sudden death of mozilla firebird + gnome-sound-recorder hang
Hello all, Since approx two weeks, mainly two applications make enourmous problems: mozilla-firebird and gnome-sound-recorder. All this happended just after an apt-get upgrade. I do think that the reason is to be found in some base libs (gtk or so?). I think i can exlude defect versions of the named software, because both of them have been updated since then. Totem also cause problems until yesterday but it's problems were the same. Mozilla Firebird issues: application suddenly closes, epsecially upon opening of new tabs or opended menus (but not always!). Here a strace of mozilla-firebird: read(3, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"..., 64) = 64 gettimeofday({1067289895, 713185}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1067289895, 713336}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1067289895, 713399}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1067289895, 713447}, NULL) = 0 kill(2581, SIGRTMIN)= 0 gettimeofday({1067289895, 713534}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1067289895, 713660}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1067289895, 713690}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1067289895, 713726}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1067289895, 713750}, NULL) = 0 write(2, "pure virtual method called\n", 27) = 27 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [ABRT], NULL, 8) = 0 kill(2566, SIGABRT) = 0 --- SIGABRT (Aborted) @ 0 (0) --- unlink("/home/blazko/.phoenix/default/09kafwql.slt/lock") = 0 exit_group(6) = ? GNOME sound recorder is another way: it opens but as soon as i want to record, the GUI freezes. Here an strace: ioctl(3, FIONREAD, [64])= 0 read(3, "\5\1\224\3\275y\6\0\213\0\0\0002\0\0\3\0\0\0\0\264\0H\0"..., 64) = 64 sched_get_priority_max(0) = 0 sched_get_priority_min(0) = 0 pipe([16, 17]) = 0 clone(child_stack=0x81778f8, flags=CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES|CLONE_SIGHAND) = 2496 write(17, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"..., 148) = 148 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, NULL, [RTMIN], 8) = 0 write(17, "[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]@PA\27\10\0\0\0\200"..., 148) = 148 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, NULL, [RTMIN], 8) = 0 rt_sigsuspend([] --- SIGRTMIN (Unknown signal 32) @ 0 (0) --- <... rt_sigsuspend resumed> ) = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system call) sigreturn() = ? (mask now [RTMIN]) rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, NULL, [RTMIN], 8) = 0 rt_sigsuspend([] ** (gnome-sound-recorder:2497): WARNING **: FIXME: guard from double entry Maybe you can tell me a hint? I know that a friend of mine has similar problems w/ gnome / gtk apps. System is actual (problem resited in GNOME 2.2 and 2.6); maybe i got a problem in configs? Most other apps do fine further, including galeon and epiphany. -- greetings, | /"\ | \ / ASCII-Ribbon-Campaign Timo | X Against HTML Mail | / \ -- PUBLIC KEY: 52F3311A Timo Boewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2003/10/30 Fingerprint = F743 E0AA A2F0 1B33 F6FA 417B 72BE 740D 52F3 311A signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Connecting to a WinCE based PDA
Hello together, I have been searcing the web a long time, but could not find much information. I was given a Windows CE based pocket pc (why not an ipaq?!?). Although it has got a card slot (MMC / SD), i wonder if i can communicate with this device via USB. I mean, it must not be data sync with my apps, but just plain data transmission. This device can be connected via USB serial on /dev/ttyUSB0, and there is an app called "minicom" that can be used to talk to that pocket pc. However, you have to use AT commands - thus it seems to be usefull for using that thing as a modem. However, i just want to use it for copying data. Has anyone experiences and application hints on doing that? The device: USB major: 0bb4 (High Tech Computer Corp.) USB minor: 00ce This pocket pc is sold by - as: - O2XDA GSM/GPRS Pocket PC - OrangeSPV - T-Mobile MDA Thank you for any hints!!! -- greetings, | /"\ | \ / ASCII-Ribbon-Campaign Timo | X Against HTML Mail | / \ -- PUBLIC KEY: D8279D57 Timo Boewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2002/09/25 Fingerprint = DB88 686D 44D8 6F1B 5B1A D24F 037E F898 D827 9D57 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GTK apps: overriding global theme
Hello List! I am currently using GNOME2 from sid and use a custom theme for all my GTK2/GNOME2 apps. However, one app crashes (Eclipse) when using this theme. Are there any options to override the system-wide theme for an app? I know that GTK1 supported this, however, no app lists this param in their options list, but many other GTK-specific options. Mh, another question: how can i tell GNOME2 to use a special session w/o using GDM2? Where do i have to embed this line: gnome-session --choose-session=[Name] ? Thank you for any hints!!! -- greetings, Timo -- PUBLIC KEY: D8279D57 Timo Boewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2002/09/25 Fingerprint = DB88 686D 44D8 6F1B 5B1A D24F 037E F898 D827 9D57 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gnome2 hang (solved)
