Re: [debian-users] Integration of development tools

2010-01-04 Thread Ted Hilts
Osamu Aoki wrote: Hi, On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 10:38:23PM -0700, Ted Hilts wrote: I am looking for some advice regarding integration of tools for development purposes. I have obtained the following over the internet.: 1. All debian binary and source DVD ISOs (for the present stable

[debian-users] Integration of development tools

2010-01-01 Thread Ted Hilts
m that any development has to deal with a package even if the application is brand new. So I am assuming that Anjuta is a IDE designed to work with packages. And advice, clarification or guidance would be appreciated. Thanks -- Ted Hilts -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o

[debian-user] Re: Wikipedia

2008-08-19 Thread Ted Hilts
I hope this message is not OT and forgive my ignorance but I received a very informative response to some of my questions and several people recommended that I make better use of everyones time by first going to Wikipedia. The messages were more or less as follows: See http://en.wikipedia.org/

Re: debian-user] Re: AMD vs Intel and the Debian kernel

2008-08-19 Thread Ted Hilts
Daniel Burrows wrote: On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 02:03:57PM -0600, Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: [snipped -- please don't repeat long emails if you're just responding to one part] Also, recently, I discovered that a dual or quad CPU board only

Re: Gnome desktop: mouse suddenly won't move to left screen

2008-08-18 Thread Ted Hilts
Andrew Perrin wrote: I'm sure this is something simple, but on my gnome desktop which uses an ATI dual-output card for a dual-screen layout, I suddenly can't move the mouse off the right-side screen. The left side is recognized by the resolution switcher, and displays fine, but there's no way

Re: debian-user] Re: AMD vs Intel and the Debian kernel

2008-08-18 Thread Ted Hilts
stions, they won't necessarily be the best answers. It might be helpful if you could specify why you're asking, or what exactly you're trying to do. Best, Jeff Soules On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Ted Hilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can someone enlighten me regarding m

Re: debian-user] Re: AMD vs Intel and the Debian kernel

2008-08-18 Thread Ted Hilts
Kent West wrote: Ted Hilts wrote: Can someone enlighten me regarding my confusion with the term AMD. 1, I know that the term AMD (American Micro Devices) is supposed to be a 'second source' for Intel 32bit and 64bit microprocessors. You're incorrect. They're t

debian-user] Re: AMD vs Intel and the Debian kernel

2008-08-18 Thread Ted Hilts
d Intel board/chip set matches while indicating limitations, constraints, and possible special operations for both??? I have seen this same question (in a variety of forms) asked on this forum as well as others but I haven't seen a complete answer. Thanks in advance, for any comments, tech

Re: rsync backup to ext3-formatted usb flash drive?

2008-08-11 Thread Ted Hilts
t for read only operation. You can easily try this out using a test block. Each year (since you were concerned about unused space) you would then define a new block with the beginning of the new block as the contents of the previous block unless of course you don't want to keep all the old

Re: Getting started with Xen -- Xen enabled kernel for Lenny?

2008-01-24 Thread Ted Hilts
Martin Thanks for your information, you will find my reply further down. Martin Marcher wrote: On Thursday 24 January 2008 17:13 Ted Hilts wrote: Martin What is the exact kernel version you are running on both machines and what are their CPU designations? The problems in the past have

Re: Getting started with Xen -- Xen enabled kernel for Lenny?

2008-01-24 Thread Ted Hilts
Martin My reply is at the very bottom. Ted Martin Marcher wrote: Jozef Peterka wrote: Hi all, I might be rushing in to conversation, but I will try to install Debian Etch and make it Dom0 this very weekend. I really look forward to it - although with a little hope to success :) Nevermind,

Re: Getting started with Xen -- Xen enabled kernel for Lenny?

