Re: Graphics 1920x1440, monitor 1680x1050, nv 1280x1024.

[Dave Thayer]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 08:20:36PM +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote:
> > Yeah i came across that but i'd assume DVI to be superior (i.e. more
> > recent, hence better) than VGA... Also, could the monitor's EDID be
> > reporting erroneous values?
> 
> I switched to VGA to give it a try, these are the results:
> 
> DVI:
> # xrandr
> Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
> default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>1280x1024  60.0*
>1280x960   60.0
>1152x864   60.0
>1024x768   60.0
>800x60060.0 56.0
>640x48060.0
> 
> RGB:
> # xrandr
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 600
> default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm
>800x60060.0*56.0
>640x48060.0
>400x30060.0 56.0
>320x24060.0
> 

These look like the basic VESA resolutions. I wonder if you could
force any additional resolutions by adding custom modelines to your
xorg.conf file. 

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Re: Is it possible to prevent emacs auto saving the filename~?

[明覺]

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Memnon Anon  wrote:
> 明覺  writes:
>
>> thank you, now I prefer the way to keep all the backup and autosave
>> files in a seperate directory, such as ~/.emacs.d/autosave and
>> ~/.emacs.d/backup, how could i setup that?  I'm not familiar with
>> emacs, currently in my machine, there is only the ~/.emacs.d/
>> directory which seems relative to emacs setup. Could you help give a
>> document that details the setup steps for those purpose? thanks
>
> I have this in my .emacs:
> ;; Backup
> (defvar backup-dir (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/ebackup/"))
> (defvar autosave-dir (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/eautosave/"))
> (setq backup-directory-alist (list (cons ".*" backup-dir)))
> (setq auto-save-list-file-prefix autosave-dir)
> (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,autosave-dir t)))
>
> I am not sure, I think it was in the emacs faq.
thank you, i followed your instructions and now the backup files and
autosave files goes into .emacs.d subfolders instead of the working
folder, but I found that when i'm editing a file, there is still a
.#filename file existing, how could I also move the .#filename into a
subfolder of .emacs.d? thanks

>
> hth
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need help on mp3 recording

[Long Wind]

I have sarge or etch
Which package should I install for mp3 recording?
I install audacity, but it need libmp3lame.so

According to tldp.org/HOWTO/MP3-HOWTO-9.html
bladdenc can do the job, but which package should I install?

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Re: gimp use

[steef]

Peter van der Wal wrote:

This link says somethings about batch-operations in GIMP:
http://ulyssesonline.com/2008/09/22/batch-resize-images-with-gimp/

Basically, you should install the gimp-plugin-registry Package.
Then in GIMP you should open the menu-item Xtns/Batch Process.


If you install the imagemagick package it's really easy.

$ cd [your dir containing images]
$ mogrify -resize [size] *.jpg

Regards,
Peter


Op maandag 04-05-2009 om 11:04 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef steef:
  

hi folks,

i am in africa now with a sometimes not optimal internet-connection in 
this region. i cannot properly google: so i put my question hopefully on 
the list:


is it possible with the 'gimp' to scale 160 photographic pictures down 
*in one time*?


thank you ,

regards,

steef







  
thank you peter and all of you for your kind and 'to the point' 
answers. imagemagick did the magical trick and is absolutely worth a 
further look from my side.


thank you all again,

reg.,

steef


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Re: Is it possible to prevent emacs auto saving the filename~?

[明覺]

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Memnon Anon  wrote:
> 明覺  writes:
>
>> thank you, now I prefer the way to keep all the backup and autosave
>> files in a seperate directory, such as ~/.emacs.d/autosave and
>> ~/.emacs.d/backup, how could i setup that?  I'm not familiar with
>> emacs, currently in my machine, there is only the ~/.emacs.d/
>> directory which seems relative to emacs setup. Could you help give a
>> document that details the setup steps for those purpose? thanks
>
> I have this in my .emacs:
> ;; Backup
> (defvar backup-dir (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/ebackup/"))
> (defvar autosave-dir (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/eautosave/"))
> (setq backup-directory-alist (list (cons ".*" backup-dir)))
> (setq auto-save-list-file-prefix autosave-dir)
> (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,autosave-dir t)))
>
> I am not sure, I think it was in the emacs faq.
do you mean I create the file ~/.emacs, and fill the file with the
following content? thanks

;; Backup
(defvar backup-dir (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/ebackup/"))
(defvar autosave-dir (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/eautosave/"))
(setq backup-directory-alist (list (cons ".*" backup-dir)))
(setq auto-save-list-file-prefix autosave-dir)
(setq auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,autosave-dir t)))

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Re: webgui, gui

[Bhasker C V]

On Sun, 3 May 2009, Erik Xavior wrote:


Are there any good "GUI"s, webGUIs for managing an "Linux" server? For several 
use, like the mandriva directory server?

webmin ?


thanks




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Re: Which word list file is used by aspell?

[Celejar]

On Sun, 3 May 2009 22:38:48 +0530
Foss User  wrote:

> I am using Debian Squeeze (Testing).
> 
> Can someone please help me in finding out which word list file is used
> by 'aspell' command to match words?

Start with 'aspell dicts'?

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Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?

[Chris Jones]

On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 12:47:31PM EDT, Harry Rickards wrote:
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> 
> Chris Jones wrote:
> > On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 07:30:25AM EDT, Harry Rickards wrote:

> ...
> >> Plus, even though emacs does other stuff apart from editing, what
> >> can emacs do that a separate tool can't do? Surely if emacs is more
> >> than an editor, it doesn't follow Doug McIlroy's UNIX philosophy:

> >> Write programs that *do one thing and do it well*. Write programs
> >> to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because
> >> that is a universal interface

> > Maybe one problem with that is that where there is some degree of
> > consistency across the board as long as you stick with line-mode
> > tools from the shell prompt, screen-mode programs are a different
> > story.
> > 
> > I find switching between vim.. mutt.. slrn.. Elinks.. mc ... rather
> > frustrating because they are all so different in terms of "look and
> > feel".

> > Since emacs & extensions appear to do everything I have currently
> > set up on my desktop including mail & web browsing and should
> > therefore provide one  consistent interface  that covers  my needs
> > out of  the box,  I am beginning to  think that if  I can find some
> > config file or  other that provides ergonomically sound keyboard
> > mappings, I should give it another shot.

> Fair point. I suppose if you care about the different "look and feel"s
> of your day to day tools, that might be an issue. However, I'm used to
> using different styles for each different application I use from my M$
> days. For example, Internet Explorer 8 and Outlook 2007 don't really
> have any design similarities, despite being the latest versions.

:-)

But I'm really talking low-level stuff like keyboard usability - one of
the very few things I rather like in Windows is that most everything can
be done without reaching for the mouse and that there is a standard way
of accessing a particular text-entry widget via an Alt+"underlined
letter". This may sound minor, but when you do that sort of thing
hundreds of times a day, it adds up.

Surely this is possible in both IE8 and Outlook 2007..?

> For your reason alone, I am now giving Emacs a try again.

Well, this time at least, I didn't post for nothing.

:-)

Thanks,

CJ


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hdv camcorder (hv20) to dvd

[Leonardo Canducci]

I have grabbed some .m2t clips from a hv20 camcorder. I'd like to put
them toghether (no editing right now) and save the whole file in a dvd
video.
I'd like to:
1. join the m2t files (17GB total)
2. encode them with the right tool to fit in a dvd
3. author a dvd video
How would you proceed?

I've done this before with a sd cam with dvd compliant .mod files (no
hdv). Joined them with avidemux and used devede.

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Re: Great experience with debootstrap

[Jochen Schulz]

Harry Rickards:
>
> I just thought I'd tell everyone about the great experience I've had  
> recently with debootstrap.

Congratulations! I used deboostrap once to install Debian on a remote
machine via SSH using only the swap partition as the initial root
filesystem. Installing Debian has become too easy, you have to *look*
for thrills nowadays. :)

> The one thing I have noticed is that no matter what theme I change  
> openbox to, the background of a window (the bit that is blank, or is a  
> menu) always stays an ugly shade of grey. Is there a way to somehow  
> change this to the nicer colour used in Ubuntu (and I think also a GNOME 
> or XFCE install of Debian)? I know in Ubuntu this was provided by the 
> ubuntu-artwork package. Thanks.

You are probably looking for something like xsetroot. I have no idea how
openbox handles background images.

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Great experience with debootstrap

[Harry Rickards]

I just thought I'd tell everyone about the great experience I've had  
recently with debootstrap. My PC can't run off of a normal Debian  
disc, as the X server refuses to boot, saying that no suitable screens  
are found, and my wireless card (Edimax EW-7318USg) doesn't work as  
thr the rt73usb wireless firmware drivers aren't installed. As my only  
net connection is wireless, I can't download the rt73 firmware via  
apt, and I never seem to get all the depndencies when downloading from  
another PC. Because of these reasons, I've used Ubuntu for my main PC  
as it comes with out of the box (or disc ;) ) support for my graphics  
card and wireless adaptor, and Debian (Lenny) for my VPS (Virtual  
Private Server) which provides my mail.


