Re: Konqueror File Association Pattern

2007-10-12 Thread P Kapat
On 10/12/07, Peter Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > in a fit of "click before you think" I mistakenly assigned a file > association pattern to Kile for directories (thinking I was clicking on > a .tex file). Now, when I click on a directory, Kile is opened, which of > course make

Re: cant i mount fixed drive with write access??

2007-10-12 Thread P Kapat
Hi, On 10/12/07, Mike Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 12 October 2007 00:32, P Kapat wrote: > > I have been banging my head for quite a few hours now. Can't I mount a > > fixed (internal SATA) drive with write access as a normal user? Here > >

Re: cant i mount fixed drive with write access??

2007-10-12 Thread P Kapat
Hi, On 10/12/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/12/2007 05:03 AM, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > P Kapat wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have been banging my head for quite a few hours now. Can't I mount a > >> fixed (internal SATA

Re: cant i mount fixed drive with write access??

2007-10-12 Thread P Kapat
Hi, Thanks for the response.. On 10/12/07, Jörg-Volker Peetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P Kapat wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been banging my head for quite a few hours now. Can't I mount a > > fixed (internal SATA) drive with write access as a normal us

cant i mount fixed drive with write access??

2007-10-12 Thread P Kapat
Hi, I have been banging my head for quite a few hours now. Can't I mount a fixed (internal SATA) drive with write access as a normal user? Here is the relevant line from fstab: /dev/sdb1 /media/backup ext3user,noauto,rw0 0 $ ls -l /media/backup drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 40

Re: how to provide extra library paths?

2007-09-01 Thread P Kapat
On 9/1/07, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/31/07, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/31/07, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Presumably, you have something like .kde, .kderc, or Desktop in your > > > h

Re: lightning data in sync between two Icedove installations

2007-08-31 Thread P Kapat
I do not use Thunderbird and never tried Lightning, but this is what I found with some after trying both and little bit of 'find'ing... On 8/31/07, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > H.S. wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am using Thunderbird's (Icedove) calendar extension, Lightning, on my > > home comp

Re: Opera vs Kmail, Kontact, Konversation

2007-08-31 Thread P Kapat
On 8/31/07, Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Notice, that Opera can do all of this (email, usenet, rss feeds, irc, web > surfing, contacts... and more, inside one app, and all at the same time. And also download torrents!!! > Now that I said that is anyone running Opera using All of its abil

Re: how to provide extra library paths?

2007-08-31 Thread P Kapat
On 8/31/07, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/31/07, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Michael, thanks for taking the time out for this issue... > > Here is .bashrc: (kindly bear with the unnecessary aliases and may be > > broken lines. Also

Re: How to bind keys to commands, without requiring login?

2007-08-31 Thread P Kapat
On 8/30/07, Masatran, R. Deepak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to bind some keys to commands. I can do this using my window manager, > but I want it to work even if (1) Nobody is logged in OR if (2) the screen > is locked with a screen-saver. I do not quite understand the issues!! (1) What go

Re: how to provide extra library paths?

2007-08-31 Thread P Kapat
Here is some more information: On 8/31/07, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Michael, thanks for taking the time out for this issue... > > On 8/31/07, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/31/07, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...snip...

Re: how to provide extra library paths?

2007-08-31 Thread P Kapat
Hi Michael, thanks for taking the time out for this issue... On 8/31/07, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/31/07, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No I am not sourcing any other file... I can provide the two files here if > > necessary.. > > T

Re: how to provide extra library paths?

2007-08-31 Thread P Kapat
ust the bad habit of using pine and then switching back to gmail's UI :( > On 8/29/07, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am not quite sure about that because I have a lot of other variables > > and things in .bash_profile which is available from konsole or xter

Re: how to provide extra library paths?

2007-08-30 Thread P Kapat
I forgot to "Reply All" my previous mail. Here it is: Hi Michael, On 8/29/07, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/29/07, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have the following lines in .bash_profile (bash is my default shell): > > export LD

how to provide extra library paths?

2007-08-29 Thread P Kapat
Hi, Firstly, this is not a Debian specific question, but hopefully the solution should be universal. I have a machine (running RedHat EL4) on which I do not have administrative access, just a normal user access. I have extracted some rpm binaries in my home directory. I want the following paths to

Re: where is grub installed?

2007-08-18 Thread P Kapat
On 8/18/07, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P Kapat wrote: > > Hi, > > Suppose my hard disks are setup as: > > > > IDE (Master) > > /dev/hda1 -- ext3 -- 10 GB > > /dev/hda2 -- ext3 -- 100 GB > > /dev/hda3 -- ext3 -- 50

Re: where is grub installed?

2007-08-18 Thread P Kapat
On 8/18/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 04:38:33PM -0400, P Kapat wrote: > > Suppose my hard disks are setup as: > > > > IDE (Master) > > /dev/hda1 -- ext3 -- 10 GB > > /dev/hda2 -- ext3 -- 100 GB > &

where is grub installed?

