Re: problems during installation

2009-07-16 Thread Tim Beauregard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 w0102926 wrote: > Hi > I attempted to install debian GNU/Linux 5.0 several times > today, but every time the process gets to select and install > software, nothing appears to happen, I have left it for up Maybe you could try a different version (eg te

problems during installation

2009-07-16 Thread w0102926
Hi I attempted to install debian GNU/Linux 5.0 several times today, but every time the process gets to select and install software, nothing appears to happen, I have left it for up to an hour with please wait 1% complete on the screen. The rest of the process happens instantly which leads to the co

Re: USB keyboard fails in 5.01 - please help!

2009-07-16 Thread Celejar
[please don't cc. me, as per the list CoC] On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:52:12 -0400 Zachary Uram wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:34:53 -0400 > celejar wrote: > > > > > Just installed Debian 5.01 and my USB keyboard is not recognized. It > > > works fine in Microsoft Windows Vista. I think it is an is

Re: USB keyboard fails in 5.01 - please help!

2009-07-16 Thread Zachary Uram
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:34:53 -0400 celejar wrote: > > > Just installed Debian 5.01 and my USB keyboard is not recognized. It > > works fine in Microsoft Windows Vista. I think it is an issue with > > newer kernels because I also tried it with Ubuntu 9.04 and same > > problem (keyboard's green sta

Re: [NOT SOLVED, BUT PROGRESS] Failure to boot after failed resume from s2something

2009-07-16 Thread John
On (16/07/09 20:55), Andrew Reid wrote: | On Thursday 16 July 2009 12:36:57 John wrote: | > | > So my questions are: | > | > 1) How does one get rid of an old s2disk/hibernate setting that | > demands to run "PM: Starting manual resume from disk"? | > 2) Can update-initramfs be instructed to ignore

Xmodmap & sound keys.

2009-07-16 Thread Edward Jabbour
As on many laps, this machine has keys for mute, up and down. I have the proper keycodes in ~/.Xmodmap, but I can't get them to work at all. I ran the verbose option and got: [Thu Jul 16] edj:~$ xmodmap -verbose .Xmodmap ! .Xmodmap: ! 1: keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume keycode 0xae =

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 08:28:36PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Alex Samad [2009 Jul 16 19:40 -0500]: > > I am all for convenience, but I am also for the right to choose, sounds > > like HAL is not really needed for X, so it should be a recommends and > > not a depends. > > I've played some wi

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Alex Samad [2009 Jul 16 19:40 -0500]: > I am all for convenience, but I am also for the right to choose, sounds > like HAL is not really needed for X, so it should be a recommends and > not a depends. I've played some with the new features of Xorg earlier this year, xrandr. The HAL capability

Re: [NOT SOLVED, BUT PROGRESS] Failure to boot after failed resume from s2something

2009-07-16 Thread Andrew Reid
On Thursday 16 July 2009 12:36:57 John wrote: > > So my questions are: > > 1) How does one get rid of an old s2disk/hibernate setting that > demands to run "PM: Starting manual resume from disk"? > 2) Can update-initramfs be instructed to ignore that old setting? > 3) Ideally, can this problem be

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 06:16:51PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Alex Samad [2009 Jul 16 17:46 -0500]: > > HAL has been a pain for me, because of my laptop and my need to attach > > things to the laptop whilst its on, thus hal mount things all over the > > place and does things the system wasn't

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Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Alex Samad [2009 Jul 16 17:46 -0500]: > HAL has been a pain for me, because of my laptop and my need to attach > things to the laptop whilst its on, thus hal mount things all over the > place and does things the system wasn't doing before. I'm puzzled by this and HAL does not mount *anything*

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't workanymore

2009-07-16 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: noi...@gmx.net >To: sou...@gmail.com >Subject: Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't >workanymore >Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:29:31 +0200 > >>Jeff Soules wrote: HAL is not "technology moving forward". It is a project dedi

Re: Installation options for SATA machines

2009-07-16 Thread Michael Ekstrand
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 AG wrote: > List > > Is there a switch (option?) during the installation process one needs to > be aware of using a sata system? Not with modern Linux and modern SATA. I've installed on SATA on both my server and laptop without problems, going back

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:02:19 +1000 Alex Samad wrote: > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 04:57:44PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:39:16 +1000 > > Alex Samad wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 03:22:03PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > > > > This is just wrong; HAL *

Re: To mirror a huge tree...

