Re: "No screens found"

2006-05-08 Thread Chris Lale
Kent West wrote: Alex Gulla wrote: Hi my name is Alex and I'm trying to setup Debian 3.1. I have it all setup and i have kde and kdm installed and i cant seem to get them working. whenever i enter "kdm" into the prompt, the screen goes completely black, then it just goes back to the promp

Re: Disk Defragmentatio

2006-05-08 Thread Urs Thuermann
> I know that, but I'm running a pair of debian etch boxes over vmware, > and the disk images have grown to almost tripple the size of the > actual installation. I want to reclaim the 3+ GBs on the partition > (I'm running a bit short on disk space), and in order for the vmware > utility to compact

Re: "No screens found"

2006-05-08 Thread Kent West
Alex Gulla wrote: > Hi my name is Alex and I'm trying to setup Debian 3.1. I have it all > setup and i have kde and kdm installed and i cant seem to get them > working. whenever i enter "kdm" into the prompt, the screen goes > completely black, then it just goes back to the prompt and nothing ha

Re: Font for PC graphics characters

2006-05-08 Thread T
On Mon, 08 May 2006 20:48:39 -0400, cga2000 wrote: > Thus spake T on Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:46:31PM -0400 or thereabouts: <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> [2006-05-08 20:05]: >> On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:31:27 -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote: >> >> > On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 01:27:59PM -0400, T wrote: >> >> whi

RE: Mails from Win to Linux, troubles with .wab, Palm use

2006-05-08 Thread Blast o_O
Hi, thanks for the answers ;) they were all very usefull, but I'll need to add other ones... Now, I have others problems related to migration: 1- While moving and formating data, I saved my address book to .wab format, and now I can't open or import it, 'couse It launchs an error box, do you know

Re: "No screens found"

2006-05-08 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 09:37:04PM -0600, Alex Gulla wrote: > Hi my name is Alex and I'm trying to setup Debian 3.1. I have it all > setup and i have kde and kdm installed and i cant seem to get them > working. whenever i enter "kdm" into the prompt, the screen goes > completely black, then it j

Re: "No screens found"

2006-05-08 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 09:37:04PM -0600, Alex Gulla wrote: > Hi my name is Alex and I'm trying to setup Debian 3.1. I have it all > setup and i have kde and kdm installed and i cant seem to get them > working. whenever i enter "kdm" into the prompt, the screen goes > completely black, then it j

"No screens found"

2006-05-08 Thread Alex Gulla
Hi my name is Alex and I'm trying to setup Debian 3.1. I have it all setup and i have kde and kdm installed and i cant seem to get them working. whenever i enter "kdm" into the prompt, the screen goes completely black, then it just goes back to the prompt and nothing has changed. When i type "

Re: Mouse an 2.6 Kernel Problems: Solved

2006-05-08 Thread Art Edwards
I am running a stable box with a 2.6.12 kernel and a newly upgraded testing box with both a 2.4.14 and a 2.6.12 kernel. Both run through the same KVM switch. The mouse works flawlessly with the stable 2.6.12 box. However the Testing box has problems with the mouse and the 2.6.12. It complains a

Re: [OT] blink tag effect with animation

2006-05-08 Thread H.S.
Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > > > how about using css, thats a standard. :) > > text that blinks Yes, of course. But I will have to look into it if it works on a pair of images. The text may have to be an image in the given scheme of things. > > i am not saying your question is off topic, but, bl

grub and lilo

2006-05-08 Thread Art Edwards
When I updated to testing on Friday night, lilo became the default boot loader. I have removed lilo. Grub is still present, and I am trying to install grub as the boot loader, following the instructions on its website. When issue the command grub> find /boot/grub/stage I receive Error 15: Fi

Re: [OT] blink tag effect with animation

2006-05-08 Thread H.S.
Arafangion wrote: >> > > I HATE BLINKING TEXT. I am sure that this sentiment is shared by many > other people. Agreed. However, in case, the user wants a pair of words flashing for a few days to attract attention to a special item. ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Wireless on Thinkpad X31

