Re: .config how to change

2004-01-23 Thread Simon Tod
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Re: What is 'cat: alsa: No such file or directory' all about?

2004-01-23 Thread Simon Tod
--- duck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 23:00:21 +0100, Simon Tod wrote: I'm getting an error message trying to upgrade a number of packages that looks like Setting up modutils (2.4.26-1) ... cat: alsa: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing modutils

What is 'cat: alsa: No such file or directory' all about?

2004-01-13 Thread Simon Tod
but the other two both have this 'cat: alsa: ' thing. Nothing in any of the post-installation scripts gives an indication of the cause this error ?! Thanks in advance = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: switching from woody to unstable/testing

2004-01-12 Thread Simon Tod
to point to unstable, then 'apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: apt-get update question

2004-01-09 Thread Simon Tod
lead to conflicts and breakages. A testing/unstable mix is generally a safer approach. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Upgrade mozilla question

2004-01-09 Thread Simon Tod
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Re: How to find out the version package available on website

2004-01-09 Thread Simon Tod
, Perhaps I should just point you to the manual on the Debian website... Take a look at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/index.en.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] = --- Simon

graphical frontend to pon/poff

2004-01-08 Thread Simon Tod
but that requires pulling back in all the kdelibs stuff... Thanks... = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly...Ping your friends today! Download Messenger Now http

usb mouse

2003-11-25 Thread Simon Tod
. Why do I need keybdev for a mouse anyway?! Thanks... = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk

Re: ppp slow on home build kernel

2003-11-16 Thread Simon Tod
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dpkg error (repost)

2003-11-16 Thread Simon Tod
/ftape-util_1%3a1.09.2002.03.21-0.3_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) How do I fix this?? Thanks. = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to chat instantly with your online

dpkg error

2003-11-13 Thread Simon Tod
/ftape-util_1%3a1.09.2002.03.21-0.3_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) How do I fix this?? Thanks. = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to chat instantly with your online

Re: something wrong with kernel source 2.4.22?

2003-11-11 Thread Simon Tod
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Re: Trouble with Alsa 0.9.6-5, 2.4.22 AC97 audio and /dev/mixer under Gnome 2.4.0-1

2003-11-11 Thread Simon Tod
-kpkg module_image knows where to look. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want

Re: What's the best package manager for single-package upgrades?

2003-11-04 Thread Simon Tod
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Re: failing to upgrade sysvinit from Knoppix version

2003-10-29 Thread Simon Tod
--- David Z Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After a hdd install from knoppix 3.2 I tried to dist-upgrade to Debian unstable. It all seems to work fine but my debian_version is still reported as testing/unstable. Isn't that what it's supposed

Unidentified subject!

2003-10-28 Thread Simon Tod
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failing to upgrade sysvinit from Knoppix version

2003-10-28 Thread Simon Tod
to do or what alternative approach I could take would be much appreciated... Thanks! = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger

resize swap partition `in situ`, using parted

2003-10-23 Thread Simon Tod
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Re: Updating Woody-Prerelease to Woody

2003-10-02 Thread Simon Tod
-Handwerker und Debian-Nutzer Hi. You still have the Woody pre-release cd's in your sources.list? Remove them. Just point the sources.list to a current Woody ftp site and away you go with apt-get = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: establishing ppp connection as non-root

2003-10-02 Thread Simon Tod
then how does one go about it. Thanks and regards, Alphonse Ogulla Nairobi, Kenya -- To use pon/poff as non-root you need to add users to the 'dip' group. You should be able to do this through the adduser option in pppconfig = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: upgrade a packge

2003-10-01 Thread Simon Tod
help to resolve the situation: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: perl: Depends: libdb2 (= 2:2.7.7.0-7) but 2:2.4.14-2.7.7.1.c is to be installed E: Sorry, broken packages On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 12:08, Simon Tod wrote: --- Vivek Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: upgrade a packge

2003-10-01 Thread Simon Tod
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 03:45, Simon Tod wrote: Could you post the contents of the file /etc/sources.list - did you try 'apt-get -t testing

Re: upgrade a packge

2003-09-30 Thread Simon Tod
install perl Depending on what's in your /etc/sources.list file you might have to add a '-t testing' or '-t unstable' to the command to ensure you're getting the one you want. = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Lapack libraries

2003-09-27 Thread Simon Tod
Great, thanks. Worked a treat! --- JG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The quickest way to build a library of all the Fortran codes available in LAPACK appeared to be just by apt-get-ing lapack and blas/atlas. I was kinda expecting this in install

IRDA

2003-09-26 Thread Simon Tod
irdump on the Linux box appears to suggest something's happening... but trying to transfer files from the Windows box and I've no idea how to even try and transfer files from the Linux box. Many thanks = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED

Lapack libraries

2003-09-25 Thread Simon Tod
The quickest way to build a library of all the Fortran codes available in LAPACK appeared to be just by apt-get-ing lapack and blas/atlas. I was kinda expecting this in install Fortran libraries with names like liblapack.a that I could just link to at compile time, but I don't, only lapack.so and

Re: gnome2.2 backport mirror has changed

2003-03-21 Thread Simon Tod
--- James D Strandboge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 05:32, Simon Tod wrote: Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (= 2.2.1) but 2.0.9-1 is to be installed Depends: libpango1.0-0 (= 1.2.1) but 1.0.5-3 is to be installed BUT, the new libgtk2.0-0 and libpango1.0-0

Re: gnome2.2 backport mirror has changed

2003-03-16 Thread Simon Tod
--- Harley D. Eades III [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon Tod wrote: --- James Strandboge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mirrors listed at DebianPlanet.org and gnomedesktop.org have now changed for the gnome2.2 backport for woody. Instead, please use: deb http

Re: gnome2.2 backport mirror has changed

2003-03-14 Thread Simon Tod
) and might it be something to do with having the *wrong* version of xfree86 4.2.1? Thanks. Simon. = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email

Re: new kernel, new problems

2003-02-26 Thread Simon Tod
--- Russell Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon Tod wrote: So why can't modprobe find any of the modules - if indeed that's the problem - cause they're certainly where they're supposed to be. Looking through the output of ~$ depmod ~$ modprobe -a \* again suggests to me

Re: new kernel, new problems

2003-02-25 Thread Simon Tod
this help? --- Russell Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon Tod wrote: Thanks. Got the cpu speed bit solved. Looking through the PCMCIA HowTo I've checked to see that /etc/pcmica/config, /etc/default/pcmcia and /etc/init.d/pcmica are the same under both kernels. My new kernel is missing

Re: new kernel, new problems

2003-02-25 Thread Simon Tod
this help? Opps. Forgot to attach the file last time :-0 --- Russell Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon Tod wrote: Thanks. Got the cpu speed bit solved. Looking through the PCMCIA HowTo I've checked to see that /etc/pcmica/config, /etc/default/pcmcia and /etc/init.d/pcmica are the same

Re: new kernel, new problems

2003-02-25 Thread Simon Tod
appears again and again in the output Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. What's that all about?! --- Russell Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon Tod wrote: Surely I don't need to do make modules and make modules_install

RE: new kernel, new problems

2003-02-19 Thread Simon Tod
them under /proc/sys/cpu/[0-9]+ by the way, you can also cat speed, speed-min and speed-max -Original Message- From: Simon Tod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 3:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: new kernel, new problems Having

new kernel, new problems

2003-02-18 Thread Simon Tod
MHz. WTF? Thanks in advance. = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

kernel 2.4.20-686 installation

2003-02-01 Thread Simon Tod
in place?! Many thanks = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com temp Description: temp

Re: kernel 2.4.20-686 installation

2003-02-01 Thread Simon Tod
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restarting interrupted ftp upload

2003-01-30 Thread Simon Tod
this? Is there such a thing available for Linux (esp. as a .deb file...) Thanks. = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http

mozilla plugins and download manager

2003-01-27 Thread Simon Tod
as its download manager but can't any documentation on how to play around with the download manager setup. Help appreciated. Thanks.. Simon. = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one

GNOME2 config

2003-01-18 Thread Simon Tod
... solutions to these simple little problems would be most helpful. Thanks in advance! = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music

minimal impact kernel upgrade

2003-01-14 Thread Simon Tod
that works already like the sound, pcmcia modem, cdrw, etc. - don't know how this lot was configured in the first place as I didn't do the initial install. Thanks in advance... = --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo

Re: enabling apm on laptop

2002-12-11 Thread Simon Tod
subdirectories... SO WHAT NOW? --- Pigeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 10:24:01PM +, Simon Tod wrote: I've had several different response to this problem... I did run lilo after altering lilo.conf and already have apmd installed - I get a 'No APM support

Re: enabling apm on laptop

2002-12-10 Thread Simon Tod
or installing a new one... any pointers helpful - if this really is the route that I have to go down! Thanks... --- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (on Tuesday, 10 December 2002, 07:41 AM -0800): --- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, so

enabling apm on laptop

2002-12-09 Thread Simon Tod
Bit of a simple newbie question I fear.. I've got Woody up and running on my laptop but must have missed something during installation as I don't have APM enabled in the kernel; I tried to get aGNOME battery monitor applet running without success, and the machine just hangs at 'Power Down'