Problem WiFi

2024-07-28 Thread Ian Molton
I have had some luck with problem WiFi on laptops by setting the acpi_osi type to one of various windows types on the kernel command line. You can add it in /etc/default/grub Remember to run update-grub after editing it.

Re: [SOLVED] potential bug? - was Re: Problem with cryptsetup-initramfs

2024-07-28 Thread Ian Molton
Hi, Thanks for your reply, I'm afraid I've always found the bug tracker a very inaccessible thing. Despite having a decent amount of technical knowledge,  I find it daunting, and a jarring thing to cope with mentally. This is why i come to the mailing lists to seek help, but as you note, de

Re: Strange behavior of ifupdown package

2024-07-28 Thread Ian Molton
Which web forum has the commuity moved to then? I should like to join it...

Re: Strange behavior of ifupdown package

2024-07-28 Thread Ian Molton
Hi, As I said - the mailing list stats. Public record. Heres a picture. https://lists.debian.org/stats/debian-user.png An alarming decline, with a multitude of reasons. But lack of community will be the one that ends that graph. Be in no doubt.

Re: Strange behavior of ifupdown package

2024-07-26 Thread Ian Molton
Michael, that was not a personal attack. I am in no doubt that you personally try to help. The statistics for this list, however, are public record. And they are indeed of concern. Like so many open source projects, Debian is clearly showing a loss of community, and whilst it continues to be

Re: [SOLVED] potential bug? - was Re: Problem with cryptsetup-initramfs

2024-07-26 Thread Ian Molton
Really helpful. Thanks for that. Really makes one feel part of the community.

[SOLVED] potential bug? - was Re: Problem with cryptsetup-initramfs

2024-07-26 Thread Ian Molton
Now what? Should this be reported somewhere else? Any devs reading this?

Strange behavior of ifupdown package

2024-07-26 Thread Ian Molton
Hi. Sorry, i cant help with your specific problem. Just didn't want you to feel alone... I don't know whats becoming of Debian these days. Users need to stick together,  but the traffic stats for these lists paint a bleak picture. The attitude these days seems to be that 'if its not in bugz

[SOLVED] potential bug? - was Re: Problem with cryptsetup-initramfs

2024-07-24 Thread Ian Molton
ndard configuration. Is there a simple way to have errors logged to the console AND to the ssh session? Have I been thick? Thanks, -Ian On 24/07/2024 00:14, Ian Molton wrote: Hi all, I'm having problems with one of my machines. it's a Pine RockPro64. Debian bookworm has been running very s

Problem with cryptsetup-initramfs

2024-07-23 Thread Ian Molton
r really had to debug the init process (ie. PID1) and am not sure how to proceed. Thanks, -Ian

Compiling Virtualbox on "bookworm" [plain text email]

2023-06-19 Thread Ian Tan
ce would be appreciated, thank you. Regards. Ian 1) Show lsb_release $ lsb_release -d No LSB modules are

Re: No login screen after today "testing" update

2019-10-05 Thread Ian Sharpe
It's already been raised as a bug, and that the problem appears to be that package dependencies aren't quite right, so the desktop package (using a new API) has been put into testing before the provider of the updated API. Proper temporary fix given here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport

Re: No login screen after today "testing" update

2019-10-05 Thread Ian Sharpe
On Sat, 2019-10-05 at 20:55 +0200, Jaromír Mikeš wrote: > Thank you Ian, > > this helped me to get my machine work ... so this is libgnome-desktop > bug? > Should this be reported? I am a bit surprise this went unnoticed to > testing ... > Well that's what testing i

Re: No login screen after today "testing" update

2019-10-05 Thread Ian Sharpe
If you can log in from an external machine (I could ssh into mine), then I did a hack fix using: su cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ rm libgnome-desktop-3.so.18 ln -s libgnome-desktop-3.so.17 libgnome-desktop-3.so.18 systemctl reboot Not a fix by any means, but it got me up and running.

