Re: Configuring laptop interfaces The Debian Way?

2008-01-03 Thread robin putters
On 1/3/08, John Stumbles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to set up a laptop with both wired and wireless interfaces. > Apart from difficulties in getting the wireless to work I'm a bit > surprised by the way even the wired setup works. If I boot up the laptop > when the wired ethernet is di

Re: fglrx-driver 8.43.2-1 doesnt detect FireGL5200 on Thinkpad Z61p

2007-12-06 Thread robin putters
> > I just tried it in my Thinkpad Z61M (Mobile X1400) and it seems to be > > working well in 2D. > > > > Anthony > > I've switch from vesa to the radonhd driver and it worked instantly on > my Z61p/FireGL5200. > Although I cannot see a difference. > > Does anyone have success/experience with any d

Re: fglrx-driver 8.43.2-1 doesnt detect FireGL5200 on Thinkpad Z61p

2007-12-03 Thread robin putters
On 12/3/07, Bruno Voigt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > robin putters wrote: > > On 12/3/07, Bruno Voigt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> the newer fglrx-driver 8.43.2-1 doesn't anymore detect my > >> Thinkpad Z61p FireGL5200 graphics. > >

Re: fglrx-driver 8.43.2-1 doesnt detect FireGL5200 on Thinkpad Z61p

2007-12-03 Thread robin putters
On 12/3/07, Bruno Voigt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the newer fglrx-driver 8.43.2-1 doesn't anymore detect my > Thinkpad Z61p FireGL5200 graphics. > > The last working version was 8.40.4-2, > which unfortunately doesn't work with linux kernel 2.6.23.x .. > FireGL cards are still not supported wit

Re: How do I know debian has detected all my hardware?

2007-09-26 Thread robin putters
On 9/26/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 09/25/07 18:44, Kevin Mark wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 02:29:45AM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani > > wrote: > >> Hey guys, > >> > >> I recently installed etch on this old laptop and have no

Re: bittorent thru a proxy (TCP thorugh HTTP proxy).

2007-09-26 Thread robin putters
On 9/26/07, Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:59:43 +0100 > "abdelkader belahcene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I want to use gnome-btdownload, to download a bittorent cd. > > I works fine when there is no proxy. > > But I can't use it when there is a pr

Re: Evolution POP mail running very slow

2007-07-16 Thread robin putters
On Etch 4.0 with Evolution 2.6.3 (with all updates applied). Past 2-3 weeks my pop downloads using evolution have become very slow, when they are going on they are consuming lots of resources. It's really become a serious problem. Can't figure out why this is happening? Any clues? -- Did you pe

Re: bluetooth in etch

2007-06-28 Thread robin putters
On 6/27/07, Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I wander is does exists an standard bluetooth guide for etch... I'm using the gnome-bluetooth packages from: http://download.tuxfamily.org/osrdebian/dists/unstable/all/index.html (sources.list: deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/osrdeb

Re: Suspend DHCP if no cable

2007-06-19 Thread robin putters
On 6/19/07, Jarek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all! Is it possible to configure networking in that way, that dhcp will not be launched if there is no cable ? I don't want to wait or Ctrl+C dhclient if there is no cable connected. Use allow-hotplug in interfaces(5). #cat /etc/network/

Re: dist-upgrade : remove the packages fglrx-driver/kernel...

2007-05-23 Thread robin putters
which packages replace fglrx-driver and fglrx-kernel-2.6.18-4-amd64 ? None yet, but the latest xserver-xorg doesn't work with the fglrx driver. Put your xserver-xorg package on hold before trying to upgrade, and wait until AMD releases the new driver (or even better, use the xserver-xorg-video-a

Re: Sid, xorg and fglrx

2007-05-08 Thread robin putters
BTW: Why is the latest fglrx driver only available for i386? AMD64 is just at 8.31.xx http://packages.debian.org/fglrx-driver -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sid, xorg and fglrx

2007-05-07 Thread robin putters
On 5/7/07, Tim Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm another who has problems with the latest upgrade in sid's xorg. There is lots of information in the BTS: http://bugs.debian.org/fglrx-driver -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: Init replacements e.g. upstart

2007-04-26 Thread robin putters
does anyone know if there are any plans to replace init with upstart or something similar in Debian like Ubuntu has? The reason I'm asking is that I've managed to get my wireless working via /etc/network/interfaces rather than network-manager-gnome. The only downside to this is that the dhcp ser

Re: Problems upgrading libc6

2007-04-10 Thread robin putters
Try ´apt-get remove --purge nspluginwrapper´ Install that package again after the upgrade completes. On 4/10/07, Luis Hidalgo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I think I have a serious problem. I tried to upgrade my packages using apt-get upgrade but instead of being successful the following messa

