Spanned Wallpaper (multi-monitor) | Plasma | Wayland

2022-05-06 Thread Lance Simmons
Spanning wallpaper across monitors in Plasma is a pain. A github project, "superpaper," works fine on X. But it doesn't work on Wayland. Does anyone know how to span wallpaper across monitors, in Plasma, using Wayland? (I'm running Sid.) -- Lance Simmons

Re: apt-upgrade (Bullseye) shows 1 pkg not upgraded

2021-08-10 Thread Lance Simmons
apt list --upgradeable On Aug 10 2021, at 12:32 pm, Jim Popovitch wrote: > How can I determine what the "1 not upgraded" package might be? > > > ~$ apt-get update > Hit:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease > Hit:2 http://security.debian.org bullseye-security InRelease > Hit:3

Re: After some effort, can't change grub screen resolution

2018-06-29 Thread Lance Simmons
med relevant, but I may have missed something. -- Lance Simmons

After some effort, can't change grub screen resolution

2018-06-28 Thread Lance Simmons
c/default/grub) to several of the resolutions I know my monitor supports (and then running "sudo update-grub") has no effect. Any suggestions? I've been running sid for a year, but this has been a problem since I got the computer a couple of years ago and was running stable so I figure it's not sid-specific. -- Lance Simmons

Sysadmin company recommendation please

2011-11-21 Thread Lance
(not dedicated). Please contact me at lancejackson {a t] rogers [d o t] {c o m] Thank you. ----- Lance

Grateful for the floppy install!

2007-06-12 Thread Lance Simmons
e the only thing I ever use cdroms for is installing Debian, I got away without having to change my hardware. Many thanks to the people who create the Debian installer for floppies! -- Lance Simmons -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: em8300 DXR3 anyone?

2007-06-09 Thread Lance Simmons
On 6/9/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 09:14:16AM -0500, Lance Simmons wrote: How do you know it is not working? Are you getting some sort of error message? Sorry, I should have been clearer. Current versions of libxine1 _do_ support em830

em8300 DXR3 anyone?

2007-06-09 Thread Lance Simmons
I can't get DXR3 (em8300) support working with libxine1. The sarge version still works, but none of the newer versions of libxine1. Does anyone have experience compiling libxine1 with em8300 support? How is it done? -- Lance Simmons -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Debian package of the day

2006-06-27 Thread Lance Simmons
27;s pretty much the only way I ever read websites any more. -- Lance Simmons signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: No fonts in Flash Player (was: SOLVED)

2006-05-01 Thread Lance Simmons
* Benjam? Villoslada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060501 11:33]: > > Fonts dosen't works again in Flash :( Maybe due the last x-org updates. > > Anyone have solved this issue? I'm having the same problem. -- Lance Simmons signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: 2.6.16-1-686 header problem?

2006-03-23 Thread Lance Simmons
8300 package; something to do with changes in I2C. Guess I'll just wait to switch kernels until the problem gets resolved. -- Lance Simmons signature.asc Description: Digital signature

UNRESOLVED: Re: Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?

2006-02-01 Thread Lance Simmons
* Ken Wahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060131 22:09]: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 05:55:17PM -0600, Lance Simmons wrote: > > Right now, when spam makes it through spamassassin, I report it with an > > "X" according to the following line in my .muttrc: > > > >

Mutt: how to mark multiple spams?

2006-01-31 Thread Lance Simmons
y for me to tag multiple spams and then report them with a single keystroke? -- Lance Simmons -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

install problems from a newby

2006-01-25 Thread LANCE ASHENHURST
What package:?  The install program tries to read the cdrom and returns screen dumps of "hda media error (bad sector)  Drive Ready Seek Complete Error, Buffer I/O error  error=0x34  status=0x51".  Is this a cdrom package or install package?  At first I didn't even know what was meant by "pac

Re: initial query

2006-01-24 Thread Lance Simmons
ge, but is very helpful in explaining what is distinctive about Debian systems. -- Lance Simmons signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Should I Abandon Mutt and Exim4?

