Re: Debian asking for DVD... (FYI)

On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 07:31:20PM -0700, ABSDoug wrote: > If you boot up a fresh install of Debian & after you boot up, plug in your > Ethernet cable & try to add software, > Debian asks for the install disk. If you plug in Ethernet BEFORE you boot up > it will look online for software. > Th

problem with acm module

I have etch I want to use cell phone as serial device usbserial doesn't work, so I add it to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and acm module works in kernel 2.4, see kernel msg below: Jun 10 09:53:24 debian kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:1f.4-2, assigned address 3 Jun 10 09:53:25 debian kernel: usb.c:

Re: Debian asking for DVD... (FYI)

On Thursday 10 June 2010 03:31:20 ABSDoug wrote: > Instead of telling me to look it up, requiring me to reboot into another OS > to get online How are you getting your emails if you cannot get online? And if you can get online to read your emails, why can you not do some work for yourself? Lisi

Re: Web browsers, Adobe Flash & Debian

On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 10:07:15PM -0700, ABSDoug wrote: > I've been Googling Ephathy vs Firefox vs Opera as well as Adobe Flash. I'm > not sure what is the best direction to go. Use what you like. > I've got an iPhone, so I'm a bit familar with what sucks (& doesn't) about > Adobe Flash. Without

Re: Web browsers, Adobe Flash & Debian

On Thursday 10 June 2010 06:07:15 ABSDoug wrote: > I also read a bit why Ubuntu uses Firefox & Debian doesn't. Debian does. It just calls it Iceweasel. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.deb

Re: ntfs-config

On 10 June 2010 13:38, Alexander Batischev wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:28:52PM +0800, 刘宇辉 wrote: > > 2. make dir that you want to mount ,here i assume it as /mnt/ntfs > > $mkdir /mnt/nfts > > Pay attention: /mnt belongs to root:root, so you should run mkdir as root > thank you for that

Re: ntfs-config

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:28:52PM +0800, 刘宇辉 wrote: > 2. make dir that you want to mount ,here i assume it as /mnt/ntfs > $mkdir /mnt/nfts Pay attention: /mnt belongs to root:root, so you should run mkdir as root ABSDoug, did you try to make a little research by yourself before asking? I Googl

Re: Trouble upgrading to evince 2.30.1-3

On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 10:03:04PM -0700, Peter Tenenbaum wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade evince to 2.30.1-3, which has a fix for a segfault bug > in the version I have now (2.30.1-2). Unfortunately, when I use aptitude, > it stubbornly insists that 2.30.1-2 is the latest version and can't find the

Re: ntfs-config

On 10 June 2010 10:33, ABSDoug wrote: > > If anyone has some quick advice on ntfs auto-mount... I was using "ntfs-config" in Ubuntu 9.10, but I don't see that in Debian Synaptic Package Manager. > 1.First we can rely on a software ntfs-3g (it may be installed by default) # aptitude install ntf

Re: Debian asking for DVD... (FYI)

On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 07:31:20PM -0700, ABSDoug wrote: > If you boot up a fresh install of Debian & after you boot up, plug in your > Ethernet cable & try to add software, Debian asks for the install disk. If > you plug in Ethernet BEFORE you boot up it will look online for software. You already

Trouble upgrading to evince 2.30.1-3

I'm trying to upgrade evince to 2.30.1-3, which has a fix for a segfault bug in the version I have now (2.30.1-2). Unfortunately, when I use aptitude, it stubbornly insists that 2.30.1-2 is the latest version and can't find the 2.30.1-3 version. I have the following line in /etc/apt/sources.list:

Re: Web browsers, Adobe Flash & Debian

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:07 PM, ABSDoug wrote: I also read a bit why Ubuntu uses Firefox & Debian doesn't. None of what I read was a decision maker. debian uses iceweasel, something about legalese with the mozilla lads. whateveres, iceweasel works just as well. there are ways to install flash.

