Re: efficiency of windows managers
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:59:56 -0500, Preston Boyington wrote: [...] > and fyi, i use debian with fluxbox on my P133, 16mb, compaq laptop. :D Hello Preston, what version of debian are you talking about? On a P133, 32MB, Dell Laptop it seemed to me that the last Debian version usable (speed...) was Potato. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DiffIndex ignored when updating repository?
I just upgraded our server to Etch but now I see there are line starting with "Ign" when I update my repositories: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# aptitude update Get:1 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org etch Release.gpg [378B] Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org etch Release [58.2kB] Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages Get:4 http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main Packages [4287kB] Get:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/contrib Packages [62.9kB] Fetched 4408kB in 19s (227kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Is this something to worry about? Thanks. Nick. -- Nick's Auditorium: http://users.pandora.be/nicks_auditorium History of and technical information on movie sound systems. De geschiedenis van en technische informatie over geluidssystemen voor cinema's. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Nspluginwrapper on AMD64
On Friday 28 September 2007 05:16, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to run debian-amd64 sid on my new system and so far am very > happy with the relative ease of the installation process (thank you > developers). > > I tried to install the flashplayer-mozilla|flashplayer-nonfree. Both > failed with the same message : > > nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so Go there: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/08/msg01335.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Trying to get a network printer HP LaserJet (tm) 2100tn to print from debian
I haven't followed the thread, but I am using an hp2100tn with Debian testing and CUPS. The device URI is specified as: ipp://192.168.0.66/ipp/ The printer has a Postscript module, so the make is specified as "raw" and the model as "Raw Queue (en)". The HPJetDirect interface of the printer requires a DHCP server. For this, I use my firewall machine, which is running SmoothWall Express 2.0. But I prefer to use static ip addresses within the LAN, so I specified the MAC address of the HPJetDirect interface to SmoothWall and reserved the address 192.168.0.66 for the printer. RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Lenny vs. Etch + Backports
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael C wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > >> I am not sure if I understand correctly: What are your objections >> against debian's way of security fixes? > > Let's take the example of Seamonkey/Iceape. Officially EOL'd as of May, > the 1.0.x branch's security status is no longer being actively > investigated by upstream developers, but assuming that Lenny takes as > long to come to fruition as Etch, come Debian's next major release its > developers -- with fewer resources than upstream, I should imagine -- > will have been searching out and patching vulnerabilities in an > abandoned codebase for more than 20 months. > > I've no doubt that the resulting code's more stable than upstream's, > it's just that I'd rather place my trust in the upstream codebase (or > Debian patches based thereon). > > Not a very original objection, but a reasonable-sounding pretext for > moving away from Stable ;) [I'm not a security expert and I don't follow this in every detail, so take my statements carefully and with a grain of salt. ] I personally view it this way: - - upstream replace each mozilla-* version with a new version. This means that at the same time a security issue is fixed, a new one may arise due to new features etc. - - for each security issue discovered, debian carefully checks whether it affects the version in stable. If so, the issue gets fixed and it is rather unlikely that 'new' security holes are introduced this way. I can't ultimately tell by hard facts, which approach is more secure, but my experience with debian's approach has been good. You could also run stable etch and install firefox et al. from mozilla's website... I think that even includes an automatic update feature. (Have never tried this myself, though.) YMMV, HTH, best wishes! Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG/Kn8C1NzPRl9qEURAsPwAJ9EjE8jEQKPyk5m32DVLszV/pY0YgCeORqr HELajNPo4KZdXug5xmPK/wk= =aFuv -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Slow Network Connection
I can suggest you, if you have 2 PC and you use IPv4, to try netio http://freshmeat.net/projects/netio/ You need to compile this old program. But i used to test connection speed between my machines and it worked pretty good. Hope this helps Christophe Eric Estes a écrit : I just purchased a Shuttle XPC SN27P2 barebones system. Chipset: North Bridge - Nvidia nForce 570 Ultra Onboard NIC: Marvell 88E1116(10/100/1000Mbps) - I also added a Intel Dual-Server NIC and disabled the Marvell I tried installing Debian 4.0r0, 4.0r1 and a nightly test build and they all suffer from the same problem; an extremely slow connection to the internet (about dial-up speed - I have a 5Meg cable connection). Yet, if I boot off of a PCLinuxOS Live CD the network works perfectly. I've changed cables and network cards with no luck. I'm hoping someone here will see something that I've overlooked. Thank you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: news for debian
Hello, debian news are rare event. Jerome roberto wrote: hello is the mailing list of debian-news still active ? thank you ... -- Jerome BENOIT jgmbenoit_at_mailsnare_dot_net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound stopped working in Sid
On 28 Sep 2007, Chris Lale wrote: > > Meanwhile, you could try my workaround [1] for Etch: > > "The problem in alsaconf is the result of the presence of the file > /etc/modprobe.conf. This causes /etc/modprobe.d/ to be ignored by Debian > packages (including alsaconf) which store their configuration files in > /etc/modprobe.d/. The permanent solution is to move /etc/modprobe.conf out of > the way. Do not delete it just in case there are modules listed in it by other > applications that you may need to know about if those applications start > misbehaving. Rename the file instead: > > # mv /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf.obsolete > > Now run alsaconf again and everything should work." > I don't have this file at all but still the problem occurs. -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can pbzip2 run on stdout?
Ahh crap, I looked thru that page, but didnt notice that. My fault :D On 9/27/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 02:57:40PM -0400, Stefhen Hovland wrote: > > Is this possible for pbzip2 to run on a tar which outputs to standard out? > > > > I am trying to speed up a backup process which takes hours, i have > > about 100g of uncompressed data which will be tar'd up and is > > currently running thru gzip. This will be running on a 16 cpu box > > which would greatly speedup this issue. > > > > from: > > > > tar cf - . | gzip > /tmp/file.tar.gz > > > > to: > > > > tar cf - . | pbzip2 > /tmp/file.tar.bz2 > > > > > > This doesnt seem to work, is it because there is no way to split the > > stdio to multiple processors on the fly? > > per > > http://compression.ca/pbzip2/ > > ToDo > > - Add support for input from stdin & pipes > > google man! > > A > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFG/AW/aIeIEqwil4YRAk0WAJ4lN73r36HQYVzdsKZ2iTWyKYNIowCg4hbU > CXuksZN276h8UGrltcq5zlU= > =wwKe > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hp psc driver question
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 11:53:44AM +0200, steef wrote: hi, cups gives a driver for the hp-printer psc (all in one) 2500. does anybody know if this driver works also for the hp psc 2575? according to: http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/inkjet_aio.html its not (not listed) but since all the listed PSC's are supported as of version .9.5 and sid's got 1.6.blah I think you're good to go. Note that google provides several hits that claim this printer works as well. A ...thanks [again] andrew. yes, i saw the annotations via google, and, under suse 10 (i use debian!) the machine seems to be supported by the same hplip version as under etch (which i am using as production machine). so: taken together with your advice i am convinced and will buy the hp psc2575 within the hour (it's morning here).. kind regards, steef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Nspluginwrapper on AMD64
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 08:57:25AM +0200, Gabrielle Chatelet wrote: > > > > I tried to install the flashplayer-mozilla|flashplayer-nonfree. Both > > failed with the same message : > > > > nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for > > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so > > Go there: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/08/msg01335.html > Thanks for the link. But, the message details the process to get it working under etch. I am running sid. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID : F6A35935 Fingerprint: D172 22C4 7CDC D9CD 62B5 55C1 2A69 D5D8 F6A3 5935 No, his mind is not for rent To any god or government. Always hopeful, yet discontent, He knows changes aren't permanent - But change is. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
/proc/net info ?
Hi all How can I find out all info about /proc/net ? eg: rt_cache and softnet_stat are for what purpose Thank you - Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail
DSL setup under Debian/GNU Linux with GNOME
Hello List, I have PIII, 800Mhz, 512MB RAM, with RTL-8139 lan-card and a ZXDSL-831D DSL modem with 256 kbps broadband connection. I was given IP address, default gateway address but NO DNS address, with a user name and password to connect to this DSL. Its PPPoE setup. I could easily manage that under XP. I just 2 days ago installed Debian with GNOME, and not KDE. I tried to see if there was a way to setup/configure DSL, but could not. Could any one be kind enough to help/advice as what can I do. Best, Khurram Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /proc/net info ?
