Re: Mozilla M17-3 on Woody

gt; > Does rm -r ~/.mozilla help? > BTW: The Mozilla nightly builds are much better than M17. :) > i get the same problems, and the pre18 nightlies / ns pr3 segfault (i had a brief look at the strace, but nothing's obvious.) removing ~/.mozilla has no effect cheers damien pgp43fK6e7t4m.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Vim vs Elvis -- was "Mutt's Editor"

s own tags file generator. thus you need either a seperate package (exuberant), or elvis (which includes its own) ctags and quickfix editing (called cc error correction or something in elvis, iirc) are the two best things that happened to software development ;o) cheers damien pgpoOzGRpd8AD.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: make monitor power-saving blank -HOW?

sually turning a colour other than black, too ;o). iirc, x3.3 used to be able to use the proper dpms modes. do i have to do something different now? cheers damien pgpQWEIRNYMCi.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Vim vs Elvis -- was "Mutt's Editor"

entry without color support. Use the "COLORTERM" environment variable " rxvt sets to enable colours in it. :if $COLORTERM == "rxvt" : set term=rxvt :endif :if &term == "rxvt" : set t_Co=8 : set ttyfast :endif " Colours suitable for a dark background, which is what my Linux console, " xterms and rxvts are configured to have. set background=dark syntax on -- it should work in gvim automatically cheers damien pgpLorWaQurCt.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Questions About dpkg and friends

bably a way :) cheers damien pgposmWLzKeRi.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Questions About dpkg and friends

> available packages NOT just those you have installed apt-cache search > Anyone corroborate this? > sorry, i did not make that clear. apt-cache search will search all packages known (updated when you do an apt-get update). dpkg -S only searches installed packages. cheers damien pgpjz5476hhTb.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: DIVX?

> Anyone got divx working? I guess I mean divx;) and not divx, gah. > chris yep. you still need the windows dll though, and xmps is still very alpha. but hey, better than nothing :) cheers damien pgplvY2cU0JAg.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Help: woody libc amd -ldb

or debian-changes but for the record, i'm not and i got the same problem today :) easy fix. 'ahh they must have encapsulated it in its own library' apt-cache search libdb 'ahah! apt-get install libdb2-dev cheers damien pgpm4aAScbTtR.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: DIVX?

s working? -chris > there were instructions on the xmps website detailing what you had to do. i followed them and it worked pretty much as stated. (installed from a woody deb tho) cheers damien pgpTW3Sm0GO6w.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: DIVX?

or movies, or > not good enough? -chris functional enough. if you're trying to impress them with the stability and awesome user interface, don't :) cheers damien pgp1gMBz5kUsf.pgp Description: PGP signature

aside: killfiles & mailing software

> > He's earned his way into my killfile. Fool me twice, shame on me > > And now mine. as an aside, does mutt have any capabilities like this? what mailer are you two using? i'm a vi person myself, but i've been told nothing beats gnus cheers damien pgpIy4d

Re: fullscreen video playback

it, and it scales a video to 1280x1024 seemlessly. however, this only works for dvds. i'm still waiting for someone to support it with mpeg1 :) cheers damien pgpZejGo7DQiH.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: aside: killfiles & mailing software

i never bothered learning much of the procmail syntax. now would be a good time to read up on it. i'll have a look at maildrop too. thanks for the prompt reply! cheers damien pgp0sTs4dfZDP.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: fullscreen video playback

een, without > additional load for the CPU. it supports hardware scaling with x/4 cheers damien pgp74a0TjKrH4.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [OT] why does ./configure fail silently?

is installed.])) on a similar note: by modularising everything in debian, we tend to break a lot of source. as an example, a basic gnome desktop doesn't require libzvt-dev. yet a lot of apps only check for libgnomeui-dev, as they assume they're all part of the same package. i can't

Re: Mutt: save without prompting --- how? Multi-message save?

