Re: Gwebdec

2005-06-12 Thread David R. Litwin
Right, sorry for not E-Mailing the list: For some reason, replying to this list (unlike every other one I subscribe to) replies to the person, not the list. Right. I did read the readme and noted that it needs those two things. However, it also states (some where) that those two applications (I'm

Re: Gwebdec

2005-06-12 Thread Lee Braiden
On Sunday 12 Jun 2005 05:04, David R. Litwin wrote: > Hello you Useful Persons: > > I'm trying to install gwebdec, a programme that mimics webshots (designed > for windows). I'm guessing you're running GNOME, but just so you know your options, it's worth pointing out that KDE's desktop background

pstools aren't working?

2005-06-12 Thread Bruno Boettcher
Hello wondering about one thing, i noticed that non of my pstools seems to work correctly just a sample of what i get: ps2ascii test.ps Error: /undefined in ch-xoff Operand stack: --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 0 Execution stack: %interp_

palm sync

2005-06-12 Thread Meni Shapiro
Hi Guys, Anybody here synced his palm zire72 with the gui 'plamOS devices' ?? I somehow couldn't... my palm syncs through a usb cable (no cradle...) and tried all the default /dev/ttys* ? I even tried /dev/input/ts* with no success!! What port should i use?? TIA --Meni Szapiro

Re: Gwebdec

2005-06-12 Thread mess-mate
David R. Litwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Right, sorry for not E-Mailing the list: For some reason, replying to this | list (unlike every other one I subscribe to) replies to the person, not the | list. | | Right. I did read the readme and noted that it needs those two things. | However, it

Re: Eliminating upgrade confusion

2005-06-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 06:01:51AM +, s. keeling wrote: > I kinda, sorta, almost, like the idea of forcing users to define their > chosen distribution (potato, woody, sarge, etch) in their > /etc/apt/apt.conf [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls -al /etc/apt/ total 20 drwxr-xr-x3 root root

Re: Help: keybbbbbboard problem with 2.6.8 kernel

2005-06-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:30:41PM +0800, Marc wrote: > Ever since upgrading to kernel 2.6.8 on Debian (sarge) I've had a problem with > keys auto-repeating in X Windows. > > The problem only shows up in X windows. While typing in a terminal window (for > example) the key auto-repeat kicks in ma

Re: Debian version and apt.conf (was Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it)

2005-06-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 02:39:02PM -0400, Marty wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > >On (10/06/05 13:13), Marty wrote: > > >>This is all very mysterious to me, all these people lacking an apt.conf > >>file. > >>I wonder how apt can function without it? In particular, how do you > >>specify > >>your

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 05:12:41PM -0500, Colin Ingram wrote: > In a nut shell you can control your "version" with the > apt.conf/preferences files or by only downloading a package list from a > single release. Three questions (gotta get Monty Python outta this) 1) User copies /usr/share/doc/

Re: kernel panich VFS unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,1)

2005-06-12 Thread David Jardine
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 06:16:52PM -0400, Craig Russell wrote: > [...] > Is there a way to compare the two kernels to see which module/s > the packaged kernel has installed that I missed in my kernel? There should be a config file for each of them in the /boot directory. HTH, David

transcode with pp filter crashes on Sarge (works on Sid)

2005-06-12 Thread Matthias Luckhardt
Hi folks, I am trying to convert an mpeg file to Xvid using transcode. The following command line that uses the pp filter ("-J pp=...") used to work just fine (until a few weeks ago, the last time used it): transcode -i file.mpg -B 25,20,8 -x auto,null -y xvid,null -w 896 -o file.avi -M 1 -J pp=p

problem solved (was Re: failing to share internet access between two PCs installed with Debian 3.1)

2005-06-12 Thread Dominik Margraf
Hi everyone! The problem is solved. It turns out that I forgot to install the DNS server on my first computer and there is actually NOTHING wrong in the firewall settings of the entire network. First, I successfully pinged some IP addresses (151.189.21.100, which is www.arcor.online.net) from th

