kernel.sem question
Hi, my name is Jennifer. I just started to learn Debian. During the installation of Debian 3.0 woody on my PC, I came across quite a lot of problems. And one of the questions I would like to have your precious advice is about kernel.sem The kernel version of this Debian 3.0 release is 2.2.20. I tried to check the values of sem ( I need to change the SEMOPM value in order to properly install Oracle9i on Debian), so I used the command ( as instructed from Internet) "cat /proc/sys/kernel/sem", and the reply of the console is " No such file or directory". Then I used the command " sysctl kernel.sem", the reply of the console is " error: 'kernel/sem' is an unknown key " In this case, what should I do? Your advice will be highly appreciated. Jennifer Z
build kernel problem
Hi, I am newly getting to start to learn Debian, and try to get Debian working on my PC. I used Debian 3.0 Woody CD set (7 of them) to install. And the kernel version is 2.2.20. For I need to install Oracle9i on this Debian, so I need to upgrade kernel to 2.4.xx I downloaded "kernel-image-2.4.21-2-386_2.4.21-2_i386.deb" from Debian site. And I copied this image file to /usr/src/ Then I cd to /usr/src I ran the command " dpkg --install kernel-image-2.4.21-2-386_2.4.21-2_i386.deb". The console told me the following error message: You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version 2.4.21-2-386). but you do not seem to have a mkinitrd command in the path. This will break the installation. I am aborting now. Could not find mkinitrd in path at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst line 165.dpkg: error processing /usr/src/kernel-image(--install) So I used command of "find / -name mkinitrd". And there is no result. I also used "man mkinitrd", and it says no man entry for mkinitrd. In this case, what should I do? Your advice will be highly appreciated. Thank you very much. Jennifer Z
xf86config problem
Hi, I am newly getting to know Debian and try to make Debian working on my PC. When I finished installation from the CD set (7 of them) of Debian 3.0 Woody. I found the monitor display quite blur, not clear. So I did xf86config as some people told me. But when I finished all the process of xf86config. It asked me "whether I want to write to /etc/X11/XF86Config, ". I typed "y". then it told me that " Failed to open file name for writing /etc/X11/XF86Config". I used command "ls -al /etc/X11" I found there is a file called" XF86Config-4", rather than " XF86Config". In this case, what should I do? Your any advice always be highly appreciated. Jennifer Z
startx problem
Hi, as I postted an email last time about the problem I got with xfree86 configure. Since I also need to upgrade my kernel 2.2 to 2.4. So I decided might as well reinstall the system to try my luck.This time I came across the problem of starx. The media I was using still is the official CD set of 7 Debian 3.0 Woody. I used bf24 boot method to install in order to get kernel2.4, which will be needed to install Oracle9i in the next step. My harddrive is seagate 40G. and I partitioned it as /5G swap1.5G /usr13G /usr/local8G /var5G /tmp6.5G I accepted most of default settings during installation process. While using tasksel, I almost chosed all the options. and then it seems everything went fine, and system asked me to login , I login in as user: Jennifer. then I su root , then I use command to test X " startx", but I could not start X, rather I get the error message. Please see the attached file for details. I reckon my X server setting is not right, but I do not know what's wrong. By the way, my Monitor is: MAGVIEW 17" EF-772NSG(0.27DPI) and my VGA card is DAYTONA GeFORCE2 MX400 AGP VGA 64MB W/TV OUT I do not know what to do now, though I reinstalled three times already. I really need your precious advice and help Thanks very much for your time and help Jennifer XFREE86.0 Description: Binary data
Re: startx problem
> Looks like two modules are butting heads trying to do the same thing. > I'm not familiar with "xtt", but I think > that only"freetype" is used in typical setups. Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config > - probably towards the top there's a "Module" section that contains > lines like > > Load "xtt" > Load "freetype" > > Delete or comment out (#) the "xtt" line and see if that helps. > ** Hi, Todd, I edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (by the way, it is XF86Config-4, not XF86Config). and commented out (#) the line of Load xtt. Now I reboot and startx. I still could not start X, and it came another problem. Something like: Fatal server error: Add Scren/ScrenInit failed for driver0 Please see the attached for detail. What should I do next? Thank you very much for your advice Jennifer XFREE86.0 Description: Binary data
Re: startx problem
>> > > > > It looks like you may be using the framebuffer. Look in XF86Config-4 for > a line referring to "framebuffer", and if it's set to "Yes", set it to > "No" and give that a try. > > -- Dear Kent and other Debian users, I could not find any words like framebuffer in XF86Config-4. so I used dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86; and I did not select using framebuffer this time. Then I reboot the system and startx. But It looks like coming the same problem. Please see the attached log file and also can you please have a look at my configure of XF86Config-4, any mistakes I made there? Thanks very much. Jennifer > Kent > > > -- > Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > XFREE86.0 Description: Binary data XF86CONF Description: Binary data
Re: startx problem--fixed!
Dear Todd This time I edited XF86Config-4 by hand(vi). Change the "driver" line in the "Device" section to "vesa" , and add a line in the same section that says VideoRam 65536 Then reboot, and the Gnome was beautifully appearing in front of me. Woo, so nice to see it. Very good. I know I would not have had such good feeling without you and all other Debian users' help. Thanks very much for all your precious help and time. It is really great to have experts helping you along before you are pulling all your hair off. Now I will advance to my next hard trip_install Oracle 9i on Debian! Best regards Jennifer > > No, it's a very different problem. You did read the log file, didn't > you? We see... > > > ==) VGA(0): videoRam: 256 kBytes. > ... > (II) VGA(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (insufficient memory for > mode) > (II) VGA(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (insufficient memory > for mode) > > > So X thinks your video card has only 256K of RAM - note that's a "K", > not an "M". No remotely standard video mode can squash its data into > 256K. Not sure why debconf got the memory so wrong. You could try > running the configuration program again as before - this time, be sure > to 1) select the appropriate card - "GeForce" or "nvidia" or similar and > 2) specify the video memory - you may need to give this in KB, i.e. 64MB > = 64 x 1024K = 65536K. Alternatively, you could edit XF86Config-4 by > hand. Change the "driver" line in the "Device" section to "vesa" or > maybe "nv" and add a line in the same section that says > > VideoRam 65536 > > > Hope that helps... > Todd > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: i810 problem
> Hi, I am no expert on Debian and X. But I did have similar problem when I > was trying to use X on Debian. In my case , the problem with this error > message were related to the wrong chose of VGA driver type and also wrong > VedioRam setting. > > > > > > i have i810 board and Debian 3.0, but X does not work, > > below is output by xinit: > > > > warning: process set to nice value 0 instead of -10 as > > requested > > > > This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not > > supported in any > > way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > > patches submitted > > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in > > pre-release versions, > > please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS > > repository > > (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs) > > > > XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System > > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) > > Release Date: 21 December 2001 > > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your > > card is > > newer than the above date, look for a newer version > > before > > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) > > Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17 i686 [ELF] > > Module Loader present > > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Jul > > 22 02:41:45 2003 > > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" > > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) > > default setting, > > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) > > informational, > > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not > > implemented, (??) unknown. > > (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" > > (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) > > (**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor" > > (**) | |-->Device "Generic Video Card" > > (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" > > (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" > > (**) XKB: model: "pc104" > > (**) XKB: layout: "us" > > (**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse" > > (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Mouse" > > (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does > > not exist. > > Entry deleted from font path. > > (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" does > > not exist. > > Entry deleted from font path. > > (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" does > > not exist. > > Entry deleted from font path. > > (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" does not > > exist. > > Entry deleted from font path. > > (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" does > > not exist. > > Entry deleted from font path. > > (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" does > > not exist. > > Entry deleted from font path. > > (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" does not > > exist. > > Entry deleted from font path. > > (**) FontPath set to > > "unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > > (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > > (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > > (--) using VT number 7 > > > > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a > > (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 > > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a > > (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 > > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a > > (II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 > > (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a > > (--) PCI:*(0:1:0) Intel i810 rev 3, Mem @ > > 0xd000/26, 0xd600/19 > > (II) Loading > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a > > (II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 > > (II) Loading > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a > > (II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 > > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a > > (II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 > > (II) Loading > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a > > (II) Module dri: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 > > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a > > (II) Module drm: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 > > (II) Loading > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a > > (II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 > > (II) Loading > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a > > (II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.1.9 > > (II) Loading > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a > > (II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 > > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a > > (II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > > compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 > > (II) Loading > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libpex5.a > > (II) M
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dist-upgrade -vs- apache -vs- newbie
Just begun experimenting with Linux and more specifically Debian… From what I’ve read, I believe I understand that once a “stable” release is usurped by a new stable release (i.e. what will happen to woody once sarge is ready), the security updates (for woody in this example) discontinue. So, if I want to run a small web server at home with Debian and Apache, once Woody is outdated, will the dist-upgrade feature take me to Sarge and preserve the Apache files and settings with maybe some tweaking of the httpd.conf file, or would it be more complicated than that. To parse it out; to maintain a secure web server with a distribution that maintains its security would require dist-upgrade, right? And that would bring forward all the settings… right? I’ve tried to find the answer to this on my own but cannot, so if this is redundant, forgive me. Appreciate any assistance, --Brendan
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Hello, I have a 3-yr. old PC CPU, and it's not working. When my CPU is (properly) connected to the necessary connecting cords- it doesn't respond to the monitor. It just says no input/no sync. I have tried connecting the CPU to 3 different working PC monitors as well as cords and have recieved no response. I was wondering if you had any ideas what could be wrong? Jenny Roeske -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pulseaudio regularly crashing; how to evaluate?
For the last month or so, Pulseaudio has been crashing for me. It seems to happen only when I use certain apps, such as watching video with VLC,or watching embedded videos in Firefox. It does not happen when listening to audio through an audio player, or having Zoom calls. After a crash,the Pulseaudio Volume Control will give a "connecting to Pulseaudio" error. Restarting with either "pulseaudio --start" or "pulseaudio -k" will hang for10-20 seconds, and then "work", in that "ps" will show Pulse is running, but I still can't play music (through anything), and the volume app shows thesame error. This will last a few minutes, until sound starts again. This was on Bullseye; I recently upgraded to Bookworm (for other reasons, though I hoped it would help with this), and it's still happening, althoughnow "pulseaudio --start" will respond almost instantly. However, it still takes a few minutes for sound to come back. Where do I look for help on this? /var/log/messages shows warnings about a deprecated module, but nothing more serious than that. I'm not sure wherethese crashes might be recorded, or what else to do. But having sound is very important to me, so I'd love to fix this!
Re: Pulseaudio regularly crashing; how to evaluate?
I wonder if there might be any other thoughts on this (aside from that of replacing Pulseaudio with its successor, which I'm not comfortable with)? The flakiness is particularly worrying--that only certain applications will crash with it. Thanks. On Friday, December 3, 2021, 10:46:23 AM EST, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: For the last month or so, Pulseaudio has been crashing for me. It seems to happen only when I use certain apps, such as watching video with VLC,or watching embedded videos in Firefox. It does not happen when listening to audio through an audio player, or having Zoom calls. After a crash,the Pulseaudio Volume Control will give a "connecting to Pulseaudio" error. Restarting with either "pulseaudio --start" or "pulseaudio -k" will hang for10-20 seconds, and then "work", in that "ps" will show Pulse is running, but I still can't play music (through anything), and the volume app shows thesame error. This will last a few minutes, until sound starts again. This was on Bullseye; I recently upgraded to Bookworm (for other reasons, though I hoped it would help with this), and it's still happening, althoughnow "pulseaudio --start" will respond almost instantly. However, it still takes a few minutes for sound to come back. Where do I look for help on this? /var/log/messages shows warnings about a deprecated module, but nothing more serious than that. I'm not sure wherethese crashes might be recorded, or what else to do. But having sound is very important to me, so I'd love to fix this!
