Re: problem running kernel compiled on different machine

2010-05-30 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: H.S. wrote: I am testing a patch for the Debian kernel (regarding the firewire bug I reported earlier in this list). I have been sent the patch and I followed the Debian way of compiling the kernel after patching the source. The kernel was compiled (and the deb created

Re: problem running kernel compiled on different machine

2010-05-30 Thread H.S.
Cameron Hutchison wrote: H.S. hs.sa...@gmail.com writes: You can ignore these two errors. You are installing the kernel on a different machine to the one you built on, so those links do not work. That is why it deletes the links. Okay. Anybody know why I am getting this error? Also AFAIK

Re: is firewire broken in Debain?

2010-05-29 Thread H.S.
Stefano Rivera wrote: Hi H.S. (2010.05.29_03:37:19_+0200) In today's Debian Testing, is there anyone here who has successfully grabbed dv video from a MiniDV camcorder at all using the newer firewire stack? Yes. I have had some trouble with it (dvgrab refusing to find the camera), but I

file transfer from removable flash memory: time stamps and case

2010-05-28 Thread H.S.
Hello. When I copy files from a flash memory (inserted in a USB card reader) to my Testing desktop, I notice that the filenames are upper case and the time stamp of the transferred files is the time they were transferred and not when they were originally created. How do I avoid these and get

Re: file transfer from removable flash memory: time stamps and case

2010-05-28 Thread H.S.
CamaleĆ³n wrote: On Fri, 28 May 2010 12:50:15 -0400, H.S. wrote: When I copy files from a flash memory (inserted in a USB card reader) to my Testing desktop, I notice that the filenames are upper case and the time stamp of the transferred files is the time they were transferred and not when

Re: file transfer from removable flash memory: time stamps and case

2010-05-28 Thread H.S.
Daniel Barclay wrote: H.S. wrote: ... When I copy files from a flash memory (inserted in a USB card reader) to my Testing desktop, I notice that the filenames are upper case and the time stamp of the transferred files is the time they were transferred and not when they were originally

is firewire broken in Debain?

2010-05-28 Thread H.S.
I used to grab video from my DCR TVR25 MiniDV camcorder without any problems in the past on Debian Testing using Kino or dvgrab. Since some kernel version and up, this has not been possible anymore. I am now using Debian Testing, KDE and kernel 2.6.32-trunk-686. I see that firewire is now

Re: is firewire broken in Debain?

2010-05-28 Thread H.S.
Ron Johnson wrote: On 05/28/2010 12:53 PM, H.S. wrote: I used to grab video from my DCR TVR25 MiniDV camcorder without any problems in the past on Debian Testing using Kino or dvgrab. Since some kernel version and up, this has not been possible anymore. I am now using Debian Testing, KDE

Re: is firewire broken in Debain?

2010-05-28 Thread H.S.
Ron Johnson wrote: I think that the old Firewire stack is still in the kernel. Googling linux howto use old firewire stack, I found this link which might help: http://www.kdenlive.org/user-manual/troubleshooting-and-common-problems/troubleshooting-firewire-capture BTW, regarding the

Re: is firewire broken in Debain?

2010-05-28 Thread H.S.
Ron Johnson wrote: On 05/28/2010 01:43 PM, H.S. wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: I think that the old Firewire stack is still in the kernel. Googling linux howto use old firewire stack, I found this link which might help: http://www.kdenlive.org/user-manual/troubleshooting-and-common-problems

Re: RAW photo images

2010-05-21 Thread H.S.
Charles Kroeger wrote: Does anyone running Debian, (not Umbuto) use 'raw-therapee' or know of a good raw image processor that does well with 'our' distro? I have Gimp but can't find anything regarding 'raw' in the help files. (i.e. 16bits) have a better one. I have used ufraw

Re: RAW photo images

2010-05-21 Thread H.S.
jeremy jozwik wrote: On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:48 PM, H.S. hs.sa...@gmail.com wrote: I have used ufraw successfully with Canon's crw files. I have also used dcraw to do the raw-jpeg conversion on the command line. The only problem that I have encountered in the latter method is that the dcraw

merge alternate pages from two PDF files in to one

2010-05-06 Thread H.S.
Hello. Can somebody describe how to merge two PDF files into one so that odd pages are from the first file and the even ones are from the second? I am looking at pdftk, but it is not obvious to me if or how it can do this. Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its

Re: merge alternate pages from two PDF files in to one

2010-05-06 Thread H.S.
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Thu,06.May.10, 15:48:17, H.S. wrote: Hello. Can somebody describe how to merge two PDF files into one so that odd pages are from the first file and the even ones are from the second? I am looking at pdftk, but it is not obvious to me if or how it can do

Re: merge alternate pages from two PDF files in to one

2010-05-06 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: On Thu,06.May.10, 15:48:17, H.S. wrote: Hello. Can somebody describe how to merge two PDF files into one so that odd pages are from the first file and the even ones are from the second? I am looking at pdftk, but it is not obvious to me if or how it can do

Re: malayalam font rendering

2010-01-30 Thread H.S.
Jeffrin Jose wrote: hello all I use debian GNU/Linux. My website is hosted on a machine which has wordpress installed. I have installed a plugin related to google transliteration. when i type malayalam language i see malayalam in my blog,but when i publish the blog i see question marks

kino seg faults and dies and won't let me render in FX tab

2010-01-29 Thread H.S.
Hello, Whenever I try to create a video effect (over-writing a sequence of frames with all-black video, or creating a title sequence for some duration of the video) and then click on Render button in FX tab, Kino segfaults and dies. This is the message it gives:

Re: Custom Label Software

2009-11-19 Thread H.S.
Teruel de Campo MD wrote: On Thursday 19 November 2009 10:54:44 am Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: 'd like to get some suggestions about what software is best for making custom labels. I use OO. You can do any label you wanted with any page size you wanted. Of course it has a zillion

Re: Help needed in changing grub settings..

2009-11-09 Thread H.S.
shampavman.cg wrote: Hi, I had to remove FC7 in favor of windows since I had space crunch .. and moved it over to another machine.. But now I have loads of data on windows that I cannot lose...After FC was removed to get into windows I had to use, rootnoverify (.. ,...) cmd.. This is

Re: Should I go ahead with the full-upgrade

2009-11-09 Thread H.S.
Raven wrote: Hi all. This is a production server running debian testing. It's been a while and I wanted to update the system. Unfortunately it seems that some packages are BROKEN: What happens if you just do safe-upgrade instead of full-upgrade? -- Please reply to this list only. I read

Re: OpenVPN

2009-11-08 Thread H.S.
Daniel Bareiro wrote: Hi all! I was making a first attempt to establish a VPN between my house and the office. The scenery from the side of my house is the following one: +--+ +---+ +--+

Re: running openvpn client as non-root user?

2009-11-07 Thread H.S.
Gilles Mocellin wrote: On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 12:46:01AM -0500, H.S. wrote: Hello, I have just finished installing openvpn server on my router machine running Debian Testing. For now I can connect from a client machine using openvpn client but only as a root user (or by using sudo

Re: running openvpn client as non-root user?

2009-11-07 Thread H.S.
Gilles Mocellin wrote: On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 12:46:01AM -0500, H.S. wrote: Hello, I have just finished installing openvpn server on my router machine running Debian Testing. For now I can connect from a client machine using openvpn client but only as a root user (or by using sudo

Re: PPP / ADSL / demand / GUI prompt question

2009-10-30 Thread H.S.
stephen...@yahoo.com wrote: It is just that I would prefer that non-technical guests staying at my house not have to learn to start an xfce-term and type 'pon' before they can use the Internet. If it comes to that I would make the machine boot up into Windows by default, but that would be an

dnsmasq problem: nokia cell phone does not accept dhcp offer

2009-10-27 Thread H.S.
Hello, I am trying to connect a nokia cell phone to my home wifi network. The same phone has reportedly worked properly on another home wifi network which has a Belkin wireless router. The phone is set to acquire an IP address automatically, i.e. via dhcp. BTW, my home wifi network is provided

emacs semantic code completion in Debian

2009-10-23 Thread H.S.
Hello, Has anyone got code completion working in Emacs using cedet and semantic? I am using packages from http://emacs.orebokech.com which hosts the development version of emacs but I having trouble setting it all up. For now, emacs cannot find some files (semantic-gcc, semanticdb-ecb, e.g.). If

Re: Can several instances of Transmission share router ports?

2009-10-22 Thread H.S.
Klistvud wrote: Howdie, fellow Debianites! Now, this may be a silly question to ask, but anyway... My home router is running out of redirectable ports, so I was wondering: what would happen if I just configured the default Transmission ports in the router and then let several users run

problem installing cedet and ecb for emacs

2009-10-21 Thread H.S.
Hello, I am trying to install these packages to enhance emacs for programming but aptitude is ending in errors. Here is some messages that I get: $ sudo aptitude -V install cedet-common ecb Reading package lists... Done Building

Re: OT question about sound cards/chip-sets and high-end music systems

2009-10-11 Thread H.S.
steef wrote: H.S. wrote: Not sure if this is professional grade, but I have used M-audio 2496 (http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Audiophile2496.html). It has worked like a charm. Used it for live music recording and also for playback via a mixer. The system is Ubuntu based, but should

pulseaudio equalizers in Debian

2009-10-07 Thread H.S.
Hello, Is somebody using pulseaudio equalizers in Debian? I have pa working nicely on my Debian Testing and Unstables machines and wanted to go the next level and have pa equalizers setup. Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org.

Re: OT question about sound cards/chip-sets and high-end music systems

2009-10-07 Thread H.S.
Rob Owens wrote: On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 08:06:51PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Certainly not. At best it is equally bad. (On the other hand, apparently most people don't mind listening to music at low sound quality). YMMV. I use *professional* grade sound cards, because I like good

Re: OT question about sound cards/chip-sets and high-end music systems

2009-10-07 Thread H.S.
Rob Owens wrote: Vorbis and mp3 are lossy, which means that they approximate the sound on the original recording. Kinda like zip compression that doesn't exactly reproduce what you compressed. Flac is lossless. Somebody mentioned wav format. As far as I know, wav doesn't hold meta

yahoo connection failing in Kopete and pidgin

2009-07-09 Thread H.S.
Hello, I have noticed that since past some weeks I am not able to connect to Yahoo on Kopete and pidgin. The status says connecting in both applications. Anyone else having this problem? I have kopete 4:4.2.2-1 pidgin 2.5.6-1 Thanks, -HS -- Please reply to this list only. I read this

Re: yahoo connection failing in Kopete and pidgin

2009-07-09 Thread H.S.
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Thu,09.Jul.09, 12:38:34, H.S. wrote: Hello, I have noticed that since past some weeks I am not able to connect to Yahoo on Kopete and pidgin. The status says connecting in both applications. Anyone else having this problem? This is a known problem, due to Yahoo

Re: new ekiga: taking too much cpu

2009-06-11 Thread H.S.
Tom Ashley wrote: On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 22:58 -0400, H.S. wrote: Hello, After a recent upgrade we got new Ekiga in Testing (Ekiga 3.2.1~git20090515.9d0263-1). Wonderful, since the last version of segfaulting (due to ptlib I think). But now this new version is keeping the CPU busy

new ekiga: taking too much cpu

2009-06-10 Thread H.S.
Hello, After a recent upgrade we got new Ekiga in Testing (Ekiga 3.2.1~git20090515.9d0263-1). Wonderful, since the last version of segfaulting (due to ptlib I think). But now this new version is keeping the CPU busy and the audio is broken. It used to work wonderfully in the earlier version.

Re: connecting cable modem through usb port

2009-06-09 Thread H.S.
Sandip Sandip wrote: Its a cable modem. When I connect a Windows machine to it, I connect it on the LAN port (Network cable). Once the modem is on, I need no configuration, usernames, passwords, etc. I can access the net. What you have observed above is correct. I understand this as: 1.

Re: Why does a webcam MT6225 not work with Debian?

