Re: Virtualbox Lenny Guest - Screen resize and Seamless mode

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Chris wrote:
I am trying to get Screen resize and Seamless mode working on Lenny guest 
systems to no avail.


I have tried insalling the guest-utils packages, as well as the 
guest-additions the manual way with m-a.  They install fine, but sreen-resize 
and seamless mode don't work.


Does anyone have this working at all?  I've tried various xorg.conf files with 
the video driver and no screen resolutions.


I am running virtualbox-ose 2.1.4 from lenny-backports on the host.

Thanks,

Chris


I also have same problem.
I have Debian Sid LXDE, Debian Sid XFCE and Debian Sid KDE as a guest. 
They were first Lenny and screen size was to big so I was edit xorg.conf 
and it was fine. After upgrade to Sid all of them have to small screen 
with black frame around (800x600 on 15" laptop, native resolution is 
1024x768). Editing xorg.conf doesn't help any more.

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Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

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Hashimoto wrote:

Hi,

I've the laptop hp dv6650br and it's getting so warm, when it's not 
processing anything it's in more or less 59C. If I use anything like 
virtualbox, or any heavy program it gets 75C or more.


Does anyone know if it's normal? Does anyone has a similar laptop with 
the processor Turion 64x2 ?


Thanks !


Hi,
I have old IBM R51 (Intel centrino, single core 1,6 Ghz). His 
temperature on boot is around 50C and max. was 100C one time when I was 
edit movie. Now is 18C in my room and his temperature is 86C. Most of 
the time temp. is around 70-80C.
Is that normal or not i don't know but he is working once 6 month 
without rebooting and everything is fine. I have him 5 years and he 
works fine. Temperature is same in Windows and Linux.


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Re: Laptop dv6650br is getting so warm

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Klistvud wrote:

Especially when the nspviewer.bin
process 
is running,


That's npviewer.bin, of course. My apologies, but it's 2 AM here in 
Ljubljana ;)



Hi Ljubljana,
Zagreb here! Nice to met neighbor :-)

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Grub Error 21 on Lenovo S10e

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Hi all,
before few days I have installed Squeeze on my new Lenovo S10e.
After rebooting I have got Grub error 21. Grub menu.lst and fstab was 
little mess up, I assume it was because the usb installation.
I edited them but anyway I got the same error. I'm not experienced Linux 
user but it seems to me that they are ok, am I mis or wrote something wrong?
Lenovo S10e come with preinstalled Win. XP on SDD 4 GB -ntfs, Squeeze is 
on 160GB SATA HDD -ext3 and boot is enabled in BIOS for both, Win. XP on 
SDD 4 GB is first.


menu.lst:

## ## End Default Options ##

title   Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686
root(hd1,0)
kernel  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet
initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686

title   Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686 (single-user mode)
root(hd1,0)
kernel  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro single
initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title   Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hda1
title   Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
root(hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1


fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#
proc/proc   procdefaults0   0
/dev/sda1   /   ext3errors=remount-ro 0   1
/dev/sda5   noneswapsw  0   0


device.map:
(hd0)   /dev/hda
(hd1)   /dev/sda


GParted pic. live boot (/dev/sdb):
http://en.zimagez.com/zimage/gparted1.php

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[Solved] Grub Error 21 on Lenovo S10e

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Thanks!!!

ELSE DO THE FOLLOWING STEPS

Arrange a live cd debian/ubuntu any live cd.

*Boot from  live cd. Open terminal and run*
$sudo grub
grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
 (hd0,n)

grub>root (hd0,n)
grub>setup (hd0)
grub>quit

$sudo reboot
###here n is the partition no from where you want to recover grub





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Re: "Unable to perform shutdown" from Xfce

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Liviu Andronic wrote:

Dear all,
More shutdown blues. Whenever I hit the Restart/Shut Down buttons in
Xfce log-off-er, I get the following error, and the system falls back
to gdm.
"Unable to perform shutdown

org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.shutdown-multiple-sessions
auth_admin <-- (action, result)"

I get the exact same issue on an up-to-date Ubuntu Jackalope, and here
I'm running Debian Squeeze. I see that the issue was discussed on
Debian [1] and Ubuntu [2]. Following the Debian thread, I checked that
I have libpam-ck-connector and policykit installed. I've read that the
issue might go away if an appropriate PolicyKit.conf was configured.

Could anyone attach a PolicyKit.conf that works on Debian Squeeze? Or
perhaps suggest a different way to work around the issue?
Thank you
Liviu
[1] http://osdir.com/ml/debian-bugs-dist/2009-04/msg08404.html
[2] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-users/2009-June/001778.html


li...@debian-liv:~$ polkit-auth | grep -i power
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.shutdown
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.reboot
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.set-powersave
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.suspend
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.hibernate
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.cpufreq
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.lcd-panel
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.light-sensor
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.keyboard-backlight



Hi,
here is my PolicyKit.conf from Sid XFCE (upgrade from Squeeze):
 

1.0//EN"

"http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit/1.0/config.dtd";>





I really don't remember how I did it but it was first link from google.
If I can send you something else let me know.

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Re: Debian Linux USB help

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Ramy Mana wrote:
On your site it said that if we were using a usb disk that we should 
download the small images. My USB disk can hold 2gb, so if I download 
the cd/dvd images on my 2gb usb drive will it work?
 
Thank You


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Hi,
you can use UNetbootin http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ and he will do 
 everything for you. Just choose Debian-stable version and he will 
download and put on your USB.


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Re: Debian Linux USB help

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Ramy Mana wrote:
On your site it said that if we were using a usb disk that we should 
download the small images. My USB disk can hold 2gb, so if I download 
the cd/dvd images on my 2gb usb drive will it work?
 
Thank You


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Re: Lenny Iceweasel Flash Player Plugin

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Roman Gelfand wrote:

I am running it on 64 bit machine.  When trying to play flash pugin,
the spiral moves for a while then freezes.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance



Do you have new or old flash plugin?
I have had this effect with an old flash.
Tray to play some http://www.youtube.com/ video and if you have old 
plugin under the video will be massage that you need new flash.


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Re: Debian Linux USB help

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FWIW, unetbootin did not work for me when I tried a few months ago with 
Lenny Stable; the boot files for unetbootin had version issues with the 
Lenny Stable release iso's I downloaded.� The Debian Installation Manual 
instructions, however, worked perfectly (I had posted an email thread 
not too long ago confirming dvd iso's also work from a bootable usb 
device using this same method, with a separate FAT partition for booting 
and an ext3 partition for storing the dvd .iso 
file):�http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en#usb-copy-flexible 



Mark

I didn't know that.
I was use unetbootin for the first time before few days with Debian 
Squeeze and it was OK.

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Re: usb floppy, image files

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Hugh Lawson wrote:

Hello Debian Users,

I'm looking for a program like 'dd' that can copy image files to
a USB floppy drive.

I've done some googling without success.

Hugh Lawson



Hi,
maybe unetbootin or live-helper?

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Re: "Unable to perform shutdown" from Xfce

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Liviu Andronic wrote:

Dear all,
More shutdown blues. Whenever I hit the Restart/Shut Down buttons in
Xfce log-off-er, I get the following error, and the system falls back
to gdm.
"Unable to perform shutdown

org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.shutdown-multiple-sessions
auth_admin <-- (action, result)"

I get the exact same issue on an up-to-date Ubuntu Jackalope, and here
I'm running Debian Squeeze. I see that the issue was discussed on
Debian [1] and Ubuntu [2]. Following the Debian thread, I checked that
I have libpam-ck-connector and policykit installed. I've read that the
issue might go away if an appropriate PolicyKit.conf was configured.

Could anyone attach a PolicyKit.conf that works on Debian Squeeze? Or
perhaps suggest a different way to work around the issue?
Thank you
Liviu
[1] http://osdir.com/ml/debian-bugs-dist/2009-04/msg08404.html
[2] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-users/2009-June/001778.html


li...@debian-liv:~$ polkit-auth | grep -i power
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.shutdown
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.reboot
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.set-powersave
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.suspend
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.hibernate
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.cpufreq
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.lcd-panel
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.light-sensor
org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.keyboard-backlight


I was just install Debian Squeeze on one laptop. After installation I 
was remove Gnome and install XFCE. Shutdown and restart works normal 
without any tweaking.


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Re: "Unable to perform shutdown" from Xfce

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Liviu Andronic wrote:

On 8/20/09, go...@dobosevic.com  wrote:

 I was just install Debian Squeeze on one laptop. After installation I was
remove Gnome and install XFCE. Shutdown and restart works normal without any
tweaking.


In Xfce, did you try to open a root terminal, or synaptic, and shutdown/reboot?
Liviu



I just tried with opened Synaptic and it's worked.

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Re: "Unable to perform shutdown" from Xfce

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Andrei Popescu wrote:

On Fri,21.Aug.09, 00:42:58, go...@dobosevic.com wrote:

Liviu Andronic wrote:

On 8/20/09, go...@dobosevic.com  wrote:

I was just install Debian Squeeze on one laptop. After installation I was
remove Gnome and install XFCE. Shutdown and restart works normal without any
tweaking.


In Xfce, did you try to open a root terminal, or synaptic, and shutdown/reboot?
Liviu



I just tried with opened Synaptic and it's worked.


Could you please also try with an open 'su' root session?

Regards,
Andrei

I just did. It works.
Ok I em new and don't have so much experience with Linux but maybe is 
problem if you install just basic Debian without GUI and then apt-get XFCE.
I knew I will get Lenovo S10e so i was experiment with XFCE and  LXDE on 
my VirtualBox. I was installed Debian without GUI. After XFCE 
installation I can't shut down until I add myself to powerdev group. 
Maybe some kind of "magic" come if you install Debian with KDE/Gnome and 
then switch to XFCE?


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Re: "Unable to perform shutdown" from Xfce

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Liviu Andronic wrote:

On 8/20/09, go...@dobosevic.com  wrote:

 I just tried with opened Synaptic and it's worked.


Is there any chance that this issue be linked to the architecture? I'm
running amd64.
Liviu



Don't know I don't have 64 just 32 :-(

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Re: What is the preferred way to install packages from testing/unstable in stable?

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So, I think the best solution is to ask developers to upload
swfdec-mozilla to debian-volatile and to support it there too.

What do you guys think?


I'm think you are right. This days most of end user's can't live without 
this things (messenger, flash etc.)and they very often change.


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Re: "Unable to perform shutdown" from Xfce

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Liviu Andronic wrote:

On 8/21/09, go...@dobosevic.com  wrote:

 Don't know I don't have 64 just 32 :-(


Andrei, are you using 64 or 32 bits?
Liviu



32, don't have 64 bit PC.

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Re: "Unable to perform shutdown" from Xfce

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Is there any chance that this issue be linked to the architecture? I'm
running amd64.
Liviu



Can you install 32 bit in VirtualBox maybe if you have free time and space?
Or can I look for something in my Squeeze XFCE?
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Re: Laptop getting so warm : (

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Maybe it sounds like a joke, but it isnt. I have two cats.. the fucking
hairs are everywhere. After i have plumbed my vacuum cleaner to clean
the fan slot. The hairs are gone and my dell latitude gets enough air to
cool down :)

Regards
Frank


Did you try to put piece of pantyhose outside the fan? Can help with cat 
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Re: is there a truly offline feed reader?

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Leonardo Canducci wrote:

Liferea is not, at least when a feed shows only a few lines and links
to the true article, and so other popular readers. AFAIK Straw was the
only one truly offline reader but it's broken (in sid). Even google
reader + gears can't fetch articles linked from a feed like that:
http://osnews.com/story/22145/Linux_2_6_31_Released which has only a
small part/abstract of the article. In such case you have to be online
to read the full article even when all feeds are synced/refreshed.
Am I missing something or there is no such software?


With Thunderbird you can get full page or just summery.
Just go to File->New->Account->RSS News & Blogs
Default action is full page.

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Re: Where did ctrl-alt-F1 go?

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Hendrik Boom wrote:
I just downloaded and burned a new Debian testing netinstall CD last 
week, and used it to install testing.


Everything went well, but after installation, when I tried using ctrl-alt-
F1 to switch to a virual console, nothing happened.

How do I go about getting such a console?  I can get a root command 
window, but if I end up upgrading X sometime, that doesn't seem the best 
place to be controlling the upgrade from.


-- hendrik



Ctrl+Alt+F1 works on my up-to-date Squeeze KDE. I just tried.
You can always chose "Your Kernel version Singleuser" in grub.
Or you can switch to console (session manager or something like that at 
the bottom of display) before entering your user name and password.

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vdkbuilder2 wont start

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Hi all,
I had installed  vdkbuilder2 and everything what is recommended by 
Synaptic on Squeeze, but vdkb2 won't start. Little turtle jumping for 
few seconds and nothing happens.


This is shell output:
$ vdkb2

(process:5084): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 
/build/buildd-glib2.0_2.20.5-1-i386-mDnYKw/glib2.0-2.20.5/gobject/gtype.c:2458: 
initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this 
function


(process:5084): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion 
`initialization_value != 0' failed


VDKBPlugin::VDKBPlugin - module name:/usr/lib/vdkbuilder2/libvdkbcalendar.so
VDKBPlugin::VDKBPlugin - got /usr/lib/vdkbuilder2/libvdkbcalendar.so 
interface - 0x9d1dec0

VDKBPlugin::VDKBPlugin - module name:/usr/lib/vdkbuilder2/libvdkbdclock.so
VDKBPlugin::VDKBPlugin - got /usr/lib/vdkbuilder2/libvdkbdclock.so 
interface - 0x9d1e280

VDKBPlugin::VDKBPlugin - module name:/usr/lib/vdkbuilder2/libvdkbtreeview.so
VDKBPlugin::VDKBPlugin - got /usr/lib/vdkbuilder2/libvdkbtreeview.so 
interface - 0x9d1e290

VDKBPlugin::VDKBPlugin - module name:/usr/lib/vdkbuilder2/libvdkbdrawarea.so
VDKBPlugin::VDKBPlugin - got /usr/lib/vdkbuilder2/libvdkbdrawarea.so 
interface - 0x9d1fd28
VDKBPlugin::VDKBPlugin - module 
name:/usr/lib/vdkbuilder2/libvdkbcomboentry.so
VDKBPlugin::VDKBPlugin - got /usr/lib/vdkbuilder2/libvdkbcomboentry.so 
interface - 0x9d20340


Google does not help me.
Is that bug or something is wrong configured?

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Re: [ANN] New mailing list for offtopic stuff

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Andrei Popescu wrote:

Hello,

As some of you might recall I have been pushing for quite some time for 
a debian-offtopic list (#425439, #427218).


It seems I have managed to convince Holger Levsen, responsible for the 
www.debian-community.org project, that such a list would be beneficial 
for the community around Debian and he was kind enough to host such a 
list with the d-community project on alioth.debian.org


The new list is d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org[1]. At the 
moment it is open for posting by anyone[2] and you are welcome to move 
any discussions to that list which are OT on debian-user or other Debian 
lists (remember the "Sponge Bob" and "growing broccoli" threads?).


This however does not mean that the list is a place for endless 
flamewars and trolling. Please be nice to each other :)


[1] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
[2] this might change if the spam becomes unbearable.

Regards,
Andrei
P.S. Discussing whether such a list makes sense or not is OT on 
debian-user, which is why I set Reply-To: accordingly ;)

Hi
I subscribe yesterday but don't get any mail. Does list work?

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Re: [ANN] New mailing list for offtopic stuff

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Andrei Popescu wrote:

On Tue,15.Sep.09, 12:08:54, go...@dobosevic.com wrote:

Hi
I subscribe yesterday but don't get any mail. Does list work?


Yes, it does work, just no traffic ;)

Regards,
Andrei

Ok, I will make some :-)

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Re: Where did ctrl-alt-F1 go?

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Justin wrote:
Is X running on tty1 now? That's where in runs in Fedora, for example. 
That would make ctrl + alt +F1 appear to do nothing...

At me runs on tty7.

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Re: 3d hardware acceleration no longer works after upgrade to squeeze.

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Chris Dams wrote:

Dear all,

After I upgraded from lenny to squeeze this week, it seems that 3d
hardware acceleration no longer works for me. This is because games
like tuxracer and armagetronad no longer work properly. They are very
slow and bitmaps are missing when running armagetronad. The program
glxinfo reports "direct rendering: Yes", though. The program lspci
reports that I have a radeon 9200 SE video card. dmesg was reporting
that it could not load the radeon firmware, so I installed the
firmware-linux package and now it no longer gives the error. But this
does not help for the problem that the 3d acceleration is not working.
Anyone any idea what I can try next?

All the best,
Chris



Hi,
I also have radeon 9200 SE and Squezze (without firmware-linux, just 
X.Org X server

-- ATI display driver, no errors in dmesg).
$ glxinfo
direct rendering: Yes
$ glxgears
529 frames in 5.0 seconds = 105.597 FPS
504 frames in 5.0 seconds = 100.765 FPS
526 frames in 5.0 seconds = 105.063 FPS
494 frames in 5.0 seconds = 98.778 FPS
512 frames in 5.0 seconds = 102.384 FPS
516 frames in 5.0 seconds = 103.167 FPS
518 frames in 5.0 seconds = 103.505 FPS
525 frames in 5.0 seconds = 104.833 FPS
528 frames in 5.0 seconds = 105.439 FPS

I am install extreme tux racer and could start the game. On the screen 
are some ugly colored lines (like on TV when there is not any program).

Is it possible that is something wrong with the game?
Armagetronad-works
Balazar 3 3D-works (maybe little slow and crash when I click preferances)
Blob and Conquer-start but don't see anything accept weapons, granades 
and black screen

BZFlag 3D-works
Egoboo-same as extreme tux racer
Enemylines3 3D-works

Tray some other 3D games, maybe they work
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Re: testing system updates: how often?

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Liviu Andronic wrote:

Dear all
How often do you update your testing? I noticed that leaving your
system as is for couple of weeks and about 200 packages would be
available for updates. I would like to know what would be the
"optimal" updating frequency that would minimise breakages. In the
Gentoo world, it was often suggested not to leave your system
out-of-date for too long.
Thank you
Liviu


Hi,
almost everyday on desktop, about one's a week on my netbook (only 
because I don't use him so often) and something between for my virtual 
boxes (they are just for experimenting and fun).


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Re: c++ features

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pch0317 wrote:

Hello
I must write article about C++ programing features under linux.
Do you have any example article about this issue.

Thanks


I just started reading books about c++ and notice one thing; writers who 
use Visual C++ on Microsoft give very bad examples even for Hello World. 
I think it is because you can give a shit to Microsoft compiler and he 
will compile and execute him. Give the same thing to Linux compiler and 
you will get error.
Microsoft has always had its own standards and has never respected the 
universal standards, so I think that is better to programing under Linux.
With KDevelop under Linux you can also compile .exe and it works under 
Windows.
Under Linux you can download lots of manuals, documentations, and tools 
for free.
Look for Code::Blocks and KDevelop they are nice tool's with loots of 
options.


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Re: virtualbox: RTR3Init failed with rc=-1912 (rc=-1912)

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Mathieu Malaterre wrote:

Hi there,

  I am trying to play with virtual box. Once I finish setting up my
virtual machine, and I hit start, I get the following error:

RTR3Init failed with rc=-1912 (rc=-1912)

The VirtualBox kernel modules do not fit to this version of
VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not
successful. Executing

'/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'

should fix that problem. Make sure that you don't mix the OSE version
and the PUEL version of VirtualBox.



  I did follow *exactly* steps on:
http://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox#Lenny

  system:
Linux mattbox 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 19 22:33:18 UTC 2009
x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.26-2-amd64
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.26-2-amd64:
  Installed: 2.6.26+1.6.6-dfsg-6+lenny1
  Candidate: 2.6.26+1.6.6-dfsg-6+lenny1
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.26+1.6.6-dfsg-6+lenny1 0
500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org lenny/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-ose
virtualbox-ose:
  Installed: 3.0.6-dfsg-1~bpo50+1
  Candidate: 3.0.6-dfsg-1~bpo50+1
  Version table:
 3.0.6-dfsg-1 0
 -1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org testing/main Packages
 -1 http://ftp.fr.debian.org sid/main Packages
 *** 3.0.6-dfsg-1~bpo50+1 0
850 http://www.backports.org lenny-backports/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
 1.6.6-dfsg-3 0
500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org lenny/main Packages


$ lsmod | grep vboxdrv
vboxdrv  1658672  0


$ id
uid=1000(mathieu) gid=1000(mathieu)
groups=20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),44(video),46(plugdev),110(netdev),114(powerdev),119(fuse),129(vboxusers),1000(mathieu)


There is no /etc/init.d/vboxdrv AFAIK, so what should I do instead ?

Thanks,
I was download .deb from here 
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads and it was ok for me.

Single click installation with KPackage.
Run few Debian, DesktopBSD, OpenSolaris inside without problem on my 
Lenny and Squeeze.

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Re: [OT] List policy - [Was: Could you recommend CD/DVD writer program?]

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I'm on T-Bird 2.0.0.23 (latest) and I don't have a reply-to-list option.
 Is this something I have to set manually in about:config?  Sure would
save me some time manually editing the recipient list with each reply.

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Here it is: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/4455

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Re: bittorrent thru proxy

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abdelkader belahcene wrote:

Hi,
I want to use bittorrent to download, But I am behind a proxy.
Is it possible to configure bittorrent,� or I need� an� open port on proxy.

thanks
regards
bela


Maybe you can use port 80 on your torrent client like a classic http.

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Re: Skype

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Hi,
I have them on Lenny.
There was some problem but I was found this article 
http://www.deviceguru.com/testing-debians-lenny-kde-beta/


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Lisi Reisz wrote:

Has anyone used this software on Lenny?  Etch? Sid?

http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/

If you have, may I have some comments?  Good, bad or indifferent.

TIA
Lisi


  



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Re: usb drive (ntfs file system) not mounted automatically in debian 5.0 lenny

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Jonatán Guadamuz Espinoza wrote:

El mié, 01-04-2009 a las 07:09 -0800, Vivek Sahukar escribió:
  

I have debian 5.0 lenny installed on my laptop; with windows xp
service pack 2 installed in separate partitions of hard drive.
my flash drive (vfat filesystem) is automatically mounted when it's
plugged into usb port.
But my external hard drive and windows partition drive (both ntfs
filesystem) are not automatically mounted; though they are detected.
(It shows "error while mounting")

When I try to give the mount point and filesystem entries by entering
into properties section it says "cannot obtain lock on media.h-mtab."


So, I entered as super user through command line and mounted the
drives from there by giving command "mount -t ntfs  ".
I also changed the file permissions by giving command "chmod -R 777
"

I am able to access it through command line; but through graphical
environment it says that "the contents of the folder cannot be
displayed, because you don't have permissions".



Have you installed ntfs-3g?

  

Please let me know how to access my drives through graphical desktop
environment, as it's easy to navigate.


Regards,


Vivek Sahukar



  
I have a similar problem until i get my self rights to use HD in 
etc/fstab this line: /dev/sda5   /mnt/external ntfs-3g
user,force,locale=en_US.utf8
Try to use "Pico" text editor if you are not familiar vith "Vi" editor. 
This part "/dev/sda5   /mnt/external" doesn't to be the same. Point 
is to put "ntfs-3g" if it is NTFS and "user"-that mean that every user 
can use it.

Backup your /etc/fstab so if something goes wrong you can replace it.
I don't know how to do it GUI but I'm also beginner and I made it.
Open Shell, type SU, write root password and type pico /etc/fstab

Then go to (I'm using KDE):
Systen->KUser-user menager then go to your user name->edit->groups and 
check fuse


I hope that this will help you.

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Re: Could someone recommend documentation or books about debian?

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Hi,
here mare some free Linux/Unix books, Debian, Vi editor, bash, etc...
http://dobosevic.com/Vijesti_i_Novosti/2009/04/besplatne-linux-i-unix-knjige/

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Charlie Dorff wrote:

Hi,
I am new to debian and wanted to know if someone could recommend some 
good documentation or books about how to use debian. Thanks.

Charlie





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Re: Screen highlight

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pch0317 wrote:

Hi List

I have new notebook Hewlett-Packard Compaq 615 VC289EA. I have installed
Debian testing on it.
The problem is that function keys don't work and I can't decrease
highlight of my screen.
Is there any method to software decrease level of screen highlight?

Thanks



Hi.
if you use KDE there is highlight changing on battery power settings.

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Re: AAC audio encoding through faac in Squeeze

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Jason Filippou wrote:

Hello list,

Having added debian -multimedia to my /etc/apt/sources.list I 
experimented to see whether I had native support for most audio codecs 
and encoders. Running the popular audio format conversion program 
'soundconverter' I realized I wasn't able to encode into AAC format, 
even though I had the 'faac' program installed within my system. I then 
googled a bit and installed another package from the relevant debian - 
multimedia page ( 
http://debian-multimedia.org/dists/stable/main/binary-alpha/package/faac.php 
) yet still I have no luck with AAC. Here's the relevant terminal output:


ja...@debian:~$ sudo aptitude show faac
Package: faac
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 1.28-0.3
Priority: optional
Section: sound
Maintainer: Christian Marillat >

Uncompressed Size: 94.2k
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1), libfaac0 (>= 1.28), libmp4v2-1 (>= 2:1.9.1), 
libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)

Description: an AAC audio encoder
 FAAC currently supports MPEG-4 LTP, MAIN and LOW COMPLEXITY object 
types and MAIN and LOW MPEG-2 object types. It also supports 
multichannel and gapless encoding.

Homepage: http://www.audiocoding.com/
ja...@debian:~$
ja...@debian:~$
ja...@debian:~$ sudo dpkg -i faac_1.28-0.3_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 147934 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace faac 1.28-0.3 (using faac_1.28-0.3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement faac ...
Setting up faac (1.28-0.3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
ja...@debian:~$
ja...@debian:~$
ja...@debian:~$ soundconverter &
[1] 3807
ja...@debian:~$ SoundConverter 1.4.4
  using Gstreamer version: 0.10.25, Python binding version: 0.10.17
  using gio
  'faac' element not found, disabling AAC.
  using 2 thread(s)
/usr/bin/soundconverter:2615: Warning: g_set_prgname() called multiple times
  gnome.init(NAME, VERSION)

[1]+  Donesoundconverter

Any ideas on how to get a working AAC encoder in my Debian system? Or 
perhaps there's some known issue with 'soundconverter' that I'm missing 
and you'd like to recommend another converter to me (I'm using KDE, by 
the way, and have come to understand that soundconverter is a GNOME 
application, not that I mind, just saying).


Thank you.


Hi,
I was just try to convert .mp3 in .flac. I did it with Audacity on 
Debian Squeeze. Song .flac run in VLC and Amarok.

If I can send you more information let me know.

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Re: AAC audio encoding through faac in Squeeze

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Forgot to said that I have libfaad2 and libfaac0.
I don't have faac.

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Re: Screen highlight

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David Kubicek wrote:

Your safest bet is using the ACPI /proc interface:


# cat /proc/acpi/video/VID/LCD/brightness
levels: 0 6 13 20 26 33 40 46 53 60 66 73 80 86 93 100
current: 46

# echo 100 > /proc/acpi/video/VID/LCD/brightness


I don't have this part "video/VID/LCD/brightness".
Here is my output:

ls -l /proc/acpi
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2009-12-13 23:45 button
-r 1 root root 0 2009-12-13 23:49 dsdt
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2009-12-13 23:45 embedded_controller
-r 1 root root 0 2009-12-13 23:49 fadt
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2009-12-13 23:35 fan
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-12-13 23:49 info
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2009-12-13 23:35 power_resource
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 2009-12-13 23:49 processor
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-12-13 23:49 sleep
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2009-12-13 23:49 thermal_zone
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-12-13 23:49 wakeup

What should I do?
I was reinstall acpi but it's the same.

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Re: Does Kde4 has kdeprint?

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I Rattan wrote:


Kdeprint was available under Kde3 and Cups
printing. Printer setup via kdeprint, printed
the text files in same font as Postscript files
( Ls | lpr ). When printer is configured via
localhost:631/ the text printing is quite
ugly (larger font etc.)? Now only the PS files
are printerd right..

Is there a solution?

-ishwar


I have it in Synaptic but it's without any data, like a package there is 
no mo there.

In System Settings is Printer Configuration,
I don't know how its work because I don't use printer.

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Re: eth1 disappears after kernel upgrade

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guys I have taken a hybrid approach I have a couple of the broadcom-sta
I did a m-a -t build, which failed, I then cd
/usr/src/modules/broadcom-sta/amd64 (i think from memeory) then from
tmp/modules (this is where I had grabbed the latest broadcom-sta source
from broadcom) I copied over the directories amd64 to amd64 and i386 to
i386.  The next step was to m-a -O -t build braodcom-sta and done I have
a deb package that I can install against .6.31 the tail versioning is
out but hell it works and its a deb package :)


ask me off list if people want the broadcom-sta package 


Anthony



hi,
I was try your and official way but without success.
I have 2.6.32-trunk-686.

here is my output:
make[5]: *** [/usr/src/modules/broadcom-sta/i386/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o] 
Error 1

make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/broadcom-sta/i386] Error 2
make[3]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-trunk-686'
make[1]: *** [binary-modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/broadcom-sta'
make: *** [kdist_build] Error 2

do you maybe have some suggestion?

thanks,
Goran Dobosevic


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