Re: K3b cannot burn iso image to dvd

2004-12-12 Thread Rthoreau
 
> Yves Grenier wrote:

> I have not tested 2.6.8. I was trying to upgrade to 2.6.9 because of 
> a gamma problem with chipset 855GM. For K3B, 2.6.7 works OK, but 
> 2.6.9 fails. 

This bug sounds somewhat similar to what problems you are having.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=270151

I know its somewhat confusing to look through bug reports to find 
something similar.  Also when you tired to burn the files did you use 
growisofs by hand, after all K3b is just a gui, try to use growisofs 
by hand.

Here is some good urls for learning about growisofs:

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:lwmxIKqlJjwJ:applications.linux.com/print.pl%3Fsid%3D04/11/16/1555246+growisofs+%2B+bin/cue&hl=en
http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/

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Re: Suggestions for DVD/CD writing software?

2004-12-08 Thread Rthoreau

> Rick Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: wrote

> Which version of K3b are you using? The other day, I installed the 
> version from Sid (K3b 0.11.17). It found everything, including 
> dvd+rw-format with no problem.

The version I tested this with is with Sarge, K3b 0.11.12 Using KDE 
3.2.3 which is supposed to be the stable version. If .x.x.17 is more 
stable then maybe they need to upload it into testing, aka Sarge.

I only use three KDE programs, Konqueror, Kmail, now K3b. My window 
manager is xfce4. I like Konqueror for its file properities, its nice 
to see a man page in html, I use Kmail as its one of the best all in 
one mail apps. I just hate all the bloat, that kde and gnome have, I 
really like small window managers. Who knows maybe I will give that 
new nautilus-cd-burner a shot they say its drag n drop.

Description: CD Burning front-end for Nautilus
Lets you burn CDs and DVDs easily with GNOME, by drag-and-dropping 
files in the GNOME file manager.

Depends: dbus-1 (>= 0.22), libart-2.0-2 (>= 2.3.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 
1.7.2), libaudiofile0 (>= 0.2.3-4), libbonobo2-0 (>= 2.8.0), 
libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.5.4), libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libeel2-2 (>= 
2.8.2), libesd0 (>= 0.2.29-1) | libesd-alsa0 (>= 0.2.29-1), 
libgail-common (>= 1.6.6), libgail17 (>= 1.6.6), libgconf2-4 (>= 
2.8.1), libgcrypt11, libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.3.6), libglib2.0-0 (>= 
2.4.7), libgnome-keyring0 (>= 0.4.0), libgnome2-0 (>= 2.8.0), 
libgnomecanvas2-0 (>= 2.6.0), libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.8.0), libgnomevfs2-0 
(>= 2.8.0), libgnutls11 (>= 1.0.16), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.0), 
libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.4.4), libhal0 (>= 0.2.93), libice6 | xlibs (>> 
4.1.0), libjpeg62, libnautilus-burn0 (>= 2.8.3), libnautilus2-2 (>= 
2.7.1), liborbit2 (>= 1:2.10.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.6.0), libpopt0 
(>= 1.7), libsm6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libtasn1-2 (>= 0.2.8), libx11-6 
| xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxml2 (>= 2.6.11), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), 
mkisofs, cdrecord, nautilus

Dang thats a lot of depends, maybe I will ponder that one for a while.

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Re: Suggestions for DVD/CD writing software?

2004-12-08 Thread Rthoreau


> Rodney D. Myers wrote:

> 2.6.8 have known problems with writing cd's, so I would "assume" it
> would aslo have problems writing dvd's.
> 
> Either upgrade to 2.6.9 or downgrade to 2.6.7, and try to burn the >
> dvd's. 

Just installed K3b as a test, came up with the same bug, K3b does not 
detect dvd+rw-tools, then used dpkg --purge to purge dvd+rw-tools and 
reinstalled it, same problem.  Seems like K3b is buggy, will wait  to 
file bug report, in case first poster wants to. Kernel version 2.6.7.
:uname -a Linux Raiz-mpx 2.6.7-mpx #1 SMP Tue Aug 10 09:58:16 CDT 2004 
i686 GNU/Linux 
kernel compiled from debian source.

From K3b, Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable
K3b uses dvd+rw-format to format DVD-RWs and DVD+RWs.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/bin$ whereis dvd+rw-format
dvd+rw-format: /usr/bin/dvd+rw-format

Looks like everything else can find it except K3b. 

As stated else where, I do not thing the problem is burning the files, 
but it is erasing the disc if its a dvd+-rw with K3b, I seem to 
remember having similar problems with K3b some time ago might of been 
an early version maybe a year ago. I think I know what it was, it 
totally screwed up my /etc/fstab file, once I fixed it by hand, and 
did not let K3b setup use it again, still could not detect my cdrw 
right, even though I used the other options in K3b.

Rthoreau

 



Re: Suggestions for DVD/CD writing software?

2004-12-08 Thread Rthoreau
> From: Ben Bettin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Yesterday 21:52:38
>
> I took everyone's advice and am giving k3b a try.  I picked up a few
> DVD+R and DVD+RW discs (my drive supports both + and - protocols).
>
> I installed k3b with aptitude (I'm running Sarge).  I started it up,
> and it's giving me an error/warning message which I'm not sure how >
> to fix.  It says the following:
>
> Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable
> K3b uses dvd+rw-format to format DVD-RWs and DVD+RWs.
> Solution: Install the dvd+rw-tools package.
>
> According to aptitude I have dvd+rw-tools installed.  I checked
> /usr/bin and I see dvd+rw-format listed.  I started up K3bSetup2 and
> checked, /usr/bin is in the search path, yet it still can't find
> dvd+rw-format.  I tried added /usr/bin/dvd+rw-format to the search
> path, still no luck.
> 
> I tried searching through some of the past archived post from this
> group but didn't have much luck.  I've only been receiving this list
> for a week or so, so I apologize if there is a known fix for this >
> that everyone but me knows.  :)
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions for me to get k3b full working?
>
> If I'm doomed and must use the console to burn cd-r, cd-rw, dvd-r, >
> and dvd-rw's, does anyone have some linkage to a nice tutorial >
> describing how to do it?
>
>Thanks so much for your thoughts.

>Ben

Looking at the bug report for K3b it looks like you have found a new 
bug, might be just how it was packaged.  
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?which=pkg&data=k3b&archive=no

While I was looking up something similar, I came across some good urls 
that might be helpful to you.

http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:lwmxIKqlJjwJ:applications.linux.com/print.pl%3Fsid%3D04/11/16/1555246+growisofs+%2B+bin/cue&hl=en
http://crashrecovery.org/oss-dvd/HOWTO-ossdvd.html

The first one seems to be very in depth and somewhat official, as 
other links seem to point to it.  For example the last url lists the 
first url as a resource.

As far as I know one of the uses of dvd+rw-tools that K3b employes is 
that to erase a dvd+-rw disc. To get by this problem just use the 
dvd+rw-format on the cmd line to erase the disk.  As stated early in 
this thread K3b uses growisofs, so a little cmd line should not hurt 
anyone. I must admit the dd method is very slick, but what I really 
need is something that can join two bin/cue files, or more, to fit on 
a dvd+-rw media disk, and be played in a stand alone dvd player.

Anyway you might want to file a bug report against K3b for the problem 
you encountered.

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Permission problem with XMMS!

2004-12-05 Thread Rthoreau
After doing some basic investigating I seem to have a problem with 
permissions with xmms and a usb dvdrw drive. I have the drive mounted 
on sr0 which points to scd0, which points to /media/usb. I have 
changed the permissions to allow access to cdrom group. This link 
seems to have the same problem.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&threadm=2WYU3-7VB-33
%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=5&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26q%3Dxmms%2B
%252B%2Bpermission%2B%252B%2Bdebian%26btnG%3DSearch

I can play a music cd as root, but as a user of cdrom group I get no 
sound. Every other device I use has access to sound but the usb dvdrw 
drive, unless I am root.  Permission is same for all drives, right 
now I am running xmms with root permissions, not a big deal since I 
am the only user on this machine at home, I start xmms on the cmd 
line with root permission as a background process, then change user, 
or close xterm window. I would like to fix this problem if it is 
fixable, also I do not use any other mp3, or wav player, as xmms does 
all that for me.

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Re: Going to install testing: should I use sarge or woody installer?

2004-10-23 Thread Rthoreau


> From: "Kevin Wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Actually, if you installed with Woody and afterwards change sources 
> list to
> testing, everything would go mad.
>
> So just use sarge to install if that's what finally you like to use.

It should not be a problem to use dist upgrade, you will replace most 
if not all the packages, but it should work. If it doesn't then post 
with your error messages, and file bug reports against those that 
fail. Of course using a Sarge iso will also work, but it really 
depends on your needs. It also depends on your hardware, if you have 
new hardware then I would use the Sarge iso. It also depends on if 
your system is a production system, if your system must be 99.999% 
uptime and reliable, then woody would work. If this system is used at 
home or not a critical system then Sarge should be fine, in fact some 
people think Sarge is 99.998% ready for production. If your job 
depended on it I would stick to woody, otherwise use Sarge.

As far as I know testing is the same as Sarge, untill testing is 
frozen, and Sarge is released.  When Sarge is released after a little 
while the new testing or etch, will begin anew.  So if you already 
have Sarge in your source list you won't need to worry. That is 
unless you want to follow testing, then it will be some time yet.

Rthoreau


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Re: rar issue

2004-10-17 Thread Rthoreau
> Jule Slootbeek wrote:
> Hey all,
> Lately i've been noticing something strange with unrar, once in a  
while 
> i'll get some rarred archives, and when i try to unrar then using 
unrar. 
> every file fails to extract. When i unrar the same archive on a 
windows 
> machine it works fine. Are there any unrar substitutes?

> thx

> -JSS
>-- 

What version of unrar are you using? Have you tried to use the t 
option to test the rar files for problems? Like this; 
unrar t /some/file/name.  You could always use rar, make sure its a 
new version. Are these files on floppy, or downloaded to hard drive? 

Also are any par2, or par files with the archive? That way you can 
rebuild the archive with the par files, and any corruption that did 
happen will be able to be solved. In general if your using rar files 
of all sorts you really should be using par files as a general 
backup, against corruption. Unless you make a backup copy of the rar 
files, or keep good back ups. Most people that I find do not do this, 
they assume that their archive will be intact, and forget to backup.

Rthoreau


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Re: Debian java howto for sarge?

2004-09-28 Thread Rthoreau
> From: Wim De Smet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Today 02:14:17

> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 05:34:57 +0200, Christian Leimer
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The debian java howto is very old. Is there one for sarge in wotk?
>> 
>>I try to setup an IBM-Java2-ppc-142(which is only avaiable as tar.gz 
>> or rpm
>> file) SDK kit for my old powerpc.I installed it 
>>to /opt/IBM-Java2-ppc-142/
>> So how do I setup it correct, that other packages which need java2 
>>do not
>> install kaffe or something else.

> I followed: http://serios.net/content/debian/java.php

> Though that one is probably written for the sun howto. There used to
> be debian packages available from blackdown.org, but they kinda
> stopped updating them. If you have an rpm you can try running the
> "alien" program on it, though you'll probably have to symlink the 
>java
> executables yourself. (or kid around abit with update-alternatives)

>> And how do I get .jar files to work by doubleklickind under kde 
>>3.2.3?
>> Are there maybe some security problems?

>There's probably some sort of configuration dialog in KDE to 
>establish
>a relationship between filetypes and programs. Find it and add jar to
>it. The command to be executed should probably be "java -jar"

>greets,
>Wim

Another good site to check out installing java would be this one;
http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/DEV/Java+on+Debian
I used this guide on Sarge, even though it tells you to dist upgrade, 
which some people might do, and end up with unstable. They make a 
good point in remembering to use the documents, and dummy packages, 
might be worth a check out.

As far as helping under KDE, if you make an icon you can choose the 
application associated with that file. So every time you open the 
file it will use that application.  Check the control center see if 
you can set it globally, if not then set it per application.

Rthoreau


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Chronyc Stratum 2 ntp servers access denied.

2004-09-21 Thread Rthoreau
After setting up Chrony, and reading the docs, I am still unable to 
get Chrony to update my time.

So I decided to use Chronyc with the accheck  command, and I am 
getting 209 Access denied commands on all the Stratum 2 servers I am 
trying to contact.  Yes I have inputed my Chronyc passwd like the 
docs says, with Chronyc password.

According to http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock2b.html, these 
are supposed to be Stratum 2 servers with public access. There is a 
note on some of the listings that suggest to drop them a notification 
if you use their servers.

I would like to use accheck to verify the server is talking to 
Chronyd, I would also like to find the closest ntp server that is 
working.  But so far no luck, I have the default .conf file using the 
pool.ntp.org addresses, like this.  The only thing I changed was the 
online from offline, because I use DSL, and my computer is always on.

server pool.ntp.org online 
server pool.ntp.org online 
server pool.ntp.org online  

Also in my daemon.log file I am getting these remarks.

Sep 21 22:15:59 localhost chronyd[3413]: Unrecognized subcommand at 
line 14
Sep 21 22:15:59 localhost chronyd[3413]: Unrecognized subcommand at 
line 15
Sep 21 22:15:59 localhost chronyd[3413]: Unrecognized subcommand at 
line 16

Which correspond to the ntp server lines in the chrony.conf file.

Also if I ping some of the servers on the stratum2 lists, and even the 
pool.ntp.org I get 100% packet loss. In the FAQ it did mention that 
if you are behind a firewall you might have to open some ports. Why 
would this affect ping? I can ping, and traceroute any other address, 
but why not the ntp servers addresses? 

Also if I use chronyc and activity, and sourcestats all are empty.

chronyc> activity
200 OK
0 sources online
0 sources offline
0 sources doing burst (return to online)
0 sources doing burst (return to offline)
chronyc> sourcestats
210 Number of sources = 0
Name/IP AddressNP  NR  Span  Frequency   Freq Skew   Std 
Dev

chronyc> sourcestats -v
210 Number of sources = 0
 .- Number of sample points in measurement 
set.
/.- Number of residual runs with same 
sign.
   |/.- Length of measurement set 
(time).
   |   |/  .- Est. clock freq error 
(ppm).
   |   |   |  /.- Est error in 
freq.
   |   |   | |/.- 
On the
   |   |   | |   |/   
samples.
   |   |   | |   |   |
Name/IP AddressNP  NR  Span  Frequency   Freq Skew   Std 
Dev


Yes I have restarted chronyd a few times, using init.d chronyd 
restart, I even went to init 1 to make double sure everything would 
startup fresh. I know some of you might just suggest using my ISP DNS 
servers. I might have to, but I would like to get this NTP server 
thing a fair shake. Yes I have waited a few hours just in case the 
cron jobs did not update chronyd.  Oh I am using Debian Testing/Sarge 
with current updates.

Rthoreau


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Solved Re: Lcd4linux ./configure and make problem.

2004-09-18 Thread Rthoreau
> Stefan O'Rear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Wrote:
> Note that this info was found by the 'dlocate' program on the 
> computer of a programmer who uses Woody. If you use Sarge, Sid, 
> Potato, or any other Debian version, you may need different 
> packages. Search packages.debian.org for your version and:   

> /usr/include/gd.h
> /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h
> /usr/bin/autoconf

> Build-essential has the same name everywhere, it is a dep package 
> that pulls in C, C++ (which this program actually needs) and a 
> bunch of unobvious stuff you'll often need to compile programs. 

I just followed your suggestion and installed everything, I am using 
sarge and the names are the same.

> build-essential (mandatory)
> xlibs-dev (mandatory)
> autoconf, automake (optional)
> libgd2-dev (mandatory)

I did not know I needed all these packages, as I do compile my own 
kernel, I thought I had all the needed packages for compile time.
Guess you learn something everyday, maybe I will down the road make a 
debian package out of it, so it will be installed with dpkg.

Seems like my CrystalFontz 634 is picky about what client it likes. 
lcd4linux, lcdproc are problem childs on this setup. I guess I need 
to hit the mailing lists and see what I can dig up, so far its not 
looking good. I did find another 634 user with simillar problems as 
me but no solution.

Thanks;

Rthoreau


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Lcd4linux ./configure and make problem.

2004-09-18 Thread Rthoreau
Dear: Fellow Debian Users;

I am having problems trying to get ./configure to generate a make file 
for Lcd4linux. Below is the output for the program.  It stops with an 
error message "configure: error: X11 headers or libraries not 
available: X11 driver disabled".

This of course is taken from the last line of the below information. I 
will also include the document configure.in as an attachment; which 
the INSTALL readme says to adjust for making the make file. I have no 
idea as to what I need to change in the file to make it work.
If you want to check the source its available at, 
http://lcd4linux.sourceforge.net/.

Thanks; 

Rthoreau
-
./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for working aclocal-1.4... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake-1.4... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for log in -lm... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
configure: checking location of ncurses.h file...
Found ncurses on /usr/include/ncurses.h
checking for ncurses version... 5.4
checking for X... no
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking gd/gd.h usability... no
checking gd/gd.h presence... no
checking for gd/gd.h... no
checking gd.h usability... no
checking gd.h presence... no
checking for gd.h... no
checking which drivers to compile... done
configure: WARNING: gd.h not found: PNG driver disabled
configure: WARNING: gd.h not found: PNG driver disabled
configure: error: X11 headers or libraries not available: X11 driver 
disabled

#   -*- Autoconf -*-
# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.

AC_PREREQ(2.57)
AC_INIT([LCD4Linux],[0.9.11],[EMAIL PROTECTED])
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([lcd4linux.c])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(lcd4linux,0.9.11)
AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)

# Checks for programs.
AC_PROG_CC
AC_PROG_CXX
AC_PROG_AWK
# Using `AC_PROG_RANLIB' is rendered 
# obsolete by `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' :-(
AC_PROG_RANLIB
# Deactivating libtool for the moment until
# we find a way this beast works cleanly...
#AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
#AM_PROG_LIBTOOL

# Checks for libraries.
AC_CHECK_LIB(m, log)

# curses
sinclude(curses.m4)
AC_CHECK_CURSES

# Checks for X11
AC_PATH_XTRA

# check for gd.h
AC_CHECK_HEADERS(gd/gd.h gd.h, [has_gd=true], [has_gd=false])

# drivers
AC_MSG_CHECKING([which drivers to compile])
AC_ARG_WITH(
  drivers, 
  [  --with-drivers=   compile driver for displays in ,]
  [drivers may be separated with commas,]   
  ['all' (default) compiles all available drivers,] 
  [drivers may be excluded with 'all,!',]   
  [(try 'all,\!' if your shell complains...)]   
  [possible drivers are:]   
  [BeckmannEgle, CrystalFontz, Cwlinux, HD44780,]
  [M50530, T6963, USBLCD, MatrixOrbital, PalmPilot]
  [PNG, PPM, X11, Text],
  drivers=$withval, 
  drivers=all
)

drivers=`echo $drivers|sed 's/,/ /g'`

for driver in $drivers; do

   case $driver in 
  !*) 
 val="no"
 driver=`echo $driver|cut -c 2-`
 ;;
   *) 
 val="yes"
 ;;
   esac

   case "$driver" in
  all)
 BECKMANNEGLE="yes"
 CRYSTALFONTZ="yes"
 CWLINUX="yes"
 HD44780=&qu

Re: Anyone getting debian forged headers in Email?

2004-09-01 Thread Rthoreau
> On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 10:20, Richard Lyons wrote:
>> On Wednesday 01 September 2004 14:17, Rthoreau wrote:
>> I got this in one of my spam accounts, and thought it was a little 
>> weird. 
>> [...]
>> 
>> Yes, I've had a few recently.
>> 

> I'd have to say the vast majority of spam I've received in the last
> month was actually addressed to debian-user, and not my regular 
>address.

Yea I noticed an increase, but this is the first time it happened to 
my spam account, which is different from my list supplied address. 

You think spammers would know a little bit about the addresses they 
forge. But then again what they do makes no sense, I guess that is 
what spam filters are for.  I just feel bad for Debian in general, 
cause someone might be mistaken, and really think it is from Debian.  
Or heaven forbid, say a problem arose and Debian decided to email 
alerts and people ignored them due to forged headers. I know it in 
very unlikely that Debian would do this, but I just despise these 
tactics, and the people who are putting Debian in a bad light.

Rthoreau


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Anyone getting debian forged headers in Email?

2004-09-01 Thread Rthoreau
I got this in one of my spam accounts, and thought it was a little 
weird. Here is the full headers.
-
Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Delivered-To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Received:(qmail 2491 invoked from network); 30 Aug 2004 19:30:28 -
Received:from unknown (HELO prdmx8.nwk.iwon.com) ([10.50.30.74]) 
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I just wanted to warn people about forged headers, The E-mail had an 
vbs attachment with it, which is even more funny.  Anyway be aware of 
forged headers, this is the first I have seen, I will keep the 
E-mail, is their anything I can do to help stop this. I gave up on 
emailing abuse as most times it does not work, or return address is 
wrong.

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Re: dpkg / apt equivalent to 'rpm -qf'?

2004-08-24 Thread Rthoreau
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 01:54:41PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:49:57AM -0400, Jason Rennie wrote:

> >>   dpkg -S | --search filename-search-pattern ...
> >>   Search for a filename from installed packages.
>> 
>> How is this unclear, exactly?

> It doesn't say, "Search for a filename THAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN an
> installed package."  Why wouldn't the above include
> programmatically-generated configuration files?  They're "from" the
> package.
> -- 
> Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading
> http://www.jabootu.com

Why just use our trusty old friend find?
also you have locate, whereis, and a bunch of others, I must say find can do 
about anything. Also whereis is a nice catch all for common files and 
programs. It seems that you need to use the right tool for the job, and 
frankly I don't see dpkg -S as a good solution. It works for packages that 
dpkg knows about. But then that could be said of the same for rpm -qf.

Rthoreau


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Re: Help requested: DMA, Seagate ST340014A, Kernel 2.4

2004-08-16 Thread Rthoreau
> Date: Yesterday 14:49:47

> Lo, on Sunday, August 15, Richard Cobbe did write:

>> The computer did come with a PCI IDE controller card (the "unknown mass
>> storage controller" line above) that has another two controllers on it.
>> I haven't yet tried switching controllers to see if that helps at all; I
>> may attempt that later this afternoon.

> Well, that didn't work.  Moving it to the other controller should make
> the hard drive visible as /dev/hde, but the kernel couldn't find the
> root device, even when I specified `root=/dev/hde2' on the Lilo command
> line.  The odd thing is, I've switched hard drives to this controller
> before, back when I was having strange trouble with the previous drive
> and trying to diagnose it.  I don't remember exactly what incantation I
> had to mumble in order to get the kernel to find the partition, though,
> so I can't repeat the process.

> Does anyone else have any suggestions?

> Richard

Your lspci listing should not contain any unknown devices, for example below 
is my listing for my MP 2460.

00:00.0 Host bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 MP [IGD4-2P] System 
Controller 11 00  
00:01.0 PCI bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-760 MP [IGD4-2P] AGP 
Bridge 00 00  
00:07.0 ISA bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 [ViperPlus] ISA 02 00 
 
00:07.1 IDE interface Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 [ViperPlus] IDE 01 
8a  
00:07.3 Bridge Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 [ViperPlus] ACPI 01 00 
 
00:07.4 USB Controller Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-766 [ViperPlus] USB 07 
10  
00:0a.0 USB Controller OPTi Inc. 82C861 20 10 OPTi Inc. 82C861
00:0a.1 USB Controller OPTi Inc. 82C861 20 10 OPTi Inc. 82C861
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet 100/10 MBit 
31 00 ARCHTEK TELECOM Corp 0008
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 10 00 
C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] 
b2 00 CardExpert Technology 05de

I do not remember exactly what chipset the mpx series use, but its AMD 760ish 
based. I would load a k7 kernel-image smp capable with apt-get and see what 
lspci says. Also knoppix, and other live cds are great to verify hardware 
setup, so you could give them a try. It might just be eaiser to just apt-get 
a kernel image and give it a try.

Rthoreau


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Re: Help requested: DMA, Seagate ST340014A, Kernel 2.4

2004-08-15 Thread Rthoreau
> Date: Today 09:04:28
>
> Greetings, all.
>
> I'm running Debian stable, and I've been running the 2.2 kernel series
> for some time now, because I've never had very good luck getting DMA to
> work for my hard drive under the 2.4 series.  However, with sarge's
> release appearing increasingly imminent, I need to try to get this
> resolved.  Google has, unfortunately, completely let me down on this.

> The hard drive is a Seagate ST340014A, and it's plugged into the main
> IDE controller on my motherboard, a Tyan Tiger MPX S2466.  According to
> the manufacturer, this uses the AMD-760 MPX chipset.  As far as I can
> tell, I've configured my kernel correctly, but I'm still having serious
> problems that occasionally result in filesystem corruption.

> 

> I would greatly appreciate any suggestions that anyone might have.

> Thanks much,

> Richard

I feel you pain, but since I only have a Tyan mp 2460 our hardware is a little 
bit different. I am running testing with a 2.6 kernel, and am having no 
problems. That being said I also use a journaling file system.  I have used 
ext3, and assume you are using ext2, what kernel parameters are you pasing to 
the kernel? I use the noapic and acpi=off with good results, but some people 
can not tell the difference. Is their a reason you have not tried a 2.6 
kernel? I know you are using woody, but you might want to consider upgrading, 
if you decide to go to sarge.

A while back I did have some weird problems with a 2.4.25 kernel, could never 
figure it out either, I was using a Reiserfs and got some corruption, but to 
be honest I believe its chipset related.  Here is why, in  this system I have 
a CrystalFontz LCD which I use to monitor different systems specs. My 
harddrive is on a  single primary, and I have two other drives sharing 
another IDE, durring heavy system use, say I use unrar, burning a CD or 
something else, sometimes in my system logs and on screen I get, serial line 
busy and it shuts down my Crystal Fontz LCD.  Then if I try to restart it, 
like normal it won't come up, I have to go to init1, even then it sometimes 
does not comeup, until I reboot.  So it would not surprise me if the chipset 
is flakey, also do you use a usb mouse, or keyboard? I know for at least the 
mp 2460 just having this has been know to lock the system up.

I would suggest trying a 2.6 kernel, if your using testing or sarge, and just 
apt-get the k7 smp kernel image and see how it works with your DMA settings. 
Also I know that some mp mpx motherboards do not like certain graphics cards, 
I had a Nvidia 5600 ultra, and worked in mine, but Tyan does not support the 
FX series on my board. http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=265196 since 
then I switched back to a geforce2, that I rebuilt, put that ultra in a 
single cpu system, which is used to play Doom3.

As far as knowing a silver bullet for fixing DMA in 2.4, I am at a loss other 
than what I said above.

Rthoreau


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Re: XFree86 problem with S3 video card

2004-06-21 Thread Rthoreau
> "Don Jackson (AE5K)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wrote:

> I used the Debian Installer TC1 ... it installs, but gdm fails.  I 
> looked at /var/log/XFree86.0.log, cannot determine what my problem 
> is.
>
> Using Diamond Stealth SE video card with S3 Trio 732 chip, 1 MB 
> memory.  Motherboard is FIC 503VA+, CPU is K6-2.

> It appears it should be using the s3_drv.o driver which is present at
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/s3_drv.o

> The /var/log/XFree86.0.log is posted on web page:
> http://azark.com/xfreelog/XFree86.0.log
> (instead of including about 40k worth of text in this message 
> posting!)
>
> Here are the last few lines of that log:
> 
> (WW) s3: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:9:22:0) 
> found
> (WW) s3: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:9:23:0) 
> found
> (WW) s3: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:9:24:0) 
> found
> (EE) No devices detected.

> Fatal server error:
> no screens found

> Can anyone give me pointers of how to proceed?  Not a total noob, but
> still far away from guru status ;-)

> Thanks,
> Don

Did you turn off frame buffering, I have an old Nvidia card that everytime I 
use frame buffering it will crash with a similar message, even if the device 
section is correct.  Also look at the obvious Device section see if your 
BusID is correct.  Also try a regular Vesa driver, see if you get screen 
output, if your xserver starts with a different driver, then you know its a 
driver problem.

Rthoreau


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Re: intellimouse is crazy

2004-06-21 Thread Rthoreau
 
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all...
>
> I am geeting some troubles with a Intellimouse Ps2 in Debian Sarge 2.6.6.
> Its completely crazy in graphical interface. I know i have to modify
> /etc/XF86Config-4 (and I did it), but it doesnt work.
> Any suggestion.

> From now, thanks all.

You might want to post your Mouse section of your XF86Config-4 file.  It looks 
like your using the wrong protocol, most PS2 mice, even if they are 
Intellimouse work better if you use the ImPS/2 protocol. Give that a try, 
also you might want to try using gpm so you can have a mouse in a console 
window.  If that is the case search the list, or google for gpm setup.

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Re: Sound system

2004-06-21 Thread Rthoreau
> MillTek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:Before I got this e-mail from Tam, I had been investigating my system 
> deeper and deeper. I found teh following entries in my /var/log/syslog;
>snip 
> un 21 13:39:18 localhost kernel: i810: NVIDIA nForce Audio found at IO  
> 0xdc00 and 0xd800, MEM 0x and 0x, IRQ 20
> snip
> major snip
> Jim

Are you using a Nvidia Nforce motherboard with Nvidia audio?  It looks like 
you are with the above posted log file.  Are you using Nvidia's audio driver? 
Are you part of the Audio group, is the permission set right?  What does 
google groups have to say about your problem? Is your audio device detected, 
what does lspci -m show? 
 
Have you tired a livecd, like knoppix and looked at the knoppix log files like 
dmesg, and kern.log.  I find sometimes using a livecd and comparing files 
helps me to get the proper drivers.  What does lsmod show under knoppix, then 
compare this to what your says in Debian.

Rthoreau


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Re: Anyone else suddenly got debian-user-digest messages?

2004-06-21 Thread Rthoreau
>On Saturday 19 June 2004 09:49 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
> >Starting yesterday I suddenly started to receive debian-user-digest
> >messages from murphy. I most surely  didn't subscribe myself to the
> >digests, so something else must have happened. Anyone else
> >experienced the same?
>>
>> Grx HdV

>I haven't.  Based on the lack of response, probably not many others have 
>either.  Smile, you're special. 

>-- 
>Best,
>Aaron Maxwell - http://redsymbol.com
>Internet Joint Ventures - http://amusene.com

I subscribe to debian digest and about a week ago I stoped receiving the list, 
this has happened a few times.  I still got my other Debian mailing lists, 
and thought it was a little weird.  Then a day ago, I all of a sudden got a 
list burp, about 87 or 100 debian digests from the missing time I did not 
receive the list.  I looked at the headers, and it seems that they were sent 
in the last day or so, but headers can only tell so much.

This has happened in the past and I wrote it off as an ISP filtering my 
messages thing.  The funny thing is I always get a high count of spam so it 
seems a litter weird that my ISP would filter a mailing list, and not the 
spam, but such is the life of a crappy cable company.  I also thought it was 
weird that it did not filter my other lists, so I have no clue as to what the 
problem is, in the past I sent emails to my ISP but it did not do any good. 
Heck I had a DNS ISP server problem that took them 8 months to fix, I had to 
use the ip address, no one local or national seemed to care.  

