Cannot find map file

Why I am getting this message in my syslog? Jun 8 15:27:36 bithynia kernel: Cannot find map file What does it mean? I have appended the head of my syslog here: Jun 8 15:27:36 bithynia syslogd 1.4.1#10: restart. Jun 8 15:27:36 bithynia kernel: klogd 1.4.1#10, log source = /proc/kmsg started.

Re: apt-get - install additional libraries

Paul Johnson wrote: On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 08:43:46AM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: How do I go about keeping my current gtk stuff around, and install the gtk2.0 as well? If you compiled it yourself, you should keep your self-compiled version in /opt... Unfortunately, all by way of apt-get So w

Re: Password discrepancies

Thus spake Paul Johnson: > > 3. If I'm in Gnome, I do the same and I get a 'bad password' dialog box. > Gnome is doing the right thing. Don't log in as root. Especially > don't log in as root in X, KDE or Gnome. Open a terminal emulator and > use su -m to get root in X. This is safer. It doesn

Re: mozilla-firebird and startx

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 11:39:29PM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > I installed mozilla-firebird and suddenly I have "startx: command not > found". How can I figure out which package busted X? PS I re-installed xbase-clients and I can now get back into X, but I'd still like to know what busted it,

Re: Password discrepancies

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 09:59:10AM -0600, Brian Gonzales wrote: > 1. If I 'su' at a command line, my root password works fine. > 2. If I'm using KDE, I click on a Command Center icon, it prompts for a > root password, it works fine. > 3. If I'm in Gnom

Re: Debian hosting

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 12:52:02 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Dear Debian community, > > My requirements are pretty specific. > I don't need much bandwidth at all. > I don't need anything faster than 400 MhZ > I don't need more than 128Meg > But I want my own server, not sha

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 10:41:04AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > If the computer is doing nothing at night anyway, where is the > waste in having it compile source code like XFree, glibc, SSL, > ssh, and image manipulation s/w? Even at that, you're stil

Re: apt-get - install additional libraries

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 08:43:46AM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > > > How do I go about keeping my current gtk stuff around, and install > > > the gtk2.0 as well? > > > > If you compiled it yourself, you should keep your self-compiled > > version in

Re: [OT] ergonomic setups

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 05:29:25PM +0100, Ben Kal wrote: > I care very little about ergonomy. Although I do spend a lot of time working > with computers, and that already for many years, I have so far been so lucky > that it hardly ever gives me any tr

mozilla-firebird and startx

*blink* I installed mozilla-firebird and suddenly I have "startx: command not found". How can I figure out which package busted X? *verylargegrumblingnoises* -- Emma Jane Hogbin [[ 416 417 2868 ][ www.xtrinsic.com ]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Laptop Pcmcia question -- follow up question

Make sure your chipset module is loaded. Try lsmod to list the modules that are currently loaded. Use modprobe of insmod if you don't see the modules you are looking for. Jake Johnson http://www.plutoid.com";>http://www.plutoid.com On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Ben Kal wrote: > On 5 Jun 2003 Larry <[EMA

Re: Compiling kernel

On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 03:54:19 +0200, Ronald Capel wrote: >On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 21:19:02 -0400 "Dan Jones" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>It appears to be a problem with gcc 3.3. The function (located in >>net/core/rtnetlink.c) is declared as extern __inline__ int >>rtlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buf *skb);

Re: Compiling kernel

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 16:19:09 -0400 Dan Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > net/network.o(.text+0xdc67): In function `rtnetlink_rcv': > : undefined reference to `rtnetlink_rcv_skb' > make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 > > I assume that I need to enable an option that I have disabled but I'm > not sure wh

hot keys under fvwm

Hi, I use fvwm as my window manager, and I define some hot keys to perform some functions, like type CTRL-ALT-M to pop up a mutt window. Now my question is when I use emacs, I want to screen out those hot keys, as there are some conflicts between them and emacs's definition, how can I make it? Tha

Re: return of "ebda too big" error message

On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 09:58:56AM +0930, tim truman wrote: > A while ago I compiled a new kernel and when booting it for the first > time got the error message EBDA too big. This I resolved according to > bug report 106898 by editing /usr/share/misc/magic.Now this error > message has returned and

