Re: aptitude: loading ChangeLog

2004-04-06 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Martin Kuball ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi! > > When I download the ChangeLog of an upgradeable package with command > "C" I get the ChangeLog of the old version. Naturally I want to see > the ChangeLog of the new version to find out what actuall changed. So > is this a bug in aptitude or

Re: mailto protocol in firefox (OT?)

2004-03-25 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Patrick Wiseman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > This may be OT, but I've experienced the mailto frustration in firefox as > a debian user, and so offer a solution to other debian users. Or, you could just install the mozex extension[1], which allows you to setup a mailto: handler, a

test

2003-11-24 Thread iain d broadfoot
Hmm, is lists.d.o up again? iain -- "If sharing a thing in no way diminishes it, it is not rightly owned if it is not shared." -- St. Augustine #rm -rf / http://www.geeksoc.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pasting into vi inserts many indents

2003-11-21 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Laszlo Szathmary ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > :set pastetoggle= > > instead of F9 you can use another key too. In this case if you want to > insert a selected text, change with F9 to paste mode, paste the text, > then with F9 change back to normal insert mode. At the bottom vi gives > you inf

Re: mutt - saving message to disk (not mail folder)

2003-11-19 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Micha Feigin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > How do I save a mail message to disk with mutt? I want to save it to > disk, not another mail folder (saving to a different mail folder appears > quite clearly in the docs but couldn't find save to disk). hit '|' type 'cat > filename' that's what i did

Re: pasting into vi inserts many indents

2003-11-18 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Brian ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > Lately, if I open a file with vi from inside a gnome-terminal and then > select a large chunk of text, (it doesn't matter where, e.g., Mozilla or > the same vi session, both do it), it corrupts the formatting with many > indents. The pasted output inserts

[FIXED]Don't use gsfonts-other Was: Re: big troubles in little libc

2003-10-21 Thread iain d broadfoot
* iain d broadfoot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > thoughts/flames welcome... From http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=216605 "For those who encounter this bug: you should either remove gsfonts-other, or keep the previous version of fontconfig, until this bug is fixed."

Re: big troubles in little libc

2003-10-21 Thread iain d broadfoot
* iain d broadfoot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Has anyone else had similar problems? OK, more debugging finds the following: (gdb) backtrace #0 0x407196c9 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x4096e34f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 #2 0x0001 in ?? () #3 0x409c98e8 in ?? () f

Re: big troubles in little libc

2003-10-21 Thread iain d broadfoot
* iain d broadfoot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * David Z Maze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > and you'll generally get a segfault where the program actually messes > > up, rather than when the symptoms are seen later. There's a cost in > > both memory and runtime,

Re: big troubles in little libc

2003-10-20 Thread iain d broadfoot
* David Z Maze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > and you'll generally get a segfault where the program actually messes > up, rather than when the symptoms are seen later. There's a cost in > both memory and runtime, but using LD_PRELOAD inside gdb makes this a > lot less permanent. The thing that I fi

big troubles in little libc

2003-10-20 Thread iain d broadfoot
Hey list, I'm having a few problems with programs dying: liferea:0x407196c9 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6 gaim: 0x407466c9 in free () from /lib/libc.so.6 I can't see a bugreport about this on libc6, and it doesn't feel like the individual apps are doing anything in par

Problems accessing /. with straw

2003-10-13 Thread iain d broadfoot
for the last week or so, I've been unable to access the slashdot rss feeds using straw - all my other feeds are fine, and I can wget the .rss files manually. is anyone else experiencing this? I'm wary of filing a bug on straw over this, as it's quite possibly something else entirely. cheers, ia

Re: SCO identifies code?

2003-08-19 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Bijan Soleymani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 08:43:21AM +0100, Mark wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 09:33:03PM -0400, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > > > > > > This makes a lot of sense. I mean if the FSF hired you to write a > > > GPL program, they wouldn't want you to relea

Obnoxious autoresponders was:Re: Out of Office AutoReply: how NOT to work with debian

2003-08-14 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Petrisor Marian ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [an entirely blank message with a semi-informative subject line] This pisses me off majorly - my message was addressed to the list only. If someone goes on holiday (which is the only good reason to have autoresponders) they should have the courtesy to

Re: Obnoxious autoresponders was:Re: Out of Office AutoReply: how NOT to work with debian

2003-08-14 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Johann Koenig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I got that one too, but it was only right after I posted. /me thinks. > Alright, now it makes sense. I went through the message I replied to > looking for any reference to the person I got the message from, thinking > I might have cc'd them by mistake. N

Re: how NOT to work with debian

2003-08-10 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Richard Lyons ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Monday 11 August 2003 3:36 am, Antony Gelberg wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 01:25:48AM +0200, Richard Lyons wrote: > [...general description snipped...] > > Give more technical detail. How are you trying to start X? Most > > importantly of all,

Re: Doesn't MY_ENV=abc printf "${MY_ENV}\n" suppose to print abc?

2003-08-02 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Shaul Karl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 10:22:19PM +0100, iain d broadfoot wrote: > > * Shaul Karl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Package: bash > > > Version: 2.05b-8.1 > > > > > > According to my understanding of the manu

Re: Doesn't MY_ENV=abc printf "${MY_ENV}\n" suppose to print abc?

2003-08-02 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Shaul Karl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Package: bash > Version: 2.05b-8.1 > > According to my understanding of the manual page, > > $ MY_ENV=abc printf "${MY_ENV}\n" > > Should have print abc. But it does not: > > $ MY_ENV=abc printf "${MY_ENV}\n" > > $ > > What am I missing?

Re: batch renaming for filenames with space

2003-07-28 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Micha Feigin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am trying to do a batch rename for a bunch of files with spaces in the > name (in order to remove the spaces actually). I tried to use bash's for > .. in command but it splits up the lines on spaces and not on line ends. > Any ideas? > > The files are

Re: mouse wheel scrolling in mutt ???

2003-07-22 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Michael D. Schleif ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Seems like such a simple little thing. > > Yes, I know that this is not really on-topic. > > However, when I am reading long emails, it would really be nice to use > the mouse wheel to scroll down the page, just as I do with webpages. mutt doesn'

Re: does make-kpkg work for kernel 2.5/2.6?

2003-07-18 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Nick Hastings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > * Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030718 11:21]: > > Hello All, > > just wondering if make-kpkg works with kernel 2.5/2.6 or if I am doing > > something wrong. > > I worked with 2.6 for me. me too, i didn't notice having to do anything different..

Re: OT: America's Army

2003-06-23 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Hugh Saunders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > who said my invocation was intentional? hmm. the fact that you invoked it means it was intentional, surely... i'm not aware that it's possible to accidentally invocate. :) iain -- wh33, y1p33 3tc. "If sharing a thing in no way diminishes it, it is

Re: OT: America's Army

2003-06-23 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Hugh Saunders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 07:31:46PM +0100, iain d broadfoot wrote: > > * Hugh Saunders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > i agree, now i dont like oranges, so should i hate nazis?? > > > > > > oh look, a mention of the

Re: OT: America's Army

2003-06-23 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Hugh Saunders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > i agree, now i dont like oranges, so should i hate nazis?? > > oh look, a mention of the nazis, i declare this thread dead :p you do know that doesn't work, right? -- wh33, y1p33 3tc. "If sharing a thing in no way diminishes it, it is not rightly ow

Re: Advice on tuning bogofilter

2003-06-13 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Anthony Campbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Currently bogofilter is classifying all my mail as spam. > > I've read the tuning faq but am fairly confused by the large number of > parameters you can tune. Can anyone suggest what is the simplest thing > to try first please? since you're using mu

Re: Wrong address on reply (on debian maillist)

2003-06-12 Thread iain d broadfoot
* David Sudjiman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Dear All, > > I'm new on debian lists and I'm using pine455. > > When I replied from [EMAIL PROTECTED], why does my pine always > reply to sender and not to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tricks? because the email was sent From: the sender, not from the list. th

Re: Question about command-line aptitude 0.2.11.1

2003-06-12 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Thanks. > > However, one thing puzzles me: bluefish, gaim, gedit, logjam & pan > are "terminal" packages. I.e., nothing depends on them. > > What happened is that they depend on gnome-spell, so when I > removed it, these other packages were also removed

Re: ACPI HOWTO (draft #2)

2003-06-06 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Emma Jane Hogbin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > For those who are interested I've got my second draft of an ACPI HOWTO > online. > > http://xtrinsic.com/geek/articles/acpi.phtml > > Please feel free to let me know if you there are any parts which are > unclear or flat-out wrong. :) looks fine

Re: jigdo-lite problems.

