Re: Testers for PCSX packages (a Playstation emulator)

I am... so... dense... Packages are available at: deb http://rschultz.ath.cx/debian unstable/i386/ deb-src http://rschultz.ath.cx/debian unstable/source/ or you can get them from http://rschultz.ath.cx/debian.php. -- Ryan Schultz "vi users are mammals, and they flip out and kill people

Testers for PCSX packages (a Playstation emulator)

issues, unplayability, etc. Also, please use the PCSX Internal HLE BIOS when testing -- while wearing my Debian maintainer hat I must absolutely frown upon using a BIOS image, unless you own a PSX. Thanks! -- Ryan Schultz "vi users are mammals, and they flip out and kill people *all the time.*" pgpwyzaYeiPk8.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Icon zooming disappeared?

ew more years rather than be lynched by the hordes of users who just can't live without such important things as a kicker that paints the same background as the desktop. this from the guy who removed icon zooming." So now we get the huge tooltip. *shrug* Hope that explains it. --

Re: Languages

possible to allow the user to pick his/her language before they log in with a display manager like GDM. -- Ryan Schultz "vi users are mammals, and they flip out and kill people *all the time.*" pgpkIzvK57Dfe.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

able to select another device using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg. On my system, which uses kernel 2.6.14 and udev, the correct device is /dev/input/mice. You might also try /dev/psaux. -- Ryan Schultz "vi users are mammals, and they flip out and kill people *all the time.*" pgpwIWOYMbWeE.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

hat (in my experience). The NVIDIA installer does some strange things, and using module-assistant and Debian's nvidia-glx/nvidia-kernel-source packages causes a lot fewer problems. It's possible that the dist-upgrade you did that broke X overwrote some of the files that the NVIDIA instal

Re: cannot get into X - after testing dist-upgrade 11-03-05

from the console with 'startx'. Sometimes you'll find hints there. If you switch back to the 'nv' driver and X still refuses to start, attach your Xorg.0.log file to your mail and perhaps someone can spot the problem there. -- Ryan Schultz "vi users are mammals, and they flip out and kill people *all the time.*" pgpK5gz4cZSmz.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: APACHE and problem made me crazy

lp me, it make's me crazy! Check in the apache configuration file (/etc/apache/httpd.conf) for a line that says: ScoreBoardFile /var/run/apache.scoreboard If there isn't one, add it. That should fix your problem (according to Google). -- Ryan Schultz -> floating point exception: divide

Re: Kerberos+LDAP+NIS?

omount that. > Do you think thats a workable alternative? > The problem is that there is no shell information and I not 100% sure > that the unix id in LDAP is the same as in NIS (it should be, and the > NIS one should be change if it differs). > /nisse > > On 7/20/05, Ryan Schultz

Re: Kerberos+LDAP+NIS?

here) but I think that information should at least get you going in the right direction. I'll say again, however, that the setup you're working with is basically a trainwreck and is probably leaking passwords and information all over the place unless it's very carefully designed. Complain to someone with authority and try to get the NIS information moved into LDAP -- it's generally much nicer to administrate. Whew! HTH. -- Ryan Schultz -> floating point exception: divide by cucumber

Re: termcap in Debian:difficulties building programs

it searches testing for all packages containing 'termcap.h' http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=termcap.h&searchmode=searchfiles&case=insensitive&version=testing&arch=i386 -- Ryan Schultz -> floating point exception: divide by cucumber -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: a kernel compilation question

keroot make-kpkg kernel_image' and you'll get a kernel-image...deb file -- you don't even need to do 'make-kpkg clean' first if you don't want to. I'm happily doing this for various patchsets against 2.6 and 2.6 mainline on a number of computers with no problems.

Re: Help me Please: I've Gone and Done Some Thing Really Stupid.

et the problem is libaspell15 being replaced with libaspell15c2 in unstable right now, and the alioth packages haven't been built against it yet. Try going to packages.debian.org, finding libaspell15 from Sarge, and 'dpkg -i' it, then try installing KDE again. Unstable is much more f

Re: Kernel configuration could not be read?