USB audio device no longer showing up
I've been using a Schiit Modi 3 D/A converter for my main desktop audio for a year or two. In the last week, it's been sporadically vanishing from PulseAudio. It's normally plugged into a USB port on my monitor, which has several such ports, all of which work with other devices. When I plug it in, dmesg shows me: [2126764.183346] usb 3-3.4: new full-speed USB device number 75 using xhci_hcd[2126765.035388] usb 3-3-port4: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?[2126765.887389] usb 3-3-port4: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?[2126765.887461] usb 3-3-port4: attempt power cycle[2126768.319399] usb 3-3-port4: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?[2126769.171424] usb 3-3-port4: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?[2126769.171483] usb 3-3-port4: unable to enumerate USB device I get similar messages from other ports; other devices show up fine. This port is successfully providing power to the Schiit. Though "Maybe the USB cable is bad?" is a dubious-sounding message, I did swap out the existing random cable with a brand-new good-quality one, with no difference. I also tried to plug the Schiit into a Debian laptop, with the same results as above. Confoundingly, after this test, I re-plugged it into my monitor and it magically started to work -- it showed up in dmesg, it started to play audio. However, hoping it magically works isn't a good long-term solution. Is there any way to figure out what's causing this? Could it be a hardware problem with the Schiit? If so, how do I report it to them?
How to request a package be updated? (Solaar, for controlling Logitech MX Master 3 mouse)
How does one ask for a package to be updated? The Solaar package, which provides functionality for Logitech mice (and keyboards), is at 1.0.4 in bullseye and sid, but the current version is 1.0.6, which was released on June 16. (And 1.0.5 came out in February, so it's been a while.) Apparently these last two releases provide greatly enhanced functionality; I just got an MX Master 3, which (despite the info on the package) isn't supported by Logitech software, and I would like to be able to do things like use the second scroll wheel, reprogram keys, etc., and I was hoping this might be possible. The manual installation instructions on the Solaar GitHub page make it seem a bit fiddly, so I'd rather do it through the official repo if possible.
simple-scan fails with Canon LiDE 300--except as root
After using a rather old Canon scanner for many years, I recently upgraded to
the Canon LiDE 300,and installed the drivers as directed, on a Bullseye system
(10.2.0-17).
The printer is recognized:
$ scanimage -Ldevice `pixma:04A91913_47A8A4' is a CANON CanoScan LiDE 300
multi-function peripheraldevice `escl:http://127.0.0.1:6' is a Canon LiDE
300 (USB) flatbed scanner
When I run simple-scan, it detects the printer and announces itself ready to
go, but when I tryto scan anything, I get the message "Failed to scan Unable to
connect to scanner". I Googled foranything related to this; there's a bunch of
stuff on Ubuntu and Mint forums about purging the"ippusbxd" package, but this
isn't on Debian.
I then ran simple-scan with the debug flag, and at the moment I try to initiate
a scan, I got:
[+20.83s] DEBUG: simple-scan.vala:1817: Requesting scan at 150 dpi from
device'escl:http://127.0.0.1:6'[+20.83s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:1683:
Scanner.scan ("escl:http://127.0.0.1:6";, dpi=150,scan_mode=ScanMode.GRAY,
depth=2, type=single, paper_width=0, paper_height=0, brightness=0,contrast=0,
delay=3000ms)[+20.83s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:828: Processing request[+20.83s]
DEBUG: scanner.vala:889: sane_open ("escl:http://127.0.0.1:6";)
->SANE_STATUS_NO_MEM[+20.83s] WARNING: scanner.vala:893: Unable to open device:
Out of memory
I'm not sure what could be going on, as I have a ton of memory on my system.
I don't know why I tried this, but I then ran simple-scan as root, and...it
worked perfectly.
I'm bewildered by this--any idea what I should be looking at?
Re: simple-scan fails with Canon LiDE 300--except as root
Just to clarify what someone else in the thread asked about, the user I'm
running this under _does_ appear in the scanner group.
On Friday, January 8, 2021, 07:07:40 PM EST, Brian
wrote:
On Fri 08 Jan 2021 at 17:28:16 -0500, Jen Nussbaum wrote:
>> When I run simple-scan, it detects the printer and announces itself
>> ready to go, but when I try to scan anything, I get the message
>> "Failed to scan Unable to connect to scanner". I Googled for anything
>> related to this; there's a bunch of stuff on Ubuntu and Mint forums
>> about purging the "ippusbxd" package, but this isn't on Debian.
>
> ippusbxd is certainly not on Debian but ipp-usb is. See the wiki.
Yes, and I do have that; the point was just that the solution that worked
onMint (to remove ippusbxd and install ipp-usb) isn't relevant here.
>> I then ran simple-scan with the debug flag, and at the moment I try to
>> initiate a scan, I got:
>>
>> [+20.83s] DEBUG: simple-scan.vala:1817: Requesting scan at 150 dpi from
>> device 'escl:http://127.0.0.1:6'
>> [+20.83s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:1683: Scanner.scan
>> ("escl:http://127.0.0.1:6";, dpi=150, scan_mode=ScanMode.GRAY, depth=2,
>> type=single, paper_width=0, paper_height=0, brightness=0, contrast=0,
>> delay=3000ms)
>> [+20.83s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:828: Processing request
>> [+20.83s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:889: sane_open ("escl:http://127.0.0.1:6";)
>> -> SANE_STATUS_NO_MEM
>> [+20.83s] WARNING: scanner.vala:893: Unable to open device: Out of memory
>
> Nothing about the pixma backend (driver)?
pixma only appears during the startup:
[+7.62s] DEBUG: scanner.vala:353: Device: name="pixma:04A91913_47A8A4"
vendor="CANON" model="CanoScan LiDE 300" type="multi-function peripheral"
> Just to confirm your experience, what happens with scanning with
>
> simple-scan "pixma:04A91913_47A8A4"
This fires up simple scan, and when I click on "scan" it scans the document
successfully.
> and
>
> simple-scan "escl:http://127.0.0.1:6";
This does _not_ work; the response here is the same as when I run it normally,
i.e. the "Unable to contact scanner" error.
>> I don't know why I tried this, but I then ran simple-scan as root,
>> and...it worked perfectly.
>
> I do not understand why this should be so. Do both the previous commands
> work as root?
The "pixma" version worked as root, as it did as the regular user. Curiously,
the "escl" version did not work as root,even though when I run simple-scan
without any arguments, it did work as root.
> > I'm bewildered by this--any idea what I should be looking at?
>
> Yes; there is a possible solution. Give what you get for
>
> lsusb -v | grep -A 3 bInterfaceClass.*7
---$ lsusb -v | grep -A 3 bInterfaceClass.*7Couldn't open device, some
information will be missing bInterfaceClass 7 Printer
bInterfaceSubClass 1 Printer bInterfaceProtocol 4
iInterface 0 can't get debug descriptor: Resource temporarily
unavailableCouldn't open device, some information will be missingCouldn't open
device, some information will be missing-- bInterfaceClass 7
Printer bInterfaceSubClass 1 Printer bInterfaceProtocol 4
iInterface 0 Couldn't open device, some information will be
missingCouldn't open device, some information will be missingcan't get debug
descriptor: Resource temporarily unavailableCouldn't open device, some
information will be missing---
(The "Couldn't open device" line was repeated multiple times wherever it
appeared;I deleted it here for brevity.)
> and
>
> systemctl list-units "ipp-usb*" | grep service
---$ systemctl list-units "ipp-usb*" | grep service ipp-usb.service loaded
active running Daemon for IPP over USB printer support---
Thank you.
Re: simple-scan fails with Canon LiDE 300--except as root
Yes, I can at least scan. I'll keep fiddling, but the important thing is that I can use it. OK, thank you so much for your help, and sorry for the top-post at the end. On Saturday, January 9, 2021, 08:44:25 AM EST, Brian wrote: On Sat 09 Jan 2021 at 13:22:30 +, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > On Saturday, January 9, 2021, 08:07:37 AM EST, Brian > wrote: > > > On Sat 09 Jan 2021 at 12:55:07 +, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > > > Can you scan by choosing airscan, eSCL (note the lower case e), from > > simple-scan's drop-down menu. > > This did work at first, and I was very excited! However, it worked on > a text scan; whenI tried an image scan, it hung for several minutes > with the error"Unable to find colord device airscan:e0:Canon LiDE 300 > (USB): property match 'Serial'='sane:airscan:e0:Canon LiDE 300 (USB)' > does not exist",and then after that I was unable to do another text > scan--with no error, it justhung. This is now getting above my pay grade, Jennifer. Could be a simple-scan bug or one in the device's firmware or in sane-airscan. Try switching the Canon off and disconnecting from USB. Re-power and re-plug after about a minute. > > > > Would you also try > > > > > > > > xsane "airscan:e0:Canon LiDE 300 (USB)"> > > > > and > > > > > > > > xsane ? > > > I don't have xsane installed. Is that just for background info? I've > > > used it in the past, and always foundit far too complicated to bother > > > with. > > > > You can always remove it afterwards, but I wanted to know which of > > the options it offers work. A preview is enough to do. > xsane works perfectly, whether or specify airscan from the > commandline, orif I just run it bare and then select either the pixma > or the eSCL airscandevice from the select box. This, at least, gives you working scanning. -- Brian.
VMWare network setup (newbie)
Hi, sorry if this is too basic or offtopic a question, but i didnt see a debian-newbie list or anything. Im running Etch on an IBM ThinkPad T60. I need to run a Windows application on it, so i installed VMWare Server following some detailed instructions i found on HowToForge and then installed Windows into the virtual machine. Things seemed to "work" fine but i cant seem to get networking going. Im using a laptop so im on a wireless connection most of the time, but there wasnt anything in the configuration menu about this. So now my guest Windows machine doesnt show any networking devices in its control panel. How can i get this machine to share the hosts' wireless connection? I wasnt sure where to look in the docs as i dont really understand networking :-) There are other things that dont work either--sound isnt configured and unlike what it says in the VMWare docs theres no easy option for configurating it. And i have a dualcore machine but VMWare only let's me use one processor. But theese arent to important, the app i need to use from within Windows isnt very challenging, its more out of curiousity. Thank you! Im really pleased with Debian so far. Jen Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
.bashrc problem--"ls" output and root prompt
Im a new Debian Etch user, coming from FreeBSD. When i
first installed my system, running the "ls" command
would
give me coloured output (executables one colour,
directories another). Also, when I sudo'ed to root, i
would get the usual "#" prompt as root.
I then copied over my (straightforward) .bashrc file,
and now i dont have the colored output and sudoing to
root
leaves me with a "$" prompt. (I do reset my PS1 line,
but i dont know how to have a different one for root,
keeping
the "#".) Can someone give me a suggestion? My
complete
.bashrc, less comments, and with my CVSROOT masked,
is:
---
PS1='\h\w $ '; export PS1
BLOCKSIZE=K;export BLOCKSIZE
EDITOR=emacs; export EDITOR
CVS_RSH=ssh; export CVS_RSH
CVSROOT= [HIDDEN]; export CVSROOT
PATH="${PATH}":/sbin:/usr/sbin
---
So, nothing fancy. How do i get my coloured "ls" back,
and my "#" prompt as sudo'ed root?
