Re: Debian Font Guide for Newbies and the Confused

2003-10-15 Thread Paul Yeatman
a is installed but not fontconfig. The debconf message for defoma told me to put /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType as a FontPath in XF86Config-4 but my /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfon t-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/ directory contains nothing but the file, fonts.dir, at the moment. This doe

Re: apt: exporting and importing list of installed packages

2003-10-15 Thread Paul Yeatman
> It is not quite clear to me from the man-page what would happen to > already installed packages. I suppose that set-selections only > affects those packages that are actually in the list. Yes, I believe it only changes the packages listed in the file. All others are unaffected.

Re: downgrading libc6

2003-10-15 Thread Paul Yeatman
ce libc6 and libc6-dev where downgraded, I was able to remove libdb1-compat without trouble (again, worried a bit that removal of the package might remove files required by libc6-2.2.5-11.5 but it thankfully did not). Paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Paul Y

Re: Promise Fasttrak 100 PDC20267 on Debian

2003-10-15 Thread Paul Yeatman
he mirrored devices might magically show up as /dev/sda or at least individually or otherwise under some ide device name. No such success. Any ideas, tips, thoughts out there? Thanks, Paul -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EM

Re: Promise Fasttrak 100 PDC20267 on Debian

2003-10-15 Thread Paul Yeatman
port this specific chip or just that at least 2.4.21 one does? > With the kernel driver mine shows up as /dev/ataraid/d0 Hmmm, I don't even have this directory under my /dev/ (with the stable distribution). Does this get added with the testing distribution or some other way? Paul -- Pa

Re: Promise Fasttrak 100 PDC20267 on Debian

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
> > Hmmm, I don't even have this directory under my /dev/ (with the stable > > distribution). Does this get added with the testing distribution or > > some other way? > ... > you can get a script to create the device files from there: > http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/pdcraid/MAKEDEV > > by the w

Re: Debian Font Guide for Newbies and the Confused

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Rob Weir-- > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 12:05:21PM -0700, Paul Yeatman said > > So, for the sake of clarification as some conflicting statements have > > been made, as long as the FontPath to > > /var/lib/defoma

Re: Promise Fasttrak 100 PDC20267 on Debian

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
e Red Hat machine. Thanks so much! The new "scsi" disk is now formatted and mounted under Debian! Paul -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] == ==Proudly brought to you by Mutt== ==

Re: downgrading libc6

2003-10-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Travis Crump-- > > How much of an idiot do you think the former admin was? It seems insane > that anyone would upgrade libc6 for no good reason. I have a feeling > that downgrading libc6 is going to break something in /usr/local/... I realize

Re: Debian Font Guide for Newbies and the Confused

2003-10-17 Thread Paul Yeatman
ts/truetype/ instead of into > > /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/. > > Yes, x-ttcidfont symlinks the fonts into > /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/, they still get > installed somewhere else. Ok, I'll go ahead and install the ttf-bi

downgrading libc6

2003-10-13 Thread Paul Yeatman
n perfect checks and that I could easily be missing something. I'm tempted to downgrade with a: dpkg -i libc6_2.2.5-11.5_i386 libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.5_i386 locales_2.2.5-11.5_i386 I'm I asking for a lot of trouble Is there a safer more sure way to do this? Thanks, Paul -- Paul

Re: Debian Font Guide for Newbies and the Confused

2003-10-14 Thread Paul Yeatman
look in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf. There > should be a line like the one below. If not, open up > /etc/fonts/local.conf and add this > > /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType > > just after the line. > > Fontconfig should pick these up immediately, and &

Re: apt

2003-10-14 Thread Paul Yeatman
in Packages > # > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==

Re: apt: exporting and importing list of installed packages

2003-10-14 Thread Paul Yeatman
> > Is there a way to dump my current selection to a file and read it back > > later? I didn't find such an option in aptitude or any of the other > > tools. > > > > I use this: > > grep -E "^Package|Status:.+$" /var/lib/dpkg/status | \ > sed "s/Package:/\tPackage:/" | tr \\n \\t | sed "s/\t\t

gv

2003-08-14 Thread Paul Yeatman
machines. Can the recent changes in kernel have anything to do with this or can anyone come up with a better guess? Thanks to anyone and all who read! Paul -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] == ==Proudly

Re: gv

2003-08-14 Thread Paul Yeatman
Hi, ->>In response to your message<<- --received from JG-- > > Hi, > > Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Summary: 'gv' is suddenly not viewing postscript files correctly on my > > Debian machines although it used to. I make

verifying a Debian package

2003-09-02 Thread Paul Yeatman
check the manual page for dpkg a few times but have not come up with an equivalent command for Debian yet. Thanks, Paul -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] == ==Proud

Re: Keyboard detection failure during installation of debian unstable.

