Re: printer

2005-07-28 Thread strawks
Hi, On ven, 2005-07-29 at 01:07 -0400, Rajiv Vyas wrote: > I reinstalled Sarge but this time when I got to Application>Desktop > Prefrences>System Tools>Printing, I get the message "The CUPS server > could not be contacted. This did not happen when I had previously > installed Sarge. What's the s

Re: Re: Can't change XF86Config-4 (Sarge i386)

2005-07-28 Thread Jesper Gertz
> Does /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum show '/etc/X11/XF86Config-4' > as the filename, or something else? If unsure, just post the copy of > your /var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum ... No.. The path to XF86Config-4 was wrong. Many Thanks.. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: xfs-xtt

2005-07-28 Thread John Parejko
Ok, I ended up downloading the xfs-xtt package and re-installing it with dpkg, then removing it with apt. dpkg complained when I reinstalled that the old files were bad, but it overwrote them safely. Now my fonts are back to normal, so I guess it was xfs-xtt that was causing the trouble. I'

printer

2005-07-28 Thread Rajiv Vyas
I reinstalled Sarge but this time when I got to Application>Desktop Prefrences>System Tools>Printing, I get the message "The CUPS server could not be contacted. This did not happen when I had previously installed Sarge.  What's the solution. I am trying to configure my Samsung 1710 printer. Thanks,

Re: how to add new window manager to display manager?

2005-07-28 Thread Mr Mike
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:11:17 +0800, phyrster wrote: > hi all, > > > After compiled fluxbox and installed it, I noticed there is no entry for > 'fluxbox' in gdm and wdm. However, the debian pkg can automatically add that > entry. > > I wonder which file to configure to make those display manag

Re: C++ ABI change in sight?

2005-07-28 Thread [KS]
Steven Pasternak wrote: > Hi! I know that currently debian is undergoing the C++ ABI Change > (libstdc++.so.5/gcc3.3-libstdc++.so.6/gcc4), which is why kde isn't > being upgraded (is C++ code). I was just wondering if this will be > finished anytime soon. KDE 3.4 is head and shoulders above 3.3. Th

Libgphoto 2-2.1.6 on Sarge? For a Canon Powershot A520

2005-07-28 Thread Dan R. Hunt
I am running Sarge with a 2.6.8-2-k7 Kernel, and I have not yet succeeded in installing Libgphot 2-2.1.6 from the .tar.gz file I downloaded. I expanded the file into a directory and ran the install script without it making all the changes required to use gphoto as a GUI. I can plug my new Canon P

udev or no udev, I am confused

2005-07-28 Thread phyrster
Hi Debianers, Out of a rackless upgrade, 'df' command shows the following line: |/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 ext38.0G 4.1G 3.6G 53% / instead of /dev/hda2. I think I deleted some packages but I can't trace back. My question is: will udev change the situation? (I am usi

how to add new window manager to display manager?

2005-07-28 Thread phyrster
hi all, After compiled fluxbox and installed it, I noticed there is no entry for 'fluxbox' in gdm and wdm. However, the debian pkg can automatically add that entry. I wonder which file to configure to make those display managers recognize the newly installed windows manager? regards bxuef

Funny Dependencies !

2005-07-28 Thread Uwe Dippel
If ii gcc3.3.5-3The GNU C compiler ii gcc-3.33.3.5-13 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-3.3-base 3.3.5-13 The GNU Compiler Collection (base package) is what you find on your box, you think you can compile. At least "Hello World". Wrong: /usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No

dual head video card

2005-07-28 Thread Shea Martin
I have two 15" lcd monitors here.  I am buying an nVidia card to drive them. I also use the S-Video out on the card quite often.  That is why I am choosing nVidia, I am assuming that getting dual head, and S-Video up and running will be easier using their linux drivers, than other combinations of c

knoppix DVD 4.0

2005-07-28 Thread Art H
Hi all. Just so you know, I'm a newbie, I downloaded,burned and booted up with Knoppix 4.0 with no problems and have been using Linux for a few days now. I've tried searching for my question but can't find a definite answer yet, which is, since I'm running Knoppix from my DVD Rom, and don't write a