ted for one keystroke but not for another... consider using a macro bound to a key that will: a) set cf=no b) save-mailbox c) set cf=ask-yes cheers damien pgp44DX6pyDU0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: a question about internal modem

ances are it isn't i'm afraid. cheers damien pgp9mrHgDIbYv.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: root file system

of thing is this: cd / du -bsc * | sort -n you can then cd to each subdir whos size appears erroneous, and repeat cheers damien pgpzRtmzgE9Ie.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: DIVX?

entre of it. 1 -> you need the correct modelines for it to swith down to the correct resolution, if you decide you still want software mode. 2 -> you need to recompile sdl (preferably 1.1.6) for the xvideo extentions. but of course, if you'd done your homework, you'd know that :o) chee

Re: Which editor for programming?

bles, e.g. PATH . > by my extremely rough estimates, emacs is more popular than vi - they being the most popular of the editors. having said that, there's a saying: 'for any given large body of people, the majority are stupid' can you tell i'm a vi advocate? ;) cheers

Re: Mozilla M18 on potato (pentium100)

++ etc - but it can be run on something below. debian still compiles everything on m486 iirc. cheers damien pgp2y3n3QbCQo.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Q: Apt-get as reliable as dselect?

end. what problem are you having? cheers damien pgpBtRwXXaKT3.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: DIVX?

nsions and why should I > care about them? hardware scaling. new to x4. > > but of course, if you'd done your homework > > and that would be...? the documentation on the web sites of the above mentioned players are helpful. try them. :) cheers damien pgpYngt3NTjjM.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Which editor for programming?

ken with a grain of salt, i'm just playfully bullying you) cheers damien pgpDMyVDz8bSO.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Dual Monitors for X

ng the second one with a framebuffer, and running the 2nd X session on top of that i've got the matrox dri, so my dual-head matrox works fine with a simple insmod. *sighs happily* -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pgpjQGGy5iQ6i.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Which editor for programming?

7;this is bad, use what i use' -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pgpYTKeIPVScJ.pgp Description: PGP signature

sticky bit, powersaving & hdd spindown

e sticky bit could be used to instruct certain unixs to permanently cache a program. is this the case with linux? if not, can anyone offer any alternative solutions? thanks in advance. -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pgpgf0jif21d3.pgp Description: PGP signature

aside: perl's unpack()

to test it in perl afterwards, but got the wrong result. could anyone tell me what's wrong with my interpretation? perl -le '$, = "."; print unpack("C4", "2704935062");' cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pgpzr696mIxie.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: sticky bit, powersaving & hdd spindown

action. cheers. -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pgpZygDkfwhOn.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: aside: perl's unpack()

rint "$n = ", join(".", unpack("C4", pack("N", $n))), "\n"; thank you, that's exactally what i was after. i got confused and was looking for big endian versions of the unpack("C.. part. cheers! -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pgpSHmcXb4ApA.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: sticky bit, powersaving & hdd spindown

cached. i don't think it would. linux, to my understanding, will use all available ram for caching, when it can. it will throw out old cache (read: my program) for new cache (read: the music the player is reading) cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pgpN8UMsMCWir.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: sticky bit, powersaving & hdd spindown

x27;s called :) the tiny tracks on the chip will melt due to being operated above their stated temperature, and then they condense elsewhere. this can occur over the period of weeks to months, and by the time you notice something is wrong, the chip is unsalvageable. that is why o/c'

Re: why no DRI for G200 in X4

t Failed > > (II) MGA(0): direct rendering disabled i'm not entirely sure if this is a g200 local problem - but DRI works fine on my g400. the error message says drmOpen failed. is mga.o in the correct place in your X11R6 tree? just a thought :) cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: gecko rendering engine and galeon/skipstone

> Why don't the developers of galeon/skipstone follow this approach? > Anybody knowing of a browser doing this? mozilla is still under heavy development. it's not practical to extract gecko right now. stay tuned, though ;o) cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pgptjKL

