Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 04:41:49PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > [4] FWIW, forums.debian.net has an offtopic section that actually > seems to be used appropriately, without bothering the technical > discissions in other sections. Debian seems to have a policy of not hosting -offtopic lists[1]. Can

Re: error with twinkle

2007-05-18 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Gerard Robin wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 09:23:50PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: >>From: Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >>Subject: Re: error with twinkle >>X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-26) on >>murphy.debian.org X-Spam-Level: >>X-Sp

Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-18 Thread M. Fioretti
On Fri, May 18, 2007 16:41:49 PM -0400, Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Frans, Cord, Martin, Pascal, > > I'm writing the listmasters because reading debian-user has become > nearly unbearable for me (one of the sadly few DDs who bothers to > read our user lists) due to volume and offensiven

Re: Mounting network shares under home?

2007-05-18 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 22:55 -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 21:46 -0400, Eric A. Bonney wrote: > > Is it possible to mount network shares so that they will show up under > > each users /home? It seems alot of programs only will look at files > > under various folders in the

Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-18 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 01:18 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > If you wait until May24th, Dell will be shipping Desktops and Laptops > with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed on them. Everything will work on them. I > believe the same model you just quoted. > > Similar prices too. In fact here is a "blog" with

Re: Mounting network shares under home?

2007-05-18 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 21:46 -0400, Eric A. Bonney wrote: > Is it possible to mount network shares so that they will show up under > each users /home? It seems alot of programs only will look at files > under various folders in the file system and not look at network > drives. It would be easie

Re: Makefile for external

2007-05-18 Thread pizzapie_linuxanchovies
Magnus, Thanks for the idea--I think using module-assistant is a perfectly good alternative approach. In fact, your post has inspired me to try it, and also to try the older make-kpkg approach. I am still fairly new to the whole modules thing, so my initial approach was just to follow the d

Re: SU error

2007-05-18 Thread Ted Hilts
Jake & Betty Kraayenbrink wrote: I installed debian from the live knoppix CD it’s version 5.1. It works great, but I do have trouble when I try to run any thing that needs administrator privileges. When I click on something say to configure my printer I get this message “Su returned with an e

Re: SU error

2007-05-18 Thread Jeff D
On Sat, 19 May 2007, Jake & Betty Kraayenbrink wrote: I installed debian from the live knoppix CD it's version 5.1. It works great, but I do have trouble when I try to run any thing that needs administrator privileges. When I click on something say to configure my printer I get this message "Su

Re: getting a new Debian box

2007-05-18 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 21:51 -0700, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote: > Hi All! > > I've been using Debian with my desktop replacement laptop HP Pavilion > zv5260 for about 2 years now. This was the only computer I had for about > 2.5 years. I got tired of using the laptop constantly. I want something > m

Re: A strange experiment: where to set a X-session-wide environment?

2007-05-18 Thread Wei Chen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 08:51:42PM +0800, Wei Chen wrote: >> I have done a small experiment and got a strange result. >> 1. write `export SOME_VARIABLE=something' in .bash_profile >> 2. logout kde and login again >> 3. write

Re: SU error

2007-05-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/18/07 23:23, Jake & Betty Kraayenbrink wrote: > I installed debian from the live knoppix CD it’s version 5.1. It works > great, but I do have trouble when I try to run any thing that needs > administrator privileges. When I click on something say

getting a new Debian box

2007-05-18 Thread Alexandru Cardaniuc
Hi All! I've been using Debian with my desktop replacement laptop HP Pavilion zv5260 for about 2 years now. This was the only computer I had for about 2.5 years. I got tired of using the laptop constantly. I want something more convenient with a bigger screen and that I can use more comfortably.

