Re: keeping passwords
Hello, On Wednesday 31 August 2005 12:05 pm, Derek Broughton wrote: There's also gksu (the GTK frontend to su), but it also does not support changing the timeout of the password storage. ?? So why even mention it? You can't just install gksu, it comes with bonobo and gnomeui and gconf - something like an extra 40MB of stuff - and it's never likely to interface to kwallet. It's worth mentioning because the gksu package contains both a gksu *and* a gksudo executable, the latter allowing one to gain elevated priviledges via sudo rather than su. Using sudo is better because it allows for much finer-grained control of who can run what as root (or other users), and does not require anyone to know the root password. Cheers, nate -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://houseofnate.net/
Bug#312045: akode: artsd segfaults with certain WAVE files (worked in 3.3.2)
Package: akode Version: 4:3.4.1-1 Severity: normal Tags: experimental When playing certain wav files with kaboodle, I now get an arts crash (backtrace attached). This worked in 3.3.2, but I don't know if it was because akode was not buggy in 3.3.2 or if akode was not used in 3.3.2. (I assume from the BT that the bug is in akode, but could of course be wrong.) One of the wav files in question has the following properties, according to `file`: lMnRA3fa2v2-VLQ.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, ITU G.711 mu-law, mono 8000 Hz Let me know if there is more I can report; I can attach a sample wav file it it's useful. I can also forward this upstream tomorrow (it's after midnight here, ). Goodnight, nate -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-k7 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages akode depends on: ii libarts11.4.1-1 aRts sound system core components ii libasound2 1.0.8-3 ALSA library ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libflac61.1.1-5 Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtim ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-13 GCC support library ii libjack0.80.0-0 0.99.0-6 JACK Audio Connection Kit (librari ii libltdl31.5.6-6 A system independent dlopen wrappe ii libmad0 0.15.1b-2.1 MPEG audio decoder library ii libogg0 1.1.2-1 Ogg Bitstream Library ii liboggflac1 1.1.1-5 Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtim ii libsamplerate0 0.1.1-2 audio rate conversion library ii libspeex1 1.1.6-2 The Speex Speech Codec ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.6-5The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libvorbis0a 1.1.0-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi ii libvorbisfile3 1.1.0-1 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi Using host libthread_db library /lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1. (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread -1218295776 (LWP 9282)] (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [KCrash handler] #38 0xb7c75d89 in free () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #39 0xb7df4d23 in operator delete () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 #40 0xb7df4d7f in operator delete[] () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 #41 0xb74133ba in aKode::WavDecoder::~WavDecoder () from /usr/lib/libakode.so.1 #42 0xb7490af8 in akodePlayObject_impl::unload () from /usr/lib/libarts_akode.so #43 0xb74908aa in akodePlayObject_impl::halt () from /usr/lib/libarts_akode.so #44 0xb7490f27 in akodePlayObject_impl::readFrame () from /usr/lib/libarts_akode.so #45 0xb74913df in akodePlayObject_impl::calculateBlock () from /usr/lib/libarts_akode.so #46 0xb7e7f216 in Arts::StdScheduleNode::gslProcess () from /usr/lib/libartsflow.so.1 #47 0xb7ef4b59 in _gsl_init_engine_utils () from /usr/lib/libartsflow.so.1 #48 0xb7ef4ecc in _gsl_init_engine_utils () from /usr/lib/libartsflow.so.1 #49 0xb7ef21e3 in gsl_engine_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libartsflow.so.1 #50 0xb7ea0146 in GslMainLoop::run () from /usr/lib/libartsflow.so.1 #51 0xb7e815d0 in Arts::StdScheduleNode::requireFlow () from /usr/lib/libartsflow.so.1 #52 0xb7eac17e in Arts::Synth_PLAY_impl::needMore () from /usr/lib/libartsflow.so.1 #53 0xb7e8550b in Arts::AudioSubSystem::handleIO () from /usr/lib/libartsflow.so.1 #54 0xb7e9502a in Arts::AudioIOALSA::notifyIO () from /usr/lib/libartsflow.so.1 #55 0xb7aa674e in Arts::StdIOManager::processOneEvent () from /usr/lib/libmcop.so.1 #56 0xb7aa6bc1 in Arts::StdIOManager::run
Re: New font defaults for new users - feedback wanted!
On Friday 08 April 2005 12:16 pm, Christopher Martin wrote: I still want feedback on the new defaults, but please do include your display size, resolution, etc. The defaults you have chosen match the sizes I currently use (10pt). My DPI is set to the actual DPI (80 x 81 px on a monitor with 325 x 241 mm physical dimensions running at 1024 x 768 px). So I'd be happy with them, and probably most Western language users who have their DPI set properly, and have good eyesight, will too. (However, CJK ideographs are pretty hard to read at anything below 12 pt. AIUI, Gtk has per-locale default font sizes, presumably for this very reason. Qt may need something similar to really do this right.) To those people who have their DPI set intentionally wrong because you use bitmapped fonts, I suggest you try installing the xfonts-100dpi package and changing your hardcoded DPI to from 75 to 100. Cheers, nate -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://houseofnate.net/ pgpfda9Wfau4l.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#282462: kaboodle: babble when playing MP3 files
On Friday 17 December 2004 04:27 am, you wrote: this solves the dependency problem but it contains the bug of sarge's mpeglib which I reported, i.e., the babble bug. My apologies. My assumption about how kdemultimedia applies its patches was incorrect. This package should actually have the patch applied: http://houseofnate.net/2004/tmp/mpeglib-fix/mpeglib_3.2.2-1.sarge1.2_i386.deb Cheers, nate -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile) pgpC2YPIMdtKp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: KDE-problem
