Re: What is openoffice.org-bin ???

2005-07-28 Thread R. de Vroede
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I run a mixed Ubuntu / Debian system. openoffice.org-bin did work from Ubuntu. Later I added amd64-archive and the version in amd64-archive is newer (1.1.2 vs. 1.1.3), so it got updated. I haven't started it yet since then, so I don't know if it still

Re: Sarge installer+ Kernel AMD64

2005-07-28 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2 week ago I tried also to install a DVD of Sarge release > > - if I type "linux"...it install kernel 2.4-i386 > - if I type "expert" I can choose kernel 2.6-AMD64 >but in this case is not possible the first reboot; the message is > pivot_root failed > dev/co

Re: Debian a 64 bit..bootable?

2005-07-28 Thread v0n0
Stefano ha scritto: > v0n0 ha scritto: > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: >> >> >> >>>Ciao a tutti, finalmente sono passato ai fatidici 64 bit e ho deciso di >>>installare >>>la debian Sarge IA64 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Non è che magari volevi la Sarge per Amd64?? >> >> >> > Ma in ogni caso il

Re: Calling 64 bit apps from 32 bit Chroot]

2005-07-28 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthias Julius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> / /var/chroot/sarge-ia32/var/chroot/sarge-amd64 none bind 0 0 > > Is there a limit to the depth of chroots? > > Matthias Path length are somewhat limited by Posix but not all apps actualy refuse to

Re: Debian a 64 bit..bootable?

2005-07-28 Thread Matteo Vescovi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 v0n0 ha scritto: > Stefano ha scritto: > > >>v0n0 ha scritto: >> >> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: >>> >>> >>> >>> Ciao a tutti, finalmente sono passato ai fatidici 64 bit e ho deciso di installare la debian Sarge IA64

Re: No sound with Kernel 2.6.11

2005-07-28 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:45:53PM +0200, Dirk Salva wrote: > Yes, it is. But: no sound. I've rmmod all unuses oss- and midi-modules, > but: no sound. I've changes "autodetect" to "ALSA" in controlcenter > but: no sound:-/ Anything in /proc/asound/cards ? Does aplay somefile.wav work? Are the sp

Re: Sarge installer+ Kernel AMD64

2005-07-28 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 12:55:48AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 2 week ago I tried also to install a DVD of Sarge release > > - if I type "linux"...it install kernel 2.4-i386 > - if I type "expert" I can choose kernel 2.6-AMD64 > but in this case is not possible the first reboot; the messa

AU mirror problem

2005-07-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Hi, I tried the line: deb http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/debian-amd64/debian/ unstable main contrib When I update, it appears to fetch the release file but skip the packages file. If I can change unstable to sid, it works. (But since unstable == sid, this isn't very intuitive.) Is somethin

Re: AU mirror problem

2005-07-28 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I tried the line: > > deb http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/debian-amd64/debian/ unstable main > contrib > > When I update, it appears to fetch the release file but skip the > packages file. If I can change unstable to sid, it works. > (But si

Re: No sound with Kernel 2.6.11

2005-07-28 Thread Dirk Salva
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 09:05:45AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > Anything in /proc/asound/cards ? I try it. > Does aplay somefile.wav work? > Are the speakers on? Did someone disconnect the speaker cable (my cat > once did that to me). Argh. Read the whole thread - Kernel 2.6.10 works, 2.6.1

Streaming multimedia files

2005-07-28 Thread Alan Ianson
I am trying to view an .rm/.ram video clip from a news web page. When I click the link a dialog window pops up and I choose "open with totem media player" but totem says "there is no plugin to play this movie". I have also tried Kaffiene and I get "cannot find input plugin for MRL". Is there a p

Re: No sound with Kernel 2.6.11

2005-07-28 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 06:36:28PM +0200, Dirk Salva wrote: > Argh. Read the whole thread - Kernel 2.6.10 works, 2.6.11 does not. Oh that thread. I forgot about that. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Streaming multimedia files

2005-07-28 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 10:08:14AM -0700, Alan Ianson wrote: > I am trying to view an .rm/.ram video clip from a news web page. When I click > the link a dialog window pops up and I choose "open with totem media player" > but totem says "there is no plugin to play this movie". I have also tried

Appropriate arch/kernel for a Dell Precision 380?

2005-07-28 Thread Meistro Master
Hello, I've got a Dell Precision 380 which uses a Pentium Extreme Edition (Smithfield). This is the dual-core, hyperthreaded version of the Pentium D. I'm trying to determine the best Debian version and kernel to use. Should I be using the the AMD64 or the Pure64 port or something else? Also, fro

Re: Appropriate arch/kernel for a Dell Precision 380?

2005-07-28 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 10:01:22AM -0700, Meistro Master wrote: > I've got a Dell Precision 380 which uses a Pentium Extreme Edition > (Smithfield). This is the dual-core, hyperthreaded version of the > Pentium D. > > I'm trying to determine the best Debian version and kernel to use. > Should I be

Re: eth0: no link during initialization failure with Nvidia ethernet ports

2005-07-28 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
Modestas Vainius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for the tip. You're welcome; glad to have been of help. > people nuts, especially, when almost all desktops/laptops come with at least > two net devices (fireware and LAN) integrated nowadays. Yeah, it was my (idle) firewire hardware coming

Re: No sound with Kernel 2.6.11

2005-07-28 Thread Dirk Salva
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 01:14:07PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 06:36:28PM +0200, Dirk Salva wrote: > > Argh. Read the whole thread - Kernel 2.6.10 works, 2.6.11 does not. > Oh that thread. I forgot about that. ;-) ciao, Dirk -- | Akkuschrauber Kaufberatung and

Re: Appropriate arch/kernel for a Dell Precision 380?

2005-07-28 Thread Meistro Master
On 7/28/05, Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 10:01:22AM -0700, Meistro Master wrote: > > I've got a Dell Precision 380 which uses a Pentium Extreme Edition > > (Smithfield). This is the dual-core, hyperthreaded version of the > > Pentium D. > > > > I'm trying to

Re: Appropriate arch/kernel for a Dell Precision 380?

2005-07-28 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 01:32:28PM -0700, Meistro Master wrote: > Hmmm... well so far I can't even get the installer to work. It hangs > on the language selection screen (I tried the Ubuntu AMD64 port as > well, and it, not surprisingly, hangs at the same point). > > I've tried just about every co

Re: Appropriate arch/kernel for a Dell Precision 380?

2005-07-28 Thread Meistro Master
On 7/28/05, Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 01:32:28PM -0700, Meistro Master wrote: > > Hmmm... well so far I can't even get the installer to work. It hangs > > on the language selection screen (I tried the Ubuntu AMD64 port as > > well, and it, not surprisingl

Re: eth0: no link during initialization failure with Nvidia ethernet ports

2005-07-28 Thread Gregory Margo
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 02:02:36PM -0400, Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > Yeah, it was my (idle) firewire hardware coming up as eth0 under some > circumstances that led me to discover ifrename. :-) Where/when do you actually run ifrename? Do you have a separate script, perhaps in /etc/rcS.d? --

Re: Appropriate arch/kernel for a Dell Precision 380?

2005-07-28 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 02:12:04PM -0700, Meistro Master wrote: > What's weird is that the keyboard works fine initially, because I can > select the boot parameters and so forth. I am using the installer from The boot prompt uses bios calls, the language selector uses the linux kernel interface to

Re: Streaming multimedia files

2005-07-28 Thread Sven Krahn
On 7/28/05, Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am trying to view an .rm/.ram video clip from a news web page. When I clickthe link a dialog window pops up and I choose "open with totem media player"but totem says "there is no plugin to play this movie". I have also tried Kaffiene and I get "c

Re: eth0: no link during initialization failure with Nvidia ethernet ports

2005-07-28 Thread Modestas Vainius
2005 m. Liepos 29 d., Penktadienis 00:30, Gregory Margo rašė: > Where/when do you actually run ifrename? Do you have a separate > script, perhaps in /etc/rcS.d? You can configure ifrename via /etc/iftab (`man iftab` for more info) ifrename is executed by debian-supplied init script ( /etc/init.d/

Re: eth0: no link during initialization failure with Nvidia ethernet ports

2005-07-28 Thread Modestas Vainius
2005 m. Liepos 29 d., Penktadienis 00:43, Modestas Vainius rašė: > Just get the /etc/iftab right and settings > will take effect after next reboot or after executing: Oh, I forgot one point. You will also need to edit /etc/network/interfaces to refer to new device names instead of old ones. pgpY

Re: eth0: no link during initialization failure with Nvidia ethernet ports

2005-07-28 Thread Gregory Margo
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 12:43:10AM +0300, Modestas Vainius wrote: > 2005 m. Liepos 29 d., Penktadienis 00:30, Gregory Margo ra??: > > Where/when do you actually run ifrename? Do you have a separate > > script, perhaps in /etc/rcS.d? > You can configure ifrename via /etc/iftab (`man iftab` for more

Re: eth0: no link during initialization failure with Nvidia ethernet ports

2005-07-28 Thread Modestas Vainius
2005 m. Liepos 29 d., Penktadienis 01:16, jūs rašėte: > No init script is included in the ifrename .deb archive. > If you have one, where did it come from? It is included in unstable. I'm not sure about sarge though. <<===

Re: Appropriate arch/kernel for a Dell Precision 380?

2005-07-28 Thread Meistro Master
On 7/28/05, Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 02:12:04PM -0700, Meistro Master wrote: > > What's weird is that the keyboard works fine initially, because I can > > select the boot parameters and so forth. I am using the installer from > > The boot prompt uses bi

Re: AU mirror problem

2005-07-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 06:10:33PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > deb http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/debian-amd64/debian/ unstable main > > contrib > > When I update, it appears to fetch the release file but skip the > > packages file. If I

gtk/gnome problem?

2005-07-28 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
After an apt-get upgrade about 10 to 15 days back, I note that xmms and cycle do not display text in dialogs (like `open file' dialog and error messages), and sometimes, does not accept input (open the selected files, cycle does not accept password, etc.) Since the problem does not ap

Re: eth0: no link during initialization failure with Nvidia ethernet ports

2005-07-28 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
Gregory Margo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No init script is included in the ifrename .deb archive. What version do you have? It's had one since version 27-3, dated April 13; did that never make it into Sarge? -- Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org) Finger [EMAIL PR

Re: eth0: no link during initialization failure with Nvidia ethernet ports

2005-07-28 Thread Gregory Margo
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 09:37:51PM -0400, Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > Gregory Margo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > No init script is included in the ifrename .deb archive. > > What version do you have? It's had one since version 27-3, dated > April 13; did that never make it into Sarge? I have th