Re: help ! nvidia driver and X

On 08/07/11 22:55, lee wrote: > David Jardine writes: > >> I have version 275.09.07 in wheezy running fine - although I think I >> did have to remove some mesa-related packages that broke things on an >> update a few days ago. > > You mean libgl1-mesa-glx? There are 1716 packages depending on

Re: Debian 5.0.5 Binaries 1 throuh 5

Hi, tmy sdd wrote: Can the folders: /media/Debian 5.0.5 amd64 Bin-1 /media/Debian/5.0.5 amd 64 Bin-5 be restored? If you have the ISO files, then yes, you can loop mount them. But I would be more inclined to use the lat

Re: Debian 5.0.5 Binaries 1 throuh 5

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Re: help ! nvidia driver and X

> > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Mahesh T Pai > > wrote: > > I have nvidia GeForce 7300GT video card. > > I did not find xorg.conf in /etc/X11 > > But when it starts gui, I get first hazy stripes. Further I get > > panels half black. > > Any solutions? 1. Before you downgrade, try to se

Re: Two Sound Cards, I hope.

> > Forwarded Message > > From: Martin McCormick > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Two Sound Cards, I hope. > > Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:22:27 -0500 > > I was hoping to end up with /dev/dsp0 and /dev/dsp1 in > > order to record two audio feeds at once. You're

Re: Debian changes active partition?

On Vi, 08 iul 11, 08:55:08, nikhil jain wrote: > > I think I know why it made my system unbootable. grub wasn't > installed to the correct partition. Not my mistake, how am I > supposed to know the drive letter of a non-existing partition ? [...] > Just one question: in the installer , when I c

Re: Restarting network

On Vi, 08 iul 11, 19:25:59, Brian wrote: > On Fri 08 Jul 2011 at 11:47:46 +0200, Erwan David wrote: > > > Allow-hotplug could be interesting for a removable NIC (PCMCIA, > > expresscard etc.) But what is the use for a fixed NIC ? > > Booting is quicker with DHCP (especially if dhclient times out)

Re: A smaller iso

On Vi, 08 iul 11, 09:59:58, nikhil jain wrote: > > I don't think I'll be able to install with the expert mode... Sure you are, see below :) > >The expert mode, however, really is for experts. Most of the time, > >a so-called expert mode is usually just a euphemism for "more > >options," but the

Re: help ! nvidia driver and X

On Sb, 09 iul 11, 10:30:23, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > I didn't run into dependency hell, anything else is from testing. > I really wonder hat people claim to get issues regarding to > dependencies, when downgrading X. We're still almost one year away from the freeze, I'm guessing many changes are

Re: Two Sound Cards, I hope.

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Re: (Solved) Re: Disabling GNOME loud beep at shutting down

On Vi, 08 iul 11, 15:44:50, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:09:36 +, Camaleón wrote: > > > Since some days I'm hearing a very (I mean "very") loud beep when I > > shutdown (or was it when restarting?) GNOME in Wheezy. > > > > Is it possible to disable it? It's so loud that even hurts

Re: Debian with HP ProLiant DL120 G7

On Fri, 2011-07-08 at 19:13 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 7/7/2011 3:10 PM, frank thyes wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 17:17 +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > > > >> I wonder if anyone has experience with installing Debian on HP > >> ProLiant DL120 G7. Does it work out-of-the-box? Or are there specia

Re: help ! nvidia driver and X

On Sat, 2011-07-09 at 12:35 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 09 iul 11, 10:30:23, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > I didn't run into dependency hell, anything else is from testing. > > I really wonder hat people claim to get issues regarding to > > dependencies, when downgrading X. > > We're stil

Re: Kernel Config file for Debian Squeeze Install Disc

On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:41:32 -0700, Tech Geek wrote: >> It should be available at /boot/config-`uname -r` > That would be true after the system installation finishes. What I am > looking for is the config file for the kernel runs the installation > process. For some reasons I suspect that there m

Re: OT: Debian with HP ProLiant DL120 G7

On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:16:17 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> > > If you don't see any usable disks it >> > > might take a bit longer :) >> > >> > If don't see any disk is when you start sweating :-P > > No, as long as there wasn't a click-click noise before, I wouldn't > sweat, I wouldn't wait, bu

Re: Networking -- use of two Internet connections for one server with round robin DNS -- web okay, but should I do mail this way too?

