Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Thursday 25 August 2005 12:47 am, charlie wrote: > On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:09:32 -0400 > > Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 August 2005 09:05 pm, David Christensen wrote: > > > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > > ... > > > > > > > What I find outlandish is the deadline for th

Re: no sound

2005-08-24 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wednesday 24 August 2005 10:29 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I HAVE NO SOUND WHEN I PLAY A GAME WILL YOU PLEASE HELP Read this... http://ursine.ca/cgi-bin/dwww?type=dir&location=/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-html/Sound-HOWTO ...then this... http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ..

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wednesday 24 August 2005 08:28 pm, Wulfy wrote: > When I get a personal e-mail from someone, I expect the Reply-To button > to reply to them. When I get an e-mail from a *list* I expect the > Reply-To button to reply to the *list* as that is where the e-mail came > from. Every other list I am

Re: recommended email server-small business

2005-08-24 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wednesday 24 August 2005 10:07 am, Chris Parker wrote: > I'm looking for a lightweight email server for a small company- around 5 > users. Exim4 looks good, but was hoping for recommendations from more > knowledgeable admins. All replies greatly appreciated. Normally, I would say Exim is the

Re: no sound

2005-08-24 Thread KAJ2268
I HAVE NO SOUND WHEN I PLAY A GAME WILL YOU PLEASE HELP

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Wulfy
Brian Kimball wrote: Marc Wilson wrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 06:05:21PM +1000, charlie wrote: Am new here, but think that reply to list is standard on all Linux learning lists? You'd be wrong. Dead wrong. Amen brother. For all you people who are dead wrong and in de

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Wulfy
Paul Smith wrote: %% Wulfy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: w> When I get a personal e-mail from someone, I expect the Reply-To w> button to reply to them. When I get an e-mail from a *list* I w> expect the Reply-To button to reply to the *list* as that is where w> the e-mail came from. No it

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Brian Kimball
Marc Wilson wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 06:05:21PM +1000, charlie wrote: > > Am new here, but think that reply to list is standard on all Linux > > learning lists? > > You'd be wrong. Dead wrong. Amen brother. For all you people who are dead wrong and in denial about it, read this: http://

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Paul Smith
%% Wulfy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: w> When I get a personal e-mail from someone, I expect the Reply-To w> button to reply to them. When I get an e-mail from a *list* I w> expect the Reply-To button to reply to the *list* as that is where w> the e-mail came from. No it didn't. Mailing

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread charlie
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:09:32 -0400 Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 24 August 2005 09:05 pm, David Christensen wrote: > > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > ... > > > > > What I find outlandish is the deadline for the vote, I would say that > > > first all or most would have to agre

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread charlie
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:56:03 -0700 Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 06:05:21PM +1000, charlie wrote: > > Am new here, but think that reply to list is standard on all Linux > > learning lists? > > You'd be wrong. Dead wrong. > > Personally, my belief is that Reply

Re: KDE vs GNOME

2005-08-24 Thread Steve Lamb
Leonardo Sá wrote: > Is KDE faster than GNOME? I really need a good looking desktop without > taking up that much resources... Search the archives, this had been done to death. As for my take for low resources but a desktop environment, XFCE. Between the options listed of KDE or Gnome, K

Re: Problems installing AMD 64 daily unstable build

2005-08-24 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/24/05, Susan Cragin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to install the daily unstable onto an Acer Ferrari laptop > using a netinstall CD ISO available below. > http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/amd64/ > Install works fine until it comes time for it to download additiona

Re: what about sarge1 ??

2005-08-24 Thread Thomas Weinbrenner
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 12:17:24AM +0200, mess-mate wrote: > > i've yet packages ended with sarge1 ! > > What is going exactly bu debian ? > Those are packages that were uploaded directly into Sarge (as opposed to > unstable) to correct security vulnerabilities. But wh

Re: KDE vs GNOME

2005-08-24 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 24 2005, Katipo wrote: > You don't require a full Gnome or KDE desktop. > Just use Fluxbox, or the ilk. Indeed. If you are going to just use a window manager instead of a whole Desktop Environment, then I would also vote for Fluxbox, especially with the Minimal theme, which is both useful a

