Re: X login screen with onscreen keyboard

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:25 PM, jeremy jozwik wrote: > hmm... edited the two files as instructed but not only do i get no > keyboard but a nice notifier telling me that my config is bad. make sure you used correct syntax. > along with that, gdm.conf in debian lenny is located in /etc/gdm/ > an

Re: How 'stable' is squeeze?

On 23/06/10 23:26, Amar Cosic wrote: Hello list I was thinking about upgrade to squeeze and just want to check if everything is OK there? No 'critical' bugs etc.. ? I know a lot of you use squeeze so its probably best place to ask Yesterday, a fix for a problem where you could not make ext2, e

Re: X login screen with onscreen keyboard

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Camaleón wrote: > Check if that helps: > > *** > Using Florence with GDM > http://florence.sourceforge.net/english/tips.html#gdm > *** hmm... edited the two files as instructed but not only do i get no keyboard but a nice notifier telling me that my config is bad

Re: Hundreds of sshd processes spawned by Postgresql

Marc Shapiro put forth on 6/23/2010 9:58 PM: > I am running a Lenny box, with postgressq-8.4. > > I ran ps -e, just now, and there were over 350 sshd processes running under > user postgres. I killed the postgresql-8.4 process, but the sshd processes > were still there, so I killed them. I the

Re: viewing a pdf in Squeeze

Thank you Steven Demetrius +855 12 810 350 On 2010-06-24 02:10, Greg Madden wrote: > On Wednesday 23 June 2010 10:28:01 Camaleón wrote: > >> On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:20:25 -0700, peasthope wrote: >> >>> Given a Squeeze system with libpoppler5, poppler-utils, iceweasel and >>> mozplugger, wh

Re: How 'stable' is squeeze?

On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 20:58 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 02:39 +0200, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > > On Thursday 24 June 2010 02:21:39 John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > > On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 00:26 +0200, Amar Cosic wrote: > > > > Hello list > > > > > > > > > > > > I was

Hundreds of sshd processes spawned by Postgresql

I am running a Lenny box, with postgressq-8.4. I ran ps -e, just now, and there were over 350 sshd processes running under user postgres. I killed the postgresql-8.4 process, but the sshd processes were still there, so I killed them. I then started postgres again, followed by ssh. I immediat

Re: How 'stable' is squeeze?

On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 02:39 +0200, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Thursday 24 June 2010 02:21:39 John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 00:26 +0200, Amar Cosic wrote: > > > Hello list > > > > > > > > > I was thinking about upgrade to squeeze and just want to check if > > > everything

Re: How 'stable' is squeeze?

To me squeeze is very stable. I have since moved to sid and surprisingly, it seems just as stable (to me that is) Sent from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Hanspeter Spalinger Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:27:46 To: Subject: Re: How 'stable' is squeeze? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSA

Re (2): viewing a pdf in Squeeze

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:51:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Powell > Do you have a PDF file viewer, such as evince, xpdf, etc. > installed? On my generic Squeeze system with the default > desktop (GNOME), clicking on a PDF file causes evince to > be launched. Aptitude offers xpdf-utils but not

Re: How 'stable' is squeeze?

On Thursday 24 June 2010 02:21:39 John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 00:26 +0200, Amar Cosic wrote: > > Hello list > > > > > > I was thinking about upgrade to squeeze and just want to check if > > everything is OK there? No 'critical' bugs etc.. ? I know a lot of you > > use sque

Re: How 'stable' is squeeze?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Am 24.06.10 00:26, schrieb Amar Cosic: > Hello list > > I was thinking about upgrade to squeeze and just want to check if everything > is OK there? No 'critical' bugs etc.. ? I know a lot of you use squeeze so > its probably best place to ask > >

Re: How 'stable' is squeeze?

On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 00:26 +0200, Amar Cosic wrote: > Hello list > > > I was thinking about upgrade to squeeze and just want to check if > everything is OK there? No 'critical' bugs etc.. ? I know a lot of you > use squeeze so its probably best place to ask On my newer hardware, Squeeze is prefe

Re: How 'stable' is squeeze?

Hi, Amar: On Thursday 24 June 2010 00:26:28 Amar Cosic wrote: > Hello list > > I was thinking about upgrade to squeeze and just want to check if > everything is OK there? No 'critical' bugs etc.. ? I know a lot of you use > squeeze so its probably best place to ask The very people that works day

Re: playing online radio

On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:27:26 +0200 Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > > > A .asx file is a so-called playlist file. Other playlist files > > > are .asf, .pls, .m3u, .smil files, for example. > > > > > > Unlike other media players, mplayer does not detect these

Re: How 'stable' is squeeze?

