Re: Character mode for telnet

2009-01-09 Thread Marc Shapiro
Ken Irving wrote: On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 08:13:32PM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: I know that, after I connect with telnet I can got to command mode and enter 'mode char' to get into character mode. Is there any way to have telnet start up in character mode? I am trying to control a robot

About Release-critial bugs page

2008-12-26 Thread Marc Shapiro
found before its release? If so, why have they not been corrected? The number just keeps on going up. BTW: I'm glad to see the numbers for Lenny dropping down close to the 100 mark. Looking forward to Lenny's release. -- Marc Shapiro mshapiro...@yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: iPod

2008-12-26 Thread Marc Shapiro
2008 December 24 23:29:45 Marc Shapiro wrote: On my Etch system, I still get 3 upgrades Are you sure this is for Amarok in specific? Usually, there's only one version of perl in stable at a time -- you may simply be out of date on those. and 35 new packages requiring over 49 MB

Re: iPod

2008-12-24 Thread Marc Shapiro
newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 42.9MB/49.6MB of archives. After unpacking 113MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n -- Marc Shapiro mshapiro...@yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: Unappending boot options in Lilo?

2008-11-13 Thread Marc Shapiro
old geezers have computers with floppy drives in them Ok, then I am a crotchety old geezer, and proud of it. Mind you, I don't remember when the last time was that I actually USED the floppy drive. But it is still there! -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Issue with URL and firefox (iceweasel)

2008-10-17 Thread Marc Shapiro
the page to load when I click on the link. The other half I get a 404. I tried it 10 times and I got a 404 just about every other time I clicked the link. To me, that sounds more like a problem at the server end and not at the client end, but I can't say for sure. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Happy birthday, Debian!

2008-08-20 Thread Marc Shapiro
. Debian 1.3 Bo (June 5th, 1997) Debian 2.0 Hamm (July 24th, 1998) Same here. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Happy birthday, Debian!

2008-08-20 Thread Marc Shapiro
in a chroot in free space on the disk. I should still have the Sarge install in currently unused partitions on my disk. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Nikon L18 Support

2008-08-01 Thread Marc Shapiro
with it. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Printing from GIMP

2008-07-29 Thread Marc Shapiro
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 01:43:11PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: I recently purchased a new printer and drivers were not available for it in Etch, which I am running. Gutenprint 5.0.2 has the necessary drivers and I compiled it from source and the printer works

Re: Printing from GIMP (SOLVED)

2008-07-29 Thread Marc Shapiro
Thomas Preud'homme wrote: The Tuesday 29 July 2008 10:35:17 Marc Shapiro, you wrote : Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 01:43:11PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: I recently purchased a new printer and drivers were not available for it in Etch, which I am running

Printing from GIMP

2008-07-27 Thread Marc Shapiro
the version of GIMP from the Debian Etch repository. How do I get Debian's GIMP to recognize the compiled from source gutenprint 5.0.2 and allow me to print directly from GIMP. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: Printing from GIMP

2008-07-27 Thread Marc Shapiro
Thomas Preud'homme wrote: Le dimanche 27 juillet 2008, Marc Shapiro a écrit : I recently purchased a new printer and drivers were not available for it in Etch, which I am running. Gutenprint 5.0.2 has the necessary drivers and I compiled it from source and the printer works great. My

Re: Printing from GIMP

2008-07-27 Thread Marc Shapiro
Thomas Preud'homme wrote: Le lundi 28 juillet 2008, Marc Shapiro a écrit : Thomas Preud'homme wrote: Le dimanche 27 juillet 2008, Marc Shapiro a écrit : I recently purchased a new printer and drivers were not available for it in Etch, which I am running. Gutenprint 5.0.2 has

Re: Greetings and question

2008-07-23 Thread Marc Shapiro
American English speakers and INFINITELY better than my Spanish. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound Problems (Sound is Often Gone)

