Re: help with apt-get purge

2007-06-23 Thread Christopher Nelson
-data package. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Text processing has made it possible to right-justify any idea, even one which cannot be justified on any other grounds.-- J. Finnegan, USC

Re: how to get a working .config kernel config file

2007-06-19 Thread Christopher Nelson
want a simple/plain working .config file? Any suggestion ? Any document or outline steps? Please help. If you borrowed a debian config, you'll need an: make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image rather than an: make-kpkg kernel_image -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Sensible way to install packages from testing unstable?

2007-06-19 Thread Christopher Nelson
a perusal of the documentation on building for yourself. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Always look over your shoulder because everyone is watching and plotting against you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: /etc is gone

2007-06-18 Thread Christopher Nelson
) and/or any ports open? I would consider re-evaluation of firewall rules, etc, after the re-install whether or not you've been attacked. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Nearly all men can stand adversity

Re: What's this error message telling me?

2007-06-17 Thread Christopher Nelson
errors? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Subject to change without notice. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: AGP DRI on a Radeon Xpress 1150

2007-06-05 Thread Christopher Nelson
you to mess with holds of x.org and/or use a (further) illegal hack. Look through the debian-user archives if that applies to you. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- If we do not change our direction we

Re: AGP DRI on a Radeon Xpress 1150

2007-06-05 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 09:55:50PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: Christopher Nelson writes: But the module will taint the kernel. And, if you're using unstable, the driver will require you to mess with holds of x.org and/or use a (further) illegal hack. What's illegal here? Potentially

Re: AGP DRI on a Radeon Xpress 1150

2007-06-05 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 08:42:32PM -0700, chris wrote: On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 09:55:50PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: Christopher Nelson writes: But the module will taint the kernel. And, if you're using unstable, the driver will require you to mess with holds of x.org and/or use

Re: Sid and Xorg

2007-05-04 Thread Christopher Nelson
that! Just to clarify, you are using vesa and not Vesa to test this? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong. -- Lucy Van Pelt

Re: How do I setup printer?

2007-05-04 Thread Christopher Nelson
. aptitude install fluxbox xorg xterm you might also want to install one of xdm, gdm, kdm, or wdm (or any other I'm forgetting) -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Nostalgia isn't what it used

Re: stupid dependency on aptitude

2006-08-25 Thread Christopher Nelson
page or README doesn't mention it being deprecated. I would be sad if it went away, though, as it's quite useful to, for example, `dpkg --purge $(deborphan)` (of course after checking the output of deborphan on its own) -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Which package does hardware detection?

2006-08-24 Thread Christopher Nelson
is the kernel? udev should be the right tool, and if it complains about the kernel version, a new kernel might be in order. The debian one in unstable should work with the udev in unstable, as should (as I use) a sufficiently recent 2.6 kernel.org one. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: debootstap problem

2006-08-05 Thread Christopher Nelson
. If you're installing from an rpm-based system, the .rpm's mentioned in the manual at debian.org are from 2004, so you'll need to use, eg, alien to convert the .deb to an .rpm to get a recent version. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Do I need to upgrade my kernel (kernel-image-2.4-k6)?

2006-07-31 Thread Christopher Nelson
, as I don't know the status of 2.4.x support in etch). All you'll have to do is reboot after the install. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt

Re: Do I need to upgrade my kernel (kernel-image-2.4-k6)?

2006-07-31 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 05:36:18PM -0700, Christopher Nelson wrote: On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 09:05:49PM +1000, Robert S wrote: I am running debian with kernel 2.4.27. I see that the kernel-source package is listed in the security vulnerabilities (DSA-1097). I do a weekly apt-get

Re: Difference between xfree86-common and x11-common

2006-07-31 Thread Christopher Nelson
project. In etch, Debian is switching to X.org IIRC due to liscense changes (but I don't know the details). They conflict because they're from two different implementations of X -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- What

Re: Gaim not stable

2006-07-28 Thread Christopher Nelson
. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Generated by Signify v1.14. For this and more, visit http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Install problems

