Re: is it possible to install a desktop-manager without python and perl?

2009-06-22 Thread Sebastian Günther
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:40:20 +0800 明覺 wrote: > > thank you for the perfect analysis! so does it mean debian determines > the use of python and perl? could you help recommend some > distributions that do not need perl or python? thanks > I do not know any distribution, that does not depend on

Re: any substitute for x window system?

2009-06-21 Thread Sebastian Günther
* 明覺 (shi.min...@gmail.com) [22.06.09 05:58]: > I'm looking for a pure c/c++ programmed desktop manager, while the > xorg is depandent on perl, so i do not like it, is there any graphics > system which depands only on c/c++ to replace x window system? thanks > No, there is no replacement for X.or

Re: is it possible to install a desktop-manager without python and perl?

2009-06-21 Thread Sebastian Günther
* 明覺 (shi.min...@gmail.com) [22.06.09 05:33]: > I'm a junior programmer, and I plan to use only c/c++ as my > programming languages, and I don't like python or perl, I hope all the > programs in my own system are written only in c/c++ so that I will be > able to modify them someday in the future. t

Re: is it possible to install a desktop-manager without python and perl?

2009-06-21 Thread Sebastian Günther
* 明覺 (shi.min...@gmail.com) [22.06.09 03:18]: > I want to keep the programs in my system all written in c/c++, no > python or perl or any other programming languages, is it possible to > reach it? I removed the 2 packages, python and perl, from my system, > and of cause, I losed my desktop, is it p

Re: presentation programs on GNU/Linux

2009-04-17 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Girish Kulkarni (gir...@hri.res.in) [17.04.09 03:34]: > Hi all, > Hi, > > I use Beamer, which provides all the typographical beauty of LaTeX. > But it is primitive when it comes to visual aids -- animations are > hard and there is lack of freedom in placing elements on a slide. It does that o

Re: Kernel issues: booting from USB storage (Repost)

2009-03-13 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Matthew Smith (m...@smiffytech.com) [13.03.09 23:47]: > Quoth green at 2009-03-14 03:28... > > If the stock Debian kernel works, have you tried using that config for your > > kernel? > This is something that I have avoided as I have read in various places > that there are often incompatible cha

Re: Lenovo laptop - Type Control D to Continue

2009-03-12 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Jimmy Johnson (field.engin...@gmail.com) [12.03.09 15:18]: > Hey Guy's I have Lenovo laptop, new "Lenny install" and I'm having to > type control+d to continue boot, I looked at "dmesg" and I can't make > what the problem is, so I post and maybe someone can figure the problem. > > If more info

Re: No more logins after upgrade to deb 5.0

2009-03-04 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Axel Werner (i...@awerner.homeip.net) [04.03.09 14:39]: > Hello Debian Gurus! > > I got a realy realy BAD problem after Upgrade from Debian 4.x Etch to > Debian 5.0 Lenny i was not able to resolve or even trace the source of > trouble. Maybe one of you guys can help me find the problem. > > > P

Re: Bug Report Advice - Segmentation fault crashes mouse service

2009-02-23 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Chris Hosea (chris.ho...@gmail.com) [23.02.09 07:33]: > Hi, > > I'd like to report a bug, but I'm not sure what package or location I should > list it under. I would greatly appreciate your advice as to where this bug > should be posted. > > Here is the description: > > -- > > I ran a program

Re: [POSSIBLE SPAM] Which programming Language

2009-02-06 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Dotan Cohen (dotanco...@gmail.com) [06.02.09 21:13]: > 2009/2/6 Sam Kuper : > > 2009/2/6 Mitchell Laks : > >> On 18:25 Fri 06 Feb , Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: > >>> In many situations we can use anyone, but which is better. > >> > >> > >> > >> Common Lisp! > > > > > > > > Scheme! > > > >

Re: boot-time script

2009-01-27 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Umarzuki Mochlis (umarz...@gmail.com) [27.01.09 04:27]: > I tried making boot-time script for deluge like below > > #!/bin/bash > /usr/bin/deluge > > Then I ran update-rc.d to the deluge script hat I saved in /etc/init.d > # update-rc.d deluge defaults > > But when I rebooted my PC, it didn't

Re: how to setup mail server to use (Yahoo|Gmail) smtp servers

2008-10-14 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [15.10.08 03:22]: > > But then you can't receive local (intra-system) mail. > Well, you can't receive mails on the system, but you can receive all system mails, because they are sent via msmtp to your smarthost. On a Desktop system you normally do not need local

Re: Wireless card not showing up

2008-09-29 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [29.09.08 18:28]: [WiFi Problem] Please submit the results of the following commands: # uname -a # lspci # ifconfig # iwconfig Then we know a little more about your hardware. HTH Sebastian -- " Religion ist das Opium des Volkes. " Karl Mar

Re: Random key

2008-09-21 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Semih Gokalp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [21.09.08 12:13]: > I answer my own question but i solved this problem with use > /dev/urandom. > But remember, then you won't have real entropy. You can still use /dev/random, but provide the system more events to generate entropy, e.g. move your mouse rando

Re: WPA/TKIP with Debian Lenny and Broadcom 4328 via ndiswrapper

2008-09-19 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Carl Fink ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [19.09.08 21:33]: > > > > A hidden ESSID is *not* standard compliant, so actually noone has to > > care about such situations. I ran into this with my iwl3945. > > There's a difference between "standards compliant" and "common". If we only > cared about standards

Re: Is Novel Suse not friendly to real linux world? and how about Red hat and Debian?