2006-01-12 Thread Lance Simmons
ting rejected by the ISP. If you are, you may need to specify a username and password, which is done by manually editing /etc/exim4/passwd.client according to the instructions in that file. -- Lance Simmons Tragedy is when I stub my toe. Comedy is when you fall through an open manhole and die. -- Mel Brooks signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Console color map ?

2005-08-28 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Hello, I was wondering if there is a console color map similar to /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt ? Also, I am using a framebuffer vga=791? Is there a colormap for this? What if were to change to something like vga=792? I am trying to determine what colors will be available to be in a console? Lance

fb error packed pixel?

2005-08-26 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
How do I correct this error? lance $fbi 01OverTheRainbow.jpg using "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-16", pixelsize=16.67 file=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/ VeraMono.ttf map: vt01 => fb0 can handle only packed pixel frame buffers --

alsa playing/recording error, delta66 (BUG?)

2005-08-20 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Hello, I am having an alsa problem and believe I need to file a bug report. Look at the info below: 1) Who should I send a bug report to, if necessary? 2) What other information would be necessary? 3) How would I obtain such information? Lance I have an AMD64 300+ a Debian i386 system

image partition of 30G to 20G ?

2005-08-13 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
to use hdb5 to test a AMD64 system. If I do a net install onto /dev/hdb5 will I be prompted to use GRUB and the MBR already on /dev/hda? I just want to make sure I don't make my production system on /dev/hda3 unbootable. Lance

gmessage creating popups in certain windows in wmaker?

2005-08-08 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Hey, Is there a way, when creating popups with gmessage, that I can specify that I always want the message to popup on desktop 3 in windowmaker? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED

gnulib ?

2005-08-04 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
/directory/name Where od I find this library? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The natural progress of things is for liberty to

wmaker xmessage popups

2005-07-22 Thread lance
Anyone know if there is a way to specify which window xmessage or gxmessage will popup in? Is there another program that could be used that one could specify the particular window to popup a message in? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Completing removing program and configs

2005-07-21 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
user? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and governments

kaddressbook: where is database?

2005-07-18 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Where does kaddressbook keep it's database and what is it's name? I couldn't find anything in ~/.kde/... Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [

postgresql -U postgres login porblems

2005-07-18 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
and try postgres:~$ createuser -U postgres -a username Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y Password: createuser: could not connect to database template1: FATAL: Password authentication failed for user "postgres" postgres:~$ Lance --

Re: Help/Question: Can't get xlibs package to install all of it's files

2005-07-14 Thread Lance Rushing
man, I ran # dpkg --install -force-all xlibs_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14_all.deb Which took care of my confs. Thanks again, Lance From: "Kevin B. McCarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Help/Question: Can't get xlibs package to install all of it&#x

Help/Question: Can't get xlibs package to install all of it's files

2005-07-13 Thread Lance Rushing
I'm trying to install the xlibs package, but not all of its contents get installed.(debian_version 3.1 stable)I'm trying to get /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/altwin (an other files) to installfrom the xlibs package.  If I:# dpkg --contents xlibs_4.3.0.dfsg.1-14_all.debI get of list of the contents and

Re: Wmaker Nautilus (in only one window)?

2005-07-12 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Lance Hoffmeyer<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hey, that does get me almost what I want. I could live with that. I do, however, enjoy the little desktop icons as well. These are a large step above dfm. Don't guess I am going to be able to those without the desktop though? Any

Wmaker Nautilus (in only one window)?

2005-07-11 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
in the other six (2-7). I want to do this because I have scripts that put weather maps on windows 2-4 on an hourly basis and I don't want them hidden by nautilus. Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROT

Alsa default card (card0) with multiple cards

2005-07-07 Thread lance
/modprobe.conf but neither are present. How do I change my configuration so that the Intel8x0 is card0 at boot and ICE1712 is card1? -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: libstring-approx-perl broke updating Woody to Sarge

2005-06-30 Thread Lance Tagliapietra
On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 09:33:16PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Lance Tagliapietra wrote: > > In any case, I decided to go and attempt the upgrade, and have run into > > the following problem now when attempting to use apt-get or dpkg or > > ap

libstring-approx-perl broke updating Woody to Sarge

2005-06-30 Thread Lance Tagliapietra
, nor can I seem to install or remove packages, as that error will come up. Note my oversight that I never did put "Sarge" in my sources.list. Is there a way I can fix this without restoring from backup? This is a m68k system. cc: debain-user. Thanks, --Lance LanceTag at Lumine

fwd: one hour cas1no payout.

