Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

Ron Johnson wrote: >> Be thankful that they even know what GNU/Linux is. > > People should have to pass a competency test before being allowed to > use a computer. Let's not get too hasty, we're just finally to the point where Oregon expects people to know how to drive before driving. Under the

Re: questions regarding debian use

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! We just installed Debian a couple of days ago, and so far are > thrilled with what we've found! I've just encountered a couple of > difficulties, I'd like to request help with. Glad to hear it, and you've come to the right place. > 1. When I attempted to add my pri

Re: How does Cron send email?

John Hasler wrote: > Grok Mogger writes: >> I could easily bombard whomever I wanted with email from my Linux box >> sitting right here without the need for a valid "mail account" on a >> "mail" server or anything of the like. That's right, isn't it? > > No. You have a valid "mail account" on a

Re: How does Cron send email?

Grok Mogger wrote: > I was hoping someone could help me understand how cron > magically sends email. My ultimate goal is to configure cron to > send real Internet email so instead of just getting mail on my > unix accounts on my linux box (which I read via the 'mail' > command) I can get email at

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/21/07 13:34, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 01:27:17PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 02/21/07 13:12, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 11:13:48PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 02/20/07 15:29, Andrew Sackvill

Re: enlightenment news server

Jakub Narojczyk wrote: > Does anybody know the address of such server or any other server that > holds lists of subject of interest? Have you tried nntp://news.gmane.org/ yet? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

Wackojacko wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: >> This computer boots strait into KDE because the installer put in the >> init scripts to start kdm. (I used bootcheat: install tasks="standard, >> kde-desktop"). If I upgrade something like Xorg (which I did earlier >> today from sid), all I do is open a tty

Re: How does Cron send email?

Joe wrote: >> And secondly, with this little epiphany comes a realization of just how >> easy it is to spam and where it all comes from... I could easily >> bombard whomever I wanted with email from my Linux box sitting right >> here without the need for a valid "mail account" on a "mail" server

Re: How does Cron send email?

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 08:45:40PM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote: >> >> And secondly, with this little epiphany comes a realization of >> just how easy it is to spam and where it all comes from... I >> could easily bombard whomever I wanted with email from my Linux >> b

Re: DCOP problem after Etch with Kde upgrade

Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 08:56:44 +, john gennard wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] [] No, we didn't talk of this. However, I did look at the permissions but clearly not carefully enough (old age is no excuse - I must concentrate more!). Now, looking again,

Re: Opening ports in Shorewall in order to run an America's Army server

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:30:10 +0100 Jan Stępień <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Liam wrote: > > Are you sure that the server is listening on the ports you think > > it's listening on? Whats is the output of the command 'netstat > > -uta'? And if it is, are there any application-level restrictions? > >

"undefined symbol: xmlIsBaseCharGroup"

I've got plenty of packages pertaining to libxslt1 and libxml2 -- including devs. Clearly, I'm either missing some thing; or else there is a bug. Help? Cheers. -- —A watched bread-crumb never boils. —My hover-craft is full of eels. —[...]and that's the he and the she of it.

Re: OT: sponge burning!

On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 01:26:33PM -0800 or thereabouts, Paul Johnson wrote: > > So...the question BEGS. Why exactly do you have an e-mail address of > > "baloo" at something? > > @ursine.ca (ursine being latin for bear). I'm a furry. > http://wiki.ursine.ca/Image:Blackbear-angle.jpeg What I'm

Re: Install of "etch"

On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 09:55:14AM +0100, Dan H. wrote: > Kevin Mark wrote: > > > If you have internet access and a cd/dvd burner then you can do this: > > download a net install ISO and install 'testing' aka 'etch'. > > But if, some months down the road, you'd use the very same install disk > ag

how to add kde applets on gnome desktop

Hi, in fact I want to add applets not applications, I mean a quick button on the menu bar which is running autmatically. To be more precise I dowonload a kde applets kprayertime( which starts a the given time), on kde desktop I can find this applets in the menu list, and just pick it to put it in

Re: Command Line (was Re: a dumb query? pls humor me)

