Re: sources list not found repository debian

2007-12-28 Thread Micaela Gallerini
2007/12/28, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Why do you have two security.debian.org lines? Since your main source > doesn't include non-free, you don't need non-free in security updates. > Remove the second security lines. > done > ftp.debian.org is no-longer. Use a country-specific m

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Thanks for all the suggestions. I will experiment with tar and dd. And post back on the results. Thanks again, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: latest radeon driver and full screen video

2007-12-28 Thread Bob
Romain JACQUET wrote: Bob a écrit : The strange thing is that mplayer correctly display films on the second screen with the predefined aspect. *But* I change the aspect to 16:9, the display is not good. Why are you overriding the aspect of the film? have you tried mplayer settings like

program manual package

2007-12-28 Thread hce
Hi, What packages I can use man to display program manual, such as "man recv", "man string", for both C and C++ (ISO) in my Debian machine? Thank you. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread D G Teed
udpcast or g4u use a dd method. Bootable from cdrom, PXE, ether, floppy, etc. On Dec 28, 2007 10:43 PM, Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Max Hyre wrote: > >> Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > >> > >> If you are planning on having the same partition size for your root > >> partition, the

Re-Export NFS mounted directory?

2007-12-28 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Is there any way to re-export an nfs mounted directory? I have exported a directory (/home/backup) on the server and mounted it on a client at /home/backup: client# mount server:/home/backup /home/backup I have then exported a sub-directory, /home/backup/test, from the client to other machin

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Max Hyre wrote: Amit Uttamchandani wrote: If you are planning on having the same partition size for your root partition, then you can simply use dd to clone the entire parition. Actually, the dd method will work even if you want to have a larger partition on your new drive. Couldn't you

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Friday December 28 2007 18:01:34 John Hasler wrote: > Don Harwood writes: > > at&t sells the modem to you. when i was talking to them they > > said there was a driver disk that i needed to load > > You don't need any "drivers" on Linux and you almost certainly > don't need any on Windows either

Re: Help needed in removing warning: "Untrusted packages could ..."

2007-12-28 Thread s. keeling
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 01:03:20AM +0100, s. keeling wrote: > > Gabriel Parrondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > El jue, 27-12-2007 a las 07:20 -0800, Raquel escribi=3DC3=3DB3: > > > > On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:15:54 +0530 > > > > "Amogh Hooshdar" <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: sources list not found repository debian

2007-12-28 Thread s. keeling
Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 07:14:36PM +0100, Micaela Gallerini wrote: > > again I have problem with the sources list. > > If I try to update and upgrade my system I have this error: > > > > x:/# apt-get update > > Err http://security.debian.org etch/up

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Max Hyre
Amit Uttamchandani wrote: If you are planning on having the same partition size for your root partition, then you can simply use dd to clone the entire parition. Actually, the dd method will work even if you want to have a larger partition on your new drive. Couldn't you simply dd the en

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Dec 28, 2007 2:31 PM, Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I am planning to buy a new hard drive for my laptop and replace the existing > one. However, I love my setup right now and wouldn't want to change it. > > I know there are some FLOSS tools that can be used to im

Re: crashed disk

2007-12-28 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: Backups before the crash? You need a functioning system. Don't power up that crashed disk until you are ready to pull all readable sectors off it into one image file. There are dedicated programmes to do this and will do multiple read tries. Note that this does not invo

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Amit Uttamchandani wrote: Hey guys, I am planning to buy a new hard drive for my laptop and replace the existing one. However, I love my setup right now and wouldn't want to change it. I know there are some FLOSS tools that can be used to image/clone hard drives. Any suggestions? Anybody have a

Re: Inconsistent screen resolutions depending on how X was started

2007-12-28 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 23:33:42 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 03:36:22PM +0100, Dan H wrote: > > Hello, > > > > having managed to start X from the console (see other thread), I noticed > > different font sizes on applications. I traced this down to different > > screen

