grip and/or cddb crashing

2005-01-13 Thread Jason Martens

Hey all,
  I've been having problems with grip and cddb recently.  I'm not 
entirely sure when it started, but I think it was a week or two ago.  I 
started noticing that the cddb lookups with the gnome cd player 
application would crash occasionally.  Now, when I try to use grip, it 
works for a little while, but eventually it crashes too.  Doesn't give 
any errors on the console either.  What can I do to troubleshoot this 
further? Strace?  I haven't filed a bug report, because I'm not sure 
what the root of the problem is yet.


Thanks,
Jason



What happened to my MIME settings?

2004-12-20 Thread Jason Martens
I'm running Debian Sarge, and I can't find the mime setting
application since sometime before the 2.8 gnome migration (I think).
Anyone know where I can configure my mime settings?
Jason
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Re: Sarge nvidia: too low resolution

2004-12-16 Thread Jason Martens
SÃren Dyrsting wrote:
 Thanks for all the answers. None worked. A part of my XF86Config-4 
listed below, where I have tried different settings. The settings for 
HorizSync and VertRefresh are taken from my screen manual.
 I will keep on trying. The funny thing is that some tool named 
xf86conf or something, actually can display it self in the right 
resolution but it writes to the wrong config file and it disconnects my 
mouse and keyboard.
 A kingdom for my XF86Config-4 from my previous deleted linux 
installation :o)
 Thanks again. I will keep you posted if I figure it out.
 Still open for suggestions.
 Section "Device"
 Identifier "Standard Video Kort"
 Driver "nvidia"
 Option "IgnoreEDID" "true"
 EndSection
 Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "L1715S"
 HorizSync 30-83
 VertRefresh 56-75
 #Option "DPMS"
 EndSection
Why is DPMS commented out?  On most modern monitors, DPMS will query
the monitor for the correct refresh rates.
 Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "Standard Video Kort"
 Monitor "L1715S"
 DefaultDepth 16
 SubSection "Display"

 Miroslav Maiksnar wrote:

 Try adding following line in "Device" section:
 Option "IgnoreEDID" "true"
 Also make sure there are valid "HorizSync" and "VertRefresh" entries
 in "Monitor" section
 Mixi
 On Wednesday 15 December 2004 15:36, SÃren Dyrsting wrote:
 >>> Hi does anyone know about this?
 >>>
 >>> I have just installed the current Sarge Debian testing along
 with the
 >>> official NVIDIA-driver from NVIDIA's own development.
 >>>
 >>> It seems to work fine, except that I can't get resolution higher
 than
 >>> 800x600. Anything else than the native resolution 1280x1024 on
 my LG tft
 >>> screen looks ugly.
 >>>
 >>> Facts:
 >>>
 >>> * It worked fine on Mandrake 9.2 on the same hardware.
 >>>
 >>> * the nvidia driver is loaded and running. Splashscreen is
 showing etc.
 >>>
 >>> * the NVIDIA system posts several messages like this in my
 >>> "/var/log/XFree86.0.log":
 >>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out
 of range)
 >>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (vrefresh out
 of range)
 >>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out
 of range)
 >>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (vrefresh out
 of range)
 >>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of
 range)
 >>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of
 range)
 >>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of
 range)
 >>> (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of
 range)
 >>> (WW) (1600x1200,L1715S) mode clock 162MHz exceeds DDC maximum 140MHz
 >>>
 >>> * I am running kernel 2.6.8
 >>>
 >>> * I have disabled GLcore and dri and enabled GLX
 >>>
 >>> Does anyone have an idea here, which doesn't involve rebuilding
 kernels?
 >>> Sorry, I am a bit idealistic about not building kernels. It is
 only for
 >>> configuration and trimming of special purpose systems, which I don't
 >>> think a regular standard desktop Linux ever should be. Perhaps I
 don't
 >>> belong i the testing branch then :-)
 >>>
 >>> Anyway, has anyone experienced the something like this?
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> Regards
 >>> SYren
>
>
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Re: disabling ipv6 kernel module

2004-11-18 Thread Jason Martens
Jörg Harmuth wrote:
Sorry, forgot to send it to the list, my fault.
btb schrieb:
On Nov 18, 2004, at 14.22, Jörg Harmuth wrote:
Hi Ben,
what is the proper approach to achieving this?
I don't know what the proper approach is, but if everything works 
correctly without ipv6 (I had problem without ipv6 some time ago, 
but I can't really recall what was up there) why not compile a 
kernel without ipv6 support ? This defenitely works, if it is a 
possibility at all. And it gives you the chance to remove more 
things you don't need from your kernel.

Have a nice time
Joerg

hi joerg-
thanks for replying.
i did start down that road a bit - and found out i am not yet 
comfortable enough with that process to trust myself (very very new 
to debian).  besides, isn't the idea of loading and unloading (or not 
loading) modules that you don't have to recompile your kernel for 
this type of thing?

-ben

Hi Ben,
yes and no in my opinion. It is convenient to be able to disable kernel
features at load time (and of course rub´n-time). But they still exist
and an successful attacker could exploid one or more of  them. For me
the better choice is to _realy_ disable them (those I don't need) in the
kernel configuration. If it's not there - what can you do with it ?
If you have never done kernel configuration it is hard work. I mean
understanding all the things you should know for this. But in Debian
there is a convenient way to do this (it is said to be convenient, but I
never tried it - sorry, I don't even know the name of the package :(
Hey list, can you help ?) But in my opinion it's worth while. It serves
a lot of purposes.
make-kpkg is what you are looking for.  Install the package 
"kernel-package" and do a man make-kpkg.  Should get you started.

