System Hangs

Hi, I'm using Debian Etch stable 32 bit on Pentium- 4 2.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM . Frequently i'm facing one problem, Display is simply crashing . No mouse/keyborad responce . Other than rebooting no other solution presenlty. Did any body know possible reason and solution !!!

Re: System Hangs

- can you go back in text mode (ctrl + F1)? - Is there something in logs? Kern.log or syslog or xorg log? On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:50:36 +0530 "chinna p" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Debian Etch stable 32 bit on Pentium- 4 2.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM . > > Frequently i'm facing one pr

Problem with battery on boot

Hi all. I run Debian testing on Joybook A52 laptop. During the boot I get the following message: Thu Oct 9 10:41:39 2008: On battery power, so skipping file system check. ^[[33m(warning).^[[39;49m The problem is that it appears if laptop is on battery power or it is on AC power. The XFCE batter

OT Upgrade from Etch to Sid (fwd)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:04:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Erik Heil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Orca Developer's Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT Upgrade from Et

Re: nVidia TLS silent killer

Paul Cartwright on 09/10/08 13:06, wrote: On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:49:24 +0100 Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I had abject problems with the nVidia non-free driver over the last 10 days but I think I finally have sorted them out now - almost. I can't use "nv" because my Java IDE started c

Re: USB memory stick in Etch

Thanks for answer. The result of "df /media/USB*" is Filesystem 1K-blocks UsedAvailable Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 976996914420 62576 94% /media/USB DISK But when the /media/USB DISK directory is seen on File Manager, the size of the contents i

Re: Any suggest on NFS server in product environment?

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 08:33:55PM -0400, Andrew Reid wrote: > On Wednesday 08 October 2008 10:01, Ding Honghui wrote: > > hi list, > > > > Any suggest on NFS server in product environment? > > nfs-user-server or nfs-kernel-server? > > We need stable nfs server. > > I use nfs-kernel-server, I us

Re: How about MySQL in 64bit Debian?

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Adrian Chapela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Star Liu escribió: >> >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Thursday, 09.10.2008 at 16:57 +0800, hhding.gnu wrote: >>> >>> How about MySQL server in 64bit Debian? >

Re: How about MySQL in 64bit Debian?

On Thursday, 09.10.2008 at 19:38 +0800, Star Liu wrote: > >> I'm new to PostgreSQL and MySql, which database server should i use > >> first? thanks! > > > > What do you want to do ? Which requisites do you need ? PostgreSQL > > is a community only database server and MySQL has a community and > >

Re: USB memory stick in Etch

On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 18:27 +0900, J.H.Kim wrote: > Thanks for answer. > > The result of "df /media/USB*" is > > Filesystem 1K-blocks UsedAvailable Use% > Mounted on > /dev/sdb1 976996914420 62576 > 94% /media/USB DISK > > But when the /media/USB

Re: How about MySQL in 64bit Debian?

Star Liu escribió: On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday, 09.10.2008 at 16:57 +0800, hhding.gnu wrote: How about MySQL server in 64bit Debian? Is it stable enough for product environment? Absolutely, yes. I've been using it is since

Re: problem with spam scoring not counted correctly

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eject modem

Hi all, I have a sagem fast 800 (ueagle-atm) module on my gateway. I have difficulties to synchronize because i'm far (very far) from the dslam. So, when it loses synchronisation, the modem can take hours before re-sync. Sometimes, it can't sync and I get error messages like these ones : Oct

Re: how to change the default web browser from epiphany to iceweasel?

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 09:55:34AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 14:58 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Tue,07.Oct.08, 17:09:29, Star Liu wrote: > > > thank you. do you have any IM so that i can add you into my debian group? > > > > Hello Star, > > > > If you are interest

NX5000 network card problem

Hello. I have an HP/Compaq NX5000 laptop, that I dual boot into Windows XP Pro and Debian 4.0. The network access is okay with Windows XP, but works only intermittently with Debian. I am wondering whether something is wrong with the network card driver in Debian 4.0. I do not know how to

Re: nVidia TLS silent killer

> > when I started to have nvidia problems on my Dell box, I found this > > answer: > > run this from a text login shell ( alt-F1) > > > > # sgfxi -c > > > > of course you need sgfxi installed.. > > see: > > http://techpatterns.com/forums/about933.html > > Forgot to mention, this is on etch/st

