Can't print Japanese pdf files generated with `platex' and `dvipdfmx'
Hi,
After installing all kind of packages on my Debian edge system and
following all kind of howtos I found on the net, I am finally able
to generate and view Japanese pdf files using kpdf (I was not able
to make evince display the file and therefore installed kpdf).
But still my printer will not print anything (neither from kpdf nor
when using kprinter) and just signals an Error...
What can I do?
Printer: HP PhotoSmart 2575a All-in-One
Driver: HPLIP 1.6.10 ( http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ )
Thanks, Dietrich
Some notes:
* ~/.xpdfr
In order to make kpdf work, I installed xpdf-japanese and created
the file ~/.xpdfrc containing the line `include /etc/xpdf/xpdfrc'.
(I followed the indications on page
http://debian.fam.cx/index.php?Japanese )
In the latter file all kind of fonts are described:
...
displayFontT1 Times-Roman /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/n021003l.pfb
displayFontT1 Times-Italic /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/n021023l.pfb
...
Do I have to do something similar to make the printer driver know about
the necessary fonts?
* my test file:
echo '---'; cat neko.tex; echo '---'
---
\documentclass[a4paper]{jarticle}
\usepackage{color}
\begin{document}
\title{\LaTeX 吾輩は猫である。}
\author{名前はまだ無い。}
\maketitle
\section{猫}
吾輩は{\color{red}猫}である。
wagahai wa neko de aru.
\end{document}
---
* what I tried to generate and print the pdf file
platex neko.tex
xdvi neko.dvi &
dvipdfmx neko.dvi
# evince doesn't work (displays Kanji - but not the correct ones):
### evince neko.pdf &
# kpdf displays the Kanji correctly - but doesn't print the document
(Error...):
kpdf neko.pdf &
# kprinter also displays an error when trying to print neko.pdf
### kprinter neko.pdf
Thanks again :)
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How to make work dual monitors with Debian etch on an IBM x60s ThinkPad?
Hi, I am using Debian etch on an IBM x60s ThinkPad and would like to use the laptop monitor in parallel with an external one. But whatever I try - if an external monitor is connected, the laptop monitor remains black... If there is anybody who could have a look on my attempts to make this work using the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, I would be most grateful :) Is there anything else than changing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf configuration I could / should try? Thanks, Dietrich Here comes the output of `lspci': lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) 15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b4) 15:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 09) 15:00.2 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 18) And here some sections from /etc/X11/xorg.conf # I tried to use the following 2 "Device" sections... Section "Device" Identifier"Generic Video Card" Driver"vesa" BusID"PCI:0:2:0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier"Generic Video Card - Second Monitor" Driver"vesa" BusID"PCI:0:2:1" EndSection # ... and these 2 "Monitor" sections... Section "Monitor" Identifier"Generic Monitor" Option"DPMS" HorizSync30-81 VertRefresh56-75 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier"Second Generic Monitor" Option"DPMS" HorizSync30-81 VertRefresh56-75 EndSection # ... and also 2 "Screen" sections... Section "Screen" Identifier"Default Screen" Device"Generic Video Card" Monitor"Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth24 SubSection "Display" Depth1 Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth4 Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth8 Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth15 Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth16 Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth24 Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier"Second Screen" Device"Generic Video Card - Second Monitor" Monitor"Second Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth24 SubSection "Display" Depth1 Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth4 Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth8 Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth15 Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth16 Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth24 Modes"1280x1024" "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection # together with the following "ServerLayout": Section "ServerLayout" Identifier"Default Layout" Opt
Re: Re: How to make work dual monitors with Debian etch on an IBM x60s ThinkPad?
Hi Florian, Thanks for your answer :) --- I tried all kind of combinations following your indications (and those in the other mails) but without a convincing result. Here come my observations: --- On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:03:28 +0100, Florian Kulzer > On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 14:36:18 +0900, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: [...] > > I am using Debian etch on an IBM x60s ThinkPad > > and would like to use the laptop monitor in parallel with an external one. [...] > I am not sure about having two "Device" sections. I have an Intel 855GM > Display Controller in my laptop and I only need one Device section to > have the two outputs. Your card should use the same driver so I would > expect that it should work similarly. Thanks - I tried all kind of different configurations using only one "Device" section (also the default one generated by `dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg' - which didn't work at all). The results are listed later... > I think you should try to have only one "Device" section which specifies > the "i810" driver instead of "vesa". I also think you can comment out > the BusID line. Make sure, however, that the package > "xserver-xorg-video-i810" is installed because you need it to have > the i810 module available at all. I strongly suspect that the package is > missing on your system because otherwise the "i810" driver should have > been chosen automatically during the initial Xorg setup. Ok. I did as you wrote. The "xserver-xorg-video-i810" package actually was installed and I have no idea why it wasn't used... > If your X starts with the "i810" configuration then you can try if the > external output works at all, either with the built-in keys of the > laptop (Fn + something; this does not work for my laptop) or by > installing the package "i810switch" which gives you commands to switch > the two outputs on and off (this should work more reliably). As before - the external screen worked, but not the laptop screen. Neither the "Fn + something" keys nor the "i810switch" worked. The latter one shows the same error message as reported by Tyle in his answer ( http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/01/msg03919.html ) to the current thread: > [...] > I've got the right drivers installed and set up i xorg - i810 > I've got tpb installed for using the thinkpad special keys > I just now installed