2005-05-09 Thread Lance
Try your luck with our new brand cas1no. +30% for every diposit. One hour payout, never fast before. Try play for free. I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead of us. http://www.wehiuhef.com/ An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the Londo

gnucash howto get quotes

2005-01-07 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Have gnucash 1.8.9. How do I get it to update stock prices? Tried Tools/Price Editor but got an error. Is there another way? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED

cdcd question

2004-12-30 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
There are certain modes one can go into other than the default "cdcd" such as "edit" and "site". If I go into "edit" mode I don't know how to get back to the default mode without quitting cdcd and restarting. How does o

crontab every 5 minutes?

2004-12-23 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Hello, How do I get crontab to run a process every 5 minutes? Currently, it is setup as: 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * Surely, there is a more elegant approach? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: gpg and outlook 2002

2004-11-04 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
In windows I did gpg --import > key.txt Now the key shows up when I gpg --list-keys If I gpg -d file.txt I get decryption failed: secret key not available What have I done improperly? Lance > > Can someone tell me the steps and programs needed to > descrypt gpg encrpyted mess

gpg and outlook 2002

2004-11-04 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
it do it automatically once I send myself the key? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the

Re: no cdaudio with alsa but ok with oss

2004-11-03 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
So, you can play mp3 and ogg files with mpg123 and ogg123? You can play files with mplayer? WHen you compiled the kernel with ALSA support, there should have been a checkbox that said "OSS emulation". This is not the same as OSS sound. It is OSS emulation via ALSA. Lance > >

listing number of directories only

2004-11-03 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
--exclude '\.*' but it excluded everything (Guess it treated it as .*). How can I list only non-hidden subdirectories in a directory? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL

number of files in directory?

2004-11-02 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
How can I get a count of the number of files in a directory? directory + subdirectoies? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The natural

fstab smbmount user permissions

2004-11-02 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
as root. I want it to mount everything with host permissions set. How can I accomplish this? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- -- To

Re: no cdaudio with alsa but ok with oss

2004-11-02 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
What sound do you currently have? Did you check OSS emulation in the kernel build? CD players, mpg123, and ogg123 want to use /dev/dsp which only appears if you have OSS emulation (to the best of my knowledge). Do you only have one soundcard? Do you only have one CD player? Lance On Tue

Re: Sound card troubles

2004-10-29 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
oss emulation is necessary and required to play sound. I would be curious if anyone reading DOES NOT have oss emulation and if so, what kink of card do you have and what kind of sounds do you play? Lance > Hi! > > thnx for the reply! > on my second computer (also with the same

Re: vmware cut and paste

2004-10-26 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
having some problems with it as well. Just tried to cut and paste from MS Word in WinXP to OOWriter to no avail. Same problem as you. Lance > > I'm running VMware (4.5.2 build 8848) on Woody, with a Win2K guest. > Everything I've tried works fine except for cut and paste

Re: Sound card troubles

2004-10-26 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
modprobe -l | grep 'snd' produce? Lance > Hello, > Sound or no sound, that's the question! > > I have a computer :) with debian and kernel 2.6.9 There is also a SB > PCI64 in the computer so i compiled the kernel for that card. > (Creative) Ensoniq AudioPCI 1371/1

Re: Kspread converting expressions to values

2004-10-18 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
s and kspread does not have this feature but I am not sure if you are a newbie or not. Lance > > Hi All, > > How can I convert a row of expressions into values? > > In other words, I have a row of cells that have content > similar to: > +a15 * .25 > > I'd like t