Jason
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Re: disabling ipv6 kernel module

2004-11-18 Thread Jason Martens
btb wrote:
hello-
i have kernel 2.6.8 - and am having difficulty understanding how to 
properly keep the ipv6 module from loading.

initially, i included it in the hotplug blacklist, along with a few 
others, but this didn't work.  the other modules were not loaded, but 
ipv6 still was.  i believe, if i understand correctly, this is because 
if something asks for it, it will load, even if it's blacklisted w/ 
hotplug.  my problem is that i know there are plenty of process asking 
for it simply because they can, not because they need to.

after many hours of reading about modutils, module-init-tools, rmmod, 
modprobe.d, modprob.conf, and many others, the only thing i could come 
up with was to change the line in /etc/modprobe.d/aliases to:

alias net-pf-10 off
and did an update-modules and a depmod.  this did indeed work, but i 
believe it is not the correct way to do this.  especially since the 
aliases file i had to edit says right at the top 'this file does not 
need to be modified'

what is the proper approach to achieving this?
I think you can do this by editing /etc/modutils/aliases:
# Aliases to tell insmod/modprobe which modules to use
# Uncomment the network protocols you don't want loaded:
# alias net-pf-1 off# Unix
# alias net-pf-2 off# IPv4
# alias net-pf-3 off# Amateur Radio AX.25
# alias net-pf-4 off# IPX
# alias net-pf-5 off# DDP / appletalk
# alias net-pf-6 off# Amateur Radio NET/ROM
# alias net-pf-9 off# X.25
# alias net-pf-10 off   # IPv6
# alias net-pf-11 off   # ROSE / Amateur Radio X.25 PLP
# alias net-pf-19 off   # Acorn Econet
The logic seems kind of backward, but it works.  Just remember to run 
update-modules (as root) after you edit this file.

Jason
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Re: no devices after apt-get upgrade

2004-11-10 Thread Jason Martens
Lasse Bombien wrote:
Hi Dominik,
I experienced the same problem after upgrading today. I had to interact
twice when preconfiguring packages (I just confirmed the suggestions and
can't recall the names of the packages). When I rebooted later, I
noticed that I couldn't find my floppy device, just now i lost my usb
pen drive...
I never had problems with deb-updates either and now I don't quite know
what to do.
I'm afraid, this won't help you, but i hope someone will help me ...
Lasse
 

This is probably because you installed udev.  I can't remember what I 
did to make it work, and I don't have time right now to look it up.  Try 
some searches for udev deban and see what you get.

Jason
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Re: XMMS

2004-11-09 Thread Jason Martens
Richard Ibbotson wrote:
Jason
 

Check the permissions on your alsa device file. By default this is
/dev/dsp(1?).  if you do a "ls -l /dev/dsp*" you should see what
the permissions are.  Mine looks like this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /dev/dsp*
crw-rw  1 root audio 14,  3 Nov  9 03:18 /dev/dsp
crw-rw  1 root audio 14, 19 Nov  9 03:18 /dev/dsp1
   

Hmm comes up as...
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   9 2004-10-21 18:44 /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0
crw-rw  1 root audio 14,  3 2004-10-21 18:44 /dev/dsp0
crw-rw  1 root audio 14, 19 2004-10-21 18:44 /dev/dsp1
crw-rw  1 root audio 14, 35 2004-10-21 18:44 /dev/dsp2
crw-rw  1 root audio 14, 51 2004-10-21 18:44 /dev/dsp3
 

If you want to change the permissions of the device file (not
recommended) you can run "chmod 777 /dev/dsp*" as root.  
   

Tried this and still get...
" failed to open audio output Alsa 1.2.10 output plugin"
in a Gtk GUI based error messsage..
 

Just out of curiosity, did you run the command exactly as I typed it?  
If you just changed the permissions on the /dev/dsp link, it won't help 
you. 

Other than that, I'm running out of ideas...
Jason
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Re: XMMS

2004-11-09 Thread Jason Martens
Richard Ibbotson wrote:
Jason
 

Make sure you have the ogg vorbis and mp3 codecs installed. I had
to install the xmms-vorbis package.  They won't work without it. 
Also, fire up your mixer application (I right click on the sound
level on the toolbar) and make sure that the PCM volume control is
turned up.  On my system, the cds would play, but the PCM was not
turned up by default. Also make sure you don't have any other
applications using your sound card (like a cd player) and check if
you have a sound server running by going to Applications/Desktop
Preferences/Sound and make sure the "Enable sound server startup"
is disabled.
Hope this helps.
   


I think it does help a lot but I'm not sure about which direction this 
is going in...

I've installed   mozilla-plugin-vlc libvorbis0a libvorbisenc2 mp3c 
mp32ogg arson libmp3-info-perl libstring-shellquote-perl 
libunicode-string-perl  mpc vorbisgain id3v2 normalize vcdimager
xmms-mad

What happens now when I start XMMS is that I get the following GTK 
based error message...

" failed to open audio output Alsa 1.2.10 output plugin"
What to do next ?
 

Check the permissions on your alsa device file. By default this is 
/dev/dsp(1?).  if you do a "ls -l /dev/dsp*" you should see what the 
permissions are.  Mine looks like this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /dev/dsp*
crw-rw  1 root audio 14,  3 Nov  9 03:18 /dev/dsp
crw-rw  1 root audio 14, 19 Nov  9 03:18 /dev/dsp1

If this is the case, you have to either add yourself to the audio group 
(best option, try man usermod) or change the permissions on the audio 
device.  If you type "groups yourusername" it will list the groups you 
are currently in.

If you want to change the permissions of the device file (not 
recommended) you can run "chmod 777 /dev/dsp*" as root.  These 
permissions might be reset when you restart the computer, so this is 
probably only useful for testing.  If this works, you know that it is a 
permissions problem. 

