Re: heaps possible of conf/multimedia/codec/xorg troubles

[Lachlan]

thanks, i'll give the log a look when i get home and see what i can find.
the vesa driver was one thing i forgot so i'll look into that was well.

this was my first ATI card and it's worked quite well for the 6 months
since i bought it. this last week has been the first major issue i've
had.

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> before i can log a bug i need to work out what's going on. is there a
>> system log i can check for a system freeze? i've never had such a
>> harsh crash before.
>>
>> when i'm playing videos my computer locks up and goes blank. X crashed
>> to a commandline once so i thought it may be my xorg, dpkg-reconfigure
>> xorg-xserver to a basic conf did nothing.
>>
>> i thought it was the new 8.6 ati driver but it does the same with 8.4.
>>
>> i thought it was the debian-multimedia packages because the thumbnails
>> of everything possible to thumbnail went green after a
>> gstreamer-ffmpeg update. removing all deb-multi packages and going
>> back back to official helped the thumbnails but didn't help playback
>> crashes.
>>
>> i've used totem-gstreamer, totem-xine, vlc, mplayer all were able to
>> play sometimes but most were either green or audio only.
>>
>> totem-xine was probably the best at playing correctly but since i've
>> been playing around it crashes on almost every video and i'm not sure
>> which log i can check for errors.
>>
>> i've been trying to work out why this is happening but i never had to
>> bother with playing multimedia before so i'm a bit lost.
>>
>> at worst i'll just reinstall a fresh system as my data and home are
>> all on seperate partitions. i just wanted to see if anyone has any
>> ideas before giving up.
>
> Freezes are very hard to debug.  Try /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
>
> ITMT, try the vesa driver, or get a real video card.
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Re: Catalyst on new install

[lachlan]

On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 20:31 +0200, Aniruddha wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 15:18 +0200, Pal Trendweaver wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm trying to install Catalyst on my newly installed computer, however
> > the aticonfig --initial doesn't update my xorg.conf properly.
> > I'm new to ATI (I've used the Nvidia prop. driver for years and
> > installed it dozens of times) and I need some help on this.
> > I tried to find some help on the forums here and there, but I can't
> > seem to find a satisfactory solution.
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> First of all a more descriptive title would help (e.g. problem with
> fglrx). I have my working xorg.conf attached for reference. It seems
> that your missing the dri section. Is fgrlx loaded? What's the output of
> lsmod | grep fglrx?
> 

here is how i installed 8.9 on my fresh lenny amd64 install.
#GOTO http://shame.tuxfamily.org/repo/ and add to sources.list
#run the ati install choosing default options. 
>sh ati-driver-installer-8-9-x86.x86_64.run

#run 
>aticonfig --initial -f
#run 
>aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv

#restart
test by opening terminal and running >compiz-manager --replace

if it works you have compiz

go to system>preferences>sessions
add compiz-manaer --replace as a startup program

this will make sure you can log in without compiz from GDM if you get
trouble.

i had lots of trouble with older ati drivers and non shame compiz repo's
but it all works like a charm now,




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Re: Writing Permission of Widows partition

[lachlan]

On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 17:07 +0900, J.H.Kim wrote:
> Hi, everyone
> 
> I mounted windows xp partion as follows:
> "mount -o iocharset=cp949 -t ntfs /dev/sda2 /mnt/windows -o
> umask="
> 
> As a result, reading the windows partition is OK, but the writing is
> denied.
> The directory of /mnt/windows permission mode is set all readable,
> writable, executable.
> When I try to write any file to /mnt/windows, the error message
> "Permission denied" is prompted.
> 
> How can I fix it ?
> 
> Thanks in advnace.
> 

tho\is is how my fstab has it and i can write and read from ntsk
partitions. make sure ntfs-3g is installed i didn't have to
change /mnt/ permissions to get it to work.

  ntfs-3g defaults,user   0   0


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Re: can't install Debian

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On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 04:51 +0200, s. keeling wrote:
> Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >  Have tried several times to install debian on my system without success.
> 
> Which Debian?
> 
> >  It seems unable to recognise my network connection yet I have no trouble
> >  installing Ubuntu (or any other system) from the internet.
> 
> *buntu is based on Sid.  Have you tried Sid?  I suspect Sid has the
> hardware support your bleeding edge hardware requires?  Just a guess.
> 
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sounds like a netinstall or similar iso. telling us what version of
debian you are installing from will help.

i've had an install that wouldn't recognise my nic with the provided
kernel. you may need to download a base cd/dvd (which has the base
system and desktop) then upgrade.


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kernel 2.6.27

[lachlan]

does anyone know if 2.6.27 will make it into lenny?

my wireless is a iwl5100 (intel wireless link 5100) and i haven't had
any luck with 2.6.26-1

as far as firmware in /lib and lame attempts at loading modules i'm lost
on it so i'm hoping that 27 is my saviour


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ping hostnames ala windows ping.exe?

[Lachlan]

i've started using lenny for my work pc and there's a feature of the
windows ping.exe that i'm trying to find in linux.

something in windows i've used a lot is pinging by hostname to find
the ip of the pc i'm looking for.
a lot of things i've been doing require me to enter the ip not hostname.

i've looked at arping, sing and oping but i haven't had any luck
accepting anything other than ip's.

all i'm looking for is something along the lines of ~$ hostping
-usehostnames computerhostname
from the commandline.

i'll be using this laptop in a lot of different offices so will i have
to add dns info to my /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf for each
network?


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Re: ping hostnames ala windows ping.exe?

