Re: http://http.us.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ gone?

2005-09-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (15/09/05 15:56), lordSauron wrote: > Somewhat related, but not really, (I'm shy about starting new > threads), I was wondering what mirrors there are for amd64-k8 or > otherwise amd64 compatible packages. Right now I'm using the > following mirrors: > > deb http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu/debi

Re: http://http.us.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ gone?

2005-09-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/09/05 10:16), lordSauron wrote: > wow... thanks. > > if I did something devious like so: > > deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ sid main contrib non-free > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ etch main contrib non-free > > I could probably see both packages, to s

Re: http://http.us.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ gone?

2005-09-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/09/05 13:13), lordSauron wrote: > so it would probably be best to stick with testing releases, since > stable is usually too old and unstable has the possibility of having a > few large errors, correct? > There have been many posts to the list on this subject which go into considerable det

Re: http://http.us.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ gone?

2005-09-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/09/05 13:23), Greg Madden wrote: > On Friday 16 September 2005 01:22 am, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (15/09/05 15:56), lordSauron wrote: > > > Somewhat related, but not really, (I'm shy about starting new > > > threads), I was wondering what mirrors there are

Heat problem with amd64 laptop

2005-09-25 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi I've been running sid amd64 (xfce4.2) since January and it's been working very well. However, from time to time I've suffered an abrupt shutdown, it would seem, due to overheating. 1. Some months ago I tried ripping some mp3 tracks from a CD using grip and it managed 5 tracks before just cutt

Re: Heat problem with amd64 laptop

2005-09-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/09/05 11:15), Theodore Kisner wrote: > On Sunday 25 September 2005 10:47, Clive Menzies wrote: > > I note that all Acer 64bit notebooks now ship with the Turion processor > > which is designed for laptops which would suggest that there is an > > inherent flaw in putti

Re: Heat problem with amd64 laptop

2005-09-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/09/05 00:43), antongiulio05 wrote: > two months ago I have posted on this ml same problems (look out at "cpu > burns" posts). I have an acer 1524wlmi, and it was under garantee until 10 > days ago... my motherboard was burned and they have substituted it. Now it > seems work, however I ha

Re: Heat problem with amd64 laptop

2005-09-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/01/02 09:53), Igor Puschner wrote: > Even though i can't really comment on the topic, i just wanted to state that > it is in general not a good idea to buy an Acer Laptop if you're using linux > on it. > > Acer has a very rough buy or die strategy, which does ONLY accept M$ semi-OS' > a

Re: Heat problem with amd64 laptop

2005-09-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/09/05 17:31), Thomas Steffen wrote: > On 9/25/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I spoke to Acer support who referred me to the small print re: official > > acer software blah di blah. > > > I assume you bought the notebook in the UK. In

Re: Mozilla Thunderbird bug?

2005-10-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/10/05 14:44), Alex Ferrara wrote: > My PC used to run i386 Debian, and I have recently moved over to AMD64 > port. I have noticed that Mozilla Thunderbird does not want to save a > copy of an outgoing message to my Sent folder. I had the same config > under i386 Debian using the same mail

Re: amd64.debian.net sick?

2005-10-02 Thread Clive Menzies
(02/10/05 09:05), Ed Tomlinson : > Is there a problem or is it just me? > > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://amd64.debian.net sid/main > Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/amd64.debian.net_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages) > > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > > Got th

Re: perspectives on 32 bit vs 64 bit

2005-10-06 Thread Clive Menzies
On (06/10/05 16:36), David Liontooth wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > >On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 06:37:26PM +0200, Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: > It's worth keeping in mind that Ubuntu is built on and refines Debian, > syncs with it before a new release, and could not possibly succeed > without Deb

Re: Warning while updating package list.

2005-10-10 Thread Clive Menzies
On (09/10/05 21:15), Jitendra Pawar wrote: > Hi all, > I am new to debain. I want to install new packages like logcheck, glibc, > gnucash etc. I am getting following warning at the end of command: > $apt-get update. > --- > Reading package lists... Done > W: GPG error: http://debian.csail.

