Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:36 +0530, "shampavman.cg" wrote: > Glenn English wrote: > > On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > > > >> What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been > >> opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better? >

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:11 -0800, "John Jason Jordan" wrote: > On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:38:18 -0800 > "Willie" dijo: > > > > > Now I'm off to try to figure out jigdo. Thanks for the link. > > > > Now it's me who hasn't made

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:27 -0800, "John Jason Jordan" wrote: > > > > r...@host:~# apt-get install jigdo-file > > > > > > > > ja...@host:~$ jigdo-lite > > > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/jigdo-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.jigdo > Now I'm off

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:07 -0800, "John Jason Jordan" wrote: > On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:09:54 -0800 > "Willie" dijo: > > > On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:44 -0800, "John Jason Jordan" > > wrote: > > > On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:51:21 -0800 >

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:44 -0800, "John Jason Jordan" wrote: > On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:51:21 -0800 > "Willie" dijo: > > > > > I am looking for the CD image for an internet installation of 64-bit > > > > testing. Debian's download page

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:03 -0800, deb...@waysoft.com wrote: > On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:40:11 -0800 > John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:06:48 -0800 > > Jeff Goodman dijo: > > > > > > That's for stable, the OP asked for testing. > > > > > > Oops... > > > You should listen to wha

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:03 -0800, "John Jason Jordan" wrote: > On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:40:11 -0800 > John Jason Jordan dijo: > > > On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:06:48 -0800 > > Jeff Goodman dijo: > > > > > > That's for stable, the OP asked for testing. > > > > > > Oops... > > > You should listen to wh

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:40 -0800, "John Jason Jordan" wrote: > On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:06:48 -0800 > Jeff Goodman dijo: > > > > That's for stable, the OP asked for testing. > > > > Oops... > > You should listen to what I MEAN to say, not what I ACTUALLY say :) > > > >

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:06 -0800, "Jeff Goodman" wrote: > On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:44:09 + > Nuno Magalhães wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 22:15, wrote: > > [...] > > > If you're looking for the netinst image, the links on > > > > > > seem to work. >

Re: CD ISO images for the "testing" release

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:15 -0800, deb...@waysoft.com wrote: > On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:03:25 -0800 > "Willie" wrote: > > > > > Where can I get them? I don't mind what file transfer method I use. > > > > Why is the entire directory structure: >

CD ISO images for the "testing" release

Where can I get them? I don't mind what file transfer method I use. Why is the entire directory structure: ftp://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/ empty? I'm not certain because I can't actually find any files on any of the mirrors, but I think the kind of thing I'm looking

unusual network installation problem

I'm trying to install debian at work from a local mirror (we have no external internat access), but I need to set my ethernet MAC address just before the installer accesses the mirror to allow me through the cisco switch between me and the mirror. It looks like the busybox version of ifconfig does

Re: Why i can not mount my USB stick automatically?

> > Does anyone think that by adding the $username to that group as well, will help > > here ?? Just curious ...and I do not have, nor use USB pen drives, otherwise > > I'd test it myself -- thanks.. > > I just tried this: I commented out the "plugdev" policy lines in > hal.conf; this broke the au

Re: Why i can not mount my USB stick automatically?

Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 21:55:40 +0800, Richard van der Veen wrote: > > Hello I use Debian Sid and i used to have this configuration that whenever i > > put the USB stick into the computer i see a window opened to let me choose if > > i want to mount the stick and see its

Re: Error in sid upgrade: /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.0.22_i386.deb

Bill Moseley wrote: > Any tips where to go from here? > > # apt-get dist-upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > flightgear: Depends: libalut0 but

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

Miles Fidelman wrote: > Ooops. I guess I wasn't as clear as I could have been. > > Editing /etc/default/bootlod to set > BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=yes > > Works like a charm. > > Miles Thanks for clarifying that for me ;-) Regards __ Do You Yahoo!? Tire

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

Florian Kulzer wrote: > > I'll echo the question about where to find that out other than a helpful > > reply on this list. > > A manpage does not always include specific info about how things are set > up in Debian, unfortunately. (You can file a wishlist bug asking the > package maintainer to i

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

[ apologies for the long time since replying ] Miles Fidelman wrote: > Willie Wonka wrote: > > Mumia W. wrote: > >> AFAIK, that's not the way you enable boot-logging. Just edit > >> /etc/default/bootlogd. > >> > > > > It did not take affect

