Re: Wireless............

2011-03-24 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:51:17 +1300 Chris Bannister mockingb...@earthlight.co.nz wrote: On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 09:04:00AM +1100, Charlie wrote: On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:22:37 +1300 Chris Bannister mockingb...@earthlight.co.nz wrote: I'm not certain that I have seen that when I bring up wicd

Re: Wireless............

2011-03-22 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:49:42 -0400 Wayne Topa linux...@gmail.com wrote: The wireless connection obviously works, or otherwise i could not have installed the system, and it works on the windows system I had to install to send this email. Charlie Check /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant

Re: Wireless............

2011-03-22 Thread Charlie
installer on the net install CD, which found the wireless network first try when it didn't have a password, to find the wireless network now that it had a password. No joy. It couldn't find it. Your help is much appreciated. Charlie -- http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy

Re: Wireless............

2011-03-22 Thread Charlie
four wireless networks. Wicd was my first thought because I run fvwm. After the wireless connection had a password, it couldn't find it or any other either? [laughing] I'll keep trying. Thanks for your suggestion. Charlie -- http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy

Re: Wireless............

2011-03-22 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:31:21 -0800 Greg Madden gomadtr...@gci.net wrote: On Tuesday 22 March 2011 02:05:31 pm Charlie wrote: On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:47:43 +0100 Sjoerd Hardeman sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl wrote: Try wicd, it is a great gui-tool to easily connect to wireless

Aptitude safe-upgrade..........

2011-03-17 Thread Charlie
Have never seen this previously with aptitude safe-upgrade and just wondered what was going on? Using 100%of CPU? Charlie Current status: 44 updates [+44], 2054 new [+252]. There are 10 newly obsolete packages: libebml0, libgs8, libmatroska0, librasqal2, libwpd8c2a, libwpg-0.1-1, libwps-0.1-1

Re: Anybody else having delay issues with updating testing/ wheezy?

2011-03-17 Thread Charlie
of the packages, then aptitude update and aptitude dist-upgrade. Solved! The problem was the replacement of openoffice by libreoffice. Thierry Thank you. Please disregard my query, has been answered here and also solved. Thank you Thierry. Be well, Charlie -- http://www.skymesh.net.au

Re: Re: Has anyone installed squeeze on an HP Pavillion ?

2011-03-07 Thread Charlie
HP Pavilion covers a VERY wide range of eras, specs, processors, chipsets, etc, so you might get more specific. Also, more specifics about gave me a warning might help. (At some point in the near future I'm going to attempt to clean-install squeeze on my HP Pavilion dv2130US.) My

Has anyone installed squeeze on an HP Pavillion ?

2011-03-05 Thread Charlie
My attempted installation gave me a warning about problems with apic, which I have not been able to fix. Has anyone else encountered this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Problem with apic (noapic?) during squeeze install

2011-02-23 Thread Charlie
I have an i386 machine purchased about 4 years ago (Hewlett- Packard Pavillion) that ran etch (upgraded later to Lenny) and Windows XP as a dual boot. An attempt to upgrade to squeeze led me to try to install squeeze from scratch, using a netinst CD. When I try to boot, I see briefly,

Re: Debian Multi-Media.

2011-02-23 Thread Charlie
recompense or recompense at all. Thank you for anything at all that someone does for Debian would be the correct response I imagine. Charlie -- http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/ - Registered Linux User:- 329524

squeeze installation: monitor problem?

2011-02-20 Thread Charlie
I have an i386 machine that ran etch and was upgraded to lenny. After a squeeze upgrade did not work, I decided to install from scratch, using a CD with netinst. The intallation seemed to go all right until the reboot. At that time, my monitor went completely dark after displaying a video

UUID help for ignoramous?

2011-02-11 Thread Charlie
I have an i386 machine that has been running lenny. Something went wrong during a recent upgrade, and the machine now does not boot, except in single-user mode. I think I need to update the device names, but do not know what is involved in doing this. Is there a link with information for

Re: best labtop for debian

2011-02-08 Thread Charlie
but hard drive had to be replaced after 4 years. Brother in law used a Toshiba A100 for 4 years and then passed it onto me, and it's sound as a drum. He used it as a desktop as well. It didn't need any replacements over that time. Hope that helps. Charlie -- http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy

Re: Installing Squeeze with only wireless network available

2011-02-07 Thread Charlie
find it likewise. Charlie -- http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/ - Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** You cannot avoid paradise. You can only avoid seeing it. CHARLOTTE JOKO BECK

Re: (no subject)

2011-01-25 Thread Charlie
in one way or another. Be well, Charlie -- http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/ - Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** What do you want to get enlightened for? You may not like it. - SHUNRYU SUZUKI

Re: sequence of screenshots?

