Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

Dear all sorry for being off thread. Thanks for your help. The hint by Andrei solved my problem. In /etc/apt/preferences, I marked the packages as Prio *-1*: Package: nano Pin: release testing Pin-Priority: -1 Package: aptitude Pin: release testing Pin-Priority: -1 Package: tas

Change Package Dependencies

Dear all Is there any possibility to overrule the package dependencies without modifying the package source? Reason for asking: I do not need to have doc packages installed on all of my servers. But some packages simply insist on installing their doc package too. In /etc/apt/preferences, I mark

Re: Change Package Dependencies

On 2009-12-30 09:37 +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote: > Is there any possibility to overrule the package dependencies without > modifying the package source? Not really. While rebuilding from source is not strictly necessary, at least you'll have to modify the binary package(s). > Reason for asking: I do

Re: Change Package Dependencies

On Wed,30.Dec.09, 09:37:16, Lukas Ruf wrote: > Dear all > > Is there any possibility to overrule the package dependencies without > modifying the package source? > > Reason for asking: I do not need to have doc packages installed on all > of my servers. But some packages simply insist on install

Re: Change Package Dependencies

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Andrei Popescu [2009-12-30 10:06]: > > On Wed,30.Dec.09, 09:37:16, Lukas Ruf wrote: > > Dear all > > > > Is there any possibility to overrule the package dependencies without > > modifying the package source? > > > > Reason for asking: I do not need

Re: Change Package Dependencies

> Sven Joachim [2009-12-30 09:59]: > > What do you mean by "insist"? If they recommend the doc package, you > can easily overrule that. If they depend on it, that is a bug and you > should report it. > texlive-base depends on texlive-doc-base -- I'm gonna report it. Thanks. wbr, Lukas -- Luk

Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

Robert David put forth on 12/29/2009 5:20 PM: > I dont understand why so many people today use pure apt-get for everyday > package management. I started using aptitude after upgrading from Etch to Lenny. I now use it exclusively instead of apt-*. It's much more powerful and user friendly, and

Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

On Wed,30.Dec.09, 03:32:02, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Robert David put forth on 12/29/2009 5:20 PM: > > > I dont understand why so many people today use pure apt-get for everyday > > package management. > > I started using aptitude after upgrading from Etch to Lenny. I now use it > exclusively ins

Aptitude (was: how to put packages on hold -- permanently)

On 2009-12-30 03:32 (-0600), Stan Hoeppner wrote: > I started using aptitude after upgrading from Etch to Lenny. I now use > it exclusively instead of apt-*. It's much more powerful and user > friendly, and the package search function returns more relevant and > limited results. For instance > > :

Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

Andrei Popescu put forth on 12/30/2009 3:41 AM: > I prefer to ask dpkg about installed packages, it should know best ;) I find the aptitude show results more useful. I have no idea what the first three lines of the dpkg -l output below are trying to tell me. :/# dpkg -l postfix Desired=Unknown

Re: aptitude tries to reach mirrors via IPv6

On Втр, 2009-12-29 at 17:14 +0200, Barış Balta wrote: > Just remove ipv6 specific lines in /etc/hosts file and try again. > > I had the same problem and this worked for me. Thank you for your suggestion, Barış. However, I don't have any IPv6 entries in my /etc/hosts. I removed them shortly after

dpkg -l output (was: how to put packages on hold -- permanently)

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 04:13:43 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: [...] > I have no idea what the first > three lines of the dpkg -l output below are trying to tell me. > > > :/# dpkg -l postfix > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t

Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

On Tuesday 29 December 2009 23:21:21 debian-user-digest- requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > 12.2 MB vs 12.5 MB? "much much smaller"? Why do you consider 300 KB to be > "much much smaller"? > > My kernel.deb is 1.5 MB and my vmlinuz is 1.2 MB. That is "much much > smaller". ;) I've only done cus

Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

David Baron writes: > Probably is because I do not know what is safe to set to "no". These > are basically stock kernels with whatever would have been in the > initrd compiled in instead. Then why not use the initrd? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

