Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Chris Jones
On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 12:16:14AM EST, Lev Lvovsky wrote: [..] > > What makes you think so? Have you even tried it? > Of course I have - otherwise I wouldn't be asking the fine people on > this list how to go about this. > As an example, the contents of the following linux kernel image deb: >

Re: Mplayer - can it play audio cd's.........

2010-02-01 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:10:22 +0200 Teemu Likonen shared this with us all: >* 2010-02-02 13:35 (+1100), Charlie wrote: > >> $ mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/media/cdrom1 cdda://track1 >> >> gives this error message: > >Are you sure that the device name is correct? How about this: > >$ mplayer -cdr

Re: Mplayer - can it play audio cd's.........

2010-02-01 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2010-02-02 13:35 (+1100), Charlie wrote: > $ mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/media/cdrom1 cdda://track1 > > gives this error message: Are you sure that the device name is correct? How about this: $ mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/cdrom1 cdda://1 -- Feel free to Cc me your replies if you want to ma

link-up link-down ethernet switch tale of woe

2010-02-01 Thread briand
Thought I would post this to debian as someone on the list or out there in the webiverse might find it useful. My story begins with an Intel MB with Realtek R8169 ethernet device, an MPC55 nvidia ethernet device on a different PC and, finally, what turns out to be a piece of sh*t linksys ethernet

Re: Grub boot loader?

2010-02-01 Thread hadi motamedi
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Chris Bannister < mockingb...@earthlight.co.nz> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 12:46:36PM +, hadi motamedi wrote: > > Thank you for your reply . > > - Yes , my computer boots to a login prompt . > > Good. Then DON"T mess with grub-install. > > > - When I press

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <014c08cf-fef9-4836-b77b-8a5b644c7...@sonous.com>, Lev Lvovsky wrote: >Well, in my case, the difference between the kernel images provided by the > following two debs: > >linux-image-2.6.26-2-686_2.6.26-17_i386.deb >linux-image-2.6.26-2-686_2.6.26-21_i386.deb > >don't differentiate by a release

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2010 #190

2010-02-01 Thread Brian Denheyer
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:18:09 + (UTC) debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > And it looks like the drain just got stopped up. > The goals of grub are laudable. But the boot process is a very > hardware specific thing, and trying to create a "one size fits all" > boot loader that

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2010 #190

2010-02-01 Thread Brian Denheyer
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:18:09 + (UTC) debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > I am using sid too, but I installed apt-listbugs, which told me not > to upgrade grub-pc. So I was saved from it. Generaly I think it is a > good idea to have apt-listbugs. > Thierry I don't know what ap

Re: Problem with Lenny

2010-02-01 Thread Roman Gelfand
I use this the virtual machine as mail gateway. I run postfix, sqlgrey, opendkim, senderid milter, dspam, grossd, policyd-weight. I gave this machine 2gig of memory. So far, so good. I have already used it for couple of weeks and no issues. On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Lev Lvovsky
Hi Boyd, On Feb 1, 2010, at 7:20 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > New upstream versions, or any version that changes the kernel ABI will be > retained (or at least can be simply retained), since the kernel ABI will be > in > the new package name--it is a replacement only as far as relatively

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Lev Lvovsky
Stefan, On Feb 1, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> So assuming that I only have stable + security in my apt sources.list >> config, how would I manage to keep the older version of the kernel >> package, as well as the newest version? > > Huh... you install the new kernel. My thought t

Re: [SOLVED] wicd fails to start after upgrade

2010-02-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20100202014934.ga11...@herbx.tri>, Sebastian wrote: >I ended up backing up my most important conf-files and home dirs and >re-installing Lenny from netinst. Then I pulled in wicd and another >few things from backports. At the end I added testing to the >sources.list as I do my bookkeeping using

Re: Mplayer - can it play audio cd's.........

2010-02-01 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:11:04 -0500 (EST) Stephen Powell shared this with us all: >On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:35:39 -0500 (EST), Charlie wrote: >> Now I have sound working, though I might listen to an audio CD. Yeah >> right. Missing something again. Can't get an audio CD playing with >> Totem. >> >> I

Re: losing xmodmap settings during X startup

2010-02-01 Thread Joey Morris
Anthony Campbell wrote on Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 09:13:41AM +: > On 31 Jan 2010, Joey Morris wrote: > > I start my X session with startx, and lately I've noticed that some > > (but not all) of my .Xmodmap settings are being lost once my X session > > is up. I think this behavior started sometim

Re: Mplayer - can it play audio cd's.........

