Re: 32 or 64 bits for the end user.
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 04:55:34PM -0600 Jaime Ochoa Malagón said: > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > Yet again the 32 vs 64 bit question. > > > > I have Debian systems at home running 32 bits, and my server has been > > running happily in 64-bit mode fopr years. Now I get to install debian > > for an end-user on another AMD-64 machine. 64-bit mode is tempting, but: > > > > Are there still significant end-user problems for 64-bit Debian? The > > machine has nvidia graphics on the motherboard (I believe). My user is > > likely to want to use flash, which has always been a problem in Linux, > > but ... Is it still even more of a problem in 64-bit mode? > > > > Any other likely end-user problems? > > > I think you could use it for an end user... > > Really few problems right now just try... (text reformatted to bring reply below) I have been using the 64-bit port since March 2006. Flash was not available at the time. I must point out that I am a user who enjoys the benefits that Debian brings and am thus prepared to put up with a few cons. Flash stopped being a problem at least two years ago - I could be wrong there, it may be even longer than that. I have no reason to regret my choice of using the 64-bit port. And, I may add, I am a non-technical user. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110321230304.GA4397@imap://www.gnubies.com
Re: Changing from stable to testing.....
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 10:35:31PM -0400 Whit Hansell said: > Just thinking that since Squeeze is coming up to be the new stable > and have been running Lenny since March of 2009, I was wondering > about how difficult it would be to change from Lenny(stable) to > Squeeze(testing) now. I have been running the AMD64 testing stream on a box with a single core AMD64 processor since March 2006. About the only thing which was missing was a flash plugin or its equivalent but it did not bother me much. Now, of course, there is more than one plugin. I have had no problem until recently when my GUI disappeared after an update; simply deleting the old xorg.conf file and starting X solved the problem. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com Double your drive space - delete Windows! My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101024063750.gb2...@imap://www.gnubies.com
Re: unable to connect to wireless networks with RTL8101 card
On Mon, February 22, 2010 10:06, Seb wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Toshiba Satellite P200 RT-5 laptop which is now discontinued. > Internet works fine, but I've never been able to get the wireless > working properly. Switching the wireless detector on the computer lets > the KDE Network manager show the various networks available in the > vicinity, but whenever I do save and connect to of the networks in the > list never leads to a connection. The KDE Network manager icon in the > system tray remains grayed-out. Callin "lspci -k" shows that a driver > is in use: > > 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01) > Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI > Express Fast Ethernet controller > Kernel driver in use: r8169 > > Googling around for this I cannot see whether this is the right driver > for that card, or what the problem might be. Any tips would be > appreciated. This thread may be of assistance: http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8581510 Sam (Sam Varghese) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/36091.192.168.1.3.1266799030.squir...@www.gnubies.com
Re: Skype 2.1 with ia32-libs Was: ia32-aptitude vs. aptitude
On Sat, September 26, 2009 10:14, Ernesto Domato wrote: > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 18:30, Dave Witbrodt > wrote: >> For now, the officially supported solution is 'ia32-libs' again. The >> officially-supported multiarch solution is on the way relatively soon, >> so >> you'll have to decide whether to keep Goswin's no-longer-official >> packages >> until it arrives, or remove Goswin's packages and go back to >> 'ia32-libs'. > > Well. I went back to ia32-libs and ia32-libs-gtk and I have to > download the Ubuntu AMD64 version from Skype again so I can install it > without having to force it to do it by using the i386 version. But, I > founded that the new Skype version doesn't work with the ia32-libs > official package from Debian repositories unless you delete some files > from /usr/lib32 as suggested on the post referenced on bug #546281. > > This is just to let others knows if they have the same problem than me :-) Why don't you just use the statically compiled version? Unpack it in a directory and run it from there. Sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: kde4
On Thu, September 24, 2009 05:12, Karl Schmidt wrote: > Anyone running KDE4? Any AMD64 issues? None at all. Running on testing for the last few months. > Can it be loaded running lenny? Not sure. I'm running testing. > Is it stable enough to use now? Is it ever! > I want to load it up on a working system - don't want to make a mess of it > if it is too soon - a > couple of bugs here and there would be OK - as long as it is currently > usable. I use it on my workstation (AMD64 single-core) and laptop (ancient Thinkpad). No issues at all. > Is there any thing special to do to migrate from kde3 - to kde4? This may be of interest: http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kaboom.html Sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Skype after ia32-libs update?
