Re: epson perfection 4180 scanner
On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 07:06:31AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sun November 25 2007, Chris G wrote: > > Sane *always* does this to me too! sane-find-scanner finds a scanner > > but nothing actually sees it. I just got my Epson V700 working, what > > I had to to was add the following line to /etc/sane.d/epson.conf:- > > > > usb 0x04b8 0x012c > > > > ... and comment everything else out. > > > > Obviously you need to put the values for your scanner there, that's > > "usb 0x04b8 0x0118". > > my file has these 3 lines uncommented: > # accurate, it's device ID) is known to the backend. > usb > usb 0x4b8 0x110 > usb /dev/usb/scanner0 > When I got my V700 working I removed the 'usb' line and the "usb /dev/usb/scanner0" line. I'd guess you also need to change the "usb 0x4b8 0x110" to "usb 0x04b8 0x012c" to match what sane-find-scanner returned. -- Chris Green -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The excessive amounts of spam I am getting
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 11:59:53PM -0600, Sidarth Dasari wrote: > Is anybody else getting tons of spam emails from this mailing list? > None at all where I am, my host's spam filtering must be working! :-) -- Chris Green -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Could you recommend file manager that are not based on KDE and GNOME?
On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 03:10:06AM -0800, Serena Cantor wrote: > I have used Linux for 8 years. > I have not found any suitable file manager(FM). > I use twm. I don't use KDE or GNOME. so don't recommend any FM based on KDE > or GNOME > I still use command line. I will prefer GUI FM so my life can be a little > easier. > I use sarge and etch. > You sound like me to an extent. I run lots of command line under fvwm2. However I do have Gnome libraries installed as there are a number of Gnome applications that I use, thus if I need a file manager I use Nautilus. -- Chris Green -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: epson perfection 4180 scanner
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 02:43:27PM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > I used to have this scanner setup in SUSE, but it doesn't seem to work in > Debian. > # sane-find-scanner > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8 [EPSON], product=0x0118 [EPSON Scanner]) at > libusb:007:006 > # scanimage -L > > No scanners were identified. > -- > I have xsane and sane installed. Running Debian lenny > Sane *always* does this to me too! sane-find-scanner finds a scanner but nothing actually sees it. I just got my Epson V700 working, what I had to to was add the following line to /etc/sane.d/epson.conf:- usb 0x04b8 0x012c ... and comment everything else out. Obviously you need to put the values for your scanner there, that's "usb 0x04b8 0x0118". -- Chris Green -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wiki to pdf converter
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 11:24:26AM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:49:10 +0100 > Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I don't know of any for your specific markup, but you might want to take > > a look at reStructured Text, which is very similar and can be converted > > to a lot of different formats. > > > > I took a look at it and it might be the thing that I am looking for. Thanks > for the tip. So I guess this is all a part of the docutils package right? > Yes, install docutils and you get the various RST converters. -- Chris Green -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: to sata or not to sata (etch dvd install)
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 02:52:52PM +0100, baldyeti wrote: > Hello, > > I haven't built a computer in over 3 years. > I seem to remember people mentioning difficulties > installing etch (or was it sarge?) from a sata dvdrom. > Is there a reason to stick to IDE(PATA) for the > cd/dvd unit or can i safely go for an all sata > (HD&DVD) setup? > I had the *opposite* problem. The motherboard was nearly all SATA with a 'legacy' JMicron PATA interface. The Linux kernels available at the time (September last year) didn't support the JMicron PATA interface so although I could boot from a CD the installers couldn't read the CD. I overcame the problem by buying a SATA CD drive. -- Chris Green -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: configuring ADSL via a gui
On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 11:36:27AM -0500, H.S. wrote: > > Hello, > > Since I started using Debian, I have always used pppoeconf command to > set up my ADSL connection. Now I am a situation trying to convince a few > others that Linux based OS is very easy to use. So, is how do I go about > configuring an ADSL connection via gui? Does network-manager support it? > And can it be done on both Testing and Unstable? > Surely nearly all routers (and who uses anything except a router nowadays?) have web configuration so they don't care what OS you're using. Just pointer your browser at the router and set it up! :-) -- Chris Green -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT?] Replying to posts in debian-user
