sshfs installation error

2007-10-13 Thread michael
I'm using unstable and got the following error when trying to install sshfs - anybody else since this or know the underlying problem? Ta, M [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/work/myPresentations$ sudo apt-get install sshfs Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information..

(re)setting evolution preferences from config files

2007-10-15 Thread michael
given Evo crashes every time I try edit-preferences (eg http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485311) is it possible to edit a file manually such that a disabled a/c is re-enabled? thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

installation problems (fuse)

2007-10-15 Thread michael
dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ I've tried everything (eg sudo apt-get -f install) that I can think of... thank, michael -- To UNSUBS

Re: installation problems (fuse) - SOLVED

2007-10-15 Thread michael
On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 15:19 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 10:32:54PM +0100, michael wrote: > > Any ideas how I get untangle myself from the following unstable hell: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude install fuse-utils > ... >

Re: kernel 2.6.18+ SMP question

2007-10-16 Thread michael
On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 15:21 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 09:30:57PM +0200, Robert Cates wrote: > > michael wrote: > >> On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 22:02 +0200, Robert Cates wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >

Re: sshfs installation error

2007-10-16 Thread michael
On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 20:16 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 18:26:00 +0100, michael wrote: > > I'm using unstable and got the following error when trying to install > > sshfs - anybody else since this or know the underlying problem? Ta, M > > &g

word selection problems using less

2007-10-16 Thread michael
I would expect (ie less doesn't affect click selection)? I've noticed this in gnome-terminal on Debian and Fedora Thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: installation problems (fuse)

2007-10-16 Thread michael
On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 10:03 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Oct 15, 11:40 pm, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any ideas how I get untangle myself from the following unstable hell: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude install fuse-utils > &

Re: how hot is my xeon?

2007-10-16 Thread michael
> > On 6/25/07, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 06:59 -0700, Sam wrote: > > just a quick thought, do you have acpi on in your kernel? > > > > modprobe acpi > > ? > > >

Re: sshfs installation error

2007-10-16 Thread michael
On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 19:33 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 09:39:31 +0100, michael wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 20:16 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > [...] > > > > Looks like something is wrong with the "initscripts" pack

rpc reports in tiger

2007-10-16 Thread michael
'tiger' regularly gives me reports of the form: # Checking listening processes OLD: --WARN-- [lin002i] The process `rpc.statd' is listening on socket 1019 (UDP) on every interface. OLD: --WARN-- [lin002i] The process `rpc.statd' is listening on socket 1022 (UDP) on every interface. OLD: --WARN-- [

Re: sshfs installation error

2007-10-16 Thread michael
On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 20:59 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 19:23:58 +0100, michael wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 19:33 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > [ snip: discussion about mysteriously missing /lib/init/vars.sh file ] > > > > I would

reverting to 'standard' etch installation

2007-10-31 Thread michael
lose the data on the HD? Pointers to FAQs (surely I'm not the first!) are most welcome! T.I.A. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how do i go back to stable? [was: reverting to 'standard' etch installation]

2007-11-01 Thread michael
On 31 Oct 2007, at 14:11, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 11:26:04AM +, michael wrote: Folks, I made a cuckoo (mess up) - I had installed Etch from netinst and done the upgrades. That was a while ago. Last night I decided I wanted gnomad2 from unstable so amended my /etc

how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread michael
plete install 6) run apt-get update/install and then reinstall other progs (evo) and drivers (nVidia) as required? Thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread michael
On 2 Nov 2007, at 12:16, Ron Johnson wrote: On 11/02/07 06:31, michael wrote: I have a system I've hosed and I wish to reinstall the 'etch' o/s. The current set up is FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 274M 126M 13

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread michael
On 2 Nov 2007, at 18:29, Kevin Mark wrote: On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:31:48AM +, michael wrote: I have a system I've hosed and I wish to reinstall the 'etch' o/s. The current set up is FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 274M

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread michael
On 2 Nov 2007, at 18:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 06:01:51PM +, michael wrote: sorry to be thick but when I run the netinst CD it knows about the current partitions so if I just hit 'finish partitioning and write changes to disk' is that suffic

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread michael
On 2 Nov 2007, at 18:51, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 06:42:44PM +, michael wrote: On 2 Nov 2007, at 18:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 06:01:51PM +, michael wrote: sorry to be thick but when I run the netinst CD it knows about

Re: Server recommendations?

