Re: error on sid laptop: ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/493.....085 does not exist.

2014-07-16 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 02:42:14AM +0200, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Nick Lidakis: > > > > I've recently been unable to boot into my thinkpad x200s because > > of this error: ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/493085b does not exist. Dropping > > to a shell! > > >

error on sid laptop: ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/493.....085 does not exist.

2014-07-08 Thread Nick Lidakis
I've recently been unable to boot into my thinkpad x200s because of this error: ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/493085b does not exist. Dropping to a shell! Most of the Google results are of users changin out disks or partitions and the UUID get messed up. I haven't switched any disks or messed with

h.264 IP camera stream in iceweasel or chrome. which plugin?

2014-03-25 Thread Nick Lidakis
I have an Axis M5014 IP camera working and I can watch the Motion JPEG stream in both browsers without issues. I can't view any of the h.264 in iceweasel or Chrome. I've verified the streams using VLC. I need to use the browser so I can use the PTZ controls. I've tried mozplugger and mozilla-mpla

Embed text into video file and search video from text?

2014-02-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
I have a text file that includes time stamps. I also have video (H.264, MPEG-4 or JPEG stills) recorded from an IP camera. I'm trying to find a way to jump to certain points of he videos based on events in the text file at hand. The text file is generated from an RS-232 port. The IP camera, from

Re: ZFS, longterm archive of data and Debian

2013-09-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
of the data, i.e., avoiding bit rot/silent data corruption. Regular backups offer no such protection. > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:07:57PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > With one user reading one FLAC file at a time from a machine running ZFS > > does one need a modern CPU and g

ZFS, longterm archive of data and Debian

2013-09-23 Thread Nick Lidakis
I have been Googling for the last week on file systems like ZFS and the best way to store and preserve data that needs to be read on a regular basis. I've read many conflicting opinions, in particular about ZFS, and was hoping to get some opinions on this list. Like many music lovers I've ditched

stuck on apt-get upgrade; error in version string; apt-get -f install won't help

2013-05-16 Thread Nick Lidakis
I don't know how best to proceed without doing more damage. I just recently tried and apt-get upgrade and ran into the following: apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct th

Re: recommend a laser printer

2013-05-16 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:08:40PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > I'm trying to buy a black and white laser printer for a family member running > Wheezy. Can anybody recommend one that you've purchased recently, which used > native cups drivers available in Wheezy, which cost $100US or less? You did

Re: text from serial port + IP camera + Debian for loss prevention?

2013-04-10 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 06:28:44AM +0200, sp113438 wrote: > > > > I know there is a program that records audio. It records several > > seconds/minutes to memory and writes the interval to disk when a > > button is hit. > > I forgot it's name :-( > > You need something similar, but for video. > >

text from serial port + IP camera + Debian for loss prevention?

2013-04-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
Forgive me if I'm not using the proper terminology or not explaining this properly. This aspect of running a small business is foreign to me. My wife and I run a small independent coffee shop and I'm the geek in charge. I've got m0n0wall running great with the customer wifi on DMZ and all our mach

Re: has your squeeze ever crashed?

2013-03-13 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 08:11:36AM -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Long Wind wrote: > > linux is stable, or is it? > > Sure, but there is difference between stable and "never crashes, > ever". Namely one is a real thing, and the other does not and cannot > exist, i

Right arrow key quits working in X after a while

2012-08-13 Thread Nick Lidakis
I seem to be having an issue with my right arrow key in X. It's quits working after a while. It works fine in a VT, though. Using xev | grep keycode, I get: state 0x0, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff52, Up), same_screen YES, state 0x0, keycode 111 (keysym 0xff52, Up), same_screen YES, state 0x0,

Re: Re: linux cash register software, i.e, a simple point of sale?

2012-07-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
Andrei POPESCU wrote: >My brother tested several POS programs for his restaurant, but found >nothing that matched his needs (he needed a software that could do >recipes as well), but in his opinion LemonPOS was quite good. >Unfortunately there is no Debian package :( (but there is an Ubuntu >PP

Re: replying to a thread on the list that is not in my inbox?

2012-07-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:22:50PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:03:52 -0400 > Nick Lidakis wrote: > > > How does one reply to a thread on this list if I accidentally erased the > > threads or the thread was never in your inbox to begin with? I want to re

Re: Re: linux cash register software, i.e, a simple point of sale?

