Debmirror - 3rd Party Repo Error (Kali)

2018-01-23 Thread Derek Murphy
Package: debmirror Version: 1:2.16+deb8u1 When I run debmirror to sync the Kali repo, I get several errors regarding uninitialized value $size. I've included a copy of the script that I run to sync below. You will also notice a blank -r, this is due to Kali not using the exact folder structure the

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2015 #1449

2015-12-21 Thread Derek Wang
Please remove me from the mail list. Thank you. On Monday, December 21, 2015 5:50 PM, "debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org" wrote: Content-Type: text/plain debian-user-digest Digest                Volume 2015 : Issue 1449 Today's Topics:   Re: AP support for wl driver       

Installing Openbox

2015-03-10 Thread Derek Jansen
Openbox refuses to start after its installation. I get dropped into TTY1. Using startx works, but Debian will not automatically bring my to TTY7 for Openbox to start. I’ve installed xorg and openbox using apt-get build-dep first then apt-get install xorg openbox second. I finished with a reboot, b

Problem installing kFreebsd on external USB hard drive

2012-07-30 Thread Derek Cole
Hello, I have been trying to install debian kFreebsd to an external USB hard drive. I am using a VMWare VM running from my Macbook pro with the mini.iso loaded to complete the install. I get almost all the way through the install and i get a message about the grub bootloader installation failing

Re: How do I unlock and/or remove a locked volume?

2011-06-24 Thread Derek Dongray
ng the new VG, then deleting the old VG and moving everything to the right Physical Volumes. Of course, I'd still like to know if a damaged pvmove0 (pvmove, locked) volume can be unlocked and deleted when 'pvmove --abort' does not do the job. On 24 June 2011 11:28, Derek Dongray wro

How do I unlock and/or remove a locked volume?

2011-06-24 Thread Derek Dongray
--force raid/pvmove0" simply complains "Can't remove locked LV pvmove0", but "pvmove --abort" (which would normally unlock this) does nothing because no pvmove is in progress. So the question (as in the subject) is how do I unlock and/or remove a locked volume? Thanks. -- Derek.

Re: raid1 / mdadm issues on reboot - /dev/md* not showing up

2009-08-26 Thread Derek Bosch
S75sudo S99stop-bootlogd-single On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Derek Bosch wrote: > it appears that if I let the system continue booting, the remaining > /dev/md*s do get populated, which makes me suspicious of my /etc/rc*.d/ > ordering... > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:

Re: raid1 / mdadm issues on reboot - /dev/md* not showing up

2009-08-26 Thread Derek Bosch
it appears that if I let the system continue booting, the remaining /dev/md*s do get populated, which makes me suspicious of my /etc/rc*.d/ ordering... On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:03 PM, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Derek Bosch [2009.08.26.2020 +0200]: > > md3 : active (auto-

raid1 / mdadm issues on reboot - /dev/md* not showing up

2009-08-26 Thread Derek Bosch
xist. Sometimes I've seen it show up as /dev/.tmp.md3, but it isn't consistent... where does it go? -Derek

Debian 5

2009-02-20 Thread Derek Woodley
Hi I like to use your debian 5, once it is installed it will not run because my monitor stats it is 50Hz to 60Hz, because of this a white small screen comes onto my monitor stating out of range, is this right that i cannot run your o/s because my monitor is out of range of your o/s thanks Derek

Debootstrap problem.

2007-05-11 Thread Derek \"The Monkey\" Wueppelmann
t give any errors. Is there something I'm missing? Also this whole process was working fine under sarge. -- o) Derek Wueppelmann (o (D . [EMAIL PROTECTED] D). ((` http://www.monkeynet.ca ( ) ` signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Petition about the Firefox trademark problem

2006-10-13 Thread derek
I dont understand why this is such a big deal.On 13 Oct 2006 14:53:14 +0100, Peter Westlake <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:I believe that the dispute between the Mozilla Corporation and the Debian Project is highly damaging to both sides and to Free Softwarein general, so I have set up an online petiti

