Re: Why are company's not certifying Debian?

2004-10-29 Thread Rishi
> - if you cannot be down for more than 5 minutes... you should have 2 > complete independent systems ( properly configured and tested for > high-availability ... ) which has NOTHING to do with raid or mirror'ing > - if you cannot afford the extra hardware and extra time > to co

Re: Why are company's not certifying Debian?

2004-10-29 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Rishi wrote: > > the server you buy, is herein "blessed/certified to work with debian" > > - see the incompatibility list as what was previously > > posted for what is known NOT to work > > joking apart. :-) .. really what I meant was once I tried to i

Re: dselect?

2004-10-29 Thread Greg Madden
On Friday 29 October 2004 08:30 pm, Jules Dubois wrote: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:46:22 +0800, Lian Liming wrote: > > Is there any other tool that can do such the things that dselect > > can do. > > I think 'aptitude' is the most powerful package manager available. I > recommend it. > > > If there

Re: Why are company's not certifying Debian?

2004-10-29 Thread Rishi
> the server you buy, is herein "blessed/certified to work with debian" > - see the incompatibility list as what was previously > posted for what is known NOT to work Hi Alvin, joking apart. :-) .. really what I meant was once I tried to install Debian Woody on an HP server and i

Re: /dev/hdc? and changing drive letters

2004-10-29 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Jules Dubois_, on 30/10/04 01:05,typed: On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 00:49:18 -0400, H. S. wrote: Apparently, _Jules Dubois_, on 30/10/04 00:21,typed: It's just an unsubstantiated rumor. IIRC, you'll have to reboot before step (3), because "e:" was already in use before you began relettering

Re: Why are company's not certifying Debian?

2004-10-29 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Rishi wrote: > This is the response I got from IBM in India... Why are they not > certifying Debian GNU/Linux on their servers? they do atas their told, or they find they behinds on the other side of the ibm door > Is there something Debian as the organization can d

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Why are company's not certifying Debian?

2004-10-29 Thread Rishi
Hi, This is the response I got from IBM in India... Why are they not certifying Debian GNU/Linux on their servers? Is there something Debian as the organization can do to get firms like IBM to certify their hardware on it? Regards Rishi -- Forwarded message -- From: Hemanth Ku

Re: dselect?

2004-10-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lian Liming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > I find the debian tool dselect is too hard for me, a debian newbie, :) . Yeah, I never really cared for dselect, myself. > Is there any other tool that can do such the things that dselect > can do.

Re: IBM Rack Server recommendation

2004-10-29 Thread Rishi
> Try Linux Incompatablity List Linux Incompatibility List for > problem hardware. Thanks for this info. Can anyone recommend a branded 1 U Rack server that works on Debian GNU/Linux? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Re: nvidia driver: gl works, but dri doesn't!

2004-10-29 Thread Andrew Schulman
> Hello, I'm having the same problem. Could you tell me what is dri-trunk, > and how you solved it? http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/troubleshooting.html#nodri -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /dev/hdc? and changing drive letters

2004-10-29 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Jules Dubois_, on 30/10/04 01:05,typed: On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 00:49:18 -0400, H. S. wrote: Apparently, _Jules Dubois_, on 30/10/04 00:21,typed: It's just an unsubstantiated rumor. :)) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

Re: /dev/hdc? and changing drive letters

2004-10-29 Thread Jules Dubois
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 00:49:18 -0400, H. S. wrote: > Apparently, _Jules Dubois_, on 30/10/04 00:21,typed: It's just an unsubstantiated rumor. >> IIRC, you'll have to reboot before step (3), because "e:" was already >> in use before you began relettering. > > Good point! I have been reading about

Re: scanning tools

2004-10-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Fortunately, gnus has gnus-article-outlook-deuglify-article. Unfortunately not everybody has that feature. Please see http://ursine.dyndns.org/wiki/index.php/Top_Posting "Gilbert, Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Paul Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PR

Re: dselect?

2004-10-29 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Jules Dubois: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:46:22 +0800, Lian Liming wrote: > > > Is there any other tool that can do such the things that dselect can > > do. > > I think 'aptitude' is the most powerful package manager available. I > recommend it. > > > If there is graphic tool, that

Re: /dev/hdc? and changing drive letters

2004-10-29 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Jules Dubois_, on 30/10/04 00:21,typed: I had hda1 as c: hda2 as o: hda3 as d: etc. I have found out how to change drive letters, I am thinking of doing: 1) make d: as z: 2) make e: as d: 3) make z: as e: There's the problem of drive references stored in the registry, but a

Re: dselect?

