Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-03 Thread Adam Porter
michael wrote: > Okay, I spoke too soon :( > The mouse just ''froze'' on me again (as in I could move it but clicking > did nothing) - had to ALT-TAB (to 'nothing' then again to get current > apps)... That doesn't sound like a hardware problem. See if you can figure out what apps are running whe

Re: Is everyone's system "apt-get -qq update"ing every day?

2008-01-03 Thread Adam Porter
Joey Hess wrote: > Adam Porter wrote: >>return 1 > >> if check_stamp $UPDATE_STAMP $UpdateInterval; then >>if apt-get -qq update 2>/dev/null; then > >> As you can see, I haven't enabled the perodic updates in apt.conf, but >> the check

Re: amarok hangs

2008-01-02 Thread Adam Porter
Chris wrote: > Thanks for the info and hint!! > > It seems to sometimes hang in the middle of different songs, I have always > when playing mp3 files. I haven't really noticed any one particular file > that causes problems. I do listen to some internet streams, but haven't > noticed anything. >

Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-02 Thread Adam Porter
cs wrote: > actually after using KDE for an hour today, the keyboard froze too... > playing with the control centre somehow reset it such that keyboard > started accepting USB input again > > it seems (under Gnome) openning many more application windows (that have > not been previously openned?)

Re: DVD driver

2008-01-02 Thread Adam Porter
Paul Johnson wrote: > DVD, whether it's a WORM or ROM disc, uses udf if it's a data DVD. If > it's a video DVD, it's more of a codec and media player issue. I believe that DVDs can also use ISO9660 filesystems, not just UDF. For example, check the growisofs man page (K3b uses growisofs for all

Re: Wodim Woes

2008-01-02 Thread Adam Porter
Thomas H. George wrote: > wodim --scanbus finds a cdrw device at 0,0,0 but > > wodim -v dev=0,0,0 data.iso goes crazy and says it is trying to access > /dev/hda and then /dev/hdb > > My system is lenny with a linux-image-2.6.22-3-686 kernel. > > What is wrong and how can I fix it. I don't know

Is everyone's system "apt-get -qq update"ing every day?

2008-01-02 Thread Adam Porter
As posted at http://bugs.debian.org/457193 Am I missing something obvious, or... $ less /etc/cron.daily/apt ... check_stamp() { stamp="$1" interval="$2" if [ $interval -eq 0 ]; then return 1 fi ... UpdateInterval=0 DownloadUpgradeableInterval=0 eval $(apt-config shell UpdateIn

Re: won't dual boot: 2 disks and LVM

2007-12-18 Thread Adam Porter
To try to install Windows without disconnecting your LVM disk sounds risky to me, if not impossible. Better to play it safe and unplug the LVM drive. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: amarok hangs

2007-12-18 Thread Adam Porter
Chris wrote: > I really like amarok, am finding however that it is hanging often on > playback. Saw no bug reports on the version in unstable, I am running an > otherwise testing system (uprgaded to the unstable version in the hopes > that the problem was resolved in b2). If the bug is reported a

Re: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity

2007-12-18 Thread Adam Porter
What video driver? Does it happen with KDE? Does it happen with different Linux distros? Does it happen if you boot a live CD of Ubuntu or...? Does logging out and back in (without rebooting) fix it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: DVD drive misbehaves after a while, kernel problem?

2007-12-18 Thread Adam Porter
Mirko Parthey wrote: > Has anybody seen something like this before? > Any hints how I could rule out faulty hardware? Boot a different distro's live CD and see if it happens. If you have Windows on another partition, see if it happens with that. If you have another computer, see if the drive do

Re: user based package manager?

