Re: Thanks to all -- Re: Does Debian have a "nag" tool?
On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 08:46:18AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > "remind" is the appropriate tool. > It does NOT rely on anything other than computer being turned on. > With appropriate script it can "nag" me ;} > q.v. > https://manpages.debian.org/buster/remind/remind.1.en.html > https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/ FWIW, I run remind as a personal cron job every day, and have it email me the results of today's reminders. Incredibly useful. I also wrote a web front end for it which looks a lot nicer than tkremind. It can't update the reminders, but it does show them in a nice calendar format on a web page. Paul -- Paul M. Foster http://noferblatz.com http://quillandmouse.com
Thanks to all -- Re: Does Debian have a "nag" tool?
"remind" is the appropriate tool.
It does NOT rely on anything other than computer being turned on.
With appropriate script it can "nag" me ;}
q.v.
https://manpages.debian.org/buster/remind/remind.1.en.html
https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/
On 08/15/2020 06:30 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
Just missed girlfriend's birthday by 6 weeks :{
[just sent a 'mea culpa' email.]
Is there a better tool than "cron"?
Just looked at its manpage.
I'm looking for something slightly different.
Independent of when I turn on or first do something after midnight on a
specific date I want a reminder to be displayed unless I have taken a
specific action.
As:
1. I've known her for > 30 years.
2. I'm a _senior_ citizen.
3. She is a decade younger.
I am about to receive just retribution.
[She'll claim I'm forgiven due to senility.]
Wish to prevent such a response next year ;/
TIA
Re: Thanks for all your suggestions regarding Xfce!
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Re: Thanks to All
On 01 May 2013, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 06:14:00PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:36 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com wrote: Hello Hugo, mine neither Are you saying that you don't take into consideration a company's or developer's morality (insofar as it's possible to know their moral stance) when choosing a product/app/whatever? I think the point is that it has nothing to do with age. Probably not. As I shall be 80 this month, I thought it was time to start experimenting with FreeBSD. Clearly a technical challenge; as for morality, I think FreeBSD, like Debian, scores pretty well for that. AC`kkk -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130501072704.gc6...@acampbell.org.uk
Re: Thanks to All
On 5/1/2013 3:27, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 01 May 2013, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 06:14:00PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:36 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com wrote: Hello Hugo, mine neither Are you saying that you don't take into consideration a company's or developer's morality (insofar as it's possible to know their moral stance) when choosing a product/app/whatever? I think the point is that it has nothing to do with age. Probably not. As I shall be 80 this month, I thought it was time to start experimenting with FreeBSD. Clearly a technical challenge; as for morality, I think FreeBSD, like Debian, scores pretty well for that. AC`kkk If you need any help, feel free to subscribe to freebsd-questions[0]. [0] - http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions -- staticsafe O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please don't top post - http://goo.gl/YrmAb Don't CC me! I'm subscribed to whatever list I just posted on. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51811622.1050...@staticsafe.ca
Re: Thanks to All
On Wed, 1 May 2013 09:40:28 +1200 Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: Hello Chris, I think the point is that it has nothing to do with age. Ah, I see. Obviously, I'm not as wise as I am old. :-) -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent A friend of a friend he got beaten I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks to All
On 01 May 2013, staticsafe wrote: On 5/1/2013 3:27, Anthony Campbell wrote: If you need any help, feel free to subscribe to freebsd-questions[0]. [0] - http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions Yes, thanks - already done that. I'm enjoying my exploration of FreeBSD. AC - Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk http://www.acupuncturecourse.org.uk http://www.smashwords.com/profile.view/acampbell https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/anthony-campbell/id73235412 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130501201510.ga10...@acampbell.org.uk
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:36:53 +0200 Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: Hello Siard, AFAIK, in general, the older one gets, the less important technical aspects become w.r.t. the choices one makes, and the more important the extent gets to which one can identify himself with the makers/ manufacturers/developers. Whilst I agree that the manufacturer's/developer's (etc.) philosophy starts to get more important as one gets older (I'm 52 myself), if the technical aspects don't fit my requirements the project would still be a non starter. For me. Like I said; Each to their own. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent You don't entertain ideas you simply bore them I Don't Like You - Stiff Little Fingers signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:47:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Patrick, I installed Claws-Mail and only the Fancy plugin. It works, sort of: Format HTML correctly, but doesn't show images. Config problem? Don't know. Yet. Yes. Even if the Load images option is set to yes, there are times when they still won't get displayed unless you also set enable remote content. If you don't want to do that on a permanent basis (via the Fancy plugin configuration menu item), it can be done on a per mail basis by clicking on the tools icon at the bottom of the display area and selecting enable remote content there. Sylpheed only has one plugin. And it wasn't what I needed. CM plugin don't show up in Sylpheed, but I haven't really tried finding out why or even if they are compatible. Since the divergence (some years ago now), I have no idea whether the plugin i/f's are compatible. Gotta finish reading the f'ing manuals first. ;-) Manuals? We don't need no stinkin' manuals! :-) -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent Kill joy, bad guy, big talking, small fry Death On Two Legs - Queen signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks to All