2009-07-16 Thread ron.l.johnson
Paul E Condon wrote: > On 2009-07-15_23:53:27, ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: [snip] > > So you have 600/630 = 95% of the job done. To finish, I suggest rsync > starting with > this as the destination of the copying. Even if the source data is changing a > bit > from day-to-day, I'm sure the

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 14:02, Alex Samad wrote: > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 04:57:44PM -0400, Celejar wrote: >> On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:39:16 +1000 >> Alex Samad wrote: >> >> > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 03:22:03PM -0400, Celejar wrote: >> >> ... >> >> > > > > This is just wrong; HAL *doesn't automount

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 04:57:44PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:39:16 +1000 > Alex Samad wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 03:22:03PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > ... > > > > > > This is just wrong; HAL *doesn't automount anything* on its own. It > > > > > merely passes infor

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:39:16 +1000 Alex Samad wrote: > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 03:22:03PM -0400, Celejar wrote: ... > > > > This is just wrong; HAL *doesn't automount anything* on its own. It > > > > merely passes information to a *volume manager*, which can be configured > > > > to do whateve

Re: How to get framebuffer device working with ATI radeon?

2009-07-16 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:06, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > I'm trying to get framebuffer loaded for the Radeon X1300/X1550 card > that I have but have had no luck. > > Tried loading the following framebuffer drivers: > >  * radeonfb >  * atyfb >  * aty128fb > > The only framebuffer driver that wo

Re: ldapsearch -- troubles connecting to LDAP server (SASL config?)

2009-07-16 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 09:59:26AM -0500, w...@serensoft.com wrote: > Hello Debianistas! > > We're a bit new to the LDAP world and are having trouble configuring a > connection to the LDAP server. > > Using "ldapsearch" as a diagnostic tool, here's what we are getting: > > # ldapsearch -h 10.3.1

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 03:22:03PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:20:56 +0200 > Dirk wrote: > > > Celejar wrote: > > > On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:58:12 +0200 > > > Dirk wrote: > > > > > >> Avi Greenbury wrote: > > > > > > ... > > > > > >>> What is the 'best part of Linux' that HAL

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:35:29AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <4a5f532a.8000...@gmx.net>, Dirk wrote: > >Jochen Schulz wrote: > >> Dirk: [snip] > >You suggest that everyone compiles X11 him-/herself now? > > No, just those that refuse to accept the package maintainers' decisions.

Re: Config files for Gnome bluetooth-applet: where to locate them?

2009-07-16 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:06:14 +0200 Klistvud wrote: ... > was: Nokia bluetooth set won't pair anymore. > > In short: I'm looking for > the *location of config files* where bluetooth-applet keeps its list of > paired (bonded) devices. What I do know: it's NOT in /etc/bluetooth and > it's NOT a

Re: How to get all dependent source packages

2009-07-16 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 07:46:59PM +0800, sha liu wrote: > Hi everyone, > What I want to do is: > If I want to build a package(for example dpkg) from source, how > should I recursively get all the dependent *source* packages of it? > This means not only the direct dependency of the package but

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Brian Nelson wrote: Dirk writes: Jochen Schulz wrote: Nobody forces you to do anything. You can compile patch X.org yourself, run oldstable, switch to another distribution or throw your computer out of the window. Or you could just accept HAL and go on with your life. You suggest that everyo

Installation options for SATA machines

2009-07-16 Thread AG
List Is there a switch (option?) during the installation process one needs to be aware of using a sata system? I was planning on using a May 30/09 netinst snapshot ("squeeze") for a basic system and then add from there. Thanks for any thoughts AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Brian Nelson
Dirk writes: > Jochen Schulz wrote: >> Nobody forces you to do anything. You can compile patch X.org yourself, >> run oldstable, switch to another distribution or throw your computer out >> of the window. Or you could just accept HAL and go on with your life. > > You suggest that everyone compile

Ctrl+Ret in Terminals

2009-07-16 Thread nikdelimiter
"Enterer" ("carriage return") _is_ a control character. A pc keyboard sends keycodes which Emacs under X can intercept and decipher, allowing it to distinguish "Enter" from "Cntrl+Enter". A terminal, however, sends ASCII codes. Pressing the "control" key sets the control bit. "Enter", being a c

Re: Ctrl+Ret in Terminals

2009-07-16 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:27:12PM +0400, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 07:46:53PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > "Enter" ("carriage return") _is_ a control character. A pc keyboard sends > > keycodes which Emacs under X can intercept and decipher, allowing it to > > distinguish "E

Ctrl+Ret in Terminals

2009-07-16 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 07:46:53PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > "Enter" ("carriage return") _is_ a control character. A pc keyboard sends > keycodes which Emacs under X can intercept and decipher, allowing it to > distinguish "Enter" from "Cntrl+Enter". A terminal, however, sends ASCII > codes. P

RE: To mirror a huge tree...

2009-07-16 Thread David Christensen
ron.l.johnson wrote: > I've been a big FW fan for many years. My backups, though, have only > been (because of compression) in the 70-85GB range. 70-85 MB/s (?) using Firewire II (800 Mbps)? I am able to get ~40 MB/s on Firewire I (400 Mbps). > But this mirror was 630GB, and along around 600G

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:20:56 +0200 Dirk wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:58:12 +0200 > > Dirk wrote: > > > >> Avi Greenbury wrote: > > > > ... > > > >>> What is the 'best part of Linux' that HAL neglects? > > > > ... > > > >> The ability to mount devices myself, or not. >

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Celejar wrote: On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:58:12 +0200 Dirk wrote: Avi Greenbury wrote: ... What is the 'best part of Linux' that HAL neglects? ... The ability to mount devices myself, or not. This is just wrong; HAL *doesn't automount anything* on its own. It merely passes information t

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
steef wrote: Dirk wrote: Jochen Schulz wrote: Dirk: Ok, let us assume I wouldn't be able to remove HAL from a installed Debian without breaking X11 permanently and I have a random problem (pick one from this list: http://www.google.com/search?q=HAL+problem+linux). Previously, you said no

Re: Impossible to start glxgears: GLX-extension missing

2009-07-16 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Andrei: > More info is necessary, like what graphic chipset do yo have and what > driver are you using. Also 'grep -i glx /var/log/Xorg.0.log' might help. ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M] (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default a

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:58:12 +0200 Dirk wrote: > Avi Greenbury wrote: ... > > What is the 'best part of Linux' that HAL neglects? ... > The ability to mount devices myself, or not. This is just wrong; HAL *doesn't automount anything* on its own. It merely passes information to a *volume man

How to get framebuffer device working with ATI radeon?

2009-07-16 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
I'm trying to get framebuffer loaded for the Radeon X1300/X1550 card that I have but have had no luck. Tried loading the following framebuffer drivers: * radeonfb * atyfb * aty128fb The only framebuffer driver that works is vga16fb. Other info: * Debian Squeeze on an x86 machine. * xorg-

Re: Can I check packages integrity with debsums on sums check failed DVDs?

2009-07-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4a5f5d95.06e2660a.6fbc.4...@mx.google.com>, Sthu Deus wrote: >Thank You for Your time and answer, Johannes: >> > How I can find out from whence the file has come? >> >> Probably not at all. Your files will have the same md5sums no matter >> from where you've got the package (ie. it does not mat

RE: a tool that can recover partially formatted ext3 FS.

