Re: How long is linux going to be free ?

2003-03-29 Thread derek
Paul Johnson writes: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 10:23:24PM -0800, Derek Gladding wrote: http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/sketch.html That would be a prime example of hardware being used to do what we now do in software thanks to the advent of general

boot floppy

1999-03-15 Thread Derek
I have the Debuanlinux cd but I can't install or make a boot floppy no (OS) is there any way to get a boot floppy so I can install Debian in my computer. Thank you, Derel

Re: rar archiver

2006-05-25 Thread Derek
On 5/24/06, Henrique G. Abreu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've installed 'unrar-free' and 'rar-2.80' on my etchbut they are both not workingthey list the files in the archivebut when going to extract, return 'failed'And my stupid windows user friend just extracted then on rwindows any help?unrar e /

Re: Which is the most stable desktop?

2006-05-26 Thread Derek
On 5/26/06, Sjoerd Hiemstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:> Joseph Smidt wrote:> > Which desktop is the most stable: gnome, kde, xfce, blackbox> > etc... ?>>> Yes.>> -RobertoYes indeed.  Very stable. SjoerdI agree

Re: [Fwd: Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?]

2006-05-30 Thread Derek
My bad,I always forget to send the reply to the list.On 5/30/06, Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ooops.  I was putting these two back on-list, they're both from Derek.On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 16:29 -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > The new driver works fine too.>> On 5/

Re: fsck on ext3, lost files

2006-06-01 Thread Derek
Oh man that sucks,I hope that never happens to me.On 5/31/06, Gary Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have Debian/Stable installed on one partition formatted as ext3. Recently,when booting into my Debian/Stable partition a check was forced and fsck failed.   I was then prompted to enter the root p

Re: How to change text and screen colors in framebuffer console

2006-06-02 Thread Derek
Sure,use settermfor examplesetterm -background greenOn 6/2/06, 46kmz5j02 <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:I use framebuffer console mode by appending "vga=787" to kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst.  I would like to know if possible to change colorof console text and background color also.I have googled

Re: dpenedencies in testing totally broken :(

2006-06-04 Thread Derek
I upgraded just fine,there were a few hitches but its all ok now.I had to do apt-get -f install and remove a couple packages to get it to go.After everything got upgraded all was fine again. On 6/4/06, lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,dependencies in testing are totally broken now :( Do not upgrad

Re: xdm/gdm failure after dist-upgrade

2006-06-05 Thread Derek
Try running dexconf first,then dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg.That should do itOn 6/5/06, Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 05:57:50PM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote:> On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:03:22 -0400 > "Thomas H. George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> > My box is testin

Re: USB Mp3 player problems

2006-06-05 Thread Derek
You can try reloading the modules.rmmod usb-storagemodprope usb-storageMaybe it will work,I remember I had to do that sometimes for my ipod to show up. On 6/5/06, Mike Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,I had no problem before using SanDisk Sansa mp3 player on DebianLinux. I would mount it with

Re: upgrade kills windowmaker

2006-06-06 Thread Derek
wmaker is working fine for me on etch.On 6/5/06, Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:16:12 -0400cga2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I would create a test userid.. su to root.. useradd.. passwd.. etc.> login as this new user and if your manage to start wmaker this would

Re: upgrade kills windowmaker

2006-06-06 Thread Derek
Yey did that a few days ago.On 6/6/06, Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 02:24:18 -0700Derek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> wmaker is working fine for me on etch.>> On 6/5/06, Rodney D. Myers < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> > On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:16:12 -0400> > cga2000 <[

Re: dpenedencies in testing totally broken :(

2006-06-07 Thread Derek
I have none of the problems that you speak of.

