Re: Escputil --raw-device and CUPS

Nick Croft wrote: I've had a suggestion that I need to go through the usb cable and not use the parallel port. In your first mail you wrote that you "got the new Epson Color Stylus C83 printing OK with CUPS via the router". Is the printer connected directly to the computer, or is it attached `th

Re: Escputil --raw-device and CUPS

I wonder if it could be as easy as telling escputil that you have a new model of epson printer (`new' means newer than Stylus Color 740 ...), i.e. add "--new" or "-u" to the command. I get a similar error as you do if I leave that out. Oh, and sometimes it doesn't work the first time around, bu

Re: Adjusting font-size in X [solved]

y, 21 Apr 2004 14:47, Kristian Niemi wrote: Allright, it's that time of the week again when I have a `stupid question'(tm) to ask. I've been using xdm as a display manager, and recently switched to gdm. The thing is that when I start X from xdm *I get larger fonts*, than if I start X

Adjusting font-size in X

Allright, it's that time of the week again when I have a `stupid question'(tm) to ask. I've been using xdm as a display manager, and recently switched to gdm. The thing is that when I start X from xdm *I get larger fonts*, than if I start X `manually' (startx) or through gdm. I run X at a resol

Re: Moving from XP and looking for replacement programs

wrote: On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 01:30, Kristian Niemi wrote: --snip-- One thing for which I'm still searching for though, is some equivalent to Microsoft Access. OpenOffice works beautifully, taking care of everything else Office used to do -- and in most parts succeeding quite well -- but I hav

Re: Moving from XP and looking for replacement programs

I moved from XP some months ago. For the most part the transition really went more smoothly than I had expected -- probably because I started using opensource software on XP, before I switched. If you're just checking your own mail, you might want to check out Mozilla Thunderbird instead of set

Re: dvd & tv-out problem with X

whatever made it not-work, must be something else than what I changed; I tried / looked at a backup of XF86Config-4, and I /had/ been using the `radeon' driver before (and it worked). Kristian Niemi wrote: Question I: I've got this strange problem; tvout in X doesn't work any more -

Re: dvd & tv-out problem with X

Right ... Just installed kernel-image-2.6.4-1-686, and for some mysterious reason, the DVD:s just got several minutes longer. The previous kernel I used, 2.6.3, I had compiled myself. Obviously I did something wrong. :) Does anyone have any pointers as to where it went wrong? How was it possibl

Re: dvd & tv-out problem with X

, but I haven't found any /solutions/. When trying to play DVD with xine -- or mplayer, or ogle -- sooner or later, before the movie *should end* I get a "libdvdread: Can't seek to block xxx" Where x... usually, if not always, is above a number higher than 200. I

dvd & tv-out problem with X

Hi, Question I: I've got this strange problem; tvout in X doesn't work any more -- works fine from shell though (i.e. `bashing' on tv works ;) ). I have a ATI Radeon 7500 Mobile card on a Dell Inspiron laptop, running Debian unstable (up to date). I'm using the package atitvout to `attach' tv

Re: chkrootkit: many hidden processes

Er ... Then, should someone tell chkrootkit that as well, or ... ? h: Kristian Anders Karlsson wrote: They are threads. I read yesterday about this when I was trying to find some other stuff. Was an interesting read. Apparently you can use 'ps -ef -T' to see the threads as well. Regards, --

chkrootkit: many hidden processes

Ran chkrootkit, and it found several (over 12) hidden processes. Checked with chkrproc, and it seems like the following programs create (several) hidden processes: Mozilla Thunderbird: 6 hidden processes Mozilla Firefox: 4 hidden processes Clamav-daemon: 1 hidden process Fireflier-server: 2 hidde

Question about fbpanel

I have this strange problem, and I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing something similar; if it's a bug, I should report, or a feature I can adjust, or ... I run openbox, with fbpanel to get ... a panel. Fbpanel gets executed from my .xsession: (the last four lines from ~/.xsession) doc

Re: debian sarge and new installer

Personally I also noticed some errors after I upgraded my kernel to 2.6; errors that only showed up in boot, and *didn't* show up in dmesg (or any other log file in /var/log/). I still don't undersrtand why they (the error-messages) didn't show up in a log; they should, as far as I understand?

