Corrupted partition table/drive

I have a machine with three fixed disks: hda = Windows XP (40 gb) hdb = (see below) (60 gb) hdc = ext2 partition for data storage (30 gb) hdb is the disk I'm having serious problems with. Before, the disk had several partitions on it. I am not sure how many primary or secondary partitions there

libc6 (?) related conflicts involving emacs21 and other packages

This is an attempt to supply more detail on a problem reported in another recent post. I have installed a dual-boot of etch and Windows XP on a recently purchased HP machine that has a SATA hard disk (i386). Recently I have installed gcc-4.1 and emacs-21 using downloads of the "weekly

Re: authentication failure

Tarek Soliman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:05:24AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Tarek Soliman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Do not log in as root via ssh or even allow it. > > > There are reasons why the default in Debian is PermitRootLogin no > > > > The de

Loading kernel modules for usb stick

Hello, I got a D-link DWL-G122 today. It was easy to get that working under etch. For reference, if anybody has a similar problem: # module-assistant prepare # May not be needed # module-assistant get rt2x00 # module-assistant build rt2x00 topsi:~# cd /usr/src/ topsi:/usr/sr

Re: OT: a dumb query? pls humor me

On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:27:30PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:04:56PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > >> Since this is already a off-topic thread... > >> > >> So does Dutch, German, French, Italian.

Re: libc6 (?) related conflicts involving emacs21 and other packages

On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 15:08:15 -0500, Charles Blair wrote: >This is an attempt to supply more detail on a problem reported in > another recent post. > > I have installed a dual-boot of etch and Windows XP on a recently > purchased HP machine that has a SATA hard disk (i386). > > Re

Re: Blacklisted module still loads!

"A. F. Cano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 09:59:44AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > "A. F. Cano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > This is on an Etch system (recently upgraded from Sarge), kernel > > > 2.6.18 from the deb source package available and compiled locally.

Re: Debian's progress inspite of events (was Re: Dunk-Tank and the DD strike)

Greg Folkert wrote: > Sarge was so late, that things happened, including: > Ubuntu taking shape. This is kind of like claiming that Progeny came about because potato was late, or Stormix because woody was late. At best it glances off one possible reason for making a derived

Re: daylight savings time

On Wednesday 14 March 2007 21:54, Hugo Vanwoerkom sent this for all our perusal: >---} John Hasler wrote: >---} > Marty Landman writes: >---} >> I've got NTP running... >---} > >---} > NTP has nothing to do with DST. The servers send UTC. It is up to > the ---} > clients to deal with their time

Re: Where to put scripts

That depends. At least two alternatives exist depending on the number of user accounts on the system and who is to have access. If access is to be system-wide, /usr/local/bin is the place for these scripts. If a single user or group of users is to have access, then /home/user/bin/ is proper.

Re: man vs info

> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:35:08AM -0800, Mike McClain wrote: > > Has anyone seen am example where there was any more information in the > > info pages than the man pages? > > From: "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The gcc package (I think) is a good example. If you install the gcc-doc

Clamav-Milter not logging properly.

Hello, We have the latest version for sarge debian-volatile clamav-daemon, clamav-milter and clamav-freshclam Version: 0.90.1-0volatile1. We have everything working properly except for the "clamav.log" file. It works fine (logs like it should) when you start it up and it runs fine till the logs

Re: xorg.conf & multiple screen

Thank you, So you say that I must restart the X server each time that I want see a movies in the LCD-TV, I'm right? Gustavo On 3/14/07, Tarek Soliman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a laptop with only VGA output (not s-video output), so in order > to connect my laptop to the LCD-TV I ma

Re: Running Unstable (was: Is that all there is to it??)

Curt Howland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 14 March 2007 08:30, Cassiano Leal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: > > Really? I didn't know that. What are the basic steps to do it? I > > was really eager to try sid, but didn't wa

Re: Corrupted partition table/drive

On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 13:27 -0700, J Merritt wrote: > I have a machine with three fixed disks: > hda = Windows XP (40 gb) > hdb = (see below) (60 gb) > hdc = ext2 partition for data storage (30 gb) > > hdb is the disk I'm having serious problems with. Before, the disk had > several partitions on i

Re: Checking GPG Signatures - Debian Keyring is Huge !

I wrote: > Stephen Cormier wrote: > >> Have you tried/heard of the --keyring option when using gpg? That way you >> only >> need to specify the file containing the key not add it to your own keyring. > > I guess I could do that - I suppose I could also extract the relevant > key from the Debian

Re: Corrupted partition table/drive

J Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My goal was to erase the first three partitions (because I never used > them anymore) and combine them into one large ext2 partition for more > data storage. (There were a total of five or six between the > primary/extended.) Using the Ultimate Boot CD and X

Re: Possible bug in 'sort -m'

Bob McGowan wrote: >Here, I numerically sort and merge the two source files into a >destination and count lines in all three. Then I get unique lines from >the merged sort and count the result. >$ sort -n -m from_number to_number > xxx A merge sort (sort -m) needs the input files to be already

Re: [debian-user] Reusing LIVE ISO images of CDs and DVDs

swm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The best way to figure it out is to start following a remastering > guide and give it a try. If the resulting live CD doesn't work > you try to figure out what went wrong, toss it in the trash, and or /dev/null if you test using qemu ;) Regards, Andrei -- If

Re: Checking GPG Signatures - Debian Keyring is Huge !

On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 23:08 +, Nick Boyce wrote: > [Just for completeness, and more to the point, but not wanting to flog a > dead horse]: I should have added, when you're on dial-up (yes .. some of > us still are) every 13Mb download is painful ... compared with the 2K > (say) that a separate

Re: OT: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

Ron Johnson wrote: On 03/14/07 11:39, Kent West wrote: Not to rain on Darwin's parade, but, um, the death of the unfit does not mean that the survivors have automagically improved. They're still the same ol' critters they were before the unfit died off. (It might can be argued that the impro

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:52:14 -0400 Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 23:23 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > *Poof*. I'm really disillusioned about you, Michelle. OTOH, being > > reminded that highly technically adept people can still have lunatic > > political beliefs is rea

export an image of unicode keyboard layout

Hello, Is there is some way I can export the current layout of the keyboard to an image (eps would be ideal)? This is on Debian Testing. I would like to see the keymaps of the various language settings -- to I would just sent the necessary keyboard layout from an applet and export the image

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 19:53 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:52:14 -0400 > Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 23:23 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > *Poof*. I'm really disillusioned about you, Michelle. OTOH, being > > > reminded that highly technically adept

Replacement for inter_module_register/inter_module_unregister in 2.6.18?

Greetings, I'm trying to install thinkpad-sources (the latest version downloaded a couple of days ago: 5.9-2.1.) The first two problems I could fix because of already reported bugs: a compile error that had a patch to fix it and a make error that is solved by renaming a *.s file to *.S. Now ever

Re: Debian's progress inspite of events (was Re: Dunk-Tank and the DD strike)

On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 17:45 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Greg Folkert wrote: > > Sarge was so late, that things happened, including: > > Ubuntu taking shape. > > This is kind of like claiming that Progeny came about because potato was > late, or Stormix because woody was late.

Re: xorg.conf & multiple screen

Kevin Mark wrote: On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 01:17:17AM +0200, gustavo halperin wrote: Hello I have a laptop with only VGA output (not s-video output), so in order to connect my laptop to the LCD-TV I made a VGA to TV converter (VGA to TV). My laptop have resolution of 1024x768, m

Re: xorg.conf & multiple screen

Tarek Soliman wrote: I have a laptop with only VGA output (not s-video output), so in order to connect my laptop to the LCD-TV I made a VGA to TV converter (VGA to TV ). My laptop have resolution of 1024x768, my external LCD moni

Re: xorg.conf & multiple screen

On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 10:26:54PM +0200, gustavo halperin wrote: > > But Are you sure that can I use dual monitor when each one have different > resolution and maybe different values for "HorizSync" and for "VertRefresh"? My has 2 differnt resolutions and I joined them with xinerama. -- | .''`.

