netbeans and sid.

I had installed netbeans 5 in sarge without any problem. Now in Sid, I tried to install netbeans-5_0-linux.bin. But I couldn't. I have set both JAVAHOME and JAVA_HOME to jdk1.5. I checked md5sum. It is ok. I tried as ./netbeans-5_0-linux.bin sudo sh netbeans-5_0-linux.bin. All failed. I got bunch o

Re: debian vs redhat -fair

On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > To be fair, RH9 was released 03/31/2003, while Sarge was released > 06/06/2005. I would say that a difference of 2+ years would be quite > significant in terms of hardware support and general application > stability. bingo ... some folks like

Re: debian vs redhat

On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Ron Johnson wrote: > > solid. Debian stable may be able to run on an unplugged ^ > > computer any machine can boot and run in the unplugged state, otherwise your config is not properly configured but, ob

Re: debian vs redhat

Ron Johnson wrote: On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 20:03 -0700, charles norwood wrote: Debian stable may be able to run on an unplugged computer Maybe it's because you use Stable? Why I unplug the machine while using Sid, it just dies. :) Your /etc/rununplugged.rc file must be hosed. M

Re: Making GRUB bootable floppy for emergency and hence then booting up your Debian System... Useful in emergency

Mike McCarty wrote: Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much) wrote: [...] Thanks, I saved your message in case I ever need a grub boot floppy, but I think that you'll find syslinux and LILO more suited to the task. To what task? [...] Oops, I should'be read the OP more closely :) -- To UNS

ntp.conf and ntpd

Is there a way to configure ntpd to listen to a select number of interfaces? I have it set up on a virtual server and the ntpd program has attached itself to hundreds of interfaces. Thanks, Ken -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [E

Re: debian vs redhat

On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 20:03 -0700, charles norwood wrote: > On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 17:58 -0700, John wrote: > > Hi, just wanted to say I've used various versions of linux, and have > > mainly stuck with redhat/fedora (yeah, I know), but the latest versions > > have sort of bothered me. So, today

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 23:39:54 -0500 Mike McCarty wrote: >Chris Metzler wrote: >> On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:19:12 -0400 >> Hal Vaughan wrote: >> >>>And that proves even more that you are not volunteering your time >>>unless you get something for it. That's not volunteering. >>>Volunteering is giving wi

Re: nvidia - what is preferred installation route

On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 04:37:02PM +0100, michael wrote: > I have having a few problems here. I've > $ uname -a > Linux ratty 2.4.27-1-686-smp #1 SMP Wed Dec 1 19:50:17 JST 2004 > i686 GNU/Linux > > but when I try and use module-assistant it complains about headers and > wh

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:39:20 -0400 Hal Vaughan wrote: >On Thursday 06 April 2006 00:38, Chris Metzler wrote: >> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:29:14 -0400 >> >>Hal Vaughan wrote: >>>On Thursday 06 April 2006 00:26, Chris Metzler wrote: On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:19:12 -0400 Hal Vaughan wrote: > A

Re: Making GRUB bootable floppy for emergency and hence then booting up your Debian System... Useful in emergency

Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote: Herby I am posting the solution, which worked for me. Thanks every body for input especially Mike McCarty. Here are the complete instructions for Debian 3.1 with 2.4.27-2-386 kernel: 1. Create a floppy disk so that you can boot into the grub environment [snip] ..

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

Chris Metzler wrote: On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:19:12 -0400 Hal Vaughan wrote: And that proves even more that you are not volunteering your time unless you get something for it. That's not volunteering. Volunteering is giving without expecting a ROI. This is fiction. Everyone who volunteers get

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

On Thursday 06 April 2006 00:38, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:29:14 -0400 > > Hal Vaughan wrote: > >On Thursday 06 April 2006 00:26, Chris Metzler wrote: > >>On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:19:12 -0400 > >> > >>Hal Vaughan wrote: > >>> And that proves even more that you are not volunteering y

Re: Making GRUB bootable floppy for emergency and hence then booting up your Debian System... Useful in emergency