Re: cinfigure exim4

2005-08-24 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 03:29:45AM +0100, Maurice O'Regan wrote: > during a fresh install of debian 3.1, exim4 may be left not configured. > Using dpkg-reconfigure exim4-configlater 'should' (I think) > configure it !. > However, I have no /etc4/exim4/exim4.conf file, only an > exim4.con

bash beep (was Re: debian sarge freeze computer)

2005-08-24 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 02:20:38PM +0100, Alexander Fisher wrote: > well be. For example, the 'beep' you get when bash autocomplete fails > lasts for several seconds. A shutdown takes tens of minutes. I've no To stop those annoying beeps. cd touch .inputrc echo 'set bell-style none' >> .inputr

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread michael
Quoting Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tuesday, 23.08.2005 at 22:09 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: So hit Reply to Mailing List instead of Reply to Author. The list does set standard mailing list headers that are easily detected by any modern mail reader. no, Outlook is not a modern mail rea

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Alan Ezust
Hrm - I noticed when I tried to reply-to all (my client is actually google mail's web interface), that debian-user didn't even show up in my To: field. Strange. However, I hate it when I accidentally reply-to the whole list when I meant to send it only to the sender. I think a mailing list post sh

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Wulfy
Marc Wilson wrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 06:05:21PM +1000, charlie wrote: Am new here, but think that reply to list is standard on all Linux learning lists? You'd be wrong. Dead wrong. Personally, my belief is that Reply-To is for idiots. Push the damn button already depending o

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Marc Wilson
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 06:05:21PM +1000, charlie wrote: > Am new here, but think that reply to list is standard on all Linux learning > lists? You'd be wrong. Dead wrong. Personally, my belief is that Reply-To is for idiots. Push the damn button already depending on where YOU expect the messa

Re: Am I getting USB 2.0 speed?

2005-08-24 Thread Marc Wilson
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 10:21:25PM -0300, Bruno Buys wrote: > By the way, I have four VIA VT82x uhci 1.1 controllers, and 1 VIA > USB 2.0 (this one seems to never be used). > Why is that? Which begs the question of whether or not the devices in question even ARE USB 2.0 or not. -- Marc Wil

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread James Vahn
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Hendrik Boom wrote: I vote the headers should direct a reply to the list. It has always seemed lunacy to make the default the specific thing that list policy shys you shouldn't do. Smartlist, isn't it? Just a suggestion: rc.local.20 ## FROM=`formail -x From: \ | sed -e

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:08:41 +1000 Paul Gear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Precisely. I'm an old Linux bod (relatively speaking - using Linux > since kernel 0.97) and i've never worked out the fascination with > reply to sender. If i'm reading a list message, i shouldn't have to > think about it

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Carl Fink
Just a data point for you all. I run mailing lists for a charitable organization entirely staffed by volunteers. We went to reply-to-list and it was the right call. This list might be different, but I (and the corporation) are not in a position to tell our volunteers "If you don't like it, get a

usb 1.0 vs 2.0

2005-08-24 Thread Rick Pasotto
I have an ov511 webcam that is evidently usb 1.0. My new machine has usb 2.0 ports and the webcam does not work at all well (using camarama there is no color and the image is triplicated). Is there some way for me to use this webcam with the new machine or do I need to junk it and get a new one?

Re: Java and Konqueror?

2005-08-24 Thread Curt Howland
Ok, to follow-up in case anyone is interested. I tried Knoppix 3.9 CD today, which has KDE 3.4 out of Experimental. Konqueror worked just fine with the java scripts that Yahoo mail uses. All functions worked. The instructions for installing a java environment are appreciated, but there is somethi

Re: Am I getting USB 2.0 speed?

2005-08-24 Thread Bruno Buys
Hi Roberto, I forgot to mention. I tried usbview and it says my player is attached to a 1.1 uhci controller. Its part of the problem, I guess. No matter what port I connect the device to, I always get this. By the way, I have four VIA VT82x uhci 1.1 controllers, and 1 VIA USB 2.0 (this one

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Wednesday 24 August 2005 09:05 pm, David Christensen wrote: > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > ... > > > What I find outlandish is the deadline for the vote, I would say that > > first all or most would have to agree to consider the matter, > > including may be the list master him/her self. And then s

RE: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread David Christensen
Antonio Rodriguez wrote: ... > What I find outlandish is the deadline for the vote, I would say that > first all or most would have to agree to consider the matter, > including may be the list master him/her self. And then some deadline > could come up, if decided the discussion to take place. It

Re: Am I getting USB 2.0 speed?

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 09:41:15PM -0300, Bruno Buys wrote: > I'm trying to figure out whether my mp3 player and pen drive is being > handled as a USB 2.0, with proper speed, under Debian Sarge. > I hooked it to every USB port the computer has, including two in the rear > panel that has a

Re: what about sarge1 ??

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 12:17:24AM +0200, mess-mate wrote: > Hi, > i've yet packages ended with sarge1 ! > What is going exactly bu debian ? > Those are packages that were uploaded directly into Sarge (as opposed to unstable) to correct security vulnerabilities. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez

Re: Accessing darcs archives via ssh

2005-08-24 Thread Tim Goodaire
Hello, (Sorry for the blank message last time. Not sure what happened.) I have been playing with darcs, and am considering using it as a replacement for subversion. However, I'm having a problem getting it to behave with ssh: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> darcs get [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/tim Password:

Settings in /etc/rc[1-6,S].d needed.

2005-08-24 Thread Martin Lederer
Hello! I've got a problem: I have chanced some settings in the /etc/rc1-6.d- and /etc/rcS.d-sections. Now, some things "mysteriously" stopped working and, unfortunately, I don't have a backup from the original settings (I know, I know...). So could someone please post the contents of those direc

Am I getting USB 2.0 speed?

2005-08-24 Thread Bruno Buys
I'm trying to figure out whether my mp3 player and pen drive is being handled as a USB 2.0, with proper speed, under Debian Sarge. I hooked it to every USB port the computer has, including two in the rear panel that has a 'USB 2.0' label stick in. The best I get transferring data to the de

Accessing darcs archives via ssh

2005-08-24 Thread Tim Goodaire
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Re: Hardware issues

2005-08-24 Thread Bruno Buys
John, There are unofficial sources of multimedia packages for Debian that can make your computer quite complete, in terms of multimedia editing. I have done a few myself. Here is some explanation http://debian.video.free.fr/, though things may look cryptic, a little. Dvd and multimedia

Re: OT mutt config (was: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?)

2005-08-24 Thread charlie
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:09:53 -0400 Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 03:59:28PM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: > > > > Do you have > > > > subscribe debian-user > > > > in your ~/.muttrc? I think that mutt needs this in order to recognise > > that debian-user is a

Re: OT mutt config (was: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?)

2005-08-24 Thread charlie
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:09:53 -0400 Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 03:59:28PM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: > > > > Do you have > > > > subscribe debian-user > > > > in your ~/.muttrc? I think that mutt needs this in order to recognise > > that debian-user is a

Re: Hardware issues

2005-08-24 Thread John Kirkby
Thanks for your suggestion David. I have now downloaded [and put on disc] Knoppix, Ubuntu and Gentoo. Haven't tried them yet as I will be erasing my H-D 1st. Hope I can get all my cards working with at least one of these OS's and can then come across some video/DVD editing software and avoid go

Re: what do i need to run QT on Debian(sarge)?

2005-08-24 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Michal Simovic wrote: hi, i've installed libqt3-mt-dev and g++, but still could not find any C++ developing GUI. nothing appeared in KDE menu, nothing (gui-looking-like executable) i found in directory tree.. maybe this wasn't right but i again apt-cache searched for "qt3 gui" and found "li

sarge + postfix + mysql

2005-08-24 Thread Juan Manuel Tato
hi, i'm following this how to http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-sarge/ basically configuring postfix to read maps from mysql database. but i'm having this error message Aug 24 18:05:18 ns1 postfix/virtual[3015]: warning: connect to mysql server 127.0.0.1: Access denied for user 'postfix'@'l

what about sarge1 ??

