Re: Suggestions for diagramming software

2007-08-15 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Thanks! Dia seems like a good choice. Quite simple and lightweight. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Controlling Syslog Rollovers

2007-08-15 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:15:04 -0500 Martin McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to tell syslogd under what conditions to > roll over each syslog file? Under FreeBSD, for example, there is > a file called newsyslog.conf which lets one tellsyslogd to start > a new syslog file a

Re: Confused about kernel source location

2007-08-15 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:36:52 +0900 Takehiko Abe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank McCormick wrote: > > >>> Well, I always store there all the sources related with my > >>> kernel, modules, etc... I haven't get any problem... BTW, > >>> remember doing the symlink to /usr/src/linux from your >

Re: Font Smoothing in Xterm

2007-08-15 Thread Jochen Schulz
Amit Uttamchandani: >> Xft.antialias: 1 >> Xft.dpi: 93 >> Xft.hinting: 1 >> Xft.hintstyle: hintfull >> Xft.rgba: rgb >> > Thank you for your suggestions. I will try this out. I am by the way using DWM > for my window manager and I have an .Xdefaults file with some xterm font > settings. Should I p

Re: Suggestions for diagramming software

2007-08-15 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I am Engineering student and I currently use latex and such to create my > reports. I just recently switched to Debian from Mac OS X. However, I was > looking for a good diagramming software for Linux. I heard of Xcircuit but > I was looking for something

view the exit status from command line

2007-08-15 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
Let's say I run a command in bash which is run via konsole. How can I view its exit status. For example, if I do $test -x debian/rules I want to know if the command exited with status zero or non-zero. Can this be done in a simple way? thank for any suggestions raju

live Debian on USB stick

2007-08-15 Thread Gerard Robin
Hello, I installed knoppix on my USB stick and it runs fine but it's too big ~ 600 Mb. There are too many packages. Is there a Debian dist, not as big as knoppix, that I can put on my USB stick ? tia -- Gérard

Re: view the exit status from command line

2007-08-15 Thread Glennie Vignarajah
Le Wednesday 15 August 2007, Kamaraju Kusumanchi(Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) a écrit: Hi, > Let's say I run a command in bash which is run via konsole. How > can I view its exit status. > > For example, if I do > > $test -x debian/rules try: test -x debian/rules ; echo $? HTH, --

Re: Command touch and irregular file names

2007-08-15 Thread Brian Dessent
- Tong - wrote: > In my script I have > > touch -r "$file1" "$file2" > > the file1/2 can be anything file, ../path/file, /root/file, etc. > > The problem is when file1/2 are irregular file names. E.g., -test.file1/2. > > I.e., anyway to make the following touch command works? > > $ touch -r

Re: a crazy connectivity issue. unable to ping anything

2007-08-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
apache needs setting up and that's beyond just installing it. It's also not trivial. That 0 carrier line in each of your interface read outs means you're not getting out on that interface. If you intend to run a web server on your local box and are allowed to run a web server on your local b

Re: human engine ?

2007-08-15 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
Hi. On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 21:39 -0500, lostson wrote: > Is it possible to get the human style and engine on Debian ? I have > been googling trying to find an answer with no luck. The quick and dirty way is to install the packages from Ubuntu Feisty: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/feisty Look for

Re: Suggestions for diagramming software

2007-08-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
hierarchy input output charts and no extra software for diagramming not necessary. To support that, interface specifications at the top of each module containing corresponding tags used in hierarchy input output charts. I find data flow diagrams too visual and their symbols don't come out wel

Re: New hard drive problem

2007-08-15 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 00:04:43 -0400, William Walter wrote: > >On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 13:56:21 -0400, William Walter wrote: > > The problem resurfaced again today. The same error message came up and > > Debian Etch refuse to boot up. > > I used UUID of all the hard drives. Still no luck in fixin

NAS drive will not mount

2007-08-15 Thread Chris Boyd
Debian-4.0r0 Etch. I'm attempted to mount a NAS drive with cifs file system. I'm getting the following error: mount -t cifs //10.133.1.19/hdd_2/IT /nas mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //10.133.1.19/hdd_2/IT, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful in

