Starting USB in Debian with kernel 26

I have trouble with starting Debian.It starts,normaly load modules for bttv,tuner,audio,pci [success] and then was printed to console usb and then starting not continue.I tried reboot,but,it was still same. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Keep the NVIDIA driver for different kernel releases

On 18/08/05, Mauricio Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I compile and install the NVIDIA driver for kernel 2.6.12.5 > without removing the old installed driver for kernel 2.6.12? I take it you're using the nVidia installer direct from nVidia, not the debian packages? If so then for each n

cheap -- Re: weird characters

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Vikki Roemer wrote: > Heh, yeah, *should*. But it's a cheap, sorry MB with a cheap, sorry bios, > so it doesn't. you can also do what the bios should have been doing by using lmsensors and check the cpu temp and dead fans with lmsensors you can check the disk temp with h

Starting USB in Debian with kernel 26

I have trouble with starting Debian.It starts,normaly load modules for bttv,tuner,audio,pci [success] and then was printed to console usb and then starting not continue.I tried reboot,but,it was still same. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Building nvidia driver against 2.6.12-1-k7-2.6.12-5 under sid

Hi Trying to update my nvidia driver (1.0.7174-4) for the newly released 2.6.12-5 kernel under sid results in a hugh amounts for errors, build log attached. Essentially the initial error seems to be In file included from /lib/modules/2.6.12-1-k7/build/include/linux/kernel.h:11,

Re: WINE

Well, really, the "proper" way to run WINE is to set up a "fake_windows " directory and install Windows software into it. It's been a while since I installed WINE, and the config method may have changed since then, but there is a script or a program you run that sets up the fake_windows area. Aft

Re: Firefox and Debian Testing: Getting Security Updates?

On 8/18/05, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Or do you make a custom > > launcher that directly runs the version in /opt (which would be less > > than ideal for a multiuser system)? > I don't follow you here. Why would it be "less than ideal"? It would be less than ideal because then e

Re: On the use of DVD recordable media (was: Re: DVD+R writing problems)

Hi, Brendon. First of all, thank you very much for your reply. On Aug 17 2005, Brendon Lloyd Higgins wrote: > Rogério Brito wrote (Sunday 14 August 2005 2:06 pm): > > Anyway, just out of curiosity: are you able to read all the DVD discs > > that you burn on regular computer or standalone drives?

Re: Printer & localhost:631

On (18/08/05 10:36), Marie-Louise wrote: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:17:15 +0100 using the keyboard as a tool Clive crafted > these words: > |- > Host name lookup failure > |- > |- You could try http://192.168.x.x:631 (using your IP address) or check > |- /etc/hosts to ensure you have

Re: Starting USB in Debian with kernel 26

it happens the same to me, it never passes the usb loading section

Re: WINE

"David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Looks to me like CRYPTNET.dll is missing from your WINE's > > fake_windows. Did you run the MSN Messenger installer, or did you > simply run the EXE from an old Windows installation? > > I'm not quite sure what you mean by this. I have parti

dansguardian

Hello, Has any one use the Anti-Virus patch avilable for Dansguardian at: http://www.pcxperience.org/ If yes, is the unstable version good enough? Regards, Boskey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

keyboard and laptop

Hello all, How or what I need to configure input device (keyboard) Which files I shoud modify (xorg.conf ...) and maybe others ... I have an ipower packardbell (2002) laptop Thank you Bayrouni -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

SoundMax driver for kernel 2.6

Hi all, I use debian sarge and my sound card is onboard and it is SoundMAX. I got the ALSA driver from asus web site and according to the INSTALL file that came together with the driver I performed the following steps under the alsa driver directory: $ ./configure --with-kernel=/home/mauricio/do

Re: Keep the NVIDIA driver for different kernel releases

Hi, On 8/18/05, Adam Mercer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 18/08/05, Mauricio Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How can I compile and install the NVIDIA driver for kernel 2.6.12.5 > > without removing the old installed driver for kernel 2.6.12? > > I take it you're using the nVidia installer

