traffic stats wan<->lan - ntop or better?

2004-12-18 Thread Joao Clemente
I had a look at my ISP billing page today and I got somewhat suspicious of something wrong with the reported traffic... I had just finished looking to my calamaris report and the calamaris report had 1/3 of the traffic reported in the ISP billing page... I decided to get some tool to analize ne

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Rick Taylor
On Saturday 18 December 2004 01:00 pm, Rick Taylor wrote: > On Saturday 18 December 2004 05:58 pm, Sam Watkins wrote: > > } I want to use Java. Nowadays, many utilities are released in Java. Big > } monsters that comes to my mind are, eclips, jbuilder, together, IBM db2 > } control center, etc. Wha

Re: Old Annoyance Revisited (console cluttered with iptables noise)

2004-12-18 Thread Scarletdown
Wayne Topa wrote: Scarletdown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: Edit /etc/init.d/klogd, and add "-c 4" to the klogd options. That didn't fix it, unfortunately. Here's what /etc/init.d/klogd looks like: Just a thought, did you restart klogd

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 15:27 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Saturday 18 December 2004 1:50 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > However, disks are measured in 10s of GBs. If your mbox file is > > > getting so big as to fill up /home, you have a problem. Af

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Rick Taylor
On Saturday 18 December 2004 05:58 pm, Sam Watkins wrote: } I want to use Java. Nowadays, many utilities are released in Java. Big } monsters that comes to my mind are, eclips, jbuilder, together, IBM db2 } control center, etc. What would be the best/safest java sdk package to use } for such case

Re: Backup with versioning

2004-12-18 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Bob Alexander wrote: > Maybe what you say is the right approach also for me and I could just > use the diff command to compare any restored file and the current version. things oyu should worry about: a) how to prove your backups works - restore "just the backups"

Re: LILO HANGS-Linux Nor Windows Wont Bootup

2004-12-18 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
Problem solved. Thanks everyone for your help. Examined lilo.conf and ran lilo to fix once able to boot. Running lilo showed adding linuz, linuz.old and hda1(windows) at completion. I tried all suggestions and found that my system wouldn't format a 1.722MB floppy and don't have a CD burner s

Re: Linux tool to open microsoft access file?

2004-12-18 Thread William Ballard
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 12:40:42PM +0800, Lian Liming wrote: > Hi all, > I just receive a file from my friend in Microsoft Access database > file format. Since there is just debian linux on my box, i wonder if > there is any linux tool that can correctly open that file? mdbtools -- To UNSUB

Re: Linux tool to open microsoft access file?

2004-12-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 12:40 +0800, Lian Liming wrote: > Hi all, >I just receive a file from my friend in Microsoft Access database > file format. Since there is just debian linux on my box, i wonder if > there is any linux tool that can correctly open that file? > > >Thank you for sugge

Linux tool to open microsoft access file?

2004-12-18 Thread Lian Liming
Hi all, I just receive a file from my friend in Microsoft Access database file format. Since there is just debian linux on my box, i wonder if there is any linux tool that can correctly open that file? Thank you for suggestions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

(more) the coffee house broke my auto

2004-12-18 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
Hello, Here's the updated information. i am connected to the router, the router is connected to the internet, but my laptop isn't connected to the internet. /etc/network/interfaces has: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp and the output

Re: Max size of data in C++ prog?

2004-12-18 Thread John Hasler
Ron Johnson writes: > What package is limits in? The man page is in passwd but there seems to be no actual limits fie. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Max size of data in C++ prog?

2004-12-18 Thread Michael Marsh
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:32:12 +1100, Sam Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The heap can get much bigger, you can malloc as much as you want on the heap > (up to the limits of VM and process address space) and it won't segfault, e.g. > > char *c = malloc(100*1024*1024); > int i; > for (i=0;

Re: xv

2004-12-18 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 09:12:29PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > There's no way that xv is GPL, much less DSFG-free. I never claimed that it was either one. In fact, I pointed out that it was NOT DFSG-free, and why it was not. The xv license restricts distribution and use. It's as simple as that.

