GDM and Thinkfinger
Somewhere amongst my regular dist-upgrades (testing/unstable) on my Lenovo R61e gdm stopped using the thinkfinger library. On the login screen there is still "or swipe finger" but swiping the finger does not work any longer. The problem is not with the thinkfinger library because it still works on the console login. Any idea how I can convince gdm (or kdm, xdm, wdm) to use the thinkfinger library for the login? Johann -- "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." James 1:17 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/80421a1b1003222315v28191bbmdc2053e1b4104...@mail.gmail.com
Disable touchpad on Dell E6410 (Squeeze)
Previously I had a Thinkpad and /etc/X11/xorg.conf with a synaptics configuration. I could disable the touchpad with this command: /usr/bin/synclient "TouchpadOff=`/usr/bin/synclient -l | sed -ne 's/\(TouchpadOff *= *\)\([01]\)/\2/p' | sed -e 'y/01/10/'`" Now I have a Dell E6410 with Squeeze (and no xorg.conf) and I get $ Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded? when I try the same. How do I load synaptics without /etc/X11/xorg.conf? Regards Johann -- May grace and peace be yours in abundance through the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord! His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence. 2 Pet. 1:2b,3a -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikmburhuxr9v0l=dzwm9zqoo9gjjtyzxzb5o...@mail.gmail.com
External screen
I have a Dell Latitute E6410 and have a mixture of Testing and Sid on it. Recently I got an external Dell flatscreen. It happened several times now that when I connect the screen to my computer while it is running, it freezes and I have to push the power button two switch if off. This does not not always happens immediately. It happens nearly 100% of the time that I want to use the option from the Gnome menus to (re)configure the screens. I have more success using the following script to activate the external screen but it also leaded to a frozen computer several times: #!/bin/sh sudo xrandr --output DP1 --auto sudo xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --above DP1 It is a bit frustrating. Does anyone else have the same problem? It seems to me that the more Debian (or Linux for that matter) develops it more and more becomes as unstable as the operating system I was using 16 years ago before Windows 95 (which I never installed on my computers) : Windows 3.1. Regards Johann -- May grace and peace be yours in abundance through the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord! His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence. 2 Pet. 1:2b,3a
Re: Dell Latitude E6410: Touchpad Scrolling
Hallo Ashton, On 12 December 2011 12:25, Ashton Fagg wrote: > > Has anyone managed to get this going? I'd greatly appreciate any > pointers which anyone may be able to give. Please let me know if > there's anything else you would like to see. > > I got my E6410 15 months ago and gave up on the trackpad long ago. I am mostly using an external usb-keyboard with this laptop because when it is under load I get many keyboard errors like repetitive characters. That does not happen with the external keyboard. If someone can sort this laptop's keyboard/trackpad behaviour out under Debian I will be glad. I am running Sid. Regards Johann -- Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you. (Psalm 63:3)
Re: Explanation
On 3 May 2015 at 20:55, Arghya Das wrote: > can someone plz explain to me the meaning of output of acpi -V command : > > Battery 0: Unknown, 94% > Battery 0: design capacity 547 mAh, last full capacity 547 mAh = 100% > Adapter 0: on-line > Thermal 0: ok, 51.5 degrees C > Thermal 0: trip point 0 switches to mode critical at temperature 99.0 > degrees C > Cooling 0: LCD 0 of 15 > Cooling 1: LCD 0 of 15 > Cooling 2: Processor 0 of 3 > Cooling 3: Processor 0 of 3 > Cooling 4: Processor 0 of 3 > Cooling 5: Processor 0 of 3 > > > Good questions. I see no documentation about it in the manpage or the Readme. I would also like to know the answers. Regards Johann -- Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you. (Psalm 63:3)
eth0 renamed