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 04:03:59PM +0100 David said: > Hello, > > I have skype installed from > > deb http://people.debian.org/~rafael/skype-amd64 ./ > > but after ia32-libs upgrade, skype does not work any more: > > $ skype > skype: error while loading shared libraries: libXv.so.1: cannot open shared > object file: No such file or directory > > I think this is because /emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib/libXv.so.1 does not exist > in the new version of ia32-libs (that is a dummy package, by the way). My > first try was to write to skype amd64's maintainer, but as displayed at the > bottom of http://people.debian.org/~rafael, he left Debian. > > So I would like to ask whether some of you got skype working, and how. Also, > if there is any IT-knowledgable here, would anyone fancy maintaining skype > in amd64 from now on? :-) I installed it some months ago using this guide: http://tonelli.sns.it/pub/mennucc1/skype.html I run the testing stream and Skype works fine for me. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: 32 bit pkg on amd64
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 09:36:54AM -0300 macdowell@dpf.gov.br said: > Hello, > > can we run 32 bit pkg on amd64? > > specifically I would like to run > skype-debian_2.0.0.72-1_i386.deb Here is what I followed when I installed SKype two weeks ago: http://tonelli.sns.it/pub/mennucc1/skype.html Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: flashplayer on debian-amd64 (sid)
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 09:11:21AM +0100 Geirhard said: > Hi, > > Here with Amd64 and alpha plugin from adobe works good enough, but still > sometimes IceWeasel crashes depending on the page. I use an athlon 3200+ > with a nvidia 6800GT. Anyone with the same problem? You probably have both the proprietary plugin and the free one installed. Remove the lot and use the alpha 64-bit one from Adobe. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com Software industry: unique industry where selling substandard goods is legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: flashplayer on debian-amd64 (sid)
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 01:33:26PM +0100 Hans-J. Ullrich said: > Dear maintainers, > > I tested some flash plugins onm my amd64 system. > The 64-bit alpha plugin from Adobe works on both IceWeasel and Epiphany for me. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com There are no good system administrators, merely temporarily satisfied users. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
WinFast DTV2000 H TV tuner card on AMD64 port
Has anyone on this list successfully used the WinFast DTV2000 H TV tuner card with the AMD64 port? I am running the testing stream with the 2.6.26-1-amd64 kernel. The card has a Conexant chipset and there are two versions, referred to as I and J. The former works without a problem but is no longer available in the local (Australian) market; the latter has undergone some changes to make it compatible with Windows Vista and this appears to have affected its Linux compatibilty. I note, however, that the latest version of Ubuntu does detect the card properly as number 68 on the list of those based on this chipset. This version of Ubuntu is running a 2.6.27 kernel; the kernel I have is 2.6,26 and there are 67 cards with the Conexant chipset which are supported. What I'd like to know is, will there be support for this card when the 2.6.27 kernel comes into the testing archives? Or is this something that the Ubuntu people have done on their own? Can some developer provide an insight into this? Thanks, Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: deciding on a new amd64 system
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 09:51:56AM -0400 Lennart Sorensen said: > On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 12:05:42AM +0000, Sam Varghese wrote: > > The Core 2. > > I am surprised if an Athlon 64 beat the Core 2 on video encoding. > Weird. What codec and encoder program managed that? I'm afraid I don't recall. I had two machines, one Intel and one AMD, doing more or less similar work and the latter was a length ahead. I was using some scripts from the Gentoo wiki to process video, I recall. > > It's a little fan next to the graphics chip, comes on the motherboard. > > Once it starts making a racket, you can live with the noise or else get > > the board replaced. I chose the latter option. > > Do you mean the south bridge fan? Nothing to do with graphics. Aren't > they usually just a 40mm fan? Can't they be replaced? You are right. I have mixed up two boxes here - one which needed attention due to the south bridge fan giving up the ghost and a second which had to be tended to because a fan on a graphics card gave out. You probably can source a replacement fan but if memory serves me right this fan was riveted on to the board. Additionally, it was my own workstation that I need every day so I opted to get a replacement board - though having to put in a Gigabyte model to replace the A8N-SLI wasn't done with any enthusiasm. I was on crutches at the time and only one person could be asked to deliver a mobo at home - my dealer. The Gigabyte board was all she had in stock. > > My experience has been different so I'll agree to disagree. > > I have just seen many posts on this list where people ran memtest, found > nothing wrong, but eventually swapped out the ram and their problems > went away. memtest is good at telling you if you have a problem, but > terrible at telling you that you don't have a problem. You are probably right. But so far, whenever I've suspected memory problems on any of the machines I've tended to and run memtest, it has responded positively. Sam - -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGbH2RZyXhknb+33gRAqTaAJsFyM4+ss9kzlJxgvzjoZiKQeHLQwCfUerB 68wyZ/M50Kqee1MK+FO/WHw= =lJNK -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: deciding on a new amd64 system
