[OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

Howdie, fellow Debianites! Any networking guru lurking on the list? Here's the situation. There's basically two (interrelated) families sharing our broadband connection. In the other family, there's this person who's downloading large numbers of files around the clock. As we've just upgrad

Re: Why does Linux crash?

On 20 April 2011 14:16, Paul E Condon wrote: Enormous Probably the second largest one I've done since I've been > back! > > But given your experience with Eclipse, I hope you are developing a healthy > scepticism about proposals to have elections voted and votes counted on the > Internet. Imag

Re: Re: Why does Linux crash?

Thank you for your reply and your consolation that other people are equally miffed with Eclipse. My question, though, is about Linux control systems. Is one of the kernel's design goals to manage system resources to prevent a buggy program from crippling the system and forcing a hard restart? If

Re: Why does Linux crash?

On 20110419_225719, Borden Rhodes wrote: > Good evening, > > I do mean this earnestly and, despite my frustration, I am not trying > to flame the good people of Debian, GNU or Linux. Nevertheless, I > have to ask: why is it that in 2011, the world's greatest operating > system lets Eclipse seize

best practice to use newer cpan modules on squeeze

Hello! in squeeze most perl modules are not up-to-date. for example libmoose-perl. In this case I include the sid repo and attempt to upgrade to sid version of libmoose but a hell of dependency begins. I am afraid if insist on upgrading this module, lots of perl core module/perl would be upgraded

Why does Linux crash?

Good evening, I do mean this earnestly and, despite my frustration, I am not trying to flame the good people of Debian, GNU or Linux. Nevertheless, I have to ask: why is it that in 2011, the world's greatest operating system lets Eclipse seize control of my computer, eat up 2 GB of RAM, monopolis

Re: Issue writing image to disk via dd

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011, at 07:13:13 -0500, Mark Kane wrote: > One thing to add is that the documentation I'm going off of was > written back in 2008 and specifically mentions doing this > successfully from Linux (though not sure which distro the author had > used). I would think that if it worked bac

Re: web page image alignment

On 04/19/2011 07:47 PM, Heddle Weaver wrote: On 20 April 2011 07:33, Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph.< provi...@telusplanet.net> wrote: Hello: I'm trying to use the Writer program to put a web page together. I want to include some images, and I'd like to cut back on the document length. I trie

Re: web page image alignment

On 20 April 2011 07:33, Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph. < provi...@telusplanet.net> wrote: > Hello: > > I'm trying to use the Writer program to put a web page together. > > I want to include some images, and I'd like to cut back on the > document length. > > I tried placing the PNG images side by si

Re: file systems

Chris Brennan put forth on 4/19/2011 3:30 PM: > JFX/XFS comes with there own risks (especially in power-loss > situations). This information is incorrect, at least WRT XFS, please disregard. XFS had a bug prior to 2007 that could, in rare cases, cause some filesystem corruption upon power loss.

Re: file systems

prad put forth on 4/19/2011 1:45 PM: > we are thinking of redoing our existing servers and workstations in > june. our servers is low volume and run out of our home via cable. > > right now the servers are running freebsd and our personal machines use > arch linux, but we'd like to unify everythin

problem with Asus EEE SSD (slowdown, hibernate causes error)

Recently I've been noticing some slowdown issues with Debian Squeeze on my Asus EEE. Some paging operations measured with LatencyTOP take upwards of 4 seconds while the drive light stays solid on the entire time. I have zero messages during normal use from dmesg. However, if I try to resume from a

web page image alignment

Hello: I'm trying to use the Writer program to put a web page together. I want to include some images, and I'd like to cut back on the document length. I tried placing the PNG images side by side (I used the LEFT alignment and RIGHT alignment controls on the menu bar), and they looked just fin

Re: file systems

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 13:52, Chris Brennan wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Doug wrote: >> >> If it makes any difference to you, I _think_ that there's a windows >> program that will read ext3; I know it will >> read ext2.  I haven't heard of one that reads ext4.  If you don't care >>

Re: file systems

On Apr 19, 2011 4:53 PM, "Chris Brennan" wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Doug wrote: >> >> If it makes any difference to you, I _think_ that there's a windows program that will read ext3; I know it will >> read ext2. I haven't heard of one that reads ext4. If you don't care about wi

Re: Libre Office Impress.

On 20 April 2011 03:23, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 19. 04. 2011 04:42:40 je Heddle Weaver napisal(a): > >> On 19 April 2011 10:34, Greg Madden wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > On Monday 18 April 2011 12:20:13 pm Heddle Weaver wrote: >> > > Using this programme on a Debian SID base. When I used OO Impress, I

Re: file systems

On 20 April 2011 06:50, Doug wrote: > On 04/19/2011 03:18 PM, Klistvud wrote: > >> Dne, 19. 04. 2011 20:45:38 je prad napisal(a): >> >>> we are thinking of redoing our existing servers and workstations in >>> june. our servers is low volume and run out of our home via cable. >>> >>> right now the

