Re: dhclient changes IP address

2014-06-20 Thread prad
m hope you get the answer you are looking for, if mine don't suffice. -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/lo21bv$6kb$1...@ger.gmane.org

kmail search and email completion problems

2014-06-18 Thread prad
strigi (before which kmail couldn't send email). what can be done to solve these two issues? (crossposted to debian.user, debian.kde.talk, debian.user.kde) -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: dealing with bad file permissions.

2013-12-18 Thread prad
to 755. so i'm not sure why you can't do this yourself. what you might try doing is copying any files out of the it to some other directory and then deleting it. i was able to do all this, so may be you can too. -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

upgrade dist from squeeze to wheezy

2013-12-18 Thread prad
software 2. run aptitude dist-upgrade on main system 3. run aptitude dist-upgrade on openvz server are there any issues we should be aware/cautious about or do things go pretty smoothly? -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: videos not playing ... sometimes

2012-08-17 Thread prad
CamaleĆ³n writes: > On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:38:43 -0700, prad wrote: > >> i'm using squeeze stable and gnome. >> >> sometimes youtube vids play just fine, but after a while they don't play >> at all through firefox, but will through epiphany. > > W

videos not playing ... sometimes

2012-08-15 Thread prad
and there's no problem (so the download is obviously fine). it's almost as though some cache or other gets filled up and vids stop playing. the machine i use is a quad core with 7G memory. any ideas on what the problem might be? -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: dwww can't read some files

2012-04-27 Thread prad
ch! it never occurred to me to think this might be discussed as a bug (as robert suggests in the post), so i never examined those referring to bugs. i added: DWWW_DOCPATH=/usr/share/postgresql/8.4/man/ and everything works beautifully! -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIB

dwww can't read some files

2012-04-26 Thread prad
/usr/share/man/man1/clusterdb.1.gz?type=man which is a softlink to /etc/alternatives/clusterdb.1.gz is there a way i can get dwww to work from the postgresql directory? -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

Re: hp tc4200 tablet pen input howto?

2012-03-28 Thread prad
:D thx for your question or i could be wandering around cyberspace still. -- in friendship, prad -- 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/87fwcsfg9x@psinom.home

hp tc4200 tablet pen input howto?

2012-03-27 Thread prad
to X server i got the impression that xinput will help me configure the tablet so the pen will work? i tried the tablet on ubuntu live and the pen worked right away. what do i need to do? -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: LaTeX to HTML converters and comments.

2011-07-22 Thread prad
only got this showing up: p libmatthew-debug-java p libmatthew-io-java p libmatthew-java-doc p tthsum what is it called? -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact list

hard drive configuration

2011-06-06 Thread prad
emes with appropriate justifications for them? -- in friendship, prad -- 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/8762ojlyj7@psinom.home

xfs backup system vs rsynce

2011-05-30 Thread prad
27;m using xfs, though i would appreciate hearing what people have to say before leaving rsync behind (though i may use it locally for quick stuff). -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: gnus info manual

2011-05-15 Thread prad
at to do about it. i kept looking for something under gnus, when actually it was an emacs addition that i needed! -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.

gnus info manual

2011-05-15 Thread prad
anual into my etch system http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/11/msg00329.html what is the best way to get the gnus info manual onto the system? (i know i can access it via the web or download html, pdf etc versions of it). -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: file systems

2011-05-01 Thread prad
eal_to_tradition > neither is this an argumentum ad antiquitatem. again all that is being shown is that xfs has a long history of use again with a reputable organization. again, it is merely supporting evidence and it is not being argued that because the organization has used this for x years, it

Re: file systems

2011-04-29 Thread prad
idea. i agree it isn't a good one for several reasons. we'll stick to regular hard drives for now when we switch from freebsd to debian in june. -- in friendship, prad -- 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/87bozori3r@psinom.home

Re: file systems

2011-04-29 Thread prad
oesn't, you have your fsck and can eat it >> too. ;) >> > > I already converted to ext4. > and i have converted to xfs! i am very impressed so far and will try to document my experiences with it as a sort of 'noob guide' ... if only to help myself out. :D thx aga

Re: file systems

2011-04-21 Thread prad
en. furthermore, we bridge the incompatibilities perhaps: zfs --> cddl||bsd --> bsd||gpl --> debian(gpl)/freebsd(bsd) i'm not up on the licensing protocols so i'm just guessing here. -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.de

Re: file systems

2011-04-21 Thread prad
things-you-can-do-with-a-usb-flash-drive/931 however, the idea seems to be just a 'temporary' demo utility. -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

Re: file systems

2011-04-21 Thread prad
to support the BSD license (not that i have anything personal against it, but if we're talking 'free', we need to 'stay free' and not play with the idea, imho). so thanks for eliminating the final brick, chris - xfs here we come! -- in friendship, prad -- To UNSUB

Re: file systems

2011-04-21 Thread prad
prad writes: > are there any feelings or recommendations regarding the above? > one possibility i forgot to ask about is zfs using debian/freebsd. i understand that zfs works well with freebsd, so presumably it would with debian/freebsd as well. i'm curious as to feelings on this c

Re: file systems

2011-04-21 Thread prad
Stan Hoeppner writes: > prad put forth on 4/20/2011 11:43 PM: > >> we want to run our servers through virtual box off usb drives which is a >> total departure from what we've done over the years. so might as well >> throw in a new fs too. :D > > Why USB? &g

Re: file systems

2011-04-20 Thread prad
as you say and start reading up about fs and especially about xfs! -- in friendship, prad -- 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/878vv4gqoq@towardsfreedom.com

file systems

2011-04-19 Thread prad
d 'lacking' features) are there any feelings or recommendations regarding the above? -- in friendship, prad -- 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/87wriqjd0t@towardsfreedom.com

how to get numdisplay to work

2009-04-28 Thread prad
error: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/numdisplay-wont-display-anything-in-debian-720425/#post3515151 unfortunately, there isn't a solution on that forum, so i was wondering if anyone has any suggestions. -- In friendship, prad ...

Re: emacs22 and version control

2009-04-28 Thread prad
ck in i get to add a comment (is this what you are not seeing?) if i want to see the log messages i C-x v l -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination

strange app start-up slowness

2009-04-27 Thread prad
things seem to speed up if i ctrl-alt-F1 into a terminal) - sometimes it happens within a few seconds. any ideas as to why gnome-terminal is so slow? -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (websi

Re: Bash Session

2009-04-25 Thread prad
approach more desirable. then of course, you create a few simple exercises which they can try using gui and cl, so they have to problem solve for themselves. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com

debian and ubuntu

2009-04-25 Thread prad
xperiences regarding these 2 excellent systems! -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: 64 vs 32 lenny

2009-03-21 Thread prad
ssion has been very enlightening, even though i don't understand some of it yet. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I'

Re: 64 vs 32 lenny

2009-03-20 Thread prad
it (came from freebsd7), i think i will go with 64 based on what you (and roger) have written (at least on a separate partition to start with). > Oops, make that *3* GB or less ... > this is very interesting. i had no idea about the hardware end of it. thx. -- In f

64 vs 32 lenny

2009-03-20 Thread prad
ssing power like number-crunching. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian

Re: SOLVED Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2

2009-03-20 Thread prad
o just go with the latest? -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia