Re: thunderbird missing arrows for scrolling through list of email messages

2023-05-05 Thread dmacdoug
On Thu, May 04, 2023 at 10:50:27PM +0200, zithro wrote: > On 04 May 2023 22:10, Dan Ritter wrote: > > zithro wrote: > > > On 04 May 2023 21:38, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > It's not hidden, it's part of the theme. You can install and > > > > change themes -- look for packages with the keyword gtk them

Re: thunderbird missing arrows for scrolling through list of email messages

2023-04-27 Thread dmacdoug
On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 02:46:38PM +, charlie derr wrote: > Greetings fine free software people. > > A number of years ago, the little arrows at the top and bottom of the > scrollbar to the right of my "message list" view in thunderbird (I'm > currently using debian stable) disappeared. As I

Re: Putting important stuff exclusively in the subject [was: is it imminent that bookworm becomes stable?]

2023-04-25 Thread dmacdoug
On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 01:26:32PM +0800, hl wrote: > > ,  i still don't know who can read mail body but can't read subject at same > time > > what do you think if i copy/paste subject to beginning of mail body to > comply with such unwritten rule? > It's not that readers can't see both the mess

Re: shellworld.net (for visually impaired users), (was: Re: question for seasoned links users?)

2022-09-18 Thread dmacdoug
On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 08:07:15AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 04:17:45PM -0400, Maude Summerside wrote: > > [...] > > > Screen reader or not, what don't you understand by STOP TOP POSTING ? > > Look. I hate top posting as every other person. Especially in mailing >

Re: Google smtp and pop

2022-03-04 Thread dmacdoug
On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 10:59:45AM -0500, Marc Auslander wrote: > Google has now said they are pulling the plug on userid/password > authentication for apps. > > I use fetchmail and exim4 to get and send mail. Neither, AFAIK, supports > OAUTH2. I'm also still on stretch but will update if I have

Re: openssh server remote access

2021-10-21 Thread dmacdoug
On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 11:41:43PM +0300, Semih Ozlem wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I set up an openssh server and I am trying to access that machine remotely > (not from the local network. but from another ip address). I get an error > (something about port 22). What setting needs to be checked and w

Re: GTK can't load images

2020-11-11 Thread dmacdoug
On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 06:58:56PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2020-11-11 at 17:57, mmdebmail2...@marwedels.de wrote: > > > On Wednesday 11 November 2020 07:06:31 The Wanderer wrote: > > > >> At a glance, this doesn't look like it means the program thinks the > >> file isn't present, but that

Re: LibreOffice5 Writer will not load

2017-07-03 Thread dmacdoug
On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 01:00:33PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > On Sat, Jul 01, 2017 at 11:05:20PM -0700, dmacdoug wrote: > > I have LibreOffice5 installed on Debian Stretch on an Asus EeePC > > notebook which uses an Atom N455 processor. > > i386? > Yes > &

Re: LibreOffice5 Writer will not load

2017-07-03 Thread dmacdoug
On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 12:12:40PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sat, Jul 01, 2017 at 11:05:20PM -0700, dmacdoug wrote: > > I have LibreOffice5 installed on Debian Stretch on an Asus EeePC > > notebook which uses an Atom N455 processor. > > > > All the Libre

LibreOffice5 Writer will not load

2017-07-01 Thread dmacdoug
I have LibreOffice5 installed on Debian Stretch on an Asus EeePC notebook which uses an Atom N455 processor. All the LibreOffice modules seem to work fine except for Writer. When I try to launch Writer it begins loading and a banner saying "LibreOffice 5" appears across the middle of the screen

Re: No right or middle click on XFCE desktop after Upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2016-11-23 Thread dmacdoug
On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 02:57:19PM -0800, dmacdoug wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 07:50:36AM -0800, Mike Kupfer wrote: > > dmacdoug wrote: > > > > > sure enough there is no DISPLAY environment variable set. So I set it and > > > then the error message became:

Re: No right or middle click on XFCE desktop after Upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2016-11-17 Thread dmacdoug
On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 07:50:36AM -0800, Mike Kupfer wrote: > dmacdoug wrote: > > > sure enough there is no DISPLAY environment variable set. So I set it and > > then the error message became: > > > > Failed to connect to session manager: Failed to conn

Re: No right or middle click on XFCE desktop after Upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2016-11-16 Thread dmacdoug
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 07:36:29PM -0800, Mike Kupfer wrote: > dmacdoug wrote: > > > It is installed and I've tried running it from a shell. The man page > > says it should be started without arguments, but when I do that it > > says "Failed to parse arguments

