kernel panic: i have no root and i want to scream

2002-12-28 Thread Elijah
Hello, got this error upon booting to debian, here's some details on the boot messages: --- DC398:0 adapters found 3ware Storage Controller device for Linux v1.02.00.016 3w-: No cards with valid units found. request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted ... ... Ker

X

2002-12-28 Thread Joris Huizer
Hi list, What is the correct driver for the NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX video card (TV out) - I'm thinking it must be vga, but... just checking thanks Joris __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Re: Webcam

2002-12-28 Thread Rogier Wolff
On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 09:46:33PM +0100, Jens Gecius wrote: > bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages2.pl?keywords=webcam > > > > I did that and I installed the package called webcam, it is a package for > > ftp loading a stream of webcam

Re: X

2002-12-28 Thread Ochronus
JH> What is the correct driver for the NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX JH> video card (TV out) - I'm thinking it must be vga, JH> but... just checking nv . Or use apt-get install nvidia-kernel-source, nvidia-glx-source, build them as described in their README.Debian located in /usr/share/doc/nv

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2002-12-28 Thread fac
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Re: kernel panic: i have no root and i want to scream

2002-12-28 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 04:18:37PM +0900, Elijah wrote: > Hello, > > got this error upon booting to debian, here's some details on the boot [snip] > Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream > --- > > here's my grub menu.lst > > title Debia

Re: X

2002-12-28 Thread Joris Huizer
Hmm... I did use nv, but the X kept crashing - couldn't get the configuarion working after that either (at the point when the configuration asked wether to reinstall stuff or not, the program finished wether I agreed or not - I couldn't log in on mail.yahoo.com to ask either so I gave up trying tha

X with nVidia GeForce2 MX

2002-12-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 01:03:33AM -0800, Joris Huizer wrote: > Hi list, > > What is the correct driver for the NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX > video card (TV out) - I'm thinking it must be vga, > but... just checking I think it's nvidia. You probably need to check out nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx though.

Re: DON'T UPGRADE UNSTABLE

2002-12-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 03:54:41PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > Licq seems completely broken in sid these days. Upstream seems to be > pushing towards a re-write, but it's not happening all that fast. I > gave up and switched to gabber, in the end. licq isn't broken. I use it daily with the qt-gui

which RAID cards work with debian?

2002-12-28 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
Hi I tried to install woody on an old HP server with NetRAID card and it didn't recognize it. I've also couldn't find any reference for this over the internet. I was wondering which RAID cards are supported except for Mylex (I know that the Hardware-HOWTO lists only mylex as supported, but most li

Re: which RAID cards work with debian?

2002-12-28 Thread Crispin Wellington
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 17:38, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: > Hi > > I tried to install woody on an old HP server with NetRAID card and it > didn't recognize it. I've also couldn't find any reference for this over > the internet. I was wondering which RAID cards are supported except for > Mylex (I know tha

Looking for input on video cards - ATI? AllInWonder? NVidia GForce2/3/4?

2002-12-28 Thread Hanasaki JiJi
Hello all, I am seeking your input on video cards. The goal is to upgrade from the current voodoo3500tv What is the minium chipset in NVidia/ATI that has slightly more power than the voodoo3500tv? Which AllInWonder's are supported by Woody? Which NVidia chips are supported by Woody? Any tho

Re: kernel panic: i have no root and i want to scream [SOLVED]

2002-12-28 Thread Elijah
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 18:31, Eric G. Miller wrote: > AFAIK, change to "kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda2 vga=788" > > I'm not familiar with the "root=LABEL=/" syntax. The root= should > translate into a device/partition name per Linux naming. Brilliant! I got it working, hmmm I never noticed th

Re[2]: X

2002-12-28 Thread Ochronus
Well, I am using debian/unstable with a GeForce2 MX 200 (Tvout) and I have no problems with it. I recompiled the glx and the kernel module, and have been using them for a year almost without any problems. Here is the path I followed when installing the nvidia drivers: apt-get install nvidia-ker

Re: which RAID cards work with debian?

