Re: Stupid question about Debian keyboard keys and Swedish alphabet

Hi Karl, Thanks for the tip. I just enforced Alt+w to be å using: xmodmap -e "keycode 25 = w W aring Aring aring Aring" Not it is just a matter to add it into my .xinitrc. Not sure nowadays the desktop environments read it, but at the least it will be saved in some place I can easily find.

Re: Stupid question about Debian keyboard keys and Swedish alphabet

[Alt Gr] [o] [a] should work. http://stefaanlippens.net/accented-characters-on-qwerty-keyboard/ /Staffan 2018-03-30 15:08 GMT+02:00 Helio Loureiro : > Hi, > > It is probably a dumb question for most of people here but... I do have all > my keyboards in English. I can use

Stupid question about Debian keyboard keys and Swedish alphabet

Hi, It is probably a dumb question for most of people here but... I do have all my keyboards in English. I can use it to write in English and Portuguese, where I can create characters like "ç" using +"," or '+c. For é, '+e. For ô, ^+o. Some Swedish characters do work fine, like ö and ä using

Question about debian vserver

Hi all, I have a question for Debian vserver. Let's say I have web server on one Debian guest system and db on another Debian guest system. How do I have the different applications to listen on the different ports? How would someone from the Internet be able to access the web server via the

Re: Question about debian vserver

Pete hi. Answering some questions... How would someone from the Internet be able to access the web server via the internal IP address? Someone from internet will only be able to access you web server if you have a valid IP address, an external IP. Once you have a valid IP, you have to

Re: Slightly annoyed question about Debian package system

On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 10:35:54PM +0200, Dirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: Is there any chance to find out in which package the start-stop-daemon is w/o reinstalling the whole debian distribution and hopeing that it will be installed automatically? If I understand your question, you

Slightly annoyed question about Debian package system

Is there any chance to find out in which package the start-stop-daemon is w/o reinstalling the whole debian distribution and hopeing that it will be installed automatically? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Slightly annoyed question about Debian package system

Dirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any chance to find out in which package the start-stop-daemon is w/o reinstalling the whole debian distribution and hopeing that it will be installed automatically? Man, that question doesnt sound slightly annoyed, it sounds downright frusturated ;-)

Question about debian with HP/Compaq ML350G4

Hi! We are buying a new server for web use and have decided it'll be the ML350 (with SA641 Raid). I'm just wondering if it's hardware will work fine with Debian Linux? Has anyone any thoughts about this, some experience or anything..? Either good or bad news? :) With regards, Juha

Re: Question about debian with HP/Compaq ML350G4

On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 10:39 +0200, Jiihoo Lehtonen wrote: Hi! We are buying a new server for web use and have decided it'll be the ML350 (with SA641 Raid). I'm just wondering if it's hardware will work fine with Debian Linux? Has anyone any thoughts about this, some experience or

Re: Question about debian with HP/Compaq ML350G4

Hi, I am using a HP DL380 with SmartArray Raid 5. After upgrading to kernel 2.6.x, startup is hanging with msg "Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!". Did you run into any similar issues? Did you have to make any special configs for booting with SmartArray Raid? Thanks, HungPete [EMAIL

Re: Question about debian with HP/Compaq ML350G4

On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 10:57 -0800, HXD wrote: Hi, I am using a HP DL380 with SmartArray Raid 5. After upgrading to kernel 2.6.x, startup is hanging with msg Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!. Did you run into any similar issues? Did you have to make any special configs for booting

Re: Question about debian install cd

On Saturday 30 October 2004 02:38, Lian Liming wrote: Matt Zagrabelny wrote: ~ That is exactly my question. How to choose the 2.6 kernel as my install kernel version? Current available Debian install cds seem just have 2.4 kernel or earlier version. if you are using the sarge

Question about debian install cd

Hi all, I just notice that the kernel version for debian install cds are quite old, some are 2.4.X and some even older. Those kernels are out of date. I should recompile the kernel to the high version after installation. So i wonder if there are official or unofficial debian installation

Re: Question about debian install cd

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:12:38 +0800, Lian Liming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just notice that the kernel version for debian install cds are quite old, some are 2.4.X and some even older. I'm working from memory as I don't fancy rebooting my laptop just to check what happens if I boot from a

Re: Question about debian install cd

David Dorward wrote: On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:12:38 +0800, Lian Liming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just notice that the kernel version for debian install cds are quite old, some are 2.4.X and some even older. I'm working from memory as I don't fancy rebooting my laptop just to check what

Re: Question about debian install cd

On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 12:02:42AM +0800, Lian Liming wrote: Thank you for replay. Another question: when i install the debian system using the boot cd with 2.4 kernel. I find i can only choose ext2 and xfs as my patition type. I prefer ext3 and reiserfs. So how should i do now? Patition

Re: Question about debian install cd

Carl Fink wrote: On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 12:02:42AM +0800, Lian Liming wrote: Thank you for replay. Another question: when i install the debian system using the boot cd with 2.4 kernel. I find i can only choose ext2 and xfs as my patition type. I prefer ext3 and reiserfs. So how should i do

Re: Question about debian install cd

~ That is exactly my question. How to choose the 2.6 kernel as my install kernel version? Current available Debian install cds seem just have 2.4 kernel or earlier version. if you are using the sarge install disc, you can install using the 2.6 kernel. when you get to the

Re: Question about debian install cd

Matt Zagrabelny wrote: ~ That is exactly my question. How to choose the 2.6 kernel as my install kernel version? Current available Debian install cds seem just have 2.4 kernel or earlier version. if you are using the sarge install disc, you can install using the 2.6 kernel.

Re: Question about debian-update-3.0r1-i386.iso

On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 15:22:31 +0200, Jeremie.Viel wrote: Is she compatible with Ipv6 protocole Not in a meaningful way, no. At http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-ftparchives.en.html#s-stable you can read about Debian's release process. 3.0r1 is a point release of the current

Question about debian-update-3.0r1-i386.iso

Is she "compatible" with Ipv6 protocole

Re: Question about debian-update-3.0r1-i386.iso

Em Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:22:31 +0200, Jeremie.Viel escreveu: Is she compatible with Ipv6 protocol There are several different pieces of software there with several levels of IPv6 compatibility. Some will require an update to testing. -- Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 10:05:42AM -0800, Valentine Kouznetsov wrote: And about kernel. Thanks for comments that kernel-source is already shipped with all necessary patches. Roberto asked about which mount options I used to mount cd. /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

on Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 07:01:14AM -0800, Valentine Kouznetsov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi, I'm trying to migrate from RedHat to Debian and face out with few problems. I'll be glad to resolve them with your help. Question about dpkg: 1) dpkg is great, but I cannot figure out one

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 04:56:58PM +0100, Nicos Gollan wrote: There's the apt-file tool. Just install the apt-file package and read the manpage. Or dlocate: zsh % dlocate inittab vim: /usr/share/vim/vim61/syntax/inittab.vim base-config: /usr/lib/base-config/99inittab sysvinit:

migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

Hi, I'm trying to migrate from RedHat to Debian and face out with few problems. I'll be glad to resolve them with your help. Question about dpkg: 1) dpkg is great, but I cannot figure out one simple/usefull procedure. Let's assume I install one package and have file /usr/bin/my. Is is possible to

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

Valentine Kouznetsov wrote: Hi, I'm trying to migrate from RedHat to Debian and face out with few problems. I'll be glad to resolve them with your help. Question about dpkg: 1) dpkg is great, but I cannot figure out one simple/usefull procedure. Let's assume I install one package and have file

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 10:36, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Valentine Kouznetsov wrote: [...] package and have file /usr/bin/my. Is is possible to figure out using dpkg or similar tool to which package /usr/bin/my belong to. On RedHat I just invoke rpm -qf /usr/bin/my and get back package name.

