Re: XFS Filesystem problem

2007-05-28 Thread Andreas Grabner
Am Sonntag, den 27.05.2007, 20:22 + schrieb George N. White III: > I'd want to do some serious testing before using XFS in your environment. > Is there a reason you can't use ext3? No. I want to test it before using it at customer sites. At one cutomer the fsck on ext3 takes 2 hours - they ar

Re: XP and Debian: dual boot?

2007-05-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 10:25:15PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi guys! > > I am planning to install the Debian with my XP as a dual boot. Any > suggestions where to go to find some nice guidelines for this > process...? The installation manual is here: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable

Re: Is Etch Stable is really stable?

2007-05-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 09:06:22AM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > I think it would be better to install from sources? I have a > minimalist system and I thought there shouldn't be anything wrong > since I haven't installed any crap. Is courier broken or something in > Etch? Why do you think installing

Re: Aptitude updating Sarge to Etch?

2007-05-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 11:21:10PM +0200, dcorking wrote: > > Since "Etch" became "stable" on April 8, is it possible that aptitude > updated many packages from Sarge to Etch for Jan? Who is Jan? > However, today I was looking for the php4 security update in aptitude > - sure enough it was the

Re: XP and Debian: dual boot?

2007-05-28 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On Mon, 28 May 2007 22:25:15 -0700, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am planning to install the Debian with my XP as a dual boot. Any suggestions where to go to find some nice guidelines for this process...? Usually Debian will detect your Windows partition and add an entry for you automatically.

XP and Debian: dual boot?

2007-05-28 Thread Sambesi
Hi guys! I am planning to install the Debian with my XP as a dual boot. Any suggestions where to go to find some nice guidelines for this process...? Thanks! Br, sambesi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: securing desktop

2007-05-28 Thread Mark Grieveson
Hi. How do I remove the "lock screen" option from the menu (the Main Menu applet of gnome)? I tried editing this menu, but I could not change the lock screen option. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

internet runs-stops, runs-stops, runs-stops.....

2007-05-28 Thread arnuld
i installed Debian Etch AMD64 using netinst CD. installation went fine except one thing. it configured and connected my network using DHCP but says "unable to connect to Debian security updates" then after installation and booting into new system, i faced the same problem. even "apt-get install xo

Re: How to create own keyboard layouts for X.org and Console?

2007-05-28 Thread Russell L. Harris
* "Arne Götje (?)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070528 22:49]: > what is the Debian way to create custom keyboard layouts for X.org and > Console for locales which don't exist yet in Linux? I suggest that you start by re-posting this message on: Discussion on the future of XKB extension <[EMAIL

Re: Good Debian/Linux FTP Client program ???

2007-05-28 Thread Deboo ^
On 4/20/07, Gilles Mocellin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Le jeudi 19 avril 2007 14:21, Randy Patterson a écrit: > On Thursday 19 April 2007 02:54, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: [...] > lftp will do this from what I have seen so far. The problem with lftp > thought for me seems that it can't mirror a l

How to create own keyboard layouts for X.org and Console?

2007-05-28 Thread Arne Götje (高盛華)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi list, what is the Debian way to create custom keyboard layouts for X.org and Console for locales which don't exist yet in Linux? I would need to define the following new "dead keys": or alternatively (not the same like !) (not ) and map them

Re: X locks up/freezes the system when switching to console and back

2007-05-28 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/29/07, fabio natali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Deboo wrote: [...] > When switching to console ttys and then back, most of the time, as > soon as I go back to X, the system just freezes and refuses to respond i had kind of a similar problem and i resolved appending "vga=791" at the end of my

Is Etch Stable is really stable?

