Re: May I have a document about manually preparing a Debian system?
Customing d-i is so hard. Many things confused me on the documents. Cannot I just start with debootstrap? On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:31:21 -0400 (EDT), "Magicloud Magiclouds" wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:38:14 -0400 (EDT), "Magicloud Magiclouds" wrote: May I have a document about manually preparing a Debian system? >>> >>> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual >>> >>> or >>> >>> http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/installmanual >> >> I am not quite sure. Is this the document for debian-installer? > > Yes, it is. >> >> How if >> I do not want to use a special "install disk"? Or you mean I have to >> make an install disk myself? > > There are a number of different installation methods available. They > are described in the installation instructions. Use the one that > suits you best. What I usually do is take the "netboot" mini.iso > image and "burn" it to a CD-R. Then I boot from the CD. But there are > other alternatives. For example, you can make a bootable USB stick, > commonly called a "thumb drive", and boot from it. There are other > installation methods that allow the installer to be started from a > pre-existing Unix or Linux system, or from a Windows system. Years > ago, you could also create a bootable floppy disk and boot from a > floppy. But that installation method is no longer supported. Etch > is the last release that supported "boot floppy" installation. In > short, there's no substitute for reading the directions. > > -- > .''`. Stephen Powell > : :' : > `. `'` > `- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/1437876200.28788.1284214573556.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com > > -- 竹密岂妨流水过 山高哪阻野云飞 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikrobtjwz_szcumcf6lqqn7moeupr5agmrjf...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Iomega 2TB USB drive
On Saturday 18 September 2010 22:50:05 John Lindsay wrote: > Here is my 'fstab' > > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > > # > > # > > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda1 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1 [snip > > /dev/sda1 / ntfs defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 I don't know whther it is at all relevant, but your fstab appears to be trying to mount two different drives on the same mount point (/). Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201009190834.52641.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: [solved] Re: rsync issue
Rodolfo Medina writes: >>> In rsync manual I coudn't find a solution to what I want. I wish to copy >>> all my home directory into another machine with the --delete option, but: >>> >>> 1) I dont't want hidden files, i.e.: `.*' to be copied; >>> >>> 2) on the other hand, there are some symlinks, beginning with `.', that I >>>want to be copied. >>> >>> The --exclude option won't help. >>> >>> From my home directory, if I do: >>> >>> $ rsync -vrtul --delete * 192.168.0.2:/home/rodolfo >>> >>> , hidden files that are in `~/' are not copied at all nor the --delete >>> option applies to files that are in `~/', so it's not good; from /home, if >>> I do: >>> >>> $ rsync -vrtul --delete rodolfo 192.168.0.2:/home >>> >>> , everything is copied, also system hidden directories and files, which I >>> don't want. >> >> >> I mean, I want hidden files to be copied, except than >> those in `~/': of those, i.e. of the hidden files in `~/', I just want the >> symlinks to be copied. I think it's better to create the symlinks by hand, as they can be different when going from a system to another. Then the following is good for me: $ cd $ rsync -vrtul --delete --exclude='.*' . 192.168.0.2:/home/rodolfo The main issue here is that I had to replace `*' with `.' as the list of files to be transferred. Thanks for anyone's help. Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87pqwa16no@gmail.com
Strange `No space left' on usb pendrive
Hi all. When I try to copy more than 40MB onto an empty new 2GB usb pendrive, I get an inexplicable `No space left on device' error message: `11022008699.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008699.jpg' `11022008700.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008700.jpg' cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008700.jpg': No space left on device `11022008701.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008701.jpg' cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008701.jpg': No space left on device The command df seems to show that everything is all right: $ df -lh FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda6 11G 9.2G 912M 92% / tmpfs 110M 0 110M 0% /lib/init/rw udev 10M 80K 10M 1% /dev tmpfs 110M 0 110M 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda1 7.8G 7.3G 541M 94% /mnt/hda1 /dev/hda7 4.9G 1.9G 2.7G 42% /mnt/hda7 /dev/hda8 4.9G 3.4G 1.3G 74% /mnt/hda8 /dev/hda9 7.9G 2.7G 4.9G 36% /mnt/hda9 /dev/sda1 1.9G 40M 1.9G 3% /mnt/pendrive-carolina2 and so parted: # parted /dev/sda1 GNU Parted 1.7.1 Using /dev/sda1 Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) p Disk /dev/sda1: 2004MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop Number Start End SizeFile system Flags 1 0.00kB 2004MB 2004MB fat16 Please help understand what the problem may be. Should I format the device? Thanks for any help Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87iq2216mk@gmail.com
Re: Strange `No space left' on usb pendrive
