Sticky nautilus windows
Has anyone else experienced problems with nautilus windows becoming "stuck" - i.e. they cannot be moved using the mouse on the title bar? They move fine using the default Gnome keyboard shortcut Alt-F7. In this state the right click menu on the title bar does not show either. I am suspecting this has something to do with remote network connections using via SSH and gvfs. When this happens the only fix is to close the nautilus window and open a new one. -- Stephen Chadfield
Re: undesirable icon on desktop
Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I have recently update my etch box:
> two new icon appear now on my desktop:
> they both correspond to `unusual' partitions,
> and they named according to the partition label:
> why the other partitions ('/tmp','/usr',/'var',...)
> do not show up ? and why these one do show up ?
This is apparently regarded as a "fix" to broken behaviour:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=415893
Personally I think it looks crap.
If you are lucky enough to be root on your system then there is a
workaround stated in the above link.
If not you will have to be content with disabling the display of volumes
on your desktop. This won't prevent their appearance in the Nautilus
side-panel, however.
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Re: missing the last letter in my posts
Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > My name is Tyler Smith, as noted in my signature. I was wondering why > people were often referring to me as Tyler Smit, or previously as > Tyle. Then I realised that my signature was getting truncated by one > letter. I'm using slrn, with my messages edited in emacs. Anyone know > what's happening? > > I just checked and it seems that all of my latest messages to > debian.user are missing the last letter, but messages sent to > gmane.comp.lang.r.general are not, despite using the same config files > for slrn for both. There was a thread about this in news.software.readers in October 2004. Newsgroups: news.software.readers From: Lars Stokholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: slrn 0.9.8.1 is out Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:16:54 +0200 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thomas Schultz wrote: > That's the point. slrn was assuming that each line in the file is > terminated by a newline and I tested it only with editors that put a > newline at the end of the file. > > So, either put a newline at the end of your files or use the patch at > <http://slrn.sourceforge.net/patches/slrn-0.9.8.1-lastchar.diff> -- Stephen Chadfield -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: VMware Workstation Module Compilation (etch)
Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: ISO-8859-1, 33 lines --] > > On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 11:43 +, Stephen Chadfield wrote: >> Kenneth Jacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Thanks for the letters from Liam and Greg! >> > >> > greg> http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any-any-update108.tar.gz >> > >> > Could you (or someone) please explain the step-by-step sequence to >> > apply the above patch to install VMware-workstation-5.5.1-19175 on >> > Debian/etch? >> >> Download the latest version of VMWare - IIRC you will not need the >> update you mention above. > > It depends on many things, seems that VMware Workstation is still at > version 5.5.1 for the download and purchase... or perhaps are you > talking about the VMware 6 Beta? The most recent version of VMWare workstation I obtained from their website was 5.5.3 > I don't believe I'll get to buy the new version until I get a round of > new machines for myself. As long as 5.5.1 works, I'll be fine. I would guess 5.5.1->5.5.3 is free for registered users. Version 5.5.1 might be fine but 5.5.3 installs on Etch without messing with patches. > Oh, BTW, why not go and put the latest Windows on your machine... then > you won't have to go through all that missing drivers updates hassle. Upgrading to a new point release of an application is hardly equivalent to switching from XP to Vista, is it? -- Stephen Chadfield -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dosemu
Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Is there anyone on this list who uses dosemu? I had it working on Sarge >>ever since Sarge came out, but I am having trouble getting it to work on >>Etch. > > If your PC is fast enough, why not use dosbox instead. > > It uses cpu-emulation instead of vm86 mode, so it's a bit slower, > but it's a lot easier to get going (dos is built in, and it can > access the linux file system). Dosbox is great. I have been using it to play Microprose F1GP2 - vroom! -- Stephen Chadfield -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: VMware Workstation Module Compilation (etch)
Kenneth Jacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the letters from Liam and Greg! > > greg> http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any-any-update108.tar.gz > > Could you (or someone) please explain the step-by-step sequence to > apply the above patch to install VMware-workstation-5.5.1-19175 on > Debian/etch? Download the latest version of VMWare - IIRC you will not need the update you mention above. -- Stephen Chadfield -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Very disturbing feature in icedove
Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Never struck it when dealing with mail. Before I came to Linux I had use > Pegasus, Eudora, Groupwise something or other. When I started using > Linux at Polytech, it was Pine. I don't remember having to compact > anything to *actually* delete mail. In Pine you must "expunge" to actually delete mail - otherwise mail is simply flagged as being deleted, -- Stephen Chadfield -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
