Re: [Haifux] Re: Microsoft registered a patent for switching between links via the 'Tab' key

2004-09-19 Thread Ez-Aton
ik wrote: Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 09:36:36PM +0300, Adir Abraham wrote: The name of the patent - Discoverability and navigation of hyperlinks via tabs Suggested patents: pressing an X box to close a window, pressing the enter key to start a new line, and even - pressing

More MS Monkey Business [was: Re: [Haifux] Re: Microsoft registered a patent for switching between links via the 'Tab' key]

2004-09-19 Thread Jonathan Ben Avraham
Hi FOSS Coleagues, Here's some more MS monkey business to start out the new year: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/190801_openoffice15.html Shanah Tovah, - yba On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Ez-Aton wrote: ik wrote: Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 09:36:36PM +0300, Adir

dpkg -i python2.3 crashes

2004-09-19 Thread Kfir Lavi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hi, i try to install sarge on a comp. now when the dpkg configuration start to compile the modules, it crashes the computer. the comp just hangs, and need to be reset. i can't install strace, because of the dependencies that are not met. any

ANN: Subversion Repository for the Welcome to Linux series (and other Israeli Linux Activities).

2004-09-19 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi all! I set up a Subversion repository for Israeli Linux activities at: http://opensvn.csie.org/linuxisrael/ (read only, fast connection) https://opensvn.csie.org/linuxisrael/ (commit access). Currently it has the unmodified sources of the old Welcome-to-Linux site:

Midnight commander.

2004-09-19 Thread Amit Roseberger
Does anyone know if the development of this project is still going on? If not - does anyone has a worthy replacement? Amit. = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the

Re: [Haifux] Re: Microsoft registered a patent for switching between links via the 'Tab' key

2004-09-19 Thread amos
Micha Feigin wrote: I ran some time ago into a group that actually works to throw down such patents made on previous work belonging to someone else, don't remember their name though. Does anyone here know who they are? I think you are talking about the EFF's patent busting campagin, but I can't

Re: Programming Non blocking communication in linux

2004-09-19 Thread ik
On Saturday 18 September 2004 22:32, guy keren wrote: On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, ik wrote: Hi I'm trying to convert an old MS-Windows program I'd written into Linux, and the program uses Non-Blocking communication. [...snip...] opt = fcntl(nsfd, F_GETFD); this should be F_GETFL

No /dev/cdrom in Debian testing?!

2004-09-19 Thread Omer Zak
I have found, the hard way, that there are neither /dev/hdc* nor /dev/cdrom in my ThinkPad R40e laptop Debian/testing/non-US/main installation. The kernel is 2.6.8 unchanged from the Debian testing package which installed it. I did find that there is something called udev, which was supposed

Re: No /dev/cdrom in Debian testing?!

2004-09-19 Thread ik
On Monday 20 September 2004 01:18, Omer Zak wrote: I have found, the hard way, that there are neither /dev/hdc* nor /dev/cdrom in my ThinkPad R40e laptop Debian/testing/non-US/main installation. The kernel is 2.6.8 unchanged from the Debian testing package which installed it. I did

Re: No /dev/cdrom in Debian testing?!

2004-09-19 Thread Haggai Eran
I have found, the hard way, that there are neither /dev/hdc* nor /dev/cdrom in my ThinkPad R40e laptop Debian/testing/non-US/main installation. [snip] I did find that there is something called udev, which was supposed to automatically create the device files when CD-ROM is recognized.

Re: No /dev/cdrom in Debian testing?!

2004-09-19 Thread Omer Zak
Hello Ido, There is a /dev/MAKEDEV which re-creates all device files. I invoked it and it re-created (or at least touched) all device files. But...it did not create /dev/hdc*. My problem is not with /dev/cdrom but with /dev/hdc. If there were /dev/hdc, then /dev/cdrom would have been OK (I'd

Re: No /dev/cdrom in Debian testing?!

2004-09-19 Thread Omer Zak
Hello Haggai, My laptop is now turned off and I'm going to sleep in a moment, so I'm asking a theoretical question without actually trying your advice. Suppose I find the mysterious CD-ROM file somewhere3 in /sys/bus/ide. Should /dev/cdrom link to it? And is there any script which is supposed

Re: Default fonts question

2004-09-19 Thread Meir Kriheli
Micha Feigin wrote: On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 07:38:51PM +0100, Andre Baryudin wrote: Hello everyone, I have returned to my roots - that is, dumped KDE in favor of FVWM2, which was my first window manager. The start-up time dropped dramatically, and I also was able to configure it to my liking,

[UPDATE] No /dev/cdrom in Debian testing?!

2004-09-19 Thread Omer Zak
In the morning I revisited the missing /dev/cdrom problem in my Debian testing installation. 1. I found the /.dev directory, and it had /.dev/hdc 2. I decided to try to link /dev/cdrom to /.dev/hdc, and it worked. I successfully mounted a CD-ROM (the actual task was to view a PPS presentation