failure to start kernel k8-smp

2006-07-07 Thread Francesco Pietra
Sent again to inform that the kernel problem was resolved with #apt-get --reinstall install linux-image-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp (need to get 0/15.4 MB of archives) #aptitude shows the same kernels as below. Although remedied, any guess at that failure? Also, I am still curious about the large numbe

Re: Re: How to input Japanese?

2006-07-07 Thread Craig Hagerman
Thanks for the help. Unfortunately from that readme it still isn't clear how to actual choose a different input method. But you pointed me in the right direction - I found a wiki about scim (http://www.scim-im.org/wiki/documentation) which in turn lead me to finding out about scim-setup. I ran thi

Re: How to input Japanese?

2006-07-07 Thread LI Daobing
On 7/8/06, Craig Hagerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And then...? I found out I already had scim installed, and not scim-tables-ja. Both are now installed. But I still don't understand how I am supposed to input Japanese text. Is there some magic key combination to switch between English and ka

Re: How to input Japanese?

2006-07-07 Thread Craig Hagerman
On 7/8/06, LI Daobing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: install scim + scim-tables-jaAnd then...?I found out I already had scim installed, and not scim-tables-ja. Both are now installed. But I still don't understand how I am supposed to input Japanese text. Is there some magic key combination to switch be

How to input Japanese?

2006-07-07 Thread Craig Hagerman
Hi, Sorry if this is off topic - I have been searching for an answer unsuccessfully for a couple days. I have been trying to get my computer set up to use Japanese. I have read through several web pages and installed a lot of suggested software with apt-get. (Can't remember all of it anymore.) N

Re: unrar

2006-07-07 Thread Jo Shields
Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 04:45:58PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Same here. However, not everyone thinks the same way. Yeah I know. Microsoft Office users for example. :) tar I understand (although there are a lot of different implementations of it too).

Re: 6GB RAM on a Tyan S2875 Tiger K8W - 500 MB missing

2006-07-07 Thread Max A.
Raimund, Before playing with Memory Hole and MTRR settings in your BIOS setup, I strongly suggest to update your BIOS to the latest version. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/06/msg00344.html Max -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

Re: unrar

2006-07-07 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 04:45:58PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Same here. However, not everyone thinks the same way. Yeah I know. Microsoft Office users for example. :) tar I understand (although there are a lot of different implementations of it too). Zip works too for some things. I

Re: unrar

2006-07-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 04:22:52PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >>Yes, and neither works particularly well, if at all, with archives that >>use the latest version of the rar format. > > > Well I won't use rar for my own data. I like my data in documented > format

Re: unrar

2006-07-07 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 04:22:52PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Yes, and neither works particularly well, if at all, with archives that > use the latest version of the rar format. Well I won't use rar for my own data. I like my data in documented formats. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: unrar

2006-07-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
A J Stiles wrote: > On Friday 07 July 2006 11:59, Marko Gabud wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>I have notticed that there is no unrar package in official repositories >>for amd64. Is there any unofficial repository or is there a way to install >>official packet for i386? > > > Try unrar-free or p7zip inst

failure to start kernel k8-smp

2006-07-07 Thread Francesco Pietra
#aptitude shows i linux-image-2.6-amd64-generic i linux-image-2.6-amd64-k8-smp i linux-image-2.6.15-1-amd64-generic i linux-image-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp and no brpken packages are indicated. I was use to start i linux-image-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp before the problem below. __ Boot

Re: 6GB RAM on a Tyan S2875 Tiger K8W - 500 MB missing

2006-07-07 Thread Raimund Jacob
Lennart Sorensen wrote: Hi Len, * ! >>question is: where is my memory ?! it's too much to be a miscalculation >>of some form (like the HDD manufacturers do it :) could anyone make >>sense of my BIOS-provided physical RAM map if i posted it? what am i >>missing? > > > There is usually a memory h

failure to start kernel k8-smp

2006-07-07 Thread Francesco Pietra
Booting Debian GNU Linux kernel 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp root (hd0,0) Filesystem reiserfs, partition 0xfd kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp root -/dev/md0 ro single Error 13: invalid or unsupported executable found Press any key... Same error trying in recovery mode. It starts with the o

Re: unrar

2006-07-07 Thread Michael Langley
There is actually newer source available. http://files.rarlab.com/rar/unrarsrc-3.6.6.tar.gz I guess I should upgrade. On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:59:47 -0500 Michael Langley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just google for unrarsrc-3.5.4.tar.gz and build your own 64bit unrar bin. > > unrar: ELF 64-bit L

Re: 6GB RAM on a Tyan S2875 Tiger K8W - 500 MB missing

2006-07-07 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 10:25:26AM +0200, Raimund Jacob wrote: > i upgraded the RAM of my workstation yesterday and have some problems > understanding what i'm seeing. > > here is what i did: started with 4 GB of RAM, made up from 4x1GB > registered non-ECC modules. all working well. ripped apart

Re: unrar

2006-07-07 Thread Michael Langley
Just google for unrarsrc-3.5.4.tar.gz and build your own 64bit unrar bin. unrar: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.0, stripped On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:59:02 +0200 (CEST) Marko Gabud <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: how to compile i386 kernel on amd64 in chroot-ia32?

