Re: see remaining ink in the cartridge (toner status)

Hi. Simon Jolle "sjolle", 24.11.2007 21:23: > How to I display the remaining ink in the cartridge? Did you try the "ink" package? Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: listening to radio stations

Hi Jude. Jude DaShiell, 23.11.2007 15:17: > Do any command line tools exist in debian that will allow a user to > listen to a streaming broadcast say from > http://sc1.liquidviewer.com:9062/listen.pls Just use mplayer, it can play almost everything. Adding the "-playlist" option might be necessar

Re: [OT?] Replying to posts in debian-user

Hi. Raj Kiran Grandhi, 18.11.2007 15:45: > Sven Joachim wrote: >> >> There is one tip I have for you: use a mailer that has better support >> for mailing lists than your current one, e.g. KMail. Mutt and Gnus >> are even better, but they are difficult to set up. If you want to >> stick to Thunde

Re: Why kernel 2.6.23 does not appear in sid packages?

Hi. Magicloud Magiclouds, 07.11.2007 02:18: >It has been a long time >Also, I think sid's packages update little these days. Does this mean > a new stable? Being a Sid user you should be subscribed to debian-devel-announce: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2007/11/msg000

Re: package

Hi. No need to CC me. And please don’t top post, thanks. ann kok, 01.11.2007 18:00: > thank you. > > but I run the "apt-file search `which ip`" > can't get the iproute package for command ip addr > > thank you again > > apt-file search `which ip` > apt-file version 2.0.3 > (c) 2002 Sebastien

Re: package

Hi. ann kok, 01.11.2007 16:39: > what is package including command ip addr? The command "ip" is in the "iproute" package. > how can I know the package info? # apt-get install apt-file # apt-file update $ apt-file search `which ip` Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Descriptio

Re: can mplayer in etch be used to watch TV?

Hi. Serena Cantor, 01.11.2007 00:03: > I can use xawtv in etch to watch TV, but am not happy with it, so I try > mplayer. So far it does > not work. Below is output: > (BTW: can you recommend other TV-watching packages in etch?) > > $ mplayer driver=v4l tv://16 norm=PAL device=/dev/video0 >& out

Re: how to match parenthesis in sed

Hi. H.S., 17.10.2007 18:09: > Mathias Brodala wrote: >> Hi. >> >> H.S., 17.10.2007 06:44: >>> I am renaming files by removing parentheses from them. These are image >>> files which were sorted in Windows (by placing them in the desired order >>> an

Re: how to match parenthesis in sed

Hi. H.S., 17.10.2007 06:44: > I am renaming files by removing parentheses from them. These are image > files which were sorted in Windows (by placing them in the desired order > and then by renaming them in batch mode in Windows explorer -- couldn't > do this in Linux). Hint: use Thunar. It has a

Re: How to install Adobe Acrobat Reader?

Hi Pantor. Pantor, 14.10.2007 17:17: > Would you be able, please, to advice how to install Adobe Acrobat Reader? Add the repository from debian-multimedia.org to your sources.list (mirrors preferred) and install "acroread". But why do you need it? Why not "xpdf", "evince" or "kpdf"? Regards, M

Re: Compiling all packages with debug information?

Hi Philipp. Philipp Marek, 06.10.2007 09:36: > How about compiling all programs with debugging information, and strip them > into a "-dbginfo" package, or something likewise for "apt-get source"? Like > the "-dev" packages only people who think they need them would install them. Uhm, there alre

Re: qemu freebsd failed with kqemu loaded

Hi. manphiz, 16.09.2007 18:03: > I tried to virtualize freebsd using qemu with kqemu but failed, both 6.2 > release and 7.0 current, and both w/ and w/o acpi. The failure log said: Sounds like bug #402289[0] to me. Regards, Mathias [0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=402289 -

Re: crontab -e

Hi Raquel. Raquel, 04.09.2007 02:22: > I have a new install of Etch. When I issue the command > #crontab -e > I get the nano editor. I would really rather use the vim editor. > How do I change what gets used? Set the EDITOR environment variable in the config file of your preferred shell. (~/

Re: SVG broke after installing Pidgin unstable package

Hi. Kumar Appaiah, 03.09.2007 09:44: > On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 09:31:27AM +0200, Rickard Lindberg wrote: >> Does anyone have any experience running the 'testing' release? I >> watched 'The Technology Behind Debian's Testing Release' from google >> video yesterday, and in the end of the presentatio

