Re: Setting hdparm parameters on boot

2003-02-28 Thread Stephen Cormier
ke.' I still have to apply it manually for the > setting to work. > > Have I missed something here? > > Thanks > > Jeff Elkins > http://www.elkins.org -- May the source be with you! Stephen Cormier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: XMMS and CD Audio Broken

2003-03-08 Thread Stephen Cormier
On March 9, 2003 03:01 am, Lonnie Sutton wrote: > Also, there is a symlink /dev/cdrom -> /dec/scd0. Did you check the permissons on the /dev/scd0 I had the same problem and I just had to chmod +rwx /dev/scd0 and now CD's play perfectly in XMMS. -- May the source be with yo

Re: Apache not serving up .shtml properly

2003-03-12 Thread Stephen Cormier
> # > # To use server-parsed HTML files > # > AddType text/html .shtml > AddHandler server-parsed .shtml > > The above is the only relevant bit from the Apache config I could find > regarding server-parsed html files. Did you uncomment the line: LoadModule includes_modu

Re: Unidentified subject!

2003-10-20 Thread Stephen Cormier
On October 20, 2003 09:18 am, News Admin wrote: > Hi, > > Can't I _force_ the XServer to load the module somehow? Or > is the nvidia kernel module omitted in some script so that > it doesn't load (e.g. /etc/modules.conf)? Am I confusing the > `nvidia.o' kernel module with the nvidia X driver? > > T

Re: X 4.3 mouse cursor

2003-10-20 Thread Stephen Cormier
On October 20, 2003 11:13 am, David Fokkema wrote: > On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 17:59, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 02:22:37PM +0200, David Fokkema said > > > > > Hi group, > > > > > > I finally decided to try out mouse cursors in X 4.3. (Well, my brother > > > wanted to try them out and

Re: mouse

2003-10-21 Thread Stephen Cormier
gt; -marlin unruh You would be interested in this link then on using the numeric keypad as your mouse in X11. http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/movecursor.html Stephen Cormier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X Windom System will not start

2003-10-26 Thread Stephen Cormier
the defaults when reconfiguring it is setup for a ps/2 3 button wheel mouse and 101 key keyboard you will have to do some tweaking for your setup. Stephen Cormier ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the # Debian X Configuration tool, usin

Re: Kernel 2.6 and framebuffer

2003-10-26 Thread Stephen Cormier
ad the same problem and I think it is the CONFIG_FB_VGA16=y that is the cause but I am not positive I made a couple of changes that compile and it worked so I never tried changing anything after that. If you want to look at my working config for test9 it can be found here: http://www3.ns.sympatico.c

Re: X is slow on 2.6-test6 kernel

2003-09-29 Thread Stephen Cormier
_kernel-1.0-4496-2-6.diff -- May the source be with you! Stephen Cormier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Where is modversions.h with kernel 2.6.0-test6?

2003-10-13 Thread Stephen Cormier
On October 13, 2003 07:14 pm, Naitik Shah wrote: > You need to patch your nvidia-sources in order to compile > them with kernel 2.6. I dont quite remember where I got the > patch from but the file name is NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4496-2.6.diff > If you want I could post it here. http://www.minion.de/

Re: k3b 1.0 ?

2003-11-16 Thread Stephen Cormier
then you can get it with this line in your sources list. ## K3b sources for sarge requires KDE > 3.1.2 from SID deb http://www.planet-moll.de/debian sarge main Stephen Cormier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: spam microsoft

2003-11-27 Thread Stephen Cormier
script to automate this work ? > (perhaps perl is my friend ?) There already is a script written in perl it is Swendeleter you can get it here: http://www.hashref.com/prj/swendeleter/ Stephen Cormier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Function of make dep : newbie :-?

