Re: Troubles with initramfs configuration

2007-05-16 Thread Dallas Clement
On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 13:40 -0500, Dallas Clement wrote: Dear All, I'm having problems with configuring my initramfs so that the /init file will be executed correctly. If I have a configuration file for my initramfs as follows with the simple hello world program as my init - it is

Really slow xterm

2007-05-16 Thread cothrige
I have installed xterm via apt, running etch, and have noticed that it scrolls really slowly. I compared it to rxvt by running `time ls` in /usr/bin with rxvt taking 0.572s and xterm running at 4.633s. Earlier it was even worse taking over 10 seconds. It is a very big difference in usage, and

Re: [etch] apt_preferences issues

2007-05-16 Thread Jakub Narojczyk
Florian Kulzer napisał(a): To me that looks like the pinning worked and I do not understand how apt can think of upgrading to the same version. Is your currently installed gimp a version from another repository? What happens if you ask specifically for gimp: apt-get install gimp Also, what

bash scripting question

2007-05-16 Thread Tyler Smith
Hi, I've got a question about a short bash script I wrote. I need it to loop over a number of names, and pass a command to grass that includes two variations of those names. That was easy. Harder was getting getting a letter included in each iteration, starting with A for the first one and going

Re: bash scripting question

2007-05-16 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 08:46:37PM +, Tyler Smith wrote: Hi, I've got a question about a short bash script I wrote. I need it to loop over a number of names, and pass a command to grass that includes two variations of those names. That was easy. Harder was getting getting a letter

Re: bash scripting question

2007-05-16 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-16, Karl E. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was the only way I could figure out to loop from A to H. But since it works on hex escape codes, it won't work past 9. Is there a cleaner, more general way to do this? I think there is: #!/bin/bash ( cat ! A aest_90 B

Re: Really slow xterm

2007-05-16 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-05-16 15:59:10 -0500, cothrige wrote: I have installed xterm via apt, running etch, and have noticed that it scrolls really slowly. I compared it to rxvt by running `time ls` in /usr/bin with rxvt taking 0.572s and xterm running at 4.633s. Earlier it was even worse taking over 10

[SOLVED] Re: Gigabit ethernet low traffic and high latency

2007-05-16 Thread Sylvain Le Gall
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 15-05-2007, Sylvain Le Gall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have spend the two last day, trying to solve a strange problem. I have 2 hosts connected using Gigabit Ethernet link and a switch between: * host giga: NFS server, Cat6 SFTP link,

Re: how to clear mbr

2007-05-16 Thread Marty
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 08:04:42AM -0400, Marty wrote: A better alternative may be to first set up lilo to boot Debian from another device or partition. Then when you install NT/2k you can still boot Debian, and you also have the option of using the BIOS boot menu

[OT] Postfix - STARTTLS problem: 454 4.3.0 TLS not available due to local problem

2007-05-16 Thread Deboo ^
Sorry about postign here. I'm neither gettign a response to my posts from the postfix-users list nor getting any mail from the list even though I am subscribed since 2 years. I subscribed again and still not got a rely from the majordomo address. I remember having faced this problem 2 years ago

Re: bash scripting question

2007-05-16 Thread Bob McGowan
Tyler Smith wrote: Hi, I've got a question about a short bash script I wrote. I need it to --snipped-- #!/bin/bash lab_num=41 for map_name in aest_90 bush_90 carol_90 comp_90 \ hirs_90 roan_90 swan_90 vir_90 ; do lab_let=$(echo -n $(printf \\x$(echo $lab_num))) echo

Re: The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-16 Thread gray
Chris - you are right to ask this poster to check the facts. I wonder if he was ever on welfare and if so - for how long? Also I wonder how easy it actually is to qualify for this welfare. I assume you're talking about me as the OP in this case, but it would help if you would include

Connect to Internet through cable

2007-05-16 Thread rocky
Hey, I purchased a broadband internet service from my ISP. They offered me the cable through which I can use dial-up network wizard in Windows XP to set up the Internet access. I'm planing to install Debian on my old Desktop. Can any of you tell me the steps I should take to make the fresh Debian

Re: The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-16 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 06:26:49PM -0700, gray wrote: Minimum wage workers are getting a very raw deal in most parts of the world at present as far as I can see. It is interesting that Joe cites the US as a possible exception. Most Australians (and I expect the rest of the world) have