2003-09-02 Thread Paul Yeatman
both a Microsoft and Acer keyboards. > > Harley > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Paul Yeat

Re: verifying a Debian package

2003-09-03 Thread Paul Yeatman
for imputs. Paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Karsten M. Self-- > > on Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 04:20:40PM -0700, Paul Yeatman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, just curious if anyone knows how to "verify" a package with > > D

cannot clean filesystem

2003-06-11 Thread Paul Yeatman
aints for both partitions. Yet they continue to report "not clean" with a tune2fs listing and I still get backup errors complaining of a "dirty" file system in my backups. What might be going on here? Thanks! -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel penguin logo?

2003-06-11 Thread Paul Yeatman
t; Joel Konkle-Parker > Webmaster [Ballsome.com] > > Phone [662-518-1636] > E-mail[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe"

set_rtc_mmss

2002-09-19 Thread Paul Yeatman
Hi, very recently, I started getting system messages such as "kernel: set_rtc_mmss: can't update from 50 to 4". Where would one look to find the meaning of such a kernel error message (and, of course, if anyone knows the meaning of this right off, I'd love to hear it). Tha

root ext3 filesystem being mounted as ext2

2003-11-25 Thread Paul Yeatman
Hi, I have a problem I've never run into before with a system: the root partition is undesirably and inexplicably being mounted as ext2 during bootup. I'm using kernel 2.4.20-20.8 (sorry this happens to be a Red Hat machine although I wish it weren't--it's outside of my control) and all other part

Re: root ext3 filesystem being mounted as ext2

2003-11-25 Thread Paul Yeatman
make sense to make a initrd just containing a module u need for your root > partition). Hope this helps... > > Greetings > Alex > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: hplip and its "toolbox"

2005-06-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Henrique de Moraes Holschuh-- > > On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > Hi, anyone have much HPLIP experience? > > I do. Hi. Wow, I got the dude, didn't I!? Thanks! > > > 3845 printer

Re: [SOLVED] hplip and its "toolbox"

2005-06-17 Thread Paul Yeatman
tenance operations on it to boot! Thanks!!! Paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Maurits van Rees-- > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 03:32:46PM -0700, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > Although I've already configured the printer with CUPS and the > > print

emacs 20.3 registered but not installed

2001-12-11 Thread Paul Yeatman
Hi, I get the following daily message: "From root Tue Dec 11 07:41:11 2001 Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 07:41:11 -0800 From: root (Anacron) To: root Subject: Anacron job 'cron.daily' /etc/cron.daily/suidmanager: suidregister: /usr/lib/emacs/20.3/i386-debian-linux-gnu/movemai

esdsink

2004-10-13 Thread Paul Yeatman
pps. Not a big deal. Just curious what others may know/have to say concerning this. -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] == ==Proudly brought to you by Mutt== == --

Re: MultiMedia keyboards and SID

2004-10-13 Thread Paul Yeatman
shading, etc. I am currently running Gnome 2.8 on Sid. > > Regards > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FAM causing "device or resource busy" errors when trying to smbumount

2004-10-04 Thread Paul Yeatman
up, which was > > /usr/sbin/famd -T 0 > > I shut down fam with #/etc/init.d/fam stop and I could then umount > the share > cleanly. > > Can anyone shed any light on this? > > thanks, > > rich -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896

Re: Software RAID 0 and linux 2.6.8.1

2004-10-04 Thread Paul Yeatman
Linux on the > same RAID 0 array? Is it difficult to install? > > Greets, > Niels > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Paul Yea

Re: Software RAID 0 and linux 2.6.8.1

2004-10-05 Thread Paul Yeatman
o read > > faster but also makes 2 disks look like 1 bigger disk > > - if one disk dies... both disk are useless > > > >- i think you want to use (sw or hw ) raid1 ( mirror ) > > - if one disk dies ... all your data is still intact on the other > > disk >

Re: raid barfs at startup with 2.6 kernel

2004-10-05 Thread Paul Yeatman
nd are still seeing problems, check out the list > archives for threads on moving the raid start back in the boot sequence. > I'm sorry I don't have the link available. > > If none of this helps, please be more spe

flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-06-30 Thread Paul Yeatman
ust to see homestarrunner.com. Any help? Thanks. -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] == ==Proudly brought to you by Mutt== == -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

acme

2004-07-07 Thread Paul Yeatman
ome packages. Eventhough initially gnome and acme were installed together, apparently now they can't be. Just curious if anyone knows anything about this? Paul -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==

