Re: Web page management.

2023-02-08 Thread Peter Easthope
In-reply-to: <20230208191831.x6zp7ybzizmbq...@randomstring.org> References: <20230208191831.x6zp7ybzizmbq...@randomstring.org> From: Dan Ritter Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 14:18:31 -0500 > The thing you're looking at is the uBlock Origin widget, > and it shows things that your browser is being

Swaks usage.

2020-01-24 Thread Peter Easthope
To my understanding the email host in this test is run by hostgator.com. The service is purchased from a reseller and hostgator doesn't make itself evident. TLS starts OK. Correct? There is no problem for the Web interface to mail; userid and password are correct. Can the problem be anything ot

Wiki software.

2020-01-23 Thread Peter Easthope
A friend asked about setting up a wiki for development of a relatively simple document. Mostly text. Possibly a few illustrations. Running on a personal machine or a hosting service; not determined yet. Authenticated access to a large group of people; not public. MediaWiki is an obvious possibi

Jittery desktop mode.

2020-01-19 Thread Peter Easthope
In Debian 10, since an update a few weeks back, the display has included a weird spontaneous jittery mode. The browser can work for several minutes with no problem. Then with no warning components in the desktop begin flashing. A desktop chooser or indicator in the center of the screen rapidly cy

Persistent names for audio devices.

2019-10-18 Thread Peter Easthope
systemd provides a sane means to assign a human-chosen persistent name to a network interface. https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkInterfaceNames#CUSTOM_SCHEMES_USING_.LINK_FILES Can an audio device be named similarly? Eg. given two USB audio adapters how would they be assigned the names "USBheadset"

Android emulator

2016-02-26 Thread Peter Easthope
https://wiki.debian.org/AndroidTools indiates  that Android SDK is a rather complex beast. Suppose a user needs one or a few Android apps  but is not particularly interested in owning an  Android device.  Is installation of Android SDK  to a small laptop and app usage there feasible?   Or not wort

Re: Mail reflector how to?

2015-12-20 Thread Peter Easthope
References: <8d21f1dacfbad111baf300805fbb1148f0c...@mathexch1.mobility.com> This Web based mailer won't allow me to put the references in the header. Sorry. From: "Smith, Brian N." , Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:04:13 -0400 > Does anybody know of a mail reflector how to for Debian and could recommend > a

Destination of a new window with multiple monitors available.

2015-10-31 Thread Peter Easthope
Given one screen on two monitors and an application, can the default destination of a new window for the application be configured permanently? Make leafpad always prefer the left monitor for example. leafpad doesn't have a pertinent option. Also not within the scope of X11. The report from xran

editing ~/.gconf/apps/ekiga/contacts/%gconf.xml

2015-10-17 Thread Peter Easthope
Appears that the graphical contact list in ekiga is based upon ~/.gconf/apps/ekiga/contacts/%gconf.xml . Does the first character of the file name, %, have a significance beyond being very unusual? Manipulation of the graphical contact list is too inconvenient. Does anyone keep contacts as plain

Installing debian on a CF card.

2015-09-25 Thread Peter Easthope
Hi, Debian on a CF is an interesting possibility.http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/75-debian/53-debian-server-compact-flash My objective is to replace a failed hdd in an Armada laptop with a CF. I tried the base installation using the current jessie CD image running under QEMU. Also tried the ne

installing debian on a CF card.

2015-09-25 Thread Peter Easthope
Hi, Debian on a CF is an interesting possibility. http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/75-debian/53-debian-server-compact-flash My objective is to replace a failed hdd in an Armada laptop with a CF. I tried the base installation with jessie images running under QEMU. Tried current CD and netinst im

display problem from wheezy=>jessie upgrade.

2015-09-10 Thread Peter Easthope
Any ideas about this? https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=796113 No such problem for wheezy. Thanks, ... Peter E.

In the svn client, revising the URI for the svn server.

2015-08-19 Thread Peter Easthope
Suppose that a local repository is created. svn checkout http://a.b.c/d Various updates are completed. Then the server moves to x.y.z and continues to operate as usual. Is there any way for the adminstrator of the local repository to revise the URI recorded in the local client? Must the local re

A capability in the IMAP protocol.

