Re: Window Manager Probs *sigh*

2002-03-22 Thread csj
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 06:46:58 -0800 (PST) SJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm really not sure what I did wrong, but... > > After doing an apparently clean install of debian linux on a > new system, Gnome does not come up Window Maker does. I > know we installed Gnome but it's not even in the

Re: cdda2wav or cdparanoia ?

2002-03-22 Thread csj
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 22:47:20 + Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > cdda2wav and cdparanoia both run fine to extract the tracks of a CD-audio > what is the advantage to use one rather than another ? > TIA for an advice. cdparanoia has more error-checking options

Re: Debian and PDAs.

2002-03-20 Thread csj
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 05:46:05AM -0500, Erin Lewy wrote: > So the thought occurred to me that I could get a PDA with a stow-away > keyoard and basically use that in laptop capacity, as a few of my > friends are doing. A few months ago I would have recommended a Psion (series 5 or the cutesy Re

Re: Installing Debian or Linux

2002-03-20 Thread csj
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 05:32:12PM +1100, John Lynch wrote: > Thanks a lot Matthew and everyone else. > > okay, here's another 2 questions. > > What is the best Linux OS to install for a newbie, and it still connects to > the net and has Windows XP as the default OS? > > and also, Would 1 gig b

Re: Movies, MPEG, and DVDs

2002-03-19 Thread csj
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 06:26:15AM -0700, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > What about creating movies, doing MPEG-2 compression and burning DVD > that will work on "normal" (non-computer) players. > > I understand that this is still an "art". Some standalone DVD players can play VCDs, which can be prod

[OT] Redefinition of Black Market [was Re: Screen-free Linux?]

2002-03-18 Thread csj
On 17 Mar 2002 14:21:32 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2002-03-16 at 18:09, csj wrote: > > On 16 Mar 2002 14:19:36 -0600 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 18:58, csj wrote: > > > [

emacs and ncurses

2002-03-16 Thread csj
Am I right to assume that emacs can't run an ncurses-based program properly? Sample tcsh session from within emacs: alpha:~/GNUstep> ls m1;34mDefaultsm 1;34mLibrarym alpha:~/GNUstep> Sample ash session from within emacs: $ ls Defaults Library If not, is there a config option I should set? Or

Re: Screen-free Linux?

2002-03-16 Thread csj
On 16 Mar 2002 14:19:36 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 18:58, csj wrote: > [snip] > > sound-card plus speaker/headset setup". In other words: a computer > > whose parts you can assemble from the black market. Nothing > >

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

2002-03-16 Thread csj
On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:24:52 -0600 Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vineet> If a simple change can make it more appropriate for his > Vineet> daughter and daughters around the world, great! If everyone > > Not at the expense of freedom of speech. Some of my neighbors > in

Re: Screen-free Linux?

2002-03-16 Thread csj
Two replies cut'n'pasted into one: (Post 1) On 15 Mar 2002 11:08:48 -0600 John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > csj writes: > > What I'm looking for is a species of Linux that lets users interact > > with the computer without the use of a monitor. > >

Re: /etc/issue

2002-03-15 Thread csj
On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:43:47 -0500 Michael Kines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I accidentally erased my /etc/issue . > Now, when I switch alt-ctrl f1, there is no > indication of what tty I am on. Where can > I get that back again? Thanks. more /etc/issue Debian GNU/\s 3.0 \n \l

Screen-free Linux?

2002-03-15 Thread csj
I've just about had it with software projects trying to create the perfect windowing environment. Sorry, but I think perfection has already been breached by the Windows 95 GUI. What I'm looking for is a species of Linux that lets users interact with the computer without the use of a monitor. And

Re: How do remove frozen messages from Exim Queue?

2002-03-14 Thread csj
On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:59:54 -0500 Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 07:55:24PM +0100, Troels Petersen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How do I remove frozen messages from the exim queue, messages like : > > > > (output from 'exim -bp') > > > > 14d 1.7K 16gLfk-0001Ka-00

Re: cdrw and cdrom: do ide and master/slave matter?