2006-07-27 Thread Christopher Nelson
OS installed on the computer, as there was nothing to boot on the drive. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- No, that's wrong too. Now there's a race condition between the rm and the mv. Hmm, I need more coffee

Re: X.org fü r OpenGL konfigurieren

2006-07-21 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 10:10:33AM +0200, Matthias Pfeifer wrote: Thanks for the friendly hints. How should i proceed with my message in this group? Delete it? Don't worry about it--it's already been mailed out to list members. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: X.org fü r OpenGL konfigurieren

2006-07-20 Thread Christopher Nelson
kann. Leider kann ich nicht. Es ist: debian-user-german@lists.debian.org -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Money is a powerful aphrodisiac. But flowers work almost as well. -- Lazarus Long

Re: That best way to install kernel?

2006-07-16 Thread Christopher Nelson
-package' and search google for 'building kernel debian way' -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Generated by Signify v1.14. For this and more, visit http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: ssh in debian

2006-07-16 Thread Christopher Nelson
note of the error messages and search on those. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand. -- Raymond Chandler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Cannot install openoffice

2006-07-15 Thread Christopher Nelson
` recently? If the problem persists, try installing each package listed as 'uninstallable' until you get to the one(s) which are actually holding it up. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- No act of kindness, no matter

Re: http://www.debian.org/contact

2006-07-14 Thread Christopher Nelson
://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free Of course you'll get better performance picking a closer mirror... www.debian.org/mirror/list -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Grinnell's Law of Labor Laxity: At all

Re: Synaptic wants to remove gimp during gimp-data update

2006-07-13 Thread Christopher Nelson
? gimp 2.2.12-1 hasn't made it into the i386 port of unstable yet, but gimp-data has. I'd think it's just a couple days. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I

Re: Broken applications: Could we be honest?

2006-07-12 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 01:17:29PM -0600, Art Edwards wrote: Thanks for the resonse. See below. On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 09:36:25AM -0700, Christopher Nelson wrote: I don't see any bug reports with greater severity than normal on http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=ddd

Re: new user with installation problem

2006-07-08 Thread Christopher Nelson
. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Generated by Signify v1.14. For this and more, visit http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: vim-latexsuite not loading template

2006-07-08 Thread Christopher Nelson
. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Why did the Lord give us so much quickness of movement unless it was to avoid responsibility with? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: Broken applications: Could we be honest?

2006-07-08 Thread Christopher Nelson
see the package xmgrace listed at all, nor anything in 'apt-cache search xmgrace' -- maybe you can contact the xmgrace community and find if there's the usual suspects (a new version, an open bug with a workaround, etc)? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Etch ISOs

2006-07-07 Thread Christopher Nelson
the directions at (if this is a debian box, grap it via your favorite apt tool): http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/ -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead

Re: How to remove gnome-panel-data?

2006-07-04 Thread Christopher Nelson
-- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- My idea of roughing it turning the air conditioner too low. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: clarification regarding icons seen during a Debian installation.

2006-07-04 Thread Christopher Nelson
the the thunder was bootable--but I don't have a install disk to test my hypothesis. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Your goose is cooked. (Your current chick is burned up too!) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: xmgrace partly broken under debian

2006-07-02 Thread Christopher Nelson
recently, and that's causing the problem--especially for a 'many years' old version of an application. If that's indeed the problem, any sufficiently advanced distribution has/will soon have the same issue. It might be worth checking to see if the 2004 version is recent enough? -- Christopher

Re: cannot install aptitude: Broken packages

2006-07-02 Thread Christopher Nelson
on pacakges.debian.org ... odd. What uri is your stable line(s) pointing to? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Weinberg's First Law: Progress is only made on alternate Fridays. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Problem reconginzing package...

2006-06-29 Thread Christopher Nelson
, so I don't consider that a problem, but a feature -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.-- Gandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: how to check whether a package has been installed

2006-06-28 Thread Christopher Nelson
? - martin dpkg -l | grep package name Better: dpkg -l package name Don't forget about using expressions with that, eg.: 'dpkg -l *latex*' Most of you probably already knew that, but I thought I'd mention it as I use it often ;) -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: cannot install aptitude: Broken packages

2006-06-28 Thread Christopher Nelson
is tasksel (which will be automagically removed anyway). -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The only possible interpretation of any research whatever in the `social sciences' is: some do, some don't. -- Ernest

Re: Two versions

2006-06-26 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 08:34:40PM -0700, Michael M. wrote: Christopher Nelson wrote: something to the effect of Are all your other operating systems listed below? // Debian Sarge (on hda2). If you see that, it should be safe to overwrite your MBR. Will it really identify the other

Re: 3D Acceleration

2006-06-25 Thread Christopher Nelson
are recommended... But it is a good start I think :) I've also never used that card, so I don't know if acceleration will be set up for it. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The English have no respect

Re: Debian package of the day

2006-06-25 Thread Christopher Nelson
PROTECTED]:~$ zless /usr/share/doc/dselect/changelog.Debian.gz dpkg (1.13.22) unstable; urgency=low . . . -- Guillem Jover [email snipped] Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:03:29 +0300 Has my unstable box entered some parallel history? It seems over here that dselect is alive and well... -- Christopher

Re: Two versions

2006-06-25 Thread Christopher Nelson
to the effect of Are all your other operating systems listed below? // Debian Sarge (on hda2). If you see that, it should be safe to overwrite your MBR. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Generated by Signify v1.14

Re: apt-get update doesn't work?

2006-06-22 Thread Christopher Nelson
confusing non-free with non-us -- there are definately packages in non-free in unstable. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Debian is like Suse with yast turned off, just better. :) -- Goswin Brederlow

Re: Gnome xml parsing error only allows one login

2006-06-13 Thread Christopher Nelson
/?dm restart) Any error messages in the logfiles? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Ambiguity: Telling the truth when you don't mean to. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: APT Issues Still Updating ETCH After Changing Sources.List To Unstable

2006-06-10 Thread Christopher Nelson
, that is a lot more work than using apt-get/already learned tool--may or may not be worth it, but it is more work. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- QOTD: The baby was so ugly they had to hang a pork chop around

Re: problem with etch2 netinstaller on laptop

2006-06-10 Thread Christopher Nelson
is the output of 'lspci |grep Ethernet'? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Postage will be paid by addressee. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: local (parallel) printer does not show up when configuring cups

2006-06-10 Thread Christopher Nelson
not connected. When you set up the printer under KDE, did you use a '/dev/*' URI? Those don't work for some arcane reason with the new CUPS system. With the printer plugged in and turned on, do you get a weird-looking 'hp:something' URI? I think that's what you have to use. -- Christopher Nelson

Re: Xorg Freezes, only root..

2006-06-09 Thread Christopher Nelson
that's in te X logs? What does ~/.xsession-errors contain? Have you tried moving your .xsession and .xinitrc out of the way and trying with fresh (IE blank) files? What about /var/log/X.org.log -- any lines in there with either a WW or an EE (grep would be helpful)? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL

Re: problem with etch2 netinstaller on laptop

2006-06-09 Thread Christopher Nelson
in tasksel not to install the desktop packages too. So what exactly happens? Does it hard-freeze? Is there an 'ok' box on the screen? What can and/or can't you do from there? It sounds like a warning, not a critical error. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: problem with etch2 netinstaller on laptop

2006-06-09 Thread Christopher Nelson
like debian as a desktop distro, don't use it--but don't try and tell others that it's not suitable. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child

Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails

2006-06-09 Thread Christopher Nelson
you try a '/etc/init.d/foodm stop /etc/init.d/foodm start' or just a '/etc/init.d/foodm restart'? I've found that the restart doesn't always work, but stopping, waiting for all the processes to die (or forcibly killing them), then starting has nearly always worked. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL

Re: Audio CD problems..

2006-06-09 Thread Christopher Nelson
. it also may give you more info on the problem? (haven't had a problem ripping w/ it, so I don't know it's error output) -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The Beatles: Paul McCartney's old back-up band

Re: Save to set folder with mutt

2006-06-09 Thread Christopher Nelson
mbox=+debian-user-old' folder-hook . 'set move=whatever you like' folder-hook debian-user 'set move=yes' all in your .muttrc complicated isn't it? this of course assumes you have something like procmail in place... -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: alsaconf changes permanent?