2007-05-28 Thread Deboo ^
I'm trying to install and make postfix and courier work on my debian etch stable machine. But after installing, sometimes (as said in an earlier post) postfix does not install all the files and the other times courier doesn't install any /etc/courier directory at all, forget the /etc/pop3d.cnf and

Re: [OT] Postfix - STARTTLS problem: 454 4.3.0 TLS not available due to local problem

2007-05-28 Thread Mihira Fernando
Deboo ^ wrote: > > Yes postfix works normally without TLS. I have reinstalled postfix > after purging the package several times. At one time yesterday, apt > said postifx and all needed files were installed and when I go do a > /etc/init.d/postfix start, postfix said there was no postfix-script >

Re: apache auth pgsql

2007-05-28 Thread Tom Allison
On May 28, 2007, at 9:00 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 08:45:33PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: On May 28, 2007, at 11:02 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 07:26:05AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: Someone suggested using mod_authn_dbd with seemed easier t

Re: SCSI - SATA device name conflict

2007-05-28 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 10:45:28AM +1200, Greg Trounson wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a way to rebuild the initrd to tell it to load sata drivers first, > or some flag to pass to the kernel to force the first hard disk to sda? > instead of using /dev/sda or /dev/sde use UUID notation. -- | .''`

Re: [UNSURE] Re: [UNSURE] Re: apache auth pgsql

2007-05-28 Thread Tom Allison
On May 28, 2007, at 11:02 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 07:26:05AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: Someone suggested using mod_authn_dbd with seemed easier to impliment than this and it's part of the apache2 installation, which was also a plus for it. That was me :-) Only

Re: [UNSURE] Re: [UNSURE] Re: apache auth pgsql

2007-05-28 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 08:45:33PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > > On May 28, 2007, at 11:02 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > >On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 07:26:05AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > >>Someone suggested using mod_authn_dbd with seemed easier to impliment > >>than this and it's part of the a

Re: Again: "AIGLX: Screen 0 is not dri capable"

2007-05-28 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> Backtrace: > 0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x94) [0x1008eb98] > 1: [0x100374] > 2: [0x7fcac80c] > 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libxaa.so(XAAFillMono8x8PatternRectsScreenOrigin > +0xdc) [0xf75301c] > 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libxaa.so(XAAPaintWindow+0x52c) [0xf761090] > 5: /usr/bin/X [0x10138684] > 6:

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-28 Thread Nigel Henry
On Monday 28 May 2007 14:47, Joe Hart wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Monday 28 May 2007 00:24, Hugh Lawson wrote: > >> Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> I mean we're not talking about big bucks here. It's just annoying when > >>> s

Re: The previous nonsense

2007-05-28 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 06:41:58PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > On 5/21/07, S C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >It's better, I'm awake now. > ... > > "How can I initialize an unformatted cd so that it can be used, i.e. written > >to?" > > > I've never had to initialize an unformatted CD; that's

SCSI - SATA device name conflict

2007-05-28 Thread Greg Trounson
Hello, I have an Athlon64 Etch box running a backported 2.6.20 kernel. 2.6.20 is necessary to fix a broken LAN driver in 2.6.18. The root file system is on partition 3 of the only present SATA drive, sda. When I connect an LTO Tape drive to the PCI SCSI controller this tape drive at next boo

Re: Recovering an lvm partition

2007-05-28 Thread Jacob S
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 28 May 2007 09:51:47 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 11:40:33AM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > > On Mon, 28 May 2007 11:08:18 -0400 > > Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Mon,

Re: [OT] Postfix - STARTTLS problem: 454 4.3.0 TLS not available due to local problem

2007-05-28 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/18/07, Mihira Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Deboo ^ wrote: >> Does user postfix have access to the key file ? > > I chowned the postfix directory to user postfix and still it's the same > thing. Maybe you need to explicitly chmod/chown the key files to postfix user. Worth givving a sh

Re: X locks up/freezes the system when switching to console and back

2007-05-28 Thread Deboo ^
On 5/29/07, Andrew J. Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sounds like it might be[0], any chance you're using AIGLX/compositing? [0] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7916 Not using ALGX. Don't even know what that is. Processor/MoBo: Intel PIV 3.2GHz Core Duo on Intel D102GGC MoBo., VGA

Re: X locks up/freezes the system when switching to console and back

2007-05-28 Thread fabio natali
Deboo wrote: [...] > When switching to console ttys and then back, most of the time, as > soon as I go back to X, the system just freezes and refuses to respond i had kind of a similar problem and i resolved appending "vga=791" at the end of my boot string. (if you wanna giat, just have a look at

Re: epson stylus c79 with debian?

