how to migrate smb accounts to new lenny system?

2009-09-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
ure anything on their ends. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter:

Re: migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?

2009-09-19 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:14:40AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Sven Joachim wrote: > > > > > On 2009-09-16 15:49 +0200, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > > > a quest

how to renew a security certificate?

2009-09-17 Thread Robert P. J. Day
re a cert examination command to display things like expiration dates, that would let me poke at some of those .pem files and go, "aha, that's the one with that expiration date." -- ==== Robert P. J. Day

Re: lenny migration, part 4,862: samba

2009-09-17 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > /etc/samba/* > > Samba has some important stuff in /var/ > /var/lib/samba > /var/run/samba > /var/spool/samba > /var/cache/samba > /var/log/samba quite right, i'd forgotten about t

lenny migration, part 4,862: samba

2009-09-17 Thread Robert P. J. Day
ion when i installed samba but, since it's not on the old server, i just figure i'll delete it so everything matches exactly. -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA

Re: migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?

2009-09-17 Thread Robert P. J. Day
les or directories in addition to the above three i need to worry about? thanks. rday p.s. once all this is done, i really do plan on summarizing what i had to go through so others can take advantage of it. -- ==== Robert

Re: migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed,16.Sep.09, 13:24:12, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > if i read this correctly, you're suggesting that if the "server" > > packages already have entries (100-999) in the passwd/group/shadow > > files (

Re: [OT?] "5.7.1 relay access denied, please check the message recipient and try again."

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
of the first things i try. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter:

[OT?] "5.7.1 relay access denied, please check the message recipient and try again."

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
x27;t messed with their t-bird settings, so i'm looking at what on the server might have been tweaked. thanks. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA

Re: migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 07:16:32PM +0200, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > > > On Wed,16.Sep.09, 07:21:52, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > >> > > >> i've mentioned this

Re: migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed,16.Sep.09, 07:21:52, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > i've mentioned this before, but by the end of this week, i want to > > move my entire current (fully-updated) lenny install from an old > > 32-bit system to a

Re: migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
g else. no such thing? i would have thought that that sort of thing is *exactly* what you want for migrations. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA L

Re: migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
he old system to the new system seems pretty straightforward, much like i've seen on other linux systems. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA

Re: migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
openldap account has a UID of 114. on new system, 105. numerous other daemon UID differences as well. so a straight copy isn't going to work here. this just gets trickier and trickier. rday -- ==== Ro

Re: migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-09-16 15:49 +0200, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > a question about mysql. i want to reproduce all the mysql > > databases on the new system. is it sufficient to copy all of > > /var/lib/mysql? is that where the databas

Re: migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-09-16 13:46 +0200, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > > > Robert P. J. Day schreef: > >> i've mentioned this before, but by the end of this week, i want to > >> move my entire current (fully-updated) lenny install from

Re: migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > Robert P. J. Day schreef: > > i've mentioned this before, but by the end of this week, i want > > to move my entire current (fully-updated) lenny install from an > > old 32-bit system to a new 64-bit dell server, and i&#

Re: migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
This can be done without any pain. > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 07:21:52AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > i've mentioned this before, but by the end of this week, i want > > to move my entire current (fully-updated) lenny install from an > > old 32-bit sy

migrating my lenny install from 32-bit to 64-bit?

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
open to suggestions. thanks. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter:

Re: why can't i use grub with an ext3 /boot partition?

2009-09-16 Thread Robert P. J. Day
't have a solution here. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page:

Re: why can't i use grub with an ext3 /boot partition?

2009-09-15 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 06:58:17PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day > wrote: > > does anyone know the debian installer well enough to know *what* > > circumstances will cause said installer to refuse to offer grub as > > a bootloade

Re: why can't i use grub with an ext3 /boot partition?

2009-09-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009, Andrew Reid wrote: > On Sunday 13 September 2009 03:33:50 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > possibly related to an earlier post that discussed grub but, when > > installing lenny, if i choose to create a separate, primary partition > > for /boot (a long-tim

Re: why can't i use grub with an ext3 /boot partition?