2006-06-08 Thread Christopher Nelson
'. Perhaps this is what you need? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Bizoos, n.: The millions of tiny individual bumps that make up a basketball. -- Rich Hall, Sniglets -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

2006-06-03 Thread Christopher Nelson
and according to your sick and twisted logic *you* owe the individuals. But of course, you forget that when it's most convenient for you. Politics is one thing--but now you're attacking economics? Now that's low ;) -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Is it OK to remove alsa-base after Kernel 2.6.8?

2006-05-31 Thread Christopher Nelson
snd-whatever' give you? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Generated by Signify v1.14. For this and more, visit http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: Debina Installation ISO DVD Image Files

2006-05-31 Thread Christopher Nelson
net connection, I would grab the one labelled 'netinst' and do a network install. Or the 'businesscard' one if you have a spiffy mini-CD ;) -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- It's NO USE ... I've gone to CLUB MED

Re: question

2006-05-31 Thread Christopher Nelson
look like windows...I mean... it should have nice wallpaper on the background and control panel etc.is it possible on Debian ? Yes. Once you log in as root and enter 'dselect' -- find and install 'x-window-system' and an WM ('gnome' or 'kde' are popular). -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL

Re: Change screen resolution

2006-05-31 Thread Christopher Nelson
, do they all? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Andrew S. Tanenbaum -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Change screen resolution

2006-05-31 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 06:41:21PM -0700, lmyho wrote: --- Christopher Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:30:30PM -0700, lmyho wrote: I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen resolution is so poorly set, which is actually

Re: Network re-configuration!

2006-05-30 Thread Christopher Nelson
. Like, how were the machines connected? Is just yours moving, or are they all? With the info I have, all I can suggest is looking at VPN. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- TAILFINS!! ... click

Re: simple web blog software in sid

2006-05-30 Thread Christopher Nelson
at. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters. -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C. - A.D. 65) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2006 #1233

2006-05-29 Thread Christopher Nelson
of what it may say in the footer ;) -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Generated by Signify v1.14. For this and more, visit http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: I think I'm supposed to say something about this package bug...

2006-05-29 Thread Christopher Nelson
and see if it depends on something not available, etc. The info will be in the apt-get output. Then check the bug reports, and if you still think there's a (new) bug, file it with the 'reportbug' tool--against the offending package, not 'jamvm'. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: kde unwillingly starting

2006-05-29 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 03:25:17PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: [snip info from kde stuff] I don't know if this has been suggested on the debian-kde list, but have you done an 'update-alternatives --config x-window-manager' and set it to something other than kde? -- Christopher Nelson

Re: Which is the most stable of Debian releases?

2006-05-29 Thread Christopher Nelson
aren't there for no reason. Look at what Ubuntu installs by default: GNOME, OO.o, the GIMP, no MTA, no console-mode mail apps--it's also clear what their priorities are. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- QOTD: What do

Re: probleempje..?!

2006-05-29 Thread Christopher Nelson
is to try a netinstall from boot floppies, if you network card is supported on the net-drivers disk. Then you can look into getting/compiling a kernel with support for your drive in it after the system is up and running and network-connected. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Debian user Digest]does it exist?

2006-05-29 Thread Christopher Nelson
(in debian-user stanza); your email address - subscribe. I don't think there's an archive for the digest (would that be useful?). Or, easier, if you know you want it would be: 'mail -s subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ /dev/null /dev/null' -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Re: How to find right video card driver

2006-05-29 Thread Christopher Nelson
is firefox--hardly a catastrophe. Maybe you could provide us with some output next time your WM is upgraded to figure out why it's blowing away your session? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- I'm not a level-headed person

Re: Help really needed: Formatted / partition by accident.