Re: Iceweasel version question

2007-12-28 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 18:42:45 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2007-12-28 18:04 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > Lenny seems to be stuck at the older (probably vulnerable) version > > because other release-critical bugs were found in the fixed version(s) > > in Sid. > > Not quite. The reason

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:05:58PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: ...snip confusing quoting... > > yes i am a total newbie to the linux world, the reason i chose debian is > because the cnc system is debian, after doing some minor research into it i > decided to keep it simple {yeah right} i will mak

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:05:58PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: > >from what i have been > > able to find out things may not be so easy, some of this stuff > > is overwhelming maybe i bit off to much > > The tenor of your conversation screams "newbie". Thus

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread John Hasler
Don Harwood writes: > at&t sells the modem to you. when i was talking to them they said there > was a driver disk that i needed to load You don't need any "drivers" on Linux and you almost certainly don't need any on Windows either. If your modem is anything like most others it contains a Web se

Re: Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 03:32:15PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: > > yes i downloaded the net install cd on my friends dialup > > this week end i hope to try my first bootup, i wont get the dsl installed > until next year so i wont be able to get the full package until then my > fingers are crossed >

Re: IPv6 routing issue

2007-12-28 Thread Alex Samad
could you do a ip -6 r; ip -6 a on both boxes please On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 01:12:50AM +0100, strawks wrote: > On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 10:24 +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > > can you ping 2001:6f8:306::1 from 2001:6f8:306::11, then can you ping > > 2001:6f8:202:202::2. > > > > if not look at ip -6 r

Re: IPv6 routing issue

2007-12-28 Thread strawks
On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 10:24 +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > can you ping 2001:6f8:306::1 from 2001:6f8:306::11, then can you ping > 2001:6f8:202:202::2. > > if not look at ip -6 r g 2001:6f8:202:202::2 see what is says ping 2001:6f8:306::1 from 2001:6f8:306::11 -> works fine ping 2001:6f8:202:202::2

Re: Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 03:25:00PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: > > the synergy program comes with cad thus an integrated cad/cam system. i > used autocad 10 but that was years ago. actually the driver for the cnc is > emc2, this translates the g-code into stepper pulses > > so i don't just reply

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Don Harwood
On Friday December 28 2007 16:48:10 Don Harwood wrote: > Hi Ron > > i hope I'm doing this email thing correctly So far. Except that you completely snipped off my reply. (Not too much of a big deal.) > the mill comes with a box pre configured with a built in g-code > stepper driver to run the 4

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 08:12:57AM +0900, David wrote: > > >They're distributing to you the software in binary form in the media of the > >modem's memory. Whether or not they modified the GPL code (i.e. to > >handle their own hardware) we don't know. > > There would /have/ to be some modificatio

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread David
Don Harwood wrote: the synergy program comes with cad thus an integrated cad/cam system. i used autocad 10 but that was years ago. actually the driver for the cnc is emc2, this translates the g-code into stepper pulses so i don't just reply in my email i need to go the list or is cc to "debian

Re: Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Don Harwood
at&t sells the modem to you. when i was talking to them they said there was a driver disk that i needed to load, i told them i was on a linux box and they said they don't support linux i asked them about unix servers and there tech dud was dumbfounded, so I'm hopping things go well -- To UNSUB

Re: Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Don Harwood
yes i downloaded the net install cd on my friends dialup this week end i hope to try my first bootup, i wont get the dsl installed until next year so i wont be able to get the full package until then my fingers are crossed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Don Harwood
the synergy program comes with cad thus an integrated cad/cam system. i used autocad 10 but that was years ago. actually the driver for the cnc is emc2, this translates the g-code into stepper pulses so i don't just reply in my email i need to go the list or is cc to "debian-user@lists.debian.o

Re: IPv6 routing issue

2007-12-28 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:24:22PM +0100, strawks wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently trying to set up an IPv6 network at home by using services > provided by SixXS. > > For the moment I'm trying to give IPv6 access to 2 PCs. > The first which will act as a router create the tunnel with a SixXS PO

