Re: New Debian Install Blackscreen

2008-08-08 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/08/2008 09:57 PM, Taahir wrote: I am a fairly new linux user, and have recently installed Debian on its own hard disk in what will eventually become a dual-boot system. The Windows drive is currently not connected, so that isn't a factor. My graphics card is an nvidia 8800 gts. My proble

Re: what's the best IDE for C programming in Debian?

2008-08-08 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-08-09 07:09 +0200, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > But emacs I've used for writing code. Not a lot of code, but enough to > get the basic stuff wired in. I also use it as a general purpose > editor (it's my default editor in mutt, for example, with it's own > .emacs just for mutt, so I don'

Re: [OT] Debian stickers in India

2008-08-08 Thread Jos Collin
You have to order it online from Debian shop. http://www.debianshop.com/ But it will not be delivered in India, I think. Anyway, If you have someone in United States, you can order it by giving his/her address as the shipping address. Also if you are interested in free software why can't you don

Re: [OT] Debian stickers in India

2008-08-08 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
Saturday 09 August 2008, Santanu Chatterjee wrote : > Hello Everybody, > > This is probably a bit off topic but I don't know where else to ask. > Does anyone here know where can I get Debian Stickers (you know, > with the Debian swirl) in India... anybody who sells such stickers? > > I really want

[OT] Debian stickers in India

2008-08-08 Thread Santanu Chatterjee
Hello Everybody, This is probably a bit off topic but I don't know where else to ask. Does anyone here know where can I get Debian Stickers (you know, with the Debian swirl) in India... anybody who sells such stickers? I really want to stick that to my laptop :-) Regards, Santanu Chatterjee --

Re: New Debian Install Blackscreen

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 09:57:44PM -0500, Taahir wrote: > > I am a fairly new linux user, and have recently installed Debian on its own > hard > disk in what will eventually become a dual-boot system. The Windows drive is > currently not connected, so that isn't a factor. My graphics card is an

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 07:00:52PM -0400, "Damon L. Chesser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 06:58 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > One of my active anti-goals is making aptitude the best package > > manager after you enter 500 configuration options to enable all th

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 07:50:39PM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 16:23 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 07:00:52PM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 06:58 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 03

Re: Router IPv6

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 09:08:56AM +0700, Zaki Akhmad wrote: > On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > modprobe ipv6 > > I can't see anything happens here > # modprobe ipv6 I suspect that what Alex is getting at is simple. to use ipv6 you need, at a minimum, t

New Debian Install Blackscreen

2008-08-08 Thread Taahir
I am a fairly new linux user, and have recently installed Debian on its own hard disk in what will eventually become a dual-boot system. The Windows drive is currently not connected, so that isn't a factor. My graphics card is an nvidia 8800 gts. My problem is that when I start up Debian, I get

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 11:37:47AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On Sat, 9 Aug 2008, Shachar Or wrote: > >>> >>> there is both a gspca-source and gspca-modules-... packages. IIRC, the >>> spca5xx is being replaced upstream... >> >> All this talk about spca... Isn't there a quickcam specific driver? I

Re: what's the best IDE for C programming in Debian?

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 10:26:42PM -0500, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: > 2008/8/1 Star Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm really happy to get so much good suggestions, I will try the > > following tools one by one, and send my use reports to this mail > > thread. I feel that the first one I want to

Re: what's the best IDE for C programming in Debian?

2008-08-08 Thread Star Liu
another choice for IDE is monodevelop, but it seems very few debian people use it, though i can install the 1.0 version from debian package, but i failed to compile the new version(1.9.1) from source code on sid. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: what's the best IDE for C programming in Debian?

2008-08-08 Thread Star Liu
On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/8/1 Star Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I'm really happy to get so much good suggestions, I will try the >> following tools one by one, and send my use reports to this mail >> thread. I feel that the first one I

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Bret Busby
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008, Shachar Or wrote: there is both a gspca-source and gspca-modules-... packages. IIRC, the spca5xx is being replaced upstream... All this talk about spca... Isn't there a quickcam specific driver? I know there is... qc-usb-source is the package. I used for some logitech quic

Re: what's the best IDE for C programming in Debian?