SU error

2007-05-18 Thread Jake & Betty Kraayenbrink
I installed debian from the live knoppix CD it's version 5.1. It works great, but I do have trouble when I try to run any thing that needs administrator privileges. When I click on something say to configure my printer I get this message "Su returned with an error". If someone know what I can do th

Re: (OT) Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-18 Thread Mark Grieveson
Between those who post OT threads, and those who whine about the OT threads, it's hard to say what's more annoying. I dunno. I just ignore 'em all. Mark PS, I'm pretty excited about the Ottawa Senators/Buffalo Sabres game this Saturday. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Can't find cable internet connection

2007-05-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/19/07 00:39, Edward C. Jones wrote: >> What do you have in /etc/networking/interfaces ? > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > mapping eth0 >script grep >map eth0 > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp Open up two xterm windows, an

Re: Running Scribes on Etch

2007-05-18 Thread Jose Luis Rivas Contreras
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eric escribió: > How can I get GTK 2.10 to be installed in Etch so that I can get > scribes running? > > Download it from packages.d.o[1] or use backports.org, but I couldn't find libgtk on backports.org. [1] http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs

Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-18 Thread Mumia W..
On 05/18/2007 05:08 PM, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Joey Hess wrote: Frans, Cord, Martin, Pascal, I'm writing the listmasters because reading debian-user has become nearly unbearable for me (one of the sadly few DDs who bothers to read our user lists) due to volume and offensiveness/repetativ

Running Scribes on Etch

2007-05-18 Thread Eric
How can I get GTK 2.10 to be installed in Etch so that I can get scribes running? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can't find cable internet connection

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 01:39:25AM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote: > > What do you have in /etc/networking/interfaces ? > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > mapping eth0 >script grep >map eth0 > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > Is the cable plugged in to your network card? Doe

Re: Mounting network shares under home?

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 09:46:51PM -0400, Eric A. Bonney wrote: > Is it possible to mount network shares so that they will show up under > each users /home? It seems alot of programs only will look at files > under various folders in the file system and not look at network > drives. It would b

Re: Burning files to a CD with K3b

2007-05-18 Thread Amy Templeton
"Eric A. Bonney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there anyway to get K3b to allow you to write files to the CD > from a network drive? In order to burn any files to a cd I first > have to copy them to my local drive then copy them over. Any > ideas or help? This is just a random shot in the dark t

Re: Can't find cable internet connection

2007-05-18 Thread Edward C. Jones
> What do you have in /etc/networking/interfaces ? auto lo iface lo inet loopback mapping eth0 script grep map eth0 allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mounting network shares under home?

2007-05-18 Thread Eric A. Bonney
Is it possible to mount network shares so that they will show up under each users /home? It seems alot of programs only will look at files under various folders in the file system and not look at network drives. It would be easier if the shares were located where all these programs could see

Re: Etch Xorg memory leak?

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 09:24:37PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 09:18:01PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > Package: xserver-xorg-core > > Sorry for the noise. I thought I'd turn my question into a bug report > but sent it here instead of bugs by accident. > D

Re: Etch Xorg memory leak?

2007-05-18 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 09:18:01PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg-core Sorry for the noise. I thought I'd turn my question into a bug report but sent it here instead of bugs by accident. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Etch Xorg memory leak?

2007-05-18 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
Package: xserver-xorg-core Running up-to-date Etch. Over time, xorg takes up more and more memory. I have two computers: rocky: PII-233 with 64 MB ram running i386 titan: Athlon64 with 1 GB ram running amd64 On my i386, I only have 64 MB of ram so I can only run X for about 45 m

Burning files to a CD with K3b

2007-05-18 Thread Eric A. Bonney
Is there anyway to get K3b to allow you to write files to the CD from a network drive? In order to burn any files to a cd I first have to copy them to my local drive then copy them over. Any ideas or help? -Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Can't find cable Internet connection

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 12:19:02AM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote: > >What output do you get from '/sbin/ifconfig' and '/sbin/route -n' ? > /sbin/ifconfig find only the local loopback. /sbin/route -n shows nothing. > What do you have in /etc/networking/interfaces ? Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C

Re: Using a development server also as a backup production server

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 02:21:50PM -1000, Kar-Hai Chu wrote: > > Due to a tight budget, we do not have a live redundant backup to our > production server (other than its RAID 1). One thing we *do* have is > hard drive space - so we've been trying to setup a process where live > production data (my

Re: Can't find cable Internet connection

2007-05-18 Thread Edward C. Jones
What output do you get from '/sbin/ifconfig' and '/sbin/route -n' ? /sbin/ifconfig find only the local loopback. /sbin/route -n shows nothing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Using a development server also as a backup production server

2007-05-18 Thread Kar-Hai Chu
I have 2 identical machines running a few medium size websites. One is a production machine, the other is an identically (or 99% so) setup machine used for development. Currently, when features on the development server are adequately tested, they are pushed into production. Due to a tight budget

Re: etch libssl-dev bug?