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

Mumia W. wrote: > AFAIK, that's not the way you enable boot-logging. Just edit > /etc/default/bootlogd. > It did not take affect after a warm (re)boot -- so I'll try your suggestion - but why wouldn't the man page say how to enable it? Or where should I look for that kind of info instead? I'm _

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

Wulfy wrote: > man bootlogd it's part of the sysvinit package... :) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S bootlogd > sysvinit: /sbin/bootlogd > initscripts: /etc/init.d/bootlogd > initscripts: /etc/init.d/stop-bootlogd > initscripts: /etc/default/bootlogd > sysvinit: /usr/share/man/man8/bootlogd.8.g

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

Miles Fidelman wrote: > Wulfy wrote: > > Miles Fidelman wrote: > >> Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > >>> El jue, 20-07-2006 a las 22:09 -0400, Miles Fidelman escribió: > and it turns out that it sure looks like the messages I'm trying to > capture are generated too early in the startup process

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > El jue, 20-07-2006 a las 22:09 -0400, Miles Fidelman escribió: > > and it turns out that it sure looks like the messages I'm trying to > > capture are generated too early in the startup process to hit the log > > files - guess I have to connect my laptop to the serial p

Re: apt-cdrom on iso mount

Nick Wright wrote: > > Use file:// rather than cdrom: for archives on disk. When > > apt-get sees a cdrom: source, it naturally thinks that it's a > > real CD-ROM device. > > That makes some degree of sense -- however, for one thing the mounted > iso image cannot be used directly as a file://

Re: apt-cdrom on iso mount

> > I now have this in my /etc/apt/sources.list: > > > > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r2 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20060419)]/ unstable contrib main > > [...] > > Media Change: Please insert the disc labeled > > 'Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r2 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20060419)' > >

Re: Editing run level S

Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 09:19:08PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > Leading on from the earlier posters question about configuring an > > encrypted filesystem that does not interrupt the boot process with > > a password prompt... > > > > Can anyone tell me what the 'Debian way'

Re: CD writer wear out?

Art Edwards wrote: > I have had several CD burners die. They read just fine, but they stop > writing after a very finite number (say tens) of CD's. My hardware vendor > says that this is rare. Has anyone else had this experience? Is there > something I should be doing? You must be joking! You're "

Re: Mount a CD-ROM automatically

Henrique Rennó wrote: > Hello!!! > > I'd like to know if it is possible to mount a cd-rom automatically > when I put a cd in the cd-rom drive without needing to type mount > /mnt/cdrom for instance. > > Do I have to add some options to /etc/fstab instead of auto that tells > to mount just at boot

Re: diagnosing hard-locks [was memtest+ won't load]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 12:48:44PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > I have NOT yet *chosen* memtest86+ from my GRUB menu, but it's there now, and I > > will try to boot into it during next reboot ;-) > > cool, I;m curious to see if others

Re: diagnosing hard-locks [was memtest+ won't load]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:22:59PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > ACPI hmm.. Let's see output of 'dmesg | grep ACPI' > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | grep ACPI > BIOS-e820: 0dfec000 - 0dfef000 (ACPI data)

Re: diagnosing hard-locks [was memtest+ won't load]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 02:02:42AM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > > > ~$ sudo update-grub > > Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub . > > Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst

Re: diagnosing hard-locks [was memtest+ won't load]

Willie Wonka wrote: > Back to you and Memtest86; > I too have used the Knoppix CD and type this at the prompt; > Boot: memtest86 > > Just did a bit of searching my local HD, and it turns out I hadn't yet > installed memtest86+ this time around - so I just recently insta

Re: diagnosing hard-locks [was memtest+ won't load]

Willie Wonka wrote: > Couple of thoughts; > > * I notice the "nobody" account/group(?) start thrashing late at night, when > the monitor (only) has been sleeping for a little, which translates into me not > using the system and it's resources at that time (idle). I

Re: diagnosing hard-locks [was memtest+ won't load]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 11:08:00AM +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote: > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > now on to finding the source of my hard locks. ugh./ > > > > Be sure to check the temperature of your CPU. (been there) > > yeah, ano

Re: clarification regarding icons seen during a Debian installation.

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 06:56:31PM +0530, Vivek Varghese Cherian wrote: > > On 7/5/06, Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >well, I did say IIRC, I don't exactly install Debian every day. Maybe > > >someone else has more concrete info for you? > >

Re: No menus on some multimedia apps (xmms, audacity)

Luis Hidalgo wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Sarge 3.1 AMD64 port on an acer ferrari 4005, kernel 2.6.14. > I'm a bit concerned with the fact that when I open some apps like xmmx > or audacity, the menus have all the options and the programs behave > the usual way, with a slight inconvenience: > >

Re: how to scroll wheel events to multimedia keys in kde?

