Hi,

My main color theme (for my fluxbox) is light-on-dark. But all GTK or QT
applications seems to be default to black-on-white, which is stressful
to my eyes.

I'm wondering if I can change those GTK/QT applications to a light-on-dark
theme. Moreover, can you recommend a good light-on-dark theme?

thanks

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Folks,

You do a wonderful job, keeping the best dist. flowing along and
helping those who need it, on this list. I started with Debian and
can't see myself changing ever. It works too well, even for a bumbling
hobbyist like myself.

Please, PLEASE keep up the great work that is needed for a project and
community like this to thrive! My new year's hat is off to you all!

Kenward
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Hello List,

I have just tried Multi-Gnome-Terminal on my new x86_64 box:
it appears the terminal is filled with arbitrary caracters
[ bug #345504 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345504

Is there any good alternative, patches or workarounds ?

Thanks in advance,
Jerome

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i am use Sid a few week ago the icons of partitions don't show anymore in nautilus or desktop of gnome ( AFAIK nautilus control the desktop icons ) if you mount  usb storage device the icon show up but the other partition not , even in place menu of gnome

so somebody know what happen with is a bug ? a feature ? anyway way to get back  ?

second question , i have a usb storage device ( external enclosure disk of 2.5" ) with a fat32 file system , i set a volumen name in windows "DATA" when i connect it to my Debian box it is mount with the volumen name "DATA" so is posible get the same way for example my sata disk with XFS that nautilus read the volumen name .



third question anybody can guide me for get this with udev+hal or whatever is in that process: i want get all disk that is not specific in the /etc/fsfab mounted and try reading the volumen name ( read the second question  ) and mount with that name and with the same permission that get a USB storage device with you mount it

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When you have 2 network cards in use with debian with DNS server configured on each which one does it choose to query for an address?

 

 

Is configuring 2 network cards on debian as simple as configuring one card?

 

 

thanks everyone.

Researchers have amassed data showing that people commit systematic errors in perception that can jeopardize their health, sabotage careers and even threaten world peace.
Kristopher Lee: Seattle Times

Dec. 29, 2006, 12:21PM
DOES YOUR MIRROR LIE?
Note to self: Have I told you how great I am?
Overinflated self-worth not an uncommon occurrence

By KYUNG M. SONG
Seattle Times

SEATTLE - David Dunning played the cello seriously as a teen - and he thought himself quite talented.

Then Dunning heard a recording by Jacqueline du Pré, the late English cellist who was renowned for playing with a brilliant ferocity. "So that's what you do with that instrument," a chastened Dunning, now professor of psychology at Cornell University, recalls thinking. "I had no clue that you could do that with the cello."

Hi all,
I'm considering buying a Freecom 27047 external HD (400GB/Highspeed USB).
I'm running Debian testing with a 2.6.17 kernel. Although Linux is not
listed as a required OS, I don't see why this couldn't be used with Debian.
Does anyone have any experience in this area?
Any advice welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan

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CNet is running a snapshot of articles giving a 2006 year in review from an open source perspective.

Topics run the gamut, from the Novell/Microsoft deal, to the GPL 3 development, to the freeing of Sun's Java and IBM's DB2, and more.

http://www.spartacuslives.org/node/3029

Bush's Worst Lies of 2006

A look back at some of the biggest falsehoods of 2006.

By Eleanor Clift

Dec. 22, 2006 - In the spirit of holding our political leaders accountable, this year-end review will tabulate the worst lies told by Bush and company, along with several stories that were underreported in the media. Much of what was generated got lost in the fog of war, but the long arm of history will retrieve these moments. As the president said in his news conference this week, if they’re still writing about No. 1—George Washington—there’s plenty of time before the historians can properly evaluate No. 43. Judging by the mess in Iraq, it could be 200 or 300 years—if ever—before Bush is vindicated.

