Re: What is 'cat: alsa: No such file or directory' all about?

2004-01-23 Thread Simon Tod
--- duck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 23:00:21 +0100, Simon Tod wrote: > > > I'm getting an error message trying to upgrade a number of packages > that > > looks like > > > > Setting up modutils (2.4.26-1) ... > > ca

Re: .config how to change

2004-01-23 Thread Simon Tod
at http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html#INTRO-KERNEL-PKG > I've stopped 7.638 spam messages. You can too! > One month FREE spam protection at www.cloudmark.com > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

What is 'cat: alsa: No such file or directory' all about?

2004-01-13 Thread Simon Tod
tils but the other two both have this 'cat: alsa: ' thing. Nothing in any of the post-installation scripts gives an indication of the cause this error ?! Thanks in advance = ------- Simon To

Re: switching from woody to unstable/testing

2004-01-12 Thread Simon Tod
egards, > > -- > > Alphonse Ogulla > Nairobi, Kenya. > > Easy. Change your /etc/apt/sources.list to point to unstable, then 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] &

Re: How to find out the version package available on website

2004-01-09 Thread Simon Tod
howto/index.en.html > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

Re: Upgrade mozilla question

2004-01-09 Thread Simon Tod
nning mixed systems though. Consider an 'apt-get dist-upgrade' to testing and then pulling in things like mozilla from unstable. > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: apt-get update question

2004-01-09 Thread Simon Tod
s. A testing/unstable mix is generally a safer approach. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

graphical frontend to pon/poff

2004-01-08 Thread Simon Tod
that'll work with Gnome? I know there's kppp but that requires pulling back in all the kdelibs stuff... Thanks... = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instant

usb mouse

2003-11-25 Thread Simon Tod
compilation. Why do I need keybdev for a mouse anyway?! Thanks... = ------- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.

dpkg error (repost)

2003-11-16 Thread Simon Tod
r/cache/apt/archives/ftape-util_1%3a1.09.2002.03.21-0.3_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) How do I fix this?? Thanks. = ------- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to chat instan

Re: ppp slow on home build kernel

2003-11-16 Thread Simon Tod
ps > > Physics is a approximate description of a part of > the physical phenomena, that are only a small > portion of human perceptions. > > H Casimir, Dutch Physicist > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "uns

dpkg error

2003-11-13 Thread Simon Tod
r/cache/apt/archives/ftape-util_1%3a1.09.2002.03.21-0.3_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) How do I fix this?? Thanks. = ------- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to chat instan

Re: Trouble with Alsa 0.9.6-5, 2.4.22 AC97 audio and /dev/mixer under Gnome 2.4.0-1

2003-11-11 Thread Simon Tod
sic? > Old Rockers still on tour are pathetic, but old > Country singers > are still great. > Yep, that'll do fine. It'll create the dir /usr/src/modules if it doesn't already exist and stick the source code in it, so that make-kpkg module_imag

Re: something wrong with kernel source 2.4.22?

2003-11-11 Thread Simon Tod
py the old config to /usr/src/linux/.config, run 'make oldconfig' then 'make-kpkg --append-to-version=.my_kernel kernel_image'. You might want to look at using 'make xconfig' to get pop up a GUI to help with the configur

Re: What's the best package manager for single-package upgrades?

2003-11-04 Thread Simon Tod
riously mess your system up... If you think you might want to upgrade other packages in the future - and why not, Woody is *old* and most people happily run Sid on their desktops - you should look at dist-upgrading to Sid HTH. > -- > Joe Rhett > Chief G

Re: failing to upgrade sysvinit from Knoppix version

2003-10-29 Thread Simon Tod
--- David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simon Tod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > After a hdd install from knoppix 3.2 I tried to > dist-upgrade to > > Debian unstable. It all seems to work fine but my > debian_version is > > still reported as t

failing to upgrade sysvinit from Knoppix version

2003-10-28 Thread Simon Tod
whether or not this may be a safe thing to do or what alternative approach I could take would be much appreciated... Thanks! = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to chat instantly with your online

Unidentified subject!

2003-10-28 Thread Simon Tod
r what alternative approach I could take would be much appreciated... Thanks! = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger ht

resize swap partition `in situ`, using parted

2003-10-23 Thread Simon Tod
he two? Thanks! = ------- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: establishing ppp connection as non-root

2003-10-02 Thread Simon Tod
the 'dip' group. You should be able to do this through the adduser option in pppconfig = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messe

Re: Updating Woody-Prerelease to Woody

2003-10-02 Thread Simon Tod
t; Cheers, > Hardy > -- > Johann Hartwig 'Hardy' Hauschild, Karlsruhe, Germany > Info-Student, Freizeit-Handwerker und Debian-Nutzer > Hi. You still have the Woody pre-release cd's in your sources.list? Remove them. Just point the sources.list

Re: upgrade a packge

2003-10-01 Thread Simon Tod
use http, ftp or file > URIs > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato main > contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US > stable/non-US main contrib > non-free > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main > contrib non-free > > On Wed,

Re: upgrade a packge

2003-10-01 Thread Simon Tod
ot installable and a bug > report against > that package should be filed. > The following information may help to resolve the > situation: > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet > dependencies: > perl: Depends: libdb2 (>= 2:2.7.7.0-7) but > 2:2.4.14-2.

