"Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion" error

2006-01-21 Thread phyrster
. LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8" LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8" ... LC_ALL= It seems that this issue is zh_CN-UTF-8 locale related. If I change into en_US.UTF-8 locale, the problem seems disappear. -- regards phyrster God created a few perfect

can apt/aptitude use a non-anonymous mirror?

2005-11-15 Thread phyrster
Hi debianners, Can apt/aptitude use a ftp mirror that requires username and password? I got some space on a ftp but the admin says I got to use the username and password use the space. I planned to put some pkg archives on it but not sure how to make apt/aptitude it. If I put the the line like

how to automount usb disks when plugged ?

2005-11-11 Thread phyrster
hi debianners, I followed the instructions on http://www.greenfly.org/talks/autofs/autofs.html to setup autofs in order to let it automount usb disks on my sid system. After the configuration, I noticed that it is not working even though 'automount' program is running in the background. Has an

E17 + Entrance failed to source /etc/X11/Xsession.d

2005-10-31 Thread phyrster
Hi debianners, I use this source to install E17 (enlightenment 17) deb http://soulmachine.net/debian unstable/ and entrance as a display manager. The problem I have is that Entrance didn't source X setting scripts in /etc/X11/Xsession.d. How to make entrance source them when launching E17?

slow 3D game performance

2005-10-22 Thread phyrster
Hi debianners, I tried to play 'Enemy Territory' under linux but the graphic speed is unbearable. When I am the only on-line player, the graphic speed is ok. But when they are many players, the picture became skippy like a slow motion movie. Under windows, with same hardware configuration, the

Re: procmail/fetchmail question

2005-10-22 Thread phyrster
line > > rewrite_subject 1 > > to the spamassasin config file > > /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf > > Look at the spammassassin home page for additional options. I never used spamassassin. For a one user system, how much can one benefit form using it? Does it work well with pr

how to make subtitles draw on 'black band' under gmplayer

2005-10-20 Thread phyrster
Hi debianers, I am using gmplayer to play avi format movies that come with subtitles. However, when I play the movie, the subtitles are drawn directly the picture and hinder the view of the picture. My question is how to configure mplayer to make it draw subtitles (both .sub and .srt) on the 'b

Re: dpkg error, can't install and can't uninstall libread*

2005-10-17 Thread phyrster
On 16:53 Mon 17 Oct 2005, Antony Gelberg wrote: > phyrster wrote: > > > > --- > > #dpkg -i libreadline5_5.0-11_i386.deb > > > > Preparing to replace libreadline5 5.0-10 (using > > libreadline5_5.0-11_i386.deb) ... > > > > insta

Re: dpkg error, can't install and can't uninstall libread*

2005-10-17 Thread phyrster
On 11:50 Mon 17 Oct 2005, Jiann-Ming Su wrote: > On 10/17/05, phyrster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi debianers, > > > > When I performed a dist-upgrade from sarge to testing, the upgrade process > > was not completed when I ran out of disk space. > > &g

dpkg error, can't install and can't uninstall libread*

2005-10-17 Thread phyrster
Hi debianers, When I performed a dist-upgrade from sarge to testing, the upgrade process was not completed when I ran out of disk space. After that, I can't install or uninstall any packages and it is always the libread* packages that caused trouble: --- #dpkg -i libreadline5_5.0-1

All rights reserved v.s All rights what?

2005-10-15 Thread phyrster
Hi debianers, To clearly state the GNU/GPL values and distinguish "All Rights Reserved" from it, what is the proper way of saying it? "All rights free"? do we have other alternatives? regards bxuef -- dhammapada says: He who has no desires in this world or the next, without longings, f

Re: how to show refresh rate of ttys?

2005-10-05 Thread phyrster
On 14:10 Wed 05 Oct 2005, Thomas Adam wrote: > > --- phyrster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi debianers, > > > > I applied vesafb-tng patch to kernel to get ttys show high refresh > > rate. I > > have set the kernel parameters in

how to show refresh rate of ttys?

2005-10-05 Thread phyrster
Hi debianers, I applied vesafb-tng patch to kernel to get ttys show high refresh rate. I have set the kernel parameters in menu.lst and now it seemed to have worked. However, is there any command to show the exact refresh rate of ttys? I want to make sure it indeed worked. regards bxuef --

how to disable vfat permissions checking?

