Re: debugging firefox

2006-07-05 Thread Tim Olsen
weird. I can print from mozilla. it's just firefox that crashes -Tim On 7/5/06, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tim Olsen wrote: > Sid's firefox segfaults when I try to print. I would like to generate > a backtrace so I can post a useful bug report. &g

debugging firefox

2006-07-05 Thread Tim Olsen
Sid's firefox segfaults when I try to print. I would like to generate a backtrace so I can post a useful bug report. firefox --debug does not seem to work (the firefox script makes it look like it should start gdb when given --debug). I see there is also a firefox-dbg package. What is an easy

Re: how to force removal of a package with a buggy postrm script?

2005-08-02 Thread Tim Olsen
cool. that worked (after chmod'ing it to 755). thanks, Tim On 8/2/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 04:13:37PM -0400, Tim Olsen wrote: > > zope-externaleditor has a bug (#298862) in its postrm script which > > prevents unins

how to force removal of a package with a buggy postrm script?

2005-08-02 Thread Tim Olsen
zope-externaleditor has a bug (#298862) in its postrm script which prevents uninstallation without the file /etc/init.d/zope being present Is there any to ignore the output of the postrm script and force the uninstallation? thanks, Tim

Re: updating gnome application menu

2004-09-13 Thread Tim Olsen
btw, I'm using Sarge. -Tim On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:48:11 -0400, Tim Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. After installing a new application (for example, evolution), > the gnome application menu is not immediately updated to list the new > application. However, if I

updating gnome application menu

2004-09-13 Thread Tim Olsen
Hello. After installing a new application (for example, evolution), the gnome application menu is not immediately updated to list the new application. However, if I log out and back in, the menu will be updated. How do I update the menu without logging out and back in again? thanks for your hel

how to print to file using letter size in mozilla?

2004-08-25 Thread Tim Olsen
Hello. I cannot figure out how to print to file a document as letter size in mozilla. mozilla insists on printing to file in a4 dimensions. I have /etc/papersize set as "letter". that is being ignored I have set environment variable LANG to en_US. that is being ignored Setting the propertie

Re: citrix ica-client

2003-01-16 Thread Tim Olsen
Woody uses glibc 2.2. Try a different version of the Citrix client. I'm using version 6.20 and it links fine: tim@dynamite:~$ ldd /usr/local/ICAClient/wfica libXaw.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6 (0x4001d000) libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x40057000) libX11.

Re: initrd problems

2002-09-20 Thread Tim Olsen
I think I figured it out. mkinitrd only works with Debian kernel sources. (bug 149236) -Tim On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 11:44:07AM -0400, Tim Olsen wrote: > > I am having problems setting up an initial ramdisk for my kernel. I > get the following message during boot: > > RA

initrd problems

2002-09-20 Thread Tim Olsen
I am having problems setting up an initial ramdisk for my kernel. I get the following message during boot: RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0. I used make-kpkg to build my kernel from a stock 2.4.19 source tree: make-kpkg --initrd -rev custom.2 kernel_image Here's m

Re: trouble installing the latest ssh from woody

2002-03-14 Thread Tim Olsen
error code (1) danjah:/home/tim# I'm also getting exit status 10 while trying to upgrade cvs and ash, and while trying to uninstall gdm Is my debconf setup just messed up? Is there an easy way to clean it up? thanks, Tim On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 02:59:47PM -0600, Colin Watson wro

trouble installing the latest ssh from woody

2002-03-13 Thread Tim Olsen
I'm having trouble installing the latest ssh from woody: danjah:~# dpkg -D3773 -i /var/cache/apt/archives/ssh_1%3a3.0.2p1-8_i386.deb D10: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci' (Reading database ... 63983 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking ssh (from .../ssh_1%3a

kernel link failure applies to which kernel?

2002-02-07 Thread Tim Olsen
I got the following message today while upgrading to the latest binutils in woody: Kernel link failure info x x x x You may experience problems linking older (and some ne

Re: debian-changes list

2001-06-13 Thread Tim Olsen
do the right people know about this? if not, how do I contact them? tim On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 07:59:21PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Tim Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Are changes to unstable supposed to go to the debian-changes list? In > >the past few days,

debian-changes list

2001-06-13 Thread Tim Olsen
Are changes to unstable supposed to go to the debian-changes list? In the past few days, I've gotten a lot of unstable change notices from the debian-changes list. I thought debian-changes was just for stable changes. tim