Icedove opens embedded images in iceweasel

2008-01-04 Thread Wackojacko
e BTS without success. TIA Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Icedove opens embedded images in iceweasel

2008-01-04 Thread Wackojacko
Sven Joachim wrote: [Resending this to the list, I typed the wrong reply command. My apologies to Wackojacko.] On 2008-01-04 20:17 +0100, Wackojacko wrote: Using amd64 sid, updated today, KDE as Desktop. 2.6.23 kernel home rolled. As of the recent icedove update (2 days ago) I am having a

Re: how to install sun java plugin for iceweasel in Debian?

2008-01-17 Thread Wackojacko
-java5-jre p sun-java5-source i sun-java6-bin p sun-java6-demo p sun-java6-doc p sun-java6-fonts p sun-java6-javadb p sun-java6-jdk i A sun-java6-jre p sun-java6-source Perhaps you meant Adobe flashplayer is not available for 64 bit OS's? Regards Wackojacko

Re: How to wifi with ipw3945 on Dell Vostro ???

2008-01-17 Thread Wackojacko
rks into a config file for wpasupplicant (see the examples in /usr/share/doc/). AFAIK, it will scan for the available networks and connect to the right one. Worth a try. HTH Wackojacko This part used to work well - now I always have to try bringing the network up 2-4 times before it actually w

Re: how to install sun java plugin for iceweasel in Debian?

2008-01-22 Thread Wackojacko
which is what is required for web browsers. Flash player works in sid via some wrapper script but it is not natively 64 bit. HTH Wackojacko Perhaps you meant Adobe flashplayer is not available for 64 bit OS's? Regards Wackojacko Chris Howie http://www.chrishowie.com http://en.wik

realtek r8189 driver problem on 64 bit kernel

2013-10-12 Thread Wackojacko
er loads and eth0 comes up but no ip address from the router. Any help would be aprreciated Thanks Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52595bdb.2050...@sky.com

Re: realtek r8189 driver problem on 64 bit kernel

2013-10-12 Thread Wackojacko
1740 flags=0x0010] and lspci shows 02:00.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 3483 (rev 01) I prefer network and no usb 3.0 but I'd like both so I'll look in the BIOS again to see if there's anything I can change to see if it helps. Thanks Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: realtek r8189 driver problem on 64 bit kernel

2013-10-12 Thread Wackojacko
On 12/10/13 16:37, Gary Dale wrote: On 12/10/13 11:03 AM, Wackojacko wrote: On 12/10/13 15:32, Gary Dale wrote: I had a similar problem but fixed it by enabling IOEMU in the BIOS of my Gigabyte 970A-D3P. I assume you mean IOMMU, I had already enabled this a few minutes before you suggested

IOMMU issues workaround (was Re: realtek r8189 driver problem on 64 bit kernel)

2013-10-14 Thread Wackojacko
On 12/10/13 16:49, Wackojacko wrote: On 12/10/13 16:37, Gary Dale wrote: On 12/10/13 11:03 AM, Wackojacko wrote: On 12/10/13 15:32, Gary Dale wrote: I had a similar problem but fixed it by enabling IOEMU in the BIOS of my Gigabyte 970A-D3P. I assume you mean IOMMU, I had already enabled

Re: How to tune display position on external VGA display

2010-06-19 Thread Wackojacko
tried xvidtune but all I get is Unable to query monitor info Thanks Try this website http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Working_with_Modelines#Getting_rid_of_overscan_and_centering_the_image it was a lot of help recently in creating a custom modeline for my Panasonic Plasma. HTH Wackojacko --

Re: Looking for software to manage snail-mail subscriptions

2010-12-05 Thread Wackojacko
f I have understood you correctly then you are looking for 'mail merge' which is available for openoffice (and word in the windows world) HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact l

Re: installing amd64 kernel

2005-12-21 Thread Wackojacko
tem then edit grub to append this option and reboot to see if it works. AFAIK the newer kernels seem to detect the nforce4 chipset and automatically disable this function. You could try the sid boot disk? This worked for me, YMMV. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: installing amd64 kernel

2005-12-22 Thread Wackojacko
on it was all for gamers and high-end video cards. The 'known problems' section was all I could find on here but www.nvnews.net has a couple of linux specific forums I have found useful also. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: How can I play avi, wmv, mov videos on a standalone DVD player?

