Re: Help with suspend/hibernate in Gnome Power Manager
Hi
Murphy strikes again, it seems. Just as I had posted the message below,
I found another thing on google, which led me to the solution: I wasn't
a member of the powerdev group. Gnome Power Manager shows the Suspend
and Hibernate entries anyway, but doesn't do anything if the logged in
user is not a member of the powerdev group.
It works now.
Next thing is to let the battery drain and see if it hibernates
automatically in time.
René
René Seindal wrote:
Hi,
I have bought a Zepto Znote 3215W laptop and installed Debian testing.
The report on that is here:
http://linux.seindal.dk/2008/01/28/zepto-znote-3215w-with-debian-testinglenny/
I have an issue with suspend and hibernate that I haven't been able to
resolve alone.
The pm-hibernate script works out of the box from the command line as
root. The system resumes correctly.
The pm-suspend script works with the --force flag, again out of the box
from the command line as root. The laptop isn't listed in the database
of s2ram, but it works nonetheless. That was easily solved with a file
in /etc/pm/config.d/s2ram with the line:
S2RAM_OPTS=--force
Again, the system resumes correctly.
As such, suspend and hibernate works, only it doesn't when activated
through Gnome Power Manager
If I try to suspend though the context menu of the applet, I immediately
get a dialog with the text:
Sleep Problem
Your computer failed to suspend.
Check the help file for common problems.
This happens so fast that no attempt at suspending can be made.
The website linked hasn't helped me find a solution.
To get HAL to recognise the laptop I have made a file
/usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/20-video-quirk-pm-zepto.fdi
with this content:
true
and restarted HAL. That should, as far as I have understood, whitelist
the laptop in HAL. After a restart of HAL I get this:
# lshal | grep quirk
power_management.quirk.none = true (bool)
#
so HAL should have picked up my entry. I tried adding dpms_on too,
without any difference. Suspend/resume works with that option too.
At this point I haven't found anything else to try. It seems that Gnome
Power Manager simply won't recognise my laptop.
The quirk-checker script isn't much of a help:
# sh ~rene/Download/quirk-checker.sh
Checking your system...
Suspend should work!
Thanks!
I've been through the check list on the site, and get smilies all the
way down.
Looking further into what HAL thinks:
# lshal | egrep -i power.?management
info.interfaces = {'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement',
'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.CPUFreq'} (string list)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_argnames =
{'num_seconds_to_sleep', 'num_seconds_to_sleep', '', '', '',
'enable_power_save'} (string list)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_execpaths =
{'hal-system-power-suspend', 'hal-system-power-suspend-hybrid',
'hal-system-power-hibernate', 'hal-system-power-shutdown',
'hal-system-power-reboot', 'hal-system-power-set-power-save'} (string list)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_names =
{'Suspend', 'SuspendHybrid', 'Hibernate', 'Shutdown', 'Reboot',
'SetPowerSave'} (string list)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_signatures =
{'i', 'i', '', '', '', 'b'} (string list)
power_management.acpi.linux.version = '20070126' (string)
power_management.can_hibernate = true (bool)
power_management.can_suspend = true (bool)
power_management.can_suspend_hybrid = true (bool)
power_management.can_suspend_to_disk = true (bool)
power_management.can_suspend_to_ram = true (bool)
power_management.is_powersave_set = false (bool)
power_management.quirk.dpms_on = true (bool)
power_management.quirk.none = true (bool)
power_management.type = 'acpi' (string)
I don't know how to move on from here. I'm quite sure the power manager
applet doesn't even try to run the pm-suspend script, it just decides
that it won't for some reason.
Help much appreciated.
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Help with suspend/hibernate in Gnome Power Manager
Hi,
I have bought a Zepto Znote 3215W laptop and installed Debian testing.
The report on that is here:
http://linux.seindal.dk/2008/01/28/zepto-znote-3215w-with-debian-testinglenny/
I have an issue with suspend and hibernate that I haven't been able to
resolve alone.
The pm-hibernate script works out of the box from the command line as
root. The system resumes correctly.
The pm-suspend script works with the --force flag, again out of the box
from the command line as root. The laptop isn't listed in the database
of s2ram, but it works nonetheless. That was easily solved with a file
in /etc/pm/config.d/s2ram with the line:
S2RAM_OPTS=--force
Again, the system resumes correctly.
As such, suspend and hibernate works, only it doesn't when activated
through Gnome Power Manager
If I try to suspend though the context menu of the applet, I immediately
get a dialog with the text:
Sleep Problem
Your computer failed to suspend.
Check the help file for common problems.
This happens so fast that no attempt at suspending can be made.
The website linked hasn't helped me find a solution.
To get HAL to recognise the laptop I have made a file
/usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/20-video-quirk-pm-zepto.fdi
with this content:
true
and restarted HAL. That should, as far as I have understood, whitelist
the laptop in HAL. After a restart of HAL I get this:
# lshal | grep quirk
power_management.quirk.none = true (bool)
#
so HAL should have picked up my entry. I tried adding dpms_on too,
without any difference. Suspend/resume works with that option too.
At this point I haven't found anything else to try. It seems that Gnome
Power Manager simply won't recognise my laptop.
The quirk-checker script isn't much of a help:
# sh ~rene/Download/quirk-checker.sh
Checking your system...
Suspend should work!
Thanks!
I've been through the check list on the site, and get smilies all the
way down.
Looking further into what HAL thinks:
# lshal | egrep -i power.?management
info.interfaces =
{'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement',
'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.CPUFreq'} (string list)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_argnames =
{'num_seconds_to_sleep', 'num_seconds_to_sleep', '', '', '',
'enable_power_save'} (string list)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_execpaths =
{'hal-system-power-suspend', 'hal-system-power-suspend-hybrid',
'hal-system-power-hibernate', 'hal-system-power-shutdown',
'hal-system-power-reboot', 'hal-system-power-set-power-save'} (string list)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_names =
{'Suspend', 'SuspendHybrid', 'Hibernate', 'Shutdown', 'Reboot',
'SetPowerSave'} (string list)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_signatures =
{'i', 'i', '', '', '', 'b'} (string list)
power_management.acpi.linux.version = '20070126' (string)
power_management.can_hibernate = true (bool)
power_management.can_suspend = true (bool)
power_management.can_suspend_hybrid = true (bool)
power_management.can_suspend_to_disk = true (bool)
power_management.can_suspend_to_ram = true (bool)
power_management.is_powersave_set = false (bool)
power_management.quirk.dpms_on = true (bool)
power_management.quirk.none = true (bool)
power_management.type = 'acpi' (string)
I don't know how to move on from here. I'm quite sure the power manager
applet doesn't even try to run the pm-suspend script, it just decides
that it won't for some reason.
Help much appreciated.
--
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Re: Michelle Konzack's sex
Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2006-09-01 12:21:28, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 04:00:18AM -0400, Derek Martin wrote: Well, the numbers are silly, but the point is Mutt will not break until long after any of your favorite GUI programs will. Please try to remember that Michelle is not a native English speaker, and is trying to make his points as best he can in a language which is not ^^^ his first. Actually I think he did a fine job. ^^^ ^^ Do you know something I don't? I always thought that Michelle was female. Right. ;-) Michelle, you know you're somebody when this kind of discussion pops up about you. You've left your mark, apparently :-) René P.S.2: In French, the masculine form of the name "Michelle" is "Michel". ;-) Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian meets HP Proliant DL320
jef wrote: René Seindal wrote: I run debian testing on a HP Proliant DL320 without any problems at all, and I have the uhci_hcd module loaded. I have never seen the problem mentioned. Do you have the G4 version of the 320 that was just recently released? Older Generations don't have the uhci_hcd problem as far as I know. Mine is a year old, so it is probably not a G4. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian meets HP Proliant DL320
micha wrote (04-09-2006 18:46): On 3 Sep 2006, at 12:18, René Seindal wrote: Micha wrote (31-08-2006 22:26): Hello there! If anyone is running Debian on an HP Proliant machine I would appreciate information about how to solve the problem that the "virtual keyboard / mouse" is registering as usb device in a neverending loop. My solution will look like: blacklisting the uhci_hcd module - but to be honest: I'm not too satisfied with this option. So if there would be niftier approaches I'd be happier. I run debian testing on a HP Proliant DL320 without any problems at all, and I have the uhci_hcd module loaded. I have never seen the problem mentioned. --René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) What kernel version have you installed? After installing 2.6.17 it worked out for me... Of course I would like to see other solutions - maybe a stable solution. I'm running a stock Debian kernel 2.6.12-1-686-smp. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: debian meets HP Proliant DL320
Micha wrote (31-08-2006 22:26): Hello there! If anyone is running Debian on an HP Proliant machine I would appreciate information about how to solve the problem that the "virtual keyboard / mouse" is registering as usb device in a neverending loop. My solution will look like: blacklisting the uhci_hcd module - but to be honest: I'm not too satisfied with this option. So if there would be niftier approaches I'd be happier. I run debian testing on a HP Proliant DL320 without any problems at all, and I have the uhci_hcd module loaded. I have never seen the problem mentioned. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Why does Firefox's middlemouse.contentLoadURL keep getting reset?