Jason
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Re: XMMS

2004-11-08 Thread Jason Martens
Richard Ibbotson wrote:
Hi
Tried asking this question elsewhere and didn't get any answers...
Anyone have any ideas of what this might be about ?  I've installed 
Debian Sarge into my workstation.  It's really nice.  Look forward to 
turning some work out with it.

Everything seems to work even after updating to the 2.6.8 kernel and 
associated Nvidia drivers.  The sound works fine with my old JVC 
tuner and Kscd.  Sounds really good with my Ensoniq Audio PCI card.

There's just an annoying problem with XMMS.  It won't play my MP3 or 
Ogg Vorbis based music.  XMMS itself is working but no music comes 
out of it.  I notice that at the bottom of the XMMS config file there 
is a line which points at a sound plugin 
output_plugin=/usr/lib/xmms/Output/libOSS.so   there are also 
some others in   /usr/lib/xmms/Output
 

Make sure you have the ogg vorbis and mp3 codecs installed. I had to 
install the xmms-vorbis package.  They won't work without it.  Also, 
fire up your mixer application (I right click on the sound level on the 
toolbar) and make sure that the PCM volume control is turned up.  On my 
system, the cds would play, but the PCM was not turned up by default.  
Also make sure you don't have any other applications using your sound 
card (like a cd player) and check if you have a sound server running by 
going to Applications/Desktop Preferences/Sound and make sure the 
"Enable sound server startup" is disabled.

Hope this helps.
Jason
libALSA.so
libarts.la
libarts.so
libdisk_writer.so
libOSS.so
My own system uses Alsa.  I've tried libALSA.so but that doesn't work 
either.  If no sound was coming out of the speakers I would suspect 
the kernel but since I can use other applications to play music it 
would seem to be the this is related to XMMS ?  Bottom of the XMMS 
config file below

equaliser_band9=0
output_plugin=/usr/lib/xmms/Output/libALSA.so
disabled_iplugins=
url_history_length=0
generic_title_format=%p - %t
skin=/usr/share/xmms/Skins/FB2
filesel_path=/home/richard/mp3
Is it something to do with libarts ?
 


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Re: How can I install gnome on my nec versa note

2004-11-05 Thread Jason Martens
Sorry, wrong list.
:)
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Re: How can I install gnome on my nec versa note

2004-11-05 Thread Jason Martens
ntr wrote:
well, technically, all you need is
apt-get install gnome
for the X is necessary and will be downloaded anyway...
 

Unless the package dependencies have been fixed, gnome does not depend 
on xserver.  It is necessary to manually select the xserver-xfree86 
package (or some meta package) as well as the gnome package.

martensjason:/home/jason# aptitude show gnome
Package: gnome

Depends: gnome-desktop-environment (= 60), gnome-office (= 60), 
bluefish, evolution | balsa,
gnome-cups-manager, gnome-system-tools (>= 0.90.0), 
gnome-themes-extras, magicdev |
gnome-volume-manager, rhythmbox, synaptic | gnome-apt, totem, 
xscreensaver


= Original Message From Shreyas Ananthan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =
"À" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
   

1. How can I install GNOME on my note book?Are there some list about
the packages needed?
 

apt-get install x-window-system gnome
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Re: Removal of not used kernel

2004-10-23 Thread Jason Martens
Vegard Lundby Rekaa wrote:
I'm going to change from kernel 2.6.8 to 2.6.7, but I've heard that the
old kernel will still be on my computer after I've installed 2.6.7 with
this command:
# apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.7-1-386
# shutdown -t1 -r now
I don't plan on ever returning to kernel 2.6.8, can I remove it?
OS: Debian Sarge
Vegard
 

Sure.  As root run dpkg --purge kernel-image-2.6.8-i386 (or whatever 
version you installed).  Just make sure you boot into your new kernel 
before you attempt to remove the old one.

Jason
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Re: No sound in GNOME !!!

2004-10-20 Thread Jason Martens
xerces8 wrote:
Installed sarge from with the debian.installer pre-rc2 netinst CD.
Used the official weekly binary snapshot from 20040925 for the rest.
I selected Slovene keyboard, "GNOME destop" package and mostly
accepted the default settings.
I log into the destop ( X11 / GNOME ) and ...
No sound !
No devices detected etc ... mixer does not work...
Hardware is VIA 82c ( works since ages under linux )
The mixer (volume control) in the upper right corner does not work.
The preferences/advanced/multimedia applet fails for testing.
( when pressing the test button it shows an error dialog )
The only choice in this dialog is ALSA.
lsmod suggests that the OSS modules are loaded.
I remember seeing OSS ( and esound and artsd ) as options in the
mentioned preferences applet in a previous installation of sarge
( using different options, settings, packages ..., but same versions,
except kernel was 2.6.x )
What kernel series are you using? If you want to use alsa, you have to 
add some skip statements to /etc/discover.conf so that discover doesn't 
load the oss drivers before the alsa drivers get loaded.

Jason
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Re: CD-Burning Problem

2004-10-19 Thread Jason Martens
funky soul wrote:
hi Jason,
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:03:07 -0500
Jason Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

Any thoughts?
   

kernel 2.6.8 is currently a bad choice for k3b.
here (http://k3b.plainblack.com/index.pl/news2) is why:
 

Do not use Kernel 2.6.8
A patch that was introduced into the kernel shortly before the 2.6.8 release
makes K3b and also the dvd+rw-tools unusable on Linux (unless run as root but
that is not recommended). The very important GET CONFIGURATION MMC command is
rejected by the kernel for reasons I cannot see and writing commands like MODE
SELECT also fail (K3b cannot detect CD writers without it) even when the
device is opened O_RDWR. Until this issue has been solved I strongly recommend
to stick to kernel version 2.6.7. 

Update: The kernel guys are currently fixing the problem so the next kernel
   release should work again. :)
Update 2: The problem is NOT fixed in 2.6.8.1 

Update 3: Be aware that kernel 2.6.8 also contains the memory leak which makes
 it impossible to write audio cds, even as root.
   

there is a patch to fix the writer detection problem but i haven't seen any for
the memory leak issue yet.
 

FYI, I just tried 2.6.9, and the problem is still there.  Hopefully 
2.6.10 will be better.
:(

Jason
f. soul
 


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Re: CD-Burning Problem

2004-10-18 Thread Jason Martens
Holger Henke wrote:
Hi Jason,
for burning cd-roms on non-scsi systems you have to emulate scsi-devices.
 

Sorry, forgot to mention that I'm running 2.6.8.  I'm pretty sure that 
it isn't necessary to emulate scsi in the 2.6 series kernels.

Jason
modprobe sg
modprobe ide-scsi
As Kernel-Parameter "hdx=ide-scsi"
Testing with "cdrecord --scanbus".
Sorry for my bad english...
Holger
Am Montag, 18. Oktober 2004 20:03 schrieb Jason Martens:
 

Hey all,
  I have a laptop with a CD-RW/DVD drive in it.  When I run k3b as a
regular user, it detects the drive incorrectly as a reader, but it won't
let me burn with the drive.  If I run k3b as root, it correctly detects
the drive as a CD-RW drive, and I am able to burn stuff without a
problem.  I would rather not become root to burn CDs.
I'm pretty sure that all of the permissions are correct on the drive
itself.
martensjason:/home/jason# ll /dev/hdc
brw-rw-rw-  1 root cdrom 22, 0 Mar 14  2002 /dev/hdc
martensjason:/home/jason# groups jason
jason : jason disk dialout cdrom floppy audio burning
Any thoughts?
Jason
   


 


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Re: Installation Report

2004-10-18 Thread Jason Martens

6. Installed a desktop environment and thought that the GNOME desktop 
would
   support my USB drives. No icon, no notification, nothing. Plug and 
play
   isn't supported in any way on the GNOME desktop.

I just got udev and gnome-volume-manager working on my system, and the 
plug and play is great.  I had already manually created /etc/fstab 
entries for my usbdrive, but now it is automatically mounted when I plug 
it into the usb port.  Also, it automatically runs a program depending 
on what type of cd you put in. For instance, I configured it to 
automatically run k3b when I insert a blank cd-r.  Now if I can just get 
k3b working.   ;)

Jason
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CD-Burning Problem

2004-10-18 Thread Jason Martens
Hey all,
  I have a laptop with a CD-RW/DVD drive in it.  When I run k3b as a 
regular user, it detects the drive incorrectly as a reader, but it won't 
let me burn with the drive.  If I run k3b as root, it correctly detects 
the drive as a CD-RW drive, and I am able to burn stuff without a 
problem.  I would rather not become root to burn CDs. 

I'm pretty sure that all of the permissions are correct on the drive itself.
martensjason:/home/jason# ll /dev/hdc
brw-rw-rw-  1 root cdrom 22, 0 Mar 14  2002 /dev/hdc
martensjason:/home/jason# groups jason
jason : jason disk dialout cdrom floppy audio burning
Any thoughts?
Jason
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Re: OpenOffice - Unrecoverable Error - Debian Sarge

2004-10-13 Thread Jason Martens
David Nicholls wrote:
Hi There,
I did a standard apt-get install openoffice.org to install open office.
When starting open office, I get the splash screen come up, but then 
before the application actually starts (any open office package) I get 
a box come up with: Unrecoverable error, and open office closes.

Anyone had the same problem/found a fix?
You could try moving or removing the openoffice preferences folder in 
your home directory. It's a folder called .openoffice, just rename it or 
remove it and try starting openoffice again.

Jason
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Re: ALSA Problems

2004-10-11 Thread Jason Martens
Miguel Filho wrote:
On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:39:57 -0500, Jason Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

I have a debian testing system that will be my mythtv, as soon as I can
get the sound working.  I had it working previously with Fedora Core 1,
but decided to move to a much better distro.
I think I have alsa configured correctly, but for some reason, it
doesn't detect the sound card.  My motherboard (Abit KV7, KT 600) has
built-in audio, which is detected by Alsaconf as a via82xx
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller.  It detects it, and adds (what
I think) are the proper modules to /etc/modprobe.d/sound.  Here is a
listing of my loaded snd modules:
mythtv:/proc/asound# lsmod | grep snd
snd_mixer_oss  20416  0
snd_via82xx30820  0
snd_ac97_codec 70660  1 snd_via82xx
gameport5376  1 snd_via82xx
snd_mpu401_uart 8896  1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi26496  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device  8712  1 snd_rawmidi
snd_bt87x  15304  0
snd_pcm   101920  2 snd_via82xx,snd_bt87x
snd_timer  27460  1 snd_pcm
snd60132  10
snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_bt87x,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 12168  3 snd_via82xx,snd_bt87x,snd_pcm
soundcore  11168  5 snd,bttv,via82cxxx_audio,sound
   

As the other guys has said, there a big chance that oss module is loaded.
This happen not by any mistake, I really did not figured out why, but
the default
instalation of sarge comes with discover and hotplug enabled by default.
So what happens? Discover is loaded first, it loads the oss module for sure.
Once you install alsa-base, it puts all oss modules in
/etc/hotplug/blacklist.d/alsabase
this prevents hotplug to load oss modules, but doesn't stop discover.
you need to edit /etc/discover.conf and add: "disable pci"
and discover will no load oss modules anymore,  leaving the road free for alsa.
Anyone can tell me why there is 2 daemon for autodetecting hardware? And both
enable by default!?
 