Dotan Cohen writes: > What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been > opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better? ,[ aptitude show fbreader ] | FBReader is an e-book reader. | | Main features: | | * supports several open e-book formats:

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

On 2009-12-29 22:24 (+0200), Dotan Cohen wrote: > What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been > opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better? One possibility is to convert the book to LaTeX. It's often as simple as adding basic LaTeX headers and

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

> I use to print the HTML page into PDF and then open the file with Evince > (or any PDF reader). The output file usually keeps a very good format for > computer display reading, I mean, margins and text structure. > I used Open Office to export to PDF, but then the document is too rigid. I cannot

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

> I recall a decent little ebook reader in the ubuntu UNR release.  It > allowed you to rotate the page 90 degrees on screen so you could hold a > netbook in your hand like a real book and have a realistic aspect ratio. > You could probably get the source from the ubuntu/canonical > repositories? >

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

>> What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been >> opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better? > > vi :-) > I know that you are kidding, but Kate in VIM mode with a large Tahoma font is great. It supports everything that I want in an ebook reade

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

> What's wrong with gutenbrowser? I don't know! I've never heard of it until now! It seems to have a problem searching the folders that I configure it here, and it cannot reach the online servers as well. I will try to fix that and see how good it is. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

2009/12/30 Mark Allums : > On 12/29/2009 2:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> >> What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been >> opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better? >> >> Thanks. >> > > > Calibre > > Thanks, I just tried Calibre. It does not h

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

> ,[ aptitude show fbreader ] > | FBReader is an e-book reader. > | > | Main features: > | > |  * supports several open e-book formats: fb2, html, chm, plucker, > |    palmdoc, ztxt, tcr (psion text), rtf, oeb, openreader, non-DRM'ed > |    mobipocket, plain text, epub > |  * reads directly fro

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

2009/12/30 Teemu Likonen : > On 2009-12-29 22:24 (+0200), Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been >> opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better? > > One possibility is to convert the book to LaTeX. It's often as simpl

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:46:11 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> I use to print the HTML page into PDF and then open the file with >> Evince (or any PDF reader). The output file usually keeps a very good >> format for computer display reading, I mean, margins and text >> structure. >> >> > I used Open Of

Re: changing rootdn password

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > Manao ahoana, Hello, Bonjour, > > On a Debian and a Ubuntu I install OpenLDAP with the package manager. > It usually asks for an admin password. > > But when looking in /etc/ldap/ I found no place where it is stored >

Getting connected to Verizon 3G network

Hi guys I an still working on getting connected to the 3G network. Actually I am connected but I can't connect to the net. Brief history. I am now using a D-Link DWA-556 PciE card. It has an Atheros AR5008 chip and I am using the mad-wifi ath5k driver code. I can connect to the Verizon

hp-testpage: error: Print command failed with exit code 256!

Hi there, I am trying to understand what in the world this error message can mean: error: Print command failed with exit code 256! Steps to reproduce: $ hp-testpage HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.9.10) Testpage Print Utility ver. 6.0 Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Develo

vsftpd runs then stop for remote access

Hi, I install vsftp as sererver on ubuntu 9.10 It runs for a time then stops answer for remote access, but not for local access ??? I mean If i use the commandftp 192.168.10.10 from the localhost it responds but ftp 192.168.10.10 from a remote machine it doesn't respond

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

Dotan Cohen writes: > Thanks. The program is a bit lacking as it does not support > bookmarks, and annoying as search terms stay highlighted I may inadvertently start a flamewar, but Emacs has wonderful bookmarking support.  ``C-x r m`` to bookmark any *line* in any readable file (including PDFs,

Re: vsftpd runs then stop for remote access

Hi, abdelkader belahcene writes: > I install vsftp   as sererver on ubuntu 9.10 Please refer to the Ubuntu user technical support mailing list [1] for problems with Ubuntu. Regards, Ansgar [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-req