2007-01-15 Thread michael
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:05:04 +0100, Stefan Bellon wrote > I'm looking for server hardware with the following contraints: dual > or quad core 64-bit CPU at >2.5 GHz and more than 16 GB of RAM. And > of course it should run Debian GNU/Linux without problems. > Everything else is not that important

probs installing g++ on unstable

2007-01-27 Thread michael
ed what I think is all the required info. Thanks, Michael Script started on Sat 27 Jan 2007 14:18:36 GMT ~$ sudo apt-get install g++ Reading Package Lists... 0%Reading Package Lists... 100%Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency

Re: probs installing g++ on unstable

2007-01-27 Thread michael
On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 14:51 +0100, Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: > michael writes: > > > I have an unstable system on which I'm trying to install g++ but I've > > been getting the below dependency problem for about a month. Could > > somebody highlight whethe

Re: probs installing g++ on unstable

2007-01-27 Thread michael
On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 09:45 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 02:21:52PM +0000, michael wrote: > > I have an unstable system on which I'm trying to install g++ but I've > > been getting the below dependency problem for about a month. Could >

Re: probs installing g++ on unstable

2007-01-27 Thread michael
On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 15:08 +0100, Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: > michael writes: > > > On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 14:51 +0100, Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: > >> michael writes: > >> > ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > >&g

play back mpeg frame by frame

2007-01-29 Thread michael
Folks, I wish to be able to move from frame to frame in an MPEG (or similar if that's easier). However, for my file /home/michael/madrid_SO4_layer5.mpeg: MPEG sequence, v1, progressive Y'CbCr 4:2:0 video, 25 fps neither 'totem' nor 'wxvlc' seem to su

Re: Best way to shrink Windows on new laptop?

2007-01-30 Thread michael
st don't use the WinXP setup disk to create/amend partitions - you may end up in a real mess (I did! see previous entries on this mailing list). Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Best way to shrink Windows on new laptop?

2007-01-30 Thread michael
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 14:26 +, michael wrote: > On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 14:05 +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I'm getting a new Thinkpad Z61M and shall be installing Debian > > (naturally!). When I last did this on a Thinkpad a couple of years ago I > > just del

Re: play back mpeg frame by frame

2007-02-04 Thread michael
ie Player it is "." that increments frames) > On 1/29/07, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, > I wish to be able to move from frame to frame in an MPEG (or > similar if > that's easier). However, for my file >

problem installing Intel icc with gcc

2007-02-11 Thread michael
ge) ii libgcc1 4.1.1-21 GCC support library ii libssp0 4.1.1-21 GCC stack smashing protection library Thanks! Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

handling non-native language spam

2007-02-13 Thread michael
[this is] "junk" button work? All pointers welcomed, Thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: latex (tetex) refuses to produce dvi

2007-02-15 Thread michael
On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 17:59 +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > Sorry, this was supposed to be sent to the list > > On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:58:49 -0600 > "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > * Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070214 20:43]: > > > I tried to produce dvi output from a

Re: Update Manager absurdity?- (FOLLOW-UP)

2007-02-16 Thread michael
r/run/sudo': Permission denied du: `/var/spool/exim4': Permission denied du: `/var/spool/cron/crontabs': Permission denied du: `/var/spool/cron/atjobs': Permission denied du: `/var/spool/cron/atspool': Permission denied du: `/var/spool/cups': Permission denied du: `

squid problem can't emulate http log

2007-02-20 Thread michael
Hello, Installed squid on my etch box. (squid 2.6.5-4) Set emulate_httpd_log on and restarted squid. access.log still hows the native format. My sarge box, (squid 2.5.9-10) doesn't have this problem. Can switch emulate log on or off and the access.log will show the changes. Wondering if possibl

evolution: does reply to all reply to all?