On 2010-09-19 10:26 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > When I try to copy more than 40MB onto an empty new 2GB usb pendrive, I get an > inexplicable `No space left on device' error message: > > > `11022008699.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008699.jpg' > `11022008700.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008700.jpg' > cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008700.jpg': No > space left on device > `11022008701.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008701.jpg' > cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008701.jpg': No > space left on device > > > The command df seems to show that everything is all right: > > $ df -lh > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda6 11G 9.2G 912M 92% / > tmpfs 110M 0 110M 0% /lib/init/rw > udev 10M 80K 10M 1% /dev > tmpfs 110M 0 110M 0% /dev/shm > /dev/hda1 7.8G 7.3G 541M 94% /mnt/hda1 > /dev/hda7 4.9G 1.9G 2.7G 42% /mnt/hda7 > /dev/hda8 4.9G 3.4G 1.3G 74% /mnt/hda8 > /dev/hda9 7.9G 2.7G 4.9G 36% /mnt/hda9 > /dev/sda1 1.9G 40M 1.9G 3% /mnt/pendrive-carolina2 > > > and so parted: > > # parted /dev/sda1 > GNU Parted 1.7.1 > Using /dev/sda1 > Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. > (parted) p > > Disk /dev/sda1: 2004MB > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: loop > > Number Start End SizeFile system Flags > 1 0.00kB 2004MB 2004MB fat16 > > > Please help understand what the problem may be. Should I format the device? Not necessarily (unless you want a better filesystem), but you should create some subdirectories and move files there. FAT16 has a rather low limit of directory entries for the root directory¹, and you're hitting that. Switching to FAT32 will avoid that and also waste less disk space, since the cluster size gets reduced to 4 KiB from 32 KiB with FAT16. Sven ¹ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat16#Final_FAT16 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87hbhm5d3w@turtle.gmx.de
Re: Iomega 2TB USB drive
Lisi wrote: On Saturday 18 September 2010 22:50:05 John Lindsay wrote: Here is my 'fstab' # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # proc/proc procdefaults0 0 /dev/hda1 / ext3errors=remount-ro 0 1 [snip /dev/sda1/ntfsdefaults,errors=remount-ro01 I don't know whther it is at all relevant, but your fstab appears to be trying to mount two different drives on the same mount point (/). Lisi Hi Lisi I saw that but don't know what to make of it. Here is the result of 'df -lh'. FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 71G 58G 9.8G 86% / tmpfs 760M 0 760M 0% /lib/init/rw udev 10M 800K 9.3M 8% /dev tmpfs 760M 0 760M 0% /dev/shm /dev/hdb 113G 82G 26G 77% /new-disk /dev/sdb1 7.5G 3.4G 4.2G 46% /media/KINGSTON /dev/sda1 1.9T 123M 1.9T 1% /mnt Where the first 'dev/sda1' comes from is unknown to me. I formatted the drive on my Debian system using Partition Editor and it showed only a 1.82TB size partition. Deleting the partition did not show an increase or that seemingly extra drive which does not physically exist. As the USER I believe I can edit the 'fstab' so I'll delete that line and see what happens. If the USER can't do it then I'll do it as ROOT. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c95e498.8010...@sentex.net
Re: Iomega 2TB USB drive
Lisi wrote: On Saturday 18 September 2010 22:50:05 John Lindsay wrote: Here is my 'fstab' # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # proc/proc procdefaults0 0 /dev/hda1 / ext3errors=remount-ro 0 1 [snip /dev/sda1/ntfsdefaults,errors=remount-ro01 I don't know whther it is at all relevant, but your fstab appears to be trying to mount two different drives on the same mount point (/). Lisi Actually it is the 'mtab' that shows the two '/dev/sda1' entries. I'll try editing it and see what damage I can do!!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c95e618.30...@sentex.net
Re: Strange `No space left' on usb pendrive
Le Sun 19/09/2010, Rodolfo Medina disait > Hi all. > > When I try to copy more than 40MB onto an empty new 2GB usb pendrive, I get an > inexplicable `No space left on device' error message: > > > `11022008699.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008699.jpg' > `11022008700.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008700.jpg' > cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008700.jpg': No > space left on device > `11022008701.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008701.jpg' > cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008701.jpg': No > space left on device > > > The command df seems to show that everything is all right: > > $ df -lh > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda6 11G 9.2G 912M 92% / > tmpfs 110M 0 110M 0% /lib/init/rw > udev 10M 80K 10M 1% /dev > tmpfs 110M 0 110M 0% /dev/shm > /dev/hda1 7.8G 7.3G 541M 94% /mnt/hda1 > /dev/hda7 4.9G 1.9G 2.7G 42% /mnt/hda7 > /dev/hda8 4.9G 3.4G 1.3G 74% /mnt/hda8 > /dev/hda9 7.9G 2.7G 4.9G 36% /mnt/hda9 > /dev/sda1 1.9G 40M 1.9G 3% /mnt/pendrive-carolina2 > What does df -i say ? You might be out of inodes (depends on the filesystem of the key) -- Erwan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100919104148.gb...@rail.eu.org
Re: Iomega 2TB USB drive
John Lindsay wrote: Lisi wrote: I don't know whther it is at all relevant, but your fstab appears to be trying to mount two different drives on the same mount point (/). Lisi Actually it is the 'mtab' that shows the two '/dev/sda1' entries. I'll try editing it and see what damage I can do!!! Well, I edited 'mtab' as root and deleted the first instance of '/dev/sda1'. I then rebooted and here is my 'mtab' without doing a physical 'mount /dev/sda1 /mnt' (something I do not have to do with the Kingston USB drive). Also, 'fstab' shows a mount point of '/' the same as my hda1. Does that make any difference? Still haven't found out how to make a volume label without reformatting and re-partitioning. Thanks everyone for being very helpfully with this old codger!! John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c95ed58.9010...@sentex.net
Re: Does the HDCP crack have any implications for Debian?
