Re: avisynth.dll ???

2009-09-23 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:10:11 +0200, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:

 Ah, same here. But www.myspace.com/djchess05 is not a media file that
 mplayer can play.

Yes, and so the lack of avisynth.dll is not a problem here. It's just 
because MPlayer is trying different demultiplexers/decoders one after 
another to decode the data it gets - but this data is a Web page, not a 
video stream, so it fails.

The error message means that MPlayer failed to try avisynth.dll on the 
data, but not that it was really needed here - it wouldn't play a HTML 
etc. document, after all.

 The proper media file appears to be so deeply hidden away in the site
 that even add-ons that usually find it, don't see it here.

If there is a way to extract the video's URL, it could possibly be played 
by MPlayer if MySpace doesn't use too many security measures. You may 
do a Web search for such link extractor.

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Re: libdvdcss availability?

2009-08-11 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:30:16 +0200, Olivier Cailloux wrote:

 I would like to install the libdvdcss package, which appears on
 http://www.debian-unofficial.org/packages.html.
 [...]
 Then I get a missing key error:
 --
 #LANG=C aptitude update
 W: GPG error: http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org stable Release: The
 following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not
 available: NO_PUBKEY 394D199524C52AC3 --
 (and similarly for testing and unstable).
 
 I tried the debian-unofficial faq suggestions, but they fail with an
 error message or do not solve the problem:
 [...]

Hello,

It's all about the cryptographic key used to sign this repository's 
packages and verify their authenticity. You may try this command from the 
same page:

wget http://ftp-master.debian-unofficial.org/other/openpgp/archive-
key-2008.asc -O - | apt-key add - 

...but this key (the last one available) expired this February, so apt 
won't probably let you install any packages from debian-unofficial.org 
even after importing the key.

I suggest you try http://debian-multimedia.org/. Just follow the 
instructions on the main page - there is a repository for Lenny, 
including libdvdcss (worked for me last time I installed it).

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Re: how to silence speaker during reboot/halt

2009-08-09 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:20:13 +0200, Long Wind wrote:

 Then, how to disable beep of terminal? I run the command from xterm or
 tty
 I really don't know which manual I should read.

For the console, try putting set bell-style none in /etc/inputrc. You 
can uncomment it in Debian's default inputrc.

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Re: Auto moving junk to trash in Icedove

2007-09-12 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 21:50 +0100, andy wrote:
 A quick query, albeit not specific really to Debian:
 
 Is there a way to configure all mail that Icedove's junk-filter directs 
 to the junk folder to go directly to the trash folder?

Hello.

The way is:

Tools - Junk Mail Controls - Settings - Handling - Move incoming
messages determined... - Other - Choose your trash folder.

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Re: debian oriented laptot suggestions

2007-09-11 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 16:34 +0100, André César de Sá wrote:
 Get a Toshiba / Asus.. :P

I've been using Debian on a Toshiba M105-S3074 for nearly a year now and
it runs great, despite all the talk about Toshiba ignoring Linux. As
long as the hardware inside is not exotic, having official vendor's
support is not so important. Here most things work out-of-the-box with
standard drivers, and those that do not - usually minor gagdets - can be
made to work with unofficial drivers. For anyone having doubts:

  * the GPU is Intel's 945GM Express, works pretty well with
i810/intel X.Org driver (3D acceleration included); I've also
successfully tested the VGA output, which needs no configuration
to just work
  * the sound chip is Intel HDA Controller - standard ALSA
snd_intel_hda driver module
  * touchpad is made by ALPS - supported by X.Org's synaptic driver,
though requires some xorg.conf tweaking (default settings, which
assume a Synaptic touchpad, result in really slow cursor
movement and no tap-clicking)
  * Ethernet (Intel PRO/1000) works with standard e1000 driver,
Wi-Fi (Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG) with ipw3945 (requires
non-free binary firmware, though - but runs smoothly)
  * built-in Texas Instruments 5-in-1 flash card reader works with
the tifm(xx) driver - tested with SD cards
  * setting LCD brightness by software works with the omnibook
module (http://omnibook.sourceforge.net/); people on some forums
report that on similar laptop models you can get this
functionality through standard kernel's ACPI video driver by
flashing Toshiba's new Vista-only BIOS (sic!)
  * multimedia keys work with omnibook, too
  * fingerprint reader (not-very-useful gadget as it is) works with
ThinkFinger driver and software
  * PCMCIA seems to work, my friend's Wi-Fi card got detected once
  * suspend/hibernate is tricky, though I got it working with some
combinations of kernel version and loaded modules

