no desktop environment

I installed Etch on my laptop, and have cds 1 2 and 3. During the setup, it said to make sure xserver-xorg was loaded, and it is installed. Debian boots to tty terminal, though. I type "startx" and get a crosshatched desktop with a black terminal in the upper left corner. There is an X pointer

RE: script languages

Marcelo wrote: > I wonder what scrip language is better: Perl or Phyton? I've been using Perl for 7+ years and have found it to be very useful. The key concept is Perl's slogan -- "There's more than one way to do it" -- TIMTOWTDI, pronounced "Tim Toady". Perl is a very flexible language -- the

Re: Where did the ethereal binary go?

Bill Moseley wrote: $ apt-cache policy ethereal ethereal: Installed: 0.99.2-4 Candidate: 0.99.2-4 Version table: *** 0.99.2-4 0 500 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?searchmode=

Re: How do you get vim-latexsuite to work?

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:56:30PM EDT, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Joseph Smidt: > > > > I installed Debian's vim-latexsuite package. It seemed to install fine, > > but when I open a .tex document none of the commands seem to work. > > My guess is that you don't have filetype plugins enabled. Try th

Re: Net-install CD: What it does to existing partitions and installations

Ian Astley wrote: I currently run a Linux machine under Fedora Core 5. I am interested in having a look at Debian too and downloaded and burnt the Net-install CD from the main site, with a view to compiling a Debian kernel which I would then have nominated in GRUB alongside the existing FC5 ke

Where did the ethereal binary go?

$ apt-cache policy ethereal ethereal: Installed: 0.99.2-4 Candidate: 0.99.2-4 Version table: *** 0.99.2-4 0 500 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?searchmode=filelist&word=ethereal&

Re: Net-install CD: What it does to existing partitions and installations

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:32:01 +0900 Ian Astley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I currently run a Linux machine under Fedora Core 5. I am interested > in having a look at Debian too and downloaded and burnt the > Net-install CD from the main site, with a view to compiling a Debian > kernel which I woul

Re: OT: script languages

On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 08:14 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 08:37:13AM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I need to write several scripts for file manipulation, for example: > > change name files, read specific columns and write them in a new file, > > ca

Film scoring software

Anyone know a MIDI/audio sequencer for Linux that can score video too? -Chuckk -- "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." -Theodore Roosevelt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Net-install CD: What it does to existing partitions and installations

I currently run a Linux machine under Fedora Core 5. I am interested in having a look at Debian too and downloaded and burnt the Net-install CD from the main site, with a view to compiling a Debian kernel which I would then have nominated in GRUB alongside the existing FC5 kernels I have. The C

Re: adding a package to debian tree.

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 07:39:55AM +0300, Jabka Atu wrote: > there is an old package known as IWIZ that is maintind by z9u2k. > i see that it is not in debian tree how can i add it ? > > i have both the source and the copmiled package. > im not the maintiner/creator of this package but it is very

Re: Will VNC run on a laptop with 32MB? What to do with OLD laptop?

Preface: I assume in this message that you're using Linux on both computers. If not, I don't know what to tell you. Windows doesn't have the functionality required to do this. j1234f wrote: > Would that be like running an x-server on the > old laptop with very little memory and have > have fir

Re: How to install Kernel 2.6.17 without /boot/initrd.img-***?

Alex Yakushev wrote: > I experienced some difficulties to run new kernel > 2.6.17. > If I comment initrd.img-2.6.17 line in my > /boot/grub/menu.lst, and start to restart OS, I got > Kernel panic error. > Is this possible to start kernel without > initrd.img-2.6.17? Not this kernel -- ext2fs and e

Re: How to install Kernel 2.6.17 without /boot/initrd.img-***?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alex Yakushev wrote: > I experienced some difficulties to run new kernel > 2.6.17. > If I comment initrd.img-2.6.17 line in my > /boot/grub/menu.lst, and start to restart OS, I got > Kernel panic error. > Is this possible to start kernel without > init

Re: debian install tries to download securety updates even if there is no network.