Re: Warning while updating package list.

2005-10-10 Thread Clive Menzies
On (10/10/05 13:23), Michael Haupt wrote: > Hi, > > On 10/10/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Long answer, install gnupg and acquire the public key for the source > > which will make the warning go away and ensure that you are installing > > from v

Re: can't connect to ANY desktop !

2005-10-18 Thread Clive Menzies
Thanks Guys :) A transitory moment of panic. averted by your very helpful answers. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: can't connect to ANY desktop !

2005-10-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/10/05 16:23), Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote: > Le 18.10.2005 18:17:23, Clive Menzies a écrit : > >Thanks Guys :) > > > >A transitory moment of panic. averted by your very helpful > > Don't panic [1] ! ... or don't choose sid :) > > [1

Re: synaptic touchpad does not work anymore

2005-10-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/10/05 09:42), Hans wrote: > Hi all, > > after updating my system, the synaptic touchpad does not work any more. > This is only, when I start the windowmanagers KDE or XFCE as normal users. > > I suppose it is a problem of permission rights. But where do I have to > search ? > > Does some

Re: debian-amd64 or debian-pure64

2005-11-02 Thread Clive Menzies
On (02/11/05 11:46), Stepan Kadlec wrote: > debian-amd64 and debian-pure64 repository as found on amd64.debian.net > and which one should I use? > thanks steve > I can't tell the difference but I use debian-amd64 which works well; I recall some posts about issues with 'pure'. Regards Cli

Re: no correct boot after update of libpcre | debian amd64 unstable

2005-11-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/11/05 13:27), Thomas Drillich wrote: > after update of libpcre the initscripts can't run, cause > of the dependency of grep on /usr/lib/libpcre. > > /usr may not on the root filesystem, it could be on another > partition or disc and grep is used in the mounting scripts. > > So should libpc

Re: changed ownership of / by mistake...

2005-11-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/11/05 22:52), Craig Hagerman wrote: > Thanks for the replies Gilles and Cameron. I tried the suggestion to do > > apt-get --reinstall -u install > > and it does seem to have gotten things back ALMOST to where they > should be. still a couple of obvious problems. I have no sound for > some

Re: Open office

2005-11-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/11/05 10:07), Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Rob van Kraanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm quite new with Debian 64-bits. > > I just installed it on my laptop and it's great :) > > I just had one question, openoffice is currently not available as a > > debian-package

Re: Cups On 64bit - Is it running?

2005-11-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/11/05 14:57), studio-64 wrote: > Hi > When I try cups admin in my browser I get ' connection refused on > locakhost:631' even as root. > > I assume it's not running, How do I start it? > > I have this in init.d: > *** > 64studio:/etc/init.d# update-rc.d cup

Re: Cups On 64bit - Is it running?

2005-11-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/11/05 15:46), studio-64 wrote: > > I have this so far But still get the error: > * > AuthType Basic > AuthClass System > > ## Restrict access to local domain > Order Deny,Allow > Deny From All > Allow From 127.0.0.1 > > #Encryption Required > > ***

Re: Cups On 64bit - Is it running?

2005-11-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/11/05 18:09), studio-64 wrote: > Something here: > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: cupsys is broken or not fully installed > 64studio:~# > > > Re-install? Yeah! Ah well now we are at least close to the problem and hopefully near to a solution. I suggest you use aptitude to add and remove pac

Re: USB mouse and touchpad issues using the unstable release

2005-11-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/11/05 23:27), Massimo Perga wrote: > Hi All, I've just upgraded the testing version to the unstable version. In > the testing version both USB mouse and touchpad were working, but using > latest unstable version (xorg server) I'm unable to use both. In particular, > USB mouse seems to be det

Re: Cups On 64bit - Is it running?

