Re: Diskless workstations

2007-07-24 Thread Robert Kopp
Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 24/07/07, Robert Kopp wrote: > I would like to try this technology. I have DSL delivered through a DHCP > router, a computer capable enough to be a server, and other hardware that I > would like to become clients. I expect to use Lenny a

Diskless workstations

2007-07-24 Thread Robert Kopp
I would like to try this technology. I have DSL delivered through a DHCP router, a computer capable enough to be a server, and other hardware that I would like to become clients. I expect to use Lenny as the OS. PXES is a live client CD, for those hoping to accomplish the job with relatively li

Diskless workstations

2007-07-24 Thread Robert Kopp
I would like to try this technology. I have DSL delivered through a DHCP router, a computer capable enough to be a server, and other hardware that I would like to become clients. I expect to use Lenny as the OS. PXES is a live client CD, for those hoping to accomplish the job with relatively li

Re: actual dimensions of X display.

2007-05-21 Thread Robert Kopp
Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 05:23:45PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 12:07:38PM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: > >> You can run xrandr from the commandline or, if you're using Kde, go into

Re: Trying `Wine'

2006-07-23 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Owen Heisler wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 15:53 -0500, Ron Johnson > wrote: > >> Owen Heisler wrote: > >>> Surely there are better suggestions than that. > Crossover is commercial! > >>> $40 >

Re: Flatbed Scanner

2006-06-29 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Redefined Horizons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cany anyone recommend a good flatbed scanner for > under $200.00 that > they are currently using with a Debian box? > I have used Canon's LiDE-30 with good results, though it may be too much below $200. If you spend that much it should perform

Re: CUPS web interface unaccessible

2006-05-22 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Ali Jawad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whenever I try to access CUPS webinterface I get the > error resource > unaccessible...although...apache is running fine > ..and the ports are open > CUPS uses a different daemon. It might not be enabled by default--I don't remember. Robert "Tim" Kopp

Re: Playing midi?

2006-04-24 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm installing timidty, cited by wulfy, to see if it > succeeds. But being > able to play it with kmid would be more desirable, > as timidity seem to > need freepats which is a 28mb download. > > Isn't it just a matter of linking /dev/sequencer to

Re: how to compile sarge kernel 2.4.27-2

2006-04-04 Thread Robert Kopp
--- "Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Serena Cantor wrote: > > I want to customize sarge kernel 2.4.27-2, so I > > install kernel-build-2.4.27-2, then > > [...] > > scripts/Configure: line 556: arch/i386/config.in: > No > > such file or directory > > make: ***

Re: CUPS to windows 98

2006-03-14 Thread Robert Kopp
--- mslinuz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another impatience question. > I've configured my box to connect to a shared > printer on a windblows98 box. > Setting up is done on CUPS, > > > Info > Location > DeviceURI smb://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sharedprinter > State Idle > Accepting Yes > JobShe

Re: Why do I bother?

2006-02-16 Thread Robert Kopp
--- S Clement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I still can't use it to connect to the web. I got > to the point where it told me something about a > sequence that was not 6-bit pure and the 7-bit was > always zero. X would not work. I was told that > there were no screens available. The usb > c

Re: hd 160GB problem

2006-02-10 Thread Robert Kopp
--- mess-mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > i don't know if i've to config something to have a > normal accès to a > HD of 160GB. > > I've setted 'hdparm -d0 /dev/hdb' = no DMA; without > that couldn't > accès the HD. > I've also a message 'Warning: could not read block > 0: Attempt to > r

Re: kde 3.5

2006-02-09 Thread Robert Kopp
--- "L.V.Gandhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/8/06, Mehmet Fatih AKBULUT > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > try this: > > deb http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde-3.5.0/ ./ > > did you upgrade? Is it working smoothly? > -- You can also use konstruct to build it from source in a user account.

Re: webcam trust WB-3100p.

2005-12-30 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Mauro Sanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. > Someone here is using that webcam with debian? > I'm using debian testing with kernel 2.6.12. > I'm using the usb driver sn9c10x and video for > linux. > Kernel sees the cam but when I run camstream it > search for /dev/video0. > /dev/video0

Re: Re: USB flash drive problem

2005-12-23 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Juergen Fiedler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 06:55:06AM +, Tatsuya > Kobayashi wrote: > [...] > > > Did you try /dev/sdc ? > > > > I tried to mount /dev/sdc but I couldn't mount it. > It's still saying > > "No medium found" or "special device /dev/sdc1 > does not

Re: How to record with onboard sound card?

