Re: nvidia-glx under Debian 4.0r1

2007-08-28 Thread David Baron
> Finally, do not use nvidia's own installer since it overwrites existing > debian files on your system and will eventually make a hash of it. 1. Nvidia's installer can be run with options to avoid this problem. If you do not do it thus, every time you upgrade xorg, you need to check the /usr/lib

Re: WYSIWYG editor

2007-08-28 Thread David Baron
> Actually WYSIWYG is VERY BAD for web page creation. People can resize their > windows etc - and then what?  All your WYSIWYG has gone to waste. In > addition your WYSIWYG is probably not even rendering the same as your > favorite browsers. > > As annoying as it may be at the start, the best way i

Re: WYSIWYG editor

2007-08-28 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:13:12 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What do you recommend as a good, practical WYSIWYG editor for > > creating simple web pages, with mostly text, some graphics and pdf, > > for debian Lenny please? Thanks. > > > > -- > > Regards, Iceape Composer is okay. A lo

xterm won't start on AMD K6 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 kernel

2007-08-28 Thread Paul Scott
Laptop with AMD K6 running Debian sid xterm works w/ stock 2.6.17-2-486 with stock 2.6.22-1-486 attempting to start xterm gives: xterm: Error 32, errno 2: No such file or directory Reason: get_pty: not enough ptys I have upgraded almost anything that needed it that would have come after the 2

Re: aptitude dist-upgrade and tex dependencies

2007-08-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 08:38:13PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > I don't know how the TeX team are managing their transition offhand. > A start would be to figure out which packages are forcing the upgrade of > tetex-extra -- you could find this out by, e.g., going into the > interactive inter

USB Hard Drive problems

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
Hi, I recently purchased a factory recertified Fantom Drives 120 GB USB drive. I have just begun to use it, and I'm experiencing major headaches. Every now and then (I don't see a triggering condition or chronological pattern, but I see the problem several times a day) the drive goes offline. S

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:22:43 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > It does save electricity and if you are concerned about system > maintenannce then all you need to do is ensure that anacron is > installed and running. anacron will run the maintenance task which > have been missed afte

Re: Ping my modem........

2007-08-28 Thread Charlie
On Wednesday 29 August 2007 06:07, Dan Serban shared this with us all: >--} Charlie wrote: >--} > Never having used ping, and not really understanding the man page for > it:- --} > >--} > When I ping my modem: >--} > >--} > what command/option/s should I use? >--} > Is the following a normal reply

Re: replacement for formmail

2007-08-28 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Rick Pasotto wrote: On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 01:36:12AM +, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 02:58:00PM -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 12:51:00PM -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: Anyone have any good re

Re: Ping my modem... Solved

2007-08-28 Thread Charlie
On Wednesday 29 August 2007 01:35, Jeff D shared this with us all: >--} On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Charlie wrote: >--} >--} > On Tuesday 28 August 2007 14:50, Octavio Alvarez shared this with us > all: --} >> --} On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:42:41 -0700, Charlie > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --} >> --} wrote: >--} >>

ATI Radeon All in Winder Video Capture in Linux

2007-08-28 Thread Orestes Leal
Hi folks, I want to hear some suggestions about video capture in linux, my status it´s the next, 1) Ati Radeon All in Wonder x800 XL 256 Megs GDDR3 PCIe 2) Sattelite hughes connected to my 3 rca entrys. 3) All the cable stuff are connected. So I need, and application to capture Video with my car

Re: replacement for formmail

2007-08-28 Thread Aaron Hall
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > Anyone have any good recommendations for replacing formmail? > > I just started working for someone who is using it and we are trying > to lock his sites down more than they have been in the past and are > looking for a replacement. The NMS Project

Re: aptitude dist-upgrade and tex dependencies

2007-08-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 04:16:49PM +, - Tong - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:39:17 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > >> Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? > > > > Holding the various tetex packages (tetex-bin, tetex-commo

Re: replacement for formmail

2007-08-28 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 01:36:12AM +, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 02:58:00PM -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > >On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 12:51:00PM -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > > > > > >>Anyone have any good recommendations for replacing

