RE: Gnome xml parsing error & only allows one login

2006-06-13 Thread Allen Williams
. > -Original Message- > From: Allen Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:01 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: Gnome xml parsing error & only allows one login > > > Thanks. I'll run through this this even

RE: Gnome xml parsing error & only allows one login

2006-06-13 Thread Allen Williams
gt; > On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 11:18:23PM -0400, Allen Williams wrote: > > When I select Gnome as my desktop environment, I get an XML parsing > > error dialog, with no close button but a window decoration > that lets > > me close it. When I close it, the system just hangs,

Gnome xml parsing error & only allows one login

2006-06-12 Thread Allen Williams
When I select Gnome as my desktop environment, I get an XML parsing error dialog, with no close button but a window decoration that lets me close it. When I close it, the system just hangs, and I have to CTL-ALT F1 to get a console window and kill the X process. The error is: XML parsing error: x

unauthenticated packages

2006-06-12 Thread Allen Williams
and find no corporate or national secrets, or even a good stash of movies;-), but I don't know why these packages don't authenticate. Thanks & Regards, -------- Allen Williams (321)258-1272 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

RE: Can't find libselinux1

2006-06-12 Thread Allen Williams
vanced_Packaging_Tool :-) ). > > Oli > > Þann 2006-06-11, 19:16:01 (-0400) skrifaði Allen Williams: > > Well, being so overwhelmed with response, I finally just > copied over > > the libdevmapper.so.1.01 into libdevmapper.so.1.02, and moved up to > > where now moun

Can't find libselinux1

2006-06-11 Thread Allen Williams
file into this pkgcache" so apt-get can get to it. When I do an apt-cache add, it says "unimplemented", and the documentation says that's for source packages, anyway. Thanks & Regards, Allen Williams (321)258-1272 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Failed to install man pages, then debootstrap fails, and the house falls in

2006-06-11 Thread Allen Williams
to corrupt the disk, I have existing data. > -Original Message- > From: Allen Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 1:18 PM > To: 'Allen Williams'; debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: Failed to install man pages, then

RE: Failed to install man pages, then debootstrap fails, and the house falls in

2006-06-11 Thread Allen Williams
ad problems like this. I'm going to continue looking and posting what I find, but there are bound to be some gurus out there (or even someone who had a hand in writing this Debian installer). TIA, allen > -Original Message- > From: Allen Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Failed to install man pages, then debootstrap fails, and the house falls in

2006-06-10 Thread Allen Williams
says it couldn't get debconf version information, is it installed? Then there's a message debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed illegal seek also, there's an error: dpkg: unknow user 'root' in statoverride file and dpkg fails. Any ideas? TIA Thanks & Regards, ---

RE: Base system install- eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting ")")

2004-11-17 Thread Allen Williams
, Allen > -Original Message- > From: Paul E Condon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Base system install- eval: 3: Syntax error: newline > unexpected (expecting ")") > > > On We

RE: Base system install- eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting ")")

2004-11-17 Thread Allen Williams
Well, I didn't see this until after the last post. I'll get in sync here in a second! And, thanks for the response. - - > > Are you using 'net install' (the name given to the new install system) I think so... > in your attempts to get started? If not, you should downlo

FW: Base system install- eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting ")")

2004-11-17 Thread Allen Williams
I sent this out this morning and it "Reply'd" only to the person who had responded instead of the the list (sorry, Paul, I meant it to go to the list). -Original Message----- From: Allen Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:16 AM To: Paul E

Base system install- eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting ")")

2004-11-16 Thread Allen Williams
Trying to install sarge (woody doesn't have the support for my intel 1000M ethernet card), plain vanilla x86 hardware: Linux system was previously installed. I've tried four or five different releases of sarge, with different dates, and searched email archives and Google and found (almost) nothing

RE: Mouse Jumps/ Moves Erratically

2004-06-27 Thread Allen Williams
s/ Moves Erratically > > > On Saturday 26 June 2004 23:31, Allen Williams wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > [...] > > > This is not a fix, but it might serve as a work-around. If you're > > > not using gpm, install it and reconfigure it and X

