Re: Missing option in GNOME Control Center

2008-02-15 Thread H.S.
Dotan Cohen wrote: Now, I admit, one could argue these are not examples of unreliability since Gnome fails consistently :) But (1) above has been going on for so long and that I now have serious doubts whether Gnome (Nautilus, more specifically) developers really care about Webdav access

Re: right click and resize selected images in Konqueror

2008-02-15 Thread H.S.
Dotan Cohen wrote: The KIM package does that as well: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=11505 BTW, doesn't look like it is in Debian. -HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Solved] Re: right click and resize selected images in Konqueror

2008-02-14 Thread H.S.
Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: I am at present looking at this (though I would like a package which I can suggest to the user to install using Synaptic and not having to deal with scripts editing): http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Resize_Images_using_ServiceMenus_(right_click) At home I have it working,

Re: Missing option in GNOME Control Center

2008-02-14 Thread H.S.
Andrius wrote: Perhaps unlucky version for me. Andrius P.S. Would like to change to KDE, but no buttons in panel to do that. If you want to start using KDE, or just give it a try, you have to choose KDE Session (from Sessions menu I believe) *before* logging in to your desktop. -HS

Re: Missing option in GNOME Control Center

2008-02-14 Thread H.S.
Dotan Cohen wrote: On 14/02/2008, Andrius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gnome panel sometimes doing various tricks. It is a good GUI, but not reliable. Please explain that comment, and provide details. I'm a KDE user, but I don't know Gnome to be unreliable. What, exactly (with examples) do you

Re: in KDE, starting totem forces gnome libs

2008-02-13 Thread H.S.
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Totem is the GNOME media player. I'm not surprised that weird things happen when you pull a crap-load of GNOME dependencies into KDE. hmm ... I use KDE primarily because it works with my university's secure Webdav access. Gnome just gets

right click and resize selected images in Konqueror

2008-02-13 Thread H.S.
Hello, Is there a package like nautilus-image-converter for KDE? This is for a person beginning to learn how to use KDE for usual common tasks: browsing, emailing, documents, etc. He wants to send pictures via email but wants to resize them to a smaller size before attaching. I looked

Re: right click and resize selected images in Konqueror

2008-02-13 Thread H.S.
Kelly Clowers wrote: Gwenview (KDE4 default image viewer (also available in KDE3) and Kview (KDE3 default image viewer) should both be able to do that. Cheers, Kelly Clowers Yes, I have already tried that. But the user was looking for right clicking on the selected thumbnails in

in KDE, starting totem forces gnome libs

2008-02-12 Thread H.S.
Hello, On Debian Testing and KDE desktop, if I click on a movie link on a webpage, the video opens in Totem, the defualt application. Once that happens, it appears that Totem is forcing Gnome libs to the desktop (or the environment) and Firefox, pidgin, thunderbird, and perhaps other

Re: Help! OpenOffice upgrade went wrong!

2008-02-08 Thread H.S.
ai wrote: Thank you. Here is the list of my currently installed Oo packages: ii openoffice.org 1:2.3.1-3 OpenOffice.org Office suite ii openoffice.org-base 1:2.3.1-3 OpenOffice.org office suite -

Re: Help! OpenOffice upgrade went wrong!

2008-02-08 Thread H.S.
Chris Bannister wrote: You should have CC'd ai at least. :-0 True. Done this time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Help! OpenOffice upgrade went wrong!

