Re: starting x

2004-12-19 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 04:00:12 +0100, cfk wrote: > after a search of archives and it seems to be working. After that, I wonder > what the incantation is to start kde and perhaps more importantly, where I > can go to figure out a few steps after that, other then googling. tasksel helps a lot with

Re: via82cxxx

2004-07-19 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:00:13 +0200, Frank Mulder wrote: [unable to open /dev/sequencer] > I can see 'snd_rawmidi' and 'snd_seq_device', so I think it should work. > Any hints to make it work? You're lacking snd-seq-oss, the OSS compatibility module for the ALSA sequencer. -- Best Regards, | Thi

Re: What happened to the Compose Key?

2004-04-19 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 00:40:09 +0200, Pigeon wrote: > On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 01:52:26PM +, Adam Funk wrote: >> How could I get my right alt key (which as far as I can tell does >> nothing at present) to imitate the left alt key? > > I have ~/.Xmodmap containing: > > keycode 0x40 = Alt_L > key

Re: compiling plex86-kernel-src with 2.6.3 kernel

2004-02-22 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 01:00:11 +0100, Titus Barik wrote: > I'm trying to compile the plex86-kernel-src package using the stock > 2.6.3 kernel from kernel.org on Debian/unstable to no avail. > > host-linux.c:27:31: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory Replace any #include "linux/

Re: Pipe Symbol

2004-02-21 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:10:08 +0100, Thomas Sommer wrote: > Hi! > > Since yesterday i'm not able to type a "pipe" or a "bigger than" > "smaller than" symbol. > I cannot determine where this comes from. > > I'm using Debian unstable with 2.4.24 Kernel on a Toshiba Satellite > 1130. X11 or console

Re: 2.6 upgrade (mouse)

2004-02-03 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 22:40:16 +0100, James Tappin wrote: > On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:28:28 -0500 > Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 05:58:36PM -0800, Brian Corman wrote: >> | Sorry about the lack of information. It is a ps/2 mouse, and lsmod >> | doesn't re

Re: Sound Problems With Debian 3.0r1 testing/unstable

2003-12-30 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
I hope you don't mind if I CC debian-user to keep the thread together. Am Di, den 30.12.2003 schrieb Joseph A. Nagy, Jr. um 03:07: > Sebastian Kapfer wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:00:47 +0100, Joseph A. Nagy wrote: > > > > > Subject: Sound Problems With

Re: ext2/ext3 filesystems

2003-12-30 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 00:00:23 +0100, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > During the boot, I get the following warning: > > Partition check: > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [PTBL] [1021/255/63] p1 p2 p3 > ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide0(3,1) Sounds like the kernel investigating whether the root

Re: Sound Problems With Debian 3.0r1 testing/unstable

2003-12-30 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 03:20:09 +0100, Joseph A. Nagy, Jr. wrote: > E: Package alsa-modules has no installation candidate > > And yes, I'm running 2.4.18-bf2.4 That would be alsa-modules-2.4.18-bf24 (which I think doesn't exist). You would have to compile your own ALSA driver. -- Best Regards, |

Re: cd rom wont work

2003-12-29 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:10:05 +0100, Joe9747 wrote: > my cd rom will play dvds but wont read any other kind of cd? > name=GENERATOR> my cd rom will play dvds but wont read any > other kind of cd? A DVD is not a kind of CD. -- Best Regards, | Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into Sebastian

Re: Sound Problems With Debian 3.0r1 testing/unstable

2003-12-29 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:00:47 +0100, Joseph A. Nagy wrote: > Subject: Sound Problems With Debian 3.0r1 testing/unstable Debian 3.0 is no longer unstable ;-) > I have ARTS, ESD, and Alsa installed. The only program that has sound > (so far) is XMMS which uses the OSS Sound Driver. Other apps such

gnome-session-save

2003-12-25 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
> gnome-session-save --help [...] Application options -s, --session-name=STRING Set the current session --kill Kill session --gui Use dialog boxes [...] On the two Sid machines I currently have access to, the comm