2007-05-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/28/07 15:43, Bruno Buys wrote: So, I am researching before buying. Is this epson stylus c79 a good match for debian? Running in a standard config, x86, no exotic hardware/kernel/anything. Anyone with experience? What does linuxprinting.org say about the C79? (BTW, most/all Epson printe

Re: X locks up/freezes the system when switching to console and back

2007-05-28 Thread Andrew J. Barr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 29 May 2007 03:05:10 +0530 "Deboo ^" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Debian Etch Stable system running minimal X with fluxbox/blackbox. > > When switching to console ttys and then back, most of the time, as > soon as I go back to X, the system j

Aptitude updating Sarge to Etch?

2007-05-28 Thread dcorking
Since "Etch" became "stable" on April 8, is it possible that aptitude updated many packages from Sarge to Etch for Jan? The first time I read /usr/share/doc/packages/aptitude/README, I understood (probably incorrectly) that aptitude should not do this. Indeed up to today, sarge security updat

X locks up/freezes the system when switching to console and back

2007-05-28 Thread Deboo ^
Debian Etch Stable system running minimal X with fluxbox/blackbox. When switching to console ttys and then back, most of the time, as soon as I go back to X, the system just freezes and refuses to respond to anything and I have to reset using the reset button. What might be causing this? How can

Re: Gallery (web based photo album organizer)

2007-05-28 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 10:36:51PM +0200, Ole wrote: > I am struggling getting Gallery to work on my new Debian "Etch" server > (i386). When I enter the url (http://servername/gallery/) it returns a > http 404 error. I have of course also tried to enter the setup page > (http://servername/gallery/s

epson stylus c79 with debian?

2007-05-28 Thread Bruno Buys
So, I am researching before buying. Is this epson stylus c79 a good match for debian? Running in a standard config, x86, no exotic hardware/kernel/anything. Anyone with experience? Thanks much, Bruno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Gallery (web based photo album organizer)

2007-05-28 Thread Ole
I am struggling getting Gallery to work on my new Debian "Etch" server (i386). When I enter the url (http://servername/gallery/) it returns a http 404 error. I have of course also tried to enter the setup page (http://servername/gallery/setup/index.php) and get the same error message here. I have

problem with connecting LCD panel

2007-05-28 Thread Jakub Jelínek
Hello, please, I have a problem with connecting my Acer AL2016W LCD to computer with Debian. I have two cables: one original + extend and one 6m mail-mail. I'd like to use the 6m mail-mail cable because of better image quality. But when I boot the computer, I'm unable to set proper resolution o

Re: .xsession-errors file of 253G

2007-05-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
I found a nice discussion of this issue on a ubuntu forum. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/dapper/+source/xinit/+bug/60448 they discuss various approaches to handling the problem. They point out that gdm wipes out the log on restart. I am not running gdm, i start X with startx, that is why s

.xsession-errors file of 253G

2007-05-28 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi, I wanted to claim the all time maximum size for the .xsession-errors file. My home partition has a raid1 of 2 400G hard drives. Just today my home partition became 100% full. I see that this was already discussed last year on debian-user so I just post it to let people know who will come a

Re: How to debug "error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon."?

2007-05-28 Thread j t
On 5/28/07, j t <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Unfortunately, I'm not too good at understanding all this lib-gnome/bonobo stuff, so I'm stuck for what to do next. Any suggestions? TIA, Jaime :-) It seems I am not alone: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=422315 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: suspend to RAM not waking up

2007-05-28 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 13:55:24 +0100, Jose Rodriguez wrote: > Hello > > Whenever I try to suspend to RAM my laptop (Amilo 1425 running Etch) hangs > when trying to wake it up by pressing the power button. I believe it hangs > for I can't switch it off unless holding the button for several secon

Re: Again: "AIGLX: Screen 0 is not dri capable"

2007-05-28 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 11:00:54 +0200, Georg Heinrich wrote: > Hello, > > I have received some useful hints on how to post (thanks to Roger and > Florian), that's why I give the information again: > > === > > Hardware: > Apple Powe

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-28 Thread KS
Joerg Schilling wrote: > > If you do not get an error mesasage with cdrecord --devices, you > are using a fake program but definitely not cdrecord. > rather than confusing the person more with the information that (s)he is using a *fake program*, here is some more helpful information. fake progr

How to debug "error starting the GNOME Settings Daemon."?