Re: Gwebdec

2005-06-12 Thread Jonathan Kaye
En/La mess-mate ha escrit, a 12/06/05 10:52: > You gave to install libgtk2.0-dev > > > mess-mate > Yes, mess-mate is quite right. You need the dev packages if you're compiling from source as opposed to simply running binaries. This is a general rule. I was able to

Party Invite : Rolex or Cartier or Breitling

2005-06-12 Thread Fletcher
Get the Finest Rolex Watch Replica ! We only sell premium watches. There's no battery in these replicas just like the real ones since they charge themselves as you move. The second hand moves JUST like the real ones, too. These original watches sell in stores for thousands of dollars. We sel

ndiswrapper wireless setup

2005-06-12 Thread Fernando
Hi all, Can anyone help me with that: debian:/usr/src# iwconfig --version iwconfig  Wireless-Tools version 27   Compatible with Wireless Extension v11 to v17. Kernel    Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v16. wlan0 Recommend Wireless Extension v18 or later,   Currentl

Re: sarge: gdm login screen: font too small

2005-06-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
john doe: > > I did a standard installation, somehow the font on gdm login screen is > so small it's almost unrecognizable. But once I login, all the fonts > are in reasonable sizes. Anyone else has a similar problem? I searched > around and couldn't find any answer. The gdm.conf file never > expli

Live Radar Image as KDE Screensaver

2005-06-12 Thread Kent West
In the "Gwebdec" thread, Lee Braiden wrote: >it's >worth pointing out that KDE's desktop background system can easily display a >slideshow of any backgrounds in a folder. This inspires the following question: Does anyone know of a way to grab a live weather radar image from a public source (li

Re: palm sync

2005-06-12 Thread Kent West
Meni Shapiro wrote: > Hi Guys, > Anybody here synced his palm zire72 with the gui 'plamOS devices' ?? > I somehow couldn't... > my palm syncs through a usb cable (no cradle...) and tried all the > default /dev/ttys* ? > I even tried /dev/input/ts* with no success!! > > What port should i use?? N

Re: sarge: gdm login screen: font too small

2005-06-12 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
john doe wrote: I don't have that file, not even /etc/X11/xdm directory. Do I really need to install xdm package to adjust it? I thought we are talking about gdm here. -jd On 6/12/05, B. L. Jilek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: john doe wrote: I did a standard installation, somehow the font on g

Re: Live Radar Image as KDE Screensaver

2005-06-12 Thread Lee Braiden
On Sunday 12 Jun 2005 13:33, Kent West wrote: > Does anyone know of a way to grab a live weather radar image from a > public source (like NOAA or weather.com) and use it as a screensaver in > KDE? I don't know of any exactly, but there are scripts available for xplanet (or one of those similar to

Re: palm sync

2005-06-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/06/05 06:17), Meni Shapiro wrote: > Hi Guys, > Anybody here synced his palm zire72 with the gui 'plamOS devices' ?? > I somehow couldn't... > my palm syncs through a usb cable (no cradle...) and tried all the default > /dev/ttys* ? > I even tried /dev/input/ts* with no success!! > > What p

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- Ryan Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 11 June 2005 11:45 pm, j Mak wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've just installed Sarge and everything went ok. > but > > when i log in, there is no graphical interface > appears > > anywhere only the command line. How can i start > gnome > > or kde

Exim4: disablign delay in flushing mail queues

2005-06-12 Thread Micha Feigin
When I use fetchmail to import my mail through exim4 it only flushes the first few messages imidiatly and the rest are delayed quite a bit unless I do /etc/init.d/exim4 restart. Any way to disable this behaviour with exim? +++ This Mail Was Scanned By Ma