Re: Checking GPG Signatures - Debian Keyring is Huge !

Sven Arvidsson wrote: > I think you're looking at a keyring of all the debian developers (an > outdated copy from 2005 it seems) that's not necessary to download. It certainly is dated 2005 - perhaps it's ancient history, but it's the only key-related file at http://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/ ..

Re: Loading kernel modules for usb stick

Rainer Dorsch([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hello, > > I got a D-link DWL-G122 today. It was easy to get that working under etch. > For > reference, if anybody has a similar problem: > > # module-assistant prepare # May not be needed > # module-assistant get r

Re: Loading kernel modules for usb stick

On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 10:03:24PM +0100, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Hello, > > I got a D-link DWL-G122 today. It was easy to get that working under etch. > For > reference, if anybody has a similar problem: > > # module-assistant prepare # May not be needed > # module-assistant g

Re: AIOT: American Idol for OT??

free email! [EMAIL PROTECTED] send me spam hahahah -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/AIOT%3A-American-Idol-for-OT---tf3378617.html#a9487453 Sent from the Debian User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: OT: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/14/07 18:53, Kent West wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 03/14/07 11:39, Kent West wrote: >> >>> Not to rain on Darwin's parade, but, um, the death of the unfit does not >>> mean that the survivors have automagically improved. They're still the

Re: OT: a dumb query? pls humor me

Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Kent West wrote: > > Joe Hart wrote: > >> Michelle comes up with some strange figures. I suppose > >> it comes from her anti-American attitude. On the other hand, her Debian > > > > "his", IIRC. > > Sorry, Michelle to me is feminine name. Michel on the other h

Re: OT: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

Ron Johnson wrote: On 03/14/07 18:53, Kent West wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 03/14/07 11:39, Kent West wrote: Not to rain on Darwin's parade, but, um, the death of the unfit does not mean that the survivors have automagically improved. They're still the same ol' critters they

Re: OT: Linux Interview Questions

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jim Hyslop wrote: > Tarek Soliman wrote: > >>>"What is the best desktop-environment and/or window-manager to be put on >>>a server?" > > > OK, my newbie answer: That's a trick question, right? Isn't the correct > answer "none" ? That was a serious

What do I use to reconfigure the network /after/ initial install on Etch?

Hello, On Debian Sarge, I used to use "dpkg-reconfigure etherconf" to reconfigure the network settings after the basic install was finished (if I needed to change the settings). Just in case you don't know, "dpkg-reconfigure etherconf" brought up an ncurses interface for configuring network se

Re: OT: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/14/07 22:01, Kent West wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 03/14/07 18:53, Kent West wrote: >> >>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 03/14/07 11:39, Kent West wrote: > Not to rain on Darwin's parade, but, um, the death of t

Re: user defined mime types, source highlighting

Zoho Vignochi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > "gedit" support already Syntax Highlighting of Sourcecode and if the > > syntax for those "octave" files is currently not supported, create a > > new syntax file and put it into your config directory. > > Yes, that's true but what I want is for gedit to auto

Re: authentication failure

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrei Popescu wrote: > BTW, IM*VERY*HO I'm not entirely convinced the maintainer is right, but > who asks me? :) I agree with you. His main argument seems to be that an ordinary user has access to root anyway, so why prevent direct access to root? We

Re: What do I use to reconfigure the network /after/ initial install on Etch?