RE: Mouse Jumps/ Moves Erratically

2004-06-26 Thread Allen Williams
ubject: Re: Mouse Jumps/ Moves Erratically > > > Allen Williams wrote: > (undeclared snippage in the following) > > >The KVM > >switch connects a Linux and a Windows machine. > > > > > >But with Linux, however, if you boot with > >Linux selected

RE: Mouse Jumps/ Moves Erratically

2004-06-26 Thread Allen Williams
een. This is just one example. It does seem to work better when I move it slower, but still not right and we are talking *real* slow here. Thanks;) > -Original Message- > From: Thomas Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 1:44 PM > To: Allen Williams;

RE: kernel 2.6.7

2004-06-26 Thread Allen Williams
My understanding is it's out and ready to go- I'm still on 2.6.6. > -Original Message- > From: DGLU [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Antonio Rodriguez > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 3:29 PM > To: Debian Users List > Subject: kernel 2.6.7 > > > What is the status of 2.6.7 in sid? Does a

Mouse Jumps/ Moves Erratically

2004-06-26 Thread Allen Williams
I have a not-strictly-PS/2 mouse, as I have just found out by tracing the cable. This is a Logitech USB mouse (well, trackball, actually) with a PS/2 adapter that goes into a KVM switch (Omniview 2-port KVM switch). The KVM switch connects a Linux and a Windows machine. When I reboot, the mouse

RE: broken nvidia package, is there a work around?

2004-06-26 Thread Allen Williams
If you can make it work as Joris says, so much the better, because then debian will manage it. I finally just did a manual install using kernel 2.6.6, sarge, and nVidia 5336 drivers. I'm not too worried about doing that with something that *ought* to be as static and "featureless" as a device dri

RE: X, video card,monitor, refresh rates, etc.

2004-06-22 Thread Allen Williams
idia-glx all on one line (for future reference; trying to learn the intricacies of Debian Linux)? Thanks, Allen > -Original Message- > From: dodol garut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 9:05 PM > To: debian > Subject: Re: X, video card,monitor, refr

X, video card,monitor, refresh rates, etc.

2004-06-22 Thread Allen Williams
Can't get X to work. Using a Micro-Star video card built on the nVidia GeForce FX chipset with an Optiquest Q110 monitor. The specs on the monitor are: Fh=30-97 khz, Fv=50-160 hz, with resolutions up to 1600x1200. Couldn't find a specific nVidia GeForce FX driver, so am using the "nv" generic nV

RE: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk errors(?)

2004-06-20 Thread Allen Williams
gt; Gregory Pierce wrote: > > >On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 20:20, Allen Williams wrote: > > > > > >>>>>Lots and lots and lots of stuff without snippage. > >>>>> > > Folks, trim your posts, please. > > Thanks! > > -- &

RE: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk errors(?)

2004-06-20 Thread Allen Williams
nal Message- > From: Gregory Pierce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 9:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk > errors(?) > > > On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 20:20, Allen Willi

RE: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk errors(?)

2004-06-20 Thread Allen Williams
t begin to > unravel the mysteries of why net-install worked and why the usual CD > installation failed. > > Greg > > On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 16:37, Allen Williams wrote: > > OK, fixed that problem, but, with "sarge", I still get the > following errors > > (sam

RE: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk errors(?)

2004-06-20 Thread Allen Williams
future. > The installer also detected my built-in ethernet cards > which work fine > as well. I am a relatively newcomer with Linux, and I couldn't begin to > unravel the mysteries of why net-install worked and why the usual CD > installation failed. > > Greg > &

RE: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk errors (?)

2004-06-20 Thread Allen Williams
, but, of course, anything is possible. > > > > > > > >>-Original Message- > >>From: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 1:04 PM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: "sarge&qu

RE: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk errors (?)

2004-06-20 Thread Allen Williams
; Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 1:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: "sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk > errors (?) > > > On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 11:08:59 -0400, Allen Williams wrote: > > and, on console alt-F4, I am getting these e

"sarge" install: "Install base system" bombs and disk errors (?)

2004-06-20 Thread Allen Williams
When I get to this stage in the installation, the system *appears* to hang- when I check the alt-F3 console, there are two error messages: modprobe: failed to load module floppy eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expected ")") Also, is there a good reference on using logical partitions, a