Re: upgrading base-files problem

2004-12-16 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
I just uploaded a patched base-files_3.1.1.0.0.1.pure64_amd64.deb to alioth. yesterday evening I was trying to do a dist-upgrade but the base-files package won't install. it says it's going to try to overwrite /usr/X11R6/lib64 which is in xfree86-driver-synaptics package. it was previously

Re: nfs client not mounting files at boot after update

2004-12-16 Thread Giacomo Mulas
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, John C. Martin wrote: I have been running pure64 for a number of months now. After updating yesterday I ran into a problem. Up to now the sk98lin did not have to be explicitly listed in the /etc/modules file, but after the update and then a reboot, the network was

Re: nfs client not mounting files at boot after update

2004-12-16 Thread John C. Martin
On Thursday 16 December 2004 4:16 am, Giacomo Mulas wrote: for some reason, autodiscovery (whether you run discover1 or discover2) detected eth1394 before sk98lin, while previously it used to do the other way around. As to why this is so, I have no idea. However, regardless of why this

Re: upgrading base-files problem

2004-12-16 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Lorenzo Milesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just uploaded a patched base-files_3.1.1.0.0.1.pure64_amd64.deb to alioth. yesterday evening I was trying to do a dist-upgrade but the base-files package won't install. it says it's going to try to overwrite /usr/X11R6/lib64 which is in

Re: upgrading base-files problem

2004-12-16 Thread Lorenzo Milesi
That would be a bug of xfree86-driver-synaptics and nvu. If we even have a usr/X11R6/lib64 link then it belongs in the xfree86 package. The link in base-files is just a hack because it is easier to patch. should I open a bug for this on xfree86-driver-synaptics? I tried removing the package,

Re: upgrading base-files problem

2004-12-16 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Lorenzo Milesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That would be a bug of xfree86-driver-synaptics and nvu. If we even have a usr/X11R6/lib64 link then it belongs in the xfree86 package. The link in base-files is just a hack because it is easier to patch. should I open a bug for this on

RealPlayer

2004-12-16 Thread Oliver Elphick
Is there a version of RealPlayer that will run on AMD64 (as a plugin to Firefox)? If so, where can it be found?

Re: RealPlayer

2004-12-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 17:56 +, Oliver Elphick wrote: Is there a version of RealPlayer that will run on AMD64 (as a plugin to Firefox)? If so, where can it be found? Have you asked Real? RealPlayer is non-DSFG. You might try Helix Player, though. --

New to non-bootable-CD oriented ports

2004-12-16 Thread Joaquin Menchaca
Hi, I am totally new to installing w/o downloadable bootable ISO cds. :-) Can anyone point me to the docs to get started with this. Do I have to install on a 32-bit machine, compile it and build my own bootable CD for my AMD-64 system? -- joaquin

Re: New to non-bootable-CD oriented ports

2004-12-16 Thread Jacob Bresciani
bootable ISO's are availiable here. http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/install-images/ Jacob Bresciani Network Administrator ETraffic Solutions BUS (250) 658-8238 ex 39 FAX (250) 658-5936 Joaquin Menchaca wrote: Hi, I am totally new to installing w/o downloadable bootable ISO cds. :-) Can

Re: New to non-bootable-CD oriented ports

2004-12-16 Thread Mike Reinehr
Joaquin, By all means, bootable CD's are available. You should start here: http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html In particular, the Chapter: Installing Debian GNU/Linux for amd64, discusses the resources available to install AMD64. Mike On Thursday 16

Re: Marvell Yukon Gigabit Support?

2004-12-16 Thread Harald Dunkel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joaquin Menchaca wrote: | Is it possible to support Marvell Yukon 8001 gigabit NIC? Some mobos | are using these, and so is my shuttle SN95G5 :-) Have you tried the sk98lin module? You might want to check Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt

question about sources list

2004-12-16 Thread Mark Nipper
In trying to figure out what broke with Python exactly, I've run across something I've never seen before on x86. I currently have python2.3_2.3.4-18 installed on my system but whenever I do 'apt-get source python2.3' it downloads python2.3_2.3.4-16. Why isn't it grabbing -18?

Re: reportbug/python segfault

2004-12-16 Thread Mark Nipper
Well, I'm not able to track down the exact problem, but the python2.3_2.3.4-18_amd64.deb package currently available from alioth is hosed. I attached my sources.list for reference. Here's what I've tried so far. First I did 'apt-get source python2.3' which as per my other recent