Felipe Sateler wrote: Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote: Herby I am posting the solution, which worked for me. I find it easier using grub-floppy (which comes with grub). From it's man page: grub-floppy - program to do build a generic grub boot disc DESCRIPTION grub-floppy is a program to buil

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:29:14 -0400 Hal Vaughan wrote: >On Thursday 06 April 2006 00:26, Chris Metzler wrote: >>On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:19:12 -0400 >> >>Hal Vaughan wrote: >>> And that proves even more that you are not volunteering your time >>> unless you get something for it.  That's not volunteering

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

On Thursday 06 April 2006 00:26, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:19:12 -0400 > > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > And that proves even more that you are not volunteering your time > > unless you get something for it.  That's not volunteering. > > Volunteering is giving without expecting a ROI. >

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:19:12 -0400 Hal Vaughan wrote: > > And that proves even more that you are not volunteering your time > unless you get something for it. That's not volunteering. > Volunteering is giving without expecting a ROI. This is fiction. Everyone who volunteers gets a return on thei

Re: Making GRUB bootable floppy for emergency and hence then booting up your Debian System... Useful in emergency

Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote: > Herby I am posting the solution, which worked for me. I find it easier using grub-floppy (which comes with grub). From it's man page: grub-floppy - program to do build a generic grub boot disc DESCRIPTION grub-floppy is a program to build a generic grub boot dis

Re: Making GRUB bootable floppy for emergency and hence then booting up your Debian System... Useful in emergency

Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much) wrote: Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote: Herby I am posting the solution, which worked for me. Thanks, I saved your message in case I ever need a grub boot floppy, but I think that you'll find syslinux and LILO more suited to the task. To what task? His qu

Re: debian vs redhat

charles norwood wrote: > On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 17:58 -0700, John wrote: > >>Hi, just wanted to say I've used various versions of linux, and have >>mainly stuck with redhat/fedora (yeah, I know), but the latest versions >>have sort of bothered me. So, today I tried debian for the first time, >>

Re: debian vs redhat

On Wednesday 05 April 2006 23:03, charles norwood wrote: > On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 17:58 -0700, John wrote: > > mainly stuck with redhat/fedora (yeah, I know), but the latest versions > > have sort of bothered me. So, today I tried debian for the first time, > > and wow, am I impressed. > Under r

Re: How often should I fsck my ext3 partition?

Brad Sawatzky wrote: On Wed, 05 Apr 2006, Mike McCarty wrote: Ali Milis wrote: Johannes Wiedersich wrote: The debian default of my sarge installations is that the ext3-FS are fsck'ed about every 30 mounts or 180 days (whatever comes first). This is just my Euro 0.01 opinion: 180 days

Re: debian vs redhat

On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 17:58 -0700, John wrote: > Hi, just wanted to say I've used various versions of linux, and have > mainly stuck with redhat/fedora (yeah, I know), but the latest versions > have sort of bothered me. So, today I tried debian for the first time, > and wow, am I impressed. I

Re: Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

I am also running fvwm 2.5.12 on a Sarge system with kernel 2.6.8. Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: Hi, I recently upgraded from fvwm 2.5 from 2.4.x because I can no longer find fvwm 2.4.x in stable. Since the upgrade, I noticed a couple of issues that I hope you can help to fix. 1) Each time

Re: debian vs redhat

Really great news. I am also shifted here like you :)On 4/6/06, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, just wanted to say I've used various versions of linux, and havemainly stuck with redhat/fedora (yeah, I know), but the latest versionshave sort of bothered me.  So, today I tried debian for the firs

Re: Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

I am running Sarge and I got everything from official Debian using apt-get. The only thing that is not official is my .fvwm2rc which is the same as the one I used with all previous versions of fvwm. Regards Ramesh Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: Hi, I recently

Re: How do I make my NIC pick the same ETH port every time?

