Re: Cannot compile testing vanilla kernel under Debian

Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2010-02-15 04:23 +0100, James Brown wrote: > > >> I tried several times to compile the testing vanilia Linux kernel >> 2.6.33-rc8 under Debian, but every time I had an error (see attached file). >> But it was possible for me to do that with the stable kernel 2.6.32. >>

Re: HW Raid

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > I am looking at buying a hardware raid controller, I have been an > advocate of software raid for quite a while, but having run into some > problems running a 10 disk home server, I figure its time to bit the > bullet and buy a good/nice

Re: Building kernel image packages with make-kpkg, custom dependency

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 02:36:37PM -0500, Cliff Flood wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having some problems with building kernel image packages using `make-kpkg` > > I'm trying to build a package with a custom dependency and have tried > editing the control files generated by make-kpkg but find that these >

Re: Air compressors vs. canned air

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 07:51:06PM +1000, Adrian Levi wrote: > On 14 February 2010 14:27, Timothy Legg wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > >>>...and might be able to > >>> comment on the respective merits of air compressors vs. air cans..? > >>> > >>> CJ > > > > Pl

Re: Cannot compile testing vanilla kernel under Debian

On 2010-02-15 04:23 +0100, James Brown wrote: > I tried several times to compile the testing vanilia Linux kernel > 2.6.33-rc8 under Debian, but every time I had an error (see attached file). > But it was possible for me to do that with the stable kernel 2.6.32. > What was the mistake I did? No

Re: looking for "old" squeeze packages

Hi, turn your apt sources.list to stable. Then remove xserver-xorg and then install xserver-xorg. Then sources.list back to squeeze and all should be well. Godd bye and a nice day klaus Am Sonntag, den 14.02.2010, 19:29 +0100 schrieb Willi Tonsern: > On Sunday 14 February 2010, Mihamina Rakotom

Re: Newer kernel then 2.6.26-2 fails to restart Intel i7 860 with P55 chipset.

Mike Viau put forth on 2/14/2010 9:06 PM: > Do you have any tips for creating custom (lean and mean) kernel .configs ? > (Just out of curiosity) I just go through menuconfig and strip out all the junk I know I don't need. I've not had to do that for a while as my .config seems to automatically w

Re: kernel update

Stephen Powell put forth on 2/14/2010 8:50 PM: > On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:53:11 -0500 (EST), Jim Pazarena wrote: >> >> is there a CLI command (or commands) which can update >> the kernel, similar to apt-get ? > > I'm not sure what you're asking. The kernel is just another package, as far > as the p

RE: Cannot compile testing vanilla kernel under Debian

> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:23:23 + > From: jbrownfi...@gmail.com > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Cannot compile testing vanilla kernel under Debian > > I tried several times to compile the testing vanilia Linux kernel > 2.6.33-rc8 under Debian, but every time I had an error (

Cannot compile testing vanilla kernel under Debian

I tried several times to compile the testing vanilia Linux kernel 2.6.33-rc8 under Debian, but every time I had an error (see attached file). But it was possible for me to do that with the stable kernel 2.6.32. What was the mistake I did? $ make-kpkg --initrd kernel-image make[1]: Leaving direct

RE: Newer kernel then 2.6.26-2 fails to restart Intel i7 860 with P55 chipset.

> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:53:27 -0600 > From: s...@hardwarefreak.com > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Newer kernel then 2.6.26-2 fails to restart Intel i7 860 with > P55 chipset. > > Mike Viau put forth on 2/14/2010 11:14 AM: > > > I was wondering if anyone here was running a

Re: Newer kernel then 2.6.26-2 fails to restart Intel i7 860 with P55 chipset.

Mike Viau put forth on 2/14/2010 11:14 AM: > I was wondering if anyone here was running a similar hardware setup? And what > experiences you have with compiling more recent kernels then Debian's > 2.6.26-2. I'm running a much different hardware setup, but just in case some of the info might be u

Re: kernel update

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:53:11 -0500 (EST), Jim Pazarena wrote: > > is there a CLI command (or commands) which can update > the kernel, similar to apt-get ? I'm not sure what you're asking. The kernel is just another package, as far as the package management system is concerned. It is updated the

Re: Installation problem on HP DL360 G6 server

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 10:56:41AM +0100, Emmanuel Chantry wrote: > Le 14/02/2010 07:26, Alex Samad a écrit : > >On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 08:42:42PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >>Emmanuel Chantry put forth on 2/13/2010 6:39 AM: [snip] > >> > I'm not surprised that is a difference beetween VMs an

kernel update

is there a CLI command (or commands) which can update the kernel, similar to apt-get ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b78a907.30...@paz.bz

Re: Debian way to compile your own version of a package

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:35:06 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: >> I would like to recompile Vim with a specific patch, and I'd like to >> know what's the recommended way to do so in a Debian system. Should it >> be kept separate - like in /usr/local - or should I create a .deb >> package with a specia

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

On Sunday 14 February 2010 18:42:53 Sven Joachim wrote: > > Mmm.  But I have only gawk, and installed neither.  Nor any other awk. > >  It probably depends which set-up one asks for during installation. > > Well, mawk has been of priority 'required' for a very long time, so I > guess you removed it

Re: Debian way to compile your own version of a package

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:13:23 +0100 Matteo Riva wrote: > I would like to recompile Vim with a specific patch, and I'd like to > know what's the recommended way to do so in a Debian system. Should > it be kept separate - like in /usr/local - or should

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

On Sunday 14 February 2010 19:03:00 Stephen Powell wrote: > Lisi wrote: > > Mmm.  But I have only gawk, and installed neither.  Nor any other awk. > >  It probably depends which set-up one asks for during installation. > > If I understand the output of your "aptitude search awk" command correctly,

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

On Sunday 14 February 2010 18:42:53 Sven Joachim wrote: > > Mmm.  But I have only gawk, and installed neither.  Nor any other awk. > >  It probably depends which set-up one asks for during installation. > > Well, mawk has been of priority 'required' for a very long time, so I > guess you removed it

HW Raid

Hi I am looking at buying a hardware raid controller, I have been an advocate of software raid for quite a while, but having run into some problems running a 10 disk home server, I figure its time to bit the bullet and buy a good/nice card. What I am looking at is the ability to monitor the array

Debian way to compile your own version of a package

I would like to recompile Vim with a specific patch, and I'd like to know what's the recommended way to do so in a Debian system. Should it be kept separate - like in /usr/local - or should I create a .deb package with a special version name and replace the official one? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Acer Aspire AS5532 laptop?

On Sunday 14 February 2010 21:21:08 I Rattan wrote: > Any one using it under Linux? I want to know if > the wifi card works before I buy it.. > > -ishwar > Since same laptop don't necessarily have the same chip set for wifi, it's difficult to answer, other than say now most of them works with li

Re: Eth0 disconnects from router?

>>>Approximately every hour, I get log entries like: >>>an 28 13:47:59 dovidhalevi pumpd[1819]: failed to renew lease for device eth0 >>>Jan 28 13:48:29 dovidhalevi pumpd[1819]: failed to renew lease for device eth0 >>>Jan 28 13:50:00 dovidhalevi pumpd[1819]: failed to renew lease for device et

Acer Aspire AS5532 laptop?

Any one using it under Linux? I want to know if the wifi card works before I buy it.. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pine.gso.4.64.1002141

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

* 2010-02-14 14:08 (-0500), Wayne wrote: > man bash > > that brings up the bash man page and you can search through it for > whatever you need to. As read is a bash command, it should be > mentioned in the bash man page. Yes, "read" is a Bash built-in command: $ type read read is a shell

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

--- El dom 14-feb-10, Wayne escribió: > >>> > >> Sure is.  It's in the bash man page.  > Look for IFS. > >> > >> When in doubt, always try the man page. > >> > >> > >> Wayne > > Putting back on the list where it belongs.  Please > "always" reply to the list so others can learn as well as >

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

On 2010-02-14 20:03 +0100, Stephen Powell wrote: >aptitude install mawk_ gawk > > would probably not work without some kind of override switches. It > wouldn't like the request to purge a required package. It would not complain, I have just tested it successfully in a chroot. The safer way,

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

John Salmon wrote: On Sun, 2010-02-14 at 11:23 -0500, Wayne wrote: John Salmon wrote: Is there a way to change the field seperators in Bash's read command (Debian Lenny)? I could use gawk to do what I need but, since gawk isn't installed in the Lenny distribution, I'de rather use something that

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:42:53 -0500 (EST), Sven Joachim wrote: > This is handled by the alternatives system, gawk has a higher priority > than mawk so if you don't take any measures it will provide /usr/bin/awk. > See update-alternatives(8). Thanks for the explanation. Lisi wrote: > Mmm. But I ha

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

* 2010-02-14 10:04 (-0600), John Salmon wrote: > Is there a way to change the field seperators in Bash's read command > (Debian Lenny)? The answer has been given but here's an example script which uses "read": #!/bin/bash IFS=, read -a numbers < <(echo one,t w o,three) printf '<%s>\n

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

On 2010-02-14 19:23 +0100, Lisi wrote: > On Sunday 14 February 2010 18:11:25 Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> awk is a virtual package provided by both the real package mawk and the >> real package gawk. On my Lenny system, mawk is installed, but gawk is not. >> Most awk scripts will work fine with ma

Re: looking for "old" squeeze packages

On Sunday 14 February 2010, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > > Willi Tonsern : > > the last combination working well before the fatal upgrade was: > > linux 2.6.31.5 > > nvidia 185.18.36-2 > > xserver-xorg 1:7.4+4 > > unfortunately before the upgrade I clered my local package cache; so > > its imp

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

On Sunday 14 February 2010 18:11:25 Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:51:16 -0500 (EST), Lisi wrote: > > On Sunday 14 February 2010 17:38:48 Paul E Condon wrote: > >> On 20100214_100441, John Salmon wrote: > >>> Is there a way to change the field seperators in Bash's read command > >>>

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:51:16 -0500 (EST), Lisi wrote: > On Sunday 14 February 2010 17:38:48 Paul E Condon wrote: >> On 20100214_100441, John Salmon wrote: >>> Is there a way to change the field seperators in Bash's read command >>> (Debian Lenny)? I could use gawk to do what I need but, since gawk

Re: Air compressors vs. canned air

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 09:30:50PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > Just paid c. $10.00 for a DYNEX Compressed Gas Duster, IOW a 10 oz. can > of compressed air from my local Best Buy. > > Not so much the money per se, but each time I buy one of those, I get > this nagging feeling that I've had been ha

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

On Sunday 14 February 2010 17:38:48 Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20100214_100441, John Salmon wrote: > > Is there a way to change the field seperators in Bash's read command > > (Debian Lenny)? I could use gawk to do what I need but, since gawk isn't > > installed in the Lenny distribution, I'de rathe

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

On 20100214_100441, John Salmon wrote: > Is there a way to change the field seperators in Bash's read command > (Debian Lenny)? I could use gawk to do what I need but, since gawk isn't > installed in the Lenny distribution, I'de rather use something that is. > > John Salmon > salmo...@comcast.

Newer kernel then 2.6.26-2 fails to restart Intel i7 860 with P55 chipset.

Hi there, I have been trying to figure out why my Debian Lenny system is unable to reboot after updating my Linux kernel. This question was asked on my behalf on the Linux Kernel Mailing List @ http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/2/11/276 I was wondering if anyone here was running a similar h

Re: looking for "old" squeeze packages

> Willi Tonsern : > the last combination working well before the fatal upgrade was: > linux 2.6.31.5 > nvidia 185.18.36-2 > xserver-xorg 1:7.4+4 > unfortunately before the upgrade I clered my local package cache; so > its impossible for me to downgrade from xserver 1:7.5+3 to 1:7.4+4; > > now I

looking for "old" squeeze packages

since last squeeze (AMD64) upgrade ( xserver 1:7.4+4 to xserver 1:7.5+3) my nvidia driver doesn't work (see Bug#569138); all efforts (other kernel versions other nvidia versions...) to get rid of this problem ended up in other problems. the last combination working well before the fatal upgrade

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

John Salmon wrote: Is there a way to change the field seperators in Bash's read command (Debian Lenny)? I could use gawk to do what I need but, since gawk isn't installed in the Lenny distribution, I'de rather use something that is. John Salmon salmo...@comcast.net Sure is. It's in the b

Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

On 2010-02-14 17:04 +0100, John Salmon wrote: > Is there a way to change the field seperators in Bash's read command > (Debian Lenny)? Yes, see the IFS variable (look it up in the bash manpage). > I could use gawk to do what I need but, since gawk isn't > installed in the Lenny distribution, I'd

Read command field seperators in Bash

Is there a way to change the field seperators in Bash's read command (Debian Lenny)? I could use gawk to do what I need but, since gawk isn't installed in the Lenny distribution, I'de rather use something that is. John Salmon salmo...@comcast.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: openvz

Hello all, See as well as the thread preceeding it. On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 10:08:16AM -0500, Andrew Malcolmson wrote: > While it's good to hear that OpenVZ will probably be in Squeeze after > all, you could also check out a simila

Re: not working my DVDROM

> This is probably as silly question but I've got to ask, are you using > mount to mount the disk after it's inserted? > > mtp5150 do you mean: mount /dev/hdb /media/cdrom1 ? it says: mount: No se ha encontrado el medio ( Media not found ) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...