I have a new Lenovo Thinkpad T550 and am using Debian Testing on it. $ uname SMP Debian 4.4.6-1 (2016-03-17) x86_64 $ lshw: *-network description: Ethernet interface product: Ethernet Connection (3) I218-LM vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 19 bus info: pci@:00:19.0 logical name: enp0s25 version: 03 serial: 54:ee:75:8f:16:cc size: 100Mbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k duplex=full firmware=0.2-3 ip=146.232$ resources: irq:43 memory:f420-f421 memory:f423e000-f423efff ioport:4080(size=32) In dmesg I see: dmesg | grep eth0 [0.668204] e1000e :00:19.0 eth0: registered PHC clock [0.668206] e1000e :00:19.0 eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GT/s:Width x1) 54:ee:75:8f:16:cc [0.668207] e1000e :00:19.0 eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection [0.668230] e1000e :00:19.0 eth0: MAC: 11, PHY: 12, PBA No: 1000FF-0FF [0.668629] e1000e :00:19.0 enp0s25: renamed from eth0 Why would this be? I have never seen it before on Debian Linux of which I am a user since 1995. Regards Johann -- Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you. (Psalm 63:3)
Re: eth0 renamed
On 12 April 2016 at 16:36, Estelmann, Christian wrote: > Have you searched at Google? I normally use duckduckgo.com and I did not find an answer looking for searches like debian rename eth0 enps025 > Maybe this can help: > > http://askubuntu.com/questions/704361/why-is-my-network-interface-named-enp0s25-instead-of-eth0 > > Thanks. I am still struggling to see the advantage of systemd... Regards Johann
Re: pppd + alsa + debian = ?
Hallo Andrei, > I've been using Debian for a couple of days and I've got some questions > related to this Linux distro. Welcome. > - Why does pppd keep crashing? I received error=19 message till I used > 'noauth' and added a line in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and then it connects or > tries to but no data is sent or received. I've used the same ISP and same > account on a Slackware box with the same kppp version and everything went > fine. What am I missing? How did you set up your pppd? Did you use pppconfig? It is an easy way of configuring your dialup connections. > - After I installed the X server and desktop environment (KDE, GNOME, After > Step, Window Maker and Fluxbox) and booted, the graphical mode got started > up instantly. That's OK, but why do I receive a display error when I try to > start a KDE app in WindowMaker or FluxBox? When I boot, is it just gdm > that's started or is it a special runlevel for X like Slackware has? You can not use gdm, kdm, xdm and wdm simultaneously. Only one of them. From the gdm (or kdm) login screen you can choose which X environment you want to use this time. There is no special runlevel for X in Debian. gdm|kdm|xdm|wdm is started from /etc/init.d on runlevel 2. I am not sure what causes the display error you are talking about. > - There are several applications that I'd like to run as root from the KDE > or GNOME panel, like XMMS (I have a Windows partition with my CDs as .mp3s > and for some reason Debian only mounts the partitions, but I can't open the > folders if I am not root) or KPPP (I recieve a 'Permission denied' or 'Could > not find kppp' error if I am not root) and automounting CDs and Floppies > when I click on the CDROM or Floppy icon. How do I do all that? If there are > others ways than using the root account, I'd be more than happy to know them > as I do not take the name of root in vain. For xmms and other sound-related programs you can add yourself to the group "audio" and then you should be able to use them. The permission to mount|umount devices can be set in /etc/fstab. You could also add yourself to the groups "floppy" and "disk". Or you can use sudo with the nopasswd option configured for a trusted user to run programs which normal users have difficulty to use. An example of such a program is xcdroast. If you would start it with the command "sudo xcdroast" you should be able to run it without the need to su to root. Others on the list might have better suggestions but I hope this helps a little bit. Regards. Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."Romans 8:37
kernel-2.4.21, Thinkpad R31, apm/acpi
I have a 2.4.20 kernel with apmd working on the Thinkpad R31 I bought last week after putting "apm-broken_psr" in my kernel options in /boot/grub/menu.lst and removing most of the battery montoring programs I tried. I am now trying to get the 2.4.21 kernel working. I used 2.4.20's .config but now the compilation ends with exec_domain.c:291: warning: data definition has no type or storage class exec_domain.c:292: error: syntax error before "this_object_must_be_defined_as_export_objs_in_the_Makefile" exec_domain.c:292: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `this_object_must_be_defined_as_export_objs_in_the_Makefile' exec_domain.c:292: warning: data definition has no type or storage class make[3]: *** [exec_domain.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.21/kernel' make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.21/kernel' make[1]: *** [_dir_kernel] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.21' make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2 This error message was repeated many lines in exec_domain.c Any ideas? Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Galatians 6:7
