Re: Bls: Google Earth

2009-03-16 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:50:10 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: If it needs lib32nss-msdn then depend on it. As I mentioned a few messages ago, that's a bug in googleearth-package that has not been fixed yet. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 --

Re: Bls: Google Earth

2009-03-15 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:50:09 +0100, Richard Ibbotson wrote: What the great god almighty Google hath created he now takes away from us If you trust a guy from the internet, I uploaded a .deb of Googleearth prepared with googleearth-package. You can get it here:

Re: Google Earth

2009-03-14 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:10:10 +0100, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: How do I get this one to work? $ apt-cache search ia32-libs -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Google Earth

2009-03-14 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:30:11 +0100, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: debian:~# aptitude search ia32-libs i A ia32-libs- ia32 shared libraries for use on amd64 and ia64 sy p ia32-libs-gtk But not ia32-libs-gtk. Btw, I suggest you also try out googleearth-package.

Re: Google Earth

2009-03-14 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:50:09 +0100, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: ./googleearth-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libQtWebKit.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Well, it is probably not installed. Package is libqt4-webkit. Btw, I suggest you also try out

Re: Google Earth

2009-03-14 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:10:09 +0100, Richard Ibbotson wrote: Error code 29: Google Earth detected an error whilst trying to authenticate. Please check the following: - your network connection - your firewall settings. And for that you have to install lib32nss-mdns. #479319 has been filed a

Re: Gnome not working anymore

2009-03-10 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:00:19 +0100, mtms wrote: any other ideas? Try also getting rid of .gconf* -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: 32 bit pkg on amd64

2009-02-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:40:07 +0100, macdowell.smd wrote: can we run 32 bit pkg on amd64? In principle, yes. specifically I would like to run skype-debian_2.0.0.72-1_i386.deb I don't like forcing the installation of other arch packages. If there is a tar.gz available, download that and put

Re: 32 bit pkg on amd64

2009-02-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:10:11 +0100, Maciek Kaliszewski wrote: so I think that ia32 version of Qt library will be necessary . I don't know if amd64 debian has prepackaged one. One more reason to use the statically linked tar.gz instead of the 32-bit deb. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User

Re: Opera 9.51

2008-07-15 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:00:09 +0200, Christopher Judd wrote: Does anyone have an idea as to what's going on here? I'd suggest you move your profile away and start from scratch. I've been using 9.5x on AMD64 from the first experimental builds and it works just fine. Alternatively, make sure

Re: Compiz problem

2008-05-23 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 22 May 2008 23:50:14 +0200, can comert wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ compiz Fatal: Failed test: texture_from_pixmap support Checks indicate that it's impossible to start compiz on your system. The error message is pretty explicit. You are using a video driver that does not support the

Re: grub error 22

2008-05-17 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 17 May 2008 12:40:11 +0200, Alexandru Cabuz wrote: So is this related to a SCSI device naming bug or something? What's the fix? If you provide: # fdisk -l $ cat /boot/grub/device.map it will be much easier to help you. Try reinstalling grub, also, with # grub-install /dev/XXX where

Re: nvidia-kernel modules and 2.6.25?

2008-05-14 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 14 May 2008 15:50:15 +0200, Lennart Sorensen wrote: I am working on it. 173.08 builds fine with 2.6.25 so if nothing else I can compare 169.12 with 173.08 and see what nvidia changed to get around the change. Lennart, bug #476504, and in particular this comment:

Re: nvidia-kernel modules and 2.6.25?

2008-05-14 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 14 May 2008 20:20:15 +0200, Lennart Sorensen wrote: That patch does NOT compile for me with 2.6.25-2-amd64 which just entered Debian unstable. I made a patch based on 173.08's changes which does compile. It's a bit longer than the patch mentioned in that bug report but apparently

Re: Laptop advice

2008-05-12 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 12 May 2008 23:40:19 +0200, Gilles Sadowski wrote: This one (ThinkPad R61) is currently a special offer at my usual IT shop: http://www5.pc.ibm.com/europe/products.nsf/$wwwPartNumLookup/_NF0FDxx? openOpenDocumentepi=web_express It seems that it has all the recommended components.