Ron Jones wrote: > Hi Timo, Hello Ron, Sorry for the late reply. > > Saw your post on debian-user about hanging at splash screen. I have the > same problem, did you get anywhere with fixing this? > Yes, the problem on my side was caused by the name scheme change in Debians GNOME2 packages. To allow co-existing w/ GNOME1 packages, the previous name scheme was this: gnome2-[something] gnome-[something]2 Some of my core GNOME2 packages were installed using this scheme. But for the last few months, this name scheme is changing to a form without a appended "2" suffix. So, an apt-get dist-upgrade failed, because the according dependencies were not matched in version, but not causing an error. So, this helped: i removed many packages with a "2" and searched package names on packages.debian.org and looked, if they are GNOME2 already (e.g. "gnome-system-monitor2" has become "gnome-system-monitor". So i removed the "2ers" and replaced them with the new ones, so that all was in sync. This did it for me and i hope that helps! -- greetings, Timo -- PUBLIC KEY: D8279D57 Timo Boewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2002/09/25 Fingerprint = DB88 686D 44D8 6F1B 5B1A D24F 037E F898 D827 9D57 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GNOME2 startup hang
Hello, Yes, I know that one shall no use dist-upgrade... However, after this, GNOME2 does not work any longer. It starts up X, then comes the splash screen, but no icons and text. When launching e.g. XFCE (actual 3.x one, gtk1 thus) and then running apps, half of all apps work. I.e. most apps being tight bound to gnome fail but many others work. Having read the previous nautilus thread, i thught it would be the reason, but after diabling nautilus, GNOME2 still does not launch. Examples for hanging apps: - gnome-session - nautilus - gnome-font-config Examples for working apps - gimp-1.3 - gnome-cd -gnome-character-map Though no app gives any error messages, i do not know the reasons. Maybe some of these?: - OAF / bonobo / whatever - fontconfig (through to a switch to the font renderer, however, most other GTK2/X/GNOME2 apps work...) Any help is highly appreciated, though i also use my laptop for ,my job... thanks -- greetings, Timo -- PUBLIC KEY: D8279D57 Timo Boewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2002/09/25 Fingerprint = DB88 686D 44D8 6F1B 5B1A D24F 037E F898 D827 9D57 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GNOME2 startup hang
Hello, Yes, I know that one shall no use dist-upgrade... However, after this, GNOME2 does not work any longer. It starts up X, then comes the splash screen, but no icons and text. When launching e.g. XFCE (actual 3.x one, gtk1 thus) and then running apps, half of all apps work. I.e. most apps being tight bound to gnome fail but many others work. Having read the previous nautilus thread, i thught it would be the reason, but after diabling nautilus, GNOME2 still does not launch. Examples for hanging apps: - gnome-session - nautilus - gnome-font-config Examples for working apps - gimp-1.3 - gnome-cd -gnome-character-map Though no app gives any error messages, i do not know the reasons. Maybe some of these?: - OAF / bonobo / whatever - fontconfig (through to a switch to the font renderer, however, most other GTK2/X/GNOME2 apps work...) Any help is highly appreciated, though i also use my laptop for ,my job... thanks -- greetings, Timo -- PUBLIC KEY: D8279D57 Timo Boewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2002/09/25 Fingerprint = DB88 686D 44D8 6F1B 5B1A D24F 037E F898 D827 9D57 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: what BIOS options are accessible (r/w) from the OS?
Rob Weir wrote: > > Why do you want to disable it? To prevent people accessing it? Well, initially, this was the idea (of course, besides doing the usual iptables etc. stuff). > I'm fairly sure that the kernel ignores what the BIOS thinks about disk > drives, i.e. disabling it in the BIOS will not affect your system at > all, it'll still show up... ...and usable though. >>Btw.: what BIOS options can an OS read/set in general? > > Give enough knowledge, root on your machine can set/read any option in > your BIOS. To this extend, this is quite new to me. In my "Windows days" i first heard of such things but was not aware that an OS can gain such influence on the BIOS / bypass it. > keep down the number of things running as root. Just unmount the disk > when you're not using it, and no one without root will be able to touch > it. Of course, if someone gets root, they can do anything to your > machine, up to and including mounting drives, erasing files, installing ... yes, that was my first idea, but well - root. Security is always a compromise. I want to care ongoing about security but it shall not eat all my time (no lives depend on my data). But maybe i am going to install a simple power switch in the HDDs power cable... this shall render any attacker harmless. Physical detachment is the best way (just like with Computer M5 in Star Trek Classic :-) ) of protection. > > -rob Thank you very much for your help and information! -- greetings, Timo -- PUBLIC KEY: [soon] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT: what BIOS options are accessible (r/w) from the OS?
Hello Debian users! I marked this posting as OT cos i do not know if it right here. What i want to do: i have a gateway already and plan to do weekly backups of my client PCs on a dedicated hard drive. Due to a question of price, i ask myself if it is okay to plug just a second HDD into the gateway and deactivate the HDD from the BIOS. So, if want to make a backup, i boot my box w/ activated 2nd HDD and do an rsync. My question: is it possible (e.g. by hackers etc.) to activate a HDD by the operating system? I hope it is not! I am using Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody). Btw.: i know, while doing the backup it is vulnerable if i am online. Btw.: what BIOS options can an OS read/set in general? Thanx for any hints! -- greetings, Timo -- PUBLIC KEY: [soon] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: T.120 client?
