Re: [OT] Something about google search

On 08/04/12 16:00, lina wrote: > Thanks for all. > > 1] I installed the greasymonkey. Pretty sure it's greasEmonkey - but maybe that's the problem. ;-p > > 2] I download the Add Links to Google Bar form > http://userscripts.org/scripts/review/115780 > > 3] : I don't know how to set the mail

Re: [OT] Posting styles (now PGP)

On 08/04/12 12:26, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 03:49:09PM -0500, Indulekha wrote: > >> If you and I work together on a secret project for a defense contractor, >> or in banking or something it makes senseto sign business-related emails >> to one another. Yes. Conditional

Re: ATA/IDE hard drive problem

On 08/04/12 09:41, Gary Roach wrote: > I have an older computer that is still completely serviceable that I am > switching over to Linux from win2k. The system has had a glitch for a > long time in that it fails to boot the first time I try. The reason is > that it can't find the WD600BB, 60 GB har

Re: [OT] Posting styles

On 08/04/12 10:30, PMA wrote: > > > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Please don't top-post. How hard is it to move the cursor? >> >> On 08/04/12 00:14, PMA wrote: >> >> >> >>> Nobody in signing thinks a signature is needed to identify him.

Re: [OT] Posting styles

On 08/04/12 05:44, Joey Hess wrote: > Wayne Topa wrote: >> Who would want to spoof YOUR Mail. >> >> I have been on this list for 19 years now and do not recall anyone >> being spoofed. From the tenor of your mails, I doubt anyone would >> gain anything from it. > > This is fallacious, dangerous,

Re: [OT] Free Software Phone was Re: [OT] Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

On 08/04/12 02:59, Carl Fink wrote: > Digressing from the OT digression ... anyone know of a smartphone that runs > OSS only? I dislike letting my carrier tell me what hardware features I can > use, for instance. Yes - the GTA4 from Golden Delicious is the best and it will run Debian. Unfortunatel

Re: [OT] Something about google search

On 08/04/12 01:47, lina wrote: > Hi, > > For the top line in google page > > Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Documents Calendar More > > Is it possible to delete the Play and Calendar, and bring something > hidden in More up there? Yes. Though I can't see how that might be related to

Re: [OT] Posting styles

On 08/04/12 00:46, Lisi wrote: > On Saturday 07 April 2012 15:21:44 Indulekha wrote: >> In linux.debian.user, Richard wrote: >>> The other thing Mika, apart from that huge chunk of signature, why on >>> earth ask for a return receipt. > >> It does tend to announce to the recipient that the sender

Re: [OT] Posting styles

Please don't top-post. How hard is it to move the cursor? On 08/04/12 00:14, PMA wrote: > Nobody in signing thinks a signature is > needed to identify him. Nobody? Are you serious? Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox/Chrome/Chromium/Iceape/IE extensions for finding answers to questions abo

Re: how to increase space for tmpfs /tmp (tmp cleaning)

On 07/04/12 10:57, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 07/04/12 09:14, Bob Proulx wrote: >> Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> Bob Proulx wrote: >>> but, but, but I was told Big Data is the Big Thing >> >> I know you are just teasing > > With teeth bared. W

Re: [OT] Posting styles

On 07/04/12 20:25, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > On 07.04.2012 12:48, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 07/04/12 19:28, Mika Suomalainen wrote: >>> On 07.04.2012 12:11, Wayne Topa wrote: >>>> On 04/07/2012 04:16 AM, Mika Suomalainen wrote: >>>>> -BEGIN PGP

Re: debian-faq (was ... Re: upgrade to Wheezy fails with aptitude)

On 07/04/12 19:54, Lisi wrote: > On Saturday 07 April 2012 00:39:58 Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> That is about spelling, not grammar. Since requires the perfect tense. >>> It is quite simply wrong in English to say "since installs". Leave >>> out the wor

Re: When will Debian 7.0 with Linux Kernel 3.x be Released?

