Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:32:40PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > I like the full-text search idea, but I dislike the idea of approximate > > matches (without it being a different command or a parameter). It makes > > search results less predictable and hurts cases where your search terms > > y

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:20:21PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > The only search string I have in a script is my backup script which > generates a list of all installed packages not automatically installed > (i.e. manually installed packages). Off the top of my head its ~i!~M > but I could be

Re: JFS / Unsupported file systems

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hose wrote: | On Apr 15, 2008, at 8:49 PM, Chris Walters wrote: |> I use JFS, and have been quite satisfied with its performance, and |> reliability. |> ~ On the subject of dead file systems, if they're going to remove JFS |> from the |> kernel bec

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:58:27AM -0500, "Mumia W.." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On 04/15/2008 09:13 AM, Daniel Burrows wrote: > I like the current default behavior for bare strings. While I hope this goes without saying, there will probably be a configuration option to disable thi

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 05:55:58PM +0200, Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Daniel Burrows: > > What I'd really like to do is a full-text search with approximate > > matches on the whole package index that returns packages which might > > be relevant to "blah", with an option t

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:20:21PM -0400, "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 07:13:30AM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > One of the things I'd like to implement in an upcoming aptitude > > release (probably post-lenny, likely next year) is a signif

Re: JFS / Unsupported file systems

On Apr 15, 2008, at 8:49 PM, Chris Walters wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Alex Samad wrote: | Hi | | I remember reading in the list that JFS was a dying FS, because IBM | wasn't maintaining it full time. And that it might disappear from the | kernel soon. | | Any one

Re: Forced filesystems check on a HA server

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 07:14:03AM +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > What is the best way to avoid a forced file systems check, the one that > runs on about each 30'th boot, tune2fs (or corresponding utilities for other filesystems) > And I also want it to run if the > machine should do an unclean reb

Re: Source code editor

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 06:19:34PM +0300, Tero Mäntyvaara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Eclipse is used in graphical user environment only. I wished to find a > shell program. :-) In that case, shouldn't you be using "ed"? (just kidding!!) Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 07:34:47PM +0200, "Kim N. Lesmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:13:30 -0700 > Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Daniel. > > > How many readers of this list are using "aptitude search" as a > > subcommand in a script? Will

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:38:46AM +0900, Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 07:13:30AM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > I'd like to get a feel for how people use "aptitude search". > > > > # Background # > > > > One of the thi

Forced filesystems check on a HA server

Hi. What is the best way to avoid a forced file systems check, the one that runs on about each 30'th boot, on a HA server where there is only SSH access? I still need to be able to run the check manually, but I cannot boot the machine into single user mode. And I also want it to run if the machin

Re: Source code editor

I have to agree completely with this poster. I started learning VIM 3 years ago when my employer insisted that I use a windows workstation. I hated it so much that I decided to live in a full screen PuTTY, SSHed to their Linux and FreeBSD servers. I decided that what ever new editor I learned wou

Re: JFS

On 16/04/2008, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I usually fill up tmp with crap. > > but i did follwo up some more on jfs , seems like there is no full time > maintenance on it so, and i had thought I had read that it was meant to > be fast for lots of small files, but I must have miss r

Re: JFS / Unsupported file systems

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Alex Samad wrote: | On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:49:44PM -0400, Chris Walters wrote: |> Alex Samad wrote: |> | Hi | [snip] |> Anyhow, JFS hasn't given me any problems, and at one time I used it for |> everything except for my /boot partition. | yes i

Re: JFS / Unsupported file systems

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:49:44PM -0400, Chris Walters wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > Alex Samad wrote: > | Hi [snip] > Hi Alex, > > I use JFS, and have been quite satisfied with its performance, and > reliability. > ~ On the subject of dead file systems, if they'r

Re: JFS

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:39:05PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 07:26:15AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > I remember reading in the list that JFS was a dying FS, because IBM > > wasn't maintaining it full time. And that it might disappear from the > > kernel soon. > > > >

Re: JFS / Unsupported file systems

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Alex Samad wrote: | Hi | | I remember reading in the list that JFS was a dying FS, because IBM | wasn't maintaining it full time. And that it might disappear from the | kernel soon. | | Any one still using it. I was actually thinking of using it fo

Re: fonts for certificates, preferable open source but free will do

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 01:09:00PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > I am looking for fonts to make a bunch of certificates. I think these > are called Calligraphic or Gothic fonts? Any good resource for these? > > So far, I have found Isabella that is something like what I am looking for: > {tmp}$> apt-cache

Re: Firewall froth..