Re: Some Newbie Questions

can then uncomment the services you want as you go. this file controls stuff like telnet, ftp etc. cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'together alone' pgpTqtwAbFdTG.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Vim's background colour

n be configured by running something like vim -r (for reverse colours) cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'together alone' pgpVbddPLsOT8.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: machine compromise??? port 3086 open on 2.2

x27;t mean it was actually using the sj3 protocol. this could have been a domain lookup. telnet. even you viewing a webpage. cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'together alone' pgpCrwI2XASx8.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Screenblanking of console

> Ok I'm at a loss, I know this was discussed some time ago on the list. > But cgi.debian.org and lists.debian.org are so damm slow tonight, I > can't search for an answer. Question is, How do I stop the screen from > blanking in console mode. man setterm -- Da

Re: OT: How to burn Linuxcare BBC ?

o this is an issue with Cequadrat I believe. -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'together alone' pgpDZxPFpUShj.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Some Newbie Questions

> just to clarify: he must have meant /etc/inetd.conf here and not > /etc/inittab. yes, quite :) don't look after your security late at night ;o) cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'together alone' pgpyw1jPeTvLN.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Fwd: FW: Priv: Annual meeting of women drivers

> another one for the killfile! *grin* taking the time to actually tell them they're being ignored i liken to someone sticking their fingers in their ears and yelling 'i'm not listening!' why waste your time? cheer -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: mysql-perl modules

> apt-get install libdbd-mysql-perl or better yet, teach them how to find it themselves. apt-cache search mysql | grep perl should do the trick cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'together alone' pgpGoI8nZ3Z0M.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Question and goodbye...

isn't that hard to deal with - maybe ten minutes a day, if you've got a good mailer. cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'together alone' pgps2OWDlL4Pu.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: C strstr function returns int or char *?

re you include in the top of the file. cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - eschew obfuscation ;) pgp77emhvS1xU.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: file too large to delete

but an elephant will flatten both (i think - i haven't seen dr who in a long, long time! ;) cheers. -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - eschew obfuscation ;) pgpZWXaE994EM.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: linking x11 programme failed

a library, and its development files. you want something like apt-get install xlib6g-dev cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://repose.ath.cx/ An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. -- James Michener, "Space"

Re: Strange Message

> Why does the message pop up on my console, then, instead of going to a > log file somewhere? syslog has a log level. so does your console. change the log-level of the console to avoid this. cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://repose.ath.cx/ An age is called Dark not

Re: Q: Worried in Paris-Debian flaking out monitor?

ing which lasted a fraction of a sec > but shook me. > as long as the horizontal and vertical refresh rates are below or at what was quoted in your monitor manual, it will be fine. the discrepency was probably just the monitor syncing to the different refresh rate (as you changed from

Re: lyx; how do I view/export a document as ps/dvi?

27;m not sure), and of course tetex-base cheers -- Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://repose.ath.cx/ An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. -- James Michener, "Space" pgpGtdGtJ7MaX.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Ring0

if you could help me out with that? If the anser is > 'No' - OK, i'll understand - but I surely won't be too happy about > it *laughs* no, i'm afraid you've strayed quite out of your depth. this is a mailing list for something very-not microsoft. -- Dam

copycat posts with virus?

> *laughs* > > no, i'm afraid you've strayed quite out of your depth. this is a mailing list > for something very-not microsoft. > > > -- > Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://repose.ath.cx/ > > An age is called Dark not because the light fails

Re: Okay who's this "H.C.Hsiang" ?

yes they are :o) out of the magic of the internet i found a few of my mails mysteriously appearing again, posted under his name with my signature. he's obviously got a virus or is being malicious ;o) now to ponder if the procmail recipe to disgard Outlook mail is a wise one ;-) cheers --

Re: a little too noisy, bye bye

> Sorry, this list has a lot of traffic, and most of it is above my head or > only for i386 and X4, so I am dropping and just sticking with 68k list. > Thanks for your time and hope ya liked my sig at least. I will soon add a > pc on a siamese network, but won't be using linux on it. :-{ L8tr's

Re: Problems with Matrox G400 AGP

> Dear all. > > I've just bought a new computer and I've choosen a Matrox > Millennium G400 AGP card (as they're one of the most open > source friendly companies out there). > [snip] i'm using one as well, which is working beautifully (dual-head, and all). i found dri to

Re: The Microsoft tax

> > > > What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop > > without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( that's austria, not australia :) ^^^ > > Heather Stern may know of a local Ozzie source for you. She's pinged on > this

Re: where's plperl?