Re: Two questions about boot scripts

2006-10-13 Thread derek
Hellocreate the script in /etc/init.d/lets say its named myscriptmake it executablethen do /usr/sbin/update-rc.d myscript defaultsthat will create a sym link in all the run levelsDerek On 10/13/06, cothrige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't particularly like gdm and so I made the script in init.dn

Re: Newbie ask for recommendation

2006-10-05 Thread derek
Debian comes with alot of good documentation,take a look in /usr/share/doc/ and /usr/share/doc-base/DerekOn 10/4/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi all, I'm a newbie for debian. I've searched throught the web, but I'm not sure what reference is suitable/good for me.Could anyone sug

Re: start an application on startup

2006-10-03 Thread derek
If you want it to start when you startx,put it in ~/.xsessionOn 10/3/06, Michael Ott <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Hello Fred!> I have a C++ code which fires, does its thing, and waits for input. > I need to get it up and running automatically from boot up.> I am able to open xterm with the following

Re: Error when running make menuconfig

2006-10-02 Thread derek
dont know about the error,but if you want to use the same config docp /boot/config-$(uname -r) /usr/src/linux/.configOn 10/2/06, debian < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi,i installed a new computer with debian but i want newest kernel because i need to customize it.When i run make menuconfig i get this:

Re: why...?!

2006-10-02 Thread derek
sata is working great for me,on etchOn 10/1/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 08:24:03PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 05:04:02PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> >> > Indeed, I avoided SATA drives because they are so new on my AMD

Re: Wierd Firefox behaviour

2006-09-30 Thread derek
Its probably just cached,and will be free'd when needed.

Re: capturing terminal scrollback buffer?

2006-09-29 Thread derek
you can direct the output to a file,for examplelsmod > tmp.txtOn 9/29/06, Andrew Sackville-West < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:anybody know how to capture the contents of a terminal scrollback buffer? i've got about 1000 lines of debug stuff from a networkproblem that I want to save, but its just sitti

Re: idsoftware games

2006-09-29 Thread derek
Make sure you have alsa-base,alsa-oss,and alsa-utils installed,run alsa-conf too.On 9/29/06, Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Hello All,I am trying to get sound working with quake 3 / doom 3 / RTCW from idsoftware. I don't have a sound card in this box. I just use whatever it is on the MBand

Re: firefox bookmark file location

2006-09-27 Thread derek
~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/bookmarks.htmOn 9/27/06, Fred J. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: HiI have debian/testing, and have been trying to locate the bookmarksfile for firefox "my browser", any body knows where it is?:~$ locate bookmarks.html/etc/firefox/profile/bookmarks.html /etc/mozilla-firefox/p

Re: Re: Recommend a file manager

2006-09-22 Thread derek
I like rox-filer On 9/22/06, Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: T wrote: > Hi > > Please recommend a file manager. I need a good one to make my wife happy. > We used to settle with the the file manager that comes default with Gnome, > but now that one can't rename files any more (it act

Re: Sound: Microphone not working properly

2006-09-22 Thread derek
My mic is working good,here is a picture of my alsamixer settings,might help. http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4547/picture7id8.png Derek On 9/20/06, Alberto Giménez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I use Debian Sarge and I installed ALSA drivers for sound card C-Media CMI8738. I did &#x

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-21 Thread derek
I always just mount the dvd,and play the video file directly.I dont really care about the menu's or anything.On 9/21/06, Owen Heisler < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 23:52 -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 19:23 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:> > handful of uses!  And ma

Re: copy a dvd

2006-09-20 Thread Derek
You can try ddsomething likedd if=dev/hdb of=dvd.isosomething like thatOn 9/20/06, Fred J. <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:HiI have a dvd, one that I placed in my tv-dvd unit and it played, with video and sound. I want to copy it, I have a dvd burner in my debian/testing. I mounted the dvd and was able

Re: current mobo recommendation

2006-09-18 Thread Derek
nforce4 *On 9/18/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1On 09/18/06 18:10, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:> Hi,>> Anybody have a *current* (i.e. gettable from newegg) mobo recommendation?>> Beats having to wade through miles of reviews that never mention Linux