i810switch, as suggested above in this thread. > > The Fn-F7 combo doesn't do anything. i810switch gives the following: > > PCI id of i810 is not recognized. > [...] I also tried the configuration you listed in your other mail ( http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/01/msg03963.html ) The Layout named "cloned" actually switches on the laptop display and after a generative artwork is shown: The screen changes from dark to white and shows a very fancy design made out of lots of parallel lines in between. Interesting to look at - and some positive result at least: the screen is switched on! - but not really the thing I want. > If the outputs both work at the same time then you have to decide what > exactly you want. If you want the external output to show the same thing > as the internal one (e.g. for beamer presentations) then you can either > use the i810switch commands to activate and deactivate it as needed or > you can define a "Cloning" configuration in xorg.conf. This should be your "cloned" configuration I was writing about above > If, on the other > hand, you want the two displays show different things, then you indeed > need Xinerama like in your present xorg.conf (which I snipped from this > email). I can post a working Cloning configuration and I am sure that > somebody else will have an example for a proper Xinerama setup, but > first we need to know that the "i810" driver works properly for you. > (Also, of course, "man i810" has more information on the driver and its > capabilities.) I agree - and try Xinerama after I made the cloned configuration work... As my results are very much the same as those Tyler wrote about in http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/01/msg03919.html I also will post the results of the commands you where listing in your answer to his mail ( http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/01/msg03966.html ) > lspci | egrep -i 'vga|display|graphic' > awk '/Section "Device|Screen|ServerLayout"/,/EndSection/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf > egrep '^\((EE|WW)\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log $ lspci | egrep -i 'vga|display|graphic' 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: In
realtime-lsm module and vanilla 2.6.24 kernel
Hi, I would like to use the new vanilla 2.6.24 kernel with the realtime-lsm module. But it seems to be not possible anymore to configure the vanilla 2.6.24 kernel to compile the security capabilities as module as described in the README for the Debian realtime-lsm package in /usr/share/doc/realtime-lsm/README.Debian . Should I - wait for an update of the realtime-lsm module? - try one of - CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y - # CONFIG_XFRM_SUB_POLICY is not set - CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=m - do something else? Thanks, Dietrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: realtime-lsm module and vanilla 2.6.24 kernel
On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 15:06 +0900, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to use the new vanilla 2.6.24 kernel with the > realtime-lsm module. Probably I should also mention that I am using Ingo Molnar's realtime preemption patch (which relies on the vanilla kernel): - kernel: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.24.tar.bz2 - realtime preemption patch: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/patch-2.6.24-rt1.bz2 > But it seems to be not possible anymore to configure the vanilla > 2.6.24 kernel to compile the security capabilities as module as > described in the README for the Debian realtime-lsm package in > /usr/share/doc/realtime-lsm/README.Debian . > > Should I > > - wait for an update of the realtime-lsm module? > - try one of > - CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y > - # CONFIG_XFRM_SUB_POLICY is not set Sorry, I meant: - # CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES is not set > - CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=m > - do something else? Thanks again, Dietrich I also append the README from the realtime-lsm package ( /usr/share/doc/realtime-lsm/README.Debian ): --- The realtime kernel module for Debian - The default configuration allows all users in the audio group (or applications that are setgid audio) to access the kernel with higher scheduling priority and to lock their memory. The default configuration gives you maximum security and performance. In order to change this behaviour you can edit the /etc/default/realtime file. Debian kernels are built in a way that won't allow you to use the realtime-lsm module. In order to use it, you have to build your own kernel, and configure the CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES as a module. The easiest way is to install the Debian linux-source package corresponding to your kernel, unpack it in /usr/src and copy the configuration like this: cat /boot/config-2.6.17-1-686 | sed s/CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=y/CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=m/ > /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.17/.config Adapt the kernel version according to yours. You can also do this step manually, by copying the configuration from /boot/ or configuring yourself, just make sure that CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=m, thats the whole point of it. Build the new kernel with > make-kpkg --initrd --revision 1 --append-to-version -1-lsm kernel_image and install the resulting .deb. Afer that, you can build the realtime-lsm with module-assistant: > m-a build realtime-lsm or build it with make-kpkg: Make sure your version.h is up to date (in case you did not compile the source) > make modules_prepare compile: > make-kpkg modules-image and install it: dpkg -i /usr/src/realtime-lsm-module-*.deb -- Guenter Geiger (Debian/GNU) <...snip...>, Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:12:32 +0100 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cpu constantly busy on debian sid without doing anything...
Since some time the two cpu's of my system (Debian sid running on a thinkpad laptop x60s) are constantly busy up to the point that even the key-repeat (pushing down some key for repetitious input) doesn't work anymore when using an external usb keyboard. the system monitor shows for example: CPU History: ... cpu1 76.2%, CPU2 77.8% and using top I find: Cpu(s): 70.3%us, 5.4%sy, 0.0%ni, 21.6%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 2.7%si, 0.0%st but no busy processes are listed (Xorg: 4% cpu, gnome-system-monitor 3% cpu, hald 1%cpu, epiphany-browse 1%cpu, top 1%cpu, mysqld 0%cpu...) I wouldn't mind so much if I still could use crtr-h, ctrl-f, ctrl-n, ... normally in my emacs. But for the moment even editing a simple text file is a pain because of key-repeat being so slow :( Any idea what could be the reason? Thanks, Dietrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cpu constantly busy on debian sid without doing anything...