Re: [possibly OT] squirrelmail login problem

* Sharninder Singh-662 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030605 22:27]: > i recently upgraded to testin from stable. i had squirrelmail 1.4.0 under > stable and have the same version under testing also now. but it refuses to > authenticate the users and shows some error saying invalid user etc. all the > config

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 10:41:04AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > If the computer is doing nothing at night anyway, where is the > waste in having it compile source code like XFree, glibc, SSL, > ssh, and image manipulation s/w? if the computer is doing nothing at night, why not power it off and save

return of "ebda too big" error message

Hi Group, A while ago I compiled a new kernel and when booting it for the first time got the error message EBDA too big. This I resolved according to bug report 106898 by editing /usr/share/misc/magic.Now this error message has returned and the magic file is correct as far as the bug fix is concern

Re: D-Link DFE-530TX under 2.4.16-686

|The output of modprobe via-rhine is: |/lib/modules/2.4.16-686/kernel/drivers/net/via-rhine.o: init_module: No such device |Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid | IO or IRQ parameters |/lib/modules/2.4.16-686/kernel/drivers/net/via-rhine.o: insmod /li

My kernel's error.

I do the kernel use the .config backup before. The same 2.4.20.And system is stable.Now is woody(stable). But,just 2 days ago,my system use the kernel is ok. Today,i apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.20,and compile, Some times,show this: =

Re: Compiling kernel

I just tried to rebuild my current kernel and I am experiencing the exact same error. I'm also running testing, and the kernel is 2.4.20, although also 2.4.18 and 19 are giving errors. Moreover, I did not change any options, so something else should be wrong (at least in my case)... Not quite an a

Postfix Virtual Domains

Im trying to set up Postfix with MySQL support, but I always get confused when I have to set up the transport table. I dont want virtual hosting, at least that's what I think. I had postfix running without MySQL support fine for a while and I didnt configured any virtual domains ... The thing

Re: Suddenly, spell checking is gone from evo 1.2.4

Ron Johnson writes: > the electricity went out and since my monitor isn't plugged into the UPS, > I had no choice but hit the big red switch when the battery got low Your keyboard requires a monitor? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 07:04, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 15:43:47 +0200 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 03:29:37 +0100 > > > > David selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Would there be much of a speed increase, enough to warrent doing it ? > > > > Yes. > > > > (You

Suddenly, spell checking is gone from evo 1.2.4

Hi, Now, after a forced power-down (the electricity went out and since my monitor isn't plugged into the UPS, I had no choice but hit the big red switch when the battery got low), as the subject says, spell checking doesn't work anymore. I.e., in Tools->Settings->Composer Preferences->Spell Chec

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 16:02:51 +0100 Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obviously some applications (i.e. CPU-intensive ones) will gain. The > burden of proof is on you to show that it's worth it for the majority of > packages, though, since I/O-intensive applications are unlikely to get a > u

Re: Ximian dropping Debian ?

Hi! They are rigth. Woody is to old. Anyway, a group of spanish developers are waiting until next monday when sources will be available to start ti package XD2 for Woody, so "unoficially" it's going to be a Woody release. But i'm afraid that Connector is propietary so we can not do any in

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 07:34:34 -0700 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Minutes wasted for milliseconds gained. Still seem worth it? No. Indeed. That's the main reason i dislike gentoo. They're braindead. It's worth of it when you're for example in stable, when you compile it one time for

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 15:43:47 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 03:29:37 +0100 > David selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Would there be much of a speed increase, enough to warrent doing it ? > > Yes. > > (You can listen people saying "no"; but those people can't prove > how

Re: lilo broken after upggrade

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 13:45:35 -0600 Dan Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have compiled a new custom 2.4.18 kernel using the great instructions > from http://newbiedoc.sourcefourge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html > I am having problems with lilo, mbr, booting without using a floppy. > I have no other O

Re: [OT] ergonomic setups

On (07/06/03 15:44), Pigeon wrote: > On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 02:07:29AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 12:27:37PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > > i'd like your opinions/feedback about what kind of ergonomic setups > > > you use at home and in the office. as i mentioned a

Re: lilo broken after upggrade

Dan Hunt wrote: So something is wrong. My /boot/ has a wastland of files from various kernels I tried to get working. Four, count them 4, kernels. My /boot is on /dev/hda5 ext3 hda1 (ext2 with 100 MB free) hda2 hda3(swp) hda4(tmp) My lilo.conf looks something like this without any typo's: lba32

Compiling kernel

Attempting to compile kernel 2.4.20 under testing. Getting the following linker error: ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o init/version.o init/do_mounts.o \ --start-group \

Re: Ximian dropping Debian ?