2015-01-02 Thread Peter Easthope
Hi, Does the IMAP protocol allow retrieving a message, body included, from a server and then deleting from the server while keeping on the client? This might be described as simulating a POP behavour in IMAP. If the protocol allows this, is the capability implemented in most clients? Thanks,

Failure of X in Wheezy on Compaq Armada E500.

2014-05-19 Thread Peter Easthope
No problem with X in Squeeze on this machine. In Wheezy there is an error when attempting to set MTRR. Details here. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=748017 Other cases have the complaint about MTRR but no solution here yet. Ideas welcome. Thanks, ... Pet

Re^2: Mutt: SSL Certificate check ... SASL authentication failed

2014-02-28 Thread Peter Easthope
References: <2b8c71ec0272453c696df1a5d4ad9c87.squir...@easthope.ca> <53115869.3090...@gmail.com> From: Scott Ferguson Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2014 14:47:53 +1100 > Shouldn't that certificate be for domain from which you are mailing? > e.g. *.easthope.ca Why? The only configuration given to mutt was t

Mutt: SSL Certificate check ... SASL authentication failed

2014-02-28 Thread Peter Easthope
In accord to https://wiki.debian.org/Mutt, these four lines are in .muttrc. set smtp_url = "smtps://pe...@easthope.ca:465" # ESMTP with TLS set smtp_pass="_" set from="pe...@easthope.ca" set realname="Pete" A test message yields the following output. The problem is at COMODO CA Limited?

Re: netcat usage.

2014-02-23 Thread Peter Easthope
References: <530a9882.4040...@gmail.com> From: Scott Ferguson Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:55:30 +1100 > NOTE: there four different "netcats" available in Wheezy. I found three. netcat-openbsd, netcat-traditional, netcat6. netcat-openbsd pleads ignorance. peter@dalton:~$ nc -l 25 -e ssmtp nc: inv

Re(2): netcat usage.

2014-02-23 Thread Peter Easthope
References: <9802e1a04541ccc2a9d2c5d8b89c6c0f.squir...@easthope.ca> <23022014193900.3e6e4cc30...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk> I'll be putting References in the header again soon. From: Brian Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:43:12 + > Which netcat are you using? [user@computer ~]$ nc --version

netcat usage.

2014-02-23 Thread Peter Easthope
Can anyone offer a solution for this? [user@computer ~]$ nc -l 25 -e /usr/sbin/ssmtp Ncat: bind to :::25: Permission denied. QUITTING. Thanks,... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202. Bcc: peter at easthope.ca "http://carnot.yi.org/ " -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: POP3 softwares.

2014-01-19 Thread Peter Easthope
On Sun, January 19, 2014 2:53 am, Nemeth Gyorgy wrote: > I use fetchmail for similar task. OK; thanks. In your application, where or how does fetchmail deliver messages? The documentation I've seen mentions acquisition by POP but doesn't mention disposal. ... P

POP3 softwares.

2014-01-18 Thread Peter Easthope
Problem Given a remote POP3 server which provides SSL. Also a MUA on a local host, which retrieves by POP3 when activated by the user and lacks SSL. Try to move messages from the server to the MUA. Candidate Solution Let getmail, in the POP3-over-SSL instance, retrieve messages from the server a

2.5" hdd _versus_ a PATA-SDHC adapter.

2013-11-21 Thread Peter Easthope
Hi, There is a Sharp Mobius laptop here where I can install either a 2.5" hdd or a PATA-SDHC adapter with a SDHC card, such as this. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/360723057667 Then install Debian. I've used an OLPC XO-1.5 for about a year and am fairly convinced that SDHC can provide primary sto

Re: Dying Iceweasel.

2012-05-25 Thread Peter Easthope
On 25/05/12 09:49 AM, Camaleón wrote: Running testing is not a guaratee for having the latest versions of the programs, you have to check by your own, for instance, Wheezy has Icewasel 10.0 while Firefox is now 12 (so you can still test with Firefox 12 -download and run- and see what happens) and

Re: Dying Iceweasel.