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread Jacob S
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 18:37:21 -0800 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 18 December 2004 6:23 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > That's just pure hogwash. > > > > My outlook.PST file is 679,905KB, and works quite well on a 933MHz > > laptop with 256MB RAM. > > You're just lucky. Try

Re: xv

2004-12-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 18:52 -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 09:44:39AM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > On Friday 17 December 2004 10:22 pm, Marc Wilson wrote: > > > > > The fact that it's shareware has nothing to do with it. > > > > Yes, it does. That means (by definition) th

Re: Old Annoyance Revisited (console cluttered with iptables noise)

2004-12-18 Thread Wayne Topa
Scarletdown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > >On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Robert Vangel wrote: > > > > > >>>I know it is caused by iptables, but I can't seem to figure out how to > >>> > >>> > > > >AND by the (IMHO completely braindead) default

Re: Max size of data in C++ prog?

2004-12-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 20:37 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Sam Watkins writes: > > stack space is (apparently) limited under Linux. > > man limits. > > man bash, look up ulimit. $ man limits No manual entry for limits What package is limits in? --

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 18:37 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Saturday 18 December 2004 6:23 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > That's just pure hogwash. > > > > My outlook.PST file is 679,905KB, and works quite well on a 933MHz > > laptop with 256MB RAM. > > You're just lucky. Try supporting computers

Re: Max size of data in C++ prog?

2004-12-18 Thread John Hasler
Sam Watkins writes: > stack space is (apparently) limited under Linux. man limits. man bash, look up ulimit. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: starting x

2004-12-18 Thread cfk
On Saturday 18 December 2004 18:14, Sam Watkins wrote: > startx is not part of the X server, it is in the package x-base-clients. > > You should: > > apt-get install x-window-system-core > > or probably: > > apt-get install x-window-system > > > you can look at what each of these "meta packages

Re: xv

2004-12-18 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 09:44:39AM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > On Friday 17 December 2004 10:22 pm, Marc Wilson wrote: > > > The fact that it's shareware has nothing to do with it. > > Yes, it does. That means (by definition) that it's under a non-Free license, Funny, I seem to recall the GPL

Re: starting x

2004-12-18 Thread Robert Vangel
Sam Watkins wrote: startx is not part of the X server, it is in the package x-base-clients. You should: apt-get install x-window-system-core or probably: apt-get install x-window-system you can look at what each of these "meta packages" depends on with: apt-cache show x-window-system-core you

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 18 December 2004 6:23 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > That's just pure hogwash. > > My outlook.PST file is 679,905KB, and works quite well on a 933MHz > laptop with 256MB RAM. You're just lucky. Try supporting computers for a living and you'll find that it's true disturbingly often. --

Re: pam-mkhomedir problems

2004-12-18 Thread Sam Watkins
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 11:41:01PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So pam-mkhomedir.so wasn't able to create the home directory. > Does anyone have a suggestion ? Complain to whoever's responsible for pam-mkhomedir.c You could hack it to call a setuid "make-my-homedir" program, but I don't th

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 15:27 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Saturday 18 December 2004 1:50 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > However, disks are measured in 10s of GBs. If your mbox file is > > getting so big as to fill up /home, you have a problem. After all, > > even Outlook has File->Archive... fun

Re: starting x

2004-12-18 Thread Sam Watkins
startx is not part of the X server, it is in the package x-base-clients. You should: apt-get install x-window-system-core or probably: apt-get install x-window-system you can look at what each of these "meta packages" depends on with: apt-cache show x-window-system-core you can see re

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 10:58:16 +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > [...] If have ethical objections to non-free software, or you want > to support the development of free-software java systems, install > free-java-sdk. [...] Come on, Sam. relax. I don't have any bias and I don't want to offend anybody.

Re: starting x

2004-12-18 Thread cfk
On Saturday 18 December 2004 17:42, Robert Vangel wrote: > cfk wrote: > > Gentlemen: > > Its my turn to be a newbie to Debian, although I have used Red Hat for a > > few years. Please bear with me and suggest how I may get my newly > > installed "Sarge" to start X. > > > > I try the incanta

Re: Please--sound

2004-12-18 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 04:16:30PM -0600, Ted Parks wrote: > > One more question. Neither gnome-cd nor Kscd will play an audio CD > unless the programs are launched from root. I assume this is a > permissions issue. How do I correct it? > The user has to be a member of the audio gr

Re: PPPoE

2004-12-18 Thread Jacob S
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 17:26:36 +0100 Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got it working. > > I used the unstable version of PPPoE and PPPoEconf. > > When I ran pppoeconf I got that gettext.sh didn't exist. I then > installet gettext-base and ran pppoeconf again. > > Then it works! > > Sometimes

Re: starting x

2004-12-18 Thread Robert Vangel
cfk wrote: Gentlemen: Its my turn to be a newbie to Debian, although I have used Red Hat for a few years. Please bear with me and suggest how I may get my newly installed "Sarge" to start X. I try the incantation "startx" from either a user or root command prompt and get "command not found".