2005-12-30 Thread Wackojacko
favourite so far is qdvdauthor. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Burning CDs from ISO image - possible?

2006-01-03 Thread Wackojacko
, but both gave me error messages to the effect that they apparently are only usable in 2.4.* kernels. In fact, when I was still using RH 8 I was able to do what so far I can't do now. Regards, In k3b try Tools->Burn CD Image. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Kernel source tree for installed kernel, and config file: how to get?

2006-01-04 Thread Wackojacko
fig-2.6.previouskernel' 5. you can now make any changes to the config, or just save and exit. 6. sudo make-kpkg --append-to-version foo --initrd kernel_image (can use fakeroot instead of sudo here. see man make-kpkg) 7. cd .. 8. dpkg -i linux-image...custom.deb just created 9. reboot into n

Re: Ubuntu to Debian

2006-01-11 Thread Wackojacko
apt/preferences Package:* Pin: origin "ubuntu" Pin-Priority: -100 Could help you get rid of most of the Ubuntu packages. Man apt_preferences for more details. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: system hosed by udev in dist-upgrade

2006-01-22 Thread Wackojacko
sing /dev link to a joystick point that wasn't there. Might be worth a try. See the man page for more info. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 2.6.15 doesn't see ide disks -- very bad [WAS: system hosed by udev in dist-upgrade]

2006-01-23 Thread Wackojacko
hings to try. 1) boot from live cd and compile a kernel with 2.6.15 sources. 2) Grab a older kernel from testing >2.6.12 and dpkg-i that. 2) is probably easier. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-24 Thread Wackojacko
rwise and from everything I've read I should be able to share the printer with CUPS alone. I'm increasingly aware of one reason I retired :-))) = Did you also add the Mac's address to /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. My daughter uses windoze so I use samba bu

Re: Sharing Linux printer with Mac

2006-01-24 Thread Wackojacko
This despite including the Allow suggestion from Wackojacko. Lee I have just taken another look at my cupsd.conf file and I have the same stanzas in the section marked which are commented out in the standard file. Might be worth a try. Or just 'Allow from all' in both s

Re: 32bit debian on 64bit hardware

2006-01-26 Thread Wackojacko
Its like using the P4, i586, 686, k7 kernel instead of the generic. If you have installed the i386 cd you are definately running a 32 bit OS. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Internal USB Card Reader Problem

2006-01-30 Thread Wackojacko
not already tried this. Make sure you're not using them first thou! HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Users home directory wiped after dist-uprgade

2006-01-31 Thread Wackojacko
explanation? Thanks in advance Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Users home directory wiped after dist-uprgade

2006-02-01 Thread Wackojacko
Wackojacko wrote: I am running an up-to date sid system on amd64. Self compiled kernel 2.6.14. Following the kde upgrade today my /home/user/ directory was deleted. Luckily I had a backup from this morning so nothing major was lost, but anyone had any similar experiences or could offer up a

Re: backup on DVD

2006-03-28 Thread Wackojacko
ways to do this but it suits my purpose. YMMV HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: disk space (when i use cp)

2006-03-31 Thread Wackojacko
data will be copied to the local hdd. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

apt-cahcer ip address configuration

2006-04-04 Thread Wackojacko
ent on the LAN can't connect, but localhost works fine for both the amd64 install and the chroot. All machines use Sid and are up to date with self compiled 2.6.16 kernel from debian sources. Thanks in advance for any insight. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: No DVD download

2006-04-07 Thread Wackojacko
glish here !! :) Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cd drive config

2006-04-10 Thread Wackojacko
. It does all this for me, i.e. creates the correct symlinks, with the correct permissions etc. Some people on the list hate it for one reason or another, but here it just works! Regards Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

Re: make config and .config file

2006-04-11 Thread Wackojacko
U can simply copy the config file to .config in the src directory and then run xconfig or menuconfig or oldconfig. I run menuconfig and the 'Load Alternative config file' and enter /boot/config-path. Thanks Adam HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-12 Thread Wackojacko
, run with it and throw it to your colleague so he can do the same *foot*ball. In the UK thats a foul and if you do it deliberately you could get sent off! Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?