Re: Sound with ATI IXP150 AC'97

2006-06-14 Thread Derek
You need to install alsa-ossOn 6/14/06, Nicolas Sabouret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all,I use debian etch on my Compaq laptop and I don't understand how the soundcard works. I installer alsa packages, the sound card was detected andsome applications (like gcompris) work perfectly.However, most o

Re: stuck in X11 transition

2006-06-14 Thread Derek
I had that same problem when upgrading xorg because i had opera installed,I removed it by doing dpkg -r opera then apt-get -f install and that did it.On 6/14/06, Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 04:19:48PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > apt-get -f remove cbb> fail

Re: difference between .xinitrc and .xsession files

2006-06-15 Thread Derek
.xsession gets used by startx too.On 6/15/06, Olafur Jens Sigurdsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Þann 2006-06-15, 11:54:02 (-0400) skrifaði Kamaraju Kusumanchi:> Is there any document/wiki which explains the file name conventions of the> various .[xX]* files in Debian system? In particular I am look

Re: find dangling symlinks

2006-06-20 Thread Derek
try cleanlinksOn 6/20/06, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/20/06, Johannes Zellner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> how do I find dangling symlinks?$ find -L -type lshould do it.  "-L" tells find to follow symlinks, and "-type l" (that's a lowercase ell) matches symlinks.  Since the only s

Re: Problem Stopping mplayer

2006-07-02 Thread Derek
Tell mozilla to open it with gmplayer,then when your done you can just quit it. On 7/2/06, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 10:00:49AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > In contrast, mplayer takes over the current mozilla window displaying> play/pause/stop buttons in the l

Re: Upgrade from Sarge to Etch

2006-07-02 Thread Derek
Use etch instead of testing,that way when etch becomes stable you wont be upgrading to testing again.Here is my sources.list# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20060302)]/ etch main deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-freedeb-src ht

Re: Upgrade from Sarge to Etch

2006-07-02 Thread Derek
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates maindeb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates mainis what it should be On 7/2/06, Alejandro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ron Johnson escribió:> Alejandro wrote:>>> Dear all,>> I have DEbian Sarge and I want to upgrade to Etch (testing). I have r

Re: Upgrade from Sarge to Etch

2006-07-02 Thread Derek
etch and testing are the same thing,using testing instead of etch could lead to a accidental upgrade.On 7/2/06, Shawn Lamson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:00:22 -0700Andrew Sackville-West < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 08:15:03PM -0400, Shawn Lamson wrote:>

Re: [OT]usb stick

2006-07-09 Thread Derek
This happens to me sometimes,try reloading the usb-storage modulermmod usb-storagemodprobe usb-storageOn 7/9/06, Owen Heisler < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Sat, 2006-07-08 at 16:54 +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I have Transend usb pen drive. It was working OK. I gave to my nephew> for backup. He used

Re: Solution: Fluxbox and Debian menu

2006-07-10 Thread Derek
Thanks,I just tried this and it works good.I put the debian menu in the main menu on mine.On 7/10/06, T < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Thank you all who replied.My own personal Fluxbox menu will help - add a menu not supplied by the author/maintainer- add my own shortcutsOn Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:08:45 -

Re: No sound on flash movies

2006-07-11 Thread Derek
I remember I had no sound in flash videos once,turns out I had jackd running.On 7/11/06, Wulfy <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Iván Alemán wrote:>> I have the same problem. I use KDE.  What should I put in there?  I >> tried "aoss", "artsd" and "alsa" but they don't work...>> Try restarting firefox, I e

Re: Video conversion

2006-07-13 Thread Derek
ffmpeg is goodOn 7/13/06, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: J Merritt wrote:> I am looking for a good, feature full video conversion package that will> allow for conversion between various video formats, containers, audio> formats, etc., in the associated video file. Is there a package tha

Re: /etc/X11/X already customeizes on a fresh install

2006-07-18 Thread Derek
I had that same problem,I moved /etc/X11/X to /etc/X11/X.bak(or just delete it) and all was goodOn 7/18/06, James Westby < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On (18/07/06 09:22), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> Just installed 32-bit etch on an AMD64 two days ago.> Today I installed xorg.> Then I did dpkg-reconfig

Re: Just a thought

2006-07-26 Thread Derek
winex/cedega works good,I can even play gta san andreas with it.On 7/26/06, edwardsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Carl Fink wrote:> On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 09:14:43AM +0300, David Baron wrote: In other words, if one is willing to put in minimal effort YES! Go for>> it! Gamers I know ONL

Re: Can't access usb port

2006-07-27 Thread Derek
lsmod | grep usb-storageis that module loaded?if notmodprobe usb-storagethen mount it,something likemount /dev/sda1 /mnt/if that doesn't work try reloading the modulermmod usb-storagemodprobe usb-storage On 7/27/06, R A L Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Before migrating from Mandriva 2006 to Debi

Re: Can't access usb port

2006-07-27 Thread Derek
EDIT:lsmod | grep usb_storageis that module loaded?if notmodprobe usb_storagethen mount it,something likemount /dev/sda1 /mnt/if that doesn't work try reloading the modulermmod usb_storagemodprobe usb_storage On 7/27/06, Derek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: lsmod | grep usb-storageis

Re: multimedia key kbd support

2006-08-09 Thread Derek
xbindkeysOn 8/9/06, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,I note at least 2 daemon packages for multimedia key support on kbds.Anybody have a preference for one?What is the preferred way to use those keys?Does it include use on vt's?H-- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]with a subje

Re: VNC

2006-08-12 Thread Derek
add it to your ~/.xsessionOn 8/12/06, Chuck Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,I only been using debian a short time, and I am wanting to know what would ittake set up X so that it running VNC or a VNC like program. When I start kdeon my SuSE box, it running with out me doing anything. Payne--To U

Re: The New Virtualizer on the Block

2006-08-13 Thread Derek
win4lin alsoOn 8/13/06, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now we have four.1. Vmware: Proprietary. I installed their free version and could not completebootup afterwards. Booted up knoppix and removed the vmware. Problem was withthose ip numbers.2. Qemu: More of an emulater, very safe and very

Re: X -configure failed

2006-08-18 Thread Derek
you probably want to do dexconfthendpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorgOn 8/18/06, Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:When I did X -configure as root the X command appeared to terminate normally but still left me with an empty /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.  wc justreturns 0's on that file when asked abou

Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!

2006-08-20 Thread Derek
On 8/20/06, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Then you get the situation that we already have:  Some jurisdictions don'tbother to enforce requirements for driver's licenses, or even care if youhave a driver's license.  For example, California driver's licenses are no longer valid in Oregon af

Re: macromedia new windows version problem

2006-08-20 Thread Derek
If more people complain,maybe they will release it sooner.

Re: macromedia new windows version problem

2006-08-20 Thread Derek
What is your problem paul?I am not promoting it,or whining.Quit being a assOn 8/20/06, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:On Sunday 20 August 2006 14:44, Derek wrote:> If more people complain,maybe they will release it sooner. I doubt it, but if you really want promote closed source

Re: How does one install extensions in Firefox and Thunderbird?

2006-08-21 Thread Derek
What I do is,in firefox,go to the "tools" in the menu and click on extentions,then click on get more extentions and install them that way.They get installed into ~/.mozilla,so they are not installed system wide. On 8/21/06, Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I recently downloaded two exte

Re: Could not create server lock file: /tmp/.X1-lock

2006-08-22 Thread Derek
/tmp is full?On 8/22/06, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: marc wrote:> Laurent CARON said...>>> marc wrote:> Hi,>> I have installed xserver-xgl and can run it and compiz from a KDE root>>> session -- wobbly bits and all. However, when I try to login -- using >>> the same scripts -- I re

Re: cdrecord / ATAPI

2006-09-02 Thread Derek
On 8/31/06, Paul Dwerryhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 11:11:37PM +0200, ciol wrote:> # cdrecord -v dev=1,1,0 speed=10 dl/debian-31r2-i386-binary-1.isoI've found that it's possible to just use the device name; whether thisis good or bad, I don't know, but it works for me: c

Re: What is the status of XGL on Debian

2006-09-02 Thread Derek
You could install it yourself if you dont want to wait.On 9/1/06, Luis Rogelio Roman Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Hello to everybody, could someone tell me what is the status of XGL, xcompmgr on Debian, I really want this eyecandy on my laptop but I loveDebian and I don`t wanna switch to anoth

Re: how can I start one script as soon as screensaver start ?

2006-09-06 Thread Derek
I have no idea,but im gonna just say it,replace the screensaver binary with a shell script,then you can have the script launch the screensaver and your script.I have know clue if that will work,just an idea On 9/6/06, KLEIN Stéphane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My question : how can I start one scrip

Re: Debian LIVE CD

2006-09-06 Thread Derek
Havent tried it,but this might be what your looking for"$ apt-cache show bootcdPackage: bootcdPriority: extraSection: utilsInstalled-Size: 224Maintainer: Bernd Schumacher < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>Architecture: allVersion: 2.53Depends: mkisofs, cpio, fdutils, file, dosfstools, realpath, bootcd-i386 | boo

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-14 Thread Derek
I dont see how anything apple puts out can bury linux.Ive been using OS X  since 10.1 came out,its really nothing special.I much prefer my Linux box.

