Re: which initrd to pur on USB memory stick?

9 at 08:26 +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > On 09.10.07 13:20, Wei Wang wrote: > > Here it is from Debian installation guide > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s04.html.en > > Please, stop violating debian lists policy by sending private replies to > peo

Re: which initrd to pur on USB memory stick?

Here it is from Debian installation guide http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s04.html.en On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 00:11 +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to put debian installer on an USB memory stick. Even if there is > space for full ISO, I'd like to have pos

Re: how to add etch's first CD image to /etc/apt/sources.list

Try apt-cdrom or Synaptic can also do this. On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 00:54 -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > They say it's impossible. Why? > > > > > Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews

Re: what packages do you reccomend to compile source

For a specific package (eg. netpbm) which might need development libraries. apt-get build-dep packagename In case build errors arise, try the above way. On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 23:32 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > The 'build-essential' meta-package is a great start. Next you will want > many -dev pac

Re: what packages do you reccomend to compile source

Package build-essential contians c/c++ compiler aptitude install build-essential On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 21:54 -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering what packages you guys would recommend for me to get > if I wanted to compile some programs from source. > > Sid > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Openoffice file takes a long time to open

Hi there Try to modified it and save it on SUSE machine. Then copy the file back to etch laptop. On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 11:15 +0100, John O Laoi wrote: > Hello, > I am running Etch on a Dell Precision laptop. > I have one openoffice file, say XYZ.odt, which takes a long time to > open (maybe 25 mi

Re: How do I know debian has detected all my hardware?

Try lsmod On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 02:29 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Hey guys, > > I recently installed etch on this old laptop and have no problems with it > whatsoever. I had no hardware issues or anything. It "seemed" like all the > hardware was automatically detected. Now the question i

Re: bittorent thru a proxy

Try export http_proxy=address or Click desktop/pereferences/network proxy On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 09:59 +0100, abdelkader belahcene wrote: > Hi, > I want to use gnome-btdownload, to download a bittorent cd. > I works fine when there is no proxy. > But I can't use it when there is a proxy > help pl

Re: How to reduce pdf file size with open source software?

What kind of pictures do you have? Are they complex scene like pictures or simple pattern based chart? You could try to convert them to JPG by using low compression ratio and decrease resolution if possible. In addition, it would be better you import those pictures into OOo Writer and then export a

Re: help installing video/graphics driver.

If you're willing to use proprietary software, add contrib non-free to your software repositories. Then search keyword "nvidia" and install related packages. regards. On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 11:57 -0400, Raj Kaujalgi wrote: > Hello, > I have started using Debian 4.0 linux on my AMD 64 bit processor

Re: Using deborphan

I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package manager. It automatically delete orphaned packages. Regards On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 08:19 +0200, Csányi Pál wrote: > Hello! > > I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system: > sudo deborphan | less > > and then copy / paste to the ap

Re: Suggestions for diagramming software

Try Dia Diagram Editor If you're using GNOME aptitude install dia-gnome On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 01:39 +, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I am Engineering student and I currently use latex and such to create my > reports. I just recently switched to Debian from Mac OS X. However, I wa

Re: pacakges installation report

As far as I know, Aptitude records its log in /var/log On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 08:52 +0200, pol wrote: > i would like to log installation and uninstallation of the deb packages: i > mean a time ordered list of the admin operations. > Any ideas? > > thank you > > -- > Pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: new

Check the following URL to see whether your scanner is supported by SANE or not. http://www.sane-project.org/sane-supported-devices.html On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 15:00 -0500, Charlotte Mooney wrote: > I am new to the Debian world but my question is I have a flatbed scanner > that was working on win98

Re: trying to get wine to work

Do you have a working hardware 3D accelerated graphic card in your system? Run glxinfo | grep -i rendering to confirm. On Sun, 2007-08-12 at 12:11 -0700, tom arnall wrote: > I think we're making progress. At any rate, I can do the install as my user > (kloro) from the install CD, though I get s

Re: correct kernel for etch - i386 - intel celeron

Just choose linux-image-2.6-686 which is the default and it is always pointing to last kernel that is optimized to i686 micro structure. >From Etch, all kernels are compiled with SMP support by default and there is no optimization specifically for Pentium4 or Athlon64 CPU. On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 21

Re: Default browser

Click Desktop/Preferences/Preferred Applications Select your preferred web browser or other preferred applicatons. On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 16:35 +1200, Jeff wrote: > Using Iceweasel as my browser in Etch but when i open a link it opens in > Epiphany. Have checked Iceweasel in Preferred Applications

Re: scp non-overwrite option

Hi Try rsync. It has automatical differencial algorithm for avoiding transfer duplicated data. On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 08:57 +0530, Bhasker C V wrote: > All, > > I was trying to scp a large directory from server to my box (server on > FC and my desktop on etch).