Toshiro wrote: > IMWheel: A daemon for X11, which watches for mouse wheel actions and outputs > them as keypresses > > What I want is exactly the opposite of what imwheel provides. > > Regards, > Toshiro. > > PS: Of course I'm running xorg (in sid) Oh wellhmmm - are you using 'xmodmap'?

Re: xorg dies. Modules loaded in wrong order?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This should really be a follow-up to another message I posted, which hasn't arrived back yet. > > On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 10:21:37PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 09:30:

Re: xorg dies. Modules loaded in wrong order?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 09:30:15PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > After upgrading my etch to xorg7.0 and making everything up-to-date > > yesterday, (except for a few package aptitude didn't want to > > update) things went fine for a reboot or two. But today when

Re: how to scroll wheel events to multimedia keys in kde?

Toshiro wrote: > Hi! > > I have a Genius Ergomedia 700 keyboard that has tons of extra > keys. > > I've been able to map all of them except an included scroll wheel, I have the > scancodes that generates but I don't know which command should I map so it > behaves exactly as a mouse scroll wh

Re: locale and font alias

T wrote: > On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:51:44 -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > >> My system comes with default locale not English. How can set the default > >> locale to English? > > > > ~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales#As a User ~$ dpkg-reconfigure locales &g

Re: Sending mail takes ages.

Pete Clarke wrote: > > Could be an ident lookup timeout? > > > > Set: > > > > rfc1413_query_timeout = 0s > > > > Steve > > That appears to have made quite a difference...certainly from OE... > I will test it on the other clients too ... > > Thanks a lot :-D > > Cheers, I have had this bo

Re: locale and font alias

T wrote: > Hi > > My system comes with default locale not English. How can set the default > locale to English? ~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales#As a User ~$ dpkg-reconfigure locales #As Root use the SpaceBar key to place/remove an [x] in the boxes - use Tab key to jump around, use U

Re: dchroot with sid

Roger Leigh wrote: > > Willie Wonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I'm the schroot/dchroot maintainer. I missed the initial > question, but I'd just like to note that Hello! and Thank you for your awesome work and support ;-) > - the dchroot behaviou

Re: rsync weirdness

JJ wrote: > Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > > > I don't think I have lost the rsync data. Basically, what I do is: > > > > rsync -nave ssh ~/Documents/stuff/ remote:~/school/stuff/ > > > > Even if have changed only one or two files, it still wants to transfer > > everything. > > > > I will check ou

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 04:22:08PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > Hi all; > > I have a few quick questions about how to upgrade ONLY certain apps/pkgs... > > Then get the source of newer version and compile it yourself under > stable environment. >

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 23:08:43 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 04:00:09PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > There is a sanity check in the pre-removal script of the kernel image. > If you try to run > > sudo dpkg -r l

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 04:00:09PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: [ Hi -- you wouldn't believe the nightmare I just went through these last couple of days -- my keyboard is possessed by Linda Blair and the Stepford Wives, as well as being in need of an Exorc

Re: dchroot with sid

Owen Heisler wrote: > As a workarround, you can set the SU_NO_SHELL_ARGS environment variable > before calling dchroot, or execute > dchroot -- -c "command" > instead of > dchroot -- command > ___ > > And you say write a script, so I put the following in ~/go > ___ > #!/bin/bash >

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Hi; > what does apt-cache policy hdparm show? ~$ apt-cache policy hdparm hdparm: Installed: 6.1-2 Candidate: 6.6-1 Package Pin: 6.6-1 Version Table: 6.6-1 990 500 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages *** 6.1-2 990 990 ftp://ftp.

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Willie Wonka wrote: Ok folks - now I'm really confused...but hey; I may just get it (have it) right *crosses-fingers* This was done after I reread the 'man' pages for 'apt_preferences', apt.conf, sources.list _and_ after reading the info; <http://www.debian.org/

Re: Grub question?