2008-09-18 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Star Liu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [19.09.08 06:46]: > I read a article about the IP issues among Microsoft, SCO, Novel Suse > and the other Linux world yestorday. I felt quite angry about what > Microsoft has done to Linux in order to keep its market in software. > so i hope i can get more informatio

Re: WPA/TKIP with Debian Lenny and Broadcom 4328 via ndiswrapper

2008-09-17 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Carl Fink ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [16.09.08 22:15]: > > > > Is the ESSID hidden? Then you have a won't fix bug. > > Nah, the ESSID is public, but that's ridiculous if so. How can it be "wont' > fix" for such an ordinary situation? A hidden ESSID is *not* standard compliant, so actually noone has

Re: WPA/TKIP with Debian Lenny and Broadcom 4328 via ndiswrapper

2008-09-16 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Carl Fink ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [16.09.08 16:51]: > My setup works fine for open hotspots and for WEP, but I can't connect to > the WPA protected network at work. Boot the same laptop into Vista and it > works transparently. > > Any pointers? > Is the ESSID hidden? Then you have a won't fix bug

Re: A viable mutt

2008-08-26 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Steve Lamb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [25.08.08 08:31]: > This has never been true and is still not true. It is, of course, the > easiest way to weed out the mutt zealots who have never touched a true > multi-account client from those mutt users who have and know the difference. > Then please sta

Re: A viable mutt

2008-08-23 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Andrei Popescu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [23.08.08 09:49]: > On Wed,20.Aug.08, 16:19:57, Steve Lamb wrote: > > [...] > > > I prefer that it handle multiple accounts sanely. > > I haven't looked into it, but 'muttprofile' seems interesting. Of > course, it will probably need a lot of fiddling first.

Re: your mail

2008-07-30 Thread Sebastian Günther
* M. Piscaer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [30.07.08 08:09]: > Hi, > > I have problems sending emails to this list. I tryed it several times > but they dont reach the destination. > Well, I think maybe the Spam Filter was hitting you: This Mail obviously barely came through: > X-Virus-Scanned: at list

Re: crontab email not working

2008-07-29 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Daniel Campbell-Macdonald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [28.07.08 21:49]: > HI list > I am new to Debian and I am having trouble with crontab- I can't for the > life of me seem to figure out how to get it to send me an email. > I did the crontab - e thing and > set up something like the following > > [EM

Re: [rant] Dear Thunderbird/Enigmail users

2008-07-18 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [19.07.08 00:34]: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/18/08 14:50, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > On 2008-07-18 21:42, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > >> Since I am not really sure if this will work now, I'd appreciate a short > >> feed back.

Re: [rant] Dear Thunderbird/Enigmail users

2008-07-18 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [18.07.08 20:30]: > There are many procmail recipes floating around that convert inline pgp > into mime. I see that you're a mutt user, so the closest example to hand is > presumably /usr/share/doc/mutt/PGP-Notes.txt.gz. Or google will find > numerous others, includ

[rant] Dear Thunderbird/Enigmail users

2008-07-18 Thread Sebastian Günther
Dear Thunderbird/Enigmail users, please stop using inline pgp: this is deprecated. I know this is the default, because some ancient braindead mailclients from Redmond refuse to be stadard compliant. But who *cares* in here? So go to to your enigmail preferences and turn this annoying traditiona

Re: system log viewer

2008-07-11 Thread Sebastian Günther
* T o n g ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [12.07.08 06:41]: > Hi, > Hi, > I'm looking for a system log viewer. Seems that the only option is the KDE > based ksystemlog. I don't use KDE and prefer not to use those KDE based > apps that tightly coupled with KDE. > > What alternatives do I have? > > thank

Re: Debian (Stable Version)

2008-06-18 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Daniel Ngu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [18.06.08 08:27]: > Hi, > > I've always been a Debian stable user, using Gnome as my desktop manager, > currently using Etch and have always wondered about the following: > > Sometimes there are software that I want to use but they are not yet in the > Debian stab

Re: Is RAID6 supported by Debian?

2008-04-28 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Mark Allums ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [29.04.08 00:48]: > Is RAID6 supported by Linux/GNU/Debian/Etch/Lenny/Sid, at all? > > Can't find any info on this, other than unhelpful references. > > Wikipedia was a bust. Google references only seem to indicate that it is > still experimental. > > Any suggest