FW: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 "Etech" - could not setup syslog

2007-06-13 Thread Kuruvilla, Chindu
Hello, I'm Chindu Kuruvilla working as Computer Support Specialist working with College of the North Atlantic - Qatar in the Middle East. I was setting up a syslog server for managing our Cisco devices & I am a novice user @ Linux & this is my first time setting up a debian. But I

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-13 Thread M-L
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Re: FW: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 "Etech" - could not setup syslog

2007-06-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:43:19 +0300, Kuruvilla, Chindu wrote: > Hello, > > I'm Chindu Kuruvilla working as Computer Support Specialist > working with College of the North Atlantic - Qatar in the Middle East. > > I was setting up a syslog server for managing our Cisco devices & I a

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-13 Thread Tom Furie
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:04:14PM +, M-L wrote: > #!/bin/sh > # > # My creation .Xsession file > # > # To remove the cursor after a short break > unclutter -idle 1 & > # To get up the Rox panel > rox -b=MyPanel & > # Have gkrellm working > gkrellm & > # Start Fluxbox, maybe it should be up t

Re: FW: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 "Etech" - could not setup syslog

2007-06-13 Thread Tom Furie
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:43:19AM +0300, Kuruvilla, Chindu wrote: > The sysklogd.conf is supposed to contain the term (SYSLOG=" ") which > needs to be converted to (SYSLOG="r -m0") since that command sets syslog > to listen remotely & put marks. > > > > Now the sysklog.conf does not contain

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2007-06-13 Thread Franz Gustav Niederheitmann
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Re: FW: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 "Etech" - could not setup syslog

2007-06-13 Thread Jochen Schulz
Kuruvilla, Chindu: > > Most forums & documents recommend using a Linux box is best for setting up a > syslog since it has the syslog daemon built-in. I decided to use the most > recent release(4.0 r0 “Etech”) It's called "Etch" (without the additional 'e'), but well. > & I could not setup the sy

Re: Aptitude can't upgrade Apt!

2007-06-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 23:19:03 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > Running Sid. > > Some time ago I started getting this message from sudo > aptitude update : [...] > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > aptitude: Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6-3.11 but it is not installable > E:

Re: Aptitude remembers CD-ROMs under Etch

2007-06-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 21:34:28 -0500, Mumia W wrote: > -Original Message- > >From: Julian De Marchi > > > >Mumia W wrote: > >> [...] > >> However, aptitude just won't forget about the original > >> CD-ROMs. [...] > > > >Try [hashing] out the references to the cdrom. > > > >[snip] > > > >J

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-13 Thread M-L
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:47:56 +0100 Tom Furie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:04:14PM +, M-L wrote: > > > #!/bin/sh > > # > > # My creation .Xsession file > > # > > # To remove the cursor after a short break > > unclutter -idle 1 & > > # To get up the Rox panel > > rox

Re: FW: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 "Etech" - could not setup syslog

2007-06-13 Thread Mumia W..
On 06/13/2007 01:43 AM, Kuruvilla, Chindu wrote: [...] The sysklogd.conf is supposed to contain the term (SYSLOG=" ") which needs to be converted to (SYSLOG="r -m0") since that command sets syslog to listen remotely & put marks. Now the sysklog.conf does not contain the above term & I put the

Re: Which hardware for saving backups?

2007-06-13 Thread Dan H
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:26:52 -0400 Scott Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got two servers and a machine at home I've tried > backing up to a USB drive, and in each case after a few > weeks/months I start getting hardware errors from the USB drive, > and the files I backed up aren't access

Re: Enable SNMP read-only on routers for network monitoring

2007-06-13 Thread rocky
On Jun 13, 7:20 am, James Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > rocky wrote: > > Hey, > > > I'm following the tutorial onhttp://www.aboutdebian.com/monitor.htm. > > It says to configure the MRTG to monitor the router traffic, I need to > > have read-onlySNMPenabled on target routers. Our office do

Re: splitting tar files and zero padding

2007-06-13 Thread Mumia W.
On 06/12/2007 11:09 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote: hello, Hello Michael. my goal is to eliminate (or split out) the last file from a tar archive, and i'm having trouble understanding the extra bytes added and zero padding that is done to tar files. let me illustrate what i'm doing. [...] but t

supported hardware accelerated 3D card with OpenGL driver

2007-06-13 Thread csanyipal
Hello! My system is Etch, with compiled kernel-2.6.18. I want to by a cheaper (around 160 USD) hardware accelerated 3D videocard for which I can to install an OpenGL driver. I think it will to be some PCI-E nvidia or ati videocard, right? Any advices will be appreciated! -- Regards, Paul Csá