John Hasler writes: Siard writes: AFAIK, in general, the older one gets, the less important technical aspects become w.r.t. the choices one makes, and the more important the extent gets to which one can identify himself with the makers/ manufacturers/developers. That has not been my experience. Some people mature very slowly... :-)) Perhaps it's yet to come ;-) I used SuSE for a long time. But when its owner, Novell, went to collaborate with a company that is not known for its noble intentions, I could not live with that and switched to Debian. That is a clear example of a non-technical criterion. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130430151937.30f82ce1fd227210ad716...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All
John Hasler wrote: Siard writes: AFAIK, in general, the older one gets, the less important technical aspects become w.r.t. the choices one makes, and the more important the extent gets to which one can identify himself with the makers/ manufacturers/developers. That has not been my experience. mine neither hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/klojti$i74$1...@ger.gmane.org
Re: Thanks to All
On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:36 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com wrote: Hello Hugo, mine neither Are you saying that you don't take into consideration a company's or developer's morality (insofar as it's possible to know their moral stance) when choosing a product/app/whatever? -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent It's cool to know nothin' Never Miss A Beat - Kaiser Chiefs signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks to All
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 06:14:00PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:19:36 -0500 Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com wrote: Hello Hugo, mine neither Are you saying that you don't take into consideration a company's or developer's morality (insofar as it's possible to know their moral stance) when choosing a product/app/whatever? I think the point is that it has nothing to do with age. -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130430214028.GA20075@tal
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
Patrick Bartek wrote: google-chrome '%s' works. Don't forget the hyphen. I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Instead of google-chrome, you could try midori, and close it after viewing. It's a fast, light-weight browser that I find well suited for this purpose. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429123248.c3ade8a54d773c47100dd...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
Lisi Reisz: Siard: Check whether you can open chrome + url from the command line like this: $ chrome www.google.com If this works, then chrome '%s' should work with the 'Open' menu option mentioned above. I type google-chrome (without the and ) in the launcher to get Crome opened. Yes, as you can see, I don't have Chrome installed myself... ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429122334.67388cbb44e408384818a...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 06:41:31PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:36:06 +0200, Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: [cut] google-chrome '%s' works. Don't forget the hyphen. I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. You might try switching to Claws-Mail, then. It's a fork of Sylpheed which offers extra features, one of which is the Fancy plugin. Enable that and you can view HTML messages directly in the viewer pane. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:45:46 +0100 Darac Marjal mailingl...@darac.org.uk wrote: On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 06:41:31PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:36:06 +0200, Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: [cut] google-chrome '%s' works. Don't forget the hyphen. I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. You might try switching to Claws-Mail, then. It's a fork of Sylpheed which offers extra features, one of which is the Fancy plugin. Enable that and you can view HTML messages directly in the viewer pane. Sylpheed accepts plugins, too. To what extent I don't know. Haven't gotten that far in the manual. Since Claws is a fork, maybe, they are similar. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429070701.0b012888afcdcb982f738...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:41:50 -0400 Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: On 04/28/2013 09:41 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip] I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. That's one of the main reasons I switched from Sylpheed to Thunderbird. It's handling of html is built-in. A second reason was I found Sylpheed's IMAP-handling a little flakey. YMMV. Flakey in what way? So far, I haven't noted anything unusual with Sylpheed. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429071009.dd2e5b55fae8ef0ba5c2f...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:07:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Patrick, Sylpheed accepts plugins, too. To what extent I don't know. Haven't gotten that far in the manual. Since Claws is a fork, maybe, they are similar. Look 'n' feel is similar, but one of the reasons for the split was the ever increasing difficulty of merging Claws code into a new release of the Sylpheed original. It shouldn't be difficult to migrate. From what I see at their respective web sites, CM has more plugins available for it that Sylpheed has. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent The public wants what the public gets Going Underground - The Jam signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On 04/29/2013 10:10 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:41:50 -0400 Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: On 04/28/2013 09:41 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip] I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. That's one of the main reasons I switched from Sylpheed to Thunderbird. It's handling of html is built-in. A second reason was I found Sylpheed's IMAP-handling a little flakey. YMMV. Flakey in what way? So far, I haven't noted anything unusual with Sylpheed. As I recall (it's been a year or two since I switched) Sylpheed was timing out on one or two IMAP connections...waiting for the 60 sec timeout, then rebuilding the IMAP connection, at which point everything would be fine...until the next time when it would timeout again..etc etc. I spent a lot of time configuring and reconfiguring, Googline the problem etc. Thundebird never seems to have the problem. As far as plugins, CLAWS is the definite winner. Sylpheed has very few (if any). -- Cheers Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/517e8ce0.40...@videotron.ca
