Re: How's ...

2022-07-05 Thread mick crane
On 2022-07-04 16:34, Dan Ritter wrote: Somebody needs to reimplement CPAN in Bash just so we can bootstrap a totally broken Perl without needing to run out and buy a new computer. I mean, how hard can it be (assuming you grok what CPAN actually *does*, which I don't yet, and know Bash, which I k

Perl CPAN Catch-22 + ADHD (was: How's ...)

2022-07-04 Thread Will Mengarini
* Weaver [22-07/04=Mo 00:43 -0700]: >>> ... your day going? * Will Mengarini [22-07/04=Mo 07:50 -0700]: >> Hairier than Gene Heskett's nostrils, because "up"grading Perl >> from 5.8.8 to 5.34.1 [caused a kind of failure normally fixed >> using the Perl module CPAN, but this time the failure caus

Re: How's ...

2022-07-04 Thread Dan Ritter
Will Mengarini wrote: > * Weaver [22-07/04=Mo 00:43 -0700]: > > ... your day going? > > Hairier than Gene Heskett's nostrils, because "up"grading Perl from > 5.8.8 to 5.34.1 had a fine `make test`, then installed a CPAN that's > so broken it abends before it finishes its own Configure, thereby >

Re: How's ...

2022-07-04 Thread Will Mengarini
y one I know in the Seattle area who isn't intimidated by a medically-competent client or offended that I consider my own body to be my property and not that of the physicians' guild. So, how's ... -- ... your day going? perl -le"print unpack '%C*',MENGARINI"

How's ...

2022-07-04 Thread Weaver
... your day going? O -- `In heaven, all the interesting people are missing'. -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Re: How's @ $ €

2021-08-06 Thread Gunnar Gervin
Agreed to all. Looked for personal reply because I felt for giving apology for words that might hurt; really sorry if I was out of line to you. Actually Mac's are new to me, this oldest I liked better after changed to Linux Debian. I like Linux better, even Windows, than Mac. I find them almost inc

Re: How's @ $ €

2021-08-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-05 3:01 p.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > My experience of life is if I criticise someone usually it's in me; > mirroring myself; projecting. > Something I need improve on(?). > I got an advice that might work: > Go to Devuan with it; Debian simplified? If it works, ok for me. Devuan is

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-05 Thread Brian
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 21:21:33 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: [...] > > The objective of Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside appears to be to put > > the user in his place. > > > Strangely, I got many thanks from this user, when I explained to him > about the fact that "top posting" d

Re: How's @ $ €

2021-08-05 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 05/08/2021 04:48, Gunnar Gervin wrote: Thx all. Problem solved; to your orientation. Most other challenges are possible to find in Duckduckgo or Google, & in former answers. I was in lack of sleep cos of heat Thus a bit manic; flooding, sorry. & didn't see the importance of culture, rules, def

Re: How's @ $ €

2021-08-05 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-05 3:48 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Thx all. > Problem solved; > to your orientation. > Most other challenges are  > possible to find in Duckduckgo or Google, & in former answers. > I was in lack of sleep cos of heat > Thus a bit manic; flooding, sorry. > & didn't see the importanc

How's @ $ €

2021-08-05 Thread Gunnar Gervin
Thx all. Problem solved; to your orientation. Most other challenges are possible to find in Duckduckgo or Google, & in former answers. I was in lack of sleep cos of heat Thus a bit manic; flooding, sorry. & didn't see the importance of culture, rules, definition of issue, & similar; I'm quite self-

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-05 Thread tomas
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 09:21:33PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-08-04 3:19 p.m., Brian wrote: > > On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 20:48:50 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > The previous remark about following all the different messages from > > -user is insulting, ne

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-04 3:19 p.m., Brian wrote: > On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 20:48:50 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > The previous remark about following all the different messages from > -user is insulting, nevermind condescending. > It is of basic logic to see something as a whole before expressing on

