startx error on an updated Debian Hurd system

2022-05-18 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi. Since several weeks ago i'm getting a crash when i try start XOrg on my Debian GNU/Hurd runned through Qemu. I add the Xorg log file for a wide information Any tip, or clue, will be welcome. As always, Thanks you very much in advance. Best Regards. Jose. -- http://lordofunix.eu5.org/ No

Repositories to include in /etc/apt/sources.list

2022-10-05 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hello all. I want to ask what are the best (maybe correct or right are better words) repositories for maintain updated a Debian GNU/Hurd system these days. Thanks you very much, in advance. Best regards. Jose. -- https://lordofunix.wixsite.com/website Not Registered GNU/Hurd User. Registered B

Is Gnome working in Debian Hurd nowdays?

2024-03-15 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi. I'm wondering if this days is a good idea install gnome in a debian hurd system. Right now using FluxBox. The change would be very important, indeed. Opinions and tips?, please. Thanks. Regards. Jose Luis. -- https://lordofunix.wixsite.com/website Not Registered GNU/Hurd User. Registered

Re: Is Gnome working in Debian Hurd nowdays?

2024-03-15 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 03:56:29PM +0100, Almudena Garcia wrote: > Hi: > > GNOME is not available, but I think that you can install MATE and Xfce. > I installed both some years ago, but I think that continue available. > > Thanks > Hi. Ok. I'm gonna try xfce then, still a good advance comparing w

How connect Translator /hurd/ftpfs with a non anonimous ftp account with user and passwd

2024-03-17 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi. I was reading very carefully the documentation page on the GNU Hurd website titled 'Small Examples on Using Translators'. The part of the Translator /hurd/hello was exactly as the text said. Very promising intro to the Translators universe. I have questions on the Transparent FTP with the /hu

Re: How connect Translator /hurd/ftpfs with a non anonimous ftp account with user and passwd

2024-03-17 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 06:48:17PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello, > > Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez, le dim. 17 mars 2024 18:34:29 +0100, a ecrit: > > The 'test' work exactly as the text say, and i did ls on the GNU FTP, but i > > want to introduce here my >

Hard Disk size limits on GNU Hurd

2024-03-22 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi. Several years ago there was a limit in the size of the hard disks that Hurd could manage. If i'm not wrong, i think it was 5 Gb. or so. Is still this limit working right now?, or can i create a disk image (for kvm) with the size i decide (20 Gb. let's say)?. Thanks very much, in advance. Re

ntpdate : Depends: ntpsec-ntpdate but it is not installable

2024-03-24 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi. What's the situation with the package ntpsec-ntpdate?. Is there a fix possible?. I volunteer, if i am able. Waiting for instructions to follow. Thanks very much, in advance. Regards. Jose. -- https://lordofunix.org/ Not Registered GNU/Hurd User. Registered BSD User 51101. Registered Linux

Re: ntpdate : Depends: ntpsec-ntpdate but it is not installable

2024-03-24 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 02:11:39PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello, > > Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez, le dim. 24 mars 2024 13:31:22 +0100, a ecrit: > > What's the situation with the package ntpsec-ntpdate?. Is there a fix > > possible?. I volunteer, if i am able. W

Gnumach 1.5

2015-05-17 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi, dear GNU/Hurd folks. Is there a way of install the 1.5 version of Gnumach from the Debian package system?. I use Debian GNU/Hurd 8 with GNU-Mach 1.4+git20150409-486, and maybe Gnumach 1.5 have some improves. Is there, at least, a place where get the binary file of the microkernel?. I build i

sendkey on Qemu-KVM not working for a Debian GNU/Hurd system

2016-10-20 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hello. Using Debian GNU/Hurd virtualized with kvm here. With others systems under kvm i can use in the Qemu monitor the command sendkey for switch between the graphics system and the ttys. sendkey ctrl-alt-f3, for instance, but this looks don't have any efect with the Debian GNU/Hurd system. Can

Broken package xserver-xorg

2009-04-26 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi Folks!. Is now broken the package xserver-xorg?. Indeed, the XWindow system depends of this package. Is serious the damage?. This is my /etc/apt/sources.list file: deb http://ftp.cz.debian.org/debian unstable main deb http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian unreleased main Am i missing any reposi

Re: xcb bug fixed, Xorg should work now

2010-04-14 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 01:10:01AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello, > > My xcb (re-)fix got into libxcb1 1.6-1, so please upgrade, and then Xorg > should work fine without having to pass -ac. > > Samuel > Yes. Thank you, Samuel I probed the new package after upgrade, and now a simple $

Fresh and updated qemu image

2010-04-17 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hello. I was preparing an up to date Debian GNU/Hurd qemu image. Based on existing debian-hurd-k16-qemu.img, only boot this image and did several upgrades til aptitude "did nothing". My idea was "better less intervention as possible". This image was prepared saturday, April 17, 2010, late night.