2010-02-01 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:11:04 -0500 (EST) Stephen Powell wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:35:39 -0500 (EST), Charlie wrote: ... > > $ mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/media/cdrom1 cdda://track1 > > > > gives this error message: > > > > MPlayer SVN-r30075 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team > > Can't open joysti

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <01b9c640-493c-4d1b-ba0f-20aed4b20...@sonous.com>, Lev Lvovsky wrote: >On Feb 1, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >>> This is totally understandable for most package installs, however with a >>> kernel, keeping the previous version installed is useful (obviously). >> >> It's usual

Re: Mplayer - can it play audio cd's......... solved....

2010-02-01 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:47:42 -0500 Celejar shared this with us all: >I've never done this, but it looks like 'track' ought to be an >integer. What happens when you try > >$ mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/media/cdrom1 cdda://1 > >Celejar Thank you Celejar, It appears that mplayer can't mount the dev

Re: Mplayer - can it play audio cd's.........

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:35:39 -0500 (EST), Charlie wrote: > Now I have sound working, though I might listen to an audio CD. Yeah > right. Missing something again. Can't get an audio CD playing with > Totem. > > I've never used Mplayer but though it can read hardrive audio files and > play them it ca

Re: Mplayer - can it play audio cd's.........

2010-02-01 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 13:35:39 +1100 Charlie wrote: ... Note - in my experience (FWIW - I'm no expert) the answer to any question with the words 'mplayer' and 'can' is 'yes'. ... > $ mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/media/cdrom1 cdda://track1 > > gives this error message: ... > Playing cdda://track

Mplayer - can it play audio cd's.........

2010-02-01 Thread Charlie
Now I have sound working, though I might listen to an audio CD. Yeah right. Missing something again. Can't get an audio CD playing with Totem. I've never used Mplayer but though it can read hardrive audio files and play them it can't play audio CD's or won't mount them on my system, and being aud

Re: Problem with Lenny

2010-02-01 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Operating systems don't run themselves out of memory. Applications, processes, do that. You need to identify why your application mix is consuming more memory than is available on the system. A couple of tips regarding virtual machines and guest operating systems: 1. If you're constantly runni

Re: wicd fails to start after upgrade **Correction**

2010-02-01 Thread Wayne
Wayne wrote: Sebastian Glad you got it going!!! I just finished setting up another testing box with wireless, an old Netgear WPN311 pci card. Using the madwifi ath5k modules. I installed wicd 1.7.0-2 and, after fixing some of my usual typo's, it is running as good as the old 1.6 versio

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Stefan Monnier
> So assuming that I only have stable + security in my apt sources.list > config, how would I manage to keep the older version of the kernel > package, as well as the newest version? Huh... you install the new kernel. > 'apt-get install' will remove the binaries from the previously > installed ke

[SOLVED] wicd fails to start after upgrade

2010-02-01 Thread Sebastian
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:08AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <20100130114447.ga2...@hexbrex.tri>, Sebastian wrote: > >On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 02:36PM -0500, Wayne wrote: > >> >Even if I remove the unstable and stable entries from sources.list and > >> >apt/preferences no other version

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Sorry for the absence of thread connection. This mailer doesn't provide In-reply-to. FromView message header detail Tom H DateMonday, February 1, 2010 12:08 > The OP said that his error was "BIOS Installed Successfully", which > must mean that his box had a hardware upgrade/change and

Re: Setting bootable flag on partition non-interactively.

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:14:55 -0500 (EST), Tim Legg wrote: > Hello all, > Any suggestions on how to set a bootable flag non-interactively? sfdisk -A See the man page for sfdisk for details. For example, sfdisk -A 1 /dev/hda will mark the first partion on /dev/hda active and mark all other pa

Re: Sound - none happening.......

2010-02-01 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:50:18 +1100 Charlie wrote: ># alsamixergui > >what shows? ("master," "pcm," "front," "surro," "center," etc.?) > >thx. I must apologise to you - you had the right idea regarding that the appropriate ("master," "pcm," "front," "surro," "center," etc.?) may be muted, but as

Re: Sound - none happening.......

