Re: Debian sid root path issue

Joseph Lenox: > After updating Sid last week, I tried to install something with > apt-get using sudo and got the following error from dpkg: > dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable. > dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable. > dpkg: error: 2 ex

php install - mycrypt

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Re: 3D.rendering became slow since moved to wheezy.

Thank You for Your time and answer, Jörg-Volker: >Take a look at the output of > glxgears -info Did not give me any idea: Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate. GL_RENDERER = Gallium 0.4 on ATI RS480 GL_VERSIO

Re: Wiping hard drives - Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #1704

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > I use Dban and shred (stick them in an old machine and take as long as > it takes) - then disable the drive (pin in the breather hole), pliers on > the power connectors. DBAN is definitely one of the better tools out there, but it has wea

Re: tap touchpad to click mouse?

On Tuesday 20 September 2011 01:26:55 Steve M. Robbins wrote: > Hi, > > I bought a netbook (Acer aspire one) recently and got Debian running on it > with surprisingly few problems. The wireless networking works, graphics > works. > > One thing that does not work as well as in Windows 7 is the tr

tap touchpad to click mouse?

Hi, I bought a netbook (Acer aspire one) recently and got Debian running on it with surprisingly few problems. The wireless networking works, graphics works. One thing that does not work as well as in Windows 7 is the track pad for moving the cursor. Moving the cursor works fine, but in Win

Re: CD reader doesn't read audio CDs

On 20/09/11 07:17, Scurz wrote: > On 18/09/11 05:24 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:03:05 -0400, Scurz wrote: >> >>> I've done all the researches I could to find a solution but the CD/DVD >>> reader doesn't read my audio CDs (but it reads data CDs) since a >>> while... >> By googling

Re: Debian sid root path issue

Joseph Lenox wrote: > After updating Sid last week, I tried to install something with > apt-get using sudo and got the following error from dpkg: > > dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable. > dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable. > dpkg: err

Re: Wiping hard drives - Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #1704

On 20/09/11 05:24, D G Teed wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Lee Winter > wrote: > > > You also failed to consider the asymmetry between the possible > outcomes once the "truth" becomes known. �If one-pass overwrite is > sufficient, but one u

Re: Wiping hard drives - Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #1704

On 20/09/11 04:08, Lee Winter wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:57 PM, D G Teed wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Lee Winter >> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Aaron Toponce >>> wrote: On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 08:59:14AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > If you wan

Re: Debian sid root path issue

After updating Sid last week, I tried to install something with apt-get using sudo and got the following error from dpkg: dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable. dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable. dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not fou

Re: Debian sid root path issue

On 09/19/2011 08:40 PM, Joseph Lenox wrote: Any offhand ideas as to where to look first to figure out what's going on? --Joseph Lenox My apologies if I've double or triple posted; I managed to screw up the destination once and then sent from an unsubscribed email address. -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Debian sid root path issue

After updating Sid last week, I tried to install something with apt-get using sudo and got the following error from dpkg: dpkg: warning: 'ldconfig' not found in PATH or not executable. dpkg: warning: 'start-stop-daemon' not found in PATH or not executable. dpkg: error: 2 expected programs not fo

Re: kernel param : why acpi=off breaks screen resolution ?

On 20/09/11 02:45, Bruno Costacurta wrote: > >>> On my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off >>> to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. >>> However the screen resolution is then downgrade (to 1024/640 from >>> 1366/768). >>> Which solution should I try

Re: Wiping hard drives - [OT]

On 20/09/11 00:27, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 08:59:14AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> If you want to be safe, you need to overwrite the data several >> times, > > Have anything to back that up? Try eating your own dog food - the citation in the wikipedia link (made no more o

Re: sound stopped and now working. what happened?