Re: Connect to Internet through cable

2007-05-16 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 06:38:22PM -0700, rocky wrote: Hey, I purchased a broadband internet service from my ISP. They offered me the cable through which I can use dial-up network wizard in Windows XP to set up the Internet access. I'm planing to install Debian on my old Desktop. Can any of

Re: Connect to Internet through cable

2007-05-16 Thread Julian De Marchi
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 06:38:22PM -0700, rocky wrote: Hey, I purchased a broadband internet service from my ISP. They offered me the cable through which I can use dial-up network wizard in Windows XP to set up the Internet access. I'm planing to install Debian on my

Re: Trimming the fat off an installation

2007-05-16 Thread Marc Shapiro
Chris Bannister wrote: On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 07:23:27AM +0100, andy wrote: Dear all As a Debian n00b I enthusiastically gorged myself on the wonders and ease of apt-get. Now, having recovered from my initial over-indulgence, like one considers one's post-festive waistline, I am wanting

Re: Connect to Internet through

2007-05-16 Thread pinniped
You would have to explain your setup more or we might give you all the wrong advice. For example: 1. Are you getting internet access through 'cable' (which requires a cable modem, probably built into the cable TV receiver) OR 2. Is your internet via ADSL, in which case you have an ADSL modem

Re: The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/16/07 20:26, gray wrote: Chris - you are right to ask this poster to check the facts. I wonder if he was ever on welfare and if so - for how long? Also I wonder how easy it actually is to qualify for this welfare. I assume you're talking

Re: Connect to Internet through cable

2007-05-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/16/07 20:38, rocky wrote: Hey, I purchased a broadband internet service from my ISP. They offered me the cable through which I can use dial-up network wizard in Windows XP to set up the Internet access. I'm planing to install Debian on my

Re: Typing an '@' symbol on an Apple keyboard

2007-05-16 Thread s. keeling
Florian Kulzer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 14:48:53 +0200, Matthias Brennwald (bwm) wrote: thanks for your replies so far. It looks like I'll have (i) to look harder to find the correct key combination or (ii) tweak the configuration my keyboard setup. I prefer (ii)

Re: [OT] Postfix - STARTTLS problem: 454 4.3.0 TLS not available due to local problem

2007-05-16 Thread Mihira Fernando
Deboo ^ wrote: Sorry about postign here. I'm neither gettign a response to my posts from the postfix-users list nor getting any mail from the list even though I am subscribed since 2 years. I subscribed again and still not got a rely from the majordomo address. I remember having faced this

Re: have 'liberated' your fonts yet?

2007-05-16 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 07:37:39PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: snip Thanks. ASA they are packaged for Debian, I'll install them. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Hi Ron, Actually, you can get a tarball with

Re: bash scripting question

2007-05-16 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-17, Bob McGowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some general comments, mostly aimed at making your code cleaner without changing what it does. First, both 'echo' and 'printf' put their results on standard out. Your call of 'printf' is inside command substitution, so its STDOUT becomes

Re: Typing an '@' symbol on an Apple keyboard

2007-05-16 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 03:28 +, s. keeling wrote: Florian Kulzer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I might be able to tell you how to set this up using xmodmap, but this depends on how similar your Apple keyboard is to the pc105 ones that I know. For a start, I need to see the output of:

Re: [not-OT] Postfix - STARTTLS problem: 454 4.3.0 TLS not available due to local problem

2007-05-16 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 05:31 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: Sorry about postign here. I'm neither gettign a response to my posts from the postfix-users list nor getting any mail from the list even though I am subscribed since 2 years. I subscribed again and still not got a rely from the majordomo

Re: kernel or ppp problem?

2007-05-16 Thread Eugene Stemple
To all: Problem resolved with the aid of James at stev dot org. Closing this thread. There is no bug in either ppp or kernel ppp support. Chalk up another plus for Linux community user support. ...Gene_S... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: bash scripting question

2007-05-16 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 03:40:15AM +, Tyler Smith wrote: On 2007-05-17, Bob McGowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some general comments, mostly aimed at making your code cleaner without changing what it does. First, both 'echo' and 'printf' put their results on standard out. Your

Re: dpkg-reconfigure of xserver-xorg creates problem for users!

2007-05-16 Thread Bruce M. Ward
Thanks guys. Yes, Michael, problem user cannot start using startx. Since there is a possibility that it may involve groups here are the two users (renamed). [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ groups problem problem : problem dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev netdev powerdev [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$

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