So if murphy is acting up it would explain my digest problem.  But I still 
received my other lists.  So I have no clue as to what the heck is going on, 
doesn't murphy serve all the mailing list's?  What makes digest so special if 
it is murphy? Is it the collecting of the messages then posting them, ie the 
digest aspect?  

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Re: moving to the 2.6 kernel?

2004-06-20 Thread Rthoreau

stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote: If I want to build a new Debian machine to start expolring the 2.6 
> kernel what's the best way to go about this? 

One easy way is to install a 2.6-kernel-image,  just do an apt-cache search 
for kernel-image 2.6  then use apt-get install kernel-image.  This 
will get you a kernel that you can play with, or you can install the 
kernel-source and build your own kernel.  This assumes your using a testing, 
or sid install.  If your on woody then you most likely will need to dist 
update to testing to get the files, and dependences.

If your talking about a clean install of Debian Sarge, you can use these iso's 
to get a working system. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
just choose your arch, and follow the Readme, and the Howto.  I have used RC1 
of the debian-installer and everything works on my end.  Just remember to 
fill out the installer report to give feed back to the installer team so we 
can get closer to a final release.

Rthoreau


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Re: X crashing with new Geforce FX5700 card

2004-04-20 Thread Rthoreau
Brad wrote:

>I just installed a Geforce FX5700LE video card into a Abit KG7 mobo 
>with latest bios. At first I could not even get kdm to start but 
>when I chaged the AGP setting in the bios from 4x to 2x I was able 
>to get X to start, but after running for awhile it crashed, nothing 
>in the logs says what happened.  I have the latest Nvidia drivers 
>from Debian Sid, and before this card I was using a Geforce 3 
>Ti4200 which ran great. Anyone have any ideas, I read in
>the release notes for the nvidia drivers that there is a known 
>problem with the AMD Irongate chipset and AGP speed and that it 
>will only work at 1x, but this does not make sense since I was 
>running the other Geforce card without
>any problems for almost 2 years.
>TIA
>Brad Cramer

First of all you mention that the error does not show up in the log, 
is that your Xfree86.log?  Also after changing video cards did you 
change your Xfree86 config file?  Most likely you will need to 
change the PCI Bus ID which might be different for each card.  Use 
lspci -mv to list your devices, and see if what it mentions as the 
device ID. 

I would use the Nvidia drivers from Nvidia which should be up to 
version 5336, go to their website and download their installer.  You 
might need kernel headers, or a custom kernel for a complete 
install, just follow the directions, in the readme.  As far as the 
AMD Irongate chipset issue, it should not be a problem, as it was 
refering to only 1x graphics cards.

I have a Geforce 5600 Ultra in a dual MP 1.2 system, and I can say it 
works great, but I am CPU limited on my graphics performance.  I 
also tried my card in a Athlon 1.7 gig system and had the same 
problem.  So I hope you have a good CPU in your system to take 
advantage of the new graphics power.  Otherwise you might not notice 
that much of a difference.  Also do you dual boot, you should not 
have to change bios settings it should run at 4x, you might want to 
see how it performs under Windows.  If it works under Windows then 
you know its a config problem under Gnu/Linux.

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Re: Ann: gpm-X guide

2004-03-02 Thread Rthoreau
Kent West wrote:

>>Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:

>>For those who have had trouble or will have trouble in the future
>>getting gpm and X to cooperate, I have now published a short guide 
on
>>how to do it successfully.  Enjoy.
>>
>>http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/config_docs/gpm-X/
>>
> > 
>>
> >Kernel 2.6 extends this device node to include the PS/2 mouse as 
>>well. 
> >This means that if you are using a 2.6 kernel you don't need to 
>>use 
>> the gpm-as-repeater technique outlined above. Simply tell gpm to 
>>read 
> >from /dev/input/mice and tell X to read from /dev/input/mice and 
>>it 
> >will work correctly.


>I didn't know that; cool.
 
>Kent

The only problem I have had is not setting the repeat_type=raw, I let 
gpmconfig set the default settings using imps2 protocol.  Then setup 
X  mouse settings to use gpmdata, but it borked my x, when I set it 
to repeat_type=raw it fixed the problem.   

Weird how did you know to use the raw value?  Anyway a nice little 
guide, even though I really don't know that many console programs 
that use a mouse by default.  I guess cut and paste is still pretty 
cool in console, but then I always use up arrow key and tab 
completion anyway.  

I also noticed that after one does a gpmconfig and chooses to test 
the mouse, after you press ctrl D, go back to your console your new 
configured mouse does not work on that screen.  But if you change to 
a different VC you have total mouse control.  Anyone notice this, 
yes X is not running, I was configuring gpmconfig as root, thought I 
had messed up the settings again.  Maybe someone should file a bug 
report, or is this a feature?

Rthoreau


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Re: Tools to fix broken rar archives or pdfs?

2004-02-26 Thread Rthoreau
 
>Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Today 14:51:17
>>Pigeon wrote:

>>I have just downloaded the schematic for a Smart-UPS 700 in the 
>>form
>>of a rar archive from some Russian site. Unfortunately, the archive 
>>is
>>broken. 
>>
>No Spam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>successfully downloaded the rar file and opened it with no errors. 
>I'd 
>suggest that you use wget to retrieve the file and try again, unless 
>you 
>need the schematic mirrored somewhere.

>PJ

What ever happened to people posting recovery volumes, or par, par2 
files with rar archives?  It seems that if they went to all the 
trouble to make a rar archive, then they should at least put some 
recovery volumes with it.  Also whats wrong with bzip2, or tar 
archives? Ok Ok its a Russian site, but I thought they would prefer 
open source tools, to RAR.  

If you did have the recovery volumes you could just use the r option 
for repair, but as No Spam, PJ said you might have to download it 
again.  Or maybe  No spam, PJ could create some recovery files, and 
email them to you since he already has a working copy. 

Rthoreau


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Re: Has anyone ever thought of getting the reply-to changed?

2004-02-06 Thread rthoreau
On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 06:52:31PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 12:06:28PM -0600, Michael L. Brownlow wrote:
> > I vote to keep it the way it is on the principle of least embarassment.


 
> 
> [1] Though for different reasons...the electoral college is not
> obligated to follow popular vote in most states, so voting in that
> race is more or less political masturbation.  This alone should put
> the intelligence and foresight of the framers in serious question (and
> why I tend to think less of people who think the words of
> two-century-old dead guys actually matter today).
> 
> -- 
>  .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> : :'  :
> `. `'` proud Debian admin and user
>   `-  Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system

I never could figure out how all these long threads get off topic so quick,
now I know!  Its nothing against those who posted or anything else, just an
observation. I guess we have some passionate people in here, I just hope its
more toward Debian than anything else.

Rthoreau


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Re: passing xterm parameters

2004-02-03 Thread rthoreau
On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 12:52:26PM -0500, Harland Christofferson wrote:
> i have several lynx sessions that are being piped to text files, 
> i.e., lynx www.somewebpage.com > temp.txt. in order to capture the 
> entire web page, i have found that i have to run this from an xterm 
> session w/ the window opened to at least the row/column width of 
> the web page of interest. i wish to have these lynx sessions run 
> as a cron job without having to open an xterm session. i am sure 
> there are environment variables set for the number of rows and colunms 
> in the xterm session that are passed to lynx when lynx is called 
> from the xterm command line. how can i pass these parameters to lynx 
> such that the script can be started via a cron job and never have 
> to have an xterm session open?

Why not just use wget instead of lynx, you can set wget up with recursive downloading
and set the depth you desire. You can also make a file to have it set
to read the proper pages. Something like this:

wget -r -1 2 http://your.website.com

If you need more information on wget see the man page, or if that is still
unclear use the gnu.org site and see the documents for wget. At one time I 
was thinking about making a howto about wget. But seeing the gnu docs put
me off because they were that good.

Rthoreau


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Re: Debain on the rise ! - However ....

2004-02-02 Thread rthoreau
stick-around for another day or so, to see the responses to this 
> thread, but in the meantime I'm Gentoo-ing!  :-)

You can use any E-mail client to read the list, in fact you don't even need a client to
read the list, gmane, google groups, will allow you to read the list. K-mail has 
filters you
can setup then you can sort through the postings at your lesure.

>From my experience I haven't noticed an elitist attitude on this list. If I follow the
list policy and post on topic posts most people are friendly and willing to help.
Maybe some people won't hold every ones hand about the most basic stuff. But if they 
did
manage to locate Debian.org, we assumed they would know how to use google. Maybe that
assumption was wrong, I find that a little common sense goes a long way.

Good luck with your Gentoo adventure, I wish you the best of luck.

Rthoreau



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Re: Buying a new computer, questions!

2004-02-02 Thread rthoreau
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 12:57:27AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> I am going to buy a new computer this week (yay Bush tax cuts!) -- will 
> it work with Linux?
> 
> Intel Pentium 4/ 3.2C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512K Cache, Hyper Threading 
> Technology - Retail
> 
> Asus 875P Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU, Model "P4C800-E 
> DELUXE" -RETAIL
> 
> Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, Low Latency (Twin Pack) 184 Pin 
> 512MB(256MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail
> (x2 = 1gig)
> 
> plus a good case will be $960! woot!
> The other stuff will come over from my old PC.
> 
> Will Linux be happy with Hyperthreading and this particular Mobo?  I'm 
> going to do some googling but I wondered if any could share experiences.
> 
> Links:
> 
> CPU:
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-116-164&catalog=343&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=1
> Mobo:
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-464&depa=1
> Memory:
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-431&catalog=147&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=1

I would consider another MB manufacture, as Asus has had problems with quality of as 
late.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13674

Ok this might effect their AMD line, but do you really trust a MB company which uses
only one type of capacitors for only one line? I would much prefer you to have a long
lasting computer with your hard earned cash. Also you could save a few dollars by 
choosing
a different MB manufacture. Also do you really need a 3.2 Ghz chip, you could save a 
bundle
on a 2.8 Ghz chip.  Also make sure you get a new power supply, if it comes with the 
case
make sure it will be big enough. Antec does a good job with PS bundles with their 
cases, or
I like fortran which powers my dual rig. Otherwise everything looks good, if you went 
AMD you
could save even more money, unless you went 64 which would be about the same.

I don't know if the Pat extensions are coded for linux yet, but everything should be
available in the newer kernels.

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Re: A letter for Mr. Darl McBride

2004-02-01 Thread rthoreau
On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 12:09:43PM -0500, Al Davis wrote:
> On Sunday 01 February 2004 03:44 am, Nano Nano wrote:
> 
> You took.  You gave nothing back.



> Parasites.
> 


> You took.  You gave nothing back.
> 

> 
> Napster took.  It gave nothing back.
> 


> Smited by who?  By those in power?  By the people?
> 
> Once upon a time there was slavery.  In some parts of the world there 
> still is.  We have freedom only because of those willing to stand in 
> the light.
> 
> Once upon a time women couldn't vote in the U.S.  In some parts of the 
> world they still can't.  The got the right to vote only because of 
> those willing to stand in the light.
> 
> 
> The free software / open source movement isn't a movement that takes and 
> gives nothing back.  We share our own and give back in kind.  We have 
> no desire to take that which is not ours.  The movement is growing only 
> because of those who give back more than they take.
> 
> What has SCO contributed?  They take.  They give nothing of value back.

I admit it I am a leach, I take stuff off Usenet for my personal gain once in a while
I post something of value, but overall I take more than I give. Even leaches have their
usefullness, help in reducing blood clots after surgery.  Most people on Usenet could 
be 
considered parasites, in the same way Robin Hood takes it from the rich and gives to 
the 
poor. None the less, they suck the blood like a parasite, give to others who might not 
have enough otherwise. Is this against the law probably, does it stop people or deter 
them
from sharing probably not. 

Even in discussion groups a person throughs out an idea, then the community takes the 
idea
and add's their 2 cents. Is it wrong for people to use your idea's, what if I reverse 
engineer
your idea? What if it was my idea to start off with? How can you prove otherwise, what 
exactly
is fair use, in China, America? What stops me from choosing my definitions of such 
topics?
Would the world be a better place if everyone didn't have these sources? 

When you read a book, aren't you being a parasite by taken in the authors ideas? Are 
not 
students parasites to the teachers knowledge? What about the dynamics of Supply and 
Demand?
Would you really want everyone to give back to OSS, I know how to code a litte, but I 
am
sure its not up to the quality of some of you. Do you really want my buggy, dumb code
infesting your hardwork? Or rather do you want me to be a parasite, and every once in 
a while
file a bug report?  As a old saying goes not everyone can be a Chief!

We also live in a society of parasites, we take from mother Earth, we polute the world
what have we given back? Is the world in a better situation now then 100 years ago?
I think we are all parasites, some more than others. If using Usenet makes me a leach, 
sucking
out the blood of corporate excess, and abuse then I am all for it. Is it right to
deprive a person who might not have the means for the tools, to make their life better?
Are the RIAA, MPAA others loosing tons of money in the process, I don't think so. Do 
you
see Microsoft loose the shirt off their back, No.  

Ok I am sorry for all the rant, if I have personally insulted anyone I am sorry.

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Re: A letter for Mr. Darl McBride

2004-02-01 Thread rthoreau
On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 09:57:40AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:44:34 -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> > 
> > I guess my point is we are a smart bunch of people and if we stay quiet 
> > we can have all we want and no one will bother us.  That's all.  I've 
> > seen bigger movements than this go down.
> 
> Very elegantly put, Nano, my congratulations on your parable.  My
> agreement, too :)
> 
> -- 
> paul
> 
> It is important to realize that any lock can be picked with a big
> enough hammer.
>-- Sun System & Network Admin manual


I keep hearing how Usenet is dead, and how the RIAA, MPAA has made inroads in their
battle against piracy. When was the last time you looked at the alt.binaries news 
groups?

Usenet been their from the start, and from the look of it will still be their after
the P2P flavor of the month dies out.  Whats funny is people think that Usenet is
slow, its not I can on a regular basis get 300-350kps on most of my connections.

In fact I do not dare use most P2P software, that includes bittorrent, I just can not 
trust
who might be watching, what worms and viri I might catch.  Yet I trust a paid 
newsserver
such as are available now, they claim complete anonymous uploads, if that is what you 
want.

I do agree the average person, who only wants to point and click is having a harder 
time
getting his ware's.  But I prefer it that way, if someone cannot or does not want to 
read
the many Howto's and guides about Usenet then thats on them. Also if you think Usenet 
is not
for you, you can always use IRC.  Most masive downloaders I know do not use anything 
but Usenet,
some might be part of private FTP servers, such things.  But its just easier to point
them to the Usenet and a paid Usenet server company. Chances are you might not have 
the stuff
they want anyway. 

So why would I need to be quiet? What is at risk, I can tell you its not Usenet!

Rthoreau


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Re: Fw: STOCK MARKET BULLETIN: 7-Eleven Stores looking to add QENC bottled water

2004-02-01 Thread rthoreau
gt; 
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> 987% increase year-to-year. Net income for the 9 months ending 9/30/03
> resulted in a 1274% year-to-year increase.
> 
> QENC's SALES for the Q2 of 2002 increased 77% to $848,269 year-to-year, from
> $478,052, as a result of rolling out new product lines and implementing a 
> channel development strategy.
> 
> QENC's high quality premium water is priced very competitive, they have an
> excellent distribution channel with SYSCO and strategically placed vending
> machines, and a marketing campaign designed to focus on their target market.
> For a young company QENC has made substantial accomplishments and is poised to
> harness their segment of the $7.6 billion bottle water industry.
> 
> 
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What does this have to do with Debian? Why not post AMD's, or Intel's forecast?
Why not make a list of compaines that are friendly to Linux, and OSS so I might
be able to invest in them?

Rthoreau


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Re: Windows and Printing Systems

2004-01-31 Thread rthoreau
On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 03:07:53PM +, Marius Amado Alves wrote:
> I hereby promise that in a near future I will make a conceptual network
> of this outstanding forum publicly available (as part of my PhD reserach
> on adaptive hypertext). There everybody will be able to find the right
> archived answer by ostensive querying. In the meanwhile, please help me
> the old fashion way.
> 
> * Window/Desktop System *
> I manage to get a decent resolution working with twn. Now, can I change
> to a more modern system? How? I tried to install kde and gnome with
> apt-get but failed upon dependencies. What do I need to put in my
> sources.list? (I don't have CDs yet, just a cable connection.) In the 
> meanwhile: how does one close windows in twn?
> 
> * Printing/CUPS *
> I managed to install cupsys via apt-get and added a printer with the web
> interface, but this printer does not show up in the print dialog of the
> applications. It's an HP DeskJet on the parallell port. What am I missing?
> 
> Thanks a lot.

You might want to give Fluxbox a go, unless you like KDE or Gnome, Fluxbox and Rox 
filer is 
a really good combination. Even though Rox is not available in the regular channels, 
they
do make .deb files for getting it installed.  Also their are good resources available
for making it really slick, I really like it.

As far as printing goes you need to check out http://www.linuxprinting.org, HP makes a 
special
driver for their printers.  The best way to do it is to install HP's driver per their 
instructions
and then have CUP's recognize the driver for best results.  I know that CUP's might 
list
your printer but it is really best to go with HP's driver.  It might take a little 
reading
of the documents to get it just right, but it will be worth the effort.

I haven't had any problems at all with my MultiFunction HP printer after installing 
the proper
Linux drivers.  In fact scanning works better in Linux than in Windows.

Rthoreau


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Re: Mobo with fan controls

2004-01-30 Thread rthoreau
On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 01:50:53PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> s. keeling wrote:
> >Incoming from Hugo Vanwoerkom:
> >
> >>I am looking for a mobo that has controls on for all its fans so they 
> >>can be turned off or down when not needed, like the laptops do.
> >
> >
> >I have never understood you guys who want to do this with finesse.
> 
> It's in the, what?, brain, soul, character?  I play with the box as with 
> Debian: I have now 8 Debian partitions on 2 HD's, varying from Sarge 
> without Backstreet Ruby to Sarge with Backstreet Ruby, kernel 2.4.22 AND 
> kernel 2.6.0, and now with Woody from the 7 CD's I downloaded. I am 
> after "perfect" control and the box has to be next to me because it's 
> dear to me (?), but it makes noise whether it needs to or not and that 
> ought not to be... ;-)
> 
> Hugo
 
As posted earlier in this thread a good case is a must, also it all starts with 
good cooling.
Just make sure your case fans and HSF are rated for your amps of your motherboard.
Another thing is if your case fans come with mb hearders use them, otherwise when you
go to check your temps, fan speeds, in the bios you won't know speeds otherwise.

One of the most important is your cpu HSF you need one which is quite. If you follow
the hardware sites you notice which ones are quite, also remember the bigger the fan
the less noisy it is.  Most good 80 mm case fans are pretty quite, usually cpu HSF
are more loud then case fans. If you really feel that a knob will make things quite
then by all means go for it. I like to think that if your using a case fan with a knob
to make it quite, then why not get a bigger fan?

Another thing you could do is go to your local whitebox builder, and ask if you
could hear some of their case fans, HSF's in action.  That way you will know what
to expect, maybe they could give you some idea's to what has worked for them.

Rthoreau
  
 
 
 


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Netcraft Shows Debian Fastest Growing!

2004-01-28 Thread rthoreau
I thought I would spread the good news, according to a Netcraft study Debain is
the fastest growing Distro which contain Debian in an Apache server header.

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/01/28/debian_fastest_growing_linux_distribution.html

>From July 03 to January 04 we had a 24.6% growth,
Redhat only had 17.8% growth.
We are behind total servers though, Redhat has 1,451,505 Debian has 442,752
which is not bad, third in the list.

Lets hope that more people will realize just how good Debian is as a server
and help out the community.

Rthoreau


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Re: iiswish@lists.debian.org - anyone shed any light?

2004-01-28 Thread rthoreau
On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 01:12:22PM +, Joseph Jones wrote:
> I keep getting stupid e-mails from here. Anyone have any information on 
> it? I'll fwd the message source if anyone's interested.
> 
> Joe
You might want to check your headers, maybe a spammer is spoofing the headers and you 
think it is comming from the list.  Also did you do a whois search on the recieved from
IP?

This is also a Debian mailing list, maybe you have subscribed, and others are getting 
hit
by Mydoom worm, and your getting off topic mail because of it?

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Re: OT - nForce, GeForce and VMWare

2004-01-27 Thread Rthoreau
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 02:20:00PM +0530, Sanjay Chigurupati wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have an Asus A7vm266 ( something like that) motherboard. It uses nforce 2
> chipset.
> had lot of problems gettin drivers to work on win98 se.  made system
> unstable.
> u might be better off with XP.
> 
> Win98se drivers seem problematic.  spent almost like a week tryin to get it
> to work.
> 
> about geforce, check Nvidia's site for drivers. they do have 3d
> acceleration support. did u download the driver from their site? u might
> have to do some tuning. just check the download for instructions. should be
> in readme file
> 
> HTH,
> Sanjay
> 
> 
> 
>  
>   
>   Scarletdown
>   
>   <[EMAIL PROTECTED]To:   debian-users <[EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]>   
>   ter.net> cc:   
>   
>Subject:  OT - nForce, GeForce and 
> VMWare   
>   27/01/2004 12:36   
>   
>   PM 
>   
>  
>   
>  
>   
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I'm finally giving VMWare a whirl, and am hoping someone here can help.
> 
> VMWare installed okay, and I was able to set up a virtual machine with
> Windows-98SE.  However, I am unable to get sound working, and am also
> having some video issues.
> 
> My motherboard uses the nForce-2 chipset, with onboard sound.  I was
> able to get the nForce Linux drivers up and running, and have sound
> outside of VMWare, but sound is disabled on 98SE within the VMWare
> virtual machine.
> 
> I was hoping that just installing the 98 drivers off the CD that came
> with my board would do the job, but the installer claims that there is
> no compatible hardware installed.
> 
> As for video, I am currently using the driver that comes with VMWare,
> VMWare SVGA-2.  That enabled me to set my resolution properly (1024x768
> - 32-Bit color).  However, that particular driver doesn't allow
> realization of my video card's full potential.  The card is a 256MB
> GeForce 5600 FX.  Like with the nForce drivers, the nVidia drivers for
> Linux are working fine, but I can't get certain features working under
> Linux, specifically Direct 3D, and the Windows installer for the video
> card does not see the card as a compatible device.  So what does it take
> to enable 3D features under VMWare?  I'm trying the Windows version of
> America's Army as my test app, and it won't run because Direct 3D isn't
> working.
> 
> Any advice on these problems?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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What are you trying to do?
It sounds like you might be better off installing Windows XP, or maybe, just maybe
installing Debian since this is a Debian mailing list.
Also Direct 3d is a Windows only graphics layer, Whats wrong with using Nvidia
Linux drivers, and OpenGL, do some research, a lot of people have gotten their Nvidia 
Chipsets
to work in Linux.

You might also want to post to a VMWare mailing list about your VMware problems.

Rthoreau


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Re: Looking for bleeding edge distro

2004-01-22 Thread rthoreau
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 03:37:29PM -0500, Brad Cramer wrote:
> Are there any Debian based distros that use KDE 3.2rc1, kernel 2.6.x,
> XFree4.3.0 all of that bleeding edge type stuff. I am willing to give
> anything a try as long as it is deb based (don't like RPM's)
> Thanks
> Brad

Why do you need a distro to get the bleeding edge software you need?
Whats wrong with running unstable with software from experimental?

Even most Rpm based distro's do not have a release that supports the software
you want.  If you really need the most current version of something, you might
be better off getting the source from CVS and building your own packages, or
installing it yourself.  In fact at the rate of kernel development a release
candidate is out almost every week or so. I hope you have good backups of your
software, so you know exactly what breaks your system.  

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Re: Newbie needs help :-)

2004-01-22 Thread rthoreau
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 01:23:01AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 03:57:14PM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> > Jaume Alonso wrote:
> > >Well, today I've installed Sarge and finally all went OK (it was the 
> > >third time I tryed it). But I have a problem:
> > >
> > >GNOME 2.4 does not work :-(
> > >I use GDM and when I selectioned session GNOME and my user name and 
> > >password it didn't work, it says that did not find gnome-session. I 
> > >went to debian website and I downloaded the gnome session.
> [...]
> > Rather than going "to the debian website and I download[ing] the gnome 
> > session", you might find it easier just to "apt-get install gnome".
> 
--> That won't quite work on sarge yet. It should in about two days' time,
--> though.
> 
> -- 
--> Colin Watson  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

That is great news, so Gnome 2.4 will be a full meta package, does it include 
everthing?
What about kde 3.1.4 will it be next?

Keep up the good work, how long until a proper freeze in testing?

Rthoreau


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Re: Semi-Old Video Card Recommendation

2004-01-21 Thread rthoreau
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 06:46:37AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> For awhile ATI was not supporting Linux.  They've improved significantly as of
> late.
> 
> I highly recommend Nvidia stuff.  Excellent Linux support.  Matrox is good for
> 2D stuff.
> 
> On 20-Jan-2004 Pigeon wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 04:41:59AM +0800, Ryan Mackay wrote:
> >> If you dont choose this chipset i would suggest sticking with nVidia
> >> none the less, they do support Linux (or Xwindows should i say) alot
> >> more/better than other companies.
> > 
> > Hmm, I'm constantly advising people NOT to buy nVidia stuff because they
> > are LESS Free-software friendly than other companies. They may provide Linux
> > drivers but they are binary-only. No source code or hardware specs are
> > available, so you're really in the same boat as you are with Windoze.
> > 
> > For example, <http://dri.sourceforge.net/dri_status.phtml> lists plenty of
> > ATI support:
> > 
> >> ATI
> >> 
> >> Supported Chipsets
> >> 
> >> * Mach64 (Rage Pro)
> >> * Rage 128 (Standard, Pro, Mobility)
> >> * Radeons up to R9200 are supported
> >> 
> >> Important Notes
> >> 
> >> * The Radeon naming scheme explained.
> >> * For Radeon PCI support see the FAQ
> >> * Rage Fury Maxx is NOT supported by the DRI.
> >> * The Mach64 (Rage Pro) is undergoing heavy development. To see if your
> >>   card is supported check Leif's status page.
> >> * The Radeon seems to have problems with certain early VIA chipsets.
> >>   Your best bet is to try and see if it works.
> >> 
> >> Example Graphics Cards
> >> 
> >> * Rage Fury
> >> * Rage Magnum
> >> * Xpert 2000
> >> * Xpert 128
> >> * Xpert 99
> >> * All-in-Wonder 128
> >  
> > but when it comes to NVidia, all we get is:
> > 
> >> NVidia
> >> 
> >> NVidia provides their own closed source, binary drivers. Hardware specs
> >> are not available to the DRI developers and NVidia cards are therefore 
> >> not supported by the DRI.
> > 
> > ATI may only release their hardware specs to developers under NDA but that's
> > a lot better than not releasing them at all. At least we get ATI source code.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Pigeon
> > 
> > Be kind to pigeons
> > Get my GPG key here:
> > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
> 
> ---
> Arlen Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> BOFH excuse #439:
> 
> Hot Java has gone cold
> 
> 
> This message was sent by XFmail (Linux)
> 
> -o)
> /\\
>_\_v
> 
> The penguins are coming...
>  the penguins are coming...
> 

As others have mentioned the battle between ATI and Nvidia has spilt over to Linux.
I think you need to take into account how you use your system, your stance on 
Open Source Software.  I know some people who will not use any thing that taints a
Linux kernel.  While others couldn't care less about the drivers, while still others
have the idea that as long as it works department.

So what it comes down to is what type of user are you, if you don't mind going that
extra little bit to configure you system then Ati might be ok. If you need something 
that is easy to setup then Nvidia is a good choice.  Lots of time to get Ati working 
you need to download the latest XFree86 build, go to certain sites for certain drivers
other such things. While Nvidia you visit their site download their latest driver,
make sure you have kernel-headers and run their script.

Be that as it is, I still give Nvidia a big edge, they also support freeBSD and seem 
to understand that users want something that works.  Yes it would be nice if both Ati
and Nvidia would open up their drivers. You know what, I have never been without 
support
of a Nvidia card, it not like they don't support their chipsets.

I really doubt that Ati or Nvidia will release Open Source 3d drivers, despite as much 
as we
would like them to. Especially with all the patents, cross licenses's that are in some 
of those
drivers. So for now its like choosing between which is lesser of the two evils.

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Re: wireless router

2004-01-20 Thread rthoreau
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 09:11:04PM -0800, David wrote:
> Any reccomendations for wireless router hardware.  Went to Costco today
> and they had both D-link router+wireless card (802.11g) as well as a
> netgear package.  Both packages advertised being compatible with linux.
> 
> Any input/advice/opinion on this?
> 
> Thanks!

D-link as well as some of the other manufactures usually end up buying some of the same
hardware usually made by one or two companies, and putting their name on it. 
I have owned a Linksys, SMC and others.
The Linksys I bought was the common model and had nothing but problems, the SMC I had 
lasted 
about two years, but would drop connections once in a while.

I ended up getting a Zyxel Zywall with 80211.b support, and I would suggest them to 
anyone.
They have good support you can even buy them online, mine came with a two year 
warranty, and 
has been rock steady. If your looking for say 80211.g or 80211.a I think they have a 
basic
model out that supports it. They cater to more of the business side of things, but 
after my
bad experience with the Linksys, I will not buy another consumer wireless product.

Also some motherboard manufactures are starting to sell 80211.x hardware that will do 
some
pretty cool stuff. Check the normal good hardware sites for more information, but I do 
not
know how compatable they are with Linux.

Just make sure the Wireless cards are Linux compatable, and have drivers for them.
The wireless howto's will show lots of information about what to get and how to set it 
up,
www.tldp.org will list some of them.


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Re: Promise Ultra 100 TX2 (PDC20268)

2004-01-20 Thread Rthoreau
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 09:39:16PM +0100, Micha wrote:
> Hi i am new to the mailing list and hope i hope i have done everything well
> so far :)
> 
> also i am relativly new to unix and debian ...
> 
> i just want to aks if the Ultra 100 TX2 is supported by debian and if yes
> can you tell me which kernel (kernel-patch) or driver i need ?
> 
> thank you for all advice and your help
> 
> with best regards
> 
> Michael Schlembach
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian Sarge does support your card, you will need the testing iso to install the 
proper kernel.  Woody can be installed if you do not have your drives on the card, 
then you can upgrade the kernel.

www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

Will get you started with the testing, or Sarge information.