2002-03-14 Thread csj
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 22:52:59 -0500 Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cheryl Homiak([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: [apologies to Wayne for snipping his post; I didn't catch the original] > > Also, the person installing this can get the best price for me on a > > lite-on cdrw,

Need help building emacs21 on testing

2002-03-12 Thread csj
The following is the tail of piped stderr from attempting to build ("debuild -b -uc -us") emacs21 on an essentially testing system. Can anybody guess what package I'm missing or need to upgrade? "apt-get build-dep" doesn't complain about anything. > tail -n 15 ../stderr Checking /xa/build/debian/n

Re: truncate utility (not split)

2002-03-12 Thread csj
On 11 Mar 2002 13:25:06 -0800 Caleb Shay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems to me that you should be able to do this with dd. You're absolutely right. Reminds me of someone's Linux motto: You want it, you have it. > On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 11:59, csj wrote: > > Is

Re: apt-get source vs. binary

2002-03-12 Thread csj
On 11 Mar 2002 23:46:11 -0500 James Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I install via apt-get source and compile the package, then > install. apt-get -u upgrade wants to replace my compiled version with > the binary package from debian servers, of the same version. Ever time > I install a pa

Re: Wine

2002-03-12 Thread csj
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:30:03 +1030 Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom Cook wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know how to make windoze programs I run under Wine stick to > > one desktop? I can figure it out, and it doesn't seem to be > > WM-specific. I am using IceWM. Maybe this ca

truncate utility (not split)

2002-03-11 Thread csj
Is there a utility to truncate files such that a single smaller piece or no more than two pieces are produced? Something like: (1) original_file -> small_chunk (bigger_2nd_chunk discarded) (2) original_file -> (smaller_1st_chunk discarded) big_chunk (3) original_file -> small_chunk + big_chunk sp

Re: copying/creating VCDs

2002-03-10 Thread csj
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 02:21:54 +1100 Davor Balder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there an easy way to create copies of VCDs? I know there is a > special format (two tracks according to specifications)... I guess I > could just simply copy the actual mpeg file from the CD... But, is > there an easy

Re: Still looking to replace Eudora

2002-03-10 Thread csj
On Sat, 9 Mar 2002 23:28:31 -0800 "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > In general, I find the MDI paradigm to be frustrating to the extreme, > and the alternatives provided by GNU/Linux are far superior (IMVAO). Then why do you continuously plug galeon? ;-)

Re: Wheel mouse

2002-03-09 Thread csj
On Fri, 08 Mar 2002 21:17:27 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Toffetti wrote: > > >Hi ! > > > >I've searched through the archives looking for the correct > >configuration of a three wheel mouse (in my case, it's a Genius Optical > >NetScroll+ Eye PS/2) I just bought on

Re: The future of Debian install??

2002-03-09 Thread csj
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 15:19:59 -0500 "Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 08/03/02 Manoj Srivastava did speaketh: > > >I beg to differ. A computer is a marvelous, versatile, > > flexible, configurable tool, and, I prefer to actually learn how > > to use ones tools. > >

Re: Debian install for beginners?

2002-03-08 Thread csj
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 21:27:47 +0530 "Sridhar M.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try fluxbox. It is fast and light. I particularly like its tabbed > window arrangement. I have this one installed. Somehow I don't know how the tabs work. Are they just fancy decorations? Are they anything like Galeon

Re: User name in email address

2002-03-08 Thread csj
On Fri, 08 Mar 2002 12:45:36 + Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul 'Baloo' Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > /etc/passwd. I don't see why this is a problem, since you can change it > > in most mail readers. > > No problem, just that > > a. I couldn't for th

Re: OT: Aliens in the heavans (was Re: seti@home)

2002-03-06 Thread csj
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 10:13:56 + Alan James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 10:06:22PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Not to US, but just out in _EVERY_ direction, since that alien civ > > doesn't know in what direction the receiving civ is. > > apt-get install alien > >

Re: XFree86 4.1.x ATI Radeon support?

2002-03-06 Thread csj
On 05 Mar 2002 22:38:57 -0500 Scott Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 20:33, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > So, can I get myself a Radeon card? > Yes you can. I have Radeon VE, which is a Radeon 7500 but suped up... > It runs fine under E... also I personally think it runs

Re: ALSA or XMMS problem?

