Grub boot loader?

2010-02-01 Thread hadi motamedi
Dear All On my Debian server , the '/boot/grub/menu.lst' has the right configuration but when I reboot my Debian server I cannot enter to grub edit menu to edit my boot kernel by pressing the 'e' key . Can you please confirm if I can activate it through issuing the followings : #grub-install /dev/h

Re: Grub boot loader?

2010-02-01 Thread Rico Secada
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:59:44 + hadi motamedi wrote: > Dear All > On my Debian server , the '/boot/grub/menu.lst' has the right > configuration but when I reboot my Debian server I cannot enter to > grub edit menu to edit my boot kernel by pressing the 'e' key . Can > you please confirm if I ca

setting sensor limits fails

2010-02-01 Thread Nima Azarbayjany
Hi there, On a recent install of Squeeze I get a message that "setting sensor limits" fails. I am wondering whether this can be a threat to the hardware and if there are any workarounds for this issue. I am running the amd64 2.6.32 kernel from testing on my HP Pavilion dv5 laptop. Thanks. Nima

Re: Grub boot loader?

2010-02-01 Thread hadi motamedi
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Rico Secada wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:59:44 + > hadi motamedi wrote: > > > Dear All > > On my Debian server , the '/boot/grub/menu.lst' has the right > > configuration but when I reboot my Debian server I cannot enter to > > grub edit menu to edit my boo

Re: losing xmodmap settings during X startup

2010-02-01 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 31 Jan 2010, Joey Morris wrote: > I start my X session with startx, and lately I've noticed that some > (but not all) of my .Xmodmap settings are being lost once my X session > is up. I think this behavior started sometime in the past month or two. > [snip] I also use startx, with Icewm. I en

Re: Squeeze: gnome-screensaver starts when watching movies

2010-02-01 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:05:45 +0100, Jan Hlodan wrote: > when I'm watching a movie (in smplayer, full screen), screensaver > starts. I set: screensaver will start after 10 minutes of inactivity + > password required. > But screensaver is really annoying when watching movies... SMPlayer has an opt

Cmake error: Could NOT find KdepimLibs (missing: KdepimLibs_CONFIG)

2010-02-01 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello, I've been following the steps outlined here http://kopete.kde.org/svnaccess.php To gain SVN access to kopete and I'm copying and pasting the commands in the first box. I'm having trouble getting past the "cmake ../kdenetwork" command, though. This is the error I'm getting: r...@debian:~/

Samba server stop working after upgrade

2010-02-01 Thread Marc Olive
Hello, Our samba server stoped working fine after Lenny upgrade. I can connect using "smbclient", but "smbtree" says: "Server requested plaintext password but 'client plaintext auth' is disabled anonymous failed session setup with NT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER" We can't access to samba server fro

Re: Cmake error: Could NOT find KdepimLibs (missing: KdepimLibs_CONFIG)

2010-02-01 Thread simozack
2010/2/1 Jason Filippou : > I've installed kdepimlibs-dbg and this can be viewed here: Maybe you need the development libraries (kdepimlibs-dev) not the debug version... HTH, Simone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: Cmake error: Could NOT find KdepimLibs (missing: KdepimLibs_CONFIG)

2010-02-01 Thread Jason Filippou
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:02 PM, simozack wrote: > 2010/2/1 Jason Filippou : > >> I've installed kdepimlibs-dbg and this can be viewed here: > > Maybe you need the development libraries (kdepimlibs-dev) not the > debug version... > > HTH, > Simone > Hello Simone, After installing kdepimlibs5-de

Re: Downgrading xorg xserver from 1.7 to 1.6

2010-02-01 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:25 +0100, Matteo Riva wrote: > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:40 AM, tv.deb...@googlemail.com > wrote: > > Thanks! I had looked at the log but I guess I missed the error line > mentioning dri module not being loaded do to an error. > > Installing the firmware-linux package

Re: Samba server stop working after upgrade

2010-02-01 Thread Marc Olive
We solved it, was not about the upgrade, this was just a coincidence. Was another machine that was acting as local master browser. Sorry for the noise -- Marc Olivé Grup Blau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I am using Debian on this EEE pc for a long time (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC). It is a Lenny, w. 2.6.26-2-686. Everything is pretty fine, but, as my scr. resolution has only a max. of 1024 x 600 (as I am using a 1000 HE), some of the wi

Re: Synchronizing more than one folder/file in Unison, per profile

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matthew Moore writes: > On Sunday January 31 2010 11:39:31 am Merciadri Luca wrote: >> Matthew Moore writes: >> > You can add multiple "path =" settings. For example, your profile would >> > look something like >> > >> > root = >> > root = >> > >>

Re: Re: Re: console resolution

2010-02-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 09:17:51PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sun,24.Jan.10, 14:22:22, Nima Azarbayjany wrote: > > I was able to achieve the desired resolution of 1280x800 (equivalent > > to, I think, 0x361) by manually editing grub.cfg but the grub menu > > does not show correctly. It only

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 12:21 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote > I am using Debian on this EEE pc for a long time > (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC). It is a Lenny, > w. 2.6.26-2-686. Everything is pretty fine, but, as my scr. resolution > has only a max. of 1024 x 600 (as I am using a 1000 HE), some

Re: Re: Re: console resolution

2010-02-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 01:50:23AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > Looks like a bug in /usr/share/doc/grub2-splashimages/README where it > says to run update-grub, that should be update-grub2. Arrrgh ... I see that: fischer:~# less /usr/sbin/update-grub2 #!/bin/sh -e exec update-grub Sorry abou

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 01 February 2010 12:21:12 Merciadri Luca wrote: > Hello, > > I am using Debian on this EEE pc for a long time > (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC). It is a Lenny, > w. 2.6.26-2-686. Everything is pretty fine, but, as my scr. resolution > has only a max. of 1024 x 600 (as I am using a 1

Re: Re: No GNOME system sounds in Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:54:51 -0500 (EST), Jasper wrote: > FYI, this is a copy of the "README" that comes with Esound in Etch, it's > date on my computer is june 2005 : > >Esound is an audio mixing server that allows multiple >applications to output sound to the same audio device. >Deve

Re: Grub boot loader?

2010-02-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 08:27:54AM +, hadi motamedi wrote: > Thank you for your message . So you mean I can make use of it to activate my > grub edit w/o any problem? That all depends on what your problem is that you are trying to solve. Is your computer booting to a login prompt? Pressing t

Re: Cmake error: Could NOT find KdepimLibs (missing: KdepimLibs_CONFIG)

2010-02-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 11:35:09AM +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: > Hello, > > I've been following the steps outlined here > > http://kopete.kde.org/svnaccess.php > > To gain SVN access to kopete and I'm copying and pasting the commands > in the first box. I'm having trouble getting past the "cmak

Re: Grub boot loader?

2010-02-01 Thread hadi motamedi
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Chris Bannister < mockingb...@earthlight.co.nz> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 08:27:54AM +, hadi motamedi wrote: > > Thank you for your message . So you mean I can make use of it to activate > my > > grub edit w/o any problem? > > That all depends on what you

Re: Cmake error: Could NOT find KdepimLibs (missing: KdepimLibs_CONFIG)

2010-02-01 Thread Jason Filippou
>> Hello, >> >> I've been following the steps outlined here >> >> http://kopete.kde.org/svnaccess.php >> >> To gain SVN access to kopete and I'm copying and pasting the commands >> in the first box. I'm having trouble getting past the "cmake >> ../kdenetwork" command, though. This is the error I'm

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thierry Chatelet writes: > Which window manager are you using? I am using X (GNOME). - -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ - -- Every cloud has a silver lining. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tixy writes: > On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 12:21 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote >> I am using Debian on this EEE pc for a long time >> (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC). It is a Lenny, >> w. 2.6.26-2-686. Everything is pretty fine, but, as my scr. resoluti

Where does One Disable dhclient?

2010-02-01 Thread Martin McCormick
This is kind of a strange problem. I have one Debian system in which dhclient is broken. I can configure the network interface manually with ifconfig but dhclient starts grinding unsuccessfully at boot time and I can never quite get it to quit trying. It only succeeds in unconfiguring the i

Re: Grub boot loader?

2010-02-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 12:46:36PM +, hadi motamedi wrote: > Thank you for your reply . > - Yes , my computer boots to a login prompt . Good. Then DON"T mess with grub-install. > - When I press the 'e' key , nothing happens and after the timer expiry the > boot process will begin automaticall

Re: wicd fails to start after upgrade

2010-02-01 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2010-01-31 21:44:09 -0500, Wayne wrote: > Vincent Lefevre wrote: > >On 2010-01-29 20:46:48 -0500, Wayne wrote: > >>Your right. I didn't check all of the various depend's. I just > >>pointed it out to Sabastian. If your running wicd in Sid maybe you > >>have an idea 'why' it isn't running th

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 01 February 2010 13:53:46 Merciadri Luca wrote: > Thierry Chatelet writes: > > Which window manager are you using? > > I am using X (GNOME). > Well, I am using kde, but you must have similar feature in gnome: so, in kde: Click on the icon on the left of the window's title bar ->Advenc

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 01. 02. 2010 13:52:55 je Merciadri Luca napisal(a): This problem is only illustrated when I am facing a long window (it happens unfortunately more often than you may imagine). In this case, even a printscreen does not give me the buttons (eh, I tried making a printscreen of the window, open

Re: How To determine the date the system & packages were installed.

2010-02-01 Thread Jeffrey Cao
On 2010-01-31, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > --3gk1bTGVZuaU9V5/ > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Jeffrey Cao: >> On 2010-01-30, Jochen Schulz wrote: >>=20 >>> A good hint might be the creation date of your root

Re: Cmake error: Could NOT find KdepimLibs (missing: KdepimLibs_CONFIG)

2010-02-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 02:58:35PM +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not having trouble installing kopete or using it whatsoever. What > I'm trying to do is install this emoticon manager: Ahh ok. That wasn't obvious from your post. Why are you cc'ing the kde team? They are not a helpdesk

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thierry Chatelet writes: > Well, I am using kde, but you must have similar feature in gnome: so, in kde: > Click on the icon on the left of the window's title bar ->Advence -> Special > Window setting, and adjust the size of your window there. Hmm,

Re: Getting Google Sketchup to work under Wine?

2010-02-01 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:24:30 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Sketchup is supposed to run under wine, but I'm not having any luck. I > downloaded the file (GoogleSketchUpWEN.exe) and ran: > > wine GoogleSketchUpWEN.exe > > I also tried copying the file to wine's drive_c and running it from >

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:53:46 -0500 (EST), Merciadri Luca wrote: > Thierry Chatelet writes: >> Which window manager are you using? > > I am using X (GNOME). I'm not trying to split hairs here; but strictly speaking, GNOME is a *session* manager, not a *window* manager. The default *window* manager

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Klistvud writes: > Devilspie might help you out if you're willing to give it a try (and if > it works under your particular window manager). It's a utility to > resize/reposition windows as soon as they are created. Thanks for the pointer. I had

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 13:52 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Tixy writes: > > You can drag any (non-maximised) window around by clicking on it > > anywhere with the left mouse button whilst holding down the Alt key. > > That way, you can move it up/left until you see the things you want > > access

xmess/xmame usage?

2010-02-01 Thread Juhana Sadeharju
I have game CD "spectrum classics, 3000 classic games" by Revive. How to run "hobbit.sna" with xmess, which claims to support that format and device? spectrum cassette(cass) .wav snapshot(dump) .sna .z80 .sp Usage: xmess [game] [options] Trivial first try like

Games in Linux?

2010-02-01 Thread Juhana Sadeharju
Has anyone written a document which explains all about GNU/Linux gaming? Introduces worth of playing games. Explains how to get Windows games to run in GNU/Linux. I have ran Morrowind, Oblivion, and Fallout 3 game editors in GNU/Linux. Fallout 3 runs most poorly of these three. Oblivion editor fa

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:21:12 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I am using Debian on this EEE pc for a long time > (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC). It is a Lenny, w. 2.6.26-2-686. > Everything is pretty fine, but, as my scr. resolution has only a max. of > 1024 x 600 (as I am using a 1000 HE), so

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Klistvud writes: > Devilspie might help you out if you're willing to give it a try (and if > it works under your particular window manager). It's a utility to > resize/reposition windows as soon as they are created. Okay, I played around with de

Re: Games in Linux?

2010-02-01 Thread Angus Hedger
Hello, See: http://www.playonlinux.com/en/ and http://appdb.winehq.org/ Regards, Angus. On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Juhana Sadeharju wrote: > > Has anyone written a document which explains all about GNU/Linux > gaming? Introduces worth of playing games. Explains how to get > Windows gam

Re: Firefox (and Iceweasel) are unable to play Youtube videos

2010-02-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 31. 01. 2010 22:15:05 je Eduardo M KALINOWSKI napisal(a): But 99% of them are unnecessary, the same effect could be achived with plain old HTML. The end result might be more boring, but just as informational/useful. Moreover, I've seldom encountered plain old HTML that was as boring

Re: Getting Google Sketchup to work under Wine?

2010-02-01 Thread Marc Shapiro
Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:24:30 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: Sketchup is supposed to run under wine, but I'm not having any luck. I downloaded the file (GoogleSketchUpWEN.exe) and ran: wine GoogleSketchUpWEN.exe I also tried copying the file to wine's drive_c and running i

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tixy writes: > I can move windows vertically too - that's what I do to get to menu > buttons on my EEEPC 1000HE running Debian Squeeze with the Gnome > Desktop. (I'm sure it was the same when I ran Lenny.) For sure, me too, but only when they have a

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stephen Powell writes: > I'm not trying to split hairs here; but strictly speaking, GNOME is > a *session* manager, not a *window* manager. The default *window* > manager in the GNOME environment is metacity. It is possible to > use metacity withou

OT:Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 01 February 2010 15:35:17 Stephen Powell wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 07:53:46 -0500 (EST), Merciadri Luca wrote: > > Thierry Chatelet writes: > >> Which window manager are you using? > > > > I am using X (GNOME). > > I'm not trying to split hairs here; but strictly speaking, GNOME is >

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Camaleón writes: > Some hints: > > 1/ Try by setting font dpi at a lower value (86dpi) > 2/ Try by using a smaller text size (8pt) > 3/ Try by using smaller buttons and menu bars in the current theme (16px) Okay. My eyes will take a blow, but it is n

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2010 #186

2010-02-01 Thread Brian Denheyer
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:30:25 + (UTC) debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > I'm sorry guys, but I've switched to Ubuntu Server 9.10 Karmic Koala. > Tired of all debian driver problems, and a ubuntu live usb disc > running without problems I decided to switch. > > > > As far

Re: Getting Google Sketchup to work under Wine?

2010-02-01 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:15:42 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> Sweet Home 3D >> http://www.sweethome3d.eu/index.jsp >> >> It seems an easy "drag-and-drop" application, but I cannot tell you >> more, I have not tested :-) > As far as I can tell, it allows you to place furniture an

RE: APT (linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686)

2010-02-01 Thread DS
Pls, let me know if you have any available server to download them using apt. DS _ From: DS [mailto:d...@telesuite.gr] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 3:17 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: APT (linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686) Hi, I'd like you to let me know a debian mi

don't upgrade grub or grub-pc ! what's wrong with LILO ?

2010-02-01 Thread Brian Denheyer
Imagine by surprise when I finished upgrading unstable and ended up with a system that wouldn't boot. And I'm not the only one, judging from the bug list. So notice to those running unstable, DON'T UPGRADE GRUB ! So you're probably wondering what my question is :-) Is there any good reason for

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 01. 02. 2010 15:38:26 je Merciadri Luca napisal(a): Here is a new screenshot of it: http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/FPM2.png. Unfortunately, your link gives me a PAGE NOT FOUND error ... You may notice that the button now appears correctly. However, I think that it is

Re: don't upgrade grub or grub-pc ! what's wrong with LILO ?

2010-02-01 Thread Jens Van Broeckhoven
On Monday 01 February 2010 16:24:58 Brian Denheyer wrote: > Imagine by surprise when I finished upgrading unstable and ended up > with a system that wouldn't boot. > > And I'm not the only one, judging from the bug list. > > So notice to those running unstable, DON'T UPGRADE GRUB ! > > So you're

Re: don't upgrade grub or grub-pc ! what's wrong with LILO ?

2010-02-01 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 01 February 2010 16:24:58 Brian Denheyer wrote: > Imagine by surprise when I finished upgrading unstable and ended up > with a system that wouldn't boot. > > And I'm not the only one, judging from the bug list. > > So notice to those running unstable, DON'T UPGRADE GRUB ! > > So you're

Re: Firefox (and Iceweasel) are unable to play Youtube videos

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:16:03 -0500 (EST), Klistvud wrote: > In all honesty, is there anybody over the mental age of 9 that actually > "enjoys" flash??? I hate it too. But as with most things in life, it all comes down to money. The bottom line is, "it sells". Or at least the Madison Avenue typ

File format decoding tool?

2010-02-01 Thread Juhana Sadeharju
Does GNU/Linux have a tool for decoding file formats? I have seen Nifskope, TES4Edit, PyFFI, and wonder if similar is available for decoding with interactive GUI. Check screenshots. Juhana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: APT (linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686)

2010-02-01 Thread Johan Grönqvist
an/ BR. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4824 (20100201) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe&qu

Error message when running `bootstrap'

2010-02-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
I'm trying to build `starttls' cvs, but the `./bootstrap' command gets the following error: ./bootstrap: line 3: gnulib-tool: command not found aclocal: couldn't open directory `m4': No such file or directory autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1 How can I work that out, in Lenny? Am I

Re: Error message when running `bootstrap'

2010-02-01 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-02-01 17:20 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I'm trying to build `starttls' cvs, but the `./bootstrap' command gets the > following error: > > ./bootstrap: line 3: gnulib-tool: command not found > aclocal: couldn't open directory `m4': No such file or directory > autoreconf: aclocal failed w

Re: Where does One Disable dhclient?

2010-02-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 01 February 2010 07:18:13 Martin McCormick wrote: > This is kind of a strange problem. I have one Debian > system in which dhclient is broken. I can configure the network > interface manually with ifconfig but dhclient starts grinding > unsuccessfully at boot time and I can never qu

Re: don't upgrade grub or grub-pc ! what's wrong with LILO ?

2010-02-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 01 February 2010 10:06:50 Jens Van Broeckhoven wrote: > Debian needs a default and grub is more suitable in most cases. It's only the default if you are using d-i. Oft times, I will install Debian through the debootstrap method, from whatever live CD/DVD I have sitting around. In tha

Re: Downgrading xorg xserver from 1.7 to 1.6

2010-02-01 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Matteo Riva wrote: Squeeze upgrade broke fglrx driver with the new xserver. How can I downgrade the xserver from 1.7.4 back to 1.6.5 when fglrx driver was working fine? What packages do I need to downgrade, and where can I find those versions? 1.7 is a major headache for me: http://bugs.debi

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Klistvud writes: > Dne, 01. 02. 2010 15:38:26 je Merciadri Luca napisal(a): >> Here is a new >> screenshot of it: >> http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/FPM2.png. > > Unfortunately, your link gives me a PAGE NOT FOUND error ... Sorry,

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:04:49 -0500 (EST), Merciadri Luca wrote: > Okay. My eyes will take a blow, but it is now really nice: the > windows' buttons are correctly displayed! > > Thanks, I will stick with this. (There is actually no other solution, > and when one buys a netbook with a small resolutio

Re: Problem with Lenny

2010-02-01 Thread Roman Gelfand
Ran out memory. This is my conclusion. Originally, I had given 500mb ram. Though top was showing 300mb utilization, memstat showed 1.1gig. It seems the later is the one I was supposed to pay attention to. I am currently looking into the difference between the top's memory utilization display

Re: don't upgrade grub or grub-pc ! what's wrong with LILO ?

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:24:58 -0500 (EST), Brian Denheyer wrote: > Imagine by surprise when I finished upgrading unstable and ended up > with a system that wouldn't boot. > And I'm not the only one, judging from the bug list. > So notice to those running unstable, DON'T UPGRADE GRUB ! > So you're pro

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:09:16 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote: > Virtual 1024x768 Oops! That should have been written Virtual 1024 768 (remove the x). Sorry for the typo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Re: Installing Debian

2010-02-01 Thread Kumar Appaiah
(Moving to debian-user) Dear David, The debian-release list is reserved for discussions on Debian's release and related issues. The general users' list is at debian-u...@lists.debian.org. Please respond to this mail at that address. On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 11:23:21AM -0600, David Jenke wrote: >

Re: Installing Debian

2010-02-01 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 11:45:08AM -0600, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 11:23:21AM -0600, David Jenke wrote: > > I have two hard drives. One hard drive (160 GB) has Windows and the > > other (500 GB) is divided into two partitions. I have Ubuntu 9.10 on > > one partition and Ubun

Re: setting sensor limits fails

2010-02-01 Thread António PT
I also have the same hardware as you and the same kernel in amd64. Is this relative to lm_sensors? I never got them to work... I don't think this should be a threat to your laptop, the sensors only read temperature (and other data) they don't interfere with the working of the CPU, hard drive or ot

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stephen Powell writes: > On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:09:16 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote: >> Virtual 1024x768 > > Oops! That should have been written > >Virtual 1024 768 > > (remove the x). Sorry for the typo. Thanks for these two messages. I sha

[solved] Re: Error message when running `bootstrap'

2010-02-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On 2010-02-01 17:20 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I'm trying to build `starttls' cvs, but the `./bootstrap' command gets the >> following error: >> >> ./bootstrap: line 3: gnulib-tool: command not found >> aclocal: couldn't open directory `m4': No such file or directory >> autoreconf: aclocal fa

Re: Cmake error: Could NOT find KdepimLibs (missing: KdepimLibs_CONFIG)

2010-02-01 Thread António PT
Try installing libsqlite3-dev and libsqlite0-dev. 2010/2/1 Jason Filippou > >> Hello, > >> > >> I've been following the steps outlined here > >> > >> http://kopete.kde.org/svnaccess.php > >> > >> To gain SVN access to kopete and I'm copying and pasting the commands > >> in the first box. I'm hav

Evolution not remembering passwords

2010-02-01 Thread AG
Hi My partner is experiencing a really irritating problem that I cannot find a fix for using Google, so I am turning to the collective wisdom of this list for a possible steer. My partner is running Evolution 2.22.3.1 on an up-to-date Lenny installation, with KDE as the DE (although all Gnom

`asnprintf.c:18:20' error message during stsrttls installation (was: Error message when running `bootstrap')

2010-02-01 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Sven Joachim writes: > Yes, installing gnulib should help. It seems that the installation of starttls wants to create me some problems. I installed gnulib, but `make' gets the following error: asnprintf.c:18:20: error: config.h: No such file or directory Please help! What do I miss? Thank

Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Squeeze on an IBM NetVista here, was updated about 2010-01-27 via a remote connection.  Nothing remarkable about the update.  Sunday morning I arrived to find the machine rebooting repeatedly.  The console shows   BIOS Installed Successfully!   Grub loading.   Welcome to GRUB! Then the screen go

Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
My usual email isn't available until Grub works again. Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable. Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system gives this message. Error opening terminal: bterm How might this damage be repaired. Thanks,

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:11:26 -0500 (EST), PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > My usual email isn't available until Grub works again. > Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable. > Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system > gives this message. > Err

Re: Downgrading xorg xserver from 1.7 to 1.6

2010-02-01 Thread Andreas Tepe
Matteo Riva schrieb: > Squeeze upgrade broke fglrx driver with the new xserver. > > How can I downgrade the xserver from 1.7.4 back to 1.6.5 when fglrx > driver was working fine? > What packages do I need to downgrade, and where can I find those > versions? > > Hi all! I have two questions reg

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread Tom H
> My usual email isn't available until Grub works again. > Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable. > Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system > gives this message. > Error opening terminal: bterm > How might this damage be repaire

Re: Downgrading xorg xserver from 1.7 to 1.6

2010-02-01 Thread Andreas
Matteo Riva schrieb: > Squeeze upgrade broke fglrx driver with the new xserver. > > How can I downgrade the xserver from 1.7.4 back to 1.6.5 when fglrx > driver was working fine? > What packages do I need to downgrade, and where can I find those > versions? > > Hi all! I have two questions reg

Re: Squeeze: gnome-screensaver starts when watching movies

2010-02-01 Thread Jan Hlodan
Totem works fine, so it seems that the problem is only in smplayer. (disable screensaver option is enabled in both) Regards, On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:05:45 +0100, Jan Hlodan wrote: > >> when I'm watching a movie (in smplayer, full screen), screens

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread Tom H
>> My usual email isn't available until Grub works again. >> Yes, updating a system via a remote connection is probably not advisable. >> Attempting to run aptitude to reinstall grub from the rescue mode system >> gives this message. >> Error opening terminal: bterm >> How might this damage be repa

concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Lev Lvovsky
What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple versions of kernels? I'm currently experiencing boot problems with the latest version of the kernel, and must keep version 2.6.26-17 installed. I'd like to install this, and the latest concurrently so that I can experiment with

Re: `asnprintf.c:18:20' error message during stsrttls installation

2010-02-01 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-02-01 19:54 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Sven Joachim writes: > >> Yes, installing gnulib should help. > > > It seems that the installation of starttls wants to create me some problems. > I > installed gnulib, but `make' gets the following error: > > asnprintf.c:18:20: error: config.

Re: Postscript: Grub2 in current Squeeze

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:08:24 -0500 (EST), Tom H wrote: > Your regular rants against grub are entertaining. :) I wouldn't call it a rant. I have nothing personal against grub-pc, per se. I hope they are eventually successful in their project. I just think it's too unstable for production use at th

Setting bootable flag on partition non-interactively.

2010-02-01 Thread Tim Legg
Hello all, Any suggestions on how to set a bootable flag non-interactively? Reason: I am creating a kiosk that restores itself from a saved image every time the machine is booted. This system is very minimal; the partitions are quite small. The image of the 2nd partition is stored as a file

Re: Grub boot loader?

2010-02-01 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 02:22:11 +1300 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 08:27:54AM +, hadi motamedi wrote: > > Thank you for your message . So you mean I can make use of it to activate my > > grub edit w/o any problem? > > That all depends on what your problem is that you are tryi

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 01 February 2010 14:00:07 Lev Lvovsky wrote: > What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple versions > of kernels? Just install each of their packages separately. Since the kernel team does support concurrent installs, the upstream version number is part of the p

Re: Any way to create a new /var/lib/dpkg/status file for current Debian installation

2010-02-01 Thread Tech Geek
> > Jeffrey, > > >Don't know if there's automatic way. But one way you can try is to write a > >script to remove those sections whose "Status" is not "installed" in the > >file /var/lib/dpkg/status. > I thought about that but I wondering if APT package management has some > in-built way to do it au

Re: Firefox (and Iceweasel) are unable to play Youtube videos

2010-02-01 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:12:47 -0500 (EST) Stephen Powell wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:16:03 -0500 (EST), Klistvud wrote: > > In all honesty, is there anybody over the mental age of 9 that actually > > "enjoys" flash??? > > I hate it too. But as with most things in life, it all comes down to >

Re: File format decoding tool?

2010-02-01 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:00:42 +0200 Juhana Sadeharju wrote: > > Does GNU/Linux have a tool for decoding file formats? What does this mean? > I have seen Nifskope, TES4Edit, PyFFI, and wonder if > similar is available for decoding with interactive GUI. > Check screenshots. What screenshots? Ce

Re: Sound - none happening.......

2010-02-01 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 17:11:52 +1100, Charlie wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:14:25 +0100 Florian Kulzer shared this with us all: > >On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 22:55:51 +1100, Charlie wrote: > >> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:23:01 +0100 Florian Kulzer shared this with us all: > >> >On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at

Re: setting sensor limits fails

2010-02-01 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 01. 02. 2010 18:56:03 je António PT napisal(a): I don't think this should be a threat to your laptop, the sensors only read temperature (and other data) they don't interfere with the working of the CPU, hard drive or other components. I think you have no reasons to worry. Well, II

Re: Debian on EEE -- really nice, but how can I resize windows which already seem to be at their minimal size?

2010-02-01 Thread Tixy
On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 15:55 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Tixy writes: > > I can move windows vertically too - that's what I do to get to menu > > buttons on my EEEPC 1000HE running Debian Squeeze with the Gnome > > Desktop. (I'm sure it was the same when I ran Lenny.) > For sure, me too, but onl

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:14:36 -0500 (EST), Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 01 February 2010 14:00:07 Lev Lvovsky wrote: >> What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple versions >> of kernels? > > Just install each of their packages separately. Since the kernel team d

Re: Changing from ADSL Modem to Router

2010-02-01 Thread Jorge A. Secreto
2009/10/27 David Baron : > I connect now through pptp. The computer sends the login and a cron job > attempts to keep the connection. Various files in /etc/ppp/peers have login > info and some options. > > How do I change to a router (the router logs in and tries to keep the > connection)? Not rel

Re: concurrent installs of previous + current kernels

2010-02-01 Thread Stefan Monnier
> What if any is the generally accepted way of maintaining multiple > versions of kernels? Hmm... well, the wayu I do it is: I install multiple kernels. That's all there is to it. Any reason you're wondering about it? Have you tried something and bumped into problems? Stefan -- To UN

Re: setting sensor limits fails

2010-02-01 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:40:52 -0500 (EST), Klistvud wrote: > Well, IIUC, the sensors also trigger the overheating circuits in your > laptop, so there is more than just a theoretical possibility to fry > your laptop if your sensors are disabled. Just try leaving your laptop > running on a thick

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