There was something on /. about this. One of Ximian's teenexecutives stated that stable was too old and something to the effect that sid was too new. Go check it out. I liked Redhat soley because of Ximian's RedCarpet support. Debian still beats it hands down with apt-get...imo. On Sat, 2003-06-0

Ximian dropping Debian ?

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Re: lilo broken after upggrade

Me too! I have compiled a new custom 2.4.18 kernel using the great instructions from http://newbiedoc.sourcefourge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html I am having problems with lilo, mbr, booting without using a floppy. I have no other OS installed. I understand lilo is a good thing, so I can change from ke

Re: [OT] ergonomic setups

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 02:07:29AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 12:27:37PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > i'd like your opinions/feedback about what kind of ergonomic setups > > you use at home and in the office. as i mentioned a couple of days > > ago, i've been issued a

Re: Evolution UI fonts in Gnome 2 on Woody

On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 14:53, James Strandboge wrote: > I do plan to backport evo 1.4. thought so :) > Once these issues are worked out, evolution 1.4 will end up in my > gnome2.2 backport. You rock! As do your backports - I have them running with awesome stability and zero probs. Thanks! --

Re: Evolution UI fonts in Gnome 2 on Woody

Following your suggestion below, I changed the default font that appears in Evolution UI, and some other places as well - Gnome 1 apps, I suspect. gtkfontsel shows me fonts - no truetype fonts among them. Gnome 2 font configuration lists truetype fonts, and I've selected them for several default

Re: is there any difference in upgrade and dist-upgrade on unstable?

Thus spake Grzesiek Sedek: > Hi, > Is there difference between upgrade and dist-upgrade running sid? > Thanks from apt-get(8) dist-upgrade dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new ver- sions of

Re: is there any difference in upgrade and dist-upgrade on unstable?

* Grzesiek Sedek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030607 20:17]: > Is there difference between upgrade and dist-upgrade running sid? An "upgrades" trys to upgrade installed packages. It won't remove installed packages, nor install new ones, while a "dist-upgrade" may do both. Since sid is in ongoing develop

is there any difference in upgrade and dist-upgrade on unstable?

Hi, Is there difference between upgrade and dist-upgrade running sid? Thanks -- Grzesiek Sedek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [possibly OT] squirrelmail login problem

On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:33:40 +0530 Sharninder Singh-662 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > when i telnet to port 143 ... i get conenct but in square brackets the > UW-IMAP server shows somthing like [CAPABILITY .. LOGINDISABLED ] > what does this mean .. and how can i enable LOGINS Might be e

Re: ACPI HOWTO (draft #2)

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 10:48:14AM +0100, Carlos Sousa wrote: > Cool. I'm about to purchase a laptop, I'm certain I'll find your HOWTO > invaluable :) Thanks. :) > Minor correction in the kernel unpack section: >... >rm linux assuming that's a link to your old kernel >ln -s /usr/src/l

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: I routinely recompile my kernel to match my installed hardware and to get options not set in the stock kernel. I don't see how it would be dangerous - you are only taking advantage of capabilities the processor offers anyway - it's not like you are overclocking the CPU

RE:

Fred Bowker schreef op zaterdag 7 > juni 2003 18:37: > >> I have just installed debian linux woody 3.0 r1 When it starts up it >> tries to load the x server then fails I used XFree86 -Configure and >> this gave me a new config file to test however this gave me the same

Re: X failure with i810

> Hi Fred, noticed the i810 chipset. did a google search. Its a noted error. Here is the previous suggestion from someone at DEBIAN. read both. --- Looks like: 1) You didn't provide all of the information described in the XF86

Re: [OT] ergonomic setups

On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 04:07, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 --snip-- > If you're using a mouse, keep your wrist fairly straight, and try to > use your whole arm to move the mouse. Using your wrist alone is just > begging for carpal tunnel syndrome; just your

