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> Re: Request to remove Information [ "David E. Fox" <dfox@m206-157.dsl.t ]
> Re: Request to remove Information [ "David E. Fox" <dfox@m206-157.dsl.t ]
> Re: Request to remove Information [ "David E. Fox" <dfox@m206-157.dsl.t ]
> Re: Help connect a Nikon D70s camera [ "H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com> ]
> Re: Request to remove Information [ Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> ]
> Re: DHCP with Static Addresses [ Alex Malinovich <demonbane@the-love ]
> Re: compiling kernel module question [ Amish Rughoonundon <axr0284@rit.edu ]
> Re: DHCP with Static Addresses [ Alex Malinovich <demonbane@the-love ]
> Re: Debian on Toshiba Satellite Pro [ Wei Hu <feelingwei@gmail.com> ]
> screen resolution [ Bob Hynes <rhynes1@comcast.net> ]
> Re: screen resolution [ steef <steefvanduin@zonnet.nl> ]
> Re: Why are KDE and Gnome mixed toge [ steef <steefvanduin@zonnet.nl> ]
> Re: Request to remove Information [ Steve Lamb <grey@dmiyu.org> ]
> Re: xorg + nvidia not working [ Philippe Grenard <philippe.grenard@ ]
> Re: promise supertrak sx6000 crashes [ Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@pant ]
> [gnome] Nautilus freezes [ belbo <andrea.ballatore@gmail.com> ]
> licq and enlightenment16 in sid [ Lubos Vrbka <lubos.vrbka@gmail.com> ]
> Evince has poor performance when ope [ Hongzheng Wang <wanghz@gmail.com> ]
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> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 19:12:43 -0800
> From: "David E. Fox" <dfox@m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:45:58 +0100
> Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de> wrote:
>
> > Not right, none of my friends there "keep alive". For China, they earn
> > enorm. The equivalent in Europ would be 6000 to 8000 Euros per month.
>
> >From what I've read, the average earnings go a lot further in China
> than they do here (in California). Earnings are of course, relative.
>
> > Hmmm, I have only bougth an Appartement for 29.000 Euro in Marrakech/
> > Morocco and have a nice house in Denizli/Turkey for around 50.000 Euro.
>
> Maybe we all should move to Morocco :). About $600,000 (don't know the
> conversion rates ATM) will get you a bungalow in Silicon Valley (I live
> in Sunnyvale, CA). Nicer places are of course a lot more than that,
> although you can own a somewhat nice condo in Beaverton (near Portland,
> Oregon, USA) for maybe $92,000.
>
>
> > Michelle
>
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> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 19:25:23 -0800
> From: "David E. Fox" <dfox@m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:51:23 -0800
> Steve Lamb <grey@dmiyu.org> wrote:
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> > Oh how I hate this, really. It's led to some rather interesting want ads
> > that I just have to laugh at. I mean people post ads looking for people well
>
> I seem to remember one that was looking for a Perl programmer with five
> or so years experience. This ad was placed maybe a year after Perl was
> in existence.
>
>
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> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 20:07:52 -0800
> From: "David E. Fox" <dfox@m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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> On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:44:11 +1300
> Chris Bannister <mockingbird@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
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> >
> > What is your diocese?
>
> It's tattooed on the back of his neck.
>
> > Chris.
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> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:12:33 -0500
> From: "H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Help connect a Nikon D70s camera to a debian box
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> Bruno Buys wrote:
>
> >> Okay, I have to ask this now:
> >> 1. To what groups do you belong as a normal user? (what is the output of
> >> groups command?)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > bruno@frank:~$ groups
> > bruno dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev
>
> I am also a member of camera group but I guess that is for the
> libgphoto2 stuff (see /usr/share/doc/libgphoto2-2/README.Debian).
>
> >
> >> 2. What is the output of this command:
> >> $> dpkg -l *udev* *gphoto* pmount gnome-volume-manager | grep ^i
> >>
> >>
> > frank:/home/bruno# dpkg -l *udev* *gphoto* pmount gnome-volume-manager |
> > grep ^i
> > No packages found matching pmount.
> > No packages found matching gnome-volume-manager.
> > ii gphoto2 2.1.5-1 The gphoto2 digital camera command-line client
> > ii libgphoto2-2 2.1.5-6 gphoto2 digital camera library
> > ii libgphoto2-2-dev 2.1.5-6 gphoto2 digital camera library (development fi
> > ii libgphoto2-port0 2.1.5-6 gphoto2 digital camera port library
> > ii udev 0.056-3 /dev/ management daemon
>
>
> Now, if you were running Gnome, pmount and gnome-volume-manager would
> really have helped, but since you are running KDE ...
>
> >> 3. What are you using: Gnome, KDE, or some other manager?
> >>
> > kde
>
>
> ... I guess you should give digikam a try. I have been able to use
> digikam quite smoothly without any problems at all whenever I was in
> KDE. If that doesn't work, let me know. I usually plug in the camera,
> start digikam and let it detect a camera. If it can't, then I suggest it
> to look for ptp (or usb) camera from it's detection menu and it works.
>
> ->HS
>
>
> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:48:51 -0600
> From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Request to remove Information
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> On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 20:07 -0800, David E. Fox wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:44:11 +1300
> > Chris Bannister <mockingbird@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > What is your diocese?
> >
> > It's tattooed on the back of his neck.
>
> Ok, that's ambiguous.
>
> --
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>
> "Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers."
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>
>
> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:43:20 -0800
> From: Alex Malinovich <demonbane@the-love-shack.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: DHCP with Static Addresses
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> On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 11:58 -0500, Kenneth Jacker wrote:
> > >> However, what I'd like to do somehow is make my RFC1819 addresses
> > >> remain the same at home
> >=20
> > hs> The big question is: why do you actually care for the address?
> > hs> There are only rare cases where this is actually needed for a clien=
> t.
> >=20
> > Two needs come to mind:
> >=20
> > o ssh-ing to one of the machines ... how do I know its address?
> >=20
> > o printing to one of the machines running CUPS ... again, I must
> > specify the addr of the print server machine
> >=20
> > If you can suggest a way to do these things, I'll be glad to use your
> > approach rather than having "fixed" addresses ...
> >=20
> >=20
> > Thanks for your comments! =20
>
> Actually, in both of these cases I would suggest just running a local
> DNS server and enabling dynamic DNS updates.
>
> I actually use a combination of dynamic DNS and static DHCP leases at
> home. I have static DHCP pointing to DNS entries. So I can change my
> DHCP lease address by changing just the DNS entry.
>
> The only thing that DNS names don't work for sometimes is iptables, so
> if you're doing a lot of machine specific filtering and forwarding in
> iptables, it's still useful to have static leases defined.
>
> --=20
> Alex Malinovich
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> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 00:51:55 -0500
> From: Amish Rughoonundon <axr0284@rit.edu>
> To: Almut Behrens <almut_behrens@gmx.net>
> Cc: debian mailing list <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: compiling kernel module question
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> Thanks you were right on target with your answer,
> lemme see if I understand what you meant: The kernel-source files that I
> downloaded is common to all linux distribution while the kernel-header files
> is particular to a certain version and distribution. Thanks a lot for taking
> the time to help me out,
> Amish
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Almut Behrens" <almut_behrens@gmx.net>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 9:43 PM
> Subject: Re: compiling kernel module question
>
>
> > On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 05:36:26PM -0500, Amish Rughoonundon wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> I have been trying to compile and insert a simple kernel module but
> >> without luck. This is what I did.
> >> Since the freshly installed debian sarge 3.1 distro did not have any
> >> source files under /usr/src, I di uname -a to make sure of the kernel
> >> version that is installed:
> >> Linux test 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Mon May 16 16:47:51 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
> >>
> >> and then I downloaded the kernel-source-2.4.27.tar.bz2, unziped and
> >> untarred it. I then copied this program from a book into example.c:
> >>
> >> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> >> #include <linux/module.h>
> >> #include <linux/init.h>
> >> static char __initdata hellomessage[] = KERN_NOTICE "Hello, world!\n";
> >> static char __exitdata byemessage[] = KERN_NOTICE "Goodbye, cruel
> >> world.\n";
> >> static int __init start_hello_world(void)
> >> {
> >> printk(hellomessage);
> >> return 0;
> >> }
> >> static void __exit go_away(void)
> >> {
> >> printk(byemessage);
> >> }
> >> module_init(start_hello_world);
> >> module_exit(go_away);
> >>
> >> I then compiled it using
> >> gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.27/include -c
> >> example.c
> >>
> >>
> >> I tried inserting it into the kernel using
> >> /sbin/insmod example.o
> >>
> >> but this is the message I got back:
> >>
> >> example.o: kernel-module version mismatch
> >> example.o was compiled for kernel version 2.6.0
> >> while this kernel is version 2.4.27-2-386.
> >
> > If you want to build kernel modules, you need to use the kernel headers
> > _as configured for your current kernel_. The generic header files which
> > come with the original kernel sources won't work...
> >
> > For a stock debian kernel such as 2.4.27-2-386, it's probably easiest
> > to just install the respective packages
> >
> > * kernel-headers-2.4.27-2-386 (or kernel-headers-2.4-386 for that
> > matter, which depends on kernel-headers-2.4.27-2-386), and
> >
> > * kernel-headers-2.4.27-2 (containing the header files common to all
> > architectures, referenced via symlinks from within the -386 package).
> >
> > Then set your include path
> > to -I/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-2-386/include.
> >
> > I'm not entirely sure how you got that 2.6.0 version into your module,
> > but I guess the following happened: as there's no "version.h" in the
> > unconfigured kernel sources, the file /usr/include/linux/version.h
> > probably got pulled in instead (because it's on the standard include
> > path)... However, these include files (though they're kernel headers,
> > too) belong to libc, and must not necessarily match the current kernel
> > version (in fact, I believe those in sarge are version 2.6.0 -- btw,
> > this is the package linux-kernel-headers).
> >
> > If you're interested in what went wrong in your original attempt, you
> > could run just the preprocessor (-E), and grep for version.h in its output
> >
> > gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.27/include -E
> > example.c | grep version.h
> >
> > I'd think you see something like "# 1 "/usr/include/linux/version.h" 1
> > 3"...
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Almut
> >
> >
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>
> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:39:15 -0800
> From: Alex Malinovich <demonbane@the-love-shack.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: DHCP with Static Addresses
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> On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 20:14 +0200, Maxim Vexler wrote:=20
> > On 11/25/05, Kenneth Jacker <khj@be.cs.appstate.edu> wrote:
> > > am> If you're using DHCP and you want to have "static" IPs for your
> > > am> devices what you need to do is assign a static lease on the DHCP
> > > am> server. Assuming you're using dhcpd you'll want something
> > > am> similar to this in your dhcpd.conf:
> > >
> > > am> host yourhostname {
> > > am> hardware ethernet 00:11:22:AA:BB:CC;
> > > am> fixed-address 192.168.0.123;
> > > am> }
> > >
> > > Good idea!
> > >
> > > However, 'dhcpd' is running within my LinkSys router, not on one of my
> > > Debian boxen ...
> > >
> > > I spent quite a few minutes going through the router's option pages,
> > > but couldn't see a way to specify this.
> > >
> > > Anyone know how to configure a LinkSys router to use the above approach=
> ?
> --snip--=20
> > I believe you would find man page of interface(5) useful for your needs.
> > Especially concentrate on the mapping script
> >=20
> > Quoting the man page:
> > <<<
> > Stanzas defining logical interfaces start with a line consisting o=
> f the
> > word "iface" followed by the name of the logical interface. In s=
> imple
> > configurations without mapping stanzas this name should simply be=
> the
> > name of the physical interface to which it is to be applied. =
> (The
> > default mapping script is, in effect, the echo command.) The inte=
> rface
> > name is followed by the name of the address family that the inte=
> rface
> > uses. This will be "inet" for TCP/IP networking, but there is =
> also
> > some support for IPX networking ("ipx"), and IPv6 networking ("ine=
> t6").
> > Following that is the name of the method used to configure the i=
> nter-
> > face.
> > >>>
> >=20
> > You could set inside the mapping script a "static" IP but let dhcp
> > configure the rest.
> > See also /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/network-interfaces.gz for
> > "confirmed" mapping examples.
>
> While it would be possible to write a custom ifupdown script to run
> after DHCP supplies you with any necessary info, it would be far from
> the ideal solution.
>
> Specifying a static IP in /etc/network/interfaces with the dhcp option
> set would also not work as the dhcp option would cause any static IP's
> listed to just be ignored.
>
> The "correct" way to do this is to use a static lease. That's the reason
> that static leases exist in the DHCP spec in the first place.
>
> --=20
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> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 18:37:29 +1100
> From: Wei Hu <feelingwei@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Debian on Toshiba Satellite Pro M70
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> do a google search, and go to the website: http://www.linux-laptop.net/.
>
>
>
> On 11/26/05, Bernard Fay <bfay@deepcosmos.ca> wrote:
> > Hello Group,
> >
> > My office provided me with a M70 laptop. I plan to install Debian on it.
> > I would like to know if anyone had a chance to installed Debian or other
> > Linux distros on this laptop and how succesful the installation went.
> > Are there any particularities for the installation?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bernard
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
>
> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:58:51 +0000
> From: Bob Hynes <rhynes1@comcast.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: screen resolution
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> Can someone remind me how to change the screen resolution in Debian when
> the "Configure - Desktop" application doesn't have the option for 1024 X
> 768? I can't get anything higher than 832 X 624 at 75Hz. I know the
> system is capable of it with Windows.
>
>
> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:19:08 +0100
> From: steef <steefvanduin@zonnet.nl>
> To: rhynes1@comcast.net, debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: screen resolution
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> Bob Hynes wrote:
>
> >Can someone remind me how to change the screen resolution in Debian when
> >the "Configure - Desktop" application doesn't have the option for 1024 X
> >768? I can't get anything higher than 832 X 624 at 75Hz. I know the
> >system is capable of it with Windows.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> with # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 .or. xserver--xorg
> gives you that opportunity.
>
> steef
>
>
> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:30:55 +0100
> From: steef <steefvanduin@zonnet.nl>
> To: loos <loos@qt1.iq.usp.br>, debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: Why are KDE and Gnome mixed together?
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> loos wrote:
>
> >Em Sex, 2005-11-25 às 19:59 -0500, Edward C. Jones escreveu:
> >
> >
> >>I removed X and everything that needs X. Then I reinstalled X and KDE.
> >>So I presume I am running KDE. But why gnome menus, themes, fonts, etc.?
> >>Where are the docs for this? Configuration program? Configuration files?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >Most of gnome/kde does not need X. You can use another Xserver to run
> >it.
> >No need to install a xserver, in order to run say abiword or konqueror
> >
> >Michel
> >
> >
> >
> >>I use Debian unstable on a PC.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> i installed the x-server, kdebase/konqueror with a xfce desktop
> (cholesterol-free). that 's my base. with a tool as kpackage *or* dpkg
> *tar etc* and the gnu-compilers i built a lean smooth perfect working system
>
> steef
>
>
> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 01:19:04 -0800
> From: Steve Lamb <grey@dmiyu.org>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Ok, that's ambiguous.
>
> Yeaaaah, considering my wife would be mighty surprised if a tat showed up
> there now. :D
>
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> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:51:53 +0100
> From: Philippe Grenard <philippe.grenard@m4x.org>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: xorg + nvidia not working
> Message-Id: <[🔎] 200511260951.53696.philippe.grenard@m4x.org>
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> Le Samedi 26 Novembre 2005 02:47, Jonathan Pearce a =E9crit=A0:
> > I am running etch. A while ago, I dist-upgraded from xserver-xfree86 to
> > xserver-xorg, and from a customized kernel 2.6.8 to the stock etch
> > kernel 2.6.12. I had compiled the Nvidia drivers 7664 for my 2.6.8 and
> > it worked fine.
> >
> > After my dist-upgrade, I have xserver-xorg working with the free nv
> > driver. When I try to use the non-free etch nvidia driver for 3D, I get
> > the following message:
> > Fatal server error:
> > Caught signal 11. Server aborting
> >
> > There aren't any error messages (EE) in my Xorg.0.log. I've attached it
> > for completeness.
> >
> > The nvidia driver is loaded.
> >
> > jdpearce@pughbert:~$ lsmod | egrep nvidia
> > nvidia 3922076 0
> > agpgart 35560 2 nvidia,intel_agp
> >
> > I see the NVidia splash screen before the X server crashes. I don't have
> > all the nvidia devices that this HOWTO suggests I should have:
> >
> > http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/troubleshooting.html
> >
> > Could this be some kind of udev problem? I didn't have udev before. I
> > also haven't been able to bring up my 865's builtin sound, though I
> > haven't tried very hard yet.
> >
> > If anybody has any ideas about how I could fix this or how I could find
> > out what is wrong, I'd be glad for the help.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Jonathan Pearce
> >
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> maybe there are some other info on ~/.Xsession-errors ?
> or maybe the system is running out of space on /tmp : did you try to free s=
> ome=20
> space on the partition containing /tmp ?
>
>
> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:51:41 +0100
> From: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@panthera-systems.net>
> To: pascal <pascal@deception.nl>
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: promise supertrak sx6000 crashes XFree86
> Message-ID: <[🔎] 4388302D.9090404@panthera-systems.net>
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> pascal wrote:
> > Problem:
> > With the card inserted in the pci-slot, Xfree86 fails to start.
> > Claiming it can't find my vga-card. After removing the adapter card,
> > everything works fine.
>
> check in the bios, that your slot where you put the card in does not use
> irq 11. if unsure, don't let the bios allocate irq dyanmically and set
> them static.
>
> > I already tried to insert the module provided by the kernel for promise
> > cards.
> > Module: pdc202xx.old
>
> this module is wrong, its only for promise fasttrak, not the sx6k.
>
> with sx6k, you have two possibilities:
>
> with 2.4: you need to download the driver from promise.com, patch your
> kernel-sources and recompile it. the driver is not included in vanilla,
> because it is very broken. it even don't let the admin show, if a device
> is failed etc. there is no other possibility to use the card under 2.4
> as the vanilla kernel does not support that card at all.
>
> with 2.6: the promise driver is not ported to 2.6; but 2.6 vanilla does
> support it as a normal pci adapter. you can then use it for
> software-raid via the device mapper.
>
> in both cases: make sure you set the os-type to 'other' in the bios of
> the sx6k; do not set it to linux as this makes more troubles as stay on
> 'other'.
>
> and: this card is very, very slow. although it is hardware-raid with a
> old and i960 epu variant, software raid is much more faster on it. using
> this card, you should always use softraid on it. its faster and more
> flexible.
>
> --
> Address: Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist
> Email: daniel.baumann@panthera-systems.net
> Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/
>
>
> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:10:05 +0100
> From: belbo <andrea.ballatore@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: [gnome] Nautilus freezes
> Message-ID: <[🔎] 4388428D.9000109@abulafia.it>
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> Hi guys,
>
> I've got Etch Debian with Gnome, updated every week via apt.
> My nautilus is always freezed after gnome startup: I have to kill it, and then
> it works. But sometimes, maybe once a day, it freezes again. I did not
> understand the reason.
>
> Here's nautilus version:
>
> ii libnautilus-burn1 2.10.2-2 Nautilus Burn
> Library - runtime version
> ii libnautilus-extension-dev 2.10.1-5 libraries for
> nautilus components - developm
> ii libnautilus-extension1 2.10.1-5 libraries for
> nautilus components - runtime
> ii nautilus 2.10.1-5 file manager
> and graphical shell for GNOME
> ii nautilus-data 2.10.1-5 data files for
> nautilus
>
> Thanks and bye,
> belbo
>
>
> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:19:25 +0100
> From: Lubos Vrbka <lubos.vrbka@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: licq and enlightenment16 in sid
> Message-ID: <[🔎] 438844BD.7030707@gmail.com>
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> hi guys,
>
> i recently upgraded to sid. when using enlightenment (0.16) and licq, i
> am not able to set the position of the status window (dock icon -
> LicqWharf). i cen set up it to remember its position in the
> windowmanager, however after the restart, it is again placed in
> different location (almost out of the root window). when using
> "stickiness" i am not able to locate the dock icon at all...
>
> anyone has seen similar behavior? i tried several setups (and also
> enlightenment DR17) and nothing worked.
>
> thanks for any hints. regards,
>
> --
> Lubos
> _@_"
>
>
> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 19:45:34 +0800
> From: Hongzheng Wang <wanghz@gmail.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Evince has poor performance when opening large PDF file
> Message-ID: <[🔎] b954b2060511260345x63997e8fxb25b4de2f74cbc25@mail.gmail.com>
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> Hi,
>
> I find the evince with Debian has very poor performance when I open
> large PDF file by it. However, the evince shipped by Ubuntu appears
> to be much better.
>
> In Debian, when I open a large PDF file, evince usually takes almost
> 100% CPU time for a quite long time or without an end. But in Ubuntu,
> it is not the case. The evince works very well for the same PDF file.
>
> Is some tips for using evince? Has Ubuntu done some special patches to evi=
> nce?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> --
> Hongzheng Wang
>
>
>
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