Re: Starting USB in Debian with kernel 26

On 18/08/05, Jesús Fernández <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it happens the same to me, it never passes the usb loading section have you ever tried to disable acpi? USB devices sometime uses the IRQ (number 11 in my laptop) that uses other devices. In the boot screen, write acpi=off and this should

DMA, mkinitrd and bootsplash

Hi all, I write this e-mail a bit upset after spending three days trying to install a new kernel with bootsplash and suspend2. And I write this to avoid anybody else to spend the same. I do not know who must solve this, but I think that there is a problem with bootsplash or mkinitrd. I can pro

debootstrap problem

Hi all,After running:debootstrap sid /sid-root http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ which exists with : I: Base system installed successfully. I chrooted to /sid-root but get this problem runing apt-get : apt-get: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No su

Re: [workaround] make-kpkg: What gets included in the initrd image?

On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 09:30:01PM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: > Dear List, > > I've created a set of kernel packages (-image, -source, -doc, -headers) > by running > > make-kpkg --append-to-version=-bleh --revision=01 --initrd > --rootcmd=fakeroot > > in a linux-source-2.6.12 directory using

Re: OpenOffice: No Help available

On 17 August 2005 Sønke Lorenzen wrote: > > Problem: If I select Contents in the "Help" menu, > > the help browser starts, but in the right window > > the following message appears: > > > > The requested document does not exist in the > > database !! > > > > Also searching or selecting the Index d

Re: Printer & localhost:631

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:18:27 +0100 using the keyboard as a tool Clive crafted these words: |- On (18/08/05 10:36), Marie-Louise wrote: |- > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:17:15 +0100 using the keyboard as a tool Clive crafted |- > these words: |- > |- > Host name lookup failure |-

Re: Starting USB in Debian with kernel 26

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 10:41:29AM +0200, Diego Martínez Castañeda wrote: > On 18/08/05, Jesús Fernández <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it happens the same to me, it never passes the usb loading section > > have you ever tried to disable acpi? USB devices sometime uses the IRQ > (number 11 in my

Re: CD file copying problem with kernel 2.6

To copy svcds (and vcds) the procedure is different, as outlined below: 1. mkdir limpio 2. cd limpio, then put the svcd in the dvdwriter bay. 3. cdrdao read-cd --paranoia-mode 2 --read-raw --driver generic-mmc --device ATAPI:0,1,0 data.toc 4. umount if needed, remove the original svcd from the ba

Re: Apt-Get udev and the Newest Kernel

On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 09:15:15PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > If this is ridiculously complex, umm. are you sure you want to > be running Sid? > > manoj Manoj, btw, as an insider, how broken is sid as of now? I'm waiting for some unstable stability before I go back to i

Re: Starting USB in Debian with kernel 26

If you guys (or any of you) is using sarge, and the 2.6 kernel is theone shipped with sarge, in many cases you will have usb problems. Thatkernel had problems, there were things it can not handle. After someback and forth, the solution that I found was very simple, thanks to an idea that came up i

Re: Printer & localhost:631

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 09:53:01AM +1000, Marie-Louise wrote: > This is the message that is in /var/log/cups/error_log > > I [18/Aug/2005:08:37:47 +1000] Listening to 0:631 > [...] > E [18/Aug/2005:08:37:49 +1000] StartListening: Unable to find IP address > for server name "ariestao" - Host name l

Re: Keep the NVIDIA driver for different kernel releases

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 04:55:43AM -0400, Mauricio Lin wrote: > Hi, > > On 8/18/05, Adam Mercer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 18/08/05, Mauricio Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > How can I compile and install the NVIDIA driver for kernel 2.6.12.5 > > > without removing the old installe

Re: xfce4 had overwritten kde

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 07:01:22AM +0100, Joe Mc Cool wrote: > Oh dear, > > on my Debian sarge box I ran: > > apt-get install xfce4 > > since that, when ANY user logs in to a kdm prompt, they are presented with > xfce4 instead of kde. > > I had really only intended xfce4 for my own persona