Thanks all for your help.  The problem was indeed oss drivers were 
getting loaded.  After adding the following to /etc/discover.conf, alsa 
worked beautifully.  Thanks all for your help.

skip via82cxxx
skip via82cxxx_audio
Jason

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Re: failed to bring up eth0

2004-10-06 Thread Jason Martens
Salaheldin Mohamed wrote:

i am using sarge on my dual boot
system(winxrprof),recently i got a problem
connecting to the net.whenever i launch  konqueror(web
bro) i got a blank page with the following message: an
error occured while loading the web site. i poked
arround the system to fix the problem by running the
following cmd as root#/etc/init.d/networking restart
then i got the following message:no DHCPOFFER
no working leases in persistent databasefailed
to bring up eht0thanks 
 

Is your DHCP server running?  If you manually specify an IP address, 
does it work?
To manually specify an address, type the following as root:

ifconfig eth0 some.ip.addr.ess netmask some.sub.net.mask
Example: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0
then add a default route:
route add default gateway some.ip.addr.ess eth0
Example: route add default gateway 192.168.1.1
You should be able to at least ping your default gateway at this point
ping 192.168.1.1
Let me know if any of that works.


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Re: hfsplus in 2.6.8-1-686 kernel not honoring mount flags?

2004-10-06 Thread Jason Martens

Peter C. Norton wrote:
In kernel 2.6.8-1-686, setting user, uid, and gid seems to have no
effect on the state of a filesystem.  I would like to have an fstab
entry along the lines of:
/dev/sda/mnt/ipod   hfsplus user,noauto 0   0
To enable the user (me, when I don't have to be root) to move files
onto and off of the drive.
However, when I do this I get the following:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/hotplug$ mount /mnt/ipod
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/hotplug$ ls -laF /mnt/ipod
ls: /mnt/ipod/.: Permission denied
ls: /mnt/ipod/..: Permission denied
ls: /mnt/ipod/.journal: Permission denied
ls: /mnt/ipod/.journal_info_block: Permission denied
ls: /mnt/ipod/.Trashes: Permission denied
ls: /mnt/ipod/Calendars: Permission denied
ls: /mnt/ipod/Contacts: Permission denied
ls: /mnt/ipod/iPod_Control: Permission denied
ls: /mnt/ipod/Notes: Permission denied
total 0
I've received the same results when passing in the "uid" "gid" or
"user" flags from the mount command and within /etc/fstab.  Is there a
fix for this?
 

Did you try the umask option? Here is an example in my /etc/fstab:
/dev/hda2   /mnt/winxp  vfatuser,umask=000  0   0
Thanks,
-Peter
 


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ALSA Problems

2004-10-04 Thread Jason Martens
I have a debian testing system that will be my mythtv, as soon as I can 
get the sound working.  I had it working previously with Fedora Core 1, 
but decided to move to a much better distro.

I think I have alsa configured correctly, but for some reason, it 
doesn't detect the sound card.  My motherboard (Abit KV7, KT 600) has 
built-in audio, which is detected by Alsaconf as a via82xx 
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller.  It detects it, and adds (what 
I think) are the proper modules to /etc/modprobe.d/sound.  Here is a 
listing of my loaded snd modules:

mythtv:/proc/asound# lsmod | grep snd
snd_mixer_oss  20416  0
snd_via82xx30820  0
snd_ac97_codec 70660  1 snd_via82xx
gameport5376  1 snd_via82xx
snd_mpu401_uart 8896  1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi26496  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device  8712  1 snd_rawmidi
snd_bt87x  15304  0
snd_pcm   101920  2 snd_via82xx,snd_bt87x
snd_timer  27460  1 snd_pcm
snd60132  10 
snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_bt87x,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 12168  3 snd_via82xx,snd_bt87x,snd_pcm
soundcore  11168  5 snd,bttv,via82cxxx_audio,sound

However, it can't detect any cards:
mythtv:/proc/asound# cat cards
--- no soundcards ---
All alsa commands fail, and I get nothing out of my speakers.  I'm not 
sure what to try next, any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jason
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Nautilus SMB Browser

2004-09-29 Thread Jason Martens
Hey All,
  I was just playing around with the Nautilus "Network Servers" 
browser.  It can find all of the windows machines on our network very 
easily, but I can't figure out how to add my username and password to 
the browser.  I keep getting "You don't have permissions" errors, I 
assume because it is just browsing as guest.

Thanks.
Jason
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Re: Machine crashes after logging out of Gnome

2004-09-09 Thread Jason Martens
Stefan May wrote:
On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 03:53:50PM -0500, Jason Martens wrote:
 

:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 
Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
   

So this ist you vga controller. I don't know how ATIs Radeon is
supported by XFree. Maybe there was an update of XFree with the last
apt-get update and now graphics support is broken?
I think there is a problem when switching from graphic to text mode. Do
you have any difficulties when switching from xfree to text console and
vice versa?
ciao, Stefan.
 

Good call!  I forgot that I had downloaded the testing radeon 
framebuffer driver from http://www.botchco.com/alex/radeon/, and after 
putting the original radeon_drv.o back into place, the problem went away. 

Thanks for the help!
Jason
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Re: Machine crashes after logging out of Gnome

2004-09-09 Thread Jason Martens
Stefan May wrote:
On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 03:37:17PM -0500, Jason Martens wrote:
 

At any rate, the root of the problem is gdm crashing, but I can't get 
any logs because it doesn't save any before the crash occurs.
   