Le Thu 24/06/2010, Amar Cosic disait > Hello list > > I was thinking about upgrade to squeeze and just want to check if everything > is OK there? No 'critical' bugs etc.. ? I know a lot of you use squeeze so > its probably best place to ask > genarally nothing critical, but sometime a glitch may

How 'stable' is squeeze?

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Re: playing online radio

Celejar wrote: > Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > > A .asx file is a so-called playlist file. Other playlist files > > are .asf, .pls, .m3u, .smil files, for example. > > > > Unlike other media players, mplayer does not detect these files > > itself, so you should add the -playlist option: > > > > mplay

Re: Lockups in Xorg with Radeon HD 3450 and different drivers

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:06:23 -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 01:36:10PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> Have you tried with the proprietary driver? Just for testing purposes. > > No. I really don't want to use a closed driver. I purchased this card > because I read (Xorg wiki) that

Re: Lockups in Xorg with Radeon HD 3450 and different drivers

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 01:36:10PM +, Camaleón wrote: > Have you tried with the proprietary driver? Just for testing purposes. No. I really don't want to use a closed driver. I purchased this card because I read (Xorg wiki) that this slightly older tech was well supported for a 2D desktop und

Re: Can't boot 2.6.32-3 after running 2.6.32-5 for a while

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:42:42 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:20:07 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote: >> How is that? Can't LiLo manage a multiboot menu or is a personal >> configuration? :-? > > Of course it can. But the only thing that differs between the two > kernels is the

Re: Why does GNOME take so much time to tell that a screensaver-introduced password is erroneous?

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 05:07:33PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/21/2010 04:47 PM, Celejar wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:35:37 +0200 >> Merciadri Luca wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I use GNOME. >>> >>> I have noticed that if I type some erroneous password to leave the >>> screensaver mode, GNOM

Re: Understanding LVM UUIDS

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:02:36 -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On 06/23/2010 09:47 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:40:22 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: >>> I feel I should move my entire /etc/fstab over to using uuids >> >> Mmm... any strong reason for doing that? :-) > > Whether or not

Re: playing online radio

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:44:51 +0200 Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: ... > Yes. A .asx file is a so-called playlist file. Other playlist files > are .asf, .pls, .m3u, .smil files, for example. > > Unlike other media players, mplayer does not detect these files itself, > so you should add the -playlist o

Re: playing online radio

T o n g wrote: > Anyone know if there is a switch for mplayer to be more tolerant for > online radio? This is what I get: > > $ mplayer > 'http://mfile.akamai.com/80871/live/reflector:20168.asx?bkup=20883&prop=n' > Connecting to server localhost[127.0.0.1]: 3128... > Cache size set to 320 KByte

Re: viewing a pdf in Squeeze

On Wednesday 23 June 2010 10:28:01 Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:20:25 -0700, peasthope wrote: > > Given a Squeeze system with libpoppler5, poppler-utils, iceweasel and > > mozplugger, what else is needed to have Iceweasel open a pdf document? > > Am I missing a package or just a configu

Re: viewing a pdf in Squeeze

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:20:25 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote: > > Given a Squeeze system with libpoppler5, poppler-utils, > iceweasel and mozplugger, what else is needed to have > Iceweasel open a pdf document? Am I missing a package > or just a configuration setting for Iceweasel? Do you h

Re: Can't boot 2.6.32-3 after running 2.6.32-5 for a while

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:20:07 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:04:53 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >> On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:33:16 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote: >>> >>> So, all entries in "/etc/lilo.conf" are pointing to "uuid" devices or >>> just the ones loading the "-3" kernel

Re: Understanding LVM UUIDS

On 06/23/2010 09:47 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:40:22 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: >> I feel I should move my entire /etc/fstab over to using uuids > > Mmm... any strong reason for doing that? :-) Whether or not these are his reasons, I can tell you why that is a wise move. UUIDs

Re: Can't boot 2.6.32-3 after running 2.6.32-5 for a while

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:35:50 -0400 (EDT), Tom H wrote: >>> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Stephen Powell >>> wrote: ...  I then tried to boot my old kernel (the -3 kernel).