Rthoreau


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Re: Problem

2004-01-19 Thread Rthoreau
On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 10:46:15PM +0100, Pedro M. wrote:
> What about creating a debian hardware list ? . Is there any one ??.
> 
> Regads.
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Ken Gilmour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Haytham AL Samkari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 7:31 PM
> Subject: RE: Problem
> 
> 
> Replying to the message sent by Ken Gilmour  on 19 Jan 2004 17:46:40
> +, received at 18:30:49 on 19/01/2004. Ken Gilmour wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 16:06, Haytham AL Samkari wrote:
> >
> >> Additional Information: The type of the printer is Ink-Jet
> >
> > I thought we already dealt with this for you? Google for it:
> >
> > http://www.google.com/searth?q=author%3A+%22Haytham+al+Samkari%22&ie=I
> SO-8859-1&hl=en&meta=
> 
> Whoops... should have copied and pasted:
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?q=author%3A+%22Haytham+al+Samkari%22&ie=ISO
> -8859-1&hl=en&meta
> 
> 
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The simple answer to your question is Debian is Gnu/linux, so what linux supports 
Debian will.  
You might ask does Linux support my hardware, their are plenty of sites that dedicate 
themselves
to that topic. Usually if the Linux kernel will support it Debian will too, you might 
have to
update your kernel to do it, but it usually works.  If you find woody lacking you 
might want to try some
packages from testing, or unstable, most new kernels can be found their.

Rthoreau


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IDE-SCSI lost after boot up!

2004-01-16 Thread rthoreau
/hda/ it does not work.

Can someone hit me with a Debian clue bat, Paul, Pigeon, Monique, 
Colin, Andreas, Karsten, ie all you die hard users. I know I have 
left of some the old timers out, sorry, I haven't been around that 
long, going on a year, just a spring chic to some of ya.

Thanks;

Rthoreau



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Debian Sarge Grub Question!

2003-12-11 Thread rthoreau
Dear:   Fellow Debian Users;

First a little hardware information:

Tyan 2460 Tiger Motherboard.
actual order of physical devices.
/dev/hdc> dedicated windows XP pro harddrive 40 gig.
/dev/hdd> dedicated Debian Gnu/Linux harddrive 120 gig.

Grub is installed in the MBR of /dev/hdd. I have /dev/hdd setup in the bios as first 
harddrive to boot, which now acts like this, /dev/hdd/, /dev/hdc.

Grub sees this as (hd0) (hd1) which is reverse as to physical installation.

If I run update-grub it writes the physical location to menu.lst  I then have to 
change 
all kernel configs to the opposite of physical, in grubs case from (hd1) to (hd0).  
This 
works great and I am able to boot into Debian.  But it will not boot into Windows, 
even if I use the proper grub root device.  Windows does not boot, but will stop, and 
I have to physically reset the machine.

Now after reading some docs I tried to use the map command like this:

map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) hd0)

This is done at the command line in grub at first boot, then it will boot into windows 
like normal.  I can also add the lines if I edit the windows stanza and will work 
within 
the boot sequence.  But if I add it to my grub menu.lst under the Windows title it 
will 
not boot windows.  Something like this,

Title Windows
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
root (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Now in order to boot into windows, I have to at boot time add the map lines under 
the command line, then boot into windows as normal, or hit esc, then highlight the 
windows stanza and hit return.

How can I set this up in grubs menu.lst so it is done automatically?
I have also tried to use map function outside any title area as a global setting, but 
it 
does not work either.

Also would this be considered a bug, and should I submit a bug report if their is no 
way to set map function in menu.lst.

Thanks,

Rthoreau


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Re: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard

2003-12-04 Thread Rthoreau
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Today 21:11:13

> Hi all,

> I'm having trouble with a new Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard I just put 
>into my Debian machine. (I took out the old card.)
>
>A bit of searching around indicates that the Santa Cruz uses the cs46xx 
>chipset, so I selected that kernel module. Doing modprobe cs46xx gives me:
>
> cs46xx: Unable to detect valid cs46xx device
>
>then it gives me some insmod errors caused by not having a valid device.
>
>I'm guessing there's some sort of IRQ conflict or something similar going on. 
>Has anyone run into this problem who could give me some guidance on where to 
>look? Tracking down these problems seems to me to be something of a wild 
>goose chase.
>
>Thanks and regards,

>Charles.

Yea the Santa Cruz sound card can be a little tricky at times, you might want 
to see what lspci says, you might even have to reboot.  

Here is what lsmod says about my modules loaded for sound.

cs46xx 58196   2
ac97_codec 13428   0 [cs46xx]
soundcore3972   3 [cs46xx]

Of course this is the OSS modules, and not the Alsa modules, I understand that 
the Alsa modules might be of better quality, so if you feel brave go ahead 
and give it a shot.  It probably wouldn't hurt, as the new 2.6.-- are going 
to use Alsa, so it wouldn't hurt to get things working now.

I use testing and this is somewhat of a default setup, as you know the 
Santa Cruz card is not 100% supported under linux.  I have several games that 
after I play Xmms have major sound problems.  Also after a reboot I have to 
manually adjust the volume in a mixer.

You might get away with not having the ac97-codec loaded as it is not used, as 
lsmod has shown.  I would certainly make sure soundcore module was loaded as 
to the 3 procs I really couldn't tell you as I am unsure exactly what the 
soundcore module does.

Hope you get it sorted out, as the sound card is great, I just wish it was as 
good as under the other OS.

Rthoreau


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Re: ISP and DNS port scanning!

2003-11-18 Thread Rthoreau
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:50:02PM +, Antony Gelberg wrote:
 
> >Looks like a ping (ICMP type 8).  Where do you get port scanning from?
> >FWIW, I think that blocking pings via a firewall isn't recommended, but
> >not sure why.

Jon wrote:

> It does not provide any kind of security or protection what-so-ever,
> whilst removing the proper way of other people / you from elsewhere
> determining if your connection is working ok.

-- 
> Jon Dowland
> http://jon.dowland.name/

What you have all said still does not sync,  when I look at the Notes provided 
in my log I can see what you mean it is a type 8 icmp code 0. Or whatever you 
say that means, but the destination is another DNS server.

This is a line taken from my my log again.
11/18/2003 14:53:24 Firewall default policy: ICMP (W to W/ZW, type:8, 
code:0) 66.61.104.72    66.61.118.206   ACCESS BLOCK 14

Ok like I mentioned in my first post if I do a Arin Whois on address 
66.61.104.72 it tells me it is a DNS block.  When I do a Arin Whois on the 
destination 66.61.118.206 it is another DNS block, both happen to belong to 
my ISP but in different cities.  My cable modem action light is almost always 
solid orange, which tells me I have a busy link even if I am not using the 
net.
 
So why am I getting pinged by a DNS server?  Why are all the destinations 
reported by my router log points to another DNS server?

Even if I forwarded the ping to a DMZ or a safe machine, it would not find the 
machine, since I do not have any access to that network block.  My Debian 
uses DHCP to log into my ISP through my router, my windows machine's use 
static IP's setup to log into my router.

My router is a Zyxel ZyWall 2xw with 802.11b for wireless clients.   I do not 
run any web, ftp, servers, and at the moment I do not have any ports 
forwarded to any machine.  Its like a default setup with a hardware firewall 
and no ports open to the outside world.  All passwords are changed, and wep 
is changed at a reasonable time frame.  Everything works great, except I keep 
getting those recorded in my log.

I could understand if the destination was my router, or a machine under the 
subnet but it is not.  Also the source machines seem to change unlike the 
destination machine.  

That is the reason I wanted to ask all of you, I really do not know why this 
is happening.

Rthoreau


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ISP and DNS port scanning!

2003-11-18 Thread Rthoreau
Hello:  fellow Debian users

I was going over my router logs and noticed that I am getting port scanned 
from my ISP, this has been happening for a while but I haven't had the time 
to look into it untill now.  I did a basic whois on the IP address and they 
show that it is my ISP, the destination is a DNS server that belongs to my 
ISP.

I sent an E-mail to abuse to see what they are going to do about it, but I am 
in need of some knowledge?  Is this common? is the DNS server trying to 
collect or verify information on my system?  If so why?  

I did do a google search on DNS port scanning and denial of service, but did 
not turn up anything that would explain this.  That is why I am asking for 
your suggestions.  They seem to be sending it about every 30 seconds, so in 
effect they are using a denial of service against me.  Below is a few lines 
of my router log. 

In this format->  Time    Message Source  Destination Notes
 
11/18/2003 14:53:24 Firewall default policy: ICMP (W to W/ZW, type:8, 
code:0) 66.61.104.72    66.61.118.206   ACCESS BLOCK
14
11/18/2003 14:53:20 Firewall default policy: ICMP (W to W/ZW, 
type:8, 
code:0) 66.61.30.31 66.61.118.206   ACCESS BLOCK
15
11/18/2003 14:53:08 Firewall default policy: ICMP (W to W/ZW, 
type:8, 
code:0) 66.61.81.46 66.61.118.206   ACCESS BLOCK
16
11/18/2003 14:52:45 Firewall default policy: ICMP (W to W/ZW, 
type:8, 
code:0) 66.61.123.234   66.61.118.206   ACCESS BLOCK
17

If this is common would someone please point me to a source to get more 
information.

Thanks;

Rthoreau at iwon dot com


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Re: ATA Controller

2003-11-18 Thread Rthoreau
>Adrian at Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>scribbled on Date: Today 09:03:14

>Greetings all.  I have a second IDE controller card installed in my
>system and am trying to get it to work under debian.
>
>Things that may be relevant:
>
>hda - 15g HD
>hdb - 20g HD
>hdc - cdrom
>hdd - cdburner
>and on the second controller
>hde - 30g HD
>
>hde is reiserfs and is operational under my Mandrake 9.1 install, but
>not seen by my Woody install.  It is a "fresh" install after all the
>hardware was in place, not hardware added after the install.

>Hardware specifics:
>Promise Technology, Inc.
>Ultra 100 TX2 ATA/100 Controller

>The manual says to go to www.promise.com for Linux for "updates on Linux
>support".  Well, I did so, but no found no love.

>Also tried to Google, but didn't get any results that I understood or
>could use.

>So, any suggestions?  I can't help but think I simply need to use
>modprobe and install a module or such.  I played around with that idea,
>but didn't hit upon anything that worked.  Of course, since I'm not sure
>what I'm looking for, I was guessing.

>'Thank you very much.
>Adrian

If you are using a woody kernel, such as bf2.4.18 you will have to use a more 
current kernel image, because you will most likely have to have the promise 
driver present as a module.  You should look for module promise pdc 20269 you 
can verify this with what lspci says about your card.  Then you can see if 
modconf shows the module in your current kernel.  If it does then go ahead 
and load it, look in your dmesg for the fact it loaded the module.  If not 
you can make a custom kernel,or download a newer kernel image with the added 
support. You might need to change /etc/fstab to have your drives mountable.  
You can always check cfdisk if the drives are showing up properly.

If you still can not get it to recognize the drives, try booting off a knoppix 
cd and looking at what modules knoppix loads by using lsmod.  If you do 
search on google pass it along the pdc 20269 search line, it seems like some 
people have a love hate relationship with this card.  I do have this card but 
my dual motherboard hates it, and is now in windows only system.  

Rthoreau


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Re: Workspace/desktop switching

2003-11-18 Thread Rthoreau
Date: 
Today 01:35:32

>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:19:41AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote:
>> I've been seeing a lot of discussions about various WM's lately, and
>> everyone seems to be extremely concerned about easy workspace switching.
>> I'm just wondering what exactly everyone uses workspaces for? Every once
>> in a while, if I'm doing two things at once that each require 5 windows
>> a piece, I'll use two desktops/workspaces, but I don't think I've ever
>> really gone over that. That leads me to believe that there's some
>> unrealized benefit that I'm missing out on. So what do you use your
>> workspaces for, and why are they so important?

>Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>I use exactly 2 virtual desktops and Fluxbox:

>Desktop 1 has 4 terminals.  Desktop 2 has mozilla basically full-screen.
>Flux lets me use the mouse-wheel to alternate them.  More than two, and 
>it's not as efficient to "flip" bing-bang between them; I have to stop 
>and think about where I want to stop.  With 2 it's just a muscle twitch, 
>no cerberal activity required.

>Sometimes other windows will float transitively above them.  If I need 
>an app to stay around for a while, I'll tab-dock it with one of the 
>terminals, or tab-dock it with Moz if it needs lots of real estate.

>I love it.  I keep trying fancier things but get no additional benefit.  
>Like I said, more than 2, and I have to expend mental energy.

It took me the longest time to really start to use more than one Workspace. I 
was trapped into how Windows only uses one Workspace, unless you have special 
programs that provide the extra Workspaces.  Back then I had dual monitors so 
I have plenty of window real estate, but a ton of minimized windows.  

But in Linux I started to play with workspaces, I use 3 workspaces on a dual 
monitor setup.  I use Workspace 3 for my Kmail and email and a browser window 
pointing to a whois search sites for Spam.  I use Workspace 2 for terminals, 
like xterm or lcdproc server, and I have a browser on one screen also, I 
might have linux sites in this with tabbed pages. Workspace 1 is dedicated 
for system stats, like top, and I have a RC5-72 going in one window, with a 
browser that points to news sites. Or a newsreader, or a vnc session of 
another system. 

I must confess I find dual monitors much, much, much more convient then many 
workspaces.  I would rather give up my workspaces than my monitors.  But then 
if I had to use a single monitor I would really want workspaces.  Dual 
monitors saves you time, and is a ton easier than having to switch between 
workspaces, or minimize windows.

If you want to know more about dual or more monitors you might want to check 
this site out.

http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon/gallery.asp

This points to the gallery of people who sent in pictures of their systems, it 
might be slanted to windows but is has one of the best gallery's.  Just point 
and clickity click.

Rthoreau


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Another notch on Debian's belt!

2003-10-10 Thread Rthoreau

It looks like Linux Journal has announced their readers award, and 
Debian Gnu/Linux came out on top as favorite distro.

http://pr.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=785&mode=thread&order=0

I was expecting Mandrake or Gentoo or something.  I know that this 
doesn't add up to a good sample group.  It just shows that most people 
who visit their site make good decisions, or like OSS and Debian is 
more inline to FSF than a lot of other distro's. 

Rthoreau


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Re: To be safe don't use shift key...

2003-10-09 Thread Rthoreau

>>Erik Steffl wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
>> ...or else the riaa might sue you.
>>
>> 
>http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/08/bmg.protection.reut/index.html
> 
> 
>>   quote from article: "Computers running Linux and older versions of 
>>the 
>> Mac operating system are unable to run the software and are able to 
>>copy 
> >the disc freely, he said."
> 
>  > ROFL
> 
>   >  erik
> 
> 
> -Roberto wrote
>Is that a license for us to copy something not worth copying?

Yea it sounds like we might need a license to use the shift key.

http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1065755223.html

Also if your in the mood for a little shopping you could also buy this 
on Ebay.  Its a bug for those who really, really want to know.  Thats 
right you can bid on a real dead bug.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11994

I don't know if I should laugh, or cry, or laugh myself to crying.

Rthoreau


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Re: Atapi Zip detection woes!

2003-10-08 Thread Rthoreau
>>From: 
>>"Nathan J. Malmberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: 
>>Debian Mail list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Date: 
>>Yesterday 08:22:35 pm

>>Message was signed with unknown key.
>>The validity of the signature cannot be verified.
>>Problem: OpenPGP plug-in was not specified.
>>Use the 'Settings->Configure KMail->Security' dialog to specify the 
>>plug-in or ask your system administrator to do that for you.


>>>On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 04:08:21PM +0200, Joachim Fahnenmueller 
>>>wrote:
> >>Hi,
> 
> >>AFAIK, there are 2 versions of ZIP drives, either connected to the
> >>parallel port or to an SCSI controller. Which one do you have?
> 
> >>You need the following modules (you may have to recompile your 
>>>kernel):
> >>scsi_mod, sd_mod;
> >>parallel port version only: imm, ide-scsi;
> >>SCSI version: the correct driver for your SCSI card.
> 
>If it is an ATAPI zip drive, I believe the correct module is the
>ide-floppy module.  If parallel or SCSI, see above.  I don't even
>remember what modules my USB zip drive used (before I had to put it
>down) but it was something like USB mass storage or the like.
snip 
>Nathan J. Malmberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  GNUPG ID: 8A9B426E
>The attachment is a digital signature.  Get my key at wwwkeys.pgp.net.

