Re: help with python bug
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, John Hasler wrote: > Faheem Mitha writes: > > Can anyone help me with a seemingly Debian-specific Python bug, Debian > > bug no. 252517 (see > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252517 ) > > > Firstly, can anyone reproduce the problem on Sarge or unstable? > > I cannot reproduce it on Unstable. Strange. I just upgraded a test installation to unstable, and I was still able to reproduce it. Could someone else try it on sarge or unstable? It is only a few minutes work. Thanks in advance. Faheem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cobalt
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 07:05, Martin Fritzsche hurled the following on the wire: > Hallo > > Ich habe einen Cobalt 1 von einem Freund bekommmen. Da dieser das passwort > nicht mehr weis will ich den Rechner mit Debian aufsielen. Da der Server > kein CD Laufwerk hat (und auch nicht einbaubar ist) wollte ich fragen ab es > fertige Festplatten Images gibt, oder ob (wie) es möglich ist den Server > über das Netzwerk zu booten. Ich habe einen DHCP Server der ein mini system > auf meinen Server überträgt und ein Skript mit dem sich denn ein Fertig > installiertes System auf die Platte aufspielt. > > PS. Mir steht nur eine serielle Verbindung zur Verfügung If the hardware supports it, you should be able to boot it from a tftp server. The process is described in the install manual: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual There's also a procedure described to install from an existing unix/linux installation. I guess you could try that too. It would require you to recover the password, but I assume you can get the thing in single user mode, right? Good luck. I hope you understand English. I might understand German (more or less) but I'm not up to the task of formulating my answer in German. joost DISCLAIMER This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error please notify A.S.T.R.I.D. nv/sa immediately and then delete this e-mail.
Re: Website creating software
On Monday 07 June 2004 17:36, Nick Smith hurled the following on the wire: > Joost De Cock said: > > On Monday 07 June 2004 15:31, jack kinnon hurled the following on the > > > > wire: > >> Hi > >> Thanks for the input. What I am referring to is > >> something like the MS FrontPage, not just an ordinary > >> editor. [...] > forget frontpage, what about a dreamweaver alternative? i do respect the > hand coding people out there, i too started coding with VI, but there is > no way im going to design complex image maps or anything else with lengthy > code by hand any more, too much chance for error and it takes way too long > to do it. i wish wine would pick up the pace and get compatible with MX > 2004 and for that matter photoshop CS. but i would be happy with just a > dreamweaver alternative. which in my search i can find nothing that comes > close to the power of dreamweaver. Well, thanks for the respect :) however, I do agree with the 'forget frontpage' part, but I don't agree with going the dreamweaver road. I used dreamweaver a lot a few years ago, I'm not saying I'm an expert, but I sure got past the steep part of the learning curve. It is indeed a very powerfull editor, but I think you'll agree (judging by your examples) that it's something you want to use when your building a nice looking flashy graphical website. I myself code webapplications in PHP, dynamic pages, database access, scripts,... you name it. When doing this sort of work, VI beats dreamweaver hands down. First of all, who needs all the bloat, but the better syntax highlighting, supreme indentation (a nightmare in Dreamweaver last time I checked), speed, and all the nifty shortcutes that make VI what it is just make it a nobrainer to go for VI. Furthermore, if I need a quick change, SSH to the webserver, load VI and tadaa. I guess it boils down to the 'right tool for the job' mantra. I do agree that only a graphical artist with a serious CLI twist would use VI for his work on websites. joost DISCLAIMER This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error please notify A.S.T.R.I.D. nv/sa immediately and then delete this e-mail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software to create 3D buttons for use on web pages, etc
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 07:41, Joost De Cock hurled the following on the wire: > On Monday 07 June 2004 16:57, Kevin Murphy hurled the following on the wire: > > I'm interested in creating 3D-buttons, ideally with a rounded, > > ray-traced look. > > > > Anybody have any advice? > > > > I am hoping that someone has scripted one of the major graphics > > programs to help automate this process. > > This script creates nifty looking OSX-Aqua style buttons. I've used it, and > they look very good. > > The script is easy to modify too. > > http://members.rogers.com/ityker/aqua.pl and euh... It's a GIMP script, so you'll need the GIMP joost DISCLAIMER This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error please notify A.S.T.R.I.D. nv/sa immediately and then delete this e-mail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software to create 3D buttons for use on web pages, etc
On Monday 07 June 2004 16:57, Kevin Murphy hurled the following on the wire: > I'm interested in creating 3D-buttons, ideally with a rounded, > ray-traced look. > > Anybody have any advice? > > I am hoping that someone has scripted one of the major graphics > programs to help automate this process. This script creates nifty looking OSX-Aqua style buttons. I've used it, and they look very good. The script is easy to modify too. http://members.rogers.com/ityker/aqua.pl joost DISCLAIMER This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error please notify A.S.T.R.I.D. nv/sa immediately and then delete this e-mail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cobalt
Hallo Ich habe einen Cobalt 1 von einem Freund bekommmen. Da dieser das passwort nicht mehr weis will ich den Rechner mit Debian aufsielen. Da der Server kein CD Laufwerk hat (und auch nicht einbaubar ist) wollte ich fragen ab es fertige Festplatten Images gibt, oder ob (wie) es möglich ist den Server über das Netzwerk zu booten. Ich habe einen DHCP Server der ein mini system auf meinen Server überträgt und ein Skript mit dem sich denn ein Fertig installiertes System auf die Platte aufspielt. PS. Mir steht nur eine serielle Verbindung zur Verfügung Danke Martin
Re: Typical partition table for Debian?
Also, a lot of people don't really need a 100mb boot partition, even if you have a separate boot partition. I often have 3 or 4 kernel images with corresponding System.map and config, and I haven't ever needed more than a 15-20mb space for them. It really depends on what you are planning to do. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: jigdo image errors
On Monday 07 June 2004 07:59 pm, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote: > Hi all > > I'm still trying to download sarge-i386 iso images using jigdo-lite. > > Image 1 (sarge-i386-1.iso) have problems, some packages listed in > jigdo/template files aren't found on the repositories. Some other > packages are listed as ".udeb" files ??!! and aren't found too. > > I have attached the log, where you can see the errors reported by > jigdo-lite. How can I fix this? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > regards > > -ejg Hey, it looks like you are using a server that is down, or else for whatever reason you're not connecting. First thing I would try (since you obviously can connect to the internet) is try a different server. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Possible convert to Debian
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 07 June 2004 8:26 pm, William Ballard wrote: > On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 10:10:18PM -0500, John Fleming wrote: > > Any other comments for this relative newbie that's old (>50) and not a > > sysadmin by trade? Thanks a bunch for your time! > > It takes about a month of solid work to get all your hardware and eye > candy working in Sid. Use Knoppix LiveCD detect all your hardware, and > print out what drivers are detected and the output of lspci and stuff. > > It takes about 15-20 clean "do-overs" before you'll get it all working > "cleanly." [snip] > It's hard but worth it. It is not *that* hard. If you want to use Knoppix, install Knoppix, then upgrade to unstable. The instructions are on knoppix.net. It might take you twice to get it right. In the recent version of Knoppix, they repackaged some common packages. You will probably want to remove their custom packages and download the standard packages. Right now is probably a good time to do it. I don't think anything in Knoppix is currently broken in unstable. Peter A. Bonucci - -- Key ID: 8CF1FE08 Key available at www.keyserver.net or pgp.mit.edu -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAxT53dD+qaozx/ggRAgvVAJ49vUnauBf9kBeZqcOYNljnM+IlkgCfSMng C97VuZKSMsh4oLQof2cPK5c= =BbC6 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
jigdo image errors
Hi all I'm still trying to download sarge-i386 iso images using jigdo-lite. Image 1 (sarge-i386-1.iso) have problems, some packages listed in jigdo/template files aren't found on the repositories. Some other packages are listed as ".udeb" files ??!! and aren't found too. I have attached the log, where you can see the errors reported by jigdo-lite. How can I fix this? Any help would be appreciated. regards -ejg jigdo.log.gz Description: Binary data
Re: Default printer in XPrint/FireFox?
Magnus Therning wrote:
> I have two network printers configured in CUPS:
>
> bern (CUPS default)
> escher
>
> FireFox finds both (through XPrint I guess), but it disregards the CUPS
> setting for what printer should be the default one. Can I somehow get
> XPrint or FireFox to use bern as its default?
>From the Xprint FAQ (http://xprint.mozdev.org/docs/Xprint_FAQ.html):
-- snip --
How do I configure Xprint on the client side ?
A: There are two env vars which control Xprint on the client side:
[snip]
2. The env variable ${XPRINTER} defines the default printer used by
print applications. The syntax is either or
@
Examples:
a.
% export XPRINTER=ps003
tells an application to look for the first printer named
"ps003" on all Xprt servers.
b.
% export XPRINTER="[EMAIL PROTECTED]:80"
tells an application to look for the printer "hplaser19" on
the Xprt display "littlecat:80".
Note:
If ${XPRINTER} is not set the applications will examine the values of
the ${PDPRINTER}, ${LPDEST}, and ${PRINTER} env vars (in that order).
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You either set the ${XPRINTER} env var if you only want to affect Xprint
clients or use the Unix standard var ${LPDEST} ...