Re: replacement for formmail

2007-08-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 02:58:00PM -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 12:51:00PM -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > > > >>Anyone have any good recommendations for replacing formmail? > >> > >>I just started working for someone who is using it and w

Re: Strange 224.0.0.251 address being accessed on bootup

2007-08-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 11:50:14PM +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > Any comments, suggestions, and including "go and get a life", welcome. > > This is no big deal, but would be nice to resolve this problem. So its a script in /etc/network/ip-up.d? That would be run by the networking stuff and you d

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 28 August 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: > I have two desktops and one laptop.  I keep the desktops on 24x7. >  The laptop I turn off whenever not in use.  Because of being > battery powered, there are less current surges on powe

Re: [Fwd: Re: i686 Port]

2007-08-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 08:58:56PM +0100, Richard Thompson wrote: > > I'm no expert, but I believe the thinking is that most of the processor > > dependent code is in libc6, for which we do have the -i686 version, and > > the kernel, which also comes in -686 flavors. > > > > Celejar > Yes, I expec

Re: help identifying a USB data stick

2007-08-28 Thread - Tong -
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:28:10 +0200, Maciek Rutecki wrote: > If works: > /etc/fstab: > /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 vfatuser,noauto,umask=0,exec 0 0 better use UUID in this case, 'cause it could be /dev/sdb1 or even /dev/sdc1 next time. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.

Re: docBook or latex

2007-08-28 Thread - Tong -
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:15:01 +, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >> I want to write big document (say reports) ( sometimes with math >> symboles and functions, not always). >> Which is better and in which cases, I have to use docbook or latex?? > > Considering that this is exactly what latex was desi

Re: WYSIWYG editor

2007-08-28 Thread KS
pinniped wrote: > > Keep in mind that unless you use "style sheets" (in which > case you're trying to force a certain look on your visitors), HTML was No one is _forcing_ a certain look to the users by using a CSS. The user is free to use their own CSS if they wish or even no CSS at all e.g. in

Re: WYSIWYG editor

2007-08-28 Thread ndemou
On 8/29/07, pinniped <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >What do you recommend as a good, practical WYSIWYG editor > >for creating simple web pages, with mostly text, some > >graphics and pdf, for debian Lenny please? Thanks. I use OpenOffice but I then touch the html manually It's not an elegant soluti

Re: Pcmcia express card

2007-08-28 Thread [L]ash
Il giorno Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:58:15 -0400 Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > Good luck > > Wayne > thanks, i need it :) -- Andrea Corradi | Debian User | www.debian.org Fingerprint: A41E F6B0 DBDB F04C 4940 E411 30F3 CD62 57B1 8458 gpg --keyserver keyserver.linux.it --recv-key 57B18

Re: WYSIWYG editor

2007-08-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
emacs or xemacs and html-helper-mode-el. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Strange 224.0.0.251 address being accessed on bootup

2007-08-28 Thread Nelson Castillo
On 8/28/07, Nelson Castillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (cut) > > Any comments, suggestions, and including "go and get a life", welcome. > > Well, it seems like a multicast address. I've used that range to do > multicast in a LAN (with videolan). Rendezvous, mDNS, zeroconf? That is what I read som

[Fwd: i686 Port]

2007-08-28 Thread pinniped
Userspace services daemons etc, like any program will perform better on an i686 processor if they are i686 optimised :-) It would certainly be interesting to see comparisons of this. The primary advantage is that more registers are available so there are less games played with swapping va

Re: Strange 224.0.0.251 address being accessed on bootup

2007-08-28 Thread Nelson Castillo
On 8/28/07, Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (cut) > TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=52 > DROPPED IN= OUT=eth0 SRC=192.168.0.7 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=72 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 > TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=52 > d > > Any comments, suggestions, and including "go an

WYSIWYG editor

2007-08-28 Thread pinniped
What do you recommend as a good, practical WYSIWYG editor for creating simple web pages, with mostly text, some graphics and pdf, for debian Lenny please? Thanks. This may be a bit [OT] since I don't have any WYSIWYG web page editor to recommend, but ... Actually WYSIWYG is VERY BAD for web

Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread pinniped
**snip** I hoped to reduce the probability of it [tape player] failing at the same time as the internal HD by starting it less often For HDs the R/W head always comes into contact with the disc once the rotation drops enough. Crack open a dead HD and you'll see nice concentric rings which ju

Re: replacement for formmail

2007-08-28 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 12:51:00PM -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: Anyone have any good recommendations for replacing formmail? I just started working for someone who is using it and we are trying to lock his sites down more than they have been in the past and are lo

Belkin F5d7051

2007-08-28 Thread Jose Sancho Alonso
Hi Debian users. I've been reading threads here and there about this topic, but I still haven't found a suitable answer for me to make my WiFi Adapter Belkin F5D7051 work in Debian 4.0 rev1 I've read about that feature in Edgy that powers down the usb ports and the possible workarounds to disable

Re: Strange 224.0.0.251 address being accessed on bootup

2007-08-28 Thread Nigel Henry
On Tuesday 28 August 2007 03:53, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 04:28:48PM +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Monday 27 August 2007 03:52, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > Since this is all happening in /etc/rcS.d, I'd suggest booting with > > > init=/bin/sh and running the /etc/rcS.d

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread icelinux
I've always gone for leaving my machines on. I feel there is less wear and tear on components by leaving the machine on. Specifically, as I understand it, thermal shock to minuscule electronic components during power-on. In the past, I've lost a number of motherboards and processors due (presum

Re: [Fwd: Re: i686 Port]

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:53:22 +0100 (BST) "Richard Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snipped discussion about the benefit of 686 optimization of typical applications] > Userspace services daemons etc, like any program will perform better on an > i686 processor if they are i686 optimised :-) B

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 28, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Martin McCormick wrote: I think some drives exercise the head rack during lulls of activity to keep it from stiffening up. Some older drives also periodically move the head around to do thermal recalibration. As the drive warms up the platters expand and the h

Re: fstab and removable usb drives

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:05:08 +0100 Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:23:21 -0400 > Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks. The problem was my non-zero last field, as per my other > > posts. BTW, mounting by label / UUID is often a better idea, > > especially fo

Re: question about kernel source packages

2007-08-28 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/28/2007 02:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting "Mumia W.." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 08/28/2007 12:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I notice there is a source package for the kernel and a package of debian patches. Has the kernel source already been patched or would one need to patch

Re: fstab and removable usb drives

2007-08-28 Thread Graham
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:23:21 -0400 Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks. The problem was my non-zero last field, as per my other > posts. BTW, mounting by label / UUID is often a better idea, > especially for removable storage, since it ensures consistency of > mount points even when the

Re: WYSIWYG editor

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:49:03 -0500 Sam Leon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Loeghmon T. Nejad wrote: > > What do you recommend as a good, practical WYSIWYG editor for creating > > simple web pages, with mostly text, some graphics and pdf, for debian > > Lenny please? Thanks. > > > > -- > > Regards

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Mike
How much would all this apply to a laptop? I mean, are they considered more robust or less? w/ regard to powering off and on? Cavan On 8/28/07, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Original Message - From: "Raquel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, A

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread ArcticFox
On Aug 28, 2007, at 3:46 PM, David Brodbeck wrote: On Aug 28, 2007, at 1:24 PM, Cavan Mejias wrote: How much would all this apply to a laptop? I mean, are they considered more robust or less? w/ regard to powering off and on? I don't like to leave laptops on because I've had co

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Martin McCormick
Raquel writes: > I also understand that when the hard disks get power that the > platters torque just a tad, if not causing heads to come into > contact with the platter, at least causing wear on bearings. As somebody also posted, the heads get parked when the drive powers down. If you lis

Re: WYSIWYG editor

2007-08-28 Thread Sam Leon
Loeghmon T. Nejad wrote: What do you recommend as a good, practical WYSIWYG editor for creating simple web pages, with mostly text, some graphics and pdf, for debian Lenny please? Thanks. -- Regards, I would like to know too. I think us html noobs using linux are just out of luck :( Qu

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 28, 2007, at 1:24 PM, Cavan Mejias wrote: How much would all this apply to a laptop? I mean, are they considered more robust or less? w/ regard to powering off and on? I don't like to leave laptops on because I've had cooling fan failures in a few laptops. I figure the l