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Re: playing online radio

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:15:28 +, T o n g wrote: > Anyone know if there is a switch for mplayer to be more tolerant for > online radio? Mmmm, I'm not using mplayer for years :-) but the old trick was using "mms://" protocol for asx files, i.e.: mplayer 'mms://mfile.akamai.com/80871/live/ref

Re: Can't boot 2.6.32-3 after running 2.6.32-5 for a while

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:35:50 -0400 (EDT), Tom H wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Stephen Powell >> wrote: >>> ... >>> I then tried to boot my old kernel (the -3 >>> kernel).  It failed.  The kernel and initial RAM file system >>

Re: viewing a pdf in Squeeze

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:20:25 -0700, peasthope wrote: > Given a Squeeze system with libpoppler5, poppler-utils, iceweasel and > mozplugger, what else is needed to have Iceweasel open a pdf document? > Am I missing a package or just a configuration setting for Iceweasel? I think you still need a P

viewing a pdf in Squeeze

Given a Squeeze system with libpoppler5, poppler-utils, iceweasel and mozplugger, what else is needed to have Iceweasel open a pdf document? Am I missing a package or just a configuration setting for Iceweasel? Thanks, Peter E. -- Carnot is down, waiting for installation of NetBSD.

Re: Can't boot 2.6.32-3 after running 2.6.32-5 for a while

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:04:53 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:33:16 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote: >> >> So, all entries in "/etc/lilo.conf" are pointing to "uuid" devices or >> just the ones loading the "-3" kernel? > > There are only two lines in /etc/lilo.conf that are rele

Re: status of Snd soundfile-editor in squeeze???

* Alessio Treglia (ales...@debian.org) wrote: |> > can't play: open read /dev/dsp: No such file or directory |> > [audio.c[1825] linux_audio_open_with_error] |> |> This needs investigation too. Which snd packages have you installed now? I believe I understand now what th

Re: Can't boot 2.6.32-3 after running 2.6.32-5 for a while

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:33:16 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote: > > So, all entries in "/etc/lilo.conf" are pointing to "uuid" devices or > just the ones loading the "-3" kernel? There are only two lines in /etc/lilo.conf that are relevant: boot and root. Both are in the global section, not in a per-

Re: X login screen with onscreen keyboard

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:22:37 -0700, jeremy jozwik wrote: > hello folks, i have a lenovo x61 tablet pc running lenny. its been > working out fairly well along with the florence onscreen keyboard. > > the only place i cannot keep my computer in tablet mode is the x login > screen. my question is ho

Re: Understanding LVM UUIDS

On 23/06/10 11:20, Javier Barroso wrote: On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Alan Chandler mailto:a...@chandlerfamily.org.uk>> wrote: I feel I should move my entire /etc/fstab over to using uuids ... Get your uuid from dumpe2fs -h /dev/vg/lv | grep UUID But /dev/vg/lv is a persistent name,

Re: Can't boot 2.6.32-3 after running 2.6.32-5 for a while

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:22:11 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:35:50 -0400 (EDT), Tom H wrote: >> IIUC, linux-image-2.6.32-3-686 uses hdX and linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 >> uses sdX so wouldn't your update-initramfs have updated your >> linux-image-2.6.32-3-686 initrd with sdX de

Re: Can't boot 2.6.32-3 after running 2.6.32-5 for a while

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:35:50 -0400 (EDT), Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> ... >> I then tried to boot my old kernel (the -3 >> kernel).  It failed.  The kernel and initial RAM file system >> were loaded just fine by the boot loader, but the -3 kernel >> co

Re: Can't boot 2.6.32-3 after running 2.6.32-5 for a while

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > OK, I'm sure it must be something simple, but I can't figure out what. > > I am running the "testing" release (Squeeze). > I have two stock Debian kernels installed on my system: > linux-image-2.6.32-3-686 and linux-image-2.6.32-5-686. > My

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Re: Understanding LVM UUIDS

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:40:22 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > I feel I should move my entire /etc/fstab over to using uuids Mmm... any strong reason for doing that? :-) I'm with Lenny and the old naming method ("/dev/sdx") is the default for "/etc/fstab". (...) > if I look in /dev/disk/by-id I

X login screen with onscreen keyboard

hello folks, i have a lenovo x61 tablet pc running lenny. its been working out fairly well along with the florence onscreen keyboard. the only place i cannot keep my computer in tablet mode is the x login screen. my question is how can i display an onscreen keyboard [florence or other] during the

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Can't boot 2.6.32-3 after running 2.6.32-5 for a while

OK, I'm sure it must be something simple, but I can't figure out what. I am running the "testing" release (Squeeze). I have two stock Debian kernels installed on my system: linux-image-2.6.32-3-686 and linux-image-2.6.32-5-686. My computer has a single hard disk, a traditional ATA IDE drive, also