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi Greg, On 2021-08-04 3:30 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 08:19:25PM +0100, Brian wrote: >> The problem has now become the user? Who may be ignored, of course? > > The question, I think, is whether this *particular* user has crossed > the line from "well-meaning but failing

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread David Wright
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 22:34:20 (+), Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Thank you David for the reminder > > I'm afraid that August sneaked up on me without me noticing. I've reposted > the FAQ and I've used some of the suggestions you've outlined in a new piece > about how to ask smart questions and r

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread mick crane
trollhunter is one of my favorite films. I think recent international events have made everybody grumpy. mick -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
Thank you David for the reminder I'm afraid that August sneaked up on me without me noticing. I've reposted the FAQ and I've used some of the suggestions you've outlined in a new piece about how to ask smart questions and read answers. The general advice that is often given to go away and read Er

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread David Wright
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 13:31:53 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > Here's what I would suggest to Gunnar, and to anyone else who is not > getting the responses they want from a mailing list: > > 1) Only try to solve one problem at a time. [ … ] > > 2) Put all of the information you have into one mes

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread David Wright
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:35:29 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > >>> What command do you use ? > >>> Mostly the answer would be NO > >> *still waiting for answer* > > > > Seriously? You /wait/ for answers here? > > (Dare I say it), you /want/ another post from the OP? > No

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 08:19:25PM +0100, Brian wrote: > The problem has now become the user? Who may be ignored, of course? The question, I think, is whether this *particular* user has crossed the line from "well-meaning but failing" to malicious. I think they're still on the well-meaning side,

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread Brian
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 20:48:50 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 02:00:25PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On 2021-08-04 1:18 p.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > [...] > > > > but I do dislike the general tone. It is obvious that the OP is

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread tomas
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 02:00:25PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-08-04 1:18 p.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > but I do dislike the general tone. It is obvious that the OP is > > having a hard time to express him/herself understandably [...] > Sorry, but i

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread Brian
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 14:00:25 -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-08-04 1:18 p.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:42:28PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > > wrote: > >> Hi, > > > >> I don't know where you saw insinuation of malice. >

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread Brian
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 19:18:38 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:42:28PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: > > Hi, > > > I don't know where you saw insinuation of malice. > > for example: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/08/msg00167.html

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-04 1:18 p.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:42:28PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> Hi, > >> I don't know where you saw insinuation of malice. > > for example: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/08/msg00167.html > > but I d

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi Greg, On 2021-08-04 1:31 p.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:35:29PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside > wrote: >> Go try IRC and you'll see that this "Gunnar" is far from a exception and >> trolling may be the rule on such system (IRC). > > At the moment, I see no ev

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:35:29PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Go try IRC and you'll see that this "Gunnar" is far from a exception and > trolling may be the rule on such system (IRC). At the moment, I see no evidence that Gunnar is trolling, although obviously I could be mista

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread tomas
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 12:42:28PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > I don't know where you saw insinuation of malice. for example: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/08/msg00167.html but I do dislike the general tone. It is obvious that the OP is having a hard time

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-04 9:12 a.m., to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 08:35:46AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> Intentioinally top posting: This whole exchange, in various threads, seems >> to >> be bordering on the toxic and I'd like to see it improved somehow. > > Thanks. Helpin

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, >>> What command do you use ? >>> Mostly the answer would be NO >> *still waiting for answer* > > Seriously? You /wait/ for answers here? > (Dare I say it), you /want/ another post from the OP? No I don't wait for answer. It's just a way to politely explain that if you want people to

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread David Wright
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 06:55:02 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-08-04 6:49 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > > Thx > Thanks, nothing prohibit you from writing complete words. > > If you want really to get help maybe read and answer questions people > ask you ? And not

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread tomas
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 08:35:46AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Intentioinally top posting: This whole exchange, in various threads, seems to > be bordering on the toxic and I'd like to see it improved somehow. Thanks. Helping someone to improve isn't a justification to jump all over him/he