2012-07-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
Richard Owlett wrote: >You might ask on debian-embed...@lists.debian.org ? The POS terminals are standard x86. Any other reason to ask that list? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arch

replying to a thread on the list that is not in my inbox?

2012-07-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
How does one reply to a thread on this list if I accidentally erased the threads or the thread was never in your inbox to begin with? I want to reply to this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/07/msg01613.html I had an issue with Verizon's email server where the my OP and replies never show

linux cash register software, i.e, a simple point of sale?

2012-07-22 Thread Nick Lidakis
I'd like to transition our medium sized coffee/shop bakery to some kind of open Linux cash register. I say register because I don't need the advanced features of a POS, i.e., inventory control, invoices, etc. I'd like to replicate what we have now which is this: http://www.cashregisterstore.com/xca

Re: sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses

2012-07-12 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:28:46PM -0400, John Cunningham wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > > > Thoughts? > > At first I really liked it, but I found the lack of Undo functionality > too aggravating to continue using it. man sc revea

sc, i.e., spread sheet calculator using ncurses

2012-07-12 Thread Nick Lidakis
Does anyone use sc, the text based spreadsheet program? Over the years I've become more fond of the console and ncurses applications. I've recently found myself using sc as my first spreadsheet application for our new small business. Doing initial sales calculations, the program is fast, easy

Re: Current SSD setup recommendations for laptop with Debian

2012-07-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 11:43:00PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > Stan Hoeppener gave you good advice. Take it. > > Hobbyists waste a lot of time tweaking systems because that's their > hobby. Any SSD is going to be faster than your old HD. And unless > your life is measured in milliseconds, you won't

Re: Current SSD setup recommendations for laptop with Debian

2012-07-08 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 01:02:47AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 7/4/2012 4:15 PM, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > > Stan, you gave me rant because you assumed my computer case has lots of blue > > LEDs. You can try again or just don't bother. > > I gave you all of the

Re: Current SSD setup recommendations for laptop with Debian

2012-07-04 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 01:03:34AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > People often need to be presented with a healthy dose of realism--what > you call "harsh". > > Once the OP asked about "alignment" I knew he needed a dose... I don't need a "dose", thank you. All my questions are valid and you did

Current SSD setup recommendations for laptop with Debian

2012-07-03 Thread Nick Lidakis
I've decided to replace the failing hard disk on my Debian Thinpad with an SSD. As I use the laptop in a harsh mobile environment, I decided to get and SSD. This one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167122 Then, I decided to Google SSD in relation to formatting, partitions

83 key IBM model m XT keyboard with Debian?

2012-06-17 Thread Nick Lidakis
Anybody using an 83 key IBM model M keyboard with a modern PC? Clickykeyboards.com has info about a key codes adapter here: http://www.clickykeyboards.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/11298/subcatid/0/id/500722 Was wondering if anyone is a fan of the old 83 key keyboards and if there any glit

Re: xserver-xorg vs. xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

2012-02-27 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 08:57:22PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > While I admire the work the Nouveau guys are doing, after suffering for > more than 4 years with an Nvidia GPU+chipset on my desktop, I just > replaced the motherboard with a one based on the AMD E350 fusion chip, > and suddenly all

Re: New computer planned

2012-02-21 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:48:32AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 20 feb 12, 16:29:18, Doug wrote: > > > > You need a real mechanical hard drive. The solid-state drives have > > a limited read/write cycle. > > Recent studies seem to suggest that the limited read/write cycles are > unli

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 06:35:27AM +0300, Stayvoid wrote: > > Everyone has been telling us that we *absolutely* have to be on facebook... > Please don't use Facebook. > http://stallman.org/facebook.html Yes. I'm well aware of this and most of Stallman's philosophies. > > I've read the tech news

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 12:30:05PM +1000, Robert Brockway wrote: > Hi Nick. You may wish to contact David J Patrick who founded > LinuxCaffe (http://www.linuxcaffe.ca) in Toronto, Canada many years > ago. LinuxCaffe is a successful business providing coffee & light > food running completely on Li

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 12:59:09AM -0300, Carlo Borelli wrote: > 2012/2/4 Nuno Magalhães > > > Hi, > > > > It is kinda off-topic (i'd OT it), and being picky it's GNU/Linux > > Debian, not GNU/Debian Linux. Being extra picky i'd ask where is > > Manhattan, :) > > > > This topic is absolutely OT