2005-11-23 Thread Clive Menzies
On (23/11/05 12:22), studio-64 wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > >Yeah! Ah well now we are at least close to the problem and hopefully > >near to a solution. > > > >I suggest you use aptitude to add and remove packages: > > > >As root or sudo do: > > >

Re: USB mouse and touchpad issues using the unstable release

2005-11-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/11/05 00:09), Massimo Perga wrote: > Hi Clive, > I've tried to use your same configuration but I can't get neither mouse > nor touchpad working. > I also moved to the hotplug package to fix these USB issues but I wasn't so > lucky. > > Have you any other idea ? > Do you know what changed

Re: Open office

2005-11-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/11/05 15:39), studio-64 wrote: > Hi > Although I run my 64Studio for music I really miss Open office. > We often get asked to produce CD covers and such for our master CD's. > > I can us OO for this but not on 64. > > Its a shame as most of my Windoze people are really impressed with Linux

Re: acpi on turion 64

2005-12-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/12/05 18:46), Bruno Ducrot wrote: > On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 06:52:30PM +0100, Andrea Gasparini wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm new of this mailing list, and i've some problems with fine-tunes in my > > Turion based notebook... > > > > The most serious problem is that from rebooting it doesn't cha

Re: Problems installing on AMD Athlon 64 system

2005-12-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/12/05 15:28), Thomas Steffen wrote: > On 12/19/05, Aaron Stromas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Someone mentioned 64 bit knoppix. I thought of that but couldn't find it. > > That would be the fastest way, i think. Thanks for all the advice, > > Seem I am mistaken there. I thought I did use

Re: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

2005-12-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (21/12/05 22:02), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, I received a letter congratulating me of my winnings. This sounds too > good to be true, so I decided to check it out. I read your letter and it's > almost exactly the same as the one I received. Did you really receive any > money? Is th

Re: deborphan

2005-12-30 Thread Clive Menzies
On (30/12/05 13:20), antongiulio05 wrote: > Hi, > > launching deborphan I got a list of packages (for default in libs and > oldlibs). Does it mean that I can remove that packages without risks? As I understand it, it is safe to remove any libraries that are reported by $ deborphan without any

Re: no updates to amd64 stable in last 3 weeks?

2006-01-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/01/06 10:27), Matthew Robinson wrote: > i'm currently running AMD64 Stable, and i'm a little worried that > there haven't been any updates (sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get > dist-upgrade) since just after i first installed. Stable is such because it doesn't introduce new packages, onl

Re: no updates to amd64 stable in last 3 weeks?

2006-01-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/01/06 13:10), Matthew Robinson wrote: > On Thursday 05 January 2006 13:01, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (05/01/06 10:27), Matthew Robinson wrote: > > > i'm currently running AMD64 Stable, and i'm a little worried that > > > there haven't bee

Re: Please don't laugh...

2006-01-10 Thread Clive Menzies
On (10/01/06 11:53), Graham Smith wrote: > Ok, you can maybe have a bit of a chuckle. I have just done an upgrade and, > because I wasn't paying attention, I installed a load of KDE 3.5 packages > which has left we with a less than perfect KDE experience. I have managed to > get most things work

Re: Please don't laugh...

2006-01-10 Thread Clive Menzies
On (10/01/06 12:48), Graham Smith wrote: > On Tuesday 10 January 2006 12:13, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (10/01/06 11:53), Graham Smith wrote: > > > > If you use the interactive capability of aptitude it now has a pretty > > nifty dependency resolution function. I

Re: Upgrade to Kernel 2.6.8-11-em64t-p4-smp

2006-01-10 Thread Clive Menzies
On (10/01/06 10:11), Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 11:37:02PM +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote: > > use aptitude or dselect to find the package > > > > 2.6.8 was pretty bad, may i suggest you go to 2.6.14 or 15 > > Tricky on sarge. FWIW I was frustrated with smp, sata and raid issu

Re: 3ware 9550 SATA RAID controller problems

2006-01-11 Thread Clive Menzies
Stephen Woodbridge wrote: Hi all, I have not been able to find anything useful on the problem described below. I could really use some ideas or suggestions. The one thing I have not tried is to build the driver based on the 3ware source, but I have not had much luck building a kernel that wo