On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 00:53, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > the actual version, but got the well-gnown "GnomeConf not found" error > > What's the actual error message you're getting? It sounds to me like > it's a simple matter of installing libgnome-dev . > yepp, you are right, installing it solved the error, thought it should be libgconf-dev or that... :-) > good times, > Vineet too, greetings, Timo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: toshiba laptop support
On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 23:11, chris Parker wrote: > Has anyone gotten a toshiba satellite 1005-S157 to work under potato? I > haven't been able to get it to even boot---pci unsupported(unknown pci). i have a toshi sat 3000-100 and hat the same probs: any debian version i had did not boot although any suse version did. but there were two workarounds that worked for me: - take a debian bootdisk from the ftp server, it should be the ide-pci favour with more bugfixes and stripped scsi support - this worked for me - take one of the newer bootdisk images using the 2.4 linux kernel version HTH, Timo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: T.120 client?
On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 06:00, Nick Hastings wrote: > >I've just started using gnomemeeting as an H.323 client. I quite like > it, but its lack of H.120 support is making life difficult. Hello Nick, I recently got into gnomemeeting (had much trouble with firewalling, but it finally works). i am using the current debian package of gnomemeeting that can do audio and video, but also misses T.120 support. Well, i haven't tried it right now, but if you take a look at the official gnomemeeting website (gnomemeeting.org) and regard the screenshots section, it might be that the actual version does support it. At least the images show the chat client. i tried to manually compile the actual version, but got the well-gnown "GnomeConf not found" error that i am really tired of. But please take a closer look. HTH, Timo > > Does anyone know of an H.120 protocol client, that I can use to send images > etc. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: executables in /xyz
Thanks! Yes, the mount options are the cause. RTFM: well, normally i read a lot but the mount idea came while finishing the mail, thus forgive me :-). Thanks again and see you. p.s. no one knows the bach shell??? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
executables in /xyz
Hello everyone, i have a funny thing in my current sid (2 months old, but last update yesterday [dist-upgrade]) but also in the previous installation (also sid): whenever i am developing in C/C++ or bash, i cannot execute the files. they reside in a custom folder /data/devel/[xyz]. Having controlled file permissions etc. and even when trying to launch'em as root, i get e.g. bach: /data/devel/c++/!samples/test.c: permission denied when i copy these files to my home folder or even to e.g. /usr/share/doc/libgtk1.3-dev/examples/base, they work. I can certainly say that file perms are okay. Any ideas why these things won't run in my /data folder? For information: /data is another partition, maybe mount-options are the cause?: /dev/hda3 /data reiserfsdefaults,user 0 0 greetings, Timo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TV over LAN?
Hello everyone. This question is not meant that serious, but nevertheless with interest: in my LAN i have running a gateway, a workstation and a laptop. The workstation is equipped with a TV card (BT878) and works just fine. Is there a way to view TV on my laptop by using the PC and the LAN? I know this will pollute the LAN, but well, it is my private little one :-) Knowing that USB _almost_ ha enough bandwidth for viewing TV i wonder if i can use my LAN for TV redirection. Any ideas what ways exist? Maybe simple X forwarding, but are there other ways (what about xhost/xauth settings)? My LAN is a normal 100mbit ethernet. Thanx all, Timo
Re: 3d with nvidia
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 20:34, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > Hi, > > Section "Module" > Load"GLcore" > Load"bitmap" > Load"dbe" > Load"ddc" > Load"dri" > Load"extmod" > Load"freetype" > Load"glx" > Load"int10" > Load"pex5" > Load"record" > Load"speedo" > Load"type1" > Load"vbe" > Load"xie" > EndSection > You should comment out GLcore, cos it loads before nVidia's glx. Thus the nVidia version cannot act. Dunno if this is all, but i have purged this option and in works on my system. Otherwise, please read the readme shiped with the binary drivers, there is a sample X config an important hints on 3D support, also regarding the right AGP driver. HTH, Timo
Re: some problems with gnome
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 19:52, Raphaël Scateni wrote: Hello Raphaël, > > Desk guide alert >gnome desktop guide >you are running a gnome compliant window manager > gnome support by the window manager is strongly recommended for proper > desk guide operation. GNOME users often tend to use Sawfish, Enlightenment, IceWM or Windowmaker as their window managers. Do you have them installed? If not, just do (as root) e.g. a: apt-get install sawfish and enter the gnome control center (if there is no link to it, just hack "gnomecc" in xterm/gnome-terminal/eterm (whatever)) and go to the "Window Manager" section and select it. On pressing "try" or "ok", you now should have all right (and can move the windows). > > Moreover, some details are strange : > -my mouse pointer is always a cross fixme: should be done by the window manager (see above) > -i can't fiw a backgroung picture (i just have a black and white backgroung mh, by default, gnome displays a kind of blue colour. Well, could be changed to whatever you like in the control center > -i don't have icons on the desktop i have them seen when using gmc (midnight commander with GNOME frontend/bindings). for a newer (but bit slower) "version" you should install nautilus, it will handle desk icons and optionally the background > -i can't move the windows on the desktop window manager (s.a.) > -i have hardly anything in the startup menu, whereas lots of programs are > installed most probably you have not installed gnome-media, gnome-utilities etc. when done, most of the menus are filled. note that there are just gnome and pure gtk apps listed. in the debian submenus you may find other bare x apps (e.g. ghosview etc.). > > Finally, when i close x session, i can read "Gdk-warning **: locale not > supported by C library you have not installed locale support for gnome. never have done it. just ignore that error; or if needed, install some ISO fonts (e.g. ISO-8859-1 for most european fonts and browse a bit with dselect for locales (done with the "/" key in deselect). > > Thanks for your help > > Raphaël Hope that helps, Timo
mountd: forcing static port
Hello, I have just successfully configured my NFS shares for OpenSSH tunneling (that rocks!), but i have one "problem": On system start i execute a custom init script that (beside other things) creates a mountd tunnel to a remote machine. But on each system reboot (remote one), its mountd port changes, thus the init scripts fail. Has anyone an idea how i can force the remote machine to use the same mountd port each time? The manpages tell nothing and also searching /etc did not bring any hints. The machine i connect to uses woody/testing. Thanx in advance and many greetings to all, Timo
scp shall only copy newer files
Hello, Right now I am doing a backup from my laptop to my workstation using OpenSSH's secure copy. The problem is that i would like to copy only newer files, cos it also transports my Ogg/Vorbis files (quite some gigabytes) over net -quite not wanted. Is there a way like in normal cp to tell scp that it should compare file's timestamps/sizes before sending any files? I cannot find any option in the manpages of scp and ssh. Much thanx to you! greetings, Timo
OT: RFC telling allowed/forbidden chars in URIs / email addrs
Hello everyone, sorry for that "slightly" off-topic posting, but for a project i am currently developing under my sid/unstable, i am on the search on rfc-editor.org to find the FTY or RFC etc. telling me what characters are allowed (or forbidden) in URIs and email addresses. I cannot get it in the search. Thankful for any hints, greetings, Timo
Re: System hangs during installation
Hello Juergen, On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 13:23, Juergen Striegel wrote: (BTW: why does debian installs the ispell stuff for a minimal system?) > Are there any suggestions/ideas? That's what i hated 'bout SuSE: they installed to much on a minimal system, and debian is sometimes going the same way :-(. I do not know either why ispell is that important; got no need for it. To your problem: that is really strange. If you had not tried another CD, i would say it is a physical image error or corrupt data caused by fault download. I had a similar problem with my laptop; i could not install from potato and woody CDs, but that error came just earlier on init scripts when trying to load MD (multiple devices), although a SuSE CD did it. I suggest another try with an actual woody CD (the german PC mag. Linux Intern had a woody CD some time ago) from the net or maybe a sid CD set. I am sure this will work. The do a minimum install and perhaps downgrade back to woody or potato (if wanted) and use actual security updates. HTH, Timo
Re: kernel compile question
Hello Willi, On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 13:34, Willi Dyck wrote: > as far as i know, hot-pluggable device support is only needed with > PCMCIA cards. i don't have such cards, so i keep that support out of the if i am right, USB also needs id > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.5' I often had comile probs with kernels <2.4.8. I have seen you are using an 2.4.5 image, migrating to the 2.4.17 would surely avoid the error. Also keep in mind that Linux <2.4.12 (2.4.13?) have the local root login exploit. Also, the 2.4.15 has a critical vfs error that silently destroys your file system when unmounting (->powerdown). HTH and greetings, Timo
Re: using xfwm as gnome's wm
On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 04:09, csj wrote: > > [...] Have your tried IceWM?[...] > Hello! Yes, i tried IceWM some time ago, but did not knew that it has GNOME support... wait, let me do a apt-get... :-) Thank you so far, will report in some time. Timo
Re: problem with executing binaries in bash
On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 09:40, Benjamin Sommerfeld wrote: > bash: ./pine-bin.linux: Permission denied Hello Benjamin, sorry that i cannot help you, but i have the same problem with self-coded stuff. Even when running'em as root, i get the permission denied error. Maybe some libs aren't there but causing the wrong error msg? Hope to see the solution :-) Timo
using xfwm as gnome's wm
Hello, i am a GNOME user and mostly used sawfish and enlightenment as window managers so far. However, i am still quite disatisfied with them, cos they have little but disturbing behaviours. They often place windows out of the screen some bit or do not remeber them right, especially for non-gnome apps like mozilla. i tweaked the wm's options a lot, reset to defaults, reinstalled'em, but i am quite unlucky. Then i installed window maker, which also works not the way i like (misplacing windows, i cannot remove the icons that hinder me from taking applications the whole screen etc.). So far, i have found only two window managers that i am completely content with: -XFWM (from XFCE) -the KDE WM However - although i often gave it a try - some standard KDE apps do not work very stable, so i always got back to GNOME. After a long speech, my questions: -do you have similar experiences with sawfish, enlightenment or window maker? -how can is use the XFWM only (means: no XFCE) for GNOME? The XFCE panel always comes and i cannot choose XFWM from the GNOME Control Center. Any help is very appreciated, thank you, Timo
gtk theming documentation?
Hello, I plan to create an own gtk theme, but i cannot find any documents on how to do this, except for taking existing gtkrcs, but in some details this doesn't also help. I did not find any local manpages and no info on these sites: gtk.org, themes.org, linuxdoc.org Any hints for gtkrc hacking docs or tutorials? Would be very thankful. Greetings, Timo
OpenGL header files: as .deb?
