Configuration center
It depends on your Window manager. Are you using KDE, Gnome or whatever? -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual Boot With Win XP - Debian First?
It is certainly possible to proceed that way. There is one problem: as soon as you install Windows XP your MBR will be changed, so it seems as though your Debian is missing. Of course, it you have installed Debian on a seperate disk it is still there, only not bootable. There are several solutions! If your computer has a floppy disk you can prepare a floppy with GRUB on it to start your Debian. Or you can use a CD prepared to start Debian. Or you can use e.g. a Knoppix CD to boot your computer and the re-install GRUB. It is important to choose a method that works in your situation and testing it before installing XP. -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg (solved)
Did you get the nvidia module working again? It would be nice if you told whether you were successful or not... -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg (solved)
I had the same problem, see a different thread. There you can also find how it can be solved! -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg (solved)
The link is: [url]http://www.debianhelp.org/node/8092[/url] To repeat the story written there: I send a bug report (see: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=428731) and within minutes I got a work around! What one has to do (as 'root') is: # cd /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers # gcc -shared -o nvidia_drv.so nvidia_drv.o Then you can install 'nvidia' in xorg.conf and restart X. It really works!! -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Browsers can connect but Konqueror not
For me it is no problem! -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
firefox and iceweasel
Question of copyright. You lose nothing using Iceweasel. -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Slow scrolling in Iceweasel
It is really a problem with Iceweasel: the scrolling is fast with Konqueror! -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firefox user agent settings for Iceweasel
On 24 jan, 12:00, John Talbut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could someone please give the information for inserting in Iceweasel Tools User Agent Switcher Options User Agents Add so that it reports as Firefox ? In the address bar you type about:config (without ). Then in the filter type useragent (again without ). There you see a line like starting with Mozilla. Change that line by right clicking on that line, etc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mplayer webinterface
I cannot download the Perl-script, so I cannot do an experiment with it myself. -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GRUB problem?
Keith Willis schreef: Hi, Here's a weird one... I've noticed that as soon as the GRUB boot-loader runs, I lose my DVD-RW drive. It functions normally if I jump into the BIOS setup at boot time, then ceases to respond the moment GRUB runs, so that even if I boot into WinXP, the drive does not show up. Restoring the MBR makes the problem go away, so it is definitely not a drive problem. I can't see anything specifically about this at the GNU GRUB home page. Anyone have any ideas, please? Thx, klw -- http://www.bytebrothers.co.uk (not currently working) PGP key ID 0xEB7180EC I had a problem with GRUB last week, it seemed that 'timeout' didn't work. I also noted that I had the same problem with LILO and even when starting a live-cd. When I unplugged the keyboard I had no problem! As you can imagine the problem disappeared when I bought a new keyboard. The strange fact was that the only way in which I found the problem was when booting. After the boot process the keyboard worked fine. Maybe your problem is somehow similar? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Digikam
I am using 'testing', not 'sid'. But I have encountered similar problems. In my case it was just a version of the kernel that made that I couldn't download with digiKam. When I installed a different kernel (and no other changes!) everything worked fine. -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Audacity
If your soundcard works (I suppose it does...) then you should check a few things: 1) Does /dev/dsp exist? Sometimes you have to load extra modules (or so) in Alsa. 2) Are you using KDE or Gnome? Then it could be that a sound server like aRts or eSound is running. In such a case Audacity can not use /dev/dsp. You should stop all sound servers before using Audacity. It can also help to start Audacity in a console and see if you can see error messages that clarify what is going on. -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printer: Epson!
Since some time I use an Epson Stylus C46. The support in Linux is excellent! I think most Epson printers work fine in Linux. You should consult: http://www.freestandards.org/en/OpenPrinting/Database/DatabaseIntro to check whether a printer is fully supported in Linux. -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Add hardware
I have added a new DVD burner: no problem at all. It was discovered and everything worked immediately. Probably the same is true for a graphics card, but I have no experience. -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE login
Leslie Rhorer schreef: I'm running KDE under Debian Sarge, and it won't allow me to log in as root. Change /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc as follows: [X-*-Core] AllowNullPasswd=false AllowRootLogin=true -- Eeltje -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how many CDs for v3.1 r3?