Web browsers, Adobe Flash & Debian

I've been Googling Ephathy vs Firefox vs Opera as well as Adobe Flash. I'm not sure what is the best direction to go. I've got an iPhone, so I'm a bit familar with what sucks (& doesn't) about Adobe Flash. Without it, a good portion of the web is not accessable, unless there is something I'm mi

Re: ntfs-config

--- On Thu, 6/10/10, Monsieur Louk wrote: >You mean you have some HDs with ntfs partitions you'd like to mount at >>startup? That is exactly it. I have an ntfs partition I store all my personal files. >You could always edit your /etc/rc.local file and put some 'mount' command >>lines in it I

Re: ntfs-config

2010/6/10 ABSDoug > If anyone has some quick advice on ntfs auto-mount... I was using > "ntfs-config" in Ubuntu 9.10, but I don't see that in Debian Synaptic > Package Manager. > > > > > You mean you have some HDs with ntfs part

Re: Acer Aspire One wireless issue

--- On Wed, 6/9/10, Tom H wrote: + This kill-file thing is great. Simple, easy & I don't have to waste my time or anyone else's with non-tech stuff. Thanks to all that have suggested it! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@list

Re: GPG / GMail

On 09/06/10 09:37 PM, Steve Fishpaste wrote: > On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 11:41:39PM -0400, H.S. uttered: >> On 08/06/10 10:39 PM, Steve Fishpaste wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 12:08:11AM -0400, H.S. uttered: Yes, I agree. In fact, if a mail client like TB or mutt can be used, >>

Re: Problem playing DVD in Squeeze

Ron -- I installed mplayer, and it works! Thanks! Interestingly, once I'd installed mplayer, totem mysteriously started working for playing DVDs as well, so now I have a choice. -PT 2010/6/8 Peter Tenenbaum > I've been trying to get my new Squeeze installation to play store-bought > DVDs usin

ntfs-config

If anyone has some quick advice on ntfs auto-mount... I was using "ntfs-config" in Ubuntu 9.10, but I don't see that in Debian Synaptic Package Manager. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists

Debian asking for DVD... (FYI)

If you boot up a fresh install of Debian & after you boot up, plug in your Ethernet cable & try to add software, Debian asks for the install disk. If you plug in Ethernet BEFORE you boot up it will look online for software. WOW, that was frustrating! I'm FINALLY online with Debian on my Acer Asp

Re: GPG / GMail

On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 11:41:39PM -0400, H.S. uttered: > On 08/06/10 10:39 PM, Steve Fishpaste wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 12:08:11AM -0400, H.S. uttered: > >> > >> Yes, I agree. In fact, if a mail client like TB or mutt can be used, > > > >> there is nothing

Re: Re: About USB hard drives and errors

-- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100610013235.ga9...@big.lan.gnu

Re: Re: GRUB2 - automatically generating extra entries

For grub1, the only way that I can see doing this automatically/automagically is to replace the single/recovery entries by init3 entries. I just found my old menu.lst - there was a section that started: ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. writes: > In some ways D-M is the replacement for the non-us section of yore. No it isn't. Non-us was for crypto software that could not[1] be distributed from within the USA to people outside the USA without an export license. Such software could be distributed freely wit

Apache reverse proxy and charset

Hi: I'm trying to configure a reverse proxy with Apache using mod_proxy to a Webserver (also running Apache) that uses ISO-8859-1 as charset. I can navigate the website using the reverse proxy but I noted that the charset returned by this proxy is UTF-8 instead of ISO-8859-1. I tried to assign ISO

Re: "Stable" vs "Unstable" & "Testing"

--- On Wed, 6/9/10, Johan Grönqvist wrote: >From what I have seen so far, I would recommend ubuntu 9.10 for your netbook, >followed by debian testing or unstable. ++= Thanks so much for your input. I've got madwifi working Debian on my Acer Aspire One.

Re: Which USB wireless LAN adapter really works on Debian?

On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 01:10:33PM +0200, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 06. 06. 2010 11:20:51 je jida...@jidanni.org napisal(a): >> >> So please tell me in your opinion what common brand and series has the >> most throughly working Debian drivers and really works? Thanks you >> very much. >> > > IMHO, the

Re: Acer Aspire One wireless issue

--- On Tue, 6/8/10, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Now wireless does’nt seem to work out of the box so you > need to: <<>> Worked great, thank YOU so much! I'm online wireless in Debian typing this. (Now I've got some educational research in what I exactly did & how it worked) > WIRELESS LED: > > T

