Re: lxde/openbox temp. deactivate touchpad?

On 02/28/2016 04:56 AM, BerndSchmittNews wrote: Hello, under debian7 I was using gpoint to temporarily deactivate touchpad. My acer laptop drives me crazy, after a while the pointer is running wild. I hoped that this would not happen in debian8, but maybe it is a hardware failure, so I have

Re: Using Jessie Backports

use backports for a few applications and have never had any major issues, but the choice is up to each individual user. LostSon

Re: plain (original) Debian hosting

> OpenPGP: 9EC2 5620 2355 B1DC 4A8F 8C79 0EC7 C214 E5AE 3B4E > > Personally I use this one http://debian-hosting.info/ I have used it for years with no complaints. LostSon signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: can't disable Thinkpad touchpad

ugh that those shortcuts are not working. LostSon signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Jessie Mate - a GUI user admin tool?

dly an Ubuntu invention. > > Said package is provided by Debian main archive since squeeze at least. > > > > Reco > > lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude search usermode > p usermode - Graphical tools for certain user > account manag > p usermode:i386 - Gra

Re: Old Computers

. But it needs an i486. :-( > http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ > http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=damnsmall > > Lisi > > How about Tiny Core Linux http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/faq.html#req LostSon signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: jessie+kde: how to make gtk apps look better integrated

On 05/01/2015 08:55 AM, baldyeti wrote: > Hello, just trying out debian8 (amd64) with the KDE. > Looks real good so far, just dislike the bulky scrollbars > (e.g in iceweasel) > Can someone suggest what package(s) to install to remedy > (in earlier releases I think one needed an oxygen theme for

Re: Jessie sufficiently stable for general use?

on of Jessie on a Lenovo > T440s about a month ago and immediately afterwards upgraded my desktop > system to Jessie. > The conclusion: best Debian ever. > I have 5 separate systems all running Jessie since the freeze, and even my wife and kids like it. LostSon signature.asc Des

Re: Recommendations for a AMD64 Jessie xfce/kde cd

> sort. > > Any links or recommendations? > > > sivaram > > Here are the Debian Jessie images https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ LostSon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: gedit ugly under xfce

Geany works quite nice or there is always gvim. On 07/15/2014 01:47 PM, B wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 22:34:18 +0400 > Reco wrote: > >> This is … an expected behaviour from any GTK+3 application launched >> outside of GNOME. Googling 'GTK3 client-side decorations' will >> provide you with

Re: MATE 1.8: issues with sound control

> [1] https://code.google.com/p/volti/ > What kind of soundcard do you have, I am running mate on 5 different machines, some using pulsaudio some not and have not had this issue at all. Now I don't have gnome3 installed on any of these machines so maybe that is the difference here. L

Re: Best Mail Client

mail, evolution, mutt, iceape. > - the best is Icedove/Thunderbird. It works perfectly. > - I like claws-mail too but it's very slow with Imap. It's ok with pop3. > > -- > Maderios > > > Evolution -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: XFCE is slow on Acer One netbook - suggestions?

network-manager (I use the netbook in a dozen different >> locations/networks) >> >> It's still slow. > > I guess a lot of Gnome's services are still started with your graphical > environment, and they overload your machine. > > You ca

Re: no sound when playing ET: Wolfenstein

On Sat, 2009-05-30 at 17:04 +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > Using Debian Lenny AMD64 > ET: W version 2.60b > > I already added > echo "et.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss > exit 0 > apt-get install oss-compat will get yo

fonts seem off

changes. My fonts do look ok with full. But they are awfully skinny. any ideas ? -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Package Creation

reation. > Please help me. > > -- > S.Vellingiri, > Associate Systems Engineer, > bk systems, > chennai. > hariharan@gmail.com This is what i used to learn to build debian packages http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-build.en.html hope that helps. --