2003-03-17 Thread iain d broadfoot
* David Gaston ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, > I've tried to download debian from my uni's mirror, as well as from > other us & non-us mirrors, & keep getting the same error: > > 10:36:06 (88.58 KB/s) - `driver-4.bin' saved [1474560/1474560] > > Any possibilities of it being a local prob

Re: newbie mutt questions

2003-03-11 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Chris Hoover ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Sorry for this newbie type of questions, but how do you move mail messages to > another folder when in mutt? hit the '?' key. :D depends on your setup, and mine isn't the default, and i can't remember the default... iain -- wh33, y1p33 3tc. -- T

Re: eep, gcc update no likey!

2003-03-09 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 12:02:39AM +0000, iain d broadfoot wrote: > > i hope i'm not the only one stuck with this: > > > > most recent gcc3.2 update in unstable, libgcj3-dev and libstdc++5-dev > > both depend on LIBC_

eep, gcc update no likey!

2003-03-09 Thread iain d broadfoot
i hope i'm not the only one stuck with this: most recent gcc3.2 update in unstable, libgcj3-dev and libstdc++5-dev both depend on LIBC_DEV(yes, with caps), which oddly enough isn't in the system. :D previous version (which i'm holding at) both depend on libc6-dev instead. have my mirrors gone in

Re: New To Debian - Couple of Questions

2003-03-01 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Joe Giles ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > List, > > I am new to Debian and have a couple of generic questions. I have used > Red Hat for years and I'm fairly comfortable with Linux. Here are some > questions I have: > > 1> Is there a facility like Red Hat(up2date) where I can update packages > on

Re: leafnode not posting articles

2003-02-28 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Shaul Karl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: well, all fixed now. the permissions on /var/spool/news/ were evilly wrong, fixed now. thanks to everyone who tried to help, iain -- wh33, y1p33 3tc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: leafnode not posting articles

2003-02-28 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Shaul Karl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > newsq shows them. > > > > $fetchnews -P - > > > > says 0 articles posted. > > > > nothing in /var/log/news/ to indicate a problem. > > > > what do i need to do to force leafnode to push my articles upstream?? > > > > iain > > > > > Aren

Re: [OT] Actually Way OT - Debian version names

2003-02-25 Thread iain d broadfoot
* deFreese, Barry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Is it just me, or is your client consistently and annoyingly breaking > > threads? > > > > -- > > Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://ertius.org/ > > If your talking to me, it would surprise me. I'm stuck wi

Re: [OT] Actually Way OT - Debian version names

2003-02-25 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Rob Weir ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Is it just me, or is your client consistently and annoyingly breaking > threads? it's not just you. my mutt is set to _not_ thread by subject, and in any case doing such is unlikely to track exactly who anyone is replying to. thanks for speaking up! :D ia

Re: Taking over your desktop, one box at a time

2003-02-24 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Jonathan Matthews ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 02:08:57AM -0500, Patrick McFarland wrote: > > This is probably offtopic for this list, but can everyone download > > http://freshmeat.net/projects/debian_gel_logo/ (Debian Gel/Aqua Logo > > Background) and tell me what they

leafnode not posting articles

2003-02-24 Thread iain d broadfoot
newsq shows them. $fetchnews -P - says 0 articles posted. nothing in /var/log/news/ to indicate a problem. what do i need to do to force leafnode to push my articles upstream?? iain -- wh33, y1p33 3tc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: lots (ok, a few) of packages with -woody and -sarge versions

2003-02-22 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 06:51:01PM +0000, iain d broadfoot wrote: > > packages whose version ends with woody or sarge take precedence over the > > _real_ packages, and so try to downgrade other libs and such... > > The real packages

lots (ok, a few) of packages with -woody and -sarge versions

2003-02-22 Thread iain d broadfoot
packages whose version ends with woody or sarge take precedence over the _real_ packages, and so try to downgrade other libs and such... i've currently got 12 or so 'held' to avoid this. iain -- wh33, y1p33 3tc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Blackdown's JVM (was Re: ArgoUML)