Re: eth0 (Realtek 8139) suddenly not working

2006-09-17 Thread Derek
I had this problem on my powermac,I ended up just compiling my own kernel without any of the eth1394 stuff.On 9/17/06, Peter Thomassen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi,I'm still introducing a friend of mine to Linux by phone. Yesterday and the days before, his Realtek 8139 NCI worked out of the boxusi

Re: install nvidia for latest debian kernel

2006-09-16 Thread Derek
I use the nvidia installer,never had a broken system,dunno where you got those instructions from.Just download the nvidia installer,run it and you should be good to go(assuming you have all the stuff needed to compile the kernel module). On 9/16/06, Francesco Pietra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi al

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-14 Thread Derek
I dont see how anything apple puts out can bury linux.Ive been using OS X  since 10.1 came out,its really nothing special.I much prefer my Linux box.

Re: ls sort order

2006-09-14 Thread Derek Martin
. [...] > A stable Debian version I maintain behaves the good old-fashioned way: [...] > Is this some utf-8 mutation? Yup. If you want the old behavior, use this: export LC_COLLATE=C -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpMtxiCGKKOi.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Michelle Konzack's sex (was: Email programs that work.)

2006-09-07 Thread Derek Martin
amed Erin, and another named Kim (not an Asian family name, but a European first name). :-P In any event, I thought Michelle's post was fine. :-D -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpIHzkWzKpOB.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian LIVE CD

2006-09-06 Thread Derek
Havent tried it,but this might be what your looking for"$ apt-cache show bootcdPackage: bootcdPriority: extraSection: utilsInstalled-Size: 224Maintainer: Bernd Schumacher < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>Architecture: allVersion: 2.53Depends: mkisofs, cpio, fdutils, file, dosfstools, realpath, bootcd-i386 | boo

Re: how can I start one script as soon as screensaver start ?

2006-09-06 Thread Derek
I have no idea,but im gonna just say it,replace the screensaver binary with a shell script,then you can have the script launch the screensaver and your script.I have know clue if that will work,just an idea On 9/6/06, KLEIN Stéphane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My question : how can I start one scrip

Re: What is the status of XGL on Debian

2006-09-02 Thread Derek
You could install it yourself if you dont want to wait.On 9/1/06, Luis Rogelio Roman Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Hello to everybody, could someone tell me what is the status of XGL, xcompmgr on Debian, I really want this eyecandy on my laptop but I loveDebian and I don`t wanna switch to anoth

Re: cdrecord / ATAPI

2006-09-02 Thread Derek
On 8/31/06, Paul Dwerryhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 11:11:37PM +0200, ciol wrote:> # cdrecord -v dev=1,1,0 speed=10 dl/debian-31r2-i386-binary-1.isoI've found that it's possible to just use the device name; whether thisis good or bad, I don't know, but it works for me: c

Webcams and communicating with a windows system

2006-09-02 Thread Derek Wueppelmann
e list that would be great. -- o)Derek Wueppelmann (o (D .[EMAIL PROTECTED]D). ((` http://monkey.homeip.net/ ( ) ` -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Email programs that work.

2006-09-01 Thread Derek Martin
s better if you use fetchmail, if you want to do filtering, which can pipe the messages through procmail. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpoyhUc1fRmQ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Email programs that work.

2006-09-01 Thread Derek Martin
ation (IP address, hostname, etc.) it gets at boot time. I have done this in the past as well. 4. Configure your MTA to relay mail through your work server if you're using your "work account", using mailertable or some such mechanism. Sendmail is unbelievably powerful, and can d

Re: Email programs that work.

2006-08-31 Thread Derek Martin
have a problem, but if it is configured properly it generally "just works" with Mutt. I do this all the time with Korean (and Japanese, though that usually just amounts to typing people's names and a few greetings, as I can't really speak any Japanese). -- Derek D. Martin http

Re: Email programs that work.

2006-08-31 Thread Derek Martin
123120 2 0 25 59 -/+ buffers/cache: 36 86 Swap: 196 15180 How does TB or any other GUI do here? I imagine all those data structures for managing child windows and the graphics that are in them must add up... -- D

Re: Email programs that work.

