problem with sound card

2011-03-16 Thread Serena Cantor
I have installed lenny it produce sound thru internal speaker that is, the one resides in the case not the one I plug to the back of the case In Windows XP it produce sound thru external speaker My motherboard is P4B-MX which has Intel Integrated Audio below is output of lsmod: Module

Re: problem with sound card

2011-03-16 Thread Serena Cantor
--- On Wed, 3/16/11, Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: From: Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com Subject: Re: problem with sound card Any special reason to install lenny? The intel audio drivers have seen some improvements until squeeze. Even if you need lenny, try the

Re: problem with sound card

2011-03-16 Thread Serena Cantor
--- On Wed, 3/16/11, Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com wrote: From: Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com Subject: Re: problem with sound card What is the output of 'aplay -l' ? Hugo below is output by 'aplay -l' List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices card 0: pcsp [pcsp], device

how to increase FAT partition size in extended partition?

2008-11-11 Thread Serena Cantor
Is there any free software for doing that? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

TV has no sound in etch

2008-11-11 Thread Serena Cantor
I use snd_ens1371 module. DVD has sound when I play it. But xawtv and tvtime has no sound. Maybe I shall use some wrapper for alsa driver? Which command I should enter? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how to use mplayer to convert DVD to a file?

2008-11-11 Thread Serena Cantor
I have copy DVD to hard drive. It's at /mnt/dos4/1415 I want to convert it to save space. Do you know the command? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

(solved) Re: how to increase FAT partition size in extended partition?

2008-11-11 Thread Serena Cantor
PM gparted? 2008/11/12 Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there any free software for doing that? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net

Re: how to use mplayer to convert DVD to a file?

2008-11-11 Thread Serena Cantor
: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 7:33 PM Serena Cantor wrote: I have copy DVD to hard drive. It's at /mnt/dos4/1415 I want to convert it to save space. Do you know the command? The mplayer/mencoder documentation has a detailed chapter on ripping a dvd

Re: how to use mplayer to convert DVD to a file?

2008-11-11 Thread Serena Cantor
, November 11, 2008, 7:24 PM On 11/11/08 18:04, Serena Cantor wrote: I have copy DVD to hard drive. As an ISO file? It's at /mnt/dos4/1415 I want to convert it to save space. That's way too non-specific. How compact? Shrink image width/height? What format do you want it stored

Re: how to use mplayer to convert DVD to a file?

2008-11-11 Thread Serena Cantor
Your reply is not helpful. --- On Tue, 11/11/08, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to use mplayer to convert DVD to a file? To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 10:06 PM On 11/11/08 19:03, Serena Cantor

RE: how to use mplayer to convert DVD to a file?

2008-11-11 Thread Serena Cantor
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Re: how to use mplayer to convert DVD to a file?

2008-11-11 Thread Serena Cantor
, remembering that we are not paid to answer your questions, read this and come back when you ask smart questions. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html On 11/11/08 21:38, Serena Cantor wrote: Your reply is not helpful. --- On Tue, 11/11/08, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: how to use mplayer to convert DVD to a file?

2008-11-11 Thread Serena Cantor
, 1:57 AM On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:45:17 -0800 (PST) Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suggest your reading others' replies to my question. Their replies are far more helpful. You were specifying what size the output file should be, but you didn't specify the size of the input file

Re: how to use mencoder to record TV program

2008-11-05 Thread Serena Cantor
@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 5:25 AM Serena Cantor wrote: It works now though it has many programs! Thanks!!! After running 2 sudo commands given by you, your mencoder command can record. I don't copy sudo output, because 1st sudo merely says insmod snd-mixer-oss.ko and snd

Re: how to use mencoder to record TV program

2008-11-04 Thread Serena Cantor
/08, Emanoil Kotsev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Emanoil Kotsev [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to use mencoder to record TV program To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 6:18 AM Serena Cantor wrote: The command you give does not work. I'm sure no other TV

Re: how to use mencoder to record TV program

2008-11-04 Thread Serena Cantor
It works now though it has many programs! Thanks!!! After running 2 sudo commands given by you, your mencoder command can record. I don't copy sudo output, because 1st sudo merely says insmod snd-mixer-oss.ko and snd-pcm-oss.ko and 2nd sudo has no output at all, though I have /dev/dsp and