OT car stereo Vorbis Ogg DVD

2004-10-18 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
ither have internal HD or support CD's only. Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of

configure 2 cards wALSA

2004-10-10 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
EOB] -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclai

samba versus nfs

2004-09-24 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
wondering if there is any reason to use NFS? Any thoughts? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The propagandist's purpose is to

getting forecast image as background

2004-09-10 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Anyone know of a script that will pull a forecast from noaa or somewhere and put it up as a background image in X?? I created one using w3m, html2ps, and convert but doesn't seem to work anymore and I cannot find any sites that post forecast as gif's instead of htm

Re: shared address book

2004-09-10 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
You might try phpgroupware. Web-based. Includes calendar, addressbook, wiki and a whole lot more. You can condigure which programs to use. Needs postgresql or mysql. Lance On Thu Sep 09, 2004 at 11:50:39PM -0700, Jake Maul wrote: > Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 23:50:39 -0700 > From: Jak

Re: finance/business

2004-09-07 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
See if this site helps http://cbbrowne.com/info/financefreesoft.html Lance On Tue Sep 07, 2004 at 11:13:27PM +0300, Alejandro Matos wrote: > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:13:27 +0300 > From: Alejandro Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Alejandro Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: finance/business

2004-09-07 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
> > Alejandro Matos > > from Lima - Peru > > in Helsinki - Finland > > :) > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe&

Re: Screen Resolution

2004-09-07 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
des line to match the one/many resolutions you wish to have and work on your system. The first mode "1280x1024" will be the default X will start with. You can change to the others with CTL-ALT-+. Lance > > I just installed Debian via Knoppix 3.6. It all went pretty smooth

Re: gnumeric or oocalc

2004-09-07 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
more time learning a bit about scripting capabilities of these two packages :-) Lance > Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > Hi all > >My intention is not to start a flamewar but to get opinions on > > which spreadsheet software is better? While having choice i

Re: Dock Appts II

2004-09-03 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
but if the packages you want are in TESTING (SARGE) then you should consider an upgrade to SARGE (Backup your current system). Of course, if uncertain, maybe wait for a month or two until SARGE becomes STABLE and then install. Lance

grub wants root=/dev/hde??

2004-09-01 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Grub keeps putting my root on /dev/hde. Originally this is where my harddrive was. Now I have moved it to /dev/hda. Why won't Grub recognize this? I keep having to edit the root= line at each boot? lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [

key bindings in xterm/multi-gnome-terminal

2004-09-01 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Hello, How do I get the key binding to work properly in an xterm? If I try to use emacs or zile the keys don't work properly. CTL-SHIFT-@ should allow to start marking lines for copy/paste but they don't do anything in an xterm. They do work from the console howev

Re: Howto Observe My DSL Router Traffice Load...?

2004-09-01 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Documentation on munin is pretty sparse. Can you give a basic example of what to put in munin.conf to create some basic load graphs from the localhost? Lance > You could use mrtg or munin for this (both have debian packages). > Munin is much easier to set up and more flexible. >

Re: compile time on 2.6.8

2004-08-31 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
way", I think you can do the same > with the standard procedure. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --

Re: compile time on 2.6.8

2004-08-31 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
don't change a lot of stuff and a bunch of modules don't have to be compiled then it takes a whole lot less time!! Lance > Hi > You should try: > export MAKE="make -j3" > before running make-kpkg, you should get a higher load but also a shorter > compilat

compile time on 2.6.8

2004-08-31 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
How long is it taking people who compile the 2.6.8 kernel? It is taking about 30-40 minutes on my dual AMD MP2100?? And I am compiling from a Deb Sarge kernel-image 2.6.8-1-K7-smp?? Doesn't seem right. Seems like I used to compile in 5 minutes or less?? Compiling on Debian Sarge.

Make-Kpkg SMP

2004-08-31 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
How do I configure make-kpkg (kernel-package) so that MAKE using the -j3 switch? The smp.txt says edit the Makefile but the line that the smp.txt says to modify does not exist. The kernel-package man does not really cover this. Do I modify the kernel-pkg.conf? If so, how? Lance

Adding Swap Space

2004-08-29 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I didn't have a swap drive when I installed SARGE and I don't see a swap drive mounted. I have now created a swapdrive. Do I need to install swapd? Also, how do I setup so the swapdrive is mounted/used at boot? Lance -- Lance

Re: logging apt-get sessions?