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 10:51:43AM +1100, Alex Hutton wrote: > The thing of facebook is people login to facebook and regularly view > their activity feed. So if you are posting to facebook you are > appearing in the activity feeds of people who have 'liked' your page. > People can also message you

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 09:56:10AM +, Jon Dowland wrote: > On 05/02/12 00:09, Nick Lidakis wrote: > >But using this facebook app I would still need to create a facebook account, > >yes? > > Facebook's privacy concerns only apply to whatever data you give > the

Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 10:51:43AM +1100, Alex Hutton wrote: > The thing of facebook is people login to facebook and regularly view > their activity feed. So if you are posting to facebook you are > appearing in the activity feeds of people who have 'liked' your page. > People can also message you

Re: Sleep

2012-02-04 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 01:54:31AM +0300, Stayvoid wrote: > Is there a way to check that my laptop (MacBookPro6,2) is actually >asleep? Try to ssh from another machine? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...

GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-04 Thread Nick Lidakis
I hope this isn't too off topic for this list but smart people lurk about these parts. In a nutshell, my wife and I starting a small business in a family oriented neighborhood. We're serving coffee, espresso and baking fresh bread and pastry on premises. The shop will be located at the northern t

[SOLVED]Re: Trouble with java and music store www.channelclassic.com

2011-10-15 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 04:57:13PM +, Camaleón wrote: > > I have already tested and it also fails for me in the same way (running > wheezy here). I can see the frontend GUI with the grayed buttons and a > new folder under my user's home ("~/www.channelclassics.com/)" but it is > empty, no f

Re: Trouble with java and music store www.channelclassic.com

2011-10-13 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 04:57:13PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:28:13 -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > > I'm running up to date Debian Sid with Sun's Java 6.26-3 installed. > > What's the output of "java -version"? Just to be sure yo

Re: Trouble with java and music store www.channelclassic.com

2011-10-12 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 07:52:39PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > So you have to download the download loader. OK. How do you get > files to show up in the download list? > > They must be popular with this complexity. I don't know. I just tried using my wife's Mac and the download app would not

Trouble with java and music store www.channelclassic.com

2011-10-12 Thread Nick Lidakis
I'm running up to date Debian Sid with Sun's Java 6.26-3 installed. The list was able to figure out my previous problem concerning Java and another online music store: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/02/msg00072.html So I made sure that wasn't the issue as I was able to buy music from HDTr

Re: USB media no longer shows up in file manager for root or normal users

2011-07-13 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 08:31:00PM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > Revert to the stable consolekit. > > Patrick > On Jul 12, 2011 7:17 PM, "Nick Lidakis" wrote: > > I'm running the latest x86 Debian Sid... > > Suddenly, USB media no longer shows up in Thuna

USB media no longer shows up in file manager for root or normal users

2011-07-12 Thread Nick Lidakis
I'm running the latest x86 Debian Sid. The norm was that when USB media was plugged in would show up in /media where I could mount it by clicking on the appropriate icon in Thunar file manager. This was for my regular user account. Suddenly, USB media no longer shows up in Thunar. I have to mo

Re: u3-tool for usb flash drive fails with errors

2011-06-01 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 11:07:16AM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 31 May 2011 17:52:50 -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > > I have a San Disk micro-cruzer 2GB flash USB drive. I'm trying to use > > the u3-tool to remove the u3 software but I'm having no luck. > &g

u3-tool for usb flash drive fails with errors

2011-05-31 Thread Nick Lidakis
I have a San Disk micro-cruzer 2GB flash USB drive. I'm trying to use the u3-tool to remove the u3 software but I'm having no luck. Output: phobos:/home/nick# u3-tool -i -D /dev/sdg u3_partition_info() failed: Device reported command failed: status 1 u3_data_partition_info() failed: Device report

Re: Ncurses for touch screens?

2011-05-27 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:35:24AM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 08:55:36PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > I was wondering if there was some kind of ncurses application or utility > > that > > would let you define simple ASCII buttons and when th

Ncurses for touch screens?