Re: acme

2004-07-07 Thread Paul Yeatman
. Apparently "capplets" is what gives you tools to configure Gnome2 so I guess you can have one or the other. Too bad but I guess that's the deal. Thanks! Paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Chris Metzler-- > > On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:29:

Re: acme

2004-07-07 Thread Paul Yeatman
nything > > about this? > > I've never used acme, but it sounds similar to hotkeys. Unlike acme, > however, hotkeys can be installed and run simultaneously with gnome. > > Unfortunately I'm not sure why apt wants to remove gnome when installing > acme. > &g

lost "disks" option in nautilus menu

2004-07-07 Thread Paul Yeatman
e same time "gnome" et al were automatically removed during an update). Can anyone explain this and suggest how to get it back? Thanks! -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==

Re: acme (solved, more of less)

2004-07-07 Thread Paul Yeatman
g is not quite right in the package inter-relations between acme and gnome, Jacob. Paul On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 13:13, Travis Crump wrote: > Paul Yeatman wrote: > > Hi, for anyone running Sarge, the "acme" package was a cool new feature > > to me that allowed you to set up

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-20 Thread Paul Yeatman
all other audio/video applications I run simultaneously use the inital esd process started by gnome, why can't flash? Should I force gnome to use something other than esd? Thanks, Paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Paul Yeatman-- > > Hi, so it appears that

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-20 Thread Paul Yeatman
> I have no idea what 'esdctl unlock' does but I did as you said (got a series of increasing pitch tones when I ran 'esd &') but got the same result: xmms et al. work fine, while the browser, trying to employ the flash plugin, incurably freezes. Maybe I should try esd e

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-21 Thread Paul Yeatman
any help: > > $ cat /etc/esound/esd.conf > [esd] > auto_spawn=1 > spawn_options=-terminate -nobeeps -as 5 > spawn_wait_ms=100 > > Regards, > Ralph Thanks, alot. I really appreciate the feedback and input. Having an understanding of the p

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-21 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Jacob S.-- > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:20:20 -0400 > Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 07/20/04 18:40, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > > > > I'm fairly sure the system is using es

Fwd: Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-21 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Wim De Smet-- > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:04:27 -0700, Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi again. I'm responding to my own post. It wasn't until today, weeks > > after my original

Re: Re: Still no sound in Flash

2004-07-21 Thread Paul Yeatman
ess > I have tried restarting X with no success > > Does anyone have any other ideas? > > -- > Marc Shapiro > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe&

Re: Fwd: Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-21 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Jacob S.-- > > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:58:50 -0700 > Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > H. Thanks for the suggestion. I did as you said and changed > > my initial selection "es

Re: Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-21 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Wim De Smet-- > > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:58:50 -0700, Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ->>In response to your message<<- > > --received from Wim De Smet-- > > > >

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-21 Thread Paul Yeatman
er while esd is running. In both cases, the flash animation and the browser itself hangs. Part of the strangeness is that this wasn't a problem in Woody. This has only been the case since I've upgraded to Sarge (which possibly is due to a later version of Mozilla?). paul ->>In r

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-22 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Wim De Smet-- > > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:14:03 -0700, Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just noticed something I didn't notice before. Since I have learned > > I need to kill esd before goi

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-23 Thread Paul Yeatman
> Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I now am convinced that the problem resides with the appearance that > > Flash accesses /dev/dsp directly creating a conflict anytime another > > application has already locked the dsp device first, such as esd. The

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-07-23 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Carl Johnson-- > > Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Have you tried the '-as' option of esd? I use 'esd -as 2' to require > > > esd to release /dev/dsp 2 se

Re: Firefox and Flash issues?

2004-07-26 Thread Paul Yeatman
ct of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] == ==Proudly brought to you by Mutt== == -- To UNSU

Re: Asking more about RSH on Linux

2004-07-26 Thread Paul Yeatman
line as follows: > rsh stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.rshd > But RSH is not run OK. > I hope you help me once again. Thank you very much. > I look forward to hearing your answers.Nguyen Thanh HaiLe Qui Don University, > Hanoi, Vietnam > > > &

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-08-03 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Carl Johnson-- > > Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Have you tried the '-as' option of esd? I use 'esd -as 2' to require > > > esd to release /dev/dsp 2 seconds a

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

2004-08-05 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Karl E. Jorgensen-- > > On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 02:49:24PM -0700, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > Hi, I tried taking "-terminate" out of my esd.conf. I logged out and > > back in. Indeed esd was started by Gnom

installing new kernel packages

2004-01-07 Thread Paul Yeatman
and then install the new package before booting back into the kernel of the new package. I'm questioning whether this is really necessary. I know that with Red Hat, new kernel packages are simply installed, no questions asked (if they are not on the "packages to skip" list).