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 04:09:22PM -0400 Lennart Sorensen said: > On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 06:02:02AM +0000, Sam Varghese wrote: > > I have used both Intel and AMD dual-core and find AMD better for my work; > > I'm basing this on one thing, the speed of processing video files. > > Which intel? The P4 was a piece of [EMAIL PROTECTED] design wise. The Core > 2 is > nothing like it. The Core 2 seems to beat the Athlon 64 X2 on > everything. The P4/Pentium D hardly ever beat the X2 on anything. The Core 2. > > I had an ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard but the graphics cooler died and I > > could only get a GA-K8NF-9 as replacement. > > Graphics cooler? What does that have to do with A8N-SLI? It's a little fan next to the graphics chip, comes on the motherboard. Once it starts making a racket, you can live with the noise or else get the board replaced. I chose the latter option. > > I've found the smaller WD drives to be flaky; the bigger SATA ones are as > > good or as bad as Seagate. You won't find drives of the quality of the > > Quantum Fireball anymore. > > I was so annoyed when Quentum moved the HD business to maxtor. :( > > > First thing after building, boot from a Knoppix live CD and run memtest to > > pick up any memory errors. I agree about Kingston. > > The experience of many people (at least on Athlon 64 systems and > Opterons) is that memtest will not catch a lot of problems caused by ram > that isn't quite compatible with the amd memory controller. Perhaps it > is ram that isn't quite up to the spec it claims to be. The AMD memory > controller seems to expect things to do what they claim and drives them > to the limit (good for perforamnce after all). Best way to find out if > ram is causing a problem is to swap it out with something else and see > if the problem goes away in that case. My experience has been different so I'll agree to disagree. Sam - -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGaJ1UZyXhknb+33gRAj11AJ92e0aORu7jlQ30xzJ9FsliI5L1RQCgi0Nv SNqj4eUry15Nq0RB1+wnk4o= =Hd4c -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: deciding on a new amd64 system
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:54:01PM -0400 Douglas Allan Tutty said: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:15:06PM +0200, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > > > > I'm also inquiring about hardware for a new system. > > Based on previous posts (with some replacements for parts I didn't > > readily found in the closest shop), here is my tentative list (with > > alternative choices): > > > > CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 > > CPU AMD Athlon64 5000 > > RAM 1024MB DDR2-6400 800Mhz > > Fan Zalman CNPS9500 > > MB (Intel CPU) Asus P5N32-E SLI + S775 DualX16 FSB1333 FW GbLan > > MB (Intel CPU) Intel Mbo DP965LT-Skt LGA775/1066/DDR2-800/SATA/IDE/1394 > > MB (AMD CPU)Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe-AM2/SATA/Wifi/DDR2-800/G > > HDD WD 320GB SATA > > HDD WD 160GB SATA > > HDD Seagate 160GB 8MB SATA-II > > HDD Seagate 320GB 16MB SATA-II > I chose AMD since IMHO Intel and MS are kissing siblings. I have the > Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe; I didn't need the Wifi. I have used both Intel and AMD dual-core and find AMD better for my work; I'm basing this on one thing, the speed of processing video files. I had an ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard but the graphics cooler died and I could only get a GA-K8NF-9 as replacement. > Everyone has both favorite and horror stories about every hard drive > manufacturer. I've found the smaller WD drives to be flaky; the bigger SATA ones are as good or as bad as Seagate. You won't find drives of the quality of the Quantum Fireball anymore. > The hardest problem on a computer to track down is flaky memory so > choose wisely. Also, I would recommend ECC. I went with Kingston 1 GB > stick, ECC-800. I'll add a second soon followed by a pair of 2 GB. First thing after building, boot from a Knoppix live CD and run memtest to pick up any memory errors. I agree about Kingston. > I don't see anything that would be inherently a no-go with linux but I > do know from reading this list that wifi is interesting. make sure its > covered. If you're going wi-fi make sure the chipset is supported; many wireless chipsets have no Linux drivers. My experience with AMD64 is now dated but have a look if you wish: http://www.gnubies.com/linux/debian_amd64.html HTH Sam - -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com The years teach much which the days never knew. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGZ59XZyXhknb+33gRAkJsAJ43CAdNhCEfFokBixfj9pZm+YoNXACfdraI kmQ8yVPYTBzN6F2sJG/V9nk= =5Fh1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Random Crashes
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:42:08AM -0300 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI said: > > So, am I really unlucky to have two memory modules with problems, or > what else should I suspect? Motherboard? Processor? What would be the > possible ways to diagnose the problem? Have you tried running the box with two similar memory modules? Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com Program testing can best show the presence of errors but never their absence. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian success story reports - is there an archive?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 12:20:18PM -0600 Ramasubramanian Ramesh said: > Is there a place where people have reported results/sagas/stories of > bringing up debian (any version) on specific hardware? I usually find > that I am doing most my searching for these types of reports before > buying mother boards and associated hardware. Now that I have brought up > debian an on 10 or so different mother boards (old intel 845G to recent > gigabyte 590SLI), I like to post info/instructions or at least which > version worked out of the box etc., that may make some ones life easier. > Is there a place set for this already? There is a list of compatible mainboards maintained here: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAMD64/Mainboards Individual howtos are generally not found at a central site; people put up their own experiences as I have: http://gnubies.com/linux/debian_amd64.html During my searches I found an additional page: http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/debian/amd64.jspx Sam - -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF8dlHZyXhknb+33gRAvIjAJwJl9LG1att4GhG80Iv2qTM0LpYqwCfWPyz 6pdpv99VnwHQYmDEFXqJ1/E= =iY4M -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AMD64 show stoppers
On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 06:35:43AM + Jack Malmostoso said: > On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:50:07 +0100, Karl Schmidt wrote: > > > First on the list is the java browser pluging - the black down java > > sort-of-works(tm) (not a Debian package) > > BS. The Sun JVM 1.5 exists in the AMD64 flavour. You just have to use > java-package to create a deb for your distro, if you need it so badly. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show sun-j2re1.5 > Package: sun-j2re1.5 > [cut] > Architecture: amd64 > Version: 1.5.0+update06 > Replaces: sun-j2re1.5debian > [cut] > This package has been automatically created with java-package (0.27). This is indeed something useful which has emerged from this thread. And java-package looks pretty easy to use. > Etch will be a very good desktop system, since what you're listing are > common AMD64 characteristics. It's not like Debian is excluding packages. I agree. Etch is excellent and I have no regrets about moving over. And I'm one of the least technical of all you folks on this list. For the nvu seeker, this will be of help: http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/11/msg00209.html Cheers, Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in full humility, and among other things he avoids clever tricks like the plague. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AMD64 show stoppers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 03:33:33AM +0100 sigi said: > > > > > Next is flash - you can sort of workaround it by using switftfox (comes > > > with bugs)(not a Debian package) > > > > > Let me just say that no flash is a bonus :-) > > Full ACK here ;) Here I agree as well. > > > But the biggest problem for me is that there isn't a AMD64 nvu package. > > > The > > > author abandoned it to work on a replacement package, but in the mean > > > time > > > there isn't a good WYSIWYG html editor for web development. (Sorry, but > > > quanta just isn't in the same league and OO makes bloat-code out of clean > > > html). > > > > > Well, considering that nvu is deprecated and has basically been > > abandoned upstream as of 15 September 2006, I'd say that it is best to > > look elsewhere. > > What about bluefish¹? I'm using it frequently, it works great! I'm running etch and I have nvu on my system; I think this is the repository from where I got it: deb http://labbs.net/~vale/debian ./ Not 100 percent sure, my sources.list has a lot of entries and I've not bothered to add any comments. Have a go and see; else it has to be this one: deb http://mve035.mc2.chalmers.se/~gudjon/debian/amd64/ ./ I would have checked myself but the sites keep timing out as we have a large number of upstream connectivity problems where I live in Australia today due to the extreme weather and massive outages yesterday. Cheers, Sam - -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFrY+9ZyXhknb+33gRAiq2AJ9rVgvqh0lX5hyGxYWDdGXhqvK16gCeJPVt XOIekDjkRDoRsgaBQPVneug= =zsjd -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2D,3D,nvidia,nv?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 03:09:13PM -0500 Douglas Tutty said: > > Do I need the 3D or other goodies of the nVidia driver or should I just > go with the nv? I used the nvidia driver initially while running sarge on the AMD64. I then upgraded to etch and switched to the nv driver. I was using a Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 6200 PCI-Express card on an ASUS A8N-SLI mainboard. My display worked fine. The mainboard went bad so I had to reinstall - now I'm using the nv driver with etch RC1. I'm using the same card on a GA-K8NF-9. I cannot notice any difference but then, like you, I don't have any need for 3D acceleration and the other swizzly bits. Sam - -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFhapbZyXhknb+33gRAtPUAJ4tuKALgVFd1RsS2zIY+iM8FGjRzACdGtEN 4NgCtOtEm1eC5T5bkjrh1/0= =cx0T -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: thunderbird: Can someone reproduce #383344?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 09:57:40PM +0200 Andreas Fester said: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Martin Jambor wrote: > > On 8/30/06, Alexander Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Can someone please confirm if this bug [1] is reproducible? If not, could > >> someone please follow instructions in the bug to produce a debug > >> backtrace? > >> > >> > >> [1] - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=383344 > > > > I don't use thunderbird but it certainly starts ok on my AMD64. > > I *do* use it regularly ;-) and it works perfect here. Works perfectly on my AMD64 - I use it for my business mail. I'm running testing with a 2.6.16-2 kernel. Library versions for some dependencies differ: ++ myself == bug report ++ ii libcairo21.2.4-1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra == ii libcairo21.2.2-1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ++ ii libc62.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries == ii libc62.3.6-19 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ++ ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-11 GCC support library == ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-10 GCC support library ++ ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.18-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface == ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.18-7 The GTK+ graphical user interface ++ ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-11 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 == ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-10 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 Versions of all other dependencies are as listed in the bug report. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE9iDcZyXhknb+33gRAhrGAJ9iVb/EM1wE79LrSmE4LP1fzmvF9ACfUg/p vbjT8YM9Cfu1ve2szm9ynTk= =coX0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Black screen when launching Gnome
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 06:04:22PM +0200 Jean Arnaud said: > Hi ! > > I did a netinstall yesterday of Etch testing Amd64 version, and it works > properly, but when Gnome is starting i get an empty black screen, and i > can't do anything. > Is it a know issue ? > (I got an AMD3200+ and a GeForce 7600 GT) You'd probably need to reconfigure your X configuration. As root run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and choose the nv driver. I have an AMD 3000+ and the same card. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Double your drive space - delete Windows! My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE82l1ZyXhknb+33gRAhX/AJ9IOVL4WDTNpKBz5stRfauGqFqnpACghBI2 cdwGf2li9y0cboDZrqL40AY= =+reu -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Grub gone from unstable
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anyone know why grub has been removed from unstable and lilo brought back? I upgraded a test install from testing to unstable two days back and found that grub gets removed; lilo gets installed but no lilo-conf is generated. The system still boots off the old menu.lst, though. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE2E5pZyXhknb+33gRArNwAJ4gEareMTyp7XuT7LAhpOLjbFuqkQCeMDF6 XqkiwIwh10pKoD8nq8D8M4E= =V8pj -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Right kernel for AMD Athlon64-3000+
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 02:02:32PM +1000 Dean Hamstead said: > On Sun, August 6, 2006 1:27 pm, Sam Varghese wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I've been running an AMD64-3000+ with a generic kernel for the last six > > months: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a > > Linux zizyphus 2.6.16-2-amd64-generic #1 Sun Jul 16 01:12:23 CEST 2006 > > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > > Today I was just wondering if the amd64-k8 kernel wouldn't be more suited > > for this processor. > K8 is the correct kernel for AMD cpus > > Dean Is the changeover as simple as installing the following: linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8 linux-headers-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8 and then updating grub? Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE1W07ZyXhknb+33gRAv5jAJ9PG7s5nMgMjcukLn0DWQzhNqic+QCgiGeB qsx2/MalomrPMsQG3g6jjRU= =SQc1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Right kernel for AMD Athlon64-3000+