Hi Nick, [This is a re-send; I set the To header incorrectly on that last message---if you reply, please reply to this one.] [I'm moving this conversation to the debian-kde mailing list, as that is a better place for it.] On Saturday 16 October 2004 04:57 am, nick legroe wrote: Now the problem is the following. When booted and showing the login screen, I can login using gnome with no problems but when I choose for KDE, and giving the correct login name and password. I see a little screen where he loads something. the first 2 icons get loaded witout any problem but when he comes to initializing peripherials then it just crashes back to the login screen. If you have any lines in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file like the following, try commenting them out, or deleting them: Option DPMS Back when I used the version of X11 that is in woody (long, long ago), I had the same problem, which as far as I can tell, was caused by buggy video drivers that caused a crash when an application tried to enable Display Power Management Signaling features. Disabling this prevented further crashes for me. Cheers, nate -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://houseofnate.net/
Bug#272145: juk: Duplicate entries when symlinks are involved [regression]
Package: juk Version: 4:3.3.0-1 Severity: normal I have my music organized using a set of pool directories and a symlink farm to abstract away the fact that it is spread across several disks. JuK used to handle this well, but there was a regression sometime around the KDE 3.0 release. This appears to have been patched upstream, and is filed at http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55529 -- I'll tag this bug and attach the patch momentarily. It would be nice to include this patch in the next Debian release of kdemultimedia. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Bug#266600: kopete: many things include irc.protocol including konversation and kvirc3
package kopete tags 266600 + patch thanks Unless upstream or someone else has a better solution (which would be great), I think the attached patch (which manages irc.protocol with update-alternatives) should be applied to kdenetwork. I have done a similar thing with my latest konversation snapshot at http://debian.houseofnate.net/, and I can confirm that both packages now install without conflicts. Cheers, nate -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://houseofnate.net/ diff -u -N -r ../debian.orig/changelog debian/changelog --- ../debian.orig/changelog 2004-08-26 06:37:30.0 -0400 +++ debian/changelog 2004-08-26 07:18:20.0 -0400 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +kdenetwork (4:3.3.0-1.1) unstable; urgency=low + + * Manage kopete's /usr/share/services/irc.protocol with update-alternatives +(Closes: #266600) + + -- Nathaniel W. Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:15:41 -0400 + kdenetwork (4:3.3.0-1) unstable; urgency=high * New upstream release. diff -u -N -r ../debian.orig/kopete.install debian/kopete.install --- ../debian.orig/kopete.install 2004-08-26 06:37:30.0 -0400 +++ debian/kopete.install 2004-08-26 06:47:12.0 -0400 @@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ debian/tmp/usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-kopete-emoticons.desktop debian/tmp/usr/share/services/aim.protocol debian/tmp/usr/share/services/chatwindow.desktop -debian/tmp/usr/share/services/irc.protocol +debian/tmp/usr/share/services/irc.protocol usr/share/apps/kopete/ debian/tmp/usr/share/services/kconfiguredialog/kopete_alias_config.desktop debian/tmp/usr/share/services/kconfiguredialog/kopete_autoreplace_config.desktop debian/tmp/usr/share/services/kconfiguredialog/kopete_cryptography_config.desktop diff -u -N -r ../debian.orig/kopete.postinst debian/kopete.postinst --- ../debian.orig/kopete.postinst 1969-12-31 19:00:00.0 -0500 +++ debian/kopete.postinst 2004-08-26 07:12:44.0 -0400 @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +#! /bin/sh +# postinst script for kopete +# +# see: dh_installdeb(1) + +set -e + +# summary of how this script can be called: +#* postinst `configure' most-recently-configured-version +#* old-postinst `abort-upgrade' new version +#* conflictor's-postinst `abort-remove' `in-favour' package +# new-version +#* deconfigured's-postinst `abort-deconfigure' `in-favour' +# failed-install-package version `removing' +# conflicting-package version +# for details, see http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ or +# the debian-policy package +# + +case $1 in +configure) +update-alternatives --quiet --install \ +/usr/share/services/irc.protocol irc.protocol \ +/usr/share/apps/kopete/irc.protocol 40 +;; + +abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure) + +;; + +*) +echo postinst called with unknown argument \`$1' 2 +exit 1 +;; +esac + +# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically +# generated by other debhelper scripts. + +#DEBHELPER# + +exit 0 diff -u -N -r ../debian.orig/kopete.prerm debian/kopete.prerm --- ../debian.orig/kopete.prerm 1969-12-31 19:00:00.0 -0500 +++ debian/kopete.prerm 2004-08-26 07:04:32.0 -0400 @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +#! /bin/sh +# prerm script for kopete +# +# see: dh_installdeb(1) + +set -e + +# summary of how this script can be called: +#* prerm `remove' +#* old-prerm `upgrade' new-version +#* new-prerm `failed-upgrade' old-version +#* conflictor's-prerm `remove' `in-favour' package new-version +#* deconfigured's-prerm `deconfigure' `in-favour' +# package-being-installed version `removing' +# conflicting-package version +# for details, see /usr/share/doc/packaging-manual/ + +case $1 in +remove|upgrade|deconfigure) +update-alternatives --quiet --remove irc.protocol \ +/usr/share/apps/kopete/irc.protocol +;; +failed-upgrade) +;; +*) +echo prerm called with unknown argument \`$1' 2 +exit 0 +;; +esac + +# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically +# generated by other debhelper scripts. + +#DEBHELPER# + +exit 0 pgpspah7bLP2G.pgp Description: signature
Re: Bug#266600: acknowledged by developer (kopete: fails to install)
On Tuesday 24 August 2004 12:12 am, Nathaniel W. Turner wrote: Can I please have some of whatever you are smoking? =) (Seriously, please reread the original bug report. Hint: It doesn't mention kvirc anywhere.) I see now that my bug report was merged (erroneously) with one that did indeed mention kvirc, so I can sorta see how things got confused. -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://houseofnate.net/ pgpAAirBooCvJ.pgp Description: signature
Bug#267622: kde: keyboard input fails!
