Re: Tool to monitor system downtimes?

Franck Joncourt wrote: On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 02:37:30PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Joerg Lange wrote: Hi all, is there a simple tool to monitor high system loads and outages in debian? For me, it would be completely sufficient if there would be a tool that samples every minute or every

samba q

Hi, I installed samba and apparently Debian automatically creates a share for the first user that is created. I created a share for a second user, but it never shows up on XP. This is the config: # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) # Date: 2007/06/28 11:13:46

Re: samba q

hy that doesn't show up in the config but it is in a list box under globals and security options and it always was "yes". That was set so with the dpkg-config at the beginning. Hugo On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 11:17 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I installed samba and apparently

Re: entering data into a pdf file

Brad Rogers wrote: On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:04:09 -0700 Andrew Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Andrew, I remember from my dad's experience at work, where he does this very act on an extremely regular basis, that you need the professional version of Adobe Acrobat in order to enter data into

[OT] google desktop on Debian

Hi, Google has a Debian version of its desktop: http://desktop.google.com/linux/download.html Installing it on my Sid box with fvwm windowmanager and iceweasel browser does exactly nothing: no messages, nothing. So I uninstalled it again. Did anybody try it? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: [OT] google desktop on Debian

David Baron wrote: On Wednesday 04 July 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Google has a Debian version of its desktop: http://desktop.google.com/linux/download.html Installing it on my Sid box with fvwm windowmanager and iceweasel browser does exactly nothing: no messages, nothing. So I uninstalled

[OT] best way to print webpage

Hi, There is this page: http://www.ssp.gob.mx/CFPWeb/portals/CFP.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=contenido3&nodePath=/BEA%20Repository/PF/Contenidos/Convocatoria/documentacion&titulo=DOCUMENTACI%C3%93N Most of the relevant info is hidden in a scroll bar, so just printing the page won't do. So I

Re: Kernel 2.6.18-4 issues

Jonathan Kaye wrote: Mike Robinson wrote: My system has been quite stable for the past year and half. I've recently upgraded the kernel from 2.6.12 to 2.6.18-4-k7. I'm running an AMD 64 Athlon 3200+ (yes with a 32-bit kernel). I attempted to install the modules for nVidia, IVTV, and LIRC. L

Re: [OT] best way to print webpage

Mathias Brodala wrote: Hi Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 06.07.2007 14:35: There is this page: http://www.ssp.gob.mx/CFPWeb/portals/CFP.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=contenido3&nodePath=/BEA%20Repository/PF/Contenidos/Convocatoria/documentacion&titulo=DOCUMENTACI%C3%93N Most of the rele

Re: [OT] best way to print webpage

Mathias Brodala wrote: Hi Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 06.07.2007 15:32: Mathias Brodala wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom, 06.07.2007 14:35: There is this page: http://www.ssp.gob.mx/CFPWeb/portals/CFP.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=contenido3&nodePath=/BEA%20Repository/PF/Contenidos/Conv

Re: nvidia-kernel package: compilation failure with 2.6.21

Jim McCloskey wrote: Hello. I did a recent install of Debian etch on a system with an nVidia graphics controller. I used module-assistant to install the nvidia kernel module, and under kernel 2.6.18 from the install, that all worked fine. A few days later, I upgraded to kernel package 2.6.18.2-

Re: tetex and texlive: changes in Debian?

Tyler Smith wrote: On 2007-07-06, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070706 14:21]: Tyler Smith wrote: On 2007-07-06, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you search the list you'll find several threads about people switching from tetex to texlive now, which

[OT] gob.mx = IE6 only!

Hi, I've got to tell this to somebody and you people are it. I couldn't believe my eyes when I found out... Tried to register at this site: http://www.trabajaen.gob.mx/servlet/CheckSecurity/JSP/jobsite_g/alta_usuarios_nuevos.jsp?estado=0 Complete registration will only work for Mexican nation

Re: [OT] gob.mx = IE6 only!