Re: Possible LKM Trojan , Need Help - Thank You

2003-11-29 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 21:10:14 +0100, Thomas H. George wrote: > I still must learn about the "/rr_moved" directory which blocks my > backups but this is a separate issue so I will post a separate question. man mkisofs, look for rr_moved in various capitalizations. -- Best Regards, | Hi! I'm a .s

Re: printer icon

2003-10-02 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 19:00:23 +0200, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > You'll notice that many of these 1- or 2-liners are very general, with > many possible ways of diagnosing/solving the problem. I believe that > this is to increase the number of replies from helpful PeeCee users who > think "finally -

Re: newbie needs help.........

2003-10-02 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 23:20:10 +0200, Zakaria wrote: > Hey I was trying to buy Debian Cd instead of downloading debian... A very good idea actually :-) > but they have for different Architectures Alpha ; ARM ; HPPA ; i386 ; > IA-64 ; m68k ; MIPS ; PowerPC ; S/390 ; Sparc ; source ; Hurd-i386 ; >

Re: exim4 SSL/TLS client: refusal to verify certificate

2003-10-01 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 03:40:07 +0200, Vineet Kumar wrote: > Perhaps it's failing because it can't verify a certificate chain from a > trusted root certificate? You might need to grab the thawte CA cert and > append it to your tlscerts.out. You are right. Exim doesn't even care about the server's c

Re: printer icon

2003-10-01 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 04:30:15 +0200, Zeeblanc wrote: > I have a Lexmark z 11 printer.Until I was connected to aol 9.0 optimized > it worked fine the icon was on my task bar. Can anyone enlighten me why _Windows_ users keep posting their [CENSORED] questions to this list? -- Best Regards, | Wer

Re: Where is Debian's initrd located?

2003-10-01 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 01:00:21 +0200, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > Not all linux kernels use initrd. RedHat does by default, I think, but > I don't think debian does. Most precompiled Debian kernels don't boot without an initrd. bf24 is an exception. -- Best Regards, | Wer Windows-Rechner ins Int

Re: how to build Debian 2.4.20, -21, or -22 kernel package for woody?

2003-10-01 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 02:40:09 +0200, Daniel B. wrote: > What exactly do I need to do to build locally for woody a Debian kernel > package based on a kernel version from testing or unstable? (1) Get the kernel-image-2.4.22 package that you want to "convert", unpack it manually (dpkg-deb -x) and gra

exim4 SSL/TLS client: refusal to verify certificate

2003-10-01 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
Hello list, I'm trying to set up an Exim4 SMTP daemon which acts as a "proxy" server for a few PCs. It does local deliveries, and forwards outgoing mail to an external smarthost. That works pretty good now -- the only problem is the SSL/TLS feature. I want the connection between my Exim and the s

Re: uhci

2003-09-29 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 21:10:05 +0200, Sidney Brooks wrote: > I want to use a usb printer with Debian woody. From what I read, I must > install the module uhci to do this. I do not know where to find this > module and how to install it. modconf -- Best Regards, | Wer Windows-Rechner ins Internet

Re: Debian uptime 497 days

2003-09-29 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:50:16 +0200, Vineet Kumar wrote: > Why? Your uptime is the amount of time your machine has been running, > not the output of the uptime command. Just because you overflow a > 32-bit number with it, it doesn't mean your machine is any less stable. BTW, wouldn't this wrapar

Re: Determining eth -> driver mapping

2003-09-29 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 00:10:08 +0200, michf wrote: > I would rather try to detect which interface is mapped to the driver > instead of assuming the active one is always on eth0. Is there a way to > do that? Have a look the nameif utility. It assigns names by MAC addresses, i.e. it can recognize whi

Re: can kernel 2.4.21 from testing source be installed without removing 2.4.18 from woody?