2006-05-08 Thread Greg Madden
On Monday 08 May 2006 19:05, Antonio Rafael C. Paiva wrote: > Hi all. > > I acquired recently a IBM Thinkpad X31 (802.11b only), but although > the ipw2100 driver loads I cannot get it to work. > > Output at /var/log/messages after re-loading the module: > --- >

Wireless on Thinkpad X31

2006-05-08 Thread Antonio Rafael C. Paiva
Hi all. I acquired recently a IBM Thinkpad X31 (802.11b only), but although the ipw2100 driver loads I cannot get it to work. Output at /var/log/messages after re-loading the module: --- May 8 23:01:17 localhost kernel: ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Netw

thinkpad suspend/resume woes

2006-05-08 Thread rusi pathan
Hello I am using etch (2.6.15) on a thinkpad (x22) and use acpi instead of apm. Now everything works fine except that 'sometimes' the system cannot resume. What's odd is that the hard disk spins up but the LED (suspend) indicator still keeps blinking and then I have no option except to power

Re: kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686 fails to boot

2006-05-08 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 07:44:23AM +, Aurelio Turco wrote: > Dear debian-user, > > I am trying to upgrade the kernel from 2.4 to 2.6. > I installed the kernel-image-2.6-686 package (which depends on > kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686), but it failed to boot, > with messages as follows: [..] > ide: As

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-05-08 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Paul Johnson wrote: > > I read what you wrote, but what you suggest would mean, by extension, I > should > be able to choose who I flush my toilet through (as opposed to just the > city's sewer), whose streets I drive on (government monopoly on > transportation right now), and choose who I hav

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-05-08 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Paul Johnson wrote: > > That's like claiming you're paying twice to cross a toll bridge, never mind > there are usually alternate (longer) routes and the toll goes away once the > bridge is paid for... > Never been to Florida, eh? It is a state that is criss-crossed with toll roads, where the

Re: emacs21-bin-common package broken

2006-05-08 Thread Michael Marsh
On 5/8/06, Carl D. Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been trying to install emacs21 on unstable for the last few days and aptitude keeps reporting that emacs21-bin-common package is broken. I keep waiting thinking that the problem will be resolved, but nothing has been done about it. aptitud

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-05-08 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 08 May 2006 17:17, Steve Lamb wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: > > And, you get to *choose* something else for your own children, if you can > > pay for it. But you are not paying twice. You are paying once, your share > > for everybody, and once for your own. > > Uh, sorry, BZZZT, no.

Re: [OT] blink tag effect with animation

2006-05-08 Thread Arafangion
Matt Zagrabelny wrote: >On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 16:42 -0400, H.S. wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>This may be slightly OT. >> >>I want to replace a blinking text phrase with something that is >>acceptabel by web standards; I understand that the blink that is not a >>standard. >> >> > >how about using cs

Re: Font for PC graphics characters

2006-05-08 Thread cga2000
Thus spake T on Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:46:31PM -0400 or thereabouts: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-08 20:05]: > On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:31:27 -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote: > > > On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 01:27:59PM -0400, T wrote: > >> which font is capable of showing the PC graphics characters (ie

Re: Custom Kernel Build -- All Those Modules

2006-05-08 Thread charles norwood
On Sun, 2006-05-07 at 10:13 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 05:38:07PM +0300, David Baron wrote: > > Since I am compiling it anyway, why not compile the modules that I need and > > leave the others. A lot quicker SNIP > As for the time 'saved', while the compile is chugging

Re: Font for PC graphics characters

2006-05-08 Thread T
On Mon, 08 May 2006 21:39:46 +0200, Almut Behrens wrote: >> >> which font is capable of showing the PC graphics characters (ie ascii >> >> art)? >> > >> [...] >> But still I am unable to view those PC graphics characters/symbols. > > The package xfonts-dosemu might be what you want (if I'm und

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-05-08 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 08 May 2006 13:47, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 06 May 2006 06:55, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > Why so complicated? Just give people the option to *choose* between > > > public or private SS programs. The same for schooling. If I send my >

