Re: Squeeze installation fdisk bug

2011-02-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Siju George [2011.02.02.0521 +0100]: > to create identical partitions on sdb and then added it to the RAID device by > > #mdadm -a /dev/md0 /dev/sdb1 > #mdadm -a /dev/md1 /dev/sdb2 > #mdadm -a /dev/md2 /dev/sdb3 > #mdadm -a /dev/md3 /dev/sdb4 Why not just create one device and partit

Re: alternatives for gcc

2011-02-02 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-02 03:01 +0100, Andrew Reid wrote: > On Tuesday 01 February 2011 20:11:31 Joe Riel wrote: >> Why are there no alternatives, configurable with update-alternatives, >> for gcc? Seems like I should be able to configure whether /usr/bin/gcc >> is linked to gcc-4.3, gcc-4.4, etc. Of course

Re: Help with Sun Java in Debian Sid

2011-02-02 Thread godo
Hi! The output was zero. You're suggestion worked! Can you explain why? My Sid laptop was working just fine with Java, but the desktop wasn't. Does this survive a reboot? Thanks much. Hi, it will survive reboot. I did that long time ago on my Sid and Squeeze and works all the time. It's a

Re: Squeeze installation fdisk bug

2011-02-02 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 02/02/2011 05:21, Siju George wrote: > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:31 PM, tv.deb...@googlemail.com > wrote: >> >> Regarding "sfdisk -d", if you ran this command with a filesystem already >> on the source drive you'll run into problems due to the filesystem >> boundaries being misplaced. >> >

Re: Debian SID - Source Package: etoile (0+20080616+dfsg-2)

2011-02-02 Thread Csanyi Pal
Johan Grönqvist writes: > 2011-02-01 21:40, Sven Joachim skrev: >> On 2011-02-01 22:26 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> >>> and after I run 'sudo aptitude update' I still can't find etoile with >>> 'aptitude search etoile'. Why? >> >> Because aptitude only deals with binary packages, and the etoile so

Installing Etoile on Debian SID - experiences?

2011-02-02 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hi, I want to install Etoile on my Debian SID system. About Etoile: http://etoileos.com/ I try to install it but have no success. Are there on this mailing list anybody who has successfully installed Etoile on his Debian SID system? -- Best Regards, Paul Chany http://csanyi-pal.info -- To U

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread lrhorer
martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach lrhorer [2011.02.01.2123 +0100]: >> far too quickly to be seen, but then an error pops up concerning >> an address space collision of some PCI device. Then it shows three >> errors for RAID devices md1. md2, and md3, saying they are already >> in use. > > Thi

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:37:05AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <20110131040038.GA3315@fischer>, Chris Bannister wrote: > >On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 02:40:01PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >> If you do an expert install you are offered the choice to disable root > >> logins and use sud

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:28:28PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:00:38 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 02:40:01PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >> If you do an expert install you are offered the choice to disable root > >> logins and use sudo instead.

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:00:41PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Lu, 31 ian 11, 17:00:38, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 02:40:01PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > > If you do an expert install you are offered the choice to disable > > > root logins and use sudo instead

Re: OT: Make Windows act like Debian and copy text just by markingit

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 10:17:37AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Lu, 31 ian 11, 18:46:36, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > > > > Otherwise, the question is OT for this list. > > It is already marked as such ;) Just like you can park anywhere in your car if you turn the hazard lights on. :) -- "Reli

Display or graphics problems

2011-02-02 Thread 陈飞
Just install success, reboots display shows "input does not support" Designates mode can enter, single user mode startx after, display shows "input does not support", Windows can be activated. Installation is AMD64 5.07, showing the hd4250 -, display yi beauty GuanJie) ENV1923 Michelson (LCD192

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:18:04 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:28:28PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> > Oh! ok. Then again, "expert" does imply that you know what you are >> > doing, which seems a bit backwards. >> >> Since when "knowing what you are doing" is considered as

Re: alternatives for gcc

2011-02-02 Thread deloptes
Joe Riel wrote: > update-alternatives --install as part of their postinstall routine. is not that bad idea -- 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/iibhol$