2003-09-27 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 01:20:18 +0200, Daniel B. wrote: > When make-kpkg from kernel-package makes a kernel-image-...deb package, > which packages(and versions) with that .deb depend on? Things on my > system, or versions from sid? Things from Woody -- at least if you use Woody's kernel-package. >

Re: en_US.UTF-8 compose bug fixed, but whom should i send it to ?

2003-09-26 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 04:10:20 +0200, Jan Pfeifer wrote: > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose > > to include any order (for all key compositions). > > i'd like to send the fix to the proper debian maintainer(s). How do I > find this out ? $ dlocate /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8

Re: OT: RH and Debian brothers now?

2003-09-26 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 06:30:07 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote: > Now, if RH wants to admit to the error in it's ways and move to > dpkg/apt/deb, Haven't they adopted APT already? Somehow I doubt they'll ever sacrifice rpm :-) -- Best Regards, | Wer Windows-Rechner ins Internet lässt, Sebastian

Re: OT: RH and Debian brothers now?

2003-09-26 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:40:14 +0200, cr wrote: > ... having just recovered from another screaming encounter with dselect. One word: aptitude -- Best Regards, | Wer Windows-Rechner ins Internet lässt, Sebastian | braucht nicht über SWEN stänkern! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: re-installation snag wrong mouse selected

2003-09-25 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:30:22 +0200, J Y wrote: > I re-installed deb3.0 and it looked great only two pkgs broke. ? > BUT I screwed up and selected the wrong mouse type. Now I can > login to a great looking desktop but I can't use it! :( > There's a dialog box open at start up ( no big deal) bu

Re: can kernel 2.4.21 from testing source be installed without removing 2.4.18 from woody?

2003-09-24 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 04:10:06 +0200, Daniel B. wrote: > What's the newest packaged kernel that can be used on woody (without > removing a stable kernel)? 2.4.22 -- just compile your own. The relevant packages: kernel-source-2.4.22 (you can pilfer that one from Sid), build-essential, kernel-package

Re: tuning ide-scsi/usb drives

2003-09-21 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 22:40:23 +0200, martin f krafft wrote: >> # hdparm -d /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target?/lun0/generic > > Neither of these approaches will work as the drive is IDE behind the USB > port. Thus, the system sees USB, then SCSI. That's why I wrote "In the case of a real IDE device...".

Re: Version handling of apt-get

2003-09-21 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 00:10:08 +0200, Frank Hrebabetzky wrote: > According to the Debian site there exists a magicfilter version 1.2-55 > in 'testing' state (current stable is 1.2-53). > > My /etc/apt/sources.list contains, among others, the lines > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US tes

Re: tuning ide-scsi/usb drives

2003-09-21 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 18:30:18 +0200, csj wrote: > Have you tried the cat > /proc trick, something like: > > cat using_dma:1 > /proc/ide/hdX/settings In the case of a real IDE device, you can use the plain old IDE device nodes. My ide-scsi-driven CD-ROM drives (one burner, one reader) respond: #

Re: debian stalatie

2003-09-21 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
Hi. I'm German, but I think I understood what you wanted to say -- next time please ask in English. This is an international mailing list :-) On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:40:16 +0200, marinus wrote: > beste user. > kan ik debian instaleren als aternatief voor windows? Yes, you can install Debian in p

Re: Flash plug-in hangs Mozilla (sid)

2003-09-21 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:30:22 +0200, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote: > Hi, > > I just downloaded and installed Macromedia Flash plug-in for Mozilla > (1.4-4). When browsing to a web location with flash content, the browser > hangs. I guess you have some app playing sound in the background. Maybe

Re: colours of the printer

2003-09-20 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:50:20 +0200, Christine Hawksworth wrote: > i could use your help that if this is what you deal with - when i print > out using colour some of the colours are not printing out eg red/yellow > and when i try to print colour words they are not in the right order - > it was fine

