Re: 3D.rendering became slow since moved to wheezy.

2011-09-18 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Take a look at the output of glxgears -info and grep -i disabled /var/log/Xorg.0.log -- Best regards, Jörg-Volker. -- 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.or

Re: Anyone using Lenovo E47 laptop's bluetooth?

2011-09-18 Thread Magicloud Magiclouds
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:14:40 -0300, Henrique wrote in message > <20110918131440.ga7...@khazad-dum.debian.net>: > >> On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: >> >   But there is no bluetooth or hci devices in lspci. `hcitool dev` >> > r

Re: Anyone using Lenovo E47 laptop's bluetooth?

2011-09-18 Thread Magicloud Magiclouds
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: >>   But there is no bluetooth or hci devices in lspci. `hcitool dev` >> returned no device, either. >>   What should I do? > > Enable in BIOS, or through rfkill.  If it is unsupp

Depends: logrotate (forever and ever and ever)

2011-09-18 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Andrei Popescu writes: > On Vi, 16 sep 11, 00:48:25, Ivan Shmakov wrote: [Cc: debian-devel@, for this discussion fits there better.] >> I wonder if there should be a separate mailing list to Cc: such bug >> reports. (debian-dependency-inquisitors@, perhaps?) > I don't thin

[g.l.d.user] Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-18 Thread Ivan Shmakov
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.unix.shell as well. > Arnt Karlsen writes: > On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:17:47 +0700, Ivan wrote: [Cross-posting to comp.unix.shell for no good reason at all.] >> Whitespace is not a problem as long

Re: How to get the configure options of a binary package?

2011-09-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/09/11 11:04, littlebat wrote: > Hi, > > I am compiling some packages from source, so I need learning the > configure options of these packages in Debian. Is it possible to get the > configure options of a Debian binary package or Debian source package > or simply an executable binary program

sound stopped and now working. what happened?

2011-09-18 Thread Mitchell Laks
Hi I recently upgraded my sid system. Sound had been working nicely. Then we were upgraded to the 3.0.0-1-amd64 kernel and for some reason I had no sound. When i ran lsmod i got mlaks@Rashi:~$ lsmod |grep snd snd_via82xx23098 2 snd_via82xx_modem 17693 0 gameport

Re: kernel param : why acpi=off breaks screen resolution ?

2011-09-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/09/11 05:55, Bruno Costacurta wrote: > Hello, > > on my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off > to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. > However the screen resolution is then downgrade (to 1024/640 from > 1366/768). > > Why ? Acer (like many manuf

Re: My syster reboots automatically when trying to shut it down.

2011-09-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 19/09/11 08:43, Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος wrote: > Unfortunately after 5-6 times now 'shutdown -hP now' wont work!! > Strange... > > I'll try to uninstall some packages i mentioned.. > > alex > > Check dmesg for ACPI warnings and/or try appending "acpi=force" to the boot. Cheers -- "...I just

Re: apt-build issues

2011-09-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 18/09/11 13:59, Chris Brennan wrote: > So I decided to try and play with apt-build and I got the following > which I can't seem to solve or figure out how to solve lol > > > > > Any idea's cause I'm stumped! apt-build requires src entries in /etc/apt/sources.list NOTE: in my experience yo

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-09-18 Thread Mike Hore
I wrote: On 16/09/11 10:33 PM, Stephen Allen wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 06:00:06PM +1000, Mike Hore wrote: Thanks. I had looked at that and I think I've got the video problem sorted out -- but the boot is still hanging at a later stage as I explained in my earlier post. Cheers, Mike. T

Re: Still can't install wheezy on a 2011 iMac

2011-09-18 Thread Mike Hore
On 16/09/11 10:33 PM, Stephen Allen wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 06:00:06PM +1000, Mike Hore wrote: Thanks. I had looked at that and I think I've got the video problem sorted out -- but the boot is still hanging at a later stage as I explained in my earlier post. Cheers, Mike. There is a

How to get the configure options of a binary package?

2011-09-18 Thread littlebat
Hi, I am compiling some packages from source, so I need learning the configure options of these packages in Debian. Is it possible to get the configure options of a Debian binary package or Debian source package or simply an executable binary program? For example, when I execute "ffmpeg" in shell

Re: Gimp problem

2011-09-18 Thread Frank McCormick
On 18/09/11 09:44 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:50:41 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: I posted this question on the GIMP list but no one seems to know the answer. When I open an image in the latest GIMP 2.6 on Debian Sid the file extension choice window is too small and can't be resi

[SOLVED] Re: crontab mails to external smtp host

2011-09-18 Thread Steven
On Sun, 2011-09-18 at 15:17 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Steven wrote: > > I manage several Debian servers (etch and squeeze), not related to one > > another, and they all have some crontab jobs scheduled such as backup > > scripts. When these cronjobs are run, the output is e-mailed to the > > loca

Re: crontab mails to external smtp host

2011-09-18 Thread Steven
On Sun, 2011-09-18 at 22:43 +0200, Juan Sierra Pons wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, it can be done configuring Exim to send emails to external > domains using a smarthost. Excellent. > > 1.- Configure properly /etc/aliases and add a default user to receive > emails. For example > [...] > 2.- Configure e

Re: My syster reboots automatically when trying to shut it down.