2009-09-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > j...@jretrading.com wrote: > > > 489951 > > how big is your boot partition? tiny -- 512M. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterlo

why can't i use grub with an ext3 /boot partition?

2009-09-13 Thread Robert P. J. Day
g factor. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashco

how to identify the package containing a file?

2009-09-12 Thread Robert P. J. Day
dumb question but how do i identify the package that contributed a specific file to my installation? on my fedora system, i'd ask: $ rpm -qf thanks. rday -- Robert P. J. Day Wat

Re: why does a minimal lenny install want to use LILO as the bootloader?

2009-09-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > since i saved the output from "dpkg --get-selections" from the > previous install before reformatting the hard drive, i understood > that i could do a bare-bones install, then use "dpkg > --set-selections" to rep

why does a minimal lenny install want to use LILO as the bootloader?

2009-09-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
grub option back again? rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page:

Re: during install, how can i back out of my LVM configuration?

2009-09-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > almost assuredly a dumb question but i'm testing a 5.0.3 AMD install > > and, early in the process, i selected the pre-configured multi-LV > > partitioning (home, tmp, usr, var). at this point,

during install, how can i back out of my LVM configuration?

2009-09-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
start the install over again? any attempt i make to modify the LV layout tells me that the "lenny503" (my chosen VG name) volume group is already in use. so ... restart install? rday -- =====

saving package info for a fresh reinstall

2009-09-09 Thread Robert P. J. Day
f i have little configuration information to preserve, what's the simplest recipe to save my pkg info, then restore it after a really basic fresh install? thanks. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day

Re: how to manually activate my broadcom wireless?

2009-09-07 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 7 Sep 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i'm sitting in front of a lenny system which does not have either > network-manager or network-manager-gnome installed on it, but i > would dearly love to activate the broadcom wireless. > > the installed broadcom firmware work

how to manually activate my broadcom wireless?

2009-09-07 Thread Robert P. J. Day
-gnome, what's the cmd line to activate that wireless interface? i've tried: # ifconfig wlan0 up which simply returns but doesn't give me wireless. any hints on the magic incantation? thanks. rday -- ====

Re: still can't get imapproxy installed fully on upgraded system

2009-08-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > as a followup to a post from a few days back, i still can't get imapproxy > installed and configured on this (fully-upgraded) lenny system. every attempt > to "aptitude safe-upgrade" produces: > > ... snip ... >

still can't get imapproxy installed fully on upgraded system

2009-08-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
as a followup to a post from a few days back, i still can't get imapproxy installed and configured on this (fully-upgraded) lenny system. every attempt to "aptitude safe-upgrade" produces: ... snip ... The following partially installed packages will be configured: imapproxy 0 packages up

can i ditch imapproxy?

2009-08-26 Thread Robert P. J. Day
as in, is it entirely optional? it's causing me grief on my new lenny system so i'd just like to take it right out as long as that won't cause problems. thanks. rday -- ==== R

Re: apparently, lenny, apache 1.3 and php5 is a bad combination

2009-08-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > is there a way to just add php5 support to apache 1.3 so i can > > get horde up and running again, or should i just bite the bullet >

Re: apparently, lenny, apache 1.3 and php5 is a bad combination

2009-08-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i was hoping to continue running apache 1.3 on my new lenny > > system, just until i could make sure i had a clean upgrade path, > > t

apparently, lenny, apache 1.3 and php5 is a bad combination

2009-08-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
apache2 is currently on the system, it's just not being started.) thoughts? rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting

Re: final issue? imapproxy: "Error reading banner line from server ..."

2009-08-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Niu Kun wrote: > Robert P. J. Day 写道: > > this might actually be the final issue for me to resolve after this > > upgrade (one can only hope). there is one package that is still only > > partially configured: imapproxy. an attempt to complete

final issue? imapproxy: "Error reading banner line from server ..."