2008-07-14 Thread Marc Shapiro
the original poster of that idea? -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Removing selected items from forms in FF

2008-06-25 Thread Marc Shapiro
Mumia W.. wrote: On 06/24/2008 09:09 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: Is there any way to remove selected items from being remembered when filling out forms? [...] Highlight the entry, then press Delete. Thank you! That was quick and painless. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Closing laptop without suspending

2008-06-25 Thread Marc Shapiro
Dotan Cohen wrote: 2008/6/25 Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I, too, am interested in the answer, if there is one. I am thinking of using the Asus eee (read no hard drive) for processing in a robot. It seems to me that if the robot is moving there is less likely to be a problem if the lid

Re: Closing laptop without suspending

2008-06-24 Thread Marc Shapiro
) for processing in a robot. It seems to me that if the robot is moving there is less likely to be a problem if the lid is shut, than if it is open and able to wobble about. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Removing selected items from forms in FF

2008-06-24 Thread Marc Shapiro
? -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Printing from a wireless laptop on LAN

2008-06-10 Thread Marc Shapiro
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Sun June 8 2008, Marc Shapiro wrote: I have set the server settings on the desktop to Share published printers connected to this system. I restarted cupsd after making this change. I have verified that the printers that I want the EEE to access are published

Printing from a wireless laptop on LAN

2008-06-08 Thread Marc Shapiro
/cups/printcap -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mounting an smbfs as non superuser

2008-06-05 Thread Marc Shapiro
that message from mount it means either: There is no entry in /etc/fstab for that filesystem/mountpoint combo or There is an fstab entry, but it does not have the user option HTH -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

The 'Good old days (WAS:Re: Aptitude Version: 0.4.11.2-1 eat my memory after update...)

2008-06-05 Thread Marc Shapiro
floppy drive. Maybe the 'Good old days' weren't so good, after all. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sliding OT

2008-06-04 Thread Marc Shapiro
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/04/08 11:24, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 09:40:20AM -0500, Preston Boyington wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 12:13:09AM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Ron

Re: Sliding OT

2008-06-03 Thread Marc Shapiro
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/02/08 23:28, Marc Shapiro wrote: [snip] Wine is fermented from fruit. Distilled wine is brandy. Beer is fermented from grain. Distilled beer is whiskey. Corn beer? Technically, yes. Sake is fermented from

Sliding OT (was:Re: Uninstall programs installed in wine.)

2008-06-02 Thread Marc Shapiro
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 12:15:17AM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 05:55:56AM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote: How to uninstall programs installed in wine? distill it to a port? Bad Toad! Hit

Re: Uninstall programs installed in wine.

2008-06-01 Thread Marc Shapiro
believe) but is not, itself, distilled. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: text file from Linux to windows.

2008-05-31 Thread Marc Shapiro
become so voluminous that they were unable to tabulate the data from the last survey before it was time for the next survey. Hollerith used his invention to start a company which became IBM Larry The census is taken every 10 years. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: text file from Linux to windows.

2008-05-30 Thread Marc Shapiro
at the time. This was a bit later, in time -- mid 70's using Fortran IV and Fortran-G on an IBM 360. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: web browser in icedove

2008-05-28 Thread Marc Shapiro
to on my way to and from work. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Tab in Java

2008-05-20 Thread Marc Shapiro
the ability to tab from one field to another, or to simply press enter after entering the answer in the only field on the form. It took me at least twice as long to get through the demo as it should have. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Clearing SWAP

2008-05-03 Thread Marc Shapiro
on the same VT each time startx is invoked. That way I there is no confusion and my wife, daughter and I always know which terminal our session is on. We also all have different backgrounds so that we can see at a glance whose session is currently up. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Clearing SWAP

2008-05-03 Thread Marc Shapiro
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Sat May 3 2008, Marc Shapiro wrote: I have three X sessions running on my box. All started with startx. Each user has an alias for startx that uses a specified VT. It makes no difference what order the sessions are started in, ech person gets a session

Re: Clearing SWAP

2008-05-03 Thread Marc Shapiro
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/08 13:06, Paul Cartwright wrote: On Sat May 3 2008, Marc Shapiro wrote: Sure. This is my alias for startx: alias startx='startx -- :0 vt07' My wife and daughter use: alias startx='startx

Re: OT (slightly) swap limits

2008-04-27 Thread Marc Shapiro
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/27/08 00:55, Marc Shapiro wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/26/08 18:13, Bob Proulx wrote: [snip] I learned about this because I didn't know it when I set up

Re: Almost Working

2008-04-27 Thread Marc Shapiro
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 03:59:40PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Still not working as normal user. It works for root, however, without needing the node in /dev/.static/dev. I hate to reboot. I like the long uptime but we had a power outage recently, so I guess

Re: OT (slightly) swap limits

2008-04-27 Thread Marc Shapiro
Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/27/08 01:33, Marc Shapiro wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] I don't think so. FF3 should severely diminish this problem, though. Still waiting for it to get out of beta. If -- and I emphasize *if* -- you are running Lenny or Sid

Re: Almost Working

2008-04-27 Thread Marc Shapiro
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 03:59:40PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 12:08:29PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: You need something like this in /etc/udev/rules.d/z60_libsane.rules # Epson DX-7400 | Epson DX-7400 SYSFS

Re: Almost Working

2008-04-26 Thread Marc Shapiro
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 07:12:19AM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: I then changed its ownership to root:scanner and its permissions to 664, but I still can't run as myself, only as root. Do I need to rebout for those changes to take effect? Is there some way to set

Re: Almost Working

2008-04-26 Thread Marc Shapiro
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 12:08:29PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: You need something like this in /etc/udev/rules.d/z60_libsane.rules # Epson DX-7400 | Epson DX-7400 SYSFS{idVendor}==04b8, SYSFS{idProduct}==0838, MODE=0664, GROUP=scanner, ENV{libsane_matched}=yes

Re: OT (slightly) swap limits

2008-04-26 Thread Marc Shapiro
, remember it happening with other programs, but it might have, so it might just be a Firefox thing, but Bob's post got me wondering. Can I avoid this vanishing trick of Firefox by increasing swap and turning off overcommit? If so, it would be a good thing. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED

Almost Working (was:Re: Help using my new scanner)

2008-04-25 Thread Marc Shapiro
Rich Healey wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Marc Shapiro wrote: Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Thursday 24 April 2008 07:36:01 you wrote: Thierry Chatelet wrote: Are you in scanner group? Yes, my original post says that I

Re: Help using my new scanner

2008-04-24 Thread Marc Shapiro
change the device node's group? I have never done that to get a scanner recognized. Thierry PS: respond to the list, not to me in private. It helps other people on the list. Thanks The nodes owner was root:root. I want to be able to use the scanner as a normal user. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL

Help using my new scanner

2008-04-23 Thread Marc Shapiro
to have a working scanner. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Totally OT] Re: Hmmm. A question. Was [Re: Debian is losing its users]

2008-04-12 Thread Marc Shapiro
didn't! Well, now you're just contradicting. No, he's not! -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: browsers have become memory hogs

2008-04-11 Thread Marc Shapiro
for a given resource is reached? Say, when FF uses 200M of virtual memory, or over 30% of CPU, a job runs which pops up a warning message. That way you know that a problem exists and can handle it BEFORE it gets to the point where the system is locking up. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: browsers have become memory hogs

2008-04-11 Thread Marc Shapiro
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 07:10:04AM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Is there any way, instead of restricting a resource, to have a command executed when a setpoint for a given resource is reached? Say, when FF uses 200M of virtual memory, or over 30% of CPU, a job runs

Re: PTP camera, setting rights does not work

2008-04-07 Thread Marc Shapiro
? -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

HP Photosmart and Epson Stylus Photo printer compatibility?

2008-03-29 Thread Marc Shapiro
the functioning of this printer under linux? -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: can't swapon second partition after swapoff, overwrite /dev/urandom, swapon

2008-03-11 Thread Marc Shapiro
what error swapon would give, but it certainly sounds like a possibility in this case. Does anyone else know more about this situation? -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] Laptop with Linux preinstalled

2008-03-03 Thread Marc Shapiro
2 lbs and is about the size of a portable DVD player. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USB pendrive mobility (fat32)?

2008-02-10 Thread Marc Shapiro
partition on a flash drive. Amazing as in, XP can't. This seems a fairly insane design decision on the part of MS. Does Vista do this, too? -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pppoeconf / Verizon DSL

2008-01-18 Thread Marc Shapiro
and turned on the router, then my computer. Everything worked perfectly. I am now using Verizon FIOS with the identical setup on my box. I didn't have to change anything since I still connect by DHCP. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-31 Thread Marc Shapiro
Adrian Levi wrote: On 31/12/2007, Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adrian Levi wrote: On 30/12/2007, Celejar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:52:54 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Man is the best computer we can put aboard

Re: [OT] RIP Netscape

2007-12-30 Thread Marc Shapiro
that the items are things that interest him. I know that most people don't think about these things, but my wife is a librarian, so she always does, and it has gotten me into the habit of thinking about it, too. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: how to get debian.org to accept my yahoo.com email

2007-12-08 Thread Marc Shapiro
then it is evidence that Debian is not blocking Yahoo e-mail addresses, as this is being sent from a Yahoo address and I have been using it, and Debian lists, for several years. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: removing kde

2007-11-27 Thread Marc Shapiro
cases, KDE packages depend on kdebase, IIRC. So, removing kdebase should remove most KDE packages. apt-get remove kdebase. HTH. Kumar Removing libartsc0 is what did it for me. That removed virtually everything that was KDE related. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: command line wordperfect

2007-11-25 Thread Marc Shapiro
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/23/07 23:54, Marc Shapiro wrote: [snip] Dont' forget its best feature (the one that has never been used anywhere else, but should be)... Drum roll, please... View Codes Balderdash. WordStar had show codes from

Re: command line wordperfect

2007-11-23 Thread Marc Shapiro
in the file, and where they were placed. It made finding out why the formatting was not as expected so much easier. I wish OOo would implement the feature. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-18 Thread Marc Shapiro
of 'ls' will be left alone. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-17 Thread Marc Shapiro
with the most recent date. Using -h will, of course, give a few screens of help on options and usage. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-17 Thread Marc Shapiro
ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: On Sat, 17 Nov 2007, Marc Shapiro wrote: many package .deb files exist which are not installed, or are duplicated in the archives. It then gives options for deleting them with, or without prompting. I don't know of any packaged program that does this, however. That's

Re: unsed .deb packages??

2007-11-17 Thread Marc Shapiro
joseph lockhart wrote: --- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Reid wrote: On Friday 16 November 2007 22:02, David Fox wrote: On 11/16/07, Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think OP is looking for aptitude clean

Re: browser oddities

2007-11-16 Thread Marc Shapiro
sounding extension) is good, though I never used it myself. I have both installed and find it works quite well. With flashblock, you only run flash applets IF YOU WANT TO by clicking on them. Otherwise, they don't run. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Driver loaded, now, how do I access the camera? (SOLVED)

2007-11-06 Thread Marc Shapiro
Marc Shapiro wrote: OK. I Manually downloaded the gspca-source module and did 'm-a update' and when I went through the steps it seemed to build OK, but did not load. Silly me! Once I unplugged the camera and re-plugged it in, the driver loaded just like it ought to. At least is seems

Driver loaded, now, how do I access the camera? (WAS: Re: Intel Deluxe PC Camera )

