RE: SIOCDELRT: No such process (sarge networking)

2004-08-23 Thread Jan Johansson
> Now I am wondering if it is hardware-related; I am > using a motherboard with integrated ethernet: SiS900 > PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 83) Yeap, I have the same situation on a system with that chip. What happens is that eth0 and eth1 simply "swaps places" on some boots (integrated SiS900 and a Intel

.deb builder for Intel Compilers

2004-08-23 Thread Ionut Georgescu
Hello everyone, if anyone out there finds it usefull, I have managed to package the Intel Compilers for ia64 and i386. Assuming it is not allowed (and fair) to redistribute any binaries, I provide a .deb 'builder': http://www.physik.tu-cottbus.de/~george/debian/unstable/intel-compiler-source_8.0-

Re: Rsync script to mirror Debian based on anonftpsync

2004-08-23 Thread Alexis Huxley
> I find this script useful on small LAN's, etc.: I also have a script for doing this at http://dione.no-ip.org/~alexis/computing/rsdeb/ But there must be some more official non-Debian-specific and non-Linux-specific way do do these things, right? I just don't know what it is. Alexis -- To UN

Re: Debian and KDE33

2004-08-23 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 10:39:12PM -0700, Jeff Goodwin wrote: > Hello, > > The KDE org refers people to you to get an official ruling on when/whether you give > your official binaries of KDE 3.3 to them. Also, I just did a CD install of Debian > and found KDE 2.2 on there. Is a later KDE versi

Re: anonymous proxy

2004-08-23 Thread messmate
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 15:12:15 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:36:45 +0200, "messmate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> Hi, >> is there an anonymous proxy server available by debian ? >> If not where else for linux ? > >Oops!! Look out!!! You've asked Der Verboten Question!!

Re: anonymous proxy

2004-08-23 Thread messmate
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 01:09:53 +0100 robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In debian testing -apt-get install anon-proxy Thanks, did you tested it ? mess-mate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-23 Thread John L Fjellstad
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > M ppp c 108 0 That's just creating the ppp node manually. Udev should create automatically without any rules as long as it shows up in the /sys filesystem. -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes --

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-23 Thread John L Fjellstad
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Running 2.6.7 on my server. Make sure that /sys/class/ppp/ppp gets >> created (it has everything to do with sysfs and not udev actually). >> > I run Linux debian 2.6.4-1-386 #1 Sat Mar 13 17:49:12 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux > debian bin. kernel and udev >

Re: Debian Update

2004-08-23 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >> > and make sure your /etc/apt/source.list not pointing to your >> > cd installation( except you want to install new package from it >> > ) >> >> Why not? An upgrade will always get the latest packages, and install >> will do the same, a

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-23 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:24:10AM +0200, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > M ppp c 108 0 > > That's just creating the ppp node manually. Udev should create > automatically without any rules as long as it shows up in the /sys > filesystem. > > -- Hi John, y

[no subject]

2004-08-23 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Is there a Debian -- or free -- equivalent of MATLAB.

Re: anonymous proxy

2004-08-23 Thread John Summerfield
messmate wrote: Hmmm... i readed the story :) Of course the goal isn't for any spam or other malversations. It's only, i want to preserve my privacy ! mess-mate Put your amour on, then visit this place: http://www.findnot.com/ See how good you are. -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [

Re: Debian and KDE33

2004-08-23 Thread John Summerfield
Kevin Mark wrote: 'Woody' aka the current stable, is the official supported version of debian -- it is the only one with security updates. Sarge also has official security updates. -- Cheers John -- spambait [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tourist pics http://portgeographe.environmentaldisas

"Linux" printed on stdout after APT operations

2004-08-23 Thread martin f krafft
For a while now, every APT operation prints 'Linux' (think: uname) just before it returns to the shell. I have listbugs and listchanges installed, but I cannot find any reference to what is causing this. Furthermore, if I run, e.g. apt-get update under strace, the string is not printed. It is only

Re: don't remove kernel 2.4 or bye-bye ppp, alsa

2004-08-23 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:27:03AM +0200, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Running 2.6.7 on my server. Make sure that /sys/class/ppp/ppp gets > >> created (it has everything to do with sysfs and not udev actually). > >> > > I run Linux debian 2.6.4-1-386 #