2006-05-29 Thread Christopher Nelson
issue 'apt-get install parted' and then do a 'man parted' and read docs in '/usr/share/doc/parted' to figure out how to use it. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Neighbors!! We got neighbors! We ain't supposed to have

Re: utf problem with mutt

2006-05-24 Thread Christopher Nelson
to the alternatives handling, saying it should only be removed on removes, not upgrades. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- I'm continually AMAZED at th'breathtaking effects of WIND EROSION!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: apt-get question

2006-05-24 Thread Christopher Nelson
? Note that apache2 depends on apache2-mpm-something--I can't recall which provides the conffiles, so try this: apt-get -d --reinstall apache2 apache2-mpm-whatever dpkg -i --force-confmiss /var/cache/apt/archives/fullnames of above -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: searching for dts_internal.h

2006-05-24 Thread Christopher Nelson
.. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously; and do not take what happens either to yourself or your work seriously. -- Booth Tarkington -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Which is the most stable of Debian releases?

2006-05-24 Thread Christopher Nelson
. This is not a question of which is a better distro (too many variables involved there), but just a question of, which distro breaks less? The other distro's I've tried either I couldn't use the package management easily, or they broke on install--so I'm not objective ;) -- Christopher Nelson

Re: More questions about T-bird (was Re: Problem with T-bird (was ...))

2006-05-23 Thread Christopher Nelson
. At least it does inherit a lot of settings from the account itself which puts it head and shoulders above mutt. At least when I change such a setting in mutt it assumes I want it global unless I specifically tell it otherwise, which I can do per folder(s) :) -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL

Re: switching from apt-get to aptitude

2006-05-17 Thread Christopher Nelson
the talk about aptitude and synaptic being the Ultimate way to go, I'm glad to see other people using apt-get from the command line and dselect for a front-end. I learned dselect and couldn't get myself to learn aptitude, so I guess I would say dselect's easier to use ;) -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL

Re: Blacklisting does not work...

2006-05-17 Thread Christopher Nelson
for it--with the caveat that I have no idea in what horrible ways that may break a Ubuntu install!! -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- nonlinear .net is microsofts perverted version of a java networked environment

Re: Problem with aspell checking text in greek

2006-05-17 Thread Christopher Nelson
suggest creating a test file with a known misspelling and seeing if aspell corrects the right portion of the text. Either way, I'd check for bug reports on the subject and potential work-arounds. http://packages.debian.org/stable/text/aspell is a good place to start. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL

Re: install-mbr on amd64?

2006-05-17 Thread Christopher Nelson
to install grub or lilo to the MBR of both drives in case one fails (I assume that's why you're creating the RAID in the first place) and configure it to use root=/dev/md[whatever] as a kernel option. FWIW, I can't find a package 'install-mbr' for the x86 architecture either. -- Christopher Nelson

Re: Access to USB camera requires root access

2006-05-17 Thread Christopher Nelson
log out then back in, but I think there's more elegant ways). Try if that works, if not come back. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Odets, where is thy sting? -- George S. Kaufman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: [desktop][netinst]How can i choose a kde as a default?

2006-05-17 Thread Christopher Nelson
', log in at the console, fire up your favorite text-mode package manager, and install kde + addons you want. I doubt you can convince the d-i team one way or the other--it used to give you a choice, I'm sure there's a reason it doesn't now. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Problem with T-bird (was Re: Mail Issues (pt 2 ))

2006-05-15 Thread Christopher Nelson
when inconsiderate friends send me HTML garbage in my email. It's so wonderful to have your mail take up no more space than an xterm. And to edit your mails in whatever your /usr/bin/editor happens to be today. Alright, let's grease up for a marginally on-topic flamewar! -- Christopher Nelson

Re: Pendrive corrupted filesystem

2006-05-15 Thread Christopher Nelson
Linux throw it all on! You also minimize writes to the device with async--which can be an issue in the lifespan of some older/cheaper drives I've heard. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Earn cash in your spare time

Re: gimp and printing

2006-05-15 Thread Christopher Nelson
' issue. To use lp correctly, you have to install the 'cupsys-bsd' package, it installs the lpr compatability. Makes it much easier to print from things like xpdf -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Women give

Re: ibm t40, refuses to boot on cd

2006-05-15 Thread Christopher Nelson
as images and not as files? Do they boot in a different computer? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Stay seated until bus comes to a complete stop. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: My visit to google has been censored

2006-05-15 Thread Christopher Nelson
? If I set my start-up page to google, it goes there as normal. I assume that google has the high technology to anti-censor its customers, which is very good. Is my point right? I know nothing about that, but it would be hard to set something like that up. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL

Re: perldoc messed up curses

2006-05-15 Thread Christopher Nelson
. What exactly do the messages say? And what do you mean do misbehave? It sounds like more a ssh or gnome-terminal issue. Have you tried at a virtual terminal? Do similar things happen there? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Debian Menu in Gnome from testing / SID

2006-05-12 Thread Christopher Nelson
' package installed? menu creates the menu, and IIRC menu-xdg is required for it to work under Gnome (but I haven't used Gnome in a time, so I may be wrong). -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- La-dee-dee, la-dee-dah

Re: dvd burning

2006-05-10 Thread Christopher Nelson
to Debian, I don't know if you know how to enable 'non-free' (or 'contrib'), to do so edit '/etc/apt/sources.list' and append 'contrib non-free' (mind the hyphen) to your 'deb ' and 'deb-src ' lines. But I'd try dvd+rw-tools first, as free is better ;) -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL

Re: Font for PC graphics characters

2006-05-08 Thread Christopher Nelson
to view those PC graphics characters/symbols. Can you point us to an example of these PC graphics characters? It might help us find out exactly what symbols they're using. Have you tried uxterm (maybe you mean accents and such?)? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: ipw3945 and general WLAN questions

2006-05-06 Thread Christopher Nelson
should be there.. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- My mother drinks to forget she drinks. -- Crazy Jimmy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: kernel upgrade message

2006-05-04 Thread Christopher Nelson
not be able to load modules without rebooting. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency. -- Richard Nixon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: kernel upgrade message

2006-05-04 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 09:36:44PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 06:32:42PM -0700, Christopher Nelson wrote: On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 03:47:28PM -0700, kruton wrote: Debian Unstable, running 2.6.16-1-486 on i386 platform. These days I get the following

Re: Install amd64 using usb / How to load an iso that is in the pendrive?

2006-05-03 Thread Christopher Nelson
should I read/try? I would try the hd-media files, then report back if they don't work for help w/ pppoe -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- It is better to wear out than to rust out. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Debian DVD autostart

2006-05-02 Thread Christopher Nelson
to confirm that. I'm pretty sure you can post via news, at least on gmane.org, and am testing it with this very message. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away

Re: rerunning autodetect

2006-05-02 Thread Christopher Nelson
Thank you to all who helped! Now I just have do a long download of everything... Any other likely gotchas that may occur because I installed on a different computer? Nothing I can think of. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: View Debian mailing lists in a news reader

2006-05-02 Thread Christopher Nelson
, it will automatically mail you to make sure you're not a spam bot or similiar, and you reply to such message and your post goes through. It should only do that every so often, not every time you try and post. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: News Readers

2006-05-02 Thread Christopher Nelson
'Outlook Express'... and I've tried; gmane.linux.debian.user lists.debian.org linux.debian.user Sorry, I mis-understood the question. The server you want is news.gmane.org And yes, your .sig is much better. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: escape a string literal for use with regex?

2006-05-02 Thread Christopher Nelson
/.mutt.killfile caughtspam Just out of curiosity (I'm sure this is in the manual, but a cursory glimpse didn't find it), what command are you using from mutt to dump the subject to ~/.mutt.killfile ? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: problems in gnome/gdm after weekend etch upgrade

2006-05-01 Thread Christopher Nelson
be necessary. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Debian Hint #1: You can report a bug in a package with the 'reportbug' command, which is available in the reportbug package. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: problems in gnome/gdm after weekend etch upgrade

2006-05-01 Thread Christopher Nelson
-wide changes so I don't know. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- If you're constantly being mistreated, you're cooperating with the treatment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

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