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

e previous statement the more I use it, and when and if I find bugs or problems I can submit these to the appropriate people and hopefully we can get them resolved and bring more people to 64 bit computing, my measly two cents. -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org Debian Lenny amd64 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

enigmail and iceape

Hello Has anyone had any luck with getting enigmail to work with the iceape suite ? I was trying to get it working earlier today with no luck, thanks. -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org Debian Lenny amd_64 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

alt key is not working in terminals

be some global config or something that got messed up ? Thanks. -- lostson http://lostsonsvault.org Debian Lenny & AMD 64 pgp4F9HfKcAR9.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian AMD64

cus 19:18 > > Personally I am using 64 and have really had no problems at all. All the software i needed was readily available. I have had no hiccups or serious problems at all. And this may be trivial but rebuilding debs for 64 if you absolutely need them really is easier than on

enemy territory lags badly

anyone has had this problem and if they got it fixed ? I did some googling but have not come up with any answers, thanks. -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org Debian Lenny on amd64 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Hmm...

a nice New Years at home with my wife and kids and computers. We usually host a lan part for new years but i just had surger so no lan party this year im afraid -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org Debian Lenny on amd64 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: memory problem

fox isn't > lightweight anymore. > > Cheers, > Frank I hate to butt in but do you see better behavior and performance from say epiphany or galeon or some other browser ? -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org Debian Lenny on amd64 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: debian standard tool for config services?

erminal and it will let you select or deselect what daemons you want to start when you boot up with works really nice -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

phonon-gstreamer backend

4.4.3 on lenny does anyone have a fix for this thank you. -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org Debian Lenny on amd64 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: iPod

lowing packages will be REMOVED: > id3v2{u} libid3-3.8.3c2a{u} libungif4-dev{u} vorbis-tools{u} > 0 packages upgraded, 35 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 58.7MB of archives. After unpacking 157MB will be used. > > That looks like pretty much everything to me,

Re: compiling issue

On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 12:50 +, Bob Cox wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 05:51:05 -0600, lostson (lost...@lostsonsvault.org) > wrote: > > [ FYI - there seems to be something wrong with your digital signature ] > > > Hello > > I am trying to compile a progr

compiling issue

sing if any ? Also what is the iceweasel-dev package called I cant seem to find that either, thanks. -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org Debian Lenny on amd64 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

mugshot packages

Hello I was looking around for mugshot packages but no luck so far. It seems the only downloads on the actual mugshot site is through cvs. Does anyone know how to get mugshot working? I am using lenny btw, thanks. -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: exim4 question

p file or something and it worked. I usually wouldnt take this approach but if as a last resort and it does work hey why not. I am very new to debian and using lenny so am learning as I go, thanks again for all your help! -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: exim4 question

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:18:35AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat December 20 2008, lostson wrote: > > > First, try sending mail to yourself at your local box address.  Exim > > > should make the appropriate /var/mail/$USER when it sends the mail. > > > Your

Re: exim4 question

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:19:47AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 08:11:01AM -0600, lostson wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:05 +, Sam Kuper wrote: > > > 2008/12/20 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI : > > > > lostson wrote: > > > >>

Re: exim4 question

On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 14:05 +, Sam Kuper wrote: > 2008/12/20 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI : > > lostson wrote: > >> Hello > >> I have perused the docs for exim but cannot seem to find the exim for > >> dummies section. I want to use mutt and when i send i want to u

exim4 question

point me in the right direction, thanks. -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org Debian Lenny on amd64 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: rhythmbox questions

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:30:52 -0700 Chris Burkhardt wrote: > lostson wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 18:31 -0700, Chris Burkhardt wrote: > > > >> lostson wrote: > >> > >>> Hello > >>> I am using Lenny and have noticed when start

Re: Instructions for upgrading from Etch to Lenny?

t; > Thanks! > > Rick > > Simple go through your sources file and change etch to lenny. Then do a apt-get update then run apt-get dist-upgrade Worked like a charm for me. LostSon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

rhythmbox questions

something I have missed perhaps, thanks. -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Lenny sources.list example

org/debian/ lenny non-free deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny contrib LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian secure by default?