Re: Sieve script to filter today's MS annoyances

2003-09-20 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 02:50:14 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: >> > ..putting procmail between these should do this the nice way. >> >> This leaves me with the bandwidth problem. At about 50 messages an hour >> and a 8 kB/s internet connection, this is not fun :-( > > ..huh? GSM? I use 802.11b. ISDN

Re: quake 2 mouse problem

2003-09-19 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:50:12 +0200, Andrew Ingram wrote: > Hi List, > > I just found out about "apt-get install quake2" :) > Everything is fine apart from my mouse. It works only horizontally, Enable the mouse look feature. I don't know if there is a menu setting for that. If not, try to enter +

Re: Sieve script to filter today's MS annoyances

2003-09-19 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:20:27 +0200, Jeff Elkins wrote: > Shri, I'm getting slammed by this crap. I've got SA running > though...could you clue a SA newbie how to set this up? > > SA is grabbing all "normal" spam, but it's choking on this onslaught. You can add a "score" line to your ~/.spamassas

Re: Sieve script to filter today's MS annoyances

2003-09-19 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:40:23 +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 10:31:26PM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: >> > Use fetchmail to download your mail and feed it to exim for local >> > delivery. Exim can run spamassassin for you. If the download volume >> ..putting procmail between

Re: Sieve script to filter today's MS annoyances

2003-09-19 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:00:18 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ..putting procmail between these should do this the nice way. This leaves me with the bandwidth problem. At about 50 messages an hour and a 8 kB/s internet connection, this is not fun :-( -- Best Regards, | Hi! I'm a .signature virus

Re: problems installing g++

2003-09-18 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 00:40:12 +0200, A. Novruzi wrote: > Now, I try to install g++. The system complains different problems > like the package x requires package y, while y requires x. So it does > not install g++. Please show the exact message. Probably it's just some old package which apt-get do

Re: (none)

2003-09-18 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:00:16 +0200, hotmail wrote: > Hi > > I'm looking for BIOS drivers and maybe some info for Megastar TI6NL > 0.00, 3xPCI, 3xISA, 1xAGP, AMIBIOS. Can you please send me the URL where > I can find some more information. > > OS:WinXP Why do you think that a Debian ma

Re: No screens found

2003-09-18 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:00:22 +0200, Uwe Dippel wrote: > Tried: > xf86config: lack of success > dpkg-reconfigure xcommon-xfree: went through the whole process, tried > everything, always 'no screens found' "No screens found", "The X server cannot be started": Those are no proper error messages. Y

Re: problems with jigdo use

2003-09-18 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:00:07 +0200, shatam bhattacharya wrote: > Hi, > >should I burn the .tmp file if some decumentation files are >missing in the downloaded packages. I am using jigdo to burn CDs >for woody 3.0r1. Did you read the message you were replying to? Please do

Re: grub/lilo question

2003-09-18 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 01:20:09 +0200, Chris McQueeny wrote: > As Ext/3 has matured a great deal since it was released, my opinion is > that it is entirely superior to Ext/2 at least. The journalling > capabilities greatly increase speed and reliability in many cases. It increases speed in exactly o

Re: Which FS to use ?

2003-09-17 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:10:10 +0200, Jacob Anawalt wrote: > In other cases, because ext3 is writing it's journal to a disk every few > seconds, it could be a little slower. Since most systems aren't normally > under intense I/O, this is usually unnoticable. You do have the option > of storing the j

Re: Sudden increase in size of Debian?

2003-09-16 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:20:18 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 19:25, Colin Watson wrote: > >> Any chance of making this signature a bit shorter? Four lines is a >> common maximum. > > It's in rotation. See how much shorter this one is? > > Umm... 1 --

Re: Improved responsiveness: Galeon over remote X11

2003-09-16 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 04:30:10 +0200, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 09:08:21PM -0500, Nathan Poznick > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> Just out of curiosity, are you using antialiased fonts? If so, have >> you tried disabling them? It very well may not give you any difference >>