Re: install nvidia for latest debian kernel

2006-09-16 Thread Derek
I use the nvidia installer,never had a broken system,dunno where you got those instructions from.Just download the nvidia installer,run it and you should be good to go(assuming you have all the stuff needed to compile the kernel module). On 9/16/06, Francesco Pietra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi al

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-17 Thread Derek
I had this problem on my powermac,I ended up just compiling my own kernel without any of the eth1394 stuff.On 9/17/06, Peter Thomassen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi,I'm still introducing a friend of mine to Linux by phone. Yesterday and the days before, his Realtek 8139 NCI worked out of the boxusi

Re: current mobo recommendation

2006-09-18 Thread Derek
nforce4 *On 9/18/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1On 09/18/06 18:10, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:> Hi,>> Anybody have a *current* (i.e. gettable from newegg) mobo recommendation?>> Beats having to wade through miles of reviews that never mention Linux

Re: copy a dvd

2006-09-20 Thread Derek
You can try ddsomething likedd if=dev/hdb of=dvd.isosomething like thatOn 9/20/06, Fred J. <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:HiI have a dvd, one that I placed in my tv-dvd unit and it played, with video and sound. I want to copy it, I have a dvd burner in my debian/testing. I mounted the dvd and was able

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-21 Thread derek
I always just mount the dvd,and play the video file directly.I dont really care about the menu's or anything.On 9/21/06, Owen Heisler < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 23:52 -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 19:23 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:> > handful of uses!  And ma

Re: Sound: Microphone not working properly

2006-09-22 Thread derek
My mic is working good,here is a picture of my alsamixer settings,might help. http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4547/picture7id8.png Derek On 9/20/06, Alberto Giménez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I use Debian Sarge and I installed ALSA drivers for sound card C-Media CMI8738. I did &#x

Re: Re: Recommend a file manager

2006-09-22 Thread derek
I like rox-filer On 9/22/06, Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: T wrote: > Hi > > Please recommend a file manager. I need a good one to make my wife happy. > We used to settle with the the file manager that comes default with Gnome, > but now that one can't rename files any more (it act

Re: firefox bookmark file location

2006-09-27 Thread derek
~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/bookmarks.htmOn 9/27/06, Fred J. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: HiI have debian/testing, and have been trying to locate the bookmarksfile for firefox "my browser", any body knows where it is?:~$ locate bookmarks.html/etc/firefox/profile/bookmarks.html /etc/mozilla-firefox/p

Re: idsoftware games

2006-09-29 Thread derek
Make sure you have alsa-base,alsa-oss,and alsa-utils installed,run alsa-conf too.On 9/29/06, Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Hello All,I am trying to get sound working with quake 3 / doom 3 / RTCW from idsoftware. I don't have a sound card in this box. I just use whatever it is on the MBand

Re: capturing terminal scrollback buffer?

2006-09-29 Thread derek
you can direct the output to a file,for examplelsmod > tmp.txtOn 9/29/06, Andrew Sackville-West < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:anybody know how to capture the contents of a terminal scrollback buffer? i've got about 1000 lines of debug stuff from a networkproblem that I want to save, but its just sitti

Re: Wierd Firefox behaviour

2006-09-30 Thread derek
Its probably just cached,and will be free'd when needed.

Re: why...?!

2006-10-02 Thread derek
sata is working great for me,on etchOn 10/1/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 08:24:03PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 05:04:02PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> >> > Indeed, I avoided SATA drives because they are so new on my AMD

Re: Error when running make menuconfig

2006-10-02 Thread derek
dont know about the error,but if you want to use the same config docp /boot/config-$(uname -r) /usr/src/linux/.configOn 10/2/06, debian < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi,i installed a new computer with debian but i want newest kernel because i need to customize it.When i run make menuconfig i get this:

Re: start an application on startup

2006-10-03 Thread derek
If you want it to start when you startx,put it in ~/.xsessionOn 10/3/06, Michael Ott <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Hello Fred!> I have a C++ code which fires, does its thing, and waits for input. > I need to get it up and running automatically from boot up.> I am able to open xterm with the following