2004-10-29 Thread Jules Dubois
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:46:22 +0800, Lian Liming wrote: > Is there any other tool that can do such the things that dselect can > do. I think 'aptitude' is the most powerful package manager available. I recommend it. > If there is graphic tool, that would be better. Synaptic. It's what I used

Re: /dev/hdc? and changing drive letters

2004-10-29 Thread Jules Dubois
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:26:20 -0400, H. S. wrote: > But when windows was started, I got: > hdc2 as c: > hdc3 as e: > hdc5 as d: I had hda1 as c: hda2 as o: hda3 as d: etc. > I have > found out how to change drive letters, I am thinking of doing: > > 1) make d: as z: > 2) make e: as d: >

Install help for sparc

2004-10-29 Thread Mike Noonan
I have spent too many hours trying to get through the hard drive partitioning and formatting process for loading debian linux on my ultraSparcII machine with no success... My system has three IBM DNES-309170 9GB SCSI-SE drive in it... which are seen when the system boots, but when I try and calc

Re: SCSI Disk/Controller advice please - fun

2004-10-29 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya ron On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Ron Johnson wrote: > I've been using h/w RAID for 10 years, in everything from 60GB > (using scads of 4GB devices) to 15TB SANs using 147GB devices, > and have *never* *ever* seen what you suggest. > > I would, literally, fall over dead if I ever saw that happen

Install help for sparc

2004-10-29 Thread Mike Noonan
I have spent too many hours trying to get through the hard drive partitioning and formatting process for loading debian linux on my ultraSparcII machine with no success... My system has three IBM DNES-309170 9GB SCSI-SE drive in it... which are seen when the system boots, but when I try and calc

Re: SCSI Disk/Controller advice please - fun

2004-10-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 16:48 -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > hi ya > > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Joao Clemente wrote: > [snip] > problem with raid1 ( aka mirror ) > - if one disk goes bad, the other disk will copy that bad info > onto the good disk the whole point of mirror, both disk >

Re: dselect?

2004-10-29 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from J. Hannemann: > > > I find the debian tool dselect is too hard for me, > > a debian newbie, :) . > > Is there any other tool that can do such the > > things that dselect can > > do. If there is graphic tool, that would be better. > > You can bypass dselect and use apt to instal

Re: SBL/XBL & Spamassassin

2004-10-29 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Robert Vangel: > I do not know the complete ins-and-outs of how SBL/XBL blacklists how, > or even how to configure a MTA/spam filter to use them, which is what my > email is about. > > Basically, I have seen a bit of discussion from other lists about > SpamHaus, and how good their

Re: dselect?

2004-10-29 Thread J. Hannemann
--- Lian Liming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I find the debian tool dselect is too hard for me, > a debian newbie, :) . > Is there any other tool that can do such the > things that dselect can > do. If there is graphic tool, that would be better. > Thanks. > > > -- > To UNSUBS

Re: SCSI Disk/Controller advice please

2004-10-29 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 12:01:43AM +0100, Joao Clemente wrote: > Hi. > For the first time I'm gonna setup a server with SCSI disks (until now > I've done it only with IDE - regular ATA or SATA) > > I'm getting a completly new server (P4 3Ghz, Dual-Channel DDR 400, MB > with intel chipset) and, w

dselect?

2004-10-29 Thread Lian Liming
Hi all, I find the debian tool dselect is too hard for me, a debian newbie, :) . Is there any other tool that can do such the things that dselect can do. If there is graphic tool, that would be better. Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: /dev/hdc? and changing drive letters

2004-10-29 Thread Jules Dubois
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:31:21 -0400, H. S. wrote: > I am just trying > to verify it won't mess with my Debian installation. All I want to do is > interchange D: and E: driver letters for two partitions Do you mean changing Windows' drive letter assignments using Windows Disk Manager (or whatever

Re: SCSI Disk/Controller advice please

2004-10-29 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 00:01:43 +0100, Joao Clemente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > For the first time I'm gonna setup a server with SCSI disks (until now > I've done it only with IDE - regular ATA or SATA) > > I'm getting a completly new server (P4 3Ghz, Dual-Channel DDR 400, MB > with intel chi

Re: Re: nvidia driver: gl works, but dri doesn't!

