Re: Ubuntu's unstable vs Debian unstable

2005-11-30 Thread Shot - Piotr Szotkowski
in Ubuntu stable reinforced by selected backports? So far, I've backported for myself the following without a problem: Dosage 1.5.5, Firefox 1.5, Gtodo 0.14+CVS, lighttpd 1.4.8, mc 4.6.1, PHPPgAdmin 3.5.6, Quod Libet 0.15, Rails 0.14.3, Unison 2.13.16 and X-Moto 0.1.8. Cheers, -- Shot --

Re: Java SDK on unstable

2005-01-07 Thread Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)
.5.0.01 manually to /usr/share/java-package/sun-j2sdk.sh before the `make-jpkg`, but it seems to be fixed in java-package 0.18 Cheers, -- Shot -- Smalltalk programmers do not type, they lean their heads towards their monitors, and meditate. The more

Re: Java SDK on unstable

2005-01-06 Thread Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)
nception - fakeroot is not needed for this. I've installed Java the day before yesterday with just java-package and sun-j2sdk1.5debian. Cheers, -- Shot -- This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it. -- sudo ===

Re: Clarification concerning security of testing on a laptop

2005-01-05 Thread Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)
ency=high, but then longer if there are some unresolved dependencies, the package is not in sync in other architectures (not sure about this one), hase some RC bugs and so on, not to mention the responsiveness of the maintainer in the first place. So it's not that simple, unfortunately. Chee

Re: mutt alternates command

2005-01-04 Thread Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)
be some sort of tool. I'd use `view /usr/share/doc/mutt/NEWS.Debian.gz` (it gunzips on the fly and runs vim in read-only mode). Cheers, -- Shot -- An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex

Re: Why do people use 1280x1024? (was Re: custom gdm screen resolution? [SOLVED - work around])

2004-12-11 Thread Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)
esolution, you'll have the image stretched as well (albeit in the other dimension). Cheers, -- Shot (with a 5:4, 1280x1024 LCD on desktop and 4:3, 1024x768 LCD in laptop) -- The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the mor

Re: Mutt/GPG: *un*encrypted copies to self?

2004-10-09 Thread Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)
nf file. Thanks, Martin, Johann and Andreas! This works wonders. Cheers, -- Shot -- Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself. -- Jane Wagner http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ === signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Mutt/GPG: *un*encrypted copies to self?

2004-10-08 Thread Shot (Piotr Szotkowski)
rivate key. Is there any standard way of telling mutt to copy messages to $record *before* encrypting them? I could probably play with fcc-hook and/or conditionally adding a Bcc: header, but I wonder whether this is not solvable in some easier way... Cheers, -- Shot -- If your telepho

Re: Fontconfig bitmapped font's origin

2004-09-10 Thread Shot
Hello. Shot: > Is there a way to check which exactly file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts > is being used as the Fixed font? I believe I could copy that file to my > ~/.fonts/ directory, keep the other bitmapped fonts turned off, and have > the best of both worlds... Ok, so maybe using

Fontconfig bitmapped font's origin

2004-09-09 Thread Shot
font. Is there a way to check which exactly file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts is being used as the Fixed font? I believe I could copy that file to my ~/.fonts/ directory, keep the other bitmapped fonts turned off, and have the best of both worlds... Cheers, -- Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) -- It

Re: /var/log/messages entry??

2004-08-18 Thread Shot
pened during these 20 minutes. Syslog adds these lines to let you know it's working fine (otherwise you could suspect the lack of messages means syslog is somehow broken). Cheers, -- Shot -- I can't go on meeting you like this.

XMMS/ALSA - how to get mono output?

2004-08-18 Thread Shot
blem). How can I set ALSA (preferably) or XMMS to output mono instead of stereo? I'm using the following package versions (sid's newest): xmms 1.2.10-1, alsa-base 1.0.5a-2, alsa-utils 1.0.5-3. Cheers, -- Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) -- Mi madre decía, si te haces sacerdote, serás

custom keyboard mappings - xmodmap? compose key? GNOME?

2004-08-18 Thread Shot
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2004/08/msg00114.html [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2004/08/msg00123.html Cheers, -- Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) -- In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret "non-technical user" as meaning

Re: newbie package question

2004-08-14 Thread Shot
libc6.1-dev libc6.1-pic ...which is dirty, ugly and (in the case of glibc) doesn't work. Cheers, -- Shot -- But seriously, I've got root, so it's his problem.