Running Evince outside of Gnome

Hi, I'm used to use Evince as PDF/Djvu reader under dwm (dynamic window manager; [1]) for pretty long time, and everything was fine. But some time ago something in Squeeze broken, and now Evince can't remember state of panels (was it shown or hidden) and position in file. It used to be very nice f

Re: horrible mc colorscheme

On 2010-04-18 14:42:15 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >godo wrote: >>Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >>>Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I just made the mistake of my life and upgraded mc from 2:4.6.2~git20080311-4 to 3:4.7.0.1-1. >>> >>>So what happened is that starting with 4.7.0 mc su

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

Johannes Rohr schrieb: Dear all, does anyone know, what has happened to debian-multimedia.org? The web page is gone and the repository is empty. Has Christian Marillat given up? Thanks Johannes As far as I see only the packages.gz files are missing in the repository,e.g. > http://debian-m

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

On Wednesday 09 June 2010 16:21:57 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2010-06-09 23:00 +0200, Brad Rogers wrote: > > None of the packages at D-M can be included in the regular Debian repos > > because of licensing issues that aren't compatible with the Debian > > DFSG. > > Nonsense. The packages at debian-

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

On 2010-06-09 23:00 +0200, Brad Rogers wrote: > None of the packages at D-M can be included in the regular Debian repos > because of licensing issues that aren't compatible with the Debian > DFSG. Nonsense. The packages at debian-multimedia are patent-encumbered or otherwise legally problematic

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:31:51 -0500 Arthur Machlas wrote: Hello Arthur, > It's always struck me as a bit crazy that such an integral part of the > debian experience is provided by a one (or two?) ma(e)n (or woma(e)n) None of the packages at D-M can be included in the regular Debian repos because

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > If someone needs a work-around, a friend on IRC found that this German > mirror is still up: http://debian-multimedia.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/ > It's always struck me as a bit crazy

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 If someone needs a work-around, a friend on IRC found that this German mirror is still up: http://debian-multimedia.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http:

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

Brad Rogers wrote: > Hello Jordan, > > > Hopefully the "temporary error" was not caused by something like find . > > - -type f -delete as it appears... > > Given what I've just seen there, that's a possibility. :-) When I was trying to upgrade my MythTV boxes earlier today, I was getting a

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:12:33 -0400 Jordan Metzmeier wrote: Hello Jordan, > Hopefully the "temporary error" was not caused by something like find . > - -type f -delete as it appears... Given what I've just seen there, that's a possibility. :-) -- Regards _ / ) "The blind

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:33:02 +0200 Johannes Rohr wrote: Hello Johannes, > does anyone know, what has happened to debian-multimedia.org? The web Just been along to see if it's there now. Currently, a directory listing is all I get with timestamps dated today. Looks as though something fatal ha

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/09/2010 04:10 PM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:33:02 +0200 > Johannes Rohr wrote: > > Hello Johannes, > >> does anyone know, what has happened to debian-multimedia.org? The web >> page is gone and the repository is empty. Has

Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?

On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:33:02 +0200 Johannes Rohr wrote: Hello Johannes, > does anyone know, what has happened to debian-multimedia.org? The web > page is gone and the repository is empty. Has Christian Marillat given > up? It was there yesterday. In fact, it must have been there earlier today

debian-multimedia.org gone?

Dear all, does anyone know, what has happened to debian-multimedia.org? The web page is gone and the repository is empty. Has Christian Marillat given up? Thanks Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact list

Re: GRUB2 - automatically generating extra entries

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Jason Heeris wrote: > I use runlevel 3 for non-X boots (gdm, etc is disabled), and to boot > into it I append "3" to my "normal use" entry in the GRUB2 menu. I'd > like to just automatically generate the extra line, so that even after > a kernel upgrade it'll still

Re: Xorg eats lot of CPU after upgrade to KDE 4.4

Jan Hlodan wrote: > /etc/X11/XF86Config this is not used anymore you'll have to create an xorg.conf file and try your luck there try putting there specific options for the nvidia driver (proprietary or not). I'm using intel here but installed recently kde4.4 with nvidia and it's working fine. I t

Re: Debian on SGI 02

On 06/09/2010 11:38 AM, Brennan Bonnet wrote: Hi All, I just obtained a Silicon Graphics O2 Unix workstation from 1996. I want to use it for 3D modelling of protein crystals using “Crystal Eyes Stereographics”. Through my research I have discovered that this old unit should (supposedly) run Debi

