Re: debian 6 - latest release - internet connection

2011-03-27 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 03/26/2011 08:34 PM, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: Johan Scheepers, 20.03.2011: After installing debian 6 it was found that it prefers built in wireless connection on my dsl. The wire connection was inserted and available. The wireless connection works ok at 55% but I would prefer wired connectio

Re: New debian-installation - question

2011-03-27 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 03/26/2011 05:04 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: Hi list, just some simple questions: I am going to create a small installations cd from an already installed system (with my own settings). As I want it small and secure, I do not want any logfiles on this cd. I am using bootcdwrite. So my questions

2 sample questions

2011-03-27 Thread hamed hosseini
1.how can i install firefox in debian 6? 2.how can i edit GRUB BOOT,(i have 2 os,win 7 and debian),i want win7 is first,and debian is secon?

Re: recover partition table

2011-03-27 Thread Geronimo
Hello, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:42:15 -0400 (EDT), Geronimo wrote: > > I don't want to offend you, but all that you wrote I already > > found from google and friends. > > ... But I can make some educated guesses. For example, here's an excerpt > from my /var/log/installer/pa

Re: 2 sample questions

2011-03-27 Thread Estelmann, Christian
Am 27.03.2011 14:50, schrieb hamed hosseini: 1.how can i install firefox in debian 6? 2.how can i edit GRUB BOOT,(i have 2 os,win 7 and debian),i want win7 is first,and debian is secon? 1. apt-get install iceweasel In Debian Firefox is rename to Iceweasel. 2. Rename /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober

Re: 2 sample questions

2011-03-27 Thread hamed hosseini
thank you,can you explain more about question 2 about GRUB,i don't understand On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Estelmann, Christian wrote: > Am 27.03.2011 14:50, schrieb hamed hosseini: > > 1.how can i install firefox in debian 6? >> 2.how can i edit GRUB BOOT,(i have 2 os,win 7 and debian),i wa

Re: 2 sample questions

2011-03-27 Thread Estelmann, Christian
Become root (for example by using the command su), then run "mv /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober /etc/grub.d/09_os-prober" and "update-grub2". Or run both commands with sudo ("sudo mv..." and "sudo update-grub2"). When executing update-grub2 all scripts in /etc/grub.d/ are executed, in order of their

APT gone nuts

2011-03-27 Thread Michael Thompson
I just re-installed debian from scratch, and ran a few installs via apt-get. All of a sudden, apt splurts this out Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... ssmtp is already the newest version. The following packages were automatically installed and are no l

Re: 2 sample questions

2011-03-27 Thread Brian
On Sun 27 Mar 2011 at 14:59:41 +0200, Estelmann, Christian wrote: > 2. Rename /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober to 09_os-prober. Then run update-grub2. > os-prober looks for other OS, just let it executed befor 10_linux This will only work if the os-prober package has been installed. A default Debian inst

Re: 2 sample questions

2011-03-27 Thread hamed hosseini
brian how can do thar ,without os-prober package,or how can install os-prober,i need easy way,i am new in debian On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Brian wrote: > On Sun 27 Mar 2011 at 14:59:41 +0200, Estelmann, Christian wrote: > > > 2. Rename /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober to 09_os-prober. Then run >

pnpdump, isapnp, and isapnp.conf

2011-03-27 Thread David Baron
With new MB, I can no longer access my older, analog phone line modem. The isapnp startup had an older isapnp.conf file. I assume one uses pnpdump to make a new one with the correct ISAPNP port. I found an address 0213 in the /proc/ioports and I seem to get a sensible conf file using this. Howe

Re: 2 sample questions

2011-03-27 Thread Estelmann, Christian
Install it with 'apt-get install os-prober'. I only have installed Debian on my subnotebook, so I can not try it... But if you are having a file with something like windows as name in /etc/grub.d/ just rename ist to something like 09_windows, like I have written before about the os-prober. A

Re: 2 sample questions

2011-03-27 Thread Brian
On Sun 27 Mar 2011 at 17:20:53 +0430, hamed hosseini wrote: > 2.how can i edit GRUB BOOT,(i have 2 os,win 7 and debian),i want win7 is > first,and debian is secon? 1. Open the file /boot/grub/grub.cfg. The command less /boot/grub/grub.cfg in a terminal would do it. 2. Find lines whi

Re: 2 sample questions

2011-03-27 Thread hamed hosseini
thanks On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Estelmann, Christian wrote: > Install it with 'apt-get install os-prober'. > > I only have installed Debian on my subnotebook, so I can not try it... > But if you are having a file with something like windows as name in > /etc/grub.d/ just rename ist to so

Squeeze, GPT, GRUB2 and Software RAID1

2011-03-27 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
Hello everybody. I have 2 disk Western Digital WD2002FAEX - 2TB and I want to install Squeeze with software RAID 1 and GPT instead of old MSDOS partition map. I want to use GRUB2 as boot loader, but I read that is needed to be created a BIOS Boot Partition.[1] I have 2 disk and I want when

Re: APT gone nuts

2011-03-27 Thread Brian
On Sun 27 Mar 2011 at 12:37:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > Most of them, even with my limited linux knowledge are fairly > important. Why has apt started to ask to remove these packages, and > how can I get apt to forget about them? Have you removed the gnome metapackage? Reinstall it. Other

Re: 2 sample questions

2011-03-27 Thread Brian
On Sun 27 Mar 2011 at 18:48:33 +0430, hamed hosseini wrote: > brian how can do thar ,without os-prober package,or how can install > os-prober,i need easy way,i am new in debian Have you got a file named 30_otheros in /etc/grub.d? Move that to 09_otheros and you will not need os-prober. -- To U

adzapper help needed

2011-03-27 Thread Paul E Condon
I've used adzapper long ago, but stopped using it long ago, and forgotten why I stopped. Now I want to use it again on a computer running Wheezy, but I can't find information on how to configure my browser. The Debian documentation seems to have been simplified with some info left out. But maybe my

Re: adzapper help needed

2011-03-27 Thread hamed hosseini
i am new,what is adzapper? On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > I've used adzapper long ago, but stopped using it long ago, > and forgotten why I stopped. Now I want to use it again > on a computer running Wheezy, but I can't find information > on how to configure my browser. T

need help with adzapper

2011-03-27 Thread Paul E Condon
I'm running Squeeze. I've used adzapper in the long ago past, but I can't get in running with iceweasel now. My problem is really with iceweasel, I think. I recall that I have to configure my browser to 'point to' adzapper. This involves giving the IP address AND the port # for adzapper. I know the

Re: boot loader

2011-03-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 26 mar 11, 14:30:13, shawn wilson wrote: > > > > You can fix it with ms-sys[1] from System Rescue CD[2] > > > > [1] http://ms-sys.sourceforge.net/ > > i'll have to try this. the sourceforge page says that it works on > fat32. however, freshmeat has a changelog that seems to indicate it > wo

Re: Upgrade to Squeeze and KDE

2011-03-27 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, all! On Saturday, 19 March 2011 18:32:56 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > After updating my hosts in my house to the new stable, Debian > > Squeeze, I'm thinking of upgrading my desktop to Squeeze. > > > > With my hosts with Lenny in general, except for some things, > > everything was

Re: Serial Connection

2011-03-27 Thread owens
- Original Message - From: Stephen Powell To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: 3/26/2011 10:52:23 PM Subject: Serial Connection On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 at 17:45:17 +0100, MAROUNI Abbass wrote: > > I have two servers with Debian Lenny installed. > > The two servers have a serial c

update KDE

2011-03-27 Thread hamed hosseini
how can i update gnome to KDE in debian 6?

Re: need help with adzapper

2011-03-27 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110327_093735, Paul E Condon wrote: > I'm running Squeeze. I've used adzapper in the long ago past, but I can't > get in running with iceweasel now. My problem is really with iceweasel, > I think. I recall that I have to configure my browser to 'point to' adzapper. > This involves giving the I

Cannot update wheezy

2011-03-27 Thread Mark Fletcher
For over a week now I've been unable to upgrade wheezy. I do aptitude update as root, which is fine, then also as root do aptitude safe- upgrade. When I do that, it says "resolving dependencies" and the open and closed statistics start going up. Right now open is at about 34000 and closed is

Re: adzapper help needed

2011-03-27 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110327_194800, hamed hosseini wrote: > i am new,what is adzapper? > [snip...] Adzapper is a filter that removes advertisements from the pages that you browse on the internet. I remember that I liked it because it could be used with any and all web browsers and I am always searching and ho

