Re: Search Algorithm
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:52:22 -0800 (PST) Sergio Basurto Juarez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To find a key k in an array v with indexes from 0 to n-1, begin with x0 = 0, x1 = n-1, and i = 1. Compute the next position with xi+1 = xi - (v[xi]-k) * (xi - xi-1)/(v[xi] - v[xi-1]). If this lies outside the range, a different method (e.g., midpoint of the range) must be used to get the next position. Numerical Recipies has several methods. Depending on the distribution of your data some of these methods may prove to be faster (section 9.2 and 9.3) http://www.library.cornell.edu/nr/bookcpdf.html Please read their license. If I remember correctly you are only allowed to use their code if you mention where you found it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 'rpm --freshen': dpkg Equivalent?
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 11:05:01 -0500 Kenneth Jacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How can I use 'dpkg' to install a new .deb, but *only* if the package is already on a machine? With RPM, you can use the freshen option (-F or --freshen). But how with 'dpkg'? In other words: o If the package is already installed, then update it o If the package is not installed, do nothing (do *not* install it) You may succeed with one of the following two suggestions (change syntax of if according to shell) if (dpkg -l package-name | grep -c ii ) apt-get install package-name; if (dpkg -l package-name | grep -c ii ) dpkg -i ./package.deb; But I still don't understand why you wish to do all this. In most cases it is easier to upgrade all packages at once: apt-get update apt-get upgrade Good luck Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xemacs latex
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:31:50 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Under xemacs 21 it is possible to compile a latex file by issuing the command 'C-c C-r'. Unfortunately this runs the plain 'latex' command whilst I'd like to run 'pdflatex' (and also ConTeXt via texexec). How could I reach this result? The following (untested) code may work for you. The idea is to define a hook that adds extra options to the tex-commandlist, and assigns pdflatex as the default compile option. If it works then you will be able to do stuff like C-c C-c enter (defun my-tex-mode-hook () (interactive) (add-to-list 'TeX-command-list (list pdflatex pdflatex %t 'TeX-run-LaTeX nil t)) (add-to-list 'TeX-command-list (list pdfview acroread %s.pdf 'TeX-run-background nil nil)) (setq TeX-command-default 'pdflatex) ) (add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook 'my-tex-mode-hook) This will enable you to -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is an xcf sourcecode? (according to GPL)
Dear gurus :) Suppose I use gimp to create graphics for a GPL'ed program. First I use gimp to create a layered xcf-files of the graphics, and then I use gimp to manually flatten the layers of the xcf files to create jpg's for the game. Of course I keep the original xcf-files on my harddisk to be able to correct spelling mistakes. Do the xcf-files count as sourcecode? (according to the GPL) Should Debian ideally offer free download of xcf-files corresponding a large percentage of the graphics in the distribution? Where can I read more about this? Thanks in advance Niels PS: GPL definition of sourcecode http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is an xcf sourcecode? (according to GPL)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niels L. Ellegaard) writes: Do the xcf-files count as sourcecode? (according to the GPL) I just noted that this question is currently being discussed at debian-legal. Sorry about the noise :) Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gdb + xfree86 (Cannot upgrade xfree to sarge)
Is it possible to start xfree within gdb and get a backtrace? The problem is that if I try try `gdb Xfree86`, and my XFree86 crashes, then my screen locks, and I dont get to see the backtrace. OK here is the long story.. A year ago I filed a bug #204603 that I cannot upgrade XFree86 from Woody to Sarge. I still have this problem, and I am unable to use XFree86 with Sarge. When I try to start Xfree86 in Sarge I get a signal 11 crash with no further explanation. See Bug #204603 for log-files, search google for `gnalle debian XFree86` for a little more info (I cannot paste the links from emacs-w3 ). Last year I solved my problem by downgrading xserver-xfree86 to woody, and placing a line in my /etc/apt/preferences. This worked fine. Today I tried upgrading to Sarge again, and it still doesn`t work, but now I have the extra problem that I cannot downgrade again. The problem is that dkpg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86/stable requires a special version of discover, so I starting from a Sarge distribution it is no longer possible to downgrade xserver-xfree86 to woody. (I forgot to write down the exact eror message) In conclusion I am left with a system with no xserver. XFree86 doesn`t start in Sarge and I cannot downgrade. As a final attempt before reinstall I would like to start xfree86 in gdb, and see if I can construct a backtrace. Perhaps this can give a hint of the source of the problem. So returning to my original question. Is it possible to start XFree86 in gdb and get a backtrace? Thanks in advance Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gdb + xfree86 (Cannot upgrade xfree to sarge)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niels L. Ellegaard) writes: In conclusion I am left with a system with no xserver. XFree86 doesn`t start in Sarge and I cannot downgrade. As a final attempt before reinstall I would like to start xfree86 in gdb, and see if I can construct a backtrace. Perhaps this can give a hint of the source of the problem. A small update. I recreated my old XF86Config file, so XFree86 4.0 works again, but I would still like debug XFree86 4.3 to find the source of the crash. I don't like the idea of ending up running an x-server that is older than stable :) Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synchronizing between Windows and Linux: character encoding problem
Debian Users [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello there! I am trying to synchronize files between a laptop running either Windows XP or Debian and a Debian file server. I have tried rsync and unison on the Linux install of the laptop and rsync (under Cygwin) on the Windows install, but both were unable to transfer files with special characters (here: German umlauts) correctly. I don't know if the following is helpful, but there was a related message in the unison yahoo group (I found it on google). http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unison-users/message/2616 On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 02:49:09PM +0100, Nuno Ferreira wrote: I'm trying to synchronize from windows 2000 to linux and I have problems with non-ascii characters in filenames. [...] It appears that the filenames are using utf8 on the linux side and iso8859-15 or similar on the windows side and no conversion is made. Is there a way to fix it in unison? Is it a bug? Windows provides two API for manipulating files: a 8-bit API where filenames are encoded in the current locale and a 16-bit API where filenames are encoded in Unicode (UTF-16). At the moment, Unison uses the 8-bit API, as this is what is provided by Ocaml under Windows. I think we should eventually switch to the Unicode API (or maybe allow to choose between the two APIs). However, this is a significant amount of work, and none of the Unison developpers are using Windows... -- Jerome -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is Linux Unix?
John L Fjellstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a semantic difference between being like something or a clone of something, and being that thing in the English language? I'm just thinking of the statement, GNU's Not Unix. Does that mean that GNU/Linux is a OS with unix like functionality, kinda like Windows with Service For Unix, or OS/2 with its POSIX layer, or is GNU/Linux an unix. Kinda like, Kleenex is both a brand of tissue and the generic name for tissues. Is the same true for unix? The name Unix is registered trademark in the US and probably also in many other countries. This means that it is not automatically legal to refer to an operative system as a Unix while trying to sell it in the US. This trademark is the reason why the term Unix is not used to describe Linux distributions. I believe that Linux is as similar to the average Unix system, as the average Unix system is similar to other Unix systems. Niels PS: I hope to be corrected if I have misunderstood. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unofficial binary Debian packages considered insecure?