Re: PPRacer and video card problem

2007-01-10 Thread robin putters
modprobe fb_nvidia_i2c On 1/10/07, David Shultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/10/07, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The graphics card obvious has to participate, but I don't see the driver > for the graphics card i2c. It may be there but I don't know what it's > called. I think in my case

Re: Debian and VMWare

2006-12-13 Thread robin putters
First, make sure you have enough memory (if you assign 512mb to the VM, have at least 512mb available for each instance of the VM you want to run + what you need for your deb install + some spare memory). Secondly, create the whole disk at once (do not use the ´incremental option´, or however it´

Re: azureus: upgrade

2006-07-08 Thread Robin Putters
On Sat, 2006-07-08 at 12:19 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hello, > > I am running Azureus 2.2.0.2 in sarge. Each time Azureus starts, I > receive a warning regarding new updates availables. Is it safe to > upgrade Azureus accepting the suggested upgrade? > Update will work just fine.. But

Re: Update and Package manager unresponsive

2006-07-08 Thread Robin Putters
On Sat, 2006-07-08 at 14:20 +0100, Stephen Fahey wrote: > I now cannot open Update manager or start Synaptic package Manager. > I think the issue is I'm not being asked for Administrator password, > access to Root Terminal does not get a response. Running :~$ apt-get > check in Terminal return

Re: gdm X login does not work anymore after last update (dbus problem?)

2006-06-21 Thread Robin Putters
On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 21:35 +0200, Stefan Bellon wrote: > Ken Wahl wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 06:29:11PM +0200, Stefan Bellon wrote: > > > I've done an apt-get update && apt-get upgrade on my notebook last > > > night and today I noticed that I can no longer login to an X session > > > usin

Re: Ati x800pro video card with x-windows on amd64

2005-12-02 Thread robin putters
Although not on x64, I'm using the following combination, which gives me accelerated X on this card:   apt-get install -t unstable linux-image-2.6.14-2-686 # You will need at least kernel 2.6.14 apt-get install -t experimental xserver-xorg # For experimental packages of X.org 6.9 apt-get install -t

Re: no DRI in X

2004-04-12 Thread Robin Putters
On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 09:49, Pim Bliek | PingWings.nl wrote: > Anyone any hints on how to get DRI working? I want to play TuxRacer :P. > > My Videocard is a Gigabyte Radeon 9000 Pro. > I had basically the same problems. Everything seemed to be ok, but fiddling with the order the kernel modules w

Re: auto-connect DHCP on boot up

2004-04-12 Thread Robin Putters
On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 03:20, Aaron Maxwell wrote: > What is the 'best' (correct, Debian) way to set things up so that the > connection is brought up automatically at boot time? > -- The easiest way is to install etherconf: apt-get install etherconf or when it's already installed, just do: dpkg-

RE: dhcp

2004-03-19 Thread Robin Putters
apt-get install etherconf Or if it's already installed: dpkg-reconfigure etherconf Tell debconf that you want to use dhcp for address assignement. -Original Message- From: Ronin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 1:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: dhcp Before upg

Re: No PS/2 Mouse with Kernel 2.6.x

2004-03-13 Thread Robin Putters
Change the line in XF86Config4 from /dev/input/mouse0 to /dev/input/mice On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 18:36, Sascha Petranka wrote: > Hi, > > I've ASUS L8400B notebook with synaptics touchpad and an external PS/2 > mouse attached. With Kernel 2.4.x both devices funtioned correctly. > Now, with the kern

Re: xmms with gtk2? Why did no one tell me about this?

2004-02-26 Thread Robin Putters
Hmm. I chose Zinf to get rid of the gtk1 dependency. It's basically the same. But nowadays I'm waiting for powertweak-gtk to be ported to gtk2 (might do it myself eventually). - Original Message - From: "Tom Badran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 26,

Re: wine and IE

2003-02-18 Thread Robin Putters
o show someone you can run (some) win32 programs with linux. Have fun! PS: check also appdb.codeweavers.com.. You will find a lot of usefull tips there (and also a lot of outdated ones). -- Robin Putters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gnome2 in sid

2003-01-19 Thread Robin Putters
ese packages do not exist! > This is probably due to the migration to Gnome2.2. Try this: http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/ Or wait a couple of days. -- Robin Putters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: installing non-"stable" packages and software

2002-12-26 Thread Robin Putters
t-get install -t unstable gaim' and you'll have the latest gaim (usually just 1-2 days old cvs version). However, please keep in mind that 0.60 isn't stable at all (at least for me). #Gaim development snapshots deb http://people.debian.org/~robot101/gaim unstable cvs deb-src http

Re: 2.4.18 to 2.4.19/20 locks up

2002-12-17 Thread Robin Putters
when I upgraded to 2.4.19... Hmm.. I started doubting my hardware, but now I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only one. -- Robin Putters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GCC 3.1 depends and BinUtils - safe to updrade?