2011-05-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
I was wondering if there was some kind of ncurses application or utility that would let you define simple ASCII buttons and when that button was pressed using gpm or a touchscreen it would run a simple command. I tried searching with apt-cache but nothing showed up; nothing using Google either. I

Re: Help with Sun Java in Debian Sid

2011-02-01 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 08:46:07AM +0100, godo wrote: > On 01/30/2011 10:16 PM, Nick Lidakis wrote: > >I have been buying music from a website called HDtracks.com recently using my > >Debian Sid desktop. They're wensite requires your run a download manager that > >is

Re: Help with Sun Java in Debian Sid

2011-01-31 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 01:49:10AM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Java includes tons of alternatives, not only "java". I guess you still > have other alternatives pointing to openjdk. Use > 'update-java-alternatives' to fix them all at once and try again. This is what I get: phobos:/home/nick# upd

Help with Sun Java in Debian Sid

2011-01-30 Thread Nick Lidakis
I have been buying music from a website called HDtracks.com recently using my Debian Sid desktop. They're wensite requires your run a download manager that is a Java application for all music downloads. I have downloaded 2 albums this past October without incident but ran into problems trying to b

Re: s2ram

2010-10-21 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:54:13AM +0200, roberto wrote: > hello, i usually switch to standby mode using: > s2ram -f -p -m > > > sometimes, it happens the laptop switches on correctly but the screen > stays blank and the keyboard irresponsive: > i could not figure out the issue but i'd like to kn

Re: Lockups in Xorg with Radeon HD 3450 and different drivers

2010-08-25 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:06:09PM +, s. keeling wrote: > Nick Lidakis : > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 02:13:08AM +0200, Thomas Amm wrote: > > > Am 24.06.2010 20:06, schrieb Nick Lidakis: > > > > > > > > I figured, these days, getting to a 2d desktop

Re: Lockups in Xorg with Radeon HD 3450 and different drivers

2010-08-25 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 02:13:08AM +0200, Thomas Amm wrote: > Am 24.06.2010 20:06, schrieb Nick Lidakis: > > > > I figured, these days, getting to a 2d desktop with a 2 year old video card > > would not cause a machine to lock hard. Although,I am on unstable. You pays >

Re: Lockups in Xorg with Radeon HD 3450 and different drivers

2010-06-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:25:34PM +, Camaleón wrote: > Then your best bet is reporting the problem at BTS. Bug tracking system? Debian's or Xorg's? Out fo curiosity, I tried an Ubuntu live disc (10.04) with the Radeon 3450 installed. The machien locks up as well. Also, I dug out an old Saphi

Re: Lockups in Xorg with Radeon HD 3450 and different drivers

2010-06-23 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 01:36:10PM +, Camaleón wrote: > Have you tried with the proprietary driver? Just for testing purposes. No. I really don't want to use a closed driver. I purchased this card because I read (Xorg wiki) that this slightly older tech was well supported for a 2D desktop und

Lockups in Xorg with Radeon HD 3450 and different drivers

2010-06-22 Thread Nick Lidakis
I seem to be having severe issues in getting a Radeon HD 3450 working with Xorg and Debian. System is: latest Debian unstable kernel 2.6.32-4-686 latest Xorg included in Debian unstable 7.5 xserver-xorg-video-radeon1:6.13.0-2 xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd

Re: Automated recording of IP-Radio Streams

2010-05-08 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 09:13:12PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello *, > > can someone suggest me a LIGHT commandline tool, with which I can record > HTTP IP-Radio (MP3 and OGG) Streams and cut it automaticaly in pieces of > 60 minutes? > > Currently I do this with wget but it is the last c

funky kernel message from syslogd

2010-04-22 Thread Nick Lidakis
This popped up in one of my xterms after my Thinkpad came out of hibernation today. The machine has beeped a few times as this message was repeated. Does not sound good. Call Trace? That's, like, bad? Right? Message from sysl...@thinkpad at Apr 22 18:52:20 ... kernel:[42926.069917] Oops: [#

Re: install debian without screen (on guruplug)

2010-03-11 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 01:58:50PM +0100, Julien Vehent wrote: > Hi Debian folks, > > I was considering testing this little piece of hardware that guruplug is. > http://www.newit.co.uk/shop/proddetail.php?prod=GuruPlug-Server > > Very attractive, but no vga output. So, next question is: how do I

Re: Recently, CUPS and my Laserjet hate PDF's

2010-02-11 Thread Nick Lidakis
On a hunch, I used Evince to print the aforementioned PDF as a file to postscript. The LaserJet prints that .ps file just fine. And, fuerther Googling reveals that PDF get converted to postscript when being sent to the printer. So, maybe pdftops is to blame? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-us

