Re: E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

On 2008-12-22 04:45 +0100, Zaki Akhmad wrote: > I met this error while trying to upgrade with > > # apt-get upgrade > ... Somewhere here there should be the error message. > ... > ... > Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst > Searching for splash image ... non

Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Sunday 2008 December 21 15:00:44 Alex Samad wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 03:44:04AM -0600, M.Lewis wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Sunday 21 December 2008, "M.Lewis" wrote about 'Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues': Maybe what I should do is break the arra

Re: [OT]I just got a phish call!!!

Paul Cartwright wrote: On Sat December 20 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: Without that explanation, which I knew already, could we safely assume you live in a church, Ron? ;-) Maybe it's because I haven't had my coffee yet, but I don't understand what you just wrote. your original post contained J

Re: LVM reorganization [follow-up]

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Wednesday 2008 December 17 23:30:04 M.Lewis wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Wednesday 2008 December 17 23:00:41 M.Lewis wrote: Given a Lenny LVM setup as follows: Is it possible to reorganize the current LVM to separate out say /var & /tmp into their o

Re: Totem - satanta BB

Please learn to quote correctly. I've fixed the quotes below for my own convenience. Also, using the name "admin" is silly in this context. Also, please read the essay on how to ask questions that I linked to. On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 02:06:51AM +, admin wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 09:1

Re: Automatically Update/Upgrade

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:30:44AM +0700, Zaki Akhmad wrote: > I have some computers running Debian. It's more than 3. And it's > consume my time, if I have to run > > # apt-get update > then > # apt-get upgrade > > manually, if there's new patch/update. Is it possible that I run this > on comman

Re: Automatically Update/Upgrade

On 12/21/08 21:30, Zaki Akhmad wrote: Dear all I have some computers running Debian. It's more than 3. And it's 4? Or 4? consume my time, if I have to run # apt-get update then # apt-get upgrade manually, if there's new patch/update. Is it possible that I run this on command with scr

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I met this error while trying to upgrade with # apt-get upgrade ... ... ... Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-

Re: Copy a file one hundred times

2008/12/14, Rodolfo Medina : > I need the right syntax to copy file.jpg 100 times with one command so to > get > 100 files named file1.jpg, file2.jpg, ..., file100.jpg. > > Can anybody suggest how to achieve that? You could try something like: cat file.pdf | tee `seq -w 0 100 | sed 's+.*+file_&.p

Automatically Update/Upgrade

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear all I have some computers running Debian. It's more than 3. And it's consume my time, if I have to run # apt-get update then # apt-get upgrade manually, if there's new patch/update. Is it possible that I run this on command with script? Cron ma

mugshot packages

Hello I was looking around for mugshot packages but no luck so far. It seems the only downloads on the actual mugshot site is through cvs. Does anyone know how to get mugshot working? I am using lenny btw, thanks. -- LostSon http://lostsonsvault.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-u

Re: Need help finding social networking package.

On Sun, 2008-12-21 at 19:38 -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: > Greetings; > > I am looking for a social networking package, OS & GPL if > possible. > > Does anyone have a suggestion or two? > > I have looked in all the usual places, that I know of > anyway, and haven't found one that sounds good yet

Re: Totem - satanta BB

On 12/21/08 20:06, admin wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 09:15:17PM +, admin wrote: > Hi, can anyone tell me how to setup setanta sports playing on debian?? Sorry, www.setanta.com Its a live feed, I hope this helps you understand my issue So what exactly did you "

Re: Totem - satanta BB

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 09:15:17PM +, admin wrote: > Hi, can anyone tell me how to setup setanta sports playing on debian?? Sorry, www.setanta.com Its a live feed, I hope this helps you understand my issue It would be quite helpful to anyone who wanted to assist, if you would explain what the

Need help finding social networking package.