Re: Laptop advice

2008-05-10 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 10 May 2008 15:30:10 +0200, Gilles Sadowski wrote: - Lightweight but usable (i.e. screen should be 14 or 15). I'd stick with 13.3, since nowadays you seem to only be getting widescreen laptops. And those are pretty big. - Wired network adapter Can't think of a non supported one.

Re: building kernel-modules at new kernels

2008-05-10 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 10 May 2008 20:30:14 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: Is there a debian way, to automatically build additional kernel-modules (i.e. madwifi, nvidia, virtualbox-ose etc.), when installing a newer kernelversion and headers ? I wrote a (rather horrible) script once, that I invoke with cron.

Re: Grub and raid

2008-02-01 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:30:21 +0100, Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote: But anyway, is there any unknown trick in making a computer with two raid1 SATA disks boot with Grub? I have two SATA disks on a nForce4 motherboard in RAID1, and boot happily with Grub. The RAID was set up during installation

Re: chroot64 the chroot32

2008-01-30 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:30:19 +0100, Bonnel Christophe wrote: i wonder if it's possible to chroot the 64bit system into the 32bit chroot in order to use the 64bitOOO when i click on a .doc link I don't really get what you want to do, but Openoffice is available for AMD64 since ages, now. And

Re: Still bugs in Nvidias binary drivers

2007-11-06 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:20:15 +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: Why do I send this Mail to you ? I know, there is a lot of efforts, to get stable packets in Debian, but in this case you (the maintainers) will get no chance to get it stable, instead you work directly together with Nvidia itself.

iwl4965 problem with 2.6.23

2007-10-21 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Dear list, I am experiencing an annoying problem with the iwl4965 driver. Currently, I am running two kernels on my Debian Sid laptop: 1) 2.6.22 with mac802.11 and iwlwifi patches from intellinuxwireless.org 2) 2.6.23 from the Debian kernel team, with iwlwifi merged directly by them.I am not

Re: 2.6.23 build fails from Debian sources

2007-10-18 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:10:07 +0200, Sridhar M.A. wrote: I tried compiling 2.6.23.1 and faced no problems. It compiled fine. From kernel.org, I assume. It must be a problem with Debian sources then. Thanks for the feedback! -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: 2.6.23 build fails from Debian sources

2007-10-18 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:30:11 +0200, Masami Ichikawa wrote: my build environment is sid and I've installed these packages. gcc-4.2 4.2.2-3 binutils 2.18-1 There it is, I was trying to compile with gcc-4.3. Thank you so much for helping out, I overlooked that. Should probably file a bug. --

Re: 2.6.23 build fails from Debian sources

2007-10-17 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:40:08 +0200, Masami Ichikawa wrote: it seems newer than what you downloaded. if so, let's try it It sure is newer, but unfortunately the problem is not there... pristine sources do not compile either :) -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian

2.6.23 build fails from Debian sources

2007-10-16 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hello list, I was trying to compile 2.6.23 starting from Debian sources, pulled from the apt repositories published here: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel The 2.6.23 in those repos works a charm: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux vasquez 2.6.23-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 03:58:39 UTC 2007

Re: soft lockup

2007-10-08 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:10:04 +0200, scott wrote: I've never seen an error like this so I'm not sure how to proceed. I'd start with a thorough memtest for several hours to see if there's any faulty memory. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 --

Re: Mobo Intel DG965WH with Lenny or etch?

2007-10-07 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:10:09 +0200, Igor TAmara wrote: Have anyone succesfully used this hardware? Any hints on booting the installation or maybe testing the hardware to see if something is broken? Maybe software to test if everything is right? You should probably go with one of the latest

Re: Question: reportbug

2007-08-25 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:20:07 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: (in my case it is a bug in kdelibs4c2a-*1-5.deb , which is fixed in kdelibs4c2a-**1-6.deb) But the latest version is not downloadable, although reportbug is seeing it. It might be available for i386 but not for AMD64. In

Re: iceape + nspluginwrapper + adobe 32-bit flash plugin = security hole ?

2007-08-04 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:20:08 +0200, Rob Andrews wrote: What browser are you using? I have tried with Iceweasel on Sid (2.0.6 or something). Started the browser, went to the page linked in the bug, started the game, played three stages (nice game :)), opened a terminal from a button on my

Re: iceape + nspluginwrapper + adobe 32-bit flash plugin = security hole ?

2007-08-04 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:30:13 +0200, Jack Malmostoso wrote: I have tried with Iceweasel on Sid (2.0.6 or something). Started the browser, went to the page linked in the bug, started the game, played three stages (nice game ), opened a terminal from a button on my panel, pressed up and down: my

Re: sun-java6-jre

2007-07-16 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:50:05 +0200, Marcin wrote: Can anybody tell me what's wrong with the sun-java6-jre package. Some dependencies seem to be broken and i can't install it. I am running unstable. As suggested, install javapackage and then from java.sun.com download jre-6u2-linux-amd64.bin.

Re: Asus P5B Deluxe or Asus P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP

2007-06-25 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:30:08 +0200, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote: So, what is the recommended way to go: ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP or ASUS P5B Deluxe + WiFi card ? I'd go for none, but use this instead: http://www.devolo.com/co_EN/index.html WLAN through walls is bad. One more question: I

Re: Asus P5B Deluxe or Asus P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP

2007-06-25 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:20:08 +0200, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote: Well, it's a house and the walls are not concrete. So it seems like WLAN is easier. I use a laptop with wireless and it works pretty much fine. I guess you know better :) So if I have only SATA harddrives and SATA DVD drive I

Re: checkinstall lacking on stable

2007-06-23 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:20:10 +0200, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: I need one more crash: what package gives one dh_make? Behold: dh-make http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/dh-make -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: checkinstall lacking on stable

2007-06-22 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:40:08 +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: (1) Which the reason for removing checkinstall from etch, in view of my reasons above? I don't know, but I'd be more than sure that there are good reasons. (2) How to remedy? Ditch checkinstall and learn the debian way. In

Re: Boot failing with 2.6.21-4

2007-06-03 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:40:08 +0200, Brett Viren wrote: Both drivers failed to find the attached disks and so the md device could not be built. The funny thing is that my /dev/md0 is actually built and from the busybox shell I can actually build my other arrays. I can't seem to mount them

Re: [Offtopic] Sharing dvd images privately was (Large host...ere?)

2007-05-15 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 15 May 2007 14:40:12 +0200, Igor TAmara wrote: Is it possible to have a p2p private network to share those resources? Bittorrent with a private tracker. Voila'. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Shouldn't this work?

2007-05-08 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 07 May 2007 22:40:10 +0200, Wayne Topa wrote: I 'thought' I read that the Athlon was a 64 bit processor. Am I wrong, again? The Athlon64 is a 64bit processor. The original Athlon isn't :) -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To

Re: New box crashes

2007-05-07 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 07 May 2007 16:20:09 +0200, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: So far it has about five hours with no errors. I'm hoping there are other diagnostics I can use. That's the most accurate I know about. As suggested by Lennart, check that the timings in the BIOS are set to auto. This seems

Re: xen on amd64 on dual core amd box

2007-04-01 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Ciao Alex Samad, nel tuo messaggio dicevi: I have just tried installing xen amd64 on a dual core machine, and I get timer error's filling up my syslog, is this normal ? Are you using a kernel 2.6.16? It was the case a while ago, with newer kernels it should be ok. -- Best Regards, Jack

Re: How to compile amd64 package from i386 source

2007-03-29 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:00:19 +0200, Rob Andrews wrote: This is why the package is not built for amd64! Definitely true. Let's give more general advice though: sometimes you find i386 only packages, especially from 3rd parties. If you have the source repository: # apt-get build-dep package #

Re: xserver-xorg 1:7.1.0-15 with nvidia working?

2007-03-24 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:40:30 +0100, Daniel Schröter wrote: is there someone using xserver-xorg 1:7.1.0-15 with the nvidia module under Debian/unstable with amd64? I am actually using: ii xserver-xorg 7.2-1 the X.Org X server from experimental, and it works perfectly. -- Best

Re: ETA amd-64 Java And Flash

2007-03-13 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:30:05 +0100, Karl Schmidt wrote: when AMD64 Java and flash will arrive? AMD64 Java is already there (since ages, btw) and if you use Opera (and I think Konqueror) you can use it in websites. Firefox needs the .so plugin that I think does not ship with the 64bit version,

Re: back compiling k8temp.