2003-12-13 Thread Stephen Cormier
On December 13, 2003 08:17 pm, Nunya wrote: > Since I asked this I learned konqueror will display info pages, via > "info:/topic". man pages too. apt:/ too if you do not mind third party debs the program is called kio-apt and you can get it here - http://lpnotfr.free.fr/debian/kde/ . It says it

Re: Keyboard configuration for X

2003-12-15 Thread Stephen Cormier
On December 15, 2003 02:40 pm, Francisco Castellon wrote: > Hello: > > I am having problems with my keyboard on X, I can't seem to be able > to type certain characters on the keyboard itself, I just recently > upgraded most of my packages and had to reconfigure a few things > (including the configu

Re: Knoppix saving data

2003-12-16 Thread Stephen Cormier
On December 16, 2003 04:33 am, Gruessle wrote: > I am trying to use the XFree86 config data from knoppix for Debian. > > The only place I could find where I can save data while in knoppix > was the desktop. > After exiting knoppix and going back to Debian I can't find the > desktop. I figure knoppi

Re: Problem with K3b

2005-05-02 Thread Stephen Cormier
On May 2, 2005 05:53 pm, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > Somehow, I closed the project window that was part of the main K3b > window. I can still open the project window, but I can't find a way > to re-dock it with the main window. Can anyone help me with this? If > need be, I'm even willing to edit t

Re: AnyOne got "Rekall" working on Debian

2004-07-30 Thread Stephen Cormier
On July 29, 2004 03:06 pm, John Foster wrote: > I am trying to get Rekall 2.0 to compile on Debian sid. It seems to > crap out saying that there are no headers or libs installed. I have > qt3-mt installed, & am wondering if the 'mt' is the problem. I ran > into a similar issue a while ago with per

Re: kdm failed to preconfigure, with exit status 30

2003-12-22 Thread Stephen Cormier
On December 22, 2003 12:26 am, Uwe Dippel wrote: > On the Unstable of today. > Am I the only one ? Does that matter ? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=224567 Stephen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

2003-12-22 Thread Stephen Cormier
On December 22, 2003 04:50 am, Scarletdown wrote: > David S wrote: > > Scarletdown wrote: > >> I just tried to install the GeForce video drivers downloaded from > >> nVidia's site, in hopes that I would be able to make proper use of > >> my video card (GeForce 5600 FX with 256MB RAM) > >> > >> Here

Re: X refuses to load nVidia module

2003-12-31 Thread Stephen Cormier
On December 29, 2003 10:59 pm, Bradley Alexander wrote: >When I tried to load the module under 2.6.0, I got the message > FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.0/nvidia/nvidia.ko): > Invalid module format > Starting with about test7 and onwards I had to us modprobe -f nvidia to get the

Re: cdrdao, atapi, k3b

2004-01-13 Thread Stephen Cormier
? I would be glad if I could use cdrdao with > atapi. You may want to look at the archive for Monday, Janurary 12, 2004 in the thread "cdrao not working with 2.6". Stephen Cormier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: hdparms question

2004-01-13 Thread Stephen Cormier
/usr/share/man/man8/hdparm.8.gz /etc /etc/init.d /etc/init.d/hdparm /etc/apm /etc/apm/event.d /etc/apm/event.d/20hdparm /etc/hdparm.conf /sbin /sbin/hdparm Stephen Cormier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: hdparms question

2004-01-13 Thread Stephen Cormier
ou want to know more about it, > > see /etc/init.d/hdparm script. > > Doh. Open mouth insert foot. Disregard previous rant about not > having an rc script. > > /me smacks his forehead. > > -- > Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oops, I should have read the rest of the th

Re: OT: remote cups printing

2004-01-23 Thread Stephen Cormier
On January 21, 2004 09:57 pm, Jeff Elkins wrote: > When printing to a remote cups server (under kde3.1) I'm asked for a > user/password combo...everything is rejected, including the root > password for the cups server. Both machines are on the same subnet, > (192.168.0). > > In the cupsd.conf: > >

Re: How to make the debian system shut down with power off?

2003-07-04 Thread Stephen Cormier
llow > up... > Knoppix has in /etc/modules the line apm power_off=1 which I believe is the missing piece to your puzzle. -- May source be with you! Stephen Cormier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: abcde is failing me. SOLVED

2003-07-27 Thread Stephen Cormier
er now. -- May the source be with you! Stephen Cormier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Boot with no KDE?

2004-08-10 Thread Stephen Cormier
On August 10, 2004 03:32 am, Richard Cavell wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed Debian linux on an unremarkable Pentium 4-class > system. It boots to the KDE. > > Now, my nVidia GeForce 4 Ti 4200 is not recognized by KDE. It > therefore uses it as generic SVGA. This yields a maximum resolution > w

Re: installation of 3c509 module from Woody diskette.