2007-05-28 Thread j t
Hi all. I have a fresh Etch install on a Thinkpad T21 (x86 - 686). Two things to note: a) I use a network install to just put the base system on, then I add xorg, then I add gnome-core. b) I uncheck aptitude's "install recommended packages automatically" to get a "lean" machine. Everything wor

Re: Re: opening and ejecting a DVD

2007-05-28 Thread Peter Easthope
Steve & others, Steve Reilly wrote, > try installing vlc, which will provide libdvdcss to decrypt the dvds. Yes, I removed xine, installed vlc and tried a dvd. It worked immediately and vlc appears to have less graphical ornamentation. Thanks, ... Peter E. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Re: sound gone; was opening and ejecting a DVD

2007-05-28 Thread Peter Easthope
Doug & others, Doug Tutty wrote, I would suggest doing all that from the command line with X not running to remove one huge variable. Find a .wav file and play it with aplay to verify that it works. A command-line CD player is also helpful; I use cdplay. I moved the speaker jack from the on-

Re: Recovering an lvm partition

2007-05-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 11:40:33AM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > On Mon, 28 May 2007 11:08:18 -0400 > Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 10:01:32AM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > > > > > > I managed to fix that part of it, eventually, using vgreduce > > > - --removemis

Re: Etch Installation Freezes While Creating File System

2007-05-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 12:08:22PM -0400, David Litterine-Kaufman wrote: > I am attempting to install etch on an old Gateway. While partitioning > the hard drive, the partitioner invariably freezes. It always happens > while creating the file system. I have tried creating different types > of fi

Re: Shared apt archives

2007-05-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/28/07 10:39, Felipe Sateler wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: So, run apt-proxy on N-1 "peers" and that's that. Actually, apt-proxy would run in only 1 of the peers. The other N-1 would have to be configured to connect to it. Ah, ok. Thanks for the clarification. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jeffers

Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/28/07 10:28, Jose Rodriguez wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 05/28/07 04:12, Jose Rodriguez wrote: [snip] Having said this, I didn't bother to properly secure my own home network yet. If somebody wants to check a couple of e-mails using it just be it. Would you leave your door open so any

Re: Recovering an lvm partition

2007-05-28 Thread Jacob S
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 28 May 2007 11:08:18 -0400 Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 10:01:32AM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > > > > I managed to fix that part of it, eventually, using vgreduce > > - --removemissing vg_name. However, n

Re: OT VPS Hosting

2007-05-28 Thread Martin Kenneth Lopez
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Etch Installation Freezes While Creating File System

2007-05-28 Thread David Litterine-Kaufman
I am attempting to install etch on an old Gateway. While partitioning the hard drive, the partitioner invariably freezes. It always happens while creating the file system. I have tried creating different types of file systems (ext2 and ext3), doing the guided partitioning with partman, doing a m

Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-28 Thread Jose Rodriguez
Ron Johnson wrote: On 05/28/07 04:12, Jose Rodriguez wrote: [snip] Having said this, I didn't bother to properly secure my own home network yet. If somebody wants to check a couple of e-mails using it just be it. Would you leave your door open so anyone can come in at any hour of the day an

Re: Shared apt archives

2007-05-28 Thread Felipe Sateler
Ron Johnson wrote: > So, run apt-proxy on N-1 "peers" and that's that. Actually, apt-proxy would run in only 1 of the peers. The other N-1 would have to be configured to connect to it. -- Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: Recovering an lvm partition

2007-05-28 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 10:01:32AM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > > I managed to fix that part of it, eventually, using vgreduce > - --removemissing vg_name. However, now lvdisplay shows that there is no > logical volume on that vg. Nothing has been done to erase the > filesystem and data, so I am hoping

Re: help with building from source

2007-05-28 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 02:50:55PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > I did "apt-get source ecj" which downloaded ecj sources. I get inside > its directory and did "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -d" because if > failed to build. I deleted that directory, but when I try "apt-get > source ecj"