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
Brad Rogers: Patrick Bartek: Sylpheed accepts plugins, too. To what extent I don't know. Haven't gotten that far in the manual. Since Claws is a fork, maybe, they are similar. Look 'n' feel is similar, but one of the reasons for the split was the ever increasing difficulty of merging Claws code into a new release of the Sylpheed original. It shouldn't be difficult to migrate. From what I see at their respective web sites, CM has more plugins available for it that Sylpheed has. Using Sylpheed, I once tried Claws. For messages marked with a color in Sylpheed, the colors got lost. It had a couple of extra bells and whistles I didn't need and that I found just irritating. But that horrible logo just about put the lid on it. It was a picture of a bird's claw. Then I realized: I'm not of their kind. Back to Sylpheed! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429194117.edb367d847343c4ac6978...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:41:17 +0200 Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: Hello Siard, Using Sylpheed, I once tried Claws. For messages marked with a color in Sylpheed, the colors got lost. It had a couple of extra bells and IDK why that happened. I never used colouring in Sylpheed, so can't even hazard guess for the reason. whistles I didn't need and that I found just irritating. But that horrible logo just about put the lid on it. It was a picture of a bird's claw. Then I realized: I'm not of their kind. Back to Sylpheed! Each to their own, of course. I don't care about logos, etc. If the program does what I want, then it's fine by me. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)radnever immediately apparent When I say ugly, I don't mean rough looking, I mean hideous Ugly - The Stranglers signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
Brad Rogers: Siard: But that horrible logo just about put the lid on it. It was a picture of a bird's claw. Then I realized: I'm not of their kind. Back to Sylpheed! Each to their own, of course. I don't care about logos, etc. If the program does what I want, then it's fine by me. AFAIK, in general, the older one gets, the less important technical aspects become w.r.t. the choices one makes, and the more important the extent gets to which one can identify himself with the makers/ manufacturers/developers. - Siard (male, 62) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429233653.36345a56541a285bcee03...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All
Siard writes: AFAIK, in general, the older one gets, the less important technical aspects become w.r.t. the choices one makes, and the more important the extent gets to which one can identify himself with the makers/ manufacturers/developers. That has not been my experience. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87zjwhrr8k@thumper.dhh.gt.org
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:21:54 +0100 Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:07:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Patrick, Sylpheed accepts plugins, too. To what extent I don't know. Haven't gotten that far in the manual. Since Claws is a fork, maybe, they are similar. Look 'n' feel is similar, but one of the reasons for the split was the ever increasing difficulty of merging Claws code into a new release of the Sylpheed original. It shouldn't be difficult to migrate. I installed Claws-Mail and only the Fancy plugin. It works, sort of: Format HTML correctly, but doesn't show images. Config problem? Don't know. Yet. From what I see at their respective web sites, CM has more plugins available for it that Sylpheed has. Sylpheed only has one plugin. And it wasn't what I needed. CM plugin don't show up in Sylpheed, but I haven't really tried finding out why or even if they are compatible. Gotta finish reading the f'ing manuals first. ;-) B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429164701.f1ce621cba935189ce848...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:08:16 -0400 Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: On 04/29/2013 10:10 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:41:50 -0400 Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: On 04/28/2013 09:41 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip] I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. That's one of the main reasons I switched from Sylpheed to Thunderbird. It's handling of html is built-in. A second reason was I found Sylpheed's IMAP-handling a little flakey. YMMV. Flakey in what way? So far, I haven't noted anything unusual with Sylpheed. As I recall (it's been a year or two since I switched) Sylpheed was timing out on one or two IMAP connections...waiting for the 60 sec timeout, then rebuilding the IMAP connection, at which point everything would be fine...until the next time when it would timeout again..etc etc. I spent a lot of time configuring and reconfiguring, Googline the problem etc. Thundebird never seems to have the problem. Haven't noted any time outs here. Maybe, it was bug that's been fixed since last used it or the time out has been turned off by default. Don't know. But I'll keep an eye out. As far as plugins, CLAWS is the definite winner. Sylpheed has very few (if any). Sylpheed only has one, as far as I can find. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429165015.289587ac6093617f3d0b6...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:47:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:21:54 +0100 Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:07:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Patrick, Sylpheed accepts plugins, too. To what extent I don't know. Haven't gotten that far in the manual. Since Claws is a fork, maybe, they are similar. Look 'n' feel is similar, but one of the reasons for the split was the ever increasing difficulty of merging Claws code into a new release of the Sylpheed original. It shouldn't be difficult to migrate. I installed Claws-Mail and only the Fancy plugin. It works, sort of: Format HTML correctly, but doesn't show images. Config problem? Don't know. Yet. I think so. I also use claws mail with the fancy plugin and it displays images fine here. As I recall I spent quite a while in the config till I got happy with everything though.. :) I also use the tray icon plugin so I can minimize claws to the system tray and see when new mail arrives. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429183625.6ba7b...@debian.ok.shawcable.net
