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M-L | 1 Apr 2007 01:02
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Re: Debian User List

On Sunday 01 April 2007 07:34, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi sent this for all our 
perusal:
>---} David Baron wrote:
>---}
>---} > Most recently, how much of the heavy traffic on this list has had
> anything ---} > to do with Debian? With Linux? With computers?
>---} >
>---} > The price of bread, love or hate Wallmart or Sponge-Bob, Ubuntu or
> Dell ---} > (ok U is a Linux distro and Dell makes computers, but...)
> Endless threads ---} > filling my mailbox with irrelevance.
>---} >
>---}
>---} Actually, I do not mind the discussion about Ubuntu and Dell. We can
> learn a ---} lot from Ubuntu folks (or any other distribution's users for
> that matter). ---} I think the discussion about Dell computers (and
> hardware in general) is ---} very helpful for Debian users. But it is the
> other topics you highlighted ---} that get on my nerves...
>---}
>---} raju

So we agree that we can learn something from OT's? That we can read or just 
delete without reading? That Debian OT tells us what sort of people use 
Debian, this list, and computers in general?

Good, that's how I use it. Thank you to everyone.

Be well,
Charlie
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Andrei Popescu | 1 Apr 2007 01:04
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Re: video card / crt monitor problem ?

Peter Ellison <p.pe <at> btopenworld.com> wrote:

> Hello all
> 
> This is a real newbie question and I am now out of my depth.
> 
>   I have built a system out of my scrap box to experiment with Debian 
> (netinst from testing) using a RIVA TNT2 video card(nv drivers) and 
> Panasync 5G crt.

The relevant part from 'lspci -v' might be necessary if it's not a
config problem.

> Using the gui for screen resolution I attempted to change between the 
> offerings ie 1024 x 768  <at>  61hz,(would have expected 60hz here)800 x
> 600 and 640 x 480, no other refresh rates available. If I attempt to
> change from 1024 x 768 the screen blanks and returns me to the log in
> screen.

What GUI?

> I have found reference to the video card in the /var/log/x.org log
> and a lot of permutations for display settings which don't seem to
> correlate with the crt,s spec of H 30-64 V 50-160.

Do you have these specs in xorg.conf? Run

	dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

IIRC there are three ways to set monitor specs. You might need to
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Dusty Wilson | 1 Apr 2007 01:18
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Pronunciation of common Linux-related words

In an effort to not sound like a newbie when speaking verbally about
Linux-related terms, I would like to know how to properly pronounce
these words.  I've been training a co-worker on server management and
have run into quite a few terms for which I didn't quite know the
proper pronunciation.

Also I think I know the correct way to say some of these but I really
want to make sure, so I'll put those in the list too.

named = name-dee
pxe = pixie
Debian = deb-ee-inn
bind = bind, bin-dee, or ?
lilo = lie-lo, lill-lo, lee-lo, or ?
SQL = ess-cue-ell or sequel
MySQL = My-ess-cue-ell (according to an old FAQ on MySQL's site)
PostgreSQL = post-gress-cue-ell or ?
FAQ = eff-ay-cue or fak
etc = et-see
usr = user
lib = lib or lieb (short vs long i)
proc = prock
init = inn-it
daemon = demon, day-mon, or ?
kde = kay-dee-ee
gnu = new, guh-new, or ?
gnome = nome, guh-nome, or ?
vi = vee-aye or vye
passwd = password or pass-w-dee
irc = i-r-c, irk, or ?
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Paul Scott | 1 Apr 2007 01:32

Re: Lilypond

Kent West wrote:
> dfeuer wrote:
>> This comment is very late, but I thought I'd mention that LilyPond is
>> another program for engraving music.  I don't know how it compares to
>> MusiXTeX (although it apparently grew out of a MusiXTeX addon,
>> eventually leaving TeX), but it does produce good scores and is well
>> supported.
>>
> pinniped?
Meaning?