gnome 2.6 and keybindings

2004-06-15 Thread Paul Yeatman
witch it within Gnome, too? Thanks! -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] == ==Proudly brought to you by Mutt== == -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: gnome 2.6 and keybindings

2004-06-15 Thread Paul Yeatman
em to offer key remapping. Clicking "Accessibility" didn't do much for me either. Am I being an idiot and missing something here :) paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Patrick Lane-- > > Menu/Applications/Desktop Preferences/Keyboard > > O

Re: gnome 2.6 and keybindings

2004-06-15 Thread Paul Yeatman
Thanks! I'm using Sarge and I only have two tabs in the "keyboard preferences" window. Thus still not sure how to remap my keys. Paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Nicholas Lativy-- > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 02:38:42PM -0700, Paul Yeatma

Re: gnome 2.6 and keybindings

2004-06-15 Thread Paul Yeatman
Jun 2004 23:10:22 +0200, Paul Yeatman escreveu: > > > I like to switch Caps Lock and Control and have done this for the > > console but it gets unswitched when Gnome (gdm) is started. > > You have at least four options: > > You can disable the XKB extension of

Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany) (SOLVED!)

2004-08-11 Thread Paul Yeatman
asked by debconf with Mozilla or Firefox installation) doesn't work. If this worked as I believe it is supposed to, I don't think this ever would have been an issue. As I believe it doesn't work, I have to use "-as" with esd and no dsp wrapper with Mozilla as a work around

Re: PCL only printer

2004-02-25 Thread Paul Yeatman
Ah. > > BTW I usually struggle through the printing stuff too (no guru here). > HTH Well, thanks so much for the response. I appreciate any ideas/help I can get. Paul > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: PCL only printer

2004-02-25 Thread Paul Yeatman
configure the local HP deskjet 932C. It doesn't seem to do anything particular concerning a PCL only printer and, with no real surprise, fails just the same as the printcap I've come up with on my own. Thanks for the suggestion. Paul -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PR

Re: PCL only printer

2004-02-25 Thread Paul Yeatman
ich appears to be supported. If I can't get anywhere with that, I'll see what CUPS can do for me. Thanks so much for the suggested web site, Paul -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] == ==Proudly broug

Re: PCL only printer

2004-02-25 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from CW Harris-- > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 03:03:24PM -0800, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > > installed the Debian package instead. Still no dice, however. I call > > hpijs using the following line in t

Re: PCL only printer

2004-02-27 Thread Paul Yeatman
to hold the power button while hitting cancel twice to clean the heads. It said after the cleaning it would print one page to give the results. The cleaning appears to happen but no page is ever printed. Paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Marc Wilson-- > >

Re: PCL only printer

2004-03-01 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Marc Wilson-- > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 12:39:23PM -0800, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > The main problem now is that almost everything prints in red or shades > > of red. When postscripts were not printing correc

PPD files

2004-03-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
he debconf message added that a program/command was to run once the correct PPD file(s) were acquired. I tried running 'dpkg-reconfigure defoma' but apparently there is no debconf interaction with this package. Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about? Paul -- Paul Yea

Re: PPD files

2004-03-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > > I'm trying to figure out exactly what the PPD file thing is about. > > Hi Paul, > > These files define the capabilities of a pri

Re: PPD files

2004-03-19 Thread Paul Yeatman
lt;- --received from Paul Yeatman-- > > ->>In response to your message<<- > --received from [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to figure out exactly what the PPD file thing is about. > >

package search

2004-03-22 Thread Paul Yeatman
e any tool that someone knows of to convert a PDF to an image. According to one of the users here, the Windows version of acroreader has this option but it doesn't appear that the linux version does. Thanks, Paul -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[

PCL only printer

2004-02-19 Thread Paul Yeatman
ing there ready (it has no problem printing a simple text file) and there is no reason I can think of that "another job has [/dev/lpi] open". First off, what is /dev/lpi? This didn't exist for me so I made it a link to /dev/lp0 to try to cover my bases. Still no success. I g

apache2 memory footprint

2006-12-05 Thread Paul Yeatman
s were recently released and I don't remember apache2 using this much memory previously. I tried stopping the apache service and restarting it should something have been awry. I am seeing tthe same memory usage, however, since restarting. Is anyone else getting this? Paul -- Paul Yeatman