Re: hardware info

Hi Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 02.09.2007 15:18: > I thought I saw a reference to a tool that prints system hardware info > in html format with the --html option. > > Now I can't find it. Do you mean "lshw"? Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Amarok + mp3 embedded album art

Hi. koffiejunkie, 02.09.2007 00:43: > koffiejunkie wrote: >> Then, I noticed that Amarok (1.4.4-4) displays garbled image art. [·] > > [·] I suspect that whatever amarok uses to > read/understand that part of the mp3 file is at fault. Does anyone know > what amarok uses? From "apt-cache show

Re: debian port of timidity doesn't work here

Hi Marko. Marko Randjelovic, 01.09.2007 10:49: > Jude DaShiell wrote: >> I figured to use timidity to listen to some midi files and found out >> missing instruments make that impossible. Would it be better to convert >> the midi files to another format and listen to them that way and if so >> whi

Re: Opera vs Kmail, Kontact, Konversation

Hi. P Kapat, 01.09.2007 00:29: > One thing that annoys me > is that if you come across a .torrent file on the net, using opera, it > doesn't give you a option to just download the .torrent file or even > better open with another application. Never tried to change that behaviour? See Preferences →

Re: Locale won't set

Hi Haines. Haines Brown, 31.08.2007 18:49: > There seems to be no problem with my system's supporting en_US: > > $ locale -a > locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory > locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory > locale: Cannot se

Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

Hi. Britton Kerin, 30.08.2007 20:19: > (Though I will say that little hack where the shell tells you which > package a program is in looks pretty cute and helpful :) Not sure what you mean here, but that’s what apt-file is for. Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description:

Re: Search for string in files

Hi Johannes. Johannes Tax, 25.08.2007 23:16: > I'm trying to figure out how to find a certain string inside a bunch of > files. If I, for examples, look for a certain function in a large source > tree, I could do > > cat `find . -name '*.c'` | grep 'a_certain_function' > > but this seems quite a

Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive

Hi. - Tong -, 25.08.2007 05:51: > On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:03:42 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: > >>> Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? >> See the manpage of aptitude and look for "hold". > > […] > > Please be *r

Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive

Hi. - Tong -, 25.08.2007 01:44: > Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? See the manpage of aptitude and look for "hold". Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: latest udev (0.114-2) problem

Hi Wayne. Wayne Topa, 23.08.2007 18:21: > I have an Athlon k7 box, running testing, as my gateway. Due to a new > system install, I had not upgraded in a few weeks. On the 21st I > decided that it was time and did the upgrade overnight. This morning > I rebooted the box to upgrade my sid partiti

Re: which stands for openldap on debian

Hi. abdelkader belahcene, 22.08.2007 11:33: > There is no openldap on debian, Which package stands for it Use "apt-cache search openldap". Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: colors of VT

Hi. 2g, 21.08.2007 20:56: > how do i change the colors of the charactors of the VT? > on slackware it is something like /etc/COLORS_DIR > can't find that on Debian Sounds like you want to change the color of file listings. The following should do: $ dircolors -b >> ~/.bashrc This adds the envi

Re: FYI: Severe Vulnerability in Opera 9.22

Hi Andrei. Andrei Popescu, 17.08.2007 21:35: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 09:25:33PM +, andy wrote: >> Mathias Brodala wrote: >>> Hi Manon. >>> >>> Manon Metten, 15.08.2007 20:42: >>> >>>> I just read in the papers that there

Re: FYI: Severe Vulnerability in Opera 9.22

Hi Manon. Manon Metten, 15.08.2007 20:42: > I just read in the papers that there's a severe vulnerability discovered in > Opera 9.22, although the article did not say what. It is fixed in 9.23. See the changelog[0]. Regards, Mathias [0] http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/923/ -- debi

Re: display file name on xterm title

Hi. YH, 15.08.2007 13:48: > Does anyone know the script to display a filename on xterm title while > editing by vim? Vim normally does this on its own so something’s broken if it doesn’t. > How to assign the filename to PS1? Huh? Why would you want this? There is no prompt while editing a file.

