Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/05/2008 11:41 AM, Shachar Or wrote: On Tuesday 05 August 2008 03:55, Mumia W.. wrote: I'm genuinely curious. Why is rsync better than "cp -a"? 1. the -x option. 2. the ability to stop the transfer and resume. 3. the -P option. 4. the verbosity. 5. while using rsync, you are learning a va

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/05/2008 11:13 AM, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: On 2008-08-05 02:55, Mumia W.. wrote: I'm genuinely curious. Why is rsync better than "cp -a"? [...] For a one-time copy only, cp and rsync should take about the same amount of time. rsync is more advanced for synchronizing directories (and kee

Re: 2.6.24-4 kernel not booting

2008-08-05 Thread Michael Habashy
okay...i think i figured out my issue. it is with raid. i think i will need a way to check if raid devices are okay. the system boots but it complains about md1 which is my root system. i think md0 where my /boot ...everythign is okay there.. it looks like i lost 1 of my drives on md1 which is a ra

Re: 2.6.24-4 kernel not booting

2008-08-05 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 06:36:18PM -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: > i appriciate your help. > i am not new to linux but i am new to lvm and raid and recovery. > if you give me some simple steps, i can follow. > i would really like the help because my main ssystem is down. > please provide step by s

Re: suspend / hibernate

2008-08-05 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:09:39 -0700 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 12:28:50AM +0930, Dale wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have had this problem for a little while now, when I come out of > > suspend / hibernation on on my Acer Aspire 5601AWLMi laptop I have

Re: 2.6.24-4 kernel not booting

2008-08-05 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 06:36:18PM -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: > i appriciate your help. > i am not new to linux but i am new to lvm and raid and recovery. > if you give me some simple steps, i can follow. > i would really like the help because my main ssystem is down. > please provide step by s

Re: hard drive problem

2008-08-05 Thread Brian McKee
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Forsaken on 05/08/08 19:25, wrote: >> >> On Aug 5, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: >>> >>> I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them into >>> another with a similar 500MHz CPU and mobo, but it hasn't

Re: nVidia binary on 2.6.26 [was: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid]

2008-08-05 Thread Nick Lidakis
Ron Johnson wrote: Where is the beta? Stable is at: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86 You can also find it in updated sticky posts at the official Nvidia Linux forum: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: hard drive problem

2008-08-05 Thread Adam Hardy
Forsaken on 05/08/08 19:25, wrote: On Aug 5, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them into another with a similar 500MHz CPU and mobo, but it hasn't worked out smoothly. fsck.ext3: no such file or directory while trying to read /dev/h

Re: simple router

2008-08-05 Thread Alexander
Ok, I'll try crossover cable for 2pc connection, and brctl bridge for create same ip addresses in my eth1,2 devices, with wondershaper shaping and iptables nat. I think, it isn't difficult simple solution, because I no need configure my firewall on router, when I have DSL modem in router mode wit

Re: 2.6.24-4 kernel not booting

2008-08-05 Thread Michael Habashy
i can not ftp,ssh,or scp files off the server. is there another way to get the info you need? mhj On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Michael Habashy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do not know what caused the issue. > i know that i can boot from linux dvd and go to rescue mode. > No network support.

Re: 2.6.24-4 kernel not booting

2008-08-05 Thread Michael Habashy
I do not know what caused the issue. i know that i can boot from linux dvd and go to rescue mode. No network support. i can do mounts and stuff. ---just do not know what the next step would be. mjh On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Michael Habashy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i appriciate your help.

