new hidden files

2009-03-21 Thread Rick Pasotto
client to plant vines. -- Frank Lloyd Wright Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

vim and php

2009-03-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
. O'Rourke Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

gnome on PowerPC Debian Squeeze: error dialog box when starting root-terminal

2009-03-17 Thread Rick Thomas
on... Thanks for any help! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

gconftool-2

2009-03-04 Thread Rick Pasotto
though it does work when the script is executed from the command line? -- The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models. -- Zig Zigler Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp

Re: Are squeeze weekly CDs being produced yet?

2009-02-23 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 23, 2009, at 5:57 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 06:14:18PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: Same sort of thing for the weekly page http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/ It mentions Lenny as if it were still testing. Also fixed now. The first set

aptitude error message

2009-02-21 Thread Rick Pasotto
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Re: Upgrade procedure: etch - lenny

2009-02-19 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi Chris, I plan to upgrade to lenny over the weekend: Take a look at http://www.ducea.com/2008/12/08/howto-upgrade-from-debian-etch-to-lenny/ It worked for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

error after testing update

2009-02-17 Thread Rick Pasotto
/ipv6_n2d.al) line 356. Neither spamassassin nor spamc got updated but several perl libraries did. Where/how should I report this problem or is it already known about? -- Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed possible. -- Dale Carnegie Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp

Are squeeze daily CDs being produced yet?

2009-02-17 Thread Rick Thomas
On the cdimage daily builds page http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/ there is mention of Lenny and Sid, but no mention of squeeze. Is that a bug? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Are squeeze weekly CDs being produced yet?

2009-02-17 Thread Rick Thomas
Same sort of thing for the weekly page http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/ It mentions Lenny as if it were still testing. Rick On Feb 17, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: On the cdimage daily builds page http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds

Re: Debian on the HP Compaq t5135 Thin Client?

2009-02-15 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 13, 2009, at 5:18 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Rick Thomas wrote: Has anybody tried running debian on the HP Compaq t5135 Thin Client? 128 MB SDRAM, 64MB Flash, VIA Eden 400 MHz processor, 10/100 ethernet, several USB ports, one serial and one parallel port, VGA video. US$149 direct

Fwd: lenny-backports public key is not available

2009-02-15 Thread Rick Thomas
I submitted this as a bug report, but as I didn't know what package to submit it against, I doubt it will be seen. So I'm forwarding it to debian-users in hopes that it will reach the right people there... Thanks! Rick Begin forwarded message: From: Rick Thomas rbthoma...@pobox.com Date

Fwd: webpages: web page for volatile needs to be updated for Lenny

2009-02-15 Thread Rick Thomas
I submitted this as a bug report, but as I didn't know what package to submit it against, I doubt it will be seen. So I'm forwarding it to debian-users in hopes that it will reach the right people there... Thanks! Rick Begin forwarded message: From: Rick Thomas rbthoma...@pobox.com Date

Re: lenny-backports public key is not available - SOLVED

2009-02-15 Thread Rick Thomas
Hmmm... When all else fails, read the instructions. On http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions; it says to do this: wget -O - http://backports.org/debian/archive.key | apt-key add - I did, and all is well... Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Debian on the HP Compaq t5135 Thin Client?

2009-02-13 Thread Rick Thomas
/products/quickspecs/12660_na/12660_na.PDF Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Which FS for USB Flash Drive

2009-01-28 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 28, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Kushal Koolwal wrote: Hi Rick, If you will, it's doing the JFFS2 thing for you -- you don't need the software in the kernel to do it a second time. Do you know any resource where I can find the steps on how to install on JFFS2? Also I was wondering if all

Re: Which FS for USB Flash Drive

2009-01-27 Thread Rick Thomas
on access time, at zero cost in write cycles. hope this helps... Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

package version numbers

2009-01-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
. -- Dale Carnegie Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: package version numbers

2009-01-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 12:46:32PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 09:42:26AM -0500, Rick Pasotto r...@niof.net was heard to say: There are several packages that, when I try to upgrade them, aptitude tells me that doing so would break many other packages

Re: Who is logged into this box?

2009-01-11 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 11, 2009, at 4:16 AM, steve wrote: i often wondered where some of these commands got their name from myself. w? and that is short for user in what way?? It's short for who(1), which does much the same thing, but differently. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

default gv paper size

2009-01-01 Thread Rick Pasotto
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Re: default gv paper size

2009-01-01 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 07:02:26PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Thu,01.Jan.09, 11:42:52, Rick Pasotto wrote: How do I set the default paper size for gv? It always comes up A4 but I always want letter. Should I make in entry in ~/.gv? What is the format? Try 'dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1

Re: default gv paper size

2009-01-01 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 12:28:39PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 11:42:52AM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: How do I set the default paper size for gv? It always comes up A4 but I always want letter. Should I make in entry in ~/.gv? What is the format? gv has menus

Re: Running Debian Stable

2008-12-31 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 31, 2008, at 2:50 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: On Dec 31, 2008, at 2:27 AM, Koh Choon Lin wrote: Dear all Noting the stable version has software that are behind the current version, how should I proceed if I wanted only one program which is up to date, eg. how should I proceed to add

logrotate and apache virtual domains

2008-12-30 Thread Rick Pasotto
, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality. -- William Ernest Hocking Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Running Debian Stable

2008-12-30 Thread Rick Thomas
the unstable Debian repository? Pulling .deb from OOo site and installing it? Koh Choon Lin add the following lines to you sources.list file. Then read the referenced documentation website, follow the directions, and Enjoy! Rick # For instructions on getting stuff

Re: LVM reorganization [follow-up]

2008-12-22 Thread Rick Thomas
# make 1/2 of the new space into lv var lvcreate -L8500M -ntmp curley # make 1/2 of the new space into lv tmp Enjoy! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Instructions for upgrading from Etch to Lenny?

2008-12-18 Thread Rick Thomas
Thanks! for all the very helpful replies. On Dec 17, 2008, at 2:45 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2008-12-17 20:14 +0100, Robert Hodgins wrote: On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 13:57 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: Are there step-by-step instructions somewhere for doing a dist- upgrade from Etch (current

Instructions for upgrading from Etch to Lenny?

2008-12-17 Thread Rick Thomas
Are there step-by-step instructions somewhere for doing a dist- upgrade from Etch (current stable) to Lenny (soon-to-be stable)? I'll be glad to RTFM if somebody can point me to the right FM... Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Copy a file one hundred times

2008-12-13 Thread Rick Pasotto
; cp file.jpg file${n: -3}.jpg; done -- Never compromise principle, not even on special occasions. --- Robert Bitzer (quoted by Marcia Pearce; quoted in Diane Dreher 1996 _The Tao of Personal Leadership_ pg 221) Rick Pasottor

Re: Copy a file one hundred times

2008-12-13 Thread Rick Pasotto
): for x in $(seq -w 1 100); do cp file.jpg file${c}.jpg; done -- Faith is often the boast of the man who is too lazy to investigate. -- F.M. Knowles Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: NFS boot with a dhcpless network

2008-12-09 Thread Rick Thomas
the documentation, and configure the setup should be no more than a few hours. At least, that's how long it took me to do an equivalent setup for my home network. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

two apache config questions

2008-12-04 Thread Rick Pasotto
Options that would apply to all virtual hosts unless specifically overridden? -- All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we're doing what we have been asked to do. -- Zig Zigler Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

aptitude safe-upgrade says libgnomekbd-common is being kept back on sid powerpc systems

2008-12-02 Thread Rick Thomas
When I do aptitude safe-upgrade on my sid powerpc systems, it says that libgnomekbd-common is being kept back. This has been going on for a week or more. It doesn't do that on my sid i386 systems. It doesn't seem to be hurting anything... Anybody got an idea why? Rick

Re: aptitude safe-upgrade says libgnomekbd-common is being kept back on sid powerpc systems

2008-12-02 Thread Rick Thomas
On Dec 2, 2008, at 3:28 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: When I do aptitude safe-upgrade on my sid powerpc systems, it says that libgnomekbd-common is being kept back. This has been going on for a week or more. It doesn't do that on my sid i386 systems. It doesn't seem to be hurting anything

using the clipboard

2008-11-27 Thread Rick Pasotto
of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things. -- Ludwig von Mises Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Purchase weekly snapshots of testing on DVDs?

