Re: Noninteractive "apt-get upgrade "question.

2004-12-20 Thread Juha Siltala
On 2004-12-20, Alexander Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You could run it with=20 > yes | DEBIAN_FRONTEND=3Dnoninteractive apt-get -uy dist-upgrade Actually it depends on the answer you want to give to this question (you might want to use yes to flood the "no" string). Using yes is not an

Re: Console Password Manager?

2004-12-20 Thread matze
El Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 10:08:25PM -0500 Ben Bettin ha dit: > Does anyone know of a good Password Manager that can be run in the > console? I know there are many GUI ones, but I need to run this > remotely via ssh so I need a console one. > > I read about PMS (http://passwordms.sourceforge.net/)

What files in /etc must be writable?

2004-12-20 Thread William Ballard
Bootcd allows you to use the NOT_TO_RAM option to make files physically reside on the CD and only be symlinked into the Ram disk. I wrote a script which adds every file in /etc to NOT_TO_RAM, needing to conserve space in the Ram Disk. The theory is if I need to change settings in the liveCD I'll

Print filter

2004-12-20 Thread Marc Demlenne
Hi, I'm searching an input filter ('if' in printcap files) witch could convert ESC/P2 formatting input to PCL or PS compatible ... Does anyone know anything about that ? If i'd better go to another mailing list, please let me know ! Thanks for all help ! -- Marc Demlenne GPG : 768FA483 (h

Re: What files in /etc must be writable?

2004-12-20 Thread Steve Lamb
William Ballard wrote: However, the liveCD had errors during boot, because some files apparently have to be writeable during boot. For example, I guess, /etc/mtab. Does /etc/fstab have to be writeable? What other files need to be writeable? Anything which is touched by a script. hostnam

Old Release

2004-12-20 Thread Muhammad Reza
Dear List I'm new int this list and noob in Debian, but already success install my first Debian Woody 3.0r3. My question is : 1. Why in this release, package such as KDE, XFree86..etc even the kernel it self seem old version. 2. How to made my own linux disto from debian ? please give me referenc

Fresh Sarge Install - 2.6.8 Kernel Panic

2004-12-20 Thread Ryan Foley
Hey, I'm new to this mailing list. I'm pretty familiar with linux administration but I'm fairly new to using it as a workstation. I'm hoping to solve a problem that I've run into several times with sarge, usually causing me to fallback on pre-compiled kernel images from apt. I have a fresh sarge

Re: Old Release

2004-12-20 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 04:20 +0700, Muhammad Reza wrote: > Dear List > > I'm new int this list and noob in Debian, but already success install my > first Debian Woody 3.0r3. > My question is : > 1. Why in this release, package such as KDE, XFree86..etc even the > kernel it self seem old version.

Re: no konsole text with kernel 2.6.8

2004-12-20 Thread Guy Roussin
Hi, Thank cga2001 and Ron, I notice the blank screen (with vertical lines) occurs after the line : "Calculating modules dependencies" during the boot process ... I use vga=ask in lilo.conf but this change only affect the text mode before the switch (blank screen) after "Calculating modules dependen

Re: Programs to Menu

2004-12-20 Thread Jon Dowland
> > If you have menu installed ("apt-get menu"), chances are it'll just > > automagically appear (unless gschem is broken in regard to providing its > > own menu entries.) > > > Kent On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 04:19:15PM -0800, cfk wrote: > It must be that as 'apt-get install menu' indicates menu i

console vga mode

2004-12-20 Thread Thilo Schwarz
And here comes the next problem. I want a higher console resolution, therefore I use vga=6 as a kerneloption. During system boot the resolution is set to the higher mode and then, just before the system is sone boting, the console resolution switches back to the default. What's going on? I search

Re: Old Release

2004-12-20 Thread Peter Nuttall
On Sunday 19 Dec 2004 21:20, Muhammad Reza wrote: > Dear List > > I'm new int this list and noob in Debian, but already success install my > first Debian Woody 3.0r3. > My question is : Ok, you are asking two questions here, Before answering them, can I point you at http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smar

Re: sem_open / how to use NPTL?

