Hi,
* James Ng Yuen Sum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030627 11:11]:
> I have installed the debian system several times. In the first time,
> after the installation, the computer can shut down automatically.(that
> means the computer can shut down with the power off automatically when
> you switch "shut do
Hi,
please start a new thread when asking a new question (ie don't
reply to a previous email).
* Abrasive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030629 15:21]:
> Hi all. I downloaded the file: kernel-source-2.4.20_2.4.20-8_all.deb
> then ran dpkg -i kernel-source-2.4.20_2.4.20-8_all.deb
>
> Ran dselect, and s
* David selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030629 18:42]:
> Hello,
>
> I am writing bash a bash & sed script, it has been going suprisingly
> well. I need a loop to count 9 times & the variable n to the count ..
>
> for n=1 to 9
>
> next
>
> kind of thing, but this is not BASIC !!
>
> My best gue
Hi,
* Richard Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030630 12:42]:
> Would someone please explain what I need to do in order to upgrade my PHP to
> the lastest version. Consider me a newbie.
Since you have not been at all specific about what your problem is I
guess you should start by learning about th
* Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030701 10:13]:
> I'm trying to compile a 2.4.21 kernel on my woody system. I apt-got
> -b kernel-source-2.4.21 and installed all resulting .deb files.
Hmm this is a little strange. What _exactly_ did you do?
Normally the steps would be something like:
sudo apt
Hi,
* j2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030701 09:48]:
> Ok, i tried to install a .deb with dpkg -i filename.deb and ran into a problem that
> i was lacking flex. So i did "apt-get install flex" and then i get
>
> cookiemonster:/root/Download/SMS/gnokii-0.5.2# apt-get install flex
> Reading Package Lists
* Morten Eriksen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030702 10:59]:
> How can I force apt-get to ignore the unmet dependency, or otherwise
> get the libqt3-dev package installed?
>
> Is there a general mechanism for telling the package manipulation
> system "don't bother with this package, I've already got what
Hi,
* Abrasive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030702 11:00]:
> I've had some trouble posting to this group, so I'm trying again with a
> different mail client.
Please see my reply to your previous email (subject: "Newbie Question").
Here is another tip on posting to this list: Use subject lines that
p
* Abrasive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030702 10:58]:
> Okay, after loading a new machine with Debian 3.0r1, I've found that
> I need to install a newer kernel. Without the kernel, debian won't
> recognize my NIC or my display adapter. So, I don't have internet
> access on that computer. I'd like to do
* Miranda, Joel Louie M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030703 10:53]:
> Server: Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) Debian GNU/Linux mod_ssl/2.8.9 OpenSSL/0.9.6g
> mod_perl/1.26 PHP/4.1.2
>
> Hello, how do I start apache w/ ssl support? On the command line.
sudo apt-get install apache-ssl
It will start automatically. Yo
Hi,
* Kjetil Kjernsmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030703 08:12]:
> so it all looks good, doesn't it?
>
> But it still doesn't do a real shutdown... :-(
>
> When it comes to "Power Down", all that happens is that the fan in the PSU
> stops, but that's it. The rest has power, even a CD playing fro
Hi,
* David Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030706 06:05]:
> In the middle of installing the packages ("Unpacking...") it asked me to
> insert the next CD:
>
> Media Change: Please insert disk labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r0
> _Woody_Official i386 Binary-2 (20020718)' in the drive '/cdrom/' and pres
Hi,
* James Ng Yuen Sum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030708 12:41]:
> I am using kde3.1.2, but the system cannot play CD and video CD.
> when i insert a CD in the cdrom, and doing
> "mount /dev/cdrom"
> there is some error,
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
> or too many mo
Hi,
* Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030709 11:18]:
> Hello all,
> I am setting up sarge with video unsupported by xfree86 4.2. I know I
> can use the install script, but I wondered if I should turn the source
> into a deb file so I could remove and upgrade easily at a later date?
> (presuming it's n
* Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030709 13:37]:
> On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:54:24 -0500
> Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Thus spake Rodney D. Myers:
> > > My apologies if this already made it to the list, but I have not
> > > seen it, and I sent it over 8 hours ago.
> > >
> > >
Hi,
* James LeClair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030710 12:53]:
> Hello all. Could someone suggest, or better yet provide an example, a way
> to edit a sources.list file so as to have the most up to date debian
> desktop system possible.
Well it depends on whether you are running stable, testing or uns
Hi,
* Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030710 17:26]:
> Hi everybody
>
> I have a large set of data files (>200 files), which contain data in the
> following format (Ignore that Win95 has a y2k problem...):
>
>
> File List Date: 16.06.1903Time: 13:34
>
> File N
Hi,
* Louie Miranda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030711 13:59]:
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone know an exim virus scanner for debian?
