Re: Debian and Dell?

Hello! On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 11:48:33PM -0500, Nathanael Hasbrouck wrote: > On Thursday 16 December 2004 2230, somebody named Kevin B. McCarty > inscribed this message: > > [...] > > lilo, you must re-run the "/sbin/lilo" program every time the kernel > > location changes, even just the inode (

Re: Creating a new package

Hello Tom, hello list! On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 05:20:11AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > I've found a piece of software that I would like to play with. > IIRC is't called proxsmtpd, a relative of clamsmtpd which is already a .deb ^ (BTW, I don't know anything about this pac

Re: Status of package ntaim.

Hello Adam, hello list! On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 10:00:36AM +, Adam Funk wrote: > I'd like to use ntaim but it was orphaned (in May 2003) with a serious It wasn't only orphaned, it was also completely removed from the development distributions as it was considered obsolete and a better replace

Re: Looking for a potato mirror

Hello! On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 04:23:40PM +0100, Jim MacBaine wrote: > I also looked for ISO images, but the only ISO images I found, > reside on a taiwanese server (ftp.tku.com.tw) from which I can > download them with ~10 kb/sec. > > Is somebody able to give me a pointer?

Re: problem running xmms on sid

Hello! On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 04:17:32PM -0200, Frederico Rodrigues Abraham wrote: > Hi. I am having problems running xmms on sid, using kernel 2.6.8. > > [rivera:~] xmms > libmikmod.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > Inconsistency detected by ld.so: ../sysdeps

Why has package X been removed? (was: cvsup in sid?)

Hello Jason, hello list! On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 09:32:34PM +, Jason Lunz wrote: > according to packages.debian.org, there are cvsup packages in woody, but > not in sarge or sid. How can I find out why it was dropped? Package removals from the archive? links to

Re: PyUNO

Hello Hans, hello list! On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 04:05:33PM +0100, Hans Gubitz wrote: > why is there no PyUNO in Debians-OO? | It is built but not packaged yet, yes - that is because there | were/are(?) problems with using the system python 2.3 (which builds) and | using a internal python 2.2.2 co

Re: upgrading KDE

Hello list! > On Wednesday 10 November 2004 05:15 pm, downtime null wrote: > > I would like to upgrade to at least KDE 3 (3.3 would be nice), but > > apt is giving me fits. I'm sure it's something simple that I'm just > > overlooking. When I type the command 'apt-get -f install kde', I get > > [..

Re: make-kpg

Hello Paul, hello list! On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 10:37:32AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: >It should be make-kpkg, it's part of the (Debian-specific) > kernel-package package. Once you've done a make (x|menu)config, you > can use make-kpkg to compile the kernel and modules and make the > appr

Re: kernel-source-2.4.26 in woody

Hello Mirek, hello list! On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 05:04:32PM +0100, Mirek Stefanski wrote: > month or two ago Ive got from propsed-updates for woody packages: > kernel-image-2.4.26-2-386 and kernel-source-2.4.26 and successfully > instaled. Today after apt-get update I notice that this packages a

Re: gtop

Hello list, hello Brandt! On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 02:28:00PM -0500, Brandt Dusthimer wrote: > There is a gtop package in stable, but no package in testing or > unstable. Is there a reason why? Is it in another package? You'll find gnome-system-monitor via a "apt-cache search gtop", provided you

Re: No 'sarge' Updates

Hello Kenneth, hello list! On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 04:08:53PM -0400, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > Is it just me, or have others "updated" their package indices (with > apt-get, aptitude, ...) and found no new and/or "fixed" packages? > > Maybe things are "frozen" as the official release nears, but it

Re: Multiple users and multiple languages

Hello Jim, hello list! On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 08:59:55PM +0100, Jim Bailey wrote: > My problem is simple I have to set up a desktop PC which will be used by > a number of non English speakers of several nationalities and languages. > > RTFM most appreciated but where? Chapter "9.7 Localization"

Re: how to package to the sources.list

Hello Belahcene, hello list! On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 04:30:16AM -0700, belahcene abdelkader wrote: > I 've put my packages *.deb in the directory > /home/debs > > deb file:/home/debs > > I add the his line, but when I run kpackage it gives > an error while reading the sourecs.list > I 've certai

Re: What controls the rotation of "/var/log/auth.log"?

Hello Adam, hello list! On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 08:43:18AM +, Adam Funk wrote: > What causes /var/log/auth.log to be rotated? > > `grep -R auth.log /etc/` lists only the /etc/syslog.conf file entry to > produce the auth.log file. It *is* being rotated weekly on my system, > but I want to add

Re: KDE 3.3 Fails to Logout Cleanly

Hello Ed, hello list! On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 10:37:37AM -0400, Ed Sutherland wrote: > Has anyone else experienced problems logging out of KDE 3.3 (the ppc > version)? When I try to logout, the screen goes to black and the cursor > locks-up. The only way to reboot then is to hit the reset button

Re: Install Compress::Zlib

Hello John, hello list! On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 12:05:07AM -0500, John Fleming wrote: > I'm trying to use the ClamAV Webmin module. The module seems to work, but > there is a message to please install Compress::Zlib. However, when I try to > do with CPAN, I get the follwoing: > > > /bin/sh: li

Re: Gnuplot 4 on Woody : no Xterm

Hello! On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:02:03PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > This hopefully isn't becoming slashcrap, where no one ever reads the OP... > or didn't the subject of the mail tell you anything? Not only did I completely overlook the clear subject, I also CCed my mail to a complete bogus add

Re: Jigdo Sarge templates outdated?

Hello! On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 02:07:22PM -0500, hugo vanwoerkom wrote: > Now the templates et al. are dated almost a month back. Does that mean > that Sarge cdimage work has been suspended? > Did I miss an announcement? A note from : | Note (Aug 30, 2004): Th

Re: request for inclussion in debian

Hello! On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 10:06:42PM +0530, P V Mathew wrote: > I would like clip to be included in Debian. > Can any one guide me on how to go about it? Submit a RFP as outlined on , section "Using WNPP", either using reportbug or via direct mail. Unfortu

Re: Gnuplot 4 on Woody : no Xterm

Hello! On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 06:23:18AM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 08:03:18PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 03:27:26PM +0200, alberto wrote: > > > > > I have downloaded and compiled gnuplot 4 from sources. > > > > Why? Something wrong with the

Re: kmail: relocation error: /usr/lib/libkmailprivate.so.0:

Hello! On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 11:17:22PM +0100, Richard Burton wrote: > mail: relocation error: /usr/lib/libkmailprivate.so.0: undefined symbol: > _ZN20CryptPlugWrapperList14loadFromConfigEP7KConfig > ERROR: Communication problem with kmail, it probably crashed. This looks quite like

Re: debian potato 2.2 - apt sources.list

Hello! On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 08:33:32PM -0700, dale lane wrote: > Debian potato 2.2r7 or whatever is not going on to a network, ^ > just on to an old computer salvaged out of a thrift store, > and it uses quite a bit less disk space th

Re: anonymous proxy

Hello! On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 03:12:15PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Oops!! Look out!!! You've asked Der Verboten Question!! You vill be > SHOTT!! You are obviously a spammer and etc. etc. blah blah... > (bore... yawn... > > (I asked the same question on here a couple of weeks back and

Re: perl module --> debian package name

Hello! On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 12:12:11PM -0400, John Harrold wrote: > [...] > with 'date' in them. So I was wondering if there was something out there > that maps perl modules to the Debian package that provides them. Perhaps I > just need to be more creative when using apt-cache. In general the

Re: mount ftp

Hello! On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 01:12:08PM +0200, Marc Barisch wrote: > I want to mount a ftp-directory from another host to the local filesystem in > order to get transparent access. > I know LUFS, are there other possibilities? Hurd has ftpfs, too...

Re: ./configure pb or faulty configure.in?

Hello again! On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 10:40:32PM +0200, messmate wrote: > On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:06:10 +0200 > Florian Ernst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Can't believe it either, as plain "./configure" runs cleanly on my > >local Sarge installati

Re: ./configure pb or faulty configure.in?