Re: Adjusting the speed of mouse-wheel scrolling [repost]

Aaaah!!! Thank you so very much. That's a lot better. I had two mice configured, as you (correctly) guessed: "Configured Mouse" and "Generic Mouse". After "Generic Mouse" was `commented out' in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 the problem was solved. Thanks! h: Kristian A Mennucc wrote: also, read http

Adjusting the speed of mouse-wheel scrolling [repost]

My mouse started to act a bit differently after updating to kernel 2.6. Otherwise it's quite nice (the differences, I mean), but the mouse-wheel scroll is a bit too fast. For instance I can't switch desktops in openbox by mouse-wheel-scrolling, because it scrolls too fast... (The scroll-speed

Re: Kernel 2.6: bootup errors not logged?

After the first time I installed the new kernel, it seemed like the changes I made in /etc/modules didn't matter at all. Nor did modconf remove the old modules, i.e. the `fatals' bootup reported. After the second time I installed the (new) kernel, changes I made in /etc/modules *did* matter. So

Re: Kernel 2.6: bootup errors not logged?

t return anything, so I assume it's not there; i.e. those errors aren't logged at all? h: Kristian Stef wrote: Kristian Niemi mentioned : => At bootup I see a number or error-messages flash by, but they dissappear => too fast for me to read them. I've tried to find them in

Adjusting speed of mouse-wheel scroll?

My mouse started to act a bit differently after updating to kernel 2.6. Otherwise it's quite nice (the differences, I mean), but the mouse-wheel scroll is a bit too fast. For instance I can't switch desktops in openbox by mouse-wheel-scrolling, because it's `goes by' too fast... (But the wheel

Kernel 2.6: bootup errors not logged?

Hi, I'm trying to switch over to kernel 2.6; it's up and running now. No real problems. But there's a for me mainly `cosmetic' problem (since everything works). At bootup I see a number or error-messages flash by, but they dissappear too fast for me to read them. I've tried to find them in dme

Re: Firebird 0.7 crashes w/ Java plugin

Had the same problem; I had to use another package, if I remember correctly. I believe I mailed (the thread) the solution, so search this newsgroup? h: Kristian Curt Daugaard wrote: Hello, Has anyone got the Java plugin to run successsfully with Mozilla-Firebird 0.7? I've tried the Sun 1.4.2

Strange idesk-problem

I have this strange problem where idesk crashes if I try to drag an icon. It starts ok, I can click the icons -- but if I try to drag them, it crashes. When started from shell it says: "Can't load: /usr/local/share/idesk/icons/gaim.png bailing -- Gaim Check to see if the image and path to image

Re: OT: Thunderbird 0.4 "feels" better

I don't know why, nor how. I use 0.4 (20031221). This mail was sent simply by pressing the "Reply" button. Really can't tell you much more than that it works like this for me. If I'd press "Reply all" the mail would go to both you and the list. I've migrated all `profile files' from the windows

Re: cdrdao not working with 2.6

Well then, now I'm curious: why don't you want to use scsi emulation? h: Kristian Joan Tur wrote: 8-) Thanks for your answer, but I've already removed that line from lilo.conf in order to start using my recorder without scsi emulation ;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Excahnge data between NTFS and Linux partitions

Question #1 is something I'm pondering on myself; I just assumed it's me being stupid, although I have the same settings for my NTFS partition, as another ext2 ... Question #2, in kernel 2.6 I believe you can set NTFS as writable, although it's experimental, and at least I don't dare to use it.

Re: OT: Thunderbird 0.4 "feels" better

Hey, you're right. "Reply all" puts the list as CC, individual as "To" --- however, the `simple' "Reply" puts *only* the list as recipient. This mail, for instance, was sent with "Reply", and at least I believe it's sent only to the list, and not you as an individual (as well). So I don't need

Re: OT: Thunderbird 0.4 "feels" better

No really sure what you mean, but doesn't "Reply All" do the trick; i.e. reply to the list/newsgroup, not to the individual who sent the mail? h: Kristian Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: Uh. I think evolution looks a lot nicer... :-) Question: The only reason why I stay with evolution instead of cha

Re: Fluxbox menus

I had the same problem some time ago. Search this newsgroup, I believe I got some help, got it fixed with some further tweaking, and posted the solution here. So check that out first, if you can't fix it, post a mail again and I'll try to help. h: Kristian Gonzalo Sainz-Trápaga wrote: Hi, I am

Re: cdrdao not working with 2.6

Er ... I really don't know what I'm saying now, but perhaps you *should* use scsi emulation; i.e. append something like hd?=ide-scsi to "kernel-startup"? Maybe it was there for your old kernel, but disappeared when you installed the new one? Again, I really don't know, just guessing here ... h

Re: Question about Jigdo

Hi, Yes, I know I haven't wasted *the download*; the cd's, however, might be wasted. So, still wondering -- I /will/ test them eventually anyway ;) -- can cd's from 20031214 and 20031218 be used together to install a (working) Debian (Sid) install? h: Krisse bob parker wrote: You have never w