2006-08-31 Thread Derek Martin
sing T-bird > and a bunch of others. PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND 18782 foo 15 0 3360 3356 1704 S 0.0 2.6 0:04 0 mutt This is one huge advantage of Mutt. The memory footprint is unbelievably small, particularly in light of how much

Re: Email programs that work.

2006-08-29 Thread Derek Martin
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 10:49:32PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Derek Martin wrote: > > Any reasonably intelligent person could surmise that what he meant was > > according to a reasonably flexible set of rules that the user could > > define. It does not do that. >

Re: Email programs that work.

2006-08-29 Thread Derek Martin
flexible. > > That is according to a set of rules. A limited set of rules but those > *are* rules. Any reasonably intelligent person could surmise that what he meant was according to a reasonably flexible set of rules that the user could define. It does not do that. -- Der

Re: Email programs that work.

2006-08-29 Thread Derek Martin
Besides... you can only read one mail at a time, so what's the big deal? :) [No, this is not a serious question.] > [1] - Won't even mention things like storing non-mail items in IMAP folders > :) Hmph. They're called mail folders for a reason. They're for... storing mail. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpy9FSdPXtdd.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Error 21

2006-08-28 Thread Derek Martin
at piece of software does the job you're trying to reconfigure... But to say a file server needs X is just silly. What is needed is user (sysadmin) education. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgp34QWKJuw37.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Error 21

2006-08-28 Thread Derek Martin
long before I got to > the point where I didn't need X. So... it's the noob that needs the GUI, not the file server. That is a correctable problem. :) -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpfMeX6Q9R6o.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Could not create server lock file: /tmp/.X1-lock

2006-08-22 Thread Derek
/tmp is full?On 8/22/06, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: marc wrote:> Laurent CARON said...>>> marc wrote:> Hi,>> I have installed xserver-xgl and can run it and compiz from a KDE root>>> session -- wobbly bits and all. However, when I try to login -- using >>> the same scripts -- I re

Re: How does one install extensions in Firefox and Thunderbird?

2006-08-21 Thread Derek
What I do is,in firefox,go to the "tools" in the menu and click on extentions,then click on get more extentions and install them that way.They get installed into ~/.mozilla,so they are not installed system wide. On 8/21/06, Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I recently downloaded two exte

Re: macromedia new windows version problem

2006-08-20 Thread Derek
What is your problem paul?I am not promoting it,or whining.Quit being a assOn 8/20/06, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:On Sunday 20 August 2006 14:44, Derek wrote:> If more people complain,maybe they will release it sooner. I doubt it, but if you really want promote closed source

Re: macromedia new windows version problem

2006-08-20 Thread Derek
If more people complain,maybe they will release it sooner.

Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!

2006-08-20 Thread Derek
On 8/20/06, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Then you get the situation that we already have:  Some jurisdictions don'tbother to enforce requirements for driver's licenses, or even care if youhave a driver's license.  For example, California driver's licenses are no longer valid in Oregon af

Re: X -configure failed

2006-08-18 Thread Derek
you probably want to do dexconfthendpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorgOn 8/18/06, Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:When I did X -configure as root the X command appeared to terminate normally but still left me with an empty /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.  wc justreturns 0's on that file when asked abou

Re: The New Virtualizer on the Block

2006-08-13 Thread Derek
win4lin alsoOn 8/13/06, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now we have four.1. Vmware: Proprietary. I installed their free version and could not completebootup afterwards. Booted up knoppix and removed the vmware. Problem was withthose ip numbers.2. Qemu: More of an emulater, very safe and very

Re: VNC

2006-08-12 Thread Derek
add it to your ~/.xsessionOn 8/12/06, Chuck Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,I only been using debian a short time, and I am wanting to know what would ittake set up X so that it running VNC or a VNC like program. When I start kdeon my SuSE box, it running with out me doing anything. Payne--To U

Re: multimedia key kbd support

2006-08-09 Thread Derek
xbindkeysOn 8/9/06, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,I note at least 2 daemon packages for multimedia key support on kbds.Anybody have a preference for one?What is the preferred way to use those keys?Does it include use on vt's?H-- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]with a subje