2007-02-22 Thread michael
I have a message with the header (with domain name hidden): From: Geoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: michael bane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I would expect "Reply to a

Re: problem searching packages

2007-02-23 Thread michael
On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 06:51 -0800, Michael M. wrote: > On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 14:35 +0100, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > > Le jeudi 8 février 2007 23:56, Mathias Brodala a écrit : > > > Hello Nelson. > > > > > > Nelson Castillo, 08.02.2007 23:52: > > > >&g

Re: [OT] Using aliases or functions in bash script

2008-01-27 Thread michael
On 27 Jan 2008, at 14:08, T o n g wrote: On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:40:02 +, William Pursell wrote: An advanced bash alias expansion question -- How can I use my aliases or functions in my bash script? PS. I even tried the following but it didn't work either: $ bash -O expand_aliases -c

Re: random mouse hangs

2008-01-28 Thread michael
On 28 Jan 2008, at 22:37, David Palmer wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:20:37 -0500 Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm running etch on amd64. The last few weeks, my mouse would stop responding for a few seconds. I switched to another mouse - same thing. Now i have to unplug (it's usb) and

how do I restrict access to Subversion/Apache repository?

2008-01-30 Thread michael
;ve tried both /svn and /usr/local/SUBVERSION for the 'Directory' to deny IP access from but without avail. Anybody else got this working for Subversion under Debian's Apache setup and care to help me out? Thanks, Michael Forwarded Message From: michael <[EMAIL

is it possible to work collaboratively on Word doc using OpenOffice?

2008-02-01 Thread michael
I'm flummoxed! I wish to add notes to a word document that I share across platforms. I was hoping to use OpenOffice but it doesn't seem to recognize "comments" that are inserted using MS Word. This seems strange (and ultra annoying) given one can insert 'notes' into the document under OpenOffice.

svn-fast-backup -- how to use remote destination?

2008-02-07 Thread michael
I tried to see if `svn-fast-backup` would perform backup to a remote computer (as per rsync syntax) but it seems to fail (see below)... anybody got any insights? Is this something worth asking for? Thanks, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/doc/subversion$ sudo \ svn-fast-backup /usr/local

doesn't open office support (Word's) inline comments?

2008-02-08 Thread michael
nvisible note - but that's not very usable); (b) there seems to be no way to edit said notes; (c) there seems to be no way to add notes from OpenOffice (the 'comments' aren't the same thing IMHO). Bestest of thanks, Michael Forwarded Message > From: michae

Re: doesn't open office support (Word's) inline comments?

2008-02-11 Thread michael
On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 14:40 +, Stephen Allen wrote: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 05:30:56PM +0000, michael wrote: > > Given I didn't receive anything useful to a similar enquiry before > > (below) but yet think that I can't be the only person doing this I'll >

[Fwd: Re: [users] doesn't open office support (Word's) inline comments?]

2008-02-11 Thread michael
Forwarded Message > From: Michele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [users] doesn't open office support (Word's) inline > comments? > Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 20:05:00 + > > Hell

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread michael
On 12 Feb 2008, at 20:19, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: michael wrote: I'm struggling to find software to edit a PDF file. Firstly, I'm wary of using a graphics editor to do the job and pdfedit [1] seems to reject many of the PDF files I've just tried because they are "l

reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-12 Thread michael
or is this the Holy Grail [3]? Thanks, Michael [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfedit [2] http://pdfedit.petricek.net/bt/view.php?id=202 [3] ref to something that may or may not be obtainable but that many people spend their entire lives searching for... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 06:53 +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 11:49:19PM +0200, Micha wrote: >> >> Yes, but for me for example it would be very useful if I could add notes > to >> papers I download to reference in my work (academics, it's what you are >> suppose

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread michael
On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 15:27 -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Feb 12, 2008 1:49 PM, Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yes, but for me for example it would be very useful if I could add notes to > > papers I download to reference in my work (academics, it's what you are > > supposed to do ;-).

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread michael
chines/architectures *without additional files/software* ie the output is saved as PDF which is readable by all PDF viewers... (I would add that it should be searchable (by word) too which would seem to exclude graphical editors such as GIMP) thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread michael
On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 15:27 -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Feb 12, 2008 1:49 PM, Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yes, but for me for example it would be very useful if I could add notes to > > papers I download to reference in my work (academics, it's what you are > > supposed to do ;-).

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 14:41 +, Chris Lale wrote: > Angus Auld wrote: > > --- michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > {} > >> just tried to install Adobe Reader 7 from their web > >> site > >> > > http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/producti

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-13 Thread michael
On 13 Feb 2008, at 22:00, Wackojacko wrote: michael wrote: On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 14:41 +, Chris Lale wrote: The following packages have unmet dependencies. acroread-l10n-en: Depends: acroread (>= 8.1.2-0.0) but it is not installable E: Broken packages [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$

Re: reliable editting of any PDF file

2008-02-15 Thread michael
On 14 Feb 2008, at 08:23, Dotan Cohen wrote: On 14/02/2008, Tadeusz Bak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You can annotate PDF files in free *Acrobat Reader* (I am using Debian package, version 8.1.2) and all annotations are saved in the same PDF file. However, some flag in the PDF file must be

avahi-daemon - unrequired?

2008-02-27 Thread michael
I seem to have messages in my SYSLOG such as Feb 27 12:55:43 ratty avahi-daemon[2996]: Invalid legacy unicast query packet. Feb 27 12:55:44 ratty avahi-daemon[2996]: Invalid legacy unicast query packet. Feb 27 12:55:44 ratty avahi-daemon[2996]: Recieved repsonse with invalid source port 4034 on i

amanda - how is it running?!

2008-02-27 Thread michael
I just noticed a "amanda" dir in /[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd /tmp;ls -alt|head total 1831672 drwxrwxrwt 24 rootroot 135168 Feb 27 16:50 ./ {} drwx--S--- 2 backup backup 4096 Feb 27 12:29 amanda/ which I didn't recognise. I see that it's some backup software. Whilst it's likely

Re: amanda - how is it running?!

2008-02-27 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 12:40 -0500, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > michael wrote: > > > I just noticed a "amanda" dir in > > > > /[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd /tmp;ls -alt|head > > total 1831672 > > drwxrwxrwt 24 rootroot 135168 Feb 27 16

Re: Control-C kills interactive bash

2008-03-06 Thread michael
On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 16:58 +1300, Lesley Walker wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 03/05/08 17:39, Lesley Walker wrote: > > > > > After upgrading from Sarge to Etch, I have this problem, Ctrl-C kills > > > the current interactive Bash shell. > > > ... > > > I feel as though I must be overlooki

installed dmraid and cannot reboot

2008-03-19 Thread michael
f complaints but am unsure how to copy to another machine) Any ideas? I'd guess rebooting somehow without these scripts and then removing dmraid would return me to a wokring system but I'm unsure how to do even this! Many thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

kinit/resume - what's it mean? how to boot from failed sys??

2008-03-20 Thread michael
f complaints but am unsure how to copy to another machine) Any ideas? I'd guess rebooting somehow without these scripts and then removing dmraid would return me to a wokring system but I'm unsure how to do even this! Many thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: kinit/resume - what's it mean? how to boot from failed sys??

2008-03-20 Thread michael
On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 16:37 +, michael wrote: > Hands up to making a mistake - I've been trying to get my AMD64 > Debian 'etch' box to recognise a Promise controller and thought that > installing dmraid would help. I did a >apt-get install dmraid > and

how to use promise fastTrak 378 with IDE disks?

2008-03-20 Thread michael
;ve looked about and tried a few things which haven't helped so I was wondering if anybody on here had such a system working? Thanks again, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to use promise fastTrak 378 with IDE disks?

2008-03-20 Thread michael
On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 23:28 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 20:33:50 +0000, michael wrote: > > I've a Asus A8V mobo which has a Promise FastTrak 378 controller, > > nominally for RAID but I can set it to 'IDE mode' in the BIOS. MS WinXP >

Re: how to use promise fastTrak 378 with IDE disks?

