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Accessing gmail from Python
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson(a)cox.net> wrote: Does anyone have an example of how to do this?  Google hasn't helped, specifically at telling me what the keyfile and certfile should be. Google *did*, though, help me with fetchmail, so now I have the relevant pem files. $ ... 9 May 2010 18:42

FW: Parallellizing the boot in Debian Squeeze - ready for wider testing
> These days, the init.d script dependencies in Squeeze are quite complete, so complete that it is actually possible to run all the init.d scripts in parallell based on these dependencies.  If you want to test your Squeeze system, make sure dependency based boot sequencing is enabled, and add this line to ... 6 May 2010 17:37

FW: Parallellizing the boot in Debian Squeeze - ready for wider testing
----- Forwarded message from Petter Reinholdtsen <pere(a)hungry.com> ----- Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 21:11:56 +0200 From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere(a)hungry.com> To: debian-devel(a)lists.debian.org Subject: Parallellizing the boot in Debian Squeeze - ready for wider testing Organization: University of Oslo, Norway User-... 6 May 2010 16:30

merge alternate pages from two PDF files in to one
Hello. Can somebody describe how to merge two PDF files into one so that odd pages are from the first file and the even ones are from the second? I am looking at pdftk, but it is not obvious to me if or how it can do this. Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding ne... 6 May 2010 16:30

Lost the auto-upgrade applet
Hi, When I first installed debian, I got an auto-updater that would periodically offer me the chance to upgrade based on what was out of date. This has stopped appearing now, how do I get it back? I'm using Gnome and it appeared in the notification window by the clock. Thanks! Jim ... 6 May 2010 15:22

TOra with Oracle support (was: Re: Kde 3.5 ...)
On 6 May 2010 14:06, deloptes <deloptes(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Dotan Cohen wrote: Yes, KDE 4 seems to be much better for the average Joe. But that is the reason that power users suffer at the moment! A.Joe already has Gnome... Exactly! OK, I'll look forward to test this weekend. Main i... 7 May 2010 08:55

Aliases with `-'
Hi, I would like to define an alias with some `-' characters into it, in my .bashrc. For example, if `this-is-my-alias' is my alias, I would use == alias 'this-is-my-alias'='some command to achieve' == It simply does not work. Why? I tried without `'' but emacs then stops highlighting the word, which is no... 6 May 2010 16:30

Current through USB bus
Hi, How can I know how much current goes through each USB port for its related device(s)? Thanks. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. ... 6 May 2010 13:04

Current through USB bus
* Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri(a)student.ulg.ac.be> wrote: How can I know how much current goes through each USB port for its related device(s)? Thanks. Via software: zero chance. You need to measure the current directly at the port in question while the device attached to it is in use. How that is done ... 6 May 2010 14:15

DIF G4E620-N MB
Considering getting one of these because it has ISA slots (maybe the only P4/DDR board around that has them!). Businesses buy them to keep legacy HW. Are there any Debian issues with these boards? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co... 6 May 2010 13:04