Hey guys,
Recently hear that ubuntu 7.10 has a PDF printer enabled by default. I did some
digging around and found that this was accomplished through the use of cups-pdf.
So I went ahead and installed it using aptitude. Now, I can access the cups
settings from http://localhost:631 but I don't s
Hey how you doing?
I was in a similar situation as you. I installed the stable Debian etch and I
required a few new packages. The best way to go about this is to compile them
from source. It can get quite a bit tedious at times but here are a few tips:
1. Follow the README and INSTALL file inc
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Can you post the dmesg output? (Located in /var/log/dmesg)
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Yes it actually does exist and in fact I think it is a better implementation
than the one in KDE. Here is a screenshot of it.
http://en.opensuse.org/Image:103-World-Clock.jpg
It is a GNOME Applet but I don't know if it is available anywhere for download.
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eaning by developers? I guess they have to include an
uninstall script in the source folder right?
I installed stow and it looks like the right way to go. How is it used? Do you
have any experiences with it?
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st do the following:
sudo apt-get install apache postgresql php4 libapache-mod-perl
That's the beauty and simplicity of debian in one line for you.
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others have mentioned.
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Thanks for the reply. Yeah I checked out minicom. It seems like it is the way
to go. As for putty, it is quite nice but I was looking for something really
powerful with debugging and file sending capabilities. It seems like minicom is
the only option there.
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nto an iso or something file and play from hard
> disk?
How do I do this? mkisofs? Or can I use mencode or dvdbackup? What do you
recommend?
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bian kernel: hdc: command error: error=0x54 { AbortedCommand
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Oct 3 21:01:29 debian kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
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loaded images to see if it matches the md5sum given on
the download site?
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works. Check it out.
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Hi thanks for the reply.
I tried --sdl option and --opengl but still to no avail. I tried googling and
it looks like some others have experienced the problem but I can't seem to find
a concrete solution to it.
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Hey guys,
Recently installed Debian Etch on an old PowerBook G4. Running beautifully. I
installed supertux from aptitude and install went fine. I tried launching but
all I get is a blank screen. I can hear the sounds but that is it.
Any ideas?
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h of
these errors repeatedly.
a52: CRC check failed!
a52: error at resampling
a52: CRC check failed! 5.666 ct: 0.295 138/135 13% 5% 100.0% 127 0 1%
a52: error at resampling
a52: CRC check failed!
a52: error at resampling
I'm guessing this is due to the speed.
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This is on a old PowerBook G4 500MHz PPC w/512MB RAM. I would think this should
be fast enough to watch DVDs? Also, I am not running any other major
applications in the background.
Any suggestions?
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You might want to try the gparted live CD
(http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php). Boot from it and resize partitions
on the fly.
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Much lighter than icewm. Also instead of iceweasel, use a CLI web
browser such as links2 (much better that lynx IMHO).
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pinion. Simply launch
aptitude from the terminal.
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> Where can I pass the -fn argument to xterm to set up font size, using dwm?
Edit your config.h file. There are mod keys defined for specific programs. Edit
the arguments there.
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Yes I think you are right. python-imaging is the package mac os x uses to
resize images and pdf.
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x27; (yeah i know,
apparently the name lives up to the hype). Haven't tried it but I will def
check it out.
http://awesome.naquadah.org/
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I couldn't have explained it any better. I guess if I get asked, I will simply
forward your explanation to them ;).
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> With other WMs, you're not focused on the app and task?
>
Its hard for me to explain. I suggest you try it out. Of course, this is just
my opinion and experiences. Just a suggestion.
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I just can't. With DWM, you're focused on the application
and the task at hand. Try it out.
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re no dependencies except basic X11 dev
headers. It only installs one binary file. It takes getting used to and maybe a
few tweaks to get it right but it is definitely worth it.
Try it out. If you have any questions regarding DWM, please post back.
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looking
for!
I am still curious, however, if this actually shows all my hardware? I guess
the best comparison would be to Windows Device Manager where it shows you all
hardware associated with your system and a "question mark" on those that it
does not have drivers for.
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> When I launch xpdf from a CLI or from within mc (by hitting 'enter' on
> a pdf) and then close xpdf I always sees that message. I don't know
> what it means, but it seems harmless.
>
Yes, I have the same issue but it does look quite harmless.
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that. But what do you guys
suggest? I mean is there a "System Profiler" / "Device Manager" under linux?
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e typing
up all those equations and plots. I just worked them out on paper and sent them
of the professor.
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debian or other distros still use gcc ver 3 because it is much more
tested and stable. In quite a few cases, byte code from gcc 4 will be faster
than byte code from gcc 3.
I hope there was no error in what I was trying to say.
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educes pdf file sizes. If I
am not mistaken it calls a Python script that automatically does this. I have
seen the script before and I just have to look for it now.
I thought there might have been a tool already available in the repos.
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When using the convert command, the png image is automatically converted to an
8.5 by 11 sized pdf document.
I guess I'll have to reduce the size of the png image first and then convert it
as pdf?
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d use "Preview" to reduce
the image size.
How is this done in debian? I am sure there are utilities out there but I just
couldn't find them.
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ere a GTK theme that matches
the GNOME 2.20 look? It really looks clean and professional.
http://www.gnome.org/start/2.20/notes/en/index.html
Using Etch here by the way.
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Sorry to hear that you are having a lot of trouble. I don't have that much
experience in setting up samba but when I had to set up a small samba shared
drive I read this document.
/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Samba-Authenticated-Gateway-HOWTO.gz
This should be installed by default in all debian
and (if I'm not
>mistaken).
