Re: Problem with ethernet connection

2009-08-18 Thread Ariel Laganá
Ryan, Open a command line terminal, type as root; # ifconfig eth In order to see whether your NIC is installed and the driver module loaded. If it's the only ethernet wired NIC it should appear as eth0, if that is correct type; # dhclient eth0 In order to get a leased ip address. In case you d

[Solved] Grub Error 21 on Lenovo S10e

2009-08-18 Thread go...@dobosevic.com
Thanks!!! ELSE DO THE FOLLOWING STEPS Arrange a live cd debian/ubuntu any live cd. *Boot from live cd. Open terminal and run* $sudo grub grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,n) grub>root (hd0,n) grub>setup (hd0) grub>quit $sudo reboot ###here n is the partition no from where you want to recove

Re: Recovering removed .tex files

2009-08-18 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Today I removed some .tex files with the `rm' command. They were not very > important, of course, but now I'm thinking that I'd had better wait before > removing them. > > I sometimes heard about the possibility of recovering

remapping bluetooth mouse buttons (microsoft notebook presenter 8000)

2009-08-18 Thread Micha Feigin
Hello, I go myself one of these toys, the microsoft wireless notebook presenter 8000 mouse which is a bluetooth mouse that can switch from mouse mode to presentation mode (it's got several presentation buttons on the back). Its recognized via bluetooth, all the top buttons are recognized (9 of the

restarting X fails and generates kernel panic on halt (was Re: Magic SysRq reboot (was Re: switching to proprietary ati radeon driver))

2009-08-18 Thread Liviu Andronic
(Sorry for the long re-naming, but I fell the thread should get its proper name as the issue evolves) On 8/17/09, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > and voilà the system reboots and your data is as safe as possible. > Thank you, I completely forgot about this one. Two issues though: 1. In an older discus

Re: remapping bluetooth mouse buttons (microsoft notebook presenter 8000)

2009-08-18 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:12:58 +0300 Micha Feigin wrote: > Hello, > > I go myself one of these toys, the microsoft wireless notebook presenter 8000 > mouse which is a bluetooth mouse that can switch from mouse mode to > presentation mode (it's got several presentation buttons on the back). Its > r

Re: remapping bluetooth mouse buttons (microsoft notebook presenter 8000)

2009-08-18 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:12:58 +0300 Micha Feigin wrote: > Hello, > > I go myself one of these toys, the microsoft wireless notebook presenter 8000 > mouse which is a bluetooth mouse that can switch from mouse mode to > presentation mode (it's got several presentation buttons on the back). Its > r

HP MSA60

2009-08-18 Thread Mag Gam
I was wondering if anyone here has experience with HP MSA60 with P400 and P800 controller. How reliable are they for a 24x7 shop? TIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: restarting X fails and generates kernel panic on halt (was Re: Magic SysRq reboot (was Re: switching to proprietary ati radeon driver))

2009-08-18 Thread thveillon.debian
Liviu Andronic wrote: > (Sorry for the long re-naming, but I fell the thread should get its > proper name as the issue evolves) > > On 8/17/09, Wolodja Wentland wrote: >> and voilà the system reboots and your data is as safe as possible. >> > Thank you, I completely forgot about this one. Two is

Re: Problems with making hardlink-based backups

2009-08-18 Thread David
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > Here's another question: what is stored in all these millions of > files? > [...] Basically, the lions share would be tonnes of user-generated files, for example huge numbers of image files (and thumbnails) that get stored in director

Re: Inquiry: How to add the "netconf" utility to Linux server

2009-08-18 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:31:17 +0100 hadi motamedi wrote: > Dear All > Can you please do me favor and let me know how can I add the "netconf" > utility to my Linux server ? What's netconf? Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simp

Re: usb hsdpa modem only detected after using it on windows

2009-08-18 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/8/17 Raja R Harinath : [snipped] > > I wasn't too clear above.  You need to get a copy of the kernel source, > patch it, compile it, and install it. > > However, it might be much much easier to follow the suggestion > elsethread: install the 'usb-modeswitch' package, and add a line: > >  SUBSY

Stale mirror for ftp.us.debian.org?