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 03:42:54PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > where the list line was to filter out the most frequent messages, but > I am not really sure what, if any, rejected connections/packets I > should be looking out for, and what should just be ignored... > > Perhaps I should redirect

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 07:13:30AM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > One of the things I'd like to implement in an upcoming aptitude > release (probably post-lenny, likely next year) is a significant > overhaul of the UI to the search engine; that is, how searches are > entered and carried out from

Re: Reg Blind

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:48:36AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > and one more thought. Could it be possible to write a video driver > that is essentially a dummy? A blind user does need X to actually draw > on the screen (unless they're working with a sighted assistant). It > only needs X

Re: migrating to 64 bit...

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:32:26PM -0500, Sam Leon wrote: > Could one easily upgrade to an amd64 system just by formating /, > reinstalling with the proper arch, and then reinstalling all the apps > that were installed and hopefully all the conf files in /home/user will > be compatible with the

Re: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 06:41:05PM -0700, David Fox wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've looked thru "man apt.conf", "man apt_preferences" and "man > > apt-get", but don't see any way to disable this. > > I use aptitude exclusively, and I've n

Re: JFS

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 07:26:15AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > I remember reading in the list that JFS was a dying FS, because IBM > wasn't maintaining it full time. And that it might disappear from the > kernel soon. > > Any one still using it. I was actually thinking of using it for my /tmp > di

D-Link DWL-122 Wireless Adapter

Hello Does somebody knows how to install the DWL-122 Wireless Adapter? I'm using testing-gnome, and i did: 1. install linux-wlan-ng 2. write wlancfg-"essid" 3. load up modules # modprobe prism2_usb prism2_doreset=1 4. # wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable 5. # wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_

Re: [OT] How to add fortune output to terminal

NN_il_Confusionario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 02:08:02AM +0200, s. keeling wrote: > > .bash_profile is for setting up global env vars. .bashrc is for doing > > things for interactive ("login") sessions. > > this is completely different from what I understand by reading man

Re: sidux + a word on Debian

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:02:13PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2008-04-15 18:35 +0200, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > excellent description. MY wife, whose box is running mostly-up-to-date > > sid, is annoyed because every few months some program changes it's > > icon or some bit of its in

Re: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 08:27:15PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2008-04-15 18:43 +0200, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 08:45:47AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > >> It is true that sid users should generally check out for grave bugs and > >> security issues of packages

Re: migrating to 64 bit...

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 03:44:27PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/15/08 12:32, Sam Leon wrote: > > Could one easily upgrade to an amd64 system just by formating /, > > reinstalling with the proper arch, and then reinstalling all the apps > > that were installed and hopefully all the conf files i

SMP apm

Just been chaseing up some post install loose ends, one of which was getting the 'automatic power off on halt' to work... The steps required turned out to be: a. apt-get install apm b. echo apm >>/etc/modules c. echo 'options apm power_off=1' >/etc/modprobe.d/apm which seems to have done the tric

Re: Problems with vmware-server-console

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 09:02:54PM -0300, Miguel Gaiowski wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Chris Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > wrote: > > > [snip] > > CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config13/vmmon-only/common/task.o > >

Re: IO diagnose tools?

Le Tuesday 15 April 2008 06:28:51 NN_il_Confusionario, vous avez écrit : > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:23:25AM +0800, Ding Honghui wrote: > > vmstat 1 shows my debian box wa in field cpu is about 9x% and bi in > > field io is high(about 2000-7000). > > 1. Is it means some processes are accessing my

Re: Source code editor

Emacs is a versatile editor and functions quite well as an IDE. Any features not included out-of-the-box can be easily added using Emacs Lisp script, but don't worry about learning that, because most, if not all, functions you'll need are in the stock version or have already been written. On Tue,

JFS

Hi I remember reading in the list that JFS was a dying FS, because IBM wasn't maintaining it full time. And that it might disappear from the kernel soon. Any one still using it. I was actually thinking of using it for my /tmp directory Alex -- "First of all, I'm not going to let Congress e

Re: Firewall froth..

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 08:06:01PM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 01:23:59PM -0400, Brian McKee wrote: > > > > On 15-Apr-08, at 11:42 AM, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > >The problem I am having is that the messages from the firewall really > > >flood /var/log/messages to the point wh

Re: Source code editor

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/15/08 15:35, Lesley Binks wrote: > On 15/04/2008, Tero Mäntyvaara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am looking for shell program for source code edition. I have used nano, >> but it isn't enough. I need more "real" IDE like functionalities eg const

Re: migrating to 64 bit...

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/15/08 12:32, Sam Leon wrote: > Could one easily upgrade to an amd64 system just by formating /, > reinstalling with the proper arch, and then reinstalling all the apps > that were installed and hopefully all the conf files in /home/user will > be

Re: Source code editor

On 15/04/2008, Tero Mäntyvaara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking for shell program for source code edition. I have used nano, > but it isn't enough. I need more "real" IDE like functionalities eg constant > view of current row number, file browser and selection, cutting, pasting and > copyi

Re: Firewall froth..

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 01:23:59PM -0400, Brian McKee wrote: > > On 15-Apr-08, at 11:42 AM, Digby Tarvin wrote: > >The problem I am having is that the messages from the firewall really > >flood /var/log/messages to the point where I am concerned they may > >cause > >me to miss other important thing

Re: Source code editor

Hi Tero, Vim is great for this but has a steep learning curve. Vim is also tuned for touch typists, which eventually pushed me into learning touch typing, which is great, especially for night time coding. One really simple and often overlooked feature is being able to view source code in two column

Re: Problem compiling simple C program

2008/4/15, John Salmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm running Debian Etch on a PC. When I try to compile the following > (called test.c); > > #include > #include > > int main() > { > double > val = 1.55; > > printf("sine: %g\n", sin(val)); > > return 0; > } > > using the co

Re: Problem compiling simple C program

On 2008-04-15 20:39 +0200, John Salmon wrote: > I'm running Debian Etch on a PC. When I try to compile the following > (called test.c); > > #include > #include > > int main() > { > double > val = 1.55; > > printf("sine: %g\n", sin(val)); > > return 0; > } > > using the comma

Re: sidux + a word on Debian

On 2008-04-15 18:35 +0200, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > excellent description. MY wife, whose box is running mostly-up-to-date > sid, is annoyed because every few months some program changes it's > icon or some bit of its interface layout... another aspect of > "unstable". True. Probably stab

Problem compiling simple C program

I'm running Debian Etch on a PC. When I try to compile the following (called test.c); #include #include int main() { double val = 1.55; printf("sine: %g\n", sin(val)); return 0; } using the command line gcc -Wall -o test test.c I get /tmp/cciDV02m.o: In function `main

Re: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

On 2008-04-15 18:43 +0200, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 08:45:47AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> It is true that sid users should generally check out for grave bugs and >> security issues of packages they want to install, but the same holds for >> testing. After all, bug

Re: Reg Blind

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:48:36AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > Is there a "standard" sound interface? sort of like there is the vesa > driver in video that works with (essentiall) *every* video card? The Sound Blaster 16 used to be the standard. > and one more thought. Could it be

linux-patch-exec-shield

Hi all, I was wanting to use the linux-patch-exec-shield on the 2.6.24-5 kernel but only see patches in sid up to 2.6.21. Does anyone know if this patch has been integrated into the later kernels and that's why it's not available for them? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:13:30 -0700 Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Daniel. > How many readers of this list are using "aptitude search" as a > subcommand in a script? Will you be impacted by this change? Will > anyone else be adversely impacted despite not using it in a script? I

Re: Source code editor

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:00:27 +0300 Tero Mäntyvaara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking for shell program for source code edition. I have used > nano, but it isn't enough. I need more "real" IDE like > functionalities eg constant view of current row number, file browser > and selection, cutt

Re: migrating to 64 bit...