2003-02-18 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Oki DZ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > It seems that the problem continues. > I thought that the problem was on the JVM. Then I downloaded JRE1.4 from > Blackdown. I'm still having: > > An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM. > Unexpected Signal : 11 occur

case sensitivity in menu

2003-02-18 Thread iain d broadfoot
is it possible for menu entries to be sorted case-insensitively? it's a bugger trying to work out whether the first letter of my new program is going to be capitalised or not... iain -- wh33, y1p33 3tc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Installing Opera

2003-02-18 Thread iain d broadfoot
* David Turetsky ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm currently downloading Opera 6 to my linux machine and would like to > install it > > > > It's a deb file, downloading to /home/david (which is where I'm logged > in and running Mozilla) dpkg -i SOMETHING.deb > > > > How do I proceed? > >

Re: phoenix hangs on ctrl-u

2003-02-07 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Emma Jane Hogbin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 10:19:37PM +0000, iain d broadfoot wrote: > > if it doesn't work, rename your .phoenix directory, and try again. > > That worked, thanks!! > > Any idea why this worked? must have been something

Re: phoenix hangs on ctrl-u

2003-02-07 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Anthony Campbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 06 Feb 2003, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > > Hey all: > > > > I'm not entirely sure what to do about this problem. Phoenix used to allow > > me to view the source of a page using control-u. Now whenever I use the > > shortcut the browser hangs (doesn'

do i need stable in my sources.list?

2003-01-27 Thread iain d broadfoot
testing/unstable, do i still need the stable entries? iain -- wh33, y1p33 3tc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Ctrl+Alt+1 not generated in X11, but Ctrl+Alt+[2-9] is

2003-01-22 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Maciej Kalisiak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I discovered a bizarre problem with my XFree86 (xserver-xfree86 4.2.1-3): the > Ctrl+Alt+1 combo does not seem to be generated. Under "xev" I see an event for > the Ctrl key down, Alt key down, but not for the 1... pressing 1 at that point > generates

Re: (forw) [hugh@mjr.org: Re: Quick aptitude question...]

2003-01-20 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Hugh Saunders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > not avoiding woodyr1 but i dont have fast connection [56k dialup] so i > want to aptiutude to install what i select and its dependencies [nothing > else- bit like apt-get install -which is what i end up using!] but as > ive fiddled about with it, aptitud

(forw) [hugh@mjr.org: Re: Quick aptitude question...]

2003-01-20 Thread iain d broadfoot
- Forwarded message from Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 22:57:15 + From: Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: iain d broadfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-SpamProbe: Subject: Re: Quick aptitude question... X-CIS-MailSc

Re: Quick aptitude question...

2003-01-20 Thread iain d broadfoot
* ZephyrQ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I'm trying to take better control of my installation, and fired up > aptitude. I inadvertently tried to do an upgrade (to woody rc1) a while > back and am trying to cancel it. Is there a way to 'wipe' queued > actions and/or reset aptitude? > when

Re: vim and basic .bashrc questions

2003-01-19 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Seneca ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 04:37:13PM -0800, CM Miller wrote: > > I like to do programming in the Linux environment > > cause I love VIM. I can run VIM as root, but not as > > cmmiller. > > I've never had that problem with vim. What happens when you try? > >

Re: restricting wireless access

2003-01-12 Thread iain d broadfoot
* martin f krafft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > also sprach iain d broadfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.01.11.2115 +0100]: > >Squid is a FTP, HTTP and HTTPS proxy cache. For general > >information on > > "marketing" > > you can't

Re: restricting wireless access

2003-01-11 Thread iain d broadfoot
* martin f krafft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > also sprach iain d broadfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.01.11.0015 +0100]: > > as i understand wireless, there is no solution to blocking clients > > connecting - macs can be faked, ssids are plaintext, wep is crackable > >

Re: restricting wireless access

2003-01-10 Thread iain d broadfoot
* martin f krafft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > i have a cheap-ass wireless access point which doesn't even do > MAC-based authentication, and neither can I get WEP64 to work between > it (Addtron AWS-110) and the Orinoco Silver card. > > I would like to have wireless in my appartment, but I need t

Re: basics about nntpservers, slrnpull, slrn

2003-01-07 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Robert Land ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > As having great difficulties in setting up a offline > newsreader system for various users on a debian box > I would grately appreciate some guidance. > > My intention is to have a systemwide spool directory > where each user on this box may access his be

Re: kernel recompile

2002-12-31 Thread iain d broadfoot
apt-get install kernel-package hth, iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Limiting SU

2002-12-31 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Andrew Pritchard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Is there a way of limiting who and SU to root? > > > > > > > don't tell them the root password? > > > > iain > > I can just see some jokers trying to guess the root password. I realise this > will come out in the logs, but I don't want them even

Re: Limiting SU

2002-12-31 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Andrew Pritchard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Is there a way of limiting who and SU to root? > don't tell them the root password? iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ssl newsreader

2002-12-30 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Vineet Kumar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Some news servers require authentication via username/password, which is > often the same username/password used to authenticate to the ISP and its > POP server. > thats right, our dept uses our unix acct for pop/nntp as well. iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: ssl newsreader

2002-12-30 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Just curious, but why would you want to encrypt something that's going > to be public after the first hop anyway? > our dept has some internal (private) ngs that i need access to. i suppose i could do something nasty where i use my isp newsserver at ho

Re: ssl newsreader

2002-12-30 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Glyn Millington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > If I understand the manual aright then Gnus supports SSL - but that > might require a change of editors too? > it does, but that'd require a change of user. :D i'm flexible, but not enough to use emacs... iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: ssl newsreader

2002-12-29 Thread iain d broadfoot
* Mark Janssen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > If your willing to change newsreaders you could try out 'PAN'. It's > great for binaries and quite good for text groups too. It supports SSL. > i'm very willing to change. :D i tried pan, but i couldn't see any sign of ssl support. damn these tired ey

Re: ssl newsreader

2002-12-29 Thread iain d broadfoot
* nate ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > you can use stunnel to ssl-enable any nntp reader, though I have not tried > stunnel for this purpose, nor have I read newsgroups in years so . > > > from the manpage: > -n proto >Negotiate SSL with specified protocol > >current

ssl newsreader

2002-12-29 Thread iain d broadfoot
hey listers. what newsreaders support ssl nntp servers? i'm currently using slrn, but it's a bit irritating for me. i'm almost tempted to start using mozillanews again. :p i think i've tried all the clients in debian that i can see, but if anyone has any solutions please shout at me. cheers, i

Re: 2.4.18 to 2.4.19/20 locks up

2002-12-16 Thread iain d broadfoot
after copying the old config file, do a make oldconfig this will ask all new options, and write a new .config that will work happily. enjoy! iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

acpi+2.4.20?

2002-12-08 Thread iain d broadfoot
anyone had any joy acpi-patching the debian 2.4.20 source? i'm gonna try the vanilla 2.4.20 too... cheers, iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

i'm a dumbass was: lots of problems with apt-get deb verification

2002-11-22 Thread iain d broadfoot
i had debsig-verify installed. d'oh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

lots of problems with apt-get deb verification

2002-11-22 Thread iain d broadfoot
running a testing/unstable laptop, doing an upgrade + grabbing some ssl thingys. apt-get install pavuk: * Authenticating /var/cache/apt/archives/libsocks4_4.3.beta2-13_i386.deb ... debsig: Origin Signature check failed. This deb

Re: [somewhat OT] archiving solutions for posterity

2002-11-21 Thread iain d broadfoot
Mark Roach wrote: Hi, all. I have recently been doing some digging for info on getting acpi working on my laptop under Linux. I have finally pieced together the information needed to correct my dsdt and get everything working just right. Now the question that comes to mind is: how do I get this in

Re: OT: keyboard deleting of thread Moz Mail?

2002-11-19 Thread iain d broadfoot
Kent West wrote: I just discovered that Mozilla Mail can be viewed in "Thread Mode", which I like. However, In order to delete sub-messages in a thread I have to expand the thread and highlight each message. I did a web search and discovered that you can click on the little icon to the left of

Re: APIC error [not so solved]

2002-11-16 Thread iain d broadfoot
Hugh Saunders wrote: On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 10:26:15PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: remove apic with no apic option in lilo. have added append="no apic" to lilo.conf, is that what you meant? will have a look at syslog next time i reboot and see if i still get apic errors. hugh

Re: blackbox startup

2002-11-15 Thread iain d broadfoot
Colin Keefe wrote: * iain d broadfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-13 02:11 +]: k, installed blackbox, purged gnome2, how do i get bb to run bbkeys/time/date etc in the slit at login? wdm seems to skip my .xsession entirely... iain On the login screen, select default instea

Re: argh! aptitude/dselect/apt-get dieing????

2002-11-13 Thread iain d broadfoot
nate wrote: iain d broadfoot said: apt-get: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory same thing for dselect and aptitude. / any thoughts?? find the package that has that

argh! aptitude/dselect/apt-get dieing????

2002-11-13 Thread iain d broadfoot
apt-get: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory same thing for dselect and aptitude. / any thoughts?? i'm scared to reboot in case it doesn't come back at all. (shivers horri

Re: blackbox startup

2002-11-12 Thread iain d broadfoot
iain d broadfoot wrote: k, installed blackbox, purged gnome2, how do i get bb to run bbkeys/time/date etc in the slit at login? wdm seems to skip my .xsession entirely... iain answer seems to be not to use wdm... xdm works fine. ;-) iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

blackbox startup

2002-11-12 Thread iain d broadfoot
k, installed blackbox, purged gnome2, how do i get bb to run bbkeys/time/date etc in the slit at login? wdm seems to skip my .xsession entirely... iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: unsubscribe

2002-11-07 Thread iain d broadfoot
belg wrote: could these get blocked on the server? iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: phoenix + mozilla

2002-11-05 Thread iain d broadfoot
Hall Stevenson wrote: At 09:26 AM 11/5/2002 +, iain d broadfoot wrote: i'm currently using mozilla for mail/news and phoenix for www. if phoenix is running when i try to start mail, i get an error about phoenix mail not being found. i know why this happens (i think - cos phoen

Re: phoenix + mozilla

2002-11-05 Thread iain d broadfoot
René Seindal wrote: On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:26:16AM +, iain d broadfoot wrote: i'm currently using mozilla for mail/news and phoenix for www. if phoenix is running when i try to start mail, i get an error about phoenix mail not being found. i know why this happens (i think

phoenix + mozilla

2002-11-05 Thread iain d broadfoot
i'm currently using mozilla for mail/news and phoenix for www. if phoenix is running when i try to start mail, i get an error about phoenix mail not being found. i know why this happens (i think - cos phoenix is mozilla, it takes any requests) but was wondering if there were any easy fixes. if

Re: gnome2 + enlightenment

2002-11-04 Thread iain d broadfoot
Travis Crump wrote: iain d broadfoot wrote: is there any way to make enlightenment block off part of the screen for the gnome-panel? yeah, i know i should be using a different combo, but i like e. iain Just out of curiosity, does enlightenment otherwise work with Gnome 2? Is this a major

gnome2 + enlightenment

2002-11-04 Thread iain d broadfoot
is there any way to make enlightenment block off part of the screen for the gnome-panel? yeah, i know i should be using a different combo, but i like e. iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Needed: Hardware recommendateons for Wireless Networking

2002-11-03 Thread iain d broadfoot
Richard Kimber wrote: On Sun, 03 Nov 2002 18:38:40 + iain d broadfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i've got a netgear MR314, and a cheap Belkin pc card in my laptop. the netgear is a doddle to admin. Yes, I have this router. Along with a D-Link USB adapter for one of the oth

Re: Needed: Hardware recommendateons for Wireless Networking

2002-11-03 Thread iain d broadfoot
Thomas H. George,,, wrote: Thanks to help from the list I now have a one computer network with a dsl connection to the internet. There are two other computers in our house which could benefit from this connection. One suggestion was to run wires through the heating ducts but this does not seem f