Adam Funk wrote (07-06-2006 11:48):
On 2006-06-05, Wim De Smet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 6/5/06, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I know how to use about:config to set middlemouse.contentLoadURL to
true in order to enable pasting links directly in. But why does this
customized value get annoyingly reset to false with every upgrade?
The bizarre thing is that this is (as far as I can tell) the *only*
customized behaviour that gets reset to the default.
Add this to your user.js file in the profile directory:
user_pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL",true);
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Re: CONNESSIONE IN RETE
Mirco Piccin wrote (05-06-2006 18:50): Vince', in English, please! On 6/5/06, *Vincenzo Manzi* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Gradire fossero eliminati dall'archivio i miei 2 post risalenti al 2001 Vincenzo wants these two old posts of his from 2001 removed from the archives. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/07/msg02632.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/07/msg02621.html Grazie Cordiali saluti -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Weird modprobe problems
Sigh, This was all my own fault. I had a file /etc/modprobe.d/local with a long list of disabled modules, that is lines like install jbd /bin/true I don't even quite remember why it was there, but it is probably related to mounting removable media which would try a long list of different file system types and cause a lot of warnings and slow things down. For some reason this stupid thing has never bitten me before. Anyway, these lines were taken into account when building the initrd file, so several necessary modules were left out, resulting in an unusable initrd file. I do feel a bit daft, but at least I'm now running linux 2.6.15 smp on my computer and it works great :-) Always look on the bright side ... René René Seindal wrote (09-02-2006 00:52): Hi I have a problem with modprobe on one computer. Due to some unidentified problem with modprobe I'm having a lot of problems upgrading a computer to linux 2.6.15 smp. When installing the debian kernel and booting I got loads of messages complaining about "Unknown symbol journal_xxx". For some reason the initrd didn't load the jbd module needed by ext3. After a lot of searching and rebooting (one feels almost like an MSCE by now :-) I found out that mkinitramfs uses modprobe to figure out what depends on want. Mkinitramfs does a modprobe --set-version=2.6.15-1-686-smp --show-depends jbd which on my system gives: install /bin/true Comparing with other systems (with other versions) I get output like: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686/kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.ko For ext3 I get: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686-smp/kernel/fs/mbcache.ko install /bin/true insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686-smp/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko which should be insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686-smp/kernel/fs/mbcache.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686-smp/kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686-smp/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko As a consequence I get an unusable initrd file because a lot of needed modules are missing. I have only identified jbd, but there are certainly other missing too. I have compared the contents of different initrd files and the ones on the problematic system are much too small. I have tested this on three systems: a Soltek Qbic system with problems (2.6.15-1-686-smp and 2.6.15-1-686), an Asus M2N laptop (2.6.15-1-686) and a HP Proliant server (2.6.12-1-686-smp), both without problems. Modprobe only misbehaves on the Soltec Qbic system. Besides the different kernel versions they are very much alike. All run Etch (testing) and have # dpkg -l module-init-tools ii module-init-to 3.2.2-1tools for managing Linux kernel modules I have uninstalled modutils from all systems. Its late now and I want to sleep, but until now I have been unable to find out why modprobe on the Qbic doesn't work. I have looked in the files in /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686-smp/modules.* and they have the same lines for the modules I tested. The correct dependencies are there on all systems. I was unable to install 2.6.15-1-686-smp or 2.6.15-1-686 on the Qbic because mkinitramfs was unable to create a bootable initrd file. In the end I installed the -smb kernel on my laptop and copied the initrd file over with scp, and the Qbic could boot. I cannot, however, upgrade the kernel now without resorting to similar tricks. I haven't reported any bugs, because I haven't got a clue about whats wrong, except the symptoms described above. There is probably something misconfigured on the Qbic since the others don't have problems, but what? A bit of help would be very much appreciated. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Battery monitor weirdness
Hi, I dist-upgraded Debian testing yesterday, which brought me X.org 6.9 and Gnome 2.12, but apparently there's something fishy about the Battery Charge Monitor (v2.12.2), which almost always shows "The system is running on battery power. 10 hours (100%) remaining". I have the AC adapter plugged in, and if I unplug it and plugs it in again, the battery monitor shows AC status for a short while, and returns to the above battery 100% message. This morning I found the laptop very much alive, with this dialog on the screen: http://bryggenet.dk/~rene/Screenshot-Battery%20Notice.png I never saw that with 2.10, proving that also on the humourous front is Gnome progressing at breakneck speed :-) Needless to say, I immediately followed all the advice given, in order :-) /me is off reporting bugs -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: localhost -- MARK -- ????????
Rob Blomquist wrote (09-02-2006 06:41): On Wednesday 08 February 2006 8:31 pm, Alexander Schmehl so eloquently stated: That's just your syslogs way to say "I'm still alive and bored". Note the 20 minute intervalls between the entries. Interesting. I have never had syslogd become bored with any other distro. And now, I learn that Debian is boring. These marks are very useful if you have a server that locks up for some unknown reason. Looking at the last mark in the syslog will give you an idea about when it happened, which can often be a help tracking down the cause of the problem. More that saying its bored, the systems tells you its still alive, which is nice to know. I have an entry in /etc/syslog.conf which says *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\ auth,authpriv.none;\ cron,daemon.none;\ mail,news.none -/var/log/messages If you change it to *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\ auth,authpriv.none;\ cron,daemon.none;\ mail,news,mark.none -/var/log/messages you won't get the MARK messages, and thanks to Murphy you will soon miss them :-) -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Weird modprobe problems
Hi I have a problem with modprobe on one computer. Due to some unidentified problem with modprobe I'm having a lot of problems upgrading a computer to linux 2.6.15 smp. When installing the debian kernel and booting I got loads of messages complaining about "Unknown symbol journal_xxx". For some reason the initrd didn't load the jbd module needed by ext3. After a lot of searching and rebooting (one feels almost like an MSCE by now :-) I found out that mkinitramfs uses modprobe to figure out what depends on want. Mkinitramfs does a modprobe --set-version=2.6.15-1-686-smp --show-depends jbd which on my system gives: install /bin/true Comparing with other systems (with other versions) I get output like: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686/kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.ko For ext3 I get: insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686-smp/kernel/fs/mbcache.ko install /bin/true insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686-smp/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko which should be insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686-smp/kernel/fs/mbcache.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686-smp/kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686-smp/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko As a consequence I get an unusable initrd file because a lot of needed modules are missing. I have only identified jbd, but there are certainly other missing too. I have compared the contents of different initrd files and the ones on the problematic system are much too small. I have tested this on three systems: a Soltek Qbic system with problems (2.6.15-1-686-smp and 2.6.15-1-686), an Asus M2N laptop (2.6.15-1-686) and a HP Proliant server (2.6.12-1-686-smp), both without problems. Modprobe only misbehaves on the Soltec Qbic system. Besides the different kernel versions they are very much alike. All run Etch (testing) and have # dpkg -l module-init-tools ii module-init-to 3.2.2-1tools for managing Linux kernel modules I have uninstalled modutils from all systems. Its late now and I want to sleep, but until now I have been unable to find out why modprobe on the Qbic doesn't work. I have looked in the files in /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-686-smp/modules.* and they have the same lines for the modules I tested. The correct dependencies are there on all systems. I was unable to install 2.6.15-1-686-smp or 2.6.15-1-686 on the Qbic because mkinitramfs was unable to create a bootable initrd file. In the end I installed the -smb kernel on my laptop and copied the initrd file over with scp, and the Qbic could boot. I cannot, however, upgrade the kernel now without resorting to similar tricks. I haven't reported any bugs, because I haven't got a clue about whats wrong, except the symptoms described above. There is probably something misconfigured on the Qbic since the others don't have problems, but what? A bit of help would be very much appreciated. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://linux.seindal.dk/
Re: Xorg eats my CPU
Bill Wohler wrote (18-01-2006 22:04): Michael Ott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hello Kevin! I am running (up to date) Debian unstable on my laptop, it has a Radeon IGP 340M graphics chip. For the last month or so I am seeing the Xorg process gradually gobble up more and more CPU, up to 30/40% and in some cases 99%. That depends what side you visit. If there is a java applet or a flash animation inside you need more CPU. Yes, I think you'll find that Flash is the culprit. Since Flash is used for gratuitous, annoying animation most of the time, you can remove the flashplugin-nonfree package. Or install the flashblock extension to firefox. It replaces flash elements with a button, and the flash content only plays if you click the button. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Context menues and editing styles in OOo 2
Hi, OOo 2 just made it to testing, and most is ok though I haven't used it much yet. It looks a lot nicer now. Anyway, I cannot figure out how to edit a style. I used to open the styles dialog and right click on the one I wanted to modify and select "Modify" on the context menu. I could also right click in the text and and select "Edit paragraph style" (or something like it) from the context menu. In OOo2 I don't get any context menus at all, in neither place. The window frame flashes shortly, as if the window loses focus and then gets focus back again immediately. I can get a context menu if I enable spell check and right click on misspelled words. It seems something is wrong. I run testing, updated this morning. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Deleted auth.log
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote (03-12-2005 00:34): On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 06:30:46PM -0500, Amish Rughoonundon wrote: Hi, I delete auth.log file by mistake and although I created it again,programs don't write anything to it anymore. Any suggestions. Thanks a bunch Amish That is because, although auth.log is gone, any file descriptors that were open to it are still available. Thus, until all the file descriptors have also been released, the file still "exists." If you are not certain of which applications on your system normally write to auth.log, your best option may be a reboot. sh /etc/init.d/sysklogd reload -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help connect a Nikon D70s camera to a debian box
Bruno Buys wrote (25-11-2005 21:15): H.S. wrote: Bruno Buys wrote: Alexis Huxley wrote: So, I set the camera to ptp, turn it off, plug the usb cable. Set it on, dmesg reports new full usb device. That's all the success I get. Try it as root. Does it work? If so then follow instructions at http://dione.no-ip.org/~alexis/computing/ahdg/ahdg/ahdgse144.html#x427-233000A.3 relating regarding the 'camera' group. Log out and in again to activate. Alexis Thanks Alexis! I can access the camera as root, indeed. As soon as I get home I´ll try your suggestion. If your camera is supposed to be mounted as a USB device, I think you should also be in the plugdev group. ->HS The camera isn´t a usb device. Every linux tuto in the web tells me to use it as a ptp device. Its intriguing, actually, because its setup has a 'USB mass storage' option. Maybe Nikon´s usb implementation is uncompliant? I have a Nikon D70 and it works great with usb storage. I have unloaded gigabytes of photos like that. Set it to USB Storage in the setup on the camera and attach it to the computer. Look in your system log to see what device it is assigned and mount it as a vfat file system. If you run Gnome with the gnome-volume-manager it will be mounted and opened automatically when you plug it in. You have absolutely no need for gphoto for the D70. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How do I edit UTF-8 encoded files with Emacs?
Jim MacBaine wrote (09-08-2005 18:59): How do I tell emacs that the file I'm editing is utf-8-encoded? http://linux.seindal.dk/item32.html -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: OpenOffice and accented vowels
Saverio Trioni wrote (21-06-2005 09:29): Hi. I have a strange problem, I am using a spanish keyboard, and the accented "composing" vowels do not work in OpenOffice (Sid 2.6.11/ GNOME 2.10/OO 1.1.4). Everywhere else they work, being it in the gnome environment, in a xterm, in the text console, and in gnumeric and abiword. Does anyone know how to get with the problem? I just discovered the same problem here: testing, OOo 1.1.4 form unstable. I have to copy paste the é in my name. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seindal Consult
Re: 'Virtual Private Servers' - Advice, recollections and recommendations requested
Sam Watkins wrote (09-01-2005 19:57): On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 10:09:00PM -0200, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 02:04:34PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: The hosting provider I mention above offers 600 MB space and 25 GB/month (for the $70 plan) or 800 MB space and 35 GB/month (for the $100 plan). That should be plenty for most any organization. Since I wanted root access, I got it (with Woody preinstalled) at linode.com (they use UML). For $20/mo, you get 25Gb transfer, 64Mb RAM, and 3Gb disk space. I also use Linode, Linode is great, I have no complaints! They have a forum (quite like fastmail.fm's one) where you can get help from other users and the developer of Linode, and they use a special kernel hack to prevent other people on the same box from monopolising the disk IO and slowing the machine to a halt. The web interface is good. I have a VPS at johncompanies.com, with which I'm very happy. Default you get 4Gb disk and 40Gb xfer on a shared server. I'm running Debian on mine which they provided initially, and I later upgraded as I saw fit. I pay $45/month because I qualified as an open source contributor, otherwise it's $65/month. Their support persons are very qualified and have always been helpful too me. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seindal Consult
Re: Issues with Gnome-2.8
Andrea Vettorello wrote (23-12-2004 14:58): On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 02:18:21 +, Sam Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - gnome overrides .Xmodmap (even if i try and load it manually in .gnomerc), and i have a non trivial setup which i wish to use... the gnome keyboard I don't recall exactly how xmodmap works, as a workaround maybe you can create a simple script to launch it with the gnome-session... This is what I do, and it works brilliantly. Any changes made with xmodmap before gnome-session is started are overwritten by gnome, so changes have to be written from within gnome. A script launched as part of the sessions works great. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://linux.seindal.dk/ Seindal Consult
Re: install USB optical mouse
jianan wrote (06-01-2005 04:55): I'm running 'sarge',kernel-2.6.8, kde-3.2.2. I need to install a USB optical mouse. 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' has no selection for such mouse. How to proceed? Do you have the psmouse module loaded? -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seindal Consult
Re: names good for marketing
Alvin Smith wrote (03-01-2005 04:01): On Tuesday 28 December 2004 05:45 pm, Mauro Darida wrote: Yeah, I've gotta admit, I'm a bit turned off by the name, "Ubuntu." Perhaps the poster would be turned off by any non-english or non-european name. I think that ubuntu is probably a good name if you want to sell in africa but certainly not a good choice if you want to sell in the western world. Do not underestimate the power of emotions. To put it bluntly, the issue is whether white people will accept a product with a Black African "sounding" name or not. If this is indeed the problem, the problem is not with Ubuntu. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seindal Consult
Re: OT: Ubuntu.org
Ron Johnson wrote (28-12-2004 00:25): You missed the smiley face. Still, bet you dime to a dollar that no company nowadays, especially a national or transnational, would name a product "Apache". There's the Apache attack helicopter, which the producer probably sells to a few select friends of the USA. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seindal Consult
Re: How to access external USB hard drive?
