Re: Advice about ext3, please

2009-03-10 Thread Steven Demetrius
On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 11:19 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Does anyone here power off their computer without first shutting it down? > > Maybe, but after having to spend time repairing the system and/or rebuilding > > it or losing data they most likely don't anymore. > > Even if you're careful,

Re: Debian packages for cool open source collaboration tools?

2009-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Rogelio [2009.03.10.0749 +0100]: > I'm looking for open source collaboration and project management > tools, preferably already packaged in deb or apt-get. > > Ideally, I'd like to build my own internal resources like Google > Docs, Meeting Wizard, Etherpad, etc. I'd like the idea o

Re: Advice about ext3, please

2009-03-10 Thread lists
On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 09:10 +, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 05:15, Steven Demetrius > wrote: > > Does anyone here power off their computer without first shutting it down? > > Maybe, but after having to spend time repairing the system and/or rebuilding > > it or losing data th

Re: Debian packages for cool open source collaboration tools?

2009-03-10 Thread Rogelio
martin f krafft wrote: Please consider starting a Wiki page where you document your findings on http://wiki.debian.org/Software, e.g. at http://wiki.debian.org/Collaboration Yeah, will certainly do so. Right now, I'm using Project Pier in lieu of BaseCamp/ActiveCollab, and I'm liking it a lot

Re: Yahoo Messenger replacement?

2009-03-10 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/3/10 Tzafrir Cohen > On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 07:24:43PM -0400, Daryl Styrk wrote: > > M. Lewis wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> What is the best recommendation for a replacement for YM on Linux? It > >> must be compatible with YM and it must be able to use the webcam. > >> > >> Thanks for any sugg

[OOT] Computer Simulator Books

2009-03-10 Thread Zaki Akhmad
Hello, I am looking for good computer simulator books. Anybody can give me reference? Thanks -- Zaki Akhmad -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Why is Firefox calling gimp instead of xpdf?

2009-03-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On my laptop I have set Preferences to use xpdf to read pdf files, but for some reason it keeps calling gimp instead. Is there any way to make it do what I want? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, b

Re: Why is Firefox calling gimp instead of xpdf?

2009-03-10 Thread Mr. Wang Long
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 17:35, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On my laptop I have set Preferences to use xpdf to read pdf files, but > for some reason it keeps calling gimp instead. Is there any way to make > it do what I want? > > Anthony > Try to install the package mozplugger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: openvpn restart - bridge loses tap0 interface

2009-03-10 Thread Bernd Aufrecht
sorry I must of missed somethnig you also have a brcmd bridge ? and tap0 is not being added to this bridge ? Hi, there seems to be no problem if the bridge is running an openvpn starts as second. But if you stop openvpn, which i did to test something last week, it takes down the tap0 device

Setting permissions for individual LVs permanently

2009-03-10 Thread Sascha Silbe
How do I set ownership and permissions for individual LVs permanently? I've managed to set permissions for the corresponding /dev/dm-* via udev, but I'd like to use symbolic names (i.e. /dev// or at least /dev/mapper/-) and can't figure out where to configure the permissions for those - they

no sound in kde 4.2

2009-03-10 Thread Svend Runge Nielsen
Hi, I've recently installed KDE 4.2 from the experimental branch. But apparently I have no sound in KDE applications like amarok or dragon. When I start an application that is supposed to give me sound, the system replies that the sound device (HDA Intel (ALC662 Analog) ) doesn't work and it i

Re: no sound in kde 4.2

2009-03-10 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/3/10 Svend Runge Nielsen > Hi, > > I've recently installed KDE 4.2 from the experimental branch. > But apparently I have no sound in KDE applications like amarok or dragon. > > When I start an application that is supposed to give me sound, the system > replies that the sound device (HDA Inte

Re: Advice about ext3, please

2009-03-10 Thread Aneurin Price
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Steven Demetrius wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 11:19 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> > Does anyone here power off their computer without first shutting it down? >> > Maybe, but after having to spend time repairing the system and/or >> > rebuilding >> > it or losi

Re: Advice about ext3, please

2009-03-10 Thread Aneurin Price
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:10 AM, lists wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 09:10 +, Nuno Magalhães wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 05:15, Steven Demetrius >> wrote: >> > Does anyone here power off their computer without first shutting it down? >> > Maybe, but after having to spend time repairing

Re: no sound in kde 4.2

2009-03-10 Thread Svend Runge Nielsen
Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > You have to try every channel (PCM, front etc.) then set it as master > channel. It's the sound icon on the panel. It's known as kmix. Thank you for the advice, but it doesn't correct the problem. /Svend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

RE: Debian packages for cool open source collaboration tools?

