Re: Re: Debian 4

2007-02-26 Thread Doofus
Greg Folkert wrote: On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 18:58 +, Doofus wrote: When? For the past seven months we've had under the "news" section at debian.org: "Upcoming Release of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0" Upcoming. Is this an off-beat sense of humour on th

Debian 4

2007-02-26 Thread Doofus
When? For the past seven months we've had under the "news" section at debian.org: "Upcoming Release of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0" Upcoming. Is this an off-beat sense of humour on the part of the developers? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: OT: Comparison of filesystems

2006-04-24 Thread Doofus
Ron Johnson wrote: On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 13:19 -0400, Curt Howland wrote: My personal opinion is that anything "up to date" (as opposed to, say, FAT12) will provide decent service for a desktop machine. I would add journaling, which is why I also use ext3, but with the caveat that ext3 is

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

2006-04-24 Thread Doofus
Steve Lamb wrote: chris roddy wrote: so, just switch to mepis and unsubscribe from debian-user already. your show has gotten tiresome. Might I suggest a filter? Or maybe just pressing delete? I find it mildly ironic that people who flock to a distribution supposedly for it's soci

Re: newbie gateway question

2006-04-23 Thread Doofus
Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 16:47 +0100, Doofus wrote: Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 15:51 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: Fernando Augusto Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Something I missed... do your Debi

Re: newbie gateway question

2006-04-23 Thread Doofus
Hans du Plooy wrote: On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 21:44 -0700, David Christensen wrote: Rather than "roll your own", you could use one of the purpose-built firewall/ router Linux distributions. (Such may also exist for (Free|Net|Open)BSD.) I've used both IpCop and Smoothwall; both support various

Re: newbie gateway question

2006-04-23 Thread Doofus
Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 15:51 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: Fernando Augusto Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Something I missed... do your Debian box has an ethernet port? I believe your Cable Modem does have an ethernet port as well. If it is so, your j

Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

2006-04-23 Thread Doofus
Christopher Nelson wrote: On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 07:31:56PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Christopher Nelson wrote: I have no idea what post you're talking about since you didn't quote it. I was referring to my only other post to this thread, namely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Okay,

Re: three questions about debian

2006-04-22 Thread Doofus
Christopher Nelson wrote: On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 03:00:54PM -0700, Xplicit Language wrote: also is anyone familiar with wine? As a user. What's your question? If it's generally how to use it, 'wine '. Not all windows programs work under wine, and some require tinkering. How m

Re: Color printers

2006-04-22 Thread Doofus
Tony Godshall wrote: A recent study found that wikipedia's accuracy is almost as good as Encyclopedia Britannica. Doesn't look nearly as fine and dandy on my bookshelves or in my lap though. ;O) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: three questions about debian

2006-04-22 Thread Doofus
Xplicit Language wrote: which program is used to compile gcc and how do you compile a program, According to the helpful instructions always provided with the source code (/usr/share/doc/{package_name}). and how do i run apt get, apt-get {package_name} But since you're asking these

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color? IS THERE A MODERATOR FOR THIS LIST???

2006-04-22 Thread Doofus
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 18:34:34 +0100, Doofus wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] For a start, I can offer you a threat of "forcibly assisted" unsubscription: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg01252.html That was an intere

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color? IS THERE A MODERATOR FOR THIS LIST???

2006-04-22 Thread Doofus
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 11:58:01 +0100, Doofus wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: Why, yes there are list admnistrators which sometimes act as moderators. Just recently, there was one who made some unfriendly threats around here... Mike References please

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color? IS THERE A MODERATOR FOR THIS LIST???

2006-04-22 Thread Doofus
Mike McCarty wrote: Why, yes there are list admnistrators which sometimes act as moderators. Just recently, there was one who made some unfriendly threats around here... Mike References please. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: Thought on receiving two answers...

2006-04-19 Thread Doofus
Ron Johnson wrote: On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 15:53 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: On Wednesday 19 April 2006 15:10, Magnus Therning wrote: AFAICS it would be possible to get mailing list managing software, like mailman, to add a header to email sent to lists indicating the senders preference.

Re: Printer for linux?