Sounds like a hardware problem. Are there any problems with other
software? First you could try to test memory with memtest86+. It could
also be the graphics card. Incompatibilities? 

What hardware is installed on your system? Chipset, CPU, output from 
lspci and so on...
 

I doubt it's a hardware problem, because it started happening after I 
did an apt-get dist-upgrade.  Althought, I didn't notice it until a few 
days later...  Also, the machine works just fine for everything else, 
it's just when I log out of gnome.  It also works without a problem in 
(gulp) WinXP.

But, just in case, It's a Dell Latitude C640 with a P4-M @ 2GHz.  Here's 
the output from lspci:

:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host 
Bridge (rev 04)
:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP 
Bridge (rev 04)
:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 02)
:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 02)
:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 42)
:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02)
:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 
Audio Controller (rev 02)
:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 
Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]
:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M 
[Tornado] (rev 78)
:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
:02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
:02:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus 
Controller (rev 01)
:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M 
[Tornado] (rev 78)

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Machine crashes after logging out of Gnome

2004-09-09 Thread Jason Martens
Hey all,  I have a very annoying problem.  Everytime I log out of my 
gnome session, my machine locks up hard, and I have to power it down and 
reboot.  This is also causing data loss, especially with my 
configuration files.  After the machine comes back up, strange things 
don't work.  For instance, every time it happens, I have to completely 
re-configure my Thunderbird prefs.js file, because it looks like it was 
still in the running state, and the prefs.bak file is empty.  Today I 
lost part of my evolution configuration (all of the folder shortcuts are 
gone, replaced by the defaults).  But the rest of the evolution config 
is ok (I can get my mail, etc.).  I think it might have something to do 
with noflushd not flushing info back to disk before the machine crashes.

At any rate, the root of the problem is gdm crashing, but I can't get 
any logs because it doesn't save any before the crash occurs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is driving me nuts.
Jason
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Lost file wierdness

2004-08-31 Thread Jason Martens
Hey, I just wanted to see if anyone else has noticed strange behaviour 
recently.  I just updated my system yesterday, and I have started seeing 
strange things happening with various configuration files.  My 
Thunderbird configuration was lost (after starting it, I got the new 
account setup screen).  I had to create a new account, then change the 
paths in the prefs.js to get my old setup back.   My preferences for the 
weather applet disappeared, and today when I ran aptitude, it couldn't 
find my package cache.  There have been a few other small examples as well.

Any thoughts?
Jason
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Re: kde 3.3

2004-08-20 Thread Jason Martens
Vishal Vatsa wrote:
SO
when will kde 3.3 make it into testing?
Thanks
Not until after Sarge is released.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2004/08/msg00222.html
Jason
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Re: how to use installer

2004-08-19 Thread Jason Martens
belahcene wrote:
Hi,
I try to use the sarge-installer (sarge-i386-businesscard.iso) , i've 
just downloaded it. The problem is that it search for a mirror to 
install, I want to install from CD ( I haven't a direct access to internet)
How to do it . maybe it is not good  installer to  use ???
thanks
bela
The business card installer is what they call a netinstall image.  That 
means you must connect to the internet to finish the install.  You can 
download full debian sarge cds here:
http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/

Scroll all the way to the bottom, and click the link for full cd image 
sets.

There is also a program called jigdo (jigsaw download) that downloads 
the individual pieces separately, then assembles them into a cd image on 
your computer.  This is the preferred method because you can re-use some 
of the packages and update the image later.  If you are new, I would 
recommend just getting the full cd image.  Also, you don't need all 12 
(!) cds.  Just get the first one, or maybe the first few. If you can 
connect to the internet after the install it is much easier to download 
the other packages you need than to get it off the cds.

Hope this helps.
Jason
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forcedeth driver always loads

2004-08-16 Thread Jason Martens
Hey all,
   I'm trying to set up the binary NVIDIA nforce drivers on a sarge 
machine.  I was successfully able to install the binary drivers for the 
nforce board, but the forcedeth driver keeps loading on startup, which 
conflicts with the nvidia ethernet driver. I added a "skip forcedeth" 
line to /etc/discover.conf, but that didn't seem to help any.

Does anyone know where it gets loaded from?
Thanks,
Jason
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Re: unable to boot 2.6.7 on sarge

2004-08-09 Thread Jason Martens

Robert Van Horn wrote:
Hi,	Not sure this qualifies as a
debian-testing issue but here goes. Installed
sarge from the latest netinstall iso. Machine is
supermicro u2 with adaptec 320 scsi card.
Boots ok. Now, compiled 2.6.7 to get smp but 
the problem is after the initrd.img file loads
I get the message:

kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root file system on unknown-block 0,0
My guess is there is something wrong with the way I created
the initrd.img. Used mkinitrd -k -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.7 -r /dev/sda2 2.6.7
Have you tried using the Debian kernel builder? Try "man make-kpkg".
Jason
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Re: Sarge NetInstall latest build

2004-07-26 Thread Jason Martens

It cannot connect to the network. What is even more annoying is that when I 
try to go to a shell and see what the problem is, look at a few configuration 
files, etc, I don't have vim, so I can't edit them, and to get vim I have to 
go to the network, and I don't have the network...
 

There is another editor available during the install process.  I think 
it's called pico or nano, something like that.

Aptitude is hell! It's atrocious. There are questions about apache and ssl and 
php that I had to answer at least 4-5 times (??? wierd). I was actually 
starting to feel a little insulted. [Besides I didn't even want to install 
those, but it was three in the morning and I did not feel like going through 
the package lists and picking them one by one. Never mind.]
 