Public Relations Meeting

2006-05-08 Thread Blast o_O
Hi guys. It's me again. There's going to be a Caribean Meeting of Public Relations in my country and I'm looking for some bibliography about this topic and the use of the informatics tools, if they are related to Linux, it would be better. I think that it is a a very good oportunity to promote Free

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-05-08 Thread Steve Lamb
Paul E Condon wrote: > And, you get to *choose* something else for your own children, if you can > pay for it. But you are not paying twice. You are paying once, your share > for everybody, and once for your own. Uh, sorry, BZZZT, no. If I am paying for everyone else's why aren't they paying

Re: ipw2200 wireless network card stops working

2006-05-08 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 04:01:26PM -0500, Mumia W wrote: > Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > >[...] At times it is so frequent as to make > >working on a text console almost impossible. > >[...] > > $ setterm -msg off > > $ man setterm Thanks, but I really mentioned that more as an indication of frequen

Fully Encrypted Message

2006-05-08 Thread P . O . W
Message : dongo *Good day * *This is a fully Encrypted Message for Security Reasons * *Please Do not ask how I got your contact because .that I will explain later* *I am A US Soldier(NAME AND LOCATION WITHHELD), I served with the 1st Armored Division in Iraq. *My Colleagues and I moved

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-05-08 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 11:47:15PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 06 May 2006 06:55, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > > > Why so complicated? Just give people the option to *choose* between > > > public or private SS programs. The same for scho

Re: Temeprature mesurment on procesor

2006-05-08 Thread gustavo halperin
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Vladimir Strycek wrote: Hi, how can i monitor aor check temeprature of my processor ? what modul i need in kernel etc.. Thanks apt-get install lm-sensors Isn't not just install "lm-sensors", you also need the modules of i2c-xxx and lmxx modules. The lmxx module

Re: ipw2200 wireless network card stops working

2006-05-08 Thread Mumia W
Digby Tarvin wrote: [...] At times it is so frequent as to make working on a text console almost impossible. [...] $ setterm -msg off $ man setterm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How to use Debian Kernel + md + lvm2

2006-05-08 Thread Ewing Jeff
What do I need to configure to use a stock debian kernel with md and lvm? I have been searching the Net for several days for answers to this problem. I have been compiling my own (Debian source based) kernel with md (autostart) and lvm compiled in for many years. Currently at 2.6.16. I would lik

Re: emacs21-bin-common package broken

2006-05-08 Thread H.S.
kruton wrote: > couple of days back, when I was upgrading to v7.0.16 > of xorg, these emacs packages were "removed". i am > hoping that the dependency issues are fixed before i > need to use emacs again.. > --kruton > I had noticed that xfs-xtt has some dependency issues with xorg v7.0.16. I ev

Re: emacs21-bin-common package broken

2006-05-08 Thread kruton
--- "Carl D. Blake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been trying to install emacs21 on unstable for > the last few days > and aptitude keeps reporting that emacs21-bin-common > package is broken. > I keep waiting thinking that the problem will be > resolved, but nothing > has been done about it.

Re: xorg + nvidia + tvout problem

2006-05-08 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 08 May 2006 18:02, Kercso Jozsef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Hi. >   after few hours of trying, and trying I have found the problem: > it looks like the recent nvidia driver does not sends the signal to > the TV when the resoluti

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 06 May 2006 06:55, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > Why so complicated? Just give people the option to *choose* between > > public or private SS programs. The same for schooling. If I send my > > children to a private school I wouldn't have to pay

Re: how to prevent pppd from starting at boot time

2006-05-08 Thread Gezim Hoxha
On Mon, 2006-08-05 at 14:26 -0400, H.S. wrote: > My machine, runngin Debian Etch, was previously connected to the > internet through an ADSL modem. Now I have an older computer which > connects that way and I use a switch to connect to that computer (the > computer works as a router). > > In my ma