2005-08-18 Thread phyrster
Hi debianers, When I use rox to copy a file to a vfat partitoin, I got warning saying that: --- cp: preserving times for `/mnt/hda1/bennis.pdf': Operation not permitted Failed to copy '/home/phyrster/bennis.pdf' --- Of course vfat does not have permission setting like ext3 does.

Re: why upgrade kernel?

2005-08-18 Thread phyrster
On 10:13 Thu 18 Aug 2005, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > And when a newer version of a package, can't think of one, NEEDS the 2.6 > kernel, it will tell you. > > My own reason for 2.6.9 is that the soundest patch for multi-user Linux > (2.6.9-ruby.vz11) wants that kernel release. Is this patch for a

Re: Suspend

2005-08-15 Thread phyrster
On 20:51 Mon 15 Aug 2005, Emil Khatib wrote: > Hi everyone. > I'm wondering if it would be possible to suspend a machibne using > ACPI, as we used to do with "apm -s" using APM.. > I've tried with klaptop_acpi_helper, and it just hangs my computer... > I also tried with "echo 1 > /proc/acpi/sleep"

Re: how to login automatically into Bash after booting?

2005-08-15 Thread phyrster
On 11:04 Thu 11 Aug 2005, Mark Roach wrote: > > On 8/11/2005, "phyrster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Is there a way to let bash automatically login a user after booting up? > > > >The sarge box is just for home use and there is no remote login or other &

bootup freezes at the stage of starting crontab

2005-08-12 Thread phyrster
Hi debianers, I customized kernel 2.6.12 and compiled it. I noticed two abnormal behavoirs: vfat partions can't be automatically mounted and there is no such devices like /dev/hda1 in /dev. I have configured vfat as built-in in kernel image and I think this has to do with udev or makedev. But I

how to login automatically into Bash after booting?

2005-08-11 Thread phyrster
Hi debianers, Is there a way to let bash automatically login a user after booting up? The sarge box is just for home use and there is no remote login or other remote control sort of things. For the convenience of a local user (non root), how to make bash login a user automatically? regards bx

where is dircolors file?

2005-08-10 Thread phyrster
Hi debianers, I installed urxvt (rxvt-ml) and found that all directories are shown in bold letters which looks very ugly under unifont. I want to change all the bold directory display to normal font face again and Someone told me to eval a dircolors file. But I can't find any file named this i

slow scroll under mlterm when using aptitude in it

2005-08-10 Thread phyrster
Hi Debianers, I am using Sarge and en_US.utf-8 locale with mlterm which is configurated to use unifont14. My problem is when I launch aptitude within mlterm, the scroll rate is unbearably slow and irresponsive. xterm and urxvt does not have this problem. What is causing this? regards bxuef

Re: lm_sensors

2005-07-31 Thread phyrster
On 19:38 Sat 30 Jul 2005, Adam Hardy wrote: > When I installed the new kernel with the debian package, I configured it > with make xconfig, but I didn't see any choices for i2c_i801 in the i2c > section. Now I see it, but it is greyed out and I cannot select it. Not sure what's wrong. try 'make

Re: Can't use CD-ROM driver after switching to 2.6.11

2005-07-30 Thread phyrster
On 23:47 Sat 30 Jul 2005, Emre Sevinc wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a > Linux debian 2.6.11-1-686 #1 Mon Jun 20 22:00:38 MDT 2005 i686 GNU/Linux > > however it looks like I simply cannot communicate with > my CD-ROM device, let alone mounting it, writing CDs using CD writer, etc. > > I tri

Re: wget -c 'problem'

2005-07-30 Thread phyrster
> > On 7/30/05, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I am trying to download a 3GB DVD image (wget 'address'), which goes > > > well. But after it's interrupted, I can't continue the download (wget > > > -c 'address'). The continue option works only on smaller (<600MB)

any sleek way to downgrade sid to sarge?

2005-07-29 Thread phyrster
Hi debianers, After upgrading to sid, I reget and thinking how to roll back to good old sarge. I searched related topics and found this guide: http://debianplanet.com/node.php?id=880 (How I Downgraded Testing to Stable) The procedure here is a bit complicated plus it's posted two years ago. The

Re: how to add new window manager to display manager?

2005-07-29 Thread phyrster
> Mr Mike on 29/07/05 05:48, wrote: > >I might also recommend using the apps file to control the startup of all > >your apps. It allows you to place them on the workspace you want them in > >instead of them all coming up in your first workspace... It can also > >control a great deal of other attr

why netselect-apt fail due to 'connection reset by peer'?

2005-07-29 Thread phyrster
hi all, When using netselect-apt to find the fastest source sites, I keep getting this error in recent months. -- --20:21:36-- http://www.debian.org/mirror/mirrors_full (try: 3) => `mirrors_full' Connecting to www.debian.org[194.109.137.218]:80... connected. H

udev or no udev, I am confused

2005-07-28 Thread phyrster
Hi Debianers, Out of a rackless upgrade, 'df' command shows the following line: |/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 ext38.0G 4.1G 3.6G 53% / instead of /dev/hda2. I think I deleted some packages but I can't trace back. My question is: will udev change the situation? (I am usi

how to add new window manager to display manager?

2005-07-28 Thread phyrster
hi all, After compiled fluxbox and installed it, I noticed there is no entry for 'fluxbox' in gdm and wdm. However, the debian pkg can automatically add that entry. I wonder which file to configure to make those display managers recognize the newly installed windows manager? regards bxuef

how to tell the refresh rate of current display?

2005-07-26 Thread phyrster
Hi Debianers, I have already configured in xorg.conf a default entry of modeline line. My question is: Which tool can tell me the refresh rate of current display? In other words, how do I know this modeline is working? System configuration: xorg, fluxbox, sarge regards bxuef -- dhammapada

famd hogs all CPU time

2005-07-25 Thread phyrster
Hi Debianers, Famd on my system sometimes hogged all my CPU time and system monitor shows it takes about 99% of the cycles. My system configuration is Sarge (mixed with Sid) on an Athlon Tbird. What has caused this problem and how to pin it down? regards bxuef -- dhammapada says: When

no sound after wake up from mode 5 hibernate

2005-07-25 Thread phyrster
Hi Debianers, I am using a Swsusp2 patched 2.6.10 kernel in Sarge. Everything worked fine except for this problem: Alsa drivers are built in kernel and when my box wakes up, I have to manually turn off and turn on Master/PCM in mixer. Otherwise, although mixer shows they are on, there is no sou

Re: fluxbox's slow startup and neglect of 'startup' file

2005-07-24 Thread phyrster
On 00:08 Sat 23 Jul , Mr Mike wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:09:38 +0800, phyrster wrote: > > > Hi Debianers' > > > > My configuration is kdm+fluxbox in utf-8 environment on Sarge. > > > > I have already known that fluxbox's slow sta

Can kdm 'source' ~/.xinitrc ?

2005-07-22 Thread phyrster
Hi, I am using fluxbox and normally use 'startx' to run it. 'startx' can of course run '.xinitrc' in $HOME. However this takes a few extra steps to enter graphic interface. I am thinking of using kdm's auto login feature together with fluxbox. But kdm don't run '.xinitrc' and thus some envir

fluxbox's slow startup and neglect of 'startup' file

2005-07-21 Thread phyrster
Hi Debianers' My configuration is kdm+fluxbox in utf-8 environment on Sarge. I have already known that fluxbox's slow start is due to its incompatibility with utf8 environment. And the easiest solution I can see is to export a temporary locale to fluxbox when it starts and the restore a the defa

anacron can't run hourly?

2005-07-19 Thread phyrster
Hi Debianers, Can anacron run hourly jobs? My /etc/anacrontab reads like this: = 1 5 cron.daily nice run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 7 10 cron.weekly nice run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly @monthly15 cron.monthly nice run-part

how to break debian-user-digest into separate messages?

2005-07-19 Thread phyrster
Hi Debianers, Anyone use mutt here? I subscribed to debian-user list Digest and I am wondering is there any way to break the whole digest into separate messages? I noticed in Thunderbird, the digest is sorted as separate messages in attachments. Any idea? regards, bxuef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

restore default permissions to /usr/bin /usr/sbin

2005-07-17 Thread phyrster
Hi Debianers, After an installation of Realplayer in /usr, I noticed that file permissions under this dir is changed. Particulary, users can't read into /usr/bin and I suspect that /usr/sbin is affected as well. Could anyone tell me what is the default permissions of these three directories in