Re: Formating disk

2009-08-10 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jochen Schulz wrote: > hce: >> I am going to create ext3 file system to an external USB HDD for being >> used as an backup storage. I am not clear if it is necessary to >> reserve super user blocks (5% by default), could you please advise? > > I do th

Re: lzma Vs lzip ?

2009-08-10 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2009-08-10 01:49:29 +0200, Thomas Preud'homme wrote: > Indeed I looked in the man and found this : > > LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm) is an improved version of > famous LZ77 compression algorithm. It was improved in way of maximum > increasing of compression ratio, keeping high decomp

rhythmbox won't stop coming up

2009-08-10 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, On this system of mine, which I recently reinstalled, for various reasons, this problem still persists. Everything was whiped except /home, and if I log in as a different user the problem does not occur. When gdm starts and logs in as "daniel", rhythmbox is always launched, but minimized eg. t

Re: rhythmbox won't stop coming up

2009-08-10 Thread Aioanei Rares
Daniel Dalton wrote: Hi, On this system of mine, which I recently reinstalled, for various reasons, this problem still persists. Everything was whiped except /home, and if I log in as a different user the problem does not occur. When gdm starts and logs in as "daniel", rhythmbox is always launch

APT source list for shutter?

2009-08-10 Thread ronggui wong
Dear all, I use Debian 5.0, and I want to install shutter (http://shutter-project.org/). The source.list I currently used doesn't have this software. Can anyone recommend a source list for it? Thank you in advance. Ronggui -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Can't upgrade: "Couldn't configure pre-depend libc6-i386..."

2009-08-10 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Hi, When issuing: # apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade i get the following error: Fetched 11.3MB in 15s (741kB/s) E: Couldn't configure pre-depend libc6-i386 for lib32stdc++6, probably a dependency cycle. I found this recent bug that seems to be the problem, but it's set as closed and for apti

Re: APT source list for shutter?

2009-08-10 Thread Gerard Robin
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 08:49:26PM +0800, ronggui wong wrote: Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:49:26 +0800 From: ronggui wong To: DebianUser Subject: APT source list for shutter? I use Debian 5.0, and I want to install shutter (http://shutter-project.org/). The source.list I currently used doesn't

Re: APT source list for shutter?

2009-08-10 Thread Gerard Robin
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 08:49:26PM +0800, ronggui wong wrote: Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:49:26 +0800 From: ronggui wong To: DebianUser Subject: APT source list for shutter? Sorry this is for sid: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/graphics/shutter sqeeze is safer that sid : http://packages.de

problem with multipath since I upgraded form etch to lenny

2009-08-10 Thread Johan
Hi I have a problem with my multipath setup since I upgraded a server from Etch to Lenny. One of my paths doesn't show up anymore. The command multipath -v6 gives me those 2 errors : libdevmapper: ioctl/libdm-iface.c(1623): device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument SAN_ess5Disk1: dom

Re: kmymoney & QIF vs OFX

2009-08-10 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 20:31:39 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sun August 9 2009, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > If you want to find out what went wrong, please post the output of: > > > > apt-cache policy kmymoney2-plugin-aqbanking > > kmymoney2-plugin-aqbanking: > Installed: 0.9.6beta-5 > Ca

Re: Xorg is very slow.

2009-08-10 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:07:37 +0800, Magicloud wrote in message <3bd412d40908091807j42059892i9d3986eb80ac7...@mail.gmail.com>: > Sorry, by "cannot", I did not mean I had any problem, it is just > company policy ..aha. Then we cannot help you, you must first have your company fix its own poli

Re: Debian Lenny install failing on Dell Latitude CPi A366ST during hardware detect phase

2009-08-10 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 22:06:34 -0700, Kyle wrote in message : > Hello everyone,/ > > I'm trying to install Debian Lenny on an old Dell Latitude CPi A366ST, > currently running Win98. KNOPPIX boots on it fine, as does Win98. ..use that to visit http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ and install over intern