Re: Aptitude remembers CD-ROMs under Etch

2007-06-13 Thread Mumia W..
On 06/13/2007 03:17 AM, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 21:34:28 -0500, Mumia W wrote: I've tried that many times. Those 'Ign' messages will disappear after I've removed the CDROM references, but when I put back references to the ISO files, the 'Ign' messages reappear, and aptitude

Re: Where's OO.o's Hyphenation for US English?

2007-06-13 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Kent West wrote: Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: Kent West wrote: I'm currently running Etch, and just realized that the Hyphenation module in OpenOffice.org is not installed. So I've gone looking for it, and can not find the US English version. Google's not much help either. I've tried: sudo ap

Re: Where's OO.o's Hyphenation for US English?

2007-06-13 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Kent West wrote: Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: Kent West wrote: I'm currently running Etch, and just realized that the Hyphenation module in OpenOffice.org is not installed. So I've gone looking for it, and can not find the US English version. Google's not much help either

Re: Aptitude remembers CD-ROMs under Etch

2007-06-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:03:59 -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > On 06/13/2007 03:17 AM, Florian Kulzer wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 21:34:28 -0500, Mumia W wrote: >>> I've tried that many times. Those 'Ign' messages will >>> disappear after I've removed the CDROM references, but >>> when I put back

aptitude and apt-get path error

2007-06-13 Thread Iuri Sampaio
Hi, In attempt to run apt-get update or even aptitude update, i got the error bellow: It seems the paths are wrongly typed. But I’m pretty sure they are correct debianserver:~# aptitude update Err http://ftp.br.debian.org etch Release.gpg Could not resolve 'ftp.br.debian.org' Ign h

how to get a symbol of laplace in latex

2007-06-13 Thread li sh
Hello I am using latex, and i want to use the 'L'-like symbol in the Laplace transform. how to get it ? I use $\laplace$, but the result doesn't seem to be that i want. -- lish -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: aptitude and apt-get path error

2007-06-13 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 08:02:59AM -0300, Iuri Sampaio wrote: > Hi, > > > > In attempt to run apt-get update or even aptitude update, i got the error > bellow: > > It seems the paths are wrongly typed. But I’m pretty sure they are correct > Looks like a network configuration problem. What d

Re: how to get a symbol of laplace in latex

2007-06-13 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 07:46:13PM +0800, li sh wrote: > Hello > I am using latex, and i want to use the 'L'-like symbol in the > Laplace transform. how to get it ? > I use $\laplace$, but the result doesn't seem to be that i want. > The UK TeX FAQ[1] has an entry for symbols[2]. The comprehens

Re: Aptitude can't upgrade Apt!

2007-06-13 Thread Frank McCormick
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:14:16 +0200 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 23:19:03 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > > Running Sid. > > > > Some time ago I started getting this message from sudo > > aptitude update : > > You probably upgraded to apt version 0.7.2

Re: Force aptitude to ask for confirmation when install our remove package

2007-06-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jaime Ventura wrote: > Hello, >Is there any way to force aptitude to ask for confirmation when > install or remove package. Maybe even better just run aptitude as ordinary user (from CLI). Whenever you want to commit something it will also ask you

network instalations & preseed.

2007-06-13 Thread Jaime Ventura
Hello, Im trying to setup a preseed file to achive newtork instalation from a debian mirror. Can I (through a preseed process) remove the cdrom source from target system's /etc/apt/souces.list? Thank you all for helping. Jaime -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: A question about memory usage

2007-06-13 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 06:05:08PM +0200, Arnau wrote: > In fact what I really want to do is > monitor how much memory PostgreSQL is using. What about top? If you need to, you can limit top to a list of PIDs Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: Grateful for the floppy install!

2007-06-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > And in case you don't have any floppy handy, you can use > www.goodbye-microsoft.com or www.goodbye-windows.com . Well, this applies only, if you have that other OS preinstalled. However, debian can also be installed via usb

Re: Grateful for the floppy install!