On Monday 23 August 2004 01:14 pm, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: i installed kde 3.3 last week. i find that the keyboard is occasionally non-functional. This sounds very similar to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=266106 -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://houseofnate.net/ pgpi5fuaSoEtO.pgp Description: signature
Bug#266106: kdm: no keyboard and starting on wrong console
Hi, On Thursday 19 August 2004 07:47 am, Martin Hans wrote: forcing KDM to the 7th virtual console seems to fix my keyboard problems. Strange! That fixes it for me too. Cheers, nate -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://houseofnate.net/ pgpgdwWNDlQth.pgp Description: signature
Re: Unicode in Konsole
On Wednesday 18 August 2004 01:42 pm, Peter Clark wrote: Then I discovered by accident today that if I start Konsole from Konsole, Unicode worked, without changing any other settings. I noticed that kdm 3.3 has a regression where /etc/environment is not sourced anymore. I suppose one of us should file a bug on it. -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://houseofnate.net/ pgpJqbcWvgQZT.pgp Description: signature
Bug#266600: kopete: file conflict with konversation: /usr/share/services/irc.protocol
Package: kopete Version: 4:3.3.0-1 Severity: serious Konversation and Kopete both provide /usr/share/services/irc.protocol. Both packages should probably use update-alternatives to manage this file. (This is cleaner and will scale better than using a diversion, and gives the sysadmin better control.) I'll try to put together a patch for kopete and build a new konversation package this evening. Cheers, nate -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://houseofnate.net/ pgpsK0tODvwUZ.pgp Description: signature
Bug#266106: kdm: no keyboard and starting on wrong console
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 18 August 2004 10:34 am, Adeodato Simó wrote: * Nathaniel W. Turner [Wed, 18 Aug 2004 07:25:10 -0400]: On Monday 16 August 2004 03:00 pm, Adeodato Simó wrote: odd, but I think you're not the first who is reporting. Well, make me the second reporter. or third. ;-) Oops, I missed the not in your original sentence. =P could you please send both kdmrc's. and, would it be possible to exchange those two kdmrc's and see if behavior depends on kdmrc or the machine? Sure, I've attached them. I'll try swapping after work. Cheers, nate - -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBI4yCEwNd1DGujjgRAvEJAKCH9682ROo4k/JrvIrnEEVNcTWC8wCfSI0l lIbcDVjF9PhoYTMYB8rW1/g= =mXTd -END PGP SIGNATURE- [General] ConfigVersion=2.1 PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid Xservers=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers [Shutdown] UseLilo=true [X-*-Core] AllowNullPasswd=false AllowRootLogin=false AllowShutdown=Root AutoReLogin=false Reset=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xreset Session=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xsession Setup=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xsetup Startup=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xstartup [X-*-Greeter] AntiAliasing=true ColorScheme=Plastik DefaultUser=testuser EchoMode=OneStar FaceSource=PreferUser FailFont=Bitstream Vera Sans,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 FocusPasswd=false ForgingSeed=1078483320 GUIStyle=Plastik GreetFont=Bitstream Vera Serif,24,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 GreetString=Welcome to %s at %n GreeterPosFixed=false GreeterPosX=100 GreeterPosY=100 HiddenUsers=root Language=en_US LogoArea=Clock LogoPixmap= MaxShowUID=2 MinShowUID=100 PreselectUser=None SelectedUsers=dan,nturner ShowUsers=Selected SortUsers=true StdFont=Bitstream Vera Sans,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 UseBackground=true [X-:*-Core] AllowNullPasswd=true AllowRootLogin=true AllowShutdown=All NoPassEnable=false NoPassUsers= [X-:*-Greeter] LoginMode=DefaultLocal [X-:0-Core] AutoLoginEnable=false AutoLoginUser=dan [Xdmcp] Enable=false Willing=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xwilling # KDM master configuration file # # Definition: the greeter is the login dialog, i.e., the part of KDM # which the user sees. # # You can configure every X-display individually. # Every display has a display name, which consists of a host name # (which is empty for local displays specified in the Xservers file), # a colon and a display number. Additionally, a display belongs to a # display class (which can be ignored in most cases; the control center # does not support this feature at all). # Sections with display-specific settings have the formal syntax # [X- host [: number [ _ class ]] - sub-section ] # You can use the * wildcard for host, number and class. You may omit # trailing components; they are assumed to be * then. # The host part may be a domain specification like .inf.tu-dresden.de. # From which section a setting is actually taken is determined by these # rules: # - an exact match takes precedence over a partial match (for the host part), # which in turn takes precedence over a wildcard # - precedence decreases from left to right for equally exact matches # Example: display name myhost:0, class dpy. # [X-myhost:0_dpy] precedes # [X-myhost:0_*] (same as [X-myhost:0]) precedes # [X-myhost:*_dpy] precedes # [X-myhost:*_*] (same as [X-myhost]) precedes # [X-*:0_dpy] precedes # [X-*:0_*] (same as [X-*:0]) precedes # [X-*:*_*] (same as [X-*]) # These sections do NOT match this display: # [X-hishost], [X-myhost:0_dec], [X-*:1], [X-:*] # If a setting is not found in any matching section, the default is used. # # Every comment applies to the following section or key. Note, that all # comments will be lost if you change this file with the kcontrol frontend. # The defaults refer to KDM's built-in values, not anything set in this file. # [General] # This option exists solely for the purpose of a clean automatic upgrade. # Don't even think about changing it! ConfigVersion=2.1 # If the value starts with a slash (/), it specifies the file, where X-servers # to be used by KDM are listed; the file is in the usual XDM-Xservers format. # Otherwise it's interpreted like one line of the Xservers file, i.e., it # specifies exactly one X-server. # Default is :0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp vt7 # XXX i'm planning to absorb this file into kdmrc, but i'm not sure how to # do this best. Xservers=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers # Where KDM should store its PID. Default is (don't store) PidFile=/var/run/kdm.pid # Whether KDM should lock the pid file to prevent having multiple KDM # instances running at once. Leave it true, unless you're brave. #LockPidFile=false # Where to store authorization files. Default is /var/run/xauth #AuthDir=/var/lib/xdm/authdir # Whether KDM should automatically re-read configuration files, if it # finds them having changed. Just keep it true. #AutoRescan=false # Additional environment variables KDM should pass on to kdm_config, kdm_greet, # Xsetup, Xstartup
Bug#265224: kwalletmanager: kwallet invalid password dialogue box has junk at the end ot the error message
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 package kwalletmanager tags 265224 + fixed-in-experimental thanks Hi, On Thursday 12 August 2004 08:35 am, Adeodato Simó wrote: * Colm G. Connolly [Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:47:49 +0100]: The dialogue box displayed by kwallet in rsponse to an invalid password has junk at the end of its error message, as can be seen in teh atatched screen shot of it. you mean the -7. I think is left there intentionally, BICBW. Yes, I believe it is intentional. The beta version in experimental shows more clearly that it is an error code: Error opening the wallet 'kdewallet'. Please try again. (Error code -7: Read error - possibly incorrect password.) Still not the best of usability, but definitely better. I too was confused by the original version. Since it's pretty unclear what that -7 means in the current (3.2.x) error message, and since it will be much clearer in 3.3, I think the correct thing to do is tag this bug fixed-in-experimental and leave it open until 3.3 hits sid. Cheers, nate - -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBG6gCEwNd1DGujjgRAiZPAJ4uAXS6+o7G13vVOZTKO4xUIaFAfgCdEy2K StSof9jS+5mLSJtCpyzj4d8= =nYWk -END PGP SIGNATURE- snapshot1.png Description: PNG image
Re: 3.2.3-3 in sarge?
On Friday 30 July 2004 05:33 am, Steffen Hein wrote: But how can Sarge be released with 3.3 when Sarge goes into freeze in a few days? On Sunday 25 July 2004, Steve Langasek wrote: Starting 31 July, no more non-RC changes are allowed into testing for base packages or for packages of priority standard and higher. The KDE packages are priority optional, which is not affected by the immediately upcoming freeze. Cheers, nate -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://houseofnate.net/ pgp0pkuhw2h37.pgp Description: signature
Re: Cannot uninstall kicker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 28 July 2004 05:48 pm, Antiphon wrote: Unpacking replacement kicker ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute old post-removal script: Exec format error dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2 The quick fix is to rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/kicker.postinst -- it's a 0-byte file anyway in that package. =P Cheers, nate - -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://houseofnate.net/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBCCGf25cAeUrFyDIRAjM0AJ445tfNdnCB3sQdnnQeo/t3FQpoMgCfbXSn ihkWLx6L0gceZ9nCgrh49kI= =PgSU -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: How To Downgrade XFree86 From 4.2.1 to 4.1.0 ?
Nick,
On second thought, I'm not so sure downgrading X will solve your problem. See
my next message.