Bye,
Roland
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Re: Possible convert to Debian
John Fleming wrote: > 1. It sounds like Sid is actually pretty stable, I'm guessing especially > for the basic mail and webserving things I use. Would you recommend I go > with Sid, or with testing or stable? Overall, Sid is rather stable. However, every thread on this topic I have seen in the last six months had the same answer: unless its a personal server, run Stable. Unstable is in a constant state of flux, and with that flux comes a much higher chance of something being broken. These problems do get sorted out eventually, but you really don't want to have a production server suddenly down for a few days due to a broken package. > 2. It seems that installing from the Knoppix CD might be a bit easier for > a newbie? Perhaps. At the same time, though it lacks the nice GUI of other installers, the Woody installer isn't very difficult to use. You could also use the new Debian Installer, which I can say from experience is much improved over the installer used in Woody. > I've never tried something like woody 3.0r2 on new technology - > only on an older limited computer, and I had problems with NIC being > recognized and others. I've run into the same problem. The general solution is to build a custom kernel with newer 2.4 kernel sources. > 4. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it, if I use Sid and keep > it updated, I should never have to do a complete reinstall of the OS as > recommended for Fedora upgrades. And if I use the stable version, I can > do an apt-get dist upgrade and upgrade to the new version(s) as available > without a complete reinstall, right? Correct. > Any other comments for this relative newbie that's old (>50) and not a > sysadmin by trade? Thanks a bunch for your time! Don't give up - instead, view each challenge as a valuable learning experience. One of the benfits of an OS that doesn't try to do everything for you (besides not getting in the way) is that it forces you to understand it better. That knowledge is very handy in the event something goes wrong. As for those questions I didn't answer (because I felt I lacked sufficient knowledge to be helpful), try Google and the list archives - odds are they have been previously discussed and answered somewhere. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get error
Nick Smith said: > can someone tell me what to do to get rid of this error message: > > dpkg: error processing sslwrap (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > sslwrap > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > i tried apt-get'ting it and it had an error, now i just want to get rid > of it and apt-get remove will not remove it, apt-get clean has no > effect either. > TIA > > nick nevermind i fixed my own problem, all i had to do was touch the file it was missing and it let me remove the program, sorry.> -- > ComputerNick a.k.a. Nick Smith > Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web - https://www.ComputerNick.com > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Possible convert to Debian
John Fleming wrote: With my FC2 server (Dell 600SC), I have these things going: pop and imap mail, Squirrelmail, Mailman, SpamAssassin, Webmin, and Apache with several virtual hosts. I've toyed with Debian and Knoppix a bit, but haven't tried to fully implement the above services yet and have a few questions. 1. It sounds like Sid is actually pretty stable, I'm guessing especially for the basic mail and webserving things I use. Would you recommend I go with Sid, or with testing or stable? It's usually recommended to have servers on Stable. The "unstable" in Sid doesn't refer to the system that runs Sid, or even the individual packages so much, but rather to the every-changing nature of the available packages. Today you might have Foo version 1.2 and tomorrow it might be version 1.25 and the next day it might be version 1.7. If you setup a box with Sid and get everything working the way you like, you can run fine for years without any problems, except if one of the packages has a bug/vulnerability. Then of course you'd want to upgrade that package, but if you upgrade Sid, you might wind up upgrading half your system, and what will that do to your perfectly tuned box? Stable has a special repository of security patches which is designed to keep Stable stable with the ability to patch; Testing and Sid do not. So if you need 24x7 uptime on your server, Stable. If it's just something you're tinkering with and want newer packages and can live with an occasional week-long brokenness is some package or other pretty often, then Sid. With Stable, you can also use Backports to get newer versions of software, but I've never tried that and can't recommend it one way or the other. 2. It seems that installing from the Knoppix CD might be a bit easier for a newbie? I've never tried something like woody 3.0r2 on new technology - only on an older limited computer, and I had problems with NIC being recognized and others. I have installed Sid using the Knoppix CD on my Dell laptop after first partitioning with Partition Magic and have a dual boot going with Sid and that other OS. I have done some preliminary experimenting using apt-get to install Squirrelmail and Webmin, tinkering with the sources list and so forth, so I'm a little familiar with how that works. Installing from Knoppix is easier generally (provided you're on x86 hardware; installing on Sparc or PowerPC, etc, of course eliminates this option). However, there are two disadvantages to this: 1) Last I tried, Knoppix wanted to install everything into one 2GB or larger partition. I like to have separate partitions for /, /usr/, /usr/local/, /var/, /home/, and /tmp. To accomplish this on a Knoppix install means lots of partitioning "magic" after the install. Nasty. 2) You wind up with a machine that is a mix of Stable, Testing, and Unstable, along with other 3rd-party repositories. Upgrading might get pretty nasty in that situation. 3. If I start with the Knoppix CD, I really do end up with the same Debian Sid distro as if I started with the unstable CDs themselves? No. See Disadvantage #2 above. 4. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it, if I use Sid and keep it updated, I should never have to do a complete reinstall of the OS as recommended for Fedora upgrades. And if I use the stable version, I can do an apt-get dist upgrade and upgrade to the new version(s) as available without a complete reinstall, right? I believe a smooth upgrade is only guaranteed from one version of Stable to the next. However, lots of folks here upgrade Unstable everyday. Of course, lots of folks run into broken-ness everyday also. If you can't handle glitches, stick with Stable. (Most of the glitches clear up on their own (well, by the Developer's efforts, actually), but sometimes you have to actually fix the problem, although this list and/or Google and/or other resources will generally provide the Howto on the fix by the time you decide you'll have to fix it yourself. But not always.) 5. I am interested in software RAID 1 and have 2 identical HDDs. Is there an option during the install from Debian CDs (didn't see it in the Knoppix HD install) to setup RAID? If not, any recs on the easiest way to get RAID 1 going after the initial installation? Never done RAID; can't speak on it. Any other comments for this relative newbie that's old (>50) and not a sysadmin by trade? Thanks a bunch for your time! -John If you need 24x7 reliability; Stable. (Usually for servers.) If you can stand periods of broken-ness, and want newer software, Sid. (Usually for workstations -- still more reliable than Windows workstations.) -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: glibc + libstdc++?
On Monday 07 June 2004 12:06 pm, Bob Proulx wrote: >Jeff Elkins wrote: >> Bob Proulx wrote: >> > Jeff Elkins wrote: >> > > pvconv: relocation error: pvconv: undefined symbol: __dynamic_cast_2 >> > >> > I was curious enough to download the application and try it. I can >> > get a usage string out of it so I think I have all of the libraries on >> > my woody system. I got a usage string out of it on a sid system. >> >> [...] >> libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 => /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 >> (0x40029000) [...] >> dpkg -S /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 >> libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2: /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 >> [...] >> Yep, I get a usage string, it just crashes when I try to use the app >> :) > >One of the things I am very interested in is cross distro >compatibility. So I ran the binary on a RH7.3 machine. I just ran it >against a random .wav file and it appeared that it runs there. It >gave me error messages about the conversion but did not report the >missing symbol __dynamic_cast_2. > >Then I copied the library from the RH machine to my Debian woody >machine. I did not remove the debian package first. Too many things >depend up it. > > apt-cache showpkg libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 > >But it is not required for basic C programs which make up the core >utilities. That is I won't break 'mv' by doing this like I could >moving other libs around. > >Therefore I moved my debian version of the library out of the way and >moved the RH version into place directly. With that copied into place >on Debian the pvconv program ran the same on my Debian machine as it >did on the RH machine. With this library in place I think the program >will run. > > cd /usr/lib > mv libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so.debian > cp libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so.redhat libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so > >Warning: I really can't recommend this type of low level shared >library manipulation. Mistakes can really cause trouble with your >system. You can definitely break your system and need to boot a >recovery image to repair it. This is not the way to manage a system >in production for example. But for debugging this type of hacking can >be useful. And for your particular problem you might find this useful >enough to solve your problem as much as you need it to be solved. > >I found an rpm of the library here: > > > http://www.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/libstdc++-2.96-11 >3.i386.html > >That can be unpacked using: > > rpm2cpio libstdc++-2.96-113.i386.rpm | cpio -idm > >I see this solution as only a workaround. The real solution would be >to understand what RH did to their library which breaks compatibility, >or the reverse. Then modify the Debian version so that it works there >too. > >Bob Yippee!! It works :) Thank you, thank you :) I set up a script to swap the libs, run the converter, then swap them back so as not to leave my system in an unstable state. Goodbye Windows! Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Typical partition table for Debian?
Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED]: # What's a "typical" partition table look like for a Debian box? # # I thought that the minimum would be: # # /boot around 100-200 mb # swaparound 1-2x RAM (in this case, 2 gig) # / everything else... This is typical, but not the minimum requirement. All you really need is swap and /. /boot can simply be a directory on the / partition if it doesn't have its own partition. The system will still run that way, which is, I guess why Debian sets it up that way automatically. # The problem that I'm trying to track down is with the Beta 4 Debian # Installer and it appears that it DOESN'T create the /boot partition when # you let it partition automatically. # # Instead, it creates just: # # swaparound 1-2x RAM (in this case, 2 gig) # / everything else... # # Notice no /boot partition at all so where would Grub and the kernel be? This is fine. The kernel and GRUB don't have to live on their own partition. I just put Debian on my new laptop, and it partitioned my disk the same way, because I just didn't feel like fooling with all those partitions yesterday. It is working flawlessly today, and I don't have to worry about outgrowing any of my partitions, although I was a little partial to /boot having /dev/hda1 as well. PRINCE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xfs and cyrillic
Incoming from Glenn Meehan: > > I am getting the following line in /var/log/messages on start up. > > xfs: ignoring font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/ > (unreadable) > > The directory: "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/" does not exist. > > I don't need cyrillic fonts. > > How can I make the message go away? As root, "vi /etc/X11/XF86Config-4" In vi, type "/cyrillic" followed by the "Enter" key. Assuming that lands the cursor on the line you mention above, hit "^" then "i" then "#" then "" then "ZZ". The line should end up looking like: # FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" Re-start X (log out of X Window, then log back in). -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt-get error
can someone tell me what to do to get rid of this error message: dpkg: error processing sslwrap (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: sslwrap E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) i tried apt-get'ting it and it had an error, now i just want to get rid of it and apt-get remove will not remove it, apt-get clean has no effect either. TIA nick -- ComputerNick a.k.a. Nick Smith Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - https://www.ComputerNick.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Possible convert to Debian
On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 15:10, John Fleming wrote: > Consider me a newbie, but with enough experience to be dangerous. I started > learning Linux with RH8.0 about a year ago. I later installed Fedora Core 1 > and have upgraded to FC2, but I'm not happy with the upgrade process (they > recommend a fresh install of each upgrade, and of course, Fedora has a > relatively frequent planned upgrade cycle). For my intended uses, I don't > care about support for the latest whiz-bang USB devices, cameras, > Centrino/ProWireless etc - I just want easy to install and maintain basic > server functions with decent security. With my FC2 server (Dell 600SC), I > have these things going: pop and imap mail, Squirrelmail, Mailman, > SpamAssassin, Webmin, and Apache with several virtual hosts. I'm fairly new to Debian myself (but with experience with commercial unix flavours and other linux distros) so probably know where you're coming from. > > I've toyed with Debian and Knoppix a bit, but haven't tried to fully > implement the above services yet and have a few questions. > > 1. It sounds like Sid is actually pretty stable, I'm guessing especially > for the basic mail and webserving things I use. Would you recommend I go > with Sid, or with testing or stable? Personally I would recommend the "testing" distribution. Sid/unstable really can be unstable at times. I upgraded last week and lost all network connectivity for a while. Others have reported losing all graphics, etc. Unless you're fairly happy poking around in config files from a console the unstable distribution can be nasty. I ran testing for several months, though, and had only the occasional minor inconvenience in return for access to software *reasonably close* to the latest releases. Stable is really old at the moment - though hopefully a new release will be out within a few months. It's really more appropriate to servers than desktop systems. > > 2. It seems that installing from the Knoppix CD might be a bit easier for a > newbie? I've never tried something like woody 3.0r2 on new technology - > only on an older limited computer, and I had problems with NIC being > recognized and others. I have installed Sid using the Knoppix CD on my Dell > laptop after first partitioning with Partition Magic and have a dual boot > going with Sid and that other OS. I have done some preliminary > experimenting using apt-get to install Squirrelmail and Webmin, tinkering > with the sources list and so forth, so I'm a little familiar with how that > works. Lots of work has gone into a new debian installer over the last year or so. It is at "beta 3" or similar at the moment. I used it to install my current system and found it pretty good; it's not as friendly as RedHat's Anaconda installer but from what you describe of your background I think you would be comfortable with it. BTW, I'm not criticising the new debian-installer by comparing to anaconda; there are lots of things it can do that anaconda cannot. A lot of work has been done on auto-detection of hardware & peripherals, so you might be pleasantly surprised. > 3. If I start with the Knoppix CD, I really do end up with the same Debian > Sid distro as if I started with the unstable CDs themselves? Not quite, according to the reports I've seen. Yes, you can point a Knoppix installation at standard debian repositories to get updates. But apparently Knoppix sets up some of the system scripts etc. differently from debian so there can be surprises (unexpected breakage) later on. NB: all this is just hearsay. > > 4. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it, if I use Sid and keep it > updated, I should never have to do a complete reinstall of the OS as > recommended for Fedora upgrades. And if I use the stable version, I can do > an apt-get dist upgrade and upgrade to the new version(s) as available > without a complete reinstall, right? I believe this is the case no matter whether you run stable, testing or unstable. Running dist-upgrade just pulls down the appropriate files. I've not been using Debian long enough to go through a major release upgrade yet, but I've heard only good things about the process. > > 5. I am interested in software RAID 1 and have 2 identical HDDs. Is there > an option during the install from Debian CDs (didn't see it in the Knoppix > HD install) to setup RAID? If not, any recs on the easiest way to get RAID > 1 going after the initial installation? No idea. > > Any other comments for this relative newbie that's old (>50) and not a > sysadmin by trade? Thanks a bunch for your time! I have used RedHat8 and 9, Mandrake9 and 9.1, and debian. My early experiences of debian never got past the amazingly complex installation process. However using the new debian installer was quite reasonable and I am now sold on debian. Cheers, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Possible convert to Debian
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 10:10:18PM -0500, John Fleming wrote: > Any other comments for this relative newbie that's old (>50) and not a > sysadmin by trade? Thanks a bunch for your time! It takes about a month of solid work to get all your hardware and eye candy working in Sid. Use Knoppix LiveCD detect all your hardware, and print out what drivers are detected and the output of lspci and stuff. It takes about 15-20 clean "do-overs" before you'll get it all working "cleanly." Fonts will be ugly as sin at first, and you'll have to go right back to twm and xterm, get those fonts working, then get old gtk/xft1 apps fonts working well. The newest GTK2 apps will have pretty anti aliasing fonts right from the get go. It's hard but worth it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xfs and cyrillic
Hi, I am getting the following line in /var/log/messages on start up. xfs: ignoring font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/ (unreadable) The directory: "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/" does not exist. I don't need cyrillic fonts. How can I make the message go away? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Possible convert to Debian
Consider me a newbie, but with enough experience to be dangerous. I started learning Linux with RH8.0 about a year ago. I later installed Fedora Core 1 and have upgraded to FC2, but I'm not happy with the upgrade process (they recommend a fresh install of each upgrade, and of course, Fedora has a relatively frequent planned upgrade cycle). For my intended uses, I don't care about support for the latest whiz-bang USB devices, cameras, Centrino/ProWireless etc - I just want easy to install and maintain basic server functions with decent security. With my FC2 server (Dell 600SC), I have these things going: pop and imap mail, Squirrelmail, Mailman, SpamAssassin, Webmin, and Apache with several virtual hosts. I've toyed with Debian and Knoppix a bit, but haven't tried to fully implement the above services yet and have a few questions. 1. It sounds like Sid is actually pretty stable, I'm guessing especially for the basic mail and webserving things I use. Would you recommend I go with Sid, or with testing or stable? 2. It seems that installing from the Knoppix CD might be a bit easier for a newbie? I've never tried something like woody 3.0r2 on new technology - only on an older limited computer, and I had problems with NIC being recognized and others. I have installed Sid using the Knoppix CD on my Dell laptop after first partitioning with Partition Magic and have a dual boot going with Sid and that other OS. I have done some preliminary experimenting using apt-get to install Squirrelmail and Webmin, tinkering with the sources list and so forth, so I'm a little familiar with how that works. 3. If I start with the Knoppix CD, I really do end up with the same Debian Sid distro as if I started with the unstable CDs themselves? 4. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it, if I use Sid and keep it updated, I should never have to do a complete reinstall of the OS as recommended for Fedora upgrades. And if I use the stable version, I can do an apt-get dist upgrade and upgrade to the new version(s) as available without a complete reinstall, right? 5. I am interested in software RAID 1 and have 2 identical HDDs. Is there an option during the install from Debian CDs (didn't see it in the Knoppix HD install) to setup RAID? If not, any recs on the easiest way to get RAID 1 going after the initial installation? Any other comments for this relative newbie that's old (>50) and not a sysadmin by trade? Thanks a bunch for your time! -John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newb question: user switching in KDE?
Mal Beaton wrote: Thanks for the idea. That is good. However I start the second session ctl-alt-f2 login as another user startx -- :1 starts fine ctl=alt-f7 back to my first session then I ctl-alt-f2 back to other session it has crashed no real (EE) showing. If you really intended to write "f2", then you should know it should be "f8". If you mistyped and meant "f8", my suspicion is that X doesn't like your video card and/or the resolution/color depth settings for running two servers. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: newb question: user swithcing in KDE
Ignatz, You may have figured this our already but for prosperity here goes... Kent's answer below is awesome, i have already started using it, but if you want a graphical user switching interface KDE provides an excellent one. All you have to do is make kdm your default display manager. if kdm is installed then just edit thet file /etc/X11/default-display-manager change /usr/bin/?dm to /usr/bin/kdm (props to Igor for that one). if kdm is not installed use apt-get or synaptic to install it. part of this install involves it asking you which display manger you want as default, just pick kdm. then go into kontrol center and under system administration there is a login manager section. push the administrator mode button and then the Users tab. if you want the login manager to show the user names select the Selected users button (your users should appear in the list in the center of the window) you an also pick goofy pictures for your users. reboot may be necessary for changes to take effect. if kdm is already installed and is the default then you can just do the kontrol center stuff good luck clifton Ignatz Sol wrote: >I am a recent convert to Linux, running Debian sarge/testing with KDE >3.2.2. I am interested in setting up some sort of user switching, so >that my wife can have her setup separate from mine. I've been >especially inspired by the switching available in the new Mac OSX. >Now I don't need anything fancy, and I've found a few references to >this (like this link, http://www.mepis.org/node/view/2083, though I >haven't been able to try it out yet). Just want to be clear as to >what is the best way to facilitate this. I will also need to be able >to switch with an icon or something similar to make it simple for my >wife. Thanks for any help. > > > > I don't know about an icon-based switch, but I've been using switching at my house for years. After the first person is logged into X in the normal manner (startx, xdm, kdm, whatever), the second user can Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get to a console, log in there, and then start a second session of X with "startx -- :1". The third person can log in (Ctrl-Alt-F3) and start a third session with "startx -- :2", and so on. You can even configure kdm to have a graphical login on each X session to make it easier, but I prefer the startx method myself. Then to switch between users, Ctrl-Alt-F7 to switch to the first session, Ctrl-Alt-F8 to the second, Ctrl-Alt-F9 to the third, etc. I don't know of any way to autolock the screen when leaving one screen, but a screensaver with a password might do for your needs (at my house, passwords aren't an issue). -- Kent
wvdial connects but no internet and KPPP dies
Hello all, I have set up wvdial to connect to my isp. I use it to connect but cannot get any internet sites. I have checked the resolv.conf file while wvdial is running, and my dns servers are correct there. So, I tried KPPP. I configured it with everything it needs and it connects for a split second before pppd dies. I can give more details is necessary. Anyone have any other pointers? thanks, -Jason __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newb question: user switching in KDE?
Ralph Katz wrote: On 06/07/04 20:00, Mal Beaton wrote: Kent West wrote: [...] Then to switch between users, Ctrl-Alt-F7 to switch to the first session, Ctrl-Alt-F8 to the second, Ctrl-Alt-F9 to the third, etc. [...] Thanks for the idea. That is good. However I start the second session ctl-alt-f2 login as another user startx -- :1 starts fine ctl=alt-f7 back to my first session then I ctl-alt-f2 back to other session it has crashed no real (EE) showing. Any ideas of what to look for The X terminal you want to go back to is Ctrl-Alt-F8, as Ken said. I know because I've made the same error. For me, it was gdm not kdm, but same deal, I think. (I'm no expert.) Actually, now that I'm looking at how I launch the 2nd X session, it's a one line shell script: DISPLAY=:1 startx -- :1 Regards. excellent thank you works a treat -- M.J. Beaton Miju Systems http://www.miju.com.au/ Phone: +61 0414 350 292 PO Box 176, Corinda Q 4075, Australia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Website creating software
On Tuesday 08 Jun 2004 00:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Nick Smith wrote: > > forget frontpage, what about a dreamweaver alternative? > You might want to check out N-View, see http://www.nvu.com/ for more I gather NVu is simple Mozilla's Composer program by another name. Actually, composer seems quite good. Otherwise, I'd recommend Quanta :) -- Lee Braiden [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:Website creating software
Hi folks, Thanks for the flood of info. Now I have a better idea about what are available out there. Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
locale vs. localeconf & /etc/environment & paper sizes
I noticed both "dpkg-reconfigure localeconf" and "dpkg-reconfigure locales" will change /etc/environment. Sometimes you will end up with LANG=en_US in the "Debconf" section (via localeconf) and also LANG=en_US at the end (added by locales). But when you "clear" your language to none via dpkg-reconfigure of either, both settings are cleared. Why do they both set it? Also, I have questions about various apps and how they decide to use A4 or US Letter as the default: * OpenOffice seems to always use US Letter as the default. * So does Mozilla Firebird. * Current KDElibs in sid seems to always use A4. * a2ps seems to follow libpaper, i.e., what is in /etc/papersize. * Gimp seems to always use US Letter as the default. "locale" tells me LC_PAPER="en_US". Is that why OO, Moz, and Gimp are all using US Letter? Is there a way to slave LC_PAPER to /etc/papersize? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Simultaneous mounting dvd & cdrw conflict
I'm confused about mounting dvd & cdrw drives.