2007-06-13 Thread Andrew J. Barr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > > And in case you don't have any floppy handy, you can use > > www.goodbye-microsoft.com or www.goodbye-windows.com . > >

Getting Email from 7 acounts with getmail every 20 seconds

2007-06-13 Thread Orestes leal
Hi Everyone, Recently i've setup a mail service for my 7 users through my and pop3 server and getmail to get the email from every account from my main pop3 server, everything ok but i can't setup getmail to get email from the 7 accounts of my main server at the same time, and because that I do

Re: Force aptitude to ask for confirmation when install our remove package

2007-06-13 Thread Jaime Ventura
Thank you all for you replies. This was the answer I was look for since I prefer to use the command line, although running aptitude from an unprivileged user(mentioned by Johannes) was also a secure option Is there a way to set the option "Aptitude::CmdLine::Always-Prompt" from a pressed file

Re: Prolific USB-Serial converter trouble

2007-06-13 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:15:53 -0400 Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Celejar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to use a USB-serial converter with an external (RS232), > > hardware modem. The converter is a no-name, Asian brand with the > > Prolific 230

Re: supported hardware accelerated 3D card with OpenGL driver

2007-06-13 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 12:01:47PM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > My system is Etch, with compiled kernel-2.6.18. > > I want to by a cheaper (around 160 USD) hardware accelerated 3D videocard > for which I can to install an OpenGL driver. > > I think it will to be some PCI-E nvidia or ati videocard,

Re: Getting Email from 7 acounts with getmail every 20 seconds

2007-06-13 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:19:01AM -0400, Orestes leal wrote: > > Recently i've setup a mail service for my 7 users through my and pop3 > server and getmail to get the email from every account from my main > pop3 server, everything ok but i can't setup getmail to get email from > the 7 accounts of

Re: Getting Email from 7 acounts with getmail every 20 seconds

2007-06-13 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:52:03 -0400 Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:19:01AM -0400, Orestes leal wrote: > > > > Recently i've setup a mail service for my 7 users through my and pop3 > > server and getmail to get the email from every account from my main >

Re: Getting Email from 7 acounts with getmail every 20 seconds

2007-06-13 Thread Orestes leal
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:00:44 -0400 Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:52:03 -0400 > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:19:01AM -0400, Orestes leal wrote: > > > > > > Recently i've setup a mail service for my 7 users through my

Re: Getting Email from 7 acounts with getmail every 20 seconds

2007-06-13 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:08:32 -0400 Orestes leal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:00:44 -0400 > Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:52:03 -0400 > > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:19:01AM -0400, Ore

Re: Getting Email from 7 acounts with getmail every 20 seconds

2007-06-13 Thread Jochen Schulz
Orestes leal: > > Recently i've setup a mail service for my 7 users through my and pop3 > server and getmail to get the email from every account from my main > pop3 server, everything ok but i can't setup getmail to get email from > the 7 accounts of my main server at the same time, and because th

Re: Grateful for the floppy install!

2007-06-13 Thread Raquel
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:11:57 -0400 "Andrew J. Barr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > > > And in case you don't

Re: Getting Email from 7 acounts with getmail every 20 seconds

2007-06-13 Thread Orestes leal
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:17:10 +0200 Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Orestes leal: > > > > Recently i've setup a mail service for my 7 users through my and pop3 > > server and getmail to get the email from every account from my main > > pop3 server, everything ok but i can't setup getmai

Re: supported hardware accelerated 3D card with OpenGL driver

2007-06-13 Thread csanyipal
Hello Doug! On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:44:02AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 12:01:47PM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > > My system is Etch, with compiled kernel-2.6.18. > > > > I want to by a cheaper (around 160 USD) hardware accelerated 3D videocard > > for which I can

[OT] change user when executing some script

2007-06-13 Thread Galevsky
Hi, it is not the first time that i am facing this kind of problem, but I never find out . I decided to ask for some help. Let's have 3 users: user1, user2 and user3 let's have a user1 script: /home/user1/script.sh Script is: #!/bin/bash if [ -f '/home/user1/testfile' ] then rm /home/use

Re: Getting Email from 7 acounts with getmail every 20 seconds

2007-06-13 Thread Frank Terbeck
Orestes leal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Depends, of course, on the volume. > > Ok, let's say that every 1 minutes, the volume it's very low. > > > > > On the other hand, I've never used getmail; I use fet