2009-07-16 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Sthu Deus [mailto:sthu.d...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:30 AM > Subject: a tool that can recover partially formatted ext3 FS. > > Good day. > > Could You advise me a tool that can recover my files on partially > formatted > occasionally disk? > > The disk has ext3 FS. An

Re: aptitude problems

2009-07-16 Thread Charles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:12:18 -0700 Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:53:49AM -0400, Charles > was heard to say: > > On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:26:10 -0700 > > Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > The local or obsolete category in both aptitud

Re: Can I check packages integrity with debsums on sums check failed DVDs?

2009-07-16 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Johannes: > This is to be expeced. The md5sum is not part of the package. dpkg -S > searches files belonging to a software package, not files that contain > the signature of the package. > What does 'll /var/lib/dpkg/info/ace-of-penguins.md5sums' yield > (assum

a tool that can recover partially formatted ext3 FS.

2009-07-16 Thread Sthu Deus
Good day. Could You advise me a tool that can recover my files on partially formatted occasionally disk? The disk has ext3 FS. And I have canceled operation after few seconds since it started formatting. Thank You for Your time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread steef
Dirk wrote: Jochen Schulz wrote: Dirk: Ok, let us assume I wouldn't be able to remove HAL from a installed Debian without breaking X11 permanently and I have a random problem (pick one from this list: http://www.google.com/search?q=HAL+problem+linux). Previously, you said not only HAL its

Problem with MergeList (was: 'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header...)

2009-07-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <1247760132.10565.0.ca...@claudio-desktop>, claudio wrote: [nothing] However, the subject was really long: >E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, >E:Problem with MergeList >/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_binary- >i386_Packages, >E:La lista dei pacchet

[NOT SOLVED, BUT PROGRESS] Failure to boot after failed resume from s2something

2009-07-16 Thread John
On (14/07/09 15:09), John wrote: | I've a puzzling failure to boot. Error messages have to be copied | over by hand, so apologies if there are typos. The boot process seems | normal past cryptsetup's request for the password. The first sign of | trouble reads | mount: mounting /dev/mapper/[name of

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4a5f556b.8090...@gmx.net>, Dirk wrote: >Jeff Soules wrote: >>> HAL is not "technology moving forward". >>> >>> It is a project dedicated to taking away the right to do what you want. >> >> I'm sorry, your argument is "HAL hates freedom?" Seriously? You >> believe there is an entire team of ma

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4a5f532a.8000...@gmx.net>, Dirk wrote: >Jochen Schulz wrote: >> Dirk: >>> Ok, let us assume I wouldn't be able to remove HAL from a installed >>> Debian without breaking X11 permanently and I have a random problem >>> (pick one from this list: >>> http://www.google.com/search?q=HAL+problem+linu

'E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:La lista dei pacchetti o il file di st

2009-07-16 Thread claudio
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Re: To mirror a huge tree...

2009-07-16 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2009-07-15_23:53:27, ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: > David Christensen wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > ... external USB hard drive, I'm getting a consistent 30MBps, > > > ... is 30MBps about as good as I can get from the combination of the > > > USB software and hardware? > > > > 30 MB/

Re: sha1summ of complete directory?

2009-07-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20090716151953.ge4...@wks0082.feds.uwaterloo.ca>, Eric Gerlach wrote: >On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 07:36:24AM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 07:30:19PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> > How would one go about computing a *single* hash value for a complete >> > directory tree?

Re: ldapsearch -- troubles connecting to LDAP server (SASL config?)