Thanks,
Jen
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Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2007 #2227
> From: "Sergio Cuéllar Valdés" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: .bashrc problem--"ls" output and root > prompt > > 2007/8/21, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > So, nothing fancy. How do i get my coloured "ls" > back, > > and my "#" prompt as sudo'ed root? > > > Hi, > > try to add: > > alias ls='ls --color=auto' Ah, thanks so much, that work's perfectly. I had tried 'ls -G' but i see now that's a FreeBSD-ism. Jen Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Networking problems
Im having some big network problems all of a sudden and am not sure why. This is running an up-to-date Etch. I dont do anything fancy. Im on a wireless network now. I had a system freeze, and when i rebooted, no networking interfaces came up at all. I was unable to get anything recognized, but then again im not sure how to do this anyway. I rebooted again, this time booting into 2.6.18-4-686 (instead of -5-), and wireless networking did come up in the boot process. However the Network Manager applet doesnt show this--its still reporting in grey "no network devices have been found". But if I run network-admin it does show that eth1 (my wirelss) is running, and i can get online. I also did just upgrade with apt-get and i was able to install 2.6.18-6, but even though this worked correctly, i still dont get this option when i boot--i only have -4 or -5 (and again, -5 doesnt recognize my wireless). What can i do to address this? I can give more error messages if i know what to post. Again I dont want to do anything fancy, I want this to "just work". Thanks, Jen Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Networking problems
> On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 07:20 -0700, Dr. Jennifer > Nussbaum wrote: > > Im on a wireless network now. I had a system > freeze, > > and when i rebooted, no networking interfaces came > up > > at > > all. I was unable to get anything recognized, but > then > > again im not sure how to do this anyway. > > > > I rebooted again, this time booting into > 2.6.18-4-686 > > (instead of -5-), and wireless networking did come > up > > in the boot process. However the Network Manager > > applet doesnt show this--its still reporting in > grey > > "no network devices have been found". But if I run > > network-admin it > > does show that eth1 (my wirelss) is running, and i > can > > get online. > > Hello. > > Could you post the contents of your > /etc/network/interfaces file? If an > interface is set there, NetworkManager will ignore > it, so this may be > the cause. Here it is: --- begin included file --- ~ $ more /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp iface eth1 inet dhcp wireless-essid 06B410505753 auto eth1 --- end included file --- I hadnt done anything intentionally to use this--i wanted to be using NetworkManage for everything. How do i go back? Also, theres still the (probably bigger) problem that 2.6.18-5 doesnt find my wireless interface at all. And that even though i upgraded to 2.6.18-6, this isnt given to me as an option when i boot. Any thoughts about those? Thank you! Jen Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Networking problems
> Please don't Cc: me, I am subscribed to the list. Sorry, on some other lists im on its considered polite to cc the posters. And i know im breaking threading by responding now with a new message. I have to stop the digest subscription, sorry > On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 11:08 -0700, Dr. Jennifer > Nussbaum wrote: >> Also, theres still the (probably bigger) problem that >> 2.6.18-5 doesnt find my wireless interface at all. And >> that even though i upgraded to 2.6.18-6, this isnt >> given to me as an option when i boot. Any thoughts >> about those? > >Let's see which kernel versions are installed >actually, please post the r>esult of: > >$ dpkg -l linux-image-2.6* Sorry about the formatting. --- begin included --- ~ $ dpkg -l linux-image-2.6* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==-==- un linux-image-2.6 (no description available) ii linux-image-2.6-6862.6.18+6etch2 Linux kernel 2.6 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 ii linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2 Linux 2.6.18 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 ii linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch1 Linux 2.6.18 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 --- end included --- I dont know where 2.6.18-6 is--the update applet on the panel told me there was an update, i ran it, it said that 2.6.18-6 was ready, i installed it, but now its not there, i guess. >What is your Wi-Fi chip? Maybe you don't have the >driver module >installed for the newer kernel version. Its an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. From my dmesg in the 2.6.18-4 kernel: --- ipw3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.1.2dmpr ipw3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation --- But i didnt get any message about this driver being out of date. Thank you again! Jen Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Networking problem (SOLVED)
>>What is your Wi-Fi chip? Maybe you don't have the >>driver module >>installed for the newer kernel version. > >Its an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. From my dmesg in >the 2.6.18-4 kernel: > >--- >ipw3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Network Connection >driver for Linux, 1.1.2dmpr >ipw3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation >--- > >But i didnt get any message about this driver being >out of date. Im sorry, i looked closely at the packages and i see now that theres a new version of the driver package to go with the new kernel. I would have expected that there would be some kind of automatic update, or some way of letting me know that when i upgraded the kernel i needed to upgrade the driver package as well. Anyway i just installed the new version of the driver, that goes with the -5 kernel, and its working fine. Thank you for putting up with this newbie! Jen Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unblocking sound card, or adding stream (newbie)
I have a laptop with a sound card that only supports a single stream. (People on #debian helped me figure this out.) This is annoying not because i want to play twelve different sypmhonies at once through high-def systems, but just so i can listen to music while getting beeps from Gaim, or whatever. If theres no way to do this, bummer i guess. But my problem is that sometimes i seem to have something blocking the sound card and i cant figure out what it is. I dont THINK im running any sound thing ,but then if i try to run xmms i get a "something's blocking your sound card" message, or if i play a YouTube video i just get no sound at all. When this happens, how do i find out what's blocking hte sound card, and how do i kill this so i can play what i want? Thanks. Jen Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2007 #2325
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:26:10 -0400 From: Mark Grieveson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Unblocking sound card, or adding stream (newbie) On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 07:54:23 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a laptop with a sound card that only supports a > single stream. (People on #debian helped me figure > this out.) This is annoying not because i want to play > twelve different sypmhonies at once through high-def > systems, but just so i can listen to music while > getting beeps from Gaim, or whatever. > > If theres no way to do this, bummer i guess. But my > problem is that sometimes i seem to have something > blocking the sound card and i cant figure out what it > is. I dont THINK im running any sound thing ,but then > if i try to run xmms i get a "something's blocking > your sound card" message, or if i play a YouTube video > i just get no sound at all. > > When this happens, how do i find out what's blocking > hte sound card, and how do i kill this so i can play > what i want? > > Thanks. Sound on laptops can be tricky. One old laptop I had would not work with alsa, so I had to enable an oss module on boot up by adding a line to the /etc/modules file. But I digress. I'm going to assume that you're using Etch, with alsa for your soundcard, and that you're using gnome for your desktop environment (if these assumptions are not correct, then kindly let us know). So, to get sound working on gaim, and other gnome applications, open Desktop/Preferences/Sound (from the menu in the top left corner), and, having opened the Sound Preferences dialogue, check the "Enable software sound mixing (ESD)" box, along with the "Play system sounds" box, and then you will have all the bells and whistles that go with the desktop environment, and its programs. Make sure you have gnome-media installed. Yes, this is all correct (Etch, alsa, Gnome). And i'd already checked the ESD box (though i kept the "system sounds" box off, as i dont need to hear this!). The fact that xmms and/or youtube doesn't give you sound is worrying. Do you have alsa-base, alsa-oss, alsa-tools, and alsa-utils installed? If not, install them (via synaptic or aptitude -- aptitude, if you know what you're doing, is better, but if not, then synaptic is better). Try restarting your system, to see if sound is set up automatically (it should). If not, try running "alsaconf" in the terminal as root (without quotes). I may have been unclear but its not that i dont get sound from these--its that when one source IS playing sound, then i cant use any of the others, so if i have XMMS playing i cant watch (that is, listen) to YouTube. And then if something that I CANT FIGURE OUT is playing, i cant use any of the others and dont know what to do about it (ie., if i know im listening to XMMS i can stop if i need to watch YouTube but i am getting "sound card in use" messages when i dont think im using anything at all). Several other people have made suggestions, and i thank you and will try them when i get back to my Debian machine! Jen - Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids.
Up-to-date Gnome versions?
I see that Gnome 2.20 was just released. Im running Debian Etch, which still seems to be stuck on Gnome 2.14, even though 2.16 was released about a year ago and 2.18 since then. What are the plans for integrating more up-to-date versions of Gnome into Etch, or into later versions of Debian? I dont have any special needs but would rather up as up to date as possible with apps and setup and bug fixes. Thanks, Jen - Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.
Silly question: Where's eth0?
I know this must be an incredibly dumb question, but i cant find my eth0 interface. I normally use a WiFi connection on my laptop, running Etch with Gnome. But i just brought the computer into an office, plugged in an Ethernet cable, and waited for NetworkManager to pick it up. And waited. And waited. Eventually i took a look at the Desktop -> Administration -> Networking tool, and there was not eth0 listed there, and then i ran ifconfig and eth0 isnt there either. My /etc/network/interfaces does have "allow-hotplug eth0" in it. And i am getting flashing lights from the plugged-in Ethernet port, so it's not a dead connection. Why is this interface missing for me, and how do i get it back? Thanks, Jen __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Silly question: Where's eth0?
Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: >> I know this must be an incredibly dumb question, but i cant find my >> eth0 interface. >> >> I normally use a WiFi connection on my laptop, running Etch with >> Gnome. But i just brought the computer into an office, plugged in an >> Ethernet cable, and waited for NetworkManager to pick it up. And >> waited. And waited. Eventually i took a look at the Desktop -> >> Administration -> Networking tool, and there was not eth0 listed >> there, and then i ran ifconfig and eth0 isnt there either. >> >> My /etc/network/interfaces does have "allow-hotplug eth0" in it. And >> i am getting flashing lights from the plugged-in Ethernet port, so >> it's not a dead connection. Why is this interface missing for me, >> and how do i get it back? >> > >The best way to fix this is to install the debian-reference package. > >Chapter 10, Network Configuration, will answer all of your questions. I did read Chapter 10 online, more than once, and im afraid that i didnt see an answer to my question there. Everything assumed that the interface was available, an everything i did try to do to get it up (i.e. using ifup or ifconfig) just gave me "Ignoring unknown interface" or "No such device" errors. Also section 10.6.5. mentions network-manager as something that doesn't exist in Debian yet, although it clearly does, which is a further worry because thats what im trying to use. If its really there and i just cant see it, i apologize, but i did say it was a "silly" question. Jen __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Silly question: Where's eth0?
Andrew Sackville wrote:
>personally, I think network-manager is more trouble
than >its worth,
>but that's jsut me.
Im starting to feel that your right--when it works its
nice but when it doesnt i never know what to do.
>please provide the exact output of the following:
>dmesg | grep -i ^eth
$ dmesg | grep -i ^eth
eth1: Coming out of suspend...
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
>cat /etc/network/interfaces
$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available
on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see
interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
[i dont know why eth1 doesnt show here, its my current
WiFi interface]
>/sbin/ifconfig
$ /sbin/ifconfig
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr
00:1B:77:8D:24:56
inet addr:192.168.1.105 Bcast:192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21b:77ff:fe8d:2456/64
Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500
Metric:1
RX packets:1897 errors:12304 dropped:169994
overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1487 errors:0 dropped:0
overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:491090712 (468.3 MiB) TX
bytes:230098913 (219.4 MiB)
Interrupt:66 Base address:0xc000
Memory:edf0-edf00fff
loLink encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:775798 errors:0 dropped:0
overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:775798 errors:0 dropped:0
overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:515644253 (491.7 MiB) TX
bytes:515644253 (491.7 MiB)
[and then a few VMWare interfaces]
And in response to Wayne's question:
$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules
# This file was automatically generated by the
/lib/udev/write_net_rules
# program, probably run by the
persistent-net-generator.rules rules file.
#
# You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on
a single line.
# MAC addresses must be written in lowercase.
# PCI device 0x8086:0x109a (e1000)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*",
ATTRS{address}=="00:15:58:c8:b5:39", NAME="eth0"
# PCI device 0x8086:0x4227 (ipw3945)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*",
ATTRS{address}=="00:1b:77:8d:24:56", NAME="eth1"
Thank you all!