However, I recently decided to try installing Debian again, but chroot  
into it from another distro with wifi support and get the neccesary  
firmware. I noticed that I had a spare partition, which I origionally  
intended to be used for a LFS (Linux From Scratch) install, until I  
realised I wouldn't be able to get packaged security updates.


I mounted the partition, and installed a Sid base system using  
debootstrap (thanks to the help of Appendix D of the Debian  
Installation Guide). I then chrooted into it and setup fstab so that  
my existing /home partition would be mounted correctly. I installed  
and configured Grub, and I also setup my wireless networking by  
installing the rt73 firmware and iwconfig. Then I installed Xorg and  
openbox.


After rebooting I had a fresh Sid install, which had working Xorg and  
more importantly wireless. My Firefox profile was even kept, as my  
home directory stayed the same. Thank you to the debootstrap  
developers for creating such an excellent tool, as without it I would  
have had to manually download the packages needed for my wireless and  
graphics and their hundreds of dependencies individually.


The one thing I have noticed is that no matter what theme I change  
openbox to, the background of a window (the bit that is blank, or is a  
menu) always stays an ugly shade of grey. Is there a way to somehow  
change this to the nicer colour used in Ubuntu (and I think also a  
GNOME or XFCE install of Debian)? I know in Ubuntu this was provided  
by the ubuntu-artwork package. Thanks.


Many thanks
Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst)


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Re: SheevaPlug

[Daryl Styrk]

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:22:16PM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> Daryl Styrk:
> > 
> > I'm looking for some input from the list.  Does anyone have one running 
> > Debian?
> 
> http://www.cyrius.com/journal/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/debian-lenny-tar-ball
> 

Now that is new(s)!  Unfortunately I just saw there is a 4 week delay in
shipping as they are getting caught up on back orders.

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Re: SheevaPlug

[Jochen Schulz]

Daryl Styrk:
> 
> I'm looking for some input from the list.  Does anyone have one running 
> Debian?

http://www.cyrius.com/journal/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/debian-lenny-tar-ball

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Re: No sound on fresh 5.01

[Kelly Clowers]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:20, Sthu Deus  wrote:
> Thank You for Your time and answer, Kelly:
>
>> Check to see if you have a sound server installed (esd, arts, PA).
>> They can get in the way (although I happen to like PA). Check your
>> sound modules with lsmod. Check that you don't also have a sound
>> chip on your motherboard
>
> But could You be more specific here: how can I find out the right modules for 
> my sound card?

Do
lspci -v

and look for something like this (mainly the "audio device" bit, the rest
may be different):

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device d701
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at e032 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: 
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel

If the drivers are not being loaded it may not have the "Kernel driver
in use:" line.

You can post the info here, or look for yourself on the ALSA site.
You could also post the output of lsmod, especially entries starting with
snd_


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Re: No sound on fresh 5.01

[Andrei Popescu]

On Tue,05.May.09, 01:20:57, Sthu Deus wrote:
> Thank You for Your time and answer, Kelly:
> 
> > Check to see if you have a sound server installed (esd, arts, PA).
> > They can get in the way (although I happen to like PA). Check your
> > sound modules with lsmod. Check that you don't also have a sound
> > chip on your motherboard
> 
> But could You be more specific here: how can I find out the right modules for 
> my sound card?

Could you be more specific about your problem (like what sound card you 
have)? Google probably knows what modules you need. Did you check dmesg 
for errors, what about lspci -vvv?

Regards,
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Re: SheevaPlug

[Bob Cox]

There have been a few threads regarding the SheevaPlug on the
debian-arm mailing list and this is probably the best place for answers
to your questions.  There has also been discussion on the Yahoo based
nslu2-linux forum, which is available as the newsgroup
gmane.comp.misc.nslu2.linux.  HTH.

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Re: debian and ubuntu - answer from user not pretending to be guru

[Harry Rickards]

On 4 May 2009, at 21:01, Andrei Popescu   
wrote:



On Mon,04.May.09, 19:10:44, Harry Rickards wrote:


Sorry, yeah I was thinking of aptitude as in 'aptitude install bash',
not aptitude as the gui-based tool.


aptitude search interesting_package




Yeah, there's that as well.

Many thanks
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Re: GDM and gnome session malfunction

[Andrei Popescu]

On Mon,04.May.09, 14:21:38, JoeHill wrote:
> 
> Still, I'd like to know how to start Gnome from text mode, for future :-\

The Debian Way (tm) is:

(as root)

update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

and chose gnome-session (or whatever it's called)

(as user)

startx

Both Xfce and KDE also have startxfce4 and startkde. Maybe Gnome also 
has something similar.

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Re: detailed disk usage package?

[Gilles Mocellin]

Le Monday 04 May 2009 16:07:27 Zhengquan Zhang, vous avez écrit :
> Dear debian community,
>
> I was doing du -ka . | sort -nr once in a while to do disk usage
> analysis.
>
> I was wondering if anybody here are using a package that can do detailed
> disk usage analysis. and the program can email a detailed report to me?
>
> Thanks for any pointers,
>
> --
> Zhengquan

This remembers me that I was looking for a tool wich does statistics on files.
I've never found.

What I'd like is statistics by file types (mime or extension).
This on a samba file server with some bad guys !



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Re: debian and ubuntu - answer from user not pretending to be guru

[Andrei Popescu]

On Mon,04.May.09, 19:10:44, Harry Rickards wrote:
 
> Sorry, yeah I was thinking of aptitude as in 'aptitude install bash',
> not aptitude as the gui-based tool.

aptitude search interesting_package

;)

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Re: Is it possible to prevent emacs auto saving the filename~?

[Memnon Anon]

明覺  writes:

> thank you, now I prefer the way to keep all the backup and autosave
> files in a seperate directory, such as ~/.emacs.d/autosave and
> ~/.emacs.d/backup, how could i setup that?  I'm not familiar with
> emacs, currently in my machine, there is only the ~/.emacs.d/
> directory which seems relative to emacs setup. Could you help give a
> document that details the setup steps for those purpose? thanks

I have this in my .emacs:
;; Backup
(defvar backup-dir (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/ebackup/"))
(defvar autosave-dir (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/eautosave/"))
(setq backup-directory-alist (list (cons ".*" backup-dir)))
(setq auto-save-list-file-prefix autosave-dir)
(setq auto-save-file-name-transforms `((".*" ,autosave-dir t)))

I am not sure, I think it was in the emacs faq.

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Re: tar up a symbolic linked directory

[T o n g]

On Mon, 04 May 2009 13:48:07 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:

>> >> I want to tar up a symbolic linked directory as if it is a real
>> >> directory. Is there any easy way to do it?
>> >> 
>> >> Let me explain with an example (that you can try). . .
>> 
>> I can't see that it would be possible to dereference the top-level
>> symlink but no others. No commands that I know of support selective
>> symlink dereferencing, except find(1) with -H.
>> 
>> That lead me to try:
>> $ find -H d2 | cpio -o -L -H ustar > d2.tar
>> 
>> This comes close, storing d2/d as a link, but as a hardlink, not a
>> symlink.

Thanks. seems that this is the best approach so far. 

> Before we get too far down the garden path, would you review the "why"
> of this?

Simple -- I want to maintain an identical working environment across all 
places, in my prime home environment, or on remote sites, on Live CDs or 
their HD installations. The most important thing about the "identical" is 
logical identical, as oppose to physical. I.e., I expect a certain path 
name to be at a specific location, across all environments that I work 
in, despite the fact that such path name might be a symlink one to other 
folder on another volume with another name. 

> It may be simpler to do it in a couple of steps. . .

Thanks, but that still seems too complicated to me. So I'll propose to 
tar developers for my seems-legitimate request, to, either differentiate 
"d2" and "d2/" as sync does, or add a option similar to "find -H". 

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Re: different locale based on directory

[Andrei Popescu]

On Mon,04.May.09, 19:46:39, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> Hallo list!
> 
> I have a "funny" tex-file (sty and tex) that requires the deprecated
> latin1 encoding. (It was originally developed for lusers of another OS).
> My system is lenny and utf-8.
> 
> Is there a way to configure my editor [1] to use the latin1 encoding for
> certain files or directories and utf-8 for all the rest?

How about a wrapper script (untested)?

if [ `pwd` = $MY_DIR ] ; then
LANG=... editor $@
else
editor $@
fi

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Re: No sound on fresh 5.01

[Sthu Deus]

Thank You for Your time and answer, Kelly:

> Check to see if you have a sound server installed (esd, arts, PA).
> They can get in the way (although I happen to like PA). Check your
> sound modules with lsmod. Check that you don't also have a sound
> chip on your motherboard

But could You be more specific here: how can I find out the right modules for 
my sound card?