2005-08-24 Thread mess-mate
Hi, i've yet packages ended with sarge1 ! What is going exactly bu debian ? mess-mate -- You fill a much-needed gap. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

package configuration blocked by double free error

2005-08-24 Thread Ross Boylan
Every time an install or upgrade attempts to configure I get this error: *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (!prev): 0x089a79c8 *** The problems this is causing are rapidly spreading. debconf in now not installed properly, most installs don't configure for that reason alone. I file

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/08/05 21:27), Doofus wrote: > Yes, I've read a lot in the twenty minutes since writing the above. I > use thunderbird though in linux, solaris and windows. No matter, I'll > deal with it. Maybe I'll look at the much lauded mutt... It's worth the effort ;) Regards Clive -- www.clivemen

Re: sarge + postfix + mysql

2005-08-24 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 06:10:57PM -0300, Juan Manuel Tato wrote.. > hi, i'm following this how to > http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-sarge/ > basically configuring postfix to read maps from mysql database. > > but i'm having this error message > Aug 24 18:05:18 ns1 postfix/virtual[30

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Steve Block
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 09:27:28PM +0100, Doofus wrote: Yes, I've read a lot in the twenty minutes since writing the above. I use thunderbird though in linux, solaris and windows. No matter, I'll deal with it. Maybe I'll look at the much lauded mutt... Part of the problem with this whole thing

Re: Network card recommendation

2005-08-24 Thread Daniel L. Miller
Status report: My firewall is continuing to run reliably - of course. I have noticed that on of the 3com NICs, I have a single RX overrun reported. Just one - no errors, and no increases in the overrun number. I used to also have one RX overrun on the other NIC - but not anymore. Hmm

Re: recommended email server-small business

2005-08-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/08/05 13:07), Chris Parker wrote: > I'm looking for a lightweight email server for a small company- around 5 > users. Exim4 looks good, but was hoping for recommendations from more > knowledgeable admins. All replies greatly appreciated. If you're looking to offer IMAP, dovecot (with ex

Problems installing AMD 64 daily unstable build

2005-08-24 Thread Susan Cragin
I am trying to install the daily unstable onto an Acer Ferrari laptop using a netinstall CD ISO available below. http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/amd64/ Install works fine until it comes time for it to download additional packages. It doesn't recognize my wireless. I also trie

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Meni Shapiro
to list!! but ofcourseelse what is the point?? MeniOn 8/24/05, Joerg Rossdeutscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am Dienstag, den 23.08.2005, 21:56 -0700 schrieb David Christensen:> I vote for "Reply to list".Oh no. Please not again that nonsense... Munging Reply-To breaksfeatures and is harmful.

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Joerg Rossdeutscher
Am Dienstag, den 23.08.2005, 21:56 -0700 schrieb David Christensen: > I vote for "Reply to list". Oh no. Please not again that nonsense... Munging Reply-To breaks features and is harmful. You want to break mail to make it fit to your broken mail program. This will not happen. I suggest you get a

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Doofus
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 08:58:31PM +0100, Doofus wrote: No other mailing lists I've ever subscribed to has worked in this ludicrous way. Being a newbie has nothing to do with it. Of course, the common response "just hit "Reply-All" and delete the poster from the ou

Re: Lost Labyrinth

2005-08-24 Thread Markus Döbele
I fear I can't use this command, because I lack access to a debian machine right now. I am living in Argentina since 6 Month and only got my laptop with me. (And I can't install all systems here (only got 20 gig of disc space) ) My server at home uses debian, but i can't access it right now. I re

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Doofus
Gnu-Raiz wrote: This usually comes up every couple of months, followed by a few responses of why munging is considered bad. http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html So I will post the url to save a few people the hassle, or those who are too lasy to search the archives. I have to agree

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 08:58:31PM +0100, Doofus wrote: > No other mailing lists I've ever subscribed to has worked in this ludicrous > way. Being a newbie has nothing to do with it. Of course, the common response > "just hit "Reply-All" and delete the poster from the outgoing list" will > alway

Re: Newbie: How-to Disable onboard sound

2005-08-24 Thread Joachim Fahnenmüller
Hi Roger, On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 10:47:18PM -0400, Roger Creasy wrote: > Hello: > > I am trying to get ALSA to use an Ensonic 1371 sound card instead of > the onboard card. I cannot find a way to disable the onboard card in > the bios. Read your motherboard's manual. On mine, it is not done by

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Doofus
Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy) wrote: It is this very reason that I use 'Reply All' to respond to list emails. Then I can pick and choose which addresses to send it to. You can't cry foul when you just hit reply and ASSUME it goes where you want. You have to pay attention to what you are doing.