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-08 Thread Ian Jackson
k with chroots. sbuild is the build tool. To make a chroot you can use sbuild-createchroot or, err, I forget what it's called, schroot-buildd-setup or something ? Maybe someone else will pop up with the answer. Ian. -- Ian JacksonThese opinions are my own. If I emailed you from an addr

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Re: wishlist script: “hegemon”: set up bare git mirror farm for all debian sources

2018-08-15 Thread Ian Jackson
Zenaan Harkness writes ("wishlist script: “hegemon”: set up bare git mirror farm for all debian sources"): > git at alioth is coming along very nicely and was a great step > forward for Debian (thank you Ian). Why are you CCing me ? I had nothing to do with alioth or salsa. (May

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-07 Thread Ian Jackson
bw writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation"): > On Tue, 6 Mar 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I have read the bug logs and Trent Buck's message here > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694068#47 > > seems to sug

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-07 Thread Ian Jackson
bw writes ("Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation"): > On Tue, 6 Mar 2018, Brian wrote: > > One user calls it a "sick joke". After five years and with no attempt > > to rectify the situation, I'm beginning to have sympathy with that view. Debian, like all ordinary software, is

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-06 Thread Ian Jackson
is right. I use n-m on machines I have where the user needs to switch between various network connections, wifi networks, etc.) > I'd hate to see the bug tracker turned into a discussion forum though. The bug tyracker is precisely the right place to discuss how to solve a particul

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-06 Thread Ian Jackson
he case. Comparing to other distros can be very helpful but generalised statements that they don't have this bug is less useful than looking into how they solve the problem. Ian. -- Ian JacksonThese opinions are my own. If I emailed you from an address @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.

Re: (solved) Re: wireless fail after stretch installation

2018-03-06 Thread Ian Jackson
only OS which deliberately > removes connectivity present during installation. Can someone point me to the bug report about this ? Ian. -- Ian JacksonThese opinions are my own. If I emailed you from an address @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.

Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports)

2018-01-12 Thread Ian Campbell
ver into "casual" conversation like the parent thread or the repo urls etc. Ian.

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2017 #975

2017-09-02 Thread Ian Martin
I could ride it, it'd be returned unfit for purpose a.s.a.p. Ian.

Re: sysvinit - call for testers of 2.88dsf-59.9

2017-02-14 Thread Ian Jackson
Jimmy Johnson writes ("Re: sysvinit - call for testers of 2.88dsf-59.9"): > Hi Ian, I ran your test, just so you know I have /user on root. > # uname -a > Linux jimmy-1 4.9.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.6-3 (2017-01-28) x86_64 > GNU/Linux > > Before your patch:

Re: sysvinit - call for testers of 2.88dsf-59.9

2017-02-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("sysvinit - call for testers of 2.88dsf-59.9"): > If you are running testing (stretch) and using sysvinit, I'd > appreciate it if you could install the new sysvinit packages from > unstable (sid). Thanks to those who replies already. I have had fav

sysvinit - call for testers of 2.88dsf-59.9

2017-02-12 Thread Ian Jackson
ly keen to have tested, is below. If I get favourable test reports I will ask the Debian release team for a freeze exception so that these bugs can be fixed in stretch. Thanks, Ian. sysvinit (2.88dsf-59.9) unstable; urgency=medium [ Martin Pitt ] * Mark sysvinit-utils as Multi-Arch: foreign,

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2016-12-08 Thread Ian Martin
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Online resize of gpt+cryptsetup+lvm

2016-10-30 Thread Ian Jackson
asn't easier. gparted, maybe. If someone else still wants to do that please X-Debbugs-CC me. Ian. -- Ian JacksonThese opinions are my own. If I emailed you from an address @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.

Re: In stretch, how do I disable libinput and use evdev instead?

2016-05-01 Thread Ian Kelling
On Sun, May 1, 2016, at 12:57 PM, Ian Kelling wrote: > Because the mouse acceleration is bad. > > I'm using a normal mouse, and the speed of the pointer is too fast when > moving the mouse slowly. evdev has a very rich set of options, while > libinput has just a single one at

Re: In stretch, how do I disable libinput and use evdev instead?

2016-05-01 Thread Ian Kelling
On Sun, May 1, 2016, at 01:09 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 01 May 2016 20:57:56 Ian Kelling wrote: > > Because the mouse acceleration is bad. > > > > I'm using a normal mouse, and the speed of the pointer is too fast when > > moving the mouse slowly. evde

In stretch, how do I disable libinput and use evdev instead?