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:01:14 -0800 (PST) Valentine Kouznetsov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question about dpkg: 1) dpkg is great, but I cannot figure out one simple/usefull procedure. Let's assume I install one package and have file /usr/bin/my. Is is possible to figure out using dpkg or similar

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

Mark Roach wrote: On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 10:36, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Valentine Kouznetsov wrote: [...] package and have file /usr/bin/my. Is is possible to figure out using dpkg or similar tool to which package /usr/bin/my belong to. On RedHat I just invoke rpm -qf /usr/bin/my and get back

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 15:36, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Valentine Kouznetsov wrote: Question about dpkg: 1) dpkg is great, but I cannot figure out one simple/usefull procedure. Let's assume I install one package and have file /usr/bin/my. Is is possible to figure out using dpkg or similar

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

Roberto Sanchez writes: Valentine Kouznetsov writes: 1) dpkg is great, but I cannot figure out one simple/usefull procedure. Let's assume I install one package and have file /usr/bin/my. Is is possible to figure out using dpkg or similar tool to which package /usr/bin/my belong to. On

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

Hi, thanks for feedback. Now about your suggestions and my experience [EMAIL PROTECTED](12:50:44) dpkg -S /etc/inittab dpkg: /etc/inittab not found. [EMAIL PROTECTED](12:51:00) ls -l /etc/inittab -rw-r--r--1 root root 2008 Jul 23 13:13 /etc/inittab dpkg -L give my back list of

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 18:05, Valentine Kouznetsov wrote: Hi, thanks for feedback. Now about your suggestions and my experience [EMAIL PROTECTED](12:50:44) dpkg -S /etc/inittab dpkg: /etc/inittab not found. [EMAIL PROTECTED](12:51:00) ls -l /etc/inittab -rw-r--r--1 root root

Re: migration from RedHat to Debian, general question about Debian (dpkg, kernel, config)

Ok, that's something. I understand now that dpkg -S will work fine for supplied files, but not for post-installed. Thanks for tip. Valentine. --- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 18:05, Valentine Kouznetsov wrote: Hi, thanks for feedback. Now about your

Re: Sociological question about Debian, GNU, and Linux

on Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 01:09:08AM +, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 03:36:50PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: The recent discussions of Red Hat's change of policy got me thinking about the larger issue of what makes the Debian, GNU, and Linux communities

Re: Sociological question about Debian, GNU, and Linux

On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 01:09:08 +, Colin Watson wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 03:36:50PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: The recent discussions of Red Hat's change of policy got me thinking about the larger issue of what makes the Debian, GNU, and Linux communities work? Yes, I have read

Sociological question about Debian, GNU, and Linux

The recent discussions of Red Hat's change of policy got me thinking about the larger issue of what makes the Debian, GNU, and Linux communities work? Yes, I have read lots of opinions, but I wonder if anyone knows of some proper academic people studies, the sort of thing that might legitimately

Re: Question about debian-update-3.0r1-i386.iso

Hello Barry! On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 04:55:08PM -0500, Barry Skidmore wrote: I am getting ready to do a new install of Debian woody from iso's, and just downloaded the first three. In addition, I noted that there is an iso named: debian-update-3.0r1-i386.iso Do I need this, or is this iso what

Question about debian-update-3.0r1-i386.iso

I am getting ready to do a new install of Debian woody from iso's, and just downloaded the first three. In addition, I noted that there is an iso named: debian-update-3.0r1-i386.iso Do I need this, or is this iso what is used to update from an earlier version of Debian?

Re: Fik question about Debian source packages

On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 03:22:52AM +, Pigeon wrote: On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 02:39:17 +, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 02:08:49AM +, Pigeon wrote: Compiled v4.2 of X today. I'm wondering why you don't just use the Debian source package ... I took

Re: Fik question about Debian source packages

On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 10:59:58 +, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read the FAQ: http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html#s-sourcepkgs http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html#s-sourcebuild Grabbed. Yes, you downloaded the right files. Cool. Thanks! Please:

Fik question about Debian source packages

On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 02:39:17 +, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 02:08:49AM +, Pigeon wrote: Compiled v4.2 of X today. I'm wondering why you don't just use the Debian source package ... I took your advice; I tried to get the Debian source package for Mozilla

Re: Fik question about Debian source packages

This one time, at band camp, Pigeon said: On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 02:39:17 +, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 02:08:49AM +, Pigeon wrote: Compiled v4.2 of X today. I'm wondering why you don't just use the Debian source package ... snip long dependancy

