Netinst bug report

2007-03-24 Thread Thomas H. George
Tried both etch RC2 netinst amd64 and daily built netinst amd64. Both stalled after io scheduler cfq registered (default) Tried to run reportbug installation-report but this failed. Relevant information: Box assembled with ASUS M2N4-SLI motherboard, AMD64 cpu, two hard

Re: Any feedback on Icedove?

2007-03-24 Thread H.S.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings; I just learned of Icedove today. Is anybody here using it? What do you think of it? Where caqn I find some more info on it? Thanks for any info! Dennis I am using it on my Debian Testing machine. I just love it. After adding the Lightning extension,

Re: Reconnect to a specific TTY session?

2007-03-24 Thread Jim Hyslop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Jim Hyslop wrote: > >>course, drops the TCP/IP connection to the Debian box. Is there any way >>to re-establish the connection to the session I was running? If I try >>ssh again, I get a new TT

Re: Looking for password manager

2007-03-24 Thread Manon Metten
On 3/24/07, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Win I have a great little program named RoboForm that > manages my passwords for IE and FireFox and also fills in > forms with my personal information when needed. > > Does anyone know of a similar program for Linux? It will > be nearly like losing a good

Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)

2007-03-24 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:03:22PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:07:22AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > My mail is in ~/.Maildir, accessed by dovecot-imapd, delived

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Raquel
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:07:38 -0400 Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 05:03:44PM -0700, Raquel wrote: > > > > I use the following in my crontab. It gets rid of anything over > > a week old. > > > > # Remove old cache files > > 10 00 * * * find /tmp -type f -

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/24/07 19:07, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 05:03:44PM -0700, Raquel wrote: >> I use the following in my crontab. It gets rid of anything over a >> week old. >> >> # Remove old cache files >> 10 00 * * * find /tmp -type f -m

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread CaT
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 08:38:54PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > However, realize that some programs create a file /tmp and then promptly > > unlink it, thus causing the file to take up space even though it does > > not have a directory entry. > > How's that? UNIX does not deallocate disk space u

Re: Xserver/KDE problem?

2007-03-24 Thread Kent West
Mitja Podreka wrote: Kent West wrote: Try putting "xterm" temporarily as the last item in your "~/.xinitrc" file (create the file with this single line if it does not exist) and try "startx"; let us know what happens. If I do this the xserver starts and shows a terminal window. Ah; so X is

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/24/07 20:45, CaT wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 08:38:54PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> However, realize that some programs create a file /tmp and then promptly >>> unlink it, thus causing the file to take up space even though it does >>> not

Re: Any feedback on Icedove?

2007-03-24 Thread Michael Marsh
On 3/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just learned of Icedove today. Is anybody here using it? What do you think of it? A couple of years ago I had to give up on nmh as my mail system, because it didn't work with imap, and I was sick of constantly having to fetch mail off t

Lirc at boot, Debian etch, kernel-2.6.20.3

2007-03-24 Thread mike
Thanks in advance for any help. I have googled until I'm tired; cannot seem to locate the correct answer. I have a Debian etch running kernel-2.6.20.3 on a new Intel core 2 duo machine. I built the kernel for a core 2 duo, and it's turning up as an AMD64, which I have other problems with, but t

more sound problems

2007-03-24 Thread Mark Grieveson
Hello. After a recent upgrade of Etch, I find I have no sound. The volume control thingy on the top panel of gnome suddenly had a red x beside it, and, when I pressed it, it gave me the following error: "The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either th

Cannot retrieve bug reports; Severe problem!

2007-03-24 Thread Michael Pobega
I'm having trouble with apt tonight, and it's really getting in my way! Whenever I try to install anything, apt always pauses on retrieving bug reports: 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 44 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/142kB of archives. After unpacking 430kB will be used. W

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 08:54:15PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/24/07 20:45, CaT wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 08:38:54PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> However, realize that some programs create a file /tmp and then promptly > >>> unlink it, thus causing the file to take up space even t

Re: Cannot retrieve bug reports; Severe problem!

2007-03-24 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:19:32PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > I'm having trouble with apt tonight, and it's really getting in my > way! > > Whenever I try to install anything, apt always pauses on retrieving > bug reports: > Have you installed apt-listbugs? If so, you could disable it or uni

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/24/07 21:22, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 08:54:15PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 03/24/07 20:45, CaT wrote: >>> On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 08:38:54PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > However, realize that some programs crea

Re: Cannot retrieve bug reports; Severe problem!

2007-03-24 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:23:57PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:19:32PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > > I'm having trouble with apt tonight, and it's really getting in my > > way! > > > > Whenever I try to install anything, apt always pauses on retrieving > > bug

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 09:31:58PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Ah, you're deleting an open file! > > The app, then, that deletes an open file is poorly written. > On the contrary. It makes it so that the only way that someone can get to the file is by having cracked the kernel itself. That i

Re: Cannot retrieve bug reports; Severe problem!

2007-03-24 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:41:44PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > > Any ideas how to get apt-listbugs working /correctly/, or am I just > better off with it uninstalled? Sorry. I inly used briefly once several years ago. Don't remember anything about it. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánc

[Almost solved]Re: pppconfig "command not found"

2007-03-24 Thread eklektik
- Original Message From: Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 5:07:38 PM Subject: Re: pppconfig "command not found" eklektik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for clarifying the issue. I wait till the final version come > o

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/24/07 21:46, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 09:31:58PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> Ah, you're deleting an open file! >> >> The app, then, that deletes an open file is poorly written. >> > On the contrary. It makes it so tha

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:17:28PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/24/07 21:46, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 09:31:58PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> Ah, you're deleting an open file! > >> > >> The app, then, that deletes an open file is poorly written. > >> > > On the c

Re: Cannot retrieve bug reports; Severe problem!

2007-03-24 Thread Stephen Cormier
On March 24, 2007 11:19:32 pm Michael Pobega wrote: > I'm having trouble with apt tonight, and it's really getting in my > way! > > Whenever I try to install anything, apt always pauses on retrieving > bug reports: > > 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 44 not > upgraded. > Nee

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/24/07 22:19, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:17:28PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 03/24/07 21:46, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: >>> On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 09:31:58PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: Ah, you're deleting an ope

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:33:40PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/24/07 22:19, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > >> > > Out of curiousity, why do you say that it is a bad design? > > Destroying something to save it? > It seems like it makes perfect sense (in the temporary file case, not in the destr

Re: Cannot retrieve bug reports; Severe problem!

2007-03-24 Thread Michael Marsh
On 3/24/07, Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:23:57PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > Have you installed apt-listbugs? If so, you could disable it or > uninstall it. That seemed to be the problem, thanks for the tip (I was messing around with apt related stu

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/24/07 22:36, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:33:40PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 03/24/07 22:19, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: >>> Out of curiousity, why do you say that it is a bad design? >> Destroying something to save i

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:46:08PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 03/24/07 22:36, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:33:40PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 03/24/07 22:19, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > >>> Out of curiousity, why do you say that it is a bad design? > >> Destro

Re: Motherboard recommendations

2007-03-24 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 15:22 -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > ... > Another addition to Hugo's list would be the Gigabyte board: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128014 > > Its bigger brother got a very good review on Tom's hardware as well, > FWIW. > > http://www.ne

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:46:08PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/24/07 22:36, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:33:40PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 03/24/07 22:19, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > >>> Out of curiousity

Re: mutt, fetchmail & procmail on Sid

2007-03-24 Thread Allan Wind
On 2007-03-25T01:02:19+0100, Mauro Sacchetto wrote: > .fetchmailrc Enable verbose mode in fetchmail to see what it does when handing the mail off to procmail. > shell=/bin/sh You should not need that. > LOG=" > " This looks funky. > VERBOSE=yes > > :0 > * ^FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED] > $MAILDIR/a

Re: deleting content of /tmp

2007-03-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/24/07 23:07, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:46:08PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 03/24/07 22:36, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: >>> On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:33:40PM -0500,

Re: Any feedback on Icedove?

2007-03-24 Thread Jeff Zhang
On 3/25/07, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just learned of Icedove today. > Is anybody here using it? > What do you think of it? Personally, I just use seamonkey??.tar.gz from mozilla.org, as seamonkey's extension function

Re: What's the status on the Debian manual for the upcoming Debian Etch?

2007-03-24 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 09:19:59PM +0100, Björn Johansson wrote: > > I'm interested to know when there is going to be a printed > Debian manual for the upcoming Debian Etch. > > What's the current progress? > Do anyone on this mailing list know? Each

Re: 2nd try: anybody familiar with php4-curl?

2007-03-24 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 05:36:51PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 05:19:11PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > > > [Sent this a week or so back - never received a single reply... so, one > > more try... Thanks... Miles] >

Re: Using Asterisk in Debian to set up Conference Calling

2007-03-24 Thread Alan Chandler
Is there really nobody on this list using asterisk and the Meetme application? On Friday 23 March 2007 20:14, Alan Chandler wrote: > I have a Debian Etch server running asterisk > > I am trying to set up conference calling with the MeetMe command. > > However when ever I enter an extension which

Re: more sound problems

2007-03-24 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Mark Grieveson wrote: > Hello. After a recent upgrade of Etch, I find I have no sound. The > volume control thingy on the top panel of gnome suddenly had a red x > beside it, and, when I pressed it, it gave me the following error: > > "The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices

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