I have been looking at a few of the the sites that offer unofficial debian packages, and I am somewhat confused about the security issues. I am not a great Linux guru, so I wonder how easy it would be to hide a rootkit in a binary package and submit it to apt-get.org or backports.org. Is this a serious risk or am I just being paranoid? Thanks in advance Niels PS: I realize that I can often use to apt-source, but I like plug-and-play :) -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian downgrade from unstable to testing
Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't have this manual 5 apt_preferences installed. When I create the preferences file name, I get: E: Invalid record in preferences file... My guess is that you have to create the file /etc/apt/preferences, but I don't know much about knoppix. Anyway here is a link to a relevant page in apt-howto. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-default-version If you get an error named invalid record then you may have made a typing error in the file. Niels PS: Most people will prefer if you write your message below the citations from the parent post. -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
modprobe nvidia gives no version for struct_module found: kernel tainted
I have some problems installing nvidia. i woudl be grateful for any help I am using the vanilla kernel 2.6.5-1-386 Sarge. I installed nvidia following the very nice instructions in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian However when I try to modprobe nvidia I get the following error message: nissefisken# modprobe struct_module FATAL: Module struct_module not found. nissefisken# modprobe struct-module FATAL: Module struct_module not foun nissefisken# lsmod | grep nvidia nvidia 2068648 0 nissefisken# dmesg [snip] nvidia: no version for struct_module found: kernel tainted. nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. 0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-5336 Wed Jan 14 18:29:26 PST 2004 If I try to start X with the nvidia module my GLX is not initialized: (II) Loading sub module ISO8859_1 (II) LoadModule: ISO8859_1 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/codeconv/libISO8859_1.a (II) Module ISO8859_1: vendor=X-TrueType Server Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.3.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2 (II) UnloadSubModule: ISO8859_1 (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/codeconv/libISO8859_1.a (WW) Cannot open APM (II) NV(0): WC region has to be split (0xc000,0x3e8) (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc000,0x200) (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc200,0x100) (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc300,0x80) (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc380,0x40) (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc3c0,0x20) (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc3e0,0x8) (**) NV(0): DPMS enabled (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (NVIDIA XFree86 driver not found) nissefisken# dpkg -l initscripts udev xserver-xfree86 +++-=-= ii initscripts 2.85-15 ii udev 0.024-7 ii xserver-xfree86 4.1.0-16woody3 I would be most graful for any hints. Thanks in advance Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: modprobe nvidia gives no version for struct_module found: kernel tainted
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niels L. Ellegaard) writes: nvidia: no version for struct_module found: kernel tainted. nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. 0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-5336 Wed Jan 14 18:29:26 PST 2004 Oops. The bug has been reported. Sorry for the noise on the list http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=248451 -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question about installing nvidia driver (no version for struct_module)
LeVA [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I've compiled my 2.6.5 kernel, and installed the nvidia drivers, it was ok. But after the make clean in /usr/src/linux (symlink to linux-2.6.5) the installer didn't work. And that was because it couldn't find the version file, which contains the kernel source's version, which exists in the 2.4* kernel's sources by default, but with 2.6* kernel, you must make the kernel to create that version file. You story sounds like bug #242163. There are a few workarounds: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=242163 http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/troubleshooting.html I also have some nvidia trouble. Perhaps someone can help me I am trying to configure my nvidia card (Sarge + 2.6.5 vanilla kernel). I followed the standard procedure from /usr/share/doc/nvidia-source. XFree86 works with the nvidia driver, but I don't get any glx-display. (II) Loading sub module ISO8859_1 (II) LoadModule: ISO8859_1 (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/codeconv/libISO8859_1.a (II) Module ISO8859_1: vendor=X-TrueType Server Project compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.3.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2 (II) UnloadSubModule: ISO8859_1 (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/codeconv/libISO8859_1.a (WW) Cannot open APM (II) NV(0): WC region has to be split (0xc000,0x3e8) (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc000,0x200) (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc200,0x100) (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc300,0x80) (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc380,0x40) (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc3c0,0x20) (==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xc3e0,0x8) (**) NV(0): DPMS enabled (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (NVIDIA XFree86 driver not found) [gnalle_~]% bzflag Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0. Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0. Xlib: extension GLX missing on display :0.0. Can't create window. Exiting. In my /var/log/syslog this produces the following lines May 16 16:43:23 nissefisken kernel: nvidia: no version for struct_module found: kernel tainted. May 16 16:43:23 nissefisken kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. May 16 16:43:23 nissefisken kernel: 0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-5336 Wed Jan 14 18:29:26 PST 2004 May 16 16:43:23 nissefisken udev[12367]: creating device node '/dev/nvidia0' May 16 16:43:23 nissefisken udev[12366]: creating device node '/dev/nvidiactl' If I start start x with the nv driver, and then modprobe nvidia afterwards, then I get the same three lines nvidia: no version for struct_module found: kernel tainted. nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. 0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-5336 However now the nvidia module is loaded: nissefisken# lsmod | grep nvidia nvidia 2068648 0 What is struct_module. Is struct_module the reason why my nvidia does not work for me? Log files (These correspond to using xfree with the nv-driver) http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/boot http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/syslog.0 nissefisken# dpkg -l kernel-image-2.6.5-1-386 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==-==- ii kernel-image-2.6.5-1-386 2.6.5-4 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.5 on 386. nissefisken# uname -r 2.6.5-1-386 I did a bit of googling and I found a person who reported a somewhat similar error on debian-boot: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=enlr=ie=UTF-8selm=1OiKz-8is-33%40gated-at.bofh.itrnum=1 Sonmeone posted that he got the following error fglrx: no version for struct_module found: kernel tainted. fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel. [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 431 MBytes. [fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 3.7.6 [Mar 5 2004] on minor 0 I would be grateful for any hints and enlightening flames :) Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrade to Sarge kills X