If it was trying to install them, you probably picked some package that 
depended on them.  Aptitude just manages the packages, YOU picked the 
ones to install.  If you don't like aptitude, I believe that there are 3 
other choices during install for selecting packages.


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Re: Problem mounting SMB filesystems (Solved)

2004-07-19 Thread Jason Martens

Has it worked for you before?
 

Yes, right until I updated the samba packages to the most recent version.
Have you got the kernel module smbfs?
 

Doh!  This fixed my problem.  I guess something changed with the new 
version.  Maybe it's not autmagically loading smbfs into the kernel?

Thanks,
Jason
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Problem mounting SMB filesystems

2004-07-16 Thread Jason Martens
I have a debian sarge machine, and I'm trying to mount a share from 
another Windows XP machine.  Here is the command I am using to mount the 
share:
mount -t smbfs -o username=user,password=pass //10.1.1.1/F$ /mnt/test

The mount command runs fine, but if anything on my system tries to 
access the partition, it freezes up.  For instance, if I cd /mnt/test, 
then run ls, the ls will hang and becomes un-killable.  A reboot is 
necessary to get rid of it.  I also tried to add an entry into 
/etc/fstab, and mount it that way.  But when I opened the filesystem 
icon on my desktop, it froze up as well, but I was able to do a Force 
Quit.  The program went away, but all of the icons on my desktop 
disappeared.

I know there were some new samba packages that just came through, but 
has anyone else seen this behavior?

Thanks,
Jason Martens
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[Fwd: Re: Missing Gnome Icons]

2004-06-18 Thread Jason Martens
Thanks for the info.  I don't really want SID packages, so I'll just 
wait for the rest of the packages to make their way into testing.

Jason
Jason Martens wrote:
I just upgraded my testing system with the new gnome packages (I think 
they're 2.6?), and all of the gnome icons are missing.  For instance, in 
nautilus, every item has the same generic icon.  I tried installing any 
icon and theme packages I could find, but it didn't help any.  Does 
anybody know what I need to do to get my icons back?
Thanks,

Jason

Hi Jason,
I have same problems with nautilus, after I upgraded my woody to
unstable. Let me please know, if you have a solution.
Thanx,
Sergiy

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Missing Gnome Icons

2004-06-18 Thread Jason Martens
I just upgraded my testing system with the new gnome packages (I think 
they're 2.6?), and all of the gnome icons are missing.  For instance, in 
nautilus, every item has the same generic icon.  I tried installing any 
icon and theme packages I could find, but it didn't help any.  Does 
anybody know what I need to do to get my icons back?
Thanks,

Jason
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Help with "umount -f /mnt/smbfs"

2004-06-11 Thread Jason Martens
Hey all,
   I have a situation where I mount a smb filesystem, and occasionally 
the server becomes unavailable.  However, after the server is 
unavailable and I try to force unmount the share, I get the following 
error messages, and am unable to unmount it:

server:~# umount -f /mnt/smbfs
umount2: Device or resource busy
umount: //winxpserver/F$: not found
umount: /mnt/smbfs: Illegal seek
umount2: Device or resource busy
umount: /mnt/smbfs: device is busy
I've tried using fuser and lsof on the partition to see if any processes 
are still trying to use it, but I get errors from both of those (after a 
long wait).

lsof: WARNING: can't stat() smbfs file system /mnt/smbfs
 Output information may be incomplete.
lsof: status error on /mnt/smbfs: Input/output error
Any thoughts to how I might be able to unmount this bugger without 
rebooting the machine?

Thanks,
Jason
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What's up with dfsg packages?

2004-05-11 Thread Jason Martens
I just ran aptitude, and noticed that almost anything related to X has 
been renamed with dfsg in the version of the package.  Does anybody know 
why?

Jason Martens

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Re: FAM and CDROM Drives

2004-05-06 Thread Jason Martens

Hey all,
  I just ran into the annoying fam and cdrom issue.  It seems like it
was fixed in Fedora Core 1 back in December.  Does anyone know how to
fix this issue in Debian Testing?
   

Since I don't use Fedora (and I doubt many on this list do either) can you
tell us what "the annoying fam and cdrom issue" is, perhaps a description or
a link to a page that talks about it?  Googling on
annoying+fam+and+cdrom+issue didn't turn up anything interesting.
 

If you google for "cdrom fam device busy", there are lots of hits.
Basically, the problem is after inserting a cdrom into the cdrom drive,
fam starts monitoring the drive, causing a "device busy" error when
attempting to unmount/eject the cd. If fam is shutdown (/etc/init.d/fam
stop), then it is possible to unmount the cdrom.
Sorry for the lack of information...
Jason Martens
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FAM and CDROM Drives

2004-05-06 Thread Jason Martens
Hey all,
  I just ran into the annoying fam and cdrom issue.  It seems like it 
was fixed in Fedora Core 1 back in December.  Does anyone know how to 
fix this issue in Debian Testing?

Thanks,
Jason Martens
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Re: make-kpkg

2004-04-10 Thread Jason Martens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I dont know whats going on, I just tried to build a new kernel and I
dont appear to have make-kpkg. I did a netinstall, running
unstable/testing.
What package is make-kpkg part of? Ive tried searching for it, but I
cant find it anywhere.
 

It's in the "kernel-package" package. 

Jason Martens

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Re: replace kernel and upgrade packages?

2004-04-09 Thread Jason Martens
samkupar wrote:

hi
i am a newbie and am using debian(knoppix3.3),i would like to ask few 
queries:
1) can the kernel be altogether changed with a new kernel? like linux to
use kernel-2.6.3,what is the way to do it? what sequence of commands?
 