Re: Can't access usb port

2006-07-27 Thread Derek
EDIT:lsmod | grep usb_storageis that module loaded?if notmodprobe usb_storagethen mount it,something likemount /dev/sda1 /mnt/if that doesn't work try reloading the modulermmod usb_storagemodprobe usb_storage On 7/27/06, Derek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: lsmod | grep usb-storageis

Re: Can't access usb port

2006-07-27 Thread Derek
lsmod | grep usb-storageis that module loaded?if notmodprobe usb-storagethen mount it,something likemount /dev/sda1 /mnt/if that doesn't work try reloading the modulermmod usb-storagemodprobe usb-storage On 7/27/06, R A L Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Before migrating from Mandriva 2006 to Debi

Re: how to make colour prompts for pdksh

2006-07-26 Thread Derek Martin
at gets sourced by kde startup, so the ENV > parameter will be set when I start konsole. Wait a minute... that > is what I'm gonna do! :) And if you tried that, it didn't work either... because you didn't export ENV. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpUsjMTvqgTr.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Just a thought

2006-07-26 Thread Derek
winex/cedega works good,I can even play gta san andreas with it.On 7/26/06, edwardsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Carl Fink wrote:> On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 09:14:43AM +0300, David Baron wrote: In other words, if one is willing to put in minimal effort YES! Go for>> it! Gamers I know ONL

Re: how to make colour prompts for pdksh

2006-07-26 Thread Derek Martin
7;t recommended as ^U normally corresponds to the kill character (not the same as the kill command) by default. These are the normal defaults for xterm and its cousins, which are based on the DEC vt100 family of terminals, as is the Linux console. Note from the output above that ^Q is a

Re: /etc/X11/X already customeizes on a fresh install

2006-07-18 Thread Derek
I had that same problem,I moved /etc/X11/X to /etc/X11/X.bak(or just delete it) and all was goodOn 7/18/06, James Westby < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On (18/07/06 09:22), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> Just installed 32-bit etch on an AMD64 two days ago.> Today I installed xorg.> Then I did dpkg-reconfig

Re: Video conversion

2006-07-13 Thread Derek
ffmpeg is goodOn 7/13/06, Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: J Merritt wrote:> I am looking for a good, feature full video conversion package that will> allow for conversion between various video formats, containers, audio> formats, etc., in the associated video file. Is there a package tha

Re: Shutdown my Laptop? Why should I?

2006-07-13 Thread Derek Broughton
ginally 3) after 2 years. But I've been told best practices won't give you much more than a 3 year life span, anyway. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Shutdown my Laptop? Why should I?

2006-07-13 Thread Derek Broughton
than > booting-up. Absolutely. I power off, but I never do a shutdown except when changing kernels. The rest of the time I use suspend-to-disk. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: No sound on flash movies

2006-07-11 Thread Derek
I remember I had no sound in flash videos once,turns out I had jackd running.On 7/11/06, Wulfy <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Iván Alemán wrote:>> I have the same problem. I use KDE.  What should I put in there?  I >> tried "aoss", "artsd" and "alsa" but they don't work...>> Try restarting firefox, I e

Re: Solution: Fluxbox and Debian menu

2006-07-10 Thread Derek
Thanks,I just tried this and it works good.I put the debian menu in the main menu on mine.On 7/10/06, T < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Thank you all who replied.My own personal Fluxbox menu will help - add a menu not supplied by the author/maintainer- add my own shortcutsOn Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:08:45 -

Re: [OT]usb stick

2006-07-09 Thread Derek
This happens to me sometimes,try reloading the usb-storage modulermmod usb-storagemodprobe usb-storageOn 7/9/06, Owen Heisler < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Sat, 2006-07-08 at 16:54 +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I have Transend usb pen drive. It was working OK. I gave to my nephew> for backup. He used

Re: Upgrade from Sarge to Etch

2006-07-02 Thread Derek
etch and testing are the same thing,using testing instead of etch could lead to a accidental upgrade.On 7/2/06, Shawn Lamson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:00:22 -0700Andrew Sackville-West < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 08:15:03PM -0400, Shawn Lamson wrote:>

Re: Upgrade from Sarge to Etch

2006-07-02 Thread Derek
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates maindeb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates mainis what it should be On 7/2/06, Alejandro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ron Johnson escribió:> Alejandro wrote:>>> Dear all,>> I have DEbian Sarge and I want to upgrade to Etch (testing). I have r