Jonathan Wilson wrote: Hello, On Debian Sarge, I used to use "dpkg-reconfigure etherconf" to reconfigure the network settings after the basic install was finished (if I needed to change the settings). Just in case you don't know, "dpkg-reconfigure etherconf" brought up an ncurses interface

Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

Tarek Soliman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I just remember that expertise often doesn't > > carry over to areas outside of one's core competence. > > Like say, social skills. > It seems that in pursuit of knowledge, one hits a wall where one cannot > aquire more knowledge quickly without sacrificin

Re: Re: libc6 (?) related conflicts involving emacs21 and other packages

I am sorry that I have not yet figured out how to set up an e-mail connection from my beginning debian system, so I am copying things off the screen. apt-cache showpkg libc6-dev shows in part: *** Versions: 2.3.6.ds1-13(/var/lib/dpkg/status) 2.3.6.ds1

PATH question

I have a problem on one of my servers. The 'ls' command does not have the -h switch available. So as a workaround until I can determine what caused this and why I wanted to use the 'ls' file from another server. I copied /bin/ls from server # 2 onto server # 1 and tested it and it works fine, inc

Re: PATH question

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/14/07 23:23, Tony Heal wrote: Why are you asking us about the Port Authority Trans-Hudson railroad? ;) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF+M9oS9HxQb37XmcRAqcQAKCQ7VUxpalbb3pNaSep9s4AObN/BgCaApWz Qe3k4d5Fq

Re: Updating Gnome menu without logout/login

Liam O'Toole wrote: On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:43:59 +0400 George Chelidze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello All, I have the following problem with my sarge installation: When I install a new desktop application and if it has a correspondent item in a menu, I can see it in debian menu but not

Re: Dunk-Tank and the DD strike

Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Bill wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-14-03 at 10:45 -0400, Celejar wrote: > >> What is this all about? I've been following d-u pretty closely > >> recently, and I haven't seen much DT discussion here. > > > > Ideally, bridging the gap. > > > > Not that I've any inflat

Re: Dunk-Tank and the DD strike

Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Remember, Debian is a mostly Volunteer effort. Deadlines are for No, Debian is, and always has been, about producing "stable". :-) I agree pretty much with everything else you said. I'm very grateful for all the efforts of all volunteer's involved. I hop

Re: What do I use to reconfigure the network /after/ initial install on Etch?

Jonathan Wilson wrote: > Etherconf disappeared in Etch - I don't know why. BTS is your friend for issues like this. I did a brief search and found that the package has been orphaned upstream. So it was orphaned+removed in debian as well. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=379032 >

vote for Debian on Dell computers

Hi all Dell is conducting a survey as to which linux distribution they should prioritize on. I was surprised that Debian is not even on the list. Please vote for Debian by going to http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey Choose other in question (6) and enter Debian. If enough users respond, may be they

Re: PATH question

On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 12:23:17AM -0400, Tony Heal wrote: > I have a problem on one of my servers. The ‘ls’ command does not have the –h > switch available. So as a workaround until I can determine what caused this > and > why I wanted to use the ‘ls’ file from another server. I copied /bin/ls fr

Re: Readable Bash Primer

On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 10:15:29PM +0100, Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: > David Baron writes: > > > Anything on line. The "man" is unreadable. > > http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ > This is also packaged in Debian for your disconnected convenience: apt-get install abs-guide dt -- Dave Thayer

Re: PATH question

Tony Heal wrote: I have a problem on one of my servers. The ‘ls’ command does not have the –h switch available. So as a workaround until I can determine what caused this and why I wanted to use the ‘ls’ file from another server. I copied /bin/ls from server # 2 onto server # 1 and tested it a

Re: OT: a dumb query? pls humor me

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tarek Soliman wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:27:30PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:04:56PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: Since this is alread

Re: OT: a dumb query? pls humor me

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 s. keeling wrote: > Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Kent West wrote: >>> Joe Hart wrote: Michelle comes up with some strange figures. I suppose it comes from her anti-American attitude. On the other hand, her Debian >>> "his", IIRC. >> S

A silly question about tar

I've read the man page, googled this list and the rest of the Net, but I still can't figure out why this doesn't work: $ tar xjf *.tar.bz2 tar: beryl-core-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: beryl-manager-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archive tar: beryl-plugins-0.2.0.tar.bz2: Not found in archi

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