Re: Automount

2003-07-02 Thread M. Kirchhoff
Quoting JZidar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is there an app or trick that would enable to just pop a cd or floppy in the > drive and use it without the need for mount and unmount every time? Can be > this built-in in the kernel? Did you Google? I searched on "linux automount" and uncovered several doc

Re: make-kpkg: permission denied making modules_image

2003-07-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.07.01.0006 +0200]: > I still don't understand why that would solve the problem. I am giving up. I thought it would be nice if make-kpkg could do some magic to be able to compile modules from /usr/src/modules even if /usr is read-only. Like some

OT: Limit on maximum # of threads in Linux?

2003-07-02 Thread Holger Rauch
Hi! I tried the following test program with various 2.4.x und 2.2.x kernels and noticed that it doesn't *seem* to be possible to create more than 1021 threads. I changed "ulimit -u" from within bash before running the thread test program, I modified a setting in the /proc filesystem: /proc/sys/ke

Recommended hardware

2003-07-02 Thread DGLUser
Hi all, I need to buy a new computer, w/o monitor my budget is about $1000 usd, and I need to have a decent system. I cheked the ones being sold by Walmart online (microtel), but I didn't see any dvd/cd burner/drive capability. I wasn't sure either about their integrated sound/video memory, whic

Re: XFree86 4.3

2003-07-02 Thread Paulo Jorge
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 02:37:44PM +0200, Joeri De Backer wrote: > Hello, > > Is there anybody who can tell me if it's possible to install > XFree86 version 4.3? If so: how? :-) > > I need this version for my video-driver... Add these lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list (the deb-src is

Re: Bash question

2003-07-02 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 06:52:26PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 07:43:28AM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > > This has been asked and answered a few times in the past. There are > > several ways to do it. Here is one: > > > >#!/bin/sh > >IFS=$'\n' > > > >f

Zero Footprint hardware question

2003-07-02 Thread Moe Binkerman
I tried to post this a couple of days ago but I don't think it made it.. Does anyone have experience running (or trying to run) debian on the Elite-4 Zero Footprint PC? I've searched via google, but the only references I can find to it and linux are a bunch of C64 guys commenting on how it l

Test

2003-07-02 Thread Joan Tur
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Re: Forcing installation over unmet dependencies

2003-07-02 Thread Mika Fischer
Hi, Morten! * Morten Eriksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-07-01 23:46]: > How can I force apt-get to ignore the unmet dependency, or otherwise > get the libqt3-dev package installed? for a permanent solution you want the package equivs. I don't know how to use it though, sorry... HTH, Mika -- T

Re: Newbie Question

2003-07-02 Thread Mika Fischer
* Abrasive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-07-01 23:27]: > I'd like to download all the necessary files to upgrade the kernel from 2.2.x to a > 2.4.x > kernel. But, I don't know which files to download, and I have no idea how to upgrade > the kernel the 'Debian Way' Get one of the kernel-image package

odd font problem

2003-07-02 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
I couldn't think of a better concise way to say it. I have a copy of VMware Express (Windows 9x only). I'm running Woody with backports, using a KDE 2.? desktop. When I start up VMware, the menu characters are represented with dotted outline boxes, like I'd expect if KDE couldn't render the font

Re: XFree86 4.3

2003-07-02 Thread Mika Fischer
Hi, Joeri! * Joeri De Backer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-07-01 21:20]: > Is there anybody who can tell me if it's possible to install > XFree86 version 4.3? If so: how? :-) If you're using sid: http://penguinppc.org/~daniels/ For woody, i don't know... HTH, Mika -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

re:Woody/SMP how to set up!