Re: how to use mencoder to record TV program

2008-11-03 Thread Serena Cantor
. --- On Mon, 11/3/08, Emanoil Kotsev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Emanoil Kotsev [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to use mencoder to record TV program To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 6:34 AM Serena Cantor wrote: I have etch and install mplayer from

how to use mencoder to record TV program

2008-11-03 Thread Serena Cantor
I have etch and install mplayer from debian-multimedia. I can watch TV with command below: mplayer -tv driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vo xv tv:// Now I want to record TV program, which command can I use? I wish the output is one to two megabytes per minute. And the output should be

Re: how to use mencoder to record TV program

2008-11-03 Thread Serena Cantor
The command you gives does not work. It seems to me that you miss -tv, so I add it, mencoder says sth. wrong with audio device. I think I can omit chanlist and channel specification in mencoder command, because I can use the command below to watch TV: mplayer -tv

Re: how to use mencoder to record TV program

2008-11-03 Thread Serena Cantor
3, 2008, 9:40 PM Serena Cantor wrote: mencoder driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420:audiorate=44100:amode=1:audioid=1:adevice=/dev/dsp1:norm=PAL:normid=0:chanlist=europe-west tv://SOME_CHANNEL -o out.avi hi, I missed the -tv indeed What about the mencoder commands

how to save alsa configuration

2008-10-25 Thread Serena Cantor
I have ISA SB16 sound card and etch. I can use alsaconf to setup the card. My question is how to save configuration so I needn't run alsaconf each time I boot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to save alsa configuration

2008-10-25 Thread Serena Cantor
I enter the command alsactl store and reboot, it doesn't work! --- On Sat, 10/25/08, A. Ben Hmeda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: A. Ben Hmeda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to save alsa configuration To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 12:29 PM Serena

(solved) Re: how to save alsa configuration

2008-10-25 Thread Serena Cantor
October 2008 21:53, Serena Cantor wrote: I enter the command alsactl store and reboot, it doesn't work! Hi Serena. I have an SB16 ISA card on the machine I'm posting from (FC2), but it's only set up for one of the distros on the machine as a second soundcard on the Fedora Core 3

Re: how to convert several .flv files to a real media file?

2008-10-24 Thread Serena Cantor
@lists.debian.org Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 10:24 PM Woman's prerogative? :) Google says that avidemux File-append works. On 10/23/08 21:17, Serena Cantor wrote: Now I change mind, real media format does not save disk space, compared with .flv. So my question change to : how to combine

Re: how to convert several .flv files to a real media file?

2008-10-24 Thread Serena Cantor
to a real media file? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 9:38 PM Hi Serena, On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 3:05 AM, Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have etch and installed mplayer and mencoder from debian-multimedia. I can play .flv file

how to convert several .flv files to a real media file?

2008-10-23 Thread Serena Cantor
I have etch and installed mplayer and mencoder from debian-multimedia. I can play .flv file and real media file. I have download a video clip from a video site like youtube. The clip has several .flv files. I want to convert them to a single real media file. Which command shall I use? Thanks!

Re: how to convert several .flv files to a real media file?

2008-10-23 Thread Serena Cantor
] Subject: Re: how to convert several .flv files to a real media file? To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 10:11 PM On 10/23/08 20:05, Serena Cantor wrote: I have etch and installed mplayer and mencoder from debian-multimedia. I can play .flv file and real media

need help on configing alsa in sarge

2008-10-03 Thread Serena Cantor
My sound card is ISA SB 16, which use sb module. It's old, that's why it's hard to config. alsa works in etch, but not in sarge. alsaconf can't find SB 16 in sarge Is it possible to copy alsa config file in etch to sarge? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

how to save flash

2008-09-30 Thread Serena Cantor
The flash is really good, I want to save it. It's like youtube, it's at http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDE4NDk2Mjg=.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

need help on configing CD-Writer in sarge

2008-07-17 Thread Serena Cantor
I have sarge, which use kernel 2.4 In kernel's config file, I find CONFIG_IDE=m I try to config with commands below: modprobe ide-cd ignore=hdb modprobe ide-scsi Then, cdrecord -scanbus, but can't find CD-Writer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

