Re: Old .debs

2009-07-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 23 July 2009 15:06:24 I Rattan wrote: > Where can I find older .deb files for openoffice? I > would like to install 2.4 or so (current installed > version 3.1.1 has problems with display of .php > files). Which version of Debian are you using? Lenny has OOo 2.4.1. Lisi -- To UNSUB

Re: How do I setup wireless network

2009-07-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 23 July 2009 07:47:53 Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, thirstyh2o wrote: > > On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:57:07 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > >> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, thirstyh2o wrote: > >>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:56:51 +0200, Ogya Chief wrote: > ___

Re: Emails [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-07-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 25 July 2009 16:31:51 Michael Ekstrand wrote: > Yes, typical disclaimers are nonsensical on public lists.  BUT, taking > the poster to task so aggressively and for so long when it is likely > entirely outside his or her control is entirely inappropriate.  Talk > about shooting the messe

Re: APT configuration file

2009-07-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 23 July 2009 13:30:08 Rustam wrote: > On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 06:37 -0500, Kc9EYE wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > > > Just create it with the line you want. No other contents are needed. > > > > > > The man page for apt.conf(5) describes the syntax

Re: APT configuration file

2009-07-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 26 July 2009 23:22:08 Kevin Ross wrote: > > On my Lenny system apt-config dumps far, far more than is in > > all the files > > in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ put together, and there is no > > apt.conf file; yet > > apt-config must be reading from somewhere. In my case too I have an > > untouch

Re: Musings on debian-user list

2009-07-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 28 July 2009 11:59:00 Neal Hogan wrote: > Why? What's the problem? A > thick skin is an attribute, not a detrimment. Maybe. But it is still not really reasonable to poke fun at someone and then if that person is upset, say it is his/her fault for being touchy. Most people are not th

Re: safe to purge older versions of installed software?

2009-08-22 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 22 August 2009 12:52:54 Robert P. J. Day wrote: > so the question now becomes, if i run that command on both > gcc-4.2-base and gcc-4.3-base, it looks like (not surprisingly) the > 4.2 package has lots of 4.2-related reverse dependencies, and likewise > for gcc-4.3-base. so do i rea

Re: configuring printer in newly installed Lenny

2009-08-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 26 August 2009 20:45:54 rudu wrote: > bdebreil a écrit : > > I feel sorry that I installed Lenny in a somewhat automated install > > program. [snip] > > > > What packages should I install and run so that my parallel printer gets > > proper drivers and config ? > > aptitude install cup

Re: Inquiry:Linux installation problem

2009-08-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 27 August 2009 17:22:10 Sthu Deus wrote: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Ron: > > Did you google "Uncompressing Linux .. Ok, booting the kernel"? > > > > I did, and got some interesting results. > > For the lazy ones, could You share the interesting points? Erm Open a browse

Re: Inquiry:Linux installation problem

2009-08-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 28 August 2009 13:54:30 Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:51:31 +0100 > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > ... > > > <http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=Uncompressing+Linux+.. > > +Ok%2C+booting+the+kernel&btn> > > Just a head&

Re: problem flash_player_10 on ubuntu 9.04 amd64

2009-08-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 31 August 2009 09:08:16 Benoit durand wrote: > i've problem with flash_player_10 on ubuntu amd64. Hi! There could be various reasons why you have not so far had a reply. One could obviously be that it is not very long since you posted. But another is that this is a Debian users gro

Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
My husband's box is currently running PCLinuxOS 2009. A dying HDD necessitates a fresh istallation. ***I would be very grateful for help in speeding up the boot process, and suggestions for a suitable DE or WM.*** He finds the PCLOS very slow to boot up after the Libranet that he had instal

Re: Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 31 August 2009 16:18:16 Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:59:08 +0100 > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > ***I would be very grateful for help in speeding up the boot process, > > and suggestions for a suitable DE or WM.*** > > > > TIA > > Lisi

Re: Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 31 August 2009 15:59:08 Lisi Reisz wrote: > ***I would be very grateful for help in speeding up the boot process, and > suggestions for a suitable DE or WM.*** Thanks very much for the advice and suggestions so far. Much appreciated. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

Re: Reporting List Mail As SPAM

2009-09-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 01 September 2009 20:15:38 Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Neal Hogan wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith > > > > Jr. wrote: > >> I think someone is reporting valid list mail as SPAM.  I got notified > >> today that one of the mails I se

Re: I would like to eject my cdrom

2009-09-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 08 September 2009 17:19:35 Wayne Topa wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Tuesday 08 September 2009 16:33:00 John Hasler wrote: > >> Sjoerd writes: > >>> Yes, but the point of this questin is: > >>> $ eject -i > >>> eject: invalid op

Re: I would like to eject my cdrom

2009-09-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 08 September 2009 16:33:00 John Hasler wrote: > Sjoerd writes: > > Yes, but the point of this questin is: > > $ eject -i > > eject: invalid option -- i > > "-i" takes an argument. man eject COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS -h This option causes eject to display a brief description of the comm

Re: Upgrading to Lenny & 2.6.26: serverworks OSB4 IDE problem

2009-02-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 16 February 2009 08:40:51 Tim Day wrote: > Currently (2.6.18) I have a hda (the IDE drive) and an sda and sdb for > the 2 SATA drives. Is there any way to predict where the hda drive will > move to under 2.6.26 ? (ie should it appear as sda and the two existing > sd* drives will move up

Re: Fedora guy asking for Debian guide

2009-02-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 17 February 2009 21:58:20 H.S. wrote: > Coming from Fedora, it may be no useful to know that there is no > runlevel (init x) command in Debian as there is in Fedora. Most common > use for me of these commands was to restart the gui. In debian, almost > all such services are controlled sc

Re: Upgrade procedure: etch -> lenny

2009-02-19 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 20 February 2009 00:44:11 Chris Jones wrote: > > > 2. apt-get update > > > 2. replace "etch" by "lenny" in /etc/sources.list > > > > These steps need to be reversed, obviously. > > Thought the "apt-get update" stage ensured system was up-to-date before > the upgrade plunge, thus that my a

Skype

2009-02-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
Has anyone used this software on Lenny? Etch? Sid? http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/ If you have, may I have some comments? Good, bad or indifferent. TIA Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

2009-02-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 25 February 2009 17:44:06 Dave Patterson wrote: > use Knoppix for Debian. Why? What's wrong with Debian Live? http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/ Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...

Re: Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 02 March 2009 06:26:33 Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I am using Debian 4.0. > > How do I add installed packages to the Applications menu hierarchy? Which version of which desktop environment? (Or window maker.) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 02 March 2009 10:16:58 Bret Busby wrote: > On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Monday 02 March 2009 06:26:33 Bret Busby wrote: > >> Hello. > >> > >> I am using Debian 4.0. > >> > >> How do I add installed packages to the

Re: PEDIDO DE AJUDA

2009-03-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 03 March 2009 00:42:44 Carlos h. Souza wrote: > Boa noite!! > > Primeiramente sou estudante d informatica mas sempre tive curiosidade de > aprender linux e em um site de curso a distancia me informaram q o DEBIAN > seria um otimo passo para inicializar. Por isso gostaria

Re: Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 03 March 2009 15:49:02 Daniel Burrows wrote: > it looks like in Gnome, I can right-click on Applications > and pick "Edit Menus", and choose whether or not various menu items > appear. In KDE, I just run kappfinder. Then tick (check) the things that I want added to the menu, and click

Re: Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 04 March 2009 03:57:18 Bret Busby wrote: > Perhaps, it is due to the categorizing of the games, within the KDE > applications menu, and it was not sure which subcategory of Games, was > applicable? Possibly - but I have always understood that its function is specifically to look for

Will this program run under wine? or Crossover Office?

2009-03-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
The program in question is "Who do you think You Are? Family Tree Maker". Has anyone got this going successfully? If so, how? And on what hardware? I have successfully installed it on Lenny, but it seems not actually to run. This is for someone else, so "Use a different program" is not an opt

Re: Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 05 March 2009 15:40:25 Bret Busby wrote: > I am hesitant about trying to make changes to this system, > which includes being wary of upgrading to Debian 5.0, until the ripples > on the list about Debian 5.0, have settled. There is no need to change at all if you are not happy to do so.

Re: Why did you chose Debian over CentOS?

2009-03-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 06 March 2009 04:17:09 Alan Hutchinson wrote: > I am trying to install DEBIAN LENNY beta 2 Why use a beta? Why not use the just-released newly released stable, Debian 5 aka Lenny? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"

erratum, was: Re: Why did you chose Debian over CentOS?

2009-03-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 06 March 2009 08:24:10 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 06 March 2009 04:17:09 Alan Hutchinson wrote: > > I am trying to install DEBIAN LENNY beta 2 > > Why use a beta? Why not use the > s/just-released newly released/newly released > stable, Debian 5 aka Lenny

Re: Mozilla suite missing from Debian 5

2009-03-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 07 March 2009 23:57:42 Bret Busby wrote: > Well, after having been advised on the list, to upgrade to Debian 5, > from Debian 4 Having no memory of anyone's having advised you to upgrade to Lenny, I have just reread the entire lengthy previous thread. I could not find a single perso

Re: Mozilla suite missing from Debian 5

2009-03-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 08 March 2009 13:39:16 Lisi Reisz wrote: > Perhaps part of your difficulty here is that you do read carefully the > advice you are given.^^ do NOT read carefully Ouch! Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debi

Re: Advice about ext3, please (An experiment & results)

2009-03-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 17:15:44 Stefan Monnier wrote: > So, yes, unplugging your USB key while it's still mounted is to be > avoided, and even more so while it's being written to. The OP asked about about a USB external HDD, not a key. I have not tested the theory, but I have always understo

Re: Advice about ext3, please (An experiment & results)

2009-03-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 17:43:33 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I have not tested the > > theory, but I have always understood that keys are particularly > > vulnerable. To physical damage if pulled out prematurely, not just damage > > to the fi

Re: Hello sir

2009-03-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 14 March 2009 06:16:43 Sudev Barar wrote: > 2009/3/14 Santhosh R : > > Hello sir, > >   I am Santhosh, I having sony vaio model laptop, is able to > > install Debian 5 (DVD format iso files) in my laptop? > > Why I am asking meant, already I have tried Redhat 5 Enterprice (DVD)

Re: Technical Inquiry

2009-03-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 20 March 2009 09:01:17 Sudev Barar wrote: > 2009/3/20 Jeffrey Cao : > > Boot into single user mode, and you are the root. > > Then, you can change root password. > > Ah..banging my head why I did not think of this... Because it doesn't work in Etch or Lenny? Don't know about other versi

Re: Technical Inquiry

2009-03-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 20 March 2009 13:50:27 Jeffrey Cao wrote: > On 2009-03-20, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Friday 20 March 2009 09:01:17 Sudev Barar wrote: > >> 2009/3/20 Jeffrey Cao : > >> > Boot into single user mode, and you are the root. > >> > Then, you can chan

Re: Technical Inquiry

2009-03-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 20 March 2009 16:14:03 Juan Carlos Avila Sanchez wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Lisi Reisz [mailto:lisi.re...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 3:34 AM > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: Technical Inquiry > &g

Re: Netinstall and ADSL

2009-03-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 10 March 2009 20:51:25 German wrote: > Is that possible to netinstall Debian with ADSL? Thanks. Yes, it is easy if you use a modem/router for ADSL access. It Just Works. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Technical Inquiry

2009-03-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 20 March 2009 17:11:20 Chris Jones wrote: > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:57:29PM EDT, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Friday 20 March 2009 13:50:27 Jeffrey Cao wrote: > > > On 2009-03-20, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > On Friday 20 March 2009 09:01:17 Sudev Barar wrote:

Re: Technical Inquiry

2009-03-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 20 March 2009 22:06:24 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Friday 20 March 2009 11:57:29 Lisi Reisz wrote: > >On Friday 20 March 2009 13:50:27 Jeffrey Cao wrote: > >> It does not demands the root password. It just request you to give root > >> a new password, wh

Re: Technical Inquiry

2009-03-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 21 March 2009 10:21:24 Thorny wrote: > If I remember correctly, Sarge security support ends at the end > of March, this year. They announced that it had ended last year. As I understand it, they took the repositories down this year and archived them. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

2009-03-22 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 22 March 2009 17:18:44 Ron Johnson wrote: > > The debate of top/bottom posting is much alike elbows on/off the table, > > burp/not burp after a meal, etc, > > Hmmm.  Manners or No Manners; it's an easy choice. No - the poster has a valid point. Both the cases he cites are cases where c

testing microphone - how?

2009-03-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
I am trying to test a microphone by some method other than ringing the same poor person repeatedly by VOIP. I have tried to run record applications, but cannot seem to get the applications going (so far Audacity and KRec). I have tried to run tests, but either I get an error message that the de

Re: testing microphone - how?

2009-03-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 17:21:06 Thorny wrote: > On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:26:33 +0000, Lisi Reisz posted: > > I am trying to test a microphone by some method other than ringing the > > same poor person repeatedly by VOIP. > > > > I have tried to run record applications,

Re: testing microphone - how?

2009-03-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 25 March 2009 01:26:42 Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:24:37 +0100 > Nigel Henry wrote: > > ... > > > Personally I use MhWaveedit for recording. Normally I compile it from > > source, but it is available on some Debian based installs from their > > repo's. > > It's in Sid. It

Re: testing microphone - how?

2009-03-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 25 March 2009 18:21:43 T o n g wrote: > On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:17:53 -0400, H.S. wrote: > > . . . Mic Boost. If not set, the microphone will "not work" > > > >> under Linux. Anyone knows how to easily set it up? > > > > I just do: > > $> alsamixer > > thanks. > > Any command line tool

Re: thanks

2009-03-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 25 April 2009 23:09:39 leo wrote: > thanks for the info but I can't access internet ntp servers from my LAN So why did you ask for ntp servers? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.

Re: Can't ping to other ip addesss

2009-03-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 26 March 2009 16:41:02 Carl Johnson wrote: > Alex Samad writes: > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:13:18PM +0530, Kousik Maiti wrote: > > can you show us > > > > ip r > > ifconfig > > ip a > > ip li > > ip rule > > Sorry to break into this thread, but what package is the 'ip' command > in?

Re: Illogical drives?

2009-03-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 26 March 2009 20:57:34 postid wrote: > Just finished a lenny install. I used manual partitioning in the > graphical installer to do the following: > > #1 primary 19.0 GBntfs > #2 primary 6.0 GB B F ext3 / > #5 logical 1.0 GB F swap swap > #6 logical 14.0 GB

Re: To synchronize system time witn NTP-server with no winter time shift whole year - how to?

2009-03-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 29 March 2009 17:07:54 Paul E Condon wrote: > On 2009-03-29_09:59:49, John Hasler wrote: > > Strong and Humble writes: > > > Just wanted to know if it is possible to specify a time zone that has > > > no winter time shift whole year? > > > > Sure. Many time zones have no "daylight saving

Re: To synchronize system time witn NTP-server with no winter time shift whole year - how to?

2009-03-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 29 March 2009 17:49:22 Paul E Condon wrote: > On 2009-03-29_16:19:28, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Sunday 29 March 2009 17:07:54 Paul E Condon wrote: > > > On 2009-03-29_09:59:49, John Hasler wrote: > > > > Strong and Humble writes: > > > > > Jus

Re: Why no Skype packages?

2009-03-30 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 29 March 2009 23:47:33 David Fox wrote: > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 3:24 PM, JoeHill wrote: > > Was just looking at all the 'how to install Skype' pages, and wondering > > why, as far as I can tell, there are no Debian packages. Is this a > > licensing issue? There is a Debian package, an

Re: [OT] To synchronize system time witn NTP-server with no winter time shift whole year - how to?

2009-03-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 00:39:46 Mike Bird wrote: > On Mon March 30 2009 16:12:57 Tom Furie wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 04:47:38PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > Now, I want to stop arguing about the descriptions. But just one last > > > shot. I believe it is factually incorrect to say

Sound and mixers

2009-04-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
Would any kind person with working sound be prepared to tell me her/his settings in Alsamixer, KMix or any other mixer (provided that it is in the Lenny repos ;-) ). Sound was working until I fiddled with the settings to try and get the mic going, so the rest of the set-up must be OK. I have

Re: Debian won't boot

2009-04-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 15:44:06 Kent West wrote: > how's a newbie who > has been in Windows-land all his life and has just heard about this > Debian thingy supposed to know what to do with this? He's just been told > to download the Debian LiveCD as a try-it-out demo, but he's clueless. > I'm n

Re: Sound and mixers

2009-04-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 16:15:02 Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 15:52:15 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Would any kind person with working sound be prepared to tell me her/his > > settings in Alsamixer, KMix or any other mixer (provided that it is in >

Re: Sound and mixers - SOLVED and many thanks

2009-04-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 17:37:46 Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 17:06:47 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Wednesday 01 April 2009 16:15:02 Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 15:52:15 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > Would any kin

Re: Sid update would like to remove most xorg packages and drivers

2009-04-10 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 10 April 2009 08:09:12 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-04-10 01:00 +0200, Nick Lidakis wrote: > > May I ask how you managed that superscript 1 after the word problem? > > With a German keyboard layout, it's on AltGr-1 (only under X). Don't > know about other keyboard layouts. Thanks, Sven

Re: boot failure diagnostics

2009-04-10 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 10 April 2009 22:13:56 Vwaju wrote: > Out of the blue, Debian failed to boot. > > Using debian-live-500-i386-rescue.iso I mounted the root partition / > dev/hda1. > > I would like to examine the partition to find the reason for the > failure. > > I'm guessing I should use fsck. Is this r

Re: Lenny overheating, preventing installation

2009-04-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 11 April 2009 13:26:30 Aleksa Šušulić wrote: > The laptop is less than a year old and still in warranty. It has never been > used in dusty or dirty places. And this overheating only happens with > Debian (installing OpenSuSE or Mandriva or Ubuntu or Fedora works a > breeze). The only ot

Re: Ton of Lenny updates

2009-04-12 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 12 April 2009 15:17:40 Russell Gadd wrote: > There are 59 updates waiting for me to install. I never had this many when > I ran Etch for a couple of years, is something odd happening? As a result of your email I have just updated (last night there were no updates!). There were 53 upda

Installing Sid

2009-04-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
I am planning to install Sid on a test machine. I may set up a dual or triple boot with other distros I want to look at, so being able to control the partitions is important. Googling, and searching the Debian site, seem to suggest that the best way of going about this would be to download a d

Re: Installing Sid

2009-04-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
Thanks for the reply, Thorny. On Monday 20 April 2009 16:20:13 Thorny wrote: > Are you familiar enough with troubleshooting problems and do you have a > good enough understanding of how packages migrate down to deal with issues > in the unstable branch? Are you currently running "stable" or "test

Re: Installing Sid

2009-04-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 20 April 2009 16:11:32 Sven Joachim wrote: > I would advise to have both sid and testing in sources.list, otherwise > large parts of the system may be uninstallable due to the many ongoing > transitions.  Things seem to have settled down somewhat in the last few > days, but I still have s

Re: Installing Sid

2009-04-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 20 April 2009 19:21:30 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon,20.Apr.09, 15:59:04, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I am planning to install Sid on a test machine. I may set up a dual or > > triple boot with other distros I want to look at, so being able to > > control the pa

Re: mysterious pdf file won't be printed, all others will!

2009-04-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 21 April 2009 18:16:10 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina writes: > >>> In my sister's home directory there is a pdf file that won't respond to > >>> the `lp' command. All others pdf files in the same directory behave > >>> all right, and the permissions are the same. The only dif

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 21 April 2009 13:58:13 machiner wrote: > I seek recommendations for improving the site as well as new authors, > whether one article or many.  Please consider it.  The site does very well > in the search engines and it could use some new blood.  I would be > thrilled, as would the site's

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-22 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 22 April 2009 04:01:57 H.S. wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > If you are seeking help, it might be worth supplying a URL. The truth of > > your > > Isn't that in the subject line? Or am I missing something here? > > > > > -- > > Please r

Re: Things I'm missing/misconfiguring in KDE 4.2

2009-04-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 25 April 2009 11:16:36 M. Henne wrote: > After playing with KDE 4.2 for a while, I was able to regain > some functionality of KDE 3.5, but I'm still missing some > things that I either haven't found yet or they did not exist. > > If they exist, can someone tell me how to get that functi

A working mic? Help still needed

2009-04-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
I am still struggling with getting a microphone going, and am getting a bit desperate. Part of the solution may be to try a different mic. This one¹ is fairly inexpensive and gets mostly rave reviews, including one that says it was fine with Linux and one that says it is good with Audacity. D

Re: debian and ubuntu - answer from user not pretending to be guru

2009-05-05 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 04 May 2009 19:10:44 Harry Rickards wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > Harry Rickards wrote: > >> But if they can run aptitude in the first place, surely they could > >> either su to root or use sudo to read or delete the files. Just my > >> opinion. > > > > Aptitude doesn't need root to ru

Re: Wine and itunes

2009-05-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 06 May 2009 14:14:28 Neal Hogan wrote: > There are a handful of packages that can deal with an ipod (transfer > to and from). I've had success with Amarok. I understand that others > have used gtkpod and Banshee. My granddaughter uses Songbird and certainly seems happy with it. Lisi

5.0.1 MD5SUMS

2009-05-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
I am clearly going either blind or mad. In spite of spending quite some time looking, I cannot find the MD5sum for 5.0.1, which I have just downloaded. It surely must be there - but where is there? Help anyone? TIA Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: 5.0.1 MD5SUMS - thank you

2009-05-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 14 May 2009 16:16:42 Chris Burkhardt wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I am clearly going either blind or mad. In spite of spending quite some > > time looking, I cannot find the MD5sum for 5.0.1, which I have just > > downloaded. It surely must be there - but where

Re: 5.0.1 MD5SUMS

2009-05-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 14 May 2009 16:37:19 green wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote at 2009-05-14 09:33 -0500: > > I am clearly going either blind or mad. In spite of spending quite some > > time looking, I cannot find the MD5sum for 5.0.1, which I have just > > downloaded. It surely must be

Re: Can you recommend any screen capture utility for etch

2009-05-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 20 May 2009 11:08:52 Long Wind wrote: > I have try gimp for sarge > It seems to have problem with capturing window > I have tried scrot for etch > It does not capture title bar when capturing window > Thanks! Ksnapshot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.or

Re: Can you recommend any screen capture utility for etch - an apology for hitting the reply key too fast :-9

2009-05-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 21 May 2009 22:44:50 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 20 May 2009 11:08:52 Long Wind wrote: > > I have try gimp for sarge > > It seems to have problem with capturing window > > I have tried scrot for etch > > It does not capture title bar when capturing windo

Re: [OT] Gmail posters! turn off html!

2009-06-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 02 June 2009 22:32:15 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > Most of the time I ignore any message to a mailing list that shows > unrendered HTML. Most of the time I ignore any message that shows unrendered HTML. It's just too much effort to read and none of my friends does it to me. Lisi

upgrade Sarge -> Etch -> Lenny

2009-06-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
Is Etch still available in the standard repositories? I.e. can I just change Sarge to etch, then etch to lenny in etc. in sources.list? TIA Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Does anyone else consider this a bug?

2009-06-12 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 09 June 2009 22:28:52 Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > On the other hand, computers used by regular users are configured using > DHCP. Regular users would only be confused if they were given the option > to configure IP address manually. Surely one could expect Debian users, or rather, users ins

USB problems on fresh install of Lenny

2009-06-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
I installed Lenny on someone's box a couple of days ago, with KDE 3.5.10. I am getting the following error when I try to use the USB card: Rejected send message, 3 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.6" (uid=1000 pid=2582 comm="kded [kdeinit] --new-startup ") interface="org.freedeskto

Re: USB ports not working!

2009-06-19 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 19 June 2009 14:29:07 Raffaele Morelli wrote: > 2009/6/19 Pedro Claro : > > I've installed the latest stable version of Debian, and for my surprise > > my USB ports stop working... > > any thoughts?? > > something useful is needed... > plug you usb device an give us the shell output for:

Re: OT Can't Register Joomla forum

2009-06-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 20 June 2009 15:44:35 Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 18:06 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > Help please. I'm trying to install Joomla and having problems. Tried to > > register to be able to post, get help but the registration page thinks > > my email address li...@tom

strange problem - computer works in one place, but not in another

2009-06-22 Thread Lisi Reisz
I installed Lenny on a computer without problems. I did a net install and checked the various applications that were likely to be heavily used. All were working. Desktop: KDE. Hardware: Pentium III Coppermine, 256MB RAM. I then moved the computer to its owner's house,having done the installatio

Re: strange problem - computer works in one place, but not in another- SOLVED \o/ - THANK YOU!

2009-06-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
Resending because original went to author only. Sorry everyone - and gn. On Monday 22 June 2009 11:39:44 gn643202 wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I then moved the computer to its owner's house,having done the > > installation at my house. And everything internet-rela

Re: is it possible to install a desktop-manager without python and perl?

2009-06-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 23 June 2009 03:35:08 明覺 wrote: > I open this thread as a programmer, you can ignore my  questions about > programming in the future, but you should not ignore my questions as a > debian user. a) Why *shouldn't* we ignore your Debian questions if we happen to feel like it? b) Debian u

Re: is it possible to install a desktop-manager without python and perl?

2009-06-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 23 June 2009 03:18:34 明覺 wrote: > I believe readers of this thread are all advanced programmers, I'm not. > they > won't be confusing. You mean confused not confusing. An important difference. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: is it possible to install a desktop-manager without python and perl?

2009-06-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 23 June 2009 16:12:26 Tony Baldwin wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Tuesday 23 June 2009 03:18:34 明覺 wrote: > >> I believe readers of this thread are all advanced programmers, > > > > I'm not. > > > >> they > >> won't be c

Re: is it possible to install a desktop-manager without python and perl?

2009-06-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 24 June 2009 03:02:15 明覺 wrote: > we must have an official language There speaks a well indoctrinated totalitarian! Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: is it possible to install a desktop-manager without python and perl?

2009-06-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 24 June 2009 12:37:25 明覺 wrote: > What a pity > you are! What does that mean?? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: any substitute for x window system?

2009-06-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 24 June 2009 13:02:19 明覺 wrote: > I have ended the discussion, So this email was not from you??? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Query on Debian 5.0.1 -- Installation of DVD2,3,4,5 & updates dvd

2009-06-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
> Dimple Patel wrote: > > Thank you for the clarification. But if I use 'apt-cdrom add', i > > think it will ask me to load the DVD everytime. Johannes Wiedersichwrote > Why do you think that? On Thursday 25 June 2009 11:08:30 Dimple Patel wrote: > The reason why I think that way is, that is wot

Re: [OT] Linksys wireless router on debian

2009-06-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 25 June 2009 11:24:23 Raffaele Morelli wrote: > 2009/6/25 Tony Baldwin : > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:27:59AM +0200, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > >> Hi you all, > >> > >> I bought a LinkSys WRT54GL wirelss router and I am going to configure > >> it to extend my DSL connection at home. >

Re: Debian 5.0.2 network manager not working?

2009-06-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 28 June 2009 19:18:54 Mark Marcacci wrote: > I've been installing Debian 5.0.1 via a downloaded jigdo DVD image from the > official site. This morning did a fresh laptop install and noticed it used > 795 files total versus 809 last week when I did a few trial installations > on the same

Re: New Dell netbook,Ubuntu,Debian and factory su password.

2009-06-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 29 June 2009 16:28:11 thveillon.debian wrote: > Luis Maceira wrote: > > As a Debian user since 2005 last week I bought a Dell netbook running > > Ubuntu (since it is Debian based),but I am unable to do administrative > > tasks: upgrading,become su etc. because I cannot find the su passwor

Re: Gmail filtering. NOT OT

2009-06-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 30 June 2009 02:13:43 Wayne Topa wrote: > Wayne Topa wrote: > > John W Foster wrote: > >> I need to know how to keep gmail/ or maybe my own mailing list setting, > >> from filtering out replys to posting on debian user and other debian > >> lists. > >> scenario: When I post an answer or

Re: how do i grep boobies

2009-07-04 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 04 July 2009 20:33:14 Dotan Cohen wrote: > > $ sudo apt-get install woman > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > E: Couldn't find package woman > > $ > > > > Oh, oh.  Out of luck, I'd guess. > > > > ...unless there might

Re: Locale testing

2008-12-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 06 December 2008 13:52:04 Dotan Cohen wrote: > I am having a hard time configuring my locale. Is there an application > that will display a date, a currency value, a time, a large integer, a > negative number, and some other locale-related data such that I can > see how my system is con

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