Re: hotplugging mouse hassles

Ryan King on 17/08/05 19:30, wrote: On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 06:13:38PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: and for a while now the psmouse driver loses synch and goes nuts when I switch the KVM, even though Hotplug should keep it in there, as per this /var/log/messages: My experience with PS/2, under Li

Re: desktop / window manager

cliff pankonien on 17/08/05 22:47, wrote: i usually just right-click on the bottom panel>add to panel>window list... Oh DOH! I didn't realise that the window list was configurable/addable! Thanks Adam Jeff Stevens wrote: Adam, Having rarely used gnome I'm no expert. I have found proble

Re: Firefox and Debian Testing: Getting Security Updates?

En/La [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha escrit, a 18/08/05 09:49: > On 8/18/05, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Or do you make a custom >>>launcher that directly runs the version in /opt (which would be less >>>than ideal for a multiuser system)? >> > Hey, don't get me wrong, I *love* Debian, a

Re: File Permissions: Allow write, but not modify

* Chris Purves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050818 06:01]: > Is it possible to set up a directory so that a user can add a new > file, but once the file is there the same user cannot modify, rename, > or delete the file? Not sure, but perhaps with "chattr +a "? Yours sincerely, Alexander -- http://l

Re: xfce4 had overwritten kde

Dnia czwartek, 18 sierpnia 2005 08:01, Joe Mc Cool napisał: > Oh dear, > > on my Debian sarge box I ran: > > apt-get install xfce4 > > since that, when ANY user logs in to a kdm prompt, they are presented > with xfce4 instead of kde. > > I had really only intended xfce4 for my own personal use.

Re: boot logging

Also, what happened to my boot logging? dmesg doesn't contain it, and in my /etc/init.d dir, I see a stop_bootlogd script. Is this what's stopping my boot logging? Or could it be configured to log it somewhere other than /var/log? You need to start bootlogd service to see you bootlog. The ea

debian system users delete or change access

Hi list I have the following in my /etc/passwd file. daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/s

initrd, reboot makes kernel panic

Hi! Some background... I've got an IDE-raid card (Promise SX6000) which is causing some problems when I reboot my linux. As the kernel does not support this card (and promise only support 2.4 kernel modules) I've got an 2.4.31 kernel and an initrd loading the promise module (pti_st.o). And th

Silence syslog (noflushd & dhclient)

Hello, this is my first post here. I use Debian unstable on my fanless VIA EPIA home workstation. Noise is a big deal for me, so I use noflushd to spin down the HD. However log-messages spin it up, especially dhclient. I have tried adding "-" chars in /etc/syslog.conf but it keeps spinning up. Wh

Re: boot logging

Adam writes: > OK, so I did that now I'm still looking at the stop_bootlogd script in > /etc/init.d Shall I just get rid of it? I can't figure out why it's there. stop_bootlogd is there to stop the bootlog daemon when booting is complete. Look at the links. I agree that the comments in the scrip

Re: why upgrade kernel?

On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 22:50 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will newer > versions of some packages eventually need a newer kernel? yes. for instance some desktop stuff is starting to use udev/hotplug. this requires a 2.6 kernel. -matt zagrabelny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: boot logging

John Hasler on 18/08/05 13:38, wrote: Adam writes: OK, so I did that now I'm still looking at the stop_bootlogd script in /etc/init.d Shall I just get rid of it? I can't figure out why it's there. stop_bootlogd is there to stop the bootlog daemon when booting is complete. Look at the links.

Re: desktop / window manager

Adam Hardy on 18/08/05 12:11, wrote: cliff pankonien on 17/08/05 22:47, wrote: i usually just right-click on the bottom panel>add to panel>window list... Oh DOH! I didn't realise that the window list was configurable/addable! A couple of other things went to desktop heaven as well - my

Broken install (files list file for package `x11-common' missing)

Hi, Some time ago I installed X.org from debian.linux-systeme.com on my Debian Sid. Yesterday I decided to switch to the X.org, now provided unstable so I lowered the priority of debian.linux-systeme.com in /etc/apt/preferences I ran dist-upgrade with aptitude, but this failed, giving the followi

Re: Apache2::Util not getting installed?

