Log in on machine with nn_NO.iso88591

2007-05-27 Thread Salve Håkedal
I run Etch and want to log in to an older box also running Etch, but with locale nn_NO.iso88591. To do that with xterm, I do: LANG=nn_NO xterm -e ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] & But in console I have no success doing for example: LANG=nn_NO bash unicode_stop ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] How to do that when

choosing a sound device.

2007-05-27 Thread peasthope
A machine can have more than one sound device. A PCI sound card and a USB headset for example. Skype allows devices to be chosen in Tools > Options > Sound Devices. Nothing similar is evident in iceweasel > Edit > Preferences nor in xine > Audio. How is a sound device selected in Iceweasel an

Re: finding files from archives: where?

2007-05-27 Thread Felipe Sateler
Augustin wrote: > > Hello, > > I am a would-be new debian user (using Mandriva now). > > I will try to install from the hard disk (can't burn cds). > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en You are reading the wrong section. You should be reading section D.3 "Installing De

Re: weirdest network problem - only native kde apps resolve hostname

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 08:02:47PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "cannot find server"). The only non-native app so far to succeed is > ping. Ping by ip or hostname? Do you have network-manager installed? Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

Re: mutt question

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 09:57:43PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > set realname="Roberto C. Sanchez" > > set from="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > it is my experience that exim doesn't like that and will rewrite the > from address unless you set > > > local_sender_retain = true > trusted_users

Re: choosing a sound device.

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 10:15:03PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How is a sound device selected in Iceweasel > and in Xine? AFAIK iceweasel can be configured to use either esd or alsa. alsa probably means it will use the primary device and esd should be configurable. I think in xine you

Re: weirdest network problem - only native kde apps resolve hostname

2007-05-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Another update: problem seems to be solved by using the following patch (from http://maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2007-February/007902.html ): -- /etc/nsswitch.conf 2007-01-11 22:01:14.0 +0100 +++ /scratchbox/etc/nsswitch.conf 2007-01-25 12:20:06.0 +0100 @@ -8,7 +8,

Reporting bugs about documentation (install Deb from another distro (Re: finding files from archives: where?

2007-05-27 Thread Augustin
On Monday 28 May 2007 13:30, Felipe Sateler wrote: > > I am a would-be new debian user (using Mandriva now). > > > > I will try to install from the hard disk (can't burn cds). > > > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en > > You are reading the wrong section. You should be rea

Re: Reporting bugs about documentation (install Deb from another distro (Re: finding files from archives: where?

2007-05-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 02:19:00PM +0800, Augustin wrote: > The other question, re. submitting bugs about the docs remain, if someone > knows the proper way to go about it: > > > 1) the documentation is clearly not precise enough. > Do I report this as a bug in the same way as I would any othe

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