2002-03-05 Thread csj
On Mon, 04 Mar 2002 08:45:46 +0100 Stefan Bellon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Caleb Shay wrote: > > > Actually, you DON'T need the aalsa xmms plugin (which is good, since > > it's no longer available, AFAIK). If you edit > > /etc/alsa/alsa-base.conf there is a line near the top that says >

Re: cdrom music

2002-03-05 Thread csj
On Mon, 04 Mar 2002 14:56:53 -0500 David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have come to the conclusion that the reason why I can't mount a > > music cd is because the type entry in fstab is iso9660, which is not > > the format for a music cd. > >

Re: Getting lm-sensors to detect fan speed, etc

2002-03-05 Thread csj
On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 16:58:19 + Simon Hepburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 04 Mar 2002 1:28 am, csj wrote: > > > > eeprom-i2c-0-50 > > Adapter: bt848 #0 > > Are you sure your mobo supports hardware monitoring ? You don't appear to >

Re: AVI/DivX -> MPEG1 converter?

2002-03-05 Thread csj
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 06:12:16 -0300 Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear people, > > I have some AVI files that I need to transform into VCDs. > > I understand that there are already programs for Linux > (vcdimager and cdrdao) that are able to create VCD image

Getting lm-sensors to detect fan speed, etc

2002-03-03 Thread csj
I have built the lm-sensors modules and what-not, and run sensors-detect and modprobe'd, etc. When I run sensors, however, all I get is: :~> sensors eeprom-i2c-0-50 Adapter: bt848 #0 Algorithm: Bit-shift algorithm eeprom-i2c-1-50 Adapter: SMBus Via Pro adapter at 5000 Algorithm: Non-I2C SMBus ad

Re: mpeg encoder

2002-03-03 Thread csj
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 20:41:39 +0100 Markus Grunwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello ! > > > > I am looking for a simple, no-frills mpeg encoder that will allow > > > me to make mpegs of a sequence of images. > > I can recommend sampeg (search google) IF it doesn't segfault > immediately on

Re: WordPerfect Office 2000 on Debian

2002-03-02 Thread csj
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 13:29:01 + Phillip Deackes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why is it taking so long to get decent GUI wordprocessing in Linux? > StarOffice is OK, but version 5 was/is a joke the way it enforces the > riduculous SO desktop on users. We do need something similar to MS Office,

Re: Where do the plugins for galeon live?

2002-03-01 Thread csj
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:15:44 -0500 stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm getting really fond of Galeon, and want to make it my default browser > (testting machine). > > Where do teh plugins for thsi get put? I need to check and see how it's set > up, and add any plugins that I'm missing. I d

Re: CorelDRAW replacement

2002-03-01 Thread csj
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 11:03:16 +0800 "Paolo Falcone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to look for a replacement for my CorelDRAW suite. What I > need is a program that would convert.CDR files to some open format, > then maybe another vector/spline based program that would do somehow > the

Re: OT: scsi vs ide: some data

2002-03-01 Thread csj
On 28 Feb 2002 23:48:28 -0500 Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't have any IDE drives to test, but I can offer my main reason on > going scsi instead of IDE. I still think that SCSI offers better > response performance than IDE, while they are often close on raw data > transfer. I've had

Re: Best player for Divx, AFS, AVI etc.

2002-02-25 Thread csj
On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 04:16:51 + Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BTW, keep in mind that many mov files you find will > > be encoded in a quicktime format that is proprietary > > and unavailable on Linux. Unless somebody else knows > > something new that I haven't heard yet... > > Y

Re: Mail clients (and text editors)

2002-02-24 Thread csj
On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 09:41:54 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 09:33:55AM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > > > > Sylpheed is quite nice. I don't use it myself because I don't want to be > > dependent on an X app to read my mail (I use mutt), but my wife switched > > to Sylphee

Re: CD-RW as user; newbie question.

2002-02-23 Thread csj
On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 14:44:41 -0500 (EST) Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe I'm missing something, but there is already a group called cdrom, > and my impression is that is group is intended for writing operations to > cds. > > faheem ~>ls -la /dev/scd0 > brw-rw1 root

Re: Diagnosing poor performance

2002-02-21 Thread csj
On 21 Feb 2002 22:30:53 + Patrick Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have switched to twm which offers all the window management I need. If you want that light, blackbox looks much better. > It seems that I was simply loading the equivalent of three operating > systems by using kde and gno

Re: XINE question

2002-02-21 Thread csj
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 23:27:03 +0800 "Paolo Falcone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello: > > I just backported XINE from unstable to Potato. When I tried to run XINE, > it didn't even proceed past the splash screen. Here's the output message: > > This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.

Re: Procmail and Mutt questions ?

2002-02-21 Thread csj
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 23:54:16 + Iain Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 06:20:47PM +0100, R. Pac wrote: > > how should I filter mail with procmail ? > > I want to put each mail from the same person in a directory like > > ~/Mail/person_name > > Would help to know w

Re: How to remove Home and Trash icons from Nautilus

2002-02-20 Thread csj
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 22:56:43 +0100 Balazs Javor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to tell Nautilus, not to put the > home and trash icons on the desktop? > It keeps revreating them... > And what's worse even if chose to view home dir on the > desktop (the contents) it will put those

Re: Downloading deb's

2002-02-19 Thread csj
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 07:21:33 +0700 (WIT) Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Ayman Haidar wrote: > > the easiest way if you don't want to use apt-get is : > >wget -i debs_file > > > > where debs_file is a file with url's for the debs that you want. > > This would b

Re: procmail filter to catch ????????????????????

2002-02-19 Thread csj
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:53:20 + Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thats where the text is in Chinese or Korean or some such character > > set. Just set procmail to block that character set and you'll never see > > them again. Unless of course you do speak Korean in which case

Re: [OT] Suggestion for next Debian release

2002-02-19 Thread csj
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:50:02 -0800 ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > as far as the shift key is concerned, do you really contend that any phrase > consisting of a misplaced sequence of english words that, by your own > suggestion, might be rendered apparent in its meaning only through > forek

Re: UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-02-19 Thread csj
gt; > > > If you want a further test, reply to me and Cc: to the list. I believe > > Sylpheed's Reply button is intelligent enough to discriminate. > > Ahh, maybe that's it. Since the version I had been using only had two > buttons (Reply, Reply All

Re: [OT] Suggestion for next Debian release

2002-02-19 Thread csj
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:08:14 +1030 Tom Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > csj wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 10:41:48AM +1030, Tom Cook wrote: > > > Wendell Cochran wrote: > > > > > > > > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 03

Re: UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-02-18 Thread csj
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 14:26:43 -0800 "Eric G. Miller" wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 02:08:47AM +0800, csj wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 23:14:46 -0800 > > "Eric G. Miller" wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 01:04:49AM -0600, Alex Mal

Re: [OT] Suggestion for next Debian release

2002-02-18 Thread csj
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 10:41:48AM +1030, Tom Cook wrote: > Wendell Cochran wrote: > > > > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 03:52:42 +0100 > > Carel Fellinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > > > > > > > > and here is really no interest in ridiculing anyone and > > > > > > less someone who would formulate construct

Re: UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-02-18 Thread csj
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 23:14:46 -0800 "Eric G. Miller" wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 01:04:49AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 19:13, Tom Cook wrote: > > > > > While we're at it, how about setting the 'Reply-To' header to > > > debian-user@lists.debian.org, so I can hit

Re: cdrecord can't find scsi modules

2002-02-17 Thread csj
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 01:46:43PM -0500, James Hughes wrote: [sssnip] > Well, recompiling the kernel without ide/atapi support did the trick. > And adding hdb=ide-scsi (as well as hdc=ide-sci) to the kernel command > line. And moving the /dev/cdrom simlink to /dev/scd8. Also, linking > /dev/cdr

Re: Procmail's {cur,new,tmp} subdirs

2002-02-16 Thread csj
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 19:33:24 +0100 Martin Wuertele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, csj wrote: > > > Having wrestled with mutt, I'm now trying to get procmail to work. > > From the looks of it, I've set up my .procmailrc correctly. &

Procmail's {cur,new,tmp} subdirs

2002-02-16 Thread csj
Having wrestled with mutt, I'm now trying to get procmail to work. >From the looks of it, I've set up my .procmailrc correctly. /var/mail/foo is a big fat zero ;-) Mail which I set up as: :0 * ^X-Mailing-List.*debian-user inbox/Debian/Debian-User/ does get dumped in

Re: shutdown/halt as user

2002-02-15 Thread csj
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 04:56:33AM -0500, Bob Thibodeau wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 09:49:34AM +0100, Romuald DELAVERGNE wrote: > > Le 2002.02.15 02:29, Bob Thibodeau a ?crit : > > >It's more secure than suid, but anyone with physical access to the > > >machine can stop it. > > > > Anyway, so

Re: mozilla-browser 0.9.8-1 help

2002-02-15 Thread csj
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 01:39:54PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > begin Greg C. Madden quotation: > > > This won't help your current predicament but I use 'mozilla' instead of > > 'mozilla-browser'. This upgrades nine packages, Galeon, mail-news, > > browser, -psm,.. & libs. > > I don't know abo

Re: is there a nice frontend to procmail for creating some recipes?

