I have a chance when I get home. > ... > > >-Original Message- > >From: Kevin Mark [

Re: ISP has screwed up smtp for me... what to try? New ISP?

2006-09-26 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On 09/26/2006 11:59:03 AM, Kenward Vaughan wrote: Hi Kevin, I'll try this once I have a chance when I get home. ... -Original Message- From: Kevin Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 07:03:21PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: Hi folks, I hate writing

RE: ISP has screwed up smtp for me... what to try? New ISP?

2006-09-26 Thread Kenward Vaughan
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ISP has screwed up smtp for me... what to try? New ISP?

2006-09-25 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Hi folks, I hate writing this from my school's web access page, but I suddenly lost the ability to send emails from home. Receiving is fine. Nothing had changed at my end from the night before, when I had no problems. My ISP is Earthlink. I couldn't figure out originally what the issue was, u

Re: Horrible mouse problems under Sid with 2.6.17, latest xorg

2006-09-04 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 03:31:18PM -0400, David Bruce wrote: > For some time I have had problems with the mouse becoming erratic > (losing synch?) and generating a flurry of click events, generally > opening a bunch of Konq windows and inserting random cuts/pastes and > other click events into what

Re: Incorrect version of xserver-xorg in unstable

2006-08-23 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:41:41PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Drew Parsons wrote: > > By now you shouldn't need to downgrade to testing's version since a new > > version of the old version has now been uploaded to unstable, > > 2:1.0.2-10. This repairs the mistaken upload, overturning my warning >

Re: cups newbie

2006-08-21 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 02:29:24PM +0200, Ionel Mugurel Ciobica wrote: > Thank you all for replying to my post. I will answer individually > to all of you. > > If anyone still know how to help me I will appreciate any hint. > > > > Russell L. Harris wrote: > > To use the CUPS webadmin page, the

Re: weird ls behavior after ln/rm of dir from other user

2006-08-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 11:35:03AM +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > On 12.08.06 21:43, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > While trying to make a mounted directory containing images available to > > my wife on another computer, I created a soft link in her home dir, to > >

weird ls behavior after ln/rm of dir from other user

2006-08-12 Thread Kenward Vaughan
While trying to make a mounted directory containing images available to my wife on another computer, I created a soft link in her home dir, to the /usr/local/film subdirectory (which I had already mounted through a soft link in my own home dir). She could not read the contents from her computer.

[Solved] Re: [OT] Using a wireless router...

2006-08-10 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 05:26:57PM -0600, Glenn English wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > > can ping, telnet, etc., other machines on the LAN, > > but it does not make it outside. I cannot ping a numeric IP add

[OT] Using a wireless router as a point of access to LAN

2006-08-10 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Hi, I've been using a wireless router (Netgear wgr614, a present from my sister) to connect a now-mobile computer to my home LAN. This replaced an old 486 I was using. Well, the darned thing stopped working (Internet port seems to be non-functional), so I slapped my Debian-based 486 back into pl

Re: Please suggest a video capture software

2006-07-19 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 04:31:54PM +0530, Santanu Chatterjee wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > I want a program that will allow me to capture video from my TV Tuner > card AND at the same time show (in a window) what I am capturing. It > should be able to capture both video and audio (audio via the line

Re: Digital Camera Flash Memory won't Mount

2006-07-18 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 02:16:37PM +0200, Manon Metten wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > >My girlfriend has a Sony Mavica MVC FD200 with Flash Memory > >cards. The card reader is a Dazzle USB card reader. It mounts > >just fine with Windows XP, but does not mount with Debian. Hi. Jumping into the mi

Re: OT: SloppyFocus for fluxbox

2006-07-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 11:33:09PM +0200, T wrote: > Hi > > Upgraded from Debian stable into testing, I notice one most important > feature missing from fluxbox -- the SloppyFocus mode. Ie, the mode of > traditional X behaviour -- auto raise the window when the mouse > stay on a window for a whil

Re: debian-user: Firewire?

2006-07-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 12:10:58PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > On 7/13/06, Kenward Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > >Try it sometime. :) > > > > > >Kenward > > I find it all interesting, and I would like to, but my major is > compositi

Re: debian-user: Firewire?

2006-07-14 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 02:21:11AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Kenward Vaughan wrote: ... > > Try searching the kernel config file under boot for IEEE1394 options: > > > > == > > > > kva

Re: debian-user: Firewire?

2006-07-13 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 08:27:32PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > On 7/13/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > >>> A non-programmer. I read that IP-over-FireWire can only be done > >>> in Linux by recompiling t

Re: debian-user: Firewire?

2006-07-13 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 09:03:53PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > On 7/13/06, Kenward Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:54:39PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > >> On 7/13/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >W

Re: debian-user: Firewire?

2006-07-13 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:54:39PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > On 7/13/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > >> So do I understand correctly, that FireWire support in Linux comes > >> only with compiling the

Re: Solution: Fluxbox and Debian menu

2006-07-10 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 04:49:48PM -0400, T wrote: > Thank you all who replied. > > My own personal Fluxbox menu will help > > - add a menu not supplied by the author/maintainer > - add my own shortcuts > ... > The "Debian" sub-menu will point to the auto-updated system menu, and also > I can ke

Re: Fluxbox and Debian menu

2006-07-10 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 03:08:45PM -0400, T wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:13:17 +0300, Linas wrote: > > >>> How could I make that happening to Fluxbox? > >> > >> do you have the menu-xdg package installed? > > > > "menu-xdg" is not needed. Fluxbox (the one in Debian at least) uses > > standard

[Partially Solved] Re: CUPS (1.2) is screwed up totally...

2006-06-12 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 09:34:24AM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: ... > It is also weird that CUPS identifies my usb printer (the Epson) with > /dev/lp0, which is a parallel port. > > I'm wondering whether there is some problem with udev or the like. > There is no /dev/usb d

Re: CUPS (1.2) is screwed up totally--I have no printers

2006-06-11 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 04:51:46AM +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > * Kenward Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-12 04:22]: ... > > I went the whole 9 yards, and purged all of them along with the > > packages which depended on them. Reinstallation, etc. Same > > p

Re: CUPS (1.2) is screwed up totally--I have no printers

2006-06-11 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 02:16:56AM +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > * Kenward Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-11 18:34]: > > On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 11:42:19PM +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote: ... > > > Have you tried purging all CUPS packages and reconfiguring a

Re: CUPS (1.2) is screwed up totally--I have no printers

2006-06-11 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 02:07:46AM +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > * Eike Lantzsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-12 00:08]: > > On Sunday 11 June 2006 17:42, Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > > > * Kenward Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-11 13:16]: > > > &

Re: CUPS 1.2: /dev uris will not work (by design)

2006-06-11 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 03:11:39PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 10:21:06PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > Go figure. I need a functioning system. > > And you're therefore using unstable because...? > > Revert the CUPS install, then. Next t

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