2009-08-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
do a safe upgrade generates that same diagnostic. rday p.s. should i have done something differently during the upgrade to have avoided this issue? -- Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontar

Re: a couple remaining issues after dist-upgrade, etch -> lenny

2009-08-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Niu Kun wrote: > Robert P. J. Day 写道: > > i finally pulled the trigger on this, almost 300 packages upgraded, > > rebooted and here are some of the (apparently non-fatal) issues i ran > > across: ... snip ... > > 3) in fact, running "aptit

a couple remaining issues after dist-upgrade, etch -> lenny

2009-08-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
but if that's the extent of them, i'm in good shape. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web p

Re: "deborphan" is a wonderful utility

2009-08-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Mark Allums wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > theoretically, i can see that it shouldn't cause any breakage. > > but i was curious when i noticed that "libhal1" on this etch > > system is listed as an orphan. > > > >

"deborphan" is a wonderful utility

2009-08-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
m starting to like this debian thing more and more. :-) -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page:

Re: a pseudo-"clone" facility for migrating to new hardware?

2009-08-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
ve to do since it's currently a 32-bit system and i'm moving it to a 64-bit server. duh. (yes, i know i could install a 32-bit OS but that would be a waste of all that 64-bit processing power.) rday -- =====

Re: a pseudo-"clone" facility for migrating to new hardware?

2009-08-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
to just keep upgrading, and that a number of > people will jump in and tell me they have done this from potato or > earlier, but I run a live mail server with no backup and I really > don't want it to be down for more than a couple of hours. Parallel > running was very

a pseudo-"clone" facility for migrating to new hardware?

2009-08-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
rence -- moving a working debian system from an aging, old system to a newer one. thoughts? rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying K

Re: safe to purge older versions of installed software?

2009-08-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
hat i've found "apt-rdepends", i'm good. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page:

Re: safe to purge older versions of installed software?

2009-08-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Sun, 23 Aug 2009, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > this should be an easy one: on my current (etch) system, there are > > > a number of packages that have more than one version installed

Re: safe to purge older versions of installed software?

2009-08-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > this should be an easy one: on my current (etch) system, there are > > a number of packages that have more than one version installed. for > > example (and from memory), there are at least

RE: should a "normal* system have multiple library versions?

2009-08-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009, Kevin Ross wrote: > > From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:rpj...@crashcourse.ca] > > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 1:00 AM > > > > On Sun, 23 Aug 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > for comparison purposes, i'm looking at a fully

Re: should a "normal* system have multiple library versions?

2009-08-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > for comparison purposes, i'm looking at a fully-updated lenny > system right now, and i see not a single example of a lib package > for which multiple versions are installed, which is what i would > expect. argh, i take it back

should a "normal* system have multiple library versions?

2009-08-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
ase? because my plan is to, for all of those older lib packages, use "apt-cache rdepends" to see who cares about it and, if no one, purge it. i see no reason to hang onto useless packages, if they are in fact useless. rday -- ====

Re: should debian FAQ suggest "alpine" as an alternative to "pine"?

2009-08-22 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Chris Burkhardt wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > currently perusing the FAQ, section 5.10 asks, "where is pine?" > > since alpine is apparently available for debian, shouldn't that > > section at least mention that alternative

Re: safe to purge older versions of installed software?

2009-08-22 Thread Robert P. J. Day
out the output from the 4.2 version that would suggest that it needs to be retained, given that 4.3 is on the system? and on the system i'm upgrading, there are a number of packages that are installed with more than one version. i'd just like to clean that system by purging a

should debian FAQ suggest "alpine" as an alternative to "pine"?

2009-08-22 Thread Robert P. J. Day
r place to make that suggestion? rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page:

Re: safe to purge older versions of installed software?

2009-08-22 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Niu Kun wrote: > > > Robert P. J. Day 写道: > > > On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Niu Kun wrote: > > > > > > > See if your 'apt-get' supports 'apt-get purge'. > > &

Re: safe to purge older versions of installed software?

2009-08-22 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Niu Kun wrote: > Robert P. J. Day 写道: > > On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Niu Kun wrote: > > > > > > > See if your 'apt-get' supports 'apt-get purge'. > > > > > > > it does, but how does that solve my problem?

safe to purge older versions of installed software?