Re: question about kernel source packages

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:15:08 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting "Mumia W.." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On 08/28/2007 12:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I notice there is a source package for the kernel and a package of > >> debian patches. Has the kernel source already been patched

Re: [Fwd: Re: i686 Port]

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:58:56 +0100 (BST) "Richard Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Original Message > Subject: Re: i686 Port > From:"Richard Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date:Tue, August 28, 2007 8:54 pm > To: "Celejar

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Cavan Mejias
How much would all this apply to a laptop? I mean, are they considered more robust or less? w/ regard to powering off and on? Cavan On 8/28/07, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Raquel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Tuesd

Re: replacement for formmail

2007-08-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 12:51:00PM -0700, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > Anyone have any good recommendations for replacing formmail? > > I just started working for someone who is using it and we are trying to > lock his sites down more than they have been in the past and are looking > for a replace

[Fwd: Re: i686 Port]

2007-08-28 Thread Richard Thompson
Original Message Subject: Re: i686 Port From:"Richard Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date:Tue, August 28, 2007 8:54 pm To: "Celejar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --

Re: nvidia-glx under Debian 4.0r1

2007-08-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 09:44:11PM +0200, Bart wrote: > I've installed Debian 4.0r1 and now I want 3D support for my Nvidia > graphics card. > > I'm following instructions as can be found on > http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers > > I can install the nvidia-kernel-sources, but not the

WYSIWYG editor

2007-08-28 Thread Loeghmon T. Nejad
What do you recommend as a good, practical WYSIWYG editor for creating simple web pages, with mostly text, some graphics and pdf, for debian Lenny please? Thanks. -- Regards,

Re: i686 Port

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:06:10 +0100 (BST) "Richard Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering why debian doesn't have a port of packages optimised for > i686, I realise they have support for i386, which obviously incudes > everything from an intel 386 to the latest and greatest intel an

Re: Ping my modem........

2007-08-28 Thread Dan Serban
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charlie wrote: > Never having used ping, and not really understanding the man page for it:- > > When I ping my modem: > > what command/option/s should I use? > Is the following a normal reply from a satellite modem to ping:- > > ping: sendmsg: Oper

replacement for formmail

2007-08-28 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Anyone have any good recommendations for replacing formmail? I just started working for someone who is using it and we are trying to lock his sites down more than they have been in the past and are looking for a replacement. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

nvidia-glx under Debian 4.0r1

2007-08-28 Thread Bart
I've installed Debian 4.0r1 and now I want 3D support for my Nvidia graphics card. I'm following instructions as can be found on http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers I can install the nvidia-kernel-sources, but not the nvidia-glx package. The error given is: The following packages

Re: question about kernel source packages

2007-08-28 Thread icelinux
Quoting "Mumia W.." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On 08/28/2007 12:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I notice there is a source package for the kernel and a package of debian patches. Has the kernel source already been patched or would one need to patch it with all of the included debian patches when

Re: I just installed OpenNTP. Now what?

2007-08-28 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 28, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: Hey guys, So just installed OpenNTP on a shiny new etch system. The daemon is started during startup but now what? How do I know that my clock is being synchronized? I checked the config and there are debian ntp servers listed. So i

Re: fstab and removable usb drives

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:44:29 +0100 Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:30:56 -0400 > Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm experimenting with fstab lines to streamline mounting my removable > > usb drives (flash and HDD). I have tried 'UUID-', 'LABE

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Mike
- Original Message - From: "Raquel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:50 PM Subject: Re: Shut down or leave on? On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:45:51 -0700 Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Raquel wrote: > On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:28:35 -0400 > "Richard Carter" <[EMAIL P

Re: how to add the bluetooth rfcomm0 device at boot up automatically with debian.

2007-08-28 Thread wimpunk
Michael Habashy wrote: i am trying to automate how my debian box acknowledges that there is a bluetooth device attached to my bluetooth dongle. Does anyone know how i can do that automatically at boot up? In order for me to create the rfcomm0 device, I have to execute: 1. hcitool scan ---to get

ssh-agent (was: using a remote IMAP server and smarthost)

2007-08-28 Thread Richard Lyons
On Sun, Aug 26, 2007 at 12:27:32AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] > Method 2: > - > > You can set up mutt's sendmail command to use a short script which > invokes ssh to run sendmail on myvm directly. This requires that > sendmail works on myvm, though. The advantage is that you don't

I just installed OpenNTP. Now what?

2007-08-28 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Hey guys, So just installed OpenNTP on a shiny new etch system. The daemon is started during startup but now what? How do I know that my clock is being synchronized? I checked the config and there are debian ntp servers listed. So is that it? Or am I missing something here. Thanks, Amit -- To

Re: fstab and removable drives

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 7:18:25 -0700 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My ISP has "improved" my email to the point that I cannot > post to newsgroups at all and even email is a struggle. > > The error message you describe is from fsck, which fails when > trying to check the disconnected drive. The sixth

[solved] Re: fstab and removable usb drives

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:51:04 -0700 (PDT) Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Celejar wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm experimenting with fstab lines to streamline mounting my removable > > usb drives (flash and HDD). I have tried 'UUID-', 'LABEL-', > > and '/dev/disk/by-

Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-28 Thread Francois Duranleau
On 8/28/07, Richard Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't get why your building you own intird?, if your using the kernel > provided it already has it's own initrd and if your building the kernel > yourself why are you using initrd at all? Good question. I am building my own kernel (usin

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 28, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Raquel wrote: I also understand that when the hard disks get power that the platters torque just a tad, if not causing heads to come into contact with the platter, at least causing wear on bearings. In theory start-ups put more stress on the spindle motor, yes. I

Re: question about kernel source packages

2007-08-28 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/28/2007 12:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I notice there is a source package for the kernel and a package of debian patches. Has the kernel source already been patched or would one need to patch it with all of the included debian patches when building a custom kernel? It's already p

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Raquel
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:45:51 -0700 Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raquel wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:28:35 -0400 > > "Richard Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Folks, > >> > >> Is it better to leave a system running all the time or is it > >> better to shut it down over nigh

Running swatch dependably

2007-08-28 Thread Brett Charbeneau
Is anyone out there running swatch (the log watcher) as a daemon in Sarge/Edgy? If so - how the heck are you doing it? I've been through the docs and Google, but I'm not getting a workable answer - swatch behaves only if I start it manually and not for long. I've been issuing swatch -

question about kernel source packages

2007-08-28 Thread icelinux
I notice there is a source package for the kernel and a package of debian patches. Has the kernel source already been patched or would one need to patch it with all of the included debian patches when building a custom kernel? "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpl

Re: All New rc2.d Scripts get Ignored. Debian from KNOPPIX

2007-08-28 Thread Bob McGowan
Martin McCormick wrote: I installed the newest and probably last Oralux KNOPPIX distribution from a live CD to the hard disk on a laptop and it almost works right. I must not have the right magic touch because I needed to add 2 more startup scripts in /etc/rc2.d in order to start a softwa

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.08.28.1728 +0200]: > Is it better to leave a system running all the time or is it better to shut > it down over night, on weekends, holidays etc? That's an easy question: shut it down, unless it needs to be doing something. The environment will

SOLVED: Re: smtp to bytemark.co.uk smarthost (was: using a remote IMAP server and smarthost)

2007-08-28 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 10:03:36AM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > On Tue, 2007.08.28 13:41, Richard Lyons wrote: > > On Mon, August 27, 2007 10:44, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 08:41:36 +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > > >> Done that. Sending from the VM, now I get > > >> > > >>

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Jeff
Raquel wrote: On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:28:35 -0400 "Richard Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Folks, Is it better to leave a system running all the time or is it better to shut it down over night, on weekends, holidays etc? In the past I have always shut my Debian system down over night etc

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:28:35 -0400 "Richard Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Richard, > But I notice that most backup utilities are designed to backup > automatically at the same time every day or week. That seems to > assume that the system is always running. Depends when/how the backu

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Raquel
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:28:35 -0400 "Richard Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Is it better to leave a system running all the time or is it > better to shut it down over night, on weekends, holidays etc? > > In the past I have always shut my Debian system down over night > etc fo

