Single-host netperf

[2nd attempt] Hello. Anybody knows how to run netperf or similar in "loop" mode ? Packets exiting through eth0 and returning through eth1. (netperf -H $eth1_ip) doesn't work as the kernel takes the shortest way and bypasses the ethernet interfaces completely. -- André Majorel

Which Simple Video Design Application?

Hello, Running Lenny do I want to create a simple but lengthy (up to three hours) MP4 video in Youtube resolution  which is made of nothing but text. The display should show transcript or translation of a speech (actually MP3), which is being played back. Above the scolled text should be a per

Untoward renicing of KDE processes

On my Debian Sid with KDE SC4.4.1 from experimental snapshots (the problem predates this upgrade.), I find that soon after KDE startup, ALL kde stuff plus anything run from the menus is niced to 19! This renders things all but unusable. There may be things I want niced but that is MY choice. Wh

Re: are aptitude and synaptic compatible?

On 2010-03-15 01:06 +0100, Omar Campagne wrote: > On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 05:12:35PM +0200, Aioanei Rares wrote: >> Martin wrote: >> >I mean can I install/deinstall packages once with aptitude >> >then with synaptic without worry that something will break? >> >They both use same database of instal

Re: make menuconfig issue in sid

On 2010-03-15 01:59 +0100, Vadim Matveev wrote: > I have an issue with `make menuconfig`. As you can see on screenshot - > http://s60.radikal.ru/i169/1003/28/c0fc6a1a4c5c.png keys doesn't works > correct and generate escape sequences, interface is broken - > http://i021.radikal.ru/1003/92/d37e8667

Re: Empty folder gives a `hand' cursor icon (foolish)

Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 11:08:14PM +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> Freeman wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 07:00:12PM +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: >>> >>> Aioanei Rares wrote: > Merciadri Luca wrote: > >

Re: Which Simple Video Design Application?

On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 00:46 -0700, Hugo Wau wrote: > Hello, > > Running Lenny do I want to create a simple but lengthy (up to three > hours) MP4 video in Youtube resolution which is made of nothing but > text. > The display should show transcript or translation of a speech > (actually MP3), which

Re: make menuconfig issue in sid

Solved. The problem was because of the 'colormake' (was aliased to 'make'). With pure make 3.81-7 it work perfect. It is rather strange, i thought colormake is just a wrapper that colorize output of stdout and doesn't work while ncurses interface is active. Beware of it! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Virtualbox-3.1

Please keep the discussion on the list. On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 03:07:52PM -0700, Frank J Niertit wrote: > Hi all > > You are right I am not subscribed. Been busy. I originally loaded You need to state you are not subscribed and ask to be CC'd, or better yet subscribe. > virtualbox-3.1 version

Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" usb

On 14 Mar 2010, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2010-03-14 22:28, Mitchell Laks wrote: > >On 22:05 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: > >>3 PCs or 3 printers? > > > >Three different pcs, each with a hp printer directly connected to > >it via a usb cable using cups printing. > > > >Note that cups has alway

Re: Wireless support

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 09:43:59PM -0400, Jacob Tennant wrote: > Please describe what you are meaning about the b43/ssb modules or wl option as > I don't understand what you are meaning.  I am running Debian without Gnome, > KDE, etc... >   Oops! :) The b43 module depends on the ssb module, that's

Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" usb

On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:44:52 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > I have a Hp laserjet printer connected through a usb backend. I am > plagued by repeated episodes of failure of the printer to print. It > works for a while and then it spontaneously stops working. I reinstall > the driver via the localhos

online voip client

Hey debian folks, I was looking at online voip client, to embedd in a webpage on my server and use with opensips. Is there any open source web voip client? I took a look at http://www.doddling.com/ but it's not GPL friendly, and I'm not a huge fan of java (tomcat, memory consumption, ...). Cheer

Re: Empty folder gives a `hand' cursor icon (foolish)

On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:35:21 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > After having deleted the content of a folder of mine (on an external > HDD), clicking on the empty folder's icon gives me an empty folder (that > is normal), but the cursor keeps being a `hand' (just like when one can > click one somethin

Re: online voip client

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:54:27AM +0100, Julien Vehent wrote: > Hey debian folks, > > I was looking at online voip client, to embedd in a webpage on my server Generally this is not something that can be done with plain HTML / JS. There are some Java applets. IIRC there's a Flash applet or two.

Re: online voip client

Just discovered tringme.com, seems interesting... On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:22:44 +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:54:27AM +0100, Julien Vehent wrote: >> Hey debian folks, >> >> I was looking at online voip client, to embedd in a webpage on my server > > Generally this is n

Re: Empty folder gives a `hand' cursor icon (foolish)

Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:35:21 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> After having deleted the content of a folder of mine (on an external >> HDD), clicking on the empty folder's icon gives me an empty folder (that >> is normal), but the cursor keeps being a `hand' (just like when o

Re: Which Simple Video Design Application?

On 15 March 2010 06:35, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 00:46 -0700, Hugo Wau wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Running Lenny do I want to create a simple but lengthy (up to three >> hours) MP4 video in Youtube resolution  which is made of nothing but >> text. >> The display should show t

instalation issue

If i have an HP with an Intel Centrino, 64bit, should i dowload the iso for amd64 or 32?? or amd64 is just for AMD ¿? Thanks!! (to answer this * question)

Re: instalation issue

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Germana Oliveira wrote: > If i have an HP with an Intel Centrino, 64bit, should i dowload the iso for > amd64 or 32?? or amd64 is just for AMD ¿? > > Thanks!! (to answer this * question) > Most of the time, if you have to ask, you want i386. 64bit Intel CPUs c

Re: instalation issue

On 2010-03-15 07:52, Germana Oliveira wrote: If i have an HP with an Intel Centrino, 64bit, should i dowload the iso for amd64 or 32?? or amd64 is just for AMD ¿? amd64 encompasses all "PC-style" (like your Centrino) 64-bit chips, whether they are made by AMD or Intel. Thanks!! (to answer t

Re: Empty folder gives a `hand' cursor icon (foolish)

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:44:16 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> - Does this also happen on local (non-usb) and empty folders? >> > No. Ugh. Then maybe GNOME is caching something (the content of the folder) and acting as if there still were objects there. I fail to find anothe

Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" usb

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:55:05 -0400 (EDT), Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 14 Mar 2010, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 2010-03-14 22:28, Mitchell Laks wrote: >>> Note that cups has always been flakey for me. So I have not infrequently had >>> to reinstall the printer driver to get it working over the years.

xorg problem--dual-head, Debian vs. Ubuntu

Hi. I'm running Debian unstable on a Lenovo T60. I'd like to run this dual-head with an external monitor, but have been having some problems that I tried to solve but eventually gave up on because I'm so lousy with X configuration. However, I recently discovered that things work fine out-of-the-bo

Re: Empty folder gives a `hand' cursor icon (foolish)

Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:44:16 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> Camaleón wrote: >> > > >>> - Does this also happen on local (non-usb) and empty folders? >>> >>> >> No. >> > > Ugh. > > Then maybe GNOME is caching something (the content of the folder) and

Log Summariser

Hi, In Fedora I used to have it set so that a program would look through all the logs and e-mail me a summary everyday of things like packages installed, ssh login attempts and hard-drive partition usage stats. Could someone point me in a similar direction for my Debian install? Much appreciated!

Re: Log Summariser

On 2010-03-15, James Allsopp wrote: > --0016e6dab0ec2b31090481d7a86d > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, > In Fedora I used to have it set so that a program would look through all the > logs and e-mail me a summary everyday of things like packages installed, ssh > login attempts

Re: instalation issue

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:52:24 -0400 (EDT), Germana Oliveira wrote: > If i have an HP with an Intel Centrino, 64bit, should i dowload the iso for > amd64 or 32?? or amd64 is just for AMD ¿? I am not an expert on this; but if it's a 64-bit processor, you probably want amd64 unless it's an Itanium, in

Re: Empty folder gives a `hand' cursor icon (foolish)

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> Have you tried to "reload" the folder and move the cursor on the screen >> or just umounting/mounting the external drive to see if that helps? >> > Yes, and it does exactly the same. Wow :-O Let's follow the "bug

Re: aptitude package filtering

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 17:23 -0400, Yavuz Yetim wrote: > I would like to list all packages installed from testing. How can I do > that? The following works pretty well: dpkg -l | awk '/^.i/ {print $2}' | xargs apt-cache policy | awk '/^[a-z0-9.\-]+:/ {pkg=$1}; /\*\*\*/ {OFS="\t"; ver=$2

Re: instalation issue

> I am not an expert on this; but if it's a 64-bit processor, you probably > want amd64 unless it's an Itanium, in which case you want ia64.  Look > through the literature to see if your processor has EM64T support.  If it > does, you want amd64.  See http://www.debian.org/ports/ for more informati

Re: instalation issue

Stephen Powell wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:52:24 -0400 (EDT), Germana Oliveira wrote: If i have an HP with an Intel Centrino, 64bit, should i dowload the iso for amd64 or 32?? or amd64 is just for AMD ¿? I am not an expert on this; but if it's a 64-bit processor, you probably want amd64 unle

Re: Empty folder gives a `hand' cursor icon (foolish)

Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> Camaleón wrote: >> > > >>> Have you tried to "reload" the folder and move the cursor on the screen >>> or just umounting/mounting the external drive to see if that helps? >>> >>> >> Yes, and it d

Re: xorg problem--dual-head, Debian vs. Ubuntu

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:53:48 -0400 (EDT), Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > Hi. I'm running Debian unstable on a Lenovo T60. I'd like to > run this dual-head with an external monitor, but have been > having some problems that I tried to solve but eventually gave > up on because I'm so lousy with X confi

Re: instalation issue

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:44:54 -0400, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > I am currently running i386 with 8gb of RAM using the -bigmem kernel. As > I understand, each process becomes limited by 3GB or so of RAM. With a PAE enabled kernel, you (applications) can bypass that limit by using memory mapping (m

Re: xorg problem--dual-head, Debian vs. Ubuntu

Jesse Sheidlower skrev: The T60 has a Radeon X1300 card; the built-in monitor runs at 1400 x 1050. I'm trying to attach a 1280 x 1024 external monitor through the VGA port. I'm running Xorg 1.7.5, and I do not have an xorg.conf at all, I'm letting Xorg generate the configuration. When I plug in t

Re: xorg problem--dual-head, Debian vs. Ubuntu

also sprach Jesse Sheidlower [2010.03.15.1453 +0100]: > The T60 has a Radeon X1300 card; the built-in monitor runs at > 1400 x 1050. I'm trying to attach a 1280 x 1024 external > monitor through the VGA port. I'm running Xorg 1.7.5, and I do > not have an xorg.conf at all, I'm letting Xorg generat

Re: apt-get for deb and rpm

On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:22:00AM -0500, abdelkader belahcene wrote: > hi, > I installed PLlinuxOS which use apt-get with rpm Hi, this is Debian User mailing list. > I got an error "deb" format is not recognized > In debian the rpm is not recognized, here "deb" is not apt is ported to r

Re: xorg problem--dual-head, Debian vs. Ubuntu

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:53:48 -0400 Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > Hi. I'm running Debian unstable on a Lenovo T60. I'd like to > run this dual-head with an external monitor, but have been > having some problems that I tried to solve but eventually gave > up on because I'm so lousy with X configurat

`Open terminal here' functionality in GNOME? Exists in KDE, but where in GNOME?

Hi, In KDE, there exists a functionality named `Open terminal here' which allows you to open a terminal whose wd is the folder you are currently browsing with your favourite directory browser. Is there such a functionality in GNOME? Thanks. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ul

Unable to install Lenny on VirtualBox, QEMU

hi, iam trying to install Debian Lenny on VirtualBox(3.0.6), the installer gets to partitioner and then asks me to select the driver for the harddisk. The same thing happens with QEMU. how can this be fixed? thanks

Re: install debian usbdisk through ide cable

Hi, I'm having the same problem, mine has usb but does't have boot from usb support. Did you get to solve this? thanks! paragasu wrote: > > > I have seen IDE to USB adapters but not the reverse so I'm not sure how > debian would > > handle it. I imagine a USB to IDE adapter would not be chea

Re: Log Summariser

logwatch is fine for some, but you might also want to take a gander at logcheck. It has user defined rules to ignore known issues so that familiarity does not breed contempt. -- Alok A kiss is a course of procedure, cunningly devised, for the mutual stoppage of speech at a moment when words are

Re: `Open terminal here' functionality in GNOME? Exists in KDE, but where in GNOME?

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:11:35 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > In KDE, there exists a functionality named `Open terminal here' which > allows you to open a terminal whose wd is the folder you are currently > browsing with your favourite directory browser. Is there such a > functionality in GNOME? Ye

Re: `Open terminal here' functionality in GNOME? Exists in KDE, but where in GNOME?

Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:11:35 +0100, Merciadri Luca wrote: > > >> In KDE, there exists a functionality named `Open terminal here' which >> allows you to open a terminal whose wd is the folder you are currently >> browsing with your favourite directory browser. Is there such a >>

escputil won't clean printer heads

On my Lenny system, I installed the following packages: cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client libcupsimage2 cups-driver-gutenprint cupsys-driver-gutenprint gs-esp escputil. Everything seems to go fine with printing, and also ink level is correctly detected with: `escputil -i -r /dev/usb/lp0'. Only, wh

Gnucash segfaults

Hello, all. We are in the process of switching from Ubuntu 8.0.4 to Debian Lenny plus selected backports (e.g., OpenOffice, IceWeasel). Since donig so, GnuCash (2.2.6-2) seg faults every time we try to open an account. Since these are our production financials, you can imagine this is quite a pro

Re: Gnucash segfaults

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 01:34:09PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > Hello, all. We are in the process of switching from Ubuntu 8.0.4 to > Debian Lenny plus selected backports (e.g., OpenOffice, IceWeasel). > Since donig so, GnuCash (2.2.6-2) seg faults every time we try to open > an account.

Re: Gnucash segfaults

On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 13:34 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > Hello, all. We are in the process of switching from Ubuntu 8.0.4 to > Debian Lenny plus selected backports (e.g., OpenOffice, IceWeasel). > Since donig so, GnuCash (2.2.6-2) seg faults every time we try to open > an account. Since t

Re: Unable to install Lenny on VirtualBox, QEMU

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:06:56 -0700, vikram wrote: > iam trying to install Debian Lenny on VirtualBox(3.0.6), the installer > gets to partitioner and then asks me to select the driver for the > harddisk. The same thing happens with QEMU. > > how can this be fixed? For VirtualBox, have you tried t

Re: Gnucash segfaults

On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 10:39 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 01:34:09PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > Hello, all. We are in the process of switching from Ubuntu 8.0.4 to > > Debian Lenny plus selected backports (e.g., OpenOffice, IceWeasel). > > Since donig so

aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I noticed that linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (2.6.32-5) is listed by aptitude as being obsolete. I suppose the update that resulted in this was probably firmware-linux-free 2.6.32-5 -> 2.6.32-9 I've never seen anything like this before

Re: Gnucash segfaults

John A. Sullivan III skrev: Hello, all. We are in the process of switching from Ubuntu 8.0.4 to Debian Lenny plus selected backports (e.g., OpenOffice, IceWeasel). Since donig so, GnuCash (2.2.6-2) seg faults every time we try to open an account. This sounds similar to the description ---

Sendmail local error code

Hello, I'm getting an error code on an outgoing mail server I have not seen before. The system is using a sendmail ver 8.3. It's telling me: MDeferred: 451 Requested action aborted: local error in processing (code: 11) Anyone seen this one before? I've done some looking on the web but could

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote: > Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I noticed > that linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (2.6.32-5) is listed by aptitude > as being obsolete. Check your /var/log/aptitude, i'm sure that a new kernel version got installed and the

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Re: Gnucash segfaults

On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 19:11 +0100, Johan Grönqvist wrote: > John A. Sullivan III skrev: > > Hello, all. We are in the process of switching from Ubuntu 8.0.4 to > > Debian Lenny plus selected backports (e.g., OpenOffice, IceWeasel). > > Since donig so, GnuCash (2.2.6-2) seg faults every time we try

Re: Gnucash segfaults

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 02:06:28PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 10:39 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 01:34:09PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > > Hello, all. We are in the process of switching from Ubuntu 8.0.4 to > > > Debian L

Re: Gnucash segfaults

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:42:04 -0400 (EDT), John A. Sullivan III wrote: > I had read some of the various bug reports that intimate the > problem is libglib2. Downgrading to an earlier version is not an option > as it breaks both OpenOffice and IceWeasel. I inferred from the bugs > that newer versio

Re: WLAN and Bluetooth

Celejar wrote: On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:03:51 +0100 pch0317 wrote: Hi I have problem with my wireless embedded device. I use Debian testing and Compaq 615 notebook with Broadcom 802.11 b/g. Only if I enable in BIOS "embedded WLAN" and "embedded bluetooth" my Debian can't boot up. "C

Re: Gnucash segfaults

On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 13:34 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > Hello, all. We are in the process of switching from Ubuntu 8.0.4 to > Debian Lenny plus selected backports (e.g., OpenOffice, IceWeasel). > Since donig so, GnuCash (2.2.6-2) seg faults every time we try to open > an account. Since t

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:07 +0100 Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote: > > Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I > > noticed that linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (2.6.32-5) is listed by > >

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:07 +0100 Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote: > > Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I > > noticed that linux-im

Re: WLAN and Bluetooth

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:15:40 +0100 pch0317 wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:03:51 +0100 > > pch0317 wrote: > > > > > >> Hi > >> I have problem with my wireless embedded device. > >> > >> I use Debian testing and Compaq 615 notebook with Broadcom 802.11 b/g. > >> > >> Only if

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

> On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:07 +0100 > Wolodja Wentland wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote: >> > Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I >> > noticed that linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (2.6.32-5) is listed by >> > aptitude as being obsolete. >> >> Che

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:33:17 -0400 (EDT), Frank McCormick wrote: > On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:07 +0100, Wolodja Wentland wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote: >>> Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I >>> noticed that linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (2.6.32-

Re: WLAN and Bluetooth

Celejar wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:15:40 +0100 pch0317 wrote: Celejar wrote: On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:03:51 +0100 pch0317 wrote: Hi I have problem with my wireless embedded device. I use Debian testing and Compaq 615 notebook with Broadcom 802.11 b/g. Only if I enable

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

Frank McCormick wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:07 +0100 Wolodja Wentland wrote: On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote: Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I noti

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:48:37 + Angus Hedger wrote: Hello Angus, > When you get a new kernel via apt the old one is not removed, In the past, the new kernel has been made the default kernel, and placed at the top of the selection list. For some reason, that wasn't the case this time. Not a

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:48:37 + > Angus Hedger wrote: > > Hello Angus, > >> When you get a new kernel via apt the old one is not removed, > > In the past, the new kernel has been made the default kernel, and placed > at the top of the selec

Re: WLAN and Bluetooth

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:09:28 +0100 pch0317 wrote: > Celejar wrote: ... > > That does look pretty bad. Have you tried booting a non-initrd kernel? > > > > Celejar > > > No, I can't do that. Can you give me link to non-initrd kernel tutorial? 1) Launch your favorite kernel configuration too

Re: [Semi-OT] Incredibly useful Firefox addon: Hyperwords

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:31:53 -0600 Ron Johnson wrote: > Since I stumbled onto this a couple of months ago, it's become > indispensable! Highlight some text, right-click and a little b/w > bull's eye appears. Mouse onto the bull's eye and a pop-up menu > appears which lets you perform a multi

Running Debian Lenny from ramdisk

Greetings all- I've got some questions about Lenny and running from ramdisk. Hoping someone can shed some light. ;-) I have a very specific Debian Lenny based system I use for communications (think VoIP and RS232 serial). This installation is very 'pared down', only the essentials. I currentl

Re: `Open terminal here' functionality in GNOME? Exists in KDE, but where in GNOME?

On 2010-03-15, Merciadri Luca wrote: > This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) > --enig7ABE17C1F2B9FCEEDF986D51 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Hi, > > In KDE, there exists a functionality named `Open t

Re: WLAN and Bluetooth

Celejar wrote: On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:09:28 +0100 pch0317 wrote: Celejar wrote: ... That does look pretty bad. Have you tried booting a non-initrd kernel? Celejar No, I can't do that. Can you give me link to non-initrd kernel tutorial? 1) Launch your favorit

Re: WLAN and Bluetooth

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:09:28 -0400 (EDT), pch0317 wrote: > Celejar wrote: >> pch0317 wrote: >>> When I enable wlan and bluetooth at start I can see: >>> grub 1.98 with linux-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 >>> loading linux >>> loading initial ramdisk >>> loading, please wait >>> and black screen apear, nothing

Re: instalation issue

On 2010-03-15 09:44, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: I am not an expert on this; but if it's a 64-bit processor, you probably want amd64 unless it's an Itanium, in which case you want ia64. Look through the literature to see if your processor has EM64T support. If it does, you want amd64. See http://w

Re: instalation issue

On 2010-03-15 10:14, Camaleón wrote: [snip] Today there are a few (none?) issues at all. Although there are still some counted applications that require a 32 bits OS to work. Counted? -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us a

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:13:35 -0400 (EDT), Wayne wrote: > dpkg -l linux-image |grep ^i > > will show you that the version, -3, changed. The name did not. Not exactly. The -3 is an upstream version number, and is part of the Debian package name. linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd64 and linux-image-2.

Re: escputil won't clean printer heads

On 2010-03-15 11:57, Rodolfo Medina wrote: On my Lenny system, I installed the following packages: cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client libcupsimage2 cups-driver-gutenprint cupsys-driver-gutenprint gs-esp escputil. Everything seems to go fine with printing, and also ink level is correctly detected w

Re: WLAN and Bluetooth

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:38:52 -0400 (EDT), Celejar wrote: > pch0317 wrote: >> No, I can't do that. Can you give me link to non-initrd kernel tutorial? > > 1) Launch your favorite kernel configuration tool. > 2) Disable the initrd hook. > 3) Use kernel-package to build the kernel, and omit the --i

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:34:29 + Angus Hedger wrote: Hello Angus, > I did notice that myself (Also a AMD64 machine), this kernel update > also caused me more problems with X than before (had to roll back to I too, am having problems with X. Even after Stephen Powell's excellent explanation o

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

Sam wrote: > Maybe I don't understand how aptitude works for this case. From > everything I can see, if I remove the kernel that aptitude lists as > obsolete, I won't have any kernel at all. First of all, you replied to me personally instead of to the list. I'm putting this back on the list where

Re: instalation issue

Ron Johnson put forth on 3/15/2010 4:11 PM: > Because of the way that AMD designed the specification, it's possible to > install a 64-bit kernel onto a 32-bit system. You wanna take another stab at that statement Ron? Methinks you were suffering momentary thought dyslexia. ;) -- Stan -- To

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:11:12 -0400 (EDT), Brad Rogers wrote: > I too, am having problems with X. Even after Stephen Powell's excellent > explanation of things in the Xorg.conf thread, I can't get a properly > working monitor setup. I get a display, but not at the monitor's > preferred resolution.

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

Stephen Powell wrote: Sam wrote: Maybe I don't understand how aptitude works for this case. From everything I can see, if I remove the kernel that aptitude lists as obsolete, I won't have any kernel at all. First of all, you replied to me personally instead of to the list. I'm putting this bac

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

Snood wrote: dpkg -l linux-image |grep ^i will show you that the version, -3, changed. The name did not. Wayne That command results in nothing at all on my system. Is that significant? No, because, stupid me, forgot to type it correctly. Try this dpkg -l linux-image* |grep ^i The wi

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

On Mon,15.Mar.10, 17:51:01, Snood wrote: > I know about rebooting and purging. I've done it lots before. It's > not working that way in this case. Honestly. There's just no > evidence that I can find that there's more than one kernel to select > from. In fact, there's not even any evidence at all

Re: Gnucash segfaults

On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 08:22 +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 13:34 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > Hello, all. We are in the process of switching from Ubuntu 8.0.4 to > > Debian Lenny plus selected backports (e.g., OpenOffice, IceWeasel). > > Since donig so, GnuCash (2.2

Re: instalation issue

On 2010-03-15 16:47, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Ron Johnson put forth on 3/15/2010 4:11 PM: Because of the way that AMD designed the specification, it's possible to install a 64-bit kernel onto a 32-bit system. You wanna take another stab at that statement Ron? Nope. $ uname -m x86_64 $ file /b

Re: Gnucash segfaults

On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 12:00 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 02:06:28PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 10:39 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 01:34:09PM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > > > Hello, all.

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 17:51 -0400, Snood wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: > >Sam wrote: > >First of all, you replied to me personally instead of to the list. > >I'm putting this back on the list where it belongs. Same happened here. > >If you have already done the upgrade, you should have two ke

Setting up HP J4580 on Debian?

I was trying to setup the HP officejet J4580 on my debian laptop, lenny 5.0.3 (2.6.26). Although the driver was installed and the printer was detected without problem, it does not print any pages. When I print the page, it tells me the job has been submitted to the printer, and after a short while

Re: Which Simple Video Design Application?

--- On Mon, 3/15/10, John A. Sullivan III wrote: From: John A. Sullivan III Subject: Re: Which Simple Video Design Application? To: "Hugo Wau" Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 5:35 AM On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 00:46 -0700, Hugo Wau wrote: > Hello, > > Running Lenny

Re: Setting up HP J4580 on Debian?

On 2010-03-15 17:29, Michael Yang wrote: I was trying to setup the HP officejet J4580 on my debian laptop, lenny 5.0.3 (2.6.26). Although the driver was installed and the printer was detected without problem, it does not print any pages. When I print the page, it tells me the job has been sub

Re: Which Simple Video Design Application?

On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 15:30 -0700, Hugo Wau wrote: > > > --- On Mon, 3/15/10, John A. Sullivan III > wrote: > > From: John A. Sullivan III > Subject: Re: Which Simple Video Design Application? > To: "Hugo Wau" > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:39:01 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: > Sam wrote: > > Maybe I don't understand how aptitude works for this case. From > > everything I can see, if I remove the kernel that aptitude lists > > as obsolete, I won't have any ker

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

Wayne wrote: Snood wrote: dpkg -l linux-image |grep ^i will show you that the version, -3, changed. The name did not. Wayne That command results in nothing at all on my system. Is that significant? No, because, stupid me, forgot to type it correctly. Try this dpkg -l linux-image* |g

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

Andrei Popescu wrote: On Mon,15.Mar.10, 17:51:01, Snood wrote: I know about rebooting and purging. I've done it lots before. It's not working that way in this case. Honestly. There's just no evidence that I can find that there's more than one kernel to select from. In fact, there's not even an

Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:05:04 -0400 Frank McCormick wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:39:01 -0400 (EDT) > Stephen Powell wrote: ... > > to be booted. Then you can purge the old one. aptitude will > > not let you purge or remove a running kern

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