limiting mutt search to header

2012-03-26 Thread Rick Pasotto
ipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." -- Buddha Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debi

pdfedit

2011-08-17 Thread Rick Pasotto
The so-called 'Help' is useless. Could someone please help me get started? Thanks. -- We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it. Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

2TB file system

2011-08-16 Thread Rick Pasotto
27;general welfare', [they claim] a right to do not only the acts to effect that which are specifically enumerated and permitted, but whatsoever they shall think or pretend will be for the general welfare." -- Thomas Jefferson 1825 to W. Giles Rick Pasottor

Re: restarting sound

2011-02-23 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 04:39:03AM +, teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net wrote: > Rick Pasotto ask; > How can I restart sound without rebooting the whole machine? > > --- > > If your using Alsa, there is an alsa-utils file in /etc/init.d/ > > # /etc/init.d/alsa-utils rest

restarting sound

2011-02-22 Thread Rick Pasotto
ggest crimes actually escape being called crimes." -- P.D. Ouspensky, 1931 Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debi

problem creating isfo

2011-01-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
re are 100 files and each time a different one fails to compare. I've tried using a different file system for the temporary directory. What could be going wrong? -- "You are the only one who can use your ability. It is an awesome responsibility." -- Zig Zigler Rick Pasotto

setting up a network printer

2010-12-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
lp to use it as the default? The print dialog in AbiWord sees the printer but when I send something to it nothing prints (the job does show in the queue). -- "It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious." -- Oscar Wilde Rick Pasottor..

Re: Number pad doesn't work gnome(squeeze) HPE-337c-b keyboard 5335u

2010-10-26 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 09:56:34AM +, Curt wrote: > On 2010-10-25, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > However, I cannot get the numeric keypad to work in > > multi-gnome-terminal. The num-lock changes the state of the light but > > that's all. Shift-f8 doesn't seem to do a

Re: Number pad doesn't work gnome(squeeze) HPE-337c-b keyboard 5335u

2010-10-25 Thread Rick Pasotto
I can get the numeric keypad to work in that console with the num-lock key lighted. Thus it is obviously *not* a hardware problem. However, I cannot get the numeric keypad to work in multi-gnome-terminal. The num-lock changes the state of the light but that's all. Shift-f8 doesn't seem to

Re: how to insert a cd without running a program

2010-10-04 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 04:23:32PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:05:46 -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > > I have some cds I want to rip. When I insert a cd, gxine runs which I > > then have to cancel. How can I prevent gxine (or any other program) from > &

how to insert a cd without running a program

2010-10-04 Thread Rick Pasotto
es and Media'. -- "To know the road ahead, ask those coming back." -- Chinese Proverb Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact lis

[FOLLOWUP] video card reccomendation

2010-10-03 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 11:51:20PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > I need to get an agp video card so take the video load off the regular > bus. Also my new monitor has 1600x900 resolution and the openchrome > driver doesn't recognize that resolution. I don't play games, so it&

video card reccomendation

2010-09-25 Thread Rick Pasotto
least expensive card for my needs? -- "When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade." -- Dale Carnegie Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

monitor size not supported?

2010-09-17 Thread Rick Pasotto
have imagined." -- Henry David Thoreau Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- 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/20100917164044.gc29...@niof.net

Re: where did my ata drives go?

2010-09-11 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 07:34:38PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 12:16:43 -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > > ERROR: superblocks chain: ambivalent result detected (2 filesystems)! > > You seem to have vestigial signatures of other filesystems on the two

Re: where did my ata drives go?

2010-09-11 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 05:21:44PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 13:13:50 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:47:33 -0400 (EDT), Rick Pasotto wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 12:18:07PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > > >&

Re: where did my ata drives go?

2010-09-10 Thread Rick Pasotto
, [is] an essential condition of the very survival of mankind." -- Friedrich Hayek Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debi

Re: where did my ata drives go?

2010-09-10 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 12:18:07PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:53:29 -0400 (EDT), Rick Pasotto wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:22:47AM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > >> > >> Hmm. I'm wondering about the mount point, /hd0. Maybe th

Re: where did my ata drives go?