2006-04-19 Thread Doofus
Ron Johnson wrote: On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 16:38 -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: I have never heard of a separate PS interpreter, they may be out there, but it isn't anything you need, because Linux can talk to PCL printers Meaning you've never heard of a PS interpreter being built into a p

Re: Printer for linux?

2006-04-17 Thread Doofus
Doofus wrote: And the same applies to Samsung with regard to consumables - a bit of crazy price for toner cartridges compared with the Brothers, which is a shame because there's an excellent offer on the ML-3561N (33ppm, networked, 1200x1200, Postscript 3, duplex, 500 sheet tray) in t

Re: Printer for linux?

2006-04-17 Thread Doofus
Diego Martínez Castañeda wrote: I'm in the market for a printer and would appreciate any recommendations. I should think this is an oft asked question, but since the printer market seems to move at a rapier like pace, thought it ok to ask again for any recent experiences. I'd like a networked

Re: Printer for linux?

2006-04-17 Thread Doofus
Kelly Clowers wrote: On 4/17/06, Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My potted understanding is that unix/linux applications generally output postscript formatted data for printing and since Joe Public can't afford a postcript capable printer, postscript interpreters (eg ghosts

Printer for linux?

2006-04-17 Thread Doofus
Evening chaps, I'm in the market for a printer and would appreciate any recommendations. I should think this is an oft asked question, but since the printer market seems to move at a rapier like pace, thought it ok to ask again for any recent experiences. I'd like a networked monochrome lase

Re: How do you grow brocolli?

2006-04-16 Thread Doofus
Ron Johnson wrote: On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 14:43 +0100, Doofus wrote: steef wrote: what on earth is velveeta? The product of a chemistry set. Why anyone would want to contaminate beautiful fresh crowns of organic broccoli with this I can't begin to imagine.

Re: GForce video card

2006-04-16 Thread Doofus
David Baron wrote: Is this card supported (fb_nvidia is in the kernel config so is available)? Is direct rendering supported? Kernel build shows built-in support for nvidia--Gforce is not an on the MB interface. Please CC off-list as I am still not getting digests. Thanks It's supported v

Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-16 Thread Doofus
Andrei Popescu wrote: Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Then why do I hear Aussies (and some others) pronounce 'idea' as 'ide'er', or 'Daytona' as 'Daytoner'? If 'schedule' wasn't meant to be pronounced 'skedule',

Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-16 Thread Doofus
CaT wrote: On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 02:52:25PM +0100, Doofus wrote: Nate Bargmann wrote: * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Apr 16 04:13 -0500]: On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 09:13 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: And "c" will sti

Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-16 Thread Doofus
Nate Bargmann wrote: * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Apr 16 04:13 -0500]: On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 09:13 +0100, Chris Lale wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: And "c" will still be needed for "ch" (as in "church", not the k in school/skool). Don't forget that the non-US

Re: How do you grow brocolli?

2006-04-16 Thread Doofus
steef wrote: On Sunday 16 April 2006 09:37, Ron Johnson wrote: Velveeta. There's nothing like broccoli smothered in Velveeta. what on earth is velveeta? * The product of a chemistry set. Seems to be: American cheddar [I wonder what percentage], colby [no idea what this is - the

Re: OT: Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-15 Thread Doofus
Kent West wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: We should have gone all the way to simplified spelling. Surely you've seen that internet "joke" about simplified spelling, where the silent e gets dropped, and y's that sound like an i get replaced by an i, and the k sound of c is replaced by k, etc

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Doofus
Matt Zagrabelny wrote: sony p200 pros: * very large, bright, responsive lcd This is quoted as one of the cons for the A80, which has a small screen by current standards. If, like me, you started your photography along with Fox Talbot and will always use the viewfinder anyway, then you cou

Re: ATTN: Barbara Oncay

2006-04-14 Thread Doofus
Steve Lamb wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: But your message doesn't have it! Yes it does. Please stop spreading misinformation. It isn't shown by this Thunderbird client. Not unless you hit Ctrl-U and bash through the source. Since one of the points of this thread seems to b

Re: Cameras.

2006-04-14 Thread Doofus
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 03:31:51PM +0200, Mitja Podreka wrote: Katipo wrote: I'm looking at purchasing a digital camera, 5 - 6 MP, and looking for recommendations, from those with positive experiences, of makes and models they'd be prepared to recommend.

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-14 Thread Doofus
Ron Johnson wrote: On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 13:12 +0100, Doofus wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 00:34 +0100, Doofus wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 14:55 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thursday 13 April 2006 13:22, Mike McCarty

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-14 Thread Doofus
Ron Johnson wrote: On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 13:49 +0100, Wackojacko wrote: No hard feelings Sanchez. Buy yourself a football (a round one!), and get out into the fresh air. A "round football"?!! Well colo*u*r me surpri*z*ed. Soccer man, soccer. No definitely foot

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-14 Thread Doofus
Katipo wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: What's the matter? Truth hurt too much? I, for one, am sick and tired of seeing these digs at our American friends who are struggling, in their national adolescence, for a sense of identity. We need to be grown up about it, and allow them their atte

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-14 Thread Doofus
Ron Johnson wrote: On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 00:34 +0100, Doofus wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 14:55 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thursday 13 April 2006 13:22, Mike McCarty wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 12 April 2006

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-13 Thread Doofus
theo wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hodgins Family wrote: Hey, theo! On Wed, 2006-12-04 at 06:49 +0200, theo wrote: Hodgins Family wrote: The short answer is that the French made us do it! Sorry for that. (I also plead guilty for centre/cente

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-13 Thread Doofus
Ron Johnson wrote: On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 14:55 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thursday 13 April 2006 13:22, Mike McCarty wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 12 April 2006 08:46, John Hasler wrote: It's actually spelled "politician". "Bush" ("blair" in the UK) is j

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color? IS THERE A MODERATOR FOR THIS LIST???

2006-04-12 Thread Doofus
tom arnall wrote: IS THERE A MODERATOR FOR THIS LIST??? On Tuesday 11 April 2006 07:12 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: On Tuesday 11 April 2006 11:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color? Different dialect. Canadian English accepts both as vali

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-12 Thread Doofus
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ***Is it because you're trying to get a rise (a yank phrase if ever there was one) out of the list community? This seems more likely with such a boring, no-personal-effort-on-your-part question.*** Just a bored teen looking for some fun once and a while...and

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-11 Thread Doofus
chris roddy wrote: Installing both text/wamerican-huge and text/wbritish-huge should shield the casual user against the effects of this issue. hmm... so it *was* a linux related question? ;O) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-11 Thread Doofus
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color? Because that is how the word should be spelled. A more appropriate question would have been "Why do people in the US omit the all important "u" from the word colour?" It *is* our language, old chap. English I mea

metacity configuration files?

2006-04-09 Thread Doofus
Last night my X session froze and I had to kill everything manually. Since then, every time I start X the metacity desktop throws three question windows at me - sometimes twice each: The Show Desktop applet appeasr to have died unexpectedly. Do you want to reload this applet? The "W

Re: How do I fix this?

2006-04-08 Thread Doofus
S. Keeling wrote: In linux.debian.user, you wrote: Hi there Got this from my ISP the other day: We have been forced to take your server off line, since your server is performing phishing from your secondary IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.224. That IP address was one [of] my secondary IP's, usi

Re: LCD brightness control

2006-04-08 Thread Doofus
Eriberto wrote: Hello all, I have a LG Flatron L1740B LCD monitor and I want reduce the bright. How to make this on Sarge? Some details: Kernel: 2.6.12-1-686 Adapter: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] Thanks! Eriberto In an X environment, package "displaycalibrator.app" might hel

Re: PUHHLLLEEEEZZZE LOOK AT THESE RETARDED NAMES OF EXE's YOU DEBIAN PACKAGE DUDES

2006-04-08 Thread Doofus
Ron Johnson wrote: On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 21:40 +0200, Dirk wrote: It really, REALLY sucks to install a package and afterwards not being able to find(!)/start the exe because some retard named them like: "GSnes9x" "gtkBitchX-1.1-final" (what were you thinking) "gtkBitchX" ...and the list

Re: lists.debian.org vs google groups

2006-04-07 Thread Doofus
Matthew R. Dempsky wrote: On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 09:28:59AM +0100, Doofus wrote: I'll never accept this reasoning. To my mind it takes openness to a level that just causes unnecessary grief for many legitimate users. What unnecessary grief? Take a look through the debian

Re: lists.debian.org vs google groups

2006-04-06 Thread Doofus
Pascal Hakim wrote: Hi, On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 09:51:30AM +0100, Doofus wrote: Can you quote: I can't do the last twelve months, as we don't keep our data that far back, and some of these numbers have to be counted invidually, but here are the numbers for March. Due to

Re: lists.debian.org vs google groups

2006-04-06 Thread Doofus
Pascal Hakim wrote: On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 10:21:47AM -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: John Hasler wrote: raju writes: Is there anything that can be done with lists.debian.org that cannot be done through google groups? Is there anything that can be done with goo

Re: lists.debian.org vs google groups

2006-04-06 Thread Doofus
Bruno Buys wrote: Raju, The lists are spammed, I agree. But being able to post without subscription is part of the openness Debian wants to achieve. I'll never accept this reasoning. To my mind it takes openness to a level that just causes unnecessary grief for many legitimate users. Why

Re: macromedia flash plugin for firefox?

2006-04-02 Thread Doofus
Ron Johnson wrote: On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 12:10 +0100, Doofus wrote: Sridhar M.A. wrote: On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 11:20:05AM +0100, Doofus wrote: > > > > >I've downloaded "install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz" from > >macromedia.com, installed T

Re: macromedia flash plugin for firefox?

2006-04-02 Thread Doofus
Sridhar M.A. wrote: On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 11:20:05AM +0100, Doofus wrote: > > > > >I've downloaded "install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz" from > >macromedia.com, installed Takuo's "flashplugin-nonfree" package with > >depe

Re: macromedia flash plugin for firefox?

2006-04-02 Thread Doofus
Doofus wrote: I've downloaded "install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz" from macromedia.com, installed Takuo's "flashplugin-nonfree" package with dependecies (ruby, debconf), then ran the "update-flashplugin" script. All as root. Nothing... The

macromedia flash plugin for firefox?

2006-04-02 Thread Doofus
I've downloaded "install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz" from macromedia.com, installed Takuo's "flashplugin-nonfree" package with dependecies (ruby, debconf), then ran the "update-flashplugin" script. All as root. Nothing... The firefox browser reports "No plug-ins are installed". Tea

The Gimp built-in help browser

2006-04-01 Thread Doofus
Is there any point in installing this? Since accessing the online help advises that it isn't installed and asks if you want to use a web browser instead (which seems to work perfectly well), I'm wondering why they even bothered to write a bespoke help facility. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: How do you grow brocolli?

2006-03-31 Thread Doofus
Leonid Grinberg wrote: Ok, I said it before and I will say it again: This is incredible! I know so many immature people, that I am strongly considering writing a book called "The Height of Immaturity". This will have a chapter to itself. The one about addressing people was just an uneducated p

Re: Resolution problems with monitor

2006-03-26 Thread Doofus
Chance Platt wrote: >On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 17:19 +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > >>Hello! >> >>I am using Sarge and my monitor is not giving better resoultion than >>640x480. I have tried all the suggestions given in the on various >>websites and wikis in this regard, but none of them worked. I

Re: Netlimiter liike tool

2006-03-25 Thread Doofus
Steve Lamb wrote: >When I reference a specific tool to address a specific problem it behooves >the individuals answering to look at what I am referencing first. I mean >would you consider the following a reasonable answer to, "Does there exist a >game like F.E.A.R. on Linux?" > >"Well, t

Re: Netlimiter liike tool

2006-03-24 Thread Doofus
Steve Lamb wrote: >Andreas Rippl wrote: > > >>Which leads us to your options: >> >> > >Why does this hostile crap always come out to a simple request. "Does >this exist?" If not why always, ALWAYS is it "write your own", "Live with >what you get" or "get outta here"? What is so hard w

Re: Where to start

2006-03-22 Thread Doofus
Rocky Ou wrote: > Hey list... I'm going to install Debian sid on my Dell inspiron 2200 > laptop to make it a dual-boot machine. Can any of you give me some > suggestions regarding to the following issues before I dive into > installation process? > >1. I have ADSL access at the normal speed of

Re: backing up a drive

2006-03-21 Thread Doofus
Dmitri Minaev wrote: >On 3/21/06, Robert Brockway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>There may be a way around this limitation or to fix it after >>>performing dd. >>> >>> >>Following a reimaging from dd the options to expand the filesystem are: >>1. Resize the filesystem using suitable too

Re: ndiswrapper for the best distro?