#to find the procces number: using ps aux|grep apt #to kill the procces kill procces number. Sreenath M wrote: On 8/3/06, *Jabka Atu* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: H0wdy,... in the instalation cd Debian 3.1-1 in the middle of the instaltion apt tries

Re: How to install Kernel 2.6.17 without /boot/initrd.img-***?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alex Yakushev wrote: > I experienced some difficulties to run new kernel > 2.6.17. > If I comment initrd.img-2.6.17 line in my > /boot/grub/menu.lst, and start to restart OS, I got > Kernel panic error. > Is this possible to start kernel without > init

Re: CUPS dependencies

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:43:33PM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > A "bog-standard Laserjet" is, IMHO, a printing machine that is > connected through a parallel port and which speaks PCL. The 1012 > is neither, as far as I could find out (USB, and speaking some > restricted dialect of PCL on

Re: Will VNC run on a laptop with 32MB? What to do with OLD laptop?

I've heard of SSH, but not X Tunneling? Would that be like running an x-server on the old laptop with very little memory and have have firefox and other applications running on the desktop machine? Sounds like a good idea. --- On Wed 08/02, Adam J. Hogan wrote: Subject: Re: Will VNC run on a l

debian install tries to download securety updates even if there is no network.

H0wdy,... in the instalation cd Debian 3.1-1 in the middle of the instaltion apt tries to connect and download securety updates . the issue is that in the installtion stage you usaly don't have network connection yet (if you use pptp dialer for example). and the only why to continue is by

How to install Kernel 2.6.17 without /boot/initrd.img-***?

I experienced some difficulties to run new kernel 2.6.17. If I comment initrd.img-2.6.17 line in my /boot/grub/menu.lst, and start to restart OS, I got Kernel panic error. Is this possible to start kernel without initrd.img-2.6.17? title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.17 root(h

Re: what package responsible for creating divertions?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 07:22:39AM +0300, Jabka Atu wrote: Howdy,.. i have found a bug when using package nvidia-glx-legacy and how to fix it . [...] the bug happens only when you upgrade from nvidia-glx-legacy to nvidia-glx (7174 t

Re: CUPS dependencies

Carl Fink wrote: > Silly me, believing the docs! So, can you give me tips on > setting up LPRng with hplip for a Laserjet 1012. Clearly the > documentation can't. Documentation is one of the well-known weaknesses of Linux, but that is another story. A "bog-standard Laserjet" is, IMHO, a pri

Re: how to schedule a command

[...] > Another question: I have installed jre 1.5 from sun on > my sarge. how to config fonts? it can't display > Chinese properly now. In lib directory, there seems > config files for redhat, suse, turbo, but not Debian. you usually do not need to touch those. Simply make sure that a font is ins

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Message: codec_write 1: semaphore is not ready

Greetings: I'm running Sarge on an IBM R40 laptop. I'm getting the following message constantly repeated in /var/log/messages: Aug 31 22:23:23 localhost kernel: codec_write 1: semaphore is not ready for register 0x54 Aug 31 22:23:23 localhost kernel: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0x

Re: installing "unstable"?

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 11:38:01AM -0700, K. Richard Pixley wrote: > I don't see an "unstable" installer on the web site. Is the standard > way to build an "unstable" system to build a "testing" system, point > /etc/apt/sources.list to an unstable repository and update+upgrade? Or > is there s

Re: Packaging PHP files

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:48:14PM -0400, Cary Pembleton wrote: > Roberto, > Obviously I am not the one to try and assist you with this since I am nearly > a Linux newbie, but it did occur to me the question might be better handled > on the debian-devel list. Just a thought, I really wish I could

Re: Build process ignores apt-buid configuration

José Alburquerque wrote: Hi. I'd like to "optimize" certain packages specifically for my system (It's a Pentium 3 system; though old, I'd like to recompile some packages for i686 to improve performance). I was looking into apt-build, but I tested it on libxine1 and it doesn't seem to use the o

udev, hal, pmount

Hello. I'm using the combination of hal, udev, and pmount on my laptop so that removable devices (usb sticks, an audio player, a camera) will be automatically detected and mounted when inserted. All is working well, and I'm pleased with the improvement, but there is one way in which I'd like thin

Re: Xine affects Emacs

Hello, Romain Francoise wrote: > Markus Petermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> How can I catch the event sent by xine? > > I'm not sure what you're asking, I think my previous message answers > this? Sorry, a misunderstanding. My question is what programs, tools etc. I can use to track such

Re: installing "unstable"?