Re: Font Smoothing in Xterm

2007-08-15 Thread Amit
Ok I tried putting it in .Xdefaults. This is my current .Xdefaults: xterm*background: black xterm*foreground: white xterm*cursorColor: SkyBlue xterm*font: -bitstream-bitstream vera sans mono-medium-r-normal- *-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-* xterm*ScrollBar: off xterm*SaveLines: 2500 Xft.antialias: 1 Xft.dpi:

Re: Font Smoothing in Xterm

2007-08-15 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:04:09 + (UTC) Amit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok I tried putting it in .Xdefaults. This is my current .Xdefaults: > > xterm*background: black > xterm*foreground: white > xterm*cursorColor: SkyBlue > xterm*font: -bitstream-bitstream vera sans mono-medium-r-normal- > *

Re: source code installation

2007-08-15 Thread YH
Thanks Florian. I followed your instruction, but got following result. I've tried both with CD and without CD in the driver, but the same result. # apt-get install openoffice.org Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Package openoffice.org is not available, but is referr

Re: can not launch any window manager

2007-08-15 Thread Joachim Fahnenmüller
Hi Thomas On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 01:02:02AM -0400, B Thomas wrote: > Hi, > > I am using Debian/Etch. My system crashed while using gnome and > imagemagick. After a hard reboot I find I am unable to launch > any window manager (be it kde gnome or fvwm). How do you (or did you) launch your X sess

Re: a crazy connectivity issue. unable to ping anything

2007-08-15 Thread Joachim Fahnenmüller
Hi Michael On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 07:17:46PM -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: > Hi -i got a crazy connectivity issue on my hands. > THis machine was running fine for about a month or so --then i lost > connectivity. > I have no errors to tell me what is going on. > i have switched the built-in nic o

Re: photo album or photo viewer in xfce

2007-08-15 Thread Joachim Fahnenmüller
Hi Peter, On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 07:46:21PM -0700, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > > Folk, > > Can anyone recommend a package or application for > efficient viewing of photos in xfce? I installed showfoto > in one system; it invokes many dependencies. > > Thanks, ... Peter E. I use gqview

Re: view the exit status from command line

2007-08-15 Thread Joachim Fahnenmüller
Hi Kamaraju On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 12:51:06AM -0700, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > Let's say I run a command in bash which is run via konsole. How can I view > its exit status. > > For example, if I do > > $test -x debian/rules > > I want to know if the command exited with status zero or non-

Re: Suggestions for diagramming software

2007-08-15 Thread J.A. de Vries
On 2007-08-15 @ 01:39:48 (week 33) Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I am Engineering student and I currently use latex and such to create my > reports. I just recently switched to Debian from Mac OS X. However, I was > looking for a good diagramming software for Linux. I heard of Xcircui

display file name on xterm title

2007-08-15 Thread YH
Hi, Does anyone know the script to display a filename on xterm title while editing by vim? How to assign the filename to PS1? Thank you. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-15 Thread Ralph Katz
On 08/14/2007 06:08 PM, Thomas Dickey wrote: > Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> aterm is also a very nice replacement to xterm because it uses so little >> memory. (The 3 aterm windows I have up right now show RSS of 2404, >> 2448, and 2464 in output from ps aux.) > > There are several

Re: source code installation

2007-08-15 Thread Florian Kulzer
[ Your "top-posting" style of replying makes it harder for other people to join the discussion since they have to do quite some scrolling up and down to understand the context, especially if a certain topic has already received many messages. The recommended approach on this list is to put

Re: Samba + external drives

2007-08-15 Thread koffiejunkie
Ron Johnson wrote: What if you FTP the file from the OSX box to the firewire drive on the external drive? That might narrow down the problem. I'll give it a try tonight. I suspect it will work :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: vim & kde questions SOLVED

2007-08-15 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Tuesday 14 August 2007 04:18 pm, Michael Shuler wrote: > On 08/14/2007 03:06 PM, Magnus Pedersen wrote: > > Mark Neidorff wrote: > >> First...vim. (Yeah, I'm old school) OK. I'm in text entry mode and > >> I want to navagate up/down/left or right. If I press an arrow key, a > >> new line is