2004-10-29 Thread Mariano Dupont
Hello, I'm having the same problem. Could you tell me what is dri-trunk, and how you solved it? Thanks!! Mariano --- You wrote: i figured it out. i had an old dri-trunk dev installed that diverting some stuff and was screwing up a symlink. doom3 is awesome. 8) -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Question about debian install cd

2004-10-29 Thread Lian Liming
Matt Zagrabelny wrote: ~ That is exactly my question. How to choose the 2.6 kernel as my install kernel version? Current available Debian install cds seem just have 2.4 kernel or earlier version. if you are using the sarge install disc, you can install using the 2.6 kernel. when

Re: /dev/hdc? and changing drive letters

2004-10-29 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Paolo Alexis Falcone_, on 29/10/04 21:15,typed: On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:31:21 -0400, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On a given dual boot machine, Windowx XP and Debain (or any Linux for that matter) and booting using Grub, what effect would changing a drive letter in Windows have on t

SBL/XBL & Spamassassin

2004-10-29 Thread Robert Vangel
I do not know the complete ins-and-outs of how SBL/XBL blacklists how, or even how to configure a MTA/spam filter to use them, which is what my email is about. Basically, I have seen a bit of discussion from other lists about SpamHaus, and how good their SBL/XBL filtering is, and was wondering

Re: /dev/hdc? and changing drive letters

2004-10-29 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:31:21 -0400, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On a given dual boot machine, Windowx XP and Debain (or any Linux for > that matter) and booting using Grub, what effect would changing a drive > letter in Windows have on the partition table, if any? I am just trying > to ve

Re: SCSI Disk/Controller advice please - fun

2004-10-29 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Joao Clemente wrote: > > ?!? What if a drive fails while on those 12h/day where people are > actually using them? This will be a fileserver where documents are > constantly changed/added/removed during the work hours! have 2 file servers ... - your fans is more l

Re: Replacing root device on a running system

2004-10-29 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 03:42:10PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Micha Feigin wrote: > >Is it possible to change the root device on a running linux system? > > Yes; use the pivot_root system call. I don't know of any command that > provides access to that, though. /sbin/pivot_root :-) man 8 pi

Re: how to get a mounted USB stick icon on desktop

2004-10-29 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:25:13 -0400, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using udev to detect and mount a USB external floppy drive. When I > mount the floppy drive, an icon appears on the desktop and when I umount > it, it dissappears. Recently I added a udev rule to mount a USB stick in > a si

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Re: SCSI Disk/Controller advice please - fun

2004-10-29 Thread Joao Clemente
Hi Alvin, thanks for the quick reply. Some comments and questions, tough: Alvin Oga wrote: On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Joao Clemente wrote: I'm getting a completly new server (P4 3Ghz, Dual-Channel DDR 400, MB with intel chipset) and, while I have a good ideia on these components, I would like to setup

Re: plugin with mozilla

2004-10-29 Thread Gerard Robin
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 04:22:37PM -0700, Sergio Basurto wrote: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:07:14 +0100, Gerard Robin wrote: . > > I have a problem with mozilla-browser 1.7.3-5 : > > certain site (http://www.franceinter.com) asks me to > > install the plugin > > "flash". . > It is more eas

Re: nv vs. nvidia - glx - today

2004-10-29 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Right. So I installed libglut, but with the nv driver I still get: what is the output of "find /lib /usr -name libglut\* -ls" > Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". > Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual and if you c

Re: SCSI Disk/Controller advice please - fun

2004-10-29 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Joao Clemente wrote: > I'm getting a completly new server (P4 3Ghz, Dual-Channel DDR 400, MB > with intel chipset) and, while I have a good ideia on these components, > I would like to setup a RAID-1 system with SCSI disks... there is zero point ot setting up raid-1

Re: nv vs. nvidia - glx - today

2004-10-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Alvin Oga wrote: On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: # watch out for libglut*.a vs libglut.so.* too I got this: 733249 496 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 500480 Sep 28 07:09 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so.1.3 733038 656 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 666440 Sep 28 07:09 /usr

