Installation shadows: where is mkinitrd ?

2004-12-16 Thread Andrea Tasso
where does the reference to mkinitrd comes from ? thanks -- Andrea Tasso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (http://andrea.tasso.info) GnuPG key: search for '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' on http://www.cam.ac.uk.pgp.net/pgpnet/wwwkeys.html Key fingerprint: 1DD5 98C8 289A C1DF 7CFF B676 BDB6 6DC9 AD6A 745E

apache

2004-12-11 Thread Andrea Tasso
-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: apache apache-ssl does the same. any clue ? thanks -- Andrea Tasso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (http://andrea.tasso.info) GnuPG key: search for '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' on http://www.cam.ac.uk.pgp.net/pgpnet/

Re: HELP - tried to apt-get kscreensaver, now I have a real mess!!!

2004-05-31 Thread Andrea Tasso
if you man apt-get and dpkg, you will see dpkg for sure (maybe not apt-get) has a --force-something option. Choose (and/or) try the one that is better for you, then dpkg -i --force-something /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.2.2-2_all.deb the overwrite error should become only a warnin

Re: Installing different versions of debian package

2004-05-24 Thread Andrea Tasso
> This may sound stupid, but is it possible to install different versions of a debian > package at the same time? It is in some way not in agreement with debian distributions idea, but you could, in the source, change dependencies (in the control file) and rebuild, then install the deb w dpkg,

Re: Does nice-ness exist for bandwidth? [sic]

2004-05-11 Thread Andrea Tasso
maybe shaper can help, and also have a look at network queueing options in the kernel and netfilter On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 02:52:33AM +1000 or thereabouts, Lex Hider wrote: > Can I nice various network jobs [eg, web-browsing, apt-get update, mail-get] > like I would a CPU process. > > Here's t

Re: Updated kernel 2.2.20 & broke my NIC; relatively novice user.

2004-03-07 Thread Andrea Tasso
which kernel do you run now ? the version is the same or is it different from that you run before and used to work. You could post a dpkg -l | grep kernel, too. Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bttv card and 2.6 kernel - same problem

2004-01-20 Thread Andrea Tasso
me too, I also experimented unsolved :-( problems with bttv, if anyone has solved, let us know, thanks -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dma timeout

2004-01-11 Thread Andrea Tasso
if it helps, there is hdparm to check hd status -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound has stopped working...

2004-01-11 Thread Andrea Tasso
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss > alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss > alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss > alias /dev/dsp* snd-pcm-oss > alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 > alias snd-slot-0 snd-card-0 > alias sound-

Re: Sound has stopped working...

2004-01-10 Thread Andrea Tasso
What about sound init in dmesg ? > > Hallo! > > I'm using sid & 2.6.1 (before 2.6.0) on a centrino laptop (sound i810). Sound > was working fine using alsa, but now it has stopped working with no error. > > Everything seems to be fine (modules are loaded, mixer settings can be > modified and

Re: need advice on fixing my home lan

2004-01-09 Thread Andrea Tasso
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 08:52:53AM -0700 or thereabouts, Paul E Condon wrote: > I have a small LAN in my home. I need some advice on tuning it. iptraf is a good package -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

openwebmail 2.21 first time run: holidays permission denied !

2004-01-08 Thread Andrea Tasso
hi all, I tried openwebmail 2.21 after loggin in and pushing the button of the "Please click continue to proceed to the Open WebMail configuration screen" page I get an error Open WebMail ERROR Couldn't open /usr/lib/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/holidays directory for reading! (Permission denied) I

Re: apt-get update question

2004-01-08 Thread Andrea Tasso
I think things do not go like this. If you comment out some lines from your sources.list and then apt-get update, you will build another database with only the packages of the lines not commented out. On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 10:48:12AM +0800 or thereabouts, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi folks, > > F

Re: problems with networking on boot

2003-12-11 Thread Andrea Tasso
sorry ? what do you mean with "Here is another one!!" ? I have a router, and my adsl works with those eth0 settings, I do not know if it is the same with a modem, I know there is pppoe around On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 09:41:43AM +0200 or thereabouts, David Baron wrote: > Here is another one!! > >

Re: problems with networking on boot

2003-12-10 Thread Andrea Tasso
uhm, you have dhcp, I do not, so I have 4 ex auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 10.0.0.1 network 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 gateway 10.0.0.138 On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:43:49PM -0500 or thereabouts, Lou Losee wrote: > * Andrea Tasso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-12-09 14:32]: &

Re: problems with networking on boot

2003-12-09 Thread Andrea Tasso
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:02:49PM -0500 or thereabouts, Lou Losee wrote: > I am having problems getting networking to start up on boot. I can get > it running manually, but it seems like there is an interface problem > between ifup/down and ifconfig. what do you have in /etc/network/interfaces ?

