Re: info is not dead

On 2024-07-28 22:49:43 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 28 Jul 2024 at 16:23:48 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2024-07-28 00:08:51 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > On Sun 28 Jul 2024 at 02:06:38 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > But for searching, how can one get the previous match

Re: info is not dead

On Sun 28 Jul 2024 at 16:23:48 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2024-07-28 00:08:51 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Sun 28 Jul 2024 at 02:06:38 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2024-07-23 11:13:47 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > > The GNU info documentation is really intended to be

Re: info is not dead

On 2024-07-28 00:08:51 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 28 Jul 2024 at 02:06:38 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2024-07-23 11:13:47 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > The GNU info documentation is really intended to be read in Emacs where > > > some nice formatting is done in the GUI Emacs

Re: info is not dead

On Sun 28 Jul 2024 at 02:06:38 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2024-07-23 11:13:47 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > The GNU info documentation is really intended to be read in Emacs where > > some nice formatting is done in the GUI Emacs version. The stand alone > > GNU info browser is rather

Re: info is not dead

On 27/07/2024 20:00, Nate Bargmann wrote: Texinfo is from a time when GNU documentation was only man pages or flat text files and something "better" was desired for moving through a manual in what is now known as a hypertext format. It also includes a lot of semantic markup rather than the basi

Re: info is not dead

On 2024-07-23 11:13:47 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > The GNU info documentation is really intended to be read in Emacs where > some nice formatting is done in the GUI Emacs version. The stand alone > GNU info browser is rather obtuse. I found a much better option to be > the independent pinfo (De

Re: info is not dead

On Sat, 2024-07-27 at 19:04 +, Jaap van Wingerde wrote: > > > Nate Bargmann schreef op 27 juli 2024 13:00:17 UTC: > > > I typically will search for an HTML version of a GNU manual.  The > > only > > problem is that what is found online are the latest versions and > > Debian > > Stable packa

Re: info is not dead

Nate Bargmann schreef op 27 juli 2024 13:00:17 UTC: >I typically will search for an HTML version of a GNU manual. The only >problem is that what is found online are the latest versions and Debian >Stable packages may be a version or two behind. It's a pity that besides 'manpages.debian.org',

Re: info is not dead

* On 2024 25 Jul 07:48 -0500, Oliver Schode wrote: > To be honest I'm not happy with the info format still being around, > precisely because sometimes man pages don't cut it, and we should have > something better by now. On the other hand, and I'll make no bones > about it, so called chatbots turne

Re: info is not dead

On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:13:47 -0500 Nate Bargmann wrote: > where some nice formatting is done in the GUI Emacs version. The > stand alone GNU info browser is rather obtuse. I found a much better > option to be the independent pinfo (Debian package of the same name) > browser which provides navig

Re: info is not dead

* On 2024 23 Jul 11:53 -0500, mick.crane wrote: > On 2024-07-23 13:03, songbird wrote: > > i run debian testing most of the time with bits of > > unstable (firefox). > > > > once in a while i want more detail than man pages > > supply and so i reach for info pages instead. > > > > if you've n

Re: info is not dead

On 2024-07-23 13:03, songbird wrote: i run debian testing most of the time with bits of unstable (firefox). once in a while i want more detail than man pages supply and so i reach for info pages instead. if you've never explored info pages in general you can just start with the command "inf

Re: info is not dead

* On 2024 23 Jul 07:18 -0500, songbird wrote: > i run debian testing most of the time with bits of > unstable (firefox). > > once in a while i want more detail than man pages > supply and so i reach for info pages instead. > > if you've never explored info pages in general > you can just st

Re: info

jeremy ardley wrote: > On 22/7/24 14:07, Francesco Di Lorenzo wrote: >> good morning, >> i installed debain 12 from your site, and using the usb , I did the >> installation, but I don't know why I don't get the desktop enviments , >> it is only text. >> what I can do? >> thanks > > This installs

Re: info

On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 06:07:29 + Francesco Di Lorenzo wrote: > good morning, > i installed debain 12 from your site, and using the usb , I did the > installation, but I don't know why I don't get the desktop enviments > , it is only text. what I can do? thanks First, what is the text you see?