(solved on my own) Re: need help on configing CD-Writer in sarge

2008-07-17 Thread Serena Cantor
Thanks anyway! --- On Thu, 7/17/08, Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: need help on configing CD-Writer in sarge To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 3:07 PM I have sarge, which use kernel 2.4 In kernel's config

how to add ether net card in etch

2008-07-16 Thread Serena Cantor
I have etch. Now I add a Ethernet card The card use e100 module in kernel 2.4/sarge but e100 in etch does not seem to work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to add ether net card in etch

2008-07-16 Thread Serena Cantor
@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 2:58 PM On Wednesday 16 July 2008 14:51, Serena Cantor wrote: I have etch. Now I add a Ethernet card The card use e100 module in kernel 2.4/sarge but e100 in etch does not seem to work. Hi Serena. Is the e100 module loaded? Post

Re: problem with sound playing

2008-07-13 Thread Serena Cantor
, Serena Cantor wrote: I use etch and SB16 I add noisapnp to kernel options I config sound with 3 commands: modprobe sound modprobe uart401 modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 == [AO_ALSA] alsa-lib: confmisc.c

(solved)Re: problem with sound playing

2008-07-13 Thread Serena Cantor
:30:51, Serena Cantor wrote: --- On Sun, 7/13/08, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems to me like you are using oss drivers, but mplayer wants to play using alsa. Try running alsaconfig without doing those hacks. Do you get sound? Thanks, but which package

problem with sound playing

2008-07-12 Thread Serena Cantor
I use etch and SB16 I add noisapnp to kernel options I config sound with 3 commands: modprobe sound modprobe uart401 modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 Now vlc can play DVD, and I can hear sound. I install mplayer from debian-multimedia, but can't play mp3, What should I do? Below is

(solved)Re: problem with Chinese file names

2008-06-03 Thread Serena Cantor
at 09:39:18PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: I can use Chinese file names in sarge. And I can use Chinese file names in Chinese Windows 2000 The problem is inter-operate In sarge I can't use files with Chinese names in FAT partition. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

problem with Chinese file names

2008-06-02 Thread Serena Cantor
I can use Chinese file names in sarge. And I can use Chinese file names in Chinese Windows 2000 The problem is inter-operate In sarge I can't use files with Chinese names in FAT partition. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

how to add ifconfig option to /etc/network/interfaces

2008-04-04 Thread Serena Cantor
I want to add command below to /etc/network/interfaces: ifconfig eth1:0 192.168.1.100 Below is my /etc/network/interfaces file: auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 #

Re: how to add text to real media file

2008-03-15 Thread Serena Cantor
Thanks! I have no experience in video conversion. And video conversion takes time and may lose sth. My debian has not installed mplayer, and install real codec in mplayer is not that easy. --- Simon Jolle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/3/15, Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The film in real

Re: how to add text to real media file

2008-03-15 Thread Serena Cantor
Grandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Serena Cantor wrote: The film in real media file is in a foreign language, so I want to add translation to bottom of frame. Which package can do that? Thanks! Do you already have the subtitles in the language of your choice? In that case, many players

how to add text to real media file

2008-03-14 Thread Serena Cantor
The film in real media file is in a foreign language, so I want to add translation to bottom of frame. Which package can do that? Thanks! Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with

need info on audio recording performance testing

2008-02-11 Thread Serena Cantor
I have a TV card. I use a audio cable from TV audio out to sound card line-in. I often recording TV, so I want to find out sound card performance during TV recording. Which program can test it? I have 2 sound cards: one is ISA SB16 (which use sb module), the other is PCI Cirrus Logic Crystal

need help on getting CD-Writer working in etch

2007-12-22 Thread Serena Cantor
I attach a CD-Writer(hdb) after installing etch on hda According to /usr/share/doc/wodim/README.ATAPI.setup: If you have just one CD writer in your computer, CD-writing should work out of the box. There should be a symbolic link /dev/cdrw which points to your actual CD-Writer's device (e. g.

how to add parameter to module in initrd?