Jen
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Re: Silly question: Where's eth0? (followup)
I wanted to thank everyone who responded to my questoin. Fortunately or unfortunately i was forced to reboot the machine for other reasons, and upon rebooting eth0 was there. Repeated suspends had no effect, i.e. eth0 was still there (meaning that suspending isnt what caused it to vanish). Since i cant repeat the problem i dont know what to do to try and solve it. But i am keeping the messages around so that if it does happen again i will be ready. Thank you! Jen __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Getting USB audio to work (Lenny)
I have an up to date Lenny system, and sound works pretty much fine but i cant get USB audio to play. I have a pair of altec USB speakers that work on a Mac. When i plug them in, they show up in the system: if i go to System -> Preferences -> Sound, the "Devices" tab gives me the option for USB audio for Sound Events, Music and Movies, and Audio Conferencing. And, when i hit "Test", it works: it plays through the USB speakers. But it doesn't work through anything else. Playing music through Firefox, or XMMS, or mplayer, just works through the system speakers, not the USB speakers. In XMMS I tried going to the Preferences, select the ALSA plugin, Configure, and for the "mixer card" chose the Altec speakers that display there. But even this just doesn't play through the speakers. I guess there's a knob i have to flip to get this to work. Cna someone tell me what it is? Thanks! Jen Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Urgent: upgrading ipw3945 to 2.6.24
Hi, I am running Lenny. I usually accept all the upgrades im offered, so i upgraded my kernel recently. Now my Intel wireless card doesnt work, because i had been using the ipw3945-modules-2.6.22 package, and now im running kernel version 2.6.24. And i cant find the package for ipw2945 2.6.24 anywhere. I know im just being stupid, but where do i find this? Or is there some other way to get my wireless working again? Thanx! Jen OMG, Sweet deal for Yahoo! users/friends:Get A Month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. W00t http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text2.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Urgent: upgrading ipw3945 to 2.6.24
On Tuesday 01 April 2008 05:26, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Hi, > > I am running Lenny. I usually accept all the upgrades > im offered, so i upgraded my kernel recently. > > Now my Intel wireless card doesnt work, because i had > been using the ipw3945-modules-2.6.22 package, and now > im running kernel version 2.6.24. And i cant find the > package for ipw2945 2.6.24 anywhere. > > I know im just being stupid, but where do i find this? > Or is there some other way to get my wireless working > again? > > Thanx! > > Jen Here: http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=ipw3945&searchon=names&suite=testing§ion=all Do you have contrib and non-free in your sources.list? Yes, i do. And i did see that, but i was looking for the binary package. Ive never built from source--what do i have to do for this? I dont mind, i just dont know what to do. Im used to just clicking "yes" to the updates and everyting just works. (I know, maybe i shouldnt be using Lenny in this case.) Thanx again! jen Special deal for Yahoo! users & friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text3.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Urgent: upgrading ipw3945 to 2.6.24
Jeff D wrote: >have you tried to manually load the iwl3945 module? I >beleive that the >ipw driver has been replaced with the iwl. Oh, yes, thank you! I found the entry in the Wiki for doing this, followed everything exactly, and now im back on wireless. Thanx all! Jen Special deal for Yahoo! users & friends - No Cost. Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text3.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Diagnosing non-working trackpoint button
Hi, Im running Lenny on a ThinkPad T60. I got the computer from a friend and dont know if this worked on it beforehand. The middle mouse button doesnt work in X--just no response at all to try to paste things. I shut off the trackpad in the BIOS (I only use the clitmouse and it's buttons) but i dont see any BIOS settings about this. How can i figure out why this isnt working? For all i know it could be a hardware problem, but maybe theres something in my X configuration about it? I didnt touch the X configuration myself, its what the installer generated. Thanks! Jen
Firefox 3?
Is there a version of Firefox 3--or, i guess, Iceweasel 3--in package form yet, or is it still in some kind of testing form where you have to compile it yourself? FF3 on my Windows machine is shockingly much faster, so id like to move over to it on my Lenny machine too, if its stable and ready. But its not showing up in my lists, unless im searching wrong. Thanks! Jen
Audacious segfaulting
There was just a thread about a problem with Audacious, but my problem seems different. Fully up-to-date Lenny system, not running anything fancy. Trying to run Audacious, I get: $ audacious amidi-plug(amidi-plug.c:amidiplug_init:97): init, read configuration amidi-plug(i_backend.c:i_backend_load:107): loading backend '/usr/lib/audacious/Input/amidi-plug/ap-alsa.so' amidi-plug(i_backend.c:i_backend_load:145): backend /usr/lib/audacious/Input/amidi-plug/ap-alsa.so (name 'alsa') successfully loaded Segmentation fault $ Any help? This has been happening for at least a few days. Thanks! Jen
Installing svk on lenny?
Hi, Im trying to install svk on a lenny system, but its not available in the lenny sources. A search of the package archives suggests that you can get it in Etch or unstable, but "apt-get install svk / stable" or "/ unstable" just says that svk is not available, but is referred by another package. Is there a version of it i can use, or a reason why its not longer available? Thanks. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing svk on lenny?
--- On Sun, 7/6/08, Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Installing svk on lenny? > To: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Sunday, July 6, 2008, 6:17 AM > On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 02:16:49PM -0700, Dr. Jennifer > Nussbaum wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Im trying to install svk on a lenny system, but its > not available in the > > lenny sources. A search of the package archives > suggests that you can > > get it in Etch or unstable, but "apt-get install > svk / stable" or > > "/ unstable" just says that svk is not > available, but is referred by > > another package. > > There should be one comig to sid at your mirror soon. > > Full story is: > http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/svk.html > > > Is there a version of it i can use, or a reason why > its not longer available? > > When RC bug exists long time on a pacakage, package is > removed from > testing and unstable. > > http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=svk&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all > > It is just uploaded to unstable. Try again! > > Your problem of not installing stable version is unknown to > me. Do you > have apt-line for stable in /etc/apt/sources.list? Yes i do. If i try to install from stable or unstable, i get the following message: --- Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: svk: Depends: liblocale-maketext-simple-perl (> 0.16) E: Broken packages --- if i try to install liblocale-maketext-simple-perl, it tries to uninstall perl and everything based on it, and that would nuke my system so i dont want to do it! Surely there's a way to get svk working? Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X crashing after upgrade: urgent!
Hi. Im running Sid on a Thinkpad T60, and recently rebooted my machine after having done several updates recently. I now find that X is crashing hard on boot, rendering the system unusabler. My Xorg log shows the same backtrace thats reported in this thread: http://www.linux-archive.org/debian-user/369120-x-server-hangs-debian-squeeze-after-upgrade.html But my system doesnt crash randomly, it wont even start in the first place. I reinstalled all xorg modules, and the mesa libraries (someone in that thread suggested this) but it still crashes in the same way. Im not using a config file, i just use the automatic one, and i dont want to do anything fancy. I am supposed to give a presentation tomorrow with this laptop and its the only one i have so Im DESPERATE to get this resolve Would be very very grateful for any help at all! I am willing to downgrade X but dont know how to do this. Or if it will help. Thanks! Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: X crashing after upgrade: urgent!
--- On Wed, 9/30/09, Anthony Campbell wrote: > From: Anthony Campbell > Subject: Re: X crashing after upgrade: urgent! > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 12:51 AM > On 30 Sep 2009, mihkel wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum kirjutas: > > > I am willing to downgrade X but dont know how to > do this. Or if it will help. > > > > I had the same problem yesterday. In order to > downgrade X, I booted to single > > user mode, purged all X related packages, changed sid > to testing in > > /etc/apt/sources.list file and installed X again. > > Since the problem appeared after upgrading > xserver-common, xserver-xephyr and > > xserver-xorg-core to version 1.6.4-1, I assume you > really don't need to purge > > all X related packages, just these three. > > > > A lot of people seem to have been bitten by this one. It > hit me > yesterday on my Thinkpad Z61M (quite similar to the T60). I > then > remembered that I'd just upgraded xserver-common and > xserver-xorg-core. > Fortunately both earlier versions were still in the cache > so I > downgraded both (not being sure which was the culprit) and > X came back > to life. From another post on this list it seems it would > be necessary > to go back to lenny for an earlier version if you no longer > have it in > the cache. Thank you to everyone who responded!!! To solve this i remove xserver-common and xserver-xorg-core, swittched from Sid back to Testing in my sources.list, and reinstalled. And it worked right away (not counting another problem that was just my stupidity). In response to the people who said i shouldnt run Sid on an important system, Id say that its been working fine for me all along. There have been a few times when Ive messed things up but this has always been because i wasnt paying attention. But on its own, Sid has been totally stable. And Ive sometimes wanted newer packages My big mistake here was to upgrade right before a presentation. Otherwise i would have been able to figure things out without panicing. And I should have been able to figure this out anyway!!! This time Im bringing an Ubuntu LiveCD with me, Just-In-Case. Thanks again. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Upgrading flashplayer?
Hi. Im running...well, I guess Sid. Im using "testing" for my /etc/apt/sources.list file. A few days ago flashplugin-nonfree went away, or something, and i can no longer get flash to work. I installed flashplayer-mozilla but it doesnt work. I looked at the Adobe site and they do have a Linux download for Flash 10, but i thought there has to be a version already packaged. Is there a way to install the flashplugin-nonfree package from unstable, or something? Or any other way to get flash to work again until testing is back in order? Thanks! Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Upgrading flashplayer?
>On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:56, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum >wrote: > > A few days ago flashplugin-nonfree went away, or something, and i can no > > longer get flash to work. I installed flashplayer-mozilla but it doesnt > > work. > > I looked at the Adobe site and they do have a Linux download for Flash 10, > > but i thought there has to be a version already packaged. > > > > Is there a way to install the flashplugin-nonfree package from unstable, or > > something? Or any other way to get flash to work again until testing is > > back in order? > >Testing is squeeze now, sid always the name for unstable. > > It appears that flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound is still in testing, > but flashplugin-nonfree is not. I don't know why that would be, > but it is still present in sid. You can download it from here: > http://packages.debian.org/sid/flashplugin-nonfree > > At the bottom, select i386 if you are 32-bit, amd64 if you are > using 64-bit. Then select any mirror and download the deb. > As root, use dkpk -i (path/to/download/)flashplugin-nonfree_2.5_i386.deb > to install. Hmm. Thanks, i had tried this before but it still didnt work andi thought i must have done something wrong, but now im more confused. I did this and it shows up as installed. But its not working in Firefox. (Which is why i thought it wasnot working at all.) But it IS working in Epiphany and Opera. I dont think i have anything in Firefox preventing Flash from working, and it was working before this latest change...is there any reason why it would be failing in one browser but OK in the others? Thanks! Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Upgrading flashplayer?