Re: gnome2 applets

2002-11-02 Thread iain d broadfoot
I repacked it (thanks Colin) and put it in my repository. Just add this to your sources.list: deb http://debian.pepas.com ./ then apt-cache search netmon-applet should show it. -jason pepas cool, thank you. works fine. does anyone know of any gnome2 wireless applets, or a way to use gnom

Re: gnome2 applets

2002-11-02 Thread iain d broadfoot
Jason Pepas wrote: specifically, netleds and wavelan. I would highly recommend netmon-applet as a replacement for netleds. -jason pepas $apt-cache search netmon-applet $ where do i find it? iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

gnome2 applets

2002-11-02 Thread iain d broadfoot
ok, this sucks. updgraded to gnome2 quite happily, everything is gorgeus except i can't use my applets: specifically, netleds and wavelan. they can't see a gnome panel. do they NEED a gnome1 panel, or should this be fakable? cheers, iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Segmentation faults in apropos

2002-10-29 Thread iain d broadfoot
Paul Mackinney wrote: I've been running Sid, for some time, lately I've started getting segmentaion faults when I run apropos, as in the following: $ apropos hyphenation Segmentation fault $ When I run with the debug flag, I get a bunch of normal-looking messages about paths, ending wit

Re: Gvim

2002-10-28 Thread iain d broadfoot
Russell wrote: Hi all, I've been using console-mode vim, but i've heard of a gui gvim. Is there any debian packages for it? I can't find any. I just want more control over X colour resources. apt-get install vim-gtk iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

Re: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-27 Thread iain d broadfoot
On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 14:24, Joyce, Matthew wrote: I have done this on several machines. By far the easiest is to erase everything from the machine and start from scratch. This is a good aproach except when all you have is a recovery disk. I don't kow how many..but.. all the laptops I looked

Re: Desktop launchs recent programs when logging in

2002-10-27 Thread iain d broadfoot
Mariano Kamp wrote: Hi, using Gnome with woody it always launches a couple of programs I recently used (like xemacs, xterm etc.). It also does launch more instances every time I login. I greped through all directories starting with a dot for xterm and xemacs, but haven't found anything. Whe

[solved]Re: kernel config from kernel_image

2002-10-25 Thread iain d broadfoot
iain d broadfoot wrote: arse. i backed up my kernel_image.deb, and my ~, but i forgot about my kernel config file... :( is there ANY way to get it from the image I have? it'd really really suck if i had to go through all the guesswork again. will hunt alone for now... ;-) love,

kernel config from kernel_image

2002-10-25 Thread iain d broadfoot
arse. i backed up my kernel_image.deb, and my ~, but i forgot about my kernel config file... :( is there ANY way to get it from the image I have? it'd really really suck if i had to go through all the guesswork again. will hunt alone for now... ;-) love, iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: keeping a kernel

2002-10-23 Thread iain d broadfoot
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: On Tuesday 22 October 2002 17:48, iain d broadfoot wrote: i have some .deb kernel images, can i back them up and then just dpkg -i them after a big reinstall? thanks, iain why not (-: The kernel deb is not tied to any other piece of the system except

keeping a kernel

2002-10-22 Thread iain d broadfoot
i have some .deb kernel images, can i back them up and then just dpkg -i them after a big reinstall? thanks, iain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

adding nodes to a network

2002-10-19 Thread iain d broadfoot
I have a router with two machina wired in, and my laptop on wireless. what kinda stuff do i need to do with dhcpd on the laptop to connect a machine (wired) to the laptop and have it as part of the bigger network? or can i skip dhcp and just iptables it? i've done a fair bit of googling, so a q

Re: Creative Nomad jukebox

2002-10-16 Thread iain d broadfoot
Gytis wrote: > hi everyone > > Anyone got experience with Creative Nomad jukebox ( 6gb)? If someone go > it working , please share your thoughts :) My system is woody 3.0 with > 2.4.19 kernel :) > thanx > > libnjb.sourceforge.net download, compile, follow instructions. also grab GNOMAD fro

Re: tar.gz to debian packages

2002-09-24 Thread iain d broadfoot
> Actually, there's an easier way: > apt-get checkinstall > checkinstall is run as root after you've done your ./configure and make, > and in place of the make install command. It creates a .deb file and > also installs it for you. Be sure to read the man page for it -- there's > a lot of opti