> The perl way to communicate to a database > is called the DBI(db interface) module, > available at your nearest CPAN mirror. > > ... > > DBI is a very popular module. you missed their point :) they want to use perl inside postgres, not perl to reference postgres. cheers -- We don't know ho

Re: integrating latest matrox driver

> > I noticed that matrox has a linux driver for my g400 that is supposedly > better than the one in XFree86 4.0.1. According to their docs, however, > I need to download and compile XFree86 by hand with the new driver in > the appropriate directory. Is there another way to use their driver? How >

Re: disk space anomaly

> Currently, no software has been installed in /usr/local or no files have > been copied in that partition. A few empty directories have been created > by some package installation scripts. > > When I check using cfdisk, cfdisk shows the size of /usr/local as being > correct: 2.5Gb. > > When I ch

Re: integrating latest matrox driver

> > I have the new Matrox G450 card and have copied the new driver to > mga.o but am unable to get the xfree86-4 server to boot...just hangs a > blank screen. The driver readme says it supports the g450 card. > Has anyone got this card working in 4.0 or any clues on how you > got the

Re: DESTROY (perl experts please) (fwd)

ble helixcode will work fine with potato. cheers damien -- We don't know how bad things are in north korea, but here are some pictures of hungry children. -- CNN pgps5M9Wo5uZR.pgp Description: PGP signature

Enable ACPI on kernel-image-2.4.22?

n 1 initrd /initrd.img-2.4.22-1-686" Regards Damien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Enable ACPI on kernel-image-2.4.22?

On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 11:34, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Damien Solley wrote: > > Hi > > How do I enable ACPI with the debian kernel package > > kernel-image-2.4.22-1-686 (in Sarge)? I see that ACPI has been disabled > > by default with this kernel (closing bugs

RESOLVED Re: Enable ACPI on kernel-image-2.4.22?

On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 20:58, Herbert Xu wrote: > Damien Solley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > #211594). However, when I boot with "acpi=on" as a kernel argument, I > > get no ACPI. > > There is an off-by-one bug that breaks acpi=on. Try acpi=force i

Bootsplash in Debian

aptop only supports 1 MB video while booting). Are there any debian users who've had experience or success with bootsplash, perhaps following different instructions to these? Does anyone know if the vga= line could be my point-of-failure? Regards Damien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Bootsplash in Debian

On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 01:02, Nicolas Rueff wrote: > Ainsi parla Damien Solley le 307ème jour de l'an 2003: > > > Hello All > > I am trying to get a splash screen while booting into my Debian Sarge > > box. I found instructions at: > > http://bulmalug.net/impr

Re: Bootsplash in Debian

On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 02:50, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Damien Solley wrote: > > > > Thanks for you answer, Nicolas. > > It seems that it may indeed be a framebuffer error. Although I had > > assumed my kernel framebuffer was working correctly (because I am > > get

Re: Bootsplash in Debian

On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 16:22, Johann Koenig wrote: > On Monday November 3 at 03:37pm > Damien Solley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Kernel is 2.4.22 from ftp.kernel.org with Con Kolivas' -ck2 patch > > (includes bootsplash). I've got 512MB main memory with

Re: XFree86 4.3 in stable sarge - how likely

4.3 ??? -- thanks! > > wbr, > Lukas You don't seem to have run apt-get update? You need to run that first to sync file lists with the server. If you want, you can see the files (including those for Woody and Sarge) at: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xfree86 Damien -- To UNSU

Re: XFree86 4.3 in stable sarge - how likely

you no longer need those sources.list entries you mentioned (but you did need to a couple of months ago). Oh, and it should be "-t unstable" instead of "-t 4.3" (-t allows you to specify the distribution where the packages should come from, in this case 'unstable'). Regards Damien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to Eliminate Popups?