Bob McGowan wrote: > >> On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 12:11 -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > >>I am thinking of installing debian on partition /dev/sda6 > >>(on a SATA hard disk). Grub menu entry for root partition: > >> > >>will/should it be (hd0,5) or (sd0,5)? > > It is (hd0,5). Grub uses hd for all hard d

Re: Sarge Kernel Image Package Question

[ message reformatted for easier reading ] [ Please don't top post -- thank you ;-) ] > > > Somehow the Debian Developers don't see this as a problem (having to > > > manually install the meta package). I reported this in March [1] when > > > it appeared to me to be a problem many users would hav

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote: > Þann 2006-06-27, 02:38:46 (-0700) skrifaði Willie Wonka: > > So obviously I'm still at v6.1, rather than 6.6 (the one I want) > Yes, I misunderstood you in your original posting, I thought you were > using the testing distribution in your s

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Paul E Condon wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 04:22:08PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > Stop! You need to read documentation on apt-get and aptitude before you go > any further in changing your system. There are situations in which following > piecemeal advice, as you are getting i

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

--- Willie Wonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote: > > you can just say apt-get update > > and then apt-get install hdparm and it will install hdparm and upgrade > > all the packages that hdparm depends on and none else. > Ok...

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote: > Þann 2006-06-26, 16:22:08 (-0700) skrifaði Willie Wonka: > Hi. Hi and Thanks for your reply... > If you want to updgrade only one or two apps then all you have to do > is say apt-get install nameofpackage, and apt-get will download and > install

apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Hi all; I have a few quick questions about how to upgrade ONLY certain apps/pkgs... Right now, I'm using Debian Sarge 3.1r1 (Kernel 2.6.8-2-386) -- after much searching through the archives and also visiting the ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main site to look around myself...I need to ask firstl

Re: customizing scripts /etc/init.d - rcconf, update-rc.d, sysv-rc-conf

cga2000 wrote: > On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 02:23:32PM EDT, cga2000 wrote: > > Is there a "Debian way" to modify startup scripts? Changes might > > include: deactivating automatic startup of a given daemon.. changing the > > daemon's running options.. adding a new script.. etc. > > > > Additionally,

Re: customizing scripts /etc/init.d

cga2000 wrote: > Is there a "Debian way" to modify startup scripts? Changes might > include: deactivating automatic startup of a given daemon.. changing the > daemon's running options.. adding a new script.. etc. I too would like to know more about this myself; As a start -- Found this info;

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 04:47:06PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 09:34:38 -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > > So, if I understand you correctly, you don't have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > file at all, and "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" re

Re: mounting USB mass storage devices

Matej Kosik wrote: > shire:/home/kosik# cat /dev/sda > cat: /dev/sda: No such device or address Now why would you do that ? It'll make your pager ('cat', in this instance) go bonkers! CTRL+C to stop it > shire:/home/kosik# fdisk /dev/sda > Unable to open /dev/sda As a ty

mounting USB mass storage devices

Got a /etc/fstab entry like this? dev/sda /media/usbkey autorw,user,noauto 0 0 and have you issued this command from a console, to create it's 'mount' point, as defined in fstab, as shown above? $ sudo mkdir -p /media/usbkey A quick search through the archives yields;

Unidentified subject!

Got a /etc/fstab entry like this? dev/sda /media/usbkey autorw,user,noauto 0 0 and have you issued this command from a console, to create it's 'mount' point, as defined in fstab, as shown above? $ sudo mkdir -p /media/usbkey A quick search through the archives yields;

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

Willie Wonka wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > > T wrote: > > > where can I find the xorgcfg and/or xorgconfig in Etch? > > What is really missing is a piece of documentation of how to set up xorg > > in debian. > > > > As said in my recent

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > T wrote: > > where can I find the xorgcfg and/or xorgconfig in Etch? > > What is really missing is a piece of documentation of how to set up xorg > in debian. > > As said in my recent post, my dist-upgrade from sarge to etch went fine, > except that I don't know ho

Re: altering middle-click behaviour in epiphany (was Re: multiple epiphany process)

I wrote; > I think Linux just mounted my 3 winblows partitions without me telling > it to -- I guess it's time to reboot ...but it's > likely more KDE's fault (and the lack of enough RAM) than the > underlying kernel's Yeppers; Once I finally closed down KDE (2 Windows - each with many Tabs),

Re: altering middle-click behaviour in epiphany (was Re: multiple epiphany process)

Jon Dowland wrote: > At 1150783598 past the epoch, Willie Wonka wrote: > > Since Epiphany is based upon the XUL Gecko engine that > > Moz/FF uses (I think I said that correctly) - it also > > incorporates the magical--> 'about:config' > > Wow I didn

Re: multiple epiphany process

Nicoco Kinlidex wrote: > Willie Wonka wrote: > > Nicoco Kinlidex wrote: > >> hello folks, > >> > >> i recently left firefox for epiphany (mch faster) but i > > experience > >> issues when opening links from external applications. >

Re: multiple epiphany process

Nicoco Kinlidex wrote: > hello folks, > > i recently left firefox for epiphany (mch faster) but i experience > issues when opening links from external applications. > instead of opening links in a new tab in epiphany's window, each > application launch a different epiphany process. As a cons

Re: Have DVD burner, will backup!

Daniel Johnson wrote: > > Trying it out now with a noburn option with a .dar file size limit. See if > > this works. Am I correct to assume that it will fill the first one, burn it > > while filling the next one, remove it after burning/verifying and continue > > until done/disk is full? > > I ha

Re: Have DVD burner, will backup!

Daniel Johnson wrote: > > Trying it out now with a noburn option with a .dar file size limit. See if > > this works. Am I correct to assume that it will fill the first one, burn it > > while filling the next one, remove it after burning/verifying and continue > > until done/disk is full? > > I ha

Re: Debian stable & SATA drive

Owen Heisler wrote: > I have an Abit AX8 motherboard, specifications here: > http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&model=215 > with Athlon 64 3000+. > I have tried both 3.1r2 i386 stable and 3.1r0a amd64 stable. > > The motherboard has four SATA ports. I want to use three

Firefox question about pop-up menus; (solved?) and a new annoyance

Going out on a limb here Paul... I use Debian Sarge 3.1r1 (2.6.8-2-386) I have NOT yet fired up either Mozilla Browser, nor Firefox on this installation In the past I have used both (and more, on Debain Sarge 3.1r1) I've had issues (like yours) with Mozilla Browser on win98 (I know), and as far a

Re: lists.debian.org vs google groups

Steve Lamb wrote: > Willie Wonka wrote: > > Oh - and I use Mozilla Mail - but this list (and others) have w-a-y too > > much mail for me to d/l and sort through - which is why I prefer > > webmail over pop3. I did subscribe to this list (for 10 minutes) once, > > but aga

Re: lists.debian.org vs google groups

Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much) wrote: > Willie Wonka wrote: > > [...] > > Oh - and I use Mozilla Mail - but this list (and others) have w-a-y too > > much mail for me to d/l and sort through > > Create a filter that sends the mail-list messages to a special folde

Re: where does grub put the MBR?

Alvin Oga wrote: > On Wed, 3 May 2006, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> Is there a way to know *for sure* where grub puts the MBR? (No setup > > >> command) > > yes... > > > > Well the MBR, is always in the same place.

Re: automount usbdisk , hardisk or cdrom in gnome 2.14

Surachai Locharoen wrote: > I install gnome 2.14. When I insert usbdisk or cdrom, there is no > automount action take place. I can mount mannually from command line. > > However I can't manually mount usb disk because I can't find /dev/sda1 > or /dev/sda which I use to mount usb disk. > > could y

Re: Debian DVD autostart from boot DOS prompt

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Daniel L. McGrew wrote: > > Once I boot up with a floppy and get to a DOS prompt, what file or > > command do I use from the command prompt to get the Debian DVD > > (number one) to start installing on this computer??? > > > > > > > Most sincerely,

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > > > > The backlash of 9-11 was like Christmas to the conservative > > military-industrial complex and their puppet congress-critters. All the > > things they have wanted over the years like more defense spending, less > > rights for citizens an

Re: How do you grow brocolli?

Kent West wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > George H. W. Bush made the famous campaign promise: > > Read my lips: no new taxes! > > > > Dan Quayle was his VP, and famously misspelled "potatoe". > > > 1. The spelling card Quayle was holding, given to him by the school > authorities putting on

Re: lists.debian.org vs google groups

Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2006-04-06, Tudi LE BLEIS penned: > > On 4/4/06, Monique Y. Mudama <...> wrote: > > > >> Months later, I had filled half my quota, entirely with mailing > >> list entries. But there's no way to delete more than a page of > >> messages at a time via their web interf

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

--- Willie Wonka wrote: [ This message is being forwarded to the list as well ] > Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:04:32 -0700 (PDT) > From: Willie Wonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in > the word color?) > To: Mike McCa

Re: Grub + CD-ROM

Hans du Plooy wrote: > On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 05:54 -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > Perhaps try; > > if there's a "Load Setup Optimized Defaults" (BUT... note ALL your > > orig. settings Prior). > I'll do that. There isn't a lot in the BIOS though,

Re: SATA RAID 0 in Debian [solved]