2008-02-07 Thread H.S.
ai wrote: Hi all, I did a dist-upgrade yesterday and since then, all the menus in Open Office have disappeared ; all menu text characters were replaced by empty square boxes. Same happens in all Open Office apps: Write, Calc, etc. I run the testing distribution on a HP e-PC 42 (PIV 1.6

Re: lightning, extension for icedove, screwed up

2008-01-24 Thread H.S.
Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote: Ok, so you're having trouble installing the plugin. This is easily fixable, but you have to mess up with the .xpi. Here's the step-by-step: 1 - download the xpi from the lightning web page (save it, but don't install it just yet) 2 - open a terminal and go to the

Re: lightning, extension for icedove, screwed up

2008-01-24 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: 9 - re-zip it (zip -r ../lightning-0.7-debian.xpi) The above step should be: $ zip -r ../lightning-0.7-tb-linux-my.xpi ./ i.e., the ./ is necessary (the -my in the new filename is only to get a different xpi file than the original one). -HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: lightning, extension for icedove, screwed up

2008-01-23 Thread H.S.
Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote: H.S. wrote: (Fixed the typo in the subject line.) H.S. wrote: Hello, I think after the recent two upgrades (within the last week), the Lightning extension for Icedove mail client seems to be screwed up. No calendars are shown anymore, no days are shown

lightnight, extension for icedove, screwed up

2008-01-22 Thread H.S.
Hello, I think after the recent two upgrades (within the last week), the Lightning extension for Icedove mail client seems to be screwed up. No calendars are shown anymore, no days are shown, the extension's interface is non-responsive for the most part. This is on Debian Testing and with

Re: lightning, extension for icedove, screwed up

2008-01-22 Thread H.S.
(Fixed the typo in the subject line.) H.S. wrote: Hello, I think after the recent two upgrades (within the last week), the Lightning extension for Icedove mail client seems to be screwed up. No calendars are shown anymore, no days are shown, the extension's interface is non-responsive

Re: Wish list... OpenOffice.org reference manager (Bibus)

2008-01-18 Thread H.S.
Michael Bonert wrote: Hi, What is the best way, aside from packaging it oneself, to get some software packaged and on debian? Where can one post a wish-to-packaged request? --- I came across a neat little reference manager for OpenOffice.org -- that expands on the native OO.org

Re: samsung printer ML-3051nd on Debian

2008-01-16 Thread H.S.
David wrote: H.S. wrote: Hello, Anybody know what kind of support does Debian have for Samsung laser printer ML-3051nd? I am thinking of recommending this one for a small office of a friend's. Support in Linux is very important. I was also considering Brother HL-5250DN

samsung printer ML-3051nd on Debian

2008-01-15 Thread H.S.
Hello, Anybody know what kind of support does Debian have for Samsung laser printer ML-3051nd? I am thinking of recommending this one for a small office of a friend's. Support in Linux is very important. I was also considering Brother HL-5250DN but it is not available anymore locally. thanks,

/dev/raw1394 in 2.6.22 kernel and dvgrab

2007-12-02 Thread H.S.
Hello, I have used raw1394 module with kino and dvgrab to grab video from my camcorder in to my Debian Testing to make DVDs of home videos. However, I recall reading someplace that raw1394 module is no longer included in 2.6.22 and up kernels. Consequently, one cannot use dvgrab in these

Re: [OT] LaTeX

2007-11-27 Thread H.S.
Sarunas Burdulis wrote: Michael Marsh wrote: On Nov 27, 2007 1:37 AM, Sarunas Burdulis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'pdflatex latexfile' will produce latexfile.pdf. Alternatively, use dvips (dvi-postscript) and then ps2pdf. One advantage of using pdflatex, rather than dvips+ps2pdf or dvipdf, is

Re: [OT]: free ddns service and port rediction 80--xyz

2007-11-22 Thread H.S.
Micha Feigin wrote: try 20/21 for ftp (although 20 may be opened only in response to 21), or 53 for domain name server ftp is blocked. DNS could have been tried. But I was able to make it work on one of the SSL ports that they have open for outgoing. I have no service running on one of my

configuring ADSL via a gui

2007-11-22 Thread H.S.
Hello, Since I started using Debian, I have always used pppoeconf command to set up my ADSL connection. Now I am a situation trying to convince a few others that Linux based OS is very easy to use. So, is how do I go about configuring an ADSL connection via gui? Does network-manager support it?