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 05:16:09PM -0700, David Brown wrote: > On 5/18/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 05:08:15PM -0700, David Brown wrote: > >> > >> dns8214E770:~/lustre/etch-root# apt-cache policy libssl0.9.8 libssl-dev > >> libssl0.9.8: > >> Installe

Re: etch libssl-dev bug?

2007-05-18 Thread David Brown
On 5/18/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 05:08:15PM -0700, David Brown wrote: > > dns8214E770:~/lustre/etch-root# apt-cache policy libssl0.9.8 libssl-dev > libssl0.9.8: > Installed: 0.9.8e-4 ^^^ Somehow, you have gotten the lenny versi

Re: etch libssl-dev bug?

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 05:08:15PM -0700, David Brown wrote: > > dns8214E770:~/lustre/etch-root# apt-cache policy libssl0.9.8 libssl-dev > libssl0.9.8: > Installed: 0.9.8e-4 ^^^ Somehow, you have gotten the lenny version of libssl0.9.8 installed. That is confusing apt since it

Re: etch libssl-dev bug?

2007-05-18 Thread David Brown
My bad. In your original post your sources.list included the CDs for Lenny, so I just assumed you were running testing. In any case, this was your error: libssl-dev: Depends: libssl0.9.8 (= 0.9.8c-4) but 0.9.8e-4 is to be installed So, the libssl-dev it knows about is version 0.9.8c-4. Howev

Re: (OT) Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-18 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Gnu_Raiz wrote: > Let me get this straight developers are complaining about OT topics, how > it takes up their developer time. But they manage to compile a list of > offenses made by people who read the list? Then they threaten to leave > due to issues of people not being on topic? > Naa! He

Re: Can't find cable internet connection

2007-05-18 Thread Chris Parker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 10:39:55PM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote: >> I use Debian unstable (i386 port) on a PC with an AMD Athlon 64, 3500x >> chip. Debian is up to date as of about 5/15/07. I get the Internet over >> a cab

Re: etch libssl-dev bug?

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 04:19:47PM -0700, David Brown wrote: > > testing yeah, but not etch I sed -i 's/etch/testing/g' > /etc/apt/sources.list and it works fine but switch that back and it > doesn't work. Not really sure what the difference between testing and > etch is supposed to be but *shrug*

Re: (OT) Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-18 Thread Joey Hess
Gnu_Raiz wrote: > Let me get this straight developers are complaining about OT topics, how > it takes up their developer time. But they manage to compile a list of > offenses made by people who read the list? Then they threaten to leave > due to issues of people not being on topic? > > Then t

Re: xterm fonts

2007-05-18 Thread cga2000
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 11:07:22AM EDT, s. keeling wrote: > cga2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 09:06:41PM EDT, s. keeling wrote: > > > > > > BTW, on many systems these days, .Xdefaults is deprecated and > > > .Xresources is used instead. ymmv. > > > > Interesting. .Xdefa

Re: etch libssl-dev bug?

2007-05-18 Thread David Brown
On 5/18/07, Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 03:09:35PM -0700, David Brown wrote: > I'm attempting to build a package in etch and I think there's an > update somewhere that didn't happen in etch. > > dns8214E770:~# apt-get install libssl-dev > Reading package

(OT) Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-18 Thread Gnu_Raiz
Let me get this straight developers are complaining about OT topics, how it takes up their developer time. But they manage to compile a list of offenses made by people who read the list? Then they threaten to leave due to issues of people not being on topic? Then they wonder why Etch was late

Re: Can't find cable internet connection

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 10:39:55PM -0400, Edward C. Jones wrote: > I use Debian unstable (i386 port) on a PC with an AMD Athlon 64, 3500x > chip. Debian is up to date as of about 5/15/07. I get the Internet over > a cable modem. > > For the last two days I have been unable to access the Internet

Re: Can't find cable internet connection

2007-05-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/18/07 21:39, Edward C. Jones wrote: > I use Debian unstable (i386 port) on a PC with an AMD Athlon 64, 3500x > chip. Debian is up to date as of about 5/15/07. I get the Internet over > a cable modem. > > For the last two days I have been unable

Can't find cable internet connection

2007-05-18 Thread Edward C. Jones
I use Debian unstable (i386 port) on a PC with an AMD Athlon 64, 3500x chip. Debian is up to date as of about 5/15/07. I get the Internet over a cable modem. For the last two days I have been unable to access the Internet. When I reboot with an old Kanotix live-cd, the Internet is accessible.

Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-18 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 18:08 -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > > > Frans, Cord, Martin, Pascal, > > > > I'm writing the listmasters because reading debian-user has become > > nearly unbearable for me (one of the sadly few DDs who bothers to read > > our user lists) due to vo

Re: etch libssl-dev bug?

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 03:09:35PM -0700, David Brown wrote: > I'm attempting to build a package in etch and I think there's an > update somewhere that didn't happen in etch. > > dns8214E770:~# apt-get install libssl-dev > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Some pac

Re: how to use jni in sarge

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 02:53:48PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > I have installed gcc and jdk1.4 at /usr/local > > Which gcc command can generate shared library? > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/shared-libraries.html Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.

Re: Not connecting to network

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 10:39:54PM +0100, Pete wrote: > Hi > Have just installed Etch with Netinstall. No problem. However Epiphany, > Iceweasel and Apt all report that "network is unreachable" or "unable to > connect to network". Network Setting shows quite clearly that eth0 > is 'active'. Ping

Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-18 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Joey Hess wrote: > Frans, Cord, Martin, Pascal, > > I'm writing the listmasters because reading debian-user has become > nearly unbearable for me (one of the sadly few DDs who bothers to read > our user lists) due to volume and offensiveness/repetativeness of > offtopic posts there. I would like

Re: error with twinkle

2007-05-18 Thread Gerard Robin
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 09:23:50PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: From: Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: error with twinkle X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-26) on murphy.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.3 requir

etch libssl-dev bug?

2007-05-18 Thread David Brown
I'm attempting to build a package in etch and I think there's an update somewhere that didn't happen in etch. dns8214E770:~# apt-get install libssl-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an imp

Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-18 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 04:41:49PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > - There is no *scripture* that can be used in support of preventing > > interracial marriage. The words of the judge that you quoted are > > certainly *not* the words of God. > > - There *is* scripture

how to use jni in sarge

2007-05-18 Thread Serena Cantor
I have installed gcc and jdk1.4 at /usr/local Which gcc command can generate shared library? below is java anc C code: // class firstJNI { public native void displayHelloWorld(); public native void displayOther(); private native String getLine(String prompt); static { // S

Not connecting to network

2007-05-18 Thread Pete
Hi Have just installed Etch with Netinstall. No problem. However Epiphany, Iceweasel and Apt all report that "network is unreachable" or "unable to connect to network". Network Setting shows quite clearly that eth0 is 'active'. Ping is positive. What am I missing? I have a wired connection to a

Re: moto4lin & my razr v3

2007-05-18 Thread i'll teach you to turn away.
Bittersweet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: B> I think you need to run it as root. B> sudo moto4lin B> Otherwise, it can't access the /dev file. B> Well, that's what I found. yep, i was running it as root. still no dice. lish "you're worth your weight [

Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 02:03:31PM -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I pray for a real Nuke-Accident in the USA so they are wake up or fuck > > them self. I hope someone break into the american Nuklear-Defense- > > Network and activate some nuks for sel

Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 06:00:16PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2007-05-09 11:50:29, schrieb Roberto C. Sánchez: > > Really? What about the stack of UN resolutions promising military > > action if Saddam did not comply? Were those illegal too? > > Yes, they went illegal, since all sanctio

Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-18 Thread John -
On (18/05/07 16:41), Joey Hess wrote: > ... I would prefer that Debian > articulate a policy of not tolerating this kind of behavior. > ... Me, too! (And thanks for putting it so well.) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG key 1024D/99421A63 2005-01-05 EE