cr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The upgrade asked me a number of questions about my monitor and video card, some of which I probably got wrong, but it made no visible difference as my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is completely unchanged. During the upgrade you are asked a set of questions about the system. Ideally the answers to these questions should result in a new XF86Config-4. So ideally you should never be forced to edit your XF86Config-4 yourselves. If you wish to change the settings of your x-server, you can write the following dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 If you edit your XF86Config-4 yourselves after the update, then you have to do a bit of work to force dpkg-reconfigure to take control of XF86Config-4 again. The following header explains it nicely. # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86 # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands as root: # # cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom # md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 Now you can use dpkg-reconfigure to create an XF86Config-4 that is taylored for the version of xfree86 that comes with Sarge. Perhaps this will help. (Remember not to delete the old version XF86Config-4 :) I tried looking at /var/log/XFree86.0.log, but couldn't see anything with an EE (error) against it, and only one WW (warning) - Cannot open APM - which I've got in Woody anyway. Well actually I had a somewhat similar problem myself (Bug Bug#204603). When I use Xserver-4.2 I get a signal 11 with no further intelligible error messages. If your log looks somewhat like mine, then you are doomed :) If they look different, then you should perhaps post the entire log http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2003/debian-x-200308/msg00177.html http://groups.google.dk/groups?th=9ac4ac009ab6e231 Regards cr (back in Woody) Personally I got a nice system by using xserver-xfree86 from woody, and everything else from Sarge. This is not perfect, but at least it seems to work. It was easy to achieve this by editing my /etc/apt/preferences. (See APT-HOWTO). I have something like this: Package: xserver-xfree86 Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 800 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 600 Good luck Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a complete log to the bootup messages?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does dmesg holds the complete log of the bootup messages? If not, is there any way for me to retrieve and view the complete log of the bootup messages? There is daemon called bootlogd which creates a bootlog-file named /var/log/boot. The bootlogd is part of the package sysvinit http://packages.debian.org/stable/base/sysvinit The standard behavior of the bootlogd is to be turned off, so in order to get the log file you have to edit the file /etc/default/bootlogd, to set BOOTLOGD_ENABLE equal to yes. BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=yes According to random pages on google you may have to install initscripts or module-init-tools. http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=78679 Niels PS: I never understood why is bootlogd turned of by default. In case some big guru is reading this, I would be grateful for a pointer to an explanation. :) -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get in a webbrowser
Pedro M. (Morphix User) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Good idea . One can create plug-in s for Mozilla to run Synaptic from Mozilla. I found this one, but I am not sure if it solves your problem: http://packages.debian.org/stable/doc/dpkg-www http://olympus.het.brown.edu/cgi-bin/man2html?dpkg-www+8 Also I am not sure if it works well with xsu or similar. Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dm-linear: Device lookup failed (uname -r = 2.6.3-1-386)
I am using Sarge on a x86 (amd) and the 2.6.3-1-386 kernel. When I boot my kernel I get some errors like this (copied from dmesg) device-mapper: 4.0.0-ioctl (2003-06-04) initialised: [EMAIL PROTECTED] device-mapper: dm-linear: Device lookup failed device-mapper: error adding target to table device-mapper: dm-linear: Device lookup failed device-mapper: error adding target to table Should I worry about this? Can I provide useful data material? According to google this is an serious error. Someone got the following answer on the Linux-lwm list: This is a serious error, it means that device mapper was asked to instance a linear mapping across a non-existent device. Could you turn on verbose logging in the LVM2 tools, and try and find out which LV is failing to activate please ? https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2004-March/msg00042.html However I guess that there is no easy route to lvm2 from me (whatever lvm2 is :) Though LVM2 is currently stable, it is not yet recommended for production use. It is backwards-compatible with LVM1 (lvm10), and requires Linux kernel 2.4. http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/lvm2 Thanks in advance for any hints Niels PS: At the moment my alsa, and bootlogd do not work. Furthermore I cannot use any xfree-xserver with a higher that is newer than the one from stable. But all these problems are probably unrelated to the kernel messages, and rather a sign that I have messed up something else :) -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Goodbye stable?
Wolfgang Jeltsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Were the gaps between releases ever so large as the gap between woody and sarge? Wikipedia says that the distance between Potato and Woody was somewhat similar: 3.1* -- sarge, expected in 2004 3.0 -- woody, July 19th, 2002 2.2 -- potato, August 15th, 2000 2.1 -- slink, March 9th, 1999 2.0 -- hamm, July 24th, 1998 1.3 -- bo, June 2nd, 1997 1.2 -- rex, 1996 1.1 -- buzz, 1996 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: x-crash (please decipher my log file)
hugo vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, I think it is a bug. No (EE) and just segfault!? So what I would do is use the Nvidia closed-source driver. I always use it and always have good results. Thanks you for your advice. I don't think I will follow it though :) A few months ago I upgraded my kernel to 2.6.3. At this point my nvidia driver stopped working (with Xfre86). However I was able to make Xfree86 work with the nv driver. I think that I would prefer not to start testing the nvidia before my X-server stops crashing. This way I can limit the number of sources of error. Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: x-crash (please decipher my log file)
Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes (I rearranged the citations a bit) Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting I don't recall if this error number occurs with other non-X-related errors, so I'll ask the question: Are you sure it's X that is dying and not the failure of X to find a window manager/client which causes X to die? I have fixed the resfresh and the mouse problems. If I start XFree86 directly as root, and I also get the same signal 11. startx gives me the same signal 11, but I also get XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :0:0 after 0 requests (0 known processes) with 0 events remaining When I run kdm, then following is put in my /var/log/syslog. I believe that the important line is Server terminated unexpectedly Mar 26 10:13:25 nissefisken kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0). Mar 26 10:13:25 nissefisken kernel: atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It shouldn't access hardware directly. Mar 26 10:13:25 nissefisken kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0). Mar 26 10:13:25 nissefisken kernel: atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It shouldn't access hardware directly. Mar 26 10:13:27 nissefisken kdm[4426]: IO Error in XOpenDisplay Mar 26 10:13:27 nissefisken kdm[4424]: Server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly Mar 26 10:13:27 nissefisken kdm[4424]: Display :0 cannot be opened Here is the log: (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] rev 178, Mem @ 0xce00/24, 0xc000/27, BIOS My first suspicion is that the new version of X has changed in its support for your nVidia chipset. I haven't found anything, but perhaps the reason is my lack of control of Lynx :) My second suspicion is that in your old system you had a third-party (directly from nVidia?) driver which was wiped out with this upgrade, and you'll need to go back to nVidia to get their driver. A few month ago I was using the third party nvidia driver debian package. However I failed to make it work with the Kernel 2.6.3, so I removed it. Since then I have been using XFree86 4.0 with the standard nv-driver. I tried using gdb to debug my XFree86, but when I try this, XFree86 freezes with a black screen and I have to reboot (I have only one computer). I tried doing sleep 60 killall -9 XFree86 in one terminal and gdb XFree86 in another termial, but this was not enough. Is there a tricky way of creating a backtrace of XFree86? Would such a backtrace be useful? I can send send all the output, but I am slightly afraid of flooding. Do Debian gurus use dial-up? :) Thanks for the help Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: x-crash (please decipher my log file)
Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: I removed the part about the generic mouse because I got a complaint that I did not have the device /dev/input/mice (I don't know how to create it... I make a symbolic link, and it get's deleted) I believe this device node is automagically created when a USB mouse is inserted. Alternatively, you might try switching to the /dev directory and running ./MAKEDEV mouse or maybe even just ./MAKEDEV. (This is from hazy understanding, so you might want to do some research along these lines.) Hmm.. I don't own an USB mouse, so I guess that I should not have a device named /dev/input/mice. Perhaps my problem is caused by the fact that I don't know how to force dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 to avoid creating a reference to a generic USB-mouse. Anyways.. This is not a big issue for me. I can just edit my XF86Config-4 by hand, and change the md5sums afterwards. Thanks for the help Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gdm-greeter doesn't disable itself if xfree86 fails.