2007-11-05 Thread Marc Shapiro
John Schmidt wrote: On Sunday 04 November 2007, Marc Shapiro wrote: Well, I tried to follow the above instructions, but... I didn't have the kernel headers for my 2.6.16 kernel and they do not seem to be available in the Etch repository. I took this as a sign that it was time to upgrade

Re: Intel Deluxe PC Camera

2007-11-04 Thread Marc Shapiro
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:27:53AM +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Sunday 04 November 2007 07:35, John Schmidt wrote: On Sunday 04 November 2007, Marc Shapiro wrote: It looks like the driver module that I need is spca501. There is a source

Re: Intel Deluxe PC Camera

2007-11-04 Thread Marc Shapiro
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:34:20AM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:27:53AM +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Sunday 04 November 2007 07:35, John Schmidt wrote: On Sunday 04

Intel Deluxe PC Camera

2007-11-03 Thread Marc Shapiro
it is likely to be C/C++ for compiled speed, unless someone has some other suggestions for me. Any ideas? I have libcv0.9.7-0 installed, as well as python-opencv. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of stuff? -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Intel Deluxe PC Camera

2007-11-03 Thread Marc Shapiro
Marc Shapiro wrote: I have just become the proud owner of an unused, still in box, Intel Deluxe PC Camera. This camera is dated 2001 and claims it requires Windows 98, 98SE, or Millennium Edition. Does anyone know if there are currently Linux drivers for this? I am running Etch

Re: Open Office 2.0 Writer craks

2007-10-25 Thread Marc Shapiro
Pantor wrote: Hi lads, Start Open Office 2.0 Writer, press File then New, go to Templates and Documents, then press Templates icon, then choose any from the list, and get shit instead of document. Andrius Seems to be working OK here. Using 2.0.4. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: resize the partition with /

2007-09-30 Thread Marc Shapiro
need the extra space. Voila! 5 GB extra space. You could also remove hda1 and recreate several partitions if you want to add space at multiple points in your filesystem. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: resize the partition with /

2007-09-30 Thread Marc Shapiro
as an extended partition * Create as many logical partitions within the extended partition as you need * Mount these logical partitions wherever you need them in the filesystem -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: Etch-backports and gpg problems (SOLVED)

2007-09-24 Thread Marc Shapiro
that by enclosing the entire pipechain in quotes, but there's sometimes when just entering su for the command and exiting su when finished is easier. hmmm... How about sudo command_1 | sudo command_2 That's exactly the way I did it. Worked like a charm. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED

Etch-backports and gpg problems

2007-09-23 Thread Marc Shapiro
someone help me get this sorted out, please? -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Etch-backports and gpg problems (SOLVED)

2007-09-23 Thread Marc Shapiro
Marc Shapiro wrote: I followed the instructions on the backports instruction page: If you are using *etch* and you want apt to verify the downloaded backports you can import backports.org archive’s key into apt: gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net

Re: websites incompatible with iceweasel

2007-09-14 Thread Marc Shapiro
as well, so it is hard to avoid. If you have it turned off, however, it could cause problems. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

What about wma (was Re: wmv)

2007-08-27 Thread Marc Shapiro
playback... A: 28.4 (28.4) of 27.0 (27.0) 0.8% Exiting... (End of file) -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Java has stopped working

2007-08-11 Thread Marc Shapiro
John W. Foster wrote: On Saturday 11 August 2007 00:09, Marc Shapiro wrote: I just realized that java is no longer functioning on my up-to-date Etch system. I had installed Sun Java using java-package and it had been working at the time. I don't run java all that much, so I don't know just

Re: Java has stopped working (Partially SOLVED)

2007-08-11 Thread Marc Shapiro
Alex Samad wrote: On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 01:46:46PM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: John W. Foster wrote: On Saturday 11 August 2007 00:09, Marc Shapiro wrote: I just realized that java is no longer functioning on my up-to-date Etch system. I had installed Sun Java using java

Java has stopped working

2007-08-10 Thread Marc Shapiro
. Since I am happily running Firefox 2.0 I do not want to install Iceweasle. How do I get around this? Can someone tell me what I might be missing, or point me in the right direction? -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: libneon25, or libneon26?