On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 12:18:46PM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > > Also why do you say you'd have to use IMAP with mutt to get what you > > want? Unless you need to be able to read (using mutt) your mail from > > several different systems I don't see how it would help you. > > I do want to access mail from different locations. I guess I could keep > mail locally and ssh to that machine, but I would rather have it on a > separate server. > That's what I do (ssh to my hosting provider where I have shell access) and read my mail locally there using mutt. -- Chris Green -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT?] Replying to posts in debian-user
On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 10:48:29AM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Nov 18, 2007 9:12 AM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 03:34:27PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > > > > > There is one tip I have for you: use a mailer that has better support > > > for mailing lists than your current one, e.g. KMail. Mutt and Gnus > > > are even better, but they are difficult to set up. > > > > I'm wondering what is difficult about setting up mutt. > > > > In /etc/Muttrc, the only change I made, other than to ignore some > > headers, was > > > > set record="" > > > > so that I don't have a default sent folder. > > > > and in ~/.muttrc, other than aliases for family, friends, and mailing > > lists, I just have the subscribe lists for mailing lists, eg: > > > > alias debian-user debian-user@lists.debian.org > > subscribe debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > > > > Thats it. I send mail and it goes to exim4 that sends it to my ISP as a > > smarthost, and away it goes from there. > > > > Sure, you can get fancy and have mutt or other things sort and slice, > > dice, and cook the mail. I've never had the need. > > Lucky you. I have looked into using mutt, as I tend to be a CLI > junkie, but I found that would need to do a lot of customization > before I would enjoy using it. I would need to do much of the > customization all at once, before I started using it, and to really > make it worthwhile I also need to use it with imap, which means > my own mail server. Google now does imap, but I want my own > mail server for other reasons. > > In my opinion, Mutt is quite a bit harder to start using than vim. > I have a longish vimrc, but the defaults worked well enough at > first, so all I had to do was memorize key bindings. > mutt works fairly sensibly "out of the box" in my experience. Also why do you say you'd have to use IMAP with mutt to get what you want? Unless you need to be able to read (using mutt) your mail from several different systems I don't see how it would help you. -- Chris Green -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 256 color
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 03:54:18PM +0100, Emmanuel Revah wrote: > # We need to know what desktop/display manager [s]he's using don't we? > > not really, imho. > > we need to see /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > also, to try different settings one can use xrandr > OK, yes, I had my sort of Windows/doItFromTheGui hat on! :-) -- Chris Green -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 256 color
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 07:54:56AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Could you please send me the information on how to change my 16 bit >color to 256 color. I have tried through my display settings but when >I restart my computer it goes right back to 16 bits. > I think you have your numbers a bit confused! :-) "16 bit" colour is 65536 colours, so it's *more* colours than "256 colour". 8-bit colour is 256 colours. I think the most colour bits you can have is 24-bit which is 16777216, 16 million or so colours. I don't think any PC display go to 256-bit colour yet. So what do you want exactly, better than 16-bit (which is probably 24-bit or trucolor) or less than 16 bit, which is 8-bit? -- Chris Green -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 256 color
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 02:37:51PM +0100, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: > Chris G wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 07:54:56AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>>Could you please send me the information on how to change my 16 bit >>>color to 256 color. I have tried through my display settings but when >>>I restart my computer it goes right back to 16 bits. >>> >>> >> I think you have your numbers a bit confused! :-) >> >> "16 bit" colour is 65536 colours, so it's *more* colours than "256 >> colour". 8-bit colour is 256 colours. >> >> I think the most colour bits you can have is 24-bit which is 16777216, >> 16 million or so colours. I don't think any PC display go to 256-bit >> colour yet. >> >> So what do you want exactly, better than 16-bit (which is probably >> 24-bit or trucolor) or less than 16 bit, which is 8-bit? >> >> > I didn't think the OP was confused so much as confusing. It is not normal > to mix number of bits and number of colours as he did, but his question is > clear (once you read it a second time): "How does one switch from 16-bit to > 8-bit colours, and have the new setting stick?" > You may be right but I'm not entirely sure. > I'm only sorry I couldn't help by answering the question, but perhaps now > you can ;). > We need to know what desktop/display manager [s]he's using don't we? -- Chris Green -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