2003-07-02 Thread Rthoreau
Your going to need a linux development kernel in the 2.5. series to have hyperthreading enabled for an SMP machine. I assume you have two Xeon CPU's which you want to have Hyperthreading enabled? Or do you have a single P4 which supports Hyperthreading? Woody does support smp, so if you can

Re: Automount

2003-07-02 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Bob Proulx said on Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 12:49:00PM -0600: > JZidar wrote: > > Is there an app or trick that would enable to just pop a cd or floppy in the > > drive and use it without the need for mount and unmount every time? Can be > > this built-in in the kernel? I think you want supermount:

Re: How to change a symlink without breaking anything (problems with g++)

2003-07-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 06:50:48PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > Morten Eriksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What is the correct manner of changing a symlink file belonging to a > > Debian package? Is it sufficient to just rm and re-link, or should I > > use any of the package-handling tools? >

Re: Newbie Question

2003-07-02 Thread tt tt
The best option would be to re-install the whole system with the 2.4.18 kernel. This can be done in woody (3.0r1) by typing bf24 on the first screen of the install.   Hope this helps.Abrasive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Okay, after loading a new machine with Debian 3.0r1, I've found that I need to

kate kwrite printing problems

2003-07-02 Thread Roy Pluschke
Hi, I recently upgraded from testing to unstable and after a few minor glitches got everything working well except printing from kate and kwrite. They both hang on a dialog box saying generating print data. Printing from other kde based apps that I have tried ie. konqueror and kmail works fine

Re: via-rhine & dhclient

2003-07-02 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 20:56:48 -0700 Piero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Each time I turn onmy computer, I have to give commands: > > modprobe via-rhine > dhclient > > How can I have them authomatically executed at every boot? I guess > it's simple, but I cannot find the solution in any handbook or

GTK font issues

2003-07-02 Thread Steve Lamb
Ok, recently I got a pointer to look at boa-constructor for some Python development. It looks nice except for one problem. Many of the dialogs have squares for the fonts. I have noticed that sylpheed-claws also has this problem. Do I have a font sent missing that I should have installed? I

installing phpgroupware : getting the index.php page exec'd withapache

2003-07-02 Thread Pedro Mullor
Hello All, after having done an apt-get install phpgroupware on Woody, and having enabled libphp3.so module on httpd.conf Apache file, when connecting to http://server/phpgroupware, firebird/mozilla keeps telling me that : >> the file "" is of type application/x-httpd-php and Mozilla Firebird

Re: Apache is killed everyday at 6:28

2003-07-02 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Maria" == Maria Garcia Suarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Maria> Hi there! Problem: Apache is killed everyday at around Maria> 06:28 System: Debian Woody, kernel 2.4.18, apache 1.3.26 Perhaps thisis normal. Do you have logrotate doing this every morning by any chance. Look for /etc/

Re: Trying Again

2003-07-02 Thread James LeClair
Thus spoke Abrasive: "I just installed a fresh copy of Debian 3.0r1, and in order for my hardware to work, I need to upgrade the kernel to a 2.4.x version." Well, in addition to being able to boot the 1st of the 7 installation cds to get a base install, you can also boot using the 5th cd in

Re: How to shutup syslog [SOLVED]

2003-07-02 Thread Ross Boylan
I'd like to thank people who helped me with this on and offlist, and also note two sources that describe this problem and solutions to it. They are both really good documents. The Securing Debian Manual at FAQ 11.1.11 http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch11.en.html describe

Re: via-rhine & dhclient

2003-07-02 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"ludovico" == ludovico ariosto writes: ludovico> Each time I turn onmy computer, I have to give commands: ludovico> modprobe via-rhine ludovico> dhclient ludovico> How can I have them authomatically executed at every ludovico> boot? I guess it's simple, but I cannot find

Re: bash: display running foreground command in xterm title

2003-07-02 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 21:50:18 +0200, Paul Foote wrote: > I gave it a little try, but the problem is figuring out which one is the > forground proccess. the only way that I could figure it out was using w, > and some grep magic, but its a well known fact that if you run w, or ps, > or anything like

help for backporting

2003-07-02 Thread Geoff Crompton
Hi, Where would be a good place to ask for help in backporting some packages? I'm trying to backport the libssl and ipsec-tools packages from sid to woody, so I can try out the IPsec features of the 2.4.21 kernel. At the moment, when running '%debian/rules binary' for the openssl packages

Does anyone use an All-in-One Printer?

2003-07-02 Thread Jake Johnson
I am in the market for a printer and was wondering what people are happy with. Regards, Jake Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Plutoid - http://www.plutoid.com - Shop Plutoid for the best prices on Rims, Car Audio, and Performance Par

Re: kernel 2.5.xx and Qt

2003-07-02 Thread Robin Gerard
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 01:38:54PM +0200, Torquil Macdonald Sørensen wrote: > On Tuesday 01 July 2003 02:17, Robin Gerard wrote: ... > > From curiosity, what package I must install, in order that xconfig works > > fine ? (libqt2 or libqt3 are not suitable) > > Why to use Qt rather Gtk ? > > libqt3

Re: Help upgrading kernel without net access (was: Trying Again)

2003-07-02 Thread Josh Metzler
On Tuesday 01 July 2003 04:01 pm, Abrasive wrote: > I've had some trouble posting to this group, so I'm trying again with a > different mail client. In the future, I suggest that you use a more descriptive Subject: in your queries for help. Many list readers glance at the subject to see if the

Re[2]: please help me to edit xconfig

2003-07-02 Thread Reza
>You mean the binary driver from nVidia? yes, the file named: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run >> ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION >> # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the >> # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. >> # >> # Edit this f

Re: Serial terminal program?

2003-07-02 Thread matt zagrabelny
On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 19:18, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > Is there a serial terminal program for Debian? One that will talk out an > RS-232 port? I couldn't seem to find one searching in dselect or debian.org's > online package search. > > I don't think gnome-terminal or the like can talk to a se

Sound card recommendations?

2003-07-02 Thread Kirk Strauser
I'm building a little P5/200 box for my kids to play Reader Rabbit (which unfortunately runs only under Windows - Wine can't handle it) and am trying to decide whether to: 1) Buy a cheap sound card for it, or 2) Give them my old ENS1371 from my workstation and upgrade to something newer.

Re: How to change a symlink without breaking anything (problems withg++)

2003-07-02 Thread Travis Crump
David Z Maze wrote: Morten Eriksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: What is the correct manner of changing a symlink file belonging to a Debian package? Is it sufficient to just rm and re-link, or should I use any of the package-handling tools? You can't. (Well, you can, but the next time you upgra

Re: XFree86 4.3

2003-07-02 Thread Shaul Karl
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 02:37:44PM +0200, Joeri De Backer wrote: > Hello, > > Is there anybody who can tell me if it's possible to install > XFree86 version 4.3? If so: how? :-) > I believe that debs can be found on the web. Perhaps Sid already has an official 4.3.0. I searched google for `d

Re: Serial terminal program?

2003-07-02 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 08:18:49PM -0400, Michael D. Crawford wrote: | Is there a serial terminal program for Debian? One that will talk out an | RS-232 port? I couldn't seem to find one searching in dselect or | debian.org's | online package search. minicom kermit I'm sure there are others too

Re: via-rhine & dhclient

2003-07-02 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 08:56:48PM -0700, Piero wrote: | Each time I turn onmy computer, I have to give commands: | | modprobe via-rhine One method is to run # echo 'via-rhine' >> /etc/modules (/etc/modules is a list of modules to load at boot time.) The method I use is to put alias eth

Re: Newbie Question

2003-07-02 Thread Kent West
Abrasive wrote: Okay, after loading a new machine with Debian 3.0r1, I've found that I need to install a newer kernel. Without the kernel, debian won't recognize my NIC or my display adapter. So, I don't have internet access on that computer. I'd like to download all the necessary files to u

Re: openbox3

2003-07-02 Thread Marc Wilson
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 09:08:45AM -0700, M. Kirchhoff wrote: > It was just released as source on 29 June...doubt anyone has created a > .deb package yet. It's not hard to build, though. It has a few more dependencies than v2 does, notably libxml. > I'm excited to try it, though; supposedly vers

Re: Problems with ncurses in X

2003-07-02 Thread Marc Wilson
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 02:58:05PM +0100, Paladin wrote: > For some time now I've been having some problems with ncurses > programs inside X. When running "make menuconfig", for example, > inside xterm or Eterm all frame lines appear as characters! Well, I can't speak to what Eterm does, but this

Re: Serial terminal program?

2003-07-02 Thread Bijan Soleymani
On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 20:18, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > Is there a serial terminal program for Debian? One that will talk out an > RS-232 port? I couldn't seem to find one searching in dselect or debian.org's > online package search. > > I don't think gnome-terminal or the like can talk to a se

Re: How to change a symlink without breaking anything (problems with g++)

2003-07-02 Thread Marc Wilson
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 08:14:34PM +0200, Morten Eriksen wrote: > (In case someone is interested, I'm asking because I just stumbled > over a surprising issue with the g++ packages: doing an > ># apt-get install g++ > > installed g++-3.3 (I was expecting just an upgrade to the previously

Re: Serial terminal program?

2003-07-02 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 20:18:49 -0400 "Michael D. Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a serial terminal program for Debian? One that will talk out an > RS-232 port? I couldn't seem to find one searching in dselect or > debian.org's online package search. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-cache se

Re: via-rhine & dhclient

2003-07-02 Thread matt zagrabelny
On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 22:56, Piero wrote: > Each time I turn onmy computer, I have to give commands: > > modprobe via-rhine > dhclient > > How can I have them authomatically executed at every boot? I guess it's > simple, but I cannot find the solution in any handbook or any man page. > Thanks.

Re: NFS

2003-07-02 Thread matt zagrabelny
On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 10:37, tt tt wrote: > I am going to try and learn NFS between two debian boxes. Does anyone > know of any good guides for debian? Is it already compliled into the > kernel? > > Thanks 2 choices for the server nfs-user-server or nfs-kernel-server. nfs-common for client thos

Re: Trying Again

2003-07-02 Thread Jay Latham
On Tuesday 01 July 2003 15:01, Abrasive wrote: > I've had some trouble posting to this group, so I'm trying again with a > different mail client. > Here's my problem. I don't know what I'm doing... But about my other > problems... > I just installed a fresh copy of Debian 3.0r1, and in order for

Re: --purge after apt-get remove?

2003-07-02 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 10:44:14PM -0400, Tod Hagan wrote: > Is there a way to purge the conf files that's quicker than > reinstalling and then purging the packages? dpkg-reconfigure -plow - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :

Re: /. debate

2003-07-02 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 07:14:50AM -0700, M. Kirchhoff wrote: > > What were they about? > > > The impending death of Debian (according to the author): > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/30/0223205&mode=thread&tid=106&tid=185&tid=90 Heh, I ha

Re: Newbie Question

2003-07-02 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Abrasive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Okay, after loading a new machine with Debian 3.0r1, I've found that I need > to install a > newer kernel. Without the kernel, debian won't recognize my NIC or my > display > adapter. So, I don't have internet access on that computer. > I'd like

Re: Kernel image for amd xp 1900+

2003-07-02 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 04:36:29PM +0100, tt tt wrote: > Which kernel image (2.4.20) should I be using for a amd xp 1900+ > processor? Am i best using the one of the i686 k7 ones? i686 and k7 are ambiguous subarchitectures. One or the other. You wan

Re: dselect

2003-07-02 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 06:23:57PM +0200, Thomas Gies wrote: > Why does dselect update packages from unstable even if I put > > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > > in my apt.conf? Unstable pinned at the same or higher priority? Pinning's kind of a

Re: ext3 and Kernel 2.4.18

2003-07-02 Thread Paladin
Hi, On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 17:29:10 +0100 "Adam Gent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am running debian (woody) with the standard kernel > 2.4.18-bf2.4-xfs which was installed when I installed debian. > > From looking through the modules dir for the kernel it looks like > it loads ext3

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Re: Re[2]: please help me to edit xconfig

2003-07-02 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
> >Please read the README file for the nVidia driver. It states exactly > >what modules to comment out from the above. If you used the Debian > >packages for this driver, the README should be in > >/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx*. > > i have read it, and i have try to configure this file as same as the

Re: Newbie Question

2003-07-02 Thread Andrea Tasso
unpack the kernel source tree in /usr/src cd to /usr/src/linux-2.whateveryouhave configure your options with make-menuconfig build the deb with make-kpkg kernel_image cd .. install it w dpkg -i kernel-image-whateveryouhave_i386.deb On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 01:00:12PM -0500 or thereabouts, Abrasi

RE: Trying Again

2003-07-02 Thread John Hedge
Rather than muck around downloading an iso image whatever if you don't have an Internet connection why not buy debian 3 with a 2.4 kernel. They're available here in Aus for $20 approx. or USD12. That way, unless you've got a really 'off the wall' nic it'll discover it, and most of your other hardw

Re: Trying Again

2003-07-02 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 15:01:44 -0500 Abrasive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've had some trouble posting to this group, so I'm trying again with a > different mail client. > Here's my problem. I don't know what I'm doing... But about my other > problems... > I just installed a fresh copy of Debi

Re: Kernel Build Methodology

2003-07-02 Thread Kevin McKinley
On 01 Jul 2003 22:05:53 +0200 Johan Parin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've read through chapter 7 in the Debian Reference and man make-kpkg, > but I'm not sure I'm completely clear on the "Debian standard method" > to build the kernel. I built my first custom kernel the way it's > described, no p

Re: debian popularity contest mail bounce

2003-07-02 Thread K S Sreeram
On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 18:34, Colin Watson wrote: > Yes. > > $ host -t mx ks.tachyon.tech > Host ks.tachyon.tech not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > Is tachyon.tech an internal domain? > Yes tachyon.tech is an internal domain used within my office. Does that mean people using internal domains cannot p

Promise SATA150 TX2plus

2003-07-02 Thread Mustafa Al-Shawaf
I am interested in buying the Promise SATA150 TX2plus, but I wouldlike to use it with Debian.  I was looking under there driverssection, and they have support for:TurboLinux 8.0SuSE 7.3/8.0Red Hat 7.3/8.0Mandrake 9.0I was wondering if it would be possible to use one of these packagesfor D

windowmaker not showing icons for running applications

2003-07-02 Thread K S Sreeram
[debian sarge] Hi When running most applications in wmaker, the application icons are not displayed - instead the default icon is being displayed. e.g mozilla, xpdf, evolution, vmware.. etc In most of the other window managers that i have seen, the application provided icons get displayed correc

Re: installing saxon

2003-07-02 Thread Kevin Mark
> I've installed docbook-xsl, lib-saxon-java, saxon-catalog. But when I try > to use "saxon" I get the following error: > saxon acpi.xml > /usr/share/sgml/docbook/stylesheet/xsl/nwalsh/fo/tldp-html.xsl > > tldp-saxon.html > bash: saxon: command not found Hi

Re: Connecting remotely to my home computer

2003-07-02 Thread Shawn Lamson
On Tue, April 15 at 8:20 PM EDT "Roberto Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The modem has two options for connection type: "Always On," and "On >Demand" (I had been useing "On Demand" before. Is it reasonable to >assume that the "Always On" option will hold on to the IP? I usually can maintai

Re: Worked around (dirty...) How to apply no-debianized kernel patch to debianized kernel-source?

2003-07-02 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 11:33:09PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > However, I'll stop here and not say anything more unless there are > specific questions; I think I've put forward my point as best I can and > your licensing decisions are as always yours alone. I don't think you've put any points for

Re: Acpi support fails (2.4.21)

2003-07-02 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 09:55:07PM +0200, Joan Tur wrote: > I've downloaded Debian's patched kernel-source-2.4.21 and compiled it enabling > Acpi support (HP Omnibook XT1000)... You probably want to work from a vanilla kernel with the patch from http://acpi.sourceforge.net NOT the debian-patched

Determine what font is selected?

2003-07-02 Thread Bill Moseley
I'm running Debian/Testing, but I also have a /etc/fonts directory and /etc/X11/XftConfig -- basically, I have no idea how fonts work on this machine... ;) Bascially, I installed some new fonts which screwed up my window manager fonts. Then trying to use xfontsel and manually set fonts for icewm

[Fwd: installing phpgroupware : getting the index.php page exec'dwith apache]

2003-07-02 Thread Pedro Mullor
Hello All, after having done an apt-get install phpgroupware on Woody, and having enabled libphp3.so module on httpd.conf Apache file, when connecting to http://server/phpgroupware, firebird/mozilla keeps telling me that : >> the file "" is of type application/x-httpd-php and Mozilla Firebird

Re: Worked around (dirty...) How to apply no-debianized kernelpatch to debianized kernel-source?

2003-07-02 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 18:33, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 11:31:03AM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 01:53:40AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > Sounds like the GFDL. You might want to have a look at debian-legal > > > archives on this topic; there are un

re: tasksel, first time with debian

2003-07-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 22:36, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 22:56, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > Hi all, [snip] > Tell me if I read this right, or what's different: > > You're installing Debian from scratch, no pre-existing files. yep > You've completed the initial install, and

Re: tasksel, first time with debian

2003-07-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 02:21, Bob Proulx wrote: > Iain Buchanan wrote: > > Depends: but it is not going to be installed and then finally > > E: Sorry, broken packages > > for anything I try through tasksel. > > That looks like a broken /etc/apt/sources.list file. Which may have > happened if you

apt-get dist-upgrade w/ testing and unstable in sources.list

2003-07-02 Thread Reckhard, Tobias
Hello I've got a sarge/testing system with testing and unstable source in /etc/apt/sources.list, since I use some packages from unstable as well. /etc/apt/apt.conf contains the line: APT::Default-Release "testing"; Now, when I do 'apt-get -u dist-upgrade', it tells me: The following package

Re: tasksel, first time with debian

2003-07-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 12:26, Shawn Lamson wrote: > On Sun, June 29 at 12:26 PM EDT > Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > I get a heap of > > Depends: but it is not going to be installed > > and then finally > > E: Sorry, broken packages > > for anything I try through tasksel. > >

Re: dselect

2003-07-02 Thread thomas . gies
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 06:41:33PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > Thomas Gies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Why does dselect update packages from unstable even if I put > > > > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > > > > in my apt.conf? > > Because dselect isn't terribly cognizant of APT; dselect w

Re: Forcing installation over unmet dependencies

2003-07-02 Thread Nick Hastings
* Morten Eriksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030702 10:59]: > How can I force apt-get to ignore the unmet dependency, or otherwise > get the libqt3-dev package installed? > > Is there a general mechanism for telling the package manipulation > system "don't bother with this package, I've already got what

Re: Trying Again

2003-07-02 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Abrasive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030702 11:00]: > I've had some trouble posting to this group, so I'm trying again with a > different mail client. Please see my reply to your previous email (subject: "Newbie Question"). Here is another tip on posting to this list: Use subject lines that p

Re: kernel 2.5.xx and Qt

2003-07-02 Thread David Z Maze
Robin Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (I prefer Gtk because it is free, wehreas Qt ? Got over their licensing issues a long time ago. Looking in /usr/share/doc/kdebase-bin/copyright, the various bits of KDE are under differing DFSG-free licenses. > And, when I used Mandrake with an old ma

Re: kernel 2.5.xx and Qt

2003-07-02 Thread Marcin M. Bis
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 00:17:44 + Robin Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (...) > Why to use Qt rather Gtk ? > -- > Gerard Read the output of 'make help'. And then try 'make gconfig' (you'll need gtk2.0). I haven't tried it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

crontab bug?

2003-07-02 Thread LeVA
Hi! When I edit my crontab (crontab -e) and then save it, it says normally that Processing '/etc/joe/editorrc'...done File /tmp/crontab.QMxjUM saved. But when the time has come, nothing happened. It did not start the command. I have to type '/etc/init.d/cron restart' to make the updated cro

Re: debian popularity contest mail bounce

2003-07-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 09:41:54AM +0530, K S Sreeram wrote: > On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 18:34, Colin Watson wrote: > > Yes. > > > > $ host -t mx ks.tachyon.tech > > Host ks.tachyon.tech not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > > > Is tachyon.tech an internal domain? > > Yes tachyon.tech is an internal domain

package madness upgrading stable pin

2003-07-02 Thread Stuart Zilm
I have some questions about how to properly manage a mixed stable/unstable system - with some extra personel desires. I just recently got my Woody 3.0r1 CDs in the mail. Yay! I installed the system, and then decided I wanted some newer versions of some of the software (fluxbox, gaim...). I w

Re: Bash question

2003-07-02 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Shawn Lamson > > for file in `ls` > do mpg123 "$file" > done Really? $ touch "aa aa" $ touch bb $ for file in `ls`; do echo "$file"; done aa aa bb -- Jon Haugsand, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.norges-bank.no -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: via-rhine & dhclient

2003-07-02 Thread Jake Johnson
Try insmod via-rhine and make sure the the via-rhine entry is in /etc/modules.conf Regards, Jake Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Plutoid - http://www.plutoid.com - Shop Plutoid for the best prices on Rims, Car Audio, and Performanc

Re: Trying Again

2003-07-02 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 01:30:14 +0200, Abrasive wrote: > work. Although I've been told that the newer kernel supports that card. > SO, which files do I need to download(kernel image, package, etc) that I > can put on a CD > and copy to the Debian machine. And then what do I do with those files? > T

Re: Trying Again

2003-07-02 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 01 July 2003 12:01 pm, Abrasive wrote: > I've had some trouble posting to this group, so I'm trying again with a > different mail client. > Here's my problem. I don't know what I'm doing... But about my other > problems... > I just install

Re: via-rhine & dhclient

2003-07-02 Thread B P
Piero wrote: Each time I turn onmy computer, I have to give commands: modprobe via-rhine dhclient How can I have them authomatically executed at every boot? I guess it's simple, but I cannot find the solution in any handbook or any man page. Thanks. About dhclient I'm not too sure, but for via-r

Re: How to use xine to see vcd in debian?

2003-07-02 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- James Ng Yuen Sum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I have been used xine to see the vcd when i was using RedHat, after i > have turned to debian, i have xine but it cannot > "see" my vcd. > > I want to ask how to do to xine so i can see the video and which plugins > are necessary for me to se

Re: Newbie Question

2003-07-02 Thread Nick Hastings
* Abrasive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030702 10:58]: > Okay, after loading a new machine with Debian 3.0r1, I've found that > I need to install a newer kernel. Without the kernel, debian won't > recognize my NIC or my display adapter. So, I don't have internet > access on that computer. I'd like to do

Re: Floppy/network install question

2003-07-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 09:02:06AM -0500, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > I need to downgrade from testing to stable on my laptop. THis seems > about impossible because of packages that were split, e.g. debianutils > split off coreutils. Trying to downgrade debianutils fails because it > tries to over

Re: dselect

2003-07-02 Thread Florian Ernst
David Z Maze wrote: > Thomas Gies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Why does dselect update packages from unstable even if I put >> >> APT::Default-Release "testing"; >> >> in my apt.conf? > > Because dselect isn't terribly cognizant of APT; dselect was written > first, and doesn't really understand

Re: Newbie Question

2003-07-02 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Abrasive wrote: > Okay, after loading a new machine with Debian 3.0r1, I've found that I > need to install a > newer kernel. Without the kernel, debian won't recognize my NIC or my > display > adapter. It is possible to choose a newer Kernel (2.4.18-bf2.4) during installation. However, so

Re: Recommended hardware

2003-07-02 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 17:11, DGLUser wrote: > Hi all, I need to buy a new computer, w/o monitor my budget is about $1000 usd, and > I need to have a decent system. I cheked the ones being sold by Walmart online > (microtel), but I didn't see any dvd/cd burner/drive capability. I wasn't sure > ei

Re: kernel 2.5.xx and Qt

2003-07-02 Thread Paul Foote
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 07:24:04AM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > Because that's what the kernel developers WANTED to do. Why favor GTK over > Qt? Namely linus, hes a KDE lover aparently :( What surprises me is they didnt stick with Tk! -- /--\ | Paul Foote by day,

Re: via-rhine & dhclient

2003-07-02 Thread Paul Foote
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 08:56:48PM -0700, Piero wrote: > Each time I turn onmy computer, I have to give commands: > > modprobe via-rhine put "via-rhine" in /etc/modules > dhclient for DHCP? in /etc/network/interfaces put "iface eth0 inet dhcp" man 5 interfaces for more info -- /--

Re: Upgrading the kernel

2003-07-02 Thread ajlewis2
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Anita Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >>># apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc > [...] >> ls /boot (see if that new kernel is in there) >> ls /lib/modules (see if it gave you any modules to go with it) > > No no.. This is not intel. It's a Macintosh. >

package origins

2003-07-02 Thread Stuart Zilm
Is there a way for me to set the "Origin" of packages I install (as supported by, say, "aptitude search '!~ODebian'")? Is this fully supported? I'm running a Woody 3.0r1 system installed from CDs, since I have a very slow and expensive internet connection. I want to update some of my software

Re: Newbie Question

2003-07-02 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello tt tt wrote: > The best option would be to re-install the whole system with the 2.4.18 > kernel. This can be done in woody (3.0r1) by typing bf24 on the first > screen of the install. The Kernel packages included in Debian 3.0r1 are outdated and have several security issues, among them the

Re: OT: Limit on maximum # of threads in Linux?

2003-07-02 Thread Thomas Krennwallner
Hi! On Wed Jul 02, 2003 at 11:31:32AM +0200, Holger Rauch wrote: > I tried the following test program with various 2.4.x und 2.2.x kernels and > noticed that it doesn't *seem* to be possible to create more than 1021 > threads. I changed "ulimit -u" from within bash before running the thread > test

Re: bash: display running foreground command in xterm title

2003-07-02 Thread Tim Connors
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: >> If you do pop into something that does fix this up (even a source patch to >> bash, but not like I really feel like playing with that any time soon) let >> the list know plz :) > > I'm close to hacking bash out of pure frustration :-) Ahhh, when you do, can you

Re: kernel 2.5.xx and Qt

2003-07-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 11:19:21PM +, Robin Gerard wrote: > On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 01:38:54PM +0200, Torquil Macdonald S?rensen wrote: > > On Tuesday 01 July 2003 02:17, Robin Gerard wrote: > > > From curiosity, what package I must install, in order that xconfig > > > works fine ? (libqt2 or l

Re: GTK font issues

2003-07-02 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 04:21:33PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Ok, recently I got a pointer to look at boa-constructor for some Python > development. It looks nice except for one problem. Many of the dialogs have > squares for the fonts. I have n

Re: Junk mail on the list.

2003-07-02 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 18:24, David wrote: > On Sunday 29 June 2003 03:01 am, cr wrote: > > On Saturday 28 June 2003 05:39, alex wrote: > > > I'm getting a lot of junk mail that is addressed to this list. Am I > > >the only one getting this stuff? > > > > > > alex > > > > The polite term for it

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