Re: Totem tty's

2011-10-04 Thread Wayne Topa
On 10/04/2011 06:18 PM, Mark Panen wrote: Hi, I want to report a bug about Totem and when i switch from tty1 to tty7 Totem gets killed. But reportbug says there is no package called totem neither totem movie player, what is the correct name of this package? try apt-cache search totem. --

Re: Totem tty's

2011-10-04 Thread Wayne Topa
On 10/04/2011 07:43 PM, Mark Panen wrote: On 05/10/2011 01:32, Wayne Topa wrote: On 10/04/2011 06:18 PM, Mark Panen wrote: Hi, I want to report a bug about Totem and when i switch from tty1 to tty7 Totem gets killed. But reportbug says there is no package called totem neither totem movie

Re: rar: How to figure out the entry for sources.list

2011-10-05 Thread Wayne Topa
On 10/05/2011 12:44 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: How does on go about figuring out the exact entry for /etc/apt/sources.list in order to download packages like rar? Install the debian-reference package. Although it does not directly answer your rar question, section 2 does explain how the

Re: Canonical way to set compile flags with package manager

2011-10-06 Thread Wayne Topa
On 10/06/2011 06:02 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: If I wanted a special compile time flag set at compile time, for a package, is the only way to just compile it myself, or is there some procedure where the package manager is involved and thereby is able to keep stats on the installed pkg? For

Re: where are xorg-macros

2011-10-09 Thread Wayne Topa
On 10/09/2011 07:16 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: I've looked around with google and on xorg home site for this. xorg-macros I find reference to it but not how to get it. You use the debian tools, such as apt-cache. ie apt-cache search xorg-macros xutils-dev - X Window System utility programs

Re: How to get version information in common notation

2011-10-12 Thread Wayne Topa
On 10/12/2011 11:58 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Darac Marjalmailingl...@darac.org.uk writes: On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 09:45:19AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: How can I quickly get version information for packages I have installed. I mean the common kind of notion used throughout linux. If you

Re: What to make of this apt-get update output.

2011-10-14 Thread Wayne Topa
On 10/14/2011 07:54 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Lisilisi.re...@gmail.com writes: On Friday 14 October 2011 11:12:35 Harry Putnam wrote: I'm not sure I understand why they still have lists of mirrors and such on that very page. For the benefit of those of us still using volatile? Lenny uses

Re: What to make of this apt-get update output.

2011-10-14 Thread Wayne Topa
On 10/14/2011 10:46 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Wayne Topalinux...@gmail.com writes: On 10/14/2011 07:54 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Lisilisi.re...@gmail.com writes: On Friday 14 October 2011 11:12:35 Harry Putnam wrote: I'm not sure I understand why they still have lists of mirrors and such on

Re: What to make of this apt-get update output.

2011-10-14 Thread Wayne Topa
On 10/14/2011 04:00 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Wayne Topalinux...@gmail.com writes: [...] Give a man to fish, feed him for a day Teach a man to fish, feed him for life I used to teach Electronics/Programming many many moons ago. So in your case it was: Give a man a shock and stun him for

Re: Unkillable process with firefox

2011-10-19 Thread Wayne Topa
On 10/19/2011 09:38 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: I have a situation I had not seen before where when I try to start firefox I'm told its already running. ps wwaux reveals: (all on one line - wrapped for mail) reader2617 2.1 6.9 804920 143440 pts/8 Ds+ Oct18 \ 31:58 /usr/bin/firefox

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-02 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/01/2012 11:39 PM, lina wrote: Thanks, Before I thought it's some hidden command in some package, did not realize I should use aptitude show or dpkg -S or apt-cache search. (actually I was not addicted to use those ways, I used to go to debian webpage and looking for package.) well, I

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-12 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/12/2012 02:44 PM, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: Sometime back I moved one of my laptops from using Gnome to using a wm (i3 at present). I have been slowly trying to learn the various functions that the Gnome DE does in the background (hides from the user) so that I can replace the

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/13/2012 09:18 AM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Chris Davieschris-use...@roaima.co.uk wrote: My understanding is that NM will not touch any interface that is defined in /etc/network/interfaces. So, theoretically at least, if you simply go ahead and declare the interfaces

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/13/2012 12:20 PM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Wayne Topalinux...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/13/2012 09:18 AM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Chris Davieschris-use...@roaima.co.uk wrote: My understanding is that NM will not touch any interface that is

Re: How best to replace NetworkManager with wicd?