Re: Configurint order of fallback fonts

Thanks, I _think_ that answers the rest of my questions. It actually seems that my favourite Hebrew font actually does contain English glyphs but they are terrible. Unfortunately, my favourite English font also has Hebrew glyphs, so putting one before the other simply won't give me the best of bot

Re: Configurint order of fallback fonts

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:08:14 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Thanks, Camaleón. I really thought that the font fallback was handled by > the OS, not by OOo itself. I'd say "fifty-fifty" :-) > Therefore, while this solves my current > issue, it still leaves the general case unsolved. Is this always h

Re: Trouble upgrading in a chroot -- no /dev

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: [snip] > Now I presume this is because /dev is absent from the chroot and it's > trying to use /dev/fd/0 -- the device that acts like stdin.  What do I do > to set things up so that I have a valid /dev?  The /dev outside the > chroot is set up b

Re: openvz

While it's good to hear that OpenVZ will probably be in Squeeze after all, you could also check out a similar project Linux Containers (lxc) with support in kernels > 2.6.29. http://delicious.com/andmalc/lxc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "un

Re: Configurint order of fallback fonts

On 14 February 2010 15:12, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:21:25 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> How does one configure the order of fallback fonts? For instance, I have >> fonts A and B which both contain Greek glyphs. When writing in Open >> Office in font C which does not have the glyph

Re: Air compressors vs. canned air

* On 2010 14 Feb 01:49 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Apartment? Compressors are too loud, and you probably have no place to store > a > compressor. In that case, buy a ~$20 air bubble from Walmart or Orschelens or > similar, a hose, a trigger nozzle, etc and fill it up at the gas station's > f

Re: Configurint order of fallback fonts

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:21:25 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > How does one configure the order of fallback fonts? For instance, I have > fonts A and B which both contain Greek glyphs. When writing in Open > Office in font C which does not have the glyphs, the OS shows the glyphs > from font A. I would

RE: OT: Air compressors vs. canned air

> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:48:06 + > From: t...@vanderhoff.org > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: OT: Air compressors vs. canned air > > On 14/02/10 10:53, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > * Chris Jones [100214 02:35]: > >> Has anyone with real world experience in the area of com

Re: Debian installation on laptop with damaged screen

On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:54:42 -0500 (EST), Odd wrote: > The installation isn't the problem anymore, I did that earlier today. > Now I need to convince X to show up on the external display. I'm > going to take a look at it from the shell, as that is the only thing I > can get to show up on the extern

Re: OT: Air compressors vs. canned air

On 14/02/10 10:53, Russell L. Harris wrote: * Chris Jones [100214 02:35]: Has anyone with real world experience in the area of computer cleaning tried such solutions as the MetroVac duster line and might be able to comment on the respective merits of air compressors vs. air cans..? The teleph

Configurint order of fallback fonts

How does one configure the order of fallback fonts? For instance, I have fonts A and B which both contain Greek glyphs. When writing in Open Office in font C which does not have the glyphs, the OS shows the glyphs from font A. I would prefer it to show the glyphs from font B without my explicitly h

Re: Air compressors vs. canned air

* Chris Jones [100214 02:35]: > Has anyone with real world experience in the area of computer cleaning > tried such solutions as the MetroVac duster line and might be able to > comment on the respective merits of air compressors vs. air cans..? The telephone company uses dry nitrogen to purge tel

Re: not working my DVDROM

On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:03:41 -0430, Germana Oliveira wrote: > i just realize that my DVDROM does not work.. (...) > /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 > /dev/hdb/media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 That seems to be two DVD/CD drives.

Re: Installation problem on HP DL360 G6 server

Le 14/02/2010 07:26, Alex Samad a écrit : On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 08:42:42PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Emmanuel Chantry put forth on 2/13/2010 6:39 AM: I've already tried this one. That works on virtual machine in amd64 but not on the HP Server. It's the first thing I've done ;)

Re: Air compressors vs. canned air

On 14 February 2010 14:27, Timothy Legg wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Chris Jones wrote: >>>...and might be able to >>> comment on the respective merits of air compressors vs. air cans..? >>> >>> CJ > Please don't use the readily available R-134a bottles.  I am not yet > convinced