2006-07-07 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 02:26:39PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Emmanuel Fleury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > mons wrote: > >> Hi. > >> I want to compile a kernel for my other computer. I have a ia32 chrooted > >> enviroment. I tried to compile it but when I do make menuconfig i > >> a

Re: nvidia-glx vs. xserver-common

2006-07-07 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 12:41:24PM +0200, Michal Hajek wrote: > Hello... > > :) well, this is what I have done a moment before :) > I downloaded the .deb file from: > http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/dists/unstable/nvidia-graphics-drivers/binary-amd64/ > > than I ran as root: > > # dpkg

Re: binNMU for sarge/amd64 (#374258 / speedy-cgi-perl)

2006-07-07 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Niko Tyni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi amd64 folks, > > the speedy-cgi-perl package in sarge/amd64 needs a recompile. As reported > in #326201 and #374258, it was compiled against libperl 5.8.4-1, which > had a DynaLoader compatibility problem (#247291) reverted in 5.8.4-2. > > As a result of

Re: how to compile i386 kernel on amd64 in chroot-ia32?

2006-07-07 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Emmanuel Fleury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > mons wrote: >> Hi. >> I want to compile a kernel for my other computer. I have a ia32 chrooted >> enviroment. I tried to compile it but when I do make menuconfig i >> allways have to choose only ia64 kernels. I highly doubt that. ia64 is not amd64 but

Re: unrar

2006-07-07 Thread Matteo Vescovi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/07/2006 12:59 PM, Marko Gabud wrote: > Hello, > > I have notticed that there is no unrar package in official repositories > for amd64. Is there any unofficial repository or is there a way to > install official packet for i386? > > Marko There

SOLVED: nvidia-glx vs. xserver-common

2006-07-07 Thread Michal Hajek
Hi! I have solved my problems by reinstaling nvidia-kernel-source_1.0.8756-3_amd64.deb and nvidia-glx_1.0.8756-3_amd64.deb. Everything runs smoothly now :) Thank you! Best regards Michal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: unrar

2006-07-07 Thread A J Stiles
On Friday 07 July 2006 11:59, Marko Gabud wrote: > Hello, > > I have notticed that there is no unrar package in official repositories > for amd64. Is there any unofficial repository or is there a way to install > official packet for i386? Try unrar-free or p7zip instead. Both are Free Software al

Re: unrar

2006-07-07 Thread Jo Shields
Marko Gabud wrote: Hello, I have notticed that there is no unrar package in official repositories for amd64. Is there any unofficial repository or is there a way to install official packet for i386? Marko "unrar" is a non-free package. As it's non-free, it's not built automatically. You

unrar

2006-07-07 Thread Marko Gabud
Hello, I have notticed that there is no unrar package in official repositories for amd64. Is there any unofficial repository or is there a way to install official packet for i386? Marko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR

Re: nvidia-glx vs. xserver-common

2006-07-07 Thread Michal Hajek
Hello... :) well, this is what I have done a moment before :) I downloaded the .deb file from: http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/dists/unstable/nvidia-graphics-drivers/binary-amd64/ than I ran as root: # dpkg -i nvidia-glx_1.0.8178-3_amd64.deb Selecting previously deselected package nvid

Re: nvidia-glx vs. xserver-common

2006-07-07 Thread Jo Shields
Michal Hajek wrote: Hello, * Jo Shields ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060707 11:42]: Xorg7 requires nvidia-glx 1.0.8178-3 (or higher), or nvidia-glx-legacy 1.0.7174-3 (or higher) aha... I see! Thank you :) This clears the matter a lot. My aptitude shows nvidia-glx version 1.0.8178-1. I tho

Re: nvidia-glx vs. xserver-common

2006-07-07 Thread Michal Hajek
Hello, * Jo Shields ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060707 11:42]: > Xorg7 requires nvidia-glx 1.0.8178-3 (or higher), or nvidia-glx-legacy > 1.0.7174-3 (or higher) aha... I see! Thank you :) This clears the matter a lot. My aptitude shows nvidia-glx version 1.0.8178-1. I thought the deb http://peopl

binNMU for sarge/amd64 (#374258 / speedy-cgi-perl)

2006-07-07 Thread Niko Tyni
Hi amd64 folks, the speedy-cgi-perl package in sarge/amd64 needs a recompile. As reported in #326201 and #374258, it was compiled against libperl 5.8.4-1, which had a DynaLoader compatibility problem (#247291) reverted in 5.8.4-2. As a result of this the sarge/amd64 package is unusable. Other arc

Re: nvidia-glx vs. xserver-common

2006-07-07 Thread Jo Shields
You don't state which version of nvidia-glx you're trying to use. Xorg7 requires nvidia-glx 1.0.8178-3 (or higher), or nvidia-glx-legacy 1.0.7174-3 (or higher) Michal Hajek wrote: Hello :) I have debian testing and I have upgraded more or less successfully to xorg 7.0. If I use X window wi

nvidia-glx vs. xserver-common

2006-07-07 Thread Michal Hajek
Hello :) I have debian testing and I have upgraded more or less successfully to xorg 7.0. If I use X window with "nv" driver, everything seems to work well. There is one problem though. In order to enjoy nvidia accelerated graphics, I need to build nvidia kernel module and also install nvidia

6GB RAM on a Tyan S2875 Tiger K8W - 500 MB missing

2006-07-07 Thread Raimund Jacob
Hello *, i upgraded the RAM of my workstation yesterday and have some problems understanding what i'm seeing. here is what i did: started with 4 GB of RAM, made up from 4x1GB registered non-ECC modules. all working well. ripped apart a new server that came with 2x2GB registered ECC modules (also