2009-08-22 Thread Robert P. J. Day
kages were "lib" packages, so it should be easy(?) to ask whether there's anything installed that needs an older version. if not, i should be ok to get rid of it, no? rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day

RE: "Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed: No such file or directory."

2009-08-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Kevin Ross wrote: > > From: news [mailto:n...@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Emanoil Kotsev > > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:50 PM > > > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > * followed docs to upgrade kernel alone to 2.6.18 (based on &g

"Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed: No such file or directory."

2009-08-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
olled off the screen. thanks. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page:

megaraid controller problem: SOLVED!

2009-08-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
i'm sure there will be more questions when that happens. thanks to all who gave advice. rday -- Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoy

Re: "Waiting for root file system ..."

2009-08-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Niu Kun wrote: > Robert P. J. Day 写道: > > On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Niu Kun wrote: > > > > > > (with respect to getting my /dev/sda* device files built) > >

Re: "Waiting for root file system ..."

2009-08-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Niu Kun wrote: > > (with respect to getting my /dev/sda* device files built) > > > So here, your best choice seems to try. > > here's my z60_hdparm.rules file: > > i'm assuming that&#x

Re: "Waiting for root file system ..."

2009-08-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
on this system, it's 0.105. and i'm assuming that, after i modify my udev rules, i have to rebuild my initrd, yes? do i understand correctly that that would bundle my entire udev directory inside the initrd, so that i get the effect of those changes? that wo

Re: "Waiting for root file system ..."

2009-08-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
* there are no megaraid rules in /etc/udev this seems to be a pretty clear indication that i just need to add a udev rule file for the megaraid modules to create the /dev/sda* entries, yes? because without *something* creating those /dev/sda* entries, i'm pretty well doomed to failure, yes

Re: "Waiting for root file system ..."

2009-08-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
simple as # update-initramfs -k 2.6.18 ??? rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page:

Re: "Waiting for root file system ..."

2009-08-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > that is the *ultimate* goal, but i'm doing this in steps. on the > chance that it's the default 2.6.18 etch kernel, i just upgraded that > to the 2.6.24 etchnhalf kernel. we'll see if that fixes things. upgrading to the

Re: "Waiting for root file system ..."

2009-08-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, Niu Kun wrote: > Robert P. J. Day 写道: > > (NOTE: please ignore my earlier and utterly misinformed plea > > for help. turns out that, in attempting to mount /dev/sda1 as the > > alleged root filesystem, the new 2.6 kernel was finding the > > ex

"Waiting for root file system ..."

2009-08-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
can't see what it is. rday -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter:

Re: linux-image-2.6.30-1-amd64 + ext4

2009-07-28 Thread j j
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > I thought "linux-image-2.6.30-1-amd64" had ext4 support built into it or > what I'm I doing wrong? I can't mount ext4. kernel.org( http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Howto#For_people_who_are_running_Debian) says that you need -

Re: How to install Java in Lenny?

2009-07-28 Thread j j
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Tuesday 28 July 2009 23:42:27 j j wrote: > > sun-java6-bin > > http://packages.debian.org/sid/sun-java6-bin > > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Edward C. Jones > > What about sun-java6-plugin?

Re: How to install Java in Lenny?

2009-07-28 Thread j j
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:46 PM, jeremy jozwik wrote: > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:42 PM, j j wrote: > > sun-java6-bin > > http://packages.debian.org/sid/sun-java6-bin > > > sid packages work ok with lenny? > sure, with the usual caveats.

Re: How to install Java in Lenny?

2009-07-28 Thread j j
sun-java6-bin http://packages.debian.org/sid/sun-java6-bin On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Edward C. Jones wrote: > I have a PC with an AMD chip using Lenny (stable), amd64 port. > > When I try to run the weather bureau radar loop: > > > http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=lwx&product=N0R&ove

Re: Open Office question.

2009-07-22 Thread j j
Still can't open .php but Bluefish editor can. http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/ On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 12:12 PM, I Rattan wrote: > > I did dist-upgrade and the new openffice (3.1) > and it does display a .php file (goal is to convert > to .txt), the older version did do this function. > > Any id

Re: gotmail oddity

2009-07-22 Thread j j
hotmail allows pop3 access now. > *POP server:* pop3.live.com (Port 995) > *POP SSL required?* Yes > *User name:* Your Windows Live ID, > for example yourname@ > hotmail .com > *Password:* The password you usually use to

Re: Whatever happened to Unicode input (using + )?