On 19/09/10 06:04, Mark Allums wrote: > On 9/18/2010 4:55 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> I'm very >> happy with the performance I get by simply copying the bluerays I buy to >> hard drive, and I prefer keep my media on hdd. > > > This bears some explanation. Are you watching stuff from Blu-Ray on a > Debian machine? How? What is the process? > > PAU supported video, blu-ray player, makemkv, vlc, google ;-p -- *In case you never receive this mail, please notify me immediately* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c95ef97.4030...@gmail.com
Re: Strange `No space left' on usb pendrive
On 2010-09-19 10:26 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > When I try to copy more than 40MB onto an empty new 2GB usb pendrive, I get an > inexplicable `No space left on device' error message: > > > `11022008699.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008699.jpg' > `11022008700.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008700.jpg' > cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008700.jpg': No > space left on device > `11022008701.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008701.jpg' > cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008701.jpg': No > space left on device > > > The command df seems to show that everything is all right: > > $ df -lh > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda6 11G 9.2G 912M 92% / > tmpfs 110M 0 110M 0% /lib/init/rw > udev 10M 80K 10M 1% /dev > tmpfs 110M 0 110M 0% /dev/shm > /dev/hda1 7.8G 7.3G 541M 94% /mnt/hda1 > /dev/hda7 4.9G 1.9G 2.7G 42% /mnt/hda7 > /dev/hda8 4.9G 3.4G 1.3G 74% /mnt/hda8 > /dev/hda9 7.9G 2.7G 4.9G 36% /mnt/hda9 > /dev/sda1 1.9G 40M 1.9G 3% /mnt/pendrive-carolina2 > > > and so parted: > > # parted /dev/sda1 > GNU Parted 1.7.1 > Using /dev/sda1 > Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. > (parted) p > > Disk /dev/sda1: 2004MB > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: loop > > Number Start End SizeFile system Flags > 1 0.00kB 2004MB 2004MB fat16 > > > Please help understand what the problem may be. Should I format the device? Erwan David writes: > What does df -i say ? > You might be out of inodes (depends on the filesystem of the key) Effectively, df -i produces a suspect output: $ df -i FilesystemInodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on /dev/hda61409024 147438 1261586 11% / tmpfs 28039 2 280371% /lib/init/rw udev 28039 512 275272% /dev tmpfs 28039 1 280381% /dev/shm /dev/hda1 0 0 0- /mnt/hda1 /dev/hda7 64 14 6399861% /mnt/hda7 /dev/hda8 64 51785 5882159% /mnt/hda8 /dev/hda9 525200 54395 470805 11% /mnt/hda9 /dev/sda1 0 0 0- /mnt/pendrive-carolina2 What then? Thanks Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/874odmouh1@gmail.com
Re: What tool would convert map coordinates ?
Bernard writes: > I need to convert map coordinates from Lambert II + to decimal > degrees. I found a tool which works online on a web site, but the I use the proj command for my coordinate conversions. I have no idea if it supports what you need. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/841v8q2c9z@sauna.l.org
Re: Iomega 2TB USB drive
On Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:50:05 -0400, John Lindsay wrote: > I am still trying to get this USB drive to show up as an icon on the > desktop and to show up under the toolbar 'Places' like my 8GB USB memory > stick and my /new-disk hdb (115GB internal drive). Then try by removing (or just #comment) the corresponding line under "/ etc/fstab" and let the automounter do it its way. As for the second point, you'll have to explain better (what you did and what it happened). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.09.19.12.06...@gmail.com
Re: Strange `No space left' on usb pendrive
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:15:06 +0200 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > On 2010-09-19 10:26 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > When I try to copy more than 40MB onto an empty new 2GB usb pendrive, I get > > an > > inexplicable `No space left on device' error message: > > > > > > `11022008699.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008699.jpg' > > `11022008700.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008700.jpg' > > cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008700.jpg': > > No space left on device > > `11022008701.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008701.jpg' > > cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008701.jpg': > > No space left on device > > > > > > Effectively, df -i produces a suspect output: > > $ df -i > FilesystemInodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on > /dev/hda61409024 147438 1261586 11% / > tmpfs 28039 2 280371% /lib/init/rw > udev 28039 512 275272% /dev > tmpfs 28039 1 280381% /dev/shm > /dev/hda1 0 0 0- /mnt/hda1 > /dev/hda7 64 14 6399861% /mnt/hda7 > /dev/hda8 64 51785 5882159% /mnt/hda8 > /dev/hda9 525200 54395 470805 11% /mnt/hda9 > /dev/sda1 0 0 0- /mnt/pendrive-carolina2 > > > What then? Listen to what Sven Joachim is saying. The problem arises because of FAT formatting. You can only put a certain number of files (128??) in the root. Create a sub-directory and put your files in there. Problem solved. - -- - -- Frank -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMlf08AAoJEMEDyLTvrVhjvSwH/0CBX6G4sJHDZ4LWaJ8+6Yg0 zS/3KUzFGBmD3BQVYe0jj/Fj6TbfZ0yV5MkjiQRvfK/eNU8ptsNV6g/hglgdLcC+ DqAUGbxFm9xX9psDF2+O3YrgU7XWSw25VCYOITTRqr6iE6ujcGO/abQkb3tsD8Ep YvQudutnFV7+jFu6YsDf3wJOfHsURb3mP1aVMLRww4LP8rAUYb4OARHPPesLssmR xOBo3XQFHTfyF+pPSUUvVUd3tmuZOGcC5vBcMoV8SuxXRdJ6K1eIcV0NzJbtXcUV yziOJEUyUDTUAToBnDUvq+wJM0Z6nJAbfC9DInOeGNzNrazB7U9E0jHPlWRYTCU= =nB5M -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100919080828.20a5bbfd.debianl...@videotron.ca
I got you. was: My lenny picks the wrong resolution whereas squeeze is right
Hi Stephen, This is to confirm that I've read your message thoroughly and take it seriously. However, I can only get back to you in a day or two. Thanks On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:49:32 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > OK, I have looked at your files. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i753lh$ge...@dough.gmane.org
Re: Viewing Office 2007 files
On 19/09/10 23:41, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > It's so annoying that Ms changes its file format again and people started > to jumping ships. I can't view any of the Office 2007 files that people > sent me. What's your solution to it (word and excel)? > > Thanks > OOo. (and send a bitmap screenshot of the converted document back to the sender). Cheers -- *In case you never receive this mail, please notify me immediately* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c96170e.6040...@gmail.com
Re: Viewing Office 2007 files
On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:41:40 +, T o n g wrote: > It's so annoying that Ms changes its file format again and people > started to jumping ships. I can't view any of the Office 2007 files that > people sent me. What's your solution to it (word and excel)? OpenOffice 3.x (Go-oo) can handle most of them (.docx/.xlsx). What OOo version do you have? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.09.19.14.02...@gmail.com
RE: Viewing Office 2007 files