Re: X Server Crash

2004-08-23 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 09:49:23AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hello everyone, > This is my first posting to any debian list. Welcome Tshepang, Hope all is well in SA! > I had a problem with an X Server Crash whose output, together with that of scanpci, > is pasted below. I digged around

Re: your mail

2004-08-23 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 10:11:04AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Is there a Debian -- or free -- equivalent of MATLAB. if you do: apt-cache search matlab you will see a list of math type programs. scilab - Matrix-based scientific software package (a la Matlab and Xmath) octave - The GNU Oct

Re: Free Matlab equivalent

2004-08-23 Thread Brendon Higgins
Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Is there a Debian -- or free -- equivalent of MATLAB. Have a look for "octave". (apt-get install octave) It's pretty similar. Peace, Brendon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Where is Alsa mixer?

2004-08-23 Thread Björn Johansson
Hello! I'm searching for Alsa mixer, where can I find it? I'm using kernel 2.6.5, so the program must work with Alsa 1.x. Right now I'm using woody. (I'm not a subscriber of the mailing list..) Björn Johansson

Re: Where is Alsa mixer?

2004-08-23 Thread Brendon Higgins
Björn Johansson wrote: > I'm searching for Alsa mixer, where can I find it? I think the alsa-utils package has the alsamixer program. Peace, Brendon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Evolution in Norwegian?

2004-08-23 Thread Sturla Holm Hansen
Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: Em Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:50:07 +0200, Sturla Holm Hansen escreveu: I used to have evolution in Norwegian on a Fedora box, I can't seem to find it in Debian, any hints? Whatâs the output of the locale command? It should be something with LAN

kernel 2.4.27 doesn't set dma

2004-08-23 Thread Alexei Chetroi
Hi, I've recently upgraded to kernel 2.4.27 and noticed that my disk doesn't use dma, though it was instructed to do so by hdparm. cat /proc/pci shows me Bus 0, device 31, function 1: IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 18). I/O at 0xfc00 [0xfc0f]. and on previous

nvidia drivers

2004-08-23 Thread Tom Allison
OK, I tried to install the nvidia kernel headers and such with a stock debian kernel. I didn't see any errors through any of the steps, however I keep getting failure when I now start X. IIRC the packages where nvidia-kernel and variou headers and such. The list of the specific packages isn'

Re: Installing/Updating debian on a machine with no internet access

2004-08-23 Thread Lourens Steenkamp
Lourens replying to Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have recently switched over to Debian/Sarge from Redhat 9.0. This > is at my home where my pc has an internet connection. I had > downloaded the first few iso images using jigdo, installed from them, > then ove

Re:

2004-08-23 Thread Roy Pluschke
On August 23, 2004 01:11, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Is there a Debian -- or free -- equivalent of MATLAB. try octave RJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: nvidia drivers

2004-08-23 Thread Ingo Ruhnke
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:13:22 -0400, Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I tried to install the nvidia kernel headers and such with a stock > debian kernel. I didn't see any errors through any of the steps, > however I keep getting failure when I now start X. IIRC the packages > where nv

Re: Where is Alsa mixer?

2004-08-23 Thread cep welly
Björn Johansson wrote: Hello! I'm searching for Alsa mixer, where can I find it? I'm using kernel 2.6.5, so the program must work with Alsa 1.x. Right now I'm using woody. (I'm not a subscriber of the mailing list..) Björn Johansson Alsa-utils. ---me--- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: enable bonding

2004-08-23 Thread Jacob Friis Larsen
Yes I can see bond0 in ifconfig, but not if I boot. If I boot it forgets about bonding. How can I make sure that bonding is still enabled when I boot? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Help straightening out disk partitions. SOLVED

2004-08-23 Thread David Baron
Faced with the possibility of having to start over, I booted my knoppix CD and made a partimage for the linux and moved the audio data off the partition. I used fdisk to delete the fat partition. QTparted would still not read the disk so I did everything in fdisk, leaving the original linux part

Illegal IMail List Server Command!

2004-08-23 Thread List Server
IMail List Server for Windows NT, Ipswitch, Inc. Valid Commands are: To subscribe to a list, send a mail message to "imailsrv" at this address with the following in the body of the message: subscribe listname your_

Re:

2004-08-23 Thread robin
octave? Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: Is there a Debian -- or free -- equivalent of MATLAB.

domain name of debian

2004-08-23 Thread Shu Hung (Koala)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 where does the domain name of a debain stored? is there anyway to change it? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBKczg4uyclScWNtARAh3cAJ9U7OVzM+QgPdt20

Re: anonymous proxy

2004-08-23 Thread Christoph Wegscheider
robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In debian testing -apt-get install anon-proxy Is it working? I tried it for month now, but it never worked. It crashs on the first client connect. The java programm from the upstream Website runs without problems. Christoph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: nvidia drivers

2004-08-23 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 06:13:22AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: } OK, I tried to install the nvidia kernel headers and such with a stock } debian kernel. I didn't see any errors through any of the steps, } however I keep getting failure when I now start X. IIRC the packages } where nvidia-kernel

Re: domain name of debian

2004-08-23 Thread Rus Foster
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Shu Hung (Koala) wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 where does the domain name of a debain stored? is there anyway to change it? Try edit /etc/domainname or /etc/hostname depending on what you want to acheive Rus -- e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : t: 1-888-327-6330

Re: domain name of debian

2004-08-23 Thread Shu Hung (Koala)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I want to modify the domainname part but there is no /etc/domainname Rus Foster ??: | On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Shu Hung (Koala) wrote: | |> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 |> |> where does the domain name of a debain stored? is there anyway to

Re: domain name of debian

2004-08-23 Thread John Summerfield
Rus Foster wrote: On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Shu Hung (Koala) wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 where does the domain name of a debain stored? is there anyway to change it? Try edit /etc/domainname or /etc/hostname depending on what you want to acheive Rus dnsdomainname is in /etc/r

upgrade to 2.4.27 kills VMWare?

2004-08-23 Thread James Cummings
Hi, I was running VMWare on kernel 2.4.26 and now that I seem to have apt-get upgrade'd myself into 2.4.27 VMWare won't run. I says I should reconfigure it, but when I do I get the following error: What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running k

Re: defunct processes

2004-08-23 Thread Matthias Czapla
On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 12:42:51PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > I use fluxbox (0.9.9-1) and start most processes with a key > combination through fluxkeys. This works fine, but I am noticing > a peculiarity: processes started that way end up being > defunct/zombie processes for a while: > [...]

Re: screen vs. multiple xterm's + remote connection

2004-08-23 Thread Jon
> so if you forgot to gracefully "^A d" detach a session at work > (or kill its operating window for example) you can force a > detach from elsewhere. suddenly, the cleaning folks at your > office are seeing your xterm say "[remote detached]" and now yuo > can reattach to it wherever you are. (note

Re: X Server Crash

2004-08-23 Thread Kent West
Kevin Mark wrote: On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 09:49:23AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: I had a problem with an X Server Crash whose output, together with that of scanpci, is pasted below. I digged around lists.debian.org and found similar problems experienced by others, only that they didn't help.

I could just screen!

2004-08-23 Thread John Summerfield
I was working at a framebuffer console and wanted to see both the remote host (Modem plus Internet away), and local (well, same LAN) at the same time to facilitate swipe & paste with gpm. ^AS split the screen horizontally. ^A switches "regions" Took me a while to figure ^Ac to create a new sessi

Is Openoffice's Spell checking broken in SID?

2004-08-23 Thread Ralph Crongeyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, Spell checking isn't working for me in Openoffice on SID. Is anyone else having problems with MySpell and Openoffice? Thanks Ralph - -- Linux, to keep you humble. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBKfpHw

attempt to access beyond end of device

2004-08-23 Thread steve downes
I keep getting the message below:- attempt to access beyond end of device> 03:02 rw=0 want=1898676924, limit 4883760 I get it when I open the /etc directory in midnight commander & the problems arrival co-incides with a failure to find eth0. Anyone care to comment on either & if thay are likely

configuration of nsswitch.conf ignored by system

2004-08-23 Thread Matthias Eichler
Dear DebUsers, I've the problem that on all debian systems (Woody, Sid) it seems that some configuration changes of the nsswitch.conf are ignored by the system. We've a lot of Laptop systems that should resolve the groups also from LDAP - but only as long as they are in our company network. As so

Re: TUN/TAP tunneling in 2.6.8.1

2004-08-23 Thread Mirco Schmidt
The Problem was gone after two days, I shutdown at night and after the system was up again all went fine. Greetz Mirco -- Warn European Authorities against the dangers of software patents. http://petition.eurolinux.org/index_html?LANG=de Against-TCPA Don't let them take YOUR RIGHTS! http://ww

Re:

2004-08-23 Thread Fernando
Try Scilab, is compatible with .m files matlab. And scilab work very fine El lun, 23-08-2004 a las 10:11, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe escribió: > Is there a Debian -- or free -- equivalent of MATLAB. -- # Linux Registered User #37 # #"Nacimos para ser libres y Linux , nos brinda la luz de la esper

Re: attempt to access beyond end of device

2004-08-23 Thread John Summerfield
steve downes wrote: I keep getting the message below:- attempt to access beyond end of device> 03:02 rw=0 want=1898676924, limit 4883760 I get it when I open the /etc directory in midnight commander & the problems arrival co-incides with a failure to find eth0. Anyone care to comment on either &

Re: Debian and KDE33

2004-08-23 Thread robin
John Summerfield wrote: Jeff Goodwin wrote: Hello, The KDE org refers people to you to get an official ruling on when/whether you give your official binaries of KDE 3.3 to them. Also, I just did a CD install of Debian and found KDE 2.2 on there. Is a later KDE version ok for Debian (Woody)? Se

Re: attempt to access beyond end of device

2004-08-23 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 03:13:52PM +0100, steve downes wrote: > I keep getting the message below:- > > attempt to access beyond end of device> > 03:02 rw=0 want=1898676924, limit 4883760 > > I get it when I open the /etc directory in midnight commander ... Could be very bad... Try closing your pr

Re: select N random lines in a file

2004-08-23 Thread Winston Smith
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 02:35:14PM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > I would like to write a script that will select N number of > random lines in a file. Any suggestions on how to do this? This program has the advantage that it doesn't read the whole file into memory, which is important if the fil

Best iso image for unstable

2004-08-23 Thread Miguel Griffa
Hi everyone I'm about to install unstable on a new machine, I have been running debian for long and I need now a nice cd image for installing unstable, which is the preferred way? are there any weekly images with packages for unstable (to save download time)? Thanks in advance -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: attempt to access beyond end of device

2004-08-23 Thread steve downes
on Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 10:37:17PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > steve downes wrote: > > >I keep getting the message below:- > > > >attempt to access beyond end of device> > >03:02 rw=0 want=1898676924, limit 4883760 > > > >I get it when I open the /etc directory in midnight commander & the >

Re: Best iso image for unstable

2004-08-23 Thread Thomas Adam
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:40:18PM -0300, Miguel Griffa wrote: > Hi everyone > > I'm about to install unstable on a new machine, I have been running > debian for long and I need now a nice cd image for installing > unstable, which is the preferred way? are there any weekly images with > packages f

Re: Best iso image for unstable

2004-08-23 Thread Joris Huizer
Miguel Griffa wrote: Hi everyone I'm about to install unstable on a new machine, I have been running debian for long and I need now a nice cd image for installing unstable, which is the preferred way? are there any weekly images with packages for unstable (to save download time)? Thanks in advance

Re: enable bonding

2004-08-23 Thread Joost De Cock
Quoting Jacob Friis Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Yes I can see bond0 in ifconfig, but not if I boot. If I boot it forgets > > about bonding. > > How can I make sure that bonding is still enabled when I boot? > You can set it up in the interfaces file. See: man interfaces joost DISCLAIMER Th

LAN APT-GET ?

2004-08-23 Thread Grant
Hey, Just wondering if i was to download all debian woody cd's could i copy the contents to a folder on my Intranet server and use that as an apt-get source... as every UK apt-get source seems to give me errors or is missing parts. It would only be for LAN access and would be accessable from a

Re: nvidia drivers

2004-08-23 Thread mk2
On Monday 23 August 2004 06:13 am, Tom Allison wrote: > OK, I tried to install the nvidia kernel headers and such with a stock > debian kernel. I didn't see any errors through any of the steps, > however I keep getting failure when I now start X. IIRC the packages > where nvidia-kernel and variou

Re: LAN APT-GET ?