Re: HOW's lost @ $ €

2021-08-04 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 4/8/21 20:35, Gunnar Gervin wrote: Seems to me this old Mac can't boot from usb, This link https://www.uubyte.com/boot-mac-from-usb.html and this https://recoverit.wondershare.com/mac-tips/boot-from-usb-drive-mac.html say hold the option key from power on; as well as detailed info about cr

Re: Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread rhkramer
Intentioinally top posting: This whole exchange, in various threads, seems to be bordering on the toxic and I'd like to see it improved somehow. Suggestions? On Wednesday, August 04, 2021 06:55:02 AM Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > On 2021-08-04 6:49 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > > Thx

Re: HOW's lost @ $ EUR

2021-08-04 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Gunnar Gervin wrote: > The commands to burn iso to usb, are they usable for dvd, too? This depends on the medium type and state. Those commands can work with BD-RE, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, formatted DVD-RW (via a packet device set up by pktsetup(1) from package udftools), and formatted CD-RW (format

Manners and useful subject [was Re: HOW's lost @ $ €]

2021-08-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-04 6:49 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Thx Thanks, nothing prohibit you from writing complete words. If you want really to get help maybe read and answer questions people ask you ? And not only ask others, because it's starting to be politely useless here. > > On Wed, 4 Aug 2021, 13

Re: HOW's lost @ $ €

2021-08-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-04 6:43 a.m., Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-08-04 6:35 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > > You seem (again) to have a problem writing useful title for your messages. > Gunnar wrote a message saying "HOW", great we all know what he's asking for before even re

Re: HOW's lost @ $ €

2021-08-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-04 6:35 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: You seem (again) to have a problem writing useful title for your messages. > Hi again, all. > I decided to reinstall, to get back > Xfce, Synaptic, @ $ € , and clean away the mess I probably made with a > rogue command as root. > Seems to me this

HOW's lost @ $ €

2021-08-04 Thread Gunnar Gervin
Hi again, all. I decided to reinstall, to get back Xfce, Synaptic, @ $ € , and clean away the mess I probably made with a rogue command as root. Seems to me this old Mac can't boot from usb, only cd or dvd. The commands to burn iso to usb, are they usable for dvd, too? 2 other questions: 1. It was

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-15 Thread H.S.
Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > KDE4 doesn't cope well with pre 180 Nvidia drivers. There is a 180+ > driver in the sid-reps. Try to install that one, maybe that will help? > > Sjoerd Yes, that seems to have worked. Dolphin does not hang now and starting even a single widget (clock) does not appear to

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-15 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:40:48 -0400, Bryce wrote in message : > > Been using KDE4.2 from experimental for a while and you're right it > > doesn't seem as fast as KDE3. Turning off composite made things a > > lot faster. ..yup, here too, I have KDE-4.2.2 on a R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] on xorg' radeo

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-15 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
H.S. wrote: H.S. wrote: Hello, Has anybody been playing around with the new KDE we got a few days ago in Sid? The graphics are nice, but looks like the GUI is not as fast or responsive as the older one. This is on a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ with 2 GB of RAM and GeForce 86

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-14 Thread H.S.
H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > Has anybody been playing around with the new KDE we got a few days ago > in Sid? > > The graphics are nice, but looks like the GUI is not as fast or > responsive as the older one. This is on a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core > Processor 5600+ with 2 GB of RAM and GeForce 8

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-14 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:46 -0400, H.S. wrote: > Has anybody been playing around with the new KDE we got a few days ago > in Sid? Hm, I miss Quanta Plus. Under 'Web Development', there's no differently named html editor either. Has it gone? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-13 Thread Robert Mills
Amit Uttamchandani wrote: Been using KDE4.2 from experimental for a while and you're right it doesn't seem as fast as KDE3. Turning off composite made things a lot faster. Dolphin and okular are awesome. Kate now has vim mode so that's also interesting... For those using later Nvidia cards, KDE