On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 08:33:23 +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote: (...) > What I am thinking of doing is making the two MX records both at the > same level number, 10, and having that do round robin as well (again, > just the one mail server, accessible via both connections). Does anyone > see any iss

Re: Debian 5.0.5 Binaries 1 throuh 5

On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:43:11 -0400, tmy sdd wrote: (...) >Had looked at Debian 5.0.5 binaries 1 through 5 in Dolphin File > Manager on Mandriva 2009 Powerpack and had found the messages: > > (1) "file or folder /media/Debian 5.0.5 amd64 > Bin-1/debian/debian/debian/debian"...(left clicki

Re: Disabling GNOME loud beep at shutting down

On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:45:50 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On my machine there's an empty PostSession script: > > # cat /etc/gdm3/PostSession/Default > #!/bin/sh > > exit 0 > > I don't think that the greeter has to do with the shutdown beep, but I > anyway would test it: > > # cat /etc/gdm3/gre

Re: (Solved) Re: Disabling GNOME loud beep at shutting down

On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:44:36 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 08 iul 11, 15:44:50, Camaleón wrote: >> I finally could solved it by reducing the "beep" volume level from >> gnome volume control applet so it seems coming from here (if I mute the >> "beep" I hear nothing at all but that's not w

Re: Kernel Config file for Debian Squeeze Install Disc

On 2011-07-08 22:41 +0200, Tech Geek wrote: >> It should be available at /boot/config-`uname -r` > That would be true after the system installation finishes. What I am > looking for is the config file for the kernel runs the installation > process. For some reasons I suspect that there might be so

Re: alternative to kaffeine?

On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:29:46 +0200, lee wrote: > Camaleón writes: (...) >> I don't know, I know mplayer is one of the most powerful media players >> out there (used as the default backend for many other players), other >> than that I can't tell :-) > > Yeah, and it's hard to figure out how to

Re: (Solved) Re: Disabling GNOME loud beep at shutting down

> > Forwarded Message > > From: Camaleón > > Subject: Re: (Solved) Re: Disabling GNOME loud beep at shutting down > > Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 11:22:46 + (UTC) > > > > On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:44:36 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > On Vi, 08 iul 11, 15:44:50, Camaleón wrot

Re: Two Sound Cards, I hope.

On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:22:27 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > I have a Dell Optiplex with the on-board sound chip set which works fine > but I wanted to also use an AWE64 Gold as a second sound device. The > AWE64 stole the show when I plugged it in to the mother board and the > on-board sound dev

Re: help ! nvidia driver and X

David Jardine writes: > On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 10:55:00PM +0200, lee wrote: >> David Jardine writes: >> >> > I have version 275.09.07 in wheezy running fine - although I think I >> > did have to remove some mesa-related packages that broke things on an >> > update a few days ago. >> >> You

Re: (Solved) Re: Disabling GNOME loud beep at shutting down

On Sat, 2011-07-09 at 13:48 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > Forwarded Message > > > From: Camaleón > > > Subject: Re: (Solved) Re: Disabling GNOME loud beep at shutting down > > > Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 11:22:46 + (UTC) > > > > > > On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:44:36 +0300, Andrei P

Re: Debian-6 booting on old host.

Thank You for Your time and answer, Andrei: >It doesn't matter, just make sure you use the text mode, not graphical >mode. How to do that? From the menu of a DVD there is just an option - "rescue mode" then it load in some graphical mode, though output is text only - but that's another mode from

Re: Networking -- use of two Internet connections for one server with round robin DNS -- web okay, but should I do mail this way too?

Hi, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 08:33:23 +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote: (...) What I am thinking of doing is making the two MX records both at the same level number, 10, and having that do round robin as well (again, just the one mail server, accessible via both connections). Does an

Re: (Solved) Re: Disabling GNOME loud beep at shutting down

On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:16:21 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: (...) >> > > > Hack gdm? :p >> > > >> > > Ha! :-) >> > > >> > > But this is indeed something coming from GMD (or from the GNOME >> > > side) because I get no beep when I fall into "init 1" and run from >> > > there "shutdown -r now". >> >

Re: Looking for an alternative to mysql

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 08/07/2011 22:40, Nuno Magalhães a écrit : Upgrading database engine *IS* a complicated and highly risky task, regardless of the engine. And this task can't be done automatically, highly depending of what you do with your datadases. In production

Re: Looking for an alternative to mysql

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 08/07/2011 22:40, Nuno Magalhães a écrit : > I must say i had a big trouble upgrading mysql last time i ran > aptitude safe-upgrade; it just wouldn't upgrade since it couldn't > shutdown the server (it wasn't even running anymore). Upgrading databa