Re: Package Conflicts With Neither Package Installed

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 11:18:06AM -0400, Knight Of Staves wrote: > I apologize for not replying directly in the thread, but I'm still stuck > with GMail until I deal with another issue and the "Reply to" function > doesn't seem to be working. (So do you want to deride me for that, as well, > Sánc

Re: Bug in Console

2007-05-18 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Joey Hess wrote: Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: I've hit a bug in the code that handles character mode traffic and I'd be grateful if someone could confirm the correct element under which to file said bug. 'Console' is not recognised in the bug reporting system kernels prior to 2.6.18-x-686. i.e

Re: .profile, .Xmodmap, xorg.conf have no effect

2007-05-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 22:00:32 +0200, Matthias Brennwald wrote: > Dear all > > After my success with Debian Etch on a PowerBook-G4 I tried installing > Debian on a second PowerBook-G4, which is basically identical to my > 'first' machine. However, with the second PowerBook, changes in xorg.con

Re: rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-18 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 04:41:49PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Frans, Cord, Martin, Pascal, > > I'm writing the listmasters because reading debian-user has become > nearly unbearable for me (one of the sadly few DDs who bothers to read > our user lists) ... Thank you. -- Carl Fink

Re: emacs info files?

2007-05-18 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On 5/19/07, K. Richard Pixley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can someone please tell me the package I need to install to get the rest of emacs21? Namely, the info files that describe how to use and/or program gnu emacs? Emacs is close to useless without these. emacs21-common-non-dfsg. It's in n

Re: emacs info files?

2007-05-18 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-18, K. Richard Pixley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone please tell me the package I need to install to get the rest > of emacs21? Namely, the info files that describe how to use and/or > program gnu emacs? Emacs is close to useless without these. > You need emacs21-common-no

rampant offtopic and offensive posts to debian-user

2007-05-18 Thread Joey Hess
Frans, Cord, Martin, Pascal, I'm writing the listmasters because reading debian-user has become nearly unbearable for me (one of the sadly few DDs who bothers to read our user lists) due to volume and offensiveness/repetativeness of offtopic posts there. I've in the past threatened to leave -user

Re: Slow nfs mounts after sarge2etch upgrade

2007-05-18 Thread Christoph Wiedemann
oops. The new problem was self-made. While debugging, I've added "noauto" to the fstab options. Everything is fine now. And a few things in etch are rather cool, namely a working hibernate-disk and a much better support for my wireless lan card. Have fun! Christoph Hello, thanks for respon

Re: A strange experiment: where to set a X-session-wide environment?

2007-05-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 08:51:42PM +0800, Wei Chen wrote: > > I have done a small experiment and got a strange result. > 1. write `export SOME_VARIABLE=something' in .bash_profile > 2. logout kde and login again > 3. write a simple script (see following) to test whether the environment > is set. I

.profile, .Xmodmap, xorg.conf have no effect

2007-05-18 Thread Matthias Brennwald
Dear all After my success with Debian Etch on a PowerBook-G4 I tried installing Debian on a second PowerBook-G4, which is basically identical to my 'first' machine. However, with the second PowerBook, changes in xorg.conf (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) have no effect (I tried to setup the keyboard --

Re: in which packages can I found: libccext2 libccgnu2 ?

2007-05-18 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 21:50 +0200, Gerard Robin wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 01:25:54PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > >From: Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >Subject: Re: in which packages can I found: libccext2 libccgnu2 ? > > >On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 19:19

Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/18/07 14:03, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> I pray for a real Nuke-Accident in the USA so they are wake up or fuck >> them self. I hope someone break into the american Nuklear-Defense- >> Network and activ

KDE removable device icons (was: Preventing delayed USB writes)

2007-05-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 22:00:13 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: [...] > You may want to take a look at Gnome. In Gnome, removable devices > are handled like this: an icon appears on the desktop when the device > is inserted. When you're done with the device, you click on the icon and > select "

Re: Control Center Problems in KDE 3.5.5

2007-05-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 17:48:02 +, David Dawson wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 18:08:02 +, David Dawson wrote: > >> David Dawson wrote: > >> > >> > Florian Kulzer wrote: > >> > > >> >> aptitude -F '%?p%?v' search '~i~dkde' | awk '/3\.5\.6/{print $1,$2}' > >

Re: in which packages can I found: libccext2 libccgnu2 ?