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:36:25 -0700,Alan Ianson agian...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:47:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:21:54 +0100 Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:07:01 -0700 Patrick Bartek bartek...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Patrick, Sylpheed accepts plugins, too. To what extent I don't know. Haven't gotten that far in the manual. Since Claws is a fork, maybe, they are similar. Look 'n' feel is similar, but one of the reasons for the split was the ever increasing difficulty of merging Claws code into a new release of the Sylpheed original. It shouldn't be difficult to migrate. I installed Claws-Mail and only the Fancy plugin. It works, sort of: Format HTML correctly, but doesn't show images. Config problem? Don't know. Yet. I think so. I also use claws mail with the fancy plugin and it displays images fine here. As I recall I spent quite a while in the config till I got happy with everything though.. :) It was a config setting. Images were set NOT to show. Changed it. Also, ticks for turning on javascript, java, etc. Not touching those until I read the manual. Don't know exactly how they will work in the reader. I also use the tray icon plugin so I can minimize claws to the system tray and see when new mail arrives. I don't have either Claws or Slypheed set to check for mail automatically. I do it manually 2 or 3 times a day. Prefer it that way. Thanks for the info. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130429192330.2da74...@debian7.boseck208.net
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:06:33 -0400 Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca wrote: On 04/27/2013 07:10 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:48:55 -0400, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:15:09PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip All that's left to do other than some final tweaking is deciding how to handle those HTML e-mails with all their pretty graphics and pictures I get from friends, clients and suppliers who use Windows. ;-) I'm not sure about Sylpheed, but here's how it works on Mutt. If I get an HTML email, I hit 'v' to view attachments. There will be an html attachment which represents the body of the email. If I select it, the email will open in a web browser. I don't know how Sylpheed handles HTML either. I'm still reading the manual. Since it accepts plugins, I'm hoping it will be handle there, automagically. B Sylpheed simply strips all the extraneous codes out and displays HTML as text. As far as I know there are no plugins which would help it to display HTML as they are supposed to be rendered. CLAWS which is a Sylpheed spinoff does have ways to display HTML and is a drop-in replacement for Sylpheed. I tried it recently but found the documentation lacking in clarity. I ended up switching to Thunderbird. Yes, it strips the code, shows the plain text, plus, all the image links. All of it in no particular order. There's got to be a better option. I'll let the list know, if I find one. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130428003706.40b3377a0d2cd98281d00...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
Patrick Bartek: Frank McCormick: Sylpheed simply strips all the extraneous codes out and displays HTML as text. As far as I know there are no plugins which would help it to display HTML as they are supposed to be rendered. CLAWS which is a Sylpheed spinoff does have ways to display HTML and is a drop-in replacement for Sylpheed. I tried it recently but found the documentation lacking in clarity. I ended up switching to Thunderbird. Yes, it strips the code, shows the plain text, plus, all the image links. All of it in no particular order. There's got to be a better option. I'll let the list know, if I find one. Wait a minute. In Sylpheed, html messages can be viewed with an external browser. (Right click Open...) This works so well that there has never been a need for an internal html viewer. The browser you prefer can be set in Configuration Common preferences Details tab External commands. I have 'Web browser' set to opera '%s' . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130428111711.21c98b4f.shiems...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:17:11 +0200 Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: Patrick Bartek: Frank McCormick: Sylpheed simply strips all the extraneous codes out and displays HTML as text. As far as I know there are no plugins which would help it to display HTML as they are supposed to be rendered. CLAWS which is a Sylpheed spinoff does have ways to display HTML and is a drop-in replacement for Sylpheed. I tried it recently but found the documentation lacking in clarity. I ended up switching to Thunderbird. Yes, it strips the code, shows the plain text, plus, all the image links. All of it in no particular order. There's got to be a better option. I'll let the list know, if I find one. Wait a minute. In Sylpheed, html messages can be viewed with an external browser. (Right click Open...) An Open option is not available. And I can't find any such option in any of the menus either. This works so well that there has never been a need for an internal html viewer. The browser you prefer can be set in Configuration Common preferences Details tab External commands. I have 'Web browser' set to opera '%s' . I have mine set to google chrome '%s'. I also tried chrome '%s'. No joy.Of course, I'm configuring as I learn how to use Sylpheed. So, that could be part of the problem. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130428093643.6c527cd4238466d47cbe1...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