2007-03-04 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:50:10 +0100, C Wakefield wrote: Since hwmon/k8temp support didn't appear until about 2.6.19-1 , and, I can't boot a kernel newer than 2.6.18 You might want to try a 2.6.20 from the Debian Kernel Team: deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel trunk main

Re: back compiling k8temp.

2007-03-04 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:30:13 +0100, C Wakefield wrote: I have never heard of such a source and what a treat for me. Glad I helped. Just keep in mind that these are experimental kernels so be always aware that problems might come up! OTOH I am running a 2.6.20 for weeks now and I haven't had

Re: AMD64 on Virtual PC

2007-02-24 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:00:20 +0100, Jack Nespor wrote: Your CPU does not support long mode. Use a 32-bit distribution. This error message is quite explicit. Use a 32-bit distribution. Has anyone successfully installed debian AMD64 on a Microsoft's Virtual PC 2007? VPC is well known for

Re: m-a question

2007-02-07 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:20:31 +0100, Zachary Rizer wrote: So, then, after a dist-upgrade, in which I have installed a new kernel, when the machine is rebooted into this new kernel, I must re-run m-a to install the modules for the new kernel? Yes. Is there any way around this? Well you could

For those who have no sound in their 32bit chroot

2007-01-22 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hi list, I have finally decided to look into my little issue of no sound with chroot applications. The AMD64 howto is down at the moment (or at least I can't reach it) so I am not sure this is written there, anyway: all I had to do was to bind mount my /dev directory. My /etc/fstab looks like

Re: AMD64 show stoppers

2007-01-17 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:10:14 +0100, Sam Varghese wrote: And java-package looks pretty easy to use. It is. And to add another bit of OT knowledge, it can package the IBM JVM for the PPC architecture. Very useful. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64

Re: AMD64 show stoppers

2007-01-16 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:50:07 +0100, Karl Schmidt wrote: First on the list is the java browser pluging - the black down java sort-of-works(tm) (not a Debian package) BS. The Sun JVM 1.5 exists in the AMD64 flavour. You just have to use java-package to create a deb for your distro, if you need

Re: Problem with resolving names with firefox 32 bit

2007-01-14 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:20:11 +0100, leandro noferini wrote: What should I have to look for? If you use firefox32 in a chroot, you should fill in /etc/resolv.conf in the chroot too! Otherwise, not sure about your problem. Can you access 216.239.37.104 from firefox32? -- Best Regards, Jack

Re: compiz

2007-01-09 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:20:07 +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: since a while I try to launch compiz. It seems that there some conflict with sawfish: which WindowManager may be chosen to run with compiz ? As it has already been pointed out, compiz is meant to replace your actual WM. Please post your

Re: a few simple questions about AMD64 version of Debian

2006-12-17 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:00:09 +0100, Michael Fothergill wrote: But there is an old opteron 940 pin board that is going out of fashion and a new AM2 940 pin board coming in Can both of these let you add a wad of RAM to them? Yes. I'd go for the AM2 though. How hard is it to install

Re: Virtual machine on Debian amd64

2006-11-16 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:50:08 +0100, Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote: I need some Windows environment and wine does not help since it does not support USB as far as I know. Is there anyone using a virtual machine successfully on amd64. And if so, does it work properly? Grab VMWare player,

Re: Debian AMD64 freeze !

2006-10-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 21:00:14 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: And last but not least, another hint: The machines do freeze everytime, whenever no one worked on it, so, when there were no keyboard or other input. Could you try opening your sshd server and try to connect to the frozen machine when

Re: e2fsck

2006-10-20 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:30:14 +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: How to check the filesystem (ext3) if it is not mounted? umount /dev/whatever e2fsck -options /dev/whatever mount /dev/whatever -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Debian 64 freezes

2006-10-19 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:30:13 +0200, pietia .moo wrote: Few times every day my Debian freezes. Try testing your RAM with memtest for a few hours and see if you find errors there. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Compiz + AIGLX + Nvidia HOWTO

2006-10-03 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:50:10 +0200, Pascal Giard wrote: Simple question, why have you choosen to use indirect rendering as this is much slower than direct rendering? I quote from $(man compiz.real): --indirect-rendering Force an indirect rendering context. Use this when

Re: Compiz + AIGLX + Nvidia HOWTO

2006-10-02 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:10:07 +0200, garrone wrote: What happens when the kernel is upgraded? Does it break? Well, yes, but it will be enough to go back to /usr/src and reissue # m-a auto-install nvidia # /etc/init.d/x|k|gdm restart Done. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by

Re: kernel compile.

