Re: "su" - timeout for dbus/system_bus_socket if $DISPLAY set but unreachable

2013-03-16 Thread Sven Uhlig
On 16.03.2013 05:45, Bob Proulx wrote: >> The problem is that "su" takes 25 seconds before it succeeds. > > That sounds like a DNS timeout. If you do a dns lookup of your > systems hostname does it respond? # nslookup localhost Name: localhost Address: 127.0.0.1 # nslookup 127.0.0.1 1.0.0.127.

Re: VPN Connections

2013-03-16 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 15 Mar 2013, Verde Denim wrote: > Am I correct in assuming that in order to setup a vpn connection on > wheezy i need to install vpnc (or open-connect) ? > > -- > Regards > > Jack I've posted an account of my own experience setting up a tunnel in Debian to a vpn server in linux at http://www

Wheezy issue with broadcom 5720 nic on new dell PowerEdge R720

2013-03-16 Thread Casper Langemeijer
Hi List, I've run into an issue trying to install a new PowerEdge R720 server that arrived this week. It is equipped with a broadcom 5720 quad port network interface daughter card. I installed wheezy on it. No problems! The network interface works, and does not require any non-free firmware.

using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread berenger . morel
Hello. I am trying to use my microphone (with skype and mumble) but was not able to make it working. I tried all entries in the fields to select input, but no results every time. I have removed the mute in alsamixer and the micro works correctly. I mean, if I speak in it, I can hear my own voi

Re: SSDT - Any more ideas??

2013-03-16 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 15 Mar 2013, Erwan David wrote: > It seems SSDT is a BIOS thing dealing with power management... Why > incriminate Debian when you get same error in booting windows ? SSDT is a "suplementary" ACPI methods table. As long as everything works fine, your laptop might just have a DSDT (the "pr

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 14:47 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > but there is an echo for a reason I do not know It seemingly is latency. You speak into the mic and what you hear has some delay compared with your "real" voice? That has to do with the buffering of audio and depends to the

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.03.2013 15:41, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 14:47 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: but there is an echo for a reason I do not know It seemingly is latency. You speak into the mic and what you hear has some delay compared with your "real" voice? That has to do

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Gary Dale
On 16/03/13 09:47 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Hello. I am trying to use my microphone (with skype and mumble) but was not able to make it working. I tried all entries in the fields to select input, but no results every time. I have removed the mute in alsamixer and the micro works

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread berenger . morel
I think this message may lack informations, but I have no idea about what I can give except those one... OK, so you've established that your microphone is working. You don't normally want to hear your voice back when you speak into it, so mute the microphone output (but not the input). You shou

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
lspci -v | grep -i "mic" may help. --- jude Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 15:54 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 14:47 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org > > wrote: > >> but there is an echo for a reason I do not know > no, there is no latency at all, I just hear my voice amplified. Then echo does mean you

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 16:14 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > >> I think this message may lack informations, but I have no idea about > >> what I can give except those one... > >> > > OK, so you've established that your microphone is working. You don't > > normally want to hear your vo

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.03.2013 16:17, Jude DaShiell a écrit : lspci -v | grep -i "mic" may help. --- jude Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers? I think the line you want is this one: 00:14.2 Audio de

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.03.2013 16:15, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 15:54 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 14:47 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org > wrote: >> but there is an echo for a reason I do not know no, there is no latency at all, I just hear my

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.03.2013 16:18, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 16:14 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >> I think this message may lack informations, but I have no idea about >> what I can give except those one... >> > OK, so you've established that your microphone is working. Yo

Re: SSDT - Any more ideas??

2013-03-16 Thread Mark Neidorff
> Dear list - > > When I boot my Debian [6.0.1] I receive a message "SSDT not found." > How do I fix it? > > Thanks. > > Ethan > > Did you check the media that you booted from and make sure that it > passedthe MD5SUM or other test? > > > I bought this lap

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Erwan David
Le 16/03/2013 16:23, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : Le 16.03.2013 16:18, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 16:14 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >> I think this message may lack informations, but I have no idea about >> what I can give except those one... >> >

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 16:23 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > Le 16.03.2013 16:18, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : > > On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 16:14 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org > > wrote: > >> >> I think this message may lack informations, but I have no idea > >> about > >> >> what I

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.03.2013 16:28, Erwan David a écrit : Le 16/03/2013 16:23, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : Le 16.03.2013 16:18, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 16:14 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >> I think this message may lack informations, but I have no idea abou