2012-05-25 Thread Peter Easthope
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 14:19:38 +1000 Scott Ferguson wrote, > I can't duplicate your problem... why don't you bypass the monkey and go to:- https://login.skype.com/account/signup-form > no ffflash required there > no long URL either. That works; but other pages also crashed iceweasel and the

Dying Iceweasel.

2012-05-24 Thread Peter Easthope
Two systems here with current Squeeze. One is a Compaq Armada E500; the other a generic desktop machine with a Foxconn board. Try this in each. In iceweasel, google "site:skype.com create account" and attempt to open the account creation page. The URI is too long to mention. In the Foxconn

Fwd: Switching between modes in mutt.

2012-05-24 Thread Peter Easthope
This morning I skimmed through http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/manual-2.html#ss2.3 . Section 2.3 describes index mode and pager mode. In index mode, typing a message number opens the message in the pager. That's the switch from index to pager. How is a switch from pager to index invoked? Ie.,

Re: ..when to scrap old junk, was: old machine wheezy vs apt

2012-04-18 Thread Peter Easthope
On Wed, April 18, 2012 10:35 am, Dom wrote: > These little machines take about 30W max, are only used for an average > of an hour a day. As for running costs? Peanuts. Heat output? Barely > noticable. > > My main laptop is slightly newer and about 10x the power. I have other > systems, but nothing

Re: Flashbench

2012-04-17 Thread Peter Easthope
On Sat, April 14, 2012 11:38 pm, Bob wrote: > ... > # to help you spot where you are in the output 134217728 = 128MB & > 524288 = 512k; so as the difference halves from ~100µs or more to 55µs > at 4194304 = 4MB if I'm reading the README correctly this would imply > that the erase block size on thi

Re: Flashbench

2012-04-12 Thread Peter Easthope
On 12/04/12 07:28 AM, Camaleón wrote: Tool for benchmarking and classifying flash memory drives http://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=people/arnd/flashbench.git;a=summary Yes. I even was unaware of its existence. So what is your favorite software to find the erase block size of a flash storage de

Re: Flashbench

2012-04-12 Thread Peter Easthope
On 12/04/12 03:33 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: You assume debian-user subscribers know what Flashbench is (you could have included a link) :) From Camaleon. http://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=people/arnd/flashbench.git;a=summary In what way would you want the Debian community to be interested of Fla

Flashbench

2012-04-11 Thread Peter Easthope
Any tips about Flashbench? Googling "site:debian.org flashbench" suggests it finds little interest in the Debian community. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202. Bcc: peter at easthope.ca "http://carnot.yi.org/ " "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary "

Re: Free as in speech hardware ebook reader

2012-04-06 Thread Peter Easthope
On 06/04/12 02:12 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: ... what I am looking for is a hardware reader that is designed to respect my freedoms. Preferably one that runs a GNU/Linux system, and which I am allowed to tinker with. It does not have to work out of the box, and I am prepared to invest time

Re: Line wrapping and message retrieval in Icedove.

2012-04-05 Thread Peter Easthope
On 05/04/12 04:33 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 06/04/12 04:27, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: Hello. Are you from the past? Not sure we are on the same wavelength here but the first copy of the message didn't appear in the archive for so long that I assumed a configuration error remained. I made

Re: Exim4 and SMTP relaying.

2012-04-05 Thread Peter Easthope
Joe, On 05/04/12 12:39 AM, Joe wrote: ... should contain network specifications separated by colons and enclosed in single quotes. My guess for a first try is: dc_relay_nets='172.24.1.0/24' on the basis you're using a /24 netmask there. This configuration had been created with dpkg-r

Exim4 and SMTP relaying.

2012-04-04 Thread Peter Easthope
Referring to my http://142.103.107.138/NetworkExtant.jpg diagram, mutt and exim4 running on Dalton can send a message, through port 465 with TLS, to *.webwelcome.com and then to a destination. Next I want to have Cantor send a message through exim4 on Dalton. The connection from Cantor to Dal

Re: Line wrapping and message retrieval in Icedove.