2009-07-16 Thread David A. Parker
w...@serensoft.com wrote: Hello Debianistas! We're a bit new to the LDAP world and are having trouble configuring a connection to the LDAP server. Using "ldapsearch" as a diagnostic tool, here's what we are getting: # ldapsearch -h 10.3.1.37 SASL/EXTERNAL authentication started ldap_sasl_inter

Re: Vserver networking: to make a forward only. : a comment

2009-07-16 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2009-07-16_01:08:08, lee wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 07:57:36PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > > > Meaning that all packets come to and back from - only for/from the > > v-server. That the home machine will not be processing the packets. > > In a way, that isn't possible because there has to

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Jeff Soules wrote: HAL is not "technology moving forward". It is a project dedicated to taking away the right to do what you want. I'm sorry, your argument is "HAL hates freedom?" Seriously? You believe there is an entire team of malicious devs who've devoted their weekends to oppressing you

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Jochen Schulz wrote: Dirk: Ok, let us assume I wouldn't be able to remove HAL from a installed Debian without breaking X11 permanently and I have a random problem (pick one from this list: http://www.google.com/search?q=HAL+problem+linux). Previously, you said not only HAL itself is the pr

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Jeff Soules
> HAL is not "technology moving forward". > > It is a project dedicated to taking away the right to do what you want. I'm sorry, your argument is "HAL hates freedom?" Seriously? You believe there is an entire team of malicious devs who've devoted their weekends to oppressing your choice of mouse

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Dirk wrote: Jeff Soules wrote: Is that enough of an answer or is there any HAL fanboy left who want's to battle choice? I'm not a HAL fanboy. In fact, I couldn't care less. From the descriptions, it sounds like HAL (like every other piece of software ever written) solves some problems while

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Jochen Schulz
Dirk: > > Ok, let us assume I wouldn't be able to remove HAL from a installed > Debian without breaking X11 permanently and I have a random problem > (pick one from this list: > http://www.google.com/search?q=HAL+problem+linux). Previously, you said not only HAL itself is the problem, but th

Re: sha1summ of complete directory?

2009-07-16 Thread Eric Gerlach
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 07:36:24AM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 07:30:19PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > How would one go about computing a *single* hash value for a complete > > directory tree? > > You might want to look at how git does this. As I understand it, git >

ldapsearch -- troubles connecting to LDAP server (SASL config?)

2009-07-16 Thread w...@serensoft.com
Hello Debianistas! We're a bit new to the LDAP world and are having trouble configuring a connection to the LDAP server. Using "ldapsearch" as a diagnostic tool, here's what we are getting: # ldapsearch -h 10.3.1.37 SASL/EXTERNAL authentication started ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Unknown authe

paraview and hdf5 files

2009-07-16 Thread Micha Feigin
I tried installing paraview under debian. According to the documentation and the options in the debian/rules file (I also tried the source) it is supposed to handle hdf5 files. I tried creating a simple hdf5 file in matlab to open in paraview, but it doesn't seem to recognize the file. Any idea on

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Jeff Soules wrote: Is that enough of an answer or is there any HAL fanboy left who want's to battle choice? I'm not a HAL fanboy. In fact, I couldn't care less. From the descriptions, it sounds like HAL (like every other piece of software ever written) solves some problems while potentially c

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Jeff Soules
> Is that enough of an answer or is there any HAL fanboy left who want's to > battle choice? I'm not a HAL fanboy. In fact, I couldn't care less. From the descriptions, it sounds like HAL (like every other piece of software ever written) solves some problems while potentially creating others. Su

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Avi Greenbury wrote: Dirk wrote: Geeez... the problem is that it was promoted to a requirement for running a Debian Desktop while there was no need for it in the first place with alternatives like Ubuntu or Windows(!) at hand. Another problem are the people who think they need to turn Linux i

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread John Hasler
Sjoerd writes: > And, finally, you haven't answered the question on what's wrong with > hal. I'm using it without problems, and even still feel in control when > needed by altering the .fdi files in /usr/share/hal. So no, I don't see > the problem, please explain. Some of us simply don't need it.