Re: info

Am Montag, 22. Juli 2024, 08:07:29 CEST schrieb Francesco Di Lorenzo: > good morning, > i installed debain 12 from your site, and using the usb , I did the > installation, but I don't know why I don't get the desktop enviments , it > is only text. what I can do? > thanks Looks like the X server is

Re: info

Am 22.07.2024 um 08:07 schrieb Francesco Di Lorenzo: > good morning, > i installed debain 12 from your site, and using the usb , I did the > installation, but I don't know why I don't get the desktop enviments , > it is only text. > what I can do? > thanks  First things first: You have choices! B

Re: info

On 22/7/24 14:07, Francesco Di Lorenzo wrote: good morning, i installed debain 12 from your site, and using the usb , I did the installation, but I don't know why I don't get the desktop enviments , it is only text. what I can do? thanks This installs the mate desktop environment. You can

Re: info vs. man

On 12/06/2024 01:00, Greg Wooledge wrote: On 11/06/2024 06:45, Greg Wooledge wrote: Should you ever feel a need to read the longer version of the documentation, it's in GNU info pages. So you would need to type the command "info coreutils date" to get to it. And then you'd need to figure out t

Re: info vs. man (was: Re: date for week)

On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 11:22:17PM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 11/06/2024 06:45, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Should you ever feel a need to read the longer version of the > > documentation, it's in GNU info pages. So you would need to type > > the command "info coreutils date" to get to it. And t

Re: info pages WHERE? -- was [Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?]

On Mon 17 May 2021 at 14:39:47 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 07:25:38PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 17 May 2021 at 11:01:33 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Done! Now, let's try that with pinfo date. I ran pinfo date from my > > > shell, which took

Re: info pages WHERE? -- was [Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?]

On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 07:25:38PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Mon 17 May 2021 at 11:01:33 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > [...] > > > Done! Now, let's try that with pinfo date. I ran pinfo date from my > > shell, which took me to one of the pages within the tree of coreutils > > texinfo documenta

Re: info pages WHERE? -- was [Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?]

On Mon 17 May 2021 at 11:01:33 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > Done! Now, let's try that with pinfo date. I ran pinfo date from my > shell, which took me to one of the pages within the tree of coreutils > texinfo documentation corresponding to the date program. This particular > page is ti

Re: info pages WHERE? -- was [Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?]

Hi, Greg Wooledge wrote: > That's in the info(1) tool. I agree, info has a better search ability > than pinfo(1). Oops. I did not make the connection from your final statement to your mentioning of pinfo. (I could make excuses that you mention "info and pinfo" on the way to the end. But actually

Re: info pages WHERE? -- was [Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?]

On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 04:09:37PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > the inability to *search* within the > > info page to find occurrences of your keyword can be maddening. > > It's not _that_ terrible. Pressing in > info dd > the "/" key, i get a prompt > Regex

Re: info pages WHERE? -- was [Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?]

Hi, Greg Wooledge wrote: > the inability to *search* within the > info page to find occurrences of your keyword can be maddening. It's not _that_ terrible. Pressing in info dd the "/" key, i get a prompt Regexp search []: The input "dsync" brings me to the ‘dsync’ explanation. Pressing "/" a

Re: info pages WHERE? -- was [Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?]

On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 09:38:49AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > Now, as for the info pages themselves: unlike traditional man pages, > where all of the documentation is on one page, in which you can scroll > up and down and search, info pages are chopped up into tiny little > sections, and

Re: info pages WHERE? -- was [Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?]

On 05/17/2021 08:21 AM, IL Ka wrote: I got the impression from the search hits I got info pages were available on the web complete with useful hyperlinks. In a terminal "info dd" gives an annoying blob of text. Due to visual limits I *MUCH* prefer HTML for large amounts of information. All gn

Re: info pages WHERE? -- was [Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?]

On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 03:03:22PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Try typing in a terminal `info dd' and see what happens :) unicorn:~$ info dd bash: info: command not found ;-) GNU's info pages are a highly debated thing, in some circles. Many people despise them, some people love them, and

Re: info pages WHERE? -- was [Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?]

> I got the impression from the search hits I got info pages were > available on the web complete with useful hyperlinks. > > In a terminal "info dd" gives an annoying blob of text. Due to visual > limits I *MUCH* prefer HTML for large amounts of information. > All gnu info pages are available onl

Re: info pages WHERE? -- was [Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?]

On 05/17/2021 08:03 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 07:56:45AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: On 05/17/2021 03:00 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: ... (this is from the info page, which sometimes is more complete than the man page): My web search turned up only compliments for

Re: info pages WHERE? -- was [Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?]

On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 07:56:45AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/17/2021 03:00 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >... (this is from the info page, which sometimes is more complete than the > >man page): > > > > My web search turned up only compliments for info pages. > NOTHING on where to find

Re: info command status

Jude DaShiell writes: > Has the command line info utility used to read info files from the command > line been depricated and removed from debian? > No. See https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/texinfo -- regards, kushal

Re: info command status

Apparently info was depricated in favor of pinfo. I just remembered about pinfo after the search. On Sun, 16 Aug 2020, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 11:40:42 > From: Jude DaShiell > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: info command status > Resent-Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 1

Re: info

domenico cop: > hi. I am a consumer microsoft from little past to linux. You must be translating italian to english with googletranslate which explains why you make little sense. So you have been an MSwindows user and have only recently switched to linux, hopefully to debian. > but how much co

Re: info

On Sunday 09 April 2017 12:14:16 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 04/08/2017 05:21 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 08 April 2017 23:12:15 darkestkhan wrote: > >> On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 8:58 PM, domenico cop wrote: > >>> hi. I am a consumer microsoft from little past to linux. but how much > >>> co

Re: info

On 04/08/2017 05:21 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 08 April 2017 23:12:15 darkestkhan wrote: On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 8:58 PM, domenico cop wrote: hi. I am a consumer microsoft from little past to linux. but how much confusion that us. thousand distributions thousand names. it should take onl

Re: info

On Saturday 08 April 2017 23:12:15 darkestkhan wrote: > On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 8:58 PM, domenico cop wrote: > > hi. I am a consumer microsoft from little past to linux. but how much > > confusion that us. thousand distributions thousand names. it should take > > only a name with at the most 5 or 6

Re: info

On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 8:58 PM, domenico cop wrote: > hi. I am a consumer microsoft from little past to linux. but how much > confusion that us. thousand distributions thousand names. it should take only > a name with at the most 5 or 6 versions of desktop. will it be the monopoly > microsoft t

Re: Info

On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 9:27 PM Satya Prakash Prasad < satyaprakash.pra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am in need to build gcc-4.9/libgcc1_4.9.2-10_amd64.deb locally so that I > can copy this deb file to another host for installation. > > I am aware that we can build .deb & install file using below step

Re: Info

Thanks a lot - the command set helped me to build gcc package. Though I saw the build process running test suites - but how to confirm its acceptance criteria. Is there a report where can refer of the test suite it ran during the build operation - which failed / which passed / issues or concern if

Re: info/ request

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 03:05:05PM +0200, Moreanu Robert - Nicolae wrote: > hi, > > i have to file word.docx and excel.xlsx on my hdd on desktop of debian and > I want to copy them from a live Linuxmint usbstick but I cant because I > have denied > > permission acces on them, also I can't open th

Re: info/ request

On 1/12/2016 7:31 AM, Adam Wilson wrote: On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:05:05 +0200 Moreanu Robert - Nicolae wrote: hi, i have to file word.docx and excel.xlsx on my hdd on desktop of debian and I want to copy them from a live Linuxmint usbstick but I cant because I have denied permission acces on t

Re: info/ request

On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:05:05 +0200 Moreanu Robert - Nicolae wrote: > hi, > > i have to file word.docx and excel.xlsx on my hdd on desktop of > debian and I want to copy them from a live Linuxmint usbstick but I > cant because I have denied > > permission acces on them, also I can't open this fi

Re: info

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 03:46:52PM +0300, Thabit Omar bin madhi wrote: Dear Mr. No need to exclude people :) hope all the best for you and your team I am one of the users of the best OS debian , I am living in Saudi Arabia and I helped a lot of people my friends and every one near from m

Re: info on squeeze issue

On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:40:20 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:14:31 +, Richard wrote: > > > On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:25:47 + > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > >> On 30 October 2011 17:27, Richard wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I'm about to get Fedora its marching orders o

Re: info on squeeze issue

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:14:31 +, Richard wrote: > On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:25:47 + > Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On 30 October 2011 17:27, Richard wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm about to get Fedora its marching orders on the laptop, If I >> > download squeeze are any of the downloads that are ke

Re: info on squeeze issue

On Sun 30 Oct 2011 at 21:14:31 +, Richard wrote: > I downloaded that and went to install and immediately hit a problem with wifi. > It wants to use WEP, and everything I use is WAP. > :( Are ethernet cables out of fashion? >From a couple of days ago: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011