2010-09-10 Thread Rick Pasotto
d /hd0 drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 2005-09-05 11:08 /hd0 niof:~# ls -a /hd0 . .. Everything there looks as it should. -- Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe a type of man who does not want to give reasons or to be right, but simply shows h

Re: where did my ata drives go?

2010-09-10 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 09:54:38AM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:58:30 -0400 (EDT), Rick Pasotto wrote: > > > > Last weekend I did a bunch of updates (to testing) and rebooted after > > almost six months. > > You really should upgrade more o

where did my ata drives go?

2010-09-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
which the government has not voluntarily made itself responsible. Is it astonishing, then, that each little twinge should be a cause of revolution? -- Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o

changes to cron

2010-09-07 Thread Rick Pasotto
child #20923 failed with exit status 1) I have no idea what these error messages are trying to tell me. Is there something wrong with my crontab? -- "Patriotism is an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles." -- George Jean Nathan Rick Pasottor...@n

Re: linux twitter client that does search?

2010-07-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 08:49:14PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 02:45:36PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > Is there a twitter client that will give me recent tweets containing a > > certain hashtag? The twitter site itself has become unusable because of >

linux twitter client that does search?

2010-07-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
lic beheadings of blasphemers, no flogging of female skin for the crime of showing an inch of it." -- Richard Dawkins Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe&q

seamonkey

2010-07-08 Thread Rick Pasotto
to it. -- "The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office." --- H. L. Mencken Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp

Re: colorized ls

2010-05-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sun, May 09, 2010 at 04:44:08PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/09/2010 03:26 PM, Rick Pasotto wrote: > >What did I update recently that caused me to lose ls coloring with this > >error message: > > What exactly (Stable, Testing, Sid) did you update, and what command &g

Re: colorized ls

2010-05-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sun, May 09, 2010 at 10:33:23PM +0200, d.sastre.med...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sun, May 09, 2010 at 04:26:36PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > What did I update recently that caused me to lose ls coloring with this > > error message: > > > > ls: unrecognized prefix:

colorized ls

2010-05-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
t let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do." -- Edward E. Hule Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debi

Re: aptitude stuck

2010-05-03 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 07:07:21AM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 09:31:28AM -0400, Rick Pasotto was > heard to say: > > Today's run of 'aptitude -s safe-upgrade' had been running for over an > > hour and was using half my memory when

aptitude stuck

2010-04-30 Thread Rick Pasotto
out what package(s) cause the problem? -- If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -- James Madison Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

aptitude and held packages

2010-04-26 Thread Rick Pasotto
quot; -- Dale Carnegie Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- 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/20100426142906.gl17...@niof.net

Re: playing/ripping audio cds

2010-03-25 Thread Rick Pasotto
s founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others." -- Edward Abbey Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: playing/ripping audio cds

2010-03-24 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:31:33PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-03-24 12:08, Rick Pasotto wrote: > >On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:46:11AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>On 2010-03-24 09:37, Rick Pasotto wrote: > >>>On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 03:39:53PM -0500, Ron John

Re: playing/ripping audio cds

2010-03-24 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:46:11AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-03-24 09:37, Rick Pasotto wrote: > >On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 03:39:53PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>On 2010-03-23 15:21, Rick Pasotto wrote: > >>>Additional problem: I aborted the ripping because

Re: playing/ripping audio cds

2010-03-24 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 03:39:53PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-03-23 15:21, Rick Pasotto wrote: > >Something has gotten broken on my system and I don't know where to start > >looking. > > > >I am running the 2.6.32-3-686 kernel and most of what's

playing/ripping audio cds

2010-03-23 Thread Rick Pasotto
with grip the cycling was constant. Any ideas as to what's going on and more importantly how to fix it? -- "One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." -- Bertrand Russell Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp:

which kernel

2010-03-21 Thread Rick Pasotto
ht to refuse allegiance to and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable." -- Henry David Thoreau Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &q

Re: upgrade to testing (Gnome): audio playback borked

2010-01-25 Thread Rick Pasotto
rked fine with 2.6.26 and 2.6.32. -- "In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes." -- Geoffrey Fisher, 1959 Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ..

sound problem

2010-01-15 Thread Rick Pasotto
.30-2-686? What logfile can I look at that might give a clue? -- "Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it." -- Stephen Butler Leacock Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNS

what happened to my desktop?