Octavio Alvarez wrote: On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:33:46 -0700, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tried to register at this site: http://www.trabajaen.gob.mx/servlet/CheckSecurity/JSP/jobsite_g/alta_usuarios_nuevos.jsp?estado=0 Complete registration will only work for M

Re: [OT] gob.mx = IE6 only!

Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 07:39:57 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Octavio Alvarez wrote: On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:33:46 -0700, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Tried to register at this site: http://www.trabajaen.gob.mx/servlet/CheckSecurity/JSP/jobsite_g/alta_usuarios_nuevos.jsp

Re: [OT] gob.mx = IE6 only!

Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 07:33:46AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: When you hit any of the buttons in iceweasel, seamonkey or konqueror nothing happens! Neither with user-agent switcher! So I tried it with qemu and XP with IE6, works right away! What happens if

Opera is faster, but...

Hi, On an unrelated matter I installed Opera on Sid. It *is* faster than iceweasel. But because it hasn't got the ease of the adblock extension, that turns out to be a wash. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Qemu and existing windows partition

David Baron wrote: There is only one virtual machine that can do such a thing and that is Parallels and that on an Intel Mac. This is because both the Mac and Windows OS's have the same hardware installed. Not opensourse. VMs and Emulators (Qemu and VirtualBox are emulators) present their own

Re: Opera is faster, but...

tejas wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Firefox in Windows is faster than Iceweasel/Firefox in Debian and Ubuntu. Firefox in Windows is faster than Swiftfox in Debian/Ubuntu. Firefox in Zenwalk is faster than Iceweasel/Firefox/Swiftfox in Debian.(may be it is because of Zenwal

Re: Opera is faster, but...

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: tejas wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Firefox in Windows is faster than Iceweasel/Firefox in Debian and Ubuntu. Firefox in Windows is faster than Swiftfox in Debian/Ubuntu. Firefox in Zenwalk is faster than Iceweasel/Firefox/Swiftfox in Debian.(may

Re: Opera is faster, but...

Paul Johnson wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote in Article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: On an unrelated matter I installed Opera on Sid. It *is* faster than iceweasel. But because it hasn't got the ease of the adblock extension, that turns out to be a wash.

Re: lists down? or did I get dropped?

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: I haven't seen mail from the list in over 6 hours despite lists.d.o/d-u showing many mails in the archive. My last one was about 18:08 pacific, US, or 01:08 UTC Friday the 13th. Anybody else? better cc me just in case. A Let's see... Friday the 13th!? That's

Re: USB bus fails to see devices

Haines Brown wrote: I've been able to use all my USB devices (camera, scanner, printer, bub, etc.), but at one point that I can't associate with any event, two devices (camera and scanner) are no longer seen by the USB bus. $ uname -a Linux teufel 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Wed May 9 23:03:12

Re: chkrootkit and rkhunter are too old ?

David Brodbeck wrote: On Jul 13, 2007, at 4:03 PM, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 11:57:44AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: * The exception is if tripwire or aid is used after booting from a read-only medium (such as a live CD) and uses checksums that are also retrieved

debconf output

Hi, Just did a Sid dist-upgrade. 533 packages, took 2 days on a dialup line. Appears the only causalty is klive: http://klive.cpushare.com/?order_by=kernel_group&where_machine=all&branch=ck&scheduler=all&smp=all&live=live&ip=all because twistd got upgraded to 2.5.0. I ran apt-get dist-upgrade

Re: debconf output

Mathias Brodala wrote: Hi Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 14.07.2007 23:19: I'd like to keep a record of what I told debconf for the packages that it asked configuration parameters for. What's the best way to extract that info? Just found this command by trial and error: debconf-get-

Re: debconf output

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Mathias Brodala wrote: Hi Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 14.07.2007 23:19: I'd like to keep a record of what I told debconf for the packages that it asked configuration parameters for. What's the best way to extract that info? Just found this command by trial

KLive: Linux Kernel Live Usage Monitor

Hi, http://klive.cpushare.com/ shows what kernels are online bu subscribers. Only few Debian kernels! From the explanation: ... KLive: Linux Kernel Live Usage Monitor During the 2005 Linux Kernel Developers Summit somebody raised the point that it's not clear how much testing each git/rc/pre k