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Re: GDM and gnome session malfunction

[JoeHill]

Brent Clark wrote: 

> Paul Scott wrote:
> >
> > There should be a gdm log somewhere.
> >
> > Paul
> >  
> 
> Or start gdm but yourself and see if you get anything from STDOUT or STDERR
> 
> /usr/sbin/gdm --nodaemon

That got me goin'...

Turns out during the update, gdm got removed? Hmmm. Anyway, installed it,
started gdm and it's back to normal.

Still, I'd like to know how to start Gnome from text mode, for future :-\

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Re: debian and ubuntu - answer from user not pretending to be guru

[Harry Rickards]

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Paul Johnson wrote:
> Harry Rickards wrote:
> 
>> But if they can run aptitude in the first place, surely they could
>> either su to root or use sudo to read or delete the files. Just my opinion.
> 
> Aptitude doesn't need root to run.  I tell my users to check aptitude if
> they want to find out if I'm willing to install it (largely because I'm
> lazy and running a hobby system).  You only need root to commit changes.
> 
> 
Sorry, yeah I was thinking of aptitude as in 'aptitude install bash',
not aptitude as the gui-based tool.

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Re: debian and ubuntu - answer from user not pretending to be guru

[Paul Johnson]

Harry Rickards wrote:

> But if they can run aptitude in the first place, surely they could
> either su to root or use sudo to read or delete the files. Just my opinion.

Aptitude doesn't need root to run.  I tell my users to check aptitude if
they want to find out if I'm willing to install it (largely because I'm
lazy and running a hobby system).  You only need root to commit changes.




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12hrs difference with 'gcalcli quick' command

[Michael Yang]

Hi,

I have gcalcli 1.4-1 installed on my debian system(2.6.24) lenny.

When I use the following command to create a new event, I got a 12hrs
difference event in my google calendar.
$ gcalcli quick '11am 5/6 meeting with boss'
In google calendar view, the event was created as '11pm May 5th - meeting
with boss'.

I checked the timezone on my system, it is 'American/Toronto', and the
timezone in my google calendar settings, which is also 'American/Toronto'.
So I guess there should be no inconsistencies of timezone info when syncing
from commandline to server.

Here is the output of 'locales' on my system:
mich...@debian:~$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"

Anyone has idea about this?

Thanks,
Michael.

Re: tar up a symbolic linked directory

[Douglas A. Tutty]

On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 11:23:33PM -, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> "Douglas A. Tutty"  writes:
> >On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 09:04:38PM +, T o n g wrote:
> >> I want to tar up a symbolic linked directory as if it is a real
> >> directory. Is there any easy way to do it?
> >> 
> >> Let me explain with an example (that you can try):
> >> 
> >>  mkdir d1
> >>  touch d1/{a,b,c}
> >>  ln -s c d1/d
> >>  ln -s d1 d2
> >> 
> >> I want that the result tar file looks like this:
> >> 
> >>  tar -tvzf d2.tgz
> >>  drwxrwx--x tong/tong 0 2009-05-01 09:38 d2/
> >>  -rw-rw tong/tong 0 2009-05-01 09:37 d2/a
> >>  -rw-rw tong/tong 0 2009-05-01 09:37 d2/b
> >>  -rw-rw tong/tong 0 2009-05-01 09:37 d2/c
> >>  lrwxrwxrwx tong/tong 0 2009-05-01 09:38 d2/d -> c
> >> 
> >> Any easy way to do it? 
> 
> >add -h to the tar parameters.  It dereferences the symbolic lyinks.
> >However, then you won't get the d2/d -> c reference.
> 
> I can't see that it would be possible to dereference the top-level
> symlink but no others. No commands that I know of support selective
> symlink dereferencing, except find(1) with -H.
> 
> That lead me to try:
> $ find -H d2 | cpio -o -L -H ustar > d2.tar
> 
> This comes close, storing d2/d as a link, but as a hardlink, not a
> symlink.

Before we get too far down the garden path, would you review the "why"
of this?

It may be simpler to do it in a couple of steps.  Tar up those you want
with the dereferencing, telling tar to ignore those you want without
dereferencing, then do a second tar run without dereferencing, telling
tar to ignore those you did with dereferencing, appending it to the
first tarball.

Doug.


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different locale based on directory

[Johannes Wiedersich]

Hallo list!

I have a "funny" tex-file (sty and tex) that requires the deprecated
latin1 encoding. (It was originally developed for lusers of another OS).
My system is lenny and utf-8.

Is there a way to configure my editor [1] to use the latin1 encoding for
certain files or directories and utf-8 for all the rest?

I wouldn't want to bother to change settings manually each time I open a
file...

Thanks,
Johannes

[1] I use kile, but if there are better ones to do the trick...


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SheevaPlug

[Daryl Styrk]

Initially was highly interested in the NSLU2 [1] as a replacement for a 
laptop I have sitting around running basically as an extremely over 
powered file/backup server. I am starting to become very interested in 
the SheevaPlug [2].  Although not as documented as the slug, I did find 
some work in progress for a full Debian port. [3] I really wished they 
could have figured out some sort of onboard wireless solution.  The 
entire unit looks slightly larger laptop cards. Maybe it was a cost 
saving measure or feature not exactly sure.  But needing to also buy a 
bridge to hide the thing in a closet isn't exactly optimum.  I suppose it 
could live near the already crowded modem/router/phone etc..  But one can 
still wish. Wikipedia says that currently Ubuntu's 9.04 ARM build is running 
the 
shipped unit. [4] 

I'm looking for some input from the list.  Does anyone have one running 
Debian?  How's it working out for you? Would you consider the SheevaPlug 
over the discontinued slug?  How do you go about hooking multiple drives 
into the unit as I've read about with only 1 usb port?  I'm sure there 
are many more that might come up as(if) the discussion moves along. 
  

[1]
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/
[2]
http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/developer/kirkwood/
sheevaplug.jsp
[3]
http://www.cyrius.com/journal/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/nslu2-killer
[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SheevaPlug

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Re: New Xorg Stuff on Sid

[David Baron]

On Monday 04 May 2009 18:34:56 debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org 
wrote:
> > Just upgraded. Seems OK, however
> >
> > 1. Wants to remove inputs, i.e. keyboard and mouse, x drivers. Managed to
> > keep them. However, listchanges says they are now ignored. What's the
> > story here?
>
>  
> If everything works you don't need to worry, but if you're curious read
> this
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide
>
> > 2. Along the bootup init, the screen font gets changed to a sans-serif
> > 16pt font. The upgrade config said this was the default. Looks nice, OK,
> > but far too big. Want to get the smaller font I had. Where in /etc... is
> > this specified or must I run dpkg-reconfigure (on what package?)?
>
> If you mean the text on the console that it's
>
> dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
>
> and the font you see is called Terminus. Apparently it was created for
> easy reading.
Nice font (actually I had the fixed marked) but too big. Got my 8pt VGA back.
>
> > 3. This upgrade did restore dri for my matrox g200 clunker. However,
> > since the firmware was moved off the kernel to its own package, using dri
> > immediately hangs the machine. Any workaround until someone fixes
> > this:-)?
>
> I don't understand, you installed the firmware and it still hangs or you
> can't find the firmware? If the later its firmware-linux (according to
> the description), available in non-free.
Firmware-linux is installed, the appropriate firmware is "requested" and 
loaded successfully, enabling the DRI. Any attempt to use that, i.e. a game or 
googleearth, hangs the system.


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Re: Bientôt en librairie (Soon in Booksho ps)

[Harry Rickards]

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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> Did you really have to translate SPAM?
> 
> More importantly, please do not quote spam in mailing list messages,
> this confuses the word filter.
> 
> 
Sorry, I wasn't sure if it was spam until I translated, and then I
thought I might as well post it so everyone else didn't have to
translate the spam.

I won't qoute spam from now on, thanks for the pointer.
Sorry if I annoyed anyone.

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Re: Bientôt en librairie (Soon in Bookshops)

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI]

Did you really have to translate SPAM?

More importantly, please do not quote spam in mailing list messages,  
this confuses the word filter.