2016-05-01 Thread Ian Kelling
Because the mouse acceleration is bad. I'm using a normal mouse, and the speed of the pointer is too fast when moving the mouse slowly. evdev has a very rich set of options, while libinput has just a single one at runtime, which does not help (xinput --set-prop 15 "libinput Accel Speed" -1), and s

Re: Bug report - ext4: Unknown symbol __getblk_gfp (err 0)

2016-02-18 Thread Ian Campbell
or network, due to the kernel update in the latest point release. i.e. you need to update the binaries on your PXE server to deb8u2. The current Jessie kernel is now 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u2. Ian.

Java (aka icedtea) plugin for iceweasel, settings

2015-11-25 Thread Ian Zimmerman
I can pass options to java programs by setting the environment variable JAVA_ARGS. This works by ultimately passing the contents of the variable on the command line to the java runtime binary, such as /usr/bin/java; well behaved packages do this themselves by using the shell functions in java-wrap

Re: SELinux policy for Jessie?

2015-04-27 Thread Ian Pilcher
On 04/26/2015 08:46 PM, Ric Moore wrote: On 04/26/2015 07:23 PM, Ian Pilcher wrote: As part of my CentOS-to-Debian visionquest, I'm trying to enable SELinux on Jessie, but I haven't been able to install the policy: E: Package 'selinux-policy-default' has no installatio

SELinux policy for Jessie?

2015-04-26 Thread Ian Pilcher
t exist yet? Thanks! -- ==== Ian Pilcher arequip...@gmail.com "I grew up before Mark Zuckerberg invented friendship" -- To UNSUBSCR

Best way for "Red Hat guy" to learn Debian?

2015-04-26 Thread Ian Pilcher
int of view. Unfortunately, I don't think I have the patience for any sort of "intro to Linux". ;-) Thanks! -- ==== Ian Pilcher arequip...@gmail.com "I

Bug or problem with ssd disk

2015-02-02 Thread Ian Scheehan
Sometimes (random moment), my debian freeze, stop working. I don't know which package or kernel part cause that debian jessie freeze. How can get data/info of my computer and error which happen and send report bug to you? Can you help? best regards, Bogdan

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

2014-10-13 Thread Ian Jackson
her DDs send me and Matthew Vernon private email to say that they would support a GR on this subject, I will restart this conversation on -project. Until a total of six DDs want a GR, we should drop this topic. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subj

Re: [Xen-users] [Pkg-xen-devel] Recent hypervisor update on Debian Wheezy breaks domU networking

2013-02-18 Thread Ian Campbell
> If the kenrel hasn't changed and you are 100% sure the network configuration before and after the reboot is the same then so am I. All I can suggest is to reinstall the previous version of Xen. Ian. -- Ian Campbell Current Noise: Karma To Burn - Thirty Five America, how can I writ

Re: [Pkg-xen-devel] Recent hypervisor update on Debian Wheezy breaks domU networking

2013-02-18 Thread Ian Campbell
assuming that was also upgraded. It may even still be installed and in your grub menu already. > 2) Would moving to openvswitch be another possible workaround? Without knowing what the underlying issue is it is hard to predict whether it will also affect ovs. > My config:- Looks

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #1691

2011-09-14 Thread Ian Martin
8/reassemble-of-the-bee/ at that for the back story. Ian From: "debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org" <debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org> To: debian-user-dig...@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, 15 September 2011 1:53 PM Subject:

Re: Holiday Project for my job

2011-09-03 Thread Ian Martin
>1.  Which distro to use?  I've used Mint before in a similar setting >(and was pleased) but I'm now stuck with 6 year old Dells with almost no >video acceleration and .5 G memory each.  I'm thinking XFCE with Mint or >Xbuntu, but am open to others (even a stock debian install which I use >on my

Installation on a new laptop.