2005-12-20 Thread Robert Kopp
--- LMa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am a relatively new Linux user. > I have the following major problem: trying to record > with Audacity (among others) doesn't work with > my on-board VIA ac97 sound card. > > I know Audacity prety well (I wrote a User's manual > for spe

Re: Locating Debian kernel .config

2005-12-18 Thread Robert Kopp
--- "D. Michael McFarland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've installed the package linux-source-2.6.14 with > the intention of > building a kernel with the stock Debian > configuration. However, I've > been unable to locate the .config file corresponding > to > linux-image-2.6.14-2-amd64-k8. A

Kernel configuration: Sarge

2005-12-15 Thread Robert Kopp
You're not supposed to trifle with the kernel in Debian, I guess. After installing, say, Fedora, typing "xconfig" would pop the window right up, but that's not the case here (Sarge). The kernel source was missing, and that's easy to correct. But then "make xconfig" * * Unable to find the QT install

Re: Realplayer and ALSA

2005-12-14 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Jacob S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:29:09 -0600 > Jacob S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:20:18 -0800 (PST) > > Robert Kopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I have made two Sarge instal

Realplayer and ALSA

2005-12-13 Thread Robert Kopp
I have made two Sarge installations within the past few months, one with a 2.4 kernel and one with a 2.6 kernel. I installed Realplayer on both of them, but sound is obtained from .ram only with the 2.4-kernel installation. There is a note that Realplayer 10 is not designed for use with ALSA, and m

Re: Help connect a Nikon D70s camera to a debian box

2005-11-24 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, I set the camera to ptp, turn it off, plug > the usb cable. Set it > on, dmesg reports new full usb device. That's all > the success I get. > > Gphoto2 won't access the camera, like this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gphoto2 --list-files >

Re: Test iso without burning was: Re: virtual installation?

2005-11-02 Thread Robert Kopp
> When I create an iso image of my custom Knoppix > CD, I test the image > > with the "qemu" program. That way I don't have to > burn a cd until I'm > > sure the iso is going to work. > > > > Here's the command that I use: > > qemu -m 128 -cdrom my_custom_cd.iso -boot d > -user-net > > Is not the

Re: Does increasing RAM 512 MB -> 1 GB lead to better performance?

2005-10-31 Thread Robert Kopp
--- "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 06:19:09PM -0500, Robert > Glueck wrote: > > I'm thinking of upgrading my i686 system (Intel > Celeron, 1.8 > > GHz) from 512 MB RAM to 1GB (it uses PC133 SDRAM > DIMM > > modules). I'm assuming this upgrade will give

Re: debian stable and unstable in same PC

2005-10-13 Thread Robert Kopp
--- salahuddin pasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello, > > i wanna use debian stable and unstable in same pc. > > my HDD > > /dev/hda1 ntfs (6GB) (crash master windows XP) > /dev/hda5 ntfs (6GB) > /dev/hda6 swap (256mb) > /dev/hda7 reiserfs (14GB) (debain testing

Re: how to use mailing lists

2005-09-18 Thread Robert Kopp
--- linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is it just me or is this mailing list useless? > i posted my question ages ago and have recieved > nothing but heaps of > responses to other questions that i don't understand > are mailing lists meant to work like this? how do i > get better results > out

Re: can not edit XF86Config-4

2005-09-16 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dale schleyer wrote: > > for some reason i am unable to edit the XF86Config > file even though i am logged in as "root" > > > > any help greatly appericated > > You need to give us more information - the above is > far too vague. > I find this

Re: Am I getting USB 2.0 speed?

2005-08-25 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Out of curiosity: what speed do you get from USB > devices? Even if this > is 1.1 (12MB/s), I still have a way to go, from my > current 800Kbps... > Regards, > The limit is 480 MB/s, though the device controller may be slower than this. At least, th

Re: Hi Is my hardware supported?

2005-08-16 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Suzanne M ODell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I contacted the wrong list, initially, my > apologies. My board is an Intel D815EEA, my > processor is Celeron 700mg w/ 256mg RAM, 20Gg HD, > I do not, that I know of have an extra graphics > card. XP, in fact, fixed a color problem that I > had h

Re: newbie can't install 3.1

2005-08-02 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Rajiv Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/31/05, Hans-Peter Sulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On 26 July 2005 schrieb Evans wrote: > > > > > I don't know much, and figured the best way to > learn linux is by having > > it. > > > Unfortunately, the installation looked like it > only

Re: Cd writing tool under Linux

2005-07-28 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Hans-Peter Sulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 16 July 2005 Lian Liming wrote: > > > I wonder if there are any GUI cd writing tool > available under > > Debian. What I find so far is "cdrecord" which is > a command line CD > > writing tool. > > If you have a full version of Nero Burnin

Re: VMware

2005-07-24 Thread Robert Kopp
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just checked out VMware's site and it did not list > Debian as a distro > that it supports. Has anyone had any problems with > this? The cost is > $189.00 for the download. If there is a problem > with VMware, is there an > alternative? > Win4Lin, which now s

Upgrading Sarge from "testing"

2005-07-18 Thread Robert Kopp
In February I installed Sarge, a release from Dec. 2004, which was then the "testing" release. Now the most current release of Sarge is stable. By changing "testing" to "stable" in sources.list, I can install individual packages that aren't already there, but would like to know if it's possible to