Re: OT: Make Windows act like Debian and copy text just by marking it

2011-02-02 Thread Daniel Andersson
On 02/01/2011 03:30 AM, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 03:01, Daniel Andersson wrote: Hi all, Can anyone recommend a program that allows me to make Windows to act like as Debian and copy text just by marking it? It would lessen the annoyance of switching to Windows :) I feel

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 02 February 2011 11:59:28 Camaleón wrote: > Hum... if I interpreted correctly your words, you think "sudo" is > intended for non-expert users and I don't think so, but the opposite: > "sudo" (as I see) is for people who know what involves and what it means > and not many newbies know v

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:30:49 +, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 02 February 2011 11:59:28 Camaleón wrote: >> Hum... if I interpreted correctly your words, you think "sudo" is >> intended for non-expert users and I don't think so, but the opposite: >> "sudo" (as I see) is for people who know what in

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:59:28AM +, Camaleón wrote: > Hum... if I interpreted correctly your words, you think "sudo" is > intended for non-expert users and I don't think so, but the opposite: > "sudo" (as I see) is for people who know what involves and what it means > and not many newbies

Copying DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi there, I am trying to copy a dvd (double layer). For some reason brasero thinks there is no dvd (using a cd-rom instead of a dvd is ok). Here is the output when the dvd is in: $ /usr/bin/dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/scd0 INQUIRY:[HL-DT-ST][DVD-RAM GH10L ][FC09] GET [CURRENT] CONFI

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach lrhorer [2011.02.02.1044 +0100]: > How could I assemble the arrays manually when the system won't boot? At the busybox command line. The command output you provided is from the 2.6.32-3-amd64 kernel. I need you to provide me with this output after trying to boot the 2.6.32-5-

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:08:35 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:59:28AM +, Camaleón wrote: >> Hum... if I interpreted correctly your words, you think "sudo" is >> intended for non-expert users and I don't think so, but the opposite: >> "sudo" (as I see) is for people w

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 02 February 2011 12:49:30 Camaleón wrote: > I don't get it, Lisi. > > In Debian you can easily go for one or another path. Yes, but _not_ a newbie. The default does not give you sudo. A newbie would be using the default. An Ubuntu user who has migrated to Debian is by definition

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 02 February 2011 14:08:35 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:59:28AM +, Camaleón wrote: > > Hum... if I interpreted correctly your words, you think "sudo" is > > intended for non-expert users and I don't think so, but the opposite: > > "sudo" (as I see) is for peop

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 02 February 2011 14:15:13 Camaleón wrote: > should be > avoid replying here all KDE-related topics? ;-) Yes, if a newbie is talking about GNOME, we should ceratinly avoid muddying the water by bringing KDE into the discussion. Lisi PS As I have said to Chris, I think that your pro

Re: opera copy/paste

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:55:07 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > I have a problem with Chrome not working right. I click on a link & it > does nothing( something about a plugin missing). So I started up Opera > 11.01 build 1190. when I get to the page I want, I tried to COPY the URL > & PASTE into an

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:20:40 +, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 02 February 2011 12:49:30 Camaleón wrote: >> I don't get it, Lisi. >> >> In Debian you can easily go for one or another path. > > Yes, but _not_ a newbie. The default does not give you sudo. A newbie > would be using the default.

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:27:34 +, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 02 February 2011 14:15:13 Camaleón wrote: >> should be >> avoid replying here all KDE-related topics? ;-) > > Yes, if a newbie is talking about GNOME, we should ceratinly avoid > muddying the water by bringing KDE into the discussion

Re: can't umount automounted drives

2011-02-02 Thread briand
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:45:47 + Dom wrote: > On 02/02/11 04:28, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I've got udev and automount working very nicely, EXCEPT, > > regular users can't umount the mounted device. > > > > the strangest thing is that I'm sure I had it working at some poi

Re: can't umount automounted drives

2011-02-02 Thread briand
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:45:47 + Dom wrote: > On 02/02/11 04:28, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I've got udev and automount working very nicely, EXCEPT, > > regular users can't umount the mounted device. > > > > the strangest thing is that I'm sure I had it working at some poi