Hello, while - after a long time - being back in OpenGL devel, i was wondering where the include files are. From the nVidia modules, i have these files: /usr/include/GL/gl.h(main header?) /usr/include/GL/glx.h (extensions?) /usr/include/GL/glxtokens.h (???) I remember to have tried sources from SGI once, but these did not work when trying to compile'em in gcc/g++. Actually, the files above are okay for OpenGL development, but I am looking for the very common glu.h glut.h files. Is there a debian package or that? I do not plan to use mesa, cos as far a I know their main purpose was for glide and non-nvidia opengl.just heard rumors, but i know myself to work with perl and mesa modules that totally failed. Any hints for "official" OpenGL headers??? Thanx in advance, Timo
ps2dvi / pdf2dvi ???
Hello, is there no PostScript to TeX / PDF to Tex converter available? Locally, i cannot find one, and search on debian packages did not reveal any hits. Maybe they are inside a larger package? I can find e.g. html2ps as a single package. Thank you for any hints; greetings, Timo
OT: try Mozilla 0.97
Hello all, the new mozilla is just out, give it a try cos it again gained performance. also interesting: you can toggle javascript features for more things than window.open() finally, e.g. resize, leveling, cookie request etcetera. Favicons are now completely supported. More on mozilla.org. greetings, Timo (nope, i am not from the moz staff :-)
theory: binary vs. source
Hi again, i got a somewhat theoretical question: in /etc/apt/sources.list there is a destinction between deb abd deb-src packages. Are the deb-src packs "make'able" packages? *** core question *** :^) But the question of interest: on nowadays PCs - assuming a "every user" system with e.g. X-Window w/ GNOME etc. - may there be a noticeable performance (e.g. > 5%-20%) between i386 binaries or optimized self-comiled apps? *** /core question *** :^) While using apt-get/dpkg only, in the past i nearly always used tarballs with app sources, but compiling made me crazy due to unmatched dependncies and sometimes broken packages. Anyhow, i am still addicted to do self-compiling. Btw.: assuming i only would use deb-src, will it get the source archives including all dependencies so that i can comfortably compile all the stuff myself? Hope for a discussion (will see it tomorrow, time to sleep *g). Thanx in advance & greetings, Timo
Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts
On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 23:06, Timo --Blazko-- Boewing wrote: Hello, thank you all for your replies! Yes, it was due to runlevel 2!!! I used update-rs.d wich reinstalled the correct symlinks, thanx to MH. In former years i used SuSE Linux, there have been these runlevels: 0: halt 1: maintenance mode 2: single user mode 3: multiusermode, console only 4: n/a 5: multiuser w/ X 6: reboot i completely ignored that debian has other ones. Btw, what command do i use to get the current runlevel? init does not unveil this secret. Or where can i find it directly in proc? Okay, a lazy question; anyhow: Thanx again and greetings, Timo
Re: init.d: writing custom init-scripts
On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 23:03, Greg Wiley wrote: > You've probably checked, but is your default runlevel, indeed, 3? Hello Greg, it should be :-) Well, it is an x-less station and but to go shure i also put the symlinks to runlevels 4,5 and 6 too. Timo
init.d: writing custom init-scripts
Hello everyone, i got a simple problem but cannot fint the cause: i have written a custom bash script (a very simple one) that should be run on machine startup. I put it under the common place /etc/init.d/myscript Then, i placed a symlink called S99myscript pointing to the script under /etc/rc3.d, however, it does not get stalled. The symlink and the script got the same rights and user/group as all the other ones from sid and my one is the only one that does not work. When running the script manually as user root, it succeedes, but it is not run by the init deamon on machine startup. Are there any special aspects to keep in mind when creating init scripts? greetings, Timo
Re: nVidia: *better* TV out quality?
On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 22:31, Steffen Evers wrote: > Can you hint to a document > or anything how I can use the TV out. What do I need to get the DRI > working? Hi Steffen, DRI: mh, isn't it on by default? I just had to set DGA (loadmodule) once for a TV card (ALDI, die Monokarte :-)) had to be run. If not already, the first step is to get the latest binary drivers from nvidia.com->drivers->linux, use the dist-independent tarballs and follow the instructions in INSTALL. After "make" has been done (installs the binary drivers and compiles & installs a kernel module interface as well as documentation). Insert NVdriver into /etc/modules to autoload the driver module each sysstart. The doc under /usr/share/doc/nvidia has several docs and X samples, including one dedicated for TV out. Besides that, here some excerpts from my X config for minimal config and use (== no extra features like twin view etc.).: # add this section for your second display devide, i.e. the TV Section "Screen" Identifier "ScreenTV" Device "NVidia GeForce" Monitor "TV" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubSection Option "TVStandard""PAL-B" #germany Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV" EndSection # add this section and uncomment it to use the TV as output device and # restart X # normally, uncommenting it can be avoided by starting X with the # serverlayout param, but this did not worked for me :-( #Section "ServerLayout" #Identifier "UseTV" #Screen "ScreenTV" #InputDevice"Stick" "CorePointer" #InputDevice"Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard" #EndSection good luck, Timo
Re: Fish swimming over my Desktop and ... system locked ?!?
On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 21:21, Martin Emrich wrote: Hello Martin, yesterday i had the same thing. Also using the same GNOME; as far as i can remember i had this only twice in the past two years that i use GNOME. I think this is maybe a date-ridden gag of the GNOME folks. However, i think we can exclude a worm/virus i think. n'Abend, Timo
Re: nVidia: *better* TV out quality?