Re: Font Smoothing in Xterm

Hi Amit. Amit Uttamchandani, 14.08.2007 02:36: > I know I could use the GNOME terminal or Konsole but they are not as quick as > xterm. Any other alternatives that you guys suggest? I switched to xfce4-terminal and am happy with it. It has some fancy stuff, a configurable interface and is damn fa

Re: php5 and UTF BOM header

Hi. supermega, 11.08.2007 14:42: > On 11 Sie, 09:50, Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Use an editor which allows you to omit the BOM, it's optional for UTF-8 >> anyways. >> As long as you send the correct Content-Type header, the output won't be

Re: php5 and UTF BOM header

Hi. supermega, 11.08.2007 03:21: > How to make PHP interpreter not to send these BOM bytes to client? Use an editor which allows you to omit the BOM, it’s optional for UTF-8 anyways. As long as you send the correct Content-Type header, the output won’t be any different. Regards, Mathias -- de

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

Hi Jochen. Jochen Schulz, 09.08.2007 23:42: > Nelson Castillo: >> I make trailing spaces and TABS visible in vim. >> I know it's hard to keep conventions when you work with a team. >> >> http://wiki.freaks-unidos.net/weblogs/arhuaco/visible-spaces-in-vim > > I am using > > set listchars=tab:»·,t

Re: Virtual Machines/Emulators

Hi Mike. Mike McCarty, 07.08.2007 09:22: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> Mike McCarty wrote: >> >>> I recently developed a desire to run some emulators under Linux, >>> and consequently have run some of them. Here are my opinions of them, >>> based on install, ease of use, and speed of emulation. > >

Re: Looking for debian source package as single tarball

Hallo Mathieu. Mathieu Malaterre, 06.08.2007 13:46: > According to: > > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-pkg-sourcepkg.html#s-pkg-sourcearchives > > If there is no original source code - for example, if the package is > specially prepared for Debian or the Debian maintainer is the

Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?

Hi Vincent. Vincent Lefevre, 05.08.2007 20:36: > Is there a replacement for apt-listchanges, not written in python? Not that I knew of. What’s the problem with apt-listchanges written in Python? Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Opinions XFS

Hi Douglas. Douglas Allan Tutty, 05.08.2007 01:34: > On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 02:14:28PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> magic sysrq key... Alt-SysRq-S to sync the filesystems followed by >> Alt-SysRq-U tu remount readonly. then reboot. >> >> http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/457

Re: xmms2

Hi Steven. Steven, 04.08.2007 23:01: > The system is Debian Sid except for the git kernel. The first four > attempts to start the server failed. The fifth attempt was successful. You might want to rebuild XMMS2 including debugging symbols. Get the source, and add "-d ultradebug" to WAFFLAGS in

Re: lost Applications -> Debian in the menus ?

Hi Joe. Joe, 02.08.2007 16:57: > Gerard Robin wrote: >> Hello, >> I have lost Debian in the menu. >> update-menus, gives nothing. >> How can I regenerate in the menus: Debian -> ? (not manually) >> >> I run unstable on acer aspire 5102wlmi amd64 kernel: 2.6.18-4-amd64 >> (gnome metacity) >> >>

Re: Firefox \ Iceweasel Differences?

Hi Andrew. Andrew Sackville-West, 31.07.2007 19:10: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 06:45:17PM +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: >> Hi Andrew. >> >> Andrew Sackville-West, 31.07.2007 18:25: >>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 10:55:45AM -0500, Anson Gardner wrote: >>>> No

Re: Firefox \ Iceweasel Differences?

Hi Andrew. Andrew Sackville-West, 31.07.2007 18:25: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 10:55:45AM -0500, Anson Gardner wrote: Change the preference general.useragent.extra.firefox from "Iceweasel/2.0.0.5" (or whatever your version is to "Firefox/2.0.0.5". >>> Worked like a treat, thanks!! >>> >>>

Re: Firefox \ Iceweasel Differences?

Hi Stef. Are you a Windows user? Regards, Ma*scnr*thias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Fonts -

Hi Rick. Rick, 30.07.2007 04:27: > Wonder, if there are any good mono-fonts for debian, > that I can install extra. Just search the web for a font you like. As long as they are in the usual TrueType format, you can just drop them into /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype. My all time favorites are Mo

Re: /bin/login listening?

Hi Douglas. Douglas Allan Tutty, 29.07.2007 18:35: > Boot the box from something like the install CD, go to a shell, mount > your / partition ro, noexec. > > I think the install CD has md5sum installed. Run: > #md5sum /bin/login. > > On my i386, I get: > > 2ee32ff74e474c4d9fc9df6f1460980

Re: Disable gnome-power-manager?