Michael Schurter wrote: > listrcv wrote: > > Michael Schurter wrote: > > > The drives were setup on an old motherboard that died, and I can't > seem to find a way to get the crappy Windows SATA RAID utility to > recognize the drives as an existing RAID array. > >>> > >>> > >>> Yo

Re: Grub + CD-ROM

Hans du Plooy wrote: > On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 16:54 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > Is the boot order correct? IOW, is the CDROM placed before other > > boot devices? > > Yes. > > > If it is, then I suspect you have a hardware problem, which will not > > be fixed by putting GRUB on a CDROM. > > I

Re: Sizes and notation

Andrei Popescu wrote: > Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >The confusion between 1000 and 1024 has been solved. Take a > > > look at > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix#IEC_standard_prefixes > > > It's a really, REALLY good idea to adopt

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 18 April 2006 05:31, Willie Wonka wrote: > > > Maybe I'm dense, but; > > kb = kilobit > > KB = KiloByte > > mb = megabit > > MB = MegaByte > > > > 1 bit * 8 = 1 byte ^^ I forgot to capi

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > On 16.04.06 22:56, Willie Wonka wrote: > > Explained another way (hopefully); > > If you bought a 1,000 Byte (1KB) HDD - you'd lose 24 *Bytes* > > No. The big 'K' stands for 1024, 1000 is small 'k'. > The bi

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

Andrei Popescu wrote: > Willie Wonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Binary Example > > 1,024 > > 1,048,576 > > 1,073,741,824 > > 1,099,511,627,776 > > [snipped] > > To try and sum up my point; > > Everytime you step *up* usin

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

Andrei Popescu wrote: > Willie Wonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually - Block sizes are what they are (in binary), because computers > > use Binary language to communicate/operate...Many HDD manufacturers > > just like to *lie* and use a diff integer base

Re: Xorg upgrade: Getting twm not kde

Perhaps (if you used kdm previously); # dpkg-reconfigure kdm could replace 'kdm' with 'xdm' if you used that previously also look into (google) 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg'. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protect

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 15:54 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 12:27:35PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > >> On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 06:30 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> > > >>> On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 10:25:28

Re: edit text files as root

kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > According to http://kudos.berlios.de/kf/kisimlar/tipsntrix.html#rootedit > , In Ubuntu one can edit the text files as root using the "Edit as Root" > option. But I could not find this option in Debian unstable KDE 3.5.2 . > How can I achieve this behavior in Debian

Re: resizing swap partition

Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 18:07 -0400, Chris Roddy wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > If you are using a 2.6 kernel, then you can also use a swap *file*. > > > "man mkswap" tells you how to set it up. > > > > > > Oh! I'd forgotten about that. But I didn't know that was new with

Unidentified subject!

Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 18:07 -0400, Chris Roddy wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > If you are using a 2.6 kernel, then you can also use a swap *file*. > > > "man mkswap" tells you how to set it up. > > > > > > Oh! I'd forgotten about that. But I didn't know that was new with

Re: activate ssh X11Forwarding on Etch

Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > Hi, > I have an up yo date Etch on a Celeron 633/256Mo > I installed xorg-xserver gnome and gdm. > If I ssh login on the machine, X11 is not forwarded: > > $ ssh -X remote > $ xclock > $ Error: Can't open display: > > The result is the same weth

Re: libapache-mod-php4 not on Debian3.1r1

> > You're on Debian3.1r1 *CD's*? Or are you on 3.1r1 using the > security > > updates? > > > > If you're on the CD's you are on a level of December 19 2005 and > that > > > library is not on it when I do a search! > > > > Hi; > I'd like to help, but not sure how to search the *CD* only -- I h

Re: libapache-mod-php4 not on Debian3.1r1

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much) wrote: > > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> For some reason libapache-mod-php4 is not on any of the Debian3.1r1 CD's. > >> > >> Can anybody verify that? > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> H > > No, I can't. > > > > I can't verify

Re: users getting confused between mailing lists and forums? Related ?

Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 12:13:44AM -0500, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > >I might be acting a bit paranoid here but I am starting to feel that > > users are getting confused between multiple forms of support available - > > forums.debian.net and other mailing lis

Re: aptitude uncomprehension

Cedric BRINER wrote: > > if you use KDE - you could check out 'KPackage' > > here's a screenie on deb 3.1r1 (kernel 2.6.8-2-i386); > > http://photobucket.com/albums/a217/iforone/?action=view¤t=kernel-image.png > > no this application gives the packages depending of. and not the way around > it giv

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