Re: netbook for debian

2009-03-01 Thread Robert Epprecht
like it small. Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Debian vs. the Eee PC

2008-04-12 Thread Robert Epprecht
/ There is also the mailinglist debian-eeepc-devel. Feel free to ask questions on irc irc.oftc.net #debian-eeepc. See you there ;) Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: text consoles 8-12 and german umlauts

2007-09-09 Thread Robert Epprecht
Mumia, thanks a lot for taking your time. Mumia W.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 09/08/2007 10:49 AM, Robert Epprecht wrote: Mumia W.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know exactly the function of APP_CHARSET_MAP in /etc/console-tools/config, but you could try setting it for the VC's

Re: text consoles 8-12 and german umlauts

2007-09-09 Thread Robert Epprecht
Robert Epprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mumia W.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BTW: I have no idea which program uses /etc/console-tools/config and where it is called in the boot process and under which name. It looks like it's /etc/rcS.d/S48console-screen.sh. Yes I had seen this one, but I

Re: text consoles 8-12 and german umlauts

2007-09-09 Thread Robert Epprecht
Robert Epprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BTW: I have no idea which program uses /etc/console-tools/config and where it is called in the boot process and under which name. It looks like it's /etc/rcS.d/S48console-screen.sh. I thought it would only be called in single user mode. Before

Re: text consoles 8-12 and german umlauts

2007-09-08 Thread Robert Epprecht
Florian Kulzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 07:53:06 +0200, Robert Epprecht wrote: I have activated more text consoles by adding lines like the following to /etc/inittab 8:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty8 If I try to type german umlauts on these new consoles I get

Re: text consoles 8-12 and german umlauts

2007-09-08 Thread Robert Epprecht
consoles 1-6 use (which seems right)? BTW: I have no idea which program uses /etc/console-tools/config and where it is called in the boot process and under which name. Thanks for insights, Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

text consoles 8-12 and german umlauts

2007-09-07 Thread Robert Epprecht
I have activated more text consoles by adding lines like the following to /etc/inittab 8:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty8 9:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty9 [...] If I try to type german umlauts on these new consoles I get garbage instead. How can I fix that? Thanks a lot, Robert Epprecht

Re: What changed permissions of /tmp ?

2007-02-16 Thread Robert Epprecht
Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 08:31:40AM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: something had changed permission of /tmp to drwxr-xr-x. I have no idea what could be the cause of this permission change. did you install something or upgrade something

What changed permissions of /tmp ?

2007-02-15 Thread Robert Epprecht
This morning I had a bad surprize on my sarge system: X did not start any more. After some time I've found the culprit: something had changed permission of /tmp to drwxr-xr-x. I have no idea what could be the cause of this permission change. Has anybody ever seen this? Robert Epprecht

From unstable to Etch

2007-01-28 Thread Robert Epprecht
system after a while (I'm using aptitude and the sid system is up to date). Or is there more involved? When is the best time to do the switch? Thank you for insights, Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: From unstable to Etch

2007-01-28 Thread Robert Epprecht
macondo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --- Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 01/28/07 08:21, Robert Epprecht wrote: I have a Debian/unstable installation which is now used by other family members, so I want to switch it to Etch (now or when Etch becomes stable). I do not care too much

Re: From unstable to Etch

2007-01-28 Thread Robert Epprecht
Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 03:21:07PM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: [snipped preamble about downgrading to etch from sid] Or is there more involved? When is the best time to do the switch? just to say it, as others seem to have answered your

Re: kmail SMTP problems

2007-01-20 Thread Robert Epprecht
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:11:46 +0100 Robert Epprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [about problems setting up Kmail to use smtp on google mail accounts] This is just to report to anybody following this thread: My Kmail is working now with smtp on google mail. Unfortunately I have no idea why

kmail SMTP problems

2007-01-17 Thread Robert Epprecht
Hello I try to set up kmail to use SMTP on google mail accounts. I have tried to do this on my machine here (Debian sarge) as a test and everything works fine. But (as a Gnus user) I do not need kmail for me, but try to set it up on another machine which is a Debian sid system. But whatever I

