Re: Fatal server error: no screens found - Xfree86 Problems

2004-10-05 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:01:06 +1000, Scott Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am a reasonable newbie to Debian and have been trying unsucceffully to get > X > (specifically kde) working on my box. I have modified the XF86Config-4 file > through the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 comman

Re: Linux gamers with Matrox cards, speak up please!

2004-10-05 Thread Dave Thayer
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 11:03:35AM +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 19:30:38 -0700, Paul Johnson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Alex Nordstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > > Now, I'm not sure how well Matrox meets the requirements of the OP in > > > terms of

Re: Installation recommendation

2004-10-05 Thread B. L. Jilek
Hi Ritesh! On Tue, 05 Oct 2004, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Hi, > I've just purchased a laptop and will install debian onto it. I just > wanted your generous suggestions regarding installation. > > I am planning to use the following partition structure: > > /boot -- 150mb > /home -- 10GB > /usr

Re: DVD standard "+" or "-"?

2004-10-05 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 19:27:52 -0400, Curt Howland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am interested in getting an opinion from folks. In the DVD standards > wars, who do you think is winning, "DVD+" or "DVD-"? > > Here's why I ask: The spankie CD/DVD drive in this Sony is both "+" > and "-", and it and L

Re: Installing from net with floppy disks - syst em don´t recognize my hard disk

2004-10-05 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:26:29 -0300 (ART), Juan Stiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Andrea Vettorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > escribió: > > I'm going to do a little nitpick here, but doesn't > > exist a Debian > > installer for the unstable (Sid) branch, probably > > you're using one of > > the t

Fatal server error: no screens found - Xfree86 Problems

2004-10-05 Thread Scott Barlow
Hi, I am a reasonable newbie to Debian and have been trying unsucceffully to get X (specifically kde) working on my box. I have modified the XF86Config-4 file through the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 command but am having no luck. My machine boots ok under knoppix so I know its not an incompati

Radeon 9200 & AGP 8x

2004-10-05 Thread Jacob S
Hello list, I've managed to get a Radeon 9200SE working on one computer, but it uses agp 4x. On another computer I've got a plain Radeon 9200 that appears to be agp 8x only installed in a motherboard with the Nvidia Nforce2 chipset (which supports agp 8x). However, I can't seem to get the radeon d

Re: how to configure SFTP

2004-10-05 Thread David Powell
Some progress to report. Just edited the sshd_config file to include the line: Subsystem sftp-server /usr/lib/sftp-server When I restart sshd (sudo sshd), I get no errors, so I'm assuming this means the config file is fine. I still can't sftp into the box though, same error as below... Request

Re: Why Grub? Must I Switch?

2004-10-05 Thread Paul E Condon
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 05:32:16AM +0100, Pigeon wrote: > On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 08:29:26AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I prefer to avoid all such risks by having a small DOS partition and > > booting from that with loadlin.exe. > > I used to do this, and still have some machines set up t

Re: Nvidia + 2.6 kernel

2004-10-05 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Noah Durell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, I was hoping to try out a 2.6 kernel. When I installed it > (using apt-get) I couldn't get the nvidia drivers to install (using > module-assisstant) nor by doing a manual

Re: Fixed Mutt Error

2004-10-05 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 09:01:58PM -0400, Ed Sutherland wrote: > I fixed the problem I was experiencing with Mutt complaining it couldn't > open a temporary file." I changed the "set tmpdir" in .muttrc from /tmp > to ~/Mail/tmp (and after creating the directory) restarted Mutt and the > pager w

how to configure SFTP

2004-10-05 Thread David Powell
Hi All, I'm trying to setup sftp on my debian box, but am having some difficulty. I can log into it via ssh (using private/public keys and associated passphrase), but when I try to make a connection via sftp I get the following error message: Request for subsystem 'sftp' failed on channel 0 Coul

Re: Why Grub? Must I Switch?