2004-08-28 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
script, I couldn't remember the name of this program. How does one save the terminal scroll buffer? lance > > > I've logged apt-get sessions 2 ways: > > script > apt-get ... > > and, > > apt-get ... | tee > > There's always the term

logging apt-get sessions?

2004-08-28 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
What are people using to log apt-get sessions for installs? I could use screen CTL-A SHT-H but I want something I could setup in a script as well. I want to start doing a rsync backup as well and would like a way I could log both (apt-get and rsync) to a file. Lance

Re: Java plugin help

2004-08-28 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
BINGO, that did it. Thanks Lance > > Hi, > > On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 08:02:56 -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have installed java and ln -s into my mozilla plugins directory. > > Java does not work and about:plugins does not show it

Java plugin help

2004-08-28 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have installed java and ln -s into my mozilla plugins directory. Java does not work and about:plugins does not show it as a plugin? What am I doing wrong? Lance lance jobs 0 Sat Aug 28 07:48:33am /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/ $ll total 64K lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 59 Aug 28 07:48

mplayer won't stream audio from internet

2004-08-27 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
disabled SSE supported but disabled CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0 Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX 3DNow 3DNowEx Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf Reading config file /home/lance/.mplayer/config Reading /home/lance/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't

kernel-image 2.6.8 sound config issues

2004-08-26 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Card config: --- no soundcards --- Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Timers: 7: system timer Mixers: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROT

exim malformed email literals

2004-08-26 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Hey all, I used to be able to send emails like [EMAIL PROTECTED] but when I try now I get errors? Does this have something to do with exim config? Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED

Snort default config ?

2004-08-26 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
question but I am asking primarily about any simple/no brainer type of added configs that a simple user might want/need. Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED

postgres phpgroupware login woes

2004-08-25 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
"postgres" also, I cannot create phpgroupware database from phpgroupware admin? What have I got setup incorrectly? -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL

Re: gtk-config, what to install?

2004-08-25 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
> > ~ %% dlocate `which gtk-config` > libgtk1.2-dev: /usr/bin/gtk-config > ~ %% > > libgtk1.2-dev (WARNING: I use woody) > Yeah, I am using SARGE and dlocate `which gtk-config` does not work. Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &

gtk-config, what to install?

2004-08-25 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
FIG environment variable to the *** full path to gtk-config. configure: error: GTK+ not found (required) What do I need to install to correct this? lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTEC

copying text from console to X with gpmdata?

2004-08-25 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
to be able to copy info from the console into X. I have tried highlighting the text in console, going to X and pressing the middle mouse button but nothing happens. Am I missing something or is gpmdata not working properly? Lance Lance Hoff

nail email references

2004-08-24 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
d any documentation on how to do it. Or, how to create/use email alias file with nail? Lance Lance Hoffmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Wrong Xserver IP?

2004-08-24 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
When I try to run kdialog I get the error: :/# kdialog --msgbox 'Howdy!' kdialog: cannot connect to X server 111.111.111.1:0 The IP should be: 111.111.111.3:0 What do I need to reconfigure? Everything else appears to be running fine. Lance --

apm warning when switch from X to console

2004-08-23 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I get this message every time I switch from X to the console. What do I need to do so that I don't this this message? $ apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x apm: disabled - APM is not SMP safe.e/2004-08-23 Lance -- Lance Hoff

Scrolling in console

2004-08-23 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am wondering if there is a way to scroll to the right in a console? When I open mutt I cannot read the entire subject header on the email - it trails off the screen. Is there a way to recapture the rest of this subject line? I have also had this problem in slrn as well. Lance

program to display popups in X ?

2004-08-23 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Is there n easy program/way for me to get popup messages to appear in X? I basically create a text file in ~/docs/ with random information and I wish to use cron to have it popup this information in X on an hourly basis. Lance -- Lance Hoffmeyer

What is the program to reset Exim configuration??