Re: file systems

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Doug wrote: If it makes any difference to you, I _think_ that there's a windows program > that will read ext3; I know it will > read ext2. I haven't heard of one that reads ext4. If you don't care > about windows, ext4 seems to work fine. > (You can read the win

Re: file systems

On 04/19/2011 03:18 PM, Klistvud wrote: Dne, 19. 04. 2011 20:45:38 je prad napisal(a): we are thinking of redoing our existing servers and workstations in june. our servers is low volume and run out of our home via cable. right now the servers are running freebsd and our personal machines use a

Re: file systems

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:45, prad wrote: > > we are thinking of redoing our existing servers and workstations in > > june. our servers is low volume and run out of our home via cable. > > > > right now the servers are running freebsd and ou

Re: file systems

On 19 April 2011 19:45, prad wrote: > we are thinking of redoing our existing servers and workstations in > june. our servers is low volume and run out of our home via cable. > > right now the servers are running freebsd and our personal machines use > arch linux, but we'd like to unify everything

Can anyone post a working pppd config?

I just need a "temporary" pppoe server, that only uses PAP ___Can someone post a howto, just in a few lines, what to do?___ If I just do "pppd require-pap" then it gives this error: pppd: The remote system is required to authenticate itself pppd: but I couldn't fin any suitable secret (password

Re: file systems

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:45, prad wrote: > we are thinking of redoing our existing servers and workstations in > june. our servers is low volume and run out of our home via cable. > > right now the servers are running freebsd and our personal machines use > arch linux, but we'd like to unify eve

Re: Reverting to an old version of libstdc++6

* Joe Riel: > This weekend I upgraded, and libstdc++6 went from > 4.5.2-4 -> 4.6.0-2. This has broken a commercial > package I use; I now get By the way, this a bug in GCC 4.6.0, possibly related to . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-use

Re: file systems

Dne, 19. 04. 2011 20:45:38 je prad napisal(a): we are thinking of redoing our existing servers and workstations in june. our servers is low volume and run out of our home via cable. right now the servers are running freebsd and our personal machines use arch linux, but we'd like to unify ever

file systems

we are thinking of redoing our existing servers and workstations in june. our servers is low volume and run out of our home via cable. right now the servers are running freebsd and our personal machines use arch linux, but we'd like to unify everything onto debian because a) we've liked it in the

Re: Where is xorg.conf?

A good supplement for the Debian wiki http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg is given on this web-site: http://pkg-xorg.alioth.debian.org/howto/configure-input.html -- Best regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: Reverting to an old version of libstdc++6

On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:07:01 +0200 Johan Grönqvist wrote: > 2011-04-19 17:29, Joe Riel skrev: > > This weekend I upgraded, and libstdc++6 went from > > 4.5.2-4 -> 4.6.0-2. > > > (1) how do I determine what version of libstdc++6 > > that the previous debian version of that package was using? > >

Re: Trouble with apt-cache and aptitude(PROBLEM SOLVED!)

Dne, 19. 04. 2011 01:17:34 je Alan McConnell napisal(a): A general point, for the wonderful Debian developers: I feel that this apt-cdrom action should have been done automatically at the install, as it was with my etch DVDs. At some po

Re: Libre Office Impress.

Dne, 19. 04. 2011 04:42:40 je Heddle Weaver napisal(a): On 19 April 2011 10:34, Greg Madden wrote: > > > On Monday 18 April 2011 12:20:13 pm Heddle Weaver wrote: > > Using this programme on a Debian SID base. When I used OO Impress, I had > > access to a full range of presentation backgrounds

Re: Reverting to an old version of libstdc++6

2011-04-19 17:29, Joe Riel skrev: This weekend I upgraded, and libstdc++6 went from 4.5.2-4 -> 4.6.0-2. (1) how do I determine what version of libstdc++6 that the previous debian version of that package was using? That, is, the current package provides the file /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.15 an

Re: Troubleshooting boot

Michaël Grünewald: > > But anyway I try it again: is there a kernel command line option > that disables parallelization of initialization and fixes the order > of it? Not a kernel option, but you can edit /etc/default/rcS and set CONCURRENCY=none. That should prevent init scripts from being run i

Re: kernel

On Tuesday 19 April 2011 17:38:54 Homer Simpson wrote: > Hello! > Hi, Did you follow the howto from easybcd? I copy it bellow for you to check: Vista before Linux EasyBCD makes installing Linux after you have Windows Vista up-and-running a breeze. These steps assume you have Windows Vista prope

Backlight mystery - anyone shed light?

My HP laptop tends to boot with a dim screen. I can fix this with echo 10 > /sys/devices/virtual/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness which I run from /etc/rc,local. It works well with all kernels up to 2.6.37. With 2.6.38 there is usually no /sys/devices/virtual/backlight... so the above command

kernel

Hello! I Installed debian 6 in my computer, but when I turn on the computer I can't do the boot, and apears a message saying that I have to load kernel, but I can't do this. I don't known if it is important but I have windows 7 installed im my computer too, and to choose what OS I'm gonna use, I u

Reverting to an old version of libstdc++6

This weekend I upgraded, and libstdc++6 went from 4.5.2-4 -> 4.6.0-2. This has broken a commercial package I use; I now get symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: undefined symbol: _ZNSt14error_categoryD2Ev, version GLIBCXX_3.4.15 I have a few simple questions. (1) how do I determine w

Re: Troubleshooting boot

Well Kent, I am afraid we are on our own this time! But anyway I try it again: is there a kernel command line option that disables parallelization of initialization and fixes the order of it? It would help me to understand why Squeeze is so reluctant at booting on my machine. BTW I noticed th

Re: Where is xorg.conf?