Re: a crazy connectivity issue. unable to ping anything

2007-08-15 Thread Michael Habashy
On 8/15/07, Joachim Fahnenmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Michael > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 07:17:46PM -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: > > Hi -i got a crazy connectivity issue on my hands. > > THis machine was running fine for about a month or so --then i lost > > connectivity. > > I have

Re: can't receive mail

2007-08-15 Thread Steve Kleene
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:06:05 -0400, I wrote: > At the moment, the Etch machine can send mail but not receive it. On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:00:47 -0700 (PDT), Richard A Nelson replied: > The default installation of sendmail only listens on localhost. Yes, I had found a post that said just that but d

Re: shutdown

2007-08-15 Thread Nigel Henry
On Tuesday 14 August 2007 16:02, Mark Grieveson wrote: > On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:00:13 + (UTC) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I think it's more a kernel thingy, along with some hardware. > > > > Anyway. when you get Grubs menu, select the kernel you want to boot, > > then press "a". Do one spa

Re: live Debian on USB stick

2007-08-15 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/15/07 03:30, Gerard Robin wrote: > Hello, > I installed knoppix on my USB stick and it runs fine but it's too big > ~ 600 Mb. There are too many packages. Buy a bigger USB stick? They're not that expensive. > Is there a Debian dist, not as big

Re: Suggestions for diagramming software

2007-08-15 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 04:18:14AM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > Hey Guys, > > > > I am Engineering student and I currently use latex and such to create my > > reports. I just recently switched to Debian from Mac OS X. However, I was > > looking for a good dia

Re: Kicker eats memory in unstable

2007-08-15 Thread Henk Koster
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:44:37 +0200, nicals wahlgren wrote: > Unstable, amd64. > Kicker, 3.5.7-2+b1, eats memory, after about 1h VmSize =1.5G, VmRss = > 750M. > > Anyone else got this problem? > Ideas what to do? > > System: > Amd64x2 5600, 2G memory > > /N No, I don't have this problem -- runn

Re: view the exit status from command line

2007-08-15 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Joachim Fahnenmüller wrote: >> For example, if I do >> >> $test -x debian/rules >> >> I want to know if the command exited with status zero or non-zero. Can >> this be done in a simple way? > > $test -x debian/rules; echo $? > Thanks. Exactly what I am after! raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi h

Re: Controlling Syslog Rollovers

2007-08-15 Thread Martin McCormick
"Liam O'Toole" writes: > See the files in the /etc/logrotate.d directory, and the logrotate man > page, for details of how to adjust the rotation policy. Thank you. I knew I must be using the wrong words for searching. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: display file name on xterm title

2007-08-15 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi. YH, 15.08.2007 13:48: > Does anyone know the script to display a filename on xterm title while > editing by vim? Vim normally does this on its own so something’s broken if it doesn’t. > How to assign the filename to PS1? Huh? Why would you want this? There is no prompt while editing a file.

Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

2007-08-15 Thread Dan H
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:52:18 - BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > from http://docs.python.org/tut/node3.html > > If you're a professional software developer, you may have to work > with several C/C++/Java libraries but find the usual > write/compile/test/re- compile cycle is too sl

Re: a crazy connectivity issue. unable to ping anything

2007-08-15 Thread Joe
Michael Habashy wrote: On 8/15/07, Joachim Fahnenmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Michael On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 07:17:46PM -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: Hi -i got a crazy connectivity issue on my hands. THis machine was running fine for about a month or so --then i lost connectivity. I h

Re: view the exit status from command line

2007-08-15 Thread Sven Joachim
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> I want to know if the command exited with status zero or non-zero. Can >>> this be done in a simple way? >> >> $test -x debian/rules; echo $? >> > > Thanks. Exactly what I am after! Here's a $0.02 recipe from my ~/.bashrc: if [ "$PS1" ]; th

Advice needed to upgrade a xen domU from sarge to etch

2007-08-15 Thread Peter Colton
Hello all, I need a bit of advise on upgrading a xen domU from sarge to etch. I emailed gplhost where the domU is hosted. To see if they could give me some pointers on howto upgrade a domU but unfortunely I have not yet got any replie. If I where upgrading a standard debain install I w

Re: live Debian on USB stick

2007-08-15 Thread Gerard Robin
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 08:09:42AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: From: Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian Subject: Re: live Debian on USB stick On 08/15/07 03:30, Gerard Robin wrote: Hello, I installed knoppix on my USB stick and it runs fine but it's too big ~ 600 Mb. There are too many