2007-06-29 Thread Marc Shapiro
library in a newer compile of OOo. Does anyone have any ideas on this? -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

libneon25, or libneon26?

2007-06-28 Thread Marc Shapiro
? -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound card not working

2007-06-26 Thread Marc Shapiro
so as to make sure that there was no cruft lying around. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Using Debian Package Manager

2007-06-26 Thread Marc Shapiro
in the applications list anywhere. type whereis xmbmon at the commandline rd Or, just type xmbmon to start it up. 'xmbmon -h' displays a help screen with options, and 'man xmbmon' displays the man page. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: screenshot

2007-06-21 Thread Marc Shapiro
all of the rest. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mr. Mad Duck: about etch-stable fluxbox?

2007-06-11 Thread Marc Shapiro
also try icewm. I run it on my PII-233 with 64 MB ram desktop. Or fvwm2, which is what I run on my Thinkpad 390. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Robert Alan Soloway Arrested

2007-06-02 Thread Marc Shapiro
. s/put away/executed/ Executed for a while is a bit difficult. Rather permanent, actually. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: size of partitions worries me

2007-05-22 Thread Marc Shapiro
seperate partions for /tmp, /var, /usr and /home as I do and the OP says he has, as well. I don't see a problem here. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Where do you get beaver?

2007-05-18 Thread Marc Shapiro
globally wrong than that. I ALWAYS use the select and middle mouse method and it ALWAYS works. I copy things from Firefox that way all the time. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Trimming the fat off an installation

2007-05-16 Thread Marc Shapiro
by aptitude. Since th OP says that he is using apt-get, however, this will not work. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] Screen

2007-05-10 Thread Marc Shapiro
, You were born 25 years late. WordStar, a KayPro II and it's *incredibly* high-res 9 screen were perfect for writing. Word Perfect 5.0 for DOS. The ability to see EXACTLY what codes where where made finding those formatting errors so much easier. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Command line wave player

2007-05-08 Thread Marc Shapiro
, which are much smaller (and therefore good for speech, but maybe not for music) do NOT work when just catted to /dev/dsp or /dev/audio. They also do not work with aplay from the alsa packages, but play, from the sox package works just fine with them. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Can't mount pen drive

2007-04-29 Thread Marc Shapiro
scsi_mod 124872 5 sg,st,sd_mod,sr_mod,usb_storage Both of which are installed. The drive mounts fine if I plug it directly into the cable. It is only when I use the USB hub that it does not mount. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Can't mount pen drive (SOLVED -- Sort of)

2007-04-28 Thread Marc Shapiro
Greg Folkert wrote: On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 21:36 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Does anyone have a clue why /dev/sda and /dev/sda1 are created and the drive will mount if plugged directly to the cable, but /dev/sda and /dev/sda1 are not created if the drive is plugged into the detected

Re: Can't mount pen drive (SOLVED -- Sort of)

2007-04-28 Thread Marc Shapiro
Wayne Topa wrote: Wayne Topa([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Marc Shapiro([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 20:46:38 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: --snip-- Does anyone have a clue why /dev/sda

Re: Can't mount pen drive (SOLVED -- Sort of)

2007-04-26 Thread Marc Shapiro
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 20:46:38 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 13:11:44 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: [...] On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 08:01:02 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: I am having trouble

Can't mount pen drive

2007-04-25 Thread Marc Shapiro
Can anyone help me get this drive mounted. My wife really needs to get to the data on the drive for work and it would really help if she could do it from home. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Can't mount pen drive

2007-04-25 Thread Marc Shapiro
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 08:01:02AM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: I am having trouble getting a USB pen drive to mount. I am running an up-to-date Etch box. My /etc/fstab

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