Re: Lost window manager and gnome-panel

2009-11-24 Thread Chris Jones
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 09:22:51PM EST, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:05:43 -0500 > Chris Jones dijo: > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 06:23:16PM EST, Rob Owens wrote: [..] Trimming useful details re; the install - all sensible choices I'm glad you went to the trouble of descri

Re: Iceape update in Squeeze has erased (?) bookmarks

2009-11-24 Thread Jochen Schulz
AG: > > I have now located the bookmark.html file and cp'd that over to the > seamonkey directory. And it works? > Now I need to recover the passwords - does anyone know what those might > be called under Iceape? Firefox/Iceweasel uses, IIRC, the files secmod.db and signons*. But that is do

Re: clive doesn't extract youtube file

2009-11-24 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:35:09PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi to all Debian users. > > I installed clive in my Lenny partition with: `aptitude install clive', but it > seems that it does not manage to download the video I installed it for: Hi, I wrote my own script to do this in python, ju

kernel 32

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Allums
It appears that the release of kernel 2.6.32 is imminent, and is even now being imported into Sid. My question is, Will kernel 2.6.32 make it into Squeeze, and secondary to that, what does it offer that might make it compelling to me that 2.6.31 doesn't have (especially what is there that woul

Re: lockscreen/switch user issues

2009-11-24 Thread Brian Denheyer
> "Andrew" == Andrew Sackville-West writes: Andrew> only that I can confirm this is the case. It only seems to Andrew> happen when using switch user. I'd call it a bug that's a Andrew> feature. Some piece of code in the stack there is assuming Andrew> that since someone else is using

Re: Lost window manager and gnome-panel

2009-11-24 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:05:43 -0500 Chris Jones dijo: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 06:23:16PM EST, Rob Owens wrote: > > [..] > > > Somebody else mentioned it already, but I'll second it: it is important > > to remove/rename the .gnome, .gconf, etc. files while not logged into > > Gnome. In my exp

Re: OT question about sound cards/chip-sets and high-end music systems

2009-11-24 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 08:51:52PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20091015_144147, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > I have a couple of questions for you before I delve into details of my > > recommendaion. > > > > What kind of hi-fi are we talking about? Do you have a dedicated > > listening space or is

RE: Asus M2NPV-VM RAID and SMP64 feedback

2009-11-24 Thread David Christensen
Nuno Magalhães wrote: > Mostly to experiment, I set up hardware RAID striping today using one 300 GB SATA II NCQ drive, one SATA II NCQ 320 GB drive, Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), and the Asus driver raid-MakeDisk_XP-8.24.zip. Sandra 1599 benchmarked read access at 117 MB/s; write access was simi

Re: Lost window manager and gnome-panel

2009-11-24 Thread Chris Jones
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 06:23:16PM EST, Rob Owens wrote: [..] > Somebody else mentioned it already, but I'll second it: it is important > to remove/rename the .gnome, .gconf, etc. files while not logged into > Gnome. In my experience they are written at logout from your Gnome > session, so your

Leafpad 0.8.17 and CSV files format

2009-11-24 Thread sub phil
Leafpad 0.8.17 Just want to mention, that it would be pretty easy for Leafpad to support CSV files as they are just plain text files, which must be aligned in columns. This would made Leafpad a light csv viewer. Algorithm could be. 1/ Parse first line to count number of columns and define each c

Re: Configuring a US keyboard with umlauts in sid (hal etc?)

2009-11-24 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 14:59, Howard Eisenberger wrote: > On 2009-11-23, Frank Küster wrote: > >> I have a Thinkpad T43p which has a quite complete keyboard, and it comes >> with US layout. Which I like.  However, I'd also like to be able to >> easily input german Umlauts.  I don't like the compo

Re: SATA disk drivers missing from Debian 5.0.3 network installer

2009-11-24 Thread Rigoberto Corujo
> On the other hand, the initrd provided for netbooting must include all > the drivers so it can later download the extra .udeb from the network. > (the IDE, SATA, CD/DVD drivers are downloaded from > http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-i386-2.6/ ) > > So, to solve your pro

qt4 applications - font size

2009-11-24 Thread Andreas Goesele
Hi! I have a few qt4 applications (okular, skype, semantik), which work okay but have way to small fonts. I tried to use qtconfig-qt4 to change the font size: With partial success as qtconfig-qt4 itself uses the new setting and .config/Trolltech.conf shows the new setting. But okular, skype, sema

Re: Configuring a US keyboard with umlauts in sid (hal etc?)

2009-11-24 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-11-23, Frank Küster wrote: > I have a Thinkpad T43p which has a quite complete keyboard, and it comes > with US layout. Which I like. However, I'd also like to be able to > easily input german Umlauts. I don't like the compose approach, it > needs too much keypressing for fast typing. In

Re: Lost window manager and gnome-panel

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 08:13:14PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:10:06 -0500 > Rob Owens dijo: > > > In most window managers that I've used, Alt-F2 will open a "run" dialog > > box. Type into that "gnome-terminal". > > > > Also, you can delete your .gnome* and .gconf*

Re: clive doesn't extract youtube file

2009-11-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:35:09PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi to all Debian users. > > I installed clive in my Lenny partition with: `aptitude install clive', but it > seems that it does not manage to download the video I installed it for: > > $ clive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucOVqmh

Re: daemon ata/0

2009-11-24 Thread Tony Nelson
On 09-11-24 13:02:17, C.T.F. Jansen wrote: > Greetings, > what does back ground process ata/0 do ? Where is it > documented ? I don't have any such thing, but I expect you are referring to a Kernel Thread, listed by ps in square brackets as "[ata/0]", which is probably from some ATA dr

Demande de référencement dans vos livres fournisseurs

2009-11-24 Thread Primvod
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Re: clive doesn't extract youtube file

2009-11-24 Thread Mike Castle
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I installed clive in my Lenny partition with: `aptitude install clive', but it > seems that it does not manage to download the video I installed it for: I believe that youtube has retired some support for a variety of formats, so maybe the

clive doesn't extract youtube file

2009-11-24 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi to all Debian users. I installed clive in my Lenny partition with: `aptitude install clive', but it seems that it does not manage to download the video I installed it for: $ clive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucOVqmhXa-o clive 0.4.18 20080715 [Linux] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucOVqmhXa

Re: Iceape update in Squeeze has erased (?) bookmarks

2009-11-24 Thread Jochen Schulz
AG: > > Today I accepted the update in Squeeze for Iceape. However, this > appears to have erased my old/ previous bookmark and password files that > I used in Iceape before the upgrade. I have searched through all of the > relevant dot files and I can't see anything. Is this standard proc

Re: Iceape update in Squeeze has erased (?) bookmarks

2009-11-24 Thread AG
AG wrote: Today I accepted the update in Squeeze for Iceape. However, this appears to have erased my old/ previous bookmark and password files that I used in Iceape before the upgrade. I have searched through all of the relevant dot files and I can't see anything. Is this standard procedure

Iceape update in Squeeze has erased (?) bookmarks

2009-11-24 Thread AG
Today I accepted the update in Squeeze for Iceape. However, this appears to have erased my old/ previous bookmark and password files that I used in Iceape before the upgrade. I have searched through all of the relevant dot files and I can't see anything. Is this standard procedure for a brow

daemon ata/0

2009-11-24 Thread C.T.F. Jansen
Greetings, what does back ground process ata/0 do ? Where is it documented ? Also, what does back ground process ksuspend_usbd do ? Thanks in advance. frank.jan...@actrix.gen.nz, ZL2TTS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "u

Re: Lost window manager and gnome-panel

2009-11-24 Thread Tony Nelson
On 09-11-23 23:13:14, John Jason Jordan wrote: ... > Conclusion: The problem is somewhere in my configuration files, but > not in .gconf, .gnome2 or .gnome2_private. ... What about .gconfd/ and .gnome/? (And all the other dot-files.) Have you looked at ~/.xsession-errors? (It gets made anew e

Re: Asus M2NPV-VM RAID and SMP64 feedback

2009-11-24 Thread Nuno Magalhães
2009/11/24 David Christensen : > What are you trying to accomplish?  Server?  Workstation?  What software?   > What users?  Why RAID? Desktop pc + homeserver, although i'm reading up on virtualization before i go into the homeserver part. Why RAID... why not...? Mostly to experiment, if/when i f

DisplayPort DELL 2709W / Entering Power Save for no reason

2009-11-24 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi there, After reading: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=135751 Default Re: DisplayPort Powersave Help This is a known issue that should be resolved in the first 195.* release. I was wondering if anyone had update the nvidia driver to 195.* ? Is this fixed now ? Thanks -- Ma

Re: camorama vs xawtv

2009-11-24 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Steve Reilly wrote: > Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> Hi, >> >>   Just got a Logitech Webcam C200, and to start playing with it I >> thought I could use camorama. However when I start the app I get a : >> >> "Could not connect to video device (/dev/video0). Please chec

Re: camorama vs xawtv

2009-11-24 Thread Steve Reilly
Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hi, > > Just got a Logitech Webcam C200, and to start playing with it I > thought I could use camorama. However when I start the app I get a : > > "Could not connect to video device (/dev/video0). Please check connection" > > If I start xawtv everything is setup an

Re: lockscreen/switch user issues

2009-11-24 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 07:02:40AM -0800, Brian Denheyer wrote: > > This is using gnome (and the gnome wm, which is called ?): > > switch user > you get the login prompt > login > now I get the xscreensaver prompt > > I check the screensaver prefs and not only is the lock screen option > NOT che