2011-09-18 Thread Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος
Unfortunately after 5-6 times now 'shutdown -hP now' wont work!! Strange... I'll try to uninstall some packages i mentioned.. alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://li

Re: A quick Q: how do I command something in large amount

2011-09-18 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:17:47 +0700, Ivan wrote in message <86ehzhsp1g@gray.siamics.net>: > Whitespace is not a problem as long as one remembers to > double-quote Shell $ubstitutions, like: > >for i in a b c ; do ..or, e.g.: for i in $(ls /path/to/files/*.txt ) ; do > t

Re: Anyone using Lenovo E47 laptop's bluetooth?

2011-09-18 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:14:40 -0300, Henrique wrote in message <20110918131440.ga7...@khazad-dum.debian.net>: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: > > But there is no bluetooth or hci devices in lspci. `hcitool dev` > > returned no device, either. > > What should I do? > > Enabl

Re: X and no Keyboard (debian Squeeze)

2011-09-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Nice to read that Camaleón and you were able to fix the issue. No option for you, since you're making music with the PC, Debian IMO still is the better choice, but perhaps interesting for other blind people http://vinuxproject.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Control Display Driver on Bootup

2011-09-18 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:16:32 +0200, Sven wrote in message <87fwjvasj3@turtle.gmx.de>: > On 2011-09-17 20:21 +0200, David Baron wrote: > > > Is there a way, using a bootup command or option, i.e. setting some > > env, that can control whether I use nouveau or nvidia drivers. Some > > startup

Re: childsplay not starting

2011-09-18 Thread Joao Ferreira Gmail
> > > > It's a bug, see #638747, childsplay doesn't work with sqlalchemy from > testing/sid. Fortunately a fix has already been proposed, you should > watch it's upload in Sid and install it when it's available. > thx a lot. I was able to fix it following the bug ID and found the proposed fix.

Re: mdadm and fsck

2011-09-18 Thread Bob Proulx
tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > > My /dev/md1 is gone after a reboot - and is no longer showing - > > I get nothing when i run: Was /dev/md1 created by you somewhere along the way after having installed the system previously? Did you remember to update the /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf file with the ne

Re: crontab mails to external smtp host

2011-09-18 Thread Bob Proulx
Steven wrote: > I manage several Debian servers (etch and squeeze), not related to one > another, and they all have some crontab jobs scheduled such as backup > scripts. When these cronjobs are run, the output is e-mailed to the > local admin account on the system. Is it possible to configure these

Re: Moving to Debian server. (Re)Visiting the Postfix or Exim decision. Asking for Debian-ites' opinions.

2011-09-18 Thread Bob Proulx
D G Teed wrote: > patk.1...@sent.as wrote: > > I notice that Debian has settled on Exim as the default MTA, unlike many > > (most?) other distros which seem to use Postfix. > > ... > but Debian is all about choices, so you pick what you want. > > In Debian you are driving a car - you can get to ma

Re: crontab mails to external smtp host

2011-09-18 Thread kuLa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18/09/11 21:43, Juan Sierra Pons wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, it can be done configuring Exim to send emails to external > domains using a smarthost. hello yee but to just send admin emails nullmailer is enough and the easiest to confiugre from any soft

Re: crontab mails to external smtp host

2011-09-18 Thread Juan Sierra Pons
Hi, Yes, it can be done configuring Exim to send emails to external domains using a smarthost. 1.- Configure properly /etc/aliases and add a default user to receive emails. For example # /etc/aliases mailer-daemon: postmaster postmaster: root nobody: root hostmaster: root usenet: root news: root

kernel param : why acpi=off breaks screen resolution ?