2011-01-23 Thread Charlie
this consistently every 0.X seconds... fbcat looked hopeful until I realized that nvidia doesn't seem to have aan fb device under /dev. Is there a way to do this?? Thoughts are welcome! Maybe wink? Charlie -- http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/ - Registered

Re: [OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware (was: Monitor question)

2010-12-30 Thread Charlie
://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm It's in the Crucial Background Information section.     .''`.        Stephen Powell      Your email program [Modest 3.2] must have broken it, because it wasn't broken here? Charlie -- http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy

Re: [OT] Re: google chrome big brother - erratum

2010-12-18 Thread Charlie
On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:25:13 + Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com shared this with us all: AFAIK, what is open source is Chromium but not Chrome. Can anyone explain this* (which is the reason why I have not yet installed Chromium). Thanks, Lisi ~$ aptitude search chromium-browser i

Re: Frustration made me do it.

2010-11-19 Thread Charlie
and like it very much. Changed when the problems [blessing as it turned out] with KDE and Kmail started. Charlie -- http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/ Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** If you aren't a little bit

Debian server down...............?

2010-11-10 Thread Charlie
: 64.50.236.52 80] Err http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing Release.gpg Connection failed Err http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release.gpg Connection failed [IP: 150.203.164.38 80] Thanks in advance. Charlie -- http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy

Re: Debian server down...............?

2010-11-10 Thread Charlie
that's the problem. Be well, Charlie -- http://www.skymesh.net.au/~taogypsy/ Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience

Re: Multimedia - aptitude message...........

2010-10-04 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:55:41 +0200 godo go...@dobosevic.com shared this with us all: Wondering what the problem might be? It is fixed I am just upgraded my Squeeze. Thank you, so it is with me. -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** There is no

Multimedia - aptitude message...........

2010-10-03 Thread Charlie
the problem might be? Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect. ...Henry David Thoreau

Re: Multimedia - aptitude message...........

2010-10-03 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 22:42:13 +0100 Angus Hedger demide...@gmail.com shared this with us all: I also get this problem, it will clear soon enough, just an error in the repo. Thank you, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** Live your life, do

Re: What is Recommend CLI Package Manager Tool for Newb?

2010-08-27 Thread Charlie
question on the list - share your experience. I think that's how it's supposed to work the Debian way. HTH Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me, the fireplace; behind me, the post

Re: iceweasel doesn't open research.microsoft.com

2010-06-29 Thread Charlie
too often. Thank you, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference. .Voltaire *** Debian, just the best way to create magic

Re: DVD/CD Read Issues

2010-05-16 Thread Charlie
wouldn't pick it up. /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 Then things started to work again. Just in case this may help you. Be well, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . Must be out-of-doors enough to get

Re: How to Find a Printer Driver?

2010-05-10 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 10 May 2010 14:16:21 -0500 Kent West we...@acu.edu shared this with us all: Something I've never figured out with Debian is how to know which package to install to get a certain printer driver. I know I've printed to this HP Color Laserjet CM3530 from a Debian box before, but I have no

Re: Running GNOME with 128 MB RAM - Painfully slow?

2010-04-05 Thread Charlie
32MB RAM 10 GB hard drive celeron 650 CPU and it is slow, good for only very simple low resource tasks with 250MB swap Hope that helps. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . Men are born to succeed, not to fail

Re: Better workaround - switch KMS off, Was: debian/testing systems stopped to boot after upgrade between 20.02 and 22.02

2010-02-24 Thread Charlie
, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars. What

Re: Better workaround - switch KMS off, Was: debian/testing systems stopped to boot after upgrade between 20.02 and 22.02

2010-02-24 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:39:00 -0500 Frank McCormick debianl...@videotron.ca shared this with us all: I've already noted my problem on the KMS page of the Debian wiki; you might want to, too: http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting Now that's strange. I had to turn on KMS on my Intel 865

Re: debian/testing systems stopped to boot after upgrade between 20.02 and 22.02

2010-02-23 Thread Charlie
* then type in startx * You'll see your whole screen go from completely black without anything to a shade of dark grey without anything, and then, in my case at least, my ~/.xsession script cuts in, and xstarts HTH Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524

Re: debian/testing systems stopped to boot after upgrade between 20.02 and 22.02

2010-02-23 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:23:51 +0100 Sjoerd Hardeman sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl shared this with us all: Charlie schreef: On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:48:31 +0100 wzab w...@ise.pw.edu.pl shared this with us all: Hi, I have two different debian/testing systems. The common feature is the Intel

Re: Better workaround - switch KMS off, Was: debian/testing systems stopped to boot after upgrade between 20.02 and 22.02

2010-02-23 Thread Charlie
my kernels without initrd). Only a standard apt-get update; apt-get upgrade has been done. Thank you for letting us know what the fix was Wojtek. It is much appreciated by me at least. Be well, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . What

Re: Blank screen..........

2010-02-22 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:10:36 +0900 Osamu Aoki os...@debian.org sent this information: Hi, On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 01:29:12PM +1100, charlie wrote: Using Debian testing After this mornings upgrade, rebooted and the Acer Aspire 3614 laptop boots and I get the grub list of kernels and when

Blank screen..........

2010-02-21 Thread charlie
- obviously changed something and now am unable to get anything on the monitor. Any suggestions would be welcome. TIA Charlie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org

POP timestamp in message-ID invalid

2010-02-09 Thread Charlie
me it is purely a Linux problem/error, and nothing to do with them. This happens every now and again, and I've googled the error message but am not able to understand anything that appears to have all or some of the keywords. Thanks in advance. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524

Re: POP timestamp in message-ID invalid

2010-02-09 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:58:20 + (UTC) Camaleón noela...@gmail.com shared this with us all: On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:06:06 +1100, Charlie wrote: mailfilter: Examining 8 message(s). mailfilter: Error: POP timestamp in message-ID invalid. mailfilter: Error: Parsing the header of message 7 failed

Re: Mplayer - can it play audio cd's.........

2010-02-02 Thread Charlie
it again. Be well, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience

Re: Mplayer - can it play audio cd's.........

2010-02-02 Thread Charlie
it doesn't work for me Stephen. Obviously my lappy doesn't have the cable lead from CDROM to speaker. :-( sigh But just reading the man page that little application is a treasure for any lappy where they haven't decided to save another .10cents and pt n the cable. Thanks again, Charlie

Re: Mplayer - can it play audio cd's.........

2010-02-02 Thread Charlie
that subject. Thanks again, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . Bitter morning: sparrows sitting without necks James W. Hackett . Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic

Re: Sound - none happening.......

2010-02-01 Thread Charlie
much appreciated. I am Listening to Iz - Somewhere Over the Rainbow as I type out my gratitude. Stay well, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . Things of the past are already gone And things to be, Distant beyond imagining. The Tao

Re: Sound - none happening.......

2010-02-01 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:50:18 +1100 Charlie wrote: # alsamixergui what shows? (master, pcm, front, surro, center, etc.?) thx. I must apologise to you - you had the right idea regarding that the appropriate (master, pcm, front, surro, center, etc.?) may be muted, but as I mentioned to Florian

Mplayer - can it play audio cd's.........

2010-02-01 Thread Charlie
Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. - W J Bryan . Debian GNU

Re: Mplayer - can it play audio cd's......... solved....

2010-02-01 Thread Charlie
://1. Exiting... (End of file) So tried: $ mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/hdb cdda://1 Using the actual device name worked. So that might be the case with Totem as well? Thanks for your time and input. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524

Re: Mplayer - can it play audio cd's.........

2010-02-01 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:11:04 -0500 (EST) Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.com shared this with us all: On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:35:39 -0500 (EST), Charlie wrote: Now I have sound working, though I might listen to an audio CD. Yeah right. Missing something again. Can't get an audio CD playing

Re: Mplayer - can it play audio cd's.........

2010-02-01 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:10:22 +0200 Teemu Likonen tliko...@iki.fi shared this with us all: * 2010-02-02 13:35 (+1100), Charlie wrote: $ mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/media/cdrom1 cdda://track1 gives this error message: Are you sure that the device name is correct? How about this: $ mplayer

Re: Sound - none happening.......

2010-01-31 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:28:54 -0700 pplaw pp...@pcisys.net sent this information: On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 03:04:10PM +1100, Charlie wrote: Hello, Always had trouble getting sound to work with Debian, never had it working with Squeeze, though I might see if I could get it going again

Re: Sound - none happening.......

2010-01-31 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:23:01 +0100 Florian Kulzer florian.kulzer+deb...@icfo.es shared this with us all: On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 15:04:10 +1100, Charlie wrote: Hello, Always had trouble getting sound to work with Debian, never had it working with Squeeze, though I might see if I could get

Re: Sound - none happening.......