I decided to reread the howto's and found this link in one of them!
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue28/lg_tips28.html#atapi

It basically says that if you use the ide-floppy module with an Atapi 
drive everything will work except the eject of the disk.  It also 
mentions to use the scsi module only.  

So I decided to burn the latest copy of knoppix and see if it detects my 
Zip drive, which it does in dmesg as a scsi attachment along with my 
other ide-scsi drives.  I also did a lsmod to see just what modules it 
loaded, and my lists are very similar to the one that knoppix uses.

But I do not get any indication in my dmesg, or kern.log when I reboot 
with all the modules removed, and only have the scsi pointing to a zip 
drive device.  I am at a loss as to why I do not get a message in dmesg 
for my zip-drive. Knoppix also see's it as a Atapi 250 iomega zip drive 
so something is not right with my hardware detection.  

With all the custom kernels I compile I should at least have it show up 
in dmesg.  So in a way it makes sense if the kernel does not see the 
drive no mater what modules I try to load at boot time then I am unable 
to use the drive.  I know that I could just install knoppix to my 
harddrive and be done with it, but I should not have to due this as 
both are based on Debian.  

Rthoreau



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Re: Atapi Zip detection woes!

2003-10-05 Thread Rthoreau
On Wednesday 01 October 2003 01:10 am, rthoreau wrote:
> Dear:  fellow Debian users;
>
> I am having a problem setting up my Atapi Iomega Zip drive under
> Debian. I have followed the Zip disk howto, and have done all its
> suggestions but I am still not able to have the device work.
>
> First off I have the Zip Drive attached to a Promise Ultra 133 ATA
> controller card (yes according to promise it is able to load devices
> other than hard drives).  The Bios of the card does not load due to
> it being a Atapi device.  The drive does work under windows attached
> to the controler card.  I have installed the promise 20269 driver and
> my system does see the card per dmesg, which is in parts below.
>
> // this is my kernel parameters passed at boot time.
> Kernel command line: ro noapic root=/dev/hdd6 hda=ide-scsi
> hdb=ide-scsi
>
> // I also get this error message.
> kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2
>
> // this is a section that lists my ide devices.
> ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
> idebus=xx
> hda: LITE-ON LTR-32123S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> hdb: JLMS DVD-ROM LTD163D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> hdc: Maxtor 6E040L0, ATA DISK drive
> hdd: Maxtor 6Y120L0, ATA DISK drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
>
> // this section reflects my controller card.
> PDC20269: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:0b.0
> PDC20269: chipset revision 2
> PDC20269: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide2: BM-DMA at 0x1410-0x1417, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio
> ide3: BM-DMA at 0x1418-0x141f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
>
> // what is kind of weird the last few lines of dmesg show this.
> parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP(,...)]
> parport0: irq 7 detected
> imm: Version 2.05 (for Linux 2.4.0)
> // of course imm is the module name I am trying to install.
>
> Now after I have run update-modules, and depmod which I beleive is
> the same thing.  When I try to modprobe imm I get this.
>
> Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/modules.dep
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: init_module: No
> such device
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
> including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
>   You may find more information in syslog or the output from
> dmesg /lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: insmod imm failed
>
> If I try a insmod I get this:
>
> Using /lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_claim_Rsmp_dc843753
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_register_device_Rsmp_75a20b73
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_unregister_device_Rsmp_0cffd5b6
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_release_Rsmp_e2338255
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_enumerate_Rsmp_b88956ae
> Raiz-MPX:/home/rcall# modprobe imm.o
> Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/modules.dep
> modprobe: Can't locate module imm.o
>
> Which I beleive is the real problem, after googling for the above
> error messages I came up empty.  I used the Iomega new driver as my
> zip drive is only a couple of years old and is a atapi 250 iomega zip
> drive.
>
> I have also used modconf to install the module but did not pass any
> parameters, which I don't know any anyway, of course it failed.
>
> Below is what /proc/pci says.
>
> Bus  0, device  11, function  0:
> Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20269
> (rev 2).
>   IRQ 11.
>   Master Capable.  Latency=64.  Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=18.
>   I/O at 0x1438 [0x143f].
>   I/O at 0x1430 [0x1433].
>   I/O at 0x1428 [0x142f].
>   I/O at 0x1424 [0x1427].
>   I/O at 0x1410 [0x141f].
>   Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe000 [0xe0003fff].
>
> I have also looked at syslog which does not really show much, I have
> a LCDproc daemon running which defaults to syslog.  So maybe some of
> you guys could shed some light on this subject.  What parameters do I
> need to pass when using modconf?  If you want all of Dmesg, or other
> log files I will be more than happy to supply them.
>
> Thanks;
>
> Rthoreau

I have been scouring the net for more information and still came up 
empty.  I even recompiled my kernel to use the ppa module 

Atapi Zip detection woes!

2003-09-30 Thread Rthoreau
Dear:  fellow Debian users;

I am having a problem setting up my Atapi Iomega Zip drive under Debian.  
I have followed the Zip disk howto, and have done all its suggestions 
but I am still not able to have the device work.

First off I have the Zip Drive attached to a Promise Ultra 133 ATA 
controller card (yes according to promise it is able to load devices 
other than hard drives).  The Bios of the card does not load due to it 
being a Atapi device.  The drive does work under windows attached to 
the controler card.  I have installed the promise 20269 driver and my 
system does see the card per dmesg, which is in parts below.

// this is my kernel parameters passed at boot time.
Kernel command line: ro noapic root=/dev/hdd6 hda=ide-scsi hdb=ide-scsi

// I also get this error message.
kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2

// this is a section that lists my ide devices.
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with 
idebus=xx
hda: LITE-ON LTR-32123S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdb: JLMS DVD-ROM LTD163D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: Maxtor 6E040L0, ATA DISK drive
hdd: Maxtor 6Y120L0, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15

// this section reflects my controller card.
PDC20269: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:0b.0
PDC20269: chipset revision 2
PDC20269: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
ide2: BM-DMA at 0x1410-0x1417, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio
ide3: BM-DMA at 0x1418-0x141f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio

// what is kind of weird the last few lines of dmesg show this.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP(,...)]
parport0: irq 7 detected
imm: Version 2.05 (for Linux 2.4.0)
// of course imm is the module name I am trying to install.

Now after I have run update-modules, and depmod which I beleive is the 
same thing.  When I try to modprobe imm I get this.

Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than 
/lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/modules.dep
/lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: init_module: No such 
device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, 
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
  You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: insmod 
/lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: insmod imm failed

If I try a insmod I get this:

Using /lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o 
/lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol 
parport_claim_Rsmp_dc843753
/lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol 
parport_register_device_Rsmp_75a20b73
/lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol 
parport_unregister_device_Rsmp_0cffd5b6
/lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol 
parport_release_Rsmp_e2338255
/lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/kernel/drivers/scsi/imm.o: unresolved symbol 
parport_enumerate_Rsmp_b88956ae
Raiz-MPX:/home/rcall# modprobe imm.o
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than 
/lib/modules/2.4.22-mpx/modules.dep
modprobe: Can't locate module imm.o

Which I beleive is the real problem, after googling for the above error 
messages I came up empty.  I used the Iomega new driver as my zip drive 
is only a couple of years old and is a atapi 250 iomega zip drive.

I have also used modconf to install the module but did not pass any 
parameters, which I don't know any anyway, of course it failed.

Below is what /proc/pci says.

Bus  0, device  11, function  0:
Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20269 (rev 
2).
  IRQ 11.
  Master Capable.  Latency=64.  Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=18.
  I/O at 0x1438 [0x143f].
  I/O at 0x1430 [0x1433].
  I/O at 0x1428 [0x142f].
  I/O at 0x1424 [0x1427].
  I/O at 0x1410 [0x141f].
  Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe000 [0xe0003fff].

I have also looked at syslog which does not really show much, I have a 
LCDproc daemon running which defaults to syslog.  So maybe some of you 
guys could shed some light on this subject.  What parameters do I need 
to pass when using modconf?  If you want all of Dmesg, or other log 
files I will be more than happy to supply them.

Thanks;

Rthoreau


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New Debian search resource!

2003-09-18 Thread Rthoreau
I thought I would pass on the good news;

http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/03/09/18/158209.shtml?tid=52
http://www.rpmseek.com/index.html

Can be used to search Debain packages so if your having problems finding 
a package with apt-cache search, you can give this one a shot.  It's 
good to have more than one way to search for Debian packages.

Rthoreau


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Re: Unidentified subject!

2003-09-18 Thread Rthoreau
>Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:58:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: JEWELLS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Unidentified subject!
>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Content-Type: multipart/alternative; 
>boundary="0-400893236-1063893497=:64678"


>HELLO, HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME, UP TIL NOW I HAVE FOUND NO HELP AT ALL.
 
>MY PROBLEM, I WAS USING PAYPAL WITH MY VISA CARD NUMBER, BUT I HAD MY 
>VISA PAYED OUT, AND FOR SOME REASON, THE CARD WAS CLOSED. SO I TRIED 
>TO SIGN IN WITH MY MASTERCARD FOR PAYPAL PAYMENT. I MUST HAVE ALREADY 
>DONE THAT BECAUSE IT COMES UP, THAT NUMBER ALREADY IN USE BY ANOTHER 
>CUSTOMER. WHICH REALLY IS ME, BUT I DONT KNOW WHO I SIGHNED IN 
>UNDER?
 
>PLEASE CAN YOU HELP?
 
>IF SO, I CAN ADD MY NAME AND CARD NUMBERS  FOR YOU TO CROSS REFERENCE. 
 
>THANK YOU JULIA NICE

Dear:  Julia or cuddly_kitten1956 

By all means please add your name and card numbers for cross reference; 
a phone number won't hurt either.

I can only wonder what in the world this got posted, guess I will whois 
her butt and send in a abuse report.  Maybe next time she will post her 
vital info so it wil be worth my time, those new AMD 64 boards look 
good.

Anyway I get a kick out of what some people post by mistake, or is their 
such a thing as posting a mistake to a Mailing list?  It might be nice 
to see what some peoples thought process is.

I guess I have wasted enough time and bandwidth already.

Rthoreau


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Re: Connecting to ntl:home UK with Debian

2003-09-17 Thread Rthoreau
>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 01:19:51 +0100
From: Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>A friend of mine is two network cables away from being able to install
>a firewall for his Windoze box. I shall be setting this up, using
>Debian of course.

>He has an ntl:home "broadband" (150kbps) connection via a cable modem
>whose external interface is via coax and connects to the PC either by
>ethernet or USB. The connection is configured under Windoze by means
>of an installation CD. Raw details on the nature of the connection are
>conspicuous by their absence, as is any mention of Linux.
>
>Poking through Networking in his Windoze Control Panel seems to reveal
>TCP/IP drivers for the cable modem and no mention of PPP, so it looks
>to me as if we're probably not using PPPoE. He's configured to
>"Automatically assign IP address on connection" - Windoze DHCP? All his
>DNS settings are "Disabled", so I've no idea how his DNS works.
>
>I would be quite surprised if there isn't someone on this list whose
>Debian box is connected to ntl:home UK, and I would be most grateful
>if you could let me know what kind of connection we are dealing with
>here.

>Thanks,
>-- 
>Pigeon
> snip

I use a cable modem here in the states which came with a software CD 
which I did not even use.  I just plugged the coax cable into the back 
of the cable modem, and then used an ethernet cable from that to my 
router wan port.  I also use DHCP from my ISP which has their own 
assigned DNS addresses.  

Chances are if you go to the NTL home page it might tell you the DNS IP 
address to use.  Since I have a router I just use what is auto detected 
in the config section.  Also if you use a router you can assign static 
IP addresses to your computers on your network.  Even though your ISP 
is DHCP but I am sure you are very aware of that.

My ISP does not support Linux, but I really do not have any problems 
with it working straight out of the box.  If it is a problem it usually 
is with my ISP, and involve storm damage, or server maintance.

Rthoreau


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Re: OT: centrino & battery life ?

2003-08-31 Thread Rthoreau
>Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 02:23:37 +0200
From: Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: OT: centrino & battery life ?
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>



>Hallo!

>I'm planning purchasing a centrino based laptop (Acer TM 290)... but 
>I'd like
>to know if the 5 hours battery life Acer announces are real in a 
>linux
>world...

>Has any of you got a centrino based laptop?  If so, could you tell me 
>how long
>does the battery last?

>Of course I know it depends on real work, but it is going to give me 
>an idea
>;)  F.i.  my HP Omnibook 6000 lasted 3 hours, and my actual laptop, a 
>HP
>Omnibook XT1000 lasts about 2,5 hours... and I'm not compiling the 
>kernel  ;)

>Thanks!!!  ;)
>--
 > Joan Tur. Eivissa-Spain
 >AOL quini2k,  ICQ 11407395
  >  www.ClubIbosim.org
>Linux: usuari registrat 190.783

Dear: Joan

I just bought my wife a dell 600m with the Centrino chip, even though 
my wife does not use linux.  From reading different reports on 
www.tuxmobile.com I would have to suggest that the battery life under 
Linux is very good.  But Intel has not been very good in porting 
drivers over to Linux you might want to read up about it on 
http://www.tuxmobile.com/centrino.html.

Another thing that might be of concern is that if you plan on using 
wireless is that those chips do not support anything other than 
802.11b.  If you have an 802.11a network you will have to have 
another card.

Also do you plan on using a Distributed client?  I hear that the 
Centrino is great at Seti as well as Folding at Home.  I have RC5-72 
on my wifes but Intel chips do not like the RC5 clients, I have a AMD 
xp 1700  which gets about a third better than my wifes 1.6 Gig 
Pentium M Centrino.  But that is only on when my wife is plugged in, 
and the laptop is off most of the time.

catch you later;

Rthoreau


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Re: Any project for turning linux into a hd video recorder?

2003-08-30 Thread Rthoreau
> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 18:46:34 +0200
> From: Mariano Kamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Any project for turning linux into a hd video recorder?
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Hi,

  >I remember stumbling over an article some time ago. It was on, I 
>believe, 
>slashdot referring to an assembly project with the goal of turning a 
>linux 
>box with a tv card into some sophisticated vcr, with electronic 
>programm 
>guide and also the ability to stream videos and to record from the tv 
>program.

  >Unfortunately I haven't been able to find this article again and 
>google 
>didn't spit out anything I found useful (maybe the wrong keywords).

 > Any ideas?

>Cheers,
>Mariano

Mariano you might want to try out www.MythTV.org, also another good 
example would be the sourceforge project of Freevo.  Mythtv.org has a 
lot of Debian developers so that might be a good place to look.  

If you do decide to build a box make sure your tv card supports Linux, 
also it wouldn't hurt to search out PVR on the net, and also DVR 
becasue they are called different things by some people.

Anyway good hunting and good luck with your project.

Rthoreau


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Re: DebToo: Debian, Gentoo-style

2003-08-27 Thread Rthoreau
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:47:50 -0700 (PDT), 
Chris de Vidal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
<< [EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>> Volunteers needed!
>> http://debtoo.org

>  Arnt Karlsen<[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
> .."* This website sucks."  Toss it in http://validator.w3.org/  ;-)

Thats a great site Arnt I especially like how it tells you what line 
is wrong.  I added it too my quick links, I will keep it handy for 
emailing web masters.

I just have one question for all you folks who like to compile every 
single package, what are the benefits?  It seems like this site and 
review had Debian on top, Debian was only compiled with I386.
Please excuse the long url:
http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=227&page=1

Also Isn't Gentoo starting to introduce binaries of packages to ease 
installation?  I wonder how the package manager keeps up with the 
added stress of keeping track of source as well as binary 
applications?  What happens if you have the same package from source 
and binary? It makes me think that they are adding more complexity to 
the system, I wonder how that effects stability? Seems like people 
like the idea of compiling their own packages more than the benefit 
it will create. 

I would like to see more reviews of source distro's vs binary 
distro's.  I would also like to see a comparison between major 
packages, such as KDE, Gnome 2, XFree86, compiled from source vs 
binary.  I also know that it might be pointless because someone could 
compile with all the speed flags while the binary they choose might 
be compiled for stability, and a wider user base.  Such as was in the 
test mentioned above.

I also would like to know how source distro's handle security updates?  
Do you have to recompile your application with the new security 
patches?  Seems Admins wouldn't like this idea, especially if linux 
becomes more mainstream, more kiddie scripters take up attacking 
linux systems.

Wasn't it mentioned that it would be almost impossible to have a 
complete source release of Debian?  Seems like it would be a lot of 
work, might as well just stick to Gentoo since they have the source 
release pretty much covered.

If someone can show a nice chart showing the speed increase compared 
to stability of Gentoo vs Debian, I would be more than happy to put 
Gentoo on a box.  

But I won't hold my breath!

Rthoreau
 


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Re: Need feedback concerning PVR/DVR, Home threatre setup!

2003-08-26 Thread Rthoreau
Major snip

> You can get micro-itx systems for <$200 from idot.com, complete.
> I don't know how they related to PVR applications.

All that is needed to have a PVR is a TV tuner card that is supported 
by Linux, which you then can save your shows to a hard drive.  Most 
graphics cards nowadays have support for tv out if you buy the right 
card.  In fact most cards which has tv out will ship with software 
for the tv watching by S-video connection.

>You can get basic black cases easily enough and it may not look any 
>more out of place than having a DVD recorder next to a VCR.

I was thinking about that, but I want to do a proof of concept with 
the available hardware to see if its worth investing in a pvr box.  
Only problem I might have is I might need to buy a cheapo sound card, 
cause my box does not have one.   In fact I might do it over this 
long weekend shouldn't be two hard to accomplish.

Rthoreau


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Need feedback concerning PVR/DVR, Home threatre setup!

2003-08-25 Thread Rthoreau
Dear:  Fellow Debian users;

I would like to get some feedback from those of you who have setup a 
Linux pvr, or used linux in their home threatre system.  I have been 
thinking about building a dedicated pvr box for this purpose.

I have visted different sites, such as Mythtv.org and also been to 
Freevo and have a pretty good idea of what is needed.  My biggest 
question is how does these projects work in the real world?  I 
followed some of the discussions looked at the hardware database and 
all I see is good remarks by those posting.  I have looked at some of 
the change logs, these projects seem to be getting really good 
traction.  

I was thinking about using a micro-atx case and board probably using 
an AMD chip, then getting the supported hardware for the pvr.  I was 
thinking about going the VIA mini-itx way but the cases are almost as 
expensive as the motherboard chip combo.  I also would like to have 
it crunch RC5-72 in its spare time.  Since I know that Mythtv.org has 
a dedicated following of Debian developers, that is one reason I 
thought to ask here.  Also as you all know Debian will be the 
Gnu/linux of choice.

I have most of the hardware on site, and could put a midtower case and 
a WiFi card next to the TV but my wife wouldn't want a beige case 
sitting next to the TV, also WiFI will be slow to move files on the 
network.  But once again the wife does not like cables, or anything 
extra by the TV that looks out of place.  

Rthoreau -> dedicated Debian mailing list lurker.



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Re: rms on debian

2003-08-20 Thread Rthoreau
What gets me is what does the G stand for in GNU?

I get the rest of the saying GNU is Not Unix, but it still does not 
come up with what the G stands for.  At least AFAIK no one has ever 
come up with a good reason for the G other than GNU.  Maybe someone 
can explain it to me who know these things better.  I also thought it 
was a no/no to refer to a name within a name without a definition?

How can I understand RMS when I don't even understand GNU?

Rthoreau


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Re: wireless recommendations

2003-08-15 Thread Rthoreau
ious about WiFi I would buy  good quality gear.  
Do you already have a ethernet switch? or a router?  If you do then 
just buy a wireless AP, it seems that the Wireless APs are better 
quality then the wireless routers.  Then if you want to move up to a 
faster wireless protocol all you have to do is get a new AP.

Also if something fails you just replace that part instead of the 
whole unit.  Also it is somewhat future proof, cause a good router 
will last years, same with a good switch.  It might be a little more 
expensive to do it this way but at least you will keep your network 
running if your wireless setup does break.

What I decided to do was order a Zyxel Zywall 2xw when it comes in I 
will take the Linksys back for a refund.  I have read good reviews 
about this brand, and products which seem to be industrial quality, 
for reasonable prices.  You can check out the webpage and a few other 
sites that cater to Wifi.

http://store.zyxel.com/usshopcat/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=133
http://wifinetnews.com/

Good luck with your decision;

Rthoreau


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Linux 2.6.0-test 3 released!

2003-08-14 Thread Rthoreau
Just thought I would pass the good news to those few brave souls who 
are testing the new kernel.  Seems a lot of bugs are fixed, you can 
find the sourse at the normal sources.  Also slashdot.org has a good 
thread going.

Also on a side note tell us how your testing of the new kernel is 
getting on, I would like to hear a little more than , its faster I 
would like to get some fine details.

Rthoreau


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Re: Alsa Install, VIA VT8235 and ASUS A7V8X-X

2003-08-10 Thread Rthoreau
Daniel Reginald Hunt wrote:

>Installed the 2.4.21 kernel from kernel.org source
>used the "The Very Verbose Guide to Updating and Compiling Your 
>Debian
>Kernel" 

>Picked up everything from this apt-get.org backport source.
>deb http://prometheus.psico.unimib.it/debian/ .

>However this source also included a kernel source deb that I did not
>use. Perhaps that was a big mistake.

>Things did not work right out of the box, using the 
>http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=via+VT8235
>instructions so I did these instructions.
>http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php3?company=VIA&card=&chip=via8235&module=via82xx

>Still no sound this is the on screen errors from running 
>update-modules.

Snip

Sounds like you need to use the deb patch that you have, or you could 
just use Debian Source and use apt-get to get the proper source with 
the patches.  Also did you check to make sure you have all the proper 
version's of the programs listed in the changes file?

I have read that guide and I find that it is not as good as this one:

http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html

Also the Debian reference has some good information about the kernel, 
and also append-to-version flag.  I would suggest you use that flag 
as it will help keep compiles straight.  

Concerning your Unresolved symbols it most likely you did not have the 
proper debian patch applied.  I am sure some of the developers will 
reply with the inn's and out of why you need the patch.  If your 
going to be using Debian source, change your etc/apt/source.lst to 
include testing so you can pull in the proper software.

Anyway tell us how you like the Kt400 chipset under Debian, a buddy of 
mine is looking for a new motherboard.

Rthoreau


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Subject: Re: Question about SCSI IMMED flag in cdrecord!

2003-08-03 Thread Rthoreau


Greg took time out to write!

> I think what the cdrecord info means is do not put a hard drive &
> Cd/burner on the same cable. In some notebooks there are only on IDE
> controller so this happens, though I haven't actually seen a noebook
> configure this way. AFAIk having a cd reader & cd-recorder on the > 
> same
> bus and copying from one & burning to the other can cause the issue 
> you
> mention. If this is the case, DMA  or scsi emulation need to be  
used.
> --
> Greg Madden
> Debian GNU/Linux

When I set up my system I have a cdrw, and a dvdrom on the same 
channel.  Then I have my harddrives on another channel.  When I was 
burning the ISO it was from my harddrive to my cdrw drive, also it 
only locks up at the end of the burn when fixating.

Also it leaves the question why does it not lock up in cdrdao?  
Not to mention that is why I thought drives had buffers, to protect 
from data error, when the drive receives too much data.  When I use 
driveropts=burnfree, at the end after it finishes, when using the 
-immed flag it gives me that burnfree was not used.

I thought that in order to use cdrdao, or cdrecord you had to have 
scsi emulation enabled.  Maybe it was my fault because I didn't 
specify what devices I had, maybe you thought I had real scsi 
devices.  

Since this happens when fixating at the end of a burn, it seems that 
cdrecord could use a better method to finalize a disk.  To me it 
looks like a problem with the code of cdrecord, since other programs, 
ie cdrdao, do not have this problem.  It seems to be a case where a 
software problem is blamed on the hardware.  I wonder how many bug 
reports where filled out before they came out with the -immed flag?  

Since the Man page states that it might not work even if someone uses 
the -immed flag.  Does not figure verywell in my book, I understand 
that this program is one of the corner stone applications of linux, 
but maybe we need to question some of these programs to make sure 
they become even better.

Thanks;

Rthoreau


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Question about SCSI IMMED flag in cdrecord!

2003-08-01 Thread Rthoreau
Hi fellow Debian users.

I have been pulling my hair out the last three days because every time 
I tried to burn an ISO in cdrecord it locked my system solid.  Had to 
do a hard reset.  After pouring over the Man page, searched the net I 
solved my problem. 

I wasn't using the -immed flag when burning with cdrecord, which for 
some reason would use all the system bus, therefore lock up the 
computer solid.  According to the cdrecord man page:

This can be useful on broken systems with ATAPI harddisk and CD/DVD
 
writer on the same bus or with SCSI systems that don't use 
disconnect/reconnect. These systems will freeze while blanking or 
fixating a CD/DVD or while a DVD writer is filling up a session to 
the minimum amount (approx. 800 MB). 

 A correct solution would be to set up a correct cabling but there 
seem to be notebooks around that have been set up the wrong way by 
the manufacturer. As it is impossible to fix this problem in 
notebooks, the -immed option has been added.

Since I built this system from scratch I know that I used the proper 
cables.  I am also using an SMP system so system resources like cpu 
cycles should not be a problem. I do have cdrw, dvd on the same IDE 
channel.  This is a little unnerving because I thought I had a good 
system. But according to the page I have a broken system, or the 
wrong cables.

I also use cdrdao to burn bin/cue files and I have never had this 
problem.  Could this be a coding problem in Cdrecord, and they using 
the -immed flag is a way out of the problem?  Or is it like they say 
a bus problem?  I am using a current version out of unstable seems to 
be a problem with all versions though.  

If I do change motherboards, or my cabling will this solve my problem?  
Or do I have to wait until a future bus is implemented?  Have any of 
you played arround with cabling, and motherboads to solve this 
problem?

Rthoreau


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Re: Newbie question on partitioning (primary/logical drive ?)

2003-07-26 Thread Rthoreau
ThinKer softly asked,

> So I am sitting here looking at the screen (cfdisk 2.11n) and it is
> asking me to select a drive to partition with the list of

> /dev/hda
> /dev/hdc
> and
> /dev/hdd.

Debian can be confusing if you really do not have much experience with 
partitioning.  I would suggest you read the partitioning HOWTO on 
over at the www.tldp.org, this is The Linux Documentation Project 
which is a good place to find stuff if your confused.  

Basically what this screen is telling you is what hard drive do you 
want to install Debian on.  You mentioned you had three harddrives, 
under Linux harddrives are under what is called devices. Or /dev when 
you see /dev/hda it is most likely your first hard drive on your 
Primary IDE channel.   Something like this:

Primary IDE Master: 4.1 GB -->/dev/hda
Primary IDE Slave: 1.2 GB--->/dev/hdc
Secondary IDE Slave: 4.1 GB--->/dev/hdd

This could also be partitions on a specific harddrive, say you split 
your Primary Master into 3 or 4 partitions then it would be numbered 
in somewhat like manner /dev/hdc1 /dev/hdc2 /dev/hdc3.

So you need to choose what harddrive you want to install Debian on, 
also once you have selected your harddrive it will ask you if you 
want to partition it.  You will get a lot of opinions on the best way 
to partition but to keep it simple you will probably want two 
partitions, a swap, and a root partition.  

So make sure you have a swap, and a root which for the time being will 
have usr, home, var, boot on the same partition as well as everything 
else.  Then later you can add more partitions if you want too.

Many recommend that swap should be about twice the size as your 
memory, so stick with that for the time being.

If you have a problem you can use google and look up fdisk, cfdisk 
howtos which might give you some ideas.

Rthoreau


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Re Request for Hardware Compatability Resources!

2003-07-26 Thread Rthoreau
> ASUS A7S333-WA with a 1800+ V.S. ASUS A7V8X-X something faster.
> These motherboards alone are priced around $100.00 Canadian,
> my spending limit.
> How would you compare these two for use with Debian. I have searched 
> the
> archives using google, with the keywords debian and "model-#". 
> The  lucky
> board will be very Microsoft Windows(TM) free. It has been suggested
> that I look at the "chip sets" and see if they are supported in the
> Debian kernel. Where do I look to find that information?
> Would one grep in the kernel source? The Asus A7S333-WA has
> a SiS745 chiip set and the Asus A7V8x-x has a VIA KT400. 

As far as being supported in Debian you will have to compile a new 
kernel with the added support for those chipsets.  I think the real 
question is does linux support these chipsets,  From doing a quick 
search using google for SiS 745 + linux + kernel support, or the Via 
KT400, chipsets I have found that they do support these chipsets.  

Since I am not familiar with what all these boards support such as 
raid and other on board support I would say that some support, and 
maybe not all is supported under linux.  I am curious as to why you 
have chosen these two chipsets, because you can get a VIA KT600 for 
about the same price as a VIA KT 400, also SiS also has a 746, and a 
748 board out as well all for under 100 dollars Canadaian.  Also 
Nvidia has a nice single channel memory board that supports FSB 400 
speeds that is under your price list.  Soltek sells it, seems to be a 
sweet spot for price and performance if you like the new CPU's.  

If you like Asus would you consider an Asrock based motherboard, which 
is a subsidiary of Asus to compete against ECS.  Because Asrock has a 
SIS 748 board out now that is priced very well.  If you don't mind a 
different brand, ECS has some good boards.  I have a ECS K7S5A that 
is running 24/7 is 1 1/2 years old, crunching RC5-72 with a lowly 
Athlon XP 1700 CPU.   Not to put you off Asus or anything, but I find 
that Asus puts a premium on their boards, you might be able to find 
the  same chipset on an Aopen or MSI for less, sometimes for as much 
as 20 US dollars less.

Anyway search the LKML for chipset support, and also google groups for 
the same.  But VIA does seem to be on the ball for linux support of 
their chipsets.

Rthoreau



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Re: Solved LCDproc client problem!

