KSynaptic doesn't work again...

2005-10-18 Thread antonio giulio
Hi, KSynaptic (embedded in KDE-Center-Control) doesn't work again for modify settings or turn off touchpad. I don't know if it's related to my xorg.conf configuration for synaptic: Section InputDevice Driversynaptics IdentifierTouchPad OptionDevice/dev/psaux

xorg transparency and shadows

2005-10-18 Thread antonio giulio
Hi, is there a repository for debian-amd64 where to find xorg packages for shadows and transparency (xcompmgr, transet, etc.)? Thanks, Giulio

JMF in AMD64.

2005-10-18 Thread Castillo Mendoza, Juan Manuel
Hi, anybody has JMF run in AMD64? And sorry for my English. :(

Re: running vncserver?

2005-10-18 Thread Thomas Besser
loos wrote: This would surely be very nice. Indeed. I could provide the server: http://qt1.iq.usp.br/upload http://qt1.iq.usp.br/download Please tell me, if the patched version is there. Thanx in advance... Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

ioctl, compat_ioctl and ioctl32

2005-10-18 Thread James Hansen
I'm having trouble inserting a module into the kernel. It was originally written for a 32bit architecture, as were the binaries that use it, and the kernel seems to be calling ioctl32 rather than ioctl. ioctl32(app:2342): Unknown cmd fd(7) etc etc. I imagine this is to allow the 32bit

Re: Intel EM64T vs. Opteron

2005-10-18 Thread Tim Cutts
On 14 Oct 2005, at 8:06 am, mike wrote: Basically, I'd be looking at an Intel 830D (3.0ghz, dual-core, EM64T) processor-based system, with 1 gig of ram and SATA HD vs. a single-core Opteron 1.8ghz (or a dual-processor NOT dual-core Opteron 1.8ghz) system, same HD and same RAM. Has anyone had

Re: ioctl, compat_ioctl and ioctl32

2005-10-18 Thread James Hansen
James Hansen wrote: I'm having trouble inserting a module into the kernel. It was originally written for a 32bit architecture, as were the binaries that use it, and the kernel seems to be calling ioctl32 rather than ioctl. ioctl32(app:2342): Unknown cmd fd(7) etc etc. I imagine this is to

fail to load Gnome

2005-10-18 Thread Alexandru Cardaniuc
Hi All! Just did # apt-get update # apt-get upgrade After restart can't log in load Gnome. Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out yourself, this could mean that there is some installation problem or that you may be out of diskspace. Try logging in with one of

Re: xorg transparency and shadows

2005-10-18 Thread mons
Hi Giulio, I use this on my debian: http://helion.xcyb.org/debian-xcyborg/ I have no idea how secure this package are (I found them by google) but I use them for my desktop. And I use unstable (SID) kde, xorg from amd64.debian.net and xcompmgr, transet from this repository, and everything works

Re: apt-get error

2005-10-18 Thread Giacomo Mulas
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: Hi, I must install the locales package manually. Which do you recommend? I am afraid I do not understand your question. There should be only one locales package and apt-get install locales, possibly adding the -f flag to apt-get if necessary, ought

Re: apt-get error

2005-10-18 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
Hi, I must install the locales package manually. Which do you recommend? On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 16:09 +0200, Giacomo Mulas wrote: On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: list eb ftp://debian.inode.at/debian-amd64/debian/ sid main contribapt-get install locale locale Reading

Re: running vncserver?