Yes, apt-cache does:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ 17% apt-cache search exim virus
amavis-ng - AMaViS "Next Generation"
amavisd-new - Interface between MTA and virus scanner/content f
* Louie Miranda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030711 14:14]:
> Am I missing something?
>
> --
> root:/# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
You apear to be using Woody (stable), as my email indicated I am using
unstable: hence the are more/newer packages avaliable to me.
Nick.
--
Debian testing
Hi,
please do not email directly to people. Email to the list only.
* Louie Miranda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030711 14:39]:
> Gerard, the url you provided does not exist.
Not top posting would make it easier too.
> -Original Message-
> additional non official sources. Http://apt-get.org is
Hi,
* Andrew Schulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030714 18:31]:
> Is there a modified .deb archive of freetype6 available for download, with the
> bytecode interpreter enabled? I could build it from source, but if there's a
> .deb available that would be easier. Thanks, Andrew.
http://www.apt-get.o
* Albers, Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030715 09:38]:
> I am trying to install the grsecurity patch for the debian 2.4.20 kernel.
> I have downloaded the 2.4.20 kernel source, and the grsecurity source.
> Now I am not sure how to patch the kernel, before I compile it.
> I am trying to accomplish this
Hi,
* sudeep mukherjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030716 09:57]:
> Hi
>
> Extremely sorry to have messed up the Subject line.
Sorry to nit pick, but not only did you mess up the subject line you
replied to an email in a different thread (both times). In future
if you want to start a new thread please
Hi all,
in an ongoing saga trying to get usb and acpi working correctly on
my Fujitsu LOOX T93c (Japanese cousin of the P2040), I compiled and
booted linux-2.6.0-test1.
I read [1] and made sure I had CONFIG_INPUT=y, CONFIG_VT=y,
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y and CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y.
The machine boote
Hi,
many thanks to Alex, Torquil and Paul. I managed to get my keyboard
and pointer to work by putting atkbd and psmouse in my /etc/modules.
I put
none/dev/ptsdevpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
in my /etc/fstab, but I still can get a terminal since I forgot to
select /dev/pts supp
Hi,
* Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030718 11:21]:
> Hello All,
> just wondering if make-kpkg works with kernel 2.5/2.6 or if I am doing
> something wrong.
I worked with 2.6 for me.
Nick.
--
Debian testing/unstable
Linux twofish 2.6.0-test1-looxt93c6 #1 Thu Jul 17 16:49:12 JST 2003
--
To UNSU
* Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030718 11:28]:
> Supplement: yes, I have the line
>
> append="hdd=ide-scsi"
Are you sure hdd is the correct drive? What does dmesg say?
Nick.
--
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Linux twofish 2.6.0-test1-looxt93c6 #1 Thu Jul 17 16:49:12 JST 2003
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To UNSUBS
* Marino Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030720 15:23]:
> 10) boot... shit, still black screen on bootup, no kernel messages nor
> penguin... here it comes X... OK, now keyboard and touchpad work yeah.
>
> So, if anybody can tell me how to fix the framebuffer so I can see thge little
> pen
HI,
* Marino Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030720 17:29]:
> I recently compiled a 2.6 kernel, and it sems to be working.
>
> I noticed that my pcmcia modem and my usb digital cameras are not recognized
> (I used to mount my camera in /dev/sda1 as a removable mass storage device).
>
> The quest
* Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030722 18:13]:
> Is there a 137GB HD limit in linux kernel? It looks like I can only
> access about that much of 250GB SATA (Serial ATA drive).
>
> googled & searched lkml but found nothing conclusive, there are some
> emails about problems with 137+ GB HDs
* Steven Schlansker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030725 12:45]:
>
> I compiled a new kernel for a PC, but in doing so I lost the tulip
> drivers for an ethernet card. How do I get them back? One of the
> ethernet cards in the system needs it (the other works fine)
Lost? Do you mean you forgot to select
* Yuhanes Tjandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030725 14:34]:
> Hi,
> I need to share some files between certain users in a linux system.
> Therefore I created a new group and I put those users in that group.
>
> The problem is every user in that group saves/creates a file with
> his/her own group. Rig
Hi,
* Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030728 11:48]:
> Now that I'm fully moved over to Debian :-), I'm looking at start
> tinkering with kernel compilation.
>
> I would "assume" I'd need the kernel-source package of my choice?
"Need" is not strictly true since you could just get the sour
Hi,
* Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030730 09:49]:
> How do I get man pages to show in color?
> used to have it on mandrake at one of the workplaces but never figured
> out how to enable it under debian.
As others had said you were probably using most as your default pager.
Now you just need
* Agung Suyono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030731 13:32]:
> About the kernel and output of lspci, I'm afraid I can not answer
> because I don't know how to obtain the information about the kernel
> and there's no meaningful output when I type lspci from the console.