2004-10-05 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 08:29:26AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I prefer to avoid all such risks by having a small DOS partition and > booting from that with loadlin.exe. I used to do this, and still have some machines set up that way. Since I discovered grub I don't bother any more. Any para

Re: java plugin works, programs do not run (exception in thread main)

2004-10-05 Thread Jacob S
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 22:49:45 -0400 Rohan Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm getting an error when tryign to run any java apps using ANY j2re > from blackdown's site (sun and blackdown versions.) Plugin works fine, > but I try to install LimeWire for java and get the following >

java plugin works, programs do not run (exception in thread main)

2004-10-05 Thread Rohan Deshpande
Hello, I'm getting an error when tryign to run any java apps using ANY j2re from blackdown's site (sun and blackdown versions.) Plugin works fine, but I try to install LimeWire for java and get the following exception: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/zerog/lax/LAX

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-05 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 01:28:54AM +, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > This is because I have just got woody, and aparently I, as a newbie, > have to figure out how to install & compile a special driver so woody > can talk to the on-board four mb of memory on my Intel 82815 video > card. I sure wou

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-05 Thread William Ballard
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 01:28:54AM +, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > I'd just like to know what video card works best "out of the box" with > debian. Do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86. Look at the choices for video drivers which are there. Google for video cards which work with those drivers

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-05 Thread Scotty Fitzgerald
I'd just like to know what video card works best "out of the box" with debian. This is because I have just got woody, and aparently I, as a newbie, have to figure out how to install & compile a special driver so woody can talk to the on-board four mb of memory on my Intel 82815 video card. I sur

Re: GDM puts a semi-persistent "X" in the middle of the screen.

2004-10-05 Thread yo mero
the problem is the hardware cursor enabled this is the setting on my XF86Config-4 Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "savage" Option "SWCursor" "on" Option "HWCursor" "off" EndSection

Re: Recomended dual head video card

2004-10-05 Thread Dana J. Laude
On Monday 04 October 2004 23:44, Nick Hastings wrote: > Hi all, > >for reasons I won't bother going into I'm about turn a server > machine into a workstation (and perhaps occasional game machine). > > There are two nice 1280x1024 17 inch digital LCD displays available > (Mitsubishi RTD179S) [1]

Re: Squid and increaing from "4096 file descriptors"

2004-10-05 Thread robin
Jeff Green wrote: In running a squid on a large and capable (Dual Xeon 4GB RAM) server to supply furniture graphics for a large website we are unable to find any way to increase the number of available file descriptors beyond 4096. The server has the following ulimits:- ulimit -a core file size

Re: HP 2210 All in Wonder USB storage devices

2004-10-05 Thread robin
Tom Allison wrote: um How do I mount the usb storage devices? I have usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) but when I insert the CF card, I don't get anything on the syslog telling me that a device was found (I expected this for USB devices). I know I had this working under Linux at some poi

Re: Installing from net with floppy disks - syst em don´t recognize my hard disk

2004-10-05 Thread Joey Hess
Juan Stiller wrote: > im quite new to debian so i search on debian.org for > the floppy images and make the disks. Please use the floppy images linked to from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Nvidia + 2.6 kernel

2004-10-05 Thread Tim Connors
Andrew Schulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:56:37 -0400: > The rivafb module is incompatible with the nvidia driver; see > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian. This shouldn't be a > problem if you never load that module, but if it does ever get loaded > for some

DVD standard "+" or "-"?

2004-10-05 Thread Curt Howland
I am interested in getting an opinion from folks. In the DVD standards wars, who do you think is winning, "DVD+" or "DVD-"? Here's why I ask: The spankie CD/DVD drive in this Sony is both "+" and "-", and it and Linux write to whatever blank media I choose to put in it. But I do not know if in

Re: Sound recording in ALSA

2004-10-05 Thread robin
Kirk Strauser wrote: I'm using Sid with Debian's 2.6.8-1-686 kernel package on a Dell PC with an Intel 8x0 sound device and ALSA. My ultimate goal is to get liveice to read from the line in on my sound card, but I'm trying to take baby steps to get there. Right now I'm attempting to record by:

HP 2210 All in Wonder USB storage devices

2004-10-05 Thread Tom Allison
um How do I mount the usb storage devices? I have usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) but when I insert the CF card, I don't get anything on the syslog telling me that a device was found (I expected this for USB devices). I know I had this working under Linux at some point, but that was ab

downloading selected source packages automatically

2004-10-05 Thread ROBERTOJIMENOCA
I have to compile many packages from source because some of my patches are not applied upstream. So I download the source package (dsc, diff.gz & tar.gz), dpkg-source it, apply my patches, dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot, install it and mark it for hold so when upgrading a newer version isn't installe

Compiler error for kernel 2.4.19- missing terminating " character

2004-10-05 Thread Dayong Gu
Hi,   I've compiled a 2.4.19 kernel on my debian system (2.2.20-idepci), but I got such kind of error:    gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.19/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -m

Re: [Way OT] Re: GMAIL Invites..!

2004-10-05 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:24:10 -0500 Rodney Richison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > I run a list for techs/consultants. (ChannelVar.com) > They are a VERY qualified bunch of guys. (Admittedly not linux users > though) :) > The preferred method is top posting. > The preferred format is to allow

Re: Important

2004-10-05 Thread dave
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: From David Knell: E-mail address changed Hi - Owing to the unbelievable amount of spam coming in to this account (6000+ pieces over the space of one weekend) I've changed my e-mail address to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please forward the e-mail you've just sent me to my ne

Re: GDM puts a semi-persistent "X" in the middle of the screen.

2004-10-05 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Once upon a time Adam Funk said... > When I log out of xfce4, the gdm login box appears normally. Not long > afterwards, an "X" (like the multiplication symbol rather than the > letter) appears right in the middle of the screen. When I log back in, > it stays on the screen until I run kmail or kn

Re: How to change default partition scheme in chroot sid

2004-10-05 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Once upon a time Henry Lenzi said... > > I am currently running Woody and I created a chrooted sid partition. > Here's my current partition scheme for sid: If sid is in a chroot, it does not have a partitioning scheme. It lives on the filesystem on which woody was installed. > Filesystem

Re: [Way OT] Re: GMAIL Invites..!

2004-10-05 Thread Grant
Bob Underwood wrote: On Tuesday 05 October 2004 02:32 pm, calvin wrote: On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 08:24:10AM -0500, Rodney Richison wrote: Top posting leads to a big mess. Every non-technical person does it and it ends up with them saying "let's use a forum or something" because they can't fo

Re: Postgresql upgrade!!!!

2004-10-05 Thread Katipo
Andrea Vettorello wrote: On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:44:48 -0700 (PDT), D S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anybody knows how to upgrade postgresql on Debian manually or by apt-get? The debian security web site has only the old 7.2 version. I tried to load it form other http sources but it can't fin

Re: kernel update, initrd image help

2004-10-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/10/04 15:08), Ian L wrote: > one quick question: > > apt-get install kernel-image-x > > Thats going to install that specific kernel image alongside the existing > kernel image, correct? i.e. its not going to replace it. > > if so, how do i get lilo to offer me the choice to boot into

Re: kernel update, initrd image help

2004-10-05 Thread Ian L
nevermind, found out about hitting shift key during boot. still need help getting 2.6.8 working though :) Ian At 03:08 PM 10/5/2004, you wrote: one quick question: apt-get install kernel-image-x Thats going to install that specific kernel image alongside the existing kernel image, correct? i

Re: [Way OT] Re: GMAIL Invites..!

2004-10-05 Thread Bob Underwood
On Tuesday 05 October 2004 02:32 pm, calvin wrote: > On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 08:24:10AM -0500, Rodney Richison wrote: > >>Top posting leads to a big mess. Every non-technical person does it > >>and it ends up with them saying "let's use a forum or something" > >>because they can't follow the thread

Re: raid barfs at startup with 2.6 kernel

2004-10-05 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Justin Guerin-- > > On Tuesday 14 September 2004 07:21, Blake Swadling wrote: > > OK, firstly i will say i know bugger all about the way raid works. > > however i have managed to set up, both running software raid (raid0). > > one uses 2 SATA driv