[no subject]

I have just installed debian linux woody 3.0 r1 When it starts up it tries to load the x server then fails I used XFree86 -Configure and this gave me a new config file to test however this gave me the same problems Anybody who could help me I would be more than grateful   The X version

Gnome meltdown

I had somewhat of a Gnome meltdown last night, and I'm trying to pick up the pieces. I'm using a generic clean tasksel "desktop system" install of Gnome 1.4 on Woody. Here's what happened: 1. I ejected my pcmcia 802.11b card, since it was causing some problems (ksoftirqd_CPU0 using 100% cpu, it

Re: apt-get error message

On 6 Jun 2003 Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 13:05, Ben Kal wrote: >> On 4 Jun 2003 Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > When I 'apt-get install' a package I have been getting the following error >> > message: >> > >> > Retrieving bug reports... Done >> >

Re: Partitioning advice, 13.9 GB HD

On 5 Jun 2003 "Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Ben Kal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [snip] >> AFAIK the guide to the size of swap is the amount of RAM: make it equal to >> or twice that amount. By that standard you can cut down swap at least to >> half what you now plan to make it.

Re: [OT] ergonomic setups

On 6 Jun 2003 Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i'd like your opinions/feedback about what kind of ergonomic setups you > use at home and in the office. > [snip] > > [snip] > i'm interested in whatever you do to make your work area more > ergonomically sound. I care very little about er

Password discrepancies

I seem to have different root passwords: 1. If I 'su' at a command line, my root password works fine. 2. If I'm using KDE, I click on a Command Center icon, it prompts for a root password, it works fine. 3. If I'm in Gnome, I do the same and I get a 'bad password' dialog box. I don't recall chang

Re: apt-get - install additional libraries

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 02:38:38 -0700 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 05:48:05PM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > > How do I go about keeping my current gtk stuff around, and install > > the gtk2.0 as well? > > If you compiled it yourself, you should keep your self-co

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 09:34, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 03:43:47PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Would there be much of a speed increase, enough to warrent doing it ? > > > > Yes. > > > > (You can listen people saying

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 03:43:47PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 03:29:37 +0100 > David selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Would there be much of a speed increase, enough to warrent doing it ? > > Yes. > > (You can listen people saying "no"; but those people can't prove

The GNU C compilers

I'm running Debian unstable on a DEC Alpha machine and I have three version of the GNU C compiler installed on my system. They are: 2.95, 3.2.1, and 3.3.1. I understand 2.95 is required for the Compaq ccc compiler, but do I need both of the others? Jim -- Jim Woodruff < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

I routinely recompile my kernel to match my installed hardware and to get options not set in the stock kernel. I don't see how it would be dangerous - you are only taking advantage of capabilities the processor offers anyway - it's not like you are overclocking the CPU or something. You might tur

Re: Integrated sound on Via VT8235 South Bridge

Forgive me if this is obvious, but did you un-mute the appropriate channels with an ALSA mixer? That was my problem originally. -- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 03:43:47PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Would there be much of a speed increase, enough to warrent doing it ? > > Yes. > > (You can listen people saying "no"; but those people can't prove > how its posible that a optimi

Re: Home network router does not forward LAN traffic

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 11:12:00PM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > This is a DSL _router_, not a bridge - it's just another internal network, > so the ISP has nothing to do with it. Assuming of course the router is doing > NAT, like mine does. Oh? Did

Re: depmod error when running make-kpkg

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Kevin McKinley wrote: >What version of gcc are you using? sol:~# gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-linux/2.95.4/specs gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease) I have gcc 3.2 installed under /usr/local, but that's not the version that the root user sees.

Re: depmod error when running make-kpkg

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 13:26:20 +0200 (CEST) David List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have tried running make-kpkg as a first attempt in making my own > kernel on a newly installed Debian 3.0_r1 on a Sun Ultra 1. > The last lines I see from make_kpkg are these: > > cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/

Re: bug in Blackdown Java package?