2010-01-10 Thread Rick Pasotto
le. What's going on? -- "Civilization is just a temporary failure of entropy." -- Christine Nelson Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Handle each file at a time in loop?

2010-01-04 Thread Rick Pasotto
nother clay than the rest of mankind? -- Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

dependency-based booting

2009-12-20 Thread Rick Pasotto
do I correctly update these init scripts? -- "Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh." -- W. H. Auden Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Re (2): new udev

2009-12-16 Thread Rick Pasotto
d to modify them? Maybe these rules will be updated automatically when I next reboot -- hence my question. If the new udev package requires a particular version of the kernel then *that* should be pointed out. At minimum there should be something in apt-listmessages. -- "I'm so optim

new udev

2009-12-14 Thread Rick Pasotto
yranny at home." -- James Madison Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

rsync, beagle, lsetxattr

2009-12-11 Thread Rick Pasotto
5-01.txt","user.Beagle.Uid") failed: Operation not supported (95) How can I fix these files so I no longer get these messages? rsync is being run as root so it shouldn't be a permissions problem. Where and what are these settings? -- "If you want to be enthusiastic, ac

mutt help (mailcap)

2009-11-19 Thread Rick Pasotto
r words, these candidates are trying to buy your votes with your own money." -- Dave Barry Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: sound problems (SOLVED)

2009-11-10 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 12:24:18PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 07:20:11PM +0100, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > > Rick Pasotto wrote: > > > > > I'm mostly up-to-date with testing and I remember that some sound > > > modules were recently upd

Re: auto vs user installed

2009-11-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 11:13:45AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 09 November 2009 10:37:29 Rick Pasotto wrote: > > > and some with '{u}' meaning user installed. > > No. '{u}' indicates that the package is "unused". This

Re: sound problems

2009-11-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 07:20:11PM +0100, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > Rick Pasotto wrote: > > > I'm mostly up-to-date with testing and I remember that some sound > > modules were recently updated. For the most part sound is still working > > fine but for some formats it&#

auto vs user installed

2009-11-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
petit functionnaire possesses who wields the coercive power of the state..." -- Friedrich Hayek Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

sound problems

2009-11-04 Thread Rick Pasotto
nyone else experienced this? What module could be the culprit? -- "Nothing is worth more than this day." -- Johann Goethe Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe&q

Re: rred segfault during aptitude update?

2009-11-04 Thread Rick Pasotto
files instead of just the diffs. -- Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. -- Thomas Jefferson Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubsc

Does everything depend on everything?

2009-10-30 Thread Rick Pasotto
fe is like an over long drama through which we sit being nagged by the vague memories of having read the reviews." -- John Updike Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe&quo

what happened to courier?

2009-09-13 Thread Rick Pasotto
s. ... In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property." -- Potter Stewart, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Lynch v. Household Finance Corp., 1972 Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSC

device names?

2009-09-13 Thread Rick Pasotto
'1000,0,0' What device specification do I need to use? -- Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values. Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: apache on debian

2009-09-06 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 03:54:52PM -0400, S. Fishpaste wrote: > On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:57:10 -0400, Rick Pasotto in gmane.linux.debian.user > wrote: > > Where is the best place for me to ask questions about running apache on > > my debian system? For the most part everything i

apache on debian

2009-09-02 Thread Rick Pasotto
im do so in the belief that he will be benefitted." -- Herbert Spencer, 1850 Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

canary mismatch on efree()

2009-08-19 Thread Rick Pasotto
this been reported and if so where? Do I need to worry about it? -- "I saw that the State was half-witted ... and I lost all my remaining respect for it ..." -- Henry David Thoreau Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: sound volume went waaaay low

2009-08-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 07:49:26AM +0800, paragasu wrote: > I also have the same problem. Still looking for solutions.. > > On 8/17/09, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > Had to reboot today (powerfailure) and now the sound volume is so low it > > can barely be heard. I keep curren

inserting audio disk runs gxine video

2009-08-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
-- "In matters of principle, stand like a rock. In matters of taste, swim with the current." --- Thomas Jefferson Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscr

sound volume went waaaay low

2009-08-16 Thread Rick Pasotto
ntrols are set to max. Any particular program likely to have caused the change? -- "We have rights, as individuals, to give as much of our own money as we please to charity; but as members of Congress we have no right so to appropriate a dollar of public money." -- David Crockett

Re: can I use ext4 now?