You can install a new kernel in debian by running apt-get install 
kernel-image-blah-blah.  This will pull down the new kernel image and 
any required packages that kernel needs.  Be careful to follow the 
debconf instructions when you install the kernel, however.  In 
particular, make sure you run lilo (if that is your boot loader) or 
update-grub (I think that's the command) after you install the kernel.  
To see what kernel images are available, try running "apt-cache search 
kernel-image" (without the quotes).  That will search the available 
debian packages for kernel images.  I have never used the knoppix 
distro, and this will only work assuming you have installed debian on 
your hard drive, and not booting from the CD.

2) i am trying to install octave with kpackage(apt=get) but get an error-'result
100' and the package doesn't install.there's a '?' icon infront of 
octave.i am not able to uninstall it also?
 

Not sure what that error is.  If you run as root "apt-get install 
octave", what is the output?

3) can i install rpms of fedora linux on debian?what command to install 
rpm onto debian?
 

As far as installing fedora rpms on debian, there is a program that is 
called alien, which converts an rpm to a .deb package, but I wouldn't 
recommend it if you want to use a lot of packages from fedora.  Try to 
find a debian package first, and if you can't, then maybe try alien. 
Debian has a lot of software packaged already...

Jason Martens

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Re: installing kernel sources

2004-04-08 Thread Jason Martens
Someone else correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that you actually 
want the kernel headers, and not necessary the kernel source, if you are 
trying to compile something against the stock debian kernel.  If you do 
an apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` (those are backticks, not 
singlequotes), it will install the kernel headers to 
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.25-1-686 or something like this.  Try 
pointing vmware to this directory and you should be ok.

Jason Martens

Mike Partyka wrote:

Hello all,
 
I am pretty new to Debian, used SuSE and RedHat for the last year or so.
 
I still use xp on my laptop becuase the ACPI works without a lot of 
hassle. I run several Linux installs under VMware workstation 4.5.1 
and there is a tools package that improves the graphics and mouse 
movement.
 
Anyway it requires the kernel sources so it can compile a kernel modue 
for this purpose. On my testing install i did a "apt-get install 
kernel-sources-2.4.25" which matches the output of "uname -r" and on 
other distributions i would then have a /usr/src/linux-2.4.25 
directory which would have all the kernel sources necessary to compile 
the necessary kernel module. But i just have a bziped tarball in the 
/usr/src/ directory. Is this normal? Doesn't the apt-get install both 
GET and INSTALL the package? Becuase that doesn't seem to be the case, 
can someone explain a little more about what is exected of me to make 
it work?
 
I uncompressed and untarred it and pointed the vmware tools install 
script to it but it barked about not finding the net or linux 
directory and failed.
 
THanks


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Re: USB Mouse and XFree86 4.3.0-7

2004-04-06 Thread Jason Martens
You rock!  I tried loading mousedev while running earlier, and nothing 
happened.  I added mousedev to /etc/modules, rebooted, and it worked! 
Thanks.

Jason

Tobias Eichert wrote:

On Wednesday 07 April 2004 01:19, you wrote:
 

I have both input and usbcore installed (they show up after a lsmod).
Here is the contents of /etc/modules:
usb-uhci
input
#usbkbd
#keybdev
3c59x
hid
Still no luck... :(
   

I guess "mousedev" is essential for the proper working of your USB mouse - did 
you load it, too? IIRC it's the module which actually creates the mouse 
devices within /dev/input/ .. correct me if I'm wrong. :)

I'll be back later - off for some sleep now. Drop me line and I'll see what I 
can do. :)

Cheers,
Tobias
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USB Mouse and XFree86 4.3.0-7

2004-04-06 Thread Jason Martens
I have Debian installed and running, and XFree is working, except I 
cannot get my USB mouse working under X.  The touchpad on my laptop 
works just fine, however.  The mouse is correctly recognized by the 
system.  While I'm on the console, if I unplug it, then plug it in 
again, I get messages saying that the mouse was detected correctly.

usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:1d.2-2 address 2
hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.2-2, assigned address 3
usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 240
input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical] on 
usb3:3.0

My input section of the XF86Config-4 looks like this:
Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
   Driver  "mouse"
   Option  "CorePointer"
   Option  "Device""/dev/psaux"
   Option  "Protocol"  "PS/2"
   Option  "Emulate3Buttons"   "true"
   Option  "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
EndSection
  

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Generic Mouse"
   Driver  "mouse"
   Option  "SendCoreEvents""true"
   Option  "Device""/dev/input/mice"
   Option  "Protocol"  "ImPS/2"
   Option  "Emulate3Buttons"   "true"
   Option  "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
EndSection
I've tried every device file I can think of, but I can't seem to be able 
to find where the mouse device file is:
hostname:~# cat /dev/input/mice
cat: /dev/input/mice: No such device

I've googled, with no luck so far.

Here are my specs if it helps...
hostname:~# uname -a
Linux hostname 2.4.25-1-686 #1 Tue Feb 24 10:55:59 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux
Dell Latitude C640
Debian 3.0 Testing
Thanks for any help you can give...
Jason
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Cannot boot with cdrom and LVM

2004-04-05 Thread Jason Martens
I just installed Debian testing on my Dell Latitude C640.  I partitioned 
the hard drive with a 20G vfat partition, a 300M root partition, and a 
17G LVM physical partition.  I can sucessfully boot the system and mount 
the volume group and logical volumes when the cdrom is removed from the 
modular bay, but when it is inserted, I get an error message about not 
being able to find the physical volume during boot. 

I've tried googling, but haven't been able to find anything.  Becuase it 
is early in the boot process, I can't find any logs either.  If you can 
point me in the right direction, I would much appreciate it!

Thanks,
Jason Martens
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