2010-02-01 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:45:05 +0100 Florian Kulzer shared this with us all: >It seems that you have muted all your playback channels ("[off]"), so I >am not too surprised that you do not hear anything. You have to unmute >at least "Master" and "PCM", possibly other channels as well. Try > > amixer

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Lev Lvovsky
Hi Stefan, On Feb 1, 2010, at 3:11 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple versions of kernels? >>> Hmm... well, the wayu I do it is: I install multiple kernels. >>> That's all there is to it. >>> Any reason you're wondering about it?

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Lev Lvovsky
On Feb 1, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> This is totally understandable for most package installs, however with a >> kernel, keeping the previous version installed is useful (obviously). > > It's usually not a big deal when the kernel ABI hasn't changed. > > If you have a

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Stefan Monnier
>>> What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple >>> versions of kernels? >> Hmm... well, the wayu I do it is: I install multiple kernels. >> That's all there is to it. >> Any reason you're wondering about it? Have you tried something and >> bumped into problems? > Are you do

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 01 February 2010 16:39:15 Lev Lvovsky wrote: > On Feb 1, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Monday 01 February 2010 14:00:07 Lev Lvovsky wrote: > >> What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple > >> versions of kernels? > > > > Just install each of

SCALE 8x Debian Booth 2/20-21/2010 (Los Angeles, at Westin LAX)

2010-02-01 Thread Don Armstrong
[This isn't really on topic for -user or -devel; please send followup mail to me privately or to debian-events...@lists.debian.org. I'm only sending it to those lists to get a wider audience than -events-na.] Debian has a booth at the SCALE 8x conference in Los Angeles at the Westin LAX from the 2

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Lev Lvovsky
Hi Stephen, On Feb 1, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > > One must be careful, though. As an example, consider the following > Debian package file names: > > linux-image-2.6.26-2-686_2.6.26-19_i386.deb > linux-image-2.6.26-2-686_2.6.26-19lenny2_i386.deb > > These package files have

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Lev Lvovsky
Hi Stefan, On Feb 1, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple >> versions of kernels? > > Hmm... well, the wayu I do it is: I install multiple kernels. > That's all there is to it. > Any reason you're wondering about it? Have y

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Lev Lvovsky
Hi Boyd, On Feb 1, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 01 February 2010 14:00:07 Lev Lvovsky wrote: >> What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple versions >> of kernels? > > Just install each of their packages separately. Since the kernel team does

Re: setting sensor limits fails

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:40:52 -0500 (EST), Klistvud wrote: > Well, IIUC, the sensors also trigger the overheating circuits in your > laptop, so there is more than just a theoretical possibility to fry > your laptop if your sensors are disabled. Just try leaving your laptop > running on a thick

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Stefan Monnier
> What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple > versions of kernels? Hmm... well, the wayu I do it is: I install multiple kernels. That's all there is to it. Any reason you're wondering about it? Have you tried something and bumped into problems? Stefan -- To UN

Re: Changing from ADSL Modem to Router

2010-02-01 Thread Jorge A. Secreto
2009/10/27 David Baron : > I connect now through pptp. The computer sends the login and a cron job > attempts to keep the connection. Various files in /etc/ppp/peers have login > info and some options. > > How do I change to a router (the router logs in and tries to keep the > connection)? Not rel

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:14:36 -0500 (EST), Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 01 February 2010 14:00:07 Lev Lvovsky wrote: >> What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple versions >> of kernels? > > Just install each of their packages separately. Since the kernel team d

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 15:55 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Tixy writes: > > I can move windows vertically too - that's what I do to get to menu > > buttons on my EEEPC 1000HE running Debian Squeeze with the Gnome > > Desktop. (I'm sure it was the same when I ran Lenny.) > For sure, me too, but onl

Re: setting sensor limits fails

2010-02-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 01. 02. 2010 18:56:03 je António PT napisal(a): I don't think this should be a threat to your laptop, the sensors only read temperature (and other data) they don't interfere with the working of the CPU, hard drive or other components. I think you have no reasons to worry. Well, II

Re: Sound - none happening.......