No carrier - IBM Thinkpad R31 AC'97 modem
Using slmdm-2.7.14 software I can get the modem on the R31 to phone. But I have had no successful ppp connections so far. The typical log looks like this: Jul 26 20:59:59 localhost pppd[1071]: pppd 2.4.1 started by js, uid 1000 Jul 26 20:59:59 localhost kernel: This driver is not compatible with the installed modem codec. Jul 26 20:59:59 localhost kernel: Please contact your modem provider for support. Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (BUSY) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (VOICE) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (NO DIAL TONE) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (NO ANSWER) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (DELAYED) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: send (ATZ^M) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: expect (OK) Jul 26 21:00:01 localhost chat[1072]: ATZ^M^M Jul 26 21:00:01 localhost chat[1072]: OK Jul 26 21:00:01 localhost chat[1072]: -- got it Jul 26 21:00:01 localhost chat[1072]: send (ATDT8094000^M) Jul 26 21:00:01 localhost chat[1072]: expect (CONNECT) Jul 26 21:00:01 localhost chat[1072]: ^M Jul 26 21:00:24 localhost chat[1072]: ATDT8094000^M^M Jul 26 21:00:24 localhost chat[1072]: NO CARRIER Jul 26 21:00:24 localhost chat[1072]: -- failed Jul 26 21:00:24 localhost chat[1072]: Failed (NO CARRIER) Jul 26 21:00:25 localhost pppd[1071]: Exit. The handshaking process fails every time. Any ideas on how to solve the problem? I am using the 2.4.20 kernel at the moment. Another related problem: When I interrupt the dialing process with control-C the Thinkpad hangs (in wvdial and also when trying out minicom) and I had to keep in the power button to switch it off. Regards Johann -- J.H. Spies - Tel. 021-982 2694 / 082 782 0336 / 021-808 4036(w) Posbus 4668, Tygervallei 7536 "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." James 1:5
Re: No carrier - IBM Thinkpad R31 AC'97 modem
Thanks Rene and Benoit slmdm-2.7.10 indeed worked :) -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." John 14:21
Re: USB on dell 5100
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 12:15:38AM -0500, Abhay Pradhan wrote: > USB Mass Storage support registered. > hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.0-1, assigned address 2 > scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured > USB Mass Storage device found at 2 > hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.1-1, assigned address 2 sg_scan and sg_map -i helped me to know which usb-mass storage devices are mapped to which scsi devices. Sometimes I find it necessary to "/etc/init.d/hotplug force-reload" if I plug in a scsi device when the system is running already. Regards. Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."Joshua 1:9
Re: USB hard drive problem.
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:41:30AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > If I boot up the laptop with the drive connected then it works fine, > however if I boot up the laptop then connect the drive and try to mount > /archos then I get > > mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device > > and /proc/scsi/usb/usb-storage, although existing conatins only an empty > file (normally it contains something like: ARCHOS Jukebox connected) > > When I previously used this device with SuSE 7.2 I did not observe this > behaviour, so I suppose that something is happening at the init stage that > is odd, since if I comment the line in /etc/fstab reboot the machine, then > plug in the hard drive, then uncomment hte line and try to mount it , it > works again. > I am not sure whether it is kernel related. I have seen the same behaviour on one of my machines (also with 2.4.18 kernel). On others with later kernels it works without a problem. Workaround: Do a /etc/init.d/hotplug force-reload and your usb-device should be mountable after that. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."Philippians 4:19
Re: USB hard drive problem.
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 06:37:35PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Restarting the /etc/init.d/hotplug > didn't seem to work, so I'll try this next... > > > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Martin List-Petersen wrote: > > > > Try download this script: http://www.marlow.dk/tech/src/rescan-scsi-bus.sh.txt > > > > And run it. > > > > It rescan's all scsi-channels (also usb and firewire) and finds > > all scsi devices available. > > You can also look at the debian package sg3-utils with sg_scan and sg_map which helped me to determine what device to mount. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." Hebrews 4:16
Re: mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 09:58:05AM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > Correct, which is why I use Unison + maildirs. This way each mail is a > separate file, so it does exactly what I want. I can add and remove > different mails on my desktop and laptop, and then unison does The Right > Thing. In my maildir's I have files with the name "hcache.db" How do you make unison handle those files? Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."Luke 11:9
Re: mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 11:21:28AM +0100, Daniel Andor wrote: > Any tools to convert mbox to maildir? If I remember correctly this is what I did some years ago: Configure mutt to use maildir and then read the mbox-file with mutt. When it saves the changed status, it saved it in maildir format. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."Luke 11:9
Re: best laptops for debian linux
On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 11:19:22AM +0200, Magnus von Koeller wrote: > well the one basic rule I've set up for my next purchase is this one: > Do NOT buy from Dell. Dell does not support Linux and actually does > everything to make it as difficult as possible to use. They mess with > the BIOS in non-standard ways so that not even the official Windows > drivers work anymore (only the drivers from Dell still work). > That is interesting. Our management recently decided to buy Dell servers. We tested installation of different operating systems on IBM, HP and Dell servers and the Dell-server was the easiest to install Linux on. As a Linux system administrator, I tried both Redhat and Debian (using the bonzai-image) and did not have any installation problems. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." Isaiah 55:7
kernel-2.4.21, Thinkpad R31, apm/acpi
I have a 2.4.20 kernel with apmd working on the Thinkpad R31 I bought last week after putting "apm-broken_psr" in my kernel options in /boot/grub/menu.lst and removing most of the battery montoring programs I tried. I am now trying to get the 2.4.21 kernel working. I used 2.4.20's .config but now the compilation ends with exec_domain.c:291: warning: data definition has no type or storage class exec_domain.c:292: error: syntax error before "this_object_must_be_defined_as_export_objs_in_the_Makefile" exec_domain.c:292: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `this_object_must_be_defined_as_export_objs_in_the_Makefile' exec_domain.c:292: warning: data definition has no type or storage class make[3]: *** [exec_domain.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.21/kernel' make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.21/kernel' make[1]: *** [_dir_kernel] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.21' make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2 This error message was repeated many lines in exec_domain.c Any ideas? Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Galatians 6:7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No carrier - IBM Thinkpad R31 AC'97 modem
Using slmdm-2.7.14 software I can get the modem on the R31 to phone. But I have had no successful ppp connections so far. The typical log looks like this: Jul 26 20:59:59 localhost pppd[1071]: pppd 2.4.1 started by js, uid 1000 Jul 26 20:59:59 localhost kernel: This driver is not compatible with the installed modem codec. Jul 26 20:59:59 localhost kernel: Please contact your modem provider for support. Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (BUSY) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (VOICE) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (NO DIAL TONE) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (NO ANSWER) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: abort on (DELAYED) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: send (ATZ^M) Jul 26 21:00:00 localhost chat[1072]: expect (OK) Jul 26 21:00:01 localhost chat[1072]: ATZ^M^M Jul 26 21:00:01 localhost chat[1072]: OK Jul 26 21:00:01 localhost chat[1072]: -- got it Jul 26 21:00:01 localhost chat[1072]: send (ATDT8094000^M) Jul 26 21:00:01 localhost chat[1072]: expect (CONNECT) Jul 26 21:00:01 localhost chat[1072]: ^M Jul 26 21:00:24 localhost chat[1072]: ATDT8094000^M^M Jul 26 21:00:24 localhost chat[1072]: NO CARRIER Jul 26 21:00:24 localhost chat[1072]: -- failed Jul 26 21:00:24 localhost chat[1072]: Failed (NO CARRIER) Jul 26 21:00:25 localhost pppd[1071]: Exit. The handshaking process fails every time. Any ideas on how to solve the problem? I am using the 2.4.20 kernel at the moment. Another related problem: When I interrupt the dialing process with control-C the Thinkpad hangs (in wvdial and also when trying out minicom) and I had to keep in the power button to switch it off. Regards Johann -- J.H. Spies - Tel. 021-982 2694 / 082 782 0336 / 021-808 4036(w) Posbus 4668, Tygervallei 7536 "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." James 1:5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: No carrier - IBM Thinkpad R31 AC'97 modem
Thanks Rene and Benoit slmdm-2.7.10 indeed worked :) -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." John 14:21 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB on dell 5100
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 12:15:38AM -0500, Abhay Pradhan wrote: > USB Mass Storage support registered. > hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.0-1, assigned address 2 > scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured > USB Mass Storage device found at 2 > hub.c: new USB device 00:1d.1-1, assigned address 2 sg_scan and sg_map -i helped me to know which usb-mass storage devices are mapped to which scsi devices. Sometimes I find it necessary to "/etc/init.d/hotplug force-reload" if I plug in a scsi device when the system is running already. Regards. Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."Joshua 1:9 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB hard drive problem.
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:41:30AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > If I boot up the laptop with the drive connected then it works fine, > however if I boot up the laptop then connect the drive and try to mount > /archos then I get > > mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device > > and /proc/scsi/usb/usb-storage, although existing conatins only an empty > file (normally it contains something like: ARCHOS Jukebox connected) > > When I previously used this device with SuSE 7.2 I did not observe this > behaviour, so I suppose that something is happening at the init stage that > is odd, since if I comment the line in /etc/fstab reboot the machine, then > plug in the hard drive, then uncomment hte line and try to mount it , it > works again. > I am not sure whether it is kernel related. I have seen the same behaviour on one of my machines (also with 2.4.18 kernel). On others with later kernels it works without a problem. Workaround: Do a /etc/init.d/hotplug force-reload and your usb-device should be mountable after that. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."Philippians 4:19 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB hard drive problem.
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 06:37:35PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Restarting the /etc/init.d/hotplug > didn't seem to work, so I'll try this next... > > > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Martin List-Petersen wrote: > > > > Try download this script: http://www.marlow.dk/tech/src/rescan-scsi-bus.sh.txt > > > > And run it. > > > > It rescan's all scsi-channels (also usb and firewire) and finds > > all scsi devices available. > > You can also look at the debian package sg3-utils with sg_scan and sg_map which helped me to determine what device to mount. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." Hebrews 4:16 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 09:58:05AM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > Correct, which is why I use Unison + maildirs. This way each mail is a > separate file, so it does exactly what I want. I can add and remove > different mails on my desktop and laptop, and then unison does The Right > Thing. In my maildir's I have files with the name "hcache.db" How do you make unison handle those files? Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."Luke 11:9 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 11:21:28AM +0100, Daniel Andor wrote: > Any tools to convert mbox to maildir? If I remember correctly this is what I did some years ago: Configure mutt to use maildir and then read the mbox-file with mutt. When it saves the changed status, it saved it in maildir format. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."Luke 11:9 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: best laptops for debian linux
On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 11:19:22AM +0200, Magnus von Koeller wrote: > well the one basic rule I've set up for my next purchase is this one: > Do NOT buy from Dell. Dell does not support Linux and actually does > everything to make it as difficult as possible to use. They mess with > the BIOS in non-standard ways so that not even the official Windows > drivers work anymore (only the drivers from Dell still work). > That is interesting. Our management recently decided to buy Dell servers. We tested installation of different operating systems on IBM, HP and Dell servers and the Dell-server was the easiest to install Linux on. As a Linux system administrator, I tried both Redhat and Debian (using the bonzai-image) and did not have any installation problems. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." Isaiah 55:7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