2011-09-18 Thread Bruno Costacurta
Hello, on my laptop Acer (model 4750) I have to pass kernel parameter acpi=off to be able to setup screen brightness via the Fn key. However the screen resolution is then downgrade (to 1024/640 from 1366/768). Why ? Which solution should I try ? Note: I'm using latest Squeeze 6.0.2.1. I trie

crontab mails to external smtp host

2011-09-18 Thread Steven
Hi list, I manage several Debian servers (etch and squeeze), not related to one another, and they all have some crontab jobs scheduled such as backup scripts. When these cronjobs are run, the output is e-mailed to the local admin account on the system. Is it possible to configure these e-mails to

SOLVED : support of Ethernet card Broadcom

2011-09-18 Thread Bruno Costacurta
... My questions is does Debian propose a package supporting Ethernet card Broadcom BCM57785 ? For device support during and after Debian installation, you would need to use an unofficial installer (containing a backported Linux kernel) at this time, see [1] for further details. For an est

Re: childsplay not starting

2011-09-18 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Le 18/09/2011 19:18, Joao Ferreira Gmail a écrit : > Hello, > > I've installed childsplay for my kids but it is not starting > > > jmf@wheejy:~$ childsplay > 2011-09-18 18:15:48,960 - schoolsplay.SPDataManager - ERROR - No > sqlalchemy package found >

childsplay not starting

2011-09-18 Thread Joao Ferreira Gmail
Hello, I've installed childsplay for my kids but it is not starting jmf@wheejy:~$ childsplay 2011-09-18 18:15:48,960 - schoolsplay.SPDataManager - ERROR - No sqlalchemy package found Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python

Orca questions

2011-09-18 Thread Julien Claassen
Hello everyone! Is there an Orca user on here? I would have a few questions to get me started. I've read the orca docs on gnome.org and with that a few of the basic gnome docs, but they aren't toohelpful. So hjere are my questions: 1. Is there a nice guide to using GNOME as such efficiently? M

Re: Gimp problem

2011-09-18 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
18/09/2011 14:50, Frank McCormick wrote: > > I posted this question on the GIMP list but no one seems to know the > answer. > When I open an image in the latest GIMP 2.6 on Debian Sid the file > extension choice window is too small and can't be resized or moved. > This is an example of what happen

Re: apt-build issues

2011-09-18 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:59:13 -0400, Chris Brennan wrote: > > > So I decided to try and play with apt-build and I got the following > > which I can't seem to solve or figure out how to solve lol > > (...) > > I don't know how apt-build works nor do

Re: Rolling my own

2011-09-18 Thread shawn wilson
Lets start from the beginning. Have you made and tested your custom kernel build? Have you packaged the kernel and other custom software into deb files? Have you tested this? Have you gotten the base install cd you want to use and extracted the ISO and cramfs (I think that's what is on there). Als

Re: apt-build issues

2011-09-18 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:59:13 -0400, Chris Brennan wrote: > So I decided to try and play with apt-build and I got the following > which I can't seem to solve or figure out how to solve lol (...) I don't know how apt-build works nor does, but let me make some observations about the log... > W: F

Re: Gimp problem

2011-09-18 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:50:41 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > I posted this question on the GIMP list but no one seems to know the > answer. When I open an image in the latest GIMP 2.6 on Debian Sid the > file extension choice window is too small and can't be resized or moved. > This is an example

Re: Anyone using Lenovo E47 laptop's bluetooth?

2011-09-18 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: > But there is no bluetooth or hci devices in lspci. `hcitool dev` > returned no device, either. > What should I do? Enable in BIOS, or through rfkill. If it is unsupported, you will need to enable in Windows and hope it stays enabled. -- "

Gimp problem

2011-09-18 Thread Frank McCormick
I posted this question on the GIMP list but no one seems to know the answer. When I open an image in the latest GIMP 2.6 on Debian Sid the file extension choice window is too small and can't be resized or moved. This is an example of what happens. It It's only a minor annoyance but I'd like to

Re: Support of Ethernet card Broadcom

2011-09-18 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 18/09/11 03:06, Bruno Costacurta wrote: > > Hello, > > I bought an Acer (model 4750) and tried to install on it Squeeze image > i386 CD-ROM. > During the network hardware detection the Ethernet card Broadcom (model > Netlink BCM57785) is not recognized (note : I identified this model > using a

Anyone using Lenovo E47 laptop's bluetooth?

2011-09-18 Thread Magicloud Magiclouds
Hi there, I own a E47 now and want to connect my cell with by bluetooth. I checked dmesg, I got: 789:[8.895748] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.16 791:[8.895772] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized 792:[8.895775] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized 793:[8.895777]

Re: Support of Ethernet card Broadcom

2011-09-18 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi Bruno, Bruno Costacurta wrote: thanks for infos about Broadcom being in non-free. I think I didn't give the best specific advice -- that seems to be to use 6.0.3 when it comes out as the kernel will have the right driver. That or use a backports version. In the past with some servers ..

Re: Support of Ethernet card Broadcom

2011-09-18 Thread Bruno Costacurta
Hi Andrew, thanks for infos about Broadcom being in non-free. I tried the unofficial image you mentionned. However got same problem : the Ethernet Broadcom card is not recognized. I suppose it is not include in this unofficial netinst CD. From there possible solutions looks like : - does exist

Re: Bug report - which package, what severity?