Re: configuring ADSL via a gui

2007-11-22 Thread H.S.
Chris G wrote: On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 11:36:27AM -0500, H.S. wrote: Hello, Since I started using Debian, I have always used pppoeconf command to set up my ADSL connection. Now I am a situation trying to convince a few others that Linux based OS is very easy to use. So, is how do I go about

Re: [OT]: free ddns service and port rediction 80--xyz

2007-11-21 Thread H.S.
Owen Townend wrote: Hey, Easy fix that works for me. If your web server isn't already using it then just get ssh to listen on port 443 which the firewall will more than likely let through for https. cheers, Owen. I have it running, so can't use 443. But I already had this mind. I

[OT]: free ddns service and port rediction 80--xyz

2007-11-20 Thread H.S.
Hello, Does anybody know of a few dynamic DNS service which redirects traffic on port 80 to a different port on my machine (which has a dynamic IP)? I need this because a friend of mine's univ allows outgoing access to only port 80. I am thinking that if a dynamic dns service redirects traffic

Re: [OT]: free ddns service and port rediction 80--xyz

2007-11-20 Thread H.S.
Celejar wrote: On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:05:50 -0500 H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Does anybody know of a few dynamic DNS service which redirects traffic on port 80 to a different port on my machine (which has a dynamic IP)? Is Dyndns's WebHop what you need? http://www.dyndns.com

Re: printing a scanned document

2007-11-16 Thread H.S.
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I was sent a scanned document, it was a .jpeg file. So I downloaded the .jpeg and used display to view it. Then I printed it, but it was about 1/2 the size of a sheet of paper and hard to read. So I used display to resize it 150% and sharpen the image. That

Re: cannot access modem's config page

2007-11-15 Thread H.S.
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 12:08:21AM -0500, H.S. wrote: Hello, I have an adsl modem connected to a linux box which acts as a router. The router machine has three interfaces: eth1: 192.168.1.2, connected to the modem eth0: 192.168.0.1, the wired LAN (192.168.0.0/24) using

cannot access modem's config page

2007-11-14 Thread H.S.
Hello, I have an adsl modem connected to a linux box which acts as a router. The router machine has three interfaces: eth1: 192.168.1.2, connected to the modem eth0: 192.168.0.1, the wired LAN (192.168.0.0/24) using a switch ath0: 192.168.5.1, the wireless lan (192.168.5.0/24) The modem's LAN ip

Re: cannot access modem's config page

2007-11-14 Thread H.S.
gradetwo wrote: the netmask 255.255.255.0 block u access. try a netmask 255.255.0.0 or set a temp static ip such as 192.168.2.x then u can do it. With that netmask, 255.255.0.0, how will the three different nics differentiate their own networks? -HS Hello, I have an adsl modem

Re: lossless rotation in konqueror

2007-11-13 Thread H.S.
Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:05:53 -0500 H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, When I rotate an image in Konqueror, is the rotation lossless? I have a few gigs of photos which I cannot import as an album into my digikam (not enough space in /home). So I am trying to see

Re: lossless rotation in konqueror

2007-11-13 Thread H.S.
Ken Irving wrote: On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 10:29:26AM -0500, H.S. wrote: Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:05:53 -0500 H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, When I rotate an image in Konqueror, is the rotation lossless? I have a few gigs of photos which I cannot import

lossless rotation in konqueror

2007-11-12 Thread H.S.
Hi, When I rotate an image in Konqueror, is the rotation lossless? I have a few gigs of photos which I cannot import as an album into my digikam (not enough space in /home). So I am trying to see if I can rotate the images in konqueror -- the images resize on a different partition at present.