I wish to (permanently ?) mount both so that I can play dvd's and also
burn audio from CD's in drive dvd.
However, it seems I can't mount both at the same time.
'dmesg' gives me
hdc: ATAPI DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
hdd: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, DMA
hdd: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdd: drive_cmd: error=0x04Aborted Command
However,
Tux:~# mount -t iso9660 /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd
mount: /dev/dvd is not a block device
Tux:~# mount -t udf /dev/hdc /mnt/dvd
mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
Tux:~# mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrw
mount: block device /dev/hdd is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd,
or too many mounted file systems
My /etc/fstab includes
/dev/fd0/floppy auto
defaults,user,noauto0 0
/dev/hdd/cdrw iso9660
defaults,rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdc/dvdudf
defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdb2 /boot ext3defaults0 2
Also, I get
:~$ mplayer dvd://1
..
Can't open VMG info !
which I understand is due to mplayer looking for /dev/dvd, but
Tux:~# ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd
ln: `/dev/dvd/hdc': File exists
changes nothing.
Any ideas ?
Adam Bogacki.
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Re: Website creating software
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 01:31:23 +0200 (MEST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > You might want to check out N-View, see http://www.nvu.com/ for more > info. Haven't use it myself though, I am just too fond of vim and > more recently the Template Toolkit. My understanding is that NVu is just Mozilla's editor plus some additional features. -c -- Chris Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear pgpQYCLoA1uRE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [YA] SBLive 5.1 but no sound (ALSA)
On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 23:46:48 -0600 Hamilcar Barca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 01:43:47 -0400, Chris Metzler wrote: >> >> Do me a favor -- pass along the output of lspci, [...] > > I've wrapped it. > [ snip ] > > :00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! > EMU10k1 (rev 0a) [ snip ] > :00:0c.0 Class 0401: 1102:0002 (rev 0a) OK, this shoots down my second idea. One other common problem here is that Dell markets and sells with their machines a card they call a Soundblaster Live, and that identifies itself superficially as an SBLive. But it's not really one, isn't compatible with the normal SBLive cards, and isn't supported under Linux at all (by either OSS or ALSA) except with a proprietary OSS driver from 4Front that costs money. That's a really common reason people fail to get SBLive cards working. But, you don't have that problem. Your ALSA modules list, from your earlier post, looks just fine. So sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you for a couple more pieces of information. First, I'd like to see what your machine says during boot about the soundcard. Unfortunately, you probably won't find that info in /var/log/dmesg. If you haven't already done so, go to /etc/default, edit the file /etc/default/bootlogd, and give it a line that says BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=Yes This causes the non-kernel stuff that runs during the boot process (the scripts in /etc/init.d) to *also* be logged (into /var/log/boot). Then, after booting, go through the boot messages in /var/log/dmesg and /var/log/boot and send along whatever it says about your soundcard, soundcard drivers, etc. Second, you said that "play" didn't work. But can you elaborate? Does it say *anything*? Any error message or anything like that? What happens if you take some .wav file and use cat to send it directly to /dev/dsp, e.g. "cat foo.wav > /dev/dsp"? Do you hear anything then? -c -- Chris Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear pgpNhn8ro4Rsb.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: newb question: user switching in KDE?
On 06/07/04 20:00, Mal Beaton wrote: Kent West wrote: [...] Then to switch between users, Ctrl-Alt-F7 to switch to the first session, Ctrl-Alt-F8 to the second, Ctrl-Alt-F9 to the third, etc. [...] Thanks for the idea. That is good. However I start the second session ctl-alt-f2 login as another user startx -- :1 starts fine ctl=alt-f7 back to my first session then I ctl-alt-f2 back to other session it has crashed no real (EE) showing. Any ideas of what to look for The X terminal you want to go back to is Ctrl-Alt-F8, as Ken said. I know because I've made the same error. For me, it was gdm not kdm, but same deal, I think. (I'm no expert.) Actually, now that I'm looking at how I launch the 2nd X session, it's a one line shell script: DISPLAY=:1 startx -- :1 Regards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Website creating software
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Nick Smith wrote: > >> forget frontpage, what about a dreamweaver alternative? > > You might want to check out N-View, see http://www.nvu.com/ for more > info. Haven't use it myself though, I am just too fond of vim and > more recently the Template Toolkit. > > Grx HdV > > wow that looks promising, hope they get that CSS update out soon i might try it. thanks for the link nick > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
USB keyboards and linux 2.6
Does anybody have a link to a quick howto on getting USB keyboards to work with kernel 2.6? All my google searches on the subject turn up links on kernel 2.4, which tend to list kernel modules which aren't available on 2.6. The "best" advice I've gotten thus far is to disable the kernel's entire USB subsystem! That is, let the BIOS handle the keyboard via legacy DOS support. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Increasing Screen Resolution
On Monday 07 Jun 2004 22:56, Robert Tilley wrote: > I have dpkg-reconfigure'd xserver-xfree86, edited /etc/X11/XF86Config, > edited /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, and experimented with KRandR. The only mode > that is still present is 1280x1024, however 1024x768 is still used. > Nothing I have done has changed this. > > Needless to say, I need help. What can I do to increase > my screen resolution to 1280x1024? Bob, You may need to check your monitor specifications, and set the monitor frequencies accordingly using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86. dpkg-reconfigure asks you how simple you want questions about your monitor to be. If you choose a more complex option, you'll get to alter frequencies, etc. Sorry if this is badly explained. I'm tired. But I hope it helps :) -- Lee Braiden [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Any workaround for 246350 -- tons of icon warnings -- anybody not getting it?
Is anybody *not* getting tons of icon warnings every time a KDE app is launched? As reported in 246350? With sid's kdelibs? Is there a way workaround? Or it just a "sid's broke, what do you want, it's sid" thing? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Website creating software
Its better then frontpage output, even the newest version of it had html syntax errors. On 7 Jun 2004 at 20:00, richard lyons wrote: > On Monday 07 June 2004 11:56, Micha Feigin wrote: > [...] > > Doesn't mozilla also have an html editor? > [...] > > Have you _read_ any html produced by Mozilla? I really do not think > you can recommend anyone to go that route. > > -- > richard > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Website creating software
On Monday 07 June 2004 11:56, Micha Feigin wrote: [...] > Doesn't mozilla also have an html editor? [...] Have you _read_ any html produced by Mozilla? I really do not think you can recommend anyone to go that route. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newb question: user switching in KDE?
Kent West wrote: Ignatz Sol wrote: I am a recent convert to Linux, running Debian sarge/testing with KDE 3.2.2. I am interested in setting up some sort of user switching, so that my wife can have her setup separate from mine. I've been especially inspired by the switching available in the new Mac OSX. Now I don't need anything fancy, and I've found a few references to this (like this link, http://www.mepis.org/node/view/2083, though I haven't been able to try it out yet). Just want to be clear as to what is the best way to facilitate this. I will also need to be able to switch with an icon or something similar to make it simple for my wife. Thanks for any help. I don't know about an icon-based switch, but I've been using switching at my house for years. After the first person is logged into X in the normal manner (startx, xdm, kdm, whatever), the second user can Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get to a console, log in there, and then start a second session of X with "startx -- :1". The third person can log in (Ctrl-Alt-F3) and start a third session with "startx -- :2", and so on. You can even configure kdm to have a graphical login on each X session to make it easier, but I prefer the startx method myself. Then to switch between users, Ctrl-Alt-F7 to switch to the first session, Ctrl-Alt-F8 to the second, Ctrl-Alt-F9 to the third, etc. I don't know of any way to autolock the screen when leaving one screen, but a screensaver with a password might do for your needs (at my house, passwords aren't an issue). Thanks for the idea. That is good. However I start the second session ctl-alt-f2 login as another user startx -- :1 starts fine ctl=alt-f7 back to my first session then I ctl-alt-f2 back to other session it has crashed no real (EE) showing. Any ideas of what to look for -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Website creating software
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Nick Smith wrote: > forget frontpage, what about a dreamweaver alternative? You might want to check out N-View, see http://www.nvu.com/ for more info. Haven't use it myself though, I am just too fond of vim and more recently the Template Toolkit. Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Increasing Screen Resolution
Robert Tilley wrote: My screen resolution is currently 1024x768. The desired resolution is 1280x1024. I have dpkg-reconfigure'd xserver-xfree86, edited /etc/X11/XF86Config, edited /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, and experimented with KRandR. The only mode that is still present is 1280x1024, however 1024x768 is still used. Nothing I have done has changed this. Needless to say, I need help. What can I do to increase my screen resolution to 1280x1024? Bob, thanks! I vaguely remember earlier in this thread you saying you had better resolution in RH or S.u.S.E. or something. I don't recall you mentioning what video chipset you have. It may be that you have something like an nVidia, and you're using the Free nv driver, when those other distros were using the proprietary nVidia driver. Or perhaps they were set to a lower color depth, allowing higher resolution? -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newb question: user switching in KDE?