Edit | Preferences | Advanced | Scripts and Windows. Uncheck the "Open unrequested windows" box. Regards Damien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A Selection of XMMS Skins?

-skins.rpm That'll generate an installable .deb, which should work fine. I've always had excellent results converting from rpm to deb (and vice versa) with alien. Regards Damien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A Selection of XMMS Skins?

On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 11:19, Michael Bonert wrote: > Is there an apt package of XMMS Skins? I'm getting sick of the default > one. > > I searched with 'apt-cache search xmms', that, however, didn't find > anything. I then tried googling--that just found me RPMS--yuck! The > archive (here) doesn

Re: login-delay after boot

rs? For example, mine reads: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain serenity If this is configured correctly, then maybe you could try a different login manager, ie: apt-get install gdm Hope this helps, Damien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USB Intellimouse problem

mouse cursor is smooth and accurate using the touchpad (/dev/psaux) > but really choppy and inaccurate using the Intellimouse. > > Any suggestions? Any help appreciated. > > -- > Aaron Bieber > - > Graphic Design // Web Design > http://www.core-dev.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Damien Solley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how NOT to work with debian

August 2003 4:11 am, Damien Solley wrote: > > Looks like X is running fine. You just need a window manager other than > > twm! > > from a console, edit your ~/.xinitrc file. For simplicity, this file can > > have just one line, reading: > > startkde > > That fa

Re: My xserver crashes once my monitor goes to sleep...

> sleep or how to fix my xserver? > > -- > Thanks, > Jake Johnson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __ > Plutoid - http://www.plutoid.com - Shop Plutoid for the best prices on > Rims, Tires, and Performance Par

Re: VIA Soundcard Driver - skipping, failing

oss > alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss > options snd major=116 cards_limit=1 > options snd-via82xx index=0 > # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > > ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/alsa -- Damien Solley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how NOT to work with debian

0 -nolisten tcp >WindowMaker >ssh-agent x-window-manager > > what more info can I usefully get? > > -- > richard > > > > I don't think the apt HOWTO is relevant, as this is an X problem. > > > > You must be aware by now that almost _no

Re: how NOT to work with debian

m? > > The apt Howto doesn't seem to offer me any guidance. I also have limited time > for this, as I've already wasted a day on it. > > Advice anyone? > > -- > richard > > Lucky I got this laptop working or I wouldn't be able to ask for help..

Re: My xserver crashes once my monitor goes to sleep...

's my .xsession: xscreensaver -no-splash& icewm Hope that helps. Damien On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 10:42, B. L. Jilek wrote: > Hi Damien! > > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Damien Solley wrote: > > > Use xscreensaver-demo to control power management for your monitor. If > &

Re: how NOT to work with debian

a user and did 'startx' - got same > thing, ut after a cuple of seconds the tty7 graphics disappeared and left me > with the same error messages plus >... /.xinitrc: line 1: startkde: command not found > > not much help there. > > -- > richard -- Damien

Re: ACPI sleep - time/date problem

I've seen many Dell I8500 users on the list, who may have an answer to your question. I'm sure it is possible, as the SWSUSP I'm using saves the correct time to the hardware clock and gets hardware time when resumed (from hibernation, that is). Good luck Damien -- ~~

Re: Samba running under inetd and init.d

something wrong? > > John Purser dpkg-reconfigure samba will allow you to choose which method you wish to run samba under. -- Damien Solley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cloning Debian?

used tar -x USR.tar /mnt/hda1/ Then edited the necessary config files (fstab, XF86config, etc), installed grub and never looked back. So that's another option for you, Regards Damien -- Damien Solley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: possible to extract .cab files under linux?