Re: starting x

2004-12-18 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 18 December 2004 5:44 pm, cfk wrote: > Gentlemen: > Its my turn to be a newbie to Debian, although I have used Red Hat for a few > years. Please bear with me and suggest how I may get my newly installed > "Sarge" to start X. Searching through the archives would have told you you n

starting x

2004-12-18 Thread cfk
Gentlemen: Its my turn to be a newbie to Debian, although I have used Red Hat for a few years. Please bear with me and suggest how I may get my newly installed "Sarge" to start X. I try the incantation "startx" from either a user or root command prompt and get "command not fou

Re: Max size of data in C++ prog?

2004-12-18 Thread Sam Watkins
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 07:10:22PM -0500, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Is there a maximum size to the data segment in a C++ program? More > specifically, I am trying to write a program with a very large array. > The program compiles OK (since C/C++ do no bounds checking on arrays), > but segfaults whe

Re: Max size of data in C++ prog?

2004-12-18 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 07:10:22PM -0500, Marc Shapiro wrote: } Is there a maximum size to the data segment in a C++ program? More } specifically, I am trying to write a program with a very large array. } The program compiles OK (since C/C++ do no bounds checking on arrays), } but segfaults whe

Re: Backup with versioning

2004-12-18 Thread Tom Vier
pdumpfs. i've been using it for years. it's a copy of plan9's daily snapshots. -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DSA Key ID 0x15741ECE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Max size of data in C++ prog?

2004-12-18 Thread Marc Shapiro
Is there a maximum size to the data segment in a C++ program? More specifically, I am trying to write a program with a very large array. The program compiles OK (since C/C++ do no bounds checking on arrays), but segfaults when I try to run it. The limit seems to be at just under 8MB. Is ther

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Sam Watkins
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 05:10:22PM -0500, Tong wrote: > Thanks for the input. Yeah, I meant to try the 'free-java-sdk' since it is > default in Debian Testing. But looking up Debian Java faq, I noticed that > things are more complicated than that. More sdk/jvm are available, and I > can't tell whic

pam-mkhomedir problems

2004-12-18 Thread bertje
Hi, I've set up an LDAP server (openLDAP) on a box called 'earth'. On box 'venus' I'm using the LDAP to get user info for users with UID>=1000. I've set up nsswitch. When I run `getent passwd` I get the local users and the users from the LDAP (bert,griet and kobe): root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/ba

libc6-dev dependancy problems

2004-12-18 Thread damon fasching
Hi, Can someone give me a hint as to how to solve the following problem I got when I tried to update my system yesterday? First, here is my uname -a output. --- Linux damon-3000 2.6.8 #3 Thu Aug 26 11:56:57 PDT 2004 x86_64 GNU/Linux --- Here is the

Skippy, Expose clone

2004-12-18 Thread Sam Halliday
hi there, has anyone ever used this tool: http://thegraveyard.org/skippy.php it claims to do what expose does in Mac OS X. i'd like to see this debianised and in unstable... but i guess i'll just have to compile it myself until then. cheers, Sam -- Free High School Science Texts http://www.no

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread David P James
On Sat 18 December 2004 17:52, Stephen Patterson wrote: > On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 23:00:09 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: > [snip] > > > After all, > > even Outlook has File->Archive... functionality, so that the .PST > > file won't get so huge. > > Though thats due to the fact the outlook can't cope with p

Re: Sound problem.