Re: how to run a single X program?

2004-07-17 Thread Shot
Hello. William Ballard: > use: > startx `which xterm` > startx `which mozilla-firefox` > > By default, no path is set up. Great, thanks! I'll inform the author of "Debian GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide". Cheers, -- Shot (startx `which wesnoth` works as

how to run a single X program?

2004-07-17 Thread Shot
ion). [1] http://togaware.com/linux/survivor/Basic_X.shtml Cheers, -- Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | To any other nation the loss of a Nelson would have been irreparable, | but in the British Fleet off Cádiz every captain was a Nels

Re: X/GNOME starts just a bit, then dies; file permissions problem?

2004-07-17 Thread Shot
Hello. Shot: > After upgrading X to 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 yesterday on my workstation > (Radeon 7500) I can no longer get back to GNOME It seems something must've changed the ~/.ICEauthority ownership to root:root and GNOME couldn't read it. After chmodding the file back to shot:shot

X/GNOME starts just a bit, then dies; file permissions problem?

2004-07-16 Thread Shot
n't want to clutter up debian-user). Thanks for your time spent on reading this email; I'd appreciate any ideas on what I could try next. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=259639 Cheers, -- Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hover

Re: alt key is sticky after upgrading sid today.

2004-06-18 Thread Shot
version. problem still not fixed :-( Ow. Are you sure you reverted the whole XFree? (For me, reverting just xlibs and keeping the rest at -5 works on two machines like a charm.) Cheers, -- Shot -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | If computers get too powerful, we can o

Re: ccing

2004-06-12 Thread Shot
nd/or inurl:/debian-user/ (otherwise I sometimes end up with the first twenty results from, for example, debian-user-italian). Cheers, -- Shot (who also finds Google much better than the lists' own search) -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | A distributed system

editing (switching?) the Fixed font

2004-06-01 Thread Shot
pixel to the left or make it look like O with a dot in the middle). Unfortunately, I don't know how to approach any of these problems - does anybody have a hint where to start digging? Cheers, -- Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | H

Re: failure to start gnome settings daemon

2004-05-27 Thread Shot
ing able to run gedit, gnome-terminal showing antialiased fonts no matter what and, perhaps, more). [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2004/05/msg00287.html Cheers, -- Shot -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | Sleep is just a drug. `- --- --

Re: [OT] procmail rule to remove annoying unsubscribe/subscribe emails

2004-04-12 Thread Shot
4 2 0.919041 subj:unsubscribe 14 3 0.963713 Cheers, -- Shot (amazed by Bogofilter on a daily basis) -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. | -- Isaac Asimov `- --- -- - -- To

Re: console Usenet newsreader with UTF-8/ISO conversion (or a good news2mail gateway)

2004-03-29 Thread Shot
Hello. Eduard Bloch: > #include :o) > * Shot [Mon, Mar 29 2004, 02:13:34PM]: > > > I'm looking for a good Usenet newsreader that would satisfy the > > following requirements (i.e. work the way Mutt does for email): > > > > - console-based > > -

Re: console Usenet newsreader with UTF-8/ISO conversion (or a good news2mail gateway)

2004-03-29 Thread Shot
Hello. Katipo: > Shot wrote: > > >If not, is there a *reliable* Usenet-to-email > >gateway that would carry the pl.* newsgroups? > http://gmane.org/ Isn't Gmane mail-to-Usenet gateway, i.e. "there is a mailing list and I want to read it in my newsreader&quo

console Usenet newsreader with UTF-8/ISO conversion (or a good news2mail gateway)

2004-03-29 Thread Shot
which rightfully agitate other usenetters). Cheers, -- Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | Reading goes faster if you don't sweat comprehension. | -- Hobbes `- --- -- - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: How to get Anti aliasing fonts in Gnome?

2004-03-27 Thread Shot
Hello. Shot: > I always start a new setup by following "A very > short guide to setting up fonts for X in Debian"[1], skipping the KDE2.2/GNOME1.4/XftConfig part, > then `apt-get install mozilla-xft` and the results > on my Sid boxen seem to resemble your Fedora. > [1

Re: How to get Anti aliasing fonts in Gnome?