Hi Ron, On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 04:40 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/18/08 03:50, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > > Since some time the two cpu's of my system (Debian sid running on a > > thinkpad laptop x60s) are constantly busy up to the point that even the > > key-repeat (pushing down some key for repetitious input) doesn't work > > anymore when using an external usb keyboard. > > > > the system monitor shows for example: > > > > CPU History: ... cpu1 76.2%, CPU2 77.8% > > > > and using top I find: > > > > Cpu(s): 70.3%us, 5.4%sy, 0.0%ni, 21.6%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 2.7%si, 0.0%st > > > > but no busy processes are listed (Xorg: 4% cpu, gnome-system-monitor 3% > > cpu, hald 1%cpu, epiphany-browse 1%cpu, top 1%cpu, mysqld 0%cpu...) > > > > I wouldn't mind so much if I still could use crtr-h, ctrl-f, ctrl-n, ... > > normally in my emacs. But for the moment even editing a simple text > > file is a pain because of key-repeat being so slow :( > > > > Any idea what could be the reason? > > I hate to say this, but what happens if you reboot? Still the same problem after rebooting. Sometimes I had the impression that things are worse after rebooting and become better if I wait for a while. Than I thought 'beagle' might be the reason and deinstalled it - without any change. Today my computer runs for hours already and the little "System Monitor" applet in my gnome panel is at least half blue all the time (blue is used for showing activity). The system monitor shows peaks, not a constant activity pattern. If it was Windows I would think about some virus - but I am using linux... Could this be related to the new kernel? Thanks (will try to reboot once more now) Dietrich PS: I wrote about the same problem another email already - with the subject: repeated input by holding down a key doesn't work when using a USB keyboard Just in order to relate the two threads I include it here once again: > Hi, > > Since my last update of the debian sid system on my laptop > the repeated input of the same key by holding down the key > for a longer time doesn't work anymore when using an > external USB keyboard. > > I am using CTRL-b / CTRL-f / CTRL-p / CTRL-n etc. all the time > when editing texts - and find myself forced to hit the key an > infinite number of times like a professional gamer instead of > just pushing it once and holding it down for a longer time :( > > The laptop keyboard works as before... > > Any hint? > > Thanks, Dietrich > > - -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New > York is doomed." > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkhY2BwACgkQS9HxQb37XmcGBgCeNDVG5rlMLnLG0f8wnQ7d4ZHi > 24EAmwb7exiRvR7czSyU0ddxcr0a70uQ > =wjYq > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apache virtual host configuration...
Hi, The syntax for virtual hosts configuration seems to have changed... Until now I used the following syntax: (taken from the configuration files in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/) ... ServerName foo.bar ... ...which seems to not work anymore. I could make the virtual host foo.bar work again by changing the second configuration to ServerName foo.bar ... but now even http://localhost/ is directed to the default page of the virtual host foo.bar... How do I have to change the apache configuration files to make things work again? Thanks, Dietrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Which one should I install on IBM X60s laptop? - Sarge or etch?
Hi, I would like to install Debian on my IBM X60s laptop. The processor is an Intel Core Duo T2300. Which release has better chances to work, sarge or etch? Thanks for your help, Dietrich Motivation: I already tried to install DeMuDi ( http://demudi.org/ ) as I am interested in a low-latency kernel, unfortunately without result. I then decided to try Debian and to later experiment with low-latency patches myself using the http://demudi.agnula.org/wiki/Low-latencyKernelBuildingHowto . This HowTo praises the 2.6 series of the vanilla Linux kernel. Probably this kernel only can be used with etch? Some internet pages concerning the IBM Lenovo X60s: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X60s http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/notebooks/thinkpad/x-series/index.html Specs: http://www5.pc.ibm.com/us/me.nsf/webdocs-L/Data+Sheet:ThinkPad+X60+and+X60s+notebooks:English/$FILE/TPD01581-USEN-00.pdf I bought the computer in Japan and therefore have a Japanese Keyboard. I don't know it there are any other differences. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which one should I install on IBM X60s laptop? - Sarge or etch?
Albert Dengg wrote: though if you can spend the bandwith to try i would probably reocmmend to try to start with a standard sarge netinst cd (if you want to have the newer apps later on, you can easily upgrade, but not downgrade). Ok, so I will start with a sarge netinst. By the way, is it possible to compile a http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ on this system or do I have to upgrade before doing so? Thanks, Dietrich yours Albert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can't resize partition with qtparted / parted
Hi, I would like to install Debian in a second partition beside fedora but can't resize my fedora partition neither with qtparted nor with parted. parted prints the following warning message: Warning: You requested to resize the partition to 12103.660 - 41076.643MB. The closest parted can manage is 12103.660 - 71076.643MB. Ok/Cancel? 12103.660 - 71076.643MB is exactly the current size I want to change... QTparted, started from SystemRescueCd ( http://www.sysresccd.org ), would print to have been successful - but not resize anything... Also, parted seems not to be able to understand the file system of my fedora installation. Number Start End SizeType File system Flags 1 32kB13GB13GBprimary ntfs boot 3 13GB13GB107MB primary ext3 4 13GB75GB62GBextended lba 5 13GB75GB62GBlogicallvm 2 75GB80GB5489MB primary fat32 (This listing was generated with parted installed in fedora; when I actually tried to resize the partition I used the version on the newest Knoppix CD. As Knoppix couldn't find an xserver working with my graphics card I couldn't use QTparted and therefore tried to resize with parted.) By the way, I also used QTparted (but an older version from SystemRescueCd) to get the space from the Windows partition when I installed fedora... What can I do? Should I use some other tool - and if so, which one could work? Thanks, Dietrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
debian sid & gnome
Hi, Since weeks I can't update debian sid as apt-get always wants to remove gnome: apt-get dist-upgrade [...] The following packages will be REMOVED: epiphany-extensions fast-user-switch-applet gnome gnome-desktop-environment gnome-system-tools k3b libavcodeccvs51 libavdevicecvs52 libavformatcvs52 libavutilcvs49 liboobs-1-3 libpostproccvs51 libswscalecvs0 libuim5 scim-uim [...] As I couldn't find any mails from other users about this problem, I finally wonder if there is something wrong with my system. Should I continue to wait for some more weeks until finally gnome can be updated again or is there some better way to proceed? Thanks, Dietrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian sid & gnome
Hi Ron. On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 22:16 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Since weeks I can't update debian sid as apt-get always wants to remove > > gnome: > > I have to ask: do you "apt-get update"? Of course I did :) > Try upgrading a handful of packages at a time. That will show you > where the problem is. "apt-show-packages -u | sort" is handy. I couldn't find 'apt-show-packages' - even google only lists six pages when searching for 'apt-show-packages': http://www.google.com/search?q=apt-show-packages Where can I find it? Is there some way to list the package dependencies used when trying to upgrade debian? Having a dependency tree it should be easy to understand why apt-get always wants to uninstall gnome. Thanks for your answer, Dietrich > - -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian sid & gnome
Hi Daniel,
On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 21:21 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:31:16AM +0900, Dietrich Bollmann <[EMAIL
> PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Since weeks I can't update debian sid as apt-get always wants to remove
> > gnome:
> >
> > apt-get dist-upgrade
> > [...]