2007-05-18 Thread Gerard Robin
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 01:25:54PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: From: Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: in which packages can I found: libccext2 libccgnu2 ? On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 19:19 +0200, Gerard Robin wrote: to compile a program the README says t

Re: error with twinkle

2007-05-18 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Gerard Robin wrote: > Hello, > I use twinkle as SIP phone, somtimes it works fine, sometimes it freezes > and in this case when I kill it I get: > > kbuildsycoca running... > > X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3 > Major opcode: 7 > Minor opcode: 0 > Resource id: 0x2800188 >

Re: [etch] apt_preferences issues

2007-05-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 17:44:42 +0200, Jakub Narojczyk wrote: > Florian Kulzer napisał(a): >> On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 22:43:18 +0200, Jakub Narojczyk wrote: >> OK, I have to admit that I really don't understand what is going on >> here. For some reason your apt regarded the gimp 2.2.13-1 package o

Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-18 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I pray for a real Nuke-Accident in the USA so they are wake up or fuck > them self. I hope someone break into the american Nuklear-Defense- > Network and activate some nuks for self-destruction. Anger I understand but bitterness to the point of wishin

emacs info files?

2007-05-18 Thread K. Richard Pixley
Can someone please tell me the package I need to install to get the rest of emacs21? Namely, the info files that describe how to use and/or program gnu emacs? Emacs is close to useless without these. --rich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: Bug in Console

2007-05-18 Thread Joey Hess
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > I've hit a bug in the code that handles character mode traffic and I'd be > grateful if someone could confirm the correct element under which to file > said bug. 'Console' is not recognised in the bug reporting system > kernels prior to 2.6.18-x-686. i.e. 2.6.17-2-68

Re: Control Center Problems in KDE 3.5.5

2007-05-18 Thread David Dawson
Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 18:08:02 +, David Dawson wrote: >> David Dawson wrote: >> >> > Florian Kulzer wrote: >> > >> >> aptitude -F '%?p%?v' search '~i~dkde' | awk '/3\.5\.6/{print $1,$2}' >> > Thanks. >> > This is what I get from the above command: >> > kde-i18n-engb

Bug in Console

2007-05-18 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
I've hit a bug in the code that handles character mode traffic and I'd be grateful if someone could confirm the correct element under which to file said bug. 'Console' is not recognised in the bug reporting system, and yet is the logical description of the failing element, so I'm stuck. Maybe 'T

Re: do anyone work on translating the maint-guide ?

2007-05-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 11:56:42PM +0300, Jabka Atu wrote: > Hello ,.. > i don't want to start working (translating ) on some thing that some > one allready started: > translating the package creation guide : debian new maintainer guide > into hebrew. > if so i would like to join to help. Transla

[etch] configuring bluetooth for linux2gsm communication

2007-05-18 Thread Jakub Narojczyk
Hi I've run into trouble while trying to connect my cell phone and desktop computer running etch. I've ran into several how-to's and here is what I've done so far: - installed packages from debian repos - started bluetooth /etc/init.d/bluetooth start - scanned for devices hcitool scan

Re: in which packages can I found: libccext2 libccgnu2 ?

2007-05-18 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 19:19 +0200, Gerard Robin wrote: > Hello, > to compile a program the README says that I need : > > libccext2 (version >= 1.4.2) [GNU Common C++] > libccgnu2 (version >= 1.4.2) [GNU Common C++] > libccrtp1 (version >= 1.5.0) [GNU RTP Stack] > libzrtpcpp (version >= 0.9.0) [Ext

in which packages can I found: libccext2 libccgnu2 ?

2007-05-18 Thread Gerard Robin
Hello, to compile a program the README says that I need : libccext2 (version >= 1.4.2) [GNU Common C++] libccgnu2 (version >= 1.4.2) [GNU Common C++] libccrtp1 (version >= 1.5.0) [GNU RTP Stack] libzrtpcpp (version >= 0.9.0) [Extension library of GNU ccRTP] libqt-mt (version >= 3.3.0) [Qt library

Re: dumpkeys on login [was keyboard tweaking without X]

2007-05-18 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-05-18, Mike McClain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 18 May 2007 Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: >> Ok, I sorted this out with >> >> dumpkeys | sed -f /etc/console-tools/remap | loadkeys >> >> I needed to edit the remap file, changing Caps-Lock to Shift_Lock, (or >> the other way ro

Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-18 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 12:46 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 18:00 +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > Am 2007-05-11 10:48:06, schrieb Joe Hart: > > > What really fears me is that it is just a matter of time before one > > > group of radicals gets access to WMD and I pray they don'

Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-18 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 18:00 +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2007-05-11 10:48:06, schrieb Joe Hart: > > What really fears me is that it is just a matter of time before one > > group of radicals gets access to WMD and I pray they don't send them my way. > > Right, - and it is already to late. T

Re: xterm fonts

2007-05-18 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/18/07, Sjoerd Hiemstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ibid. > > What's that ibid and how do you install it? I couldn't find any such > thing with apt. $ dict ibid 1 definition found >From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]: ibid. adv : in the same place (used when citing a

Re: moto4lin & my razr v3

2007-05-18 Thread Bittersweet
I think you need to run it as root. sudo moto4lin Otherwise, it can't access the /dev file. Well, that's what I found. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Etch Xorg memory leak?

2007-05-18 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 07:51:18AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > Over time, xorg takes up more and more memory. On my i386, I only have > 64 MB of ram so I can only run X for about 45 minutes before the system > thrashes. Eventually, Xorg dies but doesn't release the screen. If I > let

Re: Thx for Help, problem with links in mails remains

2007-05-18 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 mad4linux wrote: > > Hi, > First i'd like to thank you for the help concerning the problem with > email-adresses opening in evolution when using iceweasel on kde. This > problem is now fixed after selectingthe right entries in > /usr/share/application

Re: [etch] apt_preferences issues

2007-05-18 Thread Jakub Narojczyk
Florian Kulzer napisał(a): On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 22:43:18 +0200, Jakub Narojczyk wrote: OK, I have to admit that I really don't understand what is going on here. For some reason your apt regarded the gimp 2.2.13-1 package on the server as being different from the gimp 2.2.13-1 that you had ins

Re: Duplicate menu item

2007-05-18 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 13:06 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > Alan Haggai Alavi wrote: > > Greg Folkert wrote: > >> On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 08:14 +0530, Alan Haggai Alavi wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I installed the package for 'GTK Styles and Fonts' in KDE. I > >>> installed it via Automatix2. But I h

Re: xterm fonts

2007-05-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-05-16 06:42:06, schrieb Deboo ^: > >xterm*font: 10x20 > Thanks. This works if I already open a new xterm from within an xterm > or any terminal emulator but not from the fluxbox right click XShells > --> xterm. mkdir ~/.Xresource ln -s /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm ~/.Xresources/XTerm-syst

Re: Packaged version of killfile?

2007-05-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-05-15 20:23:00, schrieb Karl E. Jorgensen: > I can delete threads OK, but I had to resort to procmail rules in order > to direct any *future* replies in the thread to /dev/null. > to .procmailrc rules. :0 * 1^0 * -1^0 ^Subject:.*Packaged version of killfile * -1^0 ^Subject:.*Some other

Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-05-12 10:15:38, schrieb Joe Hart: > I also don't think a suicide bomber blowing up a restaurant in a crowded > market place is right. I can understand that the Palestinians can only > mount so much of an attack, but attacking innocent citizens is not any > way to gain sympathy for their ca

Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-05-11 10:48:06, schrieb Joe Hart: > On the other hand, how can one pro actively stop a band of terrorists? Interesting... Where are the terrorists? Some of the 23 911-Terrosts are definitivly alive. If they are alive, then they have nothing to do with 911 and now what? You consider the

Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

2007-05-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-05-09 11:50:29, schrieb Roberto C. Sánchez: > Really? What about the stack of UN resolutions promising military > action if Saddam did not comply? Were those illegal too? Yes, they went illegal, since all sanctions are based on "enquetes" of the CIA, MI6 and MOSSAD. They told the world

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