Hi again. Mathias Brodala, 29.07.2007 15:50: > Hi Stefan. > > Stefan Monnier, 29.07.2007 15:25: >> Now, recent versions of the gnome-desktop-environment depend on >> gnome-power-management, so it makes it inconvenient to deinstall the >> gnome-power-management package.

Re: Disable gnome-power-manager?

Hi Stefan. Stefan Monnier, 29.07.2007 15:25: > Now, recent versions of the gnome-desktop-environment depend on > gnome-power-management, so it makes it inconvenient to deinstall the > gnome-power-management package. Is there a way to keep it installed but to > deactivate it? I don’t have it inst

Re: why do iceweasel et al have more frequent security issues?

Hi Douglas. Douglas Allan Tutty, 26.07.2007 20:06: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 07:13:48PM +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: >> Douglas Allan Tutty, 26.07.2007 18:23: >>> It seems that the mozilla-derived browsers have security issues >>> requiring updates far more frequent

Re: why do iceweasel et al have more frequent security issues?

Hi Douglas. Douglas Allan Tutty, 26.07.2007 18:23: > It seems that the mozilla-derived browsers have security issues > requiring updates far more frequently than other browsers like Konqueror > or links2. Aside from the fact that one software really can be more secure than another one is this the

Re: Using sources to update packages...

Hi. ZephyrQ, 26.07.2007 00:07: > ...Will I mess up the system if I choose to 'upgrade' a package by > compiling from sources (in this case just a game)? Not if you install into a custom directory, like $HOME/Games for example. Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: Ope

Re: aptitude and "Untrusted packages could compromise your system's security."

Hi George. George Hein, 24.07.2007 14:42: >> How about doing the obvious and searching for that warning? You’ll >> learn about >> Secure Apt and PGP keys. >> > I did this and am did not find the correct answer. > > Long ago I installed debian-archive-keyring via synaptic, this solved > all prob

Re: aptitude and "Untrusted packages could compromise your system's security."

Hi Arnau. Arnau, 24.07.2007 14:31: >> Arnau, 24.07.2007 11:54: >>> I've installed a new server and everytime I want to install a new >>> package the following message appears: >>> >>> […] >>> How can I remove the "WARNING: untrusted versions of the following >>> packages will be installed!..."?

Re: aptitude and "Untrusted packages could compromise your system's security."

Hi Arnau. Arnau, 24.07.2007 11:54: > I've installed a new server and everytime I want to install a new > package the following message appears: > > […] > How can I remove the "WARNING: untrusted versions of the following > packages will be installed!..."? How about doing the obvious and search

Re: ETCH iso-with security updates

Hi. L.V.Gandhi, 18.07.2007 16:51: > On 7/18/07, Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> L.V.Gandhi, 18.07.2007 15:54: >> >> From where can I get latest etch ISO image with latest security >> updates? >> >> From the official website[0] >>

Re: ETCH iso-with security updates

Hi. L.V.Gandhi, 18.07.2007 15:54: >> From where can I get latest etch ISO image with latest security updates? From the official website[0] Regards, Mathias [0] http://www.us.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/#stable -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: debconf output

Hi Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 14.07.2007 23:19: > I'd like to keep a record of what I told debconf for the packages that > it asked configuration parameters for. > > What's the best way to extract that info? Just found this command by trial and error: debconf-get-selections. Regards, Mathias --

Re: mpeg or avi to gif

Hi Gustavo. gustavo halperin, 13.07.2007 00:36: > There are any way to convert mpeg or avi movies to gif file. Yes, using mencoder. There’s an example how to do it in the manpage. Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

Hi Andy. You don’t have to CC me, I’m subscribed to this list. andy baxter, 11.07.2007 23:08: > Mathias Brodala wrote: >> Andrew Saunders, 10.07.2007 17:40: >> >>> On 7/10/07, Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I don't seem to have a

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

Hi Ted. Ted Hilts, 11.07.2007 19:29: > [ Discussion about Thunderbird and subject filtering ] > Interesting! > > Yes, I understand what you and the others have determined. I have > just made the appropriate changes to THUNDERBIRD using the "To or cc" > header with the value "debian-user@lis

Re: [OT] Subject Confusion

Hi Tom. Tom Rauchenwald, 10.07.2007 17:21: > "Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I get hundreds of email a day including email from the Debian List. > [...] >> I use (and will continue to use) THUNDERBIRD for Linux, MS, and other >> email correspondence. Perhaps some

