Re: MySQL access denied for user

2016-08-14 Thread Bill Wohler
Bill Wohler wrote: > I'm getting the following: > > $ mysql -h localhost -u user > Enter password: > ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'user'@'localhost' (using > password: YES) > > This user was created with a fresh

MySQL access denied for user

2016-08-14 Thread Bill Wohler
#x27;password' with grant option; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) I'm trying to create a database user for Drupal, but am not having any luck. Help for a MySQL newb is very much appreciated. This is on jessie with MySQL 5.5. -- Bill Wohler aka http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD

Re: Wheezy Sleezy Gnome

2013-05-12 Thread Bill Wohler
l gnome *desktop* on wheezy sans all this > metro-esque crap? > > -- clet > debian is my main squeeze > > > -- Bill Wohler aka http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- 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/87ppwvfy26@olgas.newt.com

Getting rid of Media Cache directory

2012-12-04 Thread Bill Wohler
Does anyone know who keeps creating "~/Media Cache" and how I can get them to stop? -- Bill Wohler aka http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: Corrupted security update package files

2011-12-04 Thread Bill Wohler
Florian Weimer writes: > * Bill Wohler: > >> When updating lenny this morning (yes, upgrading is on my todo list), I >> got the following error: >> >> E: Problem with MergeList >> /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_main_binary

Re: Corrupted security update package files

2011-12-03 Thread Bill Wohler
Bill Wohler wrote: > I still got a > zero-sized Packages file: Those are for contrib and non-free, which might be expected. The error was in the main distribution, which does have mostly valid looking content, but which is still gene

Corrupted security update package files

2011-12-03 Thread Bill Wohler
09:37 security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 root root0 Dec 3 09:37 security.debian.org_dists_lenny_updates_non-free_source_Sources Is there an ETA on when these files will be fixed? -- Bill Wohler aka http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBS

Re: [OT] Why not gnome3 (with gnome-shell)?

2011-11-20 Thread Bill Wohler
wser back button. (DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO MOVE IT) Agreed. That's a really good idea worth getting to the developers. -- Bill Wohler aka http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsub

GNOME 3 mini HOWTOs

2011-11-20 Thread Bill Wohler
Hope these help! -- Bill Wohler aka http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- 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/87r512twgt@olgas.newt.com

Re: Why is exim installed by default?

2011-10-21 Thread Bill Wohler
d and so I tried postfix. I've been running postfix ever since on my client machines (laptops and workstations) and servers alike. -- Bill Wohler aka http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsu

Annoying iwlagn log spam

2011-04-06 Thread Bill Wohler
it stop temporarily by disconnecting my wireless connection and connecting again. But it always comes back after a few hours. -- Bill Wohler aka http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

iwlagn log spam

2010-09-16 Thread Bill Wohler
how to make it go away? -- Bill Wohler aka http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- 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/296

Re: 64-bit netbooks with Debian linux

2010-05-12 Thread Bill Wohler
ight bits for your system. When I switched from 32-bit to 64-bit, the only difference I saw besides a different installation image was a different kernel. -- Bill Wohler aka http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Segmentation fault in dpkg and aptitude

2009-07-20 Thread Bill Wohler
Bill Wohler writes: > Daniel Burrows writes: > >> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 09:48:37PM -0700, Bill Wohler was >> heard to say: >>> Bill Wohler writes: >>> >>> > After making the following changes to pull in sid's bluez 4.0 package in >

Re: Segmentation fault in dpkg and aptitude

2009-07-20 Thread Bill Wohler
Daniel Burrows writes: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 09:48:37PM -0700, Bill Wohler was > heard to say: >> Bill Wohler writes: >> >> > After making the following changes to pull in sid's bluez 4.0 package in >> > a lenny system, I'm now g

Re: Segmentation fault in dpkg and aptitude

2009-07-20 Thread Bill Wohler
pob...@fuzzydev.org writes: >> Bill Wohler writes: >> >> I found I was able to run "apt-get -f install" twice and be able to >> use aptitude to perform package maintenance again. >> >> However, now I'm finding that Emacs and Firefox (Iceweas

Re: Segmentation fault in dpkg and aptitude

2009-07-19 Thread Bill Wohler
Bill Wohler writes: > After making the following changes to pull in sid's bluez 4.0 package in > a lenny system, I'm now getting segmentation faults when I run dpkg and > aptitude. Any thoughts on how to recover from this? I found I was able to run "apt-get -f install&q

Segmentation fault in dpkg and aptitude

2009-07-19 Thread Bill Wohler
CIES] libxcb-xlib0 [REMOVE, DEPENDENCIES] libxcb-xlib0-dev [INSTALL] blueman [UPGRADE] libstartup-notification0 0.9-1 -> 0.10-1 [UPGRADE] libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 -> 2:1.2.1-1 [UPGRADE] libx11-dev 2:1.1.5-2 -> 2:1.2.1-1 [UPGRADE] libxcb1 1.1-1.2 -> 1.3-2 [UPGRADE] libxcb1-dev 1.1-1.2 -&

Re: New Debian Wiki online with lot of working howtos

2009-04-02 Thread Bill Wohler
Christoph didn't know about wiki.debian.org. I agree, Christoph will reach a wider audience by moving his content over to wiki.debian.org. -- Bill Wohler http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &quo

Re: ifplugd versus laptop-net

2009-03-14 Thread Bill Wohler
e satisfactorily. Now it is my turn to hope that this is of some interest to someone :-). -- Bill Wohler http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: State of 64bit desktop

2008-08-18 Thread Bill Wohler
va apps that I use: Eclipse, Squirrel, iReport, MATLAB, etc. Not to mention compile and run the Kepler apps we're developing at NASA. (Fortunately, these are all written in Java. :-) If I'm hearing folks correctly, is 32-bit flash running out of the box on 64-bit lenny now? If it's

Re: security.debian.org issues?

2008-08-04 Thread Bill Wohler
Pavlos Parissis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:00:15 -0700 > Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I started having trouble downloading packages from security.debian.org >> over the weekend. aptitude fails with: >> >>

security.debian.org issues?

2008-07-28 Thread Bill Wohler
1.8.0.15~pre080614d-0etch1 Connection failed [IP: 212.211.132.250 80] Has anyone else been seeing this problem? Is there a known problem at security.debian.org? If so, what is the estimated time of repair? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:61

Re: Firefox/Iceweasel 3: agony of the snail

2008-07-21 Thread Bill Wohler
o reboot to restart the X server. You have at least two easy methods at your disposal to do so: 1. C-A-Backspace (that's Control-Alt-Backspace to non-Emacs folks) 2. /etc/init.d/gdm restart (replace gdm with your display manager) I perform these after logging out in order to save my ses

Re: Firefox/Iceweasel 3: agony of the snail

2008-07-20 Thread Bill Wohler
A) (II) RADEON(0): Acceleration enabled It sounds like others are OK too. The good news is that once you get your X drivers straightened out, your entire UI experience will probably improve dramatically. Florian, thanks for the grep examples. I didn't know about the -B and -A flags, and the

Re: ath5k anyone?

2008-06-29 Thread Bill Wohler
ress didn't change things. However Pavel Roskin thought that it might be a WEP issue. Sure enough, when I disabled WEP, my network came up! So it appears that ath5k has WEP issues with my device. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To U

ath5k anyone?

2008-06-07 Thread Bill Wohler
int. Do I need some extra magic in /etc/network/interfaces? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Pulseaudio to replace ESD in lenny?

2008-01-26 Thread Bill Wohler
RH 8 has switched to pulseaudio, SUSE is considering it. I was wondering what was on the mind of the Debian developers. Are they considering switching to it at some point in the future? For you users who have tried pulseaudio, I have two questions: Did you go back to esd or not? Why? -- Bill

Re: Text on printed pages truncated

2007-11-15 Thread Bill Wohler
Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Douglas Tutty porchlight.ca> writes: >> >>> On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 02:44:16PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: >>> > Andrew Sackville-West wrote, in part: >>

Re: sound-juicer and rhythmbox can't see CD-ROM, but nautilus, gnome-cd and totem can [SOLVED]

2007-11-12 Thread Bill Wohler
Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As the subject says, I can mount data CDs, play DVDs with totem, and > play audio CDs with gnome-cd. However, I don't get the usual CD icon in > rhythmbox when an audio CD is inserted, and sound-juicer produces a "No > CD-RO

sound-juicer and rhythmbox can't see CD-ROM, but nautilus, gnome-cd and totem can

2007-11-12 Thread Bill Wohler
d" message and exits. Now, both rhythmbox and sound-juicer played CDs just fine a week ago before my disk crashed and I reinstalled lenny from scratch. Any thoughts on diagnosing this problem? ThinkPad T40p, lenny. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG

Re: Text on printed pages truncated

2007-11-12 Thread Bill Wohler
Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Douglas Tutty porchlight.ca> writes: > >> On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 02:44:16PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote: >> > Andrew Sackville-West wrote, in part: >> > >> > >I just pulled in epiphany and it gives the s

Re: Text on printed pages truncated

2007-11-12 Thread Bill Wohler
wasn't seeing this problem in lenny (which was an upgrade from etch which was an upgrade from sarge which may also have been an upgrade from woody). However, after my disk went south and I installed a fresh copy of lenny this weekend, I now see the problem. FYI, if I print to PDF from G

Re: LEDs, gnome-power-manager, and ThinkPads

2007-09-10 Thread Bill Wohler
Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'd like to turn the light to the CD-ROM off when I suspend and then >> back on when I resume. This can be done by calling "echo 4 on >| >> /proc/acpi/ibm/led&q

Re: LEDs, gnome-power-manager, and ThinkPads

2007-09-07 Thread Bill Wohler
for the feedback. Under APM, I had custom scripts as well (see http://www.newt.com/debian/thinkpad-t40p/), but I find that now under ACPI I'm really close to not having to maintain that stuff myself. Maybe I should submit feature request to the hal package... -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: LEDs, gnome-power-manager, and ThinkPads

2007-09-05 Thread Bill Wohler
Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to turn the light to the CD-ROM off when I suspend and then > back on when I resume. This can be done by calling "echo 4 on >| > /proc/acpi/ibm/led" and "echo 4 off >| /proc/acpi/ibm/led". Can these

LEDs, gnome-power-manager, and ThinkPads

2007-09-05 Thread Bill Wohler
I'd like to turn the light to the CD-ROM off when I suspend and then back on when I resume. This can be done by calling "echo 4 on >| /proc/acpi/ibm/led" and "echo 4 off >| /proc/acpi/ibm/led". Can these commands be run by gnome-power-manager when suspending and waki

Re: libc6 kernel upgrade problem

2007-08-21 Thread Bill Wohler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > Bill Wohler wrote: >> Robert Jerrard writes: >> > WARNING: POSIX threads library NPTL requires kernel version >> > 2.6.8 or later. If you use a kernel 2.4, please upgrade it >> > before installing glibc. >> >

Re: libc6 kernel upgrade problem

2007-08-19 Thread Bill Wohler
k look, I see that glibc isn't installed on this system either, so maybe I'm OK? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Announce: DebianArt

2007-05-14 Thread Bill Wohler
having to click and wait 10 times to do the same thing. This feature will make browsing much easier. Thanks! -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Where's /dev/lp0 gone in Etch?

2007-04-22 Thread Bill Wohler
/messages, /usr/share/doc/udev, and the etch release notes for ideas on what that new device might be (or how to troubleshoot). -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: Why emacs is still 21.4.1 in Etch?

2007-04-19 Thread Bill Wohler
pre-release version, grab emacs-snapshot from sid. (Emacs 22 looks a whole lot better when configured with --with-gtk than Emacs 21 too ;-) -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: emacs without documentation nonsense

2006-11-14 Thread Bill Wohler
The GFDL is not DFSG-compliant as it specifies invariant parts. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installing an i386 OS on an ia64 system

2006-11-11 Thread Bill Wohler
Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bill Wohler wrote: >> Why, why, why, did the Debian developers rename the Linux kernel's >> designation "x86_64" to "amd64"?!?!?! >> > > AFAIK, AMD got there first with 64 bit processors such as

Re: ia64

2006-11-10 Thread Bill Wohler
installation. Now I find out that it was the amd64 image I wanted and now I have to reinstall. Frustrating. Why didn't the Debian developers stick with the more correct x86_64 nomenclature that the Linux kernel team uses? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/woh

Re: Installing an i386 OS on an ia64 system

2006-11-10 Thread Bill Wohler
an developers rename the Linux kernel's designation "x86_64" to "amd64"?!?!?! -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installing an i386 OS on an ia64 system

2006-11-09 Thread Bill Wohler
Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bill Wohler wrote: >> I installed the i386 etch distribution on my 64-bit system since the >> ia64 distribution had been burned on suspect media and wouldn't boot. >> > > Are you sure you want ia64. Most 64-bit system

Re: annoying beeping speaker

2006-11-08 Thread Bill Wohler
OSes and apps. >> >> Won't a simple unload of the 'pcspkr' module take care of the problem? > > Yeah, I would blacklist the pcspkr module too. Yes, this method is much more effective than the X-related ones. modprobe -r pcspkr echo "blacklist pcspkr&q

Logical interfaces and shorewall configuration

2006-09-11 Thread Bill Wohler
on does not trigger any messages. I suspect that the logical interface is at issue. The file /etc/shorewall/interfaces contains: net ath0detect dhcp,routefilter,blacklist I tried using a wildcard (e.g., "ath+" instead of ath0), but that didn't work. Suggestions? Using

Re: Beta-3 Etch install avoiding commandline?

2006-09-09 Thread Bill Wohler
ld also be more usable by appealing to the users' emotions. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-get/aptitude update failing [solved]

2006-08-12 Thread Bill Wohler
ges. I was able to pick 0.4.2 from sid easily without any cascading dependencies. Note that Nathan's fix would only affect you if you are using mirrors.kernel.org. It occurs to me that other mirrors might be using the same buggy version of rsync though, so if you're noticing that packages

Re: apt-get/aptitude update failing

2006-08-11 Thread Bill Wohler
problem following this thread? I've reported the bug on the mirrors meta-package and aptitude but haven't heard back yet. Could be everyone is one vacation ;-). -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Re: apt-get/aptitude update failing

2006-08-10 Thread Bill Wohler
Michael Voggenreiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bill Wohler schrieb: >> W: Couldn't stat source package list http://http.us.debian.org etch/main >> Packages >> (/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) >>

Re: apt-get/aptitude update failing

2006-08-10 Thread Bill Wohler
W: You may want to update the package lists to correct these missing files W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems Guess I should report a bug against aptitude? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

apt-get/aptitude update failing

2006-08-10 Thread Bill Wohler
a what is going on? I already tried updating sources.list to point to http.us.debian.org (in case the mirror was suspect), but had the same issues. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

Re: Configuring Bluetooth

2006-07-20 Thread Bill Wohler
t; before changing configuration files, what packages should I look for > in order to install etc. Henrique, My paper[1] on getting the Treo 650 to talk to my ThinkPad T40 running Debian GNU/Linux (etch) might point you in the right direction. 1. http://www.newt.com/debian/treo650.html

Re: ati's fglrx 8.25.18 and sid

2006-06-23 Thread Bill Wohler
est to see whether 3D acceleration is enabled? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Xorg 7.0 and ATI working!

2006-06-22 Thread Bill Wohler
hatever was there after dpkg-reconfigure > xserver-xorg? Yes. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Xorg 7.0 and ATI working!

2006-06-20 Thread Bill Wohler
Joris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 15:19 -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: > > > sudo sh -c "readlink /etc/X11/X | md5sum > /var/lib/x11/X.md5sum" > > > (totally off topic, but a thought maybe worth sharing:) > > I used to pu

Re: XMMS can no longer play CDs [solved]

2006-06-20 Thread Bill Wohler
Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 15.06.06 17:40, Bill Wohler wrote: >> As of the last update or two ago (etch), XMMS no longer plays CDs. > > It seems that you should add not /dev/cdrom, but the /cdrom/. The cd audio > player will substitut

Xorg 7.0 and ATI working!

2006-06-20 Thread Bill Wohler
kg-reconfigure xserver-xorg 5. Touchpad not working The fix was to remove the line Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" in Section "InputDevice", Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" since the driver finds the device on its own (with Protocol "auto-dev"). --

Re: XMMS can no longer play CDs

2006-06-20 Thread Bill Wohler
n* Track 01.cda, etc. show up in the Files list (gee, that's obvious). Then I can click on "Add all files in directory" and have the songs show up in the playlist. I'll check those bug reports and see if I have anything to add. Thanks again for the feedback. -- Bill Wohler &

XMMS can no longer play CDs

2006-06-15 Thread Bill Wohler
ticing that XMMS has been updated, Bill updates his system to no avail ...] -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: mixing aptitude and synaptic

2006-05-22 Thread Bill Wohler
re running Aptitude commands. Wow, this pretty much just ruins one of the great features of aptitude. After running this, aptitude will never remove dependencies that are no longer needed. What would be more useful is to run "aptitude markauto" on those packages which apt-get and synap

Re: switching from apt-get to aptitude

2006-05-21 Thread Bill Wohler
d requires that you look for the dependencies that were also marked, you might prefer C-u (undo), which will also unmark the dependencies. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're

Re: Some Problems with (X)Emacs

2006-05-01 Thread Bill Wohler
ead the NEWS file to see what has changed in a particular version. If you have specific bug reports or suggestions, please use the Debian BTS rather than posting here where it is likely to be ignored by the Debian maintainers. http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PRO

Re: Xorg upgrade troubles

2006-04-14 Thread Bill Wohler
don't you understand? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: list port are listen

2006-03-28 Thread Bill Wohler
red how to display the program. I missed the -p on reading the man page (or it was added since I've read the man page). -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on

Where are GNOME icons?

2006-03-21 Thread Bill Wohler
and GNOME icons. Given my configuration: 1. What color are the latest GNOME arrows? 2. What directory contains the icons that I'm seeing? Does anyone have a URL for the definitive current default icon set on the gnome.org site? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com

Re: Debian X.org 7.0 experimental packages

2006-03-16 Thread Bill Wohler
Michael Ott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anybody tested [xorg 7.0] on a T43? Heck, I'd be happy to hear reports about any of the T series with the Radeon video chips. I'm holding at 6.8 until I hear some better reports than what we heard with 6.9. Thanks. -- Bill Wohle

Re: Control panel for Debian

2006-03-07 Thread Bill Wohler
hout too much trouble. Bill: Hey mom, Roberto said that you can just install webmin from upstream so you can configure your printer. Mom: That's nice dear. Thanks. Mom: What's "upstream"? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:

Control panel for Debian (was: Webmin themes)

2006-03-07 Thread Bill Wohler
on tasks in a flexible, pluggable, way. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: What is the best java development and vm ?

2006-02-27 Thread Bill Wohler
s now. There are Eclipse packages in unstable. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: Mixing SSI and PHP

2006-02-06 Thread Bill Wohler
David Kirchner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/6/06, Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible to mix both SSI and PHP in a .shtml file? If so, do you > > have any configuration suggestions? > > I've tried various Apache configuration o

Mixing SSI and PHP

2006-02-06 Thread Bill Wohler
saw text/html but saw application/x-httpd-php, didn't understand it, and wanted to save it instead of show it. Is it possible to mix both SSI and PHP in a .shtml file? If so, do you have any configuration suggestions? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler

Re: Xorg eats my CPU

2006-01-25 Thread Bill Wohler
René Seindal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bill Wohler wrote (18-01-2006 22:04): >> Michael Ott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>>Hello Kevin! >>> >>> >>>>I am running (up to date) Debian unstable on my laptop, it has a >&

Re: Problem with xserver-xorg_6.9.0.dfsg.1-1_i386.deb with ATI X700

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Wohler
roblem, or put a hold on the affected packages (see the man page for the package manager you use), or edit your apt preferences file to avoid upgrading a certain package. This has been discussed for weeks on gmane.linux.debian.user.laptop. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> htt

Re: Xorg eats my CPU

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Wohler
e following command: # mv /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so \ /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so- -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on

Re: Solved: Etch is not installable

2006-01-06 Thread Bill Wohler
Do you > > continue with the apt-get upgrade or do you skip it? > > That really depends on the machine to some extent. The message you > quoted could occur if someone has compromised the mirror and is trying > to provide trojaned packages, so if I care about the security of the

Re: emacs settings in sid gnome 2-10

2005-11-03 Thread Bill Wohler
e to reinstall the affected package which should fix it and maybe fix some other botched files as well. apt-get install --reinstall x11-common -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian!

Re: udevd: get_netlink_msg: no ACTION in payload found

2005-10-25 Thread Bill Wohler
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > On Oct 26, Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anyone know what this message is all about? This began to appear after a > > >

Re: udevd: get_netlink_msg: no ACTION in payload found

2005-10-25 Thread Bill Wohler
in a USB wireless mouse/keyboard unit. Or would this be a bone fide udev bug? Interestingly, these messages mention "udev" while the others mention "udevd". What does that mean? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer o

Re: udevd: get_netlink_msg: no ACTION in payload found

2005-10-25 Thread Bill Wohler
Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If this is bug, in which package would you recommend that I report it? > linux-2.6 would be a good start, unless the HAL maintainer has better > ideas about this. Thanks, will do. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http:

Re: OOo2.0 space concern

2005-10-25 Thread Bill Wohler
d marking them for removal to see what synaptic would >> report). As always, all suggestion/comments appreciated. >> --Mark > > To sort files in the order of the size use > du --max-depth=1 -m / | sort -g xdiskusage and filelight are nice GUIs for viewing your disk usage. -- Bil

Re: udevd: get_netlink_msg: no ACTION in payload found

2005-10-25 Thread Bill Wohler
Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 26, Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anyone know what this message is all about? This began to appear after a > > recent upgrade whenever I mount a USB drive. > > > > Oct 25 16:34:21 o

udevd: get_netlink_msg: no ACTION in payload found

2005-10-25 Thread Bill Wohler
Anyone know what this message is all about? This began to appear after a recent upgrade whenever I mount a USB drive. Oct 25 16:34:21 olgas udevd[1109]: get_netlink_msg: no ACTION in payload found, skip event 'mount' -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/w

Printer read errors

2005-10-25 Thread Bill Wohler
. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: udev trouble: no /dev/sd* devices

2005-10-17 Thread Bill Wohler
Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 04:30:59PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: >> George McNinch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > gm> On the third, I now have no /dev/sd* at all (no /dev/sda1 >> >

Re: udev trouble: no /dev/sd* devices

2005-10-16 Thread Bill Wohler
George McNinch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > gm> On the third, I now have no /dev/sd* at all (no /dev/sda1 > gm> e.g.) > > modprobe sd_mod > > fixed the problem. Please share how. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohl

Re: What to do with all the doc files in /usr/share/doc?

2005-10-13 Thread Bill Wohler
Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:22:11PM -0500, Adam Porter wrote: >> Bill Wohler wrote: >> >> > Try: >> > >> > aptitude install dwww >> > >> > and read the doc files from your browser.

Re: What to do with all the doc files in /usr/share/doc?

2005-10-12 Thread Bill Wohler
let Google spider it ;-) and use site:yourhost in a Google search. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: treo 600 as a modem

2005-10-08 Thread Bill Wohler
u should be able substitute the Bluetooth device with your USB/serial device in the scripts in the Configure DUN to Put Your Laptop on the Net section. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! I

Re: announcing the beginning of security support for testing

2005-09-15 Thread Bill Wohler
contrib non-free > deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing > etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free Joey, These entries are quite different from your announcement. Can you comment on them? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.c

Re: announcing the beginning of security support for testing

2005-09-12 Thread Bill Wohler
ion would be welcome. And that is: 1. Save the above key into a file, say, /tmp/debian.key. 2. Load the key with: sudo apt-key add /tmp/debian.key -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libert

udev complaints during /etc/init.d/hotplug start

2005-09-12 Thread Bill Wohler
After yesterdays etch/2.6.12 upgrade, I am now seeing this when running /etc/init.d/hotplug start: udev[1172]: main: action, subsystem or devpath missing udev[1173]: main: action, subsystem or devpath missing Any thoughts? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/

Re: X.Org Hits Testing

2005-09-12 Thread Bill Wohler
if things were all right for the upgrade and crossed my fingers. If you're considering the jump, I'd say go for it. Kudos to the Debian maintainers who made it so. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ an

Editing Gnome menus in gnome 2.10

2005-09-11 Thread Bill Wohler
y expected to be resurrected? That same message indicated that menu items can be added to ~/.local/share/applications. I managed to recreate some menu items by following the examples in /usr/share/applications, but I couldn't figure out how to create sub-menus. Any HOWTOs there? -- Bill

Re: Newsgroups for Debian

2005-09-06 Thread Bill Wohler
gt;if that's still the case. >> >> >> It is. > > It isn't. Posted via gmane.linux.debian.user. If you got this via the mailing list, that should answer your question. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD M

Re: aptitude synaptic gnome to be removed?

2005-07-06 Thread Bill Wohler
ran "aptitude dist-upgrade" and nothing changed. So, one answer to my original question--which was how you know when you have to use dist-upgrade--is to use the aptitude UI consistently. When packages need to be added or removed, they appear in the commit screen. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAI

Re: aptitude synaptic gnome to be removed?

2005-07-05 Thread Bill Wohler
e U command regularly, so perhaps a command-line "aptitude dist-upgrade" might not be as shocking as it would be otherwise. Comments? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If

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