2008-11-27 Thread Rick Morneau
becomes stable, but that could take a long time. Thanks! Rick Morneau [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: using the clipboard

2008-11-27 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 03:29:38PM +, Magnus Therning wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Rick Pasotto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a text file of about 100 lines (more than will display on one screen of less or vi). How can I get the entire file into the clipboard so I can

How to keep gnome from automatically mounting USB thumb-drive every time I log in?

2008-11-15 Thread Rick Thomas
to use it and I don't like to see it cluttering up my desktop. Is there any way to have it only be mounted when I manually issue a mount command? Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: encrypted partition question

2008-09-22 Thread Rick Thomas
have to go searching for them. I can do that, but my question is: Once I've found cryptsetup (or whatever it's actually called) and made the indicated changes to it, how do those changes get propagated into the initramfs. Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: How to download online videos?

2008-08-26 Thread Rick Pasotto
guns are sold at a profit, while schools are provided by the government. -- David Boaz Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Command-line-interface (CLI) calculator to work out the difference between 2 dates

2008-08-24 Thread Rick Pasotto
it in the shell: $ echo $[$[$(date -d 20090824 +%s) - $(date -d 20080724 +%s)] / 86400] 396 -- Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly. -- Arnold Edinborough Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http

Re: Connecting two computers using an ethernet cable

2008-08-21 Thread Rick Morneau
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 07:55:21PM +0200, Håkon Alstadheim wrote: Celejar wrote: On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:05:35 -0600 Rick Morneau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have two computers that I would like to transfer files between. One runs Debian Etch r3 and the other runs Fedora Core 2

Connecting two computers using an ethernet cable

2008-08-20 Thread Rick Morneau
to nothing about ethernet and so I'm asking for help. Thanks! -- Regards, Rick Morneau [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Joining .rar files

2008-08-15 Thread Rick Pasotto
the owner of his own services by his right and his ability to dispose of them as he sees fit. Communism destroys liberty, for it permits no one to dispose freely of his own labor. -- Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net

Re: rsync backup to ext3-formatted usb flash drive?

2008-08-11 Thread Rick Thomas
the flash drive, force an fsck, and remount it, every time you do a backup. This will read and sanity-check every inode on the drive, without doing any writes. If the fsck shows random errors, replace the drive because it's probably starting to wear out. Sound reasonable? Rick

Re: rsync backup to ext3-formatted usb flash drive?

2008-08-11 Thread Rick Thomas
of 4GB drives for US$15-$20, and they aren't the cheapest by a good shot. No matter what you finally wind up doing, I'd still plan to replace the flash drive at least once a year. That works out to about 5 US cents/day. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-04 Thread Rick Thomas
obvious. Take a look at places like http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/grub/ grub.htm for hints. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-04 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 4, 2008, at 6:39 PM, Scarletdown wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 16:33 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: If you can leave the old disk in the box for a while, start by installing the new drive as hdb, partition it and mkfs the filesystems -- all while booted to the old drive. Set up a bunch

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-04 Thread Rick Thomas
on the MaxBlast CD, but I'm betting it's Windows-only. Stick with rsync is my advice. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

installing a package from lenny on an etch machine...

2008-08-01 Thread Rick Thomas
to read, so if you can point me to the right parts of the FM, that will be great! Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

window title

2008-07-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
and vanity. -- Dale Carnegie Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

spamd perl lib error

2008-07-15 Thread Rick Pasotto
/SPF.pm line 24. Is this a known problem? -- If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic. -- Dale Carnegie Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: openntpd not adjusting the clock

2008-06-27 Thread Rick Thomas
:47:42 riemann ntpd[17589]: synchronized to 216.58.31.84, stratum 3 Jun 27 08:48:25 riemann ntpd[17589]: synchronized to 69.20.226.105, stratum 2 Appears to be zeroing in on the time. Thanks, JT and Rick. With pleasure. Cool! glad to help! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: openntpd not adjusting the clock

2008-06-27 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 27, 2008, at 6:16 AM, j t wrote: On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Rick Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please see the replies by Mike Bird to my questions in the thread in the debian-user list with subject ntp not any more supported in Debian or did I miss something

Re: openntpd not adjusting the clock

2008-06-26 Thread Rick Thomas
as to whether original ntp is planned to be supported in Lenny when that is finally released. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian S390

2008-06-25 Thread Beard, Rick
it. Thanks, Rick Beard

Re: ntp not any more supported in Debian or did I miss something?