Bush has shifted his rhetoric in deference to the grim and deteriorating reality on the ground in Iraq. Asked by a reporter on Oct. 25 if we are winning the war, Bush said, “Absolutely, we’re winning.” Offered the opportunity at his press conference to defend that statement, Bush has adopted a new formulation. He now says, “We’re not winning, but we’re not losing.” That sounds like the definition of a quagmire.

http://www.spartacuslives.org/node/3308

Informed Comment - Dec 26, 2006
http://www.juancole.com/

Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2006

by Juan Cole

1. Myth number one is that the United States "can still win" in Iraq. Of course, the truth of this statement, frequently still made by William Kristol and other Neoconservatives, depends on what "winning" means. But if it means the establishment of a stable, pro-American, anti-Iranian government with an effective and even-handed army and police force in the near or even medium term, then the assertion is frankly ridiculous. The Iraqi "government" is barely functioning. The parliament was not able to meet in December because it could not attain a quorum. Many key Iraqi politicians live most of the time in London, and much of parliament is frequently abroad. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki does not control large swathes of the country, and could give few orders that had any chance of being obeyed. The US military cannot shore up this government, even with an extra division, because the government is divided against itself. Most of the major parties trying to craft legislation are also linked to militias on the streets who are killing one another. It is over with. Iraq is in for years of heavy political violence of a sort that no foreign military force can hope to stop.

http://www.spartacuslives.org/node/3276

DMI's 2006 Injustice Index

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

Wages that an average CEO earns before lunchtime: more than a full-time minimum wage worker makes in a year

Ratio of the average U.S. CEO's annual pay to a minimum wage worker's: 821:1

Year when this ratio reached its highest so far: 2006

Total compensation in 2005 of Barry Diller of IAC/Interactive, the highest paid CEO in the US today: $469 million

Additional amount that Mr. Diller received in new stock options "to motivate Mr. Diller for future performance": $7.6 million

Percentage of Americans who feel chronically overworked: 30

Years of unused vacation time that American workers collectively give back to their employers each year: 1.6 million

Hi all, Happy New Year!

I know I can get my Debian's version number in /etc/debian_version
file.
But how I map this to its name (Sarge, Potato, Woody)?

Thank you

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Hi,

Here's a weird one... I've noticed that as soon as the GRUB
boot-loader runs, I lose my DVD-RW drive. It functions normally if I
jump into the BIOS setup at boot time, then ceases to respond the
moment GRUB runs, so that even if I boot into WinXP, the drive does
not show up. Restoring the MBR makes the problem go away, so it is
definitely not a drive problem.

I can't see anything specifically about this at the GNU GRUB home
page. Anyone have any ideas, please?

Thx,
klw
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Dear all

I am running sarge. How can I rip a CD into mp3 with soundjuicer? I need
gstreamer-lame, but I don't know how install it in sarge. I was looking
the archives, but without success.

Thanks in advance!

Marcelo

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Hi eveyone, I am in desperate need of help to understand the configuration when using ./configure to install apache 2.

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --enable-so
I understand what the prefix does, its the module theory.
>From my understanding --enable-so, enable shared objects.
So correct me if i'm wrong I can now, in the httpd.conf load a module via, for example:
LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so

But then there are commands such as:
--add-module=module_type:/path/to/3rdparty/mod_foo.c --enable-module=shared
&
--enable-module=shared
What do each of these do?
Why would I ever need this if I have used --enable-so ?
I installed PHP using ./configure --enable-so and everything worked fine.

Also where does apxs come into it all?
When I configured PHP I used:
./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs
I don't really understand what this means?



Many many thanks to anyone who can help with this!

Hello -

I'm getting the following error message every time I attempt to unmount my USB flash drive.  

Error

Cannot unmount volume

The volume was probably mounted manually on the command line.


Details

Device to unmount is not in /media/.hal-mtab so it is not mounted by HAL

Contrary to the message, I didn't mount it manually on the command line.  It's been occurring now about a week.  Previously, there was no problem.  I guess it's not a big issue just pulling it out, but I'd rather do it the proper way.  Since it began, I've been going to Administration > Disk and simply disabling it.

Hello -

I'm getting the following error message every time I attempt to unmount my USB flash drive.  

Error

Cannot unmount volume

The volume was probably mounted manually on the command line.


Details

Device to unmount is not in /media/.hal-mtab so it is not mounted by HAL

Contrary to the message, I didn't mount it manually on the command line.  It's been occurring now about a week.  Previously, there was no problem.  I guess it's not a big issue just pulling it out, but I'd rather do it the proper way.  Since it began, I've been going to Administration > Disk and simply disabling it.

Every day I get an email to my root account with the following error:

/etc/cron.daily/apt-cacher:
flock() on closed filehandle $lck at
/usr/share/apt-cacher/apt-cacher-cleanup.pl line 121.
flock() on closed filehandle $lck at
/usr/share/apt-cacher/apt-cacher-cleanup.pl line 123.

Not really sure (a) what this means and (b) how to rectify the problem.
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Hello,

I'm new to debian, but not to linux.  I've been using Gentoo for the past 6 years or so, but I'm getting tired of having to make sure any new updates aren't going to destroy my systems.  I'm just wanting a system I can use instead of babysit.  So I was going to try debian out because of apt-get, and the fact that it has releases instead of having major updates released on live systems.


So anyways, I grabbed the netinst install cd and boot to it, only to find out that it can't find my e1000 ethernet card...?  Is there some kind of known problem with this card and the netinst cd or something?  I can use it without any problems in Gentoo and windows.


Any help would be appreciated!

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Darryl Smith escribió:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Darryl Smith
> *To:*
>
> *Sent:* Friday, December 29, 2006 11:22 PM
> *Subject:* Trouble with apt-get
>
> Hi, apologies if this is a common question...
>
> I'm trying to setup an apache tomcat server for educational use and
> I need to install the jdk but when I run:
>
> apt-get install java-package
>
> I get the following output:
>
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Couldn't find package java-package
>
> I've check my sources.list file and it contains the following three

Hi,

I'm looking for a music player in Debian with some features, I
did not yet find in the ones I tried (alsaplayer, beep,
mp3blaster, quodlibet, rhythmbox, zinf). I did not try banshee
("55.2 MB of additional disk space will be used") nor amarok
("124MB..."). What I would like to see:

- most important: changing the speed without changing the pitch

- using a second output or sound card for "pre-listening"

- cross-fading

- search by artist/title/genre and by ranking

- nice to have: keeping track of intro/extro sequences

- UI: GTK+ or plain terminal preferred

Things I do not care about:

- any other media than locally stored OGG/MP3 files

- mobile music player devices

Is there such a program in Debian or at least in the free
software universe? Many thanks in advance!

Hello. Has anyone, when using a generic usb phone for skype, had any luck getting the keys on such a device working? I can hear, and talk, but I cannot dial using the keys the device I have.

Mark

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On a partition mounted as /tmp on /dev/hda2 df report

df -h | grep -E "Size|hda2"
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 479M 454M 0 100% /tmp

and total space used by /tmp directory is

du -sh /tmp/
1.4M /tmp/

Why this differences between used space reported df and du appear ?

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I've been using netatalk to connect several Macs to my Debian boxes for
several years. For the last few month, one box has been running Etch.
All worked fine until two days ago. There was a power failure which forced
a reboot of all computers. After the reboot, one of the netatalk shares
on one of the linux boxes could not be mounted on any of the Macs.
Nothing had changed in AppleVolumes.default as a result of the power
crash, and so far as I can determine, the most recent update to netatalk
was well before I installed Etch. The shares that continue to work are
the default Debian netatalk, '~/'. The one that stopped working is a
directory that I have created, '/bg4', (at the top level in the heirarchy).
I don't see anything peculiar about the permissions on this directory, and,

I've seen this happening on my etch laptop more often recently (not
exactly sure when I first saw it, but it has probably been within the
last 3 months). I generally keep the system relatively up-to-date
(almost always within a couple weeks of current testing).

I typically leave my laptop on overnight, or just running while I'm
doing something else -- and during this time the laptop is basically
idle. After some time, I'll return to the laptop and find that it has
kicked me out of my gnome session to the gdm login prompt screen.

I see this in the messages file:

Dec 30 09:11:50 gish gconfd (xxxx-####): Received signal 15, shutting
down cleanly
Dec 30 09:11:50 gish gconfd (xxxx-####): Exiting

I've googled a bit and not found a real cause, solution, or workaround.