Re: Upgrade from Sarge to Etch

2006-07-02 Thread Derek
Use etch instead of testing,that way when etch becomes stable you wont be upgrading to testing again.Here is my sources.list# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20060302)]/ etch main deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-freedeb-src ht

Re: Problem Stopping mplayer

2006-07-02 Thread Derek
Tell mozilla to open it with gmplayer,then when your done you can just quit it. On 7/2/06, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 10:00:49AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > In contrast, mplayer takes over the current mozilla window displaying> play/pause/stop buttons in the l

Re: X default fonts

2006-06-29 Thread Derek Martin
solution that fixes it in the install process, rather than having to manually edit files on a large number of machines... If there's a better place to ask this kind of question, please let me know. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpKaakaQcJvg.pgp Description: PGP signature

X default fonts

2006-06-28 Thread Derek Martin
quot;, "Serif", and "Monospace". So the questions are, why does Debian choose these horrible fonts as the defaults, and how do I change it? I'll be more than happy to provide other information about my install, if it will help. Thanks! -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizz

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Derek Martin
when there are plenty of system resources to allocate to them. That's not a good thing. Realistically, renicing the shell as I suggested in my other post also probably won't help much -- unless you catch the problem early. But it's probably your best shot (especially if you DO catch it early). -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpSAUv4Dxf14.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Derek Martin
hrashing like this, about the only solution is to stop and restart proceses (or just reboot)... but the above is meant to give you a way to see WHY the system is falling over, so hopefully you can do something to prevent it after you do finally reboot the system. ;-) -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpLinLp1WtdZ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Derek Martin
the problem is happening... There might be something interesting in syslog, but I'm sorry to say, there probably won't be. If you want to post them on a website, maybe people can take a look... -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpKBXhrxSONI

Re: Server REALLY slow after console messages

2006-06-27 Thread Derek Martin
hecking or solving this issue? Run top, hit 'F' to select a field to sort on, then n for %MEM. This will show you what processes are sucking up your RAM. Also run free -m to see how much memory you have, how much virtual memory you have, and how much of it is in use. Make sure you ha

Re: What does it mean 'LANG=C'

2006-06-26 Thread Derek Martin
On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 11:15:52AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Derek Martin wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 10:48:28AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> When US keyboards have the Euro symbol on it, then it will have > >> happened. > > > > Well, I don

Re: multiple identities with mutt

2006-06-26 Thread Derek Martin
& RCF822 > modules, writing a new MUA shouldn't be *that* imposing of a task. If you know nothing about programming, I assure you that it is a monumentally imposing task. Linux isn't just for programmers... -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpwSAkjpEV9K.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: What does it mean 'LANG=C'

2006-06-25 Thread Derek Martin
On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 11:54:54AM -0400, Derek Martin wrote: > > P.S. - How do you enter a Euro symbol from a US kbd into Tbird? > > Copy-paste from a web page or other source which has it? I keep a > file in my home directory with a few common symbols that are hard or > impos

Re: What does it mean 'LANG=C'

2006-06-25 Thread Derek Martin
I keep a file in my home directory with a few common symbols that are hard or impossible to type with a US keyboard: ℉ ℃ € ¥ £ ¤ × ÷ © ® ° ± ² ³ · ₤ ₩ ∞ £ ¥ ₩ > P.P.S. - How do you do the same from the console? No idea... -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pg

Re: What does it mean 'LANG=C'

2006-06-25 Thread Derek Martin
nts to use the Unicode support their OS provides. So, it's a complicated issue. Maybe 10 years from now, everyone will finally be using Unicode... but by then we'll probably have some other standard too. ;-) -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgptNCA1cBaJh.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: What does it mean 'LANG=C'

2006-06-25 Thread Derek Martin
gs (like directory entries, for example) according to the ASCII sequence of characters. See the man page for locale in seciont 5 of the man pages for details: $ man 5 locale -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgp1wPtyOLlDN.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: cron and kmessage

2006-06-25 Thread Derek Martin
your message to the console and all logged in terminals... This is the usual way for the system administrator to communicate with all logged in users. It's a little bit annoying, because it interrupts what the user is doing in their terminal, but that is after all the idea. You want to mak

Re: iptables log target logs everything to tty*. Why?