2008-06-24 Thread Rick Thomas
If it's in Sid, what are the plans for getting it into Lenny-final? As it stands, I can't use Lenny until this is fixed. Rick On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:10 AM, Mike Bird wrote: On Mon June 23 2008 22:27:50 Rick Thomas wrote: So, if I *must* have ntp from ntp.org on my Lenny system

Re: ntp not any more supported in Debian or did I miss something?

2008-06-24 Thread Rick Thomas
So, if I understand correctly, on or about June 28, the version in Sid will migrate to Lenny. And this version has the bug fixed? Is that correct? Thanks! Rick On Jun 24, 2008, at 12:45 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:59:14AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: If it's in Sid

Re: ntp not any more supported in Debian or did I miss something?

2008-06-24 Thread Rick Thomas
Which is fine, except that I need it for powerpc... Rick On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:10 AM, Mike Bird wrote: On Mon June 23 2008 22:27:50 Rick Thomas wrote: So, if I *must* have ntp from ntp.org on my Lenny system, is there a place I can get a working .deb? Can it be put in non-free? It's

Re: ntp not any more supported in Debian or did I miss something?

2008-06-24 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jun 24, 2008, at 7:09 PM, Mike Bird wrote: On Tue June 24 2008 15:46:17 Rick Thomas wrote: Which is fine, except that I need it for powerpc... On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:10 AM, Mike Bird wrote: On Mon June 23 2008 22:27:50 Rick Thomas wrote: So, if I *must* have ntp from ntp.org on my Lenny

Re: ntp not any more supported in Debian or did I miss something?

2008-06-23 Thread Rick Thomas
OK, So, if I *must* have ntp from ntp.org on my Lenny system, is there a place I can get a working .deb? Can it be put in non-free? Thanks! Rick On Jun 5, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-06-04 17:59, Stackpole, Chris

capturing BookTV videos

2008-05-20 Thread Rick Pasotto
. -- It is not uncommon for ignorant and corrupt men to falsely charge others with doing what they imagine that they themselves, in their narrow minds and experience, would have done under the circumstances. -- John H. Clarke, 1917 Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: keeping package selection with new install

2008-05-01 Thread Rick Thomas
This is great. Thanks! One question: This seems to loose the automatically installed information kept by aptitude. Is there a way to do it that preserves aptitude's automatic attribute? Enjoy! Rick On Apr 29, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Damon L. Chesser wrote: frits wrote: Hello, I have

Re: gdm errors on shutdown

2008-04-14 Thread Rick Dooling
On Apr 13, 3:50 pm, Amit Uttamchandani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:54:16 -0700 (PDT) Can you provide some details on the version of Debian you are running? Also versions of gdm, kernel, etc... Yes, I'm running Lenny 2.6.22-3-k7 on a 4 yr old AMD chip. Plenty of memory.

gdm errors on shutdown

2008-04-13 Thread Rick Dooling
When I shutdown or restrart from gdm, I get the following showing up in my log: Apr 13 07:54:12 debian gdm[7927]: CRITICAL: gdm_connection_close: assertion `conn != NULL' failed Apr 13 07:54:12 debian last message repeated 2 times Apr 13 07:54:12 debian gdm[3436]: WARNING: gdm_cleanup_children:

Debian Installation Process ?s

2008-03-19 Thread Rick Kalkowski
I've got an old WinXP lap-top I'd like to resurrect for my son to use for games, internet, etc. I'm ready to wipe the drive and convert it to linux, but I'm not sure how to get started. When I crank up the PC now, it's asking me for an admin password (that's been long since forgotten). Can

Please increase the severity of this bug...