2004-12-18 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Felixk Karpfen (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On 2004-12-16, Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> If you found out which driver you need, add a line: >> >> alias sound-slot-0 modulename * >> >> to /etc/modutils/aliases or you own file in /etc/modutils, and run >> update-modul

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 18 December 2004 1:50 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > However, disks are measured in 10s of GBs. If your mbox file is > getting so big as to fill up /home, you have a problem. After all, > even Outlook has File->Archive... functionality, so that the .PST > file won't get so huge. I think t

Re: OT Translate a little german for me please

2004-12-18 Thread David P James
On Sat 18 December 2004 17:26, Tom wrote: > > F**k, I really never seem to be able to predict what KMail will do > with replies. Ah yes, that's because it was deemed to be best for 'Reply' to "Reply-list' if the message had a list-post and/or was in a mailing list folder. Apparently some users

Re: Please--sound

2004-12-18 Thread Ted Parks
Andreas, I really appreciate your help. I am still struggling with the audio CD issue. Just before I received your last message, I tried playing an audio CD with both GnomeCD and KsCD, launching these both as user and root. I could get neither of the applications to play an audio CD. I don't thi

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 23:00:09 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] > After all, > even Outlook has File->Archive... functionality, so that the .PST > file won't get so huge. Though thats due to the fact the outlook can't cope with pst files above 2 GB. -- Stephen Patterson http://patter.mine.nu/ [EMA

Re: Backup with versioning

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 12:51:11 +0100, Bob Alexander wrote: > In my neverending tweaking of the system I would like to setup a backup > cron job which would not only (possibly incrementally) save the files or > directories I indicate, but for /etc and /home would keep the revisions > of the files

Re: paste -sd

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 23:21:12 +0100, Maurits van Rees wrote: > Maybe these examples will make it clear: Sure it does. Thanks a lot for the clear explanation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT Translate a little german for me please

2004-12-18 Thread Tom
[Saturday 18 December 2004 23:13] William Ballard (OT Translate a little german for me please): > I think it says he had an operation in Frankfurt in Novemember and > had four weeks recovery. Of course by now you've had several replies, but it's worth a shot. :-) * Yes, that's about what it mea

A good XML Toolkit

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
hi, Please recommend a good XML Toolkit. I don't know many, the only one that I tried is XMLStarlet: http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/ ,- | XMLStarlet is a set of command line utilities (tools) which can be used to | transform, query, validate, and edit XML documents and files using simple |

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 19:25:23 -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: >> Is Debian native java OK? I mean has anybody install it? > > You can install the package free-java-sdk and it will give you an > environment that is reasonably good for simple programs. The JVM that will > be installed this way is sablev

Re: OT Translate a little german for me please

2004-12-18 Thread Tom
[Saturday 18 December 2004 23:25] Tom (Re: OT Translate a little german for me please): > (OT Translate a little german for me please): > > I think it says he had an operation in Frankfurt in Novemember and > > had four weeks recovery. > > Of course by now you've had several replies, but it's

Re: paste -sd

2004-12-18 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 04:55:13PM -0500, Tong wrote: > $ seq 10 | paste -sd " \n" > 1 2 3 4 > 5 6 7 8 > 9 10 > > >From the man page: > >-d, --delimiters=LIST > reuse characters from LIST instead of TABs > > But I don't understand why more space in delimiter list would pr

Re: Please--sound

2004-12-18 Thread Ted Parks
Thanks to all who responded to my query for help with ALSA and an opl3sa2 card. After reading the replies, I edited /etc/modules.conf (despite the warnings in the file) to comment out some mistaken parameters put there when update-modules read an incorrect alsa file in /etc/modutils. One more ques

OT Translate a little german for me please

2004-12-18 Thread William Ballard
Could someone please translate a few sentences of German for me? http://tinyurl.com/6245d (gzipped svg file, 236k) http://tinyurl.com/6ksdr (png, 625k) I think it says he had an operation in Frankfurt in Novemember and had four weeks recovery. Just reply direct. I would be most appreciate. --

paste -sd

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
Hi, Just noticed a wonderful usage of paste -s. However, I don't quite understand how -d works. Specifically, $ seq 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $ seq 10 | paste -sd " \n" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $ seq 10 | paste -sd " \n" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $ seq 10 | paste -sd " \n" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >From

Re: Thunderbird 1.0

2004-12-18 Thread Sam Halliday
Ralph Katz wrote: perhaps you might see the same as i do if you temporarily move your .mozilla-thunderbird folder out of the way, and set up a new account. Ouch! You're right. Fresh install ain't working for enigmail. You should file a bug report. Alex is very good with the fixes. (I've filed s