2010-02-01 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 17:11:52 +1100, Charlie wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:14:25 +0100 Florian Kulzer shared this with us all: > >On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 22:55:51 +1100, Charlie wrote: > >> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:23:01 +0100 Florian Kulzer shared this with us all: > >> >On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at

Re: File format decoding tool?

2010-02-01 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:00:42 +0200 Juhana Sadeharju wrote: > > Does GNU/Linux have a tool for decoding file formats? What does this mean? > I have seen Nifskope, TES4Edit, PyFFI, and wonder if > similar is available for decoding with interactive GUI. > Check screenshots. What screenshots? Ce

Re: Firefox (and Iceweasel) are unable to play Youtube videos

2010-02-01 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:12:47 -0500 (EST) Stephen Powell wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:16:03 -0500 (EST), Klistvud wrote: > > In all honesty, is there anybody over the mental age of 9 that actually > > "enjoys" flash??? > > I hate it too. But as with most things in life, it all comes down to >

Re: Any way to create a new /var/lib/dpkg/status file for current Debian installation

2010-02-01 Thread Tech Geek
> > Jeffrey, > > >Don't know if there's automatic way. But one way you can try is to write a > >script to remove those sections whose "Status" is not "installed" in the > >file /var/lib/dpkg/status. > I thought about that but I wondering if APT package management has some > in-built way to do it au

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 01 February 2010 14:00:07 Lev Lvovsky wrote: > What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple versions > of kernels? Just install each of their packages separately. Since the kernel team does support concurrent installs, the upstream version number is part of the p

Re: Grub boot loader?

2010-02-01 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 02:22:11 +1300 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 08:27:54AM +, hadi motamedi wrote: > > Thank you for your message . So you mean I can make use of it to activate my > > grub edit w/o any problem? > > That all depends on what your problem is that you are tryi

Setting bootable flag on partition non-interactively.

2010-02-01 Thread Tim Legg
Hello all, Any suggestions on how to set a bootable flag non-interactively? Reason: I am creating a kiosk that restores itself from a saved image every time the machine is booted. This system is very minimal; the partitions are quite small. The image of the 2nd partition is stored as a file

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:08:24 -0500 (EST), Tom H wrote: > Your regular rants against grub are entertaining. :) I wouldn't call it a rant. I have nothing personal against grub-pc, per se. I hope they are eventually successful in their project. I just think it's too unstable for production use at th

Re: `asnprintf.c:18:20' error message during stsrttls installation

2010-02-01 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-02-01 19:54 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Sven Joachim writes: > >> Yes, installing gnulib should help. > > > It seems that the installation of starttls wants to create me some problems. > I > installed gnulib, but `make' gets the following error: > > asnprintf.c:18:20: error: config.

concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Lev Lvovsky
What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple versions of kernels? I'm currently experiencing boot problems with the latest version of the kernel, and must keep version 2.6.26-17 installed. I'd like to install this, and the latest concurrently so that I can experiment with

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread Tom H
>> My usual email isn't available until Grub works again. >> Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable. >> Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system >> gives this message. >> Error opening terminal: bterm >> How might this damage be repa

Re: Squeeze: gnome-screensaver starts when watching movies

2010-02-01 Thread Jan Hlodan
Totem works fine, so it seems that the problem is only in smplayer. (disable screensaver option is enabled in both) Regards, On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:05:45 +0100, Jan Hlodan wrote: > >> when I'm watching a movie (in smplayer, full screen), screens

Re: Downgrading xorg xserver from 1.7 to 1.6

2010-02-01 Thread Andreas
Matteo Riva schrieb: > Squeeze upgrade broke fglrx driver with the new xserver. > > How can I downgrade the xserver from 1.7.4 back to 1.6.5 when fglrx > driver was working fine? > What packages do I need to downgrade, and where can I find those > versions? > > Hi all! I have two questions reg

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread Tom H
> My usual email isn't available until Grub works again. > Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable. > Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system > gives this message. > Error opening terminal: bterm > How might this damage be repaire

Re: Downgrading xorg xserver from 1.7 to 1.6

2010-02-01 Thread Andreas Tepe
Matteo Riva schrieb: > Squeeze upgrade broke fglrx driver with the new xserver. > > How can I downgrade the xserver from 1.7.4 back to 1.6.5 when fglrx > driver was working fine? > What packages do I need to downgrade, and where can I find those > versions? > > Hi all! I have two questions reg