> On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:02:27 + wrote: > >> On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:41:40 +, T o n g wrote: >> >> It's so annoying that Ms changes its file format again and people >> started to jumping ships. I can't view any of the Office 2007 files that >> people sent me. What's your solution to it (word and excel)? > > OpenOffice 3.x (Go-oo) can handle most of them (.docx/.xlsx). I agree with that. Additionally, I've found more formatting issue with office 2010 files then I have with 2007, but some issues do exist with both Microsoft office suites in OpenOffice. > > What OOo version do you have? > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/bay148-w45312fd43597103a98d4e0ef...@phx.gbl
Re: RS232-to-USB adapter with dial-up modem
S D wrote: Hi, I have a RS-232 external dial-up modem that I use from time to time. It works fine when connected through a RS-232 port. I'd like to use the modem with another PC that doesn't have a RS-232 port, so I bought a RS-232 to USB adapter cable. It's a simple inexpensive cable that doesn't seem to have any chips/processors in it. Now, when I connect the modem through a USB port I can't get the modem to work. It doesn't even attempt to dial the number: Any ideas? Thanks Have you tried a serial card? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815166003 Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i7560t$ph...@dough.gmane.org
Re: Viewing Office 2007 files
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 02:02:27PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:41:40 +, T o n g wrote: > > > It's so annoying that Ms changes its file format again and people > > started to jumping ships. I can't view any of the Office 2007 files that > > people sent me. What's your solution to it (word and excel)? > > OpenOffice 3.x (Go-oo) can handle most of them (.docx/.xlsx). > And if you're running Lenny, you can get this version in the backports.debiang.org repository. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100919141916.ga28...@aurora.owens.net
Re: Iomega 2TB USB drive
On Sunday 19 September 2010 11:23:20 John Lindsay wrote: > Here is the result of 'df > -lh'. > > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/sda1 71G 58G 9.8G 86% / [snip] > > /dev/sda1 1.9T 123M 1.9T 1% /mnt Curiouser and curiouser Now we have one partition on two mount points. Out of interest (I am no expert, so use with all possible health warnings) try mounting /dev/sda1 on /mnt in your fstab, ratherthan on /. If that works, you can create a mount point for /dev/sda1 and use that in your fstab, freeing /mnt for more general use. One usually has to edit /etc/fstab as root. The fact that the filesystem is ntfs may have a bearing. I know nothing about ntfs since I have never used it. HTH Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201009191542.00852.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: Iomega 2TB USB drive
On Sunday 19 September 2010 11:29:44 John Lindsay wrote: > Lisi wrote: > > On Saturday 18 September 2010 22:50:05 John Lindsay wrote: > >> Here is my 'fstab' > >> > >>> # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > >>> # > >>> # > >>> proc/proc procdefaults0 0 > >>> /dev/hda1 / ext3errors=remount-ro 0 1 > > > > [snip > > > >>> /dev/sda1/ntfsdefaults,errors=remount-ro01 > > > > I don't know whther it is at all relevant, but your fstab appears to be > > trying to mount two different drives on the same mount point (/). > > > > Lisi > > Actually it is the 'mtab' that shows the two '/dev/sda1' entries. I'll > try editing it and see what damage I can do!!! Yes - but the point I made is that in /etc/fstab you have two *partitions* /dev/hda1 and /dev/sda1 BOTH trying to mont on one mount point, /. If you look again at my email you will see that that is what I said. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201009191545.0.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: Viewing Office 2007 files
On Sunday 19 September 2010 15:19:16 Rob Owens wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 02:02:27PM +, Camaleón wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:41:40 +, T o n g wrote: > > > It's so annoying that Ms changes its file format again and people > > > started to jumping ships. I can't view any of the Office 2007 files > > > that people sent me. What's your solution to it (word and excel)? > > > > OpenOffice 3.x (Go-oo) can handle most of them (.docx/.xlsx). > > And if you're running Lenny, you can get this version in the > backports.debiang.org repository. No need. The version of OOo in Lenny, 2.4.1, (which is really, of course, the oxygen version), can read docx files. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201009191551.26530.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: Viewing Office 2007 files
On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:51:26 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Sunday 19 September 2010 15:19:16 Rob Owens wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 02:02:27PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> > OpenOffice 3.x (Go-oo) can handle most of them (.docx/.xlsx). >> >> And if you're running Lenny, you can get this version in the >> backports.debiang.org repository. > No need. The version of OOo in Lenny, 2.4.1, (which is really, of > course, > the oxygen version), can read docx files. The higher OOo version, the better compatibility for opening those files. I've encountered many ".docx" files that cannot be opened with my stock OOo writer (using lenny here). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.09.19.15.00...@gmail.com
[solved] Re: Strange `No space left' on usb pendrive
On 2010-09-19 10:26 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> When I try to copy more than 40MB onto an empty new 2GB usb pendrive, I get >> an inexplicable `No space left on device' error message: >> >> >> `11022008699.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008699.jpg' >> `11022008700.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008700.jpg' >> cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008700.jpg': No >> space left on device >> `11022008701.jpg' -> `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008701.jpg' >> cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/pendrive-carolina2/11022008701.jpg': No >> space left on device >> >> >> The command df seems to show that everything is all right: >> >> $ df -lh >> FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on >> /dev/hda6 11G 9.2G 912M 92% / >> tmpfs 110M 0 110M 0% /lib/init/rw >> udev 10M 80K 10M 1% /dev >> tmpfs 110M 0 110M 0% /dev/shm >> /dev/hda1 7.8G 7.3G 541M 94% /mnt/hda1 >> /dev/hda7 4.9G 1.9G 2.7G 42% /mnt/hda7 >> /dev/hda8 4.9G 3.4G 1.3G 74% /mnt/hda8 >> /dev/hda9 7.9G 2.7G 4.9G 36% /mnt/hda9 >> /dev/sda1 1.9G 40M 1.9G 3% /mnt/pendrive-carolina2 >> >> >> and so parted: >> >> # parted /dev/sda1 >> GNU Parted 1.7.1 >> Using /dev/sda1 >> Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. >> (parted) p >> >> Disk /dev/sda1: 2004MB >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B >> Partition Table: loop >> >> Number Start End SizeFile system Flags >> 1 0.00kB 2004MB 2004MB fat16 >> >> >> Please help understand what the problem may be. Should I format the device? Sven Joachim writes: > Not necessarily (unless you want a better filesystem), but you should > create some subdirectories and move files there. FAT16 has a rather low > limit of directory entries for the root directory¹, and you're hitting > that. > > Switching to FAT32 will avoid that and also waste less disk space, since > the cluster size gets reduced to 4 KiB from 32 KiB with FAT16. Thanks. I switched to fat32: within parted, I did: `mkpartfs primary fat32'. Now the problem seems to be solved. Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87vd61ix31@gmail.com