2006-10-01 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 01:20:07 +0200, chris wakefield wrote: I wonder if anyone can shed some light on my brain? Is there any special reason why you are compiling your own kernel? Aren't stock Debian kernels not good enough? I guess if you need some particular options it's better to take Debian's

Compiz + AIGLX + Nvidia HOWTO

2006-10-01 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hi list, I'm posting it here for future reference. Sorry if someone isn't interested at all. These steps work on my AMD64 X2 3800+ + Nvidia 6600GT + Asus A8N-E system. All packages are taken from official Debian repositories, no need to compile *anything*. Performance of 3D applications and

Re: fglrx 8.29.6 and Xorg 7.1.1 :: ABI major version mismatch

2006-09-23 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:10:11 +0200, Lennart Sorensen wrote: Certianly nvidia made some fixes in their last release to support 7.1. I upgraded today my box with Xorg 7.1 and the new nvidia-kernel-source and everything went perfectly smooth. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by

Re: Volume keys under Gnome

2006-09-14 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:40:11 +0200, vitko wrote: You may want to ask in some Gnome forum or mailing list, or maybe file a bug against gnome-control-center(?). I think I'll go through Bugzilla. I have posted in the Gnome forums and ML but had no answers. Your first channel in mixer being

Volume keys under Gnome

2006-09-13 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hi there list, I have installed a Creative Audigy LS 5.1 soundcard on my AMD64 system, thus substituting the onboard audio of my ASUS A8N-E. The card works perfectly and I have no particular problems with it. The only thing I can't get to work right are the volume control keys on my Logitech

Re: [POLL] To continue 64 or not?

2006-08-31 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:20:09 +0200, Andrew Robinson wrote: Just looking for some constructive feedback on other's opinions. The answer is really easy: if you feel it's a pain then switch back to the 32bit. I am perfectly happy with my 64bit setup, but the only thing I need 32bit are OO.o and

Re: Fist-time amd64 installation, some questions

2006-08-27 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:40:04 +0200, Jan De Luyck wrote: Any pointers are most welcome! The first question is: why do you compile your own kernel? Isn't the Debian one enough? Does everything work OK with the Debian kernel? -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Flash in firefox on amd64 -- revisted?

2006-08-21 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:40:07 +0200, Jo Shields wrote: Every single Free flash plugin sucks is useless. That's about all there is to say on the matter right now A bit brutal, but I'm afraid it is correct. Another good example on why closed formats (and not closed source) are bad. Adobe said

Re: Where is hydra ?

2006-08-20 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:50:08 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: It was formerly in Debian/unstable. Now it is gone, but I did not read anything, why it is gone. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=258057 -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64

Re: Flash in firefox on amd64 -- revisted?

2006-08-20 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:20:03 +0200, Andrew Robinson wrote: Any hope of running flash on amd64 without chroot jailing firefox to 32bit mode? If you talk about the macromedia plugin, you need the 32bit browser. Otherwise, try gnash. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian

Re: ATI-driver 3D Acceleration on Acer Aspire 5022

2006-07-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:50:12 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: But what the hell is this /etc/rc.local on Debian-systems ? I cannot find it anywhere, due to its different achitecture. Can some specialist help me ? /etc/rc.local is simply the last init script run in redhat based distros. It is

Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-10 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:20:10 +0200, Alan Ianson wrote: Are all the needed packages in the regular debian archive, or do I need to add something to sources.list for the nvidia stuff? Which kernel are you running? 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8 You should probably enable the contrib and non-free

Problems with dchroot_start

2006-07-09 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hi list, I have just upgraded dchroot and schroot to 0.99.2-2 and my dchroot_start script does not work anymore. If I start an application with it I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ opera E: Only one command may be specified I: Run dchroot --help to list usage example and all available options If I