On 07/04/12 19:44, Lisi wrote: > On Friday 06 April 2012 23:16:46 Chris Bannister wrote: >> You seem to be confusing the meaning of stable in the distribution >> sense. �It doesn't mean "free of bugs" or "unlikely to crash", it means >> unchanging/not moving. So by having backports you are changing

Re: [OT] Posting styles

On 07/04/12 19:28, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > On 07.04.2012 12:11, Wayne Topa wrote: >> On 04/07/2012 04:16 AM, Mika Suomalainen wrote: >>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> <---snip -- > How utterly ridiculous and pointless to sign messages posted to mailing lists. I a

Re: [OT] Posting styles

On 07/04/12 18:16, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > On 07.04.2012 01:02, Walter Hurry wrote: >> On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:23:07 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: >>> SIGNATURE- > >> How utterly ridiculous and pointless to sign messages posted to >> mailing lists. I agree with Chris Bannister. Likewise

Re: how to increase space for tmpfs /tmp (tmp cleaning)

On 07/04/12 09:14, Bob Proulx wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Bob Proulx wrote: >> but, but, but I was told Big Data is the Big Thing > > I know you are just teasing With teeth bared. Cloud is good for a number of things. Cloud is not good for most of the thing

Re: debian-faq (was ... Re: upgrade to Wheezy fails with aptitude)

On 07/04/12 05:54, Lisi wrote: > On Friday 06 April 2012 20:34:28 Chris Bannister wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 11:38:29AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 04/04/12 07:46, Lisi wrote: >>>> On Tuesday 03 April 2012 22:35:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote: >

Re: debian-faq (was ... Re: upgrade to Wheezy fails with aptitude)

On 07/04/12 05:34, Chris Bannister wrote: > > http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=4904#comment-303296 > You shouldn't have eaten those mushrooms. Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox/Chrome/Chromium/Iceape/IE extensions for finding answers to questions about Debian:- https://addons.mozilla.o

Re: grub2 screen resolution

On 06/04/12 16:17, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > there is no man page for grub. !? grub-bin2h grub-editenv grub-emu grub-install grub-mkconfig grub-mkdevicemap grub-mkfont grub-mkimage grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2 grub-mkrelpath grub-mkrescue grub-probe grub-reboot grub-script-check grub-set-default grub-set

Re: Line wrapping and message retrieval in Icedove.

On 06/04/12 09:45, Peter Easthope wrote: > On 05/04/12 04:33 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 06/04/12 04:27, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: >> >> >> Hello. Are you from the past? > > Not sure we are on the same wavelength here but the first copy of the > message

Re: Problems in fonts in console appear again

On 06/04/12 07:12, James Brown wrote: > On 05.04.2012 10:08, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 05/04/12 19:08, James Brown wrote: >>> On 04.04.2012 11:42, Brian wrote: >>>> On Wed 04 Apr 2012 at 09:35:19 +, James Brown wrote: >>>> >>>>> Afte

Re: how to increase space for tmpfs /tmp (tmp cleaning)

On 06/04/12 05:39, Bob Proulx wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Bob Proulx wrote: >>> Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> Martin Steigerwald wrote: >>>>> I like the notion to just use /var/tmp for anything big by default. >>>> >>>>

Re: Line wrapping and message retrieval in Icedove.

On 06/04/12 04:27, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: Hello. Are you from the past? :-D Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox/Chrome/Chromium/Iceape/IE extensions for finding answers to questions about Debian:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: iceweasel drawing problems

On 06/04/12 04:11, Dale Harris wrote: > Anyone else having problems with iceweasel (on SID) pixelating text > within it's window? Chromium is not doing the same thing, so why it > makes me think it's not a video card driver problem. > Iceweasel 11.0-4~bpo60+1 in Squeeze doesn't have that problem

Re: Line wrapping and message retrieval in Icedove.

On 06/04/12 03:03, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > I was just complaining > about HTML which runs on for hundreds of characters without > a line break. Fair complaint. Only two possible causes (both have an idiot driving) - preformatting and tables. Otherwise it would wrap to suit the window of t

Re: Problems in fonts in console appear again

On 05/04/12 19:08, James Brown wrote: > On 04.04.2012 11:42, Brian wrote: >> On Wed 04 Apr 2012 at 09:35:19 +, James Brown wrote: >> >>> After upgrading from lenny to sqeeuze last year I faced witha problem of >>> fonts in the console. >>> Problem has been overcome in this way: >>> http://lists

Re: upgrade to Wheezy fails with aptitude (now with added apt)

On 05/04/12 18:45, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 05 apr 12, 09:05:53, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 05/04/12 04:24, Martin Steigerwald wrote: >>> >>> It would be nice if I could now whether I installed a packages manually >>> via dpkg -i and m-a a-i, well wh