On (02/08/06 11:38), K. Richard Pixley wrote: > I don't see an "unstable" installer on the web site. Is the standard > way to build an "unstable" system to build a "testing" system, point > /etc/apt/sources.list to an unstable repository and update+upgrade? Or > is there something more common

installing "unstable"?

I don't see an "unstable" installer on the web site. Is the standard way to build an "unstable" system to build a "testing" system, point /etc/apt/sources.list to an unstable repository and update+upgrade? Or is there something more common that I'm overlooking? --rich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: Apache2 Manhattan Virtual Classroom

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:43:30PM -0400, Cary Pembleton wrote: > Simo, > Coming from a Linux nearly newbie, nothing is obvious. I am a Microsoft > System Admin and IT consultant for their products, I have a long way to go > for Linux. Here is the output from the command you gave me. OK, let's try

Re: CUPS dependencies

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 05:14:17PM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > > > I thought I mentioned that in another message to this list. > > Because lprng explicitly doesn't support USB printers. I tried > > that. > > Sorry, which message (I'm not subscribed)? My printer nowadays

Re: Will VNC run on a laptop with 32MB? What to do with OLD laptop?

What about SSH/X Tunneling? On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 14:02 -0400, J F wrote: > Will VNC run on a laptop with 32MB? > WOuld be a nice remote desktop in my living room to > my bedroom linux machine or windows machine. > > I've got an old laptop. > > I was wondering what the best thing to > do with

Re: Really stupid mutt question

Kevin Coyner wrote: > There are plenty of great email clients out there. But I like mutt > because: Yes, there are -- and just not to let this thread be just mutt propaganda, let me comment as a KMail user (who used mutt for many years, so I know what I am talking about): > 1. It is infinite

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

Freddy Freeloader wrote: George Borisov wrote: Freddy Freeloader wrote: I haven't, however, gotten this to work with or without any security. It goes through the motions but it never recieves a dhcp offer from the router. Just to check, did you set the channel / ssid with iwconfig?

Re: How do you get vim-latexsuite to work?

Joseph Smidt: > > I installed Debian's vim-latexsuite package. It seemed to install fine, > but when I open a .tex document none of the commands seem to work. My guess is that you don't have filetype plugins enabled. Try this in your .vimrc: filetype plugin on filetype indent on J. -- If you

Re: what package responsible for creating divertions?

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 08:28:30PM +0300, Jabka Atu wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 07:22:39AM +0300, Jabka Atu wrote: > > > >>Howdy,.. > >>i have found a bug when using package nvidia-glx-legacy and how to fix > >>it . > > > >>to fix it you should : > >>list

RE: Packaging PHP files

Roberto, Obviously I am not the one to try and assist you with this since I am nearly a Linux newbie, but it did occur to me the question might be better handled on the debian-devel list. Just a thought, I really wish I could be of more help. Some day perhaps when all this begins to have some clar

RE: Apache2 Manhattan Virtual Classroom

Simo, Coming from a Linux nearly newbie, nothing is obvious. I am a Microsoft System Admin and IT consultant for their products, I have a long way to go for Linux. Here is the output from the command you gave me. Franklin:/home/manhat# cd Franklin:~# ls -la /home/manhat/manhat-3.1.0 total 200 drwxr

Re: Erro GPG, unknow error

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:34:00PM -0300, rafael ferraz wrote: > here is the error > --- > xp2800:/home/a# LC_ALL=C apt-get update > Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [189B] > Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable Release > Err http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable

cron and GMT time?

i have a recently installed debian box that i'll be using for collecting various logs. after setting up some cron jobs to automate this, they are not running when i expected. if i have cron entries that look like: @midnight /opt/admin/bin/swatch_newday.pl >> /dev/null or 0 0 * * * /opt/a

Re: Erro GPG, unknow error

here is the error---xp2800:/home/a# LC_ALL=C apt-get updateGet:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [189B]Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable ReleaseErr http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable ReleaseGet:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable Release [38.3kB]Ign http://ftp.d

Re: Is KDE difficult to use?

JerryKwok wrote: I installed ubuntu 5.10 before,and that's my first linux experience.I just feel gnome a little slow(much slower than on my windowsxp ).Now I'm gonna try the debian and KDE.So,is KDE similar to gnome?Is it faster?Is it easier to use? gnome and kde are both slow (compared to ot

Re: Really stupid mutt question

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:40:08PM +0800, JerryKwok wrote: >> 2006/7/31, Heimdall Midgard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [snip] > I use mutt because its fast. I can ssh to my mail from anywhere > and its just like being there. I do

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

George Borisov wrote: Freddy Freeloader wrote: I haven't, however, gotten this to work with or without any security. It goes through the motions but it never recieves a dhcp offer from the router. Just to check, did you set the channel / ssid with iwconfig? No. I just listed t

Re: How do you get vim-latexsuite to work?

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 11:09:23AM EDT, Joseph Smidt wrote: > I installed Debian's vim-latexsuite package. It seemed to install fine, > but when I open a .tex document none of the commands seem to work. For > example, when I push F5, I don't get a menu of options to choose like > equartion , etc.

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

Freddy Freeloader wrote: Well, that was a good idea, but it didn't work. I simply cannot connect with any type of encryption. There is a line in dmesg that says "Cleared all keys" before the card starts sending out sending out dhcp requests, so I'm guessing that is what the problem is. An

Re: Really stupid mutt question

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 11:41:47AM -0400, Juergen Fiedler wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:59:34AM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:40:08PM +0800, JerryKwok wrote.. > > > > > 2006/7/31, Heimdall Midgard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >I've been banging my head

Re: what package responsible for creating divertions?

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 07:22:39AM +0300, Jabka Atu wrote: > Howdy,.. > i have found a bug when using package nvidia-glx-legacy and how to fix it . > [...] > > the bug happens only when you upgrade from nvidia-glx-legacy to > nvidia-glx (7174 to 8xxx version). > > description: > > the bug wil

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Re: Apache2 Manhattan Virtual Classroom

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 11:18:00AM -0400, Cary Pembleton wrote: > Simo, > First of all "Thank you!" and I really mean that. I really appreciate this > list and the=e people on it who try to help each other. I believe the > directories are readable by www-data, since www-data is a member of the > ma

Re: installation problem with SATA?

On 8/1/06, Deephay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Through Gentoo wiki I found that it is a problem caused by the SouthBridge chipset VIA VT8237A, and Gentoo provided a solution. Anybody successfully installed debian with VT8237 SATA? Most likely this doesn't apply (if I remember correctly what your

Re: Really stupid mutt question

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:40:08PM +0800, JerryKwok wrote: > 2006/7/31, Heimdall Midgard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >I've been banging my head for the past six hours trying to figure out > >how to write a message in Mutt. (So I've given up and used GMail > >instead.) > > > > This has been a question

Re: Really stupid mutt question

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:59:34AM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:40:08PM +0800, JerryKwok wrote.. > > > 2006/7/31, Heimdall Midgard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >I've been banging my head for the past six hours trying to figure > > >out how to write a message in Mut

Re: CUPS dependencies

Carl Fink wrote: > I thought I mentioned that in another message to this list. > Because lprng explicitly doesn't support USB printers. I tried > that. Sorry, which message (I'm not subscribed)? My printer nowadays is a USB one and it works fine with lprng. Regards, Jan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

How do you get vim-latexsuite to work?