Matt Perry wrote (25-12-2004 08:46): On Sat, 25 Dec 2004, Ron Johnson wrote: Is usbfs in your /etc/fstab? $ cat /etc/mtab | grep usbfs usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0 I just found an old firewire card that I had laying around and tried that. The enclosure has firewire so I figured it'd be worth a shot. It worked find with the ohci1394 and sbp2 drivers. I think I'll just stick with this. USB seems to have some problems on this motherboard. I have an Asus M2N laptop and a separate IDE disk enclosure, with the same behaviour. I can access the disk through firewire, but the USB2 interface on the inclosure gives no response whatsoever. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seindal Consult
Re: GNOME File Association
Bruce Park wrote (11-12-2004 18:25): René Seindal wrote: Bruce Park wrote (11-12-2004 16:14): Is it possible that GNOME 2.8 (or Debian for that matter) did away with the "File Association" application found on the Applications -> Desktop Preferences menu? Yes it did, Use "Open with other application" and type in the application you want to use. It will be remembered for that file type afterwards. I wonder, why was it removed? I do realize that once you associated an file to an application, it works fine but most of my original settings have been removed. I think the idea was to move towards the freedesktop.org system, so application / mime / preferences can be shared between different desktops. It will make it a lot easier for applications to work with different desktops, if they can agree on some common conventions. I don't think the idea is all bad, but a few things have been lost in the process. I used to have files with different defaults than that of the mime-type. I could do that in gnome 2.6, but not in 2.8. Another minor thing with the new system is that you cannot enter a user readable name for a custom application. You just see the program name in the menu. To get around that I have to edit the .desktop files in ~/.local/share/applications/ by hand. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seindal Consult
Re: GNOME File Association
Bruce Park wrote (11-12-2004 16:14): Is it possible that GNOME 2.8 (or Debian for that matter) did away with the "File Association" application found on the Applications -> Desktop Preferences menu? Yes it did, Use "Open with other application" and type in the application you want to use. It will be remembered for that file type afterwards. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seindal Consult
Re: Can't get hal/udev/hotplug/whatever to mount usb flash card reader
Ron Johnson wrote (05-12-2004 11:32): On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 15:14 +0100, René Seindal wrote: kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in last message repeated 7 times kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in hald[10310]: Timed out waiting for hotplug event 486. Rebasing to 487 hald[10310]: Timed out waiting for hotplug event 496. Rebasing to 486 Does it all work with udev removed? I.e., can you mount a flash card into a static device? Yes, I can mount the card reader manually. I have since discovered that pmount, which is used by gnome-volume-manager, is only executable for the group plugdev. Once I made it executable for all, most hotpluggable devices mounted immediately. Unfortunately, the error message was not in the syslog, but in the file that captures error messages from GUI programs. Thats why I overlooked an otherwise fairly clear messages. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://linux.seindal.dk/ Seindal Consult
Re: Can't get hal/udev/hotplug/whatever to mount usb flash card reader
Ron Johnson wrote (05-12-2004 11:51): What's a WAF? Wife Acceptance Factor It becomes an important thing to watch when you have managed to convince your wife to dump windows for linux. Ah. Fortunately, my wife uses a limited set of programs, so I could easily just make the fiat, "You're new computer will have Linux." Mozilla browser and Evolution satisfy her. Mine expects something to happen if she plugs in our camera, and with hal and hotplug something happens, so I believe my WAF will soon be on the rise :-) -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://linux.seindal.dk/ Seindal Consult
Re: Can't get hal/udev/hotplug/whatever to mount usb flash card reader
Ron Johnson wrote (05-12-2004 00:13): On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 15:14 +0100, René Seindal wrote: [snip] I need this for my WAF! What's a WAF? Wife Acceptance Factor It becomes an important thing to watch when you have managed to convince your wife to dump windows for linux. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://linux.seindal.dk/ Seindal Consult
Re: Can't get hal/udev/hotplug/whatever to mount usb flash card reader
Andrea Vettorello wrote (04-12-2004 23:45): [...] Do you have "gnome-volume-manager" running? Hi, I found out about this after a fairly prolonged fight with the problem. Once g-v-m is running most things are working very well. There are some issues with a 2in1 card-reader I still haven't sorted out, and I can't get a PCMCIA flash card reader to work well with hal or hotplug, but most of the common things are working. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://linux.seindal.dk/ Seindal Consult
Can't get hal/udev/hotplug/whatever to mount usb flash card reader
Hi, I have tried just about everything, so I need some help. I have installed Gnome 2.8 from sid, including hal, udev, hotplug, ... I'd expect it to just mount my removable devices when I plug them in, and it does seem to work with cds, but not with anything usb. I plug in my usb card reader, and the kernel picks it up, and udev picks it up, but hal complains about missing events from hotplug and nothing is mounted. What do I have to do to get hotplug to find the devices, so I can have them automounted on a gnome 2.8 desktop. I need this for my WAF! I get this output when I plug in the card reader (date and hostname removed from syslog-lines): kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 12 kernel: scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices kernel: Vendor: SanDisk Model: ImageMate CF-SM Rev: 0100 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi7, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 kernel: Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi7, channel 0, id 0, lun 0, type 0 scsi.agent[10576]: disk at /devices/pci:00/:00:1d.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host7/7:0:0:0 kernel: Vendor: SanDisk Model: ImageMate CF-SM Rev: 0100 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sdb at scsi7, channel 0, id 0, lun 1 kernel: Attached scsi generic sg1 at scsi7, channel 0, id 0, lun 1, type 0 kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 12 udev[10612]: creating device node '/dev/sg0' scsi.agent[10617]: disk at /devices/pci:00/:00:1d.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/host7/7:0:0:1 udev[10609]: configured rule in '/etc/udev/rules.d/z_hal-plugdev.rules' at line 2 applied, 'sda' becomes '%k' udev[10609]: creating device node '/dev/sda' udev[10654]: configured rule in '/etc/udev/rules.d/z_hal-plugdev.rules' at line 2 applied, 'sdb' becomes '%k' udev[10654]: creating device node '/dev/sdb' udev[10666]: creating device node '/dev/sg1' kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in last message repeated 7 times kernel: usb 1-1: control timeout on ep0in hald[10310]: Timed out waiting for hotplug event 486. Rebasing to 487 hald[10310]: Timed out waiting for hotplug event 496. Rebasing to 486 -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://linux.seindal.dk/ Seindal Consult
Re: Laser Printer
Peter Robinson wrote (24-11-2004 11:43): Hi, I am looking to buy a laser printer in the range of 200-250 Euro and would like to get one that will work under Debian without all too much fuss. From the specs and the price, Lexmark E232t is looking pretty nice. Has anyone set this up under a testing Debian system? Can this (or another printer) be recommended? I have an HP Color Laserjet 2550, with postscript. It works like charm, though it is a bit bulky. http://linux.seindal.dk/item27.html -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://linux.seindal.dk/ Seindal Consult
Re: where are debian boot-messages logged?
Bram Mertens wrote (21-11-2004 11:15): Hi On my desktop (running SuSE 8.2) the messages printed to tty1 when the machine is booting are stored in /var/log/boot.msg. On my laptop I can't find any file in /var/log/ that contains these messages. Are they logged somewhere else? If so where and how should I have been able to find them? I haven't been able to find info on this on Google or in Debian's documentation. I have then in /var/log/dmesg on my debian testing systems -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://linux.seindal.dk/ Seindal Consult
Re: install HTML Parser
Rodney Richison wrote (20-11-2004 21:03): Is there a "debian way" to install this rather than cpan? cpan install HTML::Parser Just curious apt-get install libhtml-parser-perl -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://linux.seindal.dk/ Seindal Consult
Re: Open Office Hangs...
