Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird
On 09/24/2005 02:43 am, Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 23 September 2005 07:14 am, Fritz Brown wrote: Please read the Debian Reference. One of the main reasons to use Debian is to use software packaged from Debian repositories rather than downloading generic binaries and source. Which may explain why I am having trouble understanding how to install Opera. I got a .deb of the latest version, and am trying to follow the instructions on various websites concerning dpkg, and I keep getting messages that I make it appear I am not using the proper attributes First, Gak! Opera! Get a real browser! duck! Second, what kind of errors are you getting? Opera is a good browser. I use Konqueror, Firefox, and Opera because each one has its advantages. I sometimes get better performance from Opera than from Firefox and sometimes Firefox is better. I don't think any of the browsers used with Linux is the best all-around. Maybe I am doing something wrong ;) 8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird
On Friday 23 September 2005 07:54 pm, Pollywog wrote: Maybe I am doing something wrong ;) Or you have a short attention span. :o) When I'm at work, I've become so accustomed to KDE that Windows is painful to use, largely due to the lack of Konqueror and Kontact. Explorer's a buggy, insecure, slow joke and I really would rather have my skin flayed than the poor imitation of a real PIM that is Outlook... pgpVvja9CWwnJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: upgrade problem
Hi Kai, more useful or compact than apt-cache show would be $ apt-cache policy perl However you apt-cache show seems to indicate you have a sarge/sid mix. Since apt-get install perl indicates your perl is up-to-date for your default release, I don't see why apt-get upgrade would be upgrading it directly. What could happen on dist-upgrade in a mix is that a package that you have installed which isn't part of stable is ignoring the stable upgrade path and going to, say, sid (unless for example you pinned testing higher, but you seem to have no etch sources). This should be investigated. One efficient way to do it would be to use $ apt-show-versions -u|grep unstable However, you said that the problem seems to be with Perl. Could you indicate what makes you think that? Unless it's just that you're surprised that install won't upgrade it but dist-upgrade does? If so then really try the suggestion above. But in case you already eliminated that possibility, I'd point you to the APT HOWTO's section 3.5 suggestion of using Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 4ol 4rt files:
I wrote: Please do not follow up to the parent. Doing so will create more Google hits and cause more of these lost souls to bombard us with their questions. Paul Johnson writes: So why do you do it? It's the first followup that starts a thread, after all. Read the subject line. Do you see anything odd about it? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: about xpdf font?
On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 10:49:04PM +0800, Melancholy Werther wrote: deleted I don't know how to manage this problem, if I need install another font package or setting the .xpdfrc You know, xpdf's man page *does* describe exactly how to configure the fonts it uses. -- Marc Wilson | Mad, adj.: Affected with a high degree of [EMAIL PROTECTED] | intellectual independence ... -- Ambrose Bierce, | The Devil's Dictionary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 4ol 4rt files:
On Friday 23 September 2005 07:57 pm, John Hasler wrote: I wrote: Please do not follow up to the parent. Doing so will create more Google hits and cause more of these lost souls to bombard us with their questions. Paul Johnson writes: So why do you do it? It's the first followup that starts a thread, after all. Read the subject line. Do you see anything odd about it? Yes, but my point is, you're asking people to *not* do exactly what you're doing. Then there's the comically ironic explanation as to why you shouldn't followup to what you're following up to... pgp7XU0SjF9hJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Computer Name
Paul Johnson wrote: On Friday 23 September 2005 01:56 pm, Redefined Horizons wrote: Debian Users, I thought that the host name of my Debian box was the same as my computer name, but I just learned that they are not the same. How do I set the computer name, and what is the difference between the two? Sometimes, Windows calls the SMB hostname the computer name. Outside of SMB (and by extension, Windows), this distinction does not exist. Solaris boxes make the distinction, I believe. They have a computer name, and they have a hostname for each NIC/network/zone (a 'zone' being somewhat like a virtual machine). -- KEnt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Jabber
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 22:10:13 +0200, Chuck Payne wrote: Hi, I have jabber install but can't seem to connect. Does anyone know if/where there is a website talks about getting jabber working on Debian. Are you just trying to get a client to work, or a server? The client should just work assuming you can make outgoing connections through your firewall. Are you doing this at work, or through a restrictive firewall? If you get to the point where you are connected, you're welcome to use my address below for testing. -- Kenneth P. Turvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kt.squeakydolphin.com (not much there yet) Jabber IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (314) 255-2199 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm running Debian unstable and I connect to a wireless network on which there is a Windows XP box that has an HP PSC 750 connected to it. I would like to be able to use this printer to print web pages and PDF documents from my computer. A few years back setting up a printer under Linux was a real chore. The last time I was faced with this I did the simple thing and bought a Lexmark printer with a postscript upgrade chip that I just plugged in and it would work (after several hours of fiddling). If this is still a huge hassle, I won't bother with it and just do all my printing from the Windows box downstairs, but if the situation has improved and there is a simple set up for printing under Debian, I would like to make it happen. Can anyone out there point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance, - -- Kenneth P. Turvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kt.squeakydolphin.com (not much there yet) Jabber IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (314) 255-2199 P.S. This printer also acts as a scanner (and copier). If that could be used over the network it would also be cool, but it isn't really that important. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDNM6f3naBnF2rJNURAgFaAJ0QPuULqrR9FGI0LJDpLSAhFdywAgCgnebH ASRUlcuMhNvGzGs3cfz8yGw= =zPir -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Horizontal and Vertical Refresh rates for 15.4 inch Wide-Screen
I recently acquired a laptop with an LCD 15.4 wide-screen display with resolution of 1280 x 800 and 60MHz refresh rate. I have googled and have not come up with the answer to this question: What are the Horizontal and Vertical Refresh Rates for this screen? I need to know so that when I set it to this resolution, it will not give me two different versions of what I should be seeing. Basically, it is un-usable. So, where can I find this information?Thank you kindly in advance.-- —A watched bread-crumb never boils.—My hover-craft is full of eels.—‽ --You've just been Interrobanged. —[...]and that's the he and the she of it.