2008-01-23 Thread Ted Hilts
Rick My response at very bottom. Ted Rick Thomas wrote: I'm trying to get started with Xen. I've installed Lenny and a bunch of packages that looked interesting and mentioned Xen in their descriptions. But there does not seem to be a Xen enabled kernel available. Is Xen built-in to the Lenn

Re: [debian-user] Dumped off the list

2008-01-08 Thread Ted Hilts
Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/08/08 15:05, Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct. wrote: I can't seem to stay on this list for more than a couple of weeks and then no more list traffic. This only happens with the debian-user list and not any of the other debian lists. [huge blank line sni

[debian-user] Debian Repository Usage

2008-01-08 Thread Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct.
on on this specific issue. Thanks in advance, Ted Hilts. BTW, I have resubscribed but have not seen any evidence that list traffic is now coming to me so please be sure to include me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) so I at least get the reply. Ted -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

[debian-user] Dumped off the list

2008-01-08 Thread Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct.
I can't seem to stay on this list for more than a couple of weeks and then no more list traffic. This only happens with the debian-user list and not any of the other debian lists.

[Fwd: Bug#454604: linux-2.6: Xen kernel packages for 2.6.22]

2007-12-07 Thread Ted Hilts
and people with experience I can not see how this kind of situation can persist. Thanks -- Ted Hilts Otavio Salvador wrote: Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: * Brian Almeida: I've been unable to find an official debian kernel which has Xen supporter af

[debian-user] Browser Question -- Not urgent --respond if you have time

2007-11-29 Thread Ted Hilts
I am trying to pin down a general kind of problem occuring with a number of applications on both Windo and Linux. This is not urgent so look at this problem if you have time or interest. I am having a problem with a number of capture type applications one of which is a Firefox add-on. Bu

Re: [debian-users] minicom or ISP? - No urgency - answer if you have time.

2007-11-16 Thread Ted Hilts
Hal Vaughan wrote: On Saturday 17 November 2007, Ted Hilts wrote: ... What I was trying to say is that I am not sure where the "AiiNET" prompt is coming from. Is it coming from the ISP or is it being manufactured by Minicom as some respone. I think the "AiiNET" promp

Re: [debian-users] minicom or ISP? - No urgency - answer if you have time.

2007-11-16 Thread Ted Hilts
John Hasler wrote: Thunderbird Acct. wrote: When dialing up my ISP in an interactive mode providing user name and password I get a third prompt with the prompt message "AiiNET". Some ISPs respond with a username/password prompt when you use an interactive program but expect PAP autheni

Re: [debian-users] minicom or ISP? - No urgency - answer if you have time.

2007-11-16 Thread Ted Hilts
Hal Vaughan wrote: On Friday 16 November 2007, Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct. wrote: This question is informational and there is no urgency. I'm not going to cover what has the first response has said, but I have a bit I can add: When dialing up my ISP in an interactive

Re: [debian-users] minicom or ISP? - No urgency - answer if you have time.

2007-11-16 Thread Ted Hilts
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 03:08:11PM -0700, Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct. wrote: When dialing up my ISP in an interactive mode providing user name and password I get a third prompt with the prompt message "AiiNET". So now I get 3 prompts: "user name&qu

[debian-users] minicom or ISP? - No urgency - answer if you have time.

2007-11-16 Thread Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct.
s up the connection automatically. Initially using minicom basically sets up the dial up modem and thereafter all interaction with the ISP is automatic. So when it is automatic I don't really know the details of the interaction. Thanks, Ted Hilts -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread Ted Hilts
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:24:48AM -0600, Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct. wrote: Please see the original email (further down) sent yesterday to the list. Would someone like to explain how my ORIGINAL email to the Debian List turned into the following: I

[debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-11 Thread Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct.
nything is confusing and blank "subject" makes no sense to me at all. I use (and will continue to use) THUNDERBIRD for Linux, MS, and other email correspondence. Perhaps someone could suggest how I might bridge this problem with Debian email. Thanks -- Ted Hilts -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[debian-user] Subject Confusion

2007-07-10 Thread Ted Hilts
st of the other lists have done. In my view, using "Re subject" when "subject" can be anything is confusing and blank "subject" makes no sense to me at all. I use (and will continue to use) THUNDERBIRD for Linux, MS, and other email correspondence. Perhaps someone

[debian-user] [OT] Subject Confusion

2007-07-10 Thread Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct.
ps someone could suggest how I might bridge this problem with Debian email. Thanks -- Ted Hilts -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: matlab r2007a installation problems