Re: kmail SMTP problems

2007-01-17 Thread Robert Epprecht
Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:46:27 +0100 Robert Epprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I try to set up kmail to use SMTP on google mail accounts. I have tried to do this on my machine here (Debian sarge) as a test and everything works fine. But (as a Gnus user

DVD-RAM questions

2007-01-06 Thread Robert Epprecht
I have a couple of questions about DVD-RAM on Debian Sarge, kernel 2.4.27-3-686 If I format DVD-RAMs with ext2 most things work fine but there are two minor problems: When I shut down the system without manually umounting the DVD-RAM it does not get cleanly umounted like a hd or somesuch. When

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2007-01-05 Thread Robert Epprecht
operator [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: /Where do I get this pack port from? http://backports.org/debian/pool/non-free/s/sun-java5/ Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-31 Thread Robert Epprecht
operator [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: /What was Your solution? I want to know. sorry, if that was not clear enough from context: I searched for a backport of sun java for Sarge (as the program my children want to run was not happy with the free alternatives) and installed that with dpkg: dpkg -i

installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-28 Thread Robert Epprecht
My children want to use limewire. They used it on a KNOPPIX installation where it worked quite good. But now I have installed proper Debian on their machines and was not able to install limewire/java. I do not know if it is a limewire or a java problem, but limewire complains about my java

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-28 Thread Robert Epprecht
Sven Hoexter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 01:31:47PM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: My children want to use limewire. Please tell me what exactly to install, so that I can post error messages. I'm working on both, a sarge *and* a sid system. On the sid system you can

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-28 Thread Robert Epprecht
Sven Arvidsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Your system is still set up to use GCJ as the default Java environment. This is where you learn about the Debian alternatives system :) Run, as root, update-alternatives --config java And change the defaults to Sun Java. (There's also javac,

Re: installing java (for limewire)

2006-12-28 Thread Robert Epprecht
Sven Arvidsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 20:15 +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: Now I have tried again on the *sarge* box: muz:/tmp# alien jre-1_5_0_10-linux-i586.rpm muz:/tmp# dpkg -i jre_1.5.0_10-1_i386.deb That's not really a good idea. Either try to find backports

Re: FLAC frontend

2006-12-26 Thread Robert Epprecht
Steve Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: does anyone know if there is a front end out there that will rip a track and use multiple encoders before removing the wav? yes, abcde does that Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

2006-10-04 Thread Robert Epprecht
Grok Mogger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And also, has anyone ever had a usb flash drive actually wear out? I'm somewhat skeptical that having your OS entirely on a flash-drive would really ruin it. Of course, I've never tried it. But I don't think I've ever heard anyone mention that their

Re: source for downloadable music?

2006-10-04 Thread Robert Epprecht
José Alburquerque [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I use a java application called limewire (www.limewire.com). I downloaded the rpm and converted it to a debian package using alien. What java packages are needed to make it run? Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

activate dhcp at boot time

2006-09-19 Thread Robert Epprecht
The machine in question was configured *not* to do dhcp at boot time. (root has to do 'pump' each time users want to connect to the internet.) Now I want to change this. What's the Debian way to activate automatic connection to the network at boot time? Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

How to check for MIDI input?

2006-03-28 Thread Robert Epprecht
I can open /dev/midi and send MIDI bytes. If I want to get MIDI input it waits until the next byte arrives. How can I check for MIDI input without blocking the program flow? Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Emacs und LaTeX

2005-12-12 Thread Robert Epprecht
Andreas Pakulat [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 12.12.05 12:40:08, Gerhard Wolfstieg wrote: Weil ich lisp nicht mag, habe ich immer wieder die Flucht vor emacs angetreten. Man muss nicht Emacs nutzen um Latex-Dokumente erstellen zu koennen. Und man muss lisp weder mögen noch beherrschen um

Re: replacement for gcdmaster

2005-11-20 Thread Robert Epprecht
On Nov 20 2005, Martin Fluch wrote: Already some time ago there existed a program called gcdmaster which came along the cdrdao package. Rogério Brito [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: P.S.: I will see if I can manage to maintain it in Debian, as I think that it is a very valuable program (IMVHO, at

Re: CD Rippen,...

2005-11-09 Thread Robert Epprecht
frank paulsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andreas Hannemann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Aus mir unbekannten Gründen stürzt Grip, welches vor einer Weile ausgezeichnet funktioniert hatte, ohne Vorzeichen mitten beim Rippen bzw encoden ab, und zwar so sehr, das der Computer sich ausschaltet!

Re: partitioning and formatting external usb hd

2005-10-22 Thread Robert Epprecht
steef [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Robert Epprecht wrote: Excuse this probably very stupid question, but before I shoot myself in my feets I'd rather ask... and can mount it without problems as /dev/sda1 on my Debian/Sarge machine (kernel 2.4.27-2-386). It's

Re: partitioning and formatting external usb hd

2005-10-21 Thread Robert Epprecht
fdisk worked flawlessly. I cannot remember what the problem was, but stayed with fdisk... Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

partitioning and formatting external usb hd

2005-10-20 Thread Robert Epprecht
but for the main part putting ext3 or something on it. As this is my first experience with this type of hardware I want to double check on the list if I can do that using 'fdisk /dev/sda' and then 'mkfs.ext3' just as on oldstile ide disks? Thanks a lot for a quick answer, Robert Epprecht

Re: ripping audio cd (sarge)

2005-10-01 Thread Robert Epprecht
Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Robert Epprecht ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I want to rip my audio cd's and have the files renamed to the name of the music title. I'm not really clear, how it is supposed to work. Do I have to run these programs as root? (wouldn't like the idea

ripping audio cd (sarge)

2005-09-30 Thread Robert Epprecht
Hi I want to rip my audio cd's and have the files renamed to the name of the music title. I have heard about 'abcde' and have used 'jack' long ago (but forgotten the details). I didn't know which one to take, so I wanted to try both, but couldn't manage to run either of them. I'm not really

USB harddrive

2005-09-25 Thread Robert Epprecht
I consider to buy an external usb hd (Maxtor Personal 3100 200GB). Can I expect that it would work on Debian/sarge? Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Matrox G450 und DVI-TFT

2005-06-10 Thread Robert Epprecht
nicht. Mit dem vesa Treiber schon (na ja, meine Ansprüche sind bescheiden...) Robert Epprecht -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail

Re: Matrox G450 und DVI-TFT

2005-06-10 Thread Robert Epprecht
. Robert Epprecht -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)

Re: please help a poor student

2005-05-30 Thread Robert Epprecht
ratikanta rath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Please help this poor student by mailing me the CDs if you have Did you check if you would not have to pay high import taxes if somebody sends you CDs from abroad? I think you would better try to get them from within India. Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: ide-scsi with 2 drives

2004-12-30 Thread Robert Epprecht
Greg Madden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wednesday 29 December 2004 09:31 pm, Robert Epprecht wrote: Up to now I had one hd and one dvd writer and everything worked fine. Now I have added a second hd and a dvd rom drive... The trouble starts when I want to use ide-scsi to burn cds

Re: ide-scsi with 2 drives

2004-12-30 Thread Robert Epprecht
Alvin Oga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Robert Epprecht wrote: /dev/hda hd /dev/hdb dvd writer /dev/hdc hd /dev/hdd dvd rom bad idea .. esp if the drives are NOT the same ata-33, ata-66 or ata-100 or ata-133 speeds I agree that in general this is a bad

Re: ide-scsi with 2 drives

2004-12-30 Thread Robert Epprecht
and never during audio work. Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ide-scsi with 2 drives

2004-12-29 Thread Robert Epprecht
please tell me what kernel parameters (and syntax) I should try in grub. BTW: I do not really care if /dev/hdd (the dvd rom) runs with ide-scsi or without, as long as it works. Thanks a lot for any help, Robert Epprecht. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: ide-scsi with 2 drives

2004-12-29 Thread Robert Epprecht
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 12:38 -0900, Greg Madden wrote: On Wednesday 29 December 2004 10:35 am, Robert Epprecht wrote: Up to now I had one hd and one dvd writer and everything worked fine. Now I have added a second hd and a dvd rom drive: /dev/hda

Re: Bootloader for Sarge - partitions

2004-09-18 Thread Robert Epprecht
Alvin Oga [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: - /boot should NOT be a separate partition Why? Please elaborate. Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Probleme mit debian-user?