Patrick Bartek: Siard: Patrick Bartek: Frank McCormick: Sylpheed simply strips all the extraneous codes out and displays HTML as text. As far as I know there are no plugins which would help it to display HTML as they are supposed to be rendered. CLAWS which is a Sylpheed spinoff does have ways to display HTML and is a drop-in replacement for Sylpheed. I tried it recently but found the documentation lacking in clarity. I ended up switching to Thunderbird. Yes, it strips the code, shows the plain text, plus, all the image links. All of it in no particular order. There's got to be a better option. I'll let the list know, if I find one. Wait a minute. In Sylpheed, html messages can be viewed with an external browser. (Right click Open...) An Open option is not available. And I can't find any such option in any of the menus either. Click the 'attachment list view' button that appears in every message containing html. I'll show it here, it's at the right red arrow: http://home.kpn.nl/shiems/stuff/sylpheed.png Then right-click the html part (left red arrow) to 'Open' or 'Open with...' This works so well that there has never been a need for an internal html viewer. The browser you prefer can be set in Configuration Common preferences Details tab External commands. I have 'Web browser' set to opera '%s' . I have mine set to google chrome '%s'. I also tried chrome '%s'. No joy.Of course, I'm configuring as I learn how to use Sylpheed. So, that could be part of the problem. Check whether you can open chrome + url from the command line like this: $ chrome www.google.com If this works, then chrome '%s' should work with the 'Open' menu option mentioned above. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130428193606.259fc4d94f7f297c2c45b...@kpnplanet.nl
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sunday 28 April 2013 18:36:06 Siard wrote: Check whether you can open chrome + url from the command line like this: $ chrome www.google.com If this works, then chrome '%s' should work with the 'Open' menu option mentioned above. I type google-chrome (without the and ) in the launcher to get Crome opened. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201304282348.20896.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:36:06 +0200, Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: Patrick Bartek: Siard: [snip] Wait a minute. In Sylpheed, html messages can be viewed with an external browser. (Right click Open...) An Open option is not available. And I can't find any such option in any of the menus either. Click the 'attachment list view' button that appears in every message containing html. I'll show it here, it's at the right red arrow: http://home.kpn.nl/shiems/stuff/sylpheed.png Then right-click the html part (left red arrow) to 'Open' or 'Open with...' Okay, found it. [snip] I have mine set to google chrome '%s'. I also tried chrome '%s'. No joy.Of course, I'm configuring as I learn how to use Sylpheed. So, that could be part of the problem. Check whether you can open chrome + url from the command line like this: $ chrome www.google.com If this works, then chrome '%s' should work with the 'Open' menu option mentioned above. google-chrome '%s' works. Don't forget the hyphen. I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130428184131.703b1cadcb35b89edb645...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On 04/28/2013 09:41 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:36:06 +0200, Siard shiems...@kpnplanet.nl wrote: Patrick Bartek: Siard: [snip] Wait a minute. In Sylpheed, html messages can be viewed with an external browser. (Right click Open...) An Open option is not available. And I can't find any such option in any of the menus either. Click the 'attachment list view' button that appears in every message containing html. I'll show it here, it's at the right red arrow: http://home.kpn.nl/shiems/stuff/sylpheed.png Then right-click the html part (left red arrow) to 'Open' or 'Open with...' Okay, found it. [snip] I have mine set to google chrome '%s'. I also tried chrome '%s'. No joy.Of course, I'm configuring as I learn how to use Sylpheed. So, that could be part of the problem. Check whether you can open chrome + url from the command line like this: $ chrome www.google.com If this works, then chrome '%s' should work with the 'Open' menu option mentioned above. google-chrome '%s' works. Don't forget the hyphen. I just wish it could open in Sylpheed's reader window itself, instead of me having to switch to a different workspace where google-chrome is running all the time. Would Thunderbird or similar do that? I've never used it, so I don't know. That's one of the main reasons I switched from Sylpheed to Thunderbird. It's handling of html is built-in. A second reason was I found Sylpheed's IMAP-handling a little flakey. YMMV. -- Cheers Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/517debfe.7000...@videotron.ca
Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
Thanks to all who helped getting my Yahoo Mail account switched over to a standard e-mail client, currently Sylpheed 3.2.0. I've always hated using the web interface. All that's left to do other than some final tweaking is deciding how to handle those HTML e-mails with all their pretty graphics and pictures I get from friends, clients and suppliers who use Windows. ;-) Thanks, again. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130427121509.a5710d1eba056d6d81f1f...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:15:09PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: Thanks to all who helped getting my Yahoo Mail account switched over to a standard e-mail client, currently Sylpheed 3.2.0. I've always hated using the web interface. All that's left to do other than some final tweaking is deciding how to handle those HTML e-mails with all their pretty graphics and pictures I get from friends, clients and suppliers who use Windows. ;-) I'm not sure about Sylpheed, but here's how it works on Mutt. If I get an HTML email, I hit 'v' to view attachments. There will be an html attachment which represents the body of the email. If I select it, the email will open in a web browser. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130427194855.ga21...@aurora.owens.net