Autodetect proxy not working in Iceweasel

2011-03-27 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi all! I just installed Squid on a host of my house with Debian Squeeze. Then I added in my DHCP server the following configuration options: option wpad code 252 = text; option wpad "http://wpad.freesoftware/proxy.pac\n";; I also created a hard link to the file proxy.pac. The name of the hard

iinstallation of Debian 6

2011-03-27 Thread darkestkhan
-- Forwarded message -- From: anderson raymond Date: 2011/3/26 Subject: installation of Debian 6 To: darkestk...@gmail.com Dear Sir/Madam When I installed Debian 6 using the win32 loader, everything seems all right, then the system reboot, but stop at the following phrase. >waiti

Re: update KDE

2011-03-27 Thread darkestkhan
2011/3/27 hamed hosseini : > how can i update gnome to KDE in debian 6? > I wouldn't call it update but I'm guessing that you want to install KDE this one should work: apt-get install kde darkestkhan -- Feel free to CC me. jid: darkestk...@gmail.com May Th

Re: update KDE

2011-03-27 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
27/03/2011 19:21, darkestkhan wrote: > 2011/3/27 hamed hosseini : >> how can i update gnome to KDE in debian 6? >> > > I wouldn't call it update but I'm guessing that you want to install > KDE this one should work: > > apt-get install kde > > darkestkhan > ---

Re: APT gone nuts

2011-03-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/27/2011 09:35 AM, Brian wrote: On Sun 27 Mar 2011 at 12:37:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: Most of them, even with my limited linux knowledge are fairly important. Why has apt started to ask to remove these packages, and how can I get apt to forget about them? Have you removed the gno

Re: Cannot update wheezy

2011-03-27 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:43:11 -0400 (EDT), Mark Fletcher wrote: > > For over a week now I've been unable to upgrade wheezy. I do aptitude > update as root, which is fine, then also as root do aptitude safe- > upgrade. When I do that, it says "resolving dependencies" and the open > and closed st

Re: Cannot update wheezy

2011-03-27 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/27/2011 11:43 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote: For over a week now I've been unable to upgrade wheezy. I do aptitude update as root, which is fine, then also as root do aptitude safe-upgrade. When I do that, it says "resolving dependencies" and the open and closed statistics start going up. Right n

Re: Serial Connection

2011-03-27 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:40:40 -0400 (EDT), ow...@netptc.net wrote: > On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:52:23 -0400 (EDT, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> I haven't tried this, but one thing you want to make sure of is that >> you use a "cross-over" cable. The serial ports on PCs have what's known >> as a DTE int

Inkscape error

2011-03-27 Thread Marcelo Laia
Hi, I try to load inkscape, but I got this error: marcella@inael:~$ inkscape inkscape: error while loading shared libraries: libwpg-0.1.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory marcella@inael:~$ I have googled, but not found any help. Could you help me? Tank you very muc

Re: Inkscape error

2011-03-27 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Marcelo Laia wrote: Hi, > > I try to load inkscape, but I got this error: > > marcella@inael:~$ inkscape > inkscape: error while loading shared libraries: libwpg-0.1.so.1: > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > marcella@inael:~$ > > I have g

Re: Inkscape error

2011-03-27 Thread Marcelo Laia
2011/3/27 Chris Brennan : > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Marcelo Laia wrote: > > rebuild/reinstall the missing library and then try inkscape again > root@debian:~# aptitude search libwpg > p   libwpg-0.2- - WordPerfect graphics > p   libwpg-dev  - WordPerfect graphics > p   libwpg-doc  - WordP

System unbootable

2011-03-27 Thread Steffan Harris
Hi, I followed instructions at http://dendiz.com/blog/?p=138 on my MacBook Pro 7,1 running Debian Squeeze. Installing ndiswrapper seemed to do something to my kernal... after a reboot my system goes through GRUB but then comes up with: Setting parameters of disk: none Setting preliminary keycap:

Re: Inkscape error

2011-03-27 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Marcelo Laia wrote: 2011/3/27 Chris Brennan : > > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Marcelo Laia > wrote: > > > > rebuild/reinstall the missing library and then try inkscape again > > root@debian:~# aptitude search libwpg > > p libwpg-0.2- - WordPerfect graphics

Re: Inkscape error

2011-03-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/27/2011 02:08 PM, Marcelo Laia wrote: [snip] inael:/home/inael# aptitude search libwpg c libwpg-0.1-1- WordPerfect graphics import/convert librar But you don't appear to have libwpg-0.1 installed (correctly). -- "Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws

Re: Inkscape error

2011-03-27 Thread Marcelo Laia
2011/3/27 Chris Brennan : > I would install -0.1-1 There are some thing wrong here! -0.1-1 version of libwpg isn't in testing repositories. So, how inkscape in testing flavor needs this version? But, I downloaded libwpg-0.1-1 from stable and instal it manually. Now, inkscape tell me other share

Re: Inkscape error

2011-03-27 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Marcelo Laia wrote: 2011/3/27 Chris Brennan : > > I would install -0.1-1 > > There are some thing wrong here! > > -0.1-1 version of libwpg isn't in testing repositories. So, how > inkscape in testing flavor needs this version? > > But, I downloaded libwpg-0.1-1 fr

Re: Inkscape error

2011-03-27 Thread Marcelo Laia
2011/3/27 Chris Brennan : > I am going to take a stab in the dark here and ask, are you by any chance > mixing stable/testing in sources.list? No. I mixed testing/unstable. I solved it reinstall inkscape. Thank you very much! Have a nice day. --   O__   --- Marcelo Luiz de Laia              

Re: APT gone nuts

2011-03-27 Thread Michael Thompson
On 27 March 2011 15:35, Brian wrote: > On Sun 27 Mar 2011 at 12:37:51 +0100, Michael Thompson wrote: > >> Most of them, even with my limited linux knowledge are fairly >> important. Why has apt started to ask to remove these packages, and >> how can I get apt to forget about them? > > Have you rem

Re: Serial Connection

2011-03-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Stephen Powell put forth on 3/27/2011 1:41 PM: > That's true. But a properly-wired cross-over cable or null modem > not only crosses over TD and RD but also crosses over DTR and DSR > and also crosses over RTS and CTS. Ground, of course, is wired > to Ground. CD is normally tied to DSR on the s

Re: Squeeze, GPT, GRUB2 and Software RAID1

2011-03-27 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > > I have 2 disk Western Digital WD2002FAEX - 2TB and I want to install Squeeze > with software RAID 1 and GPT instead of old MSDOS partition map. > > I want to use GRUB2 as boot loader, but I read that is needed to be created > a BIOS Bo

Cmake on Knoppix

2011-03-27 Thread John Culleton
Knoppix is a Debian derivative so I am asking here. I want to compile svn versions of programs such as Scribus. Scribus has switched from conventional ./configure, make, make install sequence to a cmake based system. I can't seem to be able to download cmake using apt-get. Is it cataloged under

Re: Cmake on Knoppix

2011-03-27 Thread Chris Brennan
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 4:56 PM, John Culleton wrote: Knoppix is a Debian derivative so I am asking here. I want to compile > svn versions of programs such as Scribus. Scribus has switched from > conventional ./configure, make, make install sequence to a cmake based > system. I can't seem to be a

Re: adzapper help needed

2011-03-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/03/11 02:14, Paul E Condon wrote: > I've used adzapper long ago, but stopped using it long ago, > and forgotten why I stopped. Now I want to use it again > on a computer running Wheezy, but I can't find information > on how to configure my browser. The Debian documentation > seems to have bee

Re: Cmake on Knoppix

2011-03-27 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/27/2011 04:56 PM, John Culleton wrote: Knoppix is a Debian derivative so I am asking here. I want to compile svn versions of programs such as Scribus. Scribus has switched from conventional ./configure, make, make install sequence to a cmake based system. I can't seem to be able to download

Re: debian 6 - latest release - internet connection

2011-03-27 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Johan Scheepers, 27.03.2011: > On 03/26/2011 08:34 PM, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > >Johan Scheepers, 20.03.2011: > >>After installing debian 6 it was found that it prefers built in wireless > >>connection on my dsl. > >> > >>The wire connection was inserted and available. > >> > >>The wireless connec

Re: Serial Connection

2011-03-27 Thread owens
- Original Message - From: Stephen Powell To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: 3/27/2011 6:41:37 PM Subject: Re: Serial Connection On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:40:40 -0400 (EDT), ow...@netptc.net wrote: > On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:52:23 -0400 (EDT, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> I haven't

Re: Serial Connection

2011-03-27 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:27:08 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > For attaching a terminal all you need to connect are pins 2, 3, and 7 on > a DB25, or 2, 3, and 5 on a DB9. Reverse 2,3 on one end of each cable > to get your x-over. All the other pins are for modems only and are not > used for