Will Ness wrote: Hello again!! I recently installed Open Office through apt-get, the install went nicely. However when I start up KDE, and select for instance, OpenOffice.org Writer, all I get is the Open Office splash screen, and nothing else, it just sits there and hangs. Is there a solution to this? I would really like to have some producvity software on my box. TIA!! OOo has problems with certain graphics drivers which can cause a hang, or at least used to. Try setting the environ variable SAL_DO_NOT_USE_INVERT50=true -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seindal Consult
Re: asus m6wr
Can Burak Cilingir wrote: Anyone running debian on this laptop? is it possible to use all the components with any stock debian kernel? unfortunately a google search returns only turkish pages. no one replied on debian-user-turkish. Try here: http://tuxmobil.org/asus.html -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seindal Consult
Re: OpenOffice printing with cups.
Stef VK5HSX wrote: Howdy.. I am trying to organise a network printer to work with OOo with Deb Sarge. I have successfully installed printer and test pages under Kprinter and works fine.. I cannot however, print using OpenOffice. I have tried using printer manager in OOo, which cannot find printer installed. Printer installed on server (arg sake 192.168.1.1) using device "ipp://server:631/printers/canon_s520"; with Suse 9.1 and is shared. Any other info required, let me know.. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=265148 -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seindal Consult
Re: Help: My 'e' and 'c' keys no longer work!
Peter Jay Salzman wrote: Dear all, My "c" and "e" keys stopped working in xterms (rxvt, etc) on X. They work correctly on the console, so it's not a hw issue. The only things of note that happened recently are: Well, you're not alone. I've had the very same problem, but it went away, and I didn't manage to figure out what went wrong. I experimented with the keyboard layout preferences in gnome, and at some point it went away. You can fix it from an xterm with setxkblayout XX where the x'es should be substituted with the layout you want. In my case it is 'dk'. Too bad there's an 'e' in the command, but do an ls and paste an 'e' :-) FWIW, it is not just you. 1. My system froze this morning. Required a reboot and fsck. No "bad" error messages, just the usual "zero dtime" stuff. I looked for xkb related files in all my lost+found directories, but didn't find anything. 2. I apt-get upgraded today. Can't remember what got upgraded last, but I don't think it was X related. I tried restarting X, then tried shutting the machine, wiggling the PS/2 connector and restarting. No dice. However, xfree86 IS receiving events for these keys. The output of xev for "e" is shown below (including the output for "r" to compare it with it with a working key): KeyRelease event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xc1, root 0x58, subw 0xc2, time 368034, (45,50), root:(49,408), state 0x0, keycode 26 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 0 bytes: "" KeyPress event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0xc1, root 0x58, subw 0xc2, time 368342, (45,50), root:(49,408), state 0x0, keycode 27 (keysym 0x72, r), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 bytes: "r" so SOMETHING is happening. I killed X and started it again as a different user. The "e" and "c" keys still didn't work. So whatever happened is global for all users. I also tried reinstalling all packages that have a file named "xkb": apt-get install --reinstall xlibs xlibs-static-pic xbase-clients libx11-6 xlibs-static-dev but still no dice. The only keyboard type warning I get when running startx is: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: > Error:No Symbols named "microsoft" in the include file > "pc/us" > Exiting > Abandoning symbols file "default" Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server The keyboard stanza of my XF86Config file is: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbVariant" "microsoft" EndSection But I don't think this has anything to do with the "e" and "c" keys not working in X. Lastly, I use the enlightenment wm. I tried running twm instead, but 'e' and 'c' still don't work, so it's not a wm issue. I'm completely and utterly out of ideas. The X keyboard is an area of Linux I know almost nothing about. Can some kind soul please please please help me figure this out? Thanks! Pete -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Seindal Consult
Mime-type detection and GLabels application
HI, I use the glabels application to print out adressing labels, but after I upgraded to Gnome 2.6, I can no longer launch glabels by clicking on a glabels file. It is being classified as a application/x-gzip file and I'm only offered file-roller as a possible application. I have .glabels file registered as application/x-glabels in "File Types and Programs", with the glabels application as default, but it is apparently being ignored. How do I persuade nautilus to launch the application of my choice on these files? I run Gnome 2.6 from Debian testing, but I had to use a couple of gnome packages from unstable to get it to work. -- Renà Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Wilber the gimp
On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 09:18:25PM +1000, Trevor D. Manning wrote: > * Joerg Johannes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > In the gimp documentation directory, there is a thumbnail-sized > > version of Wilber the gimp. Is there a larger version of this image > > available (I did not find one on gimp.org)? > > I have a 1080x902 Wilber that I'd be happy to email you, if that would > help. I picked it up originally from: > > http://carol.gimp.org/gimp/resources/media/wilber-huge-alpha.png > > ... but Carol's site looks like it's in the middle of an overhaul. > A search at google found this: https://wiki.camp.ccc.de/twiki-camp/pub/Main/WilberHugeAlpha/wilber-huge-alpha.png -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: S.M.A.R.T. messages - what do they mean
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 03:07:13PM +0200, Nicos Gollan wrote: > On Wednesday 24 September 2003 22:42, René Seindal wrote: > > I just got these messages from smartmontools on my laptop. I checked > > the logs because the disk make a weird sound. > > > > Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. > > This one might actually be harmless if you always got it and get it a lot. It > probably just means that your drive doesn't provide that information. Here's a series of the messages. I just noticed that the Load_Cycle_Count messages come with 30 minutes intervals, so it might be a lack of understanding between the drive and smartd. The Spin_Up_Time messages are explainable, I think. Excessive variation in Spin_Up_Time can be an indacator of a failing spindle motor, but the value is consistently between 110-130, and usually around 115-120, so I take that to be stable. The drive, BTW, is hda: IBM-DJSA-220, ATA DISK drive hda: 39070080 sectors (20004 MB) w/1874KiB Cache, CHS=38760/16/63, UDMA(33) The messages are: Sep 24 22:55:15: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 24 23:25:17: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 24 23:55:16: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 00:25:15: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 00:55:16: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 01:25:15: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 01:55:17: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 02:25:16: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 02:55:16: Device: /dev/hda, SMART Prefailure Attribute: 3 Spin_Up_Time changed from 121 to 119 Sep 25 02:55:16: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 03:25:17: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 03:55:17: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 04:25:17: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 04:55:17: Device: /dev/hda, SMART Prefailure Attribute: 3 Spin_Up_Time changed from 119 to 115 Sep 25 04:55:17: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 05:25:17: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 05:55:17: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 06:25:16: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 06:55:16: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 07:25:16: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 07:55:19: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 08:25:16: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 08:55:17: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 09:25:17: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 09:55:15: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 10:25:16: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 10:55:17: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 11:25:17: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 11:55:17: Device: /dev/hda, SMART Prefailure Attribute: 3 Spin_Up_Time changed from 115 to 123 Sep 25 11:55:17: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 12:25:15: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 12:55:15: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Sep 25 13:25:16: Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. > > Device: /dev/hda, SMART Usage Attribute: 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate changed > > from 99 to 98 > > This one might be more serious. But from what I've seen at > http://yusoft.kulichki.com/russian/doc/smartdoc.htm > (translations anyone?), it has to do with G-forces (as in acceleration) > exerted on the drive, and if you didn't drop it it shouldn't be of much > importance. I had it on my lap, and might have moved it a bit briskly. It did make a weird sound, but there have been no other errors since. Anyway, I'm quite a bit calmer now, but I will keep an eye on the drive in the time to come. As for backup, it is a development machine I use at home, and everything I have there is mirrored on other computers or in CVS. I not too afraid of losing data, rather about losing time. > > > What do these messages mean and do I need to buy a new harddisk? > >
S.M.A.R.T. messages - what do they mean
I just got these messages from smartmontools on my laptop. I checked the logs because the disk make a weird sound. Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. Device: /dev/hda, SMART Usage Attribute: 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate changed from 99 to 98 Device: /dev/hda, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 193 Load_Cycle_Count. I have had the Load_Cycle_Count messages before, but I have never been able to figure out what they mean, in spite of much googling. What do these messages mean and do I need to buy a new harddisk? -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Named Pipes
On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 03:57:28PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 11:16:04PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 06:24:09AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > I wanted to use a named pipe to provide random images. > > > Do you have a particular task in mind? If so, maybe someone knows of an > > alternative way without depending on named pipes. > > Well, yes a random image "file". I was thinking for using it for xdm at > first, but when I started thinking about it I ended up wondering more > about named pipes than the task I started out to solve. > > There's a lot of ways to do random images, I just though a named pipe > might be a simple way to do it. Which is is. If you can use a socket, you can set up a server under inetd. In that case the program will be started automatically when someone connects to that port. It doesn't give you a file in the file system, though. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PHP4 conflicts with libc6
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 08:16:04AM +0100, Daniel Meier wrote: > I have a problem with the current "testing" release > php4 conflicts with libc6, can someone let me know > if there is a workaround. I have put libc6 on hold. The rest of the update will work and php4 will not be removed. The problem is that libc6 explicitly conflicts with php4 in testing. An alternative solution would be to upgrade php4 to unstable, but that will leave your box somewhere halfway between testing and unstable. I personally preferred putting libc6 on hold and wait for an updated php4 to enter testing. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: libc6 vs php4
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 07:11:31AM -0800, nate wrote: > Niclas Söderlund said: > > > Anyhow, I really do not want a re-install on this machine, and I do need > > php4 on it. Bugger me for the mistake (however innocent) to let apt > > install the new libc6 if you must, but tell me what will happen if I > > download the .deb for php4, and make dpkg force it in and ignore the > > depends? > > this is a known issue. I think the solutions are either to install the > php4 from unstable, or force install the php4 from testing with the > the php4 in testing w/regards to the new libc6. It should be fixed > in the next version of php4 to hit testing.. For some reason the testing version of libc6 2.3.1-14 explictly conflicts with the version of php4 in testing. If you still have the old libc6, libc6-dev and locales debs around, you can downgrade to 2.3.1-5 and reinstall php4. That is what I did. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gnome2 in testing - any chances?