Re: info on squeeze issue

On 30 October 2011 21:14, Richard wrote: > On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:25:47 + > Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On 30 October 2011 17:27, Richard wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm about to get Fedora its marching orders on the laptop, If I download >> > squeeze >> > are any of the downloads that are kept up

Re: info on squeeze issue

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:25:47 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > On 30 October 2011 17:27, Richard wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm about to get Fedora its marching orders on the laptop, If I download > > squeeze > > are any of the downloads that are kept up to date ?, to save the time > > updating after inst

Re: info on squeeze issue

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:27:27 +, Richard wrote: > I'm about to get Fedora its marching orders on the laptop, If I download > squeeze are any of the downloads that are kept up to date ?, to save the > time updating after install ? If you download the latest media release (6.0.3) you will get th

Re: info on squeeze issue

On 30 October 2011 17:27, Richard wrote: > Hi, > > I'm about to get Fedora its marching orders on the laptop, If I download > squeeze > are any of the downloads that are kept up to date ?, to save the time > updating after install ? I always use the net install disk. That way almost all the so

Re: [info] grub2

On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:05:30 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> Besides, GRUB (legacy and 2) if the default bootloader in many linux >> distriburions, as well as BSD and OpenSolaris. It manages well with >> many different environments, is very flexible and powefull so it tends >> to be

Re: [info] grub2

Camaleón wrote: > Bob proulx wrote: > > Hmm... Is there something in particular that makes grub different from > > any other random project? > > Yes. There are not many bootloaders out there with the same capabilities > that show GRUB :-) > > Besides, GRUB (legacy and 2) if the default bootlo

Re: [info] grub2

On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:06:12 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Tom H wrote: >> It is strange because it would have been easy and wold not have been >> taxing to have a >> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grublegacy.html page for those >> people who need to consult or refer others to grub-legacy's

Re: [info] grub2

On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:05:53 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> They can "move on" without hurting users >:-( > > Hmm... Is there something in particular that makes grub different from > any other random project? Yes. There are not many bootloaders out there with the same capabil

Re: [info] grub2

Bob Proulx wrote: Well... If you (and Camaleón) feel that strongly about it then discussing it here should just be a launching point to taking the discussion to upstream. Don't be shy about giving them feedback! Otherwise how will they know? I am sure they will have considered this already but

Re: [info] grub2

Tom H wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Why is that strange? The official documentation for GNU projects is > > texinfo documentation. It has been this way for a very long time. > > It is strange because it would have been easy and wold not have been > taxing to have a > http://www.gnu.org/software

Re: [info] grub2

Camaleón wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > They have moved on. > > They can "move on" without hurting users >:-( Hmm... Is there something in particular that makes grub different from any other random project? Does every project need to keep every version of their history available and online fo

Re: [info] grub2

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > I'm sorry for my misunderstanding of your relationship to this > wierdness. No problem. > And thanks for your added information that access to the > old docs is decaying as we speak. Not good, IMHO. You're welcome. Someone more familiar w

Re: [info] grub2

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: >> Tom H wrote: >> > Paul E Condon wrote: >> > > Tom H wrote: >> > >> Camaleón wrote: >> > >> >> This is the same url as the previous (grub1) manual, so as far as >> > >> >> gnu is >> > >> >> concerned, there must only be o

Re: [info] grub2

On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:00:53 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: >> Tom H wrote: >> > Paul E Condon wrote: >> > > Tom H wrote: >> > >> Camaleón wrote: >> > >> >> This is the same url as the previous (grub1) manual, so as far >> > >> >> as gnu is concerned, there must only be one grub..

Re: [info] grub2

Paul E Condon wrote: > Tom H wrote: > > Paul E Condon wrote: > > > Tom H wrote: > > >> Camaleón wrote: > > >> >> This is the same url as the previous (grub1) manual, so as far as gnu > > >> >> is > > >> >> concerned, there must only be one grub... > > >> > > > >> > How bad! :-( They have moved on

Re: [info] grub2

On 20100710_155720, Tom H wrote: > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Paul E Condon > wrote: > > On 20100710_103920, Tom H wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Camale?n wrote: > >> > On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:27:03 -0400, Tom H wrote: > >> > > >> >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Camale?n wro

Re: [info] grub2

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20100710_103920, Tom H wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Camale?n wrote: >> > On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:27:03 -0400, Tom H wrote: >> > >> >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Camale?n wrote: >> > >> >>> But it have been desiderable to