2005-10-18 Thread Thomas
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 03:38, Thomas Besser wrote: Thomas wrote: All the standard VNC servers for which there are packages fail to run for me (They all segfault in the same library call). However, I am able to run x11vnc, which shares a currently running X session instead of

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-18 Thread Michele Concina
mmh..i'm not lazy, i was just thinking that was useless to install a virus scanner and other stuff on my debian : ) So, what do u suggest to me to secure my os? there is a quick guide somewhere that explains some basic steps to do? thank you! michele -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-18 Thread Paulo Marcondes
So, what do u suggest to me to secure my os? there is a quick guide somewhere that explains some basic steps to do? See the Securing Debian Manual, on www.debian.org/doc

Re: cdrdao maintainer and status (bug 249642)

2005-10-18 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 12:33:06AM +0200, Frederik Schueler wrote: check out sarge-unsupported aka stinkypete: deb http://amd64.debian.net/debian-amd64/ stinkypete main (available on your favorite mirror) actually, it contains the following packages from maintainers who where not

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-18 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 01:58:53AM +0200, Michele Concina wrote: mmh..just a stupid question..do i need a virus scanner? r there virus for linux? i thought that was impossible to be infected coze how can a virus install itself if i use my os not as root? I'm just a newbie so i don't know so

Re: Compiling a kernel module. gcc-3.3 vs. gcc-3.4

2005-10-18 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 06:21:18PM -0400, Jamie Rollins wrote: Why should he not change the link? Changing the link is what I did. Why should the link point to one version of gcc or another? If anything, I would assume that you would want to point it to the version that corrseponds to the

Re: Compiling a kernel module. gcc-3.3 vs. gcc-3.4

2005-10-18 Thread James Hansen
Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 06:21:18PM -0400, Jamie Rollins wrote: Why should he not change the link? Changing the link is what I did. Why should the link point to one version of gcc or another? If anything, I would assume that you would want to point it to the version

Re: Compiling a kernel module. gcc-3.3 vs. gcc-3.4

2005-10-18 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jamie Rollins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why should he not change the link? Changing the link is what I did. Why should the link point to one version of gcc or another? If anything, I would assume that you would want to point it to the version that corrseponds to the version that the

Re: Compiling a kernel module. gcc-3.3 vs. gcc-3.4

2005-10-18 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
James Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 06:21:18PM -0400, Jamie Rollins wrote: Why should he not change the link? Changing the link is what I did. Why should the link point to one version of gcc or another? If anything, I would assume that you

Re: upgrading libc6

2005-10-18 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
trango [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: if anyone is inteerested i solved it simlinking /usr/bin/ldd-ia32 to /usr/bin/ldd . and it worked. i suppose it isnt a pretty good idea to do it but... it worked :) trango ia32-libs diverts the ldd and replaces it with one that can handle both 32bit and

nvidia driver error - xorg doesn't start

2005-10-18 Thread antonio giulio
Hi, I have in /etc/modules 'nvidia' and my kernel is 2.6.12. After last update I cannot enter in kdm more. I got error for 'screens not found etc.', but nvidia is present in '/etc/modules'. If I launch 'modprobe nvidia', kdm starts. However when I try to enter in KDE, it returns to kdm login page

Re: Virus Scanner 64 bits version ??

2005-10-18 Thread Michele Concina
Paulo Marcondes ha scritto: So, what do u suggest to me to secure my os? there is a quick guide somewhere that explains some basic steps to do? See the Securing Debian Manual, on www.debian.org/doc yè i already knew about that..i was hoping in something less that 233 pages : )

Re: nvidia driver error - xorg doesn't start

2005-10-18 Thread Mike Dobbs
You say you updated your machine? Do you have a new kernel? the nvidia module will need to be recompiled m-a install invidia. Check to see if the nvidia module is loaded - lsmod - Original Message - From: antonio giulio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org Sent:

Re: nvidia driver error - xorg doesn't start

2005-10-18 Thread Andreas Richter
Am Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2005 16:03 schrieb antonio giulio: Hi, Hi, However when I try to enter in KDE, it returns to kdm login page again. have the same problem here. But it is a segfaulted ssh-agent. Have you activated ssh-agent in /etc/X11/Xsession.options? So comment this out and try

Re: nvidia driver error - xorg doesn't start

2005-10-18 Thread Andreas Richter
Am Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2005 17:17 schrieb antonio giulio: However when I try to enter in KDE, it returns to kdm login page again. have the same problem here. But it is a segfaulted ssh-agent. Have you activated ssh-agent in /etc/X11/Xsession.options? So comment this out and try again

Re: running vncserver?