2007-05-22 Thread Ted Hilts
Hardestadt wrote: Hi! I have a problem when i try to install matlab r2007a on my debian etch. When i execute the installation scipt, i get the following error: [b]An error status was returned by the program 'xsetup', the X Window System version of 'install'. The following messages were

Re: SU error

2007-05-18 Thread Ted Hilts
Jake & Betty Kraayenbrink wrote: I installed debian from the live knoppix CD it’s version 5.1. It works great, but I do have trouble when I try to run any thing that needs administrator privileges. When I click on something say to configure my printer I get this message “Su returned with an e

Re: octave-forge usage?

2007-05-03 Thread Ted Hilts
Miles Bader wrote: Hi, thanks for the response, but I think I'm asking a slightly different question than you answered. I know how to use octave generally, but I want to use some of the specialized functions which are distributed in the "octave-forge" package in debian (actually "octave2.9-forge

Re: octave-forge usage?

2007-05-03 Thread Ted Hilts
Miles Bader wrote: How exactly does one _use_ octave-forge, once it's installed? I run octave, and ... then what? How do I make it define the functions in octave forge so I can use them? [I see there's a "pkg" command, but none of its subcommands seem to do anything useful -- e.g. "pkg list" s

Re: The List Standard

2007-04-10 Thread Ted Hilts
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: First: as I understand your guideline I am not to use the reply key but simply address my reply back to the list and it will be automatically added to the descending list. Most email clients have 3 options : Reply, Reply to All, Reply to List. You should use R

Re: [debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-10 Thread Ted Hilts
Chris Lale wrote: David E. Fox wrote: [...] Normally, one should just reply-to list, and it's considered bad form to mail the poster directly, unless asked to do so. In Thunderbird (Icedove), either click on "Reply All", change "debian-user@lists.debian.org" from "Cc:" to "To:" and d

[debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-09 Thread Ted Hilts
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/du-guidelines.html This helps a lot but I have a few issues with a couple of the statements. First: as I understand your guideline I am not to use the reply key but simply address my reply back to the list and it will be automa

[debian-user] The List Standard

2007-04-09 Thread Ted Hilts
My browser for mail is Thunderbird and Seamonkey I use for browsing. Thunderbird runs with threads beginning with the first issue ins the subject line and then all successive emails related are tied together in a descending fashion. I take this to mean that one can first see the first issue a

[debian-user] Reusing LIVE ISO images of CDs and DVDs

2007-03-14 Thread Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct.
Question: I know there is a documented debian process for editing existing CDs and DVDs but I don't know the details??? The literature just says to edit the ISO image placed on the hard drive. I also have some other concerns. Details: I have a number of live CDs and DVDs. Apparently, one can

[debian-user] VNC

2007-03-10 Thread Ted Hilts
Two recent posts on this list involving VNC (vncserver) caused me to wonder if this package is in any way related to Ultravnc also with a vncserver (Open and free and just for Windows machines). Just want to be sure I am not missing something or maybe they are somehow compatible or have the sam

[debian-user] Virus, Trojan, and Worm

2007-03-07 Thread Ted Hilts - Thunderbird Acct.
Has antivirus software advanced to the point that the following excerpt from Debian Administration (dated late 2004) is now invalid? I added the square brackets and their content. "Viruses are a fact of life nowadays, be they real viruses or worms which require manual intervention on the [be]

Re: [Debian-User] Nice Job Andrew

2007-03-02 Thread Ted Hilts
Michelle Sorry. I have that problem fixed now but have sent very little email since the change. The problem occurred because I was fiddling with Netscape Mail trying to create accounts which bridged other email accounts on other machines in my LAN and Netscape would not let me use the same se

Re: [Debian-User] Xen Debian Package Management

2007-03-02 Thread Ted Hilts
ution using AMD64 was offered to me. At that point I considered the email issue concluded until you came along.. I cannot accout for what others say or do.. But I see you went to a lot of trouble to be informative. All of which shows you like to be helpful. You also have a nice day. Ted