Hello again! On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 09:41:01PM +0200, messmate wrote: > On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:40:32 +0200 > Florian Ernst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 05:34:30PM +0200, messmate wrote: > >> [...] > >> checking for xml-config... no

Re: security updates

Hello again! On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 02:10:54PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > i followed your instructions & submitted a patch, [...] Looking good, thanks for your contribution. One last remark for future reference: rather copy the original stuff to something like .orig and work on the real file

Re: security updates

dy-installed packages without upgrading every > [...] That's all I'd complain about, but better ask a native speaker... ;) > on Fri, 20 Aug 2004 01:22:28AM +0200, Florian Ernst insinuated: > > This manual page is generated during build from a XML source, so best > > down

Re: security updates

Hello! On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 02:30:50PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > okay, i get it! i didn't understand how this would help until i tried > it -- what i had been not getting was that apt-get installing a > package that i already had installed would upgrade it if it needed to > be upgraded.

Re: ./configure pb or faulty configure.in?

Hello! On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 05:34:30PM +0200, messmate wrote: > [...] > checking for xml-config... no > checking for libxml... checking for xml2-config... (cached) no > checking for libxml2... no > *** Could not find libxml. Check out the libxml homepage at > *** http://www.xmlsoft.org or just

Re: Debian Linux on a mac?

Hello! On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 12:37:57PM -0700, Bobby Edlebeck wrote: > Is it possible to run Debian Linux on a mac? Like ? Looks like... for details better go see instead of this list. Cheers, Flo signature.asc

Re: Setting up development environment

Hello! On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 11:06:24AM -0500, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > I installed gcc 3.4. [...] > I try to execute gcc to build a system. I get the error message that cc1plus > is not installed. I *THOUGHT* apt was supposed to prevent this type of error, > but maybe this one slipped thr

Re: 2 questions: 1., iptables, 2., local net with rtl8139

Hello! On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 08:28:52PM +0200, Na Zo wrote: > >>>The problem come, if i try to use the following command:<<< > > router:~# iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth1 -m state --state ^ > ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT > > then i go

Debian release archive (was: One More time.)

Hello! On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 06:47:49AM -0500, Bradley Pursley wrote: > I will ask this again (for the 3rd time) and then am going to drop it > assuming that no one knows the answer. Does anyone know what has happened > to all of the older versions like Potato or Slink, previous to Wood

Re: which Sarge ISO I should download?

Hello! On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 08:21:51AM -0500, Mingzhai Sun wrote: > I'd like to install Sarge, but I found in the FTP serve, there are 13 ISO's. > Which one should I download, I think I should not download all of them. Please see "Which of the numerous CD images should I download? Do I need a

Re: gcc error

Hello! On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 05:09:03PM +0200, Martin Wegmann wrote: > configure:698: checking host system type > configure:721: checking for gcc > configure:825: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works > configure:841: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5 > /usr/bin/ld: unrecognized option

Re: XFree vs. xorg

Hello! On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 05:41:39PM +0200, Nicolaus Kedegren wrote: > Why in heavens name did Xfree86 change their license? Was it the > previous license too restrictive? Sponsors needed/wanted the ability to > incorporate proprietary code? > Waste of BW probably, but does anybody know? In

Re: How popular is Debian (popularity contest)

Hello! On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 07:32:28PM +1000, CaT wrote: > On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 11:28:44AM +0200, Florian Ernst wrote: > > > > Popcon only needs atime to determine which packages have actually been > > _used_ lately, so you can still run it. > > I turn off atim

Re: How popular is Debian (popularity contest)

Hello! On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 09:24:57AM +1000, Tim Connors wrote: > Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Sun, 08 Aug 2004 15:07:19 -0700: > > "Please participate in popularity-contest" > > Damn. Can't sorry. > > Laptop users typically turn off access time, to stop excess HD > accesses, and p

Re: libpng security vulnerability: lots of apps that display pngs don't use libpng

Hello! On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 08:31:41AM -0700, William Ballard wrote: > Saw the buffer overrun exploit in libpng in the news today. > > I guess .so files in Linux are like .dll files in Windows, every app > which displays pngs will be "fixed" by the recently updated libpng* > packages which f

Re: XFree vs. xorg

Hello! On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 11:12:50AM -0500, Nathan Kroll wrote: > I have recently become aware of the fact that Debian is still using > XFree86 4.3 on all of its releases and seems to have no plans on > converting to xorg. Is this true? Is there development underway for > make xorg the new d

Re: Todays apt-get upgrade broke my subversion

Hello again! On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 06:34:11PM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 06:10:55PM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote: > > > Is there any log-file that shows me the exact changes of todays > > > upgrade? > > As I wrote: I run update/upgrade daily. Therefore, subversion was not >

Re: Todays apt-get upgrade broke my subversion

Hello! On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 06:10:55PM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote: > Is there any log-file that shows me the exact changes of todays > upgrade? |$ ls -al /usr/share/doc/subversion/changelog.* |-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11716 2004-06-11 00:31 /usr/share/doc/subversion/changelog.Debian.gz |-rw-r--r--

Re: dselect installing packages I didn't request

Hello! On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 11:50:23AM -0700, Matt Perry wrote: > Why does dselect want to install packages that I haven't requested? I'm > not talking about dependencies. Here's how to replicate what I'm seeing. > [...] > Why is dselect wanting to install packages that I didn't request? AF

Re: help remove!! i got linux torjan

Hello! On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 04:07:24PM +0800, Cantona Su wrote: > Sorry, I still cannot find it on archive. See and . > You mean both LKM trojan and LPD Worm are wrong detect?? Might be. Do you have bitlbee installed -> LPD false positive, for LKM please s

Re: AnyOne got "Rekall" working on Debian

Hello! On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 01:06:05PM -0500, John Foster wrote: > [...] > this application. Any thoughts or experiences. BTW 'Rekall" is a KDE database > frontend similar to ms Access in function, but it currently has no Debian > developer--anyone interested??? Some people are already worki

Re: Any chance of Debian adding YaST

Hello! On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 09:44:49AM -0500, Scott Thompson wrote: > Does anyone know if there are any official or third party plans to develop a > version for Debian. Please see and the discussion starting at

Re: dpkg-reconfigure

Hello! On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 01:10:46PM -0500, cjackson wrote: > How do I find the list of packages reconfigurable with dpkg-reconfigure? Basically every package that has a $PKGNAME.templates in /var/lib/dpkg/info/ (minus some that have no questions, just notes or the like) can be reconfigured

Re: DB Updated, but no Updates

Hello! On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 09:58:27AM -0400, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > I'm using 'aptitude' on 'sarge'. > > Sometime when I run the "update" command ('u'), I see what appears to > be new info (last time about 500kB) for the DB being transfered. Yet, > when the display is redrawn, neither new n

Re: Listing Files - Permissions in Octal?

Hello! On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 10:08:13AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How can I generate a directory listing, including permissions > represented in octal, instead of "r", "w", & "x"? Try "stat -c'%a %n' *" for starters, please see "man stat" for details. HTH, Flo signature.asc Descript

Re: apt-listchanges within aptitude

Hello! On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 08:16:34AM -0400, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > On my older 'woody' system, 'aptitude' shows me the "change log" > before actually updating packages and mails a copy of the changes to > 'root'. However, in my new 'sarge' systems, neither of these are > happening ... BTW,

Re: Not installable package ?

Hello! On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 09:16:35PM +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Florian Ernst (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > Hm, I wouldn't trust apt-get's regex matching any further than I can > > throw it; ever tried a "apt-get install 'emacs21*'

Re: Not installable package ?

Hello! On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 02:02:09PM +0200, Bertrand wrote: > I am experiencing a strange problem with apt-get while trying to install > libmagick-5. I am a new debian user; I installed the latest debuian testing ^^^

Re: How Might I Help?