Re: live Debian on USB stick

2007-08-15 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Gerard Robin wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 08:09:42AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>From: Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: debian >>Subject: Re: live Debian on USB stick > >>On 08/15/07 03:30, Gerard Robin wrote: >>> Hello, >>> I installed knoppix on my USB stick and it runs fine but it's

Re: Suggestions for diagramming software

2007-08-15 Thread Michael Shuler
On 08/14/2007 08:51 PM, Anthony M Simonelli wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 01:39 +, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: >> Other than xcircuit, any other diagramming software that you guys >> use/suggest. >> > I use OpenOffice.org Draw. It isn't as nice as Visio and doesn't have > as many shapes and su

Re: live Debian on USB stick

2007-08-15 Thread Gerard Robin
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 05:39:43PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: From: Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: live Debian on USB stick X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-26) on murphy.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.8

Re: Controlling Syslog Rollovers

2007-08-15 Thread Allan Wind
On 2007-08-14T21:15:04-0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > Is it possible to tell syslogd under what conditions to > roll over each syslog file? Another (good) option is to use syslog-ng and its template object to generate dated log files. /Allan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: photo album or photo viewer in xfce

2007-08-15 Thread andy
Joachim Fahnenmüller wrote: Hi Peter, On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 07:46:21PM -0700, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: Folk, Can anyone recommend a package or application for efficient viewing of photos in xfce? I installed showfoto in one system; it invokes many dependencies. Thanks, ... Pete

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-15 Thread Thomas Dickey
Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Curious! I haven't had xterm installed now for some time, so I'm going > from memory. Main reason I chose aterm was for the smaller footprint. > At the moment I have 2 aterms running that would suggest more than > scrollback buffer size are factors in RSS:

Re: live Debian on USB stick

2007-08-15 Thread Aenn Seidhe Priest
Feather Linux is a slim version of Knoppix. It can boot off a USB drive with a little preparation. http://featherlinux.berlios.de/download.htm Not far from here, by a white sun, behind a green star, lived the Steelypips, illustrious, indust

How to fix Language error

2007-08-15 Thread abdelkader belahcene
Hi all, each time I install a package I get the error ( or warning) about the Lang envir variables: After unpacking 14.8MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! python2.5-minimal python2.5 Install these p

Re: Advice needed to upgrade a xen domU from sarge to etch

2007-08-15 Thread Peter Colton
Hello all, I said that gplhost had not replied to my email about help with a domU dist-upgrade. They did reply but the reply was in my gplhost account. So all OK now, regards peter colton On Wednesday 15 August 2007 16:18, Peter Colton wrote: >

Google checking my system?

2007-08-15 Thread Wayne Topa
I have noticed recently, while watching iptraf, that I am getting connections from various google addresses. ie bu-in-f93.google.com currently. Tha amount of traffic varies but sometimes really slows down any Debian upgrades that are running on other boxes. If I was on broadband I wouldn't have n

FYI: Severe Vulnerability in Opera 9.22

2007-08-15 Thread Manon Metten
Hi, I just read in the papers that there's a severe vulnerability discovered in Opera 9.22, although the article did not say what. It is fixed in 9.23. Manon.

Re: How to fix Language error

2007-08-15 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
It seems that nowadays in Debian, you must set the locale by running as root update-locale LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 This stores the locale value in /etc/defaults/locale (instead of /etc/environment). Regards, Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-15 Thread Michael Shuler
On 08/15/2007 01:39 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: > I have noticed recently, while watching iptraf, that I am getting > connections from various google addresses. ie bu-in-f93.google.com > currently. This would be your browser checking in with google. If you have a browser open, it will connect for updat

[sid] what package for iwl4965 and mac80211 kernel modules

2007-08-15 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
Hi, I just switched to Sid, in order to have the iwl4965 kernel module and its deps. I just updated it to the latest on the 'fr' Debian repos (I am in France), but when I "modprobe iwl4965" or "modprobe mac80211", the module is unknown. I am running the Sid 2.6.22 kernel, on amd64 arch. What tips