Re: Newbie ask for recommendation

2006-10-05 Thread derek
Debian comes with alot of good documentation,take a look in /usr/share/doc/ and /usr/share/doc-base/DerekOn 10/4/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi all, I'm a newbie for debian. I've searched throught the web, but I'm not sure what reference is suitable/good for me.Could anyone sug

Re: Two questions about boot scripts

2006-10-13 Thread derek
Hellocreate the script in /etc/init.d/lets say its named myscriptmake it executablethen do /usr/sbin/update-rc.d myscript defaultsthat will create a sym link in all the run levelsDerek On 10/13/06, cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't particularly like gdm and so I made the script in init.dn

Re: Petition about the Firefox trademark problem

2006-10-13 Thread derek
I dont understand why this is such a big deal.On 13 Oct 2006 14:53:14 +0100, Peter Westlake <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:I believe that the dispute between the Mozilla Corporation and the Debian Project is highly damaging to both sides and to Free Softwarein general, so I have set up an online petiti

Re: what programe like chconfig as in redhat

2005-07-01 Thread derek
On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 11:30:28AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Khanh Cao Van wrote: > > I'm news for debian and used to chkconfig in redhat to manage deamon > > scripts to startup at boottime or not . Could you please tell me what > > program in debian with the fuction like that ? > > Install sysv

Re: Semi-OT: need to fake keyboard and mouse...

2005-10-10 Thread derek
On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 10:36:55AM -0400, George J. (Andy) Anderson wrote: > Does anyone know it there is a (simple) way to "emulate" a keyboard? > I've seen some commercial solutions but they are relatively expensive > (more than $25). I suspect a cheap KVM switch would do the trick, but > that w

Re: qemu & vt's

2005-11-03 Thread derek
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 05:52:36PM +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote: > >wicked cool. now I'm going to figure out how to install kqemu to make > >things a bit faster, and then I'm off to try out ReactOS & install > >those games my kids want to play! how utterly cool! > if you succeed could you please post

Re: qemu & vt's

2005-11-03 Thread derek
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 02:43:29PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > On 11/3/05, derek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 05:52:36PM +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote: > > > > you will need the source for qemu too. for example, if i'm in > > /usr/local/src

Re: qemu & vt's

2005-11-04 Thread derek
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 05:36:34PM +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote: > ERROR: QEMU requires SDL or Cocoa for graphical output i needed libsdl-dev. that's a virtual, provided by libsdl1.2-dev. i also ended up needing gcc-3.4. kqemu was picky about that. so my configure line look like, $ ./configure --cc=g

Re: qemu & vt's

2005-11-04 Thread derek
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 05:57:26PM +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote: > >i needed libsdl-dev. that's a virtual, provided by libsdl1.2-dev. > >i also ended up needing gcc-3.4. kqemu was picky about that. so my > >configure line look like, > >$ ./configure --cc=gcc-3.4 > thanks, i'll give it a try. > > it di

Re: qemu & vt's

2005-11-04 Thread derek
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 06:23:44PM +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote: ... > /home/vrbka/tmp/qemu-0.7.2/target-i386/ops_sse.h:574: error: unable to > find a register to spill in class 'GENERAL_REGS' > /home/vrbka/tmp/qemu-0.7.2/target-i386/ops_sse.h:574: error: this is the > insn: > (insn:HI 18 17 19 0 /ho

Firewall testing

2003-02-05 Thread Derek merkley
Hello I am about to make the Proxy/firewall on your www.aboutdebian.com web site. I am wondering how to go about testing it when finished. I have multiple computers and various internet connections.   Thank you

Re: Windows Metafiles

2002-10-06 Thread Derek Gladding
ple of dozen different formats. Not free, I know, but pretty ubiquitous. - Derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "MUD" Game Engines

2002-10-07 Thread Derek Gladding
ou very much for any help you can give me. > Have a look at www.worldforge.org - it's a project to build both tools and games. There might be something there that is useful to you. - Derek > ->Scwawcaac<- > ->The Soul Computer With Abundant Whipped Cream > And A Cherry

Re: Athlon MP boards that work with woody

2002-10-09 Thread Derek Gladding
g with 3 512M DIMMs (I'm currently just using 2, and it's solid as a rock). - Derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New Debian User - Totally Impressed