Re: Fresh and updated qemu image

2010-04-18 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:46:11AM +1200, Philip Charles wrote: > On Sun, 18 Apr 2010, Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez wrote: > > Hello. > > > > I was preparing an up to date Debian GNU/Hurd qemu image. Based on > > existing debian-hurd-k16-qemu.img, only boot this image an

Re: Fresh and updated qemu image

2010-04-18 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 09:08:11AM +, Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:46:11AM +1200, Philip Charles wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Apr 2010, Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez wrote: > > > Hello. > > > > > > I was preparing an up to date

Re: Fresh and updated qemu image

2010-04-20 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 09:03:59PM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > Hi Jose, > > Am Sonntag, 18. April 2010 01:57:37 schrieb Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez: > > Please, can you tell me if Debian Proyect and/or GNU/Hurd Team can and want > > host this qemu image for keep it a

Re: Fresh and updated qemu image

2010-04-24 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 01:51:50PM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > Hi Jose, > > Am Dienstag, 20. April 2010 12:53:44 schrieb Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez: > > I think the updated qemu img file is a bit big, 225,3 Mb. But "it is" and > > the system is all &q

Re: Fresh and updated qemu image

2010-04-28 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:46:01AM +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > Hi Jose, > > Am Sonntag, 25. April 2010 11:14:09 schrieb Samuel Thibault: > > Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez, le Sun 25 Apr 2010 02:35:04 +, a ?crit : > > > I was investigating the way for get a &qu

Re: Debian GNU/Hurd installation discs

2010-05-16 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 04:04:59PM +1200, Philip Charles wrote: > I am considering retiring from producing the CD & DVD images found at > http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/ > > I have been producing these images since 2000, the latest series being L1 > > I have the impression that these imag

GNU/Hurd on VirtualBox

2010-05-19 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi, folks. I'm downloading right now the L1 Debian GNU/Hurd installation DVD. I'm wondering if GNU/Hurd can be run through Virtualbox-ose. I'm tired of Qemu, it's enough slow now, with the version 0.12.3. I'd like to try others virtual machines. Do you know any trouble for run Hurd on Virtualbox?

Re: GNU/Hurd on VirtualBox

2010-05-22 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 08:18:20PM +0100, Iain R. Learmonth wrote: > I have install Debian GNU/Hurd in Virtual Box with no problems. I had to > make the hard drive emulate IDE rather than SATA to make it work though. > > --iain > > On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 20:52 +, Jose Lu

GNU/Hurd and CloneZilla

2010-10-10 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi Friends. I use Debian GNU/Hurd under Qemu, with a disk image that originally had 1,5 Gb. of size. Now, after more than a year of use it, the space on it is very limited: $ df -Th / df: Warning: cannot read table of mounted file systems FilesystemTypeSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on -

Qemu image with a working system

2010-10-11 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hello. I was spending some time preparing a new Qemu image. This time is totally based on my own "day by day" Debian GNU/Hurd system. Last dist-upgrade was sunday 10/03/2010. It have a complete working Xorg system included, as well as others programs, games,... The complete packages list is in the

Re: Help-hurd Digest, Vol 90, Issue 2

2010-10-16 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 08:14:56PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Nigel Horne, le Tue 12 Oct 2010 13:41:17 -0400, a ?crit : > > >On 10/12/2010 01:38 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > >>Nigel Horne, le Tue 12 Oct 2010 13:34:12 -0400, a ?crit : > > >>>It booted fine, but 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrad

Re: Help-hurd Digest, Vol 90, Issue 2

2010-10-16 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 02:28:50PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez, le Sat 16 Oct 2010 12:42:26 +, a ?crit : > > I ran the above 'dd' command. The image actually becomes bigger, 'ls -lh' on > > the GNU/Linux "host" system

dd question

2010-10-18 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 08:14:56PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Mmm, this image is bogus, it doesn't have the size announced in its > partition table. Jose, please run > > dd if=/dev/zero of=debian-hurd-03102010-qemu.img.tar seek=2146959359 bs=1 > count=1 > > to extend its size, and reupl