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Re: Bientôt en librairie (Soon in Bookshops)

[Harry Rickards]

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Librairie Clairefontaine wrote:
> Chers lecteurs,
> 
> Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la sortie imminente du nouveau
> roman de Azza Filali   "L'heure du cru" aux éditions elyzad , et vous
> invitons à découvrir la quatrième de couverture pour vous donner un
> avant-goût du livre.
> 
> Merci et à très bientôt .
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> "Avis à ceux qui liront le livre: si vous découvrez au creux d'une page
> un propos incongru, quelque confidence sans lien avec le cours de
> l'histoire, ayez l'obligeance d'en informer le narrateur; voilà des mois
> qu'il cherche cette coquille égarée.
> 
> Qu'arrive-t-il donc à ce narrateur, écrivain en panne d'inspiration? Au
> départ, il voulait juste raconter la fugue d'Adel, adolescent silencieux
> et révolté, accablé d'un trop plein d'idéalisme, une fugue de trois
> jours, quoi de plus banal! Mais il suffit parfois de déshabiller le
> banal pour basculer dans un domaine étrange où l'ombre portée des mots
> mène vers d'autres chemins
> ; L'aventure du jeune homme met à mal la vie rangée des personnages: le
> père d'Adel, employé modèle, son professeur d'histoire, quinquagénaire
> érudit et fantasque, et puis le narrateur, hanté par son texte, qui se
> retourne sur sa vie comme sur un livre à réécrire.
> 
> Dans l'univers déroutant de L'heure du cru, le conformisme s'incline
> devant la voix singulière d'Azza Filali, simple et décalé, toujours
> d'humour, qui distille une clarté un peu sourde, comme une lumière
> rentrée, sur notre société. "
> 
> L'heure du cru Azza Filali édition elyzad ISBN 978-9973-58-017-7 Prix:
> 12DT/ 13,90 euros

A google translate for anyone who doesn't know French (like me):


Dear readers,

We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of the new novel by Azza
Filali "The hour of raw elyzad published, and invite you to discover the
back cover to give you a taste of the book.

Thank you and see you soon.





"Notice to those who read the book: if you discover at the bottom of a
page one incongruous about some confidence unrelated to the course of
history, have the courtesy to inform the narrator, and this month that
he looks lost this shell.

What is there to this narrator, a writer stuck for inspiration?
Initially, he just wanted to tell the fugue of Adel, and rebellious
adolescent silent, overwhelmed by a too full of idealism, a fugue in
three days, what's more banal! But it is sometimes enough to strip the
banal to switch in a strange area where the shadow of words leads to
other paths
; The adventure of the young man puts at risk the life line of the
characters: the father of Adel, employee model, history teacher, scholar
and whimsical fifties, and then the narrator, haunted by his text, which
turns on his life as a book to rewrite.

In the confusing world of the time believed, conformism bowed to the
singular voice of Azza Filali, simple and décalé, always with humor,
which distills clarity a bit dull, like a light back on our society. "

The hours of raw Azza Filali elyzad edition ISBN 978-9973-58-017-7
Price: 12DT / 13.90 EUR




Basically an advertisment for a book


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BUG: Problem while booting Debian with LDVS connector instead of VGA

[User Debian]

Hello,

I have a problem that I meet each time I boot Linux on an embedded computer.

Configuration:
Embedded PC : ECM-LX800
Screen: LVDS (and not VGA)
Linux: Debian ETCH version 2.6.18-6-686

The problem comes after GRUB gives the instruction on which partition to 
boot, BUT before that Linux kernel is loaded.


Noticed facts:
1- in short-cutting the VGA connector (i.e. pin 5 and 12 strapped 
together), which simulates the presence of a VGA display attached to the 
PC, Linux boots normally. The video signal is indeed sent to the LVDS 
output.


2- Linux installation was proceeded with success, but with the VGA 
connector connected to an external display as described in item 1.


3- When the VGA connector is free from any connector or from any strap 
between pins 5 and 12, after GRUB has started: the display becomes then 
black. Linux kernel is not loaded.


Question: Is there a configuration file to modify before the kernel is 
loaded to tell Linux not to take into account the VGA connector, but 
instead to send straight the video signal on the LVDS output, and then 
to boot normally ?


Many thanks in advance,

Best regards,

Eric


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Re: New Xorg Stuff on Sid

[Andrei Popescu]

On Mon,04.May.09, 16:06:21, David Baron wrote:
> Just upgraded. Seems OK, however
> 
> 1. Wants to remove inputs, i.e. keyboard and mouse, x drivers. Managed to 
> keep 
> them. However, listchanges says they are now ignored. What's the story here?
 
If everything works you don't need to worry, but if you're curious read 
this

http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide

> 2. Along the bootup init, the screen font gets changed to a sans-serif 16pt 
> font. The upgrade config said this was the default. Looks nice, OK, but far 
> too big. Want to get the smaller font I had. Where in /etc... is this 
> specified or must I run dpkg-reconfigure (on what package?)?

If you mean the text on the console that it's

dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

and the font you see is called Terminus. Apparently it was created for 
easy reading.

> 3. This upgrade did restore dri for my matrox g200 clunker. However, since 
> the 
> firmware was moved off the kernel to its own package, using dri immediately 
> hangs the machine. Any workaround until someone fixes this:-)?

I don't understand, you installed the firmware and it still hangs or you 
can't find the firmware? If the later its firmware-linux (according to 
the description), available in non-free.

Regards,
Andrei
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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
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Bientôt en librairie

[Librairie Clairefontaine]

Chers lecteurs,
Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la sortie imminente du nouveau roman de 
Azza Filali   "L'heure du cru" aux éditions elyzad , et vous invitons à 
découvrir la quatrième de couverture pour vous donner un avant-goût du livre. 
Merci et à très bientôt .
 
 
"Avis à ceux qui liront le livre: si vous découvrez au creux d'une page un 
propos incongru, quelque confidence sans lien avec le cours de l'histoire, ayez 
l'obligeance d'en informer le narrateur; voilà des mois qu'il cherche cette 
coquille égarée. Qu'arrive-t-il donc à ce narrateur, écrivain en panne 
d'inspiration? Au départ, il voulait juste raconter la fugue d'Adel, adolescent 
silencieux et révolté, accablé d'un trop plein d'idéalisme, une fugue de trois 
jours, quoi de plus banal! Mais il suffit parfois de déshabiller le banal pour 
basculer dans un domaine étrange où l'ombre portée des mots mène vers d'autres 
chemins; L'aventure du jeune homme met à mal la vie rangée des personnages: le 
père d'Adel, employé modèle, son professeur d'histoire, quinquagénaire érudit 
et fantasque, et puis le narrateur, hanté par son texte, qui se retourne sur sa 
vie comme sur un livre à réécrire. Dans l'univers déroutant de L'heure du cru, 
le conformisme s'incline devant la voix singulière d'Azza Filali, simple et 
décalé, toujours d'humour, qui distille une clarté un peu sourde, comme une 
lumière rentrée, sur notre société. "L'heure du cru Azza Filali édition elyzad 
ISBN 978-9973-58-017-7 Prix: 12DT/ 13,90 euros
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Re: Which word list file is used by aspell?

[Johannes Wiedersich]

Foss User wrote:
> I am using Debian Squeeze (Testing).
> 
> Can someone please help me in finding out which word list file is used
> by 'aspell' command to match words?

Which word list do you have installed?
Hint: look at the output of "aptitude search aspell" and note which are
installed ("i" in first line) and which not.

The package aspell-doc should provide some documentation.

Cheers,
Johannes


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Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?

[Barclay, Daniel]

Harry Rickards wrote:
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> Barclay, Daniel wrote:
>> On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 07:30:25AM EDT, Harry Rickards wrote:
>>
>>> Plus, even though emacs does other stuff apart from editing, what can
>>> emacs do that a separate tool can't do?
>> It can integrate those separate tools.
...
>>
>>  > Surely if emacs is more than
>>> an editor, it doesn't follow Doug McIlroy's UNIX philosophy:
>>>
>>> Write programs that *do one thing and do it well*. ...
>> a.  Why exactly would it need to?  

...
>>
>> b.  Actually, Emacs does (do one thing well):
>>
>> It handles editing-style text manipulation, 
...
> Fair points, I can't argue with any of them. I think it's really just a
> matter of opinion as to what text editor you use, ,,

Of course.

Note that I wasn't arguing which editor anyone should use (just how Emacs
does somewhat fit that Unix philosophy).


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powertop reports frequent wakeups from PS/2 keyboard/mouse/touchpad

[cip...@gmail.com]

Hello everyone,

I installed Debian sid on my new Thinkpad T500 a few days ago and is now 
using powertop to check the power usage. When it's idle (hands off, no 
programs other than GNOME) it's not bad:

Wakeups-from-idle per second : 43.0 interval: 15.0s
no ACPI power usage estimate available

Top causes for wakeups:
  26.0% ( 10.3)   gnome-settings- : schedule_hrtimeout_range 
(hrtimer_wakeup)

  25.3% ( 10.0)  : mod_timer (ehci_watchdog)
  17.6% (  6.9): extra timer interrupt
  ...
However, when I tried moving the trackpoint in a circular motion until 
it updates:

Wakeups-from-idle per second : 679.9interval: 10.0s
no ACPI power usage estimate available

Top causes for wakeups:
  63.9% (499.9): PS/2 keyboard/mouse/touchpad
  12.1% ( 94.6)   : Rescheduling interrupts
   6.0% ( 46.9): firewire_ohci, uhci_hcd:usb7, HDA 
Intel

   ...
In short, the number of wakeups jumps from below 50 to almost 700, with 
over half coming from what seems to be the keyboard/mouse driver. Is 
this normal? Using the touchpad results in the same behavior, using the 
keyboard will increase total interrupts to 200-300.