Re: [info] grub2

On 20100710_103920, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Camale?n wrote: > > On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:27:03 -0400, Tom H wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Camale?n wrote: > > > >>> But it have been desiderable to name it "GRUB2" or something like that > >>> to prevent old GRU

Re: [info] grub2

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:27:03 -0400, Tom H wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: > >>> But it have been desiderable to name it "GRUB2" or something like that >>> to prevent old GRUB users to be more confused than they are now w

Re: [info] grub2

On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:27:03 -0400, Tom H wrote: > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> But it have been desiderable to name it "GRUB2" or something like that >> to prevent old GRUB users to be more confused than they are now with 2 >> GRUBs in play :-) > > This is the same url as

Re: [info] grub2

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:53:30 -0500, Arthur Machlas wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Tom H wrote: >>> There is now an official grub2 manual: >>> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html >> >> Great news! > > Sure... > > But it ha

Re: [info] grub2

On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:53:30 -0500, Arthur Machlas wrote: > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Tom H wrote: >> There is now an official grub2 manual: >> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html > > Great news! Sure... But it have been desiderable to name it "GRUB2" or something like that

Re: [info] grub2

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Tom H wrote: > There is now an official grub2 manual: > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html Great news! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: [Info] Learn the secret of the world memory expert in improving memory power

On 6/1/2010 9:19 AM, AIM Resource wrote: > Greetings, > > Have you been in one of these situation : > - Have a bad memory? > - Shake someone hand and 2 seconds after that forget their name? > - Can't remember a shopping list? > - Forget your client/customer's name? > - Can't remember the technical

Re: info on network-connected web cameras, esp. config. and access protocols?

Barclay, Daniel wrote at 2009-06-04 09:20 -0600: >Does anyone here know of good articles/site about network-connected >web cameras, in particular, what protocols they use (what interface >they provide) for configuation and for access? You might want to check out the zoneminder package/

Re: info libc

In , Miguel Obliviemo wrote: >On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> Yeah, there a lot of Debian packages. If you have some time, you might >> help out some of the ones that you use that need some TLC. Install >> devscripts and run wnpp-alert. > >Done. I'm not sure why, though. w

Re: info libc

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Yeah, there a lot of Debian packages. If you have some time, you might help out some of the ones that you use that need some TLC. Install devscripts and run wnpp-alert. Done. I'm not sure why, though. It is in the non-free repository (bec

Re: info libc

In , Miguel Obliviemo wrote: >I'm new to Debian. I downloaded the first Lenny DVD and booted it and >installed it. I'm staggered that there can be _five_ DVDs. That's >quite a lot. Yeah, there a lot of Debian packages. If you have some time, you might help out some of the ones that you use t

Re: Info on debian boot/xwindow process

Paul E Condon wrote: On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 06:44:34PM -0500, Albert wrote: If you run all programs as root then you are risking your system to the quality of all the code that you play with. Seriously, _don't_ _do_ _it_. As an alternative that is somewhat more safe and still pretty convenie

Re: Info on debian boot/xwindow process

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 06:44:34PM -0500, Albert wrote: > Kent West wrote: > > Thanks, Kent. That was a very useful mini-tutorial. > > >Concerning logging into Gnome (or any X setup) as root: that's not > >recommended practice. Generally, you can override this safety setting by > >tinkering in t

Re: Info on debian boot/xwindow process

Albert wrote: > I know logging on as root is not recommended but it's just too big a > pain in the butt to *not* be root. I've encountered no downside yet. And I always look down the barrel of my pistol to see if it's loaded; I've encountered no downside yet. YMMV ;-) Glad you found the mini-t

Re: Info on debian boot/xwindow process

Kent West wrote: Thanks, Kent. That was a very useful mini-tutorial. Concerning logging into Gnome (or any X setup) as root: that's not recommended practice. Generally, you can override this safety setting by tinkering in the Gnome configuration file (but I'm not sure of the specifics, as I do

Re: Info on debian boot/xwindow process

Paul E Condon wrote: This is just a hint that I hope is helpful: To keep the Xwindow system from starting during boot up, remove all the various versions of 'display managar', these are xdm, kdm, gdm and a few more whose names I do not remember. These are the programs that start X and give you a

Re: Info on debian boot/xwindow process

Albert wrote: > Could someone point me to info on the debian boot and X Window startup > process? I hate it that I don't get to startx for X and that I cannot > login to Gnome as root. * The PowerOnSelfTest (POST) * The bootloader (grub/lilo/etc) * The kernel loads * The kernel probes and sel