Re: Dist-Upgrading

2005-07-28 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Steven Pasternak wrote: Hi! I have been using linux for a few years now, and I just downloaded and installed the 2 sarge DVDs. I have been using RPM-based linux (SuSE,Fedora,Mandrake) until now, and I want to know how to use apt-get dist-upgrade. I tried it, but it didn't install anything. Do

Re: Was Space Recovery - Now X-windows problem

2005-07-28 Thread Robert Brockway
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, John Graves wrote: > xrdb: Can't open display ':0' Hi John. That error can mean a number of things: X is not running because it lacked a valid mode line (most common) X is not running because it died for some other reason X is refusing connections (less common) Try startin

Re: ..last mirror update was a week ago, what's going on???

2005-07-28 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 01:57:34 +0100, Steve wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 02:31:01AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > ..last mirror update was a week ago, what's going on??? > > > ..and, yeah, gg:"Debian mirror update" "21-Jul-2005" etc > > finds _lotsa_ noise.

On lprng and magicfilter (was: Re: : Re: Using a novell shared printer from debian.)

2005-07-28 Thread Rogério Brito
On Jul 28 2005, Joel Peter William Pitt wrote: > Used LPRng as the spool daemon and magicfilter as the filter. Nice to see others using this combination of programs. I sincerely think that magicfilter is underrated. It simply works in the usual Unix tradition. To be honest, I have not looked much

Package upgrade command

2005-07-28 Thread Lian Liming
Hi all,    To upgrade the package, I have two way:    "aptitude update" and then "aptitude upgrade",    or "aptitude update" and then "aptitude dist-upgrade".    So what is main difference between the two parameters "upgrade" and "dist-upgrade" for command "aptitude"? and which is recommended on

vsftpd Extended Passive Mode problem

2005-07-28 Thread linux china
the ftp client has trouble to list directories on the vsftpd server using Extended Passive Mode. ftp> ls 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||13295|)<-- dead here Once I turn off epsv mode in the client side by enter 'epsv' ftp> epsv EPSV/EPRT on IPv4 off. then the problem is solved,

Re: ..last mirror update was a week ago, what's going on???

2005-07-28 Thread debian-mirrors-request
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Re: ..last mirror update was a week ago, what's going on???

2005-07-28 Thread Steve Kemp
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 02:31:01AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > ..last mirror update was a week ago, what's going on??? > ..and, yeah, gg:"Debian mirror update" "21-Jul-2005" etc > finds _lotsa_ noise. > ..whether this mirror update lapse is planned or not, a wee > mention here on d-m and and

Re: C++ ABI change in sight?

2005-07-28 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 7/28/05, Steven Pasternak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! I know that currently debian is undergoing the C++ ABI Change > (libstdc++.so.5/gcc3.3-libstdc++.so.6/gcc4), which is why kde isn't > being upgraded (is C++ code). I was just wondering if this will be > finished anytime soon. KDE 3.4 is

C++ ABI change in sight?

2005-07-28 Thread Steven Pasternak
Hi! I know that currently debian is undergoing the C++ ABI Change (libstdc++.so.5/gcc3.3-libstdc++.so.6/gcc4), which is why kde isn't being upgraded (is C++ code). I was just wondering if this will be finished anytime soon. KDE 3.4 is head and shoulders above 3.3. Thanks! -Steven -- To UNSUBS

Re: unsubscribe

2005-07-28 Thread Steve Block
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 03:00:58PM -0400, Xinjiang Lu wrote: I have already tried all methods that I know, it turns out that simply no way to sign off. 1. Go to http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/unsubscribe 2. email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] What's the problem with thi

Re: Using a novell shared printer from debian.

2005-07-28 Thread Joel Peter William Pitt
Hi I just got printing to a printer on a Novell server working (after giving up on it ages ago, hurray for small successes!). Used LPRng as the spool daemon and magicfilter as the filter. printcap entry: lp|:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :mx#0:\ :sh:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/filter:\ :af=/var/spool/lp

..last mirror update was a week ago, what's going on???