Re: 3ware 9550 SATA RAID controller problems

2006-01-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/01/06 14:16), Stephen Woodbridge wrote: > Thanks this sounds like it might do it. I tried it but no luck yet. I > some more details below, maybe I missed an important module. > > I'm running a Sarge system with the sid kernel and backported yaird. > > /etc/modprobe.d/libata >options l

via82cxxx_audio module missing in 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8

2006-01-21 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi Since upgrading to 2.6.15 sometime ago, I've lost sound; I've only now had a chance to investigate and comparing the output of lsmod |sort on 2.6.14 (on which sound works) with this kernel, the module is missing. modprobe via82cxxx_audio fails to find it Am I being dense or is this a bug? Re

Re: via82cxxx_audio module missing in 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8

2006-01-21 Thread Clive Menzies
On (21/01/06 17:23), Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote: > Le 21.01.2006 16:53:01, Clive Menzies a écrit : > >Since upgrading to 2.6.15 sometime ago, I've lost sound; I've only now > >had a chance to investigate and comparing the output of lsmod |sort on > >2.6.14 (

Re: via82cxxx_audio module missing in 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8

2006-01-21 Thread Clive Menzies
On (21/01/06 20:42), Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote: > I've it used : > via82cxxx 9284 0 [permanent] > ide_core 139128 3 ide_generic,ide_cd,via82cxxx > > If via82cxxx is not loaded, I've no DMA on the disks. > > > I've the same : > > *-multimedia >

Re: via82cxxx_audio module missing in 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8

2006-01-23 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/01/06 09:26), Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote: > Le 22.01.2006 00:55:19, Clive Menzies a écrit : > >Would you mind posting the output of lsmod so I can make a line by > >line > >comparison? > > > > Module Size Used by > > [sni

Re: via82cxxx_audio module missing in 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8

2006-01-23 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/01/06 15:14), Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > via82cxxx_audio is OSS, snd_via82xx is ALSA. You want the latter. Ah! but if I've been using OSS to date, am I not able to continue or is it depricated? Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: via82cxxx_audio module missing in 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8

2006-01-23 Thread Clive Menzies
On (23/01/06 11:18), Jo Shields wrote: > Remember that when 2.6.0 was released, it was made clear that OSS was > deprecated and scheduled for removal. We're on 2.6.15 now - don't expect > too much time to be spent on OSS by the kernel developers. Thanks Jo, I should read more. That settles it t

Re: via82cxxx_audio module missing in 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8

2006-01-23 Thread Clive Menzies
On (23/01/06 15:47), Giacomo Mulas wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jan 2006, Clive Menzies wrote: > > >Since upgrading to 2.6.15 sometime ago, I've lost sound; I've only now > >had a chance to investigate and comparing the output of lsmod |sort on > >2.6.14 (on which sound w

Re: installation problem

2006-03-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/03/06 15:22), Martin Kotys wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 02:44:30PM +, Martin Kotys wrote: > > > Not working as well. Kernel is with devfs support and harddisks are > > > accessible through /dev/scsi/.. device, but it tries to write to > > > /dev/sda > > > > > > error message from

Success with wireless on Acer1524WLMi but now won't shutdown cleanly

2006-03-14 Thread Clive Menzies
Well there's good news and bad news :) The good news is it works :) The bad news is that when shutting down, the console hangs on an error ending: ndiswrapper (iw_set_ap_address:668) setting AP mac addressed failed (C0010015) After boot up dmesg shows: ndiswrapper (iw_set_freq:375): setting co

Re: realplayer in chroot VERY slow

2006-03-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/03/06 10:00), Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Same here. I assumed the program was just rubbish... > > May be, but it's all I got and this problem is likely some problem > with a Debian library, because a real player Linux executable ran > reaso

Re: Problem with OpenOffice in chroot

2006-04-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (03/04/06 16:50), Sylvain Archenault wrote: > Thanks to a private message, I found the solution, I needed to downgrade > to login_4.0.15-1 > (http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2006/03/23/debian/pool/main/s/shadow/login_4.0.15-1_i386.deb). > > Have a nice day :) Thanks Sylvain I was bitten

Re: stupid recent problem (chroot related)

2006-04-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (03/04/06 20:20), Rafael Rodríguez wrote: > i've been using skype through a chroot for months, with an icon in the > desktop with the associated command: > > /usr/bin/dchroot -d "/home/user/downloads/skype-1.2.0.18/skype" > > but now it has stopped working: > > /usr/bin/dchroot -d "/home/us

Re: stupid recent problem (chroot related)

2006-04-04 Thread Clive Menzies
On (04/04/06 12:05), Sylvain Archenault wrote: > I send a message about this at the Pkg-shadow-devel team. They told me, > they've sent a patch to dchroot (#360604). > > And as a workaround, you can set the SU_NO_SHELL_ARGS environment variable > before calling dchroot, or use: > dchroot

Re: SATA, RAID and GRUB

2006-05-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/05/06 13:24), Erik Brucken wrote: > On Friday 12 May 2006 13:05, Valero Pascual wrote: > > Hello!! > > > > I have a computer with amd64 and I am trying to install the sarge for amd64 > > with a minimum CD for net, I lower the image ISO: > > should-31r0a-amd64-netinst. Antecedentes: I must sa

Re: The right tool ?

2006-06-07 Thread Clive Menzies
On (07/06/06 08:10), Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Hello dear maintainers, > > I have a little question: > > What is today the right tool, to handle the packages ? > > apt ? synaptic ? aptitude ? kpackage ? > > Which one is recommended and preferred as "state of the art" ? Are you looking to star

Is there a bug in apt-listbugs?

2006-06-22 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi All Trying to do the usual daily upgrade of sid yesterday produced the following error: Fetched 6161kB in 31s (197kB/s) Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... 0% [0/19] W: invalid compressed data -- crc error: dhcp3-client W: invalid compressed

Re: Problems upgrading gv

2005-01-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/01/05 10:51), Andree Zeulner wrote: > Am Dienstag, 4. Januar 2005 17:57 schrieb David Liontooth: > > The problem is fixed in 1:3.6.1-2 (not in amd64 yet?) -- or you could > > comment out these lines in /var/lib/dpkg/info/gv.postinst and reinstall: > > > > if [ "$1" = configure ]; then > >  

Re: Building a RAID system

2005-02-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (31/01/05 22:11), SpikeyGG wrote: > I'm new to the raid thing in linux (and fairly new to linux also). My > router for the last year or so has been a old PIII 600MHz running > slackware... Anyway, after doing some research I decided to build a > home-theater PC using an Athlon 64 3200+ with

Re: Building a RAID system

2005-02-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/02/05 13:35), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 12:11:30PM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > [snip] > > > > I'm no expert but I configured two servers using HP's hardware raid > > configuration a couple of years back and didn't do a

Re: Building a RAID system

2005-02-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/02/05 08:34), Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 01:24:15PM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > > I'm not sure I understand...he said: > > > > "I turned raid on in the bios for the two channels that I have the hard > > drives hooked up to but w

Re: Building a RAID system

2005-02-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/02/05 13:48), Paul Brook wrote: > To: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org > Cc: Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Paul Brook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 13:48:29 + > Subject: Re: Building a RAID system > > On Tuesday 01 February 2005 1

Re: Building a RAID system

2005-02-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/02/05 09:16), Lennart Sorensen wrote: > To: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org > From: Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 09:16:50 -0500 > Subject: Re: Building a RAID system > > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 02:03:32PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: >

Re: suggestions for a 64 bit laptop?

