uptodate version of evolution for Debian stable/testing

2003-12-19 Thread MH - Entwicklung
Hello out there, does anybody know if there is an uptodate version of evolution available for Debian stable/testing? Regards Manfred -- manfred heubach edv und neue medien Hindenburgstr. 47 D-73728 Esslingen Tel. +49 711 9315824 Fax +49 711 9315825 www.heubach-edv.de Informationstechnologi

Re: OT-Make more noise.

2003-12-19 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 08:25:11PM -0500, alex wrote: > Yes, but when I called tech support about running,Linux on these > machines, the answers > I've gotten are like "You can run any version of Windows" and "it > hasn't been tested > with Linu

Re: USB Device mounting

2003-12-19 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 05:17:10PM -0600, Joseph A. Nagy wrote: > Will Debian have recognized this as a mass storage device (it stores > the audio in .wav format if I'm not mistaken) or do I have to do > some really funky stuff? Check kernel.org to se

Re: yanvp

2003-12-19 Thread Dobai-Pataky Balint
On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 01:05, David Z Maze wrote: > Dobai-Pataky Balint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > yet another nvidia problem. > > i got a 2.4.22-1-686, and the kernel headers for it, for wich > > nvidia-linux-1.0-4496-pkg2.run said that there is no file in > > include... > > >From just rec

Question about Jigdo

2003-12-19 Thread Kristian Niemi
Just wondering: I started downloading the Debian (sid) cd's with Jigdo -- however, I wasn't fast enough. Now they've compiled new versions of the files. My question is: would there be "compatibility-problems" if mixing two different sets of cd's, i.e. a couple of cd's compiled 20031214, a few

xfree86 4.3 installing on unstable

2003-12-19 Thread Lukas Ruf
Dear all, is there any way to install xfree 4.3 on my Debian unstable box without switching to experimental? Thanks for any explanation on how I could achieve that! wbr, Lukas -- Lukas Ruf | Wanna know anything about raw | | IP? -> | eMail St

Re: fortran 90 for debian

2003-12-19 Thread Tim Connors
"Lucas Albers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:31:38 -0700 (MST): > > TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/ > > > I'm doing the latter. There are various fortran 90 projects around - > > such as g95 and something else. It looks like g95 wont be integrated > > with gc

Re: xfree86 4.3 installing on unstable

2003-12-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 08:45:31AM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote: > is there any way to install xfree 4.3 on my Debian unstable box > without switching to experimental? Nobody switches to experimental, as it isn't a complete distribution. While it's probably not universal, packages in experimental are ge

apt, dpkg and kernel packages

2003-12-19 Thread colin
Hi there, I've been reading this list for a little while, and it seems to be the most appropriate forum for my question. I apologise if it has been asked before, however I can't seem to get my head around the way in which this is supposed to work. I have looked around using Google, but to be hones

RE: CD's misplaced

2003-12-19 Thread David Baron
> What is the point of having an Audio-CD item on the > desktop if clicking will produce an error message every time!?

Re: Re: Kmail receiving problems

2003-12-19 Thread D Arora
Hi Theo,   Were you able to resolve this problem about receiving email using Kmail...   I have exactly the same problem. I'm using Debian-Woody.   Re: Kmail receiving problems To: "Mark Roach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Kmail receiving problems From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dat

Re: xfree86 4.3 installing on unstable

2003-12-19 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Lukas Ruf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031219 16:46]: > Dear all, > > is there any way to install xfree 4.3 on my Debian unstable box > without switching to experimental? I think you may have a misunderstanding about the experimental archive. The experimental archive is _not_ a fully self containe

Re: Web server Partitions

2003-12-19 Thread Lucas Albers
> > hi ya andrew > raid can break due to: > - (1) disk failures > - the silly system takes forever ( dayz ) to resync itself > - too many disks failures renders the entire raid useless > or the system can be on a non-raided disk and raid5 for data only > - have

Re: Web server Partitions

2003-12-19 Thread Lucas Albers
> on Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:38:50PM +1000, Braxton Neate > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> I'm wondering what other people would recommend in the way of >> partitioning? >> > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/partition.html You mentioned thus their: "Mount options typically restrict fe

Re: Web server Partitions

2003-12-19 Thread Lucas Albers
> See generally my guide previously posted. > > Use LVM. > this guide: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/partition.html Mentions that you should not use reiserfs as your boot partition? Can you extrapolate, I've used reiserfs as my boot partiton with no problems, and would be interested in

Re: DynIP mail blocking considered harmful (was: Re: My email is rejected by some sites)

2003-12-19 Thread Adam
On Thursday 18 December 2003 21:40, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > You share a network neighbourhood with _others_. Your machine start > connections to my machine, and when my machine want's to answer your > machine half an hour later, _your_ machine is gone, or another machine > is answering, or...