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2008/10/10 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Fri,10.Oct.08, 15:08:56, Lachlan wrote:
>> i've started using lenny for my work pc and there's a feature of the
>> windows ping.exe that i'm trying to find in linux.
>>
>> something in windows i've used a lot is pinging by hostname to find
>> the ip of the pc i'm looking for.
>
> If you want to have the IP for a given hostname all you need is 'host':
>
> $ host bixi
> bixi has address 192.168.77.76
>
> On sid this is in package bind9-host.
>
>> a lot of things i've been doing require me to enter the ip not hostname.
>>
>> i've looked at arping, sing and oping but i haven't had any luck
>> accepting anything other than ip's.
>>
>> all i'm looking for is something along the lines of ~$ hostping
>> -usehostnames computerhostname
>> from the commandline.
>>
>> i'll be using this laptop in a lot of different offices so will i have
>> to add dns info to my /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf for each
>> network?
>
> There are various tools to deal with changing configurations, you will
> have to provide more details. Try to use DHCP as much as possible, as
> this will automatically provide the necessary configurations.
>
> Regards,
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okay guys thanks for putting me in the direction of hosts. i was stuck
in the mindest that i had to ping so i never looked up hosts.

hosts does exactly what i want.


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Re: Debian Stole My Name!

[Lachlan]

2008/10/10 Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I'm setting up a new Etch system and just got to the point where it asks
> me for a username.  All my life I've used my first name, Hal, as a
> username (although in all lower case).
>
> Etch won't let me do this.  I did it in Sarge, did it in earlier
> versions, did it in Mandrake, Redhat, and also use it in Ubuntu.  And
> now Etch won't let me use "hal" as a login name.
>
> I've been told that the system should use something like "hal-daemon"
> instead, but it's not letting me do this.
>
> Unfortunately, this is going to be a server on this LAN, including
> providing NIS for all my other systems.
>
> This stinks.
>
> It royally stinks.  You'd think someone would have seen this as an issue
> when setting it up.  Hal isn't the most common name, but it's not
> uncommon and it's certainly a name most geeks are aware of (hey, if the
> haven't seen 2001, then they're not true geeks!).
>
>
> Hal
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are you able to set the real name to Hal and then set the username as
something else?
from gdm i can log is as either lachlan (real name) or user (username)


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Re: Compile vanilla 2.6.27 using make-kpkg

[Lachlan]

2008/10/13 Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, Oct 12 2008, Adrian Levi wrote:
>
>> I'm having troubles compiling a vanilla 2.6.27 kernel using
>> kernel-package. Looks like there is a new iwl4965 driver and I'd like
>> to try it out.
>>
>> The kernel compiles correctly using the usual toolchain provided with
>> the sources but fails on the packaging part using make-kpkg.
>>
>> The compile process gets all the way to the end and fails with
>> debian/stamp/Install: Is a directory
>> The exact command line I'm using at the top level linux-2.6.27 direcory is:
>> fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --arch amd64 kernel_image
>
>Have you tried without the --arch option? with --arch, I think
>  you might be getting into all kinds of cross compilation nastiness. or
>  else try
>  --arch amd64  --cross-compile  -
>
>manoj


i am also running amd64

i got 2.6.27 running this morning but that's about it.
booted into gnome and didn't really know what to do after that. i used:

kernel source# make menuconfig
(made sure iwl stuff was added etc. saved as .config)
kernel source# fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
kernel source# dpkg -i /home/user/src/linux-image-2.6.27_custom.1.0_amd64.deb
kernel source# mkinitramfs -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27 2.6.27

doublechecked menu.lst and rebooted.

i assumed that the wireless modules were in by default but i couldn't
see anything in the few minutes i've had a look around. (had to go to
work)

i also have no idea if my make-kpg is wrong but that's how it worked for me.

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Re: friend cannot see me on msn

[Lachlan]

2008/10/20 Andreas Berglund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi!
> I just added a friend of mine on msn. I can see her and I can send messages
> to her but when I'm online it looks to her like I'm offline and none of her
> messages reach me. She tried to send an invitation to me several times but
> none of them reached me. I have no idea where to even begin looking so any
> help would be very much appreciated.
> The client I'm using is kopete 0.12.3, I don't know what client my friend
> uses but if you need to know I can ask her and I'd be happy to provide any
> other information that might be relevant.
>
> regards
> Andreas Berglund
>

I have no idea about kopete but the best msn client i've used on linux
is emesene.

www.emesene.org

you can do everything in emesene that you can do with the actual
microsoft client. be sure to look through the plugins and turn on what
you want.

had heaps of visibility issues with pidgin, amsn and a few others but
none so far with this one.

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Re: Reactvate my yahoo mail

[lachlan]

On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 08:45 +0100, Abdulquadri Iyiola wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> Please how do I reactivate my yahoo mail?
> 
>  
> 
> Please get back to me.
> 
>  


go here to activate your account again.


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Re: High cpu usage with compiz

[lachlan]

On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 11:04 +0200, Aniruddha wrote:
> I would like to use  compiz. Unfortunately this is problematic since my
> system lags because of high (50%) cpu spikes. 3d acceleration is
> working. Is there anything I can do to solve this?

are you running lenny?
what version of ati driver are you using?

if you're using the fglrx driver (which looks like it from your xorg)
have you had any luck by using aticonfig?

after you install the driver you run 
$ aticonfig --initial -f
that will give you a clean xorg. 

for me the newer xorg versions have picked up everything automatically.
so ditch the big xorg.conf if you can.

i run on a hd3870 and it's perfect using the ati 8.9 driver.
all i had to do to get 3d acceleration was install the driver and run
aticonfig. to get compiz i just added the 

compiz "enable"

line at the end of my xorg.
i've attached my current file for you to look at if you need it.

> CPU
> > Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400  @ 3.00GHz
> 
> Gfxcard
> > ATI Technologies Inc RV670PRO [Radeon HD 3850]
> 
> xorg.conf
> > ### This file was generated by xac v0.6_pre3
> > 
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> > Identifier "XAC Configured"
> > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Files"
> > ### Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated
> > ### together as well as specifying multiple comma-separated
> > ### entries in one FontPath command (or both methods)
> > ### 
> > ### For X Font Server support, uncomment this and comment the
> > ### other FontPaths. (This is not required for most configurations)
> > # FontPath "unix/:-1"
> > 
> > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
> > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript"
> > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/dejavu"
> > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
> > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera"
> > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"
> > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
> > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Module"
> > Load "extmod"
> > Load "dbe"
> > Load "record"
> > Load "glx"
> > Load "type1"
> > Load "freetype"
> > # Load "dri"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "ServerFlags"
> > Option "blank time" "10" # 10 Minutes
> > Option "standby time" "20" # 20 Minutes
> > Option "suspend time" "30" # 30Minutes
> > Option "off time" "60" # 60Minutes
> > ### Uncomment so X doesn't fail when no mouse is available
> > # Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
> > ### Enable this option if X should not change resolutions
> > ### This is useful if mode changing corrupts the X Server
> > # Option "DisableVidModeExtensions" "true"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Keyboard0"
> > Driver "kbd"
> > ### Check /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst for available models
> > Option "XkbdModel" "pc105"
> > ### Check /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ for available layouts
> > Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> > Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Mouse0"
> > Driver "mouse"
> > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> > Option "Protocol" "auto"
> > 
> > ### Set driver options:
> > ### No options set!
> > 
> > ### Unset driver options:
> > ### No options unset!
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "Card0"
> > Driver "fglrx"
> > ### Configured ATI Radeon Open Driver at PCI Bus ID:
> > # BusID "PCI:5:0:0" 
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Monitor"
> > Identifier "Monitor0"
> > UseModes "Modes0"
> > ModelName "BenQ G2400W"
> > Option "DPMS"
> > Option "ReducedBlanking"
> > HorizSync 31-94
> > VertRefresh 50-85
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Modes"
> > Identifier "Modes0"
> > ### # 1920x1200 59.95 Hz (CVT 2.30MA-R) hsync: 74.04 kHz; pclk: 154.00
> > MHz
> > Modeline "1920x1200"  154.00  1920 1968 2000 2080  1200 1203 1209 1235
> > +hsync -vsync
> > ### # 720x400 59.55 Hz (CVT) hsync: 24.83 kHz; pclk: 22.25 MHz
> > Modeline "720x400"   22.25  720 744 808 896  400 403 413 417 -hsync
> > +vsync
> > ### # 256x341 59.09 Hz (CVT) hsync: 21.09 kHz; pclk: 6.75 MHz
> > Modeline "256x341"6.75  256 264 288 320  341 344 354 357 -hsync
> > +vsync
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Screen0"
> > Device "Card0"
> > Monitor "Monitor0"
> > DefaultDepth 24
> > 
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 8
> > Virtual 1920 1200
> > Modes "1920x1200" "720x400" "640x480" "640x480" "800x600" "720x400"
> > "720x400" "640x480" "640x480" "800x600" "256x341" 
> > EndSubSection
> > 
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 16
> > Virtual 1920 1200
> > Modes "1920x1200" "720x400" "640x480" "640x480" "800x600" "720x400"
> > "720x400" "640x480" "640x480" "800x600" "256x341" 
> > EndSubSection
> > 
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 24
> > Virtual 1920 1200
> > Modes "1920x1200" "720x400" "640x480" "640x480" "800x600" "720x400"
> > "720x400" "640x480" "640x480" "800x600" "256x341" 
> > EndSubSection
> > 
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "DRI"
> > Group 0
> > 

Re: hard disk nomenclature

[Lachlan]

2008/10/27 Owen Townend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 2008/10/27 L. V. Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> I have P5GC-MX motherboard which has on one IDE hdd slot and two SATA HDD
>> slots. I have installed primary IDE DVD drive, secondary IDE IDE HDD 80GB
>> and Primarty SATA 160GB SATA HDD. BIOS shows  as
>> FIRST IDEMASTER   DVD
>> FIRST IDE  SLAVE80GB IDE DRIVE
>> THIRD IDE PRIMARY MASTER 160 GB SATA HDD
>>
>> Debain ETCH shows 80GB IDE Drive as hdb and 160 GB SATA drive as sda.
>> KUBUNTU 0710 shows 80GB IDE Drive as sda and 160 GB SATA drive as sdb.
>>
>> I would like to be enlightened why this happens.

Sounds like it's just changes implemented after etch in Lenny that
Ubuntu is using. Lenny has all my hard drives listed as sdX and 7.10
was almost 6 months after the initial Etch release.

>
> Hey,
>
> As of Ubuntu 7.04 they have a unified their disks as sdX for both IDE
> and SATA which is why the 80GB IDE drive is now showing up as a sdX
> device.  As to which becomes sda and which is sdb that is now AFAIK
> considered to be 'luck' as Ubuntu is moving towards parallel detection
> which does not guarantee detection order.  This is possible as they
> now use UUIDs to identify all the filesystems: i.e. instead of
> '/dev/sda' it would be more like
> UUID=b1f711c3-e86b-4d63-a14f-ec2e2f377a12.  IIRC Grub has recently
> added support for UUIDs too which helps removes reliance on BIOS' disk
> ordering also.
>
> Ubuntu is based on Debian but is a much faster moving distribution.
> Debian Etch is now several years old and being a stable release no
> major changes like this would be pushed into it.  I haven't looked
> into it as yet, but If Debian follows the same path then at the very
> least these changes will not appear until a future release (lenny,
> sid, squeeze, etc).

how is an april 2007 release several years old?

>
> Hope that helps,
> Cheers,
> Owen.
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simple home dns, dhcp server.

[Lachlan]

i been have tremendous trouble getting my network to see hostnames and
and other pc's. it will see everything randomly one day and then be
missing the next.

my idea to fix this is to have an old laptop (old as in i upgraded 3
months ago, running lenny but hasn't been updated since august) that
i'm thinking could be used as the network dhcp instead of my modem
(which i'm thinking is half the problem) this server would connect to
the internet with the modem and then give each system on the network a
dhcp address as well as provide an internel dns.

i've looked at guides that use bind 9 but it doesn't make a whole lot
of sense for what i'm trying to achieve. at least as far as i'm aware.
networking isn't my forte.

so is it possible to use a single nic laptop as a dhcp/dns server for
an internal home network?

if that is possible would moving my apache server to the same laptop
cause issues with the dhcp/dns config?