Re: [OT] change user when executing some script

2007-06-13 Thread Andrew J. Barr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Galevsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NB: I run on SunOS 5.10 Generic_118833-36 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire. So why did you mail this list? This list is for Debian, most versions of which use a GNU/Linux kernel, unless you are using Debian on an OpenSo

Re: how to get a symbol of laplace in latex

2007-06-13 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:46:13 +0800 "li sh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > I am using latex, and i want to use the 'L'-like symbol in the > Laplace transform. how to get it ? > I use $\laplace$, but the result doesn't seem to be that i want. > I use \mathscr{L}. You have to \usepackage{mat

acroread

2007-06-13 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi I can't find package acroread in debian-multimedia. Is still there? (and yes, the line deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main is in my sources.list file) Thanks in advance Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini DFT-IF/UERJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: acroread

2007-06-13 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 12:16:56PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi > > I can't find package acroread in debian-multimedia. Is still there? > (and yes, the line deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main is in > my sources.list file) > Yup, it's still there. http://www.debian-multimed

Re: Where's OO.o's Hyphenation for US English?

2007-06-13 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Kent West wrote: > > > But the spelling on their wizard for the spell-check dictionaries > > > is rather ironic: http://www.acu.edu/~westk/dict.jpg Humorous... > > It gets worse: try going along with the "wizzard" and progress bars > > fill w/o

Approved Special Ed and General Ed CPDUs Online for Illinois Educators

2007-06-13 Thread CPDU Coordinator at KDS, Melanie Fox
Dear Illinois Teacher, **PLEASE SHARE THIS NOTE WITH YOUR STAFF AND COLLEAGUES THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM SPECIAL ED AND OTHER CPDUs or IN-SERVICE CREDIT FOR SALARY INCREASE** This Summer Semester, Illinois Educators can complete required Special Ed and other CPDUs online anytime, anywhere. The I

switch from xserver-xorg-video-i810 to -intel and unsupported modes

2007-06-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
I'm trying to configure a monitor my wife purchased for her machine (shouldn't let her do that...). It is a flat panel lcd with a native mode of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unfortunately, I've run up against problem similar to [0] in xorg with the i810 driver (she's running etch). I have hacked her xorg.con

Iceweasel Display Problem

2007-06-13 Thread svz90
Hello. I have been using Debian and Iceweasel for a few months now, and so far I haven't had any major problem. However, recently, Iceweasel began having this strange problem where fonts on a page would change color. For example, on the mplayer homepage (mplayerhq.hu), the fonts would show up i

Re: A question about memory usage

2007-06-13 Thread Scott Gifford
Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 06:05:08PM +0200, Arnau wrote: > >> In fact what I really want to do is >> monitor how much memory PostgreSQL is using. > > What about top? If you need to, you can limit top to a list of PIDs top has the same issues as

Re: acroread

2007-06-13 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 21:21 +0530, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 12:16:56PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > Hi > > > > I can't find package acroread in debian-multimedia. Is still there? > > (and yes, the line deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main is in > > my sour

Re: crob chgrp

2007-06-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > I agree. That should really be handled using famd. *IF* it were needed to be changed when files appeared there then I would agree to go with famd. It is a good suggestion in that case. But I really don't think there is a need for this that can't be handled by appropri

Re: network instalations & preseed.

2007-06-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Jaime Ventura wrote: >Im trying to setup a preseed file to achive newtork instalation from > a debian mirror. >Can I (through a preseed process) remove the cdrom source from > target system's /etc/apt/souces.list? Yes. The following documentation may be of use to you. http://wiki.deb

Re: acroread

2007-06-13 Thread Bob Proulx
Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > I just realized that debian-multimedia is devoted to the i386 > arch. Mine is amd64... snif Mine is amd64 too. I maintain a 32-bit chroot for all of my multimedia needs. That is what I recommend. Here are some documentation pointers. http://www.debian.org/doc/man

Re: The utility of alien (Re: Aptitude wants to remove OpenOffice.org)

2007-06-13 Thread Manon Metten
Hi Bob, Thank you very much for your detailed explanation. As I mentioned before, I'v already removed the rpm OOo files and installed the 2.2.0 OOo backport. It runs fine. I see your point of view that it's better to search for some alternatives if I can't find a deb substitute for an rpm packag

Re: Iceweasel Display Problem

2007-06-13 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/13/07 11:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I have been using Debian and Iceweasel for a few months now, and so far I haven't had any major problem. However, recently, Iceweasel began having this strange problem where fonts on a page would change color. For example, on the mplayer homepag

Re: acroread

2007-06-13 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > I can't find package acroread in debian-multimedia. Is still there? AFAICS, there is nothing against downloading the .tar.gz from the Adobe site and install it according to the instructions -- since it is nothing more than a directory that you can put into /usr/local.