Greetings; I am looking for a social networking package, OS & GPL if possible. Does anyone have a suggestion or two? I have looked in all the usual places, that I know of anyway, and haven't found one that sounds good yet. I would like one that allows people to set up their own groups/for

Re: clamd consuming 99.6% cpu

--- frank wrote: > On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 17:29 +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > > > After running update and upgrade. On running 'top' it is > discovered > > that "clamd" continuously consuming 99.6% CPU. Please advise how > to > > fix the problem. TIA > > Maybe your clamd version is broken. Che

Re: Canon A520 not detected in Testing, but works in Unstable

H.S. wrote: >>> >> I will give it a shot. >> >> I have a 1G memory stick lying around. If I insert that in my card >> reader with the Testing machine, it doesn't mount and gives some errors >> like these: >> Dec 21 15:31:25 bijli kernel: [ 5784.072103] usb 2-1: device descriptor >> read/64, error

Re: dircolors - debian etch - broken by design?

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 02:09:08PM EST, Edward J. Shornock wrote: > * Chris Jones [20-12-2008 06:27 EET]: > > My .bashrc has the usual: > > > > eval `dircolors -b` > > [...] > > > So I figured I just needed to issue a "dircolors -p .dircolors" .. edit > > the .dircolors file to my liking ..

[OT] bouncing list spam via Gmail's and other smarthosts

Hi, I zealously bounce listspam to report-lists...@lists.debian.org. Recently, the listmaster notified me that he was getting the impression from the bounced spam that *I* was the spammer. We discussed the problem, and it turns out that the issue is that Gmail's SMTP server rewrites message-from

Re: Totem - satanta BB

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 09:15:17PM +, admin wrote: > Hi, can anyone tell me how to setup setanta sports playing on debian?? It would be quite helpful to anyone who wanted to assist, if you would explain what the heck "setanta sports" is and perhaps give a URL and some information about how it

Re: Copy a file one hundred times

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 04:45:21PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/21/08 15:58, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: >> $ seq -w 1 1 10 | xargs -i -n1 cp file.jpg file{}.jpg > > What's with the {}? An implied variable? $ LANG=C man xargs | grep -C 2 '{}' -i[replace-str] This option i

Re: start urxvt so that the prompt shows the desired directory

Csanyi Pal : > > can one start urxvt so that the prompt shows the desired directory, > like: > > usern...@system-name:~/desired/directory$ > > from another urxvt? That's controlled by the PS1 environment variable. You can search for where it's set with "grep PS1 ~/.*" then change it there

Re: Copy a file one hundred times

On 12/21/08 15:58, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: Osamu Aoki wrote: On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 09:13:07PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 03:50:31AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 07:12:32PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: I need the right syntax to copy file.jpg 100

Re: Totem - satanta BB

On 12/21/08 15:15, admin wrote: Hi, can anyone tell me how to setup setanta sports playing on debian?? What's Setanta Sports? I got it yesterday and used it on m$ and it was fine for an hour and then i went out. came home and fitted a new grafix card and PC went beep beep beep. I thought I d

Re: start urxvt so that the prompt shows the desired directory

"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." writes: > On Sunday 2008 December 21 14:50:45 Csanyi Pal wrote: >> Hi, >> >> can one start urxvt so that the prompt shows the desired directory, >> like: >> >> usern...@system-name:~/desired/directory$ >> >> from another urxvt? >> >> urxvt -e cd /home/username/desired/dir

Re: tcpip stops working after some time

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:37:44 -0800 (PST) Jeff D wrote: > On Fri, 19 Dec 2008, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:07:12 +0200 > > subscriptions wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 22:10 +0100, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > > > > > > For some reason after a few days of uptime , tcp s

Totem - satanta BB

Hi, can anyone tell me how to setup setanta sports playing on debian?? I got it yesterday and used it on m$ and it was fine for an hour and then i went out. came home and fitted a new grafix card and PC went beep beep beep. I thought I did something wrong, not much chance but only option availabl

Re: Canon A520 not detected in Testing, but works in Unstable

H.S. wrote: > 1. The camera is shown as "USB Imaging Interface" on desktop. Clicking > on that icon shows the above mentioned folders and files in konqeuror. > 2. The same SD card if read in a card reader, however, does not show > those folders and files, just DICM and MISC as before. This is with

Re: tcpip stops working after some time

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 23:51:02 +0200, Micha Feigin (mi...@post.tau.ac.il) wrote: [...] > I have no idea on how to read this. It seems that regular traceroute fails > (-n) > tcp traceroute works (-n -T) and telnet www.yahoo.com 80 fails (same with > google and a few others I testes) > > Any