2004-08-17 Thread Robert Epprecht
Ich nehme an, dass viele von euch (wie ich) auch die englischsprachige Liste abonniert haben. Eigenartigerweise bekomme ich aber von dort keine Mails mehr und auch die debian-user-request Adresse reagiert nicht. Das Archiv zeigt aber munter neue Beiträge... Kann mir jemand bitte sagen ob bei ihm

Re: Grub Nvidia

2004-06-04 Thread Robert Epprecht
Ghe Rivero [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i have a computer with an nvidia MX200 32 Megas. I have change from lilo to grub, but after the bios init, a blank screen appears! After the 10 seconds, linux is loaded properly, so grub is working properly but not showing anithing. Changing the

Re: Lilo question..

2004-05-31 Thread Robert Epprecht
the paths in lilo.conf) Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Multiple linux systems..

2004-05-28 Thread Robert Epprecht
them a bit and take your choice... I'd suggest to first install it on a floppy (if your computer has one), to try it out. Good luck, Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

console keymap problem

2004-05-14 Thread Robert Epprecht
After the last upgrade of my Debian/sid system the keyboard layout has changed on the text console. It's especially annoying as I can't login anymore as my password contains some changed signs. Now I want my old keyboard layout back... Where is the keymap of the console configured? Robert PS

Re: console keymap problem

2004-05-14 Thread Robert Epprecht
Thomas Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --- Robert Epprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After the last upgrade of my Debian/sid system the keyboard layout has changed on the text console. 1. This is a known issue. 2. It's listed on the BTS [1] 3. In short: mv /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz

Re: non-us/security down again

2004-02-09 Thread Robert Epprecht
that I would need them I'm not able to find them in the archives... Could somebody be so kind and help my missing search skills? Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: non-us/security down again

2004-02-09 Thread Robert Epprecht
Hi Niko Niko Järvinen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: klecker.debian.org, which serves non-us.debian.org and security.debian.org, died again about an hour ago [...] They seemed to give this URL out in the IRC chan: ftp://ftp.rfc822.org/debian-security/

Re: Music Packages

2004-01-18 Thread Robert Epprecht
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a FTP address when I can download a debian music / sound programs Well it's not ftp, but have a look at http://www.agnula.org/ Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 3COM Gig ethernet driver compile woes (source from 3COM/ASUS)

2004-01-11 Thread Robert Epprecht
Ramasubramanian Ramesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I got the source for 3COM gig ethernet card from Asus website and I am having compile issue. I have compiled it without real problems on Debian woody... I know, this will not help you much, but maybe it's good to know that it *can* work...

Re: Wie ermittel ich das Paket zu einem File?

2003-12-27 Thread Robert Epprecht
Meinolf Sander [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ich hatte mal vor einiger Zeit einen Bug-Report gegen apt-file geschrieben (#195416). Der Maintainer hat ihn mittlerweile geschlossen und teilte mit: This is fixed since apt-file 2.0.0. Wo kriegt man denn diese Version her, da packages.d.o ja

Re: Wie ermittel ich das Paket zu einem File?

2003-12-24 Thread Robert Epprecht
Datei fehlt, hilft apt-file. Nur leider nicht unter woody. Dort funktioniert apt-file nämlich nicht. Bei mir jedenfalls... Robert Epprecht -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL

Re: Wie ermittel ich das Paket zu einem File?

2003-12-24 Thread Robert Epprecht
Norbert Tretkowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Robert Epprecht wrote: Jakob Lell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wenn eine Datei fehlt, hilft apt-file. Nur leider nicht unter woody. Dort funktioniert apt-file nämlich nicht. Bei mir jedenfalls... Doch, apt-file funktioniert unter woody

Re: Wie ermittel ich das Paket zu einem File?