This is debian sid with up-to-date packages.

ci...@gurame:~$ uname -a
Linux gurame 2.6.29-1-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Apr 17 10:12:36 UTC 2009 x86_64 
GNU/Linux


Thanks in advance!

Cipta


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[OT] Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?

[Barclay, Daniel]

Harry Rickards wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
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> 
> Barclay, Daniel wrote:
>> Harry Rickards wrote:
>>
>>> Have you tried configuring Outlook to send in plain text by default,
>>> using the instructions at http://www.expita.com/nomime.html#out2002?
>> Read my signature more carefully.
>>
>> Daniel
>> --
>> (Plain text sometimes corrupted to HTML "courtesy" of Microsoft
>> Exchange.) [F]
>>
>>
> Oh sorry, I should have looked closer.

Yeah, about I year ago I discovered that the plain-text messages I was sending
out of my MUA (Mozilla SeaMonkey) were being corrupted into HTML messages
by Exchange.  I managed to get out IT people to submit a bug report to
Microsoft, but Microsoft claims it isn't a bug because it "works as designed."



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Re: debian and ubuntu - answer from user not pretending to be guru

[Daniel Burrows]

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:51:28AM +0300, Andrei Popescu 
 was heard to say:
> On Sun,03.May.09, 10:18:49, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>  
> > However, does the package management software (as aptitude does) store
> > user preferences in the home directory?  If, for example, you always run
> > aptitude as yourself then give it the root password when prompted, it
> > stores your preferences in your home directory.  If you later run
> > aptitude as root, those prefernces won't be active.  Also, vis-versa.
> 
> It's a bit more weird than this (I thought about filing a whishlist 
> bug): when you start aptitude as user it uses his preferences, but as 
> soon as you switch to root (via the menu items or when prompted) 
> aptitude also switches to root's preferences. Kinda' confusing.

  There's a long and fairly tortured history behind which configuration
aptitude uses when.  Basically: if aptitude uses $HOME instead of
changing to /root, then it'll end up sticking root-owned files inside
the user's home directory, including files the user might not be able to
read and/or delete.

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Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?

[Barclay, Daniel]

Harry Rickards wrote:
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>>
>> Have you tried mapping the Control key back to where it was when Emacs
>> was designed
>> (and where it belongs--just to the left of the A key (on QWERTY keyboards))?
>>
>> If not, be sure to try that.  Using Emacs (and Bash) control-character
>> keystrokes
>> is an entirely different experience when the Control key is in the right
>> place.
>>
> 
> Is that why GNU Screen uses Crl-A Whatever to perform actions, because
> the Control key should be to the left of the A key?

Most probably.

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Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?

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> 
>> Have you tried configuring Outlook to send in plain text by default,
>> using the instructions at http://www.expita.com/nomime.html#out2002?
> 
> Read my signature more carefully.
> 
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> 
Oh sorry, I should have looked closer.

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Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?

[Barclay, Daniel]

Harry Rickards wrote:

> Have you tried configuring Outlook to send in plain text by default,
> using the instructions at http://www.expita.com/nomime.html#out2002?

Read my signature more carefully.

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Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?

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Barclay, Daniel wrote:
> Chris Jones wrote:
>> [...]
>> ergonomically sound keyboard mappings, I should give it another shot.
> 
> Hvae you fingers trying to use Emacs with the Control key where IBM
> moved it to on
> PCs?
> 
> Have you tried mapping the Control key back to where it was when Emacs
> was designed
> (and where it belongs--just to the left of the A key (on QWERTY keyboards))?
> 
> If not, be sure to try that.  Using Emacs (and Bash) control-character
> keystrokes
> is an entirely different experience when the Control key is in the right
> place.
> 

Is that why GNU Screen uses Crl-A Whatever to perform actions, because
the Control key should be to the left of the A key?

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Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?

[Barclay, Daniel]

Chris Jones wrote:
> [...]
> ergonomically sound keyboard mappings, I should give it another shot.

Hvae you fingers trying to use Emacs with the Control key where IBM moved it to 
on
PCs?

Have you tried mapping the Control key back to where it was when Emacs was 
designed
(and where it belongs--just to the left of the A key (on QWERTY keyboards))?

If not, be sure to try that.  Using Emacs (and Bash) control-character 
keystrokes
is an entirely different experience when the Control key is in the right place.


Daniel

Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?

[Harry Rickards]

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> On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 07:30:25AM EDT, Harry Rickards wrote:
> 
>> Plus, even though emacs does other stuff apart from editing, what can
>> emacs do that a separate tool can't do?
> 
> It can integrate those separate tools.
> 
> The biggest non-editing things for which I use Emacs are its shell mode
> (CLI command entry and output) and dired mode (file-browser functions).
> 
> For that usage, Emacs integrates, say, working out a commands on the command
> line and then putting them in a script file.  It also integrate navigating
> around the file system, grabbing a file/directory name, and executing a
> command or putting the name in a script (all without moving ones hands from
> the keyboard).
> 
> 
>  > Surely if emacs is more than
>> an editor, it doesn't follow Doug McIlroy's UNIX philosophy:
>>
>> Write programs that *do one thing and do it well*. Write programs to
>> work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is
>> a universal interface
> 
> a.  Why exactly would it need to?  (Probably, not everything can be written
> to be integrated, and the most likely candidates are the things that
> integrate
> other things.)
> 
> b.  Actually, Emacs does (do one thing well):
> 
> It handles editing-style text manipulation, regardless of, say, whether
> the text is the contents of a file or the output of commands.
> 
> For example, I can apply a regular-expression replacement to lines of text
> whether I'm editing a file or editing command output in shell mode or
> compilation mode (e.g., to filter out output lines I no longer want to
> see, or
> to edit them into data or a command).
> 
> 
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
Fair points, I can't argue with any of them. I think it's really just a
matter of opinion as to what text editor you use, just like which distro
you use (although I assume everyone reading this uses some form or
another of Debian).

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Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?

[Barclay, Daniel]

On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 07:30:25AM EDT, Harry Rickards wrote:

> Plus, even though emacs does other stuff apart from editing, what can
> emacs do that a separate tool can't do? 

It can integrate those separate tools.

The biggest non-editing things for which I use Emacs are its shell mode
(CLI command entry and output) and dired mode (file-browser functions).

For that usage, Emacs integrates, say, working out a commands on the command
line and then putting them in a script file.  It also integrate navigating
around the file system, grabbing a file/directory name, and executing a
command or putting the name in a script (all without moving ones hands from
the keyboard).


 > Surely if emacs is more than
> an editor, it doesn't follow Doug McIlroy's UNIX philosophy:
> 
> Write programs that *do one thing and do it well*. Write programs to
> work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is
> a universal interface

a.  Why exactly would it need to?  (Probably, not everything can be written
to be integrated, and the most likely candidates are the things that integrate
other things.)

b.  Actually, Emacs does (do one thing well):

It handles editing-style text manipulation, regardless of, say, whether
the text is the contents of a file or the output of commands.

For example, I can apply a regular-expression replacement to lines of text
whether I'm editing a file or editing command output in shell mode or
compilation mode (e.g., to filter out output lines I no longer want to see, or
to edit them into data or a command).



Daniel

Re: detailed disk usage package?

[Jason Dunsmore]

Zhengquan Zhang  writes:

> Dear debian community,
>
> I was doing du -ka . | sort -nr once in a while to do disk usage
> analysis.
>
> I was wondering if anybody here are using a package that can do detailed
> disk usage analysis. and the program can email a detailed report to me?

Try gdmap.  It has a graphical interface though and I don't think it
can produce textual output for email.


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Re: vmware 1.0.8 (or .9) with 2.6.29

[Hugo Vanwoerkom]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

Alex Samad wrote:

Hi

Has any one been able to compile the kernel module for this kernel ?



I have.
As usual you need "a fix":
http://www.saarlinux.de/blog/?p=5

which is contained in here:
http://communities.vmware.com//thread/188410?tstart=0

replace the tars in vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source by the ones 
on the first link above.





But that is for vmserver 2.0 - sorry.

Hugo


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Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?

