Re: Is it possible to get Nvidia 8500GT Vid. card to work with debian stable?

2008-01-12 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 12:24:18AM -0600, R. Ramesh wrote: > Per debian package search and apt-cache info the version of Xorg in stable > is 7.1. Open source nv driver in Xorg 7.1 seem to support only upto > Geforce 7xxx. I want to buy nvidia 8500GT cart and it is based on Geforce > 8xxx. My un

Is it possible to get Nvidia 8500GT Vid. card to work with debian stable?

2008-01-12 Thread R. Ramesh
Hi, Per debian package search and apt-cache info the version of Xorg in stable is 7.1. Open source nv driver in Xorg 7.1 seem to support only upto Geforce 7xxx. I want to buy nvidia 8500GT cart and it is based on Geforce 8xxx. My understanding is that this card is supported by nv driver in X

Re: Fonts

2008-01-12 Thread Raquel
On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:28:27 +0100 Tom Rauchenwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm looking for fonts, like Times Roman, etc, for Etch. I don't > > seem to be able to find much Can anyone help? > > Install the package msttcorefonts (it is in contrib i t

Re: Perl realted question..

2008-01-12 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:47:41 -0900 Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 10:04:19PM -0500, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: > > > > Is there a way to place the last line read > > when reading from a file? My suspicion is there > > is no such thing but i do want to confirm.. > > Just

Re: problems with mrxvt

2008-01-12 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 22:06:35 +0200 Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > it is missing a proper scrollbar). Couldn't find a good tabbed terminal. They > are either way to heavy and kde/gnome relient (kterm, gnome-terminal, > roxterminal), not compatible with compiz (urxvt with perl-tabs exten

Re: Getting System Stats

2008-01-12 Thread Celejar
[message reorganized to undo top-posting; please don't top post] On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 22:49:52 +0100 "Martin Marcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/9/08, Shane D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey, > > > > What would one type in to the shell to get some of the statistics of a > > machine? I am

Re: Autostart programs: How to remove them?

2008-01-12 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 00:28:18 +0100 Nyizsnyik Ferenc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you people tried to kill the unwanted programs then save the > session? At least this approach works perfectly in Xfce. Just to clarify, xfce apparently autostarts two sets of programs, those you set in Settings/

Re: lynx configuration

2008-01-12 Thread César
I some times use lynx from console 'mrxvt' I type lynx from console and I can see a list of options : Other sources of Lynx help: * lynx.cfg options -- a reference for advanced configurations may be this can help you!! ;-) ___ http://www.sindom

Re: Fonts

2008-01-12 Thread David
Raquel wrote: I'm looking for fonts, like Times Roman, etc, for Etch. I don't seem to be able to find much Can anyone help? There is the non-free msst corefonts package, but also an open package which I haven't had a chance to look at yet. As I understand it, it contains fonts such as time

Re: Fonts

2008-01-12 Thread Tom Rauchenwald
Raquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm looking for fonts, like Times Roman, etc, for Etch. I don't seem > to be able to find much Can anyone help? Install the package msttcorefonts (it is in contrib i think) to get Times New Roman, Arial and so on. IMO the free alternatives like the DejaVu or

lynx configuration

2008-01-12 Thread hce
Hi, I've just installed lynx. I am a vim user and I like to use vim key map on lynx and use the same terminal background color (black) in lynx (lynx uses gray background by default) when I start the lynx. After reading the lynx manual, I still could not figure out how to set up background color a

Fonts

2008-01-12 Thread Raquel
I'm looking for fonts, like Times Roman, etc, for Etch. I don't seem to be able to find much Can anyone help? -- Raquel Man is always inclined to be intolerant towards the thing, or person, he hasn't taken the time adequately to under

Re: packages broken

2008-01-12 Thread Zach
Florian wrote: > I am running Debian testing with 2.6.18 kernel and ALSA sound. Any fix > for these likely to be available soon? I've been doing an update every > day and still see these errors. Something broken in Gnome it seems > related to the audio. Please clarify this last point if you want h

Re: KDSC/noatun work only when run by root

2008-01-12 Thread Marty
Marty wrote: Marty wrote: On my debian Etch system with Gnome desktop, when run by a user kdsc doesn't play a cd, and noatun crashes, but both work when run by root. The user ID is in the audio group and all gnome audio applications work correctly. Previously kscd worked correctly, and the p