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

Hi Andrew. Andrew Saunders, 10.07.2007 17:40: > On 7/10/07, Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I don't seem to have a way of filtering the Debian List email from non >> Debian email because of this > > Filter based on the "from" address, as opposed to the message subject. You mean the "T

Re: Ringtone

Hi Gustavo. gustavo halperin, 09.07.2007 16:48: > There are any way to convert music to ringtone (i believe that is mid > format) and listen this songs with mplayer or any player? I don’t know how to convert to MIDI but playing works just fine with timidity. Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules

Re: Weird Apache errors

Hi. ArcticFox, 08.07.2007 21:44: > Ok, new question; anyone know how to change what file apache looks for > first? (That is, I want it to load 'index.php' first, then 'index.html' > and so on.) I found it once before but I can't remember where it was. You really should just look at the Apache man

Re: Weird Apache errors

Hi. ArcticFox, 08.07.2007 21:16: > However now I'm getting a message when ever I try and start > Apache that's telling me: "apache2: Could not reliably determine the > server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName" > Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? I've never

Re: need good file explorer

Hi Zach. Zach, 08.07.2007 21:06: > On 7/8/07, Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You definitely should have a look at Thunar; it's one of the fastest file >> managers I've ever seen. > > Ok I will try it - thanks! BTW do you need to run Xfce desk

Re: need good file explorer

Hi Zach. Zach, 08.07.2007 20:59: > On 7/8/07, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Zach, >> Krusader? Dolphin? gnome midnight commander (really mean and lean)? >> Cheers, > > Krusader sounds like KDE app, I run GNOME and eschew KDE apps since > they tend to be bloated and require many l

Re: .bash_history deleted

Hi Anna. Anna Machens, 08.07.2007 15:48: > (i'm using debian unstable ) > i am totally confused. suddenly, my .bash_history file for root did not > exist > anymore. That’s really odd; I experienced the same thing yesterday. Suddenly there was no history anymore but since then, the file has be

Re: [OT] best way to print webpage

Hi Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 06.07.2007 15:32: > Mathias Brodala wrote: >> Hugo Vanwoerkom, 06.07.2007 14:35: >>> There is this page: >>> http://www.ssp.gob.mx/CFPWeb/portals/CFP.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=contenido3&nodePath=/BEA%20Repository/PF/Contenido

Re: [OT] best way to print webpage

Hi Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 06.07.2007 14:35: > There is this page: > http://www.ssp.gob.mx/CFPWeb/portals/CFP.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=contenido3&nodePath=/BEA%20Repository/PF/Contenidos/Convocatoria/documentacion&titulo=DOCUMENTACI%C3%93N > > > Most of the relevant info is hidden in a scroll

Re: 'file' doesn't recognize my Abiword .ode file

Hi Celejar. Celejar, 06.07.2007 02:25: > On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:20:19 +0200 > Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Celejar, 05.07.2007 21:35: >>> On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:35:25 +0200 >>> Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> C

Re: 'file' doesn't recognize my Abiword .ode file

Hi Celejar. Celejar, 05.07.2007 21:35: > On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:35:25 +0200 > Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Celejar, 04.07.2007 02:18: >>> On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:06:57 +0200 >>> Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>

Re: 'file' doesn't recognize my Abiword .ode file

Hi Celejar. Celejar, 04.07.2007 02:18: > On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:06:57 +0200 > Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Celejar, 25.06.2007 16:40: >>> 'file' reports just 'data' when queried about an Abiword .odt file. >> Abiword does not

Re: FileSystem Question

Hi. Manon Metten, 29.06.2007 19:06: > Now after saving for the fifth time, I realize that I had accidentally > deleted some > vital info. How can I retrieve that? I just open eg. .recycled/my_doc$AAB, > copy > the info that was not deleted at that time and paste it in my current doc. > > Now here

Re: OT: QEMU Package faster

Hi Matthew. Matthew K Poer, 25.06.2007 18:25: > Perhaps, if you enabled non-free software on her computer, kqemu is > installed? > it is a processor accelerator for qemu, but it is not DFSG-compliant, so it > is in the non-free repo. Not anymore. It’s licensed unter GPL since February. Regar

Re: shell : is syntax checking via option -n really working ?