Re: kernel update, initrd image help

2004-10-05 Thread Ian L
one quick question: apt-get install kernel-image-x Thats going to install that specific kernel image alongside the existing kernel image, correct? i.e. its not going to replace it. if so, how do i get lilo to offer me the choice to boot into both? I thought the linuxOLD section of my lilo.co

Re: kernel update, initrd image help

2004-10-05 Thread Ian L
# Boot up Linux by default. # default=Linux initrd=/initrd.img image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only # restricted # alias=1 This is similiar to what my lilo.conf looked like after i edited it, except: image=/vmlinuz label=linux read-only initrd=/

Re: kernel update, initrd image help

2004-10-05 Thread Ian L
At 02:43 PM 10/5/2004, you wrote: Incoming from Ian L: > I'm trying to install kernel 2.6.8 and during the apt process it says i > need to configure lilo to use initrd. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/07/msg00582.html See down at the bottom. Thanks ... but i screwed something up. I'm won

Re: kernel update, initrd image help

2004-10-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/10/04 14:27), Ian L wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Ian L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:27:35 -0700 > Subject: kernel update, initrd image help > > I'm trying to install kernel 2.6.8 and during the apt process it says i > need to configure lilo to use initrd. > >

Squid and increaing from "4096 file descriptors"

2004-10-05 Thread Jeff Green
In running a squid on a large and capable (Dual Xeon 4GB RAM) server to supply furniture graphics for a large website we are unable to find any way to increase the number of available file descriptors beyond 4096. The server has the following ulimits:- ulimit -a core file size(blocks, -c

RE: linmodem works but hangs up when idle

2004-10-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Eric The Broadcom code has not been updated for some time. A fix by Giacomo Comes must be used for current 2.4 kernels http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/archive-third/msg01652.html Giacomo is however no longer using this modem type and has volunteered that an upgrade to 2.6.n kernels is prob

Re: kernel update, initrd image help

2004-10-05 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Ian L: > I'm trying to install kernel 2.6.8 and during the apt process it says i > need to configure lilo to use initrd. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/07/msg00582.html See down at the bottom. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (

kernel update, initrd image help

2004-10-05 Thread Ian L
I'm trying to install kernel 2.6.8 and during the apt process it says i need to configure lilo to use initrd. Can someone either explain the process for doing this or point me to a link that does? I found a default mkinitrd.conf file, ran mkinitrd and it created an image file (it complaining ab

Samba

2004-10-05 Thread Peter Quackenbush
I'm having some problems working with Samba. Here is by /etc/samba/smb.conf # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 192.168.0.100 (192.168.0.100) # Date: 2004/10/04 01:03:28 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = MSHOME server string = %h server (Samba %v) passdb

Re: Software RAID 0 and linux 2.6.8.1

2004-10-05 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Niels wrote: > Promise Netherlands told me today that the kernel 2.6.x.x drivers > probably come next year. On a dutch forum they told me (2 secs ago) that > the name of a non-true hardware controller is a firmware controller. dependin on your ideas/view... h

Sound recording in ALSA

2004-10-05 Thread Kirk Strauser
I'm using Sid with Debian's 2.6.8-1-686 kernel package on a Dell PC with an Intel 8x0 sound device and ALSA. My ultimate goal is to get liveice to read from the line in on my sound card, but I'm trying to take baby steps to get there. Right now I'm attempting to record by: 1) Going into KM

Re: question re: removing all traces of Windows ME OS

2004-10-05 Thread Alan Chandler
On Monday 04 October 2004 22:26, Ulisses Reina Montenegro de Albuquerque wrote: > Kent West wrote: ... > > About the only disadvantages of multiple platforms: > > > > * If you size them wrong to begin with (too small, and they'll fill > > up; too large, and it's wasted disk space), it can be probl

Re: Mozilla browsers and Flashplayer

2004-10-05 Thread Juha Siltala
On 2004-10-05, Freddy Freeloader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so I'll see what happens when the baseball playoffs start and I use the Grown-up men will loiter around, spit on the grass, and adjust their bollocks, while giving each other really mean looks. Then occasionally someone will try and h

