Re: vga-out + lcd together
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, sime wrote: The multi-head options are different with each video card. You can try doing a "man drivername" where drivername is the name of the X11 driver you are using. For me, man radeon shows me the dual head options that I needed to manually add to the X config file. My bad, it's actually a nvidia chipset. I managed to get in touch with a fellow Toshiba owner, Ulrich Hertlein[1], who also had a nvidia chipset. He spewed out his xorg.conf and I stole the following lines which now does the trick. Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP,CRT" Option "TwinView" "true" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "clone" Option "MetaModes""1024x768,1024x768" Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31.5-90" Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60" The secrect I believe is the BIOS option which is lightly documented in any Linux Laptop howto/faq, which is something that Ulrich discovered. While the idea of "multi-head" configuration is clear I think we have hera e different problem: I do not really use multi-head in the sense of displaying different things on different (=internal and external) monitor but just displaying the very same content on both screen - just the "normal" Laptop behaviour for doing presentations. This worked on all my previous Laptops without any spcial configuration of X. Yesterday I observed another interesting effect: When I switched the display to the external monitor (=beamer, just now verified by using a CRT monitor) I get an ugly scrambled line on top of the screen (about 50 pixels high) while the bottom of the screen is hidden. Even when switching back to the internal monitor this ugly line remains. If I switch to text mode als is fine and restarting X (while I have switched to the external monitor) helps to get rid of this scrambled line = the screen looks normal. But if I now switch back to the internal Line the ugly line occures once more while switching now back to the CRT does does not remove it any more. Resume: 1. I'm missing the "both monitors" option. 2. Switching from one monitor to the other causes syncronisation problems which remains even when switching bakc to the previousely fine monitor. 3. Restarting X solves the synchronisation problem (until you switch to the other monitor again. Hardware: Fujitsu-Siemens E-Series Lifebook $ lspci -v ... :00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited.: Unknown device 120e Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 Memory at d800 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Memory at d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] I/O ports at 1800 [size=8] Capabilities: :00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 0 2) Subsystem: Fujitsu Limited.: Unknown device 120e Flags: fast devsel Memory at e000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Memory at d008 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] Capabilities: ... X-Configuration: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Section "Monitor" Identifier "Standardbildschirm" HorizSync 30-60 VertRefresh 50-75 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Standardgrafikkarte" Monitor "Standardbildschirm" DefaultDepth24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Any hints Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: vga-out + lcd together
Andreas Tille wrote: On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, sime wrote: The multi-head options are different with each video card. You can try doing a "man drivername" where drivername is the name of the X11 driver you are using. For me, man radeon shows me the dual head options that I needed to manually add to the X config file. My bad, it's actually a nvidia chipset. I managed to get in touch with a fellow Toshiba owner, Ulrich Hertlein[1], who also had a nvidia chipset. He spewed out his xorg.conf and I stole the following lines which now does the trick. Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP,CRT" Option "TwinView" "true" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "clone" Option "MetaModes""1024x768,1024x768" Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31.5-90" Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60" The secrect I believe is the BIOS option which is lightly documented in any Linux Laptop howto/faq, which is something that Ulrich discovered. While the idea of "multi-head" configuration is clear I think we have hera e different problem: I do not really use multi-head in the sense of displaying different things on different (=internal and external) monitor but just displaying the very same content on both screen - just the "normal" Laptop behaviour for doing presentations. This worked on all my previous Laptops without any spcial configuration of X. I'm sorry that my email isn't clear, but I am to having the same thing appear on my LCD and CRT/Projector. Which is what the following line in XF86Config-4 provides: Option "TwinViewOrientation" "clone" "clone" means show the same thing on both screens. It has other options, like RightOf etc. -sime -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
logrotate stopped working ?
Hello everyone, I'm puzzled here. Logrotate stopped working and I don't know why. If I force the process, such as "logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/apache" , it's fine and dandy. Should logrotate be called from within cron jobs ? aka should there be a "logrotate" entry in the cron.weekly directory ? What am I missing here ?... TIA ! --Stéphane
Re: logrotate stopped working ?