2008-08-08 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
2008/8/1 Star Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm really happy to get so much good suggestions, I will try the > following tools one by one, and send my use reports to this mail > thread. I feel that the first one I want to try is codeblocks. Well, whatever works... > emacs > vim If I may so interjec

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Bret Busby
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 05:53:59PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: On Fri August 8 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: wow. that looks kind of like there might be a problem in the driver. If you can't cat from the video device, then there's someth

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread chris
On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:16:04 +0200, s. keeling wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On 08/07/08 20:20, s. keeling wrote: >> > Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 17:45 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> >>> On 08/07/08 17:14, Damon L. Chesser wrote: >> Disple

Re: arno-iptables-firewall package question

2008-08-08 Thread chris
On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:42:15 +0200, s. keeling wrote: > Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> So far as I can tell, the firewall package is only installing itself >> after the network has already come up. From what reading I've done, >> this is the wrong order. How can I correct that order af

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-08 Thread chris
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:32:15 +0200, Javier Barroso wrote: > On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 2:23 AM, Rodolfo Medina > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >> >> [...] Now for >> >> particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = 2.6.25-2-686 >> kernel. >> >> >> >> I edited sources.

Re: Router IPv6

2008-08-08 Thread Zaki Akhmad
On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > modprobe ipv6 I can't see anything happens here # modprobe ipv6 -- Zaki Akhmad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: grub in my sid system broken

2008-08-08 Thread chris
On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:30:30 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > chris wrote: >> On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:28:56 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >> >> >> >>> Running >>> postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub. User postinst hook script >>> [/sbin/update-grub] failed to execute: No

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread s. keeling
Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > s. keeling wrote: > > No, I think he was serious, and I agree with him. Do you want > > your access to the pkging system to be borked when X is borked? > > Especially in this nvidia crazed age? > > Can you elaborate on that statement? I ask because of my utte

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 03:13 +0200, s. keeling wrote: > Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 03:20 퍭㒲䞞阩먭磚, I think he was serious, and I agree > > with him. Do you want > > > your access to the pkging system to be borked when X is borked? > > > Especially in this nvidi

Re: local network problem

2008-08-08 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Bob McGowan wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 04:24:17PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 09:56:40AM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Hello! I am running etch at home in two machines: a desktop and a laptop. Bo

Re: local network problem

2008-08-08 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 04:24:17PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 09:56:40AM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Hello! I am running etch at home in two machines: a desktop and a laptop. Both are connected to t

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread s. keeling
Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 03:20 +0200, s. keeling wrote: > > > > No, I think he was serious, and I agree with him. Do you want > > your access to the pkging system to be borked when X is borked? > > Especially in this nvidia crazed age? > > I am equally at h

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread s. keeling
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 08/07/08 20:20, s. keeling wrote: > > Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 17:45 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> On 08/07/08 17:14, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > Displeasure? Synaptic is brain dead simple, what's not to like? > >

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Aug 08 18:25 -0500]: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 07:00:52PM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > > > Daniel, > > > > I would suggest you use EMACS as a front end. > > oh that's a fabulous idea, but think about it. Something as obscure > and hard to u

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread John Hasler
Andrew Sackville-West writes: > I would suggest you use EMACS as a front end. An "apt-mode" sounds great to me. I'm not suggesting that Daniel (or anyone else) write it, though. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Re: local network problem

2008-08-08 Thread Bob McGowan
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 04:24:17PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 09:56:40AM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Hello! I am running etch at home in two machines: a desktop and a laptop. Both are connected to t

Re: Upgrading necessary, but maybe not

2008-08-08 Thread s. keeling
Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 06:35:38PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > >> The Huawei e169 umts usb modem seems to work fine with Debian > >> Sid, kernel 2.6.25-2-686 kernel, but not with my Debian Etch, > >> kernel 2.6.18-4-k7. Now, in order to have the device

Re: lynx upgrade issue?