2005-10-18 Thread Thomas Besser
Thomas wrote: On Tuesday 18 October 2005 03:38, Thomas Besser wrote: Thomas wrote: All the standard VNC servers for which there are packages fail to run for me (They all segfault in the same library call). However, I am able to run x11vnc, which shares a currently running X session

can't connect to ANY desktop !

2005-10-18 Thread moi 1392
This morning I could start a desktop session (kde), I apt-get upgrade, and after shutting down and up my computer I was unable to start any desktop session ! I tried kde / gnome / enlightenment with xdm / kdm / gdm and startx, with my account, root and an account that I just created to test !!

Re: nvidia driver error - xorg doesn't start

2005-10-18 Thread antongiulio05
However when I try to enter in KDE, it returns to kdm login page again. have the same problem here. But it is a segfaulted ssh-agent. Have you activated ssh-agent in /etc/X11/Xsession.options? So comment this out and try again a login. Yes, now it works. Does it block eventually CVS

Re: xorg transparency and shadows

2005-10-18 Thread antonio giulio
I use this on my debian: http://helion.xcyb.org/debian-xcyborg/ I have no idea how secure this package are (I found them by google) but I use them for my desktop. And I use unstable (SID) kde, xorg from amd64.debian.net and xcompmgr, transet from this repository, and everything works fine.

Re: apt-get error

2005-10-18 Thread Dr Gavin Seddon
The problem is, I cannot use apt since I get the errors mentioned. It is a vicious circle. On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 13:55 +0200, Giacomo Mulas wrote: On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: Hi, I must install the locales package manually. Which do you recommend? I am afraid I do not

Re: KSynaptic doesn't work again...

2005-10-18 Thread antonio giulio
KSynaptic (embedded in KDE-Center-Control) doesn't work again for modify settings or turn off touchpad. I don't know if it's related to my xorg.conf configuration for synaptic: Now it works thanks (in last apt-update there is a new version of ksynaptics). Giulio

Latest libssl0.9.8a-1 causes ssh to segfault

2005-10-18 Thread Bharath Ramesh
I just did a apt-get upgrade which upgraded libssl to libssl0.9.8a-1. After this ssh segfaults. Reverting to libssl0.9.8-3 fixes this problem. Is anyone else noticiing this. Thanks, Bharath --- Bharath Ramesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.cs.vt.edu/~bramesh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: can't connect to ANY desktop !

2005-10-18 Thread Graham Smith
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 16:23, moi 1392 wrote: This morning I could start a desktop session (kde), I apt-get upgrade, and after shutting down and up my computer I was unable to start any desktop session ! I tried kde / gnome / enlightenment with xdm / kdm / gdm and startx, with my

Re: Latest libssl0.9.8a-1 causes ssh to segfault

2005-10-18 Thread Graham Smith
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 16:49, Bharath Ramesh wrote: I just did a apt-get upgrade which upgraded libssl to libssl0.9.8a-1. After this ssh segfaults. Reverting to libssl0.9.8-3 fixes this problem. Is anyone else noticiing this. Yep, me and just about everyone else it would seem. Nearly every

Re: can't connect to ANY desktop !