On 19/09/11 13:28, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Hi > > I recently upgraded my sid system. > > Sound had been working nicely. Then we were upgraded to the 3.0.0-1-amd64 > kernel and for some reason I had no sound. > When i ran lsmod i got > > now if i try this > > mlaks@Rashi:~$ lsmod |grep alsa

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:07:26PM +1000, Mike Hore wrote: > > > > Sorry Stephen, but there doesn't seem to be any such list. Were you > thinking of the PPC list? > ---end quoted text--- Thought it was MacOS and not strictly PPC. Guess not? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lis

Re: Wiping hard drives - Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #1704

All the back and forth. I say, if you want to be truly safe and if you have the means, give your old hard the same treatment as the Terminator in T2... Other than that, let your security meaures match your threat environment. If you have to worry about National Technical Means, then by all means,

Re: Issues with ATI capture

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:24:36 -0400, co...@esid.gecgr.co.cu wrote in message <531305803fc550e492f24b425a650c1a.squir...@sax.esid.gecgr.co.cu>: > Hi > > I have a capture card ATI AGP 64 mb and using Debian squeeze ..ah. I was assuming Wheezy or Sid-like, X-things has changed, and has been improv

Re: Openoffice writer.................................fill

On 09/19/2011 05:16 PM, Joel Roth wrote: Hi Debianologists, Many word processors can fill to the right margin with a repeated character (often dot or underscore). I think the technical term is 'leadering'. Does anyone know how to do it in OOW? Thanks click on the ruler where you want y

Re: Openoffice writer.................................fill

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:16:17 -1000 Joel Roth dijo: >Hi Debianologists, > >Many word processors can fill to the right margin >with a repeated character (often dot or underscore). > >I think the technical term is 'leadering'. > >Does anyone know how to do it in OOW? Create a tab at the rightmost e

Re: Openoffice writer.................................fill

On Mon, 2011-09-19 at 12:16 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Hi Debianologists, > > Many word processors can fill to the right margin > with a repeated character (often dot or underscore). > > I think the technical term is 'leadering'. > > Does anyone know how to do it in OOW? > > Thanks > > -- > Jo

Re: My syster reboots automatically when trying to shut it down.

shutdown -P nowwont work. i get a message thats it should be used together with flag 'h' so 'shutdown -hP now'worked a couple of times but now it doesnt. also in acpi=force is in the boot kernel , as was apm=power-off (which i removed with no gain ) Also i tried the command 'powero

Re: 'apt-get dist-upgrade' from Lenny to Squeeze crashes

Alex wrote: > I think I have reached a dead-end and may have to restore from > partimage backup. Sigh. Oh well. On the bright side at least you have a full backup. :-) > I worked through Bob's recommendations:- :-) >* apt-get dist-upgrade >* E: Internal Error, Could not perform immedi

Re: CD reader doesn't read audio CDs

On 18/09/11 05:24 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:03:05 -0400, Scurz wrote: I've done all the researches I could to find a solution but the CD/DVD reader doesn't read my audio CDs (but it reads data CDs) since a while... By googling around I've found some reports (even a bug¹ for De

Openoffice writer.................................fill

Hi Debianologists, Many word processors can fill to the right margin with a repeated character (often dot or underscore). I think the technical term is 'leadering'. Does anyone know how to do it in OOW? Thanks -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org w

Re: Gimp problem

On 19/09/11 12:17 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:23:49 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: On 19/09/11 09:42 AM, Camaleón wrote: (...) Did you try to launch it from a new user, preferably a new/empty one? No, not yet but I will do A new user has the same problem...the b

Re: Wiping hard drives - Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #1704

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Lee Winter wrote: > > You also failed to consider the asymmetry between the possible > outcomes once the "truth" becomes known. If one-pass overwrite is > sufficient, but one uses multiple passes, then one has lost a small > increment of time. If one pass overwri

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Re: Wiping hard drives - Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #1704

On 19/09/11 17:57, D G Teed wrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Lee Winterwrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Aaron Toponce wrote: On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 08:59:14AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: If you want to be safe, you need to overwrite the data several times, Have anything to ba

Re: Wiping hard drives - Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #1704

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:57 PM, D G Teed wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Lee Winter > wrote: >> >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Aaron Toponce >> wrote: >> > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 08:59:14AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> >> If you want to be safe, you need to overwrite the data

Re: Anyone using Lenovo E47 laptop's bluetooth?

On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:14:55 +0800, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: > I own a E47 now and want to connect my cell with by bluetooth. I > checked dmesg, I got: (...) > But there is no bluetooth or hci devices in lspci. `hcitool dev` > returned no device, either. > What should I do? Same here

Re: kernel param : why acpi=off breaks screen resolution ?

