Re: Please help

2011-03-03 Thread Petrus Validus
ovide us with more information that would be more helpful to us all. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists

Re: Best and most popular distros for the enterprise desktop

2011-02-28 Thread Petrus Validus
> Ps - as much as I dislike redhat, sles takes the cake for the worst > corporate *nix imo. What don't you like about SLES? -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org w

Re: Sync KOrganizer - Google Calendar

2011-02-26 Thread Petrus Validus
> how to sync KOrganizer with Google Calendar? Both ways? What have you tried so far? -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: best labtop for debian

2011-02-23 Thread Petrus Validus
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:27:44PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 01:33:21PM -0500, Petrus Validus wrote: > > on them. The only trouble I have with mine is getting the SD card slot > > to work and the fingerprint reader working but since I am not Agent 0

Re: To gmail or not to gmail (was Re: Fwd: selecting old machines for firewall/router use)

2011-02-22 Thread Petrus Validus
worked > around it with mutt macros (see my other post). Heh...I noticed that too. I'll take a look at your post. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &qu

Re: To gmail or not to gmail (was Re: Fwd: selecting old machines for firewall/router use)

2011-02-21 Thread Petrus Validus
xperience this same issue when using other clients, notably Evolution, Outlook, and Mutt. I end up with a lot of duplicate messages even though there is only one original message delivered to my Gmail account. This makes things confusing. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If the

Re: To gmail or not to gmail (was Re: Fwd: selecting old machines for firewall/router use)

2011-02-21 Thread Petrus Validus
There's a Gmail Labs thing that has extensive IMAP controls which will do that. Another poster suggested that to me. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &

Re: best labtop for debian

2011-02-21 Thread Petrus Validus
o work and the fingerprint reader working but since I am not Agent 007 I don't think I really need to worry about the latter. The SD slot would be *very* nice actually. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Re: To gmail or not to gmail (was Re: Fwd: selecting old machines for firewall/router use)

2011-02-21 Thread Petrus Validus
Mutt. I am assuming that each message isn't actually being delivered three times and just listed in different folders within the account. Is there a way for this to be disabled and subsequently have messages be displayed in their specific folders...or is this just how Gmail works? -- Petrus

Re: OpenOffice has become LibreOffice?

2011-02-15 Thread Petrus Validus
> I'm afraid you missed a lot of news last weeks/month. MySQL, Solaris, > OpenOffice (which now became to Oracle OpenOffice).. I heard a little bit about this briefly, but somehow missed the bit about MySQL. What will happen with that? -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.co

Re: (no subject)

2011-01-25 Thread Petrus Validus
report? Also, not to be a jerk but demanding answers from people on this list (or other technical lists) isn't going to get you too far. We're not here to do your homework for you. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Debian question

2011-01-22 Thread Petrus Validus
does that mean? The pound sign means you're logged in as root. Be careful what you do. > I am trying to go into the Django site where it has the internet, the > terminals, etc. So how can I access that?? I don't know...did you read the manual? Sometimes that helps. :) -- Petrus V

Re: transition from Ubuntu -> Debian to avoid Unity Desktop?

2011-01-17 Thread Petrus Validus
I did not experience problems using the Nvidia driver and updating Debian. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact list

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread Petrus Validus
xt time I log into Evolution only the mail from this year is visible. It's much faster I've noticed. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "

Re: Changing default size of gnome-terminal when launching terminal apps

2011-01-09 Thread Petrus Validus
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:48:49AM +0800, BOYPT wrote: > gnome-terminal --geometry=80x60 -x mutt > > ? That works! Thanks. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Changing default size of gnome-terminal when launching terminal apps

2011-01-09 Thread Petrus Validus
default size in its respective launcher properties under the command section: gnome-terminal --geometry=80x60 But this does not fix my problem. How do I fix my Mutt's gnome-terminal to be set at 80x60 by default? TIA, -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Sound recording in Debian Lenny