2003-12-24 Thread Robert Epprecht
Meinolf Sander [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Quoting Robert Epprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nur leider nicht unter woody. Dort funktioniert apt-file nämlich nicht. Bei mir jedenfalls... Auch nicht, nachdem du »apt-file update« ausgeführt hast? nein, das hatte ich gemacht. Wie sehen die

starting different window managers

2003-09-20 Thread Robert Epprecht
, if there's no easy text based solution. Which one is best to try out a number of different window managers? How do I add another one, or is it done automatically when installing a wm? Thanks for pointers or suggestions, Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

reiserfs

2003-09-17 Thread Robert Epprecht
reiserfsnoauto,user,rw 0 0 What am I doing wrong? Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

security update broke X

2003-09-12 Thread Robert Epprecht
I have made the security update on a woody box. Now my X seams broken: On the top of the screen there's a region showing garbage and the mouse can be moved, but the mose keys do not work. Is it only me? Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: security update broke X

2003-09-12 Thread Robert Epprecht
Robert Epprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have made the security update on a woody box. Now my X seams broken: On the top of the screen there's a region showing garbage and the mouse can be moved, but the mouse keys do not work. After a reboot evrything works again. Strange! This is Linux

Re: Installationsprobleme

2003-09-05 Thread Robert Epprecht
B. M. Habermehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bereits bei der Installation, genauer bei der Konfiguration der Module, bleibe ich hängen. Weder weiß ich, welche Module ich unbedingt benötige, noch welche Parameter ich angeben muss. Kurze Antwort: meistens brauchst Du beides nicht anzugeben.

Re: 2.4 kernel, sis900 module, won't work

2003-08-29 Thread Robert Epprecht
Geoffrey Prewett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I recently bought a Sony GRT-170 laptop and have been trying to install Debian on it. I have been successful in getting 2.2.20 (3.0r1) to both boot and have network (sis900) support. Unfortunately, 2.4 kernels refuse to work. modprobe sis900 works

Re: 2.4 kernel, sis900 module, won't work

2003-08-29 Thread Robert Epprecht
Robert Epprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Geoffrey Prewett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I recently bought a Sony GRT-170 laptop and have been trying to install Debian on it. I have been successful in getting 2.2.20 (3.0r1) to both boot and have network (sis900) support. Unfortunately, 2.4

Re: modules of different kernels (same version)

2003-08-29 Thread Robert Epprecht
Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Robert Epprecht ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: If I compile different kernels (of the same version) most documents say to rename the /lib/modules/x.x.x/ directory before doing the 'make modules_install' step. How can I boot the system after

modules of different kernels (same version)

2003-08-28 Thread Robert Epprecht
that with an older version? Could somebody please give a pointer to a document describing how to do that? Thank you, Robert Epprecht. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Traditional Install or Knoppix?

2003-08-17 Thread Robert Epprecht
. IMHO it's better to start with a 'stable' installation. Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MBR Während der Installation auf die Diskette übertragen(oder auch Bootloader,bin nicht sicher)

2003-07-10 Thread Robert Epprecht
windows und linux auf einem Rechner nicht vertragen. Da hat wohl das als zweite installierte Betriebsystem den MBR überschrieben. Debian tut das nicht, ohne dich vorher zu fragen, Windows aber sehr wohl... Sonst vertragen sich die beiden gut. Robert Epprecht -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und

Re: Frage zu .jackrc

2003-07-09 Thread Robert Epprecht
verwende jack aus woody. Natürlich musst Du online sein, damit es klappt. Robert Epprecht -- Haeufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL

Re: Problem beim Einrichten eines SSHSchlüssels...

2003-07-07 Thread Robert Epprecht
Martin Schmiderer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Manpage zu ssh-keygen sagt -t type Specifies the type of the key to create. The possible values are ``rsa1'' for protocol version 1 and ``rsa'' or ``dsa'' for protocol version 2. Es ist mir nie klar geworden, was eigentlich der

Re: Problem beim Einrichten eines SSHSchlüssels...