Good luck and welcome on board!
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> the striking thing is that this happens on two different machines.
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> are there any other information i shoud provide?
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> thanks for helping,
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Very very sorry about that.
Here is the link: http://www.gnome.org/start/2.20/notes/en/index.html
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Hello fellow debian users,
I was just looking through the new features of GNOME 2.20 and wow a lot of
amazing new features. But what blew me away was the UI. I don't current use
gnome but I use a lot of GTK apps in DWM. Any one know what theme they are using
here? And also how do they make open of
Hey guys,
I've thought a lot about security lately and one of the "items" on my list is
signing and encrypting my mail using gnupg. Now how is this done? I am currently
using the sylpheed 2.4.5 client compiled with gnupg support. If I choose to sign
and encrypt messages, I am not able to send them
Thanks for the quick response.
That sounds like it might solve the issue. I will try it out.
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Hey guys,
I'm a happy camper with Debian Etch here on my old laptop. Thanks to all the
developers and the users for the great work!
Right now, I have an old laptop with a noisy harddrive. I have installed
laptop-mode tools and set my hard drive spin down to around 20 seconds. Here is
the sequence
Linux and Open Source in general are definitely the future.
First step will be to use Linux full time as your main system. I recently
started using Debian Etch full time and I have definitely learned so much more.
There is always something new that you will learn everyday.
Next step would be to r
That's exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much.
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Hey everyone,
I've recently been compiling a few programs from source. I then realized that I
might have to uninstall them in the future. Thus, I did a quick google search
and the main point was that after compiling create a .deb file and then install
the software. Then I could just use dpkg to in
Hey guys,
So just installed OpenNTP on a shiny new etch system. The daemon is started
during startup but now what? How do I know that my clock is being synchronized?
I checked the config and there are debian ntp servers listed.
So is that it? Or am I missing something here.
Thanks,
Amit
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Hey everyone,
Currently running Debian Etch happily with the DWM window manager. This is a
really lightweight window manager that is quite suitable for this very old
machine. Anyways, I have iceweasel, gaim, gvim, and a host of other GTK apps.
Right now they have the default "look" which I would l
I just checked out a few screenshots for Raggle.
Seems quite impressive. Thank you for the suggestion. In the meantime I am quite
happy with snownews but I will definitely check this out.
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Amit
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Hey guys,
I searched the mailing list for answers to the texlive vs tetex issues. The
answers seems to be that texlive is the newer for updated distribution for tex
and latex documents. Thus, I installed the 'texlive-latex-base' package and was
a happy camper. Latex was working fine.
However, the
Wow!
That's it! Worked like a charm! Thank you so much!
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You're right.
I just installed Xfig and played around it for a bit. Quite a powerful app.
Thanks for the tip!
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Dia seems like a good choice. Quite simple and lightweight.
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Hey Guys,
I am Engineering student and I currently use latex and such to create my
reports. I just recently switched to Debian from Mac OS X. However, I was
looking for a good diagramming software for Linux. I heard of Xcircuit but I was
looking for something with a little less learning curve.
Ot
> Xft.antialias: 1
> Xft.dpi: 93
> Xft.hinting: 1
> Xft.hintstyle: hintfull
> Xft.rgba: rgb
>
Thank you for your suggestions. I will try this out. I am by the way using DWM
for my window manager and I have an .Xdefaults file with some xterm font
settings. Should I put your config there or in a sep
Hey guys,
Been happily using debian etch for over a month now!
What an amazing system this is.
Anyways, font smoothing has been working quite well on this laptop screen except
for xterm. I finally figured out how to change the font in xterm to bitstream
vera sans mono but the fonts in xterm look
Lic. Orestes leal cha.jovenclub.cu> writes:
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> Samuel Bächler boeser.ch> wrote:
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> > > I'm using feh to view most the images that I have but whenever I try
> > > to open a tiff file using feh, it just shows a blank black screen.
> > > Any ideas? I read up
Hey guys,
I'm using feh to view most the images that I have but whenever I try to open a
tiff file using feh, it just shows a blank black screen. Any ideas? I read up on
the documentation but could not find anything saying that tiff is not supported.
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Just use the 'youtubedl' python script (can be found in repos) to download and
then use 'mplayer' or something else to watch it...simple, effective, and
opensource.
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> You want an adblocker for your Web browser. I use Privoxy.
I just checked out the Privoxy web site. Very interesting. I will definitely
give it a try. Do you notice any downsides to using Privoxy? Mainly speed issues
when loading web pages?
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> That's a different beast - by asking for a newsreader, you got
> recommendations for usenet newsreaders...
You are right. I actually meant RSS newsreaders. Thank you for clearing it up.
Amit
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John Hasler debian.org> writes:
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> Amit writes:
> > Any of you use newsreaders from the commandline.
>
> I doubt anyone uses a command-line newsreader but many use text-only
> newsreaders such as slrn and trn. I use gnus, which can be either
> text-only on a console or GUI in X.
>
> > I'm us
Hey guys,
I've been using wterm and it seems to fit the bill for a lightweight and fast
terminal emulator. However, whenever I use MidnightCommander or aptitude, wterm
can't seem to display the fonts properly. There are characters that are not
shown properly and just appear as white boxes. MC and
Hey guys,
Any of you use newsreaders from the commandline. I'm using an old laptop with
debian and I read a lot of news everyday and loading the websites seems such a
pain and slow process. Besides, nothing beats the commandline.
Any good recommendations?
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