Re: [UNSURE] Re: apache auth pgsql

2007-05-28 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 07:26:05AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > Someone suggested using mod_authn_dbd with seemed easier to impliment > than this and it's part of the apache2 installation, which was also a > plus for it. > That was me :-) > Only problem is, the module is loaded but the Directi

Recovering an lvm partition

2007-05-28 Thread Jacob S
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Howdy List, An unnamed person was trying to learn LVM and add storage capacity to my fileserver while I was gone and messed up the partition a bit. Doing a vgdisplay vg_name would cause it to error out about a missing device. (The new drive had been r

Re: mutt question

2007-05-28 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 09:57:43PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 11:40:29PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > > > This is what I do: > > > > set realname="Roberto C. Sanchez" > > set from="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > it is my experience that exim doesn't like that

Re: Shared apt archives

2007-05-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/28/07 06:03, Roby wrote: [snip] apt-proxy looks interesting too, although in my case the machines are all peers - no local network server. *Unix* does not have the concept of "peer" or "server" or "client". It's just a matter of which app you run on which machine. So, run apt-proxy o

Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/28/07 04:12, Jose Rodriguez wrote: [snip] As far as I know--which is not much, in any case--the cosmetic protections like hiding the essid, MAC filtering and changing the default WEP password are utterly useless. Setting up WAP is the way to go, although at least one of its flavours is

Re: Bluetooth mouse scroll wheel on Etch: mh2 and lvm crypt

2007-05-28 Thread mmanns
On Wed, 23 May 2007 17:10:12 +0200 Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 10:38:00AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 22 May 2007 06:10:07 +0200 > > Martin Manns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > What is the best way to get a kernel with the patch b

Re: help with building from source

2007-05-28 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 5/28/07, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I did "apt-get source ecj" which downloaded ecj sources. I get inside its directory and did "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -d" because if failed to build. I deleted that directory, but when I try "apt-get source ecj" again it prints t

Re: Shared apt archives

2007-05-28 Thread Michael G. Hansen
Roby wrote: > After upgrading my first machine, I copy /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb > to the second and then apt-get update followed by apt-get dist-upgrade. > I continue the process for the remaining boxen. This works fine. > > apt-proxy looks interesting too, although in my case the machines

Re: help with building from source

2007-05-28 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 5/28/07, Klein Moebius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-28 14:50:55 +0200]: > Need to get 0B/903B of source archives. apt is trying to fetch from your local cache. > Failed to fetch means it's not in your local cache (maybe too full?) It actu

Re: mutt question

2007-05-28 Thread Wayne Topa
Jude DaShiell([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > What user modifiable variable holds a user's email address in mutt? That > is the address once a message gets sent a reader will find on the from: > line? The x-sender field may need control too in my situation. The home > network h

Re: help with building from source

2007-05-28 Thread Klein Moebius
* Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-28 14:50:55 +0200]: > Need to get 0B/903B of source archives. apt is trying to fetch from your local cache. > Failed to fetch means it's not in your local cache (maybe too full?) Try: Apt-get clean Then: apt-get source umpty-scratch Regar

suspend to RAM not waking up

2007-05-28 Thread Jose Rodriguez
Hello Whenever I try to suspend to RAM my laptop (Amilo 1425 running Etch) hangs when trying to wake it up by pressing the power button. I believe it hangs for I can't switch it off unless holding the button for several seconds, discarding therefore a merely blank screen problem. Issuing "s

help with building from source

2007-05-28 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Hi, I did "apt-get source ecj" which downloaded ecj sources. I get inside its directory and did "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -d" because if failed to build. I deleted that directory, but when I try "apt-get source ecj" again it prints the following: """ Need to get 0B/903B of source archives. Fa

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-28 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nigel Henry wrote: > On Monday 28 May 2007 00:24, Hugh Lawson wrote: >> Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> I mean we're not talking about big bucks here. It's just annoying when >>> something stops working for no apparent reason. >> I may have