Re: Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Atis
On 8/28/07, Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Is it better to leave a system running all the time or is it better to shut > it down over night, on weekends, holidays etc? > > In the past I have always shut my Debian system down over night etc for 3 > reasons: > > 1) I put ba

Re: gpg in KDE, passphrase window, passphrase timeout (SOLVED)

2007-08-28 Thread Giorgos Pallas
Gilles Mocellin wrote: > Le Monday 27 August 2007 20:06:54 Giorgos Pallas, vous avez écrit : > >> I'm a little confused: I use gpg from the console and when asking for my >> passphrase >> , it raises a KDE window and prompts me to type it there. Why? I also >> would like gpg to cache the passphr

Shut down or leave on?

2007-08-28 Thread Richard Carter
Hi Folks, Is it better to leave a system running all the time or is it better to shut it down over night, on weekends, holidays etc? In the past I have always shut my Debian system down over night etc for 3 reasons: 1) I put backups on my 80GB external HD which I usually leave shut down even whe

Re: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)

2007-08-28 Thread Francois Duranleau
On 8/27/07, Francois Duranleau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/24/07, Bert Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I took a look at your config and menu.lst > > So whats missing seems to be an initrd image which holds all the > > modules your kernel needs. Your config uses some of em. Y

Re: Ping my modem...

2007-08-28 Thread Jeff D
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Charlie wrote: On Tuesday 28 August 2007 14:50, Octavio Alvarez shared this with us all: --} On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:42:41 -0700, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --} wrote: --} --} >> --} > Is the following a normal reply from a satellite modem to ping:- --} >> --} > --} >> --}

Fwd: Howto enqueue with no sending in sendmail (SOLVED!)

2007-08-28 Thread Sergio Belkin
I answer myself: I've added to sendmail.mc: define(`confCON_EXPENSIVE', `True') define(SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS, e) Now all mail sent to whateverdomain.com is enqueued but not sent ;) Not at all ;) Sergio -- Forwarded message -- From: Sergio Belkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 28-ago-2007

i686 Port

2007-08-28 Thread Richard Thompson
I was wondering why debian doesn't have a port of packages optimised for i686, I realise they have support for i386, which obviously incudes everything from an intel 386 to the latest and greatest intel and amd processors (running in 32bit), ultimatley the i686 already has 'support' however I just

package version numbers

2007-08-28 Thread Rick Pasotto
Aptitude reports that for several packages: Depends: libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0) but it is not installable however 'apt-cache policy libglib1.2' reports: libglib1.2: Installed: 1.2.10-17 Candidate: 1.2.10-17 Version table: *** 1.2.10-17 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Isn't 1.2.10 >

Re: smtp to bytemark.co.uk smarthost (was: using a remote IMAP server and smarthost)

2007-08-28 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2007.08.28 13:41, Richard Lyons wrote: > On Mon, August 27, 2007 10:44, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 08:41:36 +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > >> Done that. Sending from the VM, now I get > >> > >> msmtp: the server does not support DSN > >> msmtp: could not send mail (ac

Howto enqueue with no sending in sendmail

2007-08-28 Thread Sergio Belkin
Hi community, I am performing some tests with sendmail. I have 2 queue groups defined by : QUEUE_GROUP(`outside',`P=/var/spool/mqueue/outside, R=0, r=10 I=6m')dnl QUEUE_GROUP(`mqueue',`Path=/var/spool/mqueue, F=f, R=10, r=100, I=1m')dnl And documentation says "The maximum number of queue runners

evince unable to open pdf

2007-08-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
Hello, I've recently reinstalled box running Etch amd64. However, evince no longer works. It is my only gnome app; I don't usually have luck with gnome but need it for this one application. When I ssh into the box from a P-II with 64 MB ram, Kpdf keeps its image rendering in the xserver which o

All New rc2.d Scripts get Ignored. Debian from KNOPPIX

2007-08-28 Thread Martin McCormick
I installed the newest and probably last Oralux KNOPPIX distribution from a live CD to the hard disk on a laptop and it almost works right. I must not have the right magic touch because I needed to add 2 more startup scripts in /etc/rc2.d in order to start a software speech synthesizer and

zope2.10-sandbox doesn't configure in Lenny

2007-08-28 Thread Mirto Silvio Busico
Hi all, I'm trying to install zope2.10-sandbox 2.10.4-2 on Lenny When I try an apt-get install I see the error: "dzhandle make-instance: service user must be specified as user:group" and no sandbox instance is created. What can I do? Thanks Mirto P.S. here is the apt-get output: =

Re: MSI nVidia NX7600GT-T2D256E

2007-08-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 08:24:50AM +0100, Tim Day wrote: > On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 02:17 +, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > You mean that the system has totally hung and you can't ssh into it (its > > not just the keyboard and display that's frozen)? > > Yes that's right. No ssh, no response to pin

Re: SATA vs PATA

2007-08-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 09:26:45AM +0200, Dan H wrote: > On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:41:38 + "Douglas A. Tutty" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In any event, if you're choosing between PATA and SATA, go with SATA > > Thanks everybody. This is an easy decicion, seeing that opinions don't > vary

Re: smtp to bytemark.co.uk smarthost (was: using a remote IMAP server and smarthost)

2007-08-28 Thread Richard Lyons
On Mon, August 27, 2007 10:44, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 08:41:36 +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: >> On Sun, August 26, 2007 22:53, Florian Kulzer wrote: >> [...] >> > #- >> > tls off >> > host FULLY_QUALIFIED_DOMAIN_NAME_OR_IP_OF_SMARTHOST >> > from YOUR_E

Re: smtp to bytemark.co.uk smarthost (was: using a remote IMAP server and smarthost)

2007-08-28 Thread Richard Lyons
On Mon, August 27, 2007 21:12, Steve Kemp wrote: > On Mon Aug 27, 2007 at 15:27:55 +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > >> > It might be time to contact bytemark's technical support. >> >> You are probably right. I'll give them a call. > > Agreed. Call us, or drop us a mail (!) I did that, and here i

Re: OFF TOPIC--Free software based domain hosting?

2007-08-28 Thread Technocrook
On 8/28/07, Glen Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use www.dreamhost.com which runs Debian on all their servers. > They also offer registration, but I don't know anything about it. webmin+virtualmin can be choosed for web hosting solutions *-technocrook -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: fstab and removable usb drives

2007-08-28 Thread Roby
Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:51:04 -0700 (PDT) > Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Celejar wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm experimenting with fstab lines to streamline mounting my removable >> > usb drives (flash and HDD). I have tried 'UUID-', 'LABEL-x

Re: Profile for user and root ( locales )

2007-08-28 Thread Vladimir Strycek
Douglas A. Tutty wrote / napísal(a): On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 03:35:33PM +0200, Vladimir Strycek wrote: any idea where alse is setting for each user in bash ? i have small problem that when i log in to my debian box as user everything works great especialy the special character of Slovak lan

Re: Wireless card for emachine?

2007-08-28 Thread Chris Lale
Celejar wrote: > [...] > > The first question is, what wireless card is in the machine? Do lspci, > and find the entry corresponding to the wireless card. > Then find the chipset of the wireless card and install the appropriate kernel module driver. Alternatively, use Ndiswrapper and the Window

Re: Ping my modem...

2007-08-28 Thread Charlie
On Tuesday 28 August 2007 17:51, Ron Johnson shared this with us all: >--} On 08/28/07 00:30, Charlie wrote: >--} > On Tuesday 28 August 2007 14:50, Octavio Alvarez shared this with us > all: --} >> --} On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:42:41 -0700, Charlie > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --} >> --} wrote: >--} >> --}

Re: Ping my modem...

2007-08-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/28/07 00:30, Charlie wrote: > On Tuesday 28 August 2007 14:50, Octavio Alvarez shared this with us all: >> --} On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:42:41 -0700, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> --} wrote: >> --} >> --} >> --} > Is the following a normal reply fr

Re: docBook or latex

2007-08-28 Thread Chris Lale
abdelkader belahcene wrote: > Hi, > I want to write big document (say reports) ( sometimes with math > symboles and functions, not always). > Which is better and in which cases, I have to use docbook or latex?? > > thanks for help > > > Have a look at LyX [1] which is a great front end GUI fo

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