Recently, CUPS and my Laserjet hate PDF's

2010-02-11 Thread Nick Lidakis
After many years of printing bliss using CUPS and a HP LaserJet 4000, something seems to be wrong when attempting to print PDF's. I tried 2 days ago to print this: http://www.nycremsco.org/news.asp?intCategoryID=1&intArticleID=402 The job gets sent to the printer and the LaserJet will sit there f

Re: OT question about sound cards/chip-sets and high-end music systems

2009-12-07 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 09:31:56PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > If you're going for a USB DAC, how about this one: > http://www.usbdacs.com/ > :drooling: ... I own one of those... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: OT question about sound cards/chip-sets and high-end music systems

2009-12-01 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 03:40:33PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 08:51:52PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > On 20091015_144147, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > Equipment: > > Adcom GTP-450 Tuner > > Adcom GCD-700 CDcarousel/player > &

Re: [OT] Non-computer, quality text mailing lists ala Debian?

2009-10-28 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:34:33AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 09:20:32PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > Forgive me if this too off topic for this list. I haven't had a chance to > > see > > what's going on at debian-off-topic

Re: Wondering about doing something strange with networking

2009-10-27 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 09:51:45PM -0500, green wrote: > > Okay, just wanted to be sure that Debian was "supported", as in Voyage is not > a > significant change from Debian. Voyage gives you a nifty script to install it on compact flash, with appropriate targets for specific hardware, e.g., al

Re: Wondering about doing something strange with networking

2009-10-27 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 06:32:22PM -0500, green wrote: > Nick Lidakis wrote at 2009-10-27 16:41 -0500: > > You could could Voyage Linux directly from a compact flash. Link: > > http://linux.voyage.hk/ It's basically Debian for x86 embedded devices. It > > keeps apt and

Re: Wondering about doing something strange with networking

2009-10-27 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 08:52:36PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Tuesday 27 Oct 2009, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > Are you referring to the Sheeva plug computer? > > > Yes You could consider a similarly priced hardware alternative. You ever hear of the PC Engines Alix

Re: Wondering about doing something strange with networking

2009-10-27 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 07:58:18AM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > I am contemplating the possibilities with the plug computer, as an > always on, router/firewall/web server for my house. Are you referring to the Sheeva plug computer? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debia

Re: [OT] Non-computer, quality text mailing lists ala Debian?

2009-10-25 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 08:42:15PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Nick writes: > > Are there quality text mailing lists for non-computer related topics? > > Sure. The best tend to be invitation-only, though. > Ah, I see. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

[OT] Non-computer, quality text mailing lists ala Debian?

2009-10-25 Thread Nick Lidakis
Forgive me if this too off topic for this list. I haven't had a chance to see what's going on at debian-off-topic much less join. Are there quality text mailing lists for non-computer related topics? Do web forums dominate the internet landscape? If one is tired of asinine graphics and animated av

Re: [mutt] label mails with colored tags

2009-10-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 12:15:26AM +0300, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > > Hum. > > Why to use mbox format, as it is horrible if you think about incremental > backup and anyway it is horrible. > > Maildir rocks. I'm a former Thunderbird user and now use mutt. I'm currently using the mbox format, an

Re: Could you recommend CD/DVD writer program?

2009-10-20 Thread Nick Lidakis
> I was find this on net, but newer tray it > http://www.debuntu.org/2006/06/03/61-how-to-burn-dvds-from-the-command-line > If it work let us know :-) I was hoping for something ncurses based and featureful. Thanks anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: debian whitelist, posts that never show up and long delays

2009-10-19 Thread Nick Lidakis
> - If you're using Verizon's mail servers as your SMTP hosts, > you can use port 25, and/but you must authenticate, and you > must use a "verizon.net" or "bellatlantic.net" from-address. > > - If you are using a third-party mail server outside of the > verizon.net domain, and usi

Re: debian whitelist, posts that never show up and long delays

2009-10-17 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 01:13:28PM -0400, Tim Tebbit wrote: > > <:> wq > > Spend the 30 mintues.. run 'vimtutor' > > If you prefer a different editor you can configure that in your muttrc > and system wide by running 'update-alternatives --config editor' > Thanks. I did play with the vim tut

Re: debian whitelist, posts that never show up and long delays

2009-10-17 Thread Nick Lidakis
And that was the result of a bran' spankin' new vim user. My apolgies. Now how do I save and quit this file again... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: debian whitelist, posts that never show up and long delays

2009-10-17 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 07:43:43PM +0300, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > > > 17.10.2009 19:24, Nick Lidakis kirjoitti: > >Ok, that took just under a half hour to come through. > > > >To those who have been here a while, what's the average time from > >hitting t