I installed Debian's vim-latexsuite package. It seemed to install fine, but when I open a .tex document none of the commands seem to work. For example, when I push F5, I don't get a menu of options to choose like equartion , etc.. Or when I type :TTemplate it doesn't give me template options. An

NFSv3 Not supported; can't read superblock

Greetings- After bringing my two systems back up after routine maintenance, I can no longer mount an nfs share from one to the other. These have coexisted for some time, but have probably not been rebooted for several months and across numerous apt-get updates. The NFS client machine does n

Re: Is KDE difficult to use?

Kde is more powerfull than gnome and it has more features and very good apps. Try kopete amarok  kdevelop and korganizer! Also Kde is faster than gnome. Also if you love visualisations and tricks try superkaramba and its themes. If you see vista screenshots you will think that superkaramba "copies

Odp: Is KDE difficult to use?

For me as a newbie KDE is more comfortable (means Win(R) like and more intuitive than gnome) It is not faster, nor slower A bit more friendly "look" First I used default gnome, later I switched to KDE and do not want to go back regards Zbigniew JerryKwok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2006-08-02 16

RE: Apache2 Manhattan Virtual Classroom

Simo, First of all "Thank you!" and I really mean that. I really appreciate this list and the=e people on it who try to help each other. I believe the directories are readable by www-data, since www-data is a member of the manhat "Group" and manhat is a member of the "www-data" group. How can I ver

flash plugin and audio output

Hi! Is there any way I can tell macromedia's (adobe's :) mozilla flash plugin to output sound to hw:0,2 instead of default? (if this is possible with the libflash-mozplugin package, please tell me about that instead :) Thanks! Daniel -- LeVA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Really stupid mutt question

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:40:08PM +0800, JerryKwok wrote.. > 2006/7/31, Heimdall Midgard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >I've been banging my head for the past six hours trying to figure > >out how to write a message in Mutt. (So I've given up and used > >GMail instead.) > > This has been a questi

Re: Is KDE difficult to use?

JerryKwok wrote: I installed ubuntu 5.10 before,and that's my first linux experience.I just feel gnome a little slow(much slower than on my windowsxp ).Now I'm gonna try the debian and KDE.So,is KDE similar to gnome?Is it faster?Is it easier to use? You're basically asking the question "Is

Re: Really stupid mutt question

On (02/08/06 22:40), JerryKwok wrote: > 2006/7/31, Heimdall Midgard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >I've been banging my head for the past six hours trying to figure out > >how to write a message in Mutt. (So I've given up and used GMail > >instead.) > > This has been a question to me for a long time.Why

Re: Is KDE difficult to use?

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:50:37PM +0800, JerryKwok wrote: > I installed ubuntu 5.10 before,and that's my first linux experience.I just > feel > gnome a little slow(much slower than on my windowsxp ).Now I'm gonna try > the debian and KDE.So,is KDE similar to gnome?Is it faster?Is it easier to >

Re: Packaging PHP files

Le mercredi 02 août 2006 à 10:18 -0400, Kit Peters a écrit : > At work, we would like to use apt to distribute WWW applications > written in PHP to various other machines of ours. What's the best way > to package these applications into debs, as they aren't compiled? > Should I write Makefiles whe

Is KDE difficult to use?

I installed ubuntu 5.10 before,and that's my first linux experience.I just feel gnome a little slow(much slower than on my windowsxp ).Now I'm gonna try the debian and KDE.So,is KDE similar to gnome?Is it faster?Is it easier to use? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: Really stupid mutt question

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:40:08PM +0800, JerryKwok wrote: [...] > This has been a question to me for a long time.Why do we use mutt when > many other better manager(evolution) especially when mutt's so complex > and difficult to remeber the binds. For me, the answers are: - Running Evolution ove

Re: Mobile phone management utility

Rodolfo Medina wrote: Rodolfo Medina wrote: I'm looking for a mobile phone management utility that work under Debian Sarge stable. I installed `gnokii' with `apt-get', but when I try to start it it sticks: I connect the phone with usb cable, then start gnokii with any option but: GNOKII Ve