Could one easily upgrade to an amd64 system just by formating /, reinstalling with the proper arch, and then reinstalling all the apps that were installed and hopefully all the conf files in /home/user will be compatible with the arch change of kde and other apps? (of course I am only talking a

Re: Firewall froth..

On 15-Apr-08, at 11:42 AM, Digby Tarvin wrote: The problem I am having is that the messages from the firewall really flood /var/log/messages to the point where I am concerned they may cause me to miss other important things. ... Perhaps I should redirect the firewall logs to a separate file?

Re: sidux + a word on Debian

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:03:52 -0400 Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:47:08 +0200 > Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > The unstable isn't really unstable per say, but it just breaks from > > time to time because so many changes are added daily. From

fonts for certificates, preferable open source but free will do

Hello, I am looking for fonts to make a bunch of certificates. I think these are called Calligraphic or Gothic fonts? Any good resource for these? So far, I have found Isabella that is something like what I am looking for: {tmp}$> apt-cache search calligraphic texlive-fonts-extra - TeX Live: E

Re: Reg Blind

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 07:39:40PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 03:13:07PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > On 14-Apr-08, at 9:58 AM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > >> Perhaps debian should have an accessible install CD in addition to all > > >> the different DTE i

Re: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

we really need to conflate this thread with the sidux one... On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 08:45:47AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2008-04-15 01:47 +0200, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 08:20:00PM +0200, David wrote: > > > >> comix - The version in Testing had security prob

Re: sidux + a word on Debian

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:03:52AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:47:08 +0200 > Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > The unstable isn't really unstable per say, but it just breaks from time > > to time because so many changes are added daily. From time to time t

Re: sidux

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 08:34:30PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 03:09:26PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > Contrast that with sid, bug fixes happen fast. It seems, in my limited > > experience, that serious bugs that get caught in sid rapidly > > disappear, s

Re: sidux

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:16:19AM +1000, Rich Healey wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: ... > > > > I personally wouldn't run a testing system for regular use. I would > > run sid or stable (with backports as needed). Of course, YMMV. > > ... > Interesting, when you put it like that it does

Re: Backup system drive copy won't boot GRUB

Boot in rescue mode, chroot to the backup drive and reinstall the kernel...? I'm suspecting you need to update your initrd. I've had similar problems and that was the missing link. Spot on! Man, you likely saved me HOURS more work struggling with this - whew. Thank you VERY much for

Re: sidux

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:46:26AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: Both of you, thanks! > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> In your opinion, am I right in my assessment that testing is more > >> likely to be in an unusable state for longer than sid? (at least at > >> the

Re: sidux

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:27:22 +0200 Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:35:56 -0700 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 06:25:11PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > The crucial bit that many m

Firewall froth..

My personal system is connected to the Internet via an ADSL router which doesn't give me any information about what doesn't get through. However I recently helped a friend setup a Debian box to act as firewall/router between his cable modem and local LAN, which has given me access to a lot more d

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

Daniel Burrows: > > In the current CLI, "aptitude search blah" searches for packages > whose name contains "blah". In contrast, "apt-cache search blah" > searches both package names and descriptions. Which is the reason why I am almost exclusively using apt-cache for searches (and probably the

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

Hi, I did not write complicated script with aptitude but I use long 1 liner search in commandline often. So feature change is concern to me. On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 07:13:30AM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > Hello list, > > I'd like to get a feel for how people use "aptitude search". > > #

Re: Source code editor

David Goodenough wrote: > On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: >> Tero Mäntyvaara wrote: >> > I am looking for shell program for source code edition. I have used >> > nano, but it isn't enough. I need more "real" IDE like functionalities >> > eg constant view of current row numbe

Re: Kernel source packages..