2007-12-04 Thread Serena Cantor
and how to remove some module in initrd? I use etch. Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ

Re: what's wrong with real.com? I can't download reaplayer for Linux

2007-12-01 Thread Serena Cantor
You can go to: http://www.real.com/linux/ and click download link there to see if there's problem. --- Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/30/07 22:55, Serena Cantor wrote: I follow links at real.com, No matter how hard I try, I

Re: what's wrong with real.com? I can't download reaplayer for Linux

2007-12-01 Thread Serena Cantor
Learning to use new software takes time. Last time I used mencoder and ffmpeg, they have video/audio synchronization problem, according their manual. Now I'm happy with real producer and player. --- Kelly Clowers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 30, 2007 8:55 PM, Serena Cantor [EMAIL

what's wrong with real.com? I can't download reaplayer for Linux

2007-11-30 Thread Serena Cantor
I follow links at real.com, No matter how hard I try, I can't download it. Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.

(solved)Re: what's wrong with real.com? I can't download reaplayer for Linux

2007-11-30 Thread Serena Cantor
Thanks! --- David Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/30/07, Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I follow links at real.com, No matter how hard I try, I can't download it. Why not get it from a Debian repository (debian-multimedia.org

problem with bttv card capture

2007-11-28 Thread Serena Cantor
I have TV card with a bt848 chip. I use etch and can watch TV using xawtv. Now I want to record TV program using producer. I have to exit xawtv and there's no sound when recording using producer. producer complains that capture buffer is empty.

Re: buying TV card

2007-11-28 Thread Serena Cantor
Below are 2 lists of TV cards supported by video4linux in kernel 2.6. Hope that helps! saa7134-based TV card List: 0 - UNKNOWN/GENERIC 1 - Proteus Pro [philips reference design] [1131:2001,1131:2001] 2 - LifeView FlyVIDEO3000

Re: Could you recommend file manager that are not based on KDE and GNOME?

2007-11-27 Thread Serena Cantor
Thanks for your advice! I have tried and been disappointed by gentoo. I have used File Runner before. It's not as intuitive as Explorer of Windows. To me, any interface that's different from Explorer will make me uncomfortable. --- Haines Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been looking at

Could you recommend file manager that are not based on KDE and GNOME?

2007-11-25 Thread Serena Cantor
I have used Linux for 8 years. I have not found any suitable file manager(FM). I use twm. I don't use KDE or GNOME. so don't recommend any FM based on KDE or GNOME I still use command line. I will prefer GUI FM so my life can be a little easier. I use sarge and etch.

really crazy: firefox become unusable

2007-11-25 Thread Serena Cantor
I use sarge, firefox went wrong today, font used by its menu and status bar are so big that most of screen space are occupied by status bar and menu. I can't find anyway to config it. So I reinstall sarge. And the problem persist!

Re: Could you recommend file manager that are not based on KDE and GNOME?

2007-11-25 Thread Serena Cantor
by it. --- Chris G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 03:10:06AM -0800, Serena Cantor wrote: I have used Linux for 8 years. I have not found any suitable file manager(FM). I use twm. I don't use KDE or GNOME. so don't recommend any FM based on KDE or GNOME I

(Continued)Re: really crazy: firefox become unusable

2007-11-25 Thread Serena Cantor
I find the cause. It's ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp. It's a Chinese fonts package. After removing and purging it, the firefox is OK. Could anyone explain it? I have used the fonts package for a long time. It has been OK, but why does it cause problem NOW? --- Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

(solved)Re: Could you recommend file manager that are not based on KDE and GNOME?

2007-11-25 Thread Serena Cantor
Thanks to all those who reply! I have received so many replies I can't respond one by one. I will try gentoo. --- Joe Masters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13:05 Sun 25 Nov , Ron Johnson wrote: apt-cache is your friend. Agreed, but sometimes you need personal recommendations to narrow

Re: (Continued)Re: really crazy: firefox become unusable

2007-11-25 Thread Serena Cantor
Thanks! I modify userChrome.css: * {font-size:1pt !important } I can use firefox now, but its look and feel(fonts) is not as good as before. --- Michael Marsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 25, 2007 2:37 PM, Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find the cause. It's ttf-arphic

how to add module parameter in initrd?