2009-03-10 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> From: Rogelio [mailto:scubac...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:49 AM > Subject: Debian packages for cool open source collaboration tools? > > I'm looking for open source collaboration and project management tools, > preferably already packaged in deb or apt-get. > > Ideally, I'd

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-10 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 01:21:55PM +0700, Steven Demetrius wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 21:14 +0800, Star Liu wrote: > > When I boot my debian sid 5 minutes ago, I got this error message: > > -

Re: find least used packages

2009-03-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:23:17 +0100, muzzle wrote: > Hi debianers, > I would like to clean up my system a bit. I already used deborphan to > remove unused libs, now I would like to use the popcon information on my > pc to find the least used packages I have. Is there a tool, maybe just a > clever b

Transparent backgroun on yakuake ??

2009-03-10 Thread Rodrigo Hashimoto
Hello, I'm using Debian Lenny with compiz-fusion and yakuake, but I couldn't set transparent background, could anyone help me ? Thanks

OpenLDAP stuff ??

2009-03-10 Thread Rodrigo Hashimoto
Hello, I wanna study openldap but I didn't find any cool tutorial or site to study it, does anyone has something or know any site ? Thanks

Re: USB disk fails when accessed after idle for some hours

2009-03-10 Thread Reid Priedhorsky
On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:20:06 +0100, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:00:13 +0100, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 01/29/2009 10:52 AM, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: >>> All, >>> >>> I have a USB disk (a 320GB Western Digital My Passport) which is >>> exhibiting the following problem. >>>

Re: Advice about ext3, please

2009-03-10 Thread Lydgate
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:38:25PM +, Aneurin Price wrote: > That's not a realistic answer. A decent UPS is likely to cost as much > as the computer. Sorry to derail the thread, but my recent experience with a UPS costing 30 GBP and which uses the megatec_usb driver for NUT suggests otherwis

Re: Advice about ext3, please

2009-03-10 Thread Aneurin Price
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Lydgate wrote: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:38:25PM +, Aneurin Price wrote: >> That's not a realistic answer. A decent UPS is likely to cost as much >> as the computer. > > Sorry to derail the thread, but my recent experience with a UPS costing > 30 GBP and whi

Re: OpenLDAP stuff ??

2009-03-10 Thread Dave Ewart
On Tuesday, 10.03.2009 at 12:12 -0300, Rodrigo Hashimoto wrote: > I wanna study openldap but I didn't find any cool tutorial or site to > study it, does anyone has something or know any site ? There are lots of OpenLDAP tutorials around, googling those terms returns many. Perhaps you should expl

Ext3 for flash drive

2009-03-10 Thread Masatran / Deepak, R.
Recently, I re-partitioned my flash drive. I made one FAT32 partition, and one Ext3 partition. The problem is that when I transfer files from my laptop to my work computer, the UIDs on the Ext3 partition are used for the permissions, so I am not able to access the data. How can I fix this? Both co

Re: Why is Firefox calling gimp instead of xpdf?

2009-03-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Mar 2009, Mr. Wang Long wrote: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 17:35, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On my laptop I have set Preferences to use xpdf to read pdf files, but > > for some reason it keeps calling gimp instead. Is there any way to make > > it do what I want? > > > > Anthony > > > > Try t

Re: Compiling qtstalker 0.36 in lenny.

2009-03-10 Thread oneirik
On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 05:46:00AM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > >UpgradeMessage.cpp: In member function �void > UpgradeMessage::copyFiles()�: > >UpgradeMessage.cpp:447: error: �system� was not declared in this > scope > >UpgradeMessage.cpp:454: error: �system�

Re: Xorg failure

2009-03-10 Thread Javier Barroso
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Baz wrote: > Hi, > > Got a serious problem here.  After the upgrade from "etch" to "lenny" > several weeks ago, xorg is failing at various instances.  It can't be > intentionally reproduced.  The "error" message indicated looking at the > configuration first before

Re: Ext3 for flash drive

2009-03-10 Thread Jochen Schulz
Masatran / Deepak, R.: > > Recently, I re-partitioned my flash drive. I made one FAT32 partition, and > one Ext3 partition. Is ext3 on a flash medium really a good idea? At least cheap flash drives probably don't have smart wear levelling. > The problem is that when I transfer files from my lapto

module blacklisting not working

2009-03-10 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
I've created a file: /etc/modprobe.d/0_local_blacklist to avoid clobbering the udev-provided package. It contains: blacklist kvm blacklist kvm-intel However, after every reboot I still have to manually remove the modules from the running kernel. What am I doing wrong here? -- "Oh,

Re: module blacklisting not working

2009-03-10 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-03-10 19:35 +0100, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > I've created a file: > > /etc/modprobe.d/0_local_blacklist > > to avoid clobbering the udev-provided package. It contains: > > blacklist kvm > blacklist kvm-intel > > However, after every reboot I still have to manually remove the modu

Re: module blacklisting not working

2009-03-10 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:35:51AM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > I've created a file: > > /etc/modprobe.d/0_local_blacklist > > to avoid clobbering the udev-provided package. It contains: > > blacklist kvm > blacklist kvm-intel > > However, after every reboot I still have to manual

Re: NFS server fails after upgrade to lenny

2009-03-10 Thread Michael Wagner
* Hendrik Boom 09.03.2009 > I upgraded the server on my LAN to lenny recntly (after making a backup > of the etch system (everything except user file systems)) in another > partition. > > Now when I run lennty on the server, an NFS mount from a client machine > fails with the message (hand-tr

Re: Advice about ext3, please

2009-03-10 Thread Lydgate
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 04:07:05PM +, Aneurin Price wrote: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Lydgate wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:38:25PM +, Aneurin Price wrote: > >> That's not a realistic answer. A decent UPS is likely to cost as much > >> as the computer. > > > > Sorry to dera

Re: Xorg failure

2009-03-10 Thread Baz
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Javier Barroso wrote: > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Baz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Got a serious problem here. After the upgrade from "etch" to "lenny" > > several weeks ago, xorg is failing at various instances. It can't be > > intentionally reproduced. The "

Netinstall and ADSL

2009-03-10 Thread German
Is that possible to netinstall Debian with ADSL? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Netinstall and ADSL

2009-03-10 Thread Sjors Gielen
German wrote: > Is that possible to netinstall Debian with ADSL? Thanks. Of course, why not? :) Just make sure you don't have a download limit, it tends to download quite a lot of packages. :) Sjors -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: NFS server fails after upgrade to lenny

2009-03-10 Thread Michael Wagner
* Michael Wagner 10.03.2009 > I have had the same problem here with sid on the workstation and lenny > on the server. I found on the net the solution to write in > /etc/default/rcS. > > ASYNCMOUNTNFS=no sorry for the incomplet answer. You must write this on the client in /etc/default/rcS M

Re: module blacklisting not working

2009-03-10 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 07:50:57PM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > Blacklisting a module does not override an explicit loading of it (a > direct modprobe, rather than a modprobe of an alias of it). Is there a > script that runs, e.g. 'modprobe kvm'? Or that modprobes something one > of those modules

Re: Ext3 for flash drive

2009-03-10 Thread Benjamin M. A'Lee
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:23:43PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Masatran / Deepak, R.: > > > > Recently, I re-partitioned my flash drive. I made one FAT32 partition, and > > one Ext3 partition. > > Is ext3 on a flash medium really a good idea? At least cheap flash > drives probably don't have sma

Re: Netinstall and ADSL

2009-03-10 Thread Greg Madden
On Tuesday 10 March 2009, German wrote: > Is that possible to netinstall Debian with ADSL? Thanks. Is the question: does the net-install dial/config pppoe ? I haven't seen that option. You may need a router setup to do the pppoe stuff and run a dhcp server, or manually do IP addresses. -- Peac

Lenny Net Install

2009-03-10 Thread Chan Lee
Hello,   Trying to net install the Lenny using an ISO CD of:   debian-500-i386-netinst.iso (153,520 KB)   but then it never got into the Linux boot stage.   The system is set to boot from the DVD ROM, and ran some DVD cycles (as the green lights blinking) then ran into the Window boot about a minu

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-10 Thread Star Liu
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 01:21:55PM +0700, Steven Demetrius wrote: >> On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 21:14 +0800, Star Liu wrote: >> > When I boot my debian sid 5 minutes ago, I got this error message: >> > --

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-10 Thread Star Liu
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Star Liu wrote: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 01:21:55PM +0700, Steven Demetrius wrote: >>> On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 21:14 +0800, Star Liu wrote: >>> > When I boot my debian sid 5 minutes ago, I got this error m

help! debian sid cannot boot, kerel panic - not syncing

2009-03-10 Thread Star Liu
These days my debian sid amd64 box is not stable, the last time when I shutdown, I found some error message say the filesystem is readonly, some /var/run/*** files cannot be removed. then after I reboot, my box is broken down completely, with the following messages:

Re: Lenny Net Install

2009-03-10 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Chan Lee wrote: > Hello, > > Trying to net install the Lenny using an ISO CD of: > > debian-500-i386-netinst.iso (153,520 KB) > > but then it never got into the Linux boot stage. > > The system is set to boot from the DVD ROM, and > ran some DVD cycles (as the gree

iceweasel thinks it has java but websites disagree

2009-03-10 Thread Ross Boylan
I've encountered 2 different websites today that told me I need a java plugin installed. But iceweasel shows that it has such a plugin. Can anyone suggest how I can diagnose or fix this? The system is basically lenny (including non-free and the Marillat archives). For example, my schools VPN us

Re: Unison not syncing files under ~/.kde

2009-03-10 Thread A. F. Cano
On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 09:53:35AM +0530, Girish Kulkarni wrote: > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 9:21 AM, A. F. Cano wrote: > > ignorenot = Path afc/.kde/share/apps/kpilot #this is a directory > > ignorenot = Path afc/.kde/share/apps/karm/karm.ics #individual file > > ignorenot = Path afc/.wine/user_

Re: NFS server fails after upgrade to lenny

2009-03-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:24:23 +0100, Michael Wagner wrote: > * Hendrik Boom 09.03.2009 > >> I upgraded the server on my LAN to lenny recntly (after making a backup >> of the etch system (everything except user file systems)) in another >> partition. >> >> Now when I run lennty on the server, an

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-10 Thread Bob Cox
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 08:25:35 +0800, Star Liu (minxinjian...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Star Liu wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >> At grub's menu, edit the kernel command line so that you add: > >> > >>        init=/bin/sh

Re: Unison not syncing files under ~/.kde

2009-03-10 Thread Cameron Hutchison
"A. F. Cano" writes: >Hi, >I've been using unison to keep home directories syncronized for quite a >while now, but this little bit is starting to aggravate me. It appears >that, unless I'm missing something in the configuration below, files >under a .directory are ignored. Note that at the bot

Re: Help! My debian sid cannot boot, "A manual fsck must be performed"

2009-03-10 Thread Star Liu
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Bob Cox wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 08:25:35 +0800, Star Liu (minxinjian...@gmail.com) > wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Star Liu wrote: >> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > >> >> At grub's menu, edit the kernel comm

Re: iceweasel thinks it has java but websites disagree

2009-03-10 Thread Bob Cox
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 18:39:14 -0700, Ross Boylan (r...@biostat.ucsf.edu) wrote: > I've encountered 2 different websites today that told me I need a java > plugin installed. But iceweasel shows that it has such a plugin. > > Can anyone suggest how I can diagnose or fix this? The system is >

Problems with compilation

2009-03-10 Thread Uwe Dippel
configure:1575: checking for g++ configure:1604: result: no configure:1617: checking for C++ compiler version configure:1620: g++ --version &5 ./configure: line 1621: g++: command not found Therefore, I tried apt-get install g++ but it gives me The following packages have unmet dependencies: g++

Aptitude tries to replace backport kernel with older version

2009-03-10 Thread Robert S
I have replaced the stock etch kernel with 2.6.26-bpo.1-686 by adding backports to my sources.list and the following to /etc/apt/preferences: Package: linux-image-2.6-486 Pin relase a=etch-backports Pin-Priority: 999 If I run aptitude and press "G" I get prompted to downgrade my kernel to version

Re: Ext3 for flash drive

2009-03-10 Thread Mark Allums
Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:23:43PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: Masatran / Deepak, R.: Recently, I re-partitioned my flash drive. I made one FAT32 partition, and one Ext3 partition. Is ext3 on a flash medium really a good idea? At least cheap flash drives probably don't

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LVM and install over existing installation

2009-03-10 Thread Tim Anstey
Hi, I've recently acquired a cheap dedicated server for testing purposes which was shipped was CentOS, not my preferred distro. To resolve this I intend to install Debian from within the existing install as documented in the Debian installation guide. Now, this has always worked well in the past a

Re: Why is Firefox calling gimp instead of xpdf?

2009-03-10 Thread Mr. Wang Long
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 01:53, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 10 Mar 2009, Mr. Wang Long wrote: >> >> Try to install the package mozplugger > > I already have it. > Then you can choose your desired program here: Firefox -> Edit -> Preferences -> Applications -> pdf document -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Kernel issues: booting from USB storage

2009-03-10 Thread Matthew Smith
Hi Just to give a little background, after 3 years of running Gentoo (and SuSE previously,) I have given up due to the impossible maintenance burden and am migrating back to a binary distribution. Having sworn off RPMs for life, I have chosen Debian as the most mature and mainstream distro.

Re: Advice about ext3, please

2009-03-10 Thread Steven Demetrius
On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 12:27 +, Aneurin Price wrote: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Steven Demetrius > wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 11:19 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> > Does anyone here power off their computer without first shutting it down? > >> > Maybe, but after having to spend