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've been running an AMD64-3000+ with a generic kernel for the last six months: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux zizyphus 2.6.16-2-amd64-generic #1 Sun Jul 16 01:12:23 CEST 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux Today I was just wondering if the amd64-k8 kernel wouldn't be more suited for this processor. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE1WGYZyXhknb+33gRAo4+AJ42NUkVBs3InE5ot7UqHpPpfnhC1gCfb8zc WcU2zTk+3wgiRZQ7Ox9NHzg= =nBZn -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: No sound on etch when using video players
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 09:47:39AM +0100 Jo Shields said: > Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote: > >Hi > > I might be off topic but I have had the problem with my sound card > >that /dev/dsp is not created at boot time. I need to create it myself > >mknod /dev/dsp c 14 3 > >chgrp audio /dev/dsp > >chmod 660 /dev/dsp > > > >then I can use realplayer and skype. Hope it helps and a solution would be > >very much appreciated:) > > > >/Gudjon > > or "modprobe snd-pcm-oss" After another round of experimmentation, the situation is the same. lsmod | grep snd shows the following: snd_intel8x0 35112 0 snd_ac97_codec102716 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_bus3072 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss42656 0 snd_mixer_oss 18048 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm89100 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 24200 1 snd_pcm snd62976 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 10912 1 snd snd_page_alloc 11536 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm I ran alsaconf and now cat /proc/asound/cards shows one card: 0 [CK804 ]: NFORCE - NVidia CK804 NVidia CK804 with ALC850 at 0xd3103000, irq 17 An ls /dev/dsp shows that dsp is a soft link to dsp0. ls -la /dev/dsp shows that it is set up correctly: crw-rw 1 root audio 14, 3 2006-07-20 10:01 /dev/dsp0 I don't know if there is some bunfight between KDE and Gnome apps for devices - but then the KDE devices should work because Kscd plays music fine. The KDE video players don't give me anything except pictures. Thanks for all the suggestions. The situation is driving me nuts. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Software industry: unique industry where selling substandard goods is legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEvstyZyXhknb+33gRAm82AKCNM6BpAESp/ohaSrsfYPHEne9uiwCgibDB +nq6WnzFX44aSQ63E9jB7O8= =2nXr -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: No sound on etch when using video players
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 09:46:27AM +0100 Jo Shields said: > Sam Varghese wrote: > >On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 03:55:44PM -0400 Lennart Sorensen said: > > > >>On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 08:47:29AM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: > >> > >>>Yes, the sound daemon is running. And the gstreamer packs are installed. > >>> > >>>The user is already a member of the audio group (which I presume is what > >>>you mean). > >>> > >>>Same situation. Sound with CDs, not with videos or DVDs. > >>> > >>Is mixer volume for PCM set high enough and unmuted? Playing audio CDs > >>use one of the line in volume settings after all, not PCM. > >> > > > >That's fine as well. It's just a mystery to me. And very frustrating as > >well. > > > >Thanks for the tip anyway. > > > > If you have a digital output switch mixer, mute/unmute it > > e.g. http://apebox.org/modules/images//Miscelaneous%20Junk/digitalout.png I've looked long and hard for an equaliser similar to this but can't find one. What's the name of the app in the link you provided? Thanks, Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com If you don't know what your program is supposed to do, you'd better not start writing it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEu/lxZyXhknb+33gRAuY4AJ46Y3uMz7bB+qPQSgna1fDWcFRmIgCghhvO 6BgGTpz70Phg43pJgRB4Jtw= =yN1U -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New to 64 bit/Sorta new to Debian....
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 10:12:55PM -0700 Rob Blomquist said: > I am currently running the unofficial sarge port to 64bits, and while I am > now > happy to have a computer back (building the new one took about 6 weeks, due > to a crappy online seller), I am a little bummed to find myself seemingly out > in the cold. I am a desktop user, running Linux for about 6-7 years, mostly > on the RH side, having moved over to Debian about 3 months ago. > > First question how stable is etch? Should I just move on over right now, or > should I wait a little? I upgraded to etch a couple of weeks back and did not encounter any problems apart from having to reconfigure my X to use the nv driver for my video card. > For those running Sarge, how can one upload openoffice? It appears to be in a > vicious circle, not wanting to upload due to no dependancies being selected, > add them into the upload, and it still fails? Could I run the 32 bit version, > or could I force the issue somehow? Setting up a chroot is detailed here: http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/debian/amd64.jspx > How about Backports? Is there hope of getting something newer though them? > What about Sarge source packages? Can I compile them on this machine and end > up with 64 bit code? This post provides a link to OO binaries: http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/07/msg00118.html HTH Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEuJ8ZZyXhknb+33gRAoluAJ45jv6ZX7+iEsF08ROdQoYmY+ybcwCeJW51 s32JjY68Abr1lskb9rEcIFw= =Ydr7 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: building nvidia module on sarge
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 09:48:36PM -0700 Alan Ianson said: > I'd like to build the nvidia-kernel-source on sarge but "m-a auto-install > nvidia" says I haven't got the right compiler to build the module, so how can > I do that? > > If I add testing repositories and grab testings kernel and gcc and friends > will that work? > > If anyone has done this and can give me some pointers it'd be appreciated. You need gcc-3.4 to build the nvidia stuff on sarge. I wrote down what I did and it may help: http://www.gnubies.com/linux/debian_amd64.html Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEuJzWZyXhknb+33gRAiL7AJ4/XVLL0CidBuOA1HD28o1x+CiK6QCePs8P l2Niv4dAj6NzvRdNi1NVbNM= =p07y -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: No sound on etch when using video players