2008-08-08 Thread i'll teach you to turn away.
Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: TD> On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 11:10:17PM +0200, i'll teach you to turn away. wrote: TD> If lynx thinks there's no color-style file, it'll construct a style from TD> the "COLOR" settings that mimics the non-color-style. (It's done that TD> way intentionally,

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Shachar Or
On Saturday 09 August 2008 00:46, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 05:32:40PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > > On Fri August 8 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > hmmm... I believe its possible, with some cameras, to > > > > > > cat /dev/video0 > myvidfile > > > > > > an

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 16:23 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 07:00:52PM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 06:58 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 03:11:39AM +0200, "s. keeling" <[EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]> was heard to say:

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 07:00:52PM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 06:58 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 03:11:39AM +0200, "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > was heard to say: > > > I've no trouble with either at the command line. The *curses > >

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 06:58 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 03:11:39AM +0200, "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: > > I've no trouble with either at the command line. The *curses > > interface is highly non-intuitive (IMO). It, along with dselect, has > >

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri August 8 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > I'm sorry, I thought I remembered someone saying they were using > spca5xx. well, I sorta hi-jacked the thread, similar, but Bret wanted audio to go with his webcam.. I can't get anything to work... -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user #

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 05:53:59PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Fri August 8 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > wow. that looks kind of like there might be a problem in the > > driver. If you can't cat from the video device, then there's something > > seriously wrong. I highly recommend y

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Nick Lidakis
s. keeling wrote: No, I think he was serious, and I agree with him. Do you want your access to the pkging system to be borked when X is borked? Especially in this nvidia crazed age? Can you elaborate on that statement? I ask because of my utter frustration with my NVIDIA card lately, as Ron

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri August 8 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > wow. that looks kind of like there might be a problem in the > driver. If you can't cat from the video device, then there's something > seriously wrong. I highly recommend you check out the gspca drivers > instead of the spca5xx-source packages.

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 05:32:40PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Fri August 8 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > hmmm... I believe its possible, with some cameras, to > > > > cat /dev/video0 > myvidfile > > > > and then play it with mplayer. worth a shot. > > $ cat /dev/video0>paulsvid >

Re: local network problem

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 04:24:17PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 09:56:40AM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> I am running etch at home in two machines: a desktop and a laptop. Both >>> are connected to the web trough

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri August 8 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > hmmm... I believe its possible, with some cameras, to > > cat /dev/video0 > myvidfile > > and then play it with mplayer. worth a shot. $ cat /dev/video0>paulsvid cat: /dev/video0*** glibc detected *** cat: free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x09

Re: Router IPv6

2008-08-08 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 04:27:07PM +0700, Zaki Akhmad wrote: > Dear all, > > I have Debian operating as an router. I am curious with IPv6. How do I > implement it on my Debian router? modprobe ipv6 > > -- > Zaki Akhmad > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject

Mini-HOWTO: Outgoing BSMTP with exim

2008-08-08 Thread Julian Gilbey
I've just had to create outgoing BSMTP files, upload the results to another server and then send the mail from there. I've written a mini-HOWTO, which you can find at http://people.debian.org/~jdg/bsmtp.html I hope this is of use to some people! Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: local network problem

2008-08-08 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 09:56:40AM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Hello! I am running etch at home in two machines: a desktop and a laptop. Both are connected to the web trough a switch witch is connected to a modem. Both machines work fine regarding the internet

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Preston Boyington
Bob Cox wrote: On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 12:11:06 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Preston Boyington wrote: As it stands, I press "/" enter my search criteria and then press "enter" to access the packages. Then I press "/" again and "enter" to go to the next found item. I

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 02:25:57PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Fri August 8 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > man ffmpeg and learn how to capture the audio as well. The very first > > example in the man page Examples section shows one way to do it. It > > depends of course on whether th

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Fri August 8 2008, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > man ffmpeg and learn how to capture the audio as well. The very first > example in the man page Examples section shows one way to do it. It > depends of course on whether the spca driver actually works with audio > and captures an audio stream. T

Re: suspend / hibernate

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 10:44:14AM -0400, Rob Mahurin wrote: > On Aug 8, 2008, at 12:40 AM, Dale wrote: >> 2008/8/6 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have had this problem for a little while now, when I come out of >>> suspend / hibernation on on my Acer Aspire 5601AWLMi laptop I have

Re: Creation of custom debian-cd

2008-08-08 Thread Luca Bruno
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:23:58 -0400 André Yves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I am wondering where can I find the better documentation about debian-cd. > I am trying to make my own custom debian-cd. If you have any other tool for > or any idea abou

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 01:28:56AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Celejar wrote: > >> >> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:59:02 +0800 (WST) >> Bret Busby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello. >>> >>> I am running Debian 4.0 on a number of computers (laptop and desktop). >>> >>> I have a

Creation of custom debian-cd

2008-08-08 Thread André Yves
Hi, I am wondering where can I find the better documentation about debian-cd. I am trying to make my own custom debian-cd. If you have any other tool for or any idea about the process of building custom debian-cd, it will be really appreciated. So, my goals here are to include a lot of usefull

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Bret Busby
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Celejar wrote: On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:59:02 +0800 (WST) Bret Busby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello. I am running Debian 4.0 on a number of computers (laptop and desktop). I have a Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX webcam. ... How do I get it to record video clips?