Re: KDSC/noatun work only when run by root

2008-01-12 Thread Marty
Marty wrote: On my debian Etch system with Gnome desktop, when run by a user kdsc doesn't play a cd, and noatun crashes, but both work when run by root. The user ID is in the audio group and all gnome audio applications work correctly. Previously kscd worked correctly, and the problems seem t

KDSC/noatun work only when run by root

2008-01-12 Thread Marty
On my debian Etch system with Gnome desktop, when run by a user kdsc doesn't play a cd, and noatun crashes, but both work when run by root. The user ID is in the audio group and all gnome audio applications work correctly. Previously kscd worked correctly, and the problems seem to have started

Re: modem hungup forever

2008-01-12 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 10:42:36PM +0100, Micaela Gallerini wrote: > 2008/1/12, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Try installing minicom and setting it up. Then try talking to your > > modem. Is this an internal or external modem? ttyS0 is usually the > > first serial port on the box

Re: badblocks -- how much time does it take?

2008-01-12 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 11:14:13AM -0800, Towncat wrote: > On jan. 12, 19:20, Michael Shuler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 01/12/2008 11:40 AM, Towncat wrote: > > > > > /sbin/badblocks -c 10240 -w -t random -v /dev/sda2 > > > > > where sda2 is a 320 gb partition. The process has been running fo

Re: V?: aptitude reinstall from file contained package names?

2008-01-12 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 07:57:07AM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 08:22:15AM +0100, Paul Csanyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > 2008/1/12, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 09:47:21PM +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: > > > > 2008/1/9,

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-12 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 07:53:28PM +0100, Manon Metten wrote: > On 1/11/08, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > If you spin around in a circle fast enough while holding the flash > > card, all the bits slide to the outside edge where they're harder to > > reach. ;) > > > > Yeah,

Re: badblocks -- how much time does it take?

2008-01-12 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 09:40:36AM -0800, Towncat wrote: > > I did a > > /sbin/badblocks -c 10240 -w -t random -v /dev/sda2 > > where sda2 is a 320 gb partition. The process has been running for > approx 18 hours and is just over three thirds. Is this really supposed > to be so slow, or is there

Re: azureus

2008-01-12 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 05:50:48PM -0600, Michael Shuler wrote: > On 01/12/2008 05:15 PM, Rick Pasotto wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 12:01:09AM +0100, Peter Greff wrote: >>> On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:37:02 -0500 >>> Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> When I launch azureus I get a ful

Re: azureus

2008-01-12 Thread Michael Shuler
On 01/12/2008 05:15 PM, Rick Pasotto wrote: On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 12:01:09AM +0100, Peter Greff wrote: On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:37:02 -0500 Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When I launch azureus I get a full-screen window with a black background in the middle of which in white letters i

Re: vesa 1280x800

2008-01-12 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Jan 12, 2008 2:39 PM, Kum Gabor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 12 January 2008 16:11, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 10:50:01AM +0100, Kum Gabor wrote: > > > On Saturday 12 January 2008 00:59, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 10:21:56AM +0100

Re: azureus

2008-01-12 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 12:01:09AM +0100, Peter Greff wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:37:02 -0500 > Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When I launch azureus I get a full-screen window with a black background > > in the middle of which in white letters is: "Loading...Please Wait". > > >

Re: azureus

2008-01-12 Thread Peter Greff
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:37:02 -0500 Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I launch azureus I get a full-screen window with a black background > in the middle of which in white letters is: "Loading...Please Wait". > > Fifteen+ minutes and there has been no change. How long am I supposed to

Re: vesa 1280x800

2008-01-12 Thread Kum Gabor
On Saturday 12 January 2008 16:11, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 10:50:01AM +0100, Kum Gabor wrote: > > On Saturday 12 January 2008 00:59, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 10:21:56AM +0100, Kum Gabor wrote: > > > > Can somebody help me how to set up 1280x800