chloe K([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Hi all > > How can I find out all info about /proc/net ? > > eg: rt_cache and softnet_stat are for what purpose > > Thank you > > - > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving > junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail Gee, if I didn't know how to find the info using man or info, I guess I would use google /proc/net/rt_cache softnet_stat which would answer my question amd teach me how to use man and or info. But thats just me. Wayne -- The Queue Principle: The longer you wait in line, the greater the likelihood that you are standing in the wrong line. ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: efficiency of windows managers
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 08:19:28PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > > thanks. I've become sort of a wmii zealot in the last little > > while. It's been fun. hope I didn't steal your thunder. :) > > Lol no not at all. You should give DWM a try. I think there are improvements > over wmii. Also, there is a new fork from dwm called 'awesome' (yeah i know, > apparently the name lives up to the hype). Haven't tried it but I will def > check it out. > > http://awesome.naquadah.org/ cool thanks A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Sound stopped working in Sid
On 28 Sep 2007, Chris Lale wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 28 Sep 2007, Chris Lale wrote: > >> Meanwhile, you could try my workaround [1] for Etch: > >> > >> "The problem in alsaconf is the result of the presence of the file > >> /etc/modprobe.conf. This causes /etc/modprobe.d/ to be ignored by Debian > >> packages (including alsaconf) which store their configuration files in > >> /etc/modprobe.d/. The permanent solution is to move /etc/modprobe.conf out > >> of > >> the way. Do not delete it just in case there are modules listed in it by > >> other > >> applications that you may need to know about if those applications start > >> misbehaving. Rename the file instead: > >> > >> # mv /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf.obsolete > >> > >> Now run alsaconf again and everything should work." > >> > > > > I don't have this file at all but still the problem occurs. > > > > > > You could check that /etc/modprobe.d exists. > > Have you tried running udevtrigger as user root? This is from bug no 430624 > [1]: > > # udevtrigger --verbose > > "This should reload the modules you need. On next reboot, your system will > find > your soundcard. The module management is done by udev. You should not need to > use alsaconf any more." > > [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=430624 > > -- > Chris. > I do have /etc/modprobe-d though I'm not sure what it does. I tried udevtrigger but it didn't reload the module after alsaconf; I did it with insmod, I think. Anyway, it's all fairly academic since now that I have the entry in /etc/modules it loads automatically at each reboot. -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Slow Network Connection
Have you tried to boot with the noapic option with all of your OS to see differences ? Eric Estes a écrit : Something I found interesting...PCLinuxOS out of the ones listed below is the only one that worked for me (normal network speeds). I noticed it's the only one that has IO-APIC-level rather than IO-APIC-fasteoi. Could that be my problem and if so how do I fix that? PCLinuxOS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0: 39309 2494 IO-APIC-edge timer 6: 1 1 IO-APIC-edge floppy 8: 3 2 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-level acpi 14: 4486 1 IO-APIC-edge ide0 16: 1146 1 IO-APIC-level libata, HDA Intel 17: 555 1 IO-APIC-level libata 18: 682 1 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb1 19: 2 1 IO-APIC-level ehci_hcd:usb2 20: 2 1 IO-APIC-level ohci1394 21: 29 1 IO-APIC-level eth0 22: 61 1 IO-APIC-level eth1 NMI: 0 0 LOC: 41779 41767 ERR: 1 MIS: 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# Debian: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0: 84 1 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge i8042 6: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge floppy 8: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 12: 0 4 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 0 764 IO-APIC-edge ide0 16: 0 257 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, HDA Intel 17: 2 1401 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb2 18: 0 36 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 19: 0 63 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth2 20: 0 2 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394 21: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata 22: 2 5733 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata NMI: 0 0 LOC: 5171 8933 ERR: 1 MIS: 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Knoppix: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0: 92 109261 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge i8042 6: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge floppy 8: 0 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 12: 0 4 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 1 2175 IO-APIC-edge ide0 16: 0 237 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata, HDA Intel 17: 1 242 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata 18: 0 3 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1 19: 1 3640 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb2 20: 0 3 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394 21: 15 8061 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 NMI: 0 0 LOC: 109311 109296 ERR: 1 MIS: 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ SabayonLinux: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0: 250 0 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 3 3 IO-APIC-edge i8042 6: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge floppy 8: 48 2 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 12: 0 4 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 6853 6 IO-APIC-edge libata 15: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge libata 16: 9568 4 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394, nvidia 17: 1693 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi sata_nv, ohci_hcd:usb2 18: 164 5 IO-APIC-fasteoi sata_nv 19: 2 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1 20: 6067 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi HDA Intel 21: 133 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth0 22: 77 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 NMI: 0 0 LOC: 292338 292302 ERR: 1 MIS: 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ Kubuntu 7.01: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0: 53890 2253 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge i8042 6: 1 1 IO-APIC-edge floppy 8: 28 2 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 12: 2 2 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 6506 1 IO-APIC-edge ide0 16: 5839 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb1, HDA Intel 17: 2 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2 18: 1 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394 19: 331 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth0 20: 87 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 21: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata 22: 302 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata NMI: 0 0 LOC: 56035 56045 ERR: 1 MIS: 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -Original Message- From: Bonnel Christophe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 5:37 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Slow Network Connection I can suggest you, if you have 2 PC and you use IPv4, to try netio http://freshmeat.net/projects/netio/ You need to compile this old program. But i used to test connection speed between my machines and it worked pretty good. Hope this helps Christophe Eric Estes a écrit : I just purchased a Shuttle XPC SN27P2 barebones system. Chipset: North Bridge - Nvidia nForce 570 Ultra Onboard NIC: Marvell 88E1116(10/100/1000Mbps) - I also added a Intel Dual-Server NIC and disabled the Marvell I tried installing Debian 4.0r0, 4.0r1 and a nightly test build and they all suffer from the same problem; an extremely slow connection to the internet (about dial-up speed - I have a 5Meg cable connection). Yet, if I boot off of a PCLinuxOS Live CD the network works perfectly. I've changed cables and network cards with no luck. I'm hoping someone here will see something that I've overlooked. Thank you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound stopped working in Sid
Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 28 Sep 2007, Chris Lale wrote: >> Meanwhile, you could try my workaround [1] for Etch: >> >> "The problem in alsaconf is the result of the presence of the file >> /etc/modprobe.conf. This causes /etc/modprobe.d/ to be ignored by Debian >> packages (including alsaconf) which store their configuration files in >> /etc/modprobe.d/. The permanent solution is to move /etc/modprobe.conf out of >> the way. Do not delete it just in case there are modules listed in it by >> other >> applications that you may need to know about if those applications start >> misbehaving. Rename the file instead: >> >> # mv /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf.obsolete >> >> Now run alsaconf again and everything should work." >> > > I don't have this file at all but still the problem occurs. > > You could check that /etc/modprobe.d exists. Have you tried running udevtrigger as user root? This is from bug no 430624 [1]: # udevtrigger --verbose "This should reload the modules you need. On next reboot, your system will find your soundcard. The module management is done by udev. You should not need to use alsaconf any more." [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=430624 -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: news for debian
Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello, > > debian news are rare event. > > Jerome > DWN used to be regular but the last one was 3 July'07 :( http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/ > roberto wrote: >> hello >> is the mailing list of debian-news still active ? >> >> thank you ... > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Slow Network Connection
Something I found interesting...PCLinuxOS out of the ones listed below is the only one that worked for me (normal network speeds). I noticed it's the only one that has IO-APIC-level rather than IO-APIC-fasteoi. Could that be my problem and if so how do I fix that? PCLinuxOS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0: 39309 2494 IO-APIC-edge timer 6: 1 1 IO-APIC-edge floppy 8: 3 2 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-level acpi 14: 4486 1 IO-APIC-edge ide0 16: 1146 1 IO-APIC-level libata, HDA Intel 17: 555 1 IO-APIC-level libata 18: 682 1 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb1 19: 2 1 IO-APIC-level ehci_hcd:usb2 20: 2 1 IO-APIC-level ohci1394 21: 29 1 IO-APIC-level eth0 22: 61 1 IO-APIC-level eth1 NMI: 0 0 LOC: 41779 41767 ERR: 1 MIS: 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# Debian: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0: 84 1 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge i8042 6: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge floppy 8: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 12: 0 4 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 0 764 IO-APIC-edge ide0 16: 0 257 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, HDA Intel 17: 2 1401 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb2 18: 0 36 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 19: 0 63 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth2 20: 0 2 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394 21: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata 22: 2 5733 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata NMI: 0 0 LOC: 5171 8933 ERR: 1 MIS: 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Knoppix: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0: 92 109261 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge i8042 6: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge floppy 8: 0 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 12: 0 4 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 1 2175 IO-APIC-edge ide0 16: 0 237 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata, HDA Intel 17: 1 242 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata 18: 0 3 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1 19: 1 3640 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb2 20: 0 3 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394 21: 15 8061 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 NMI: 0 0 LOC: 109311 109296 ERR: 1 MIS: 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ SabayonLinux: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0: 250 0 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 3 3 IO-APIC-edge i8042 6: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge floppy 8: 48 2 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 12: 0 4 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 6853 6 IO-APIC-edge libata 15: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge libata 16: 9568 4 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394, nvidia 17: 1693 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi sata_nv, ohci_hcd:usb2 18: 164 5 IO-APIC-fasteoi sata_nv 19: 2 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1 20: 6067 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi HDA Intel 21: 133 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth0 22: 77 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 NMI: 0 0 LOC: 292338 292302 ERR: 1 MIS: 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ Kubuntu 7.01: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0: 53890 2253 IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge i8042 6: 1 1 IO-APIC-edge floppy 8: 28 2 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi 12: 2 2 IO-APIC-edge i8042 14: 6506 1 IO-APIC-edge ide0 16: 5839 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb1, HDA Intel 17: 2 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2 18: 1 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394 19: 331 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth0 20: 87 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 21: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata 22: 302 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata NMI: 0 0 LOC: 56035 56045 ERR: 1 MIS: 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -Original Message- From: Bonnel Christophe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 5:37 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Slow Network Connection I can suggest you, if you have 2 PC and you use IPv4, to try netio http://freshmeat.net/projects/netio/ You need to compile this old program. But i used to test connection speed between my machines and it worked pretty good. Hope this helps Christophe Eric Estes a écrit : > I just purchased a Shuttle XPC SN27P2 barebones system. > Chipset: North Bridge - Nvidia nForce 570 Ultra > Onboard NIC: Marvell 88E1116(10/100/1000Mbps) - I also added a Intel > Dual-Server NIC and disabled the Marvell > > I tried installing Debian 4.0r0, 4.0r1 and a nightly test build and they > all suffer from the same problem; an extremely slow connection to the > internet (about dial-up speed - I have a 5Meg cable connection). > > Yet, if I boot off of a PCLinuxOS Live CD the network works perfectly. > > I've changed cables and network cards with no luck. I'm hoping someone > here will see something that I've overlooked. > > Thank you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