2002-02-14 Thread csj
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 12:42:24PM -0500, Stuart Krivis wrote: > There is dot-procmail. I don't know if that's simple enough though... :-) > > --On Thursday, February 14, 2002 10:54:31 -0500 Walter Tautz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I am thinking of some console or gui driven tool that coul

Getting mutt to respect mailto ?Body

2002-02-13 Thread csj
Okay, it seems I want to get mutt to dance. I've created a snippet of HTML (attached) with a link that's supposed to trigger an email with the body filled out. Mutt respects the To: and Subject: of the mailto: link, but not the option for Body, which is jammed into the Subject: line. The HTML code

Re: gnome question

2002-02-13 Thread csj
On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 04:32:20PM +0700, Bambang Purnomosidi D. P. wrote: > On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 16:11, Matt Thompson wrote: > > Hoe do I make it so gnome does not blank out my screen after 3 minutes? It > > is getting really annoying when i am reading something. I've looked > > online, > >

Re: Arbitrarily setting From: header in Mutt

2002-02-12 Thread csj
On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 03:37:03PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 02:22:30AM +0800, csj wrote: [...] > You can edit the headers individually in the screen that appears after > you compose the body but before you actually send (where you can also > add attachments).

Re: How to set mutt's Sender = From header

2002-02-12 Thread csj
On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 01:16:34PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > csj([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > I've been banging my .muttrc for over 3 hours now. I now think it might be > > an exim config problem. I've set various combinations of "set envelop

Re: Arbitrarily setting From: header in Mutt

2002-02-12 Thread csj
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:53:29 -0800 Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > begin csj quotation: [...] > > My question: how do I arbitrarily set the From: header in Mutt. I know about > > stuff like my_hdr and /etc/email-addresses. What I want to know is if > >

How to set mutt's Sender = From header

2002-02-12 Thread csj
I've been banging my .muttrc for over 3 hours now. I now think it might be an exim config problem. I've set various combinations of "set envelope_from" ~/.in muttrc to no avail. The Sender: header is still extracted from my /etc/email-addresses. I want mutt to get Sender: from the From: header of m

Re: Package a single binary.

2002-02-11 Thread csj
On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 04:58:43PM -0700, Blake Barnett wrote: > What's the simplest way to package a single binary? It just needs to be > installed in a certain directory with certain permissions. Should I > just create a custom Makefile with an install section to 'install' it? > > Is there a

Arbitrarily setting From: header in Mutt

2002-02-11 Thread csj
This is partly a test of my spanking new Mutt installation. So excuse me if some things like mail wrap fails. My question: how do I arbitrarily set the From: header in Mutt. I know about stuff like my_hdr and /etc/email-addresses. What I want to know is if there's a way to do it so I don't have to

Re: ati radeon XF86Config

2002-02-09 Thread csj
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002 00:36:53 -0800 Aaron Brashears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just went out and got an ATI Radeon to replace my dusty old video > card. However, X doesn't seem to like my configuration for it, and > won't start as a result. > > Can anyone supply a copy of their working XF86Conf

Re: W32/Myparty

2002-02-08 Thread csj
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 01:07:52 -0500 (EST) Jeremy Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, csj wrote: > > On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 21:06:52 -0500 > > "Jeremy Gaddis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Wouldn't it be nicer if you didn't

Re: OT: Hot-swappable IDE drives

2002-02-06 Thread csj
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:16:00 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 10:26:17 +1100 CaT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 05:23:19PM -0600, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > > * Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I know

Re: music cd not work

2002-02-06 Thread csj
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 22:55:02 -0800 (PST) "Paul 'Baloo' Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No problem! Sorry for the bad quote, figured it would be helpful to > include the line of thought that came to the solution. > > I really kinda wish it wasn't this inobvious to solve. I have to wonder >

Re: W32/Myparty

2002-02-06 Thread csj
On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 21:06:52 -0500 "Jeremy Gaddis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gary, > > I also run Free Agent, though just for the newsgroups. > My MUA of choice is Outlook (no flames please, I'm tired > of them) and I have actually never had any problems with > it. I do virus scanning on the m

Re: unsubscribe

2002-02-03 Thread csj
On Sun, 3 Feb 2002 16:17:37 -0800 (PST) "Paul 'Baloo' Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, csj wrote: > > > > unsubscribe > > > > I think you have to place the "unsubscribe" in the subject line (as in > >

unsubscribe

2002-02-03 Thread csj
On Sun, 03 Feb 2002 21:23:37 +0100 Thierry PROBST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > unsubscribe I think you have to place the "unsubscribe" in the subject line (as in this email). CC'ed to the list so you don't get more copies of this same advice: To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: simple questions

2002-02-02 Thread csj
On 02 Feb 2002 15:26:08 +0100 Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2002-02-02 at 14:45, Alexey wrote: > > 1. How can I make a program produce no output on the shell screen if > > it has no special "quiet behavior" option and >/dev/null doesn't help? > > (the messages are

Re: Which FTP client?

2002-02-02 Thread csj
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002 09:37:20 +0100 Balazs Javor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to replace my current favorite FTP client > CuteFTP with a Linux one. > Which is the best client out there? > > I'd like to be able to: > -easyly create a queue of files and directories (recursive) > to be dow

Re: moving windows

2002-02-02 Thread csj
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002 18:00:43 +0100 martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach Karsten Bolding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.02.02.1144 +0100]: > > Is it possible to restore a windows partition from tar? > > wrong forum. Not quite. I think he wants to know if he can use the standard GNU

Re: Windows vs. Linux

2002-02-01 Thread csj
On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:08:17 -0500 Alec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 01 February 2002 01:21 pm, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > During the famous > > Linus/Tanenbaum debates of 10 years or so ago, Tanenbaum said that if > > Linux had been written for one of his OS classes, it would have receive

Re: What is a good, small, web browser?

2002-01-31 Thread csj
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:43:11 -0800 ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 31 January 2002 06:46 pm, csj wrote: > [snip] > > > > http://www.browsex.com/ > > > > And like the real thing it's free (Artistic License). Says the site: > > "

Re: What is a good, small, web browser?

2002-01-31 Thread csj
On 31 Jan 2002 20:52:19 -0500 David Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 20:44, Seneca Cunningham wrote: > > I have a small system (100MHz pentium, 900M /usr, 1024K video ram) that I > > want to access the internet on. A problem that I have is that when the > > network that I u

Re: What is a good, small, web browser?

2002-01-31 Thread csj
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:52:15 -0500 David B Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:44:01 -0500 > > So I was wondering about if there are any good, _small_ browsers like > > that. I tried mozilla on my system, and I had enough time to eat lunch > > while it started up (I have sin

Re: mac alternative to wine?

2002-01-31 Thread csj
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 23:55:38 +0100 Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 12:29:38PM -0800, Caleb Shay wrote: > > http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/B2Main.html > > > > > > On Thu, 2002-01-31 at 11:50, Stonelx wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I installed wine on my pot

Re: W32/Myparty

2002-01-31 Thread csj
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 15:15:34 -0800 (PST) "Paul 'Baloo' Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, John Cichy wrote: > > > Yes, but we might have to be more careful now, billy is going to concentrate > > on security from now on... > > Do you honestly believe it's more than the sam

Re: Wanda swam across my desktop ??

2002-01-30 Thread csj
On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:18:46 +0100 Preben Randhol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 30/01/2002 (11:13) : > > > > Oh c'mon. There's a reason for the fish. If you see the fish, it simply > > means that "You're

Re: Wanda swam across my desktop ??

2002-01-29 Thread csj
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:27:58 +0100 Preben Randhol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 29/01/2002 (11:26) : > > If you are _really_ so exercised about bloat, there's nothing > > stopping you from sending a patch along with the bug-report. I > > bet it gets implem

Re: install latest debian 2.4.16 kernelimage has devfs activated, why?