Re: Copy a file one hundred times

Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 09:13:07PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 03:50:31AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: >>> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 07:12:32PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: I need the right syntax to copy file.jpg 100 times with one command so to

Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues

On Sunday 2008 December 21 15:00:44 Alex Samad wrote: > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 03:44:04AM -0600, M.Lewis wrote: > > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> On Sunday 21 December 2008, "M.Lewis" wrote about > >> 'Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues': > >>> Maybe what I should do is break the array and start ove

Re: Canon A520 not detected in Testing, but works in Unstable

Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/21/08 15:21, H.S. wrote: >> H.S. wrote: >> >>> I think I will just try reformatting the cards and see how that works >>> out. >> >> >> I have formatted the SD card and tried it again in the camera. I >> formatted as type 0B filesystem (W95 Fat32) and made a filesystem usi

Re: Canon A520 not detected in Testing, but works in Unstable

H.S. wrote: > H.S. wrote: > >> I think I will just try reformatting the cards and see how that works out. > > > I have formatted the SD card and tried it again in the camera. I > formatted as type 0B filesystem (W95 Fat32) and made a filesystem using > sudo fsck.msdos /dev/sdc1 > > But now when

Re: Canon A520 not detected in Testing, but works in Unstable

On 12/21/08 15:21, H.S. wrote: H.S. wrote: I think I will just try reformatting the cards and see how that works out. I have formatted the SD card and tried it again in the camera. I formatted as type 0B filesystem (W95 Fat32) and made a filesystem using sudo fsck.msdos /dev/sdc1 But now wh

Re: Difference between Lenny/testing?

On Thursday 2008 December 18 05:39:25 Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Thu December 18 2008, Paul E Condon wrote: > > Some time after the release of Lenny, the name of the next release > > after Lenny will become useful as a synonym of testing. Your first use > > of steps 1-5 will be in the transition t

Re: start urxvt so that the prompt shows the desired directory

On Sunday 2008 December 21 14:50:45 Csanyi Pal wrote: > Hi, > > can one start urxvt so that the prompt shows the desired directory, > like: > > usern...@system-name:~/desired/directory$ > > from another urxvt? > > urxvt -e cd /home/username/desired/directory/ > > doesn't work. Might try: ( cd /des

Re: Canon A520 not detected in Testing, but works in Unstable

H.S. wrote: > I think I will just try reformatting the cards and see how that works out. I have formatted the SD card and tried it again in the camera. I formatted as type 0B filesystem (W95 Fat32) and made a filesystem using sudo fsck.msdos /dev/sdc1 But now when the camera is mounted, I also

Re: Difference between Lenny/testing?

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 06:39:25AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Thu December 18 2008, Paul E Condon wrote: > > Some time after the release of Lenny, the name of the next release > > after Lenny will become useful as a synonym of testing. Your first use > > of steps 1-5 will be in the transiti

Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 03:44:04AM -0600, M.Lewis wrote: > > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> On Sunday 21 December 2008, "M.Lewis" wrote about >> 'Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues': >>> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> >>> Maybe what I should do is break the array and start over? Making sure >>> that

start urxvt so that the prompt shows the desired directory

Hi, can one start urxvt so that the prompt shows the desired directory, like: usern...@system-name:~/desired/directory$ from another urxvt? urxvt -e cd /home/username/desired/directory/ doesn't work. I want to start sometimes an urxvt from the menu of the Window Maker but want to start urxvt

Re: Canon A520 not detected in Testing, but works in Unstable

H.S. wrote: > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > >>> >> I've seen weird output like this is devices in which there are no >> partitions, you mount the whole device: mount /dev/sdb /mnt/camera. >> Worth giving a try. >> > > I will give it a shot. > > I have a 1G memory stick lying around. If I inse

Re: Canon A520 not detected in Testing, but works in Unstable

Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: >> > > I've seen weird output like this is devices in which there are no > partitions, you mount the whole device: mount /dev/sdb /mnt/camera. > Worth giving a try. > I will give it a shot. I have a 1G memory stick lying around. If I insert that in my card reader

Re: Canon A520 not detected in Testing, but works in Unstable

H.S. wrote: > $> sudo fdisk /dev/sdb1 > > Command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sdb1: 512 MB, 512110080 bytes > 16 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1008 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 992 * 512 = 507904 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x73657250 > > This doesn't look like a partition table > Probably you select

Re: Canon A520 not detected in Testing, but works in Unstable

Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/21/08 13:22, H.S. wrote: >> >> usbview does not show the camera in the Testing machine and nothing >> comes up in /var/log/syslog. Other USB stuff is, however, detected >> properly (mouse, card reader, etc.). > > Nothing? At all? What about dmesg? Nada. Nothing in dm

Re: Canon A520 not detected in Testing, but works in Unstable

On 12/21/08 13:22, H.S. wrote: Hello, If I plug in Canon A520 digital camera to my Testing desktop, it is not detected. The memory card in it works if I use card reader. At the same time, the camera is detected if I plug it in a Debian Unstable computer whose /var/log/syslog shows: Dec 21 13:17:

Re: nrg2iso

El dom, 21-12-2008 a las 15:52 +, steef escribió: > > El sáb, 20-12-2008 a las 09:45 +, steef escribió: > >> Eduard Bloch wrote: [...] > >>> Try this: > >>> > >>> mount foo.nrg /bla -oloop,offset=307200 [...] > hi eduardo, > > i did: > > st...@etchschijf:~$ sudo mount /home/steef/Desktop

Re: dircolors - debian etch - broken by design?

* Chris Jones [20-12-2008 06:27 EET]: > My .bashrc has the usual: > > eval `dircolors -b` [...] > So I figured I just needed to issue a "dircolors -p .dircolors" .. edit > the .dircolors file to my liking .. and then follow up with a "dircolors > -b .dircolors" and that should do it, right?

Canon A520 not detected in Testing, but works in Unstable

Hello, If I plug in Canon A520 digital camera to my Testing desktop, it is not detected. The memory card in it works if I use card reader. At the same time, the camera is detected if I plug it in a Debian Unstable computer whose /var/log/syslog shows: Dec 21 13:17:18 gurh kernel: [ 379.888540] us

Re: iPod

Raquel wrote: > On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:14:36 -0500 > JoeHill wrote: > > > Raquel wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:12:24 -0500 > > > JoeHill wrote: > > > > > > > Raquel wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:18:51 -0500 > > > > > JoeHill wrote: > > > > > > > >

Re: iPod

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:14:36 -0500 JoeHill wrote: > Raquel wrote: > > > On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:12:24 -0500 > > JoeHill wrote: > > > > > Raquel wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:18:51 -0500 > > > > JoeHill wrote: > > > > > > > > > Raquel wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >

Re: iPod

Bernd Kloss wrote: > Am Sonntag, 21. Dezember 2008 schrieb JoeHill: > > Raquel wrote: > > > On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:57:31 -0500 > > > > > > JoeHill wrote: > > > > Daryl Styrk wrote: > > > > > > Rockbox is not recommended, that entails completely replacing > > > > > > the iPod's software.

Re: Read-only USB scan

On 12/21/08 05:01, Bhasker C V wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: (Please don't top-post.) On 12/20/08 18:18, Bhasker C V wrote: Hi, hdparm -r1 /dev/sda works and I get this output when I read back the information with plain '-r' $ sudo hdparm -r /dev/sda /dev/sda: readonly = 1 (on)

Re: iPod

Raquel wrote: > On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:12:24 -0500 > JoeHill wrote: > > > Raquel wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:18:51 -0500 > > > JoeHill wrote: > > > > > > > Raquel wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What I understand, from reading their website is that they > > > > > d

Re: clamd consuming 99.6% cpu

On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 17:29 +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > After running update and upgrade. On running 'top' it is discovered > that "clamd" continuously consuming 99.6% CPU. Please advise how to > fix the problem. TIA Maybe your clamd version is broken. Check with strace what clamd is doing. I

Re: cannot boot after update

Simon Kranz wrote: Hello, I run debian etchnhalf 4.0r5a AMD64. I just installed a new desktop system (std and desktop packages). Since then i have done very little to add to it. Just installed foo2qpdl for my printer and also dvdrip from debian multimedia. Once in gnome i was informed of some

Re: nrg2iso

Gabriel Parrondo wrote: El sáb, 20-12-2008 a las 09:45 +, steef escribió: Eduard Bloch wrote: [...] *sudo nrg2iso /home/steef/Desktop/PF2.nrg /home/steef/Desktop/PF3.iso it seemed to work, and i burnt the result, PF3.iso, onto a dvd with # growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev

Re: How to change Icedove default browser? (Solved)

Sven Joachim wrote the following on 12/21/2008 07:46 AM: On 2008-12-21 14:35 +0100, Dennis Wicks wrote: Greetings; Icedove is using the Gnome(?) browser and I want to use Iceweasel. I found a post from 2007 that said to use "update-alternatives --config x-www-browser" but although that "worke

MonoDevelop 2.0 Alpha 2

Hello, I have been searching for a debian package but I couldn't find anything. Where can I find MonoDevelop 2.0 Alpha 2 deb package. Thanks in advance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.o

Re: How to change Icedove default browser?

On 2008-12-21 14:35 +0100, Dennis Wicks wrote: > Greetings; > > Icedove is using the Gnome(?) browser and I want to use Iceweasel. > > I found a post from 2007 that said to use "update-alternatives > --config x-www-browser" > but although that "worked" it didn't work, even though I bounced > Icedo

How to change Icedove default browser?

Greetings; Icedove is using the Gnome(?) browser and I want to use Iceweasel. I found a post from 2007 that said to use "update-alternatives --config x-www-browser" but although that "worked" it didn't work, even though I bounced Icedove. And I can't find any thing about wihich browser Ice

Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues

On Sun, 2008-12-21 at 05:42 +0100, M.Lewis wrote: > > I having an issue with my RAID array. I get some errors on boot, but the > boot process is going beyond them and mounting the drive anyhow. So far > as I can tell, all the data is present and readable. I would like to > resolve these errors tho

cannot boot after update

Hello, I run debian etchnhalf 4.0r5a AMD64. I just installed a new desktop system (std and desktop packages). Since then i have done very little to add to it. Just installed foo2qpdl for my printer and also dvdrip from debian multimedia. Once in gnome i was informed of some new updated package

Re: [OT]I just got a phish call!!!

--- On Sun, 12/21/08, Mark Allums wrote: > From: Mark Allums > Subject: Re: [OT]I just got a phish call!!! > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 11:30 AM > Michael Marsh wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Mark Allums > wrote: > >> In the US, get on th

Re: [OT]I just got a phish call!!!

Michael Marsh wrote: On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Mark Allums wrote: In the US, get on the Do Not Call List. http://www.donotcall.gov/ Might help a little. People prepared to commit fraud don't particularly care about the Do Not Call List. If you can't get their phone number or comp

Re: Re: Read-only USB scan

Ron Johnson wrote: (Please don't top-post.) On 12/20/08 18:18, Bhasker C V wrote: Hi, hdparm -r1 /dev/sda works and I get this output when I read back the information with plain '-r' $ sudo hdparm -r /dev/sda /dev/sda: readonly = 1 (on) Does this make it really read-only ?

Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Sunday 21 December 2008, "M.Lewis" wrote about 'Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues': Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Maybe what I should do is break the array and start over? Making sure that e2fsck on both drives is good to go beforehand of course. Maybe that is a m

Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues

On Sunday 21 December 2008, "M.Lewis" wrote about 'Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues': >Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> I assume that /dev/md0 knows it's size, so the filesystem superblock is >> bad and you should correct it by resizing the filesystem. > >Is there a way to know for certain that /dev/md

Re: nrg2iso

Gabriel Parrondo wrote: El sáb, 20-12-2008 a las 09:45 +, steef escribió: Eduard Bloch wrote: [...] *sudo nrg2iso /home/steef/Desktop/PF2.nrg /home/steef/Desktop/PF3.iso it seemed to work, and i burnt the result, PF3.iso, onto a dvd with # growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev

Re: iPod

Am Sonntag, 21. Dezember 2008 schrieb JoeHill: > Raquel wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:57:31 -0500 > > > > JoeHill wrote: > > > Daryl Styrk wrote: > > > > > Rockbox is not recommended, that entails completely replacing > > > > > the iPod's software. > > > > > > > > I have only heard good things

Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Sunday 2008 December 21 01:02:04 M.Lewis wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Saturday 2008 December 20 22:42:10 M.Lewis wrote: The filesystem size (according to the superblock) is 24419 blocks ^^^