ED] $ apt-cache search cabinet cabextract - a program to extract Microsoft Cabinet files lcab - Create MS Cabinet (.cab) files. Maybe these might be of assistance? And prevent you the need to reboot! -- Damien Solley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Q3Demo Segfault

the demo with the point release, just to test it... Then, if it works, go out and grab yourself a platinum copy of Q3A. Good luck -- Damien Solley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ip changed after sometime using dhcp

On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 20:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using DHCP to connect to the network, and I use ssh to contral > another machine. The problem is, my ip address is always changing. This > makes my ssh die. I wonder if it is because of my configure file is not > correct or is th

Re: LFS problem with Debian testing

On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 19:17, Jukka Salmi wrote: > Hello, > I'm having problems with opening large (>2 GB) files on a Debian testing > System: > > --- > #include > #include > #include > [...] > int fd; > fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY | O_LARGEFILE); > [...] > --- > > gcc complains that O_LARGEFIL

Re: KGhostView Display Problem

On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 18:47, Brian Poole wrote: > Hi, > > When I view a pdf document with kghostview and scroll back and forth the > text disapears from view. The portion of the page that scrolled off the > screen disappears and is replaced with a plain white background when I > scroll back to it

Re: LFS problem with Debian testing

On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 20:01, Jukka Salmi wrote: > Damien Solley --> debian-user (2003-08-20 19:37:28 +1000): > > Old kernel version? AFAIK, you need a recent (ish) kernel to create > > files greater than 2GB. > > $ uname -sr > Linux 2.4.21-3-686-smp > > It&#x

Re: listing directory contents with color

On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 20:49, Alphonse Ogulla wrote: > How do I get ls to list directory contents with color without passing the > --color option everytime? > > -- > Alphonse Ogulla > Nairobi, Kenya In your ~/.bashrc file, add the line: alias ls='ls --color' -- ~~~

Re: Checking what's installed

There's even handy scripts that'll show arrange the dpkg output by size of package, so you can really trim it. Someone published this on a newsgroup list a while back, but am not sure who it was! Very nice output, kudos to the original author. Oh, and here it is (a the bottom of the page): http://l

2.6 Kernel -problem with console spewing symbols.

een this behaviour before? Got an answer, or a url I can use to work this out? Regards and TIA, Damien -- "An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until

Re: Webmin

/[debianhostname]:1000 ? > > For the life of my I can't figure it out! > > Mark. > Make sure it's running: /etc/init.d/webmin start Then browse (with mozilla, lynx, or whatever) to: https://127.0.0.1:1 Damien -- ~

Re: Webmin

stall webmin webmin-core again, but still no go. I > also rebooted. > > There must be something I'm missing in the conf files somewhere... Is it > started by inetd? > > Mark > > - Original Message - > From: "Damien Solley" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: acme package - experiences

oc/m la 1re messagerie instantane de France Acme works well for me. I only really use it for volume control, but it works with the function keys on my laptop (Dell Inspiron). I think it can work with anything that xev sees... So, is there any way to get x

Re: 855GM chipset supported?

tive linux version which runs beautifully at 1024x768 on my 845. I haven't had much luck with Counterstrike + WINE, though others have. Google for it. Damien -- ~~ Using Linux on the Inspiron 1100: http://geocities.com/randomnumbergenerator2001/ *regularly updated* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: open office spell checking

wcRAty+AKCYX6K0JYlMuMN+QfDUBGnf/W2CPgCfUCmA > MstppyyD00KrAs6is7djp2U= > =27er > -END PGP SIGNATURE- That's exciting news! If koffice defaults to OO format, I may well convert back to using K. Do you have a link where I can read about this? I can't find a mention on koffice.

Re: Default install w/apache - how to create local web access?

ublic_html). This should be world readable (chmod 755 public_html). c) files (esp index.html) in their public_html folder) then they can access the local pages are accessible at: http://127.0.0.1/~username/ Damien -- "An expert is one wh

Re: Hi, how can I add a key map to show the desktop undergnome&sawfish?? Thanks

ding-properties (it's also in the "desktop preferences" of the main menu.) If you are using gnome 1.4, then gnome 2 is the way to go. Check out the woody backport at: http://www.debianplanet.org/node.php?id=992 Damien --

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