2009-06-09 Thread H.S.
Michelle Konzack wrote: Hi Tom, Am 2009-06-09 22:55:53, schrieb thveillon.debian: Hi, given the usb ID the camera should work with uvcvideo, included in kernels newer than 2.6.26 (external module before that), Hmmm... Linux michelle1 2.6.26-1-686 #1 SMP Sat Jan 10 18:29:31 UTC 2009

rsync and Windows backups on a Debian box and permissions

2009-06-08 Thread H.S.
Hello, I have a Debian box (running Testing) which rsyncs some directories from a Windows laptop (running XP on an ntfs partition) to a partition on a local disk on the Debian box. The Debian box uses rsync via ssh connection made with the XP box which has cygwin and ssh server installed. The

Re: rsync and Windows backups on a Debian box and permissions

2009-06-08 Thread H.S.
George Randall wrote: H.S. wrote: Hello, I have a Debian box (running Testing) which rsyncs some directories from a Windows laptop (running XP on an ntfs partition) to a partition on a local disk on the Debian box. The Debian box uses rsync via ssh connection made with the XP box which

Re: rsync and Windows backups on a Debian box and permissions

2009-06-08 Thread H.S.
Karl O. Pinc wrote: On 06/08/2009 11:26:01 AM, H.S. wrote: Any ideas how I get around this problem? Nice tips, and it appears they make sense. However, please pardon my ignorance, I am not sure I fully understand: a) Don't do that. Have the uid/gids be the same on the MS and Debian sides

Re: rsync and Windows backups on a Debian box and permissions

2009-06-08 Thread H.S.
Karl O. Pinc wrote: On 06/08/2009 01:28:53 PM, H.S. wrote: Karl O. Pinc wrote: On 06/08/2009 11:26:01 AM, H.S. wrote: Any ideas how I get around this problem? Nice tips, and it appears they make sense. However, please pardon my ignorance, I am not sure I fully understand

network Q.: host name gets .local added after sometime

2009-06-05 Thread H.S.
Hello, I have a Debian Unstable machine connected to an old machine running as a router. The router is running dnsmasq and my local network is configured as home.pvt. This Unstable machine is given the name of Blue by the dnsmasq server on on the router using dhcp (based on Blue's mac address).

Re: network Q.: host name gets .local added after sometime

2009-06-05 Thread H.S.
Osamu Aoki wrote: On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 12:48:16PM -0400, H.S. wrote: Hello, I have a Debian Unstable machine connected to an old machine running as a router. The router is running dnsmasq and my local network is configured as home.pvt. This Unstable machine is given the name of Blue

Re: network Q.: host name gets .local added after sometime

2009-06-05 Thread H.S.
Osamu Aoki wrote: On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 02:17:32PM -0400, H.S. wrote: Osamu Aoki wrote: See: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#_the_hostname_resolution Spot on! Nice. ... So I supposed I just need to recorder the 'hosts' line to: hosts: files dns

Re: network Q.: host name gets .local added after sometime

2009-06-05 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: I read the Debian and the files quickly. I am not very familiar with mdsn so I didn't understand everything. Only that the order is fixed during package installation and is not updated later. I have changed the order with dns in the second place. which is no go :( -- Please

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-04 Thread H.S.
Osamu Aoki wrote: On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 04:31:32PM -0400, H.S. wrote: Hello, Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine. Please

Re: gspca driver on debian sid (amd64)

2009-06-03 Thread H.S.
Raven wrote: Hi all. I am trying to install the 'gspca' driver for a Logitech webcam but compiling from source fails and I could not find any debian package containing that module. Any ideas? I am having similar problem on amd64 machine but on Ubuntu Jaunty. It has 2.6.28 kernel. The

apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-03 Thread H.S.
Hello, Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine. I am thinking of using apt pinning. I know that I need to set the default release to

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-03 Thread H.S.
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In h06nj1$fo...@ger.gmane.org, emikaadeo wrote: H.S. wrote: Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine

not allowed to config. local sound server in pulseaudio anylonger

2009-06-01 Thread H.S.
Hello, On a Debian Testing machine, I have noticed that I am no longer allowed to configure local sound server in pulseaudio device chooser (got by padevchooser). The option in the various taps in the chooser's interface are all grayed out. I have seen the same problem in another Testing machine.