Ignatz Sol wrote: I am a recent convert to Linux, running Debian sarge/testing with KDE 3.2.2. I am interested in setting up some sort of user switching, so that my wife can have her setup separate from mine. I've been especially inspired by the switching available in the new Mac OSX. Now I don't need anything fancy, and I've found a few references to this (like this link, http://www.mepis.org/node/view/2083, though I haven't been able to try it out yet). Just want to be clear as to what is the best way to facilitate this. I will also need to be able to switch with an icon or something similar to make it simple for my wife. Thanks for any help. I don't know about an icon-based switch, but I've been using switching at my house for years. After the first person is logged into X in the normal manner (startx, xdm, kdm, whatever), the second user can Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get to a console, log in there, and then start a second session of X with "startx -- :1". The third person can log in (Ctrl-Alt-F3) and start a third session with "startx -- :2", and so on. You can even configure kdm to have a graphical login on each X session to make it easier, but I prefer the startx method myself. Then to switch between users, Ctrl-Alt-F7 to switch to the first session, Ctrl-Alt-F8 to the second, Ctrl-Alt-F9 to the third, etc. I don't know of any way to autolock the screen when leaving one screen, but a screensaver with a password might do for your needs (at my house, passwords aren't an issue). -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need to get NFS and SMB installed and working.
On (07/06/04 18:59), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > I asked earlier about getting the NFS server > running on my new Sarge install. I got no replies. > I have tried researching it myself but have not > found anything that explains it properly. Can > someone please help? > > I need to be able to access the other machines on > my network. A good place to start is: http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba.html There is also a good nfs Howto in woody: /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/NFS_HOWTO.gz FWIW I've installed both on three servers but I'm thinking of reverting to just samba by making the Linux workstations samba clients. Regards Clive > > > Should I be on another mailing list?? > > Thanks, -- http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: raidhotadd not working after reboot?!? *SOLVED*
On Thursday, June 03, 2004 4:59 PM, Michael Kahle wrote: > Recently when starting my computer I was notified by the Adaptec > SCSI BIOS that my disk ID #4 was not starting up. This disk was > failed. This disk is part of the software raid array that I have > setup on the machine. > > When the kernel booted it notified me that it could not see the disk > and as a result my raid 5 array was in a failed state. I shutdown > the computer, replaced the drive with an identical one and proceeded > to restart the computer. The Adaptec SCSI BIOS noticed the drive and > linux booted. At this point the RAID 5 array was still in a failed > state. > > In the console I typed the following: > lsraid -R -p > > And got the following output: > # md device [dev 9, 0] /dev/md0 queried online raiddev /dev/md0 > raid-level 5 > nr-raid-disks 5 > nr-spare-disks 0 > persistent-superblock 1 > chunk-size 32 > > device /dev/sdb1 > raid-disk 0 > device /dev/sdc1 > raid-disk 1 > device /dev/sdd1 > raid-disk 2 > device /dev/sde1 > raid-disk 3 > device /dev/null > failed-disk 4 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > I then proceeded to run "raidhotadd /dev/md0 /dev/sdf1" after setting > up the partition of /dev/sdf. The program launched the process > md0_resync. After this completed I ran: > lsraid -R -p > > And got the following output: > # md device [dev 9, 0] /dev/md0 queried online raiddev /dev/md0 > raid-level 5 > nr-raid-disks 5 > nr-spare-disks 0 > persistent-superblock 1 > chunk-size 32 > > device /dev/sdb1 > raid-disk 0 > device /dev/sdc1 > raid-disk 1 > device /dev/sdd1 > raid-disk 2 > device /dev/sde1 > raid-disk 3 > device /dev/sdf1 > raid-disk 4 > > So, it looks to me like everything worked OK. That is until I > reboot... then I get the same failed-disk report as shown on top! > Weird. Below is my syslog. Sorry that I my post is so long, I > thought it best to have more information than not enough. > > // Syslog I thought I would follow up with this. I have solved the problem. It turns out that the partition /dev/sdf1 was setup as an ext2 partition and not a "RAID auto detect" partition. I rebooted the computer. Changed the partition type. Re-synced the RAID array. Rebooted. Now everything is working as advertised. Thanks for looking! Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: delete key doesn't work with csh in xterm session
Lucas Albers wrote: Bob Proulx said: For users using /bin/csh and running rxvt-xterm, their delete key does not work. Users running /bin/bash and running rxvt-xterm, their delete key does work. Both delete keys work on an ssh session. I finally fixed the problem by defining in: .Xdefaults *deletekey: ^H Seems like a hack, but it works. The stty defines did not appear to make any difference. Read these: http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard.html BackspaceDelete mini HOWTO Then consider changing the 'dch1' value in the terminfo for rxvt. Paul Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Lynx and xhtml
Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I'll look into that (and if a code-change is needed, add it to dev.5).
> Would be great :-)))
Since you're running 2.8.6dev.4, it sounds like you built it yourself.
The fix is a one-liner to src/HTInit.c, adding this
SET_INTERNL("application/xhtml+xml", "www/present", HTMLPresent, 2.0);
e.g., after
SET_INTERNL("application/html", "www/present", HTMLPresent, 2.0);
though the order doesn't matter.
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Increasing Screen Resolution
My screen resolution is currently 1024x768. The desired resolution is 1280x1024. I have dpkg-reconfigure'd xserver-xfree86, edited /etc/X11/XF86Config, edited /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, and experimented with KRandR. The only mode that is still present is 1280x1024, however 1024x768 is still used. Nothing I have done has changed this. Needless to say, I need help. What can I do to increase my screen resolution to 1280x1024? Bob, thanks! -- It is better to kiss an avocado than to get in a fight with an aardvark. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: delete key doesn't work with csh in xterm session
Bob Proulx said: >> For users using /bin/csh and running rxvt-xterm, their delete key does >> not >> work. >> Users running /bin/bash and running rxvt-xterm, their delete key does >> work. >> >> Both delete keys work on an ssh session. > > When you say it does not work do you mean it prints out ^H or ^? or > something like that? If yes then which one is it? Here is what you > need to know if that is the problem. Doesn't print anything. Bob, Thanks for the information. I finally fixed the problem by defining in: .Xdefaults *deletekey: ^H Seems like a hack, but it works. The stty defines did not appear to make any difference. -- --Luke CS Sysadmin, Montana State University-Bozeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing Default Display Mgr
Taubaté, SP Brasil. Hi, edit the file /etc/X11/default-display-manager, change the line: /usr/bin/ put your display manager where is Regards, Igor > > "apt-get install kde kdm" > > If kdm is already installed, then do "dpkg-reconfigure kdm". > > Select "kdm" as your default display manager. (If it doesn't take, try > > again, select one of the other managers, then repeat the process a final > > time and select kdm.) > > > > If kdm doesn't start, either reboot or "/etc/init.d/kdm start", then at > > the login screen make sure KDE is your window manager before logging in. > This does not work... I hav gdm and xdm installed, I always see the lines > starting kdm > starting gdm (gdm not default manager) > starting xdm (xdm not default manager) > and thats all, then I have to login on the console. When I make a > dpk-reconfigure kdm, and I change gdm, then really strange things happen. But > ok, thats nonsense. > > Then I uninstalled xdm and gdm, but still I have to login on console and call > startx manually. > > Maybe I should write the package maintainer of the kde package? Something > seems to be wrong with that kde script (?) >
Re: moving apt's cache [Success]
I'm happy to report that simply by 1) removing the cache setting of /usr/var/cache/apt from apt.conf and 2) moving the corresponding directory back to its default location (/var/cache/apt) everything worked. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /cdrom & /cdrom0
Hi, I had the same trouble and the reason was a command called discover. So, as you did, I removed the cdrom0 and cdrom1 (in my case), then I removed the symbolik link /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom[0-1], so I created the link /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrw(I prefer to use it) like I use in my /etc/fstab to mount my cdroms. Igor Abrahão Taubaté, SP Brasil > > >Hi, > > > >I just installed testing from the beta 4 netinstall cd, on three machines and it is by far the best installation I have done, the hardware recognition made the whole thing a piece of cake. > > > >I am curious about one thing though. The install creates two directories as mount points /floppy, /cdrom and cdrom0. Now I have read the FHS and I know that this kind of media should be now mounted in /media/floppy and /media/cdrom, and I see that Testing does create these mount points. > > > >Anyway I deleted what I took to be the surplus /floppy, /cdrom and /cdrom0 and removed references to them from the /etc/fstab. > > > >I rebooted the machine and was a little surprised to see that although /floppy stayed gone, /cdrom and /cdrom0 had both returned. > > > >Why are they there? Why do they keep coming back after I zap them > > > >Keith.
Re: lWebsite creating software
Apparently, _richard lyons_, on 06/07/04 04:37,typed: knowing or writing html -- a wysiwyg editor. Mozilla writes crap html. Could you expand on this issue? I have used Mozilla composer and apart from tweaking its code a bit (stuff related to CSS), I haven't had any major problmes. I would like to know its short comings so that I may consider changing over to ... quanta? or amaya? or something else. Thanks, ->HS -- (Remove all underscores,_if any_, from my email address to get the correct one. Apologies for the inconvenience, but this is to reduce spam.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: slow cd burning
Rodney D. Myers wrote: On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 17:53:12 -0400 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Christian Christmann wrote: Hi, on my Debian box I'm running the kernel 2.6.6. I've read somewhere that the kernel 2.6 doesn't need the SCSI-emulation for IDE-burner anymore and thus I disabled this option while compiling the kernel. Now burning CDs is running very slowly. Even if I tell Xcdroast to burn with 16x, the speed goes down to less than 2x. And ideas how to solve this problem? Thanks, Chris I had a problem similar to that and also encountered occasional lock ups. The solution was to DISABLE DMA on my CD burner. Not sure what the issue is, but that was the solution. -Roberto Sanchez Don't know that I have or had DMA tuend on, but I point k3b & XCDRoast to my cdroms directly /dev/hdc & /dev/hdd, and I've had no problems in the past few weeks, since debian came out with a 2.6.* kernel you might try burning with cdrecord. on sarge with a 2.4.x kernel cdrecord works excellent if you tell cdrecord to burn with cdrecord dev=ATAPI -scanbus steef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to make a2ps -P display in Sid work
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 11:08:59AM -0400, David Sanders wrote: > On Monday 07 June 2004 01:36 am, TB wrote: > > Per advice on [EMAIL PROTECTED], to enable the 'display' printer in a2ps [snip] > > What else do I need to do? > Also uncomment: > Variable: ghostview gv -antialias -arguments -dNOPLATFONTS Thanks! I guess I'll copy paste these two lines into a2ps-site.cfg, which is the recommended practice. Why are they disabled by default? I've had a2ps on hold at 4.13b-20.1 ever since the major update last fall that broke libpaper, but it looks like it's back. Are there any other "gotchas" I should be aware of? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hostname
On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 04:18:36PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > IMHO it would be far better if all this domain/name "stuff" was sunk > into one file and left there. scattering it creates multiple points > where the same data must reside. A fundamentally bad idea. Yup- part of the legacy of the UNIX that is being cloned. This is one thing that plan9 has fixed. -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hostname
On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 12:44:39PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > I won't even suggest running /etc/init.d/hostname.sh without rebooting > in this case. There is too much baggage to recommend restarting > everything that needs it. All of the mail daemons. Possibly > networking. Possibly many things. Simpler to reboot after changing > something fundamental like the kernel or the hostname. Well, the maximum number of things which need it are those that are running.. a simple runlevel change would do it; or just restart the various networking things. On a desktop that would probably be very few: inetd and exim most likely. > Because it is so complicated to get right and so different between > distros there is no single command to run to change the hostname. > There might be, there could be, but there isn't. It is too easy to > edit /etc/hostname. I'll tell you what sucks, trying to change the domain name. -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
newb question: user switching in KDE?