At the moment I have trouble starting my xserver. When it fails I get a nice window with the log file, and afterwards I get a message that tells me that gdm will disable itself. It tells me to restart gdm after reconfiguring xfree86 in a better way. However when I press OK, nothing happens. The gdm process does not kill itself, and I have to killall -9 gdm before restarting gdm. I would like to change this behavior, because it looks like it may take a while before my X will work again. Is there an easy way to fix this? (or should I file a bug report). Which files should I examine to find out? I am using Sarge, and I recently upgraded from xfree86 4.0 to xfree86 4.3 thanks in advance Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Rewriting XF86Config-4 with dpkg-reconfigure
hugo vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you make changes to XF86Config-4 then dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 refuses to touch it. How can one change that behavior? I want him to rewrite the file. The following text is put in the preambles of an automatically generated XFConfig-4 files. I think that I can help you :) Niels # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86 # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands as root: # # cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom # md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
x-crash (please decipher my log file)
32 256x256 slots 16 512x512 slots (==) NV(0): Backing store disabled (==) NV(0): Silken mouse enabled (**) Option dpms (**) NV(0): DPMS enabled (==) RandR enabled (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD (II) Initializing built-in extension LBX (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR (II) Keyboard Generic Keyboard handled by legacy driver (**) Option Protocol Microsoft (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: Microsoft (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option Device /dev/ttyS0 (**) Option BaudRate 1200 (**) Option StopBits 1 (**) Option DataBits 7 (**) Option Parity None (**) Option Vmin 1 (**) Option Vtime 0 (**) Option FlowControl None (**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (==) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 3 (**) Configured Mouse: BaudRate: 1200 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device Configured Mouse (type: MOUSE) (II) Server_Terminate keybinding not found Warning: font renderer for .pcf already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for .pcf.Z already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for .pcf.gz already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for .snf already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for .snf.Z already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for .snf.gz already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for .bdf already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for .bdf.Z already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for .bdf.gz already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for .pmf already registered at priority 0 *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not *** be the reason for the server aborting. Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log. Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian and women? from DWN #10
Leo Spalteholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My university has programs to encourage women to enroll in engineering and women tend to be favoured for jobs here but still the percentage of female engineering students is less than 5%. Why is that? No idea but certainly not because they are being driven out. Every effort is made to attract them to engineering and CS but there are just not that many interested. In the catholic countries, where boys an girls (afaik) are seperated until highschool, there is a higher pecentage number of females among mathematicians. I once saw a map showing the percentage number of females among mathematicians in European countries. There was a clear change of color along the Alps. I don't know if such a color map can be generalized this to explain behavior on GNU/Linux mailing lists or the popularity of female-only skiing courses. -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
grub-install /dev/hda... /dev/.../disc does not have any corresponding BIOS drive
I tried changing bootloader from lilo to grub, but I am stuck halfway in the process, and I am slightly afraid of rebooting. (BTW I am using debian testing). Here is what I did root:gnalle# apt-get install grub grub-doc root:gnalle# grub-install /dev/hda Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc does not have any correspondin root:gnalle# update-grub Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub . /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 does not have any correspondi I tried looking at google, but I could not understand what was the reason for the errors. I would be grateful for any hint or enlighteling flame. If I reboot now, will my lilo still be working or will my system try to boot from a malfunctional grub? Where should I look to find out? Thanks in advance Niels A bit of extra info: root:gnalle# cat /etc/mtab /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /boot ext2 rw 0 0 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 /home ext3 rw 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0 none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0 root:gnalle# cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: information om statisk filsystem. # # filsystem monteringspunkt type tilvalg tjek priort /dev/hda3 / ext3defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda2 noneswapsw 0 0 proc/proc procdefaults 0 0 /dev/fd0/floppy autodefaults,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /boot ext2defaults0 2 /dev/hda4 /home ext3defaults0 2 /dev/hdb1 /w2k vfatuid=500,gid=100,umask=002,noauto 0 0 root:gnalle# grub-install /dev/hda1 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive. root:gnalle# grub-install /dev/hda3 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive. root:gnalle# grub-install /dev/hda4 /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive. root:gnalle# ls /boot/grub device.map root:gnalle# cat /boot/grub/device.map (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hda (hd1) /dev/hdb -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel 2.6.3
la2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I compiled subject. Now i cannot install and compile NVIDIA drivers 1.5336, it says: I cannot find nvidia.ko. Also I cannot compile alsa-drivers for my AC'97 codec (I always use Intel810): at first I configure them, the write make install and the compiler prints that there is a great number of error during compiling process. I don't know if the following answers a question of yours, but in alsa as become part of the 2.6 kernel. So from now on, you have to select alsa from make xconfig. (while preparing to compile the kernel) Searching google you can find much info on your nvidia problem. I know toob little to judge what is goo and what is bad, so I will just give you this senseless link :) http://www.google.com/search?q=cannot%20find%20nvidia.ko Good luck Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Scoring up unstable security fixes in my /etc/apt/preferences:
Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 04:37:14PM +0100, Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: Is it possible to configure my /etc/apt/preferences in such a way that I automatically upgrade a package from testing to unstable whenever this can save me from a security problem? apt pinning to testing should do the trick. I don't recommend having stable in your sources.list and move up any packages that are straggling. Thank you for you answer. However I have a feeling that you misunderstood me. I am already apt-pinning to testing and this works fine. However I feel that testing is not enough for me, because the security team does not produce fixes for testing. (At least it is seldom) Instead I use the Debian website to discover if any of my programs has a security problem. Whenever I discover a problem I upgrade the insecure package to unstable apt-get install insecure-package/unstable I am getting a little tired of having to look at the Debian website every day. Therefore I would like to configure apt in such a way that I automatically update insecure packages to unstable. Is this possible? Thanks in advance Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Scoring up unstable security fixes in my /etc/apt/preferences:
I am using debian testing. Is it possible to configure my /etc/apt/preferences in such a way that I automatically upgrade a package from testing to unstable whenever this can save me from a security problem? Perhaps I am looking for a pin that tells me whether or not a package in unstable contains a fix for a security error. I suspect that it would be easier for me to perform automatic downgrading to sarge. The reason is that the security fixes for woody(stable) are placed on a different server. However sometimes I cannot downgrade without tearing everything apart in my system. Therefore I would prefer to be able to upgrade. Is this a wellknown problem? I would be grateful if someone would enlighten me with a solution. (I did not find it in APT-HOWTO) Thanks in advace Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ssh -t B sftp C (Was Re: ssh -X from A through B to C)