On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 22:13 -0800, Michael M. wrote: > In Gnome, at least, using "Preferred Applications" to set your preferred > browser will not override the setting in alternatives. Which can be > very frustrating when you don't know that the whole "Debian > alternatives" thing even exists. >

Re: /dev/lp0 - Permission denied after CUPS upgrade

Hi, Mr. Marcelo I had your same trouble periodically resurfacing with cups upgrades on my debian! I solved it now changing group name (to "lp" instead of "root") on all cups related files in usr/bin and usr/sbin chown root.lp I hope this can help David -- Luigi D. C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To U

Re: Opening ports in Shorewall in order to run an America's Army server

On 23 Lut, 11:10, Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:30:10 +0100 > > Jan Stępień <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Liam wrote: > > > Are you sure that the server is listening on the ports you think > > > it's listening on? Whats is the output of the command 'netstat > > >

ethernet bonding and interface speed

Hi, I have two network cards that are both displaying as such: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mii-tool eth0: no autonegotiation, 100baseTx-HD, link ok eth1: no autonegotiation, 100baseTx-HD, link ok I have bonded them in modprope.d as such: alias bond0 bonding options bonding mode=0 miimon=100 downd

Re: Hoster with Debian Etch support in the USA

Hi, I'm searching for hosters in the USA with dedicated servers and Debian Etch support. Maybe you've some useful hints for my german soul ;-) Why dont you take a sarge box and upgrade it to etch ? Regards, -- - Shashishekhar S Consultant - Debian GNU/Linux Remote Administration, Deploymen

Re: enlightenment news server

Paul Johnson napisał(a): Have you tried nntp://news.gmane.org/ yet? Thanks that was what I was trying to find las couple of days -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Problem with Quantum DLT V4 tape drive

Hello, I have a problem with a Quantum DLT V4 tape drive on a Debian Sarge system with kernel 2.6.16-2-686-smp. The streamer is correctly detected during start up, but it is not possible to write anything to the tape. I will always get a "Device or resource busy" error message. Here comes so

Re: etch no wifi with ipw2200

Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to setup a wifi connection on Etch. The wifi network card is an intle pro and the ipw2200 module is installed correctly (I can see it in lsmod) I originally got the firmware (fw) from Intel website, but recently found something on Debian using apt

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 14:01 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > I've wanted to try xfce, but not enough to compile it myself, and I haven't > been able to figure out which combinations of packages make an xfce > environment. Perhaps I'm missing something obvious? :~$ apt-cache show xfce4 Package: xfce

Re: OT: sponge burning!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/23/07 04:18, Stephen wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 01:26:33PM -0800 or thereabouts, Paul Johnson wrote: > >>> So...the question BEGS. Why exactly do you have an e-mail address of >>> "baloo" at something? >> @ursine.ca (ursine being latin for

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/22/07 16:01, Paul Johnson wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 02/21/07 13:34, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >>> On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 01:27:17PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/21/07 13:12, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/23/07 06:58, Michael M. wrote: > On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 14:01 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> I've wanted to try xfce, but not enough to compile it myself, and I haven't >> been able to figure out which combinations of packages make an xfce >> en

etch; possibly just mkfs problem

Hope this is the right group... I have problems using the mkfs command i a newly updated debian etch distribution. I have followed the description on this page: http://aragorn.kortex.jyu.fi:8080/h6300/ - in section 3.1 The memory card Transcend SD 512MB 80x lists ( ls -la /dev/sd* ) up as

etch; possibly just mkfs problem

Hope this is the right group... I have problems using the mkfs command i a newly updated debian etch distribution. I have followed the description on this page: http://aragorn.kortex.jyu.fi:8080/h6300/ - in section 3.1 The memory card Transcend SD 512MB 80x lists ( ls -la /dev/sd* ) up as

usbnet not working

hi how do you set up usbnet in 2.6.18-3? lsmod show usbnet module is up? but usb0 is not recognised is there a config file somewhere? -eva -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

updating java for DST changes

How should I update a Debian system so java programs know about the new Daylight Saving Time rules in the US? I know about the OS data files: For a Linux box, you can check particular dates this way: vanzandt:~$ date --date="10 March 2007 15:00 UTC" Sat Mar 10 10:00:00 EST 2007 va

Re: etch no wifi with ipw2200

Adrian Chapela ha scritto: > Mirto Silvio Busico escribió: >> Hi all, >> I'm trying to setup a wifi connection on Etch. >> >> The wifi network card is an intle pro and the ipw2200 module is >> installed correctly (I can see it in lsmod) >> >> I've added in interfaces all the possible iface (eth0 et

Re: Hoster with Debian Etch support in the USA

If you're German, why not try Hetzner, or, if you need a managed server and got the money for it, PlusLine? Cheers Greg -- what's puzzlin' you, is the nature of my game gpgp-fp: 79A84FA526807026795E4209D3B3FE028B3170B2 gpgp-key available @ http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de:11371 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: etch no wifi with ipw2200

Joey Hess ha scritto: > Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > >> The wifi network card is an intle pro and the ipw2200 module is >> installed correctly (I can see it in lsmod) >> >> I've added in interfaces all the possible iface (eth0 eth1 eth2 ath0 wlan0) >> >> No one worked. >> >> >> On the same machi

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

Paul Johnson wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> That's, though, why I switched from GNOME to XFce4. So much of what >> I do is in rxvt that while I find very useful the ability to create >> bunches of xterms, I don't need the bloat of GNOME. > > I've wanted to try xfce, but not enough to compile it

Re: usbnet not working

2007/2/23, eva sjuve wrote: hi how do you set up usbnet in 2.6.18-3? lsmod show usbnet module is up? but usb0 is not recognised is there a config file somewhere? hi eva, try to view at this link and see if it help you. https://maemo.org/maemowiki/HowToSetUpUsbNetworkingDebian regards, --

Re: etch no wifi with ipw2200

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:07:51 +0100 Mirto Silvio Busico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joey Hess ha scritto: [snip] > > ipw2200 needs firmware, which is available from > > http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php > > > > (As a general rule any time a network or especially wireless device > > doe

RE: Hoster with Debian Etch support in the USA

Hi, Mankuthimma wrote on Friday, February 23, 2007 12:32 PM: > Why dont you take a sarge box and upgrade it to etch ? That's possible, too. But a clean etch install would be better, wouldn't it? Just two things to mention: The machines have to be root machines (no man

Re: OT processes and cpu use

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:59:14 -0500 Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 03:27:57PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:15:45 GMT > > Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > Actually, I do pop into firefox and xpdf once in a while to

Building module packages for the i386 kernel 2.6.18-4-amd64

Hello, I found out about the recent (re)addition of amd64 kernels to the i386 architecture. I downloded the linux-headers-2.6.18-4-amd64 version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11 and tried building modules on an etch i386 system (running 2.6.18-3-k7) with module-assistant, but the two modules I tried (openaf

Re: problem searching packages

On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 14:35 +0100, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > Le jeudi 8 février 2007 23:56, Mathias Brodala a écrit : > > Hello Nelson. > > > > Nelson Castillo, 08.02.2007 23:52: > > >> How to check whether hplip (or any other package) is installed on my > > >> system or not ? > > > > > > dpkg -l |

Re: OT processes and cpu use

On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 09:45:36AM -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:59:14 -0500 > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 03:27:57PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > > > On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:15:45 GMT > > > Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > [sni

Re: problem searching packages

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 06:51 -0800, Michael M. wrote: > On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 14:35 +0100, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > > Le jeudi 8 février 2007 23:56, Mathias Brodala a écrit : > > > Hello Nelson. > > > > > > Nelson Castillo, 08.02.2007 23:52: > > > >> How to check whether hplip (or any other package)

Re: usbnet not working

i configured the /etc/network/interfaces on the PC: allow-hotplug usb0 mapping hotplug script grep map usb0 iface usb0 inet static address 192.168.2.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.2.255 but with ifup usb0 I get SIOCSIFADDR: No such device usb0: E

Re: OT: sponge burning!