Re: rsync issue
Rodolfo Medina writes: > [...] the following is good for me: > > $ cd > $ rsync -vrtul --delete --exclude='.*' . 192.168.0.2:/home/rodolfo Sorry, it's still bad for me. I want to copy everything but top level hidden files, i.e. hidden files from my home directory. The above command excludes all hidden files from anywhere. How can I achieve what I want? I tried with: --exclude='./.*' but it doesn't work either, because it includes hidden files from `~/'. Thanks for any help Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87mxrdiwpi@gmail.com
Re: Iomega 2TB USB drive
Lisi wrote: On Sunday 19 September 2010 11:29:44 John Lindsay wrote: Lisi wrote: On Saturday 18 September 2010 22:50:05 John Lindsay wrote: Here is my 'fstab' # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # proc/proc procdefaults0 0 /dev/hda1 / ext3errors=remount-ro 0 1 [snip /dev/sda1/ntfsdefaults,errors=remount-ro01 I don't know whther it is at all relevant, but your fstab appears to be trying to mount two different drives on the same mount point (/). Lisi Actually it is the 'mtab' that shows the two '/dev/sda1' entries. I'll try editing it and see what damage I can do!!! Yes - but the point I made is that in /etc/fstab you have two *partitions* /dev/hda1 and /dev/sda1 BOTH trying to mont on one mount point, /. If you look again at my email you will see that that is what I said. Lisi Sorry Lisi I mis-read your email -- after re-reading your original reply I took a second and third look before it finally soaked into this thick head what you were saying -- I'll look into that when I return later today -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c962fc7.1070...@sentex.net
Re: Viewing Office 2007 files
Dne, 19. 09. 2010 15:41:40 je T o n g napisal(a): Hi, It's so annoying that Ms changes its file format again and people started to jumping ships. I can't view any of the Office 2007 files that people sent me. What's your solution to it (word and excel)? Thanks You could kindly notify them that, while you have the latest softwares installed on your "office" computer, you don't have them installed on your laptop/netbook, and can't install them on your smartphone. Given that you're, say, a freelancer who's a lot on the road, it would enable you to get back to them sooner (hours, days, and sometimes weeks sooner) if they could kindly send you more "universal" document formats. You could even hint that, according to certain Internet reports, some of the newest formats are still quite buggy, or support certain features in a less than satisfying measure, or even have unresolved vulnerabilities. Several good points in case may be found in: http://www.fsf.org/news/why-im-rejecting-your-email-attachment and, of course, in: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- Regards, Klistvud Certifiable Loonix User #481801 http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com Please reply to the list, not to me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1284911529.2471...@compax
Re: Viewing Office 2007 files
On Sunday 19 September 2010 16:00:04 Camaleón wrote: > I've encountered many ".docx" files that cannot be opened with my stock > OOo writer (using lenny here). I've obviously been lucky! Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201009191713.08874.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: Viewing Office 2007 files
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 16:51, Lisi wrote: > No need. The version of OOo in Lenny, 2.4.1, (which is really, of course, > the oxygen version), can read docx files. > OOo 3.0 was much better than 2.x for reading .docx files, and OOo 3.1 was even better. Google For OOo Ninja's articles on the matter. By the way, although 3.2 did not add much for MSO interoperability, it is _much_ faster than previous versions. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktim5yqryrcvkuzuhgumzc0rkjyv3pbsqdglu=...@mail.gmail.com
how to use wireless without network-manager or wicd
Hi, I run a laptop with lenny and debian kernel 2.6.32 that runs wireless. I connected to the laptop via USB a disk that contains a partition that also has debian kernel 2.6.32 but sid and that doesn't have network manager or wicd installed. How would I get wireless going without them on that USB disk? The laptop wireless module b43 gets loaded when I boot from the uSB disk. /etc/network/interfaces has: # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i75frd$v0...@dough.gmane.org
Re: Viewing Office 2007 files
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 17:00, Camaleón wrote: > I've encountered many ".docx" files that cannot be opened with my stock > OOo writer (using lenny here). > Camaleón and others, please send to me (in private mail) MSO files that do not display well in Open Office. I will file bugs on the matter and get them fixed. We really need more real-world documents! Please try to remove all sensitive information from the documents because they will likely be uploaded to a public bugtracker. If that is impossible, then make sure to make that clear in the email, so that I won't upload them. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikhaupm+jnre7ekevmsocjhmsycqsgv1_sor...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Viewing Office 2007 files
Must agree with Dotan. OOo 3.2 was a big step forward to a really efficient MSOffice alternative and should really be used instead of older versions when possible. 2010/9/19 Dotan Cohen > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 16:51, Lisi wrote: > > No need. The version of OOo in Lenny, 2.4.1, (which is really, of > course, > > the oxygen version), can read docx files. > > > > OOo 3.0 was much better than 2.x for reading .docx files, and OOo 3.1 > was even better. Google For OOo Ninja's articles on the matter. > > By the way, although 3.2 did not add much for MSO interoperability, it > is _much_ faster than previous versions. > > > -- > Dotan Cohen > > http://gibberish.co.il > http://what-is-what.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/aanlktim5yqryrcvkuzuhgumzc0rkjyv3pbsqdglu...@mail.gmail.com > >
Re: how to use wireless without network-manager or wicd
http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse This will give you a good starting point. Past the wicd instructions you'll see how to configure a wireless card from /etc/network/interfaces. It's basically the same as a wired card plus some extra parameters for the wireless protection. 2010/9/19 hugo vanwoerkom > Hi, > > I run a laptop with lenny and debian kernel 2.6.32 that runs wireless. > > I connected to the laptop via USB a disk that contains a partition that > also has debian kernel 2.6.32 but sid and that doesn't have network manager > or wicd installed. > > How would I get wireless going without them on that USB disk? > > The laptop wireless module b43 gets loaded when I boot from the uSB disk. > > /etc/network/interfaces has: > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The primary network interface > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > Hugo > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i75frd$v0...@dough.gmane.org > >
Re: Viewing Office 2007 files
On Sunday 19 September 2010 07:52:09 Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 19. 09. 2010 15:41:40 je T o n g napisal(a): > > Hi, > > > > It's so annoying that Ms changes its file format again and people > > started > > to jumping ships. I can't view any of the Office 2007 files that > > people > > sent me. What's your solution to it (word and excel)? > > The best FOSS solution you can use is OpenOffice. Google docs might be helpfull. pdf works everywhere. snip > Several good points in case may be found in: > http://www.fsf.org/news/why-im-rejecting-your-email-attachment > and, of course, in: > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > Thanks > +1 Also on why MS ooxml (docx?) iso standard isn't working. http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Architects_on_OOXML -- Peace, Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201009191117.19519.gomadtr...@gci.net
Re: Viewing Office 2007 files
On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:17:19 -0800, Greg Madden wrote: >> > It's so annoying that Ms changes its file format again and people >> > started >> > to jumping ships. I can't view any of the Office 2007 files that >> > people >> > sent me. What's your solution to it (word and excel)? >> > >> > > The best FOSS solution you can use is OpenOffice. Google docs might be > helpfull. pdf works everywhere. Thanks everyone for the responds. OK, OOo is a no brainier. I meant, none of those smaller, command line tools like wv, catdoc, xlhtml etc works any more, in regarding of Office 2007, right? Any command line, text tools that survives? Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i75qfc$6b...@dough.gmane.org
Re: how to use wireless without network-manager or wicd
Dne, 19. 09. 2010 19:04:41 je hugo vanwoerkom napisal(a): Hi, I run a laptop with lenny and debian kernel 2.6.32 that runs wireless. I connected to the laptop via USB a disk that contains a partition that also has debian kernel 2.6.32 but sid and that doesn't have network manager or wicd installed. How would I get wireless going without them on that USB disk? The laptop wireless module b43 gets loaded when I boot from the uSB disk. /etc/network/interfaces has: # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i75frd$v0...@dough.gmane.org I'd add something like: auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.2.111 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.2.1 wireless-essid My_Home_Network -- Regards, Klistvud Certifiable Loonix User #481801 http://bufferoverflow.tiddlyspot.com Please reply to the list, not to me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1284928462.2471...@compax
Re: Proposed Fluxbox style for Debian
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Dale wrote: > Hi All, > > I have done some more work and now have 2 styles going so people can > choose either the light or the dark. All can be found on the wiki[1] > at the the usual place. > > Comments and/or suggestions more than welcome :-) > > Regards > Dale > > [1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Debian_LibStick > > ... Nice... Are they going to replace "Debian-blue" and "Debian-dark" which come with unstable, and I believe sqeeze as well? I think when one doesn't specify a style, the one chosen by default on debian unstable (perhaps sqeeze as well) is "Debian-dark", which is also nice BTW... -- Javier. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktim08rbvywdody=o3rytotittrtte0a+gzih8...@mail.gmail.com
ps - Illegal Instruction
This is a new install of Lenny on Windows 7 Virtual PC. I basically took the defaults, with a couple of changes to get it to install and get gnome's display correct. I still have several problems, which may be related. The easiest one to find is an "Illegal Instruction" when I run a simple ps command. This occurs whether I run as a user or root. I've done a lot of looking, but don't seem to find anything similar. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm still pretty much a noob on Linux, so please be gentle :) TIA. Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c96a7ae.6020...@attglobal.net
Re: ps - Illegal Instruction
Jerry Stuckle writes: > I still have several problems, which may be related. The easiest one > to find is an "Illegal Instruction" when I run a simple ps command. > This occurs whether I run as a user or root. So gnome starts but ps fails? Very odd. Please 1) apt-get install debsums 2) debsums to see if any files are corrupted. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/84wrqh1cvu@sauna.l.org
RE: ps - Illegal Instruction
> On Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:15:42 -0400 > > This is a new install of Lenny on Windows 7 Virtual PC. I basically > took the defaults, with a couple of changes to get it to install and get > gnome's display correct. > > I still have several problems, which may be related. The easiest one to > find is an "Illegal Instruction" when I run a simple ps command. This > occurs whether I run as a user or root. > > I've done a lot of looking, but don't seem to find anything similar. > Does anyone have any ideas? > > I'm still pretty much a noob on Linux, so please be gentle :) > Have you tried any other Linux environments through your Virtual PC? Or maybe even tried Virtual Box or VMware on Windows 7 to run Linux? I have had sucess with both, but I never tried Microsoft's Virtual PC. -M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/bay148-w53ae556bb674358520a3b3ef...@phx.gbl
Re: ps - Illegal Instruction
On 9/19/2010 7:15 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: This is a new install of Lenny on Windows 7 Virtual PC. I basically took the defaults, with a couple of changes to get it to install and get gnome's display correct. I still have several problems, which may be related. The easiest one to find is an "Illegal Instruction" when I run a simple ps command. This occurs whether I run as a user or root. I've done a lot of looking, but don't seem to find anything similar. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm still pretty much a noob on Linux, so please be gentle :) Your problem is probably Virtual PC. Try Virtualbox (free) or VMware server (free) or VMware Desktop (paid and kind of expensive but much more usable for newbies than server). I have some Virtualbox installations, and Debian---both 32-bit and 64-bit---runs great on it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c96af71.1050...@allums.com
Re: Proposed Fluxbox style for Debian
On 20 September 2010 06:50, Javier Vasquez wrote: > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Dale wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I have done some more work and now have 2 styles going so people can >> choose either the light or the dark. All can be found on the wiki[1] >> at the the usual place. >> >> Comments and/or suggestions more than welcome :-) >> >> Regards >> Dale >> >> [1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Debian_LibStick >> >> ... > > Nice... Are they going to replace "Debian-blue" and "Debian-dark" > which come with unstable, and I believe sqeeze as well? I think when > one doesn't specify a style, the one chosen by default on debian > unstable (perhaps sqeeze as well) is "Debian-dark", which is also nice > BTW... > > -- > Javier. > Hi Javier & All, Thanks, I hoping they both make it into the Debian Fluxbox and one of them to become the default style for Fluxbox (fingers and toes crossed, hehe) when a a style is not chosen. Most this work started cause of the style 'debian_squeeze_dark', which I found rather glitchy. Anyways I hope people are enjoying the styles. as usual any comments or suggests feel free to contact me :-) Regards Dale -- [WWW] http://quail.southernvaleslug.org/ "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them" - Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktin5qnvyd=quzzzkkvuwc=nqnhhw_gclqxdko...@mail.gmail.com
Re: ps - Illegal Instruction
On 9/19/2010 8:23 PM, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: Jerry Stuckle writes: I still have several problems, which may be related. The easiest one to find is an "Illegal Instruction" when I run a simple ps command. This occurs whether I run as a user or root. So gnome starts but ps fails? Very odd. Please 1) apt-get install debsums 2) debsums to see if any files are corrupted. Hi, Timo, and thanks for responding. Yes, gnome starts, although occasionally I get debsums by itself found a LOT of good files, so I ran it with -s. The only mismatch it found was on /usr/lib/openoffice/share/config/javasettingsunopkginstall.xml. That shouldn't be a problem. Rerunning with -a -s added a mismatch for /etc/console-tools/config But I don't think that should be a problem, either. Further testing indicates when I boot into the single user mode, ps works fine. Also, during normal boot I found an Illegal Instruction message for sysctl - which fails from a command line on normal boot also, but works in single user mode. And as to the suggestions from other users to try another VM - that's not open for discussion unless you can tell my why the one that comes with Windows 7 doesn't work. Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c96bbac.4090...@attglobal.net
Re: ps - Illegal Instruction
On 9/19/2010 8:41 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: And as to the suggestions from other users to try another VM - that's not open for discussion unless you can tell my why the one that comes with Windows 7 doesn't work. It doesn't work because it doesn't work. Microsoft doesn't care if any OS besides a Microsoft-produced one works. That's what Virtual PC is for, to run MS OSes. I have tried it. It is unstable with the distributions of Linux I tried. Debian 4,5, Ubuntu 5,6,8, Mandriva, SuSE. SuSE worked best. Virtual PC 2004 and 2007 worked better than Windows 7. Good luck. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c96c024.40...@allums.com
Re: Proposed Fluxbox style for Debian
On 2010-09-18 22:31:06 +0930, Dale wrote: > Hi All, > > I have done some more work and now have 2 styles going so people can > choose either the light or the dark. All can be found on the wiki[1] > at the the usual place. > > Comments and/or suggestions more than welcome :-) > > On 17 September 2010 14:01, Dale wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have done some fixing and theses are the fixes I have done, > > > > * Fixed the fade on the menu > > * Adjusted toolbar, window title bar, menu bar heights from 14 to 18 > > * Adjusted font sizes to suit. > > > > I have also added and overlay example to the wiki page[1] of some > > overrides to the theme, and updated the screenshots. > > > > Comments and/or suggestions more than welcome > > > > On 16 September 2010 18:35, Dale wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I have been working on a new Fluxbox style[1] for Debian and hopefully > > > come the default theme for a release like squeeze, or the next the > > > next Debian release. > > > > > > Comments and/or suggestions more than welcome > > > Dale, The scheme that is called Light does not seem very light to me. I see that it has more contrast than the Dark theme, but it still uses a dark background and dark window titles. Overall, it still looks like a dark theme to me, albeit one with more contrast. Maybe the name is misleading? When I think about a typical light theme, I think of a light colored background with dark text. For example, the editor that is showing in one of the screenshots is using the GTK theme Clearlooks (I think). That is a light theme because it uses white and light gray backgrounds, black text, and color for accents. It might be nice to have a true light theme for people who like those. Apparently, a lot of people like them. Or it might suffice to change the name of the existing second theme? I guess I would vote for more difference between the two themes. Some ideas to take or leave, no need to change anything on my account. Phil -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100920020731.ga13...@kasploosh.net
Re: ps - Illegal Instruction
On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:48:49 -0500 Mark Allums wrote: > Your problem is probably Virtual PC. Try Virtualbox (free) or VMware > server (free) or VMware Desktop (paid and kind of expensive but much > more usable for newbies than server). Its a known problem. very much a known problem! its something with the software emulation of certain bits of hardware... From what I know. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: ps - Illegal Instruction
On 9/19/2010 10:00 PM, Mark Allums wrote: On 9/19/2010 8:41 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: And as to the suggestions from other users to try another VM - that's not open for discussion unless you can tell my why the one that comes with Windows 7 doesn't work. It doesn't work because it doesn't work. Microsoft doesn't care if any OS besides a Microsoft-produced one works. That's what Virtual PC is for, to run MS OSes. I have tried it. It is unstable with the distributions of Linux I tried. Debian 4,5, Ubuntu 5,6,8, Mandriva, SuSE. SuSE worked best. Virtual PC 2004 and 2007 worked better than Windows 7. Good luck. As I said - unless you can tell me WHY it doesn't work, it's not open for discussion. The fact you tried it with one distro and don't like Microsoft are NOT valid reasons. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c96d0d6.30...@attglobal.net
Re: ps - Illegal Instruction
On 9/19/2010 10:11 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: As I said - unless you can tell me WHY it doesn't work, it's not open for discussion. The fact you tried it with one distro and don't like Microsoft are NOT valid reasons. I did not say I don't like Microsoft. I tried it with seven distros. Granted, not today's distros. Well, Lenny and six others. If you don't want to use a non-MS product, fine. I think you are doomed to frustration. If you want a Microsoft product, install Server 2008 R2 and enable the Hyper-V role. Hyper-V will run Linux and UNIX(tm). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c96d49c.40...@allums.com
Re: ps - Illegal Instruction
On 20/09/10 13:11, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 9/19/2010 10:00 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
>> On 9/19/2010 8:41 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>
>>> And as to the suggestions from other users to try another VM - that's
>>> not open for discussion unless you can tell my why the one that comes
>>> with Windows 7 doesn't work.
>>
>> It doesn't work because it doesn't work.
>>
>> Microsoft doesn't care if any OS besides a Microsoft-produced one works.
>> That's what Virtual PC is for, to run MS OSes.
>>
>> I have tried it. It is unstable with the distributions of Linux I tried.
>> Debian 4,5, Ubuntu 5,6,8, Mandriva, SuSE. SuSE worked best. Virtual PC
>> 2004 and 2007 worked better than Windows 7.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>>
>
> As I said - unless you can tell me WHY it doesn't work, it's not open
> for discussion. The fact you tried it with one distro and don't like
> Microsoft are NOT valid reasons.
>
>
A couple of points (please bear with me Jerry).
You don't tell us whether your CPU support hardware virtualization
(could be important)
You don't tell us anything about how you have Virtual PC configured for
Lenny
The suggestion that you try VirtualBox could be misinterpreted to mean:-
Microsoft sucks, which would be wrong. It's suggested because:-
A. it'll give another lot of data that may help resolve the problem with
Virtual PC
B. Some of us "know" that the Virtual PC that is bundled with Windows 7
has been optimised to run earlier versions of Windows ('cause we
searched the Microsoft Knowledge Base).
C. Not m/any(?) on this list have experience with Linux under Windows 7
Virtual PC *because it does not* natively support Linux
That said - earlier versions of Virtual PC have supported Linux - it is
possible that Windows 7 Virtual PC can be made to support Linux...
First I suggest you confirm that your CPU does support hardware
virtualization (not necessary to run Linux in a VM, maybe critical to
Virtual PC).
Let us know what configuration you are using in Virtual PC.
Cheers
PS. scroll down to the section labelled "Supported Operating Systems"
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/requirements.aspx
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Re: ps - Illegal Instruction
On 20/09/10 10:15, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > This is a new install of Lenny on Windows 7 Virtual PC. I basically > took the defaults, with a couple of changes to get it to install and > get gnome's display correct. > > I still have several problems, which may be related. The easiest one > to find is an "Illegal Instruction" when I run a simple ps command. > This occurs whether I run as a user or root. > > I've done a lot of looking, but don't seem to find anything similar. > Does anyone have any ideas? > > I'm still pretty much a noob on Linux, so please be gentle :) > > TIA. > > Jerry > > This thread describes getting Ubuntu running in Windows 7 Virtual PC, the information "may" be useful to you. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1466888 Cheers -- *In case you never receive this mail, please notify me immediately* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c96ddb7.70...@gmail.com
Re: ps - Illegal Instruction
Jerry Stuckle writes: > And as to the suggestions from other users to try another VM - that's > not open for discussion unless you can tell my why the one that comes > with Windows 7 doesn't work. It's fairly difficult to answer such a guestion, especially without source code to Windows 7 :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/84sk15129p@sauna.l.org
Re: ps - Illegal Instruction
On 20/09/10 14:12, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: > Jerry Stuckle writes: >> And as to the suggestions from other users to try another VM - that's >> not open for discussion unless you can tell my why the one that comes >> with Windows 7 doesn't work. > It's fairly difficult to answer such a guestion, especially without > source code to Windows 7 :-) > > > > Timo, how big is your mail box? ;-p -- *In case you never receive this mail, please notify me immediately* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c96e133.7000...@gmail.com
Re: Proposed Fluxbox style for Debian
Hi Phil, On 20 September 2010 11:37, Phil Requirements wrote: > The scheme that is called Light does not seem very light to me. I see > that it has more contrast than the Dark theme, but it still uses a > dark background and dark window titles. Overall, it still looks like a > dark theme to me, albeit one with more contrast. Maybe the name is > misleading? Yeah you are right there. I am not the best at naming thing things. It was a friend the came up with the name of the theme for me. Maybe I can call the the lighter font one 'Debian LibStick Dark Contrast' and leave the other called 'Debian LibStick Dark'. > > When I think about a typical light theme, I think of a light colored > background with dark text. For example, the editor that is showing in > one of the screenshots is using the GTK theme Clearlooks (I > think). That is a light theme because it uses white and light gray > backgrounds, black text, and color for accents. The GTK theme I am using is 'Murrina-Leopard-Mod' with the 'gtk2-engines-murrine' as the murrine engine seems to be a lot faster than Clearlooks. > > It might be nice to have a true light theme for people who like those. > Apparently, a lot of people like them. Or it might suffice to change > the name of the existing second theme? I guess I would vote for more > difference between the two themes. As I am not much of an artist I have yet to find a nice Debian light background to use, maybe the default 'debian-blueish-wallpaper.svg' will do. I have been thinking of doing a proper light version Fluxbox style. > > Some ideas to take or leave, no need to change anything on my account. Thanks for your input it very much appreciated :-) Regards Dale -- [WWW] http://quail.southernvaleslug.org/ "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them" - Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinm9beeltearwmfj+mx_==q+=vp6dcydkp...@mail.gmail.com