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-13 Thread Bryce
Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:46:30 -0400 > "H.S." wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Has anybody been playing around with the new KDE we got a few days ago >> in Sid? >> >> The graphics are nice, but looks like the GUI is not as fast or >> responsive as the older one. This is on a

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-13 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Amit Uttamchandani [2009 Apr 13 00:56 -0500]: > On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:46:30 -0400 > "H.S." wrote: > > Any other experiences worth sharing? > > > > Been using KDE4.2 from experimental for a while and you're right it > doesn't seem as fast as KDE3. Turning off composite made things a lot > fa

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-12 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:46:30 -0400 "H.S." wrote: > Hello, > > Has anybody been playing around with the new KDE we got a few days ago > in Sid? > > The graphics are nice, but looks like the GUI is not as fast or > responsive as the older one. This is on a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core > Process

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-10 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/4/10 Paul Scott > Alan Chandler wrote: > >> On Thursday 09 April 2009, Paul Scott wrote: >> >> >> >>> I still haven't figured out how to get KDM going again. It is >>> running but fails on not finding moreblue-orbit. I have to start xdm >>> to get the GUI up. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> Install d

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-10 Thread Paul Scott
Alan Chandler wrote: On Thursday 09 April 2009, Paul Scott wrote: I still haven't figured out how to get KDM going again. It is running but fails on not finding moreblue-orbit. I have to start xdm to get the GUI up. Install desktop-base Thanks. That solved that problem. Now

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <49de2a08.5030...@ultrasw.com>, Paul Scott wrote: >I still haven't figured out how to get KDM going again. It is running >but fails on not finding moreblue-orbit. I have to start xdm to get the >GUI up. Check /etc/default/kdm.d/10_desktop-base it may point to a theme or wallpaper that is not

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-09 Thread Alan Chandler
On Thursday 09 April 2009, Paul Scott wrote: > I still haven't figured out how to get KDM going again. It is > running but fails on not finding moreblue-orbit. I have to start xdm > to get the GUI up. > Install desktop-base -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-09 Thread Paul Scott
H.S. wrote: Hello, Has anybody been playing around with the new KDE we got a few days ago in Sid? The graphics are nice, but looks like the GUI is not as fast or responsive as the older one. Without any exact measurement I thought it was starting up faster on my system which is quite a bit

new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

2009-04-08 Thread H.S.
Hello, Has anybody been playing around with the new KDE we got a few days ago in Sid? The graphics are nice, but looks like the GUI is not as fast or responsive as the older one. This is on a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ with 2 GB of RAM and GeForce 8600 Nvidia card. On this kin

Re: How's the CDROM problem, solved?

1999-10-17 Thread John Miskinis
Hi, Yes, I read that post. You need to determine what the IRQ and IO address of your board is currently. Then tell linux about it. By looking at the current switch settings on your board, use the tables in the manual to determine what IRQ and IO address the board is set for. Don't trust anythi

RE: how's kde2 look?

1999-09-22 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 22-Sep-99 dyer wrote: > Anybody running the kde 2.0 debs for slink at tdyc.com? > any regrets, blair witch-like evilness? > Why yes, your screen goes to black and white, jumps, and looks grainy. Then your hard drive fills up with similar packages, but lower quality.

how's kde2 look?

1999-09-22 Thread dyer
Anybody running the kde 2.0 debs for slink at tdyc.com? any regrets, blair witch-like evilness? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= dyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: How's HUP'ping isdnlog?

1996-11-22 Thread Dale Martin
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Re: How's HUP'ping isdnlog?

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How's HUP'ping isdnlog?

1996-11-21 Thread Thomas Baetzler
Hi, I've got a minor problem for some time now, and I hope somebody might help me out. I have been running I4L for some time now without a hitch, so I was amazed to find out that something broke recently. Since I didn't notice it right away, there's no easy way for me to figure out what exactly ca