Re: Live Radar Image as KDE Screensaver

2005-06-12 Thread Almut Behrens
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 07:33:09AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > Does anyone know of a way to grab a live weather radar image from a > public source (like NOAA or weather.com) and use it as a screensaver in > KDE? You could have wget (or something similar like LWP (libwww-perl)) download the image

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- j Mak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Ryan Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 11 June 2005 11:45 pm, j Mak wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've just installed Sarge and everything went > ok. > > but > > > when i log in, there is no graphical interface > > appears > > > any

Re: Debian version and apt.conf (was Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it)

2005-06-12 Thread Marty
Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 02:39:02PM -0400, Marty wrote: Clive Menzies wrote: >On (10/06/05 13:13), Marty wrote: >>This is all very mysterious to me, all these people lacking an apt.conf >>file. >>I wonder how apt can function without it? In particular, how do you >>spec

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Kent West
j Mak wrote: > >In my previous email I forgot to mention that when i >run startx i get the following message: > >No such file or directory. >giving up >xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to >connect to x server >xinit: No such process (errno 3): server error > > It looks like you

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
j Mak: > > In my previous email I forgot to mention that when i > run startx i get the following message: Look at your /var/log/XFree86.0.log and search for lines beginning with '(WW)' and ('EE'). These are warnings and errors. Post them here if you don't understand them and what Google tells you

Re: Console Login

2005-06-12 Thread B. L. Jilek
Kent West wrote: > Robert Wolfe wrote: > > >>Hi alL! What would I need to get both of my Debian 3.1 boxes to boot >>to a console mode login prompt instead of going to a GUI login after >>booting up? >> >> > > As stated at the beginning of this thread, remove any login managers you > have instal

re: palm sync

2005-06-12 Thread Marc Shapiro
Meni Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anybody here synced his palm zire72 with the gui 'plamOS devices' ?? I somehow couldn't... my palm syncs through a usb cable (no cradle...) and tried all the default /dev/ttys* ? I even tried /dev/input/ts* with no success!! What port should i use?? I

Solved: kernel panich VFS unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,1)

2005-06-12 Thread Craig Russell
Bried re-coup of the problem: Seemed like no matter what drivers I compiled into the kernel either statically or as modules I got the above error. I resorted to installing the kernel-image from debian.org and this installed perfectly. I still wanted/needed to know what my issue was so I diffe

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > j Mak: > > > > In my previous email I forgot to mention that when > i > > run startx i get the following message: > > Look at your /var/log/XFree86.0.log and search for > lines beginning with > '(WW)' and ('EE'). These are warnings and errors. > Po

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > j Mak wrote: > > > > >In my previous email I forgot to mention that when > i > >run startx i get the following message: > > > >No such file or directory. > >giving up > >xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable > to > >connect to x server > >x

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
j Mak: > > I logged in with Knoppix and I searched the sarge > partition for the file you mentioned, but I found no > Xfree86.0.log file in the /var/log directory. Kent was right, you need to install the xserver first. The easiest thing for you to do is to run tasksel as root and select the "desk

Re: Programming Backwards (was Re: Top posting (a different point of view))

2005-06-12 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 23:25 -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: --snip-- > I program randomly. Err. That's random as opposed to sequentially; not > as in I bang random keys on my keyboard and hope for the best. ;-) /me envisions an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of typewriters sitting in

Re: [OT] Re: Top posting (a different point of view)

2005-06-12 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 08:36:38PM +0100, Peter J Ross wrote: > Tom Waits. > > On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 06:22:27PM -0500, John Carline wrote: > > > What a crock of snobbish BS! > > > > snobbish > > adj : befitting or characteristic of those who inclined to social > >exclusivenes

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread Guillaume TESSIER
Hi ! I'm actually the one who launched this subject. Arguments have fused quite well. I think now everybody knows about packages versions and repositories. I let you remember what was the questions i firstly ask. I run sarge since september and i really appreciate it. I used to update && upg