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

On 12/30/2009 9:58 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: 2009/12/30 Mark Allums: On 12/29/2009 2:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better? Thanks. Calibre Thanks, I just trie

install

Hi Debian: I am on the Debian site. It is not really clear which file is to be used to boot from a 3.5 floppy. Ray - Sent via Catholic Online's FREE Webmail service! Use Catholic Online Webmail to proclaim your faith to the world. http://webmail.catholic

Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

I've only done custom kernels on 32bit x86 headless server platforms, so maybe mine would double in size if I were doing X86-84 kernels due to 8 byte instruction words vs 4 byte words, I expect that this is merely terminology, but I don't think that 64-bit x86_64/amd64 architecture exactly has

Re: install

soft...@catholic.org put forth on 12/30/2009 11:25 AM: > Hi Debian: > > I am on the Debian site. > It is not really clear which file is to be used > to boot from a 3.5 floppy. I assume you're wanting to boot from a 3.5" floppy to do a network installation. It would appear that a floppy boot inst

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

> PDF is a "presentation" file type. > > Not much editing allowed on it (you need a good PDF editor to edit these > kind of files, not easily available for Linux), but it's perfect  for > reading. > I understand this. However, when reading I like to adjust the fonts and colours based on factors su

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

> I may inadvertently start a flamewar, but Emacs has wonderful > bookmarking support.  ``C-x r m`` to bookmark any *line* in any > readable file (including PDFs, as of Emacs 23) and ``C-x r l`` to list > all your saved bookmarks.  I use it for reading just about everything > and am currently makin

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

>> Thanks, I just tried Calibre. It does not have an ebook reader, just >> an organizer for different devices. But it will come in handy if I >> ever buy that Foxit Reader. Thanks! >> > > My mistake.  However, it is a good library organizer, so I think it is worth > looking at.  (I installed it for

Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

Mark Allums put forth on 12/30/2009 12:04 PM: > I've only done custom kernels on 32bit x86 headless server >>> platforms, so maybe mine would double in size if I were doing X86-84 >>> kernels due to 8 byte instruction words vs 4 byte words, > > I expect that this is merely terminology, but I don't

Re: A-posteriori use of another HDD for the /home/username

On Dec 29, 2009, at 10:38 PM, Alex Samad wrote: > I did suggest this, but rsync is magic. Don't like magic :-) Actually, rsync's magic is wonderful. I use it in a script that runs several times a day to back up an entire disk over a slow connection. Speedup often approaches 1000. Thank $

Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

El mié, 30-12-2009 a las 00:20 +0100, Robert David escribió: > Did you consider using aptitude as your main package manager?? It will solve > these problems easily. I just hold packages that I need to be hold and > aptitude works great. > > I dont understand why so many people today use pure ap

OpenGL & Direct Rendering for ATI

Hi, For ATI cards, is it possible to have direct rendering with OpenGL under the open source drivers? Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". $ glxinfo -bash: glxinfo: command not found Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http

Re: Any mozilla extension to list web page urls?

On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:05:19 +0100, Klistvud wrote: > On my Lenny system, mozilla-ctxextensions installs an additional menu in > Iceweasel, the 8th menu heading (counting from the top) being "Copy > Links List". . . .Is this what you're looking for? Yes, exactly. I took a closer look and found th

Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

On 2009-12-30 at 08:45:14 -0500, David Baron wrote: > Probably is because I do not know what is safe to set to "no". These are > basically stock kernels with whatever would have been in the initrd compiled > in instead. The debs are full of modules, most of which simply take up space. Why is it

DVB-T TV card for Lenny.