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Avi Greenbury
Dirk wrote: Geeez... the problem is that it was promoted to a requirement for running a Debian Desktop while there was no need for it in the first place with alternatives like Ubuntu or Windows(!) at hand. Another problem are the people who think they need to turn Linux into something like a

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: Dirk schreef: You would have much more credibility in this thread if you provided solid technical reasons why HAL is bad rather than stomping your feet while saying "I don't like it!" Please provide a technical reason why HAL is unacceptable. HAL causes enough technical

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
Dirk schreef: You would have much more credibility in this thread if you provided solid technical reasons why HAL is bad rather than stomping your feet while saying "I don't like it!" Please provide a technical reason why HAL is unacceptable. HAL causes enough technical problems and negative s

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
You would have much more credibility in this thread if you provided solid technical reasons why HAL is bad rather than stomping your feet while saying "I don't like it!" Please provide a technical reason why HAL is unacceptable. HAL causes enough technical problems and negative side-effects. Ju

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Dirk [2009 Jul 16 07:07 -0500]: > Thierry Chatelet wrote: > >On Thursday 16 July 2009 12:50:22 Dirk wrote: > > > >>Why don't people, who like it, use the real Windows instead of turning > >>Linux into it and forcing advanced users down to their level? > >> > >> > >>Dirk > > > >What level are you

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Andrei Popescu [2009 Jul 16 06:05 -0500]: > > does seem as though there is a strong sentiment against HAL from > > several users. You might contact the Xorg developers and ask nicely > > for them to remove the dependency. > > I don't think this is such a good idea. The Debian X Strike Force (

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Thursday 16 July 2009 12:50:22 Dirk wrote: Why don't people, who like it, use the real Windows instead of turning Linux into it and forcing advanced users down to their level? Dirk What level are you taking about? This will look quiet insulting to many people not

Re: Bulgarian language

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk Neumann
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:45:02 +0300 (EEST) Nedelcho Nedelchev wrote: > Hi > > I want to ask for Bulgarian language for debian. I bye computer with debian > and I want to use Bulgarian language to write letters end to write in skype, > write documents and etc. Please help me if you can. In Len

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Thursday 16 July 2009 12:50:22 Dirk wrote: > Why don't people, who like it, use the real Windows instead of turning > Linux into it and forcing advanced users down to their level? > > > Dirk What level are you taking about? This will look quiet insulting to many people not only using debian t

How to get all dependent source packages

2009-07-16 Thread sha liu
Hi everyone, What I want to do is: If I want to build a package(for example dpkg) from source, how should I recursively get all the dependent *source* packages of it? This means not only the direct dependency of the package but also the dependent of the dependent...I know "apt-get build-dep" wi

RE: connecting lenny to active directory

2009-07-16 Thread Tym Rehm
At first look your krb5.conf file looks wrong. Check out this link it has a very nice guide. http://www.howtoforge.com/samba_ads_security_mode CAPS are important in the krb5.conf file. -Original Message- From: shawn foisy [mailto:foi...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 11:51 AM T

Re: Bulgarian language

2009-07-16 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Bonjour Nedelcho Nedelchev, a good start may be here: http://www.debian.org/international/Bulgarian hth, Jerome Nedelcho Nedelchev wrote: Hi I want to ask for Bulgarian language for debian. I bye computer with debian and I want to use Bulgarian language to write letters end to write in sk

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Dirk
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Wed,15.Jul.09, 17:55:49, Nate Bargmann wrote: I actually like HAL as it has relieved me of a great deal of tedium. That said, I'm sure there are corner cases where it can be a pain. http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide has some explanation of why hal

Re: Bulgarian language

2009-07-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,16.Jul.09, 12:45:02, Nedelcho Nedelchev wrote: > Hi > > I want to ask for Bulgarian language for debian. I bye computer with > debian and I want to use Bulgarian language to write letters end to > write in skype, write documents and etc. Please help me if you can. Run (as root): dpkg-r