2006-04-12 Thread Wackojacko
Ron Johnson wrote: On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 13:49 +0100, Wackojacko wrote: No hard feelings Sanchez. Buy yourself a football (a round one!), and get out into the fresh air. A "round football"?!! Well colo*u*r me surpri*z*ed. Soccer man, soccer. No definitely football. Why call a s

Re: dell partition cp/m ctos

2006-04-13 Thread Wackojacko
inux box via the network and made a backup dvd of these. Also need to back up the MBR as the bootloader controls the recovery procedure. I found the following link useful http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixes.htm. HTH Wackojacko L.V.Gandhi http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ linux user No

Re: Xorg upgrade troubles

2006-04-13 Thread Wackojacko
t section of my xorg.conf is Option "XkbRules""xorg" Option "XkbModel""pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How can I delete Evolution?

2006-04-13 Thread Wackojacko
egards, Eugen AFAIK gnome and gnome-destktop-environment are just meta packages to simplify installation, and removing them will not remove Gnome. If it did there would be more than 2 files to remove :). HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: Xorg upgrade troubles

2006-04-14 Thread Wackojacko
dist-upgrade if an upgraded package requires an additional new package to be installed, or old obsolete packages will be removed. Use with caution as sometimes sid is broken and will remove half of e.g. gnome/kde due to new versions of packages not yet being available. HTH Wackojacko -

Re: grub-install in chroot not respected?

2006-04-19 Thread Wackojacko
OS may be set to boot from this instead of hda. Try changing the boot order in the BIOS. If still no success disconnect hdb and see if hda will boot. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Grabbing a RM stream for offline viewing

2006-04-20 Thread Wackojacko
dumpaudio/dumpvideo/dumpstream flags with mplayer to get a raw dump of the actual stream as it is on the website. Specify the file name with dumpfile option. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to test Ethernet connection

2006-04-26 Thread Wackojacko
and rewire it rather than buying a new one. However I expect you will find one cheap enough to save you the effort. Or just buy an adapter to go on the patch cable. Cheaper than a new cable I think. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: how to test Ethernet connection

2006-04-28 Thread Wackojacko
hough it would probably be cheaper to buy one locally if overseas. cya Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sata sucks

2006-04-30 Thread Wackojacko
the changes. I tried a partition across the whole disk and a 100MB partition. GH Any bios updates available on the ASUS website. I have the same mobo but only one SATA drive so haven't experienced this myself, but there are loads of bios updates available so one might help. HTH

Re: howto start something 5 mins after boot

2006-04-30 Thread Wackojacko
since the last shutdown, but haven't been run. The default setting is 5 mins after boot. I use it and it does the job YMMV. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sata sucks

2006-05-01 Thread Wackojacko
lee wrote: On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 09:20:41AM +0100, Wackojacko wrote: Any bios updates available on the ASUS website. I have the same mobo but only one SATA drive so haven't experienced this myself, but there are loads of bios updates available so one might help. Yeah, I thought

Re: sata sucks

2006-05-02 Thread Wackojacko
> How did you get the fan? I emailed them via their UK website and they just sent me one. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: keeping the same packages on multiple machines

2006-05-02 Thread Wackojacko
ave to be downloaded for each machine. You may run into trouble if a package is available in one arch but not another when trying the dpkg --set-selections step above. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dvd-9 --> dvd-5 backup with divx/ without wine

2006-05-03 Thread Wackojacko
er to try, but for the cost of a blank DVD it might be worth a shot. I have used vobcopy in the past to just capture the main feature from the DVD, and as there is so much cruft on today's DVD's it usually fits on a DVD5 no probs. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian for AMD64

2006-05-10 Thread Wackojacko
chroot environment before installing the base OS? Thanks! Dave You dont. These instructions are for installing amd64 from an existing i386 install I think. I just used the amd64 sid netinstall disk and installed directly to a new partition. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: source for downloadable music?

2006-02-10 Thread Wackojacko
S specific. Any suggestions? Ross Boylan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] I use allofmp3.com. Russian site (click button in top left corner for english) and you pay based on the size of the file downloaded

Re: source for downloadable music?

