Question: package listing with apt
Hi all, how can I list all installed packages in the shell ? I suppose it can be done using apt, but with apt-cache or apt-show I could not find a way. What did I miss ? Regards Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LVM root?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Albert Dengg) writes: > On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 03:01:24AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> > Part. mount size >> > == >> > 1 /boot 32 MB >> > 5 / 200 MB >> >> Merge them and maybe give it some extra space. When you collect a few >> different kernels the /lib/modules dir grows on you. A bit of >> breathing room saves you from having to clean up on every kernel >> upgrade. > i would not merge them since grub does not support lvm at the moment... > (there are rumours about lvm2 support in grub2 though i havent > tried/tested it > > yours > albert That suggestion was obviously under the assumption of / not on lvm. Otherwise it wouldn't be partition 5 in the first place. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: writing dvd problem
I see one time this error if my memory is working right and means your kernel must support the filesystem in the DVD... On 10/9/06, Andrew Sharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 11:50:09PM +1000, garrone wrote: > Hi, > Writing to dvd's appears to work as normal, but reading them back > fails, with the following appearing from dmesg > > cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! What do you mean by "reading them back"? Mounting them? I've never seen that error message when mount fails. > I am running 2.6.17, testing distribution, with version 6.1-3 of > dvd+rw-tools package. > > I can boot up to 2.6.11 recovery mode, running an old ubuntu distro, > and am able to write and read back OK then. I also definitely did > a backup with an amd64 setup, but cannot recall the version. It may > have been the stable version. > > If I attempt to boot to recovery mode and write, I get the message > on the console: > > :-( Unable to anonymously mmap 33554432: resource temporarily > unavailable. I used to get this all the time. I don't really know what made it go away, but eventually it did. Either a kernel upgrade or a libc upgrade or something. That was quite a few months ago now. a -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Engañarse por amor es el engaño más terrible; es una pérdida eterna para la que no hay compensación ni en el tiempo ni en la eternidad. Kierkegaard Jaime Ochoa Malagón Integrated Technology Tel: (55) 52 54 26 10
Re: Google Earth woes
On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:19:06 +0100, Jo Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > The nvidia-installer indiscriminately overwrites key files in /usr, > leading to major system death in the event of upgraded X-related > packages. > The Debian packages come in three parts that you need care about. > nvidia-glx contains the driver for your current architecture. In order > to function, it requires a kernel module, provided by > nvidia-kernel-NVIDIAVERSION. This package doesn't actually exist - you > create one, by compiling against your specific kernel, using > "module-assistant" and "nvidia-kernel-source". More specifically, "m-a > prepare && m-a a-i nvidia" will download everything required to compile > an nvidia kernel module, create the .deb, and install it (or will use > your local nvidia-kernel-source package if it's newer than your mirror). > With your nvidia-kernel-NVIDIAVERSION installed, you can install > nvidia-glx. You may also wish to add nvidia-glx-ia32 (32-bit driver, for > use with 32-bit apps) and nvidia-settings (control panel thing to > control card settings) to the mix. Thanks Jo for these very helpful suggestions. Before tackling that though, I tried to uninstall the Nvidia driver I installed with Nvidia's own script using (thanks to a previous poster): sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2.run --uninstall But this sort of wrecked my system because next time I tried to reboot, X would not come up with the usual dialog to log in. I had to install it again. Can I proceed as you suggest and then uninstall NVidia's driver like above? Cheers, -- Seb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Google Earth woes
On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 09:56 -0500, Seb wrote: > On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:02:34 +0530, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alok G. Singh) wrote: > > [...] > > > There is a beta 9625 driver out which fixes the problem on my > > 6200TC. The debs are in experimental. You'll also need nvidia-glx. > > Thanks, yes, I had an interesting off-list exchange with somebody that > pointed this out to me as well. However, I'm now unsure about how to > uninstall my non-Debian Nvidia driver that I got directly from Nvidia. > I couldn't find any directions on how to do this on their documentation. > Can somebody please provide some pointers on how to do this? In fact, the > only reason I didn't go with the Debian package to start with is because I > wasn't sure which package to install (there are several nvidia-* packages > and it's not clear which one is needed for any particular system). So any > help on making this choice is appreciated. The nvidia-installer indiscriminately overwrites key files in /usr, leading to major system death in the event of upgraded X-related packages. The Debian packages come in three parts that you need care about. nvidia-glx contains the driver for your current architecture. In order to function, it requires a kernel module, provided by nvidia-kernel-NVIDIAVERSION. This package doesn't actually exist - you create one, by compiling against your specific kernel, using "module-assistant" and "nvidia-kernel-source". More specifically, "m-a prepare && m-a a-i nvidia" will download everything required to compile an nvidia kernel module, create the .deb, and install it (or will use your local nvidia-kernel-source package if it's newer than your mirror). With your nvidia-kernel-NVIDIAVERSION installed, you can install nvidia-glx. You may also wish to add nvidia-glx-ia32 (32-bit driver, for use with 32-bit apps) and nvidia-settings (control panel thing to control card settings) to the mix. --Jo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: i386 or amd64?