Many thanks to David, NN_il_Confusion and martin for their suggestions, in particular.. On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 08:24:09PM -0700, David Witbrodt wrote: > The book is great, but already a bit out of date. > Krafft has a website (not recently updated) which > includes error corrections and new info

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

Daniel Burrows wrote: > # Question # > > How many readers of this list are using "aptitude search" as a > subcommand in a script?  Will you be impacted by this change?  Will > anyone else be adversely impacted despite not using it in a script? I do not use aptitude search in a script and I am no

Re: Question about how "aptitude search" is used

On 04/15/2008 09:13 AM, Daniel Burrows wrote: Hello list, I'd like to get a feel for how people use "aptitude search". # Background # One of the things I'd like to implement in an upcoming aptitude release (probably post-lenny, likely next year) is a significant overhaul of the UI to

Re: Source code editor

David Goodenough wrote: On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Tero Mäntyvaara wrote: I am looking for shell program for source code edition. I have used nano, but it isn't enough. I need more "real" IDE like functionalities eg constant view of current row number, file browser a

Re: Source code editor

Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:55 -0400 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You will not find any "real" IDEs in Linux. However, vim/gvim can do what you describe. Emacs (another powerful editor) is also capable of doing what you describe. If it's an

Re: Source code editor

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:07:10 +0100 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If it's an IDE you're after, check out Eclipse[0]. It rocks. 'Nuff > Said. :oP Sorry, missed the bit about needing a shell. :o( If you're using a command line, as raju says use VIM or Emacs. If you can i

Question about how "aptitude search" is used

Hello list, I'd like to get a feel for how people use "aptitude search". # Background # One of the things I'd like to implement in an upcoming aptitude release (probably post-lenny, likely next year) is a significant overhaul of the UI to the search engine; that is, how searches are ente

Re: Source code editor

On Tuesday 15 April 2008, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Tero Mäntyvaara wrote: > > I am looking for shell program for source code edition. I have used > > nano, but it isn't enough. I need more "real" IDE like functionalities > > eg constant view of current row number, file browser and selection,

Re: Source code editor

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:50:55 -0400 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You will not find any "real" IDEs in Linux. However, vim/gvim can do > what you describe. Emacs (another powerful editor) is also capable of > doing what you describe. If it's an IDE you're after, check out Ecli

Re: Source code editor

Tero Mäntyvaara wrote: > I am looking for shell program for source code edition. I have used > nano, but it isn't enough. I need more "real" IDE like functionalities > eg constant view of current row number, file browser and selection, > cutting, pasting and copying functions. I also tried to use

Re: Debian glibc package

hce wrote: > Hi, > > I am using linux-2.6-glibc23-i686 in FC6 box to compile audio and > video application, what is the equivelant glibc I can use in Debian? > > I searched following result, could not find similar glibc23 package. > > $ apt-cache search glibc Try something like $apt-cache sear

Gobuntu a gonner

Original Message Subject:Rethinking Gobuntu Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:49:22 +0100 From: Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: gobuntu-devel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The "current and future" thread on this list has got me thinking. Perhaps we really are on the wr

Re: Source code editor

On 15/04/2008, Tero Mäntyvaara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am looking for shell program for source code edition. I have used nano, > but it isn't enough. I need more "real" IDE like functionalities eg constant > view of current row number, file browser and selection, cutting, pasting and > cop

Source code editor

I am looking for shell program for source code edition. I have used nano, but it isn't enough. I need more "real" IDE like functionalities eg constant view of current row number, file browser and selection, cutting, pasting and copying functions. I also tried to use motor, but I got segmentatio

Re: sidux + a word on Debian

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:47:08 +0200 Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > The unstable isn't really unstable per say, but it just breaks from time > to time because so many changes are added daily. From time to time the > dependencies between packages doesn't fit and stuff breaks. As pe

Re: [OT] reStructured Text real world usage

On 14-Apr-08, at 9:47 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:34:00PM -0400, Brian McKee wrote: On 12-Apr-08, at 6:16 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 08:54:40AM -0400, Brian McKee wrote: On 9-Apr-08, at 11:12 PM, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: Inspired by the easy to u

Re: Debian glibc package

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/15/08 06:57, hce wrote: > Hi, > > I am using linux-2.6-glibc23-i686 in FC6 box to compile audio and > video application, what is the equivelant glibc I can use in Debian? > > I searched following result, could not find similar glibc23 package.