Re: RAM puzzle

Manon Metten wrote: Hi Evgeni, On 7/16/07, *Evgeni Golov* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: > Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 kernel: > Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #

ppm type 6 to ppm type 3: debian logo's

Hi, When you install the debian logo package you get added boot logo's You can edit these with ImageMagick. But when you edit one of these with ImageMagick it generates a type 6 file (first line: P6) which the kernel compile does not recognize, it wants a P3 file. I could swear I once fixed

Re: ppm type 6 to ppm type 3: debian logo's

Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 15:59:12 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, When you install the debian logo package you get added boot logo's You can edit these with ImageMagick. But when you edit one of these with ImageMagick it generates a type 6 file (first line: P6)

Re: ppm type 6 to ppm type 3: debian logo's

Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 15:59:12 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, When you install the debian logo package you get added boot logo's You can edit these with ImageMagick. But when you edit one of these with ImageMagick it generates a type 6 file (first line: P6)

[OT] Interview with Con Kolivas on Linux failures

Hi, I don't really think this is OT, albeit not directly Debian related. Con Kolivas, the kernel hacker who authored a better scheduler, recently decided to quit. Loss for Linux (and Linus) Here's his reasoning. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: [OT] Interview with Con Kolivas on Linux failures

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I don't really think this is OT, albeit not directly Debian related. Con Kolivas, the kernel hacker who authored a better scheduler, recently decided to quit. Loss for Linux (and Linus) Here's his reasoning. http://apcmag.com/6735/interview_con_koliva

Re: [OT] Interview with Con Kolivas on Linux failures

Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/24/07 09:31, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I don't really think this is OT, albeit not directly Debian related. Con Kolivas, the kernel hacker who authored a better scheduler, recently decided to quit. Loss for Linux

Re: [OT] Interview with Con Kolivas on Linux failures

Cybe R. Wizard wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Hi, I don't really think this is OT, albeit not directly Debian related. Con Kolivas, the kernel hacker who authored a better scheduler, recently decided to quit. Loss for Linux (and Linus) Here's his reasoning.

Re: [OT] Interview with Con Kolivas on Linux failures

Kent West wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I don't really think this is OT, albeit not directly Debian related. Con Kolivas, the kernel hacker who authored a better scheduler, recently decided to quit. Loss for Linux (and Linus) Here's his reasonin

Re: Terminal clock (script)

Oleg Verych wrote: In case somebody will find it useful, i want share it. A script that shows updated time and some more info in terminal's status line. I've found this fun, when i use my desktop system. It's just text mode actually. I use X very rarely to read pdfs (that can't be pdftotext'ed) o

Re: [OT UPDATE] Interview with Con Kolivas on Linux failures

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I don't really think this is OT, albeit not directly Debian related. Con Kolivas, the kernel hacker who authored a better scheduler, recently decided to quit. Loss for Linux (and Linus) He now has become a "key developer": http://www.theinquirer.n

Re: USB scanner crashes VMware XP client

Steve Kleene wrote: I'm running a VMware Server 1.0.2 XP client on an Etch host. I'd like to use an Epson Perfection 2400 scanner from the XP client, but it crashes XP. a year ago I tried a USB Winmodem on VMware Server XP client and got nowhere. Researching at that time I found that VMw

Re: why do iceweasel et al have more frequent security issues?

John Hasler wrote: Doug writes: It seems that the mozilla-derived browsers have security issues requiring updates far more frequently than other browsers like Konqueror or links2. I'm curious as to why this is. Does anyone have any ideas? How many people are looking for holes in Konq or Li

Re: USB scanner crashes VMware XP client

Steve Kleene wrote: On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:22:06 -0400, I wrote: I'm running a VMware Server 1.0.2 XP client on an Etch host. I'd like to use an Epson Perfection 2400 scanner from the XP client, but it crashes XP. On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:57:16 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom replied: a

where is linux-2.6_2.6.22-2.diff.gz?

