kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 35, Issue 38

[Charles Raney]

I have tried several times to unsubscribe, but evidently your site isn't working on removing my name from your list. Please remove me> From: kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 35, Issue 38> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:05:07 +0000> > Send kubuntu-users mailing list submissions to> kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to> kubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com> > You can reach the person managing the list at> kubuntu-users-owner at lists.ubuntu.com> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific> than "Re: Contents of kubuntu-users digest..."> > > Today's Topics:> > 1. Re: fstab Question (Derek Broughton)> 2. Re: HAL bug? (Derek Broughton)> 3. Re: fstab Question (Derek Broughton)> 4. Re: KMail from many platforms (Derek Broughton)> 5. Re: fstab Question (Derek Broughton)> 6. Re: fstab Question (Derek Broughton)> 7. Re: SMB problem: mounting a share on gutsy (Derek Broughton)> 8. Re: A GUI client for SQLite database on Kubuntu (Derek Broughton)> 9. Re: SMB problem: mounting a share on gutsy (Stew Schneider)> 10. Re: KMail from many platforms (Derek Broughton)> 11. Re: A GUI client for SQLite database on Kubuntu (Derek Broughton)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:13:55 -0400> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>> Subject: Re: fstab Question> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <1234876.Nt8kMlvQ2Z at cedar.serverforest.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii> > D. Michael McIntyre wrote:> > > On Friday 07 December 2007, Billie Walsh wrote:> > > >> simple to mount them manually but I would rather not have to. below is> > > >> IF I edit to make these parameters the same will I screw something up?> > > > Get rid of "noauto." It's preventing them from being mounted at boot> > time. (That's what it means.)> > Except that it's kind-of-required with the "users" parameter. If it's> auto-mounted, then it's going to be owned by root. That should be fine for> the Susie partition, but not for the XP one. If he wants to automount> sda1, he probably needs to assign it his own ID (or my preferred method was> to create a group "win", and add users to that group, and then set the> umask in the mount to ensure it was writable to group "win" - it being a> long time since I've needed this, I can't recall the exact fstab line).> -- > derek> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:08:19 -0400> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>> Subject: Re: HAL bug?> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <1756772.Pg8mi3cMH7 at cedar.serverforest.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii> > Paul S wrote:> > > Alexander Smirnov said the following on 12/06/2007 02:45 AM:> >> > >> Sometimes, when i plug usb flash drive in i do not see window which> >> offers me "open directory", "copy images with digiKam" or "cancel". I do> >> not see /media/disk directory is created and drive is mounted there.> > > > I have this same problem in gutsy after doing suspend / resume a few> > times. There are a number of bug reports in launchpad. It seems to be> > in the upstream kernel.> > > > On gutsy, when I restart hal with /etc/init.d/hal restart, the> > kde-guidance-powermanager gets goofed up and thinks the battery is being> > unplugged, so I have to kill and restart it before I can suspend again.> > I take it you are specifically talking about an in-memory suspend, rather> than hibernation, as the battery status doesn't seem to matter to> hibernating. In any case, it's easy enough to exit the powermanager and> restart it, at which point it will pick up the correct battery status. I> haven't checked if simply removing and reinserting the batter would fix it.> -- > derek> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 3> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:15:28 -0400> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>> Subject: Re: fstab Question> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <1477573.RHqHC9ffrV at cedar.serverforest.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii> > Billie Walsh wrote:> > > On 12/08/2007 Bruce Marshall wrote:> > >> I guess I don't have a lot of enthusiasm to help someone who won't> >> even take a small step to help themselves.> >>> >> <\rant off>> > > > I have spent hours reading faq's, wiki pages, and searching Google> > looking for most of my answers.> > Not enough. The answers are in the man page and obvious. I wholeheartedly> agree with Bruce.> <plonk>> -- > derek> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 4> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:23:59 -0400> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>> Subject: Re: KMail from many platforms> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <1887835.JjTyYFTU2g at cedar.serverforest.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii> > Sylviane et Perry White wrote:> > > Derek said (and David agreed ):> >> > Pointing ~/Mail to the same location should be practically harmlesss> >> > :-) I'd still feel safer letting an IMAP server do that.> > > Not sure what danger there is but I noticed kmailrc has informations on> > the sub-folders in Mail. If I added a folder in one system, the kmailrc> > file would be updated there but not on the other side. That alone it> > potentially frightening.> > Right - it appears it even knows about the IMAP folders, but it only keeps> metadata that you set from the menus, like whether to show HTML and inline> references, threading, etc.> > Actual index information is in the mail folders, so shouldn't be a problem.> -- > derek> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 5> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:18:09 -0400> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>> Subject: Re: fstab Question> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <1234877.zb6eVC8PJQ at cedar.serverforest.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii> > Donn wrote:> > >> can you imagine the hell for no speaking english people when reading> >> "man" or howto ?> >> and mostly never found the solution ????> > It's hell for us English speakers too :D> > > > Documentation is a b*tch and always will be. Don't hesitate to come to> > this list and ask stupid questions--I do it all the time!> > I've got no problem with people asking stupid questions. But when the> answers _are_ clearly in the man page, the poster would be far better> advised to apologize for wasting our time than to bitch about being told to> check the man pages. And I _never_ have time for anyone who'll tell me> they don't have time for the man pages. If she'd said "I couldn't> understand the man page", it would be completely different.