Re: disk temp monitoring

2007-05-28 Thread Linas Žvirblis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 pol wrote: > I have updated the bios and now things are getting better with linux. Until > my laptop is plugged in, it is almost cold when touching the lower side, > even colder that when ms-windows is running. Good. > When it is on battery it gets

Re: CLI tools for checking out CDROM drive

2007-05-28 Thread Joerg Schilling
>I only asked the question, as I thought there might be a diagnostic tool that >could interrogate the cdrom drive to see if all was ok. ># cdrecord --devices seems to show the drive as available. Cdrecord does not have a --devices option: Calling this commandline will pass "ices" to the dev= o

Re: [UNSURE] Re: apache auth pgsql

2007-05-28 Thread Tom Allison
Someone suggested using mod_authn_dbd with seemed easier to impliment than this and it's part of the apache2 installation, which was also a plus for it. Only problem is, the module is loaded but the Directives aren't recognized in httpd.conf. Example: 'DBDriver pgsql' is not recognized. Si

Re: Shared apt archives

2007-05-28 Thread Roby
Chaim Keren Tzion wrote: > Hi, > > I have several debian installations and use a lot of bandwidth when doing > apt-get updates etc. Would it break anything if I share > the /var/cache/apt/archives/ directory between the machines? > > I particularly want to do this on a vserver machine that I run

Re: Shared apt archives

2007-05-28 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Mon, 28 May 2007 11:24:02 +0300 Chaim Keren Tzion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have several debian installations and use a lot of bandwidth when > doing apt-get updates etc. Would it break anything if I share > the /var/cache/apt/archives/ directory between the machines? > > I part

Re: OpenGL rendering problem

2007-05-28 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Eftaxiopoulos Dimitrios wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > The output of > > LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo > > is [...] > direct rendering: Yes So, all seems to be configured correctly and direct rendering works... [...] >>> I use Debian testing (lenny) on an i386 laptop. I use the commercial >>>

Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome

2007-05-28 Thread Jose Rodriguez
>Chris Lale wrote: [...] You might consider using a broadband modem/router/wifi combined appliance. I use a Philips SNA6500 which has built-in NAT and firewall. It also has the option to enable or reject wireless clients on the basis of their MAC address. So, even if WEP is cracked you are still

Re: trouble building glibc-2.5 and gcc-4.1.2

2007-05-28 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 5/24/07, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A combo of Etch & Sid? Yech. Definite recipe for trouble. > > Are you trying to build Sid source debs on Etch? That *might* work, > but why not then just move to Sid? I'm trying to, but via the way of the source. I don't have b

Again: "AIGLX: Screen 0 is not dri capable"

2007-05-28 Thread Georg Heinrich
Hello, I have received some useful hints on how to post (thanks to Roger and Florian), that's why I give the information again: === Hardware: Apple PowerBook G4 12" (PowerBook 6,8) 1,5 GHz NVidia GeForce FX Go5200 Linux: de

Shared apt archives

2007-05-28 Thread Chaim Keren Tzion
Hi, I have several debian installations and use a lot of bandwidth when doing apt-get updates etc. Would it break anything if I share the /var/cache/apt/archives/ directory between the machines? I particularly want to do this on a vserver machine that I run. It just seems like a waste to downl

Re: have you had experience in 10G NIC?

2007-05-28 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 23.05.07 15:30, chloe K wrote: > Does debian support 10G NIC? there is support for some 10g cards in linux kernel... > Are you using on it now? what kind of card and the brand name? I'm not using any, but in kernel sources there are some: Chelsio 10Gb Ethernet support Intel(R) PRO/10GbE supp

Re: amarok / libgpod destroys iPod playlists

2007-05-28 Thread Jörg Becker
Thanks for your help, unfortunately after building a new amarok (1.4.5) with libgpod-devl/libgpod1 (from etch, version 0.4.2), I'm still loosing all but the first of my iPod playlists. And this occurs if I simply connect/disconnect my iPod to amarok without transferring any data to it. some ve

Re: Creating a local repos

2007-05-28 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Alex, On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 02:19:16PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 04:51:35PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > > After having some unexplained problems with apt-proxy I switched to > > apt-cacher. > > I did the same thing, but I have been noticing some strange behaviour wher