2010-01-31 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:14:25 +0100 Florian Kulzer florian.kulzer+deb...@icfo.es shared this with us all: On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 22:55:51 +1100, Charlie wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:23:01 +0100 Florian Kulzer shared this with us all: On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 15:04:10 +1100, Charlie wrote

Sound - none happening.......

2010-01-30 Thread Charlie
, or see what I'm missing. I've been without any sound so long, I don't really miss it, but it would just be nice to have my Squeeze system working as it should. TIA Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . At a given moment I open my eyes

Re: one website gives address not found

2010-01-29 Thread Charlie
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:21:50 + Adam Hardy adam@cyberspaceroad.com shared this with us all: I'm mystified by this error on one website http://www.trade2win.com/ error= Address not found All other websites can be browsed fine - at least I can browse everything OK and send and receive

Re: alternate web browser etc...

2010-01-01 Thread Charlie
packaged for Debian/Ubuntu. Jim Aha - didn't know it was licensed under GNU? Thanks for that. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . The path:- a question leading to other questions; query is life. .anon

Re: Upgrade script for libata transition

2009-12-29 Thread Charlie
the UUID? I use blkid Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark. .Henry David Thoreau . Debian GNU

Re: Is This Worth a Bug Report, and if so, against Which Package?

2009-11-19 Thread Charlie
and Desktops. If I install a machine for someone else then I ask what they use or want to use and install what I think will cover their need, and they can go on from there. Probably incorrect, but have always presumed taskel will suck in things I don't really need. Charlie -- Registered Linux

Re: Calendar/ reminder wanted - recommendations

2009-11-18 Thread Charlie
in much more KDE stuff than you already have? HTH Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched for they are full of the truthless ideal

Re: 503-I386 net install problem

2009-11-17 Thread Charlie
, my connection speed has been slow and and I saw just how slow when I hit F4. Hope that helps. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world

Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

2009-11-05 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:56:48 +0200 Tshepang Lekhonkhobe tshep...@gmail.com shared this with us all: Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites If something doesn't fit in any of the categories, put it under misc utilities. Please don't add what you haven't really used. You can include

Help finding a compatibility library

2009-10-25 Thread Charlie Clark
could help me sort this out. Charlie -- Charlie Clark Helmholtzstr. 20 Düsseldorf D- 40215 Tel: +49-211-938-5360 GSM: +49-178-782-6226 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

K9copy error in Debian-Lenny

2009-10-16 Thread charlie
for title 4 (VTS_04_0.BUP). KCrash: Application 'k9copy' crashing... Any ideas would be appreciated. Thank you, Charlie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc - error - is this a problem?

2009-10-02 Thread Charlie
Hello Everyone, System Debian Testing [Squeeze] after upgrade: As root did: dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc Got the error messages below: # dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc info: Checking if it is safe to convert to dependency based boot. error: Unable to migrate to dependency based boot sequencing. error:

Re: dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc - error - is this a problem?

2009-10-02 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:57:22 +0300 Γιώργος Πάλλας gp...@ccf.auth.gr sent this information: Charlie wrote: Hello Everyone, System Debian Testing [Squeeze] after upgrade: As root did: dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc Got the error messages below: # dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc info: Checking

Wondering about Debian security????????

2009-10-02 Thread Charlie
...@debian.org Have CC'd this to the e-address shown as well. Have put my upgrade on hold. Thanks for any clarification regarding this in advance. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare..Harriet

Re: Wondering about Debian security????????

2009-10-02 Thread Charlie
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 11:52:52 +0900 Osamu Aoki os...@debian.org sent this information: On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 08:47:27AM +1000, Charlie wrote: Hello Everyone, I get this message with aptitude update: Reading package lists... Done W: GPG error: http://security.debian.org

Re: X crashing after upgrade: urgent!

2009-09-29 Thread Charlie
I rely on. Hope someone can help you as quickly as you require. Be well, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance. ..Henry David Thoreau

How do you install flash player?

2009-09-25 Thread Charlie Dorff
Hi... I was wondering if someone could explain how to install flash player on debian? Thank you. Charlie

Thank you for helping me install skype

2009-09-19 Thread Charlie Dorff
Hi... I just wanted to thank everyone that responded to my email. I was able to install skype and it is working great. Charlie

Why can't I install skype on debian?

2009-09-17 Thread Charlie Dorff
Hi... I installed debian using a netinstall and then tried to install skype but got an error message saying could not open skype-debian_2.1.0.47-1_1386.deb. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Thanks in advance. Charlie

How do you put a debian iso image onto a usb flash drive?

2009-09-17 Thread Charlie Dorff
Hi... Could someone please explain how to put a debian iso image onto a usb flash drive? Thank you in advance. Charlie

On boot - firewall warning.......

2009-09-04 Thread Charlie
) This is guarddog I'm using and the file referred to says don't edit Googled but don't find anything specific to this? Is this something to worry about? TIA Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . You cannot stay on the summit forever. You have to come

Re: Can't recall the package name..........

2009-08-26 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:57:35 +0530 Kousik Maiti kousiks...@gmail.com sent this information: Use cups. Thank you Kousik -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . Life is this simple: We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and the

Either - or kpdf or xpdf print with cups...........

2009-08-26 Thread Charlie
Hello all, Have been googling without much success: Trying to find the KDE package that contains kpdf - says it's kdegraphics, but it doesn't show up when installed or How do I configure xpdf to print with cups? Either will get me out of immediate trouble. TIA Charlie -- Registered Linux

Re: Either - or kpdf or xpdf print with cups...........

2009-08-26 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:21:38 +0200 Sjoerd Hardeman sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl shared this with us all: Charlie schreef: Hello all, Have been googling without much success: Trying to find the KDE package that contains kpdf - says it's kdegraphics, but it doesn't show up when installed Do

Re: Either - or kpdf or xpdf print with cups...........

2009-08-26 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:21:38 +0200 Sjoerd Hardeman sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl shared this with us all: Do you use squeeze or sid? In KDE4 kpdf has been replaced with okular Thank you Sjoerd, okular I have. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524

Re: Either - or kpdf or xpdf print with cups...........

2009-08-26 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:36:30 +0200 Sjoerd Hardeman sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl shared this with us all: Charlie schreef: On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:21:38 +0200 Sjoerd Hardeman sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl shared this with us all: Charlie schreef: Hello all, Have been googling without much

Re: Either - or kpdf or xpdf print with cups...........

2009-08-26 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:48:30 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West and...@farwestbilliards.com shared this with us all: On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:33:50PM +1000, Charlie wrote: On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:21:38 +0200 Sjoerd Hardeman sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl shared this with us all: Charlie schreef

Can't recall the package name..........

2009-08-25 Thread Charlie
Just got a new hard drive after the old one died, trying to get printer working, can't recall the package name that has all the printer information and drivers. Can someone please inform me. Thank you Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524

Re: Can't recall the package name..........

2009-08-25 Thread Charlie
Found it thank you. Sorry for the noise. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 . The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn is you're the same fool. Sometimes I think I understand everything. Then I

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

2009-08-14 Thread Charlie Kroeger
Once I got used to mutt; I found it hard to adjust to any other e-mail client. The power and flexibility is intoxicating. 8-D I've always rather thought that might be the case. A sense of empowerment is always welcome. Thanks for the suggestion. Open an Xterm window and all will be revealed.

Re: installing a realtek 8139 lan card on 2.4.18

2009-08-13 Thread Charlie Kroeger
I am trying to install a realtek 8139 lan card on an old debian machine - 2.4.18-bf2.4 I don't like to sound the bleeding obvious but I would suspect the driver for that card might already be in a later kernel. The 2.4x kernel represents less refinement than the 2.6x kernel. -- CK -- To

Re: How to get ARCH...............

2009-08-13 Thread Charlie
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charlie wrote: I think this is a reinstall for me, but just thought someone might be able to point me to some documentation so this isn't required. The system is fully backed up, so I can try some things

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

2009-08-12 Thread Charlie Kroeger
Well I was primarily wanting to stay with stable as this is an older laptop Hummm..well you could try Opera. They have a lighter faster up-to-scratch browser. Put this in your sources.list: deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ sid non-free #apt-get update #apt-get install opera Can't hurt. If

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

2009-08-12 Thread Charlie Kroeger
For e-mail; mutt is my preferred MUA. Now there's a thread. Know of any clearly written logical progressive steps for setting up mutt or is it a life's work? Does it require an excessively high IQ fish? -- CK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Iceweasel 3.5

2009-08-11 Thread Charlie Kroeger
So how does one use the latest version of this web browser on Stable ? You could put these sources in your /etc/apt/sources.list and do an #apt-get update deb http://ftp.tiscali.nl/debian/ sid main contrib non-free If you have a GUI type package manager like smartpm it will show a list of all

How to get ARCH...............