On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 21:11, Jake Di Toro wrote: Hello Jake > This is not a Debian/Linux thing. Is e.g. Mozilla a Debian/Linux thing as often discussed here??? :0) Okay, let us get serious here: I was wondering if maybe a free software package oriented to this "problem" is out there that maybe hang itself into X or framebuffer, so having nothing to do with nVidia etc. On the other hand, the Chrontel seems to be very spread, thus not affecting nVidia only. >The problem is that nVidia TVOut > sucks. That's true in some way. > See the latest article on tomshardware.com for more instances of > this. Seems it's a long running complaint w/ nVidia Cards. Was not there for a long time, but thanx for the tip, i will consult the page. > Other than that I would suggest ATI if TVOut is that important to you. >From a software's point, over the years i had serious problems with ATI cards, no matter what OS (Win, Lin, BeOS, FreeBSD). And it is hard to exchange the VGA of my laptop :-). Thanx for your hints and kind regards, Timo
Re: nVidia: *better* TV out quality?
Should have added that i use PAL (germany), i dunno the exact chip, should be a Chrontel 7001 or 7002. Timo
nVidia: *better* TV out quality?
Hello all, I am using sid w/ X 4.1 and use the latest nVidia dirvers and kernel module interfaces. I use a Toshi 3000-100 laptop with a Geforce2Go w/ a Chrontel TV out chipset. TV-out works fine so far, but i would like to get to know your experiences. What is disturbing is this (on the TV device): -screen width not fully used (two black borders left and right) -distorted picture on sharp contrasts (e.g. on detailed pictures), looks like flimmering blue spots -bad colours, even when adjusting i cannot get nearly the colours as seen on the display anyone knows about X settings or filtering software that can smooth the picture. I primary use it for watching DVDs using TV-out, as long as i got no standalone hardware DVD player :-( *g Right now i am searching the web for specs, but most software hints etc. touch the windoze world :0( Your experiences with GeforceX TV outputs??? Thanx for any hints and comments. greetings, Timo
Re: 2nd core pointer speed settings in XFree4
On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 23:30, Aniartia wrote: > > I duno about tablets but in mice > Option "Resolution" "{number}" > works well for me, T-ball at 255 & mouse at 130.. T-ball nice n' fast, mouse > nice n' slow ;) > > Ani Hello Ani, this option won't work on my USB tablett but also not with my PS/2 Mouse. Mh, what am I doing wrong... Thank you anyhow. Timo P.S. the reason is not misspelling in my config, and I took the correct sections. Danmned :o)
2nd core pointer speed settings in XFree4
Hello, Today I installed an USB graphic tablet under Sid w/ XF86 v4. I installed the tablet as second USB mouse device and it works well in X so far (okay, with no pressure sensitivity, but anyhow...). The problem ist that the pen is slightly too fast. I use GNOME and there I can set the speed of the first pointing device but not of a second. Doe anyone know if I can set this in the X config? Found nothing on appropriate websites such as xfree.org, some distributors, several *.sourceforge sites etc. Any Help is much appreciated. see you and thanks, Timo P.S. my tablet is AIPTEK (6000U?) comliant. If anyone knows of additional available features such as pressure sens., let me know :-)
variable ramdisk greater than 4megs
Hello, I am using XMMS for playing my ogg/mp3 audio. The thing is that XMMS very often accesses my hard drive (approx. all three seconds). On my laptop this is not really wanted... Thus my idea: why not creating a ramdisk, loading an album to it and playing from the mounted ramdisk (automatized with a perlscript). But the problem: I cannot get ramdrives (using e.g. /dev/ram0) greater than 4 megabyte. I found the "rsize" command which shows no effect. I heard that I can set the ramdisk size in /etc/lilo (I think that is why my limit is 4 megs, due to the LiLo settings...), but that would create a static-and-always present ramdisk, right? What I want is a dynamically settable ramdisk that could be sized to the overall filesize of my ogg/mp3 files, so that they can be loaded there. Having always, let's say, 80 megs wasted even when not using XMMS is not my goal ;-). Has anyone of you an idea? When baking my last kernel (2.4.12), I somewhere activated "tmpfs", is it that what I may use? Thanx for your help and best regards, Timo
Re: Debian Installation Prob -> DSelect
On Tue, 2001-10-16 at 23:20, Karl wrote: > > [...] > How can I get all the packages from the net? (I have to install PPP and > PPPOE for DSL first but I don't manage to de-select everything new...) > Any other ideas? > try apt-[tab] and you might get something like apt-setup or apt-config. There you might set another source (cdrom, net...). If you already have an alternative connection to the net (ISDN, another box, etc.) you might get your PPPoE as a) debian package from packages.debian.org (to be installed with dpkg -i [packagefile] after download via browser) or b) the PPPoe from roaringpenguin.com. But remind that you need a modified ppp for DSL. Hope that helps, Timo
Re: illegal to link against python 2.x?
On Tue, 2001-10-16 at 23:44, Craig Dickson wrote: > As for "how could it be changed"... the copyright owner can change the > license for a new version if they like. The copyright owner is not bound > by the GPL; the GPL defines how everyone else can use the software. Hello Craig, a new version is just a number change or complete code rewrite? As far as I know, if you release something under the terms of the GPL, just that piece is "forever". A next version normaly implements older stuff that was released under the GPL. Is the LGPL the right thing for that? hope I get it right... ;-) Timo
Re: offtopic: perldoc
On Tue, 2001-10-16 at 18:16, Colin Watson wrote: > Try pod2html. Ah, yes! Completely forgot a) not all docs reside in /usr/share/doc b) pod2html is on my system thank you for the help, Timo
RE: illegal to link against python 2.x?