Dnia Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:10:02 +0200, Alan McConnell napisał(a): > This file used to be called XFree-11-86.conf or some such, way back > when. In my 'etch' it was xorg.conf and was in /etc/X11. > > I have just installed 'squeeze' and it works great. But I'd like to > enable "Emulate3Buttons" o

Re: Where is xorg.conf?

Hi, Am Dienstag, den 19.04.2011, 10:04 -0400 schrieb Alan McConnell: > This file used to be called XFree-11-86.conf or some such, way > back when. In my 'etch' it was xorg.conf and was in /etc/X11. > > I have just installed 'squeeze' and it works great. But I'd > like to enable "Emulate3Button

Re: Where is xorg.conf?

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:04:40AM -0400, Alan McConnell wrote: > This file used to be called XFree-11-86.conf or some such, way > back when. In my 'etch' it was xorg.conf and was in /etc/X11. > > I have just installed 'squeeze' and it works great. But I'd > like to enable "Emulate3Buttons" on

Where is xorg.conf?

This file used to be called XFree-11-86.conf or some such, way back when. In my 'etch' it was xorg.conf and was in /etc/X11. I have just installed 'squeeze' and it works great. But I'd like to enable "Emulate3Buttons" on my mouse. I've looked for xorg.conf in a bunch of places. It isn't in /

Re: INSTALL DEBIAN 6.0 WITH KERNEL SMP

2011-04-19 15:29, alex.padoly skrev: I would like to know if I can choose a smp kernel when I going to install DEBIAN 6.0 I believe there is no choice. All kernels are smp-kernels. A related bug report was closed in 2007 with the comment: "As recent Linux kernels in Debian all have SMP suppo

eeepc-acpi-scripts update & breakage

I made the mistake of upgrading eeepc-acpi-scripts (to 1.1.11) and some things have stopped working. Notably - Fn-F1 used to suspend to RAM, it's now a no-op, - likewise for closing the lid, - Fn-F7 used to toggle the backlight, it's a now a no-op, - guessnet has become a boat anchor. What is one

INSTALL DEBIAN 6.0 WITH KERNEL SMP

Hi, I would like to know if I can choose a smp kernel when I going to install DEBIAN 6.0 Regards. Alex PADOLY

Re: usbserial/printer

I don't know how much stupid I am... but I included the the original printer cable and it printed... as if the printer serial cable was a null modem... thank you all... sorry about the noisy... 2011/4/19 Leonardo Ruoso > I did bought a new usbserial, another brand, they didn't have the serial >

Re: Replacing hard disk used in existing filesystem

On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 11:32 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > You had it pretty much correct; don't worry. Double-check your > backups are good before beginning. Thanks a lot, Dan! Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: usbserial/printer

I did bought a new usbserial, another brand, they didn't have the serial tester at my local store, same thing. The serial printer works fine when connected to the serial port, but doesn't work when connected to the usbserial. Now it's a Clone one... It has the bMaxPacketSize = 64 which I read ind

Re: Bugreport: "Netinstall DVD"? debian-testing-amd64-DVD-1.iso 18-Apr-2011

Тира Шюпаст: > > I am new at sending bug reports to Debian, so please bear with me, and my > English too. No problem. You just need to know that this list is not the right place to report bugs to Debian Developers, that's what the BTS is for (bugs.debian.org). But anyway, you mail's content suits

Bugreport: "Netinstall DVD"? debian-testing-amd64-DVD-1.iso 18-Apr-2011

Hi. I am new at sending bug reports to Debian, so please bear with me, and my English too. I have found a possibly "grave" bug in a weekly dvd iso distribution of Debian Wheezy. The problem is that the system can not be installed on my Compaq Presario CQ61 notebook. The only custom setting I made

Re: changing my e-mail address

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 09:25 +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > I want to change the address used for my subscription to this list. > On other lists, there is generally an option to modify the e-mail address > used for subscribing, but I didn't find that for debian lists. > Otherwise, I can of

Re: Debian's OpenLDAP

On 04/19/2011 09:04 AM, Christian Müller wrote: Hi, I'm using the Debian Squeeze OpenLDAP. Where can I set ACLs? Isn't it possible to execute the "access to" directives with ldapmodify? There's no slapd.conf file in Debian, they use a slapd.d folder - Chris Hi , it's not Debian's OpenLDA

Debian's OpenLDAP

Hi, I'm using the Debian Squeeze OpenLDAP. Where can I set ACLs? Isn't it possible to execute the "access to" directives with ldapmodify? There's no slapd.conf file in Debian, they use a slapd.d folder - Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject