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p:first-line equivalent in TeX? 3 12 (3/11/2008 9:54:37 AM) comp.text.tex Hello world, I've got to write an automatic code generator to create printed reports from a web 2.0 application. Very luckily, I managed to sell the decision makers on using TeX so it would look nice :-) Of c... foth

The mother of all permissions problems... 4 43 (9/25/2006 11:16:26 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hello group... For the first time in my life I am seriously considering reinstalling Linux just to get rid of a configuration problem I cannot understand. It started out, believe it or not, with the attempt ... foth

Compiling proceedings from complete latex files? 5 22 (8/21/2006 12:39:38 PM) comp.text.tex Hello group, I want to compile a volume of proceedings from multiple LaTeX articles. Which document class can be used so that - the global table of contents can be compiled automatically - each contribu... Kilian

Recording sound with snd-hda-intel? 2 40 (8/10/2006 6:04:05 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware I have a notebook with an integrated Intel `82801 High Definition Audio Controller'. SuSE 10.0 uses the snd-hda-intel driver for it, and it plays back sound alright. but I cannot find any way to record sound, e... Kilian

Non-centered cells in titlecolumns? 1 12 (6/14/2006 10:37:10 AM) comp.lang.tcl In the Tktable widget, is there a way to get left-justified cells in the leftmost column if the table was created with -titlecols 1? I find that $table tag col ids 0 $table tag configure ids -anchor w d... Kilian

cdrom: open failed. 2 20 (1/13/2006 12:39:11 PM) comp.os.linux.hardware Since a few days I'm getting this weird error syndrome when trying to burn DVD-R discs: - my DVD writer can mount CDs, mount DVDs, and burn CD-R with no problem. - if I insert a blank DVD-R, the drive s... Kilian

pppd (initially) fails to negotiate PPPoE connection 1 24 (1/7/2006 9:39:06 AM) comp.os.linux.networking I'm trying to connect to an ADSL modem under SuSE 9.0 (rp-pppoe-3.5, smpppd-1.06, ppp-2.4.1). When I use the original SuSE kernel 2.4.21, everything works fine: pppd[8098]: Plugin pppoe.so loaded. pppd[8098... Kilian

What does pygame.Movie mean by `an MPEG file'? 7 15 (9/28/2005 9:14:52 AM) comp.lang.python I just found this amazing video puzzle game written with the pygame library, which promises to be infinite fun - but I can't get it to decode any video file I own, except the game's own example .mpg. All I have... Kilian

.vob -> .sub converter? 0 47 (8/10/2005 1:35:16 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Is there a Linux program that can extract subtitle streams from DVD into some *text* format such as .sub or .srt? All I've found so far are (1) programs that render the subtitles into a video stream non-remov... Kilian

No joy with DVD writer 15 28 (4/12/2005 6:43:29 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware So I thought I'd join the new millennium for real, and got my first DVD writer ("Cibox DVD+-R/RW 16x") for my home box (Linux 2.6.9, current dvd+rwtools). No problem with installation, but the burning results a... Kilian

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The mother of all permissions problems... 4 43 (9/25/2006 11:16:26 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hello group... For the first time in my life I am seriously considering reinstalling Linux just to get rid of a configuration problem I cannot understand. It started out, believe it or not, with the attempt ... foth (74)

Changing "From" when mailing from a Cron script 1 29 (6/19/2006 12:04:44 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, Apologies for what is probably a newbir question, but I've got some scripts running from Cron sending mail alerts as to their success/failure. I've inherited these machines, so I'm not sure how they were ... turricaned (3)

Convert .asf file to .mpg? 4 45 (5/22/2006 12:43:56 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a cheap digital video camera that records in .asf format. I'd like to convert those files to .mpg. I tried monkeying around with mplayer to do it, but it never came out right. Does anyone know if ther... russ1 (61)

What's the .la file in linux? 2 114 (4/7/2006 11:37:15 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Thank you. ... hygool (1)

need help with folder permissions and ownership 5 24 (3/10/2006 3:05:09 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I've got a problem. (OK, MANY problems and some of them mental *g*, but let's deal with this one.) I have a file server running Fedora Core 3. And several WindowsXP users that connect to it via SAMBA. There hav... news216 (485)

ATI 3d graphics 16 41 (3/8/2006 9:05:23 AM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi all My first message here, my first week with the Penguin (SuSE 10 x86_64 on a Sempron 3000+). I'h having some troubles with the activation of the 3D acceleration of my ATI card (ATI Radeon 9550). I follo... jroger (14)

dma problems with my harddrive (again) 24 30 (2/9/2006 10:17:20 AM) comp.os.linux.hardware hi thought I resolved my problem with a single harddrive but in fact not. Here is the errors: hda: hma_timer_expiry: hma status == 0x61 hda: DMA timeout error hda: dma timeout error: status = 0x51 { Drive Re... dagecko (25)

tar extract option to keep newer files? 5 34 (12/23/2005 2:06:10 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Is there a tar xf option to keep disk files newer than the archive version? Like the default cpio behavior. For updating a 2nd machine to the newest files of the first from its tar backup, and vice versa. -... rhhardin (165)

automatic complete command 3 31 (12/19/2005 2:58:48 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Hi, I forgot how to do this: you type in the first few letters of a command you recently executed in your history, and i guess after typing the Tab key, linux will know which command you meant. I forgot which... b83503104 (209)

Very slow flashdrive in SuSE 3 55 (12/12/2005 12:56:35 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a generic flashdrive that works fine in Windows, but is very slow in SuSE. The read speed in SuSE is tolerable, but the write speed is so slow I found that I could transfer my data files to Windows by up... a_n_onymous80 (106)