2003-07-07 Thread Robert Epprecht
Martin Schmiderer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Am Montag, 7. Juli 2003 14:06 schrieb Robert Epprecht: Es ist mir nie klar geworden, was eigentlich der Unterschied zwischen RSA und DSA ist. Gibt es einen (sicherheitsrelevanten) Unterschied? Wenn Du mal www.google.de/linux bemuehst und +rsa +dsa

Umlaute drucken

2003-04-06 Thread Robert Epprecht
Ich sollte *dringend* (heute...) einen Text ausdrucken, der Umlaute enthält, die Umlaute kommen aber falsch. Der Text ist in Emacs geschrieben. 'C-x =' auf einem ä gibt zB. Char: ä (0344, 228, 0xe4, file 0xE4) Der Drucker ist ein (uralter) Canon BJC-800 der laut Docu das kleine ä auf (dezimal)

Re: Umlaute drucken

2003-04-06 Thread Robert Epprecht
Andreas Kretschmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: am Sun, dem 06.04.2003, um 11:35:27 +0200 mailte Robert Epprecht folgendes: Ich sollte *dringend* (heute...) einen Text ausdrucken, der Umlaute enthält, die Umlaute kommen aber falsch. recode Ja, stimmt. So hatte ich das damals in meiner vor

Re: Umlaute drucken

2003-04-06 Thread Robert Epprecht
Andreas Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Robert Epprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ich sollte *dringend* (heute...) einen Text ausdrucken, der Umlaute enthält, die Umlaute kommen aber falsch. [...] Was verwendest fu einen Filter (aps oder magic)? dpkg -l '*filter*' dpkg -l 'filter

Re: Umlaute drucken

2003-04-06 Thread Robert Epprecht
Andreas Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Robert Epprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andreas Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Was verwendest fu einen Filter (aps oder magic)? dpkg -l '*filter*' dpkg -l 'filter' No packages found matching filter. Du siehst den Unterschied zwischen dpkg -l

Re: SIS900 DCHP Problem

2003-03-12 Thread Robert Epprecht
sean finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: do you have anything in your kernel logs that looks like: ... Error EERPOM read ... ? i remember a fellow on another list i'm on had a problem with his sis900 card too, it was a bad eeprom that returned bogus values. I am not the guy you talk about,

Re: SIS900 DCHP Problem

2003-03-12 Thread Robert Epprecht
sean finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 03:47:51PM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: with kernel 2.4.18 dmesg said: sis900.c: v1.08.02 11/30/2001 eth0: Error EERPOM read yeah, that's the error i was talking about. you can tell because of the typho (should be EEPROM

Re: (Newbie) Knoppix.

2003-03-02 Thread Robert Epprecht
Brian Durant [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have tried the Knoppix CD to test out some SiS 900 driver and DHCP problems on my daughter's computer. Even though it didn't work [...] I had SiS 900 problems too and found that one must use kernel 2.4.20 *without* ACPI for it to work (on my system

Re: (Newbie) Knoppix.

2003-03-02 Thread Robert Epprecht
Brian Durant [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The reply from Knoppix was: Could not find kernel image noacpi. I am using KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso. This means that Knoppix believes you want to load a kernel named noapic, which is not what you want ;-) You want the knoppix default kernel and

apt-file question

2003-02-27 Thread Robert Epprecht
apt-file search vga.h Can't locate object method host via package URI::_foreign (perhaps\ you forgot to load URI::_foreign?) at /usr/bin/apt-file line 225. Yes, I did not 'load URI::_foreign' How do I do that? Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: apt-file question

2003-02-27 Thread Robert Epprecht
Narins, Josh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: apt-file search vga.h Can't locate object method host via package URI::_foreign (perhaps\ you forgot to load URI::_foreign?) at /usr/bin/apt-file line 225. Robert, [ ... ] Maybe you should file a bug report against apt-file. I was suspecting

eximconfig

2003-02-18 Thread Robert Epprecht
*** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ('epprecht' is my public user name, there's no local user with this name) ok, this is no real problem, but how would I send a mail to my providers support address, something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] now? Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Recursively export NFS file systems

2003-02-02 Thread Robert Epprecht
to remember that in a similar situation it worked when I did take *user* space NFS instead of kernel based. It was some time ago, and I don't know if this is still the case, though. Robert Epprecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

protect packages from being removed

2002-12-16 Thread Robert Epprecht
Sometimes packages are removed from debian like it happened to 'cdrdao' now. If I decide that I want to keep one of these, how can I tell 'apt-get upgrade' *not* to remove it? Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