how to find modifier key in KDE
Hello, Just a little questions: How do I find out which one is the modifier key on a particular keyboard layout (layout in, variant guru) in KDE? I am running updated Testing and am using the Keyboard layout switcher in KDE to switch between the layouts. thanks, ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Decompiling locale definition files
Hi, I would like to decompile several locale files located in /usr/lib/locale, such as LC_COLLATE, and view their contents in human readable form. Is there a program which can do that - i.e., that will reverse what localedef does? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian may lose a user
"Mike McCarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I have some feedback about my GF who uses Debian at my suggestion. > I have no irons in the fire on this one, as I don't use Debian, > though I do administer her machine for her. So, please don't take > this as a complaint from me, as it isn't. I'm simply informing > the Debian forum of a situation. > > She's had four problems with using Debian on her machine, > and support response from this forum has been somewhat less > than she had hoped for. May be she (what' s a GF?) hoped for too much. I find that if the forum does not respond it is most often because you don' t ask the question right. Or The question should be directed to a more specific forum. Or What you are asking is not a problem. It' s only a problem in your head. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do you unmount all your drives
On Friday 28 September 2007 14:00, Sid Arth wrote: > Hi, is there a command I can use that unmounts all unnecessary drives? > And what command can I use to just unmount one drive? man umount -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do you unmount all your drives
Hi, is there a command I can use that unmounts all unnecessary drives? And what command can I use to just unmount one drive? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Basic Tomcatt5.5 Admin question
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:39:21 - Dancing Fingers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 21, 2:00 pm, Dancing Fingers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks. This helps a lot. I also tried > > chown -R www-data /usr/share/tomcat5.5-webapps > > without much luck. > > > > Cchris > > On Sep 21, 1:10 pm, Nyizsnyik Ferenc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:42:59 -0700 > > > > > Dancing Fingers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I finally got Tomcat5.5 going on Etch AMD and I start > > > > studying the JSP developers guide but I get stuck in the > > > > beginning. The book says to create a new directory under > > > > ROOT but I don't have permission in my default account. The > > > > last install I did a chgrp / > > > > user/share/tomcat5.5-webapps/ROOT www-data but I screwed the > > > > package up so bad that I re-installed the system. Could > > > > anyone tell me how the is typically done? Thanks. > > > > Chris > > > > > I use the "user web applications", I think it is a better > > > approach for learning stuff. I put the following > > > in /etc/tomcat5.5/server.xml, in the section: > > > > > > > directoryName="public_html" > > > userClass="org.apache.catalina.startup.PasswdUserDatabase"/> > > > > > > > docBase="/home/nyizsa/public_html/jsp" debug="0"> > > > > > My pages can be reached ashttp://localhost:8180/~nyizsa/jsp/, and > > > they are actually located in /home/nyizsa/public_html/jsp. > > > > > You may find more useful information > > > athttp://localhost:8180/tomcat-docs/ > > > > > -- > > > Szia: > > > Nyizsa. > > > > > -- > > > Get a free email address with REAL anti-spam > > > protection.http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/1 > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I tried > > >unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > xmlValidation="false" > xmlNamespaceAware="false"> > > className="org.apache.catalina.startup.UserConfig" > directoryName="public_html" > userClass="org.apache.catalina.startup.PasswdUserDatabase"/> path="/batymahn/chapter1" ^ Here a ~ seems to be missing. Also, did you create the chapter1 directory in your public_html? > docBase="/home/batymahn/public_html/chapter1" debug="0"> Context> > > > Without luck. i also tried > >unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="true" > xmlValidation="false" > xmlNamespaceAware="false"> docBase="file:/var/www/mi-garage" debug="0" reloadable="true"/>--> > >
Re: OT: Choice of OOo and LaTeX
> I write all my texts in latex, use JabRef/bibtex to manage references, > subversion to keep track of things and to collaborate with coauthors, > and -- if I need to submit to a journal misguided enough only to accept > word, latex2rtf. My wife works in a field where most journals want Word files. So I thought I'd try and sell her on LaTeX + some conversion (latex2rtf for example), but it turns out it's no good for her: even though she's the sole author, she always sends her articles for feedback/corrections to friends who also want Word format and then do their modification in-place and send back a Word file (with changes marked as such), so she could start with a LaTeX file , but as soon as the text is ready enough to send to friends, she needs to convert to Word and then needs to keep working in OOs to integrate the comments/fixes etc... so she may as well use OOo all the way. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
setkeycode problem at boot
Hello I encounter a problem with the installation of the current version of etch on an dell optiplex 745. At boot I obtain a message with setkeycode (the map between scancode and keycode is not set for some code) I have tried at getkeycodes which has returned : getkeycodes Plain scancodes xx (hex) versus keycodes (dec) 0 is an error; for 1-88 (0x01-0x58) scancode equals keycode KDGETKEYCODE: Aucun périphérique de ce type failed to get keycode for scancode 0x5a 0x58: 88 89 If someone can help me. I have tried to reconfigure xserver and console-data (don t know if the last one is usefull) I am a little bit lost between keymap and keycodes/scancodes if someone can help me Thanks _ Ne gardez plus qu'une seule adresse mail ! Copiez vos mails vers Yahoo! Mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian may lose a user
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: ... (what' s a GF?) ... Girl-Friend. (I used to understand the concept of girlfriends better before Debian came along ) -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
news for debian
hello is the mailing list of debian-news still active ? thank you ... -- roberto OS: GNU/Linux, Debian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GNOME: Associate multiple queues with one printer: HOW?
Mike McCarty wrote: Anyway, unless I want to make a hobby of making that machine able to boot Debian, and fiddling with it just to see if it could have been made to work, I'm afraid Debian is pretty much gone on this machine. Even if I make the machine dual boot, I wonder just how often it actually would get booted to Debian. Her plan is to use Knoppix to move her mail files etc. from the Debian partition to an external FAT drive, and then reboot Windows and import. If the debian install used ext2/3 then there is a driver for windows XP (http://www.fs-driver.org/) which will allow direct access to the partitions without the need to boot a live CD. HTH Wackojacko Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iscan frustration Compounded!
Thomas H. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I own two Epson scanners, a Perfection 2400 Photo and a Perfection V100 > Photo. > Neither work with Debian Linux. Check the location of the firmware file, esfw41.bin. A few upgrades ago, my system also lost the configuration entry in /etc/sane.d/snapscan.conf that defined this. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: efficiency of windows managers
didier gaumet wrote: > On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:59:56 -0500, Preston Boyington wrote: > > [...] >> and fyi, i use debian with fluxbox on my P133, 16mb, compaq laptop. :D > > Hello Preston, > > what version of debian are you talking about? On a P133, 32MB, Dell Laptop > it seemed to me that the last Debian version usable (speed...) was Potato. > actually i am using Woody on that particular machine with a 2.4 kernel. at the moment i forget "why" i went with Woody... maybe at the time it was "testing"? probably in the near future i will go a "debian from scratch" route and see how well i can get the little thing working. i no longer use it for my day-to-day and now it sees most of its time wirelessly streaming music from my server. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Nspluginwrapper on AMD64
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 08:46:56 +0530, Sridhar M.A. wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to run debian-amd64 sid on my new system and so far am very > happy with the relative ease of the installation process (thank you > developers). > > I tried to install the flashplayer-mozilla|flashplayer-nonfree. Both > failed with the same message : > > nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so > > I found the bug reported on bugs.debian.org and the comment of the > maintainer that this is probably due to a bug in chroot > package/environment. The two related bugs in the BTS seem to be about "experimental" versions of flashplugin-nonfree. Which version are you trying to install? Version 9.0.48.0.2 works fine on my Sid/amd64 system, without any need for a 32bit chroot. > AFAICT, I do not have any chroot installs other > than that demanded by nspluginwrapper. This statement is a bit confusing. Did you install flashplayer in a 32bit chroot or not? I think we might have a misunderstanding here: The nspluginwrapper package provides a means to run i386 plugins on other architectures without having to install a 32bit chroot on your system. If you use a 32bit chroot to run i386 binaries then you have to set up the chroot yourself first and then you can install the i386 debs in it. This used to be necessary for the flash-plugin on amd64, but now it is not required anymore. > than that demanded by nspluginwrapper. The contents of the files in > /etc/ld.so.conf.d are : > > libc.conf : > # libc default configuration > /usr/local/lib > > x86_64-linux-gnu.conf : > # Multiarch support > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu I see the same on my system, so I think this should be OK. > Rerunning ldconfig, did not solve the problem. But, what surprises me is > this fact: nspluginwrapper depends on linux32, but it is not installed. > Trying to install linux32, apt wants to remove util-linux. I am pasting > the session below : [...] > The system appears not to honor the dependency requirement of > nspluginwrapper. Has anyone else noticed this problem? Is this a bug in > apt|aptitude or nspluginwrapper? No, the dependency is satisfied because util-linux provides linux32: $ apt-cache show util-linux | grep Provides Provides: schedutils, linux32 -- Regards,| http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound stopped working in Sid
Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 27 Sep 2007, Chris Lale wrote: >> Anthony Campbell wrote (on the Debian-User list) >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/09/msg02165.html : >> >>> On 24 Sep 2007, Chris Lale wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: This is probably because alsaconf is broken [1]. What version are you using? It is slated to be fixed in version 1.0.14-2 [2]. [1] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Sound_in_Debian_GNU/Linux#Some_applications_.28OSS_applications.29_produce_no_sound_in_ALSA[2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/09/msg01370.html >>> That is the version of alsa-utils I have but it doesn't fix things for >>> me. However, Florian's solution does. >>> >> So, apparently, alsaconf version 1.0.14-2 has not fixed these bugs (#430624, >> #432678)? >> >> -- >> Chris. >> > > No it hasn't. I just ran it again and it removed snd_pcm_oss. > Thanks. I added a message to the bug report (432678), so, hopefully, the maintainer will now be aware of this. Meanwhile, you could try my workaround [1] for Etch: "The problem in alsaconf is the result of the presence of the file /etc/modprobe.conf. This causes /etc/modprobe.d/ to be ignored by Debian packages (including alsaconf) which store their configuration files in /etc/modprobe.d/. The permanent solution is to move /etc/modprobe.conf out of the way. Do not delete it just in case there are modules listed in it by other applications that you may need to know about if those applications start misbehaving. Rename the file instead: # mv /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf.obsolete Now run alsaconf again and everything should work." [1] http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Sound_in_Debian_GNU/Linux#Some_applications_.28OSS_applications.29_produce_no_sound_in_ALSA -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Openoffice file takes a long time to open