> > The following packages will be REMOVED:
> > epiphany-extensions fast-user-switch-applet gnome
> > gnome-desktop-environment gnome-system-tools k3b libavcodeccvs51
> > libavdevicecvs52 libavformatcvs52 libavutilcvs49 liboobs-1-3
> > libpostproccvs51 libswscalecvs0 libuim5 scim-uim
> > [...]
> >
> > As I couldn't find any mails from other users about this problem, I
> > finally wonder if there is something wrong with my system.
> >
> > Should I continue to wait for some more weeks until finally gnome can be
> > updated again or is there some better way to proceed?
>
> What do you get if you run "aptitude -s full-upgrade"? (this won't
> modify your system at all) If it suggests removing packages to solve
> dependencies, enter "o" at the prompt to find out why.
A strangely different result:
- it complains about gnome being broken
- it doesn't want to remove gnome this time - but kde.
(... apt-get didn't complain about kde at all...)
How can it be possible that two tools trying to do the same thing
propose so much differing solutions?
I am not using kde for the moment - and wouldn't mind to deinstall it
if only I could be sure that the system still continues to work after
the update...
What do you think should I do?
Thanks, Dietrich
PS: I appended the output of 'aptitude -s full-upgrade' :
>
> Daniel
Here the output of: aptitude -s full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
The following packages are BROKEN:
gnome k3b kdenetwork scim-uim system-tools-backends
The following NEW packages will be installed:
acroread-dictionary-en{a} acroread-l10n-en{a} cpp-4.3{a} cups{a}
cups-client{a} cups-common{a} cups-dbg{a} g++-4.3{a} gcc-4.3{a}
grhino{a} libavahi-ui0{a} libavcodec51{a} libavdevice52{a}
libavformat52{a} libavutil49{a} libbind9-40{a} libcap2{a} libcups2{a}
libcups2-dev{a} libdc1394-22{a} libdns42{a} libepc-1.0-1{a}
libepc-ui-1.0-1{a} libgtk-vnc-1.0-0{a} libgtk2-imageview-perl{a}
libgtkimageview0{a} libgweather-common{a} libgweather1{a} libisc41{a}
libisccc40{a} libisccfg40{a} liblwres40{a} libmozjs1d{a}
libmpfr1ldbl{a} libpoppler-glib3{a} libpoppler3{a} libpostproc51{a}
libpthread-stubs0{a} libpthread-stubs0-dev{a} libqt4-assistant{a}
libqt4-opengl{a} libqtgui4{a} libsoundtouch1c2{a} libspectre1{a}
libstdc++6-4.3-dev{a} libswscale0{a} libuim6{a} libxcb-xlib0{a}
libxcb-xlib0-dev{a} libxcb1-dev{a} libxerces-c28{a}
linux-image-2.6.25-2-686{a} openssh-blacklist{a}
openssh-blacklist-extra{a}
openssl-blacklist{a} python-cups{a} python-eggtrayicon{a}
python-gtkhtml2{a} python-gtkmozembed{a} python-qt4{a}
python-qt4-common{a}
system-config-printer{a} uim-qt3{a} vflib3{a} vinagre{a}
xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd{a} xulrunner-1.9{a}
xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support{a}
The following packages will be REMOVED:
cupsys-common{u} epiphany-extensions{a} gnome-cups-manager{a}
gnome-keyring-manager{u} kdenetwork-filesharing{u} ktalkd{u}
libavcodeccvs51{a} libavdevicecvs52{a} libavformatcvs52{a}
libavutilcvs49{a} libc-ares1{u} libgnomecupsui1.0-1c2a{u}
libpostproccvs51{a} libswscalecvs0{a} libuim5{a} libxdelta2{u} lisa{u}
perl-suid{u} talk{u} xdelta{u} xulrunner-gnome-support{u}
xutils-dev{u} ytalk{u}
The following packages will be upgraded:
abiword-gnome abiword-plugins-gnome acpi acpi-support
acpi-support-base acpid acroread acroread-data acroread-debian-files
acroread-escript acroread-plugins adduser alsaplayer-alsa
alsaplayer-common alsaplayer-jack alsaplayer-text anthy anthy-el
apache2
apache2-doc apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils apache2.2-common apcupsd
apcupsd-doc apt apt-doc apt-file apt-utils aptitude
aptitude-doc-en aqualung ara arj audacity avahi-autoipd avahi-daemon
avahi-utils awstats base-files bash beast bind9-host
binfmt-support binutils bittorrent blender busybox ca-certificates
capplets-data cdparanoia cdrecord cecilia cli-common cmap-adobe-cns1
cmap-adobe-gb1 cmap-adobe-japan1 console-common cpp cpp-4.2 cscope
csound csound-gui csound-utils cups-pdf cupsys cupsys-client
cupsys-dbg curl cvs darcs debconf debconf-i18n debhelper debian-el
debian-keyring debian-maintainers debianutils deskbar-applet
devscripts devscripts-el dhcp3-client dhcp3-common dictionaries-common
dnsutils doc-base doc-linux-text docbook-dsssl d
Re: debian sid & gnome
Hello, Thanks for all the answers :) I am trying to answer to all of them at once... Here my initial posting: > Since weeks I can't update debian sid as apt-get always wants to > remove gnome: > > apt-get dist-upgrade > [...] > The following packages will be REMOVED: > epiphany-extensions fast-user-switch-applet gnome > gnome-desktop-environment gnome-system-tools k3b libavcodeccvs51 > libavdevicecvs52 libavformatcvs52 libavutilcvs49 liboobs-1-3 > libpostproccvs51 libswscalecvs0 libuim5 scim-uim > [...] > > As I couldn't find any mails from other users about this problem, I > finally wonder if there is something wrong with my system. > > Should I continue to wait for some more weeks until finally gnome can > be updated again or is there some better way to proceed? The temporary solution seems to be, as Daniel, Magnus and HS proposed, to use aptitude rather than apt-get or synaptic. The following sequence updated most of my system: aptitude update aptitude safe-upgrade aptitude -s full-upgrade aptitude full-upgrade Concerning the latter command, I followed the advice of HS: Aptitude usually tells you what is broken and what is the suggested resolution. If you do not accept the suggestion, it gives you another different one and so on until you accept one or just quit the upgrade. and only accepted a partial solution. Aptitude still doesn't know about any final solution and still wants to: Remove the following packages: fast-user-switch-applet gnome gnome-desktop-environment gnome-system-tools which I am rejecting. This update / upgrade procedure removed the kde meta package which, as Tom pointed out, didn't "hurt too much as it won't remove anything except the meta package itself". Also I am currently mostly using gnome anyway. Even if my system is in a somehow inconsistent state now, I can live with this situation until the problem is solved and a new version of gnome and kde can be installed. The most important thing is that I still can update the rest of my system. In Joe's words: some of the time, the sid repositories are in an inconsistent state, and a bit of patience is required. Looking at the current rate of updates, about 70MB a day for my 2200 packages, this is not entirely surprising. and also: so that's a matter of waiting Concerning aptitude vs. apt-get / synaptic, Daniel said: The algorithms used to solve dependencies are different, so sometimes they'll produce different results. aptitude has more facilities for showing why it's doing what it's doing, which is why I suggested it. As the problem seems to concern all people using gnome on debian sid (Daniel: [...] broken gnome-system-tools [...] broken kdenetwork [...]), but still I couldn't find other postings about the problem, I suppose that most of the people using debian sid rather use aptitude than apt-get or synaptic to update their system and do not mind packages listed as broken too much :) To cite Daniel again: So, these are the dependencies it's trying to resolve. The big problems for you are probably the broken gnome-system-tools (which is required by gnome-desktop-environment) and the broken kdenetwork (which is part of kde). In the case of kdenetwork, you can't upgrade it until kde is rebuilt for your architecture -- according to packages.debian.org, packages like dcoprss are only at 4:3.5.9-2 on amd64, hppa, and ia64 so far. gnome is broken because gnome-desktop-environment depends on gnome-system-tools, which depends on both system-tools-backends and liboobs-1-3; however, the new version of system-tools-backends conflicts with liboobs-1-3. So the version of gnome in sid just can't be installed at all, ever. In other words, neither of these packages can be upgraded right now. I am happy to wait :) Thank you all for your help, Dietrich PS: Thanks to Ron for teaching me about: apt-show-versions -u | sort -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
repeated input by holding down a key doesn't work when using a USB keyboard
Hi, Since my last update of the debian sid system on my laptop the repeated input of the same key by holding down the key for a longer time doesn't work anymore when using an external USB keyboard. I am using CTRL-b / CTRL-f / CTRL-p / CTRL-n etc. all the time when editing texts - and find myself forced to hit the key an infinite number of times like a professional gamer instead of just pushing it once and holding it down for a longer time :( The laptop keyboard works as before... Any hint? Thanks, Dietrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
US International Keyboard
Hi, I would like to use an US International Keyboard layout on Debian (testing) for German "Umlaute" but couldn't find it in the keyboard preferences. Did I oversee something - or is there another way to install it? Thanks for your help, Dietrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
German "Umlaute" in OpenOffice
Hello :) I would like to display a German Windows-Office document in OpenOffice - but the "Umlaute" are not displayed. I am not using a German locale - but some combination which should (and unfortunately does not) enable Japanese input with English menues: printenv LANG LC_CTYPE LANGUAGE ja_JP.eucJP ja_JP.eucJP C I tried the following: LANG=de_DE LC_CTYPE=de_DE LANGUAGE=de_DE oowriter LANG=de_DE.utf8 LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 LANGUAGE=de_DE.utf8 oowriter LANG=de_DE.iso88591 LC_CTYPE=de_DE.iso88591 LANGUAGE=de_DE.iso88591 oowriter but no "Umlaute" are displayed. Could this be related to some encoding / a wrong font / ??? and how could I make it work? Thanks for your help, Dietrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: German "Umlaute" in OpenOffice
Hi Sergio Cuéllar Valdés, I thought I did - but did it again - and now the following suddenly shows the "Umlaute" correctly (don't see any difference comparing this line to the one I used before - so probably I forgot to generate the German locale?) LANG=de_DE.utf8 LANGUAGE=de_DE.utf8 LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 oowriter txt.doc :) Thank you very much! But there is still the problem with the keyboard: I still don't know how to input "Umlaute"... I would be very happy to use the "US international layout" as I could use the same keys for the same thing in all languages. But I couldn't find a way how to install / use it in Debian (When still using fedora I found it listed in between the keyboard layouts as far as I remember. But I couln't find it in Debian) Any idea? Thank you, Dietrich Sergio Cuéllar Valdés wrote: On 11/7/06, Dietrich Bollmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am not using a German locale - but some combination which should (and unfortunately does not) enable Japanese input with English menues: I tried the following: LANG=de_DE LC_CTYPE=de_DE LANGUAGE=de_DE oowriter LANG=de_DE.utf8 LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 LANGUAGE=de_DE.utf8 oowriter LANG=de_DE.iso88591 LC_CTYPE=de_DE.iso88591 LANGUAGE=de_DE.iso88591 oowriter but no "Umlaute" are displayed. Hallo, Have you those german locales already generated ? Have you tried dpkg-reconfigure locales ? Have you selected the language in open office ? Best rergards, Sergio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: German "Umlaute" in OpenOffice
I found a way to make the US international keyboard work in uxterm: after entering setxkbmap us_intl I could display German Umlaute by using the sequences "u, "U, ... in uxterm but OpenOffice would display some Japanese Kanji instead and emacs wouldn't display ' and " anymore at all... I could enter Umlaute in OpenOffice using the German Keyboard (setxkbmap de) but emacs doesn't like this new keyboard either and I do not like 'z' at the place of 'y' and the other way around... A US international keyboard layout working everywhere would be nice... Thanks, Dietrich Dietrich Bollmann wrote: Hi Sergio Cuéllar Valdés, I thought I did - but did it again - and now the following suddenly shows the "Umlaute" correctly (don't see any difference comparing this line to the one I used before - so probably I forgot to generate the German locale?) LANG=de_DE.utf8 LANGUAGE=de_DE.utf8 LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 oowriter txt.doc :) Thank you very much! But there is still the problem with the keyboard: I still don't know how to input "Umlaute"... I would be very happy to use the "US international layout" as I could use the same keys for the same thing in all languages. But I couldn't find a way how to install / use it in Debian (When still using fedora I found it listed in between the keyboard layouts as far as I remember. But I couln't find it in Debian) Any idea? Thank you, Dietrich Sergio Cuéllar Valdés wrote: On 11/7/06, Dietrich Bollmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am not using a German locale - but some combination which should (and unfortunately does not) enable Japanese input with English menues: I tried the following: LANG=de_DE LC_CTYPE=de_DE LANGUAGE=de_DE oowriter LANG=de_DE.utf8 LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 LANGUAGE=de_DE.utf8 oowriter LANG=de_DE.iso88591 LC_CTYPE=de_DE.iso88591 LANGUAGE=de_DE.iso88591 oowriter but no "Umlaute" are displayed. Hallo, Have you those german locales already generated ? Have you tried dpkg-reconfigure locales ? Have you selected the language in open office ? Best rergards, Sergio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Blender GUI not working anymore on Debian sid.
Hi, Recently, when trying to work with /usr/bin/blender-bin, the blender menus are not displayed anymore. Any idea how this could be caused? >From memory I now that the blender about (?) item should be the first one in the blender help menu. When first clicking the 'help' menu and than moving the mouse to the place the 'about' item should be located, the blender splash screen still is displayed, even without the menu being shown. The same is true for the other menu items also... Thanks, Dietrich I am on a IBM/Lenovo X60s laptop running debian sid. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Open Office and German / Japanese Input
Hi, Every now and then I have to write something in German or Japanese. And normally this entails about one week of trials to make Open Office work again with "scim" or "uim" (both input methods). When finally everything works, it is normally too late for my letter but there is still time enough to give Open Office a chance to not work anymore when needed again. I am using debian sid with a en_GB.UTF-8 local. When writing Japanese I normally use "uim" together with "Anthy". When writing German I use "uim" with "m17n-latn-pre" which allows to input German "Umlaute" with an english keyboard by entering something like "a, "o, "u, ... Currently none of them work in Open Office. (but - with lots of crashes though - sometimes do so in "evolution": 日本語、たとえば、und glücklicherweise auch Deutsch mit Üs, äs und Ös :) A while ago I managed to make Open Office work with scim using the following script: #!/bin/sh # setting Japanese utf8 locale locale=ja_JP.utf8 LANG=$locale; export LANG LANGUAGE=$locale; export LANGUAGE LC_CTYPE=$locale; export LC_CTYPE # using scim as input method [EMAIL PROTECTED]; export XMODIFIERS GTK_IM_MODULE="scim"; export GTK_IM_MODULE # start scim if not already running if [ -z "$(ps -A | grep -i scim)" ]; then scim -d ### &> /dev/null & fi # execute command given on environment $@ # fin. but even this fails now. Any idea how to make Open Office work with "uim" or "scim" again? Thanks, Dietrich, grateful for any help!
USB stick not mounted anymore...
Hi, When inserting an USB memory stick into my laptop running debian sid the stick is not mounted and I get the messages appended to this email. What can I do to access my data again? Thanks for your help, Dietrich --- tail -f /var/log/messages --- Jan 13 17:17:23 pippi kernel: [ 9322.596064] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 29 Jan 13 17:17:23 pippi kernel: [ 9322.730442] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0457, idProduct=0151 Jan 13 17:17:23 pippi kernel: [ 9322.730449] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Jan 13 17:17:23 pippi kernel: [ 9322.730455] usb 1-2: Product: Flash Memory: Jan 13 17:17:23 pippi kernel: [ 9322.730459] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: USB Jan 13 17:17:23 pippi kernel: [ 9322.730463] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 78a458f4314754 Jan 13 17:17:23 pippi kernel: [ 9322.730620] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.750483] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol usb_alloc_urb Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.750491] usb_storage: Unknown symbol usb_alloc_urb Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.750732] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol scsi_report_device_reset Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.750737] usb_storage: Unknown symbol scsi_report_device_reset Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.750969] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol usb_free_urb Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.750974] usb_storage: Unknown symbol usb_free_urb Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.751053] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol dev_get_drvdata Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.751058] usb_storage: Unknown symbol dev_get_drvdata Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.751419] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol scsi_remove_host Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.751424] usb_storage: Unknown symbol scsi_remove_host Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.751669] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol usb_register_driver Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.751674] usb_storage: Unknown symbol usb_register_driver Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.751912] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol scsi_report_bus_reset Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.751917] usb_storage: Unknown symbol scsi_report_bus_reset Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.752149] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol usb_sg_init Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.752153] usb_storage: Unknown symbol usb_sg_init Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.752489] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol scsi_eh_prep_cmnd Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.752494] usb_storage: Unknown symbol scsi_eh_prep_cmnd Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.752518] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol wake_up_process Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.752523] usb_storage: Unknown symbol wake_up_process Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.752601] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol dev_driver_string Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.752606] usb_storage: Unknown symbol dev_driver_string Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.752845] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol usb_sg_cancel Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.752849] usb_storage: Unknown symbol usb_sg_cancel Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.753156] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol usb_reset_device Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.753161] usb_storage: Unknown symbol usb_reset_device Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.753434] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol usb_submit_urb Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.753439] usb_storage: Unknown symbol usb_submit_urb Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.753492] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol blk_queue_bounce_limit Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.753498] usb_storage: Unknown symbol blk_queue_bounce_limit Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.753637] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol device_create_file Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.753642] usb_storage: Unknown symbol device_create_file Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.753694] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol blk_queue_update_dma_alignment Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.753699] usb_storage: Unknown symbol blk_queue_update_dma_alignment Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.753933] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol scsi_host_put Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.753938] usb_storage: Unknown symbol scsi_host_put Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.754190] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol scsi_scan_host Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.754195] usb_storage: Unknown symbol scsi_scan_host Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.754426] usb_storage: disagrees about version of symbol usb_control_msg Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.754431] usb_storage: Unknown symbol usb_control_msg Jan 13 17:17:24 pippi kernel: [ 9322.754826] usb_storage: disagrees about version of
Re: dual monitor setup fails (xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default; warning: output LVDS not found; ignoring; warning: output VGA not found; ignoring)
Hi Camaleón, Thanks for you help :) > On Sat, 2010-12-18 at 15:17 +, Camaleón wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:06:25 +0900, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > > > > Since a couple of weeks my dual monitor setup fails: > > > > # xrandr --output LVDS --output VGA --right-of LVDS --primary > > > > xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default warning: output > > LVDS not found; ignoring warning: output VGA not found; ignoring > > Review your "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" file to find out what outputs is > detecting Xorg. You can also run "xrandr -q" to discover what is > connected. Here some lines from the beginning: ... (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Dec 24 15:43:27 2010 (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section. (==) No screen section available. Using defaults. (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "" (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section". Using a default monitor configuration. (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices ... and here the result of trying to find something relevant with egrep: egrep '\(!!|WW|EE|NI|\?\?\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log Current Operating System: Linux pippi 2.6.33.7-rt29-1-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Tue Aug 3 17:42:24 UTC 2010 i686 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size ls -la /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d total 20 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 11 11:58 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 11 12:06 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1099 Dec 2 09:15 10-evdev.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 661 Apr 18 2010 20-wacom.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127 Apr 18 2010 50-synaptics.conf Can you give me a hint for what I should search for in the xorg log? By myself I couldn't find anything interesting... xrandr -q gives the following output: xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024 default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm 1280x1024 0.0* 1024x7680.0 800x600 0.0 640x480 0.0 > Note that LVDS and VGA names can be different if you are using a KMS > enabled intel video driver (LVDS1/VGA1). > > > xrand without parameters produces the following output: > > > > # xrandr > > > > xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default Screen 0: minimum > > 640 x 480, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024 default connected > > 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm > >1280x1024 0.0* > >1024x7680.0 > >800x600 0.0 > >640x480 0.0 > > > > What can I do? > > It seems the external display is not being detected. Your xorg log should > contain more data. Thanks. What kind of data could that be? > > I erased the /etc/X11/xorg.conf as x windows didn't start anymore and > > this was the only way I found to make it start again and get back to > > work. Trying after to reconfigure xserver-xorg with > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > > didn't recreate /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Could this be related? > > locate xorg.conf locate xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20080418064505 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20080418064650 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20080418075252 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090513151200 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090514131411 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20090514131504 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bu-2009-05-14 /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bu2010 /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-wacom.conf /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf /usr/share/xresprobe/xorg.conf The file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bu2010 is my backup from my last configuration which stopped to work, producing the following error: Failed to start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likely that it is not set up correctly. ... The only way I found was to delete /etc/X11/xorg.conf ... Here its content: cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bu2010 | egrep -v '^#|^\s*$' Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" SubSection "Display" Virtual 2048 2048 EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout"
Re: dual monitor setup fails (xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default; warning: output LVDS not found; ignoring; warning: output VGA not found; ignoring)
Hi Camaleón,
I am very grateful for your engagement and help!
People like you make the Open Source world such an enjoyable experience!
On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 12:48 +, Camaleón wrote:
> Better if you upload the whole file ("/var/log/Xorg.0.log") to any online
> service, like www.pastebin.com so we can take a deep look.
Here it is: http://pastebin.com/UCzMjMb2
> Let's see your log file. Maybe you are giving "xrandr" the bad
> parameters :-?
It used to work before - so I don't think that the parameters are the
problem. Rather I fear that it was introduced by some update of my
system.
Curious to know, what kind of information in the log is relevant...
Thanks again, Dietrich
> Greetings,
>
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Re: dual monitor setup fails (xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default; warning: output LVDS not found; ignoring; warning: output VGA not found; ignoring)
Hi Camaleón, On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 14:26 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:51:22 +0900, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > > > Hi Camaleón, > > > > I am very grateful for your engagement and help! People like you make > > the Open Source world such an enjoyable experience! > > Trying to help others is the best way for learning :-) True! But as it is a lot of fun to spend time with those who enjoy learning, this is just another reason why people like you make the Open Source world so enjoyable :) > > On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 12:48 +, Camaleón wrote: > I would first ensure your kernel has KMS enabled, which should be the > default while using a stock Debian kernel. I said this because of the > recent posts about this same issue just some days ago: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/12/msg01239.html > > Let's see if Sven has any tip for you :-) Good guess: You solved my problem! I love to play around with audio applications and therefore use a realtime kernel... As unfortunately there are no precompiled realtime kernels for Debian, I used to compile my own ones until I found those from pengutronix... Booting the regular Debian kernel made both screens work again :) Finally I can use my two monitors again :) Thank you very much for your help!!! Greetings, Dietrich > 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/1293546513.4093.18.ca...@pippi.pippi
How to install an older version (3.0) of OpenOffice?
Hi, I have to present some slides this afternoon - but Open Office Impress for some reason got so incredibly slow and unresponsive, that it is unusable. I read somewhere, that this issue only relates to newer versions and that older ones (3.0) still work... Does somebody know from where and how to install Impress 3.0 ? Thanks for your help, Dietrich I am using Debian sid. -- 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/1297495943.5675.57.camel@pippi.pippi
Re: How to install an older version (3.0) of OpenOffice?
Hi Johan, Thank you very much for your answer! I feared to mess up my system even more when installing from older debian packets and finally managed to finish the slides even with ooimpress being painfully slow. I then made everybody wait when presenting them :( For the next presentation though I better look for some other solution... And maybe I better give up to use sid on the laptop I use for this kind of occasions :) schroot and lxc look very interesting, thanks :) Thanks again for your help, Dietrich On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 11:33 +0100, Johan Grönqvist wrote: > 2011-02-12 08:32, Dietrich Bollmann skrev: > > Does somebody know from where and how to install Impress 3.0 ? > > I am using Debian sid. > > I have no idea if it will work with a current sid, but older debian > packages are available via the "snapshot" service. See > <http://snapshot.debian.org/binary/openoffice.org-impress/> for > different versions of impress. > > I assume you will need to install other packages from snapshot as well, > but I do not know how that is best achieved without risking your sid > installation, apt-pinning or schroot come to mind, but I have not tried > those with snapshot myself, so I do not know if it will work. > > Personally, if I would need to get it to work quickly, and without > risking the debian installation (by mixing library versions) I would > probably install lenny in a virtualbox environment, and then add the > relevant line to snapshot.debian.org in my apt sources. Then I would try > to install impress 3.0 from there, but schroot or perhaps lxc would > probably work just as well. > > As I said, I never tried anything using snapshots, so all of this is > just guessing. > > > / johan > > -- 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/1297689106.4358.88.camel@pippi.pippi
Where does evolution store emails now?
Hi, Where does Evolution store my emails? Searching for some old email with grep in the usual folder revealed it to be empty and neither in the preferences nor in the web I can find any hint about the new location used... Dietrich -- 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/1298611301.6755.12.camel@pippi.pippi
Re: Where does evolution store emails now?
Hi Camaleón, Thanks to your hint I found my mail in ~/.local/share/evolution/mail :) Thank you very much! Best wishes, Dietrich PS: It would have been nice to inform the users about this change. I relied on the former directory with other tools... I wonder if it is possible to configure the directory? On Fri, 2011-02-25 at 12:10 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:21:41 +0900, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > > > Where does Evolution store my emails? > > It should be under your user's home. > > > Searching for some old email with grep in the usual folder revealed it > > to be empty and neither in the preferences nor in the web I can find any > > hint about the new location used... > > Where does Evolution store my data? > http://live.gnome.org/Evolution/FAQ#Where_does_Evolution_store_my_data.3F > > 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/1298636895.18991.8.camel@pippi.pippi
dual monitor setup fails (xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default; warning: output LVDS not found; ignoring; warning: output VGA not found; ignoring)
Hi, Since a couple of weeks my dual monitor setup fails: # xrandr --output LVDS --output VGA --right-of LVDS --primary xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default warning: output LVDS not found; ignoring warning: output VGA not found; ignoring xrand without parameters produces the following output: # xrandr xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024 default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm 1280x1024 0.0* 1024x7680.0 800x600 0.0 640x480 0.0 What can I do? Thanks, Dietrich --- I use debian sid on an IBM X60s laptop # lspci -nn | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03) I erased the /etc/X11/xorg.conf as x windows didn't start anymore and this was the only way I found to make it start again and get back to work. Trying after to reconfigure xserver-xorg with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg didn't recreate /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Could this be related? -- 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/1292648785.10966.37.ca...@pippi.pippi