2006-02-10 Thread Wackojacko
James Caldow wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wackojacko wrote: Matthew Lenz wrote: www.emusic.com no drm. not going to have every last song you'll want but they ahve a decent selection. or did last time I looked -Matt - Original Message - From:

Re: mplayer, mencoder and reflection

2006-02-21 Thread Wackojacko
=18533 Cannot open file/device. Any idea what is the problem, Thank you Gustavo Halperin you could try mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile video.avi URL. You can then play the resulting fiel from the HDD. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: search target releases for packages

2006-02-26 Thread Wackojacko
Sorry sent to Martin not the list. DOH! Wackojacko Wackojacko wrote: martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Martin Paraskevov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.02.25.0525 +0100]: Can I search target releases for packages? With apt-get -t I can install from target releases but I cannot search

Re: packages as per sources

2006-02-27 Thread Wackojacko
L.V.Gandhi wrote: Is there any way to know packages installed from a particular source and packages installable from a source. -- L.V.Gandhi http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ linux user No.205042 Try apt-cahce policy for individual packages. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Mplayer and alsa bug?

2006-03-02 Thread Wackojacko
appreciate their input. TIA Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mplayer and alsa bug?

2006-03-03 Thread Wackojacko
ecently. However, I have since tried the version from the stable repo above and it works with the current alsa so it looks like a bug in the current mplayer. Does reportbug work for unofficial packages? 3. What's your sound card again? :) nforce 4 using snd-intel8x0. Thanks for

Re: Play 3gp file in gnome debian linux.

2006-03-03 Thread Wackojacko
he problem is it's not just 3gp files it does this on Lo and behold the latest version of mplayer will play 3gp files, just tested it. At least I now know whats causing the problem. Thankyou Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: packages as per sources

2006-03-03 Thread Wackojacko
ames in it. Do the same for all your sources. You probably write a simple bash script to compare the output of dpkg -l | grep ii against these files to fins where the package originates from. Not very elegant but may do what you want HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Mplayer and alsa bug?

2006-03-04 Thread Wackojacko
Adam Porter wrote: Wackojacko wrote: However, I have since tried the version from the stable repo above and it works with the current alsa so it looks like a bug in the current mplayer. Does reportbug work for unofficial packages? I don't think so, sorry. No worries, another t

Re: Windows won't boot!

2006-03-11 Thread Wackojacko
d switched to grub when I installed my current PC and find it much easier to manage as you only need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to make changes. No destructive writes to MBR each time. YMMV HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Xserver-xorg - radeon module?????

2006-03-11 Thread Wackojacko
to you as I dont know how the radeon drivers work but it might be something to look into. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: switching between xorg.conf files

2006-03-16 Thread Wackojacko
idia' followed 'modprobe nvidia' when X is down to detect the new monitor. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ASUS A8N-E alsa not working (Sarge)

2006-03-16 Thread Wackojacko
ks in advance Kaffe I have a A8N-SLI but the lspci output is the same. Running 'alsaconf' followed by 'alsactl store' got sound working for me. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ASUS A8N-E alsa not working (Sarge)

2006-03-17 Thread Wackojacko
losed source drivers from nvidia website. I originally used these for sound and ethernet before I found out how to use the built in ones. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: a question on motherboard replacement - audio problem

2006-03-21 Thread Wackojacko
s there another thing that I should install or reinstall, or run again, in order to fix this sound issue? I doubt a complete reinstall is necessary. If the above doesn't help try posting more info e.g. which kernel and distribution etc. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: No joystick device nodes - SOLVED

2005-07-18 Thread Wackojacko
chmod 660 *js* Modprobe gameport ns558 sidewinder Seems to need the ns558 module also as its a ISAPNP gameport. I am still not sure why these are not created at boot, and why MAKEDEV gives them the wrong permissions when set up manually. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Wackojacko

Re: Keyboard with german layout (XORG )

2005-07-25 Thread Wackojacko
Note:both problems disappear in the tty (Ctrl+Alt+F1).The problem is only for konsole (under KDE) Have you tried changing the Keyboard layout in KDE. Control Centre should allow you to select the correct keyboard layout AFAIK. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Keyboard with german layout (XORG )