Re: FYI: Severe Vulnerability in Opera 9.22

2007-08-15 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi Manon. Manon Metten, 15.08.2007 20:42: > I just read in the papers that there's a severe vulnerability discovered in > Opera 9.22, although the article did not say what. It is fixed in 9.23. See the changelog[0]. Regards, Mathias [0] http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/923/ -- debi

Re: view the exit status from command line

2007-08-15 Thread Ken Irving
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 04:21:17PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>> I want to know if the command exited with status zero or non-zero. Can > >>> this be done in a simple way? > >> > >> $test -x debian/rules; echo $? > >> > > > > Thanks. Exact

Re: view the exit status from command line

2007-08-15 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
Ken Irving wrote: On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 04:21:17PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I want to know if the command exited with status zero or non-zero. Can this be done in a simple way? $test -x debian/rules; echo $? T

Re: view the exit status from command line

2007-08-15 Thread Ken Irving
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 09:42:16PM +0200, Håkon Alstadheim wrote: > Ken Irving wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 04:21:17PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> >>> Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >>> >> I want to know if the command exited with status zero or non-zero. C

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-15 Thread Wayne Topa
Michael Shuler([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On 08/15/2007 01:39 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: > > I have noticed recently, while watching iptraf, that I am getting > > connections from various google addresses. ie bu-in-f93.google.com > > currently. > > This would be your browser checkin

Re: FYI: Severe Vulnerability in Opera 9.22

2007-08-15 Thread andy
Mathias Brodala wrote: Hi Manon. Manon Metten, 15.08.2007 20:42: I just read in the papers that there's a severe vulnerability discovered in Opera 9.22, although the article did not say what. It is fixed in 9.23. See the changelog[0]. Regards, Mathias [0] http://www.opera.com/docs/

Re: [sid] what package for iwl4965 and mac80211 kernel modules

2007-08-15 Thread Kelly Clowers
On 8/15/07, Mihamina Rakotomandimby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I just switched to Sid, in order to have the iwl4965 kernel module and > its deps. > I just updated it to the latest on the 'fr' Debian repos (I am in > France), but when I "modprobe iwl4965" or "modprobe mac80211", the > module

Re: live Debian on USB stick

2007-08-15 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/15/07 11:52, Gerard Robin wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 05:39:43PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: >> From: Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: live Debian on USB stick >> X-Spam-Checker-Version:

Re: view the exit status from command line

2007-08-15 Thread Sven Joachim
Håkon Alstadheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You don't need a command (at least with the versions of bash I've used > the last 10 years), just make sure the variable does not get expanded > before it is assigned to PS1. Like so: PS1='$?\$ '. now try executing > /bin/true and /bin/false. Indeed,

Working with Kworldclock

2007-08-15 Thread andy
Hi I have a query about how I can best synchronise Kworldclock with my system. Living in the UK, I have my system configured to BST (British Summer Time). However, I am suspecting that this is not accurate with the time that the BIOS (or system) time is at, because the west coast of Canada is

HP Ultrium 960 LTO-3 on Debian Etch?

2007-08-15 Thread andremachado
Hello, Could you point some url telling how to get scsi HP storageworks Ultrium 960 external tape drive running with Debian 4.0 Etch? Regards. Andre Felipe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [sid] what package for iwl4965 and mac80211 kernel modules

2007-08-15 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 13:08 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > I just switched to Sid, in order to have the iwl4965 kernel module and > > its deps. > > I just updated it to the latest on the 'fr' Debian repos (I am in > > France), but when I "modprobe iwl4965" or "modprobe mac80211", the > > module is

Re: Working with Kworldclock

2007-08-15 Thread Bob McGowan
andy wrote: Hi I have a query about how I can best synchronise Kworldclock with my system. Living in the UK, I have my system configured to BST (British Summer Time). However, I am suspecting that this is not accurate with the time that the BIOS (or system) time is at, because the west coast

Re: HP Ultrium 960 LTO-3 on Debian Etch?