2009-08-10 Thread Charlie
thought someone might be able to point me to some documentation so this isn't required. The system is fully backed up, so I can try some things, and if it breaks then will just reinstall. But if someone has some ideas that might just work... TIA Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524

Re: WRT54G WAN access failure

2009-08-07 Thread Charlie
But that might only be for satellite and it works. Hope I haven't mislead you. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ All wisdom is rooted in learning to call things by the right name. When things are properly identified, they fall into natural categories

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-29 Thread Charlie
rarely get this level of control elsewhere. manoj You've convinced me and I've changed and am using it, so far so very good. Thank you, Charlie --- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ A friend is one who incessantly pays us the compliment of expecting from

Re: Sid: Grub2 faling to boot: Unknown device UUID

2009-07-28 Thread Charlie Kroeger
Ok, another in the continuing saga. When I upgrade Grub2 which is frequently, I get the following error message when I reboot: Booting 'Debian Gnu/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-686 error: unknown argument '--no-floppy' failed to boot default entries. press any key to continue. If I press any key I

Kmail................

2009-07-23 Thread Charlie
processes as I can but that makes no difference to it's slug like operation. I'm just curious; wonder - is this what should be expected from Kmail from now on, only so that if this is going to be the way it runs, I won't waste my time with it again. Back to Claws Mail. TIA Charlie --- Registered

Re: Kmail................

2009-07-23 Thread Charlie
with Kmail before I uninstall it once more. Thank you again. Charlie --- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ I expected to see only pink blossoms, But a gentle spring snow has fallen And the cherry trees are wearing white coats. - Ryokan (1758-1831) Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Kmail................ not fixed...

2009-07-23 Thread Charlie
from the system; aptitude stopped FAM, so maybe it was running or that was just an explanation if it was running or not? Installed Gamin but nothing has changed. So I will do what you did and just get rid of Kmail again. Thanks for your help with this. Charlie --- Registered Linux User:- 329524

[OT] GNU - Linux and Debian.......

2009-07-21 Thread Charlie
or after? Or not be there at all? Even if most comes from GNU Debian is the one that creates it so? I'm just interested and imagine there will not be a definitive answer to this at all. Be well, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ To know that we know what we

Re: [OT] GNU - Linux and Debian.......

2009-07-21 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, Raj Kiran Grandhi shared this with us all: --} Charlie wrote: --} Just a general off topic query. --} --} I was recently informed that my signature had a problem rendering correctly on --} someone's mailer - deliniter incorrect - and was told that my signature Linux

All things KDE loading slowly.........

2009-07-12 Thread Charlie
Hello Everyone, Since the last upgrade of Debian Squeeze - all things KDE: Kedit - Kommander - KPDF etc., are taking ages to load? Was wondering if this can be fixed on my system? TIA Charlie --- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++ The government of the world I

Re: All things KDE loading slowly.........solved....

2009-07-12 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:25:55 +1000 Charlie aries...@clearmail.com.au shared this with us all: Hello Everyone, Since the last upgrade of Debian Squeeze - all things KDE: Kedit - Kommander - KPDF etc., are taking ages to load? Was wondering if this can be fixed on my system? TIA Charlie

Re: Cups - printer..........

2009-07-04 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:33:30 +0200 Florian Kulzer florian.kulzer+deb...@icfo.es shared this with us all: On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 19:07:05 +1000, Charlie wrote: On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:52:41 +0200 Florian Kulzer shared this with us all: On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 12:09:49 +1000, Charlie wrote

Re: Debian mirror in Australia [was Re: Cups - printer..........]

2009-07-04 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:12:53 +0930 Arthur Marsh arthur.ma...@internode.on.net shared this with us all: Charlie wrote, on 2009-07-05 08:34: ... The following NEW packages will be installed: ghostscript-cups 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get

Re: Cups - printer..........

2009-07-04 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:33:30 +0200 Florian Kulzer wrote: Which version of ghostscript-cups is installed on your system? Thank you Florian, Installed ghostscript-cups and the printer works once again. Your help is much appreciated. Charlie --- Registered Linux User:- 329524

Re: Cups - printer..........

2009-07-03 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:52:41 +0200 Florian Kulzer florian.kulzer+deb...@icfo.es shared this with us all: On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 12:09:49 +1000, Charlie wrote: Hello Everyone, Could someone please tell me what they have in their: Cups server Host and Port when they do: kaddprinterwizard

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