2011-01-05 Thread Petrus Validus
ternal interfaces were hit or miss. Thanks. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d

Re: Sound recording in Debian Lenny

2011-01-05 Thread Petrus Validus
those anyway. > Debian Lenny is what my husband has currently on his computer. He > doesn't like change. He is using KDE 3. I am about to set up Squeeze > with Trinity to see whether I think that it has come of age. But > meanwhile, Lenny it has to be. > This shouldn't be a p

Re: Question about Evolution weather calendar

2010-12-30 Thread Petrus Validus
. Your instructions fixed that. Thanks, Camaleón! -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1293736387.17779.12.ca...@axon.8eews

Question about Evolution weather calendar

2010-12-30 Thread Petrus Validus
nstalled and enabled...but there is nothing. What's going on? Is there anything I'm doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. TIA -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.de

Re: etch mirror

2010-12-29 Thread Petrus Validus
On Wed, 2010-12-29 at 22:00 +0100, Vuki wrote: > hi! > > does anyone know a working etch(4.0) apt mirror? http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ.

Re: Installed Debian today.

2010-12-29 Thread Petrus Validus
e from last 2 year, I always see window bar button in > right. Why they changed to left in lucid? I've read that can be changed. Maybe somewhere in GConf? -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

Re: Installed Debian today.

2010-12-29 Thread Petrus Validus
* I want to rebase http://schoolos.org to most stable. Interesting project. Good luck with it. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "uns

Re: lenny squeeze etc etc

2010-12-22 Thread Petrus Validus
> How about double wrapping as in "AAron AArdvark" I like it! :D -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: lenny squeeze etc etc

2010-12-22 Thread Petrus Validus
only because there are far more releases than Debian. But regarding Debian I prefer using the release names as opposed numbers. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: lenny squeeze etc etc

2010-12-22 Thread Petrus Validus
> My experience is with Suse (all numbers) and FreeBSD (all numbers). > Wind$ws doesn't count! And, for that matter, Mac doesn't count. Out of curiosity why don't Windows and Mac count? -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make o

Re: lenny squeeze etc etc

2010-12-20 Thread Petrus Validus
s the novice? Don't forget Apple's OS X: Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, etc... -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: gdmflexiserver goes crazy

2010-12-12 Thread Petrus Validus
tried out Testing two months ago. Switching from GNOME (on tty7) to tty2 and then back to tt7 again gave me the same blank screen with no signal problem. I found by switching around to different ttys that my usual F7 session had mysteriously moved to tty8. I went back to using Stable on this mac

Re: Frustration made me do it.

2010-11-19 Thread Petrus Validus
t seems to become more and more bloated with each release. Quite disappointing, really. How does Seamonkey fare at performance/resource handling? Is it any better than FF? I haven't used it in quite some time. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make o

Re: Wayland & Unity -- any repercussions on Debian?

2010-11-09 Thread Petrus Validus
o agree with the phrase, "newer isn't always better." It's one of the reasons why I use Debian. From the limited reading and screenshots I've seen I can say GNOME works just fine for me. -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com If there isn't a way, I'll make o

Question about Installing Lenny on a laptop

2009-06-17 Thread Petrus Validus
27;m on a laptop I'm wondering what tools and packages are part of the "Laptop" selection? Are they necessary they be installed with the rest of the system or does it not matter? Thanks in advance, -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com AIM: Petrus Validus www.unix-interest.n

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-26 Thread Petrus Validus
number of years, that company drove me to Linux, the trolling is appreciated! -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: debian and ubuntu

2009-04-26 Thread Petrus Validus
really paid attention to Ubuntu's package selection, however, since I used a stock configuration most of the time. Does anyone know if Ubuntu has the same vast package selection as Debian? Just wondering... -- Petrus Validus petrus.vali...@gmail.com AIM: Petrus Validus www.unix-interest.net --