2007-08-15 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le Wednesday 15 August 2007 22:33:59 andremachado, vous avez écrit : > Hello, > Could you point some url telling how to get scsi HP storageworks Ultrium > 960 external tape drive running with Debian 4.0 Etch? Regards. > Andre Felipe It depends on the controller. At what type of controller is the L

Re: Suggestions for diagramming software

2007-08-15 Thread Wei Wang
Try Dia Diagram Editor If you're using GNOME aptitude install dia-gnome On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 01:39 +, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I am Engineering student and I currently use latex and such to create my > reports. I just recently switched to Debian from Mac OS X. However, I wa

Re: Samba + external drives

2007-08-15 Thread koffiejunkie
Ron Johnson wrote: What if you FTP the file from the OSX box to the firewire drive on the external drive? That might narrow down the problem. Right, I just finished doing some tests. Via NFS and FTP, to the external disc, the same thing happens. The copy runs fine (I was copying a 3.9GB IS

Re: photo album or photo viewer in xfce

2007-08-15 Thread Brad Sawatzky
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 07:46:21PM -0700, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > >Can anyone recommend a package or application for >efficient viewing of photos in xfce? I installed showfoto >in one system; it invokes many dependencies. For quick viewing I've been using 'feh'. The big win in my book is that

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-15 Thread Steven
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:56:16 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > thought it was odd that google, or iceweasel, needed to know anything. > Of course the entry was dropped when I terminated iceweasel. I've noticed similar behavior for a few years. While I've never really been pleased with it there isn't m

Re: Working with Kworldclock

2007-08-15 Thread Stephen Cormier
On August 15, 2007 06:35:15 pm Bob McGowan wrote: > You must tell the Linux system, during > installation, which way you went, so it knows how to use the BIOS date. >   You can probably change this selection, but I'm not aware of how. The Etch installer no longer asks or at least did not on the in

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-15 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 14:39 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > I have noticed recently, while watching iptraf, that I am getting > connections from various google addresses. [...] > > This happen on 4 different network boxen, while they have > iceweasel running, and sitting on our networks local homepage.

Re: Suggestions for diagramming software

2007-08-15 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
You're right. I just installed Xfig and played around it for a bit. Quite a powerful app. Thanks for the tip! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Font Smoothing in Xterm

2007-08-15 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Wow! That's it! Worked like a charm! Thank you so much! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Confused about kernel source location

2007-08-15 Thread Ed Jabbour
On Tuesday 14 August 2007 21:27, Wayne Topa wrote: > >Anybody? Where do people dump their kernel source anyway??? > > I have always put my kernels in /usr/src. First time I've _ever_ > heard of " DO NOT USE THE /usr/src area". Just what readme did you > see _that_ in? From linux-source-2.6.1

ocfs2 (oracle cluster filesystem) error: Unable to load module "configfs"

2007-08-15 Thread Benedict Verheyen
Hi, i want to run ocfs2 to load a shared filesystem for 3 uml's. ocfs2 allows 2 or more uml's to load the same filesystem so it should solve the limitations of hostfs. Anyway, i compiled ocfs2 support into the kernel and made a /etc/ocfs2/cluster.conf file. However, when i want to start th

exim worked; had to upgrade to exim4, which, for me, doesn't work

2007-08-15 Thread p
on january 2, 2007, i replaced an aging hard drive, running debian potato. for the 3+ years of running potato, i used mutt (exim and fetchmail) to handle email. ever since (jan. 2, '07), when i upgraded to sarge, i have not been able to configure exim4 (correctly), as when i "fetchmail," op

Re: Confused about kernel source location

2007-08-15 Thread Wayne Topa
Ed Jabbour([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Tuesday 14 August 2007 21:27, Wayne Topa wrote: > > >Anybody? Where do people dump their kernel source anyway??? > > > > I have always put my kernels in /usr/src. First time I've _ever_ > > heard of " DO NOT USE THE /usr/src area".

Re: photo album or photo viewer in xfce

2007-08-15 Thread Bhasker C V
Hi, I use kphotoalbum. It is really good and can sort according to timeframes, can have metadata etc., The good thing about kphotoalbum is when sorting the pictures, it sorts according to timeframe and this time is not the file creation time on the filesystem but the image time recorded on the

Dansguardian Antivirus Patch & clamdscan

2007-08-15 Thread Anthony M Simonelli
Looking to upgrade my Sarge server to Etch. We use Squid & Dansguardian for managing Internet access at my company. Etch's version of Dansguardian has new anti-virus scanning of downloads. When I install Dansguardian on my test box, it installs clamav as well. I installed the clamav daemon and

how to do upgrade with the Network Install disc...