Re: Problems with dchroot_start

2006-07-09 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 12:10:08 +0200, Max A. wrote: Try exec dchroot -c ia32 -d -q `basename $0` $ARGS That worked perfectly. Thanks! -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: Problems with dchroot_start

2006-07-09 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 12:40:07 +0200, Matteo Vescovi wrote: But few minutes later I left dchroot for schroot, so the problem disappered completely ;-) What are the advantages of schroot over dchroot? I never had problems with it. Thanks! -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by

Re: nvidia video drivers

2006-07-09 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:00:14 +0200, Alan Ianson wrote: 2. Should I install the drivers from the nvidia web site or is there a better debian way? Of course the debian way: http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/ -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on

Re: Installing Debian (Sarge, 64 bit) on AM2 platform fails

2006-06-20 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:20:05 +0200, m.v.wesstein wrote: Oh well, then I'll build a kernel from scratch myself (2.6.17, latest from kernel.org). No problem building the kernel and the modules, but after that I got stuck as I didn't have the initrd-tools to make an initrd image for that new

Re: XGL

2006-05-30 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 29 May 2006 00:50:08 +0200, valeanu.a wrote: as requested the howto: http://blue.dyn-o-saur.com/debianxgl/debianxglhowto.html Hello there, and thanks for the advice, it seems like working. I can start the Xgl server and compiz is running (according to ps), but when I start gconf-editor

Re: Why is amd64 sid and testing broken?

2006-05-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 28 May 2006 12:30:16 +0200, Jo Shields wrote: Anything different, especially containing debian-amd64 is *NOT* Debian. Not anymore, at least. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: XGL

2006-05-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 27 May 2006 19:00:08 +0200, valeanu.a wrote: ich have Xgl cvs running for at least 7 days uptime with no big problems at all. Lucky you :D I am trying to make the bloody thing work, and it dies complaining about the FontPath. Needless to say, starting my normal X server works

Re: Mixed system: which way better?

2006-04-20 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:30:17 +0200, Vadym Honcharuk wrote: which way is more properly: 1) use amd64 base system (netinstall + X Window) with 32bit KDE and App, or 2) install i386 system, then install amd64-k8 kernel plus some 64bit's software like Nvidia driver, other porting soft... None of

Re: howto says up to 2.6.11 -- is this outdated?

2006-03-29 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:40:16 +0200, Stefano Simonucci wrote: Then the compilation stops. Sorry I should have told you in the Italian Mailing List :D You need to patch the drivers, please see Bug #357992: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=357992 -- Best Regards, Jack Linux

Re: howto says up to 2.6.11 -- is this outdated?

2006-03-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:30:21 +0200, hendrik wrote: Is the restriction on kernels up to 2.6.11 serious? At the time of the writing 2.6.11 was the newest kernel. I am running the nvidia drivers with a 2.6.16 kernel. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64

Re: what's better for AMD64 [ASUS A6B00K]

2006-03-16 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:30:13 +0100, Bartek Boguszewski wrote: i just decided to install Debian into my laptop with AMD64 (AMD Turion/tm 64 Mobile) with NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 and I would like to ask which option is better: Depends on how well Sarge supports your hardware and on how

Re: Problems with OpenOffice for AMD64

2006-03-06 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:20:21 +0100, Tobias Krais wrote: Everything work great, but: I can't open .odt (well all .od*) files and also the .sxw (all .sx*) files. Is it the same with your Installation. All other files (e.g. .doc files) open without problems. I even can create .odt files. Is

Re: java-package: dependency trouble and suspicious behaviour

2006-02-28 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:10:17 +0100, hendrik wrote: couldn't open /etc/ld.so.conf: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/dpkg-shlibdeps line 120. Wow, this looks strange. AFAIK ld.so.conf is one of those files you really need, as specifies the PATH for shared libraries. Anyway, try using

Re: Problems creating chroot

2006-02-15 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:30:19 +0100, sbrizio wrote: debootstrap --arch i386 sid /var/chroot/sid-ia32 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ a message informs me that i can't download two files,precisely: libsig++-1.2-5c102 and slong1a-utf8 It is not a great solution, but I had a similar problem. I

Re: DMA on SATA disks?

