Default font in URXVT

2004-12-17 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
I want the default font of urxvt to be xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=17 (which works fine when I pass that to the -fn argument). I put the line URxvt*font: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=17 in ~/.Xdefaults as suggested from other resources online but doesn't seem to work.

[To: Debian ML] Default font in URXVT

2004-12-16 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
I want the default font of urxvt to be xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=17 (which works fine when I pass that to the -fn argument). I put the line URxvt*font: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=17 in ~/.Xdefaults as suggested from other resources online but doesn't seem to work.

(To: Debian ML) anyone ever expereinced with some of the redirected (using mutt's bounce feature) messages arrive with no subject ?

2004-12-11 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
that's a one liner question in the subject. Thanks in advance . = ThanhVu H. Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

urxvt cannot scroll when using with 'screen'

2004-12-10 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Anyone else faces this problem ? the scroll button or the scroller doesn't work when run screen. TIA = ThanhVu H. Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Forward all mail in mbox to new email address

2004-12-10 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen (Yahoo)
I have a large number of emails stored in a mbox file and I read these mails from mutt. I'd like to forward *each* one of them to a new email address (not as a big attachment). I can forward one by one manually but I am looking for a way that automates this process. Anyone can help me out here ?

Re: Forward all mail in mbox to new email address

2004-12-10 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
In respond to suggestions about moving the mbox file to another machine: I plan to store these mails from my local machine to a web-based location such as Yahoo. Therefore I cannot do as suggested, I have to email those to myself. Thanks for the tip on the the bounce feature in mutt. It is

KVM recommendation (with USB keyboard and mouse)

2004-12-10 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hi, anyone using USB Keyboard and mouse for 2 computers using a KVM switch (one of my computer is a laptop so no ps/2)? What do you recommend ? I never had any KVM switch before especially the USB keyboard and mouse so I would appreciate any experience you might have with them. I intend to

Forward all mail in mbox to new email address

2004-12-10 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
I have a large number of emails stored in a mbox file and I read these mails from mutt. I'd like to forward *each* one of them to a new email address (not as a big attachment). I can forward one by one manually but I am looking for a way that automates this process. Anyone can help me out here ?

(To: Debian Mailing List) Some messages bounced to a new email by Mutt gives subject: None

2004-12-10 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
anyone ever experienced that ? Instead of the original subject, the message has the new subject as None. The original contents are still preserved well. = ThanhVu H. Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

urxvt cannot scroll when using with 'screen'

2004-12-09 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Anyone else faces this problem ? the scroll button or the scroller doesn't work when run screen. TIA = ThanhVu H. Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How to Forwarding all old emails to a new email address

2004-12-04 Thread Thanhvu Nguyen
in mailbox format, current I use mutt to view them (I can also view them using Thunderbird). TIA -- ThanhVu Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How to Forwarding all old emails to a new email address

2004-12-04 Thread Thanhvu Nguyen
in mailbox format, current I use mutt to view them (I can also view them using Thunderbird). -- ThanhVu Nguyen

Matlab performance on Linux vs Windows

2004-11-27 Thread Thanhvu Nguyen
Hi, I hope my question is not too off topic here since Debian is a popular choice in scientific computing lab and therefore hopefully someone will have experience with Matlab running on it. Also since I am considering getting Matlab 7.0 on my Debian home machine so probably this is the right

Re: Icon bug in Nautilus (SARGE) still not fixed ?

2004-10-03 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Pau Capdevila wrote: Yes it is fixed. But when you launch nautilus out of a gnome-session nautilus misses something that by now I don't know what it is. It happens as well when you launch nautilus from xfce4 or when you have a gnome session opened and you open another one by VNC or NX. So it is

Icon bug in Nautilus (SARGE) still not fixed ?

2004-10-02 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Back in mid June, there was a bug in Nautilus from Sarge which broke all the icons. I was told by other Sarge users that it already had been fixed but till now that problem still happens to me. My Sarge system is up-to-date, it only uses packages from the official Debian apt repository. The

mount tempfs error on start up

2004-02-12 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
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Re: mount tempfs error on start up

2004-02-12 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hi, thanks for the pointer, problem fixed. On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:57:03 -0500 Adam Aube [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 12 February 2004 05:17 pm, ThanhVu Nguyen wrote: I received this msg mount: wrong fs, bad option etc on tmpfs while start up. There's nothing about tmpfs on my

Re: GTK2.x fonts appeared as grayed box (fixed)

2003-10-27 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Thanks to the helpful #debian on irc , this prob is now fixed. It's because gtk2 apps use fontconfig , I had to add my font path to fontconfig's search path. On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 01:36:17 -0500 ThanhVu Nguyen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - I sent this msg yesterday but seems like it doesn't

