web-cam and Etch

2006-11-25 Thread Bernd Kloss
Hello, I'd like to use a webcam on my telescope. Some friends gave a recommendation for Philips "SPC 900NC" but there is no Linux-software available. Is there something included in Debian to make it run? Thank you Bernd _ Der W

Re: key error

2006-11-25 Thread B_Kloss
Am Sonntag, 26. November 2006 03:34 schrieb L.V.Gandhi: > I get following error on apt-get update. > > W: There are no public key available for the following key IDs: > A70DAF536070D3A1 > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > > What to do? I have the same problem. Haven

Re: start xdm at boot

2006-11-25 Thread Arvind Marathe
Hi Claudio, the problem is: there is no /etc/init.d/xdm file These are the contents of /etc/init.d/ orion:/etc/init.d# ls acpid ifupdown mtab.shskeleton alsa ifupdown-clean networking ssh alsa-utils keymap.sh nfs-co

Re: start xdm at boot

2006-11-25 Thread Claudio Mazzariello
Hi Arvind files in /etc/rcN.d are actually links to init scripts in /etc/init.d What you should do is ln -s /etc/init.d/xdm /etc/rcN.d/S99xdm bye Claudio Arvind Marathe wrote: Hi all, I have debian etch installed with icewm window manager. I want xdm sevices to start at boot so that i get the

start xdm at boot

2006-11-25 Thread Arvind Marathe
Hi all, I have debian etch installed with icewm window manager. I want xdm sevices to start at boot so that i get the gui login. I changed the runlevel in /etc/inittab from 2 to 5. But still xdm services do not start at boot. So I checked my /etc/rc5.d/ directory and found that there is no file S99

Re: Grub extra option remain

2006-11-25 Thread Edward Shornock (debian ml)
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 12:09:15AM -0400, E0x wrote: > i use the option vga=791 for get bigger resolution in the console , > but when i upgrade the kernel the auto menu update dont add that > option to the new entry of kernel , i dont want stop using the auto > update grub way for i link find a wa

Re: jre not found?

2006-11-25 Thread Tyler
Liam O'Toole wrote: On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:18:02 GMT Tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Liam O'Toole wrote: How are you invoking the application? Is there a launch script of some sort? If so, modify it so that occurrences of "jre" are replaced with "java". Alternatively, you could create a symb

Re: key error

2006-11-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 08:04:52AM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I get following error on apt-get update. > > W: There are no public key available for the following key IDs: > A70DAF536070D3A1 > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > Do you have debian-archive-keyring ins

Grub extra option remain

2006-11-25 Thread E0x
i use the option vga=791 for get bigger resolution in the console , but when i upgrade the kernel the auto menu update dont add that option to the new entry of kernel , i dont want stop using the auto update grub way for i link find a way for put that option al the time that the menu update happe

First Look at Debian

2006-11-25 Thread Baz
Wow - I'm getting my first look at Debian on my Thinkpad. I loaded Etch in a virtual machine. I'm happy - I was beginning to lose interest because of all the difficulties. There are a few issues, but on the whole - very nice... - Baz -- "...heart and soulone will burn." - Joy Division

key error

2006-11-25 Thread L . V . Gandhi
I get following error on apt-get update. W: There are no public key available for the following key IDs: A70DAF536070D3A1 W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems What to do? -- L.V.Gandhi http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ linux user No.205042

Re: How can I verify hardware compatibility?

2006-11-25 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 01:36:19PM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote: > I'm planning on buying components individually and piecing > together a computer. I'd like to install Debian Linux on it. > I'm not buying any of the latest and greatest stuff, and the > hardware I have picked out is pretty standard

Re: Apache2 and php4 install on etch RC1

2006-11-25 Thread Kevin Ross
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/faq.installation.php#faq.installation.apache2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: How can I verify hardware compatibility?

2006-11-25 Thread Kevin Ross
> You won't find a new "internal" > hardware modem at any US retailer today. They just aren't made > any more. Even the "controller-based with DSP" models won't > "just work" because they don't bother with looking like UARTs > any more. They've got proprietary interfaces, and you can't > tell fr

Re: xserver-xorg postinst script Hanging

2006-11-25 Thread Carl Brown
On Saturday 25 November 2006 2:54 pm, Florian Kulzer wrote: > How did you try to kill the discover processes? killall discover Then, after that didn't work; killall -s KILL discover Then, after that didn't work; kill -9 ×6 Then, after that didn't work; pkill -9 discover Which also failed.

Trouble reading a Windows cd

2006-11-25 Thread Jacob S
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Howdy list, I have a cd of pictures that a friend burned for me on their windoze machine. Whenever I try to mount it though, mount gives me an error saying "mount: Not a directory". I know this is not a permissions problem, as I get the same error w

Re: Etch w/o icedove

2006-11-25 Thread Rob Sims
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 05:13:16PM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > I have Etch installed and have been keeping it up to date with > occaisional updates using aptitude. I decided to see what it would want > to do if I asked for a dist-upgrade. The answere -- it wants to install > icedove. I do no

Re: Etch w/o icedove (OOPS!)

2006-11-25 Thread Marc Shapiro
Marc Shapiro wrote: I have Etch installed and have been keeping it up to date with occaisional updates using aptitude. I decided to see what it would want to do if I asked for a dist-upgrade. The answere -- it wants to install icedove. I do not need icedove. I have the upstream firefox 2.

Re: cdrecord / xcdroast on Sarge / 2.6.8-3 as user - FYI

2006-11-25 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 19:04:21 +0100, Stephan Seitz wrote: > Don't use the group disk, use group cdrom instead. Anyone in group disk > can read and write direct to the disks (e.g deleting partitions). You > don't want this. Ah, sure ! - I think now it is perfect. Thanks, Uwe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Etch w/o icedove

2006-11-25 Thread Marc Shapiro
I have Etch installed and have been keeping it up to date with occaisional updates using aptitude. I decided to see what it would want to do if I asked for a dist-upgrade. The answere -- it wants to install icedove. I do not need icedove. I have the upstream firefox 2.0 installed. I also h

Re: How can I verify hardware compatibility?

2006-11-25 Thread Cameron L. Spitzer
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grok Mogger wrote: > I'm planning on buying components individually and piecing > together a computer. I'd like to install Debian Linux on it. > I'm not buying any of the latest and greatest stuff, and the

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-25 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Nov 25 16:30 -0600]: > On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 05:13:55PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > Roberto C. Sanchez([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > > > > > Unless the ISP blocks outbound port 25 to hosts outside of their own > > > MXs. Based

Re: xmms alternative, please comment

2006-11-25 Thread Nate Bargmann
* LeVA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Nov 25 12:59 -0600]: > Hi! > > I'm searching for an xmms alternative which can use a multimedia > keyboard's extra keys. (Now I am using xmms + itouch plugin) I don't know about keyboard usage, but I like Beep Media Player over XMMS a bit. Unfortunately, it's no

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 05:13:55PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > > > Unless the ISP blocks outbound port 25 to hosts outside of their own > > MXs. Based on the OP's statement that the ISP implemented new Spam > > controls recently

Re: The Linux Code

2006-11-25 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 13:59 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Is that video related to Revolution OS? I think it is "The Code", a Finnish documentary made in 2001. http://imdb.com/title/tt0315417/ It was shown on Swedish (and I presume Finnish) television a few years ago. -- Cheers, Sven Arvid

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-25 Thread Wayne Topa
Roberto C. Sanchez([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 10:01:52AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > > You could reconfigure reportbug to send directly. Use this in your > > ~/.reportbugrc > > > > smtphost=bugs.debian.org > > > Unless the ISP blocks outboun

Re: Apache2 and php4 install on etch RC1

2006-11-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 11:25:23PM +0200, Debeselis wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to install apache2 on my new etch system. After apache2 package > installation I tried to install php4 package. During this package > installation I noticed dependency problems: > > dpkg: apache2-mpm-worker: dependency

Re: How can I verify hardware compatibility?

2006-11-25 Thread Grok Mogger
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 01:36:19PM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote: I'm planning on buying components individually and piecing together a computer. I'd like to install Debian Linux on it. I'm not buying any of the latest and greatest stuff, and the hardware I have picked ou

Apache2 and php4 install on etch RC1

2006-11-25 Thread Debeselis
Hi, I tried to install apache2 on my new etch system. After apache2 package installation I tried to install php4 package. During this package installation I noticed dependency problems: goblinas:/var/log# apt-get install php4 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The fol

Re: What's the difference between updatedb and /etc/cron.daily/find?

2006-11-25 Thread Gabriel Parrondo
2006/11/23, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:03:49 -0700, Chris Purves wrote > I am seeing different results from /etc/cron.daily/find and running > updatedb from the command line: > > aims-07:~# /etc/cron.daily/find > aims-07:~# locate Access.pm > aims-07:~# updatedb > aims-07

Re: xmms alternative, please comment

2006-11-25 Thread Gabriel Parrondo
2006/11/25, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Steve Kemp wrote: > On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 07:32:28PM +0100, LeVA wrote: > >> I'm searching for an xmms alternative which can use a multimedia And you can also use lineak, which (as far as I know) is the easiest way to configure and use your mul

Re: The Linux Code

2006-11-25 Thread Marc Shapiro
Baz wrote: I saw this yesterday via Google Video. Excellent! I had no idea Linus lives here in the Bay Area. - Baz -- "...heart and soulone will burn." - Joy Division Linus does not live in the Bay Area any more. He did, but he now lives here in the Portland, Oregon area, working

Re: The Linux Code

2006-11-25 Thread John L Fjellstad
Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I saw this yesterday via Google Video.  Excellent!  I had no idea > Linus lives here in the Bay Area.   Must be a pretty old program since Linus moved out of the Bay Area a couple of years ago. http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/10/2317243 -- John L

Re: xmms alternative, please comment

2006-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Steve Kemp wrote: On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 07:32:28PM +0100, LeVA wrote: I'm searching for an xmms alternative which can use a multimedia keyboard's extra keys. (Now I am using xmms + itouch plugin) ps.: please cc me You don't need to switch player to use the multimedia keys, simply use s

Re: How can I verify hardware compatibility?

2006-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Grok Mogger wrote: I'm planning on buying components individually and piecing together a computer. I'd like to install Debian Linux on it. I'm not buying any of the latest and greatest stuff, and the hardware I have picked out is pretty standard fare, nothing too fancy. So I'm pretty sure eve

Re: xserver-xorg postinst script Hanging

2006-11-25 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 14:10:28 -0500, Carl Brown wrote: > On Saturday 25 November 2006 11:16 am, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > (There was a similar case on debian-kde a while ago and it turned out > >  that discover was hanging.) > > It is indeed discover that is hanging. The last line on stdout at

Re: Filter old mail with procmail

2006-11-25 Thread Morten O. Hansen
On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 17:34 +0100, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote: > Kevin Mark escribe: > > formail -s procmail < some_mail_box > > This is only useful if mail is stored in mbox format. > I just did a "for m in *; do formail -s procmail < $m; done" in the maildir (Maildur/cur), and it worked gr

Re: The Linux Code

2006-11-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 11:05:00AM -0800, Baz wrote: > I > don't know. I didn't see any references in the credits. Just google > "Linux" at Google Videos. > It should be on of the first fews hits. It's about 58 minutes long. > Or, I can e-mail it to you. > Please don't email it to me. I am ove

Re: xmms alternative, please comment

2006-11-25 Thread Steve Kemp
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 07:32:28PM +0100, LeVA wrote: > I'm searching for an xmms alternative which can use a multimedia > keyboard's extra keys. (Now I am using xmms + itouch plugin) > > ps.: please cc me You don't need to switch player to use the multimedia keys, simply use something like

Re: xmms alternative, please comment

2006-11-25 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello. LeVA, 25.11.2006 19:32: > I'm searching for an xmms alternative which can use a multimedia > keyboard's extra keys. (Now I am using xmms + itouch plugin) I recommend using Exaile[0]. It’s the greatest player I found so far. You dan’t have to do much, just use your keys. Regards, Mathias

Re: How can I verify hardware compatibility?

2006-11-25 Thread Kevin Ross
For SATA controllers: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html Video cards: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/VALinux-kb/video-cards-for-linux.html Sound cards: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php?vendor=All Printers: http://cups.org/ppd.php Not sure about a list of ethernet cards, b

Re: xserver-xorg postinst script Hanging

2006-11-25 Thread Carl Brown
On Saturday 25 November 2006 11:16 am, Florian Kulzer wrote: > (There was a similar case on debian-kde a while ago and it turned out >  that discover was hanging.) It is indeed discover that is hanging. The last line on stdout at the hang is: +++ discover --disable=serial,parallel,usb,ide,scsi '-

Re: The Linux Code

2006-11-25 Thread Nelson Castillo
On 11/25/06, Igor Guerrero Fonseca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are you goin to visit him? Say hello and thanks to Linus for me!!! That video not only Linus is in... also Richard M. Stallman, Miguel de Icaza, Alan Cox and a lot a lot more!!! I loved what Alan Cox said about coding and poetry. S

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-25 Thread hendrik
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 09:22:51AM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 07:13:34AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > > That would get one response from where I am: we don't support that OS. > > > > Yes. I too have had to deal with that. Whenever that issue comes up, I >

Re: The Linux Code

2006-11-25 Thread Baz
I don't know. I didn't see any references in the credits. Just google "Linux" at Google Videos. It should be on of the first fews hits. It's about 58 minutes long. Or, I can e-mail it to you. - Baz On 11/25/06, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 12:56:19PM

Re: The Linux Code

2006-11-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 12:56:19PM -0600, Igor Guerrero Fonseca wrote: > > That video not only Linus is in... also Richard M. Stallman, Miguel de > Icaza, Alan Cox and a lot a lot more!!! > Is that video related to Revolution OS? Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.

Re: The Linux Code

2006-11-25 Thread Baz
Yea, exactly. It's a must see. I don't exactly where he lives - but, there's many tech conventions here and who knows, I may accidently see him. On 11/25/06, Igor Guerrero Fonseca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are you goin to visit him? Say hello and thanks to Linus for me!!! That video not on

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 01:48:49PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > That's the main thing I looked for when I sought an ISP -- I call their > tech support and find out if they choke when I mention I run Linux and > ask them what drivers or kernel modules I need to use their cable modem. > I

xmms alternative, please comment

2006-11-25 Thread LeVA
Hi! I'm searching for an xmms alternative which can use a multimedia keyboard's extra keys. (Now I am using xmms + itouch plugin) ps.: please cc me Thanks! Daniel -- LeVA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The Linux Code

2006-11-25 Thread Igor Guerrero Fonseca
Are you goin to visit him? Say hello and thanks to Linus for me!!! That video not only Linus is in... also Richard M. Stallman, Miguel de Icaza, Alan Cox and a lot a lot more!!! El sáb, 25-11-2006 a las 10:33 -0800, Baz escribió: > I saw this yesterday via Google Video. Excellent! I had no ide

Re: How can I verify hardware compatibility?

2006-11-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 01:36:19PM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote: > I'm planning on buying components individually and piecing > together a computer. I'd like to install Debian Linux on it. > I'm not buying any of the latest and greatest stuff, and the > hardware I have picked out is pretty standard

How can I verify hardware compatibility?

2006-11-25 Thread Grok Mogger
I'm planning on buying components individually and piecing together a computer. I'd like to install Debian Linux on it. I'm not buying any of the latest and greatest stuff, and the hardware I have picked out is pretty standard fare, nothing too fancy. So I'm pretty sure everything will "just

The Linux Code

2006-11-25 Thread Baz
I saw this yesterday via Google Video. Excellent! I had no idea Linus lives here in the Bay Area. - Baz -- "...heart and soulone will burn." - Joy Division

Re: Help: Developing Free Debian Trainings

2006-11-25 Thread Baz
I believe this is an excellent idea. I'm new to Debian - and, even though I'm encountering difficulty, the social aspect of the Project is certainly a saving grace. I'd like to suggest a focus of this training - laptops. Laptop users, as I've read and experienced, face a steeper learning curve b

Re: cdrecord / xcdroast on Sarge / 2.6.8-3 as user - FYI

2006-11-25 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 01:22:47AM +0800, Uwe Dippel wrote: # ls -l /dev/hdd brw-rw 1 root disk 22, 64 2004-04-30 08:27 /dev/hdd The only thing needed is that your user is member of group 'disk'. The latter shows why. Don’t use the group disk, use group cdrom instead. Anyone in group disk

cdrecord / xcdroast on Sarge / 2.6.8-3 as user - FYI

2006-11-25 Thread Uwe Dippel
Call this redundant (and soon - with Etch - outdated). The archive is full of posts on this topic, but none seems to wrap it up. Instead of you having to to sort it out, try this: 1. All this 'ATAPI' is logically correct, but not technically. Use 'ATA'. 2. 'cdrecord dev=ATA: -scanbus' is the way

Re: Paritioning Issue

2006-11-25 Thread user local
2006/11/21, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hello. This is really basic in regard to all the other mail I've seen so far here - but, here goes... New to Debian. Trying to install Sarge from DVD on my Thinkpad (Z60t). At the partitioning prompt - only two options: completely overwrite the HD (guided

Re: Help: Developing Free Debian Trainings

2006-11-25 Thread Michelle Konzack
Maybe your schould this send to in german language too (Ich spreche ja auch deutsch). Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant Am 2006-11-24 19:18:05, schrieb Maarten Verwijs: > > Hello! > > I'd like to

Re: Help: Developing Free Debian Trainings

2006-11-25 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Maarten, Am 2006-11-24 19:18:05, schrieb Maarten Verwijs: > > Hello! > > I'd like to announce a new project in order to gain world domination for > Debian. It's my little pet project and I call it "The Tipii Project" [1]. I do not know your location, but... > The short term goal of the T

Re: Etch status..?

2006-11-25 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-11-23 22:15:01, schrieb cga2000: > I installed the latest 2.6.18.3 alongside the 2.4.27 that initially > came with the sarge netinst and sure enough my PC card is no longer > recognized. > > So it looks like I'm stuck with a 2.4 kernel for the lifetime of this > laptop. You can install o

Re: Bitte, nicht schiessen! WAR: Großes Modelcasting - jetzt als Model bewerben

2006-11-25 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-11-23 02:40:24, schrieb Mike McCarty: > Michelle Konzack wrote: > >:-)"And if you can not defeat your enemy, ally with him!" > > Here in the USA we say "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" Thanks, nice to know since I am not native english speaker. Thanks, Greetings and nice Day M

Re: how many CDs for v3.1 r3?

2006-11-25 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-11-23 12:06:00, schrieb Matus UHLAR - fantomas: > > On my Multimedia-station /tmp is a seperated Western Digital Raptor > > 76 GByte... and my /tmp is arround 40% if I am working. > > How many of memory do you have in those machine? 8 GByte and if I have more money next month the second

Re: VIA epia box does not "see" onboard ethernet after reboot

2006-11-25 Thread Jens Peter Secher
Joao Carlos de Lima Roscoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have two VIA epia boxes. One is an epia5000, and is running > ipcop, using its onboard ethernet (Via Rhine) and an adittional > PCI SiS ethernet board; the other is an epia M6000, and is running > sarge, headless - its a disk / subversion

Re: Laptop choice?

2006-11-25 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 17:32 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Compaq Presario ($399.98 US) [snip] > HP ($379.99 US) Don't buy an HP/Compaq. Two reasons: 1. They never perform as good as the hardware suggest. This has been my observation over several years dealing with clients who buy nothing but HP

Re: xserver-xorg postinst script Hanging

2006-11-25 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 08:18:25 -0500, Carl Brown wrote: > Using testing, installing xserver-xorg 7.1.0-6. > > Running a dist-upgrade, xserver-xorg postinst script hangs indefinitely. > There is no disk or CPU activity, I must kill it manually. > > Is this a local problem or are others also seei

directory and file security

2006-11-25 Thread linux china
hi, May I know a correct settings for ext2, or ext3 filesystem, when files are written into a directory, or a directory is created under there, no files are allowed to be deleted anymore. I think using chattr to set correct permission, I tried " chattr +a a-dir", the a-dir is owned by a normal u

Re: Writting on encrypted partion with Debian sarge reading with Knoppix

2006-11-25 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Rainer, On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 04:05:30PM +0100, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > I did specify the -H rmd160, but it did not change anything, > passphrase was ok, but same error message, when I tried to mount the > file system. > > With losetup /dev/loop0, I got on Knoppix > > /dev/loop0: [0011]:9556

Re: apt-get troubles

2006-11-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 03:08:47PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Reading Package Lists... Error! > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room > E: Error occured while processing timemachine (NewVersion1) > E: Problem with MergeList > /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.it.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary

Re: apt-get troubles

2006-11-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 03:08:47PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Err http://ftp.it.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Packages Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIK non-US doesn't exist anymore. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it sim

Abiword question

2006-11-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
I have recently noticed that PDFs produced by abiword are not legible in xpdf (lots of little boxes). I am only using Times New Roman and Courier in these documents. I am wondering if anyone else has seen this behavior. They display correctly in acroread. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanc

apt-get troubles

2006-11-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear all, I have this messages when I try to do...do you help me? Thanks in advance Kind regards Carmelo argon:/home/carmelo# apt-get update Hit http://ftp.it.debian.org unstable/main Packages Hit http://ftp.it.debian.org unstable/main Release Hit http://ftp.it.debian.org unstable/contrib Packag

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 07:13:34AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > That would get one response from where I am: we don't support that OS. > Yes. I too have had to deal with that. Whenever that issue comes up, I usually just tell them I am running Windows 98, which is the last version of Wind

Re: copying files between ext3 and fat32 is slow

2006-11-25 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Saturday 25 November 2006 08:44, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > I have a usb drive which contains two partitions. One partition is > > ext3, the > > > other is fat32 > > Curiosity, why use ext3 on a flash drive? Have you tried to convert > it to ext2 and see any differenc

Re: Bad CC [Was: Re: Reportbug - Does it work?]

2006-11-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 10:04:28AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Roberto: Sorry for the CC. I thought it was because of the Reply-To > header. Too late did I realize I was repling to Wayne ... > It doesn't matter. I don't really care about CCs on list mail since they show up together in Mutt.

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 10:01:52AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > You could reconfigure reportbug to send directly. Use this in your > ~/.reportbugrc > > smtphost=bugs.debian.org > Unless the ISP blocks outbound port 25 to hosts outside of their own MXs. Based on the OP's statement that t

gdm behavior change

2006-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, With the upgrade of gdm to 2.16.1-1 in Etch and Sid there is a change in behavior from previous versions: If you have more than one server starting they *used to* start with a slight delay, i.e. no all together. That is no longer true. I no longer notice a time lag. I preferred the old

Re: copying files between ext3 and fat32 is slow

2006-11-25 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > I have a usb drive which contains two partitions. One partition is ext3, the > other is fat32 Curiosity, why use ext3 on a flash drive? Have you tried to convert it to ext2 and see any difference? Ottavio _

Re: Change in mondo behavior

2006-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, With the version that is currently in Etch + Sid (2.20-1) there is a change in behavior from previous versions. The mountlist will be what is marked as auto in fstab. I found this out through the extremely fast response by Debian Maintainer Andree Leidenfrost to B

Change in mondo behavior

2006-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, With the version that is currently in Etch + Sid (2.20-1) there is a change in behavior from previous versions. The mountlist will be what is marked as auto in fstab. I found this out through the extremely fast response by Debian Maintainer Andree Leidenfrost to Bug#400024. That makes

xserver-xorg postinst script Hanging

2006-11-25 Thread Carl Brown
Using testing, installing xserver-xorg 7.1.0-6. Running a dist-upgrade, xserver-xorg postinst script hangs indefinitely. There is no disk or CPU activity, I must kill it manually. Is this a local problem or are others also seeing this? -- Carl Brown Whitefield, NH USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: SATA PCI

2006-11-25 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 09:11 +0800, Bob wrote: > Get one based on the Sil 3124-2 for Sata II, it's not supported by older > kernels and the driver hasn't been backported to 2.4 yet but it's an > open documented design an it's good to buy from manufacturers that help OS. > > You may be unable to f

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 08:41:47PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: My /var/log/emim4/mainlog shows 2 messages sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11-20 and accepted my my ISP's mail server. The one mentioned in this thread and one on crom. Strange. You may want to contact your ISP

Re: xserver-xorg: recent upgrade blowed out my X server

2006-11-25 Thread Amit Joshi
On Saturday 25 November 2006 16:30, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 02:23:53PM +0530, Amit Joshi wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 November 2006 21:56, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > > > > > > mhhh... I don't have a "Savage Video Cards" section, I am compiling > > > from 2.6.8 sources, shou

Re: Help: Developing Free Debian Trainings

2006-11-25 Thread Maarten Verwijs
Hi steef, On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 11:05:56PM -0500, steef wrote: > >>And so, on the 17th of December 2006, I will be hosting the first > >>Unofficial Debian Training in Utrecht, the Netherlands! > > > >I think it's a great idea. Let's go for it. > > where in utrecht?? *Probably* at my employers

Re: orientation with respect to tex, auctex, tetex, texlive, etc.

2006-11-25 Thread Christoph Bier
Russell L. Harris schrieb am 24.11.2006 23:59: [...] > So now my task is to figure out how to install version 49 or 50 of > minitoc.sty in texlive. http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=instpackages or try the MikTeX tools: http://dojo.miktex.org/blogs/christian_schenk/articles/mpmuni

Re: localhost in /etc/hosts

2006-11-25 Thread Tim Post
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 11:03 +, David Hart wrote: > On Sat 2006-11-25 23:58:42 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 07:51:49PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > > > > > I've had stand-alone (aka secure) boxes called localhost, with only the > > > standard 127.0.0.1 /etc/hosts

Re: xserver-xorg: recent upgrade blowed out my X server

2006-11-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 02:23:53PM +0530, Amit Joshi wrote: > On Tuesday 21 November 2006 21:56, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > > > > mhhh... I don't have a "Savage Video Cards" section, I am compiling from > > 2.6.8 sources, should I use newer ones?.. but still asking myself why it > > worked.. >

Re: localhost in /etc/hosts

2006-11-25 Thread David Hart
On Sat 2006-11-25 23:58:42 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 07:51:49PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > > > I've had stand-alone (aka secure) boxes called localhost, with only the > > standard 127.0.0.1 /etc/hosts entry. Never had a problem. > > Never tried to install leafn

Re: xserver-xorg: recent upgrade blowed out my X server

2006-11-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 05:10:19PM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > I am not sure why your xorg.config with the "s3" driver does not work > anymore. I think the old s3 driver has now been split into "s3", > "savage" and "s3virge". The new "s3" driver seems to be for legacy cards > only; all newer car

Re: localhost in /etc/hosts

2006-11-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 07:51:49PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:17:03AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2006-11-21 15:49:07 +0100, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > > > Indeed your hosts.allow probably wasn't complete. In addition to > > localhost, you should have a

Re: /dev/hd* gone with udev

2006-11-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 01:06:41PM +, Wackojacko wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > >On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 11:09:53PM -0800, Jason Dunsmore wrote: > >>I tried downgrading to udev 0.100-1, a version I know worked, but I > >>saw the same problem. > >> > >>Could it be my configuration? My /etc/u

Re: Help: Developing Free Debian Trainings

2006-11-25 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 07:18:05PM +0100, Maarten Verwijs wrote: > > Hello! > > I'd like to announce a new project in order to gain world domination for > Debian. It's my little pet project and I call it "The Tipii Project" [1]. > > The short term goal of the Tipii Project is to train people in

Re: SunBlade150 (Sparc64) random system freeze

2006-11-25 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 04:39:23PM +0530, Nishant Sharma wrote: > Hi, > > I am running Debian Testing on SunBlade150 with kernel 2.6.16. It used > to run kernel 2.6.8 before the upgrade. Irrespective of the kernel > version, I am facing system freezing randomly with no traces in any of > the logs.

Bad CC [Was: Re: Reportbug - Does it work?]

2006-11-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
Roberto: Sorry for the CC. I thought it was because of the Reply-To header. Too late did I realize I was repling to Wayne ... Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

2006-11-25 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 11:07:22PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > > My /var/log/emim4/mainlog shows 2 messages sent to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11-20 and accepted my my ISP's mail server. > > > The one mentioned in this thread and one on crom. > > > > > Strange. You may want to contact your ISP's