2009-07-29 Thread Rick Pasotto
t people who prefer Los Angeles to San Francisco live there?" -- Herb Caen Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

can I use ext4 now?

2009-07-29 Thread Rick Pasotto
e surest stepping stones to success." -- Dale Carnegie Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: aptitude wants to remove 'locate'

2009-06-14 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 07:48:41PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-06-14 19:13 +0200, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > > 'dlocate' now shows in the update list for 'aptitude -s safe-upgrade' > > and when I try 'aptitude install dlocate' I'm told th

aptitude wants to remove 'locate'

2009-06-14 Thread Rick Pasotto
red into this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny. I will persist until I succeed." -- OG Mandino

mysql and openoffice

2009-05-20 Thread Rick Pasotto
Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars - Les Brown Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: are these hacks?

2009-04-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 06:07:59PM +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: > > > On 9 Apr 2009, at 17:40, Rick Pasotto wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 05:29:26PM +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: >>> >>> On 9 Apr 2009, at 17:20, Rick Pasotto wrote: >>> >>

Re: are these hacks?

2009-04-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 05:29:26PM +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: > > On 9 Apr 2009, at 17:20, Rick Pasotto wrote: > >> Occasionally on some websites I visit daily I'll get one of two >> incorrect results: >> >> 1) The home page for www.sogosearch.com >&

are these hacks?

2009-04-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
the site. Often refreshing the page a minute or so later produces the correct results. It seems that the sogosearch may be dns related but what could be causing the second? -- "Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil." -- Mary Wollstonecraft, 1794 Rick Pasotto

more aptitude confusion

2009-04-02 Thread Rick Pasotto
It's reverted to the previous display. The 'Effects' menu is back to a long list rather than the shorter list with submenus. I'm puzzled. More importantly, how do I get a functioning audacity? -- "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."

aptitude puzzle

2009-03-30 Thread Rick Pasotto
ant to remove esound? -- "I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means -- except by getting off his back." --Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Rick Pasottor

Re: pdf -> jpg

2009-03-27 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 09:59:33AM -0400, Steve Reilly wrote: > Rick Pasotto wrote: > > What would be a good way to create a jpg image of a pdf page? > > if im not mistaken imagemagick can convert files of many different > types. take a look at that Duh! I use 'conve

pdf -> jpg

2009-03-27 Thread Rick Pasotto
What would be a good way to create a jpg image of a pdf page? -- "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed--and hence clamorous to be led to safety--by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." --- H. L. Mencken Rick Pa

Re: testing microphone - how?

2009-03-24 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 08:38:55AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:50:22PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:44:24PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > > > Alex Samad wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:51:37PM +, Lisi Reisz

Re: testing microphone - how?

2009-03-24 Thread Rick Pasotto
URE Hardware Devices card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 0: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 1: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 -- "Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, ne

new hidden files

2009-03-21 Thread Rick Pasotto
e his client to plant vines." -- Frank Lloyd Wright Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

different version on mirror

2009-03-21 Thread Rick Pasotto
/status Why would a package version be in 'testing' on the mirror yet still in 'unstable' on the main site? -- "There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it." -- Dale Carnegie Rick Pasottor...@n

vim and php

2009-03-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
t; -- P.J. O'Rourke Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

gconftool-2

2009-03-04 Thread Rick Pasotto
cron even though it does work when the script is executed from the command line? -- "The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models." -- Zig Zigler Rick Pasottor

aptitude error message

2009-02-21 Thread Rick Pasotto
nothing." -- Benjamin Franklin Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

error after testing update

2009-02-17 Thread Rick Pasotto
/Util/ipv6_n2d.al) line 356. Neither spamassassin nor spamc got updated but several perl libraries did. Where/how should I report this problem or is it already known about? -- "Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible." -- Dale Carnegie Rick Pasottor...@n