2004-12-20 Thread Viktor Horvath
Sorry. Compiled flawlessly. Executes without saying anything. HTH H Hello Hugo, sorry for the delay, I was travelling to my family for Christmas... I'm still stuck with this NPTL issue. Thanks a lot for your command line arguments to g++, but here, it remains the same thing: Compiling works, run

Re: Replacing Dying Harddisk (ReiserFS)

2004-12-20 Thread Chris Lale
Darryl Clarke wrote: Hi, I was wondering if anybody has any wonderful ideas as to how I should go about "ghosting" my existing linux system. Norton Ghost only supports EXT2/3 for linux and I used ReiserFS so using it is out of the question. Does anybody have any ideas as to how I could transfer my

actualizar kernel

2004-12-20 Thread Jose Antonio Pÿffffe9rez Maestre
Hola: unos amigos me ayudaros a instalar la version sid de debian a traves de internet. pero me instalaron el kernel 2.2. quiero actualizar el kernel al mejor posible. ¿cual el el modo mas facil de alctualizarlo? __ Renovamos el Corr

Re: actualizar kernel

2004-12-20 Thread Rafael Alexandre Schmitt
Em Seg 20 Dez 2004 09:15, Jose Antonio Pÿe9rez Maestre escreveu: > Hola: > unos amigos me ayudaros a instalar la version sid de > debian a traves de internet. pero me instalaron el > kernel 2.2. > > quiero actualizar el kernel al mejor posible. > ¿cual el el modo mas facil de alctualizarlo? En

Re: Thunderbird style search in Firefox

2004-12-20 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Sam Halliday wrote: Ralph Katz wrote: For searching *within* a web page in firefox sorry if i was unclear... i mean the search bar at the top. the one that requires search engines, like google. cheers, Sam Hi Sam, OH that one! If you mean the one just to the right of the basic url textbox, then

usb flash stick on 2.6.8.1 kernel

2004-12-20 Thread Vijaya S
Hi all, Below are the outputs of dmesg & lsmod output./ Linux version 2.6.8.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.4 (Debian 1:3.3.4-13)) #1 Mon Dec 20 14:34:05 IST 2004 BIOS-provided physical RAM map:  BIOS-e820: - 0008 (usable)  BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 - 000

dnsmasq help needed

2004-12-20 Thread Bob Alexander
using tcpdump I see that Intranet queries are resolved on my localhost by the installed dnsmasq daemon (e.g. w3.ibm.com) while external sites (e.g. www.apple.com) are always sent to the first upstream DNS each time. Why ? Thank you for any help, Bob Alexander /etc/dnsmasq.conf only has the follo

Kernel 2.6.x, Gnome, and repeating keys

2004-12-20 Thread Michal R. Hoffmann
I have strange problem - after installing "home compiled" kernel 2.6.x (tried 2.6.3 and 2.6.10-rc3 already) my Gnome env. goes crazy. While typing I get repeating keys in the random manner: How muchhh wood would a wooodddchuck Sometimes no such effect for few minutes, an

Re: crontab uid ?

2004-12-20 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 08:48:46PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote.. > Kevin Coyner wrote: > >Is root restricted when it comes to serial port commands? > > It is if the commands are not in the path given to crontab and the > command didn't have an explicit path. IIRC crontab has a very >

nVidia Video Drivers Need Reinstalled After Reboot

2004-12-20 Thread Scarletdown
I just recently did a fresh install of Debian (Sarge - Net Install and dist-upgraded to Sid) with Kernel 2.6.9-1-K7. After a bit of hair pulling, I managed to get the latest nVidia GeForce drivers installed. However, every time I reboot I have to reinstall the drivers, and then manually run g

Re: nVidia Video Drivers Need Reinstalled After Reboot

2004-12-20 Thread Wim De Smet
Have you tried to just modprobe nvidia instead of rebooting everytime around? greets, Wim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dnsmasq help needed