2006-02-10 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:00:14 +0100, Lennart Sorensen wrote: I believe it may be kernel version dependant. There has been work lately in 2.6 for supporting S.M.A.R.T. and other such things on SATA and 2.6.8 certainly did not do it. This may be related. It should work properly on kernels

Re: Clock issues

2006-02-08 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:50:09 +0100, John Galatti wrote: My clock is running so fast it thinks the day is March 21 You may want to take a look to chrony: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show chrony Package: chrony Priority: extra Section: admin Installed-Size: 816 Maintainer: John Hasler [EMAIL

DMA on SATA disks?

2006-02-08 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hello there list, I have a quick question. Looks like hdparm cannot set DMA on my SATA drives. Is this behavior normal or is it just my drives? I can't even get information about them with hdparm -i... Thanks for helping! -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on

Re: DMA on SATA disks?

2006-02-08 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:30:18 +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: Can you please post full output (cut and pate from the prompt is best)? I actually found that -I works: nostromo:~# hdparm -i /dev/sda /dev/sda: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device nostromo:~# hdparm -I /dev/sda

Re: 32bit chroot problems

2006-02-03 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:50:17 +0100, Henrik Rasmussen wrote: I had also tried to download from http://ftp.debian.org/debian, with no success how do i come further? I had a similar issue. I deleted everything and tried again, and it worked. Hardly helpful, I know. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux

Re: AMD64 etch net installer

2006-01-31 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:00:14 +0100, David Meggy wrote: Is this even the right place to look? Yes, the mini.iso contains the very minimum. The rest of the installer is then downloaded live. Try with that! -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To

Re: Segmentation fault with firefox

2006-01-26 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:31:03 +0100, mtms wrote: Same here. Any hint anybody? Add this to your /etc/firefox/firefoxrc [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/firefox/firefoxrc # which /dev/dsp wrapper to use # FIREFOX_DSP=auto FIREFOX_DSP=/dev/null firefox will be mute though. -- Best Regards, Jack

Re: No swap on my Debian Sid system

2006-01-24 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:00:19 +0100, Lennart Sorensen wrote: Besides with the price of ram, a system shouldn't normally be swapping anyhow, so any minimal performance difference isn't worth considering. Neither is the cost of disk space for doing raid for swap. I completely agree with you on

Re: No swap on my Debian Sid system

2006-01-23 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:00:10 +0100, Emmanuel Fleury wrote: If you have one giga of RAM why would you care about having swap ? :) You are right, but i like to have a lifesaver in case of some memory leaks and such :) Anyway, I had the partitions made and just wanted to use them! -- Best

Re: No swap on my Debian Sid system

2006-01-23 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:41:24 +0100, Anders Peter Fugmann wrote: As pointed out by others on the list, having swap on a raid partition allows you system to survive a disc crash. It will, however, be a bit slower than swapping on the harddrive directly. That's something I haven't really

Re: No swap on my Debian Sid system

2006-01-23 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Ok, this is funny. I doublechecked some things on my system, and here's a couple of useful outputs: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf DEVICE partitions ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=9dae3f6b:a3e79fbb:6044c75b:9f1939bd ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2

No swap on my Debian Sid system

2006-01-22 Thread Jack Malmostoso
Hello there list, I have noticed today that my AMD64 box has no swap! I set it up during the installation as the /dev/md1 RAID-1 device, but today I found out in free that swap=0: nostromo:~# free -m total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 1003

Re: No swap on my Debian Sid system

2006-01-22 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:31:09 +0100, Jack Malmostoso wrote: I have added two swap entries in /etc/fstab but have not rebooted yet to try them (work in progress :()... Upon reboot swap was activated: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | grep swap Adding 498004k swap on /dev/sda2. Priority:-1 extents:1

Re: segmentation fault with firefox 1.5 after apt-get upgrade yesterday

2006-01-16 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:40:07 +0100, Christoph Fassbach wrote: So never try to use a remote firefox with little endian sitting in front of a big endian machine and vice versa. Their communication will fail and mess the local one up. Am I the only one who thinks this is very very wrong? I

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