Re: OT question about sound cards/chip-sets and high-end music systems

2009-10-17 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 08:51:52PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > I have been out of touch with the high-end audio world since I bought > this system. I had never heard of Pass Labs until you mentioned them > in your email. Wikipedia puts them in the class where Adcom was when I > bought. I don't wa

Re: debian whitelist, posts that never show up and long delays

2009-10-17 Thread Nick Lidakis
Ok, that took just under a half hour to come through. To those who have been here a while, what's the average time from hitting the send button to having the post show up? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas

debian whitelist, posts that never show up and long delays

2009-10-17 Thread Nick Lidakis
I seem to be having some trouble with my posts on this list lately. I have no trouble sending mail to my gmail account or myself at my verizon.net address; they show up instantaneously. My Veriozn ISP, in a move to combat spam, has recently required users to send mail to port 587 instead of 25. I

Re: Could you recommend CD/DVD writer program?

2009-10-16 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 09:12:12AM -0300, Leandro Quibem Magnabosco wrote: > This thread *has* to stop! > Or it could veer lightly back on topic... Since I have been having so much fun using and learing mutt lately, and since I've been trying to wean myself off of using GUI programs (GTK and KDE

Re: OT question about sound cards/chip-sets and high-end music systems

2009-10-15 Thread Nick Lidakis
I have a couple of questions for you before I delve into details of my recommendaion. What kind of hi-fi are we talking about? Do you have a dedicated listening space or is this for casual listening when doing other things, i.e., are we talking JVC or Pass Labs? How important is it that the softw

5 newbie Linux users & one shared media folder?

2009-08-26 Thread Nick Lidakis
I'm attempting to setup a Debian Linux/Gnome laptop for a friend, his wife, and their 4 kids. Each has a home folder that is private to the rest. They have small collection of music & photos that they would like to share. What's the most efffective way to accomplish this? This is a non-networked ma

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-05 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 07:45:48AM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: > 2) How do I make my laptop more secure so others on wifi network can't > steal or sniff my packets? > If you're using Gmail over wifi you should be logging in with https:gmail.com. Using https encrypts not just the login but the ent

Re: [OT] Wireless Router WGR614v9 issues

2009-05-20 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 01:32:28PM -0400, Daryl Styrk wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:51:30AM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > Currently cable with comcast. Ah, so the MTU should be a non issue. > > And after having to reboot constantly for weeks, I purchashed > > a PC

Re: [OT] Wireless Router WGR614v9 issues

2009-05-20 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 08:03:13AM -0400, Daryl Styrk wrote: > > I'm having some issues with a new router. For normal browsing it seems > to perform fine. However when I start to download large files speeds drop > off from around over 1400KB/s down to 120KB/s. I haven't put a stopwatch > to it

Re: switch to mutt, can't get my normal dose of spam

2009-05-19 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 06:43:37PM -0400, Daryl Styrk wrote: > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 06:19:29PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > > > I actually thought it was more appropriate to ask the Debian list as > > Mutt is just a MUA relying (as I understand it) on external tools

Re: switch to mutt, can't get my normal dose of spam

2009-05-19 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 01:19:41PM +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > Maybe you should switch to using IMAP, which supports server-side folders, > and see if there aren't any messages in different folders than INBOX on > server. Umm, IMAP? I should still try this even after checking verizon's

Re: switch to mutt, can't get my normal dose of spam

2009-05-12 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 06:08:09PM -0400, Daryl Styrk wrote: > You should probably ask this at mutt-us...@mutt.org.was the spam > finding its way to your INBOX? Were the messages flagged as spam with > IceDove? I actually thought it was more appropriate to ask the Debian list as Mutt is just a

switch to mutt, can't get my normal dose of spam

2009-05-12 Thread Nick Lidakis
After a quite a bit of reading about this mutt mua people are so fond of, I had the nerve to try to put down Mozilla's Thunderbird down for a while and take the mutt for a walk. Using -among other online sources- the debian mutt wiki as a guide, I get mutt installed, configure a decent (for a ro

Re: [OT] netbook recommendation

2009-05-05 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:39:06PM +0200, Leonardo Canducci wrote: > I'd like to buy a netbook and install debian on it, of course. It should be: > 1. cheap, light and small, otherwise no use for a netbook :) > 2. linux friendly > 3. usable (decent keyboard, 9" screen minimum) > 4. with a decent ba