Re: rsync question

2007-11-08 Thread H.S.
John O Laoi wrote: Hello, I have the same structure on 2 machines. I want to keep them in sync. I change a file (ZZZ.ods) on the one with IP address AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD and then rsync from the other as follows ~$ rsync -avh AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD:/home/john/Documents/ ./Documents/ Password:

raw1394 and 2.6.22 in testing

2007-10-30 Thread H.S.
Hello, I recall reading someplace that raw1394 module is no longer included in 2.6.22 kernel and up. Consequently, one cannot use dvgrab in these kernels. Anybody know what is the status now? Or any other method with which to use dvgrab (and/or kino) with these kernels in Debian? thanks, -HS

Re: cannot open vnc session for one user from this machine

2007-10-29 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: Hello, I am not able to get xtightvncviewer to work for a particular user on a remote machine from my machine running Debian Testing. It works for a different user on the remote machine. And it works for that particular user from another machine here from my home! It is only my

cannot open vnc session for one user from this machine

2007-10-28 Thread H.S.
Hello, I am not able to get xtightvncviewer to work for a particular user on a remote machine from my machine running Debian Testing. It works for a different user on the remote machine. And it works for that particular user from another machine here from my home! It is only my Testing machine

recorded using arecord, plaback seems a bit fast

2007-10-27 Thread H.S.
Hello, I used the following command to record audio from a live performance using the M2496 [M Audio Audiophile 24/96] card: $ arecord -D plug:hw:1 --duration=600 --file-type au --format=dat --nonblock recording-arecord.au Then I transfered the au file to my home computer and opened it in

Re: Open Office 2.0 Writer craks

2007-10-27 Thread H.S.
Pantor wrote: Installed strace and the same shit: 89-125-103-244:/home/andrius# Gtk-Message: Failed to load module atk-bridge: libatk-bridge.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory GTK Accessibility Module initialized Did you answer the question Davide asked you (see

Re: getting scim to work on KDE

2007-10-25 Thread H.S.
Kelly Clowers wrote: On 10/24/07, H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried with xcim: $ cat .xinput.d/en_CA # # Use X input Method for all applications # # Per Ming's Documentation in SCIM, XIM Input Method is activated # not only for old X-applications but also for GTK and QT appplication

Re: getting scim to work on KDE

2007-10-24 Thread H.S.
Wei Chen wrote: On 10/24/07, H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have been using the KDE keyboard layout applet to type different languages. I recently learned that uim or scim could be a better method. To test these out, I installed scim. Then, following some web pages fround via

Re: getting scim to work on KDE

2007-10-24 Thread H.S.
Wei Chen wrote: 3. Run `im-switch -c` to configure the input method for the current user. Choose scim from the interactive user interface. This was one step I had missed. The second one was to put: #GTK_IM_MODULE=xim GTK_IM_MODULE=scim-bridge #QT_IM_MODULE=xim QT_IM_MODULE=scim-bridge

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-24 Thread H.S.
Russell L. Harris wrote: Maybe Br-script isn't real postscript, I really don't know. If the printer is a real Postscript machine, it is specified in CUPS as raw, and you don't need foomatic. Just tried the raw printer - looks like it is real. Thanks for pointing that out. It likely is

Re: getting scim to work on KDE

2007-10-24 Thread H.S.
Wei Chen wrote: Well, something doesn't seem to be right with my setup. Scim works in Icedove, iceweasel and gaim. But it doesn't work in kate or konsole. What am I missing? I am not sure whether it is a problem of using immodule. You may try to use the traditional XIM method by changing

Re: k3b crashing when track added for audio cd

2007-10-23 Thread H.S.
Nick Lidakis wrote: H.S. wrote: I did run it from the command line to see what was going wrong. Didn't get much info through. The debug errors within k3b say something about no permission to use the device. Can any ones else using Testing confirm that he can make an audio cd from a flac

OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread H.S.
Hello, Anybody have experience with this printer: Brother HL-5250DN (http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=HL5250DN). I have been asked to choose a B/W laser printer to buy for a very small office. I don't expect it to print more than around 10 pages per day. I have also

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread H.S.
Russell L. Harris wrote: * H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071023 16:14]: Hello, Anybody have experience with this printer: Brother HL-5250DN (http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=HL5250DN). I have been asked to choose a B/W laser printer to buy for a very small office. I

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread H.S.
Russell L. Harris wrote: * H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071023 17:07]: If I under the specs of the above two printer properly, both are postscript printers: 2070N: PCL6, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX 5250DN: PCL6, BR-Script3, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX and these are the ports that they have: 2070N

Re: k3b crashing when track added for audio cd

2007-10-23 Thread H.S.
Elimar Riesebieter wrote: On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 the mental interface of H.S. told: Hello, Looks like the last upgrade broke something in k3b in Debian Testing. If I start an audio cd project, k3b crashes the moment I add a flac file to the project. http://incoming.debian.org/k3b_1.0.3

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread H.S.
Ron Johnson wrote: On 10/23/07 17:53, Russell L. Harris wrote: * H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [071023 17:07]: If I under the specs of the above two printer properly, both are postscript printers: 2070N: PCL6, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX 5250DN: PCL6, BR-Script3, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX

Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?

2007-10-23 Thread H.S.
In all your posts you made in this thread, I haven't been able find your message. I am using Icedove and there appears to be nothing but quoted text in all your post! -HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

getting scim to work on KDE

2007-10-23 Thread H.S.
Hello, I have been using the KDE keyboard layout applet to type different languages. I recently learned that uim or scim could be a better method. To test these out, I installed scim. Then, following some web pages fround via goodle, I put these in ~/.bashrc #stuff for scim to work

arecord and level meters

2007-10-20 Thread H.S.
Hello, If I have a recoding going on using arecord (perhaps automated by using the at command) in the background, is there any way I can see the input meter levels by logging in to the machine? At present, on Debian Testing, if I am recording using arecord and fire up audacity just to check

Re: how to match parenthesis in sed

2007-10-17 Thread H.S.
Mathias Brodala wrote: Hi. H.S., 17.10.2007 06:44: I am renaming files by removing parentheses from them. These are image files which were sorted in Windows (by placing them in the desired order and then by renaming them in batch mode in Windows explorer -- couldn't do this in Linux

Re: how to match parenthesis in sed

2007-10-17 Thread H.S.
Mathias Brodala wrote: Hi. H.S., 17.10.2007 18:09: Mathias Brodala wrote: Hi. H.S., 17.10.2007 06:44: I am renaming files by removing parentheses from them. These are image files which were sorted in Windows (by placing them in the desired order and then by renaming them in batch mode

Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

2007-10-16 Thread H.S.
Nate Duehr wrote: Bret Busby wrote: The web addresses, or, URL's, that are involved with the unauthorised untitld windows being opened, vary, from addresses to which I have previously been, to addresses that I regularly visit, inclusing the two below, with such addresses being unlikely to

how to match parenthesis in sed

2007-10-16 Thread H.S.
Hello, I am renaming files by removing parentheses from them. These are image files which were sorted in Windows (by placing them in the desired order and then by renaming them in batch mode in Windows explorer -- couldn't do this in Linux). Here is an example: 20030113_Lohri_ (107).jpg - is

Re: how to match parenthesis in sed

2007-10-16 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: Hello, I am renaming files by removing parentheses from them. These are image files which were sorted in Windows (by placing them in the desired order and then by renaming them in batch mode in Windows explorer -- couldn't do this in Linux). Here is an example

Re: how to match parenthesis in sed

2007-10-16 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: H.S. wrote: Hello, I am renaming files by removing parentheses from them. These are image files which were sorted in Windows (by placing them in the desired order and then by renaming them in batch mode in Windows explorer -- couldn't do this in Linux). Here is an example

Re: how to match parenthesis in sed

2007-10-16 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: H.S. wrote: H.S. wrote: Hello, I am renaming files by removing parentheses from them. These are image files which were sorted in Windows (by placing them in the desired order and then by renaming them in batch mode in Windows explorer -- couldn't do this in Linux). Here