Re: Debian From Scratch Revisited

On 05/04/12 17:16, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * David L. Craig [120405 05:48]: >> The latest item I encountered about DFS is from April 2006 and it >> apparently never reached version 1.00 (maybe somebody remembers the >> story). Thus, it looks like I need to reinvent that wheel by >> absorbing a

Re: how to increase space for tmpfs /tmp

On 05/04/12 11:41, Bob Proulx wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Martin Steigerwald wrote: >>> I like the notion to just use /var/tmp for anything big by default. >> >> Doesn't that require manually deleting files when they're no longer >> required?

Re: correct English usage (for every occasion?)

On 05/04/12 06:07, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 10:21, Lisi wrote: >> On Wednesday 04 April 2012 14:41:48 you wrote: >>> Colloquial English is liberal to change, Yes. I understand what you mean. And that's a classic example of something written by some for whom English is not their

Re: how to increase space for tmpfs /tmp

On 05/04/12 04:38, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Dienstag, 3. April 2012 schrieb Roger Leigh: >> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 06:00:23PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh > wrote: >>> On Sat, 24 Mar 2012, Joey Hess wrote: Edit /etc/default/rcS, set RAMTMP=no, reboot. Or, set TMPDIR to point

Re: upgrade to Wheezy fails with aptitude (now with added apt)

On 05/04/12 04:24, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2012 schrieb Scott Ferguson: >>> Hope this explains, >> > > It would be nice if I could now whether I installed a packages manually > via dpkg -i and m-a a-i, well which uses dpkg, it whether apt-g

Re: Xerox Phaser 3140

On 04/04/12 21:12, Brian wrote: > On Wed 04 Apr 2012 at 08:44:12 +, James Brown wrote: > >> By some reasons I want to buy a printer of "Xerox Phaser 3140". >> Is it workable under Debian squeeze? Anyone have experience with the >> printer Xerox Phaser 3140 under squeeze? >> There are no driver

Re: Problems in fonts in console appear again

On 04/04/12 19:35, James Brown wrote: > After upgrading from lenny to sqeeuze last year I faced witha problem of > fonts in the console. > Problem has been overcome in this way: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/04/msg00294.html > After installing the kernel linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd6

Re: grub2 screen resolution

On 04/04/12 20:37, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > > When I install a Squeeze machine, or when I update a Lenny machine > to Squeeze, the first thing I do is to change the screen resolution > so I can get some more tekst on the console when I need it. Of course > most of the time I use ssh (or PuTTY)

Re: debian-faq (was ... Re: upgrade to Wheezy fails with aptitude)

On 04/04/12 20:28, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 04 April 2012 10:01:47 Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> Note that since Lenny, apt-get *installs* recommended packages by >> default. > > ...since Lenny, apt-get *has installed*.. > > ;-) > Lisi > > Even trickier - since Lenny developers have been

Re: debian-faq (was ... Re: upgrade to Wheezy fails with aptitude)

On 04/04/12 19:01, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 04 apr 12, 11:38:29, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> My suggestions:- >> >> 1. rephrased for clarity, but hardly succin*c*t. >> Note that since Lenny, apt-get installs recommended[*1] packages by default. >> Beginning wit

Re: debian-faq (was ... Re: upgrade to Wheezy fails with aptitude)

On 04/04/12 07:46, Lisi wrote: > On Tuesday 03 April 2012 22:35:00 Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> Note that apt-get *installs* recommended packages by default since >> Lenny and starting with Squeeze is the preferred program to perform >> system installation and major system upgrades. > > Note

Re: upgrade to Wheezy fails with aptitude

On 04/04/12 07:25, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 03 apr 12, 10:40:45, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 03/04/12 08:16, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>> >>> Yes, I only use aptitude from command line for things such as >>> >>> aptitude purge ~o >>>

Re: DVD and *.flv playback is jerky on VLC

On 04/04/12 01:19, AG wrote: > On 28/03/12 13:25, Celejar wrote: >> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:43:19 +1100 Scott >> Ferguson wrote: >> >>> On 28/03/12 21:11, AG wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I've noticed, using Debian stable,

Re: upgrade to Wheezy fails with aptitude

On 03/04/12 08:16, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 02 apr 12, 22:28:18, Lisi wrote: >> On Monday 02 April 2012 22:15:08 Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>> As I understand it the latest recommendation is to use apt-get from >>> command line and aptitude interactively. >> >> Ah! Do you not use aptitude at the

Re: Thunderbird says "The folder xxx is full, and can't hold any more messages."