Re: find the blocksize of a FS

2008-01-12 Thread Jan C. Nordholz
Hi, > > is there a way to get the blocksize of an FS thru /proc or something else > > that doesn't rely on the utils (dumpe2fs, xfs_info) to be installed? > > Not that I can see. You can query the disk geometry, but proc is too > low level to know about what filesystems are on the devices. > /pro

azureus

2008-01-12 Thread Rick Pasotto
When I launch azureus I get a full-screen window with a black background in the middle of which in white letters is: "Loading...Please Wait". Fifteen+ minutes and there has been no change. How long am I supposed to wait? What is it I'm supposed to be waiting for? -- "The greatest problem in comm

Re: find the blocksize of a FS

2008-01-12 Thread David Fox
On 1/12/08, Martin Marcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is there a way to get the blocksize of an FS thru /proc or something else > that doesn't rely on the utils (dumpe2fs, xfs_info) to be installed? Not that I can see. You can query the disk geometry, but proc is too low level to know about wha

Let's Get In Touch

2008-01-12 Thread Barr . Boris Johnson
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[OT] Re: Burn CD

2008-01-12 Thread s. keeling
Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > The real problem is a problem caused by the fact that the people > > > who "created" the wodim "project" don't like to cooperate in a way > > > that results in quality. I cannot accept patches that don't fix > > > the problems they are intended to

Re: badblocks -- how much time does it take?

2008-01-12 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/12/08 15:29, Alex Samad wrote: On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 03:11:57PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/12/08 11:40, Towncat wrote: Hi, I did a /sbin/badblocks -c 10240 -w -t random -v /dev/sda2 Why? Don't you trust brand new disk drives? where sda2 is a 320 gb partition. The process has

Re: OT: Conference Recordings about Open Source topics

2008-01-12 Thread David Fox
> Thank you. It's a great archive about Debian related topics. Are there > other more general Open Source and Linux? What can be more general than kernel walkthrough videos? SVLUG (in Silicon Valley CA) has done a number of kernel walkthrough sessions, sponsored by google, and uploaded to youtube.

Re: modem hungup forever

2008-01-12 Thread Micaela Gallerini
2008/1/12, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Try installing minicom and setting it up. Then try talking to your > modem. Is this an internal or external modem? ttyS0 is usually the > first serial port on the box so I'm guessing external. What kind? What > lights does it show? Turn up

Re: badblocks -- how much time does it take?

2008-01-12 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 03:11:57PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/12/08 11:40, Towncat wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I did a >> >> /sbin/badblocks -c 10240 -w -t random -v /dev/sda2 > > Why? Don't you trust brand new disk drives? > >> where sda2 is a 320 gb partition. The process has been running for >>

Re: badblocks -- how much time does it take?

2008-01-12 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/12/08 11:40, Towncat wrote: Hi, I did a /sbin/badblocks -c 10240 -w -t random -v /dev/sda2 Why? Don't you trust brand new disk drives? where sda2 is a 320 gb partition. The process has been running for approx 18 hours and is just over three thirds. Is this really supposed to be so sl

debian 4.0 on ppc

2008-01-12 Thread Mark Quitoriano
HI, im having a hard time installing debian 4.0 in ppc. im following this documentation[1] for booting the CD/DVD. I also tried first the normal process booting the CD by pressing C on boot-up but didn't work so i use that documentation. Anyway im not sure if that's the right way of booting debian

Re: .bash_profile and .bashrc not executing

2008-01-12 Thread Martin Marcher
On Saturday 12 January 2008 20:50 John Salmon wrote: > I'm a new user to Debian Linux. I have the latest version loaded on a > dedicated PC with all the default settings. I have added a ~/bin directory > to my system. My .bash_profile and .bashrc files were the default files > loaded during the in

.bash_profile and .bashrc not executing

2008-01-12 Thread John Salmon
I'm a new user to Debian Linux. I have the latest version loaded on a dedicated PC with all the default settings. I have added a ~/bin directory to my system. My .bash_profile and .bashrc files were the default files loaded during the install. However, my PATH remains unchanged when I log on ev

Re: aptitute became non-working after installation of manual-compiled .deb Linux kernel

2008-01-12 Thread Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich
On Jan 12, 2008 6:54 PM, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [ Please stop top-posting. ] > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 17:47:08 +0300, Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich wrote: > > On Jan 12, 2008 5:26 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 16:57:04 +0300, Ebanutiy Ebanatik Eba

ifconfig don't list interfaces

2008-01-12 Thread Paul Csanyi
Hello! ifconfig don't list interfaces on my Debian Etch system. sudo ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:7D:FC:1A:B2 inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:7dff:fefc:1ab2/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNIN

Re: badblocks -- how much time does it take?