2002-06-10 Thread Robin Putters
On Mon, 2002-06-10 at 19:45, Balazs Javor wrote: > So my questions would be: > Is this true? > If yes, where could I learn about the reasons for this and similar issues? > Finally, in this particular case, would it be safe to upgrade binutils? > I'm having no problems running SID for over a year

Re: Log message: dditional sense indicates Tracking servo failure

2002-06-07 Thread Robin Putters
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 18:09, Thorsten Manegold wrote: > I found the following message in the kern.log. What does it mean? If it > means that my HD is about to quit on me, how do I find out which > harddisk is affected? > Yes, one of your disks is dying.. Check the ide-smart package, it should

Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?

2002-06-07 Thread Robin Putters
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 16:46, Bruce wrote: > > Given the fact that, unfortunately, there are still many sites that do not > work with mozilla, but do work with Netscape 4.77, is this a wise behaviour? > Did you install mozilla-psm for accessing thos sites? You need it if they do https... Robin

RE: /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: ldd: command not found when installin

2002-06-05 Thread Robin Putters
On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 21:08, Charlie Grosvenor wrote: > I have the package libc6 installed but don't have the file /usr/bin/ldd > How can I solve this problem? > apt-get install --reinstall libc6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: IMAP + fetchmail + procmail

2002-06-04 Thread Robin Putters
On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 19:20, prover wrote: > I'M NOT MEMER OF YOUR MAILING LISTS. MY MAIL IS : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] IS ONLY FORWARD FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > WHY THIS MAILS COME TO ME? > EVERY DAY COME TO ME 200 MAILS FROM YOUR MAILING LISTS. > > CAN YOU DO SOMETHING WITH IT?

Re: word to the wise about Netscape 7/Mozilla

2002-05-24 Thread Robin Putters
On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 23:31, Quenten Griffith wrote: > Now if someone knows a better GUI MUA for Debian that supports spelling > checking/ > GPG/LDAP/ and IMAP I am all ears to try it out. > Evolution? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: Debconf problems

2002-05-21 Thread Robin Putters
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 07:41, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > > I gotta wonder what happened to being able to choose the priority and > display type for debconf in sid...I have a feeling I have the priority > cranked too high, but if I reinstall debconf, I don't get a menu asking > me what I want deb

Re: how does root run a graphical prog

2002-05-20 Thread Robin Putters
On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 18:45, Willy S wrote: > hi, > > How come root can not run a graphical program under other user > session. Let say, I do 'su' and I try to launch gkrellm. Xterm will > produce this message: > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to c

Re: GRUB question

2002-05-14 Thread Robin Putters
On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 06:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here's a related question: does anyone know if there is a grub graphic > available for Debian? Redhat's looks pretty cool, and Debian just has > the text menu. > The image goes in /boot/grub and is a ".xpm.gz" file. > Look for a thread about

Re: xfree redux

2002-05-13 Thread Robin Putters
On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 05:35, Tom Cook wrote: > > 3) how do I delete the self-installed version and not hurt the debianized > > one? > > I wouldn't worry. > Use cruft (apt-get install cruft) to find out which files don't belong on your system... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: upgrade to ext3 ?

2002-04-14 Thread Robin Putters
On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 11:38, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, David Wright wrote: > > > > My woody system has the pre-compiled debian kernel-image 2.4.17-k7. > > > Is support for ext3 compiled into this kernel? > > > > I know it is compiled into 2.4.18-k7. To see for your kernel,

Re: debian reinstallation

2002-04-06 Thread Robin Putters
On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 16:29, Vivek G. Bharathan wrote: > So I installed Debian in February and I've just discovered that my /usr > partition is much too small. I'd like to somehow set apt and dselect to > reload the packages I already have - is there any way to do this without > plugging through

Re: /etc/issue

2002-03-15 Thread Robin Putters
On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 16:43, Michael Kines wrote: > I accidentally erased my /etc/issue . > Now, when I switch alt-ctrl f1, there is no > indication of what tty I am on. Where can > I get that back again? Thanks. > bash-2.05a$ dpkg -S /etc/issue base-files: /etc/issue So an apt-get install --rei

Re: Blank Messages To Mailing List With Attachments Containing Message

2002-02-20 Thread Robin Putters
On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 21:27, Charlie Grosvenor wrote: > I have noticed that a number of people who post to this list post blank > messages, with the actual message attached. Why is this? > Use a normal email reader, not dinky-toys look-out express, which handles email correctly (and doesn't