Re: 2.6.24-4 kernel not booting

2008-08-05 Thread Michael Habashy
i appriciate your help. i am not new to linux but i am new to lvm and raid and recovery. if you give me some simple steps, i can follow. i would really like the help because my main ssystem is down. please provide step by step proceedure..to ensure that i get my system up and running. can you poin

Re: 2.6.24-4 kernel not booting

2008-08-05 Thread Jaime Ochoa Malagón
My guess is the grub update, you should reinstall grub in your mbr and restart... On 8/5/08, Michael Habashy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > can anyone help on this??? > I get into a busybox prompt and can not do much. > Can i get a list of procedures on how to recover my system ??? > I am using lvm2

Re: nVidia binary on 2.6.26 [was: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid]

2008-08-05 Thread David Witbrodt
> Where is the beta? Stable is at: > ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86 Browsing to nvidia.com gets you their funky home page, with a bunch of useless links -- none pointing to driver downloads. Clicking on just about anything, you then get pages that have a more useful top menu, with

Re: nautilus + smb connection to win2k problem

2008-08-05 Thread Michal R. Hoffmann
On 05/08/08 15:08, Stackpole, Chris wrote: [cut] Here are the bug reports that seems to be causing all the fuss in Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/209520 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/207072 It appears that the gvfs package is what is caus

Re: 2.6.24-4 kernel not booting

2008-08-05 Thread Michael Habashy
can anyone help on this??? I get into a busybox prompt and can not do much. Can i get a list of procedures on how to recover my system ??? I am using lvm2 on top of raid. (raid1 for boot and raid5 for root and the rest of my system) I am able to but with the debian 4.0 dvd and get into rescue mode.

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-05 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 01:00:44PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 02:09:34PM +0100, andy wrote: > > > >> Hi all > >> > >> This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a > >> desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining

Re: simple router

2008-08-05 Thread Cory Oldford
I recommend using the ppp daemon to handle the pppoe setup instead of the DSL modem. Most DSL modems can be put into bridge mode so the auth can be handled by an internal device(your debian firewall). This will allow you to have more control and therefore assist in troubleshooting issues. Thi

rancid-core (2.3.2~a8-1): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2008-08-05 Thread Burton Windle
Debian Testing, trying to upgrade rancid-core, and getting the above error. RTIX-NM-003:/# apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages have been kept back: discover1 0 upgraded,

Re: nVidia binary on 2.6.26 [was: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid]

2008-08-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/05/08 15:53, David Witbrodt wrote: - Original Message From: Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My big problems now are: a) nvidia binary driver doesn't build on .26 (which I need for other reasons), Sorry to hear that. I've been using the beta 177.13 driver for quite a

Re: Re: simple router

2008-08-05 Thread Alexander
Thanks for everybody, who are helping me, I've found my mistake, if I connect my local computer without switch, it isn't work, when I connect over switch everything works fine - shaping, routing. But, can I use my connections to router without switch, nic in local computer to nic in router onl

Re: Debian on OS/390

2008-08-05 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Where would be the appropriate place to ask questions about installation of > Debian on S/390? > > TDelany > == > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, > is for the sol

Re: Debian on OS/390

2008-08-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/05/08 14:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where would be the appropriate place to ask questions about installation of Debian on S/390? http://lists.debian.org/ http://lists.debian.org/ports.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-s390/ -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Scientists are people

Debian on OS/390

2008-08-05 Thread Tom . Delany
Where would be the appropriate place to ask questions about installation of Debian on S/390? TDelany == CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may

Re: lynx upgrade issue?

2008-08-05 Thread i'll teach you to turn away.
Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: TD> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 08:00:21PM +0200, i'll teach you to turn away. wrote: >> there's nothing in there about color_style. in fact, the only >> thing in the entire directory about color_style is in >> /etc/lynx-cur/lynx.cfg.dpkg-dist, whatever

Re: simple router

2008-08-05 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 12:18:21AM +0300, Alexander wrote: > On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 14:45 -0300, Ezequiel Larrarte wrote: > [snip] > is good enough for me. > DSL modem is working good, I have an internet connection on my eth0 > iface, but haven't nothing in my eth1 and eth2 ifaces, how to confi

nVidia binary on 2.6.26 [was: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid]

2008-08-05 Thread David Witbrodt
- Original Message > From: Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My big problems now are: > a) nvidia binary driver doesn't build on .26 (which I need for other > reasons), Sorry to hear that. I've been using the beta 177.13 driver for quite a while now. I built a custom 2.6.26 k