2002-10-10 Thread Derek Gladding
On Thursday 10 October 2002 04:44 pm, Chip Rose wrote: > Greetings, > > I just switched to deb3.0 from Mandrake8.0. [snip] > LINUX IS UNBELIEVABLY POWERFUL AND STABLE! > Debian Linux that is! > "Gabba gabba, we accept you, we accept you, one of us !" - Derek

Re: Booting Linux from windows 2000

2002-11-07 Thread Derek Gladding
ted mode. > > > > > > I can modify lilo boot loader since those stations are oftenly cloned > > > by Ghost > > I've heard that win2k won't stand for LILO replacing its own MBR. The > alternatives I know of are: > LILO dual-booting W2K and Linux wor

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-07 Thread Derek Gladding
ion (from comments that have passed by my eyeballs) that: - Reiserfs is nice but hasn't got all the quirks ironed out - XFS is pretty solid - Derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SCSI card & DAT tape drive

2002-11-09 Thread Derek Gladding
drive get recognised by the kernel ? (look for "st0") - if not, you need to add SCSI tape support to the kernel HTH - Derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CHM and WMV files on debian ?

2002-11-11 Thread Derek Gladding
th the ".chm" files but I can recommend mplayer to watch the .wmv files with: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/ - Derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel Memory, Poss. Errors (Debian Woody 2.4.18-bf2.4)

2002-11-11 Thread Derek Gladding
gh knowledge to decode the logfile for you, but if you suspect the RAM it might be worth your while installing memtest86 to give it a thorough work out. - Derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Version To Use? (2)

2002-11-17 Thread Derek Gladding
ndle - the full distribution is about 7 CDs now, iirc. Whether or not you think this is worth it depends on how much your time is worth to you, but it's another option you might consider: http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ - Derek > > Am I making sense? > I hope so. > Thanks -- T

Re: [OT] CD-R Requirements (or Giving Back To Windows Users)

2002-11-17 Thread Derek Gladding
with a P90 with 64MB (though maybe not at 8x). So it should be OK to do both with a P3-450 with 256MB. - Derek > This is a rather non-specific question: > > Will CD writing quality be effected if the machine is doing other tasks? > Of course the answer is "it depends",

Re: i always end-up in frame buffer mode

2002-11-23 Thread Derek Gladding
> sure i did. still the same problem Hi Sandip IIRC, the "vga=" parameter only affects the settings for VGA text mode. As you're using a framebuffer this parameter will be ignored. The control parameter for the framebuffer is given as "video=". I *think* that you can turn off the framebuffer with "video=none" or "video=vga" - I can't remember exactly which. HTH - Derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: i always end-up in frame buffer mode

2002-11-23 Thread Derek Gladding
On Saturday 23 November 2002 05:29 am, Derek Gladding wrote: [snip] > Hi Sandip > > IIRC, the "vga=" parameter only affects the settings for VGA text mode. As > you're using a framebuffer this parameter will be ignored. > > The control parameter for the fr

Re: How long is linux going to be free ?

2003-03-28 Thread Derek Gladding
On Friday 28 March 2003 16:47, John Hasler wrote: > Shyamal writes: > > Most of the software is already copyrighted. > > _All_ of it is copyrighted. There is no software old enough to have > entered into the public domain. http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/sketch.html - Derek

How to connect?; install packages?

1998-08-08 Thread Derek Saw
I've use PPPCONFIG to 'Make a new connection'. What is the command that I need to type in order to connect to the Internet (via ISP) using normal phone line and also using the configuration I configured (from PPPCONFIG)? Are there any equivalent command that function something like "Dial-up Netwo

Misbehaving files

1998-05-16 Thread Derek Tam
files" that were recovered and now reside in /lost+found/ and are resistant to eviction thus far. TIA, Derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

smail says:

1998-05-20 Thread Derek Tam
is how it's meant to be? I tweaked my config, turing on and off various attributes tying to get rid of the (nodomain) part, or at least getting it to repeat the mailname of my system. Anyone know if this is the intended behaviour? TIA, Derek -- Skwid? <http://www.pobox.com/~d

Apache virtual hosts problem

1998-06-03 Thread Derek Tam
ts as well. Apache, thinking all the hosts were equivalent just served up the first one every time. I removed the *.dyn.ml.org addresses from /etc/hosts, restarted the apache daemon and web service once again worked as I had intended. Could this be your problem also? Derek Asher Haig wrote: >

Junk being written to wtmp by X

1998-06-15 Thread Derek Tam
t logged to wtmp. But this is not what I want... I do want the xterm shells logged. Some installed Debian package info that might be relevant: afterstep 1.4.5.3-1 syslogd 1.3-26 xbase 3.3.2.1-1 xcontrib3.3.1-2 Any insight appreciated. Thanks, Derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: The juggernaught expands?