Re: Admin password (cn=admin,dc=config) for OpenLDAP in Debian Squeeze

2011-02-02 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 05:05:56PM +0200, Razvan Deaconescu wrote: > Hi! > > I've browsed the configuration page for slapd[1] and it mentions that, > for starting from version 2.3, "The LDAP configuration engine allows all > of slapd's configuration options to be changed on the fly, generally > wi

Re: alternatives for gcc

2011-02-02 Thread Joe Riel
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:18:00 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-02-02 03:01 +0100, Andrew Reid wrote: > > > On Tuesday 01 February 2011 20:11:31 Joe Riel wrote: > >> Why are there no alternatives, configurable with > >> update-alternatives, for gcc? Seems like I should be able to > >> configure

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:16:24 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: (...) > I only recommend the netinst to users that are likely to have Internet > while d-i is running. That's most users now since many types of > connections are supported from within d-i. But, the OP specifically > mentioned th

Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Jones
I burn my backups to regular single-layer DVD's once in a while. DVD+RW is what I use, but now it looks like I'm flirting with their limit in terms of capacity.. In the long run, this probably means that I need to review my backup policies, maybe separating /home from the rest of the system, but

Re: Can't reboot after power failure (RAID problem?)

2011-02-02 Thread David Gaudine
On 11-01-31 8:47 PM, Andrew Reid wrote: The easy way out is to boot from a rescue disk, fix the mdadm.conf file, rebuild the initramfs, and reboot. The Real Sysadmin way is to start the array by hand from inside the initramfs. You want "mdadm -A /dev/md0" (or possibly "mdadm -A -u") to s

Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:07:11 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: (...) > Do some of you people still use DVD's as an external medium for > backups..? I prefer to store data in hard disks, but DVD-RAM (DL) could be worth a try in the event I'd look for an "optical" backup solution. Greetings, -- Camale

Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/02/2011 11:07 AM, Chris Jones wrote: I burn my backups to regular single-layer DVD's once in a while. DVD+RW is what I use, but now it looks like I'm flirting with their limit in terms of capacity.. In the long run, this probably means that I need to review my backup policies, maybe separa

New version of midori with more problems?

2011-02-02 Thread Javier Vasquez
Hi, I've keeping track of midori in unstable, to see the moment when it can actually substitute one of the more bloated browsers... After upgrade yesterday, the right button of the mouse seems to do nothing. And in mipsel boxes, it seems not possible to get into gmail with lots of time spent an

Squeeze Beta 2 upgrade

2011-02-02 Thread Russell Gadd
Hopefully a simple question to answer. I installed Squeeze beta 2 AMD64 a few weeks ago and have accepted all updates. If I continue to take the updates will it morph into the release version when that is released or is it advisable to reinstall the final release? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 02 February 2011 14:42:30 Camaleón wrote: > I don't think so, it's just I have another POV. Yes, quite. But the thing on which you have a different pov is what a newbie is. Which is semantic not technical. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Re: [OT] Newbies and non-defaults

2011-02-02 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
Op 02-02-11 15:42, Camaleón schreef: > On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:27:34 +, Lisi wrote: > >> On Wednesday 02 February 2011 14:15:13 Camaleón wrote: >>> should be >>> avoid replying here all KDE-related topics? ;-) >> >> Yes, if a newbie is talking about GNOME, we should ceratinly avoid >> muddying

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread lrhorer
martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach lrhorer [2011.02.02.1044 +0100]: >> How could I assemble the arrays manually when the system >> won't boot? > > At the busybox command line. > > The command output you provided is from the 2.6.32-3-amd64 kernel. > I need you to provide me wit

RE: Squeeze Beta 2 upgrade

2011-02-02 Thread Mike Viau
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 16:36:05 + wrote: > > Hopefully a simple question to answer. I installed Squeeze beta 2 > AMD64 a few weeks ago and have accepted all updates. If I continue to > take the updates will it morph into the release version when that is > released or is it advisable to reinsta

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:01:32 +, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 02 February 2011 14:42:30 Camaleón wrote: >> I don't think so, it's just I have another POV. > > Yes, quite. But the thing on which you have a different pov is what a > newbie is. Which is semantic not technical. I don't think the

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach lrhorer [2011.02.02.1748 +0100]: > No, that's the whole point. It locks up. It doesn't just launch the > BusyBox shell, awaiting a command. It doesn't respond to the keyboard. So you likely do not have the required USB modules for the keyboard in the initramfs. I suggest th