2008-03-21 Thread michael
On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 15:06 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 00:38:10 +0000, michael wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 23:28 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 20:33:50 +, michael wrote: > > > > I've a Asus A8V mo

Re: kinit/resume - what's it mean? how to boot from failed sys??

2008-03-21 Thread michael
On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 08:09 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 08:30:08PM +0000, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > Thanks for the ideas (eg using liveCD etc)... in the end from initramfs > > I created /tmp/boot, told dmraid to not ac

Re: how to use promise fastTrak 378 with IDE disks?

2008-03-21 Thread michael
On 21 Mar 2008, at 17:36, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 15:11:42 +, michael wrote: On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 15:06 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 00:38:10 +, michael wrote: On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 23:28 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Thu, Mar 20

Re: how to use promise fastTrak 378 with IDE disks?

2008-03-22 Thread michael
On 21 Mar 2008, at 19:48, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 19:08:20 +, michael wrote: On 21 Mar 2008, at 17:36, Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 20:33:50 +, michael wrote: I've a Asus A8V mobo which has a Promise FastTrak 378 contr

Re: dual boot install from debian 4.0r1 net install cdrom

2008-03-25 Thread michael
On 25 Mar 2008, at 17:55, donald daniel wrote: I would like to install both Debian and windows-xp on a single IDE hard drive using the debian 4.0r1 install cdrom if possible. I already had such an installation with debian 3. I wanted to leave windows alone and install debian 4 from scratch usi

Problems after upgrading to Lenny

2008-03-26 Thread Michael
Hi list, i upgraded to Debian Lenny two months ago. Now i'm having some problems with my Computer. One of the most annoying is that the computer freezes from time to time without any hints. It just stops and i have to reboot. Another problem appears when the kernel boots: the computer just loos

Re: how to use promise fastTrak 378 with IDE disks?

2008-03-30 Thread michael
On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 16:08 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 10:29:50 +0000, michael wrote: > > On 21 Mar 2008, at 19:48, Florian Kulzer wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 19:08:20 +, michael wrote: > >>> On 21 Mar 2008,

Re: how to use promise fastTrak 378 with IDE disks?

2008-03-30 Thread michael
On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 15:08 +0100, michael wrote: > I think this article sums up the probs I've been seeing: > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/solution-for-promise-fasttrack-pdc20378-pata-or-raid-with-2.6.17-kernel-478926/ > > > > Indeed if I bo

Re: Partition not mounting

2008-04-02 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 11:36 -0400, Frank wrote: > Recently my Debian Sid installation has stopped mounting second partition > (/dev/hda3) on boot. As far as I know nothing has changed. > > Here's my fstab: > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # > proc

evolution and spam assassin

2006-05-19 Thread michael
but it's not flagging any 'obvious' junk as junk mail... any ideas? Thanks, M -- Michael Centre for Atmospheric Science University of Manchester, U.K. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

evolution problems

2006-05-21 Thread michael
I've just upgraded evolution to 2.6.1 but every IMAP mailbox now gives the error: error while refreshing folder Server unexpectedly disconnected: Unknown error even though I can view the mailboxes using another method. Anybody any ideas what's going on or rather how I to get evo to work? Thanks

Re: evolution problems

2006-05-21 Thread michael
On Sun, 2006-05-21 at 14:51 +0100, michael wrote: > I've just upgraded evolution to 2.6.1 but every IMAP mailbox now gives > the error: > > error while refreshing folder > Server unexpectedly disconnected: Unknown error > > even though I can view the mailboxes using a

Backup server SCSI setup problem

2006-06-15 Thread michael
I have been asked to set up a backup server using a "hand-me-down" HP SureStore DAT24X6 tape drive. The SCSI Card is an Adaptec 1944UW I installed debian stable on the computer, which has an IDE drive. I had to leave the SCSI card out during the initial install, as the installer kept want

which netinst to use?