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Re: simple home dns, dhcp server.

[Lachlan]

2008/11/4 Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 02:34:58PM +1000, Lachlan wrote:
>
>> my idea to fix this is to have an old laptop (old as in i upgraded 3
>> months ago, running lenny but hasn't been updated since august) that
>> i'm thinking could be used as the network dhcp instead of my modem
>> (which i'm thinking is half the problem) this server would connect to
>> the internet with the modem and then give each system on the network a
>> dhcp address as well as provide an internel dns.
>>
>> i've looked at guides that use bind 9 but it doesn't make a whole lot
>> of sense for what i'm trying to achieve. at least as far as i'm aware.
>> networking isn't my forte.
>>
>> so is it possible to use a single nic laptop as a dhcp/dns server for
>> an internal home network?
>>
>> if that is possible would moving my apache server to the same laptop
>> cause issues with the dhcp/dns config?
>
> look at dnsmasq.  I don't use the dhcp part, but it works just fine
> out-of-the-box for dns.  The box that connects to my (dialup) modem runs
> dnsmasq and has all my hosts in /etc/hosts.  The other boxes on my
> network know their own hostname, IP address, and the IP of the box
> running dnsmasq as the DNS server.
>
> DHCP has seemed like overkill for me where each box is dedicated to
> something specific (i.e. the main box, the print/backup/terminal server,
> the OpenBSD box; with coresponding hostnames of titan, rocky (noisy
> fan), and reliant (14 years old, never a problem).
>

thanks, this looks like the perfect package. i'll give it a whirl now.
i'll follow the wiki page and here's the link if anyone else is doing
something similar

http://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/dnsmasq

>
> Doug.
>
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Re: ALSA not loading at system boot

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2008/11/6 Vinicius Massuchetto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi Anton,
>
>> Anton Piatek escreveu:
>>
>> do "lsmod>before" then run "alsaconf" and then run "lsmod>after". Now
>> do "diff before after" and post the results

i had exactly the same problem.

when you run alsaconf get the names of all the soundcards it loads
when you select your card. blacklist the ones you don't use in
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

i kept having the ati hdmi and another card that i'm not even sure was
connected to my system blocking my actual sound card from being
detected at all.

the only way i could get my sound to stay without blacklisting the extra cards.

>>
>> I found I had snd_pcsp module loading badly which was causing problems
>> for sound - the reason it was loading badly was because
>> /etc/modprobe.conf had been created and wasn't loading
>> /etc/modprobe.d/*
>> I solved my problem by moving /etc/modprobe.conf out of the way...
>
> Well. Something popped out here:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ diff -u lsmod_before lsmod_after
> --- lsmod_before2008-11-05 20:34:58.0 -0200
> +++ lsmod_after 2008-11-05 20:41:45.0 -0200
> @@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
>  Module  Size  Used by
> +snd_hda_intel 434776  3
> +snd_pcm81672  2 snd_hda_intel
> +snd_seq54304  0
> +snd_timer  25744  3 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> +snd_seq_device 11668  1 snd_seq
> +snd63688  9
> snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
> +soundcore  12064  1 snd
> +snd_page_alloc 13072  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
>  nvidia   8105072  36
>  ppdev  11656  0
>  parport_pc 31016  0
> @@ -24,7 +32,6 @@
>  i2c_core   27936  2 nvidia,i2c_i801
>  serio_raw   9860  0
>  pcspkr  7040  0
> -snd_hda_intel 434776  0
>  led_class   8968  1 iwl3945
>  iTCO_wdt   15696  0
>  compat_ioctl32 12288  1 uvcvideo
> @@ -33,18 +40,11 @@
>  cfg80211   30224  2 iwl3945,mac80211
>  video  24084  10
>  output  7808  1 video
> -snd_pcm81672  1 snd_hda_intel
> -snd_seq54304  0
> -snd_timer  25744  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> -snd_seq_device 11668  1 snd_seq
>  ac  9352  0
>  wmi11712  0
>  battery16904  0
>  button 11680  0
> -snd63688  5
> snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
> -soundcore  12064  1 snd
>  intel_agp  31728  0
> -snd_page_alloc 13072  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
>  evdev  14208  11
>  dcdbas 11952  0
>  reiserfs  211072  2
>
> It seems something was definitively loaded after running alsaconf.
>
> Thanks for helping!
> Vinicius
>
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Re: Switching from Etch to Lenny - help me assess the risk.

[Lachlan]

2008/11/10 David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Bob Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>  Testing breaks less often than Unstable. But when it breaks, it takes a
>>  long time for things to get rectified. Sometimes this could be days and
>>  it could be months at times.

i use testing on all my boxes and when i have an issues with a broken
package i can always add the sid repo to get the package i want and
then comment them back after i've finished. this has helped me solve
dependency and other issues while keeping on testing.

For me testing has been really stable since early september. the last
big issue i had was with the proprietary ATI driver and my xserver on
a desktop at home.

i've even been running 2.6.27 on a laptop to get wireless without issue.
while it may not be debian stable yet, lenny is nearly there.

> I did have some issues with the nvidia driver, it got broken, and I
> reverted to the nv driver for a while. That took a while to fix.
> Eventually I decided that I had waited too long for new drivers to
> show up in testing, so I decided to enable the unstable repository,
> and installed X and nvidia from that. A few packages from unstable in
> an otherwise testing level distribution is an option and in this case
> it worked.
>
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Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

[Lachlan]

2008/11/13 Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Here's a template where you can fill in your favourites; feel free to
> add missing categories. Please don't add what you haven't really used
> (like I used to). More than piece can be given per category. Oh, and
> there's a couple of nice editions to last year's categories:
>
> audio editor: audacity
>
> audio player: mesk
>
> cd-ripper: sound-juicer
>
> desktop OR window manager: gnome, compiz
>
> DBMS: -
>
> development: moodevelop is the only IDE i've used
>
> disc burner: gnomebaker
>
> e-mail client: evolution
>
> file manager: nautilus
>
> finance: -
>
> ftp client: gftp
>
> games: freeciv
>
> image editor: gimp
>
> image viewer: gthumb
>
> instant messenger: emesene
>
> mathematics: gnome calculator
>
> misc utilities: jinzora
>
> p2p: deluge
>
> package manager: synaptic/aptitude
>
> pdf-reader: document viewer
>
> spreadsheet: open office
>
> tag editor: tagtool
>
> terminal emulator: gnome terminal
>
> text editor: gedit
>
> video player: totem/totem-xine
>
> web browser: epiphany
>
> word-processor: open office
>
> non-free: opera
>
>
>
> SPECIAL CATEGORIES
>
> anything unreleased and highly anticipated: not anything right now
>
> anything FLOSS deserving great honours (EG. Linux, GCC): i love tag tool, 
> mesk, and most of the default gnome apps.
>
> any organisation/community deserving great honours (EG. GNU, Debian):
>
> any FLOSS developer deserving great honours (max 5 at most, unless you 
> insist):


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Re: Vbox -vs- OpenVZ?

[Lachlan]

2008/11/14 Mark Allums <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Dennis Wicks wrote:
>>
>> Greetings;
>>
>> Just saw a mention of another interesting product; OpenVZ.
>>
>> Has anybody done any comparison between VBox and OpenVZ?
>>
>> Any opinions about which is better?

My vote is for vbox.

Virtualbox OSE has served me pretty well, i've run a couple of VM
boxes this year with 1-4 OS's running at a time for ages and had no
troubles.

Not sure about the proprietary version but the Open Source Edition has
kept getting better.

>> Many TIA!
>> Dennis
>>
>
> VirtualBox has been getting a lot of maintenance lately, which I regard as a
> Good Sign.  Don't know about openVZ.
>
> Mark Allums
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Re: xrandr Dual head screen different resolutions open source radeon driver

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2008/11/17 Mitchell Laks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 09:37 Mon 17 Nov , Bob wrote:
>> I'm running lenny and I have a 22" CRT @ 1600x1200 as my left screen and
>> a 24" widescreen LCD @ 1920x1200 as my right screen.
>>
>> When I boot up both screens come up at 1600x1200 and I have to run the
>> following command to fix them.
>> xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1600x1200_85  --pos 0x0 --output DVI-0
>> --mode 1920x1200_60 --pos 1600x0
>
>
> That is very cool. How did you figure out what to do? I am currently using 
> the nvidia proprietary drivers
> on my system with a 6600GT nvidia dual head dvi video card
> 1920x1200 on left and 1280x1024 on the right
>
> and i have been using the nvidia setup which leaves me with
> a total desktop of 3200x1200
> where I can't see the bottom of the right screen because it thinks it is 1200 
> high whereas it is only 1024 so it is off the screen.
>
> I wonder if the xrandr line can fix it?
>
> would it work with my xorg?

have you had any luck with a clean xorg.conf?

if you make a copy of your xorg.conf and run
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

that will clean up your conf file and after a restart the xserver will
choose the options for you.

i use the ati proprietary driver and regulary check the radeonhd
driver on my desktop and haven't had the same issues with a dual head
setup. it just worked without having to edit my xorg at all.

there is also an aticonfig --initial for the proprietary driver and
i'm sure nvidia must have something similar but i only have AMD and
Intel cards to test on.

> what would i use?
>
> Mitchell
>
>
>
> Section "Monitor"
>Identifier "Generic Monitor"
>HorizSync   30.0 - 65.0
>VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
>Option "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>Identifier "Default Screen"
>Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 GT]"
>Monitor"Generic Monitor"
>DefaultDepth24
>Option "TwinView" "true"
>Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
>Option "MetaModes" "1920x1200,1280x1024"
>Option "Coolbits" "1"
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth   1
>Modes  "1920x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>EndSubSection
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth   4
>Modes  "1920x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>EndSubSection
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth   8
>Modes  "1920x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>EndSubSection
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth   15
>Modes  "1920x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>EndSubSection
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth   16
>Modes  "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>EndSubSection
>SubSection "Display"
>Depth   24
>Modes  "1920x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>
>
>
>> here is my xorg.conf, I haven't tidied it up, there are a lot of things
>> commented out from my experimenting and from the evolution of the setup.
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
>>Driver  "kbd"
>>Option  "XkbRules"  "xorg"
>>Option  "XkbModel"  "pc104"
>>Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
>>Driver  "mouse"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Device"
>>Identifier  "Configured Video Device"
>>Driver  "ati"
>>#Driver  "radeonhd"
>>Option  "Monitor-VGA-0"  "L_CRT
>>Option  "Monitor-DVI-0"  "R_LCD"
>>#Option "DDCMode" "TRUE" #Force to use the modes queried from the
>> connected monitor. The default is off.
>>#Option "NoDDC" "TRUE" #Force ignore of DDC
>>#Option "IgnoreEDID" "TRUE" # Do not use EDID data for mode
>> validation, but DDC is still used for monitor detection.
>>#Option "PanelSize" "1360x768" #only use when driver cannot
>> detect correct LCD panel resolution, panels in funky sizes, will still
>> need modeline.
>>Option "EnablePageFlip" "TRUE" # page flipping for 3D accel,
>> increases performance but doesn't work in rare cases, hence default is
>> off.
>>Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" # Valid options are XAA and EXA, XAA
>> old, reliable & default, EXA newer faster
>>Option "FBTexPercent" "50" # with EXA 0 may be faster but may
>> cause probs, XAA no real efect, default 50
>>Option "DMAForXv" "TRUE" # Default on speed up playing video
>>#Option "DepthBits" "16" # 16 or 24, for 3D defaults to screen
>> depth but can force a 16 on 24bit screen to speed up
>>Option "SubPixelOrder" "RGB" # change pixcel order read up
>> default NONE for crt RGB for most digital pannels.
>>Option "DynamicClocks" "TRUE" # may save power, may slow 3

Re: [OT] less spam

[Lachlan]

2008/11/19 Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:02:11 +0200
> "Clifford W. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ...
>
>> If only they could use all that energy and time for doing good instead,
>> imagine how much better Debian/Linux would be if that energy was spent on bug
>> fixes instead of sending spam...
>
> Can't argue with that.

the only issue i can see is when new packages start coming in called
v1agr4 and ch34p-medz

>> Clifford W. Hansen
>
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Re: Question about Installing Lenny on a laptop

[Lachlan]

2009/6/18 Neal Hogan :
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Petrus Validus 
> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am installing Lenny on a Toshiba Tecra A8.  During the software
>> selection screen by default the options "Desktop Environment" "Laptop"
>> and "Standard System" are checked.
>>
>> Usually I just install the base and build from there (on desktops) but
>> since I'm on a laptop I'm wondering what tools and packages are part of
>> the "Laptop" selection?  Are they necessary they be installed with the
>> rest of the system or does it not matter?

the 'Laptop' option definetely won't hurt. i don't really see it as
needed in any way but you'll probably find something laptop specific
missing from a standard install.

> Of course, the appropriate response is, "it depends."  It depends on
> what you want. Are "they" "necessary" for what?  Also, I'm sure that
> there is documentation about the diff that you surely don't need
> pointing to (mmm. . . debian.org).
>
> I suspect that your "laptop" is as capable as your "desktop." That is,
> the diff between the two is not enough to worry about the diff between
> a standard (desktop) install and a laptop install. Many laptops are
> "desktops" now-a-days. All I have are laptops. . . So, without more
> info about what you have the less help anyone can provide.
>
> One thing that I find odd is the reluctancy of folks to try a FREE OS.
> If you have space, try it out! There is no loss (i.e., partition your
> M$ box and try).
>
> 

of course those subscribed to debian-user will never risk using free software...

>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
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Open-iscsi on a Etch DVC server

[Lachlan]

open-iscsi version
2.0.730-etch1

DVC (etch server)
http://www.commandsystems.com.au/?q=node/27

~# uname -a
Linux dvc master 2.6.26-bpo.1-686-bigmem #` SMP Tue Sep 2 18:42:50 UTC 2008 i686

SAN (hitachi sms 100)
http://www.hds.com/products/storage-systems/simple-modular-storage.html

i've been following this guide
http://www.hitachi-storage.com/content/iscsi-initiator-configuration-linux

Hey,
I've got a server at work running Etch with what looks to be a custom kernel,
It's running low on space and we have a hitachi sms 100 ISCSI san that
had a 1.0terabyte partition waiting for it to use without security
(CHAP).

i'm skipping step one because there is no authentication

dvc-master:~# iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p 192.168.1.81
192.168.1.81:3260,1 iqn.1994-04.jp.co.hitachi:rsd.d8a.t.10228.0a002

dvc-master:~# /etc/init.d/open-iscsi restart
Disconnecting iSCSI targets:.
Stopping iSCSI initiator service:.
Starting iSCSI initiator service: iscsid.
Setting up iSCSI targets:

it hangs here and hasn't changed.

dvc-master:~# tail -f /var/log/messages
Jun 19 12:53:19 dvc-master -- MARK --
Jun 19 13:13:19 dvc-master -- MARK --
Jun 19 13:33:19 dvc-master -- MARK --
Jun 19 13:53:19 dvc-master -- MARK --
Jun 19 14:13:19 dvc-master -- MARK --
Jun 19 14:33:19 dvc-master -- MARK --
Jun 19 14:46:43 dvc-master kernel: [1463141.787051] Loading iSCSI
transport class v2.0-869.
Jun 19 14:46:43 dvc-master kernel: [1463141.817217] iscsi: registered
transport (tcp)
Jun 19 14:46:43 dvc-master kernel: [1463141.876020] iscsi: registered
transport (iser)
Jun 19 14:46:43 dvc-master kernel: [1463142.218527] scsi4 : iSCSI
Initiator over TCP/IP


has anyone had any luck with open-iscsi? or is this version
incompatible with this kernel?
the lenny version requires an libc6 update and i'd be pretty worried
that upgrading that would destroy the dvc box, something i can't
really afford to do. i'm also not 100% whether this version of iscsi
supports the DVC kernel which may not help.


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Re: Graphical Interface Crashes

[Lachlan]

2009/6/23 Andreas Juch :
> Am Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:06:11 -0500
> schrieb Curtis Tyndall :
>
>> I have recently installed Debian 5.01 Lenny on my machine.  I used a
>> network mirror during the installation.  However, during the initial
>> boot after the installation, my graphical interface always crashes
>> right before the login screen.  I have tried GDM, KDM and XDM for the
>> interfaces, and all of them do the same thing.  Howerver, a friend of
>> mine uses the exact same motherboard and processor, but a different
>> ATI video card, he can do a full install with absolutely no problems.

i had a lot of trouble in lenny with my HD3870 especially if i didn't
use the proprietary driver (google ati linux driver if you don't have
it)

boot into single user mode and set your xorg to use the vesa driver.
that way you can use your desktop and then look at whether
fglrx/radeon/radeonhd will work with your card.

the fglrx driver that worked best for me was 8.6 on lenny. (google
should help getting older drivers.)

if a driver has been set in xorg.conf you can also comment it out and
see if the xseerver will pick the correct driver, i can't remember if
x was very good at that with lenny.

>> My system specs are:
>>
>> Intel Quad-Core Q6700
>> 4 GB Ram
>> VisionTek Radeon HD2600 XT
>> Asus P5N-D Motherboard
>>
>> However, if I do just a basic install (no Desktop selected), and
>> manually install xserver-xorg-core, kdm and XFCE.  Everything works
>> like a charm.  I would just prefer to not have to manually add all
>> the programs that I want to use, since I am fairly new to Debian.
>>
>> On a second note,  my home computer when I do a full desktop install
>> and when I do the reboot after the installation, as soon as the
>> graphical interface wants to load, I keep getting a "Input Not
>> Supported" on my screen.  This happens when I use either the onboard
>> video or a seperate video card.  When I do a manually install as
>> stated above (xorg, kdm, xfce), I can change the screen resolution to
>> 1440x900 @ 75 hz.  However, the sync rate is 15 to high (monitor is
>> rated at 60 hz for sync).  My home specs are:
>
> The monitor seems to be reporting the wrong parameters via DPMS. I
> googled and found this:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup/browse_thread/thread/4064612fda01838b
>
> 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg' should ask for the resolution and sync
> rates.
>
>> AMD Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition
>> Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-UD2H w/Radeon HD3200 video
>> 4 GB Ram
>> BFG nVidia 9400GT OC
>> Acer x193w monitor (1440x900 @ 60hz)
>>
>> Any help on either of these issues would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Andreas
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Re: Dropbox in Lenny 64bit

[Lachlan]

2009/6/23 Kelly Harding :
>>
>>
>> Tried the Ubuntu package without success.(Dependency error) Also tried the
>> source package but no luck either.
>> Got as far as sudo make install. but said i was not in the sudoers file?
>> Jeff
>>

as root you can add your username to /etc/sudoers to enable sudo commands
or you can try su

> Debian by default as far as I recall doens't come with sudo set up, whereas
> Ubuntu uses it instead of a root account. Hence the error in the Ubuntu
> package.
>
> I've not tried Dropbox on Debian (use it for server only), but under Ubuntu
> 9.04 it works fine (as long as you initially run it with sudo to let it set
> up what it needs).
>
> Kelly
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SOLVED: update to xserver-xorg-core (2:1.6.1.901-3) killed performance

[Lachlan]

>been running what was fairly stable sid system but once i log in to
>gnome it comes to a screeching halt, with slow redraw and pretty much
>slow everything else graphically.the xorg-core package was updated
>this morning and started causing problems immediately after restarting
>
>Sid/Squeeze
>2.6.30
>intel driver with uxa enabled (2:2.7.1-1))

disabled UXA and it's okay again, looks like UXA (which was running
pretty well till today) is the culprit.

>xserver-xorg-core (2:1.6.1.901-3)
>
>anyone else having troubles with this update?


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Re: X performance issues

[Lachlan]

2009/6/27 Sridhar M.A. :
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 02:27:45PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
>   >
>   > Lachlan reported a similar problem here earlier.  Solved by disabling
>   > UXA.
>   >
> No luck here. problem persists :-(
>

can you send me your xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log so i can
compare yours to mine?
i'll do some more testing with UXA on/off but that's what fixed it for
me right up.

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Re: X performance issues

[Lachlan]

2009/6/27 Sridhar M.A. :
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:38:20AM +1000, Lachlan wrote:
>   >
>   > can you send me your xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log so i can
>   > compare yours to mine?
>   > i'll do some more testing with UXA on/off but that's what fixed it for
>   > me right up.
>   >
> Attaching them.

if you're using compiz i'd edit out the composite "enable" section and try that

BUT

the big thing i see thing i see is that even with the uxa line
commented out your xserver still enables it on your system
"(--) intel(0): Using UXA for acceleration"

add the line
Option   "AccelMethod"   "exa"
to your xorg.conf and see if it changes back to exa acceleration

it looks like UXA may still be the culprit.

> I also noticed that DontZap has no effect. Setting it to either Off or
> False, I still cannot kill the X using Ctrl-Alt-BS.

same here but i never bothered to look at that yet, my xserver has
been a little quirky this week.

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logfiles for shutdown (gdm restarts after starting shutdown)

[Lachlan]

when i click on shutdown on my sid system it starts to shutdown and
then GDM will restart with the logon screen so i have to shutdown
again.

this only happens when i run shutdown from the menu and not from
pressing the power button.

is there a shutdown log i can check? it's a really weird behaviour.


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Re: Nautilus default view is...bad.

[Lachlan]

>
> Can someone remind me how I get Nautilus to behave like a normal file manager?
> You know, one that is useful, with a side pane and a toolbar and actual
> navigation buttons?
>

Edit -> Preferences -> Behaviour -> Always open in browser windows


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Re: Nautilus default view is...bad.

[Lachlan]

>> Edit -> Preferences -> Behaviour -> Always open in browser windows
>
> I swear, that option was not there when I checked a few minutes ago. It just
> magically appeared now!
>
> Honest... ;)
>
> Thanks!

you can also get there from the command line
nautilus-file-management-properties

and gconf has a setting as well
/apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser

It's probably the easiest thing to forget because you'll set it once
and forget about it by the time you install again.


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Re: Looking for Tyler MacDonald .

[Lachlan]

> I see that he posted on here on May 14, 2009 despite
> refusing to respond to my efforts at communication for the past year.
> If anyone knows how to put him in contact with me please do. I'm a
> paying customer and require help.

something tells me you won't be getting very much help if you have to
ask a mailing list who's topic is not private investigation..
debian-user is not your private army... or something.

> Thanks,
> Michael McGlothlin


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slink archive?

[Lachlan Patrick]

Is slink archived anywhere? A year ago I installed slink on
my venerable 486/8MB system and it worked like a charm.
Now, slink is apparently gone from the net, so if I just
want to install a few packages for my 2.0.38 kernal, how
do I do it? I'm a big fan of the "if it ain't broke don't
fix it" philosophy, and since my slink installation has
been so stable over the past year, I just want to add a
couple of packages to it without upgrading the kernel.
If I download the potato versions of these packages, dpkg
says "wrong version, buddy". Surely slink still exists
somewhere on the net??

Questions about Debian

[Lachlan Robinson]

To whom it may concern,
I am considering using Debian on my computer, but I have a question, is 
Debian a GUI (Graphical User Interface)?  I have installed and are using the 
'basic' installation (from the 7 1.44 meg images), and it resembles an 
x-term or DOS environment, and I was wondering (before I download the rest) 
if the rest of the package has some GUI features.