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 19:11 -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Dec 18 2004, Ron Johnson wrote: > > HD capacity is *cheap*. > > Not always. Especially when you can't get upgrades cheaply or when you > can't upgrade the HD of your computer (say, you are using a computer > provided by your employer and

Re: ilohamail

2004-12-18 Thread David Mandelberg
Tom Allison wrote: > The Ilohamail site seems to be under some serious repairs so > documentation is limited. > > Can someone help me answer some simple questions about this? You should ask the questions instead of asking if you can ask. I'll try to answer what I think your questions might be. >

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Rogério Brito
On Dec 18 2004, Tong wrote: > Is Debian native java OK? I mean has anybody install it? You can install the package free-java-sdk and it will give you an environment that is reasonably good for simple programs. The JVM that will be installed this way is sablevm. You may also want to try using kaffe

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 16:03:02 -0500, Tong wrote: > On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 07:33:05 +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:41:04PM -0500, Tong wrote: >>> Is Debian native java OK? >> >> What package/s are you talking about? >> >> I am using blackdown j2re1.4, it works. > > Oh, ye

ilohamail

2004-12-18 Thread Tom Allison
The Ilohamail site seems to be under some serious repairs so documentation is limited. Can someone help me answer some simple questions about this? Postgres Authentication support Multiple Domain support Maildir support Shared folders Thank you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Old Annoyance Revisited (console cluttered with iptables noise)

2004-12-18 Thread Scarletdown
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Robert Vangel wrote: I know it is caused by iptables, but I can't seem to figure out how to AND by the (IMHO completely braindead) default console level set by klogd. them going to /var/log/messages and not the console. Edit

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Sam Watkins
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 04:03:02PM -0500, Tong wrote: > > I understand the free software java systems don't work 100% yet. > > So I read. That's why I'm scared and asked before trying. Seeing that you > are using it really gives me the confident to give it a try. No, the blackdown j2re1.4 works

Re: Backup with versioning

2004-12-18 Thread William Ballard
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 12:51:11PM +0100, Bob Alexander wrote: > In my neverending tweaking of the system I would like to setup a backup > cron job which would not only (possibly incrementally) save the files or > directories I indicate, but for /etc and /home would keep the revisions > of the f

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread Rogério Brito
On Dec 18 2004, Ron Johnson wrote: > HD capacity is *cheap*. Not always. Especially when you can't get upgrades cheaply or when you can't upgrade the HD of your computer (say, you are using a computer provided by your employer and you can't mess with it). -- Learn to quote e-mails decently at:

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 16:10 -0500, William Ballard wrote: > On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:44:50PM +0800, Enrico Zini wrote: > > Does someone know of work-arounds to this with Thunderbird or Evolution? > > If nothing else, use a compressed file system and gzip your archives. Most (all?) compressing U

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 07:33:05 +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:41:04PM -0500, Tong wrote: >> Is Debian native java OK? > > What package/s are you talking about? > > I am using blackdown j2re1.4, it works. Oh, yeah, that's the one I was talking about. > I understand the fr

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread William Ballard
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:44:50PM +0800, Enrico Zini wrote: > Does someone know of work-arounds to this with Thunderbird or Evolution? If nothing else, use a compressed file system and gzip your archives. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Thunderbird 1.0

2004-12-18 Thread Sam Halliday
Ralph Katz wrote: perhaps you might see the same as i do if you temporarily move your .mozilla-thunderbird folder out of the way, and set up a new account. Ouch! You're right. Fresh install ain't working for enigmail. You should file a bug report. Alex is very good with the fixes. (I've filed s

Re: setting Precedence in header

2004-12-18 Thread Brandon Metcalf
b == [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: b> On Saturday 18 December 2004 12:23 pm, Brandon Metcalf wrote: b> > Hm. Here is the header from your message and I don't see Precedence b> > anywhere: b> > b> Talk to your post master? I see the presedence header right after the b> List-* headers. I gra

Kensington Expert Mouse

2004-12-18 Thread Thilo Schwarz
I wasn't able to find a solution for my problem in the archive. I'm using a Kensington Expert Mouse Trackball with 4 buttons (I tried both ways of connecting it to the computer: USB and PS/2, both gave the same result). Under Xfree86 the 2 lower buttons are recognized as buttons 1 and 3. The uppe

