Re: Iceweasel 3.5
>Once I got used to mutt; I found it hard to adjust to any other > e-mail client. The power and flexibility is intoxicating. 8-D I've always rather thought that might be the case. A sense of empowerment is always welcome. Thanks for the suggestion. Open an Xterm window and all will be revealed. -- C. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: installing a realtek 8139 lan card on 2.4.18
> I am trying to install a realtek 8139 lan card on an old debian machine > - 2.4.18-bf2.4 I don't like to sound the bleeding obvious but I would suspect the driver for that card might already be in a later kernel. The 2.4x kernel represents less refinement than the 2.6x kernel. -- CK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Iceweasel 3.5
> For e-mail; mutt is my preferred MUA. Now there's a thread. Know of any clearly written logical progressive steps for setting up mutt or is it a life's work? Does it require an excessively high IQ fish? -- CK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Iceweasel 3.5
> Well I was primarily wanting to stay with stable as this is an older laptop Hummm..well you could try Opera. They have a lighter faster up-to-scratch browser. Put this in your sources.list: deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ sid non-free #apt-get update #apt-get install opera Can't hurt. If you're like me and don't use a desktop environment you can go fly weight with opera for mail and newsgroups that comes included. Opera isn't as manifold as iceweasel say, you wouldn't want to use it with tor for instance, as they don't do SOCKS but it doesn't bring a lot of baggage. I don't recall any recent upgrades so I guess you could say it was in the stable camp but that deb source is sid and whatever they offer will be their going beta version. If you like to see it a lot run this: #update-alternatives --config x-www-browser select it from the list to make it the 'default' browser for your Debian laptop. -- CK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Iceweasel 3.5
> So how does one use the latest version of this web browser on Stable ? You could put these sources in your /etc/apt/sources.list and do an #apt-get update deb http://ftp.tiscali.nl/debian/ sid main contrib non-free If you have a GUI type package manager like smartpm it will show a list of all the available versions of Ice Weasel after the update. If not that then #apt-cache showpkg will give a lot of verbose information regarding versions dependencies and anything with the word iceweasel in it including the versions in your package cache As a last resort if you have problems with the dependencies running lenny you can always go to /etc/apt/apt.conf and put in the line: APT::Default-Release "sid"; Walk on the wild side. After the upgrade you will have iceweasel 3.5.1-1 -- CK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sid: Grub2 faling to boot: Unknown device UUID
> Ok, another in the continuing saga.
When I upgrade Grub2 which is frequently, I get the following error message
when I reboot:
Booting 'Debian Gnu/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-686
error: unknown argument '--no-floppy'
failed to boot default entries.
press any key to continue.
If I press any key I see the edit screen of Grub and it only contains the one
line:
set root=(hd0,1)
If I reboot it with CTRL+ALT+DEL and restore the default script I can edit
that and remove the offending '--no-floppy' part of the line and then boot
normally with the CTRL+x command
my solution to this in the past has been to 're-edit' the following file:
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
where I take out all the references to '--no-floppy'
This is part of that file edited:
=
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
set timeout=5
set root=(hd0,1)
search --fs-uuid --set 8c502a23-b2ab-4670-b4e8-86d79b595aa5
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/ascii.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-1-686" {
set root=(hd0,1)
search --fs-uuid --set 8c502a23-b2ab-4670-b4e8-86d79b595aa5
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-686
root=UUID=8c502a23-b2ab-4670-b4e8-86d79b595aa5 ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-1-686
}
===
All references to a floppy are removed. I don't have a floppy and there isn't
one mentioned in the bios, so..
Question: If I commented out every line in the file starting with:
#search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 8c502a23-b2ab-4670-b4e8-86d79b595aa5
would the same thing be accomplish without screwing things up?
Question: is there a way to prevent this file from being replaced every time
Grub upgrades or would that not be wise?