2007-08-18 Thread P Kapat
Hi, Suppose my hard disks are setup as: IDE (Master) /dev/hda1 -- ext3 -- 10 GB /dev/hda2 -- ext3 -- 100 GB /dev/hda3 -- ext3 -- 50 GB SATA (connected to SATA 1 controller on the mobo) /dev/sda1 -- ext3 -- 50GB -- / /dev/sda2 -- ext3 -- 500 MB -- /boot /dev/sda3 -- ext3 -- 100 GB -- /home

Re: How to add dir to path

2007-08-07 Thread P Kapat
Hello Mannon, On 8/7/07, Manon Metten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi PK, > > On 8/7/07, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...snip...] > > For more on bash startup see > > /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples. > > > I ain't got

Re: How to add dir to path

2007-08-07 Thread P Kapat
On 8/7/07, Manon Metten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What's the reason I shouldn't touch /etc/profile but use > ~/.bash_profile instead? For the simple reason that you wouldn't want (or prefer) to mess with the system's defaults unless otherwise forced to. Moreover, think of a machine where you

Re: How to add dir to path

2007-08-07 Thread P Kapat
On 8/7/07, Manon Metten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [..snip..] > If I want an environment variable available all the time, I should place it > in > either /etc/profile or ~/.bash_profile, right? Yes. Preferably ~/.bash_profile and export it. -- Regards PK --

Re: Kmail - satellite server error...

2007-08-07 Thread P Kapat
On 8/6/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 06:40:28PM +1000, Charlie wrote: > > Subject copied over to Kmail... > > > > Kmail works with the satellite server now? A long online chat and Kmail > > works > > a treat as ever. Phew > > > > Thanks to

Re: kernel modification and CONFIG_HIGHMEM issue

2007-06-28 Thread P Kapat
On 6/28/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 04:50:27AM -0400, P Kapat wrote: > > >learn to use 'apt-cache search' and 'apt-cache show'. > > I am not sure what is intended here, but I did search around (mostly >

Re: kernel modification and CONFIG_HIGHMEM issue

2007-06-28 Thread P Kapat
Thanks to Andrew, Wayne and Wackojacko for the responses. On 6/27/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 10:59:10PM -0400, P Kapat wrote: > Hi, > > I am running Debian unstable on an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor and a > MSI K8N Neo4

kernel modification and CONFIG_HIGHMEM issue

2007-06-26 Thread P Kapat
Hi, I am running Debian unstable on an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor and a MSI K8N Neo4 Mobo. Problem: Kernel does not recognise all the RAM, it sees only 1GB. $ uname -a Linux *** 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Mon Mar 26 16:39:10 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux I had two 512MB modules, recently I added two 1 GB mo

Re: getting a pdf document to print

2007-05-10 Thread P Kapat
On 5/10/07, Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 05/10/2007 12:46 PM, andy wrote: > Hi all > > I have received a multipage pdf document that has been locked so it > cannot be printed. I would like to be able to print this document so > that I can read it "on the road". Any ideas for by-passin

Re: edit the subject line of a thread [EDITED]?

2007-05-02 Thread P Kapat
On 5/2/07, Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am 2007-04-28 00:52:26, schrieb P Kapat: > OK, heres I am "replying" to my own mail from gmail, after editing the > subject line... This is NORMAL if you edit a Mesage in "gmail". You should only hit &

Re: where is the w32codecs for amd64 testing?

2007-05-02 Thread P Kapat
On 5/2/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry for the long lines... Well according to: ffmpeg -formats [snip] I am sorry if I didn't get it, but what was the point of the "long lines"? Note, the names of encoders and decoders dont always match, so there are several cases where th

Re: [SUB_MODIFIED] Re: edit the subject line of a thread?

2007-05-02 Thread P Kapat
On 5/2/07, Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do you get a broken thread now because I have added stuff to the subject? Interesting.. This time, inspite of a changed subject line, the thread did not break in gmail. So what is driving the threading? There were a few "References" headers

Re: webcam model for etch

2007-05-01 Thread P Kapat
here is a little bit of OT info regarding the person behind gspca... (driver supporting many many webcams...) http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39291 -- Regards PK -- http://counter.li.org #402424 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: webcam model for etch

2007-05-01 Thread P Kapat
On 4/30/07, Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello! I have installed etch in a sony vaio notebook with success. Now, I want to install a webcam on it. I have looking the Webcam HOWTO http://www.linux.com/howtos/Webcam-HOWTO that seems to be an old HOWTO.. see this: http://mxhaar

Re: edit the subject line of a thread [RE-][EDITED]?

2007-04-27 Thread P Kapat
On Saturday 28 April 2007 12:46:48 am Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 12:52:26AM -0400, P Kapat wrote: > > On 4/28/07, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I googled around a little bit, and did some simple mailing-replying > > >actions..

Re: Mailing List vs Newsgroup

2007-04-27 Thread P Kapat
On 4/27/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Debian-User is not in any way shape or form, moderated. Well, I take back my words. Apologies for the wrong information. But to be a little fair to myself, I was mislead by a KNode (KDE's news reader, integrated into Kontact) pop message when

Re: edit the subject line of a thread [EDITED]?