Re: suspend / hibernate

2008-08-05 Thread Chris Burkhardt
I can't help, but I can confirm it. I see it on my Linux Certified laptop, which is some kind of Asus repackage job. I see system load spike as high as 15 or so for a few seconds and then it ramps back down to normal after a few more seconds. I've always assumed (I know, I know) that it was just s

grub in my sid system broken

2008-08-05 Thread Paul Scott
Hi, On my sid system grub stops with a simple grub prompt and I have enter the commands manually. I may have missed something with recent (last few months) changes to grub. The grub man pages I have give only the brief parameter explanations but not enough information to make sense of this. The

Re: simple router

2008-08-05 Thread Wojciech Ziniewicz
2008/8/5 A n d i k a Triwidada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:59 AM, Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I want create my debian home router: did you turned on ip forwarding ? -- Wojciech Ziniewicz Unix SEX :{look;gawk;find;sed;talk;grep;touch;finger;find;fl ex;unzip;head;t

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-05 Thread Paul Scott
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 02:09:34PM +0100, andy wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a >> desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute software >> (and related patches), are there any other

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-05 Thread Hans Christian
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:09:34 +0100 andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a > desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute software > (and related patches), are there any other benefits to using Sid? I am

RE: Help with iPod touch?

2008-08-05 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Help with iPod touch? > > I've inherited an iPod touch, and am trying to see how well it will work > with Debian. > > So far, not well. > > When I first plugged it in, KDE asked what I wanted to do with it, and I > told it to open a new Konq

Re: simple router

2008-08-05 Thread A n d i k a Triwidada
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:59 AM, Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want create my debian home router: > > |"dslmodem" wan ppp0|<-->|eth0<-->(eth1,eth2 - shaping router)|<---|"lan" > comp1,comp2| > > I've created some configurations: > -

Help with iPod touch?

2008-08-05 Thread Kent West
I've inherited an iPod touch, and am trying to see how well it will work with Debian. So far, not well. When I first plugged it in, KDE asked what I wanted to do with it, and I told it to open a new Konqueror window, and it showed a few files/directories, but I was unable to do anything with them

Re: simple router

2008-08-05 Thread Alexander
On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 14:45 -0300, Ezequiel Larrarte wrote: > First, try a simple example: > eth0 - ur interface attached to ur dsl modem > address 10.0.0.1 > netmask 255.0.0.0.0 > network 10.0.0.0 > broadcast 10.255.255.255 > > eth1 - ur lan interface > address 192.168.1.1 > netmask 255.255.255.

Re: [OT] RE: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Shachar Or
On Tuesday 05 August 2008 20:33, Stackpole, Chris wrote: > Yes, I will agree that rsync is easy to do if you already know the > command and what it is capable of. It is indeed a very powerful tool. > However, for someone who doesn't already know the command it can be a > bit overwhelming. At least

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-05 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 02:09:34PM +0100, andy wrote: > Hi all > > This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a > desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute software > (and related patches), are there any other benefits to using Sid? I am > aware of

Re: suspend / hibernate

2008-08-05 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 12:28:50AM +0930, Dale wrote: > Hi all, > > I have had this problem for a little while now, when I come out of > suspend / hibernation on on my Acer Aspire 5601AWLMi laptop I have > very high system load. I am wondering if any one else has or noticed > this problem. I have

Re: simple router

2008-08-05 Thread Ezequiel Larrarte
Alexander wrote: I want create my debian home router: |"dslmodem" wan ppp0|<-->|eth0<-->(eth1,eth2 - shaping router)|<---|"lan" comp1,comp2| I've created some configurations: 1. /etc/network/interfaces # This file de

Re: simple router

2008-08-05 Thread Ezequiel Larrarte
Alexander wrote: I want create my debian home router: |"dslmodem" wan ppp0|<-->|eth0<-->(eth1,eth2 - shaping router)|<---|"lan" comp1,comp2| I've created some configurations: 1. /etc/network/interfaces # This file de

[OT] RE: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Johannes Wiedersich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way? > > On 2008-08-05 15:35, Stackpole, Chris wrote: > > There have been some good suggestions, but none that I would really > consider "the Easy way". I don't know your level of experience, but for > me

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/05/08 12:12, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Tue,05.Aug.08, 11:45:54, Ron Johnson wrote: On 08/05/08 11:13, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Tue,05.Aug.08, 11:05:42, Ron Johnson wrote: Yes but you can install a Debian with a business card and then you have the choice in the release you want to grab (s

Re: simple router

2008-08-05 Thread Shachar Or
On Tuesday 05 August 2008 21:59, Alexander wrote: > I want create my debian home router: > |"dslmodem" wan ppp0|<-->|eth0<-->(eth1,eth2 - shaping router)|<---|"lan" > | comp1,comp2| > > I've created some configurations: > > 1.