Cristian Gutierrez [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ssh -X B ssh -X C xclock Is i possible to do something similar with sftp? The following creates an sftp line from b to c, but I wish to create a line from a to c. ssh -t B sftp C -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Errors starting up alsa
Monique Y. Herman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sorry for jumping into this thread late ... will the alsa intel8x0 module work for any card using the ac97_codec module? In the alsa howto there is a brief description of the hardware supported by alsa http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Alsa-sound-3.html#ss3.3 I am not a great alsa master, so I can only give you a proof of existence. I use kernel 2.4.22 and I have have a k7s5a card. I can choose between a module called ac97_codec and alsa (which again uses a module called snd-ac97-codec). However I cannot load both ac97 modules at the same time. Here is some lsmod output with alsa snd-dummy 3520 0 snd-usb-audio 37792 0 (unused) snd-intel8x0 16068 3 snd-pcm51012 1 [snd-dummy snd-usb-audio snd-intel8x0] snd-timer 12196 0 [snd-pcm] snd-ac97-codec 34360 0 [snd-intel8x0] snd-page-alloc 5460 0 [snd-dummy snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm] snd-mpu401-uart 2656 0 [snd-intel8x0] snd-rawmidi11680 0 [snd-usb-audio snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 3616 0 [snd-rawmidi] snd24996 2 [snd-dummy snd-usb-audio snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] There is a very specific description of the k7s5a card in the k7s5a howto, but you can probably find more general descriptions elsewhere. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/K7s5a-HOWTO.html Niels PS: Is k7s5a short for kissa? -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Errors starting up alsa
Soumyadip Modak [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: to build alsa modules for my kernel 2.4.21-5-k7. I also edited the config files as instructed. But when i /etc/init.d/alsa start the following error message is shown: Storing ALSA mixer settings ... failed Shutting down ALSA (version 0.9.6): done. Starting ALSA (version 0.9.6): intel8x0-failed failed I got a somewhat similar message a few days ago because i had forgotten to uninstall the ac97_codec module. I solved my proplem by adding the following lines to /etc/discover-autoskip.conf skip i810_audio skip ac97_codec What do you get when you write lsmod? Do any of the files in /var/log directory mention the attempt to include ALSA. What do they tell you? Good luck Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nvidia-kernel-source unresolved symbols
for assistance, only they can help you. nissefisken# lsmod Module Size Used byNot tainted apm 8492 1 (autoclean) pcmcia_core35360 0 snd-dummy 3520 0 snd-usb-audio 37792 0 (unused) snd-intel8x0 16068 3 snd-pcm51012 1 [snd-dummy snd-usb-audio snd-intel8x0] snd-timer 12196 0 [snd-pcm] snd-ac97-codec 34360 0 [snd-intel8x0] snd-page-alloc 5460 0 [snd-dummy snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm] snd-mpu401-uart 2656 0 [snd-intel8x0] snd-rawmidi11680 0 [snd-usb-audio snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 3616 0 [snd-rawmidi] snd24996 2 [snd-dummy snd-usb-audio snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] usb-uhci 19696 0 (unused) sis900 11436 0 (unused) ide-scsi8464 0 scsi_mod 85344 1 [ide-scsi] ide-cd 27936 0 (autoclean) cdrom 25088 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd] pwc38952 0 (unused) videodev5184 1 [pwc] audio 37368 0 soundcore 3268 2 [snd audio] usbcore52588 0 [snd-usb-audio usb-uhci pwc audio] i2c-proc6352 0 (unused) i2c-core 11780 0 [i2c-proc] nls_cp865 4284 0 (unused) parport_pc 19400 1 (autoclean) lp 5952 0 parport21800 1 [parport_pc lp] nls_iso8859-1 2780 0 (unused) slhc4464 0 (unused) 8139too13640 1 mii 1984 0 [8139too] crc32 2848 0 [sis900 8139too] af_packet 11624 0 (unused) rtc 6120 0 (autoclean) ide-disk 12384 4 (autoclean) ext3 53220 2 (autoclean) jbd34824 2 (autoclean) [ext3] ide-detect 9008 0 (autoclean) sis5513 9968 1 (autoclean) ide-core 84216 4 (autoclean) [ide-scsi ide-cd ide-disk ide-detect sis5513] unix 13260 221 (autoclean) -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux nissefisken 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source depends on: ii debhelper 4.1.83 helper programs for debian/rules ii make 3.80-4 The GNU version of the make util -- no debconf information ~ nissefisken# dpkg -l nvidia-glx gcc libc6 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=-=-== ii nvidia-glx1.0.4496-2.1 NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver ii gcc 3.3.2-2 The GNU C compiler ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Purging Alsa - invoke-rc.d: initscript alsa, action stop failed.
Kevin Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You can see what script is failing by looking in /var/lib/dpkg/info/package.* Although, it seems that the prerm (pre-remove) script is trying to shut down alsa by running /etc/init.d/alsa stop (may no be correct name). So, you may need to do a workaround by putting a 'exit 0' at the top of the script. This should allow you to run the scripts with out error. you can also try to run dpkg with 'debug' options (man dpkg) The error occured because rplayd was using the alsa-modules. dpkg --purge -D10 alsa-modules-2.4.22-1-386 killall -9 rplayd dpkg --purge -D10 alsa-modules-2.4.22-1-386 Profit Thank you for the helpful advice. Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: features in galeon-1.2.5 vs 1.3.11+, was: Status of Galeon in testing?
Arnt Karlsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ..how about cookies? I generally want allow these cookies ban these cookies and ban this spam site, should take 3 buttons only, but is a major hassle with all browsers I've used, you get accept or ban and these cookies only or all cookies. Right click on picture and chose ban pictures from this site In the menu you can choose web - cookies - ban cookies from this site web - popups - ban popups from this site (These menu item took me a while to find :) They have made a nice personal data manger with the following tabs: Cookies : Which cookies do you have Cookie sites : Who can/cannot set cookies Image sites : Who can/cannot show images Passwords : Which passwords do you remember Password sites : For which sites don't you wish to remember passwords Popup sites : Which sites cannot make popups ..is it still possible to drag tabs across each other? Or between Galeon instances? You can drag tabs from one Galeon window to another Galeon window. (Window == instance?). This works very nicely. My only grudge is that if a Galeon window only has one tab, then the drag handle disappears. This means that I cannot drag the last remaining tab into another window. In other words I cannot empty a window for all tabs. Galeon 1.2.5 had a very nice menu item for this but sadly this menu item has not been reimplemented. ..the interview explained quite a things, losing bonobo sounds good, but does these guys plan to add mail etc stuff to it??? I hope that they stick to their slogan The web and only the web :) However I believe that Galeon works nicely together with sylpheed and evolution. (I am writing this post using xemacs/GNUS and SSH, so there is no hope for me :) Med venlig hilsen Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Purging Alsa - invoke-rc.d: initscript alsa, action stop failed.
I have messed up my ALSA installation, and now I cannot remove the package. Some time ago I was compiling my kernels myself, and i think that I tried to install alsa without much luck, so there may be some old config files floating around in my system. What can I do to solve my problems? What should I read to understand them better? Thanks in advance Niels nissefisken# apt-get remove alsa-modules-2.4.22-1-386 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: alsa-modules-2.4.22-1-386 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 22 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 2879kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 269782 files and directories currently installed.) Removing alsa-modules-2.4.22-1-386 ... Storing ALSA mixer settings ... failed Shutting down ALSA (version 0.9.6): aborting. (sound used by PIDs 702 849) invoke-rc.d: initscript alsa, action stop failed. dpkg: error processing alsa-modules-2.4.22-1-386 (--remove): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: alsa-modules-2.4.22-1-386 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) nissefisken# invoke-rc.d alsa stop Storing ALSA mixer settings ... failed Shutting down ALSA (version 0.9.6): aborting. (sound used by PIDs 702 849) invoke-rc.d: initscript alsa, action stop failed. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux nissefisken 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 14:30:39 EST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages alsa-modules-2.4.22-1-386 depends on: pi alsa-base 0.9.8-3ALSA sound driver common files ii kernel-image-2.4.22-1-386 2.4.22-3 Linux kernel image for version 2.4 -- no debconf information -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: features in galeon-1.2.5 vs 1.3.11+, was: Status of Galeon in testing?