Re: ctrl+S in rtorrent in konsole suspends output instead of starting torrents

2009-06-01 Thread H.S.
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun,31.May.09, 03:24:06, H.S. wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat,30.May.09, 13:19:32, H.S. wrote: I also usually do an update and upgrade daily on this workstation. I always know (from aptitude) if some processes need to be restarted. So I Huh, is there some

Re: ctrl+S in rtorrent in konsole suspends output instead of starting torrents

2009-05-31 Thread H.S.
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat,30.May.09, 13:19:32, H.S. wrote: I also usually do an update and upgrade daily on this workstation. I always know (from aptitude) if some processes need to be restarted. So I Huh, is there some feature of aptitude I missed? I think it calls dpkg-reconfigure

[solved] Re: ctrl+S in rtorrent in konsole suspends output instead of starting torrents

2009-05-31 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: Hello, I have just noticed that I cannot start or resume torrents in konsole with the usual CTRL+S rtorrent key combo in konsole as I was able to in the past (till several weeks ago perhaps). It instead suspends output (and CTRL+q needs to be pressed to cancel that). How do I

Re: ctrl+S in rtorrent in konsole suspends output instead of starting torrents

2009-05-30 Thread H.S.
Florian Kulzer wrote: Most probably of some library or configuration file that was upgraded. Processes that were started before an upgrade will normally continue to use the old versions of their libraries and configuration files until they are restarted (or until they are told to re-read

Re: ctrl+S in rtorrent in konsole suspends output instead of starting torrents

2009-05-29 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In gvmsk5$5e...@ger.gmane.org, H.S. wrote: I have just noticed that I cannot start or resume torrents in konsole with the usual CTRL+S rtorrent key combo in konsole as I was able to in the past (till several weeks ago perhaps). It instead suspends

Re: ctrl+S in rtorrent in konsole suspends output instead of starting torrents

2009-05-29 Thread H.S.
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Fri,29.May.09, 14:15:27, H.S. wrote: And earlier today I rebooted my Testing machine, the one that was having the problem in Konsole, and the problem seems to have disappeared! So, ctrl+s is working now in my rtorrent interface in Konsole on my Testing machine, but I

Re: KDE is now broken (Fwd: Heads-up: KDE4 hitting testing tonight (UTC) )

2009-05-28 Thread H.S.
lee wrote: On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 05:22:32PM -0400, H.S. wrote: I agree with Boyd in his understanding of your post. What is the use of language if you say one thing that a reasonable person would understand but meant something completely different? If a reasonable receiver does

Re: KDE is now broken (Fwd: Heads-up: KDE4 hitting testing tonight (UTC) )

2009-05-28 Thread H.S.
lee wrote: On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:44:49AM -0400, H.S. wrote: Have you tried reinstalling kdm with aptitude? Or purging it and then installing it again? Purging might recreate the config files. Yes, I tried that, but it didn't change anything. It's working now, but I don't like

Re: iceweasel preferences help needed

2009-05-28 Thread H.S.
Paul E Condon wrote: I have a desire to have iceweasel work in a way that seems not easy to configure: Now, when iceweasel starts, the text and graphics are always displayed too large to fit within the window in which it is displayed. As a consequence there is always, or almost always, a

ctrl+S in rtorrent in konsole suspends output instead of starting torrents

2009-05-28 Thread H.S.
Hello, I have just noticed that I cannot start or resume torrents in konsole with the usual CTRL+S rtorrent key combo in konsole as I was able to in the past (till several weeks ago perhaps). It instead suspends output (and CTRL+q needs to be pressed to cancel that). How do I change this flow

Re: ctrl+S in rtorrent in konsole suspends output instead of starting torrents

2009-05-28 Thread H.S.
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In gvmsk5$5e...@ger.gmane.org, H.S. wrote: I have just noticed that I cannot start or resume torrents in konsole with the usual CTRL+S rtorrent key combo in konsole as I was able to in the past (till several weeks ago perhaps). It instead suspends output

disk spins up immediately after noflushd spins it down

2009-05-28 Thread H.S.
Hello, I have two hard disks (IDE) on my Testing machine. The main one that I use is hda. I have some partitions on hdb. I use noflushd to spin hdb down when it is not in use. However, I have noticed recently that the disk spins up immediately after noflushd spins it down. I see these in syslog:

Re: ctrl+S in rtorrent in konsole suspends output instead of starting torrents

2009-05-28 Thread H.S.
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In gvmsk5$5e...@ger.gmane.org, H.S. wrote: I have just noticed that I cannot start or resume torrents in konsole with the usual CTRL+S rtorrent key combo in konsole as I was able to in the past (till several weeks ago perhaps). It instead suspends output

Re: KDE is now broken (Fwd: Heads-up: KDE4 hitting testing tonight (UTC) )

2009-05-27 Thread H.S.
lee wrote: On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 12:01:08PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: So, yes, you did say that. You just didn't use those words, which is why they weren't a quote. (Notice the lack of quotation marks.) Anyone reading this message can follow the exact reasoning I used to get

KDE 4.2: anybody able to resize sticky knotes?

2009-05-22 Thread H.S.
Hello, I noticed that on my new KDE 4.2 desktop on Debian Testing, I am not able to resize the sticky notes (knotes, 4:4.2.2-1). Anybody else seeing this too? Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email

Re: KDE is now broken (Fwd: Heads-up: KDE4 hitting testing tonight (UTC) )

2009-05-22 Thread H.S.
AG wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 20090521183512.gb7...@cat.rubenette.is-a-geek.com, lee wrote: Yes, I removed them and now KDE is broken. I even tried to get just konqueror back to use as a web browser, but that doesn't work without the mysql-server :( That's simply not

Re: KDE 4.2: anybody able to resize sticky knotes?

2009-05-22 Thread H.S.
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:48:56 -0400, H.S. wrote: Hello, I noticed that on my new KDE 4.2 desktop on Debian Testing, I am not able to resize the sticky notes (knotes, 4:4.2.2-1). Anybody else seeing this too? This is a known bug; you can use (ALT + right mouse

Re: KDE is now broken (Fwd: Heads-up: KDE4 hitting testing tonight (UTC) )

2009-05-22 Thread H.S.
AG wrote: Thanks H.S. Good advice and can dispense with those suggested components of KDE without any regret. Couple of quickies: (1) How would I track down the guilty metapackage? hmm .. good question. I do it the hard way, but the apt gurus here may be able to tell you how

Re: KDE is now broken (Fwd: Heads-up: KDE4 hitting testing tonight (UTC) )

2009-05-21 Thread H.S.
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 20090521174259.ga7...@cat.rubenette.is-a-geek.com, lee wrote: I refuse to run a mysql-server just to get KDE installed. It's already bloated more than enough. I'm not using the applications that would require the mysql-server anyway. Then don't install

Re: KDE is now broken (Fwd: Heads-up: KDE4 hitting testing tonight (UTC) )

2009-05-21 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 20090521174259.ga7...@cat.rubenette.is-a-geek.com, lee wrote: I refuse to run a mysql-server just to get KDE installed. It's already bloated more than enough. I'm not using the applications that would require the mysql-server anyway. Then don't

anyone using Freenx and qtnx on Debian

2009-05-13 Thread H.S.
Hello, I recently tried installing Freenx on a Debian Sid machine using Ubuntu Jaunty repo (that is what the instructions said on the web page I found using google). The server installed and appeared to be running fine. I then installed qtnx on a Debian Testing machine. I tried to connect to the

updated Testing and Ekiga segfaults

2009-05-11 Thread H.S.
Hello, I did an upgdate of my Debian Testing machine earlier today and now when I start Ekiga, it segfaults. The debugging info from Ekiga is: $ ekiga -d4 2009/05/11 10:29:30.042 0:00.842ekiga ekiga Version 2.0.12 by on Unix Linux (2.6.26-2-686-i686) at 2009/5/11