Hi Team, For quite a few days now the pages that display packages for linux-headers-2.6.22 (UNSTABLE) show http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.22-2.diff.gz as the patch file, but it does not exist, while linux-2.6_2.6.22-1.diff.gz does. Anybody notice that? Hugo

Re: lenny: getting non-free nvidia drivers issue

Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 05:23:26PM -0700, Alan Ianson wrote: On Sat July 28 2007 15:45, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: Difficulty with nvidia is the main reason that I'm sticking with Etch. Are you running an amd64 there? I have had no trouble on the amd64 with the nvid

poll: use of kernel schedulers?

Hi, I am curious, how many of you play with kernel schedulers that are not in mainline? To name just a few, there is CFS: http://www.linuxinsight.com/cfs-scheduler-to-appear-in-linux-kernel-2.6.23.html And there still is ck1 for 2.6.22 (and previous), but there will not be for 2.6.23 or beyo

Re: lenny: getting non-free nvidia drivers issue

Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 06:19:47AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Yes I'm running amd64. However, since I'm on slow dialup and the amd64 box is the only one with a CD burner and lots of drive space, it would be a major headache to have something happe

Re: poll: use of kernel schedulers?

Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 11:00:30PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 08:18:57AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I am currently running Debian's: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux debian 2.6.22-1-k7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 29 07:39:18 CDT 2007

Re: Download debs of installed packages

Rage Callao wrote: Hi, How do I download the .debs of packages already installed in my system without having to reinstall them first via apt? The command I'm using right now is: apt-get --yes --reinstall install `cat package_list.txt` where package_list.txt contains the package names per line

Re: where is linux-2.6_2.6.22-2.diff.gz?

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi Team, For quite a few days now the pages that display packages for linux-headers-2.6.22 (UNSTABLE) show http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.22-2.diff.gz as the patch file, but it does not exist, while linux-2.6_2.6.22-1.diff.gz does

Re: dumb question about Adobe Acrobat....

Mumia W.. wrote: On 07/29/2007 02:20 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: The next version of Evince, due this fall, will also support form filling. Can anyone point me to example of PDFs that have fillable forms? I just want to play with the various form-filling features in OO.o, Evince, pdftk and

Re: where is linux-2.6_2.6.22-2.diff.gz?

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi Team, For quite a few days now the pages that display packages for linux-headers-2.6.22 (UNSTABLE) show http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.22-2.diff.gz as the patch file, but it does not exist, while linux

Re: Start booting hard drive, from a CD

Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: * Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2007-08-03 On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 05:42:22PM +0530, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: I am unable to boot from my hard drive due to some problem. As a temporary solution, I want to make a CD, and use it to start booting the hard dri

Re: converting file system

Andrew J. Barr wrote: On 8/3/07, Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 02:35:09PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: So I doubt it. How you proceed depends on what mount point we're talking about. Hopefully, its not /. Anything else you can 'fix' by doing a ba

Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?

John Hasler wrote: Vincent Lefèvre writes: Just look at the subject of this thread. Threads drift. What is your better solution to the general problem of brokenness in Unstable? Brokenness in Unstable: 1. Research Bugs + google lists. 2. If you find a hit apply the fix. 3. If not, wait a wh

Re: login via GDM don't get desktop

Bob Middaugh wrote: Hi, I just installed the latest version. When I login via GDM, I just see the cursor and the background. I never get a "full" desktop. I installed from the minimal CD. Any ideas? I get that with fvwm when I have 'ModulePath' in its .fvwm2rc config file pointing to th

grub + USB disks

Hi, If I have 2 USB disks the order of them appearing may vary. I.e. one may be /dev/sda and the other /dev/sdb or the reverse. So I use disk LABEL to refer to the partitions. Grub allows for the LABEL statement in the kernel statement. But what about Grub's root statement? I.e.'root=(hdx,y)

grub2 experience?

Hi, Anybody install grub2? Did it go OK? Did you change grub.cfg? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Recomendations - becoming a C soldier.