2005-02-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/02/05 15:16), Giacomo Mulas wrote: > Hello, I am a happy pure64 user on the desktop, and I would like > to get a 64 bit laptop/desktop replacement as well. However, it looks like > the models with large displays (15", more than 1280x1024) are only > available with Intel 32 bit cpus

Re: KDE fonts garbled

2005-02-07 Thread Clive Menzies
On (07/02/05 08:18), Matthias Julius wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > From yesterday, all fonts display are completely garbled. > > Konsole seems to print ok, but only first menu is displayed, the others > > are blank. > > The font selection displays only one font (the bitstream one). > >

CIFS VFS No response buffer - solved

2005-02-08 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi I thought I'd post this as I found a solution (or think I have). I recently started using smb instead of nfs to access files on servers from my 64bit laptop. I had been running windows clients accessing samba but couldn't get it to work right for debian clients. However, using file type cif

Re: basic installtion questions

2005-02-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/02/05 11:43), Henry Liu wrote: > Hi, > > I am new user and want to install a debian linux version on my > machine, that has following specifications. > > 1. CPU: AMD Athon 64 64 processor 3400+ > 2. NIC: Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/10/1000Base-T Adapter > 3. VIdeo card: NVIDIA GeF

Re: sources.list ftp site

2005-02-21 Thread Clive Menzies
On (21/02/05 12:26), Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: > To: amd64list > From: Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:26:09 + > Subject: sources.list ftp site > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > What are good ftp sites to enter into my sources.list? The ones I found > on th

Re: running openoffice from chroot

2005-02-21 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/02/05 00:07), Alexandru Cabuz wrote: > Hello, > > I just set up my system according to the amd64 howto, and I even set > up kde to recognize doc and sxw files and open them with openoffice. > > The problem is that files that have spaces in them do not get opened. > The first word is consid

Re: running openoffice from chroot

2005-02-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/02/05 10:25), Alexandru Cabuz wrote: > Ted: > > I'm assuming you are using dchroot to run openoffice in the chroot? > > Yes, that's exactly my setup, as described in the howto. But. I did > not use the apostrophes. With the filename between apostrophes it > does indeed work. > > Clive: >

Re: sid-amd64 and Oracle 10

2005-02-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/02/05 14:00), Maciej Jan Broniarz wrote: > Hey > > Is it possible to run 64bit Oracle10 on debian-sid-amd64 ? > I have Blackdown java installed but oracle installer refuses to start. > Btw. the cx_Oracle python module is somehow strange: > > ldd cx_Oracle.so > linux-gate.so.1 =>

Re: chrooting

2005-03-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/03/05 12:16), Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: > Hi, > I have installed the chroot enviroment and changed into it. I tried to > use apt and found I have no sources.list. Is this normal and do I need > to write my own? Hi Gavin Yes. Here's mine: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb

Security Certificate

2005-03-08 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi I don't know whether anyone else has noticed but the security certificate for the HOWTO seems to have expired: https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html#id220463 Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: Security Certificate

2005-03-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (08/03/05 10:17), Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 15:46 +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > > Hi > > > > I don't know whether anyone else has noticed but the security > > certificate for the HOWTO seems to have expired: > > https://alioth.debian.org

Re: still probs with display in chroot

2005-03-09 Thread Clive Menzies
On (09/03/05 14:19), Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: > > Hi, > I understand this prob of mine must be an incorrect chrot setup. But I > followed the distructions. I have the /newroot/etc/fstab setup as > instructed. The error I get is > 'debian1:/# oowriter > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by serve

Re: "rock solid" motherboard

2005-03-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (10/03/05 19:33), Joshua Moore wrote: > I hate to bring this up again, but this is the only discussion I've been > able to find that speaks around my specific needs. I have the Abit AV8 and > Athlon64 3000 CPU. When I try to install Debian with RAID-0 (two Western > Digital SATA drives), it

Segmentation fault - grub 0.95+cvs20040624

2005-03-12 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi I'm having some trouble with grub. Briefly, when I installed orginally, I installed a 32 bit sarge system first and then the amd64 system, which has been working fine. For the sake of clarity we'll call this 64bit install 'production' I decided to use the 32bit sarge space to do a fresh amd64

Re: Where to find ?