No meaningfull output from lspci!
Hi,
* Mike Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030801 12:46]:
> Hi all,
>
> I had recently tried to install Debian on a computer containing a 200
> GB harddrive. However, during cfdisking of the Debian install process
> cfdisk fails to see past approximately 130 GB of hard disk space. I'm
> suspecting thi
* Alan Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030801 14:17]:
>
> Please don't clutter your posts with pgp signatures.
Clutter? Says he with the five line signature!
> Most of us don't have the software to interpret them
Speak for yourself.
> and I, for one, don't give a rip if you are who you say
> you
* Tim Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040127 15:40]:
> Hi people.
>
> What's the go with LILO supplied with Debian 3.0? I cant get it to boot
> anything other than what it comes with. What's the trick? Where am I going
> wrong?
The trick is in "man lilo.conf". Not sure off the top of my head but
maybe
Hi Thomas,
* Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040127 09:43]:
> I downloaded and compiled kernel-source-2.6.0 but cannot connect to my
> wireless LAN via the Netgear MA311 PCI Adapter.
>
> Last February I downloaded linux-wlan-ng-0.1.16-pre10.tar.gz which I am
> using with a compiled kernel
Hi Timothy,
* Timothy Paling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040128 09:39]:
> I am somewhat of a newbie to Debian and have managed to sucessfully install
> 3.0r2 on my Compaq 2104EA laptop.
Congratulations.
> I am, however, having some issues with getting my Belkin F5D5010 Ethernet
> CardBus card working.
Hi,
* Timmy P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040128 10:15]:
> hello,
>
> i was wondering if yall could tell me why the network
> install for debian does not support Internal PCI
> cards.
It does. Why do you think otherwise? What card do you need it to
support?
> I do not have a laptop, and can not spare
* Timothy Paling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040128 11:29]:
>
> On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 19:36, Timothy Paling wrote:
> Producing this listing shows that 8139too is not in the list.
>
> modprobe simple reports that it cannot find the module.
>
> How do I proceed further?
Reread his email. Specifically ab
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040129 15:24]:
>
>
> Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> >On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 12:27:11AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >>I know that somewhere there is a command to list all installed packages
> >
> >
> >Perhaps "dpkg --get-selections" would be a good s
* Dave Carrigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040130 00:46]:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 07:58:36PM +0900, Nick Hastings wrote:
>
> > Careful, dpkg --get-selections doesn't always list only installed
> > packages
> > Try:
> >
> > dpkg --get-selections | grep
Hi all,
I may be imagining it, but I thought that at one stage
`xpdf -fullsreen foo.pdf' would launch xpdf with no buttons or
scrollbars etc. The current version in unstable (1.00-3.8) includes
all these widgets: not exactly what I want for giving presentations.
There don't seem to be any runtim
Hi,
# Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:07:15 -0400
> On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 09:50:38 +0900, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > Hi all, I may be imagining it, but I thought that at one stage xpdf
> > -fullsreen foo.pdf' would launch xpdf with no buttons or scrollbars
> > etc. The curr
Hi,
* Shaun Jackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020308 10:53]:
> I noticed kernel-image-2.4.18-* has hit all the package servers, but
> kernel-source-2.4.18 seems mysteriously missing. What's up?
It is a bit strange. Perhaps they just want us to download the source from
kernel.org. Which I guess is fai
Hi,
* user list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020308 10:54]:
> I have a fairly stable testing box with a 2.4.16 kernel. However Zope refuses
> to start. Can anyone advise?
Same for me in unstable. I've had heaps of trouble with zope...
I turned on debugging (edit /etc/init.d/zope), the log is a real mess
Hi,
* Malte Thoma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020322 10:57]:
> Hallo,
>
> can anybody tell me, how to set up the soundsystem of my laptop?
> I have tryed severalthings, but without success :-(
>
> I've got:
> Kernel 2.4.18
>
> lspci says:
> 00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC97
Hi All,
I've just started using gnomemeeting as an H.323 client. I quite like
it, but its lack of H.120 support is making life difficult.
Does anyone know of an H.120 protocol client, that I can use to send images
etc.
Thanks,
Nick.
--
Debian 3.0
Linux onefish 2.4.18-lavienx #1 Tue Mar 26
Hi,
* David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020527 11:36]:
>
> >I'm looking into getting a USB Webcam
>
> I have a Logitech QuickCam Pro ($85) which I use with gnomemeeting and
> with which I am quite happy. Getting the driver for it was easy... it
> comes with the Debian stock kernel.
I've got a
Hi,
* Abner Gershon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020618 12:23]:
> Anyway I change to my home directory, "cd /home". Then
> type "tar -cf /mnt/abner" (I previously mounted
> /dev/hdb7 to /mnt)
The argumen tafter the f needs to be the distination file.
eg.
tar -cf /mnt/abner.tar abner
ta 3 and the unofficial Woody CDs to get packages.