Arnt Karlsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ..last time I saw Galeon mentioned here, the word was 1.2.5 was the best Galeon ever made, as later versions lost functionality etc, what's it like now? I am using stable at work and unstable at home, and I often don't really notice which version I am using. However I have made a few observations: The password remembering GUI has become nicer. It has become easier to choose between several accounts on the same page, and to delete unwanted passwords. It has become possible to drag selected text into a smart bookmarks. This is useful for finding google cache (Drag the current url into the google bookmark, and press cache). If you double click on a link to create a new tab, then the new tab is born with a memory of the the history of it's ancestor. They have come up with a nice algorithm for placing newly created tabs: Suppose you create a tree that describes the ancestry relations between the tabs. Then you perform a depth first search in this tree. This search will result in an ordering of the nodes. This ordering corresponds to the ordering of the tabs in Galeon. (** Insert better description here **) Downloading has become nicer, but perhaps this is a result of a gnome/gtk improvement. Mouse getures are very amusing, but I haven't yet decided if I think that they are useful :) I really miss to be able to middle click on the previous page button. In 1.2.5 this creates a new tab containing the previous page. In 1.3.11a nothing happens. I also miss to be able to clone a tab by middle clicking on the tab. I have some font problems. If I color text with the mouse, then the colored letters become too big. I should probably report the bug instead of complaining here :) Some of the preferences are still missing, but I don't really miss them. I conclusion I would say that 1.3.11a is a better browser than 1.25. Galeon has become a power browser again :) Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello everyone, I'm having difficulty getting this webcam to work. I compiled the phillips webcam module as part of the kernel, it appears to load properly but still does not work. /dev/video0 did not exist so i created it with 'mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0'. Here's what the kernel shows on load: pwc Philips PCA645/646 + PCVC675/680/690 + PCVC730/740/750 webcam module version 8.12 loaded. pwc Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech QuickCams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30, pwc the Creative WebCam 5, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and VCS-UM100. drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver Philips webcam Philips webcam 2-1:1.1: usb_probe_interface Philips webcam 2-1:1.1: usb_probe_interface - got id pwc Logitech QuickCam 4000 Pro USB webcam detected. pwc Registered as /dev/video0. IANAMOKC (I am not a master of kernel compiling), but I believe that you also need one of the following modules: usb-ohci, usb-uhci or ehci-hcd. You can find out which of the module you need, by writing the following (as root) lspci -vv | grep USB Alternatively you can look at the specifications of the USB-port of your computer (It will mention one of the words UHCI, OHCI or EHCI). By the way, there has been several reports of people having problems using pwc with OHCI ports. Search google for further information. http://www.google.com/search?q=pwc+ohci+timeout Good luck Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Broken Galeon in Sarge
Thanasis Kinias [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know if this has to do with the Debian security situation, but the three Sarge boxes I apt-get updated yesterday all now have broken Galeons. Galeon refuses to execute, claiming that it can't find a gconf schema. I have the same problem: The /var/log/syslog is more elaborate Nov 26 22:02:53 nissefisken gconfd (gnalle-5695): starting (version 2.4.0.1), pid 5695 user 'gnalle' Nov 26 22:02:53 nissefisken gconfd (gnalle-5695): Failed to get lock for daemon, exiting: Failed to lock '/tmp/gconfd-gnalle/lock/ior': probably another process has the lock, or your operating system has NFS file locking misconfigured (Resource temporarily unavailable) Nov 26 22:02:53 nissefisken gconfd (gnalle-5697): starting (version 2.4.0.1), pid 5697 user 'gnalle' Nov 26 22:02:53 nissefisken gconfd (gnalle-5697): Failed to get lock for daemon, exiting: Failed to lock '/tmp/gconfd-gnalle/lock/ior': probably another process has the lock, or your operating system has NFS file locking misconfigured (Resource temporarily unavailable) The problems started when the 2.4 packages made it into Sarge. I just send a bug report. While I am at it I promise my eternal admiration and love to anyone who make Galeon work in Sarge again. It is such a nice program :) Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ Heat is the self-restoration of matter in its formlessness, its liquidity the triumph of its abstract homogeneity over specific definiteness, its abstract, purely self-existing continuity, as negation of negation, is here set as activity. - Hegel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Broken Galeon in Sarge
Paul Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's not a bug. Galeon no longer exists in Sarge. Yes, I know, I liked it too :( [snip] If you need to convert your Galeon bookmarks file for use with Mozilla or Mozilla Firebird, please see the post entitled How to convert Galeon bookmarks to Mozilla without Galeon dated 11/23/03 Thanks for the hints (I must be a little slow). Would it be correct to add a warning that the package Galeon conflicts with one of the packages in Gnome 2.4? Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ Heat is the self-restoration of matter in its formlessness, its liquidity the triumph of its abstract homogeneity over specific definiteness, its abstract, purely self-existing continuity, as negation of negation, is here set as activity. - Hegel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 + Signal 11 = Bad Juju
Bradley Alexander [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been seeing problems for the past several weeks and I am finally beginning to see a pattern. It started about the time I upgraded to a GeForce4MX after my GeForce2 died. At first I thought it was being caused by Gnome apps, because it was happening with greater frequency with Galeon and Evolution (about the only Gnome apps I use). [snip] Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting [snip] Is a sig11 still usually hardware? Any other suggestions on fixes? I had a somewhat similar problem. Well actually it was worse, because I could not start my x-server at all. Bug report: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg07946.html Personally I solved my problem by downgrading my x-server from 4.2 to 4.0. I don't know if this will work for you, but at least it might tell you whether you have a software problem or a hardware problem :) Good luck -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ncurses?
Søren Boll Overgaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: fre, 2003-09-05 kl. 19:51 skrev Anders Ellenshøj Andersen: make xconfig Kræver dette ikke at man er logget ind på X som root? Det er man jo typisk ikke.. Nej. På Debian-systemer kan medlemmer af gruppen src også bygge kerner under /usr/src/. Jeg kan gøre sådan her: nissefisken% whoami gnalle nissefisken% cd /usr/src/linux nissefisken% su Password: nissefisken# make xconfig WDette skyldes vistnok at jeg har tilføjet en linie til min /home/gnalle/.ssh/config. nissefisken% cat .ssh/config Host * ForwardX11 yes Er min computer meget usikker nu? -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/
Re: pwc webcam freeze: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
: power on to power good time: 0ms Sep 6 17:41:59 nissefisken kernel: hub.c: hub controller current requirement: 0mA Sep 6 17:41:59 nissefisken kernel: hub.c: port removable status: R Sep 6 17:41:59 nissefisken kernel: hub.c: local power source is good Sep 6 17:41:59 nissefisken kernel: hub.c: no over-current condition exists Sep 6 17:41:59 nissefisken kernel: hub.c: enabling power on all ports Sep 6 17:41:59 nissefisken kernel: usb.c: hub driver claimed interface c72b7860 Sep 6 17:41:59 nissefisken kernel: usb.c: kusbd: /sbin/hotplug add 1 Sep 6 17:41:59 nissefisken kernel: usb.c: kusbd policy returned 0xfffe -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ncurses?