Re: Debian on SGI 02

Hi Brennan (2010.06.09_18:38:29_+0200) > Has anyone had any prior experience with these machines who could > verify this or give me any advice? Yes, I installed Debian on one a few months ago. Follow the netinstall instructions out there. Lenny should run on it, but there is a problem with the bo

Re: Problem playing DVD in Squeeze

On 06/08/2010 11:15 PM, Peter Tenenbaum wrote: I've been trying to get my new Squeeze installation to play store-bought DVDs using the Totem movie player and the AMD64 version of libdvdcss2. I can see the first 12 seconds of the DVD (before the main menu comes up), but then the player exits. Her

[partly solved] Re: Samba share not accessible from a VPN client

On 07/06/10 06:20 PM, Javier Barroso wrote: > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:53 PM, H.S. wrote: > >> needs to be clarified. As I described earlier, I have three separate >> networks on my LAN: >> wired network (192.168.0.0/24) >> wireless network (192.168.5.0/24) >> VPN (172.16.15.0/24) >> > I would r

Re: It looks as if OpenOffice is sick.

On 06/07/2010 07:44 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: [snip] Sadly, it's not a success report. I failed to create a .fodt file. The openoffice I'm using reports itself as: ooo-build 3.2.0.10, Debian 1:3.2.0-9 Sun May 2 18:53:43 UTC 2010 I start OpenOffice writer from the many my window manager provides.

Selecting the sound card in Alsamixergui.

In Alsamixergui, the ALSA:Proc Info menu lists multiple sound devices. The manual has, "Selecting the Sound Card You can select another sound card by pressing the F6 or S keys." but the keys have no effect while the gui is open. Has anyone a way to change the device while the gui

Debian on SGI 02

Hi All, I just obtained a Silicon Graphics O2 Unix workstation from 1996. I want to use it for 3D modelling of protein crystals using "Crystal Eyes Stereographics". Through my research I have discovered that this old unit should (supposedly) run Debian 4.0 "Etch". Has anyone had any prior exp

Re: Fw: Does anyone have experience on installing Debian(5.0) on laptop Lenovo x1004?

On 09/06/2010 16:25, kzsyz wrote: > it should be *Lenovo ThinkPad x100e, *sorry... There are a few blog posts reporting varying degrees of success: http://www.1ts.org/~kcr/story/6064 - all but 3D acceleration (squeeze, kernel 2.6.32) http://lousycoder.com/bl

Re: Re: GRUB2 - automatically generating extra entries

If you want to append additional parameters to the kernel command line, configure it via GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT or GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX in /etc/default/grub. No, I want to generate an extra entry for each kernel for runlevel 3, automatically. f you want to add further entries to the grub b

Re: Ordering init scripts & use of CONCURRENCY

On 2010-06-09 17:38 +0200, Arthur Machlas wrote: > So should I just delete my CONCURRENCY addition to the /etc/defaul/rcS > file and it will return to default, or should I switch it to makefile? Both will work. I just removed it entirely, since the setting is not really official (i.e. not mentio

Re: What files are required to run Openfire XMPP server on Lenny?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 06/09/2010 11:41 AM, surreal wrote: > Can someone send me a list of required files needed to run Openfire xmpp > server? > > I want to use open source openjdk on lenny. > Why not use one of the existing XMPP servers that are packaged for debian

What files are required to run Openfire XMPP server on Lenny?

Can someone send me a list of required files needed to run Openfire xmpp server? I want to use open source openjdk on lenny. -- Harshad Joshi

Re: Ordering init scripts & use of CONCURRENCY

> So should I just delete my CONCURRENCY addition to the /etc/defaul/rcS > file and it will return to default, or should I switch it to makefile? Nevermind. I just removed the line and can see in my bootlogs that runelevel S and 2 both use "makefile-syle concurrent boot" Cheers, -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Ordering init scripts & use of CONCURRENCY

>On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: > >> On 2010-06-09 16:48 +0200, Arthur Machlas wrote: >> >> Then ran: >> dpkg-reconfigure insserv > > This is a no-op in Squeeze, you want to run the "insserv" command so > that the order of the symlinks in rc?.d is changed to reflect the > cha