Re: adding a directory to apt source

2003-09-15 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 04:50:06 +0200, Skippi wrote: > Greetings. I am trying to add a directory to the list of sources for > APT to use for installing deb packages. [snip] > It tells me there is an error in line 10 (the line I'm adding). > > I am adding > > deb file:/home/skippi/0data/backup/de

Re: Mousey broken

2003-09-11 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:00:13 +0200, Willem.Smit wrote: > > Well... you're using the USB device (/dev/input/mice) and the mouse is > > plugged into the PS/2 port (/dev/psaux). What do you expect :-) > > Only one question - why the hell does my mouse work through > /dev/input/mice on 2.6.0 ??? You

Re: Xine and Avseq* files

2003-09-10 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:40:11 +0200, arief_mulya wrote: > But I still can get it, Why can't Xine plays avseq*.dat file? It keep > telling me no plugin found. > > While mplayer plays them nicely. But I like xine better, and hoping this > issue can be resolved. > > Any enlightment? Xine is (in my

Re: Debian is 10

2003-09-10 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 20:40:22 +0200, tallison wrote: > http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/08/16/debian_linux_distribution_10_years_old_today.html > > What I late in finding this? Definitely. -- Best Regards, | Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into Sebastian | your ~/.signatur

Re: Mousey broken

2003-09-10 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:20:12 +0200, Willem.Smit wrote: > I've got a Microsoft optical USB mouse, but for the sake of linux i plugged > it into the PS/2 port using a little USB->PS/2 port connector thingie. > X was configured to use /dev/input/mice but to no avail... Well... you're using the USB d

Re: XFree86 + Signal 11 = Bad Juju

2003-09-09 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 05:00:15 +0200, Bradley Alexander wrote: > I've been seeing problems for the past several weeks and I am finally > beginning to see a pattern. It started about the time I upgraded to a > GeForce4MX after my GeForce2 died. At first I thought it was being > caused by Gnome apps,

Re: gdm/desktop password protected shutdown

2003-09-05 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 08:20:08 +0200, Jacob Anawalt wrote: > Well shut my mouth... > > Either this is now standard with the latest update for gdm on Sid, or > the feature (prompting for the root password on shutdown/reboot/halt) is > enabled only on the standard greeter. This change was introduc

Re: Sid CD fails as apt source

2003-09-03 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 21:10:26 +0200, Andrew Malcolmson wrote: > I'm trying to use a sid iso image as a apt source. I've successfully > mounted it and added a file entry to sources.list as: > > deb file:/mnt/iso/debian sid main Try apt-cdrom. The easiest way to use apt-cdrom is the apt-setup pro

Re: I like my email address to be canceled.

2003-09-01 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 09:10:12 +0200, vinh ta wrote: > Could you help me to cancel my email address that is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Every mail on debian-user has this footer: > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can al

Re: broken NIS clients

2003-09-01 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 12:30:13 +0200, Shashank Ashtikar wrote: > Hello friends, > > I recently ran an upgrade on my system which is debian sid(most of it) > during the upgrade I noticed that libc6 version is also being upgraded . > > After the upgrade I noticed that my machine rejects any NIS logi

Re: Playing .bin files in mplayer and xine

2003-08-30 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:20:11 +0200, Klaus Imgrund wrote: > If it is a vcd or svcd it should work with mplayer if - and thats a big > if - whoever made it was compliant to the standards. mplayer is usually my first try (even before Xine), but in this case, it couldn't play the SVCD. There may weel

Re: Playing .bin files in mplayer and xine

2003-08-30 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:50:07 +0200, Mariano Kamp wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a couple of .bin files, which I believe are svcds, aren't > they? It could be anything, .cue+.bin is a common CD-ROM image format. (S)VCD is very likely though. > I can play them with kplayer, but it is horrible as t

Re: Gnome icons misbehaving

2003-08-30 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 14:00:14 +0200, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I'm having quite a strange problem with the icons on Gnome menus. When I > log in using the English language settings everything works just fine. > When I log in using Serbian language settings however, the icons seem to > be off-center

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-29 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 19:00:15 +0200, Sebastian Kapfer wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:50:11 +0200, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> While I haven't learned much C yet (I can read it better than I write >> it), I do have to ask this one: It's possible to write >> no

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-27 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:20:16 +0200, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > First convince me that object oriented programming results in maintainable > and debuggable code, then convince me that C++ is a good implementation of > OO, and then I might consider C++ instead of C. (I know not all the > features of C+

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-27 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:50:11 +0200, Paul Johnson wrote: > While I haven't learned much C yet (I can read it better than I write > it), I do have to ask this one: It's possible to write non-braindamaged > code in C++ without learning C first? Of course it is -- it's just more difficult :-) -- B

Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

2003-08-27 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:00:24 +0200, Loren M Lang wrote: > 2) C is just faster than C++ This is simply not true. If you know what you're doing, you can write efficient C++ which is just as fast as C. C++ was designed in a way that doesn't make you pay for features you don't use. > Even when I'm w

Re: Cyberdocs: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused

2003-08-25 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
Please, if you hope for any replies: 1. Enter a subject for your message. Something descriptive at best, not "A Question", "Help", "May I ask something"... you get the idea. 2. Turn HTML off. Posting HTML is considered rude on the Debian mailing lists. 3. Post the complete error message, not on

Re: kernel source (file name and location)

2003-08-23 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:20:14 +0200, M.Forbes wrote: > I need to know what the name and location would be as for the > kernel-source in order to get my Ethernet card working. > I was getting an error in line 27 that the kernel source was not able to > be found. I was able to find that I have to a

Re: trident i want driver

2003-08-23 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:30:08 +0200, usman wrote: > trident pci audio does not work on windowXP.please send me a driver for > it so i download from u Transitional//EN"> [X] Wrong mailing list. Ask Microsoft instead. [X] HTML mail sent to a mailing list. [ ] Checkboxes are so cool. -- Best Reg

Re: nis client problem (still)

2003-08-23 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 20:40:11 +0200, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Hi all, > I have a debian potato nis server. I have some debian woody desktops > (nis clients) configured. When I updated these machines do sid, the nis > stopped to work! :( Only when I do su

Re: support - Re: where is the place to enable agp gart in kernel 2.4.21?

2003-08-22 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 02:00:14 +0200, Alvin Oga wrote: > - don't buy stuff because somebody said its good or bad.. Very good advice. Different users have different expectations from their hardware. You often hear that Radeons "work" under Linux. Sure, the 2D part works fine, but that's not a reason

Re: Mouse Problems

2003-08-22 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 00:20:14 +0200, William Bradley wrote: > I have just installed Debian (the latest, I forget the number) and got > it going graphically with Window Maker. Can't get the mouse to work > though. It is installed on /dev/psaux That means you have a PS/2 mouse? > and the pointer is

Re: where is the place to enable agp gart in kernel 2.4.21?

2003-08-22 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 22:40:10 +0200, Antonio Rodr wrote: > I need to enable agp gart for my radeon 128 mb ati card, according to > the instructions in the xfree site. I pity you. Any cash left to buy nVidia? > However, I can't find the place in the compilation of my image. I am > using kernel-pac

Re: latest gcc

2003-08-21 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
Please don't CC me, I'm reading the list. On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:20:05 +0200, Mihalis I. Tsoukalos wrote: > I have searched apt-get.org and found gcc 3.2 and gcc 3.3. > If I install either 3.3 or 3.2 version what else do I have to take care? You're using inofficial packages, so the quality might

Re: left out fat32 partition

2003-08-21 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 07:00:10 +0200, oskar debian lists wrote: > One of my vaft32 partition are having surface or other kind of trouble > that make the debian linux go slow in general execution, I have a hard time believing this, but who knows... > i modify and erase the respective line in /etc/f

Re: Running X chroot?

2003-08-20 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:20:17 +0200, Norman Walsh wrote: > With the (current in unstable) binary incompatibility in libc, I'm > having trouble getting my old commercial X server running. One > suggestion was to run it chroot with the old libc libraries. I can see > how this would theoretically allo

Re: Again with the nvidia...