On my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. However the screen resolution is then downgrade (to 1024/640 from 1366/768). Why ? Acer (like many manufacturers) have there own ideas about ACPI standards. Which s

Re: Wiping hard drives - Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #1704

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Lee Winter wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Aaron Toponce > wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 08:59:14AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> If you want to be safe, you need to overwrite the data several times, > > > > Have anything to back that up? If you'

Re: Wiping hard drives - Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #1704

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 08:59:14AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> If you want to be safe, you need to overwrite the data several times, > > Have anything to back that up? If you're using drives that used the old MFM > or RLL encoding schemes,

Re: Gimp problem

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:23:49 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > On 19/09/11 09:42 AM, Camaleón wrote: (...) Did you try to launch it from a new user, preferably a new/empty one? >>> >>>No, not yet but I will do > > > A new user has the same problem...the box opens tall and thin, > c

Re: Lexmark X2670 CUPS & SANE support?

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:45:22 +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote: > I'm thinking about buying this product and being Googling around to get > information about support or about experience with this product on > Debian Squeeze system. > > I find not any information regarding this. > > Has anyone setup this p

Re: Gimp problem

On 19/09/11 09:13 AM, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: Frank, On 19/09/2011 14:41, Frank McCormick wrote: On 19/09/11 03:28 AM, Liam O'Toole wrote: On 2011-09-18, Frank McCormick wrote: I posted this question on the GIMP list but no one seems to know the answer. Maybe you could try on the GTK one? Ju

Re: Gimp problem

On 19/09/11 09:42 AM, Camaleón wrote: http://imagebin.org/172940 I have changed styles several times..but it doesn't seem to affect GIMP at all. I've tried both themes available to GIMP, default and small but they don't make any difference Did you try to launch it from a ne

Lexmark X2670 CUPS & SANE support?

Hi, I'm thinking about buying this product and being Googling around to get information about support or about experience with this product on Debian Squeeze system. I find not any information regarding this. Has anyone setup this printer & scanner with CUPS and SANE on Debian Squeeze successful

Re: mdadm and fsck

19/09/2011 15:59, Joey L wrote: > Hi Andrew - > Thanks for the reply - > I tried to mount the individual drives that make up my /dev/md1 and this > is what i get : > > root@rider:~# mount -o ro -t ext4 /dev/sdc1 /mnt/sdc1 > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1, >

Re: How to get the configure options of a binary package?

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:04:33 +0800, littlebat wrote: > I am compiling some packages from source, so I need learning the > configure options of these packages in Debian. Is it possible to get the > configure options of a Debian binary package or Debian source package or > simply an executable binar

Re: mdadm and fsck

Hi Andrew - Thanks for the reply - I tried to mount the individual drives that make up my /dev/md1 and this is what i get : root@rider:~# mount -o ro -t ext4 /dev/sdc1 /mnt/sdc1 mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error

Re: Gimp problem

El 2011-09-19 a las 08:46 -0400, Frank McCormick escribió: (resending to the list) > On 19/09/11 07:45 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:48:50 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: >> >>> On 18/09/11 09:44 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> > http://imagebin.org/172940 > >>> I have cha

Issues with ATI capture

Hi I have a capture card ATI AGP 64 mb and using Debian squeeze When I run lspci returns the following lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R200 BB [Radeon All in Wonder 8500DV] So I believe installed at least substantially all the drivers for this card. I

Re: kernel param : why acpi=off breaks screen resolution ?

On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:55:22 +0200, Bruno Costacurta wrote: > on my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off > to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. However the screen > resolution is then downgrade (to 1024/640 from 1366/768). > > Why ? Because you have

Re: kernel param : why acpi=off breaks screen resolution ?

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 19/09/11 05:55, Bruno Costacurta wrote: >> Hello, >> >> on my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off >> to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. >> However the screen resolution is then downgrade (t

Re: Gimp problem

Frank, On 19/09/2011 14:41, Frank McCormick wrote: On 19/09/11 03:28 AM, Liam O'Toole wrote: On 2011-09-18, Frank McCormick wrote: I posted this question on the GIMP list but no one seems to know the answer. Maybe yo ucould try on the GTK one? Just a thought. When I open an image in the l

Re: sound stopped and now working. what happened?