Re: hard drive problem

2008-08-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,05.Aug.08, 17:53:05, Adam Hardy wrote: > Andrei Popescu on 05/08/08 17:22, wrote: >> On Tue,05.Aug.08, 15:51:44, Adam Hardy wrote: >>> I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them into >>> another with a similar 500MHz CPU and mobo, but it hasn't worked out >>> smoothly.

simple router

2008-08-05 Thread Alexander
I want create my debian home router: |"dslmodem" wan ppp0|<-->|eth0<-->(eth1,eth2 - shaping router)|<---|"lan" comp1,comp2| I've created some configurations: 1. /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,05.Aug.08, 11:45:54, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/05/08 11:13, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Tue,05.Aug.08, 11:05:42, Ron Johnson wrote: >> Yes but you can install a Debian with a business card and then you have the choice in the release you want to grab (stable, testing or unst

Re: hard drive problem

2008-08-05 Thread Adam Hardy
Andrei Popescu on 05/08/08 17:22, wrote: On Tue,05.Aug.08, 15:51:44, Adam Hardy wrote: I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them into another with a similar 500MHz CPU and mobo, but it hasn't worked out smoothly. The first drive is 40Gb and seems fine, but the second, a

Re: suspend / hibernate

2008-08-05 Thread Shachar Or
On Tuesday 05 August 2008 17:58, Dale wrote: > Hi all, > > I have had this problem for a little while now, when I come out of > suspend / hibernation on on my Acer Aspire 5601AWLMi laptop I have > very high system load. I am wondering if any one else has or noticed > this problem. I have been info

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/05/08 11:13, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Tue,05.Aug.08, 11:05:42, Ron Johnson wrote: Yes but you can install a Debian with a business card and then you have the choice in the release you want to grab (stable, testing or unstable). >> Except that OP is bandwidth-constrained. Why would tha

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Shachar Or
On Tuesday 05 August 2008 03:55, Mumia W.. wrote: > On 08/04/2008 05:52 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > I know nothing about what's on the MaxBlast CD, but I'm betting it's > > Windows-only. "Stick with rsync" is my advice. > > > > > > Rick > > I'm genuinely curious. Why is rsync better than "cp -a"?

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/05/08 08:33, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Tue, 05 Aug 2008, andy wrote: This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute software (and related patches), are there any other benefits to using Sid?

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 2008-08-05 15:35, Stackpole, Chris wrote: > There have been some good suggestions, but none that I would really consider "the Easy way". I don't know your level of experience, but for me "the Easy Way" is the one that can be done by almost anyone without tons of technical documentation. > > Her

Re: hard drive problem

2008-08-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,05.Aug.08, 15:51:44, Adam Hardy wrote: > I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them into > another with a similar 500MHz CPU and mobo, but it hasn't worked out > smoothly. > > The first drive is 40Gb and seems fine, but the second, a 750Gb drive, has > a partition tha

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,05.Aug.08, 14:09:34, andy wrote: > Hi all > > This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a desktop > or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute software (and > related patches), are there any other benefits to using Sid? I am aware of Yes, you get the

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 2008-08-05 02:55, Mumia W.. wrote: > I'm genuinely curious. Why is rsync better than "cp -a"? - It's more flexible (see man rsync). - It works both locally and over network. - On consecutive invocations, it only transfers the difference. Therefore it is much, much faster, especially ove

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,05.Aug.08, 11:05:42, Ron Johnson wrote: >> Yes but you can install a Debian with a business card and then you have >> the choice in the release you want to grab (stable, testing or unstable). > > Except that OP is bandwidth-constrained. Why would that be worse than a full-upgrade (dist-up