On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 19:09 -0700, Lee Glidewell wrote: > On Friday 16 May 2008 07:02:59 pm Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Friday 16 May 2008 07:01:38 pm lostson wrote: > > > > > > My 2 cents a default firewall would be nice > > > > You mean like Windows has

Re: Debian secure by default?

nt as a vulnerability. > > > -- > Raj Kiran Grandhi > -- > Politics is for the moment. An equation is for eternity. > -- Albert Einstein > > My 2 cents a default firewall would be nice LostSon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: upgraded to lenny

On Thursday 01 May 2008 09:59:36 pm lostson wrote: > Hello > I upgraded to lenny and when trying to apt-get update i now get this > > Hit http://ftp.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages/DiffIndex > W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/lenny/updates/Release > Unabl

upgraded to lenny

(malformed Release file?) E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. I am not sure how to resolve this any ideas? thanks. Other than this everything went very well. -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org signature.asc Description: This is a

Pinning ?

some good documentation on this subject, thanks. LostSon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Qt4-config Qt4-designer

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 03:09 +0200, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Monday 21 April 2008 00:54:09 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: > > On 20/04/2008, lostson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That brought in qt4-designer in the debian menu but nothing anywhere > > > e

Re: Qt4-config Qt4-designer

On Sunday 20 April 2008 09:33, Robin wrote: > On 20/04/2008, lostson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello > > I have installed qt4 qat4-config and qt4-designer, I can run them from > > command line but they do not show up in any of the menu's anywhere. Is >

Qt4-config Qt4-designer

Hello I have installed qt4 qat4-config and qt4-designer, I can run them from command line but they do not show up in any of the menu's anywhere. Is this a bug or have i missed something somewhere, thanks. -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org pgpPbej7ytVtI.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: GTK+ E-mail App on par with Mutt?

doesn't even need to have POP/IMAP. > > > > Mutt in a gnome-terminal? (At least you can then pretend that its GTK). > > :) > > Doug. > I personally use sylpheed. -- lostson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

nvidia driver question

out of say unstable or testing without completely modifying you current stable version ? I have read alot obout the "Debian Way" pro's and con's and am curious as to what and how. -- lostson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

removing kde

Hello All I have install debian stable with kde and am wanting to remove kde completely and install gnome. Is this possible ? and if so how ? I have been googling trying to find a way with no luck thanks. LostSon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

human engine ?

Hello Is it possible to get the human style and engine on Debian ? I have been googling trying to find an answer with no luck. Or maybe the glossy theme but I think that is included in gnome 2.18. I really like both of those styles and am curious if this is possible, thanks. LostSon -- To

Re: etch setup and some questions

On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 12:00 +0300, tejas wrote: > lostson wrote: > > Hello > > I have recently converted my machines over to Debian and am very happy. > > A few things I would like to know though > > > > #1 I currently have gnome installed can I install KDE a

etch setup and some questions

couldn't be happier!! I am sure I have more questions just can't remember them all, thanks ahead of time. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: can not login anymore with KDM

On Thursday 18 May 2006 18:04, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 17:06 -0500, lostson wrote: > > On Thursday 18 May 2006 16:50, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 20:47 +0800, Richard wrote: > > > > Hi i have a problem: i can not use KDM anymore t

Re: can not login anymore with KDM

hat has a tiny brain, a big mouth, and an opinion nobody cares > about? You!" > from Murphy Brown -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org pgpPGccgMsfCu.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Etch hangs on startup at: waiting on root file system ?

On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 10:24 +1000, mustard lee wrote: > lostson wrote: > > >On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 21:02 +1000, mustard lee wrote: > > > > > >>I put together a brand new Etch install today, which was working > >>flawlessly for the first few b

Re: Etch hangs on startup at: waiting on root file system ?

pgrade make sure to upgrade udev as well. Initramfs-tools is the package that screws things up. Personally I think it should pull in udev as well, but it doesnt. So be sure to upgrade udev and it will eliminate this problem. LostSon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Begin: Waiting for root filesystem

driver is broken, too. Would explain why the install works - older kernel. C. Just did it it again, is the easiest way around this to just install an older kernel ?, thanks LostSon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: Begin: Waiting for root filesystem

Nelson Castillo wrote: again. WTF is going on. I had this problem with sid using an Intel 845GTP board and a Pentium D processor (with an PATA IDE disk). It used to happen when I tried a SMP version of the Linux kernel. It only worked with a 2.6.16 SMP kernel. -- http://arhuaco.org/ This

Begin: Waiting for root filesystem

bango hanging at the same message again. WTF is going on. LostSon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

etch and several problems

n the list with similiar problems. What does one do to combat this, I cant have my system breaking every other day where I have to reinstall or spend hours trying to figure out what went wrong, thanks. LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

wireless problems

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building linux-wlan-ng

Forwarded Message > From: lostson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian > Subject: building linux-wlan-ng > Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:01:32 -0500 > > Hello > I am trying to build linux-wlan-ng and i am using module-assistant when > i get to th

building linux-wlan-ng

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Re: updating with aptitude

Hmm I have done this with one machine and now when it gets to Begin: Waiting for root file system it hangs and says /dev/hda1 does not exist uh oh!! On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 14:48 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:32:38PM +0000, lostson wrote: > > Hell

updating with aptitude

update then apt-get upgrade ? Thanks. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org /\ \ \ \__/ \__/ \ \ (oo) (oo) \_\/~~\_/~~\_ _.-~===~-._ (___) \___/ I Want To Believe signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

703)281-9744 / / /\/_/\ \_\ > > SBA/SDB CERTIFIED\/_/ \/_/ > > Debian users don't have huge ascii art signatures. Ubuntu users > apparently do. At least that's my unscientific observation based on a limited > sample. :P > Hey now wait a minute I am a d

Re: Does Audigy 2 / Audigy 2 ZS work in Debian?

ion and experience you share. > > Kind regards, > Stevan > > I use a alsa 2ZS card and it works perfectly. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org /\ \ \ \__/ \__/ \ \ (oo) (oo) \_\/~~\_/~~\_ _.-~===~-._ (___)

Re: init editing

On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 10:01 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > LostSon writes: > > I installed that and briefly looked at it, and it looks like thats > > exaclty what i was looking for. A way to enable or disable services at > > boot time, thanks. > > We might have mentioned

Re: init editing

On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 15:00 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 07:44:40 -0500, lostson wrote: > > I guess maybe I was misunderstood, maybe not who knows. My friend uses > > sarge and gnome. It was a small tool I guess nothing fancy. Mainly for > > turni

init editing

talking about. Thanks for all the info so far, I may go as far as initNG but was looking for a much simpler solution. I just want to set it so certain things do run at boot time, thanks again. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org /\ \ \ \__/ \__/ \ \ (oo) (oo

init script editor

Hello I was talking to a friend of mine about speeding up the boot process and he said there was a nice gui init script editor for debian but couldnt remember the name. Anyone know the name of this tool, thanks. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org /\ \ \ \__/ \__/ \ \ (oo

irssi & core dumps

Hello For the past few days irssi keeps dumping core files quite regularly. Has anyone encountered a fix for this problem, thanks. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org /\ \ \ \__/ \__/ \ \ (oo) (oo

installing kde

Thought I would sit down and install KDE for fun today so i did a apt-get install kde apt-get does its thing and lists all the packages, then it tells me this LostSonMedia Change: Please insert the disc labelled ‘Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20060314)’ in

Re: kernel 2.4.27

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:10:26 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 18:46 -0500, lostson wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:07:40 -0500 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 17:17 -0500,

Re: kernel 2.4.27

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:07:40 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 17:17 -0500, lostson wrote: > > I am using debian testing and am itching to install kernel 2.4.27. > > 2.4.32 is the latest. 2.4.27 is 19 months old. > > > Will thi

kernel 2.4.27

I am using debian testing and am itching to install kernel 2.4.27. Will this pose any problems because im using the testing branch ?? -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org I Want To Believe pgpRqWtbc2H1c.pgp Description: PGP signature

libdvdcss

Where can i find a repo with libdvdcss so i can watch my dvds. I saw earlier someone looking for win32codecs as well. I need them both, thanks. LostSon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

evolution lockups

either by downgrading or upgrading? Thanks. LostSon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]