2007-11-25 Thread Serena Cantor
I use etch's default kernel. I have some problem with some module in initrd. I want to pass parameter to them. But first how to list all modules in initrd? Get easy, one-click access to your favorites.

really crazy: keyboard input in X go to tty

2007-11-23 Thread Serena Cantor
I have sarge and use xserver-xfree86 I start X from tty2, mouse functions correctly, but keyboard input missing in X. After exit X using mouse, I see keyboard input on tty2. Get easy, one-click access

how to check TV card?

2007-11-23 Thread Serena Cantor
I have TV card that uses bt848 chip. It's LuckyStar card. I have been using it for 3 years. But a few days ago, it seems to have problems. After using xawtv in sarge or etch for a few minutes, the system halt. I mean it stop responding to keyboard input. In Windows 98, it seems to halt more

Re: strange problem with USB mouse

2007-11-18 Thread Serena Cantor
I remove hotplug, modprobe input hid and mousedev, all seems OK. then I use cat /dev/input/mice to test mouse. The usb mouse does not respond to movement. --- Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 09:17:52PM -0800, Serena Cantor wrote: I use sarge and its default

Re: strange problem with USB mouse

2007-11-18 Thread Serena Cantor
X does not work. It seems I have to solve it on my own. I'll sign off the list soon. --- Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't top post. On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 06:16:52AM -0800, Serena Cantor wrote: --- Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 09:17

strange problem with USB mouse

2007-11-17 Thread Serena Cantor
I use sarge and its default kernel 2.4 and USB mouse. USB mouse works fine with hotplug package. But after I remove hotplug, USB mouse refuse to work even after I follow instruction on page below: http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x194.html Mostly I modprobe input, hid and mousedev. Then I

(solved)Re: hda=noprobe fails

2007-11-11 Thread Serena Cantor
You are right. I read kernel config in /boot, and find that ide is in module. I will read manual on initrd. Thanks! I'll sign off the list. --- Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Note: don't top post. I've rearranged yours. On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 06:31:41PM -0800, Serena Cantor

hda=noprobe fails

2007-11-10 Thread Serena Cantor
I install etch on an old system, but get boot messages below: Nov 10 17:44:40 debian kernel: hda: IRQ probe failed (0xf7f8) Nov 10 17:44:40 debian kernel: hda: IRQ probe failed (0xf7f8) Nov 10 17:44:40 debian kernel: hda: no response (status = 0x0a), resetting drive Nov 10 17:44:40 debian

Re: hda=noprobe fails

2007-11-10 Thread Serena Cantor
want to disable ide probing during boot. --- Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 05:38:37PM -0800, Serena Cantor wrote: I install etch on an old system, but get boot messages below: Nov 10 17:44:40 debian kernel: hda: IRQ probe failed (0xf7f8) Nov 10 17

(NOT solved)Re: why does the shell show commands foolishly when I press UP key?

2007-11-09 Thread Serena Cantor
I follow your instruction, but it doesn't work! --- dulev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I often use UP key to get commands entered previously. The shell show some commands again and again, just because I have used them several times. Can the shell be more smart? Put in ~/.bashrc export

Re: (NOT solved)Re: why does the shell show commands foolishly when I press UP key?

2007-11-09 Thread Serena Cantor
I find export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups in comment in .bashre and uncomment and save and logout. It does not work! I try the following commands: ls pwd cd ls whoami Then I press UP key. --- Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 01:58:34AM -0800, Serena Cantor wrote

(Partly solved)Re: why does the shell show commands foolishly when I press UP key?

2007-11-09 Thread Serena Cantor
The ls command show once, but pwd show twice. It seems to me that HISTCONTROL=ignoredups sometime work, sometime does not work. It does not work as I have hoped. --- dulev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups in comment in .bashre and uncomment and save and

Re: (Partly solved)Re: why does the shell show commands foolishly when I press UP key?

2007-11-09 Thread Serena Cantor
Are you kidding? --- Raj Kiran Grandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Serena Cantor wrote: The ls command show once, but pwd show twice. It seems to me that HISTCONTROL=ignoredups sometime work, sometime does not work. It does not work as I have hoped. Probably you need to use

Re: (Partly solved)Re: why does the shell show commands foolishly when I press UP key?