2006-03-18 Thread Doofus
Florian Kulzer wrote: > Doofus wrote: > >> I intended to give this a try to see if I can get a Netgear WG511v2 >> wireless LAN PC Card working. >> >> After downloading the small tar ball >> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper) I noticed a top level >

ndiswrapper for the best distro?

2006-03-18 Thread Doofus
I intended to give this a try to see if I can get a Netgear WG511v2 wireless LAN PC Card working. After downloading the small tar ball (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper) I noticed a top level "debian" directory. Highly promising you might think, but unless I'm missing something obvious

Re: PCMCIA configuration in sarge

2006-03-14 Thread Doofus
Andrei Popescu wrote: >On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:09:07 +0000 >Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>After my laptop is booted, I can get driver modules: >> >>orinoco_cs >>orinoco >>hermes >> >>loaded just by typing `

PCMCIA configuration in sarge

2006-03-14 Thread Doofus
After my laptop is booted, I can get driver modules: orinoco_cs orinoco hermes loaded just by typing `modprobe orinoco_cs` Now I'm trying, unsuccessfully, to get them loaded automatically at boot time. If I put any or all of the modules in /etc/modules, I get an error message in th

Re: gpg keys on multiple machines

2006-03-10 Thread Doofus
Magnus Therning wrote: On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 09:49:44PM +, Doofus wrote: Does anyone know if there's a preferred method for setting up the same gpg profile (keys) on multiple machines? I'm surprised I haven't been able to find much on the web about this. Surel

Re: gpg keys on multiple machines

2006-03-10 Thread Doofus
Willie Wonka wrote: On the web I found this; Bug#302692: gnupg-agent: Don't use (undocumented) max-cache-ttl switch Package: gnupg-agent Version: 1.9.15-5 Severity: normal Hi! If one wants to set default-cache-ttl to a la

gpg keys on multiple machines

2006-03-07 Thread Doofus
Does anyone know if there's a preferred method for setting up the same gpg profile (keys) on multiple machines? I'm surprised I haven't been able to find much on the web about this. Surely there must be thousands of us sending/receiving email both at home and at work, and probably for some fol

Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

2006-03-05 Thread Doofus
Angelina Carlton wrote: Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: But now I'm even more confused. Ideally I'd like to understand why it suddenly works. Everything I've found on the net describes the great difficulty in configuring this laptop to run correctly at 1400x1050

Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

2006-03-05 Thread Doofus
Angelina Carlton wrote: Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: xf86cfg prduces a sort of working config with a 640x480 display in the middle of the screen, but no mouse. Can anyone describe any other methods of fighting one's way toward a working config file? ugh, the attach

Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

2006-03-05 Thread Doofus
kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: Doofus wrote: Can someone please tell me what `dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86` actually does? At the end of the procedure it talks about writing two new configuration files. Where are these files? I'd assumed it was talking about /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 but

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

2006-03-05 Thread Doofus
Can someone please tell me what `dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86` actually does? At the end of the procedure it talks about writing two new configuration files. Where are these files? I'd assumed it was talking about /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 but mine isn't changed in any way. The reason I ask

hardware detection at boot time

2006-03-03 Thread Doofus
The boot process appears to run some kind of hardware detection at two stages. The first one begins with a line like: "Detecting hardware: agpgart i810-tco yenta_socket 3c59x piix i810_audio usb-uhci" and will load any modules for these if they're present and if the code isn't built i

Re: Kernel Panic (using make-kpkg & dpkg)

2006-03-02 Thread Doofus
Harish G. Naik wrote: Hi, I am currently running Debian Sarge testing. GCC version is 3.3.4 I needed to compile and install 2.6.15 used $make-kpkg kernel_image $dpkg --install kernel-2.6.15*.deb Now when I try reebooting into the new kernel, I get: VFS: Cannot open root device "hdas" or unkn

Re: ready to use debian or ubuntu laptop reccomendations?