Re: upgrade a packge

2003-09-30 Thread Simon Tod
V Kumar > > If all you want to do is upgrade a single package then you need apt-get install perl Depending on what's in your /etc/sources.list file you might have to add a '-t testing' or '-t unstable' to the command t

Re: Lapack libraries

2003-09-27 Thread Simon Tod
Great, thanks. Worked a treat! --- JG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Simon Tod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The quickest way to build a library of all the > Fortran > > codes available in LAPACK appeared to be just by > > apt-get-ing lap

IRDA

2003-09-26 Thread Simon Tod
he command irdump on the Linux box appears to suggest something's happening... but trying to transfer files from the Windows box and I've no idea how to even try and transfer files from the Linux box. Many thanks = ------- Simon

Lapack libraries

2003-09-25 Thread Simon Tod
The quickest way to build a library of all the Fortran codes available in LAPACK appeared to be just by apt-get-ing lapack and blas/atlas. I was kinda expecting this in install Fortran libraries with names like liblapack.a that I could just link to at compile time, but I don't, only lapack.so and l

Re: gnome2.2 backport mirror has changed

2003-03-21 Thread Simon Tod
--- James D Strandboge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 05:32, Simon Tod wrote: > > > > Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.2.1) but 2.0.9-1 is to > be > > installed > > Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.2.1) but 1.0.5-3 is > to be > &

Re: gnome2.2 backport mirror has changed

2003-03-16 Thread Simon Tod
--- "Harley D. Eades III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simon Tod wrote: > > > --- James Strandboge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > The mirrors listed at DebianPlanet.org and > > > > > >>gnomedesktop.org have now > >

Re: gnome2.2 backport mirror has changed

2003-03-14 Thread Simon Tod
ite happy with removing all KDE... but is it actually going to work?! Why do I need xlibs from testing when it hasn't been mentioned in any dicussion of this backport (I think) and might it be something to do with having the *wrong* version of xfree86 4.2.1? Thanks. Simon. =

Re: new kernel, new problems

2003-02-26 Thread Simon Tod
--- Russell Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simon Tod wrote: > > So why can't modprobe find any of the modules - if > > indeed that's the problem - cause they're > certainly > > where they're supposed to be. > > > > Looki

Re: new kernel, new problems

2003-02-25 Thread Simon Tod
oblem... the same comment appears again and again in the output Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. What's that all about?! --- Russell Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simon Tod wrote: > > Surel

Re: new kernel, new problems

2003-02-25 Thread Simon Tod
tput in the attached file. How does this help? Opps. Forgot to attach the file last time :-0 --- Russell Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simon Tod wrote: > > >Thanks. Got the cpu speed bit solved. > > > >Looking through the PCMCIA HowTo I've checked to > se

Re: new kernel, new problems

2003-02-25 Thread Simon Tod
tput in the attached file. How does this help? --- Russell Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simon Tod wrote: > > >Thanks. Got the cpu speed bit solved. > > > >Looking through the PCMCIA HowTo I've checked to > see > >that /etc/pcmica/config, /et

RE: new kernel, new problems

2003-02-19 Thread Simon Tod
> > check the results with > > > cat /proc/cpufreq > > If you have multiple processors, you should find > them under > /proc/sys/cpu/[0-9]+ > > by the way, you can also cat speed, speed-min and > speed-max > > > > > -Original Message-

new kernel, new problems

2003-02-18 Thread Simon Tod
1000 MHz. WTF? Thanks in advance. = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: kernel 2.4.20-686 installation

2003-02-01 Thread Simon Tod
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kernel 2.4.20-686 installation

2003-02-01 Thread Simon Tod
to get the new kernel in place?! Many thanks = ------- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com temp Description: temp

restarting interrupted ftp upload

2003-01-30 Thread Simon Tod
? Is there such a thing available for Linux (esp. as a .deb file...) Thanks. = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts

mozilla plugins and download manager

2003-01-27 Thread Simon Tod
ozilla to use prozilla as its download manager but can't any documentation on how to play around with the download manager setup. Help appreciated. Thanks.. Simon. = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Ever

GNOME2 config

2003-01-18 Thread Simon Tod
ish is still running... solutions to these simple little problems would be most helpful. Thanks in advance! = ------- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and

minimal impact kernel upgrade

2003-01-14 Thread Simon Tod
s without screwing up all the stuff that works already like the sound, pcmcia modem, cdrw, etc. - don't know how this lot was configured in the first place as I didn't do the initial install. Thanks in advance... = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

Re: enabling apm on laptop

2002-12-11 Thread Simon Tod
n /lib/modules/2.4.19 or any of its subdirectories... SO WHAT NOW? --- Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 10:24:01PM +, Simon Tod > wrote: > > I've had several different response to this > problem... > > I did run lilo after alterin

Re: enabling apm on laptop

2002-12-10 Thread Simon Tod
here must be some good HOW-TO's out there on reconfiguring a kernel or installing a new one... any pointers helpful - if this really is the route that I have to go down! Thanks... --- Matthew Weier O'Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >

Re: enabling apm on laptop

2002-12-09 Thread Simon Tod
I going to have to reconfigure the kernel (how?) or what? Thanks "Darryl L. Pierce" wrote:On 2002.12.09 12:12 Simon Tod wrote:> > Bit of a simple newbie question I fear..> > I've got Woody up and running on my laptop but must have missed> something during instal

enabling apm on laptop

2002-12-09 Thread Simon Tod
Bit of a simple newbie question I fear.. I've got Woody up and running on my laptop but must have missed something during installation as I don't have APM enabled in the kernel; I tried to get a GNOME battery monitor applet running without success, and the machine just hangs at 'Power Down' aft