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > j Mak: > > > > I logged in with Knoppix and I searched the sarge > > partition for the file you mentioned, but I found > no > > Xfree86.0.log file in the /var/log directory. > > Kent was right, you need to install the xserver > first. The easiest t

Re: Top posting

2005-06-12 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 06:14:50PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Friday June 10 2005 8:40 am, you wrote: > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > >It's > > >preserved for posterity and not everybody wants to read a whole > > >thread to figure out what solved some random printing problem. > > > > But, in fact,

Re: Solved: kernel panich VFS unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,1)

2005-06-12 Thread Marty
Craig Russell wrote: It was recommended that I *NOT* use initrd unless I absolutely had a reason (booting from LVM or raid, etc) but all of the debian images come in this manner and I have been unable to compile a kernel and get it to boot without initrd. Am I missing something? I could be

RE: Cygwin, ssh, and top

2005-06-12 Thread David Christensen
Robert Wolfe wrote: > What are you using as an SSH client? I was using: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cygcheck -c | grep openssh openssh 3.9p1-3 OK Upgrade. Try again: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cygcheck -c openssh Cygwin Package Information Package

Re: Solved: kernel panich VFS unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,1)

2005-06-12 Thread Craig Russell
Marty wrote: Craig Russell wrote: It was recommended that I *NOT* use initrd unless I absolutely had a reason (booting from LVM or raid, etc) but all of the debian images come in this manner and I have been unable to compile a kernel and get it to boot without initrd. Am I missing something

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread Guillaume TESSIER
Right, This could be interresting to debate about. It's still about debian "version", packages version and repositories. Broadly, package are evoluting that way : The package is in really beta version in the unstable tree. Then most of the bugs are fixed and this package slides to the testing

Re: Solved: kernel panich VFS unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,1)

2005-06-12 Thread Marty
Craig Russell wrote: In terms of mirroring the boot disk I was referring to an LVM or raidtools setup with a raid1 mirror. If it is done, I'd like to be able to boot off of either disk in the event of a failure. Unless I'm missing something, LILO or grub already allow that without the need f

usb HD mounting problems

2005-06-12 Thread Peter Plessas
Hi List, still got problems mounting and accessing an external HD (MacPower Icecube FW800) through USB. Note that this is on a Powerpc, but it might not be a platform specific problem, hence the post. I am here on Debian Testing with an 2.6.11.5 kernel. I think i got all required modules load

Re: Can't burn CDs at a reasonable speed (cdrecord, 2.6.11 kernel).

2005-06-12 Thread David E. Fox
On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 14:37:21 +0100 Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not quite there! I'll check the cable too. Funny, I seem to get the same eror, and my cables are good. My /dev/hdc is a Toshiba SD-1312, and reading DVDs & CDs, writing CDs (it's a combo DVD-R/CDRW) has worked fine. [EMAI

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread Marty
Guillaume TESSIER wrote: It seems that the BIG SWITCH let my system a kind of orphelin I think you are massively overcomplicating the problem... You wrote ealier that your last upgrade was on the 2nd of june (FYI here in the US 02/06/2005 is usually interpreted as Feb 6 2005) and you wrot

Hats off to Debian maintainers: Sarge

2005-06-12 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi! Just dist-upgraded to the new stable Sarge from a version of last November. I had to reboot because X would not start: could not GETVT? Then the fonts had changed: in the Mozilla menubar and in my QT applications using QLabel. Impressive job! H -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Greg Madden
On Sunday 12 June 2005 08:47 am, j Mak wrote: > --- Jochen Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > j Mak: > > > I logged in with Knoppix and I searched the sarge > > > partition for the file you mentioned, but I found > > > > no > > > > > Xfree86.0.log file in the /var/log directory. > > > > Kent was

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread Guillaume TESSIER
Marty wrote: Guillaume TESSIER wrote: It seems that the BIG SWITCH let my system a kind of orphelin I think you are massively overcomplicating the problem... Marty, I know i'm overcomplicating the problem. But i think there is really something that bugs. This means you are now

Re: Firefox no print issue

2005-06-12 Thread Almut Behrens
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 08:12:36PM -0500, Jim Hall wrote: > Almut Behrens wrote: > >On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:47:14PM -0500, Jim Hall wrote: > >><>setpagedevice > >>%!PS-Adobe-3.0 > >>%%Pages: (atend) > >>%%BoundingB > > > >That "<>setpagedevice" is not supposed to occur > >in that position, i.e.