Re: updated Testing and Ekiga segfaults

2009-05-11 Thread H.S.
Michael Pobega wrote: On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:32:25AM -0400, H.S. wrote: Hello, I did an upgdate of my Debian Testing machine earlier today and now when I start Ekiga, it segfaults. The debugging info from Ekiga is: [... $ ekiga -d4 ...] This is on Ekiga version 2.0.12-1+nmu1+b1

cd cover making from meta info of audio tracks

2009-05-09 Thread H.S.
I am looking for a tool to create CD covers from meta information of audio tracks on a Debian machine (Testing or Unstable). Anybody have experience in this? What I am looking for is a tool that can be made to create the cover using meta info from a directory of audio tracks (without having to

Re: docbook2pdf giving erros in gnucash help

2009-05-08 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: Hello, I grabbed gnucash's help from is svn repo thus: svn checkout http://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash-docs/trunk gnucash-docs The idea to convert the sgml help file to pdf using docbook2pdf command. I am getting these errors (on Debian Testing): $ docbook2pdf -e no-valid

docbook2pdf giving erros in gnucash help

2009-05-07 Thread H.S.
Hello, I grabbed gnucash's help from is svn repo thus: svn checkout http://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash-docs/trunk gnucash-docs The idea to convert the sgml help file to pdf using docbook2pdf command. I am getting these errors (on Debian Testing): $ docbook2pdf -e no-valid gnucash-help.sgml

Re: emacs snapshot and inconsolata

2009-05-06 Thread H.S.
Sven Joachim wrote: On 2009-05-06 01:25 +0200, H.S. wrote: I am using emacs snapshot from deb http://emacs.orebokech.com sid main repo on a Debian Testing machine. I have observed that since the last several weeks, I am not able to select inconsolata as the buffer font. If I try to select

Re: cups virtual printer for PDF and print to file path

2009-05-06 Thread H.S.
Mark Shroyer wrote: As far as I know, the save to PDF functionality provided in Ubuntu (and I assume Sid is the same way) is through gtkprint, not CUPS-PDF. The version of GTK in Lenny does not provide this, I don't know about Squeeze. hmm... apt-cache searching gtkprint in Testing and in

Re: cups virtual printer for PDF and print to file path

2009-05-06 Thread H.S.
Mark Shroyer wrote: On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 09:35:44PM -0400, H.S. wrote: Mark Shroyer wrote: As far as I know, the save to PDF functionality provided in Ubuntu (and I assume Sid is the same way) is through gtkprint, not CUPS-PDF. The version of GTK in Lenny does not provide this, I don't

cups virtual printer for PDF and print to file path

2009-05-05 Thread H.S.
Hello, When I print from Iceweasel (or any other application) on Debian Testing, I get a choice of printers (my networked laser printer, CUPS/Virtual printer and postscript file printer). The first sends the job to the networked laser printer, the second prints a PDF file in ~/PDF directory and

emacs snapshot and inconsolata

2009-05-05 Thread H.S.
Hello, I am using emacs snapshot from deb http://emacs.orebokech.com sid main repo on a Debian Testing machine. I have observed that since the last several weeks, I am not able to select inconsolata as the buffer font. If I try to select inconsolata, the buffer font changes from 'fixed' but the

Re: cups virtual printer for PDF and print to file path

2009-05-05 Thread H.S.
Celejar wrote: On Tue, 05 May 2009 13:34:22 -0400 H.S. hs.sa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, When I print from Iceweasel (or any other application) on Debian Testing, I get a choice of printers (my networked laser printer, CUPS/Virtual printer and postscript file printer). The first sends

bug in gnucash(?): autosave preference window steals focus

2009-04-30 Thread H.S.
Hello, Running Debian Testing and KDE and gnucash 2.2.6. I started to play around with Gnucash today and created a few accounts and stuff. I have noticed that some time after starting gnucash, the window would not respond yet it was not hanged (it was being refreshed). Had to kill it and restart

router running Debian: Oversized Ethernet frame

2009-04-29 Thread H.S.
Hello, I have an old machine running Debian Testing and working as a router with 2.6.26-2-686 kernel. Runs iptables firewall, has two lan cards and a wireless card for nat. Earlier today it was not responding, just hanged. In the logs I noticed these lines which I have never seen before: Apr 29