Hello Mitchell! If your problem couldn't be solved by Johann's script, then it really is a misconfiguration of PulseAudio. Don't go looking for ALSA. As far as I know, there might still be the alsaconf script somewhere. But it usually should just work. I can't really say today, because I alwa

Re: Gimp problem

On 19/09/11 03:28 AM, Liam O'Toole wrote: On 2011-09-18, Frank McCormick wrote: I posted this question on the GIMP list but no one seems to know the answer. When I open an image in the latest GIMP 2.6 on Debian Sid the file extension choice window is too small and can't be resized or moved. Th

Re: sound stopped and now working. what happened?

> Unfortunately I did not follow this thread from the beginning. I > sometimes get a situation that (mostly after Firefox used some sound > file) my normal music player like Banshee does not make any sound. That is exactly what happened to me, it was after firefox was using the sound application

Re: sound stopped and now working. what happened?

On 10:52 Mon 19 Sep , Julien Claassen wrote: > Hello Mitchell! > You still have ALSA. I don't know, when you last looked through > your kernel modules, but I never had a module named ALSA. The snd > and soundcore modules are what you need. Interesting. I never actually looked to see what mod

Re: 'apt-get dist-upgrade' from Lenny to Squeeze crashes

I think I have reached a dead-end and may have to restore from partimage backup. I worked through Bob's recommendations:- * apt-show-versions | grep -v -e uptodate -e linux-image -e keyring * Uninstalled / removed any packages that were out of kilter with the rest of the up-to-date s

[OT] Re: My syster reboots automatically when trying to shut it down.

...give me your syster phone number I will try myself B-) Sorry for the joke. Sam. Le jeudi 15 septembre 2011 à 18:08 +0300, Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος a écrit : > In my debian squeeze system with mobo intel D945GCLF shutdown -h will reboot > my computer! What could be the reason ? > > chomwitt >

Re: sound stopped and now working. what happened?

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:52:14AM +0200, Julien Claassen wrote: >You still have ALSA. I don't know, when you last looked through your > kernel > modules, but I never had a module named ALSA. The snd and soundcore modules > are what you need. >When you say speaker-test, of which speaker-

Re: Gimp problem

On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:48:50 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > On 18/09/11 09:44 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> http://imagebin.org/172940 >> >> Wow... >> >> I would try to: >> >> 1/ Set another GTK style >> 2/ Launch Gimp from a terminal and from a fresh new user profile 3/ >> Review your "~/.xsession-er

Re: My syster reboots automatically when trying to shut it down.

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:43:44 +0300, Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος wrote: > Unfortunately after 5-6 times now 'shutdown -hP now' wont work!! You mean "shutdown -P now" nor "shutdown -h now", right? > Strange... Yep, it's weird that it stopped from working from one to other if you have not installed new

Re: Alt-Tab does not work in my KDE

On 09/19/2011 05:23 PM, Mahesh T Pai wrote: H Xu writes: > Hello, > I'm using Debian wheezy and the Tab switcher usually does not work on > my KDE, although sometimes it works very well. I've googled and have > no idea of what is going on here. Could anyone help me, please? P

Re: Alt-Tab does not work in my KDE

H Xu writes: > Hello, > > I'm using Debian wheezy and the Tab switcher usually does not work on > my KDE, although sometimes it works very well. I've googled and have > no idea of what is going on here. Could anyone help me, please? > Probably some minor configuration / keyboard lay out issu

Alt-Tab does not work in my KDE

Hello, I'm using Debian wheezy and the Tab switcher usually does not work on my KDE, although sometimes it works very well. I've googled and have no idea of what is going on here. Could anyone help me, please? Thanks. Regards, H Xu 09/19/2011 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...

Re: sound stopped and now working. what happened?

Hello Mitchell! You still have ALSA. I don't know, when you last looked through your kernel modules, but I never had a module named ALSA. The snd and soundcore modules are what you need. When you say speaker-test, of which speaker-test are we talking? To me the whole problem looks to be a

Re: Gimp problem

On 2011-09-18, Frank McCormick wrote: > > I posted this question on the GIMP list but no one seems to know the answer. > When I open an image in the latest GIMP 2.6 on Debian Sid the file > extension choice window is too small and can't be resized or moved. > This is an example of what happens. I