2005-10-18 Thread Cédric Boutillier
I have exactly the same kind of errors. It is related to the problem exposed in the thread nvidia error -xorg doesn't start. Comment in /etc/X11/Xsession.options the line mentioning ssh-agent. 2005/10/18, Graham Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tuesday 18 October 2005 16:23, moi 1392 wrote:

Re: apt-get error

2005-10-18 Thread Giacomo Mulas
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: The problem is, I cannot use apt since I get the errors mentioned. It is a vicious circle. Ok, I did not realize this was your problem previously. Use the command dpkg -l libc6 to get the version of libc6 you have, then look in for it in your

Re: apt-get error

2005-10-18 Thread Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda
Rereading the thread: have you tried? apt-get install -f regards, Leo A Dimarts 18 Octubre 2005 17:29, Dr Gavin Seddon va escriure: The problem is, I cannot use apt since I get the errors mentioned. It is a vicious circle. On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 13:55 +0200, Giacomo Mulas wrote: On

Re: can't connect to ANY desktop !

2005-10-18 Thread Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)
Le 18.10.2005 17:23:48, moi 1392 a écrit : This morning I could start a desktop session (kde), I apt-get upgrade, and after shutting down and up my computer I was unable to start any desktop session ! I tried kde / gnome / enlightenment with xdm / kdm / gdm and startx, with my account, root and

Re: can't connect to ANY desktop !

2005-10-18 Thread Graham Smith
You have probably updated openssl / libssl0.9.8. This prevents ssh to start and ssh-agent also. You should have the following messge in your syslog: kernel: ssh-agent[10943]: segfault at 66cd1b2c rip 2ac40817 rsp 7fb72da8 error 4 The best way is to revert openssl

Re: can't connect to ANY desktop !

2005-10-18 Thread Clive Menzies
Thanks Guys :) A transitory moment of panic. averted by your very helpful answers. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: can't connect to ANY desktop !

2005-10-18 Thread Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)
Le 18.10.2005 18:17:23, Clive Menzies a écrit : Thanks Guys :) A transitory moment of panic. averted by your very helpful Don't panic [1] ! ... or don't choose sid :) answers. Regards Clive [1] Douglas Adams, THHGTTG pgpP3XsNC1cYM.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: can't connect to ANY desktop !

2005-10-18 Thread Graham Smith
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 17:13, Graham Smith wrote: You have probably updated openssl / libssl0.9.8. This prevents ssh to start and ssh-agent also. You should have the following messge in your syslog: kernel: ssh-agent[10943]: segfault at 66cd1b2c rip 2ac40817 rsp

Re: can't connect to ANY desktop !

2005-10-18 Thread Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)
Le 18.10.2005 18:27:04, Graham Smith a écrit : On Tuesday 18 October 2005 17:13, Graham Smith wrote: ... Sorry to quick for my own good. Forgot a bit. You also need to download http://amd64.debian.net/debian-amd64/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8-3_amd64.deb and install with dpkg -i

Re: can't connect to ANY desktop !

2005-10-18 Thread Clive Menzies
On (18/10/05 16:23), Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote: Le 18.10.2005 18:17:23, Clive Menzies a écrit : Thanks Guys :) A transitory moment of panic. averted by your very helpful Don't panic [1] ! ... or don't choose sid :) [1] Douglas Adams, THHGTTG 'panic' was used primarily for

Re: Re: can't connect to ANY desktop !

2005-10-18 Thread moi 1392
I have exactly the same kind of errors. It is related to the problem exposed in the thread nvidia error -xorg doesn't start. Comment in /etc/X11/Xsession.options the line mentioning ssh-agent. It was that, thanks :)

Re: fail to load Gnome

2005-10-18 Thread Sylvain Archenault
Do you start esd at startup, I've encountered this problem. Sometimes, gnome doesn't start until I kill an esd instance, actually I had two esd instance ! -- Sylvain Archenault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xorg transparency and shadows

2005-10-18 Thread Chris Wakefield
Hi. I used this apt binary source and installed xcompmgr, libxrender1-dbg transset to try out this transparency and landed in hot water! I couldn't restart X. I got a .xession error that really didn't say much. I got around it eventually by starting X with: startx /usr/bin/startkde -- :0 I

