Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Eric Brooks
On Debian I think Eclipse is the best bet for Java development. It is available as a standard Debian package. I found that I like to use the Sun Java platform more than the alternatives mostly because the stuff I write has to run on a number of platforms all of which run the Sun virtual machine.

Re: OT: clicky keyboards

2007-12-07 Thread Eric Brooks
I've been using the HHKB Lite 2 keyboard (also known as the Happy Hacker Lite) for a couple of years now. It has a firm touch but is fast and easy to type on. I switch keyboards frequently to try to avoid carpal tunnel but with this keyboard I haven't felt a twinge... They have draw backs... It

Samsung ML-2010 Printer Not Recognized as connected to system

2007-12-30 Thread Eric Brooks
Prior to upgrading my version of Debian on this laptop the Samsung ML-2010 printer was working fine. After the upgrade the printer is no longer recognized as connected to the system by lsusb, though it is seen my usbview. In any case, the GNOME Add Printer utility doesn't recognize the printer as

Re: Samsung ML-2010 Printer Not Recognized as connected to system

2008-01-01 Thread Eric Brooks
Thanks for your note. When I run /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb the following is output: direct usb://Samsung/ML-2010 Samsung ML-2010 Samsung ML-2010 USB #1 MFG:Samsung;CMD:GDI;MDL:ML-2010;CLS:PRINTER;STATUS:BUSY; I did the following based on the emails in debian-user. 1. Installed

Epson Perfection 3590 Scanner seen by sane-find-scanner but not by scanimage -L

2006-10-15 Thread Eric Brooks
Hi. I'm trying to get an Epson Perfection 3590 Scanner working with Debian Stable, kernel 2.6.8-2-386. sane-find-scanner reports: found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b8, product=0x0122) at libusb:001:010 I pulled the Esfw52.bin file out of the cabs provided with the scanner and put it into

Re: slavage options for broken /hdb

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
drive has worked fine since. I am speaking from experience, not as an 'expert' debian user. I've only been using Debian for a little while and like it but I'm still getting my sea-legs so to speak. Regards, Eric -- Eric Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 11:55:45PM -0800

[root@dimension11.net: Cron news@bainbridge01 rnews -U]

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
I was wondering if anyone could shed light on what I need to do to get rid of this error message. I am a new Debian user and I think that I don't have my network setup correctly yet (though email is working) and I am not sure what the source of this email is? i'm running on a laptop (dell

GPG Signature

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
Newbie question: Do I need to export my gpg signature to a server in order for it to be validated when someone opens my mail or is the signature just a data block associated with the email, unverified?

Re: GPG Signature

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
sending to `search.keyserver.net': eof I really appreciate your Howto. Its the best explanation on the whole signing/encrypting/securing of email that I've read. Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.dimension11.net] On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 10:04:35PM -0500, Justin R. Miller wrote: Thus spake Eric Brooks

Re: [root@dimension11.net: Cron news@bainbridge01 rnews -U]

2001-11-18 Thread Eric Brooks
/hosts.allow, and /etc/hosts.deny work together and what they impact. -- eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.dimension11.net] On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 08:09:36PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: Eric Brooks wrote: I was wondering if anyone could shed light on what I need to do to get rid

Mutt configuration file

2001-11-19 Thread Eric Brooks
I am using Mutt. I don't have a .muttrc file yet but I plan to set one up. I figure I can just put it in my home directory along with the other .xrc files. I was wondering where Mutt kept its global configuration file and what it was named? Thanks. Eric[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Web-based email encryption / signing

2001-11-19 Thread Eric Brooks
You can use gpg with Mutt to encrypt email. If you are running in KDE you can use KMail. I don't know what the GNome email client is. Most clients will support encryption and signing. Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.dimension11.net] On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 02:23:38PM +0100, Nikolai Prokoschenko

Exim help

2001-11-26 Thread Eric Brooks
Hi. I am trying to get Exim to work as my mail transport agent. I configured exim using eximconfig. I selected the smarthost option since I am running on a laptop connected to an ISP via an ISDN line. I have no trouble with the connection itself in that I can browse using Mozilla and

apt sources list

2001-12-02 Thread Eric Brooks
I read the list and see apt-get lines that work for other folks but when I try them the target item is not found. An example: apt-get install libgpcl0. I assume that the problem is that I am either using the wrong source servers or using the wrong source level (i.e., stable vs. unstable).