2007-03-19 Thread Adam Porter
Jeff Zhang wrote: > Most installed packages will mess $HOME more or less when compiled with > --prefix=$HOME. Though, keep the log of `make install' may be used as an > removing method if wanted latter. > Is there some package manager that can be used for normal user under their > home location? >

Re: A silly question about tar [solved]

2007-03-19 Thread Adam Porter
So it looks like the ultimate solution is Greg Folkert's suggestion to install the package "unp", which handles multiple archives and automatically chooses the right extractor. Cameron Hutchison's shell function is also handy, but unp probably makes that unnecessary if you can install packages on

How to make Konqueror open shell scripts in an editor instead of running them

2007-03-19 Thread Adam Porter
A few minutes of googling found this very useful tip. If you want Konqueror to open shell scripts in an editor instead of running them (usually in the background, which isn't usually very useful), just add the x-shellscript MIME type to the text group in Konqueror's file association settings. You

Re: A silly question about tar

2007-03-17 Thread Adam Porter
Thanks for your replies, everyone. It seems to me that there might be a market for a simple script frontend to tar that would handle shell-expanded wildcards; perhaps it could be included in Debian's package of tar. Would that be a good idea? Does anything like that already exist? -- To UNSUB

A silly question about tar

2007-03-17 Thread Adam Porter
I've read the man page, googled this list and the rest of the Net, but I still can't figure out why this doesn't work: $ tar xjf *.tar.bz2 tar: beryl-core-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: beryl-manager-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: beryl-plugins-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archi

A silly question about tar

2007-03-14 Thread Adam Porter
I've read the man page, googled this list and the rest of the Net, but I still can't figure out why this doesn't work: $ tar xjf *.tar.bz2 tar: beryl-core-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: beryl-manager-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: beryl-plugins-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archi

Re: dpkg-buildpackage, debian etch, beryl

2007-01-01 Thread Adam Porter
Magnus Pedersen wrote: > I'm building from the 0.14 release tarballs and this is my buildcommand > and path: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop/beryl/build/beryl-core-0.1.4$ > dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot > > The final error looks like this: > > /home/magnus/Desktop/beryl/build/beryl-core-0.1.4/li

Re: dpkg-buildpackage, debian etch, beryl

2007-01-01 Thread Adam Porter
Magnus Pedersen wrote: > I'm trying to build .debs of beryl: > > I can build the source without problems with : > ./configure > make > > But when I try to build with dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot I end up with > a lot linies like this and an error: > > /home/magnus/Desktop/beryl/beryl-core-0.1.

Re: Looking for dark background themes

2007-01-01 Thread Adam Porter
T wrote: > I'm wondering if I can change those GTK/QT applications to a light-on-dark > theme. Moreover, can you recommend a good light-on-dark theme? Something like this maybe? www.alphapapa.net/temp/digikam.png If you want it, I can send you the KDE color scheme, just e-mail me. -- To UNSUB

Re: apt-build patch available

2006-09-27 Thread Adam Porter
Adam Porter wrote: > For anyone who would like to use apt-build more, but has run into bugs > dealing with differing binary and source "Version" fields, there is a nice > patch available at bug 332594: > I don't know why the patch hasn't been released in an update

apt-build patch available

2006-09-27 Thread Adam Porter
For anyone who would like to use apt-build more, but has run into bugs dealing with differing binary and source "Version" fields, there is a nice patch available at bug 332594: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/apt-build.diff?bug=332594;msg=17;att=1 I don't know why the patch hasn't be

Re: need a newsreader with decent filtering

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
Arthur Marsh wrote: > At present, I'm trying knode but still seem unable to filter based on the > fact that news.gmane.org marks detected spam as cross-posted to > gmane.spam.detected (one cannot subscribe to gmane.spam.detected directly, > so one can't automatically mark gmane.spam.detected as re

Re: newsreader for Debian unstable with cross-posting/filtering controls

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
Arthur Marsh wrote: > What newsreader packages are available in Debian unstable that have the > ability to filter (even if only mark as read) messages that can be > identified as spam by such a cross-post or by header/body contents? KNode can filter the GMANE-detected spam. You just set a filter

Re: Problem installing xserver-xorg

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
David Goodenough wrote: > I am trying to install xorg on an HP 9010 laptop. It was installed but > the hard drive died and so I took an old 2.5" drive I had which had linux > on it with XFree86 (and a SIS screen configured) and I am trying to > upgrade it to > work on this new machine. I got rid

Re: saving digital photographs

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
> I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I > have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on > to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of > anyone has any suggestions on how best to do this. Should I just dump > t

apt preferences and apt-build's "Archive" line

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Here is a strange problem: $ cat /var/cache/apt-build/repository/Release Archive: apt-build Component: main Origin: apt-build Label: apt-build Architecture: i386 $ cat /etc/apt/preferences Package: * Pin: release a=apt-build Pin-Priority: 900 Pack

Re: Watching google videos?