2004-08-22 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
It's been a long time but I remember there is a console program that will ask me a number of quesions about my Exim setup like Using Smarthost, name of smarthost, etc What is this program called? For the life of me I cannot remember. Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

select N random lines in a file

2004-08-22 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Hello all, I would like to write a script that will select N number of random lines in a file. Any suggestions on how to do this? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How to stop PCI probe of /deb/hdc at boot?

2004-08-21 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Running Sarge with Grub, Debian kernel image 2.6.8-k7-smp I don't have anything attached to /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd but they are getting probed none the less. Adds about an extra 30 seconds to my boot process. Is there a way to stop this? hda: SONY CD-RW CRX220E1, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdb: ATAPI D

XEmacs21 not changing fonts in X

2004-08-19 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
XEmacs21 is not changing the fonts or font sizes in X. I am using TESTING and X4.3. XEmacs21 came from Stable. Any suggestions on how I can get the fonts working? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

WMaker not updaing menus

2004-08-19 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
will update the menus? lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Radeon 9200 XFree86 4.3 DGA Modes Vmware

2004-08-18 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Hello, When starting vmware I am unable to create a full-screen mode, I get error Unable to enumerate any DGA modes. XFree86 direct graphics (DGA extension) initialization failed. I am using the ATI proprietary drivers (fglrx) on kernel 2.6.7 Any suggestions?? Here is my XF11Config-4 file: # *

Re: Untwist, adjust, and apologize

2004-08-18 Thread Lance W. Haverkamp
ecently, > and nearly made a move that I would have definitely regretted. > > So in that vein, I apologize to the list, and the Debian community in > general. I flew off the handle, and I am truly sorry for any disruptions > my bad behavior may have caused. --   Thanks! Lance

X resolution gnome/wmaker

2004-08-16 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
wmakerconf. Nothing seems to happen. Using Ctl-Alt+ allows me to change resolution but then the icons don't fit the desktop. Any help on how I can change resolution to 1280x968 and increase font/icon size? lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Error: Please disable GnuPG Agent from KGpg settings, or fix the agent.

2004-08-16 Thread Lance W. Haverkamp
If I turn on the agent in kgpg I keep getting the following error at launch, and the agent does not work: The use of GnuPG Agent is enabled in GnuPG's configuration file (/home/lance/.gnupg/gpg.conf). However, the agent doesn't seem to run. This could result in problems with signing/

connection timed out errors

2004-08-14 Thread Lance W. Haverkamp
d not connect to elonen.iki.fi:80 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out Reading Package Lists... Done E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --   Thanks! Lance W. Haverkamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] 719.495.9084 13520 New Discovery Rd. Col

synaptic warning

2004-08-14 Thread Lance W. Haverkamp
kage list http://ftp.us.debian.org ../project/experimental/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_.._project_experimental_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) --   What do I do about it? Thanks! Lance W. Haverkamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] 719.495

connection timed out--almost always

2004-08-13 Thread Lance W. Haverkamp
://ftp.us.debian.org stable/main Release Could not connect to ftp.us.debian.org:21 (1.0.0.0), connection timed out Every server after this was also connection timed out. Any ideas? Thanks, Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: Metacity window manager

2004-07-29 Thread Lance Simmons
* Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040729 18:49]: > > I always thought some kind of menu system was a requisite for a > desktop environment until I started using ion. You're part of the way there, but what you really need is ratpoison! :) -- Lance Simmons signature.asc

m4a (mpeg4) audio console player

2004-07-08 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Are there any mp4 (m4a) console players in debian? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Keyboard emulating mouse ??

2004-07-02 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
them to work as mouse buttons?? Is there a way to emulate holding down the left or right mouse button and dragging? Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

console sound editor- spec. ogg

2004-06-22 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
Anyone know if there are any console sound editors? Specifically, I need one that will edit Vorbis Ogg files. Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: desktop Linux for a debian user?

2004-06-02 Thread Lance Simmons
really need something that isn't in stable, you may want to stay with stable. When sarge becomes stable (real soon now), you can upgrade your woody machines to it. But if you find yourself continually wanting to install software that depends on libraries in unstable, you might want to bite

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