Re: Fik question about Debian source packages

Pigeon writes: I ended up downloading mozilla_1.0.0.orig.tar.gz plus the diff and the dsc. Is this really what one does? Yes. That's the Mozilla source package. Of course, the easy way is to just do 'apt-get source --build mozilla' and then 'dpkg -i *.deb' to install the resulting binary

Re: Fik question about Debian source packages

John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2002-11-09 22:29:48 -0600]: Of course, the easy way is to just do 'apt-get source --build mozilla' and then 'dpkg -i *.deb' to install the resulting binary package. I think that you will need fakeroot in there. I believe you want this in order to make it all

Re: question about Debian

On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 04:44:41AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, I developed the habit of updating at least once a week, and admittedly never even wondered why, until I saw Sean's lines above... Why is Debian a 'changing' distribution? Don't get me wrong: I got used to it, it's alright

Re: question about Debian

On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 04:44:41AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is Debian a 'changing' distribution? Don't get me wrong: I got used to it, it's alright for me, but: why? It isn't. Debian unstable and testing distributions change constantly because that's how you develop and test

Re: question about Debian

On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 21:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, at the risk of starting yet another uncontrollable thread... On 5 Jun 2002 at 8:37, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: [snip] While I'm about it, there's more I'd like to know. Like, what is wrong with 2.4 kernels? Still running 2.2

Re: question about Debian

On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 12:49:36PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: | On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 21:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hi, | | at the risk of starting yet another uncontrollable thread... | | On 5 Jun 2002 at 8:37, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: | [snip] | | While I'm about it, there's more

Re: question about Debian

Derrick 'dman' Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, now to the real answer -- I've been running various 2.4 kernels since 2.4.7. The kernels prior to 2.4.10 had some VM issues where it would swap more than it should. I've been running 2.4.18 for a long time and haven't had any problems with

Re: question about Debian

On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 05:45:53PM -0400, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote: | Derrick 'dman' Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | Ok, now to the real answer -- I've been running various 2.4 kernels | since 2.4.7. The kernels prior to 2.4.10 had some VM issues where it | would swap more than it should.

question about Debian

Hi, at the risk of starting yet another uncontrollable thread... On 5 Jun 2002 at 8:37, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: Debian will never make it to perfect 6 month release cycles. To use Debian you must acclimate to apt-get and the we release every day credo. Although we call it unstable what

Re: question about Debian

On 0, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Now, I developed the habit of updating at least once a week, and admittedly never even wondered why, until I saw Sean's lines above... Why is Debian a 'changing' distribution? Don't get me wrong: I got used to it, it's alright for me, but: why?

Re: Question About Debian

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My business is considering the use of Debian, and I was wondering if someone could answer my questions about it. I have already hired an outside consultant, but wanted to research more myself. You can find many answers to these questions at

Question About Debian

Hi, I am from Turkey and working for a leading communication company in Turkey as a Chief Engineer. I am inexperienced in using Debian. I had some difficulties of working with debian. I explored the site of debian.org. When booting debian, at the end of booting process i get an error message

Re: Question About Debian

on Mon, May 07, 2001 at 01:51:27PM +0300, Suat Secgin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi, I am from Turkey and working for a leading communication company in Turkey as a Chief Engineer. I am inexperienced in using Debian. Sounds as if you're new to Unix as well. I'd strongly recommend training

Re: Question About Debian

Reason for the error is that you are missing the XF86Config-4 file that is necessary for X to start. I suggest apt-get install task-windows-system that command should install all the necessary packages for X Windows System and allow you to configure it to your hardware. The GUI that I suggest

Re: A little question about Debian

[Redirected to -user; I don't see what this has to do with the development of Debian. Also, you get better answers if you ask more specific questions.] On Tue, Oct 13, 1998 at 03:43:48PM +, Matthias D wrote: I would like to know if there is anything like usable with API or Corba technology

Question about Debian FTP sites

Does anyone know which FTP mirror site of Debian supports resume? Please tell me, thanks.

Re: Question about Debian FTP sites

On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, htyj wrote: Does anyone know which FTP mirror site of Debian supports resume? Please tell me, thanks. My local mirror 'ftp.waikato.ac.nz' does, but thats probably a bit far away for you. Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key

Re: Question about debian sources and dh_testdir

Hi [snip] No actually it is not. The correct way is to use dpkg-source. The command is 'dpkg-source -x package.dsc'. This will recreate the maintainers build environ completely. That's what the documentation says. But have you tried it? I did not succed unpacking a souce this way:

Re: Question about debian sources and dh_testdir

PF == Philipp Frauenfelder [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PF I really searched for this 'dh_testdir' on debian.org and also PF asked Archie but did not find it. Could someone please reveal to PF me in which package I can find it? It is part of the debhelper package. A convenient way to find a

Question about debian sources

Hi, I have a bo source CD. From time to time I use some files from there. The problem is that it's still not completly clear to me how to apply the patches. For the moment I do like this: 1. Unpack the .tar.gz in a directory. 2. Copy in that directory the xxx.diff file. 3. Pacth the files with

Re: Question about debian sources

1. Unpack the .tar.gz in a directory. 2. Copy in that directory the xxx.diff file. 3. Pacth the files with patch -p1 xxx.dif Is this the right way to do the things ? In the .diff files were some lines that make me think some directory names should be changed, but, after the change, no

Re: Question about Debian configuration

On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Ionut Borcoman wrote: Question: How do I set the X mouse to see the third button (now I am using the emulation, but I don't like that) ? When running xf86config, it asks you: Do you want to enable ClearDTR and ClearRTS? I guess that's the trick, though I never needed it,

Question about Debian configuration

Hi, This is my second day with Debian. Yesterday I have successfully installed Debian 1.3.1. I come from Win95 where everything is made by Win95. Now I have to do all by myself. 8-) So, here are the problems: 1. I have a 3-button mouse that works as MS mouse with 2 buttons or 3-button in PC

Re: Question about Debian configuration

Ionut Borcoman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nevertheless, gpm recognize the 3rd button if I set it like this: gpm -m /dev/ttyS0 -t ms Question: How do I set the X mouse to see the third button (now I am using the emulation, but I don't like that) ? If it doesn't work the same under X, you

Re: Question about Debian configuration

On Thu, Mar 05, 1998 at 09:16:30AM +0200, Ionut Borcoman wrote: Hi, 3. When I play my audio CDs, very often the CD is jumping (like with an old LP). Under Win95 everything is fine. Also, if I use soft eject, the CD eject and immediately close ! Question: Where can I find a good free

Re: Have a question about Debian..

I just downloaded all of the chunks that make up the Debian Binary CD. I also downloaded the MD5SUM.EXE and MD5SUMS files. However, when I use MD5SUM to test the chunks, EVERY single one fails! What are the chances that every chunk is bad?? Is it possible I have downloaded an old

Re: Have a question about Debian..

One possibililty is that the files were downloaded as ASCII files, not binary. Most ftp servers display a message similar to Opening BINARY mode data connection for file_name when they start downloading a file. Ftp servers on UNIX machines usually default to binary, but some ftp servers or

Re: Have a question about Debian..

P. D. Tisdale [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just downloaded all of the chunks that make up the Debian Binary CD. I also downloaded the MD5SUM.EXE and MD5SUMS files. However, when I use MD5SUM to test the chunks, EVERY single one fails! A better possibility than that you downloaded in text

Re: Have a question about Debian..

I also ran across this problem when I tried a hand built MD5SUM from the source package on sunsite. Once I replaced it with the Debian copy, the problems went away. Check to see if you have more than one copy of MD5SUM in your path. Steve Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Carey Evans wrote: P. D.

Have a question about Debian..

I just downloaded all of the chunks that make up the Debian Binary CD. I also downloaded the MD5SUM.EXE and MD5SUMS files. However, when I use MD5SUM to test the chunks, EVERY single one fails! What are the chances that every chunk is bad?? Is it possible I have downloaded an old version of

A question about debian oficial CDs!!!

Can I run the packages in the debian CDs directly from the CD-ROM like in Slackware distribution. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL

Re: A question about debian oficial CDs!!!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Eliezer Figueroa wrote: Can I run the packages in the debian CDs directly from the CD-ROM like in Slackware distribution. No, Debian is too large and diversified to make it practical to build a generic live image on CD, several different