debian-installer-demo not working

2003-10-31 Thread Andrea Tasso
hi all, I tried debian-installer-demo, but it does not work, it stops just after the language selection screen, I mean the next one opens, but when you ask to load modules, that is the only way to go on, it does not. any experience ? thanks -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: Looking for backup solutions

2003-10-07 Thread Andrea Tasso
I use dar (not tar, dar) On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 12:48:16PM -0400 or thereabouts, Dan Anderson wrote: > I have a 40 GB hard disk I want to back up to CD. I figure I could run > dd but the man page was unintelligible. Can anyone offer any > suggestions? > > Thanks in advance, > > -Dan > > > -

Re: Any users of mondoarchive on debian boxes?

2003-09-25 Thread Andrea Tasso
Me I have an unfortunately negative experience with mondo/mindi. OK it is my fault, but I switched to dar + bootcd. It works, I did incremental backups and true successful restore. I was not able to make that with mondo/mindi On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:07:40PM -0600 or thereabouts, Paul E Condon

Re: libc broken?

2003-09-13 Thread Andrea Tasso
if you have another linux box installed on another partition, boot it and then mount the corrupted one and reinstall libc6 to that target, with the --root option of dpkg. If you have not, two choices: try to do what above with the deb install cd, or install a small box on a free partition and g

how to self-connect with ppp

2003-09-07 Thread Andrea Tasso
hi all, I am still struggling to debug my system, since my ppp connection on a null modem cable to the lap and the palm, both do not work any more. How can I self-connect, to have a local loop ppp connection, if possible to a tty or in some other way, to see if at least this works ? thanks --

Re: strace pppd: open("/dev/ttyS1", O_RDWR

2003-09-03 Thread Andrea Tasso
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 03:04:20PM +0300 or thereabouts, Shaul Karl wrote: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 06:49:15AM +0200, Andrea Tasso wrote: > > hi all, > > pppd does not connect any more (to another pc with null modem cable), it used to > > work perfectly. > > the co

strace pppd: open("/dev/ttyS1", O_RDWR

2003-09-02 Thread Andrea Tasso
hi all, pppd does not connect any more (to another pc with null modem cable), it used to work perfectly. the command pppd -detach debug crtscts 192.168.6.1:192.168.6.2 lock /dev/ttyS1 38400 gives no output, and finally exits if I strace it the last string is open("/dev/ttyS1", O_RDWR my lib

Re: Help with wireless products

2003-08-21 Thread Andrea Tasso
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ or get a kernel image and look at wireless modules or a source and do the same, or get my working config is w netgrar ma311 linux-wlan-ng-modules and wireless-tools ask in wlan and orinoco ml also On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 11:40:38AM -0400 or th

Re: mondo backup: is there someone successful ?

2003-08-14 Thread Andrea Tasso
I decided to put mondo in stand-by, and give a try to dar. I need a boot cd also, I am going to set up an average debian box from scratch on that cd, with bootcd. On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 01:17:22PM -0700 or thereabouts, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > That Linux Journal article is a little old: refers

mondo backup: is there someone successful ?

2003-08-04 Thread Andrea Tasso
hi all. I am struggling with mondo backup, I can do backups to cd, but restoring and comparing both fail. Did someone succeeded with mondo ? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Netgear Wireless USB Adapter (MA111) on Debian Linux

2003-08-01 Thread Andrea Tasso
is it mandatory for you to use a usb one ? I have a pci netgear MA311 , that is working ok On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 12:10:14PM -0700 or thereabouts, S Yuval wrote: > Hi Everybody, > I've just purchased a wireless USB Ethernet adapter (Netgear Wireless USB > Adapter, MA11) and would like to use

openbabel

2003-07-24 Thread Andrea Tasso
hello, is there someone here who is using openbabel ? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Source Code for Kernel Modules

2003-07-15 Thread Andrea Tasso
1 - try if it is possible to search kernel.org 2 - google sundance.c On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 11:34:20AM -0400 or thereabouts, Paul Galbraith wrote: > Apologies for what ought to be very straightforward, but after trying for a few > hours I still can't find what I'm looking for. > > I'm trying t

Re: Newbie Question

2003-07-02 Thread Andrea Tasso
unpack the kernel source tree in /usr/src cd to /usr/src/linux-2.whateveryouhave configure your options with make-menuconfig build the deb with make-kpkg kernel_image cd .. install it w dpkg -i kernel-image-whateveryouhave_i386.deb On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 01:00:12PM -0500 or thereabouts, Abrasi