Where's my tap to click?

2012-02-29 Thread Ashton Fagg
Hi all, I have a Dell Latitude E6410 running Squeeze + backports. I've recently upgraded to 3.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 as it supports my hardware better than the stock kernel. However for some reason I've lost my ability to tap my touchpad and have it issue a left click. I can't seem to find a setting

Can't install linux-source-2.6.39 from backports?

2012-02-18 Thread Ashton Fagg
Hi all, Does anyone know why I can't install linux-source-2.6.39 from backports? http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/linux-source-2.6.39 But yet... root@huygens:/usr/src# apt-get install linux-source-2.6.39 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state

Re: Can't install linux-source-2.6.39 from backports?

2012-02-18 Thread Ashton Fagg
Forgot to reply to the list, sorry! -- Forwarded message -- From: Ashton Fagg ash...@fagg.id.au Date: 18 February 2012 21:28 Subject: Re: Can't install linux-source-2.6.39 from backports? To: Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com On 18 February 2012 21:24, Andrei POPESCU

Re: Debian VPS

2012-02-05 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 4 February 2012 17:43, Mark Charles tipping_po...@yahoo.com.au wrote: Can anyone recommend any good VPS companies that allow you to install Debian or who have Debian preinstalled? Thanks in advance I've been using Evorack [1] for over a year now and they've been nothing but brilliant.

Re: Sleep

2012-02-05 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 6 February 2012 11:03, Stayvoid stayv...@gmail.com wrote: Closing the lid and go suspend is an option, maye you have to enable that. Where? Cheers. This usually has to be configured in whatever power manager you're using. What DE are you using? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Upgrading to Iceweasel 10 in Squeeze

2012-02-05 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 3 February 2012 12:32, Tony Baldwin t...@tonybaldwin.org wrote: I have backports enabled, and my iceweasel was updated to 10.0 yesterday when I did a standard safe-upgrade. Perhaps this is a function of adding deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-release to your

Re: Upgrading to Iceweasel 10 in Squeeze

2012-02-05 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 6 February 2012 11:31, Rob Hurle rob1...@gmail.com wrote: I definitely don't have Wheezy or Sid repos enabled.  My sources.list is: deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free deb

Re: Truecrypt

2012-01-31 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 1 February 2012 04:33, Stayvoid stayv...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks! What could you recommend as a replacement? Look at LUKS or dmcrypt. You can encrypt your entire machine if you want to, or just create a separate volume to store your sensitive stuff in. From that you can also glean that you

Re: Run in terminal from XFCE file browser?

2012-01-26 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 27 January 2012 07:05, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and execute it.  Fine.  Is there a way to run the script in a terminal from the file browser? Of course there is always Alt-F2, Select run in terminal, Run, but that

Re: Run in terminal from XFCE file browser?

2012-01-26 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 27 January 2012 09:25, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: Right-click, Open With, Open With Other Application..., select Use a custom command:, then use (generically) x-terminal-emulator -e, then Open.  That works.  (I say generically because x-terminal-emulator will point to whatever is

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 keyboard

2012-01-23 Thread Ashton Fagg
Hi all, Can anyone tell me how the Microsoft Natural Ergonomics 4000 keyboard works with Debian (and if possible, also with XFCE) in regards to the multimedia keys etc? I'm not afraid of having to deal with Xmodmap. Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: Install Nvidia Video Card (Nvidia Geforce GT 520)

2012-01-23 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 23 January 2012 21:15, Brad Rogers b...@fineby.me.uk wrote: NVidia stuff isn't in DMM, it's in non-free and contrib.  Further, why bother with all the grief you suggest when the *dkms package(s) will handle all that stuff for you? +1 The dkms is the only good choice if you're absolutely

Re: default resolution on distro boot

2012-01-23 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 24 January 2012 08:47, mik...@softhome.net wrote: Given that several Linux distros identify (on boot) my display brand and type, get the size only slightly wrong, but default to a resolution that isn't native and doesn't work correctly, how do I identify just what package, module, or

Re: How to install Truecrypt on Debian squeeze?

2012-01-20 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 21 January 2012 10:32, Brad Alexander stor...@gmail.com wrote: I looked at TrueCrypt years ago, and if I am honest, the Linux functionality seemed like a bolt-on kludge. It was designed and implemented for Windows, and Linux functionality was added as an afterthought. Maybe things have

Re: Why should starting synaptec peg system resources?