On 03/04/12 07:50, Dennis Wicks wrote: > Greetings; > > I am stumped. I am trying to use message filters to classify my > email and Thunderbird Thunderbird this is Debian. Are you using Debian? Is this local mail? > keeps giving me this message, "The folder is full, and can't > hold

Re: OT:change of mail provider

On 02/04/12 07:12, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 1:48 PM, richard wrote: > >> THIS LIST SEEMS TO HAVE A HIGH POPULATION OF SELF APPOINTED PREMADONNAS >> THAT ARE ONLY CAPABLE OF CRITICISM. > > Can we get this guy tossed out the door? Talk about a negative nancy. > > All caps?

Re: Icedove and Enigmail

On 02/04/12 03:15, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > On 01.04.2012 19:30, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> On 01/04/12 15:00, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:07:48 +0300, Matthias Andersson wrote: >>> The latest version of enigmail isn't compatible with icedove 3.1.16. Is there a version tha

Re: Icedove and Enigmail

On 01/04/12 20:07, Matthias Andersson wrote: > Hi! > > The latest version of enigmail isn't compatible with icedove 3.1.16. Is > there a version that will work or another extension that will perform > the same task (gpg encryption)? > > //Matthias > > I don't know of another pgp drop-in for Ic

Re: OT:change of mail provider

On 01/04/12 19:30, richard wrote: > On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 10:13:46 +0300 > Mika Suomalainen wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Dear Richard, "Do not send "test" messages to determine whether your mail client is working" Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox/Chrome/Chromium/Iceape/IE e

Re: Do a DIGITALFRAMES with DEBIAN

On 29/03/12 18:09, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 29 mar 12, 11:57:05, Bob wrote: >> I was thinking this would be a great project for a raspberry PI and >> a nice little 17" samsung 172x 1280x1024 lcd screen I no longer use. For extra points you could use Dmitry Grinberg's project and do it with a

Re: repository signing keys update HOW?

On 29/03/12 17:32, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 29 mar 12, 12:37:55, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> "apt-cache search keyring" and choose according to your needs >> (debian-keyring at a minimum) > > Did you mean debian-archive-keyring? Yes! Thanks for the c

Re: repository signing keys update HOW?

On 29/03/12 13:08, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20120329_123755, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 29/03/12 12:12, Paul E Condon wrote: >>> I have forgotten how to install the latest official signing keys for >>> the package repositories, > > I am getting error m

Re: repository signing keys update HOW?

On 29/03/12 12:12, Paul E Condon wrote: > I have forgotten how to install the latest official signing keys for > the package repositories, and I can't even remember search terms that > take me to the information. I am getting reports from aptitude that > signitures are unverified on release and ind

Re: 2nd try: reboot hangs

On 29/03/12 09:56, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 29/03/12 00:58, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>> On Mi, 28 mar 12, 09:26:55, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>>> Haven't heard a peep on this one. > > > > > Have you also tried both soft

Re: 2nd try: reboot hangs

On 29/03/12 00:58, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Mi, 28 mar 12, 09:26:55, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Haven't heard a peep on this one. Have you also tried both soft *and* hard reboots? (or should I make you wait a few days? ;-p) There is a list of things I'd check in BIO

Re: DVD and *.flv playback is jerky on VLC

On 28/03/12 21:11, AG wrote: > Hi > > I've noticed, using Debian stable, that DVD and *.flv flv in unindexed, so can be a problem in itself. > playback tends to > be jerky. That is, the motion of the actors, etc., seems to jump in > short but noticeable ways, as if the playback is dropping sev

Re: Why did gtkdialog disappear from the repository?

On 28/03/12 19:38, Jon Dowland wrote: > On 28/03/12 07:11, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Maybe you should become the new maintainer. > > Or switch to one of the "better alternatives" that the RM bug claims > exist: http://bugs.debian.org/543945 I read it as, unmain

Re: Why did gtkdialog disappear from the repository?