How to get debmenus with fvwm ?

2003-12-19 Thread A . L . Meyers
Hi! fvwm seems to have improved a lot recently and is at least colourfull and fast. But in the default debian package install (at least on my system) I don't see any debmenus. Advise and / or pointers to specific parts of docs welcome. Lux -- If you receive this by error, please delete it and

Re: apt, dpkg and kernel packages

2003-12-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am looking to upgrade the kernel on my machine to deal with the > vulnerability that knocked over the main Debian servers. From what I > understand, a kernel upgrade is something that isn't done > automatically by apt. > > Can someone expl

Re: debootstrap doesn't

2003-12-19 Thread Lucas Albers
Alan Chandler said: > I am trying to set up a sid chroot on my current system to build some up > kde > debs from the latest cvs > > I try and run debootstrap as root, but it seems to fail > > kanger:~# debootstrap sid ./kde http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian > Alan Chandler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have

problem with keys in shell

2003-12-19 Thread Jeroen Keppens
Hi, I've been looking for a solution for something (I think) must be easily solved. On a few of our servers when we type up/down we scroll in a list of previous command, home/end brings us to the beginning and the end of the line. On some other servers this doesn't work. For each of those commands

Re: Web server Partitions - me

2003-12-19 Thread Lucas Albers
Alvin Oga said: >> I've decided to start making my raid >> syncs into smaller sizes, so they can resync back faster. > > the size of the "raid" has NOTHING to do with "resync" faster in general > > the number of files and data that have to be sync between the > degraded raid and the newly inserte

Re: Web server Partitions - reiserfs

2003-12-19 Thread Lucas Albers
Alvin Oga said: > reiserfs-3.6 w/ linux-2.4.23 seems to work fine ( normally ) now for > / and lilo and everything else ( using it daily ) > prior versions/combinations i tried failed miserably Have you notices any corruption using reiserfs, does it sync a lot faster on reboots compared to

Re: woody - crash.

2003-12-19 Thread Lucas Albers
not sure who said what, but if your readin the thread then you know... >> My woody - with 2.4.22 crashed today. >> The problem is that i dont know what actually Oopsed. There is nothing >> about it in logs. Half of my crashes have been directly related to memory. I do thus run memtest86 then run

Argument list too long

2003-12-19 Thread Dobai-Pataky Balint
hi, i have a webcam logging all motion into jpgs, my php code does lots with it, except after i convert selected jpgs copied into the workin' folder, and after conversion i'd like to rm them from php or by hand it'll give: rm *.jpg su: /bin/rm: Argument list too long so i have to enter mc, ente

Re: apt, dpkg and kernel packages

2003-12-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 08:25:55AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone explain how it is that my machine even boots when according > the package manager, there is no kernel image installed? It's a long-standing buglet in boot-floppies that it just plonks the kernel into place without ins

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home / end / up / down keys not working

2003-12-19 Thread Jeroen Keppens
Hi, I've been looking for a solution for something (I think) must be easily solved. On a few of our servers when we type up/down we scroll in a list of previous command, home/end brings us to the beginning and the end of the line. On some other servers this doesn't work. For each of those commands

Start Xserver problem

2003-12-19 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, I just finished another clean installation of Debian 3.0 with net-installer (Sarge) and encountered starting xserver problem Vedio card - WinFast GeForce2 MX RAM - 32MB driver chosen - nv Mouse - USB optical wheel mouse device chosen - /dev/input/mice Hereinafter is an extract of /var

Re: Debian logo stolen.

2003-12-19 Thread Björn Lindström
"BruceG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> They probably do. > > damn now i have to think of an excuse to not have to hit anybody. > i will probably be beaten up > > Nah - just start a rumor that Osama shops there. Hey, stop trying to get my home bombed! -- Björn Lindström <[EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Right ftp server

2003-12-19 Thread Gruessle
Usually I chouse to make my own mind up, but man there is so match to read on all this if I don't get help I will be never done. Also usually I like to get the best, so I was thinking proftp at first. But I need something basic easy to config., something I don't have to read two books on before I

Re: Start Xserver problem

2003-12-19 Thread Mark Schouten
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 05:56:59PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (insufficient memory for > mode) > (II) NV(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory for > mode) > (WW) NV(0): Mode pool is empty > (EE) NV(0): No valid modes found X tries

Re: Right ftp server

2003-12-19 Thread Mark Schouten
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 02:33:51AM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > But I need something basic easy to config., something I don't have to > read two books on before I can get going. Don't need anonymous I like > X config stuff if there is something > > Which is the right ftp server for me? proftpd. :)

Re: Web server Partitions - me

2003-12-19 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Lucas Albers wrote: > > > > hi ya andrew > > raid can break due to: > > - (1) disk failures > > - the silly system takes forever ( dayz ) to resync itself > > - too many disks failures renders the entire raid useless > > or the system can be on a non-raided d

Re: Web server Partitions - reiserfs

2003-12-19 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Lucas Albers wrote: > Mentions that you should not use reiserfs as your boot partition? > Can you extrapolate, I've used reiserfs as my boot partiton with no > problems, and would be interested in what you have encountered: > > "The only significant consideration here was t

Re: Orphaning of Firebird RDBMS

2003-12-19 Thread John L. Fjellstad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Tuesday 16 December 2003 01:23, Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote: > You need some kind of Debian/unstable environment to be able to compile > and test your packages. Compilation in stable or testing is not > acceptable (if you ever want to upload a

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Where can I get a certain version of a package?

2003-12-19 Thread Stefan Bellon
I need an older version of a package. I read the man page of apt-get and it tells you that you can do # apt-get install package=version but it just tells me that the version is not available. How do I do it? -- Stefan Bellon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: Local mails are not delivered

2003-12-19 Thread Uwe Pross
Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > Look in the logs first. They'll telly you the reason. Since procmail failed completely I reinstalled sendmail which handles a mail queue at least. The log file said that there is a problem with procmail

Re: Web server Partitions - me

2003-12-19 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya lucas On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Lucas Albers wrote: > What I meant, was if it is a partition size the resync will occur faster > then if it is a giant partition size. makes no difference ... "100GB of data to sync" is 100GB of data no matter how small .. but if you spread 100GB to 20GB each

Re: Local mails are not delivered

2003-12-19 Thread Rus Foster
> > Does procmail need a system wide config. I had a look on my box there > is not file /etc/procmail. Maybe I should create one. You can create a ~/.procmailrc and setup LOGGING to keep an eye on what it is doing Rus -- w: http://www.jvds.com | JVDS Virtual Servers e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]|

Re: Web server Partitions - reiserfs

2003-12-19 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Lucas Albers wrote: > > Alvin Oga said: > > reiserfs-3.6 w/ linux-2.4.23 seems to work fine ( normally ) now for > > / and lilo and everything else ( using it daily ) > > prior versions/combinations i tried failed miserably > Have you notices any corruption using reise

Re: apt, dpkg and kernel packages - SOLVED

2003-12-19 Thread Colin Martin
Hi there, I'd just like to say that thanks to the helpful and speedy replies to my question, I have sucessfully upgraded the kernel on all my Debian machines. Another victory for moving away from the Red Hat RPM system. (Yes, I am a recent adopter of Debian) Thanks again. Colin > On Fri, Dec

Re: kscd in sid working? - PILOT ERROR

2003-12-19 Thread Richard Lyons
On Thursday 18 December 2003 18:19, Richard Lyons wrote: > [..] is kscd not working in sid? Good thing you all ignored that... it was opening minimized in the system tray. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Some nagging problems

2003-12-19 Thread David Baron
1. locate -- its database is old. How does one update it? 2. Adobe acrobat reader -- installed is 4.05, yuk! I have a 5.08 but haven't the foggiest on how to install it--documentation just says run the script and that needs arguments. Apt-get lists 4.05 as up to date. 3. ADSL works great now. How

Re: Software in apt that can scale video files down in resolution?