Re: how to match parenthesis in sed

2007-10-16 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: H.S. wrote: H.S. wrote: H.S. wrote: Hello, I am renaming files by removing parentheses from them. These are image files which were sorted in Windows (by placing them in the desired order and then by renaming them in batch mode in Windows explorer -- couldn't do this in Linux

Re: k3b crashing when track added for audio cd

2007-10-14 Thread H.S.
Jonathan Kaye wrote: H.S. wrote: Hello, Looks like the last upgrade broke something in k3b in Debian Testing. If I start an audio cd project, k3b crashes the moment I add a flac file to the project. This has happened on two different machines I run with Debian Testing. Both are using

Re: digital album making choices and photo management

2007-10-13 Thread H.S.
Scott Lair wrote: David Fox wrote: I have been using kphotoalbum for quite some time. It has an excellent database for tagging photos. The plugins allow you to export in various ways. You can export to cd, create a slidewhow, export to flickr, export Speaking of which, I know I saw some

k3b crashing when track added for audio cd

2007-10-13 Thread H.S.
Hello, Looks like the last upgrade broke something in k3b in Debian Testing. If I start an audio cd project, k3b crashes the moment I add a flac file to the project. This has happened on two different machines I run with Debian Testing. Both are using different kernels. This one, the one I am

digital album making choices and photo management

2007-10-12 Thread H.S.
Hello, Could some users share their photo management experiences in Debian here? I have this little project at hand. The objective is to make a digital album of family pictures to be given to family members on a CD. I am thinking on the lines that the CD should have self contained digital

world clock for gnome (like the one in KDE)

2007-10-12 Thread H.S.
Hello, Just wondering if Gnome has a world clock like the one KDE has. I mainly use KDE, and I can configure the clock applet to show other timezones. These show up when I move my mouse over the clock. In Gnome, however, I haven't been able to find similar functionality in the clock. Does it

Re: world clock for gnome (like the one in KDE)

2007-10-12 Thread H.S.
Amit Uttamchandani wrote: 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 This looks neat! It is a GNOME Applet but I don't know if it is available anywhere for

Re: digital album making choices and photo management

2007-10-12 Thread H.S.
David Fox wrote: On 10/12/07, H.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Could some users share their photo management experiences in Debian here? I have this little project at hand. The objective is to make a digital album of family pictures to be given to family members on a CD. Would you

cannot get mathml fonts to work in Iceape or Iceweasel

2007-10-12 Thread H.S.
Hello, I am trying to follow instructions to install TrueType mathml fonts in Debian Testing from this web page: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/mathml/fonts/ I think I have succeeded in installing the fonts (see the output of some commands below). But I am not able to get proper rendering on

how to get keyboard layout with symbols

2007-09-29 Thread H.S.
Hello, How do I export the current keyboard layout to a file (eps preferably) with symbols? I am trying with Indic layouts (IN) with the following command: $ xkbprint -eps -label symbols :0 -o ~/tmp/kb.eps But the labels of the keys in the eps file I get are the Unicode codes for the keys, I

how to find modifier key in KDE

2007-09-28 Thread H.S.
Hello, Just a little questions: How do I find out which one is the modifier key on a particular keyboard layout (layout in, variant guru) in KDE? I am running updated Testing and am using the Keyboard layout switcher in KDE to switch between the layouts. thanks, -HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

[solved] Re: how to find modifier key in KDE

2007-09-28 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: Hello, Just a little questions: How do I find out which one is the modifier key on a particular keyboard layout (layout in, variant guru) in KDE? I am running updated Testing and am using the Keyboard layout switcher in KDE to switch between the layouts. thanks, -HS

Re: Installing 2 Linux on one HD.

2007-09-25 Thread H.S.
Yazad Khambata wrote: Hi all, I have 2 hard drives on one I have windows installed. The other is used by me for Linux installation... I first installed Debian 4.0; during installation it asked me about GRUB and it aslo asked me if I had Windows XP/2000. All was well... I could log

Re: Can not see my desktop in vnc session that is started up from local display.

