Re: Random System Crashes

2007-10-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
odds are your power supply is on its way to the power supply cemetery. On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, Kelly Clowers wrote: On 10/2/07, Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lately (For the past month or so) I've been experiencing random system crashes.

Re: disks available

2007-10-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
dmesg | grep "hd" | wc -l untested. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg question

2007-10-04 Thread Jude DaShiell
What does it mean when you've got all of the questions answered by dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg refuses to create configuration files because pre-existing files were found? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: How to detect whether your machine is compromised?

2007-10-05 Thread Jude DaShiell
Use a debian rescue disk and use the find command on that rescue disk to locate directories without printable names. The ugu tips site recently featured a tip to rename these directories so they become printable. Don't trust the find or aqny other utility on a hard drive when doing this kind o

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg failed

2007-10-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
dpkg-reconfigure couldn't reconfigure xserver-xorg because /etc/x11/xorg.conf is being shared by something else on this system. what might be sharing it and how might that be cleared? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

script program surprise

2007-10-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
I went and ran script and ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg to catch the failure happening. I was wondering why the size of the file was 137K when I finished so had me an examine of the typescript file. There's loads of ansi garbage in the file. Is there a package I can use to filter all of

Re: How to detect whether your machine is compromised?

2007-10-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
A good password generator can help along with setting passwords to expire on a time schedule so the password generator has to get used. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Recommended MPLAYER config for old computers

2007-10-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
What can be put into .mplayer.conf to disable video entirely so just the sound track plays? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: script program surprise

2007-10-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
Thanks, that's right it's curses over here not readline. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xserver-xorg question

2007-10-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
It's actually dexconf having the problem writing a file claiming the default xserver isn't configured. I may have hardware debian doesn't know how to detect on its own and didn't specify it earlier. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: xserver-xorg question

2007-10-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
Script started on Sat 06 Oct 2007 10:02:59 AM EDT debian:~# dpkg-reconfigure -f readline xserver-xorg Configuring xserver-xorg You should choose this option if you would like to attempt to autodetect the recommended X server and driver module for your video card. If the

Re: lots of invalid email trying to come in

2007-10-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
It's time to join the procmail email list. You're being attacked by spam. If you had spamassassin properly installed you could save all of the invalid email to a probably-spam folder and use it to train your spam filter sa-learn --spam would do that but before I did that, I'd run sa-learn --ha

aptitude configuration question

2007-10-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
What can I put into the .aptituderc file to adjust aptitude so the recommended downloads and suggested downloads get downloaded with an aptitude dist-upgrade? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

dexconf failure bug 444006

2007-10-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
That bug that was mentioned on debian-user is what has struck over here too. The /etc/X11/xorg.conf file on this machine is empty and all backups likewise are empty that get made. I'll try vesa next time I run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and see if that helps any too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

the problem with rogue crackers

2007-10-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
Their "work" imposes opportunity costs on software development efforts. They by themselves don't have the ability to defend a statement like "fixing this security hole will be more economically beneficial to society than those features software development people were working on implementing".

X may be corrupted

2007-10-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
After running tasksel and removing the checkmark from desktop environment what else will need to be done to completely purge X from this system? I'm thinking it could be corrupted and if so in a little while will try a fresh install and see if I can get beyond this dexconf error. -- To UNSUB

dexconf r.f.e.

2007-10-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
More specific error messages. Which device was not configured as a cause for not creating a configuration file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X may be corrupted

2007-10-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
ng on this configuration. On Sat, 13 Oct 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 12:34:24 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: After running tasksel and removing the checkmark from desktop environment what else will need to be done to completely purge X from this system? I'm thinking it could be c

xorg: where to find this info?

2007-10-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
The xserver isn't properly configured here so cannot start. The /etc/X11/xserver/securitypolicy does not exist what do I need to read to find out about that? There are several expected keysym, errors with numbers after them too. Finally font "fixed" cannot be used. Could be the last two pro

re: can't access dvd

2007-10-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
Plese aptitude install disktype and then run disktype /dev/hdc on that DVD you can't access. disktype will if it can identify the disk format actually used and you could have the correct disk format you're using but be missing a needed compression utility. If you download any missing compress

Re: xorg: where to find this info?

2007-10-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
One of the problems I encountered over here was with xserver-xorg-core not installing /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy. This wouldn't even work on a package reinstallation. So, dpkg-deb to the rescue. I made a scratch directory off of root and extracted xserver-xorg-core into it and copied the

Xorg.0.log snippet question

2007-10-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
I have a gateway ev910 monitor horizontal display is 360MM and vertical display length is 270MM. I'm trying to get the G.U.I. environment up so I can test gnome-orca a bit and use that part of the system. I need the speech not magnification or braille. I installed the desktop environment wit

Re: password protect file befor emailing

2007-10-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
use zip on the file and set a password on the zip file that gets made. So long as the user either has winzip or izr they'll beprompted for a password when they open the zip file. If they don't have an unzip program I'd recommend izr since its price can't be beat. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

update-fonts-alias problem

2007-10-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
update-fonts-alias misc on a debian system here isn't making any fonts.alias file in /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/ so fixed font cannot be used and xwindows won't start. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xorg.conf variance

2007-10-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
In my xorg.conf file, the Section "files" is empty. According to http://wiki.X.org/ under error faqs and under can't install default font "fixed" in no case should this happen including debian. There's supposed to be FontPath lines in that section. I suppose that happens when xfs is no longe

file format question

2007-10-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
What does the /etc/ttytype file format have in it? I have X coming up on this system and do not have an /etc/ttytype file so for now have to do control-alt-f1 and do a console login. Also orca --text-setup can't run because display is not set. I think the missing /etc/ttytype file may be con

Re: password protect file befor emailing

2007-10-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
izr is a multiple file format unarchiver. A friend installed on a windows XP system for me. It's free for personal use too. On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Celejar wrote: On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:04:46 -0500 (CDT) Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: use zip on the file and set a pass

Re: file format question

2007-10-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
Try apt-cache search gnome-orca, when you run that package you start it up by typing orca --text-setup in a gnome-terminal session after login has worked correctly. On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 04:52:16PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: What does the

Re: password protect file befor emailing

2007-10-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
http://www.izarc.org should do it. The package is actually called izarc. I don't use windows all that much at home spending more time using linux and tiger 10.4. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Help with Debian Install

2007-10-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
The internet service provider could have an outage in the area or the modem/router may need updating. With a web browser what happens when you surf to http://192.168.1.1/? If you get the modem, it could need reconfiguring or updating. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Debian Install help

2007-10-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
You could have a bad cable running from the affected computer to the router. Why not try a cable swap and find out if you can take another of your machines down? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Help Getting Connected to Internet

2007-10-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
What kind of n.i.c. card in the old computer? You could need a new n.i.c. card in the old computer or the card may need to be reseated. Did that old computer fall off of anything or get hit really hard between when it was last working and now? If so, that's a reseat or replacement. To resea

Re: Help Getting Connected to Internet

2007-10-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
Next you need to get a mirrors list built and working. I think running dselect and making choices with that software package may help you set up the right sources.list in /etc/apt. Once that's done you will want to run aptitude update then aptitude dist-upgrade then aptitude install apt-file t

Re: Help Getting Connected to Internet

2007-10-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
Not good to have a computer in a cubbyhole unless it's really well ventillated in that cubbyhole. Computers need to be able to circulate air to cool themselves and every so often they need to be blown out with compressed air to get rid of the dust that accumulates inside of them. -- To UNS

multimedia.debian.org question

2007-10-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
What can I add to /etc/apt/sources.list to access multimedia.debian.org repository? This machine runs lenny if that's important. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-get failing

2007-11-01 Thread Jude DaShiell
See if you can get out to google.com with your browser and if you do so, have your browser refresh the page and see if the google.com page comes up again. If it doesn't you've either got a modem needing updating or another internet connectivity problem. you could try dhclient -r && ifconfig e

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
A development platform like eclipse might be just the ticket here. You can't run it in a command line environment; it's a single development environment you use, and just select what will be used to do the development and have eclipse take care of the development cycle for you as you write. h

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2007 #111

2007-01-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
Have you tried running xrefresh and if so what happened? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

debian icecream question

2007-01-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
does some utility exist that can be used outside of X for locating and describing available icecast streams? Alternately, what would one look for with google to find these streams? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

edbrowse (how to make missing sslcerts file)

2007-01-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
1) make sure the package ca-certs is installed first nd it's current. 2) in /etc/ssl/certs/ directory do command cat * >ssl-certs then 3) when the .ebrc file is bein edited in home directory put certfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-certs in the .ebrc file. 4) edbrowse can thereafter visit pages with ss

scp may be broken

2007-01-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
Earlier I set up a private key with ssh -keygen and copied it to the proper place on my isp's computer for me to use. That works fine with ssh but breaks with scp since scp says the key is too long and doesn't grant access to the other machine. Could the pass phrase be too long for scp? --

hpodder question

2007-02-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
with hpodder update files are claimed to be missing in the /home/jude/.hpodder/feedxfer/ directory and this is causing hpodder to throw exceptions and die. The associated files that are missing appear to be from already existing feeds and unless I'm mistaken feeds are returning smaller file si

latest microcode.ctl bad data file?

2007-02-08 Thread Jude DaShiell
is current version of microcode.ctl superceded by kernel 2.6.18? If no, its data file may be bad. That's what it tells me when I boot up a bx440 intel system running debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

when in doubt wipe it out

2007-02-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
If you buy a computer and you have any doubt at all in your mind as to the legality of the copy of windows that is already on the machine's hard drive, erase entire hard drive and install Debian on machine. Had a Russian Principal done this he wouldn't be being prosecuted for pirating Microsof

debian astrolog package tips

2007-02-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
An astrolog.dat file should have been included with the debian astrolog package and wasn't. It could have been put in /usr/share/astrolog. The ephemeris files located in ephemall.zip could have joined that astrolog.dat file in /usr/share/astrolog as well but didn't. No matter I got my astrol

nettrick question

2007-02-10 Thread Jude DaShiell
I tried that browser earlier but removed it from my machine because I couldn't figure out how to get nettrick to download something like a binary or iso file from the internet. There didn't seem to be any kind of documented command to do this either so far as I could tell from reading the manu

hpodder question

2007-02-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
What does hpodder thread blocked indefinitely mean? It's happening with lots of sqlite3 errors and those errors in turn crash hpodder. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

hpodder

2007-02-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
I've given up on hpodder because of repeated sqlite3 data base errors already described here. These errors would sometimes be cleared if I rebooted the machine but now not even that works anymore. When I used sqlite3 hpodder.db and did an integrity check of the data base, I was told everythin

podracer undocumented useful information

2007-02-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
1) The podracer default for podcasts organization is to first create a date directory in form of 2007-02-18 inside a user's podcasts directory then put all podcasts that come in for that date into that date directory. That much of the podracer podcasts organization appears to be hard-

Re: Strange network problem

2008-01-29 Thread Jude DaShiell
To download a web page with lynx hit the (p) key and you'll be presented with a menu of built-in choices. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

localhost prefixing problem

2008-02-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
I tried using exim4 and alpine to send a piece of email from one account to another. I suppose I ought to have given this machine the same domain name as verizon.net rather than left it at localhost since even with address header rewriting localhost is being prefixed to the proper verizon head

exim4 localhost prefix problem

2008-02-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
I got the following error messageError sending: No such host as localhostoutgoing.verizon.net] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

re: exim4 localhost prefix problem

2008-02-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
In my exim4-config file, I have enabled email headers rewrite enabled but exim4 says it doesn't hide localhost when I use that feature. I thought email header rewriting was supposed to be exactly that, a rewrite and a complete rewrite if necessary. Apparently me and the exim4 team don't see e

Re: exim4 localhost prefix problem

2008-02-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
The text I sent is exactly what appeared on the screen. I used a cut and paste feature of speakup to copy it so as not to make any mistakes. On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, David Palmer wrote: Jude DaShiell wrote: I got the following error messageError sending: No such host as

Re: Setting up ADSL?

2008-02-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
aptitude install pppoeconf from a debian CD then aptitude update and aptitude dist-upgrade as soon as you get online. You'll have a choice of dhclient or dhcpcd packages and pppoeconf installs dhclient. You may find it helpful to install dhcpcd and do an aptitude remove purge dhclient though

Re: Kept back packages

2008-02-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
If running unstable yes by all means; otherwise no. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

re: localhost prefixing problem

2008-02-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
sample email message cut here: From [EMAIL PROTECTED]/POP3 Sat Feb 9 10:18:16 2008 Newsgroups: Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 10:18:16 -0500 (EST) From: Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]/POP3> X-X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: test message Fcc: sent-mail Message-ID: &

Re: [OT] beefy steel cases

2008-02-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
Hmmm, a carpenter could probably do it better with real wood. Not composite but maybe pine or oak. On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Kevin Mark wrote: On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 12:24:56PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: hello, Me again with my project. Some people off-list have found me some low-MHz comp

re: localhost prefixing problem

2008-02-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
Kevin, The /etc/email-addresses wasn't set up properly but whatever is causing these malformed addresses is overwriting mail user agent headers and is unaffected by the contents of /etc/email-addresses apparently. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

udev and ethernet connections

2008-02-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
I think what may be happening over here is the network gets set up during boot up here including firewall and pppoe and then udev takes the whole connection down. In order to get out to the internet I've got to run dhcpcd eth0 and pon dsl-provider once I sudo into root account. I originally c

Re: udev and ethernet connections

2008-02-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
Wired connection running lenny with speakup kernel 2.6.18. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: udev and ethernet connections

2008-02-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
file: /etc/network/interfaces (cut here) # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 i

re: localhost prefixing problem

2008-02-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
I modified some configurations and updated exim4 and when I try sending get the error message: [error sending: no such host as localhostoutgoing.verizon.net] I edited /etc/hostname on the local system to have localhost in it rather than debian too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: udev and ethernet connections

2008-02-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
I lost the credentials info for the modem and one time last year when dhcp had been working for a couple days I had no internet connection at all. Apparently verizon detected me using dhcp and broke my connection down. The only way I can get out is by using pppoe. Other people in this area hav

Re: udev and ethernet connections

2008-02-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
ion on the web page the modem shows I can't find where to set that. Also having stored my verizon credentials in the modem, dhcp still isn't working so far as I can tell. On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Kevin Mark wrote: On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 09:43:25PM -0600, Jude DaShiell wrote: I lost

Re: udev and ethernet connections

2008-02-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
What I used to set up communications was the pppoeconf package. That's what wrote those lines and made any modifications. On Fri, 15 Feb 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 06:41:40PM -0600, Jude DaShiell wrote: file: /etc/network/interfaces (cut here) ... # The pr

unstable libc6 latest update

2008-02-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
Has a broken script in it so the package gets hung between the big rocks and the deep blue sea. I reverted to stable to get beyond it but can't install and use gnome-orca. An old dos box is in use because the westell modem finally decided to go belly up. The libc6 package turns out to be a d

Re: udev and ethernet connections

2008-02-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
No, I can't read the led's. Since the dsl plan has gone month to month they'll probably not want to send anyone here. Another friend I know will come and check this out wednesday or thursday of this week and if the verizon stuff really is broken as I suspect we can use a credit card and buy a

Re: udev and ethernet connections

2008-02-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
No, if that were the case the service would not have worked as well as it did for as long as it did. This is the same cabling in use as when I got the modem and the cabling so far as I know hasn't been abused either. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: debian unstable postgresql-8.3 installation problem

2008-02-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
I think the scripts to install that package are messed up in a couple places. When last I tried to install it postgresql-8.3 couldn't fully install so I ended up trying to delete all of postgresql with aptitude remove --purge and when that failed I got specific and targeted that exact package

libc6 still breaking upgrade to unstable

2008-02-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
Script started on Thu 21 Feb 2008 09:11:05 PM EST myhome:~# aptitude dist-upgrade Reading package lists... 0% Reading package lists... 100% Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... 0% Building dependency tree... 0% Building dependency tree... 50% Building dependency tree...

debian multimedia pgp key

2008-02-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
I think the location changed for the multimedia gpg key. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

re: debian multimedia gpg key changed location

2008-02-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
I just remembered to download the debian-keyring package and should have done that earlier. It seems to have a pgp key in it for debian multimedia too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

gnome on lenny finally installed

2008-02-25 Thread Jude DaShiell
I got gnome installed on a debian speakup-kernel and when I boot I go into gdm and get the login beep. I try keying in my credentials and get blown out. Now if I crash the gdm session and log in as a command line user with the exact same credentials there's no problem logging in and this is w

Re: Unable to view gcc manpages on Debian 4.0 r3 i386

2008-02-25 Thread Jude DaShiell
try info gcc and see what happens. On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, Michael Madden wrote: I'm having problems viewing manpages for gcc on Debian 4.0 r3 i386. Other manpages work just fine. :~$ man gcc No manual entry for gcc See 'man 7 undocumented' for help when manual pages are not available. :~$ man

re: finally got lenny installed

2008-02-26 Thread Jude DaShiell
I tried aptitude remove --purge gdm and got back a whole list of other packages gdm would like to remove with it including the entire gnome environment. I think I may just rename gdm to something else in order to have a possibility of getting past the application non-destructively. -- To UN

Re: finally got lenny installed

2008-02-26 Thread Jude DaShiell
synaptic and orca don't play well together last I had heard. If I can get the graphical user interface coming up and log in successfully I'll be able to do more. For now it's close to working but not there yet. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: [OT] how to detect a dying hard drive

2008-02-26 Thread Jude DaShiell
If you have good hearing and have heard a hard drive spin up and work for quite awhile then suddenly it sounds like someone is rolling marbles around on the inside of the hard drive your hard drive is on its way south. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Xorg.0.log on accessible gnome install attempt

2008-02-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
After having done a clean install of debian and gotten it up to unstable and having done a clean install of gnome and gnome-orca then having removed execute persissions from /etc/init.d/gdm script I rebooted computer and logged in. I ran startx and got some interesting error messages. One of

Re: Xorg.0.log on accessible gnome install attempt

2008-02-29 Thread Jude DaShiell
The most noticeable thing that happens with gdm running is I get to what sounds like a login screen and key in my user id then I've tried both with return and tab after that and key in my password and all gdm returns is an error beep. If I hit control-alt-fx and usually f1 and drop to command

debian gnome accessible login attempt

2008-02-29 Thread Jude DaShiell
All I did this time was to re-enable the gdm script and reboot and try to log in. I turned off speakup maybe not early enough because this time the gdm script failed on line 208 because permission was denied. This is with the latest updates and unstable since that's where I can get gnome-orca.

latest on debian gnome accessibility attempt

2008-03-01 Thread Jude DaShiell
What I wrote earlier turns out to have been incorrect so I've copied the error message gdm throws when the system tries to set it up. It looks as if /etc/init.d/rc has a problem with a package priority but I can't be sure. /etc/init.d/rc: line 208: /etc/rc2.d/S30gdm: Permission denied -- To

latest debian gnome accessibility attempt

2008-03-01 Thread Jude DaShiell
Okay, I got /usr/bin/gnome-session in an .xinitrc file and that hasn't helped. I got what may be a login beep back and get thrown out trying to log into gnome. So I log into text terminal and start up orca with orca --setup and answer the questions. At the end I get told cannot restart orca

command line version of startupmanager needed I think

2008-03-01 Thread Jude DaShiell
what else can I run dpkg-reconfigure against in addition to xserver-xorg in order to answer questions using a command line environment to get gnome up and running? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

nvidia-xconfig package questions

2008-03-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
earlier I wiped out the configuration files made by dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and ran the nvidia-xconfig package on this system. The nvidia--xconfig made a default configuration file for me called and wanted to load type1 which isn't on this system and also wanted to run nvidia. If those t

latest debian gnome accessibility attempt

2008-03-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
A friend found a little information about the DESKTOP and DISPLAYMANAGER variables on the internet. It makes sense that DESKTOP="GNOME" though it wasn't set by any packages or mention made of it as packages were being installed. My friend found DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE" most frequently but so far

Re: Install mplayer

2008-03-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
For command line only I think mplayer-nox or mplayer-nogui is available. The thing is, it's way fewer packages than the standard desktop version and lots fewer megs. All of which can be used to snag more media files. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

basic gnome question

2008-03-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
Does gnome itself have any prerequisite packages? In one tutorial I read about x-window-system-core being one of them and am curious to know if this still holds true for lenny. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

lenny help needed

2008-03-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
I took a clean install of etch up to lenny on a debian-speakup disk and tried adding the desktop environment using tasksel. Aptitude failed since I suspect at least 10 of those packages had errors on the installation attempt. I heard the errors as those were spoken but didn't copy them down.

debian orca accessibility adventures; latest update

2008-03-08 Thread Jude DaShiell
I got a clean lenny system using speakup and ran tasksel and selected desktop environment. At least 10 packages failed to install due to errors. Okay no problem because my next step was to remove gdm and all dependencies. It was recommended I use startx and then run orca and all would be fin

debian speakup gnome accessibility

2008-03-09 Thread Jude DaShiell
It turns out this is doable. By doable I mean when desktop environment is selected with tasksel aptitude doesn't fail but only if you do it with debian unstable a.k.a. debian sid. Lenny fails with 10 packages that throw errors. A question I have though and this comes as a result of having als

gnome-fifth-toe

2008-03-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
Other than balsa what additional stuff does that package offer? I managed this weekend to get gnome and gnome-orca installed and talking on this debian speakup system. I wrote a small howto file detailing the steps I took to get it done and put it on the web at http://www.shellworld.net/~jdas

gnome-orca and latest upgrades

2008-03-12 Thread Jude DaShiell
Probably the latest upgrades broke gnome-orca and the sound effects gnome could produce with gnome-audio package for those of us using alsa. before the upgrade I had both working. After, orca says welcome to orca but says nothing else even after control-alt-d is hit to go to the desktop. -

iceape puzzle

2008-03-13 Thread Jude DaShiell
I tried installing the browser with dependencies and have a nearly never ending loop running with dpkg because dpkg can't get a lock it needs. I had read that that browser was accessible elsewhere but it appears it won't get installed over here anytime soon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: iceape puzzle

2008-03-15 Thread Jude DaShiell
N PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/13/08 22:27, Jude DaShiell wrote: I tried installing the browser with dependencies and have a nearly never ending loop running with dpkg because dpkg can't get a lock it needs. I had read that that browser was accessible elsewhere but it appears it

was iceape puzzle now aptitude and apt-get puzzle

2008-03-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
Last night I did a complete reinstall of debian and am in the sid distribution now. That was to clear the iceape problem. A few minutes ago though this same thing happened when installing nethack-common a totally unrelated package. Something almost for sure is broken with the debian package

infinite loop inside dpkg

2008-03-16 Thread Jude DaShiell
The loop that's causing the package installation problems happening here is one without an exit so far as software performance behavior on this end show. I can leave aptitude or apt-get run with this error condition and they none of them terminate unless and until I hit control-c a couple time

dpkg error

2008-03-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
This is one dpkg failed to recover from; just the relevant lines of the script file follow: Selecting previously deselected package libdjvulibre21. Unpacking libdjvulibre21 (from .../libdjvulibre21_3.5.20-5_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libdjvulibre21_3.5.20-5_i386.

re: dpkg error

2008-03-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
Selecting previously deselected package libdjvulibre21. Unpacking libdjvulibre21 (from .../libdjvulibre21_3.5.20-5_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libdjvulibre21_3.5.20-5_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/djvu/osi/cs/messages.xml', which is also i

cdrdao question

2006-05-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
The examples in the man page don't appear to cover this job unless I'm reading something and it's just flying by. How could cdrdao be used to burn an already existing iso image to a cdr disk? cdrecord in stable version for kernel 2.4.x just ejects a blank CD and claims it can't find a CD in t

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