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> Harry Rickards wrote:
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>> jida...@jidanni.org wrote:
>>> Why must emacs depend on sound packages? Is emacs
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000 and will talk to us?
>>> Isn't that an independent package, emacspeak?
>>>
>>> Shouldn't there be a way to install an emacs without sound packages?
>>> Even the nox version depends on them. Does emacs say things more than
>>> "beep" often?
>>>
>>>
>> I don't want to turn this into a flamewar, but couldn't you use another
>> editor, like vi, vim, nano, pico or ed?
> 
> Why would you even suggest that?  Should we throw the baby (piece of
> software) out each time we find a particular bit of bathwater (problem)?
> 
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Why not, there's plenty of other editors!


You're right though, emacs is a great editor. It's because of this list
that I've recently started using it again, although I always find myself
automatically typing vim when I want to edit a file.


Have you tried configuring Outlook to send in plain text by default,
using the instructions at http://www.expita.com/nomime.html#out2002?

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Re: why must emacs depend on sound packages?

[Barclay, Daniel]

Harry Rickards wrote:
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> jida...@jidanni.org wrote:
>> Why must emacs depend on sound packages? Is emacs
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000 and will talk to us?
>> Isn't that an independent package, emacspeak?
>>
>> Shouldn't there be a way to install an emacs without sound packages?
>> Even the nox version depends on them. Does emacs say things more than
>> "beep" often?
>>
>>
> I don't want to turn this into a flamewar, but couldn't you use another
> editor, like vi, vim, nano, pico or ed?

Why would you even suggest that?  Should we throw the baby (piece of
software) out each time we find a particular bit of bathwater (problem)?

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Re: debian and ubuntu - answer from user not pretending to be guru

[Harry Rickards]

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Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:51:28AM +0300, Andrei Popescu 
>  was heard to say:
>> On Sun,03.May.09, 10:18:49, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>>  
>>> However, does the package management software (as aptitude does) store
>>> user preferences in the home directory?  If, for example, you always run
>>> aptitude as yourself then give it the root password when prompted, it
>>> stores your preferences in your home directory.  If you later run
>>> aptitude as root, those prefernces won't be active.  Also, vis-versa.
>> It's a bit more weird than this (I thought about filing a whishlist 
>> bug): when you start aptitude as user it uses his preferences, but as 
>> soon as you switch to root (via the menu items or when prompted) 
>> aptitude also switches to root's preferences. Kinda' confusing.
> 
>   There's a long and fairly tortured history behind which configuration
> aptitude uses when.  Basically: if aptitude uses $HOME instead of
> changing to /root, then it'll end up sticking root-owned files inside
> the user's home directory, including files the user might not be able to
> read and/or delete.
> 

But if they can run aptitude in the first place, surely they could
either su to root or use sudo to read or delete the files. Just my opinion.

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Re: detailed disk usage package?

[Claudio]

Hi Zhengquan,

I send script in perl, that use for this type of disk space monitoring.

vi df.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl
# Available under BSD License. See url for more info:
# 
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-write-perl-script-to-monitor-disk-space.html
use strict;
use warnings;
use Filesys::DiskSpace;


# file system to monitor
my $dir = "/home";


# warning level
my $warning_level=10;


# email setup
my $to='ad...@yourdomain.com';
my $from='webmas...@yourdomain.com';
my $subject='Low Disk Space';

# get df
my ($fs_type, $fs_desc, $used, $avail, $fused, $favail) = df $dir;


# calculate
my $df_free = (($avail) / ($avail+$used)) * 100.0;


# compare
if ($df_free < $warning_level) {
my $out = sprintf
("WARNING Low Disk
Space on $dir : %0.2f%% ()\n",$df_free);


# send email using UNIX/Linux sendmail
open (MAIL,
"|/usr/sbin/sendmail -t");


## Mail Header
print  MAIL "To: $to\\n";
print  MAIL "From: $from\\n";
print  MAIL "Subject:
$subject\\n";


## Mail Body
print  MAIL $out;

close (MAIL);
}

You can run this script as a cron job:

@hourly /path/to/df.pl

I expect this help.
Claudio.



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wrote:

> Dear debian community,
>
> I was doing du -ka . | sort -nr once in a while to do disk usage
> analysis.
>
> I was wondering if anybody here are using a package that can do detailed
> disk usage analysis. and the program can email a detailed report to me?
>
> Thanks for any pointers,
>
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Re: detailed disk usage package?

[Javier Barroso]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Zhengquan Zhang
 wrote:
> Dear debian community,
>
> I was doing du -ka . | sort -nr once in a while to do disk usage
> analysis.
>
> I was wondering if anybody here are using a package that can do detailed
> disk usage analysis. and the program can email a detailed report to me?

Take a look at durep (I don't known if it can email the output).
Baobab is nice for desktop


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detailed disk usage package?

[Zhengquan Zhang]

Dear debian community,

I was doing du -ka . | sort -nr once in a while to do disk usage
analysis.

I was wondering if anybody here are using a package that can do detailed
disk usage analysis. and the program can email a detailed report to me?

Thanks for any pointers,

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Re: Gnome problem under squeeze/amd64

[Osamu Aoki]

On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 11:39:57PM -0430, Juan Lavieri wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having this problem:
>
> I recently installed squeeze amd64 in my laptop and after that I recived  
...
> Making some tests I detected that if I discard gnome use and login into  
> a twm session everythings works without problem.  The same is true if I  
> login into gnome _AS USER ROOT_, I mean I can work without troubles as  
> root under gnome (dangerous I know, it's only a test) so I think it's  
> not a xorg configuration problem.
>
> Please if anyone has any idea of what's happening.  help me

It could be troble with date left on your home directory.

Just create some new user and test application there.  If it works
there, the chances are old data from old package is harrasing you.

Anyway, testing=squeeze is going through major package transition. 

I just upgraded my main system to squeeze/sid and decided to roll back
to lenny.  This was because, in my case, keyboard did not work as
desired.  It may have been console-setup/console-tools conflict...  I am
using squeeze/sid only in my test system now.  dualboot/chroot

Stability of Debian testing/unstable system is dependent on the timing
with respect to release.  Waiting until security updates for testing is
good idea.

You can always run most testing softwares under chroot anytime with
minimal risks... 





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Re: any software for 3D surfaces visualization in debian sid?

[Jerome BENOIT]

quid geomview ?

Steve S wrote:

On Mar 16 20:59 +0100, Jörg-Volker Peetz  wrote:

In Debian sid there is sagemath (a really big package) which itself uses, a.o.,
python-matplotlib. Maybe, you like to try one of them?


For nice VTK-3D with python, try mayavi2.

best,
steve




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New Xorg Stuff on Sid

[David Baron]

Just upgraded. Seems OK, however

1. Wants to remove inputs, i.e. keyboard and mouse, x drivers. Managed to keep 
them. However, listchanges says they are now ignored. What's the story here?

2. Along the bootup init, the screen font gets changed to a sans-serif 16pt 
font. The upgrade config said this was the default. Looks nice, OK, but far 
too big. Want to get the smaller font I had. Where in /etc... is this 
specified or must I run dpkg-reconfigure (on what package?)?

3. This upgrade did restore dri for my matrox g200 clunker. However, since the 
firmware was moved off the kernel to its own package, using dri immediately 
hangs the machine. Any workaround until someone fixes this:-)?




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Re: stopwatch/worktime program?

[Osamu Aoki]

On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 03:48:18PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
> I'm looking for some program to follow my work time on different projects,
> preferably something that can plug into the xfce, or if not the gnome panel.
> 
> I'm working on different projects for different people and I need to report
> work hours and it's a bit hard for me to follow the times by writing them down
> as I tend to work on and off for short times during the day. I want something
> like a stopwatch, preferable that would be able to keep a few of them around.
> If they can later give me an history, it's even better.

I do not use this but...

Aptitude with ~dtime~dtrack gives me:

gtimelog   gnome?
gnotimegnome?
worklogcurses http://www.truxton.com/~trux/software/
gtimer gtk
karm   kde
egroupware-timesheet web
wmwork x (afterstep, ...)

worklog, gtimer, or wmwork maybe a good candidate.

aptitude is your friend using "l" to limit view.

Install them and decide :-)

Osamu


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Re: any software for 3D surfaces visualization in debian sid?

[明覺]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Steve S  wrote:
> On Mar 16 20:59 +0100, Jörg-Volker Peetz  wrote:
>> In Debian sid there is sagemath (a really big package) which itself uses, 
>> a.o.,
>> python-matplotlib. Maybe, you like to try one of them?
>
> For nice VTK-3D with python, try mayavi2.
thanks, but I do not like python, I like programming in C++, or C or ASM.

>
> best,
> steve
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Re: debian and ubuntu - answer from user not pretending to be guru

[Osamu Aoki]

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:51:28AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sun,03.May.09, 10:18:49, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>  
> > However, does the package management software (as aptitude does) store
> > user preferences in the home directory?  If, for example, you always run
> > aptitude as yourself then give it the root password when prompted, it
> > stores your preferences in your home directory.  If you later run
> > aptitude as root, those prefernces won't be active.  Also, vis-versa.
> 
> It's a bit more weird than this (I thought about filing a whishlist 
> bug): when you start aptitude as user it uses his preferences, but as 
> soon as you switch to root (via the menu items or when prompted) 
> aptitude also switches to root's preferences. Kinda' confusing.