Hi there Try to modified it and save it on SUSE machine. Then copy the file back to etch laptop. On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 11:15 +0100, John O Laoi wrote: > Hello, > I am running Etch on a Dell Precision laptop. > I have one openoffice file, say XYZ.odt, which takes a long time to > open (maybe 25 minutes). > While it is opening, Openoffice is stalled. > It is not big. ls-l reports its size as 18,000. > I have many much bigger files which open immediately. > > I copied the file to SUSE linux that I have on a desktop, and the file > opened quickly. > I tried changing its name. > I tried copying its contents to a new file. > I made a copy of the file (using cp). > I had some URLs in the file, which I changed to text (removed the blue > and underline) > I ran fsck on the filesystem on which it resides, and it reported no > bad blocks. > > Any ideas where I look? > > John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Slow Network Connection
I tried the noapic option when installing Debian but I'll try the others when I get home and will post back. On a side, is there a way to switch Debian to use the IO-APIC-level option over the IO-APIC-fasteoi? -Original Message- From: Bonnel Christophe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 10:38 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Slow Network Connection Have you tried to boot with the noapic option with all of your OS to see differences ? Eric Estes a écrit : > Something I found interesting...PCLinuxOS out of the ones listed below is the > only one that worked for me (normal network speeds). > > I noticed it's the only one that has IO-APIC-level rather than > IO-APIC-fasteoi. Could that be my problem and if so how do I fix that? > > > > PCLinuxOS: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 CPU1 > 0: 39309 2494 IO-APIC-edge timer > 6: 1 1 IO-APIC-edge floppy > 8: 3 2 IO-APIC-edge rtc > 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-level acpi > 14: 4486 1 IO-APIC-edge ide0 > 16: 1146 1 IO-APIC-level libata, HDA Intel > 17: 555 1 IO-APIC-level libata > 18: 682 1 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb1 > 19: 2 1 IO-APIC-level ehci_hcd:usb2 > 20: 2 1 IO-APIC-level ohci1394 > 21: 29 1 IO-APIC-level eth0 > 22: 61 1 IO-APIC-level eth1 > NMI: 0 0 > LOC: 41779 41767 > ERR: 1 > MIS: 0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# > > Debian: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 CPU1 > 0: 84 1 IO-APIC-edge timer > 1: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge i8042 > 6: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge floppy > 8: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge rtc > 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi > 12: 0 4 IO-APIC-edge i8042 > 14: 0 764 IO-APIC-edge ide0 > 16: 0 257 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1, HDA Intel > 17: 2 1401 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb2 > 18: 0 36 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 > 19: 0 63 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth2 > 20: 0 2 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394 > 21: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata > 22: 2 5733 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata > NMI: 0 0 > LOC: 5171 8933 > ERR: 1 > MIS: 0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > Knoppix: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 CPU1 > 0: 92 109261 IO-APIC-edge timer > 1: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge i8042 > 6: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge floppy > 8: 0 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc > 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi > 12: 0 4 IO-APIC-edge i8042 > 14: 1 2175 IO-APIC-edge ide0 > 16: 0 237 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata, HDA Intel > 17: 1 242 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata > 18: 0 3 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1 > 19: 1 3640 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb2 > 20: 0 3 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394 > 21: 15 8061 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 > NMI: 0 0 > LOC: 109311 109296 > ERR: 1 > MIS: 0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > SabayonLinux: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 CPU1 > 0: 250 0 IO-APIC-edge timer > 1: 3 3 IO-APIC-edge i8042 > 6: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge floppy > 8: 48 2 IO-APIC-edge rtc > 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi > 12: 0 4 IO-APIC-edge i8042 > 14: 6853 6 IO-APIC-edge libata > 15: 0 0 IO-APIC-edge libata > 16: 9568 4 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394, nvidia > 17: 1693 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi sata_nv, ohci_hcd:usb2 > 18: 164 5 IO-APIC-fasteoi sata_nv > 19: 2 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb1 > 20: 6067 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi HDA Intel > 21: 133 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth0 > 22: 77 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 > NMI: 0 0 > LOC: 292338 292302 > ERR: 1 > MIS: 0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ > > Kubuntu 7.01: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 CPU1 > 0: 53890 2253 IO-APIC-edge timer > 1: 0 2 IO-APIC-edge i8042 > 6: 1 1 IO-APIC-edge floppy > 8: 28 2 IO-APIC-edge rtc > 9: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi acpi > 12: 2 2 IO-APIC-edge i8042 > 14: 6506 1 IO-APIC-edge ide0 > 16: 5839 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci_hcd:usb1, HDA Intel > 17: 2 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ehci_hcd:usb2 > 18: 1 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi ohci1394 > 19: 331 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth0 > 20: 87 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1 > 21: 0 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata > 22: 302 1 IO-APIC-fasteoi libata > NMI: 0 0 > LOC: 56035 56045 > ERR: 1 > MIS: 0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Bonnel Christophe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 5:37 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Slow Network Connection > > I can suggest you, if you have 2 PC and you use IPv4, to try netio > http://freshmeat.net/projects/netio/ > > You need to compile this old program. But i used to test connection > speed between my machines and it worked pretty good. > > Hope this helps > > Christophe > > > Eric Estes a écrit : > >> I just purchased a Shuttle XPC SN27P2 barebones system. >> Chipset: North Bridge - Nvidia nForce 570 Ultra >> Onboard NIC: Marvell 88E1116(10/100/1000Mbps) - I also added a Intel >> Dual-Server NIC and disabled the Marvell >> >> I tried installing Debian 4.0r0, 4.0r1 and a nightly test build and they >> all suffer from the same problem; an extremely slow connection to the >> internet (about dial-up speed - I have a 5Meg cable connection). >> >> Yet, if I boot off of a PCLinuxOS Live CD the network works perfectly. >> >> I've changed cables and network cards with no luck. I'm hoping someone >> here will see something that I've overlooked. >> >> Thank you. >> >
Re: udev and automounting
Try an entry in /etc/udev/10-local.rules; great howtos on the net. On Thursday 27 September 2007 07:50, Dan H wrote: > Hello, > > I'm really having trouble getting my head around udev and udev rules for > removeable USB devices. When I plug in my USB stick, it automounts under > /media/sda1. What I don't like is that I have to "su" to write to the stick > and to unmount it again, so this automounting is pretty useless. I've tried > to decipher the files under /etc/udev to find the rule that actually mounts > stuff, but grepping for "mount" just shows me some unmounting detail in a > file called "hal.rules". > > What I'd like is: > > 1. Automounting USB mass storage devices under some unique name determined >by the label of the partition > > 2. Write access and unmounting by normal user. > > I've seen this work transparently under Gnome and KDE, but I use fvwm or no > X at all so that's no option for me. > > Thanks > --D. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do you unmount all your drives
Sid Arth wrote: Hi, is there a command I can use that unmounts all unnecessary drives? And what command can I use to just unmount one drive? What do you mean by unnecessary? If you do not want to access files in those drives, you can unmount them with: # umount /path/to/mount/point That will unmount just one drive. You can issue the command: # umount -a to attempt to unmount *all* the drives. Note that the root filesystem cannot be unmounted. If you don't want a particular drive to be mounted at the next reboot, edit the file '/etc/fstab' and comment out the corresponding lines. If you are just looking for a way to suppress all the drive icons on your desktop (assuming you are using gnome) issue the command: $ gconftool -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible -t bool false hth, Rajkiran -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: GNOME: Associate multiple queues with one printer: HOW?
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 01:14:06PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
Thanks all for the advice and help with this. I went over
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Windows XP.
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snipped tale of the death of a free computer... and a fantastic
anecdote in support of RTFM!
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[snip]
What can I say Mike, we tried.
cheers
And I appreciate it.
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Re: Debian may lose a user
Kent West wrote:
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
... (what' s a GF?) ...
Girl-Friend. (I used to understand the concept of girlfriends better
before Debian came along )
The concept is not hazy, but the practice is. I don't understand
THEM much at all.
But, as I advised my son, I don't try too hard to learn to understand
them, I expend my efforts learning to appreciate them.
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Re: Debian may lose a user
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Re: hp psc driver question
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:01:37AM +0200, steef wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 11:53:44AM +0200, steef wrote: >> >>> hi, >>> >>> cups gives a driver for the hp-printer psc (all in one) 2500. does >>> anybody know if this driver works also for the hp psc 2575? >>> >> >> according to: >> >> http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/inkjet_aio.html >> >> its not (not listed) but since all the listed PSC's are supported as >> of version .9.5 and sid's got 1.6.blah I think you're good to go. >> Note that google provides several hits that claim this printer works >> as well. >> A >> > > ...thanks [again] andrew. yes, i saw the annotations via google, and, under > suse 10 (i use debian!) the machine seems to be supported by the same hplip > version as under etch (which i am using as production machine). so: taken > together with your advice i am convinced and will buy the hp psc2575 within > the hour (it's morning here).. note that I'm not responsible if it doesn't work ;-) let us know! A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: can pbzip2 run on stdout?
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:08:14AM -0400, Stefhen Hovland wrote: > > On 9/27/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 02:57:40PM -0400, Stefhen Hovland wrote: > > > Is this possible for pbzip2 to run on a tar which outputs to standard > > > out? > > > > > > I am trying to speed up a backup process which takes hours, i have > > > about 100g of uncompressed data which will be tar'd up and is > > > currently running thru gzip. This will be running on a 16 cpu box > > > which would greatly speedup this issue. > > > > > > from: > > > > > > tar cf - . | gzip > /tmp/file.tar.gz > > > > > > to: > > > > > > tar cf - . | pbzip2 > /tmp/file.tar.bz2 > > > > > > > > > This doesnt seem to work, is it because there is no way to split the > > > stdio to multiple processors on the fly? > > > > per > > > > http://compression.ca/pbzip2/ > > > > ToDo > > > > - Add support for input from stdin & pipes > > > > google man! > > > Ahh crap, I looked thru that page, but didnt notice that. My fault :D :) my thought on this... I don't know how tar links in to bzip2 (which is a compression option for tar (-j?). But maybe its possible to substitute pbzip2 through something as simple as a symlink. Its a stretch I know, but worth a shot. Also, out of curiousity, why not tar -czf /tmp/file.tgz . instead of the pipe? (unless you're actually piping through ssh or something.) anyway, since the idea above (symlink) will almopst certainly not work, you'll probably have to sacrifice the storage space to tar it all up into a file and then pbzip2 it separately. or hack the code, but I'm willing to bet that parallelizing something coming from stdin is non-trivial (I'm no coder...) and that's why its ToDo... A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: GNOME: Associate multiple queues with one printer: HOW?