2007-09-14 Thread H.S.
Mumia W.. wrote: If connections from localhost are not blocked, this should work. However, I see you're starting a Gnome session; I hope that you're not doing that from within another Gnome session for the same user account. Gnome is a complicated environment with many parts that must be in

Re: Can not see my desktop in vnc session that is started up from local display.

2007-09-14 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: Mumia W.. wrote: If connections from localhost are not blocked, this should work. However, I see you're starting a Gnome session; I hope that you're not doing that from within another Gnome session for the same user account. Gnome is a complicated environment with many parts

Re: Can not see my desktop in vnc session that is started up from local display.

2007-09-14 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: H.S. wrote: Mumia W.. wrote: If connections from localhost are not blocked, this should work. However, I see you're starting a Gnome session; I hope that you're not doing that from within another Gnome session for the same user account. Gnome is a complicated environment

Re: flac and wav

2007-09-03 Thread H.S.
Adam Hardy wrote: Marko Randjelovic on 12/08/07 16:52, wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Hmmm. I don't know why I automatically assumed (yeah, yeah, I know) was a Windows app. :( Anyway, rezound in Unstable is a beta version (0.12.2beta-10), and quite an early version. Maybe that's why there are

lightning data in sync between two Icedove installations

2007-08-31 Thread H.S.
Hello, I am using Thunderbird's (Icedove) calendar extension, Lightning, on my home computer and at my univ computer. I want to keep Lightning data on both computer in sync. Any idea how to go about doing this? (for now, I am not interested in installing a calendar server of any sorts).

Re: lightning data in sync between two Icedove installations

2007-08-31 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: Hello, I am using Thunderbird's (Icedove) calendar extension, Lightning, on my home computer and at my univ computer. I want to keep Lightning data on both computer in sync. Any idea how to go about doing this? (for now, I am not interested in installing a calendar server of any

books and library inventory

2007-08-26 Thread H.S.
Hello, Somebody was asking me earlier today how to set up an electronic database of a community library with a few hundred books. I just realized I cannot find much on the web. Perhaps I am not looking for the right words. What I have in mind is an open source application that can be used to

Re: books and library inventory

2007-08-26 Thread H.S.
Ron Johnson wrote: On 08/26/07 14:30, H.S. wrote: Hello, Somebody was asking me earlier today how to set up an electronic database of a community library with a few hundred books. I just realized I cannot find much on the web. Perhaps I am not looking for the right words. What I have

Re: desktop icons for all users in Gnome

2007-08-23 Thread H.S.
Mumia W.. wrote: On 08/22/2007 10:19 PM, H.S. wrote: Hello, Can anybody suggest an easy method to put a link to a file on all current user's Gnome desktops? More specifically, I have a PDF instructions file I want to put a link to on all user's Gnome desktop on a machine. I also want

Re: desktop icons for all users in Gnome

2007-08-23 Thread H.S.
Hi, Krzysztof LubaƄski wrote: Hello, This should do the trick: # for dir in /home/*; do ln -s /usr/local/share/doc/instructions.pdf $dir/Desktop/ Of course, you may want to make sure that /home/* matches only real home directories (there may be /home/lost+found if you have a

desktop icons for all users in Gnome

2007-08-22 Thread H.S.
Hello, Can anybody suggest an easy method to put a link to a file on all current user's Gnome desktops? More specifically, I have a PDF instructions file I want to put a link to on all user's Gnome desktop on a machine. I also want to put the file on a central location, for example in

Re: can glx work without nvidia driver?

2007-08-18 Thread H.S.
Florian Kulzer wrote: So, the questions is, how do I get my little program to work without installing Nvidia driver? I would try to uncomment the 'Load glx' line in your xorg.conf. You probably commented out that line because the proprietary nvidia driver requires you to do so, but AFAIK

[solved] Re: can glx work without nvidia driver?