Re: proxy server difficulties

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:39:03 +1000, Julian De Marchi wrote: >> I can't get any of the proxy server working on my newly installed >> lenny, both squid and privoxy. >> >> squid installs and starts fine. Just that it doesn't work if I browse >> using proxy server localhost:3128. The logs looks norma

nVidia TLS silent killer

I had abject problems with the nVidia non-free driver over the last 10 days but I think I finally have sorted them out now - almost. I can't use "nv" because my Java IDE started crashing on a frequent basis, so I decided to install and compile the non-free packaged driver. This was a story in it

Re: How about MySQL in 64bit Debian?

hhding.gnu wrote: Hi list, How about MySQL server in 64bit Debian? Is it stable enough for product environment? Regards, Ding Honghui Stable! Been using it for the last two years for 5000+ users e-learning system (Moodle). Regards, Mitja -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: System Hangs

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 3:20 PM, chinna p <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Debian Etch stable 32 bit on Pentium- 4 2.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM . > > Frequently i'm facing one problem, Display is simply crashing . No > mouse/keyborad responce . Other than rebooting no other solution presenlt

Re: How about MySQL in 64bit Debian?

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday, 09.10.2008 at 16:57 +0800, hhding.gnu wrote: > >> How about MySQL server in 64bit Debian? >> Is it stable enough for product environment? > > Absolutely, yes. I've been using it is since the (unofficial) Sarge > a

Re: How about MySQL in 64bit Debian?

hhding.gnu escribió: Hi list, How about MySQL server in 64bit Debian? Is it stable enough for product environment? Absolutely yes! I have been using since etch and I am very happy with performance and stability (for me is the same as 32bit version). I am using for my principal database whi

Re: How about MySQL in 64bit Debian?

On Thursday, 09.10.2008 at 16:57 +0800, hhding.gnu wrote: > How about MySQL server in 64bit Debian? > Is it stable enough for product environment? Absolutely, yes. I've been using it is since the (unofficial) Sarge amd64 era, and have continued with it on Etch. Its use here has been for large-s

How about MySQL in 64bit Debian?

Hi list, How about MySQL server in 64bit Debian? Is it stable enough for product environment? Regards, Ding Honghui -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: System Hangs

chinna p escreveu: > I'm using Debian Etch stable 32 bit on Pentium- 4 2.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM . > > Frequently i'm facing one problem, Display is simply crashing . No > mouse/keyborad responce . Other than rebooting no other solution > presenlty. Could be a hardware problem. Let memtest run for so

Re: cdrecord - need for troubleshoot help

* linuksos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09.10.2008 > No difference. I can see enormous hard disk activity but no positive result... > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 1:33 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On the cmdline: > > > > cdrecord -v dev=/dev/ blank=fast .iso Hello linuksos,

What could be wrong with my network setup

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:09:38 +, T o n g wrote: > I can't get any of the proxy server working on my newly installed lenny, just realize that I can't make any network connection to localhost, proxy, http, ssh and even ping. $ ping 127.0.0.1 PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. ^C

Re: Configuring sudo by file, not by visudo etc

On Thu,09.Oct.08, 03:09:43, T o n g wrote: > On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:53:34 -0500, ReikoShea wrote: > > >> Is it possible to configure sudo by file, not by visudo etc? > >> > > Most definitely can just overwrite /etc/sudoers instead of using visudo. > > Not recommended, but does work. > > Thanks.

Re: What could be wrong with my network setup

On 2008-10-09 18:27 +0200, T o n g wrote: > just realize that I can't make any network connection to localhost, > proxy, http, ssh and even ping. > > $ ping 127.0.0.1 > PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > ^C > --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics --- > 4 packets transmitted, 0 received,

Re: What could be wrong with my network setup

T o n g wrote: > On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:09:38 +, T o n g wrote: > >> I can't get any of the proxy server working on my newly installed lenny, > > just realize that I can't make any network connection to localhost, [snip] > What could be wrong with my network setup? > > $ head -1 /etc/hosts

Re: USB memory stick in Etch

> > a) please don't cc me - I read the list > b) please don't top post > -> I'm sorry. So, back to your question: > > I'm using LG X TICK USB memory stick (1GB) in Etch. > > In MS windows the USB memory stick can save 1GB data, but in my etch > > the device can save only 450MB data. > > When ove

Re: USB memory stick in Etch

On 2008-10-09 18:03 +0200, J.H.Kim wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/USB DISK$ df /media/USB* > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/sdb1 976996945752 31244 97% /media/USB DISK > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/USB DISK$ du -s > 443576 . > >