Re: Wireless Network Cards

2006-05-08 Thread Jan Schledermann
Magnus Therning wrote: > > Yes, that is a BIG problem. Especially since quite a few manufacturers > are in the habit of switching the chipset without disclosing that > anywhere on the boxes :-( When I was shoping around I ended up buying > from an online store that offered Linux compatible HW. I

emacs21-bin-common package broken

2006-05-08 Thread Carl D. Blake
I've been trying to install emacs21 on unstable for the last few days and aptitude keeps reporting that emacs21-bin-common package is broken. I keep waiting thinking that the problem will be resolved, but nothing has been done about it. aptitude reports that the following packages have unmet depe

Re: xorg + nvidia + tvout problem

2006-05-08 Thread Kercso Jozsef
Hi. after few hours of trying, and trying I have found the problem: it looks like the recent nvidia driver does not sends the signal to the TV when the resolution is 800x600. I have modified the line Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, NULL; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, NULL" to Option "M

Re: Converting from rgb to cmyk

2006-05-08 Thread Søren Christensen
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 01:33:16PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 19:43 +0200, Søren Christensen wrote: > > I have some jpg-graphics, that I need to use in a leaflet-folder, that > > shall be printed in offset. > > > > The jpg-graphics are in rgb-colormodel, but the printer wou

Re: [OT] blink tag effect with animation

2006-05-08 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 16:42 -0400, H.S. wrote: > Hi, > > This may be slightly OT. > > I want to replace a blinking text phrase with something that is > acceptabel by web standards; I understand that the blink that is not a > standard. how about using css, thats a standard. :) text that blinks

Re: Debian router and MSN

2006-05-08 Thread Henrique G. Abreu
MSN messenger is a kind of virus. It search new ports, and new login sites. It's to difficult to block it, unless you try really hard there's no way the firewall is blocking it by default. Explain better your problem, only the msn is not working on windows? show us your firewall rules, iptables -

[OT] blink tag effect with animation

2006-05-08 Thread H.S.
Hi, This may be slightly OT. I want to replace a blinking text phrase with something that is acceptabel by web standards; I understand that the blink that is not a standard. I was wondering, how can I complish the blinking effect on a Linux platform, Debian Etch on a 2.6.15 kernel. Gif will be

Re: xorg + nvidia + tvout problem

2006-05-08 Thread Christoph Nenning
Hi, it seems that there is no tvout support in recent nvidia releases :( regards Christoph Am Montag, 8. Mai 2006 20:39 schrieb Kercso Jozsef: > Hi everybody! > > I have recently updated my nvidia driver (from 5328 to 8756) > and XServer (from XFree86 to Xorg) and now I can't get my tvout

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-05-08 Thread Rich Johnson
On May 8, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Steve Lamb wrote: Matthias Julius wrote: To cite the U.S. Constitution (from http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html): , | Section 8 - Powers of Congress | | The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, | Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts

Re: Font for PC graphics characters

2006-05-08 Thread Almut Behrens
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:46:31PM -0400, T wrote: > On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:31:27 -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote: > > > On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 01:27:59PM -0400, T wrote: > >> which font is capable of showing the PC graphics characters (ie ascii > >> art)? > > > > Well, if you want to display AS

Re: Font for PC graphics characters

2006-05-08 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:46:31PM -0400, T wrote: > On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:31:27 -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote: > > > On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 01:27:59PM -0400, T wrote: > >> which font is capable of showing the PC graphics characters (ie ascii > >> art)? > > > > Well, if you want to display AS

(Correction) Re: Warning: Latest Kernel Sources on Sid

2006-05-08 Thread Greg Folkert
I was just reading my own post when I saw a mistake. On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 14:33 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 18:22 +0300, David Baron wrote: [...snip...] > > > kqemu, isn't a kernel module... I am sorry I mislead you in any way on > > > that. > > > > kqemu IS a kernel module

Re: Font for PC graphics characters

2006-05-08 Thread T
On Mon, 08 May 2006 13:31:27 -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote: > On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 01:27:59PM -0400, T wrote: >> which font is capable of showing the PC graphics characters (ie ascii art)? > > Well, if you want to display ASCII, then every font known to > man, basically, will display it. So A