Re: Packaging PHP files

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 10:18:34AM -0400, Kit Peters wrote: > At work, we would like to use apt to distribute WWW applications > written in PHP to various other machines of ours. What's the best way > to package these applications into debs, as they aren't compiled? > Should I write Makefiles wher

SOLVED: 2.6 upgrade left machine unbootable

On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 14:41 +0100, michael wrote: > I've been running the Debian 2.6.8-3-686-smp kernel image happily for a > while. However today I did a update/upgrade which involved updating the > image (attachment has details from apt-listchanges) and, as told during > installation of these, I

Re: Really stupid mutt question

2006/7/31, Heimdall Midgard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I've been banging my head for the past six hours trying to figure out how to write a message in Mutt. (So I've given up and used GMail instead.) This has been a question to me for a long time.Why do we use mutt when many other better manager(ev

Re: Mobile phone management utility

Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I'm looking for a mobile phone management utility that work under >> Debian Sarge stable. I installed `gnokii' with `apt-get', but when I try >> to start it it sticks: I connect the phone with usb cable, then >> start gnokii with any option but: >> >> GNOKII Version 0.6.5

Problems with "burn" program

This used to work. If I could only remember what I changed that might be relevant I wouldn't need to ask here... but I don't. So. Since "recently" the (neat) program "burn" behaves like this: ** begin console session excerpt ** $ grep -v '^#' ~/.burnrc [general] ask_root: yes external_decoding:

Packaging PHP files

At work, we would like to use apt to distribute WWW applications written in PHP to various other machines of ours. What's the best way to package these applications into debs, as they aren't compiled? Should I write Makefiles where the only non-empty target is 'install'? Or is there a better way?

Re: CUPS dependencies

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 03:06:22PM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > > > I've filed a bug, no response so far from the maintainer. > > According to that bug report, you have a bog-standard LaserJet. So > why not install lprng and magicfilter? ... I thought I mentioned that i

Re: 2.6 upgrade left machine unbootable

I also note that during boot up the SATA disks now seem to be labelled hda (etc) - they used to be sda (etc). Despite changing that on the GRUB boot line I still cannot log in. I do (or did?!) have a nVidia module but I presume that is not the issue since the boot doesn't get far enough to load X

2.6 upgrade left machine unbootable

I've been running the Debian 2.6.8-3-686-smp kernel image happily for a while. However today I did a update/upgrade which involved updating the image (attachment has details from apt-listchanges) and, as told during installation of these, I rebooted as soon as apt-get had completed. However I can n

Re: CUPS dependencies

John Hasler wrote: RLH writes: The problems we now are experiencing with CUPS appear to be a consequence of the transition to Etch. I haven't noticed any change in the level of complaints about CUPS. It seems to me that they have been pretty much constant since it was introduced. It appears

Re: CUPS dependencies

Carl Fink wrote: > I've filed a bug, no response so far from the maintainer. According to that bug report, you have a bog-standard LaserJet. So why not install lprng and magicfilter? First remove as many CUPS-related packages as the system will let you (most probably it will not let you remov

Sorry for hoax

Sorry for the hoax Florian Ernst has send me the new information that the Email "help her" is only a hoax. :( yue zhang -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

what happened to courier-authlibmysql?

I tried to do an aptitude dist-upgrade on a testing box and it wanted to delete courier-authlibmysql. Is the functionality part of something else or otherwise what is going on? Thanks. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John

Re: Is the latest kernel image in Unstable 2.6.17.7 or greater?