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Debian glibc package

Hi, I am using linux-2.6-glibc23-i686 in FC6 box to compile audio and video application, what is the equivelant glibc I can use in Debian? I searched following result, could not find similar glibc23 package. $ apt-cache search glibc abicheck - binary compatibility checking tool glibc-doc - GNU C

Re: sidux + a word on Debian

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:40:26 +0100 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:25:20 +0200 > Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How do you make something a bit more stable!? > > More testing?!! :oP And this makes it more stable!? Packages are mainta

Re: bits/news from the users of Debian?

I've been using Linux since about the tail end of 1996, starting with Debian (maybe it was "rex" at that time?) I've dabbled with many other distributions since then, most notably Suze, Red Hat, and Knoppix, but have always returned to Debian for its stability and ease of maintenance. Here at

release not found in my local mirror

Hi everybody, I mirrored succefully the near site ftp.fr.debian.org for i386 stable release, main directory; about 12 GB downloaded. I used apt-mirror However I noticed, my local directory is not the same as the original I mean : Parent Directory

Re: sidux

Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:04:48 +0100 Michael C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Many swear seem to swear by sidux, though its claim to turn "unstable into a stable and reliable operating system for every-day usage" seems at odds with common sense, especially given it

Re: sidux

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:25:20 +0200 Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do you make something a bit more stable!? More testing?!! :oP > Just go with testing - it's perfect. Agreed, I just like Ubuntu! :o) M. -- |Matthew Macdonald-Wallace |Tiger Computing Ltd |"The Linux Specialists" |

Re: sidux

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:04:38 +0100 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:04:48 +0100 > Michael C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Many swear seem to swear by sidux, though its claim to turn > > "unstable into a stable and reliable operating system for every

Re: bits/news from the users of Debian?

Goupil wrote: > > > Goupil wrote: >> >> >> >> Goupil wrote: >>> >>> >>> Lars Bjerregaard wrote: Hello, I saw a link to your survey from LWN, and wanted to reply to it because of it's friendly and inviting tone. I'm not subscribed to the list (but maybe I >>

Re: bits/news from the users of Debian?

Goupil wrote: > > > > Goupil wrote: >> >> >> Lars Bjerregaard wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I saw a link to your survey from LWN, and wanted to reply to it because >>> of it's >>> friendly and inviting tone. I'm not subscribed to the list (but maybe I >>> should >>> do that...). >>> >>>

Re: browsers have become memory hogs

try to disable the flash plugin,then suggest use 'adblock plus' . 在 2008-04-10四的 22:07 -0400，Douglas A. Tutty写道： > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 02:45:32PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 04/10/08 14:35, tom arnall wrote: > > > all of a sudden browsers have become memory hogs on my system (>95%). > >

Re: sidux

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:04:48 +0100 Michael C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many swear seem to swear by sidux, though its claim to turn "unstable > into a stable and reliable operating system for every-day usage" seems > at odds with common sense, especially given its own advice to avoid > dist-upgr

Re: sidux

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joey Hess wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> In your opinion, am I right in my assessment that testing is more >> likely to be in an unusable state for longer than sid? (at least at >> the package, not system, level)? > > No, I don't think so.

Re: sidux

On 14 Apr 2008, Haines Brown wrote: > Michael, > > I wanted to put Debian on a new Thinkpad X61s, and to achieve that with > minimal pain, I went with sidux. I created a USB-stick to install it, > and it went as smooth as can be. I'm using the machine with wifi. > > All hitches were simply the r