2002-12-28 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 11:42, Crispin Wellington wrote: > > did you use the bf2.4 install disks? yep, this is the kernel I use to install all my debians. bye -- Haim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X with nVidia GeForce2 MX

2002-12-28 Thread Elijah
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 18:32, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 01:03:33AM -0800, Joris Huizer wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > What is the correct driver for the NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX > > video card (TV out) - I'm thinking it must be vga, > > but... just checking > > I think it's nvidia. Yo

Re: mod_perl 2 compile problem

2002-12-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 02:51:07AM -0500, Ludwig wrote: > When trying to compile mod_perl-2.0 (actually 1.99_07) for apache2, make > fails with > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lperl > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make[1]: *** [mod_perl.so] Error 1 > > I have libperl5.6 and libperl-dev ins

Re: which RAID cards work with debian?

2002-12-28 Thread nate
Haim Ashkenazi said: > Hi > > I tried to install woody on an old HP server with NetRAID card and it > didn't recognize it. I've also couldn't find any reference for this over > the internet. I was wondering which RAID cards are supported except for > Mylex (I know that the Hardware-HOWTO lists only

Re: Looking for input on video cards - ATI? AllInWonder? NVidia GForce2/3/4?

2002-12-28 Thread nate
Hanasaki JiJi said: > Any thoughts on this board? or suggestions to something similar? > http://www.leadtek.com/graphics/a250td/a250td.htm to get best performance your gonna need the 3rd party closed source drivers in either ATI or nvidia's case. I personally use nvidia, only have 1 system with a

debian-user@lists.debian.org

2002-12-28 Thread Hanasaki JiJi
Any thoughts on overall performance if the following systems? The key factors are: 1. Support by Woody out of the box 2. Will the single processor systems be faster because the memory is slower on the duals? 3. Is onboard video better/faster due to better bandwidth? Dual Athlon 2400MP and PC210

Re: X with nVidia GeForce2 MX

2002-12-28 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 01:46:47AM -0800, Joris Huizer wrote: > Thanks for your reply. No problem. Please keep replies on list so other people can learn and provide input, too. > I did use nv, but the X kept crashing . > I'd have selected nvidia is

Re: ARGH, weird SCSI I/O errors on second/third drive on Debian/PPC

2002-12-28 Thread nate
Jessica Blank said: > The problem seems to happen whenever I'm working (reading/writing) on the > second or third drive. I get I/O errors, and kernelspam like this: luckily, according to the logs you posted this does not appear to be a SCSI issue, or a hardware issue. it looks to be a filesystem

Re: Mozilla: Personal Toolbar bug?

2002-12-28 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 27 Dec 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 04:54:40PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I added a folder from my bookmark file to the Personal Toolbar in > > Mozilla 1.0.0, resulting in a lot of new buttons. I now want to remove > > these entries from the toolbar (but not from t

Re: Debian questions

2002-12-28 Thread nate
Reaz Baksh said: > Hello > > Can someone please help me with these questions? > > > > -I have Debian 3.0 running on a dual PIII Compaq. Does Debian recognize > and utilize both CPUs? Is there a way I can check that Debian does use > the two chips? look in the bootup log(hold shift key and press

Re: USB, ZiO! and kernel 2.2.23

2002-12-28 Thread nate
James Vahn said: > Does anyone know how to get a ZiO! card reader (sandisk/microtech) to work > under the 2.2 kernels? It works (read-only) under 2.4 kernels, but I'm > not able to get the uptime I need from those kernels and have gone back to > the 2.2 series. last I checked, the usb storage dri

Re: which RAID cards work with debian?

2002-12-28 Thread Frank Copeland
On 28 Dec 02 09:38:46 GMT, Haim Ashkenazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried to install woody on an old HP server with NetRAID card and it > didn't recognize it. I've also couldn't find any reference for this over > the internet. I was wondering which RAID cards are supported except for > Mylex

Re: which RAID cards work with debian?

2002-12-28 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 13:45, Frank Copeland wrote: > > I manage a couple of HP tc4100s with NetRAID 1Ms and the stock (well, > it started as stock anyway...) Debian kernel finds the RAID controller > just fine: > since I'm always using the 2.4fb kernel I didn't even tried the default kernel (is

Re: which RAID cards work with debian?

2002-12-28 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 12:22, nate wrote: > Haim Ashkenazi said: > > Hi > > > > I tried to install woody on an old HP server with NetRAID card and it > > didn't recognize it. I've also couldn't find any reference for this over > > the internet. I was wondering which RAID cards are supported except f

Re: getty and inittab

2002-12-28 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Narins, Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think "init q" re-reads inittab. Correct. >But, a long time ago, on a job, I did "init -q" on a SysV box, or was it >BSD? Regardless, it was the wrong one, and I rebooted all our production >machines in the middle of a run

Re: usb-uhci.c

2002-12-28 Thread Stefan Radomski
On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 20:58, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got my zaurus running and networking with an usbdet patched > kernel. I am using hotplug to get it automaticly running, but my > kmesg is full with: > > usb-uhci.c: process_transfer: fixed toggle > > and fills my vt's with

Re: usb-uhci.c

2002-12-28 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 the mental interface of Stefan Radomski told: > On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 20:58, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've got my zaurus running and networking with an usbdet patched > > kernel. I am using hotplug to get it automaticly running, but my > > kmesg is full w

Small theme for wmeker.

2002-12-28 Thread Egor Tur
Hi. Who have the very small theme for wmeker without background and other big gradient. I want to use that theme under X with depth 8. Thanx. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: which RAID cards work with debian?

2002-12-28 Thread Frank Copeland
On 28 Dec 02 11:54:56 GMT, Haim Ashkenazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 13:45, Frank Copeland wrote: >> I manage a couple of HP tc4100s with NetRAID 1Ms and the stock (well, >> it started as stock anyway...) Debian kernel finds the RAID controller >> just fine: >> > since I'm

Agpgart, VIA motherboard and ATI RAGE PRO 1X/2X video card.

2002-12-28 Thread Egor Tur
Hi. I have motherboard on VIA chipset (via vt82c866a). Video card ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X. And I see message when system setup: Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 203M agpgart: Unsupported Via chipset (device id: 06

Re: which RAID cards work with debian?

2002-12-28 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 15:22, Frank Copeland wrote: > It would help if you could provide more information about your system. > What model HP server is it? What model NetRAID? What error messages, if > any, are you seeing? I'll check the details tomorrow and I'll post it. > > -- > Frank Copeland

Re: usb-uhci.c

2002-12-28 Thread Stefan Radomski
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 14:11, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > Of course these two proposals will me get rid of the messages, but > this is not a hint to find the reason for the messages :( Since it is basically working, I thought you just want to stop that message from appearing. For a qualified statem

kernel

2002-12-28 Thread Tobias
Tjena….   Jag har installerat debian woody 3.0r0 och då får jag med kärna 2.2.20 men när jag tänkte uppdatera den till 2.4.19 så gick inte det särskilt bra. Den kopierar nämligen inga moduler till /lib/modules/2.4.19 utan *.o filerna ligger i /usr/src/linux/…bla… jag har konfat kärnan rät

Re: Configuring a static IP on startup

2002-12-28 Thread Bill Moseley
On Fri, 27 Dec 2002, Curtis Spencer wrote: > I am using dhclient right now on startup to give me a DHCP ip address, > but I want to set the system to have a static IP on my sub net so I can > have the router forward everything on port 80 to the debian system. > What is a decent way to do this? In

Re: Help installing high end NVidia GF3/4 boards

2002-12-28 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 01:57:59AM -0600, Hanasaki JiJi wrote: > Anyone have any luck / tips for getting boards like the below to run on > woody? Including the Video Capture? Any tips for audio capture? GeForce4 cards are not supported by the Free nv driver in woody (X 4.1). You can either get

Eterm b0rkage in sid

2002-12-28 Thread Rob Weir
Howdy all, I've just reinstalled sid due to some massive file system corruption, and now Eterm (and Esetroot) aren't working. $ strace Esetroot /usr/share/backgrounds/propaganda/vol13.5/Sleep-Deprivation-5.JPG [snip] open("/usr/lib/loaders/image/xpm.la", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or dir

Re: ntpdate tip -- hmm? [NEW TOPIC]

2002-12-28 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 12:52:29PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 11:39, will trillich wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 10:17:01AM -0600, will trillich wrote: > > > -- > > > I use Debian/GNU Linux version 2.2; > > > Linux server 2.2.17 #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 i586 un

Re: Debian questions

2002-12-28 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 12:25:13AM -0500, Reaz Baksh wrote: > Hello > > Can someone please help me with these questions? > > > > -I have Debian 3.0 running on a dual PIII Compaq. Does Debian recognize > and utilize both CPUs? Is there a way I can check that Debian does use > the two chips?

Re: Webcam

2002-12-28 Thread bob parker
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:49, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 21:49, bob parker wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 07:27, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > > > Sorry, but it looks like there isn't any support as yet for the imaging > > > chip, and possibly it is discontinued. > > > > Thanks anyway, look

Problem while compiling Wine

2002-12-28 Thread Ronald Castillo
Hello. While I was trying to compile the unstable Wine sources so I could use them it my Sarge system, I got the following messages: # generate HTML documentation /usr/bin/make -C documentation wine-doc/index.html make[1]: Entering directory `/wine_src/wine-0.0.20021219/documentation' false -d .

Re: ntpdate from cron -- DON'T DO THAT!

2002-12-28 Thread Laura Conrad
> "Michael" == Michael D Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> imho, all isp's ought to be required to *have* time servers . . . No, anyone who sells disk space should have a time server. I don't care whether my time is exactly in sync with the ISP who provides my internet connect

Re: ntpdate from cron -- DON'T DO THAT!

2002-12-28 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-12-28T15:08:38Z, Laura Conrad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No, anyone who sells disk space should have a time server. I don't care > whether my time is exactly in sync with the ISP who provides my internet > connection, but I want to have the same time as the webserver provider who > se

Re: Desktop Performance Issue

2002-12-28 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
-Original Message- >From: "Bruce Sass"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: 27/12/02 23:15:06 >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: "xio"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Desktop Performance Issue >On Fri, 27 Dec 2002, xio wrote: > >> Frank Gevaerts wrote: >>

flash player 6.x plus alsa crashes mozilla and opera

2002-12-28 Thread Oliver Zimmermann
Hi I use opera and mozilla on my box with macromedia flash player plugin in versions 5.x and 6.x for a while. No problems so far. Since I installed sound system alsa. It is installed from alsa sources in the actual release 0.9.0rc6 and works very well starting xmms or alsamixer for example. The

Re: Desktop Performance Issue

2002-12-28 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: >>From: "Bruce Sass"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... >>> /sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hd[abc] >>> >>> Works like a treat! >> >># hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda >> >>/dev/hda: >> setting using_dma to 1 (on) >> HDIO_SET_DMA failed:

Re: ntpdate from cron -- DON'T DO THAT!

2002-12-28 Thread Bob Proulx
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-23 08:03:45 -0600]: > > I think you'd stump the frontline staff at any isp with this one, and > > it's not really important enough to email thier NOC about in the end... > > Of course I'd stump the frontline staff of my ISP with questions about time > serve

Re: Speaking of ntp, yes CD-R does mess with the clock!

2002-12-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-25 04:20:20 +1100]: > > > Chrony is designed to work with intermittent connections. ntpd works well with intermittent connections too. > No idea...chrony is a lot smarter than ntpdate though; it gradually > moves your clock back and forth so that running apps

Re: ntpdate tip -- hmm? [NEW TOPIC]

2002-12-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Mark L. Kahnt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-27 12:52:29 -0500]: > On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 11:39, will trillich wrote: > > > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #59 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Wanting to SYNCHRONIZE YOUR SYSTEM CLOCK periodically? If you > > > apt-get install ntpdate ntp-doc > > > the

Re: Mozilla: Personal Toolbar bug?

2002-12-28 Thread Paul Scott
Anthony Campbell wrote: On 27 Dec 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 04:54:40PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: I added a folder from my bookmark file to the Personal Toolbar in Mozilla 1.0.0, resulting in a lot of new buttons. I now want to remove these entries from the too

libgtk1.2 & libgtk2 conflicts?

2002-12-28 Thread Bill Moseley
I have both versions of GTK+ installed, and they can co-exist. Trying to install celestia, which depends on libgtk1.2 in testing I get: # apt-get -s install celestia Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: gkrellm2 libgtk-common lib

Re: ntpdate tip -- hmm? [NEW TOPIC]

2002-12-28 Thread John Hasler
Bob Proulx writes: > It would be great if ntpdate and ntp-simple both offered to do the very > simple configuration of using the existing DNS servers as NTP servers I'm considering having chrony do this. How common is it for an ISPs dns servers to provide ntp service? Mine didn't a few years ago

Re: chrony (was: Speaking of ntp, yes CD-R does mess with the clock!)

2002-12-28 Thread John Hasler
Bill Moseley writes: > I don't really understand how chrony maintains the hardware clock. I > know chrony can deal with a slow or fast rtc, but it seems like a good > idea to update the rtc to the real time every once in a while. I agree. File a wishlist bug so I don't forget and I'll send it up

Re: ntpdate tip -- hmm? [NEW TOPIC]

2002-12-28 Thread John Hasler
Rob Weir writes: > Is there any reason to not use chrony on a leaf system, since it seems to > do the funky slew dance by default, as well as neatly integrating into > ppp's up and down scripts? No reason I can think of, but I _am_ biased. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Ho

SCSI emulation for IDE CD-writer

2002-12-28 Thread Steve Doerr
I just installed and burned a cd per the cd writing howto, but now I can't find what to mount to read it. It's not at scd0 or scsi0 and I'm not sure how to find it. Does anyone know how to find it or see anything wrong with how I set this up? Thanks for any input, Steve relevant info: kern.l

Re: ntpdate tip -- hmm? [NEW TOPIC]

2002-12-28 Thread Bill Moseley
On 28 Dec 2002, John Hasler wrote: > Bob Proulx writes: > > It would be great if ntpdate and ntp-simple both offered to do the very > > simple configuration of using the existing DNS servers as NTP servers > > I'm considering having chrony do this. How common is it for an ISPs dns > servers to p

Re: SCSI emulation for IDE CD-writer

2002-12-28 Thread Bob Proulx
Steve Doerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-28 14:27:14 -0600]: > I just installed and burned a cd per the cd writing howto, but now I > can't find what to mount to read it. > > It's not at scd0 or scsi0 and I'm not sure how to find it. Run cdrecord -scanbus And post the output of that command.

Re: SCSI emulation for IDE CD-writer

2002-12-28 Thread Bill Moseley
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Bob Proulx wrote: > First you need the kernel to load the ide-scsi module at boot > time. Put the name of that driver in /etc/modules. > > In /etc/modules place the following: > > ide-scsi > > The ide-scsi module can only adapt an IDE device to a SCSI if it has > not alr

Re: ntpdate tip -- hmm? [NEW TOPIC]

2002-12-28 Thread Bob Proulx
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-28 12:51:12 -0600]: > Bob Proulx writes: > > It would be great if ntpdate and ntp-simple both offered to do the very > > simple configuration of using the existing DNS servers as NTP servers > > I'm considering having chrony do this. How common is it for a

Fonts

2002-12-28 Thread Qerub
Has there been like a freetype (or similiar) upgrade in unstable today? Most fonts have incorrect kerning and just doesn't look right. However, they look better in terms of anti-aliasing than before. Any clues? Thanks! -- */ Qerub signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message p

Building i686 optimized packages from source

2002-12-28 Thread xio
Hi, I wonder whether anyone could help me with this: I am installing Debian on my new laptop. And I thought I might try building i686 optimized packages from the source packages. I understand, that there is at least two ways: 1. Use the pentium-builder package and apt-get -b source and inst

Re: Building i686 optimized packages from source

2002-12-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 09:47:26PM +0100, xio wrote: > In your opinion, is the performance gain really worth the effort of > compiling from source? Nobody's ever demonstrated it to be worth it for more than a small minority of packages. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL P

Re: Small theme for wmeker.

2002-12-28 Thread Dana J. Laude
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 03:16:37PM +0200 or thereabouts, Egor Tur wrote: > Hi. > Who have the very small theme for wmeker without background and other big gradient. > I want to use that theme under X with depth 8. > Thanx. Check out http://themes.freshmeat.net You sould be able to find something

Re: Building i686 optimized packages from source

2002-12-28 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 09:47:26PM +0100, xio wrote: > In your opinion, is the performance gain really worth the effort of > compiling from source? In most cases, no. There are a few exceptions (see the archives) and for these exceptions, optimized versions are normally already available. -- J

NTFS mounting

2002-12-28 Thread Bruce Park
How safe is NTFS read-only mounting? I know that writing to it is very dangerous. bp _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= htt

Re: Desktop Performance Issue

2002-12-28 Thread Bruce Sass
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Alvin Oga wrote: > On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > >>From: "Bruce Sass"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ... > >>> /sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hd[abc] > >>> > >>> Works like a treat! > >> > >># hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda > >> > >>/dev/hda: > >> set

Re: mod_perl 2 compile problem [solved]

2002-12-28 Thread Ludwig
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 05:07, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 02:51:07AM -0500, Ludwig wrote: > > When trying to compile mod_perl-2.0 (actually 1.99_07) for apache2, make > > fails with > > > > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lperl > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > make[1]: *** [

Sometimes getting sound fine under woody, but not with xine

2002-12-28 Thread Lloyd Zusman
I'm a bit mystified about a problem that I've been pursuing on and off for the past couple weeks or so. I've finally thrown up my hands and decided to ask about this here. I'm running woody, and in many cases, sound works just fine. For example, I hear the music that KDE desktop plays when it co

Re: NTFS mounting

2002-12-28 Thread nate
Bruce Park said: > How safe is NTFS read-only mounting? I know that writing to it is very > dangerous. I read on the kernel mailing list once, long ago(at least a year) on the topic of mounting read only. If the driver is coded right and ties into the kernel right there should be nothing written t

hdparm, cdrom, and retaining params

2002-12-28 Thread Bill Moseley
What determines what settings are the default for a drive on boot? I thought what was needed is to include support for the IDE chipset and enable IDE DMA in the kernel. This is what I've done on other machines and they boot up with the correct settings. And if I can't get it to automatically se

Re: Sometimes getting sound fine under woody, but not with xine

2002-12-28 Thread nate
Lloyd Zusman said: > audio_oss_out: Opening audio device... > audio_oss_out: using device >/dev/dsp1< > audio_oss_out: opening audio device /dev/dsp1 failed: > No such device > load_plugins: audio output plugin > /usr/lib/xine/plugins/xineplug_ao_out_oss.so: > init_audio_out_plug

Re: chrony (was: Speaking of ntp, yes CD-R does mess with theclock!)

2002-12-28 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 19:57, John Hasler wrote: > Bill Moseley writes: > > So the confusing thing is the startup scripts. /etc/rc2.d/S14ppp runs > > before /etc/rc2.d/S83chrony. For some reason it all works now, but it > > looks like it's possible that the ppp connection could come up before the

Debian and IPV6

2002-12-28 Thread Russ Cook
I have enabled IP6 on my home network, configured my network, and obtained tunneling and ip addressed through Freenet6. I can ping6 all machines on my network, but ssh -6 does not work. I get errors that the connection was refused. SSH works fine with Ipv4 protocol. I can telnet6 to IPV6 web ser

Re: Sometimes getting sound fine under woody, but not with xine

2002-12-28 Thread Lloyd Zusman
"nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Lloyd Zusman said: > >> audio_oss_out: Opening audio device... >> audio_oss_out: using device >/dev/dsp1< >> audio_oss_out: opening audio device /dev/dsp1 failed: >> No such device >> load_plugins: audio output plugin >> /usr/lib/xine/plugins/xine

Re: Hotplug and unloading modules

2002-12-28 Thread Bill Moseley
On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 06:11:06PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > > Is there a way to either unload the modules automatically on hotplug > > disconnect so that it will run my script again on next hotsync? > > Sure. Just have your action script unload it ex

Re: Debian and IPV6

2002-12-28 Thread Jeffrey Taylor
Are you sure sshd is listening on the IPv6 ports? Check sshd was not started with -4 option and what ListenAddress in /etc/ssh/sshd_config is set to. HTH, Jeffrey Quoting Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have enabled IP6 on my home network, configured my network, > and obtained tunneling an

I fried my Mozilla install

2002-12-28 Thread W. Crowshaw
As the subject line says, its all my fault. I tried to install a version of the phoenix browser, after uninstalling Mozilla using dselect. The phoenix browser didn't work for me (sadly), so I removed it and its related files and reinstalled mozilla and its related packages with dselect. Sadly, n

Re: Debian and IPV6

2002-12-28 Thread Russ Cook
Thanks for the reply. I checked as suggested, and sshd is configured to listen on port 22. It is not started with -4 option, and no ListenAddresses are specified (they are commented out). Again, sshd works with normal (-4) option, but not with -6. I have not tinkered with config files, they are

Re: Sometimes getting sound fine under woody, but not with xine

2002-12-28 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Lloyd Zusman said: > "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Lloyd Zusman said: > > > >> audio_oss_out: Opening audio device... > >> audio_oss_out: using device >/dev/dsp1< > >> audio_oss_out: opening audio device /dev/dsp1 failed: > >> No such device > >> l

Is this a locales error?

2002-12-28 Thread wcrowshaw
I keep getting this error when I run man and perl. Its started after a rather messy upgrade from potato to woody using the cdrom images. I tried running dpkg-reconfigure locales and setting the correct setting, but I still get these errors. So far they haven't caused any problems, but I would lik

Re: hdparm, cdrom, and retaining params

2002-12-28 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya bill On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Bill Moseley wrote: > > What determines what settings are the default for a drive on boot? > > I thought what was needed is to include support for the IDE chipset and > enable IDE DMA in the kernel. This is what I've done on other machines > and they boot up wi

Re: Desktop Performance Issue

2002-12-28 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya bruce > > >>/dev/hda: > > >> setting using_dma to 1 (on) > > >> HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted > > >> using_dma= 0 (off) > > > > > > Do it as root > > of course > > > sometimes .. you have to make sure that the chips and > > the drive supports DMA ... >

Re: Is this a locales error?

2002-12-28 Thread Bob Proulx
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-28 19:15:29 -0500]: > running man I get this error: > (null): can't set the locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct > LANG = "english" The word "english" is not a proper locale. Select a suitable one from the output of locale -a. loc

[SOLVED] Re: Sometimes getting sound fine under woody, but not withxine

2002-12-28 Thread Lloyd Zusman
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [ ... ] > > I don't remember xine's options all that clearly, and I can't check > right now (I'm ssh'ed in in console only mode), but /dev/dsp1 looks > suspicious to me. Do you have two sound cards, or two audio outs? I > would try to force xine to send

Re: Debian and IPV6

2002-12-28 Thread Jeffrey Taylor
What does "netstat -A inet6 -an" say? When you say "sshd -6" does not work, what are the symptoms? No change? Error messages? Check syslogs. Also try connecting with verbose option, "ssh -v" or even "ssh -vvv". Jeffrey Quoting Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks for the reply. I checke

Re: hdparm, cdrom, and retaining params

2002-12-28 Thread Bill Moseley
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Alvin Oga wrote: > hi ya bill Hey Alvin! > > On one Dell machine (Demension XPS T450 PIII) that has a very new CD-ROM > > (see below) I have to use -d1 -c1 -X34 -u1. > > there is no "reason" you "have to use" those options That's my poor choice of words. That's just what

Re: hdparm, cdrom, and retaining params

2002-12-28 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya bill > > > (see below) I have to use -d1 -c1 -X34 -u1. > > > > there is no "reason" you "have to use" those options > > That's my poor choice of words. That's just what I used. i famous for that > > -u1 allow the cpu to do other stuff while waiting for the "disk > > seeks/etc" ..

Re: Debian and IPV6

2002-12-28 Thread Russ Cook
netstat -A inet6 -an results in the following Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State tcp 0 0 :::80 :::*LISTEN typing ssh -vvv mypeerhost results in OpenSSH 3.5p1 Debian 1:3.5p1-2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0 OpenSSL 0x0090607f debug1: Reading

Re: Debian and IPV6

2002-12-28 Thread Russ Cook
I failed to use option -6 in previous example. Below is output with ssh -6 -vvv ip6-p75, which is my peerhost Script started on Sat Dec 28 21:02:53 2002 p90:/home/russ# ssh -6 -vvv ip6-p75 OpenSSH_3.5p1 Debian 1:3.5p1-2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090607f debug1: Reading configuration data

Re: I fried my Mozilla install

2002-12-28 Thread Kent West
W. Crowshaw wrote: As the subject line says, its all my fault. I tried to install a version of the phoenix browser, after uninstalling Mozilla using dselect. The phoenix browser didn't work for me (sadly), so I removed it and its related files and reinstalled mozilla and its related packages wi

Can only login as root

2002-12-28 Thread matt
Hi, I have a Woody v3.0 with a 2.4.18 kernel. I can only login as root, if I try to login as anyone else it does not even ask for a password, it juts says 'Login incorrect'. Regardless of which username I enter it always says 'System bootup in progress - please wait' My Samba does not work, no

Re: Desktop Performance Issue

2002-12-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 15:25, Bruce Sass wrote: > On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Alvin Oga wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > > >>From: "Bruce Sass"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [snip] > I think it is the chips which don't do DMA. > circa 1990 hardware Wow, that's what? A 486/20 w/ all ISA

bash read oddity

2002-12-28 Thread Jamin W. Collins
Got a strange situation happening on a friends Debian box. I found the problem by debugging his ALSA startup problems. Turns out that he's getting some extra character added to the output of "read" command. The following commands replicate this: $ set -x $ awk '/^((alias)|(probe)) +snd-car

Re: Desktop Performance Issue

2002-12-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 05:34:38PM +0100, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: >># hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda >> >>/dev/hda: >> setting using_dma to 1 (on) >> HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted >> using_dma= 0 (off) > > Do it as root Yes, that's what the # means -- .

Chatty installers

2002-12-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 12:40:05PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > [Drift: As long as I am here a preemptive soapbox. I hate chatty > installation scripts. Try installing on a thousand systems. > Therefore I like installations that do most things as automatically as > possible and are mostly quiet whe

Re: Debian and IPV6

2002-12-28 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-12-29T02:40:48Z, Russ Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I thought this ssh package was enabled for ipv6, but perhaps I have to > configure or compile. Debian's sshd, at least, is not compiled with IPv6 support. However, I can use the ssh client to connect to other (FreeBSD) servers wit

Re: Debian and IPV6

2002-12-28 Thread Mark Zimmerman
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:40:48PM -0600, Russ Cook wrote: > netstat -A inet6 -an results in the following > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State > tcp 0 0 :::80 :::*LISTEN > This shows that sshd is not listening to port 22 of an ipv6 add

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