David Dyer-Bennet wrote: However, that file doesn't exist: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -F /usr/lib/perl5/Apache2/ Apache/ APR/ APR.pm auto/ ModPerl/ mod_perl.pm It is located at /usr/lib/perl5/Apache2/Apache/Util.pm At least in my installation -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

apt-get source + pentium-builder = i386?

Hello, I installed the pentium-builder package and I made the export DEBIAN_BUILDARCH=i686. However, after a apt-get build-dep and apt-get source -b, the result was a i386 package. Why the result wasn't a i686 package? I tested with IPTraf and Postgresql-8.0. Thanks, Eriberto -- To UNSUB

Re: Apt-Get udev and the Newest Kernel

Manoj Srivastava wrote: 4% $Get_Root make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image Manoj - I've switched from "--revision=" to "--append-to-version" because new kernels of the same version don't clash module directories. It seems much better to me. Do you still prefer "--revision" for some

[SOLVED] Broken install (files list file for package `x11-common' missing)

Andrey Andreev wrote: > Some time ago I installed X.org from debian.linux-systeme.com on my > Debian Sid. > Yesterday I decided to switch to the X.org, now provided unstable so I > lowered the priority of debian.linux-systeme.com in /etc/apt/preferences > I ran dist-upgrade with aptitude, but this

Re: Info on debian boot/xwindow process

Albert wrote: > Could someone point me to info on the debian boot and X Window startup > process? I hate it that I don't get to startx for X and that I cannot > login to Gnome as root. * The PowerOnSelfTest (POST) * The bootloader (grub/lilo/etc) * The kernel loads * The kernel probes and sel

Re: initrd, reboot makes kernel panic

Ignore my last mail. Ironic, 2 days troubleshooting and 2h after mailing this list and the problem solves. ;) FYI, according to Documentation/initrd.txt you should(?) have a pivot_root and a chroot in your /linuxrc (initrd-image). This is not so, works better without them. The kernel alre

Re: boot logging

> OK. I'm with you so far. Now that I seem to have boot logging working, > where is the actual output? I don't know. Mine is right there in /var/log/boot. I'm using a 2.6.4 kernel built from Debian source. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: Keep the NVIDIA driver for different kernel releases

On 8/18/05, Mauricio Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I use Debian Sarge and recently I installed the nvidia driver on kernel > 2.6.12. > It works perfectly. > > But when I compiled and installed the kernel 2.6.12.5, I had to > install the nvidia driver again, since the newest kernel

Automatically load module at boottime

I've just completed setup of a OnStream SCSI backup device in my Debian box, which is working really really well. I had a power cut earlier today and when power was restored I checked the backup device and noticed that the osst module was not loaded. how can i make the system automatica

Problems with software RAID on SATA

I'm just in the process of setting up a Sarge server to be used as a sort of backup server. The main PATA discs are used to boot the OS offof software RAID1, with the rest of the disc space used in JBOD for not-so-important backups. However, I'm having problems getting the new disc array up and

Re: File Permissions: Allow write, but not modify

Quoting Chris Purves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Is it possible to set up a directory so that a user can add a new file, but once the file is there the same user cannot modify, rename, or delete the file? The shared directory is a samba share, and will only be accessed through windows, so solving this

CVS and PAM

Hello group, today I tried to run a cvs pserver from xinetd / tcpwrapper as non root. Like this: service cvspserver { flags = NAMEINARGS socket_type = stream protocol= tcp wait= no user= cvs server = /usr/sbin/tcpd

Re: why upgrade kernel?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a couple of machines which I'm in the process of upgrading to Sarge. I'm wondering about whether to upgrade the kernels. They're all running some version of 2.4, which I've built for the particular machines. If I don't get new hardware which need newer drivers,