Re: setting Precedence in header

2004-12-18 Thread Dave Ewart
On Saturday, 18.12.2004 at 12:31 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Saturday 18 December 2004 12:23 pm, Brandon Metcalf wrote: > > > Hm. Here is the header from your message and I don't see Precedence > > anywhere: > > > > Talk to your post master? I see the presedence header right after the > L

Re: Re: Thunderbird 1.0

2004-12-18 Thread Ralph Katz
perhaps you might see the same as i do if you temporarily move your .mozilla-thunderbird folder out of the way, and set up a new account. Ouch! You're right. Fresh install ain't working for enigmail. You should file a bug report. Alex is very good with the fixes. (I've filed several reports on

RE: Debian Netinst: DHCP hangs, static hangs

2004-12-18 Thread Byron Hillis
-Original Message- From: Karl Ebener [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 18 December 2004 11:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Debian Netinst: DHCP hangs, static hangs Hi! I want to install Debian using the Debian Installer RC-2 as Netinst. My system: Athlon XP 2200+, MSI MS-6

Re: Thunderbird style search in Firefox

2004-12-18 Thread Rogério Brito
On Dec 17 2004, Steve Lamb wrote: > Firefox setting CNTL-U to "upload manager" was pretty dumb since CNTL-U > is unix' default for "clear field". :/ Put this into your .gtkrc-2.0 file: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs" - - -

Re: Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Sam Watkins
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:41:04PM -0500, Tong wrote: > Is Debian native java OK? What package/s are you talking about? I am using blackdown j2re1.4, it works. I understand the free software java systems don't work 100% yet. This is the Debian Java FAQ: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debi

Re: setting Precedence in header

2004-12-18 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 18 December 2004 12:23 pm, Brandon Metcalf wrote: > Hm. Here is the header from your message and I don't see Precedence > anywhere: > Talk to your post master? I see the presedence header right after the List-* headers. -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ursine.dyndns.org/~

Re: Sound problem.

2004-12-18 Thread Felixk Karpfen
On 2004-12-16, Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > Thomas Sjölin (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > >> I have a problem with sound under debian woody. >> >> >> [...] >> Device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such device) > > This means the driver has not been loaded. First of all, I su

Re: setting Precedence in header

2004-12-18 Thread Brandon Metcalf
d == [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: d> On Saturday, 18.12.2004 at 14:02 -0600, Brandon Metcalf wrote: d> > A few folks have asked me not to send automated out-of-the-office d> > replies and I apologize to those folks who have received these. d> > However, the mailing list software being used for t

Re: [OT], Database Comparer

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:29:11 -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: > [...] > } I even have a Debian package :) > [...] > } let me know if you'd like to have a copy of it. > > This looks like it would be exceedingly useful to a lot of people. I would > recommend finding a Debian developer to sponsor you (

Re: Thunderbird style search in Firefox

2004-12-18 Thread Sam Halliday
Ralph Katz wrote: Sam Halliday wrote: thanks, unfortunately that is not an optimal solution as on my laptop keyboard it is quite tricky to send Delete. Tricky to hit the delete key?! yes its a laptop keyboard, so Delete (unlike Backspace) requires a two-key combination, which is just a pain. when

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 12:00 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Friday 17 December 2004 10:44 pm, Enrico Zini wrote: > > > I've been reported that Outlook on Windows is more efficient in > > storing mails with attachments, as it stores them in unencoded 8-bit > > format while the various Unix tools[

Re: setting Precedence in header

2004-12-18 Thread Dave Ewart
On Saturday, 18.12.2004 at 14:02 -0600, Brandon Metcalf wrote: > A few folks have asked me not to send automated out-of-the-office > replies and I apologize to those folks who have received these. > However, the mailing list software being used for the debian-user > forum is not setting Precedence

Tora in Debian

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
Hi, The description of tora in Debian says: "Via qt3 it can access PostgreSQL and MySQL directly", but why I can only see PostgreSQL as connection type, not MySQL. what have I missed to install? $ dpkg -l | grep -Ei 'sql|qt' ii libdbd-mysql 0.7.1-2MySQL database server driver for lib

setting Precedence in header

2004-12-18 Thread Brandon Metcalf
A few folks have asked me not to send automated out-of-the-office replies and I apologize to those folks who have received these. However, the mailing list software being used for the debian-user forum is not setting Precedence in the header to list or bulk. If it were, my vacation program would h

Re: Re: Thunderbird style search in Firefox

2004-12-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 14:20 -0500, Ralph Katz wrote: > On 12/18/2004 12:00 AM, Sam Halliday wrote: > > > thanks, unfortunately that is not an optimal solution as on my laptop > > keyboard it is quite tricky to send Delete. > > Tricky to hit the delete key?! Remember, it's a laptop, not a desktop

Re: Outlook more efficient in storing mails?