On Saturday 25 March 2006 12:43, Oliver Jato wrote: > i think this could be done with udev rules, though i only used them to > always have the same device aliases for my external fw disks. > > here you'll find out how to write udev rules: > http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html > > and thi

Re: Question to the Debian GNOME maintainers about udev

> Derek Piper wrote: > > You just explained my problems with 2.6.16.1. Since the mirrors in my > sources.list didn't have 2.6.16, I went to kernel.org and got the > source, compiled it and installed it. > > Since then, I've had a couple of hard lockups, a kernel panic, and a > register dump (comple

debian vs redhat

Hi, just wanted to say I've used various versions of linux, and have mainly stuck with redhat/fedora (yeah, I know), but the latest versions have sort of bothered me. So, today I tried debian for the first time, and wow, am I impressed. I plan on migrating all my servers, home and office, to

Re: various parts of gnome up the creek

Adam Hardy wrote: > hi fellow debian users > > I throw myself at your feet and grovel for help with the whole tedious > mish-mash that has arisen while trying to set up libusb to run the > hotsynch with my handheld. > > This is what went wrong: > > (1) suddenly the gnome window manager, menu an

Re: Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: > Hi, > > I recently upgraded from fvwm 2.5 from 2.4.x because I can no longer > find fvwm 2.4.x in stable. > Since the upgrade, I noticed a couple of issues that I hope you can help > to fix. > > 1) Each time I switch to a window on a different virtual area, it take

Re: Wireless roaming/configuration

On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 08:33:11AM -0700, Z F wrote: > Hello Christopher > > Thanks a lot for your help. I thought, that wpa_supplicant is the way > to go, but could not find anything about WEP configuration. So, thanks > for pointing it out. With your help and several hours of hard thinking, > I

Re: dpkg-repack question

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > Dpkg-repack creates a .deb out of an already installed package. > > So I wrote a program to do a dpkg -l &>file and with file as input call > dpkg-repack for each package in file. > > The result is a file with all the installed packages as .debs. > > So you woul

Re: Question to the Debian GNOME maintainers about udev

Derek Piper wrote: [...] I want to upgrade a couple of machines to kernel 2.6.16 Apparently you need a later version of udev than is in the debian stable branch (0.056). [...] :O You just explained my problems with 2.6.16.1. Since the mirrors in my sources.list didn't have 2.6.16, I went to

Re: how to compile sarge kernel 2.4.27-2

Serena Cantor wrote: --- Robert Kopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> --- "Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Serena Cantor wrote: I want to customize sarge kernel 2.4.27-2, so I install kernel-build-2.4.27-2, then [...] scripts/Configure: line 556: arch/i386/co

Re: Making GRUB bootable floppy for emergency and hence then booting up your Debian System... Useful in emergency

Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote: Herby I am posting the solution, which worked for me. Thanks, I saved your message in case I ever need a grub boot floppy, but I think that you'll find syslinux and LILO more suited to the task. Syslinux is much easier to set up, and although LILO is hard to set

Re: filename prefixes while transfering images from memory cards

H.S. wrote: > kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > >> [snip] > > I am already quite familiar with this method. However, if I have large > number of images in my memory card, it is much more convenient to see > the images in a browser, select the ones belong to a specific group, and > copy them over to t

Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

Hi, I recently upgraded from fvwm 2.5 from 2.4.x because I can no longer find fvwm 2.4.x in stable. Since the upgrade, I noticed a couple of issues that I hope you can help to fix. 1) Each time I switch to a window on a different virtual area, it takes an unually long time before the swi

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

On Thursday 06 April 2006 04:19, Hal Vaughan wrote this for perusal by us all: >---> On Wednesday 05 April 2006 13:16, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >---> > On 4 Apr 2006, Hal Vaughan wrote: >---> > > I never said they were hostile toward me. And that is not what >---> > > I've seen in terms of complai

Re: evolution fails to start on Etch

H.S. wrote: > For the last few days, I am not able to start evolution, neither by > clicking on its icon on KDE panel nor over command line. Command line > starting doesn't even give any output. Anyone knows what is going on? > Looks like something happened in one of my upgrades within the last wee