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-05-08 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 08 May 2006 13:33, Matthias Julius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > The U.S. Constitution does not list all 'jobs' of the government. Yes, it does. If an additional job is required, amend it so that the government has that power del

Re: Warning: Latest Kernel Sources on Sid

2006-05-08 Thread David Baron
On Monday 08 May 2006 21:33, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 18:22 +0300, David Baron wrote: > > On Monday 08 May 2006 18:11, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 17:36 +0300, David Baron wrote: > > > > On Monday 08 May 2006 17:10, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2006-0

Re: Apt keeps wanting to upgrade mailman

2006-05-08 Thread Joey Hess
Dave Carrigan wrote: > I'm not sure if this is a problem with mailman or dpkg, but apt continually > wants to upgrade mailman, even though I'm at the most recent version: This appears to be both a bug in apt (for not understanding explicit 0 epochs) and in mailman (for using a nonstandard and unn

Mouse an 2.6 Kernel Problems: Solved

2006-05-08 Thread Hal Vaughan
A while back I posted that I had some problems with my mouse and a 2.6 kernel. At first, I had problems with early 2.6 kernels, even with Ubuntu's live CD, as well as Sarge. The mouse would jerk all over the place whenever I tried to move it anywhere. Then I started using Sid and overall it

Re: ipw2200 wireless network card stops working

2006-05-08 Thread Digby Tarvin
On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 11:53:42PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > I have also been getting warning messages from the driver which I > originally thought might be related, but though they were being > generated about once an hour on Friday, I have been waiting for > a recurrnce since the first post on

xorg + nvidia + tvout problem

2006-05-08 Thread Kercso Jozsef
Hi everybody! I have recently updated my nvidia driver (from 5328 to 8756) and XServer (from XFree86 to Xorg) and now I can't get my tvout working: there is nothing displayed on TV. I have a Geforce4 MX440 graphics card. I have tried out "SVIDEO" and "COMPOSITE" as TVOutFormat but without luck.

Re: Warning: Latest Kernel Sources on Sid

2006-05-08 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 18:22 +0300, David Baron wrote: > On Monday 08 May 2006 18:11, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 17:36 +0300, David Baron wrote: > > > On Monday 08 May 2006 17:10, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 16:04 +0300, David Baron wrote: > > > > > On Sunday

how to prevent pppd from starting at boot time

2006-05-08 Thread H.S.
My machine, runngin Debian Etch, was previously connected to the internet through an ADSL modem. Now I have an older computer which connects that way and I use a switch to connect to that computer (the computer works as a router). In my machine, how do I prevent pppd from starting at boot time and

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-05-08 Thread Steve Lamb
Matthias Julius wrote: > To cite the U.S. Constitution > (from http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html): > , > | Section 8 - Powers of Congress > | > | The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, > | Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common > | Defe

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

2006-05-08 Thread IraqiGeek
On Monday, May 08, 2006 6:47 PM GMT, Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Willie Wonka wrote: ... IOW - Is this how one would correctly display these rates ? 1500mbps = 1.5gbps = 187.5mBps = 1.875gBps ? I think you mean 1500Mbps = 1.5Gbps = 187.5MBps = 1.875GBps AFAIK, SATA uses a start a

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

2006-05-08 Thread Daniel B.
Mike McCarty wrote: Well, I used to work as a watchmaker, and I can't think of any context where "KB" stands together as written with "K" meaning "karat". That's not surprising--in SI, the prefix is the scale factor, and the remainder is the unit. I don't think there are any unit symbols tha

Re: Kernel Modules

2006-05-08 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 10:28:54AM -0700, Account for Debian group mail wrote: > > > I'm in the process of upgrading some very old machines. I'd like to know > where I can find out on 2.4 kernels which modules are included included > in the Debian kernel-images. My concern is that these machine a