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Gary Dale
On 16/03/13 09:47 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Hello. I am trying to use my microphone (with skype and mumble) but was not able to make it working. I tried all entries in the fields to select input, but no results every time. I have removed the mute in alsamixer and the micro works

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.03.2013 16:31, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 16:23 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.03.2013 16:18, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : > On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 16:14 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org > wrote: >> >> I think this message may lack informations, but I h

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.03.2013 16:38, Gary Dale a écrit : On 16/03/13 09:47 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Hello. I am trying to use my microphone (with skype and mumble) but was not able to make it working. I tried all entries in the fields to select input, but no results every time. I have remov

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 11:38 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > All you need to do is test the various possible > microphone devices listed in the Skype Sound Device microphone options > until you find one that works. You don't need to understand what they > mean. Just try them. One of them will work. My

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.03.2013 16:48, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 11:38 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: All you need to do is test the various possible microphone devices listed in the Skype Sound Device microphone options until you find one that works. You don't need to understand what they mean.

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Gary Dale
On 16/03/13 11:43 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.03.2013 16:38, Gary Dale a écrit : On 16/03/13 09:47 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Hello. I am trying to use my microphone (with skype and mumble) but was not able to make it working. I tried all entries in the fiel

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Gary Dale
On 16/03/13 11:48 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 11:38 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: All you need to do is test the various possible microphone devices listed in the Skype Sound Device microphone options until you find one that works. You don't need to understand what they mean. Just tr

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.03.2013 17:01, Gary Dale a écrit : On 16/03/13 11:43 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.03.2013 16:38, Gary Dale a écrit : On 16/03/13 09:47 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Hello. I am trying to use my microphone (with skype and mumble) but was not able to make i

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Gary Dale
On 16/03/13 12:25 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.03.2013 17:01, Gary Dale a écrit : On 16/03/13 11:43 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.03.2013 16:38, Gary Dale a écrit : On 16/03/13 09:47 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Hello. I am trying to use my mi

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 16/03/13 17:31, Gary Dale wrote: > On 16/03/13 12:25 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >> Le 16.03.2013 17:01, Gary Dale a écrit : >>> On 16/03/13 11:43 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.03.2013 16:38, Gary Dale a écrit : > On 16/03/13 09:47 AM, berenger.mo

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.03.2013 18:31, Gary Dale a écrit : On 16/03/13 12:25 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.03.2013 17:01, Gary Dale a écrit : On 16/03/13 11:43 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.03.2013 16:38, Gary Dale a écrit : On 16/03/13 09:47 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Erwan David
Le 16/03/2013 18:34, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : Well, I could think that skype's package is wrong and have not set the dependency to pulseaudio, but it would be really strange that mumble suffer the same problem, no? But I'll try anyway... skype works for me without pulseaudio

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.03.2013 18:36, Erwan David a écrit : Le 16/03/2013 18:34, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : Well, I could think that skype's package is wrong and have not set the dependency to pulseaudio, but it would be really strange that mumble suffer the same problem, no? But I'll try anyw

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Erwan David
Le 16/03/2013 18:38, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : Le 16.03.2013 18:36, Erwan David a écrit : Le 16/03/2013 18:34, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : Well, I could think that skype's package is wrong and have not set the dependency to pulseaudio, but it would be really strange

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Doug
On 03/16/2013 09:47 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Hello. I am trying to use my microphone (with skype and mumble) but was not able to make it working. I tried all entries in the fields to select input, but no results every time. I have removed the mute in alsamixer and the micro wor

Re: Wheezy issue with broadcom 5720 nic on new dell PowerEdge R720

2013-03-16 Thread Brian
On Sat 16 Mar 2013 at 12:08:19 +0100, Casper Langemeijer wrote: [Snip] > From that moment on eth0 is not working anymore. I get these kernel > messages: > > [ 1796.583881] tg3 :01:00.0: eth0: transmit timed out, resetting A search with "tg3 transmit timed out resetting" turns up some possib

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Curt
On 2013-03-16, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > So... I wonder what is the problem... I tried all entries in input with > both skype and mumble, and could not had the mic working... My experience is that you must set the microphone as a capture device, just as you would do if you wish

Re: Chromium on Sid Very Slow

2013-03-16 Thread David Baron
On Friday 15 March 2013 17:34:22 Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:39 PM, David Baron wrote: > > This is supposed to be the fastest browser but not right now. > > > > > > > > Almost unusable. Rekonq and others do far better. > > What is slow? Page rendering? Tab/window opening?