2005-03-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/03/05 12:49), Bhushan Kulkarni wrote: > Hi Debian/AMD64 Lovers , > Where to find jigdo files for pure64 ? Or how to download pure > 64. > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow this: https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-

Re: Segmentation fault - grub 0.95+cvs20040624

2005-03-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/03/05 05:38), Aritz Beraza Garayalde [Rei] wrote: > > Hi > > > > I'm having some trouble with grub. Briefly, when I installed orginally, > > I installed a 32 bit sarge system first and then the amd64 system, which > > has been working fine. For the sake of clarity we'll call this > > 64bit

Re: Segmentation fault - grub 0.95+cvs20040624

2005-03-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/03/05 06:38), Harald Dunkel wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > >Hi > > > >But I've tried both grub-install and the grub command line interface: > >grub> root (hd0,7) > >grub> setup (hd0) > >setup (hd0) > > Checking if "/boot/grub/sta

libc6 install problem

2005-03-13 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi Doing a fresh install on my Acer laptop,which is already running pure64 on other partition, I've running into a significant problem. After rebooting halfway through the install, aptitude started and went through the intital download of packages but seemed to barf on libc6. dpkg: error process

Re: libc6 install problem

2005-03-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/03/05 20:14), Superuserman wrote: > Clive writes: > > >After rebooting halfway through the install, aptitude started and went > >through the intital download of packages but seemed to barf on libc6. > > > >dpkg: error processing > >/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.3.2-ds1-20-amd64.deb > >try

Re: libc6 install problem

2005-03-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/03/05 03:50), Superuserman wrote: > Clive writes: > > >>What is the installer type and date used here? > >sarge-amd64-netinst.iso 11January05 (it is the same image I used to > >install my production system) Should I download and try the latest one > >instead? > > That old installer has ma

Re: Segmentation fault - grub 0.95+cvs20040624

2005-03-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/03/05 06:33), Harald Dunkel wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > >On (13/03/05 06:38), Harald Dunkel wrote: > > > >> > >>Have you tried to boot using "noexec=off" on the kernel command > >>line? > > > >Thanks but it's not e

Re: Segmentation fault - grub 0.95+cvs20040624

2005-03-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/03/05 06:33), Harald Dunkel wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > >On (13/03/05 06:38), Harald Dunkel wrote: > > > >> > >>Have you tried to boot using "noexec=off" on the kernel command > >>line? > > > >Thanks but it's not e

Re: libc6 install problem (SOLVED)

2005-03-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/03/05 03:50), Superuserman wrote: > Clive writes: > > >>What is the installer type and date used here? > >sarge-amd64-netinst.iso 11January05 (it is the same image I used to > >install my production system) Should I download and try the latest one > >instead? > > That old installer has ma

Re: KDE Konqueror woes

2005-03-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (15/03/05 21:50), Rob wrote: > Just curious if anyone else has Konqueror/famd issues. With famd, my > Konqueror file browsing will work fine until x hours later. At this > point, Konqueror freezes on the first directory it shows. Then on a 'ps > aux', I notice the famd process in a "DU

Problem with chroot paths

2005-04-01 Thread Clive Menzies
OK I give in. I've been going round in circles with this one and I'm sure the answer is simple, so perhaps someone can put me out of my misery ;) I've been using openoffice on a chroot install I did 2 months ago and it will read/write to smb shares which have been mounted in the fstab: # sm

Re: Problem with chroot paths

2005-04-03 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/04/05 16:29), Javier Kohen wrote: > El vie, 01-04-2005 a las 20:18 +0100, Clive Menzies escribió: > > > # smbclient configuration > > //server/share /smb/sharecifs > > credentials=/home/user/.smb_pass,file_mode=0660,dir_mode=0770 0 0 > > ditto for othe

Re: 32 bit mozilla in 64bit kernel, fails.