2005-07-28 Thread Arnt Karlsen
Ok, ..last mirror update was a week ago, what's going on??? I get: ftp-master.debian.org 21-Jul-2005 21:00 29 ftp.de.debian.org 21-Jul-2005 22:24 29 syncproxy.eu.debian.org 21-Jul-2005 21:54 29 etc, on _all_ mirrors I've chked. ..and, yeah, gg:"Debian mirror update" "21-Jul-2005" et

sharing i386 and amd64 /etc and /home

2005-07-28 Thread Alex Malinovich
I've got my disk partitioned so that /home, /etc, /usr, /tmp, and /boot are on separate partitions. I'd like to install the amd64 port so I can finally make use of the full performance of my processor. But, I'd really like to transfer over all of my system settings to make the transition as seamles

Re: Using a novell shared printer from debian.

2005-07-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/07/05 09:54), Don Jackson wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (27/07/05 22:26), Kent West wrote: > > >>I think printing is still pretty much a nightmare in Linux. > >> > >>What I do, is to install cups (aptitude install cupsys - I always have > >>to install printer drivers also, but I neve

Re: Cd writing tool under Linux

2005-07-28 Thread Edward Dunagin
--- Robert Kopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Hans-Peter Sulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 16 July 2005 Lian Liming wrote: > > > > > I wonder if there are any GUI cd writing > tool > > available under > > > Debian. What I find so far is "cdrecord" which > is > > a command li

Cool 'n' Quiet and other AMD64 related problems

2005-07-28 Thread Emil Khatib
Hi everyone. I'm using the i386 port of Sarge on an AMD64. I'm trying to load the powernow-k8 module, but I get the following error: FATAL: Error inserting powernow_k8 (/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.ko): No such device I tried installing the amd64 kernel

Re: new packages

2005-07-28 Thread Nils-Erik Svangård
Bryan Donlan wrote: On 7/28/05, Nils-Erik Svangård <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Heh.. I thought it was just my selection of packages. When I run apt-get update; apt-get upgrade, I usually get atleast 10 upgrades per day, but in recent days none of the packages I use has been updated. A first I

Re: Cd writing tool under Linux

2005-07-28 Thread Robert Kopp
--- Hans-Peter Sulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 16 July 2005 Lian Liming wrote: > > > I wonder if there are any GUI cd writing tool > available under > > Debian. What I find so far is "cdrecord" which is > a command line CD > > writing tool. > > If you have a full version of Nero Burnin

Re: sarge ip alias?

2005-07-28 Thread Pete Hicks
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 11:46:34AM -0500, Matthew Lenz wrote: >so what's the proper debian way of adding an ip alias to an interface? > >say i've got 192.168.0.2 on eth0 and I want 192.168.0.3 on eth0:0 (or 1 >whatever debian uses for the first ip alias on an interface) > put this in /etc/network/

Re: new packages

2005-07-28 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 7/28/05, Nils-Erik Svangård <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heh.. I thought it was just my selection of packages. When I run apt-get > update; apt-get upgrade, I usually get atleast 10 upgrades per day, but > in recent days none of the packages I use has been updated. A first I > thougt the mirror

Re: new packages

2005-07-28 Thread Pollywog
On 07/28/2005 09:49 pm, Alle Meije Wink wrote: > Hello, > > My apt-get, although it appears to be working fine, has not found > updated packages for the the last week. Is this because actually no > packages have been updated or is there another reason? There were two or three security updates yest

Re: new packages

2005-07-28 Thread Nils-Erik Svangård
Heh.. I thought it was just my selection of packages. When I run apt-get update; apt-get upgrade, I usually get atleast 10 upgrades per day, but in recent days none of the packages I use has been updated. A first I thougt the mirror I used stopped updating, so I changed to the main archive, but

Re: new packages

2005-07-28 Thread Nils-Erik Svangård
John Fleming wrote: On Thursday 28 July 2005 04:49 pm, Alle Meije Wink wrote: Hello, My apt-get, although it appears to be working fine, has not found updated packages for the the last week. Is this because actually no packages have been updated or is there another reason? Best wishes Alle