Hi Bruno. Bruno Costacurta, 25.06.2007 17:04: > Hello, > as I ckeck a script via 'sh -n ' I receive the syntax error > > listserver.tcl: 31: Syntax error: "else" unexpected (expecting "then") > > However syntax looks good and script execution is fine. But it’s an TCL script and not a shell scr

Re: 'file' doesn't recognize my Abiword .ode file

Hi Celejar. Celejar, 25.06.2007 16:40: > 'file' reports just 'data' when queried about an Abiword .odt file. Abiword does not support the ODT format yet. What makes you think that it did save in this format? > There's a bug here [0], Where? > but the discussion indicates that 'file' is > repor

Re: Xorg crashes when playing video with totem?

Hi Carl. Carl Fink, 25.06.2007 03:18: > On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 11:14:40PM +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: >> Carl Fink, 24.06.2007 22:37: >>> Is anyone else experiencing occasional Xorg crashes when totem is running? >>> I've had six, all of them while totem-xine i

Re: Xorg crashes when playing video with totem?

Hi Carl. Carl Fink, 24.06.2007 22:37: > Is anyone else experiencing occasional Xorg crashes when totem is running? > I've had six, all of them while totem-xine is playing video. Any errors? What about ~/.xsession-errors and /var/log/Xorg.0.log? Does totem-gstreamer work? What version are you r

Re: help with "apt-get purge"

Hi. Tshepang Lekhonkhobe, 21.06.2007 15:55: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=133421 promised me > that "apt-get purge" now works (0.7.2) but it complains that it's an > invalid operation. Dunno if you didn’t see it but the last mail in this report says that the patch providing t

Re: screenshot

Hi Frank. Frank McCormick, 20.06.2007 20:56: > Anybody know of relatively simple software to take screenshots of the > dexktop or of windows of applications. Gnome-utils contains a screenshot > maker but its a 6 meg download and am 18 meg installation!! Try "scrot", it’s extremely small but still

Re: kqemu on Sid

Hi Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 18.06.2007 17:33: > I installed qemu on Sid. > > But Sid's kqemu is backlevelled: it depends on a non-existing 2.6.18 > kernel. You can built the correct module for your kernel at any time using the following commands: # apt-get install module-assistant kqemu-source kq

Re: Aptitude warning msg

Hi Manon. Manon Metten, 14.06.2007 21:08: > When I run aptitude update, I keep getting this error message: > > […] > Here's my etc/apt/sources.list: > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 > 20070407-12:10] etch contrib main > deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/

Re: Comparing files in two directories

Hi. Mathias Brodala, 13.06.2007 22:51: > L.V.Gandhi, 13.06.2007 22:47: >> I have two directories A and B. In each directory, I have nearly 1000 files >> with same names. I would like to compare both directories and find out >> which >> files differ more than say 5 l

Re: Comparing files in two directories

Hi. L.V.Gandhi, 13.06.2007 22:47: > I have two directories A and B. In each directory, I have nearly 1000 files > with same names. I would like to compare both directories and find out > which > files differ more than say 5 lines. I use kompare and see manually. How to > do it in command line easi

Re: Problem installing Wine

Hi Udo. Udo Klein, 12.06.2007 12:54: > I've tried unsuccessfully to install wine. I've included the result of > doing "aptitude install wine". I'd be very thankful for your help. With every problem related to APT, you should always post your sources.list also. > […] > Unpacking wine (from .../w

Re: BADSIG A70DAF536070D3A1

Hi me. Mathias Brodala, 11.06.2007 12:15: > What is the output of "apt-get policy debian-archive-keyring"? "apt-cache policy debian-archive-keyring" of course … Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: BADSIG A70DAF536070D3A1

Hi. Wolodja Wentland, 11.06.2007 12:09: > as of today i get the following error when running "aptitude update", > which is _not_ fixed by multiple runs of "aptitude update" and > quite irritating. > > Could somebody please shed some light on the issue? > > […] > W: GPG error: http://ftp2.de.deb

Re: shell or fileutils commands and whitespaced filenames

Hi Michael. Michael, 10.06.2007 18:01: > Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> OK. So where’s the problem? The tools mentioned can handle names with >> whitespaces (and even stranger characters) since … a long time ago. > > It looks like a workaround to me. > &g

Re: shell or fileutils commands and whitespaced filenames

Hi Michael. Michael Wördehoff, 10.06.2007 00:34: > I am asking for recursive operations like chmod/chown -R, working > on multimedia files in deep hierarchy with possibly both dirs and folders > whitespaced. OK. So where’s the problem? The tools mentioned can handle names with whitespaces (and e