Re: Software RAID 0 and linux 2.6.8.1

2004-10-05 Thread Niels
Promise Netherlands told me today that the kernel 2.6.x.x drivers probably come next year. On a dutch forum they told me (2 secs ago) that the name of a non-true hardware controller is a firmware controller. I created a picture http://www.xs4all.nl/~mghvl404/bin/fotos/got/RAID0uitleg.gif to exp

Re: Nvidia + 2.6 kernel

2004-10-05 Thread Andrew Schulman
> Sorry for the lack of details. I couldn't find the log file from the > previous install. Anyway I tried installing the nvidia drivers again > by entering the command: > > module-assistant auto-install nvidia > > I get a warning about the rivafb module and it says there is no rule > to make ta

Re: Nvidia + 2.6 kernel

2004-10-05 Thread Noah Durell
Here is log file from the module-assistant. Build log starting, file: /var/cache/modass/nvidia-kernel-source.buildlog.2.6.8-1-686.1097003781 Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:16:22 -0400 echo "ROOT_CMD = " ROOT_CMD = /usr/bin/make -f debian/rules binary_modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/mod

Re: Headless Installation

2004-10-05 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tuesday 05 October 2004 02:31, Adi Linden wrote: > > You -could- (I stress could here) use 'fai', but I suspect that you'd > > consider that overkill on you part. Indeed, I'd agree. What you'd really > > want to do is use 'deboostrap' on the headless server. There's plenty of > > documentation

Re: Installing from net with floppy disks - syst em don´t recognize my hard disk

2004-10-05 Thread Juan Stiller
--- Andrea Vettorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I'm going to do a little nitpick here, but doesn't > exist a Debian > installer for the unstable (Sid) branch, probably > you're using one of > the testing release candidate installer. =) > > Your HD use some exotic RAID or SCSI controller? >

Re: Nvidia + 2.6 kernel

2004-10-05 Thread Noah Durell
Sorry for the lack of details. I couldn't find the log file from the previous install. Anyway I tried installing the nvidia drivers again by entering the command: module-assistant auto-install nvidia I get a warning about the rivafb module and it says there is no rule to make target kernel-head

Re: Radius + wireless access

2004-10-05 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Gabriel Granger wrote: > I've got a couple of wireless AP around the office, and would like to > mange the laptop with wireless cards using Radius for authentication. > all of my AP have the ability to talk to a Radius server. I have got > my radius server up and w

Re: Installing from net with floppy disks - syst em don´t recognize my hard disk

2004-10-05 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 15:51:10 -0300 (ART), Juan Stiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, im trying to install Debian Unstable Version from > internet with the floppy disks, the installer can see > my ethernet card, and beggins downloadin some > packages, but when ends the installed tell me that i > h

Re: GDM puts a semi-persistent "X" in the middle of the screen.

2004-10-05 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 18:28:29 GMT, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I log out of xfce4, the gdm login box appears normally. Not long > afterwards, an "X" (like the multiplication symbol rather than the > letter) appears right in the middle of the screen. When I log back in, > it stays o

Re: [Way OT] Re: GMAIL Invites..!

2004-10-05 Thread Clive Menzies
On (05/10/04 12:52), Nate Duehr wrote: > Rodney Richison wrote: > > > > > > >>Top posting leads to a big mess. Every non-technical person does it > >>and it ends up with them saying "let's use a forum or something" > >>because they can't follow the thread any longer. Surprise surprise, a > >>forum

Re: set default paper size in firefox?