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/05/08 09:22, Thomas Preud'homme wrote: Tuesday 05 August 2008, Javier Barroso wrote : [snip] Rodolfo, Sid hasn't got a installer, you have to install lenny / etch and then upgrade / full-upgrade to sid changing /etc/apt/sources.list as people said. Yes but you can install a Debian with

no line numbers in backtrace in Testing

2008-08-05 Thread H.S.
Hello, I recently noticed that on an updated Debian Testing machine if I used gdb to debug a program, the backtrace did not give me the source files and line numbers denoting the function calls. I tried the same source at my university computer, running Hardy and the same version of gdb. Th

[Fwd: eth0 problems?]

2008-08-05 Thread michael
I know the box in Q is Fedora but when I've asked concerning issues with my Debian boxes I've had prompt & v. useful replies so I hope it's okay to ask the below here too: Forwarded Message > From: michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: For users of Fedora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > T

suspend / hibernate

2008-08-05 Thread Dale
Hi all, I have had this problem for a little while now, when I come out of suspend / hibernation on on my Acer Aspire 5601AWLMi laptop I have very high system load. I am wondering if any one else has or noticed this problem. I have been informed it is a kernel problem and I am at a lost how to de

Re: How do I get correct colors in totem and xine

2008-08-05 Thread Hans Christian
Sorry for the double mail. I had some mail trouble and thought the first mail hadn't worked. /Hans Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

hard drive problem

2008-08-05 Thread Adam Hardy
I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them into another with a similar 500MHz CPU and mobo, but it hasn't worked out smoothly. The first drive is 40Gb and seems fine, but the second, a 750Gb drive, has a partition that won't mount. In fact there is also a partition on the f

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-05 Thread andy
Kent West wrote: andy wrote: Hi all This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute software (and related patches), are there any other benefits to using Sid? I am aware of the risks - i.e. frequently broken

Re: nVidia G70 with 32 bit Etch Problem

2008-08-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Thomas H. George wrote: Objective: 32 bit chroot Etch on a system with an AMD 64 bit processor. Problem: Incorrect video driver for nVidia G70 card. To start I copied xorg.conf from the primary system - Lenny with an x86_64 linux kernel image. The display works fine on the primary system

nVidia G70 with 32 bit Etch Problem

2008-08-05 Thread Thomas H. George
Objective: 32 bit chroot Etch on a system with an AMD 64 bit processor. Problem: Incorrect video driver for nVidia G70 card. To start I copied xorg.conf from the primary system - Lenny with an x86_64 linux kernel image. The display works fine on the primary system using the nv driver. Wh

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/04/2008 05:52 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: I know nothing about what's on the MaxBlast CD, but I'm betting it's Windows-only. "Stick with rsync" is my advice. Rick I'm genuinely curious. Why is rsync better than "cp -a"? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
Tuesday 05 August 2008, Javier Barroso wrote : > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Adrian Levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2008/8/5 Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi to all the Debian users community. > > > > > > I've been using Debian for a couple of years now (coming from > > > > Ma

RE: nautilus + smb connection to win2k problem

2008-08-05 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Stackpole, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: nautilus + smb connection to win2k problem > > > From: Shachar Or [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: nautilus + smb connection to win2k problem > > > > On Tuesday 05 August 2008 01:54, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: > > > On 04/0

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson wrote: On 08/04/08 16:26, Jochen Schulz wrote: Rodolfo Medina: Please can anybody indicate how to fetch and install a Debian Sid distribution You have been using Debian and don't know how to do that? -Interesting. :) Maybe he's a happy *user* of a relatively unchanging system.