2006-03-02 Thread Doofus
Star King of the Grape Trees wrote: Andrew Cady wrote: (If you're thinking that just because Dell can't switch to Linux they have no power, consider that they *could* start shipping PCs with Firefox, or servers optionally with Linux, or PCs without OSes). I am very certain that Dell doe

Re: 2.6 compilation woes...

2006-03-02 Thread Doofus
Colin wrote: Doofus wrote: Now I'm bamboozled. If I compile a kernel using the identical .config file that was used to compile the working and running kernel and it won't boot properly, then my powers of fault finding dry up. I'd be mightily grateful if anyone can give me

Re: 2.6 compilation woes...

2006-03-01 Thread Doofus
anoop aryal wrote: On Wednesday 01 March 2006 05:32 pm, Doofus wrote: Hi, I hope someone can help me out here. I'm finding 2.6 quite complex compared with the 2.4 kernels which I understood and was comfortable with. I've recently installed sarge over the net and chose ker

2.6 compilation woes...

2006-03-01 Thread Doofus
Hi, I hope someone can help me out here. I'm finding 2.6 quite complex compared with the 2.4 kernels which I understood and was comfortable with. I've recently installed sarge over the net and chose kernel 2.6 to initially run with. Everything worked well. I then got the 2.6 source from my de

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Doofus
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 08:58:31PM +0100, Doofus wrote: No other mailing lists I've ever subscribed to has worked in this ludicrous way. Being a newbie has nothing to do with it. Of course, the common response "just hit "Reply-All" and delete

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Doofus
Gnu-Raiz wrote: This usually comes up every couple of months, followed by a few responses of why munging is considered bad. http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html So I will post the url to save a few people the hassle, or those who are too lasy to search the archives. I have to agree

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread Doofus
Kretzer, Jason R (Big Sandy) wrote: It is this very reason that I use 'Reply All' to respond to list emails. Then I can pick and choose which addresses to send it to. You can't cry foul when you just hit reply and ASSUME it goes where you want. You have to pay attention to what you are doing.

Re: OT - Unwanted mail

2005-08-08 Thread Doofus
Katipo wrote: Doofus wrote: Well, whilst I appreciate we can filter at our end with procmail or delete directly from our imap servers (although not from this here windows box), my point is that I can't see any reason for "paypal" or "ebay" coming up at all in mes

Re: OT - Unwanted mail

2005-08-07 Thread Doofus
roach wrote: On Sunday 07 August 2005 01:26, Doofus wrote: Would it be too much to ask for the spam filters to ditch anything with "paypal" or "ebay" in the subject or body? I think your looking at this from the wrong direction. ;-) I also want to filter out &quo

Re: OT - Unwanted mail

2005-08-07 Thread doofus
Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2005-08-07 01:40:28, schrieb Frans Pop: On Sunday 07 August 2005 01:26, Doofus wrote: Would it be too much to ask for the spam filters to ditch anything with "paypal" or "ebay" in the subject or body? Sometimes people will ask ques

OT - Unwanted mail

2005-08-06 Thread Doofus
Would it be too much to ask for the spam filters to ditch anything with "paypal" or "ebay" in the subject or body? I'll be suprised if this hasn't been asked before, but I'm fairly new here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Portable OGG Player

2005-08-06 Thread doofus
Steven Pasternak wrote: Hi! Does anybody know if there is such thing as a portable OGG player? (like iPod,MuVO,etc. NOT software) -Steven I don't know what you mean by "NOT software". Do you mean not solid-state? If so, don't read on... If you go to mp3.com you'll see their Number One rec

Re: Personal Debian mirror

2005-08-05 Thread Doofus
Adam Mercer wrote: On 04/08/05, Preston Boyington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have come to the point of needing / wanting my own partial Debian mirror (amd64 and i386). I've been reading about debmirror but when I tried it my mirror didn't look quite like what I thought it should. All th

Re: OT: suggestions of uncapped Broadband >512Kbp in UK

2005-08-03 Thread doofus
michael wrote: OFF TOPIC (not sure which is more appropriate list) I've moved house and need to get Broadband installed. I'll be running X from a remote site and it seems a 1Gb or 2Gb cap will be too restrictive. So any suggestions of uncapped (reliable) B'band ISPs in the UK - preferable at 1M

Re: Changing to British (or Canadian) English

2005-08-03 Thread doofus
David R. Litwin wrote: Well, I made that particular modification before you sent that. So, do you recommend that I un do this? If so, how? Also, I'm not too sure what has been modified: I don't know if I see any changes or not Perhaps my Gaim now says colour where once it said Color? Is thi

Re: Practical problems faced by new Debian user

2005-08-02 Thread doofus
Steve Lamb wrote: I hate to say it but this isn't a practical problem. This is a PEBKAC. Harsh. Some credit must go to the entrepreneurial spirit of he whose choice (big free software term, right?) it is to do things by the seat of his pants. You're insisting on downloading individu

Re: half duplex

2005-07-29 Thread Doofus
larinia wrote: Hello list, I am running debian unstable version on my laptop, for some reason, the eth0 is running under half duplex. The interface does come up and I do have internet access, I am just wondering if there is a way I can make it working under full duplex. Can anyone help? Th

Re: Programming in C with debian

2005-07-28 Thread Doofus
Katipo wrote: Martin Kenneth Lopez wrote: Thanks for the answer I will test the ide's and emacs too... Now to make open source software thanks again everybody Martin Kenneth Don't forget vim. http://packages.debian.org/testing/editors/vim And http://packages.debian.org/unstable/edit

Re: OT - DSL routers -

2005-07-27 Thread Doofus
Hendrik Boom wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 07:17:45AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: Doofus writes: ...for the home DSL market there are far more examples of combined modem-routers than seperate components. All that I know of can be configured in "bridge mode", dis

Re: OT - DSL routers -

2005-07-27 Thread Doofus
John Hasler wrote: Doofus writes: Any chance of an example or two of these "free-OS based" routers? I'm running a stripped-down Sarge on an old Aptiva. I used to use a smoothwall box and a switch. No wireless there though. I'm in the market for a new 802.

OT - DSL routers - (was "how to compute number bytes downloaded?")

2005-07-26 Thread Doofus
Robert Waldner wrote: Do `ifconfig -a`, note the sent and received bytes of the proper network device, do another after finishing with your "usual" network session. Compute. Watch out for 32-bit - counter overflow. A tad more easily, start `iptraf` just before and look at the relevant output

Re: minimum RAM for a sarge intall

2005-07-26 Thread Doofus
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 12:21:29PM +0100, Doofus wrote: After trying to install small command-line system over the net onto an old tosh laptop with 16MB of RAM and a 2GB drive, the installer tells me a minimum of 22MB is required. I'm guessing this is for th

Re: how to compute number bytes downloaded?

2005-07-26 Thread Doofus
michael wrote: I'm trying to weight up whether monthly d/load caps by various ISPs would restrict me. (Firstly I'm assuming when they say 1Gb they mean 1000*1024 bytes and not bits?) More importantly, what's the best way to track amount of data downloaded per session? For anybody that's interest

Re: how to compute number bytes downloaded?

2005-07-26 Thread Doofus
michael wrote: I'm trying to weight up whether monthly d/load caps by various ISPs would restrict me. (Firstly I'm assuming when they say 1Gb they mean 1000*1024 bytes and not bits?) More importantly, what's the best way to track amount of data downloaded per session? For anybody that's interest

Re: Melden!!!

2005-07-26 Thread Doofus
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo Debian User, bitte einmal kurz in der EDV melden. Danke. MfG http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: In defence of ``newbie-picking''

2005-07-26 Thread Doofus
Joel Peter William Pitt wrote: Ok, this is my first foray into debian-user and this behaviour doesn't impress me. I'm not a newbie, I've been using debian for the past 6 years after changing from redhat. Did you actually bother to find anything out about MS Project? If it is indeed in clear tex

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread Doofus
Rajiv Vyas wrote: I am looking for a simple straight forward CD Burner. Any suggestions? Rajiv I think The simplest way is to write your own short shell script (one-liners, basically) to drive the cdrecord package. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: where do they go?

2005-07-25 Thread Doofus
Ron Johnson wrote: On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 10:12 -0400, Rude Pasotto wrote: IMO, your whole situation is odd, since I've never heard of that happening. On my system, at least, Linux only auto-recognises the card reader. Individual cards must be manually mounted. I never would have got bey

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