2012-03-22 Thread Peter Easthope
On 22/03/12 06:33 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 23/03/12 04:57, Peter Easthope wrote: NOTE: Icedove and Thunderbird are not identical, you don't say which version you have installed, A photo here. http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/AboutIcedove.jpg peter@dalton:~$ dpkg -l icedove | grep i

Re: video on the ibm 3650 7979

2012-03-22 Thread Peter Easthope
On 22/03/12 03:08 PM, Joey L wrote: I have disabled the gd3 from loading on boot up and now i can not get the black login screen on the server console. I have installed the firmware-linux-nonfree debian package. Running Debian squeeze. ... anyone has any ideas ? Reminiscent of my difficulty wit

Line wrapping and message retrieval in Icedove.

2012-03-22 Thread Peter Easthope
Two elementary questions about Icedove usage. Answers are not obvious in Account Settings or in Preferences or with Google. Can the length at which a line is wrapped automatically be adjusted? I'm inclined to set the auto-wrap length to infinity. Auto-wrapping is particularly troublesome when

Re: Setting Icedove defaults to text format

2012-03-15 Thread Peter Easthope
On 15/03/12 08:52 AM, Camaleón wrote: This is done from menu Edit → Account Settings → [you account] → Composition and Addressing and unckecking "[ ] Compose messages in HTML format". This will default the postings for that account to text based format. Thanks. I should have reviewed http://wi

Re: vsftp problems

2012-03-15 Thread Peter Easthope
On 15/03/12 07:43 AM, Camaleón wrote: Icedove will use the default sending format setting defined for your account, which by default is "html". Where can the default be changed to text? You need to manually toggle "text format" at message composing when you want to get text based e-mails I'

Re: h.264 & WebM

2012-03-14 Thread Peter Easthope
On 13/03/12 10:42 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: However, WebM support is in as of FF/IW 4. Most YouTube content is available as WebM now, certainly more than is h.264. You could get the current version (10) from Mozilla, or you could get Iceweasel backports: http://mozilla.debian.net/ The backpo

h.264 & WebM

2012-03-13 Thread Peter Easthope
According to http://www.youtube.com/html5 this Iceweasel in current Squeeze lacks h.264 and WebM capabilities. Can this be rectified by user action? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202. bcc: peter at easthope.ca "http://carnot.yi.org/"; "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.ht

Re(3): TOP {LEFT,RIGHT} HALF BRACKETs

2012-02-29 Thread Peter Easthope
I don't see any way to give Icedove the References and In-reply-to fields for the header but they are here. Bcc: pe...@easthope.ca References: <171057435.35607.27295@cantor.invalid> In-reply-to: *From: Camaleón *Message-id: > Note there's a slightly difference between the URL you

CUPS & network printing

2011-09-22 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, A printer is connected to a Squeeze system here with a parallel cable. CUPS is installed and there is no problem printing directly from the host. I'm interested to have this printer work for other machines on the LAN. http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.5/network.html contains,

Re (5): OpenVPN server mode usage.

2011-01-12 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
From: Bob Proulx Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:13:10 -0700 > Yes. I can see the udp packets both leaving one and arriving at the > other using tcpdump on the interfaces. I tried it on two of my > systems before sending that message. Good! Thanks! Now I'm convinced that it should work. (And h

Re (6): OpenVPN server mode usage.

2011-01-12 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
From: PETER EASTHOPE Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:23:50 -0800 > Incidentally, telnet and daytime haven't worked in dalton since last Spring. > Thanks to a comment discovered via current emails from Simon McVittie about bug reports, I replaced inetutils-inetd and inetutils-te

Re (5): OpenVPN server mode usage.

2011-01-12 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Mike, From: Mike Bird Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:53:13 -0800 > What happens on "/etc/init.d/openvpn start"? r...@dalton:~# /etc/init.d/openvpn start Starting virtual private network daemon: myvpn failed! Same result with both "dev tun" and "dev tun0" in /etc/openvpn/myvpn.conf. The failure

Re (4): OpenVPN server mode usage.

2011-01-11 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
From: Bob Proulx Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:55:10 -0700 > x: echo foo | nc -u y 1149 > > You should see that show up in your tcpdump traces. You've tried this on your system? Or least can detect the datagram leaving the orginating system? From: Mike Bird Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:39:

Re (3): OpenVPN server mode usage.