Re: reorder files with a mouse in a file browser and rename them

Hi. H.S., 09.06.2007 18:22: > Mathias Brodala wrote: >> Hi. >> >> H.S., 09.06.2007 05:47: >>> This may be a little odd question. Can any of the file browsers >>> (konqueror, nautilus) let a user reorder the files in a folder by >>> dragging t

Re: reorder files with a mouse in a file browser and rename them

Hi. H.S., 09.06.2007 05:47: > This may be a little odd question. Can any of the file browsers > (konqueror, nautilus) let a user reorder the files in a folder by > dragging them to a certain position and then to rename the ordered files > automatically with a file pattern? Thunar can: "thunar --b

Re: which package contains mkfs.vfat

Hi. Matus UHLAR - fantomas, 02.06.2007 23:26: >> Serena Cantor, 31.05.2007 23:48: >>> I have trouble using logical vfat partition >>> so I intend to try mkfs.vfat > > On 01.06.07 00:00, Mathias Brodala wrote: >> My suggestion: avoid that one and use a Windows

Re: which package contains mkfs.vfat

Hi Serena. Serena Cantor, 31.05.2007 23:48: > I have trouble using logical vfat partition > so I intend to try mkfs.vfat My suggestion: avoid that one and use a Windows system to format with FAT32. This tool thrashed the filesystem of my digital camera twice that much, that not even a Windows sys

Re: Wrapping workspace-switcher

Hi John. John K Masters, 27.05.2007 20:14: > How do I get the workspace switcher to wrap from workspace 6 to 1 when I > do Ctl-Alt-Right? I noticed XFCE does this by default but I use Gnome > and have not found a way to do this. GNOME does not support something like this. You might want to try br

Re: vim: taglist / ctags on debian

Hi Mathieu. Mathieu Malaterre, 23.05.2007 11:46: > For > instance for taglist you are supposed to do: > > ... > 2. Change to the $HOME/.vim/doc or $HOME/vimfiles/doc or $VIM/vimfiles/doc >directory, start Vim and run the ":helptags ." command to process the >taglist help file. Without thi

Re: Icedove

Hi Andrew. Andrew Sackville-West, 22.05.2007 19:53: > On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 06:42:07PM +0100, andy wrote: >> Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >>> On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 11:17:36AM -0600, Art Edwards wrote: >>> Icedove/testing appears to be seriously broken. […] >>> A >>> >> What version Ic

Re: [OT] Re: sed fails to upgrade on debian sid; file date of 1969?

Hi. Nyizsnyik Ferenc, 22.05.2007 10:47: > On Mon, 21 May 2007 16:57:52 -0400 > nick lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Also, the file sed.mo has a date of 1969. ls -alt sed.mo reveals: >> >> thinkpad:/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES# ls -alt sed.mo >> c---rwxrwx 5389 2484475149 353247318 247, 6

Re: restarting proftpd

Hi again. Mark Grieveson, 21.05.2007 02:13: > This ("debian.example.com) was the suggestion I received from the > original set up of my system (that being Etch). Should I add something > to this file? An ip address or something? Oh and BTW: you should not use possibly existent hostnames for your

Re: restarting proftpd

Hi Mark. Mark Grieveson, 21.05.2007 02:13: > Thanks Tom, that works. When I start it [proftpd], I get the following: > > debian:/home/mark# /etc/init.d/proftpd restart > Stopping ftp server: proftpd. > Starting ftp server: proftpd - IPv6 getaddrinfo 'debian.example.com' > error: No address assoc

Re: Adding icons to firefox or thunderbird

Hi Eric. Eric A. Bonney, 16.05.2007 15:56: > How do I assign the icons to firefox and/or thunderbird? I have them > installed an running just fine, but whenever I put an icon on my desktop > or in a panel I get either nothing or a little gear icon for them. I > would like to have the normal icon

Re: escape characters in sed

Hi Hans. Hans du Plooy, 13.05.2007 16:51: > I'm trying to do a search/replace on some text. Looks like this: > > 1.2.3.4(1.2.3.4) > > To my mind, this should replace the '(' with a space > > sed 's/\\)/ / No, just type the parenthesis, no escaping necessary. Regards, Mathias -- debian/rul

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