On Sunday 25 July 2004 09:56 am, Nick Boyce wrote:
Does anyone have a nice/best way of doing this X downgrade ?
You *might* be able to do this by running something similar to the following:
COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | grep '4.2.1-15.backports.org.1' \
| awk '{print $2=4.1.0-16woody1}' | xargs echo apt-get install
I suggest you first make sure you understand what that does, and then run it
once with the echo in there to see what will be done, and then remove the
echo to actually do it if it makes sense.
Cheers, (and good luck)
nate
--
Nathaniel W. Turner
http://www.houseofnate.net/
Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile)
Re: apt-* (dist-)upgrade 3.1.4 to 3.2.2 Woody Debs Very Alarming
On Monday 12 July 2004 10:47 pm, Nick Boyce wrote: I'd like to try out the upgrade path from KDE 3.1.4 to KDE 3.2.2 using the Woody debs that someone (Andreas Mueller ?) has posted at download.kde.org. My system is running vanilla Woody, apart from XFree86 which I upgraded from Woody's 4.1.0 to backports.org's 4.2.1 some while back. I'm currently running the Ralf Nolden download.k.o KDE 3.1.4 debs. If I use apt-get -s (dist-)upgrade to see what the upgrade proposes, I get totally scary output for both cases. What output do you get if you just run apt-get install kdebase? Since people keep telling us that apt-get is braindead, and that aptitude does a better job, I tried that too, with similarly scary results. Since aptitude's output is more compact, I include it here. In my experience, aptitude has its own set of problems. Alas, nothing is perfect. Cheers, nate -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile)
Bug#244608: unofficial mpeglib package with backported upstream fix available
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I built an unofficial mpeglib package with the patch berkus applied upstream. This fix does not require -O0, so the package is compiled normally. The package is at my bugfix repository: deb http://debian.houseofnate.net/ unstable bugfix deb-src http://debian.houseofnate.net/ unstable bugfix Cheers, nate - -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://houseofnate.net/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA+rnO25cAeUrFyDIRAoWGAKCk/zF8/b2Ai4GVJJN8N6TrT3wLFACg44eV HPCQDa+GZ8NxFjD4MWO6RkQ= =N05p -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: apt-* (dist-)upgrade 3.1.4 to 3.2.2 Woody Debs Very Alarming
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 13 July 2004 09:51 pm, Nick Boyce wrote: Maybe it would pay me to downgrade back to Woody's XFree86 4.1.0-16 first, and then try the KDE upgrade ... Yes, that's likely your problem right there. You say you use Woody to avoid wrangling sid, but it seems you're not actually using Woody, but rather a mix, and from what I have heard over the years and in my own experience, this is going to involve far more wrangling than simply using a pure sid system. YMMV though. Cheers, nate - -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA9Jm325cAeUrFyDIRAlC2AJwL58O+dof7Wn2DCfEcYWKvOUz8nQCfa5oX xZ/ZnIbbBtCf8KeGSlpe5R8= =w8tw -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: KDE Blender
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 08 July 2004 07:33 pm, Robert Tilley wrote: How can I change the keystroke used to invoke the loop-through-desktops from CTRL-TAB to something else? CTRL-TAB is used by Blender to invoke Pose Mode. KControl - Regional Accessibility - Keyboard Shortcuts. - -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA7eN925cAeUrFyDIRAjzOAKDUbXcLc0qqWS5u4+mPxeO9xWvvgQCfWonN zlsZ3vKpN7Zt+SJ2QzjqEoY= =oDhL -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: revising the first cd contents...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 29 June 2004 08:00 pm, Achim Bohnet wrote: [...] Well, that's my minimum list of apps. If others send their top 5 KDE apps we get a _small_ but useful new kde-destop-environment pkgs before sarge+1. For me, in addition to stuff in kde-core, I think it's probably: - - kmail - - juk - - knotes - - kteatime - - konversation Reading between the lines at http://popcon.debian.org/main/kde/by_vote might be helpful, too (although the data must be interpreted with an understanding of how popularity-contest works). Cheers, nate - -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA4rvq25cAeUrFyDIRAhZJAJsGsXJMoH+7yvJyUng5FneykvY/kACgtOin A7+tca9B/q/ZKqEs4BqRtUk= =mK3T -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: alt+tab problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Friday 25 June 2004 06:09 am, Tim Ruehsen wrote: instead of downgrading (see mail of Tim Mueller) you also could execute xmodmap -e 'clear mod1' -e 'add mod1 = Alt_L' on the console. This is not permanently. After X restarting you have to do it again. I'm surprised no one has mentioned it, but the X bug also affects Win+Tab (walk through desktops) in the same way. The short term fix for this appears to be thus: xmodmap -e 'clear mod4' -e 'add mod4 = Super_L' I should note that the patch at [1] does fix the Alt+Tab issue (for me, after restarting X of course), but not the Win+Tab issue. [1] http://redwald.deadbeast.net/tmp/alt_tab_fix.diff Cheers, nate - -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA35YD25cAeUrFyDIRAqI5AJ48mWDIpd73WSMEycmWq0w2djoKNgCgn6Wl UELBW43Dz2Pxm5m5wR/YjF4= =K/bx -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Translucent Menus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey folks, On Saturday 12 June 2004 09:07 am, Andreas Bauer wrote: Am Samstag, 12. Juni 2004 01:18 schrieb Bob Hauck: I noticed today that KDE menus now are inverting the colors of what is behind them. It does not seem to matter which blending mode I use but if I turn off the translucent effect the menus work normally. I do have the same effect here. I believe this started after updating on June 10. I'm running KDE 3.2.2 from Sid. Has anybody else seen this? Do you also find that when selecting icons in Konqueror's icon view mode, the colors of the selected icons get all psychedelic? I noticed this a few days ago. If it's X-related, it's not specific to one particular driver, as I see it with both the stock mga driver and the non-free nvidia driver (on different machines). Cheers, nate - -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAy0II25cAeUrFyDIRAjDHAKCJ50kKe66cxhJJn/w0NsvDn8jbvQCg7OVT o06pfysE/3oykuX4Pd1AsZQ= =LgrS -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Font Woes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Monday 17 May 2004 12:52 am, Bruce Park wrote: I'm currently using the Luxi Sans font (part of ttf-xfree86-nonfree) on my desktop. For some strange reason, the font looks very ugly. I suspect you dislike the fact that some parts of the characters seem to be uneven. I suggest you try turning off hinting. This will give the font renderer more freedom to make the characters the correct shape, instead of trying so hard to align them on pixel boundaries. Hinting is essential when using non-antialiased fonts, but when using antialiasing (which you are), the limitations imposed by hinting do not improve the smoothness of the font rendering, and often make it worse. Luxi Sans with hinting: http://houseofnate.net/tmp/hinting.png Luxi Sans without hinting: http://houseofnate.net/tmp/no-hinting.png Try putting the following stanza in either your /etc/fonts/local.conf or ~/.fonts.conf: !