2003-07-21 Thread Rthoreau
On Monday 21 July 2003 16:18, Rthoreau wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 July 2003 14:45, Rthoreau wrote:
> > On Saturday 12 July 2003 23:24, you wrote:
> > > I have a CrystalFontz 20x4 lcd without keypad, that I am trying
> > > to get LCDproc setup on.
> > >  I am using the current stable version .0.4.3.
> > >
> > > The LCDd is working ok, I have the server screen displaying on
> > > my lcd with the main LCDd heartbeat.  It is just waiting for a
> > > client to connect, when I run lcdproc and give it parameters
> > > the last thing I see is the server screen saying 1 client is
> > > connected then everything goes black.  If I ctrl c out of the
> > > terminal I started lcdproc I get back the server screen.  Also
> > > if I start a text, or ncurses session along with the CFonts
> > > session in LCDd I get the text showing some system specs that I
> > > specified when starting lcdproc.  But the lcd screen is still
> > > black.
> > >
> > > I searched lcdproc.org archives but no one has any answers or
> > > has given any good advice about how to solve the problem.  The
> > > only thing people are suggesting is use the CVS stable which is
> > > .0.4.4. After looking for the change logs on CVS .0.4.4 it
> > > doesn't look like they fixed anything else .0.4.3 doesn't
> > > cover.
> > >
> > > In my user.log file I see this:
> > >
> > >  Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey()
> > >  Raiz-MPX LCDd: Screen->Client List has timeout->-1
> > >  Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey()
> > >  Raiz-MPX LCDd: Screen->Client List has timeout->-1
> > >  Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey()
> > >  Raiz-MPX LCDd: Screen->Client List has timeout->-1
> > >  Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey()
> > >
> > > This is repeated about 20 times everytime I start the LCDd or
> > > lcdproc.
> > >
> > > I did read on one of the archives that this might be normal,
> > > but I really do not know.
> > >
> > > This is my LCDd.conf CFontz driver section:
> > > [CFontz]
> > > # CrystalFontz driver
> > > # Select the output device to use [/dev/lcd]
> > > Device=/dev/ttyS1
> > > # Select the LCD type (size) [20x4]
> > > Size=20x4
> > > # Set the initial contrast [140]
> > > Contrast=140
> > > # The backlight brightness settings are retrieved
> > > # from the serversection now. And can therefore be
> > > # modified from the server menu now.
> > > # Set the communication speed [9600]
> > > # possible values: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200
> > > Speed=19200
> > > # Set the firmware version (New means >= 2.0) [no]
> > > # if set, set Speed to 19200
> > > NewFirmware=yes
> > > # Reinitialize the LCD's BIOS [no]
> > > # normally you shouldn't need this
> > > Reboot=yes
> > >
> > > In the server section everything is default except the CFontz
> > > drive is selected.  To me it seems everything is setup right
> > > because the LCDd is showing me the server screen.  I think it
> > > is a lcdproc client problem.
> > >
> > > I am using an SMP machine here is my uname -a line.
> > > Linux Raiz-MPX 2.4.21 #1 SMP Thu Jul 3 15:33:22 CDT 2003 i686
> > > GNU/Linux
> > >
> > > I am using a custom kernel for 2.4.21 from what I have read
> > > lcdproc does not need any special kernel options for the
> > > CystralFontz lcd screen.
> > >
> > > Since I really do not want to use CVS .0.4.4 because it would
> > > have to be installed by hand. I really would like to stick with
> > > an apt-get source.  If you need anything else let me know.
> >
> > Just wanted to add to what I have already done,  I changed the
> > contrast and played with the config files again but to no avail.
> >
> > I then used netstate -a |grep 13666 and watched the port 13666
> > conection, which took both connections.  So I decided to download
> > another LCDproc client and ended up with netlcdclient which gave
> > me the same problem.  I was not able to see anything on my
> > display.
> >
> > After watching port 13666 with the netlcdclient I also seen it
> > connect but I still do not have any thing other than a black
> > display on on my lcd.  Is their any other ideas you guys suggest.
>

 Just wanted to say I solved my problem, I was going through my
 system with aptitude and upgrading some programs, purging some
 others.

 Well aft

Re: Update LCDproc client problem!

2003-07-16 Thread Rthoreau
On Saturday 12 July 2003 23:24, you wrote:
> I have a CrystalFontz 20x4 lcd without keypad, that I am trying to
> get LCDproc setup on.
>  I am using the current stable version .0.4.3.
>
> The LCDd is working ok, I have the server screen displaying on my
> lcd with the main LCDd heartbeat.  It is just waiting for a client
> to connect, when I run lcdproc and give it parameters the last
> thing I see is the server screen saying 1 client is connected then
> everything goes black.  If I ctrl c out of the terminal I started
> lcdproc I get back the server screen.  Also if I start a text, or
> ncurses session along with the CFonts session in LCDd I get the
> text showing some system specs that I specified when starting
> lcdproc.  But the lcd screen is still black.
>
> I searched lcdproc.org archives but no one has any answers or has
> given any good advice about how to solve the problem.  The only
> thing people are suggesting is use the CVS stable which is .0.4.4. 
> After looking for the change logs on CVS .0.4.4 it doesn't look
> like they fixed anything else .0.4.3 doesn't cover.
>
> In my user.log file I see this:
>
>  Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey()
>  Raiz-MPX LCDd: Screen->Client List has timeout->-1
>  Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey()
>  Raiz-MPX LCDd: Screen->Client List has timeout->-1
>  Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey()
>  Raiz-MPX LCDd: Screen->Client List has timeout->-1
>  Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey()
>
> This is repeated about 20 times everytime I start the LCDd or
> lcdproc.
>
> I did read on one of the archives that this might be normal, but I
> really do not know.
>
> This is my LCDd.conf CFontz driver section:
> [CFontz]
> # CrystalFontz driver
> # Select the output device to use [/dev/lcd]
> Device=/dev/ttyS1
> # Select the LCD type (size) [20x4]
> Size=20x4
> # Set the initial contrast [140]
> Contrast=140
> # The backlight brightness settings are retrieved
> # from the serversection now. And can therefore be
> # modified from the server menu now.
> # Set the communication speed [9600]
> # possible values: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200
> Speed=19200
> # Set the firmware version (New means >= 2.0) [no]
> # if set, set Speed to 19200
> NewFirmware=yes
> # Reinitialize the LCD's BIOS [no]
> # normally you shouldn't need this
> Reboot=yes
>
> In the server section everything is default except the CFontz drive
> is selected.  To me it seems everything is setup right because the
> LCDd is showing me the server screen.  I think it is a lcdproc
> client problem.
>
> I am using an SMP machine here is my uname -a line.
> Linux Raiz-MPX 2.4.21 #1 SMP Thu Jul 3 15:33:22 CDT 2003 i686
> GNU/Linux
>
> I am using a custom kernel for 2.4.21 from what I have read lcdproc
> does not need any special kernel options for the CystralFontz lcd
> screen.
>
> Since I really do not want to use CVS .0.4.4 because it would have
> to be installed by hand. I really would like to stick with an
> apt-get source.  If you need anything else let me know.
>

Just wanted to add to what I have already done,  I changed the 
contrast and played with the config files again but to no avail. 
 
I then used netstate -a |grep 13666 and watched the port 13666 
conection, which took both connections.  So I decided to download 
another LCDproc client and ended up with netlcdclient which gave me 
the same problem.  I was not able to see anything on my display.

After watching port 13666 with the netlcdclient I also seen it connect 
but I still do not have any thing other than a black display on on my 
lcd.  Is their any other ideas you guys suggest.

Rthoreau



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Re: Konqueror- is there a way to block popup ads?

2003-07-13 Thread Rthoreau
I do not know what version of Konqueror you are using, but in version 
3.1.2 you can find popup blocking under JavaScript at the very 
bottom.  It does work well, I know its in a weird place but it does 
work.

Rthoreau


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LCDproc client problem!

2003-07-12 Thread Rthoreau
I have a CrystalFontz 20x4 lcd without keypad, that I am trying to get LCDproc 
setup on.
 I am using the current stable version .0.4.3.

The LCDd is working ok, I have the server screen displaying on my lcd with the 
main LCDd heartbeat.  It is just waiting for a client to connect, when I run 
lcdproc and give it parameters the last thing I see is the server screen 
saying 1 client is connected then everything goes black.  If I ctrl c out of 
the terminal I started lcdproc I get back the server screen.  Also if I start 
a text, or ncurses session along with the CFonts session in LCDd I get the 
text showing some system specs that I specified when starting lcdproc.  But 
the lcd screen is still black.

I searched lcdproc.org archives but no one has any answers or has given any 
good advice about how to solve the problem.  The only thing people are 
suggesting is use the CVS stable which is .0.4.4.  After looking for the 
change logs on CVS .0.4.4 it doesn't look like they fixed anything else 
.0.4.3 doesn't cover.

In my user.log file I see this:
 
 Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey()
 Raiz-MPX LCDd: Screen->Client List has timeout->-1
 Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey()
 Raiz-MPX LCDd: Screen->Client List has timeout->-1
 Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey()
 Raiz-MPX LCDd: Screen->Client List has timeout->-1
 Raiz-MPX LCDd: drivers_getkey()

This is repeated about 20 times everytime I start the LCDd or lcdproc. 

I did read on one of the archives that this might be normal, but I really do 
not know.  

This is my LCDd.conf CFontz driver section:
[CFontz]
# CrystalFontz driver
# Select the output device to use [/dev/lcd]
Device=/dev/ttyS1
# Select the LCD type (size) [20x4]
Size=20x4
# Set the initial contrast [140]
Contrast=140
# The backlight brightness settings are retrieved
# from the serversection now. And can therefore be
# modified from the server menu now.
# Set the communication speed [9600]
# possible values: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200
Speed=19200
# Set the firmware version (New means >= 2.0) [no]
# if set, set Speed to 19200
NewFirmware=yes
# Reinitialize the LCD's BIOS [no]
# normally you shouldn't need this
Reboot=yes

In the server section everything is default except the CFontz drive is 
selected.  To me it seems everything is setup right because the LCDd is 
showing me the server screen.  I think it is a lcdproc client problem.

I am using an SMP machine here is my uname -a line.
Linux Raiz-MPX 2.4.21 #1 SMP Thu Jul 3 15:33:22 CDT 2003 i686 GNU/Linux

I am using a custom kernel for 2.4.21 from what I have read lcdproc does not 
need any special kernel options for the CystralFontz lcd screen.

Since I really do not want to use CVS .0.4.4 because it would have to be 
installed by hand. I really would like to stick with an apt-get source.  If 
you need anything else let me know.

Rthoreau



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Re : Atapi CD-Writer!

2003-07-06 Thread Rthoreau
> I'm running Debian 3.0, idepci kernel, my cd-writer is a (Goldstar) LG8080 
> IDE/ATAPI which seems to be pretty much plain-vanilla  (i.e. it needs no 
>special drivers), on /hdb.

A couple of things you need to do first in order to do what you want you will 
need at least three new modules. You already have the first the scsi-ide, you 
also need sr_mod which goes along with the scsi-ide module. Also you will 
need the sg module.
In the howto's the first couple of scripts check your system to see if you 
have these modules and devices for them.  But since your running the ide 
kernel it should be taken care of.  Try lsmod as root to see what modules are 
listed.  Then try to modprobe those which you lack to see if the modules are 
built.

If the modules you lack are not built, or do not exist you need to recompile 
the kernel for their support.  If you do not want to recompile the kernel do 
some apt-cache search for kernel images, make sure you find one that has 
everything you need.

You are correct in editing  menu.lst, you need to pass the boot prams on boot 
up. such as you mentioned hdb=ide-scsi and such.

Check your Dmesg after bootup to see what messages you get, you should get 
some init sections about scsi-ide in place.  Then you need to change your 
etc/fstab to reflect the changes.  Or you can change the symlink in devices 
to point to the correct scsi device.  Which might be /dev/sr0 -> /dev/scd0 or 
just edit /etc/fstab  for /dev/scd0 instead of /dev/cdrom.
Also if you do manage to get a cdrecord -scanbus listing, you can always use 
K3B kde burning app to help set up your device.  Its setup will even change 
the /etc/fstab settings for you if you want.  After you do that make sure you 
run update-modules, and add the modules to /etc/modules so they get loaded 
with the others.

Rthoreau


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Performance of a binaries vs source compliation!

2003-07-05 Thread Rthoreau
I have been doing some research lately about the performance difference 
between binary packages, and those compiled from source.  From what I have 
learned so far their really is not a good tool to verify the difference.

I keep hearing about how important a source package is over a binary.  Some 
Gentoo fan boys swear by it.  But I want to know about facts.
If I compile my kernel and use binary packages such as we do here with debian.  
How much of a performance hit will I take?

Has anyone done a source vs binary package performance test comparison?

How much faster would a XFree86 source compiled be against a binary of the 
same package under similar compile flags?  Could the average user tell the 
difference?  How stable would the combination be?

I know that their is always a trade off, between speed and stability, a lot of 
people can compile with speed optimizations with less stable results.  The 
Gentoo forums are full of discussions of unstable choices used in 
compilation.

What I would really like to see is a comparison of basic packages done with 
speed and stability as a base to see what holds up.
Is their such a beast, or has someone done some basic research to see what the 
difference is?  

I would like to see a basic Debian package vs Gentoo Emerge package on the 
same system comparision.

Anyway hope I haven't gone two much off topic, just curious.

Rthoreau
I like top posting, that is what headers are for!


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Re: Does anyone use an All-in-One Printer!

2003-07-03 Thread Rthoreau
In regards to the OT topic of faxing over a broad band connection, the answer 
would be is you don't need a dedicated fax machine to fax messages over the 
internet. 

I also think that many All-in-ones can recieve a fax, as a standalone fax 
machine without needing a computer.

here is a quick link to a internet fax FAQ.

www.savetz.com/fax
 
As regarding the All-in-ones just make sure the features you need are 
available in linux.  Also HP does a good job of linux support.  I have an old 
PSC500 that works great.  You might want to check out the sane page for 
scanner linux support, and other support sites that cater to linux device 
support.

Rthoreau


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Re: Does anyone use an All-in_One Printer!

2003-07-03 Thread Rthoreau
I have an HP PSC500 which is old, maybe five years old and works great.  HP 
tries to make their printer Linux compatable.  

Before you buy you might want to check out the Sane Home page to see if your 
model is supported.  Also make sure that all the functions you need will work 
under linux.  Some Fax drivers are spotty, that is if your getting an all in 
one with fax support.

Rthoreau


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re:Woody/SMP how to set up!

2003-07-02 Thread Rthoreau
Your going to need a linux development kernel in the 2.5. series to have 
hyperthreading enabled for an SMP machine.  I assume you have two Xeon CPU's 
which you want to have Hyperthreading enabled?  Or do you have a single P4 
which supports Hyperthreading?  

Woody does support smp, so if you can live without Hyperthreading you will 
still have all the dual cpu goodness.  That is if you are really running an 
smp machine.  You might want to search some newsgroups, and forums, on the 
benefit of hyperthreading.  Some tasks are faster, some are slower but under 
linux the information is more rare because most people use windows for the 
reviews.  use googles linux page for a start. www.google.com/linux it gives 
you a little tux and is specific to linux.

Rthoreau




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Re: apt-get /sorces.list!

2003-07-01 Thread Rthoreau
After running into this problem, and doing a quick search a debian guru once 
wisely said that the problem is with the CACHE.

The easy method is to make sure you have the file /etc/apt/apt.conf in that 
file you will need to put this:

APT::Cache-Limit 12453561;

As far as I have found no one really can determine what number exactly the 
cache limit needs to be.  What I did was add more to that limit, mine says 
18951830 works fine for me.  But I have a 1.9 gig swap file, and 768 MB of 
RAM.

I am sure someone has done more research on this, but I haven't dug through 
the net to find it.

Rthoreau




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Re: please help me to edit Xconfig!

2003-07-01 Thread Rthoreau
I have a Nvidia Geforce 2 MX 400 32mb card that is also a little picky.  If 
you do not have dual monitors I would suggest using debconf to set up the 
Xconfig file.

One thing to remember about this card is it hates the frame buffer, so make 
sure when you run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 make sure you say no to 
frame buffer.  
Also make sure you edit out dri Module, GLcore, also change your driver to 
Nvidia instead ov NV.  Also make sure you follow the README in the nvidia 
section on what to leave out.  Because I can't remember for sure but I know 
that you need to not include the DRI section.

If you can not unset the framebuffer you might need to rerun the base config 
setup again.  This should get you up and running, if not give google groups a 
try, it has a lot of information about this.

Rthoreau


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