Re: Live Radar Image as KDE Screensaver

2005-06-12 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 07:33:09 -0500 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know of a way to grab a live weather radar image from a > public source (like NOAA or weather.com) and use it as a screensaver > in KDE? > > Thanks! I'm pretty sure those sites don't really have live radar, but

/etc/debian_version for Etch

2005-06-12 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello All, I have just migrate to Etch, and I have a naive question. My current /etc/debian_version file still contains "3.1", which is valid release for Sarge: 1] what must /etc/debian_version contain for an Etch box ? 2] does it really matter ? Thanks in advance, Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Home network problem

2005-06-12 Thread Phil
The linux server running file and printer sharing for windows, Apple and linux clients does not get the internet in KDE. I get an IP address and subnet mask info, and RX & TX packet flow when I issue a ifconfig command on eth0 (the only NIC) I can ping all local machines, the DSL router a

Re: resolvconf w/ dhcpd -> /etc/hosts not working

2005-06-12 Thread Thomas Stivers
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 02:30:28 AM +0200, LeVA wrote: > Hi! > > I'm using a dhcp3 client with resolvconf configuration. The ip updating and > name server configuration works fine, but I can not use the /etc/hosts file. > For example if I set this up in /etc/hosts: Do you have the following in y

sarge: firefox: menu item turns blank when cursored over

2005-06-12 Thread john doe
After installing  "mozilla-firefox" package, go into gnome desktop, launch firefox, the menu item turns blank (actually white) when you move the cursor over it. See screenshot here:   http://picserver.student.utwente.nl/view_image.php/66C1UCTV882Q/picserver.png This problem doesn't happen to other

Re: Home network problem

2005-06-12 Thread Craig Russell
Phil wrote: The linux server running file and printer sharing for windows, Apple and linux clients does not get the internet in KDE. I get an IP address and subnet mask info, and RX & TX packet flow when I issue a ifconfig command on eth0 (the only NIC) I can ping all local machines,

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread David Jardine
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 08:35:00PM +0200, Guillaume TESSIER wrote: > [...] > There is a problem. A package with the same > version number won't contain the same binaries at different T time in > the different trees. > > Apt doesn't know about binaries. It only looks at

Re: Home network problem

2005-06-12 Thread Guillaume TESSIER
Phil wrote: The linux server running file and printer sharing for windows, Apple and linux clients does not get the internet in KDE. I get an IP address and subnet mask info, and RX & TX packet flow when I issue a ifconfig command on eth0 (the only NIC) I can ping all local machines, th

Re: sarge: firefox: menu item turns blank when cursored over

2005-06-12 Thread Sven Arvidsson
john doe wrote: > After installing "mozilla-firefox" package, go into gnome desktop, launch > firefox, the menu item turns blank (actually white) when you move the cursor > over it. See screenshot here: > http://picserver.student.utwente.nl/view_image.php/66C1UCTV882Q/picserver.png > This problem

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread Colin Ingram
Guillaume TESSIER wrote: Marty wrote: This means : the package-2.0 is my system (taken from the testing repositories at (BIG-SWITCH -4)) could be different than the package-2.0 in the stable repositories. And APT won't see it and won't upgrade this package. Therefore it seems it's not possib

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 10:17:53AM -0400, j Mak wrote: > [snip] > have any graphical interface. > I logged in and run /etc/init.d/kdm start as you > suggested. But I got the message: Starting K Display > manager kdm . And the prompt reappears. So I am back > to square one. I have no graphical des

Re: /etc/debian_version for Etch

2005-06-12 Thread Marty
Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello All, I have just migrate to Etch, and I have a naive question. My current /etc/debian_version file still contains "3.1", which is valid release for Sarge: 1] what must /etc/debian_version contain for an Etch box ? 2] does it really matter ? If you check out on-going

Re: Programming Backwards (was Re: Top posting (a different point of view))

2005-06-12 Thread David Jardine
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 11:26:47AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > /me envisions an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of > typewriters sitting in a building in Redmond with an M$ logo on the > front... :) Well, "infinite" is probably a little on the high side, but... -- David

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread Colin Ingram
Guillaume TESSIER wrote: Right, This could be interresting to debate about. It's still about debian "version", packages version and repositories. Broadly, package are evoluting that way : The package is in really beta version in the unstable tree. Then most of the bugs are fixed and this pa

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Kent West
j Mak wrote: >--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>It looks like you don't have X [completely] >>installed. >> >>Try "aptitude install x-window-system". >> >> > >I tried the aptitude install x-window-system and i got >the following message: > >No candidate version found for x-windo

Re: debian sources to debian binaries.

2005-06-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 10:21:26PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > nuno romano wrote: > > When trying to build binary .deb packages from debian > > sources I get the following warning:(the same with > > gtkhtml3) > > > > dpkg-deb: parse error in file `fltk-1.1.6/ > > /DEBIAN/control´ > > near

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Guillaume TESSIER wrote: > Apt doesn't know about binaries. It only looks at the version number. Correct. > This means : the package-2.0 is my system (taken from the testing > repositories at (BIG-SWITCH -4)) could be different than the package-2.0 > in the stable repositories. No that is inco

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Bannister wrote: > Three questions (gotta get Monty Python outta this) > > 1) User copies /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf to /etc/apt/apt.conf > and edits to suit? No. That is an example configuration file to illustrate features configuration file and a very few possible features, tha

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Marty wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > APT does not know or care about any "Debian version" that you seem to > > be trying to make up. It does not exist. Don't try to create one. > > I guess these guys didn't hear the news: > > algernon:/home/marty# dlocate debian_version > base-files: /etc/debia

Re: /etc/debian_version for Etch

2005-06-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
Jerome BENOIT: > > I have just migrate to Etch, and I have a naive question. > My current /etc/debian_version file still contains "3.1", > which is valid release for Sarge: > 1] what must /etc/debian_version contain for an Etch box ? This is not yet decided, I think. The file is part of the packa

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread Joe Potter
Bob Proulx wrote: > Marty wrote: > >>Bob Proulx wrote: >> > > You are very close to trolling. Please don't do that. > > Bob Hi Bob, He may be close to trolling, but I am glad they all got those posts out of you. What great explanations of the situation. I have tried to impart this informatio

Re: Exim4: disablign delay in flushing mail queues

2005-06-12 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday June 12 2005 6:15 am, Micha Feigin wrote: > When I use fetchmail to import my mail through exim4 it only > flushes the first few messages imidiatly and the rest are delayed > quite a bit unless I do /etc/init.d/exim4 restart. > Any way to disable this behaviour with exim? Don't, there is

Re: [OT] Re: Top posting (a different point of view)

2005-06-12 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday June 12 2005 10:10 am, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > Unlike vi v. emacs or KDE v. Gnome, there's actually an RFC about > > this one. It's a dead issue. If you don't conform, people will be > > less liekly to reply to you. > > Really? an RFC? Which one, and where might I find it? http://ursin

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread Marty
Joe Potter wrote: He may be close to trolling, but I am glad they all got those posts out of you. I'm not trolling nor did I make up idea of the "debian version." I just asked a few questions about it, seeking clarification. Thanks to all who responded, and thanks for your patience too. Wh

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread John Hasler
Guillaume TESSIER writes: > A package with the same version number won't contain the same binaries at > different T time in the different trees. What ever gave you that idea? of _course_ it will. In fact, it is exactly the same _file_. Look up "package pools". > This means : the package-2.0 is

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 10:17:53AM -0400, j Mak > wrote: > > > [snip] > > have any graphical interface. > > I logged in and run /etc/init.d/kdm start as you > > suggested. But I got the message: Starting K > Display > > manager kdm . And the prompt

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread j Mak
--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > j Mak wrote: > > >--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>It looks like you don't have X [completely] > >>installed. > >> > >>Try "aptitude install x-window-system". > >> > >> > > > >I tried the aptitude install x-window-system and i

Re: sarge: gdm login screen: font too small

2005-06-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
Jochen Schulz: > > # vim /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc > #!/bin/sh > exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 93 -nolisten tcp What I forgot was: add a this line with your values to the "Monitor" section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4: Displaysize 286 214 # size in millimeters J. -- I throw away plastics an

Safety issues of cronning "apt-get -y upgrade"

2005-06-12 Thread Clinton V. Weiss
On a stable Debian machine, would cronning apt-get -y upgrade (with the apt-get -y update of course) on a daily or weekly basis have any fault points? I'm asking since I'd like to ensure that upgrading of a server's packages is safe and secure without the need to SSH into the machine just fo

Re: Sound + Video Issues

2005-06-12 Thread Sven Arvidsson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After relocating my Linux drive to my new computer, I've been able to > resolve most problems; however a few remain: > > Audio -- ??? > Video -- i810 works (Direct Rendering: NO), however i915 doesn't > My /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 loads both "glx" and "dri". Additionally

Gnome menus

2005-06-12 Thread Arthur Barlow
After updating the latest set of Gnome libraries for Debian unstable, I noticed that the "Applications" menu and submenus have changed. However, Iam not able to right click and delete an item. Enough when I log in as root I don't have this functionality. Any suggestions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

software raid - no grub?

2005-06-12 Thread Graham Seaman
I just bought a new machine and installed the new debian on it. It has 2 drives and I wanted to run software raid on them so I was really impressed when it came up as an install option. The problem is, now I can't always boot: as far as I can work out (after about 10 attempts, so it does seem to be

a question about apt_preferences,

2005-06-12 Thread Paul E Condon
I am attempting to set up apt_preferences to pin priorities on the basis of the name of a release rather than on the basis of (stable|testing|unstable). I tried a line : Pin: release a=etch but this is ignored by aptitude. I can set the priority of testing with a line : Pin: release a=testing I

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Jochen Schulz
j Mak: > > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: xserver-xfree89 is not > installed Then do 'aptitude install xserver-xfree86' (and yes, 86 not 89). I am very sure it's on the first CD. J. -- Tony Blair is a hypnotised self-seeking scarecrow just like all the rest. [Agree] [Disagree] <

Re: /etc/debian_version for Etch

2005-06-12 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 10:26:14PM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Jerome BENOIT: > > > > I have just migrate to Etch, and I have a naive question. > > My current /etc/debian_version file still contains "3.1", > > which is valid release for Sarge: > > 1] what must /etc/debian_version contain for an

Re: Gnome menus

2005-06-12 Thread Sven Arvidsson
Arthur Barlow wrote: > After updating the latest set of Gnome libraries for Debian unstable, I > noticed that the "Applications" menu and submenus have changed. However, > Iam not able to right click and delete an item. Enough when I log in as > root I don't have this functionality. Any suggesti

Re: software raid - no grub?

2005-06-12 Thread Clive Menzies
On (12/06/05 23:34), Graham Seaman wrote: > I just bought a new machine and installed the new debian on it. It has 2 > drives and I wanted > to run software raid on them so I was really impressed when it came up > as an install option. > The problem is, now I can't always boot: as far as I can work

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Kent West
j Mak wrote: >--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>j Mak wrote: >> >> >>>--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Try "aptitude install x-window-system". >The problem is that I cannot make my Internet >connection work with sarge. The only way

Re: Top posting

2005-06-12 Thread Clemens Schwaighofer
On 10/6/2005, at 1:55, David Jardine wrote: be getting out of hand :) us a lecture on top posting sometime soon? It seems to Isn't some authoritative voice on the list going to give I gave up lecturing people about top quoting. Non Technical People, and those are the most in most companies

Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

2005-06-12 Thread Guillaume TESSIER
Colin Ingram wrote: packages with the same version number have the same binaries and are exactly the same no matter if they are in unstable, testing, or stale Bob and Colin, Thanks for giving me all these informations and lead my behaviour in the right way. Yes, i missed something : i th

Re: Newbie cannot start graphical desktop

2005-06-12 Thread Ishwar Rattan
As others have pointed out: you do not have X-wondows installed. Install the software FIRST or re-install from scratch from install media. One way to see if the needed package is installed is via dpkg program: # dpkg -l -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Homebuilt vs. debian packages, and "apt-get upgrade"

2005-06-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Jaime wrote: > > Everything apart from the dependant version of libc6 is identical. So > > why does apt-get want to upgrade one, but not the other? > > With your homebuilt version installed, run 'apt-cache policy less' to > see what priorities it gives the two. You will

Re: software raid - no grub?

2005-06-12 Thread Graham Seaman
Clive Menzies wrote: >You might find the following useful: > >http://unthought.net/Software-RAID.HOWTO/Software-RAID.HOWTO.html >http://juerd.nl/site.plp/debianraid >http://rootraiddoc.alioth.debian.org/ >http://deb.riseup.net/storage/software-raid/ >http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2002/

Re: /etc/debian_version for Etch

2005-06-12 Thread Wayne Topa
Jerome BENOIT([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hello All, > > I have just migrate to Etch, and I have a naive question. > My current /etc/debian_version file still contains "3.1", > which is valid release for Sarge: > 1] what must /etc/debian_version contain for an Etch box ? > 2] do

Re: BIND 8 BUG

2005-06-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Florian Ernst wrote: > PK wrote: > > I've removed BIND 8 from Sarge with: > > > > # apt-get --purge remove bind > > # apt-get clean > > > > [...] > > but I still have BIND 8 startup scripts links in: > > Hmm, I cannot reproduce this behavior... Me neither. But I will guess that package is remov

Re: Gwebdec

2005-06-12 Thread David R. Litwin
(Sorry, I didn't send this to the List.) Alright. I installed the gtk2.0-dev package. I ran make: # make make -C src/webdec make[1]: Entering directory `/home/david/Pictures/Webshots/gwebdec-0.24.1/src/webdec' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/david/Pictu

Request for window manager recommendations

2005-06-12 Thread herminio
Have just finished installing sarge (am a first-time debian user, very impressed), and now am chosing a window manager. I have fond memories of using a little-known WM called VTWM on SunOS, but that was almost 10 years ago now. I'm guessing the are other, at least equally noteworthy WM's around. N

Re: Release upgrade from Woody to Sarge failed reboot lilo problem

2005-06-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Florian Ernst wrote: > MicheleM wrote: > > all worked fine untill I rebooted the machine and...ooops! The boot > > loader LILO failed with the "LI" code error. > > [...] > > But what did it happen? I think there is a bug somewhere. > > lilo should have detected it needed to be re-run and should ha

Re: scp from remote to remote machine

2005-06-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Robert Vangel wrote: > belahcene wrote: > >I want to send a file from one remote machine to another one like this > >scp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home2/dsl-1.2.iso [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/debian > >Password: > >Host key verification failed. > >lost connection > > You need to make sure 172.19.5.75 alr

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