I am a recent convert to Linux, running Debian sarge/testing with KDE 3.2.2. I am interested in setting up some sort of user switching, so that my wife can have her setup separate from mine. I've been especially inspired by the switching available in the new Mac OSX. Now I don't need anything fancy, and I've found a few references to this (like this link, http://www.mepis.org/node/view/2083, though I haven't been able to try it out yet). Just want to be clear as to what is the best way to facilitate this. I will also need to be able to switch with an icon or something similar to make it simple for my wife. Thanks for any help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Lynx and xhtml
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 the mental interface of Thomas Dickey told: > Daved Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It just doesnt know what to do with: > > > Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml > > > that their webserver is sending the file as. > > > I wasnt able to figure out quickly how to make it do so. > > I'll look into that (and if a code-change is needed, add it to dev.5). Would be great :-))) Ciao Elimar -- You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Shockwave flash plugin
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Re: Lynx and xhtml
Daved Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It just doesnt know what to do with: > Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml > that their webserver is sending the file as. > I wasnt able to figure out quickly how to make it do so. I'll look into that (and if a code-change is needed, add it to dev.5). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h for 2.6.5 kernel?
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 08:47:59PM +0200, LeVA wrote: > 2004. j?nius 7. 20:13 d?tummal Ishwar Rattan ezt ?rta: > > I am running kernel-2.6.5 Debian testing system. I am trying to > > compile Mplayer-1.0pre4. The complilation stops with a complaint > > about linux/version.h include not being there. I looked in dir > > /usr/src/linux-2.6.5/include/linux/ and the file does not exit. Where > > can I get this file (or it is now obsolete)?? > > > > -ishwar > compile the kernel and there will the version file > > hth, > > Daniel > There was also a thread a short while back that sounds similar. See: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/04/msg09460.html Maybe you are running into this problem? -- Chris Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- GNU/Linux --- The best things in life are free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: help with python bug
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, John Hasler wrote: > Faheem Mitha writes: > > Can anyone help me with a seemingly Debian-specific Python bug, Debian > > bug no. 252517 (see > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252517 ) > > > Firstly, can anyone reproduce the problem on Sarge or unstable? > > I cannot reproduce it on Unstable. Thank you for taking a look. Hmm, this is puzzling. I'll try this out on a test sid installation and see what happens. Faheem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Need to get NFS and SMB installed and working.
Hi, I asked earlier about getting the NFS server running on my new Sarge install. I got no replies. I have tried researching it myself but have not found anything that explains it properly. Can someone please help? I need to be able to access the other machines on my network. Should I be on another mailing list?? Thanks, Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Lynx and xhtml
It just doesnt know what to do with: Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml that their webserver is sending the file as. I wasnt able to figure out quickly how to make it do so. On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 20:17:20 +0200, Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 the mental interface of > Thomas Dickey told: > > > Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > how do you view xhtml sites with lynx? i.e. > > > > lynx views html - that's not html... > > > $ wget http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/NEWS.xhtml > $ lynx NEWS.xhtml > works fine! > > So why not directly from the net? > > Elimar > > -- > Do you smell something burning or ist it me? > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h for 2.6.5 kernel?
2004. június 7. 20:13 dátummal Ishwar Rattan ezt írta: > I am running kernel-2.6.5 Debian testing system. I am trying to > compile Mplayer-1.0pre4. The complilation stops with a complaint > about linux/version.h include not being there. I looked in dir > /usr/src/linux-2.6.5/include/linux/ and the file does not exit. Where > can I get this file (or it is now obsolete)?? > > -ishwar compile the kernel and there will the version file hth, Daniel -- LeVA pgporLwM6PK4g.pgp Description: signature
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Re: A bit OT: GPRS connection problems
Hi, Maybe it won't help you - but yesterday it took me half a day to bring a Mac OS X machine online via GPRS, and my problem was I had to deactivate a "PPP-Compression" that was activated by default. Am Mo, den 07.06.2004 um 10:34 Uhr -0600 schrieb s. keeling: > sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] Maybe you could have a look at some docs what this option "compress" means. Maybe its the same Problem, since Mac OS X is kind of unix. Bye, Ratti -- -o) fontlinge | Fontmanagement for Linux | Schriftenverwaltung in Linux /\\ http://freshmeat.net/projects/fontlinge/ _\_V http://www.gesindel.de https://sourceforge.net/projects/fontlinge/ signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
Re: Lynx and xhtml
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 the mental interface of Daved Daly told: > You might try looking into "links" > > http://links.sourceforge.net/ > > It's simliar to lynx but has a little more feature support. > > I have no idea if any debian packages for it exist or if you'd have to > build it yourself... and if it would help do what you want anyways > tho. I know. $ apt-cache search links | grep "^links" links - Character mode WWW browser links-ssl - Character mode WWW browser with SSL But at the Moment I prefer lynx! Ciao Elimar -- Obviously the human brain works like a computer. Since there are no stupid computers humans can't be stupid. There are just a few running with Windows or even CE ;-) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Lynx and xhtml
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 the mental interface of Thomas Dickey told: > Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > how do you view xhtml sites with lynx? i.e. > > lynx views html - that's not html... > $ wget http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/NEWS.xhtml $ lynx NEWS.xhtml works fine! So why not directly from the net? Elimar -- Do you smell something burning or ist it me? signature.asc Description: Digital signature
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h for 2.6.5 kernel?
I am running kernel-2.6.5 Debian testing system. I am trying to compile Mplayer-1.0pre4. The complilation stops with a complaint about linux/version.h include not being there. I looked in dir /usr/src/linux-2.6.5/include/linux/ and the file does not exit. Where can I get this file (or it is now obsolete)?? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Lynx and xhtml
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 11:08:57AM -0700, Daved Daly wrote: > You might try looking into "links" > > http://links.sourceforge.net/ I recall comparing lynx, w3m and links recently on a non-html file. links didn't do anything with it; lynx and w3m offered to download. The current version of lynx is 2.8.5 It's available at ftp://lynx.isc.org/lynx/lynx2.8.5/ 2.8.6 Development & patches: http://lynx.isc.org/current/index.html -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net pgpORZ9BiIX8C.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Lynx and xhtml
You might try looking into "links" http://links.sourceforge.net/ It's simliar to lynx but has a little more feature support. I have no idea if any debian packages for it exist or if you'd have to build it yourself... and if it would help do what you want anyways tho. On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 15:51:04 -, Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > how do you view xhtml sites with lynx? i.e. > > lynx views html - that's not html... > > > http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/NEWS.xhtml > > -- > Thomas E. Dickey > http://invisible-island.net > ftp://invisible-island.net > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Shockwave flash plugin
Pedro M. (Morphix User) escribió: When trying to install Macromedia Flash Player ( in the free version from sourceforce, doesn't work the links gzip:stdin: not in gzip format. /usr/sbin/update-flashplugin:221: in `chdir': No such file or directory /temp/flashupdater1363.o/install_flash_player_6_linux (Error: ENOENT). :( Regards I could finally install it wouthout problems downloading the installer directly from Macromedia See http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?FlashPlayer and executing it in a text terminal. But, I have more problem with Mozilla. I cannot click (they are disabled) in the links in http://www.mtas.es/insht Regards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software to create 3D buttons for use on web pages, etc
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 11:18:12AM +, Simon L wrote: > Kevin Murphy wrote: > > >I'm interested in creating 3D-buttons, ideally with a rounded, > >ray-traced look. > > > >Anybody have any advice? > > > >I am hoping that someone has scripted one of the major graphics > >programs to help automate this process. I.e. it seems that it should > >not be too difficult to have a front-end script offer relatively > >simple choices for shape, surface texture, transparency, size, color, > >font, text, lighting sources and then feed commands to a ray-tracing > >program. > > > >Thanks, > >Kevin Murphy > > > > > In "The GIMP", you have some scripts that can do buttons. Just go in the > "Xtns" menu and in "Script-Fu". > Also google around, there are quite a few tutorials on creating nice graphical buttons. You don't need a 3d program, just a few shading tricks. (maybe a pinching filter to give a 3d effect to the text). Take a look for example at: http://www.kci.net/~jesse/gimp/tutorials/buttons/ http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/3d_Logo/ More tutorials at: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ Also for some basic 3d buttons created online take a look at: http://www.cooltext.com/ > Have a nice day > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dear Debian Maintainers (usability)
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 04:47:56PM +0200, J. Preiss wrote: > It is great what you are doing. But the usability of debian itself... I get > the feeling that I'm too stupid to use it. > I do understand the installation stuff with apt-get, ok. If the package > configures itself, it may works. But when I have to use dpk-reconfigure, I > always wonder what the correct package cpuld be. And if I have an answer from > the debian list, it only works partially. dpgk-reconfigure is only required if you want to reconfigure a package. Packages remember the initial configurations so you need to configure them on upgrade only if a configuration option changed. > Example: > dpkg-reconfigure locales. I can select [EMAIL PROTECTED], I can select this as > default. Additionally I have selected all DE-sets and all RU-sets. At the end > I have locales generated...l and my keyboard layout is english :-( (in text Locales have nothing to do with the keyboard. They control how things are displayed on screen. I don't know how to change keyboard in the console (I think console-tools or something like that), in X its in the XF86Config-4 file, using a variety of graphical configurators (very little experience with them I'm afraid), or using the gnome/kde keyboard switchers. Tell me what you want to set and we'll find out how. > mode, X didn't want to start). Where does X fail and what version? hopefully we can help you start it up. > Another thing is the network. Until now I dont know how to change from dhcp to > static ip. Maybe I should rtfm, thats true, but on the other side: shouldnt > it be as easy as clicking a button and enter the IP? It does not have to be > graphical with buttons, but a small menu would be great. > IIRC the installation process allows you to set that. Otherwise the settings are in /etc/network/interfaces. I am sure that there is a gui that does that but don't know any. > I hope the new installer will care about these problems. I dont want to change > back to suse. I dont want to pay just because of new kernel / new kde / new > version of All these exist in unstable (and its not as unstable as its sounds. I am also using a lot of stuff even from experimental and the system is very stable). The new things will never be in stable (maybe except for the couple of months following release until they get updated). suse is mostly comparable the unstable not to stable. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Shockwave flash plugin
When trying to install Macromedia Flash Player ( in the free version from sourceforce, doesn't work the links gzip:stdin: not in gzip format. /usr/sbin/update-flashplugin:221: in `chdir': No such file or directory /temp/flashupdater1363.o/install_flash_player_6_linux (Error: ENOENT). :( Regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can we have your vote for our Miss Marieke for the Miss Belgium Contest ?