GTK2.x apps trouble with UTF8 , foreign language fonts

2003-10-26 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hi, I use Sarge, and have the MScorefonts loaded with xfs, everything (e.g viewing webpage with foreign language) so far has worked perfectly on gtk1.2.x and other apps like Mozilla. But the GTK2.x apps like Firebired compiled with xft / gtk2.x will all display some of those characters as a

GTK2.x apps trouble with UTF8 , foreign language fonts

2003-10-26 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
- I sent this msg yesterday but seems like it doesn't get up to the ML yet so just resend it again, sorry if it gets posted twice. I use Sarge, and have the MScorefonts loaded with xfs, everything (e.g viewing webpage with foreign language) so far has worked perfectly on gtk1.2.x and other apps

GTK2.x apps trouble with UTF8 , foreign language fonts

2003-10-26 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
- I sent this msg yesterday but seems like it doesn't get up to the ML yet so just resend it again, sorry if it gets posted twice. I use Sarge, and have the MScorefonts loaded with xfs, everything (e.g viewing webpage with foreign language) so far has worked perfectly on gtk1.2.x and other apps

GTK2.x fonts appeared as grayed box

2003-10-26 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
- I sent this msg yesterday but seems like it doesn't get up to the ML yet so just resend it again, sorry if it gets posted twice. I use Sarge, and have the MScorefonts loaded with xfs, everything (e.g viewing webpage with foreign language) so far has worked perfectly on gtk1.2.x and other apps

filtering MS* mails w/ Spamassassin

2003-10-18 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
My SA setting blocks most of the spam mails but it doesn't/can't stop these MS mails, no matter how many MS examples I try to feed to it to learn. Anyone has any hint / howto's ? TIA, -- ThanhVu Nguyen Use library functions. - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan

gtk2 apps + utf 8 = squared characters

2003-10-17 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hi, I use Sarge and have some gtk2 apps like xchat but when someone is typing an international language, all I can see is these squared characters - how do I fix this ? TIA, -- ThanhVu Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Cannot Connect to some website on linux

2003-07-27 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
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Re: Cupsys printer (FIXED)

2003-01-19 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
where the printer is at ? The kernel is configured with usb printer support. The module 'printer' is loaded. Via the web-interface of cups, I can configure the printer and other details fine. Only thing is nothing gets sent to the printer. -- ThanhVu Nguyen

Re: DHCP prob (woody)

2003-01-18 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hello, thanks for your inputs - turned out that my af_packet , was compiled before as module, never loaded right. It's missing some resolved symbol and I didn't really notice it. I recompile the module with it as built in and it works now ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

apt-get dist-upgrade cron job

2002-11-18 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hello, how do I set up a cron job that runs apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade -yu at 6 AM everyday and have all the upgraded result sent to me ? I already have exim setup to send mail , I just don't know how to write the cron job and use cron ... tia tvn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

how to change default browser ?

2002-11-04 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hello, my current default browser is Netscape 7.0, how do I change the default to Galeon ? thanks -- ThanhVu Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installing Gnome2, how?

2002-10-31 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
and then the mirrors. -- ThanhVu Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Scrolling in Netscape 4.x, .Xdefaults.

2002-10-29 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hello, I remember I used to be able to put something in .Xdefaults and scroll in Netscape 4.x . I forget what it is. Someone still have those setting on NS 4.x , can you show them to me .. Thanks. I use Galeon mainly but my online class has this quiz taking script that only works with IE

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lperl ?

2002-10-26 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
package I am missing etc Can someone help on this ? perl -version gives me v5.8.0 built for i386-linux-thread-multi Thanks -- ThanhVu Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: XFree 4.2.x question

2002-10-24 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
? Thanks J. -- Justin F. Knotzke [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.shampoo.ca -- ThanhVu Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kernel need to be reconfigured for Zip drive ?

2002-10-18 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
O This is a weird behavior because I have another zip drive and it works without any addition work on another machine. Must be different models or soemthing. Do you have CD burner in this machine, but not in the other? Yes, both machines have exact same cdrw's . Just the zip drive are

Re: kernel need to be reconfigured for Zip drive ?

2002-10-16 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hello, I finally got it to work ... by enable SCSI disk support on the kernel (sr_mod), then the device becomes /dev/sda4. I never thought of this since the drive I have is not SCSI. I did try to recompile kernel with ide-floppy but same result, it doesn't work either. Now that it works .. I

kernel need to be reconfigured for Zip drive ?

2002-10-15 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
drive has some other names under /dev ? -- ThanhVu Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kernel need to be reconfigured for Zip drive ?