Re: Understanding LVM UUIDS

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:40 AM, Alan Chandler wrote: > I feel I should move my entire /etc/fstab over to using uuids > > However after installation I added the following line > > /dev/raid/bak /bak            ext4    defaults        0       2 > > which I now need to convert to a uuid  (/dev/raid/

Re: LEMP Development Server

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:42 PM, GNUbie wrote: [snip] > You mean, it's possible that a user can create MySQL users, databases, > tables, etc. anytime they wanted to? Likewise, they can change the > MySQL configuration, change DB engine, restart the service, and many > others without affecting the

Re: LEMP Development Server

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:42:41 +0800, GNUbie wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> >> Just choose your desired mysql admin tool (there are many of them, GUI, >> command line, web-based... I used to use "phpmyadmin" for this task), >> then create the users and grant permission

Re: LEMP Development Server

Hello Camaleón, On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > Just choose your desired mysql admin tool (there are many of them, GUI, > command line, web-based... I used to use "phpmyadmin" for this task), > then create the users and grant permission to them for managing databases > and ta

Re: Lockups in Xorg with Radeon HD 3450 and different drivers

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:52:21 -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > I seem to be having severe issues in getting a Radeon HD 3450 working > with Xorg and Debian. (...) Have you tried with the proprietary driver? Just for testing purposes. Another thing to try could be using KMS and no "xorg.conf" configu

[solved] Re: How to replace a bugged version of a package?

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Re: i915 mod insert blanks screen

Le 23/06/2010 06:42, Alexander Samad a écrit : any one had this problem with new laptops. udev finds the i915 and does a mod insert and bang screens gone Alex FWIW, I had a similar problem on a fresh install of ubuntu 10.04. Have a look here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFree

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Re: Understanding LVM UUIDS

On 06/23/2010 05:20 AM, Javier Barroso wrote: On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Alan Chandler wrote: I feel I should move my entire /etc/fstab over to using uuids [snip] Which do I use, and what does the other one mean? Get your uuid from dumpe2fs -h /dev/vg/lv | grep UUID But /dev/vg/l

Re: Understanding LVM UUIDS

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Alan Chandler wrote: > I feel I should move my entire /etc/fstab over to using uuids > > However after installation I added the following line > > /dev/raid/bak /bakext4defaults0 2 > > which I now need to convert to a uuid (/dev/raid

Re: how to rebuild single kernel module

Le 14783ième jour après Epoch, Alexander Samad écrivait: > Okay, thats a bit extreme, m-a seems to be able to build a module with > just the headers. > > so all I want to do is rebuild qcserial, patched it to add new id. > don't need to produce a deb. > > what i tried was installed the linux-sourc

Re: LEMP Development Server

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:09:05 +0800, GNUbie wrote: > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> LAMP, Linux Apache Mysql PHP >> http://wiki.debian.org/LaMp > > Oh, I'm sorry. I'm using Nginx HTTP server by > the way. Ah! I thought you said "lamp" and "lamp" tend

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Re: LEMP Development Server

Hello Camaleón, Thank you for taking time answering my question. On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:55:39 +0800, GNUbie wrote: > >> I am seeking an advice on the best way to setup a LEMP development >> server. The web service is OK already since all the use

Re: 2 hardisks with same size shows big difference in LifeTime during smartctl self test

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Camaleón wrote:? > > Mmm... as per "man smartctl", LifeTime(hours) is "(sic) The time at which > the test took place, measured in hours of disk lifetime". > > Are both disks "brand new" and "equals" (same manufacturer, same > version), not just "same size"? > no t

Re: how to rebuild single kernel module

Okay, thats a bit extreme, m-a seems to be able to build a module with just the headers. so all I want to do is rebuild qcserial, patched it to add new id. don't need to produce a deb. what i tried was installed the linux-source-2.6.34-1 deb copied .config from the headers directory did make old

Understanding LVM UUIDS

I feel I should move my entire /etc/fstab over to using uuids However after installation I added the following line /dev/raid/bak /bakext4defaults0 2 which I now need to convert to a uuid (/dev/raid/bak is an lv on the "raid" volume group) if I look in /dev/dis

Re: how to rebuild single kernel module

Alex, You can't rebuild single module. If you wanna do it the Debian way, you have to rebuild whole kernel (install kernel-package and see make-kpkg manual for details). On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 02:41:45PM +1000, Alexander Samad wrote: > I need to make a quick change to a kernel module, I would li