2011-09-18 Thread Mahesh T Pai
Chris Barnard writes: > from grub there is a message regarding a memory conflict and after a > few more messages the screen goes to random noise: all TTYS. There is Please try the "Recovery mode" from grub. Just hit the down arrow once to enter the 2nd option in Grub. The "Grub terminal

Bug report - which package, what severity?

2011-09-18 Thread Chris Barnard
Wheezy AMD64 Binary 1 20110902- 03:20. Machine is an Acer Aspire 1 model 522 and uses the AMD Fusion C50 CPU/GPU which is pretty new. Installs off USB drive OK (as far as I can see). but after booting from grub there is a message regarding a memory conflict and after a few more messages the scr

Re: mdadm and fsck

2011-09-18 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
18/09/2011 05:04, Joey L wrote: > Thanks for the info and quick reply. > > My /dev/md0 has rebuilt itself and is okay. > My /dev/md1 is gone after a reboot - and is no longer showing - > I get nothing when i run: > > root@rider:~# mdadm --detail /dev/md1 > mdadm: cannot open /dev/md1: No such fil

Re: X and no Keyboard (debian Squeeze)

2011-09-18 Thread Julien Claassen
Hello Camaleon! Oh, sorryof course. These are the only two stanzas in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf to get my keyboard working: Section "ServerFlags" Option "AutoAddDevices" "False" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "Co

Re: Support of Ethernet card Broadcom

2011-09-18 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:19:15 +1000, Geoff Simmons wrote: > Hi Bruno, > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 07:06:21PM +0200, Bruno Costacurta wrote: >> I bought an Acer (model 4750) and tried to install on it Squeeze image >> i386 CD-ROM. >> During the network hardware detection the Ethernet card Broadcom

Re: CD reader doesn't read audio CDs

2011-09-18 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:03:05 -0400, Scurz wrote: > I've done all the researches I could to find a solution but the CD/DVD > reader doesn't read my audio CDs (but it reads data CDs) since a > while... By googling around I've found some reports (even a bug¹ for Debian) for similar issues but what

Re: My syster reboots automatically when trying to shut it down.

2011-09-18 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:19:10 +0300, Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος wrote: > the -P flag in shutdown worked though thanks a lot! > i'll used it for now as a fix , attaching the command to the close > system icon. Ah! Good :-) Duuno what could have changed to make "shutdown -h" reboots the machine and "

Re: My syster reboots automatically when trying to shut it down.

2011-09-18 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:02:36 +0300, Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος wrote: > firstly sorry for another mispelling. bootupdate->bios update method Ah, okay, you were talking about the method you followed to update the BIOS from an ISO image, right? > as for acpi packages the system has: > acpi-support-base

Re: X and no Keyboard (debian Squeeze)

2011-09-18 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:07:56 +0200, Julien Claassen wrote: > Hello Camaleon! >I've got it fixed, finally! :-) Hey, that's great! :-) > I googled some more on the side and >found a > guide from gentoo. I ended up just copying another stanza from an > example xorg.conf and now it works! >

Re: My syster reboots automatically when trying to shut it down.

2011-09-18 Thread Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος
the -P flag in shutdown worked though thanks a lot! i'll used it for now as a fix , attaching the command to the close system icon. alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: h

Re: Support of Ethernet card Broadcom

2011-09-18 Thread Geoff Simmons
Hi Bruno, On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 07:06:21PM +0200, Bruno Costacurta wrote: > I bought an Acer (model 4750) and tried to install on it Squeeze > image i386 CD-ROM. > During the network hardware detection the Ethernet card Broadcom > (model Netlink BCM57785) is not recognized (note : I identified t

Re: X and no Keyboard (debian Squeeze)

2011-09-18 Thread Julien Claassen
Hello Camaleon! I've got it fixed, finally! :-) I googled some more on the side and found a guide from gentoo. I ended up just copying another stanza from an example xorg.conf and now it works! Thanks for al the help, it was very valuable to me. Kind regards Julien =-=-=-=-=-

Re: My syster reboots automatically when trying to shut it down.

2011-09-18 Thread Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος
firstly sorry for another mispelling. bootupdate->bios update method as for acpi packages the system has: acpi-support-base acpid. Also since the system was working ok one month ago i wonder if that problem could be related to a package i installed? For the bios id problem i send a questio

Re: automated editing of text files

2011-09-18 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Aéris writes: > Le 17/09/2011 00:40, Bob Proulx a écrit : […] >> * Secondly if the add-pre-nl.sh script handle multiple file >> arguments then instead of \; use + so that it calls it fewer times >> with as many file arguments as possible. It will be more efficient >> that way.