Re: Debian with HP ProLiant DL120 G7

On Jul 8, 2011 8:14 PM, "Stan Hoeppner" wrote: > > HP has many Proliant models with the "G7" suffix, and they all have > different chipsets under the hood. So this statement is totally > unhelpful to the OP. > > Think "Civic EX", "Accord EX", etc. > Yes, that's why we weren't comparing g7's (ge

Re: Restarting network

On Sat 09 Jul 2011 at 12:20:36 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 08 iul 11, 19:25:59, Brian wrote: > > > > Booting is quicker with DHCP (especially if dhclient times out) than > > with auto. > > Could you please expand on this? I don't understand what you mean. As a matter of observation I

Re: alternative to kaffeine?

Camaleón writes: > On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:29:46 +0200, lee wrote: > >> Yeah, and it's hard to figure out how to do what you want with it. I >> always used it for watching because it supports vdpau and had kaffeine >> for recording only. > > (...) > > Yep, it's what I consider a jack-of-all-trade

Re: alternative to kaffeine?

On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:54:29 +0200, lee wrote: > Camaleón writes: (...) >> But now that I know it was not a dream¹, you can reconsider VideoLAN. >> Yes, it should be able to handle DVB-T² cards ;-) >> >> ¹http://wiki.videolan.org/Hardware_Compatibility_list >> ²http://wiki.videolan.org/How_to_

Re: Networking -- use of two Internet connections for one server with round robin DNS -- web okay, but should I do mail this way too?

Andrew McGlashan writes: > Can rDNS lookups for different IPs return the same result such as > "mail.example.com" or must each IP have it's own unique PTR record > name? Apparently they can, though I don't like the idea. For outgoing email, you need to make sure that the hostname given in [E]HLO

Re: Networking -- use of two Internet connections for one server with round robin DNS -- web okay, but should I do mail this way too?

On 09/07/11 18:15, lee wrote: > Andrew McGlashan writes: > >> Can rDNS lookups for different IPs return the same result such as >> "mail.example.com" or must each IP have it's own unique PTR record >> name? > > Apparently they can, though I don't like the idea. For outgoing email, > you need to

Re: Networking -- use of two Internet connections for one server with round robin DNS -- web okay, but should I do mail this way too?

Erwan David writes: > On 09/07/11 18:15, lee wrote: >> Andrew McGlashan writes: >> >>> Can rDNS lookups for different IPs return the same result such as >>> "mail.example.com" or must each IP have it's own unique PTR record >>> name? >> >> Apparently they can, though I don't like the idea. For

Re: Looking for an alternative to mysql

D G Teed wrote: Sorry, but your question seemed naive and still seems so. I was actually hoping to hear my understanding of your concern was wrong. There are thousands of web sites, big and small, using mysql and postgresql. They all have bugs, just as any Linux or another other OS we choo

Re: alternative to kaffeine?

lee wrote: Hi, is there a good alternative to kaffeine? Since I ran dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config and dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig, kaffeine only shows a black window. It seems to be still working, just I can't do much with it because the window is blacked out. So far, I've tried mythtv,

Re: Networking -- use of two Internet connections for one server with round robin DNS -- web okay, but should I do mail this way too?

Erwan David writes: > My mail server is behind a NAT gateway in IPv4, and directly connects > in IPv6. What shoud I configure it for HELO : the name of the NAT > gateway (for IPv4) or its own name (IPv6 only from outside) ? When your IPv6 SMTP server connects to another IPv6 SMTP server over IPv6

Re: alternative to kaffeine?

lee wrote: Hi, is there a good alternative to kaffeine? Since I ran dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config and dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig, kaffeine only shows a black window. It seems to be still working, just I can't do much with it because the window is blacked out. So far, I've tried mythtv,

Re: Snd-hda-intel Problems

> On Vi, 08 iul 11, 11:47:16, David Baron wrote: > > Running latest 2.6.39 32-bit kernel from Sid, the on-board sound only > > plays in mono. > > > > > > > > Moving the balance control on xmms can only get sound to one side and has > > a wierd effect on the pcm level control. > > > Is that

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #1312

On Friday 06 Tamuz 5771 14:15:08 debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > > > Running latest 2.6.39 32-bit kernel from Sid, the on-board sound only > > > plays in mono. > > Are you using the kernel's ALSA or are there ALSA packages installed? > I believe I am using the kernel's modu

Re: Networking -- use of two Internet connections for one server with round robin DNS -- web okay, but should I do mail this way too?

On 09/07/11 19:00, lee wrote: > Erwan David writes: > >> On 09/07/11 18:15, lee wrote: >>> Andrew McGlashan writes: >>> Can rDNS lookups for different IPs return the same result such as "mail.example.com" or must each IP have it's own unique PTR record name? >>> >>> Apparently the

Re: Looking for an alternative to mysql

On 07/08/2011 06:04 PM, John Hasler wrote: > Wayne writes: >> I am not in the habit of installing packages that known to not work. > > If the package was known not to work the bug would be "grave". > Thanks John. That made me try again, but a bit

Re: Networking -- use of two Internet connections for one server with round robin DNS -- web okay, but should I do mail this way too?

On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:00:42 +0200 lee wrote: > Erwan David writes: > > > On 09/07/11 18:15, lee wrote: > >> > >> Apparently they can, though I don't like the idea. For outgoing > >> email, you need to make sure that the hostname given in [E]HLO > >> statements and the IP address of the host c

Does IPv6 preclude use of a NAT gateway?

I just saw another question about IPv4 and NAT and IPv6, and that prompts this question: When I switch to IPv6, will I lose the ability to keep my computers behind a NAT gateway? It's probably not the best thing, but I depend on the NAT gateway for a lot of my security--with IPv6, will I still

Re: Looking for an alternative to mysql

Don't forget to check the version of package "libmysqlclient16". -- Best regards, Jörg-Volker. -- 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/ivagep$ue3$1...@dough.g

What is the future for Debian on (Android) tablets?

A friend is looking into tablets, and one of the main drawbacks we've found for Android based tables is that there is no scheduled support timeline - i.e. an Android 2.1 tablet isn't necessarily upgradeable to 3.0 if Google or the manufacturer (not sure of logistics here but assuming it's one or bo

Re: Networking -- use of two Internet connections for one server with round robin DNS -- web okay, but should I do mail this way too?

Erwan David writes: > On 09/07/11 19:00, lee wrote: >>> My mail server is behind a NAT gateway in IPv4, and directly connects in >>> IPv6. What shoud I configure it for HELO : the name of the NAT gateway >>> (for IPv4) or its own name (IPv6 only from outside) ? >> >> Hm. Can you send me an emai

Re: Does IPv6 preclude use of a NAT gateway?

On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 05:14:21PM -0400, Randy Kramer wrote: It's probably not the best thing, but I depend on the NAT gateway for a lot of my security--with IPv6, will I still be able to do that? Then you lose. Until now there is no support for NAT in IPv6. Your only choice is to use private

Re: What is the future for Debian on (Android) tablets?

Op Sat, 9 Jul 2011 14:25:42 -0700 Mark schreef: > A friend is looking into tablets, and one of the main drawbacks we've > found for Android based tables is that there is no scheduled support > timeline - i.e. an Android 2.1 tablet isn't necessarily upgradeable > to 3.0 if Google or the manufactur

Re: What is the future for Debian on (Android) tablets?

Have you looked at the Maemo distribution? It came out for the Nokia Nseries tablets (n770/800/810/900), and is Debian-based. I have (briefly) started looking at whether this supports tablets. Since it was designed for (smaller) tablets, hopefully, it will work on the larger tablets. My problem wi

Re: What is the future for Debian on (Android) tablets?

On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 07:26:44PM -0400, Brad Alexander wrote: > My problem with tablets (aside from the android dillution), is the cost. For > the cost of a tablet, you could get a pretty nice laptop, which seems more > cost effective. False comparison. A tablet isn't used for the same things o

Re: Networking -- use of two Internet connections for one server with round robin DNS -- web okay, but should I do mail this way too?

Joe writes: > On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:00:42 +0200 > lee wrote: > >> Erwan David writes: >> >> > On 09/07/11 18:15, lee wrote: >> > This kind of check is useless and makes loose too many legit emails. >> >> The rDNS check is very useful because it keeps out tons of SPAM >> without occupying too

Re: New labelprinting machines

Chen Zong writes: > This is the alternate plain text So what? -- html messages are obsolete -- 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/87r55zau9p@yun.ya

Issues using Wine

Hi, sorry for the cross-posting, but on this list might be more people experienced using Wine. It's said that this Editor should run under Wine. This http://www.korg.com/Product.aspx?pd=415 can be used with apps like Ardour. The device is connected by USB MIDI. Forwarded Message

Re: Networking -- use of two Internet connections for one server with round robin DNS -- web okay, but should I do mail this way too?

Joe writes: > -Check that HELO resolves in public DNS either to a domain or an A > record, though not necessarily the same one as the sender PTR Oh well, it just occurred to me that this check seems pointless because people can configure their MTAs to supply anything they like as [E]HELO name.

Re: Does IPv6 preclude use of a NAT gateway?

Randy Kramer (rhkra...@gmail.com on 2011-07-09 17:14 -0400): > I just saw another question about IPv4 and NAT and IPv6, and that > prompts this question: > > When I switch to IPv6, will I lose the ability to keep my computers > behind a NAT gateway? Yes, and no. I know of no NAT implementation f

Re: Networking -- use of two Internet connections for one server with round robin DNS -- web okay, but should I do mail this way too?

On 7/9/2011 12:00 PM, lee wrote: > The rDNS check is very useful because it keeps out tons of SPAM without > occupying too many resources. It also seems to be common practise. Do > you have a better suggestion? Just checking for the existence of rDNS is no longer sufficiently effective against

Re: Does IPv6 preclude use of a NAT gateway?

On 07/09/11 at 05:14pm, Randy Kramer wrote: > I just saw another question about IPv4 and NAT and IPv6, and that > prompts this question: > > When I switch to IPv6, will I lose the ability to keep my computers > behind a NAT gateway? I've seen some talk about implementing address translation in

Re: Does IPv6 preclude use of a NAT gateway?

Liam writes: > The remote side will know your actual IP address... One of the 2^64 at your disposal. -- John Hasler -- 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/8

Re: Does IPv6 preclude use of a NAT gateway?

On 07/09/11 at 09:47pm, John Hasler wrote: > Liam writes: > > The remote side will know your actual IP address... > > One of the 2^64 at your disposal. Or more. The IETF recommendation is, generally, a /48 (so you can have subnets. you can subnet below /64 but then SLAAC won't work). Also, chang

gnome-mplayer does not play videos in the correct aspect ratio

When I try to watch a video it does not cover the entire screen. Sometimes it is a small box playing in the center when it is full screen other times there are large chunks of black space on both sides of the monitor.

Re: gnome-mplayer does not play videos in the correct aspect ratio

On 07/09/11 at 11:32pm, Eden wrote: > When I try to watch a video it does not cover the entire screen. Sometimes > it is a small box playing in the center when it is full screen other times > there are large chunks of black space on both sides of the monitor. Try the files directly with mplayer on

Re: gnome-mplayer does not play videos in the correct aspect ratio

On 09/07/11 11:32 PM, Eden wrote: When I try to watch a video it does not cover the entire screen. Sometimes it is a small box playing in the center when it is full screen other times there are large chunks of black space on both sides of the monitor. Try changing the Video Output. From comman

Apt says it's okay to remove chromium, but I use it

I wanted to install unzip, unrar, and bzip2 and found out I already have those packages installed. During the console output, I get this notification from apt: root@john:/home/john# apt-get install unrar unzip bzip2 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information..

Re: Apt says it's okay to remove chromium, but I use it

On 07/10/11 at 12:10am, John Mollman wrote: [...] > So when I run "apt-get autoremove" it removes chromium (or > chromium-browser, I think they changed the name of the package in > wheezy, possibly). I use that as my browser, so I don't know why apt > would be telling me. Is there a way I can lock

Re: Apt says it's okay to remove chromium, but I use it

On 10/07/11 12:40 AM, William Hopkins wrote: `apt-get install chromium` will mark it as manually installed. On squeeze: chromium - transitional dummy package for chromium-bsu On wheezy onwards, I take it, chromium points to the browser. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@list

More Information and help available?

Hi How would you like $3,222 / 2000 GBP / 2218 EURO for every property you see for sale worldwide on the web and in the streets of your town/city? Paid irrespective of property type, location or reason for sale to include fore.closures and repo's. No se.lling, paper-work, experience or train.

Re: Debian Squeeze got frozen

On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:08:06 +0700, Hoang Le wrote: >> What video card do you have and what driver do you use with it? > > Dear Juan, > > My video card is Radeon HD 3450. > I'm not sure what driver I'm using. How do I know that? > > I tried to install a proprietary driver from AMD's site in my