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

2006-05-08 Thread Daniel B.
Willie Wonka wrote: ... IOW - Is this how one would correctly display these rates ? 1500mbps = 1.5gbps = 187.5mBps = 1.875gBps ? I think you mean 1500Mbps = 1.5Gbps = 187.5MBps = 1.875GBps As you can see the capitalized 'B' appears a tad ...'out of place'(?), but it's likely /very/ necessary

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

2006-05-08 Thread Daniel B.
Willie Wonka wrote: ... 1 bit * 8 = 1 byte ^^ I forgot to capitalize my 'B' in "Byte" above The word "byte" doesn't need to be capitalized. (Were you thinking of the capitalized letter "B" by itself when it stands for the word "byte"?) Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

2006-05-08 Thread Daniel B.
Willie Wonka wrote: Serial ATA (SATA) data transfer rate specification = 1500 *mbps* or *mb/sec* (megabits per second). No. Megabits be per second is "Mbps" (lowercase "m" means "milli"). Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: Evolution icons?

2006-05-08 Thread Casey T. Deccio
On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 18:33 +0200, Joris wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 08:22 -0700, Casey T. Deccio wrote: > > I run Debian/etch with a KDE desktop. Last week I performed an 'apt-get > > upgrade' and almost all of my button icons for Evolution disappeared. > > > > Any ideas? > > I've seen the s

Re: arp syntax help

2006-05-08 Thread David Kirchner
On 5/8/06, S t i n g r a y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can you please share the syntax for manually adding ip & MAC address permenantly i am doing arp -s 10.0.0.1 22:33:55:gf:34:22 permenent "permanent" is implied, so you can drop that argument. also how to delete one MAC entry arp -d 10.0

Re: Font for PC graphics characters

2006-05-08 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 01:27:59PM -0400, T wrote: > which font is capable of showing the PC graphics characters (ie ascii art)? Well, if you want to display ASCII, then every font known to man, basically, will display it. So ASCII art isn't the trouble. It's probably characters that are outside

Font for PC graphics characters

2006-05-08 Thread T
hi which font is capable of showing the PC graphics characters (ie ascii art)? Strange, I can't find such info in google, maybe I didn't use the right keywords... please help. thanks tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

arp syntax help

2006-05-08 Thread S t i n g r a y
Can you please share the syntax for manually adding ip & MAC address permenantly i am doing arp -s 10.0.0.1 22:33:55:gf:34:22 permenent but its not working also how to delete one MAC entry (10.0.3.12) at 00:08:C7:AA:7F:3E [ether] on eth0 ? (10.0.1.38) at 00:C1:26:11:0B:81 [ether] on eth0

Re: curses/CLI bit torrent app

2006-05-08 Thread Peter Colton
On Sunday 07 May 2006 11:37, Ron Johnson wrote: > bittornado or rtorrent? > > I'd like it to be a daemon (so that it continues to run whether I'm > logged in or not) that I can connect to via the CLI, curses or > GUI. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > Ron > -- > --

Re: Torrent client for CL

2006-05-08 Thread Peter Colton
On Sunday 07 May 2006 15:02, Vladimir Strycek wrote: > Hi, could somebody recommend mi some good and most user friendly torrent > client for CL ( not web based) > > Thanks Hello Vladimir, I use bittornado from the command line. The command line clients are btdownloadcurses and bt

Re: Converting from rgb to cmyk

2006-05-08 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 19:43 +0200, Søren Christensen wrote: > I have some jpg-graphics, that I need to use in a leaflet-folder, that > shall be printed in offset. > > The jpg-graphics are in rgb-colormodel, but the printer would like to > have them in the cmyk-model. > > How can I convert between

Re: What is /dev/.initramfs?

2006-05-08 Thread Joey Hess
Edward C. Jones wrote: > rkhunter complains about the directory "/dev/.initramfs". This directory > contains the file "progress_state" which contains the line > "PROGRESS_STATE=6". A search didn't find much except a hint that this > might have something to do with package sysvinit. > > Is "/dev

Kernel Modules

2006-05-08 Thread Account for Debian group mail
Hello All, I'm in the process of upgrading some very old machines. I'd like to know where I can find out on 2.4 kernels which modules are included included in the Debian kernel-images. My concern is that these machine are still running on arc net (I know, I know, but they are just term servers

Re: Evolution icons?