Fw: Does anyone have experience on installing Debian(5.0) on laptop Lenovo x1004?

it should be Lenovo ThinkPad x100e, sorry... From: kzsyz Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:57 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Does anyone have experience on installing Debian(5.0) on laptop Lenovo x1004? Does anyone have experience on installing Debian(5.0) on laptop Lenovo x100

Re: Ordering init scripts & use of CONCURRENCY

On 2010-06-09 16:48 +0200, Arthur Machlas wrote: > I changed my lsb header in the custom script (/etc/init.d/phc_vids) to: > # Require-start: $acpi > > Then under /etc/insserv.conf I added the following line: > $acpi +cpufrequtils +loadcpufreq > > Then ran: > dpkg-reconfigure insserv This is a no

debian customizations

I would like to add the following customizations to my Debian system. I'm wondering if anyone knows of any already-existing projects for any of the tools I want. archive tool: expands an archive somewhere under /var and creates a rw empty overlay somewhere under /home and the unio

Ordering init scripts & use of CONCURRENCY

First, regarding my earlier email, which I cannot reply to directly (apologies), as it has been downloaded off of gmail, I *think* I've gotten the ordering to work correctly. I changed my lsb header in the custom script (/etc/init.d/phc_vids) to: # Require-start: $acpi Then under /etc/insserv.con

RE: Debian on a Dell r310?

I did install the most recent image there - it sees the DVD drive but not the disks. Darnit. -Original Message- From: Jordan Metzmeier [mailto:titan8...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 6:49 PM To: Justin Sherrill Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian on a Dell r310

Re: Does anyone have experience on installing Debian(5.0) on laptop Lenovo x1004?

On 09/06/2010 13:57, kzsyz wrote: > Does anyone have experience on installing Debian(5.0) on laptop > *Lenovo x1004*? Thanks. > I've never heard of that laptop. Do you mean the Lenovo thinkpad x100e?

Does anyone have experience on installing Debian(5.0) on laptop Lenovo x1004?

Does anyone have experience on installing Debian(5.0) on laptop Lenovo x1004? Thanks.

[SOLVED] Re: logrotate won't finish, high cpu usage

i was able to solve the problem by removing the state-file of logrotate rm /var/lib/logrotate/status regards, manuel On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:34:08 +0200, wrote: > Hi! > > recently i've been experiencing problems with logrotate, each time it runs > it > gets kinda stuck and eats up the systems c

virtuoso consuming too many resources + bug(?)

Hello to everyone! I opened a bug on virtuoso this morning (which doesn't already show up on the bug list) about not being able to stop the virtuoso file indexing. If any of you has the same problem please reply to the bug for extra feedback. Thanks! PS. The bug: I can't seem to be able to

Re: `No valid armored OpenPGP data block found'

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón writes: > On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:14:28 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> Camaleón writes: >> >>> On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:53:29 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: >>> Camaleón writes: >>> > OMG! What kind of crap e-mail client are you usin

Fixing linux image 2.6 in backports

Hi there, Does anyone knows how to fix the broken link in linux-image-2.6-amd64: http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/linux-image-2.6-amd64 ... linux-image-2.6.32-bpo.3-amd64 Package not available ... to point to : http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/linux-image-2.6.32-bpo

Re: Xorg eats lot of CPU after upgrade to KDE 4.4

On 8 Jun 2010, at 23:03, deloptes wrote: Jan Hlodan wrote: I set up Nvidia driver according to http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers I used nvidia packages from Sid (when I installed Squeeze, 6 months ago). I'm attaching Xorg log. Thank you for help! Regards, Jan Hlodan try re

debian stable + nvidia driver

Hi there, Has anyone installed a debian stable + nvidia driver recently. I am stuck with linux kernel 2.6-26, I do not understand exactly what is going on with backports: http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/linux-headers-2.6-amd64 I even tried moving to the linux image in testing, bu

Re: Update GRUB to GRUB2 / Lenny to Squeeze

Tom H wrote: > On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 5:30 PM, lrhorer wrote: > You can't load modules for grub-probe. > > But you can for grub-install. > > The default modules that I have in a Sid VM for an install without > mdraid or lvm are: > minicmd, true, loadenv, extcmd, test,