On 28/03/12 16:39, Jason Hsu wrote: > It would normally be at > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gtkdialog/gtkdialog_0.7.20-4_i386.deb > . > > However, I see at http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gtkdialog/ that > gtkdialog_0.7.20-4_i386.deb has disappeared. > > What's goin

Re: reboot hangs

On 28/03/12 12:24, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Maybe somebody can suggest a fix: > > I have an old tower machine - a homebrew that I use as a sandbox. Just > loaded it up with a copy of squeeze, and a xen installation - works > fine, but... > - shutdown -h works just fine > - reboot goes down, gives

Re: icedove password problem

On 27/03/12 09:35, Gary Roach wrote: > I had to change the password on my verizon email account. Now verizon > email refuses to accept email I send to one of my accounts because the > password Icedove is sending is wrong. How do I go about fixing this. > Preferences -> Security -> Saved Passwords d

Re: Installing Debian as VirtualBox guest - which videodriver to install?

On 26/03/12 04:58, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed on my Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid host on VirtualBox > the Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid as guset using the > http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/netboot/mini.iso > > so I get virtual consoles but not a desktop environment.

Re: ethernet card problem

On 25/03/12 20:45, Alan Kerns wrote: > Thanks Scott. > This gets more fascinating and bizarre. > Option (1) seems to require implementation from within a working system > the same as the target system for the installer. Yes. I don't know your situation Alan, so I quickly gave a list of options to

Re: ethernet card problem

On 25/03/12 16:43, Alan Kerns wrote: > Realtek RTL8111/8168B As you've noted - that card requires firmware, you can build an installer that contains it[*1] or download one[*2]. If you have managed to install the base system you just need the firmware-realtek package from non-free:- http://debian.

Re: Problem with Update repository

On 24/03/12 16:06, Bret Busby wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> >> On 24/03/12 07:41, Andrei Popescu wrote: >>> On Sb, 17 mar 12, 21:33:30, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > Actually... > > Slight correction - I haven't used Smooth

Re: Problem with Update repository

On 24/03/12 07:41, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb, 17 mar 12, 21:33:30, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> I just thought it strange that he should be getting served a different >> IP address to what I get. Possibly that's his ISP's DNS cache. > > No, it&#

Re: I accidentally installed lenny's linux-image/linux-header packages and I'm running Squeeze. What to do?

On 23/03/12 20:54, Alex Hutton wrote: > Hello, > > Basically what happened was I did sudo aptitude update && sudo > aptitude upgrade and I hit 'Y' to accept the packages being installed. > Only afterwards did I realise it would be installing packages from > Lenny. I tried to hit ctrl-c and ctrl-d

Re: Line wrapping and message retrieval in Icedove.

On 23/03/12 14:06, Peter Easthope wrote: > On 22/03/12 06:33 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 23/03/12 04:57, Peter Easthope wrote: NOTE: Icedove and >> Thunderbird are not identical, you don't say which version you have >> installed, > > A photo here.

Re: Line wrapping and message retrieval in Icedove.

On 23/03/12 04:57, Peter Easthope wrote: > Two elementary questions about Icedove usage. Answers are not > obvious in Account Settings or in Preferences or with Google. Not for "linewrapping", but the *other* two questions are. NOTE: Icedove and Thunderbird are not identical, you don't say which

Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian

On 20/03/12 14:14, Bret Busby wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote: > >> >> On Mon, 19 Mar 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >>> >>> On 19/03/12 16:11, Bret Busby wrote: >>>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote: >>>> &g

Re: Problem with trying to instal Debian

On 19/03/12 16:11, Bret Busby wrote: > On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Bret Busby wrote: > >> >> On Sat, 17 Mar 2012, Brian wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sun 18 Mar 2012 at 01:37:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >>> I do not know whether the firmware is faulty (the IPW firmware) or the mirror settings within

Re: Problem with Update repository

On 17/03/12 21:08, Keith McKenzie wrote: > Why I made my suggestion. :) > > In the past, have installed from live media & not been able to access > external repositories because of the cdrom line in sources.list. > > I'm unable to duplicate your experience with Squeeze - all I get (if I ask for

Re: Problem with Update repository

On 17/03/12 19:21, Lisi wrote: > On Saturday 17 March 2012 07:46:47 Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 17/03/12 17:38, Bret Busby wrote: >>> On Fri, 16 Mar 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> > > Hello, Scott, > > The sources.list used by Bret has one of the CD ent