Re: evolution fails to start on Etch

H.S. wrote: > For the last few days, I am not able to start evolution, neither by > clicking on its icon on KDE panel nor over command line. Command line > starting doesn't even give any output. Anyone knows what is going on? > Looks like something happened in one of my upgrades within the last wee

Re: filename prefixes while transfering images from memory cards

theo wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >>>b=`basename $i .jpg` > > or b=${i%.jpg} > (basename doesn't work with spaces in filenames). > > cheers, > theo. I does if you use double quotes: $> for f in *.jpg; do bn=`basename "$f" .jpg`; echo $bn; done ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: how to compile sarge kernel 2.4.27-2

Thanks! I installed kernel-source-2.4.27, it did not help. --- Robert Kopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- "Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Serena Cantor wrote: > > > I want to customize sarge kernel 2.4.27-2, so I > > > install kernel-build-2.4.

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Quoting Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: one of the symptoms of "user friendliness". Ubuntu, I assume, makes the assumption that they are pulling in windows users who want a windows type mail environment with MUA talking smtp and pop to smarthosts out on

Re: horde ?!?

Meni Shapiro wrote: hello plp, Sorry for the off-list question: does anyone know what happen to horde.org ??? I can't reach it by web nor ping nor traceroute...nothing?? can anyone try: http://www.horde.org Is it just me or they have a problem? (did they c

dpkg-repack question

Hi, Dpkg-repack creates a .deb out of an already installed package. So I wrote a program to do a dpkg -l &>file and with file as input call dpkg-repack for each package in file. The result is a file with all the installed packages as .debs. So you would think that if you reinstalled the whol

Bluetooth modem

How can I use a 56k bluetooth modem? I can find the modem with "hcitool" but a I can't create any connection. Thanks, Frusch. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: email servers

http://lists.debian.org/ "Reply-to-all" violates list rules (and I subscribe to the list and don't need two copies in my mail spool). Please use your MUA's "Reply-to-Mailing List" option instead. On Wednesday 05 April 2006 13:41, Nate Duehr wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 April 2

Re: How often should I fsck my ext3 partition?

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006, Mike McCarty wrote: > Ali Milis wrote: > >Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > > >>The debian default of my sarge installations is that the ext3-FS are > >>fsck'ed about every 30 mounts or 180 days (whatever comes first). > > > >This is just my Euro 0.01 opinion: > > > >180 days is

Re: amd64: why is sizeof(int) =4? why not =8?

Mitchell Laks wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 15:16, Mike McCarty wrote: This program has defects. The type of the results of the sizeof operator is an unsigned integer of unspecified size. The only portable way to do this is... printf("Size of int is %lu\n",(unsigned long)sizeof(int));

Re: amd64: why is sizeof(int) =4? why not =8?

On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 16:06 -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: > On Wednesday 05 April 2006 09:45, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 06:48 -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: [snip] > > AMD decided that, to help with compatibility with s/w written when > > sloppy programmers assumed that sizeof(int) ==

Re: amd64: why is sizeof(int) =4? why not =8?

On Wednesday 05 April 2006 15:16, Mike McCarty wrote: > This program has defects. The type of the results of > the sizeof operator is an unsigned integer of unspecified > size. The only portable way to do this is... > > printf("Size of int is %lu\n",(unsigned long)sizeof(int)); > Why do I ha

Re: amd64: why is sizeof(int) =4? why not =8?

On Wednesday 05 April 2006 09:45, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 06:48 -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I wanted to find out more about amd64, so I installed the debian distro Yes, I installed the debian amd64 distro. (I thought that was clear :) I wanted to find out more

Re: Debian 3.1 with more 1gb of ram

Richard Bortolucci wrote: > How to make Debian 3.1 recognize more than 1gb of memory? > > I tried to add: > > mem=1500M > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@256M > > to the menu.lst, but it didn't work. > > -- > Richard Bortolucci First of all, I believe that newer kernels don't observe/support the mem option

Re: email servers

Paul Johnson wrote: On Tuesday 04 April 2006 01:54, listrcv wrote: ChadDavis wrote: If so, then does Postfix, as the default MTA for the debian system, The default MTA is still exim, isn't it? In Debian, yes. In the Unix world in general, it still appears to be sendmail. Might as well sa

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:03:27 -0400 "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > one of the symptoms of "user friendliness". Ubuntu, I assume, makes > > the assumption that they are pulling in windows users who want a > > windows

Re: How often should I fsck my ext3 partition?

Johannes Wiedersich wrote: I didn't intend to stop fscking, just to tweak the rate a bit. Another question: would filesystem errors be rsync'ed to my backups? Depends on the nature of the error. The answer is "possibly". Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34)

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

> > This leads me to ask: Why are YOU here? Why do YOU use linux? Why do > YOU bother with this list? I use Linux, Debian GNU/Linux, whatever, because its made computing fun for me again. Plus, I can get actual work done while having that fun :) A pgpj8DbM8GbM9.pgp Description: PGP si

Re: filtraje de destinatarios de mensajes entrantes en exim4

enediel gonzalez wrote: saludos a todos Hello, yourself. This is an English-only list. I've provided a translation line-by-line. I can't answer the question... Tengo exim4 con spamassasin funcionando como smarthost de un dominio. I have exim4 with spamassasin acting as the smarthost for a

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:15:08 -0400 kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > > Every time someone suggests something > > that makes an install easier or an easier config method, there is > > always hostility in this group and elsewhere. I just re-read that and wan

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 15:00:33 -0400 Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think in the long run there'll always be config files that are easy to > edit, but we're just seeing more and more tools that make Linux easier > and easier to use. In the long run, it's a good thing. > > I notice

failure to detect the bootable USB stick

The Installation manual for the x86 contains this. "5.1.3.A Booting from USB Memory Stick ... the kernel on the boot floppy should detect your USB stick automatically. When it asks for the root floppy, ..." I made a boot floppy and bootable USB stick for Etch according to the manual. The old A

Re: tex broken

David Wainberg wrote: I hope someone can help. Recently, I have been unable to compile tex/latex documents. When I try, [tex|latex] tells me it can't find the file I'm trying to compile: snip $ latex template.tex This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) en

filtraje de destinatarios de mensajes entrantes en exim4

saludos a todos Tengo exim4 con spamassasin funcionando como smarthost de un dominio. Necesito que los mensajes entrantes y con destino a cuentas invalidas dentro del dominio sean filtrados en el debian, he buscado como configurar ACL sin que me quede claro como hacerlo apropiadamente en el ex

Re: get pdf info from command line

kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: From command line, Is there any way to find the number of pages a pdf file has? Using Sid, KDE 3.5.2 "pdfinfo filename.pdf" (package "xpdf-utils") Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Cmdline mail client that talks to remote SMTP server?

On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 17:22 +0200, Albert Dengg wrote: > On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 10:15:28AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > ... > > But it conflicts with all other MTAs, so if the box already has an > > MTA (like pretty much all Linux boxes except Ubuntu), that will > > get removed, possibly breaking

get pdf info from command line

From command line, Is there any way to find the number of pages a pdf file has? Using Sid, KDE 3.5.2 thanks raju -- http://kamaraju.googlepages.com/cornell-bazaar http://groups.google.com/group/cornell-bazaar/about -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: tex broken

David Wainberg wrote: I hope someone can help. Recently, I have been unable to compile tex/latex documents. When I try, [tex|latex] tells me it can't find the file I'm trying to compile: snip $ latex template.tex This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) en

Re: How often should I fsck my ext3 partition?

Ali Milis wrote: Johannes Wiedersich wrote: The debian default of my sarge installations is that the ext3-FS are fsck'ed about every 30 mounts or 180 days (whatever comes first). This is just my Euro 0.01 opinion: 180 days is reasonable for new disks. Perhaps you would like to lower it whe

Re: wpasupplicant_0.4.8-1 problem

On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 04:33:59PM -0700, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > On 4/4/06, Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just out of curiosity, have you connected to an open access point? Or > > at tried? That part looks like it whould work. The only different > > thing I have in my network

Re: How often should I fsck my ext3 partition?

