Re: Brand new install, now how do I play a Youtube video?

2014-03-06 Thread The_Ace
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Patrick Chkoreff wrote: > I recently installed Debian on this laptop. Here's the detail: > > $ uname -a > Linux laptop 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.54-2 i686 GNU/Linux > > I'm using the IceWeasel browser, but I can't play a Youtube video. I > don't want to i

Re: Zimbra mail........

2014-01-25 Thread The_Ace
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 4:08 AM, Charlie wrote: > > From my Keyboard: > > Just a quick question. Does anyone use Zimbra mail and know something > about setting it up. Have changed to a new ISP and they us Zimbra > mail. They set up the default account without too much trouble other

Re: Cannot view all my android folders in nautilus after mounting android as MTP

2013-09-05 Thread The_Ace
While not a direct answer to the question, you can easily move files from/to android phone using FTP. FTP server can be on your pc or phone. Works either way. On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > Hello list, > > I am using an android phone running 4.0.4 ICS and when I connec

Re: OT: Web Audio Player Recommendations?

2013-08-23 Thread The_Ace
Recommend using the JW Player. It supports playlists and you can easily populate it with a php script. www.longtailvideo.com/jw-player/ Dont know much about html5 but what I did find out is that it doesnt support playlists. That was what made me look at other options and finally settled with jw pl

Re: Installing mysqldump

2013-08-12 Thread The_Ace
if the database that you need to backup is not in your own PC, use the -h parameter with mysqldump and pass the host ip or fqdn of the PC in which the database resides. eg : mysqldump -h 192.168.1.30 -u username_with_external_access -p db_name > db_name.sql if the database is in the same PC, the

Re: HDMI output

2013-08-11 Thread The_Ace
Have you looked at refresh rates and screen resolutions ? TVs can be very picky when it comes to these. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 5:27 AM, Seth Bauer wrote: > Andrei POPESCU gmail.com> writes: > >> >> On Jo, 31 ian 13, 11:29:17, Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have a HP dv6 laptop, r

Re: Mysql

2013-08-10 Thread The_Ace
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:48 AM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > Dear List - > > This is a combined answer to your questions... > > > > #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.1a _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD > Binary-1 20110322-15:11]/ squeeze contrib main > > #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.1a _Squeeze_

Re: LSPCI shows network card, but the card refuses to come up

2012-03-20 Thread The_Ace
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Bijoy Lobo wrote: > > Hello all > > I have 2 cards on my system. I had no errors while Expert Install of > Debian netinstall. even lspci shows me 2 ethernet controllers, However I > cannot bring the 2nd interface up. > > ifconfig eth1 tells me no such interface > i

Re: Recommendations for how to watch Linux desktop from remote Windows?

2012-02-17 Thread The_Ace
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 12:29 AM, wrote: > Quick question (I think...): > > Can you recommend a free and easily available software package that will > allow a Windows user to see my Linux desktop? > > My brother is in another state, and I want him to be able to see my > desktop, not necessarily c

Re: free software mini pc

2012-02-12 Thread The_Ace
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 7:27 PM, green wrote: > On 2/11/2012 8:09 PM, green wrote: > > I need a fanless mini PC; it will run Debian. It will be used in a > > production environment. > > Alex Hutton wrote at 2012-02-11 22:56 -0600: > > I share your sympathies. I really hate fan noise! There are A

Re: smtp/postfix/sasl/openssh headaches

2012-01-11 Thread The_Ace
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Tony Baldwin wrote: > Okay, > I'd written the list before but the mess has evolved. > > I installed postfix+dovcot on my server at linode, per instructions here: > http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-debian-6-squeeze > and I'm having several iss

Re: Alphabetical order in Synaptic

2011-11-11 Thread The_Ace
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Richard wrote: > Hi, > > How do you get synaptic to list available packages in alphabetical order ? > > -- Click on the Package column -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...

Re: Convert a pdf to text

2011-09-21 Thread The_Ace
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: > I have a 96 page pdf file that I need to convert to text in one run. > I've imported it into inkscape but that only converts one page at a > time. I've tried using pdftotext but i cant work out the syntax for > that so am unable to test it o

Re: Worst Admin Mistake? was --> Re: /usr broken, will the machine reboot ?

2011-09-14 Thread The_Ace
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:45 AM, Bryan Irvine wrote: > Which brings me to another fun question.  What's your worst > administration mistake and how did you recover? > > -Bryan drop database Live_database; Restored the previous day's backup and blamed it on a bad power supply :P -- The mysteri