2004-08-14 Thread Stephen Cormier
On August 13, 2004 05:34 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Debian Users, > > This problem occurs in an attempt at diskette/network > installation of Woody on an ISA 486 DX with a SCSI disk > attached via an AHA-1542B. > > I retrieved the Woody 3.0.23, 2002-05-21 images, > rescue, root, driver-{1..4}.b

Re: Why Does apt-get Want to Uninstall KDE?

2004-08-31 Thread Stephen Cormier
On September 1, 2004 01:56 am, Scarletdown wrote: > The following packages will be REMOVED: >   kde kdepim kdepim-libs libkdenetwork2-dev Because kde is a meta package that is not really needed and is at an older version than what you are installing. The kdepim is a meta package as well so is no

Re: Help with Dependencies

2004-09-01 Thread Stephen Cormier
On September 1, 2004 11:04 am, Wade Smith wrote: > Unpacking replacement libc6-sparc64 ... > > > > dpkg: error processing > > > > /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-sparc64_2.2.5-11.5_sparc.deb > (--unpack): > > > > trying to overwrite `/lib/64', which is also in package gcc-3.0 Try using dpkg -i --fo

Re: knoppix slow

2004-02-27 Thread Stephen Cormier
on the login screen console login. Login as normal user then use su to become root and change to the directory containing the file and ./fix-fonts.sh to run and after complete /etc/init.d/kdm restart to get a new KDE login screen. You will most likely want to download and run at least the remove-ser

Re: Removing KDE 2.2.2

2004-03-07 Thread Stephen Cormier
job with 'apt-get remove kde' and I have no clue what could be the > packet name(s). > > Ville Try removing kdelibs3 and libarts that should get most of it. Then use COLUMNS=150 dpkg -l | grep 2.2.2 this should give a list of the leftovers if they are any. Stephen Cormier

Re: can not open Font Installer in Control Center

2004-02-06 Thread Stephen Cormier
ial .deb packages you can get then you can get the 3.2 final with this line in your sources.list. ## KDE 3.2 deb http://rs.fuzz.nl/muesli/686/kde_head/ unstable/ The packages are built for unstable but work fine on my Sarge/SID install also they are for a 686 or better processor and they wor

Re: Looking for DVD Writer that Debian 3.1 supports

2007-03-06 Thread Stephen Cormier
On March 6, 2007 01:43:35 pm Michael Kerwin wrote: > I am trying to load Debian 3.1 on a Pentium Duo Core Desktop using an > internal DVD Writer on a 750GB Parallel IDE drive. Debian loads the > netintal 3.1r5 netinstall cd but after asking the the keyboard and stuff > tries to mount the cd to load

Re: Checking GPG Signatures - Debian Keyring is Huge !

2007-03-13 Thread Stephen Cormier
On March 13, 2007 11:04:44 pm Nick Boyce wrote: > Do I *really* need to add such a large keyring to my own keyring, just > to verify the dang GPG signature on a CD image ? Have you tried/heard of the --keyring option when using gpg? That way you only need to specify the file containing the key no

Re: NVIDIA i2c adapter?

2007-03-22 Thread Stephen Cormier
On March 22, 2007 07:11:54 am David Baron wrote: > Getting this booting a 2.6.20-3 rt-patched kernel: > > Mar 22 08:08:43 d_baron kernel: **WARNING** I2C adapter driver [NVIDIA i2c > adapter 0 at 1:00.0] forgot to specify physical device; fix it! > Mar 22 08:08:43 d_baron kernel: **WARNING** I2C ad

Re: NVIDIA i2c adapter?

2007-03-22 Thread Stephen Cormier
On March 22, 2007 12:22:42 pm Joe Hart wrote: > Stephen Cormier wrote: > > On March 22, 2007 07:11:54 am David Baron wrote: > >> Getting this booting a 2.6.20-3 rt-patched kernel: > >> > >> Mar 22 08:08:43 d_baron kernel: **WARNING** I2C adapter driver [NVIDIA

Re: Cannot retrieve bug reports; Severe problem!