SIOCSIFMETRIC: Operation not supported

2002-12-16 Thread Robert Epprecht
I have got a modem with a MD5628D-L-C chip. I have downloaded Intel-536ep-451.tgz from intel and installed it on Debian woody. 'pon' diales now, but I cannot use the connection. I get: Dec 16 22:27:22 p4 pppd[400]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Dec 16 22:27:22 p4 pppd[400]: Using interface

Re: Aldi PC (zB sis900)

2002-11-30 Thread Robert Epprecht
dankbar für weitere Anregungen, Robert Epprecht -- Häufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org/debian-user-german-FAQ/ Zum AUSTRAGEN schicken Sie eine Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] mit dem Subject unsubscribe. Probleme? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] (engl)

Re: Aldi PC (zB sis900)

2002-11-27 Thread Robert Epprecht
Jörn Hohmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ruediger Noack schrieb: Lies sich das Ding denn unter Win ansprechen? - Ich hab keinerlei Erfahrung mit XP und bin nicht so motiviert mich da einzuarbeiten... Lieber versuch ich es gleich mit einem neueren Kernel. Oder hast Du das gleich entsorgt ;-)

Re: Lilio 01 01 01

2002-11-27 Thread Robert Epprecht
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In linux.debian.user, you wrote: I have a problem with Lilo: [ ... ] If not, switch to grub which I'm sure will take care of it. As I was unable to have it working with LILO on this peculiar machine I have switched to GRUB and like it very much. Thank you,

Re: Aldi PC (zB sis900)

2002-11-26 Thread Robert Epprecht
Ruediger Noack [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ich habe zwar nicht den ALDI-PC, aber ein Mobo mit eben diesem LAN-Chip. Und es gab überhaupt kein Problem mit dem Treiber unter woody. Robert Epprecht wrote: lspci sagt: 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100

Re: Aldi PC (zB sis900)

2002-11-26 Thread Robert Epprecht
Marc F. Neininger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Da hab ich jetzt also so einen Aldi PC (nicht schimpfen...) Es wäre hier hilfreich, wenn Du die Komponenten des PC's kurz ansagen könntest. Am schnellsten dürfte da ein schmerzloses Aufschrauben sein (trotzdem Vorsicht). Na ja aufgeschraubt habe

Re: Aldi PC (zB sis900)

2002-11-26 Thread Robert Epprecht
Windows (XP home) noch auf der Platte, aber keinerlei Erfahrung damit. (Nein, ich habe weder ein Windows Netzwerk erreichbar, noch Zeit und Motivation mich nur zu diesem Test in Samba einzuarbeiten...) Robert Epprecht -- Häufig gestellte Fragen und Antworten (FAQ): http://www.de.debian.org

Re: Lilio 01 01 01

2002-11-24 Thread Robert Epprecht
Eduard Bloch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Robert Epprecht schrieb am Sunday, den 24. November 2002: I wanted to make a test installing Lilo on a floppy first. But all I get is a screen full of '01 01 01'. I have found on the net that many people had this problem when trying to boot

OT: pre-release feedback wanted.

2002-11-10 Thread Robert Epprecht
://www.sunweb.ch/custom/epprecht/ Please test and contact me off list Robert Epprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cvs: two repositories

2002-11-05 Thread Robert Epprecht
Robert Epprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Osamu Aoki [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:15:53AM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: using mc's 2 window mode, copy files with only update mode from local tree to remote cvs tree by using tag (insert ket) and F5 Hmm, I don't get

Re: cvs: two repositories

2002-11-05 Thread Robert Epprecht
Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Monday 04 November 2002 11:15 pm, Robert Epprecht wrote: I'm developping a program which I would like to put somewhere on the net like savannah or sourceforge. As I am on a slow modem connection I would prefer to keep my local cvs repository

cvs: two repositories

2002-11-04 Thread Robert Epprecht
that? Robert Epprecht -- brew, environment for evolutionary programming http://www.sunweb.ch/custom/epprecht/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cvs: two repositories

2002-11-04 Thread Robert Epprecht
Osamu Aoki [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:15:53AM +0100, Robert Epprecht wrote: I'm developping a program which I would like to put somewhere on the net like savannah or sourceforge. As I am on a slow modem connection I would prefer to keep my local cvs repository

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