Hi, I'm planing to upgrade my home server with TV card an use it with mythtv as multimedia center. I was searching for some good DVB-T card in local stores that has support in Lenny but didn't find any reasonable piece (I do not want kernel from backports or compile unsupported modules). PCI ca

Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

Hi, On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Consultores Agropecuarios wrote: > El mié, 30-12-2009 a las 00:20 +0100, Robert David escribió: >> Did you consider using aptitude as your main package manager?? It will solve >> these problems easily. I just hold packages that I need to be hold and >> aptitude

Re: install

On 2009-12-30 at 12:25:05 -0500, soft...@catholic.org wrote: > I am on the Debian site. > It is not really clear which file is to be used > to boot from a 3.5 floppy. Etch (oldstable) is the last release that supports booting the installation system from floppies. If your machine is old enough tha

Re: install

On 2009-12-30 at 12:25:05 -0500, soft...@catholic.org wrote: > I am on the Debian site. > It is not really clear which file is to be used > to boot from a 3.5 floppy. Would hard drive booting work in this cas

Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

Rerunning lilo did fix it. Time was that the postintall checked lilo.conf and ran as a matter of course. At least let me say "no" if I happen to prefer grub. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.deb

Re: Software suggestion: Kate

On Wed December 30 2009, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I know that you are kidding, but Kate in VIM mode with a large Tahoma > font is great. It supports everything that I want in an ebook reader: > screens, pages, bookmarks... Thanks! I don't see an option for VIM mode.. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Li

Re: OpenGL & Direct Rendering for ATI

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:19, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > For ATI cards, is it possible to have direct rendering with OpenGL under > the open source drivers? Generally, yes, although it depends on the card and what versions of the kernel, X, and Mesa you are using. Newer cards need newer versions,

Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

On 2009-12-30 21:46 +0100, Javier Barroso wrote: > safe-upgrade == aptitude won't install any new package, only will > upgrade your packages to newer versions when it won't require > installing new dependencies, which are less buggy generally than > older. Sorry, this is completely wrong. Actual

Re: OpenGL & Direct Rendering for ATI

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:49:53 -0800 Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:19, T o n g wrote: ... > >  Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". > > > >  $ glxinfo > >  -bash: glxinfo: command not found > > glxinfo is provided by the mesa-utils package. Installing mesa-utils

Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

Hi, On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-12-30 21:46 +0100, Javier Barroso wrote: > >> safe-upgrade == aptitude won't install any new package, only will >> upgrade your packages to newer versions when it won't require >> installing new dependencies, which are less buggy

Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

El mié, 30-12-2009 a las 21:46 +0100, Javier Barroso escribió: > Hi, > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Consultores Agropecuarios > wrote: > > El mié, 30-12-2009 a las 00:20 +0100, Robert David escribió: > >> Did you consider using aptitude as your main package manager?? It will > >> solve > >> t

Re: install

Mark put forth on 12/30/2009 3:12 PM: > > On 2009-12-30 at 12:25:05 -0500, soft...@catholic.org > wrote: >> I am on the Debian site. >> It is not really clear which file is to be used >> to boot from a 3.5 floppy. >>>

Re: install

On Wednesday 30 December 2009 12:12:37 pm Mark wrote: > On 2009-12-30 at 12:25:05 -0500, soft...@catholic.org wrote: > > I am on the Debian site. > > It is not really clear which file is to be used > > to boot from a 3.5 floppy. > > Would hard drive booting work in this case? I've looked at the De

Re: Getting connected to Verizon 3G network

Wayne wrote at 2009-12-30 10:24 -0600: > Brief history. I am now using a D-Link DWA-556 PciE card. It has an > Atheros AR5008 chip and I am using the mad-wifi ath5k driver code. I > can connect to the Verizon MiFi , using wicd, get a ip address for the > ath0 interface, and stay connected

Re: install

>On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >Mark put forth on 12/30/2009 3:12 PM: > On 2009-12-30 at 12:25:05 -0500, soft...@catholic.org > wrote: >> I am on the Debian site. >> It is not really clear which file is to be used >> to boot from a 3.5 floppy.

exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, After some time, my Debian automatically locks the session, and asks for a password. It sometimes fails, and my keyboard becomes unresponsive. It seems to be related to something which is the output of my dmesg: `exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr

problemas con repositorios

deb ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/deb/ ./ deb ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/deb-testing/ ./ hace uno dias instale nuevamente debian don usaba estos repositorios poro ahora me muestra un error no se que deba hacer agradezco cualquier informacion ademas descargue el dvd de debian