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread David
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 01:14:32PM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:59:17PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:41:42PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: If the DSL modem they provide connects through an ethernet port then you shoul

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 01:14:32PM -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:59:17PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:41:42PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > > > If the DSL modem they provide connects through an ethernet port then you > > > should have

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread John Hasler
Ken Irving writes: > Really? They're providing a service (however lamely), and I can't see > why they'd be compelled to provide all the details because of that. > AIUI, they'd need to provide the source code if they modified the GPLd > software, but I don't think mere use of it requires disclosure

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 02:26:49PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: On Debian lists, we usually keep things on the list. FYI, read the code of conduct at lists.debian.org. > i currently use Bently microstation V8 at work, however at home with my new > CNC system from Sherline i will be using Synergy by

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Friday December 28 2007 16:31:30 Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Hey guys, > > I am planning to buy a new hard drive for my laptop and replace > the existing one. However, I love my setup right now and > wouldn't want to change it. > > I know there are some FLOSS tools that can be used to > image/cl

Epson 4490 + Debian Etch - was lRe: libsane-extras: epson perfection 4490 PHOTO doesn't work on amd64

2007-12-28 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:44:28 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > If all else fails then you can set up a 32bit chroot environment and run > the 32bit version of sane and the epson libraries in there. > A related topic - I hope. I have used an Epson 4490 scanner (+ iscan) successfully in a Debian Sarg

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Friday December 28 2007 16:14:32 Ken Irving wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:59:17PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:41:42PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > If the DSL modem they provide connects through an ethernet > > > port then you should have no problem

Re: How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Jabka Atu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I guess tar will be good engunth solution just remmber to create parttions on the new drive. using grub-install re write the mbr's boot loader program Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Hey guys, > > I am planning to buy a new hard drive for my laptop and rep

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Raquel
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:17:00 -0800 Don Harwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the next troubling thing i got was when i called at&t to get dsl > service, they also say they don't support linux. what can be done > with this? All that means is that they don't know how to help you if you have question

How to create an image of HD?

2007-12-28 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Hey guys, I am planning to buy a new hard drive for my laptop and replace the existing one. However, I love my setup right now and wouldn't want to change it. I know there are some FLOSS tools that can be used to image/clone hard drives. Any suggestions? Anybody have any experiences with this?

IPv6 routing issue

2007-12-28 Thread strawks
Hi all, I'm currently trying to set up an IPv6 network at home by using services provided by SixXS. For the moment I'm trying to give IPv6 access to 2 PCs. The first which will act as a router create the tunnel with a SixXS POP, it's working fine. This machine (namely nadia.irken.org) has an IPv6

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread David
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:41:42PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: If the DSL modem they provide connects through an ethernet port then you should have no problems. My modem handles all the connection stuff and even has an integrated firewall. Ironically it is probably ru

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Ken Irving
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:59:17PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:41:42PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > If the DSL modem they provide connects through an ethernet port then you > > should have no problems. My modem handles all the connection stuff and > > even

Re: crashed disk

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 01:39:40PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I had a disk crash on my debian etch workstation and now I'm trying to > recover data from that drive, basicaly with dd, but i wonder if there > are better solutions. > Backups before the crash? You need a functioning system

Re: crashed disk

2007-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Friday December 28 2007 15:39:40 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! > > I had a disk crash on my debian etch workstation and now I'm > trying to recover data from that drive, basicaly with dd, but i > wonder if there are better solutions. Restore from backup. But you knew that... --

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Friday December 28 2007 15:17:00 Don Harwood wrote: > hello world > > I'm a new convert to the debian linux world however I'm > starting to get cold feet with compatibility issues, i just > purchased a CNC mill that is run by a amd64 box with debian > linux, i also just had a new box built for m

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 01:17:00PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: > I'm a new convert to the debian linux world however I'm starting to get > cold feet with compatibility issues, i just purchased a CNC mill that is > run by a amd64 box with debian linux, i also just had a new box built for > me to do my