2006-05-08 Thread Joris
On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 08:22 -0700, Casey T. Deccio wrote: > I run Debian/etch with a KDE desktop. Last week I performed an 'apt-get > upgrade' and almost all of my button icons for Evolution disappeared. > > Any ideas? I've seen the same problem some weeks ago on sid. It's easily solved by reapp

Re: Begin: Waiting for root filesystem

2006-05-08 Thread Christian Pernegger
This is just a stock install and after i get done installing i do a apt-get update and then apt-get upgrade and it hoses everytime. I want to use Etch and when i had it running it was great, but I cant have this happening all the time either. I get this with sata_uli in non-RAID mode on 2.6.1

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-05-08 Thread Matthias Julius
"Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As far as civic buildings and courts, it's obvious that you are either > just being argumentative or simply do not understand the role of > government. Civic buildings and courts (and roads and traffic signage, > for that matter) directly support

cleaning up lib*-dev packages?

2006-05-08 Thread Eric Cooper
I use deborphan to get rid of unneeded packages on my system. But I have various lib*-dev packages installed to satisfy the build-dependencies of a few packages that I build from source. Deborphan reports these as orphaned, but I still need them. Is there a way to tell deborphan to follow the bui

Re: Debian router and MSN

2006-05-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 12:48:10PM +0200, Mitja Podreka wrote: > hello > > I've setup a server to act as a router for my home network. It is > working well, the only problem I have is when I boot Windows to do some > video chat over MSN messenger. > I can surf the internet, connect to MSN networ

problems with Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0" for an alpha machine + debian

2006-05-08 Thread Antonio Parodi
Hello, I have installed vis5d on my alpha + debian. When I try to run vis5d, I have the following error message: Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". I have checked the file of configuration for XFree86 and the string load "dri" is present. The details of my card are [EMAI

Re: Disk Defragmentatio

2006-05-08 Thread Alexander Charbonnet
On Monday 08 May 2006 08:52 am, IraqiGeek wrote: > On Monday, May 08, 2006 4:13 PM GMT, > > Arafangion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IraqiGeek wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I want to defragment my debian partition (the entire system is > >> installed in one partition). Googling around, I found ref

Re: Wireless Network Cards

2006-05-08 Thread Magnus Therning
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 05:13:02PM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: >Bob: >> >> Is it as easy as pluging the card in and it all just working, or do I >> need to install some other packages? I'm running Etch with a 2.6 kernel. > >It depends on your card. And most probably (if you go out and just buy >so

Re: impossible to apply security updates

2006-05-08 Thread H.S.
Piotr A. Dybczyński wrote: > It seems something is going wrong with DNS. > security.debian.org points to 0.0.0.0 !! > > Regards > Piotr I don't know if it points to 0.0.0.0, but it sure's taking a while to connect to this server. For the last few days, it is taking from anywhere between 5 to 60

Re: Warning: Latest Kernel Sources on Sid

2006-05-08 Thread David Baron
On Monday 08 May 2006 18:11, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 17:36 +0300, David Baron wrote: > > On Monday 08 May 2006 17:10, Greg Folkert wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 16:04 +0300, David Baron wrote: > > > > On Sunday 07 May 2006 23:17, H.S. wrote: > > > > > David Baron wrote: > >

Evolution icons?

2006-05-08 Thread Casey T. Deccio
I run Debian/etch with a KDE desktop. Last week I performed an 'apt-get upgrade' and almost all of my button icons for Evolution disappeared. Any ideas? Thanks, Casey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Disk Defragmentatio

2006-05-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/05/06 14:52), IraqiGeek wrote: > On Monday, May 08, 2006 4:13 PM GMT, > Arafangion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >IraqiGeek wrote: > > > >>Hi all, > >> > >>I want to defragment my debian partition (the entire system is > >>installed in one partition). Googling around, I found references to