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 08:13:39PM +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >>>I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of > >>>RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? Does the processor need a > >>>special kernel? Will that kernel recognize tha

Re: what do i need to run QT on Debian(sarge)?

2005-08-24 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/24/05, Michal Simovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > as you can i see i'm really new to programming environments on linux, > the only thing i know is editors like Quanta :) now i expected to get a > GUI object oriented programming environmnet like Kylix, is QT a similar > thing at all? sor

Re: what do i need to run QT on Debian(sarge)?

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 08:40:06PM +0200, Michal Simovic wrote: > > hi, i've installed libqt3-mt-dev and g++, but still could not find any C++ > developing GUI. nothing appeared in KDE menu, nothing (gui-looking-like > executable) i found in directory tree.. > > maybe this wasn't right but i ag

Re: adding modules to kernel

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 02:30:08PM -0400, Michael Spang wrote: > Adam Hardy wrote: > > > Is there some short-cut? > > Run xconfig again, select the option as a module, and recompile. If the > tree hasn't been cleaned since you last built, it should only compile > that one module and not the entir

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/24/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, don't. Compile your own kernel that has the 4GB_RAM support > enabled. None of the packaged Debian kernels have it. Without it you > will only get access to about 900 MB. > >From the /boot/config-2.6.8-2-686-smp: # # Firmware

RE: Problems instaling Sarge

2005-08-24 Thread Joseph H. Fry
> Basically, while detecting the CD-ROM, the network card and > the hard disks, it says there's an error occurred "modprobe > -v sym53c88xx_2". This doesn't allow me to contiunue with > installation. I'm not certain, but I seem to remember having a problem with the same module using the gentoo

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Dave Ewart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>>I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of >>>RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? Does the processor need a >>>special kernel? Will that kernel recognize that amount of RAM? >>>

Re: what do i need to run QT on Debian(sarge)?

2005-08-24 Thread Michal Simovic
hi, i've installed libqt3-mt-dev and g++, but still could not find any C++ developing GUI. nothing appeared in KDE menu, nothing (gui-looking-like executable) i found in directory tree.. maybe this wasn't right but i again apt-cache searched for "qt3 gui" and found "libqt3c102" and installed

How to set LC_NUMERIC so applications use it?

2005-08-24 Thread Preben Randhol
Hi I set in bashrc that LC_NUMRIC=C so I don't have to write numbers like: 1,323 but 1.323 This is ok if I start gnumeric, gimp or similar programs from an xterm. The problem is that if I start the same applications from a menu (either from gnome or form my home made desktop which uses fbpanel).

Re: adding modules to kernel

2005-08-24 Thread Michael Spang
Adam Hardy wrote: > Is there some short-cut? Run xconfig again, select the option as a module, and recompile. If the tree hasn't been cleaned since you last built, it should only compile that one module and not the entire kernel. When this is done you can either reinstall the kernel or just copy

Re: Problem with inetd

2005-08-24 Thread srg krn
netstat -anp will say you the proccess that is listening. If inetd is the proccess you must edit /etc/inetd.conf If xinetd is the proccess you must go to /etc/xinetd.d and edit the file for the telnet service (put disable=yes). On 8/22/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently

Re: Debian

2005-08-24 Thread Francisco Gimeno
HelloI'm trying to use the WCCPv2 patch by Visolve with Squid-2.5.9-10 debian package. There is a little BIG problem.The existing patch modifies autoconf stuff. So, you should use the ./bootstrap.sh script provided with Squid, or running auto* by hand.Existing autoconf input files is just for autom

Re: how to reconstruct MD RAID device?