2008-01-12 Thread Towncat
On jan. 12, 19:20, Michael Shuler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 01/12/2008 11:40 AM, Towncat wrote: > > > /sbin/badblocks -c 10240 -w -t random -v /dev/sda2 > > > where sda2 is a 320 gb partition. The process has been running for > > approx 18 hours and is just over three thirds. Is this really s

Re: links in icedove/thunderbird stopped working

2008-01-12 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:40:11 +0100, Kent West wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 01/12/08 00:18, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: >>> >>> I run testing - I read email in icedove/thunderbird and browse the web >>> with iceweasel/firefox. Lately (past few days) links have stopped >>> working >>> in icedove.

segmentation fault but why?

2008-01-12 Thread chris dunn
Running scanimage -L as root (su) yields the correct answer and identifies my scanner. Running scanimage -L as user yields "Segmentation fault" only. Does anyone have a suggestion as to why this might be, and how I can identify the reason for the problem? Thanks. Chris Dunn -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: vesa 1280x800

2008-01-12 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 10:50:01AM +0100, Kum Gabor wrote: > On Saturday 12 January 2008 00:59, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 10:21:56AM +0100, Kum Gabor wrote: > > > Can somebody help me how to set up 1280x800 on Etch with vesa driver? > > > For me only 1280x720 is working. (

Re: OT: Flash memory

2008-01-12 Thread Manon Metten
On 1/11/08, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you spin around in a circle fast enough while holding the flash > card, all the bits slide to the outside edge where they're harder to > reach. ;) > Yeah, I had the same problem with my harddisk. It spins by nature. But to compensate I

gscanbus: resource temporarily unavaliable

2008-01-12 Thread Andrea Giuliano
Hi, I recently bought a Sony MiniDV camcorder (DCR-HC44). This model has an iLink output, so I bought an IEEE1394 host adapter, too. The adapter has the chipset Agere FW323-6, which is reported as "working" on www.linux1394.org. Actually, the IEEE1394 card is working, but only when the camera is

Re: badblocks -- how much time does it take?

2008-01-12 Thread Michael Shuler
On 01/12/2008 11:40 AM, Towncat wrote: /sbin/badblocks -c 10240 -w -t random -v /dev/sda2 where sda2 is a 320 gb partition. The process has been running for approx 18 hours and is just over three thirds. Is this really supposed to be so slow, or is there something wrong? The machine is a Core Du

badblocks -- how much time does it take?

2008-01-12 Thread Towncat
Hi, I did a /sbin/badblocks -c 10240 -w -t random -v /dev/sda2 where sda2 is a 320 gb partition. The process has been running for approx 18 hours and is just over three thirds. Is this really supposed to be so slow, or is there something wrong? The machine is a Core Duo 1,6, 2GB memory. Tc --

Re: vg_md0-swap: not deactivating: busy

2008-01-12 Thread Towncat
On jan. 7, 17:20, Towncat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 7, 10:00 am, Towncat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to deactivate a logical volume and the volume group it is > > inside, but I get this error message (not exactly, I'm writing this > > from memory). The point is, that the s

Re: Movies, household network and 54g limits... (maybe...)

2008-01-12 Thread Peter Teunissen
On 11-jan-2008, at 22:57, johnny wrote: For example, Peter, with N, you say is better, but may I ask you the architecture of your network? (fast: only you or...) Because of your question and the level of the discussion, I did some more testing. My original remark was just based on small obs

Re: [OT] mslinux

2008-01-12 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > [This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Baron wrote: > > On Tuesday 01 January 2008, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> i was browsing around and ran into the following > >> > >> http://www.mslinux.org/ > > > > I do

Re: debian on xserve?

2008-01-12 Thread Jose Luis Rivas Contreras
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Quitoriano wrote: > anyone tried to install debian on xserve? what architecture do i need to > use? x86_64? > > -- > Regards, > Mark Quitoriano > http://asterisk.org.ph > > Fan the flame... > http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=user/register&r=1944

Re: V?: aptitude reinstall from file contained package names?