On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 04:07:47PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What software packages available for i386 will not be ready for AMD64 > when Etch becomes stable and is released (in December?)? I use both amd64 and i386 and I don't notice a performance difference. What I do find annoying is that there is no (good) java plugin for firefox and there are no w32codecs available. None of which is Debian's fault but it is inconvenient. I rather switch completely to amd64 but for now I only use it for my servers. -- Frank Hart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: writing dvd problem
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 11:50:09PM +1000, garrone wrote: > Hi, > Writing to dvd's appears to work as normal, but reading them back > fails, with the following appearing from dmesg > > cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! What do you mean by "reading them back"? Mounting them? I've never seen that error message when mount fails. > I am running 2.6.17, testing distribution, with version 6.1-3 of > dvd+rw-tools package. > > I can boot up to 2.6.11 recovery mode, running an old ubuntu distro, > and am able to write and read back OK then. I also definitely did > a backup with an amd64 setup, but cannot recall the version. It may > have been the stable version. > > If I attempt to boot to recovery mode and write, I get the message > on the console: > > :-( Unable to anonymously mmap 33554432: resource temporarily > unavailable. I used to get this all the time. I don't really know what made it go away, but eventually it did. Either a kernel upgrade or a libc upgrade or something. That was quite a few months ago now. a -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: i386 or amd64?
On 10/8/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Other than non-free stuff like flash and openoffice, is there anything in the main section of i386 that isn't in the main section of AMD64? A few minor things are missing, such as memtest86, partimage, and of course wine. Also note that most java-packages come without the plugin in 64bit. In other words, what are people having to use a chroot i386 for? Closed software such as acrobat reader, flash, skype, vmware, picasa, googleearth etc. Most can be installed without a change root, but that is a bit of a struggle. Since you have only 1 GB of RAM, you can go with i386 without any obvious penalty. With amd64 you can get a little bit more performance, but you are also more likely to run into problems, such as the ones mentioned here. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Google Earth woes
On 9 Oct 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > However, I'm now unsure about how to uninstall my non-Debian Nvidia > driver that I got directly from Nvidia. I think there is an --uninstall option. It should be there in the README anyway. > In fact, the only reason I didn't go with the Debian package to > start with is because I wasn't sure which package to install (there > are several nvidia-* packages and it's not clear which one is needed > for any particular system). First off, it is better that you use the only the debian packages. You need just two packages -- nvidia-kernel-source and nvidia-glx[1]. I use module-assistant to compile the nvidia.ko kernel module. You'll need the kernel source tree matching your kernel[2]. The tree has to be configured -- make-kpkg configure should be enough. There is a README in the nvidia-kernel-source package. Personally, I do it as: $ m-a update $ m-a build nvidia-kernel-source You get a deb package that you can install $ sudo dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-.deb Check http://nvnews.net for more information. Footnotes: [1] And the nvidia-glx-dev package if you building OpenGL programs. Take all three from experimental. [2] If you are running a debian kernel linux-tree- matching your running kernel should be enough. -- Alok Alea iacta est. [The die is cast] -- Gaius Julius Caesar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Google Earth woes
On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:02:34 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alok G. Singh) wrote: [...] > There is a beta 9625 driver out which fixes the problem on my > 6200TC. The debs are in experimental. You'll also need nvidia-glx. Thanks, yes, I had an interesting off-list exchange with somebody that pointed this out to me as well. However, I'm now unsure about how to uninstall my non-Debian Nvidia driver that I got directly from Nvidia. I couldn't find any directions on how to do this on their documentation. Can somebody please provide some pointers on how to do this? In fact, the only reason I didn't go with the Debian package to start with is because I wasn't sure which package to install (there are several nvidia-* packages and it's not clear which one is needed for any particular system). So any help on making this choice is appreciated. -- Seb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: i386 or amd64?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I've just about finished building my new computer and need to decide > which Debian port to install (i386 vs AMD64). > > Hardware: > Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard > AMD AM2 Athlon 64 3800+ (The best AM2 not on long back-order) > One 1-GB stick of 800 MHz ECC ram Just a note: Board and CPU support dual channel RAM. It probably takes a performance hit if you give it only one memory module. Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writing dvd problem
Hi, Writing to dvd's appears to work as normal, but reading them back fails, with the following appearing from dmesg cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! I am running 2.6.17, testing distribution, with version 6.1-3 of dvd+rw-tools package. I can boot up to 2.6.11 recovery mode, running an old ubuntu distro, and am able to write and read back OK then. I also definitely did a backup with an amd64 setup, but cannot recall the version. It may have been the stable version. If I attempt to boot to recovery mode and write, I get the message on the console: :-( Unable to anonymously mmap 33554432: resource temporarily unavailable. I normally use the command $ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd= but the gnome dvd creator fails also. So if anyone has any ideas here, would be grateful Peter Garrone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LVM root?