Re: dd question

2010-10-19 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 07:14:23PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez, le Mon 18 Oct 2010 17:42:20 +, a ?crit : > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 08:14:56PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > > > > Mmm, this image is bogus, it doesn'

Iceape Segmentation fault

2010-10-25 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi. When i try to run Iceape from a terminal, i get this, $ process 1081: D-Bus library appears to be incorrectly set up; failed to read machine uuid: Failed to open "/var/lib/dbus/machine-id": Permission denied See the manual page for dbus-uuidgen to correct this issue. GConf Error: Failed to co

/dev/urandom: Unknown device name

2010-10-26 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi. I'm trying to generate a key using 'gpg --gen-key' command, but at the end of the process the output ends with: "gpg: fatal: can't open /dev/urandom: No such file or directory secmem usage: 2304/2304 bytes in 8/8 blocks of pool 2304/32768" Then i try to create the /dev/urandom device using t

Re: /dev/urandom: Unknown device name

2010-10-27 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 12:40:48AM +0200, Jakub Daniel wrote: > Apparently it doesnt have to exist as anything that doesnt need encryption > based on random data is ok. > > install random-egd (entropy gathering daemon) > > Jakub Daniel (jd823592) > Thanks Jakub. Install the package random-egd w

Problem with MergeList...

2012-11-24 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi All. I am having a problem with aptitude or apt-get in my Debian GNU/Hurd system: # aptitude update E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian-ports.org_debian_dists_unreleased_main_binary-hurd-i386_Packages E: The package lists or

Re: Problem with MergeList...

2012-11-24 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 04:46:27PM +, Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez wrote: > Hi All. > > I am having a problem with aptitude or apt-get in my Debian GNU/Hurd system: > > # aptitude update > E: Encountered a section with no Package: header > E: Problem with MergeList

Re: Problem with MergeList...

2012-11-25 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 09:54:15PM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 17:58:53 +0000, Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez wrote: > > > E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (1073741859: Resource > > > temporarily unavailable) > > > E: Unable to loc

Re: Testers wanted: New installation method

2004-08-02 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Begin Original Message From: Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 15:02:36 +0200 To: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org Subject: Testers wanted: New installation method Hello, I'd like to get some testers for a new installation method. It is based on Roland's ext2 xattr-h

Re: supported hardware

2004-08-20 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Begin Original Message From: Vasant Tiwari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:01:38 +0530 To: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org Subject: supported hardware Hi, Is there a list of supported hardware? If yes, Where? -- With Regards Vasant Tiwari End Original Message

USB mouse

2007-06-19 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi guys. Just installed Debian GNU/Hurd K14 first CD on my PC. 8) I use a USB mouse, and i wanna ask you if GNU/Hurd can handle this kind of device. I don't have yet the Xorg packages installed. I think Samuel Thibault have a repository with the deb files for apt-get, but i can't find the correc

Re: USB mouse

2007-06-19 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:21:11 +0200 Samuel Thibault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez, le Tue 19 Jun 2007 15:15:36 +0200, a écrit : > > I use a USB mouse, and i wanna ask you if GNU/Hurd > > can handle this kind of device. > > There i

Driver used by Xorg

2007-06-23 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi. My PC box have a Nvidia GeForce2 card. With Debian GNU/Hurd, Xorg 7.2 uses the vesa driver. If i change this in the conf file and try to use de nv driver, the system fails frotzen and i must to reset. Only the vesa driver is usable with the GNU/Hurd system?. If yes, why?. Thanks very mu

Re: Brand New to GNU Hurd

2007-06-26 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 05:44:18PM -0400, Teague MacRoot wrote: > Thank you for the suggestion & link. I have tryed qemu, but couldna > connect to the internet. Besides isna it more fun do accomplish > something oneself? I shall give the install method a try, but not til > after I answer /Mi

Little deb package build

2007-06-28 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi Folks. I was building a small debian package for GNU/Hurd. It's a simple but very addictive Rogue like game written by Arne Thomassen. I hope you like have this game into a debian package. You can get it with: wget http://www.lordofunix.org/atrogue_0.2.0-1_hurd-i386.deb Regards. Jose. --

Wheel of the mouse

2007-06-29 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
Hi Friends. Is there any way for get the mouse wheel works on GNU/Hurd?. Thanks you very much, in advance. Regards. Jose. -- http://www.lordofunix.org/ Not Registered GNU/Hurd User. Registered BSD User 51101. Registered Linux User #213309. Memories. You are talking about memories. Rick