Bug#762081: Correction

2014-10-22 Thread markus . mbox
Sorry, my statement I have verified, this problem does not exist with version 1.7.1-1. is wrong. I can say the problem does not exist on my system running Debian jessie/sid from 2014-03-10. This was with rdesktop 1.7.1-1. But it has older X11 packages also. Running rdesktop 1.7.1-1 on my

Bug#762081: rdesktop 1.8.2 is unusable

2014-10-21 Thread markus . mbox
Hello, the same problem here. Reopening an existing Windows session (with three windows: Explorer, CMD-Prompt and UltraEdit) takes about 17 seconds. Looking at the editor while it is building up it remindes me on early days with modem connections :-( To do _real_ work with the current

Bug#756411: Reason found

2014-10-19 Thread markus . mbox
Hello, more or less by accident I have found the reason. The distorted appearance comes from setting Composit-Type to Xrender and Qt-System to Nativ. All other settings work. Especially for desktop effects OpenGL is needed. Markus

Bug#697917: Aw: Re: Bug#697917: Libreoffice failures in locale de_DE@euro

2014-04-15 Thread markus . mbox
Hello, I am working with LANG=de_DE@euro. Don't do that then, swwitch to .UTF-8. It's not 2002 anymore. And I'd think that many other things at least assume UTF8 per default. Especially since Debian defaults to UTF-8 since loong, too. It well may be that utf-8 is selected per default. But this

Bug#744846: Enhancing the tabbed interface and other improvements for NEdit

2014-04-15 Thread markus . mbox
Package:nedit Version:nedit_5.6~cvs20081118-8 Hello,   now that NEdit is using OpenMotif (again) multiple tab rows can be enabled. An another enhancement is moving tabs with drag and drop. And some other useful changes. * Patch move tab by drag and drop URL:

Bug#697917: Libreoffice failures in locale de_DE@euro

2014-04-08 Thread markus . mbox
Hello, seems OO/LO is somewhat hardwired to utf-8. I am working with LANG=de_DE@euro. What I found out: Usualy a file manager opens a document via a commandline /usr/bin/soffice filename.odt. With OO/LO from Debian 6 and 7 this works with foreign characters also if OO/LO is not running

Bug#743279: pnginfo returns random numbers as return code.

2014-04-01 Thread markus . mbox
Package:pngtools Version:0.4-1   Hello, pnginfo returns random numbers as return code. No chance to tell wether it failed or succeeded. Only a few lines need to be changed. Markusdiff -Nbur pngtools-0.4.orig/debian/changelog pngtools-0.4/debian/changelog --- pngtools-0.4.orig/debian/changelog

Bug#739673: What about versions 0.8 or 0.9?

2014-02-21 Thread markus . mbox
Hello, while it sounds good that this issue has been resolved in version 1.0.0~beta1-1 already, what is about previous versions? My patch is for lxc-0.9. Will the next Debian releases ship with lxc-1.x? Even the current stable release (whezzy)? If I understand Debians release poliy correctly,

Bug#739673: Don't close pinfd until container is stopped

2014-02-20 Thread markus . mbox
Package:lxc Version:0.9.0~alpha3-2+deb8u1 Hello, I have had my hosts filesystem mounted read-only after the last container stopped. This is very annoying as you can't do much which it anymore (e.g. not starting a new container etc.). After some searching I found: - It is the guest (in the

Bug#687609: rfc.yppasswd needs old unencrypted password

2013-12-22 Thread markus . mbox
Hello,   I have come over the same issue.   1) The prompt  NIS server root password: is irritating. It is not the root pw but the users pw what is needed. But there may be servers which need the root pw also (if compiled with CHECKROOT=1). See rpc.yppasswd(8). 2) The reason why the old pw is

Bug#687609: rfc.yppasswd needs old unencrypted password [reformatted]

2013-12-22 Thread markus . mbox
[Message reformatted to 70 columns. Please skip the previous one.] Hello, I have come over the same issue. 1) The prompt NIS server root password: is irritating. It is not the root pw but the users pw what is needed. But there may be servers which need the root pw also (if compiled with

Bug#657497: nfs mount options in /etc/fstab weirdness

2013-06-30 Thread markus . mbox
Hello, I have similar problems. By experimenting I came across some weird behaviour: In /etc/fstab I have: apr:/media/extdisk /import nfs user,noauto,async,exec,nfsvers=3 When root calls mount /import the exec option is ignored. ~# mount /import ~# mount | grep import

Bug#708987: nfs-kernel-server: Check for blank exports file is much too strict

2013-06-29 Thread markus . mbox
Hello, same problem here. I have just a regular Debian workstation. I have no automated exports because the related directories reside on hotswap-disks. I use scripts to mount export and unexport unmount. Wishlist item #673798 is too shortsighted! My solution: Revoke #673798.

Bug#694644: Update / additional info

2013-02-06 Thread markus . mbox
After not getting some response from here I went on with my private version of NEdit. Since this editor is my daily workhorse, I couldn't wait. Sorry.

Bug#694644: Nedit build failures (with diff)

2012-11-28 Thread markus . mbox
Subject: Nedit build failures Package: nedit Version: 1:5.6~cvs20081118-7 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** 1) If I run dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -tc the build process fails after creating the deb-packages: ... dh_md5sums dh_builddeb dpkg-deb: Paket »nedit« wird

Bug#656463: a2ps ignores locale setting

2012-01-19 Thread markus . mbox
Subject: a2ps ignores locale setting Package: a2ps Version: 1:4.14-1.1 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** a2ps does not use my locale setting.     a2ps --help output is entirely english and escape sequence '$P' results   in 'Page' not 'Seite'.

Bug#474737: (no subject)

2008-11-01 Thread markus . mbox
Hmm, thinking more about this... It seems the debian installer uses two sources for modules. Those coming in from initrd (already in /lib/modules/...) and those being loaded from udeb packages. What I have done is booting with a netboot kernel and initrd (having no disk modules) and then

Bug#474737: Still not working: Etch netboot installer does not detect ide harddisk

2008-10-31 Thread markus . mbox
1) I have succeeded with network boot / network install with etch-r3. I have patched the netboot initrd with ide modules stolen from debian-40r3-i386-DVD-1.iso. Not nice but it works. 2) Trying with recent debian version still fails. Kernel and initrd is from

Bug#474737: Still not working: Etch netboot installer does not detect ide harddisk

2008-10-29 Thread markus . mbox
This really is total nonsense. It's in /lib/modules/kvers/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/ and is present for both the Etch and Lenny installer. Sorry, no :-( More precisely: Within debian-LennyBeta2-i386-netinst.iso there is a initrd.gz (size 4294684) containing

Bug#474737: Still not working: Etch netboot installer does not detect ide harddisk

2008-10-28 Thread markus . mbox
I have tried a recent version of netinst and it still is missing the piix module. iso image: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r5/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r5-i386-netinst.iso Markus -- GMX Download-Spiele: Preizsturz! Alle Puzzle-Spiele Deluxe über 60% billiger.

Bug#489190: Solved!

2008-07-14 Thread markus . mbox
Kernel commandline parameter i8042.noloop is the trick. 1.) I appreciate Guillaume Morin's help. 2). But now, is this a linux (kernel, i8042, ???) bug or a hardware bug? Seems noone from bugs.debian.org cares... Markus -- GMX Kostenlose Spiele: Einfach online spielen und Spaß haben mit

Bug#489190: (no subject)

2008-07-03 Thread markus . mbox
sorry, should read /proc/bus/input/devices of course. -- GMX startet ShortView.de. Hier findest Du Leute mit Deinen Interessen! Jetzt dabei sein: http://www.shortview.de/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Bug#474737: Etch netboot installer does not detect ide harddisk

2008-04-09 Thread markus . mbox
I asked you to try the piix module, not the ata_piix module! Oh sorry, my mistake. But there is no piix. A find /lib/modules -name *piix* (console Alt+F2) gives only .../scsi/ata_piix.ko No, the problem is in the kernel drivers. Ok, of course. What I meant, it is the presence of a

Bug#474737: Etch netboot installer does not detect ide harddisk

2008-04-08 Thread markus . mbox
Problem seems to be that the piix module is not getting loaded, which is needed for your IDE controller. What happens if you try to modprobe that manually? There are two ways to load: Selecting ata_piix on driver menu on (console 1) or with modprobe ata_piix on console 2. But nothings helps.

Bug#474737: Etch netboot installer does not detect ide harddisk

2008-04-07 Thread markus . mbox
Package: installation-reports Boot method: network Image version: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/initrd.gz