Re: apache2 memory footprint

2006-12-06 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Roberto C. Sanchez-- > > On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 10:42:35AM -0800, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > Hi, I've recently noticed that two of the four apache2 processes I have > > running are consuming about 240Mb of memor

dist-upgrade removing current kernel

2006-12-11 Thread Paul Yeatman
ed 2.6.18 kernel revision for Etch. I'm perfectly happy with the package manager leaving my currently installed kernels alone while simultaneously adding newer kernel versions and releases. If I want to remove old kernels at some point, I'll do so explicitely. Anyone have any ideas for me? Th

Re: dist-upgrade removing current kernel

2006-12-11 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Andrew Sackville-West-- > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 11:24:44AM -0800, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > I'm perfectly happy with the > > package manager leaving my currently installed kernels alone while > > simult

test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-13 Thread Paul Yeatman
Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already installed on the system without actually installing the package if so. This mailing list thread http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/09/msg00292.htm

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Jimmy Johnson-- > > Paul Yeatman wrote: > > Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package > that would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already > installed on the

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Chris Burkhardt-- > > Paul Yeatman wrote: > > Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that > > would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already > >

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Michael M. Moore-- > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian > > package that would test for whether all dependencies of that p

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
Paul Yeatman writes: > > $ sudo dpkg -i --no-act texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb (Reading > > database ... 138033 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace texlive-base 2007.dfsg.1-2 (using > > texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb)

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Chris Burkhardt-- > > Paul Yeatman wrote: > [...] > >> There is a note in the man page about putting the --no-act flag before the > >> action: > >> > >> $ sudo dpkg --no-act -i texli

Re: test for package dependencies without installing

2009-02-16 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Ink Bottle-- > > > I've found this little script around something > I've heared about recently; it's a command dedicated > to check dependencies. > I don't know it it can be of some use. > It's been hard to make it work (that's the bad part :)

mounting a RAID array

2002-04-10 Thread Paul Yeatman
D and am having problems find documentation to answer my questions. How do I mount the array (vs. either of the individual drives)? Sorry, this is a general linux question more than a Debian question but if anyone has a quick answer for me, I'd appreciate it. Thanks. -- Paul Yeatman

dh_help

2002-05-23 Thread Paul Yeatman
ouldn't find any help from the list archives going back a year. In general, is there a straightforward way to ever check which package supplies a single command? -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: dh_help

2002-05-23 Thread Paul Yeatman
Hi, excuse me, everyone. I read it too quickly. "dh_dhelp" is what is attempting to be executed and it is found in package "dhelp". My question about the easiest way to find which package supplies a certain command still stands if anyone has input on this. -- Paul Yea

Re: dh_help

2002-05-24 Thread Paul Yeatman
ds are not exhaustively listed in the package's description (naturally). Thanks, again, Paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Colin Watson-- > > On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 03:51:58PM -0700, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > Hi, > > > > excuse me, ev

Message is frozin

2002-06-18 Thread Paul Yeatman
essage is frozen Anyone have any idea what is going on, what to do about it or how to stop it? Is it an attack? Thanks! -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Message is frozin

2002-06-18 Thread Paul Yeatman
exim if you are interested. > > I hope this helps, > > Erik > > > -- > Erik Mathisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://erik.mathisen.us > > I was walking down the street and all of a sudden the prescription for > my eye-glasses ran out > --

creating .deb from .dsc and .tar.gz

2002-06-24 Thread Paul Yeatman
wnload the source code for ssh from the security server and the accompanying .dsc file. But then how do I use these to create the debian package? Thanks. -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] == ==Proudly brought to y

Re: creating .deb from .dsc and .tar.gz

2002-06-24 Thread Paul Yeatman
Correction: How do I create a debian package out of the following? openssh_3.3p1-0.0woody1.diff.gz openssh_3.3p1.orig.tar.gz Or where is this described? Thanks. -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: creating .deb from .dsc and .tar.gz

2002-06-24 Thread Paul Yeatman
->>In response to your message<<- --received from Colin Watson-- > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 04:12:43PM -0700, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > How do I create a debian package out of the following? > > > > openssh_3.3p1-0.0woody1.diff.gz openssh_3.3p1.o

apt-get vs. dselect

2005-11-02 Thread Paul Yeatman
in the rainbow but can't help to wonder which is "better". Thanks, Paul -- Paul Yeatman (858) 534-9896[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-get vs. dselect

2005-11-02 Thread Paul Yeatman
ges to aptitude so I'll have to give it more consideration. Thanks everyone! Paul ->>In response to your message<<- --received from Fred-- > > On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 11:44 -0800, Paul Yeatman wrote: > > Hi all. I should maybe spend more time in the archives but just