Re: ubuntu debian question

2009-04-29 Thread H.S.
Hello, George Phile wrote: Sir/Madam, Is there any web site I can go to to search for Greeting Card Software which run on Ubuntu - Debian? A handfull of people have advised me to go to this platform and operating system but it is for my wife and the only thing she does is search the

Re: update to Lenny - eth not found

2009-04-28 Thread H.S.
Mario Batz wrote: Hallo, i have an ESXi with debian as guest with vmwaretools. i update debian etch to lenny, and the update shows no errors. But the kernel 2.6.26 dont find eth0. If i boot with 2.6.18, the system find eth0 and all works fine. I moved 70-persistent-net.rules, but the

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-27 Thread H.S.
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:27:24AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: Document it all you want. But don't expect Joe Toothbrush to read it all. If one _wants_ go through pages upon pages of docs to create something new, that's great and the more the merrier. But if one

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-27 Thread H.S.
Miles Fidelman wrote: H.S. wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:27:24AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: Document it all you want. But don't expect Joe Toothbrush to read it all. If one _wants_ go through pages upon pages of docs to create something new, that's great

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-27 Thread H.S.
Miles Fidelman wrote: H.S. wrote: Miles Fidelman wrote: There's still something awfully useful and compelling about a serious reference manual, all in one place, with a comprehensive table-of-contents, detailed index, and embedded references. Sure there is, but one has to keep

Re: debian and ubuntu

2009-04-26 Thread H.S.
Mark Allums wrote: paragasu wrote: ubuntu == debian testing, if you think debian outdated, try debian unstable. ubuntu = debian unstable ubuntu = a shapely Debian Unstable with lipstick and makeup ;) -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-26 Thread H.S.
Dotan Cohen wrote: Check out the FreeBSD handbook at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ It is also available as a pdf which is 1000 pages! It doesn't cover everything, but it does cover a lot. They also have other books and articles at

HL-2070N Brother laser printer driver

2009-04-26 Thread H.S.
Hello, Just wanted to report my experience with Brother network laser printer HL-2070N. I was working with the drivers that come with Debian (cups?) till around a several weeks ago. Then something broke (apparently in ghostscript) and it stopped working. I tried it yesterday and it is now

Re: Acrobat reader

2009-04-23 Thread H.S.
Frank McCormick wrote: I have run into this problem several times lately. I am running Debian testing. Several web sites I have been on including the Quebec governments revenue quebec site insist I need Adobe acrobat pdf reader and won't display messages. Is there a way to satisfy the

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-23 Thread H.S.
Michael Pobega wrote: On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 07:43:55AM -0400, machiner wrote: I thought I asked you a question. There's no reason to be rude. All we're saying is that instead of running your own site, why not contribute to a pre-existing site? I'm personally hoping that one day I can say

Re: mysterious pdf file won't be printed, all others will!

2009-04-21 Thread H.S.
Rodolfo Medina wrote: Rodolfo Medina rodolfo.med...@gmail.com writes: In my sister's home directory there is a pdf file that won't respond to the `lp' command. All others pdf files in the same directory behave all right, and the permissions are the same. The only difference is the creation

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-21 Thread H.S.
Lisi Reisz wrote: If you are seeking help, it might be worth supplying a URL. The truth of your Isn't that in the subject line? Or am I missing something here? -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email

[Solved] Re: related to mail servers, mta and mda

2009-04-16 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: Hello, This is a beginner's (no experience with setting up mail servers) query about MTA's and MUA's. I am trying to see if I can setup an mta or a related application on my Debian machine which is being run as a router for my home lan such that it can send email to an external

Re: email notification when a process ends?

2009-04-15 Thread H.S.
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Wed,15.Apr.09, 13:00:25, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: Dear debian users, I have got a script that does database query running for hours. Is there any way to send myself an email after the process for the script ends? Easiest would be to put something like echo 'Master,

Re: email notification when a process ends?

2009-04-15 Thread H.S.
Zhengquan Zhang wrote: , | while true; do | | IDP=$(pidof your_process) so the IDP should now be the process ID. | | if (( $? == 1 )) ; then Could you explain $? ==1 abit? I am sorry I am not familiar with this. $? is a bash variable that holds the return value of

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