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:11:26 -0500 (EST), PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > My usual email isn't available until Grub works again. > Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable. > Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system > gives this message. > Err

Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
My usual email isn't available until Grub works again. Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable. Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system gives this message. Error opening terminal: bterm How might this damage be repaired. Thanks,

Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Squeeze on an IBM NetVista here, was updated about 2010-01-27 via a remote connection.  Nothing remarkable about the update.  Sunday morning I arrived to find the machine rebooting repeatedly.  The console shows   BIOS Installed Successfully!   Grub loading.   Welcome to GRUB! Then the screen go

`asnprintf.c:18:20' error message during stsrttls installation (was: Error message when running `bootstrap')

2010-02-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Sven Joachim writes: > Yes, installing gnulib should help. It seems that the installation of starttls wants to create me some problems. I installed gnulib, but `make' gets the following error: asnprintf.c:18:20: error: config.h: No such file or directory Please help! What do I miss? Thank

Evolution not remembering passwords

2010-02-01 Thread AG
Hi My partner is experiencing a really irritating problem that I cannot find a fix for using Google, so I am turning to the collective wisdom of this list for a possible steer. My partner is running Evolution 2.22.3.1 on an up-to-date Lenny installation, with KDE as the DE (although all Gnom

Re: Cmake error: Could NOT find KdepimLibs (missing: KdepimLibs_CONFIG)

2010-02-01 Thread António PT
Try installing libsqlite3-dev and libsqlite0-dev. 2010/2/1 Jason Filippou > >> Hello, > >> > >> I've been following the steps outlined here > >> > >> http://kopete.kde.org/svnaccess.php > >> > >> To gain SVN access to kopete and I'm copying and pasting the commands > >> in the first box. I'm hav

[solved] Re: Error message when running `bootstrap'

2010-02-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On 2010-02-01 17:20 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I'm trying to build `starttls' cvs, but the `./bootstrap' command gets the >> following error: >> >> ./bootstrap: line 3: gnulib-tool: command not found >> aclocal: couldn't open directory `m4': No such file or directory >> autoreconf: aclocal fa

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stephen Powell writes: > On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:09:16 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote: >> Virtual 1024x768 > > Oops! That should have been written > >Virtual 1024 768 > > (remove the x). Sorry for the typo. Thanks for these two messages. I sha

Re: setting sensor limits fails

2010-02-01 Thread António PT
I also have the same hardware as you and the same kernel in amd64. Is this relative to lm_sensors? I never got them to work... I don't think this should be a threat to your laptop, the sensors only read temperature (and other data) they don't interfere with the working of the CPU, hard drive or ot

Re: Installing Debian

2010-02-01 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 11:45:08AM -0600, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 11:23:21AM -0600, David Jenke wrote: > > I have two hard drives. One hard drive (160 GB) has Windows and the > > other (500 GB) is divided into two partitions. I have Ubuntu 9.10 on > > one partition and Ubun

Re: Installing Debian

2010-02-01 Thread Kumar Appaiah
(Moving to debian-user) Dear David, The debian-release list is reserved for discussions on Debian's release and related issues. The general users' list is at debian-u...@lists.debian.org. Please respond to this mail at that address. On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 11:23:21AM -0600, David Jenke wrote: >

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:09:16 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote: > Virtual 1024x768 Oops! That should have been written Virtual 1024 768 (remove the x). Sorry for the typo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Re: don't upgrade grub or grub-pc ! what's wrong with LILO ?

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:24:58 -0500 (EST), Brian Denheyer wrote: > Imagine by surprise when I finished upgrading unstable and ended up > with a system that wouldn't boot. > And I'm not the only one, judging from the bug list. > So notice to those running unstable, DON'T UPGRADE GRUB ! > So you're pro

Re: Problem with Lenny

2010-02-01 Thread Roman Gelfand
Ran out memory. This is my conclusion. Originally, I had given 500mb ram. Though top was showing 300mb utilization, memstat showed 1.1gig. It seems the later is the one I was supposed to pay attention to. I am currently looking into the difference between the top's memory utilization display

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:04:49 -0500 (EST), Merciadri Luca wrote: > Okay. My eyes will take a blow, but it is now really nice: the > windows' buttons are correctly displayed! > > Thanks, I will stick with this. (There is actually no other solution, > and when one buys a netbook with a small resolutio