> -- > derek> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 6> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:39:28 -0400> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>> Subject: Re: fstab Question> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <3462209.5Rf0lcydYs at cedar.serverforest.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii> > Derek Broughton wrote:> > > D. Michael McIntyre wrote:> > > >> On Friday 07 December 2007, Billie Walsh wrote:> >> > >>> simple to mount them manually but I would rather not have to. below is> >> > >>> IF I edit to make these parameters the same will I screw something up?> >> > >> Get rid of "noauto." It's preventing them from being mounted at boot> >> time. (That's what it means.)> > > > Except that it's kind-of-required with the "users" parameter. If it's> > auto-mounted, then it's going to be owned by root. That should be fine> > for> > the Susie partition, but not for the XP one. If he wants to automount> > ...she... sorry.> -- > derek> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 7> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:36:48 -0400> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>> Subject: Re: SMB problem: mounting a share on gutsy> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <1929022.7pOPZztHzg at cedar.serverforest.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii> > D. R. Evans wrote:> > > David McGlone said the following at 12/09/2007 05:57 PM :> > >> Was this problem resolved?> > > > Only with the explicit "mount -a" in the rc.local file. But that's good> > enough for me.> > > > Even if nmbd isn't running, the fact that I use the "bg" option should (I> > think) cause the system to keep trying until nmbd is up and running -- but> > the mount never occurs unless I put the "mount -a" in the rc.local file.> > > > So I'm still unsure why "auto,bg" doesn't work. Just as I'm unsure why one> > has to use an IP address instead of a name.> > > > So in other words, thanks to the help the end result is as if it were all> > working properly, but behind the scenes it seems like there are things> > that aren't quite right. Whether it's just my system that's "not quite> > right" for some reason I'm not sure; googling around seems to indicate> > that both these problems are quite common, so it appears to be more than> > just something a bit wrong somehow with my system.> > I think it's something wrong with SMB (not Samba). My Windows desktop> rarely connects to all the SMB shares (on other Windows boxes) it's> supposed to autoconnect to, either. I can manually connect to them, but> not automatically.> -- > derek> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 8> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:42:31 -0400> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>> Subject: Re: A GUI client for SQLite database on Kubuntu> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <2132083.rZrK8oVgTD at cedar.serverforest.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii> > Luca wrote:> > > Hi all.> > > > I need a client (even if very simple) to query SQLite database. I> > tryed Tora, but I can't find a way to connect to SQLite (it seems that> > only postgresql is available... maybe because I've only postgres> > installed on my machine?).> > Tora was bought by Quest software for no better reason than to kill it off. > It's not much use for anything these days.> > > > Anyone can point me to some GUI client fo Kubuntu?> > Really, just about any of the Java-based DB tools should work. I don't know> any that are strictly Free, but I'd be interested in finding a good one,> because I administer 3 different kinds of SQL db.> -- > derek> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 9> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:58:37 -0500> From: Stew Schneider <stew.schneider at gmail.com>> Subject: Re: SMB problem: mounting a share on gutsy> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <475D460D.6070408 at gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed> > Derek Broughton wrote:> > I think it's something wrong with SMB (not Samba). My Windows desktop > > rarely connects to all the SMB shares (on other Windows boxes) it's > > supposed to autoconnect to, either. I can manually connect to them, > > but not automatically.> You're not, perhaps, running VISTA? The authentication problems > introduced by that catastrophe are well known....> > stew> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 10> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:34:18 -0400> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>> Subject: Re: KMail from many platforms> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <5170166.MxjbsjIEze at cedar.serverforest.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii> > Sylviane et Perry White wrote:> > > I installed dovecot, from sources because I couldn't find it in KUbuntu's> > repos (was in Ubuntu's though but I didn't dare try that)> > Whoa! What repos are you using that you think are Kubuntu but not Ubuntu??> There is no such thing as a "Kubuntu" repository. Makes me suspect you're> not using a blessed source...> > > Now the logfile says:> > "auth(default): Unknown passdb driver 'pam' (typo, or Dovecot was built> > without support for it? Check with dovecot --build-options)"> > I don't know what you've done wrong, but please install the binary. It Just> Works.> -- > derek> > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 11> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:45:44 -0400> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>> Subject: Re: A GUI client for SQLite database on Kubuntu> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Message-ID: <1233670.XYbOptEV1T at cedar.serverforest.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii> > nepal wrote:> > > On Sunday 09 December 2007, Luca wrote:> >> Hi all.> >>> >> I need a client (even if very simple) to query SQLite> >> database. I tryed Tora, but I can't find a way to connect> >> to SQLite (it seems that only postgresql is available...> >> maybe because I've only postgres installed on my> >> machine?).> >>> >> I also try win32 sqliteadmin with Wine, but when I launch> >> a SELECT query the program terminate immediatly...> >>> >> Anyone can point me to some GUI client fo Kubuntu?> >>> > Have a look at Kexi. It is part of the KOffice package.> > Really? It looks to me as if it's strictly about building its own> databases. Can you really use it to connect to an existing database? It> appears to want to actually copy all of the data (from a MySQL or> PostGreSQL db only) to its own storage.> -- > derek> > > > > ------------------------------> > -- > kubuntu-users mailing list> kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users> > > End of kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 35, Issue 38> *********************************************
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