Re: How to Dual-Head? [Was: xrandr only shows one video card]

2007-06-13 Thread Jens Peter Secher
On 5/24/07, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So obviously, I'm clueless about how to get dual-head working now that xinerama appears to be unusable (with the "i810/intel" driver update which breaks it). Anyone have any pointers to documentation that might get my dual-head working again? I

Re: Install windows with debian problem

2007-06-13 Thread Thiago Santos Faria Xavier Teixeira
I have great news!! i resolved my problem using testdisk package within ubuntu live cd. i tried with ntfsprogs, and other tools but didn't work. with testdisk i could recover my data from the NTFS partition. testdisk is just perfect and i recommend it to every partitions problem. Thanks for help

Comparing files in two directories

2007-06-13 Thread L . V . Gandhi
I have two directories A and B. In each directory, I have nearly 1000 files with same names. I would like to compare both directories and find out which files differ more than say 5 lines. I use kompare and see manually. How to do it in command line easily? -- L.V.Gandhi http://lvgandhi.tripod.co

Re: Comparing files in two directories

2007-06-13 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi. L.V.Gandhi, 13.06.2007 22:47: > I have two directories A and B. In each directory, I have nearly 1000 files > with same names. I would like to compare both directories and find out > which > files differ more than say 5 lines. I use kompare and see manually. How to > do it in command line easi

Re: Comparing files in two directories

2007-06-13 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi. Mathias Brodala, 13.06.2007 22:51: > L.V.Gandhi, 13.06.2007 22:47: >> I have two directories A and B. In each directory, I have nearly 1000 files >> with same names. I would like to compare both directories and find out >> which >> files differ more than say 5 lines. I use kompare and see manu

Re: Comparing files in two directories

2007-06-13 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le Wednesday 13 June 2007 22:47:13 L.V.Gandhi, vous avez écrit : > I have two directories A and B. In each directory, I have nearly 1000 files > with same names. I would like to compare both directories and find out > which files differ more than say 5 lines. I use kompare and see manually. > How t

missing ghostscript fonts

2007-06-13 Thread Steve Kleene
In my recently installed Etch system, ghostscript seems unable to find some common fonts. I'm trying to work with a big pile of lecture images I've made over the years with Adobe Illustrator, and most of them fail now in gs. I made a test file circle.ai that has just a black circle, and gs displa

Best way to synchronize ?

2007-06-13 Thread Bruno Costacurta
Hello, I'm using KDE and related kontact on two PC (desktop and laptop). What is the best way to synchronize both computers (especially for KAddressBook and KMail applications) ? Thanks. Bye, Bruno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: Comparing files in two directories

2007-06-13 Thread Keith Christian
L.V.Gandhi wrote: I have two directories A and B. In each directory, I have nearly 1000 files with same names. I would like to compare both directories and find out which files differ more than say 5 lines. I use kompare and see manually. How to do it in command line easily? -- L.V.Gandhi htt

Re: Best way to synchronize ?

2007-06-13 Thread Bill Thompson
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:19:54 +0200 Bruno Costacurta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using KDE and related kontact on two PC (desktop and laptop). > What is the best way to synchronize both computers (especially for > KAddressBook and KMail applications) ? Check out Unison http://www

Re: dd_rescue works to copy an NTFS ...

2007-06-13 Thread Anson Gardner
On Thursday 07 June 2007 16:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I dont know anything about dd_rescue but I once rescued an NTFS partition > with ntfsfix utility which is part of ntfsprogs. Gotta run it from a Linux > partition if you have any. Before I mess with anything like that I always use dd_resc

Re: Best way to synchronize ?

2007-06-13 Thread Matthew K Poer
On Wednesday 13 June 2007 5:32 pm, Bill Thompson wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:19:54 +0200 > > Bruno Costacurta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm using KDE and related kontact on two PC (desktop and laptop). > > What is the best way to synchronize both computers (especially for >

Re: problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg

2007-06-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Jun 12, 11:20 am, arijit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just updated Xorg packages though synaptic. > But after system restart, i am unable to start X-server. > Error shown : unable to load module: nvidia > right now I've switched to 'vesa' but I want to use 'nvidia'. > > Also whe

Re: some problem in scripting.