Re: Problem with Update repository

On 17/03/12 17:38, Bret Busby wrote: > On Fri, 16 Mar 2012, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> > > Hello. > > The sources.list file is listed below. > > " > :~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list > # > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.3 _Squeeze_ - Official amd64

Re: Problem with Update repository

On 16/03/12 13:38, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > Recently, I have been getting an error message both from an update > manager applet, and, in checking for system updates. > > The error message is: > > " > An internal error has occured and the operation has been aborted. > Error message: > Fetch

Re: HTML vertical gap

On 13/03/12 09:47, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 13/03/12 08:10, teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net wrote: >> >> Sian Mountbatten said: >> > > > > That's a rather complicated, and *deprecated*, way of doing what can be > applied with a style element, or by just

Re: HTML vertical gap

On 13/03/12 08:10, teddi...@tmo.blackberry.net wrote: > > Sian Mountbatten said: > > I have a description list which has a number of items which document > values in a program. I want to group the items such that the groups > are separated by a bit of vertical space. How do I do that? That is, >

Re: HTML vertical gap [OT]

On 13/03/12 06:58, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > I have a description list which has a number of items which document > values in a program. I want to group the items such that the groups are > separated by a bit of vertical space. How do I do that? That is, I want > a bit of vertical space in a defini

Re: sound issues

On 06/03/12 03:01, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 02:51, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 05/03/12 19:18, Raffaele Morelli wrote: >>> 2012/3/5 Scott Ferguson >> <mailto:scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com>> >>> >>> >>>&g

Re: sound issues

On 05/03/12 19:18, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > 2012/3/5 Scott Ferguson <mailto:scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com>> > > >> >> Just to clarify with Kelly about what "complicated" stands for :-) >> >> IMHO you are going to get what you

Re: How do I suppress dpms mode setting messages on text console?

On 05/03/12 05:08, Tom H wrote: > On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> I am using Debian wheezy i386 with an Nvidia video card and the default >> nouveau driver. �Everytime I switch back and forth between the X console >> (tty7) and a text console (such as tty1), tty1 gets

Re: sound issues

On 05/03/12 03:24, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > > 2012/3/4 Darren Crotchett > > > > I restarted pulseaudio with: /etc/init.d/pulseaudio restart > > This did not seem to work. So, I rebooted. This seems to work. I > was able to play a movie with sound

Re: sound issues

On 04/03/12 14:18, Darren Crotchett wrote: > I am going to clearly remark as much as possible for the benefit of > anyone who may find this page later. See my inline replies/comments. > > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Kelly Clowers > wrote: > > > > Tha

Re: sound issues

On 03/03/12 09:50, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 14:38, Celejar wrote: >> On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:19:32 -0800 >> Kelly Clowers wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 13:52, Celejar wrote: On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:36:34 -0800 Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012

Re: Free movies on the Internet -- download scams [OT]

On 28/02/12 21:20, nepal wrote: > On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:53:54 + > Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >> Hi All! >> >> It occurred to me that there might be free movies to download. So I >> did a web search with Google and got lots of sites; >> >> So no movies for free. >> >> Anybody else had this

Re: Free movies on the Internet -- download scams [OT]

On 28/02/12 20:45, lina wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: > On 28/02/12 19:23, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>>> On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 18:21 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>>> On 28/02/12 15:34, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>>>&g

Re: Free movies on the Internet -- download scams [OT]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28/02/12 19:23, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 18:21 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 28/02/12 15:34, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 05:24 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>>> On Tue, 20

Re: Free movies on the Internet -- download scams

On 28/02/12 15:34, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 05:24 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 11:16 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> Lot's of, um, people searching for free lunches means lots of people >>> falling into traps. >&g

Re: text browsers

On 27/02/12 21:11, Weaver wrote: > Hello one and all. > > I'm seting up a gui-less system and was wondering about text browsers - > what's good? > Anything to avoid, that is behind in development, not being maintained or > is obviously behind the others in some respect or other. > > I don't want

Re: Free movies on the Internet -- download scams

On 28/02/12 09:53, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Hi All! > > It occurred to me that there might be free movies to download. So I did > a web search with Google and got lots of sites; but there's a catch! > > So no movies for free. Yes movies for free (Big Bucks Bunny[*1] etc, etc, etc). [*1] htt

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

On 28/02/12 04:28, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > On 26/02/12 21:30, Bob Proulx wrote: >> Sian Mountbatten wrote: >>> I'm running KDE on a siduction distribution. Konsole starts in >>> $HOME. Xterms started from the KDE Launcher->System->Uxterm or Xterm >>> start in ~/Documents. I suspect you mean Kons

Re: is there no sane, minimal, graphical RSS feed reader in existance?

On 15/07/11 18:20, Johannes Schauer wrote: > Hi, > > I've been looking for a good RSS feed reader for years now but I still > seem not to be able to find a sane, minimal graphical RSS reader. > > Are there others that share my need? If there is really no such thing as > a real minimal graphica

Re: wireless is disabled

On 24/02/12 13:52, lina wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 6:26 AM, Florian Kulzer > wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 00:36:02 +0800, lina wrote: >>> Supplementary Information: >>> > How can I know enough commands to use. A good introduction to basic management commands is "info" - it breaks th

Re: Upgrade problem

On 17/02/12 02:41, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > Hi, > > According to the manual page, dist-upgrade is alias for full-upgrade. Yes. It is a recognised synonym with aptitude - it *also* works with apt. > > Lisi wrote: > > >> Lisi > > Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for f

Re: [OT] Re: Installing debian, dual boot on 1 TB disk?

On 16/02/12 23:37, ACro wrote: > Quoting Andrei POPESCU : > >> I'd say Hanlon's Razor explains it better :p >> >> "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by >> stupidity." >> >> Kind regards, >> Andrei > > > Andrei, > > thanks for replying; yes, you're probably right, and

Re: Upgrade problem

On 16/02/12 20:27, Petr Osanve Vytovtov wrote: > Hello! > > I use Debian testing amd64 and I have next problem. > When I write command "aptitude upgrade" it returns next: > /Resolving dependencies... > No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0

Re: Debian breaks commitment to support Lenny until after Wheezy is released

On 15/02/12 14:47, Arcady Genkin wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 18:53, Scott Ferguson > wrote: > >> And subsequently noted that Squeeze was *not* released when >> anticipated. I presumed that meant the upgrade from Lenny to Wheezy >> would not be happening.

Re: Amaya

On 15/02/12 14:17, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 11:06 PM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 14/02/12 15:24, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: >>> Dear List - > To be clear, Amaya isn't provided by Debian in any release (oldstable, > stable, testing,

Re: Debian breaks commitment to support Lenny until after Wheezy is released

On 15/02/12 09:12, Arcady Genkin wrote: > In an announcement[1] from 2009, Debian promised to support Lenny at > least until the release of Wheezy: > > "To accommodate the needs of larger organisations and other users > with a long upgrade process, the Debian project commits to provide > the poss

Re: Amaya

On 14/02/12 15:24, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > Dear List - > > How do I install Amaya in Debian. > > Thanks. > > Ethan > > > # apt-get install amaya Or synaptic, or aptitude, or whatever floats your boat. NOTE: amaya is *very* intolerant of invalid code (strict xhtml only). Like aptana, it's

Re: Aptana and Iceweasel [OT]

On 13/02/12 15:12, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > At 02:30 PM 2/12/2012, Camale�n wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:54:12 -0500, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: >> > > I cannot get it to work in Linux. > The code you posted in your original post *will* render on any platform. GNU/Linux included. It had errors

Re: "Invisible" files on /tmp from Flash or Iceweasel?

On 12/02/12 01:33, Randy Kramer wrote: > I haven't done much googling on this, I have tried to check some of my old > notes--maybe I'm a little burned out on google, so I'm just going to ask this > here--pointers to good google search terms are welcome, I'm just not sure > I'll find any (where g

Re: linux-sources

On 11/02/12 22:53, lina wrote: > Right now updating I notice the install of linux-source 3.2 > > my question is that: > > 1] will it install on / > my / has reached 83% Maybe, depends on your partitioning. If you have only the one partition - yes. (mount will tell you) 7% of free space "could"

Re: [OT] date is wrong

On 11/02/12 22:31, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Jo, 09 feb 12, 22:32:37, Mika Suomalainen wrote: >> I am having a problem with the first email with this subject. Iẗ́'s >> sent at 09.12.2012 14:42. >> This is a problem, because Icedove and K9 Mail but it to the top of >> inbox, which is very annoying.

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