2002-01-29 Thread csj
On 29 Jan 2002 11:03:07 -0800 Dave Carrigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] > > > Just curious to hear other people's opinions on this matter, i.e. > > don't use devfs. It seems to me the debian kernel should have > > CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=n. > > Some p

Re: simple kernel question

2002-01-29 Thread csj
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 16:40:56 -0500 dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 08:23:06AM +0800, csj wrote: > | On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:28:28 -0500 > | "Eric C. Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > | > On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 03:07:18AM +

Re: root password forgotten

2002-01-28 Thread csj
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 16:00:28 -0800 "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > on Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 07:01 PM -0500, Brian J. Zuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > I'd recommend Tom's Root Boot disk(http://www.toms.net/rb/). The boot > > disk maker will run in Linux or Windows(shuts down windows and runs > > L

preconnect being executed twice

2002-01-27 Thread csj
My .fetchmailrc reads something like: set postmaster "foobear" set nobouncemail set spambounce set properties "" poll pop3.foovider.net user 'fooman' there with password 'foo123' is 'fooman' here preconnect 'scriptlet_invoking_popsneaker' My problem: my preconnect is being executed

Re: simple kernel question

2002-01-27 Thread csj
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:28:28 -0500 "Eric C. Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 03:07:18AM +0800, csj wrote: > > In what file is the definitive documentation for ALL possible kernel > > boot parameters located? Things like "hdc=ide-scsi

Re: Quake III

2002-01-26 Thread csj
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 15:21:33 -0800 ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 25 January 2002 03:07 pm, Dave Carrigan wrote: > > Corey Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > God, with wine? That'd be _glacial_. > > > > Out of curiosity, why would you say that? Have you had experience > > runn

simple kernel question

2002-01-26 Thread csj
In what file is the definitive documentation for ALL possible kernel boot parameters located? Things like "hdc=ide-scsi" or "apm=on" which you stick in your favorite bootloader. -- Humanity's future is in the stars: support a manned mission to Mars! http://www.thinkmars.net/petition/addpetition.h

Re: Xf86 4.1.0.1 configuration problem

2002-01-23 Thread csj
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 23:43:48 -0500 Conor McCutcheon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 10:25:45PM -0500, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 08:23:32PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I am trying to get X configured and started on my woody box, but I > > > can

Re: a modest proposal - Debian needs more $

2002-01-22 Thread csj
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:07:21 -0800 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "dman" == dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > dman> | I find it annoying that I can buy a Debian CD for $3.00 + shipping. > dman> | It should be more. > > dman> This is an easy problem to solve! Mail me a (valid) chec

Re: DTP Programs for Linux [Was Re: OT: Rant]

2002-01-21 Thread csj
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 11:17:45 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 09:43:12 +0800 csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 22:45:39 -0600 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 17 Jan 2002

Re: killed process still on-screen

2002-01-20 Thread csj
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 12:37:26 -0800 "Eric G. Miller" wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 13:52:25 -0500, dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 08:15:49AM +0800, csj wrote: > > | On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:42:40 -0600 > > | Nori Heikkinen <

Re: OT: Rant

2002-01-19 Thread csj
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 17:39:26 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > john wrote: > > > csj wrote: > > > > > >> > >> > >>The level of control you want for your documents is better served by a > >>dedicated DTP program lik

Re: Installing a printer and using kde as a window manager

2002-01-19 Thread csj
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 21:50:53 + Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > However, I have installed lyx - to try it out. This is NOT a kde/qt > application - I think its a gtk. It running in a kde window. When I want to > print it pops up a dialog box with a blank text box for me to

Re: killed process still on-screen

2002-01-19 Thread csj
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:42:40 -0600 Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on Thu, 17 Jan 2002 11:33:25PM +0200, Ian Balchin insinuated: > > I locked up mutt & jove while editing a message. I killed them from > > top but cannot get use of tty1 back which still shows the process. > > > > I do

Re: Cinalerra

2002-01-19 Thread csj
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 21:25:27 -0500 Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 11:46:39AM +0800, csj wrote: > > > FUD time: I remember reading somewhere in the site that cinelerra is > > being abandoned by its author because of lawsuit fears (maybe has

DTP Programs for Linux [Was Re: OT: Rant]

2002-01-19 Thread csj
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 22:45:39 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 17:39:26 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > john wrote: > > > > > csj wrote: > [snip] > > > > > > So what would you recommend

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