2011-08-30 Thread Ian Martin
't have working.  In a rather surprising twist, the wireless works out of the box- go figure (and now that I'm back in my lazyboy I don't have much incentive to figure out the ethernet problem...) Ian. >Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMacS30/08/11 13:51 >Hi ag

Please i wait to hear from you

2011-05-10 Thread Ian Davies
I am Ian Davies ;an accredited vendor of Alliot Groups, a subsidiary firm of Emirates International Holding (EIH); A private equity funds holding company that focuses on hedge funds. I have contacted you in the hope that you can be my associate by accepting to stand as the legal recipient to a

Please i wait to hear from you

2011-05-09 Thread Ian Davies
I am Ian Davies ;an accredited vendor of Alliot Groups, a subsidiary firm of Emirates International Holding (EIH); A private equity funds holding company that focuses on hedge funds. I have contacted you in the hope that you can be my associate by accepting to stand as the legal recipient to a

local specification of init script dependencies

2010-07-08 Thread Ian Goodacre
I have recently installed squeeze and need to adjust init script dependencies so my database starts before my web server. I could edit the headers in the init scripts, but I would rather leave them managed by the packages. Is there a place for me to put my local adjustments to the dependencies? -

submissions

2010-05-17 Thread IAN DELANEY
g Tracking System" Copies sent to: Debian Bug Tracking System IAN DELANEY Copies will be sent after processing to: debian...@lists.debian.org If you want to provide additional information, please wait to receive the bug tracking number via email; you may then send any extra in

a submission

2010-04-23 Thread IAN DELANEY
I think this version of reportbug doesn't get to submit the bug. Can you take this as a bug and post it please. That's all, thanks _ New, Used, Demo, Dealer or Private? Find it at CarPo

reply to bug

2010-04-17 Thread IAN DELANEY
ok, no sooner had I completed sending a reply to the reply, I got the reply email for the bug. So I now know how to use reportbug abd how to manouever it and use it. Thus seems to confirm that the other two I attempted to submit yesterday got lost, which could then be a bug with reportbug. I'l

reportug

2010-04-17 Thread IAN DELANEY
..@xenalive:~$ reportbug Detected character set: UTF-8 Please change your locale if this is incorrect. Using 'IAN DELANEY ' as your from address. Getting status for virtinst... Checking for newer versions at packages.debian.org... Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release). Main

xen

2010-04-16 Thread IAN DELANEY
Hello there, Ny name is Ian, from Perth Australia. I have a question to be answered please. I'm a linux user, so I use suse, debian, ubuntu and gentoo, and fedora.I'm interested in exploring the capabilities of xen and have done so an all the above.I'm in a brand new instance

Re: how to convince that debian is one the three major choices for a stable server environment?

2010-02-24 Thread Ian MacDonald
offered significant opportunity in light of any perceived risk. > Until they start teaching these alternatives in MBA courses this CxO > thinking will not change. > Hope that helps, Ian -- 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/1267021695.3908.35.ca...@n8-laptop.ianbmacdonald.com

Re: Search engine for documentation indexing?

2010-02-10 Thread Ian Zimmerman
seem to say nothing about concurrent access to the index. Is it possible to run 2 indexer processes at once, each updating the same index but with different files? -- Ian Zimmerman gpg public key: 1024D/C6FF61AD fingerprint: 66DC D68F 5C1B 4D71 2EE5 BD03 8A00 786C C6FF 61AD Ham is for reading,

Search engine for documentation indexing?

2010-02-08 Thread Ian Zimmerman
d), and there doesn't seem to be a way to add a user-defined filter either to compensate for this (swish-e has user filters). I can't be the only one looking for this, so what do other debianists do? -- Ian Zimmerman gpg public key: 1024D/C6FF61AD fingerprint: 66DC D68F 5C1B 4D71 2EE5

Re: boot hangs on pass phrase to unock encrypted root

2010-01-26 Thread Ian MacDonald
On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 01:23 +, mictlan tecutli wrote: > > im usiing a custom kernel, but ive also tried the 2.6.29-2-amd64 from > debian repos and i get the same results. 2.6.29-2-amd64 doesn't seem current for any of the distributions right now. From your versions below (iniramfs, grub) you

Re: boot hangs on pass phrase to unock encrypted root

2010-01-26 Thread Ian MacDonald
On Tue, 2010-01-26 at 05:42 +, k b wrote: > i can no longer boot my computer due to the problem in the subject > line. That is really no fun, so here are a few suggestions. Since you verified the implementation of luks using the live cd, my bet is graphics or input devices 1) If you have bee

Which version of debian lenny should I choose

2009-05-08 Thread Ian Manifacier
Hello, I would like to install debian on an old computer with an AMD XP 1700+ processor, the architecture is QantiSpeed I think. For that I would need to know which version of debian lenny would be suitable. Thank you Please send the answer at ianmanifac...@yahoo.com

Re: status of backports?