Re: xorg transparency and shadows

2005-10-18 Thread Jacob Bresciani
depending on your system sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart if not try sudo /etc/init.d/xdm restart Jacob Bresciani Passwords are like bubble gum, strongest when fresh, should never be used by groups and create a sticky mess when left laying around -anon On Oct 18, 2005, at 10:59 AM, Chris

Re: xorg transparency and shadows

2005-10-18 Thread mons
Hi, Thanks, it's nice. Is it possible apply automatically transparency (transset) at all windows? Giulio I use KDE 3.4.2 and to do that you need to go to Control Center - Desktop - Window Behavior - Translucency -- Pozdrawiam serdecznie: mons -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Latest libssl0.9.8a-1 causes ssh to segfault

2005-10-18 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 11:49:09AM -0400, Bharath Ramesh wrote: I just did a apt-get upgrade which upgraded libssl to libssl0.9.8a-1. After this ssh segfaults. Reverting to libssl0.9.8-3 fixes this problem. Is anyone else noticiing this. I've just uploaded an libssl0.9.8a-2 which should fix

Re: perspectives on 32 bit vs 64 bit

2005-10-18 Thread Paul Brook
On Friday 14 October 2005 18:53, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 12:18:50PM -0400, Adam Skutt wrote: That means it's logically impossible to have a 48-bit pointer, at all period. Sure. You have 32bit pointers. Yes, but it's obvious now you didn't understand what I said.

Re: SELinux and feneral protection rip on kernel 2.6.13.1

2005-10-18 Thread Ernest jw ter Kuile
I had something similar. But your description isn't really helpfull. For example, what is the last message which you know to be correct _before_ the GPF error ? In my case the error happened when init changed level to run-level 2. see bug #330592 Cheers, Ernest. On Monday 17 October 2005

Re: SELinux and feneral protection rip on kernel 2.6.13.1

2005-10-18 Thread Marcin Dębicki
Ernest jw ter Kuile kiedys napisal: I had something similar. But your description isn't really helpfull. For example, what is the last message which you know to be correct _before_ the GPF error ? In my case the error happened when init changed level to run-level 2. see bug #330592

Re: fail to load Gnome

2005-10-18 Thread Albert Oliver Serra
Hello Here there's the same behaviour. I can't log in into a gnome session; but I can into a gnome failsafe session. The .xsession-errors log is the same. I have no gaim at startup and no esd. Thank you -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Help with dual-processor's machine

2005-10-18 Thread jmhal
Hello everyone , I have a Sun machine with two processors . When i run cat /proc/cpuinfo , this appears : processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 5 model name : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 248 stepping: 10 cpu MHz : 2190.851

Re: Help with dual-processor's machine

2005-10-18 Thread Dean Hamstead
ive had some serious problems with the 'k8' series (bugs reported) dont give up without trying 'generic' if you have probs Dean Alexander Charbonnet wrote: Yes, SMP is the setting that allows the kernel to see more than one CPU. Just run: apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp

Re: Help with dual-processor's machine

2005-10-18 Thread Dean Hamstead
indeed grub, lilo, silo, yaboot, - whatever your choice. good labels are invaluable Dean lordSauron wrote: though make sure that grub is booting the smp one - otherwise you'll be using the old one and having installed the new won't have done you any good at all. -- === GCB v3.1 === GCS d-(+)

[OT?] LVM questions

2005-10-18 Thread Craig Hagerman
Hi, I recently bought a new hard drive. I alread have another big hard drive for files so altogether they have 450 GB. I decided to set up LVM on my system to make it easy to access both together and be able to add more space in the future, but I am a bit wary because I know little about LVM.

Re: xorg transparency and shadows

2005-10-18 Thread Chris Wakefield
I re-installed transset and got it working, but the desktop runs very, very slow. Can someone suggest a fix here? Do I require more packages besides transset for translucency to run better? Thanks for any interest or replies, Chris W. On October 18, 2005 11:02 am, mons wrote: Hi, Thanks,