2008-06-23 Thread michael
I've acquired an old computer with Intel Pentium D chip which I believe is a 64 bit, i686 architecture? So which netinst should I be using? I presume 'amd64' or 'i386' are the only choices but... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [E

csh: how to use indirect ref to env vars

2008-06-25 Thread michael
Hi, I have a csh script in which I'd like to do set up a list of vars and then to chk each of these are set, something like the below. However, I can't find the magic incantation that allows to to check ${$Vars} eg if $InMetFiles is set on the first loop - suggestions welcome! #!/bin/csh foreach V

unexpected csh behaviour

2008-06-25 Thread michael
In the below, I was expecting $#test to return 1 and $%test to return 7 - can somebody clarify why this isn't so? Ta, $test ratty:~/models-3/mcip3> setenv test michael ratty:~/models-3/mcip3> echo $test michael ratty:~/models-3/mcip3> echo $?test 1 ratty:~/models-3/mcip3> ec

Re: unexpected csh behaviour

2008-06-25 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 15:10 +0100, michael wrote: > In the below, I was expecting $#test to return 1 and $%test to return 7 > - can somebody clarify why this isn't so? Ta, $test > > > > ratty:~/models-3/mcip3> setenv test michael > ratty:~/models-3/mcip3> echo $t

Re: csh: how to use indirect ref to env vars

2008-06-25 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 15:02 +0100, Wackojacko wrote: > michael wrote: > > Hi, I have a csh script in which I'd like to do set up a list of vars > > and then to chk each of these are set, something like the below. > > However, I can't find the magic incantation that

Re: csh: how to use indirect ref to env vars

2008-06-25 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 08:03 -0700, ss11223 wrote: > On Jun 25, 9:40 am, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I have acshscript in which I'd like to do set up a list of vars > > and then to chk each of these are set, something like the below. > > However, I

Re: how to install flash plugin for iceweasel on leny amd64?

2008-06-28 Thread michael
On 27 Jun 2008, at 23:49, Star Liu wrote: On lenny amd64, I often get the prompt to install flash plugin, but result in "unknown plugin... x-shockwave-flash", how could i fix it? Thanks! For etch, (from memory so check the package names) I downloaded some ia32 libs and nspluginwrapper and

Re: which netinst to use?

2008-06-29 Thread michael
On 29 Jun 2008, at 01:41, David Fox wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:29 AM, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've acquired an old computer with Intel Pentium D chip which I believe is a 64 bit, i686 architecture? So which netinst should I be using? I accoding to wikipedia

Re: how to install flash plugin for iceweasel on leny amd64?

2008-06-29 Thread michael
for use on an amd64 or ia64 Debian system running a 64-bit kernel. (I did say check the package names! It is ia32-lins not libs for IA32 (?)) M On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 6:06 PM, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 27 Jun 2008, at 23:49, Star Liu wrote: On lenny amd64, I ofte

Re: how to install flash plugin for iceweasel on leny amd64?

2008-06-30 Thread michael
On 30 Jun 2008, at 01:02, Star Liu wrote: I installed ia32-libs, then nspluginwrapper, but it seems nothing changes, iceweasel still says no suitable plugin found for flash. thank you! please don't top post my original suggestion had one more step - install (a 32 bit) flash plugin. my AMD6

Re: where are __amd64 and __i386 defined?

2008-06-30 Thread michael
On 30 Jun 2008, at 05:48, Star Liu wrote: I read this line in a c source file: #if defined (__sun) && (defined(__i386) || defined(__amd64)) I'm wondering where are __sun __amd and 64 __i386 defined? I'd guess arch-specific C header files -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: how to install flash plugin for iceweasel on leny amd64?