2008-03-11 Thread Rick Thomas
not familiar enough with the Debian BTS to know... Thanks, Rick ==reply to bug # 469919 by Robert Lemmen From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Bug#469919: zsync fails Date: March 11, 2008 8:13:33 AM EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL

graphical file browser from command line

2008-03-10 Thread Rick Pasotto
open such a viewer on a given file? (My desktop is gnome but kde is installed.) -- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. -- Aristotle Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: graphical file browser from command line

2008-03-10 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:32:49AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 02:45:11PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: I spend most of my time on the command line and use 'less' when I want to just view a file. However, there are some files that have excessively long lines and I'd like

Re: graphical file browser from command line

2008-03-10 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 05:19:49PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 02:45:11PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: I spend most of my time on the command line and use 'less' when I want to just view a file. However, there are some files that have excessively long lines and I'd like

zsync fails

2008-03-07 Thread Rick Thomas
- businesscard.iso.part verifying download... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ This is on Debian Lenny on PowerPC Macintosh What's a bad status code 302 mean? Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lost x-server after etch to lenny upgrade

2008-03-06 Thread Rick Dooling
On Mar 5, 8:10 pm, Paul Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed March 5 2008, BartlebyScrivener wrote: export CC=gcc-4.1 then restart the installation Thanks for your help. This doesn't work for me. It says that the 4.1 compiler is not able to load the driver. Make sure I have Lib6

Re: lost x-server after etch to lenny upgrade

2008-03-06 Thread Rick Dooling
If I install the nvidia drivers using these instructions (susbtituting the newest nvidia drivers for the one listed). Then it gets me into X and all works fine. http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/11/28/upgrading-nvidia-drivers-in-debian-lenny/ However, on reboot, the Xserver fails to start.

Re: lost x-server after etch to lenny upgrade

2008-03-06 Thread Rick Dooling
Thanks, Paul. I had lingering glx files and kernels that were still on the machine. I followed these instructions from the nvidia forum and removed them. Works fine now. Thank you again. http://tinyurl.com/ypn66q RD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

lost x-server after etch to lenny upgrade

2008-03-05 Thread Rick Dooling
Hello, I have an agp nvidia card, forget mfr, but the number following is 6600. I am used to losing the x-server on kernel upgrade, but I have a script that I run which always brings it back. #!/bin/sh /etc/init.d/gdm stop rmmod nvidia m-a a-i nvidia apt-get install nvidia-glx /etc/init.d/gdm

Re: lost x-server after etch to lenny upgrade

2008-03-05 Thread Rick Dooling
On Mar 5, 10:00 am, Rick Dooling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I went to nvidia site for latest drivers http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx Downloaded the latest drivers and followed install instructions. Got a warning about gcc compiler 4.2 not matching the version used to compile the kernel

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-03-01 Thread Rick Thomas
On Mar 1, 2008, at 4:12 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 07:40:56PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: Package: xterm On Feb 26, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 05:00:13AM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed

replace cpu on debian etch

2008-02-28 Thread Rick Dooling
I am not a hardware person. I have an old AMD Athlon XP chip 2700 that just quit working (I think) on an ASUS A7V8X motherboard. If I replace with any socket A Athlon, say, a 2600, instead, same FSB and such, will I have to reinstall Debian, or will the same Kernel and install work okay with my

Re: consoliate mail archives with duplicate messages

2008-02-28 Thread Rick Thomas
that are the same except for some delivery headers, you may need to write a script that compares Message-ID: headers. Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: replace cpu on debian etch

2008-02-28 Thread Rick Dooling
On Feb 28, 7:30 pm, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think he means No it won't require a reinstall (in response to will I have to reinstall). Thank you all. I'll try it next week. RD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-02-26 Thread Rick Thomas
I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed the ssh package on it. I can ssh to it just fine. But I can't get X11 forwarding to work. When I use ssh -X or ssh -Y (either option) the connection is made, but the DISPLAY variable is not being set. Anybody know why? Thanks! Rick

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-02-26 Thread Rick Thomas
On Feb 26, 2008, at 6:52 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2008-02-26 05:00:13 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed the ssh package on it. I can ssh to it just fine. But I can't get X11 forwarding to work. When I use ssh -X or ssh -Y (either option

Re: etch to lenny upgrade incomplete

2008-02-26 Thread Rick Thomas
Interesting. I'm trying to install Lenny from scratch and the install hangs at setting up ssl-cert. I'm doing this on a PowerMac G4. Is yours also on a Mac? Rick On Feb 21, 2008, at 6:05 PM, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: BartlebyScrivener wrote: I can boot into the other, older kernel

Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session

2008-02-26 Thread Rick Thomas
Package: xterm On Feb 26, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 05:00:13AM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac. I installed the ssh package on it. I can ssh to it just fine. But I can't get X11 forwarding to work. When I use ssh -X or ssh