2007-03-24 Thread Stephen Cormier
On March 24, 2007 11:19:32 pm Michael Pobega wrote: > I'm having trouble with apt tonight, and it's really getting in my > way! > > Whenever I try to install anything, apt always pauses on retrieving > bug reports: > > 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 44 not > upgraded. > Nee

Re: Kernel Header Information

2007-06-28 Thread Stephen Cormier
On June 28, 2007 06:39:06 pm Nirmal Govindaraju wrote: > Hi, > > I am a new Linux user and I have the Debian distribution (2.6.18-4-686) > installed via the internet using a few floppy disks to perform the initial > boot up. I am now trying to install a VPN client on my computer and during > the in

Re: em64t

2007-08-09 Thread Stephen Cormier
On August 9, 2007 05:39:28 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm trying to get the best of my machine based on intel core2 (6550), which > is compliant with em64t debian arch (at least I thought...) but there is > only a amd64 install available, which doesn't want to run on Intel > machin

Re: Working with Kworldclock

2007-08-15 Thread Stephen Cormier
On August 15, 2007 06:35:15 pm Bob McGowan wrote: > You must tell the Linux system, during > installation, which way you went, so it knows how to use the BIOS date. >   You can probably change this selection, but I'm not aware of how. The Etch installer no longer asks or at least did not on the in

Re: which videcard for dual-monitor setup?

2007-08-27 Thread Stephen Cormier
On August 27, 2007 07:38:24 am Tinus Nijmeijers wrote: > On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 12:20 +0200, Pol Hallen wrote: > > > which videocard is recommended if I want a system with 2 screens > > > attached? > > > > I always used nvidia video card (with vga+dvi) > > > > > or even 4 screens if that's at all po

Re: strange email link

2006-11-14 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Tuesday 14 November 2006 12:14, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to contact county officials in Lewis and Clark County MT, USA. > > They have a page: > http://www.co.lewis-clark.mt.us/index.php?id=30 > > But the email links don't work. > > They expand to such: > javascript:linkTo_UnC

Re: homepage in konqueror

2006-11-30 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Friday 01 December 2006 01:24, Mark Grieveson wrote: > Anyone know how I can get konqueror to start up with google.ca, instead > of this irritating "Konqueror: Conquer your desktop!" page that keeps > popping up? I changed the homepage setting, but when I start it, I > still get the irritating

Re: 1GB RAM is missing.

2007-10-23 Thread Stephen Cormier
On October 23, 2007 09:34:52 am pgega wrote: > On Oct 22, 10:00 pm, Pasi Oja-Nisula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 11:29:37AM -, pgega wrote: > > > Pasi: what was the RAM seend by BIOS , when I use 4 GiB ,bios sees > > > only 3052 GiB (But the MSI board can hadle up to 8

Re: 1GB RAM is missing.

2007-10-23 Thread Stephen Cormier
On October 23, 2007 05:32:55 pm Ron Johnson wrote: > On 10/23/07 14:16, Stephen Cormier wrote: > [snip] > > > You are going to have to accept that you are never going to get all 4gb > > running a 32bit install due to the limitations of using 32bit where > > things >

Re: Why there is no space left on root partition?

2007-01-18 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Thursday 18 January 2007 19:43, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 17:39 -0600, jie gong wrote: > > Thanks for the advice. > > I looked at the files under /root, and found > > there is a file .xsession-errors has size 4003647488. > > What is that? Can I delete it? > > That tells me you

Re: Why there is no space left on root partition?

2007-01-19 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Thursday 18 January 2007 20:28, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/18/07 18:24, Stephen Cormier wrote: > > On Thursday 18 January 2007 19:43, Greg Folkert wrote: > >> On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 17:39 -0600, jie gong wrote: > >>> Thanks for the advice. > >>> I

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-01-24 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 15:46, tom arnall wrote: > how do i 'hold' the packages. i can't find anything on this in either the > apt-get doc' or on the web. echo "package_name hold" | dpkg --set-selections Stephen -- GPG Pubic Key: http://users.eastlink.ca/~stephencormier/publickey.asc pgp

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-01-24 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 17:30, tom arnall wrote: > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 12:36, Stephen Cormier wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 15:46, tom arnall wrote: > > > how do i 'hold' the packages. i can't find anything on this in either >

Re: Avidemux and monitor energy saver

2007-01-31 Thread Stephen Cormier
On January 31, 2007 04:27:22 pm Benjamí Villoslada wrote: > Hi, > > After one avidemux session (Debian Sid), the screen saver and monitor > energy saving features doesn't works. > > I can block the session (KDE) and the screensaver appears, but monitor > never goes to power save mode. > > Someone k

Re: program to build .debs from compiled source code?