2012-02-13 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/13/2012 03:06 PM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Tom Htomh0...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Tom Htomh0...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Wayne Topalinux...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/13/2012 12:20 PM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 13,

Re: Recommendations for how to watch Linux desktop from remote Windows?

2012-02-17 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/17/2012 01:59 PM, kei...@strucktower.com wrote: Quick question (I think...): Can you recommend a free and easily available software package that will allow a Windows user to see my Linux desktop? My brother is in another state, and I want him to be able to see my desktop, not necessarily

Re: Simultaneous desktop environments (Gnome and xfce) in two X server sessions.

2012-02-22 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/21/2012 09:05 PM, yudi v wrote: The OP didn't, I think, specify that he wants two X sessions with the same user. Yes that is exactly right, I an trying to use two X sessions under one user. You might want something like this... In my .bashrcx() x() { D=x for i in `seq 0

Re: rsync episode

2012-02-27 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/27/2012 07:49 AM, lina wrote: Hi, When I tried the rsync -rvz source destination It re-copied part of already-copied, any idea to prevent it. Please clarify that for me. Are you saying you are transferring files from source to destination and You do not want files already on the

Cups Printing problem with USB to Parallel printer Cable

2012-02-27 Thread Wayne Topa
Debian Users I have been plagued with an annoying problems with cups lately. I have to unplug the usb cable every time I try to print from X and then the console. I finally found what is causing this but not where the problem is. This is on Sid and on Wheezy/Testing. Here is what I found.

Re: Postgresql-8.1 Removal Problems

2012-02-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/28/2012 11:08 AM, David Baron wrote: Package apparently obselete, dependencies no longer installable. However, I cannot remove it. Get error: update-rc.d: warning: postgresql-8.1 stop runlevel arguments (0 1 6) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (S 0 1 6) How do I get rid of it. (It no

Re: history configuration

2012-02-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/28/2012 11:19 AM, lina wrote: Hi, How to configure to make each terminal shared one history I found each terminal saves its own history and no sharing. Is it possible to let them share? man bash /bash_history gets you some info n Gets you the next occurrence , etc A lot of your

Re: history configuration

2012-02-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/28/2012 11:19 AM, lina wrote: Hi, How to configure to make each terminal shared one history Each terminal of different users or the same user? I found each terminal saves its own history and no sharing. Why would you want share your command history with another user? Is it

Re: history configuration

2012-02-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/28/2012 12:06 PM, lina wrote: On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 1:01 AM, Wayne Topalinux...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/28/2012 11:19 AM, lina wrote: Hi, How to configure to make each terminal shared one history Each terminal of different users or the same user? The same. I am the only user on

Re: history configuration

2012-02-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/28/2012 12:06 PM, lina wrote: On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 1:01 AM, Wayne Topalinux...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/28/2012 11:19 AM, lina wrote: Hi, How to configure to make each terminal shared one history Each terminal of different users or the same user? The same. I am the only user on

Re: Network-manager woes (wifi)

2012-03-01 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/01/2012 01:33 PM, Camaleón wrote: Hello, After a recent set of updates in wheezy (it could be the kernel package that was updated to 3.2.6 but I'm not sure) network-manager is going crazy asking for the AP password every five minutes (disconnects-asks- reconnects...