2004-10-05 Thread Matt Price
Martin Dickopp wrote: Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: the default paper size seems to be set to "A4" in my version of firefox (0.9.3). Anyone know how to change that setting? I often forget to reset the print option and end up with slightly-wrong page lengths... I have tried messing wi

"linmodem" works but hangs up when idle

2004-10-05 Thread Eric Dickner
I got a BCMSM 4212 to work on Debian 2.2.20-idepci with the driver .rpm from Dell but it seems to hang up after a minute or so of idle time. I used "pppconfig" to set no hang-up at all for idle time, and it seems to be sort of a random period, ranging from 50 seconds to two minutes. If it's doing

Re: Nvidia + 2.6 kernel

2004-10-05 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Noah Durell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041005 20:49]: > I was hoping to try out a 2.6 kernel. When I installed it (using > apt-get) I couldn't get the nvidia drivers to install (using > module-assisstant) nor by doing a manual install as per the > instructions of this webpage: > http://home.comcast.n

Re: [Way OT] Re: GMAIL Invites..!

2004-10-05 Thread Nate Duehr
Rodney Richison wrote: Top posting leads to a big mess. Every non-technical person does it and it ends up with them saying "let's use a forum or something" because they can't follow the thread any longer. Surprise surprise, a forum works with bottom posting and everybody seems to find that normal.

Installing from net with floppy disks - system don´t recognize my hard disk

2004-10-05 Thread Juan Stiller
Hi, im trying to install Debian Unstable Version from internet with the floppy disks, the installer can see my ethernet card, and beggins downloadin some packages, but when ends the installed tell me that i have no removable media, i know the hdd works fine, but i can´t seem to use it with this ins

Nvidia + 2.6 kernel

2004-10-05 Thread Noah Durell
Hello, I was hoping to try out a 2.6 kernel. When I installed it (using apt-get) I couldn't get the nvidia drivers to install (using module-assisstant) nor by doing a manual install as per the instructions of this webpage: http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html. My compute

GDM puts a semi-persistent "X" in the middle of the screen.

2004-10-05 Thread Adam Funk
When I log out of xfce4, the gdm login box appears normally. Not long afterwards, an "X" (like the multiplication symbol rather than the letter) appears right in the middle of the screen. When I log back in, it stays on the screen until I run kmail or knode, either of which makes it disappear. I

Re: [Way OT] Re: GMAIL Invites..!

2004-10-05 Thread calvin
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 08:24:10AM -0500, Rodney Richison wrote: > > >>Top posting leads to a big mess. Every non-technical person does it >>and it ends up with them saying "let's use a forum or something" >>because they can't follow the thread any longer. Surprise surprise, a >>forum works with bo

Re: question re: removing all traces of Windows ME OS

2004-10-05 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 20:42 -0500, Jeff Golden wrote: > > > > A basic rule of life is never burn bridges behind you. Retreat is often > > a tactical necessity. > > > > This is true but it is rather annoying to have to re-boot into windows > to do simple things like banking or dial into your offi

How to change default partition scheme in chroot sid

2004-10-05 Thread Henry Lenzi
Hello -- I am currently running Woody and I created a chrooted sid partition. Here's my current partition scheme for sid: Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 4806080 4711892 0 100% / /dev/hda5 3844584119880 35294

Re: Postgresql upgrade!!!!

2004-10-05 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:44:48 -0700 (PDT), D S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anybody knows how to upgrade postgresql on Debian manually or by > apt-get? > The debian security web site has only the old 7.2 version. > I tried to load it form other http sources but it can't find it. > I need u

Postgresql upgrade!!!!

2004-10-05 Thread D S
Does anybody knows how to upgrade postgresql on Debian manually or by apt-get? The debian security web site has only the old 7.2 version. I tried to load it form other http sources but it can't find it. I need upgrade it to version 7.4. Does anybody have a init script that can run Postgresql 7.4 on

Re: set default paper size in firefox?

2004-10-05 Thread Martin Dickopp
Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the default paper size seems to be set to "A4" in my version of > firefox (0.9.3). Anyone know how to change that setting? I often > forget to reset the print option and end up with slightly-wrong page > lengths... > > I have tried messing with "prefs.j

Re: Software RAID 0 and linux 2.6.8.1

2004-10-05 Thread Paul Yeatman
Well, definitely sounds like you know what you want :) Seems like my confusion between you saying "software" and "hardware" controller is, as Paolo was saying, the Promise FastTrak isn't a "true" hardware controller apparently. It still requires some software, ie. kernel module, on the software s

Re: Why Grub? Must I Switch?

2004-10-05 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 09:08:45 -0700, Daniel L. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cr wrote: > > >On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 18:03, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > > > > > >>Paul Johnson wrote: > >> > >> > >>><#secure method=pgp mode=sign> > >>>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >>>Hash: SHA1 > >>> > >>>"Dani

set default paper size in firefox?

2004-10-05 Thread Matt Price
Hi, the default paper size seems to be set to "A4" in my version of firefox (0.9.3). Anyone know how to change that setting? I often forget to reset the print option and end up with slightly-wrong page lengths... I have tried messing with "prefs.js" but haven'th ad any luck. e.g. I have thi

Adding folded headers in Exim 4.

2004-10-05 Thread Adam Funk
I want to add a folded, multi-line header (RFC2822, Sec.2.2.3) like this: X-Comment: foo foo foo    bar bar bar using the headers_add option.  I've experimented with it a little and I think this works:    headers_add = X-Comment: foo foo foo\n   bar bar bar and even this:    headers_add = X-Co

Re: [Way OT] Re: GMAIL Invites..!

2004-10-05 Thread William Ballard
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 05:05:22PM +0100, Daniel Goldsmith wrote: > pace the whole GMail issue - I use it for mailing lists, for pretty > much the same reasons to do with wastage. I simply cannot afford the > bandwidth to download much of the crud which populates mailing-lists - > Google Inc. can.

Re: Why Grub? Must I Switch?

2004-10-05 Thread Daniel L. Miller
cr wrote: On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 18:03, Daniel L. Miller wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "Daniel L. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I don't understand that - unless your different kernel versions are all using t

Radius + wireless access

2004-10-05 Thread Gabriel Granger
Hi All, I've got a couple of wireless AP around the office, and would like to mange the laptop with wireless cards using Radius for authentication. all of my AP have the ability to talk to a Radius server. I have got my radius server up and working using some simple test accounts, I've done s

Re: [Way OT] Re: GMAIL Invites..!

2004-10-05 Thread Daniel Goldsmith
On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:24:10 -0500, Rodney Richison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I run a list for techs/consultants. (ChannelVar.com) > They are a VERY qualified bunch of guys. (Admittedly not linux users > though) :) > The preferred method is top posting. > The preferred format is to allow h

Re: [Way OT] Re: GMAIL Invites..!

2004-10-05 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Rodney Richison: > > >Top posting leads to a big mess. Every non-technical person does it > >and it ends up with them saying "let's use a forum or something" > >because they can't follow the thread any longer. Surprise surprise, a > >forum works with bottom posting and everybody seem

Re: Installation recommendation

2004-10-05 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Ritesh Raj Sarraf: > > I've just purchased a laptop and will install debian onto it. I just > wanted your generous suggestions regarding installation. > > I am planning to use the following partition structure: > > /boot -- 150mb > /home -- 10GB > /usr -- 15GB > /usr/local -- 5GB

Re: Installation recommendation

2004-10-05 Thread Gerard Robin
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 04:32:12PM +0545, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > I am planning to use the following partition structure: > > /boot -- 150mb > /home -- 10GB > /usr -- 15GB > /usr/local -- 5GB Have a look at http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linu

Re: Mozilla browsers and Flashplayer

2004-10-05 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Wim De Smet wrote: Hi, On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 13:03:51 -0700, Freddy Freeloader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a strange problem with Mozilla browsers, both Mozilla and Firefox, and Flashplayer when I install sarge using the netinst cd. If I install woody first, and then do a dist-upgrade from t

Re: Adaptec 2100S: System freeze when trying to backup with tar

2004-10-05 Thread Cristian Livadaru
Citat Marc Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Try using the "dpt_i2o" driver (Adaptec I2O RAID support) instead of the > i2o_* modules. > > Marc > that's the one I'm using. sorry for the poor information, had no conection to my server and didn't remember everything. here is all information about m

Re: Adaptec 2100S: System freeze when trying to backup with tar

2004-10-05 Thread Marc Mueller
Hi, I recently installed a Adaptec 2100S SCSI HW Raid controler and two HD which are mirroerd. Kernel version is 2.4.22-ow1 and I compiled the i2o module to the kernel and I thought that everyithing works fine, well actualz it does work perfect till I start a tar. After a short while the system jus

Re: Woody or Sarge

2004-10-05 Thread Brett Charbeneau
Adi Linden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My BIG issue is the short lived support in terms of security updates. Having > to reinstall a server after 18 month is totally unacceptable. I hear you. I'm in the middle of moving all of my RedHat servers to Debian (yay!), but it's a time

Re: [Way OT] Re: GMAIL Invites..!