Wackojacko wrote:
Mike McCarty wrote:
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to Debian. Her plan is to use Knoppix to move her mail files
etc. from the Debian partition to an external FAT drive,
and then reboot Windows and import.
If the debian install used ext2/3 then there is a driver for windows XP
(http://www.fs-driver.org/) which will allow direct access to the
partitions without the need to boot a live CD.
HTH
It very well might. Thanks!
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Re: binary packages versus source
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 09:58:13AM +0200, pietia wrote: > so , why the developers doesn't recompile their packages ? Or why there > are no > packages in two version (compiled using gcc 3 and 4 )? > > Sorry for my questions - if sounds stupid. Time to start reading about Debian. Start at: http://www.debian.org/devel/ -- Chris. == -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Penalty of SELinux?
On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 11:13:13AM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > Linux's target is the modern desktop and the focus is on keeping up with > new hardware. The BSDs keep the drivers for old hardware but patches > require building and that building relies on gcc which isn't optimized > for use on old systems. > > So I'll keep looking. Ah what about embedded Debian? ulibc etc. Have to check it out myself, although off the top off my head its for mobile devices, ... but who knows. -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[solved] Re: how to find modifier key in KDE
H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > Just a little questions: How do I find out which one is the modifier key > on a particular keyboard layout (layout in, variant guru) in KDE? > > I am running updated Testing and am using the Keyboard layout switcher > in KDE to switch between the layouts. > > thanks, > ->HS > > My bad. I just had to activate a third level chooser key in KDE keyboard switcher's configuration options -- and I can choose any key to be the third level chooser from a number of given options. ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to reduce pdf file size with open source software?
On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 12:34:53AM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > > Sounds good to me, but I'm no image guru. > > > > The only reason I asked was because in Mac OS X, when you click "Save As.." > under the "Preview" application (which is a PDF/Image viewer), there is a > "Reduce file size..." menu item that drastically reduces pdf file sizes. If I > am not mistaken it calls a Python script that automatically does this. I have > seen the script before and I just have to look for it now. > > I thought there might have been a tool already available in the repos. This from Sarge: $ apt-cache search resize image | less $ apt-cache show python2.3-imaging Package: python2.3-imaging Priority: optional Section: python Installed-Size: 840 Maintainer: Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Source: python-imaging Version: 1.1.4-3.1 Replaces: pil, python-pil Depends: python2.3, libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libfreetype6 (>= 2.1.5-1), libjpeg62, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), mime-support | python2.3-imaging-tk Suggests: python-imaging-doc Conflicts: pil, python-pil Filename: pool/main/p/python-imaging/python2.3-imaging_1.1.4-3.1_i386.deb Size: 233942 MD5sum: 1b89423be9e71f3cdfd39231de402848 SHA1: 9a519af1a066c2d09d6fcbb677cfc66b3dae8041 SHA256: 02988068765614c3c1852ade342e6d546b7510079c62c2f6d1738edc26c5af8a Description: Python Imaging Library The Python Imaging Library (PIL) adds an image object to your Python interpreter. You can load images from a variety of file formats, and apply a rich set of image operations to them. . Image Objects: o Bilevel, greyscale, palette, true colour (RGB), true colour with transparency (RGBA). o colour separation (CMYK). o Copy, cut, paste operations. o Flip, transpose, resize, rotate, and arbitrary affine transforms. o Transparency operations. o Channel and point operations. o Colour transforms, including matrix operations. o Image enhancement, including convolution filters. . File Formats: o Full (Open/Load/Save): BMP, EPS (with ghostscript), GIF, IM, JPEG, MSP, PDF, PNG, PPM, TIFF, XBM. o Read only (Open/Load): ARG, CUR, DCX, FLI, FPX, GBR, GD, ICO, IMT, IPTC, MCIDAS, MPEG, PhotoCD, PCX, PIXAR, PSD, TGA, SGI, SUN, TGA, WMF, XPM. o Save only: PDF, EPS (without ghostscript). . This is the Python 2.3 version of the package. -- Chris. == -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can pbzip2 run on stdout?
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 02:40:59PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 09/28/07 13:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > [snip] > > > > my thought on this... I don't know how tar links in to bzip2 (which is > > a compression option for tar (-j?). But maybe its possible to > > substitute pbzip2 through something as simple as a symlink. Its a > > stretch I know, but worth a shot. Also, out of curiousity, why not > > > $ apt-cache show tar > [snip] > Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) > Suggests: bzip2, ncompress <<< > > $ apt-rdepends bzip2 > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > bzip2 > Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.3-7) <<< well I said its a stretch... and I see that pbzip2 depends on the same library, so it must just be a frontend that carves up the file into chunks and sends it out to the different processors (I know naught of these sorts of mechanisms). IOW, some serious hackery would be involved to get it to do what he wants... A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: can pbzip2 run on stdout?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/28/07 13:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: [snip] > > my thought on this... I don't know how tar links in to bzip2 (which is > a compression option for tar (-j?). But maybe its possible to > substitute pbzip2 through something as simple as a symlink. Its a > stretch I know, but worth a shot. Also, out of curiousity, why not $ apt-cache show tar [snip] Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) Suggests: bzip2, ncompress <<< $ apt-rdepends bzip2 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done bzip2 Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.3-7) <<< libbz2-1.0 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) libc6 Depends: libgcc1 libgcc1 Depends: gcc-4.2-base (= 4.2.1-5) Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1) gcc-4.2-base - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG/VjLS9HxQb37XmcRApLtAKDSsvpbsfivmWPPa5lPz9oRBC8WWwCgvg4S 4vgsp9UqGKKsvviWfrbY+XY= =lmR5 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do you unmount all your drives
Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Sid Arth wrote: >> Hi, is there a command I can use that unmounts all unnecessary drives? >> And what command can I use to just unmount one drive? >> >> > What do you mean by unnecessary? If you do not want to access files in > those drives, you can unmount them with: > > # umount /path/to/mount/point > > That will unmount just one drive. You can issue the command: > > # umount -a > > to attempt to unmount *all* the drives. Note that the root filesystem > cannot be unmounted. > > If you don't want a particular drive to be mounted at the next reboot, > edit the file '/etc/fstab' and comment out the corresponding lines. > > If you are just looking for a way to suppress all the drive icons on > your desktop (assuming you are using gnome) issue the command: > > $ gconftool -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible -t bool false > > hth, > Rajkiran > Thanks, I didnt want to unmount my filesystem, but its good to know that it cant be unmounted. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: efficiency of windows managers
On Sep 27, 2007, at 6:45 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: So, for example, if I'm working in an x-term and I want another one, when it opens, the first one gets resized to half the screen and the new one gets the other half. Open another, and they each get squeezed into 1/3, etc. Its a little wierd at first, but after practice, it really begins to shine. Hmm. That seems like it'd be a pain with xterms, since text software often doesn't take well to having its window resized. I try to keep my xterms as close to 80x24 as possible to minimize problems with things like aptitude.
Does lilo still have a limit on it's menu entries?
All my Debian installs, Sarge, Etch, and Lenny, originally started off as Woody 3.0r2, and LiLo was, and still is the bootloader. I installed on Etch yesterday the 2.6.18-5 kernel, which shows up in /boot ok, but running lilo doesn't add it to lilo's menu. I read a while back that earlier versions of lilo could only have 6 entries on the menu. My lilo version is 1:22.6.1-9.3. The original kernel when I installed Woody 3.0r2 was a bf one. It is still listed in /boot, and on lilo's menu. but is nowhere to be seen in synaptic, and no longer will boot with Etch. On the face of it, I can't see how to remove this original boot floppy kernel. Can I just delete all references to the 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel in /boot? Then run lilo again. It seems a bit of a hack, but I can't see any way around it as synaptic doesn't even list the bf kernel, and you can't uninstall something that's not on the list. /etc/lilo.conf is below. There are 2 entries for the bf kernel, making 7 entries in total, but I'm presuming that as both bf entries are pointing to the same kernel, lilo is reasoning that only 6 kernel entries are listed on the menu, but I may well be wrong in my reasoning. # /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)', # --- `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/', # and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'. # +---+ # |!! Reminder !! | # | | # | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this | # | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt', or install a new kernel. The | # | computer will most likely fail to boot if a kernel-image | # | post-install script or you don't remember to run `lilo'. | # | | # +---+ # Support LBA for large hard disks. # lba32 # Overrides the default mapping between harddisk names and the BIOS' # harddisk order. Use with caution. #disk=/dev/hde #bios=0x81 #disk=/dev/sda #bios=0x80 # Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot # block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which # case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR. # boot=/dev/hda5 # Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/') # root=/dev/hda5 # Enable map compaction: # Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single # read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the # map smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when # booting from a floppy disk. It is disabled here by default # because it doesn't always work. # # compact # Installs the specified file as the new boot sector # You have the choice between: bmp, compat, menu and text # Look in /boot/ and in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details # install=/boot/boot-menu.b # Specifies the location of the map file # map=/boot/map # You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines # in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must # be typed to boot anything but a default configuration. If a # command line is given, other than one specified by an `append' # statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a # standard default boot will not require one. # # This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the # console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh', # and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization. # # Note that if you really need this type of security, you will # likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR # program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from # removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the # BIOS configuration as well. Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'. # # password=tatercounter2000 # Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should # wait before booting the first image. # delay=20 # You can put a customized boot message up if you like. If you use # `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you # must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting # for a keypress. `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the # `image' configurations below. eg: You can press `1' to boot # `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'. # # message=/boot/bootmess.txt prompt timeout=150 # prompt # single-key # delay=100 # timeout=100 # Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask, ) # # vga=ask # vga=9 # vga=normal # Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go # here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in # the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory. # # append="" # Boot up Linux by default. # default=Linux image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 label=Linux read-only # rest
Re: efficiency of windows managers
2007/9/28, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Sep 27, 2007, at 6:45 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >So, for example, if I'm >working in an x-term and I want another one, when it opens, the >first one gets resized to half the screen and the new one gets the >other half. Open another, and they each get squeezed into 1/3, >etc. Its a little wierd at first, but after practice, it really >begins to shine. > > Hmm. That seems like it'd be a pain with xterms, since text software often > doesn't take well to having its window resized. I try to keep my xterms as > close to 80x24 as possible to minimize problems with things like aptitude. Where can I pass the -fn argument to xterm to set up font size, using dwm? -- Regards, Paul Csanyi http://www.freewebs.com/csanyi-pal/index.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do you turn on and off a program automatcially
Hi, I am running rtorrent and I was wondering if it is possible for the system to turn the program off at certain times, and turn it back on at other times. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: efficiency of windows managers
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:43:38PM +0200, Pál Csányi wrote: Where can I pass the -fn argument to xterm to set up font size, using dwm? You can assign you xterm properties in .Xdefaults: # fonts xterm*faceName: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold xterm*faceSize: 12 # other options xterm*geometry: 127x50+1+1 xterm*tn: xterm xterm*scrollBar: false xterm*sl: 1000 xterm*colorMode: 1 xterm*Utf8: 1 xterm*loginShell: 1 -- Neil Watson | Debian Linux System Administrator| Uptime 14 days http://watson-wilson.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: efficiency of windows managers
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 01:32:43PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Sep 27, 2007, at 6:45 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >>So, for example, if I'm >>working in an x-term and I want another one, when it opens, the >>first one gets resized to half the screen and the new one gets the >>other half. Open another, and they each get squeezed into 1/3, >>etc. Its a little wierd at first, but after practice, it really >>begins to shine. > > Hmm. That seems like it'd be a pain with xterms, since text software often > doesn't take well to having its window resized. I try to keep my xterms as > close to 80x24 as possible to minimize problems with things like aptitude. its no doubt that's a problem that crops up occaisionaly. It depends on the software though. I find that mutt running in a screen instance within an xfterminal (or whatever xfce's temrinal is, hangover from xfce install) will get pretty wonky after its been detached, reattached on another machine (ssh) but not that often. Probably some curses apps would have fits too. Sometimes pagination of manpages or less sessions will get borked, but IME, the vast majority of the time its not a problem. And the gui app don't mind at all, although, if you're using a full-screen stacked setup, some of those print dialogs or file-pickers look pretty funny all stretched out. A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Debian may lose a user
On Sep 28, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Mike McCarty wrote: Kent West wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: ... (what' s a GF?) ... Girl-Friend. (I used to understand the concept of girlfriends better before Debian came along ) The concept is not hazy, but the practice is. I don't understand THEM much at all. But, as I advised my son, I don't try too hard to learn to understand them, I expend my efforts learning to appreciate them. I think the problem is people focus on the 'girl' part and forget the 'friend' part. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get file:/; unloading kernel modules (2.6.18).
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 21:54:45 -0700, Vivek.M wrote: > Hi, > > 1. I have copied my Debian CDs to hard-disk and have added the > required sources.list lines. The problem is that, when i do a apt-get > install pkg, it tries to load from the internet since they have the > latest pkg. Since i pay for data transfer, i was wondering if there > was a way to tell apt-get to use file:/ instead of the net? See the manpage of apt_preferences. (search for "local site") [...] > 2. Is there a way to tell the debian kernel module not to load certain > modules. Blacklisting doesn't seem to be the right way from what i > understood of the man modprobe.conf page. I've got pcspkr, rtc, ipv6, > ali_agp, processor etc loaded and i don;t want to rmmod them - i'd > rather not have them load. Is there any way to do this? See "blacklist" in the manpage of modprobe.conf. Sometimes it can be necessary to use "install MODULENAME /bin/true" in addition to the blacklisting. > I am using Debian Etch, kernel -2.6.18-5-486. -- Regards,| http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xterm .Xdefaults & font size
2007/9/28, Neil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:43:38PM +0200, Pál Csányi wrote: > >Where can I pass the -fn argument to xterm to set up font size, using dwm? > > You can assign you xterm properties in .Xdefaults: > > # fonts > xterm*faceName: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold I edit the .Xdefaults : xterm.*faceName: -biznet-fixed-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* run xterm but the font do not changes. Why? -- Regards, Paul Csanyi http://www.freewebs.com/csanyi-pal/index.htm
Re: How do you turn on and off a program automatcially
Sid Arth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I am running rtorrent and I was wondering if it is possible for the > system to turn the program off at certain times, and turn it back on at > other times. You can probably use use `cron' to achieve this. -- Peter Smerdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpSsjFiBF1rm.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: xterm .Xdefaults & font size
"Pál Csányi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2007/9/28, Neil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:43:38PM +0200, Pál Csányi wrote: >> >Where can I pass the -fn argument to xterm to set up font size, using dwm? >> >> You can assign you xterm properties in .Xdefaults: >> >> # fonts >> xterm*faceName: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold > > I edit the .Xdefaults : > xterm.*faceName: -biznet-fixed-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > run xterm but the font do not changes. Why? did you run 'xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources' to add the changed resources or login/out of X? -- Peter Smerdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpxJ3bt1dL2E.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Debian may lose a user
David Brodbeck wrote: On Sep 28, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Mike McCarty wrote: Kent West wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: ... (what' s a GF?) ... Girl-Friend. (I used to understand the concept of girlfriends better before Debian came along ) The concept is not hazy, but the practice is. I don't understand THEM much at all. But, as I advised my son, I don't try too hard to learn to understand them, I expend my efforts learning to appreciate them. I think the problem is people focus on the 'girl' part and forget the 'friend' part. that's exactly what i did in my younger days and now i am married for more than 40 years... steef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xterm .Xdefaults & font size
2007/9/28, Peter Smerdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > "Pál Csányi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 2007/9/28, Neil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:43:38PM +0200, Pál Csányi wrote: > >> >Where can I pass the -fn argument to xterm to set up font size, using dwm? > >> > >> You can assign you xterm properties in .Xdefaults: > >> > >> # fonts > >> xterm*faceName: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold > > > > I edit the .Xdefaults : > > xterm.*faceName: -biznet-fixed-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > > > run xterm but the font do not changes. Why? > > did you run 'xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources' to add the changed resources or > login/out of X? Yes, I did, I logout/login of X. -- Regards, Paul Csanyi http://www.freewebs.com/csanyi-pal/index.htm
Re: xterm .Xdefaults & font size
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:08:21 +0200 "Pál Csányi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/9/28, Neil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:43:38PM +0200, Pál Csányi wrote: > > >Where can I pass the -fn argument to xterm to set up font size, > > >using dwm? > > > > You can assign you xterm properties in .Xdefaults: > > > > # fonts > > xterm*faceName: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold > > I edit the .Xdefaults : > xterm.*faceName: -biznet-fixed-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > run xterm but the font do not changes. Why? > The faceName resource is used to select fonts using the FreeType library. I am not familiar with the 'biznet' font. Is it available to FreeType? You can check using the 'fc-list' command. -- Liam
Re: efficiency of windows managers
On 9/27/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 04:41:12PM -0400, Manu Hack wrote: > > On 9/27/07, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Am Donnerstag, 27. September 2007 21:02 schrieb Manu Hack: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I have a general question which I got when trying out different > > > > windows managers/desktop environments. When I try to use windowmaker > > > > (I wanted to make my computer faster as it's getting old), it > > > > certainly is fast for initialization. But after that when around > > > > 10-15 windows are opened and distributed in different workspaces, I > > > > found moving around different workspaces and windows pretty slow (I > > > > compared with KDE which I usually use.) and thus I still decided to > > > > stick with KDE for the moment. Maybe the comparison is not fair as > > > > KDE definitely needs longer time to initialize. But my question is, > > > > is there a reason for that? > > > > > > > > Manu > > > You might need more RAM > > > > I agree. :) But I'm still confused as to why KDE can outperform (at > > least up to my experience) a supposedly light weight wm (maybe > > windowmaker is not lightweight enough, will try fluxbox later) on the > > same machine. Is that because of something like memory management or > > something like that? > > its probably got more to do with memory *use* than management. By that > I mean, you may end up wasting memory by using kde apps within a > different wm. The kde apps will load up whole bunches of kde libs in > order to function in addition to the libs used by whatever wm you're > using. You haven't said what your 10-15 windows are doing, so I'm only > guessing. Also, it what ways does kde perform better than windowmaker? > is it in overall response of the system? screen drawing? window > dragging? just switching from one app to another within the same > workspace? More windows are pretty standard, like gaim, iceweasel, icedove, xchat, amule, etc. The thing happened is that whenever I need to move to a workspace with more than 3 windows already there, it takes seconds to "reload" and always give me a window on top which is not previous on the top. I don't know why but it never happened in KDE or Xfce. > > > > > The reason I'm asking is that I want to change because before I > > thought I can improve the efficiency by using a more lightweight wm > > but it turns out it's not true in my case. So maybe as long as the > > memory is enough to use KDE (or GNOME), KDE can be faster than those > > lightweight wm because they use more memory? > > you should do some more comprehensive testing to see if you can figure > out what's going on. keep an eye on a top instance or two and sort > them by processor usage and memory usage. That will give some > insight. Yeah, will do if I have the time. But at the moment I'm very happy with xfce4.4 (fast and with the real transparency stuff). :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
rescue bootable cd ???
