Re: PDF Writer for Linux ?

* Felix Natter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > do you happen to know whether ps2ascii is safe ? Look for yourself :-): `which ps2ascii`

Re: mp3-encoder

* Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bladeenc is faster but not as high quality as lame (YMMV). I > have been using bladeenc, but switched to lame for low bitrate > encodings. The latest lame beta (3.83) is quite fast.

Re: kernel-2.2.16

* Matthew Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Umum Wijoyo wrote: >> I read in the Debian Security section, there's a serious bug >> in the Linux kernel, and we are advised to do an upgrade. So >> where can I find the kernel-2.2.16 source? This version is OK, >> I presume? > Yes, the 2.2.16 kerne

Re: mailing-list managers (Re: majordomo gone?)

* Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd be grateful if some people on the list would share their > opinions on other mailinglist-managers. Mailman is pretty good, IMHO.

Re: truss

* "John Gosling (GOSLIJA @ GBNUHO)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a utility under linux which will write a dos format > file. superformat /dev/fd0 && mkfs.vfat /dev/fd0 && mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /floppy

Re: Xemacs/GNUs

* Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using Xemacs21.1.10(nomule)/GNUs 5.6.45 and I would like to > filter out all duplicate messages (the ones GNUs warns about). See section 6.3.11 in the Gnus manual: , | 6.3.11 Duplicates | |If you are a member of a couple of mailing

Re: netscape-amended

* Jacob Stowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > /usr/bin/X11/netscape: line 277: syntax error near unexpected token `(' > /usr/bin/X11/netscape: line 277: ` for f in ( cd $d;ls -1 . > | sort ); do' A patch was posted on this list a short time ago (today or yesterday). Look in the archiv

Re: make menuconfig burp

* Dave Bateman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to build a kernel and "make menuconfig" gives the > following error: > > debian:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.15# make menuconfig 2.2.15 has had some ugly bugs - you may want to upgrade to 2.2.17pre1. > dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or d

Re: rpm2deb

* "S. Champ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > does anyone have a URL for rpm2deb ? Use alien.

Re: Xemacs/GNUs and decoding attachments

* Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > application/x-gzip; base64 -> /tmp/Xautoconfig-0.6.tar.gz > /usr/share/xemacs21/packages/lib-src/tmdecode: mmencode: command not found Try putting "/usr/lib/xemacs-21.1.10/i386-debian-linux/" in your $PATH. > Process tm-file exited abnormally with code

Re: Xemacs/GNUs and decoding attachments

* Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher Splinter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > If you use tm, you probably also use Gnus < 5.8.0, right? You > > should upgrade. > I did, and the problem is gone. But I get errors on startup: [...] Have a look

Re: Xemacs/GNUs and decoding attachments

* Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher Splinter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > * Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Christopher Splinter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > If you use tm, you probably also use Gn

Re: Xemacs/GNUs and decoding attachments

* Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not quite what I wanted though... I would like to get my MIME > right to the Field menu back whenever I write or read a > message. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: | from .emacs, but unfortunately I have to "M-x mime/editor-mode" by | hand now. Hm .. isn't that a

Re: non-US Packages

* Russ Pitman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Failed to fetch > ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/non-US/binary-i386/Packages > Unable to fetch file, server said > '/debian/dists/potato/non-US/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or > directory ' I have the following in my /etc/apt/sou

Re: pgp_encryptself in Mutt 1.2i and pgp5

* Sven Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 09:35:02PM +0200, Erik van der Meulen wrote: > > Dear list, since I have upgraded Mutt to 1.2i, I get an error > > when Mutt reads the .muttrc on the command: set > > pgp_encryptself. > Pardon my ignorance, but does pgp_encryptse

Re: Exim and "frozen" message status

* Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm noticing that some messages are stuck in a "frozen" state > by Exim for days (or weeks) at a time without being sent. What > does this mean, spec.txt: If a failure report (either locally generated or received from a remote host) itself suffers a deli

Re: rxvt -> strange

* Christopher Mosley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I swear there is something subtly wrong with the geometry of > the rxvt window: Lines not quite straight; slightly curved; > slight convergence of lines etc. I don't see anything like that. Which version do you use?

Re: Cant find bzImage

* Chris Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First of all, get the patch from 2.2.15 to 2.2.16 if you're > connected to the internet. There are security risks with > 2.2.15.

Re: random signature

* Sven Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to put some sort of random signature system to > use in mutt? Untested: #!/usr/bin/perl # Version: let's call it 0.9.9, date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 21:03:36 +0200 # Version: 0.9.9a, date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 17:54:44 +0200 # Written by Eduard B

Re: Installation of .tgz files

* "Suresh Kumar. R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When we install some package using .tgz files, the debian > package mechanism is not aware that the particular package is > installed. For ex. I installed postfix*.tgz but apt is unaware > of it. Therefore, when I use apt-get for installilng somethi

Re: random signature

* Sven Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a way to put some sort of random signature system to > > > use in mutt? > I assume mutt isn't able to handle multiple signatures or is > there a way to rot' the sigs for every mail I compose? :) ??? The perlscript I posted does nothing bu

Re: Exim doubt

* Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have an exim mail server installed and I want to: >Limit each user e-mail account in 3 Mb. Use quotas. Ciao, Christopher -- We need killfiles that actually *kill*. [Sven Guckes in nsr]

Re: Strange Mail Problem

* Jay Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok it looks like its downloading the mail but I cant find it anywhere. I > start mutt and there is nothing there. I cd/var/mail/neutec and theres no > mail there. Your mail is probably in /var/spool/mail/$USER. man muttrc: , |mailboxes filena

Re: mozilla segfault...

* rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > monkeyhouse:~/$ mozilla [...] > > Segmentation fault > Any ideas? What does strace say? -- Microsoft is sort of a mixture between the Borg and the Ferengi. Combine the Borg marketing with Ferengi networking... [Andre B

Re: PDF Writer for Linux ?

* Oliver Schoenknecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Besides I am also searching a good and powerful HTML-editor XEmacs. > and a logo creation tool like Xara Webstyle... Hm, Gimp? :-)

Re: PDF Writer for Linux ?

* Jeff Noxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > gs contains a program called ps2pdf that will convert any > Postscript file to PDF. ps2pdf is only a wrapper around ghostscript: ,[ ps2pdf ] | [...] | # Doing an initial 'save' helps keep fonts from being flushed between pages. | exec gs -q -dNOPAUSE

Re: Wheel mouse not working...oy.

* Tim Jump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Section "Pointer" [...] >Buttons 3 [...] > EndSection This should read "Buttons 5".

Re: HDA is crashing..How can I duplicate it?

Please do not use HTML since many mailclients cannot display it properly. Thank you. * Kevin Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can anyone tell me how I can place another hard drive into the > Linux 2.1 box, copy everything from drive 1 to drive 2 and then > come up on drive 2? If there are no p

Re: telnet replacement

* Timothy C Phan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Recently, I have learned that telnet is not a good idea and > have seen so many suggestion on ssh and wondering how would I > do this from windows/NT? I did not seen windows/NT provide > the ssh. You could use PuTTY or TeraTerm Pro (haven't

Re: sawfish problem

* Joseph de los Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wanted to try sawfish but it seems that it wants > libreadline.so.3 instead of what is unstable or woody is using > right now (libreadline.so.4).is there a way I can get sawfish > to use libreadline.so.4 instead of 3? How about making a symli

Re: xterm

* cls--colo spgs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > is there a way make the xterm "box" a "see-through" (to > the background or to a background image)? XTerm doesn't offer this kind of feature but ETerm does; try Eterm -O --shade 30. man Eterm: , |-O, --trans | This gives a

Re: xterm

* S Salman Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > rxvt does transparency ? How ? rxvt-xpm -tr

Re: firewall

* Timothy C Phan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My next task is setting firewall. Would someone please let > me know where can I find doc on this fireewall subject. /usr/doc/HOWTO/IPCHAINS-HOWTO

Re: fetchmail question (newbie)

* Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So I thought of placing a script with `fetchmail -d 300` into > the /etc/ppp/ip-up.d directory and a script with `fetchmail -q` > into the /etc/ppp/ip-down.d directory. The problem is that > those scripts are executed as root, su - -c "fetchmail -