2007-11-09 Thread Serena Cantor
Sorry, I use sarge, which has bash 2. --- dulev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The ls command show once, but pwd show twice. It seems to me that HISTCONTROL=ignoredups sometime work, sometime does not work. It does not work as I have hoped. Probably you need to use

Can I resize partition?

2007-11-09 Thread Serena Cantor
My sarge is installed at /dev/sda2. There is some disk space just behind /dev/sda2. Can I let sarge use that space by resizing /dev/sda2? Saving data and reformatting /dev/sda2 and reinstalling sarge takes too much time. My sarge uses ext2 file system.

(solved)Re: Can I resize partition?

2007-11-09 Thread Serena Cantor
Sorry, my memory fails. After entering fdisk, I find free disk space is just before /dev/sda2, not after it. It seems that I can't resize it. Thanks anyway! --- Raj Kiran Grandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Serena Cantor wrote: My sarge is installed at /dev/sda2. There is some disk space just

why does the shell show commands foolishly when I press UP key?

2007-11-08 Thread Serena Cantor
I often use UP key to get commands entered previously. The shell show some commands again and again, just because I have used them several times. Can the shell be more smart? I use sarge. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best

how can I trust the driver

2007-11-06 Thread Serena Cantor
I just download a driver, compile and install it, it works on sarge. But how can I trust it? Does it contain malicious code? I am unable read all the source code. Surely I'm very paranoid, or am I? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail

Re: how can I trust the driver

2007-11-06 Thread Serena Cantor
I download the driver from sourceforge. The site promise nothing. --- Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/06/07 18:59, Serena Cantor wrote: I just download a driver, compile and install it, it works on sarge. But how can I trust

Re: how can I trust the driver

2007-11-06 Thread Serena Cantor
Thanks! Because the driver has root permission, it can modify the system. So output by ps and other commands are not reliable. Now I intend to take the risk, after thinking over pro and con. --- Amit Uttamchandani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 17:36:22 -0800 (PST) Serena

scantv in etch says fails to open /dev/vbi No such file

2007-11-02 Thread Serena Cantor
I can watch TV using xawtv in etch, but I want to better config it, so I run scantv, but scantv complains that can't open /dev/vbi, no such file when beginning to scan TV. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection

(Solved)Re: scantv in etch says fails to open /dev/vbi No such file

2007-11-02 Thread Serena Cantor
Solved on my own. --- Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can watch TV using xawtv in etch, but I want to better config it, so I run scantv, but scantv complains that can't open /dev/vbi, no such file when beginning to scan TV. __ Do

can mplayer in etch be used to watch TV?

2007-10-31 Thread Serena Cantor
I can use xawtv in etch to watch TV, but am not happy with it, so I try mplayer. So far it does not work. Below is output: (BTW: can you recommend other TV-watching packages in etch?) $ mplayer driver=v4l tv://16 norm=PAL device=/dev/video0 output.txt MPlayer 1.0rc1-4.1.2-DFSG-free (C)

(solved)Re: can mplayer in etch be used to watch TV?

2007-10-31 Thread Serena Cantor
You are right. After adding -tv it works. Thanks! --- Mathias Brodala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Serena Cantor, 01.11.2007 00:03: I can use xawtv in etch to watch TV, but am not happy with it, so I try mplayer. So far it does not work. Below is output: (BTW: can you recommend

Re: can mplayer in etch be used to watch TV?

2007-10-31 Thread Serena Cantor
! --- David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 31, 2007, at 4:03 PM, Serena Cantor wrote: (BTW: can you recommend other TV-watching packages in etch?) I've always liked tvtime. It does on-the-fly deinterlacing. Very nice image quality, although at the expense of higher CPU usage

Re: can mplayer in etch be used to watch TV?

2007-10-31 Thread Serena Cantor
Thanks! I am busy putting mplayer and tvtime to work. I have just installed vlc, its configuration is not that easy. I will try later on. I have to sign off the list. Thanks again! --- Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 04:03:50PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: I

why jdk1.3 fail?