Hi, I use testing and hence Gnome1. Some day I'd like to try out Gnome2, but I am a bit reluctant to switch to unstable, as I have work to do, and need a usable desktop. Are there any chances that gnome2 will make it into testing within, say, a few months? Will I be better of reverting to stable and use the backport than 'risk' an upgrade to unstable? Is gnome2 worth the hassle? I have my apt-preferences set up to allow installs from unstable, but I am a bit reluctant to do so, since it includes a new libc. If I upgrade that, I can just as well move to sid, right? The changes in an upgrade seem a bit intimidating: root@segesta 5003 # apt-get -t unstable install gnome Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: abiword abiword-common acme aspell aspell-bin aspell-en bonobo bonobo-activation bug-buddy docbook docbook-dsssl docbook-xsl eog file-roller fontconfig galeon galeon-common gcc-3.2-base gconf-editor gconf2 gedit gnome-applets gnome-control-center gnome-core gnome-desktop-data gnome-doc-tools gnome-icon-theme gnome-media gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-session gnome-spell gnome-system-monitor gnome-terminal gnome-themes gnome-utils gnome2-user-guide gstreamer-gconf gstreamer-runtime jade libart-2.0-2 libasound2 libaspell15 libatk1.0-0 libbonobo-activation4 libbonobo-dev libbonobo2 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libcupsys2 libeel2-2 libeel2-data libexpat1 libfam0c102 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev libfribidi0 libgail-common libgail17 libgal21 libgcc1 libgconf2-4 libgcrypt1 libgdk-pixbuf-dev libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 libgdk-pixbuf2 libglade2-0 libglib2.0-0 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgnutls5 libgstreamer0.6-0 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-common libgtkhtml2-0 libgtop2 liblinc1 liblzo1 libmetacity0 libnautilus2-2 libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libopencdk4 liborbit2 libpanel-applet2-0 libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libperl5.8 librsvg2-2 libsp1 libstartup-notification0 libstdc++5 libtasn1-0 libvte-common libvte4 libwnck-common libwnck4 libxft2 libxml2 libxslt1 metacity metacity-properties nautilus nautilus-data xscreensaver xscreensaver-gnome yelp The following packages will be REMOVED: aspell-da gaspell gnome-help gtop libaspell10 libfam0 libnautilus0 libpspell-ispell1 libpspell4 The following NEW packages will be installed: abiword abiword-common acme aspell-bin bonobo-activation bug-buddy docbook docbook-dsssl docbook-xsl file-roller fontconfig galeon galeon-common gcc-3.2-base gconf-editor gconf2 gnome gnome-desktop-data gnome-doc-tools gnome-icon-theme gnome-system-monitor gnome-themes gnome2-user-guide gstreamer-gconf gstreamer-runtime jade libart-2.0-2 libaspell15 libatk1.0-0 libbonobo-activation4 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libeel2-2 libeel2-data libfam0c102 libfontconfig1 libfribidi0 libgail-common libgail17 libgcc1 libgconf2-4 libgcrypt1 libglade2-0 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgnutls5 libgstreamer0.6-0 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-common libgtkhtml2-0 libgtop2 liblinc1 liblzo1 libmetacity0 libnautilus2-2 libopencdk4 liborbit2 libpanel-applet2-0 libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libperl5.8 librsvg2-2 libsp1 libstartup-notification0 libstdc++5 libtasn1-0 libvte-common libvte4 libwnck-common libwnck4 libxft2 metacity metacity-properties nautilus-data xscreensaver xscreensaver-gnome yelp 33 packages upgraded, 90 newly installed, 9 to remove and 378 not upgraded. Need to get 54.5MB/55.9MB of archives. After unpacking 71.6MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: APM and Linux Clock (WAS:Re: very slow Linux clock)
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 07:18:00PM +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Thanks for your reply: > > since I have remove the `Batterie Charge Monitor' applet > (Gnome2 under testing/unstable) the Linux clock is fine. > > Is there a link between this applet (APM) and the Linux clock ? The APM driver disables interupts when it polls the battery status, which often causes some clock interupts to be missed, which skews the system clock a bit. This can sometimes accumulate into minutes each hour. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: very slow Linux clock
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 04:50:39PM +0100, Jan Trippler wrote: > On Son, 16 Feb 2003 at 15:05 (+0200), Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > I have big trouble with my Linux Clock: > > it is very slow, so [1] the time becomes quickly wrong > > and [2] updates with NTP stuff (or others) seems ridiculous. > > > > How can we fix it ? Is it for a laptop? If yes, do you have a battery status monitor program running? A APM status monitor often causes lost interupts and hence a clock that drops behind. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: killing a 'D' process
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 10:31:12AM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 09:53:15PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > | i have a process waiting for data on a device that doesn't exist > | anymore (USB). now the process is listed as uninterruptibly sleeping. > | i want to get rid of it, but kill -9 doesn't do anything, the process > | remains. > | > | what must i do to kill this process? it can't be that i can get > | a process to lock into the scheduler so as to not get out anymore... > > The process isn't "locked into the scheduler" -- the (CPU) scheduler > always bypasses it because the process doesn't want any CPU right now. > The process' PC (Program Counter) is currently pointing to > instructions that are part of the kernel. It is waiting for some I/O > activity. The processs can't be killed outright because that would > harm the integrity of the running kernel. Once the process is back in > user space it can be killed with SIGKILL. Unfortunately, it isn't > likely the process will ever become unblocked. The normal unix-way is to deliver signals at the transition from kernel to user space, just before the kernel reliquishes control of the cpu to the process. When a process gets stuck in kernel space, usually waiting for an interupt that doesn't arrive due to some hardware related problem, it never comes to the point where the kernel checks for the presense of signals. A non running process is always in kernel space. It is either waiting for some event or it is waiting for the cpu that the scheduler has taken away from it. In any case it is in kernel space. When a signal is delivered, a bit is set in a signal mask in the receiving process control block. In a normal one-processor system the recipient cannot be running, because the sender is, so the signal is delivered later when the scheduler decides to to give the cpu to the recipient. With such a system there is really no way of dragging a recalcitrant process out of kernel mode. If it is stuck in there, it is stuck. Signals are registered, but not delivered, because the transition to user-space never happens. If Linux does as Unix, changing it will be very difficult. It will be a major change in kernel logic. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bogus emails being sent out by me!
