Re: Is Linux Unix?

Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 09:41:33AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > >> There's very little resistance from developers to increase the release >> frequency. Nearly everyone agrees the current cycles are too long. > > No one seems to like my proposal: six months

Safely Upgrading Packages

I've been running Debian on the net for a while. I thought it's time to look at keeping packages up to date. But when I run apt-get update: # apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages have been kept back apache apache-common autoconf de

Re: syncing pda + phone on linux?

On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 01:23:34PM +0800, Arne Götje (?) wrote: > > Sounds cool. can you give me more information on that? I was playing > with the idea of getting a Pocket PC (Asus A716 with integrated > Bluetooth and WiFi) and have the desire to do the same like you... > syncing addre

Re: udev isn't creating links for my cdrom and dvd-rom devices

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 02:47:56PM -0400, Kyle Girard wrote: > I wanted to experiment with udev, hal, dbus and gnome-volume-manager so > I installed all of the above and rebooted everything seemed cool except > I no longer have a /dev/cdrom link. It appears udev didn't find my > cdrom and dvdrom d

Re: Invisible Mozilla fonts (partial solution)

I've answered a few questions and got the text visible. Details at the bottom. On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 08:09:08PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > I'm using mozilla 1.6-5 in testing, including mozilla-xft which > activates the xft support. > > Considerable chunks of the subversion.tigris.org are invis

Re: syncing pda + phone on linux?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 26 July 2004 07:33, William Ballard wrote: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:47:05AM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > > Phone numbers and appointments. I've tried using all the other > > fanciness, but I never seem to stick with it. Post-its on

Firefox and Flash issues?

I am having an issue with firefox and flash player. When I go to sites with flash the spot where the flash movie is is grey and it does not appear. I can right click on it to get the flash menu and it says play,etc. I can not confirm if sound does not work either as I have no sound card on this m

Re: Debian install breaks on 'Configuring Locales'

> Now I find it easier to restore a minimal verion ow Windows from a > Linux-made > backup rather than reinstall after a major Windows-doesn't-boot-anymore > grade disaster. (happens every few months). Everyone using this system > has been warned to avoid putting any essential data on the C: parti

Re: OT: Judicial election/appointment (was Re: Is Linux Unix?)

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:26:14 +0800 Katipo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Karsten M. Self wrote: > > >on Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 08:57:54AM -0600, s. keeling > >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > >>Incoming from Paul Johnson: > >> > >> > >>>"s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> > >>>

Re: Re: udev isn't creating links for my cdrom and dvd-rom devices

> What was the real device name of your cdrom (not the link) before > you installed udev? /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd might be the device you > need to put in /etc/fstab. Another solution would be to have > udev create the link /dev/cdrom. Do this by editing > /etc/udev/links.conf. It used to /dev/hdc

Re: bittorent on dialup

Paul Johnson wrote: csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: A number of media files I want to download are available only on bittorrent format. I know about the advantages of bittorrent for broadband users with underutilized bandwidth. But I'm on dialup. My bandwidth gets saturated with a simple "wget

Re: OT: Judicial election/appointment (was Re: Is Linux Unix?)

Karsten M. Self wrote: on Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 08:57:54AM -0600, s. keeling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Incoming from Paul Johnson: "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Actually, being schools, they're probably getting a huge discount. Still a lot of money, I know. The important

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Re: Netscape seems to default to Postscript(tm of Adobe), but I don't have a postscript printer

This is the most informative thing I have found so far: http://www.linuxprinting.org/kpfeifle/LinuxKongress2002/Tutorial/V.CUPS-Filtering-Architecture/V.CUPS-Workshop-LinuxKongress2002-Content.html He sort of implies CUPS has a (I inferred built-in) filter to rasterize postscript: 4.3. The pstora

Re: bittorent on dialup

Paul Johnson wrote: csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: A number of media files I want to download are available only on bittorrent format. I know about the advantages of bittorrent for broadband users with underutilized bandwidth. But I'm on dialup. My bandwidth gets saturated with a simple "wget -

Re: Ask about SSH.

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Re: Ask about SSH.

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Re: OT: Judicial election/appointment (was Re: Is Linux Unix?)

* Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004 Jul 25 22:46 -0500]: > State/Federal judges are appointed by governors and presidents, > respectively. I don't believe any state has an elected judiciary, > although California has recalled Supreme Court justices through > plebiscite. WOT! Here in Kans

Ask about SSH.