Re: Cmake on Knoppix

2011-03-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/03/11 07:56, John Culleton wrote: > Knoppix is a Debian derivative so I am asking here. I want to compile > svn versions of programs such as Scribus. Scribus has switched from > conventional ./configure, make, make install sequence to a cmake based > system. I can't seem to be able to down

Re: Serial Connection

2011-03-27 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:30:49 -0400 (EDT), ow...@netptc.net wrote: > On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:41:37 -0400 (EDT, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> That's true. But a properly-wired cross-over cable or null modem >> not only crosses over TD and RD but also crosses over DTR and DSR >> and also crosses over

Re: Serial Connection

2011-03-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/03/11 11:46, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:27:08 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> >> For attaching a terminal all you need to connect are pins 2, 3, and 7 on >> a DB25, or 2, 3, and 5 on a DB9. Reverse 2,3 on one end of each cable >> to get your x-over. All the other pi

dpkg: syntax error

2011-03-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
An apt-get update for Squeeze gives the following error message:- dpkg: syntax error in file triggers file `/var/lib/dpkg/triggers//File' E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) The machine is a fairly standard KDE Squeeze i386 - the update is (I believe) the last point release (9

How to disable (or change) the logout sound in gnome/GDM?

2011-03-27 Thread Yuwen Dai
Dear all, The logout sound is a very ugly beep. I can change the login sound in gdm.conf but can not find where the logout sound setting is. I also put pcspkr module in the blacklist, no effect. Best regards, Yuwen

You touched one of my pet peeves (was Re: dpkg: syntax error)

2011-03-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On 03/27/2011 08:35 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: An apt-get update for Squeeze gives the following error message:- dpkg: syntax error in file triggers file `/var/lib/dpkg/triggers//File' E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) The machine is a fairly standard KDE Squeeze i386 - the

Re: You touched one of my pet peeves (was Re: dpkg: syntax error)

2011-03-27 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2011 27 Mar 21:13 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > That's a double *slash*. The backslash (on my US "small " > kb) is under the pipe. > > We know this because typewriter keyboards only had one such key and > so Lower Left To Upper Right became the "slash" key. When IBM added > another key, tha

Re: You touched one of my pet peeves (was Re: dpkg: syntax error)(is now OOT)

2011-03-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/03/11 13:12, Ron Johnson wrote: > You touched one of my pet peeves Thanks - I assure you it was unintentional, I have now washed my hands and disinfected the keyboard. :-) > On 03/27/2011 08:35 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> Is the double backslashes a clue? >> > > That's a double *s

Re: You touched one of my pet peeves (was Re: dpkg: syntax error)

2011-03-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/03/11 13:26, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2011 27 Mar 21:13 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> That's a double *slash*. The backslash (on my US "small " >> kb) is under the pipe. >> >> We know this because typewriter keyboards only had one such key and >> so Lower Left To Upper Right became the

Re: You touched one of my pet peeves (was Re: dpkg: syntax error)

2011-03-27 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 03/27/11 19:52, Scott Ferguson wrote: And Double-U Double-U - I "know" that is how it's supposed to be, but I've spent years (delighting in) saying "wuh" "wuh" "wuh" (as in the Magyar "w"). How about combining all three of them into 'hexa-u"? Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Re: Serial Connection

2011-03-27 Thread Moczik Gabor
Stan Hoeppner wrote: We bought DB25 plugs in bags of 100, and used spooled CAT5 as the noise rejection is many times that of CAT3, allowing greater distances across sprawling warehouses. RS-232 uses single-ended signaling and requires shielded cable, twisted pair doesn't help either. The common

iceweasle short period timeout

2011-03-27 Thread ZHAO Lina
Hi, The iceweasle sometimes showed me problem loading page, the connection timeout, ... and after 10 mins or so it works again. is it possible some virus. it's happened once yesterday and also today. During this period, I can ssh out to other service, and also ssh to this computer. But I f

Re: Serial Connection

2011-03-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Moczik Gabor put forth on 3/28/2011 12:01 AM: > Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> We bought DB25 plugs in bags of 100, and used spooled CAT5 as the noise >> rejection is many times that of CAT3, allowing greater distances across >> sprawling warehouses. > > RS-232 uses single-ended signaling and requires sh