2011-01-11 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
From: Bob Proulx Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:55:10 -0700 > They don't reach the external interface? That is an excellent clue. > But I think it might be a problem trying to have traceroute do it. > ... try netcat instead. At work now and this happens on Dalton. 142.103.107.138 is carnot.yi.

Re(2): Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

2011-01-06 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Bob, > !!WARNING WARNING!! I made a mistake in the above. That should have > been: > dd if=/dev/fd0 of=fd.image.raw bs=8k Right oh. I probably won't have the diskettes until next week and will mount -o ro and will be careful about if and of. [And if the OpenVPN tunnel is working will be a

Reading files from a diskette from an old MacOS.

2011-01-06 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, A friend has data on a diskette written in MacOS around 1995. According to this page hfs and hfs+ are supported. http://wiki.debian.org/FileSystem How reliable is this capability? Should I try to identify the filesystem as hfs vs. hfs+ before trying to mount it? Will "mount -t hfs"

OpenVPN server mode usage?

2011-01-05 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, For several years OpenVPN has provided a reliable tunnel between two machines, Dalton and Joule. Ref. http://142.103.107.138:80/NetworksPage.html Dalton has a static address. Joule has a dynamic address, usually available by reference to joule.yi.org. This depended upon a DDNS server a

Re (2): Seeking advice and documentation on non-standard software RAID1 setup

2010-12-01 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Rob, > Also recently my own > laptop wouldn't start because of fan troubles (I had to "assist" with > the vacuum cleaner ... Advisable to replace the fan before other components have heat damage. Repair is an option too. If the fan has ball bearings, they can be replaced. Bearing vendors ca

UVC cameras

2010-10-12 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Somewhere I've read that a camera must be UVC conformant to qualify to use the Vista label on the package. It wasn't an authoritative source. Recently I put an inexpensive camera on Squeeze and got a local image in Skype. Oddly the remote image was OK without the camera but garbled with the c

frozen mouse pointer in Lxde in Squeeze

2010-02-08 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Yesterday afternoon I updated Squeeze on the home machine. Consequently, the Lxde screen appears OK except that the mouse pointer is immobile. Has anyone solved this? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ http://carnot.yi.org/ = http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/

Installing lilo in Squeeze after booting from the Lenny installer CD.

2010-02-02 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Stephen Powell Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:33:25 -0500 (EST) wrote, > ... install lilo ... How does this sound? * Boot from the Lenny installer CD and go into rescue mode. * In the page entitled "Rescue operations" do "Execute a shell in /dev/hda1". (The system on /dev/hda1 is Squeeze as described

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Sorry for the absence of thread connection. This mailer doesn't provide In-reply-to. FromView message header detail Tom H DateMonday, February 1, 2010 12:08 > The OP said that his error was "BIOS Installed Successfully", which > must mean that his box had a hardware upgrade/change and

Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
My usual email isn't available until Grub works again. Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable. Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system gives this message. Error opening terminal: bterm How might this damage be repaired. Thanks,

Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Squeeze on an IBM NetVista here, was updated about 2010-01-27 via a remote connection.  Nothing remarkable about the update.  Sunday morning I arrived to find the machine rebooting repeatedly.  The console shows   BIOS Installed Successfully!   Grub loading.   Welcome to GRUB! Then the screen go

Re: recommendations for CD burning.

2008-09-20 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
In-reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ron & others, 02 Sep 2008 10:50:02 -0500 "Music CDs, ISOs, what?" A Debian installer CD. "... scripting genisoimage and wodim isn't that hard." wodin.man reads as though SCSI is the only hardware to consider. Is there any likelihood of an HP DVD Writer 420, C

SMTP to an ISP _via_ an OpenVPN tunnel.

2008-09-19 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, Thanks for the info about ssh. I'm working on it. My tunnel & etc. are described here. "http://carnot.yi.org/DebianPage.html#Network"; shawmail.gv.shawcable.net accepts a message by SMTP from Heaviside. shawmail does not accept a message through the tunnel from Dalton. I want to adju

transitivity of login

2008-09-17 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, I have three systems, A, B and C. A terminal login is made on A. >From there a ssh session to B. >From there we attempt ssh to C. This is the appearance of the A terminal. Connection established Linux B ... ... Last login: Wed Sep 17 08:16:01 2008 from A [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ssh C [EMAIL

sending data from masqueraded system

2008-09-11 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
The Web interface doesn't provide for the In-reply-to parameter of SMTP. This is it for anyone interested. In-reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A few days back, pe> "Subsequent to the update, a masqueraded system is unable to send a non-trivial stream by FTP or by SMTP." Now that the conjugate sy

DirectFB and X.

2008-09-11 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, Thanks for the advice about CD burning. According to the Wikipedia, "The [DirectFB] library allows developers to bypass the X Window System, ... ." In Lenny, can DirectFB replace the X infrastructure? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ http://car

sending data from masqueraded system

2008-09-07 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, My home network is described here. http://carnot.yi.org/DebianPage.html#Network Joule has Shorewall which masquerades the other two systems in the LAN. All was fine until the August 31 weekend when I updated Lenny on Joule. Subsequent to the update, a masqueraded system is unable to

failure of openvpn to start

2008-08-28 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, Since my update of lenny last Saturday these lines appear in the syslog. Aug 27 10:37:04 joule kernel: tun0: Disabled Privacy Extensions Aug 27 10:37:04 joule ovpn-myvpn[5179]: echo up tun0 1500 1544 10.4.0.1 10.4.0.2 init Aug 27 10:37:04 joule ovpn-myvpn[5179]: openvpn_execve: external pr

Unibrain 2036 IEEE 1394 camera.

2008-08-25 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, Has anyone installed one of these in Debian? http://www.unibrain.com/Products/VisionImg/Fire_i_DC.htm Any comments on functionality? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ http://carnot.yi.org/ = http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

kernels for Lenny; was Re: Alsaconf & halting a frozen laptop.

2008-08-06 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Nigel & others, At Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:39:40 +0200 N.H. wrote, "... Lenny install, I have the following kernels available. 2.6.8 2.6.11" With /etc/apt/sources.list set to lenny, dselect offers only 2.6.16 and 2.6.25. Can dselect install 2.6.11? Thanks,... Peter E. -- http://members.sh

Re: packet forwarding.

2008-08-03 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Mike, Alex & others, Sorry for the broken thread. mb> 2) That joule knows the route to cantor (via dalton) Just what I was missing; thanks! Now, where to specify this route? (1) "up route add ..." can not go in the eth0 stanza in /etc/network/interfaces because tun0 is configured after eth

Alsaconf & halting a frozen laptop.

2008-07-25 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, To get the on-board sound device of an IBM NetVista working I must run alsaconf almost every time Lenny starts. The first viewer of alsaconf mentions "... testing/sid ... *udev* is predestined to load your driver." Well, seeing that udev fails to load the driver in Lenny, I installed s

re: VGA modes for the supported resolutions

2008-07-16 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, [As soon as I have a tunnel working, thread continuity will be possible.] Andrei Popescu wrote, ",[ hwinfo --framebuffer ] | 02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer | [Created at bios.450] ..." hwinfo gives no output on this system. dalton:~# hwinfo --framebuffer dalton:~#

packet forwarding

2008-07-15 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, In Lenny, "man openvpn" states, "First, ensure that IP forwarding is enabled on both peers. On Linux, enable routing: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward" That is an interactive approach whereas in /etc/sysctl.conf I set net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 . "man openvpn" co

fbdev requirement of qemu

2008-07-09 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, I've installed qemu, xserver-xorg-video-fbdev and libggi-target-fbdev and tried to boot an image. qemu -m 40 -boot d -cdrom /home/peter/Desk*/AosCD.iso This error report ensues. ===| DirectFB 1.0.1 |=== (c) 2001-2007 The DirectFB O

answer button in Skype client

2008-07-04 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, In Skype 2.0.0.68 in Xfce4 in Lenny with kernel 2.6.24-1-686 a click on the answer button fails to open an incoming call. This happens on an IBM NetVista 6578-RAU and not on another generic machine. Usually I am able to call back but the problem certainly wastes time and aggravation.