2007-04-27 Thread P Kapat
On 4/28/07, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I googled around a little bit, and did some simple mailing-replying actions.. It seems like gmail uses "subject" for threading the conversations. Kmail uses something else (i guess, In-Reply-To). Not just that, when you change the s

Re: edit the subject line of a thread?

2007-04-27 Thread P Kapat
On 4/27/07, Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:04:36 -0400 "Michael Pobega" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 03:21:39PM -0400, P Kapat wrote: > > OK, this is just a small nitpicking, to which even I am guilty of in >

Re: Mailing List vs Newsgroup

2007-04-26 Thread P Kapat
On 4/26/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:34:36PM +0100, Steven Maddox (Architect) wrote: > Lo folks, [snip] > > So I discover the list.debian.user group on usenet - yey! However... > can I remove myself from the mailing list and still post here us

Re: Kernel upgrade?

2007-04-26 Thread P Kapat
On 4/26/07, Andrew J. Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: David Claughton wrote: > Ah, makes sense. I've never used LILO, only Grub. yaboot (bootloader for powerpc) also uses symlinks. -- Regards PK -- http://counter.li.org #402424 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

edit the subject line of a thread?

2007-04-26 Thread P Kapat
OK, this is just a small nitpicking, to which even I am guilty of in the past, but I wanted to know the right mailing etiquettes. The agenda is: When replying to a mail/thread it is best not to modify the Subject line, like adding "(solved)" or something similar. Because that breaks the thread, w

Re: [OT] Universities, Linux, M$, USA

2007-04-26 Thread P Kapat
On 4/24/07, Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My sense is that it's typical for universities to do the standard lock-in thing for desktop environments, i.e., most people use Windows so we do too. However, most universities also run more serious systems for servers, enterprise computing, an

Re: Newbie Samba help (solved)

2007-04-25 Thread P Kapat
On 4/26/07, John K Masters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:03:47 -0400 "Jan Sneep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Interestingly from the Win Xp machine I can see a whole bunch of > files and folders with names that start with a "." that I can't see > from the Gnome desktop.

Re: Dis-upgrade using apt-get

2007-04-25 Thread P Kapat
On 4/25/07, Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: > I have a small debian-3.1r3 system. I want to upgrade it to > debian-4.0r0. Well, you are changing the distribution completely. So, it is always better to use a consistent way to do that, rather than end

Re: UUID vs /dev

2007-04-25 Thread P Kapat
Might be a little OT, but here is the question: Suppose I plugin an USB drive (small pendrives, or may be a big backup external disk), KDE pops up a box to choose the action to mount/cancel the new drive. What if I don't want to mount it this way (why? i'll explain later **). I want to go back to

Re: Newbie Samba help

2007-04-25 Thread P Kapat
You probably need to create the user for Samba too, via smbpasswd. As I said, please send your /etc/samba/smb.conf if you want more help. As Dave was suggesting, you need to modify smb.conf. There are a few GUIs that do that for you (http://us4.samba.org/samba/GUI/). Its easier to edit the file

Re: versions of packages available in other branches

2007-04-23 Thread P Kapat
On 4/23/07, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: P Kapat wrote: >> > apt-get install devscripts >> > rmadison $PKG [snip] > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/devscripts_2.10.3_i386.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/bi

Re: versions of packages available in other branches

2007-04-23 Thread P Kapat
> apt-get install devscripts > rmadison $PKG Exactly what I need. Thanks. Well, same here... Was looking for this for a long time... But I am on Sid, and there is a clash with the licensecheck script. It is based on a script provided by kdesdk-scripts... So, is it safe to use "--force" while in

Re: No Dual monitor support for S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV (rev 13)

2007-04-20 Thread P Kapat
On 4/20/07, malik martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a dual-head video card in my laptop. well i have 1 extra VGA out on the back. in windows, when i plug a monitor in, i get two different screens. just like a dual monitor setup. i cant seem to get this to work in debian. i've read I sup

Re: Good Debian/Linux FTP Client program ???

2007-04-19 Thread P Kapat
On 4/19/07, Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: P Kapat wrote: > Can you provide your script? I was looking for some thing very > similar. I have been fiddling around with Keep but not quite > satisfied. No warranties 8-) Sure. Thanks for the file. The man pag

Re: Good Debian/Linux FTP Client program ???

2007-04-19 Thread P Kapat
Hi, On 4/19/07, Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually, I do the opposite! I have a simple bash script that calls rsync with all the options I require to do the actual sync. It mounts my external backup drive, tells me how much space is left, does a dry run of rsync so that I c

Re: Fullscreen on dual monitors

2007-04-19 Thread P Kapat
Hi, On 4/19/07, Hans du Plooy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi guys, I am using two 19" LCD screens on a Radeon 7000 card, using the radeon driver (not fglrx, it does not support this card). I have it set up using MergedFB which gives me one big desktop that is 3D accelerated too. I have Windows

Re: Idea for weekly/monthy wallpaper/themes package

2007-04-18 Thread P Kapat
On 4/18/07, Dusty Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 15 Apr 2007 01:52:28 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > So my question is, would anyone be interested in something like that? Yes. I would love it. But it'd need to support both dual-monitor (1280x2048) setups as well as a single widescreen (1280x