2005-08-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/08/05 18:14), Jukka Salmi wrote: > I added the "non-fresh" device to the failed md: > > $ mdadm /dev/md2 -a /dev/hdb3 > mdadm: hot added /dev/hdb3 > > and could see hda3 being rebuilt onto the new spare: > > Aug 24 17:11:12 sv005 kernel: md: trying to hot-add unknown-block(3,67) to > md2

Re: making backup using rsync in home LAN

2005-08-24 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/24/05, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I misunderstood you the first time. I see what you mean now. Just a > little clarification: my rsync server is my Debian Testing on a P4 > desktop. Backups works perfectly on this machine. I am trying to > implement a method with which the Testing d

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Roel Schroeven
Patrick Rittich wrote: Adam Hardy wrote: However my email reader of choice doesn't have reply-to-list, shame on Mozilla. Agreed. I switched from crash-prone evolution to mozilla-thunderbird a few months ago and noticed this feature missing. Somebody ought to do something! :) Indeed. It l

Re: OT mutt config (was: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?)

2005-08-24 Thread Gnu-Raiz
On 11:20, Wed 24 Aug 05, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 04:14:22PM +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: > > On Wednesday, 24.08.2005 at 11:07 -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 03:59:28PM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: > > > > > > > > Do you have > > > > > > > > subscr

Re: making backup using rsync in home LAN

2005-08-24 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Jiann-Ming Su_, on 24/08/05 13:15,typed: > On 8/24/05, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>As I said, the laptop is not always on so most of the backups will be >>skipped. To avoid that, I am looking for a script to call on the laptop. >>A user can just call that script and a backup

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 01:28:04PM -0400, Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy) wrote: > OK, could you point me to a resource that would show me how to do this? > Here: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html If you are not sure what options you need, then simply take the /boot/config-x.y

Re: recommended email server-small business

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 01:16:28PM -0400, Jiann-Ming Su wrote: > On 8/24/05, Chris Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm looking for a lightweight email server for a small company- around 5 > > users. Exim4 looks good, but was hoping for recommendations from more > > knowledgeable admins. All

RE: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy)
OK, could you point me to a resource that would show me how to do this? Thanks, -Jason -Original Message- From: Roberto C. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:23 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: installing sarge on server On Wed, Aug 24,

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 11:57:38AM -0400, Jiann-Ming Su wrote: > On 8/24/05, Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of > > RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? Does the processor need a > >

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 09:26:59AM -0700, Patrick Rittich wrote: > Adam Hardy wrote: > >Jon Dowland on 24/08/05 13:54, wrote: > > >One thing I would like the list server to munge would be the > >receipt-confirmation header (or whatever it's called). It seems like a > >large waste of bandwidth an

Re: recommended email server-small business

2005-08-24 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/24/05, Chris Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for a lightweight email server for a small company- around 5 > users. Exim4 looks good, but was hoping for recommendations from more > knowledgeable admins. All replies greatly appreciated. > http://flakshack.com/anti-spam/wiki/i

Re: making backup using rsync in home LAN

2005-08-24 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/24/05, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As I said, the laptop is not always on so most of the backups will be > skipped. To avoid that, I am looking for a script to call on the laptop. > A user can just call that script and a backup will be done on the backup > server (my Testing box). >

Re: recommended email server-small business

2005-08-24 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- Chris Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for a lightweight email server for a > small company- around 5 > users. Exim4 looks good, but was hoping for > recommendations from more > knowledgeable admins. All replies greatly > appreciated. > > thanks > Chris > I recommend you

recommended email server-small business

2005-08-24 Thread Chris Parker
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Re: making backup using rsync in home LAN

2005-08-24 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Jiann-Ming Su_, on 24/08/05 12:04,typed: > > You may want to take a look at > http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ > as well. Right, I will. Thanks. > > Mount the NTFS partition and back it up when you back up the linux > /home partition? > As I said, the laptop

Re: Procmail: "Error while writing to..." bash script

2005-08-24 Thread Paul Nevai
Hi Tom: Please be more specific. Where did you add a "cat - > /dev/null" line. In your . procmailrc or in your bash script and in which position? Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] since I am not reading this list. I found this using Google. Thanks, Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: Comunication between two server by firewall

2005-08-24 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- Claudio Plateroti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sergio, i didn' say that i have one firewall working > . I need other same > firewall (backup), so i copied the > configuration . I did this : > - I configurated interfaces with tthe same ip > - I configurated the same hostname > - I copied the

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Gnu-Raiz
On 13:54, Wed 24 Aug 05, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 09:56:20PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > debian users: > > > > I am tired of replying to messages on this list, only to realize that > > my reply went to the message author and not to the list. It is my > > understanding

Re: making backup using rsync in home LAN

2005-08-24 Thread Gautam Bakshi
On 8/24/05, Jiann-Ming Su <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 8/23/05, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> Hi,>> I backup my data on my home machine using a rsync script> ( http://www.tux.org/~tbr/rsync/rsynchowto.html website was extremely> helpful). The machine runs Debian Testing, 2.6.11 kernel. My OS

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Patrick Rittich
Adam Hardy wrote: Jon Dowland on 24/08/05 13:54, wrote: On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 09:56:20PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: debian users: I am tired of replying to messages on this list, only to realize that my reply went to the message author and not to the list. It is my understanding that

Re: how to reconstruct MD RAID device?

2005-08-24 Thread Jukka Salmi
Clive Menzies --> debian-user (2005-08-24 16:27:38 +0100): > On (24/08/05 16:31), Jukka Salmi wrote: > > Clive Menzies --> debian-user (2005-08-24 15:08:11 +0100): > > > Have you tried something like: > > > > > > $ mdadm /dev/md2 -a /dev/hdb3 > > > > No. Unfortunately it's a production system, he

Re: making backup using rsync in home LAN

2005-08-24 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/23/05, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I backup my data on my home machine using a rsync script > (http://www.tux.org/~tbr/rsync/rsynchowto.html website was extremely > helpful). The machine runs Debian Testing, 2.6.11 kernel. My OS is on > /dev/hda and backups are done on /dev/

Re: Installing Debian

2005-08-24 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 10:02:25AM -0700, Jeremy Donnell wrote: > IT DOESN'T TELL YOU HOW TO SELECT. As dumb as this might sound I had > the cursor next to Desktop and so I pressed enter thinking I was > installing the packages for desktop.. Nope! I installed nothing for > desktop because aft

Re: installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/24/05, Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of > RAM. Is there anything special I need to know? Does the processor need a > special kernel? Will that kernel recognize that amount of RAM? > T

Re: Newbie: How do I defrag my (FAT) drive?

2005-08-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/08/05 10:24), Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 05:49:58PM +0200, Tim Ruehsen wrote: > > > > > You don't need to. You only need to defragment your disk if your > > > operating system is incapable of keeping the fragmentation under > > > control, and Linux does not suffer from t

Re: problems installing PHP4

2005-08-24 Thread Pooly
Hi, thanks for your reply, that's what I was about to do if the apache-modconf enable php4_mod would have not worked. 2005/8/24, Sergio Basurto Juarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > --- Pooly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Apache 1.3.33 > > > > /usr/lib/apache/1.3/500mod_php4.info is present wit

Re: Comunication between two server by firewall

2005-08-24 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- Claudio Plateroti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I send you the rules's text . > I see that you are using the strong firewall that comes by default in the IP-MASQUERADE-HOWTO you must edit the file in order to fit your needs. I attach a firewall that I use to get some services, also need mo

Problems instaling Sarge

2005-08-24 Thread marco_elen
Hello everybody, I'm new tothis list, though not to Debian (I'm using Woody at home since it came out, but I'm not very expert), and I'd like to install Sarge on an Hp server which currently has Red Hat (don't rememeber now which version). But I experienced some problems. Basically, while detect

installing sarge on server

2005-08-24 Thread Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy)
I will soon be installing sarge on a box with a Xeon processor and 2GB of RAM.  Is there anything special I need to know?  Does the processor need a special kernel?  Will that kernel recognize that amount of RAM?   Thanks,   -Jason    

Re: problems installing PHP4

2005-08-24 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- Pooly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apache 1.3.33 > > /usr/lib/apache/1.3/500mod_php4.info is present with > the correct > configuration, but when I run apache-modconf PHP4 > does not show up in > /etc/apache/modules.conf > > The installation is on a sparc station, and was done > 2 weeks ag

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