Orestes leal wrote: Hi folks, 2 weeks ago I began to learn C, my advances are very good, my question it's that, The topic sounds funny but it's mostly serious, QUESTION: Studying C 'every day' 4 hours with good understanding, writing at least 10 programs to test this knowledge every day, the qu

Re: Iceweasel file associations

Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 10:14:20PM +, Steven wrote: How can I change this behavior to "Just show me the $#%*'in file as plain text in a browser tab"? This was discussed just recently on this list. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/08/msg00097.html And whe

grub: avoiding device references

Hi, So I was concerned with avoiding the knowledge of *what* device is needed in grub commands. Like 'root (hd2,2)' you have to know that what you want is on device '2'. Or 'kernel root=/dev/sdc' you have to know that the root is on /dev/sdc. I changed the latest Sid legacy grub 0.97-29, a b

Re: place for script

Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Hi! I need to run manually the following script each time I boot the system: #!/bin/sh #switchs the Xvideo output to the correct CRT display xvattr -a XV_SWITCHCRT -v 1 fi I would like to put it in a place in order to be automatically executed at boot time. Where is

Re: SCSI device detection order

Paul Johnson wrote: I have a Firewire external hard drive, and recently with the upgrade to linux-image-2.6.22, my firewire block device has been detecting as sda instead of sdc, causing my machine to hang at boot if it is turned on. What can be done to resolve the detection order? This is e

Re: hardware temp and gkrellm

Adam Hardy wrote: I set up etch on a new pc and gkrellm can't find any CPU or mobo monitors for temperature monitoring. My other older system uses mbmon and hdmon. Is this out of date now? When I start mbmon on the new box it complains: Starting motherboard sensor monitoring daemon: No Hardwa

Re: hardware temp and gkrellm

Adam Hardy wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom on 21/08/07 14:35, wrote: Adam Hardy wrote: I set up etch on a new pc and gkrellm can't find any CPU or mobo monitors for temperature monitoring. My other older system uses mbmon and hdmon. Is this out of date now? When I start mbmon on the new b

Re: harddisc errors

Joris Huizer wrote: Hello, I'm wondering whether something is wrong with my hardware. I'm attaching an dmesg output I stored. For a few days sound output has disappeared. That started as I enabled tmpfs support in the kernel, which also enabled the user-mode udev program to run. However, booti

Re: Iceweasel not a fully supported browser for Gmail?

Andrew J. Barr wrote: On 8/21/07, Bipin Babu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrew thanks...something I also try to do...but fail.RTFM. I would definitely. Well, my point was that even if you did RTFM you wouldn't know this. It's not documented anywhere except the inordinate number of times it

Re: harddisc errors

Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joris Huizer wrote: --- "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Alright, a small update here. I booted in rescue mode and did the `e2fsck -f -c -c` on the root partition. It seems to fix something (giving a

Re: big brother yahoo

Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Richard Lyons wrote: It is amusing -- or not, depending on your viewpoint -- that clicking on a video clip at yahoo.com from a standard etch install is met with a page of error messages, starting: We have checked your operating system: It does not meet our

konsole + system bell

Hi, Running up to date Sid. I run fvwm as window manager but have konsole installed. And since ages the system bell does *not* bell. Do you people's konsole system bell bell? Thanks! Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

Re: konsole + system bell

Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 10:34:56PM +0900, Takehiko Abe wrote: Do you get a bell in a text console? IIRC, there is no longer a beep module in the kernel. I do. The module is pcspkr.ko. Must have been something in Sarge. You're right, I've got a beep again with echo

Re: konsole + system bell

Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 10:42:55AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Aha! I do 'echo -e "\a"' in konsole and get nothing! Beeps in VT. And lsmod shows pcspkr loaded. Now what? Do you have any other x-terminal-emulator installed? I tried in

Re: konsole + system bell

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 10:42:55AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Aha! I do 'echo -e "\a"' in konsole and get nothing! Beeps in VT. And lsmod shows pcspkr loaded. Now what? It's gxset. Shows the same as xset