2004-03-27 Thread Shot
X in Debian"[1], then `apt-get install mozilla-xft` and the results on my Sid boxen seem to resemble your Fedora. [1] http://egads.ertius.org/~rob/font_guide.txt Cheers, -- Shot -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | Despite the tons of examples and docs, mod_rewrite

debfoster vs aptitude (was: Re: Stripping KDE)

2004-03-27 Thread Shot
eeling, I haven't used aptitude more than a couple of times. > Alternativley, one you get rid of kde-baselibs(?) > its gaurenteed nothing of KDE is left... kdelibs4, I believe. But debfoster (and aptitude, when used consistently) are much more universal and seem clearer to me. Cheers,

Re: Stripping KDE

2004-03-27 Thread Shot
ou have a lot of orphaned libraries already). Cheers, -- Shot -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, | and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom. | -- Herbert Simon `- --- -- - -- To UNS

Re: Ever heard of Brief?

2004-03-22 Thread Shot
r that does that on > either Windows or Linux. Can anyone point me to such an editor? Vim does this - when you press Ctrl-V in normal mode you can select rectangles. Cheers, -- Shot -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | Despite the tons of examples and docs, mod_

Re: Eterm, gnome-terminal, UTF-8 woes

2004-03-14 Thread Shot
ist item. I just hoped that perhaps it is possible, but not documented in the manpage. Cheers, -- Shot -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady. | -- Wilson Mizner `- --- -- - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: gnome + mplayer = no sound on videos

2004-03-13 Thread Shot
f the new default; from the changelog: mplayer (1:1.0-pre3-0.2) unstable; urgency=low [...] * Make alsa9 the default -ao option Check the ao setting in /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf - I don't know much about sound in Linux yet, but ao=sdl works for me. [1] http://marillat.free.fr/ Cheers,

Eterm, gnome-terminal, UTF-8 woes

2004-03-13 Thread Shot
in scripts that export pl_PL locale. Is there any way to change the "Terminal | Character encoding" gnome-terminal setting from the commandline? Cheers, -- Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | I have discovered a truly remarkable so

Re: sig dashes munged at master.d.o or Mutt issue?

2004-02-24 Thread Shot
to this, I believe. Cheers, -- Shot (*not* using gpm at the moment, though) -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating | system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take ove

Re: sig dashes munged at master.d.o or Mutt issue?

2004-02-24 Thread Shot
-20040112+1 Version Table: *** 1.5.5.1-20040112+1 0 990 http://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status eterm: Installed: 0.9.2-5 Candidate: 0.9.2-5 Version Table: *** 0.9.2-5 0 990 http://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages 100 /var/lib/d

GNOME newbie's UI problems

2004-02-12 Thread Shot
isc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-2 very much... [1] http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2/571.php [2] http://art.gnome.org/themes/icon/529.php Cheers, -- Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | I've got an inferior

Re: Mutt - decoding of QP-escaped headers

2004-02-09 Thread Shot
ssed the part about converting the spaces as well. Thanks again. Cheers, -- Shot (who now wonders whether the question mark, if it happened to be part of the string in question, should also be represented as "=3F" rather than verbatim "?"... anywhere I can see the specs?) -

Mutt - decoding of QP-escaped headers

2004-02-09 Thread Shot
is Subject: =?iso-8859-2?Q?Fw:_BUD=AFETOWANIE?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit work also. I can't pinpoint the problem... Cheers, -- Shot -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | A distributed sy

IBM ThinkPad R31 mouse/battery polling issue (was: Mouse moves FUNNY)

2003-12-18 Thread Shot
's the battery level when being on the move, though. :o) Cheers, -- Shot -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/wycinki/ --- -- - | There are two types of programming languages; the ones | that people bitch about and the ones that no one uses. | -- Bjarne Stroustrup `- --- -- - -- T

problem with turning on the DMA (was: better than nice -d 19)

2003-11-13 Thread Shot
ything else I should know about tuning the hard disks on a somewhat novice level? If there's any more info I can provide I'd gladly do so, I'm just not sure where to find it in Debian yet. Cheers, -- Shot -- .--- http://shot.pl/ --- http://shot.pl/hovercraft/ --- -- - | Despite the tons

Re: Some ideas...

1999-05-23 Thread with a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain
i'm interested, and curious. sounds like a good idea to me, although i don't personally have any suggestions. an email question and answer type thing would be good,though, andi was also thinking some kind of live help system via ICQ would be wonderful too... if you want any help, let me know. ma

Re: RPM packages

1999-05-17 Thread with a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain
yes you can do that, with a tool called alien and perhaps some other things as well.