2004-08-23 Thread Jacob S.
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:21:54 +0100 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > Just wondering if i was to download all debian woody cd's could i copy > > the contents to a folder on my Intranet server and use that as an > apt-get source... as every UK apt-get source seems to give me errors > or

Re: anti-freeze

2004-08-23 Thread Wim De Smet
Hi, On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 01:42:21 -0700, Jim McCloskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One of the machines I use regularly has a nasty habit of suddenly > locking completely (it happens maybe a couple of times a month). It's > always when X is running, and, I am nearly sure, always when a browser >

RE: Best iso image for unstable

2004-08-23 Thread Preston Boyington
Joris Huizer wrote: > > As far as I know, there are *no* debian/unstable iso images (it'd be a > nightmare to keep those updated... ) Sarge has (currently) 13 disks. Look on Debian.org for links to the images (I think under "CD Images" or some such). I've had to go this route only because I do

Re: Best iso image for unstable

2004-08-23 Thread John Summerfield
Miguel Griffa wrote: Hi everyone I'm about to install unstable on a new machine, I have been running debian for long and I need now a nice cd image for installing unstable, which is the preferred way? are there any weekly images with packages for unstable (to save download time)? Why not just in

Re: upgrade to 2.4.27 kills VMWare?

2004-08-23 Thread Dave Carrigan
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 01:53:33PM +0100, James Cummings wrote: > Hi, I was running VMWare on kernel 2.4.26 and now > that I seem to have apt-get upgrade'd myself into > 2.4.27 VMWare won't run. > > I says I should reconfigure it, but when I do I get the > following error: > > W

Re: Best iso image for unstable

2004-08-23 Thread Brian Nelson
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:59:31PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:40:18PM -0300, Miguel Griffa wrote: > > Hi everyone > > > > I'm about to install unstable on a new machine, I have been running > > debian for long and I need now a nice cd image for installing > > unstable,

RE: LAN APT-GET ?

2004-08-23 Thread Preston Boyington
Grant wrote: > Hey, > > Just wondering if i was to download all debian woody cd's > could i copy > the contents to a folder on my Intranet server and use that as an > apt-get source... as every UK apt-get source seems to give me errors > or is missing parts. > > It would only be for LAN access an

Re: X Server Crash

2004-08-23 Thread tallison
> Hello everyone, > This is my first posting to any debian list. > I had a problem with an X Server Crash whose output, together with that of > scanpci, is pasted below. I digged around lists.debian.org and found > similar problems experienced by others, only that they didn't help. I'm > running Wo

Re: X Server Crash

2004-08-23 Thread Thomas Adam
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 02:33:02PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > This is my first posting to any debian list. > > I had a problem with an X Server Crash whose output, together with that of > > scanpci, is pasted below. I digged around lists.debian.org and found > > similar

Debian Install

2004-08-23 Thread Stef VK5HSX
Greetings.. For those who have found installing Debian difficult in the past, well I recently downloaded the new Debian Installer (sarge-i366-businesscard.iso) and used it today to install a new system. I have tried numerous times unsuccessfully to install a system (with working GUI) pr

Re: domain name of debian

2004-08-23 Thread Alexis Huxley
> where does the domain name of a debain stored? > is there anyway to change it? I presume you mean DNS domain, not NIS domain. I think it is derived from looking up the name of the host, which is in /etc/hostname. E.g: my /etc/hostname contains 'dione'. my /etc/resolv.conf s

release change

2004-08-23 Thread Kaiser, Hans
Hello list, I'm considering to switch a preproductive machine to testing, which will go after one or two months productive. Because it's my first branch switch, I have several questions, but previously some word definitions I will use: - currentStable (the current stable version Deb3.0) - current

Re: System & Hardware clocks

2004-08-23 Thread Lourens Steenkamp
Lourens replying to P V Mathew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [big snip] > > > > > > > How ever The system I am using has only a dial up connection > to the net. And that connection is used rarely only. In short it > is a stand alone desktop. Also I am a bit curious about the > questions I h

Getting disk labels

2004-08-23 Thread Tong
Hi, I used to use e2label to get disk labels. But now I also have reiserfs disk, and e2label won't work on reiserfs disks. What is the generic way to get disk labels? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: attempt to access beyond end of device

2004-08-23 Thread steve downes
on Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 07:38:59AM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 03:13:52PM +0100, steve downes wrote: > > I keep getting the message below:- > > > > attempt to access beyond end of device> > > 03:02 rw=0 want=1898676924, limit 4883760 > > > > I get it when I open the /et

Re: release change

2004-08-23 Thread Jacob S.
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 20:54:14 +0200 "Kaiser, Hans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm considering to switch a preproductive machine to testing, which > will go after one or two months productive. Because it's my first > branch switch, I have several questions, but previously some wor

why not anaconda installer

2004-08-23 Thread belahcene abdelkader
I don't understand yet why debian doesn't use the anaconda as installer. It is very easy for installation ! I just tried the new version sarge, it is still complicate for new user !!! is there any reason ? or is there a new installer in project best regards bela = _

Re: why not anaconda installer

2004-08-23 Thread Thomas Adam
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:22:09PM -0700, belahcene abdelkader wrote: > I don't understand yet why debian doesn't use the > anaconda as > installer. It is very easy for installation ! Easy is subjective. Easy for what? How? Whom? Which aspect is easy? > I just tried the new version sarge, it

Re: why not anaconda installer

2004-08-23 Thread Michael Satterwhite
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 23 August 2004 14:22, belahcene abdelkader wrote: > I don't understand yet why debian doesn't use the > anaconda as > installer. It is very easy for installation ! > I just tried the new version sarge, it is still > complicate for new user

ndiswrapper/Sarge Newbie

2004-08-23 Thread Roger Creasy
I am trying to set up ndiswrapper under Sarge. Do Debian specific instructions for this process exists? If so, can anyone direct me to them? If not, can anyone who has had success with this send me the how-to?   Thanks,   Roger Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!

Re: enable bonding

2004-08-23 Thread Jacob Friis Larsen
Now it's working. But I don't know how to enable ifenslave at boot? # ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1 Can I put that in /etc/network/interfaces? My howto: (Is it correct?) # apt-get install ifenslave In /etc/modules i put "bonding". In /etc/network/interfaces I put this: auto bond0 iface bond0 inet stati

Re: why not anaconda installer

2004-08-23 Thread belahcene abdelkader
--- Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:22:09PM -0700, belahcene > abdelkader wrote: > > I don't understand yet why debian doesn't use > the > > anaconda as > > installer. It is very easy for installation ! > > Easy is subjective. Easy for what? How? OK ; Fir

Re: ndiswrapper/Sarge Newbie

2004-08-23 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya roger On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Roger Creasy wrote: > I am trying to set up ndiswrapper under Sarge. Do Debian specific instructions for > this process exists? If so, can anyone direct me to them? If not, can anyone who has > had success with this send me the how-to? for a non-debian ndiswr

Re: why not anaconda installer

2004-08-23 Thread Kent West
belahcene abdelkader wrote: --- Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:22:09PM -0700, belahcene abdelkader wrote: I don't understand yet why debian doesn't use the anaconda as installer. It is very easy for installation ! Easy is subjective.

Re: Question about using dpkg-deb:

2004-08-23 Thread Loki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Paul E Condon wrote: > I am trying to understand how to use dpkg-deb from reading the man page. > I've been downloading deb packages and installing them on my system > using aptitude and apt-get. Now I would like to burn a CD that

Re: enable bonding

2004-08-23 Thread Jacob Friis Larsen
But I don't know how to enable ifenslave at boot? # ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1 Can I put that in /etc/network/interfaces? Sorry, by Googling I found some options. Is it correct below? # apt-get install ifenslave In /etc/modules i put "bonding". In /etc/network/interfaces I put this: auto bond0 iface

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Re: enable bonding

2004-08-23 Thread Jacob Friis Larsen
But I don't know how to enable ifenslave at boot? # ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1 Can I put that in /etc/network/interfaces? Sorry, by Googling I found some options. Is it correct below? # apt-get install ifenslave In /etc/modules i put "bonding". In /etc/network/interfaces I put this: auto bond0 iface

Re: upgrade to 2.4.27 kills VMWare?

2004-08-23 Thread James Cummings
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Dave Carrigan wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 01:53:33PM +0100, James Cummings wrote: > > > Hi, I was running VMWare on kernel 2.4.26 and now > > that I seem to have apt-get upgrade'd myself into > > 2.4.27 VMWare won't run. > > > > I says I should reconfigure it, but w

alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Brian Pack
I've been hit with the issues between cdrecord and the 2.6.8 kernel. I've tried running as root as some have suggested (off-list), but at least for an audio cd, the results were less than satisfactory. Actually, they were crap. A bunch of mechanical-sounding bloops where King Crimson was expected.

Sound configuration (arts+alsa+jack+synth)

2004-08-23 Thread Felipe Massia Pereira
From Rosegarden FAQ [1]: "Alsa? aRts? huh???" I would like to use music editors like Rosegarden and it is very tough to configure the environment so it can play MIDI through soft synthesis. I could do it with "timidity -Oj -iA", but JACK is losing frames. I did not get fluidsynth/qsynth to wo

Re: anti-freeze

2004-08-23 Thread Justin Guerin
On Sunday 22 August 2004 02:42, Jim McCloskey wrote: > One of the machines I use regularly has a nasty habit of suddenly > locking completely (it happens maybe a couple of times a month). It's > always when X is running, and, I am nearly sure, always when a browser > is being used. This is a Debian

Where's routed?

2004-08-23 Thread ms419
I run Debian unstable & plan to setup dynamic routing (for the first time). I'll probably start with RIP, & maybe graduate to OSPF. I notice that routed isn't available in Debian any longer. Anyone know why this is? I think my alternatives include quagga or bird. Can anyone with dynamic routing

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:44:15PM -0400, Brian Pack wrote: > I've been hit with the issues between cdrecord and the 2.6.8 kernel. "The" issues... what issues? -- Marc Wilson | The Phone Booth Rule: A lone dime always gets the [EMAIL PROTECTED] | number nearly right. signature.asc De

Re: Where's routed?

2004-08-23 Thread Jon
Check out the package zebra. Replaces routed and ripd. http://www.zebra.org/ On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:46:13 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I run Debian unstable & plan to setup dynamic routing (for the first > time). I'll probably start with RIP, & maybe graduate to OSPF. >

Re: nvidia drivers

2004-08-23 Thread Tom Allison
Gregory Seidman wrote: On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 06:13:22AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: } OK, I tried to install the nvidia kernel headers and such with a stock } debian kernel. I didn't see any errors through any of the steps, } however I keep getting failure when I now start X. IIRC the packages

Request for help in tracking down a bug in X or hardware.

2004-08-23 Thread Paul E Condon
I am running Xwindows on Sarge. I have an S3 Savage video card. I have a strange problem in web browsers that use the Mozilla, i.e. all but Opera. My problem seems to occur with only one web site, namely www.theregister.co.uk , and not always even with that site. Sometimes when I bring up a page a

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Brian Pack
On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 18:06, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:44:15PM -0400, Brian Pack wrote: > > I've been hit with the issues between cdrecord and the 2.6.8 kernel. > > "The" issues... what issues? Haven't you heard? IIRC the kernel 2.6.8 plugged a security hole that cdrecord us

Re: Debian Install

2004-08-23 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 21:17 +0930, Stef VK5HSX wrote: > Greetings.. > > For those who have found installing Debian difficult in the past, well I > recently downloaded the new Debian Installer (sarge-i366-businesscard.iso) > and used it today to install a new system. I have tried numerous t

Re: alternative to cdrecord?

2004-08-23 Thread Simon Kitching
On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 10:36, Brian Pack wrote: > Haven't you heard? IIRC the kernel 2.6.8 plugged a security hole that > cdrecord used to function. Once the hole was closed, users could no > longer run cdrecord as they could in previous kernels. With the old > kernel, a user could potentially wipe

Apache2 binary mod_perl for Woody?

2004-08-23 Thread Gururajan Ramachandran
Hello, Where can I download binary mod_perl for Apache2 built for Woody? I checked backports.org but came up empty. What is apt-get's sources.list sequence to download this module? I downloaded Apache2 from backports.org but the mod_perl module was not automatically downloaded. Thanks, Guru -

Re: Request for help in tracking down a bug in X or hardware.

2004-08-23 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 04:35:06PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > I am running Xwindows on Sarge. I have an S3 Savage video card. > I have a strange problem in web browsers that use the Mozilla, > i.e. all but Opera. My problem seems to occur with only one > web site, namely www.theregister.co.uk ,

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