Re: camorama vs xawtv

2009-11-24 Thread Osman Kemal Kadiroğlu
Hi, I had the same problem with a different web cam. I already sent a message to the list about it. If you have updated the gspca-modules then you may have problems. In my case version 01.00.20-1+2.6.26-20 worked but 2.6.26+01.00.20-6+lenny1 did not. Regards On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Math

camorama vs xawtv

2009-11-24 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi, Just got a Logitech Webcam C200, and to start playing with it I thought I could use camorama. However when I start the app I get a : "Could not connect to video device (/dev/video0). Please check connection" If I start xawtv everything is setup and working nicely (no configuration). How

Re: Lost window manager and gnome-panel

2009-11-24 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 08:13:14PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: [... huge snip of history of metacity & gnome panel faiilng to start ... ] > Tony suggested polluting my new user alter ego with the gnome > configuration files from my regular self. I started by just > renaming .gconf, .gnome2 and

Re: Inquiry:How to enable "NAT" on Debian 3.1 ?

2009-11-24 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 08:44:06PM +0300, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > 11/23/2009 08:35 PM, Tzafrir Cohen: > >/me senses a mixing of repositories. > > /me senses he wants to make things the wrong way. /me senses he refuses to take any advice which might involve learning before typing away at

Re: Iceweasel annoyance

2009-11-24 Thread Joel Roth
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 07:40:58AM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello Laszlo, > > Am 2009-11-23 03:44:13, schrieb ERSEK Laszlo: > > I'm not sure I get what you're talking about, but: > > > > In the GTK file selection window (eg. under Firefox's Ctrl+O > > hotkey), press "/", as if starting to

lockscreen/switch user issues

2009-11-24 Thread Brian Denheyer
This is using gnome (and the gnome wm, which is called ?): switch user you get the login prompt login now I get the xscreensaver prompt I check the screensaver prefs and not only is the lock screen option NOT checked, I've restarted the daemon a couple of times to make sure it's not set. Only i

Re: On Access Virus Scanner Recommendation

2009-11-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:49:38PM +0100, Holger Rauch wrote: > Hi to everybody, > > I'm thinking about using NOD32 on a Debian Lenny system for on > access virus scanning (i.e. scan a file when it's created and/or its > contents are modified in some way). > > I'm aware that there's the Dazuko mo

Using apt-mirror, possible to start from DVD content?

2009-11-24 Thread Gav
I would like to have a local apt source on my network for Lenny i386. I've done some playing with apt-mirror and am ready to start. Obviously the initial setup requires a substantial download so I was wondering is it possible to use the content from the 5 DVD's (I already have them) and then ju

Re: Squeeze locks up

2009-11-24 Thread Brent Clark
On 24/11/2009 16:05, Loeghmon T. Nejad wrote: My Debian-Squeeze locks up for no evident reason. What files can I study for a clue and to see if it is related to NIC, Xserver, or other devices? I never had this experience with Debian-Lenny. Can it be the kernel version (2.6.30-2-686) on an older

Squeeze locks up

2009-11-24 Thread Loeghmon T. Nejad
My Debian-Squeeze locks up for no evident reason. What files can I study for a clue and to see if it is related to NIC, Xserver, or other devices? I never had this experience with Debian-Lenny. Can it be the kernel version (2.6.30-2-686) on an older machine (Dell Optiplex 260)? -- Regards,

Re: On Access Virus Scanner Recommendation

2009-11-24 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/11/24 Holger Rauch > Hi to everybody, > > I'm thinking about using NOD32 on a Debian Lenny system for on > access virus scanning (i.e. scan a file when it's created and/or its > contents are modified in some way). > > I'm aware that there's the Dazuko module, but allegedly it doesn't > seem

On Access Virus Scanner Recommendation

2009-11-24 Thread Holger Rauch
Hi to everybody, I'm thinking about using NOD32 on a Debian Lenny system for on access virus scanning (i.e. scan a file when it's created and/or its contents are modified in some way). I'm aware that there's the Dazuko module, but allegedly it doesn't seem to support NFSv3 or NFSv4 file systems s

sony ericsson MD300

2009-11-24 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
Hello, On ISP in Madagascar, TelMa has http://www.telma.mg/particuliers/mobile/3g.htm It suggests the sony ericsson MD300 as 3G modem. There is: http://fpreto.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/ubuntu-810-and-the-sony-ericsson-md300-modem/ But there seem to be some problems (see the comments) Would you kno

Re: Lost window manager and gnome-panel

2009-11-24 Thread Chris Jones
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:13:14PM EST, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:10:06 -0500 > Rob Owens dijo: > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 01:14:23PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: [..] I just noticed this thread, so please ignore if you have already been through this. > Tony sugge

sony ericsson MD300

2009-11-24 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
http://laudecioliveira.org/blog/?p=70 Still have to translate... some help? -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Recherche & Developpement +261 33 11 207 36 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d