Rogério Brito wrote: Except that the kernel can have bugs that may corrupt the data-structures laid on disk. Almost all data goes cached before going onto the disk. Your memory mal malfunction also independently of your disk. These are just *some* of a long list of reasons to check your disks w

Re: amd64: why is sizeof(int) =4? why not =8?

Mitchell Laks wrote: Hi, I wanted to find out more about amd64, so I installed the debian distro (etch/sid) on my amd64 dual core system. I wanted to see if it is really 64 bit. So naively i compiled the following example program I found on the internet: The size of an int has nothing to d

Re: Unable to write reliably CD-RW's!

G.C.H.M. Verhaag wrote: Debian users, Thanks for all the advice, but unfortunately it didn't help much, sorry! I'm slightly disappointed that such a basic tool, like burning CD's, with Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Sarge rev0a (kernel 2.4.27)is so impenetrable. The Lite-on LTR-24102B has been tested o

tex broken

I hope someone can help. Recently, I have been unable to compile tex/latex documents. When I try, [tex|latex] tells me it can't find the file I'm trying to compile: snip $ latex template.tex This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) entering extended mode ! I

Re: filename prefixes while transfering images from memory cards

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > b=`basename $i .jpg` or b=${i%.jpg} (basename doesn't work with spaces in filenames). cheers, theo. PS : Sorry Ron for the reply out of the list. I never did it before. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2

Re: How to config x server?

Hi.I use xorgconfig (with xorg).But the first time i try to configure an X server,  i remember i copy the x*.conf from a Knoppix Live Cd and then based my configuration on this.It's a little thing, but i hope can help you! On 4/5/06, Paul de Baat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How can I config the x se

Re: changing group names

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, This may be common knowledge but it was news to me. I have lets say three partitions: 1 home partition and 2 Sarge partitions. These refer to the home partition. Examining the home files for group names you might notice that they differ depending on what partition r

Re: Debian 3.1 with more 1gb of ram

Laurent CARON wrote: Richard Bortolucci wrote: How to make Debian 3.1 recognize more than 1gb of memory? I tried to add: mem=1500M [EMAIL PROTECTED]@256M to the menu.lst, but it didn't work. -- Richard Bortolucci use a kernel that is able to deal with more than 1Gb There are many prob

Making GRUB bootable floppy for emergency and hence then booting up your Debian System... Useful in emergency

Herby I am posting the solution, which worked for me. Thanks every body for input especially Mike McCarty. Here are the complete instructions for Debian 3.1 with 2.4.27-2-386 kernel: 1. Create a floppy disk so that you can boot into the grub environment by following : - insert floppy - cd /l

Re: changing group names

On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 12:46 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > This may be common knowledge but it was news to me. > > I have lets say three partitions: > 1 home partition and 2 Sarge partitions. These refer to the home partition. > > Examining the home files for group names you might notic

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

On Wednesday 05 April 2006 13:16, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On 4 Apr 2006, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I never said they were hostile toward me. And that is not what > > I've seen in terms of complaints. It's usually along the lines of > > "Why can't they edit text files, like we do?" I have yet to

changing group names

Hi, This may be common knowledge but it was news to me. I have lets say three partitions: 1 home partition and 2 Sarge partitions. These refer to the home partition. Examining the home files for group names you might notice that they differ depending on what partition root is on. I examine /

Re: ntpdate foibles?

On Wednesday 05 April 2006 08:46, David Baron wrote: > If I keep trying until it succedes, then time gets set correctly. Why use ntpdate when chrony synchronizes your clock via NT Pand isn't a pain in the ass about it? -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber:

Re: How to config x server?

kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: Paul de Baat wrote: How can I config the x server? Which distribution are you running - Sarge/Etch/Sid? Which X server are you running - XFree86/Xorg? What is your video card? Most likely the command you are looking for is dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg dpkg-reconfi

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

On 4 Apr 2006, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I never said they were hostile toward me. And that is not what I've > seen in terms of complaints. It's usually along the lines of "Why > can't they edit text files, like we do?" I have yet to see someone > complain that the problem with a gui or easy-to-use

Re: How to config x server?

