Re: improve screen resolution

2010-11-03 Thread Morgan Gangwere
; EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" EndSection 8< Its worth a shot. -- Morgan Gangwere PGP Key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_key.asc >> Why? > Because it breaks the logical flow of conversation, plus makes messages unreadable. >>> Top-Posting is evil. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User Accounts?)

2010-11-03 Thread Morgan Gangwere
son beyond over looking it as to why all my commands are still > visible as root after I log out. Even normal users have their last login shown. its not root-specific, its a problem with the login getter. -- Morgan Gangwere PGP Key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_key.asc >> Why

Re: Orphaned User Accounts?

2010-11-02 Thread Morgan Gangwere
box. Here's a fresh Fedora install: root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/zsh daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/s

Re: Size of minimal Debian installation

2010-10-30 Thread Morgan Gangwere
B with X and a wm and a package manager) > And do Debian and the host OS show different sizes for my virtual Debian > installation? Why is there a 241 MB difference? The error is almost double > the size of Puppy Linux. I again call shenanigans on your VM. -- Morgan Gangwere PGP

Re: Weirdness in "ls" colorization

2010-10-24 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On 10/23/2010 11:10 AM, Tom H wrote: > The "Please..." files are executable. That and they're bold (Which will cause SO much heartache if you use a custom font like Progsole.) -- Morgan Gangwere PGP Key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_key.asc >> Why? > Because

Re: Stopping sound preview

2010-10-22 Thread Morgan Gangwere
People wonder why the Linux desktop market is vanishing... -- Morgan Gangwere PGP Key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_key.asc >> Why? > Because it breaks the logical flow of conversation, plus makes messages unreadable. >>> Top-Posting is evil. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: LaTeX, Texlive-luatex, Biber installation procedure

2010-10-22 Thread Morgan Gangwere
be okay on that. I've not had much problems doing just normal typesetting. -- Morgan Gangwere PGP Key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_key.asc >> Why? > Because it breaks the logical flow of conversation, plus makes messages unreadable. >>> Top-Posting is evil. s

Re: Continue without install grub (y/n) confusion

2010-10-19 Thread Morgan Gangwere
s step says "I've been here" and we get a loop. -- Morgan Gangwere PGP Key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_key.asc >> Why? > Because it breaks the logical flow of conversation, plus makes messages unreadable. >>> Top-Posting is evil. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Seahorse Terminal Messages

2010-10-16 Thread Morgan Gangwere
less. I see more of this when I fire up Iceweasel than anything -- Just tons of messages that dont mean anything other than "LIFE IS GOOD!" Try firing up Evolution or the GNOME panel... Its... scary what developers seem to think its a good idea to pummel stdout with. -- Morgan Gangwere P

Re: ping packet loss when size gt 1500

2010-10-16 Thread Morgan Gangwere
m \footnote{Isn't this sounding like insecure.org now?} and doesn't respond to nmap's pings. I call fault on their part. Are you on a PPPoE connection directly or on a NAT'd network? -- Morgan Gangwere PGP Key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_key.asc BOFH Excuse #43 MTU

Re: Ethernet port dead

2010-10-16 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:30:24 +0200 Rodolfo Medina <> wrote: [...] Had any electrical storms? Switches that have been acting up? New carpeting? Power outages? Brownouts? Etc? Sounds like the device is busted, frankly. -- Morgan Gangwere PGP Key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_k

Re: Chromium Browser Paralysis

2010-10-16 Thread Morgan Gangwere
n any form. As much as I like chromium (I use it as my default browser on Windows and Linux, and soon on Mac too) the release cycle is too fast to allow for appropriate packaging given the speed of Debian packaging. - -- Morgan Gangwere PGP Key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_key.asc

OT Firewire networking (was: Ethernet port dead)

2010-10-16 Thread Morgan Gangwere
need to move some data between two 1394 capable computers, you use that. They act like normal, everyday, nondescript ether ports in software, no less. -- Morgan Gangwere PGP Key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_key.asc BOFH Excuse #32: Solar flares causing disk errors. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Chromium Browser Paralysis