Re: OT: Copying a URL from a text browser

2012-03-03 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/03/2012 04:56 PM, Randy Kramer wrote: Hijacking this thread thinking I might have a good audience for my question: Is there a text based browser that makes it easy to copy a URL (with, e.g., the middle mouse button) to paste it in another (graphical) browser? I have lynx installed on my

Re: wireless is disabled

2012-03-04 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/23/2012 12:27 PM, lina wrote: which updated packages: libnetcdf6 libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 libhdf5-7 libnetcdfc6 libnetcdff5 libnetcdfc++5 libcf0 login man-db login foomatic-db-compressed-ppds foomatic-filters lib32asound2-dev lib32asound2 libasound2-dev libasound2 libustr-1.0-1 man-db

Re: UML craches frequently

2012-03-05 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/05/2012 10:31 AM, Abou Al Montacir wrote: On Thu, 2012-03-01 at 22:19 +0100, Abou Al Montacir wrote: Hi All, I used to have an UML based sid which I use to build FPC/Lazarus. This was working very well for many years. The host itself is running testing. Since few weeks, I'm starting

Re: howto log screen output while booting

2012-03-07 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/07/2012 09:13 AM, hvw59601 wrote: Johan Scheepers wrote: On 07/03/2012 14:51, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:38:24 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On wheezy testing how can the screen output be logged. There seem to to be a bit problem with some missing modules. Too fast can not

Re: howto log screen output while booting

2012-03-07 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/07/2012 11:34 AM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 03/07/2012 09:13 AM, hvw59601 wrote: Johan Scheepers wrote: On 07/03/2012 14:51, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:38:24 +0200, Johan Scheepers wrote: On wheezy testing how can the screen output be logged. There seem to to be a bit problem

Re: howto log screen output while booting

2012-03-08 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/08/2012 05:29 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 07 mar 12, 14:52:19, Wayne Topa wrote: UPDATE Fount the problem. Even though dpkg -l bootlogd said it was installed. some how back in January the bootlogd executable had been removed. Aptitude was able to purge/install the package

Re: console keyboard layout (dvorak)

2012-03-19 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/19/2012 02:01 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 07:39, linalina.lastn...@gmail.com wrote: snip But things get weired, everything is normal on the tty terminal, but on console (hope it's the right name for it). Setting aside the rest for the moment, we should clarify

Re: console keyboard layout (dvorak)

2012-03-19 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/19/2012 10:17 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 15:52, Wayne Topalinux...@gmail.com wrote: On 03/19/2012 02:01 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: terminology info There should be no confusion as the answer is on the OP's system. apt-cache show console setup console-setup is a

Re: query about optical disc format

2012-03-21 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/21/2012 10:25 AM, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I am running Debian 6 on this computer. In trying to find what happens with a DVD that is written from a DVD recorder /player and television tuner, I put the DVD in the computer optical drive. The computer did not automatically load any DVD/CD

Re: icedove password problem

2012-03-26 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/26/2012 06:35 PM, Gary Roach wrote: I had to change the password on my verizon email account. Now verizon email refuses to accept email I send to one of my accounts because the password Icedove is sending is wrong. How do I go about fixing this. Preferences - Security - Saved Passwords

Re: [OT] Posting styles

2012-04-07 Thread Wayne Topa
On 04/07/2012 04:16 AM, Mika Suomalainen wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ---snip -- How utterly ridiculous and pointless to sign messages posted to mailing lists. I agree with Chris Bannister. As do I, In case you haven't noticed, there are other people who are

Re: [OT] Posting styles

2012-04-08 Thread Wayne Topa
On 04/08/2012 02:28 PM, keith mckenzie wrote: Decided the easiest way to stop the annoyance of 'Mika Suomalainen', is to send his messages straight to 'trash'. No more half page fulls of meaningless numbers/letters, no more requests for confirmation; life has returned to normal. :) +1

Re: Boot messages getting cleared

2012-04-15 Thread Wayne Topa
On 04/15/2012 12:48 PM, Thilo Six wrote: Hello since the upgrade to wheezy i have a problem with the messages that are shown during boot. Currently during boot messages are shown as usual on vt1 but then at some point late in the boot process these messages are cleared and then only the login

Re: how to fix aptitude errors upgrading LMDE UP3 - UP4

2012-04-16 Thread Wayne Topa
On 04/16/2012 02:34 PM, Tom Roche wrote: (Apologies if this is not the correct place to post (is there an apt-user or aptitude-user list?), but it's been helpful in past.) As detailed @ http://forum.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=198t=99035 recently I successfully upgraded a box with Linux

Re: how to fix aptitude errors upgrading LMDE UP3 - UP4

2012-04-17 Thread Wayne Topa
On 04/16/2012 09:26 PM, Tom Roche wrote: Wayne Topa Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:24:26 -0400 I just looked for lmde in the debian packages and it is not there and it's not in the original post @ http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/04/msg01217.html either, because LMDE is not a package I am

Re: changing window managers in debian 6.0.4

2012-04-25 Thread Wayne Topa
On 04/25/2012 05:10 PM, Dan Hitt wrote: Thanks Camaleón and Johan for your suggestions. For reference, here's what happened: Camaleón: i did try the update-alternatives path, including the --display option to check. It reports wmaker, but has no effect otherwise that i can tell. The idea of

Re: grub2 loop back is not working

2012-04-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 04/28/2012 08:23 AM, J. Bakshi wrote: On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:11:55 + (UTC) Camaleónnoela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:27:21 +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:38:15 + (UTC) Camaleónnoela...@gmail.com wrote: The grub now reports error: no menuentry

Re: grub2 loop back is not working

2012-04-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 04/28/2012 08:58 AM, J. Bakshi wrote: On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:47:26 -0400 Wayne Topalinux...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/28/2012 08:23 AM, J. Bakshi wrote: On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:11:55 + (UTC) Camaleónnoela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:27:21 +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: On

Re: Wicd Wireless Woes

2011-05-24 Thread Wayne Topa
On 05/24/2011 11:33 AM, Bill wrote: Hi folks, I'm having problems connecting to my wireless access point using wicd. Wicd seems to be running ok. I can connect and disconnect from my wired network at will. Wicd also detects a variety of wireless networks in my neighborhood, including my own,

Re: Wicd Wireless Woes

2011-05-24 Thread Wayne Topa
On 05/24/2011 05:04 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 05/24/2011 11:33 AM, Bill wrote: Hi folks, I'm having problems connecting to my wireless access point using wicd. Wicd seems to be running ok. I can connect and disconnect from my wired network at will. Wicd also detects a variety of wireless

Re: Debian Questions on apt-get

2011-06-11 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/11/2011 04:25 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20110611_193705, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 11 iun 11, 10:05:16, Paul E Condon wrote: OT: while checking my memory on this, I noticed a plaintive question from 2007 about the Aptitude Reference Manual which seemed to be mentioned in Debian

Re: installing .debs from hdd

2011-06-12 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/12/2011 04:27 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 06:45:04AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 12/06/11 06:22, Robert Holtzman wrote: How can I install multiple debs residing in a directory on my hard drive? Unless I missed it, running a search, the Debian Reference manual

Re: How to get Bell Canada 3G USB network up?

2011-06-13 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/13/2011 03:49 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 13/06/11 15:44, Christian Jaeger wrote: I was going off the Canonical string in the nm.log. Given that they (sic) don't maintain the Debian package. The Debian package is maintained by Didier Raboud, who if memory serves me correctly is also the

Re: How to get Bell Canada 3G USB network up?

2011-06-13 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/13/2011 11:23 AM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 06/13/2011 03:49 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 13/06/11 15:44, Christian Jaeger wrote: I am using a USB modem from ATT which is supported by the Debian kernel so I have held off replying to this thread. If it would help any, I can show all

Re: How to get Bell Canada 3G USB network up?