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:41:42PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > If the DSL modem they provide connects through an ethernet port then you > should have no problems. My modem handles all the connection stuff and > even has an integrated firewall. Ironically it is probably running on > linux it

crashed disk

2007-12-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi! I had a disk crash on my debian etch workstation and now I'm trying to recover data from that drive, basicaly with dd, but i wonder if there are better solutions. /h -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 01:17:00PM -0800, Don Harwood wrote: > > hello world > > I'm a new convert to the debian linux world however I'm starting to get > cold feet with compatibility issues, i just purchased a CNC mill that is > run by a amd64 box with debian linux, i also just had a new box bui

Re: Inconsistent screen resolutions depending on how X was started

2007-12-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 03:36:22PM +0100, Dan H wrote: > Hello, > > having managed to start X from the console (see other thread), I noticed > different font sizes on applications. I traced this down to different screen > resolution settings depending on how X was started: > > After startx from

compatibility problems

2007-12-28 Thread Don Harwood
hello world I'm a new convert to the debian linux world however I'm starting to get cold feet with compatibility issues, i just purchased a CNC mill that is run by a amd64 box with debian linux, i also just had a new box built for me to do my cad/cam work on. figuring that since one box is linux

Re: multicore management system

2007-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Friday December 28 2007 14:48:33 David Brodbeck wrote: > On Dec 28, 2007, at 11:17 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > > That's not how it works on z/OS (OS/MVS), DOS/VSE & OpenVMS. > > > > On them, you have "named batch queues". Each queue has a > > default (in Unix terminology) niceness level, and "widt

Re: Aptitude's reintall

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:35:36PM -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > > Aptitude users's manual explains the reinstall men?? command as follows: > > > Reinstalls the package. > > > > Note that the reinstallation will not be saved when you quit aptitude or > > perform an install run for technical

Re: sources list not found repository debian

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 07:14:36PM +0100, Micaela Gallerini wrote: > again I have problem with the sources list. > If I try to update and upgrade my system I have this error: > > x:/# apt-get update > Err http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg > Connection falled [snip lots

Re: multicore management system

2007-12-28 Thread David Brodbeck
On Dec 28, 2007, at 11:17 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: That's not how it works on z/OS (OS/MVS), DOS/VSE & OpenVMS. On them, you have "named batch queues". Each queue has a default (in Unix terminology) niceness level, and "width" (like how a bank branch has a single line feeding multiple teller win

Re: Help needed in removing warning: "Untrusted packages could ..."

2007-12-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 01:03:20AM +0100, s. keeling wrote: > Gabriel Parrondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > El jue, 27-12-2007 a las 07:20 -0800, Raquel escribi=C3=B3: > > > On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:15:54 +0530 > > > "Amogh Hooshdar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Is there anything I c

Re: clearing some installation problems

2007-12-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 05:29:53AM +, HARIDAS N wrote: > 2. Please help me to how mount the ntfs partitons in > debian in rw mode.I mount the ntfs partitons only in > r- mode ,and iam also use one software to mount > partitons through the console.All the partitons are to > be mounted when i

Aptitude's reintall

2007-12-28 Thread Gabriel Parrondo
Hi, Aptitude users's manual explains the reinstall menú command as follows: > Reinstalls the package. > > Note that the reinstallation will not be saved when you quit aptitude or > perform an install run for technical reasons. (essentially, the underlying > software layers (dpkg and apt) do no

Re: Vá: Using wdm how to pass "-- -logverbose 6" to startx?

2007-12-28 Thread Paul Csanyi
2007/12/28, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 07:02:46PM +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: > > 2007/12/28, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > WHat window manager do you want to use? > > > > I want to use Window Maker. > > > > > What is the output of (as ro

Re: multicore management system

2007-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Friday December 28 2007 10:23:26 Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:58:42AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Friday December 28 2007 00:27:24 Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > I have a long list of jobs that I want to launch on my box. > > > On a one core box, I can mak

Re: Vá : Using wdm how to pass "-- -logverbose 6" to startx?

