Re: how to open a port?

2010-03-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-03 01:54, Hadi Motamedi wrote: Dear All On my Lenny , I want to open tcp port 4965 but my server does not contain /etc/sysconfig/iptables . Can you please let me know how to open this port ? Are you sure the port is blocked? Are you sure you have your firewall activated? Anyway

Re: Sony voice recorder on Lenny

2010-03-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-03 00:33, Girish Kulkarni wrote: Is there a way to access Sony voice recorders from a Lenny system? I am using model ICD-PX720; dmesg reports this when I plug that in: [ 5732.005617] usb 5-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 [ 5732.136338] usb 5-5: configurati

RE: how to open a port?

2010-03-03 Thread Hadi Motamedi
> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 02:05:26 -0600 > From: ron.l.john...@cox.net > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: how to open a port? > > Are you sure the port is blocked? Are you sure you have your > firewall activated? I tried to scan it , as the following : #nmap -sS -p 4965 172.1

Re: Sony voice recorder on Lenny

2010-03-03 Thread '2+
i own icd-ux80 so i wonty ensure any for yr machine buh the flash in it often caused crash within itsdelf the message fdisk -l gave me weird message i asked sony if i could fdisk n mkfs.vfat it but they didn't answer so i simply took the risk and repoartitioned and formatted it on linux of course c

Re: unexpected problem with icedove : hundred of storaged mails no longer have a body !

2010-03-03 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
After the already recommended backup you could also try to rebuild the index of the Inbox folder by right-clicking on this folder and choosing properties. On the "General Information" panel you'll find the "Rebuild Index" button. -- Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

how to a mailing list

2010-03-03 Thread Marco Vaschetto
hi to all, I need configure a mailing list but I didn't know how. Somebody can given to me a suggestion for know were start to do it? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: how to a mailing list

2010-03-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi,03.mar.10, 10:31:19, Marco Vaschetto wrote: > hi to all, > > I need configure a mailing list but I didn't know how. > > Somebody can given to me a suggestion for know were start to do it? It would help if you provide more info: - how many subscribers do you expect - how many posts do you

Re: how to a mailing list

2010-03-03 Thread Marco Vaschetto
Andrei Popescu ha scritto: On Mi,03.mar.10, 10:31:19, Marco Vaschetto wrote: hi to all, I need configure a mailing list but I didn't know how. Somebody can given to me a suggestion for know were start to do it? It would help if you provide more info: - how many subscribers do you ex

Re: how to a mailing list

2010-03-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed,03.Mar.10, 10:54:42, Marco Vaschetto wrote: > Not a lot of subscribers I think will never have more then 50 Ok. With fewer subscribers it could be done via /etc/aliases, but 50 is too much to maintain, unless you don't expect the subscriber list to change to much (or not at all). > ma

Re: how to a mailing list

2010-03-03 Thread Marco Vaschetto
Andrei Popescu ha scritto: On Wed,03.Mar.10, 10:54:42, Marco Vaschetto wrote: Not a lot of subscribers I think will never have more then 50 Ok. With fewer subscribers it could be done via /etc/aliases, but 50 is too much to maintain, unless you don't expect the subscriber list to c

Re: how to open a port?

2010-03-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Hadi Motamedi put forth on 3/3/2010 2:40 AM: > > > > >> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 02:05:26 -0600 >> From: ron.l.john...@cox.net >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: how to open a port? >> >> Are you sure the port is blocked? Are you sure you have your >> firewall activated? > > >

RE: how to open a port?

2010-03-03 Thread Hadi Motamedi
> > What daemon do you have listening on TCP 4965? > > -- > Stan > It is 'iptrans' , as listed by 'netstat -apn |grep 4965' . _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Micr

Re: how to a mailing list

2010-03-03 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
> Marco Vaschetto : > the MTA is exim, sorry but is the first time I work whit mail server. First try to make a simple MTA working. Then play with it's configuration. After that, play with mailing lists. -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Reche

Re: Clearing Screen on Logout?

2010-03-03 Thread ludovico van
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Carlos Williams wrote: > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:00 PM, ludovico van wrote: >> i have this in $HOME/.bash_logout : >> # ~/.bash_logout: executed by bash(1) when login shell exits. >> >> # when leaving the console clear the screen to increase privacy >> >> if [ "$S

Re: how to a mailing list

2010-03-03 Thread Miles Fidelman
Marco Vaschetto wrote: I need configure a mailing list but I didn't know how. Somebody can given to me a suggestion for know were start to do it? and elaborated Not a lot of subscribers I think will never have more then 50 the MTA is exim, sorry but is the first time I work whit mail server.

DNS (BIND)primario y secundario

2010-03-03 Thread cosme
DNS (BIND)primario y secundario ALguien que tenga algún manual para configurar dos servidores con DNS primario y secundario en Debian Lenny o algún sitio al respecto que tenga un how to a algo similar Que me pueda facilitar Saludos Lista Cosme -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-u

Re: SpamAssassin not following private whitelist commands

2010-03-03 Thread Jari Fredriksson
On 3.3.2010 3:38, Ron Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > (Up-to-date Sid system.) > > SA, which is "attached" to Postfix, isn't doing what I think it should > do. According to instructions I found on the Intarweb, per-user > whitelist addresses go in ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs with the format: > whitelist

Re: DNS (BIND)primario y secundario

2010-03-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
cosme put forth on 3/3/2010 7:00 AM: > DNS (BIND)primario y secundario > > ALguien que tenga algún manual para configurar dos servidores con DNS > primario y secundario en Debian Lenny o algún sitio al respecto que > tenga un how to a algo similar > > > > Que me pueda facilitar > > Saludos

tcp/ip traffic shaping in Debian

2010-03-03 Thread Jari Fredriksson
Hello. I have several PC:s in my LAN, and a Debian Lenny as a router/firewall on the edge of it. Does Lenny has tools for traffic shaping. I have one machine here downloading lots of binaries from Giganews, and I might be tempted to limit that traffic somehow. I installed tcng after googling so

Re: DNS (BIND)primario y secundario

2010-03-03 Thread Eric Gerlach
On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 07:57:06AM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > cosme put forth on 3/3/2010 7:00 AM: > > DNS (BIND)primario y secundario > > > > ALguien que tenga algún manual para configurar dos servidores con DNS > > primario y secundario en Debian Lenny o algún sitio al respecto que > > tenga

Re: DNS (BIND)primario y secundario

2010-03-03 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:57:06 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Are all Cubans this stupid? Cosme, again, this is the _ENGLISH_ Debian > User list, _NOT_ the Spanish list. > > How many times must you be told not to post to this list in Spanish? > Use the damn Spanish Debian User list, or post in _EN

Re: ACPI problem on linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 powering off

2010-03-03 Thread Jack Schneider
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 20:37:28 + campbell mcleay wrote: > Hi, > > I am running 64-bit Debian Squeeze with kernel > linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-vserver-amd64, and when > I initiate a shutdown to halt/poweroff the system, either within a > Gnome session or on the console, > it reboots instead of pow

use preseeding for one package

2010-03-03 Thread Chantal Rosmuller
Hi list, can I use preseeding for installing one package unattended (not a whole debian installation)? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100

Re: SpamAssassin not following private whitelist commands

2010-03-03 Thread green
Jari Fredriksson wrote at 2010-03-03 07:52 -0600: > On 3.3.2010 3:38, Ron Johnson wrote: > > SA, which is "attached" to Postfix, isn't doing what I think it should > > do. According to instructions I found on the Intarweb, per-user > > whitelist addresses go in ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs with the

Re: Single root filesystem evilness decreasing in 2010? (on workstations)

2010-03-03 Thread Robert Brockway
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, Stan Hoeppner wrote: swap 4GB may never need it, but u have plenty of disk /boot 100MB ext2safe call, even if grub(2) doesn't need a /boot / 40GBext2/3 journal may eliminate mandatory check interval /var up2uext2sequential write/read, jou

Re: SpamAssassin not following private whitelist commands

2010-03-03 Thread Jari Fredriksson
On 3.3.2010 17:42, green wrote: > Jari Fredriksson wrote at 2010-03-03 07:52 -0600: >> On 3.3.2010 3:38, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> SA, which is "attached" to Postfix, isn't doing what I think it should >>> do. According to instructions I found on the Intarweb, per-user >>> whitelist addresses go in ~

Re: Single root filesystem evilness decreasing in 2010? (on workstations)

2010-03-03 Thread Robert Brockway
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, thib wrote: Usually I never ask myself whether I should organize my disks into separate filesystems or not. I just think "how?" and I go with a cool layout without thinking back - LVM lets us correct them easily anyway. I should even say that I believed a single root fil

Re: DNS (BIND)primario y secundario

2010-03-03 Thread John Hasler
Eric Gerlach writes: > Could someone who speaks Spanish please apologize to the OP and direct > them to debian-user-spanish. Yes, please. There is nothing really wrong about posting here in Spanish: it just tends to get fewer answers than English. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to de

Re: Single root filesystem evilness decreasing in 2010? (on workstations)

2010-03-03 Thread Robert Brockway
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, Clive McBarton wrote: Ignore swap, that's just small stuff, especially with 3GB. You could have 64GB and it would still be not that important. Put it on any partition or file you want. The rule is 1:2 BTW. Hi Clive. I liked the rest of your post but I did want to make one

Both Abiword and OpenOffice fail to read Word file.

2010-03-03 Thread Hendrik Boom
I have a Word file that nither OpenOff ci nor Abiword seem to be able to read. AbiWord reports, AbiWord cannot open file:///farhome/hendrik/books/review-me/ Book1PropertyoftheQueen.doc. It appears to be an invalid document OpenOffice says, General Error, General input/output error. (that's Op

General method for copying a partition

2010-03-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:26:43 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Wednesday 17 February 2010 11:18:38 Stephen Powell wrote: >> Then the files >> are copied between partitions by means of >> >>cp -a /media/* /mnt >> >> This seems to work OK except if there are "dot files" (files with name

Re (4): name -> address resolution

2010-03-03 Thread peasthope
Andrei, * Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:07:09 +0200 you wrote, > Try adding a line like > > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx joule.invalid joule Right oh. That works. pe...@joule:~$ cat /etc/hosts | grep 172.23.3.1 172.23.3.1 joule.invalid joule pe...@joule:~$ host joule joule has addr

debian postfix and 3rd party repo

2010-03-03 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
Manao ahoana, Hello, Bonjour, I have to use the "postfix" package from this repository: deb http://debian.home-dn.net/lenny postfix-vda/ But the package name (postfix) is the same. That means if I have official Debian reposotories _and_ that one enabled, what is the expected behaviour of apt i

Re: Squeeze Frozen, NOT

2010-03-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:18:28 -0500 (EST), Freeman wrote: > With the same amount of resources (the same number of DDs), but less > time of course you have to cut somewhere. One possibility would be > reducing the amount of new features, as in not package the absolutely > latest version of software

Re: tcp/ip traffic shaping in Debian

2010-03-03 Thread Mart Frauenlob
On 03.03.2010 15:29, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > > Hello. > > I have several PC:s in my LAN, and a Debian Lenny as a router/firewall > on the edge of it. > > Does Lenny has tools for traffic shaping. I have one machine here > downloading lots of binaries from Giganews, and I might be tempted to >

Re: Two Lenny problems

2010-03-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 01:51:06 -0500 (EST), Cecil Knutson wrote: > Just finished installing Lenny on my Fujitsu which has on-board sound; > alsamixer says: PCM (100), Surround (MM), Center (MM), LFE (MM), Side > (MM), IEC958 (MM), IEC958D (00), PC Speak (100); Sound Preferences, in > the Sound Capture

Re: tcp/ip traffic shaping in Debian

2010-03-03 Thread Jari Fredriksson
On 3.3.2010 19:18, Mart Frauenlob wrote: > On 03.03.2010 15:29, Jari Fredriksson wrote: >> >> Hello. >> >> I have several PC:s in my LAN, and a Debian Lenny as a router/firewall >> on the edge of it. >> >> Does Lenny has tools for traffic shaping. I have one machine here >> downloading lots of bina

Re: ACPI problem on linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 powering off

2010-03-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 04:50:07 -0500 (EST), campbell mcleay wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> Campbell Mcleay wrote: >>> >>> I am running 64-bit Debian Squeeze with kernel >>> linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-vserver-amd64, and when >>> I initiate a shutdown to halt/poweroff the system, either within a >>> Gn

wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread George Sullivan
I have some troubles configuring xorg to user the correct resolution with the open sources ati drivers. My hardware is an AMD/ATI IGP, specifically the 760g chipset, according to wikipedia it comes with a radeon HD 3000 and is based on RV610. The display is 1920x1080 native connected via DVI. I u

Re: tcp/ip traffic shaping in Debian

2010-03-03 Thread Jari Fredriksson
On 3.3.2010 19:54, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > On 3.3.2010 19:18, Mart Frauenlob wrote: >> On 03.03.2010 15:29, Jari Fredriksson wrote: >>> >>> Hello. >>> >>> I have several PC:s in my LAN, and a Debian Lenny as a router/firewall >>> on the edge of it. >>> >>> Does Lenny has tools for traffic shaping

Re: tcp/ip traffic shaping in Debian

2010-03-03 Thread Raimund Sacherer
Hi, i strongly advice you, if you do want this seriously, to read and understand: http://lartc.org/lartc.html This is the Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO Here you should find everything you need to shape your traffic at your heart's will. best regards Raimund - RunSolutions

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:41:53 -0500 (EST), George Sullivan wrote: > [I] Suppose the relevant part of the log file is: > > (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:05:0 > (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device > (EE) No devices detected. Please provide your complete /etc/X11/xorg.conf f

RE: how to open a port?

2010-03-03 Thread James Wu
Try running 'netstat -nat | grep 4965' and paste the output. Also, try running iptables -L and post the output. Try telnetting from the local machine that runs iptrans. Maybe something is blocking the outbound traffic on that machine or somehow it's not getting through. A few other things to keep

Re: tcp/ip traffic shaping in Debian

2010-03-03 Thread Jari Fredriksson
On 3.3.2010 19:43, Raimund Sacherer wrote: > Hi, i strongly advice you, if you do want this seriously, to read and > understand: > http://lartc.org/lartc.html > > This is the Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO > > Here you should find everything you need to shape your traffic at your

Re: tcp/ip traffic shaping in Debian

2010-03-03 Thread Alexander Samad
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:01 AM, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > On 3.3.2010 19:54, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > > On 3.3.2010 19:18, Mart Frauenlob wrote: > >> On 03.03.2010 15:29, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > [snip] > Does not seem to be a useful utility. Limits all traffic on some > interface, no good. I

How to use LVM on a file? (as opposed to on a block device)

2010-03-03 Thread Clive McBarton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have a file which is a dump of a disk partition. It has LVM on it and a couple of LVs in the LVM, each containing a filesystem. How do I access them? The lvm tools like lvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvs, lvscan, lvdiskscan expect block devices and do not hav

Re: How to use LVM on a file? (as opposed to on a block device)

2010-03-03 Thread Alexander Samad
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Clive McBarton wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have a file which is a dump of a disk partition. It has LVM on it and > a couple of LVs in the LVM, each containing a filesystem. How do I > access them? The lvm tools like lvdisplay, vg

Re: Both Abiword and OpenOffice fail to read Word file.

2010-03-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 03 March 2010 10:46:46 Hendrik Boom wrote: > I have a Word file that nither OpenOff ci nor Abiword seem to be able to > read. > > AbiWord reports, > > AbiWord cannot open file:///farhome/hendrik/books/review-me/ > Book1PropertyoftheQueen.doc. It appears to be an invalid document > >

Re: Both Abiword and OpenOffice fail to read Word file.

2010-03-03 Thread Joe
Hendrik Boom wrote: I have a Word file that nither OpenOff ci nor Abiword seem to be able to read. AbiWord reports, AbiWord cannot open file:///farhome/hendrik/books/review-me/ Book1PropertyoftheQueen.doc. It appears to be an invalid document OpenOffice says, General Error, General input/out

Re: How to use LVM on a file? (as opposed to on a block device)

2010-03-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 03 March 2010 13:29:01 Clive McBarton wrote: > The lvm tools like lvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvs, lvscan, > lvdiskscan expect block devices and do not have the option of using a > file instead of /dev/something. I'd like to use the LVM on the file > without writing it out as a real disk par

Re: Squeeze Frozen, NOT

2010-03-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed,03.Mar.10, 12:04:47, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:18:28 -0500 (EST), Freeman wrote: > > With the same amount of resources (the same number of DDs), but less > > time of course you have to cut somewhere. One possibility would be > > reducing the amount of new features, as i

Re: Both Abiword and OpenOffice fail to read Word file.

2010-03-03 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
> I believe there's a fair chance that the strings command will extract the > useful stuff. If not, there are free (legal) viewers for Word and Excel > files that may run under Wine, I've never tried. No need for WINE. Can always just upload to google docs. -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: How to use LVM on a file? (as opposed to on a block device)

2010-03-03 Thread Olaf Reitmaier Veracierta
On 03/03/10 14:59, Clive McBarton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have a file which is a dump of a disk partition. It has LVM on it and a couple of LVs in the LVM, each containing a filesystem. How do I access them? The lvm tools like lvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvs, lvscan, lvd

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:12:01 -0500 (EST), George Sullivan wrote: > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:41:53 -0500 (EST), George Sullivan wrote: >>> [I] Suppose the relevant part of the log file is: >>> >>> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:05:0 >>> (--) Assi

Re: Two Lenny problems

2010-03-03 Thread Tony Nelson
On 10-03-03 02:21:22, Cecil Knutson wrote: > Tony, > > > > Modern kernels use SCSI emulation for ATA and are restricted to 16 > > partitions per drive, so don't go wild here. (LVM is not > > affected.) The reduced limit has been a problem for some Fedora > > users. > > But the Dell has SATA,

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread George Sullivan
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:41:53 -0500 (EST), George Sullivan wrote: > > [I] Suppose the relevant part of the log file is: > > > > (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:05:0 > > (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device > > (EE) No d

Re: debian postfix and 3rd party repo

2010-03-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed,03.Mar.10, 20:03:01, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > Manao ahoana, Hello, Bonjour, > > I have to use the "postfix" package from this repository: > > deb http://debian.home-dn.net/lenny postfix-vda/ > > But the package name (postfix) is the same. > That means if I have official Debian r

Re: unexpected problem with icedove : hundred of storaged mails no longer have a body !

2010-03-03 Thread Bernard
Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: After the already recommended backup you could also try to rebuild the index of the Inbox folder by right-clicking on this folder and choosing properties. On the "General Information" panel you'll find the "Rebuild Index" button. Thanks for this reply. I have just test

Re: How to use LVM on a file? (as opposed to on a block device)

2010-03-03 Thread Mark Allums
On 3/3/2010 1:50 PM, Alexander Samad wrote: On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Clive McBarton wrote: I have a file which is a dump of a disk partition. It has LVM on it and a couple of LVs in the LVM, each containing a filesystem. How do I access them? The lvm tools like lvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvs

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Re: Two Lenny problems

2010-03-03 Thread Richard Hector
On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 15:27 -0500, Tony Nelson wrote: > On 10-03-03 02:21:22, Cecil Knutson wrote: > > Tony, > > > > > > Modern kernels use SCSI emulation for ATA and are restricted to 16 > > > partitions per drive, so don't go wild here. (LVM is not > > > affected.) The reduced limit has been

Re: host trying to connect using IPv6 without having IPv6 global address

2010-03-03 Thread Γιώργος Πάλλας
Mark Kamichoff wrote: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 11:50:09PM +0200, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: > >> It sits behind an ordinary adsl router, with no IPv6 capabilities, it >> gets its private 192.168.x.x address etc. >> >> Now the problem is that it tries to connect to hosts returning quad-A >> records u

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread George Sullivan
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: >It's complaining about a missing "Device" record in the Screen section. >The primary purpose of the Screen section is to join a Monitor section >and a Device section in Holy Matrimony. You've got a bride defined here >(the Monitor record) but

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
The open source radeon drivers should work without a xorg.conf. Try moving the xorg.conf and running xserver without one. If you are finding that without a xorg.conf it attempts to load radeon, fails, then falls back to vesa you could be looking at an issue of incompatibility. -- Jordan Metzmeier

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:51:06 -0500 (EST), George Sullivan wrote: > New Screen section looks like: > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Device "Configured Video Device" > Monitor "Configured Monitor" > EndSection > > Same results. xorg won'

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:21:18 -0500 (EST), Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > > The open source radeon drivers should work without a xorg.conf. Try > moving the xorg.conf and running xserver without one. If you are > finding that without a xorg.conf it attempts to load radeon, fails, > then falls back to ves

Re: unexpected problem with icedove : hundred of storaged mails no longer have a body !

2010-03-03 Thread Mike Dresser
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, Bernard wrote: Again I re-installed the old .mozilla-thunderbird directory, waiting for more advices Icedove has a 4gb folder size limit.. could you have hit that? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:21:18 -0500 (EST), Jordan Metzmeier wrote: >> >> The open source radeon drivers should work without a xorg.conf. Try >> moving the xorg.conf and running xserver without one. If you are >> finding that without a xorg.conf

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread Angus Hedger
Hey, Maybe try setting up the drivers with sgfxi? http://techpatterns.com/forums/about933.html Regards, Angus.

Anyone playing Supertux in Debian Lenny?

2010-03-03 Thread Mark
Anyone on this list playing Supertux in Debian Lenny? It's in the official packages http://packages.debian.org/stable/supertux, was just curious of the success rate before trying to install and run it on a freshly installed Lenny system. Googling around found some bug reports about SDK, etc. but

Re: unexpected problem with icedove : hundred of storaged mails no longer have a body !

2010-03-03 Thread thib
Have you tried to open the box with a simple text editor? What size is it? This doesn't look good. =/ Seems like the file has been truncated. -thib -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 17:00:22 -0500 (EST), Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > From my experience, the resolution issue is usually a side-effect of > xorg falling back to vesa. xrandr can be used to adjust to resolution > if it is not automatically configured to the proper setting. Hmm. Perhaps you're right.

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread George Sullivan
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:21:18 -0500 (EST), Jordan Metzmeier wrote: >>> >>> The open source radeon drivers should work without a xorg.conf. Try >>> moving the xorg.conf and running xse

Re: Both Abiword and OpenOffice fail to read Word file.

2010-03-03 Thread Christian Körner
On 03/03/10 16:46, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I have a Word file that nither OpenOff ci nor Abiword seem to be able to > read. > > AbiWord reports, > > AbiWord cannot open file:///farhome/hendrik/books/review-me/ > Book1PropertyoftheQueen.doc. It appears to be an invalid document > > OpenOffice says

Re: ACPI problem on linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 powering off

2010-03-03 Thread campbell mcleay
l >> >> > Hi, > > See>> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15005 > > FWIW Excellent! Many thanks for that, Jack. At least it's been picked up and a fixed kernel should be out soon Cheers, Campbell > Jack > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a

Re: ACPI problem on linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 powering off

2010-03-03 Thread campbell mcleay
>> >> I used the 2.6.30 kernel available in Squeeze, and it works fine, >> except that it has no 'linux-headers' package >> which I need to compile the NVIDIA driver. I diffed the two configs >> (between 2.6.32 and 2.6.30) and there are a few extras in the ACPI >> section, which I am guessing is th

Possible modprobe parameter boot problem

2010-03-03 Thread Richard Katsch
Hi, I hope this is the right forum to pursue this problem. If not, I'm sure someone will let me know. The (perceived) problem: modprobe appear not to use an option file during boot but will use the file if it is invoked manually. The system: desktop pentium pc with a "Boomerang NIC" that is the

Re: SpamAssassin not following private whitelist commands

2010-03-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-03 01:09, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2010-03-02 21:54, green wrote: Ron Johnson wrote at 2010-03-02 19:38 -0600: per-user whitelist addresses go in ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs with the format: whitelist_from f...@bar.com However, whitelisted accounts are still being scored as spam. An

Re: Possible modprobe parameter boot problem

2010-03-03 Thread olafrv
Try using ethtool package (command) to change nic params (mode). Then make it persistent after booting on /etc/rc.local Bye. "You don't know where your shadow will fall", Somebody.- Olaf Reitmaier Veracierta (BB) -

Re: unexpected problem with icedove : hundred of storaged mails no longer have a body !

2010-03-03 Thread Edward Shornock
03.03.2010 00:21, Bernard kirjoitti: Hi to Everyone ! What a surprise ! I have been using Thunderbird and Icedove for so long, that it had never crossed my mind that I could suddenly lose mail. A few things to possibly try: -create a new profile (icedove -P) and with Icedove/Thunderbird clo

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
Yes, and none of those resolution even have a 16:10 aspect ratio. I would give fglrx drivers a try before doing something drastic like upgrading to testing. Link: http://wiki.debian.org/ATIProprietary -- Jordan Metzmeier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: Single root filesystem evilness decreasing in 2010? (on workstations)

2010-03-03 Thread thib
Robert Brockway wrote: > [...] Some filesystems such as XFS & ZFS allow you to effectively set quotas on parts of the filesystem. I think we'll see this becoming more common. This takes away a big part of the need for multiple filesystems. This is a neat feature indeed. And you're right; ap

Re: Possible modprobe parameter boot problem

2010-03-03 Thread Tony Nelson
On 10-03-03 17:39:29, Richard Katsch wrote: ... > The (perceived) problem: modprobe appear not to use an option file > during boot but will use the file if it is invoked manually. This suggests that the module is loaded before the filesystem is mounted. Try rebuilding the initrd. ... > ... >

Re: Single root filesystem evilness decreasing in 2010? (on workstations) [LONG]

2010-03-03 Thread Robert Brockway
On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, thib wrote: If restore speed is really that critical, it should still be possible to generate an image without including the free space - I know virtualization techs are doing it just fine for most filesystems. Maybe we misunderstood each other - saw a different problem.

Re: DNS (BIND)primario y secundario

2010-03-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Camaleón put forth on 3/3/2010 8:50 AM: > On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:57:06 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> Are all Cubans this stupid? Cosme, again, this is the _ENGLISH_ Debian >> User list, _NOT_ the Spanish list. >> >> How many times must you be told not to post to this list in Spanish? >> Use t

Re: wrong resolution with ATI and open source drivers

2010-03-03 Thread George Sullivan
With Squeeze things "just worked". First performance was abysmal, dragging a window caused it to redraw it frame by frame. After enabling non-free and installing firmware-linux-nonfree that was fixed too. As I said before fglrx does work too but I wanted to find out why the free drivers aren't work

Re: DNS (BIND)primario y secundario

2010-03-03 Thread consul tores
2010/3/3 consul tores : > 2010/3/3 Stan Hoeppner : >> Camaleón put forth on 3/3/2010 8:50 AM: >>> On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:57:06 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >>> Are all Cubans this stupid?  Cosme, again, this is the _ENGLISH_ Debian User list, _NOT_ the Spanish list. How many time

Re: Two Lenny problems

2010-03-03 Thread Cecil Knutson
Stephen, > Great! Now you can do the rest of the "GNOME sound configuration", > as documented on my web site, to get the system sounds, software > sound mixing in ALSA, etc, as needed. If there is a "CD" column > in alsamixer too, you can also install cdtool and see if you can get > analog CD pl

Re: tcp/ip traffic shaping in Debian

2010-03-03 Thread Artur Frydel
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Alexander Samad wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 5:01 AM, Jari Fredriksson wrote: >> >> On 3.3.2010 19:54, Jari Fredriksson wrote: >> > On 3.3.2010 19:18, Mart Frauenlob wrote: >> >> On 03.03.2010 15:29, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > > [snip] >> >> Does not seem to