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OT: Judicial election/appointment (was Re: Is Linux Unix?)

on Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 08:57:54AM -0600, s. keeling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Incoming from Paul Johnson: > > "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Actually, being schools, they're probably getting a huge discount. > > > Still a lot of money, I know. The important thing for MS is

Re: Is Linux Unix?

Incoming from Carl Fink: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 09:41:33AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > > > There's very little resistance from developers to increase the release > > frequency. Nearly everyone agrees the current cycles are too long. > > No one seems to like my proposal: six months after any

Re: Is Linux Unix?

on Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:57:34AM -0500, Cybe R. Wizard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:57:27 -0400 > Peter O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I believe that whatever additional costs of supporting more > > distributions are, they are inconsequential to Intel. Their decision >

Re: Is Linux Unix?

Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 08:10:28PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: >> Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > No one seems to like my proposal: six months after any stable release, >> > freeze, then test and release. Period. >> >> If you want that, switch

Asking more about RSH on Linux

Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED] I asked about "RSH on Linux" but it still has not OK yet. > Some messages occur when I type as following: > #ps -ax| grep portmap > 355 ? S 0:00 portmap > 766 tty1 S 0:00 grep portmap > I have inserted 2 lines into /etc/hosts.allow file: > portmap : 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0

Re: Is Linux Unix?

Paul Johnson wrote: If you want that, switch to Mandrake or Windows. And realize what a hulking piece of crap hard deadlines make. Er. Windows doesn't come out that often. Longhorn, the successor to XP, is still three years or so away,even without any more sloppage. -- Cheers John -- spambai

Re: Is Linux Unix?

on Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 07:08:46AM -0700, Ryo Furue ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > [...] > > I'm not sure whether I understand every point you make (I read your > message twice but there are still points I don't und

Re: Is Linux Unix?

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 08:10:28PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > No one seems to like my proposal: six months after any stable release, > > freeze, then test and release. Period. > > If you want that, switch to Mandrake or Windows. And realize what a >

Re: Is Linux Unix?

Carl Fink wrote: On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 01:21:25PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: The current stable *is* old. Isn't it on one side or the other of the year old mark? November, 2003 according to one page , and July, 2002 according to another

Re: wrong dial up password

Patrick Wiseman wrote: :>> :>> Why not just set it up with pppconfig? :>> :>> :> Hi John, :>I set up using pppconfig changed the password and all went well. :> But i still have the problem wvdial is still using the old password. [...] The wvdial conf is in /etc/wvdial.conf, I believe. My poi

Re: apt doesn't upgrade packages

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 04:55:54PM -0400, Anthony Costa wrote: > so my question is then, has there been something that has changed in > testing in the past week that would have significantly slowed the > number of updated packages? i saw earlier a post hinting to the fact > that something might ha

Re: Is Linux Unix?

Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 09:41:33AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > >> There's very little resistance from developers to increase the release >> frequency. Nearly everyone agrees the current cycles are too long. > > No one seems to like my proposal: six months

Re: Is Linux Unix?

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 09:41:33AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > There's very little resistance from developers to increase the release > frequency. Nearly everyone agrees the current cycles are too long. No one seems to like my proposal: six months after any stable release, freeze, then test an

Re: Is Linux Unix?

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 01:21:25PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > The current stable *is* old. Isn't it on one side or the other of the > year old mark? November, 2003 according to one page , and July, 2002 according to another

Re: wrong dial up password

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, John Summerfield wrote: :Dougpol1 wrote: : :> John Summerfield wrote: :> :>> Dougpol1 wrote: :>> :>>> Hello somebody, :>>>I'm using Debian3.0r2 and I've installed the wrong ISP password :>>> and wvdial can't connect. How do I change that password and in :>>> what file

Re: udev isn't creating links for my cdrom and dvd-rom devices

On 25. July 2004 at 2:47PM -0400, Kyle Girard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wanted to experiment with udev, hal, dbus and > gnome-volume-manager so I installed all of the above and > rebooted everything seemed cool except I no longer have a > /dev/cdrom link. It appears udev didn't find my cdrom

Re: Netscape seems to default to Postscript(tm of Adobe), but I don't have a postscript printer

On 25. July 2004 at 3:11PM -0400, "J F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found some documentation at: > http://www.cups.org/documentation.php It seems cups can print > postscript, even if your personal printer can't, but there are > not examples of how to set it up. The Debian cups packages should

Re: bittorent on dialup

csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A number of media files I want to download are available only on > bittorrent format. I know about the advantages of bittorrent for > broadband users with underutilized bandwidth. But I'm on dialup. > My bandwidth gets saturated with a simple "wget -c linux.iso"

bittorent on dialup

A number of media files I want to download are available only on bittorrent format. I know about the advantages of bittorrent for broadband users with underutilized bandwidth. But I'm on dialup. My bandwidth gets saturated with a simple "wget -c linux.iso" (a 52K modem that feels more like 45K).

LVM gone after dist-upgrade

Hi all, I used to have a VG (data_vg) spanning 3 IDE partitions with a single LV (volume1) on it. Yesterday I did a "dist-upgrade" on my testing/unstable system. After this, the files /etc/lvmtab and /etc/lvmtab.d/* have vanished and a "pvscan" only brings "no valid physical volumes found". The

Re: wrong dial up password

Dougpol1 wrote: John Summerfield wrote: Dougpol1 wrote: Hello somebody, I'm using Debian3.0r2 and I've installed the wrong ISP password and wvdial can't connect. How do I change that password and in what file. Why not just set it up with pppconfig? Hi John, I set up using pppconfig ch

Re: attempt to login as root?

David Purton wrote: Hi all, just looking for some advice. I just noticed a stack of failed attempts to ssh into my box as root over the last half an hour or so. I've now blocked the offending ip address, so hopefully they'll go away. Is there anything else I can/should do? Is it worth complaining t

Re: sunone_asp4.0.1-linux-full

On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 13:10, Support wrote: > Hi! > > Can Debian run asp script in apache ? > > As I know sunone_asp4.0.1-linux-full only run on RedHat 7.3 .. can it run > on Debian ? > FYI, the Mono project provides support for ASP.NET on linux: http://www.mono-project.com/about/technical.ht

Re: yay! I can print!

Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 12:40:05PM -0400, Jason Rennie wrote: mpage? Or enscript? I rather like kde. Somewhere embedded in it is kprinter. I used to be able to hook it into Moz by configuring the commandline print prog, but that option seems to have vanished.

Re: yay! I can print!

Monique Y. Mudama wrote: I just assumed cupsys was the right thing to install for cups? (Haven't done it, though.) I guess I'm wrong? I have these cups packages installed: ii cupsomatic-ppd 20040506-1 linuxprinting.org printer support - transiti ii cupsys 1.1.20final+cv Common U

sunone_asp4.0.1-linux-full

Hi! Can Debian run asp script in apache ? As I know sunone_asp4.0.1-linux-full only run on RedHat 7.3 .. can it run on Debian ? Regards, Support -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: setting environmental vars with scripts

John Taber wrote: I try to set an environment var in a simple script like QTDIR=/usr/local/Qt-323-Win export QTDIR echo $QTDIR when I run the script it echos back the correct path but when I go to my konsole and type echo $QTDIR it is not there . However if I type the script That's right. com

attempt to login as root?

Hi all, just looking for some advice. I just noticed a stack of failed attempts to ssh into my box as root over the last half an hour or so. I've now blocked the offending ip address, so hopefully they'll go away. Is there anything else I can/should do? Is it worth complaining to the owner of the

Re: Is Linux Unix?

s. keeling wrote: Incoming from John Summerfield: will cause major ructions. I hate the idea of using EXIM, even for the amount of time it takes to replace it with Postfix:-) What is so bad about exim that would produce a reaction like that? I don't like it. I do like Postfix. The times

setting environmental vars with scripts

I try to set an environment var in a simple script like QTDIR=/usr/local/Qt-323-Win export QTDIR echo $QTDIR when I run the script it echos back the correct path but when I go to my konsole and type echo $QTDIR it is not there . However if I type the script commands in the konsole, then it is t

Re: yay! I can print!

"Monique Y. Mudama" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> > Several others, myself included, have seen this same behavior. Like |> > you, I don't find printing important enough to have followed the |> > revelant threads to a solution, but I'm thinking it may have something |> > to do with the dropping of

Re: yay! I can print!

I was in the same situation up until last year. Couldn't print after installing Debian, and since I didn't need to print anything, I just didn't bother looking into it. Finally had to print something last year, and really didn't look forward to it (remembering of hard it was to set up lpr). Inst

Re: syncing pda + phone on linux?

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:47:05AM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > > Phone numbers and appointments. I've tried using all the other > fanciness, but I never seem to stick with it. Post-its on the wall work > better for me than a to-do list. Last year I wrote a GTK app (http://sourceforge.net/

Re: syncing pda + phone on linux?

On Sunday 25 July 2004 01:47 pm, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > Phone numbers I only need to remember 10. My brain has that much room. > and appointments. I've tried using all the other What's an appointment? :) > Mind you, I wouldn't have a PDA except that my old company gave one to > everyon

Woody, Sendmail not adding X-Authentication warnings

I just installed Woody with the stock sendmail. I added the privacy option 'authwarnings', restarted and it doesn't add the X-Authentication warnings to emails that I used to get under Potato. Is this a know issue? Also, it doesn't seem to respect the 'nobodyreturn' privacy option either. ti

Re: tmpfs?

Thank you. I very much appreciate your taking the time to make an in-depth answer. You are a credit to the community. Curt- On Sunday 25 July 2004 16:49, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh was heard to say: > So an empty tmpfs probably doesn't ammount to anything worth > worring about on resource con

Re: Ximian Connector for Debian Sid

On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 20:55, Robert William Hutton wrote: > I get this: > > esgaroth:/home/rwh/dl# dpkg -i evolution-exchange_1.4.7.2-1_i386.deb > Selecting previously deselected package evolution-exchange. > (Reading database ... 127550 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking evol

Re: Hello

Veuillez prendre note que les bureaux du Tremplin, Festival de la chanson et de l’humour de Dégelis, seront fermés pour la période estivale. Cependant, les courriels seront vérifiés régulièrement et nous vous répondrons dans les meilleurs délais. Pour toute urgence, vous pouvez contacter la pré

Re: Hello

Veuillez prendre note que les bureaux du Tremplin, Festival de la chanson et de l’humour de Dégelis, seront fermés pour la période estivale. Cependant, les courriels seront vérifiés régulièrement et nous vous répondrons dans les meilleurs délais. Pour toute urgence, vous pouvez contacter la pré

Re: Is Linux Unix?

Ryo Furue wrote: Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Ryo Furue wrote: [...] In fact I looked at the homepage of nptl. That was kind of scary to me :) The page says that you need to use a rather new kernel and libc. [...] I don't think you can expect a rea

Re: OT- How is secure is a ssh session?

Incoming from D Scavella: > I am not sure if my understanding of (Open)ssh is > accurate so I am putting this to the list. > Here is the scenario and I want to know how safe my > sessions via ssh are? > On the server is OpenSSH 3.4p1 SSH protocols 1.5/2.0. > I generated a key for [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian install breaks on 'Configuring Locales'

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 12:35:22PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > You want something FREE to work, out of a "box" it didn't come in, when > expensive Gatesware that you PAY for, in a fancy-pants > marketing-droid-designed > box with a hologram on it, DOESN'T work?? *WHERE* did you get > the

Re: 6G memory

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:59:20AM -0400, Jason Rennie wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a machine w/ 6 gigs physical memory. > kernel-image-2.4.26-1-686-smp only recognizes 4G. I unsuccessfully > tried to build a custom kernel with kernel-package and in the process > learned that the 4G limit is due

OT- How is secure is a ssh session?

I am not sure if my understanding of (Open)ssh is accurate so I am putting this to the list. Here is the scenario and I want to know how safe my sessions via ssh are? On the server is OpenSSH 3.4p1 SSH protocols 1.5/2.0. I generated a key for [EMAIL PROTECTED] and a password. So logging in is $ssh

Re: yay! I can print!

Did you do anything special to get postscript to print using CUPS? My printer just prints out the raw postscript language text without rasterizing it? --- On Sun 07/25, Jason Rennie < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: Jason Rennie [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAI

Re: apt doesn't upgrade packages

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 01:38:58PM -0700, Martin J. Hillyer wrote: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 01:45:55PM +0200, Mikael Magnusson wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 09:34:30PM -0400, Anthony Costa wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 06:10:27PM -0700, Aaron Tomb wrote: > > > > I'm having a very stran

Re: tmpfs?

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, Curt Howland wrote: > What is "tmpfs"? Is it using any resources that would be better used > elsewhere? (Using Sid, 2.6.7) tmpfs will keep everything in RAM. It's disk storage backup is your swap partitions. Here, I keep /tmp in tmpfs (with a 512MB limit) and let it swap to

Re: apt doesn't upgrade packages

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 01:45:55PM +0200, Mikael Magnusson wrote: > On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 09:34:30PM -0400, Anthony Costa wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 06:10:27PM -0700, Aaron Tomb wrote: > > > I'm having a very strange problem. As of about a week ago, apt-get stopped > > > noticing new pack

tmpfs?