Linksys USB200M in Lenny with kernel 2.6.24.

2008-06-27 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, Can anyone tell me whether the Linksys USB200M adapter can work in Lenny with kernel 2.6.24 without patching? Here it isn't working. Is there any command such as, hypothetically, "lseth" or "ethtool --list" which will list all extant Ethernet devices? Thanks, ... Peter E. -

usb camera for skype & etc.

2008-06-18 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, Video in Skype works well for friends using Imacs and MS-Win.  I'm thinking of buying a camera. USB webcams must use USB 2 by now.  So does a Firewire camera retain any advantage over current USB cameras.  Can a digital still camera with a USB cable be used for this purpose? Thanks, 

failure of xfsm-shutdown-helper

2008-06-05 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, Until an about two weeks ago, the shutdown helper has allowed me to shut this system down from the xfce GUI. Now I can only logout to the CLUI. This message is left by X. xfsm-shutdown-helper.c:134: Failed to contact HAL: A security policy ... hal is installed. sudo is installed. Wha

configuration file for mousepad

2008-05-30 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
There is a configuration file for Mousepad but the man page contains only the name of the author. Can anyone tell whether the default starting directory can be recorded; if so, how. Sorry for the meaningless subject line in my previous message. Will send it again with the correct subject in a w

Ownership of a hot-pluggable volume or part.

2008-05-15 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, Filesystem permissions are for filesystems and not for volumes or parts. So what is the usual way to assign ownership of any USB flash store and any CD so that any user has full access? Are these lines in /etc/fstab sufficient? /dev/sda /flash ext3 rw,users,auto /dev/hdc /cd

the document "Sound in Debian GNU/Linux"

2008-05-14 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, This document, "http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Sound_in_Debian_GNU/Linux#Some_applications_.28OSS_applications.29_produce_no_sound_in_AL"; in revision 1.2, 27th November 2007 states, "... Rename the file instead: # mv /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf.obsolete Now run alsaconf aga

sound devices

2008-05-06 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, One of my Debian Lenny machines has on-board Intel sound and an Altec Lansing USB headset. Skype lists these devices. Intel 82801BA-ICH2 (hw:I82801BAICH2,0) Intel 82801BA-ICH2 (plughw:I82801BAICH2,0) Intel 82801BA-ICH2 (hw:I82801BAICH2,1) Intel 82801BA-ICH2 (plughw:I82801BAICH2,1) C-

HP ScanJet C6270A and sane.

2008-04-24 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, There is an HP ScanJet C6270A here. lsusb fails to detect it and I've found no evidence in Lenny that the scanner is connected via USB. I'll guess that this scanner has USB 1. SCSI works a little better. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsscsi [0:0:0:0]diskFUJITSU M2624F-512 0405 /d

creating a ProDOS boot diskette

2008-04-16 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, I have a copy of ProDOS-System.zip which unzips to "Apple II System Disk 3.2.dc". Can a Debian make a ProDOS boot diskette? Should dd work? Thanks,... Peter E. -- http://carnot.yi.org/ http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Flash

2008-04-07 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, flashplugin-nonfree, libflash-swfplayer, libflash0c2 and libflash-mozplugin are all installed. You-tube movies are work. Yet if this page is opened there is a notice suggesting that an additional plugin is needed. http://www.ryanheise.com/cube/ What additional plugin does iceweasel nee

"resume: ..." problem solved.

2008-04-03 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Andrew & others, asw> I"m betting its uswsusp that is the culprit. Correct! Removed uswsusp with dselect and the "resume: ..." complaint disappeared. The extant initrd seems to work. The message would be more helpful if it mentioned uswsusp. I suppose this can be a bug report. Probably I

message at startup, "resume: Could not stat the resume device file."

2008-04-02 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, "resume:" still eludes. My package listing is now visible. http://carnot.yi.org/PackageList By diffing this against their list, can anyone and spot something which might hint at the origin of this "resume problem"? Thanks,... Peter E. -- http://carnot.yi.org/ --

continuity of a topic in debian-user

2008-03-19 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, Once or twice the list server has connected the thread after I've copied the subject line verbatim. Usually the thread gets broken and complaints follow. Does anyone see why this happens? ... With the server, not the humans. Is there a way to ensure that the thread is maintained, g

disassembling machine code

2008-03-19 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, I have these 5 bytes of machine code to disassemble. b8 12 00 cd 10 I've looked at gdb and objdump. Appears they need a complete object file. Someone please give a clue. Thanks, ... Peter E. http://carnot.yi.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Resume ... Resume ... Resume ...

2008-03-14 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, At startup of Lenny this message appears. resume: libcrypt version: 1.2.3 resume: Could not stat the resume device file. Would seem logical that in absence of a "resume device file", startup would simply continue. Nevertheless, it waits for or the name of a file. Is there a recommended

Re: Failure of Ethernet link with Belkin adapter & Netgear hub.

2008-03-14 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Douglas, Brian and anyone else interested, dt> Can other boxes/NICs get 100 Mb/s across the AT hub? Perhaps the AT hub is only 10 Mb/s. The AT-3612TR is one of earliest 12 port hubs on the market. It is 10base-T, half duplex; 100 Mb/s across it is out of the question. Clarification The quest

Failure of Ethernet link with Belkin adapter & Netgear hub.

2008-03-08 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, If an Etch system is connected to the 'net _via_ a Belkin Model F5D5050 USB 10/100 Ethernet Adapter, an old AT-3612TR hub and a Netgear DS104 hub, communication works at 10 Mb/s, half duplex. The light on the Belkin adapter is green. If the AT hub is removed and the Belkin adapter is

Re : rotating a rectangular image in Gimp

2008-03-08 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Ken, Artur, Kumar, Dusan, Jeff, Mihira, Crank, > ... you're using layer rotate. use normal rotate ... And I selected the image first in at least one attempt. > ... Image -> transform -> rotate ... That's better. Thanks, ... Peter E. http://carnot.yi.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

rotating a rectangular image in Gimp

2008-03-05 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, To rotate a rectangular image by 90 degrees in Gimp, I followed these steps. * Expand the canvas to a square containing the image, centered. * Rotate 90 degrees. * Contract the canvas to the boundary of the image. If I just rotate without changing the canvas, the image is cropped. Does an

miniscule text on icons in Xfce

2008-02-29 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, Since a recent update of a Lenny system here, the text on the icons in Xfce4 appears to be about 4 point. Barely legible with effort. The setting in the User interface panel is 12 point and the desktop menu appears to be consistent. The labels on the icons are miniaturized when X runs

Re: vanishing desktop menu and background pattern.

2008-02-13 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Andrew, At Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:23:37 -0800 as-w> ... taskbars available with a menu on them ... Right oh. I'd overlooked that. as-w> ... taskbars, you can right click ... I'd never used "Add new item". This should let me restore the desktop. Will try this weekend. as-w> ... do you have bot

Re: locks and shutdown policy; was Re: stale lockfile on fetchmail.

2008-02-13 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Andrew, Ron, Tzafrir and others, Thanks for the clarifications. At Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:14:58 -0800 as-w> ... fetchmail being killed in a nasty way ... We're still not exactly certain how the stale lock comes to exist but ... At Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:11:39 + tc> fetchmail is a daemon, ... tc

choice of Debian server; was Re: Flash with Iceweasel in Lenny

2008-02-06 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Nuno, nm> Try the rest of the world, ... oregonstate.edu is the closest server which has the files. Going to another server will only increase the cost of communication. Regards, ... Peter E. http://carnot.yi.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

computer case; was Re: Accessing a TV adapter via my network

2008-02-05 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Barry, At Feb 5, 2008, at 2:26 AM you wrote, "... buying a case until I know that the whole setup works." So many computers are discarded these days; few people really need to buy a computer let alone a case. If friends haven't offered you several, there should be a steady supply on various l

Re: Flash with Iceweasel in Lenny

2008-02-05 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Doug, dmt> try flash-plugin non-free. Thanks for the tip. Googling "site:packages.debian.org flash" finds that flashplugin-nonfree is available for sarge, etch, sid and experimental but not for lenny! dmt> ... non-free repository in your sources.list. Only 5 servers in North America have i

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