--- On Wed, 2/25/09, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > From: Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum > Subject: Re: Upgrading flashplayer? > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 11:45 AM > >On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:56, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum > wrote: > > > A few days ago flashplugin-nonfree went away, or > something, and i can no longer get flash to work. I > installed flashplayer-mozilla but it doesnt work. > > > I looked at the Adobe site and they do have a > Linux download for Flash 10, but i thought there has to be a > version already packaged. > > > > > > Is there a way to install the flashplugin-nonfree > package from unstable, or something? Or any other way to get > flash to work again until testing is > > > back in order? > > > >Testing is squeeze now, sid always the name for > unstable. > > > > It appears that flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound is > still in testing, > > but flashplugin-nonfree is not. I don't know why > that would be, > > but it is still present in sid. You can download it > from here: > > http://packages.debian.org/sid/flashplugin-nonfree > > > > At the bottom, select i386 if you are 32-bit, amd64 if > you are > > using 64-bit. Then select any mirror and download the > deb. > > As root, use dkpk -i > (path/to/download/)flashplugin-nonfree_2.5_i386.deb > > to install. > > Hmm. Thanks, i had tried this before but it still didnt > work andi thought i must have done something wrong, but now > im more confused. > > I did this and it shows up as installed. But its not > working in Firefox. (Which is why i thought it wasnot > working at all.) But it IS working in Epiphany and Opera. I > dont think i have anything in Firefox preventing Flash from > working, and it was working before this latest change...is > there > any reason why it would be failing in one browser but OK in > the others? Sorry, Im an idiot :-( Im running the Flashblock add-on, and though I knew about it, there was some way it was failing. When I disabled it I got my Flash again. Will try to figure out the problem with it but it must be something Im doing wrong. Thanks, and sorry. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Pulseaudio problems--certain parts not playing
Hi, I have Pulseaudio set up on my sid machine, and after following the configuratoin examples, things have been working fine. But recently some parts (i dont know the right word--channel, track, source?) stop working and i cant tell why. When I first boot the machine everything works. But right now, for instance, i can play YouTube videos and get sound, but thats it. I get no sound with Totem, or Audacious, or even with another web browser. I dont even know what details to report--i look at the Pulseaudio Manager and things look OK, but i dont know what to look for. There are no message in /var/log/messages. And i dont know why this starts to happen, its not connected to anything like suspend/resume. All i know is that right now i can watch YouTube but cant play an mp3. Where do i go to try to figure this out? Thanks! Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Sound woes
I keep having problems with sound on my system that i just dont know how to describe any more. If there is a way to say whats going on, i want to know this, so i can get help better, and figure out myself how to keep things working. I dont want to do any thing fancy, i just want sound to *work*! Right now on my Debian unstable system, i run Pulseaudio (for good USB audio support). Recently many things have stopped working. I can watch YouTube videos with sound, and click on MP3s and hear them, both from within FireFox. But when I open up another browser at the same time, that gets no sound. If I try to play an MP3 or a movie on my filesystem, i get no sound, whether i use Audacious or mplayer or totem or anything else. Most of the time there are no useful debug messags, but mplayer gives this: [AO SDL] Samplerate: 44100Hz Channels: Stereo Format s16le ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1008:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave [AO SDL] Unable to open audio: No available audio device Failed to initialize audio driver 'sdl' Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. If I go to System -> Preferences -> Sound, where it is configured to use the PulseAudio Sound Server for all output, i dont see what elese i can adjust--clicking on any of the "Test" buttons gives me no sound. This is getting beyond frustrating as the only thing i want to do is listen to stuff on my computer, thats it, im not trying to network audio to a bunc hof devices. Are there steps i can take to try to narrow this down when it happens? Usually things fail all together but the fact that im getting sound from some apps but not others makes it really hard to figure out what do look at. Thanks Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sound woes
> Right now on my Debian unstable system, i run Pulseaudio (for good USB audio > support). Recently many things have stopped working. I can watch YouTube > videos with sound, and click on MP3s and hear them, both from within FireFox. > But when I open up another browser at the same time, that gets no sound. If I > try to play an MP3 or a movie on my filesystem, i get no sound, whether i use > Audacious or mplayer or totem or anything else. After some further playing around, this does have something to do with Flash grabbign the sound for itself. when i restarted FireFox, before i played a YouTube video in it, i ran another app, and sound worked fine. After I played a Flash video, that app could no longer get sound. And opening up a new browser, sound doesnt work in that one either. As long as the original browser is open, weather or not theres sound playing, nothing else can get sound. does that help narrow things down? Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sound woes
> > And opening up a new browser, sound doesnt work in > that one either. As > > long as the original browser is open, weather or not > theres sound > > playing, nothing else can get sound. > > > does that help narrow things down? > > One thing you could try is editing > /etc/iceweasel/iceweaselrc and changing > the wrapper to "auto". See > /usr/share/doc/iceweasel/README.Debian for more > info. > > I don't know anything about how PulseAudio and the > setting in this config > file relate to each other, so sorry if this doesn't > help! Im afraid that didnt help. It looks like the browser, or Flash, when it grabs the sound card, doesnt let anything else have it, weather or not its using it. If I shut the browser, then other programs can use sound, but if i keep it open, then they cant. Simple as that. I dont know if its a Pulse thing or a FireFox thing or a Flash thing. Is there any way to determine this? Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Sound woes
> > Iceweasel itself shouldn't grab the soundcard if your > not on a site that uses > flash for audio. If you close the webpage after listening > to flash audio the > soundcard is still in the "being used" state, > correct? > > Try these two commands below, which should show what is > using the soundcard. > > lsof -n | grep /dev/dsp > lsof | grep /dev/snd The second command does show (i guess) that FireFox is the thing blocking the soundcard: $ lsof -n | grep /dev/snd mixer_app 4559 jen 21u CHR 116,0 0t0 5715 /dev/snd/controlC0 firefox-b 9631 jen mem CHR 116,16 5691 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p firefox-b 9631 jen 151u CHR 116,16 0t0 5691 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p Im not sure where that leaves me, though. > You could also install the alsa-oss package if it's not > installed, and start > Firefox "Iceweasel" on the command line as below, > which should allow you to > use other sound apps. > > aoss firefox I tried this, but with no effect: restarting FireFox (i.e. Iceweasel) and i get the same thing--i can use other audio apps, until the first time i run an audio Flash app in FireFox, and then nothing else is available. > I don't know much about pulseaudio, except that it is > known to be responsible > for some problems, which is why I normally remove it, then > your sound apps > use alsa directly. If Alsa would do a good job with USB audio, id be more than thrilled to use it. I dont need fancy network sharing of my audio streams, or whatever else Pulse does. Thanks again Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
X problem after upgrade--help!
Hi. I just upgraded from testing to unstable, in order to get some updated packages I need. X is now not working, and i dont know why. There are no useful messages in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, that i can tell--no errors are reported adn the only thing that looks bad is "SELinux: Disabled on system, not enabling in X server". There are no useful messages in /var/log/messages. In /var/log/gdm/:0.log I get an error "RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM" and then "[dri] Disabling DRI."; but then perhaps better, "Unhandled monitor type 0 after xf86InitialConfiguration" "Output LCD1 disable success". At the end of this log there is "/usr/bin/X: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so: undefined symbol: atiddxAbiDixLookupPrivate". This is on a Lenovo Thinkpad T60, so the monitor should be supported. But when I look at my xorg.conf file, there's almost nothing there (i had an autogenerated file). When I try to rerun it with dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg, it gives me the same thing. How can i get X working again? This is crucial for my system! If theres more info i can give i"ll give it! Thanks. Jen. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
FF 3.5 in Unstable?
Hi, Im running Debian Unstable, and had hoped that the new version of FireFox would be in Unstable pretty quickly. But its not there yet. Im using it happily on my Mac system, and i'd really like to get it on Debian as well. Is there a safe way of getting it now? I guess i can get it from the Mozilla site, but then i dont want to be in a position where my Debian packages are out of whack because i did this, or where i dont know of any updates. Thanks! Jen. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Volume control in Pulseaudio?
Hi! I recently installed Pulseaudio because a lot of people said it was the best thing, and i'd been having some problems with my audio beforehand. After following some detailed instructions online i managed to get it running smoothly with all my apps. My one problem is the volume control. The panel volume control app doesnt allow you to control Pulseaudio, it only does "HDA Intel (Alsa mixer)" or "Analog Devices...(OSS mixer)". If i use the Pulseaudio systems, i either have to go to Applications -> Sound & Video -> PulseAudio Volume Control, and then flip through a screen or two, or i go t othe panel Pulseaudio Device Chooser item, pick Volume Control here, and same thing. Is there any way to tie a panel object _directly_ into something that will control the Pulseaudio volume, so that i can adjust the volume without having to click a bunch of times? Thanks, Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wireless card not showing up
Hi. This may not even be a Debian issue but i dont know where to start. I have a ThinkPad T60 running Lenny. Its normally plugged into an Ethernet port. I realized recently that only the wired network is showing up in my networking tools, even though the machine does support WiFi. I rebooted it and i still only have my Ethernet card showing up. And when i look over the output of dmesg, theres nothing at all there for my wireless card, at least nothing i can see. Im absolutely sure theres a wireless card here; theres even an entry in the Network Manager Editor for an interface i sometimes use. Because its not showing up in dmesg i wonder if its a hardware rather than driver problem, but i thought someone hear might have an idea of where to start looking. I know the machine has never been dropped or damaged. Thanks. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wireless card not showing up
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum escreveu: > > Hi. > > > > This may not even be a Debian issue but i dont know > where to start. > > > > I have a ThinkPad T60 running Lenny. Its normally > plugged into an Ethernet port. I realized recently that only > the wired network is showing up > > in my networking tools, even though the machine does > support WiFi. > > > > I rebooted it and i still only have my Ethernet card > showing up. And when i look over the output of dmesg, theres > nothing at all there for my wireless > > card, at least nothing i can see. [etc.] > Is there a switch or button to turn the wireless card > on/off? Is it on? Yes there is a switch, and its definitely on. I thought that might be it and switched it off and on and its on. At least, its in a clearly physically different position than "off", it clicks into place. I expected that even if switched off it would show up in dmesg though. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wireless card not showing up
Sebastian Gunther wrote: > * Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [29.09.08 18:28]: > > [WiFi Problem] > > Please submit the results of the following commands: > > # uname -a > > # lspci > > # ifconfig > > # iwconfig > > Then we know a little more about your hardware. I seem to hvae fixed it. I cleaned up some old repositories and then rebooted, and noticed that the card DID show up in the lspci list (though it hadnt before, im sure of it). It still wasnt registering anywhere, but i realised that i was using an outdated version of madwifi that didnt correspond to my current kernel. I recompiled this and things are working now. Sorry for the confusion. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Setting up ad-hoc network?
Im running Gnome on a Lenny laptop. Is there a simple way to set up an ad-hoc wireless network? I want to do this so i can tether an iPhone, to get Net access via the phone. I expected that the NetworkManager "Create New Wirelss Network" option would do it, but i dont know what this does; its not documented. All i know is that when i do this, it disconnects from the existing network, tries to join the newly created network, and fails. Id prefer a GUI method, but at this point, whatever works. Thanks! Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Keeping more up to date than Lenny, safely?
Hi. Im running Lenny on two computers, and have been very happy with it. Nothings ever really been broken, so i dont think that a "stable" version is necessary for what i need. I dont really want to go "unstable"--the name alone scares me--but at the same time i read the release notes for the new Ubuntu beta, and its really nice. I *want* Gnome 2.24 (the auto XRandR thing is especially nice, ive always wanted multi-head but am skeered to mess with my xorg.conf). I _want_ the new version of Network Manager. Etcetera. Is there any way to get this, but without the risk of the system breaking every other day? I dont want my life to be about managing the system, but im willing to have a little inconvenience in return for more up to date features. Thanks! Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Decent fonts in Emacs?
Hi. Im running Gnome under Lenny. Im trying to get Emacs to work with some decent fonts that show some special characters in a document, things like an "fi" or "fl" ligature, or some other odd things like that (ellipsis). When i look at these files in gedit, or even in the terminal wiht "more", they look OK, but in Emacs i get square boxes or blank spaces everywhere. I read the Emacs wiki all over, and i installed emacs-gtk, installed x-ttcidfont-conf, restarted X. But things are still difficult. >From the font menu in Emacs i can still only choose the basic fonts, not TTF >ones. gedit tells me im using the system font, Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 10, >but when i try to get the full name for this with xfontsel and then put this >into Emacs, it looks nothing like it does in gedit, its much larger, and i still cant select different things easily. Is there any simple set of instructions i can get to be albe to have decent looking fonts in Emacs for this purpose? Why does it have to be so hard? :-( The most important thing is that i can see these different characters. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Songbird package?
Now that Songbird has been released as 1.0, will there be a Debian package for it? I use Lenny now. On the Songbird site they only have a source tarball, and the contributed builds are for Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSolaris, and Gentoo. Are we that much behind the times?!? :-) Jen. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Difference between Lenny/testing?
I am currently running Lenny on two laptops. I thought i had seen something on this list about how, with Lenny close to release, the "lenny" repositories are different from "testing", and if we want to keep up to date we should switch to "testing" in sources.list. But the docs say that lenny is just a symlink to "testing". Im not trying to be ultra-bleeding-edge, but im willing to trade some stability for newer packages. I thought thats what i was doing with "lenny". Should i switch to "testing" in sources.list, or am i confused? Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Lots of Gnome missing from Sid?
A while ago i asked for advice about upgrading--i wanted more up to date packages on my Lenny laptop. Thanks to some helpful suggests, i concluded that it was safe to go to unstable. I change /etc/apt/sources.list from lenny to sid, and away i went. Since then things have been ok; sometimes a package i needed broke but it was alwaays back in a day or two. Usually i use Synaptic, but today i ran apt-get from the commandline and it prompted me to remove unnecessary packages, so i ran this and without paying too much attention realized that it had removed 270MB of stuff, including very large chunks of Gnome as being "unnecessary'. Now my box is sort of unusable. Is this some very temporary thing, or did i really bite off more than i could chew? How do i get back to a usable system? Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Lots of Gnome missing from Sid?
--- On Wed, 1/7/09, debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > A while ago i asked for advice about upgrading--i > wanted more up to date packages on my Lenny laptop. Thanks > to some helpful suggests, i concluded that it was safe to go > to unstable. I change /etc/apt/sources.list from lenny to > sid, and away i went. > > > > Since then things have been ok; sometimes a package i > needed broke but it was alwaays back in a day or two. > > Usually i use Synaptic, but today i ran apt-get from > the commandline and it prompted me to remove unnecessary > packages, so i ran this and without paying too much > attention realized that it had removed 270MB of stuff, > including very large chunks of Gnome as being > "unnecessary'. Now my box is sort of unusable. > > > > Is this some very temporary thing, or did i really > bite off more than i could chew? How do i get back to a > usable system? > > > > Jen > > > > My understanding is that sometimes packages need to get > uninstalled to solve dependency issues (in order to properly > process a significant upgrade). If you're running > unstable/sid, this will happen sometimes. As someone > who's used sid/unstable on my main desktop machines for > many years I can tell you that most of the time the fix is > as simple as reinstalling afterwards. Have you tried yet > something like (I've been following the advice to use > aptitude instead of apt-get happily for years now also): > > aptitude install gnome-desktop-environment Thanks. That was, in fact, all it took! I thought that something had happened requiring Gnome to be removed, or that it wouldnt be so simple. > My advice is to be much more careful with the timing of > attempted upgrades. When running unstable, you > shouldn't just blithely upgrade regularly, and when you > do upgrade, pay more attention to what is proposed for > removal before allowing it to proceed. And always give > yourself a little bit of time afterwards to sort stuff out > (don't ever attempt upgrades 10 minutes before planning > to leave your machine/office/home/whatever). Yeah. I already am sorta careful but ill be much mroe so. And ill totally say "no" if it wants to remove my entire system! Thanks. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
DAAP server for OS X or Debian?
Hi, I use iTunes on a Mac to host my very large music library. I want to share this music over DAAP to my Debian box (dont really care what client i use, Rhythmbox or Banshee or Songbird is all fine), but the iTunes version encrypts it so you cant use it with non-iTunes clients. Is there a current, supported DAAP server that runs on OS X, or alternately, if i decided to switch to host my music on Debian (which i dont want to do mainly because i have a bunch of useful utilities on the Mac that dont exist on Linux), is there a recommended one for Linux? Ive looked at some of the projects, but they confuse me because there are a lot and some of them are no longer supported, or use plugins that are no longer supported, etc. So if there's a "main" one that everyone likes, I will be happy to use that. Thanks. Jen -- 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/221114.94706...@web53507.mail.re2.yahoo.com
Re: DAAP server for OS X or Debian?
--- On Mon, 3/8/10, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > From: tv.deb...@googlemail.com > Subject: Re: DAAP server for OS X or Debian? > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Monday, March 8, 2010, 1:26 PM > Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I use iTunes on a Mac to host my very large music > library. I want to share > >this music over DAAP to my Debian box (dont really care > what client i use, > >Rhythmbox or Banshee or Songbird is all fine), but the > iTunes version encrypts > >it so you cant use it with non-iTunes clients. > > > > Is there a current, supported DAAP server that runs on > OS X, or alternately, if > >i decided to switch to host my music on Debian (which i > dont want to do mainly > >because i have a bunch of useful utilities on the Mac > that dont exist on Linux), > >is there a recommended one for Linux? > > > > Ive looked at some of the projects, but they confuse > me because there are a lot > >and some of them are no longer supported, or use > plugins that are no longer > >supported, etc. So if there's a "main" one that > everyone likes, I will be happy > >to use that. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jen > > > > > Hi, I had good luck using mt-daapd (known also as > "firefly") to serve my > music (flac and ogg mainly) hosted on my Debian machine. > Clients running > Rhythmbox, Amarok2 (Amarok from kde3 had issues with > mt-daapd), or > Songbird with a plugin have no trouble playing the files on > my lan/wlan. > I had the occasional Mac clients (ITunes) and they were > able to use the > mt-daapd share too, even Winamp on Windows. > I read a while ago that it's possible to run the server on > Mac OSX > through Fink or Macport, but since I have no interest in it > I didn't > investigate any further, your favourite search engine > should tell you > more (maybe there's a native Mac version now). Firefly is apparently no longer under active development, theres a linux-only fork of it though. So i dont feel comfortable going with something that is been abandoned. Jen. -- 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/983474.49007...@web53506.mail.re2.yahoo.com
Adjusting volume, and system beep
Sorry if this is too basic a question. I have an IBM ThinkPad T60 running lenny, using GNOME. There looks like there are two main ways to adjust the volume. I can do it in software by using the Volume Control or Mixer apps, or similar things from the commandline. Then i can use the volume buttons on the computer itself. These dont seem to have anything to do with with volume displayed anywhere. (Then some apps have their own volume adjustments too.) The reason im asking is that right now in order to have a reasonable level of volume, i have to crank up the computer buttons all the way. If i do this, then having the software volume at 50% is mildly audible and having it near 100% is fairly loud. BUT, then the system beep is SUPER loud, it shakes my coffee cup, my husband yells at me! But if i turn the computer buttons down to something where the system beep is "normal", i cant hear the speaker volume even at 100%. Also im running GNOME on a the same model ThinkPad running FreeBSD, and its different here--at a "moderate" level of computer-button volume (and therefore system beep) the regular volume is nicely audible. Can someone explain how these two relate to each other, and how i can control it better? Is there something im missing here? My goal is to be more like the FreeBSD machine--a reasonable system beep and good volume level for other stuff. Thanks! Jen - Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.
Installing Skype 2 on Lenny?
How do i install Skype 2 on Lenny? (I need Skype 2 for the video chat.) I cant find any packages in the usual debian repositorys, and the one on the Skype site is only for Etch. Will it work OK? (And if it does, silly question: whats the name for the QT4 package? I use Gnome. There were a bunch of QT4 packages for design, devel, etc. but no plain "this is the QT4 base package".) Or is there a real repository i can add to my sources.list? Id rather just do this with Synaptic instead of manually. Thanks! Jen Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2008 #118
> > Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:29:16 + > From: "Benjamin M. A'Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Installing Skype 2 on Lenny? > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:03:06PM -0800, Dr. > Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > How do i install Skype 2 on Lenny? (I need Skype 2 > for > > > > the video chat.) > > > > I cant find any packages in the usual debian > > repositorys, > > and the one on the Skype site is only for Etch. > Will > > it > > work OK? (And if it does, silly question: whats > the > > name > > for the QT4 package? I use Gnome. There were a > bunch > > of > > QT4 packages for design, devel, etc. but no plain > > "this > > is the QT4 base package".) > > Yes, the package works on Lenny. It depends on > libqt4-core and > libqt4-gui; if you install it, Synaptic (or anything > else) should list > it as "Broken" and offer to install the dependencies > for you. > > > Or is there a real repository i can add to my > > sources.list? > > Id rather just do this with Synaptic instead of > > manually. > > None that I know of, unfortunately. Thanks! That was easier then i thought, though i would rather have used Synaptic. Then i had to figure out how to make my microphone work, which was harder then i thought, but i got it in the end. Thank you! Jen Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Frequent kernel panics
I did look in both places and did not see the crash report there. Also looked at /var/log/messages--same thing, no crashes shown there. Jen > > From: laurent debian >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org; bg271...@yahoo.com >Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 12:55 PM >Subject: Re: Frequent kernel panics > > > >Hi all, >Normally you could find it in >/var/log/syslog and in /var/log/kern.log >Regards, >Le 12/09/2013 13:49, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum a écrit : > >Im running an up-to-date Wheezy on a newish desktop box. In the past the >machine would crash with apparent kernel panics on occasion, but in the last >week or 2 the machine is crashing almost every day. Ill step back to it and >there will be a crash screen with a timestamp log beginning "cut here" and >some sort of "kernel BUG at", followed by a lot of glop. Apparently i can >only fix it by powercycling it. >> >> >>I dont know where these messages is being logged or Id show a whole one: they >>do change though, its not the same one every time. >> >> >>I know this isn't much to go on, but could someone tell me how to evaluate >>whats going on, or how to give more detail so someone can help? Its getting >>very difficult to deal with. >> >> >>Thanks. >> >> >>Jen > > >
Frequent kernel panics
Im running an up-to-date Wheezy on a newish desktop box. In the past the machine would crash with apparent kernel panics on occasion, but in the last week or 2 the machine is crashing almost every day. Ill step back to it and there will be a crash screen with a timestamp log beginning "cut here" and some sort of "kernel BUG at", followed by a lot of glop. Apparently i can only fix it by powercycling it. I dont know where these messages is being logged or Id show a whole one: they do change though, its not the same one every time. I know this isn't much to go on, but could someone tell me how to evaluate whats going on, or how to give more detail so someone can help? Its getting very difficult to deal with. Thanks. Jen
Re: Frequent kernel panics
Thanks for the various suggestions. Of course the computer hasnt crashed for the last four days now. I did run some of the tests suggested, and everything checks out OK. Theres no new hardware in the system, no new accessories. And i dont have replacements for every bit that i can swap in and wait for a month to see if its OK. That is i dont have a spare power supply, spare memory, etc. I dont think that I installed any new software thats relevant. I know diagnosing sporadic problems is the hardest thing. But this is so frustrating. Maybe I should just build a new machine and give up on this; it isnt a super powerful box anyway. Jen > > From: Erick Ocrospoma >To: Marko Randjelovic >Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 5:07 PM >Subject: Re: Frequent kernel panics > > >Hi, > >I would suggest at first doing a fsck on your HDD, then testing RAM >(with memtest maybe or using another RAM), as almost everybody said, >this is due to hardware problems. > > > > > >~ Happy install ! > > > > >Cellphone : +51 950307809 >Blog : http://piobox.blogspot.com/ >LUG : http://www.utpinux.org >Linux User ID : 549567 >IRC : zerick >About : http://about.me/zerick > >-- >sı ɯǝ1qoɹd ɹnoʎ ʇɐɥʍ ǝǝs ı ʞuıɥʇ ı > > >On 12 September 2013 15:13, Marko Randjelovic wrote: >> Eike Lantzsch wrote: >>> If it is always the same error (there you need to have a look into >>> the log) it might be a recently installed driver or firmware. The >>> log may give you an idea which one. >>> Do you use binary blobs like video drivers? >>> Has there been a recent update? >>> Any new hardware installed? >>> Again, starting with a live CD might rule out the usual hardware >>> suspects or confirm it. >>> >> >> Kernel is updated in repo from 3.2.41 to 3.2.46 at 8/29. >> @Jennifer: Check if you are running the newest version of kernel. If >> not, update to newest. If it doesn't solve the problem, you could also >> use 'stress' program to deliberately cause the crash. You could do it >> from Live CD with different kernel version to see if the problem is >> with your current kernel and find kernel version that works well. >> >> You can use software from your HDD manufacturer to test HDD. >> To test memory, you can use memtest86+. >> To test CPU, you can use cpuburn. >> To check your CPU and other temperatures/voltages you can use >> lm-sensors. >> >> -- >> Marko Ranđelović, B.Sc. >> Software Developer >> Niš, Serbia >> marko...@eunet.rs >> >> Note: If you see a nonsense enclosed between lines >> >> BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE >> END PGP SIGNATURE >> >> then this message is digitally signed using OpenPGP compliant software. >> You need an appropriate plugin for your email client or other OpenPGP >> compliant software in order to verify the signature. However, the concept >> of computer insecurity implies digital signature is not absolute proof of >> identity. >> >> >> -- >> 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/20130912221321.5a055...@eunet.rs >> > > >-- >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/cadond37pyyxjfn8j6y_exdzozexaqyv--ofgrpnbgwho1gh...@mail.gmail.com > > >
Advice on new desktop/building?
My current desktop has been having some issues lately and I think its time to consider replacing it. Ive been having trouble finding exactly what I want, even tho' this is straightforward, so i though I'd ask here to get some advice, maybe even about building my own machine (which Ive never done but am willing to learn). This is to run Wheezy for simple desktop use--web surfing, running home music network, some videos, some coding, but no gaming, no video/sound editing, no real storage needs. I DO want: Small or smallish form factor (currently using a slim tower), attractive SSD (small capacity--everything impt is on a NAS elsewhere, i just want the system to run fast) Ability to have two monitors (currently using VGA and HDMI 'cause that's the ports i have) Optical drive Lots of USB ports (3.0 not really necessary but wouldnt hurt I guess) Gigabit Ethernet Relatively quiet, energy efficient 8 GB RAM (for future-proofing, don't normally need much) I DON"T want or don't care about: Massive speed and 16 cores (but want enough that I wont need to replace in a year) Fancy video card (built-in has always been fine, if I can watch movies that's all i need) Fancy sound card (I use USB into a DAC for serious things) Massive mechanical HD When i look at computers from HP or Lenovo, it looks like it costs a fortune to add a SSD (and i dont want to buy a separate one from Crucial and then have the original one in a box on my shelf) and memory. The cheaper machines seem to be worrisomely basic, like in a year they won't be able to run YouTube, and the more expensive ones still need upgrades of SSD and RAM. And in particular the smaller form factors tend to be pretty spendy. But i have literally no idea how to assemble a machine from scratch, and in trying to browse i dont even know how to find a smaller form factor--i cant find an elegant slim case, just huge fancy gaming ones, or dull ugly boxes of various sizes. All advice appreciated, thank you! Jen
Re: Advice on new desktop/building?
Thank you to everyone who replied. I think the best thing for me right now would be to NOT try to build my own. Some of the low-profile ones taht people suggested--Acer, Zotac--seem like theyd be powerful enough for my needs and able to be modified appropriately e.g. with an SSD. (I had a Zotac a few years ago and I really liked it, in fact; I put Ubuntu on it and used it as a HTPC, but eventually stuck it back on the shelf because i needed Netflix so replaced it with a Mac Mini.) I do keep thinking about virtualization, and wanting to have enough computing power for that. But realistically, evey time i try to run a virtual machine, i play around with it for a while and get it to work and then conclude i don't really need to run a VM, so I delete it and stick with my real box. So whatever desire i have to have a powerful machine that can run several VMs, i force myself to conclude that im just not going to do this. Ken specifically--i do have GigE on my router and NAS, and I do regularly move huge files around, so its a real-world need. On Sunday, October 20, 2013 9:00 AM, ken wrote: Jen, > >First, congratulations on going about this the correct way, i.e., >delineating what you want to do with the machine before going shopping. > Most people buy a computer first, then try to do things with it that >the machine will do only poorly, if at all. > >I'd recommend instead as a general strategy to buy an already-built >computer... what just about everybody does. Take your specifications >(pretty much what you emailed to the list) to your local computer outlet >and have the salesperson actually write down which machines they sell >which satisfy those specs. Alternatively, you could email your specs to >an online salesperson and have them reply to your email with machines >they sell which satisfy the specs. > >If you can't find a ready-made machine that's what you want, then you'll >have to fill in the gaps by installing cards in slots. It should be, >for example, fairly easy to buy a card which gives you a couple more USB >ports. Note though that the card you buy has to match the slot. This >might be especially critical if you need to install a second video card. > Don't actually buy the machine until you're certain that all the cards >you're going to need to install will fit-- physically and technically-- >into the slots on the motherboard. This goes of course for the RAM too, >though this is hardly ever as problematic. > >Re: gigabit ethernet: Are all the other nodes on your local networks >also running this, including your router? If not, then it's a >questionable feature. > > >That's enough for now. >Good luck, >ken > > > >On 10/19/2013 02:58 PM Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: >> My current desktop has been having some issues lately and I think its >> time to consider replacing it. Ive been having trouble finding exactly >> what I want, even tho' this is straightforward, so i though I'd ask here >> to get some advice, maybe even about building my own machine (which Ive >> never done but am willing to learn). >> >> This is to run Wheezy for simple desktop use--web surfing, running home >> music network, some videos, some coding, but no gaming, no video/sound >> editing, no real storage needs. >> >> I DO want: >> >> Small or smallish form factor (currently using a slim tower), attractive >> SSD (small capacity--everything impt is on a NAS elsewhere, i just >> want the system to run fast) >> Ability to have two monitors (currently using VGA and HDMI 'cause >> that's the ports i have) >> Optical drive >> Lots of USB ports (3.0 not really necessary but wouldnt hurt I guess) >> Gigabit Ethernet >> Relatively quiet, energy efficient >> 8 GB RAM (for future-proofing, don't normally need much) >> >> I DON"T want or don't care about: >> >> Massive speed and 16 cores (but want enough that I wont need to >> replace in a year) >> Fancy video card (built-in has always been fine, if I can watch >> movies that's all i need) >> Fancy sound card (I use USB into a DAC for serious things) >> Massive mechanical HD >> >> When i look at computers from HP or Lenovo, it looks like it costs a >> fortune to add a SSD (and i dont want to buy a separate one from Crucial >> and then have the original one in a box on my shelf) and memory. The >> cheaper machines seem to be worrisomely basic, like in a year they won't >> be able to run YouTube, and the more expensive ones still need upgrades >> of SSD and RAM. And in particular the smaller form factors tend to be >> pretty spendy. >> >> But i have literally no idea how to assemble a machine from scratch, and >> in trying to browse i dont even know how to find a smaller form >> factor--i cant find an elegant slim case, just huge fancy gaming ones, >> or dull ugly boxes of various sizes. >> >> All advice appreciated, thank you! >> >> Jen > > >
Pulseaudio not listing sound source
Hi. Im running Pulseaudio on a pretty stock Wheezy installation. Im trying to get a USB audio output device to work, but it's not showing up in my Pulseaudio volume control. The device is an Audioengine AW1, and Id previously used this on my system with no problems. But now when I plug it in, it simply doesn't show up. It IS there when i scan things in various ways, e.g. $ aplay -l [...] card 2: AW1 [Audioengine AW1], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 [...] or $ pacmd list-sinks [...] name: driver: flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY FLAT_VOLUME DYNAMIC_LATENCY state: RUNNING [...] (with much other output that I dont know is relevant. Any ideas why its not getting shown? I have several other device, including a pair of USB desktop speakers and a D/A converter, and unplugging and replugging these works fine--they show up right away. Ive tried different USB ports, but it doesnt matter (and if the thing is showing up on the list anyway, clearly the system knows its there). Thanks! Jen
Fonts providing emojis?
What Debian font packages provide emojis? At least, thats what i think they are. Ive seen messages with little rectangular boxes with "01f 44d" and "01f 1e7" in them, and some googling suggests these are thumbs-up signs and things like that. How doe i get these to display? (Also how do i look these up? Literally. I google and get a bunch of random things, without very much work. If I know its some kind of font, what do i type? "01f 1e7 codepoint" or "01f 1e7 unicode" don't work.) Thanks! Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1395142712.36984.yahoomail...@web124503.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
Re: Fonts providing emojis?
> On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 8:19 AM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: > > On 18/03/14 22:38, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: >> What Debian font packages provide emojis? > > "apt-file" search and "apt-cache search" > give nothing. > > Fortunately fontology is a hobby so I know it's part of Symbola. > >> At least, thats what i >> think they are. Ive seen messages with little rectangular boxes with >> "01f 44d" and "01f 1e7" in them, and some googling > suggests these are >> thumbs-up signs and things like that. How doe i get these to >> display? >> >> (Also how do i look these up? Literally. I google and get a bunch of >> random things, without very much work. If I know its some kind of >> font, what do i type? "01f 1e7 codepoint" or "01f 1e7 > unicode" don't >> work.) > > Type in what? A search engine to find it? > https://www.google.com/search?q=emojis+filetype%3Attf That doesnt find anything. > Hint: https://www.google.com/search?q=Symbola+filetype%3Attf > :) That does, but requires me to know the answer already. I guess my question is, "if i have a Twitter message with a rectangular box with "01f 1ey" in it, how do i figure out what that is?" [snipped] > # mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Symbola > # cp Symbola.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Symbola > # mkfontscale /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Symbola > # mkfontdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Symbola > # ls /usr/share/fonts/truetype/Symbola > fonts.dir fonts.scale Symbola.ttf > > Rinse and repeat for SymbolaGoomoji.ttf > > I use and highly recommend fontmatrix - a font manager/viewer/wizard. Thanks for these instructions. Is it really the case tht there's no pre-built package for this in Debian? These characters do seem to be increasingly widely used. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1395147987.98804.yahoomail...@web124506.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
Re: Fonts providing emojis?
> On , Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > > That does, but requires me to know the answer already. I guess my question > is, > "if i have a Twitter message with a rectangular box with "01f > 1ey" in it, how do i figure out what that is?" Typo--i meant '01f 1e7", as in my original message. I gather "01f 1ey" wouldnt be much of anything :-) Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1395148293.91039.yahoomail...@web124502.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
Re: Fonts providing emojis?
> On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 10:02 AM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > > On Tue, 2014-03-18 at 06:06 -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: >> Is it really the case tht there's no pre-built package for this in >> Debian? These characters do seem to be increasingly widely used. > > For my exotic audio production needs I prefer Arch Linux over Debian. > > If you have other exotic needs, you perhaps are more lucky with a distro > that fits to that needs. The huge amount of Debian packages is caused by > splitting upstream to packages for libs, headers, bins, not because > Debian does provide most software. > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Qi ttf-symbola | grep > Description > Description : Font for unicode symbols (part of Unicode Fonts > for Ancient Scripts). > > I have got doubts that "Fonts for Ancient Scripts" are > "increasingly > widely used". Assumed that font is the only exotic thingy you need, it > shouldn't cause that much work to get it without a package provided by > the official Debian repositories. AFAIK there's no distro that fits to > all needs, that's why I'm using several distros, among others mainly > Debian and Arch Linux. I didnt think that this qualifies as an "exotic" need, i guess. I see this kind of thing on Twitter, in forums, in messages my kids send me from their phones. Thats why i said i thought they were widely used. In general Debian has worked well for me, and ive gotten good help from this list when ive been stuck. I wouldnt lightly abandon Debian just because some other distro might be better in some edge cases. Even if viewing emojis is an edge case, which i didnt think it was. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1395168301.44431.yahoomail...@web124504.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
Re: Fonts providing emojis?
> On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 10:02 AM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > > On Tue, 2014-03-18 at 06:06 -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: >> Is it really the case tht there's no pre-built package for this in >> Debian? These characters do seem to be increasingly widely used. > > For my exotic audio production needs I prefer Arch Linux over Debian. > > If you have other exotic needs, you perhaps are more lucky with a distro > that fits to that needs. The huge amount of Debian packages is caused by > splitting upstream to packages for libs, headers, bins, not because > Debian does provide most software. > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Qi ttf-symbola | grep > Description > Description : Font for unicode symbols (part of Unicode Fonts > for Ancient Scripts). > > I have got doubts that "Fonts for Ancient Scripts" are > "increasingly > widely used". Assumed that font is the only exotic thingy you need, it > shouldn't cause that much work to get it without a package provided by > the official Debian repositories. AFAIK there's no distro that fits to > all needs, that's why I'm using several distros, among others mainly > Debian and Arch Linux. I didnt think that this qualifies as an "exotic" need, i guess. I see this kind of thing on Twitter, in forums, in messages my kids send me from their phones. Thats why i said i thought they were widely used. In general Debian has worked well for me, and ive gotten good help from this list when ive been stuck. I wouldnt lightly abandon Debian just because some other distro might be better in some edge cases. Even if viewing emojis is an edge case, which i didnt think it was. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1395168300.44617.yahoomail...@web124503.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
Re: Fonts providing emojis?
> On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 10:02 AM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > > On Tue, 2014-03-18 at 06:06 -0700, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: >> Is it really the case tht there's no pre-built package for this in >> Debian? These characters do seem to be increasingly widely used. > > For my exotic audio production needs I prefer Arch Linux over Debian. > > If you have other exotic needs, you perhaps are more lucky with a distro > that fits to that needs. The huge amount of Debian packages is caused by > splitting upstream to packages for libs, headers, bins, not because > Debian does provide most software. > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Qi ttf-symbola | grep > Description > Description : Font for unicode symbols (part of Unicode Fonts > for Ancient Scripts). > > I have got doubts that "Fonts for Ancient Scripts" are > "increasingly > widely used". Assumed that font is the only exotic thingy you need, it > shouldn't cause that much work to get it without a package provided by > the official Debian repositories. AFAIK there's no distro that fits to > all needs, that's why I'm using several distros, among others mainly > Debian and Arch Linux. I didnt think that this qualifies as an "exotic" need, i guess. I see this kind of thing on Twitter, in forums, in messages my kids send me from their phones. Thats why i said i thought they were widely used. In general Debian has worked well for me, and ive gotten good help from this list when ive been stuck. I wouldnt lightly abandon Debian just because some other distro might be better in some edge cases. Even if viewing emojis is an edge case, which i didnt think it was. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1395168299.63180.yahoomail...@web124501.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
Can't patch Heartbleed bug?