2004-10-05 Thread Rodney Richison
Top posting leads to a big mess. Every non-technical person does it and it ends up with them saying "let's use a forum or something" because they can't follow the thread any longer. Surprise surprise, a forum works with bottom posting and everybody seems to find that normal. I run a list for te

Re: Limiting CUPS "Completed Jobs" Listing

2004-10-05 Thread Adam Funk
On Thursday 30 September 2004 16:00, CW Harris wrote: > # MaxJobs: maximum number of jobs to keep in memory (active and > # completed.) Default is 500; the value 0 is used for no limit. > # > #MaxJobs 500 > MaxJobs 50 I'd also been trying to figure this out. Thanks, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Recomended dual head video card

2004-10-05 Thread Johann Koenig
On Tuesday October 5 at 02:44pm Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My machines motherboard has and AGP slot so I thought an AGP card > would be best. Another alternative is to run two video cards. I did that for a long time, with an Nvidia GeForce 4 MX440 SE (AGP) and a cheap Matrox (PC

multisession on CD-RW with cdrecord

2004-10-05 Thread Gerard Robin
hello, with kernel-image 2.4.20, I burned a CD-RW in multisession mode. I use mkisofs 2.0+a38-1 + cdrecord 2.0+a38-1. My problem is that until the 19 th session all works fine, but at the 20 th session when I eject, I mount and I do: "cd /cdrw/Debsept04; ls" I get: Oct 4 12:44:09 mymachine kern

Re: Adaptec 2100S: System freeze when trying to backup with tar

2004-10-05 Thread Cristian Livadaru
Citat Andrea Vettorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:31:17 +0200, Cristian Livadaru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Hi, I recently installed a Adaptec 2100S SCSI HW Raid controler and two HD > which > > are mirroerd. > > Kernel version is 2.4.22-ow1 and I compiled the i2o mod

Re: Adaptec 2100S: System freeze when trying to backup with tar

2004-10-05 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:31:17 +0200, Cristian Livadaru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I recently installed a Adaptec 2100S SCSI HW Raid controler and two HD which > are mirroerd. > Kernel version is 2.4.22-ow1 and I compiled the i2o module to the kernel and I > thought that everyithing works fi

Re: Sendmail Install Dramas

2004-10-05 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 21:12:03 +1000, David Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > > >http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?which=pkg&data=sendmail-base&archive=no) > >are reported a couple of problems ugrading (one is solved =)... > > > Ah, thanks for the link

Re: Recomended dual head video card

2004-10-05 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 05 Oct 2004, Nick Hastings wrote: > I've had a bit of a look at the ATI web site and it seems that the > "FireGL Z1-128" [2] might suit me well. Either that, or any nVidia card with dual outputs. You can have it dual-DVI or DVI+VGA (the DVI port has the VGA signals as well, and the cards c

Re: Recomended dual head video card

2004-10-05 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:44:49 +0900, Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > >for reasons I won't bother going into I'm about turn a server > machine into a workstation (and perhaps occasional game machine). > > There are two nice 1280x1024 17 inch digital LCD displays available

Adaptec 2100S: System freeze when trying to backup with tar

2004-10-05 Thread Cristian Livadaru
Hi, I recently installed a Adaptec 2100S SCSI HW Raid controler and two HD which are mirroerd. Kernel version is 2.4.22-ow1 and I compiled the i2o module to the kernel and I thought that everyithing works fine, well actualz it does work perfect till I start a tar. After a short while the system ju

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