2005-07-25 Thread Wackojacko
Thanks Wackojacko, yes of course I tried that but did not solve the "@" nor the Ctrl+C. besides the Konsole cann't detect the äüöß stuff. As it seems only to affect Konsole and happened after upgrading to xorg I would suspect a problem in xorg.conf. Have you tried dpkg-recon

Re: Keyboard with german layout (XORG )

2005-07-27 Thread Wackojacko
Mohammad Halawah wrote: > On Monday 25 July 2005 19:09, Wackojacko wrote: >> As it seems only to affect Konsole and happened after upgrading to xorg I >> would suspect a problem in xorg.conf. Have you tried dpkg-reconfigure >> xserver-xorg to check the correct keyboard layo

Re: Sharing the internet connection with XP

2005-07-27 Thread Wackojacko
ready suggested HTH Wackojacko PS no need to CC me I read the list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Keyboard with german layout (XORG )

2005-07-27 Thread Wackojacko
Hi Wackojacko, Well, I found this in "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" not in "/var/log/Xorg.log" OK, the logs are just being rotated by logrotate. (EE) I810(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. but it is not related to keyboard, I think. I doubt it, but I'm no e

Re: kernel 2.6 compile error

2005-07-27 Thread Wackojacko
previous GCC versions 2. Temporarily change the symlinks in /usr/bin for gcc/g++ etc to point at the old version. I'm a bit of a noob and couldn't get 1. to work so used 2. quite successfully. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &q

Re: sharing i386 and amd64 /etc and /home

2005-07-29 Thread Wackojacko
#x27;t get the . files to source properly. I then just symlinked the rest of the stuff over. Not ideal but I am a newbie and this is the best I could come up with. I also load the i386 partition as a chroot so I can run both 64 bit and 32 bit applications without rebooting. HTH Wacko

Re: How do I get a /dev/fb0 from my Hercules Kyro?

2005-07-29 Thread Wackojacko
(600 instead of 660). Might be worth a try. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sharing i386 and amd64 /etc and /home

2005-07-29 Thread Wackojacko
eated some stuff in amd64 that is outside the symlinks but I might back up and give it a try. I also have an entry in fstab to mount the partition to mount /dev/hda3 (ia32 partition) at /emul/linux-ia32/. Seems to work for me. Regards Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: c programming reference on linux

2005-08-09 Thread Wackojacko
e at http://guides.oernii.sk/c++/index.htm and various other websites. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: boot logging

2005-08-18 Thread Wackojacko
u should see an error saying something like 'bootlogd: ioctl (/dev/ttyzf, TIOCCONS): Bad file descriptor '. I have yet to find a solution to this problem myself. This may not be your problem, but at least it could save you some wasted time if it is :). HTH Wackojacko -- To UNS

OT Re: On the use of DVD recordable media (was: Re: DVD+R writing problems)

2005-08-19 Thread Wackojacko
media for compatibility purposes, but the manufacturer is important too. Just my 2p Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X11 video spec/boot problems

2005-08-23 Thread Wackojacko
river (or the nvidia driver for 3D) to get better depth settings anyway. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

OT: GUI Develpment for C++ program

2005-08-23 Thread Wackojacko
start. A pointer in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 3d accel and agpgart

2005-07-01 Thread Wackojacko
ad recently with X not finding my Nvidia module. Try adding the agpgart module to /etc/modules so it is loaded on boot and will be available when X tries to load it. I'm a relative newbie also so I may be barking up the wrong tree but it might be worth a shot. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: mouse wheel

2005-07-01 Thread Wackojacko
before running dpkg-reconfigure to ensure the file is recreated. It also advises you to back up the config file first, especially important if you have edited by hand, e.g. added specific monitor mode lines etc. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: mouse wheel

2005-07-01 Thread Wackojacko
'feature' and there is a work around once you know about it ! I'm not sure anything is being done about this as Xfree86 is being dropped in favour of X.org in the new releases. PAolo Wackojacko PS please reply to the list for the benefit of other users. -- To UNSUBSCR

Fw: Debian Install Problem...