2005-04-06 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/04/05 22:03), Dan Merillat wrote: > I have a (working) 32-bit install on a seperate partition. If I > chroot to it and try running > X programs, they work. (After mount -o bind /tmp/.X11-unix > /chroot/tmp/.X11-unix) > > mozilla and firefox, however, do not. This is somewhat of a problem

Re: 32 chroot - Openoffice has no menus

2005-04-06 Thread Clive Menzies
On (06/04/05 07:48), Tobias Krais wrote: > Dear list members, > > yesterday I installed a i386 chroot on my 64 bit system, according to > the AMD64 Howto. But now I want to start my Openoffice - and well it > starts, but without Menus. To me it seems, that there are some Libraries > missing. Ca

Re: 32 chroot - Openoffice has no menus

2005-04-06 Thread Clive Menzies
On (06/04/05 11:59), Tobias Krais wrote: > Hi Clive, > > >>yesterday I installed a i386 chroot on my 64 bit system, according to > >>the AMD64 Howto. But now I want to start my Openoffice - and well it > >>starts, but without Menus. To me it seems, that there are some Libraries > >>missing. Can

Re: 32 chroot - Openoffice has no menus

2005-04-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (07/04/05 21:53), Antti Pyykko wrote: > On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Tobias Krais wrote: > > >But now I want to start my Openoffice - and well it starts, but > >without Menus. > > Strange. I have the very same problem now. I have OpenOffice.org > installed with the necessary ia32 libs, and it has wor

Re: Is sid ok??

2005-04-11 Thread Clive Menzies
On (11/04/05 11:11), Alexander Nagel wrote: > Hi list, > i have a strange dependency problem with my fresh install in sarge but > in sid everything seems to be fine. It is ok to switch to sid? It is > stable enough to run GNOME with Firefox, Thunderbird, Abiword as main > applications? > Thanks

Re: Current Sid vs Sarge

2005-04-14 Thread Clive Menzies
On (14/04/05 21:32), Pete wrote: > To: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org > From: Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:32:45 +1000 > Subject: Current Sid vs Sarge > > Hi all, > > Just wondering how the stability of Sid is at the moment compared with > Sarge? > > I'm having issues wit

Re: Installing Debain on My AMD64

2005-04-15 Thread Clive Menzies
On (15/04/05 21:53), Colin O'Keeffe wrote: > I bought a AMD 64 Atholon. Now, i tried a copy of woody I had but no > use, so i googled and found out theres a version of debian for 64. > I want to download ISO images so i can burn them, but i cant find > them, only the network install image, so where

Re: Installing Debain on My AMD64

2005-04-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/04/05 13:51), Thomas Steffen wrote: > On 4/16/05, Dr Gavin Seddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've just seen this thread, in my opinion, what's the point of a > > 'powerful' 64 bit machine and running it as a 32 bit. > > I think running a 64bit system is all very nice (and fast), exce

Xfce 4.2 on AMD64

2005-04-18 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi Short history: I installed xfce4.2 from a link at: http://www.os-works.com/view/debian/ Andreas Weber provides ready-to-install Debian/amd64 versions of our Debian packages. Just add the lines deb-src http://www.os-works.com/debian testing main deb http://www.kanotix.lxserv.de/debian ./

Re: amd64 into mainstream

2005-04-19 Thread Clive Menzies
On (19/04/05 13:09), Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:45:50AM -0500, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > Now that is a good point. I am not sure that is it valid. Here is why: > > 500 > > desktop user vs one sys admin who uses 500 servers with debian. If the 500 > > users go away

Re: amd64 into mainstream

2005-04-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/04/05 08:54), Thomas Steffen wrote: > On 4/20/05, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So IMHO there is something for everyone in debian and people should be > > less obsessed with release cycles. > > I run several systems at home, and until recen

Re: amd64 into mainstream

2005-04-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/04/05 10:04), Ed Cogburn wrote: > On Wednesday 20 April 2005 5:34am, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > > Debian and Ubuntu appear to have a symbiotic relationship, at least > > well kinda > > > I regard them as complementary rather than competing offerings.

If latest chroot update breaks application links - reboot

2005-04-20 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi This may be obvious to many but I thought worth recording here. The latest update of mozilla-firefox in my 32bit chroot system ceased to function properly when run within the 64bit system: xml parse syntax error Solution = reboot Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies f

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