--
Thanks,
C.Kroeger
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wengophone classic on sid
Has anyone got this voip provider to work on sid? I have Alsa sound stuff loaded and my sound blaster awe64 is configured by Alsa ok and wengophone plugs into this configuration too so no problem there. wengophone dials out and I get a ring (calling myself) but alas no sound comes through the headset. I use the Alsa mixer and also have an xmixer I can hear white noise in the headphones and hear myself through the microphone.. It's hard to know where the problem lies i.e. in wengophone or alsa. Any suggestions or successful experiences using 'any' voip sip phone with sid would be appreciated. I don't know if it's useful to know but I use fluxbox as a window manager (no 'desktops' kde gnome etc) and arno's IP tables firewall script otherwise the kernel and packages are out there on the edge. Thanks, -- CK Apropos to nothing but I noticed this list was in fact also a newsgroup subscribe-able on my NNTP server at Freie Universitaet Berlin (news.individual.net)I would think with all our 'real' email addresses splayed out in the headers it must be rich pickings for spammers..is this wise having a subscribed list on a news server? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The Next Yahoo
>our amazing viral customer acquisition model. viral customers..
Re: Software for making phone calls?
Anthony Campbell wrote: > Any software for Linux to let you make phone calls via the computer? Plate of Shrimp...well maybe you didn't see 'Repo Man' a seminal moment of film making... There was just an article in Linux Journal regarding this, tricky reading for me anyway, but the writer, Greg Herlein includes some good 'resources' Open H323 project: www.openh323.org OpenSwitch Project: www.openswitch.org Quicknet's Linux products: www.linuxjack.com Asterisk PBX project: www.asteriskpbx.org Voxilla Open Source Telephony: www.voxilla.org OpenGatekeeper Project: www. opengatekeeper.org and then a few 'protocol' sources and then: Pulver.Com Industry-wide viewpoint: www.pulver.com C.K.
Re: Debian distribution with free support
>Someone wrote me an e-mail and included an URL to a seller of >-|"Official" Debian that included free support. That was www.libranet.com They do a debian distro variation for $25, looks interesting, here's a paste from their 'support' page, where the 'debian users' are mentioned. >Support >Usually no support is needed to get a Libranet system up and running. >If you do need help, you can email the developers at >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please provide your registration number. >The key to a successfull installation is following the 11 sheet step-by- >step install guide which includes notes on system functions like editing >files, setting up dual boot, etc. >There is a wealth of documentation avalable both on your system and on >the web. There are Debian user groups, forums and FAQ pages. See >www.debian.org. >To access the Linux HOWTO documentation on your Libranet system, >click HOWTO. >To access the Debian Guide on your Libranet system, click Debian Guide. >Coming soon: We are working on a basic Support solutions section, >which will provide solutions to common questions. >Disclaimer Well, 'free' with registration. This is America, nothing's 'actually' free as such, just a well cherished concept. C.K.
Re: Linux on HP 9000 C-Class
>alphaholidays My Norton Virus snatcher says you're sending a virus in your HTML message. it's called the: WScript.kakworm virus C.K.
Re: Mutt & Outlook Express
>the REAL problem is all the broken MUAs and mail clients that do not >support RFC 2015, if you use such a mailer tell your vendor to fix >this brokenness. Apropos to that, why won't K-Mail work with GnuPG. I installed this version to my home directory and K-Mail then showed a signing and encryption 'button' but they were grayed out. It was suggested I try PGP instead, but I wanted to use GnuPG. Will K-Mail work with GnuPG? Thanks, C.K.
Re: What drive is the dir on ?
>If you're running a recent 2.2.x kernel and you still have one >of those partitions empty, Does this mean the 2.2 kernel isn't confined to the 8gig limit of the earlier generations? C.K.
Re: postfix help
>One to look into is ddts.org. humm. I saw a caterpillar and a bug..no links no nothing. what? http://ddts.org C.K.