Re: new packages

2005-07-28 Thread John Fleming
On Thursday 28 July 2005 04:49 pm, Alle Meije Wink wrote: > Hello, > > My apt-get, although it appears to be working fine, has not found > updated packages for the the last week. Is this because actually no > packages have been updated or is there another reason? > > Best wishes > Alle Meije > > >

Re: rbldnsd setup

2005-07-28 Thread Andy Smith
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 11:13:17PM -0700, Richard Cunningham wrote: > Okay, I did the apt-get install rbldnsd. The documentation on setting it > up is sparse. > > I want to run it stand-alone, without a dns server. Is there a > step-by-step tutorial on how to do this? I run rbldnsd, although no

Was Space Recovery - Now X-windows problem

2005-07-28 Thread John Graves
I was noticed that my hard drive was out of room. After some searching using ls & df, I found a file in my home directory (.xsession-errors) that had grown to 17G. I removed it, and thought I was out of the woods. Now I am unable to start any desktop manager. It would just return to the cho

Re: Need help with re-install on a old SCSI Debian box (addendum to earlier reply)

2005-07-28 Thread Paul E Condon
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 11:31:59AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: > > I have an old computer which I have been using as a print/file server. > > This afternoon there was an abrupt power outage. When the power returned > > this old computer would not boot up. Instead, the disk drive

Re: xorg-x11 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Packages Not Found

2005-07-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 06:54:53AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > Marc Wilson wrote: > >On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 12:26:15AM -0400, Robert James Kaes wrote: > > > >>Thanks. I added those lines, did an apt-get update and then my apt-get > >>dselect-upgrade. The required files all came in, but they came

Re: QM_MODULES - How can I implement them?

2005-07-28 Thread Thomas H. George
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 03:33:00PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 02:48:04PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > I am running Sarge with a 2.6.8 kernel compiled from the Debian source. > > When I > > enter lsmod I get a response QM_Modules function not implemented. Th

How do I get a /dev/fb0 from my Hercules Kyro?

2005-07-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
I'm one of those poor wretches with a Hercules Prophet Kyro PCI video card on an aging 233 MHz Pentium. the one that isn't VESA, or even VGA, but EGA (remember those?). I found a report dated 2002 that someone got such a setup to work with the framebuffer driver fbdev (though of course no accelerat

new packages

2005-07-28 Thread Alle Meije Wink
Hello, My apt-get, although it appears to be working fine, has not found updated packages for the the last week. Is this because actually no packages have been updated or is there another reason? Best wishes Alle Meije ___

Re: posting with webmail

2005-07-28 Thread roach
On Thursday 28 July 2005 21:23, [KS] wrote: > Click on "Reply All" link instead of just Reply and then remove the > sender's email so that you just send the reply to debian-user. I also though that was the answer, until I read the OP's question again. "reply to a thread" I think he wants to kno

Re: Sid wants to kill off abiword, aspell, and gedit

2005-07-28 Thread Joe Potter
James Vahn wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Joe Potter wrote: > >> I figure that someone at Debian hates the editors I like. What to do? >> >> >> An "apt-get dist-upgrade" will remove abiword and gedit. They then would >> be un-installable. This always happens with Sid and Gnome. Abiword is >> always

Re: Sid wants to kill off abiword, aspell, and gedit

2005-07-28 Thread James Vahn
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Joe Potter wrote: I figure that someone at Debian hates the editors I like. What to do? An "apt-get dist-upgrade" will remove abiword and gedit. They then would be un-installable. This always happens with Sid and Gnome. Abiword is always the last to be fixed. I smell a con

Re: QM_MODULES - How can I implement them?