Re: Wireless Network Cards

2006-05-08 Thread Jochen Schulz
Bob: > > Is it as easy as pluging the card in and it all just working, or do I > need to install some other packages? I'm running Etch with a 2.6 kernel. It depends on your card. And most probably (if you go out and just buy some random card) it will involve some work. It may even be impossible i

Re: Warning: Latest Kernel Sources on Sid

2006-05-08 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 17:36 +0300, David Baron wrote: > On Monday 08 May 2006 17:10, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 16:04 +0300, David Baron wrote: > > > On Sunday 07 May 2006 23:17, H.S. wrote: > > > > David Baron wrote: > > > > > You may get the following on modules previously comp

Re: Wireless Network Cards

2006-05-08 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 15:42 +0100, Bob wrote: > Hello list, I've never installed a PCI wireless network card before, > I've always run my boxes with wires. However, I've moved to a new house > and the easiest thing to do is put wireless cards in my boxes. > > Is it as easy as pluging the card in a

Re: my small error list for Debian Etch, snapshot from 01052006

2006-05-08 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
> using Debian Etch snapshot from May 1st, 2006 I found the following errors: > 1. The installer is buggy. When installing from DVD it only points to debian > mirrors, > not to a local resource as intended. file a bug report [0]. > 2. I did not manage to find a way to install Gnome and / or kde b

Wireless Network Cards

2006-05-08 Thread Bob
Hello list, I've never installed a PCI wireless network card before, I've always run my boxes with wires. However, I've moved to a new house and the easiest thing to do is put wireless cards in my boxes. Is it as easy as pluging the card in and it all just working, or do I need to install some ot

Re: Using procmail to automatically import GPG keys?

2006-05-08 Thread Paul Johnson
Top posting is antisocial http://ursine.ca/Top_Posting On Monday 08 May 2006 01:04, Jeremy T. Bouse wrote: > Why not just use the feature in GPG to automatically retrieve keys? I am. However, I get eof on every GPG server without getting a key on hkp mode. Email method works just fine, but I h

Re: Disk Defragmentatio

2006-05-08 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 08 May 2006 06:30, IraqiGeek wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to defragment my debian partition (the entire system is installed in > one partition). Don't. ext2 and ext3 don't need this and often suffer horribly from attempts to fix a problem that doesn't apply. -- Paul Johnson Email and

Re: impossible to apply security updates

2006-05-08 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 16:20 +0200, Piotr A. Dybczyński wrote: > It seems something is going wrong with DNS. > security.debian.org points to 0.0.0.0 !! $ nslookup security.debian.org Server: 131.212.174.193 Address:131.212.174.193#53 Name: security.debian.org Address: 128.101.24

Re: Warning: Latest Kernel Sources on Sid

2006-05-08 Thread David Baron
On Monday 08 May 2006 17:10, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 16:04 +0300, David Baron wrote: > > On Sunday 07 May 2006 23:17, H.S. wrote: > > > David Baron wrote: > > > > You may get the following on modules previously compiled against > > > > kernel sources: > > > > > > > > Kqemu and N

my small error list for Debian Etch, snapshot from 01052006

2006-05-08 Thread Uwe Bugla
Hi, using Debian Etch snapshot from May 1st, 2006 I found the following errors: 1. The installer is buggy. When installing from DVD it only points to debian mirrors, not to a local resource as intended. 2. I did not manage to find a way to install Gnome and / or kde by a menu point. The installer o

impossible to apply security updates

2006-05-08 Thread Piotr A. Dybczyński
It seems something is going wrong with DNS. security.debian.org points to 0.0.0.0 !! Regards Piotr -- / Dr Piotr A. Dybczynski, Astronomical Observatory, A.Mickiewicz University Sloneczna 36,60-286 Poznan,POLAND,te

Re: Disk Defragmentatio

2006-05-08 Thread IraqiGeek
On Monday, May 08, 2006 4:13 PM GMT, Arafangion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: IraqiGeek wrote: Hi all, I want to defragment my debian partition (the entire system is installed in one partition). Googling around, I found references to the unstable and oldstable defrag packages, however, when sear

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