Re: No right or middle click on XFCE desktop after Upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2016-11-16 Thread dmacdoug
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 07:25:14AM -0800, Mike Kupfer wrote: > dmacdoug wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 06:02:27PM -0800, Mike Kupfer wrote: > > > Is xfdesktop running? > > > No, it isn't. It looks like pretty much everything else in > > xfce is ru

Re: No right or middle click on XFCE desktop after Upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2016-11-15 Thread dmacdoug
On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 06:02:27PM -0800, Mike Kupfer wrote: > dmacdoug wrote: > > > A month or two ago I moved a certain computer from jessie > > to stretch and after doing so found that neither the right > > nor the middle mouse buttons have any effect when clicked

Re: No right or middle click on XFCE desktop after Upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2016-11-15 Thread dmacdoug
On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 02:48:13PM -0800, Charlie Kravetz wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:03:44 -0800 > dmacdoug wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >A month or two ago I moved a certain computer from jessie > &g

No right or middle click on XFCE desktop after Upgrade from Jessie to Stretch

2016-11-15 Thread dmacdoug
Hello, A month or two ago I moved a certain computer from jessie to stretch and after doing so found that neither the right nor the middle mouse buttons have any effect when clicked on the XFCE desktop. The expected thing happens when clicking on a panel, but on the desktop, nothing. To get t

Re: no wonder...

2000-04-08 Thread dmacdoug
On 7 Apr, Kent West wrote: > Richard Taylor wrote: > >> On 4/6/2000, 9:03:41 PM, Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: >> no >> > On 5 Apr 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> > > No wonder people say that Debian is the most difficult >> > > Unix-clone distro to install and use... >> > .

man page and libc permissions error for root

2000-04-04 Thread dmacdoug
Hello, I have an error that I can't find. Maybe someone can point me in the right direction. The error is causing a number of problems some would take a long explanation to describe, but one that seems quite easy to describe is this. When I login as myself and do man I get a man page. But the

Re: HELP: 3Com 509B(or 900B TP0) Network Problem

1999-08-24 Thread dmacdoug
On 24 Aug, Kim, Jeong-Hwan wrote: > Hi, Every one > > My Network card is 3Com 509B. > When installing Debian I selected 3C509B as network card. > I hoped to have installed the Network Card correctly. > However, I peforms network commands such as ping, telent, ffp, etc., there is > no response. >

Re: Fwd: Re: [Re: Vedr: Re: No network?]

1999-08-24 Thread dmacdoug
On 19 Aug, To: debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote: > > Yes, this is surely your problem the 3c509 combo card has a BNC and a > twisted pair port and possibly also an AUI port as well. You have the > twisted pair (10baseT port chosen. It is changed by software. I've > never tried it in linux, b

Fwd: Re: [Re: Vedr: Re: No network?]

1999-08-20 Thread dmacdoug
Yes, this is surely your problem the 3c509 combo card has a BNC and a twisted pair port and possibly also an AUI port as well. You have the twisted pair (10baseT port chosen. It is changed by software. I've never tried it in linux, but in Windows NT4 and I think also 95 it can be set from the N

smail permissions problem

1999-08-13 Thread dmacdoug
spool/mail/dmacdoug I have looked for any reason why permission would be denied and haven't found any. Smail is running suid root and the permissions on the mail file are -rw-r--r-- and it is owned by root. I don't know if these things are right or wrong but they are the same as on the mac

Re: LILO version problem

1999-07-14 Thread dmacdoug
Well, I'm back from last week. I had a version discrepancy with LILO. I still have not solved it. The exact error message that I get if I try to run LILO from the command line is: "First boot sector is version 18. Expecting version 20." If I use the debian rescue disk and try the option there

Re: Lilo version problem

1999-07-10 Thread dmacdoug
On 9 Jul, Stephen Pitts wrote: > On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 12:52:31PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I installed Debian Slink on a system that previously had a Caldera >> system on it. Then when I attempted to run lilo I got an error message >> that said something like "The first somethingoroth

Lilo version problem

1999-07-09 Thread dmacdoug
I installed Debian Slink on a system that previously had a Caldera system on it. Then when I attempted to run lilo I got an error message that said something like "The first somethingorother is version 18. Version 20 expected" and then lilo exits. Eventually I figured that maybe I needed to unin

dselect woes

1999-05-25 Thread dmacdoug
Can it be! CAN IT BE!! Am I a complete idiot or is Deselect one of the most diabolical programs ever? It's so seductive. I've used it quite a number of times. Worked beautifully. Then I made a mistake. And each step to try to undo the mistake just digs the hole deeper. I'll never get out!