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Erwan David wrote: Le 16/03/2013 18:34, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : Well, I could think that skype's package is wrong and have not set the dependency to pulseaudio, but it would be really strange that mumble suffer the same problem, no? But I'll try anyway... skype works for m

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Erwan David wrote: Le 16/03/2013 18:38, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : Le 16.03.2013 18:36, Erwan David a écrit : Le 16/03/2013 18:34, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : Well, I could think that skype's package is wrong and have not set the dependency to pulseaudio, but it wou

Re: SSDT - Any more ideas??

2013-03-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 16 March 2013 15:27:27 Mark Neidorff wrote: > >  I bought this laptop from eBay as a used unit. It had Windows XP loaded > > when received, and displayed the same problem..  I installed the Debian > > from official disks. > > > > We (the list) like "Good Questions (TM)".  Your first que

Re: Chromium on Sid Very Slow

2013-03-16 Thread Brian
On Sat 16 Mar 2013 at 20:33:05 +0200, David Baron wrote: > On Friday 15 March 2013 17:34:22 Kelly Clowers wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:39 PM, David Baron wrote: > > > This is supposed to be the fastest browser but not right now. > > > > > > > > > > > > Almost unusable. Rekonq and othe

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 13:48 -0400, Doug wrote: > Your NVidia card has a sound decoder that feeds the HDMI output. If it's > like mine, there is no other sound output connection on it. > In Linux, I have had little to no success using that output; in XP, the > NVidia driver will send the output to

Re: Wheezy amd64 XFCE how to burn Blu-Ray (BD-R )discs?

2013-03-16 Thread David Christensen
On 03/13/13 17:15, David Christensen wrote (edited) Okay. I've installed it (k3b) and have started a BD-R burn... Failed. Twice. Please see screenshot and "debugging output": http://holgerdanske.com/users/dpchrist/bug-reports/debian/wheezy/amd64/k3b/ David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Re: SSDT - Any more ideas??

2013-03-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi Ethan :) 1. In your position, I would follow the advice to reset the BIOS settings. 2. Can you run the Parted Magic live media? http://sourceforge.net/projects/partedmagic/files/partedmagic/ Or a similar light weight Linux live media? OT: On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 20:25 +, Lisi Reisz

Re: Wheezy amd64 XFCE how to burn Blu-Ray (BD-R )discs?

2013-03-16 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 14:32 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 03/13/13 17:15, David Christensen wrote (edited) > > Okay. I've installed it (k3b) and have started a BD-R burn... > > Failed. Twice. Please see screenshot and "debugging output": > > > http://holgerdanske.com/users/dpchrist/bug

Re: Wheezy amd64 XFCE how to burn Blu-Ray (BD-R )discs?

2013-03-16 Thread Gary Dale
On 14/03/13 05:45 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, being developer of libburn i would like to correct some technical statements made here. Gary Dale wrote: The difference between Blu-ray and DVD is that DVD is a super CD while Blu-ray is a super DVD-RAM. BD-RE are like DVD-RAM, indeed. But BD-R

Re: Wheezy amd64 XFCE how to burn Blu-Ray (BD-R )discs?

2013-03-16 Thread Gary Dale
On 16/03/13 06:38 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 14:32 -0700, David Christensen wrote: On 03/13/13 17:15, David Christensen wrote (edited) Okay. I've installed it (k3b) and have started a BD-R burn... Failed. Twice. Please see screenshot and "debugging output": http://holger

Re: Why the 64 bit ISA is better

2013-03-16 Thread Urs Thuermann
Stan Hoeppner writes: > Given the recent threads regarding 32 vs 64 bit I thought I'd take a > moment to present information often omitted in responses to these posts. > > [ some good explanations ] Another often underestimated bit is the new addressing mode relative to the instruction pointer

Re: "su" - timeout for dbus/system_bus_socket if $DISPLAY set but unreachable

2013-03-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Sven Uhlig wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > >> The problem is that "su" takes 25 seconds before it succeeds. > > > > That sounds like a DNS timeout. If you do a dns lookup of your > > systems hostname does it respond? > > # nslookup localhost > Name: localhost > Address: 127.0.0.1 > > # nslookup 1

Re: "su" - timeout for dbus/system_bus_socket if $DISPLAY set but unreachable

2013-03-16 Thread Clive Standbridge
> The reasons seems to be my setup of the system. > Debian runs in a VirtualBox environment, headless and w/o X server. > I use ssh to connect to the system. (putty) > I use X forwarding to run X applications on the system. > The variable $DISPLAY gets set to 10.0.2.2:0 after ssh auth. Sven, I'm

Re: Wheezy amd64 XFCE how to burn Blu-Ray (BD-R )discs?