2011-06-14 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/13/2011 11:58 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 14/06/11 06:16, Wayne Topa wrote: On 06/13/2011 11:23 AM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 06/13/2011 03:49 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 13/06/11 15:44, Christian Jaeger wrote: I am using a USB modem from ATT which is supported by the Debian kernel so

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-15 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/15/2011 07:38 AM, AG wrote: On Wheezy, I have lost the capability of connecting to the CUPS server via the web-page using localhost:631. The error message is cannot connect: connection to the server refused. I have double-checked /etc/hosts and that seems fine, checking the Net for help

Re: How select the access point manually in a wireless network?

2011-06-15 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/14/2011 08:34 PM, Adrian Rocha wrote: Hi people, I work with my laptop and use a wireless conection in an enterprise network. When I go to other floor, the wireless access point change automatically. I can see this change using the command iwconfig. Is there any way to select the access

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-15 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/15/2011 09:35 AM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 06/15/2011 07:38 AM, AG wrote: On Wheezy, I have lost the capability of connecting to the CUPS server via the web-page using localhost:631. The error message is cannot connect: connection to the server refused. I have double-checked /etc/hosts

Re: WARNING: Stay off Sid /lib upgrades!

2011-06-15 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/15/2011 10:55 AM, David Baron wrote: After being assured by a maintainer that the problems in upgrading were fixed in -7, I upgraded, without a hitch ... except now everything segfaults, even after reboot. I had also upgraded x-windows stuff dependent on that which made things even worse.

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-16 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/16/2011 09:23 AM, AG wrote: On 15/06/11 14:35, Wayne Topa wrote: On 06/15/2011 07:38 AM, AG wrote: On Wheezy, I have lost the capability of connecting to the CUPS server via the web-page using localhost:631. The error message is cannot connect: connection to the server refused. I have

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-16 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/16/2011 12:15 PM, AG wrote: On 16/06/11 15:36, lee wrote: AGcomputing.acco...@googlemail.com writes: On Wheezy, I have lost the capability of connecting to the CUPS server via the web-page using localhost:631. The error message is cannot connect: connection to the server refused. Did

Re: Regenerating /var/lib/dpkg/status

2011-06-16 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/16/2011 12:59 PM, David Baron wrote: This file is full of cruft, stuff left over years ago starting with knoppix-3. Recent dpkg produce a lot of parse-errors from the file, though they do not effect anything. Is it possible to regenerate this file without all the cruft? You might want

Re: Cannot connect to localhost:631

2011-06-16 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/16/2011 03:01 PM, AG wrote: On 16/06/11 19:04, Wayne Topa wrote: Listen localhost:631 Thanks Wayne Added that to the top line and it works!! Much appreciated. Glad I could help. Cheers Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: searching through open-/libreoffice documents

2011-06-18 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/16/2011 10:06 AM, lee wrote: Hi, when I have a collection of documents created with openoffice/libreoffice writer and want to search through them for strings contained in the text, how do I do that? Is there some equivalent for grep that works on such files? I use the recoll

Re: Not authorized to mount flash drive with normal account

2011-06-19 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/19/2011 01:30 AM, John Mollman wrote: Hi, I am still unable to mount my flash drive on Debian wheezy with a normal user account. I have tried adding myself to the 'plugdev' group with the command 'usermod -a -G plugdev john' but that doesn't seem to work. I am, however, able to mount

Re: [OT] Google search default lang.

2011-06-19 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/19/2011 11:55 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Using Google search always returns my results in Spanish because Google has figured out that my ISP is in a Spanish speaking country. But I want the results in US Eglish and always have to do an extra mouse click on 'Google.com in English'

Re: [OT] Google search default lang.

2011-06-19 Thread Wayne Topa
On 06/19/2011 03:03 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Wayne Topa wrote: On 06/19/2011 11:55 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Using Google search always returns my results in Spanish because Google has figured out that my ISP is in a Spanish speaking country. But I want the results in US Eglish

Re: Restarting network

2011-07-07 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/07/2011 10:42 AM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: Having made some config changes to my network, I did: root@tony-lx:/home/tony# /etc/init.d/networking restart That results in: Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not enable again some interfaces ...

Re: Restarting network

2011-07-07 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/07/2011 04:02 PM, William Hopkins wrote: On 07/07/11 at 11:26am, Wayne Topa wrote: On 07/07/2011 10:42 AM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: Having made some config changes to my network, I did: root@tony-lx:/home/tony# /etc/init.d/networking restart That results in: Running /etc/init.d

Looking for an alternative to mysql

2011-07-08 Thread Wayne Topa
As I am doubtful as to mysql working in Debian anymore (see below) I need a database package that works for a change in debian. Is postgresql more reliable then mysql or are there other viable DB's? OLD-TESTINGNo Updates since Squeeze went Stable ~# ls

Re: Looking for an alternative to mysql

2011-07-08 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/08/2011 12:55 PM, Michael Checca wrote: On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:50:36 -0400, Wayne Topa linux...@gmail.com wrote: As I am doubtful as to mysql working in Debian anymore (see below) I need a database package that works for a change in debian. I've used MySQL since Lenny (I'm on Wheezy

Re: Looking for an alternative to mysql

2011-07-08 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/08/2011 02:01 PM, Michael Checca wrote: Could you share the output of dpkg -l mysql* |grep ^i ii mysql-client 5.1.57-3 MySQL database client (metapackage depending on the latest version) ii mysql-client-5.1 5.1.57-3 MySQL database client binaries ii

Re: Looking for an alternative to mysql

2011-07-08 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/08/2011 12:57 PM, Roger Leigh wrote: On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 12:50:36PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: Is postgresql more reliable then mysql Yes, without a shadow of doubt. or are there other viable DB's? Yes, though I haven't used them myself, PostgreSQL serving my needs quite nicely

Re: Looking for an alternative to mysql

2011-07-08 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/08/2011 04:27 PM, William Hopkins wrote: On 07/08/11 at 04:42pm, D G Teed wrote: On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Wayne Topa linux...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/08/2011 12:57 PM, Roger Leigh wrote: On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 12:50:36PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: Is postgresql more reliable

Re: Looking for an alternative to mysql

2011-07-08 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/08/2011 03:42 PM, D G Teed wrote: On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Wayne Topa linux...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/08/2011 12:57 PM, Roger Leigh wrote: On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 12:50:36PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: Is postgresql more reliable then mysql Yes, without a shadow of doubt

Re: Looking for an alternative to mysql

2011-07-08 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/08/2011 06:04 PM, John Hasler wrote: Wayne writes: I am not in the habit of installing packages that known to not work. If the package was known not to work the bug would be grave. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities True! But I am seeing more non grave lately then I am

Re: Looking for an alternative to mysql

2011-07-08 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/08/2011 09:02 PM, D G Teed wrote: On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Wayne Topa linux...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/08/2011 03:42 PM, D G Teed wrote: On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Wayne Topa linux...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/08/2011 12:57 PM, Roger Leigh wrote: On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 12:50

Re: Looking for an alternative to mysql

2011-07-09 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/08/2011 06:04 PM, John Hasler wrote: Wayne writes: I am not in the habit of installing packages that known to not work. If the package was known not to work the bug would be grave. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities Thanks John. That made me try again, but a bit harder

Re: Can not startx anymore after the laptop was forced to turn off

2011-07-11 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/10/2011 01:26 PM, shawn wilson wrote: On Jul 10, 2011 12:57 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:00:31 -0400, jiang lei wrote: i can not start xserver after my laptop(lenovo T61) was forced to turn off while running in multi-head configuration. The

Re: OT - stitching together 2 pdf files

2011-07-12 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/12/2011 12:34 PM, AG wrote: Hi all Sorry for the OT, but does anyone know of a way to stitch 2 separate pdf files together to make one large one? I'm pretty sure acroread won't, but I was wondering about Xpdf or possibly a command-line approach? Thanks for any help. You already have

Re: OT - stitching together 2 pdf files

2011-07-12 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/12/2011 04:10 PM, AG wrote: On 12/07/11 19:22, Wayne Topa wrote: On 07/12/2011 12:34 PM, AG wrote: Hi all Sorry for the OT, but does anyone know of a way to stitch 2 separate pdf files together to make one large one? I'm pretty sure acroread won't, but I was wondering about Xpdf

Re: More than 150 up-to-date Debian howtos tutorials online (server, virtualization, etc)

2011-07-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 07/26/2011 04:18 AM, Christoph Pilka wrote: Hi folks, in the last months I've published more than 150 Debian howtos which are online now at http://www.asconix.com/howtos/debian The howtos are covering the following topics so far: * Debian as infrastructure (BIND, Samba ...) * Webservers

Re: gimp not starting

2011-08-02 Thread Wayne Topa
On 08/02/2011 03:46 AM, Johann Spies wrote: On Debian wheezy/sid I get: % gimp (gimp:4714): GLib-WARNING **: /tmp/buildd/glib2.0-2.28.6/./glib/goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0 and despite the fact that it is a warning and not an error

eagle CAD

2011-01-11 Thread Wayne Topa
Hi Guys Gals I haven't used eagle in many moons and have a need to use it for a new project. ISTR that my installation used' to autoroute the board but I can't seem to get the latest testing version does not autoroute. I 'think' that there was a way to run eagle, as root, the first time

Re: eagle CAD (corrections)

2011-01-12 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/11/2011 05:20 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: Hi Guys Gals I haven't used eagle in many moons and have a need to use it for a new project. ISTR that my installation used' to autoroute the board but I can't seem to get the latest testing version autoroute

Re: eagle CAD (corrections)

2011-01-12 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/12/2011 01:33 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:30:19 -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/11/2011 05:20 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: Hi Guys Gals I haven't used eagle in many moons and have a need to use it for a new project. ISTR that my installation used' to autoroute the board but I

Re: networking

2011-01-17 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/16/2011 07:20 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Osamu Aoki wrote: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#list-of-stanzas-in-eni (I read the source to ome up with this table). An excellent reference! Thanks for writing that document. And for pointing it out to us. Bob

Re: Problem with Realtek's driver r8168

2011-01-23 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/23/2011 10:28 AM, Mario Trangoni wrote: Hi List, I'm new here and want to ask about a problem with my network driver r8168. I've compiled the offical one from Realtek, I can see that the driver recognize the card but it doesnt work. I've no connection. It's a pity because I've only

Re: Why are my emails not making it to the list?

2011-01-26 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/26/2011 03:52 PM, elbbit wrote: I have replied to several threads now, but my emails are not appearing? According to the mailman page I am supposed to receive my own copies. Did I miss something? Do I need to RTFM somewhere? Thanks in advance. You are on gmail. They (it) does not

Re: 7zr compress include subdirs?

2011-01-27 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/27/2011 04:28 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Trying to use 7zr, used example 1 from the man: 7zr a -t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on archive.7z dir1 But my 'dir1' has subdirs and they are empty when I expand 'archive.7z'. I note a -r flag but with the warning: -r[-|0] Recurse

Re: /etc/X11/Xsession.d

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/27/2011 10:59 PM, T o n g wrote: Hi, Anywhere I can read more about /etc/X11/Xsession.d? I want to use it to start an app when X starts, synergyc to be exact, following the steps from http://tacticalcoder.com/blog/2009/05/using-synergy-software-kvm-with-osx- and-linux/ The ubuntu

Re: /etc/X11/Xsession.d

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 12:54 PM, T o n g wrote: On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:12:41 -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: Note: I start x with startx, and use fluxbox WM. Me too. In debian, for years now, anything I want to have start up in X I put in .xinitrc like this synergys --config ~/.synergy.conf --restart

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 02:23 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 11:57 AM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 28. 01. 2011 19:46:46 je Paul Scott napisal(a): Hi, I have a Trendnet TEW-421PC which has a Realtek 8185 chipset. Installing the driver with ndiswrapper seemed to work fine. ifup wlan0 fails to get a

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 03:27 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 12:58 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:23 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 11:57 AM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 28. 01. 2011 19:46:46 je Paul Scott napisal(a): Hi, I have a Trendnet TEW-421PC which has a Realtek 8185 chipset. Which

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 04:03 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 01:48 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: (snip) Instead you have to configure the /etc/wicd/*.conf files manager-settings.conf wired-settings.conf wireless-settings.conf they each have a man page. I have not had to do this directly before. Usually

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 04:03 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 01:48 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: (snip) Instead you have to configure the /etc/wicd/*.conf files manager-settings.conf wired-settings.conf wireless-settings.conf they each have a man page. I have not had to do this directly before. Usually

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 04:51 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:43 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:33 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: On 01/28/2011 04:03 PM, Paul Scott wrote: I have the feeling that something is broken at a lower level. I will try adding the ESSID to wireless-settings.conf

Re: apache2 ftp password

2011-01-28 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 06:53 PM, Russell L. Harris wrote: For the purpose of web site development and testing, I installed apache2 as a local http server on another machine in the LAN. The default web page directory is /var/www . Of course, this directory is owned by root. I would like to use an ftp

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-29 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/28/2011 06:36 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On 01/28/2011 02:51 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: Paul Check this out. http://forums.opensuse.org/archives/sf-archives/archives-network-internet/archives-wireless-networking/334317-native-linux-drivers-realtek-8185-8187-series-wireless-car.html I have

Re: Realtek 8185 chipset problem

2011-01-29 Thread Wayne Topa
On 01/29/2011 07:40 PM, Paul Scott wrote: On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 02:01:49PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 03:02:20PM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:23:54 -0500 (EST), Paul Scott wrote: I must leave for a while and I don't know whether it shows up for

Re: tool for internet connection test

2011-02-04 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/04/2011 08:17 AM, Lubos Rendek wrote: Hi Stefan, I'll look into this...thank you Lubos On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Stefan Pietsch stefan.piet...@lsexperts.de wrote: On 04.02.2011 12:17, Lubos Rendek wrote: Have a look at smokeping: http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/ It can

Squeeze fdisk and cfdisk changed

2011-02-08 Thread Wayne Topa
Hi Gang After the upgrade to Squeeze I found that cfdisk no longer displays the disk Labels and fdisk now shows that all my partitions have problems. This was not the case before the upgrade and does not occur on testing on (sda5) Anyone else seeing this?? Disk /dev/sda: 160 GB,

Squeeze fdisk and cfdisk changed Correction

2011-02-08 Thread Wayne Topa
Hi Gang After the upgrade to Squeeze I found that cfdisk no longer displays the disk Labels and fdisk now shows that all my partitions have problems. This problem was found on only 1 of 3 installs of Squeeze. I am now reinstalling the faulty system. Sorry for the noise.. Wayne -- To

Re: Adding /dev/usb/lp0 in CUPS

2011-02-18 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/18/2011 12:03 PM, Sthu Deus wrote: Good day. I have a lpt-printer connected through lpt-to-usb adapter (OS sees it as /dev/usb/lp0) to my local host. Trying to add it through cups web interface I see no local usb options. My question is how I can accomplish my goal? Not enough info

Re: Cannot use USB floppy drive in Squeeze

2011-02-23 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/23/2011 07:27 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: I have recently install Debian Squeeze on an IBM ThinkPad X31. It has an external USB-attached floppy drive. The BIOS sees it. I can boot from it just fine, and when running Windows 95 in MS-DOS mode (no WIN.EXE running) I can access it as drive

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