2010-10-16 Thread Morgan Gangwere
does help, start filing bugs in google's tracker for Chromium. Remember, using Chromium is just another phrase for "Being a google guinea pig" -- Morgan Gangwere PGP key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_key.asc BOFH Excuse #405: Router lost in hedge maze. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Squeeze can't handle ATI M3's anymore. (X11 issue)

2010-10-16 Thread Morgan Gangwere
dule: "synaptics" ---8<8<--- the Vesa driver however just doesn't work on these old 8MB M3's. Something happens and it locks up with either a trashed screen (What looks to be the GRUB background splash) As for proprietary drivers, this doesn't *have* a

Squeeze can't handle ATI M3's anymore. (X11 issue)

2010-10-15 Thread Morgan Gangwere
ne, but X's autodetection seems to have failed more and more over time... -- Morgan Gangwere PGP Key at http://indrora.homelinux.org/gpg_key.asc >> Why? > Because it breaks the logical flow of conversation, plus makes messages unreadable. >>> Top-Posting is evi

Re: resume from hibernate

2010-09-25 Thread Morgan Gangwere
sResumeHook1 ... hibernate: [01] Executing NoteLastResume ... hibernate: [01] Executing LockFilePut ... Resumed at Sat Sep 25 10:51:21 MDT 2010 Apparently, my ess maestro3 card must be getting in the way... but it doesn't go away if I unload the driver manually. -- Morgan Gang

Re: resume from hibernate [in squeeze]

2010-09-25 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:21:58 +0200 [...] I've been noticing the same basic problem. I've installed acpid, hibernate, laptop-detect etc and even rebooted and when I try to suspend, it doesnt come up right. Could this be a lack of the uswusup package in squeeze? -- Morgan Gangwere B

Re: Mainline kernel source curiosity

2010-09-21 Thread Morgan Gangwere
append in *kernel config* make menuconfig, search around for "Append to version" make-kpkg doesn't monger linux/version.h IIRC. -- Morgan Gangwere >> Why? Because it breaks the logical flow of conversation, plus makes messages unreadable. >>> Top-Posting is evil. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Google Inc. Could Be Compliant to the Chinese Government in Beijing, People's Republic of China (PRC)

2010-09-20 Thread Morgan Gangwere
e no idea how much money China has. > > Be assured, they have enough. > Not enough to make google violate their own agreements. -- Morgan Gangwere >> Why? > Because it breaks the logical flow of conversation, plus makes messages unreadable. >>> Top-Posting is evil. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: ps - Illegal Instruction

2010-09-19 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:48:49 -0500 Mark Allums wrote: > Your problem is probably Virtual PC. Try Virtualbox (free) or VMware > server (free) or VMware Desktop (paid and kind of expensive but much > more usable for newbies than server). Its a known problem. very much a known problem! its some

Re: Why can't ID3 tags be modified in GNOME file's properties?

2010-09-14 Thread Morgan Gangwere
I've got a feeling" Something like that. -- Morgan Gangwere >> Why? > Because it breaks the logical flow of conversation, plus makes messages unreadable. >>> Top-Posting is evil. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: SSH: remote login returns "invalid user"

2010-09-11 Thread Morgan Gangwere
on Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:08:07 -0400, brownh <87hbhva9js@teufel.historicalmaterialism.info> attacked their terminal with +Morgan Gangwere <0.fracta...@gmail.com> writes: + +> on Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:38:04 -0400, brownh +> <871v90ax5v@teufel.historicalmaterialism

Re: finding the right .iso for USB install of Squeeze

2010-09-11 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On 9/11/2010 8:44 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: [stuff] Take a look at GRUB4DOS, which has a way to boot ISOs. Or, use USBCreator. I think your /best/ bet though is going to be using GRUB4DOS. -- Morgan Gangwere >> Why? > Because it breaks the logical flow of conversation, plus makes

Re: single click?

2010-09-11 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On 9/11/2010 3:57 PM, Doug wrote: [stuff about single clicking] That's up to your file manager. I know that in Thunar (my fm of choice) you can set that in the settings panel (one of the last tabs), but I dont know for everything else. -- Morgan Gangwere >> Why? > Because it brea

Re: SSH: remote login returns "invalid user"

2010-09-11 Thread Morgan Gangwere
`--[laptop] this configuration /works/. [laptop]---(??)--(internets)--[gateway]---[server] This does not. This leads me to beg that there is either a configuration issue that says "Dont let anyone who's not on my local network talk to me" or a configuration issue with port trans

Re: How to setup X fonts on Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze?

2010-09-09 Thread Morgan Gangwere
he *system* cache. You /will/ have to restart your X environment in order for them to show up. -- Morgan Gangwere Key ID A8B6F243, available from MIT. BOFH excuse #237: Plate voltage too low on demodulator tube signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: xset command setting not sticking

2010-09-08 Thread Morgan Gangwere
look into xdm or SLiM. I'm not sure if either does autologin, but its worth a shot. Just a thought... - -- Morgan Gangwere Key ID A8B6F243, available from MIT. BOFH excuse #378: Operators killed by year 2000 bug bite. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIc

Re: alternatives to xnetload

2010-09-08 Thread Morgan Gangwere
a recent screenshot of my desktop, conky living in the upper right hand corner. GKRellM is a bit different, and has a much more graphical look to it. -- Morgan Gangwere >> Why? > Because it breaks the logical flow of conversation, plus makes messages unreadable. >>> Top-P

Re: No icons, help.

2010-09-07 Thread Morgan Gangwere
rom being 'FOSS'. As an artist, programmer and all around compu-jack-of-all-trades, I think that its perfectly legitimate to have a logo which is not in the total open source. But thats just me... and I'm one of the freaks that wants CC for code.

Re: Straw poll: What browser do you use?

2010-09-07 Thread Morgan Gangwere
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:44:34 -0600 Aaron Toponce wrote: > On 09/07/2010 10:15 AM, Morgan Gangwere wrote: > You must not use Chromium/Chrome then. It chews through much more > memory with its process-per-tab feature. Much more than Fi

Re: Straw poll: What browser do you use?

2010-09-07 Thread Morgan Gangwere
spare 3 seconds waiting for a page to load. - -- Morgan Gangwere "We are investigating the light at the end of the tunnel" I /dont/ use PGP-Mime because I'm so l33t I read mbox's with cat and less. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQ

Re: Straw poll: What browser do you use?

2010-09-07 Thread Morgan Gangwere
en reconsidering that as > well...Since it has been almost painfully slow the past month or so... Do you use the web interface or a POP3/IMAP interface? The web interface is painfully slow, yes, and most of the time I keep it together with some very carefully crafted userscripts. As someone who's

Re: Awkward alt-key problem...

2010-09-07 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 09:28:10 -0500 francis southern <> wrote: > XTerm*altIsNotMeta: true > XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true Wonderful! I guess I'm so used to my URxvt that I'd fallen into the idea that Xterm applied the same rules. :D -- Morgan Gangwere "the light at t

Re: Awkward alt-key problem...

2010-09-07 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 09:54:02 +0300 Rares Aioanei wrote stuff... Here's the thing... I don't want this to happen. I use my Alt-Keys to be... well /alt keys/, not symbols. -- Morgan Gangwere "There is a light at the end of the tunnel" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Awkward alt-key problem...

2010-09-06 Thread Morgan Gangwere
s, I get subscript 2 for alt-2, subscript 3 for alt-3, mu for alt-4, etc... And it gets rather irritating. I have my /etc/defaults set to: XKBLAYOUT="latitude" XKBVARIANT="us" Even if I set this to "pc105" and - -- Morgan Gangwere >> Why? > Because it br