It may be reasonable, however, to buy a laptop with GNU/Linux
preinstalled - everything should work nice then, and you save money
you'd otherwise pay for a Windows licence. In any case, checking
http://linux-laptop.net/ for the model you want to buy can help.

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Re: xconsole 'can't open console' (etch) - why not?

2007-09-11 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 18:44 +0100, Martin Waller wrote:
 Am trying to run xconsole as normal user as I have done on other 
 versions of debian.
 
 When I try to run it on an etch box it pops up as expected but with the 
 message 'Can't open console' in it.
 
 Now, on my sarge box, which is due for an upgrade, it runs fine.  I 
 noticed on sarge /dev/console's group is tty but on etch it's root.  So 
 I changed the group of it to tty, but still no joy. [...]

  xconsole seems to be using /dev/xconsole - on my Lenny system, its
group is set to 'adm'.

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Re: Where, Doom3 For Linux Download

2007-09-10 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 17:09 -0400, Orestes Leal wrote:
 Hi Folks, I need a 'direct' download (with suport for resume) for download
 de Linux version of doom3, I have the original 3 CDs so the only thing
 that I need it´s the .run? or whatever for linux, any help will be
 thankfully appreciated,

Hi.

Go to the game's website http://www.doom3.com/ - Updates and look
through the sites provided there. If they don't give direct links
(usually they have some form of queue and authorization) you can try
putting the file name in a search engine. Strange it's not readily
available at id Software's site, though... Maybe look somewhere in
ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/doom3/ - but the server seems to be
down now.

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Re: Profile for user and root ( locales )

2007-08-27 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 15:35 +0200, Vladimir Strycek wrote:
 any idea where alse is setting for each user in bash ? i have small 
 problem that when i log in to my debian box as user everything works 
 great especialy the special character of Slovak language also MC looks 
 fine etc... but when i su to root the special characters do not work 
 anymore... when i turn on MC its has some wird characters insted of 
 lines on borders etc... i look in /etc/profile but nothing there to 
 explain it also in .bashrc and .bash_profile to find out why in user it 
 works fine and at root it doesnt diplay correctly.


Hello,

what encoding do you use with your user account? Aren't there really any
differences between root's and user's .bash* files? Or maybe check
root's mc settings in Options - Display Bits menu.

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Re: Networking problems

2007-08-25 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 07:20 -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
 Im on a wireless network now. I had a system freeze,
 and when i rebooted, no networking interfaces came up
 at
 all. I was unable to get anything recognized, but then
 again im not sure how to do this anyway.
 
 I rebooted again, this time booting into 2.6.18-4-686
 (instead of -5-), and wireless networking did come up
 in the boot process. However the Network Manager
 applet doesnt show this--its still reporting in grey
 no network devices have been found. But if I run
 network-admin it
 does show that eth1 (my wirelss) is running, and i can
 get online.

Hello.

Could you post the contents of your /etc/network/interfaces file? If an
interface is set there, NetworkManager will ignore it, so this may be
the cause.

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Re: Networking problems

2007-08-25 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
Please don't Cc: me, I am subscribed to the list.

On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 11:08 -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
 I hadnt done anything intentionally to use this--i
 wanted to be using NetworkManage for everything. How
 do i go back?

To let NetworkManager configure your network (both wired and wireless),
remove the lines below allow-hotplug eth0. 

 Also, theres still the (probably bigger) problem that
 2.6.18-5 doesnt find my wireless interface at all. And
 that even though i upgraded to 2.6.18-6, this isnt
 given to me as an option when i boot. Any thoughts
 about those?

Let's see which kernel versions are installed actually, please post the
result of:

$ dpkg -l linux-image-2.6*

What is your Wi-Fi chip? Maybe you don't have the driver module
installed for the newer kernel version.

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Re: Networking problems

2007-08-25 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 14:13 -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
  Please don't Cc: me, I am subscribed to the list.
 
 Sorry, on some other lists im on its considered polite
 to cc the posters.

No problem - different places, different rules. Here they are as on
http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct. Possibly the
assumption is that everyone is subscribed unless he/she states
otherwise.

 And i know im breaking threading by responding now
 with a new message. I have to stop the digest
 subscription, sorry

For me now it's not too bad - turning on fallback threading by subject
helps sometimes.

 $ dpkg -l linux-image-2.6*
 
 Sorry about the formatting.

Right, should have advised you to grep the result.

 ii  linux-image-2.6-6862.6.18+6etch2  
Linux kernel 2.6 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4
 ii  linux-image-2.6.18-4-686   2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2  
Linux 2.6.18 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4
 ii  linux-image-2.6.18-5-686   2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch1  
Linux 2.6.18 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4

 I dont know where 2.6.18-6 is--the update applet on
 the panel told me there was an update, i ran it, it
 said
 that 2.6.18-6 was ready, i installed it, but now its
 not there, i guess.

Hmm, on second thoughts - wasn't it the latest security update,
linux-image-2.6-686 version 2.6.18+6etch2? This +6 can be misleading,
because this package depends on another - linux-image-2.6.18-5-686,
which contains the actual kernel. So it's still 2.6.18-5, there's no
2.6.18-6 in Etch yet. And I suppose this is what you've installed,
perfectly okay.

 What is your Wi-Fi chip? Maybe you don't have the
 driver module
 installed for the newer kernel version.
 
 Its an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. [...]

Same as I have, it's pretty widespread. Probably you haven't installed
the driver module for your latest kernel (2.6.18-5). Try installing
the ipw3945-modules-2.6-686 package, it will keep your modules
up-to-date in the future. And right now it depends on
ipw3945-modules-2.6.18-5-686, which will enable the chip on your
2.6.18-5 kernel.

Maybe you've installed ipw3945-modules-2.6.18-4-686 earlier, so it
fitted the old kernel, but without the ipw3945-modules-2.6-686
umbrella package it just stuck at this version.

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Re: Networking problem (SOLVED)

2007-08-25 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 16:40 -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
 Im sorry, i looked closely at the packages and i see
 now that theres a new version of the driver package to
 go with the new kernel. I would have expected that
 there would be some kind of automatic update, or some
 way of letting me know that when i upgraded the kernel
 i needed to upgrade the driver package as well.

Just install ipw3945-modules-2.6-686, which I mentioned in the other
reply - it does just this. Sorry I haven't seen your last post before
replying to the previous.

 Anyway i just installed the new version of the driver,
 that goes with the -5 kernel, and its working fine.

Good to know!

 Thank you for putting up with this newbie!

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Re: kombajn biurowy (skaner+drukarka) dzialajaca sieciowo

2007-08-23 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 21:54 +0200, e-gore wrote:
 Korzystałem w windowsowym LANie z HP LaserJet 3030 + hplip na etch
 amd64. Wszystko działało jak należy (druk, skanowianie, kopiowanie etc.)
 - tak w największym skrócie. Kombajn i soft wg mnie, godne polecenia...

  Mam również dobre doświadczenia z HPLIP-em: HP LaserJet 3015, Etch
i386; drukowanie lokalne i zdalne bez większych zarzutów, skanowanie
lokalne i kopiowanie też. Z tym, że wszystko w sieci czysto linuksowej,
a zdalnego skanowania nie ruszałem. SANE ma jednak odpowiednie moduły,
więc nie powinno być z tym problemów (HPIJS to tylko sterownik
GhostScripta, jako taki nie ma nic wspólnego ze skanowaniem).

  Pozdrawiam,
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Re: desktop icons for all users in Gnome

2007-08-23 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 23:19 -0400, H.S. wrote:
 Can anybody suggest an easy method to put a link to a file on all
 current user's Gnome desktops?
 
 More specifically, I have a PDF instructions file I want to put a link
 to on all user's Gnome desktop on a machine. [...]

Hello,

This should do the trick:

# for dir in /home/*; do ln -s /usr/local/share/doc/instructions.pdf
$dir/Desktop/

Of course, you may want to make sure that /home/* matches only real home
directories (there may be /home/lost+found if you have a separate /home
partition) and e.g. replace it with `cat listfile` where 'listfile'
contains the names of home directories. Also, adding 'mkdir
$dir/Desktop' can be necessary if some users have not run GNOME/KDE yet.

If you want future users to have this link, too, make a 'Desktop'
directory in /etc/skel and put a similar symlink there. /etc/skel
directory contents are copied to the new home directory when you create
a user with 'adduser' or 'useradd -m -k'.

 (Perhaps this is very much similar to the concept of All Users desktop
 in Windows XP.)

I am not aware of an analogous concept in GNOME or others... Looks much
a Microsoft way, forcing users to have something on the desktop that's
not theirs and what they can not remove.

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Re: Disadvantages of Iceweasel instead of Firefox

2007-08-22 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 17:21 +0200, Gyorgy Abraham wrote:
 As you all know, Debian Etch released with Iceweasel instead of Firefox. 
 This is totally okay, but some applications (like X-Chat or Gaim/Pidgin) 
 still uses firefox %u command instead of iceweasel %u for opening 
 web URL addresses, from Gaim conversations and IRC channels.
 [...]
 How could I make my system firefox-aware? Maybe a symlink named 
 firefox to iceweasel? Or aliases?

  Hello.

  Well, your system should be Firefox-aware. Check out these commands:

$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/firefox
$ file /usr/bin/firefox

  The iceweasel package automatically installs this symlink to avoid any
confusion. If it didn't disappear, any application executing 'firefox'
should be okay. Maybe you have some strange settings in GNOME's System
- Preferences - Preferred Applications?

  In any case, every reasonable application should let you set the URL
handling command. XChat (non-GNOME version) has it in Settings -
Advanced - URL Handlers menu. Gaim/Pidgin and XChat-GNOME use GNOME's
browser preference, as mentioned above (at least by default, I think).

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Re: linphone: error while loading shared libraries: libosipparser2.so.3

2007-08-20 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 15:29 +0200, Gerard Robin wrote:
 linphone: error while loading shared libraries: 
 libosipparser2.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
 
 bug or not bug ?

Hello.

Do you have the relevant library package installed?

http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=libosipparser2.so.3searchmode=searchfilescase=insensitiveversion=unstablearch=amd64

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Re: linphone: error while loading shared libraries: libosipparser2.so.3

2007-08-20 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 19:49 +0200, Gerard Robin wrote:
 Do you have the relevant library package installed
 
 if it's libosip2-3, yes.
 
 ldd /usr/bin/linphone | grep libosipparser2.so.3
  libosipparser2.so.3 = not found
  libosipparser2.so.3 = not found
 
 apt-cache policy libosip2-3
 libosip2-3:
Installé: 3.0.3-2 (installé = installed)
Candidat: 3.0.3-2
 
 dpkg -S libosipparser2.so.3:
 
 dpkg: *libosipparser2.so.3* introuvable. (introuvable = can't be found)

  Try with the full path, /usr/lib/libosipparser2.so.3. Do you actually
have the file? If not, you can reinstall the package:

# apt-get --reinstall install libosip2-3

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Re: linphone: error while loading shared libraries: libosipparser2.so.3

2007-08-20 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 23:45 +0200, Gerard Robin wrote:
 I had reinstalled libosip2-3 but the result was the same.
 I just downgrad to libosip2-3 (2.2.2-3.1) instead libosip2-3 (3.0.3-2)
 and now linphone starts witout complain,

  I have downloaded both versions of the package and the contents
(files) seem switched. That is, package version 2.2.2-3.1 contains
libosip*2.so.3.0.0 and version 3.0.3-2 contains libosip*2.so.2.2.0.
Looks like a packaging mistake - can anyone confirm, or am I just
confused? It would explain why Linphone breaks after upgrading
libosip2-3.

 I can ring a friend but he
 can't hear me and I can't hear him.
 I think there is a bug.

  Do you know other Linphone users with the same problem? It may be an
issue with audio system, not the oSIP library (since you have reverted
it to the version with which Linphone worked fine). Just guessing,
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Re: human engine ?

2007-08-19 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 21:39 -0500, lostson wrote: 
 Is it possible to get the human style and engine on Debian ? [...]

Update:

There's a gtk2-engines-ubuntulooks package which contains the engine and
the Human GTK+ theme (just controls and colors, no window borders or
icons), but only in testing and experimental. The icons are in non-free
section (human-icon-theme).

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Re: Lenny, X, dead mouse

2007-08-19 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Sun, 2007-08-19 at 07:53 -0700, Peter Easthope wrote:
 [...] mdetect output is this.
 
 /dev/psaux
 intellimouse
 
 /etc/X11/xorg.conf snippet.
 [...]
 OptionProtocolMouseManPlusPS/2
 [...]

Hello.

Try changing the protocol to ImPS/2 (that's for Intellimouse PS/2).

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Re: using apt to upgrade from etch r0 ro r1...

2007-08-18 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 16:55 +, Michael Fothergill wrote:
 My apt sources.list file is as follows:
 [...]
 # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
 # deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
 # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
 # deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

Hello.

You should have the above deb* lines uncommented to get timely security
updates - unless you have a good reason not to use them...

 deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/
 
 to the file and then do e.g. apt-get dist-upgrade in order to download the 
 r1 modifications to the amd64 Etch 4.0 r0 I am currently using?

Below is the full line that should be enough:

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib

'contrib' is optional, if you use any packages from the contrib section.

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Re: problems read/write mounting of NTFS

2007-08-17 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 14:03 -0700, Bob McGowan wrote:
 But, it was formatted with NTFS and I was not able to write to it[...]
 [...]
 I've also adjusted the associated options in /etc/fstab, but I still 
 can't write to the disk.

  Hello.

  The standard NTFS kernel driver and ntfsprogs have only a limited
write support. E.g. the kernel driver only allows to change existing
files, but without changing their length.

 I then thought I should try the FUSE based tools, so I removed the 
 ntfsprogs package and libntfs9 that it depends on and tried to install 
 ntfs-3g.  But it depends on 'libfuse2 (=2.6), but all that's available 
 in Etch is 2.5.3-4.4, which is already installed. [...]

  NTFS-3G is not in stable yet, try installing it from
http://backports.org/. It will surely allow you to write.

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Re: /boot partition erased (help needed)

2007-08-16 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 15:41 -0400, Mark Neidorff wrote:
 On Thursday 16 August 2007 01:32 pm, Deephay wrote:
  I made a very stupid mistake two hours ago, I bought a new USB storage
  disk and I was trying to test the speed:
 
  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1
 
  sadly I typed sdb1 as sda1 and that was the /boot partition, I
  realized it immediately, but it was too late.[...]
 
 Have you tried formatting the partition?  You just wrote a series of 0s 
 across the partition...not as files, as raw data.  You wiped out the inode 
 tables, superblocks, etc.

As Mark wrote, first format /dev/sda1 using mkfs.ext3, mkfs.ext2,
mkfs.reiserfs etc. - whichever filesystem you use(d) - and then mount it
as /boot.

After that you have to reinstall your kernel image(s) because this is
what you have essentialy wiped out. The install scripts in the
linux-image-* packages should then automatically recreate GRUB's
configuration.

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Re: human engine ?

2007-08-15 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
Hi.

On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 21:39 -0500, lostson wrote:
  Is it possible to get the human style and engine on Debian ? I have
 been googling trying to find an answer with no luck.

The quick and dirty way is to install the packages from Ubuntu Feisty:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/feisty

Look for these:
  * human-theme
  * human-icon-theme
  * human-cursors-theme

Works smoothly for me on Lenny.

 Or maybe the glossy
 theme but I think that is included in gnome 2.18. I really like both of
 those styles and am curious if this is possible, thanks.

Right, Glossy is included in gnome-themes package in testing and
unstable. I tried to put it into an Etch installation recently, just for
eye-candy, though without luck. Probably because it requires newer GTK2
engines (= 2.9). Anyone managed to use it?

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Re: Google checking my system?

2007-08-15 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 14:39 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
 I have noticed recently, while watching iptraf, that I am getting
 connections from various google addresses. [...]
 
 This happen on 4 different network boxen, while they have
 iceweasel running, and sitting on our networks local homepage.

It may have something to do with Firefox's new anti-phishing
functionality which fetches lists of phishing sites from Google:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/

One guy actually gets pissed about it here:

http://discuss.extremetech.com/forums/1004384653/ShowThread.aspx

He says the connections are still being made even after disabling the
forgery protection. Nasty if it's true.

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Re: Samsung ML-2010 printer and kernel 2.6.22-1-686

2007-08-12 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Sun, 2007-08-12 at 23:09 +0200, Benjamí Villoslada wrote:
 El Diumenge 12 Agost 2007, Ron Johnson va escriure:
  Look at /etc/sysctl.conf to make that value persistent across boots.
 
 Added  usbcore.autosuspend=60 to etc/sysctl.conf:
 
 - Error in boot log:
 
 
 Sun Aug 12 22:40:14 2007: Setting kernel 
 variables...error: usbcore.autosuspend is an unknown key
 Sun Aug 12 22:40:14 2007: ^[[31mfailed.^[[39;49m
 

  /etc/sysctl.conf manages only entries in /proc/sys, not /sys (sysfs).
Try installing 'sysfsutils' package and take a look at /etc/sysfs.conf
then.

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Re: correct kernel for etch - i386 - intel celeron

2007-08-11 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 19:17 +0100, slink wrote:
 I got a new pc, celeron 2.6. [...]
 
 Using expert install you are presented with 4 choices of kernel but no
 hint as to the differences.
 
 I chose ... 
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a
 Linux skutter 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Wed May 9 23:03:12 UTC 2007 i686
 GNU/Linux
 [...]

  Hi.

  From what I remember, the installer lets you choose one of these
versions:

  * 686 (optimized for Pentiums and Celerons)
  * K7 (optimized for AMD Athlons and Durons)
  * SMP versions of both (HyperThreading/multicore processors etc.,
though these will run just fine if your box doesn't provide
Symmetric MultiProcessing)

 I believe SMP stands for multi processor? [...]

  Yup, as above.

 could I have made a better choice, have I made the wrong choice?

  No better choice here, since you've chosen 686. If you compile the
kernel yourself, though, you may choose Pentium-4 processor type. It
will trigger optimizing the code for newer processors, like the one you
have. 686 kernel from the official packages uses more general/older
optimizations, I think, because it's meant for Pentium Pro upwards.

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Re: Help - touchpad not working

2007-08-11 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Sun, 2007-08-12 at 04:50 +0530, Rahul Samuel wrote:
 I have been trying to install linux in my HP 500 laptop but all have
 failed. I last installed the Debian 4 and this also doesnt work.
 Please help. 
  
 Everything goes fine, but when the GUI comes up my touch pad doesnt
 work at all. After installation also the touchpad is probably not even
 detected. [...]

Hello.

The guys at Ubuntu say that it's a bug in the Linux kernel:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/96598

Ubuntu has an updated 2.6.20 kernel now that corrects this issue. If
you're using Debian 4.0 Etch (stable), though, the latest version you
can officially install is 2.6.18-4. But the patch should have been
applied to version 2.6.21 that's available in Debian's testing
repository. You can try installing this package, e.g. from:

ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6.21-2-686_2.6.21-6_i386.deb

Just download and install it, then reboot and select the new kernel -
you should see a new boot option.

If it doesn't help, you'll be able to boot the previous kernel and
remove the new one - so don't worry, the whole thing won't hurt your
system.

Anyway, this is easier then the ugly hack mentioned at the first link
above.

Good luck!

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Re: em64t

2007-08-10 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 20:13 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
 On 08/09/07 19:07, Krzysztof Lubański wrote:
  [...]
[...]it's clearly stated - I meant the difference between IA-64 and
  EM64T/AMD64 (emphasized right below IA-64 heading at
  http://www.debian.org/ports/), not EM64T - Intel 64 marketing name
  change.
 
 I see reference to Intel's first 64-bit architecture and Intel
 64-bit extensions, but nothing that says that Intel 64 is a new
 marketing name.

  Okay, one more clarification then: I did _not_ mention Intel 64
based on Debian's website. See Intel's site, for instance:

http://www.intel.com/technology/architecture-silicon/intel64/

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Re: em64t

2007-08-09 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 22:39 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I'm trying to get the best of my machine based on intel core2 (6550), which is
 compliant with em64t debian arch (at least I thought...) but there is only a
 amd64 install available, which doesn't want to run on Intel machine...

Hello.

I'm not big into x86-64 business, but AMD64 and EM64T / Intel 64
implementations are pretty much identical. You could just use Debian's
AMD64 port right away - take a look at the description at
http://www.debian.org/ports/.

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Re: em64t

2007-08-09 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 16:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
 On 08/09/07 16:16, Krzysztof Lubański wrote:
  [...]
  I'm not big into x86-64 business, but AMD64 and EM64T / Intel 64
 
 Danger!!  Danger!!!
 
 Intel has two wildly different 64-bit implementations: Itanium (aka
 ia64) and em64t/amd64.
 [...]

  Well, it's clearly stated on the overview page I provided. EM64T was
recently renamed to Intel 64 - but, yes, the names here can be
confusing.

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Re: em64t

2007-08-09 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 17:39 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
Well, it's clearly stated on the overview page I provided. EM64T was
  recently renamed to Intel 64 - but, yes, the names here can be
  confusing.
 
 Where?  I've looked and looked, but don't see it.  (I am getting
 old, though, and do need glasses.)

  [...]it's clearly stated - I meant the difference between IA-64 and
EM64T/AMD64 (emphasized right below IA-64 heading at
http://www.debian.org/ports/), not EM64T - Intel 64 marketing name
change.

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Re: Open Office i problem z polskimi znakami

2007-08-08 Thread Krzysztof Lubański
On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 21:33 +0200, Krzysztof Zubik wrote:
 Po wklejeniu textu w miejscu polskich znakow mam puste miejsca.
 Domyslnie OO ma czcionke Koshi Minho. Po zaznacaeniu textu i
 wymianie tej czcionki na Luxi Sans (moze byc inna jednak nie
 kazda z bedacego tam zestawu) otrzymuje polskie znaki.

  Witam.

  Powinno pomóc ustawienie domyślnej czcionki poprzez menu Narzędzia -
Opcje - OpenOffice.org Writer - Czcionki podstawowe.

  Pozdrawiam.

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