Re: NX5000 network card problem

On Thu,09.Oct.08, 22:12:14, Bret Busby wrote: > Please advise how I can resolve the problem between Debian 4.0 and the > network card, as, that the network card seems to work without any problems > with Windows XP, appears to show that the network card is not faulty. Please post your /etc/netwo

Re: OT Upgrade from Etch to Sid (fwd)

* Erik Heil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09.10.2008 > Hi their. Sorry for the off-topic message, but I figured that some of you > may have expeirneced this problem. Have a box here. Did a pure upgrade > from Etch to Sid. Prior to this, did a Standard Install, which installed > Openoffice, Iceweasel, a

Re: System Hangs

On 10/09/2008 02:20 AM, chinna p wrote: Hi, I'm using Debian Etch stable 32 bit on Pentium- 4 2.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM . Frequently i'm facing one problem, Display is simply crashing . No mouse/keyborad responce . Other than rebooting no other solution presenlty. Did any body know possible reas

Re: Configuring sudo by file, not by visudo etc

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 09:19:51PM +, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to configure sudo by file, not by visudo etc? > > I know that visudo provides security checks, parses for errors, and > protects against multiple edits of the file. But each time I just copy > and paste what I pre

Re: NX5000 network card problem

On 10/09/08 11:59, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Thu,09.Oct.08, 22:12:14, Bret Busby wrote: Please advise how I can resolve the problem between Debian 4.0 and the network card, as, that the network card seems to work without any problems with Windows XP, appears to show that the network card is not

Re: What could be wrong with my network setup

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:41:42 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> $ ifconfig -a >> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:2f:be:4b:ba >> inet addr:192.168.0.100 Bcast:192.168.0.255 >> Mask:255.255.255.0 > > Is that all? What's up with the lo(opback) interface? Ah, there it i

Re: What could be wrong with my network setup

T o n g wrote: > > Is the 'lo' normal? I never actually look into its output -- was just > making sure the lo was there... You should up it. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, Ukrainian C++ developer. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

How to enable userdir in apache2

Hi, After upgrading to apache2 my userdir doesn't work any more. How to enable it? I didn't find the answer using the apache+userdir in google. Also, the Upgrading to 2.0 from 1.3 http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/upgrading.html doesn't help at all. Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to

Re: What could be wrong with my network setup

On 10/09/08 14:05, T o n g wrote: [snip] loLink encap:Local Loopback LOOPBACK MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX by

Re: What could be wrong with my network setup

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:13:18 +0300, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > You should up it. yep, it works. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: How to enable userdir in apache2

T o n g wrote: Hi, After upgrading to apache2 my userdir doesn't work any more. How to enable it? I didn't find the answer using the apache+userdir in google. Also, the Upgrading to 2.0 from 1.3 http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/upgrading.html doesn't help at all. Thanks Hello, Tr

Re: How to enable userdir in apache2

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > After upgrading to apache2 my userdir doesn't work any more. How to > enable it? > Take a look at symlinks in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ and where they link to. You can make links for additional modules or use # a2enmode

RE: Debian Installation Impossible on SATA HDD

Hi, thanks a lot for your response. You are right, i equiped recently my PC with latest new hardware. I will download and test asap installation of Etch&half distrib you recommand and i'll keep you informed (to help others also). If ok, i'll configure correctly my mailbox. Best Regards, K Selon

Where to get a Sarge ISO

With Lenny inches from release and Etch time-tested and stable, it's an odd thing to want, but I need to install Sarge. I just took over management of a production server running Sarge, and I need to upgrade it to Etch, at least, in order to get it back on a supported platform. Unfortunately,

Re: Where to get a Sarge ISO

Shawn Willden escribió: > With Lenny inches from release and Etch time-tested and stable, it's an odd > thing to want, but I need to install Sarge. > > I just took over management of a production server running Sarge, and I need > to upgrade it to Etch, at least, in order to get it back on a suppor

Re: Where to get a Sarge ISO

On Thursday 09 October 2008 04:10:34 pm Jose G. Lopez wrote: > You will find it here: > http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/debian-installer/ Okay, now I feel stupid. I looked all over debian.org, and spent an hour with Google, and never found that. Ah, well thanks! Shawn. -- T

Re: How about MySQL in 64bit Debian?

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday, 09.10.2008 at 19:38 +0800, Star Liu wrote: > >> >> I'm new to PostgreSQL and MySql, which database server should i use >> >> first? thanks! >> > >> > What do you want to do ? Which requisites do you need ? Postgre

Re: Where to get a Sarge ISO

On 10/09/08 16:23, Shawn Willden wrote: With Lenny inches from release and Etch time-tested and stable, it's an odd thing to want, but I need to install Sarge. I just took over management of a production server running Sarge, and I need to upgrade it to Etch, at least, in order to get it back

Upgrading after a fresh install.

I've just completed a fresh install of Lenny. I am trying to understand why some update are not showing in aptitude. The normal aptitude update/safe-upgrade/full-upgrade shows none. Update manager has stuck the notification in the tray telling me of 2. If I look for them with with synaptic, or a

Re: Where to get a Sarge ISO

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >With Lenny inches from release and Etch time-tested and stable, it's an odd >thing to want, but I need to install Sarge. > >I just took over management of a production server running Sarge, and I need >to upgrade it to Etch, at least, in order to get it

Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

I don't think the hardware is going to be the issue here. I'm pretty sure it's a config issue. I have a Soekris Net5501 box I'm installing Etch on. I'm hooked up to the box with a null modem cable for the console and it's also hooked up to my LAN. I've setup a PXE boot on my DNS server using

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

On Thursday 09 October 2008, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I don't think the hardware is going to be the issue here. I'm pretty > sure it's a config issue. > > I have a Soekris Net5501 box I'm installing Etch on. I'm hooked up > to the box with a null modem cable for the console and it's also > hooked up

Re: Upgrading after a fresh install.

On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:07:15PM -0400, Daryl Styrk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I've just completed a fresh install of Lenny. I am trying to understand > why some update are not showing in aptitude. > > The normal aptitude update/safe-upgrade/full-upgrade shows none. Are they sh

Question about Etch Installation

If you are going to install Debian Etch 4.04a (i386) from a complete DVD set and stick with the default installer choices ("Standard System" and "Desktop Environment"), will all of the required packages/files and their dependencies be found on the first DVD, or will you need #2 and/or #3 DVD as wel

managing a adaptec 1430sa

Hi I was wondering if any one out there uses one of these to do hardware raid. I thought I might set it up in raid10 with 4 1Tb drives. My questions on this is what software do I use to alert me if there any problems and will it show up as 1 scsi device (or is it a silly software raid solution a

Re: X-keyboard configuration

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Tong wrote: > For example, I can't even switch virtual consoles. Ctrl-Alt-F1 gives a > beep and ";5P". Shift-Fx keys don't work in my editors either. > > Any way I can check? Have you tried xev (1) and xmodmap (1)? xev will tell you if the keys are working well at

Re: USB memory stick in Etch

2008/10/10 Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 2008-10-09 18:03 +0200, J.H.Kim wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/USB DISK$ df /media/USB* > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/sdb1 976996945752 31244 97% /media/USB DISK > > > >

Re: updatedb for very large filesystems

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I *think* that James Youngman was being sarcastic. If I'm wrong, then so > much the better. I was not being sarcastic. James. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: USB memory stick in Etch

On Fri,10.Oct.08, 13:13:50, J.H.Kim wrote: > dosfsck made my usb stick works fine~ > Thank you. > > The following message was the result of "dosfsck /dev/sdb1" : > > frog1120:/home/frog# dosfsck -a /dev/sdb1 > > dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN > There are differences between boot sector

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:28:43PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I don't think the hardware is going to be the issue here. I'm pretty > sure it's a config issue. > > I have a Soekris Net5501 box I'm installing Etch on. I'm hooked up to > the box with a null modem cable for the console and it's a

Re: How do I prevent Grub from getting automagically updated?

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 11:21:26AM +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 08:57 +0200, dulev wrote: > > > Thanks for the help. I already use that. That's why I don't want any > > > additional entries added to my grub.conf. > > > > Try man kernel-img.conf > > > > regards > > > > > > $

[Solved] X-keyboard configuration

On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:39:59 +, T o n g wrote: > The keyboard under Xorg does not work as expected on my newly installed > lenny -- modification keys don't work any more. > > For example, I can't even switch virtual consoles. Ctrl-Alt-F1 gives a > beep and ";5P". Shift-Fx keys don't work in m

Re: How do I prevent Grub from getting automagically updated?

On Fri,10.Oct.08, 04:46:23, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > Try man kernel-img.conf > > > > $ man kernel-img.conf > > No manual entry for kernel-img.conf > > > > I can't find a package kernel-img.conf either?! > > And how is that related? > > The relevant program is update-grub . Or add manual ent

RE: Question about Etch Installation

Unless you have no internet connection on this computer there is little point in using a DVD to install Etch. It's probably better to install using the latest net install CD the minimum and then get the extras you need using apt-get. For example I installed from the Etchnhalf net install CD (n

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:28:43PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I don't think the hardware is going to be the issue here. I'm > > pretty sure it's a config issue. > > > > I have a Soekris Net5501 box I'm installing Etch on. I'm hooked up > > to t

ping hostnames ala windows ping.exe?

i've started using lenny for my work pc and there's a feature of the windows ping.exe that i'm trying to find in linux. something in windows i've used a lot is pinging by hostname to find the ip of the pc i'm looking for. a lot of things i've been doing require me to enter the ip not hostname. i'

Re: Installing Etch With TFTP: Linux starts, I/O Stops

On Friday 10 October 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:28:43PM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: ... > > I thought it might be a baud rate issue. The 5501 starts with > > 19200 baud, so I altered pxelinux.cfg/default to use the same speed > > and to specify the right console (before

Re: ping hostnames ala windows ping.exe?

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:08:56 +1000 Lachlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i've started using lenny for my work pc and there's a feature of the > windows ping.exe that i'm trying to find in linux. - You have inetutils-ping and iputils-ping packages in lenny to have the ping utility. > > some

Re: ping hostnames ala windows ping.exe?

On Fri,10.Oct.08, 15:08:56, Lachlan wrote: > i've started using lenny for my work pc and there's a feature of the > windows ping.exe that i'm trying to find in linux. > > something in windows i've used a lot is pinging by hostname to find > the ip of the pc i'm looking for. If you want to have th

Re: Question about Etch Installation

On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Joe Vender wrote: If you are going to install Debian Etch 4.04a (i386) from a complete DVD set and stick with the default installer choices ("Standard System" and "Desktop Environment"), will all of the required packages/files and their dependencies be found on the first DVD,

Re: ping hostnames ala windows ping.exe?

2008/10/10 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri,10.Oct.08, 15:08:56, Lachlan wrote: >> i've started using lenny for my work pc and there's a feature of the >> windows ping.exe that i'm trying to find in linux. >> >> something in windows i've used a lot is pinging by hostname to find >> the

Debian Stole My Name!

I'm setting up a new Etch system and just got to the point where it asks me for a username. All my life I've used my first name, Hal, as a username (although in all lower case). Etch won't let me do this. I did it in Sarge, did it in earlier versions, did it in Mandrake, Redhat, and also use

Report python bug

Hi I am using unstable and after an upgrade something broke and I want to send a bugreport. I was going to use reportbug, but I am unsure which category to put it in, that's why I am asking here. I am using a python program called anki for learning Japanese vocabulary, but now the program doesn

Re: Debian Stole My Name!

2008/10/10 Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm setting up a new Etch system and just got to the point where it asks > me for a username. All my life I've used my first name, Hal, as a > username (although in all lower case). > > Etch won't let me do this. I did it in Sarge, did it in earlier >

Re: Debian Stole My Name!

On Fri,10.Oct.08, 01:50:56, Hal Vaughan wrote: > I'm setting up a new Etch system and just got to the point where it asks > me for a username. All my life I've used my first name, Hal, as a > username (although in all lower case). > > Etch won't let me do this. I did it in Sarge, did it in ear

Re: Report python bug

On Fri,10.Oct.08, 14:55:21, Michael Brennan wrote: > Hi > I am using unstable and after an upgrade something broke and I want to send a > bugreport. I was going to use reportbug, but I am unsure which category to > put it in, that's why I am asking here. > > I am using a python program called an

Re: Debian Stole My Name!

On Friday 10 October 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri,10.Oct.08, 01:50:56, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I'm setting up a new Etch system and just got to the point where it > > asks me for a username. All my life I've used my first name, Hal, > > as a username (although in all lower case). > > > > Et

Re: Report python bug

On Friday 10 October 2008 15.42.11 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri,10.Oct.08, 14:55:21, Michael Brennan wrote: > > Hi > > I am using unstable and after an upgrade something broke and I want to > > send a bugreport. I was going to use reportbug, but I am unsure which > > category to put it in, that's