2007-08-15 Thread Chuck Payne
Hi, Is there a way to upgrade a box with the network install disc, seem to be only able to do an install. Payne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: photo album or photo viewer in xfce

2007-08-15 Thread Guillermo Garron
On 8/14/07, PETER EASTHOPE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Folk, > > Can anyone recommend a package or application for > efficient viewing of photos in xfce? I installed showfoto > in one system; it invokes many dependencies. > > Thanks, ... Peter E. > > > http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2007 #2180

2007-08-15 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:48:54 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Folk, > > Can anyone recommend a package or application for > efficient viewing of photos in xfce? I installed showfoto > in one system; it invokes many dependencies. > > Thanks, ... Peter E. Perhaps gqview, or feh.

Re: live Debian on USB stick

2007-08-15 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:33:04 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > I installed knoppix on my USB stick and it runs fine but it's too big > ~ 600 Mb. There are too many packages. > Is there a Debian dist, not as big as knoppix, that I can put on my > USB sti= ck ? Damn Small Linux (DSL)

Re: photo album or photo viewer in xfce

2007-08-15 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:48:54 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Folk, > > Can anyone recommend a package or application for > efficient viewing of photos in xfce? I installed showfoto > in one system; it invokes many dependencies. > > Thanks, ... Peter E. Perhaps gqview, or fe

Re: photo album or photo viewer in xfce

2007-08-15 Thread Bhasker C V
Hi, If you want very less dependencies then you might probably want to try gqview. But if you want to compile and you have kdelibs devel with you then i suggest you to go for kphotoalbum. This is really good tool i am using. On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 23:00 -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote: > On 8/14/0

Re: Suggestions for diagramming software

2007-08-15 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 09:14:54AM -0400, Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I'll second the suggestion of xfig. I used it extensively when I was > writing papers and slides in LaTeX. The commandline tools that go along > with it (particularly fig2dev and pstoedit) make it ver

Re: Samba + external drives

2007-08-15 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/15/07 17:38, koffiejunkie wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> What if you FTP the file from the OSX box to the firewire drive on >> the external drive? >> >> That might narrow down the problem. > > Right, I just finished doing some tests. Via NFS an

Re: Samba + external drives

2007-08-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
> So it's just a mix of network and network copy that seems to cause problems. > I hope that's better :-) Any ideas? I'd try linux-kernel. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-15 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/15/2007 06:39 PM, Steven wrote: On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:56:16 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: thought it was odd that google, or iceweasel, needed to know anything. Of course the entry was dropped when I terminated iceweasel. I've noticed similar behavior for a few years. While I've never real

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Hi Thomas! Thomas Dickey wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Using the standard xterm the control-middle mouse button will display > > many options of which one is "Show Alternate Screen". It is possible > > to flip back and forth (inconveniently) to see this manually switch to > > the alternate scree

Re: view the exit status from command line

2007-08-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
It only takes one line appended to a shell script: echo $_ >status.log -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Weird cron behavior

2007-08-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Frank McCormick wrote: > Damn! 10 seconds after I wrote the mail below I did sudo crontab -l > and got: As I was sure that you would. :-) :-) > 0-59 5 * * * sudo aptitude update Yeah! The problem has been found! I was confident that it was in there somewhere. Glad that things worked out. >

Using deborphan

2007-08-15 Thread Csányi Pál
Hello! I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system: sudo deborphan | less and then copy / paste to the aptitude search, and then purge in aptitude. Is there an automated way to do this task out there? man deborphan and man aptitude dont shows any suggestion about that. I try: sudo deborph

Re: Any suggestions on good CLI newsreaders?

2007-08-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > You are right. I actually meant RSS newsreaders. Thank you for > clearing it up. I can't believe that no one has mentioned 'raggle' yet. Raggle is a console RSS (RDF Site Summary) aggregator. Features include: customizable keybindings, basic HTML rendering, HTTP p

Re: Looking for debian source package as single tarball

2007-08-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-pkg-sourcepkg.html#s-pkg-sourcearchives > > If there is no original source code - for example, if the package is > specially prepared for Debian or the Debian maintainer is the same as > the upstream maintainer - the format is s