Paul de Baat wrote: How can I config the x server? Which distribution are you running - Sarge/Etch/Sid? Which X server are you running - XFree86/Xorg? What is your video card? Most likely the command you are looking for is dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 raju

Re: How to config x server?

On Wednesday 05 April 2006 10:09, Paul de Baat wrote: > How can I config the x server? dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xorg (or xserver-xfree86) http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: Because it's time to mo

Re: Kernel upgrade on Dell Power edge 750

On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 17:09 -0400, Tom Moore wrote: > Does anyone know what is needed to upgrade this server from a 2.4 kernel to > 2.6? > Currently I have Sarge installed on a couple of these machines and I'm > wanting to upgrade them to use 2.6 kernels. > I tried installing the kernel-image-2.6-6

Re: Debian 3.1 with more 1gb of ram

Richard Bortolucci wrote: How to make Debian 3.1 recognize more than 1gb of memory? I tried to add: mem=1500M [EMAIL PROTECTED]@256M to the menu.lst, but it didn't work. -- Richard Bortolucci use a kernel that is able to deal with more than 1Gb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Unable to write reliably CD-RW's!

Debian users, Thanks for all the advice, but unfortunately it didn't help much, sorry! I'm slightly disappointed that such a basic tool, like burning CD's, with Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 Sarge rev0a (kernel 2.4.27)is so impenetrable. The Lite-on LTR-24102B has been tested on a Windows-XP machine an

Re: Question to the Debian GNOME maintainers about udev

On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 11:54:44AM -0400, Derek Piper wrote: > > Hi, > > I apologise for the cross-posting and if this is not the right forum > in which to bring this up, but I'd like to ask this: *Why* does gnome > have > a dependency to udev? Can it not simply utilize the h

Debian 3.1 with more 1gb of ram

How to make Debian 3.1 recognize more than 1gb of memory? I tried to add:mem=1500M [EMAIL PROTECTED]@256Mto the menu.lst, but it didn't work.-- Richard Bortolucci

Re: How to config x server?

Paul de Baat wrote: How can I config the x server? with your fingers ;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: i810_audio can't be loaded

Gregor Gerstorfer wrote: hi, i'm also trying to install sarge on my (acer) laptop and i'm getting the same error message (i810_audio can't be loaded) but can't realy find helpfull google results. i think you already solved the problem, and maybe you can help me please?! It is difficult to offer

Re: Trouble Installing nvidia-graphics-driver on Etch

James Westby wrote: Wulfy wrote: I had similar messages when I tried to install the nvidia driver. Would the 7174 version work with my card? nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15) I got lost at the nvidia site with all the different versions. Couldn't find one

Re: amd64: why is sizeof(int) =4? why not =8?

On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 06:48:29AM -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: > > Size of int is 4 > Size of int is 4 > Size of Employee is 44 > Size of john is 44 > Size of char is 1 > Size of short is 2 > Size of int is 4 > Size of long is 8 > Size of float is 4 > Size of double is 8 > > So how do I see the 6

How to config x server?

How can I config the x server? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Upgrading from Sarge to Etch -- HowTo?

On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 10:22:33AM +0200, S?ren Christensen wrote: > Hi, > > I know this question has been asked and answered several times, but I'm > unable to find it in the archives, so... > > What do I do? > > Change /etc/apt/sources.list to point to etch instead of sarge > > and update, up

Re: Trouble Installing nvidia-graphics-driver on Etch

Florian Kulzer wrote: Vegard L. Rekaa wrote: (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist. (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" does not exist. (WW) The NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro GPU installed in this (WW) system is supported through the NVIDIA Legacy driver

Re: Using Ubuntu when I'm used to Debian.

Quoting Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: one of the symptoms of "user friendliness". Ubuntu, I assume, makes the assumption that they are pulling in windows users who want a windows type mail environment with MUA talking smtp and pop to smarthosts out on the 'net at large instead o

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