2007-12-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 07:02:46PM +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: > 2007/12/28, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > WHat window manager do you want to use? > > I want to use Window Maker. > > > What is the output of (as root): > > > > update-alternatives --config x-window-manager > > Ther

Re: SOLVED Re: non-free and multimedia cds

2007-12-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 06:38:17PM -0500, Mark Grieveson wrote: > Okay, I finally got the answer -- on a Mepis forum (respect to Warren > and all of his users). Debian should really update the man page for > debmirror. Please file a bug (with 'reportbug debmirror'). Regards, Andrei -- If you c

Re: gmail and mailing lists [Was: Re: Network is unreachable email error]

2007-12-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 05:52:05PM +, Mihira Fernando wrote: > On Fri December 28 2007, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > AFAIR the mail would show up in Inbox, but I couldn't download it. Maybe > > things changed? > This is what I meant too. It is in the inbox in gmail's web interface. > > > What mai

run-parts not running cron.daily?

2007-12-28 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
It looks like cron on Etch isn't working properly in all cases. I've tried running: sudo run-parts --verbose /etc/cron.hourly and nothing happens. Of course, when I run the scripts by hand, all works well. Cron *is* firing, so why aren't my hourly scripts being run? -- "Oh, look: rocks!"

Re: pgmemcache

2007-12-28 Thread Arnau
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:52:46PM +0100, Arnau wrote: Any of you has installed pgmemcache on Debian? I haven't found any repository for it, Did you compiled it yourself? Is there any repository for it? Never heard of it. What does it do? The pgmemcache project al

sources list not found repository debian

2007-12-28 Thread Micaela Gallerini
hi all, again I have problem with the sources list. If I try to update and upgrade my system I have this error: x:/# apt-get update Err http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg Connection falled Err http://ftp.debian.org etch Release.gpg Connection falled Ign http://security

Re: Using wdm how to pass "-- -logverbose 6" to startx?

2007-12-28 Thread Ken Irving
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:32:01PM +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: > When I type startx then it runs and on the end I get a blank screen > and then I get the Virtual Terminal back again. > > This was yesterday. The next step, missing from this description, should be to look at the logs to see what happ

Vá: Using wdm how to pass "-- -logverbose 6" to startx?

2007-12-28 Thread Paul Csanyi
2007/12/28, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 05:05:30PM +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: > > 2007/12/28, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > Your Xorg.0.log looks fine to me. So what exactly happens when you > > > type startx? maybe you don't have a w

Re: Vá : Using wdm how to pass "-- -logverbose 6" to startx?

2007-12-28 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 05:05:30PM +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: > 2007/12/28, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Your Xorg.0.log looks fine to me. So what exactly happens when you > > type startx? maybe you don't have a window manager selected? How have > > you selected your window man

Re: Iceweasel version question

2007-12-28 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2007-12-28 18:04 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > Lenny seems to be stuck at the older (probably vulnerable) version > because other release-critical bugs were found in the fixed version(s) > in Sid. Not quite. The reason Lenny is stuck at 2.0.0.8 is that the current version is not built on arm

Re: GIMP and printing

2007-12-28 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 02:38:14PM +0100, Dan H wrote: > On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:03:19 +0100 > Dan H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That strikes me as very odd, especially since the next best printer > > is a "Color" model as well. Should I file a bug, or did I do > > something stupid? > > I just

Re: Using wdm how to pass "-- -logverbose 6" to startx?

2007-12-28 Thread Paul Csanyi
From: Paul Csanyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:05:30 +0100 Subject: Vá: Using wdm how to pass "-- -logverbose 6" to startx? To: debian-user@lists.debian.org 2007/12/28, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 10:09:09PM +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: > > 20

Re: Iceweasel version question

2007-12-28 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:24:47 -0500, S Scharf wrote: > Just curious, anyone know why/how debian stable is at version 2.0.0.10 for > iceweasel but > testing is still at 2.0.0.8? AFAIK, the newer version was brought to Etch for security reasons: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1424 Lenn

Re: pgmemcache

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:52:46PM +0100, Arnau wrote: > Any of you has installed pgmemcache on Debian? I haven't found any > repository for it, Did you compiled it yourself? Is there any repository > for it? Never heard of it. What does it do? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: multicore management system

2007-12-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:58:42AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Friday December 28 2007 00:27:24 Jerome BENOIT wrote: > [snip] > > > > I have a long list of jobs that I want to launch on my box. > > On a one core box, I can make a for loop in order to submit > > then in sequence. On a multi-core

Vá: Using wdm how to pass "-- -logverbose 6" to startx?

2007-12-28 Thread Paul Csanyi
2007/12/28, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 10:09:09PM +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: > > 2007/12/27, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 08:18:34PM +, Paul Csanyi wrote: > > > > Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:49:41 -0800 keltezéssel And

Re: Iceweasel version question

2007-12-28 Thread Sam Leon
S Scharf wrote: Just curious, anyone know why/how debian stable is at version 2.0.0.10 for iceweasel but testing is still at 2.0.0.8 ? Stuart It usually takes a month or so. One of the draw backs of testing. Sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Iceweasel version question

2007-12-28 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:24:47AM -0500, S Scharf wrote: > Just curious, anyone know why/how debian stable is at version 2.0.0.10 for > iceweasel but > testing is still at 2.0.0.8? I'll bet that 2.0.0.8 is actually 2.0.0.80, which is higher than 2.0.0.10. Version numbering isn't always consistent

pgmemcache

2007-12-28 Thread Arnau
Hi all, Any of you has installed pgmemcache on Debian? I haven't found any repository for it, Did you compiled it yourself? Is there any repository for it? Thanks -- Arnau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

As the New 2008 Year...

2007-12-28 Thread lenka.holomkova
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Re: How to start X as a user?

2007-12-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 02:42:53PM +0100, Dan H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Hello, > > back in the olden days I used to be able to log in on a text console and then > use "startx" to start an X session. I just tried that (without X running of > course) but was rebuffed with the mess

Re: apt-get -dist-upgrade leaves wireless keyboard and mouse useless on "sarge"

2007-12-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:41:25AM -0800, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:31:40AM +0100, Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: > > He's not running lenny, the libc6 there does not work at all with a 2.4 > > kernel. > > And of cou

Re: apt-get -dist-upgrade leaves wireless keyboard and mouse useless on "sarge"

2007-12-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:31:40AM +0100, Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Hi, > > On 2007-12-28 04:19 +0100, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 11:26:00AM -0800, schmity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > > heard to say: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r > >> 2.4.2

Inconsistent screen resolutions depending on how X was started

2007-12-28 Thread Dan H
Hello, having managed to start X from the console (see other thread), I noticed different font sizes on applications. I traced this down to different screen resolution settings depending on how X was started: After startx from console: $ xdpyinfo | egrep '(dimension|resolution)' dimensions:

[Solved] How to start X as a user?

2007-12-28 Thread Dan H
Ha, it's because I tried to start X from within a screen session (which I start by default on any shell). After exiting screen, it worked. Thanks, --D. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to start X as a user?

2007-12-28 Thread Dan H
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:05:46 +0100 Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are authorized to use startx as a user. > > My guess is, that you didn't actually shut down X before you tried > that, but just extended X into the background. No, I changed into a text console and did /etc/init.d/

Re: How to start X as a user?

2007-12-28 Thread Salvatore Bonaccorso
Hi, On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 02:42:53PM +0100, Dan H wrote: > back in the olden days I used to be able to log in on a text console and then > use "startx" to start an X session. I just tried that (without X running of > course) but was rebuffed with the message that I wasn't authorized to start X

Re: How to start X as a user?

2007-12-28 Thread Kent West
Dan H wrote: back in the olden days I used to be able to log in on a text console and then use "startx" to start an X session. I just tried that (without X running of course) but was rebuffed with the message that I wasn't authorized to start X. How does this work (on etch) From http://linux

Re: How to start X as a user?

2007-12-28 Thread Rico Secada
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:42:53 +0100 Dan H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > back in the olden days I used to be able to log in on a text console > and then use "startx" to start an X session. I just tried that > (without X running of course) but was rebuffed with the message that > I wasn't

How to start X as a user?

2007-12-28 Thread Dan H
Hello, back in the olden days I used to be able to log in on a text console and then use "startx" to start an X session. I just tried that (without X running of course) but was rebuffed with the message that I wasn't authorized to start X. How does this work (on etch)? Thanks, --D. -- To UN

Re: multicore management system

2007-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Friday December 28 2007 00:27:24 Jerome BENOIT wrote: [snip] > > I have a long list of jobs that I want to launch on my box. > On a one core box, I can make a for loop in order to submit > then in sequence. On a multi-core box, this approach does not > work anymore. Hence my intention to use Tor

Re: Installer CDs for etch 4.0r2 and sarge 3.1r7 ?

2007-12-28 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 12:29:23 +0100, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > Le Friday 28 December 2007 11:26:48 Florian Kulzer, vous avez écrit : > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 05:13:37 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > Where can I find installer CD/DVD iso images for the newly announced etch > > > 4.0r2 > > > > h

Re: Installer CDs for etch 4.0r2 and sarge 3.1r7 ?

2007-12-28 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le Friday 28 December 2007 11:26:48 Florian Kulzer, vous avez écrit : > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 05:13:37 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Where can I find installer CD/DVD iso images for the newly announced etch > > 4.0r2 > > http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/debian-installer/ > > > Same question fo

Re: gmail and mailing lists [Was: Re: Network is unreachable email error]

2007-12-28 Thread Mihira Fernando
On Fri December 28 2007, Andrei Popescu wrote: > AFAIR the mail would show up in Inbox, but I couldn't download it. Maybe > things changed? This is what I meant too. It is in the inbox in gmail's web interface. > What mailing list are you talking about? All debian lists send a copy of > your e-mai

Re: Installer CDs for etch 4.0r2 and sarge 3.1r7 ?

2007-12-28 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 05:13:37 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Where can I find installer CD/DVD iso images for the newly announced etch > 4.0r2 http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/debian-installer/ > Same question for the yet-to-be-announced sarge 3.1r7 ? Same answer with "etch" replaced by "s

Installer CDs for etch 4.0r2 and sarge 3.1r7 ?

2007-12-28 Thread Rick Thomas
Where can I find installer CD/DVD iso images for the newly announced etch 4.0r2 Same question for the yet-to-be-announced sarge 3.1r7 ? Thanks! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

gmail and mailing lists [Was: Re: Network is unreachable email error]

2007-12-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 11:27:13AM +, Mihira Fernando wrote: > Have to disagree there. If you send a test mail to yourself using a gmail > account, it WILL come to your gmail inbox. AFAIR the mail would show up in Inbox, but I couldn't download it. Maybe things changed? > The reason why

Re: latest radeon driver and full screen video

2007-12-28 Thread Romain JACQUET
Bob a écrit : The strange thing is that mplayer correctly display films on the second screen with the predefined aspect. *But* I change the aspect to 16:9, the display is not good. Why are you overriding the aspect of the film? have you tried mplayer settings like monitorpixelaspect =

Re: apt-get -dist-upgrade leaves wireless keyboard and mouse useless on "sarge"

2007-12-28 Thread Sven Joachim
Hi, On 2007-12-28 04:19 +0100, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 11:26:00AM -0800, schmity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -r >> 2.4.27-3-386 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > Ah. Ok, you're running a very very old kernel (one that's not even > pa

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