On Tue, 2001-10-16 at 23:31, Justin Hahn wrote: > I believe this is out of date. Python 2.1.1 (and some versions or other of > 2.0.x) resolve the GPL issue. This is why python2 in debian did not contain > readline, but 2.1 does. > > --jeh > Ah, that's it! I was sure having read somewhere that python was somewhat GPL compliant. Thank you for the quick answer, Timo
illegal to link against python 2.x?
On the glimmer website (glimmer.sourceforge.net) I read that it requires Python. However, the author states that it is "illegal" to link against versions 2.0 and 2.1. Is python not GPL comliant? And if, how could it be changed if versions <2.x where? I cannot find any license hints on python.org, so what is it licensed to? thank you, Timo
Re: offtopic: perldoc
On Mon, 2001-10-15 at 22:28, Thomas Hallaran wrote: > You need to 'apt-get install perl-doc'. > If you are having trouble finding package names to update you need to > get to know the packages.debian.org website. > > Tom > Yepp, I already hav'em (dselect) and did a apt-get right now on perl-doc. But this package (if it expands to /usr/share/doc/perl-doc) only contains a changelog between the dedicated perl versions and contains some examples scripts plus some very tiny docs. What I am looking for is the classic perl core doc containing e.g. perlfaq, perldata, perlsyn, perlop etcetera. Although dedicated to console, I sometimes prefer the HTML version of that doc, not man nor pod or that; thus an exact copy of the perldoc.com pages. Thanx, Timo
offtopic: perldoc
Hello everyone, My question may come from stupidness, so be warned :-) I am trying to get the perl core documentation, as found on http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/ It is nice, there I can see the online docs, but no ways to get the offline version as an tarball etc. Either, wget won't also work with simple params (wget --recursive URL). So, my question[s]: a) am I too stupid to get it or b) is O'Reilly hiding offline docs from the user to let them buy the books (well, perl is open source, its doc not?) Thanks for your help and patience, Timo
mySAP.com WebApp Server on Debian?
Hello, some months ago [when I was a SuSE user], I tried to install the SAP WebApplication Server w/ a basic R/3 onto my SuSE 7.2. Well, finally it did not run due to an incompatible glibc, it was only certified for SuSE 7.0 (or 7.1?) and RedHat 7.1 Enterprise (am I right?). My question: has anyone heard of running mySAP.com on a Debian sys or calls it his own? Currently, I am running Sid (w/ no broken X :-)). Thanx for any hints on information, greetings, Timo
Re: nVidia kernel driver fails to initialize
On Sat, 2001-10-06 at 21:06, Benjamin Diedrich wrote: > Thank you all for the fast reply on my problem. I finally figured it out > when I looked at the system log. The NVdriver kernel module was > complaining that an IRQ was not set for the VGA adapter. So, I rebooted, > enabled the IRQ for my video adapter in the BIOS, and X windows launched Wow, a seldom cause. Most of the times the XFree settings are the reason or if I compile a new kernel I often forget to recompile the nVidia binary driver's interface... > right up. The 3D acceleration is working great. I installed and fired up > Quake III: Arena, and was getting as good a results as I can expect from > my PII 400. Yepp, same framerates as under Win. Btw.: tried Return To Castle Wolfenstein already? Sqeeze... > > Thanks again, > > Ben Diedrich > > P.S.: Blame those long lines in my initial message on Web Pine. I didn't > realize they hadn't implemented line-wrapping like the original. :-) There are greater probs than that. Thanx anyhow. You could have been posting HTML mail with large attachments... :-) seeya, Timo
Re: ping works not on all sites
On Sat, 2001-10-06 at 19:26, Sergio E. Schvezov wrote: > I had a similar problem, i could almost anything, ping, ICQ, dns > lookups. BUT i could not browse, fetch pop3 mail, i could browse an > ftp but not fetch. Regarding ftp I have similar probs; but - as with http - only some sites seem to be affected. > At that time i was using pppoe (the debian one), it suddenly stoped > working so i tried the one that my provider supplied me (it was > enternet 300), my parcial solution that i don't know how it fixed it > was downloading rp-pppoe, it just worked. As far as I know my provider (T-Online) provides Linux PPPoE drivers, but that are also those pppoe from Roaring Penguin. The sad affair: I do not know anymore if I have the "direct" version from RP or the .deb version...shame... The interesting point: today I talked with a friend who also cannot reach those sites, neither from home nor university. Both use Linux while the other fiends I talked to use Windoze. Thus, in fact it is a prob of the OS/settings, not the provider/net etc. thx, Timo
Re: ping works not on all sites
On Sat, 2001-10-06 at 05:21, Raghavendra Bhat wrote: > Please do note that the ping derived from netkit-ping_0.10-8_i386.deb is > broken. But for me, ping from iputils-ping_0ss010824-1_i386.deb works > without any hitch. So do look out well, actually the problem is not about ping itself. the problem ist that DNS resolve works (e.g. nslookup), but it is like the webserver on that machine won't give me data when trying with a browser. But I know from my friends that these machines are alive (and well). Even those friends who use DSL via the same provider and living near to me report that those sites work; it must be a local problem. thx, Timo
Re: nVidia kernel driver fails to initialize