On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 07:29:24AM -0600 or thereabouts, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/23/07 04:18, Stephen wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 01:26:33PM -0800 or thereabouts, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > >>> So...the question BEGS. Why exactly do you

Re: problem searching packages

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 06:51 -0800, Michael M. wrote: > On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 14:35 +0100, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > > Le jeudi 8 février 2007 23:56, Mathias Brodala a écrit : > > > Hello Nelson. > > > > > > Nelson Castillo, 08.02.2007 23:52: > > > >> How to check whether hplip (or any other package)

Re: etch; possibly just mkfs problem

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 14:51 +0100, Glenn Moeller-Holst wrote: > I have problems using the mkfs command i a newly updated debian etch > distribution. > > I have followed the description on this page: > http://aragorn.kortex.jyu.fi:8080/h6300/ > The memory card Transcend SD 512MB 80x lists ( ls -

Re: usbnet not working

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:59:17 +0100 eva sjuve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i configured the > /etc/network/interfaces on the PC: > > allow-hotplug usb0 > > mapping hotplug > script grep > map usb0 > > iface usb0 inet static > address 192.168.2.1 > netmask 255.25

Re: Install libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 problem

On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 03:28:52PM +0800, martin wrote: > I am trying to install an old library: libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 > > When try this > apt-get install libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 > > I get the following message: > > Package libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 is not available, but is referred to by > another

Re: usbnet not working

lsmod gives usbnet but usb0 is not listed by ifconfig -a what is the driver name? Celejar wrote: On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:59:17 +0100 eva sjuve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i configured the /etc/network/interfaces on the PC: allow-hotplug usb0 mapping hotplug script grep map u

Re: OT: sponge burning!

Stephen wrote: On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 07:29:24AM -0600 or thereabouts, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/23/07 04:18, Stephen wrote: On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 01:26:33PM -0800 or thereabouts, Paul Johnson wrote: So...the question BEGS. Why exactly do yo

Re: etch; possibly just mkfs problem

On Fri February 23 2007 07:02, Matthew K Poer wrote: > If you want to 'mkfs.vfat' try 'apt-get install dosfstools' as it > handles FAT systems. > > Odd: I was wondering earlier how to reformat my USB MSD. I guess mkfs > will do it. I probably wouldn't have remembered the command 'mkfs' if it > had

Re: Woody on 486 problem

> Mike McCarty writes: > > 8086 is 16 bit bus, 16 bit registers 16 bit data bus On 22.02.07 10:43, John Hasler wrote: > But with a bizarre segmentation scheme and a 20 bit address bus able to > address 1MB. similar to PAE on newer pentiums -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://w

Re: smtp time spam filtering

On Thu 2007-02-22 12:57:34 -0500 Greg Folkert wrote: > On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 16:38 +, David Hart wrote: > > On Thu 2007-02-22 10:33:34 -0500 Greg Folkert wrote: > > > I can't see any advantage in scanning during smtp connect time. > > By the time you've got the DATA you've used up the bandwidt

Re: remove from the list

On 22.02.07 21:25, Salah Mohamed wrote: > From: Salah Mohamed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:25:12 -0500 (EST) > Subject: remove from the list > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > i would to be remove from the debian-user lists. You have to: 1. stop posting html+text 2. read th

Re: Debian on ancient machines

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:39:46 -0500 Matthew K Poer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 13:19 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: [snip] > > My friend has a 128MB RAM/10GB HDD computer that runs fine with Fluxbox, > > XDM, and his wireless card (NIC). > > I have a Thinkpad 600: ~5.5 gig

Re: Install libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 problem / woody should be removed from packages.d.o

On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 04:19:42PM +0100, Matt Kraai wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 03:28:52PM +0800, martin wrote: > > I am trying to install an old library: libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 [...] > > If I follow the links on packages.debian.org website to this link: > > > > http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/d

Re: usbnet not working

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:21:08 +0100 eva sjuve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > lsmod gives usbnet > but usb0 is not listed by ifconfig -a > > what is the driver name? [snip] Please don't top post. According to this [0], older kernels need just the 'usbnet' module, while newer ones need a separate mi

Re: Running QEMU from a cron job

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nate Bargmann wrote: > I am wanting to restart a QEMU virtual machine from a cron entry, let > the VM do something, and then after a period of time freeze the VM > until the next day. After reading the docs and browsing the Web for a > few days, I'm

Re: debian astrolog package tips

mrweb wrote: On Sunday 11 February 2007 06:03, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: mrweb wrote: Hi, I am using astrolog with both Sarge and Etch, it installed perfectly each time that i installed it with a simple call to "apt-get install astrolog" minus the quotes of course, and with your apt-get sources

Etch installation problem

Hi, I'm trying to install Etch on a new machine, using the net install CD, but I encountered a problem. In short, the install process halts soon after tasksel, with a progress bar stopped at 5%. The motherboard is a Supermicro PDSME+ with an Intel ICH7R chip and builtin SATA. I wanted to inst

Re: smtp time spam filtering

On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 03:33:00PM +, David Hart wrote: > On Thu 2007-02-22 12:57:34 -0500 Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 16:38 +, David Hart wrote: > > > On Thu 2007-02-22 10:33:34 -0500 Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > > I can't see any advantage in scanning during smt

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 02:03:43PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > >> Be thankful that they even know what GNU/Linux is. > > > > People should have to pass a competency test before being allowed to > > use a computer. > > Let's not get too hasty, we're just finally to the poi

Address-less ethernet interface

Hi everyone, I have looked through a Debian book I have, as well as Google and archive searches, but I can't figure out how to activate an ethernet interface on Debian at boot time without assigning any IP address to it. I have a system with eth0, eth1 and eth2. eth1 and eth2 have IP addresses,

Re: etch; possibly just mkfs problem [it helped - but another problem persists]

At 10:02 -0500 23/02/07, Matthew K Poer wrote: On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 14:51 +0100, Glenn Moeller-Holst wrote: I have problems using the mkfs command i a newly updated debian etch distribution. I have followed the description on this page: http://aragorn.kortex.jyu.fi:8080/h6300/ The memo

Re: ethernet bonding and interface speed

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Birju Prajapati wrote: > Hi, > I have two network cards that are both displaying as such: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mii-tool > eth0: no autonegotiation, 100baseTx-HD, link ok > eth1: no autonegotiation, 100baseTx-HD, link ok > > I have bonded the

Re: Address-less ethernet interface

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anand Buddhdev wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have looked through a Debian book I have, as well as Google and archive > searches, but I can't figure out how to activate an ethernet interface on > Debian at boot time without assigning any IP address to

Re: Etch installation problem

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:40:57 GMT Marco De Vitis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to install Etch on a new machine, using the net install CD, > but I encountered a problem. > In short, the install process halts soon after tasksel, with a progress > bar stopped at 5%. > [...] > Thanks. App

Re: etch no wifi with ipw2200

Celejar writes: > Some firmware, such as that typically found on wireless cards, is just > stored in regular volatile memory (like the main RAM on your computer), > and must be loaded each time the device is activated. That isn't firmware. It's just software that runs on the cpu on the card. --

Re: how to add kde applets on gnome desktop

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:20:24 +0100 "abdelkader belahcene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > in fact I want to add applets not applications, > I mean a quick button on the menu bar which is running autmatically. > To be more precise I dowonload a kde applets kprayertime( which > starts a the give

Re: etch; possibly just mkfs problem [it helped - but another problem persists]

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 17:12 +0100, Glenn Moeller-Holst wrote: > Now another problem appears - that also was there before. > > mkfs.vfat can not see the first partition only: > pc:/dev#mkfs.vfat -f 1 /dev/sdc1 > The command: > pc:/dev#mkfs.ext2 /dev/sdd2 > mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) > Could no

Re: OT: sponge burning!

Mike McCarty writes: > AFAIK, Canada was founded by residents of the USA who hated it enough to > leave in the first place.(Not the Quebecers though.) IOW, many of whom > received free land from Britain as a reward for being loyal/Royalists. While many loyalists did move to Canada it's pretty ext

Cannot boot using Grub from CD

I am trying to make a CDROM Grub boot disc so that I can boot my system if the MBR is overwritten or the default partition is removed. I made an eltorito CD with stage2_eltorito and my menu.lst file in the CD's /boot/grub using the instructions in the manual at http://www.gnu.org/software/grub

X wont start (Etch)

hi, I installed the latest release of the NetInstall for Debian ETCH just a couple of minutes ago but when i boot debian i get an error message saying: *Code:* Failed to start X server (your graphical interface). It is likely that it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X server o

Re: Cannot boot using Grub from CD

On Fri February 23 2007 08:55, Chris Lale wrote: > I am trying to make a CDROM Grub boot disc so that I can boot my system > if the MBR is overwritten or the default partition is removed. > > I made an eltorito CD with stage2_eltorito and my menu.lst file in the > CD's /boot/grub using the instruct

Re: X wont start (Etch)

On Fri February 23 2007 09:10, redhat penguin wrote: > hi, > > I installed the latest release of the NetInstall for Debian ETCH just a > couple of minutes ago but when i boot debian i get an error message saying: > *Code:* Failed to start X server (your graphical interface). It is likely > that it

Re: OT: sponge burning!

On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 09:20:33AM -0600 or thereabouts, Mike McCarty wrote: > Stephen wrote: > >On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 07:29:24AM -0600 or thereabouts, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>On 02/23/07 04:18, Stephen wrote: > >>>What I'm curious about is why use a dot ca domain when you aren't even > >>>in

Re: how to add kde applets on gnome desktop

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 11:47 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:20:24 +0100 > "abdelkader belahcene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > in fact I want to add applets not applications, > > I mean a quick button on the menu bar which is running autmatically. > > To be more p

Re: etch; possibly just mkfs problem [it helped - but another problem persists]

At 11:45 -0500 23/02/07, Matthew K Poer wrote: On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 17:12 +0100, Glenn Moeller-Holst wrote: Now another problem appears - that also was there before. mkfs.vfat can not see the first partition only: pc:/dev#mkfs.vfat -f 1 /dev/sdc1 The command: pc:/dev#mkfs.ext2 /dev/sd

Re: how to add kde applets on gnome desktop

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 11:47 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:20:24 +0100 > "abdelkader belahcene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > in fact I want to add applets not applications, > > I mean a quick button on the menu bar which is running autmatically. > > To be more p

How to upgrade a GeForce Nvidia on a Debian system?

How to upgrade a GeForce Nvidia AGP on a Debian system? I was wondering if apt-get install grub or similar would help? Does acceleration on Nvidia work now? Am I better off using a different chipset due to drivers? I'm upgrading from a SIS305 32MB board running in debian to this GeForce Nvidi

Re: Cannot boot using Grub from CD

On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 04:55:14PM +, Chris Lale wrote: > I am trying to make a CDROM Grub boot disc so that I can boot my system > if the MBR is overwritten or the default partition is removed. > > I made an eltorito CD with stage2_eltorito and my menu.lst file in the > CD's /boot/grub usin

Re: problem searching packages

Le vendredi 23 février 2007 16:02, Michael M. a écrit : [...] > Oh now I see! It does indicate the status of the package, just somewhat > cryptically: "ii", "un", etc. Yes ;-) Not obvious if no-one said it to you ! In fact, if dpkg has nether see the package (previously installed, remove or pu

Re: Debian on ancient machines

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/23/07 09:39, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:39:46 -0500 > Matthew K Poer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 13:19 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > [snip] [snip] > course Xfce-Terminal (with about a half dozen tabs ge

Re: How to upgrade a GeForce Nvidia on a Debian system?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/23/07 11:57, J F wrote: > How to upgrade a GeForce Nvidia AGP on a Debian system? > > I was wondering if apt-get install grub or similar would help? > > Does acceleration on Nvidia work now? > > Am I better off using a different chipset due to

Re: Running QEMU from a cron job

On Friday 23 February 2007 07:00, Linas Žvirblis wrote: > And do not forget that QEMU is mostly a GUI application, so you will > probably need to run xorg. You can run qemu headless, with a virtual framebuffer. Makes for a virtual machine you connect to via VNC to view. -- Joshua Kugler

Re: How to upgrade a GeForce Nvidia on a Debian system?

J F wrote: > How to upgrade a GeForce Nvidia AGP on a Debian system? > > I was wondering if apt-get install grub or similar would help? > > Does acceleration on Nvidia work now? > > Am I better off using a different chipset due to drivers? > > I'm upgrading from a SIS305 32MB board running in d

Re: OT: sponge burning!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/23/07 09:01, Stephen wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 07:29:24AM -0600 or thereabouts, Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> On 02/23/07 04:18, Stephen wrote: >>> On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 01:26:33PM -0800 or thereabouts, Paul Johnson wrote: >>> > So...the

Re: How to install from hard disk on ia64 system?

> My cd-rom is not recognized by the debian installer > because of the intel 965 chipset on my asus p5b > mainboard. I know there is a way to install from an > iso image on the hard drive but I am having problems > understanding how to get this to work. I currently > have mandriva installed and lo

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

>>> Does anyone have any recent experience, either good or bad, with any >>> specific laptops? >> >> Just avoid ATI graphics cards, and nVidia as well (tho it's not as bad). >> Integrated Intel graphics is often the best choice (best support under >> GNU/Linux, best battery life as well). > How a

Re: Running QEMU from a cron job

* Linas ??virblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Feb 23 10:01 -0600]: > A much simpler solution would be to have QEMU started by cron, and set > up the guest OS to shut down after doing something. Or you could run > QEMU in snapshot mode and simply kill it, when not needed. Or... the > possibilities ar

Re: OT: sponge burning!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/23/07 11:19, Stephen wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 09:20:33AM -0600 or thereabouts, Mike McCarty wrote: >> Stephen wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 07:29:24AM -0600 or thereabouts, Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/23/07 04:18, Stephen wrote: >>

Re: Missing devices on raid1 setup

So, nobody knows what might be going on here? On Wednesday 21 February 2007 01:15, José Pablo Fernández wrote: > I have a raid1 setup with three partitions: > > md0, mounted on /, composed of /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1 > md1, mounted on swap, composed of /dev/sda2 and /dev/sdb2 > md2, mounted on swap

Re: smtp time spam filtering

On Fri 2007-02-23 08:16:48 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 03:33:00PM +, David Hart wrote: > > On Thu 2007-02-22 12:57:34 -0500 Greg Folkert wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 16:38 +, David Hart wrote: > > > > On Thu 2007-02-22 10:33:34 -0500 Greg Folk

Re: Missing devices on raid1 setup

On Friday 23 February 2007 16:12, José Pablo Fernández wrote: > So, nobody knows what might be going on here? Nevermind, it is now working (although I don't know what solved it, I hate that). -- José Pablo Fernández [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian livecd

Is there a Debian Live CD I could use to do maintenance? I know there are various Debian-based live cds, but I'd like one based in Sarge so I know the version of all the tools, like fsck, mdadm, etc match those used by the system itself. Thank you. -- José Pablo Fernández [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 13:45 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Works, but it's not the fastest there is, obviously. > I don't think OpenGL matters too much for laptops (note that I don't > consider "desktop replacements" as laptops, really). > > > I think a blocking factor for many users is "If I get

Re: Debian livecd

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 13:21 -0300, José Pablo Fernández wrote: > Is there a Debian Live CD I could use to do maintenance? I know there are > various Debian-based live cds, but I'd like one based in Sarge so I know the > version of all the tools, like fsck, mdadm, etc match those used by the > sy

Re: Debian livecd

On 2/23/07, José Pablo Fernández <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there a Debian Live CD I could use to do maintenance? I know there are various Debian-based live cds, but I'd like one based in Sarge so I know the version of all the tools, like fsck, mdadm, etc match those used by the system itself.

The following signatured couldn't be verified...

Hi gurus, I tried adding debian-multimedia.org to /etc/apt/sources.list and got the following warning: W: GPG error: http://debian-multimedia.org etch Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907 W: You may want t

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