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Klistvud writes: > Dne, 01. 02. 2010 15:38:26 je Merciadri Luca napisal(a): >> Here is a new >> screenshot of it: >> http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/FPM2.png. > > Unfortunately, your link gives me a PAGE NOT FOUND error ... Sorry,

Re: Downgrading xorg xserver from 1.7 to 1.6

2010-02-01 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Matteo Riva wrote: Squeeze upgrade broke fglrx driver with the new xserver. How can I downgrade the xserver from 1.7.4 back to 1.6.5 when fglrx driver was working fine? What packages do I need to downgrade, and where can I find those versions? 1.7 is a major headache for me: http://bugs.debi

Re: don't upgrade grub or grub-pc ! what's wrong with LILO ?

2010-02-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 01 February 2010 10:06:50 Jens Van Broeckhoven wrote: > Debian needs a default and grub is more suitable in most cases. It's only the default if you are using d-i. Oft times, I will install Debian through the debootstrap method, from whatever live CD/DVD I have sitting around. In tha

Re: Where does One Disable dhclient?

2010-02-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 01 February 2010 07:18:13 Martin McCormick wrote: > This is kind of a strange problem. I have one Debian > system in which dhclient is broken. I can configure the network > interface manually with ifconfig but dhclient starts grinding > unsuccessfully at boot time and I can never qu

Re: Error message when running `bootstrap'

2010-02-01 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-02-01 17:20 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I'm trying to build `starttls' cvs, but the `./bootstrap' command gets the > following error: > > ./bootstrap: line 3: gnulib-tool: command not found > aclocal: couldn't open directory `m4': No such file or directory > autoreconf: aclocal failed w

Error message when running `bootstrap'

2010-02-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
I'm trying to build `starttls' cvs, but the `./bootstrap' command gets the following error: ./bootstrap: line 3: gnulib-tool: command not found aclocal: couldn't open directory `m4': No such file or directory autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1 How can I work that out, in Lenny? Am I

Re: APT (linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686)

2010-02-01 Thread Johan Grönqvist
an/ BR. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4824 (20100201) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe&qu

File format decoding tool?

2010-02-01 Thread Juhana Sadeharju
Does GNU/Linux have a tool for decoding file formats? I have seen Nifskope, TES4Edit, PyFFI, and wonder if similar is available for decoding with interactive GUI. Check screenshots. Juhana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: Firefox (and Iceweasel) are unable to play Youtube videos

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:16:03 -0500 (EST), Klistvud wrote: > In all honesty, is there anybody over the mental age of 9 that actually > "enjoys" flash??? I hate it too. But as with most things in life, it all comes down to money. The bottom line is, "it sells". Or at least the Madison Avenue typ

Re: don't upgrade grub or grub-pc ! what's wrong with LILO ?

2010-02-01 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 01 February 2010 16:24:58 Brian Denheyer wrote: > Imagine by surprise when I finished upgrading unstable and ended up > with a system that wouldn't boot. > > And I'm not the only one, judging from the bug list. > > So notice to those running unstable, DON'T UPGRADE GRUB ! > > So you're

Re: don't upgrade grub or grub-pc ! what's wrong with LILO ?

2010-02-01 Thread Jens Van Broeckhoven
On Monday 01 February 2010 16:24:58 Brian Denheyer wrote: > Imagine by surprise when I finished upgrading unstable and ended up > with a system that wouldn't boot. > > And I'm not the only one, judging from the bug list. > > So notice to those running unstable, DON'T UPGRADE GRUB ! > > So you're

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 01. 02. 2010 15:38:26 je Merciadri Luca napisal(a): Here is a new screenshot of it: http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/FPM2.png. Unfortunately, your link gives me a PAGE NOT FOUND error ... You may notice that the button now appears correctly. However, I think that it is

don't upgrade grub or grub-pc ! what's wrong with LILO ?

2010-02-01 Thread Brian Denheyer
Imagine by surprise when I finished upgrading unstable and ended up with a system that wouldn't boot. And I'm not the only one, judging from the bug list. So notice to those running unstable, DON'T UPGRADE GRUB ! So you're probably wondering what my question is :-) Is there any good reason for

RE: APT (linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686)

2010-02-01 Thread DS
Pls, let me know if you have any available server to download them using apt. DS _ From: DS [mailto:d...@telesuite.gr] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 3:17 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: APT (linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686) Hi, I'd like you to let me know a debian mi

Re: Getting Google Sketchup to work under Wine?