-- Turns off hinting entirely -- match target=font edit name=hinting mode=assign boolfalse/bool /edit /match (All that said, Luxi Sans isn't a great-quality font. And it's non-free. You can do better than that! =) Cheers, nate - -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAqOfb25cAeUrFyDIRAjVvAJ49dmqrgqCt7gz5wZaE820YdfYjVgCfbYlE rNwLO5MswawJq09KZG7OykQ= =u1S3 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Font Woes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 17 May 2004 07:39 pm, Bruce Park wrote: Nathaniel W. Turner wrote: Try putting the following stanza in either your /etc/fonts/local.conf or ~/.fonts.conf: Can you explain what stanzas are? A stanza is a group of lines, like in a poem. So I meant that you should put the following group of lines into your /etc/fonts/local.conf. I'll attach my entire /etc/fonts/local.conf so you can see it in context. !-- Turns off hinting entirely -- match target=font edit name=hinting mode=assign boolfalse/bool /edit /match Cheers, nate - -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAqVSz25cAeUrFyDIRAqa5AKDHMxL3h/2qt5TMJSwq2noC4fSPBwCgwOPt OoOXJv6yrGWhPDWJPftLgKw= =FtFR -END PGP SIGNATURE- /var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/fonts.conf false
Re: KDE 3.2.2 Sluggish
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 May 2004 03:42 pm, Matt Rechkemmer wrote: It's odd though, if I boot back into 2.4.26, I don't get the click issue with KDE 3.2.2, just with 2.6.5. Maybe this is some KDE/kernel problem? Your X server isn't running with a negative nice value, is it? If so, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common. - -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAo4Rl25cAeUrFyDIRAnK3AJ0aVrmsGd/izC7osyoX1SbueUJhEgCg01IH POo8AbEaxGV6lDjBAhPR4l8= =AcWR -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Installing Agypten with KDE 3.2
On Tuesday 27 April 2004 02:58 am, Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: Or is it that everybody thinks it works fine, and nobody bothered to report that it actually doesn't work at all? I don't think there are even packages on which to file bug reports yet. I too have been frustrated by a lack of Ägypten packages. However, I was somewhat encouraged recently when I found that someone appears to be working on Debian packages: http://www.intevation.de/roundup/aegypten/issue73 -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
Re: simplifying enhancing kde manpages
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 22:17:34 +0100 Achim Bohnet wrote: My idea now was now to create a kde-options(?) manpage^Wsgml that describes the generic kde and qt options (later maybe in more detail). From all other manpages just use a reference to this manpage. Have you made any progress on this? This really does seem like the Right Way to document these options -- after all, they are not provided by the applications themselves, but by kdelibs and qt; it makes sense therefor, to put the documentation in the libs packages as well. If KDE adds (or worse, removes) an option to the common KDE options, do we really want to have to update every individual application's manpage? Would the individual app maintainers even notice something this subtle? Anyway, nobody seemed to think this was a bad idea, so I guess I don't need to try so hard to convince you. =) I'm willing to help with this, but of course I don't want to duplicate any effort. Cheers, nate -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
cdbs patch for Packaging.txt
On Tuesday 06 April 2004 04:33 pm, Dominique Devriese wrote: Nathaniel W Turner writes: On Tuesday 06 April 2004 01:14 pm, Achim Bohnet wrote: Maybe you can write a small paragraph for inclusion in Packages.txt about CDBS replacement of the dh_make rules file? [snip] Can you write this in unified diff format, please ? :) Ok, I wrote up a quick section on packaging KDE apps with CDBS. Someone who actually knows what they're doing should definately review it though. A patch for Packaging.txt is attached. (I couldn't resist fixing a grammar bug too, sorry... OCD...) Should the Build-Depend for cdbs be versioned? Can someone comment on that? Cheers, nate -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/ --- Packaging.txt.orig 2004-04-08 00:13:01.0 -0400 +++ Packaging.txt 2004-04-08 02:02:20.0 -0400 @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper ( 4.0.0), automake1.7, autoconf, libtool, kdelibs4-dev (= 3.2.0) -Your app may need alot more than that to actually build however first take a +Your app may need alot more than that to actually build; however, first take a look at the Dependencies for kdelibs4-dev: Depends: kdelibs4 (= 4:3.2.1-1), kdelibs-bin (= 4:3.2.1-1), libart-2.0-dev, libarts1-dev ( 1.2.1), libcupsys2-dev, libfam-dev, libpcre3-dev, libssl-dev, libxml2-utils, libxrender-dev @@ -101,7 +101,22 @@ CDBS -TODO: a paragraph about CDBS and kde.mk. +You might also want to consider building your package with the Common +Debian Build System (CDBS). This system encapsulates the best-practices +for packaging in a central system that can be kept up-to-date independent +of the actual packages. + +The simplest way to get started with CDBS is probably to use the dh-make +template described above, then add cdbs to your Build-Depends and replace +the generated debian/rules file with something like the following 3 lines: + +#!/usr/bin/make -f +include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk +include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/kde.mk + +Before you do anything though, you should install the cdbs package and read +its documentation; especially look in /usr/share/doc/cdbs/examples for some +more example rules files. == Missing something?