Dear, We apologize for our unsollicated email. We represent the fanclub of our own Marieke, who is starting the preselection for Miss Belgium 2004. Though beautiness and intelligence are important, the organisation organized also a webpoll. So we are creative and ask you if you would vote for our Marieke on http://www.exposed.be/cgi-bin/webvotingoost/rankem.cgi?id=oost10 There are no popups or banners, just the click on the link "enter" is enough, and she has your vote ! We thank You in advance, a virtual kiss from her !! The Fan Club of Miss Marieke -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can we have your vote for our Miss Marieke for the Miss Belgium Contest ?
Dear, We apologize for our unsollicated email. We represent the fanclub of our own Marieke, who is starting the preselection for Miss Belgium 2004. Though beautiness and intelligence are important, the organisation organized also a webpoll. So we are creative and ask you if you would vote for our Marieke on http://www.exposed.be/cgi-bin/webvotingoost/rankem.cgi?id=oost10 There are no popups or banners, just the click on the link "enter" is enough, and she has your vote ! We thank You in advance, a virtual kiss from her !! The Fan Club of Miss Marieke -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing Default Display Mgr
On (07/06/04 16:09), J. Preiss wrote: "apt-get install kde kdm" If kdm is already installed, then do "dpkg-reconfigure kdm". Select "kdm" as your default display manager. (If it doesn't take, try again, select one of the other managers, then repeat the process a final time and select kdm.) If kdm doesn't start, either reboot or "/etc/init.d/kdm start", then at the login screen make sure KDE is your window manager before logging in. This does not work... I hav gdm and xdm installed, I always see the lines starting kdm starting gdm (gdm not default manager) starting xdm (xdm not default manager) and thats all, then I have to login on the console. When I make a dpk-reconfigure kdm, and I change gdm, then really strange things happen. But ok, thats nonsense. From another post, I believe X does start with "startx", right? So I'd "apt-get --purge remove kdm" to clear out any corrupt kdm-related files, then reinstall it with "apt-get install kdm". -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dear Debian Maintainers (usability)
Thank you for these guidelines. I just wanted to mention how difficult it is to have all these commands in mind. At least for a beginner. Am Montag, 7. Juni 2004 17:17 schrieb Andreas Janssen: > Hello > > J. Preiss (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > dpkg-reconfigure locales. I can select [EMAIL PROTECTED], I can select this > > as default. Additionally I have selected all DE-sets and all RU-sets. > > At the end I have locales generated...l and my keyboard layout is > > english :-( > > dpkg-reconfigure console-common > > > (in text mode, X didn't want to start). > > Check the log file (/var/lof/XFree86.0.log). Look for lines beginning > with (EE). > > > Another thing is the network. Until now I dont know how to change from > > dhcp to static ip. > > man interfaces > apt-get install etherconf > dpkg-reconfigure etherconf > > best regards > Andreas Janssen > > -- > Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 > Registered Linux User #267976 > http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multimedia Optimisation
Chris Metzler wrote: On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:15:14 + Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now I am all :S It wrote 362.600 FPS so I said to myself "how come". I ran "Tuxracer" and now it works... I don't know what happened, I don't know what I did, but now it works. 3 Hours before it didn't worked and now it works... If only I knew what happened. Had you rrestarted X in any way (including rebooting; or shutting down X and going to the console, then restarting it later; or logging out and logging back in through a display manager) during that time? I've found the odd case that sometimes DRI doesn't come up properly, and restarting X makes it work. I hate that that happens, but it does happen. -c When I received the first answer, I checked my XF86Config-4 file and saw that my display driver was "ati" so I switched it to "radeon" then rebooted. I tried Tux and it didn't work. After that, I never restarted and I only ran the tests programs you asked -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A bit OT: GPRS connection problems
Incoming from Vittorio: > I'm trying to connect my debian-testing portable PC to my GPRS provider via a > serial pcmcia card. To no avail! > > This is my GPRS-provider /etc/ppp/peers/gprs > > noauth > connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/gprs" > debug > /dev/ttyS1 > 115200 > defaultroute > noipdefault > usepeerdns > nobsdcomp > > After issuing "pon gprs" command this invariably connects and immediatedly > hangs up according to the following log (I can hardly read!): i) Note the "sent" and "rcvd" ii) ConfAck - Configuration Acknowledgment EchoReq - Echo Request AuthReq - Authorization Request AuthAck - Authorization Ack. LCP - Link Control Protocol PAP - PAP & CHAP are security schemes ConfReq - Configuration Request ProtRej - Protocol Reject > > Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 > ] > Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0x19d42627] > Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="woody" > password=] > Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x19d42627] > Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: appear to have received our own echo-reply! ^^^ ?!? > Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: rcvd [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 "TTP Com PPP - > Password Verified OK"] > Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: Remote message: TTP Com PPP - Password > Verified OK > Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: PAP authentication succeeded Woohoo! > Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 > ] > Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 01> ] ... Eh?!? > Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0xb 80 fd 01 01 00 0c > 1a 04 78 00 18 04 78 00 35] Eh? Maybe comment out "nobsdcomp"? -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multimedia Optimisation
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:15:14 + Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now I am all :S > It wrote 362.600 FPS so I said to myself "how come". I ran "Tuxracer" > and now it works... > I don't know what happened, I don't know what I did, but now it works. 3 > > Hours before it didn't worked and now it works... > If only I knew what happened. Had you rrestarted X in any way (including rebooting; or shutting down X and going to the console, then restarting it later; or logging out and logging back in through a display manager) during that time? I've found the odd case that sometimes DRI doesn't come up properly, and restarting X makes it work. I hate that that happens, but it does happen. -c -- Chris Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear pgpEgG5CKLCjH.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: trouble installing kde
J. Preiss wrote: Hi all, currently it seems that I have a similar problem: I wanted to have kdm as display manager (please! no hints aboutdisplay and windowmanagers, ok?). I selected it with dpkg-reconfigure kdm... and it does not work. I only can start kde by calling startx, not as runlevel default login. Is this a bug? When I call dpkg-reconfigure kdm and select gdm, startkde tells me lots of errors about the missing display. but anyway, I wanted kdm :-) I'm a little confused about what you've said above, so if I'm covering old ground, my apologies. Install kdm (such as with "apt-get install kdm"). Select kdm (the above step should have asked, or you can run "dpkg-reconfigure kdm"; sometimes I've found that you have to select a different display manager, such as gdm, then rerun the command again and select kdm). Start kdm (either by rebooting, or by running "/etc/init.d/kdm start"). If that does not work, we'll need more precise error messages about what went wrong when and where. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: .bash_profile problems under gnome
> I had this problem for months with one box. ... > Perhaps yours is that easy too. nope, the shell is set correctly. [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ grep acs /etc/passwd acs:x:1000:1000:Adam Siepel,,,:/home/acs:/bin/bash > Make sure your ~/.xsession file is executable. > > chmod a+x ~/.xsession > > Otherwise it won't be executed. It will be run 'sh .xsession' which > uses /bin/sh regardless of your normal shell and it won't be a login > shell. permissions look good. [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ ls -l ~/.xsession -rwx--1 acs acs60 Jun 7 08:59 /home/acs/.xsession* I must be missing something here. If the .xsession is executed, rather than sourced, why would the environment be inherited anyway? [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ cat .xsession #!/bin/sh export XSESSION_READ=true source ~/.bash_profile [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ sh .xsession [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ echo $XSESSION_READ [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ source .xsession [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ echo $XSESSION_READ true Do I need to explicitly start my window manager in .xsession so it's a subprocess? I guess it's currently getting started somewhere else... Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: .bash_profile problems under gnome
Adam Siepel wrote: > permissions look good. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ ls -l ~/.xsession > -rwx--1 acs acs60 Jun 7 08:59 /home/acs/.xsession* Seems reasonable enough. I am not that restrictive myself. (But people at work want to be able to copy my files. :-) > I must be missing something here. If the .xsession is executed, rather > than sourced, why would the environment be inherited anyway? The environment is inherited by the children of a process. If it is run with /bin/sh then it won't be a login shell and it won't read your .profile or .bash_profile. So it won't get your custom environment. As '#!/bin/bash --login' the bash will be told it is a login shell. It will read your ~/.bash_profile. When *that particular bash* starts up the window manager that window manager will be a child and will inherit the environment. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ cat .xsession > #!/bin/sh > > export XSESSION_READ=true > source ~/.bash_profile That is invalid syntax for a /bin/sh shell. The /bin/sh shell is a POSIX shell. There are several valid candidates. One is bash and in that case (which is what you are undoubted seeing) it will work. (Almost. Not if you source bash_completion in your profile.) But if you replace /bin/sh with one of the other candidates then it will probably not work since 'source' is not a valid syntax. And also you may have bash specific syntax in your .bash_profile which a posix shell won't parse the same as bash. Most importantly you are not starting up a window manager there!? Which is the whole point of the ~/.xsession file. You may find reading through the default startup scripts /etc/X11/Xsession* useful to understand this process. The very last line is 'exec $STARTUP'. The 'exec' overlays and replaces the current process with the new one. That new process will inherit the environment of the parent process. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ sh .xsession > [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ echo $XSESSION_READ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ source .xsession > [EMAIL PROTECTED] acs]$ echo $XSESSION_READ > true > > Do I need to explicitly start my window manager in .xsession so it's a > subprocess? I guess it's currently getting started somewhere else... Yes! Exactly! Assuming bash, here is one example ~/.xsession. #!/bin/bash --login exec x-session-manager # or fvwm or startkde or gnome or whatever This way the window manager is a child of #!/bin/bash, which read your ~/.bash_profile, set your variables, then started up your window manager. It must be executable or the #!/bin/bash is only a comment. Bob pgpwvBL6VTruJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Lynx and xhtml
Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > how do you view xhtml sites with lynx? i.e. lynx views html - that's not html... > http://necrotic.deadbeast.net/xsf/XFree86/NEWS.xhtml -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A bit OT: GPRS connection problems