Re: Audio Problem

2004-10-29 Thread Sergio Basurto
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:39:22 +0100, robin wrote: Sergio Basurto wrote: On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:07:04 +0200, Andrea Vettorello wrote: On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:43:42 -0700 (PDT), Sergio Basurto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, Debian: Sarge Kernel: 2.4

Re: plugin with mozilla

2004-10-29 Thread Rui Silva
On Saturday 30 October 2004 00:22, Sergio Basurto wrote: > apt-get install swf-player what about for konqueror??? I installed this one, and konqueror doesn't use it to open pages -- Rui Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: nv vs. nvidia - dual

2004-10-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Alvin Oga wrote: On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I use a patch to the kernel to have it separate keyboards by vt's and gdm to start 2 servers and in the start up: huh ??? kernel patches is not needed for dual display or dual keyboards but guess there's reasons for it ... though i'm c

Re: Free linux drivers for V90 Conexant modems

2004-10-29 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 13:44 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 'cause that's one more "thing" on top of/near his PC, with one > > more length of cable, and one more wall wart that has to be plugged > > in

Re: plugin with mozilla

2004-10-29 Thread Sergio Basurto
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:07:14 +0100, Gerard Robin wrote: > > Hello, > first I am sorry to have sent 2 idiot messages on the > list, it was an error > on my part. > > I have a problem with mozilla-browser 1.7.3-5 : > certain site (http://www.franceinter.com) asks me to > install the plugin > "fl

Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread John Hasler
Gilbert, Joseph writes: > Well, the version number of sendmail in stable (just one example) seems > to be pretty old - 8.12.3. There are known exploits (buffer overflows, > etc.) The fixes were _backported_ to 8.12.3 by Debian security. This closes the holes without the changes in functionality

Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "Gilbert, Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If you are worried about security and stability issues, install >> stable. period. This is the most preferred way. > > I do not think stable is necessarily the best if you are very concerned > about se

plugin with mozilla

2004-10-29 Thread Gerard Robin
Hello, first I am sorry to have sent 2 idiot messages on the list, it was an error on my part. I have a problem with mozilla-browser 1.7.3-5 : certain site (http://www.franceinter.com) asks me to install the plugin "flash". I donwloaded the tarball "install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz". My ques

SCSI Disk/Controller advice please

2004-10-29 Thread Joao Clemente
Hi. For the first time I'm gonna setup a server with SCSI disks (until now I've done it only with IDE - regular ATA or SATA) I'm getting a completly new server (P4 3Ghz, Dual-Channel DDR 400, MB with intel chipset) and, while I have a good ideia on these components, I would like to setup a RAID

RE: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread Gilbert, Joseph
Further research does show that I'm wrong about this. The -7.1 on sendmail does mean quite a bit. I looked into the change log and saw that patches are routinely added to fix vulnerabilities that would be exploitable on an unpatched version of sendmail. So... I retract my statement about stable

Re: nv vs. nvidia - glx - today

2004-10-29 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > # watch out for libglut*.a vs libglut.so.* too > > > > I got this: > > 733249 496 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 500480 Sep 28 07:09 > /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so.1.3 > 733038 656 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 666440 Sep 28 07:09 >

Re: Audio Problem

2004-10-29 Thread robin
Sergio Basurto wrote: On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:07:04 +0200, Andrea Vettorello wrote: On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:43:42 -0700 (PDT), Sergio Basurto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, Debian: Sarge Kernel: 2.4.27-1-386 I have a problem with and audio ca

x cdroast

2004-10-29 Thread Tom Allison
I'm having some trouble getting my cd-rw working with x cd roast. it's a MSI brand ATAPI device with CD/DVD R/RW. I'm using Linux Kernel Linux isengard 2.6.8-1-k7 #1 Mon Sep 13 23:56:00 EDT 2004 i686 GNU/Linux First off, I get warning messages about using ATAPI EIDE devices instead of the SCSI emu

Re: nv vs. nvidia - glx

2004-10-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Alvin Oga wrote: On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved! Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved! those seem to be non-critical warnings, we

Re: nv vs. nvidia - dual

2004-10-29 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > I use a patch to the kernel to have it separate keyboards by vt's and > gdm to start 2 servers and in the start up: huh ??? kernel patches is not needed for dual display or dual keyboards but guess there's reasons for it ... though i'm confused why

/dev/hdc? and changing drive letters

2004-10-29 Thread H. S.
On a given dual boot machine, Windowx XP and Debain (or any Linux for that matter) and booting using Grub, what effect would changing a drive letter in Windows have on the partition table, if any? I am just trying to verify it won't mess with my Debian installation. All I want to do is intercha

Re: Subject=Re: cdrecord --scanbus

2004-10-29 Thread Eric Gaumer
On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 17:27 -0400, Tong wrote: > On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:02:48 -0700, Eric Gaumer wrote: > > >> # cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI > >> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a34 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg > >> Schilling > >> NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) r

Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Gilbert, Joseph: > > From: John Hasler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I do not think stable is necessarily the best if you are very > > > concerned > > > about security. Packages with recent security fixes can take time to > > > make it into stable. > > > Stable gets backported s

Re: instalation problem

2004-10-29 Thread linux
Sergio Basurto wrote: On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:28:51 -0700 (PDT), lado samushia wrote: Hi gays, I'm gonna migrate to Linux and would like to install Debian on my comp. I have already downloaded iso images and burnt them on CDs; problem is that when I insert the CD and restart it doesn't boot Debia

Re: nv vs. nvidia - dual

2004-10-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Alvin Oga wrote: On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: 2. I run two X servers for 2 displays, one on AGP TNT2 and one on PCI MX-440. If I restart the second server, the character sizes change, from "normal" to tiny. I can get them back to normal by restarting gdm. how do you "restart the

Re: how to get a mounted USB stick icon on desktop

2004-10-29 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Luis Fernando Llana Díaz_, on 29/10/04 16:44,typed: El Viernes, 29 de Octubre de 2004 21:25, H. S. escribió: I am using udev to detect and mount a USB external floppy drive. When I mount the floppy drive, an icon appears on the desktop and when I umount it, it dissappears. Please, h

Re: instalation problem

2004-10-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello lado samushia (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I'm gonna migrate to Linux and would like to install > Debian on my comp. I have already downloaded iso > images and burnt them on CDs; problem is that when I > insert the CD and restart it doesn't boot Debian (in > setup menu primary boot device

Re: Audio Problem

2004-10-29 Thread Sergio Basurto
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 22:07:04 +0200, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:43:42 -0700 (PDT), Sergio Basurto > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Debian: Sarge > > Kernel: 2.4.27-1-386 > > > > I have a problem with and audio card, I already > install > > the needed modul

Re: USE flags ??

2004-10-29 Thread Glyn Tebbutt
On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 19:34 -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 08:40:00PM +, Nick Smith wrote: > > i use gentoo primarily now because i like the feeling that every piece > > of software on my system from the bootstrap up is compiled for my > > hardware aka p4, every debian b

Re: Subject=Re: cdrecord --scanbus

2004-10-29 Thread Tong
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:02:48 -0700, Eric Gaumer wrote: >> # cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI >> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a34 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg >> Schilling >> NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of >> cdrecord >> and thus may have bugs that

Re: nv vs. nvidia - dual

2004-10-29 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >>2. I run two X servers for 2 displays, one on AGP TNT2 and one on PCI > >>MX-440. If I restart the second server, the character sizes change, from > >>"normal" to tiny. I can get them back to normal by restarting gdm. how do you "restart the 2nd

Re: cdrecord --scanbus

2004-10-29 Thread Tong
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:33:09 -0500, John Fleming wrote: > Debian Sarge - I can burn CDs using K3B from the GUI, but I can't do > anything that uses cdrecord from the console, e.g. mondoarchive or direct > cdrecord commands. Here's the response from cdrecord --scanbus: > > # cdrecord --scanbus >

Re: nv vs. nvidia - kernel

2004-10-29 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Russ Pitman wrote: > The only way I found to remove the drivers was to reinstall the system !! > That was with 2.4.xx kernels, perhaps the 2.6.8 kernel has improved ?? if you download the latest nvidia drviers from them, nvidia driver issue is NOT a kernel problem their i

RE: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread Gilbert, Joseph
Well, the version number of sendmail in stable (just one example) seems to be pretty old - 8.12.3. There are known exploits (buffer overflows, etc.) against that version. The version in testing is 8.13.1 is much newer. Similar thing with mod-ssl, 2.8.9 vs. 2.8.20. I know a lot of security fixes

Re: OT, dvd player playable jpeg pictures

2004-10-29 Thread Tong
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Re: Debian 3.0r3 iso images?

2004-10-29 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Greg Madden wrote: > On Thursday 28 October 2004 03:39 am, Björn Johansson wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Is there any Debian 3.0r3 images available somewhere? > > I can't find it anywhere, I'm a bit early I guess :-). > > ... > There are two update cd's, one is non-us, so if ha

Re: nv vs. nvidia - glx

2004-10-29 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >>Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module > >>/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved! > >>Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module > >>/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved! > > > > > > those seem to be non-critica

Re: Can't mount DVD any more

2004-10-29 Thread Tong
Thanks Justin. On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:27:22 -0600, Justin Guerin wrote: > On Wednesday 27 October 2004 19:03, Tong wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I used to be able to mount my dvd, but not now any more. >> > What did you change in between the times when you could mount it and when > you couldn't? Every de

Re: Knoppix question [HD install inflexibility]

2004-10-29 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 10:46:07AM +0800, Lian Liming wrote: >> Hi all, >>I wonder if i can install knoppix directly to the hard disk? >>I heard that the knoppix is based on debian system. So after

Re: Installation.

2004-10-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 NWSP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wondering could the installation be improved. It is severaly in > need of a functionality makeover. Did you google? Search for debian installer -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux)

Re: Free linux drivers for V90 Conexant modems

2004-10-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 'cause that's one more "thing" on top of/near his PC, with one > more length of cable, and one more wall wart that has to be plugged > in somewhere? A 75 cent outlet saver on a power strip prevents your wall

Re: how to get a mounted USB stick icon on desktop

2004-10-29 Thread Luis Fernando Llana Díaz
El Viernes, 29 de Octubre de 2004 21:25, H. S. escribió: > I am using udev to detect and mount a USB external floppy drive. When I > mount the floppy drive, an icon appears on the desktop and when I umount > it, it dissappears. Please, how do you to make the icon appear on the desktop? Luis. -

Re: Debian 3.0r3 iso images?

2004-10-29 Thread Greg Madden
On Thursday 28 October 2004 03:39 am, Björn Johansson wrote: > Hello! > > Is there any Debian 3.0r3 images available somewhere? > I can't find it anywhere, I'm a bit early I guess :-). > > > Björn Johansson > (Not a member of the list) There are two update cd's, one is non-us, so if have have a cd

Re: Sound on ThinkPad 390

2004-10-29 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004 Oct 29 13:49 -0500]: > Thanks to all who helped me get my destop box playing midi and > converting it to wav. Now I have a new problem. > > Well, its pretty much the same problem, just on the laptop. > > I have installed snd, sox, and timidity on the lap

Re: Sound on ThinkPad 390

2004-10-29 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:25:26 -0400, Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to all who helped me get my destop box playing midi and > converting it to wav. Now I have a new problem. > > Well, its pretty much the same problem, just on the laptop. > > I have installed snd, sox, and timidi

Re: Problems with sound after installing sun java

2004-10-29 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:32:55 +0200 (CEST), Vegard Lundby Rekaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I start XMMS to play my MP3 files, I get the error message that the > soundcard may be configured incorrectly or the sound card is occcupied by > another task. This was not a problem untill I installed

Re: eclipse 3.0.1 install problem

2004-10-29 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:05:50 +0100, Dave Howorth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just downloaded eclipse 3.0.1 but can't get it to run. It produces a > log that I've included below. I can't see anything in the download or on > the eclipse site that explains how to install it and all the newsgroups >

Re: Audio Problem

2004-10-29 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:43:42 -0700 (PDT), Sergio Basurto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Debian: Sarge > Kernel: 2.4.27-1-386 > > I have a problem with and audio card, I already install > the needed modules in my case: > > #lspci > (...) > :00:1f.5 Multimedia Audio Controller: Intel

shadows on Samsung SyncMaster 753dfx

2004-10-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi Debian! I thought I was smart and since I was satisfied with my Samsung SyncMaster 750s I bought a flatscreen 753dfx. Terrible decision. The 753dfx has shadows. It is the monitor because if I swap the videocards the shadows follow this monitor. Everything shown is duplicated in shadowformat,