2005-07-28 Thread Andreas Fester
Hi Thomas, Thomas H. George wrote: > I am running Sarge with a 2.6.8 kernel compiled from the Debian source. > When I enter lsmod I get a response QM_Modules function not > implemented. The kernel was compiled with full support for modules. > Apropos knows nothing of QM_Modules function. What is

Re: installation of a package requests removal of a lot of packages

2005-07-28 Thread Bill Thompson
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:24:58 +0100 Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible or practical to revert from aptitude to apt-get if the > user doesn't like aptitude? Since aptitude can be used on the command-line with the same flags as apt-get (aptitude update, aptitude upgrade, aptitu

Re: Sid wants to kill off abiword, aspell, and gedit

2005-07-28 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 03:05:22PM -0400, Joe Potter wrote: > I figure that someone at Debian hates the editors I like. What to do? Just wait. Sid is migrating to gcc 4.0. That means recompiling all software written in C++, which has to be done gradually and takes time. Frank -- "Debugging is t

Re: QM_MODULES - How can I implement them?

2005-07-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 02:48:04PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > I am running Sarge with a 2.6.8 kernel compiled from the Debian source. When > I > enter lsmod I get a response QM_Modules function not implemented. The kernel > was compiled with full support for modules. Apropos knows nothi

Re: posting with webmail

2005-07-28 Thread [KS]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > how does one post a reply to a thread on this list if using a webmail > program such as gmail? I haven't found a way to get the "in-reply-to" > link into the gmail header. > Click on "Reply All" link instead of just Reply and then remove the sender's email so that you j

Re: unsubscribe

2005-07-28 Thread Alan Ianson
On Thu July 28 2005 12:00 pm, Xinjiang Lu wrote: > I have already tried all methods that I know, it turns out that simply > no way to sign off. > 1. Go to http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/unsubscribe > 2. email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 3. email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What's the problem with this

Sid wants to kill off abiword, aspell, and gedit

2005-07-28 Thread Joe Potter
I figure that someone at Debian hates the editors I like. What to do? An "apt-get dist-upgrade" will remove abiword and gedit. They then would be un-installable. This always happens with Sid and Gnome. Abiword is always the last to be fixed. I smell a conspiracy! -- Regards, Joe -- To UNSUB

unsubscribe

2005-07-28 Thread Xinjiang Lu
I have already tried all methods that I know, it turns out that simply no way to sign off. 1. Go to http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/unsubscribe 2. email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] What's the problem with this mailing list? Thanks for your help. -Xinjiang -- To UNSU

cross install; cross platforms

2005-07-28 Thread Haines Brown
I'm in the practice of doing a chroot cross install to build a system on a new disk. However, in this case, I'm trying to build a system on my current machine (IBM PC, Intel, Sarge) in order to create a disk to be placed in a new machine, which has an Asus A8N-SLI motherboard, a different video car

QM_MODULES - How can I implement them?

2005-07-28 Thread Thomas H. George
I am running Sarge with a 2.6.8 kernel compiled from the Debian source. When I enter lsmod I get a response QM_Modules function not implemented. The kernel was compiled with full support for modules. Apropos knows nothing of QM_Modules function. What is it and how do I implement it? Tom G

"bad cookies" in ayttm and MSN connection

2005-07-28 Thread H. S.
Hi, I am using Ayttm(0.4.6+26-1) on Debian Testing. For quite a few weeks, I am not able to connect to my MSN hotmail account. Trying to do so gives the error: Could not connect to MSN HTTPS server (bad cookies) However, people tell me they can connect via Gaim. Just wondering if anybody knows

Tipp Server Rack Debian 3.1 stable

2005-07-28 Thread Nel Kopf
Hi, we need a new serverrack for our Debian 3.1 (stable) server. First we looked at Fujitsu RX100-S2, but after reading this posting http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/05/msg01763.html I thought not to get it cause of the Raidcontroller. Anybody got a tip for a quite cheap Serverrac

Tipp Server Rack Debian 3.1 stable

2005-07-28 Thread Nel Kopf
Hi, wir brauchen ein neues Serverrack fur unser Debian (stable) System. Wir haben uns zuerst den Fujitsu RX100-S2 angeschaut, doch nachdem ich einen Forumbeitrag gelesen hatte http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/05/msg01763.html dachte ich mir das wäre zu unsicher. Hat jemand viellei

Re: Unstable (sid) packages

2005-07-28 Thread Pollywog
On 07/28/2005 04:25 am, Bryan Donlan wrote: > On 7/27/05, Song, Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are the Unstable packages being updated? I've received several security > > updates but the packages doesn't seem to have been updated on > > http://ftp.debian.org. > > > > For example, Webcalendar