Re: konsole + system bell

Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 12:48:41PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > Unfortunatly for you, the computer that I'm directly attached to me is on the floor below (monitor, keyboard, and mouse cables run through the floor) so I can only hear

Re: hdparm configuration help

Joris Huizer wrote: Hello, After the recent udev + hdparm problems, I'm thinking of reconfiguring hdparm (hdparm currently is not configured, just reinstalled, so I'm assuming it's currently using default settings) This is the output of `hdparm -v -i /dev/hda`: /dev/hda: multcount= 0 (

Re: Editing a text file with sed

Joe Hart wrote: On Wednesday 29 August 2007 17:01:20 Adam W wrote: Single quotes go around the whole sed script unless you are using a separate sed script file. try sed 's/\n//' 1.txt > 2.txt - Adam On 8/29/07, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 15:17:46 +

Re: I LOVE DEBIAN!

Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 12:09:23 +0100, Rolando Pereira wrote: [ "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ] wrote [ pretending to be Bob Proulx ]: I love Debian so much that when I see the Debian boot screen my rocket takes off!! I wish I had a hamster powered rocket... I wish you had not s

hardware info

Hi, I thought I saw a reference to a tool that prints system hardware info in html format with the --html option. Now I can't find it. Anybody know? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: hardware info

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I thought I saw a reference to a tool that prints system hardware info in html format with the --html option. Now I can't find it. Anybody know? Hugo Thanks guys!!! lshw it is. I record everything I do and... this slipped through the cracks :-( Hugo

/etc/grub.conf + /boot/grub/menu.lst

Hi, Anybody understand the relation between these 2? Mondo insists on /etc/grub.conf and that is what you get to edit on a restore from CD. But it seems that Debian only uses /boot/grub/menu.lst and that is what update-grub updates. Anybody? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: /etc/grub.conf + /boot/grub/menu.lst

应富鸣 wrote: I saw /etc/grub.conf once (maybe under Ubuntu). It seems that /etc/grub.conf is just a link of /boot/grub/menu.lst or /boot/grub/grub.conf. But if you make it a link you get an infinite loop when using the mondo restore CD: it has to be a regular file. On 9/2/07, Hugo

Re: Failing to use Linux PC as router

Hans Vogelsberger wrote: Some weeks ago I bought an AMD64 X2 which now I must connect to the internet, using my old Pentium 4 as router to the dynamic address I receive from my cable provider whenever I boot. Having used Testing since it came up in Potato times, I never needed and never acquired

strange email link

Hi, I am trying to contact county officials in Lewis and Clark County MT, USA. They have a page: http://www.co.lewis-clark.mt.us/index.php?id=30 But the email links don't work. They expand to such: javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto('nbjmup+qefibsuAdp/mfxjt.dmbsl/nu/vt'); I suspect that this is

Re: strange email link

Mathias Brodala wrote: Hello Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 14.11.2006 17:14: They have a page: http://www.co.lewis-clark.mt.us/index.php?id=30 But the email links don't work. They expand to such: javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto('nbjmup+qefibsuAdp/mfxjt.dmbsl/nu/vt'); I see, stu

Re: strange email link

Mathias Brodala wrote: Hello Hugo. Hugo Vanwoerkom, 14.11.2006 17:42: Mathias Brodala wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom, 14.11.2006 17:14: They have a page: http://www.co.lewis-clark.mt.us/index.php?id=30 But the email links don't work. They expand to such: javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto(&#

Re: strange email link

Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I am trying to contact county officials in Lewis and Clark County MT, USA. They have a page: http://www.co.lewis-clark.mt.us/index.php?id=30 They should be asked to change their pages, allowing anyone to obtain their information. I

Re: Broken MBR

John Graves wrote: I needed more room so I reduced the size of an unused Windows/NTFS partition and increased the Linux ext3 partition using QParted. This broke the MBR so when I boot, I get a string of 9's and nothing else happens. How can I restore the MBR? I was using lilo if that makes a

Re: Cannot run X

Sam Rosenfeld wrote: I recently replaced the Linux 2.4-27 kernel with a 2.6-8. Now I cannot get my system to run X (and incidentally my mouse). To run X I am using a very simple "startx", which calls XFree86, which, in turn, relies on XF86Config-4. The config file is the same file I have used f

Re: strange email link

Marc Shapiro wrote: Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I am trying to contact county officials in Lewis and Clark County MT, USA. They have a page: http://www.co.lewis-clark.mt.us/index.php?id=30 They should be asked to change their pages, allowing anyone to obtain their

Re: strange email link

MAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hugo Vanwoerkom Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:05 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: strange email link Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I am trying to contact county officials in Lewis and Clark County MT, USA. They have a page:

Re: Printer hassle

George Langford wrote: My Epson Stylus Photo 870 printer started misbehaving ... but only when connected to my debian (Sarge) PC. Plugged into a Win98SE PC it worked fine. George Langford [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't know George: still holding onto HP Deskjet Plus I bought 16 years ago fo

Re: [Fwd: dvd+rw-tools inconsistency??]

steef wrote: H.S. wrote: steef wrote: in one of two new tests *directly after* my first message burning a dvd of 4,4 Gb succeeded without a problem, the second -ceteris paribus- went wrong. so the behoviour of the kernel or dvd+rw-tools or something else ?? seems unpredictable. maybe it i

Re: Laptop choice?

Marc Shapiro wrote: For those who have already finished their turkey, or reside outside the US and don't celebrate Thanksgiving, or for whatever reason are actually reading debian-user today... I finally have some spare cash and so am looking to replace my aged IBM Thinkpad 390. All the sale

Re: Help: Developing Free Debian Trainings

Maarten Verwijs wrote: Hello! I'd like to announce a new project in order to gain world domination for Debian. It's my little pet project and I call it "The Tipii Project" [1]. The short term goal of the Tipii Project is to train people in the use of Debian GNU/Linux. The long term goal is to

Re: Reportbug - Does it work?

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 08:41:47PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: My /var/log/emim4/mainlog shows 2 messages sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11-20 and accepted my my ISP's mail server. The one mentioned in this thread and one on crom. Strange. You may want to contact your ISP

Change in mondo behavior

Hi, With the version that is currently in Etch + Sid (2.20-1) there is a change in behavior from previous versions. The mountlist will be what is marked as auto in fstab. I found this out through the extremely fast response by Debian Maintainer Andree Leidenfrost to Bug#400024. That makes

Re: Change in mondo behavior

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, With the version that is currently in Etch + Sid (2.20-1) there is a change in behavior from previous versions. The mountlist will be what is marked as auto in fstab. I found this out through the extremely fast response by Debian Maintainer Andree Leidenfrost to

gdm behavior change

Hi, With the upgrade of gdm to 2.16.1-1 in Etch and Sid there is a change in behavior from previous versions: If you have more than one server starting they *used to* start with a slight delay, i.e. no all together. That is no longer true. I no longer notice a time lag. I preferred the old

Re: How can I verify hardware compatibility?

Grok Mogger wrote: I'm planning on buying components individually and piecing together a computer. I'd like to install Debian Linux on it. I'm not buying any of the latest and greatest stuff, and the hardware I have picked out is pretty standard fare, nothing too fancy. So I'm pretty sure eve

Re: xmms alternative, please comment

Steve Kemp wrote: On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 07:32:28PM +0100, LeVA wrote: I'm searching for an xmms alternative which can use a multimedia keyboard's extra keys. (Now I am using xmms + itouch plugin) ps.: please cc me You don't need to switch player to use the multimedia keys, simply use s

Konsole - no sound

Hi, In Sid I have never gotten sound out of Konsole. Of the Bell settings only visible bell works. Sounds is OK in xterm. Alsa works fine. I run Konsole out of fvwm, not KDE, so I have no kde controls, that I know of. A long time ago in Sarge the sound used to work. Suggestions? Hugo -

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