2009-06-17 Thread j t
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:28 PM, j t wrote: > I think it's time for me to have a chat with the gnome-terminal people... >From http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-list/2009-June/msg00037.html "I think you now need to do Ctrl+Shift+u, then the Unicode number, then then the spa

Re: Whatever happened to Unicode input (using + )?

2009-06-17 Thread j t
cast of 20ac and 30db, which you can see turning into a euro symbol and the "Katakana letter ho": http://www.sourceworks.co.uk/iso14755.ogv I've tried a "plain" xterm on the same machine, and it doesn't work. I think it's time for me to have a chat with the gnome-terminal people... J :-)

Whatever happened to Unicode input (using + )?

2009-06-14 Thread j t
Good morning all. I'm reasonably sure that I used to be able to input unicode characters by holding down and and then tapping out the hex code for the character that I wanted, and then releasing and . For example, pressing and holding and and then tapping 20AC would give me a euro symbol. No

why do package "configure"s during install take forever?

2009-06-05 Thread Robert P. J. Day
VDs earlier. is that the solution? why? -- ==== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Lin

Hal and xorg

2009-05-14 Thread J R
What is the status of hal and xorg integration? Are package maintainers going to make hal rekomended package or leave it as is (depends)? On BTS* #515214 is marked wontfix, but wiki page** says it might be changed. JR * http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515214 ** http://wiki.debian

Re: Question about get-selections

2009-04-30 Thread J . M . Roth
I have done more experiments and have come up with these notes for now. #BACKUP dpkg --get-selections | awk '$2 == "install"' > packagesNG_installed aptitude -F '%p' search '~i~M' > packagesNG_autoinstalled debconf-get-selections | grep -Ev '^[[:space:]]*(#|$)' > packagesNG_debconf # RESTORE # ma

Re: cannot eject a DVD disc

2009-04-27 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
It might be a problem of package "eject". From time to time an upgrade of this package changes the permissions of /usr/bin/eject to 750 (root:root), but should be 755 (root:root) Good luck! Hans

Re: Question about get-selections

2009-04-23 Thread J . M . Roth
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. iguanasuicide.net> writes: > In post.gmane.org>, J.M.Roth wrote: > >Now... I've been playing a little bit with this. > > > >First, I get some > >warning: Unknown type error, skipping line > >using debconf-set-selections < ... > > Hrm, that's somewhat troubling. It won't

Re: Question about get-selections

2009-04-22 Thread J . M . Roth
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. iguanasuicide.net> writes: > >I'd rather do > >aptitude -F '%p' search '~i~M' > auto_installed_packages > >Your command does not work if the package state is e.g. 'i A' > >(note the space) > > Actually, it only works in that case. Of course, because of the search > terms

Re: Question about get-selections

2009-04-21 Thread J . M . Roth
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. iguanasuicide.net> writes: > > On Thursday 26 March 2009 22:09:28 Paul E Condon wrote: > >Your suggestion does raise in interesting issue: given a set of > >installed packages in a --get-selections file, and given that the > >dependency information is available in the pack

Re: fish problem almost solved

2009-03-26 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
e whole X session but putting them in your ~/.xsessionrc file. -- Wesley J. Landaker OpenPGP FP: 4135 2A3B 4726 ACC5 9094 0097 F0A9 8A4C 4CD6 E3D2 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

What's the easiest way to obtain a debian kernel which contains snd-cs46xx module?