Re: installation of a package requests removal of a lot of packages

2005-07-28 Thread Pollywog
On 07/28/2005 11:55 am, Gena Batyan wrote: > pier wrote: > > Gena Batyan wrote: > >>I'm using unstable and I have encountered a strange situation a few > >> times. When trying to install a package using apt-get, it says among > >> other things 'following packages will be REMOVED: ...' and this list

Re: No Screens Found

2005-07-28 Thread Cecil Knutson
So, my question to Cecil; have you tried the vesa driver instead of the nv driver? Any change? Yes, I did try the vesa driver and startx fails with the same error Cecil -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: No Screens Found

2005-07-28 Thread Cecil Knutson
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:47:49 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: sorry, should have guessed. Are your machine's networked? can they be? ssh saved my butt last week as my Trident card doesn't work with current (at that time) x.org and left my screen unreadable, even the virt

Re: sarge ip alias?

2005-07-28 Thread Nelson Castillo
On 7/28/05, Matthew Lenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so what's the proper debian way of adding an ip alias to an interface? Add it to /etc/network/interfaces > say i've got 192.168.0.2 on eth0 and I want 192.168.0.3 on eth0:0 (or 1 > whatever debian uses for the first ip alias on an interface)

sarge ip alias?

2005-07-28 Thread Matthew Lenz
so what's the proper debian way of adding an ip alias to an interface? say i've got 192.168.0.2 on eth0 and I want 192.168.0.3 on eth0:0 (or 1 whatever debian uses for the first ip alias on an interface) -Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: Need help with re-install on a old SCSI Debian box

2005-07-28 Thread Paul E Condon
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 11:31:59AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: > > I have an old computer which I have been using as a print/file server. > > This afternoon there was an abrupt power outage. When the power returned > > this old computer would not boot up. Instead, the disk drive

Re: X-windows Problems with firefox install connections???

2005-07-28 Thread Will Ness
Hello! Here is the breakdown, yes I am using 2.2 idepci kernel on my laptop. However when I do the apt-get command, it claims that the newer kernel image is not been found. Not sure what to do next. Perhaps at this point, should I consider a reinstall? I know that x-windows worked the first time a

jabber-aim

2005-07-28 Thread Landy Bible
I've installed the jabber package using aptitude, and can connect to it. I created an account on the server, and it works. Now I'm trying to get the aim transport to work. I've installed the jabber-aim using aptitude. Using Exodus on windows, I try to add an aim contact, and get the followin

Re: installation of a package requests removal of a lot of packages

2005-07-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/07/05 08:47), Edward Dunagin wrote: > > you know, i have following this thread and find it > strange > > i ran aptitude update and then ran aptitude upgrade, > and look: > > HighNet:/usr/local# aptitude upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree > Reading extended

Re: installation of a package requests removal of a lot of packages

2005-07-28 Thread Adam Funk
antgel wrote: >> Is it possible or practical to revert from aptitude to apt-get if the >> user doesn't like aptitude? > > Yes. > >>>Secondly, if you are using unstable, you should know how to deal with >>>this stuff. >> >> >> I've been using testing and unstable for a couple of years and I sti

Strange dist-upgrade error: libswt2.1-java

2005-07-28 Thread Adam Funk
When I try to apt-get dist-upgrade, it fails on libswt2.1-gtk2-java or libswt2.1-java, but I already have the first one installed and it it supposed to provide the second, as shown below. (I'm running Debian testing.) This has been going on for a few weeks now. How do I fix it? Thanks, Adam

Autorun for KDE

2005-07-28 Thread MJang
Folks, Just wondering if there's a Debian native autorun option in KDE, something to mount and run stuff on removable media automatically, similar to gnome-volume-manager. I don't want to resort of ivman yet. Thanks, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: playing contained mp3-files

2005-07-28 Thread Christian Henz
On 7/28/05, Florian Dorpmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Okay, I have found a m3u.shtml file which seems to be a script that > >redirects > >to an actual m3u link... and that was then actually opened in XMMS > >(the application > >i have configured Firefox to open m3u files in). > > And w

Re: installation of a package requests removal of a lot of packages

2005-07-28 Thread Edward Dunagin
you know, i have following this thread and find it strange i ran aptitude update and then ran aptitude upgrade, and look: HighNet:/usr/local# aptitude upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done The followi

Can't get Intel 82915G on-board graphics controller to deactivate the monitor.