2003-12-19 Thread André Carezia
Joseph Jones wrote: Is there such an animal? apt-cache show ffmpeg -- André Carezia Eng. de Telecomunicações Carezia Consultoria - www.carezia.eng.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Argument list too long

2003-12-19 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 11:47:32AM +0200, Dobai-Pataky Balint wrote: > > > hi, > > i have a webcam logging all motion into jpgs, my php code does lots with > it, except after i convert selected jpgs copied into the workin' folder, > and after conversion i'd like to rm them from php or by hand it

Re: Right ftp server

2003-12-19 Thread Dobai-Pataky Balint
On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 12:40, Mark Schouten wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 02:33:51AM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > > But I need something basic easy to config., something I don't have to > > read two books on before I can get going. Don't need anonymous I like > > X config stuff if there is something

Re: Some nagging problems

2003-12-19 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 04:58, David Baron wrote: > 1. locate -- its database is old. How does one update it? updatedb Make sure you run it as root or else you'll miss quite a few things. > 2. Adobe acrobat reader -- installed is 4.05, yuk! I have a 5.08 but haven't > the foggiest on how to instal

Re: Some nagging problems

2003-12-19 Thread Richard Lyons
On Friday 19 December 2003 11:58, David Baron wrote: > 1. locate -- its database is old. How does one update it? man updatedb I'll leave the others to experts... HTH -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Some nagging problems

2003-12-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 12:05:08PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > On Friday 19 December 2003 11:58, David Baron wrote: > > 1. locate -- its database is old. How does one update it? > > man updatedb If it's not being run by default it probably means you turn your computer off at night when cron job

Re: Right ftp server

2003-12-19 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 02:33:51AM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > > Usually I chouse to make my own mind up, but man there is so match to > read on all this if I don't get help I will be never done. > Also usually I like to get the best, so I was thinking proftp at first. > > But I need something basic

Re: photo-quality printer recommendation

2003-12-19 Thread bob parker
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:42, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > My mom would like to get my dad a photo-quality printer for Christmas. > Thus she has asked me to look around and give her some ideas as to > what is good. I haven't followed current printer technology in many > years, so I really don't kno

'/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev'

2003-12-19 Thread Richard Lyons
I just ran lilo (to make 2.4.22 default) and got an error message that sounds serious: Warning:'/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure. Name change: '/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc' -> '/dev/hda' I have no idea what that is about, but wondered if I've accidental

Re: Question about Jigdo

2003-12-19 Thread bob parker
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:36, Kristian Niemi wrote: > Just wondering: I started downloading the Debian (sid) cd's with Jigdo > -- however, I wasn't fast enough. Now they've compiled new versions of > the files. > > My question is: would there be "compatibility-problems" if mixing two > different sets

Removing package without removing files

2003-12-19 Thread Charlie Grosvenor
I wish to remove a package from the dpkg install list but not to remove any of the files the package has put in place. How would I go about doing this?   Charlie This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Inter

Re: Web server Partitions

2003-12-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 01:54:28AM -0700, Lucas Albers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > See generally my guide previously posted. > > > > Use LVM. > > > this guide: > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/partition.html > > Mentions that you should not use reiserfs as your boot partition? Note t

Re: Removing package without removing files

2003-12-19 Thread John Hasler
Charlie writes: > I wish to remove a package from the dpkg install list but not to remove > any of the files the package has put in place. How would I go about doing > this? Edit the database. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: dial-up to ethernet

2003-12-19 Thread mmissett
Thanks to everyone who replied. I didn't want to weigh down my first post with a lot of info that might have been irrelevant (such as all the things I did that didn't work). To supply the information that was asked for, however: /etc/network/interfaces has the following: first, it says the

Re: Dlink DI-604 router

2003-12-19 Thread Robert Storey
Dear Paul & Greg, Thanks for the kind response. I'm almost certain now to go with the Dlink. best regards, Robert On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:49:52 -0600 "W. Paul Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Works fine. Configures via your web browser. > > Paul On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:44:31 -0900 Greg Madd

getopt (1) example scripts?