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Bob Cox
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 12:11:06 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Preston Boyington wrote: > > As it stands, I press "/" enter my search criteria and then press > > "enter" to access the packages. Then I press "/" again and "enter" to > > go to the next found item. I do

[solved] was Re: problem when install lenny

2008-08-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
[again forwarding private mail to list] > Problem solved! > I use the new netboot kernel from you( > http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot/debian-installer/i386/) > and everything is ok now. Thanks very much for your help!!! signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signatu

Re: suspend / hibernate

2008-08-08 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Aug 8, 2008, at 12:40 AM, Dale wrote: 2008/8/6 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi all, I have had this problem for a little while now, when I come out of suspend / hibernation on on my Acer Aspire 5601AWLMi laptop I have very high system load. I am wondering if any one else has or noticed this pro

Re: problems activating wireless

2008-08-08 Thread Ulrich Hiller
Success!!! I downloaded ipw3945d_1.7.22-4_i386.deb from packages.debian.org and installed it. After configurung /etc/network/interfaces my wireless works perfectly. Many thanks to Andreas and Lubos for the help. Regards, Ulrich Lubos Vrbka wrote: hi, my 'dsmeg | grep ipw' gives ipw3945: In

Re: problem when install lenny

2008-08-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
[please keep the discussion on list, so that others who might know better can contribute and others can learn as well. ] On 08/08/2008 04:36 PM, arTHUr Ting wrote: > thanks for your reply! > > 2008/8/8 Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The installer can't find my hard drive just before th

Re: local network problem

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 09:56:40AM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hello! > > I am running etch at home in two machines: a desktop and a laptop. Both > are connected to the web trough a switch witch is connected to a modem. > Both machines work fine regarding the internet. I want to > connect b

Re: Why do I get a spam warning from my isp for posting a message to this list?

2008-08-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:39:08 +0200 Aniruddha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Aniruddha, > Hi thanks for the answer :) I'm really puzzled about this. The message You're welcome. > concerning was an original unquoted message. Anyhow I really hope it's You've sent several in the past couple of d

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 01:05:56AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/07/08 23:42, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 09:56:19PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 08/07/08 20:20, s. keeling wrote: Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 17:45 -0500

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Preston Boyington wrote: > As it stands, I press "/" enter my search criteria and then press > "enter" to access the packages. Then I press "/" again and "enter" to > go to the next found item. I don't know of a way to cycle through > otherwise so if I miss a package I have to cycle through the w

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Preston Boyington
Daniel Burrows wrote: If you just mean that you have to learn the keystrokes ... that's probably not going to change; with the limited screen real estate on a terminal, I can't afford to put in buttons on everything. Although I haven't delved into aptitude as deeply as I probably should, I wou

Re: Why do I get a spam warning from my isp for posting a message to this list?

2008-08-08 Thread Aniruddha
On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 14:55 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:40:47 +0200 > Aniruddha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Aniruddha, > > > i just received s spam warning from my isp for a message posted to this > > list and I wonder whats going on. > > It's difficult to be cert

Re: problem when install lenny

2008-08-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 08/08/2008 04:11 PM, arTHUr Ting wrote: > Hi, guys, > My notebook is Lenovo X61 and I' installing lenny by using the > network-install kernel. now the problem is that the installer can find any > hard drives on my box. i tried ftp.us.debian.org and ftp.tw.us.debian.organd > ftp.jp.debian.org and

Re: problems activating wireless

2008-08-08 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi, my 'dsmeg | grep ipw' gives ipw3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.1.2dmpr ipw3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation ipw3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection it does not differ from yours. yes, it looks pretty similar. Do

Re: Why do I get a spam warning from my isp for posting a message to this list?