Hello! On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 11:53:52AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My question for you all is this, how might I help? I want to give back to > this extraordinary community. I don't have the inclination to write code, > I'm not a programmer so can't really help in that way. I can edit

Re: 3.0r1 vs 3.0r2

Hello! On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 11:00:40AM -0400, Thomas S. Atkins wrote: > I have the r1 cd set. I noticed that a r2 is available. I have not installed > Debian yet. what is the difference between the two and is it worth getting > the r2 before I install Debian? You can find infos about the diffe

Re: libc no longer executable in testing/unstable, was in stable (matlab)

Hello! On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 11:25:35AM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > On a stable system, libc is executable and returns version info: > [...] > But on testing (same package in unstable) libc is not executable. > [...] > Matlab is one of the applications that tries to execute the library to > fig

Re: Exim3 mailq

Hello! On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 03:17:55PM -0400, S.D.A. wrote: > I have several messages stuck in my mailq. I've been reading the Exim3 manpages, > and under the mailq page, I couldn't find any mention of forcing them to be > delivered -- I had problems off and on to-day with my ISP. Now that the

Re: How to get dependent report

Hello! On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 02:18:08PM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: > On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 14:25:50 -0400 > * Tong* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How can I get a list of dependent packages and their versions without > > going through the reportbug? > > Have you tried "apt-cache show packagename"? P

Re: Package question, Woody versus Sarge

Hello! On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 06:55:09PM -0400, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: > I have Sarge running, and there's a package I particularly need: POSE. > There appears to be a POSE package in Woody, but not in Sarge. Does this > mean that POSE has been dropped and won't appear in future releases? Tak

Re: foo0c102

Hello! On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 10:32:16PM -0700, William Ballard wrote: > What does the 0c102 in the handful of packages that have it in the name? > > The following packages all are of the form lib[foo]0c102: > > aiksaurus aiksaurusgtk ccrtp1-1.0- coin2 commoncpp2-1.0- ecasoundc fam > inti-gcon

Re: How do I get rid of the mutt mail headers?

Hello! On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 11:38:03AM -0600, s. keeling wrote: > Here's another goodie for the OP: > > # Show documentation when pressing F1 > # > macro generic "!zless /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz\n" "Show Mutt > documentation" > macro index"!zless /usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.g

Re: Changing from testing to unstable.

un 2004 18:41:19 +0200, Florian Ernst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [... apt-get install ...] > > No. The former ($package/$flavor) just pulls $thepackage from $flavor > > but pulls its dependencies from the default release one has set up, > > the latter (-t $flavor

Re: OpenOffice 1.1.4

Hello! On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 05:13:54PM +0100, David Goodenough wrote: > On Wednesday 30 June 2004 16:40, David Baron wrote: > > This was just upgraded from Sid. How come the about box still says 1.1.1? > > Actually what came from sid was 1.1.1-4. True. BTW: Rene told me on Saturday he is work

Re: Changing from testing to unstable.

Hello! On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 04:34:31PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Ricky Clarkson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:07:10 +0100 (BST), Thomas Adam > > If you have appropriate source lines you can do apt-get install > > thepackage/testing or apt-get install thepackage/st

Re: HOWTO's on sid/sarge - where are they?

Hello! On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 09:45:45AM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (25/06/04 16:54), James Sinnamon wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 09:19 am, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > There is also a good nfs Howto in woody: > > > /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/NFS_HOWTO.gz > > > > In what package do I find

Re: aptitude wants to remove base-config

Hello! On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 06:11:57PM -0700, William Ballard wrote: > When I updated apt today, aptitude wants to remove base-config due to > unsatisified dependencies: > > tasksel is going from 1.52 to 2.01, and > tasksel conflicts with base-config (< 2.32) > > I assume this is a bad thing

Re: PHP With GIF Support

Hello! On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 12:24:02AM +0200, Marvin Massih wrote: > I have heard that there no longer is that annoying GIF patent, which > means that open-source software can now include GIF support again. There is only a patent on the LZW compression algorithm, you could freely generate unco

Re: apache-1.3.26-0woody3 secure?

Hello! On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 05:08:42PM +0100, Ketil Froyn wrote: > It seems debian is using apache 1.3.26 still, and it doesn't appear to > have been updated for quite some time. Is it secure/stable? What about General info: > these fairly recen

Re: xemacs21 in testing

Hello! On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 08:12:32PM +0200, Christian Schaefer wrote: > is there a reason why the package xemacs21 isn't available in testing > anymore? Yes, in its state it wasn't suitable for the next release, please see for d

Re: trouble upgrading libxft-dev

Hello! On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 11:51:46AM -0400, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > libxft-dev has been the source of broken dependencies for two or three > weeks now. I run testing on PowerPC. > [...] > dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h' > with different fil

Re: Why is there no GNU Zebra package in testing / unstable?

Hello! On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 12:59:42PM -0700, Brent Miller wrote: > Is it under a different name and I just can't find it? Is there > something that people recommend that I use instead? From : |[Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:45:22 -0400] [ftpmaster: James

Re: random performance problems in X

Hello! On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 04:30:55PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Adam Aube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.06.11.2306 +0200]: > > > [...] then the mouse jerks and xmms or ogg123 cuts out [...] > > What is the nice value in /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config set to? It should be -10 > > for 2.

Re: Kernel patches??

Hello! Please don't just reply to a previous posting in order to start a new thread. Instead, compose a new mail inserting the list address. On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 01:56:01PM -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > How do the patches work? If I want to apply patch-2.6.7-rc3.gz, does > it apply to kernel-2

Re: apt-get through a proxy

Hello! On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 09:37:14AM -0600, Marvin Gerardo Aguero Salazar wrote: > I am currently on an installation that accesses the internet over a > proxy. apt-get stopped working for me with this configuration. > > Is there a way to get apt-get working via a proxy? Please see "man apt

Re: For how long can packages stay in the NEW queue

Hello! On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 02:24:03PM +0200, Mads Lindstrøm wrote: > After reading this bugreport: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=mono-assemblies-arch > > I wondered for how long packages can stay in the NEW > queue. Can anybody give me an answer to that question? > > And

What package contains file X? (was: Unable to compile Launch.app (WindowMaker))

Hello! On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 12:04:10PM -0400, Lee Hanxue wrote: > Basically, gcc is complaining that WMaker.h cannot be located. I > looked through the available packages, and I cannot find something > like wmaker-dev. Is there a package with WindowMaker sources? Some possibilities: - apt-fil

Re: Does apt-cache showpkg lump Depends and Suggests?

Hello! On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 03:08:56AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Does apt-cache showpkg lump Depends and Suggests? > $ apt-cache showpkg aptitude > Reverse Depends: > base-config,aptitude > apt,aptitude > $ apt-get --print-uris remove aptitude > The following packages will be REMOVED: >

Re: How to write to XP (ntfs)?

Hello! On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 04:26:23AM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 03:30:54PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Not true, tools exist to to use it just as you would a fat32 filesystem. > > > > Knoppix uses them, in fact and that's based on debian. > > Don't know of

Re: differences between kernel-tree and kernel-source and kernel image

Hello! On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 03:54:26PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 03:48:29PM -0400, David Piniella wrote: > >I'm running 2.4 now and would like to /try/ to get 2.6 on my > > machine. I've had problems with apt-getting images, but doing an > > "apt-cache search kern

Re: how to prevent sarge from being delayed

Hello! On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 09:59:09AM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > On Mon, 03 May 2004 07:28:23 -, "Monique Y. Mudama" writes: > >Finally an opportunity to ask this burning question! > > > >What's an NMU? > > Non-maintainer upload. Adding some meat to it: Please see section 5.11 of the

Re: how to prevent sarge from being delayed

Hello! On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 12:04:51AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > Sarge may well be delayed. However, why not do your best to help prevent > this? We may not be developers and NMU may be the scariest prospect > around, but discussion, patches, bug squashing, bug reporting etc. are > all a

Re: Mutt, different index format for sent and inbox

Hello Rex! On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 11:03:23PM +1000, Rex Chan wrote: > > > How do you adjust muttrc to have different formats of its index, the one > > > for inbox or folders containing incoming mail looks fine, but the > > > "sent" folder, where the sent ones are kept, would be better to have > >

Re: Mutt, different index format for sent and inbox

Hello Antonio! On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 08:10:53AM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > How do you adjust muttrc to have different formats of its index, the one > for inbox or folders containing incoming mail looks fine, but the > "sent" folder, where the sent ones are kept, would be better to have >

Re: Symantec AntiVirus Scans debian lists?