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:15:09PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: Thanks to all who helped getting my Yahoo Mail account switched over to a standard e-mail client, currently Sylpheed 3.2.0. I've always hated using the web interface. All that's left to do other than some final tweaking is deciding how to handle those HTML e-mails with all their pretty graphics and pictures I get from friends, clients and suppliers who use Windows. ;-) You'll also want to tweak the line wrap option (I hope) :) http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/en/faq/faq-1.html http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/doc/manual/en/sylpheed-8.html According to research 72 is a good limit for comprehension, whereas some people said they could read faster if the lines were set at about 100 characters but then they didn't comprehend it as well as if it was set at 72 characters. -- If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130427203428.GC22064@tal
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:34:28 +1200, Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:15:09PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip All that's left to do other than some final tweaking is deciding how to handle those HTML e-mails with all their pretty graphics and pictures I get from friends, clients and suppliers who use Windows. ;-) You'll also want to tweak the line wrap option (I hope) :) [snip] According to research 72 is a good limit for comprehension, whereas [snip] Oops! I had line length set at 72, but hadn't enabled word wrap. Silly me. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130427160409.7cce4b9f6ba62d833e08c...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:48:55 -0400, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:15:09PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip All that's left to do other than some final tweaking is deciding how to handle those HTML e-mails with all their pretty graphics and pictures I get from friends, clients and suppliers who use Windows. ;-) I'm not sure about Sylpheed, but here's how it works on Mutt. If I get an HTML email, I hit 'v' to view attachments. There will be an html attachment which represents the body of the email. If I select it, the email will open in a web browser. I don't know how Sylpheed handles HTML either. I'm still reading the manual. Since it accepts plugins, I'm hoping it will be handle there, automagically. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130427161005.2d4519a5e13c04b599865...@yahoo.com
Re: Thanks to All (Was: MUA Yahoo)
On 04/27/2013 07:10 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:48:55 -0400, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net wrote: On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:15:09PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: [snip All that's left to do other than some final tweaking is deciding how to handle those HTML e-mails with all their pretty graphics and pictures I get from friends, clients and suppliers who use Windows. ;-) I'm not sure about Sylpheed, but here's how it works on Mutt. If I get an HTML email, I hit 'v' to view attachments. There will be an html attachment which represents the body of the email. If I select it, the email will open in a web browser. I don't know how Sylpheed handles HTML either. I'm still reading the manual. Since it accepts plugins, I'm hoping it will be handle there, automagically. B Sylpheed simply strips all the extraneous codes out and displays HTML as text. As far as I know there are no plugins which would help it to display HTML as they are supposed to be rendered. CLAWS which is a Sylpheed spinoff does have ways to display HTML and is a drop-in replacement for Sylpheed. I tried it recently but found the documentation lacking in clarity. I ended up switching to Thunderbird. -- Cheers Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/517c6809.60...@videotron.ca
Re: Trunk version of linux-image ISSUE: SOLVED!Thanks to all who responded
-Original Message- From: Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Trunk version of linux-image ISSUE Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:49:27 -0400 (EDT) On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:37:30 -0400 (EDT), JW Foster wrote: Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux 2.6.32-trunk-686 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-trunk-686 run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/extlinux exited with return code 1 Normally, when a script in /etc/kernel/*/scriptname fails, and the script name matches a package name (extlinux in this case), the script was installed by that package. Since you're using grub as your bootloader, and since extlinux was designed for use with the syslinux boot loader, I'm not sure why you have it installed in the first place. That could be your problem. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- John Foster Thanks to all who responded. This situation was resolved by applying the intell, gleaned from the thoughts provided by Stephen others from all of you. Here is what I did. 1. used mc to locate every vestige of the trunk version, and physically deleted all of them. Recall I was able to get the other version to boot up, albeit without it being properly configured correctly. 2. used synaptic to purge syslinux extlinux mkrboot. Both extlinux syslinux were added by mkrboot when I installed it to make some bootable media. 3. reinstalled the upgraded regular linux-image. 4. celebrated the fact that given time this list has solved every issue I've ever had with linux. An opinion: the trunk version is NOT properly packaed with approriate warnings should be removed from the distro, or at least sent to experimental. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1271857349.5563.9.ca...@brutus
Re: rsync problem [thanks to all]
On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Ron Johnson wrote: Two points: 1. Always do it the right way, even though you *assume* you know the wrong way should work, and 2. parsers treat extraneous spaces in all sorts of nasty and unexpected ways. I'm finding that out. I guarantee the lesson will be retained. As I said, I assumed (= got that?) the space was in the Ubuntu script I copied. When I changed the target directory I must have inadvertantly introduced the space. Thanks to all that responded. -- Bob Holtzman AF9D 8760 0CFA F95A 6C77 E125 BF90 580F 8D54 9279 If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Thanks to all the devs and maintainers of Debian
+1 user staunch of Debian. -- Gérard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Thanks to all the devs and maintainers of Debian
Much respect for you cats. Keep up the great work. On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Damon L. Chesser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joey Hess and all the rest, Just wanted to say thanks. You all have been very helpfull and I for one appreciate your work. Sadly, the only one I know for sure is Joey who has in the past helped me out personally on the mailing lists. Debian is rock solid and very usable thanks to you all. Just wanted to say that. Sincerely, -- Damon L. Chesser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser -- Ezra Taylor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Ezra Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Much respect for you cats. Keep up the great work. And another huge thank you from me too. I've no idea what I'd do without my fave distro. Jaime :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Thanks to all the devs and maintainers of Debian
Wholehearted agreement here. Hmm, maybe we should copy in an Ubuntu mailing list (ditto all other Debian-derived distros) so more folks can join in the love-in? :) Sincere thanks for all that you (the developers and maintainers) have done, and to Damon Chesser for starting such a feel-good thread. Sam
Re: Thanks to all the devs and maintainers of Debian
On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 01:01 +0100, Sam Kuper wrote: Wholehearted agreement here. Hmm, maybe we should copy in an Ubuntu mailing list (ditto all other Debian-derived distros) so more folks can join in the love-in? :) I think that would only be appropriate if Ubuntu were congruent to the debian-desktop project instead of being gratuitously different, in particularly when it comes to package naming and compatibility. Until then, they're reinventing the wheel, and it's not entirely round. -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Thanks to all the devs and maintainers of Debian
Debian is rock solid and very usable thanks to you all. Just wanted to say that. +1 Cant imagine myself using anything but Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Thanks to all the devs and maintainers of Debian
yes, cannot thank debian too much :) I hope debian will always be free, stable and powerful :) On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:58 AM, H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Damon L. Chesser wrote: Joey Hess and all the rest, Just wanted to say thanks. You all have been very helpfull and I for one appreciate your work. Sadly, the only one I know for sure is Joey who has in the past helped me out personally on the mailing lists. Debian is rock solid and very usable thanks to you all. Just wanted to say that. Second that. Super team. Hugo I agree wholeheartedly. Also, the Debian policy of making it clear which packages are open source and which are non-free helps me trust Debian more than any other distribution. Many times I have checked if a package was included in Debian to make my first impressions ... if it is not in Debian then it requires more thorough care before installing it. Great work!! -HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- - Buddha Debian GNU/Linux MSN/aMSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
Thanks to all the devs and maintainers of Debian
Joey Hess and all the rest, Just wanted to say thanks. You all have been very helpfull and I for one appreciate your work. Sadly, the only one I know for sure is Joey who has in the past helped me out personally on the mailing lists. Debian is rock solid and very usable thanks to you all. Just wanted to say that. Sincerely, -- Damon L. Chesser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: Thanks to all the devs and maintainers of Debian
Damon L. Chesser wrote: Joey Hess and all the rest, Just wanted to say thanks. You all have been very helpfull and I for one appreciate your work. Sadly, the only one I know for sure is Joey who has in the past helped me out personally on the mailing lists. Debian is rock solid and very usable thanks to you all. Just wanted to say that. Second that. Super team. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Damon L. Chesser wrote: Joey Hess and all the rest, Just wanted to say thanks. You all have been very helpfull and I for one appreciate your work. Sadly, the only one I know for sure is Joey who has in the past helped me out personally on the mailing lists. Debian is rock solid and very usable thanks to you all. Just wanted to say that. Second that. Super team. Hugo I agree wholeheartedly. Also, the Debian policy of making it clear which packages are open source and which are non-free helps me trust Debian more than any other distribution. Many times I have checked if a package was included in Debian to make my first impressions ... if it is not in Debian then it requires more thorough care before installing it. Great work!! -HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks to all the helpers here!
I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone here at debian-user@lists.debian.org for taking the time to help others with their questions and problems about Debian GNU/Linux, etc. It must really seem like a chore at times, especially when the questions are very difficult, or very easy, or you've answered them many times before. But you answer it (again), or try to point to an answer somewhere else. A little help can mean so much, and your efforts really are appreciated. I have used many different operating systems over the years (and I have racks full of install CDs to prove it!), but I always come back to Debian. There are many reasons, but maybe the best is the Debian user community. Here, I can usually get a question answered, a problem fixed (or at least a work-around), sound advice, and thoughtful opinions. So even though it means wading through tons of postings daily just to keep up (including the occasional online food fights!), it's worth it. Debian is great, and you guys (and gals) make it all happen. Give yourselves a pat on the back. You really deserve it. Thank you very much! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks to all who helped : Problem solved was: URGENT!Need Help!