Re: RFS: Need a sponsor for my konversation package
Hi Domi, I'm glad to see konversation getting uploaded! It looks like we've both put some work into packaging this app, and this can only be a good thing. I propose we merge the packages and consider a joint maintainership. Even though it's a relatively small package (compared to say, emacs or kdebase), it never hurts to have have extra hands and eyeballs, and it'd be less likely that we'd both be on vacation, for example. =) If you're interested in this approach, let me know, and we can work out the technical details (I could give you an account in my svn repository and we could maintain the packaging there, for example.) On Tuesday 06 April 2004 05:34 am, Dominique Devriese wrote: So, as for resolving this: * I agree with you taking over the konversation package, since I'm at fault here, and you seem to know the program better ( I use irssi for irc ;) ) Ok, but I'd love to have you as a co-maintainer if you find the idea agreeable. * Maybe we could discuss some of the differences between the two packages: Yes, let's. =) Btw, where can I find your source package? It doesn't look like it's hit incoming yet. I'll comment as best I can without having seen your package, for now. + the manpage: I used a manpage as generated with the kdemangen.pl from kdesdk/scripts ( with some manual tuning ), and as such, it documents far more options of the program than yours ( I suppose it's hand-written ). Not sure which is better though. I like your approach here. Writing my manpage by hand in DocBook XML was a fun learning experience, but I have no sentimental attachment to it. =) We should probably use yours. + the rules file: I think you should read /usr/share/kdelibs4-dev/Packaging.txt about some general things to remember when packaging kde apps. Most importantly, the debianrules and the menu files stuff is pretty important I did read this document, and have been meaning to make a .menu file for awhile, but keep forgetting. As for debian/rules, the dh-make template in kdelibs4-dev seemed outdated to me (it uses DH_COMPAT=3, for example), and AFAICT, the kde.mk class in cdbs contains more up-to-date best-packaging-practices. But I could be missing something essential here. + there is a .menu file present in my package. Awesome. =) + otherwise, your package is identical or better, imho, so nice work Thank you. =) I'm sure your package is very well done, and can't wait to take a look at it. Anyway, I'm sorry about this, I hope we can work this out... No problem. Thank you for being so cool about it. I think the end result will be a better-maintained package, from which everyone will benefit. =) domi ( who goes to file an ITP bug on kdebindings immediately... ) Oh, nice. I can't wait to test this out -- I've been missing this for a while. Let me know if you want a place to host test packages or subversion access or anything like that. Cheers, nate -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
Re: RFS: Need a sponsor for my konversation package
On Tuesday 06 April 2004 11:05 am, Dominique Devriese wrote: I propose we merge the packages and consider a joint maintainership. Hm, I think this is a bit exaggerated for a small package like konversation. And you have also put much more work in your package already than I have in mine, so I'd really prefer if you'd do it. That way, I'd also have more time to spend on kdebindings, and some other projects of mine. Anyway, thanks for the offer :) Ok, cool. That's fine with me. =) Cheers, nate ...who still needs a sponsor -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
Re: CDBS (was RFS: Need a sponsor for my konversation package)
On Tuesday 06 April 2004 01:54 pm, Dominique Devriese wrote: Regarding the CDBS class, Calc ( he's the author of kde.mk ) told me that there was a problem with CDBS not allowing stamps to be used ( or sth like that ), and that therefore he didn't switch to it. There were some issues with CDBS when I started using it (like it would run configure twice), but all the annoying bugs that affected me have since been resolved. Calc (or anyone else), have you used CDBS lately? Are there specific bugs that bug you? -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
Re: RFS: Need a sponsor for my konversation package
On Tuesday 06 April 2004 01:14 pm, Achim Bohnet wrote: Maybe you can write a small paragraph for inclusion in Packages.txt about CDBS replacement of the dh_make rules file? I'm not sure there would be much to write. =) Your basic debian/rules file becomes: #!/usr/bin/make -f include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/kde.mk With line 2 (debhelper.mk) being optional, but usually desired. Learning how to hook into various parts of the build process could probably use some better documentation, though... Cheers, nate -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
Re: customize menu all users
On Wednesday 31 March 2004 01:41 pm, Achim Bohnet wrote: On Wednesday 31 March 2004 18:31, Raul Montagne wrote: Which is the way to customize the KDE menu (big K) for all the users in a machine. Add / modify desktop files in: KDE 3.1: /usr/share/applnk/... KDE 3.2: /usr/share/applications/* Actually, If you're using KDE 3.2 (I know you said you weren't, but others reading this might be), you will want to add files to /usr/local/share/applications (note the local), as files in /usr/share/applications are owned by packages, and changes to them will be overwritten when you upgrade. Note that the directory /usr/local/share/applications may not exist [1], but you need only create it, and it will be searched by the KDE menu system. Cheers, nate [1] Perhaps kdebase should have this in its debian/dirs? -- Make sure your vote will count. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
Re: KDE keyboard layout
Hi Hervé, On Saturday 06 December 2003 03:23 pm, herve wrote: Hi i have kde 3.1.4 and a logitech keyboard cordless desktop the one with the optical mouse (4 btn) + wheel on the left of the keyboard. I chose in configuration panel the option logitech Cordless desktop pro aplly the nex settings, logout and relog but nothing appen... AFAIK, KDE will not have proper mutltimedia key support until 3.2 (I seem to remember this being pretty good in the CVS builds last time I tried them). Until then, I think you will need to use a seperate program to handle the special keys; either hotkeys or lineakd should work for you (I have used both, and currently use the latter with KDE 3.1.x). Cheers, nate
ITP: konversation -- User friendly Internet Relay Chat client for KDE (fwd)
[It looks like the x-debbugs-cc part of bugs.d.o is not working atm (nor is the index page for wnpp showing new bugs), so I'm resending this message to pertinent lists. I know the upload queue is down due the hack, but it would probably be good to make this ITP known so we don't get several duplicates. I also need to find a sponsor. =) -nate] Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-kde@lists.debian.org * Package name : konversation Version : 0.13 Upstream Author : Dario Abatianni [EMAIL PROTECTED] et al. * URL : http://konversation.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL * Description : User friendly Internet Relay Chat client for KDE Konversation is a client for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) protocol. It is easy to use and well-suited for novice IRC users, but novice and experienced users alike will appreciate its many features: . * Tabbed channel and server windows * IRC color support * Pattern-based message highlighting and OnScreen Display * Multiple identity support * Powerful, multi-language scripting support (with DCOP) * Customizable command aliases * NickServ-aware logon (for registered nicknames) * Smart logging * Traditional or enhanced-shell-style nick completion * DCC resuming I have been maintaining CVS snapshot packages of this program for a month or so now, primarily for my own entertainment. However, when asked recently about uploading a stable release to Debian, I realized that this was only logical. So here I am. This package is lintian and linda* clean. If anyone wants to co-maintain, I'm happy to share or help or whatever. The package I propose uploading is at the following repository: deb http://debian.houseofnate.net/ unstable proposed deb-src http://debian.houseofnate.net/ unstable proposed The latest version of the debian directory can also be browsed at my Subversion repository: http://svn.houseofnate.net/pkg-konversation/branches/stable/ Comments and criticism are most welcome. =) Cheers, nate P.S. If anyone wants to sponsor me for this package, please let me know. I have tried to make the .diff.gz as clean as possible for your reviewing pleasure. =) *I get a warning W: konversation; Script ./usr/share/doc/konversation/ examples/dcop-away.sh is not executable., but I think this is safe to ignore. [2003-12-02: I have since made this warning go away.] -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile)
Re: ITP: konversation -- User friendly Internet Relay Chat client for KDE (fwd)
I meant to mention that this is Debian bug #222154.