2003-12-19 Thread stan
I see that my Debian machine has a getopt utility installed to use in parseing options to shell scripts. The man page mentions example scripts, but I cna't seem to find them on my machine. I also can't figure out the upstream source of this program, else I would just grab the sources, and unpack t

Re: Dlink DI-604 router

2003-12-19 Thread Debian User
At Friday, 19 December 2003, Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Dear Paul & Greg, > >Thanks for the kind response. I'm almost certain now to go with the >Dlink. > >best regards, >Robert why not build an _inexpensive_ machine from parts and use debian .. configure it and have a debian pow

Installing CUPS printing subsystem

2003-12-19 Thread David LaPlant
Is there an easy way to install CUPS and the packages it depends on (using dselect)? = David La Plant H: (+1) 847.247.9432 M: (+1) 224.628.1834 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

apache::mp3 questions

2003-12-19 Thread Nori Heikkinen
trying to set up a streaming server using Apache::MP3. i got apache itself set up just fine; now trying the mp3 part. the docs i'm following[1] say to AddTypes, and then to put in a stanza that looks like this: SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::MP3 or something. i looked

Re: Installing CUPS printing subsystem

2003-12-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/12/03 04:57), David LaPlant wrote: > Is there an easy way to install CUPS and the packages > it depends on (using dselect)? > A good start is: http://mumford1.dyndns.org/~bs7452/linuxhelp/cups.html I googled on: debian cups howto HTH Regards Clive -- http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk str

Re: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev'

2003-12-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Richard Lyons (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I just ran lilo (to make 2.4.22 default) and got an error message that > sounds serious: > Warning:'/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory > structure. > Name change: '/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc' -> > '/dev/hda

Re: console login fails

2003-12-19 Thread Kent West
Patrick Lesslie wrote: On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 02:12:48PM +1100, Patrick Lesslie wrote: I'm having trouble logging into tty1-tty6. I get a prompt, put in my username and hit enter, and then it hangs for 10 seconds without asking for a password, and brings up another login prompt. Having

Re: libapache-mod-perl install breaks

2003-12-19 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Fri, 12 Dec 2003 02:42:23PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen insinuated: > for some time now, whenever i apt-get install anything, dpkg has been > trying to configure libapache-mod-perl, and failing. it'l present me > with the config screen: > > Setting up libapache-mod-perl (1.28-1) ... > Configuring >

Re: Argument list too long

2003-12-19 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:47:32AM +0200, Dobai-Pataky Balint insinuated: > i have a webcam logging all motion into jpgs, my php code does lots with > it, except after i convert selected jpgs copied into the workin' folder, > and after conversion i'd like to rm them from php or by hand it'll give: > rm

Re: gphoto2 and Polaroid PDC700 Camera - How?

2003-12-19 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Thu, 18 Dec 2003 05:36:01PM -0800, Scarletdown insinuated: > Okay. Now that I am up and running with Debian, I need to get my > camera configured, so I can resume selling stuff on eBay. My camera > is an old Polaroid PDC-700, which connects to a serial port (COM1 in > M$ terms, ttys0 in *nix t

Re: Start Xserver problem

2003-12-19 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Mark, I re-ran #dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 There was a notice at start "This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way.." This time I configure PS/2 wheel mouse which was connected to replace the USB optical mouse. I left following items blank withou

Re: dial-up to ethernet

2003-12-19 Thread Kent West
mmissett wrote: /etc/network/interfaces has the following: I'd recommend you actually post the file, rather than describing it. first, it says the connection is static, which it isn't, it's DHCP. It says the address is 192.168.1.1 (The Mac OS, on which the connection is working fine, says

Re: Where can I get a certain version of a package?

2003-12-19 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 10:40:18AM +0100, Stefan Bellon wrote: | I need an older version of a package. I read the man page of apt-get | and it tells you that you can do | | # apt-get install package=version | | but it just tells me that the version is not available. How do I do it? First off, is

Re: processing data for gnuplot

2003-12-19 Thread David Fokkema
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 07:47:22AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 01:57:22PM +0100, David Fokkema wrote: > > Hi group, > > > > I was not entirely sure what to put in the subject line... > > > > I did a very simple physics experiment involving two strings, two > > weights an

Re: processing data for gnuplot

2003-12-19 Thread David Fokkema
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 10:09:59PM +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 07:47:22AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 01:57:22PM +0100, David Fokkema wrote: >> > >> > I was not entirely sure what to put in the subject line... >> > > Sorry I miss

Re: Argument list too long

2003-12-19 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 11:47:32AM +0200, Dobai-Pataky Balint wrote: | | i have a webcam logging all motion into jpgs, my php code does lots with | it, except after i convert selected jpgs copied into the workin' folder, | and after conversion i'd like to rm them from php or by hand it'll give: |

Re: Is a hot NIC normal?