2008-08-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:40:47 +0200 Aniruddha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Aniruddha, > i just received s spam warning from my isp for a message posted to this > list and I wonder whats going on. It's difficult to be certain, but it's possibly because there's more quoted text than new materia

Re: Upgrading necessary, but maybe not

2008-08-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Rodolfo Medina wrote: Rodolfo Medina wrote: The Huawei e169 umts usb modem seems to work fine with Debian Sid, kernel 2.6.25-2-686 kernel, but not with my Debian Etch, kernel 2.6.18-4-k7. Now, in order to have the device working, I should upgrade my system to Sid or even maybe simply upgrade o

problem when install lenny

2008-08-08 Thread arTHUr Ting
Hi, guys, My notebook is Lenovo X61 and I' installing lenny by using the network-install kernel. now the problem is that the installer can find any hard drives on my box. i tried ftp.us.debian.org and ftp.tw.us.debian.organd ftp.jp.debian.org and many other sources, but all doesn't work. But last w

Re: Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:59:02 +0800 (WST) Bret Busby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello. > > I am running Debian 4.0 on a number of computers (laptop and desktop). > > I have a Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX webcam. ... > How do I get it to record video clips? Try this? http://www.quickc

Re: problems activating wireless

2008-08-08 Thread Ulrich Hiller
the hardware switch is on. Otherwise it would not work with e.g. ubuntu my 'dsmeg | grep ipw' gives ipw3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.1.2dmpr ipw3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation ipw3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connectio

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 03:11:39AM +0200, "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I've no trouble with either at the command line. The *curses > interface is highly non-intuitive (IMO). It, along with dselect, has > always struck me as just a little Martian. That's fine in vi or em

Re: problems activating wireless

2008-08-08 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi, probably a silly question, but is the device actually activated? i see the same lsmod output even with the same wifi card deactivated by the so called kill-switch (it's turned off by a hardware switch). when the card is deactivated i am getting (dmesg | grep ipw) ipw3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wi

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-08 Thread Preston Boyington
Damon L. Chesser wrote: I think I will once more look it over, if for no other reason then Ron Johnson will not snicker at me. well i don't "know" Ron but given what i have read i wouldn't bet on that. :D I moved from apt-get to aptitude and now I don't even think about it anymore. This

Why do I get a spam warning from my isp for posting a message to this list?

2008-08-08 Thread Aniruddha
Hi, i just received s spam warning from my isp for a message posted to this list and I wonder whats going on. Regards, Aniruddha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

bittorrent tracker doesn,t like me and vnc neither, apparently

2008-08-08 Thread Shachar Or
Hi! While trying to get the DVD's via bittorrent, rtorrent tells me that "Re/uested do'nload is not authorized for use 'ith this tracker" for each of the do'nloads! And 'hat is this trouble that I,m having no' 'ith vnc and the keyboard mapping? Good 'eekend -- Shachar Or | שחר אור http://ox.

RES: configure options

2008-08-08 Thread Jeronimo Bezerra
Hi André, I made this question weeks ago and the answer was: apt-src install package_name (maybe you should do apt-get install apt-src) Look inside the package_name folder in this file: ./package_name_folder/debian/rules Regards, Jeronimo -Mensagem original- De: André Hänsel [mailto

Re: problems activating wireless

2008-08-08 Thread Ulrich Hiller
Andreas Janssen wrote: Please post your kernel version (uname -r) and the output of lsmod and of "dmesg | grep eth". regards Andreas Janssen here it is: uname -r - 2.6.18-6-686 lsmod - Module Size Used by ipv6 226272 10 rfco

Re: problems activating wireless

2008-08-08 Thread Andreas Janssen
Ulrich Hiller (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Andreas Janssen wrote: >> >> Install the following package: >> >> >> >> and reload the driver module ipw3945: >> >> modprobe -r ipw3945 >> modprobe ipw3945 >> >> Also check your dmesg output. >> > Thank

local network problem

2008-08-08 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hello! I am running etch at home in two machines: a desktop and a laptop. Both are connected to the web trough a switch witch is connected to a modem. Both machines work fine regarding the internet. I want to connect both in a lan configuration. For this purpose I installed samba in both machine

Re: Is the monitor ON?