On Fri, 2001-10-05 at 21:45, Alan Chandler wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I loaded the latest drivers from the NVIDIA web site and tried them and they > kept the xserver from starting. Fortunately I kept the old version (1251) > and they worked fine so I reverted. Debian Unstable has packaged up versions > of (I think 1512) and I am almost certain I had used them successfully at one > stage. Well, as so often it may be just a single option or missing dep; maybe I just had luck, cos all versions from the 1.0 driver series from nvidia.com worked just fine on my machines (woody w/ GeForce DDR and sid w/ GeForce 2 Go). On The other hand (but why works the debian packaged one?) it may be due to some kernel settings (if self-baked); do not know their names. I heard of some people that got their nvidia modules only to work when they DISABLED framebuffer support in their kernel. And: maybe you have not set the DGA and extmod options set in XF86Config.4 just my two cents, Timo
Re: ping works not on all sites
On Fri, 2001-10-05 at 21:29, James D Strandboge wrote: > I know there is an option to have it active. My was set to having it > active, and now I just manually set it to 0 (well, in a script at > boot). Okay, I will try setting this option from scratch. > > > actually, sun.com works (Star Office announcement as headliner...) > This may either mean that this is not your problem, or some router > along the way from me to www.sun.com was dropping the ecn packets. Do > you have another kernel you could try? eg 2.2.x or maybe the default > debian kernels? In other words, something a little faster the > recompiling your own since it may not even be your problem. Yes, I have several kernels (some 2.4x and even a 2.2.19, I think, but I suppose the pppoe in my version might not run using the 2.2.19...). But thanks for the tip, I will try it with another kernel at a later time (my girl friend will kill me if I drop the line now...:-) ). But maybe it is not worth the work, I plan to settle my gateway over to netBSD or some, former it was a FreeBSD one, now GNU/Linux Woody :-) > > Jamie > greetings, Timo
Re: nVidia kernel driver fails to initialize
On Fri, 2001-10-05 at 21:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I've recently tried to get the 3d accelerated nVidia driver running on my > Debian Woody system. I have the latest Woody system installed fresh on my > Pentium II 400. I have a TNT2 M64 video card by SIIG Inc. with 32 MB of > SDRAM. I am running kernel 2.4.9. I installed the latest nVidia drivers > (1541) using the Debian installer packages. The video card worked fine with > the stock 'nv' driver that came with XFree86 4. maybe you should alternatively to use the tarballs from nVidia and use their make install > > With the nVidia driver, however, X tried to load, flashes some dark blue > colors on the screen, then quits with the error: > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVdriver kernel module! regarding the log, it may be possible that you have not set a correct colour depth. please try 16bits; but i dunno if it is the error, cos the error message is not more specific. > > I have included the output of my X server below. Any ideas what may be > causing this? I did read in the troubleshooting section of nVidia's > README.txt file for the Linux drivers that TNT cards may need the memory type > (SDRAM) specified in the source code for the kernel nVidia driver. Might this > be the problem? > > Thanks, > > Ben hope that helped, once i had the same message, but do not remember the problem; too long ago :-) Timo > [...] p.s. dunno if it only hits me, but please check the settings of your mailer, it uses lng lines. plz set it to <80 chars in width, thx.
Re: ping works not on all sites
Hello, thx for your quick answer. On Fri, 2001-10-05 at 21:04, James D Strandboge wrote: > I had the same problem until I realized it might be ecn related. If > you are running kernel 2.4.x, then do: yes, I have kernel 2.4.9 > > cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn > > and see if it shows '1'. If so, do: > > echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn mh, this "file" is not there (some other tcp_* are there); may I have forgotten in kernelconfig??? > > and see if it works. Interestingly enough, one of the sites was > www.sun.com that couldn't handle ecn. actually, sun.com works (Star Office announcement as headliner...) > > Jamie Strandboge Timo
ping works not on all sites
Hello everyone, I have a strange problem: I am using german DSL (T-DSL) and can reach almost all sites. However, some sites cannot really be contacted from my station. DNS resolve works, cos I get the IP from that site when pinging as well as the real hostname of a destination machine. I know from collegues that they can contact those sites using the same provider and DSL. Only the same sites do not work since I have DSL. It is not a temporary problem. I am using unstable/sid with pppoe userspace from roaring penguin. Thanks for any help, Timo
Re: System hang via SSH/scp and NFS]
Did not want to post anonymous here, just saw my entry and corrected it in my mua.thus... Timo
[Fwd: Re: Newer Mozilla for Potato(2.2)]
-Forwarded Message- From: "Timo Blazko Boewing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Eric Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Newer Mozilla for Potato(2.2) Hi, I am using Moz 0.94 on woody and sid. Cos there is only Milestone 18 as .deb, I installed Mozilla online via Mozillas online installer (binary install; mozilla.org). Once, I compiled an older version from source, but it made symlinks within resources in the code tree (although setting apporpriate ./configure params...); thus did not get a clean distribution to move to /opt/mozilla or that. But installing via their online tool works pretty well. Greetz, Timo