Re: Mozilla-Firebird segfaults with java

There's been some writing about similar problems earlier in this newsgroup. Search it? In short; I had the same problem, caused by the same thing (libjavaplugin). I had downloaded the java from Sun's pages. Problem solved when I, instead, apt-got the java-package from the following source: # B

Question about Jigdo

Just wondering: I started downloading the Debian (sid) cd's with Jigdo -- however, I wasn't fast enough. Now they've compiled new versions of the files. My question is: would there be "compatibility-problems" if mixing two different sets of cd's, i.e. a couple of cd's compiled 20031214, a few

Re: Fluxbox, Debian menu

--- got it to work! Including how system.fluxbox-menu works. Sometimes `intuitive guessing' gets the job done. ;) Thanks for your help! h: Krisse -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fluxbox, Debian menu

Thanks, it got me a bit on the way, *but* ... (There always has to be a `but', doesn't there?) First of all I had to change the following line: !include menu.h -- into: !include /etc/menu-methods/menu.h Don't know if that's good/bad/doesn't matter... Secondly, I get the following error: update-menu

Fluxbox, Debian menu

Got punished for trying out fluxbox-cvs, now wondering if anyone could help me keep the cake... I'm using Sid. The thing is that I had Fluxbox stable (0.1.14-2) installed, but added a apt-source to be able to use a more fresh Fluxbox, the Debian way. So I uninstalled old Fluxbox, installed newe

Re: problems installing java

Heh heh ... Now I actually got it to work. The problem was the java, after all ... So I uninstalled the java I had installed from sun's website, added the following to my sources.list deb http://jopa.studentenweb.org/debian ./ Then apt-got j2re1.4; j2se as well as java-common got installed as

Re: problems installing java

I still don't have java working; Firebird just crashes, so I'm probably /not/ the best one to give any suggestions here -- *but* my first question to you would be, do you *have* those directories dpkg mentions, particularly the latter one? ;) h: Krisse tripolar wrote: well back in town and try

Re: [Solved] Re: installed new kernel, but lost internal network

I'm not at all sure about this, but when you copied the config from /boot, did you copy it to .config? .../kernel-source-2.4.22-hs1/.config, that is. Might be that it have to be called that, in order for you to be able to do a `make oldconfig', which I suppose is what you tried to do? Good it w

Re: Windows character sets and Linux

Right, well I guess it was good I tried iso8859-15 right away then, because that works like a charm. ;) Krisse Mark Ferlatte wrote: > Windows gets iso-8859-1 (ie, Latin-1) wrong. See for details. As far as I know, there's no way to force Linux (o

Re: problems installing java

Might it be that sarge uses another version than sid? (Correct me if I'm wrong, but sarge is 'testing', and sid is 'unstable', right?) I'm using unstable, and thus we might be using different versions of FB, and maybe this particular bug emerged in a *later* one. --A version I may happen to be u

Re: Windows character sets and Linux

I had that problem when mounting a windows partition. Solved it by adding, in my case, 'iocharset=iso8859-15' to fstabs; i.e. mounting it with that option. Don't know which charset is the proper one for american english though; iso8859-1? Apostrophes, quotes, scandinavian characters (åäö), etc.

Re: problems installing java

t further suggestions, I'm all ears. h: Krisse Patrick Beard wrote: "Kristian Niemi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] What do you get back from 'type java' (remove quotes) at the command line? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: problems installing java

Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately that didn't help. Firebird still crashed. I hope that it was just me being stupid, after I read your mail, but it still seems to be the case that it's a bug at work. They *have* identified some kind of bug that could have something to do with this, and fixed

Re: problems installing java

Hmm ... Strange. I do have it linked to .../plugins. As it should be. Forgot to write /plugin; good that you noticed. ;) Strange that it works, actually, because it *is* a bug. Firebird simply crashes; others have had the same problem. I believe they've worked out a fix for it, but ... So, wond

Re: problems installing java

Well ... I don't know if there's a `debian-way' that could be used, but I installed it by downloading it from the web ... From the following address, I believe: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html I use Mozilla Firebird, and there I had to put a symbolic link from a file `from java' t

wps -format?

Hi, Got a file in WPS-format, which I'd of course like to open. I'm not quite sure if it's MS Works -format, or WordPerfect; I'm assuming it's MS Works. Anyway, I've tried digging through the net to find a converter/filter/progr. that could read the format. The 'answer' I've come up with is --