2003-08-19 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:50:08 +0200, Bradley Alexander wrote: > It's in there: > > (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoRenderAccel" "on" I'm getting this one: (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "RenderAccel" "0" As it seems, both should boil down to the same thing. I was under the impression that the driver also pri

Re: Again with the nvidia...

2003-08-19 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 05:40:09 +0200, Bradley Alexander wrote: > Option "NoRenderAccel" "on" > > to the device section of XF86Config-4. I did this and thought I had the > problem licked. But alas, I got bitten again. > > Any other wisdom on how to beat this other than tearing Gnom

Re: latest gcc

2003-08-19 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:10:14 +0200, Mihalis I. Tsoukalos wrote: > Dear list, > I have the following questions: > > Does the latest gcc/g++ (I think 3.3) exists for Debian woody? If yes, > where can I find the deb files? You might try http://www.apt-get.org/. There are no official Debian packages

Re: [OT] C++ question re. dyn. mem.

2003-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 06:00:11 +0200, MJM wrote: > On Monday 04 August 2003 21:40, Sebastian Kapfer wrote: >> > // change the way it is accessed to prove a point int * p_b = (int >> >*)  p_a; >> >> Ouch. > > Try this in /usr/src/linux/kernel > > $ gre

Re: HTML mail

2003-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 19:50:14 +0200, Jeff Elkins wrote: > Most of the spam I receive is HTML format. Is there a fairly painless way of > sending anything formatted HTML to my trash folder? You could try filtering for phrases like Content-type: text/html or I don't know kmai

Re: Difference in quality latex printer output

2003-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:20:07 +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote: > Although you can cleary see that the same formatting options are used, > the look of the printout is much better when done on the unstable > system. It's easier to look at, less "crowded". The stable system > produces output that looks l

Re: No Gnome-settings-Daemon (Sarge + Woody control-center)

2003-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:00:22 +0200, Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: > It seems that I miss a file named > /home/gnalle/.gnome2/debian-upgrade-stage-1 > > When I start gnome, I don't get far enough to create a .gnome-errors, > but here is my .xsession-errors. [...] > SESSION_MANAGER=local/nissefisken:/t

Re: No Gnome-settings-Daemon (Sarge + Woody control-center)

2003-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 13:50:06 +0200, Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: > I upgraded from Woody to Sarge last week, and now I cannot start my > gnome. Xfree and KDE works. Well actually I had some problems with the > xserver of sarge, so now I am running xfree from woody. Bug report > here > http://lists.de

Re: how to set keys functions in application

2003-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 02:30:09 +0200, Jianan Huang wrote: > Hi folks, > > In an application, say, xterm, certain key will function in a certain > way e.g. the up arrow key will go back to the previous command. How to > set or modify key functions of an application? The shell history is actually a

Re: [OT] C++ question re. dyn. mem.

2003-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 19:00:11 +0200, MJM wrote: > I learned last night that there is a 3rd Ed. Evidently things have > changed and the complex language has gotten more complex - Right. > trying to be all things to all people. If this continues, C++ will be > too complex for normal programmers.

Re: [OT] C++ question re. dyn. mem.

2003-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 05:00:12 +0200, MJM wrote: > Will the free store be properly maintained when the following is > executed? // a simple object is defined typedef struct { >uint32_t a; >uint64_t b; >uint8_tc; > } t_my_type; No typedef needed. This is C++. struct t_my_type {

Re: USB mouse phantom devices

2003-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:00:22 +0200, Jonathan Brandmeyer wrote: [configuring USB HID mouse] > I'm using the stock 2.4.21 kernel on Sid with separately compiled > openafs and nvidia modules. The required USB drivers are installed in > the running kernel (hid, usbcore, usb-uhci, input). Doesn't one