2002-10-15 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 17:27:18 -0400 Bruce Best (CRO) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you try /dev/sdd?? Hello, I get ... # mount /dev/sdd /zip/ mount: /dev/sdd is not a valid block device Any ideas ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: kernel need to be reconfigured for Zip drive ?

2002-10-15 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
On 15 Oct 2002 16:27:18 -0500 Alex Malinovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 15:01, ThanhVu Nguyen wrote: Hello, I just bought a Zip 100 IDE drive. I am running kernel 2.4.19 with scsi emulation support for cdrom. Just wondering if I need to turn on any options to have

Re: Lite On 40x Burner

2002-10-15 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
don't know about the 40x but the 16/10 works fine I don't really use this Liteon drive that much to say how reliable it is. Also have a 12/10 Plextor and this one is extremely solid under Linux cdrecord. ThanhVu Nguyen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

XFree 4.2.1-2 20021008045526 broke all 3d games

2002-10-10 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hello, the newest XFree 4.2.1-2 20021008045526 in Sid seems to break all my 3d games like Quake3, UT2002, RTCW ... anyone else faces similiar situation ? Just want to make sure it's not only me who has the prob. I am running kern 2.4.19 , Nvidia gf2 with the 3213 driver -- ThanhVu Nguyen

modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-e0ff

2002-10-01 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
In my /etc/syslog, I have these lines ... not really sure what they mean or how to fix it Oct 1 06:55:24 HaLong modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-e0ff Oct 1 06:55:24 HaLong modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-e0ff Oct 1 06:57:11 HaLong modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate

Auto dist-upgrade script

2002-09-05 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hi, I've heard people can write some scripts and put it in a cron job that do a dist-upgrade on their system then send what've been upgraded to their emails. Can someone share how they did it ? thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Compiling OpenGL on Debian

2002-09-04 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hello, I am trying to compile opengl code and have the following errors gcc -Wall -I/usr/X11R6/include/ -o cube -L/usr/X11R6/lib cube.o -lX11 -lXi -lXmu -lglut -lGL -lGLU -lm /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.a(glxext.o): In function `__glXGetCurrentContext': glxext.o(.text+0x1a): undefined reference to

Making a bootable rescue CD from a rescue floppy disk

2002-06-28 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hello, My system has just been installed on a HD connected on a Promise66 controller card,a boot floppy has been created at the end, also lilo was installed in the mbr. The problem is my Motherboard and the IDe controller, it refused to boot from either the floppy drive or the Hard drive, it

Re: How stable is dual head, twin view feature ?

2002-06-25 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hi, but you can tell the Matrox driver that the LCD is there vs a monitor and see if that cleans it up. I am not sure what the option to tell it's an LCD is. What does your config file and your log looklike? My kernel (2.4.18) is compiled and configured manually, I did enable dri

Re: network bandwidth check

2002-06-22 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 02:58, ttv wrote: Hello, I use ipmasq on a dialup - is there any command or tool I can find out how much internet usage each of the computer on the network uses ? thanks Hello, sorry - did anyone reply to this message ? I played with filter on my mail client

Samba with WinXP

2002-06-11 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hello, I have problem with connecting to the samba server on my Debian box from a WinXP machine. I can connect to the samba server from all my other Linux box but I just can't connect to it from an XP machine. I can see the Debian Samba server listing in the XP's WorkGroup place. I got a

apt-get dist-upgrade -u doesn't tell me what it's getting

2002-06-09 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hi, I use the commands apt-get update apt-get -u dist-upgrade when I want to check and get upgrades but apt doesn't tell me exactly what it is getting ... Here's a log of what I have # apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade -u Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org woody/main Packages [1779kB]

ethernet connection drop while idle

2002-06-05 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
my ethernet card drops its connection after some idle time, then come back when the computer is active again... how can I change this behavior in Linux (I don't want to reboot and go to the Bios and change this because I want to keep my uptime) ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Making /home not accessible by outsiders

2002-05-30 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
Hello during the installation I choose yes when the installer ask if I want to make user directory accessible by other users (that was the default). Now I changed my mind, because even /root is readable by others ... is there a way to reverse what I have chosen ? reconfigure something ? Or

Re: accidently overwrite /etc/syslog.conf

2002-05-28 Thread ThanhVu Nguyen
hi, dpkg --force-confnew requires an action option. dpkg: need an action option What should it be ? thanks On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 07:26, Colin Watson wrote: On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 06:09:05AM -0400, tvn1981 wrote: I accidently overwrote the file /etc/syslog.conf - (was trying to append