I think this part of the control center only works with 2.4 kernels, actually -- I'm running 2.6.12 from source and there's still nothing there, and I've never seen that module work except when I was running the 2.4 series, even in other distros. -- Ryan Schultz -> floating point exception: divide by cucumber -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New to debian

-get install kde' or 'apt-get install gnome' to get your desktop environment of choice -- alternately, you can run 'tasksel' and choose to install the Desktop Environment set of packages -- this should get everything ready to go! -- Ryan Schultz -> floating point exception: divide by cucumber -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: installing sarge to lvm

e in /sbin -- if you break your LVM tools or kernel LVM support somehow (I've done it), with / (and thus /sbin) on an LVM partition, you'll have quite a mess to deal with when you reboot. -- Ryan Schultz -> floating point exception: divide by cucumber pgpgNvdONwpd1.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: LDAP with Kerberos authentification

tion export KRB5_KTNAME=/etc/ldap/ldap.keytab I'm guessing, mostly -- I have an LDAPS/Kerberos implementation working here, but it was a nightmare to set up. The most important things to check, I've found, are the FQDNs of all the systems involved -- both LDAP and Kerberos are very, very picky about them. -- Ryan Schultz -> floating point exception: divide by cucumber pgpKGOX0Pii9r.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: SoundCard Problem

d? If you don't have > alsaconf you need to > #aptitude install alsa-utils > then run alsaconf. If all goes well then run > $alsamixer > and make sure the setting are to your liking. > If alsaconf can't find your card go to the Alsa Project drivers page and > make sure it's supported and which driver it needs. > Cheers, > Jonathan Do you have hotplug installed? It should automatically detect your soundcard's module and load it at boot. -- Ryan Schultz -> floating point exception: divide by cucumber pgpTOe7huZdks.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: XServer Randomly restarting

ke hardware > problems? > > TIA.. > mike.. > houston, tx Binary nVidia drivers with ' Option "RenderAccel" "true" ' in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, by any chance? I've seen it cause almost identical behavior in the past... -- Ryan Schultz -> floating point exception: divide by cucumber pgpoEDMYiWt3v.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How can I install my ATI driver?

! > > Li Tian The driver from: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html shouldn't have that problem; the latest version is also available there. Alternately, look into using dpkg-divert on the /usr/X

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade gave me emacs

David, > > RMS was using his jedi powers to make your system install emacs but it > > seems your power overcame his suggestions! hmm. > > Any idea how I could have got my power to cut in just one step > earlier? > > Cheers, > David > > -- > David Jardin

Re: Konqueror annoyance

profile" option, then click save and try starting a new Konqueror. -- Ryan Schultz -> floating point exception: divide by cucumber pgpDVp4v7oxD5.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

uot;/etc/init.d/(x,k, or g)dm start", replacing as necessary. You should be able to startx as a regular user, but you will have to "su" to run the display manager. However, if an environment didn't start automatically, it's likely that you need to install one; "

Re: debian sources to debian binaries.

bian sources" you mean something from "apt-get source ", cd'ing into the directory created by the "apt-get source.." and then executing "debuild" ( from the devscripts package) will build the deb(s). Ignore the GPG errors; you can't sign the package s

Re: [newbie] Cannot login as root (not a passwd issue)

o apt-get install ..." -- your local KDE preferences will even be retained. Just make sure that you remember which konqueror window has root powers :- ) -- Ryan Schultz -> floating point exception: divide by cucumber pgphNMDPP8jr7.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Sid and KDE 3.4

ble right now, its hard to tell exactly what any of the major transitions will bring. There may be a huge mess due to some of the low level gcc/g++ changes, I don't know. Perhaps a developer knows more? -- Ryan Schultz -> floating point exception: divide by cucumber pgpXx9qQt8FO8.pgp Description: PGP signature