2003-12-19 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 12:27:07AM -0600, Kent West wrote: | I've been having lockups lately; definitely hardware (even Knoppix | locked up). [...] | When I laid my hand on the NIC, I was surprised that it was quite | hot. Not so hot you couldn't hold your palm to it, but anything more | sensitive

Re: Bug#224081: ITP: ttf-tamil-fonts -- Free TrueType fonts for the Tamil language

2003-12-19 Thread Harshwardhan Nagaonkar
And thus we see that Jaldhar H. Vyas said, : On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: I made a package called ttf-indic as part of my (rather neglected) Debian-IN project. It contains a couple of Tamil fonts. Is there an overlap with your package? If you would like to help get Debian-IN off th

Re: photo-quality printer recommendation

2003-12-19 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
bob parker wrote: On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:42, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: My mom would like to get my dad a photo-quality printer for Christmas. Thus she has asked me to look around and give her some ideas as to what is good. I haven't followed current printer technology in many years, so I reall

Re: soundless in kazaa

2003-12-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 09:51:59PM -0500, Sam Rosenfeld wrote: > I installed Debian Woody about 6 months ago and to my knowledge have > not experienced sound since then, with one exception: In using either > isapnptools or ALSA a test responded with a sound. I have tried from > time to time to re

Re: Local mails are not delivered

2003-12-19 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 01:51:08AM -0800, Uwe Pross wrote: | Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... | > | > Look in the logs first. They'll telly you the reason. | | Since procmail failed completely I reinstalled sendmail which handles | a mail

Re: Right ftp server

2003-12-19 Thread David Z Maze
"Gruessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Usually I chouse to make my own mind up, but man there is so match to > read on all this if I don't get help I will be never done. > Also usually I like to get the best, so I was thinking proftp at first. > > But I need something basic easy to config., some

Re: photo-quality printer recommendation

2003-12-19 Thread Allan Wind
On 2003-12-19T23:29:55+1100, bob parker wrote: > I can't speak highly enough of HP. Their Linux drivers are genuine open > source, and they state they are committed to supporting Linux for all of > their models of printers. Yeah, I read that too. And was disappointed when I called their support

Re: xfree86 4.3 installing on unstable

2003-12-19 Thread David Z Maze
Lukas Ruf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > is there any way to install xfree 4.3 on my Debian unstable box > without switching to experimental? > > Thanks for any explanation on how I could achieve that! You probably don't want a full XFree86 4.3 install, just the X server for hardware support. On

Re: weird xterm crashes

2003-12-19 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: Just recently xterm has started crashing when I view certain emails. I notice that all of these messages have a non-ascii character (or more) in them. Not all non-ascii messages cause a crash, though. (Interesting, I just tried to read uxterm(1) (with PAGER=less) and x

Re: Right ftp server

2003-12-19 Thread Debian User
At Friday, 19 December 2003, David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"Gruessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Usually I chouse to make my own mind up, but man there is so match to >> read on all this if I don't get help I will be never done. >> Also usually I like to get the best, so I was thi

Re: Argument list too long

2003-12-19 Thread David Z Maze
Dobai-Pataky Balint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i have a webcam logging all motion into jpgs, my php code does lots with > it, except after i convert selected jpgs copied into the workin' folder, > and after conversion i'd like to rm them from php or by hand it'll give: > rm *.jpg > su: /bin/rm:

RE: photo-quality printer recommendation

2003-12-19 Thread David Turetsky
-Original Message- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hugo Vanwoerkom Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 9:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: photo-quality printer recommendation bob parker wrote: > On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:42, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > >>My mom woul

Re: How to get debmenus with fvwm ?

