Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-08-01 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 10:16:32PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > I just started to use screen and it has 'control-a ?' which given you > the 'cheatsheet'. But you dont need all the commands to start using it. > > I use: > 'screen MYCOMMAND' to start a new screen session > control-a " for menu-based s

screen and alternate wm's [was: Re: IM on a home debian network]

2007-07-31 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 10:16:32PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: ... > I just started to use screen and it has 'control-a ?' which given you > the 'cheatsheet'. But you dont need all the commands to start using it. > > I use: > 'screen MYCOMMAND' to start a new screen session > control-a " for menu-b

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-31 Thread Andrew J. Barr
On 7/28/07, Jesus Arocho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a home network with 5 boxes, one of which is a server. I run a > combination of Ubuntu and Debian desktops and Debian on the server. Is there > a program available that will provide instant messaging within the network? Pidgin as well

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-31 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 04:22:23PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 10:54:34PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 11:30:05PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > > > and leave this VC 1 open. VC 2 is ssh'd to the box and either mutt or > > >

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-30 Thread Martin Marcher
hi, On 7/29/07, Jesus Arocho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a home network with 5 boxes, one of which is a server. I run a > combination of Ubuntu and Debian desktops and Debian on the server. Is there > a program available that will provide instant messaging within the network?# as pointe

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-30 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 10:54:34PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 11:30:05PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > and leave this VC 1 open. VC 2 is ssh'd to the box and either mutt or > > $watch -n 20 "from -c" > > > > VC 3 is for net-related curses stuff (current

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-30 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 10:33:14PM -0400, Jesus Arocho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I have a home network with 5 boxes, one of which is a server. I run a > combination of Ubuntu and Debian desktops and Debian on the server. Is there > a program available that will provide instant me

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 04:22:23PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > There was a time when I had Ctrl-Alt-UP set in inittab to open a new vt. > > > > Never heard of 'screen'? > > > > I have heard of it, but it relies, like so many other gnu tools, on the > operator (me) having either a g

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-29 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 10:54:34PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 11:30:05PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > and leave this VC 1 open. VC 2 is ssh'd to the box and either mutt or > > $watch -n 20 "from -c" > > > > VC 3 is for net-related curses stuff (current

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 11:30:05PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > and leave this VC 1 open. VC 2 is ssh'd to the box and either mutt or > $watch -n 20 "from -c" > > VC 3 is for net-related curses stuff (currently a wget session). > VC 4 is where I type startx when I need to. > > The

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-29 Thread John Hasler
Ron Johnson wrote: > What ever happened to diald? It was obsoleted by the demand-dial feature of pppd which can be configured with pppconfig. Doug writes: > Its an external Courier. I meant push the button to turn it on. Why do you turn it off? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-28 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Jesus Arocho wrote: > I have a home network with 5 boxes, one of which is a server. I run a > combination of Ubuntu and Debian desktops and Debian on the server. Is > there a program available that will provide instant messaging within the > network? Hi Jesus, You can try KSalup KSalup supports

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/28/07 22:30, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 09:59:05PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 07/28/07 21:52, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >> [snip] >>> Instant messaging on a home network? Try a low-tech holler: >>> "SEEE!

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-28 Thread Jesus Arocho
On Saturday 28 July 2007 23:04, you wrote: > On Jul 28, 7:30 pm, Jesus Arocho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a home network with 5 boxes, one of which is a server. I run a > > combination of Ubuntu and Debian desktops and Debian on the server. Is > > there a program available that will pro

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-28 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 09:59:05PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/28/07 21:52, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > [snip] > > > > Instant messaging on a home network? Try a low-tech holler: > > "SEEE! TURN ON THE MODEM!" > > What ever happened to diald? > Its an external Courier. I meant

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-28 Thread Kelly Clowers
On 7/28/07, ArcticFox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 28, 2007, at 9:33 PM, Jesus Arocho wrote: > > > I have a home network with 5 boxes, one of which is a server. I run a > > combination of Ubuntu and Debian desktops and Debian on the server. > > Is there > > a program available that will p

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/28/07 21:52, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: [snip] > > Instant messaging on a home network? Try a low-tech holler: > "SEEE! TURN ON THE MODEM!" What ever happened to diald? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-28 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 10:33:14PM -0400, Jesus Arocho wrote: > I have a home network with 5 boxes, one of which is a server. I run a > combination of Ubuntu and Debian desktops and Debian on the server. > Is there a program available that will provide instant messaging > within the network? Inst

Re: IM on a home debian network

2007-07-28 Thread ArcticFox
On Jul 28, 2007, at 9:33 PM, Jesus Arocho wrote: I have a home network with 5 boxes, one of which is a server. I run a combination of Ubuntu and Debian desktops and Debian on the server. Is there a program available that will provide instant messaging within the network? Try looking in to

IM on a home debian network

2007-07-28 Thread Jesus Arocho
I have a home network with 5 boxes, one of which is a server. I run a combination of Ubuntu and Debian desktops and Debian on the server. Is there a program available that will provide instant messaging within the network? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns