Transferring files between Samsung tablet and a Debian box

2012-07-12 Thread Ken Heard
Can anyone tell me how I can transfer files between my Samsung tablet with Honeycomb and my Debian boxes with Lenny or Squeeze, using either a USB or Bluetooth connection between them? I know I can transfer them by e-mail, but that method is cumbersome. Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Gnucash versions 2.2.9 and 2.4.10 broken in Debian Squeeze

2013-01-08 Thread Ken Heard
experienced the same or a similar problem, either with gnucash or libglib2.0-0? Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlDs6MsACgkQlNlJzOkJmTfK5wCfT0KEdktd4gmrer7D55IOb1tw

Gnucash versions 2.2.9 and 2.4.10 broken in Debian Squeeze

2013-01-08 Thread Ken Heard
experienced the same or a similar problem, either with gnucash or libglib2.0-0? Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlDs6zEACgkQlNlJzOkJmTf96gCfX8+CXfTxgovDxL7utyw/Myzg

Re: Iceweasel is already running ...

2013-02-04 Thread Ken Heard
I receive the above message I find that the following works for me: $ps aux | grep mozilla $kill [pid] Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Boot and shutdown routines frequently abort in Squeeze

2013-02-20 Thread Ken Heard
” and then stops completely. To complete the shutdown it is necessary to hold down the “start” button for the requisite four seconds. I would be grateful for any information as the why these two phenomena occur and how to return to a normal boot and shutdown. Regards, Ken Heard, Toronto, Canada

Re: Boot and shutdown routines frequently abort in Squeeze

2013-02-20 Thread Ken Heard
the live installation and report back. Regards, Ken Heard, Toronto Canada and Banglamung Thailand (at the latter place at the moment). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: Setting up a network Was: Re: a very carefully asked question?

2013-02-27 Thread Ken Heard
pointed out. Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlEuCioACgkQlNlJzOkJmTe4fgCeKMwslYMGW9iKbvqLGQHZBCTB 8dUAnR0vZ0XDMG2dkDIV7YKpMHJOzfJ0 =LENc -END PGP SIGNATURE- 0xE9099937.asc Description: application/pgp-keys

Re: KDE package manager

2011-11-03 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sian Mountbatten wrote, in part: Is there a KDE package manager available? What happened to KDE's Kpackage? It is in Lenny, but I do not see it in the Debian repositories for Squeeze and Wheezy. Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version

Re: After upgrade to squeeze OS will not accept passphrase to unlock disk

2011-11-03 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ken Heard wrote, in part: Thank you both for these suggestions. Before doing a new installation I shall try them and report back with the results. Just in case anyone is still interested in the problems I encountered when trying to install

Another sysv-rc problem on Lenny to Squeeze upgrade

2011-12-15 Thread Ken Heard
the wiser. Could someone please enlighten me? Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk7qBMsACgkQlNlJzOkJmTfCJwCdG59lQNK3EEdBBy+d1MW/9gb0 0X4An2pvGp31lRinqBT/JuVBxUGpErsN =gMGs -END PGP

Re: Another sysv-rc problem on Lenny to Squeeze upgrade

2011-12-15 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bob Proulx wrote: It is a good time to tidy up the system. Look through your list of removed packages that have not been purged. Those are ones that have been removed 'r' but still have configuration files for them 'c' left on the system.

Strange behaviour using removable media - Squeeze Konqueror

2012-01-01 Thread Ken Heard
. Is there a way to do so? 9. Finally, the floppy drive is not recognized at all in the Squeeze box. With a disk installed it does not show up in the “system:/media”, nor can it be mounted in an Xterm. What, if anything, be done to use floppies with Squeeze and KDE-Trinity Konqueror? Ken Heard

Re: Strange behaviour using removable media - Squeeze Konqueror

2012-01-01 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I posted this same message to the Trinity user list. There are four bugs reported in the Trinity bug system which are relevant to some of the problems I reported. I have a work around which I can live with until these bugs are squashed and then see

Re: Lenny (Debian 5.0) approaching end of life

2012-01-05 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John A. Sullivan III wrote: And then there is Trinity (www.trinitydesktop.org) continuing KDE 3 development. I am using it very successfully on Squeeze - John Yes indeed, when the Trinity mirrors are working again and the most irritating of the

Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet and Debian

2011-08-26 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Has anyone have any experience with this tablet, specifically whether squeeze can be installed on it, as apparently can be done with the Asus eee? I want to buy a tablet and these two are on my short list. Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

After upgrade to squeeze OS will not accept passphrase to unlock disk

2011-09-12 Thread Ken Heard
installation? Thanks in advance for all help provided. Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk5uSCMACgkQlNlJzOkJmTfkHwCfaZFQEzaAdSMly+FOnbFHFEkW JEAAn0RQlEk3W/1a0aErut7IB7AE6szP =lNQF

Re: After upgrade to squeeze OS will not accept passphrase to unlock disk

2011-09-13 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gary Golden wrote: Get finnix and try to mount your encrypted partition with --debug Watch the kernel logs as well. Have downloaded finnix-102.iso and wrote it to a CD. I hope to do what you suggest later today. Thanks for the tip. Ken Heard

Re: After upgrade to squeeze OS will not accept passphrase to unlock disk

2011-09-13 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gary Golden wrote: Get finnix and try to mount your encrypted partition with --debug Watch the kernel logs as well. Have downloaded finnix-102.iso and wrote it to a CD. I hope to do what you suggest later today. Thanks for the tip. Ken Heard

Re: After upgrade to squeeze OS will not accept passphrase to unlock disk

2011-09-13 Thread Ken Heard
like to be so informed. Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk5v7FAACgkQlNlJzOkJmTd59gCfSwstjeRxQEQ9Y//MbgEbABT2 5WEAn0xaimz9Mj10eRuKPzryIq7OuhAO =5gxc -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: After upgrade to squeeze OS will not accept passphrase to unlock disk

2011-09-14 Thread Ken Heard
and rebooting I was unable to install *any* operating system, whether finnix from the CD or Squeeze from the hard drive. I am now consequently forced to do completely new Squeeze installation. Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG

Re: After upgrade to squeeze OS will not accept passphrase to unlock disk

2011-09-14 Thread Ken Heard
replacing a forgotten root password, but frankly is seems to me to be easier to start the installation all over again. Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk5w

Re: After upgrade to squeeze OS will not accept passphrase to unlock disk

2011-09-15 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Walter Hurry wrote: On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:20:03 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: Walter Hurry wrote: I don't know what finnix is, but if it allows you to mount and access the Debian filesystem, then here is one way: Boot into finnix. Become finnix's

Will need another haircut

2011-09-15 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Daniel, Hope you can visit in another week or so, as I need a haircut and also another of your expert fucks! We will be away from Monday 19 to 22 September. Hugs and kisses! Ken -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux)

Re: OT: laptop choice

2011-10-01 Thread Ken Heard
rather than the laptop assembler. That R61 dating from 1998 is still going strong. Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk6HenAACgkQlNlJzOkJmTcBmACdEyhu8HIuzaTjJ7swtZBphsE6

Where are the installer images for release 5.0.9 of lenny (old stable)

2011-10-02 Thread Ken Heard
. If such file exist, could someone please let me know the URL from which I can download them. Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

OT: physical dimensions of male DVI connector

2012-02-20 Thread Ken Heard
with them? Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk9DAu0ACgkQlNlJzOkJmTemjwCcCk8joAvn9r7DrQ5cksWEANFo ZwAAniiyWZAYqcyfpQ3yACQUtHbuQVPr =1oy6 -END PGP SIGNATURE

Re: OT: physical dimensions of male DVI connector

2012-02-20 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ken Heard wrote: I need to know the outside physical dimensions of the male DVI connector to know the diameter of the hole it will pass through. Thanks to both responders. the consensus seems to settle on 39.5 mm; so the hole size in the desk

Can no longer mount SDHC card

2012-03-20 Thread Ken Heard
: special device /dev/mmcblk0p1 does not exist I will consequently be grateful for advice to help me find out what is wrong and how to fix it. Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

2012-03-20 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:29:28 +0700, Ken Heard wrote: I have a Lenovo R61 laptop which has a built-in SD card slot. The operating system is Lenny. Ever since I bought this laptop in May 2008 I have been able to mount in it SDHC

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

2012-03-20 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Jason Jordan wrote: This is beginning to sound like hardware failure. The SD card reader in my T61 failed shortly after the three year warranty ended. I think you may be right. Further investigation revealed the text at the end of this post

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

2012-03-21 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Keith McKenzie wrote: You might want to check if the sd card is still readable; Yes it is; all the photos are still on it, and I was able to write new photos to it. Ken -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

2012-03-21 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I said in my post of 2012-03-21 at 10:34 (UTP +7): I suppose my solution now is to invest in an external n-in-1 card reader with the capacity to read the high capacity SD cards and use it instead of the internal reader. I did so today. For Keith

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

2012-03-21 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lisi wrote: On Wednesday 21 March 2012 17:07:08 Ken Heard wrote: Camaléon's [snip], as he suggests I use an updated kernel. ... SHE suggests .. Ouch! From now on, unless the sex of a poster is patently obvious from the name, I must

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

2012-03-23 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón wrote: You can grab a LiveCD for a distribution of your choice (with an updated kernel) and try your embedded multimedia card reader from there. In fact, that's one of the uses for LiveCDs: testing your hardware without messing up your

Re: Can no longer mount SDHC card

2012-03-24 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón wrote: But don't worry; linear thinking is not linked to a particular gender. Don't you mean sex? Nouns and adjectives have gender, but people have sex. Ken -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using

Iceweasel privacy settings behave differently depending on user

2012-03-25 Thread Ken Heard
? Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk9vMGQACgkQlNlJzOkJmTeYBgCfchHIH6gkBZnNL2ejRzzTG155 MY4AnRQTtEzr9ehbSwHu/sDXTrIFtHQH =ub60 -END PGP SIGNATURE

Does KDE 4.5 have a root Xterm?

2011-05-18 Thread Ken Heard
4.5. Is there one? Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk3UipIACgkQlNlJzOkJmTeP0wCfTKF6G5kgj6oHr1RmRjEGDiMY 3SUAnixSNqgW/+KoJzWk0G2jgVqX2Upz =5fZS -END PGP SIGNATURE

How to stop a message which requires the Enter key

2011-05-23 Thread Ken Heard
: “VG1-swap_crypt is running”. Htop shows that the swap partition exists. Is there a way I can stop the first message from appearing and requiring the ‘Enter” to be pushed? Thanks, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: How to stop a message which requires the Enter key

2011-05-23 Thread Ken Heard
it. Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk3a8NsACgkQlNlJzOkJmTf2zwCeKvIjsNG6HmNe5RTwnQ3nIXtn 99UAn3kCUP9+ry0RELA91+s3AUsIdcRS =Tg7f -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: How to stop a message which requires the Enter key

2011-05-24 Thread Ken Heard
there and how to fix it. Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk3b2SAACgkQlNlJzOkJmTcKWQCffb6Rywf/AV4Tt2zK9NOc27SU +sAAniEliBi3MyHlDrP4h6/bVM+TbcQJ =METg -END PGP SIGNATURE

LVM: combining two logical volumes, how?

2011-05-26 Thread Ken Heard
contents of one LV to another. Is it possible to do what I want to do? Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEUEARECAAYFAk3efoQACgkQlNlJzOkJmTdQ2gCfcm2uLRAxIvw4KSKVTO4ZFHBK

Re: RLIMIT_MEMLOCK prevents burning CDROM

2010-12-27 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Bannister wrote: On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 03:21:11PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: I assume that at some point during the burn process 'cdimage.raw' is created by wodim from the files selected for burning. If it had been wodim -v speed=2 dev

Re: RLIMIT_MEMLOCK prevents burning CDROM

2010-12-28 Thread Ken Heard
and 6 gets. wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 1 times full, min fill was 97%. k...@sol:~/downloads$ Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk0aCbMACgkQlNlJzOkJmTeDOgCdFEvJbB

Re: RLIMIT_MEMLOCK prevents burning CDROM

2010-12-28 Thread Ken Heard
scrolled. Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk0aD7MACgkQlNlJzOkJmTf1IwCfWduoSs42P8h54qcGN/eoVyMK eJAAnA/6lZOXZv56ZGLMVawv5FbmIO/5 =YlxA -END PGP SIGNATURE

CDROM burning problem - new approach

2010-12-28 Thread Ken Heard
the Sony drive would not write (it did read) in the Gigabyte box and fix it if possible. Could it be a firmware problem? Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: CDROM burning problem - new approach

2010-12-29 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chance Platt wrote: snip I would still like to know why the Sony drive would not write (it did read) in the Gigabyte box and fix it if possible. Could it be a firmware problem? Google is your friend here, but by my experience, most likely

Re: CDROM burning problem - thanks

2010-12-29 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks to Messrs Bannister, Wilson and Platt for help on this problem. - From the leads they gave me I learned a lot about burning CDs and DVDs and what to look out for in the future. Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU

GnuCash 2.4.0

2010-12-29 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Now that GnuCash 2.4.0, the latest stable version of GnuCash after 2.2.9, has been released, will 2.4.0 be available is Squeeze, or even in Lenny backports? Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using

LibreOffice 3.3 Release Candidate 2

2011-01-09 Thread Ken Heard
stable to use instead of OpenOffice.org, or should I wait until it becomes an official debian package? Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk0p2

Re: LibreOffice 3.3 Release Candidate 2

2011-01-09 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Joachim wrote: On 2011-01-09 17:01 +0100, Ken Heard wrote: Is it however now sufficiently stable to use instead of OpenOffice.org, or should I wait until it becomes an official debian package? There are already official Debian packages

Re: GnuCash 2.4.0

2011-01-09 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ken Heard wrote: Now that GnuCash 2.4.0, the latest stable version of GnuCash after 2.2.9, has been released, will 2.4.0 be available is Squeeze, or even in Lenny backports? I have just noted that GnuCash is already in experimental as gnucash (1

Re: SDXC card compatibility with Debian Lenny and beyond --UPDATE

2011-02-11 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ken Heard wrote: I expect to buy next Tuesday a Canon 60D body which can use SD, SDHC and SDXC recording media. SDXC cards are considerably more expensive than the other two, in part I suppose because they use the Microsoft exFAT file system; so

Re: SDXC card compatibility with Debian Lenny and beyond --UPDATE

2011-02-11 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 11 feb 11, 15:34:06, Ken Heard wrote: For my desktop, Intel dual-core also with Lenny and KDE, the story is different. If I connect the card through a card reader to a USB port both in Konqueror and a terminal, I

Re: SDXC card compatibility with Debian Lenny and beyond --UPDATE

2011-02-15 Thread Ken Heard
designed USB strap fashionably complements the lavishly embellished card reader available in colors of Pink, Blue or Green. Imagine that: THREE decorator colours! Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: SDXC card compatibility with Debian Lenny and beyond --UPDATE

2011-02-15 Thread Ken Heard
adaptors are cheap and I am told are backwards compatible. Regards, Ken Heard -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAk1aZwQACgkQlNlJzOkJmTe7MQCdHSWUxCZD2b7QXWodUBN9/YKU

NFS: client cannot read server files

2007-04-06 Thread Ken Heard
the connection to transfer files created while travelling back to the desktop. Does anyone have any idea why I should get this input/output error message now but not before? Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

KDE system tray - erratic behaviour

2007-04-07 Thread Ken Heard
, in my experience); or is it just me? If the former, should I report them to KDE? If the latter, I would appreciate advice as to what I should do about them. Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: KDE system tray - erratic behaviour

2007-04-07 Thread Ken Heard
a Debian backport if such will exist after Etch becomes stable; or wait until the next Debian stable release, when KDE will probably be up to 4.?.?, or even 5.?.?. Anyway, thanks to Florian for his insight. Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Image sizing in Konqueror

2007-04-25 Thread Ken Heard
Is it possible -- by means of an extension perhaps -- to make large, dense images, e.g. jpegs, to fit the window when opened in KDE Konqueror? This kind of reduction is possible in Iceweasel, but I would like the same thing in Konqueror. Ken Heard

Dates and times in Icedove

2007-04-25 Thread Ken Heard
words, but was unsuccessful. Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dates and times in Icedove

2007-04-25 Thread Ken Heard
if I can import all my IceDove files to either Mutt or Kmail. I may even abandon IceWeasel for Konqueror. Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sarge box network connection broken

2007-02-16 Thread Ken Heard
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:12:32 -0500 Andrei Popescu wrote: On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:54:24 -0500 Ken Heard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ifconfig only reports the loop back IP address. The IP address assigned by the gateway, 192.168.0.114, was not reported by ifconfig, presumably because

Re: Sarge box network connection broken

2007-02-16 Thread Ken Heard
Kent West wrote: Ken Heard wrote: Kent West wrote: What happens when you run /etc/init.d/networking restart? Returned: Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter. Reconfiguring network interfaces...Failed to bring up eth0. done. Then a series of messages scrolled

Re: Etch and Sarge X-server failures on two different boxes the same day

2007-02-16 Thread Ken Heard
On Sun 11 Feb 2007 15:56:23 -0500 Ken Heard wrote: A few weeks ago I installed Etch RC1 on a Toshiba Tecra 8000 P2 laptop. The installation itself went without hitch, and I set about customizing it to my taste and installing various applications. For example I replaced Gnome with KDE, as I

Configure error: C compiler cannot create executables

2007-02-16 Thread Ken Heard
, Ken Heard Toronto, Canada -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Nvu equivalent in Etch?

2007-02-17 Thread Ken Heard
Is there in the Etch packages data base a complete web authoring system more or less equivalent to Nvu, which is in the Sarge data base? Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Nvu equivalent in Etch?

2007-02-17 Thread Ken Heard
. Regards, Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

PCMCIA cards in laptops: do they need to be mounted/unmounted when installed/removed?

2007-02-17 Thread Ken Heard
PCMCIA cards in laptops: do they need to be mounted/unmounted when installed/removed like floppies, CF cards, etc.? Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Unable to switch session from GDM

2007-02-17 Thread Ken Heard
effect unless you restart your user session, or even possibly not until after rebooting the computer. Finally, when all is done you can remove gdm, the gnome-desktop-environment and other gnome packages as well. Ken Heard Toronto

Dosemu

2007-02-18 Thread Ken Heard
Is there anyone on this list who uses dosemu? I had it working on Sarge ever since Sarge came out, but I am having trouble getting it to work on Etch. Regards, Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: PCMCIA cards in laptops: do they need to be mounted/unmounted when installed/removed?

2007-02-19 Thread Ken Heard
, Ken Heard Toronto, Canada -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dosemu

2007-02-19 Thread Ken Heard
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/18/07 21:43, Ken Heard wrote: Is there anyone on this list who uses dosemu? I had it working on Sarge ever since Sarge came out, but I am having trouble getting it to work on Etch. This is an example of a Bad Question

Re: Configure error: C compiler cannot create executables

2007-02-19 Thread Ken Heard
I found the answer to my own problem. I only had gcc installed; whereas it seems that g++ was also needed for the configuration. It seems that g++ and gcc are dependent on each other. Regards, Ken Heard

Re: Dosemu

2007-02-19 Thread Ken Heard
now, as Dosemu is now an orphan project. For example, Dosbox is still an Etch package; whereas Dosemu has apparently been dropped. I will report back in due course. Regards, Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Dosemu

2007-02-19 Thread Ken Heard
Hugh Lawson wrote: On 2007-02-19, Ken Heard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My original question was to find out whether there is anybody on the list who still uses dosemu. Hello Ken, I don't use dosemu very much, but I have played with it, to the extent of getting WordPerfect 5.1, running

Re: Dosemu

2007-02-19 Thread Ken Heard
on the Etch laptop, or whether I can use dosbox instead. I will keep the list posted on progress, but not before next week. Regards, Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dosemu

2007-02-19 Thread Ken Heard
John Hasler wrote: Ken Heard writes: Nothing, because these [dosemu] packages are not in the Debian Etch/testing package repository Look in contrib. I suppose to do that I would have to add contrib to my /etc/apt/sources.list. All it has now are etch main. Those packages

Icedove does not save unsent messages to the Unsent Messages folder

2007-03-02 Thread Ken Heard
Folders Unsent folder. I could find no option among Icedove's preferences to have Send later messages saved in the account's Unsent Messages folder. This bug should be fixed. Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Wired and wireless PCMCIA LAN cards: configuration problems

2007-03-03 Thread Ken Heard
appreciate all the help I can get to be able to do so. I would also like to be able to switch from one card to the other without difficulty, by obviating the problem mentioned in the proceeding paragraph. Regards, Ken Heard

Re: Icedove does not save unsent messages to the Unsent Messages folder

2007-03-03 Thread Ken Heard
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Is your account a POP account or IMAP? POP Regards, Ken -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Icedove does not save unsent messages to the Unsent Messages folder

2007-03-04 Thread Ken Heard
as auto-sending email when you return from off-line, *that* sounds like valid enhancement request (that should go thru Mozilla, not Debian). I think auto-sending is already possible, but I haven't checked. Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Icedove does not save unsent messages to the Unsent Messages folder

2007-03-05 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/04/07 05:07, Ken Heard wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Testing your assertion now. Ok, I created the 03/03/07 07:39 email, and then did: File-Send Later Icedove put the email in Local Folders.Unsent, because there *is no* Unsent folder

Re: Wired and wireless PCMCIA LAN cards: configuration problems

2007-03-05 Thread Ken Heard
may be? Another question: is there a Debian package which sniffs for 802.11g wireless access points and permits entry of encryption keys for those points, thereby permitting access? Regards, Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

2007-03-07 Thread Ken Heard
, and so is Christmas.) Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Iceweasel and Iceweasel-dbg

2007-03-13 Thread Ken Heard
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Failed! message received when EXT3 filesystem mounted

2007-03-13 Thread Ken Heard
in both do not indicate anything amiss; nor have I noticed any performance degradation. Is the appearance of this failed! message on boot up something I should be concerned about? If not, is there some way I can stop it? Regards, Ken Heard

Sound on Linux?

2007-03-15 Thread Ken Heard
not even know what packages are necessary for sound. I would appreciate if one or more of the experts out there could give me some clues as to what I should be looking for. Regards, Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Sound on Linux?

2007-03-15 Thread Ken Heard
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: you should also add the user to the group audio (and video ?). as root: # adduser your-user-name audio # adduser your-user-name video Both the users had already been added to those two groups, but not by me. Regards, Ken Heard

Re: Sound on Linux?

2007-03-15 Thread Ken Heard
Windows 2000 on it I was able to do both -- listen to audio CDs and watch and listen to downloaded newscasts. So it would seem that the problem(s) is(are) not hardware related. Any further suggestions? Regards, Ken Heard

Re: Sound on Linux?

2007-03-15 Thread Ken Heard
icedove and a terminal emulator. Regards, Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound on Linux?

2007-03-16 Thread Ken Heard
properties of dosemu perhaps I should have left well enough alone. Regards, Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound on Linux?

2007-03-16 Thread Ken Heard
-headers-2.6.18-4-686/include/config/isa ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686/include/config/generic/isa ./lib/modules/2.6.18-3-686/kernel/sound/isa ./lib/modules/2.6.18-4-686/kernel/sound/isa LAP:/# find -iname isa-pnp LAP:/# I am using kernel 2.6.18-4-686. Ken Heard

Re: Sound on Linux?

2007-03-16 Thread Ken Heard
Also found the following: LAP:/# find -iname isapnp ./sys/module/snd_opl3sa2/parameters/isapnp ./usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-4/drivers/pnp/isapnp LAP:/# Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Sound on Linux?

2007-03-17 Thread Ken Heard
these packages for dosemu, I should remove them -- once I figure out how to do so *without* removing key packages. I also really wonder whether I need to keep the arts set of packages. Regards, Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Browser identification to websites

2007-03-19 Thread Ken Heard
sites which would otherwise prohibit access unless they can detect that identification. I have done so with several sites. I would certainly like to see such and identification capability in Iceweasel. What are the possibilities? Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Browser identification to websites

2007-03-19 Thread Ken Heard
Greg Folkert wrote: On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 09:52 +0700, Ken Heard wrote: [snip] I would certainly like to see such and identification capability in Iceweasel. What are the possibilities? http://chrispederick.com/work/useragentswitcher/ That is the one you are looking for. Thanks

Re: Browser identification to websites

2007-03-20 Thread Ken Heard
in with the above URL. https://www.sunnet.sunlife.com/member/BlockPage128.asp Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Browser identification to websites

2007-03-20 Thread Ken Heard
. The server hosting the site may not be in Canada, however. When I am back in Canada I will have to investigate further with the insurance company. Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Browser identification to websites

2007-03-20 Thread Ken Heard
. Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Browser identification to websites

2007-03-20 Thread Ken Heard
the price. So we will have to put up with dealing with the symptoms instead of the problem for some time yet. Ken Heard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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