2009-03-12 Thread j t
Hi, I've just done a fresh install of Lenny on my Thinkpad T21, which (according to lshw) contains a "Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator" (pci id 1013:6003). /proc/asound/cards shows no soundcards, and I assume this is because there is no snd-cs46xx.ko module

Debian security announcements now on twitter

2009-03-03 Thread Douglas J Hunley
Hi everyone: I really wanted to let everyone know that I've created @Debian_Security on Twitter and setup a cron job to parse the DSA feed and post it to Twitter. It's been working for a little while now and I think it's stable enough to announce to the world. Forgive me if this isn't the way t

RE: payroll software, its cost and the local vendor

2009-01-27 Thread Sudhama J S
Dear It is very urgent, if you are not sure, can you guide me some vendor about the payroll software. Sudhama 9885002556 From: Sudhama J S Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:35 PM To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'; 'jlil...@hathw

payroll software, its cost and the local vendor

2009-01-27 Thread Sudhama J S
Dear Debian/Jlil URGENT Could you pl, let me know payroll software, its cost and the local vendor. Sudhama Asst.Manager - Finance & Accounts IVY Comptech Private Limited Cyber Spazio,Road No 2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-500033, Andhra Pradesh. DD + 91 (40) 23581000 / 66721000; X:4593 Mobil

Re: Trying to use konsole's own console8x16.pcf.gz in konsole

2009-01-04 Thread Fernando J. Rodríguez (Herr Groucho)
El Dom 04 Ene 2009, Fernando J. Rodríguez (Herr Groucho) escribió: > I was happily using the font "console8x16.pcf.gz" in konsole until > yesterday I dist-upgraded my lenny system. The next time I started > my KDE session, konsole was displaying text in "Andale Mono&quo

Trying to use konsoles's own console8x16.pcf.gz in konsole

2009-01-04 Thread Fernando J. Rodríguez (Herr Groucho)
I was happily using the font "console8x16.pcf.gz" in konsole until yesterday I dist-upgraded my lenny system. The next time I started my KDE session, konsole was displaying text in "Andale Mono" (first font available in alphabetical order) instead of the aformentioned "console8x16" font. I came

Re: dircolors - debian etch - broken by design?

2008-12-21 Thread Edward J. Shornock
* Chris Jones [20-12-2008 06:27 EET]: > My .bashrc has the usual: > > eval `dircolors -b` [...] > So I figured I just needed to issue a "dircolors -p .dircolors" .. edit > the .dircolors file to my liking .. and then follow up with a "dircolors > -b .dircolors" and that should do it, right?

Re: x11vnc and kde

2008-11-29 Thread Karl J. Runge
> I think x11vnc is only for currently running user x sessions. That is its main use, but it has a little known -create option: http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/x11vnc_opts.html#opt-create that will try find an existing X session and if unsuccessful it will start up Xvfb (or others) to cr

Re: x11vnc java error

2008-11-27 Thread Karl J. Runge
> > With '-ncache 10' the java applet in your web browser will > > probably run out of memory (unless the screen is small, -ncache > > 10 will require 50-100MB on both sides). So drop the ncache > > value or don't use the option. > > I've tried it with and without. I have a 64-bit

Re: x11vnc java error

2008-11-27 Thread Karl J. Runge
| If I run x11vnc as follows: | | x11vnc -tightfilexfer -ssl -usepw -ncache 10 | | and then try to connect with firefox to https://localhost:5900 I get the | following error: | | RFB 003.008 | | I'm thinking this has something to do with a wrong or missing .jar file, | but I don't want

Re: Software For Book Writing

2008-11-12 Thread J M Cerqueira Esteves
Part of TeX's beauty was that it nicely ran in a 286 machine :) Best regards J Esteves -- +351 939838775 Skype:jmcerqueira http://pownce.com/jmce/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fluxbox Very Slow Window Movement and Lag

2008-10-19 Thread j
I posted this on the Fluxbox mailing lists and have had no response unfortunately. I am hoping that Debian Users may be able to provide some insight or resolution to this problem. With Opaque Window moving enabled when I move a Window around the screen it lags behind the mouse pointer considerab

Re: Where is the command to load ethernet network module placed?

2008-10-18 Thread J . H . Kim
2008/10/18 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sat,18.Oct.08, 13:49:25, J.H.Kim wrote: > > Hi, everyone > > > > I wonder where the ethernet network module is loaded. > > Is it loaded in the kernel source code statically or in the init > script? > > > > I think the network module is loaded

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