Re: package version numbers

2009-01-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 12:46:32PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 09:42:26AM -0500, Rick Pasotto was > heard to say: > > There are several packages that, when I try to upgrade them, aptitude > > tells me that doing so would break many other package

package version numbers

2009-01-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
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Re: default gv paper size

2009-01-01 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 12:28:39PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 11:42:52AM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > How do I set the default paper size for gv? It always comes up A4 but I > > always want letter. Should I make in entry in ~/.gv? What is the form

Re: default gv paper size

2009-01-01 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 07:02:26PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Thu,01.Jan.09, 11:42:52, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > How do I set the default paper size for gv? It always comes up A4 but I > > always want letter. Should I make in entry in ~/.gv? What is the format? > >

default gv paper size

2009-01-01 Thread Rick Pasotto
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logrotate and apache virtual domains

2008-12-30 Thread Rick Pasotto
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Re: Copy a file one hundred times

2008-12-13 Thread Rick Pasotto
I forgot about seq. This is even better (the -w left pads with zero for equal width): for x in $(seq -w 1 100); do cp file.jpg file${c}.jpg; done -- "Faith is often the boast of the man who is too lazy to investigate." -- F.M. Knowles Rick Pasottor...@niof.net

Re: Copy a file one hundred times

2008-12-13 Thread Rick Pasotto
+ 1]; n='000'$c; cp file.jpg file${n: -3}.jpg; done -- "Never compromise principle, not even on special occasions." --- Robert Bitzer (quoted by Marcia Pearce; quoted in Diane Dreher 1996 _The Tao of Personal Leadershi

two apache config questions

2008-12-04 Thread Rick Pasotto
et default Options that would apply to all virtual hosts unless specifically overridden? -- "All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we're doing what we have been asked to do." -- Zig Zigler Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net --

Re: using the clipboard

2008-11-27 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 03:29:38PM +, Magnus Therning wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a text file of about 100 lines (more than will display on one > > screen of less or vi). How can I get the entire file into t

using the clipboard

2008-11-27 Thread Rick Pasotto
ce of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things." -- Ludwig von Mises Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to download online videos?

2008-08-26 Thread Rick Pasotto
l." -- Joycelyn Elders "Maybe that's because guns are sold at a profit, while schools are provided by the government." -- David Boaz Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Command-line-interface (CLI) calculator to work out the difference between 2 dates

2008-08-24 Thread Rick Pasotto
$ echo $[$(date -d 20090824 +%s) - $(date -d 20080724 +%s)]/86400|bc > 396 Why pipe it to bc? Keep it in the shell: $ echo $[$[$(date -d 20090824 +%s) - $(date -d 20080724 +%s)] / 86400] 396 -- "Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the

Re: Joining .rar files

2008-08-15 Thread Rick Pasotto
r one man is made the owner of his own services by his right and his ability to dispose of them as he sees fit. Communism destroys liberty, for it permits no one to dispose freely of his own labor. -- Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.

window title

2008-07-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
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spamd perl lib error

2008-07-15 Thread Rick Pasotto
perl5/Mail/SPF.pm line 24. Is this a known problem? -- "If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic." -- Dale Carnegie Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

capturing BookTV videos

2008-05-20 Thread Rick Pasotto
MS. -- "It is not uncommon for ignorant and corrupt men to falsely charge others with doing what they imagine that they themselves, in their narrow minds and experience, would have done under the circumstances." -- John H. Clarke, 1917 Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www

Re: graphical file browser from command line

2008-03-10 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 05:19:49PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 02:45:11PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > I spend most of my time on the command line and use 'less' when I want > > to just view a file. However, there are some files that have excessive

Re: graphical file browser from command line

2008-03-10 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:32:49AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 02:45:11PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > I spend most of my time on the command line and use 'less' when I want > > to just view a file. However, there are some files that have excessive

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