Re: install

On Wed,30.Dec.09, 16:03:59, Stephen Powell wrote: > If your BIOS is new enough to support booting from CDs, and you have a > high-speed internet connection, the mini boot CD is what I would > recommend. For Lenny, the image can be obtained from any Debian mirror > at > > dists/main/lenny/instal

Re: problemas con repositorios

CARLOS ED wrote: deb ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/deb/ ./ deb ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/deb-testing/ ./ hace uno dias instale nuevamente debian don usaba estos repositorios poro ahora me muestra un error no se que deba hacer agradezco cualquier informacion ademas descargue

Re: DVB-T TV card for Lenny.

Robert David wrote: Hi, I'm planing to upgrade my home server with TV card an use it with mythtv as multimedia center. I was searching for some good DVB-T card in local stores that has support in Lenny but didn't find any reasonable piece (I do not want kernel from backports or compile unsupp

Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 04:13:43AM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Andrei Popescu put forth on 12/30/2009 3:41 AM: > > > I prefer to ask dpkg about installed packages, it should know best ;) > > I find the aptitude show results more useful. I have no idea what the first > three lines of the dpkg -

Re: Getting connected to Verizon 3G network

Wayne wrote: green wrote: Wayne wrote at 2009-12-30 10:24 -0600: Brief history. I am now using a D-Link DWA-556 PciE card. It has an Atheros AR5008 chip and I am using the mad-wifi ath5k driver code. I can connect to the Verizon MiFi , using wicd, get a ip address for the ath0 interf

bad rsync downloads of ubuntu

rsync -av rsync://cdimages.ubuntu.com/daily-build/current/lucid-desktop-i386.iso . produced a download missing 61 files. I also downloaded MD5SUMS from that same directory and ran md5sum -c lucid-desktop-i386.iso and got those results. Is there a better rsync command that will just get an ok

Re: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen

Merciadri Luca put forth on 12/30/2009 5:09 PM: > Is there a solution to it? I have checked the drives with various > tools, and there seems to be no problem (they are brand new). That's not really much data/evidence to analyze for a solution. If this didn't occur _before_, what has changed betw

Re: Getting connected to Verizon 3G network

Wayne put forth on 12/30/2009 7:50 PM: > 169.254.213.81 every time I get it connected. A little IPv4 network education is in order: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3927 Your interface is auto self configuring a link local address because it is unable to contact a DHCP server. Please read the R

re: bad rsync ubuntu download

Actually, I had used md5sum incorrectly and didn't check MD5SUMS with it. As soon as I did that, the file I downloaded came back as OK. I hadn't used md5sum to check files for a while and temporarily forgot that syntax detail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Re: Ugly VGA fonts with console-setup (Squeeze)

>> What I found interesting about this thread is that the OP found a >> non-grub2 way of restoring his boot-up look in spite of using grub2... > Actually, what I did was to de-install grub (as referred to by Squeeze, > grub2 as referred to by Lenny) and install lilo instead. I thought > about goin

Re: Ugly VGA fonts with console-setup (Squeeze)

> In my (limited) reading of grub2 docs and a few tests, gfxmode changes > the video mode only for grub[1], it does not replicate the behaviour of > the "old" vga= variable. > [1] this is also nice as it allows use of highres images for the grub > background OK. Thanks. >> avoided it almost imm

Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

On 12/30/2009 1:11 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: My x86-64 Architectural Programmers Manuals are packed away somewhere so I'll have to wing it here only stating what I know to be factual. 1. The original eight 32 bit x86 GPRs were increased in width to 64 bits 2. Eight additional 64 bit GPRs were

Re: Software suggestion: Kate

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 04:24:07PM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Wed December 30 2009, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > I know that you are kidding, but Kate in VIM mode with a large Tahoma > > font is great. It supports everything that I want in an ebook reader: > > screens, pages, bookmarks... Thanks!