Re: Getting rekall into Debian
On Thursday 20 November 2003 02:30, jedd wrote: Hot on the heels of konversation (which I've started using since I found the package - thanks Nate!) .. I saw the announcement about thekompany releasing rekall under the gpl - does this mean we'll be getting that into Debian soon too? I'm glad you've found my packages useful! Thanks for the feedback. You may be interested to know that Tollef Fog Heen filed an ITP [1] for rekall yesterday (well, Thursday). Rekall looks really cool, and I can't wait to try it out! Cheers, nate [1] http://bugs.debian.org/221820 (currently down) -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile)
getting konversation into Debian (was: amarok and konversation)
On Tue 18 Nov 2003 14:35, Mickael Marchand wrote re my konversation package: do you plan uploading to debian ? Hmm Well, we should definately get a konversation package into Debian one way or another. It's a great program, and it should be included. If no one objects, I'd be happy to maintain a konversation package, as I could use the practice. =) However, Mik, if you want to get it uploaded as soon as possible, feel free to take my package (or whatever parts you feel are useful) and get it moving along. You already have a sponsor and can probably get a package uploaded sooner than I. Otherwise, if it's cool with the upstream authors, I'll file an ITP tomorrow and seek a sponsor in the appropriate places. Cheers, nate -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile)
Re: amarok and konversation
On Sunday 16 November 2003 10:04, Adeodato Simó wrote: Have you already packaged them? Are they available in some repository? I've been making CVS snapshots of konversation for my own entertainment (and whomever else's), and I also packaged the latest beta release (since I already had the debian dir all set up). See http://debian.houseofnate.net/ for sources. Cheers, nate -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile)
Re: URIs [OT] (was: IOslave for apt-cache)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 08 October 2003 12:56, Sylvain Joyeux wrote: More informations, with the source code, are available at http://lpnotfr.free.fr/devel.html#kio_apt Dude, don't put file extensions into your URIs. Your server has MultiViews support, so you can just say http://lpnotfr.free.fr/devel#kio_apt (and that way, if you decide later to redo that page using cgi, mod_perl, fastcgi, php, plain html, xsl, or some new futuristic technology, you won't have to break any links to it.) Sorry; I know that was totally off-topic. =) BTW, I love your apt ioslave. I've already installed it on all my workstations. =) Cheers, nate - -- Nathaniel W. Turner Web Coordinator Cancer Detection and Prevention http://www.cancerprev.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/hJdYEwNd1DGujjgRAhE/AJ4gziIDSgvx5Aocz9JhVlTHOIAuEwCeNxl+ rl+JAOcJ04iod0jznqNiaVU= =V1ht -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Has anyone figured out why fonts are broken...
On Tuesday 17 June 2003 01:20 pm, Bruce Sass wrote: ...because I haven't seen a truetype font since KDE 3.1, and NONE of the tips passed out on this list has worked to get them back. I'm on a testing/unstable box running xserver-svga and xfstt. I cannot recommend highly enough running a pure sid system (with X 4). I am yet to hear a good argument for running Debian/testing. I know this probably isn't the most helpful advice. I do hope you get your fonts straightened out. Crummy fonts really are a drag. Cheers, nate -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile)
Re: Help : Kde 3.05A on Woody fail on start
On Thursday 16 January 2003 04:12 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somebody can Help Me ? I don't Know what I can do and what really Happens. Kdm manager is open, I start an Kde Session , The X server crash very quickly at the beginning of the session just after the view where the mouse appears and the logo of kde3 is on See if you have a line in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file that looks like this: Option DPMS If so, comment it out, restart KDM, and try logging in again. This happened to me a while back, when XFree86 4.1 was in unstable; I think it is a bug affecting certain video drivers that was fixed in XFree86 4.2. Your problem might be caused by something totally different, but this is probably worth a try, as the symptoms are the same. -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile)
Re: konqueror web browser and txt files
On Sunday 19 January 2003 04:44 am, Ralf Nolden wrote: On Sonntag, 19. Januar 2003 10:25, Caitrin Torres wrote: How do I get Konqueror to act as a web browser when it encounters .txt files? I've managed to get it set so that .txt files at least open up in Konqueror itself instead of launching KWrite separately, but it's using the embedded text editor. What I would like to happen is for Konqueror to display .txt files in the same way it displays html files so that I can do things like use the space bar to page through the document as I do with html files. I've been experimenting with settings in file associations but haven't hit on the right combination yet. If it's relevant, I'm using the KDE 3.1 debs for Woody from Ralf. bugs.kde.org, konqueror, wishlist :-) You might approach this wishlist bug from the point of view of I would like KWrite to page-down when spacebar is pressed in read-only mode. I am not familiar with the KWrite code, but I have a feeling that would be a simpler and more elegant solution (and more likely to be implemented) than writing a whole new kpart. (Plus this way you would get to have syntax highlighting and other nice kwrite features in your text viewer). -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile)
Re: konqueror web browser and txt files
On Sunday 19 January 2003 04:46 pm, Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: On Sunday 19 January 2003 21:05, Nathaniel W. Turner wrote: You might approach this wishlist bug from the point of view of I would like KWrite to page-down when spacebar is pressed in read-only mode. I am For whatever reason (could be it's faster) he wants to use the embedded text viewer. I like it like that also. Ah, I see. I guess I didn't read the original message carefully enough. I thought he was using an embedded kwrite (kate) part. I don't know what you mean by kpart, but konqueror already has an embedded text viewer. I use it. It can't scroll down when you press space. That might be a nice thing to have so that's why we suggest a wishlist bug is filed against it. Ah, well, when I right click on a text file in konq, I get these options under the Preview In menu: Embedded KDE Advanced Text Editor Component KWord Qt Designer Based Text Editor Perhaps your system is different (I'm running pretty recent debs). Personally I would hate to use KWrite for this since it is slow to start up, especially when you keep in mind that konqueror is already running and can display text files just fine. Also most users rarely look at source codes in the text viewer, so having syntax highlighting is pretty useless. Hmm... when I open a text file in konquerer using the Embedded KDE Advanced Text Editor Component (the same component used by kwrite), the file displays in less than 1 second. But maybe this is the same thing you are talking about. Anyway, sorry if I confused the issue. -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile)
Re: No german umlauts in konsole
On Sunday 12 January 2003 09:59 am, Sven Bergner wrote: I use the kde 3.0.99 packages from Ralf Nolden and have some trouble with my german umlauts while using konsole. I can see the umlauts when I type them, but when I make a ls or ll all umlauts are only ?(questionmarks). What do I have to change to get this working. Did this work for you with previous KDE 3 packages? What locale are you using? My default locale is en_US.UTF-8 and I can touch and ls files like füd no problem. (Although I'm actually using orth's HEAD packages, and perhaps this was fixed post-3.0...)
Re: Konqueror and NY Times sluggish KDE 3.0 to 3.1 Beta 2
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I made a simple testcase for this bug at http://www.houseofnate.net/~nturner/slowloadingkonq/testcase3.html It seems a certain bit of markup commonly used to insert banner ads triggers this behavior. Whatever the cause (buggy dns servers or otherwise), it seems that konqueror blocks while loading the external script stuff in the banner ad markup, and doesn't even try to render the rest of the page while its waiting. I would guess this has to do with the funky javascript involved (just a guess though). Should a bug be filed? - -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9wX8w25cAeUrFyDIRAp48AJ4qCR+EIT44ZrBwRvIw0WC5qu90MQCfXJii n3eU6/AfVExGPpkO5ksIcRs= =4wVY -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Konqueror VS Galeon -- Rendering???