Re: Info on debian boot/xwindow process

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 12:12:31AM -0500, Albert wrote: > Could someone point me to info on the debian boot and X Window > startup process? I hate it that I don't get to startx for X and > that I cannot login to Gnome as root. > > I want to use a different window manager than the default, which

Re: Info modem

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:11:32 +0200, Mauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ciao sono passato a linux da appena tre giorni installando sull'hd knoppix > 3.6 ma di friendly ho trovato poco non riesco a configurare quasi nulla > dalla sk video al chipset al modem penso che col tempo e con l'aiuto di > qua

Re: Info Pages of libc?

Frank Uepping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > in which package are the info pages of the libc hidden? Not too hidden: http://tinyurl.com/5qgvq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Info

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Re: info md5

On Monday 23 February 2004 17:20, Dionisio Hervatin wrote: > Ho scaricato via ftp le immagini dei sette cd in formato iso da > ftp://debian.fastweb.it/debian-cd/3.0_r2/i386/ prima di masterizzare volevo > fare un controllo con md5 è possibile avere il relativo sum? Grazie della > collaborazione e b

Re: Info vs Man

On 2004-02-12 12:29:40 -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > You can either get the html version of the documentation (texinfo > can be converted to html). [...] but invalid HTML... -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow

Re: Info vs Man

On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 12:29:40PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > Or you can cat all the various info files into one big one: > zcat /usr/share/info/gcc* ./gcc.info > and then you can just search through gcc.info with whatever > text tool you like. Oops, that was overkill, Alan Shutko pointed out

Re: Info vs Man

On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 08:52:25PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > I see your point ... but ugh. > > I'll take a single document that I can search and eyeball-scan over > multiple linked documents almost always. Example: the fetchmail man > page. Yes, it's farking huge, but I can find what I n

Re: Info vs Man

"Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'll take a single document that I can search and eyeball-scan over > multiple linked documents almost always. Example: the fetchmail man > page. Yes, it's farking huge, but I can find what I need by searching > on a key term. Just as a point of

Re: Info vs Man

%% "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: myh> I'll take a single document that I can search and eyeball-scan myh> over multiple linked documents almost always. Example: the myh> fetchmail man page. Yes, it's farking huge, but I can find what myh> I need by searching on a key te

Re: Info vs Man

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Monique Y. Herman wrote : » Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 20:52:25 -0700 » From: Monique Y. Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> » To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] » Subject: Re: Info vs Man » Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:12:17 -0600 (CST) » Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] » » On 2004-02-11,

Re: Info vs Man

On 2004-02-11, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) penned: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 13:10:51 -0600, Kent West wrote: >> At the risk of starting holy war, why has the GNU project decided to >> go with info pages instead of man pages? > >> Some of the other hits seemed to imply that man pages were better, >> althou

Re: Info vs Man

On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 01:10:51PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > At the risk of starting holy war, why has the GNU project decided to go > with info pages instead of man pages? They feel that man pages make poor user manuals. And they don't want to have redundant information (a man page as a referenc

Re: Info vs Man

on Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 01:10:51PM -0600, Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > At the risk of starting holy war, why has the GNU project decided to go > with info pages instead of man pages? > > I googled several times with different search terms, but didn't find > much; this was probably the

Re: Info vs Man

On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 13:10:51 -0600, Kent West wrote: > At the risk of starting holy war, why has the GNU project decided to go > with info pages instead of man pages? > Some of the other hits seemed to imply that man pages were better, > although there was no definitive explanation as to why

Re: info grub missing on testing / unstable - FYI

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:11:50 -0500, Bill Marcum wrote: > The grub info file is found in the "grub-doc" package, which is separate > from the grub package, I believe for reasons related to the GNU Free > Documentation License. Thanks for the info ! It is there, works, everything ! -- To UNSUBS

Re: info grub missing on testing / unstable - FYI

On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 11:37:33AM +0800, Uwe Dippel wrote: > grub is somewhat particular and in order to use it successfully, you > better know about its preferences. > All this comes natively in info grub on (m)any distros, here are the core > concepts: > The grub info file is found in the "grub

Re: Info Problem

Bijan Soleymani schrieb: On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 05:54:56PM -0500, Bijan Soleymani wrote: . . . I forgot to erase you. Bijan Did you want to write 'erase you' or was it erase 'you' ? Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

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