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 10:21:42AM +0200, Albert Dengg wrote: > On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 03:01:24AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Part. mount size > > > == > > > 1 /boot 32 MB > > > 5 / 200 MB > > > > Merge them and maybe give it some extra space. When you collect a few > > different kernels the /lib/modules dir grows on you. A bit of > > breathing room saves you from having to clean up on every kernel > > upgrade. > i would not merge them since grub does not support lvm at the moment... > (there are rumours about lvm2 support in grub2 though i havent > tried/tested it Perhaps more to the point, make sure you have room for several kernels in /boot. You don't have to uninstall a kernel in order to install a new one. If you are careful with your lilo, or grub, you can get a choice of kernels at boot time. This in invaluable if the new kernel doesn't work! I've found 50MB for / to be too cramped at times. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Google Earth woes
On 8 Oct 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Reading the references it does seem to be an Nvidia driver bug, > which they say will be fixed in the next release. Sounds like we'll > just have to wait for that. There is a beta 9625 driver out which fixes the problem on my 6200TC. The debs are in experimental. You'll also need nvidia-glx. -- Alok Culus: are you awake? no -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: i386 or amd64?
Am Sonntag, 8. Oktober 2006 03:09 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 11:21:43PM +0200, HXC wrote: > > My advice: go for amd64. It meets for 99% my needs (the other 1% can > > easily be done with an chroot envirnoment) > > Other than non-free stuff like flash and openoffice, OOo is not non-free. At least not generally. Regards, Rene -- .''`. René Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~rene/ `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GnuPG-Key ID: 248AEB73 `- Fingerprint: 41FA F208 28D4 7CA5 19BB 7AD9 F859 90B0 248A EB73
Re: i386 or amd64?
On Sat, 7 Oct 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 11:21:43PM +0200, HXC wrote: Other than non-free stuff like flash and openoffice, is there anything in the main section of i386 that isn't in the main section of AMD64? openoffice.org IS free. The need for a chroot arises solely because it is not (yet) completely 64-bit clean, which means that the 64 bit version is not (yet) completely stable. Things are improving fast, though. In other words, what are people having to use a chroot i386 for? As you said, only for i386-only software, in my case mainly: openoffice (but maybe I will give the 64-bit version a new spin shortly), flash, skype, some commercial scientific software I need. Very few things indeed. Bye Giacomo -- _ Giacomo Mulas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _ OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAGLIARI Str. 54, Loc. Poggio dei Pini * 09012 Capoterra (CA) Tel. (OAC): +39 070 71180 248 Fax : +39 070 71180 222 Tel. (UNICA): +39 070 675 4916 _ "When the storms are raging around you, stay right where you are" (Freddy Mercury) _ -- Il messaggio e' stato analizzato alla ricerca di virus o contenuti pericolosi da MailScanner, ed e' risultato non infetto. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:Gnome 2.16
> is it possible install gnome 2.16.(0|1) on debian via repository? See http://www.0d.be/debian/debian-gnome-2.16-status.html, most of packages reached experimental only, maybe you will want to wait a bit till it gets to unstable. Vit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LVM root?
Ciao, Albert Dengg disse: > On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 03:01:24AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> > Part. mount size >> > == >> > 1 /boot 32 MB >> > 5 / 200 MB >> Merge them and maybe give it some extra space. > i would not merge them since grub does not support lvm at the moment... The example above was with / on a phisical partition... You _DON'T_ need lvm support in grub if you _DON'T_ put / (with /boot inside it) on lvm. Ciao, Manuele -- "È ricercando l'impossibile che l'uomo ha sempre realizzato il possibile. Coloro che si sono saggiamente limitati a ciò che appariva loro come possibile, non hanno mai avanzato di un solo passo." Michail Bakunin (1814 - 1876) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LVM root?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 03:01:24AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Part. mount size > > == > > 1 /boot 32 MB > > 5 / 200 MB > > Merge them and maybe give it some extra space. When you collect a few > different kernels the /lib/modules dir grows on you. A bit of > breathing room saves you from having to clean up on every kernel > upgrade. i would not merge them since grub does not support lvm at the moment... (there are rumours about lvm2 support in grub2 though i havent tried/tested it yours albert - -- Albert Dengg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFKgaWhrtSwvbWj0kRAj5JAJ9N9FJRNQ6aOcXFQw/g654JiOSCmgCeLgxG B5Fv9u6p8CHXC3jNZT2LnvQ= =DBJ4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