2007-08-18 Thread H.S.
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 11:09:07 -0400, H.S. wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: So, the questions is, how do I get my little program to work without installing Nvidia driver? I would try to uncomment the 'Load glx' line in your xorg.conf. You probably commented out that line

can glx work without nvidia driver?

2007-08-17 Thread H.S.
I am trying to get this little OpenGL program I wrote some months ago, but this time it gives me this error (it compiles okay though): $ ./mktrngdat freeglut (./mktrngdat): OpenGL GLX extension not supported by display ':0.0' I notice that there is some problem with Nvidia driver now adays and

Re: [RESOLVED] Re: Canon Powershot A640 (update #2)

2007-08-09 Thread H.S.
andy wrote: Thanks for your ideas. I suspect that you are probably right in your assessment of the protocols the different devices use: the Sony registers as a storage device while the Canon is registered as a camera. While this doesn't answer the issue of why on my partner's Etch machine

Re: Canon Powershot A640 (update #2)

2007-08-08 Thread H.S.
andy wrote: andy wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/08/07 12:51, andy wrote: Hi again Yes, apparently gphoto2 *does* recognise the camera (and this is confirmed by Canon as well). However, with the Sony, I never used gphoto2 and only

Re: Canon Powershot A640 (update #2)

2007-08-08 Thread H.S.
andy wrote: If it is no trouble for you to verify this, then that would be a useful comparison to know. As noted earlier, I have now installed digikam and will use that from now on to download the images from the camera. I am just used to having the Sony auto-mounted and clicking through

video editing of digicam avi files

2007-08-05 Thread H.S.
Hello, I am trying to find a method to make an mpeg movie from a number of avi files captured from a digital camera (Canon A540). Any suggestions what steps to follow? The original videos are at 15 fps and I am not too concerned about the output fps. However, if I wanted a DVD from the avi files,

working with two nics (lan and wlan)

2007-08-04 Thread H.S.
Hello, I have a headless machine on my home network with a LAN card and a wireless card. If my lan cable is connected to its lan card, it gets an IP automatically from my firewall machine. But if I activate the wireless card, the networking seems to hang or freeze. My lan card is on

Re: working with two nics (lan and wlan)

2007-08-04 Thread H.S.
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 11:40:14AM -0400, H.S. wrote: Hello, I have a headless machine on my home network with a LAN card and a wireless card. If my lan cable is connected to its lan card, it gets an IP automatically from my firewall machine. But if I activate

Re: new debian user. help :)

2007-07-23 Thread H.S.
Lorenas Bartkus wrote: hi, I'm new in debian and previosly i used windows xp. now i decided to try debian for the first time. i have downloaded boot cd to install debian from network, in the bigining everything gone well but when i was asked to choose the mirror i can't. because it was said

dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread H.S.
Hello, How come I cannot see newer kernel packages available with dpkg: $ dpkg -l linux-image-* doesn't list kernels 2.6.2* at all. However, I can get some hits if I try to install such a package: $ sudo aptitude -s install linux-image-2.6.21* Reading package lists... Done Building dependency

Re: dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread H.S.
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: dpkg -l lists info for debs it knows about, ie. installed ones. It dpkg also lists packages that are not installed (2.6.21 is listed below because I just now installed it): $ dpkg -l linux-image-2.6.* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold |

Re: dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread H.S.
Wayne Topa wrote: H.S.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Hello, How come I cannot see newer kernel packages available with dpkg: $ dpkg -l linux-image-* Maybe because dpkg show whats installed, not available? Please see my other post. doesn't list kernels 2.6.2* at all

Re: dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread H.S.
Wayne Topa wrote: H.S.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Hello, How come I cannot see newer kernel packages available with dpkg: $ dpkg -l linux-image-* Maybe because dpkg show whats installed, not available? doesn't list kernels 2.6.2* at all. However, I can get some hits

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