I have several rather complex debian systems, including software raid 5 and lvm, &c. Occasionally, in the past, I have upgraded a debian system, after which it no longer boots successfully. Unfortunately, for these complex systems, neither the install/boot media, nor knoppix, result in access to the files necessary to recover these systems. So, going forward, I want to incorporate generation of bootable rescue cd's into my upgrade processes. Clearly, such a cd will exactly duplicate my last successful boot, and give access to ALL files and filesystems. [1] What is the simplest & most reliable process for creating such a cd? [2] Upgrading WHICH packages should be followed by creating such cd? Obviously, upgrading vim itself is NOT likely to jeopardize my next boot; but, the kernel, some libraries, and some packages involved in the early boot stages, are possible culprits. What do you do? What do you think? -- Best Regards, helices - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: xterm .Xdefaults & font size
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 11:37:36PM +0200, Pál Csányi wrote: > 2007/9/28, Peter Smerdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > "Pál Csányi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > 2007/9/28, Neil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:43:38PM +0200, Pál Csányi wrote: > > >> >Where can I pass the -fn argument to xterm to set up font size, using > > >> >dwm? > > >> > > >> You can assign you xterm properties in .Xdefaults: > > >> > > >> # fonts > > >> xterm*faceName: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold > > > > > > I edit the .Xdefaults : > > > xterm.*faceName: -biznet-fixed-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > > The closest I have to xterm installed is aterm and it specifies that for '-fn' argument, use the resource name 'font' so try xterm*font: -biznetblachblahblah xterm*boldfont: -biznetblahblhablah > > > run xterm but the font do not changes. Why? > > > > did you run 'xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources' to add the changed resources or > > login/out of X? > > Yes, I did, I logout/login of X. that may require a full restart of X, I'm not sure, but just FTR, if you're already editing ~/.Xdefaults on a cli somewhere, its pretty darn easy to do the `xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults && xterm` and see results immediately. Also, I use ~/.Xdefaults not ~/.Xresources. I'm not sure if that's critical, but sure could be. A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Debian may lose a user
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/28/07 16:31, steef wrote: > David Brodbeck wrote: >> >> On Sep 28, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Mike McCarty wrote: >> >>> Kent West wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > ... (what' s a GF?) ... Girl-Friend. (I used to understand the concept of girlfriends better before Debian came along ) >>> >>> The concept is not hazy, but the practice is. I don't understand >>> THEM much at all. >>> >>> But, as I advised my son, I don't try too hard to learn to understand >>> them, I expend my efforts learning to appreciate them. >> >> I think the problem is people focus on the 'girl' part and forget the >> 'friend' part. >> > that's exactly what i did in my younger days and now i am married for > more than 40 years... Focus on the "girl" and forget about the "friend"? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG/YF5S9HxQb37XmcRAjVtAJ9RgvX/kiDvh8a8oGhpEQjNgnbncwCg17YK lLudLGUUQx3t/ZhrruzlcSg= =IofI -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
soekris net5501 and vpn14[01]1
Hello, I'm looking for a router, VPN server box. The soekris hardware[] seems to be exactly what I want. Seems it would work fine even withoug the vpn card. Initial googling showed me a vast amount of working *bsd installations but no clear answer on the linux part. I'd rather have debian on this box as I'm more used to the OS and it's configuration quirks (some are always there :)). Is the mentioned vpn card[1] ready to use in the stock debian kernel, and (this is something in found in several openbsd mailing lists) will openssl/gnutls use it's capabilities or would that be lost money? thanks for your input [0] http://www.soekris.com/index.htm [1] http://www.soekris.com/vpn1401.htm -- http://noneisyours.marcher.name http://feeds.feedburner.com/NoneIsYours -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: efficiency of windows managers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/28/07 17:21, Manu Hack wrote: [snip] > > Yeah, will do if I have the time. But at the moment I'm very happy > with xfce4.4 (fast and with the real transparency stuff). :) What's the benefit of transparency? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG/YH+S9HxQb37XmcRAullAJ41KhZYrIB5q6y5d1+u9ETjrx+NcQCfU8Ez cd/W+dH1IsqUnp43PxqaaJ0= =3kt7 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rescue bootable cd ???
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:27:02 -0500 helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you do? > If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usually carry a copy of the System Rescue CD (http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page). It has all of the tools I need to recover a downed system. If I need to work on the Debian system itself, I mount the drive and chroot into the partition. Once there I can su to root so that I am using the proper Debian environment, run apt-get to update software, and test the configuration of any of the installed services or utilities. Why re-invent the wheel? - -- Bill Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG/YvGuLPldPuWZnARAu2mAJ4ubRbLKy+sN32woatF2hCK9Wd8JwCgh6LQ 18k/XCHuHsuaMYb8/+k9WVY= =3cWy -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: rescue bootable cd ???
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:27:02 -0500 helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you do? > If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usually carry a copy of the System Rescue CD (http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page). It has all of the tools I need to recover a downed system. If I need to work on the Debian system itself, I mount the drive and chroot into the partition. Once there I can su to root so that I am using the proper Debian environment, run apt-get to update software, and test the configuration of any of the installed services or utilities. Why re-invent the wheel? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: efficiency of windows managers
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 06:21:31PM -0400, Manu Hack wrote: > On 9/27/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > its probably got more to do with memory *use* than management. By that > > I mean, you may end up wasting memory by using kde apps within a > > different wm. The kde apps will load up whole bunches of kde libs in > > order to function in addition to the libs used by whatever wm you're > > using. You haven't said what your 10-15 windows are doing, so I'm only > > guessing. Also, it what ways does kde perform better than windowmaker? > > is it in overall response of the system? screen drawing? window > > dragging? just switching from one app to another within the same > > workspace? > > More windows are pretty standard, like gaim, iceweasel, icedove, > xchat, amule, etc. The thing happened is that whenever I need to move > to a workspace with more than 3 windows already there, it takes > seconds to "reload" that sounds like either you're swapping or some problem with X itself. Again, watch top and see what process is spiking during that time and maybe you can narrow it down. > and always give me a window on top which is not > previous on the top. that's a WM problem for sure. A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: efficiency of windows managers
On 9/28/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 09/28/07 17:21, Manu Hack wrote: > [snip] > > > > Yeah, will do if I have the time. But at the moment I'm very happy > > with xfce4.4 (fast and with the real transparency stuff). :) > > What's the benefit of transparency? Not much. And I'm not saying xfce4.4 is good only because of the transparency. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Nspluginwrapper on AMD64
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:43:43AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > The two related bugs in the BTS seem to be about "experimental" versions > of flashplugin-nonfree. Which version are you trying to install? Version > 9.0.48.0.2 works fine on my Sid/amd64 system, without any need for a > 32bit chroot. > Sorry for replying late. Since, I am tracking sid, I have the latest version of flashplugin-nonfree on the system (9.0.48.0.2). > This statement is a bit confusing. Did you install flashplayer in a > 32bit chroot or not? > I installed flashplayer-nonfree which pulled in install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz from macromedia.com > No, the dependency is satisfied because util-linux provides linux32: > My bad. Should have looked at Provides of util-linux more clearly. I purged nspluginwrapper and flashplugin-nonfree and installed them again. Here is the final result: Download done. Flash Plugin installed. /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: cannot execute binary file nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: flashplugin-nonfree E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (9.0.48.0.2) ... Installing from local file /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz Flash Plugin installed. /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: cannot execute binary file nspluginwrapper: no appropriate viewer found for /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: flashplugin-nonfree Am I missing something in the installation chain that is causing this? Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. Whoever would lie usefully should lie seldom. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rescue bootable cd ???
* Bill Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007:09:28:16:18:26-0700] scribed: > On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:27:02 -0500 > helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What do you do? > > > > If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you > don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usually carry a copy of > the System Rescue CD (http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page). It has all > of the tools I need to recover a downed system. If I need to work on > the Debian system itself, I mount the drive and chroot into the > partition. Once there I can su to root so that I am using the proper > Debian environment, run apt-get to update software, and test the > configuration of any of the installed services or utilities. > > Why re-invent the wheel? Well, because the two (2) systems on which I have experienced these -- to me -- insurmountable boot problems were running lvm on top of software raid 5. I was NOT able to get to the root filesystem files using debian rescue cd nor knoppix. Both times this happened, it had something to do with initramfs; but, after many, many days of struggle, it became easier to rebuild from scratch, and to restore specifics on top of that from tape. What am I missing? -- Best Regards, helices - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: rescue bootable cd ???