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed,15.Jul.09, 17:55:49, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > I actually like HAL as it has relieved me of a great deal of tedium. > That said, I'm sure there are corner cases where it can be a pain. http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/InputHotplugGuide has some explanation of why hal is needed. >

Bulgarian language

2009-07-16 Thread Nedelcho Nedelchev
Hi I want to ask for Bulgarian language for debian. I bye computer with debian and I want to use Bulgarian language to write letters end to write in skype, write documents and etc. Please help me if you can. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: editing protected fiels in a word document/remove password

2009-07-16 Thread lee
On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 10:10:12AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Google "Microsoft Word password". The "don't modify" locking is advisory > only, like PDF locking. Besides, it's from Microsoft. Do you seriously > expect it to work? It made the form useless in that it prevented me from filling

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 15 Jul 2009, Asumu Takikawa wrote: > I had this same problem and using the following (in an .xsession in my case) > solved the problem: > > setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp > > Cheers, > Asumu Takikawa > I'm using this as well and it works. I have it in .xinitrc. The only thing is t

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Jochen Schulz
Alex Samad: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 06:38:06PM -0400, Celejar wrote: >> >> I don't understand what you mean about mono. I don't think that I have >> any mono stuff on my system, and IIUC, Debian won't install it unless > > isn't the new gnome package going to bring in mono as a default Only

Re: X11 without HAL: "DontZap" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't work anymore

2009-07-16 Thread Miles Bader
Alex Samad writes: >> I don't understand what you mean about mono. I don't think that I have >> any mono stuff on my system, and IIUC, Debian won't install it unless > > isn't the new gnome package going to bring in mono as a default The "gnome" meta-package has "depends: tomboy | gnote", where

Re: Config files for Gnome bluetooth-applet: where to locate them?

2009-07-16 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 09. 07. 2009 21:52:28 je Celejar napisal(a): > On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:31:59 +0200 > Klistvud wrote: > > > Plz hlp! > > http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > Celejar > -- > mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email > ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sud

Re: dpkg-dev dependency problem

2009-07-16 Thread komodo
On Thursday 16 of July 2009 09:43:49 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-07-16 08:58 +0200, komodo wrote: > > Since some upgrade, i think last week i have this problem > > > > - > > acheron:~# aptitude full-upgrade > > Reading package lists... Done

Re: dpkg-dev dependency problem

2009-07-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-07-16 08:58 +0200, komodo wrote: > Since some upgrade, i think last week i have this problem > > - > acheron:~# aptitude full-upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Re

iRedMail - an enterprise-class Mailsystem for Debian

2009-07-16 Thread Suno Ano
Hi Folks, I just wanted to tell you about iredmail, a fully fledged email system. iredmail itself is a set of shell scripts used to install and configure standard components available as .deb like for example postfix, dovecot, clamav, etc. I have tested the whole thing on Lenny -- non-virtualized

Re: Re: Re: how to create again eth0

2009-07-16 Thread lee
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 08:39:55AM +0100, abdelkader belahcene wrote: > Yes thanks, > It seems that the problem is loading module. > It refuses to load the module, > modprobe b44 doesn't give any error, but lsmod |grep b44 > dones't give anything !!! Yeah, insmod doesn't always print an er

Re: To mirror a huge tree...

2009-07-16 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 07:39:04PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > is it more efficient to use tar, rsync or "cp -r"? cp -r I assume that you need copy all the data. If you can avoid copying, rsync can, of course be (much?) faster, depending on the saving. However the mere work it ddoes for scanning

Re: Vserver networking: to make a forward only.

2009-07-16 Thread lee
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 07:57:36PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Meaning that all packets come to and back from - only for/from the > v-server. That the home machine will not be processing the packets. In a way, that isn't possible because there has to be at least one physical network card which wou

dpkg-dev dependency problem

2009-07-16 Thread komodo
Hi Since some upgrade, i think last week i have this problem - acheron:~# aptitude full-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package