2005-07-28 Thread Adam Funk
My computer has on-board video which `lspci -v` reports as follows: :00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82915G Express Chipset Family Graphics Controller (rev 04) Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 2582 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Memor

Re: Programming in C with debian

2005-07-28 Thread Martin Kenneth Lopez
One more time thanks for all the links... since yesterday Im cheking all the links, right now Im testing the eclipse... wish me luck and thanks again Martin Kenneth Lopez Doofus wrote: > Katipo wrote: > >> Martin Kenneth Lopez wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the answer I will test the ide's and ema

Re: playing contained mp3-files

2005-07-28 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
I dont know about you, but I am a KDE-man! Therefore I use Kaffeine. Install: kaffeine(I use 0.6-1) kaffeine-mozilla(I use 0.4.3.1-1) I have tried that with the packages provided by debian sarge. Kaffeine only opens a black window and I have found no way

Re: Need help with re-install on a old SCSI Debian box

2005-07-28 Thread Joey Hess
Paul E Condon wrote: > I have an old computer which I have been using as a print/file server. > This afternoon there was an abrupt power outage. When the power returned > this old computer would not boot up. Instead, the disk drive made strange > noises. > So I found another old SCSI drive and beg

Re: Debian is slow on the Network

2005-07-28 Thread Nelson Castillo
Hi. On 7/28/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (cut) > The time to show a prompt for a telnet to my computer is long too but > (near 5 sec.) It should be a DNS issue. Try adding the connecting host to the DNS or to /etc/hosts > I saw on the web that it could be a host name resol

Re: playing contained mp3-files

2005-07-28 Thread Jan Schledermann
Florian Dorpmueller wrote: >>I suggest you install the MediaPlayerConnectivity extension into >>Firefox. I don't know that it will solve your problem, but it might. > > I already have tried that without success so far. > > I also have tried with the plugins for kaffeine and mplayer with the same

Re: playing contained mp3-files

2005-07-28 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
Okay, I have found a m3u.shtml file which seems to be a script that redirects to an actual m3u link... and that was then actually opened in XMMS (the application i have configured Firefox to open m3u files in). And will xmms play it directly by starting it from the Firefox window? Thats the

Re: Debian is slow on the Network

2005-07-28 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > i have little problem with my network speed. (i dont > know how do we say > exactly in english). > I explained my trouble : > > I use a java application on a window computer, which > do a request to my > debian computer; the time to give an answer is > ne

Re: playing contained mp3-files

2005-07-28 Thread Christian Henz
On 7/28/05, Christian Henz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/28/05, Florian Dorpmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I suggest you install the MediaPlayerConnectivity extension into > > >Firefox. I don't know that it will solve your problem, but it might. > > > > I already have tried that withou

Re: Programming in C with debian

2005-07-28 Thread Michael Ott
Hello David! > Anjuta is a very good one. There's also the Kdevelop. Thank you for this tip. I tested anjuta. I have a project written in C with using glade. And i import the project into anjuta. But i cannot edit my glade-file using the glade plugin. Can anybody help me. CU

Re: OT: xorg-x11 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Packages Not Found

2005-07-28 Thread Steve Lamb
Clive Menzies wrote: > After hanging back for a while, I finally bit the bullet and upgraded to > xorg a few days ago (amd64/sid) and all was hunky dory. A day or so ago I > also did a G4 (sid) and all is well. This conversation prompted me to upgrade my laptop (Dell Latitude CPx) to xorg. T

Re: installation of a package requests removal of a lot of packages

2005-07-28 Thread John Hasler
antgel writes: > Firstly, you should use aptitude instead of apt-get, which is not a > proper package manager. Neither is a package manager at all. Both are front-ends for the apt library, which is built on top of the dpkg package management system. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: std mail server

2005-07-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/07/05 11:54), Maurice O'Regan wrote: > I wish to set up a dedicated mail server, based on debian. > > I require: > > pop3 > smtp > webmail > spam control > antivirus system > web administration module > > I would like to hear from and administrator who has such a > configuration, and is p

Re: playing contained mp3-files

2005-07-28 Thread Christian Henz
On 7/28/05, Florian Dorpmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I suggest you install the MediaPlayerConnectivity extension into > >Firefox. I don't know that it will solve your problem, but it might. > > I already have tried that without success so far. > > I also have tried with the plugins for k

Debian is slow on the Network

2005-07-28 Thread nicolas.kosmalski
Hi, i have little problem with my network speed. (i dont know how do we say exactly in english). I explained my trouble : I use a java application on a window computer, which do a request to my debian computer; the time to give an answer is nearly the 25sec. It's the same thing if i do the reques

Re: OT: xorg-x11 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Packages Not Found

2005-07-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/07/05 09:16), Kent West wrote: > Tom Allison wrote: > > > I hate finding out that everything I've been using is XX years > > outdated, it's like wearing bell bottoms to work... > > Oh, great! Now I've got to find another pair of pants to wear this > morning . . . . After hanging back for

Re: Programming in C with debian

2005-07-28 Thread Nelson Castillo
On 7/27/05, Katipo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin Kenneth Lopez wrote: > > >Thanks for the answer I will test the ide's and emacs too... Now to > >make open source software > >thanks again everybody > > > >Martin Kenneth > > > > > > > Don't forget vim. http://packages.debian.org/testing

Re: Using a novell shared printer from debian.

2005-07-28 Thread Don Jackson
Clive Menzies wrote: > On (27/07/05 22:26), Kent West wrote: >>I think printing is still pretty much a nightmare in Linux. >> >>What I do, is to install cups (aptitude install cupsys - I always have >>to install printer drivers also, but I never can remember (the name of >>the package is non-intui

Re: playing contained mp3-files

2005-07-28 Thread Kent West
Florian Dorpmueller wrote: > Is there anybody around here who can play these files directly from > Firefox? > Yes. But I only get 30 seconds worth of tune, and I had to clip some > characters off the end of the URL (which may have just been an artifact of email quoting/copying/pasting). http://8

posting with webmail

2005-07-28 Thread Daniel . Mcbrearty
how does one post a reply to a thread on this list if using a webmail program such as gmail? I haven't found a way to get the "in-reply-to" link into the gmail header. thanks Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Re: can't connect with putty

2005-07-28 Thread Daniel . Mcbrearty
Actually I started off with ssh, but couldn't connect - the providers instructions referred to putty so I installed that and tried it to make sure I was using the correct u/p combination. In fact it turned out to be a DNS-appearing problem which has been bugging me for a while. ssh worked when

Re: playing contained mp3-files

2005-07-28 Thread Florian Dorpmueller
I suggest you install the MediaPlayerConnectivity extension into Firefox. I don't know that it will solve your problem, but it might. I already have tried that without success so far. I also have tried with the plugins for kaffeine and mplayer with the same result. Something basic seems to be

Re: Programming in C with debian

2005-07-28 Thread David Roguin
Anjuta is a very good one. There's also the Kdevelop. Have luck. On 7/28/05, Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:56:36 -0400 > stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 06:35:03PM -0500, Martin Kenneth Lopez wrote: > > > Hello everyone! > > > I be

Re: Programming in C with debian

2005-07-28 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:56:36 -0400 stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 06:35:03PM -0500, Martin Kenneth Lopez wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > I been using my debian sarge since a while ago I learning how to > > programming in c , and I was wondering if you know any good I

OT: xorg-x11 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Packages Not Found

2005-07-28 Thread Kent West
Tom Allison wrote: > I hate finding out that everything I've been using is XX years > outdated, it's like wearing bell bottoms to work... Oh, great! Now I've got to find another pair of pants to wear this morning . . . . -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

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