Hello again! On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 07:29:07AM -0400, DGLU TR wrote: > On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 12:37:31PM +0200, Florian Ernst wrote: > > PS: Honoring your Mail-Followup-To... > > Im trying to fix this problem. I just wrote `set followup_to=no? > in my .muttrc. I am missreadin

Re: Symantec AntiVirus Scans debian lists?

Hello Antonio! On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 06:21:04AM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > I have noticed that in all the messages the following header appears: > X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine > Does it mean that the debian list headquarters is using Symantec for > virus scanning, or it

Re: aptitude display question

Hello Matt! On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 10:17:11PM -0400, Matt Price wrote: > wading through the aptiude configuration options rightn ow... is > there a way to group all the broken packages together somewhere in a > special view? It would be ocnvenient sometimes. You can limit your view based on va

Re: Need help to configure aptitude

Hello again whoever! On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 12:57:40AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I omit the space and these are the output I get with fontconfig > package: > aptitude show ~Astable~n^fontconfig$ > Package: fontconfig > Version: 2.2.2-2 > [...] > aptitude show ~Astable~nfontconfig > Packag

Re: Problems with pciutils

Hello Brad! On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 05:09:54PM -0500, Brad Sims wrote: > My problem is this: pciutils needs libpci1, but I also have/need libpci2... ^^ Does it? 1:2.1.11-10 did need libpci1, but -11 which conflicts with libpci2 does not. > I can upgrade

Re: Where is growisofs in Sarge

Hello Graham! On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 08:02:54AM +1000, Graham Williams wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 05:31, Florian Ernst wrote: > > Seems you missed the fine package search on the Debian homepage ;) > > Or wajig > > $ wajig whichpkg growisofs ...or auto-apt, or

Re: To dselect or aptitude, that is the question

Hello Alex! On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 03:37:01PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I prefer dselect for the one task that I use it for, and that's > dist-upgrades with the dependency resolution screen. The rest of the > time I use wajig. The only thing that I can't do that I wish I could > (And someon

Re: To dselect or aptitude, that is the question

Hello Karsten! On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 12:39:48PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > aptitude is pretty much a replacement for both dselect (interactive) and > apt-get (command line). With near but not-quite drop-in replacement of > the latter. The strengths go beyond this to include logging of sys

Re: GIF Animator Needed

On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 12:18:24PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > I think that after I practice and experiment a bit more, I may try my > hand at a tutorial myself (finally, a way I can contribute to the OSS > community). :D That's great, please do contribute :) *cheers_scarletdown* Greetings, F

Re: Debian security for home user

Hello Wanda! On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 11:25:51AM -0700, Wanda Round wrote: > Debian certainly has lots of help files for security, > so many that I got overwhelmed. > > Can someone point me to a simple document for a home > user using Debian 3.0 testing on one machine with > dialup connection? Tha

Re: Where is growisofs in Sarge

Hello Paul! On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 12:21:10PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > I've moved to Sarge in anticipation of it's soon becoming > 'stable'. But I can't find the program growisofs, which I have come to > depend on to do backups of DVD+RW. What is the situation in re. a > Debian package that

Re: Debian lifecycle

Hello Dmitry! On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 12:15:02PM -0600, Dmitry S. Makovey wrote: > I see the picture now and it makes me feel good :) So it looks like after > deployment of freshly-released "stable" I have about 2 years in average to > sleep well without dreaming of upgrades. After that I silent

Re: Kernel 2.6

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Re: Debian lifecycle

Hello Dmitry! On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:34:31AM -0600, Dmitry S. Makovey wrote: > My question is about release lifecycle in Debian world: exactly how long on > average "stable" release is supported after it became "obsolete" or in other > words when there's new "stable" release? (as example - h

Re: Version of lynx-ssl (too new!)

Hello Ritesh, hello Vincent! On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:24:20PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:47:14 +0200 > Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ay:~> reportbug lynx-ssl > > *** Welcome to reportbug. Use ? for help at prompts. *** > > Using '"Vincent Lefevr

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