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:43:02AM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > Hello list. > > I'm wondering two things. One: Is the latest kernel in Sid the > 2.6.17.7? Two: Why doesn't it say that some where so that I wouldn't > need to ask the list? It's usually mentioned in the changelog. I agree that it

Re: driver for lexmark x3300 series

David Baron wrote: On Wednesday 02 August 2006 11:51, Roger Leigh wrote: Jabka Atu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: i own lexmark x3330 printer and cups reconze it as lexmark series x3300 but i can't find any driver wich will make it work. after googling for almost two weeks i know that the

Re: Mobile phone management utility

Rodolfo .. nice and cool prog is moto4lin . http://moto4lin.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page. Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi, dear all. I'm looking for a mobile phone management utility that work under Debian Sarge stable. I installed `gnokii' with `apt-get', but when I try to start it it sticks: I co

Re: OT: script languages

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 08:37:13AM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I need to write several scripts for file manipulation, for example: > change name files, read specific columns and write them in a new file, > call fortan programs to read these files, etc. Because I have to learn > ho

Re: Cron-job

On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Oliver Jato wrote: > > Example (which not works) > > index.php > > > > > // Read last timestamp > > $file_name = "last_mail"; > > $file = fopen($file_name, "r+"); > > $content = fread($file, filesize($filename)); > > > > $time = time(); > > if($file[0]

Re: open-office.org crashes when opening pps files

Bruno Buys wrote: OO.org always crashes when I try to open pps/ppt files. I installed the 2.0.3 version with deb packages, provided by www.openoffice.org. I tried reinstalling, but no good. Even the brazilian localization version fails the same way. Any one seen this? thanks! Probably it is

Re: Cron-job

> Example (which not works) > index.php > > // Read last timestamp > $file_name = "last_mail"; > $file = fopen($file_name, "r+"); > $content = fread($file, filesize($filename)); > > $time = time(); > if($file[0] >= $time + $diff) { > include "mai

Re: CUPS dependencies

Russell L. Harris wrote: > No application or utility can survive lack of maintenance, because every > application and every utility is but part of a larger system to which > changes constantly are being made. So eventually you shall have no > choice but to abandon lprng, unless you find a way to m

OT: script languages

Hello, I need to write several scripts for file manipulation, for example: change name files, read specific columns and write them in a new file, call fortan programs to read these files, etc. Because I have to learn how to do this, I wonder what scrip language is better: Perl or Phyton? or anothe

Re: how to schedule a command

Serena Cantor wrote: I type "crontab -e" and add a line that have 6 fields, but it does not work. crontab -l -u user Another question: I have installed jre 1.5 from sun on my sarge. how to config fonts? it can't display Chinese properly now. In lib directory, there seems config files for

Re: Wireless module bcm43xx in 2.6.17 kernel

Freddy Freeloader wrote: > > I haven't, however, gotten this to work with or without any > security. It goes through the motions but it never recieves a dhcp > offer from the router. Just to check, did you set the channel / ssid with iwconfig? -- George Borisov DXSolutions Ltd signature.a

Re: Alsa stopped working in Etch (Testing)

Chris Lale wrote: I updated Etch (Testing) today and sound (alsa-base 1.0.11-2) stopped working. I installed the version from Unstable (alsa-base 1.0.11-3) which has the same dependencies and reloaded /etc/init.d/alsa, but no luck. There seems to be a conflict with Gnome software sound mixing (

Re: Cron-job

Hello Henning! > I have a php-site on which I want to send periodic mails out. > I want cron to schedule that, but I don't know how to get cron to > manage that. > I have my own Linux-box on which I put the line > lynx http://blabla.com/mailscript.php > but on my hosted webserver, there are obviou

Best (a good) main board for server for Debian? (twin Xeon)

I'm suspicious about part of the main board in a Dell 1800. It occurs to me that if I find myself rebuilding it, it doesn't have to be a Dell board that goes into it. Twin Xeon, SATA, I'd like to run two screens, some sort of sound has to be plugged in. What works well with Debian (Etch if it ma

VCD menu and xine - howto?

Hello, My xine (xine-ui 0.99, standard installation from debian-sarge 3a0) does not want to support VCD menus. It just does nothing when you click on the menu item. It's a problem for me because of the collection of fairytales on VCD. My daughter is not able to seek between "tracks T1, E1 etc."

Re: adding a package to debian tree.

On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:39:55 +0300 Jabka Atu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > there is an old package known as IWIZ that is maintind by z9u2k. > i see that it is not in debian tree how can i add it ? > > i have both the source and the copmiled package. > im not the maintiner/creator of this package

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