Jacob Sparre Andersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeg skulle til at justere min kerneopsætning her til formiddag (med en nyudpakket 2.4.22-kernekildetekst), men `make menuconfig` brokker sig over at jeg ikke har Ncurses installeret. Da jeg pakkerne libncurses5, ncurses-base, ncurses-bin og ncurses-term installeret på systemet undrer det mig lidt. Hmm... er det ikke noget med apt-get libncurses5-dev Ellers er der jo make xconfig -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/
Re: insmod usb-uhci -No such device
csj [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 02 Sep 2003 22:19:32 +0200, Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: I have some trouble loading the module usb-uhci into my kernel (It is a 2.4.21 and I am using Sarge). I would be very grateful for a hint of what I am doing wrong. Where should I look to gain further knowledge? [...] Are you sure you need usb-uhci? There are two other USB Host Controller Drivers. How'bout modprobe ehci-hcd (USB 2.0 version) or modprobe usb-ohci? I have a logitech 4000 camera and I can use it with camstream and usb-ohci. However after a while it freezes with a v4l timeout. (Details will follow in a later post) I decided to try to follow the the installation instructions of the drivers precisely, before asking too many questions, and the website of my camera drivers (pwc and pwcx) tells me to use usb-uhci. Are usb-ohci and usb-uhci equally good for an usb webcam? Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pwc webcam freeze: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
I have been trying to install a logitech 4000 webcam, but when I use camstream the picture freezes after a short while and the following line appears in /var/log/syslog Sep 3 20:30:22 nissefisken kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout I would be very grateful for any advice on how to avoid this problem. My computer is a x86 with a k7s5a board and Sarge and my own 2.4.21 kernel (See below). Browsing around on Google it looks like my usb ports are getting overburdened, so tried the closed source pwcx compressor module. This modules helped a little, I was able to save 10 snapshots before the timeout appeared, but in the end I still had a freeze. The following data is from a test with no pwcx module nissefisken# lsmod Module Size Used byTainted: PF pwc44748 1 (autoclean) usb-ohci 20040 0 (unused) nvidia 1628576 11 (autoclean) sis900 14412 0 (unused) i810_audio 25756 2 ac97_codec 11892 0 [i810_audio] soundcore 4260 2 [i810_audio] usbcore73036 0 [pwc usb-ohci] i2c-proc7344 0 (unused) i2c-core 13892 0 [i2c-proc] parport_pc 13732 1 (autoclean) lp 6592 1 parport16096 1 [parport_pc lp] 8139too15912 1 rtc 7464 0 (autoclean) From dmesg: pwc Philips PCA645/646 + PCVC675/680/690 + PCVC730/740/750 webcam module version 8.10 loaded. pwc Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30, pwc the Creative WebCam 5, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and VCS-UM100. usb.c: registered new driver Philips webcam pwc Logitech QuickCam 4000 Pro USB webcam detected. pwc Registered as /dev/video0. usb.c: Philips webcam driver claimed interface cf171920 usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout From /var/log/syslog Sep 3 20:30:16 nissefisken kernel: pwc Philips PCA645/646 + PCVC675/680/690 + PCVC730/740/750 webcam module version 8.10 loaded. Sep 3 20:30:16 nissefisken kernel: pwc Also supports the Askey VC010, various Logitech Quickcams, Samsung MPC-C10 and MPC-C30, Sep 3 20:30:16 nissefisken kernel: pwc the Creative WebCam 5, SOTEC Afina Eye and Visionite VCS-UC300 and VCS-UM100. Sep 3 20:30:16 nissefisken kernel: usb.c: registered new driver Philips webcam Sep 3 20:30:16 nissefisken kernel: pwc Logitech QuickCam 4000 Pro USB webcam detected. Sep 3 20:30:16 nissefisken kernel: pwc Registered as /dev/video0. Sep 3 20:30:16 nissefisken kernel: usb.c: Philips webcam driver claimed interface cf171920 Sep 3 20:30:16 nissefisken insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.21/modules.dep Sep 3 20:30:22 nissefisken kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Output from camstream: CCamWindow::CCamWindow() CWebCamViewer::CWebCamViewer(0x80ab770, 0x0) CVideoDevice::Init() Using mmap(), VMBuf.size = 921600 Trying to find video options for Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000:/dev/video0 searching Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 CSnapshotSettingsDlg::CSnapshotSettingsDlg(...) QFont::setRawMode(): Invalid XLFD: system CVideoSettingsDlg::SizeChanged(176x144) CVideoSettingsDlg::FramerateChanged(10) Philips webcam detected, enabling extensions CCamPanel::SetSize(176x144) CCamPanel::SetImageSize(176x144) CCamPanel::SetVisibleSize(176x144) CCamPanel::SetSize(176x144) CCamPanel::SetImageSize(176x144) CCamPanel::SetVisibleSize(176x144) RecalcTotalViewSize: resize viewport(176x144) EnableRGB: + CVideoDevice::SetPalette picked palette 15 [yuv420p] CVideoDevice::CreateImagesRGB() allocating space for RGB CVideoDevice::StartCapture() go! From /etc/modules.conf alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0pwc # The following lines have been commented out # options pwc size=vga leds=250,250 fps=25 mbufs=3 compression=0 # post-install pwc insmod --force -k /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/usb/pwcx-2.4.20.o /dev/null 21 || : Random lines from my /usr/src/linux/.config # # USB support # CONFIG_USB=m CONFIG_USB_DEBUG=y # # Miscellaneous USB options # CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y # CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH is not set # # USB Host Controller Drivers # CONFIG_USB_UHCI=m CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT=m CONFIG_USB_OHCI=m # # USB Multimedia devices # # CONFIG_USB_IBMCAM is not set # CONFIG_USB_KONICAWC is not set # CONFIG_USB_OV511 is not set CONFIG_USB_PWC=m CONFIG_USB_SE401=m # CONFIG_USB_STV680 is not set -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
insmod usb-uhci -No such device
I have some trouble loading the module usb-uhci into my kernel (It is a 2.4.21 and I am using Sarge). I would be very grateful for a hint of what I am doing wrong. Where should I look to gain further knowledge? Thanks in advance Niels nissefisken# lsmod Module Size Used byTainted: P nvidia 1628576 11 (autoclean) sis900 14412 0 (unused) i810_audio 25756 1 ac97_codec 11892 0 [i810_audio] soundcore 4260 2 [i810_audio] usbcore73036 0 i2c-proc7344 0 (unused) i2c-core 13892 0 [i2c-proc] parport_pc 13732 1 (autoclean) lp 6592 1 parport16096 1 [parport_pc lp] 8139too15912 1 rtc 7464 0 (autoclean) nissefisken# modprobe usb-uhci /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-uhci.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-uhci.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-uhci.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-uhci.o: insmod usb-uhci failed nissefisken# dmesg | tail -n 5 usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 12:38:20 Aug 16 2003 usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver nissefisken# modprobe usb-uhci /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-uhci.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-uhci.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-uhci.o failed /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/usb/host/usb-uhci.o: insmod usb-uhci failed nissefisken% ls /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/usb/host uhci.o usb-ohci.o usb-uhci.o Here are some lines from /usr/src/linux/.config. Dunno if they are useful # # USB support # CONFIG_USB=m CONFIG_USB_DEBUG=y # # Miscellaneous USB options # CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y # CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH is not set # # USB Host Controller Drivers # CONFIG_USB_UHCI=m CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT=m CONFIG_USB_OHCI=m # # USB Device Class drivers # CONFIG_USB_AUDIO=m # CONFIG_USB_EMI26 is not set # CONFIG_USB_MIDI is not set CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=m # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM is not set # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ISD200 is not set # CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM is not set # CONFIG_USB_ACM is not set # CONFIG_USB_PRINTER is not set # USB Multimedia devices # # CONFIG_USB_IBMCAM is not set # CONFIG_USB_KONICAWC is not set # CONFIG_USB_OV511 is not set CONFIG_USB_PWC=m CONFIG_USB_SE401=m # CONFIG_USB_STV680 is not set -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Circular dependencies? dpkg -P kdelibs3