2007-02-11 Thread Stephen Cormier
On February 11, 2007 09:09:13 pm Bruno Buys wrote: > I'm looking for checkinstall (was using it under sarge) at etch for > amd64, but it seems to be absent. Which program can I use to build debs > > >from compiled programs? According to apt-cache it is only in unstable here on my mixed testing/un

Re: editing avi files

2007-02-18 Thread Stephen Cormier
On February 18, 2007 02:05:49 pm pol wrote: > How to edit video files (especially avi files) > to select a short piece from the whole? > > thanks > > -- > Pol Try installing the avidemux package it is fairly easy to use, you need a line like the one below changing the sid in the line to the relea

Re: Strange behaviour of K3B

2008-01-31 Thread Stephen Cormier
On January 31, 2008 03:54:43 am Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:57:36 + > Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Alan, > > > I was trying to overburn the DVD with too much data. For some reason > > the main display said the DVD was 8GB big, when in fact it only held > >

Re: Another Newbie Troubles with Debian

2006-05-15 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Monday 15 May 2006 13:26, Dov Oxenberg wrote: > Would some PLEASE clue me in on what the secret key is to enable the > desired selection? Try pressing the spacebar when the selection is highlighted. Stephen -- GPG Pubic Key: http://users.eastlink.ca/~stephencormier/publickey.asc pgpZjURHdz

Re: How do I use the linux-headers with the linux-source?

2006-05-18 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Thursday 18 May 2006 16:59, Marco wrote: > #locate autoconf.h > /usr/include/asm-i486/autoconf.h > /usr/include/asm-x86_64/autoconf.h > /usr/include/linux/autoconf.h > > Any idea? Have you configured/compiled the source tree yet? >$ locate autoconf.h /usr/include/asm-i386/autoconf.h /usr/inclu

Re: repetitive apt-get upgrade

2006-05-26 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Friday 26 May 2006 08:21, Daniel D Jones wrote: > What causes a package to be listed everytime you run apt-get upgrade? > Specifically, mailman is constantly listed for upgrade. It appears to go > through the upgrade process but if I immediately rerun apt-get upgrade it's > listed again. Is th

Re: How to test a hard drive

2006-05-27 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Saturday 27 May 2006 19:36, thierry wrote: > Is there any way to test an HD before installing an new system on it? > I haave a strong suspiion about the reability of this HD, but money is > still a problem in disregarding it right away > Thank you for help. > Thierry Go To the manufacturer's we

Re: non-free nvidia driver on etch?

2006-05-30 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Tuesday 30 May 2006 13:12, Jonathan Pearce wrote: > I am running etch. I installed the legacy nvidia driver to work around > a bug with the 8178 release. I am ready to move back to the current > version, but I can't sort out the situation with the etch & the nvidia > drivers. > > Some googling t

Re: Building rawimage fails

2006-06-07 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Thursday 08 June 2006 00:55, Bruno Buys wrote: > I'm trying to build rawimage, a kfile plugin for raw image formats > (http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=30971). > > The problem is, I'm failing with the same error of this guy: > > *** Warning: Linking the shared library kfile_rawimage.

Re: Mixed dual-monitor setup: too weird?

2006-06-12 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Monday 12 June 2006 04:32, Kevin Mark wrote: > Hi  Kent, > I'd love to see your x info and conf files. I tried a few times but got > only 1 card to work and the other did nothing. TIA! > Kev When I was running AGP & PCI cards for the dual head I had to have the BIOS set to boot off the PCI car

Re: how to get libX*.la ?

2006-06-19 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Monday 19 June 2006 14:45, LeVA wrote: > Hi! > > I'm trying to compile a software which needs a lot of libX*.la files. Which > package(s) contains these files? (I thought the -dev packages does) > > $ dpkg -l > [...] > libxcursor-dev > libxcursor1 > [...] > xlibs-dev > xlibs-static-dev > [...]