1998-06-19 Thread Derek Tam
5.1. nslookup showed that the domain indeed resolved to a Microsoft netbock. The domain has since been removed. Derek -- Skwid? <http://www.pobox.com/~dtam/> Subterranean Wonderland - Dig the Ground! <http://IME.base.org/> Oldspot? <http://oldspot.base.org/> Spotlight and

newbie d00d

1998-10-20 Thread Derek McCabe
What FTP, directory, and files are needed to get xwindows? I have Debian, and I'm a new user. The computer is a 486 20MBram and no modem. Attachments are welcome!

Help re x windows

1998-10-23 Thread Derek McCabe
no go. I've tard and retard my files in a futile attempt to copy them to disk... I even created my own mini packages file. None of this works, and I have (gasp) almost given up hope. Other then lending out my hard disk to a friend who won't loan out the CD, what else can I do?     Derek McCabe, Toronto

X windows Managers

1998-10-25 Thread Derek McCabe
Ive been able to boot X, but I would like to run a windows manager with it like window maker, but I get a Xterm window, and when I try to manually run a manager, I cannot click on the buttons. What did I do wrong? I dpkged the files, and they seem to install correctly...     Is this common f

:include: and /etc/aliases in smail

1998-05-09 Thread Derek Tam
Sorry, can't find the original mail to quote, nor did I see a reply. This comes from the majordomo README file... I ran into the same problems you did trying to create aliases and probably spent as long as you looking for the answer. I am able to confirm that it works with Smail 3.2-3

Cannot find system.map

1997-03-19 Thread Derek Lee
right syntax. --Derek Lee

Re: PGP compile error...Linux

1997-04-02 Thread Derek Atkins
tml Enjoy! -derek -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED]PGP key available

Evolution Mail Filters

2004-11-20 Thread Derek Neighbors
" filtering. I can not find a setting on this. Also, on one machine it seems to "auto" filter sometimes and not at other times. It is really weird. Is anyone experiencing similar issues? -- Derek Neighbors GNU Enterprise http://www.gnuenterprise.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Was I helpf

Re: Evolution Mail Filters

2004-11-21 Thread Derek Neighbors
On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 16:00 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 13:23 -0700, Derek Neighbors wrote: > > I am running Debian Unstable on two different machines. I recently > > upgraded Evolution. > > > > ii evolution 2.0.2-3The groupware s

Apache PHP Pains, oh the pain!

2005-06-08 Thread Derek Wueppelmann
would be appreciated. -- o)Derek Wueppelmann (o (D .[EMAIL PROTECTED]D). ((` http://monkey.homeip.net/ ( ) ` signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Apache PHP Pains, oh the pain!

2005-06-09 Thread Derek Wueppelmann
ough). IIRC it's a browser problem and a good clean out of > the browser cache should fix it. Excellent. Thanks everybody. I just flushed my cache and it all works fine now. So much for trying to do an upgrade just before I go to bed. -- o)Derek Wueppelmann (o

Re: cdrecord slow

2005-06-12 Thread Derek Wueppelmann
ng that cdrecord will set its speed down to what the disc indicates as its maximum record speed. -- o)Derek Wueppelmann (o (D .[EMAIL PROTECTED]D). ((` http://monkey.homeip.net/ ( ) ` signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

file permission for cdrom /dev/hdc etc

1996-12-20 Thread Derek Lee
Hi, What are the default file permissions for /dev/cdrom and /dev/hdc on Debian? I want ordinary users to be able to access the CDROM drive but at the moment, /dev/cdrom is readable by everyone but linked to /dev/hdc which can be read by the disk group. What is the debian way for this? Derek Lee

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