2008-01-12 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 08:22:15AM +0100, Paul Csanyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > 2008/1/12, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 09:47:21PM +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: > > > 2008/1/9, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 02:3

Re: aptitute became non-working after installation of manual-compiled .deb Linux kernel

2008-01-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
[ Please stop top-posting. ] On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 17:47:08 +0300, Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich wrote: > On Jan 12, 2008 5:26 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 16:57:04 +0300, Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich wrote: > > > On Jan 12, 2008 1:36 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > O

Re: aptitute became non-working after installation of manual-compiled .deb Linux kernel

2008-01-12 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 05:47:08PM +0300, Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > xxx:/home/xxx# ls -l /boot/ /lib/modules/ > /boot/: > total 15845 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73188 2008-01-03 21:34 config-2.6.22-2-amd64 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68625 2008-01-04 08:5

Re: links in icedove/thunderbird stopped working

2008-01-12 Thread Kent West
Ron Johnson wrote: On 01/12/08 00:18, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: Hi all, I run testing - I read email in icedove/thunderbird and browse the web with iceweasel/firefox. Lately (past few days) links have stopped working in icedove. Before, I'd click a web link and the page would come up in firefox

Re: Burn CD

2008-01-12 Thread Joerg Schilling
> > The real problem is a problem caused by the fact that the people > > who "created" the wodim "project" don't like to cooperate in a way > > that results in quality. I cannot accept patches that don't fix > > the problems they are intended to fix but introduce bugs instead. > Hey Joerg

Re: Burn CD

2008-01-12 Thread Joerg Schilling
>> What's stopping cdrecord from being in Debian alongside wodim? > Its license (mix). Many people see various problems: > http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/006193.html > http://lwn.net/Articles/195167/ > http://lwn.net/Articles/199061/ > He is mixing CDDL with GPL code and even

Re: strange behavior of etherneth cards

2008-01-12 Thread Paul Csanyi
2008/1/12, Peter Greff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:24:10 +0100 > "Paul Csanyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have a look at /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules. There you will > find something like > > ### > PCI device 0x10de:0x03ef (forcedeth) > SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS==

find the blocksize of a FS

2008-01-12 Thread Martin Marcher
Hi, is there a way to get the blocksize of an FS thru /proc or something else that doesn't rely on the utils (dumpe2fs, xfs_info) to be installed? thanks martin -- http://noneisyours.marcher.name http://feeds.feedburner.com/NoneIsYours You are not free to read this message, by doing so, you ha

Re: Trusted computing [WAS new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-12 Thread Damon L. Chesser
David wrote: Scott Gifford wrote: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jimmy Wu wrote: [...] (2) Does Debian support TPM chips? What is the community's take on the issue? My take is that TPM does have some security merits, but it also has a lot of potential for abuse. Google turned up these

Re: aptitute became non-working after installation of manual-compiled .deb Linux kernel

2008-01-12 Thread Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich
xxx:/home/xxx# ls -l /boot/ /lib/modules/ /boot/: total 15845 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73188 2008-01-03 21:34 config-2.6.22-2-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68625 2008-01-04 08:52 config-2.6.23 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root1024 2008-01-12 16:54 grub -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5662697 2008-01-02 09:56 init

Re: aptitute became non-working after installation of manual-compiled .deb Linux kernel

2008-01-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 16:57:04 +0300, Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich wrote: > On Jan 12, 2008 1:36 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 03:17:10 +0300, Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich wrote: > > > I compiled Linux kernel package using make-kpkg --initrd > > > --revision=bitobor.1.1

Re: aptitute became non-working after installation of manual-compiled .deb Linux kernel

2008-01-12 Thread Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich
> How did you install your custom kernel image? (We need to know the exact > command.) dpkg -i /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.23_bitobor.1.1_amd64.deb > Were there any error messages or warnings? No > What is the output of this command: > dpkg -l linux-image\* | awk '/^[^D|+]/{print $1,$2,$3}' un lin

Re: Burn CD

2008-01-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
s. keeling: > > What's stopping cdrecord from being in Debian alongside wodim? Its license (mix). Many people see various problems: http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/006193.html http://lwn.net/Articles/195167/ http://lwn.net/Articles/199061/ He is mixing CDDL with GPL code and even

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2008 #118

2008-01-12 Thread Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum
> > Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:29:16 + > From: "Benjamin M. A'Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Installing Skype 2 on Lenny? > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:03:06PM -0800, Dr. > Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: >

Re: packages broken

2008-01-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 16:47:03 -0500, Zach wrote: > I am running Debian testing with 2.6.18 kernel and ALSA sound. Any fix > for these likely to be available soon? I've been doing an update every > day and still see these errors. Something broken in Gnome it seems > related to the audio. Please

Re: Syncing mail with a PalmOs device

2008-01-12 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri January 11 2008, Celejar wrote: > I may have been unclear, but pilot-link works fine, and I assume jpilot > will too, once I configure it.  My problem is that IIUC, syncing the > data for specific apps requires conduits designed for the apps' > specific database formats, and I know of no con

Re: Burn CD

2008-01-12 Thread Gerard Robin
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 04:02:18AM +0100, s. keeling wrote: From: "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Burn CD X-Spam-Virus: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on liszt.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 requir

Re: Movies, household network and 54g limits... (maybe...)

2008-01-12 Thread johnny
> In particular, the hidden transmitter problem really bites 802.11b/g. > If computer A , Computer B, and access point P... 1. Ok, but do you know papers or scientist engineers talking about a possible solution (b/g) and indicating a way (eg. drivers change)? 2. Does the story change as to n

Re: Trusted computing [WAS new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]

2008-01-12 Thread Martin Marcher
On Saturday 12 January 2008 08:45 David wrote: > I'm a member of Al Quaida OMG, everybody RUN! Yes that "missquote" was on purpose, please read the references before arresting this person...(whoever it may concern...) -- http://noneisyours.marcher.name http://feeds.feedbur

Re: aptitute became non-working after installation of manual-compiled .deb Linux kernel

2008-01-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 03:17:10 +0300, Ebanutiy Ebanatik Ebanatovich wrote: > I compiled Linux kernel package using make-kpkg --initrd > --revision=bitobor.1.1 kernel_image. > Then I succesfully installed it > (/usr/src/linux-image-2.6.23_bitobor.1.1_amd64.deb) > After that, synaptic & aptitude sa

debian on xserve?

2008-01-12 Thread Mark Quitoriano
anyone tried to install debian on xserve? what architecture do i need to use? x86_64? -- Regards, Mark Quitoriano http://asterisk.org.ph Fan the flame... http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=user/register&r=19441

Re: vesa 1280x800

2008-01-12 Thread Kum Gabor
On Saturday 12 January 2008 00:59, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 10:21:56AM +0100, Kum Gabor wrote: > > Can somebody help me how to set up 1280x800 on Etch with vesa driver? > > For me only 1280x720 is working. (video is SiS672) > > That may not be possible for the vesa driver (

Re: GLIBC 2.4 for Debian Etch

2008-01-12 Thread Deng Xiyue
Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2008-01-11 23:37 +0100, David Fox wrote: > >> On 1/11/08, Kum Gabor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Does somebody know something easy method of upgrading GLIBC to version 2.4 >>> from 2.3.6 without upgrading Etch to Lenny? >> >> I don't see it - and

Re: links in icedove/thunderbird stopped working

2008-01-12 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/12/08 00:18, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: Hi all, I run testing - I read email in icedove/thunderbird and browse the web with iceweasel/firefox. Lately (past few days) links have stopped working in icedove. Before, I'd click a web link and the page would come up in firefox. Now, nothing. I have

Re: GLIBC 2.4 for Debian Etch

2008-01-12 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-01-11 23:37 +0100, David Fox wrote: > On 1/11/08, Kum Gabor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Does somebody know something easy method of upgrading GLIBC to version 2.4 >> from 2.3.6 without upgrading Etch to Lenny? > > I don't see it - and likely there would be too many breakages. Um, coul

Re: installing 'hotplug' disrupts device management

2008-01-12 Thread tom arnall
On Friday 11 January 2008 20:15, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:16:06PM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > On Friday 11 January 2008 16:19, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > Show us your /etc/apt/sources.list, is it up-to-date? > > > > ## etch - Debian (currently etch) > > deb http://ft