2008-06-30 Thread michael
On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 16:55 +0800, Star Liu wrote: > yes, there is libflash-mozplugin, i have just installed it, its effect > is to close iceweasel when there is a flash on the page, so i then > purged it. :) does it mean this solution won't work for amd64? try flashplugin-nonfree (contrib/web)

[no subject]

2008-07-01 Thread michael
I am trying to install Debian Etch on a box that already has Fedora but when using debootstrap I get the message Installer error: Failure trying to run: chroot /target mount -t proc proc /proc There are more details below but could somebody enlighten me as to its meaning and what's going

Re: Install debian Etch with debootstrap on top of fedora

2008-07-01 Thread michael
On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 06:06 -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > El mar, 01-07-2008 a las 09:46 +0100, michael escribió: > > I am trying to install Debian Etch on a box that already has Fedora > > but when using debootstrap I get the message > > > > Installer error: Fa

Re: Install debian Etch with debootstrap on top of fedora

2008-07-01 Thread michael
On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 10:17 +0100, michael wrote: > On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 06:06 -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > > El mar, 01-07-2008 a las 09:46 +0100, michael escribió: > > > I am trying to install Debian Etch on a box that already has Fedora > > > but when using de

Re: Install debian Etch with debootstrap on top of fedora (SOLVED by ensuring PATH set for sudo/root)

2008-07-01 Thread michael
On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 06:50 -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > El mar, 01-07-2008 a las 10:41 +0100, michael escribió: > > On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 10:17 +0100, michael wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 06:06 -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > > > > El mar, 01-07-2008 a las

Re: Update manager replacement?

2008-07-01 Thread michael
On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 11:04 -0400, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > On my current Lenny machine, I have something that appears to > be the Gnome update manager running; I regularly get an orange > box that pops up on my panel that tells me what packages can > be updated, and it handles the updating. > >

Re: Update manager replacement?

2008-07-01 Thread michael
On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 11:12 -0400, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 04:10:13PM +0100, michael wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-07-01 at 11:04 -0400, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > > On my current Lenny machine, I have something that appears to > > > be the Gnom

using debootstrap to install Debian

2008-07-04 Thread michael
I was following the instructions on, eg Debian_Admin, to attempt an installation of Debian on a Fedora box (that didn't like the netinst CD). I have got as far as installing a chroot in /debian_chroot but cannot work out the final steps needed to be able to boot into the Debian installation. Could

Re: using debootstrap to install Debian

2008-07-07 Thread michael
On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 17:24 +0200, Shawn Beasley wrote: > michael wrote: > > I was following the instructions on, eg Debian_Admin, to attempt an > > installation of Debian on a Fedora box (that didn't like the netinst > > CD). I have got as far as installing a ch

Re: csh: how to use indirect ref to env vars

2008-07-07 Thread michael
On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 08:03 -0700, ss11223 wrote: > On Jun 25, 9:40 am, michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I have acshscript in which I'd like to do set up a list of vars > > and then to chk each of these are set, something like the below. > > However, I

Re: using debootstrap to install Debian

2008-07-07 Thread michael
On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 17:56 -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > El vie, 04-07-2008 a las 17:24 +0200, Shawn Beasley escribió: > > michael wrote: > > > I was following the instructions on, eg Debian_Admin, to attempt an > > > installation of Debian on a Fedora box (t

Re: using debootstrap to install Debian

2008-07-08 Thread michael
On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 20:11 -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: {} > > > > > > OP: > > > You should chroot in /debian_chroot and run 'aptitude install > > > linux-image-architecture'. > > > If debootstrap didn't already, also install grub (or lilo if you prefer > > > it). Edit fstab (don't forget about

Re: using debootstrap to install Debian

2008-07-08 Thread michael
devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 sysfs /syssysfs defaults 0 0 proc/proc procdefaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swapswapdefaults 0 0 ### MKB (Sept 2007): 750Gb disk #/dev/sdb1

Re: using debootstrap to install Debian

2008-07-10 Thread michael
On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 20:11 -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > El lun, 07-07-2008 a las 22:54 +0100, michael escribió: > > On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 17:56 -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > > > El vie, 04-07-2008 a las 17:24 +0200, Shawn Beasley escribió: > > > > michael wr

Re: problems installing with 'writemaster' CDROM

2008-07-14 Thread michael
On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 19:50 +0100, Wackojacko wrote: > michael wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 18:03 +0100, Wackojacko wrote: > >> michael wrote: > >> > >> > >>> iTCO_wdt 20625 0 > >>> iTCO_vendor_support12741 1

<    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   >