Sven Clasen - Hacki [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i had the same problem with exim and mailx, it seems to occur when you try to apt-get two packages at the same time (with apt-get install package1 package2), but when package2 depends on package1 you get an error. it seems to be the same when you want so remove them in one. try reming one, then the other (apt-get remove kdelibs-bin, then apt-get remove kdelibs (or the other way round)) Thanks for your answer. I have a feeling that I posed my qustion badly. I am able to remove both packages by writing apt-get remove package1 package2 However I would like to purge instead of remove, and as far as I have understood this requires that I can purge the packages one at a time. I guess that I can solve my problem by the following code apt-get remove package1 package2 apt-get install package1 dpkg -P package1 apt-get install package2 dpkg -P package2 -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: No Gnome-settings-Daemon (Sarge + Woody control-center)
Sebastian Kapfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 13:50:06 +0200, Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: I upgraded from Woody to Sarge last week, and now I cannot start my gnome. Xfree and KDE works. Well actually I had some problems with the xserver of sarge, so now I am running xfree from woody. Bug report here http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2003/debian-x-200308/msg00177.html [snip] Which information should I provide to describe my problem better? ~/.xsession-errors ~/.gnome-errors It seems that I miss a file named /home/gnalle/.gnome2/debian-upgrade-stage-1 When I start gnome, I don't get far enough to create a .gnome-errors, but here is my .xsession-errors. /etc/gdm/PreSession//Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp /etc/gdm/PreSession//Default: running: sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xservers -h -l :0 gnalle /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: checking /etc/login.defs for option UMASK /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: /etc/login.defs: UMASK is 022 /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: checking /etc/login.defs for option ULIMIT /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: checking /etc/login.defs for option MAIL_DIR /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: /etc/login.defs: MAIL_DIR is /var/mail /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: using /etc/X11/Xsession.options for options /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: checking /etc/X11/Xsession.options for option allow-user-xkbmap /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: checking /etc/X11/Xsession.options for option allow-user-modmap /etc/gdm/Sessions//Gnome: checking /etc/X11/Xsession.options for option allow-user-resources SESSION_MANAGER=local/nissefisken:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1374 Couldn't access Debian Stage 1 upgrade file /home/gnalle/.gnome2/debian-upgrade-stage-1: No such file or directory Does this make sense to great gurus? Should I just create the file? Happy birthday Niels PS: I do have a .gnome2/debian-upgrade-log, but it doesn't contain anything that looks useful (long - sorry modem users, I owe you money) gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/objects/0013/launcher_location -t string -- file:///home/gnalle/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers/larry-0010f13c6d.desktop gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/objects/0013/position -t int -- 258 gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/objects/0013/panel_id -t string -- 0001 gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/objects/0013/panel_right_stick -t boolean -- false gnome-panel-1-to-2: Reading applet/object id 14 gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/objects/0014/panel_right_stick -t boolean -- false gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/objects/0014/object_type -t string -- launcher-object gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/objects/0014/launcher_location -t string -- file:///home/gnalle/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers/hammer-00472395ca.desktop gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/objects/0014/position -t int -- 105 gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/objects/0014/panel_id -t string -- 0001 gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/objects/0014/panel_right_stick -t boolean -- false gnome-panel-1-to-2: Reading applet/object id 15 gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/applets/0007/object_type -t string -- bonobo-applet gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/applets/0007/bonobo_iid -t string -- OAFIID:GNOME_MixerApplet gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/applets/0007/position -t int -- 1003 gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/applets/0007/panel_id -t string -- 0001 gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/applets/0007/panel_right_stick -t boolean -- false gnome-panel-1-to-2: Reading applet/object id 16 gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/applets/0008/object_type -t string -- bonobo-applet gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/applets/0008/bonobo_iid -t string -- OAFIID:GNOME_ClockApplet gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/applets/0008/prefs/show_seconds -t boolean -- true gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/applets/0008/prefs/show_tooltip -t boolean -- true gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/applets/0008/prefs/gmt_time -t boolean -- false gnome-panel-1-to-2: running: gconftool-2 -s /apps/panel/profiles/default/applets/0008/prefs/unix_time -t boolean -- false
No Gnome-settings-Daemon (Sarge + Woody control-center)
I upgraded from Woody to Sarge last week, and now I cannot start my gnome. Xfree and KDE works. Well actually I had some problems with the xserver of sarge, so now I am running xfree from woody. Bug report here http://lists.debian.org/debian-x/2003/debian-x-200308/msg00177.html When I chose gnome from gdm I get an error message saying I did not have any gnome-settings-daemon. I just ended up with a grey screen. I tried reinstalling the gnome-control-center from Woody. This package had become uninstalled during the apt-getting. I believe this was due to a conflict with icewm-gnome. I started gnome again and teh same thing happened: Error message and grey screen. Then I tried installing gnome-control-center from unstable. Now I don't see the error message my screen still goes grey. (I also see a splash screen) I realize that this is not a proper bug report, but I am a little confused about which log files I should look in. I have checked /var/log/syslog, /var/log/XFRee86 and /var/gdm, but I seem to miss some information. Is is correct for me to use the gnome-settings-daemon from Woody? Which information should I provide to describe my problem better? Is there a chance that this problem will dissapear by itself as new gnome2 packages enter testing? Thanks in advance for any help Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Er pakken installeret (uden root)
Hvis jeg kender navnet på en pakke, kan jeg så bruge en apt-kommando til at se om pakken er installeret. (Antage at jeg ikke har root-passwordet) Indtil videre er mit bedste bud at søge på packages.debian.org, og finde de filer som pakken indeholder. Derefter kan jeg finde dem med locate. Men jeg har en ide om at der er en lettere løsning som jeg har overset. På forhånd tak Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/