Re: Some questions about seting up wireless network between linuxand vista ;

2009-08-10 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
>> >> 3-first in vista ad-hoc wireless network has been created then in >> linux after runnig above command ,linux has been connected to vista >> but yet linux does not show vista shared folders ,what is/are the >> reason/s ? >> >> regards dehqan >> >> >> > How about this: > > apt-cache search

Re: unlocking encrypted root via ssh

2009-08-10 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Alex Samad wrote: > On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 10:18:28PM -0400, Justin wrote: >> Or not? I managed to boot it successfully that way only once. >> >> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Justin wrote: >> >> > And the answer, for posterity, is that you do killall cryptroot*before* >> > running it from b

Re: /dev/usb/hiddev0 - linux-image-2.6.26-2-486

2009-08-10 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Csanyi Pal wrote: > Hi, > > I want to use this software: > http://openprog.altervista.org/op.tar.gz > > to use this hardware: > http://openprog.altervista.org/ > > I must to have > /dev/usb/hiddev0 > > so the 'op' software can to do job. > > I'm using linux-image-2.6.26-2-486. > > I'm try to

Re: No sound with Lenny on Dell Insipiron Mini 10v

2009-08-10 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Mark wrote: > A friend has a new Dell Inspiron Mini 10v, came with XP. I installed > Debian > via dvd .iso image (dual boot), everything's okay except for audio. lspci > lists - Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio > Controller - as the device. There is volume control, et

Re: make deb file

2009-08-10 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > to make a deb file from source i have to run make checkinstall, but how > about a deb files containing scripts to be distributed to various > directories? > read the documentation and ask again here a short hint: to build debian directory and files run from within the

C++ and threading howto for linux dev

2009-08-10 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Hi, perhaps it's OT but still the debian list is the best one (my subjective opinion), so I dear to ask here. I'm willing to build an app that starts 3 threads, especially (soap client, server from libcsoap and terminal), so I couldn't manage to do the job in C++, because they it lacks native thre

Re: C++ and threading howto for linux dev

2009-08-10 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Emanoil Kotsev wrote: Hi, perhaps it's OT but still the debian list is the best one (my subjective opinion), so I dear to ask here. I'm willing to build an app that starts 3 threads, especially (soap client, server from libcsoap and terminal), so I couldn't manage to do the job in C++, because t

Re: C++ and threading howto for linux dev

2009-08-10 Thread Eric Meijer
Emanoil Kotsev wrote: Hi, perhaps it's OT but still the debian list is the best one (my subjective opinion), so I dear to ask here. I'm willing to build an app that starts 3 threads, especially (soap client, server from libcsoap and terminal), so I couldn't manage to do the job in C++, because t

Re: C++ and threading howto for linux dev

2009-08-10 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > I use QT and their examples: they are the greatest! > http://packages.debian.org/sid/qt4-doc-html > > Hugo Hi, I'm not looking for a graphics implementation of threads but a way to run threads from pure C++ code. What should I do with QT? I make my app depending on somet

Re: C++ and threading howto for linux dev

2009-08-10 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Eric Meijer wrote: >> > Boost threads is what I use (debian package libboost-thread-dev). It > builds on pthreads, and is part of the high quality boost library for > C++, which is a kind of testbed for libraries to be added to the C++ > standard library. You may want to browse boost for mo

Re: What is the best setup to compute in the burning hot sun?

2009-08-10 Thread Dale Harris
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:29:10PM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > I want to set up a workstation in my back yard. I know it probably involves > an umbrella and a laptop, and a power extension cable. I think that the > laptop overheating may be a concern. Even with an umbrella, I'm worried that > g

Re: What is the best setup to compute in the burning hot sun?

2009-08-10 Thread Mike Castle
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > My yard extends farther than I can piss - but not farther than I can run an > extension cord.  It has a nice fir tree near that back.  Seems like a nice > place to hang out and program, if I can see the screen clearly and not melt > my inte

Re: Package Version Numbers

2009-08-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Jeff Grossman wrote: >I am running Debian Stable on a server. The package in >stable right now is called "5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny3". I called my new >packages "5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny3+custom1". I have the following >settings in my apt.conf file in case I ever need to install anything >from testi

Re: Package Version Numbers

2009-08-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <47pt7511s56vq779jtfp2ap0059a8m4...@4ax.com>, Jeff Grossman wrote: >mail:~# apt-cache policy php5 >php5: > Installed: 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny3+custom1 > Candidate: 5.2.9.dfsg.1-4 > Version table: > 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2 0 >200 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages > 5.2.9.dfs

Re: What is the best setup to compute in the burning hot sun?

2009-08-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-10 14:20, Mike Castle wrote: [snip] air every so often. (Then again, with two cats, our laptops have more problems inside.) An electric cord, stripped wires, duct tape and short section of broom handle should "do the job"... -- Scooty Puff, Sr The Doom-Bringer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: C++ and threading howto for linux dev

2009-08-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Emanoil Kotsev wrote: >I'm willing to build an app that starts 3 threads, especially (soap > client, server from libcsoap and terminal), so I couldn't manage to do > the job in C++, because they it lacks native threading support. PThread > lib is C. I've always been able to use the pthread li

60 console-kit-daemons

2009-08-10 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, Since upgrading to the latest Xorg htop shows 60 console-kit-daemons. Do I need all 60? What do they do? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Debian Lenny install failing on Dell Latitude CPi A366ST during hardware detect phase

2009-08-10 Thread Kyle Barbour
>> I'm trying to install Debian Lenny on an old Dell Latitude CPi A366ST, >> currently running Win98. KNOPPIX boots on it fine, as does Win98. > > ..use that to visit http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ > and install over internet or your own lan mirror. Maybe I wasn't clear - the problem isn't the lack

Re: C++ and threading howto for linux dev

2009-08-10 Thread ga
Hi Emanoil, On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 07:09:05PM +0200, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > Hi, perhaps it's OT but still the debian list is the best one (my subjective > opinion), so I dear to ask here. > > I'm willing to build an app that starts 3 threads, especially (soap client, > server from libcsoap and

Re: how to silence speaker during reboot/halt

2009-08-10 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-08-09 04:51, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun,09.Aug.09, 05:32:55, Long Wind wrote: I use sarge When I reboot/halt, the speaker beeps Is there any way to config speaker not to beep? Does your system beep whenever you trigger a shutdown or halt? The only way I know is t

Re: kmymoney & QIF vs OFX

2009-08-10 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon August 10 2009, Florian Kulzer wrote: > Nothing wrong with that if you are tracking Lenny. (One of your earlier > messages showed that you had kmymoney2 version 0.9.3-1 installed, > therefore I assumed that you were running Squeeze or Sid.) > Version 0.8.9-1 of kmymoney2 together with versio

fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Paul Cartwright
I have been getting this error, and I'm not sure what it means or what is wrong. I have fetchmail setup to pull the email from my domain accounts to local users. I set this up in a fetchmailrc file. this morning I noticed there was no new email, but when I went to webmail ( squirrelmail) on my

Re: C++ and threading howto for linux dev

2009-08-10 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 07:09:05PM +0200, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > I also couldn't find a user-list for libcsoap, but the question is a general > one - HOW THE H**L ARE YOU WRITING threaded apps in C++. It shouldn't be > that hard - or is it? Just use pthreads directly. Boost threads is also an op

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Jochen Schulz
Paul Cartwright: > > this morning I noticed there was no new email, but when I went to webmail ( > squirrelmail) on my hosts servers, there was email . This is the error > message I am getting in /var/log/syslog: > > Aug 10 16:31:47 paulandcilla fetchmail[16965]: timeout after 300 seconds > wa

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 04:36:00PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > I have been getting this error, and I'm not sure what it means or what is > wrong. > I have fetchmail setup to pull the email from my domain accounts to local > users. I set this up in a fetchmailrc file. > > this morning I notic