It is not just aptitude, but generic problem for becoming root and
chosing home directory:

$ env|grep HOME
HOME=/home/osamu
$ sudo env|grep HOME
HOME=/home/osamu
$ su -c env|grep HOME
Password: 
HOME=/root
$ sudo -H env|grep HOME
HOME=/root

sudo reset most environment variable but $HOME.
Any softwares which use $HOME to decide configuration needs to be
careful about this thing.

Osamu


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Re: This TLD has no whois server.

[Thomas Hochstein]

Bhasker C V schrieb:

> same is the case with .cv domains
> I think some of the domains just do not have a whois server

Yes.

> but as-long-as the entries for NS is in the root servers
> the network communication still works.

Of course. You do not need a whois server for a working DNS setup.

-thh


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Re: any software for 3D surfaces visualization in debian sid?

[Steve S]

On Mar 16 20:59 +0100, Jörg-Volker Peetz  wrote:
> In Debian sid there is sagemath (a really big package) which itself uses, 
> a.o.,
> python-matplotlib. Maybe, you like to try one of them?

For nice VTK-3D with python, try mayavi2.

best,
steve


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Re: A way to automatically share latest Debian CD/DVD images via torrent

[Harry Rickards]

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Nicolas BERCHER wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking for a way to automatically share the latest Debian CD/DVD
> images via torrent.
> Before thinking about how to implement it myself, I'd like to know if
> anyone has developped something like this yet.
> 
> In France where I live, a new stupid law (HADOPI) about the control of
> file transfers over Internet is about to be validated.
> There are two goals behind my question:
>(1) share Debian ISOs (easy for me because my computer is a 24/7 server)
>(2) share my upload bandwidth with Debian users & hope to get a huge
> traffic (relative to my ADSL connexion as well !).
> I want to show that "yes, we can" exchange a lot and do this in a pure
> legal way.
> 
> Thanks in advance for suggestions.
> Nicolas.
> 
> 
You could also manually use the torrent files from
http://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/.

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Fw: Re: gimp use

[Jozsef]

Re: Change location of SSH Private Key

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> Harry Rickards:
>> I was wondering whether it was possible to give a path to the SSH
>> Private Key in the ~/.ssh/config config file, instead of having to give
>> it as an option. I can't find anything by RTFM, or STFW. Thanks.
> 
> I think it's IdentityFile, documented in ssh_config(5).
> 
> J.
Thanks, as well as scanning through the man page, I was grepping for
key, so I guess I must have missed IdentityFile. Thanks.

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Re: gimp use

[Peter van der Wal]

This link says somethings about batch-operations in GIMP:
http://ulyssesonline.com/2008/09/22/batch-resize-images-with-gimp/

Basically, you should install the gimp-plugin-registry Package.
Then in GIMP you should open the menu-item Xtns/Batch Process.


If you install the imagemagick package it's really easy.

$ cd [your dir containing images]
$ mogrify -resize [size] *.jpg

Regards,
Peter


Op maandag 04-05-2009 om 11:04 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef steef:
> hi folks,
> 
> i am in africa now with a sometimes not optimal internet-connection in 
> this region. i cannot properly google: so i put my question hopefully on 
> the list:
> 
> is it possible with the 'gimp' to scale 160 photographic pictures down 
> *in one time*?
> 
> thank you ,
> 
> regards,
> 
> steef
> 
> 
> 


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Re: Change location of SSH Private Key

[Jochen Schulz]

Harry Rickards:
>
> I was wondering whether it was possible to give a path to the SSH
> Private Key in the ~/.ssh/config config file, instead of having to give
> it as an option. I can't find anything by RTFM, or STFW. Thanks.

I think it's IdentityFile, documented in ssh_config(5).

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I was wondering whether it was possible to give a path to the SSH
Private Key in the ~/.ssh/config config file, instead of having to give
it as an option. I can't find anything by RTFM, or STFW. Thanks.

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Re: Package search in local repository

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> Andrei Popescu schrieb:
>> On Sun,03.May.09, 14:00:34, Malte Forkel wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> is there a package that provides the functionality of the Debian package
>>> search, i.e.
>>> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages.en.html#search_packages? I would
>>> like to search a local mirror of the Debian repository for packages and
>>> their contents.
>> apt-file
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andrei
> 
> Thanks, Andrei. Actually, I already have apt-file installed. But I'm
> still looking for a web GUI / web server integration. That would
> hopefully also make search control a little easier (esp. which
> repositories to search and pattern matching).
> 
> Malte
> 
> 
You could submit your repository to apt-get.org at
http://www.apt-get.org/submit.php, and use their site to search your
repository. That's assuming that the outside world can access it though.
Alternatively you could contact jer...@wolffelaar.nl or
fr...@lichtenheld.de and ask for the code which uses Xapian to search.
That's the code on the Debian package search, and the Ubuntu package
search. See http://packages.ubuntu.com/about/ for more info on that.

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Re: Package search in local repository

[Malte Forkel]

Andrei Popescu schrieb:
> On Sun,03.May.09, 14:00:34, Malte Forkel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> is there a package that provides the functionality of the Debian package
>> search, i.e.
>> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages.en.html#search_packages? I would
>> like to search a local mirror of the Debian repository for packages and
>> their contents.
> 
> apt-file
> 
> Regards,
> Andrei

Thanks, Andrei. Actually, I already have apt-file installed. But I'm
still looking for a web GUI / web server integration. That would
hopefully also make search control a little easier (esp. which
repositories to search and pattern matching).

Malte


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Re: gimp use

[thveillon.debian]

steef wrote :
> hi folks,
> 
> i am in africa now with a sometimes not optimal internet-connection in
> this region. i cannot properly google: so i put my question hopefully on
> the list:
> 
> is it possible with the 'gimp' to scale 160 photographic pictures down
> *in one time*?
> 
> thank you ,
> 
> regards,
> 
> steef
> 
> 
> 

Hi,

as stated there is a set of tools that might do a more straightforward
job for resizing a bunch of pictures. With Gimp however you can install
the "gimp-plugin-registry" package, which will give you access under the
"filters > Batch" menu to a batch processing tool, which includes
resizing/cropping facilities for a bunch of files. You will have to set
up a few options, so it will take time and it's not worth bothering if
you don't have many pictures to process (160 should qualify...).
If you want to work from a graphical user interface, you can also use
most pictures manager program like Digikam or Gwenview, they usually
include an easy to use resizing tool.

Tom


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Re: stopwatch/worktime program?

[Javier Barroso]

On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Micha Feigin  wrote:
> I'm looking for some program to follow my work time on different projects,
> preferably something that can plug into the xfce, or if not the gnome panel.
I'm using my proper zenity script in cron (every 30 minutes). I
integrated it with orage calendar and with google calendar. I used
orage categories to choose the project where I worked. It write a
zenity.log which is the work-log, and  your orage calendar is poblated
via dbus.

If you want take a look , this is the link (I know the code sucks :) ):

http://pastebin.com/f6347489a


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Re: gimp use

[Christofer C. Bell]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 4:04 AM, steef  wrote:

>
> is it possible with the 'gimp' to scale 160 photographic pictures down *in
> one time*?
>

Ah, I don't know.  But I can tell you that ImageMagick is going to be a
better tool for that.  You'll want to look into the convert or mogrify
utilities that are part of that package.

cb...@circe:~$ dpkg -s imagemagick
Package: imagemagick
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: graphics
Installed-Size: 4464
Maintainer: Luciano Bello 
Architecture: i386
Version: 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg2-1~lenny1
Replaces: geomview (<= 1.8.0), imagemagick-doc
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0),
libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libjpeg62, liblcms1 (>=
1.15-1), libmagick10, libsm6, libtiff4, libx11-6, libxext6, libxt6, zlib1g
(>= 1:1.1.4)
Conflicts: imagemagick-doc
Description: image manipulation programs
 Imagemagick is a set of programs to manipulate various image formats
 (JPEG, TIFF, PhotoCD, PBM, XPM, etc...). All manipulations can
 be achieved through shell commands as well as through an X11 graphical
 interface (display).
 .
 Possible effects: colormap manipulation, channel operations, thumbnail
 creation, image annotation, limited drawing, image distortion, etc...
Homepage: http://www.imagemagick.org/
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Re: debian and ubuntu - answer from user not pretending to be guru

[Andrei Popescu]

On Sun,03.May.09, 10:18:49, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
 
> However, does the package management software (as aptitude does) store
> user preferences in the home directory?  If, for example, you always run
> aptitude as yourself then give it the root password when prompted, it
> stores your preferences in your home directory.  If you later run
> aptitude as root, those prefernces won't be active.  Also, vis-versa.