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 12:30:34PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I'm getting notifications of emails having failed which were allegedly > sent by me to addresses I never heard of. I presume this is some sort of > attack but I can't figure out where it is coming from or what is > happening. Does anyone else see anything of the kind? Probably a spammer using you email as sender or reply-to address. Not much you can do about it. I once got 3 bounces like that! -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: killing a 'D' process
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 12:04:04AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Jeffrey L . Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.02.12.2215 +0100]: > > AFAIK, there is not any way to kill this short of rebooting. > > one more proof that Linux is actually flawed. going BSD... > it seems that popularity of a software is indirectly proportional to > its correctness. oh my lord. When I worked with 4.3BSD many years ago, there was the same situation. There was no way of eliminating a process in an uninteruptable sleep. It might have changed in later BSDs, but it not only a Linux thing. Unix has been like that for ages. It might be that Unix is flawed, but moving to BSD is certainly not a cure for that :-) -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Other Unix'es
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 04:44:16PM -0600, Justin Ryan wrote: > forget the url? ;p Sigh! That's the second time to day I do this. Here it is: http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html I was particularly amused by the diaper part. > > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 14:46, René Seindal wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just happened to stumble over this, which is a rather amusing list of > > other uses of the name Unix. > > > > It is a part of Dennis Ritchie's personal homepage. > > > > Sorry if this has been around before. > > -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Other Unix'es
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 04:44:16PM -0600, Justin Ryan wrote: > forget the url? ;p Sigh! That's the second time to day I do this. Here it is: http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html I was particularly amused by the diaper part. > > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 14:46, René Seindal wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just happened to stumble over this, which is a rather amusing list of > > other uses of the name Unix. > > > > It is a part of Dennis Ritchie's personal homepage. > > > > Sorry if this has been around before. > > -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Other Unix'es
Hi, I just happened to stumble over this, which is a rather amusing list of other uses of the name Unix. It is a part of Dennis Ritchie's personal homepage. Sorry if this has been around before. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://sights.seindal.dk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help with Netgear MA401 wireless card...?
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 04:29:53PM -0500, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 05:29:09PM -0500, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: > > > eth0: Error -19 reading firmware info. Wildly guessing capabilities... > > eth0: Station identity ::: > > eth0: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 0.00 > > eth0: Intersil firmware earlier than v0.08 - several features not supported > > eth0: Ad-hoc demo mode supported > > hermes @ 0x100: Card removed while issuing command. > > eth0: failed to read MAC address! > > orinoco_cs: register_netdev() failed > > If anyone has an answer for this, please email me off-list. For now I'm > going to zap Debian off that partition until I can usefully get it to > access my network. If someone replies with a solution, I'll gladly re- > install. I use such a card as I am writing this. root@segesta 4987 # cardctl ident Socket 0: product info: "NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC", "Card", "ISL37300P", "Eval-RevA" manfid: 0x000b, 0x7300 function: 6 (network) I do have some problems as the driver blocks every once in a while, and I have to reset it. Apparently the Prism or Intersil firmware is being changed regularly in undocumented ways, giving the driver developers a lot of problem. When I boot I get this: kernel: eth1: Station identity 001f:0006:0001:0003 kernel: eth1: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 1.03 kernel: eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported kernel: eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported kernel: eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key kernel: eth1: MAC address 00:30:AB:20:29:08 kernel: eth1: Station name "Prism I" kernel: eth1: ready kernel: eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f cardmgr[241]: executing: './network start eth1' cardmgr[241]: + /sbin/iwconfig eth1 channel 3 cardmgr[241]: + Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) : cardmgr[241]: + SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported. kernel: eth1: Error -110 setting multicast list. The last error messages are bogus, as the frequency is changed. Make sure you install a rather new kernel so you get a recent version of the orinoco driver. I use 2.4.19 with orinoco_cs 0.11b. Not perfect but usable. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: phoenix + mozilla
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:26:16AM +, iain d broadfoot wrote: > i'm currently using mozilla for mail/news and phoenix for www. > > if phoenix is running when i try to start mail, i get an error about > phoenix mail not being found. > > i know why this happens (i think - cos phoenix is mozilla, it takes any > requests) but was wondering if there were any easy fixes. The mozilla wrapper script takes a --no-remote option. You can use that to launch mozilla mail even if you have phoenix running. Of course, if you have mozilla running, that'll give you a second instance of it. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GUADAGNARE DAVVERO, LEGGI E CAPIRAI!!!!
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 10:16:26PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 01 January 1970 1:00 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > FAI ATTENZIONE PERCHE' CON QUESTO SISTEMA GUADAGNI DAVVERO ! > > (se il messaggio vi e' arrivato piu volte scusate ma, leggetelo ..) > > > An italian chain letter, or the Nigerian scam in italian? I didn't read it, since it was clearly spam, but the subject means "make money, really, read and you'll understand how". The two lines you have cited reads "attention, because with this system you will really earn" and "if this messages arrives several times, excuse me, but _read it_". The mail address reads "lets play" @ makingmoney.it Chain letter, fake investment opportunities or one of the usual "work from home and make a million $$ in a nanosecond with no effort" pseudo-offers. It is *so* intelligent when they start spamming people in a language they don't understand. Like all the corean junkmail. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netscape vs Mozilla irritation
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 04:17:46PM +0200, Helgi Örn wrote: > On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 15:52, René Seindal wrote: > > > > I too have both installed, but if I start mozilla first and then > > netscape (without --no-remote), then the netscape wrapper script talks > > to mozilla and it opens a new mozilla window. With the --no-remote > > option to the netscape wrapper script the test for an already running > > netscape/mozilla is skipped and you get a new instance of netscape > > started. > > > > There is no problem in having both installed, and you can run both at > > the same time too, but they can interfere with each other. > > > That's interesting. But what is -remote thing for and what for example > if I'd choose to put use_ns_remote=yes in the wrapper script to no? Netscape is a rather large process, and by having the same process open more windows a lot of memory is saved, compared to having different processes with one window each. There are also some problems about updating bookmarks and other user profile data if several processes change the data at the same time. The remote protocol solves that problem. Even if you call netscape another time, you still reuse the same process and hence save memory. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netscape & scrollmouse
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 04:22:55PM +0200, Helgi Örn wrote: > Hi! > > I've got an PS/2 MS Intellimouse that works very well except that the > scroll-wheel doesn't work in Netscape 4.77. Can someone inform me how I > can make that work in Woody? You have to bind buttons 4 and 5 to the proper scrollup/down commands. On my system there are examples in /usr/share/doc/netscape-base-4/examples/netscape-base-4.Xresources for doing this. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netscape vs Mozilla irritation
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 09:29:54AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, René Seindal wrote: > > > > > Run netscape as "netscape --no-remote" > > [snip] > > > Since mozilla in some ways is netscape5, netscape and mozilla use the > > same protocol to communicate with an already running browser. There is > > no other way around than the above. > > > > Not true! If you install one in /usr/local you can run both independently > without problem. I too have both installed, but if I start mozilla first and then netscape (without --no-remote), then the netscape wrapper script talks to mozilla and it opens a new mozilla window. With the --no-remote option to the netscape wrapper script the test for an already running netscape/mozilla is skipped and you get a new instance of netscape started. There is no problem in having both installed, and you can run both at the same time too, but they can interfere with each other. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netscape vs Mozilla irritation
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 01:26:41PM +0200, Helgi Örn wrote: > Hi! > > I've seen this before on the list; people having problems starting old > Netscape 4.* because Mozilla pops up instead. For us who have bank Run netscape as "netscape --no-remote" > To me it is complete stupidity to let Mozilla take over the terms > netscape and communicator as startup commands, why don't the Mozilla > programmers change this? Or is this a Debian only problem? Since mozilla in some ways is netscape5, netscape and mozilla use the same protocol to communicate with an already running browser. There is no other way around than the above. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: digital camera recommendation?