Re: iTunes Lib. to Ogg

2006-06-21 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Wednesday 21 June 2006 06:11, CRASSlogic wrote: > Greets all. > I recently installed Debian on my PowerMac G4. Having > used OS X for a long time, i've acquired a perfectly > organized library of full CD's, no drm, in the aac > format. > > I've recently learned about how aac and mp3 are > propri

Re: Really slow glxgears, excellent speed in Planet Penguin

2006-06-22 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Thursday 22 June 2006 06:47, Geoff Reidy wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Nvidia GX 5200 (128MB RAM) > > xorg 7.0.22 > > nvidia binary driver 1.0-8762 > > linux-source-2.6.16 (home-rolled kernel) > > > > > > As the subject mentions, I get good speed in Planet Penguin, and > > also in

Re: how to check whether a package has been installed

2006-06-26 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Monday 26 June 2006 20:38, Martin Paraskevov wrote: > rpm lets you check whether a packege has been installed. > is this possible to do with apt-get or some other tool as well? > > - martin $ apt-cache policy apt apt: Installed: 0.6.44.2 Candidate: 0.6.44.2 Version table: *** 0.6.44.2 0

Re: sound and tv card

2006-07-07 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Friday 07 July 2006 11:30, Felipe Leon wrote: > I could not find possibilities to connect the tv card > to the sb live with an audio cable or smthing like > that. > any ideas on this? Are you sure about that even my old cheap Zoltrix had a line out that you connected to the line in on the soun

Re: Package question

2006-07-09 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Sunday 09 July 2006 12:55, Aurélien Morelle wrote: > Hi, > I've done "apt-file update" and then "apt-file search msgfmt" returns > nothing. > It makes me think it comes not from a package... strange. > Works here running a mixed testing/unstable AMD64 system. >$ apt-file search msgfmt gettext

Re: Installation problems

2006-07-15 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Sunday 16 July 2006 01:50, Rob Hurle wrote: > Dear All, > > I am trying to set up Debian 3.1r1 (Sarge) on a box with an > Intel D945GNT motherboard and twin 3.2GHz processors and 1Gb of > memory. It has two SATA disc drives. Unfortunately, none of the > peripherals is recognised - not th

Re: location of header file after install gsl

2006-07-20 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Thursday 20 July 2006 22:20, Fred J. wrote: > gsl_math.h apt-file search gsl_math.h libgsl0-dev: usr/include/gsl/gsl_math.h So installing the above package would probably help. Setphen -- GPG Pubic Key: http://users.eastlink.ca/~stephencormier/publickey.asc pgpdpIJGw9G2B.pgp Description:

Re: Installation problems

2006-07-26 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Thursday 27 July 2006 01:00, Rob Hurle wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > Thanks for your wonderful suggestion: > > On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, Stephen Cormier wrote: > > On Sunday 16 July 2006 01:50, Rob Hurle wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > > > I am try

Re: apt-get source question

2006-07-31 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Monday 31 July 2006 14:10, Pollywog wrote: > I looked in the APT tutorial and also in a book but I could not find an > answer to this problem. > > I want to get a source package from the "testing" release, not from > "stable", so I did this: > > apt-get -t testing source > > It does not seem to

Re: X -configure failed

2006-08-18 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Friday 18 August 2006 17:59, Jude DaShiell wrote: > When I did X -configure as root the X command appeared to terminate > normally but still left me with an empty /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. wc just > returns 0's on that file when asked about it. So what package am I maybe > missing that would al

Re: bttv tuner card and tuner problems

2006-09-02 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Sunday 03 September 2006 02:48, glenn mehesy wrote: > I have now been working on this for quite some time and cannot figure > this out. I am trying to get my leadtek tuner with a bttv chip working. > It is an NTSC tuner but debian etch insists on setting the tuner to type > 5 which is a PAL type

Re: where is glxgears now ?

2006-09-03 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Sunday 03 September 2006 11:55, Gerard Robin wrote: > Hello, > I installed the package xbase-clients 7.1.ds-3 and I don't find > glxgears. > where is glxgears now ? > Thanks to Ccing me a reply. I am not subscriber to the list. Just to prevent the inevitable why no frames per second post since

Re: where is glxgears now ?