2007-10-15 Thread Serena Cantor
On sarge I install jdk1.3 from sun, and get error below when running it: /usr/local/jdk1.3.1_20/bin/i386/native_threads/java: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory On sarge I have installed jdk1.2 and 1.4 from

Can I schede a command to be run when I have log out?

2007-10-12 Thread Serena Cantor
I use sarge and crontab. If I log out, what happen to the program I started ? Don't let your dream ride pass you by. Make it a reality with Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/index.html -- To

Re: Can I schede a command to be run when I have log out?

2007-10-12 Thread Serena Cantor
Thanks! I will try nohup later on. PS: I received 3 copies of your mail. --- Raj Kiran Grandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Serena Cantor wrote: I use sarge and crontab. If I log out, what happen to the program I started ? Can you be more clear? If you want to run a command every time

how to add etch's first CD image to /etc/apt/sources.list

2007-10-08 Thread Serena Cantor
They say it's impossible. Why? Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

(solved)Re: how to add etch's first CD image to /etc/apt/sources.list

2007-10-08 Thread Serena Cantor
I have solved it on my own. --- Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They say it's impossible. Why? Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http

etch r1 can't install from ISO image?

2007-10-08 Thread Serena Cantor
I installed etch r0 from its ISO image. Now I have etch r1 image, but can't install that way! I use install.386/initrd.gz and install.386/vmlinuz, and use lilo to load them. Take the Internet to Go:

urgent help needed to config USB mouse in sarge

2007-10-06 Thread Serena Cantor
I have used modprobe usbmouse command, it seems OK Then how should I change XF86Config-4? Namely Mouse Device and Mouse Protocol? For PS mouse, they are /dev/psaux and PS/2 protocol. After that, Am i all set?

(solved)Re: urgent help needed to config USB mouse in sarge

2007-10-06 Thread Serena Cantor
I have found out the cause on my own. USB mouse did not work because I have removed hotplug and discover packages. Now I install them again, and USB mouse get configed. Thanks to all those reply! --- KS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Serena Cantor wrote: I have used modprobe usbmouse command

how to change title bar width in twm or fvwm in etch

2007-10-05 Thread Serena Cantor
I find title bar too wide, but can't change it, though I have read twm's manual. Thanks in advance! Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more!

how to set up a Web server thru a wireless router

2007-10-05 Thread Serena Cantor
I have 2 PCs that are connected to wireless router, which is connected to a cable modem. Now I want one PC to be a Web server, so people all over the world can access it on Internet. Since the two PCs form a private network, how should I set up? Or should I connect the Web server directly to

(solved)Re: how to set up a Web server thru a wireless router

2007-10-05 Thread Serena Cantor
You are right! Thanks! --- Raj Kiran Grandhi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Serena Cantor wrote: I have 2 PCs that are connected to wireless router, which is connected to a cable modem. Now I want one PC to be a Web server, so people all over the world can access it on Internet. Since

how to find out IP address used by router?

2007-10-05 Thread Serena Cantor
I have 2 PCs that are connected to wireless router, which is connected to a cable modem. The two PCs form a private network. I want to know the IP used by Internet user to access one of PCs.

(solved)Re: how to find out IP address used by router?

2007-10-05 Thread Serena Cantor
Thanks to all those who reply! --- Steven Jan Springl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 05 October 2007 21:56, Serena Cantor wrote: I have 2 PCs that are connected to wireless router, which is connected to a cable modem. The two PCs form a private network. I want to know the IP used

seeking advice on free dns

2007-10-05 Thread Serena Cantor
I have asked many questions on the list, many are not debian specific, not even Linux specific, but I get a lot of help. Thanks I have just registered a domain name. The registrar provides DNS service, but asks me to go to government web sites to apply for approval, because I am in China, and

how to get log info of bittornado

2007-09-30 Thread Serena Cantor
From its manual, I see --responsefile option , but I can't use it. I intend to run seeding in bittorrent, I want info on bt (such as number of peers) to be stored in a file. how to use the btdownloadheadless command?

how to automatically start bittornado seeding when sarge boot finish

2007-09-30 Thread Serena Cantor
I want to make my sarge box a seeding peer in bittornado Which script should I edit to add bittornado command? how make bittornado logging info on status of seeding? Looking for a deal? Find great

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