2004-12-18 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 17 December 2004 10:44 pm, Enrico Zini wrote: > I've been reported that Outlook on Windows is more efficient in > storing mails with attachments, as it stores them in unencoded 8-bit > format while the various Unix tools[1] store them as they've been > received, so a big attachment wo

Debian native java

2004-12-18 Thread Tong
Hi, Is Debian native java OK? I mean has anybody install it? has it had any trouble for you? How about compatibility? It equal to java 1.3 or 1.4, or less? Can original java compiled jar file work fine? ... The Debian native java readme files warns me about all above issues. But I just want to kn

X not starting when using dri model with Radeon 9200

2004-12-18 Thread John Covici
Hi. I am having a problem -- if I allow the XF86Config-4 to load dri using my Radeon 9200 card, it hangs up and I am stuck in the X console and have to reboot the machine to continue. If I take out the dri, gnome comes up normally. I am using kernel 2.6.9. Here is the lspci -v output for the ca

Re: Boot Flags "Settings"

2004-12-18 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 18 December 2004 11:00 am, Umar Draz wrote: > /hda1 Primary Linux Swap 1024(it will be swap partion) > /hda2 Primary Linux Linux 1000(it will be / partion) > /hda2 Logical Linux Linux100 (it will be /boot partion) > > /hda3

Re: Thunderbird style search in Firefox

2004-12-18 Thread Travis Crump
Ralph Katz wrote: On 12/17/2004 11:40 PM, Travis Crump wrote: If it makes you feel any better, I can't for the life of me figure out where in the gnome-keyboard-properties dialog you are supposed to set this. From terminal: $ gnome-keybinding-properties Note that that is different from gnome-keyb

Re: Re: Thunderbird style search in Firefox

2004-12-18 Thread Ralph Katz
On 12/18/2004 12:00 AM, Sam Halliday wrote: thanks, unfortunately that is not an optimal solution as on my laptop keyboard it is quite tricky to send Delete. Tricky to hit the delete key?! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Re: Thunderbird style search in Firefox

2004-12-18 Thread Ralph Katz
On 12/17/2004 11:40 PM, Travis Crump wrote: If it makes you feel any better, I can't for the life of me figure out where in the gnome-keyboard-properties dialog you are supposed to set this. From terminal: $ gnome-keybinding-properties Note that that is different from gnome-keyboard-properties. --

Re: oom-killer vs system not reachable

2004-12-18 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Sam Watkins wrote: > > The system is mainly used as a dropbox for a huge amount of mail. > > Mutt is opening and working on a 1.5 GB mbox. Considering this > > usage, should we apply special configuration or should a 'vanilla > > system' be able to cope with this? Mutt might w

Re: Backup with versioning

2004-12-18 Thread Adam Aube
Bob Alexander wrote: > In my neverending tweaking of the system I would like to setup a backup > cron job which would not only (possibly incrementally) save the files or > directories I indicate, but for /etc and /home would keep the revisions > of the files in a versioning schema (like rcs, cvs e

Re: LILO HANGS-Linux Nor Windows Wont Bootup

2004-12-18 Thread Manu
Hi Leonard I do not know if anyone has helped you but you can use the rescue CD(CD1 I think) from debian and pass as an argument "root=/dev/hdx" when prompt where hdx is your disk / partition (read the help otherwise of the CD when booting by pressing f3). This will boot with the lastest instal

Boot Flags "Settings"

2004-12-18 Thread Umar Draz
Hi Dear members!     i have lit bit configure over partioning debian i have (80 GB HD) and i want to install linux mail server. i have woody 3.0r3. now i have create these partion     /hda1  Primary Linux Swap   1024    (it will be swap partion)   /hda2  Primary Linux Linux   1000 

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