2009-08-18 Thread David Leon
Hello I'm currently having problems updating Lenny from ftp.us.debian.org. It seems one of the mirrors has stale information for its Release and Release.gpg file: Sometimes when I connect with a browser I get this: Index of /debian/dists/lenny NameLast modified Size Par

why can't I delete a file? tipps help

2009-08-18 Thread Soren Orel
I already tried "chattr -i filename" but I still can't delete it.. any ideas, why can't I remove a file from my hdd, even when booting with a livecd?

Re: why can't I delete a file? tipps help

2009-08-18 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/8/18 Soren Orel : > I already tried "chattr -i filename" > but I still can't delete it.. > any ideas, why can't I remove a file from my hdd, even when booting with a > livecd? other than i? output of lsattr of that file? -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re:[Partially solved] Error while building live cd by live-helper

2009-08-18 Thread Kousik Maiti
I change the mirror to http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian It solves my problem. I discussed this issue in irc chat @ #debian-live They told that its a common issue and will be resolved within few hours. Thanks everybody. On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Kousik Maiti wrote: > I want to build a li

Re: why can't I delete a file? tipps help

2009-08-18 Thread Soren Orel
# lsattr somefile --- somefile On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Soren Orel wrote: > I already tried "chattr -i filename" > but I still can't delete it.. > any ideas, why can't I remove a file from my hdd, even when booting with a > livecd? >

Re: why can't I delete a file? tipps help

2009-08-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-18 09:01, Soren Orel wrote: I already tried "chattr -i filename" but I still can't delete it.. any ideas, why can't I remove a file from my hdd, even when booting with a livecd? The complete lack of details is stupefying. -- Featuring GRATUITOUS ALIEN NUDITY -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: why can't I delete a file? tipps help

2009-08-18 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
could be a process is using it # lsof | grep somefile and kill that process first 2009/8/18 Soren Orel : > # lsattr somefile > --- somefile > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Soren Orel wrote: >> >> I already tried "chattr -i filename" >> but I still can't delete it.. >> any id

Re: restarting X fails and generates kernel panic on halt (was Re: Magic SysRq reboot (was Re: switching to proprietary ati radeon driver))

2009-08-18 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hello, On 8/18/09, thveillon.debian wrote: > I recently bought a HP 6730s with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430 graphic > chip. I run Squeeze/Sid AMD64 just like you, and with 2.6.26* kernel and > the associated fglrx I ran into all kind of troubles: impossibility to > switch between virtual con

Re: C++ and threading howto for linux dev

2009-08-18 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 02:47:51PM -0500, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." was heard to say: > Since GLib, Qt Core, LibBoost, and "C++1x" all provide C++ > bindings/abstractions of the threads, I would not write your own. I can't > recommend for or against Boost, but one of those 4 should fit your pro

Re: what sets the time at boot?

2009-08-18 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-08-17 15:22, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, Just did a giant Sid dist-upgrade. It caused trouble with the clock. The hwclock is kept at local time. And 'hwclock --debug --directisa' says just that. But now when the system boots it thinks that the time is UTC time and

Re: Problems with making hardlink-based backups

2009-08-18 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 03:11:47PM +0200, David wrote: [...] > Basically, rdiff-backup was perfect for a while. But then we upgraded > the server to Lenny. And then it stopped working T_T. I think that > rdiff-backup's author must have changed something, which now causes > huge ram usage for large

Re: xen pci passthrough 2.6.26.2

2009-08-18 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:10:33AM +0200, Marc Schröder wrote: > Am Montag 17 August 2009 18:39:22 schrieb Andrew Sackville-West: > > > > looks like it's working, but obviously not. Have you seen this: > > > > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Assign_hardware_to_DomU_with_PCIBack_as_m > >odule > no

Re: Mouse not sync'd with pointer

2009-08-18 Thread Robert Patton
The host OS is Windows-XP on a Dell Latitude D630, the Guest OS is Debian Linux (Lenny).  The mouse works find in windows, when I move into the Linux Window the pointer is not at the mouse coordinates.  VMWare tools are not installed on the guest. Regards, Bob Patton - Original Message -

Re: Mouse not sync'd with pointer

2009-08-18 Thread Eric Gerlach
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:38:49AM -0700, Robert Patton wrote: > - Original Message > > From: Eric Gerlach > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 4:55:52 PM > > Subject: Re: Mouse not sync'd with pointer > > > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 06:23:04PM -0700, Ro

Re: Stale mirror for ftp.us.debian.org?