2008-08-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 08/07/2008 02:38 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote: > If you can ssh to the computers and run ddcprobe (in package xresprobe) > then the output should tell you if the attached monitors are on. (I am > currently not at my Linux box so I cannot try it myself.) > FWIW: # monitor on: e13-v15:~# ddcprobe >

Re: problems activating wireless

2008-08-08 Thread Ulrich Hiller
Thank you for the quick answer. I did it, but no change, even after a reboot. Or should I first uninstall some other packages. Regards, ulrich Andreas Janssen wrote: Install the following package: and reload the driver module ipw3945: mod

Re: configure options

2008-08-08 Thread Andreas Janssen
André Hänsel (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I'm in contact with the freetype developers to track down a difference > between two versions because I'm having problems with one version. > > For this purpose I need to know which ./configure options were used > when compiling the library and PHP. It

configure options

2008-08-08 Thread André Hänsel
Hi, I'm in contact with the freetype developers to track down a difference between two versions because I'm having problems with one version. For this purpose I need to know which ./configure options were used when compiling the library and PHP. It is a debian precompiled binary, so where can I f

Re: problems activating wireless

2008-08-08 Thread Andreas Janssen
Ulrich Hiller (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I have a Toshiba satellite Notebook with Debian version 40r4. I have > problems with the wireless card. It is a > Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 ABG > I have installed > ipw3945-modules-2.6.18-6-686 > ipw3945-source 1.1.2.-7 > hostaputils > (all from the repos

problems activating wireless

2008-08-08 Thread Ulrich Hiller
Dear list users, I have a Toshiba satellite Notebook with Debian version 40r4. I have problems with the wireless card. It is a Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 ABG I have installed ipw3945-modules-2.6.18-6-686 ipw3945-source 1.1.2.-7 hostaputils (all from the repositories) iwconfig gives lono wi

Re: how to avoid cheking md5sum ?

2008-08-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-08-01 10:49:05, schrieb abdelkader belahcene: > Hi everybody, > I want to install flashplugin, Ther is an error on md5sum, I want to skip > it, I mean not check it. > I used the --force-all, but it failed > > > debian225:/home/bela/Desktop# dpkg --force-all-i > flashplugin-nonfree_

Re: what's the best IDE for C programming in Debian?

2008-08-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-07-31 13:03:15, schrieb Dave Sherohman: > I guess I must be one of the older people, too, as my standard DIDE > (dis-integrated development environment) consists of several xterms > running vim (or other tools as needed), plus a web browser for looking > up any extra information I may need.

Re: what's the best IDE for C programming in Debian?

2008-08-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-07-31 22:21:40, schrieb Star Liu: > When I develop in windows, I use visual studio.net 2008 as my IDE, if > I want to develop in Debian, what's the best the IDE for C > programming? > thanks! Maybe you schould try "rhide" I use it since 15 years. Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening

Re: what's the best IDE for C programming in Debian?

2008-08-08 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-07-31 22:21:40, schrieb Star Liu: > When I develop in windows, I use visual studio.net 2008 as my IDE, if > I want to develop in Debian, what's the best the IDE for C > programming? > thanks! mc -- Midnight Comander:-D Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack

Using Logitech Quickcam on Debian 4.0

2008-08-08 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. I am running Debian 4.0 on a number of computers (laptop and desktop). I have a Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX webcam. I have searched on the Internet, to try to find how to set it up and use it, for making video recordings and video calls. I have installed a driver, spca5xx, and

Router IPv6

2008-08-08 Thread Zaki Akhmad
Dear all, I have Debian operating as an router. I am curious with IPv6. How do I implement it on my Debian router? -- Zaki Akhmad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is the monitor ON?

2008-08-08 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 08/07/2008 11:24 PM, Richard Hector wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo ddcprobe > ... > manufacture: 12 2008 > ... > > Good for warranty claims, I guess :-) Depends on when you got it and how long that warranty lasts... (I guess if anything this means week 12 in 2008). But maybe this is a diff

etch/lenny and iPod Classic 80g?

2008-08-08 Thread Mikko Rapeli
Has anyone managed to use an iPod Classic 80 gig version with etch? My friend bought one and uses etch. Some searching shows that gtkpod and libgpod3 from backports.org would suffice, but there's no way to get amarok to work with the backported libgpod3 (without re-building that is). Also, switch