Mutt and filtering to multiple mailboxes

2001-12-05 Thread Eric Brooks
the effect that I should expect from the mbox-hook record correctly. Should the mbox-hook command have the effect I describe above? If so, is there something obvious I'm missing in the syntax above? Thanks. Eric -- Eric Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Mutt and filtering to multiple mailboxes

2001-12-05 Thread Eric Brooks
have anything against procmail. I am not familiar with it. I will look it up. Thanks. -- Eric Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.dimension11.net pgphvURfGQuh0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian Books request (fwd)

2001-12-06 Thread Eric Brooks
, Foster City, CA, USA. -- Eric Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.dimension11.net pgpb6YQNJRKSW.pgp Description: PGP signature

template parse error in /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm

2001-12-06 Thread Eric Brooks
was that it wouldn't because it would just download the same file again. I thought I might be out of disk space but I have 1Gig available free space which I would think is enough. Regards, Eric -- Eric Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED

Error accessing cdrom device

2001-12-13 Thread Eric Brooks
permission to access the device. Reason: Permission denied. I tried adding myself into the cdrom group but that did not solve the problem. I would appreciate any help in moving forward with this. Regards, Eric -- Eric Brooks | [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Error accessing cdrom device

2001-12-14 Thread Eric Brooks
On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:47:10AM -0500, Justin R. Miller wrote: Did you re-login after doing that? No, I didn't. I'll try that. Thanks very much. pgpPiRdSMV5Vy.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: What's a debian kid look like?

2001-12-19 Thread Eric Brooks
Ezra. Also what I call head/rock like Pink Floyd. A lot of other music; I'm all over the place (classical, rb, everything but country). -- Eric Brooks | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.dimension11.net pgpXNBGRTOGAf.pgp Description: PGP

SIGNAL 11 In libjvm.so

2002-05-28 Thread Eric Brooks
I am running on Woody Debian Kernel 2.2.19. I just installed the Blackdown distribution of Java 1.3. Occassionally, when I just enter the 'java' command, I get a SIGNAL 11, as illustrated below. From my reading, it looks like this could indicate either a hardware or a software problem. Has

X11 Config Error on Moving from Potato to Woody

2002-06-10 Thread Eric Brooks
Debian friends, I got the error shown below on moving from potato to woody. I have done an apt-get udpate and apt-get dist-upgrade so I assume I'm running an X-windows version in synch with the xf86config utility that I ran to produce the XF86Config file. Does anyone have any insight on where I

Re: X11 Config Error on Moving from Potato to Woody

2002-06-10 Thread Eric Brooks
In your XF86Config, is the subsection listed inside a section? On my system it is listed inside Section Module. -- Seneca [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for your note above. In my XF86Config I don't have a Module section, as suggested above. In fact, the line indicated by the error message is

Evolution: Error loading addressbook

2009-02-06 Thread Eric Brooks
Hi. I restored evolution from a backup and now I get the error: Can you offer any suggestions on how to address this? I searched Google and Debian bugs and found very contradictory reports. Thanks. Eric -- Eric Brooks e...@digitalexplorations.org www.digitalexplorations.org attachment

Re: Evolution: Error loading addressbook

2009-02-06 Thread Eric Brooks
? Thanks. Eric On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 16:39 +, webmaster wrote: Try: #chown -R eric.eric /home/eric/.evolution/ #chmod -R 770 /home/eric/.evolution/ Bye. Eric Brooks wrote: Hi. I restored evolution from a backup and now I get the error: Can you offer any

3Com Mini PCI and Synaptics Touchpad Drivers

2001-09-07 Thread Eric Brooks \(Dimension11\)
I have not found drivers for the following devices: 3Com 10/100 Mini PCI Ethernet Adapter 3Com 56K V.90 Mini PCI Modem Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad I'm running on a Micron Transport GX laptop. The touchpad is partially recognized but I can't get the cursor to display correctly; all I get is a