Dear Debian Users, What is "tmpfs"? Is it using any resources that would be better used elsewhere? (Using Sid, 2.6.7) $ df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 57193948 39477596 14811000 73% / tmpfs 257612 02576

Re: Is Linux Unix?

Brian Nelson wrote: > It's not the exim is so bad; it's that postfix is so good... I've not seen anything Postfix can do that exim cannot. Conversely I've found at least one thing Postfix can't do that Exim can. -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your

Re: Is Linux Unix?

s. keeling wrote: > What is so bad about exim that would produce a reaction like that? His unfounded fear of the unknown. -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. -

Re: Is Linux Unix?

Ryo Furue wrote: > Excuse me, but I interpret what you say in two ways: > 1) The current stable version (which I use) is "old"; > 2) You thought I was using an obsolete version (potate or earlier). > I don't know which is the correct interpretation, although > your reference to "unstable" seems to

Re: syncing pda + phone on linux?

Quoting "Monique Y. Mudama" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > KDE's Kitchensync should support that in the future. ... > > I know this is not really an answer to your question, but I just > > wanted to point out this option for the future. > > Thanks for the heads-up, anyway. It's good to know they're wor

Re: Dependencies in Dir w/ Many .deb Files

Lourens replying to Kenneth Jacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a slow Internet connection at home. :-( > > I can't yet use apt-zip since my home 'ppp' link still doesn't work > (non-"8 bit clean" issues) thus prohibiting me from updating the apt > database via the net. :-( > >

Re: Debian install breaks on 'Configuring Locales'

> Now I've dl'd the Debian CD iso images and burned them to disks. > This is with the 'Woody' 30r2-i386 set of seven CD's, plus the updates > CD. Okay, that's *exactly* what *I* did... except for the update CD (h) > But it breaks each time at 'Configuring Locales'. You can select more

Re: yay! I can print!

* Jason Rennie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004 Jul 25 14:12 -0500]: > > Try the upstream Firefox with postscript output? > > Which version are you talking about? www.mozilla.org - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft Amateur radio exams; ham radio; L

ALSA problems with VIA8233

I'm having some strange problems with my sound. I am using a VIA8233 card and the ALSA from my 2.6.7 kernel. Most of the time I am also using KDE. If instead of using KDE immediately after boot, I log into one of the text consoles, sound does not work properly. I must turn my speaker up all the

Re: 6G memory

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:59:20AM -0400, Jason Rennie wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a machine w/ 6 gigs physical memory. > kernel-image-2.4.26-1-686-smp only recognizes 4G. I unsuccessfully > tried to build a custom kernel with kernel-package and in the process > learned that the 4G limit is due

udev isn't creating links for my cdrom and dvd-rom devices

I wanted to experiment with udev, hal, dbus and gnome-volume-manager so I installed all of the above and rebooted everything seemed cool except I no longer have a /dev/cdrom link. It appears udev didn't find my cdrom and dvdrom drives and it didn't create any links for them. Anyone else had this

Re: syncing pda + phone on linux?

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:47:05AM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > > Oh, my husband brought a DVD *player* into the marriage, so I can watch > them on TV -- I'm talking about in my computer. I've toyed with the > idea, though, particularly to burn off archives; it's just never been > important

Re: Is Linux Unix?

John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian Nelson wrote: > >>There's very little resistance from developers to increase the release >>frequency. Nearly everyone agrees the current cycles are too long. >> >>I think the problem mostly stems from Debian not scaling well. The >>distributio

Re: Is Linux Unix?

"s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Incoming from John Summerfield: >> >> will cause major ructions. I hate the idea of using EXIM, even for the >> amount of time it takes to replace it with Postfix:-) > > What is so bad about exim that would produce a reaction like that? It's not the ex

Re: Netscape seems to default to Postscript(tm of Adobe), but I don't have a postscript printer

I found some documentation at: http://www.cups.org/documentation.php It seems cups can print postscript, even if your personal printer can't, but there are not examples of how to set it up. Still haven't gotten netscape to print, but got Konqueror to quit chopping off the top, sides, and bottom q

Re: yay! I can print!

On 2004-07-25, Kent West penned: > On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 01:56:28 -0600 "Monique Y. Mudama" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Whatever. I can print now. I just need to figure out why firefox is >> printing pages such that four can fit on a sheet ... not that I mind >> so much, but it's curious.

Re: yay! I can print!

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:51:02AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > I think it depends on whether you are using mozilla.org builds or > Debian packages for Mozilla and/or Firefox. The Debian pakages > currently require Xprint. I am using the mozilla.org builds with no > problems. The default margin

Re: yay! I can print!

On 2004-07-25, Alvin Oga penned: > > hi ya monique > > On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > >> installed lpr. That gave me permission errors on a non-existent >> file, namely /var/spool/lpd//.seq , iirc. > > that'd be normal ... one has to create the right permissions on the > /var/spoo

Re: yay! I can print!

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:38:06AM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > I just assumed cupsys was the right thing to install for cups? (Haven't > done it, though.) I guess I'm wrong? cupsys: CUPS server cupsys-client: CUPS client programs cupsys-bsd: CUPS BSD-style client programs (e.g

Re: syncing pda + phone on linux?

On 2004-07-25, Joost De Cock penned: > Quoting "Monique Y. Mudama" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I use starfish truesync on winbleh to sync up my handspring platinum >> visor with my computer and my motorola v60i. I know that I can sync >> my PDA to various linux apps, but do any support phones as wel

Re: syncing pda + phone on linux?

On 2004-07-25, Silvan penned: > On Sunday 25 July 2004 03:42 am, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > >> > Kinda makes me glad to be a hermit, I think. :) >> >> Depends on how you view it. My cell phone is my only phone, and it's >> a heck of a lot easier to enter contact info into the computer than >> it

Re: yay! I can print!

On 2004-07-25, Kent West penned: > Jason Rennie wrote: > >>These are the packages I apt-get installed: >> >>cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-driver-gimpprint xpp cupsomatic-ppd >>foomatic-db-gimp-print >> >> > > I think this may be part of the confusion with setting up printers > using cups on Deb

Re: yay! I can print!

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 03:31:19PM -0300, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 12:40:05PM -0400, Jason Rennie wrote: > > mpage? > > Or enscript? or a2ps? -- It's raisins that make Post Raisin Bran so raisiny ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: yay! I can print!

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 12:40:05PM -0400, Jason Rennie wrote: > mpage? Or enscript? J. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is Linux Unix?

Incoming from John Summerfield: > > will cause major ructions. I hate the idea of using EXIM, even for the > amount of time it takes to replace it with Postfix:-) What is so bad about exim that would produce a reaction like that? -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently

Re: Is Linux Unix?

Brian Nelson wrote: There's very little resistance from developers to increase the release frequency. Nearly everyone agrees the current cycles are too long. I think the problem mostly stems from Debian not scaling well. The distribution keeps growing in both size and complexity (more packages, m

Re: Is Linux Unix?

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:57:27 -0400 Peter O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe that whatever additional costs of supporting more > distributions are, they are inconsequential to Intel. Their decision > to support only RedHat is purely marketing/business-driven, not > technology-driven. They see

Re: Is Linux Unix?

Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 07:30:24AM -0700, Ryo Furue wrote: > >> 1) The current stable version (which I use) is "old"; >> 2) You thought I was using an obsolete version (potate or earlier). >> I don't know which is the correct interpretation, although >> your

Re: 6G memory

Jason Rennie wrote: Hello, I've got a machine w/ 6 gigs physical memory. kernel-image-2.4.26-1-686-smp only recognizes 4G. I unsuccessfully tried to build a custom kernel with kernel-package and in the process learned that the 4G limit is due to a kernel option. Is there a 2.4.26-1-[36]86-smp ker

Re: yay! I can print!

Jason Rennie wrote: These are the packages I apt-get installed: cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-driver-gimpprint xpp cupsomatic-ppd foomatic-db-gimp-print I think this may be part of the confusion with setting up printers using cups on Debian. There is no package named "cups" (tasksel, anyone?)

Re: yay! I can print!

* Jason Rennie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004 Jul 25 10:29 -0500]: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 09:53:13AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > I concur. I never have had satisfactory print quality on my agin > > Lexmark 4039-10R with lpr/lprng with magicfilter/apsfilter. I started > > playing with CUPS a mon

Re: yay! I can print!

On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:25:22PM +0800, Katipo wrote: > There's actually a debian package that features this, i.e., four pages > onto one. > It looks very much as though your printing programme is being routed > through this. > Regretfully, I can't remember the name of the package, but it is in

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