Paul Scott
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Dave Walker | 1 Apr 2007 01:38
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Re: Crashed X - Hard re-boot

On 3/31/07, Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer <at> icfo.es> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 17:29:13 -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > Dave Walker escribió:
> > >
> > > That raises the question, though, about what happined to terminal 1.
> > > Why won't it respond, and why does it appear to be comatose???
> > >
> > > Dave W.
> > >
> > >
> > If you don't want this to happen then you should use gdm or xdm or kdm,
> > then you just start gdm and terminal 1 is free ;-)
>
> I think another advantage of using [xkg]dm is avoiding the CTRL-ALT-F1,
> CTRL-Z attack against the X screen lock (if you leave your computer
> unattended and somebody else could walk along and use the keyboard).
>
> --
> Regards,
>          Florian
>
Thanks once again, all

I think I can see why the program is called X - it begins in VC1 and
sneaks over VC7 - sort of like a plot in X-Files or X as in
X-perimental!
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Douglas Allan Tutty | 1 Apr 2007 01:59
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Re: Crashed X - Hard re-boot

On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 12:40:54AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 17:29:13 -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote:
> > > 
> > > That raises the question, though, about what happined to terminal 1.
> > > Why won't it respond, and why does it appear to be comatose???
> > > 
> > If you don't want this to happen then you should use gdm or xdm or kdm,
> > then you just start gdm and terminal 1 is free ;-)
> 
> I think another advantage of using [xkg]dm is avoiding the CTRL-ALT-F1,
> CTRL-Z attack against the X screen lock (if you leave your computer
> unattended and somebody else could walk along and use the keyboard). 

So switch to vt2, log in, and run vlock -a

After all, what happens if X dies when you're using *dm?

Doug.
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Glen Pfeiffer | 1 Apr 2007 01:44

Re: Debian User List

---- David Baron wrote:
> Most recently, how much of the heavy traffic on this list has
> had anything to do with Debian? With Linux? With computers?

Likewise, how many threads have we had discussing the OT posts?
Quite a few. :-P

Instead of complaining about the list, which has been done a lot
lately, I suggest you ask us how to reduce your bandwidth usage.
I bet you would get a lot of good ideas.

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Glen
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Andrei Popescu | 1 Apr 2007 02:10
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Re: Lilypond

Paul Scott <paslist <at> ultrasw.com> wrote:

> Kent West wrote:
> > dfeuer wrote:
> >> This comment is very late, but I thought I'd mention that LilyPond
> >> is another program for engraving music.  I don't know how it
> >> compares to MusiXTeX (although it apparently grew out of a
> >> MusiXTeX addon, eventually leaving TeX), but it does produce good
> >> scores and is well supported.
> >>
> > pinniped?
> Meaning?

The answer is out there, ahem, in the archives ;)

Regards,
Andrei
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H.S. | 1 Apr 2007 02:15
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Re: kscd doesn't show utf-8 characters

Christoph Burgmer wrote:

> Maybe you should post that on debian-kde, maybe my hint does help:
> 
> If you refer to setting the CDDB answer to utf-8 then my guess is to try 
> something else then utf. I never had any album information stored in UTF-8, 
> it's more likely to be some bloddy old standard, maybe even some windows 
> encoding (since many users contribute using windows). For me trying all known 
> encoding schemes for one particular language does help.
> 
> If it comes to music (tagging) we are still in prehistorical times.
> 
> Christoph

I encountered this on an audio CD which I made myself. We recorded music 
(mics, mixer, mixer->Line-In and using audacity). We also entered the 
titles and cd-text info (using easytag). Entering the information was 
not a problem. The international characters in Unicode worked perfectly. 
Using vorbiscomment and metaflac commands I ensured that proper data has 
been saved in the tracks -- the output of the commands in Konsole 
displayed the characters properly. The only problem was getting that 
data displayed in kscd. I have since filed a bug in kscd package.

thanks,
->HS
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Ron Johnson | 1 Apr 2007 02:16
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Re: Motherboard recommendations


On 03/31/07 15:21, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
[snip]
> Asus EN7300GT Silent (nVidia GeForce 7300 GT), 245 MB video ram.

That's (literally) an odd RAM number...

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Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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