I tried very hard to solve the problems on my own, but I am stuck!
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l route command is broken.
I have been looking at the usb-howto file and I will follow its advice
on how to get the mouse working again.
I still wonder how to get *all* the boot messages with dmesg.
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The Gnome environment uses EsounD, the sound daemon originally written
for the Enlightenment window manager. The actual name of the daemon is esd.
esd will work great with a Sound Blaster Live! card. When you said
"enable sound server startup" you were saying yes to esd, but esd did
not work
It was the kernel. I'm running 2.4.1 now and that fixed it.
After I got the system into a known working state (by re-installing from
the unofficial Woody CDs) I built a new kernel. I figured out that I
have a problem with building 2.2.18pre21 now; I used to be able to build
it but no longer
Hello. I am a brand-new Debian user. I have another computer running
Mandrake with the full Helix Gnome installed. (These days it's Ximian
Gnome but I haven't updated in a while.)
I'd like to get my Debian system running the same desktop environment as
my Mandrake computer. But my understa
I am interested in why people prefer Debian to other Linux
distributions. Please explain the top few reasons why you chose Debian
rather than something else.
Perhaps we can collect the responses together, edit them, and put the
result up on the debian.org web page. I have looked and looked,
ut the video mode, but I have figured out that
looking at a 60Hz refresh X desktop gives me a headache! :-/
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f you need features that AbiWord doesn't
have, you might want to try this.
Here is a review of several Linux word processors; maybe you can find
what you need here.
http://www.linuxcare.com/products/prodmore.epl?PRODUCT_GROUP=Word+Processors
Good luck!
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ktop running, sawfish-gnome installed and running, and
the CoolClean theme installed. My Linux X desktop is looking great.
Now all I need to do is get the esound daemon going and play my favorite
music in Xmms.
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I have a Gnome desktop set up and working great. I used the packages in
unstable, not the Ximian/Helixcode stuff. But I am having trouble with
esd, the esound daemon.
esd isn't automatically starting up. I went to the Gnome Control Panel,
and under Sound I checked the checkbox to automatica
I am using Gnome. I use the whole thing, gdm, the desktop, the panel,
everything. I would like to be able to upgrade everything as new
versions come out.
If I use the command
# dpkg -l '*gnome*'
I get a big list of Gnome packages. But it's redundant: lots of the
packages depend on other pac
and stable.
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user. I'm not certain whether this is the correct long-term
solution, but I'm running and right now that's all I care about.
(Maybe it *is* the correct long-term solution: the .esd-auth file
reminds me of the way X handles authorization... I must study this
more.)
--
Steve R.
7;m running 2.2, and it turned out that I just
needed to edit a single config file in /etc and I was done. Cool.
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really fun game! I'm hooked.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blarg.net/~steveha
Karsten M. Self wrote:
> Better to advocate open alternative streaming technologies.
I agree completely.
> MP3 is one such.
Sorry, I do not agree. As long as there are patents controlling MP3, MP3
is not sufficiently open.
The current best one is Ogg Vorbis.
http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis
Okay, here's my two cents on this topic.
Some printer are easier to get working under Linux than others.
PostScript printers should be very easy to get working, as the
Linux/UNIX world pretty much has standardized on PostScript. If you get
a non-PostScript printer, you need software on your
In my previous email, I used the Optra E312L printer as an example. For
Linux use, you probably want the Optra E312, not the E312L; the 'L'
version is PCL-only but the E312 supports postscript.
The E312 is $380 at buy.com:
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10251756
I personally
Alan Shutko wrote:
> I am a huge fan of the HP inkjet printers (and I'm eagerly waiting
> for drivers as good as the ones for Windows).
http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/
I am aware of the drivers on SourceForge. However, they are not as
good as the ones for Windows.
Specifically, the prin
> I need to know if your product supports the new ATI Radeon chip.
To use a Radeon with any sort of Linux you need Xfree86 version 4.0.2 or
newer. This is available under Debian; you will need to install Debian,
and then install the packages to get the new Xfree86. Packages for the
current X
This is usually some sort of permissions problem. If you ran Gnome for
the first time while you were root, perhaps root owns the .gnome files?
I suggest you become root and execute this command:
# chown -R wayneb:user /home/wayneb
(Of course, if your Linux user name is something else, change
Corel is selling the whole WordPerfect Office suite, which includes
WordPerfect and Quattro Pro.
http://linux.corel.com/products/wpo2000_linux/index.htm
The suite is about $150 a copy. buy.com has a 5-pack which is a better
deal, but it is back-ordered.
There is also Applix:
http://www.v
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