2003-12-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 08:08:58AM +0100, A.L.Meyers wrote: > Hi! fvwm seems to have improved a lot recently and is at least > colourfull and fast. But in the default debian package install (at > least on my system) I don't see any debmenus. > > Advise and / or pointers to specific parts of docs

RE: Right ftp server

2003-12-19 Thread Gruessle
From: David Z Maze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Gruessle" writes: > > > Usually I chouse to make my own mind up, but man there is > so match to > > read on all this if I don't get help I will be never done. > > Also usually I like to get the best, so I was thinking > proftp at first. > > > > But

Re: getopt (1) example scripts?

2003-12-19 Thread David Z Maze
stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I see that my Debian machine has a getopt utility installed to use in > parseing options to shell scripts. The man page mentions example scripts, > but I cna't seem to find them on my machine. > > I also can't figure out the upstream source of this program, else

RE: Right ftp server

2003-12-19 Thread Debian User
At Friday, 19 December 2003, "Gruessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From: David Z Maze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> "Gruessle" writes: >> >> > Usually I chouse to make my own mind up, but man there is >> so match to >> > read on all this if I don't get help I will be never done. >> > Also usually

Re: dial-up to ethernet

2003-12-19 Thread David Z Maze
"mmissett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > /etc/network/interfaces has the following: first, it says the > connection is static, which it isn't, it's DHCP. First off, I'd try fixing that. Run 'ifdown eth0', replace the current eth0 stanza with 'iface eth0 inet dhcp', then run 'ifup eth0' and see w

Re: My email is rejected by some sites

2003-12-19 Thread ben_foley
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 10:09:26PM +0100, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > Hi, > > Am Do, den 18.12.2003 schrieb Karsten M. Self um 02:56: > > In practice, most "dynamic" IPs are in use by 24/7 connections which > > will hold that IP for days, weeks, or months at a time. > > Incorrect. > > Most germ

Re: problem with keys in shell

2003-12-19 Thread ScruLoose
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 10:13:23AM +0100, Jeroen Keppens wrote: > Hi, > > I've been looking for a solution for something (I think) must be easily > solved. On a few of our servers when we type up/down we scroll in a list of > previous command, home/end brings us to the beginning and the end of the

Re: Start Xserver problem

2003-12-19 Thread David Z Maze
Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just finished another clean installation of Debian 3.0 with > net-installer (Sarge) and encountered starting xserver problem > > Vedio card - WinFast GeForce2 MX > RAM - 32MB > driver chosen - nv ... > (--) Chipset GeForce2 MX/MX 400 found > (II) NV(0):

Wish to network my home computers but don't know Jack about it

2003-12-19 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
. I am finally getting around to networking my family boxen (Christmas present to myself) but haven't a clue about networking anything. I am here asking for the most out-of-box networking solution for a home situation. I am not as interested in speed as compatibility with the existing spread of O

MRTG on Debian Testing

2003-12-19 Thread BruceG
Hey all, I worked with MRTG for home use on Windows 98 and Mandrake Linux. On Mandrake I downloaded and installed MRTG from source. I removed MRTG from my Mandrake dual-boot desktop, and decided to go with it on my under-powered Debian Testing server dedicated to e-mail (so it "should" be alwa

Re: Start Xserver problem

2003-12-19 Thread Doug Hunting
David Z Maze wrote: Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I just finished another clean installation of Debian 3.0 with net-installer (Sarge) and encountered starting xserver problem Vedio card - WinFast GeForce2 MX RAM - 32MB driver chosen - nv ... (--) Chipset GeForce2 MX/MX 400 fo

Re: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev'

2003-12-19 Thread Richard Lyons
On Friday 19 December 2003 13:51, Andreas Janssen wrote: [...] > The reason for this can be that you have devfs enabled in your > kernel, but are not using it. That makes sense. I noticed a rant about the need for devfs in CD-Writing-HOWTO-2.html at linux.org. Perhaps I should be using it, the

Re: Wish to network my home computers but don't know Jack about it

2003-12-19 Thread Doug Hunting
First you have to askAre you sharing a high-speed network?? If so, how many computers? Linksys puts out some good DSL/Cable routers with built-in switches. Pretty much it's a "true" plug-and-play type of deal. Just run cat 5 cables out of the network cards on the PCs and into the ports in t

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