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 03:55:44PM -0400 Lennart Sorensen said: > On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 08:47:29AM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: > > Yes, the sound daemon is running. And the gstreamer packs are installed. > > > > The user is already a member of the audio group (which I presume is what > > you mean). > > > > Same situation. Sound with CDs, not with videos or DVDs. > > Is mixer volume for PCM set high enough and unmuted? Playing audio CDs > use one of the line in volume settings after all, not PCM. That's fine as well. It's just a mystery to me. And very frustrating as well. Thanks for the tip anyway. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEtscOZyXhknb+33gRAtYuAJ0Q3pYrQ/dQ9FLg39ZqDIqB7MggHQCdE7rM 4083Zu8+EaWvxqW2HxcgCFI= =3ZHT -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: No sound on etch when using video players
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:30:20PM +0200 P|pex said: > --- Sam Varghese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > > I can play audio CDs using the KDE player kscd but > > the gnome player and > > xmms do not work. > > > > No matter which video player I use - totem, mplayer > > or kaffeine - I > > get no sound. > > Do you have daemon sound server installed? > Please check that gstreamer* packs are installed. Yes, the sound daemon is running. And the gstreamer packs are installed. > Also add your user to sound group > #adduser sound %yourusers% The user is already a member of the audio group (which I presume is what you mean). > restart Gnome and tell us. Same situation. Sound with CDs, not with videos or DVDs. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEtXwAZyXhknb+33gRAuGTAJ4r/doaSDVKzmZp+BfnMTNIhCUt1gCeNMNo gw4Lcl5bJtlVIIdJg8wgNGg= =0/tf -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No sound on etch when using video players
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have a problem with etch on AMD64 - no sound on any video player. I am running a 2.6.15 kernel. My sound card is recognised; cat /proc/asound/cards shows the following: 0 [CK804 ]: NFORCE - NVidia CK804 NVidia CK804 with ALC850 at 0xd3103000, irq 17 1 [UART ]: MPU-401 UART - MPU-401 UART MPU-401 UART at 0x330, irq 10 I can play audio CDs using the KDE player kscd but the gnome player and xmms do not work. No matter which video player I use - totem, mplayer or kaffeine - I get no sound. With mplayer, the following output is seen: Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52 Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform AC3: 2.0 (stereo) 48000 Hz 448.0 kbit/s Using MMX optimized resampler AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 448.0 kbit/29.17% (ratio: 56000->192000) Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52) My config file for mplayer has the audio option set to alsa. I have tried using esd after changing the option but to no avail. When I run totem or kaffaine from a terminal, there is no output relating to sound. The sound controls are active in both. Any help in debugging this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Program testing can best show the presence of errors but never their absence. - - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEtJcgZyXhknb+33gRApmaAKCE6aj+fJIIvBH5taQBV7yinvpbHACdFThx JYd+vcGUATVBRbVZIQhm8j8= =Bo7E -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sarge to Etch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 11:35:02PM -0500 Karl Schmidt said: > I have a working Sarge AMD64 system - is there any problems or tips on > upgrading to an Etch system? I upgraded last week. One thing that did not transfer across was my X configuration; I was using the nVidia drivers for Sarge and had to reconfigure the Xserver to use the nv driver. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com If you don't know what your program is supposed to do, you'd better not start writing it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEq1Y7ZyXhknb+33gRAmCBAJ98mFZRds1QfmSOnC0k+dAbob7mPwCfSawU MkE/OXm4d0Ui20hGeJ0MN8c= =2tQ5 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Playing an encrypted/comercial DVD - libdvdcss
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 06:44:05PM -0700 Adam D said: > Sam Varghese wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 03:54:15PM -0700 Adam D said: > >>> I have been trying to get libdvdcss to compile on my AMD64 3000+ > >>> box but keep on getting errors output to the terminal. > > > > Why are you trying to compile it? On both my AMD64 installations - sarge > > and etch - an apt-cache search libdvdcss shows: > > > > libdvdcss2-dev - Simple foundation for reading DVDs - devel files > > libdvdcss2 - Simple foundation for reading DVDs - runtime libraries > > > > You can install it from the archives and then use totem to watch DVDs. > > > > Sam > > > Ummm I can't find it on any repositories of Debian's. > > Which one do you use? Sarge: deb http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free Etch: deb http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEnKPFZyXhknb+33gRAj7fAKCCwNFmaudVn3cIV3zDUsCQs/CLdgCeNY/Y VWMAp2ZdjrDJ+ISbLZLFXF0= =nuum -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Playing an encrypted/comercial DVD - libdvdcss
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 03:54:15PM -0700 Adam D said: > > I have been trying to get libdvdcss to compile on my AMD64 3000+ > box but keep on getting errors output to the terminal. Why are you trying to compile it? On both my AMD64 installations - sarge and etch - an apt-cache search libdvdcss shows: libdvdcss2-dev - Simple foundation for reading DVDs - devel files libdvdcss2 - Simple foundation for reading DVDs - runtime libraries You can install it from the archives and then use totem to watch DVDs. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Suppose you were an idiot... And suppose you were an Australian politician... But I repeat myself. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEnI6GZyXhknb+33gRAoaWAJ9Wu/3eOisuI856ZnUPkIDhtIivOwCdFjPp EdZLyg8HbniY4rAw43riQeE= =eXE1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Grub error codes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Some dude asked about grub error codes a day or so back; I don't have the message in question but a complete list of error codes is here: http://www.uruk.org/orig-grub/errors.html HTH. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEmL2UZyXhknb+33gRAkMnAKCMjmX7AUKu4i0XxJkQQh9HBkAoEwCeN7Up YQ49VT9XFfRPV2tkqlTpApY= =Cirn -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sources.list ???
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 11:37:44AM +1000 Dean Hamstead said: > speaking of sources.list, is there a good etch/sid (unstable & testing) > mirror in australia? > > i was using mirror.pacific.net.au (huray unmetered downloads) but they > seem to now be only mirroring sarge for amd64 (aka stable) They generally seem to be out of date. I tried a few and gave up. I now use debian.csail.mit.edu. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEfQEtZyXhknb+33gRAve8AJ9Mg7A3juHwpujRAyMeNOtJICM+wwCfT3j0 MhVgX09ESjgJ+BaFyyVYcpc= =rIR6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sources.list ???
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 04:51:52PM -0500 helices said: > * On 2006:05:30:08:45:45-0500 I, helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, scribed: > > OK, I am making progress, in understanding and in practice, with 64-bit > packages. > > However, I am still unclear: what is the proper way to get SECURITY > updates in amd64? For stable: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEfN9hZyXhknb+33gRAhYlAJ9PArO029KmHivccoolGODwxZLecACfQZU6 Zs6/THjwJnmwEJlQ4HrqddI= =C9LR -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: drivers/i2c/chips/lm85.c for emc6d100-* in 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 06:37:09PM -0500 Karl Schmidt said: > Has anyone had any luck running Stable and moving to a newer kernel than > 2.6.8-11? > > There is a sensor module (drivers/i2c/chips/lm85.c for emc6d100-*) in > 2.6.12 that would solve a problem for me. I can either move to a newer > kernel or build the module for 2.6.8-11. > > My hunch is I should stay with 2.6.8-11 and try to find a way to build or > borrow just the new module - can anyone point me to a how-to? I too failed to upgrade from 2.6.8-11 but that was because I could not find suitable nvidia drivers for the 2.6.15 kernel which I got from backports. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEd69fZyXhknb+33gRAgrFAJ4q+koMbZqEQ/ya4g0ogye14Bn6uwCdF4Oy z830yCwM+Wfk4Yq6r5/z4hE= =RyjH -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Etch security updates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 02:20:48PM -0500 Karl Schmidt said: > >Add this entries in your source.list > > > >deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing > >etch/security-updates main contrib non-free > >deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing > >etch/security-updates main contrib non-free > > What about security updates for AMD64 Sarge? deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEd65+ZyXhknb+33gRAj3IAJsE0vj0L5advVvJIEKjlb6BXU+JVQCfTwQD 38fM7mdgQw5C93p23t4S+7E= =9jjK -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unable to boot install from CDs?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:20:11PM -0400 Gregory B. Prokopsky said: > Hi guys, > > My lab got shiny dual core AMD64 machines and I am trying to install Debian > port for AMD64 on them with netinst images. > > * I tried Sarge CD, it booted, but keyboard was dead (USB). > * I tried "snapshot" CD of testing, it didn't want to boot, just like if > it wasn't a bootable CD. > * I tried the latest "daily build" of CD for testing, same story. I installed about two months ago using the net-inst image from here: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/sarge-amd64/iso-cd/ It worked for me. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEdp4MZyXhknb+33gRAlQNAJ9TNLl4Y+Zg8Yo5W8p0FW4fxGJT4wCfZuH7 0bxjbPPvXMaiOcaJ6zRS/c0= =8DQz -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Commercial programs in Debian
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On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 06:19:44PM +0200 Francesco Pietra said:
> On Monday 08 May 2006 18:34, A J Stiles wrote:
> > On Monday 08 May 2006 15:46, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> > > However, there is scientific proprietary software from small
> > > softwarehouses that has decades of experience and development, is sold
> > > with accompanying source code, and solves problems that debian is quite
> > > far from solving. Again, don't ask me the names because I am not
> > > advertising (and I am user not softwarehouse) but I believe that such
> > > softwarehouses deserve full support. They have my support.
> >
> > There is an important distinction between software like this {the
> > traditional model, dating back to the days when Source Code was the only
> > thing any two systems might have in common}, and proprietary,
> > closed-source software which is distributed as a binary executable only
> > {and requires a homogeneous execution environment; something which has only
> > really become possible recently with the dominance of the 80%86
> > architecture and Windows}. It's not Free software because it can't be
> > distributed freely; but at least the vendor respects the purchaser's right
> > to inspect and modify the Source Code
>
> I would like to intervene again about the last paragraph. I read your
> statemente "It's not Free software... but at least.." as placing Free
> Software at a a higher (socially higher) level than Proprietary Software
> (meant in the terms I specified above). If I read correctly, I disagree. I
> disagree because that Proprietary Software allows me to do reseach work that
> I could not otherwise carry out. The inventor who built the softwarehouse
> lives from his invention and from his constant improvement of the product
> (which generally is, how you could easily imagine, small business). Would you
> not agree to support him? He does great service to the society. (again I
> declare not to have any commercial involvment with any software house,
> although from time to time i helped to improve the product by using it, while
> I never claimed to get that acknowledged because I live from chemical
> research).
Do you really believe that a business is set up for any other purpose
than to make money? The person running the business may create good
products but that is a matter of his/her own business practices; for
every good product there are 99 card-sharpers.
When it comes to software and hardware, businesses try to get and keep
your business using lock-in. Period. That their software and hardware
does what you need is purely incidental.
Having spent the last two days trying to source a laptop for my teenaged
daughter, I can tell you that I have about had it with the manufacturers
and the way they literally force you to buy what they have on display.
They can do this because apart from the drive and the memory, everything
else is built according to their own "design." If the laptop had been
commoditised the way the PC is, there would be an entirely different
situation.
Free software does not lock you in because the standards are open.
Sam
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Re: nvidia-glx got removed- now no GUI
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:19:03PM +0200 Hans-J. Ullrich said: > Am Dienstag, 2. Mai 2006 16:28 schrieb Craig Hagerman: > > On 5/2/06, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You misunderstood. > > > Xorg7.0 is now in the sources, but the path on your client has changed. > > > There was an article in the forum about this. I think, there was a link > > > in the newsletter, too. If you will not find it, I could send you the > > > link. > > > > Thanks a lot Hans and Jo. I guess I haven't been paying attention. I > > will check out the mirrors for my part of the world and update my > > sources list. > > > > What newsletter are you referring to Hans? I didn't know there was one? > > > > Hi Craig, > > I meant the news on the debian homepage. For me in Germany it is > www.debian.de, for you it is www.debian.org. The normal homepage news > You can also subscribe and let you send the news via mail. Anthony Towns announced that AMD64 had been added to the etch release on April 19: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/04/msg00011.html Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEV9RqZyXhknb+33gRAkinAJ9VqZ3BBjlbGf1uPngvsCOGk3RraACggjf+ hSplaxFUypXLAdpoiZcBF1o= =J0J+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dist-upgrade sarge to etch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:40:03AM +0200 sigi said: > > And now I made it, to install a 2.6.16-kernel on sarge and nothing bad > happened this time... graphics and sound are runnning now. Can you post your sources.list? Did you have to rebuild your nvidia driver again or does Xorg use the nv driver? > But now, I have another question: where can I get packages like > libdvdcss to access my DVDs? All the marillat-mirrors I know seem to > be down actually: nerim..., spello..., ucla... > Is there any mirror running out there? This is what I used: deb http://spello.sscnet.ucla.edu/marillat/ sarge main Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Double your drive space - delete Windows! My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFETrB3ZyXhknb+33gRAu8QAJ0c6c/fTZmR/Q/tvMXBTxFZhq3rQwCggZZG oD8Fs645I69ZgIbPHr2UuMM= =Q7Wj -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dist-upgrade sarge to etch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 12:57:44AM +0200 sigi said: > Hi, > > some days ago I had to reinstall my system, and I chose debian sarge to > install on it. Now, I liked to have more recent packages on my machine, > like I had before. > > I tried a 'apt-get dist-upgrade' but this wants me to uninstall nearly > my whole gnome and kde stuff... totally over 300 packages. > > Is this normal, and I should reinstall this packages, after the upgrade, > or is there sonething wrong with this? > > In my sources.list I only have the 'official' mirrors listed, up to now: > > deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ testing main contrib > non-free > deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free > > Is there something wrong here, or should I risk this upgrade? I did this once about a month back and broke my entire system. I was merely looking for a kernel upgrade to get my nForce-based sound card working. Things may have changed since then. I didn't mind losing the gnome and kde stuff but I also lost my X setup. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com The years teach much which the days never knew. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFETAmgZyXhknb+33gRAlIoAJwLomYjYOxuK+yEXlubzZpR84hrFwCgjHUv kdlaC+pFoeMa9e0nAx/eD6w= =7S/Z -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Root partition filling up
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 06:04:38AM + Karl Magdsick said: > Sam, > > Try running the following: > > du -x -a -k / > > This will recursively calculate the size in kilobytes of each file and > directory > on your root partition. > > If you want the output sorted, try > > du -x -a -k / | sort -g -r | less Thanks, Karl. This time it was a case of luser error. When I ran the commands you specified, I noticed a directory called dvds - - and then realised that I must have created it on Saturday by mistake when I was processing some avi files for a DVD. Once I removed that, I am back to 17 per cent usage. Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from or fight its enemies is lunch. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEOTbEZyXhknb+33gRAlvKAJ9HP1Pvbcv4sapyLZ7gg2IbatZ4kgCdErDK RWNLURf+5+iXFI/NEcvMKCw= =FMXD -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Root partition filling up
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I recently installed the stable version on a 160 GB drive and partitioned as under: / 1G /swap 2G /usr5G /boot 1G /tmp2G /var9G /usr20G /home 120G Last night I found that a df was showing the following: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 918322918314 0 100% / tmpfs 1027376 0 1027376 0% /dev/shm /dev/sda5 918322 18797850529 3% /boot /dev/sda9115377640 12001008 97515720 11% /home /dev/sda2 1829190 8239 1723357 1% /swap /dev/sda6 1829159 8269 1723297 1% /tmp /dev/sda3 9614148 1856708 7269064 21% /usr /dev/sda8 14421344 33568 13655216 1% /usr/local /dev/sda7 8649544145388 8064780 2% /var tmpfs10240 744 9496 8% /dev My question is - what's filling up / ? Thanks, Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEOG87ZyXhknb+33gRAuH+AJ9WeWx+A+Ap3//hkR/8Zda8awosqQCdGtt7 xpe8VKqDJDBaOoSMIJo6Dis= =uy7t -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Upgrading to testing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This is my first post to this list. I am running Sarge at the moment but would like to upgrade to testing. I have been using the 64-bit version for just two weeks. I have run testing for about two years on a 32-bit box. The first time I tried an upgrade, it broke due to Xorg. I couldn't fix it no matter what I tried so I reinstalled. Now I am dead scared to upgrade - but I need to do so in order to get my nForce-based sound card working as the module for the card is only available in the kernel images in etch. Having read some help pages, I think the following will help me check if things will break again: Change sources.list to testing Run apt-get -s update, then run apt-get -s dist-upgrade Then if there are no messages about incompatibilities, go ahead and do the real thing. Can someone tell me if this is the right path to take? Thanks, Sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFELQd5ZyXhknb+33gRAj1BAJ9AXjqPnQk7ZnHGrKwyuaLypl5UnQCePuJj V2sXzfmdyw8K+alA8/KCp1k= =0sse -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