It's a bit more weird than this (I thought about filing a whishlist 
bug): when you start aptitude as user it uses his preferences, but as 
soon as you switch to root (via the menu items or when prompted) 
aptitude also switches to root's preferences. Kinda' confusing.

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Re: Package search in local repository

[Andrei Popescu]

On Sun,03.May.09, 14:00:34, Malte Forkel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is there a package that provides the functionality of the Debian package
> search, i.e.
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages.en.html#search_packages? I would
> like to search a local mirror of the Debian repository for packages and
> their contents.

apt-file

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[steef]

hi folks,

i am in africa now with a sometimes not optimal internet-connection in 
this region. i cannot properly google: so i put my question hopefully on 
the list:


is it possible with the 'gimp' to scale 160 photographic pictures down 
*in one time*?


thank you ,

regards,

steef



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Re: webgui, gui

[Sharninder]

> Are there any good "GUI"s, webGUIs for managing an "Linux" server? For
> several use, like the mandriva directory server?

I'm not sure if I understand your query correctly or not, but try
looking at webmin, it might be what you're looking for.

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Re: Funny packet dropping...?

[Alex Samad]

On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 05:49:21PM +0930, Miguel Obliviemo wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> On natted lenny connected (or not) directly to a nice new Billion DSL
> router by a nice new cable.  The first pair of ifconfigs connected,
> the second disconnected.
>
> Dropping 125,450,950 packets per second received from connected network.
>
> Dropping 125,484,878 packets per second received from somewhere when
> disconnected from network.
>
> Hundreds of packets per microsecond?  Or am I making a mistake
> somewhere here?
>
> Can someone assure me that everything is okay, or tell me what's
> going on?  Line noise from disconnected line?  Noise from space?
> Invaders from space?  Something?


what does ethtool tell you about eth0, what happens when you plug it
into a different port.

what is the driver running eth0 and uname -r
>
> Thanks...
>
> $ date; /sbin/ifconfig eth0; sleep 1; /sbin/ifconfig eth0; date
> Sun May  3 17:12:10 CST 2009
> eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:23:8b:5f:64:c8
>   inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>   inet6 addr: fe80::223:8bff:fe5f:64c8/64 Scope:Link
>   UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>   RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:11700444214 overruns:0 frame:0
>   TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>   RX bytes:5917 (5.7 KiB)  TX bytes:8789 (8.5 KiB)
>   Interrupt:252 Base address:0xa000
>
> eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:23:8b:5f:64:c8
>   inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>   inet6 addr: fe80::223:8bff:fe5f:64c8/64 Scope:Link
>   UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>   RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:11825895164 overruns:0 frame:0
>   TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>   RX bytes:5917 (5.7 KiB)  TX bytes:8789 (8.5 KiB)
>   Interrupt:252 Base address:0xa000
>
> Sun May  3 17:12:11 CST 2009
> $
>
> 
> $ date; /sbin/ifconfig eth0; sleep 1; /sbin/ifconfig eth0; date
> Sun May  3 17:14:26 CST 2009
> eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:23:8b:5f:64:c8
>   UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>   RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:15804488472 overruns:0 frame:0
>   TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>   RX bytes:5917 (5.7 KiB)  TX bytes:8789 (8.5 KiB)
>   Interrupt:252 Base address:0xa000
>
> eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:23:8b:5f:64:c8
>   UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>   RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:15929973350 overruns:0 frame:0
>   TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>   RX bytes:5917 (5.7 KiB)  TX bytes:8789 (8.5 KiB)
>   Interrupt:252 Base address:0xa000
>
> Sun May  3 17:14:27 CST 2009
> $
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: debian "apt" somehow created python hell - help!

[Josselin Mouette]

Le samedi 02 mai 2009 à 15:06 -0400, Walter Lundby a écrit :
The current apt state is that python apps are failing install
in:
/usr/sbin/update-python-modules

typical error list looks like:

dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit
status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
WARNING: python-gtk2-doc.private does not exist.
 Some bytecompiled files may be left behind.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 437, in 
public_packages[package].install(need_postinstall)
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 232, in
__getitem__
self[name] = SharedFileList (path)
  File "/usr/sbin/update-python-modules", line 146, in __init__
for line in file(path):
IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory

No, this is a problem with either python-gtk2-doc or your system, not
with python-support.

Please show the result of the following commands: 
ls -ld /usr/share/python-support/python-gtk2*
dpkg -l python-gtk2-doc python-support

(Please keep me in the Cc, I’m not subscribed to debian-user).

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Re: Gnome problem under squeeze/amd64

[Steven Demetrius]

Thank you.
**

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm having this problem:
> 
> I recently installed squeeze amd64 in my laptop and after that I recived
> the gdm login screen.  I tried to login with my normal user account
> (juan) and after I do so,  I receive a blank screen.  I'm able to use
> cntl + alt + f1 - f6 terminals, I can login and execute any console
> command.  But if I back again to the graphical desktop and kill the x
> server with cntl + alt + backspace, I receive the login prompt again but
> if I proceed, now I'm still having the black screen not even the
> graphical desktop but in the character terminals cntl + alt+ f1 -f6
> also.  These consoles are operative because if I execute commands like
> reboot or halt for example, they are executed;  the problem is that I
> can't see anything.
> 
> Making some tests I detected that if I discard gnome use and login into
> a twm session everythings works without problem.  The same is true if I
> login into gnome _AS USER ROOT_, I mean I can work without troubles as
> root under gnome (dangerous I know, it's only a test) so I think it's
> not a xorg configuration problem.
> 
> Please if anyone has any idea of what's happening.  help me
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Juan
> 
> Pls excuse my bad english
> 
> 

First backup your data (/etc, /home, etc,.)!

You can do some more tests.

Create a new regular user and see if you have the same problem. If not
then we can conclude that the issue is with the "jaun" user settings.

If you don't have any data you need to keep under the "jaun" home
directory (/home/jaun) or you have already backed it up, then one easy
solution is to delete the user "jaun" along with its home directory
(deluser --remove-home). Note this will delete the /home/jaun directory
and *all* its files and sub-directories. Then re-create the user "jaun".
This needs to be done with the root user account.

Note: When you re-create the user "jaun" it may not get the same UID as
the original user "jaun". This will affect any file that "jaun" owns
that is outside of the /home/jaun directory or groups "jaun" belongs to.
In this case as the root user you can change the ownership of the files
back to "jaun" and add "jaun" to the relevant groups as needed.

You can also recreate the user "jaun" with the same UID. For example if
the original "jaun" UID was 1000 do the following.
 #adduser --uid 1000 jaun

To see the current UID of the "jaun" user:
 $cat /etc/passwd | grep jaun

You will see something similar to this:
 jaun:x:1000:1000:jaun,,,:/home/jaun:/bin/bash

The first number is the UID and the second one is the GID. Normally when
Debian creates a user it make the UID and the GID the same unless the
root user has done something to change this.

The "#" is the root user prompt and the "$" is the regular user prompt.

You can also try renaming /home/jaun/.gnome or (/home/jaun/gnome2) to
something like /home/jaun.gnome.old. Login to a tty terminal as user
jaun to do this and make sure jaun is *not* logged into gnome.
Then log into gnome as jaun. This should recreate the
/home/jaun/.gnome(2) directory with default setting.

If the new regular user created above has the same problem then there
maybe issues with the gnome global configuration. In which case it maybe
easier to re-install gnome. You may have to purge gnome first. Remember,
any custom settings you have made to gnome will be lost.


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Re: A way to automatically share latest Debian CD/DVD images via torrent

[Harry Rickards]

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Nicolas BERCHER wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking for a way to automatically share the latest Debian CD/DVD
> images via torrent.
> Before thinking about how to implement it myself, I'd like to know if
> anyone has developped something like this yet.
> 
> In France where I live, a new stupid law (HADOPI) about the control of
> file transfers over Internet is about to be validated.
> There are two goals behind my question:
>(1) share Debian ISOs (easy for me because my computer is a 24/7 server)
>(2) share my upload bandwidth with Debian users & hope to get a huge
> traffic (relative to my ADSL connexion as well !).
> I want to show that "yes, we can" exchange a lot and do this in a pure
> legal way.
> 
> Thanks in advance for suggestions.
> Nicolas.
> 
> 
I'm in the UK, but I have a server in Atlanta, GA, USA with approx.
270GB of bandwidth per month. I'm not sure what the upload speed is, but
the download speed (when downloading from Cachefly) is about 11.15M/s.
That's with wget, and it doesn't say whether it's MB (Megabytes/sec) or
Mb (Megabits/sec). As I say, I'd been interested in doing it, but may
have to limit it to using only 200GB of my bandwidth per month or something.

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Harry Rickards (a.k.a l33tmyst)

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