2009-08-18 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello all, debian-mirrors should be able to provide more insight into this matter, so CC'ing them. On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 09:08:33AM +1930, David Leon wrote: > I'm currently having problems updating Lenny from ftp.us.debian.org. > It seems one of the mirrors has stale information for its Release

Re: why can't I delete a file? tipps help

2009-08-18 Thread Γιώργος Πάλλας
Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > could be a process is using it > # lsof | grep somefile > > and kill that process first > > he said that he can't delete it even from a live cd. It can't be a process. About the lack of details, I have to say that it is a unique phaenomenon that happens when computer-

Re: why can't I delete a file? tipps help

2009-08-18 Thread John Hasler
Umarzuki Mochlis writes: > could be a process is using it Doesn't matter. If a process has a file open when you delete it the directory entry is removed but the file continues to exist until the process closes it. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

2009-08-18 Thread Mark
After numerous Google searches I'm unable to arrive at a definitive answer/website so please send me a link if I've missed something (here's the best I've found so far: http://www.linux-drivers.org/, http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/). My question is simple: I inherited an old (very old) laptop with no

Re: Dual-head display with video-intel stopped working on unstable update.

2009-08-18 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Thomas Vaughan wrote: > I run unstable and update daily. > > Last Friday, I happened to log out and log in again---I don't do that > every day---and that caused the X server to restart. > > When it came back up, I noticed that only one of my two monitors had > any signal going to it. I'm using

pvcreate & sata terribly slow on sid?

2009-08-18 Thread Mikko Rapeli
Hello, I'm running latest sid with 2.6.30 kernel and pvcreating a new disk into use, but that seems to take forever and doesn't create heavy IO on the disk. Creating normal ext3 partitions with bad block scan succeeded and created led blinking IO as I expected. # top PID USER PR NI VIRT

Re: GNOME settings on start up

2009-08-18 Thread AG
Brian Marshall wrote: On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 09:25:44AM +0100, AG wrote: [snip] Unfortunately, gnome-screensaver is started automagically whilst I have to kill gnome-screensaver and start xscreensaver manually. If you want to stop gnome-screensaver from starting automatically, setting

Help apt-cache policy

2009-08-18 Thread lc
The command apt-cache policy gives 2 answers: for example: ~# apt-cache policy wxmaxima wxmaxima: Installed: 0.7.1-1 Candidate: 0.8.2-1 Version table: 0.8.2-1 0 700 http://ftp.it.debian.org unstable/main Packages *** 0.7.1-1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status why this happens

Re: Help apt-cache policy

2009-08-18 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Ter, 18 Ago 2009, lc wrote: The command apt-cache policy gives 2 answers: for example: ~# apt-cache policy wxmaxima wxmaxima: Installed: 0.7.1-1 Candidate: 0.8.2-1 Version table: 0.8.2-1 0 700 http://ftp.it.debian.org unstable/main Packages *** 0.7.1-1 0 100 /var/l

inserting audio disk runs gxine video

2009-08-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
In addition to my sound being so faint that I can barely hear it, I just inserted a regular audio disk into the cd/dvd drive and it caused gxine to run and start playing one of the videos on my hard drive! Whaaat??? 'grip' properly displays the tracks but I can't get any volume. -- "In matters

Re: Help apt-cache policy

2009-08-18 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4a8ae5a0.7040...@alice.it>, lc wrote: >The command apt-cache policy gives 2 answers: I often get many answers: $ apt-cache policy broffice.org broffice.org: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1:2.4.1+dfsg-1 Version table: 1:3.1.1~rc1-1 0 300 http://localhost experimental/main Pack

Re: pvcreate & sata terribly slow on sid?

2009-08-18 Thread Mikko Rapeli
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:47:46PM +0300, Mikko Rapeli wrote: > Is there something wrong with the sata drivers or the disk, or lvm2 from > sid? This seems to be a kernel thing: after kill -9'ing a bunch of hung pvcreate processes one of them succeeded in a second on 2.6.30. On 2.6.26 all pvcreate'

Re: why can't I delete a file? tipps help

2009-08-18 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, Soren Orel writes: > I already tried "chattr -i filename" > but I still can't delete it.. > any ideas, why can't I remove a file from my hdd, even when booting with a > livecd? Do you have write permissions in the directory containing the file? What error do you get if you try to remove the

Re: restarting X fails and generates kernel panic on halt (was Re: Magic SysRq reboot (was Re: switching to proprietary ati radeon driver))

2009-08-18 Thread thveillon.debian
Liviu Andronic a écrit : > Hello, > > On 8/18/09, thveillon.debian wrote: >> I recently bought a HP 6730s with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430 graphic >> chip. I run Squeeze/Sid AMD64 just like you, and with 2.6.26* kernel and >> the associated fglrx I ran into all kind of troubles: impossibilit

Re: why can't I delete a file? tipps help

2009-08-18 Thread Soren Orel
permisson denied (13) yes, I have write permission, and the mounted filesystem is also writable On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > Hi, > > Soren Orel writes: > > > I already tried "chattr -i filename" > > but I still can't delete it.. > > any ideas, why can't I remove a f

Re: why can't I delete a file? tipps help

2009-08-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-18 15:20, Soren Orel wrote: permisson denied (13) yes, I have write permission, and the mounted filesystem is also writable Show us the exact command and any output. Also include an "ls -aFl" of the offending file. On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: Hi,

Re: skype, amd64, libc6-i386 and ia32-libs

2009-08-18 Thread Chris Davies
Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: >>> After returning from vacation I updated my testing, amd64 system. > By the way, does anybody know why they had to break things first? I did > not expect that from debian! I rather think that the name of the version you're running answers that question. If you don't wan

Re: Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

2009-08-18 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-08-18, Mark wrote: > After numerous Google searches I'm unable to arrive at a definitive > answer/website so please send me a link if I've missed something (here's the > best I've found so far: http://www.linux-drivers.org/, > http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/). My question is simple: I inheri

Mask to Protect from H1N1 virus

2009-08-18 Thread h1n1
Mask to Protect from H1N1 virus 3 ply surgical face mask : Detailed Product Description : Surgical Mask Material : PPSB + Meltblown Model : 3 ply nonwoven swine flu face amsk Colour : White Apply : H1N1 Standard : EN149 : 2001 Stock : 1 500 000 pcs Now we can offer you large quantit

RE: HP DL180 G6 with Debian Lenny

2009-08-18 Thread Richard Pijnenburg
Hi, The firmware-bnx i already got implemented like I said before. The problem is that the DL180 G6 serie uses the Intel E1000. It seems it needs the newest driver which is not included in the debian installer. I've also tried the customized installer from Kenshi but without much luck. The netins

Fwd: NIS woes.. Ubuntu nis client doesn't ping Debian nis Server

2009-08-18 Thread raman narasimhan
*Sorry for my confusing English. I should have been more specific and clear. * * * *Corresponding to each user, there is a home directory in the Server. So when the user gives his login and password credentials at the client, this home directory from the server is mounted onto a directory in the cl

Re: skype, amd64, libc6-i386 and ia32-libs

2009-08-18 Thread Johan Grönqvist
Γιώργος Πάλλας skrev: Michael Ekstrand wrote: The current ia32-libs package in unstable [...] fixes the problem. [...] So either update to the Sid version or wait until it trickles to testing. By the way, does anybody know why they had to break things first? I did not expect that from debi

Re: Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

2009-08-18 Thread Mark
Thanks Howard. Your link led me to do more research which led me to this page which has lots of options including the one you have which is Linux compatible: http://hardware4linux.info/search/. I had not seen it before but man it is handy in case anyone else needs a hardware reference and doesn't

gnome-volume-manager problem

2009-08-18 Thread AG
Hi Has anyone else noticed that /usr/lib/gnome-volume-manager/gnome-volume-manager is not working after the recent apt-get update to testing? Doing a quick search,[1] it appears like this is a recurring problem. Has anyone figured out a hack? Cheers AG [1] For example: http://forum.so

Re: Power management on older laptop.

2009-08-18 Thread s. keeling
Chris Jones : > This is an old Dell Inspiron 7500 with an Intel PIII - (Coppermine) > running debian 'lenny'. > > The hardware supports an early version of the SpeedStep technology that > makes it possible to switch clocking between 650MHz and 500MHz. This is > normally done via a BIOS optio

Hang on reboot with: "Waiting for root file system"

2009-08-18 Thread Niu Kun
Dear all, I've got an old Debian sarge box. And I want to upgrade it to the newest lenny stable version. I've encountered the problem mentioned in the following link: http://www200.pair.com/mecham/spam/kernel.html I had tried to upgrade my system to etch once, but the system failed to boot after

Re: Stale mirror for ftp.us.debian.org?

2009-08-18 Thread Simon Paillard
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 05:52:55PM +0200, Florian Ernst wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 09:08:33AM +1930, David Leon wrote: > > I'm currently having problems updating Lenny from ftp.us.debian.org. [..] > This one is it: mirrors1.kernel.org appears to not have fully sync'ed > for a few days (at le

how to migrate request-tracker database from sqlite3 to mysql

2009-08-18 Thread Martin Kraus
hi. I'm trying to migrate request-tracker3.6 database from sqlite to mysql on lenny. Is there a way to export data from sqlite so they can be imported into mysql for request-tracker3.6? rt-dump-database doesn't export sqlite database and sqlite and mysql databases for rt are not compatible even

GRUB hang after lenny install

2009-08-18 Thread Simon
Hi There, We have a Tyan Tiger i7320 based server with 2 x nocona Xeon CPUs and a 3ware 9500 4LP raid card. Attached to the raid card is a single WD 500GB SATA hd (unit 0 - /dev/sda) and a RAID5 comprised of 3 x 250GB SATA HDs (unit 1 - /dev/sdb, also currently degraded as 1 of the drives is failin

Re: sound volume went waaaay low

2009-08-18 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 07:49:26AM +0800, paragasu wrote: > I also have the same problem. Still looking for solutions.. > > On 8/17/09, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > Had to reboot today (powerfailure) and now the sound volume is so low it > > can barely be heard. I keep current with testing so I'm sure

Re: sound volume went waaaay low

2009-08-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-18 21:02, Rick Pasotto wrote: On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 07:49:26AM +0800, paragasu wrote: I also have the same problem. Still looking for solutions.. On 8/17/09, Rick Pasotto wrote: Had to reboot today (powerfailure) and now the sound volume is so low it can barely be heard. I keep c

Re: Power management on older laptop.

2009-08-18 Thread Chris Jones
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:01:14PM EDT, s. keeling wrote: > Chris Jones : > > This is an old Dell Inspiron 7500 with an Intel PIII - (Coppermine) > > running debian 'lenny'. > > > > The hardware supports an early version of the SpeedStep technology that > > makes it possible to switch clockin

Re: Wireless Adapter Card compatibility

2009-08-18 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:03:35 -0700 Mark wrote: > After numerous Google searches I'm unable to arrive at a definitive > answer/website so please send me a link if I've missed something (here's the > best I've found so far: http://www.linux-drivers.org/, > http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/). My question

Re: usb hsdpa modem only detected after using it on windows

2009-08-18 Thread Raja R Harinath
Hi, Umarzuki Mochlis writes: > 2009/8/17 Raja R Harinath : > [snipped] >> >> I wasn't too clear above.  You need to get a copy of the kernel source, >> patch it, compile it, and install it. >> >> However, it might be much much easier to follow the suggestion >> elsethread: install the 'usb-modes

Re: skype, amd64, libc6-i386 and ia32-libs

2009-08-18 Thread Γιώργος Πάλλας
Chris Davies wrote: Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: After returning from vacation I updated my testing, amd64 system. By the way, does anybody know why they had to break things first? I did not expect that from debian! I rather think that the name of the version you're running an

Re: [SOLVED] Sound isnt working properly

2009-08-18 Thread Gregor Galwas
I checked /etc/group on my laptop (freshly installed debian system) and it was read/write to root , read to group/others. MY /etc/group was read/write to root, forbidden to group/others. Yes, the backup-copy (group-) is read/write to root, forbidden to group/others. I am sure it was like th

Re: why can't I delete a file? tipps help

2009-08-18 Thread Klaus Wolf
Hi, some time ago I had the same problem using knoppix Lived-CD. Then I did the following: I started the file manager doing "sudo konqueror" to get superuser rights an this worked well. best regards klaus Am Dienstag, den 18.08.2009, 22:19 +0800 schrieb Umarzuki Mochlis: > could be a process is