On Fri, 2007.09.28 21:25, helices wrote: > Bill Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007:09:28:16:18:26-0700] scribed: > > If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you > > don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usually carry a copy of > > the System Rescue CD (http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page). It has all > > of the tools I need to recover a downed system. If I need to work on > > the Debian system itself, I mount the drive and chroot into the > > partition. Once there I can su to root so that I am using the proper > > Debian environment, run apt-get to update software, and test the > > configuration of any of the installed services or utilities. > > > > Why re-invent the wheel? > > Well, because the two (2) systems on which I have experienced these -- > to me -- insurmountable boot problems were running lvm on top of > software raid 5. I was NOT able to get to the root filesystem files > using debian rescue cd nor knoppix. Both times this happened, it had > something to do with initramfs; but, after many, many days of struggle, > it became easier to rebuild from scratch, and to restore specifics on > top of that from tape. When I started using encryption, I was concerned about having access to the data easily in the case of a broken system. I wanted a rescue/live CD that would provide all the necessary Debian tools similarly enough that I could easily rescue my data using it if necessary. What I now use primarily is GRML from http://www.grml.org ; it is closely based on Debian, such that it actually resembles Debian (contrasted with Knoppix which, as far as I know, does not resemble Debian and is not really compatible with Debian's packages) and includes many Debian packages. As I see it: if you manage to set something up using Debian, GRML ought to work with it too without any problems. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: bash, xbindkeys and dual screen
On 09/27/2007 06:37 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: I haven't tried two distinct screens, so I can't directly compare them. I find the moving of the mouse from one screen to the other to be intuitive and natural for me, but in reality, I rarely use the mouse anymore. I probably don't need to use xinerama except that it easily flows with my usage of wmii. For example, in wmii to move a window into a column on the right of your "screen" you use Alt-shift-l. I have my wmii set up to split the column at 50%. Since my screens are the same size, that puts the split right at the edge of the monitors. I always have more than one window open so I get two screens each with a full screen window in it. It just naturally works well for me. Yeah Andrew, wmii in your setup of xinerama will be much more convenient, especially you have two monitors with the same size and they are placed next to each other. Thanks for pointing that out. KC. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
what packages do you reccomend to compile source
Hi, I was wondering what packages you guys would recommend for me to get if I wanted to compile some programs from source. Sid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what packages do you reccomend to compile source
Package build-essential contians c/c++ compiler aptitude install build-essential On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 21:54 -0500, Sid Arth wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering what packages you guys would recommend for me to get > if I wanted to compile some programs from source. > > Sid > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what packages do you reccomend to compile source
On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 01:02:35PM +1000, Wei Wang wrote: > Package build-essential contians c/c++ compiler > > aptitude install build-essential The 'build-essential' meta-package is a great start. Next you will want many -dev packages. If you needed the Python galago development files than you'd install: python-galago-dev - Galago presence library (Python interface) apt-get install python-galago-dev and similar for what ever you './configure' script spits out. So 'apt-cache search xyz |grep dev' would be a way to look for dev packages which have xyz in them. -K -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System| go to counter.li.org and | | `-http://www.debian.org/ |be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |___ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed ___| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: soekris net5501 and vpn14[01]1
On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 12:31:06AM +0200, Martin Marcher wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for a router, VPN server box. The soekris hardware[] seems > to be exactly what I want. Seems it would work fine even withoug the > vpn card. Initial googling showed me a vast amount of working *bsd > installations but no clear answer on the linux part. > > I'd rather have debian on this box as I'm more used to the OS and it's > configuration quirks (some are always there :)). > > Is the mentioned vpn card[1] ready to use in the stock debian kernel, > and (this is something in found in several openbsd mailing lists) will > openssl/gnutls use it's capabilities or would that be lost money? > > thanks for your input http://pyramid.metrix.net/trac/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System| go to counter.li.org and | | `-http://www.debian.org/ |be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |___ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed ___| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what packages do you reccomend to compile source
For a specific package (eg. netpbm) which might need development libraries. apt-get build-dep packagename In case build errors arise, try the above way. On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 23:32 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > The 'build-essential' meta-package is a great start. Next you will want > many -dev packages. If you needed the Python galago development files > than you'd install: > python-galago-dev - Galago presence library (Python interface) > apt-get install python-galago-dev > and similar for what ever you './configure' script spits out. > So 'apt-cache search xyz |grep dev' would be a way to look for dev > packages which have xyz in them. > > -K > -- > | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | > | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| > | `. `' Operating System| go to counter.li.org and | > | `-http://www.debian.org/ |be counted! #238656 | > | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | > |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | > |___ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed ___| > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Does lilo still have a limit on it's menu entries?
On 09/28/2007 03:18 PM, Nigel Henry wrote: All my Debian installs, Sarge, Etch, and Lenny, originally started off as Woody 3.0r2, and LiLo was, and still is the bootloader. I installed on Etch yesterday the 2.6.18-5 kernel, which shows up in /boot ok, but running lilo doesn't add it to lilo's menu. I read a while back that earlier versions of lilo could only have 6 entries on the menu. My lilo version is 1:22.6.1-9.3. The original kernel when I installed Woody 3.0r2 was a bf one. It is still listed in /boot, and on lilo's menu. but is nowhere to be seen in synaptic, and no longer will boot with Etch. On the face of it, I can't see how to remove this original boot floppy kernel. Can I just delete all references to the 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel in /boot? Then run lilo again. It seems a bit of a hack, but I can't see any way around it as synaptic doesn't even list the bf kernel, and you can't uninstall something that's not on the list. /etc/lilo.conf is below. [...] I have very little experience with Lilo under Debian, though I used it under Slackware. I don't know about the six item limit, but I suggest you manually delete the references to the bf kernels, but read "man liloconfig" and "man update-lilo" first. If the bf kernels do not appear in /boot, update-lilo may remove them from /etc/lilo.conf automatically. I also suggest that you remove, possibly using synaptic, any kernels that don't boot the system up properly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rescue bootable cd ???
On 09/28/2007 09:25 PM, helices wrote: * Bill Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007:09:28:16:18:26-0700] scribed: On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:27:02 -0500 helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What do you do? If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usually carry a copy of the System Rescue CD (http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page). It has all of the tools I need to recover a downed system. If I need to work on the Debian system itself, I mount the drive and chroot into the partition. Once there I can su to root so that I am using the proper Debian environment, run apt-get to update software, and test the configuration of any of the installed services or utilities. Why re-invent the wheel? Well, because the two (2) systems on which I have experienced these -- to me -- insurmountable boot problems were running lvm on top of software raid 5. I was NOT able to get to the root filesystem files using debian rescue cd nor knoppix. Both times this happened, it had something to do with initramfs; but, after many, many days of struggle, it became easier to rebuild from scratch, and to restore specifics on top of that from tape. What am I missing? I don't know, but you might try Bill Thompson's suggestion of System Rescue CD as well as the new Knoppix CD, 5.1.1. As far as initramfs is concerned, I suggest removing it from the equation by compiling a kernel with everything you need to access the disk built directly into the kernel; don't rely on an initrd at all. To attempt to answer your first question, I'll say "look at the Debian Installer." You can probably create a specialized installer CD for your environment; however this is much harder than using a Knoppix CD. To attempt to answer your second question, I'll say "talk to the Debian Installer developers." Finding out what parts of the installer CD need to be updated when the O/S is updated is complicated enough to require the input of the experts. Now I have a few questions: What version of Knoppix failed for you before? Do you have a separate /boot partition that is on a filesystem that Grub can recognize? Read the document "info grub intro features" to get a list of supported filesystems. If /boot is on a Grub-supported filesystem/partition, is the initial root disk on that partition? Is /boot on an lvm volume? (Probably not, because the system wouldn't boot.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
syslog recommendations?
I'm looking for a few F/OSS syslog programs -- one easy to use (sort of like Kiwi syslog) and another that's much more scalable and would let me, say, aggregate logs from lots of different boxes and maybe even do other sorts of cool things (find patterns, etc). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Re: efficiency of windows managers
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 01:32:43PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > Hmm. That seems like it'd be a pain with xterms, since text software often > doesn't take well to having its window resized. I try to keep my xterms as > close to 80x24 as possible to minimize problems with things like aptitude. I don't recall such problems with aptitude. I'm resizing it quite often as I like my xterm (mlterm) fullscreen, but sometimes I start the program first. Maybe it depends also on the xterm used. If you encounter such problems again maybe you should try a few other xterms just to be sure. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: rescue bootable cd ???
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 05:27:02PM -0500, helices wrote: > So, going forward, I want to incorporate generation of bootable rescue > cd's into my upgrade processes. Clearly, such a cd will exactly > duplicate my last successful boot, and give access to ALL files and > filesystems. > > [1] What is the simplest & most reliable process for creating such a cd? I'm not sure how simple it is, but you should have a look at Live Debian (http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/). The project provides prebuilt images, but you can also build your own and it uses only standard Debian packages. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: efficiency of windows managers
What about stumpwm? http://www.nongnu.org/stumpwm/ Use this window manager somebody on Debian Etch? -- Regards, Paul Csanyi http://www.freewebs.com/csanyi-pal/index.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xterm .Xdefaults & font size
2007/9/29, Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:08:21 +0200 > "Pál Csányi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2007/9/28, Neil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:43:38PM +0200, Pál Csányi wrote: > > > >Where can I pass the -fn argument to xterm to set up font size, > > > >using dwm? > > > > > > You can assign you xterm properties in .Xdefaults: > > > > > > # fonts > > > xterm*faceName: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold > > > > I edit the .Xdefaults : > > xterm.*faceName: -biznet-fixed-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > > > run xterm but the font do not changes. Why? > > > > The faceName resource is used to select fonts using the FreeType > library. I am not familiar with the 'biznet' font. Is it available to > FreeType? You can check using the 'fc-list' command. No, it is not available. I checked out with 'fc-list'. So, I decide to use rxvt (xterm that support the biznet fonts). -- Regards, Paul Csanyi http://www.freewebs.com/csanyi-pal/index.htm
Re: xterm .Xdefaults & font size
2007/9/28, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 11:37:36PM +0200, Pál Csányi wrote: > > 2007/9/28, Peter Smerdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > "Pál Csányi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > 2007/9/28, Neil Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:43:38PM +0200, Pál Csányi wrote: > > > >> >Where can I pass the -fn argument to xterm to set up font size, using > > > >> >dwm? > > > >> > > > >> You can assign you xterm properties in .Xdefaults: > > > >> > > > >> # fonts > > > >> xterm*faceName: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:style=Bold > > > > > > > > I edit the .Xdefaults : > > > > xterm.*faceName: -biznet-fixed-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > > > > > The closest I have to xterm installed is aterm and it specifies that > for '-fn' argument, use the resource name 'font' so try > > xterm*font: -biznetblachblahblah > xterm*boldfont: -biznetblahblhablah > > > > > run xterm but the font do not changes. Why? > > > > > > did you run 'xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources' to add the changed resources or > > > login/out of X? > > > > Yes, I did, I logout/login of X. > > that may require a full restart of X, I'm not sure, but just FTR, > if you're already editing ~/.Xdefaults on a cli somewhere, its pretty > darn easy to do the `xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults && xterm` and see > results immediately. Also, I use ~/.Xdefaults not ~/.Xresources. I'm > not sure if that's critical, but sure could be. Thank you all for help! -- Regards, Paul Csanyi http://www.freewebs.com/csanyi-pal/index.htm