Thankyou for your time!
Lachlan Robinson.
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Installation: esd and latex?

[Lachlan Patrick]

Hello,

I've been installing a Debian 3.1r1 system, burning CDs
as necessary. So far I've only used CD 1 and 2 from the set.
I'm fairly new to Debian 3.1, and I've some questions,
and general feedback about the installation process.

NB: I had some trouble getting sound to work on my
Soundblaster Vibra 128 sound card under kernel 2.4.27.
When I switched to the alternative kernel 2.6.8 which is
also on CD 1 of the set, sound now works (well, artsplay).
For some reason the loaded module is es1371, not sb.

NB: I've read that neither esd nor arts are being maintained.
Q: If that's correct, is there something I should get instead?

NB: XMMS freezes when it tries to play a song.
Q: I just want to queue and play MP3s while I work. I read
   about alsaplayer, but couldn't find it on CD 1 or 2.
   Which, if any, CD is it on? Or is there something better?

NB: CD disk 1 had almost all the software I use daily (great!)
One exception is LaTeX (to make PDF doco).
Q: Which, if any, CD is LaTeX on? Its dependencies?

NB: I haven't installed my printer yet. OOo seems to only
list Postscript printers (but I could be wrong).
Q: Basically 'lpr' doesn't work, and being a total newbie
   on printing under Linux I'm just looking for info?
   (My printer directly connects to the PC, no network.)
   Which CDs have HP drivers?

NB: I used the normal XFree86 installation, but it
produced a default login screen with some weird
resolution like 416 pixels by 380 pixels.
I had to hack /etc/X11R6/XFree86Config-4 to get
it to use my Cirrus card at 800x600. Yet still
it scatters 'grey static' rectangles across the
login screen just before the login window appears.
Anyway, it works now apart from that static.
Q: Is there some better way of getting X to detect my
   graphics card or tweak the settings apart from
   hacking the config file?

NB: I was very impressed with the clear Gnome setup.
It feels coherent. (Haven't tried KDE much yet.)
Q: Is there a way to randomly in real-time change the
   background picture? I used to use "xv -root" under
   FVWM2, but this method can only initialise the
   picture used by Gnome, not change it while Gnome
   is running (Gnome seems to cache the picture data).

NB: I have no ISP at home, and no DVD drive on the PC,
so all installation must be done via CD.


My general question is: how do I find modules on the CD set,
if I want to burn-as-needed? Is there a CD directory
listing somewhere on the net, or, better yet, a look-up
form somewhere which will tell me "if you want to install
package BLAH, you need CD 5 and also CDs 1 and 2 for all
the dependencies"? (I worked out how to add CDs to the
apt database after reading some man pages.)

Overall I found the installer pleasantly helpful and most
things just worked first time.

Loki


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How to find software?

[Lachlan Patrick]

Hi,

I'm looking for LaTeX or alsaplayer.
Anyone have any idea which Debian 3.1r1 CD
these packages might be on?

Loki


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Re: How to find software?

[Lachlan Patrick]

Lachlan Patrick wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking for LaTeX or alsaplayer.
> Anyone have any idea which Debian 3.1r1 CD
> these packages might be on?
> 
> Loki
> 

Thanks to all who replied.

One other question: is there an up-to-date
Printing How-To somewhere? I need to get my
HP non-postscript inkjet working.


FYI: I sent an email a week or two ago to this
list which was somewhat wordy but did explain
that I need CDs specifically. But I got no
replies, probably because it was too wordy, so
I decided next time to send a much shorter,
more direct set of questions. Sorry for the
lack of context that time around!

For those curious about why I need CDs...
here's the wordy explanation.

My Debian machine is at home. It's not on the net,
so I needed to install from CD. I'm typing this
email from my work PC, which I can't mess with,
so I don't have Debian installed on it, so I can't
directly use aptitude to download packages.

I'm not a Debian guru; I just prefer the environ-
ment to Windows. In my spare time, I've written a
novel on it, using vi, LaTeX, ps2pdf (and python).
But much of my hardware didn't work, e.g. I wanted
to use the CD-drive to do scheduled backups, and
to be able to print, but I was using an ancient
version of Debian which didn't have all the
drivers or kernel modules. So I was stuck with
a dual-boot Windows solution, which was not
ideal. I'd rather not need to boot into Windows
ever! I decided to freshly install a more recent
version of Debian.

So, I downloaded ISO images, and just created
the first 2 Debian CDs. This proved to be more
than adequate to install a functional base
desktop system in under 2GB of disk, but a few
things were still missing. I didn't want to
create all of the other 12 CDs just to get a few
packages, so I thought I'd ask what CDs they
are on. Although I can use the web at work to
discover package dependencies, I didn't know
how to discover which CDs those packages are on.

In my case, the answer seems to be disk 3, and
the link http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#search
lets you search for specific files. So I now have
a two stage process I can use to find all the
dependencies, then find the CDs they are on.
(Since my PC's apt database only knows about the
first two CDs which it has been exposed to, it
had no way of telling me to insert CD 3 when I
want LaTeX. Indeed, there was no way inside
aptitude to select LaTeX... it's not listed yet.)
I didn't know this online search facility existed,
so I think that will solve my problems.

Thank you to one and all, and I hope this has
satisfied any curiosity.

Loki


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Driver compilation question?

[Lachlan Patrick]

I want to get some devices working, but it seems I need to compile the
drivers for these particular devices.

Q: Is there somewhere that keeps compiled drivers for various versions
of the [Debian] kernel to save users from having to download all that
source code and fiddle around?

The drivers are:
- QuickCam Messenger USB (qc-usb 0.6.4 might work, AFAIK, but needs
kernel source to compile against!)
- S3 Unichrome Via (seems to need complete X-Windows source code tree to
compile against!)
- I'm using Debian 3.1r1 with kernel 2.6.8 (but could downgrade to the
other supplied kernel 2.4.27 if necessary)

Loki


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