2007-06-13 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 01:58:18PM -0700, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I created a .csv file in this format from a original file from the net. The > last field here is the last field in original file also. I made this file as > original file has empty lines and single field lines also. > SYMBOL,HIGH_PRICE,L

Re: some problem in scripting.

2007-06-13 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 01:58:18PM -0700, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I created a .csv file in this format from a original file from the net. The > last field here is the last field in original file also. I made this file as > original file has empty lines and single field lines also. > SYMBOL,HIGH_PRICE,L

Printing with lprng; no CUPS! :-)

2007-06-13 Thread s. keeling
This is on Etch with "Desktop Environment" de-selected on install (no Gnome or KDE :-). Perhaps my mistake was in installing xserver-xorg before printer configuration. Surely then, it would notice there'd be no web browser it could be configured with? Or can you confure CUPS with w3m? :-P It's

etch - iptables question

2007-06-13 Thread ann kok
Hi all I just install new debian. but it seems nothing iptable in the default installation how can I install? and how can I install new kernel? can you show me steps? Thank you Got a little couch pot

Re: crob chgrp

2007-06-13 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 12:14:45PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > I agree. That should really be handled using famd. > > *IF* it were needed to be changed when files appeared there then I > would agree to go with famd. It is a good suggestion in that case. > But I reall

Re: Printing with lprng; no CUPS! :-)

2007-06-13 Thread CaT
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 10:36:57PM +, s. keeling wrote: > This is on Etch with "Desktop Environment" de-selected on install (no > Gnome or KDE :-). Perhaps my mistake was in installing xserver-xorg > before printer configuration. Surely then, it would notice there'd be > no web browser it cou

Re: etch - iptables question

2007-06-13 Thread Robert Hodgins
On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 15:47 -0700, ann kok wrote: > Hi all > > I just install new debian. > but it seems nothing iptable in the default > installation > > how can I install? 1) you can use a pre-written script like this one: http://www.hermann-uwe.de/files/fw_laptop Getting it going is discusse

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 04:33:53AM +1000, M-L wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:47:56 +0100 > Tom Furie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:04:14PM +, M-L wrote: > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > # > > > # My creation .Xsession file > > > # > > > # To remove the cursor after a

Re: supported hardware accelerated 3D card with OpenGL driver

2007-06-13 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 04:34:26PM +0200, csanyipal wrote: > I see that Asus EN7300GT silent is an excellent choice, isn't? Works just fine for me; 1600x1200 at 85 Hz (the monitor's limitation) with great DVD playback with mostly idle CPU and minimal memory usage, with hardware mpeg decoding, bl

Re: [OT] change user when executing some script

2007-06-13 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:12:34PM +0200, Galevsky wrote: > Let's have 3 users: user1, user2 and user3 > let's have a user1 script: /home/user1/script.sh > > Script is: > > #!/bin/bash > if [ -f '/home/user1/testfile' ] > then rm /home/user1/testfile > else touch /home/user1/testfile > fi > >

Re: acroread

2007-06-13 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 02:08:43PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Thank you very much for the answer. However, I just realized that > debian-multimedia is devoted to the i386 arch. Mine is amd64... snif Mine is amd64 as well. Lots of stuff on -multimedia is for amd64. However, IIRC, acror

Re: Iceweasel Display Problem

2007-06-13 Thread Sean Zimmermann
Here's what Iceweasel says on my about: page: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux ppc; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/2007031001 Iceweasel/2.0.0.3 (Debian-2.0.0.3-1) I'm running this on a ppc system; could that have something to do with the problem? Sean Zimmermann -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: switch from xserver-xorg-video-i810 to -intel and unsupported modes

2007-06-13 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:32:40AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > I'm trying to configure a monitor my wife purchased for her machine > > It is a flat panel lcd with a native mode of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unfortunately, I've run up against problem similar to > [0] in xorg with the i810 driver

Re: A question about memory usage

2007-06-13 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 01:28:31PM -0400, Scott Gifford wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 06:05:08PM +0200, Arnau wrote: > > > >> In fact what I really want to do is > >> monitor how much memory PostgreSQL is using. > > > > What about top? If y

Re: Comparing files in two directories

2007-06-13 Thread L . V . Gandhi
On 6/13/07, Keith Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I have two directories A and B. In each directory, I have nearly 1000 > files with same names. I would like to compare both directories and find > out which files differ more than say 5 lines. I use kompare and see > manu

Re: missing ghostscript fonts

2007-06-13 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:16:08PM -0400, Steve Kleene wrote: > In my recently installed Etch system, ghostscript seems unable to find some > common fonts. Are you running gs and do you have the gsfonts package(s) installed? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: some problem in scripting.