I'm trying to connect my debian-testing portable PC to my GPRS provider via a serial pcmcia card. To no avail! This is my GPRS-provider /etc/ppp/peers/gprs noauth connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/gprs" debug /dev/ttyS1 115200 defaultroute noipdefault usepeerdns nobsdcomp --- After issuing "pon gprs" command this invariably connects and immediatedly hangs up according to the following log (I can hardly read!): Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 ] Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 magic=0x19d42627] Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 user="woody" password=] Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 magic=0x19d42627] Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: appear to have received our own echo-reply! Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: rcvd [PAP AuthAck id=0x1 "TTP Com PPP - Password Verified OK"] Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: Remote message: TTP Com PPP - Password Verified OK Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: PAP authentication succeeded Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] Jun 7 19:04:45 woody pppd[2367]: rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0xb 80 fd 01 01 00 0c 1a 04 78 00 18 04 78 00 35] Jun 7 19:04:46 woody pppd[2367]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Jun 7 19:04:46 woody pppd[2367]: Modem hangup Jun 7 19:04:46 woody pppd[2367]: Connection terminated. Jun 7 19:04:47 woody pppd[2367]: Exit. ... In your opinion what's going on and what should I do? Ciao Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Website creating software
Micha Feigin wrote: > BTW I also use vi/emacs for web work, gives you much more control and > you know exactly what is in there and where to fix things. Ok, now it's getting thick around here. I love vim as much as the next guy but, at least in the case of Dreamweaver, you know exactly what's in there. They give WYSIWYG and code views. They have since the very first version. My only gripe is I wish the code view were a vim object. :P -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. ---+- signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: charset of ext3 drives
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 16:26:17 +0200 "J. Preiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am at the point that cyrillic chars are always -displays (in > text mode) and glyphs in graphic mode (konqueror). I changed the > charset of konqi to utf8 without any change. Am I too stupid to use > debian? Maybe... Well, depending on what encoding the filenames (I suppose we're still talking about filenames?) were before, you'll first have to convert them to UTF8. There is a script somewhere that will do this similar to the recode utility, but I can't find it right now. If you have some files with single cyrillic characters in their names followed by a "normal" character and that cyrillic char "eats" one to three of the following chars, then the name is not encoded in UTF8. Example (let's suppose y was a "non-standard" char for now): File name: abcdyefgh Displayed: abcd?fgh On a real terminal (not a console emulator), you can try if the command unicode-start helps. Inside KDE and other DMs, make sure you can type the characters you need properly and whether files you create are displayed properly. If this is so, all you need to do is to look for a proper console charset and fonts, and of course convert the filenames. > I think my main problem is, that I dont know whom to ask for what. Is > it a problem of X, Display Manager, Kde at all, Konqueror, a mount > problem... it could be everything. Well, essentially it *is* everything, but in most cases, the solutions are very similar. X, DM, KDE: needs proper fonts KDE: needs locale set mount: as mentioned, the FS doesn't care what encoding you're using :-) console: good luck -- Got Backup? Jabber: Shadowdancer at jabber.fsinf.de pgppHNwfFieCX.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Multimedia Optimisation
Chris Metzler wrote: On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 11:55:05 + Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris Metzler wrote: On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:02:43 + Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I will take a concrete example: "Tuxracer". I can run it (at approx 1frame/sec). Whoa. If you're only getting 1 fps on tuxracer, that strongly suggests you're using software rendering rather than hardware. Can you run "glxinfo" and see what it says for "direct rendering"? direct rendering: Yes OK, let's forget tuxracer for a second. Can you run "glxgears" from a terminal? In that terminal, it will give fps counts. What do you get? -c Now I am all :S It wrote 362.600 FPS so I said to myself "how come". I ran "Tuxracer" and now it works... I don't know what happened, I don't know what I did, but now it works. 3 Hours before it didn't worked and now it works... If only I knew what happened. Thanks anyway, I'm so happy now :D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Switching to enlightenment
Marvin Gerardo Aguero Salazar wrote: > I'd like to switch to enlightenment. I am currently using kde. > How can I switch to enlightenment? apt-get install enlightenment Then change your ~/.xsession file to use enlightenment instead of kde. What you don't have a ~/.xsession file? Assuming you are using bash then here is one. #!/bin/bash --login exec enlightenment # or fvwm2 or startkde or whatever Don't forget to make it executable. chmod a+x ~/.xsession Bob pgpZk8XyAAuME.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Website creating software
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 03:56:27PM +0200, Joost De Cock wrote: > On Monday 07 June 2004 15:31, jack kinnon hurled the following on the wire: > > Hi > > Thanks for the input. What I am referring to is > > something like the MS FrontPage, not just an ordinary > > editor. > > must-suppress-urge-to-mock-your-MSFrontpage-reference > > I've heard good things about Bluefish, but I've never used it, I code all my > websites in VI. > Doesn't mozilla also have an html editor? BTW I also use vi/emacs for web work, gives you much more control and you know exactly what is in there and where to fix things. > apt-get install bluefish will do the trick. > > joost > > > DISCLAIMER > This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and may be legally privileged. > If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, > or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this transmission in error please notify A.S.T.R.I.D. nv/sa > immediately and then delete this e-mail. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt dependency problems
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:03:05 -0400 Lee Hanxue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The reason I want to have 'user' or 'users' is because I want to allow > non-priveleged users to mount/unmount it. Actually, it is more of a > convenience for me, since it is primarily my workstation. The system needs /var to run. -c -- Chris Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear pgprXzu6XwH86.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: glibc + libstdc++?
Jeff Elkins wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Jeff Elkins wrote: > > > pvconv: relocation error: pvconv: undefined symbol: __dynamic_cast_2 > > > > I was curious enough to download the application and try it. I can > > get a usage string out of it so I think I have all of the libraries on > > my woody system. I got a usage string out of it on a sid system. > [...] > libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 => /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 (0x40029000) > [...] > dpkg -S /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 > libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2: /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 > [...] > Yep, I get a usage string, it just crashes when I try to use the app > :) One of the things I am very interested in is cross distro compatibility. So I ran the binary on a RH7.3 machine. I just ran it against a random .wav file and it appeared that it runs there. It gave me error messages about the conversion but did not report the missing symbol __dynamic_cast_2. Then I copied the library from the RH machine to my Debian woody machine. I did not remove the debian package first. Too many things depend up it. apt-cache showpkg libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 But it is not required for basic C programs which make up the core utilities. That is I won't break 'mv' by doing this like I could moving other libs around. Therefore I moved my debian version of the library out of the way and moved the RH version into place directly. With that copied into place on Debian the pvconv program ran the same on my Debian machine as it did on the RH machine. With this library in place I think the program will run. cd /usr/lib mv libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so.debian cp libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so.redhat libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so Warning: I really can't recommend this type of low level shared library manipulation. Mistakes can really cause trouble with your system. You can definitely break your system and need to boot a recovery image to repair it. This is not the way to manage a system in production for example. But for debugging this type of hacking can be useful. And for your particular problem you might find this useful enough to solve your problem as much as you need it to be solved. I found an rpm of the library here: http://www.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/libstdc++-2.96-113.i386.html That can be unpacked using: rpm2cpio libstdc++-2.96-113.i386.rpm | cpio -idm I see this solution as only a workaround. The real solution would be to understand what RH did to their library which breaks compatibility, or the reverse. Then modify the Debian version so that it works there too. Bob pgpKRrBuKlWR9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Multimedia Optimisation
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 11:55:05 + Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Chris Metzler wrote: >>On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:02:43 + >>Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> I will take a concrete example: "Tuxracer". I can run it (at approx >>> 1frame/sec). >> >> Whoa. If you're only getting 1 fps on tuxracer, that strongly suggests >> you're using software rendering rather than hardware. Can you run >> "glxinfo" and see what it says for "direct rendering"? > > direct rendering: Yes OK, let's forget tuxracer for a second. Can you run "glxgears" from a terminal? In that terminal, it will give fps counts. What do you get? -c -- Chris Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear pgpyjBGgAth5F.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: make-kpkg, lm-sensors + i2c ain't work
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:27:01 +0200 "Michal R. Hoffmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have problem with making debs of kernel modules: i2c and lm-sensors. > I've downloaded sources of lm_sensors 2.8.6 (tar.gz), not the > source.deb, can it be the reason? > I've unpacked sources into /usr/src/modules/aaa > (aaa = module) Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? What was the specific package that you fetched? Did you "apt-get install lm-sensors-source" or did you "apt-get source lm-sensors"? And what's all this about "aaa"? The module source tarball should want to unpack into a subdirectory of /usr/src/modules with the name "lm-sensors", and put everything there. > when I try > $ cd /usr/src/linux > $ su > # make-kpkg --revision blah --append-to-version blah modules_image > > it ain't work - tries ang gives error message. Are we supposed to guess what the error message is? There are different error messages for a reason; and without knowing what the error message is, there's no way to help you. -c -- Chris Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear pgpyYCw0EKuww.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Multimedia Optimisation
Chris Metzler wrote: On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 09:02:43 + Simon L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I will take a concrete example: "Tuxracer". I can run it (at approx 1frame/sec). Whoa. If you're only getting 1 fps on tuxracer, that strongly suggests you're using software rendering rather than hardware. Can you run "glxinfo" and see what it says for "direct rendering"? -c direct rendering: Yes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Larger screen size
On (07/06/04 17:39), Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Jacob Friis Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 17:39:26 +0200 > Subject: Larger screen size > > I am currently only able to use 800x600. > When I use Knoppix I can use a larger screen. > > How can I get the same options as when I use Knoppix? > Could I copy some files from Knoppix? Try: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 You can set different sizes Regards Clive -- http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