[Solution] panning using xrandr

2011-02-02 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:31:55 +, T o n g wrote: > Now the question that I really want, > > How can I reduce the size of my display to a smaller size, while keep > the virtual size of my display to my current size, using panning to view > all virtual display. whole tread is documented at http:

Re: Admin password (cn=admin,dc=config) for OpenLDAP in Debian Squeeze

2011-02-02 Thread Razvan Deaconescu
On 02/02/2011 05:24 PM, Rob Owens wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 05:05:56PM +0200, Razvan Deaconescu wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I've browsed the configuration page for slapd[1] and it mentions that, >> for starting from version 2.3, "The LDAP configuration engine allows all >> of slapd's configuration o

Re: [OT] Newbies and non-defaults

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:03:52 +0100, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > Op 02-02-11 15:42, Camaleón schreef: (...) >> So, if a user using KDE asks anything related to KDE, should we stop >> replying just because is not using a default setting? No, of course. >> The same goes with sudo. > Of course not, an

Upgrade stable -> testing -- with errors

2011-02-02 Thread Brad Alexander
I may have just shot myself in the foot, but I decided to go ahead and upgrade my wife's machine. It was running stable (lenny atm) and I wanted to get it to testing. Its running trinity as well. So I updated the apt-conf to APT::Default-Release "testing"; (My base sources.list includes links fo

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 02 February 2011 17:15:13 Camaleón wrote: > I don't think the main point of this thread is about "newbie" definition. > I've only pointed out that: It was in origin - which is what I was sticking to. So what we were failing to meet on was what the thread was about! A self avowed ne

Re: [OT] Newbies and non-defaults

2011-02-02 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 02 February 2011 17:03:52 Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > Anyway, somebody starting a topic with "help" as subject certainly > should read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ;) His question was fine - what some of us took issue with was the one particular reply!! Lisi --

Overwritten ALOM runtime image during Debian Net install - HELP :(

2011-02-02 Thread RR
Hi All, We think we have ruined the image that comes with the SC or something but we were trying to install Debian Linux on this V240. On the OBP we typed *ok boot new linux root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=10.1.3.1:/mnt/iso ip=10.1.3.11:10 .1.3.1:10.1.3.254:255.255.255.0:SPARC01* Where: /mnt/iso is where

Re: Upgrade stable -> testing -- with errors

2011-02-02 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-02 18:42 +0100, Brad Alexander wrote: > I may have just shot myself in the foot, but I decided to go ahead and > upgrade my wife's machine. It was running stable (lenny atm) and I > wanted to get it to testing. Its running trinity as well. > > So I updated the apt-conf to > > APT::Defau

Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:27:57AM EST, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > On 02/02/2011 11:07 AM, Chris Jones wrote: >> I burn my backups to regular single-layer DVD's once in a while. DVD+RW >> is what I use, but now it looks like I'm flirting with their limit in >> terms of capacity.. [..] > My commen

Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:18:06AM EST, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:07:11 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > > (...) > > > Do some of you people still use DVD's as an external medium for > > backups..? > I prefer to store data in hard disks, but DVD-RAM (DL) could be worth > a try in the e

Re: Copying DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Mark Neidorff
On Wednesday 02 February 2011 08:30 am, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hi there, > > I am trying to copy a dvd (double layer). For some reason brasero > thinks there is no dvd (using a cd-rom instead of a dvd is ok). Here > is the output when the dvd is in: > I'm assuming that this is a video DVD.

Re: USB3.0 problem: xhci_hcd not found

2011-02-02 Thread Krzysztof Bieniasz
> Something I was reading in your posts started me thinking that maybe in > your hast you started adding more usb software thinking that you may > accidentally solve the problem, so could the problem be too much > software has been installed? No, the only thing I've installed in connection with th

Re: Upgrade stable -> testing -- with errors

2011-02-02 Thread Brad Alexander
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-02-02 18:42 +0100, Brad Alexander wrote: > >> I may have just shot myself in the foot, but I decided to go ahead and >> upgrade my wife's machine. It was running stable (lenny atm) and I >> wanted to get it to testing. Its running trin

BIOS boot message. How to fix?