2010-02-01 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:15:42 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> Sweet Home 3D >> http://www.sweethome3d.eu/index.jsp >> >> It seems an easy "drag-and-drop" application, but I cannot tell you >> more, I have not tested :-) > As far as I can tell, it allows you to place furniture an

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2010 #186

2010-02-01 Thread Brian Denheyer
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:30:25 + (UTC) debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > I'm sorry guys, but I've switched to Ubuntu Server 9.10 Karmic Koala. > Tired of all debian driver problems, and a ubuntu live usb disc > running without problems I decided to switch. > > > > As far

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón writes: > Some hints: > > 1/ Try by setting font dpi at a lower value (86dpi) > 2/ Try by using a smaller text size (8pt) > 3/ Try by using smaller buttons and menu bars in the current theme (16px) Okay. My eyes will take a blow, but it is n

OT:Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 01 February 2010 15:35:17 Stephen Powell wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:53:46 -0500 (EST), Merciadri Luca wrote: > > Thierry Chatelet writes: > >> Which window manager are you using? > > > > I am using X (GNOME). > > I'm not trying to split hairs here; but strictly speaking, GNOME is >

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stephen Powell writes: > I'm not trying to split hairs here; but strictly speaking, GNOME is > a *session* manager, not a *window* manager. The default *window* > manager in the GNOME environment is metacity. It is possible to > use metacity withou

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tixy writes: > I can move windows vertically too - that's what I do to get to menu > buttons on my EEEPC 1000HE running Debian Squeeze with the Gnome > Desktop. (I'm sure it was the same when I ran Lenny.) For sure, me too, but only when they have a

Re: Getting Google Sketchup to work under Wine?

2010-02-01 Thread Marc Shapiro
Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:24:30 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: Sketchup is supposed to run under wine, but I'm not having any luck. I downloaded the file (GoogleSketchUpWEN.exe) and ran: wine GoogleSketchUpWEN.exe I also tried copying the file to wine's drive_c and running i

Re: Firefox (and Iceweasel) are unable to play Youtube videos

2010-02-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 31. 01. 2010 22:15:05 je Eduardo M KALINOWSKI napisal(a): But 99% of them are unnecessary, the same effect could be achived with plain old HTML. The end result might be more boring, but just as informational/useful. Moreover, I've seldom encountered plain old HTML that was as boring

Re: Games in Linux?

2010-02-01 Thread Angus Hedger
Hello, See: http://www.playonlinux.com/en/ and http://appdb.winehq.org/ Regards, Angus. On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Juhana Sadeharju wrote: > > Has anyone written a document which explains all about GNU/Linux > gaming? Introduces worth of playing games. Explains how to get > Windows gam

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Klistvud writes: > Devilspie might help you out if you're willing to give it a try (and if > it works under your particular window manager). It's a utility to > resize/reposition windows as soon as they are created. Okay, I played around with de

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:21:12 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I am using Debian on this EEE pc for a long time > (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC). It is a Lenny, w. 2.6.26-2-686. > Everything is pretty fine, but, as my scr. resolution has only a max. of > 1024 x 600 (as I am using a 1000 HE), so

Games in Linux?

2010-02-01 Thread Juhana Sadeharju
Has anyone written a document which explains all about GNU/Linux gaming? Introduces worth of playing games. Explains how to get Windows games to run in GNU/Linux. I have ran Morrowind, Oblivion, and Fallout 3 game editors in GNU/Linux. Fallout 3 runs most poorly of these three. Oblivion editor fa

xmess/xmame usage?

2010-02-01 Thread Juhana Sadeharju
I have game CD "spectrum classics, 3000 classic games" by Revive. How to run "hobbit.sna" with xmess, which claims to support that format and device? spectrum cassette(cass) .wav snapshot(dump) .sna .z80 .sp Usage: xmess [game] [options] Trivial first try like

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 13:52 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Tixy writes: > > You can drag any (non-maximised) window around by clicking on it > > anywhere with the left mouse button whilst holding down the Alt key. > > That way, you can move it up/left until you see the things you want > > access

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