2004-12-20 Thread Dave Ewart
On Monday, 20.12.2004 at 12:24 +0100, Bob Alexander wrote: > using tcpdump I see that Intranet queries are resolved on my localhost > by the installed dnsmasq daemon (e.g. w3.ibm.com) while external sites > (e.g. www.apple.com) are always sent to the first upstream DNS each time. > > Why ? > >

Re: [OT], Database Comparer

2004-12-20 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 12:02:01AM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: } I've been given permission to release this package dbischema under the } GPL, I'll tidy it up a bit and post in on my website in a few days. Great to hear! I recommend packaging it for Debian. I'd appreciate it, and I'm sure lots of ot

test

2004-12-20 Thread Trey Sizemore
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Re: Hardware hassles: Linux vs. Windows

2004-12-20 Thread David Mandelberg
William Ballard wrote: > Quit PMSing. Want to forward this to debian-women? That's one of the most sexist things I've heard (no, I don't usually hang out on USENET or irc). -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$ UB+++>$L$*-- P+>

Re: Fresh Sarge Install - 2.6.8 Kernel Panic

2004-12-20 Thread Kent West
Ryan Foley wrote: Hey, I'm new to this mailing list. I'm pretty familiar with linux administration but I'm fairly new to using it as a workstation. I'm hoping to solve a problem that I've run into several times with sarge, usually causing me to fallback on pre-compiled kernel images from apt. I hav

Kernel panic VFS: cannot open root fs on unknow block 3.5...

2004-12-20 Thread Francois
Hi I try to use kernel 2.6.9 on my debian linux: using the .config file from kernel 2.4.18 and doing "make menuconfig oldconfig" gives a kernel that boot without problems. I tried a few things and I'm stuck with the a non booting kernel: it can't find the root directory and adding root=0305 in lilo

Re: Noninteractive "apt-get upgrade "question.

2004-12-20 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Alexander Schmehl wrote: * Ivan Teliatnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041220 07:31]: What is the best way to "apt-get update" a classroom full of debian sarge machines. Assuming you test it on one machine first, ... DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -uy dist-upgrade Nevertheless I was asked som

OT: Re: Hardware hassles: Linux vs. Windows

2004-12-20 Thread Kent West
David Mandelberg wrote: William Ballard wrote: Quit PMSing. Want to forward this to debian-women? That's one of the most sexist things I've heard (no, I don't usually hang out on USENET or irc). The funny thing is, after I read Ballard's blurb, another post mentioned the Debian package

Re: Max size of data in C++ prog?

2004-12-20 Thread Nicholas Miller
Marc Shapiro wrote: Is there a maximum size to the data segment in a C++ program? More specifically, I am trying to write a program with a very large array. The program compiles OK (since C/C++ do no bounds checking on arrays), but segfaults when I try to run it. The limit seems to be at just

The Debian IRC channel

2004-12-20 Thread Kim
Hi All. Yesterday I was testing the new Fedora Core 3 and since I needed some information I connected to the fedora channel on irc.freenode.net. I also connected to the linux channel. In both these channels I asked a couple of questions and I quickly discovered that people on the channel was ve

Re: Console Password Manager?

2004-12-20 Thread Ben Bettin
This looks pretty promising, I'll definitly look into it. I like the way it's not dependent on random strange packages, only on python. That makes it easier to install on other systems and configurations. I'm curious about how active development is on this project? It appears to still be in bet

Re: Max size of data in C++ prog?

2004-12-20 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello, Nicholas Miller wrote: Marc Shapiro wrote: Is there a maximum size to the data segment in a C++ program? More specifically, I am trying to write a program with a very large array. The program compiles OK (since C/C++ do no bounds checking on arrays), but segfaults when I try to run it.

Re: dnsmasq help needed

2004-12-20 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 12:24:31PM +0100, Bob Alexander wrote: > using tcpdump I see that Intranet queries are resolved on my localhost > by the installed dnsmasq daemon (e.g. w3.ibm.com) while external sites > (e.g. www.apple.com) are always sent to the first upstream DNS each time. Uh, yeah...

Re: dnsmasq help needed

2004-12-20 Thread Dave Ewart
On Monday, 20.12.2004 at 06:25 -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 12:24:31PM +0100, Bob Alexander wrote: > > using tcpdump I see that Intranet queries are resolved on my > > localhost by the installed dnsmasq daemon (e.g. w3.ibm.com) while > > external sites (e.g. www.apple.com) a

Re: The Debian IRC channel

2004-12-20 Thread Stephen Rueger
This is what actually happened: 00:42 -!- macon [EMAIL PROTECTED] has joined #debian 01:24 macon> I have been using debian for about 4 years now, and I always found that people on this channel is kindda "rude" if one doesn't "it right away", tonight I was doing some

Re: innd dead but subsys locked

2004-12-20 Thread James Vahn
> Hey when i start running a inn server, i get the following msg "innd > dead but subsys locked" i tried deleting the thread daemon from the > subsys folder and runnning it again but the same msg comes, how am i 2 > proceed? Run "/usr/lib/news/bin/inncheck" as root and see what it says. If favorab

Re: The Debian IRC channel

2004-12-20 Thread Mark Lijftogt
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 02:53:01PM +0100, Kim wrote: > Hi All. > > Yesterday I was testing the new Fedora Core 3 and since I needed some > information I connected to the fedora channel on irc.freenode.net. I > also connected to the linux channel. > > In both these channels I asked a couple of q

Re: nVidia Video Drivers Need Reinstalled After Reboot

2004-12-20 Thread Darryl Clarke
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 04:06:42 -0800, Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just recently did a fresh install of Debian (Sarge - Net Install and > dist-upgraded to Sid) with Kernel 2.6.9-1-K7. After a bit of hair > pulling, I managed to get the latest nVidia GeForce drivers installed. > However

Re: Rotating mail.log

2004-12-20 Thread Antony Gelberg
Antony Gelberg wrote: Hi all, My server just ran out of space due to mail.log and mail.info getting massive. I have run syslogd-listfiles --weekly, and both files are listed in the output. Any ideas on how I can debug this? (Please CC me, I'm not subscribed.) Antony Anyone able to help? Ant

Re: The Debian IRC channel

2004-12-20 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 02:53:01PM +0100, Kim wrote: [...] } I also consider the current channel as a very unhelpful channel and in } many cases people who are trying debian for the first time goes there } only to find a lot of insults if they don't understand at first or if } they have missed t

Re: Console Password Manager?

2004-12-20 Thread Ben Bettin
asg on #debian (freenode) mentioned using gpg + a text file + wipe (for the tempfile). Seems like there should be an easier, more convenient way of doing it, but his suggestion would certainly do the job. :) On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:55:25 +, Ben Bettin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This looks

Re: usb flash stick on 2.6.8.1 kernel

2004-12-20 Thread Darryl Clarke
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:09:53 +0530, Vijaya S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, [snip] > uname -r 2.6.8.1 > How to get usb flash stick working on 2.6.8.1 kernel debian sarge your uname -r result does not look like a debian kernel image. A debian kernel result looks like: halifax:~# uname

Kernel Compilation

2004-12-20 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
Hello, Anyone can tell me howto install kernel sources under Debian Testing, I already try: apt-cache search kernel sources and things like that, I also install a kerne-image and it just install a kernel but already compiled. I will appreciate any advice. Regards. = -- Sergio Basurto J.

configuring Mozilla to recognise .php files

2004-12-20 Thread Rob Clack
I'm trying to learn php and have written the first script from the book I've bought, but when I try to open it with Mozilla (1.7.3 under Debian linux) it doesn't recognise the .php extension so prompts for the application to use to open the file. I assume there's a configuration option I've no

Re: Kernel Compilation

2004-12-20 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 07:39:01AM -0800, Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote.. > Hello, > > Anyone can tell me howto install kernel sources under > Debian Testing, I already try: > > apt-cache search kernel sources > > and things like that, I also install a kerne-image and > it just install a k

Re: configuring Mozilla to recognise .php files

2004-12-20 Thread Ben Bettin
(note: I accidently replied to Rob's email, so I'm resending this to the list) I could be wrong but I don't believe Mozilla can understand PHP, which would explain your problem. The following explanation is probably over simplified and not 100% technically accurate, but it'll give you the idea o

Re: configuring Mozilla to recognise .php files

2004-12-20 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:36:50 +, Rob Clack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to learn php and have written the first script from the book > I've bought, but when I try to open it with Mozilla (1.7.3 under Debian > linux) it doesn't recognise the .php extension so prompts for the > applicat

Re: crontab uid ?

2004-12-20 Thread Sam Watkins
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 06:54:01AM -0500, Kevin Coyner wrote: >/usr/bin/br: error: [Input/output error] ioctl if you're not sure what user it's running as, try running "whoami" in the crontab. although if it's root's crontab it should definitely be running as root. I assume if you run this p

Re: configuring Mozilla to recognise .php files

2004-12-20 Thread Rob Clack
Thanks to both who responded and I now have a much clearer idea of how it's all supposed to work. The key bit to this particular problem was restarting apache, then webserver to php (libapache_mod-php4). You can then place your .php files into the /var/www/ directory which is where apache defa

Re: Kernel Compilation

2004-12-20 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 07:39:01AM -0800, Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote: > Hello, > > Anyone can tell me howto install kernel sources under > Debian Testing, I already try: > > apt-cache search kernel sources > > and things like that, I also install a kerne-image and > it just install a kernel bu

Re: Console Password Manager?

2004-12-20 Thread Jacob S
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:16:15 + Ben Bettin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > asg on #debian (freenode) mentioned using gpg + a text file + wipe > (for the tempfile). Seems like there should be an easier, more > convenient way of doing it, but his suggestion would certainly do the > job. :) I've b

No CD sound

2004-12-20 Thread Ted Parks
Running Sarge, my Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop loads the proper sound module, snd-OPL3SA2. But XMMS and GNOME-CD will only occasionally play the sound from an audio-CD, even though they read the titles from the CD tracks. What's the problem? Somebody recommended that I upgrade the kernel to 2.6. Wou

Re: Kernel Compilation

2004-12-20 Thread James Vahn
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > Anyone can tell me howto install kernel sources under > Debian Testing, I already try: > > apt-cache search kernel sources Try: apt-cache search ^kernel-source I prefer the sources from kernel.org for reasons I have forgotten. If I recall, make-kpkg r

Re: Noninteractive "apt-get upgrade "question.

2004-12-20 Thread Sam Watkins
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 05:31:32PM +1100, Ivan Teliatnikov wrote: > What is the best way to "apt-get update" a classroom full of debian > sarge machines. > > I tired using > > apt-get update > DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -uy dist-upgrade > > Nevertheless I was asked some questions as

Re: Kernel Compilation

2004-12-20 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- James Vahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you > wrote: > > Anyone can tell me howto install kernel sources > under > > Debian Testing, I already try: > > > > apt-cache search kernel sources > > Try: apt-cache search ^kernel-source > > I prefer the sources from

Re: configuring Mozilla to recognise .php files

2004-12-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 20 December 2004 7:36 am, Rob Clack wrote: > I'm trying to learn php and have written the first script from the > book I've bought, but when I try to open it with Mozilla (1.7.3 under > Debian linux) it doesn't recognise the .php extension so prompts for > the application to use to ope

Re: What files in /etc must be writable?

2004-12-20 Thread Sam Watkins
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 03:24:27AM -0500, William Ballard wrote: > However, the liveCD had errors during boot, because some files > apparently have to be writeable during boot. For example, I guess, > /etc/mtab. Does /etc/fstab have to be writeable? What other files > need to be writeable?

Gnome Volume Control, not the panel applet

2004-12-20 Thread Cliff Flood
Hi, running Unstable. When I use bound keys to modify my volume up or down I see the volume bar move up and down but there is no change to the volume of the audio I hear, probably because the volume on the wrong channel is being changed. Using the volume control panel applet I've selected "Headp

Novice Questions

2004-12-20 Thread Joseph Schumacher
Hi Folks - Hope you do not mind an inquiry from a Linux novice. I do not know much about Linux but I do know that I'm tired of Microsoft and I write to seek advice as to whether or not my system is suitable for Linux. It is a Dell Dimension 2400 bought about a year ago. Pentium IV, 2.2GHz, 1

Re: The Debian IRC channel

2004-12-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 20 December 2004 5:53 am, Kim wrote: > Now since I found there was such a big difference I adressed the issue > on the debian channel afterwards. Quickly a lot of people "pm" me and > agreed. I only posted a couple of messages advicing people to maintain > the freenode policy of helpf

Re: OT: Re: Hardware hassles: Linux vs. Windows

2004-12-20 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 07:21:15AM -0600, Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > David Mandelberg wrote: > > >William Ballard wrote: > > > > > >>Quit PMSing. > >> > >> > >Want to forward this to debian-women? That's one of the most sexist things > >I've > >heard (no, I don't usually hang out

Re: crontab uid ?

2004-12-20 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:17:19AM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote.. > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 06:54:01AM -0500, Kevin Coyner wrote: > >/usr/bin/br: error: [Input/output error] ioctl > > if you're not sure what user it's running as, try running "whoami" in > the crontab. although if it's root

Re: configuring Mozilla to recognise .php files

2004-12-20 Thread Ben Bettin
Everyone else seems to be pointing you to config files and making things more complicated than what it really is. I get the impression this would be your first time setting up a webserver and whatnot. If you're like me when I did it for the first time, things could be a little overwhelming. In D

SMBMount issues between Woody and Sid

2004-12-20 Thread Gonzalo Sainz-Trápaga
Hi, I posted this message on debian-testing and someone recommmended posting here instead. The original message follows. Since samba 2.2 went EOL lately, I upgraded Samba on the server to samba 3.0 from backports.org after writing this message, with the same results. Any pointers would be greatly a

best IRC client for Debian

2004-12-20 Thread Shaikh Quader
What is the best IRC client for Debian? In particular, I am looking for an IRC Client which is functionally similar to mIRC. Thanks, Shaikh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: best IRC client for Debian

2004-12-20 Thread Ben Bettin
I think I've always found Xchat to be the best GUI, especially in terms of it's similarity to mIRC. I'd be curious to see what everyone's favorite CLI client is. I've heard a few mentions of irssi in the past, but I've never tried it. Ben On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:02:21 -0400, Shaikh Quader <[EMA

Just installed Sarge, Have a bug report!

2004-12-20 Thread Andrew Konosky
I played around with my LVM setup for my Fedora Core 3 installation last night to free up a 35gb block on which I did a net install of Debian 3.1. During the Debian installation, I had a lot of trouble with the partitioner. My LVM setup in Fedora was a 35gb pv on hda4 and a 74gb pv on hdb2. I d

Re: What files in /etc must be writable?

2004-12-20 Thread Adam Aube
William Ballard wrote: > Bootcd allows you to use the NOT_TO_RAM option to make files > physically reside on the CD and only be symlinked into the Ram disk. > I wrote a script which adds every file in /etc to NOT_TO_RAM, needing > to conserve space in the Ram Disk. The theory is if I need to cha

Re: best IRC client for Debian

2004-12-20 Thread Pau Capdevila
I don't know which is the best. I even have not compared. I recently tried konversation and I find it very easy to start and I surely I'll stick with it. On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:06:46 +, Ben Bettin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think I've always found Xchat to be the best GUI, especially in

Need help with XF86 config

2004-12-20 Thread Andrew Konosky
After I got the base system installed, I selected "Desktop Environment" and apt installed both KDE and Gnome, Gnome as default. I switched it over to KDE and KDM, but the installer didn't set up my graphical config right. My Radeon 8500 graphics card and my Philips 107P monitor are detected ri

Re: Thunderbird style search in Firefox

2004-12-20 Thread Sam Halliday
Jonathan Kaye wrote: Sam Halliday wrote: Ralph Katz wrote: For searching *within* a web page in firefox sorry if i was unclear... i mean the search bar at the top. the one that requires search engines, like google. OH that one! If you mean the one just to the right of the basic url textbox, then

Re: The Debian IRC channel

2004-12-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 20 December 2004 10:00 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Actually, according to Debian's website (http://debian.org/support), the=20 > > IRC channel is the Debian official IRC channel. > > No you are wrong it is not: > http://www.debian.org/vote/2001/vote_0002 > > QUOTE: > 2. Problems

Re: nVidia Video Drivers Need Reinstalled After Reboot

2004-12-20 Thread Pau Capdevila
I just solved this issue removing the package nvidia-glx. Firstly chek the nvidia kernel module loading in /etc/modules cu On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:59:55 -0500, Darryl Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 04:06:42 -0800, Scarletdown > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just recent

Re: The Debian IRC channel

2004-12-20 Thread Peter Nuttall
On Monday 20 Dec 2004 14:13, Stephen Rueger wrote: > This is what actually happened: > Hi all, Since I both lurk on #debian and debian-user, I thought I would comment. First off, irc is the wrong place to be asking questions. This is because irc answers are lost after a couple of days but answer

Re: Novice Questions

2004-12-20 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
> > 4) Lastly, I hope you will not mind me mentioning Knoppix but I have seen > impressive screen shots of it while there are very few available for Debian. > Knoppix however appears to be merely an introductory vehicle for Linux so my > thinking is that I may as well skip it and instead go straig

Re: usb flash stick on 2.6.8.1 kernel

2004-12-20 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
the 2.6.8 (custom compile) kernel had troubles recognizing my mass storage devices, 2.6.7 and 2.6.9 worked fine. ive never tried a stock debian kernel, maybe there is magic there. -matt zagrabelny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Automating DebConf answers

2004-12-20 Thread William Ballard
I'm aware that a "text" frontend for DebConf is available, where one can simply provide keystrokes to DebConf on stdin. Is there a frontend that informs me "which" package is being configured, and lets me decide what answers to provide based on that? Otherwise my scripts are brittle and break i

Re: Need help with XF86 config

2004-12-20 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 12:35:47 -0600, Andrew Konosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what command do I run to reconfigure > the graphics setup? > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 might be what you are looking for. You can also source /etc/bash_completion and then press tab after entering the command mi

Re: Novice Questions

2004-12-20 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 09:49:06AM -0800, Joseph Schumacher wrote: > Hi Folks - > > Hope you do not mind an inquiry from a Linux novice. I do not know much about > Linux but I do know that I'm tired of Microsoft and I write to seek advice as > to whether or not my system is suitable for Linux. >

Re: The Debian IRC channel

2004-12-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 20 December 2004 10:20 am, Peter Nuttall wrote: > > 01:39 PerfDave> macon: But the people who are less than entirely > > friendly are also the people who are most helpful and > > knowlegeable. Which is why they get to be so snarky, > > whe

Re: Novice Questions

2004-12-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/12/04 13:39), Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > > > 4) Lastly, I hope you will not mind me mentioning Knoppix but I have seen > > impressive screen shots of it while there are very few available for Debian. > > Knoppix however appears to be merely an introductory vehicle for Linux so my > > th

Re: Novice Questions

2004-12-20 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 01:39:44PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > > > 4) Lastly, I hope you will not mind me mentioning Knoppix but I have seen > > impressive screen shots of it while there are very few available for Debian. > > Knoppix however appears to be merely an introductory vehicle f

Re: No CD sound

2004-12-20 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:14:43 -0600, Ted Parks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Running Sarge, my Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop loads the proper sound > module, snd-OPL3SA2. But XMMS and GNOME-CD will only occasionally play > the sound from an audio-CD, even though they read the titles from the > CD tracks.

Re: Gnome Volume Control, not the panel applet

2004-12-20 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:21:59 +, Cliff Flood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, running Unstable. > > When I use bound keys to modify my volume up or down I see the volume > bar move up and down but there is no change to the volume of the audio I > hear, probably because the volume on the wrong c

Re: OT: Re: Hardware hassles: Linux vs. Windows

2004-12-20 Thread Steve Lamb
Karsten M. Self wrote: # aptitude install mencal ...now if we can just get Bill and Steve's start days According to my wife I don't have a stop day. :P -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | main connection to the

hangup during boot (kernel 2.4.27)

2004-12-20 Thread Michiel Jansen
Hello, I've installed debian Sarge on my system successfully, using the iso image sarge-i386-netinst.iso Everything boots fine, but I wanted to recompile a customized kernel, because of a new video driver that I want to install, but I cannot get it to boot with my customized kernel. Debian is insta

Re: What files in /etc must be writable?

2004-12-20 Thread Steve Lamb
Sam Watkins wrote: You can find out which /etc files are touched during boot by taking a look at the `date`, then booting, then typing: ls -ltc /etc | less Wouldn't this be better? find /etc -mmin -5 | less ls -ltc presumes all the modified files are in the top level of etc. Find with a

hangup during boot (kernel 2.4.27)

2004-12-20 Thread Michiel Jansen
Hello, I've installed debian Sarge on my system successfully, using the iso image sarge-i386-netinst.iso Everything boots fine, but I wanted to recompile a customized kernel, because of a new video driver that I want to install, but I cannot get it to boot with my customized kernel. Debian is insta

Re: The Debian IRC channel

2004-12-20 Thread Steve Lamb
Kim wrote: Saying that I soon experienced a lot of rudeness and after only posting I think about 5 messages in total I got banned. And since I sit on a wan which has only one public IP the entire wan is actually banned. aptitude -t unstable install tor What do you think? But ya didn't hea

Re: Fresh Sarge Install - 2.6.8 Kernel Panic

2004-12-20 Thread Roby
Kent West wrote: > Ryan Foley wrote: > >>Hey, >> >>I'm new to this mailing list. I'm pretty familiar with linux >>administration but I'm fairly new to using it as a workstation. I'm >>hoping to solve a problem that I've run into several times with sarge, >>usually causing me to fallback on pre-co

Why do I have to set PKG_CONFIG_PATH & LD_LIBRARY_PATH to compile, link, and run my app??

2004-12-20 Thread Ibrahim Mubarak
Hi, I am currently developing an app that uses two libraries (ClanLib & MySQL++). I installed clanlib through configure, make, make install as the clanlib package for debian is way too old. Clanlib is installed in /usr/local/lib, /usr/local/include, and /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig. If I don't set

Re: best IRC client for Debian

2004-12-20 Thread Peter Nuttall
On Monday 20 Dec 2004 18:02, Shaikh Quader wrote: > What is the best IRC client for Debian? > In particular, I am looking for an IRC Client which is functionally > similar to mIRC. > > Thanks, > Shaikh Hi, I have used four over the last couple of months, kopete, konversation, x-chat and irssi.

Re: Need help with XF86 config

2004-12-20 Thread James Vahn
Andrew Konosky wrote: > After I got the base system installed, I selected "Desktop Environment" > and apt installed both KDE and Gnome, Gnome as default. I would like to see "KDE Desktop" and "GNOME Desktop", and not have both installed. > I switched it over to KDE and KDM, but the installer did

Re: distro for novices

2004-12-20 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:56:03PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > Hi folks, > > this is not a troll, really! I'm just looking for some advice. > > I've been using Debian exclusively for about 2.5 years, and it's the > only linux with which I really have any experience. I teach in the > history

Re: Sarge and sound

2004-12-20 Thread Midnight
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 15:20:39 + "Pedro M (Morphix User)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think we would create debian-sound list. Now that is a brilliant idea. Cheers Midn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /etc/apt/preferences problem - might cause problems when Sarge goes stable!

2004-12-20 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 03:21:47PM +, Ben Bettin wrote: > I recently started using the /etc/apt/preferences file to get > Firestarter from unstable into my testing install of Sarge. My file > follows: > > -- > Package: * > Pin: release a=testing > Pin-Priority: 900 > > Package: fires

Re: What files in /etc must be writable?

2004-12-20 Thread Alvin Oga
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, William Ballard wrote: > However, the liveCD had errors during boot, because some files > apparently have to be writeable during boot. what error messages ?? it tells you what it can't write to > For example, I guess, /etc/mtab. yup and your hostname, ip# and gateway in

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