Re: New User

2008-02-19 Thread Rick Dooling
On Feb 19, 2:40 pm, Andrius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How to make upgrade? Andrius If you are asking that kind of question, I would stay with Etch. Look at the advice you've had so far. There's no reason to upgrade from Etch unless there are specific newer software packages that you feel you

Re: command to obtain current display resolution

2008-02-11 Thread Rick Dooling
On Feb 11, 7:20 pm, Raj Kiran Grandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: xwininfo -root xrandr Perfect! Thank you both. RD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

command to obtain current display resolution

2008-02-11 Thread Rick Dooling
Hello, all, I'm running Etch and an nvidia card. I get some info about my display settings by running nvidia-settings. Is there a simple command from a bash prompt that will tell me what resolution my display is currently running at? Thanks for the help, RD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Linux network security poll

2008-02-10 Thread Rick Dooling
re security http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/455 http://www.linuxsecurity.com/resource_files/host_security/securing-debian-howto/apA.en.htm Play with firestarter. It will help you learn about iptables. For more info google on securing debian; or if you want to really get serious,

texlive vs. tetex

2008-02-07 Thread Rick Dooling
Hi, all: I've searched the group for messages on these. I have one machine running Etch with tetex. Another newer machine where I haven't installed tetex or texlive. Anybody with recent experience moving from tetex to texlive on Etch? Or anybody just going with texlive having any unexpected

Re: low-MHz server [very! OT]

2008-02-05 Thread Rick Thomas
that she finds some relief from her problem. I'll be following it with interest. Enjoy! Rick PS: I have some family attachment to Ontario. I love that area and envy you living there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: low-MHz server

2008-02-04 Thread Rick Thomas
to boot Linux in the first place. Mail me offline if you decide to give this a try. I'll try to help. There are even older Macs with sub 200MHz CPUs, but you will probably find them too limited in the amount of RAM they can take. Rick On Feb 4, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Kelly Harding wrote: PPC

Re: Getting started with Xen -- Xen enabled kernel for Lenny?

2008-01-30 Thread Rick Thomas
the kernel upgrade without incident. It's just the Xen machine that has a problem. Any suggestions? Rick Error messages follow... The following packages are BROKEN: libc6-xen The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: libc6-i686 linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 linux-image-2.6.18

Re: Getting started with Xen -- Xen enabled kernel for Lenny?

2008-01-30 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 30, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Martin Marcher wrote: Rick Thomas wrote: I sincerely hope that the lack of Xen support in Lenny is a temporary thing that will be fixed before the first Beta release. Does anybody know what's the problem? The problem is that xen is quite behind with kernels

Re: Getting started with Xen -- Xen enabled kernel for Lenny?

2008-01-25 Thread Rick Thomas
that the lack of Xen support in Lenny is a temporary thing that will be fixed before the first Beta release. Does anybody know what's the problem? Thanks all, Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

font finder

2008-01-25 Thread Rick Pasotto
, the other shorter and wider. -- Where there is light, there is hope. -- Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit Rick Pasotto[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Getting started with Xen -- Xen enabled kernel for Lenny?

2008-01-23 Thread Rick Thomas
generally, is there a HOWTO or FAQ that would give me some pointers to getting Xen up and running? Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Where do you put your swap partition?

2008-01-23 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 23, 2008, at 4:27 PM, David Brodbeck wrote: On Jan 22, 2008, at 8:54 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: The rule of thumb comes from UNIX days (BSD and even before that with ATT UNIX). In order to be completely sure you would be able to swap out a program when memory became full, UNIX

Re: Where do you put your swap partition?

2008-01-22 Thread Rick Thomas
filesystem. Rick On Jan 22, 2008, at 8:08 PM, David Brodbeck wrote: On Jan 21, 2008, at 5:45 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: The old you need 2x RAM for swap rule is hard to forget. I never really understood the rationale for that rule. It seems like a system with more RAM would need less swap

Re: Where do you put your swap partition?

2008-01-22 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 23, 2008, at 1:40 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: Rick wrote On my own systems, I make swap huge (10 GB or more for 1 GB RAM -- Disk is cheap!) so I can mount /tmp on a tmpfs filesystem. Is this for apps that say if malloc() fails, I create a tmp file? IOW, you pretty much ensure

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