2012-01-20 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 21 January 2012 10:55, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote: However, if I start synaptic it immediately pegs resources (as viewed in `top') around 92-95 percent us.. And there it stays until I close the partially open synaptic gui. At that point the `top' reading drops to 92-95 percent

Re: New User Question

2012-01-03 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 04/01/12 03:52, Martin, Larry D wrote: What I cannot seen to make happen is to use a line command to cause a file to go to the printer and create a PDF document. What command are you trying to use? And what type of file is that you're trying to print? -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au

Re: Best remote control software

2012-01-03 Thread Ashton Fagg
actions you could use Synergy provided you could still see the display. Otherwise VNC is probably as good as it'll get without a KVM. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: problematic poweroff on shutdown

2012-01-02 Thread Ashton Fagg
if you're rebooting rather than powering off? Another option is to update to a newer kernel - could please clarify what you're using (Squeeze, Wheezy etc)? Cheers, Ashton. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: tips to export as pdf

2011-12-29 Thread Ashton Fagg
uncheck Print page headers. That should do the trick. Cheers, Ash. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: tips to export as pdf

2011-12-28 Thread Ashton Fagg
of paper. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4efc121b

Re: Dell Latitude E6410 - Upgrading to Backports Kernel

2011-12-27 Thread Ashton Fagg
route irks me slightly and I'd like to avoid it if I can. Cheers, Ashton -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Dell Latitude E6410 - Upgrading to Backports Kernel

2011-12-27 Thread Ashton Fagg
to start. On the plus side, I did get the Backports kernel and the proprietary drivers running. Would still like to look at the Nouveau drivers though. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: need git suggestion

2011-12-27 Thread Ashton Fagg
with the command line for stuff like this. http://git-cola.github.com Cheers. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: install phpmyadmin in debian 6?

2011-12-27 Thread Ashton Fagg
information. note:i am use debian DVD for install phpmyadmin and my apache server work fine. Is there any reason why you're not using a mirror? Cheers. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: OT: deferring gmail's new look

2011-12-25 Thread Ashton Fagg
) over the web interface because I'm annoyed with many of the changes in the new look. (And the fact that I miss being able to set messages to be viewed in plain text only). -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Dell Latitude E6410 - Upgrading to Backports Kernel

2011-12-25 Thread Ashton Fagg
entire machine to Wheezy or even Sid? I like the stability that Squeeze offers, but there are a few incompatibilities (lack of touchpad scrolling in particular) which are beginning to annoy me with the stock Squeeze kernel. Cheers, Ashton -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http

Re: Ownership of external usb hard drive

2011-12-22 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 22/12/11 20:55, Raf Czlonka wrote: On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 01:50:57AM GMT, Ashton Fagg wrote: On 22/12/11 11:39, Sharon Kimble wrote: As the drive is owned by root should it be run as sudo? Yes, or as root (su -c 'chown blah blah'). What's the point of running su as root? My wording

Icedove Tab Bar - Ugly

2011-12-22 Thread Ashton Fagg
). Is there a way to fix this without installing another theme? I've taken a screenshot of what I mean (see here: http://i.imgur.com/WaGod.png). PS - This is Squeeze with Icedove 5 from Backports. Cheers. -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman

Re: Icedove Tab Bar - Ugly

2011-12-22 Thread Ashton Fagg
Sorry, this was meant to go to list as well. Original Message Subject: Re: Icedove Tab Bar - Ugly Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:04:57 +1000 From: Ashton Fagg ash...@fagg.id.au To: Scott Ferguson prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com On 22/12/11 21:53, Scott Ferguson wrote: And I

Re: intel i5, system config question

2011-12-22 Thread Ashton Fagg
a precompiled package from a third party. Liqorix [1] offers precompiled newer kernels which should work fine with Squeeze. *Note*: I haven't tried this myself, but hopefully someone here can vouch. [1] http://liquorix.net/ -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton

Re: HP Touchpad Tablet Question

2011-12-22 Thread Ashton Fagg
and Android, which means with a bit of massaging you can probably get Debian running on it. Here's a guide for getting Ubuntu working... http://liliputing.com/2011/08/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-an-hp-touchpad.html -- Ashton Fagg (ash...@fagg.id.au) Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep

Re: Ownership of external usb hard drive

2011-12-21 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 22/12/11 11:39, Sharon Kimble wrote: As the drive is owned by root should it be run as sudo? Yes, or as root (su -c 'chown blah blah'). Cheers, Ashton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Debian 6.0.3 i386 - g++ hello.cpp - error: iostream.h: No such file or directory

2011-12-21 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 22/12/11 12:38, David Christensen wrote: What would be some good books for current C++ on Debian Squeeze? I've used Big C++ by Cay Horstmann and Timothy Budd. It's great if you're just starting off but it also includes a fair bit of more advanced stuff also. It was a prescribed text book

Re: FETCHMAIL AND GMAIL?

2011-12-20 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 21 December 2011 07:26, Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: Just something that might not be obvious in Brian's example: the username must always be your complete e-mail address. I have a feeling the fully-qualified address is only required if it's a Google Apps (Gmail for your

Re: Iceweasel 9.0 not loading https pages

2011-12-20 Thread Ashton Fagg
, and no issue here. That site you posted works fine for me. Are you running any extensions? If so, maybe start Iceweasel with no extensions and see if that helps... Cheers. -- Ashton Fagg E-mail: ash...@fagg.id.au Web: http://www.fagg.id.au/~ashton/ Keep calm and call Batman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE