Re: Problems with prebuilt kernel ALSA
How would I go about blacklisting discover? Ryan On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 14:09:43 +0200, Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > Ryan Waye (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > After a short testing run of SuSE, I have decided to come back to > > Debian (it is much faster and customizeable) > > > > But for some reason my sound will not work. > > > > I boot using linux26 to install, and everything goes smothely. I go > > into gnome, and I attempt to adjust the volume, but there according to > > the gnome-mixer there is no sound card. So I run lsmod and get the > > following: > > > > Module Size Used by > > snd_via82xx26660 0 > > snd_emu10k180904 0 > > via82cxxx_audio26120 0 > > emu10k171684 0 > > Hotplug or discover loaded the OSS drivers first. Update to the latest > hotplug version, which blacklists the oss drivers automatically, and > blacklist the OSS drivers for discover manually. Or remove discover, if > you don't need it. > > > As you can see, the kernel has loaded modules for soundcore, sound and > > both my Creative SB Live LS and my onboard Via audio chip. So I tried > > installing alsa, even though it was apparent it was built into the > > kernel, and get this: > > > > apt-get install alsa > > [no errors] > > alsa is a virtual package provided by alsa-base. Also install alsa-utils > and alsa-oss, it they are not already installed. > > > alsaconf > > [detects and configures card correctly] > > then after exiting alsaconf I get this > > > > Running update-modules... > > Loading driver... > > Restoring ALSA mixer settings ... failed: > >You may want to run 'alsactl restore' manually to view any > >errors. > > Setting default volumes... > > The card cannot be found because the ALSA drivers cannot claim it. You > have to make sure that the OSS drivers are not loaded. Also > remove /etc/modprobe.conf. Make sure you have /etc/modprobe.d/sound > with alias entries for your cards. > > best regards > Andreas Janssen > > -- > Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 > Registered Linux User #267976 > http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html > > -- > 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]
USB Generic Drive Storage
Hello, I am attempting to use a USB Flash drive on my 2.6.7 Linux box. Debian seems to detect it, here is the entry from /proc/bus/usb/devices file: T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 6 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=10d6 ProdID=1000 Rev= 1.00 S: Product=Generic USB Disk Device S: SerialNumber=Generic USB Disk Device C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=05 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms Also, lsusb shows this: Bus 004 Device 001: ID : Bus 003 Device 006: ID 10d6:1000 Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd Bus 003 Device 001: ID : Bus 002 Device 002: ID 045e:0040 Microsoft Corp. Wheel Mouse Optical Bus 002 Device 001: ID : Bus 001 Device 001: ID : So it appears to have been detected, but how do I access it? Sincerely, Ryan Waye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Music Services
I was wondering if there were any music services (napster, rhapsody, itunes, etc) that work on linux. Also, where can I find a media player that can play .wmv files? I know that they are horrible (All my ripped stuff is oog), but I have to use them because of the hated DRM rules. Thanks in Advance, RWaye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sluggish Ripping speeds
I have a problem: Whenever I try to rip CDs, I get extremely sluggish data rates (0.1x-0.3x). I know it is not a CDROM drive problem because it transfers my UT2004 cd in its entireity in about 2 minutes. Is this normal/what could be wrong? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sluggish Ripping speeds
I have a problem: Whenever I try to rip CDs, I get extremely sluggish data rates (0.1x-0.3x). I know it is not a CDROM drive problem because it transfers my UT2004 cd in its entireity in about 2 minutes. Is this normal/what could be wrong? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sluggish Ripping speeds
It is a frown all the time, but I fixed the problem. My drive was crap; I replaced it and now I get 5+x speeds. But thanks for asking. On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:46:36 +0200, Nicos Gollan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:49:32 -0400 > Ryan Waye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a problem: Whenever I try to rip CDs, I get extremely sluggish > > data rates (0.1x-0.3x). I know it is not a CDROM drive problem > > because it transfers my UT2004 cd in its entireity in about 2 minutes. > > Is this normal/what could be wrong? > > If you're only getting this with audio CDs, it might just be that your > drive sucks at audio. Normally, every drive should at least do >=5x, but > that may quickly get worse when the disc is bad (doesn't even need to be > a visible defect) or the drive gets slightly out of adjustment. > > When ripping a disc with grip or cdparanoia, you get smileys indicating > the read quality. What does that say? > > -- > Got Backup? > > Jabber: Shadowdancer at jabber.fsinf.de > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apt Questions
To install the package, the command is apt-get install "packagename" (without the quotes. To remove, apt-get remove "packagename" Ryan Waye On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:58:47 -0400, Paul Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A couple of apt questions, > How do you install a package including all the suggested packages? > Also, is there a way to remove a package along with all the dependencies? > Paul > > > -- > 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]
Re: Apt Questions
Please disregard my last post. I didn't read the "suggests" part of your question. Sorry! Ryan Waye On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 14:07:33 -0400, Ryan Waye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To install the package, the command is apt-get install "packagename" > (without the quotes. To remove, apt-get remove "packagename" > > Ryan Waye > > > > On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:58:47 -0400, Paul Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A couple of apt questions, > > How do you install a package including all the suggested packages? > > Also, is there a way to remove a package along with all the dependencies? > > Paul > > > > > > -- > > 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]
Re: GUI-tool for network configuration
KDE has a nice network configuration tool on the control panel, but as stated above the config-file is probably easier and more straightforward. On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:06:27 -0700, Kenward Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 08:40:57PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote: > > I wonder if there isn't any GUI-tool which allows to configure the > > network since I haven't found any. Does anybody know any? > > try > apt-cache search network administration > or other such keywords. I seem to recall at least one listed package > related to gnome--there may be others in the list. > > Kenward > -- > In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be > _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, > because passing civilization along from one generation to the next > ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone > could have. - Lee Iacocca > > > > > -- > 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]
Re: Debian on a Dedicated Server
I am not sure what you mean by "...But if it needs to compile everything from scratch..." can you please clarify? > in order to have everything up ands running On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:02:42 +0100, Stelios Asmargianakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello guys, > > I will order next week a dedicated server as I need more band with for > my sites and I have some questions. > > I can order the server with Debian Stable, RedHat ES (extra cost), > Fedora > > The server is gonna be an email, web and database server. > > I want to ask why to choose Debian than Fedora or ES for example that > comes with 2.6 kernel and latest packages. > > Any suggestions? > > I really like Debian but if it needs to compile everything fromscratch > in order to have everything up ands running then probably I will go for > RedHat.. > > Many thanks > > > -- > 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]
Re: Mplayer Anyone?
when you compile mplayer, use the "--enable-gui" option. Just make sure you have libpng3 and libpng-dev installed. On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 22:41:53 -0400, Paul Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking for a good general purpose media player, like Mplayer , > which does everything I want. However, there is no debian package. > ok, so I compiled it from source and did a make install. However there > is no gui available. In red hat there was a mplayer-gui package and > that was all that was needed. I found references to an old mplayer > debian package however I cannot find it. > > is there an alternative to mplayer with a debian package? It may seem > that I am lazy, I am, that is why I installed debian to begin which, so > I did not have to chase dependencies. Now, I do not have to cause there > are simply no apps available. > > Thanx in advance > > Paul > > > -- > 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]
Re: any last words before I install kernel 2.6?
Good Luck. Have fun *Snickers Devilishly* Actually, in all seriousness it shouldn't cause that many problems. When I did that command, only thing that failed was my sound system. After some tinkering with ALSA, I will never turn to OSS again. The pros outweigh the cons in 2.6 Again, Good Luck! Ryan Waye On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 07:29:27 +0800, Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any last words before I > # apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-k7 > on my home (sid) PC? > > Will things break that used to work in 2.4? > > > -- > 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]
Re: KDE Fonts Too Large
This may already have been posted, but have you tried using the KDE Control Panel? They have an entire section devoted to customizing fonts. On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:13:03 +0300, Janjs Jangori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many thanks folks on my 'Configuring X-Windows in Woody'. Slowely but surely > am becoming a Debianologist but I have a long way to go. > > Through your help I have seen my first KDE desktop and was able to click > through. Apart from the little blurring(I might have to putup with this > until I learn some more :'( ), my fonts are too large. > > I followed suggested solutions from previous postings at this site and > google but couldn't get desired results. > > Part output of the original /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > > Section "Files" > FontPath"Unix/:7#Local font server > # if the local font server has problem, we can fall back on these > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/misc" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/cyrillic" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/Type1" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/Speedo" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/100dpi" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/75dpi" > EndSection > > Frist I vi edited the /etc/X11/XF86Config (Kent! am still learning to use > dpkg-configuration tool) so that the 75dpi fonts come b4 the 100dpi and > nothing happened. Then I installed x-ttcidfont-conf and defoma and updated > the /etc/X11/xf86config-4. My current /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is: > > Section "Files" > > FontPath > "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueTypes" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/misc" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/cyrillic" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/Type1" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/Speedo" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/75dpi" > FontPath "user/lib/x11/fonts/100dpi" > EndSection > Still the KDE screen remains the same. A bit blurred and large fonts. > Soliciting your usual cooperation. > > _ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > -- > 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]
Re: Newbie problems galore
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:19:03 -0400, David A. Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > I purchased a CD set of "Debian 3.0 "Woody" Official" and started to > install it. > First woe: my hardware is by nVidia; the Official kernel on the CD > is 2.4.18, nVidia provides a driver for 2.4.20/21 and the Debian archive > has nVidia patches for 2.4.26. My plan is to go to .26, but in the > meanwhile I can't use X Windows and I can't access my NIC, so all that > stuff requires rebooting into Windows. So, my first question: given the > kernel images on $MIRROR/Debian/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.26-i386, how do > I change my kernel? There are literally tons of guides on this. Just google it and you will get all the info you need > > I need to pass things back-and-forth between Linux and Windoze. I > see references to VFAT FS on the web site, but for the life of me, I > can't find a trace of the software. It's really bad to have to play > games with tar at both sides of the route in order not to munge up the > "magic" pathnames. PLEASE don't tell me that the evil beast of Redmond > has buried VFAT under a patent claim!! If not, please, where can I find it? I am pretty sure linux can read the default FAT32 and NTFS partitions without any trouble, but I may be wrong. > > Right now, I've managed to hork up my package data so dpkg gets hung > up trying to fix things. My best bet seems to be to restart from > scratch. How do I get dpkg / apt / aptitude to clean my machine > totally, or what files should I remove to make all this stuff go away? > Or, would it really be quicker to re-init my partitions and start again > from the CD? No! Don't start over, anything can be fixed. Try these commands in this order:(As superuser) apt-get clean apt-get check apt-get dist-upgrade post the results of these commands here. Ryan Waye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ALSA / C-Media 8738 - module installed twice?
apt-get remove all of your sound packages and reinstall them, then see what happens. On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 01:43:00 +0200, Martin Seebach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having trouble getting my C-Media 8738 PCI to work under ALSA. > It is working with OSS, but there is a bug in the XMMS OSS/C-Media > driver (or some such), making the sound skip. The proposed solution is > to switch to ALSA.. > > After apt-getting alsa, I get this: > frasier:~# /etc/init.d/alsa start > Restoring ALSA mixer settings ... failed: > You may want to run 'alsactl restore' manually to view any errors. > frasier:~# alsactl restore > alsactl: load_state:1134: No soundcards found... > frasier:~# dmesg > Linux version 2.6.6-1-k7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian > 20040401)) #1 Wed May 12 18:19:40 EST 2004 > [snip] > cmpci: version $Revision: 5.64 $ time 19:18:37 May 12 2004 > AMD756: dev 13f6:0111, router pirq : 4 get irq : 9 > PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device :00:0b.0 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with :00:07.4 > cmpci: found CM8738 adapter at io 0xdc00 irq 9 > cmpci: chip version = 033 > eth0: link up, 10Mbps, half-duplex, lpa 0x > NET: Registered protocol family 17 > AMD756: dev 13f6:0111, router pirq : 4 get irq : 9 > PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device :00:0b.0 > PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with :00:07.4 > unable to grab ports 0xdc00-0xdcff > C-Media PCI: probe of :00:0b.0 failed with error -16 > [snip] > > It seems that the "cmpci" is running twice, succeeding the first time, > then failing. I've been looking through my /etc/modutils, and can't seem > to find anything blatantly wrong (not that I'd really know what to look > for ..) > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > -- > Venlig hilsen > Martin Seebach > > > -- > 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]
Re: Mailing to remote domains not supported
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:45:16 -0600, Marvin Gerardo Aguero Salazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guys, > > I have configured fetchmail just fine, i.e. I download my emails > directly to my laptop and read them with mutt. So far, so good. > > The problem I am facing now is when I try to send email. I receive an > email back with the message "Mailing to remote domains not supported". > > Any ideas? What do I need to configure? What HOWTO/man page should I read? > > TIA, > > -Marvin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > A. This is Debian/GNU Linux list, not a Fetchmail list B. Fetchmail does exactly what its name says: Fetch mail. To send mail, you need to use a program such as sendmail or exim. Good Luck! Ryan Waye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bash equivalent to DOS /p
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:27:46 +0100, Pete Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know that this is a really n00bish question, but I have to ask. What > > is the command that limits output from a command to just a page at a > > time, like the /p command in DOS? > > > Why not pipe the output through less .. eg: > #> cat somedoc.txt | less > > This will page the output, allowing you to scroll forwards and backwards > through it. > > HTH > > Pete. > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you want to keep the output so you can see it later, do this: command > filename.txt(extension optional) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: video very bad since a day or two
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:03:00 -0500, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uwe Dippel wrote: > > >Video was great here, until a day or two back. > >I installed Mplayer (from the known resources) as debian package. > > > >The first day it worked well; since yesterday it freezes whatever I do. > >So I uninstalled it. But now even xine is almost unable to play anything; > >just sound, a bad / blue screen and 100% usage of memory; with crashes > >(of xine) at times. Nor does it play DVD (crashes outright). > >Before everything had been as fine as you may expect on a 1.4 GHz machine > >with 256 MB RAM. > > > > > > > Sounds like some sort of video playing library has been replaced by > Mplayer, that is hosing your playback ability. > > I don't know what I'm talking about, but you might try running "strace > xine", and see if that output gives you any clues. If you see any > library names, you might try reinstalling them from the official Debian > repositories. > > -- > Kent > > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I would apt-get remove all packages related to the problem, including xine and mplayer. Then install one or the other and post the results here. If it doesn't work, the BTS deserves a new entry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Contributing to dict-freedict-* databases?
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:34:21 GMT, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't feel qualified to be a package maintainer but I would like to > contribute content to some of the freedict bilingual dictionaries. How > would I do this? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Find the maintainers of these dictionaries, and contact them about contributing. If the package doesn't exist, ask for help on either #debian-devel on freenode or on the debian developers mailing list. Ryan Waye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crontab Question
Hello: I have been having crontab report my exit statuses of backups for some time now(they were the only thing there). But now that I have getmail on the crontab, this is quickly flooding my mailbox. It has been a while, and I can't remember how I made cron do this. How do I reverse this setting? Ryan Waye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ximian Connector for Debian Sid
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 03:00:07PM -0400, Paul Smith wrote: > Package: evolution-exchange > Version: 1.4.7.2-1 > Architecture: powerpc > > So is this ONLY for the powerpc? > > > It would appear so. Have you tried apt-cache search evolution-exchange" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Crontab Question
On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 05:16:08PM -0400 or thereabouts, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Fri, 16 Jul 2004 04:44:59PM -0400, Ryan Waye insinuated: > > Hello: > > I have been having crontab report my exit statuses of backups > > for some time now(they were the only thing there). But now that > > I have getmail on the crontab, this is quickly flooding my > > mailbox. It has been a while, and I can't remember how I made > > cron do this. How do I reverse this setting? > > you mean, you want to stop the cron job? or just stop getting > notified that it's doing its thing? > > to stop it: > > crontab -e > > and remove the appropriate line. > > to stop getting notified about it: > > crontab -e > > and put a '&>/dev/null' (no quotes) at the end of the line, so that > its output goes to the trash, and not to your inbox. > > hth, > > Thanks alot, that worked. Ryan Waye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How I set up my Microsoft Trackball Optical
Thanks for the controbution, I actually will probably end up using that in a couple of days. Ryan Waye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: recommendation for digital camera
Sansdisk and ConpactFlash cards are usually pretty generic, and will work on almost any OS. Just make sure you get the right reader if you decide to go this direction. Ryan Waye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is Linux Unix?
Microsoft is most likely not going to switch from its core Windows enviroment, but acceptance of Linux standards and more cross-compatibility is somthing that may happen in the near future. On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 11:23:19PM +0300 or thereabouts, David Baron wrote: > On Saturday 24 July 2004 00:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > An interesting question is "What happens when Linux becomes Evil?" ? > > Gates and Balmer will leave MS within 10-15 years. ?Linus will be an old > > man. ?The nature of things is to run downhill. > > > > Eventually, Linux will be The Problem. ?Ironically its growing success > > only cements this fate. > > ... and, after attacking and badgering and suing, big-bad-Msofts finally did > what I expected and bought the "lindows" tradename. > > Watch out for Microsoft Lindows sometime in the not-so-distant future? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apt Broken Package Problems
I am using Sid 2.6.7 and I seem to be having some broken package problems. The funny thing is that this is a week old, and noone else seems to have submitted a bug report. This has completely handicapped apt, so I can not use it right now. Below is the return of apt-get install -f Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: kdelibs-bin perl-base The following packages will be upgraded: kdelibs-bin perl-base 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 299 not upgraded. 7 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/1617kB of archives. After unpacking 254kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 130760 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace perl-base 5.8.4-2 (using /perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl-base ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/perl/5.8', which is also in package libclass-multimethods-perl Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Is it a broken package, or somthing else? Thanks! Sincerely, Ryan Waye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apt Broken Package Problems
Stefan O'Rear wrote: On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 05:52:13PM -0400, Ryan Waye wrote: I am using Sid 2.6.7 and I seem to be having some broken package problems. The funny thing is that this is a week old, and noone else seems to have submitted a bug report. This has completely handicapped apt, so I can not use it right now. Below is the return of apt-get install -f Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: kdelibs-bin perl-base The following packages will be upgraded: kdelibs-bin perl-base 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 299 not upgraded. 7 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/1617kB of archives. After unpacking 254kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 130760 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace perl-base 5.8.4-2 (using /perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl-base ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/perl/5.8', which is also in package libclass-multimethods-perl Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Is it a broken package, or somthing else? Does removing/purging libclass-multimethods-perl help? Via apt-get remove libclass-multimethods-perl I get this: Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: kdelibs4: Depends: kdelibs-bin (= 4:3.3.0-1.1) but 4:3.3.0-1 is to be installed libperl5.8: Depends: perl-base (= 5.8.4-2.2) but 5.8.4-2 is to be installed libquantum-superpositions-perl: Depends: libclass-multimethods-perl but it isnot going to be installed perl: Depends: perl-base (= 5.8.4-2.2) but 5.8.4-2 is to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a s olution). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apt Broken Package Problems
Stefan O'Rear wrote: I was thinking of: dpkg --remove libquantum-superpositions-perl dpkg --remove libclass-multimethods-perl since apt is stuck. Remember - no apt = fix deps yourself. As you may of gathered, I am kinda new. The packages you said were removed, but apt-get -f install still returns this: Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: kdelibs-bin perl-base The following packages will be upgraded: kdelibs-bin perl-base 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 298 not upgraded. 7 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/1617kB of archives. After unpacking 254kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y (Reading database ... 130746 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace perl-base 5.8.4-2 (using /perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl-base ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/perl/5.8', which is also in package libquantum-entanglement-perl Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.8.4-2.2_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Any suggestions? Ryan Waye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
