Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
08/06/2011 13:16, Camaleón: On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces I can't remember the last time I put my

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
08/06/2011 15:42, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:00:24 +0200, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: 08/06/2011 13:16, Camaleón: On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: I can't remember the last time I put my mouse on a clear (glass?) surface. But if I did, then I'd use

Re: How to install with encrypted root?

2011-06-10 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
10/06/2011 15:25, Christian Jaeger wrote: Hi I'm trying to install squeeze with / being a partition dmcrypt'ed with luks. Is Debian supposed to support that or not? For me the debian installer failed to do it, so I sent mail to debian-boot about it [1] and then since I didn't get a reply

Re: How to install with encrypted root?

2011-06-10 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
10/06/2011 17:54, Christian Jaeger wrote: Thanks for your reply. I got it to work now. 2011/6/10 tv.deb...@googlemail.com tv.deb...@googlemail.com: [...] Maybe cp the /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cryptroot hook script to /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/, this shouldn't be necessary though

Re: How to install with encrypted root?

2011-06-11 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
11/06/2011 05:52, Christian Jaeger wrote: [trim] You can use decrypt_derived or random key for the swap partition for instance, I'm doing that on two other machines, but IIRC this isn't compatible with s2disk, which I might want to use on the netbook. decrypt_derived is compatible with

Re: k3b can't burn audio CD, got a few coasters today

2011-06-12 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Hi, answers inline. 12/06/2011 00:12, H.S. wrote: Hello. I have experienced this problem on and off for the past several months. But today it was the worst case. I am trying to burn a bunch of mp3 files to make an audio CD using k3b. I was able to so do for the first one after burning only

Re: moving to testing

2011-06-30 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
30/06/2011 21:10, Harry Putnam wrote: I'd like to see a few example sources.list when running testing. Especially ones that show the hosts for accessing a bigger selection of packages. Hi, by bigger selection of packages do you mean Debian or external ones ? When using testing I also use

Re: cloning a lvm crypto volume to a bigger disk

2011-07-07 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
07/07/2011 08:35, Jochen Schulz wrote: Colin: [trim] I guess if I didn't have it I would need a separate dm-crypt and LUKS partition for each of /, /home and swap which in turn would mean 3 separate keys + passwords. Yes. You could get away with only one passphrase if you put key files for

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
26/12/2010 21:55, Doug wrote: On 12/26/2010 11:19 AM, Joe wrote: I've had a Giga GA-MA74GM-S2H for a year now. It hasn't died yet, and I can't really say more than that. The most exotic stuff I do is gEDA PCB layout, and I'm not aware of any performance problems. Built-in sound and graphics,

Re: need motherboard recommendation

2010-12-27 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 27/12/2010 19:45, Stan Hoeppner a écrit : tv.deb...@googlemail.com put forth on 12/27/2010 3:24 AM: Frankly, I am not sure those technos are worth it on mother/gfx boards unless you're a keeper, it will probably be replaced long before it bursts a capacitor, much cheaper boards

Re: firewall package for laptop wi-fi client

2011-01-03 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 03/01/2011 05:42, Russell L. Harris wrote: I need recommendations for a Debian firewall package to be installed on a laptop or notebook which is used for web browsing and web-based email in public wi-fi hotspots. My concern is to prevent infection or compromise of the laptop, so that

Re: firewall package for laptop wi-fi client

2011-01-03 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 03/01/2011 10:55, Russell L. Harris wrote: * tv.deb...@googlemail.com tv.deb...@googlemail.com [110103 09:24]: Hello, if you are looking for a graphical front end you can look at gufw, firestarter and guarddog. For text based tools I ear good things about shorewall. I am looking

Re: firewall package for laptop wi-fi client [going OT]

2011-01-03 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 03/01/2011 05:42, Russell L. Harris wrote: I need recommendations for a Debian firewall package to be installed on a laptop or notebook which is used for web browsing and web-based email in public wi-fi hotspots. My concern is to prevent infection or compromise of the laptop, so that

[OT] Re: firewall package for laptop wi-fi client

2011-01-04 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 04/01/2011 12:19, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Lu, 03 ian 11, 12:28:25, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: I wouldn't do my internet banking/shopping over such a network though... Would you care to explain why you find an open wireless to be more dangerous than your regular internet

Re: hp dj 2050

2011-01-13 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 13/01/2011 13:43, steef wrote: hi list, a friend of mine with a standard gnome-desktop-lenny-net-installation does not get his hp deskjet 2050 j510 working. lenny tells him: 'no cups printing filter'. allthough tasksel installed the printer software and i (for him) installed at

Re: hp dj 2050

2011-01-13 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 13/01/2011 15:07, steef wrote: Answering in-line Camaleón schreef: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:59:02 +0100, steef wrote: Klistvud schreef: a friend of mine with a standard gnome-desktop-lenny-net-installation does not get his hp deskjet 2050 j510 working. lenny tells him:

Re: removal of a program/module

2011-01-16 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 16/01/2011 14:13, Klaus Jantzen wrote: Hi, I am trying to remove a program/module. As I have probably played around with it too often I cannot get rid of it. Now, whenever I try to install another program, I get the message texlive-lang-cyrillic: subprocess post-removal script

Re: removal of a program/module

2011-01-16 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 16/01/2011 19:55, Klaus Jantzen wrote: tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: On the 16/01/2011 14:13, Klaus Jantzen wrote: Hi, I am trying to remove a program/module. As I have probably played around with it too often I cannot get rid of it. Now, whenever I try to install another

[OT-where's Gnome going]Re: transition from Ubuntu - Debian to avoid Unity Desktop?

2011-01-18 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 18/01/2011 12:09, Joao Ferreira gmail wrote: On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 12:09 -0600, Paul Johnson wrote: They say they will have other desktop options, but, in my experience, it will be tough to avoid the packaging and configuration changes that they enforce on everybody in order to make

[OT] Re: Evolution 2.30 (squeeze) with exchange

2011-01-18 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 18/01/2011 18:13, deloptes wrote: Is someone (already) using Evolution 2.30 with squeeze with exchange server. If yes for how long and what is your impression. Can it be considered to be stable? Any data losses? What would be your advise to use? Which version of Evolution works best

Re: KDE install on Squeeze rc1

2011-01-19 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 19/01/2011 09:37, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 4d35d2b1.4040...@pcartwright.com, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 01/18/2011 12:04 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: # apt-cache search adobereader-enu adobereader-enu - Adobe Reader allows you to view navigate and print PDF files. This

Re: Let's talk about HTTPS Everywhere

2011-01-19 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 19/01/2011 17:46, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:53:50 -0500, Curt Howland wrote: On Wednesday 19 January 2011, Camaleón was heard to say: Data stored in cookies is not what I understand for sensitive. What kind of information do you think are cookies managing? Maybe this

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 22/01/2011 23:20, MRH wrote: On 22/01/11 19:42, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In4d3b20c8.3080...@o2.pl, MRH wrote: CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o In file included from /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/include/VBox/types.h:30,

Re: Linux disk partition encryption

2011-01-26 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 26/01/2011 06:36, T o n g wrote: Hi, I'm thinking to do the disk partition encryptions now. However Hard drive encryption sounds like an intimating concept, mostly because it is. The thought of taking your precious files, then using a mathematical formula to convert them into

Re: Squeeze installation fdisk bug

2011-02-01 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 01/02/2011 14:13, Siju George wrote: Hi, I installed Debian Squeeze on a server with 2 Disks on RAID 1 The second disk failed and I was trying to replace it with a new one. And I found this in the partition table root@vmsrv:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda

Re: Finding packages installed from experimental

2011-02-01 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 01/02/2011 15:43, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: Spaces make no difference in the old aptitude search form and the new search form leads to the same result: on another mixed system I get apt-show-versions | grep -c /experimental 35 aptitude search '~S ~i ~Aexperimental' | wc -l

Re: Squeeze installation fdisk bug

2011-02-02 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 02/02/2011 05:21, Siju George wrote: On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:31 PM, tv.deb...@googlemail.com tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Regarding sfdisk -d, if you ran this command with a filesystem already on the source drive you'll run into problems due to the filesystem boundaries being

Re: Oh no, not partitioning again!

2011-02-04 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 04/02/2011 02:54, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Thu, 03 Feb 2011, PMA wrote: [cut] /tmp As a rule of thumb -- i.e., special considerations notwithstanding -- what do you think of making this the same size as /var? I leave it on /, and ask the initscripts

Re: Page opened when Iceweasel starts.

2011-02-06 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 06/02/2011 19:36, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: Folk, Sometimes I logout from LXDE while Iceweasel has a page displayed. At next startup, Iceweasel displays the Well this is embarrassing. dialogue. Is there a way to make Iceweasel always Start new session without asking? I've checked

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-07 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 07/02/2011 07:53, Geronimo wrote: Hello, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:35:50 +0100, Geronimo wrote: (...) The point is - the new system should be deleted - I want to install windows to that partition. So I need to install grub2 on my restored root partition. But whatever

Re: KDE4 Configuration

2011-02-07 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 07/02/2011 08:49, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In fpqdnwvhwcryf9lqnz2dnuvz5gqdn...@giganews.com, lrhorer wrote: 1. How can I move the launch bar from the bottom of the screen to the top of the screen and get it to automatically hide? To move: 1. Right click panel - Unlock Widgets

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-07 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 07/02/2011 09:54, Geronimo wrote: Hello, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello, did you check (blkid, vol_id ...) that you don't have two partitions with the same UUID, since one is a restored image it's possible that it still has the original UUID, and grub is going to look

Re: Debian Multi-Media.

2011-02-23 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 23/02/2011 20:50, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:34:05 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/23/2011 11:16 AM, Camaleón wrote: Shouldn't D-M maintainers post here about any problem on the repos or widespread a bit more what is going on? Should??? It would be *nice* and it

Re: Debian Multi-Media.

2011-02-24 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 24/02/2011 15:51, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:36:36 +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, since debian-multimedia is a side project and not Debian proper it makes sense that news regarding d-m are posted on d-m list and not here. Yes, but not every Debian user

Re: No flamewar please!

2010-01-12 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
James Allsopp wrote: Hi, I'd like to keep Gnome if possible, but some of the libs it proposes removing sound critical. Here's the output anyway. Thanks. James Hawaiian:/home/ja# apt-get purge mono-2.0-gac mono-gac mono-runtime tomboy Reading package lists... Done Building dependency

Re: dealing with grub2?

2010-01-22 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Liviu Andronic wrote: Dear all Could you help to either completely get rid of grub2 or properly configuring it (to recognise the other two OSs, Windows and Ubuntu)? For the first part, I've uninstalled grub-pc and reinstalled grub-legacy, I've run update grub and checked /boo/grub/menu.lst

Re: console resolution

2010-01-23 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Nima Azarbayjany wrote: set gfxpayload=keep will tell Grub2 to hand off the graphics settings to the kernel, which if configured properly will carry them forward. There are some other settings to tweak as well, insmod vbe and whatnot in the appropriate file, but that's about the gist of it.

Re: console resolution

2010-01-23 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
tv.debian wrote: Hi, I use a slightly different way, I put: GRUB_GFXMODE=1440x900 640x480 in /etc/defaults/grub (native resolution first, fall-back one isn't necessary, it's the default). Then in /etc/grub.d/00_header I add gfxpayload=keep to this section (around line 80): [...] if

Re: console resolution

2010-01-25 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
s. keeling wrote: Jeffrey Cao jcao.li...@gmail.com: On 2010-01-22, Nima Azarbayjany i.adore.deb...@gmail.com wrote: I have recently installed Squeeze on my laptop and most things seem to work fine right now. I used to add vga=xxx to the kernel parameters line to adjust the console

Re: magazines on linux

2010-01-26 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Julien Vehent wrote: Hey guys, Something a little bit off Debian, I'm looking at litterature from the UK and the US and I was wondering what are the good magazine on linux out there. The ideal would be to be able to order an issue online, and eventually get a subscription after.

Re: webcam in skype ok but not in gimp

2010-01-28 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Adam Hardy wrote: godo on 28/01/10 13:14, wrote: Adam Hardy wrote: I got myself a webcam to skype, and plugged it in the usb port and it works fine with skype, but i want to grab an image from it in gimp or with w3cam or vidcat and it doesn't work. in gimp, i don't even think i'm in the

Re: webcam in skype ok but not in gimp

2010-01-28 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Adam Hardy wrote: I'm on Linux isengard 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Sat Dec 26 09:01:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux What are the drivers? lsmod doesn't list either. Adam Given your first message: In skype, the config shows the webcam under devices as UVC camera (046d:09a4) (/dev/video0) the

Re: Downgrading xorg xserver from 1.7 to 1.6

2010-01-30 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Stefaan Himpe wrote: I found snapshot.debian.net but it seems its last update was on 2008 or am I looking in the wrong place Sorry I should have checked before pointing you there. Make sure to backup any important files (like configuration stuff in /etc) before you start to fiddle with

Re: Downgrading xorg xserver from 1.7 to 1.6

2010-01-31 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Matteo Riva wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:29 PM, Wolodja Wentland wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de wrote: I use the radeonhd driver and am very happy with its performance. I ran into the same behaviour you described some time ago and fixed it by using EXA as acceleration method. The

Re: apt-pinning: how to avoid installing of all-new packages?

2010-02-07 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Brian C wrote: Adrian Zaugg wrote on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:09:30 -0800 PS: If you see the error: relocation error: /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3: symbol krb5_hmac, version k5crypto_3_MIT not defined in file libk5crypto.so.3 with link time reference you were hit by the above mentioned bug. To solve,

Re: knetworkmanager on debian testing broken

2010-02-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: After yesterday'ss upgrade to version 0.7.999-2, I cannot connect to any network, wireless or not. Related bug: 567354 - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567354 And by the way, I have a question: I have seen on a kubuntu

Re: knetworkmanager on debian testing broken

2010-02-18 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Jan Hlodan write: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Jeffrin Jose ahiliat...@yahoo.co.in wrote: On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:22 AM, godo go...@dobosevic.com wrote: Have the same problem with WiFi. I don't think it's knetworkmanager or networ-kmanager. I install previous version but it's the same.

Re: DAAP server for OS X or Debian?

2010-03-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: Hi, I use iTunes on a Mac to host my very large music library. I want to share this music over DAAP to my Debian box (dont really care what client i use, Rhythmbox or Banshee or Songbird is all fine), but the iTunes version encrypts it so you cant use it with

Re: Flash Player Install Confusion

2010-03-09 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:32:14 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:45:54 -0500 (EST), Camaleón wrote: My advice is that you get the plugin from Adobe: I'm curious. Why do you advise getting the plugin directly from Adobe, bypassing the Debian archive? What's

Re: Virtualbox-3.1

2010-03-11 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Jari Fredriksson wrote: On 11.3.2010 22:36, Frank J Niertit wrote: Hi First of all let me thank you for a great system. You have made my life a lot better. But there is always a but. I cannot load Virtualbox-3.1. I am reliant on it in order to run Windows on top of Debian in an office

Re: Where is this deb.opera.com repository still coming from?

2010-03-24 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Tech Geek wrote : I was under the impression that whenever you run apt-get update it reads the repositories listed in /etc/apt/sources.list file and fetches the contents of it but apparently something else is going on too... So somtime back I added the following line in my

Re: 093a:2622 webcam

2010-04-13 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 13/04/2010 21:33, Jozsi Vadkan wrote : I bought a webcam: Bus 006 Device 004: ID 093a:2622 Pixart Imaging, Inc. What should I do, to bring it to life? I installed cheese, but it doesn't gives any video. /dev/video doesn't exists. Is there a script that installs all the webcam drivers?

Re: Realtek ethernet (was Re: recent mobo recommendation)

2010-04-14 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 14/04/2010 15:28, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2010-04-13 22:50, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom put forth on 4/13/2010 3:53 PM: [snip] Either way, avoid onboard RealTek ethernet as it's not currently supported well by Debian. One might be able to make it work, but the process requires some

Re: Heads UP icedove 3.0.4-2

2010-04-21 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 21/04/2010 19:37, Wayne Topa wrote: just upgraded icedove on 686 AND64 Squeeze. It runs on 686 but segfaults on AND64, my main system. Wayne Hi, running it on two different AMD64 Squeeze systems, works fine. I use iceowl 1.0b1 (lightning) calendar extension, Adblock Plus 1.1.3,

Re: fglrx driver in debian squeeze in limbo - any ideas?

2010-05-03 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 03/05/2010 11:43, Camaleón a écrit : On Mon, 03 May 2010 01:48:02 -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: This sucks. Stupid closed source drivers cause such problems. Any workaround I can do? I need to build the fglrx driver for debian squeeze (ati radeon hd 4550 card), but I just saw this bug saying

Re: fglrx driver in debian squeeze in limbo - any ideas?

2010-05-03 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 03/05/2010 22:49, Carlos Miranda Molina (Mstaaravin) wrote: On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:43 AM, tv.deb...@googlemail.com tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, what exactly is broken ? As a workaround you could use Sid packages if Squeeze's are in bad shape. I have two mostly Squeeze (amd64, kde

Re: cannot install lightning add-on for icedove 3.0.4

2010-05-17 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 17/05/2010 18:00, Menghan Zheng wrote: On 05/17/2010 11:52 PM, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: when i tried installing this message appeared: Lightning could not be installed because it is not compatible with your Icedove build type (Linux_x86_64-gcc3). Please contact the author of this item about

Re: Thunderbird's WebMail addon (used together with `-Hotmail' extension of it) download sometimes all the e-mails since some date, even if they have already been retrieved at another period

2010-05-18 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 18/05/2010 21:30, Merciadri Luca wrote: Hi, As explained in the title, I am using Icedove 2.0.0.22 (20090706) with some add-ons, such as `WebMail'. This add-on lets it fetch your e-mails from mail servers only dealing with special protocols (not as POP, IMAP, etc.). I use it together with

Re: Nepomuk wants virtuoso soprano

2010-05-20 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 20/05/2010 10:12, AG wrote: Hi all Although I am logging into Gnome DE on an up-to-date Squeeze system, I receive a message at login that declares Nepomuk requires virtuoso soprano to work. Having looked nepomuk up via Google, it seems like it is something from our KDE friends, but using

Re: Adobe Flash 10.1 in 64-bit Lenny

2010-06-12 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 12/06/2010 11:00, Camaleón wrote : On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:40:35 -0700, Chris Hiestand wrote: Because Adobe left us high and dry (and vulnerable) by dropping beta support for 64-bit flash, Yep, every day it passes Adobe jumps in my list of companies to avoid :-/ I cobbled together a

Re: debian sur deux diques dur

2009-11-01 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
michel wrote : bonjour, j'aurai voulu installer Debian sur mes deux disques dur. un partage entre les deux disques pour une seule OS. peut-on le faire ,je sais que sur fedora on peu le faire, mais je préfère Debian Salut, ton message devrait être dirigé vers debian-user-french

what's your favourite FLOSS?

2009-11-05 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Here we go. audio editor: audacity, xcfa audio player: amarok cd-ripper: k3b, xcfa DBMS: sqlite desktop environment OR window manager: kde4 (despite, well, you know...) development: disc burner: k3b e-mail client: icedove/thunderbird file manager: dolphin finance: ftp client: filezilla games:

Re: Broken keyboard layout after lenny/squeeze upgrade.

2009-11-09 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Chris Jones wrote: On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 01:08:19PM EST, Harry Putnam wrote: Jochen Schulz m...@well-adjusted.de writes: Harry Putnam: understanding that document right, the idea is to move away from setting up X with an xorg.conf. So how would settings like that one be handled in that

Re: sun-java6-plugin on amd64

2009-11-12 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Todd A. Jacobs wrote: I can't seem to get the Java6 plugin working on my 64-bit testing/unstable system. I have the following installed: sun-java6-bin install sun-java6-jre install sun-java6-plugin

Re: sun-java6-plugin on amd64

2009-11-12 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
mess-mate a écrit : tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Todd A. Jacobs wrote: I can't seem to get the Java6 plugin working on my 64-bit testing/unstable system. I have the following installed: sun-java6-bin install sun-java6-jre

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Alex Samad wrote: On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 09:52:01AM -0500, Michael Peek wrote: Hi debian gurus, I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video camera onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and firewire only. When I plug it in, I see the following in the

Re: OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Alex Samad wrote: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:04:36AM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Alex Samad wrote: [snip] watch tail /var/log/kern.log OT but have you looked at multitail instead of watch tail [snip] Yes, I use it regularly, but it requires separate install when watch

Re: OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: tv.deb...@googlemail.com schreef: Alex Samad wrote: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:04:36AM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Alex Samad wrote: [snip] watch tail /var/log/kern.log OT but have you looked at multitail instead of watch tail [snip] Yes, I use

Re: OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-14 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 4afd57ba.7080...@googlemail.com, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: What does 'watch' deliver that 'tail -f' does not? 'tail -f' is even realtime, something that watch is not. Nothing I guess, thanks for pointing this bashism. Time

Re: Hs: Messender + video

2009-11-16 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Thierry Chatelet wrote: Hello Running squeeze, I am looking for a messenger that support chat with a webcam. Thanks for any tips. Thierry If you don't need to join an particular network, you can go with a sip account and one of the good clients like ekiga, qutecom (picky with webcams),

Re: Custom Label Software

2009-11-19 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: I'd like to get some suggestions about what software is best for making custom labels. Well, not actually making labels, but inserts. Currently, I'm making them completely by hand, which is long, tiring, and error-prone. I take a piece of US Letter paper

Re: migrate to new system disk

2009-12-02 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
David Goodenough wrote: On Wednesday 02 December 2009, Alan Ianson wrote: 2. I'm sticking with LILO. I've never manually installed a boot loader, only during Debian clean/scratch installations using the Deb installer. The last time I did that was with Woody, like 4 years ago. How do I

Re: Grub 2 does not boot Squeeze, Error 15, Need help

2009-12-04 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Tom H wrote: I am using Squeeze. I booted successfully many times using the chainloaded grub2. So, I thought it would be safe to replace grub with grub2. So, I tried running update-from-grub-legacy but this command was not present even while logged in as root. So, I ran

Re: debian support and laptops

2009-12-09 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Daniel Dalton wrote: Hi, Following is a list of laptops. I've narrowed it down to 3 and am considering buying one and running debian on it. How good is debian support on these machines? What is good, what is worth avoiding? I will be doing: programming, typing, msn, irc, web, email, music,

Re: alternate web browser etc...

2010-01-01 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Alan Ianson wrote: On Fri, 2010-01-01 at 17:02 +0100, Bernard wrote: Hi to Everyone, I wish to install an alternate web browser, else than the firefox clone (iceweasel v3.0.6) that I already have. Iceweasel does fulfill my needs and expectations, but, for various reasons, I wish to also

Re: Mozilla MPlayer Plugin

2010-07-14 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 14/07/2010 05:04, T o n g wrote: Hi, How can I install the MPlayer Plugin for Mozilla? $ apt-cache search mozilla mplayer mozilla-mplayer - MPlayer-Plugin for Mozilla Since the 'mozilla-mplayer' is already obsolete, and there is no other package I found doing this. I don't know what to do.

Re: Mozilla MPlayer Plugin

2010-07-14 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 14/07/2010 10:31, John A. Sullivan III wrote: On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 10:22 +0200, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Le 14/07/2010 05:04, T o n g wrote: Hi, How can I install the MPlayer Plugin for Mozilla? $ apt-cache search mozilla mplayer mozilla-mplayer - MPlayer-Plugin for Mozilla Since

Re: aptitude called chromium-browser obsolete

2010-09-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 08/09/2010 19:25, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: Kind of an odd thing showed up on three Debian testing systems this morning. This all use Xfce for the DE, and they use the /etc/apt/sources.list configured like so: --8 deb

Re: Mainline kernel source curiosity

2010-09-20 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 20/09/2010 19:25, Curt Howland wrote: Hi. Up to date Squeeze, compiling the latest 2.6.36-rc4 kernel. Last time the problem was compiling the kernel at all, which is working just fine now thank you Debian-User. fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version -curt1.0 --initrd kernel_image

Re: Comments on proposed partitioning scheme

2010-09-26 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 26/09/2010 21:02, Celejar wrote: On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:29:28 +0200 Aniruddha mailingdotl...@gmail.com wrote: Here's my opinion: ... * I think encryption is not well suited for a desktop system, unless you have some special need for it (e.g. laptop). It creates extra overhead, meaning

Re: gimp2.0-quiteinsane and gimp ...

2010-10-01 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 01/10/2010 23:25, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: ... are installed in Squeeze here. QuiteInsane-Scan and QuiteInsane-Select are visible in the Gimp Help:Procedure Browser. How is QuiteInsane used? Thanks, ... Peter E. Hi, Menu File Create Quite insane (translated from

Re: [SOT] Installing additional Wesnoth campaigns

2010-10-02 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 02/10/2010 20:51, AG wrote: On 06/09/09 17:33, thveillon.debian wrote: AG wrote: Hello Sorry if this is too far OT, but I was hoping for some Debian-specific advice on obtaining and using Battle for Wesnoth campaigns. The website/ forum provides some linkages to additional

Re: [SOT] Installing additional Wesnoth campaigns

2010-10-03 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 03/10/2010 00:22, AG a écrit : On 02/10/10 22:54, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Le 02/10/2010 20:51, AG wrote: On 06/09/09 17:33, thveillon.debian wrote: AG wrote: Hello Sorry if this is too far OT, but I was hoping for some Debian-specific advice on obtaining

Re: How to check which package are from multimedia.org?

2010-11-11 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
11/11/2010 13:29, Artur Frydel wrote: Hello Some times ago I used multimedia.org. Now, I don't use them anymore. But some packages were installed from theirs source, for example yesterday I discovered old flashplayer-mozilla... Now I want to know, which of my packages are from

Re: How to check which package are from multimedia.org?

2010-11-11 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
11/11/2010 14:42, Jochen Schulz wrote: tv.deb...@googlemail.com: 11/11/2010 13:29, Artur Frydel wrote: Now I want to know, which of my packages are from multimedia.org repository. How to check this one? Any dpkg or apt magical command? aptitude search ~S~i~mmarillat This will report

Re: Packages - what's the best way?

2010-11-15 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:22:13 +1100, Rob Hurle wrote: I'm quite new to debian and I'm getting my head around dpkg, apt-get, aptitude and synaptic. Does anyone have advice on the best way to handle a .deb package? Can I make up my own repository of .deb packages and point apt-get at that to

Re: Packages - what's the best way?

2010-11-15 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
15/11/2010 21:01, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 20101115192606.gb18...@hysteria.proulx.com, Bob Proulx wrote: * 'sudo' uses your user password while 'su' uses root's password. With sudo you manage your own password. With su you manage both your password *and* root's password. For

Re: cinelerra is a makin me crazy

2010-11-24 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
24/11/2010 17:27, jeremy jozwik wrote: hello folks, im tired of kicking my debian laptops butt everyday by non-stop rendering in cinelerra. im attempting to install on my debian lenny 32bit workstation and getting annoying errors with libquicktime and libmjpegtools0. using [1] as my guide i

Re: Distorted picture in openarena.

2010-11-24 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
24/11/2010 20:26, Sthu Deus wrote: Good day. I have 3D support w/ my ATI card using free driver radeon, but can not play 3D game - I tried w/ openarena and see completely distorted picture - cross lines every where. - Is it possible to fix it somehow? May some additional configuration is

Re: VLC player doesn't playback correctly

2010-11-27 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Hi, 27/11/2010 13:16, Matthias Andersson wrote: On 11/27/2010 09:18 AM, Joel Roth wrote: aptitude search ~S~i\(~mmarillat\!~Odebian\) Ok, I removed all packages that came up with that search; debian-multimedia-keyring libdvdcss2 ^^ Maybe you shot yourself in the foot here, it's

Re: VLC player doesn't playback correctly

2010-11-28 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
28/11/2010 18:09, Matthias Andersson wrote: I ran the same command with the -vv option enabled - the following snippet was among the output: [0x765770] main input debug: creating access 'sftp' path='secretuser:secretpassw...@192.168.1.2/media/sda1/2.AVI' [0xa49750] main access debug:

Re: VLC player doesn't playback correctly

2010-11-28 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
28/11/2010 18:45, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:09:59 +0200, Matthias Andersson wrote: I ran the same command with the -vv option enabled - the following snippet was among the output: (...) [0xa49750] main access debug: no access module matched sftp (...) That would mean

Re: Newbie video editing question

2010-11-30 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
30/11/2010 06:47, Marc Shapiro wrote: On 11/29/10 16:52, Rob Owens wrote: On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 09:31:10PM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: First off, I'm a video editing newbie. Not a linux newbie. I've been running Debian since Bo. I have a lot of video tapes lying around and I am afraid

Re: Newbie video editing question

2010-11-30 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
30/11/2010 16:28, Marc Shapiro wrote: On 11/30/10 01:03, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, apt-file search v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware-ivtv: /lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw ~$ apt-file search v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw bash: apt-file: command not found ~$ apt-cache search v4l-cx2341x

Re: Frustration made me do it.

2010-12-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
08/12/2010 06:46, Miles Bader wrote: Camaleón noela...@gmail.com writes: Mozilla products are memory/CPU hogs, yes. I hope newer versions can correct that. I find that chromium actually seems to use _more_ memory for a given amount of content. However with chromium it's really easy to

Re: Frustration made me do it.

2010-12-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
08/12/2010 14:46, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 12/08/2010 03:44 AM, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Overall chromium has a small edge, but not very noticeable here. I use both happily anyway ! what about Opera.. just asking :) Well, what about it then ? ;-) I don't use Opera since aptitude

Re: counter strike

2011-03-03 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 03/03/2011 10:53, Sven Hoexter wrote: On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 10:11:50AM +0100, Alex PADOLY wrote: Hello, I would like to know How I can play to counter strike on Debian 6.0. That requires wine nit Squeeze ships with wine 1.0 and according to

Re: Cinelerra - not seeing video output

2011-03-16 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
16/03/2011 21:01, Alan Chandler wrote: I would like to use Cinelerra for some video editing, but firing it up displays the correct windows and data, but nothing is displayed in the video checker and compositor windows. It used to - I made a large complex video before, and I loaded up the

Re: Cinelerra - not seeing video output [Solved]

2011-03-17 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 17/03/2011 08:34, Alan Chandler a écrit : On 17/03/11 01:03, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: 16/03/2011 21:01, Alan Chandler wrote: I would like to use Cinelerra for some video editing, but firing it up displays the correct windows and data, but nothing is displayed in the video checker

Re: sum two disks using RAID or LVM?

2011-03-18 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
18/03/2011 09:15, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: Hi all! A short question: I have two 500GB HDDs and I want to use their space as one. Should I aggregate them with software RAID, or using LVM in regard to data safety? If one of them malfunctions, is one of the two approaches better? Hi, mdadm

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