Re: finding the cause of a lock-up

2003-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 19:50:13 +0200, techlists wrote: > What can I do to find out what is causing these programs to freeze like > they are? Probably you're running a sound daemon such as ESD, ARTS or JACK (no pun intended). Those programs block the sound device and prevent other apps from using it

Re: Galeon Bookmarks toolbar gone

2003-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:00:47 +0200, Jeremy Brooks wrote: > I've looked through the preferences, and played around with the options > related to the toolbars. Nothing seems to help. You could try to open the bookmark editor, select the toolbar folder, and tag it as the toolbar folder. (There is s

Re: HTML mail

2003-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:00:42 +0200, David Fokkema wrote: >> Yeah, sure. But SA doesn't protect me from your >> >> > -- >> > Best Regards, | Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into >> > Sebastian | your ~/.signature to help me spread! >> >> signature virus. I had a difficult time not

Re: [OT] C++ question re. dyn. mem.

2003-08-11 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 22:00:13 +0200, Pigeon wrote: >> No. You have to delete the original pointer (with the original type). >> Everything else is undefined behaviour, i.e. it could work, it could >> leak memory (completely or partly), it could crash, or even print "42". >> It might even work someti

Re: CD access probs

2003-08-10 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 18:40:06 +0200, Richard Lyons wrote: > On Sunday 10 August 2003 3:13 pm, Sebastian Kapfer wrote: [...prob > mounting CD...] >> /dev/cdrom is a symlink to what? > > ouch. That was simple enough, then. Point it at the right place... OK, > that works. Pr

Re: CD access prob

2003-08-10 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 15:00:12 +0200, Richard Lyons wrote: > My CD says >Could not mount device. >The reported error was: >mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device /dev/cdrom is a symlink to what? (Hint: ls -l /dev/cdrom to find out. It might also be interesting to know w

Re: OT: c++ reference documentations

2003-08-04 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 20:30:15 +0200, Felix Natter wrote: > Haim Ashkenazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [looking for C++ Standard Library docs] > http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/ Copyright says it's from 1994. That says about all. It only covers STL (no strings!), nothing else. And even that info is ou

Re: packages removed by Release Manager just reveal older versions

2003-07-28 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:10:06 +0200, Joey Hess wrote: > (This question is appropriate for the debian-user mailing list, > redirecting.) Maybe, maybe not. >> I guess I'm hoping for a warning that a package is 'out of fashion' >> when I try to apt-get install it. > > The problem is that you are us

RE: mac addresses

2003-07-27 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 03:10:06 +0200, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > I was going to run > > nmap -sP x.x.x.* > arp -a | grep ether |awk '{print $4}' > > This give me a nice list. > > but as for scanning this list for entries not included in another list I am > a bit stuck... > > ...arpwatch reads like

Re: bash: finding if mozilla is running

2003-07-26 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 13:50:05 +0200, Seneca wrote: > On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 10:22:53AM +0100, David selby wrote: >> Writting a small script to make mozilla show the results of HTML code >> written in vi, when vi saves, the script automaticly changes mozilla >> to show that HTML. >> >> I need to

Re: bash: finding if mozilla is running

2003-07-26 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:30:06 +0200, David selby wrote: > I need to know if mozilla is running, if not I need to call it first ... > seemed simple Yeah. That's why I use Galeon. I never understood Mozilla's remote control. :-) Of course, Galeon has other advantages, too... > Whatever I grep for,

Re: installation of package installer

2003-07-24 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 22:10:07 +0200, Sam Virgillo wrote: > I have an embedded version of Debian running on an Intel 486 single > board computer. I cannot find the Apt-get program or the dpkg program > to install packages. If I download these apps from your site they are > in the .deb package form

Re: corrupted dpkg?

2003-07-22 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 23:30:07 +0200, Kent West wrote: >> Use of uninitialized value in exists at >> /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm line 29, <> line 4. [...] > > I'm no expert, but what I'd try is to find the mozilla-xft.deb and > liblocal-gettextdeb files, perhaps in /var/cache/ap

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