Re: C++ and threading howto for linux dev

2009-08-10 Thread Eric Meijer
Emanoil Kotsev wrote: Thanks Eric I was also thinking to use the boost package. I don't like it's heavy and my app would depend on it too. As mentioned by Roger Leigh, you only really "pay" for what you are using. Why are you worried by the dependence on boost? What I like about it is that

apt-ia32 is driving me nuts

2009-08-10 Thread Damon Chesser
I know this is the Users-list, but perhaps you can shed some light on this for me. This ia32-lib silliness to make systems work with both x64 and x32 systems and the way it interacts with synaptic/aptitude produces totally wacky outcomes. I just tried to upgrade to current Sid and Sun JRE needs t

Re: rhythmbox won't stop coming up

2009-08-10 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 01:09:27PM +0300, Aioanei Rares wrote: > >So how do I stop it from automatically launching rhythmbox? > > > >I'm using gnome with gdm to log in. > > > >Thanks, > >Daniel. > Go to system -> preferences -> startup applications to check if > Rhythmbox ain't there. I went to sy

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon August 10 2009, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > Aug 10 16:31:47 paulandcilla fetchmail[16965]: timeout after 300 seconds > > waiting to connect to server email_host.com. > > Either your internet / network connection is down or the server doesn't > reply for some reason. I never lose my internet co

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon August 10 2009, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > is the pop or imap server running? not my box, this is my domain hosting service.. I can log on via webmail and see that there is email there. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 06:12:58PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Mon August 10 2009, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > is the pop or imap server running? > > not my box, this is my domain hosting service.. I can log on via webmail and > see that there is email there. try telnet to imap or po

RE: Trying to boot Lenny after installation

2009-08-10 Thread Sine 39
Thanks for the advice Mark, I have tried flashing the BIOS to the latest version, I thought just maybe this might work alone but it didn't unfortunately and I still couldn't change the APIC = enabled setting. I have also tried resetting all BIOS and CMOS settings to 'Fail Safe Defaults' and 'Op

Re: C++ and threading howto for linux dev

2009-08-10 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Eric Meijer wrote: > Emanoil Kotsev wrote: >> Thanks Eric >> >> I was also thinking to use the boost package. I don't like it's heavy and >> my app would depend on it too. >> >> > As mentioned by Roger Leigh, you only really "pay" for what you are using. > Why are you worried by the dependence

Re: Configuring polkit-gnome-authorization without a root password

2009-08-10 Thread louish
On 8/9/09, Michael wrote: (Sorry for the delayed reply.) > LH wrote: >> What changes do I need to make to my Debian setup that would allow me >> to configure Authorizations without an explicit root password. I know > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=536490 That appears to solv

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon August 10 2009, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > try telnet to imap or pop3 port. if that fails to connect, then it's a > problem on their end, likely. well, I stopped fetchmail, and created an IMAP account ( in kmail) for my user that I had in fetchmail. when I clicked on the inbox of the n

Re: Etch to 5.0.2 upgrade failed - Encrypted filesystem will not boot

2009-08-10 Thread lineman
> hmmm not sure, you could try > turning of quiet mode remove the quiet from the kernel option on boot > and maybe try turning on debug (add debug to the kernal options) There is no quiet mode in my kernel line. Adding the debug option didn't seem to add any additional relevant information; >

Choosing Laptops/Notebooks

2009-08-10 Thread T o n g
Hi, I am considering buying a Laptop/Notebook for the first time. To me, what unique in choosing a Laptop/Notebook than a desktop are, CPU temperature and power consumption, battery life, hibernation support, weight, etc. Coincidentally, there was a heat debate on CPU power consumption and bat

synaptic configuration differences between two Sid boxes

2009-08-10 Thread Damon Chesser
This has me scratching my head. Two boxes, both set to Sid, the apt sources of one was copied from the other. When I search for sun jre, on one I see sun-java6-bin 6-15-1 (installed and latest version) on the other I see sun-java6-bin 6-14-1 as installed AND latest version. Of course, "reload" d

Re: C++ and threading howto for linux dev

2009-08-10 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
ga wrote: > > Check out these ones: > http://www.gtkmm.org/docs/glibmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/thread_2thread_8cc-example.html#_a11 > http://www.gtkmm.org/docs/glibmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/thread_2dispatcher_8cc-example.html#_a0 > > Doc: > http://www.gtkmm.org/docs/glibmm-2.4/docs/reference/ht

Re: xserver-xorg won't start

2009-08-10 Thread S. Fishpaste
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:46:58 +0200, Thomas Preud'homme in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > Le dimanche 09 août 2009 19:38:53, S. Fishpaste a écrit : >> On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 16:33:27 +0200, Thomas Preud'homme in > gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: >> > Le dimanche 09 août 2009 15:34:48, S. Fishpaste a

Re: color management?

2009-08-10 Thread S. Fishpaste
On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:23:57 -0700, jeremy jozwik in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > heya list. ive been working with linux on adjusting my photos for the > last 3 weeks or so. since ive started ive noticed that the way the > photos look on my linux laptop are CONSIDERABLY different then the > col

Is it safe to install xz-utils?

2009-08-10 Thread Vincent Lefevre
When I want to install xz-utils (from experimental) on a Debian/unstable machine, apt-get wants to remove lzma because xz-utils conflicts with it. I get the following warning: WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are do

How to get ARCH...............

2009-08-10 Thread Charlie
Hello Everyone, This morning after an update and safe-upgrade on my Squeeze system - which is mentioned just in case, though I don't think it had anything to do with my problem. My /var partition went belly up. On closing I was presented with heaps of errors so fsck'd the system manually and when

Re: Package Version Numbers

2009-08-10 Thread Jeff Grossman
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: >Installed packages that are not available in a repository have a priority of >100. You could pin (by version) your custom package version to 400 or so. >Alternatively would could put your local packages in a local repository and >pin that repository to 400 o

Re: Package Version Numbers

2009-08-10 Thread Jeff Grossman
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: >In <47pt7511s56vq779jtfp2ap0059a8m4...@4ax.com>, Jeff Grossman wrote: >>mail:~# apt-cache policy php5 >>php5: >> Installed: 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny3+custom1 >> Candidate: 5.2.9.dfsg.1-4 >> Version table: >> 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2 0 >>200 http://ftp.us.debian.

Re: color management?

2009-08-10 Thread jeremy jozwik
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:04 AM, S. Fishpaste wrote: > Well then might want to try using sRGB profile. nope, dont work any better. i have both gimp and rawstudio set to srgb, re-uploaded and there is still a significant difference in color. are there color profiles for the monitor itself in debia

Re: [Linuxwacom-discuss] Wacom + Maya

2009-08-10 Thread jeremy jozwik
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Bezierk wrote: > nice... i guess if that's a part of the reason linux has better 3d apps > than vector apps (i'm looking at you both inkscape and scribus) but inkscape has predictive inking! which even the newest version of mudbox just added. thats pritty awesome

Re: How to get ARCH...............

2009-08-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-10 22:03, Charlie wrote: Hello Everyone, This morning after an update and safe-upgrade on my Squeeze system - which is mentioned just in case, though I don't think it had anything to do with my problem. My /var partition went belly up. On closing I was presented with heaps of errors s

Suspicious Hidden Files

2009-08-10 Thread David Baron
RKhunter cistes the following: directories /etc/.java and /dev/.udev The .java is emtpy. The .udev has db names rules.d uevent_seqnum watch Do these belong there or are they a problem? Delete them? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Thomas Hochstein
Paul Cartwright schrieb: > Aug 10 16:31:47 paulandcilla fetchmail[16965]: timeout after 300 seconds > waiting to connect to server email_host.com. fetchmail cannot connect to the server it should poll (your "mail domain host"). As you can reach that host via webmail (HTTP, Port 80) and IMAP, it