2011-02-02 Thread Mark Neidorff
I'm running kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64 . Recently I have started getting this informational message on boot: Your BIOS doesn't have a aperture memory hole. Please enable the IOMMU option in the BIOS setup. The BIOS is ASUS M2N PV-VM ACPI BIOS R1201 When I enter BIOS setup, I see no option for enabl

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:43:59 +, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 02 February 2011 17:15:13 Camaleón wrote: >> I don't think the main point of this thread is about "newbie" >> definition. I've only pointed out that: > > It was in origin - which is what I was sticking to. So what we were > failing t

Re: opera copy/paste

2011-02-02 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 02/02/2011 09:33 AM, Camaleón wrote: It only happens within Opera? Try to launch it with another user that has a clean .opera profile ("gksu opera" will open Opera as "root") and check if the copy/paste weird behaviour remains. no it does not happen under KDE with my wifes' account. With

Re: Upgrade stable -> testing -- with errors

2011-02-02 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-02 19:21 +0100, Brad Alexander wrote: > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2011-02-02 18:42 +0100, Brad Alexander wrote: >> >>> I may have just shot myself in the foot, but I decided to go ahead and >>> upgrade my wife's machine. It was running stable (lenny atm

Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:18:06AM EST, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:07:11 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > > (...) > > Do some of you people still use DVD's as an external medium for > > backups..? > I prefer to store data in hard disks, but DVD-RAM (DL) could be worth > a try in the eve

Re: Upgrade stable -> testing -- with errors

2011-02-02 Thread Brad Alexander
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > > Well, this might actually be your problem, try downgrading to 4.4.5-8 > from Squeeze.  Apparently the experimental libstdc++6 version does not > work with Lenny's glibcš. That worked to get me moving forward again. I had to install gcc-base-

Re: BIOS boot message. How to fix?

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:29:55 -0500, Mark Neidorff wrote: > I'm running kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64 . Recently I have started getting > this informational message on boot: By "recently" you mean "suddenly and by no apparent reason"? > Your BIOS doesn't have a aperture memory hole. Please enable the IO

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread lrhorer
martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach lrhorer [2011.02.02.1748 +0100]: >> No, that's the whole point. It locks up. It doesn't just >> launch the >> BusyBox shell, awaiting a command. It doesn't respond to the >> keyboard. > > So you likely do not have the required USB modules f

Installing Debian from NFS

2011-02-02 Thread RR
Hello, this may be a very obvious one of those things that I should just "Google" but given my last experience, and unsuccessful Googling, I figured maybe I should ask the community as to what the CORRECT way to install Debian on a Sun machine such that it uses the ISO/Distribution on my local NF

Re: Display or graphics problems

2011-02-02 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 19:26 Wed 02 Feb, 陈飞 (yinhuleop...@yeah.net) wrote: > Just install success, reboots display shows "input does not support" > > Designates mode can enter, single user mode startx after, display > shows "input does not support", Windows can be activated. > > Installation is AMD64 5.07, showing t

Re: opera copy/paste

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:33:33 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On 02/02/2011 09:33 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> It only happens within Opera? Try to launch it with another user that >> has a clean .opera profile ("gksu opera" will open Opera as "root") and >> check if the copy/paste weird behaviour remain

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach lrhorer [2011.02.02.1923 +0100]: > I rather suspected that might be the case. Taking a quick look at > the /dev directory, the drive targets have changed from /hdX to > /sdX, and are now way at the end of the list, rather than "a" and > "b". Now that really shouldn't give mdadm any gr

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-02 Thread Brian
On Wed 02 Feb 2011 at 16:03:44 +, Camaleón wrote: > Agree. With no Internet connection I would go for the first CD or better > yet, the first DVD. > > Last time I used "netinst" image fitted in a mini-CD (~210 MiB) which > allowed me to install a bare system but not a full desktop metapack

Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 = > I prefer to store data in hard disks, but DVD-RAM (DL) could be worth > a try in the event I'd look for an "optical" backup solution. Thanks, will check whether my drive supports them. = Here's one way to find out: = $ dmesg | grep

Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:44:43 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:18:06AM EST, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:07:11 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: >> >> (...) > >> > Do some of you people still use DVD's as an external medium for >> > backups..? > >> I prefer to store da

Re: Installing Debian from NFS

2011-02-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , RR wrote: >this may be a very obvious one of those things that I should just "Google" >but given my last experience, and unsuccessful Googling, I figured maybe I >should ask the community as to what the CORRECT way to install Debian on a >Sun machine such that it uses the ISO/Distribution on

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-02 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:05:24 +, Brian wrote: > On Wed 02 Feb 2011 at 16:03:44 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> Agree. With no Internet connection I would go for the first CD or >> better yet, the first DVD. >> >> Last time I used "netinst" image fitted in a mini-CD (~210 MiB) which >> allowed me

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20110202113302.GH3865@fischer>, Chris Bannister wrote: >On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:37:05AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In <20110131040038.GA3315@fischer>, Chris Bannister wrote: >> >On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 02:40:01PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> >> If you do an expert install you

Re: can't umount automounted drives

2011-02-02 Thread Terence
On 2 February 2011 15:08, wrote: > you are, of course, correct. > > Nothing like having egg on your face archived in the mailing list for > all time :-( > I'm glad you've joined me in that (I mean "us" for we are legion...)! We who live should learn, and this list encourages learning. So thank

Re: Can't reboot after power failure (RAID problem?)

2011-02-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d49816b.1040...@alcor.concordia.ca>, David Gaudine wrote: >I have one more question, just out of curiousity so bottom priority. >Why does this work? mdadm.conf is in the initramfs which is in /boot >which is on /dev/md0, but /dev/md0 doesn't exist until the arrays are >assembled, which requir

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Bob Proulx
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > "sudo " is shorter than saying "as the root user: ". "su -c " is > longer than "sudo ". Explaining how and when to "su -" and "exit" > is usually longer than any of them. None of them are correct on all > systems. > > So, it's not about being correct. It's about

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread lrhorer
martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach lrhorer [2011.02.02.1923 +0100]: >> I rather suspected that might be the case. Taking a quick look at >> the /dev directory, the drive targets have changed from /hdX to >> /sdX, and are now way at the end of the list, rather than "a" and >> "b". Now that real

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread lrhorer
Here is the output of dmesg under the new kernel: [4.228353] ata4.04: hard resetting link [4.564319] ata4.04: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 320) [4.564375] ata4.05: hard resetting link [4.900300] ata4.05: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 320) [4.939162]

Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 02:10:53PM EST, Curt Howland wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > = > > I prefer to store data in hard disks, but DVD-RAM (DL) could be > worth > > a try in the event I'd look for an "optical" backup solution. > > Thanks, will check whether

Re: Installing Debian from NFS

2011-02-02 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 13:49 -0500, RR wrote: > Hello, > > this may be a very obvious one of those things that I should just > "Google" but given my last experience, and unsuccessful Googling, I > figured maybe I should ask the community as to what the CORRECT way to > install Debian on a Sun ma

Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 02:27:50PM EST, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:44:43 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > > Doesn't say anything about double-layer.. or are they dual-sided? > > Hum, OSTA calls them "double-sided" ;-P > > http://www.osta.org/technology/dvdqa/dvdqa6.htm Looks like I sus

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach lrhorer [2011.02.02.2047 +0100]: > ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid6 num-devices=10 metadata=01.2 name=Backup:0 > UUID=431244d6:45d9635a:e88b3de5:92f30255 What's metadata=01.2. I suggest you remove the 0, except for this one line: > ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 metadata=0.90 > U

Re: Installing Debian from NFS

2011-02-02 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 01:39:59PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In , RR wrote: > >this may be a very obvious one of those things that I should just "Google" > >but given my last experience, and unsuccessful Googling, I figured maybe I > >should ask the community as to what the CORRECT wa

Re: Installing Debian from NFS

2011-02-02 Thread Freeman
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 05:12:05PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 01:39:59PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > In , RR wrote: > > >this may be a very obvious one of those things that I should just "Google" > > >but given my last experience, and unsuccessful Googling, I fi

Re: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Gilbert Sullivan
On 02/02/2011 01:10 PM, Chris Jones wrote: (...) One trick I use is copy my back-up file (encrypted) to my cell phone's micro-SD.. In the event disaster struck, I would either be out of the house with my cell phone, or grab a few belongings including said mobile before I rushed outside. The probl

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-02 Thread Brian
On Wed 02 Feb 2011 at 19:44:01 +, Camaleón wrote: > Why LiveCD for installing? Any advantage over the standard install first > CD image? Without knowing what is on the first CD my answer is bound to be incomplete (any pointers to its contents?), but there are Live CDs specific to installing

Re: Overwritten ALOM runtime image during Debian Net install - HELP :(

2011-02-02 Thread Richard Mortimer
On 02/02/2011 17:55, RR wrote: Hi All, We think we have ruined the image that comes with the SC or something but we were trying to install Debian Linux on this V240. On the OBP we typed /ok boot new linux root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=10.1.3.1:/mnt/iso ip=10.1.3.11:10.1.3.1:10.1.3.254:255.255.255.0:S

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 01:04:58PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > If the reply comes back with "su doesn't work" or "sudo doesn't > > work", you can see they missed the point entirely and educate them > > about what is "being root", the dangers of "being root", and how

Waiting for Squeeze - was: Backup media - double-layer DVD

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 05:35:51PM EST, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > On 02/02/2011 01:10 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > (...) >> One trick I use is copy my back-up file (encrypted) to my cell >> phone's micro-SD.. In the event disaster struck, I would either be >> out of the house with my cell phone, or gr

RE: BIOS boot message. How to fix?

2011-02-02 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: m...@neidorff.com >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: RE: BIOS boot message. How to fix? >Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 13:29:55 -0500 > >>I'm running kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64 . Recently I have started getting >this >>informational message on boot: >> >>Your

Re: which DVD to download?

2011-02-02 Thread Brian
On Wed 02 Feb 2011 at 22:36:37 +, Brian wrote: > On Wed 02 Feb 2011 at 19:44:01 +, Camaleón wrote: > > > Why LiveCD for installing? Any advantage over the standard install first > > CD image? > > Without knowing what is on the first CD my answer is bound to be > incomplete (any pointers

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 02:24:01PM +, Lisi wrote: > > Chris - I am beginning to think that Chamaleón's problem understanding what > we > are on about, may be semantic. I may be underestimating the knowledge that a newbie may have. But I prefer to err on the side of caution. You quite often

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Joey Hess
Camaleón wrote: > Should you want to use sudo, you can select it with the expert install or > you can configure after the installation (if standard root login was > selected). There is no need to use any expert install option with squeeze. Simply follow the instructions it presents: You need t

Re: help

2011-02-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 02:42:30PM +, Camaleón wrote: > > PS As I have said to Chris, I think that your problem understanding what > > we are saying may be semantic. > > I don't think so, it's just I have another POV. Isn't that the same thing? -- "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping co

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread lrhorer
martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach lrhorer [2011.02.02.2047 +0100]: >> ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid6 num-devices=10 metadata=01.2 name=Backup:0 >> UUID=431244d6:45d9635a:e88b3de5:92f30255 > > What's metadata=01.2. I suggest you remove the 0, except for this > one line: I'll give it a sho

Re: Overwritten ALOM runtime image during Debian Net install - HELP :(

2011-02-02 Thread RR
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Richard Mortimer wrote: > > > On 02/02/2011 17:55, RR wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> We think we have ruined the image that comes with the SC or something >> but we were trying to install Debian Linux on this V240. On the OBP we >> typed >> >> /ok boot new linux root=/de

Re: Overwritten ALOM runtime image during Debian Net install - HELP :(

2011-02-02 Thread RR
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:08 PM, RR wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Richard Mortimer > wrote: > >> >> >> On 02/02/2011 17:55, RR wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> We think we have ruined the image that comes with the SC or something >>> but we were trying to install Debian Linux on this

Re: Upgrade to 2.6.32-5-amd64 failing miserably

2011-02-02 Thread lrhorer
There's another, possibly very significant oddity. Right now, when the old kernel boots, it exhibits exactly the same symptoms for /dev/md0, but not for the other arrays, the only obvious difference being /dev/md0 is comprised entirely of disks whose udev names are /dev/sdX, while the oth

  1   2   >