Re: Crontab Problem

2006-12-08 Thread Grok Mogger
Russell L. Harris wrote: * Grok Mogger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061207 21:39]: I tried doing something like this in the system wide crontab (/etc/crontab) and I was disappointed to find that it didn't work. It seems like the job just never ran at all. Can anyone tell me what might have happened?

Re: using kmail with procmail

2006-12-08 Thread John L Fjellstad
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I couldn't find anything about this in google. > > I currently have a working setup I like that uses fetchmail and procmail. I > thought of moving to kmail since it can do a few things that annoy me with > sylpheed. Is it possible to use kmail with a loca

Re: Hardware: Dynex DX-M300 USB external modem works OK?

2006-12-08 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 05:07:15PM -0500, rs wrote: > > > --- On Fri 12/08, Greg Folkert wrote: > > If you want a USB POTS Modem, get a USB Serial Port dongle, then get a > > Fully Serial Modem. It is very tough to make an External modem with a > > (real) Serial port a "Winmodem" and still be ca

Re: 48000Hz bitrate Audio distorted

2006-12-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Not sure which part of the dmesg to copy so you can see it in full > here: http://fab621.googlepages.com/dmesg Hmm... looks like the ALSA driver doesn't output the relevant info. Anyway So the way you describe your problem (48kHz sampled audio is OK, but 44.1kHz one sounds bad) is odd. Usu

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 11:07:29AM -0500, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > I just installed Debian form the binary-1 CD and Internet. > > The system used Gdm/Genome by default. How do I make not to start > X-windowes so that I can up dist-upgrade etc. (I think that it is > level 3)? > Hi Ishwar, I'm al

Re: backup archive format saved to disk

2006-12-08 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 11:26:19AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 05:23:16PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 12/07/06 11:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Did you ever write any code in the 1970's that can'

Re: 48000Hz bitrate Audio distorted

2006-12-08 Thread Fab
Ok look like I found my answer, need to wait for ALSA 1.0.14 http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=3925 Details for: C-Media CM6501 Status partially supported ( Audio chip ) ( Category: Audio ) ID: 0x0d8c:0x0201 Driver: snd-usb-audio Linux-USB link: http://www.alsa-project.o

Re: recommended Debian package for burning CDs...

2006-12-08 Thread Wayne Topa
Sven Arvidsson([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 09:20 -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > > I recommend keeping the old cdrecord and mkisofs around until k3b, > > > nautilus or > > > whatever you are using is updated to work with the new utilities. 'Twas > > > not >

Re: 48000Hz bitrate Audio distorted

2006-12-08 Thread Fab
Did an "lspci" but the C-media onboard sound card wasn't listed, I found it with "lsusb" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsusb Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:0047 Microsoft Corp. IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 Bus 003 Device 001: ID : Bus 002 Device 001: ID : Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0d8c:0201 C-Media

Re: Wastebasket in Gnome - Where is it?

2006-12-08 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Scott. Redefined Horizons, 09.12.2006 01:27: > However, I can't determine where in the file system each user's > wastebasket folder is kept. I looked in myuser/Desktop, but I didn't > see it. > > Any idea where it is at? It exists as ~/.Trash or as /mount/point/of/whatever/.Trash-$USER, re

Wastebasket in Gnome - Where is it?

2006-12-08 Thread Redefined Horizons
I tried to delete about a gazillion files from my user's wastebasket in Gnome. I didn't have permission to delete some of the files, and I could only see a "skip" button on the error message dialog. There was no "skip all" button. I wasn't about to sit there and click "skip" a thousand times, so I

Re: Question

2006-12-08 Thread Marko Randjelovic
JOSE CHOMBA wrote: Hello, I just download the 2 image of Debian Sarge 3.1 r3 on DVD and I'm trying to install it in my 2 laptops, and I can't the first Laptop is a Compaq Presario 2100 the problem is when I boot it from the dvd, it loads, but when the installer asks me about the language it fr

Re: Xen smp

2006-12-08 Thread Sturla Holm Hansen
Roberto C. Sanchez skrev: On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 09:15:56PM +0100, Sturla Holm Hansen wrote: Hi list. I'm running Xen under Etch and running an instance of Etch under Xen, the host is showing two cpu's but the guest does not... Is smp not supported in the xen-package in Etch or am I doing so

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 04:58:35PM -0500, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > > On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Larry Irwin wrote: > > >>On 12/8/06, Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I just installed Debian form the binary-1 CD and Internet. > >>The system used Gdm/Genome by default. How do I make not to st

Re: gnome-cd will not play, sound-juicer segfaults. vlc has no problems

2006-12-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 09:44:26PM +0100, Leiv Hellebo wrote: > Hi, > > For a couple of weeks I have been unable to rip CDs, and play audio CDs. > Mounting CD roms is not a problem (and I am not trying to mount audio > CDs). I can play audio CDs with vlc just fine, but I am not interested > in

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 04:20:47PM -0500, Larry Irwin wrote: > > I change all our Debian servers (~200 of 'em) to start up in character > mode... > That way only those who know what they are doing can navigate... > Edit /etc/inittab, change "id:5:initdefault:" to "id:2:initdefault:", save > the

Re: Question

2006-12-08 Thread Baz
Jose - If either of these laptops are new, I suggest "etch." I tried installing "sarge" on my Thinkpad - and it wasn't successful. I have "etch" installed and I'm quite pleased with it. - Sebastian On 12/8/06, JOSE CHOMBA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I just download the 2 image of D

Re: debian and graphics drivers [was google earth and graphics drivers]

2006-12-08 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 22:01 +, Tyler wrote: > > This sounds like hardware acceleration is turned off for Google Earth, > > but you don't experience it as slow? > > > Not at all. Actually, I'm pretty sure it's faster than when I use XP > with the latest intel drivers on the same machine. Plus

Question

2006-12-08 Thread JOSE CHOMBA
Hello, I just download the 2 image of Debian Sarge 3.1 r3 on DVD and I'm trying to install it in my 2 laptops, and I can't the first Laptop is a Compaq Presario 2100 the problem is when I boot it from the dvd, it loads, but when the installer asks me about the language it freezes i mean i can't

Re: OO.org dictionary tool upgrade install. Where?

2006-12-08 Thread Brian Durant
Hi Sven, On 12/8/06, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 16:24 +0100, Brian Durant wrote: > When I open OO.org and try to install extra dictionaries, I get > prompted for installing a newer version of the OO.org dictionary tool > and a file path prompt opens up, but I

Re: Hardware: Dynex DX-M300 USB external modem works OK?

2006-12-08 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 17:07 -0500, rs wrote: > > --- On Fri 12/08, Greg Folkert wrote: > > If you want a USB POTS Modem, get a USB Serial Port dongle, then get a > > Fully Serial Modem. It is very tough to make an External modem with a > > (real) Serial port a "Winmodem" and still be capable of v

Re: debian and graphics drivers [was google earth and graphics drivers]

2006-12-08 Thread Tyler
This sounds like hardware acceleration is turned off for Google Earth, but you don't experience it as slow? Not at all. Actually, I'm pretty sure it's faster than when I use XP with the latest intel drivers on the same machine. Plus it doesn't crash, so... Anyway, first of all, make sure h

Re: SATA PCI

2006-12-08 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 18:18 +0800, Bob wrote: > I have no experience with the PCI-E card, it's a 2 port card so that > would support a max of 10 drives, also it employs a different chipset > the sil3132 for PCI-E vs the sil3124 for PCI-X however they use the same > driver sata_sil24 so it should

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Larry Irwin wrote: On 12/8/06, Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just installed Debian form the binary-1 CD and Internet. The system used Gdm/Genome by default. How do I make not to start X-windowes so that I can up dist-upgrade etc. (I think that it is level 3)?

Re: Hardware: Dynex DX-M300 USB external modem works OK?

2006-12-08 Thread rs
--- On Fri 12/08, Greg Folkert wrote: > If you want a USB POTS Modem, get a USB Serial Port dongle, then get a > Fully Serial Modem. It is very tough to make an External modem with a > (real) Serial port a "Winmodem" and still be capable of v.92. By "Fully Serial Modem" you mean a modem that co

Re: How to Play Two Audio streams to two different outputs?

2006-12-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 03:42:02PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > We're wanting to use one Debian box to play two different audio streams > to two different systems: one playing music-on-hold for our general > telephone system, and one playing tips-and-updates for our Helpdesk > phone system (for sim

How to Play Two Audio streams to two different outputs?

2006-12-08 Thread Kent West
We're wanting to use one Debian box to play two different audio streams to two different systems: one playing music-on-hold for our general telephone system, and one playing tips-and-updates for our Helpdesk phone system (for simplification purposes, you can just think of the two streams going

Re: gnome-cd will not play, sound-juicer segfaults. vlc has no problems

2006-12-08 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 21:44 +0100, Leiv Hellebo wrote: > Hi, > > For a couple of weeks I have been unable to rip CDs, and play audio CDs. > Mounting CD roms is not a problem (and I am not trying to mount audio > CDs). I can play audio CDs with vlc just fine, but I am not interested > in playing

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread John Hasler
Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > I just installed Debian form the binary-1 CD and Internet. > > The system used Gdm/Genome by default. How do I make not to start > X-windowes so that I can up dist-upgrade etc. (I think that it is > level 3)? You don't have to shut down X to dist-upgrade. -- John Hasler

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread John Hasler
Andrew Sackville-West writes: > IIRC, debian puts links to *dm in run-levels 2-5. if you want it > differently you have to change it. and maybe re-change it after some > upgrades. Your changes will persist through upgrades. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread John Hasler
Andrew Sackville-West writes: > in debian, init 2 is the multi-user X mode. the others 3, 4, 5, are not > really used. They're all the same, actually. The admin is expected to customize them. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: Hardware: Dynex DX-M300 USB external modem works OK?

2006-12-08 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 16:02 -0500, rs wrote: > > Hi, > > Could anyone confirm if Dynex DX-M300 USB external modem > ( > http://www.dynexproducts.com/pc-31-5-56k-v92-usb-external-datafax-modem.aspx > ) works OK with Debian? > > Thanks Well, a quick look at the Quick-Install PDF says it is a:

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Larry Irwin
On 12/8/06, Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just installed Debian form the binary-1 CD and Internet. The system used Gdm/Genome by default. How do I make not to start X-windowes so that I can up dist-upgrade etc. (I think that it is level 3)? I change all our Debian servers (~200 of '

Re: Xen smp

2006-12-08 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 09:15:56PM +0100, Sturla Holm Hansen wrote: > Hi list. > I'm running Xen under Etch and running an instance of Etch under Xen, the > host is showing two cpu's but the guest does not... > Is smp not supported in the xen-package in Etch or am I doing something > wrong? > Did

Re: USB attached ATA drive: wrong size

2006-12-08 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 07:33 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > I bought an 80GB ATA drive and an external enclosure for it. > > > > I connect it on Sid and I see: > > > > ... > > SCSI device sdb: 66055248 512-byte hdwr sectors (33820 MB) > > ... > > > >

Hardware: Dynex DX-M300 USB external modem works OK?

2006-12-08 Thread rs
Hi, Could anyone confirm if Dynex DX-M300 USB external modem ( http://www.dynexproducts.com/pc-31-5-56k-v92-usb-external-datafax-modem.aspx ) works OK with Debian? Thanks ___ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web

gnome-cd will not play, sound-juicer segfaults. vlc has no problems

2006-12-08 Thread Leiv Hellebo
Hi, For a couple of weeks I have been unable to rip CDs, and play audio CDs. Mounting CD roms is not a problem (and I am not trying to mount audio CDs). I can play audio CDs with vlc just fine, but I am not interested in playing CDs, I want the darned audio in flacs on hard disk! Sound-juice

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

2006-12-08 Thread Chris Lale
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 11:54:36 +, Chris Lale wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] Please feel free to edit it and put it on NewbieDOC or anywhere else where it might be useful. I am a bit pressed for time right now since I am switching jobs next February (which

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-08 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 12/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 03:30:47PM -0500, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > After failing to reconstitute my etch system (details abundantly > > available on this mail

Re: Are lilo and grub compatible?

2006-12-08 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 16:48 -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061207 14:13]: > > I have an emergency boot disk -- a floppy on which lilo wrote an MBR. > > It works fine. I use it to dual-boot a functional sarge and a severely > > broken etch (well, actuall

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 12/8/06, Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just installed Debian form the binary-1 CD and Internet. The system used Gdm/Genome by default. How do I make not to start X-windowes so that I can up dist-upgrade etc. (I think that it is level 3)? Are you using d-i etch RC1 ? If yes, i

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 20:31 +0200, Ali Jawad wrote: > I really did not get what you want just a short explanation of run levels > 0 shutdown > 1 single user maintenance mode > 3 multi user CLI mode > 5 multi user X mode "this one is 4 in SLACK" > 6 reboot > > If you want your system to start into

Re: backup archive format saved to disk

2006-12-08 Thread Mike McCarty
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/08/06 12:22, Mike McCarty wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 05:23:16PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/07/06 11:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] I looked at it again a few years ago -- some

Xen smp

2006-12-08 Thread Sturla Holm Hansen
Hi list. I'm running Xen under Etch and running an instance of Etch under Xen, the host is showing two cpu's but the guest does not... Is smp not supported in the xen-package in Etch or am I doing something wrong? Thanx Sturla -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

using kmail with procmail

2006-12-08 Thread Micha Feigin
I couldn't find anything about this in google. I currently have a working setup I like that uses fetchmail and procmail. I thought of moving to kmail since it can do a few things that annoy me with sylpheed. Is it possible to use kmail with a local maildir folder that is handled be procmail and fe

Re: OO.org dictionary tool upgrade install. Where?

2006-12-08 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 16:24 +0100, Brian Durant wrote: > When I open OO.org and try to install extra dictionaries, I get > prompted for installing a newer version of the OO.org dictionary tool > and a file path prompt opens up, but I haven't got a clue where the > app is supposed to be installed. N

Re: debian and graphics drivers [was google earth and graphics drivers]

2006-12-08 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 04:06 +, Tyler wrote: > Ok, it looks like I've sort of figured out my problem. > > I was using the "vesa" driver instead of the "i810" driver. So I changed > that field in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, gave and updated the identifier > appropriately(?). The modified lines in xo

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

2006-12-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 03:08:54PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (05/12/06 14:43), Florian Kulzer wrote: > > I cannot predict what the future will bring. I can say, however, after > > using aptitude on two Sid systems for almost a year and doing > > "dist-upgrade" nearly every single day, that a

Re: gtk 2.10 etc...

2006-12-08 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 15:56 +0100, Carl Fürstenberg wrote: > any progress in getting gtk 2.10 etc. into sid? A question better suited for debian-gtk-gnome I think, see for example http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2006/11/msg00021.html -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key

Re: backup archive format saved to disk

2006-12-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/08/06 12:22, Mike McCarty wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 05:23:16PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 12/07/06 11:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] >> I looked at it again a few years ago -- some bit rot has occurre

Re: How to uninstall X

2006-12-08 Thread Chris Purves
On 07/12/06, Douglas Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 10:28:43AM -0700, Chris Purves wrote: > What is the best way to completely uninstall X from my system? > Presently, I have xorg installed. I think I should be able to remove > one of the X libraries, but I'm not sure w

Re: recommended Debian package for burning CDs...

2006-12-08 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 09:20 -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > I recommend keeping the old cdrecord and mkisofs around until k3b, nautilus > > or > > whatever you are using is updated to work with the new utilities. 'Twas not > > really nice of slip the new stuff in under the door like that. > > Yes,

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 08:41:25PM +0200, Ali Jawad wrote: > How to boot into multiuser CLI mode then ? i think you have to modify the run-levels your self. man update-rc.d IIRC, debian puts links to *dm in run-levels 2-5. if you want it differently you have to change it. and maybe re-change it

Re: USB attached ATA drive: wrong size

2006-12-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 07:33:30AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >Hi, > > > > > >I bought an 80GB ATA drive and an external enclosure for it. > > > >I connect it on Sid and I see: > > > >... > >SCSI device sdb: 66055248 512-byte hdwr sectors (33820 MB) > >... > > > >runni

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Ali Jawad
How to boot into multiuser CLI mode then ? On 12/8/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 08:31:30PM +0200, Ali Jawad wrote: > I really did not get what you want just a short explanation of run levels > 0 shutdown > 1 single user maintenance mode > 3 multi u

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 11:07:29AM -0500, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > I just installed Debian form the binary-1 CD and Internet. > > The system used Gdm/Genome by default. How do I make not to start > X-windowes so that I can up dist-upgrade etc. (I think that it is > level 3)? it should be run lev

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 08:31:30PM +0200, Ali Jawad wrote: > I really did not get what you want just a short explanation of run levels > 0 shutdown > 1 single user maintenance mode > 3 multi user CLI mode > 5 multi user X mode "this one is 4 in SLACK" > 6 reboot in debian, init 2 is the multi-user

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 11:40:27AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I tried that, and got a *huge* raft of proposed deletions -- just from > asking for aptitude to be upgraded. what did you use to upgrade aptitude? you might want to use something that thinks its less intelligent to do this. I

Re: Are lilo and grub compatible?

2006-12-08 Thread Ali Jawad
Maybe using one loader as the primary loader and the other one as the secondary loader..with one of them on the mbr and the other in the /boot partition might work out On 12/8/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 11:50:59AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Ali Jawad
I really did not get what you want just a short explanation of run levels 0 shutdown 1 single user maintenance mode 3 multi user CLI mode 5 multi user X mode "this one is 4 in SLACK" 6 reboot If you want your system to start into one of the levels above..edit /etc/inittab accordingly..a warning .

Re: Are lilo and grub compatible?

2006-12-08 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 11:50:59AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 06:23:35PM -0500, Jos? Alburquerque wrote: > > Yes, you're right about that. GRUB can be installed in any BR (of any > > partition) and in that way grub and lilo *are not* mutually exclusive. > > But if

Re: backup archive format saved to disk

2006-12-08 Thread Mike McCarty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 05:23:16PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/07/06 11:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you ever write any code in the 1970's that can't be run any more? I did. Shame on you for not writing in a po

Re: Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Wayne Topa
Ishwar Rattan([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > I just installed Debian form the binary-1 CD and Internet. > > The system used Gdm/Genome by default. How do I make not to start > X-windowes so that I can up dist-upgrade etc. (I think that it is > level 3)? Once in X, do Ctrl-Alt F

Re: Are lilo and grub compatible?

2006-12-08 Thread Mike McCarty
José Alburquerque wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an emergency boot disk -- a floppy on which lilo wrote an MBR. A slight correction: Floppies do not have MBRs on them. They are a single volume, and have only a BR on them. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(

Re: max loop devices problem

2006-12-08 Thread Max Vozeler
Hello sardu mohamadu, On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 01:41:18PM +0100, sardu mohamadu wrote: > Before all, I'm new, so excuse my possible mailinglisting errors. > > I'm trying to mount more than 8 loop file systems, and I can't. I have > followed a thread in this mailinglist telling how to do that, but

Re: Bash script question

2006-12-08 Thread Bob McGowan
The '-print0' of 'find' and the '-0' of 'xargs' (those are the number zero, not a capital o) prevent problems processing file names that contain white space (such as you might get from other OS's, but can also get on UNIX/Linux systems when using GUI programs that create files). It uses a 'nul

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-08 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 04:50:34PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 02:49:57PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > After failing to reconstitute my etch system (details abundantly > > available on this mailing list a few months ago), I wiped its partition > > and tried to ins

inode warning

2006-12-08 Thread root
Can anyone tell me what this message means and what to do about it? 'iput: inode 00:00/0 count wrapped' This is a Woody install from CD on an old Pentuim system. TIA, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Are lilo and grub compatible?

2006-12-08 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 04:48:43PM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061207 14:13]: > > I have an emergency boot disk -- a floppy on which lilo wrote an MBR. > > It works fine. I use it to dual-boot a functional sarge and a severely > > broken etch (well,

Re: Are lilo and grub compatible?

2006-12-08 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 06:23:35PM -0500, Jos? Alburquerque wrote: > Yes, you're right about that. GRUB can be installed in any BR (of any > partition) and in that way grub and lilo *are not* mutually exclusive. > But if you're planning on installing grub or lilo on the mbr then I > think that

Re: Preferred Mirrors for Apt

2006-12-08 Thread Jochen Schulz
David Baron: > > However, with the scheme I propose, all Debian packages would be taken care > of. Other stuff like qmail, systemimage, stuff that one needs a repository > other than Debian's own mirrors, would need be explicitely listed. This is the current situation. IIRC, the installer even

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-08 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 05:05:05PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 03:30:47PM -0500, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > Sound like what I have seen "as usual" while doing dist upgrades (Debian > > and Ubuntu). Several a

Re: sarge->etch upgrade hits dependency hell

2006-12-08 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 04:50:34PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 02:49:57PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > After failing to reconstitute my etch system (details abundantly > > available on this mailing list a few months ago), I wiped its partition > > and tried to ins

Re: backup archive format saved to disk

2006-12-08 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 08:41:54PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/07/06 19:25, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 06:18:43PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 12/07/06 17:39, Mike McCarty wrote: > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [

Re: backup archive format saved to disk

2006-12-08 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 05:23:16PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/07/06 11:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Did you ever write any code in the 1970's that can't be run any more? > > I did. > > Shame on you for not writing in a portable lan

Re: Setup a printer on debian linux

2006-12-08 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On 12/8/06, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On (07/12/06 15:14), Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hi there, > > I am looking for an up to date documentation on how to setup a > printer under a debian/testing system .I am reading for example, that > one should not anymore install foomatic-filt

Re: backup archive format saved to disk

2006-12-08 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 04:39:53PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > I wonder what NASA did for their deep-space probes like Voyager? The > recent stuff seems to be disposable (e.g. how long will this one last?), > but Voyager was meant to keep on running. They used some sort of gold > pressed rec

Where kde stores config files?

2006-12-08 Thread Bruno Buys
This is etch with kde 3.5.5. I'd like to find the config files responsible for the right-click context menu in konqueror that display the 'eject' function to open my dvd tray. In sarge it used to be like ~/.kde/share/apps/something-like-servicemenu... Anyone knows? thanks!

Debian install to init 3?

2006-12-08 Thread Ishwar Rattan
I just installed Debian form the binary-1 CD and Internet. The system used Gdm/Genome by default. How do I make not to start X-windowes so that I can up dist-upgrade etc. (I think that it is level 3)? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: gtk 2.10 etc...

2006-12-08 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Carl. Carl Fürstenberg, 08.12.2006 15:56: > any progress in getting gtk 2.10 etc. into sid? It’s in Experimental and waiting for Etch to be released. After this, it probably will go into Sid. Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: links -g version 2.1pre26-4

2006-12-08 Thread Gerard Robin
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 02:55:56PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: From: Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: links -g version 2.1pre26-4 On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 01:33:05PM +0100, Gerard Robin wrote: Hello, "links2 -g" version 2.1pre23-1 works fine on my

gtk 2.10 etc...

2006-12-08 Thread Carl Fürstenberg
any progress in getting gtk 2.10 etc. into sid? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: large rendering

2006-12-08 Thread Kent West
Mark Grieveson wrote: > When using KDE, sometimes the rendering of the desktop will become too > large, making things unusable, and requiring a reboot to fix. This > occurs, usually, when I open a fullscreen game such as defendguin or > supertux. In particular, if I've accidentally doubleclicked

Re: How to use network-manager in gnome by non root?

2006-12-08 Thread Per Carlson
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 09:36:08AM +0800, gulfstream wrote: > The nm-applet is not displayed in notification area at all when I login use > a normal user. Is root password necessary to use network manager applet as a > normal user? How to do it? you must be a member of the netdev group to use the

Re: USB attached ATA drive: wrong size

2006-12-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I bought an 80GB ATA drive and an external enclosure for it. I connect it on Sid and I see: ... SCSI device sdb: 66055248 512-byte hdwr sectors (33820 MB) ... running cfdisk /dev/sdb indeed shows 33819.73 MB. But the face of the disk (Seagate) says 80GB. Can anyb

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

2006-12-08 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 11:54:36 +, Chris Lale wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > >[...] > >Please feel free to edit it and put it on NewbieDOC or anywhere else > >where it might be useful. I am a bit pressed for time right now since I > >am switching jobs next February (which involves moving to

Re: Using aspell-id package from Ubuntu? Was "Evolution multilingual spellchecking in Debian Etch (Newbie)."

2006-12-08 Thread Brian Durant
Hi Sven, On 12/5/06, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 19:03 +0100, Brian Durant wrote: > Any idea how to get rid of my install from source? Either carefully delete the files manually, or see if there is an "make uninstall" or similar option. I don't think there's

Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

2006-12-08 Thread Chris Lale
Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] Please feel free to edit it and put it on NewbieDOC or anywhere else where it might be useful. I am a bit pressed for time right now since I am switching jobs next February (which involves moving to another country). I might find time during the winter solstice holiday

Import gmail contacts to Thunderbird

2006-12-08 Thread Shrinivasan T
Friends. I wish to use Thunderbird mail client so that it gives calendering,contact,birthday reminder etc. I configured gmail on this. I need to import the contacts into the thunderbird. I exported gmail contacts into CSV file. While importing this itnto thunderbird, It is not importing prope

Re: 48000Hz bitrate Audio distorted

2006-12-08 Thread Fab
Not sure which part of the dmesg to copy so you can see it in full here: http://fab621.googlepages.com/dmesg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Setup a printer on debian linux

2006-12-08 Thread Clive Menzies
On (07/12/06 15:14), Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hi there, > > I am looking for an up to date documentation on how to setup a > printer under a debian/testing system .I am reading for example, that > one should not anymore install foomatic-filters-ppds (which use to > contain the ppd file for my p

Re: Terminal Server in Win environment..

2006-12-08 Thread Илья Струков
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi all! > I'm going to build a Terminal Server environment. > > There's a Win 2003 SE as Terminal Server. > > And a lot of old machines as Client. > > I've found 2 interesting projects (and some howtos): > 1- LTSP (Linux terminal

Re: SATA PCI

2006-12-08 Thread Bob
Hans du Plooy wrote: On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 13:43 +0800, Bob wrote: Sorry delay RL. http://www.stardom.com.tw/others%20satacard.htm 4 port PCI-X Nice! I lilke the e-SATA express card - solves a few minor storage headaches for me! Hans I have no experience with the PCI-E card, it's a 2 port c

Terminal Server in Win environment..

2006-12-08 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi all! I'm going to build a Terminal Server environment. There's a Win 2003 SE as Terminal Server. And a lot of old machines as Client. I've found 2 interesting projects (and some howtos): 1- LTSP (Linux terminal server project) [ http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/WebHome] 2- ThinStatio

Re: Laptop choice?

2006-12-08 Thread Bob
8< 8< snip 8< 8< threadjacks On a more general note, is there a laptop with good OS drivers for everything, that has a DVI port and SPDIF out (in would be nice but not essential) as well as all the normal USB, FireWire, WiFi, lan, etc... ? Defiantly want OS graphics drivers so I think that