Re: Help Installing Debian

2011-05-21 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 21 May 2011 11:35:42 +0530, Joy wrote: > I am using IBM System X 3400 M3 with Raid1 and Raid5. > Raid1 id being used to have Debian and raid5 for /home partiotion. Are those raid over a hardware raid controller or you want to create a software based raid? > Whenever i am tr

Re: CUPS Driver for Epson Stylus NX420 printer?

2011-05-21 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 20. 05. 2011 19:43:21 je dave boland napisal(a): This is a little off your topic, but I have an Epson (C88) as well, and wish that CUPS/driver supported ink levels, head cleaning and alignment, and duplexing (the Epson Windows driver supports this with 2-pass printing). Any reason th

Re: Help Installing Debian

2011-05-21 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 21. 05. 2011 09:40:02 je Camaleón napisal(a): [snip] I have not much experience with GPT partitioning but nowadays with moderns distributions it should not be a problem :-? Don't know about LVM/RAID setups, but plain old one-disk setups need a (tiny) dedicated boot partition if you wan

Re: CUPS Driver for Epson Stylus NX420 printer?

2011-05-21 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 21 May 2011 09:54:49 +0200, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 20. 05. 2011 19:43:21 je dave boland napisal(a): > > >> This is a little off your topic, but I have an Epson (C88) as well, and >> wish that CUPS/driver supported ink levels, head cleaning and >> alignment, >> and duplexing (the Epson Wi

Re: Wheezy: monitor signal lost when leaving X

2011-05-21 Thread Arno Schuring
Siard (shiems...@kpnplanet.nl on 2011-05-21 02:23 +0200): > Op Fri, 20 May 2011 13:37 +0200, Arno Schuring wrote: > > Siard (on 2011-05-19 19:48 +0200): > > > I upgraded Squeeze to Wheezy. > > > After logging out of X (no matter which desktop or window manager) > > > the screen goes black, the moni

lsusb lists nothing and webcam gone -- romance ruined

2011-05-21 Thread jidanni
Fellows, there I was all ready for a webcam call with my potential date, but my romance was ruined by following "sid" too closely. For the last month lsusb often doesn't list anything http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=626368 And now my webcam is broken too. $ luvcview luvcview 0.2.

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Re: Weird Wifi problem -- WPA-EAP TTLS fails

2011-05-21 Thread Joe
On Fri, 20 May 2011 20:47:21 -0400 Andrew Reid wrote: > > So, apologies for the long-windedness, but what can cause EAP to > fail? Do I need to add some libraries with more authentication > schemes in them somehow? Obviously I have all the dependencies of > wpa_supplicant, but is there somet

network-manager-gnome cannot create vpn connection successfully.

2011-05-21 Thread Magicloud Magiclouds
Hi, When adding a new connection, everything seemed fine. But when connection to it, a immediate error occurred as "no valid secrets . From the internet, they said this is a bug of network-manager-gnome that it did not save the password to keyring, but asked for it when connecting. How to resol

what ext filesystem for flash memory card?

2011-05-21 Thread jidanni
What filesystem shall I put on my 4GB SD flash card? ext2, ext3 or ext4, or ...? I already erased VFAT. Also shall I have and ext2 partition for .debs, whose safety isn't important, and an ext4 partition for my more valuable data? Will the journals really wear out card faster? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: what ext filesystem for flash memory card?

2011-05-21 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 21 May 2011 19:32:51 +0800, jidanni wrote: > What filesystem shall I put on my 4GB SD flash card? ext2, ext3 or ext4, > or ...? I already erased VFAT. > Also shall I have and ext2 partition for .debs, whose safety isn't > important, and an ext4 partition for my more valuable data? Will the

Re: CUPS Driver for Epson Stylus NX420 printer?

2011-05-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/21/2011 02:54 AM, Klistvud wrote: [snip] How's this for a reason: Epson not giving a rodent's undertail for their non-Windows users? Surprising, since Epson printers used to be well-supported by CUPS. -- "Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and h

Re: lsusb lists nothing and webcam gone -- romance ruined

2011-05-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/21/2011 05:51 AM, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: Fellows, there I was all ready for a webcam call with my potential date, but my romance was ruined by following "sid" too closely. [snip] Yes, I know. Don't use sid if you want a love life. How oh how did humanity survive w/o webcams? GOM

Re: lsusb lists nothing and webcam gone -- romance ruined

2011-05-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 15:51, Ron Johnson wrote: > How oh how did humanity survive w/o webcams?  GOML! > We weren't competing with others that have them. Just like cellphones -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists

Re: Avoid POP3

2011-05-21 Thread Chris Davies
Miles Fidelman wrote: > As I said, In "standards speak." > "Should" or "must" => always (at least if done right; anything else is > wrong). > "May" => optional; alternatives are possible and allowed. See RFC2119 (http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt) for a complete definition! Chris --

Bug

2011-05-21 Thread Amir Sabbaghi
Hello, I'm a new user of Debian. I have two problems with Debain, but I don't know how to report it. I have tested Debian 6.0.1a (Squeeze) on my laptop and the first problem I saw was that when Debain entered graphical mode my monitor goes off!! Then I used nomodeset in boot parameters and then I w

Re: Re: login as root to GUI

2011-05-21 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:17:54PM -0400, Dick Bayerl wrote: > I am frustrated. I have tried installing both UBUNTU and DEBIAN with > the same problem. Debian and Ubuntu are a bit different on this issue. Since login to root using X displaymanager is not so good idea, I mention console tr

Re: Bug

2011-05-21 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 21 May 2011 14:12:19 +, Amir Sabbaghi wrote: > I have two problems with Debain, but I don't know how to report it. Two? I can only glimpse one :-P > I have tested Debian 6.0.1a (Squeeze) on my laptop and the first > problem I saw was that when Debain entered graphical mode my monito

UUID - autmatically entries?

2011-05-21 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Hi all, during an update all devices were changed from /dev/sdX to its UUID. This included /etc/fstab and /etc/crypttab. Does somebody know, which package did the changes? As I had to reinstall and used my old configurations (backup), my UUIDs are now wrong. Of course, I can edit all files man

Re: Weird Wifi problem -- WPA-EAP TTLS fails

2011-05-21 Thread Andrew Reid
> On Fri, 20 May 2011 20:47:21 -0400 > > Andrew Reid wrote: > > So, apologies for the long-windedness, but what can cause EAP to > > > > fail? Do I need to add some libraries with more authentication > > schemes in them somehow? Obviously I have all the dependencies of > > wpa_supplicant, bu

Re: UUID - autmatically entries?

2011-05-21 Thread Tom H
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > during an update all devices were changed from /dev/sdX to its UUID. > > This included /etc/fstab and /etc/crypttab. Does somebody know, which package > did the changes? As I had to reinstall and used my old configurations > (backup), >

Re: UUID - autmatically entries?

2011-05-21 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> Re the last question: assuming that you're using extX, "tune2fs -U > ..." is the command. Hi Tom., yes, I am using ext2 and ext3 (encrypted). Q: Does tune2fs -U edit all entries in /etc/fstab and /etc/crypttab and others? Thanks for the fast response. Greetings Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: UUID - autmatically entries?

2011-05-21 Thread Tom H
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > >> Re the last question: assuming that you're using extX, "tune2fs -U >> ..." is the command. > > yes, I am using ext2 and ext3 (encrypted). Q: Does tune2fs -U edit all entries > in /etc/fstab and /etc/crypttab and others? > > Thanks for th

Re: UUID - autmatically entries?

2011-05-21 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110521_184436, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Hi all, > > during an update all devices were changed from /dev/sdX to its UUID. > > This included /etc/fstab and /etc/crypttab. Does somebody know, which package > did the changes? As I had to reinstall and used my old configurations > (backup), >

Re: UUID - autmatically entries?

2011-05-21 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> You're welcome. > > No. You have to set it filesystem by filesystem with "tune2fs -U > [random|] /dev/sdXY" unless script a loop through your > filesystems. > > (If you use "" in the command above, you can/have to generate it > with uuidgen.) Ok, I understand. So I can set a new UUID, but I

Re: Unable to connect using pidgin normally

2011-05-21 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 20 May 2011 22:09:48 +0530, Damu R wrote: > I am using pidgin-2.7.11-2 in my Debian Sid installation with Gnome3. That's a very problematic combination of programs, you know, I would expect problems. Sid because its own nature of being continously updated (libraries, applications, etc.

Re: Avoid POP3

2011-05-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
good pointer! Chris Davies wrote: See RFC2119 (http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt) for a complete definition! Miles Fidelman wrote: As I said, In "standards speak." "Should" or "must" => always (at least if done right; anything else is wrong). what was I t

Re: UUID - autmatically entries?

2011-05-21 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110521_113317, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20110521_184436, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > during an update all devices were changed from /dev/sdX to its UUID. > > > > This included /etc/fstab and /etc/crypttab. Does somebody know, which > > package > > did the changes? As I had

Re: UUID - autmatically entries?

2011-05-21 Thread Tom H
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > >> No. You have to set it filesystem by filesystem with "tune2fs -U >> [random|] /dev/sdXY" unless script a loop through your >> filesystems. >> >> (If you use "" in the command above, you can/have to generate it >> with uuidgen.) > > Ok, I

Re: UUID - autmatically entries?

2011-05-21 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 21 May 2011 11:33:17 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > The install program seems to automatically rewrite UUIDs if you ask it > to erase a partition. IMHO, the method for handling disk naming is still > a work in progress. In the meantime, my particular kluge involves using > labels. They are

Re: CUPS Driver for Epson Stylus NX420 printer?

2011-05-21 Thread Rick Thomas
Actually, the evidence in this particular case is pretty optimistic: 1) I was able to find a (binary i386/AMD64 only) driver at OpenPrinting.Org with only a little bit of google-ing. 2) When I whined about not being able to use i386 binaries on my ARM machine, Camaleón (thanks!) found a so

"GTK - WARNING ++ : XID collision, trouble ahead

2011-05-21 Thread Charles Blair
I recently installed squeeze on a laptop with an ethernet connection. When I run iceweasel from "root terminal," it works sometimes, and seems to refuse to connect to the outside world other times. This may be connected to the message I see when I do successfully use and exit from iceweasel

Re: Wheezy: monitor signal lost when leaving X

2011-05-21 Thread Siard
Op Sat, 21 May 2011 11:07, Arno Schuring wrote: > Siard (on 2011-05-21 02:23 +0200): > > Op Fri, 20 May 2011 13:37 +0200, Arno Schuring wrote: > > > Siard (on 2011-05-19 19:48 +0200): > > > > I upgraded Squeeze to Wheezy. > > > > After logging out of X (no matter which desktop or window > > > > man

Re: UUID - autmatically entries? (?OT)

2011-05-21 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110521_175742, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 21 May 2011 11:33:17 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > The install program seems to automatically rewrite UUIDs if you ask it > > to erase a partition. IMHO, the method for handling disk naming is still > > a work in progress. In the meantime, my parti

Re: CUPS Driver for Epson Stylus NX420 printer?

2011-05-21 Thread Lisi
On Saturday 21 May 2011 19:26:26 Rick Thomas wrote: > If you really support open source software, put your time and talent   > where your mouth is.  Help make it better! If you have the tenacity and drive, by not buying hw that has no Linux support and telling the company concerned what you have

Re: Unable to boot squeeze on sw raid array when external USB drive connected

2011-05-21 Thread Peter Tenenbaum
The consensus of people whom I've talked to is that, at the point where grub freezes, there's a problem with misidentification of hard drives when the USB drive is present (in essence, the USB drive is being mistaken for a member of the RAID-1 array; when the drive is absent, this mistake is not ma

Re: Bug

2011-05-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 21 mai 11, 16:35:53, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 21 May 2011 14:12:19 +, Amir Sabbaghi wrote: > > > I have two problems with Debain, but I don't know how to report it. > > Two? I can only glimpse one :-P > > > I have tested Debian 6.0.1a (Squeeze) on my laptop and the first > > problem

Re: UUID - autmatically entries?

2011-05-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 21 mai 11, 18:44:36, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Hi all, > > during an update all devices were changed from /dev/sdX to its UUID. > > This included /etc/fstab and /etc/crypttab. Does somebody know, which package > did the changes? As I had to reinstall and used my old configurations > (bac

Re: "GTK - WARNING ++ : XID collision, trouble ahead

2011-05-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/21/2011 02:09 PM, Charles Blair wrote: I recently installed squeeze on a laptop with an ethernet connection. Wired, you mean? When I run iceweasel from "root terminal," it Bad, bad, bad form. Just like logging into Windows as Administrator. Don't do that. works so

How to tell cdbs to work only on 2 out of 7 debs in debian/control?

2011-05-21 Thread Regid Ichira
debian/control of the nut source package has about 7 binary debs, say A ... G. They are built using cdbs. What should I put in debian/rules in order to have it build only A and B? I have tried with DH_OPTIONS and DH_LISTPACKAGES. It didn't work. I always end up with all the 7 binary debs.

Re: lsusb lists nothing and webcam gone -- romance ruined

2011-05-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/21/2011 08:07 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 15:51, Ron Johnson wrote: How oh how did humanity survive w/o webcams? GOML! We weren't competing with others that have them. Just like cellphones Fight with different weapons: "I comb my hair and don't wear rags." -- "N

Re: Avoid POP3

2011-05-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/21/2011 12:51 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: [snip] for the purposes of this conversation - what do you think - is "normally" a subset of "may" or of "must?" :-) Neither. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Normal \Nor"mal\ (n[^o]r"mal), a. [L. norm

Re: first mkdir takes a long time (on ext3)

2011-05-21 Thread Karl Vogel
>> On 19/05/11 17:01, Hartmut Niemann wrote: H> It often takes very long time (20s) to mkdir on an ext3 drive >> Am Fr Mai 20 2011 schrieb Karl Vogel: K> What does "strace mkdir /some/directory" show? >> On Fri, 20 May 2011 08:38:41 +0200, said: H> $ strace mkdir two H> execve("/bin/mkdir", ["mk

Re: UUID - autmatically entries?

2011-05-21 Thread annathemermaid
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/05/2011, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 21 May 2011 11:33:17 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > >> The install program seems to automatically rewrite UUIDs if you ask it >> to erase a partition. IMHO, the method for handling disk naming is still >> a work

Re: UUID - autmatically entries?

2011-05-21 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110522_035930, annathemerm...@hush.com wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > snip... > > I recently performed a manual installation of Debian, bypassing > partman (in order to bypass a severe problem with partman and/or > yaboot that was breaking another OS), and thus co

Re: Adventures multi-booting late 2003 iBook G3 (was: What is this Apple Bootstrap thing of which the installer speaks?)

2011-05-21 Thread annathemermaid
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I actually found a horribly convoluted way of installing Debian without breaking Mac OS 9.2.2. However, my G3 does apparently have hardware support for large disks. I can partition the whole disk from Tiger and Mac OS 9.2.2 can still be installed and b

Re: UUID - autmatically entries?

2011-05-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On 05/21/2011 11:52 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20110522_035930, annathemerm...@hush.com wrote: snip... I recently performed a manual installation of Debian, bypassing partman (in order to bypass a severe problem with partman and/or yaboot that was breaking another OS), and thus configured t