2013-03-16 Thread David Christensen
On 03/16/13 15:38, Ralf Mardorf wrote: I don't know if it's important nowadays, but is the file just a little bit bigger than 2GB or much bigger? $ ls -l data/video/david-christensen/dpchrist-20070418-20070608-raw.avi -r-xr--r-- 2 dpchrist dpchrist 12867952640 Jun 13 2007 data/video/david-chr

Recommendations for Linux-friendly Blu-Ray writing drives?

2013-03-16 Thread David Christensen
On 03/16/13 16:05, Gary Dale wrote: I've had my own problems with Pioneer BD writers. I never got a 207 to work with Linux either. Moreover, they refuse to publish a firmware updater for anything but Windows. That could be what's causing your problem. If you have a Windows machine you can connect

Re: Recommendations for Linux-friendly Blu-Ray writing drives?

2013-03-16 Thread Gary Dale
On 16/03/13 11:18 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 03/16/13 16:05, Gary Dale wrote: I've had my own problems with Pioneer BD writers. I never got a 207 to work with Linux either. Moreover, they refuse to publish a firmware updater for anything but Windows. That could be what's causing your proble

Re: [POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: use a 3TB WD Mybook on old etch system kernel 2.6.18-6-486. parted 1.7.1 has bugs. can I use modern parted on other system and move over drive

2013-03-16 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 23:32 Fri 15 Mar , Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Should work... > > Looking at the code for 2.6.18.6 it does have support for > EFI partition scheme (GPT). > > To confirm if your kernel has support for it search > EFI_PARTITION in /proc/config.gz or /boot/config > to see if EFI partition is

Re: using microphone

2013-03-16 Thread Gary Dale
On 16/03/13 05:02 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2013-03-16 at 13:48 -0400, Doug wrote: Your NVidia card has a sound decoder that feeds the HDMI output. If it's like mine, there is no other sound output connection on it. In Linux, I have had little to no success using that output; in XP, the NV

Re: Recommendations for Linux-friendly Blu-Ray writing drives?

2013-03-16 Thread Gary Dale
On 16/03/13 11:25 PM, Gary Dale wrote: On 16/03/13 11:18 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 03/16/13 16:05, Gary Dale wrote: I've had my own problems with Pioneer BD writers. I never got a 207 to work with Linux either. Moreover, they refuse to publish a firmware updater for anything but Windows.

Re: SSDT - Any more ideas??

2013-03-16 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
On 03/16/2013 05:40 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: Hi Ethan :) 1. In your position, I would follow the advice to reset the BIOS settings. 2. Can you run the Parted Magic live media? http://sourceforge.net/projects/partedmagic/files/partedmagic/ Or a similar light weight Linux live media?

Re: SSDT - Any more ideas??

2013-03-16 Thread Ethan Rosenberg, PhD
On 03/16/2013 11:27 AM, Mark Neidorff wrote: Dear list - When I boot my Debian [6.0.1] I receive a message "SSDT not found." How do I fix it? Thanks. Ethan Did you check the media that you booted from and make sure that it passedthe MD5SUM or other t

Re: SSDT - Any more ideas??

2013-03-16 Thread Gary Dale
On 17/03/13 12:29 AM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: On 03/16/2013 11:27 AM, Mark Neidorff wrote: Dear list - When I boot my Debian [6.0.1] I receive a message "SSDT not found." How do I fix it? Thanks. Ethan Did you check the media that you booted f

external hard disk ntfs formatted not recognized.

2013-03-16 Thread L V Gandhi
my system is squeeze-amd64 I have my passport external hdd. It is initially recognised and then it is disconnected immediately. I got message as follows lvgandhi@lvghomepc:/var/log$ sudo tail messages Mar 17 11:32:34 lvghomepc kernel: [ 1255.536713] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD 3200BEV