Hi, Thank you to all of you who helped, I've finally switch to another kernel, and been able to boot normally (my distro is Debian PPC apus) It doesn't use lilo it uses a bootstrap and a kernel-image, switching kernels is just booting with another kernel image. I've still have problems with XFree86-4.1 recognizing my card, I'm not sure how to use fbdev as the device, and not my card chip's driver a Virge/DX 's3virge' didn't work. So I still don't have X, this weird because I had it working when I used potato and now it doesn't find my card. Anyway thank you again for your tips. Regards, Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Thank you everybody for all the help I have recieved from this list. For many reasons ( none of them ideological ) I had to switch all my work and home systems to Slackware 8.0. Since that leaves me without any Debian based systems I am going to unsubscribe from this and other Debian lists. Again, thank you all for the support. Debian community is the best one compared to other linux user groups. Any not Debian-specific questions are welcome at the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dmitriy K. ( aka Jeld The Dark Elf )
RE: Partitioning Advice - Thanks to all
Thanks to all who responded. Looks like I'll be repeatedly installing so your advice will not go to waste. John Purser -Original Message- From: Craig Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 16:02 To: 'Debian users list' Subject: Re: Partitioning Advice Cliff Sarginson wrote: /tmp1 Gig Too big 250MB Don't some programs use /tmp to store in-progress downloads, and thus would have problems if /tmp weren't big enough? Say, for example, I was downloading a 600MB ISO image. Wouldn't /tmp have to be at least that big for the download to succeed? I remember having problems with this on a Red Hat 6.2 system where /tmp was only 100 MB. I suppose one could avoid this by setting TMPDIR or whatever environment variable where the downloader expects to find a temporary pathname. Craig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks to all
Well, thanks so much to all who have helped me out. I have a running 2.2r2 system now. No X yet, but I don't feel like getting into it at this hour. Besides, need to get windowmaker. apt-get is great how it will also download dependencies. dpkg doesn't do that, does it? Really does save time, just being able to type 'apt-get install less' and poof, it's there. :) -Ken -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]AIM: ScopusFest
Thanks to all
Hi! I'd just like to say thanks to all who sent me help on modules, new/mail, emacs etc. (sorry this took so long, I only have time to deal with Linux on weekends). You're a nice bunch of people. In the future, I'll try to be more careful and not raise flame and holy wars on personal things like emacs. Kofa Homepage at http://www.math.bme.hu/~kofa - For PGP public key: send mail with the subject PGP Public Key Request or finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for all the advice.
Just wanted to send a general thanks to the group for the advice on shutting down my computer and buying a debian specific book. My book is on the way. I'm ready to join the big leagues. (Or at least triple A) Jeff
Thanks to all
Thank you very much for the information about StarOffice (the dowload, the license,...) Regards, Manuel Arenaz
Re: No LILO Boot after Re-Install -- Thanks to All!
Thank you for your suggestion, JW Park, and to the suggestions of others . I tried Park's suggestion, but that made it boot only to Linux, leaving no opportunity to boot to Windoze. I tried others' suggestions, without any direct success. But it payed off in the end. I played around with fdisk, retagging the main ext2 partition (hda2) bootable, then non-bootable, then re-tagging the Linux native partition (hda1) as bootable. The first time I tagged the Linux native partition as bootable, I got a message back when I rebooted that there was a partition error (and then the system froze). However, after fooling around and trying it a second time, it worked. I love computer science, as they use to call it when I went to school. Thanks to all. Jeff Hill JW Park wrote: On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:34:04 -0500, you wrote: It seems like I remember reading somewhere once that the solution was to boot using the Windows Rescue/Reboot disk and go to command prompt and do an fdisk /mbr and then re-install lilo. You have to reinstall LILO but at different place. Look at your lilo.config and find the line that starts with boot=. Change it to boot=/dev/hda You probably have /dev/hda1, /dev/hda2 or something like that. Then do lilo again. But I've caused myself some extreme pain mucking with the mbr on a guess. I've ran Linux servers for a couple of years now, but setting up a dual-boot and making a desktop system is almost another world. heh, I am having devil of time setting up a server. But I can set up quad-boot(english,korean,japanese win95/NT, and linux) machine blind folded. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- * HR On-Line: The Network for Workplace Issues ** Ph:416-604-7251 -- Fax:416-604-4708 ** http://www.hronline.com **
IPmasquerading FIXED Thanks to all
It turns out that the server I have been using has networking screwed up. I have been upgrading this thing for over three years by hand. Through countless upgrades the networking got hosed somehow. I installed the modem into a fresh install on a spare computer and ipmasquerading worked first time. Goes to show you that UBF kills you every time. Thanks to all who gave replys. Next step is email over dial up line. Any suggestions? -- Bruce Jackson Linux: because reboots are for hardware upgrades!
BIG thanks to all on bash* problem
I just want to thank all of the people who were very quick and helpful in dealings with my broken upgrade of the hamm-based bash package (2.01.1-1). I have managed to install ash package, edit /etc/passwd to make ash a login shell for root and user, and than reinstall old, working bash_2.01-5.deb package. Again thanks to all of you, special thanks to Daniel and Joost... Grateful, DamirN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