Re: Boot mystery
Joe Bouchard ask for clarification: Hi, >Please spell it out for us (the telepathy is weak): >/dev/hdc1 = what? how big? > hdc2 = > hdc5 = > hdc6 = >Map it right out for us . . . That was the problem, there was no hdc1, only hdc3 (Ext2) hdc2 (LILO) and hdc5 (swap) OK... I went in and had a long look at the hard drive in question with partition magic and realized that there was 3.2 megs of frees pace before the Ext2 file system on the planned partition. This is why the Ext2 partition was designated hdc5, and LILO was put on hdc2. I say this because as soon as I merged the frees pace into the Ext2 file system, and re-created the partition, it became "primary" and was designated hdc1 and the swap partition then became hdc5. Incidentally, about LILO, when the partitions are set up correctly it seems the Debian install dialog as suggested in a previous post, i.e. NO-NO-YES actually appears to be YES-YES-NO if you're going to be using your own boot manager (bootmagic in this case) and that previous business of the strange partition for LILO (hdc2) didn't occur. Summation: If the Linux file system/partition is set to PRIMARY, instead of LOGICAL the Debian installation goes a lot smoother, and if you're using a boot manager it "sees" this partition with no problems and LILO which is also put in the right place, then does its job. Apropos to nothing but would this technique work if you used Ranish partition manager to make "primary" or "active" a DOS (FAT16) partition that just happened to be designated as drive D: and you wanted to install there, DR-DOS but it only cared for C:\ In other words: does anyone know how to "fool" DR-DOS into thinking the D: drive is the C: drive. The DR-DOS people are singularly unhelpful about answering one's questions outside the normal install method. I know that I read somewhere that Unix people can do this. Would be awfully thankful for a tip on that. C.K. - -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzhRacoAAAEEAKe/rEb6gyaw69iKxF3kR/IOt/REs9MwbcOuuHuHVl5adOnm midEmm7gt4h3u8K0sH5Pnzm/TDQA0NdAnv6wLow14Yen/Ecou5UJEVtN0gKBvDCI MeYV6mAPNYdQdFcjzDTkyB5p3Cmy5YT9mTRvy+HdkI9R9H11frdbKyHrfBThAAUR tBxja3JvZ3JyQGZyYW5rZW5zdGVpbmZhY2UuY29t =1C7g -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
USB Mouse under debian Linux
Lee give us a break and go into your mailer: >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 and change the sending options to TEXT ONLY..It's a small thing but when I try to open your message(s).. have to wait a few seconds which in itself is also no big deal, but it's the little things that finally wear you down; for some reason waiting that extra five seconds has become tedious. It is unnecessary on this list to have the fancy formatting. Thanks, C.K.
Boot mystery
Hi, got a problem... I've installed Debian 2.1 i386 on my second hard drive in a file system and a swap file I created with partition magic. I installed Debian by booting with a windows boot disk with a CD ROM driver and then loaded Debian from the CD. Everything went well. The installation "found" my file system and created a partition called /dev/hdc5. The swap was activated and given the designation: /dev/hdc6 and when it came to installing LILO, I agreed to what the installation suggested: /dev/dev/hdc2 I was using at the time Boot Magic, from Partition Magic and figured it would see LILO and no problems. However I can only boot Linux using the boot disk made during the installation. I read the LILO HOWTO and tried to make "active" the LILO partition using "fdisk" and also "cfdisk" but both these couldn't see anything but the "default" partition which was a FAT32 with Win95. I tried Ranish Partition Mgr as it was suggested on a Linux friendly site as a good tool for making active, partitions, but although it saw the Linux partitions I got a message that said it didn't support the Ex2 file system. (is this the windows ranish version?) I went into partition magic and tried to make the Ex2 file system primary or active or bootable but the option wasn't available. Although I can boot with the floppy and get to my present installation, I'm not too confident about floppy reliability and would prefer to activate the LILO partition so Boot Magic will see it and I can have a choice when I turn on the computer. How do I get the /dev/hdc2 partition (LILO) created during the CDROM installation, to be seen and activated? I even did an installation where I selected Debian as the default operating system but it was the same result, Windows booting as default. I have a bios called "Mr. Bios" and it doesn't give you many selections about changing bios settings, but it does recognize the other hard drive. Another thing, I installed a version of Caldera 1.2 from the back of a book once, on this same drive, a few months ago and everything worked fine in the sense that Linux was recognized by boot magic and when I selected it as the O/S to boot, boot magic went right to LILO and the boot went smoothly to the #login. Debian appeals to me for it's freedom and many options, and I think the installation program (dselect) is excellent. Just a bit stumped on this boot question, I'm sure it's right there in front of me. Thanks, C.K. - -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzhRacoAAAEEAKe/rEb6gyaw69iKxF3kR/IOt/REs9MwbcOuuHuHVl5adOnm midEmm7gt4h3u8K0sH5Pnzm/TDQA0NdAnv6wLow14Yen/Ecou5UJEVtN0gKBvDCI MeYV6mAPNYdQdFcjzDTkyB5p3Cmy5YT9mTRvy+HdkI9R9H11frdbKyHrfBThAAUR tBxja3JvZ3JyQGZyYW5rZW5zdGVpbmZhY2UuY29t =1C7g -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