2005-07-06 Thread Wackojacko
. It works with my PCX6600 Card once you reconfigure X. You can also use the debian packages to create the Nvidia driver. More information can be found at http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/ which is what I used. HTH Wackojacko oops forgot to send to list, sorry Peter. Wacko

Re: external USB acomdata drive

2005-07-08 Thread Wackojacko
but winxp does not format fat32 Try Settings->control panel->administrative tools->computer management->disk management then right click on the drive and select format and FAT32 in the drop down list. Of course you'll have to have admin privilidges on your PC for this.

Re: first nfs mount in fstab fails

2005-07-08 Thread Wackojacko
n the kernel if this doesn't work. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kernel-2.6.11.8 and vmware-4.5.1 question?

2005-07-08 Thread Wackojacko
always use insmod/modprobe with no path or extensions. But I am fairly new to this and could be talking crap:) Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A question about logrotate

2005-08-29 Thread Wackojacko
on my setup. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

kernel panic - not syncing. No init found. Try passing init = option to kernel

2005-09-09 Thread Wackojacko
ate home directory and a back up of /etc so reinstalling is a possibility, but I would prefer not to. Anybody that can help with any of the above, or suggest a good (preferably small) Live 64 bit rescue CD so I can chroot into this partition and fix it, your help would be much appreciated. Tha

Re: kernel panic - not syncing. No init found. Try passing init = option to kernel

2005-09-09 Thread wackojacko
Wackojacko wrote: Hi all I am receiving the above error on my amd64 sid system. All was well until I tried to recompile my kernel to add some extra ide modules into the kernel. I forgot the append-to-version flag and created a new kernel-image with the same name as a previous one. I

Re: kernel panic - not syncing. No init found. Try passing init = option to kernel

2005-09-12 Thread Wackojacko
Bill Marcum wrote: On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 10:13:06PM +0100, wackojacko wrote: UPDATE I downloaded the Ubuntu Live CD and tried to chroot into the partition as follows mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 /mnt chroot /mnt and get the error chroot: cannot execute '/bin

Re: Sarge and ASUS AN8-E Main Board

2005-09-19 Thread Wackojacko
y system. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: absurdly simple LAN problem - SOLVED?

2005-09-19 Thread Wackojacko
tgear router which allows me to assign fixed LAN addressess to my connected PC's so they always get the same address no matter which order they are switched on. This may help you, or it may not :), check the router manual. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Problem with eth{0,1,2} and modules

2005-09-20 Thread Wackojacko
vent it loading automagically. Also ensure its not been added to /etc/modules at some point. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installing individually downloaded debian packages

2005-09-21 Thread Wackojacko
ebian. May be worth a try to see if it gets you up and running quicker, then you can apt-get the rest of the stuff. I only use the forcedeth module now, as you need to reinstall the nvnet driver every time you switch kernels/recompile. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: unable to install from CD: failure to mount once kernel installed

2005-09-21 Thread Wackojacko
nd boot debian. Do lsmod under debian and see what's different then modprobe 'modulename' and add it too /etc/modules for future boots. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: unable to install from CD: failure to mount once kernel installed

2005-09-22 Thread Wackojacko
Seth Goodman wrote: From: Wackojacko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 3:00 PM <...> If the CD works with Knoppix it should work with debian. That's what's been running through my mind. It appears that something did not get installed or conf

Re: Want to set apt pin-priority lower for none debian sites

2005-09-22 Thread Wackojacko
* Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 500 in /etc/apt/preferences (again may need to create) This should prevent unstable packages being given the same, or higher priority as testing. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: Want to set apt pin-priority lower for none debian sites

2005-09-22 Thread Wackojacko
rsion of that package available e.g. mplayer-amd64 is not in debain proper so it is installed. AFAIK this will only work if the 'origin' flag is set on the package from linex. HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: unable to install from CD: failure to mount once kernel installed

2005-09-22 Thread Wackojacko
Seth Goodman wrote: From: Wackojacko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:32 AM <...> Are you sure you have these two files the right way round as I would assume the longer one is Knoppix as it seems to be the one with the correct modues in it? I just c

Re: Want to set apt pin-priority lower for none debian sites

2005-09-22 Thread Wackojacko
version 1.0.4* Pin-Priority: 1001 other than that I'm out of ideas. Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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