Re: Sid update would like to remove most xorg packages and drivers

2009-04-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
Sven Joachim wrote: I have stuck to aptitude ever since I discovered it. The "aptitude safe-upgrade" command usually works very well, although I recently discovered a problem¹ with the kde4 transition. Note that aptitude has a curses interface like dselect, but a much better one IMO. Thank

Re: Sid update would like to remove most xorg packages and drivers

2009-04-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
Nick Lidakis wrote: Sven Joachim wrote: On 2009-04-09 21:21 +0200, Nick Lidakis wrote: Doing a dselect update and dselect install to day gives me the following: Why do you use dselect to manage upgrades? IMO, that is a nice way to torture yourself. Thanks for the heads up. What

Re: Sid update would like to remove most xorg packages and drivers

2009-04-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
Sven Joachim wrote: On 2009-04-09 21:21 +0200, Nick Lidakis wrote: Doing a dselect update and dselect install to day gives me the following: Why do you use dselect to manage upgrades? IMO, that is a nice way to torture yourself. Thanks for the heads up. What is the best way to

Sid update would like to remove most xorg packages and drivers

2009-04-09 Thread Nick Lidakis
Doing a dselect update and dselect install to day gives me the following: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: kcontrol kicker libthunar-vfs-1-2 thunar thunar-volman xorg xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core x

Re: Customizable web based GUI for Debian server and daemon administration?

2008-12-06 Thread Nick Lidakis
Michael Iatrou wrote: Depending on the configurability you want, a couple of custom made PHP scripts that manipulate config files could be enough for a minimal, lightweight web-based configuration tool. So far, that sounds about right. Monowall is FreeBSD based, but I assume I could dow

Customizable web based GUI for Debian server and daemon administration?

2008-12-03 Thread Nick Lidakis
I'm asking the list 'cause I don't know what exactly to Google for, so... Are there any tools that let one build a custom web based (GUI?) page that would let users control and configure a small Debian based server? I'm looking to put something together that would let a non-techie user config

Re: how adjust toolbar fonts in iceweasel?

2008-10-14 Thread Nick Lidakis
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: hello all, I use Iceweasel with icewm (no DTE). I've temporarily switched from my 21" monitor to a very small one and the fonts on e.g. the toolbars in iceweasel are too big. For Konqueror I found some K settings app to change those fonts. Is there a simple app to inst

Re: Need an Etch compatible eSATA PCI card

2008-09-02 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:00:22 +0200, JW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anyone know of a brand/model of eSATA card (PCI-Express, or at least PCI) that works with Etch? You didn't say in your original post, but do you have an extra unused SATA jack on your current motherboard? If so,

Re: How to download online videos?

2008-08-26 Thread Nick Lidakis
Rodolfo Medina wrote: All the videos that can be viewed online but cannot be downloaded normally. The problem arose with a particular .flv video I wanted to download from a web site. I managed to download it with MS-Windows RealPlayer, from the Windows partition I have on my hard disk. I in

Re: hibernate s2ram so that I could sleep well

2008-08-16 Thread Nick Lidakis
Shachar Or wrote: Hi! I've moved my desktop to my room, where I sleep at night and it is very close to the floor and to my head (I sleep on the floor (not directly, of course)) so the little noise made by the large silent fans is too much. I am thinking of suspending it at night because I do

Re: [OT] Cases for pcengines hardware

2008-08-12 Thread Nick Lidakis
Martin wrote: Hi, I'm looking for cases for pcengines hardware, the ones I could find can only hold the board itself (http://pcengines.ch/case1c2blk.htm) but I'm looking for something that can hold multiple disks (2.5" preferrably). As an alternative a case that is plugged in over USB and filled

Nvidia's Poor 2D performance. Was: Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-08-11 Thread Nick Lidakis
Ron Johnson wrote: On 08/11/08 01:01, Nick Lidakis wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/12/08 02:00, Nick Lidakis wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: The "inner" scroll region? No sluggishness or slowdown. Noticeable CPU usage by /usr/bin/X11/X when I rapidly jerk the scroll bar up and down,

Re: Slow video[SOLVED]

2008-08-10 Thread Nick Lidakis
Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/12/08 02:00, Nick Lidakis wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: The "inner" scroll region? No sluggishness or slowdown. Noticeable CPU usage by /usr/bin/X11/X when I rapidly jerk the scroll bar up and down, but tha

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