On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 04:29:25PM -0700, Henry House wrote: > On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 11:10:49PM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote: > > Henry House wrote: > > > > > Can anyone recommend a digital camera for use with Linux? My goals (in no > > > particular order): > > > > > > * Good image quality > > > * Uses compact flash (the little wafers, each as large as an air-mail > > > stamp) > > > * Complete Linux compatibility with OSS drivers > > > * Linux-friendly manufacturer > > > > > > Any experiences that you can share would be helpful to me. > > > > Considering that digital cameras can cost as little as a hundred bucks > > or so or as much as $5000, you might want to specify the price range > > you're interested in. Maybe also some technical details like pixel > > count, whether you want to use external lenses or flash units, and so > > on. > > Fair enough. I want to spend at most $US 500. I can get the list pf supported > cameras from the GPhoto website; I suppose what I want to know the most is, > which companies are Linux-friendly? I want to buy from a company that has > been forthcoming with specs, has not tried to sue developers, etc. I have an Olympus C-700UZ which I think is about $500. It is a usb-storage device, so it is not supported by gphoto, but it works well with linux. Just connect the usb cable, mount the camera and copy the photos. The best thing is that it has a 10x optical zoom, so you can take good pictures of stuff that is far away. I can't tell you how well-behaved Olympus are, but I haven't had problems with my camera. You can see some photos taken with the camera at http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/657.html . If you pick the horizontal photos and follow the links to the original, you should be raw off the camera files with exif info and everything. The vertical photos have been rotated, so information has been lost in the process. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apache Exploit Released - where is an update for Woody?
On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 19:04, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 01:29:04PM +1000, John wrote: > | There's now an exploit in the wild for Apache (the chunked whatever > | bug). The DSA mentions an update which is version 1.3.9-14.1 > | > | We need a version > 1.2.12, and are running 1.3.23 from woody. Is there > | any idea where a patched 1.3.23 for woody might be? Or should I install > | from source from apache.org? > > Woody currently has 1.3.24-3 (as does sid). (at least, according to > the mirror I use) apache 1.3.26 is in http://incoming.debian.org/ the files can be downloaded from there and installed with 'dpkg -i' -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
updated apache-perl
Hi, Has anybody managed to build a version of apache-perl based on apache 1.3.26? I am trying, but until now with very limited success. -- René Seindal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lindows and debian packages
Hi, I had a look at lindows.com after some discussion on slashdot, and the package names in their click-n-run warehouse are very debianish. They even have the 'application' libdbd-sybase-perl for download :-) Is lindows based on debian? -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hpijs and Ghostscript: hp1115
On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 09:52, Jeff Johnson wrote: > Thanks so much for the help. > > but still having some issues... ;) > > i have configured using apsfilterconfig. > > i try to print test page and recieve: > > > unable to write to output, fd=0, count=1000: Bad file descriptor Try giving gs the -dIjsUseOutputFD option. It might have something to do with it. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mozilla 1.0
On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 05:27:26PM +0200, Gerhard Gaussling wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2002 23:31 schrieb Richard Beri: > > I tried the "dpkg-reconfigure mozilla-browser" and set the audio > > to "none" but mozilla was still crashing. Right now I have just > > disabled the kde artsd server altogether and mozilla is stable. > > Granted I have no sound in kde, but I can still play mp3's with > > xmms, and hear sound in movies in xine. So I go without the few > > beeps and whistles in kde, which I never use much anyway. What > > are the differences between esd and the artsd wrapper anyway? > > > > I think to simply disable aRts is not a real solution for bug > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85772 and > http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58339 . Do you think this is related to http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148219 which appears to related to some problem with flash and sound. The bug is not reproduceable by all. It still happens to me, starting from Mozilla 1.0rc3. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why does Mozilla modify /etc/alternatives/netscape?
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:31:43AM -0500, DvB wrote: > Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't believe Mozilla does any such thing. I think you're running > into the sometimes very annoying ns_remote feature in Netscape 4.x/6.x > which is meant to save startup time when there's already an instance of > netscape running. Try running netscape again when mozilla is already > running and you'll probably notice that you didn't really solve the > problem. netscape --no-remote will do the trick. It is a part of the wrapper-script. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Clueless subscriber (was: Re: port forwarding)
On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 07:49:39PM +0200, Rudy Gevaert wrote: > On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 07:14:31PM +0200, prover wrote: > > I'M NOT MEMER OF YOUR MAILING LISTS. I got tired of this guy, so I bounce all his 'bounces'. This procmail recipe does it: :0 * ^X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] They don't appear to return to the list, so if enough of us do so, his ISP might drop him. At least that'll stop it if nothing else will. I have written to the fellow, but he is probably so clueless he wouldn't know how to unsubscribe anyway. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Possible problem with mozilla-browser 1+rc3-1 and flash
Hi, I've had a small problem with Mozilla that would crash under rather weird conditions. I reported it to bugzilla, but it could not be reproduced by others. I then downloaded a build from mozilla.org, and it didn't happen there. It is then either a problem with the Debian build of mozilla 1.0RC3 from unstable or a problem with my profile (though the same profile worked with the mozilla.org build). I'd be happy if somebody would have a look to see if it is only me :-) It is bug 148219 in bugzilla, URL http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148219 In short here is what I did. Go to URL http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/59/25510.html It has a flash thingy so the flash plugin must be installed. Right click and pick Page Info from the menu. Change to the Media Tab on the Page Info window. My mozilla crashes within a second after. All other pages on www.theregister.co.uk are ok. In fact, I have found not other page that exhibits the problem. It works with other builds of mozilla 1.0RC3. I run debian woody with a few packages from unstable, including the mozilla 1.0RC3 packages. My flash plugin is "Shockwave Flash 5.0 r47" -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Increasing font size in mozilla
On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 04:29:26PM -0600, Mike Fontenot wrote: > > Has anyone succeeded in getting significantly > larger font sizes in (potato's) mozilla? Don't use the mozilla in potato. It is two years old. Use the one in sid, which is much newer and has the recently discovered security hole fixed. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: starting Galeon automagically
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 16:47, Vittorio wrote: > With Gnome 1.4 I have netscape 4.7x & galeon under woody. > > Because I want to migrate toward the latter browser, how can I tell > Gnome that the default browser (the one is started when you click on a > link in another application) is no longer netscape but galeon? Go to the Control Center, section Document Handlers and change the URL Handlers for protocol http. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Howto turn off the mic at bootup
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:12:47AM +0800, Willy Sutrisno wrote: > hi, > > I have this small problem, everytime I bootup my comp. The mic is always set > to > the highest. I need to run aumix and turn off the mic. Is there a way to turn > off the mic during bootup process? Have a look at /etc/init.d/aumix. I believe there is a way to save the sound settings and restore them at boot. Otherwise install setmixer. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apache 1.3.22 packages
Hi, Does anybody know where I can find debian packages for apache 1.3.22? There are some problems with mod_proxy and multiple cookies that bother users of Zope, so I need to downgrade.Unfortunately these packages seem to have disappeared completely. Apparently neither 1.3.23 nor 1.3.24 will do. Is there somewhere where one can find older packages or are they gone forever? -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: placing a hold on package
On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 03:55:06PM -0700, Faruk Grozdanic wrote: > > I do not wish the kernel-image package installed since I am already > running kernel 2.4.17 (downloaded kernel-source package & compiled it). > Reading the documentation & man pages, it seems that a hold needs to be > placed on the specified package for this to happen. I would like apt-get > to permanently ignore this package. Can someone please tell me how to > do this or at least point me in the right direction. I do not know if Hi, The command echo " hold" | dpkg --set-selections should put the package on hold for you. René Seindal. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/
Re: rm a '-R' file
How about "rm ./-R" Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: I have a file that was created called "-R". How do I delete this file? Lance -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/