I'm running Debian Wheezy 7.4 on a server in Amazon's EC2, that i installed, recently, from the official Debian AMI. I havent made any changes to the package infrastructure. I'm trying to fix the Heartbleed bug, but my system seems to think everything is up to date. My /etc/apt/sources.list has: deb http://cloudfront.debian.net/debian wheezy main deb-src http://cloudfront.debian.net/debian wheezy main deb http://cloudfront.debian.net/debian wheezy-updates main deb-src http://cloudfront.debian.net/debian wheezy-updates main I run "sudo apt-get update", and things get pulled down. But when I run "sudo apt-get upgrade", I get: $ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. My openssl is not up-to-date: $ openssl version -a OpenSSL 1.0.1e 11 Feb 2013 built on: Sat Feb 1 22:14:33 UTC 2014 platform: debian-amd64 [...] I've waited a day in case theres some issue with the m irrors not getting updated, but this still happens. Whats the right way to make my system safe? All the instructions Ive seen say "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" will do it, but not in my case! Thanks! Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1397134570.73145.yahoomail...@web124502.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
Re: Can't patch Heartbleed bug?
> On Thursday, April 10, 2014 9:01 AM, Erwan David wrote: > > Le 2014-04-10 14:56, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum a écrit : >> I'm running Debian Wheezy 7.4 on a server in Amazon's EC2, that i >> installed, recently, from the official Debian AMI. I havent made any >> changes to the package infrastructure. >> >> I'm trying to fix the Heartbleed bug, but my system seems to think >> everything is up to date. ... > > > Add the security repositories to your mirror lists ? > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free > > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free Thanks that did it! Id expect that security updates would be automatic in sources.list. It is for me from now on! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1397138671.60751.yahoomail...@web124503.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
Re: Can't patch Heartbleed bug?
> On Thursday, April 10, 2014 9:30 AM, David Glover > wrote: > > Debian patched the wheezy version of OpenSSL without changing the version > number. > > Run: > dpkg-query -l openssl > > You should see version 1.0.1e-2+deb7u5. > > The "+deb7u5" indicates the heartbleed patch is installed. No, i didnt have that originally, only after i added security to my sources.list. The original update didnt update this, so it wasnt just the version-number. I also checked the site using the http://filippo.io/Heartbleed test, and it came up vulnerable. But things are fixed now. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1397138780.19447.yahoomail...@web124502.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
Can't force unmount device
I know this problem has been discussed endlessly online, but i cant get any of the suggestions to work. I have a Debian laptop that, when im at home, I mount via nfs to a local fileserver. Sometimes for no clear reason, i cant unmount it, and when this happens, i cant put the laptop to sleep. There's no swap on this drive, and it's not an encrypted filesystem. There are no symbolic links pointing to this device. I dont think anything is accessing the device, and I'm not in a directory on this disk, but nothing to figure this out works: $ sudo umount /mnt/RemoteDisk umount.nfs: /mnt/RemoteDisk: device is busy umount.nfs: /mnt/RemoteDisk: device is busy $ sudo umount -f /mnt/RemoteDisk umount.nfs: /mnt/RemoteDisk: device is busy umount.nfs: /mnt/RemoteDisk: device is busy $ So i try: $ sudo lsof | grep Remote This hangs, as does a simple lsof. So i try: $ sudo fuser -m /mnt/RemoteDisk This also hangs. So does: $ sudo fuser -u /mnt/RemoteDisk I end up having to power the computer down, which is extremely annoying. What could be causing this? Ive googled this up and down but still dont know what to try. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1401116541.87337.yahoomail...@web124503.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
Re: Can't force unmount device
> On Monday, May 26, 2014 11:39 AM, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > On Mon, 26 May 2014 08:02:21 -0700 (PDT) > "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" wrote: > >> I end up having to power the computer down, which is extremely annoying. > > Try 'unmount -l' for the offending filesystem. It is usually enough to > fool suspend scripts into 'no nfs mounted, really' state. Wow, that did it! Thanks! >> What could be causing this? Ive googled this up and down but still dont > know what to try. > > What version of NFS are you using? Are you using 'hard' mount option > (hint: don't). Did you tried 'intr' mount option? > > I've seen similar things for NFS4 with Kerberos authentication if > client desynchronise with a server (~10 minutes of clock difference). Not actually sure what version I'm using. I mount the share using: $ sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.1.5:/volume1/DiskStation /mnt/RemoteDisk Is there something else i should be doing? Is using "umount -l" a satisfactory way to solve this? Thank you! Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1401119869.10652.yahoomail...@web124501.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
Re: Can't force unmount device
> On Monday, May 26, 2014 12:32 PM, The Wanderer wrote:
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
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>
>
> On 05/26/2014 11:02 AM, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
>
>> I know this problem has been discussed endlessly online, but i cant
>> get any of the suggestions to work.
>>
>> I have a Debian laptop that, when im at home, I mount via nfs to a
>> local fileserver. Sometimes for no clear reason, i cant unmount it,
>> and when this happens, i cant put the laptop to sleep. There's no
>> swap on this drive, and it's not an encrypted filesystem. There are
>> no symbolic links pointing to this device. I dont think anything is
>> accessing the device, and I'm not in a directory on this disk, but
>> nothing to figure this out works:
>
> As confirmed elsewhere, "lazy unmount" gets this unmounted and lets
> you
> suspend the laptop.
>
> As far as the hangs themselves - first, I'd like to clarify something.
>
> You say you mount the laptop by NFS to a local fileserver. I'm not clear
> which direction you mean the mounting is done in.
>
>
> That is:
>
> Machine A has a NFS share defined.
>
> Machine B runs an appropriate NFS mount command, and gains access to
> files which are stored on machine A.
>
> Is the laptop machine A, or machine B?
>
> The former is what your phrasing ("I ... mount [the laptop] via NFS to a
> local fileserver") leads me to expect, but the latter would be the more
> common scenario.
Yes, that's right. I have a fileserver at home that has an NFS share defined;
this share is used by various machines on my home network, and by the laptop
when i have the laptop at home. As said elsewhere in thread, i mount the share
on
the laptop by saying
$ sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.1.5:/volume1/DiskStation /mnt/RemoteDisk
where 192.168.1.5 is the address of the fileserver, and /volume1/DiskStation is
the
NFS share.
When im leaving home and the laptop doesnt need access to this, i (try to)
unmount
the share so i can suspend the laptop and leave.
Does that help?
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Re: Can't force unmount device
> On Monday, May 26, 2014 1:01 PM, The Wanderer wrote:
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> On 05/26/2014 12:40 PM, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
>
>
>> On Monday, May 26, 2014 12:32 PM, The Wanderer
>> wrote:
>
>>> As far as the hangs themselves - first, I'd like to clarify
>>> something.
>>>
>>> You say you mount the laptop by NFS to a local fileserver. I'm not
>>> clear which direction you mean the mounting is done in.
>>>
>>>
>>> That is:
>>>
>>> Machine A has a NFS share defined.
>>>
>>> Machine B runs an appropriate NFS mount command, and gains access
>>> to files which are stored on machine A.
>>>
>>> Is the laptop machine A, or machine B?
>>>
>>> The former is what your phrasing ("I ... mount [the laptop] via
> NFS
>>> to a local fileserver") leads me to expect, but the latter would
> be
>>> the more common scenario.
>>
>> Yes, that's right. I have a fileserver at home that has an NFS share
>> defined; this share is used by various machines on my home network,
>> and by the laptop when i have the laptop at home.
>
> So the laptop is machine B, then?
In your scheme, yes.
> That fits with the sort of scenario I would have expected. It's just
> that I read "mount [a machine] via NFS" as "mount a directory
> that's
> being shared by [a machine] over NFS", so I found the phrasing confusing.
Sorry, my unclearness.
> By any chance, when the suspend failure and NFS hang occurs, is there an
> 'updatedb' or 'updatedb.mlocate' process running on the laptop?
No, i dont think so. This runs in the middle of the night and this is not
when i remove the laptop.
> updatedb normally runs once a day, by cron job, and scans all mounted
> filesystems for changes. It's supposed to ignore any filesystems of
> types listed in the PRUNEFS variable in /etc/updatedb.conf ; however,
> there appears to be a longstanding bug such that it does not in fact do
> this for (some?) NFS mounts. I can dig up one or more existing Debian
> bug reports for this if necessary.
Also updatedb never seems to index the NSF-mounted files.
And nfs/NFS are listed in this conf file.
>> When im leaving home and the laptop doesnt need access to this, i
>> (try to) unmount the share so i can suspend the laptop and leave.
>
> If you always do unmount the share before taking the laptop off-network
> in this way, or if the problem sometimes occurs even when you did
> remember to unmount it, then I'm probably barking up the wrong tree.
I dont always unmount the share; sometimes i forget. But the problem occurs
even when i do try to unmount it, or rather i cant unmount the system as
described
in my first message.
> However, if you ever suspend the laptop with the NFS share mounted, then
> wake it up again while not connected to the appropriate network to talk
> to the fileserver, that could produce the behavior you're seeing.
This does sometimes happen--i syspend the laptop, take it somewhere else, then
it cant find the fileserver when it wakes up. How can i solve this? (Apart
from just remembering to always unmount it before leaving home.)
> (The behavior could also occur if e.g. the laptop connects only
> wirelessly, and the wireless network connection drops during the time
> when updatedb wants to be scanning that filesystem. That's a less likely
> scenario, however.)
I connect the laptop both wired and wifi, but as said above it doesnt seem
to scan the filesystem using updatedb.
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MTP and Android phones
Hi, i'm running Wheezy. I used to have an older Android phone that Just Worked with my system, but I upgraded it to one running Android 4.2, and now i can no longer figure out how get it to talk to my computer. Ive Googled and tried to read up about MTP, but im still not sure how to get things working--different sites have you download and compile things from scratch, which seems crazy that you can't just plug your phone in. I did install mtp-tools, but i can't find mtpfs that many of the sites say you need to have. All i want is to be able to plug my phone in via USB and have it visible in the filesystem, whether through Thunar or on the commandline. Being able to have it work with Banshee wuold be nice too, but i assume that if the phone is visible then it will work with any tools. Thank you. Jen
Re: MTP and Android phones
On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 10:46 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 07:28:06AM -0800, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: >> Hi, i'm running Wheezy. I used to have an older Android phone that Just >> Worked with my system, but I upgraded it to one running Android 4.2, and >> now i can no longer figure out how get it to talk to my computer. >> Ive Googled and tried to read up about MTP, but im still not sure how to >> get things working--different sites have you download and compile things >> from scratch, which seems crazy that you can't just plug your phone in. I >> did install mtp-tools, but i can't find mtpfs that many of the sites say >> you need to have. > >MTPFS is only available in Squeeze and Sid. >http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mtpfs > > > >Hmm. Maybe I should use this as an excuse to upgrade to Sid. If I do, will >this Just Work, or will I still have to jump thruogh elaborate tasks to set >things up? > > >Jen
Re: MTP and Android phones
On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 11:43 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2014-01-07 15:46:10 +, Darac Marjal wrote: > >> MTPFS is only available in Squeeze and Sid. >> http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mtpfs >But it doesn't work with Android phones. Wait, so explain how i can get my phone connected to my computer? There have now been several different and contradicting explanations :-( -- 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/1389113419.6072.yahoomail...@web124503.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
Re: Pulseaudio not starting, after no obvious changes [SOLVED]
> >I just returned home after a short vacation to my running, completely >up-to-date jessie system, and discovered that Pulse had stopped running, and I >dont know how to get it going again. > > >Various of the startup commands give an error :"E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed >to initialize daemon." I've searched this up and down, and tried to remove the >.config/pulse directory (there's no ~/.pulse), which had no effect. After a bunch more playing around, I discovered that the culprit was two lines in my default.pa calling update-sink-proplist to rename one of my sources. I don't know why this stopped working, but for now, commenting it out solved the problem. Will figure out the renaming problem some other time, but meanwhile, I have sound again. Jen
Installing new Opera version?
Hi, it seems that lst month there was a new stable version of Opera for Linux released, but for Ubuntu only. One of the Opera devs has a blog about installing it on non-Debian-based distros http://ruario.ghost.io/2014/12/19/installing-opera-on-distributions-other-than-debian-ubuntu-or-derivatives/ but it doesn't say how to install it on Debian itself. I tried just installing the Ubuntu package but that required a version of libc6 more advances than what's on Debian without getting from Experimental, and that seems like a bad idea anyway. The version from Debian is still 12.16 which is years old. Is there a way to install this on Debian. Im running Wheezy. Thanks. Jen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1491303984.132585.1420908865730.javamail.ya...@jws100206.mail.ne1.yahoo.com
