Bug#244254: kde: Ambiguous version number

2004-04-17 Thread Bruce Miller
Package: kde Severity: minor Tags: sid -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.4 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C The version number on the

Problems with kdeprint under KDE 3.2 from experimental

2004-03-03 Thread Bruce Miller
I am trying to track down the source of the return of problems with kdeprint. linuxprinting.org has declared my Canon multifunction printer to be a Linux paperweight. I therefore run it off a Windows box linked to my main Linux host with Samba. The first problem I have found is: [EMAIL

Serious instability in KMail

2004-02-28 Thread Bruce Miller
KMail 1.6.1 running under KDE3.2 (experimental) has suddenly become seriously unstable. Rebooting to a more conservative installation on the same computer (Libranet 2.8 using KDE 3.1.5 and KMail 1.5.4, but sharing the same /home directory) has not so far alleviated the problems. Problem 1:

Re: WP8 for Linux is toast in KDE 3.2

2004-02-20 Thread Bruce Miller
On February 20, 2004 10:24, Andrew Schulman wrote: KDE 3.2 depends on xlibs 4.3.x, which conflicts with xlib6, which is required for WP8 for Linux to run. Therefore, WP8 is toast. Following a suggestion from Hendrik Sattler, I unpacked the xlib6 package into its own directory: $ dpkg -x

Re: WordPerfect 8 still lives

2004-02-20 Thread Bruce Miller
On February 20, 2004 05:31, Andrew Schulman wrote: I alerted Daniel Stone to this issue in December; I also found that the solution is to rewrite the file /var/lib/dpkg/status to remove the dependency of the package wp-full to xlib6g. The files previously in that package are now provided

Re: KDE 3.2 Progress

2004-02-16 Thread Bruce Miller
On February 16, 2004 10:44, Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:34:14AM -0500, Robert Tilley wrote: I have to comment on the seemingly logical contradiction of KDE 3.2.0 existing in the stable distribution while missing from the

Occasional texts in languages other than English

2004-02-15 Thread Bruce Miller
I have many friends whose first language is not English. Most are quite relaxed about polglotism: they write to me in their first language, and I reply in mine (English). Sometimes, however, I need to write in their language. I have been too busy learning the other mechanics of Linux to worry

Re: [oclug] Occasional texts in languages other than English

2004-02-15 Thread Bruce Miller
On February 15, 2004 16:09, Kevin Everets wrote: Under X-windows, there is a more intuitive setup but it is not (often) the default. First, you assign some key to be your Multi_key, which is often assigned to be the right Alt key. To do so, create a file called multikey.map which contains

Re: [oclug] Occasional texts in languages other than English

2004-02-15 Thread Bruce Miller
Thanks to everyone for your help. Merci à tous pour vos conseils. Tack till alla för ert hjälp. Takk till alle for Deres hjelp. etc.

Glitches running KDE3.2 compiled from source

2004-02-12 Thread Bruce Miller
This message is posted to both debian-kde and to libranet-users. I have an almost perfect setup running kernel 2.6.2 and KDE 3.2. Almost perfect because of a few remaining glitches in KDE 3.2: 1. There is no Save Session entry on the Kicker menu. This typically lives next to the Lock screen

Update on broken KMail

2004-02-05 Thread Bruce Miller
This is an update --- copied to the Debian-KDE and Libranet lists on the problem that KMail does not load on one of the two Debian installations on this computer. The problem is buried more deeply than I can find it. Both installations are based on Libranet. The production install is

Re: Update on broken KMail

2004-02-05 Thread Bruce Miller
On February 5, 2004 11:45, Antiphon wrote: Try running kmail from the command line and posting your results on the list. You'll get more help that way. Hits hand to forehead Of course! Here is the output: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ kmail kmail: relocation error: /usr/lib/libkmailprivate.so.0:

Kmail broken after downgrading from KDE 3.2.0 back to 3.1.5

2004-02-04 Thread Bruce Miller
I am learning the hard way how to play and how not to play on the bleeding edge. I have an experimental Libranet / Debian installation which shares a /home partition with this more conservative installation. KMail is broken on the experimental side. Whenever I try to start it, I get a dialog

KDE 3.2 Debian --- libqt3c102-mt

2004-02-03 Thread Bruce Miller
I somehow managed to get onto the KDE download server and grab a copy of the new .debs. This new desktop lives up to its advance billing. I like it very much. A number of applications which depend on libqt3c102-mt --- including all of KOffice 1.3, kvim, k3b, (and for those using Libranet)

Font degradation viewing Web pages in Mozilla under KDE 3.0.3

2002-11-16 Thread Bruce Miller
I have cross-posted this message on libranet-users and on Debian-KDE. I ask that any typographers reading this message forgive my ignorance of the correct technical term to describe the phenomenon which is happening. I read Web pages most frequently with Mozilla 1.1 under KDE 3.0.3. KDE's font

Wanted: text editor where word wrap does not insert newline

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce Miller
I would welcome advice on a choice of Linux text editors with word wrap. I am being pragmatic in the transition from Windows to Linux and expect there will machines with one or both on our home network for the foreseeable future. I am, however, moving from only playing with Linux to using it

Re: Using apt_preferences?

2001-10-29 Thread Bruce Miller
by: debian-kde@lists.debian.org I wanted to update my testing system to KDE2.2.1 and was usingthe info provided by Bruce Miller in his mini-HOW-TO but I'm having problems with my preferences file. The contents of /etc/apt/preferences is: Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority

Re: Kwork/Koffice

2001-10-26 Thread Bruce Miller
The following section of this message contains a file attachment prepared for transmission using the Internet MIME message format. If you are using Pegasus Mail, or any another MIME-compliant system, you should be able to save it or view it from within your mailer. If you cannot, please ask your

Re: Kwork/Koffice

2001-10-26 Thread Bruce Miller
I am taking the liberty of sending you a copy of my 0.02 version of a not quite newbies' guide to running a ``mixed Debian system. Following is the cover message which I sent to the 25+ plus people who e- mailed me asking for a copy: [forwarded message begins] I have already had some kind

Re: Kwork/Koffice

2001-10-26 Thread Bruce Miller
The following section of this message contains a file attachment prepared for transmission using the Internet MIME message format. If you are using Pegasus Mail, or any another MIME-compliant system, you should be able to save it or view it from within your mailer. If you cannot, please ask your

Follow-up to ``How to upgrade to KDE 2.2.1 - a not quite newbies' guide''

2001-10-26 Thread Bruce Miller
I have already had some kind comments on the ``How to upgrade to KDE 2.2.1 - a not quite newbies' guide''. Thank you. Less than kind comments, criticisms, suggestions for improvements, etc, etc all welcome. Banging head hard on keyboard. A kind offer to host the draft on a website reminded me

How to upgrade to KDE 2.2.1 - a not quite newbies' guide

2001-10-24 Thread Bruce Miller
I have been ``doing Linux in all available spare time for the last ten days or so and have had little or no time to follow the three Debian mailing lists I regularly monitor. If this has already been covered, please bear with me. Scanning subject lines quickly, I see there is still traffic on

Re: Failed upgrade to KDE 2.2.1

2001-10-15 Thread Bruce Miller
Oliver, I believe that you have it exactly. I came to grief with similar overwrite problems. There are a number of them in the upgrade, including between kdelibs3 and konqueror. Your analysis that the problem arises from a different location of files between versions 2.1.x and 2.2.1 is

Re: apt 0.5.4: preferences file

2001-10-13 Thread Bruce Miller
Jens, Thanks for the ideas. In fact, today, I did a Google search on ``/etc/apt/preferences and got many of the same results. My German is not as good as my Scandinavian languages (I did post- graduate study in Sweden and later married a Norwegian-American whom I met while she was majoring in

Re: Anti-aliased fonts in KDE 2.2.1: ``Adobe fonts not available when anti-aliasing enabled

2001-10-12 Thread Bruce Miller
Wolfgang, Thanks for the tip. I checked the fonts.scale. Two follow- ups: 1. In a sense, your reply only deepens the mystery. For example, with anti-aliasing enabled, ``Nimbus Roman No9 L appears in KDE's font list, but ``Times does not. With anti-aliasing disabled, both names appear in KDE's

Re: kde2 sound problem

2001-10-10 Thread Bruce Miller
Daniel has the right idea. You need to add the user to the ``audio group. On 9 Oct 2001, at 19:34, Tom Allison wrote: Date forwarded: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 19:48:37 -0400 (EDT) Date sent: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 19:34:45 -0400 From: Tom Allison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Anti-aliased fonts in KDE 2.2.1: ``Adobe fonts not available when anti-aliasing enabled

2001-10-10 Thread Bruce Miller
I believe that this topic was already covered in the Debian-KDE list, but I can no longer find the references, even in the mailing list archive. Please forgive me if I have missed the obvious. I have upgraded Libranet Linux 1.9.1 from potato to woody and added KDE 2.2.1 from sid. These