Actually, there should be an entry in cron.daily: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate Mine looks like this: --- begin 755 /etc/cron.daily/logrotate #!/bin/sh test -x /usr/sbin/logrotate || exit 0 /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf --- end 755 /etc/cron.daily/logrotate More likely, tho, you've got something foobar'd in /etc/logrotate.conf -- try running the logrotate command from /etc/cron.daily/logrotate manually and see what happens. HTH, -Ian On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 11:59 -0800, Provost, Stephane wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm puzzled here. Logrotate stopped working and I don't know why. If I > force the process, such as "logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/apache" , > it's fine and dandy. Should logrotate be called from within cron > jobs ? aka should there be a "logrotate" entry in the cron.weekly > directory ? > > > > What am I missing here ?... TIA ! > > > > --StÃphane > > > > > >
RE: logrotate stopped working ?
Thanks Ian, It gave me: error: error accessing /var/log/squid: No such file or directory error: squid:4 glob failed for /var/log/squid/*.log Exit 1 I found out I had a 'squid' file in logrotate.d directoty. Silly me ! Thanks a lot for your help ! --Stéphane -Original Message- From: Ian Greenhoe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 12:14 PM To: Provost, Stephane Cc: 'debian-laptop@lists.debian.org' Subject: Re: logrotate stopped working ? Actually, there should be an entry in cron.daily: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate Mine looks like this: --- begin 755 /etc/cron.daily/logrotate #!/bin/sh test -x /usr/sbin/logrotate || exit 0 /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf --- end 755 /etc/cron.daily/logrotate More likely, tho, you've got something foobar'd in /etc/logrotate.conf -- try running the logrotate command from /etc/cron.daily/logrotate manually and see what happens. HTH, -Ian On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 11:59 -0800, Provost, Stephane wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm puzzled here. Logrotate stopped working and I don't know why. If I > force the process, such as "logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/apache" , > it's fine and dandy. Should logrotate be called from within cron > jobs ? aka should there be a "logrotate" entry in the cron.weekly > directory ? > > > > What am I missing here ?... TIA ! > > > > --Stéphane > > > > > >
logrotate stopped working ?
> "Provost," == Provost, Stephane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Provost,> Hello everyone, I'm puzzled here. Logrotate stopped Provost,> working and I don't know why. If I force the process, such Provost,> as "logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/apache" , it's fine and Provost,> dandy. Should logrotate be called from within cron jobs ? Provost,> aka should there be a "logrotate" entry in the cron.weekly Provost,> directory ? Provost,> What am I missing here ?... TIA ! There should be a logrotate in the cron.daily directory ! Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt-get problem
Hi All, Hopefully someone can help me with this... I have an old(er) laptop that I use as a router, I recently ran an apt-get upgrade on the laptop from stable to testing which returned the following error: Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 115430 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace kdelibs-data 4:3.1.5-1 (using .../kdelibs-data_4%3a3.3.2-1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement kdelibs-data ... Replacing files in old package kcontrol ... Replacing files in old package koffice-data ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.3.2-1_all.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.desktop', which is also in package openoffice-de-en dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.3.2-1_all.deb I have attempted to use --fix-missing & -f to no avail, I have attempted to remove everything to do with kde & openoffice (being a router I don't use either of these) and get the error: You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: kaddressbook: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libkdepim1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed kalarm: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libkdepim1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed kandy: Depends: libkdepim1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed kdelibs4: Depends: kdelibs-data (>= 4:3.3.0) but 4:3.1.5-1 is to be installed korganizer: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libkdepim1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libkgantt0 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libkpimexchange1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libkpimidentities1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed kpilot: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed ksync: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). how on earth do I get around this? I seem to now be at the position that I can no longer install or remove anything via apt, which is getting very frustrating... any suggestions Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get problem
Things to try: 1) Run aptitude. Tell it to uninstall kdeoffice and openoffice. 2) If you don't have aptitude installed, try forcing an upgrade of openoffice. (apt-get install openoffice-de-en), and then do your regular upgrade. 3) If neither of those works for you, you can tell apt to "hold" kdelibs-data (you'll need to check the man page on how to do that.) It sounds like you should probably use something like aptitude and clean out the extraneous stuff that you have installed. Remember the second rule of systems security: If it isn't there, it can't compromise your system. (The first being, of course, "Keep It Simple, Sysadmin"*) -Ian * Yes, that is a more polite version of the traditional expansion of that. Why do you ask? On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 10:25 +1000, Ben wrote: > Hi All, > > Hopefully someone can help me with this... > > I have an old(er) laptop that I use as a router, I recently ran an > apt-get upgrade on the laptop from stable to testing which returned the > following error: > > Preconfiguring packages ... > (Reading database ... 115430 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace kdelibs-data 4:3.1.5-1 (using > .../kdelibs-data_4%3a3.3.2-1_all.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement kdelibs-data ... > Replacing files in old package kcontrol ... > Replacing files in old package koffice-data ... > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.3.2-1_all.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite > `/usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.desktop', which is also > in package openoffice-de-en > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs-data_4%3a3.3.2-1_all.deb > > > I have attempted to use --fix-missing & -f to no avail, I have attempted > to remove everything to do with kde & openoffice (being a router I don't > use either of these) and get the error: > > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: > The following packages have unmet dependencies: >kaddressbook: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to > be installed > Depends: libkdepim1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to > be installed >kalarm: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be > installed >Depends: libkdepim1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be > installed >kandy: Depends: libkdepim1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be > installed >kdelibs4: Depends: kdelibs-data (>= 4:3.3.0) but 4:3.1.5-1 is to be > installed >korganizer: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be > installed >Depends: libkdepim1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to > be installed >Depends: libkgantt0 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to > be installed >Depends: libkpimexchange1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not > going to be installed >Depends: libkpimidentities1 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not > going to be installed >kpilot: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be > installed >ksync: Depends: libkcal2 (>= 4:3.3.1) but it is not going to be installed > E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or > specify a solution). > > how on earth do I get around this? I seem to now be at the position that > I can no longer install or remove anything via apt, which is getting > very frustrating... > > any suggestions > > Ben > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get problem
On Tuesday 08 March 2005 01:25, Ben wrote: > trying to overwrite > `/usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.desktop', which is also > in package openoffice-de-en As a last resort, you may have to delete this file manually. First check out what other files exist in the directory, use this information to make an estimate of whether the file is needed. It is possibly a good idea to do a backup of the directory, before you delete anything. Anders -- - Debian/Unstable - KDE 3.3.2 - KMail 1.7.2 - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dell 700m SD card reader, possible to make it work? TI PCI7420/PCI7620 controller.
Hi. I have a Dell 700m with a built in SD card controller, that is I think connected to the PCMCIA in some way. I never used it before, but I would like to now, as I have SD cards now. lspci outputs the following with using 2.6.9 kernel :02:04.3 Unknown mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCI7420/PCI7620 Dual Socket CardBus and Smart Card Cont. w/ 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Cont. an Anybody knows how to get this baby to work? Thanks Bence -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get problem
Nope. Won't work -- I've tried that before. Apt is actually checking its database, not the filesystem. -Ian On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 07:15 +0100, Anders EllenshÃj Andersen wrote: > On Tuesday 08 March 2005 01:25, Ben wrote: > > trying to overwrite > > `/usr/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.desktop', which is also > > in package openoffice-de-en > > As a last resort, you may have to delete this file manually. > > First check out what other files exist in the directory, use this information > to make an estimate of whether the file is needed. > > It is possibly a good idea to do a backup of the directory, before you delete > anything. > > Anders > > -- > - Debian/Unstable - KDE 3.3.2 - KMail 1.7.2 - > >