anonymous schreef: I was planning to download and test install Debian for the first time. However, when I browsed the website below: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r3/i386/iso-cd/ for a download, I found out that I would need to download 18 CDs: 15 regular and 3 for the update. I would like to know whether all these CDs have binary files or are these also include CDs with sources and documentation. If so, which ones of them? How much would it need for a complete install on a P-IV 2.5GHz with 256 MB RAM? And how much for the disk space? I tried to look up the answers in the online manual, but was unable to find them. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, A. It is much better (and simpler) to do a net install. You download just a small CD to begin with the installation and then choose what you want to install. See http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ As soon as the system is working you can add packages as you need them. -- Eeltje -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: spanish characters
roberto schreef: On 11/7/06, Jesus Arocho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 07 November 2006 04:09, roberto wrote: hello when writing the ~ (tilde) character over the n like in spanish i do not succeed in any way up to now is there any one of you (maybe spanish or latino-american are reading) who already know? than you -- roberto My $0.02 Two approaches: enable the US-Intl keyboard character set, then you can press ctrl+shift+~, release, then press n and ... ñ. Alternatively you can enable the Spanish keyboard set. Since I go back and forth between English and Spanish, but mostly English, I prefer the US-Intl approach. I have a US type keyboard and the Spanish keyboard set remaps many keys to different characters than those on the keys themselves, which makes it sometimes a pain to find a character unless you are either use to it or buy a different keyboard. both approaches were successfull but when i run latex over the document it produces no output at all instead of the magic ñ ... nor the simple n nor error, nothing maybe should i insert some specific package for spanish characters? I never use LaTex, but are you using the right character set in LaTex? -- Eeltje
Re: webcam usb-hub
gustavo halperin schreef: Hello I have the Creative WebCam using the spca5xx driver from http://mxhaard.free.fr/index.html. Work nice the problem start if I connect the WebCam to the USB-Hub instead to connect the WebCam directly to the computer. If I connect the WebCam to the 4-ports-Hub I get the next messages (using dmesg): usb 1-2.3: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 33 usb 1-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice /mnt/data1/root/tmp.d/spca5xx-20060501/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: USB SPCA5XX camera found. Type Creative Webcam Notebook Zc301+Tas5130c /mnt/data1/root/tmp.d/spca5xx-20060501/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: [spca5xx_probe:5480] Camera type JPEG /mnt/data1/root/tmp.d/spca5xx-20060501/drivers/usb/zc3xx.h: [zc3xx_config:487] Find Sensor UNKNOW_0 force Tas5130 /mnt/data1/root/tmp.d/spca5xx-20060501/drivers/usb/spca5xx.c: [spca5xx_getcapability:1765] maxw 640 maxh 480 minw 176 minh 144 In the other way if I connect the WebCam directly to the computer the first two lines are the only difference, see next: usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 15 usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Using the 4-port-Hub the mplayer fail open the video device, geting the next message: unable to open '/dev/video0': Function not implemented So, that is a problem in a spca5xx driver or in the kernel or where ??? It could be an error in your configuration (?). To test whether /dev/video0 (and more) exist you can use the command: xawtv -hwscan -- Eeltje -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: i need ur help
Tim Post schreef: On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 13:32 +0800, meisam sarabadani wrote: dear Debian People its been long time im using ubuntu, breezy, dapper, and edgy the last one, im ganna change it to debian for a while, would u please tell me which distribution is better? i need to know it and i need to make up my mind what to do, tell me the differences please, is is a good idea to switch to debian, and by the way i know that ubuntu is debian base. best regards. Meisam Sarabadani student in MMU University, malaysia, Cyberia majoring at Information System Engineering What's the intended use of the system? I use Ubuntu breezy and Debian Sarge (plus a little help from backports.org) for most things, I find I like both equally. Best, -Tim I agree with Tim that first of all you should make up your mind about the intended use of your system. I have experience with SUSE when OpenSUSE did not yet exist. I had to buy a new version every year or so. Moreover it turned out to be very difficult to install newer software, because the libraries were becoming too old. Then I decided to install Debian. I chose the 'testing' distribution. Now I have it two years running and I am very satisfied. 'Testing' is continuously updated, so you have very recent software. Moreover, the updating is a continuous process, so you never have to reinstall your system. Moreover, in 'testing' you have very many packages, which can be installed with 'synaptic', a graphical front end to 'apt'. During the last two years I have experience very few serious problems with 'testing'. I use Debian 'testing' as a desktop system for my own personal use. Of course, if you are using your system in a production environment you should choose 'stable' in stead of 'testing'. Installing Debian is very easy: just download a CD for a net install and then install your system from the net. -- Eeltje -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: orthography corrector in gaim
João Schmutz schreef: how to install orthography corrector in gaim ? -- Att Debian User João Schmutz Geek by nature, linux by choice I think spell check functions automatically if you have installed Aspell, of course with the languages that you use. -- Eeltje
Re: Midnight Commander in Gnome Terminal
Tadeusz Bak schreef: Hi, When using MC in a text mode (console) the Ctrl-J copies the highlighted filename into a command line. However, this doesn't work in Gnome Terminal, it seems that the keys combination is captured and interpreted as a new line. Is it possible to disable such behaviour? I couldn't find anything relevant in the settings of Gnome Terminal. Thanks for any help, Tad It works as you described in KDE. So your problem is really a Gnome problem, not a X problem. I can not help you with Gnome... -- Eeltje -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