2007-06-13 Thread L . V . Gandhi
On 6/13/07, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 01:58:18PM -0700, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I created a .csv file in this format from a original file from the net. The > last field here is the last field in original file also. I made this file as > original file has empty lin

Ethan G. has added you as a friend on Meetro...

2007-06-13 Thread Ethan
Hi debian-user, Ethan has invited you to join Meetro - the new way to meet people near you. http://www.meetro.com/register/?invite=3b525f59ab1a928dacc647c135fb2a3d Meetro is a "location-aware social messenger" that combines all the fun aspects of 'Social Networks', will all the real-time commu

Re: how to configure users X setup?

2007-06-13 Thread M-L
On Thursday 14 June 2007 09:04, Andrew Sackville-West shared this with us all: >--} On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 04:33:53AM +1000, M-L wrote: >--} > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:47:56 +0100 >--} > Tom Furie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--} > >--} > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:04:14PM +, M-L wrote: >--} >

Re: Debian OS Backup

2007-06-13 Thread Paul Johnson
Jacob Ramirez wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > We are running linux with Debian OS. I am new to using linux and > debian. Can I use an external hard drive to backup the operating system > and files on our linux servers? Of course. > If so, how do I crea

Re: Which hardware for saving backups?

2007-06-13 Thread Paul Johnson
Mitja Podreka wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: > I've read a lot about backup software and already decided about which > one to use. I would like you to ask about advice about hardware. > Is external USB disc suitable for this? Not really. You're better off

What is this mkinitramfs error message about?

2007-06-13 Thread Magicloud Magiclouds
Dear, After I compile and install 2.6.21 kernel, I run mkinitramfs like this: /boot# mkinitramfs -o initrd.img-2.6.21 2.6.21 While I got the error: Error: missing mapper/rootvg-root root /dev/mapper/rootvg-root /sys entry This is my mount: /boot# mount /dev/mapper/rootvg-ro

Re: Printing with lprng; no CUPS! :-)

2007-06-13 Thread s. keeling
CaT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 10:36:57PM +, s. keeling wrote: > > This is on Etch with "Desktop Environment" de-selected on install (no > > Gnome or KDE :-). Perhaps my mistake was in installing xserver-xorg > > before printer configuration. Surely then, it would notice

Re: switch from xserver-xorg-video-i810 to -intel and unsupported modes

2007-06-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 07:31:16PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:32:40AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > I'm trying to configure a monitor my wife purchased for her machine > > > > It is a flat panel lcd with a native mode of > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unfortuna

Re: Printing with lprng; no CUPS! :-)

2007-06-13 Thread CaT
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 01:29:49AM +, s. keeling wrote: > > > aptitude -R install foomatic-filters-ppds > > > > And what does apt-get install foomatic-filters-ppds get you? > >--- > (0) heretic /home/keeling_ dpkg -L foomatic-filters-ppds | wc -l > 2696 That

Re: Comparing files in two directories

2007-06-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 04:59:40PM -0700, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > On 6/13/07, Keith Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip excellent explanation of diff] > > > Thanks for your effort and time. All these leads to get list of lines > differing in each file. Once again I have to go through all lines

risk assessment for old toolbox

2007-06-13 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
Hello all, I have an IBM 486 with 32 MB ram, and S3 video. I know it runs Woody very well and it will run Sarge (but sarge uses more memory). Upgrading to Etch killed libc6 and I haven't tried a total debian reinstall woody > sarge > etch again. Most of the time, I would use this box to ssh int

Re: A question about memory usage

2007-06-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 07:45:50PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 01:28:31PM -0400, Scott Gifford wrote: > > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 06:05:08PM +0200, Arnau wrote: > > > > > >> In fact what I really want to do is

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