2006-09-04 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Monday 04 September 2006 03:27, Joshua J. Kugler wrote: > On Sunday 03 September 2006 06:36, Stephen Cormier wrote: > > Just to prevent the inevitable why no frames per second post since others > > have told where to get it use "glxgears -printfps" without the quotes. &

Re: install kernel from testing on sarge

2006-09-04 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Tuesday 05 September 2006 01:50, Vladi Lemurov wrote: > Hi there! > I use debian sarge and would like to install the latest kernel from > "testing" (I need it to set dvb interfaces down without getting the > server hung), but keep all other packets from > "stable" distribution, so I could up

Re: Dual CPU query

2006-09-05 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Wednesday 06 September 2006 00:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After reading the e-mail regarding issues upgrading cpu, I decided to > check my Dual CPU server to see what /proc/cpuinfo said. > > This is what is says: > > processor : 0 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6

Re: alsa troubles

2006-09-13 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Wednesday 13 September 2006 15:05, Albert Dengg wrote: > Hi > > on one of my machines i have some troubles with alsa. > > the system has 2 soundcard, one onboard via card (which is disabled in > the bios but for some reason shows up in lspci nevertheless), and a > creative sb live 1024 running w

Re: lm-sensors k8temp kernel module for Etch

2007-04-04 Thread Stephen Cormier
On April 4, 2007 10:39:31 am Siju George wrote: > Hi, > > While Installing lm-sensors package on my Etch using > > 2.6.18-4-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 11:36:53 CEST 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > kernel. I got the following message > > == > > To m

Re: custom kernel on etch?

2007-04-21 Thread Stephen Cormier
On April 21, 2007 04:10:05 pm BartlebyScrivener wrote: > Hello, > > I have been using Debian Etch since December. Solid, as advertised. > I'm looking for a link that would discuss the repercussions and > benefits of a custom kernel. > > For instance, does a custom kernel mean that you lose all of t

Re: custom kernel on etch?

2007-04-22 Thread Stephen Cormier
On April 22, 2007 09:59:39 am BartlebyScrivener wrote: > > but at the very least since > > no one has mentioned it yet install the linux-image-2.6-k7 to get a > > Debian kernel for your machine that supports the processor better than a > > 486 generic image. > > I'll start googling, but if you have

Re: Default soundcard with alsa

2007-04-24 Thread Stephen Cormier
On April 24, 2007 07:21:01 am Atis wrote: > Hi, > > I have two soundcards, but after each reboot the built-in gets > default, so after every reboot i have to run alsaconf, and select > correct soundcard. > > How i can have my second card to be primary after every reboot? I > suspect alsaconf doesn'

Re: kernel 2.6.20 generates kernel panic at boot

2007-04-25 Thread Stephen Cormier
On April 25, 2007 04:48:17 pm Lorenzo Bettini wrote: > Hi > > I updated the linux sources (debian package) from 2.6.18 to 2.6.20. > Copied the previous .config and issued a make oldconfig > > However, the new kernel does not boot: it freezes with a kernel panic > when trying to mount the root parti

Re: kernel 2.6.20 generates kernel panic at boot

2007-04-26 Thread Stephen Cormier
On April 26, 2007 04:00:36 pm Lorenzo Bettini wrote: > Stephen Cormier wrote: > > On April 25, 2007 04:48:17 pm Lorenzo Bettini wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> I updated the linux sources (debian package) from 2.6.18 to 2.6.20. > >> Copied the

Re: kernel 2.6.20 generates kernel panic at boot

2007-05-01 Thread Stephen Cormier
On May 1, 2007 06:37:57 am Lorenzo Bettini wrote: > Stephen Cormier wrote: > > Ok this looks like my driver for the jmicron controller I have for my > > SATA hard drive and the IDE burner it controls having changed its > > behavior then. But your problem is as I mentioned

Re: GRUB duplicates kernel entries in menu.lst

2007-05-11 Thread Stephen Cormier
On May 11, 2007 12:54:30 pm Greg Folkert wrote: > On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 16:11 +0200, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > Hi you all > > > > I noticed this strange behaviour in grub, in etch and now in lenny. > > > > Every time update-grub is called, due to a kernel installation or > > removal, menu.lst gro

Re: GRUB duplicates kernel entries in menu.lst

2007-05-12 Thread Stephen Cormier
On May 12, 2007 07:27:05 am Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > That is not what he is saying you get for your example. > > > > Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-k7 > > Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-k7 (Single User Mode) > > Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-3-k7 > > D

Re: reorder files with a mouse in a file browser and rename them

2007-06-09 Thread Stephen Cormier
On June 9, 2007 12:47:46 am H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > This may be a little odd question. Can any of the file browsers > (konqueror, nautilus) let a user reorder the files in a folder by > dragging them to a certain position and then to rename the ordered files > automatically with a file pattern? >