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
Mathias Brodala wrote: > Hello Adam. > >> Democracy Player (which has a built-in Google Video search), for one, can >> play FLV videos, but I can't get it to play sound, [?] > > Are you using ALSA instead of OSS? Have you tried starting the player via > ?aoss program-name?? (?aoss? is a wrapper

Making APT prefer locally compiled packages

2006-09-25 Thread Adam Porter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This is a little confusing, and please forgive me if the answer is out there somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it. Here's what happened: 1. I installed pentium-builder and set it for "athlon-xp" so it will compile for my CPU. 2. $ apt-src

Re: Watching google videos?

2006-09-19 Thread Adam Porter
W. Borgert wrote: > But maybe there is a way to download the video and watch it > with mplayer or another free program? Thanks in advance! Democracy Player (which has a built-in Google Video search), for one, can play FLV videos, but I can't get it to play sound, and it plays the video quite chopp

Re: Compiling CPU-optimized packages

2006-09-19 Thread Adam Porter
Arthur Marsh wrote: > Adam Porter wrote, On 2006-09-18 19:12: >> So, is there any way to set compiler flags in the Debian package building >> process other than using apt-build or editing debian/rules? > > look at the package: > > pentium-builder > > "Repla

Compiling CPU-optimized packages

2006-09-18 Thread Adam Porter
I'm sure this has been covered before, but I've dug through Google and /usr/share/doc and I can't find a solution. Forgive me if I missed the answer. I'm trying to compile Firefox with "-march=athlon-xp". (Please spare me any lecture about whether it's worth it, I am experimenting.) Although it

Re: Building packages with apt-src with --enable-debug?

2006-04-26 Thread Adam Porter
Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2006-04-12 04:23:17, schrieb Adam Porter: >> I'm trying to debug some annoying Jabber problems in Kopete. I need to >> build Kopete with --enable-debug. Naturally, Kopete is part of >> kdenetwork, >> which is a huge package. I'd

Re: What have I done wrong.

2006-04-14 Thread Adam Porter
mkontakt wrote: > I have the latest Debian key 1024D/2D230C5F 2006-01-03 > [expires: 2007-02-07] despite this while upgrading Debian packages > from the official > sites, I got the warning "The following packages cannot be > authenticated!". Why, should I trust the Debian packages? Please search

Re: Problems installing Debian on old laptop

2006-04-14 Thread Adam Porter
Piers Kittel wrote: > When trying to boot Debian (using the 3.1 r0 netboot CD) to install, it won't work at all: I recommend trying the newer testing netboot installer CDs, rather than the Sarge r0 one. It might help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Problems with security.debian.org

2006-04-14 Thread Adam Porter
anonym ano wrote: > (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_main_binary-amd64_Packages) > der Quellpakete zugreifen. - stat (2 Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht > gefunden) W: Sie möchten vielleicht »apt-get update« aufrufen, um diese > Probleme zu lösen > E: Einige Indexdateien

Building packages with apt-src with --enable-debug?

2006-04-12 Thread Adam Porter
I'm trying to debug some annoying Jabber problems in Kopete. I need to build Kopete with --enable-debug. Naturally, Kopete is part of kdenetwork, which is a huge package. I'd like to build it with apt-src, but I can't find any way to use configure flags. I've also looked at dpkg-buildpackage an

Re: apt-build

2006-04-12 Thread Adam Porter
S. M. Ibrahim (lavluda) wrote: > Any body here useing apt-build. I am interested to know your openioun > about this tool. I think it has great, great potential, but it still has some important bugs that can make it unusable at times (like simply not finding a source package, when $apt-get source$

RE: Re: Problems with loop-aes?

2006-03-09 Thread Adam Porter
Having said all that, you may want to read this thread and do your own research before settling on dm-crypt, loop-aes, encfs, or any solution: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/2006-02/msg00037.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

RE: Re: Problems with loop-aes?

2006-03-09 Thread Adam Porter
I'm sorry, but to be frank, I think you're going about this the hard way. I looked through that guide, and it seems quite complex. Granted, I don't have any experience with the software RAID tools, but this still seems like overkill. It also seems less future-proof to me, which is something you

Re: Wireless interface fails to initialize fully; still need to get DHCP manually

2006-03-09 Thread Adam Porter
Robert Glueck wrote: > If you really want to get into this, the thread is here: I think that's getting over my head, sorry. Good luck. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: chattr maildir

2006-03-09 Thread Adam Porter
Eric Persson wrote: > Adam Porter wrote: >> This doesn't answer your question, but I mount my partitions with >> noatime. You might consider that. > > Yeah, I noticed that, I just hadnt the oppurtunity to reboot or remount > the drives currently. What are your exp

Re: Upgrade frustrations (in testing) with shorewall crashes, clock troubles, tomcat4 crashes

2006-03-09 Thread Adam Porter
Michael Bonert wrote: > On shutdown I was getting something like this: > - > Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth0 > OUT=MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:06:25:f0:a9:d3:08:026369 PROTO=UDP SPT=29943 > DPT=152 LEN=128 > - > I couldn't do anything about it. It seemed to be stuck in a loop... where > the n

Re: Error in /var/log/message

2006-03-09 Thread Adam Porter
I'm no expert, but it looks like a kernel oops caused by an inability to handle a paging request, and it looks like tar was doing something when it happened. Did you check the system logs for what happened right before then? Were any cron jobs running? Are you up-to-date with all your software?

Re: chattr maildir

2006-03-09 Thread Adam Porter
This doesn't answer your question, but I mount my partitions with noatime. You might consider that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems with loop-aes?

2006-03-09 Thread Adam Porter
Are you losetup'ing and *then* running dd to create the file? From reading your post, I get that impression. If you are, you should create the file with dd, and *then* losetup it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X.org / deal head problem

2006-03-09 Thread Adam Porter
My only advice would be to post a bug on Debian's tracker and/or FDO's tracker. Sorry; good luck. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT]

2006-03-09 Thread Adam Porter
Sorry, I don't know anything about your problem, but you might get more help with a more descriptive subject line. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is udev really 'optional'?

2006-03-09 Thread Adam Porter
Mike McCarty wrote: >> Being on a laptop, I really need the functionality. Am I going to have >> to give up the hotplug package or will it continue to be an alternative >> to udev? > > I don't understand the need for either of them. Is there some > reason your configuration changes frequently, a

Re: How to unregister gxine to play Real files in RealPlayer

2006-03-09 Thread Adam Porter
You haven't told us whether you're running GNOME, KDE, or what, or what browser you're using. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Wireless interface fails to initialize fully; still need to get DHCP manually

2006-03-08 Thread Adam Porter
Hmm, you might be the same guy I talked to in #debian (I think my nick then was "tired"). I'm not an expert, and I have no experience with ndiswrapper, but I'll try to help. Please post your /etc/network/interfaces file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Qemu and Kqemu on Sid

2006-03-08 Thread Adam Porter
Metrics wrote: > I'm using gcc-4.0 to build the kqemu kernel module. When I ran ./configure on QEMU 0.8.0 and kqemu, it warned me that there are known problems with gcc 4.0. I compiled it with gcc 3.4. I believe you can do it like this: ./configure --cc=gcc-3.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: gstreamer, esd, arts, and other black magic

2006-03-03 Thread Adam Porter
I've never used esd or arts since I switched my desktop to Debian about a year ago. I've always used just plain ALSA, and it's always worked great. For GNOME, you can use GConf to set the outputsink to use the alsasink, and in KDE you can simply select it in kcontrol. I really don't know what Fi

Re: Mplayer and alsa bug?

2006-03-03 Thread Adam Porter
Wackojacko wrote: > However, I have since > tried the version from the stable repo above and it works with the > current alsa so it looks like a bug in the current mplayer. Does > reportbug work for unofficial packages? I don't think so, sorry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Mplayer and alsa bug?

2006-03-02 Thread Adam Porter
I've no experience with amd64, but I can tell you or suggest a few things: I'm running mplayer-k6 from the marrilat repo. I don't know anything about the repo at UCLA.edu you posted. I'm using the same package of libasound2 that you are. My questions/suggestions: 1. Does ALSA work for other a

Sudden sound performance problem

2006-03-02 Thread Adam Porter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've been running Debian full-time on my desktop for over a year now, with a combination of testing and unstable (mostly testing). At the moment I'm running 2.6.15, compiled with Debian's default config except for turning on a couple of things so I co

Re: Can't open encrypted partitions

2006-02-24 Thread Adam Porter
Kees Vonk wrote: > Adam Porter wrote: > >> Have you checked the actual output of GPG? > > I have checked the GPG output (it is 64 lines of random characters, as > expected). I originally generated the keys for aes-loop multi-key setup, > and then forgot to truncate it

Re: synaptic starting in console not from menu

2006-02-24 Thread Adam Porter
L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I have installed sarge r1 starting with base install and then using > apt-get kdebase, x-window-system-core, synaptic etc. After correcting > sudoers file for env, I could start synaptic from konsole. But when I > click synaptic in menu nothing happens. How to get it work? > Is

Re: Cleaning /tmp regularly using bootclean.sh + crond

2006-02-20 Thread Adam Porter
> Tmpreaper probably does 'the right thing' However, if you mount /tmp with noatime, I don't see how tmpreaper would know what's safe to delete and what isn't. 'apt-cache show tmpreaper' says that it goes by access time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Can't open encrypted partitions

2006-02-20 Thread Adam Porter
Have you checked the actual output of GPG? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: many segfaults scrolled by when updating with aptitude now X won't start

2006-02-20 Thread Adam Porter
Daniel Johnson wrote: > Last night I was doing a long overdue update on a system I use mostly > for learning. Many things must have gone horribly wrong during the > update as a result of all of the segfaults, but aptitude seemed to > think it was a success. I'm not sure what all is broken, but I

Re: File System - a stupid question ;)

2006-02-20 Thread Adam Porter
Wodzu Wodzowski wrote: > I want to install Debian on laptop, but I want to have ReiserFS/Reiser4 or > XFS file system. I've found that I can convert/create partition with one > of above file system. Can I install Sarge on Reiser/XFS partition?? If you want maximum data security, you might want to

Re: Sponaneous KDE logouts since recent upgrades (etch)

2006-02-20 Thread Adam Porter
> The problem happens when I leave the computer for a little while. The > screensaver kicks in as normal and I'll return to the PC in say ten > minutes and press a key/move the mouse. The screensaver clears and the > desktop/application shows for a moment but then I'm logged out back to > the

Re: Jerky PS/2 Mouse W/ 2.6 Kernel (Again)

2006-01-27 Thread Adam Porter
> Actually, I just posted. Within the past hour I just got it going with > 2.6.15. But now I can't get sound to work (it seems to see the onboard > audio and not the Soundblaster I was using) and I'm having problems with > the scroll wheel in Firefox. Is the kernel not loading the Soundblaster m

Re: Jerky PS/2 Mouse W/ 2.6 Kernel (Again)

2006-01-26 Thread Adam Porter
Which 2.6 kernel are you trying to use? There are at least fifteen different ones. :) I suggest trying the latest one in Debian that you can use (some require newer versions of things like udev, which you might or might not want to upgrade [I've had no problems with 2.6.15]). -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Xsession error: "unsupported number of arguments (2); falling back to default session"

2006-01-26 Thread Adam Porter
After a recent upgrade, I started getting this error when I log in with one user with KDM. It pops up in a little window with an "okay" button. After I click "okay", it comes back, but after the second dismissal, KDE loads fine. It doesn't happen with every user, just my main one. I've Googled

Re: Intellimouse Explorer 4.0 wheel support buggy

2006-01-13 Thread Adam Porter
Andreas Boegehold wrote: > Hi, > i have following problem: > As soon as i move the mouse, the mouse wheel won't scroll anymore. > I checked on the /dev/input/event2 device with input-events from the > input-utils and it shows very few mouse wheel events passed from the > kernel when i move the mou

Re: apt-listbugs and security

2006-01-11 Thread Adam Porter
Step 1: Subscribe to Debian security lists. Step 2: (If you're really serious about security) Subscribe to relevant package security lists (upstream). Step 3: apt-get update/upgrade regularly for security updates Step 4: (Most importantly) Make regular backups, on- and off-site. Step 5: (Again, if

Re: Where is postrotate script? (was: logrotate + mysql = "Help!")

2006-01-11 Thread Adam Porter
Eric d'Alibut wrote: > On 1/10/06, Jay Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> um... n/m I had a different error, I meant to reply to an >> older post by someone else who had the same error... >> Sorry for the mixup and getting your hopes up Still, who knows, >> maybe it'll work

Re: logrotate + mysql = "Help!"

2006-01-11 Thread Adam Porter
Eric d'Alibut wrote: > On 1/7/06, Eric d'Alibut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Done. I await the next cron run. > > Not much enlightenment from the verbosity: > > running shared postrotate script > error: error running shared postrotate script for /var/log/mysql.log > > I wonder: what script

Re: Mobile Phone Software

2006-01-09 Thread Adam Porter
On Monday 09 January 2006 12:34, Thomas wrote: > Adam Porter wrote: > >Bitpim might be what you need. I've no idea if it supports your phone, > > but it's a really nice cross-platform Python app that will even let you > > backup your entire phone (all the intern

Re: Recommendation for newsreader

2006-01-08 Thread Adam Porter
Uwe Heinz Rudi Dippel wrote: > Now I'd really appreciate your recommendation for a method or apparatus to > handle groups with large numbers of messages in a suitable and reasonably > fast manner. groups.google.com :) Seriously though, I use KNode, but I haven't begun to approach that many mess

Re: [SOLVED]Re: apt ignores apt.conf settings

2006-01-08 Thread Adam Porter
> Could you please attach here your pinning options ? > Default-Release does work but causes me other problems that I believe > would be solved by using pinning. Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 650 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 600 Package: * Pin: release a=exp

Re: Streaming video

2006-01-07 Thread Adam Porter
Mark, just FYI, your mail client isn't sending "References:" headers, so your replies aren't showing up in the same thread. You may want to switch clients, or use an NNTP interface, like GMANE. Makes it harder to track threads and follow up. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: GPG error on apt-get update

2006-01-07 Thread Adam Porter
Chinook wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: >> Bernd Prager wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm getting a GPG error when I execute an apt-get update: >>> ... >>> >>> But root has the required keys in the pubring: > > I've been following this issue and also did: > debian1:/home/leec# wget http://ftp-master.debian.or

RE: TCP not working over ppp connection (WAS: 5th day using Linux...)

2006-01-07 Thread Adam Porter
Tyson Varosyan wrote: > Also, why would my post be burred? I am unfamiliar with the way this > mailing list works but have been surprised by the low number of > responces... I do not want to SPAM the list, but I really need to get my > box online... You posted your first message by replying to ano

Re: APT options and dpkg

2006-01-07 Thread Adam Porter
Well, you're a DD, so you oughta know more than me, but I'll bite. :) Can you be more specific than, "this does not work"? Have you tried purging and reinstalling the package? I guess you could also get the file out of the package and replace it manually. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: apt ignores apt.conf settings

2006-01-07 Thread Adam Porter
Where did you find those settings for "APT::Periodic"? I've never heard of them, and my searches turned up dry. Are you expecting that setting those will cause apt-get or aptitude to automatically download new packages? I don't think that's the case; something has to actually execute the command

Re: How can I prevent custom build packages from downgrading

2006-01-07 Thread Adam Porter
You can use apt preferences to pin the packages you want. Aptitude might have a simpler way, and Synaptic also lets you do this, but if you want to do it the low-level way, you can find help in the apt (and perhaps apt-src and apt-build) man pages, and on Google. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: Mobile Phone Software

2006-01-07 Thread Adam Porter
Bitpim might be what you need. I've no idea if it supports your phone, but it's a really nice cross-platform Python app that will even let you backup your entire phone (all the internal filesystem structure), along with nice interfaces for more prominent features. It's even in Debian. :) -- T

Re: Trouble with nvidia glx.

2006-01-07 Thread Adam Porter
Where did you get the glx module? You didn't mention installing the nvidia-glx package. If nothing else works, you might try switching to Xorg (I know it's not in Sarge, but neither is 2.6.14 or the new nVidia drivers. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: GPG error on apt-get update

2006-01-06 Thread Adam Porter
Check the list for the last few days. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Streaming video

2006-01-05 Thread Adam Porter
You might try KMplayer, which is a KDE frontend for MPlayer. If you open the stream in that, you can easily use full-screen. It's not in Debian, but you can Google for the repo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Loadable kernel modules not unloadable

2006-01-05 Thread Adam Porter
OT, but how come you want to prevent it from loading? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: logrotate + mysql = "Help!"

2006-01-05 Thread Adam Porter
Eric d'Alibut wrote: > I have a Debian stable install that runs smoothly; uptime is seventy > three days. Just lately I am getting these system emails: > > /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: > error: error running shared postrotate script for /var/log/mysql.log > /var/log/mysql/mysql.log /var/log/mysql.e

Re: Sound Device Not Shared

2006-01-05 Thread Adam Porter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > if I stop the application which is using the sound device and then other > application can use the sound device... > its more like exclusive access to the sound device by ALSA > > even if there is a warning sound from Anti-virus program, sound device get > locked an

Re: about vlc and libmodplug0

2006-01-05 Thread Adam Porter
Sinan Nalkaya wrote: > hi, > I am using Debian Etch, i want to install vlc, then i got this error > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > vlc: Depends: libmodplug0 (>= 1:0.7-1) but it is not going to be > installed > E: Broken packages > > after that i try to install libmodplug0

Re: Debian-installer and loop-aes

2006-01-04 Thread Adam Porter
Andreas Ehn wrote: > [2] Is there another disk encryption tool that's better, or is loop-aes > the way to go? LUKS is supposed to be the future, but it's not in Debian proper yet. You can use it if you install it manually, but I read that there may be another on-disk format change coming. I'm n

Re: Sound Device Not Shared

2006-01-04 Thread Adam Porter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm using ALSA and the only issue is if an application is using Sound > device (/dev/dsp) and another > application is trying to use it, it says "/dev/dsp" is already in use. > > What can I do it share the sound device?? If I understand ALSA correctly, you should not b

Re: Debian version?

2006-01-03 Thread Adam Porter
Don wrote: > On Wednesday 04 January 2006 12:20 am, Adam Porter wrote: > When I read your email I realized I may not have been quite as clear > as > I should have been. I am curious as to what version of Debian I have > installed now. > > However here is the answer to y

Re: Debian version?

2006-01-03 Thread Adam Porter
Don wrote: > Is there a quick and easy means of determining what "version" I have > installed? What's in /etc/apt/sources.list? Anything in /etc/apt/preferences? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Burning CDs from ISO image - possible?

2006-01-03 Thread Adam Porter
Wackojacko wrote: > In k3b try Tools->Burn CD Image. Also, in Konqueror, just right-click the ISO, Actions->Burn... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: please help -- debian crontab and at problem

2005-11-14 Thread Adam Porter
I googled for "azureus console" and the first hit should answer your question. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dedicated Hosting, recommendations - Debian

2005-11-05 Thread Adam Porter
You might look into Dreamhost. You can get some good coupon deals too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Calender, To-do, and other PDA-like software for Debian

2005-11-05 Thread Adam Porter
Evolution, Kontact...those are pretty obvious. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NVidia with Xorg (testing)

2005-10-25 Thread Adam Porter
The answer can also be found on wiki.debian.org. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Canonizing Local KDE Installation

2005-10-25 Thread Adam Porter
Wow. :) I'm no expert, but it seems to me you might as well just package up your build of 3.4.3--not that that's an easy task. Sorry I can't be of more help. Good luck. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Easy Debian Wireless 101

2005-10-25 Thread Adam Porter
There are several web sites dedicated to WiFi on Linux, with extensive lists of cards and how they are supported. Google is your friend. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X.Org Hits Testing: Xorg synaptics touchpad problem?

2005-10-25 Thread Adam Porter
Was the kernel upgraded? Check dmesg. Is the kernel module getting loaded? Is it saying anything on boot? All we know right now is that X can't find it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: General linux question.

2005-10-17 Thread Adam Porter
Take a look here, this should help: http://wiki.debian.org/WhyDebian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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