2009-03-21 Thread Ian Zimmerman
host timeout receiving reply from host timeout receiving reply from host ^C^C^C^Ctimeout receiving reply from host --- http://194.8.57.6:80/ ping statistics --- 7 connects, 0 ok, 100.00% failed -- Ian Zimmerman gpg public key: 1024D/C6FF61AD fingerprint: 66DC D68F 5C1B 4D71 2EE5 BD03 8A00 786C C6FF 61

status of backports?

2009-03-21 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Is it just me, or is backports.org in trouble? -- Ian Zimmerman gpg public key: 1024D/C6FF61AD fingerprint: 66DC D68F 5C1B 4D71 2EE5 BD03 8A00 786C C6FF 61AD Ham is for reading, not for eating. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

What should be on a rescue CD ? (was Re: Debian Live Lenny Beta1)

2008-08-28 Thread Ian Jackson
lioth seems to be down) We may end up with two CDs - a heavy and a small one - depending on what our list of packages looks like. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

change tk fonts, how?

2008-03-22 Thread Ian Zimmerman
unreadable. How can I reconfigure tk to use the ubiquitous bold Helvetica for message boxes too? I owned the Osterhout book at one time but IIRC it didn't answer this either. TIA for help, Ian -- His stride expressed the man's pride and self-confidence and his eyes revealed his honest simpl

Re: How to compile

2007-03-27 Thread Ian Broadbent
. they are not what I believe you are seeing as the 'problem'. I didn't have any problems getting Gnome and KDE to install and work. What 'problem' are you anticipating? From my experience they both work fine (albeit the new NVIDIA driver upsets KDE colours if you

Re: NVIDIA and Etch : WAS Re: Problems with GRUB and SATA

2007-03-27 Thread Ian Broadbent
s others did when they saw the full detailed listing). Thanks anyway. As written previously it's now at least resolved in that we know what the problem is/was and I have NVIDIA running (crippled.. but running). Ian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: NVIDIA and Etch : WAS Re: Problems with GRUB and SATA

2007-03-27 Thread Ian Broadbent
o? If yes... then todays been helpful on two counts. So ... final question (if you don't mind) how do I add this to the bug report as you suggested? Sorry, bug reporting is also new to me. Thanks again folks... it really is much appreciated Ian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NVIDIA and Etch : WAS Re: Problems with GRUB and SATA

2007-03-27 Thread Ian Broadbent
> > > > Ian, It sounds to me like your xorg.conf is still messed up. Can you > > post that too? Just the relevant "Device" and "Screen" sections should > > be enough. But you can put the whole thing here too. Then we should > > get a pretty

Re: NVIDIA and Etch : WAS Re: Problems with GRUB and SATA

2007-03-27 Thread Ian Broadbent
ame error-11 , same warnings. Ian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NVIDIA and Etch : WAS Re: Problems with GRUB and SATA

2007-03-27 Thread Ian Broadbent
lks this is now at the 'bleeding-edge' of my limited knowledge Does this list below give anyone a clue? Ian brutus:~# lspci -v 00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Unknown device 03ea Flags: bu

Re: NVIDIA and Etch : WAS Re: Problems with GRUB and SATA

2007-03-27 Thread Ian Broadbent
n any light on it. (The error codes listed for the xserver are about as obscure as they could be ... at least the version I downloaded was). I must have done something really dumn... but I just can't figure this one out. I suspect it has somethign to do with the warning about there bein

Re: alternatives to logcheck

2006-10-07 Thread Ian D. Leroux
On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 10:07:29 -0400, Robert C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 09:23:03AM -0400, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > > I'm looking for a way to monitor my logfiles while selectively > > ignoring > > noise, i.e. entries that *I* understand and am not wo

alternatives to logcheck

2006-10-07 Thread Ian D. Leroux
t next upgrade. I'm getting the feeling that I should just roll my own solution, but I thought I'd ask first if there were alternative packages or other more elegant approaches I should look at. Would it be appropriate to try building something on top of syslog-ng's filter rules?

Re: window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-16 Thread Ian Daniel Leroux
On Saturday 16 September 2006 01:03, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 11:52:51AM -0400, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:03:23 -0500, "Mumia W." > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > On 09/15/2006 07:50 AM, Ian D. Ler

Re: window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-15 Thread Ian D. Leroux
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:27:24 -0500, "Mumia W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 09/15/2006 10:52 AM, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:03:23 -0500, "Mumia W." > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> On 09/15/2006 07:50 AM, Ian D.

Re: window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-15 Thread Ian D. Leroux
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:27:24 -0500, "Mumia W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 09/15/2006 10:52 AM, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:03:23 -0500, "Mumia W." > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> On 09/15/2006 07:50 AM, Ian D.

Re: window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-15 Thread Ian D. Leroux
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:03:23 -0500, "Mumia W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 09/15/2006 07:50 AM, Ian D. Leroux wrote: > > I'm having a strange (to me) problem where xterms launched by the > > window manager are clearly ignoring my Xresources settings.

window manager not picking up Xresources?

2006-09-15 Thread Ian D. Leroux
This is on a recent install of Debian Etch on amd64; I'm a new arrival to Debian from BSD-land. I'm stumped. Why would the first window manager be the only program to be started in an "environment" (I'm using the term loosely) free of customized X resource settings? Any he

Re: Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 on aptitude

2006-08-04 Thread Ian Brandt
J F wrote: > I am getting an error from aptitude (and apt-get update): > > http://security.debian.org stable/updates/man Packages {ERROR} > Could not connect to security.debian.org:80 (128.101.240.212), connection > timed out > > It repeats the error twice for main, contrib, and non-free . > It

Net-install CD: What it does to existing partitions and installations

2006-08-02 Thread Ian Astley
the first instance. Many thanks in advance, Ian Astley tokyoi at mac com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OS X Terminal.app and Aptitude

2006-07-12 Thread Ian Brandt
e if Terminal.app will then pass the tests? Finding that it supports blink makes me wonder what other capabilities it might support, though not having comprehensive knowledge of the individual capabilities themselves I don't know whether you necessarily want them defined just because Terminal

Re: OS X Terminal.app and Aptitude

2006-07-11 Thread Ian Brandt
en in ncurses since 2001. There were some minor fixes to those >> early this year - see >> >> ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/terminfo.src.gz I compiled your terminfo on my Debian box, and ssh'd over with TERM set to 'nsterm'. A few initial observations:

OS X Terminal.app and Aptitude

2006-07-10 Thread Ian Brandt
uring a package search, and the menus are pretty garbled. Any advice on a next step? I'm completely rusty with all this terminal emulation voodoo. Thanks, Ian P.S. Here's the infocmp result from the Mac in case that is any help... $ cat xterm-color # Reconstructed via infocmp

embedded firefox

2006-07-04 Thread Ian Bull
Does anyone know if the firefox available with debian (sid) is compiled with dynamic libraries (instead of static ones). This is needed to use firefox as an embedded browser.cheers,ian

Installer

2006-06-05 Thread Ian Kester-Haney
eyboard and not usb mouse??? Thank You Ian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Xorg font problem

2006-05-11 Thread Ian Wienand
Hi, I just upgraded recently to the latest X stuff, and have a strange issue. I'm hoping someone can help me find my bug. I try to run xfig, and get a whole bunch of Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-times-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-

Re: LV Device Missing

2006-05-02 Thread Ian Petts
e, is to put in a cd (after grub), and then it finds > it every time.. I'm not sure what you mean by "put in a cd (after grub)" - can you please elaborate? [I posted this reply a day or two ago and it seems to have disappeared. Apologies if it shows up as a duplicate] Regards, Ian.

LV Device Missing

2006-04-28 Thread Ian Petts
not found anything that looks similar. Can someone please assisst, or point me to an appropriate resource to get this fixed? Thanks, Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Xorg

2006-04-16 Thread Ian MacDonald
Well, I've been running my 7.0 desktop all weekend; Granted I reviewed my dist-upgrade REMOVE, and added-back a few bits after the upgrades A quick look at /var/log/dpkg.log will tell you any bits that have been removed (and may be preventing you from running your X). You should have all your ol

Re: Firewall software for Debian

2006-04-16 Thread Ian MacDonald
In keeping with Easter, and not putting all your eggs in one basket, you might check out fwbuilder too. I can't get away from the fwbuilder GUI and the knobs there. Nice plugins for PIX, Linksys, etc. too. http://freshmeat.net/projects/fwbuilder/ http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/fwbuilder

Re: Xorg upgrade report (incl. nvidia)

2006-04-16 Thread Ian Kester-Haney
On 4/16/06, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I upgraded my desktop to Xorg 7.0 today, including the proprietary nvidia > drivers. I decided to write it up in this report so that others can get a > better overview of the issues which are involved. (I will of course provide > links

Re: Today's disaster with xorg update

2006-04-15 Thread Ian Kester-Haney
I fixed this by installing xfonts-base for 7.0 and it fixed it no idea why they were not included with package On 4/15/06, L. V. Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/15/06, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 15:13:28 -0700, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > > > > > Toda

LVM2 config changes

2006-04-13 Thread Ian East
OS: Sarge/2.6.11 I need to make some LVM2 config changes (basically move the backup and archive files to /var) on a running system. If I make the config changes do I need to unmount the LVM2 filesystems or there any other implications to worry about? Thanks for any help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: LVM2 volume groups not found during boot

2006-03-03 Thread Ian East
On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 14:00:17 +0100, Ian East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm having a problem where my LVM volume groups are not found during >boot. I have to manually scan and mount them after the OS boots. > >Debian Sarge/2.6.11-1 >Volume is on a 3ware 9500S-8 &g

LMV2 volume groups not found during boot

2006-03-03 Thread Ian East
I'm having a problem where my LVM volume groups are not found during boot. I have to manually scan and mount them after the OS boots. Debian Sarge/2.6.11-1 Volume is on a 3ware 9500S-8 Here's a snipped from the boot sequence:

Re: OT: A very cute wallpaper, thought y'all would like it.

2005-10-30 Thread Ian
Update, sorry, found a JPG to SVG converter. The image isn't amazing quality when blown up, but it works. http://uploadhut.com/view.php/382258.svgOn 10/30/05, Ian < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:What line? The credit or the "Speak no evil"? I have the SVG of the penguins, but

Re: OT: A very cute wallpaper, thought y'all would like it.

2005-10-30 Thread Ian
.php/382244.svg On 10/29/05, Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On Oct 29 2005, Ian wrote:> Hope y'all like this wallpaper. The penguins aren't mine, I did the> background, though. Enjoy.>> http://img494.imageshack.us/img494/4610/seehearspeak10x68tw.jpgIndeed, ver

OT: A very cute wallpaper, thought y'all would like it.

2005-10-29 Thread Ian
Hope y'all like this wallpaper. The penguins aren't mine, I did the background, though. Enjoy. http://img494.imageshack.us/img494/4610/seehearspeak10x68tw.jpg

Re: Debian Netinst

2005-10-26 Thread Ian Cavnar
Yeah, if you want Debian, find a friend with a high speed connection, tell them to burn the first disc of the Debian installer (it's the only one you really need) for you. Have fun with debian! ~Nai Willian Venancio wrote: You won't get the install with a dialup connection. He

Re: Ready to join the club..

2005-10-22 Thread Ian Cavnar
No prob. Have you installed it yet? Greg wrote: Yes, GB not MB. My bad. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Ready to join the club..

2005-10-22 Thread Ian Cavnar
I'm hopingthat you mean 60 and 80 GB, as 140MB is nowhere near enough to install Debian and have anything useful for a newb on there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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