Re: Debian only sees 885.5 MiB memory

2007-06-15 Thread Stephen Cormier
On June 15, 2007 12:33:04 pm Nigel Henry wrote: > On Friday 15 June 2007 16:46, arijit sarkar wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 08:02 -0500, Gary Rosenfeldt wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I recently installed Debian Etch on my desktop system. My mobo is an > > > abit nf-7s with nforce2 chipset. I

Re: Debian only sees 885.5 MiB memory

2007-06-15 Thread Stephen Cormier
On June 15, 2007 03:34:07 pm Nigel Henry wrote: > On Friday 15 June 2007 19:50, Stephen Cormier wrote: > > On June 15, 2007 12:33:04 pm Nigel Henry wrote: > > > On Friday 15 June 2007 16:46, arijit sarkar wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 08:02 -0500, Gary Ros

Re: DPMS working again after X updates on Lenny

2007-06-17 Thread Stephen Cormier
On June 17, 2007 04:58:48 pm Nigel Henry wrote: > On Sunday 17 June 2007 20:40, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 16:39:40 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > I'd commented out the "options DPMS" line in my xorg.conf, so that the > > > monitor wouldn't keep going into standby mode ever

Re: DPMS working again after X updates on Lenny

2007-06-17 Thread Stephen Cormier
On June 17, 2007 09:11:27 pm Nigel Henry wrote: > On Monday 18 June 2007 00:34, Stephen Cormier wrote: > > On June 17, 2007 04:58:48 pm Nigel Henry wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 16:39:40 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > > > I'd commented out the

Re: how to find the specs of a monitor

2007-06-20 Thread Stephen Cormier
On June 20, 2007 08:56:01 pm Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Raquel wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:53:17 -0700 > > > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 03:37:19PM -0400, Kamaraju S > >> > > > >> > > Kusumanchi wrote: > >> > >> I am trying to setup

Re: Twinview Monitor Issues (Monitor #s and Resolution)

2007-06-25 Thread Stephen Cormier
On June 25, 2007 05:50:24 am Hal Vaughan wrote: > I have an NVidia GEforce 6800 with two monitors attached. One is a > widescreen, hooked up with a DVI cable, at 1680x1050, and the other is > hooked up with a VGA cable and set at 1280x1024. They are working, but > there are two issues I'd like to

Re: activate dhcp at boot time

2006-09-19 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Tuesday 19 September 2006 12:53, Robert Epprecht wrote: > The machine in question was configured *not* to do dhcp at boot time. > (root has to do 'pump' each time users want to connect to the internet.) > Now I want to change this. > > What's the Debian way to activate automatic connection to th

Re: ALSA configuration strangeness, no card0 but card1 present?

2006-09-26 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Wednesday 27 September 2006 02:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to get Debian configured on my laptop, and I'm unable to get > sound properly configured. I've read all of the ALSA troubleshooting > guides, and they say, in short, that if you don't have a 0 card listed > in /proc/asound/

Re: ktorrent

2006-09-28 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Thursday 28 September 2006 11:10, S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu) wrote: > where ktorrent save the tmp file . i downloaded 1 CD of 5 CD set of a > torrent. where this cd is sotred ?? If you did not change the default then the file would be in one of the ~/.kde/share/apps/ktorrent/tor* directories that g

Re: added RAM, RAM not recognized by debian

2006-09-28 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Thursday 28 September 2006 12:53, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 17:54:03 +0200, Andreas Rönnquist wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > >Your kernel probably is not configured to recognize more than 1GB. > > > > > >- -- > > > > (Somewhat on topic anyway) - I've just ordered an upgr

Re: Problems with gnupg, apt-get says 'no pubkey found...'

2006-10-02 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Tuesday 03 October 2006 00:37, Bruno Buys wrote: > Anybody having problems with gnupg and apt-get saying 'no pubkey > found...'? This is an etch install, apt-get complains not founding key > even after I do a > > vmtesting:/home/bruno# gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --recv 4F368D5D > gpg: re

Re: Problems with gnupg, apt-get says 'no pubkey found...'

2006-10-02 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Tuesday 03 October 2006 00:37, Bruno Buys wrote: > 1F41B907 Actually you need the debian-keyring package installed then gpg --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg --export --armour 1F41B907 | apt-key add - To get Marillat's key into the secure apt keyring. Stephen -- GPG

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