Re: Yanking a USB Hard Drive/ReiserFS causes Kernel Panic

2004-10-29 Thread William Ballard
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 10:38:15AM -0700, John L Fjellstad wrote: > I think it might be because reiserfs is a journaling filesystem. I know > I sometimes forget and remove my usbkey (which has FAT) without > unmounting, and don't see the problems you see. Even ext2 should be > fine. Never tried wi

Re: Need help playing mp3 files and /or configuring sound

2004-10-29 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:13:18 -0700, Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How would I determine if esound or Ars are running. Would that just > be a ps -e command after the mpg321 stops? Are these demons > somewhere?On > > > Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 10:08:51AM +0200, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > On Sun

how to get a mounted USB stick icon on desktop

2004-10-29 Thread H. S.
I am using udev to detect and mount a USB external floppy drive. When I mount the floppy drive, an icon appears on the desktop and when I umount it, it dissappears. Recently I added a udev rule to mount a USB stick in a similar fashion but I am not getting the icon for the mounted USB stick on

Re: Yanking a USB Hard Drive/ReiserFS causes Kernel Panic

2004-10-29 Thread John L Fjellstad
William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have an external USB 2.0 2.5" hard drive, shows up as /dev/sda, with > an ReiserFS partition. If I yank it with it mounted ReiserJS panics. > I have the fstab entry marked as sync, rw. I think it might be because reiserfs is a journaling filesyste

DJ software

2004-10-29 Thread Wayne Sitton
I am setting up a computer to play mp3's in a club. The DJ is used to using BPM-studio and Atomic. I would rather install Debian, than winblows, but am wondering if there is an equivalent program That I can use that doesn't have a high learning curve for him. Wayne -- Wayne Sitton <[EMAIL PROTE

RE: Debian Commands

2004-10-29 Thread Gilbert, Joseph
Well, if you just want a list of debian commands, try this. ls /bin /usr/bin /sbin /usr/sbin However, on my system that returns over 2000 commands, many of which I do not use and probably never will. You might have more success browsing the documentation section of Debian's web site. Try settin

Re: instalation problem

2004-10-29 Thread Sergio Basurto
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:28:51 -0700 (PDT), lado samushia wrote: > > Hi gays, > > I'm gonna migrate to Linux and would like to install > Debian on my comp. I have already downloaded iso > images and burnt them on CDs; problem is that when I > insert the CD and restart it doesn't boot Debian (in >

Re: faq on choosing a debian distribution - draft 1

2004-10-29 Thread John Hasler
s. keeling writes: > Fixes go into _unstable_ first. Then (if they're accepted) they go into > _stable_. Eventually, they trickle down (up?) into _testing_. New packages (including ones with security fixes from upstream or the maintainer) go into Unstable and then propagate to Testing. A very f

instalation problem

2004-10-29 Thread lado samushia
Hi gays, I'm gonna migrate to Linux and would like to install Debian on my comp. I have already downloaded iso images and burnt them on CDs; problem is that when I insert the CD and restart it doesn't boot Debian (in setup menu primary boot device is CD-ROM and when I insert Windows XP installatio

Audio Problem

2004-10-29 Thread Sergio Basurto
Hello, Debian: Sarge Kernel: 2.4.27-1-386 I have a problem with and audio card, I already install the needed modules in my case: #lspci (...) :00:1f.5 Multimedia Audio Controller: Intel Corp 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC97 Audio Controller (rev 02) (...) #lsmod ModuleSize Used by

Re: Problem with Sarge-NetInstall m68k on my Amiga (won't even start...)

2004-10-29 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 01:42:44AM +0200, Tobias Matschke wrote: > > I downloaded the latest NetInstall ISO > > (http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/m68k/pre-rc2/sarge-m68k-netinst.iso) > > > > and tried to install debian on my Am

Re: PCIe and Linux kernel

2004-10-29 Thread Matt Barry
On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 13:34 -0400, Colin wrote: > Matt Barry wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 11:51 +0100, Lee Redmayne wrote: > > > >>I've just got a lovely new beastie which has a PCI-Express Asus Radeon X600 > >>in it... Running Sarge 2.6.8-1.i386 and XF86 4.3.0.1, P4 "530", 512MB, 80GB > >>SAT

Re: nv vs. nvidia

2004-10-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Katipo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: For me, it's simple. If you're not doing design work, or gaming, that require 3D, stay with the free option. For me, it's not quite so simple. I want to game, but I'm cursed with nVidia's semi-b

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