2006-06-24 Thread Derek Martin
ets you change the level on the fly... you don't need to restart klogd for this to take effect. If klogd is not running, do the kernel messages get saved in the kernel buffer? With normal syslog messages, of course, you would lose them... -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpCiP23Zg98K.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: iptables log target logs everything to tty*. Why?

2006-06-23 Thread Derek Martin
gged to syslog is enough, so logging only critical messages works out fine. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpbFObz2EPQL.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: xdm source .bash_profile

2006-06-23 Thread Derek Martin
le, your X session will end before it has a > > chance to start. ;-) > > That's explain why it was not working for me the trick to just > source the ~/.bash_profile from ~/.xsession without starting a > window manager/D.E.. Yup. :( > Thank you very much, You&#x

Re: xdm source .bash_profile

2006-06-23 Thread Derek Martin
ract that problem, only put commands which generate output in .profile (or .bash_profile). HTH -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpfXqpX3IU5Q.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: group ownership of /dev files

2006-06-23 Thread Derek Martin
On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 02:27:19PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.06.23.1403 +0200]: > > Why should I not make such statements? If Debian is not meeting > > the needs of people who want to use it, why should the Debian >

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:07:13PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Derek Martin wrote: > > It is probably the most configurable and most powerful MUA in > > existence today, making easy many things which should be and making > > possible many things which are hard or impossibl

Re: group ownership of /dev files

2006-06-23 Thread Derek Martin
On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 10:16:26AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.06.23.0454 +0200]: > > My conclusion is that it seems from a security standpoint, and > > from an ease-of-administration standpoint, pam_console is the >

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Derek Martin
reply to the sender, or to the list, or to everyone in the recipient list; all of which are sometimes called for). The onus should be on the people who choose to run deficient mail clients (even if only by choosing to work at a place that makes the decision for them). They should be the ones who n

Re: group ownership of /dev files

2006-06-22 Thread Derek Martin
On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 12:41:51AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.06.23.0017 +0200]: > > Thanks for the tip... this may work, though at a quick glance, > > again, I don't see how this is better than pam_console. >

Re: group ownership of /dev files

2006-06-22 Thread Derek Martin
se who responded. It looks like a real solution to my problem is going to have to wait until I do a little more research, but at least I know what to look at now. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgp2ra1OBTESf.pgp Description: PGP signature

group ownership of /dev files

2006-06-22 Thread Derek Martin
27;s just not a feasible option. Thanks. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D pgpHJvM6ybrbx.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: find dangling symlinks

2006-06-20 Thread Derek
try cleanlinksOn 6/20/06, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/20/06, Johannes Zellner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> how do I find dangling symlinks?$ find -L -type lshould do it.  "-L" tells find to follow symlinks, and "-type l" (that's a lowercase ell) matches symlinks.  Since the only s

Re: difference between .xinitrc and .xsession files

2006-06-15 Thread Derek
.xsession gets used by startx too.On 6/15/06, Olafur Jens Sigurdsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Þann 2006-06-15, 11:54:02 (-0400) skrifaði Kamaraju Kusumanchi:> Is there any document/wiki which explains the file name conventions of the> various .[xX]* files in Debian system? In particular I am look

Re: stuck in X11 transition

2006-06-14 Thread Derek
I had that same problem when upgrading xorg because i had opera installed,I removed it by doing dpkg -r opera then apt-get -f install and that did it.On 6/14/06, Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 04:19:48PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > apt-get -f remove cbb> fail

Re: Sound with ATI IXP150 AC'97

2006-06-14 Thread Derek
You need to install alsa-ossOn 6/14/06, Nicolas Sabouret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all,I use debian etch on my Compaq laptop and I don't understand how the soundcard works. I installer alsa packages, the sound card was detected andsome applications (like gcompris) work perfectly.However, most o

Re: dpenedencies in testing totally broken :(

2006-06-07 Thread Derek
I have none of the problems that you speak of.

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