Re: debian system users delete or change access

Quoting Brent Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi list I have the following in my /etc/passwd file. daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/l

Network fails in 2.6.12

Hi! I'm compiling a 2.6.12 kernel in a hp tc2110 server ( http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/tc2110/ ) with 2 ethernet cards, one is a 3com 3c905 Tornado (3c59x) Intel and another 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM (e100). When i start with the original sarge kernel, it runs well, but when i run with my

Changing Bitstream Vera

I have looked at Bitstream Vera and have found it to be a very pleasing font. I have just one question: Is it possible for a user to "tune" the font -- actually it is only one letter I want to change, the lower-case "l". Thanks. sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: Problems with software RAID on SATA

Quoting Stephen Tait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I'm just in the process of setting up a Sarge server to be used as a sort of backup server. The main PATA discs are used to boot the OS offof software RAID1, with the rest of the disc space used in JBOD for not-so-important backups. However, I'm having

Re: weird characters

On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 09:28:26PM -0400, Vikki Roemer wrote: > Hi, > My problem is, after I had to reboot (computer overheated again), some of > the characters in programs don't display right. This doesn't sound like an overheating problem to me. For one thing, the Mutt arrow problem happens to

Pulling out the new EPOX EP-8VTAI motherboard

Hi Debian! This is for info in case anybody googles for this motherboard, by chance. I bought an EPOX EP-8VTAI 2 months ago with an Athlon XP 2700+ Thoroughbred CPU. (combo less that $100) I am pulling them out and returning to the old Abit KT7A. Reason: unexplained kernel panics in the weir

Re: Automatically load module at boottime

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:00:14 +0200, Gabe Granger wrote: > > I've just completed setup of a OnStream SCSI backup device in my > Debian box, which is working really really well. I had a power cut > earlier today and when power was restored I checked the backup device > and noticed that the os

Re: weird characters

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 12:07:21PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 09:28:26PM -0400, Vikki Roemer wrote: > > Hi, > > My problem is, after I had to reboot (computer overheated again), some of > > the characters in programs don't display right. > > This doesn't sound like an ov

Re: root partition (reiserfs) mounting read-only on boot

On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 22:19 -0400, Bill Marcum wrote: > Maybe there is a hardware problem with the disk drive. If smartmontools > are installed, try "smartctl -a /dev/hda". Also try "fsck -c". Thank you for the reply, Bill. Sorry, there is no -c option on fsck for reiserfs, (see man fsck.reis

Re: Starting USB in Debian with kernel 26

Le Jeudi 18 Août 2005 12:25, Jesús Fernández a écrit : > > If you guys (or any of you) is using sarge, and the 2.6 kernel is the > > one shipped with sarge, in many cases you will have usb problems. That > > kernel had problems, there were things it can not handle. After some > > back and forth, th

firefox package screwed

The deb package for Firefox 1.0.4 is screwed up: All menus are affected. The cursor, instead of highlighting a choice, displays it as white block. It's probably in the default theme, because changing the theme fixes it. Also, 1.0.4 is not the current version of firefox. I don't know which

Re: lame not in the debian package repository?

On 17. August 2005 at 10:37PM -0700, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 17 August 2005 08:57 am, Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas wrote: > > On 8/13/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 13 August 2005 10:05 pm, Rishi wrote: > > > > Just curious. Any reasons w

Re: Changing Bitstream Vera

On 18. August 2005 at 11:42AM -0400, Sam Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have looked at Bitstream Vera and have found it to be a very > pleasing font. I have just one question: Is it possible for a > user to "tune" the font -- actually it is only one letter I > want to change, the lower-

Missing device node

Hi, I seem to be missing a device node but I am unsure as to how I should get it back. I have a machine that has just two ide devices the hard drive and an old DVD drive. There is a device node /dev/hda that corresponds to the HD but not /dev/hdc for the DVD drive. This latter node has only di

Re: Network fails in 2.6.12

On Thursday 18 August 2005 08:37, Jose E. Suarez wrote: > Hi! > > I'm compiling a 2.6.12 kernel in a hp tc2110 server > ( http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/tc2110/ ) with 2 ethernet > cards, one is a 3com 3c905 Tornado (3c59x) Intel and another > 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM (e100). > > When i start

Re: apt-get source + pentium-builder = i386?

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 10:37:08AM -0300, Eriberto wrote: > Hello, > > I installed the pentium-builder package and I made the export > DEBIAN_BUILDARCH=i686. However, after a apt-get build-dep and apt-get source > -b, the result was a i386 package. Why the result wasn't a i686 package? I > test

Exim4 and smtp_accept_queue_per_connection

Is there some magik needed to get Exim4 (4.52-1) to understand and obey the smtp_accept_queue_per_connection setting? I've tried setting it (and restarting exim), but Exim ignores me (I still get "no immediate delivery: more than 10 messages received in one connection" in my logs). In my /etc/

Re: Menu Highlighting Probs in Firefox 1.0.4 (WAS: firefox package screwed)

Albert, If you are running Firefox 1.0.4, you are likely running sarge/stable. See "Debian Releases" [1] for more information on the three main distributions. The Debian release cycle is such that every so often a new stable release is created. Packages in stable are exactly that, they are stable

how to install ubuntu from hd ?

Hi, I want to install directly ( ubuntu : debian base) from the iso in hd, I know how to do it in fedora and debian, but i coudn't find the appropriate installer, normally in FC for example we have the installer for network or from Hd in isolinux directory, so you 've juste declare in the men

Re: Menu Highlighting Probs in Firefox 1.0.4 (WAS: firefox package screwed)

Jeff Stevens wrote: Albert, Hopefully someone on this list will help you find a work-around. The workaround I found is to simply change the theme. -- Blessed are the cracked: For it is they who let in the light. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: changing xdm settings

Thank you all for your help :) Jeff Stevens wrote: Ricardo, Once you have changed your background color, you may find configuring the actual XDM login window useful. The XDM man page [1] covers a number of X resources that will configure how the various widgets in the login window are drawn.

Re: boot logging

Adam writes: OK. I'm with you so far. Now that I seem to have boot logging working, where is the actual output? Checking in /var/log didn't reveal anything. According to man, the default output is /var/log/boot but I don't have one. From the bootlogd script, it seems that bootlogd is being

Re: Info on debian boot/xwindow process

Paul E Condon wrote: This is just a hint that I hope is helpful: To keep the Xwindow system from starting during boot up, remove all the various versions of 'display managar', these are xdm, kdm, gdm and a few more whose names I do not remember. These are the programs that start X and give you a

Re: Info on debian boot/xwindow process

Kent West wrote: Thanks, Kent. That was a very useful mini-tutorial. Concerning logging into Gnome (or any X setup) as root: that's not recommended practice. Generally, you can override this safety setting by tinkering in the Gnome configuration file (but I'm not sure of the specifics, as I do

Re: Info on debian boot/xwindow process

Albert wrote: > I know logging on as root is not recommended but it's just too big a > pain in the butt to *not* be root. I've encountered no downside yet. And I always look down the barrel of my pistol to see if it's loaded; I've encountered no downside yet. YMMV ;-) Glad you found the mini-t

GNOME Wants Internet V6

I'm running Debian Sarge 2.8.1-6. Every time it starts, I get the following messages in .xsession-error: _IceTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 _IceTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/Pentium90: _IceTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

font size in xine's file browser dialog

Hi, Anybody know how to change the fonts in Xine's file browser's dialogbox? Currently, on my Testing machine running xine-ui 0.99.3-1, the fonts are too small (screen resolution of 1792x1344). Perhaps I just need the right option to set in .Xdefaults(?) thanks, ->HS -- Please remove the unde

Re: System backup/snapshot

I've been using pdumpfs, for years, and works great. It emulates plan9's dump fs. -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DSA Key ID 0x15741ECE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GNOME Wants Internet V6

On 8/18/05, Bryan Batten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running Debian Sarge 2.8.1-6. Every time it starts, I get the > following messages in .xsession-error: > > _IceTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 > _IceTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/Pentium90: > _IceTran

Can't create .Xauthority for users

I'm setting up a new machine with 2.6.8-2-686 kernel on sarge. Things seem to be working except for one thing: Users can't start the x server (root has no problem). When user does startx, the nVidia splash screen appears momentarily, but I'm thrown back to the console. The startx messages only s

Re: Can't create .Xauthority for users

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 03:26:12PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > xauth: creating new authority file /home/user/.Xauthority > /usr/bin/X11/startx: line 132: cannot create temporary file for here > document: Permission denied This sort of error can be caused by bad permissions on "/tmp" (or

meaning of this? gethostby*.getanswer: ... got type "39"

I sometimes find such messages in my syslog: mutella gethostby*.getanswer: asked for "gwc1c.olden.ch.3557.nyud.net IN A", got type "39" Maybe two or three in a day, then nothing like it for weeks. What does it signify? Should I concern about it? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: how to install ubuntu from hd ?

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 07:10:56PM +0100, belahcene wrote: > Hi, > I want to install directly ( ubuntu : debian base) from the iso in hd, I > know > how to do it in fedora and debian, > but i coudn't find the appropriate installer, normally in FC for example we > have the installer for network

Re: Firefox and Debian Testing: Getting Security Updates?

On 2005-08-17 23:17:01 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That's it? What about setting it up so that simply running "firefox" > from anywhere executes the version installed in /opt/firefox? Do you > make a link in /usr/bin, overwriting the file there, [...] You should never touch /usr/bin or you

Re: how to install ubuntu from hd ?

Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 07:10:56PM +0100, belahcene wrote: | > Hi, | > I want to install directly ( ubuntu : debian base) from the iso in hd, I know | > how to do it in fedora and debian, | > but i coudn't find the appropriate installer, normally

Re: weird characters

On 2005-08-18 12:17:04 -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 12:07:21PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > For one thing, the Mutt arrow problem happens to me too, > > starting when I made UTF-8 English the default characterset. > That is, the messed up arrow occur when I'm running on th

Re: lame not in the debian package repository?

On 2005-08-18 13:15:23 +0800, csj wrote: > If that's the case the patent on mp3 should have expired by > now. There are several patents. See . -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <

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Re: Can't create .Xauthority for users

Hi! well, i had some problems with this .Xauthority, but not the same way : when logged in, root couldn't open X-based applications... after a lot of googling, i found something in the FAQ of xfree86-common http://darbujan.fzu.cz/cgi-bin/dwww?type=text/plain&location=/usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/

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Re: rsync won't stop password prompt

On (18/08/05 15:56), Rob Brenart wrote: > I'm trying to script an rsync process and I keep getting the password > prompt... here's my "script" > > rsync -avz -e /usr/bin/ssh --password-file=/home/username/pwd.rsync > /home/user/test/ host:/home/username/test > > And it works fine, but it prompt

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Hi, I'm trying to add a second gigabit ethernet nic to my system. It's an Intel PRO/1OOOGT. (82541PI chip) It shows up when i do lspci So I load the e1000 kernel module... but nothing happens, lsmod shows it is loaded but that is it. I guess i need some way to link the newly added card to eth1?

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Maria G.Valencia Customer Service @Clubmosaico

Date: Agosto 18,2005   time 4:36pm  Soy una clienta del Club de Mosaico . Mi numero de Cuenta es # 845191204  y pedido # 0508    Mi Nombre es Maria G. Valencia  y necesito que se me cancele lo de agost 30,2005 Mi vida de nina soldado 26-6752 y La Sombra del Templario _15-9119 Por ahora cancelo es

Re: Info on debian boot/xwindow process

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 06:44:34PM -0500, Albert wrote: > Kent West wrote: > > Thanks, Kent. That was a very useful mini-tutorial. > > >Concerning logging into Gnome (or any X setup) as root: that's not > >recommended practice. Generally, you can override this safety setting by > >tinkering in t

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