RE: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Scarletdown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm going to be upgrading my primary hard drive (80GB) with a new 500GB > drive today. The old drive has 7 assorted partitions on it: > > /dev/hda1 - / > /dev/hda5 - /tmp > /dev/hda6 - /root > /dev/hda7 - /opt > /dev/hda8 - /var > /dev/hda9

safe bet: nobody knows this

2008-08-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, I have a script to install Sid from scratch to get me a system that has everything I want, and I run that with a local Sid mirror. Ran it yesterday and the new partition is half the size of the old one: goes to show you the junk one collects. One problem: hyperlatex does not run. It ge

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-05 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008, andy wrote: > This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a > desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute software > (and related patches), are there any other benefits to using Sid? I am Yes, but none that you can't get also fro

Re: swappiness of 2.6 kernel

2008-08-05 Thread Account for Debian group mail
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, thveillon.debian wrote: On a Desktop workstation (multimedia edit, 4Gb ram, timer freq being set @ 1000HZ) I've been using 20 for a long time, no problem whatsoever and no swapping at all. From my understanding for a server you need something closer or equal to 100, for a w

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-05 Thread Kent West
andy wrote: Hi all This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute software (and related patches), are there any other benefits to using Sid? I am aware of the risks - i.e. frequently broken applications - bu

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-05 Thread Kent West
andy wrote: Hi all This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute software (and related patches), are there any other benefits to using Sid? I am aware of the risks - i.e. frequently broken applications - bu

How do I get correct colors in totem and xine

2008-08-05 Thread Hans Christian
Hi! The colors in totem and xine are all wrong when I watch a dvd, and no matter how I adjust saturation and hue, I just can't seem to get them right. If I use SMPlayer, the colors are perfect. But I prefer totem or xine and want the colors to be right. Does anyone know what is the matter and ho

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Javier Barroso
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Adrian Levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/8/5 Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi to all the Debian users community. > > > > I've been using Debian for a couple of years now (coming from > Mandrakelinux) > > and have been happy with stable versions, Sarg

Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

2008-08-05 Thread andy
Hi all This is just a general enquiry about the benefits of using Sid on a desktop or a workstation. Aside from obtaining up-to-the-minute software (and related patches), are there any other benefits to using Sid? I am aware of the risks - i.e. frequently broken applications - but to be hones

RE: nautilus + smb connection to win2k problem

2008-08-05 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Shachar Or [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: nautilus + smb connection to win2k problem > > On Tuesday 05 August 2008 01:54, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: > > On 04/08/08 23:38, Shachar Or wrote: > > > On Tuesday 05 August 2008 01:34, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> R

Re: lynx upgrade issue?

2008-08-05 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 08:00:21PM +0200, i'll teach you to turn away. wrote: > # local overides for lynx-cur configuration > STARTFILE:http://www.debian.org/ > NNTPSERVER:cis.dfn > > there's nothing in there about color_style. in fact, the only > thing in the entire directory about color_s

Re: Official Release Update Method

2008-08-05 Thread Jochen Schulz
freeman: > > I mean, is there a standard operating procedure for updating from one > release to the new stable? Or is it only a matter of what the release notes > say for each update? The standard procedure is always more or less the same. Edit sources.list if it doesn't contain the new release ye

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 10:01:25AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > On 2008-08-05 00:39, Scarletdown wrote: > > So that being the case, I am guessing that the SATA drive will show up sata's normally turn up as scsi devices so sda > > in /dev as something other than hdd (hda is the current pri

Re: Replacing hda - Easiest Way?

2008-08-05 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 2008-08-05 00:39, Scarletdown wrote: > So that being the case, I am guessing that the SATA drive will show up > in /dev as something other than hdd (hda is the current primary IDE, hdb > is the secondary (which will then become the primary after this is all > over), and hdc is the DVD-RW. So, b

Re: swappiness of 2.6 kernel

2008-08-05 Thread thveillon.debian
Sven Joachim a écrit : On 2008-08-05 07:27 +0200, Chris Burkhardt wrote: Account for Debian group mail wrote: Hello, Has anyone played with the swappiness settings of the 2.6 kernel? It looks like the default is set at 60. I was thinking on this new machine I put together with 4 gigs of ram t

Re: Official Release Update Method

2008-08-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,04.Aug.08, 22:43:32, freeman wrote: > I mean, is there a standard operating procedure for updating from one > release to the new stable? Or is it only a matter of what the release notes > say for each update? More or less yes. > I have been informed that it could be disastrous to simply c