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 25 October 2002 08:42 am, Bob Tilley wrote: I run Debian unstable with KDE 3.1b2 from shakti.cx and upgrade nightly. Fonts are clearer, cleaner, and printed levelly in Galeon while in Konqueror text can be badly rendered and seem like a sample of messy block printing. In Konqueror any text, especially titles, is often rendered so that the text is fuzzy and each letter is at a different height on the line. Such uneven lettering is most unattractive. What font have you chosen as your Standard font in Konqueror? - -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9vvD625cAeUrFyDIRArgEAJ0eNlLsIPAGIBnO3pVlfpSbnw4Q8wCffcqD ckmQ6mTTq/O0oFve48pSOiE= =/LvQ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: compiling kde-apps without --prefix=/usr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 21 October 2002 01:06 pm, Andreas Richter wrote: i think, that my system (woody, kde3.0.4 from kde.org) don't search in the /usr/local/kde-tree. what can i do to add these directory-structur to my system? under /etc/profile i have try the KDEDIRS=/usr/:/usr/local/kde but this don't work :( Are you sure KDEDIRS is getting set and exported? Do by any chance login via KDM? If you login via KDM, you will need to create a file that sets up your environment in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/. For example: # /etc/x11/Xsession.d/10local-environment export KDEDIRS=/usr/local/kde:/usr/local:/usr - -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9vwqH25cAeUrFyDIRAnfiAJ4ht7woYMCP1HdZSRfnWyO4nwbUfgCg1sa4 Wc7DZgsuDQJeide4OqiFd+k= =5cIp -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Default setting of KDEDIRS on Debian
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have been thinking, and I think it would be cool if the esteemed Debian KDE packagers would consider the attached patch for startkde (which gets installed as /usr/bin/kde3). :-) The basic gist of it is that third-party apps installed from tarballs would work properly out-of-the-box on a standard Debian KDE installation. But read the patch. It's small. - -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9vzgA25cAeUrFyDIRAiO7AJ448nnlk3Ws6xEm4/S8/X+2I1JkqACgsYwT St8v5lOSsGfIc/Lu4FGSxdE= =3m4o -END PGP SIGNATURE- --- startkde 2002-09-28 18:12:12.0 + +++ startkde.new 2002-10-30 00:47:56.0 + @@ -39,6 +39,27 @@ kdehome=$HOME/.kde test -n $KDEHOME kdehome=`echo $KDEHOME|sed s,^\~/,$HOME/,` +# Set the default KDEDIRS to something sensible for a Debian system. +# +# This creates a default environment where: +# +# * packages installed from tarballs with a prefix of /usr/local work properly. +# +# * packages installed from tarballs with a prefix of /usr/local/kde work +# properly. +# +# * system administrators can to do things like add local system-wide .desktop +# files in /usr/local/share/applnk, etc. +# +# * I don't see several messages per week on some mailing list explaining that +# someone installed a 3rd party app but it has no icons/menu entry/etc. =) +# +# Of course, if someone has already setup KDEDIRS a certain way, this will not +# change that. + +test -z $KDEDIRS -a -z $KDEDIR \ + export KDEDIRS=/usr/local:/usr/local/kde:/usr + # Activate the kde font directories. # # There are 4 directories that may be used for supplying fonts for KDE.
Re: why kde and gnome's menu situation sucks
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 24 October 2002 10:21 am, Matthew Garrett wrote: I'm not convinced. Different toolkits behave differently. A naive user shouldn't have to understand why their KDE-based mail client behaves slightly differently to their Gnome-based news client. I dislike using non-GTK applications, and I'm willing to accept a slight reduction in functionality to achieve this. This is an argument for *not installing non-your favorite toolkit applications*, NOT an argument for keeping the menus seperate. If you don't want non-Gtk applications in your menu, don't install them! - -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9vGdt25cAeUrFyDIRAuKrAJ4snPo9mwsEyqNcuQuDBr2hZJsUqwCg76eN dvEBJF9Y1lQpZn03YRbdd30= =R7Pn -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[OT] Redirection with CGI (was: Re: KDE 3.2-beta2)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 September 2002 09:26 am, Paul Cupis wrote: print 'HTTP/`1.0 302 Found' print 'Location: ', newuri' [I realize the original problem has now been solved (hooray!), and anyway, apt doesn't like 30x status codes, however they are generated.] This is totally off-topic, but I feel compelled to share this, as I spent many years in painful ignorance of the following, until just recently when I actually sat down and read the CGI spec. You do not have to have your CGI program output a raw HTTP header just to change the status code. You may instead use the Status header to set the status code, and any CGI 1.1 compliant web server will translate this into the appropriate HTTP header, (i.e. Location: 302 Found will cause Apache to change the header to HTTP/1.1 302 Found). The relevent part of the CGI spec is: http://CGI-Spec.Golux.Com/draft-coar-cgi-v11-03-clean.html#7.2 This means you do not have to worry about figuring out how to get your web server to allow raw headers, like naming your CGI with some wierd prefix (which messes up your carefully crafted URI naming scheme)... Yay! Ok, so now that I have totally abused this list, I will crawl off and get some sleep... - -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile) Mamma Mia! Here I go again // My, my! How can I resist you? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9oReX25cAeUrFyDIRAhfiAJ9AAeOgvLpqdTmkZUCYrSX+i8z70QCgzFYT D15JAOq/f1U+yUm8CDVYehQ= =ema4 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: mutilated menus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 26 August 2002 11:41 am, Frank Van Damme wrote: Yo, I don't know what you guys' kmail menus look like but mine read like this: file - edit- view - folder - message - No text! - view. This sounds similar to a problem that someone else had a few weeks ago. I would search the archives for this mailing list. I think a system-wide resource file (/etc/kde3/ui/ui_standards.rc ?) was corrupted or something. Do any of your other applications have messed-up menus? You might try apt-get install --reinstall kdelibs-data if that is the case. I never noticed it since upgrading to kde3 (never needed to change my prefs). Where does kmail actually store it's prefs, account information and so on? (Almost) all KDE apps store their settings in ~/.kde/share/config, but I don't think what you're seeing is related this. - -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9aneB25cAeUrFyDIRAq3VAJ4wVM5u49801E6D0t+8RBzQU3D5HQCbBHGH +yWj8PUC8BVsmmi/5ZQIGpM= =y7i+ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
How to get KDE 3.0.1 for debian
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 1. Read and understand http://calc.cx/kde.txt 2. Take appropriate action. - -- Nathaniel W. Turner http://www.houseofnate.net/ Tel: +1 508 579 1948 (mobile) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE83SZj25cAeUrFyDIRAl1ZAJ9GD1PeGWQU/+wabgaUTK4vtYwQKACg0njH Dv0+s/D9c1ZUXgCzR4L1rA4= =YrBu -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