--- Christian Schoenebeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Hi! > > I tried to install the Blackdown Java packages, but setting up j2re1.4 fails: > > Setting up j2re1.4 (1.4.0.99beta-1) ... > update-alternatives: unable to make > /usr/lib/mozilla-cvs/plugins/javaplugin_oji.so.dpk

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 03:29:37 +0100 David selby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would there be much of a speed increase, enough to warrent doing it ? Yes. (You can listen people saying "no"; but those people can't prove how its posible that a optimized compilation of some apps seems to make a difere

Debian hosting

Dear Debian community, My requirements are pretty specific. I don't need much bandwidth at all. I don't need anything faster than 400 MhZ I don't need more than 128Meg But I want my own server, not shared. The hosting service should, of course, specialize in Debian. St

Re: lpr still won't print

Emma Jane Hogbin([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Ok, now that I've got cupsys back I have the same problem with lpr. (which > is installed, btw) I can "print a test page" from cupsys but when I try to > print the page (with mozilla and lpr), the page doesn't print. The printer > gets

RE: Frontpage

Never heard of that package before. I'll try it. Most of the modules I install have dso support so it is easy to add these without using Debian packaging. Thanks Reaz -Original Message- From: Colin Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 6:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: strange problem: init not found

On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 08:02, Andrei Smirnov wrote: > Hi people! > > i got a very strange problem with loading of a debian installation. > it worked fine, but suddenly it refused to load saying > 'no init found - try to use init= option' > i tried: > - supply init=/bin/sh > - mount disk on a differ

Re: bug in Blackdown Java package?

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 02:24:17PM +0200, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > I tried to install the Blackdown Java packages, but setting up j2re1.4 fails: > > Setting up j2re1.4 (1.4.0.99beta-1) ... > update-alternatives: unable to make > /usr/lib/mozilla-cvs/plugins/javaplugin_oji.s

Re: Evolution UI fonts in Gnome 2 on Woody

On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 01:40, Mario Vukelic wrote: > On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 06:27, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > > Is it a legacy Gnome 1.4 setting that's lurking > > somewhere? > > Something like that. Evo 1.2.4 is still a Gnome 1.4 program, so changes > to Gnome 2 settings don't affect it. Evo 1.4

strange problem: init not found

Hi people! i got a very strange problem with loading of a debian installation. it worked fine, but suddenly it refused to load saying 'no init found - try to use init= option' i tried: - supply init=/bin/sh - mount disk on a different machine, fsck - all ok, /sbin/init exist and work - boot on a

bug in Blackdown Java package?

Hi! I tried to install the Blackdown Java packages, but setting up j2re1.4 fails: Setting up j2re1.4 (1.4.0.99beta-1) ... update-alternatives: unable to make /usr/lib/mozilla-cvs/plugins/javaplugin_oji.so.dpkg-tmp a symlink to /etc/alternatives/javaplugin_oji-mozil

depmod error when running make-kpkg

>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jun 7 13:22:19 2003 Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 11:53:41 +0200 (CEST) From: David List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: depmod error when running make-kpkg Resent-Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 05:10:22 -0500 (CDT) Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have tried runnin

Re: Evolution UI fonts without GNOME2

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 07:40:53AM +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote: > > Something like that. Evo 1.2.4 is still a Gnome 1.4 program, so changes > to Gnome 2 settings don't affect it. Evo 1.4 for G2 should be released > on June 9, and I guess it will be ported to woody rather quickly, so > maybe you sho

Re: Trouble with PCI hardware modem

Steve Kennedy wrote: Hi, I'm having no success getting my PCI hardware modem working. Hope someone here can help. I've been following Jason McCarty's Linux PCI-Modem Micro-HOW-TO, and here's what I've done so far. As root, ran: cd /dev && ./MAKEDEV ttyS4 ls -l /dev/ttyS4 shows: crw-rw

Re: Home network router does not forward LAN traffic

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 01:47:38AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 04:45:18PM +0200, Kosta Porotchkin wrote: > >eth0: 10.0.0.150/24 connected to ADSL modem/router (10.0.0.138) > > Is eth0 really 10.0.0.150? If so, your

Re: Frontpage

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 12:54:28AM -0400, Reaz Baksh wrote: > I'm trying to install Frontpage extensions on a web site I have. When I > install 'libapache-mod-frontpage-mirfak 1.6.2-6.deb' it fails because it > said apache not installed. Well I do have Apache installed but not > through apt-get.

Re: aliases versus functions

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 12:04:44AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > Functions allow you to use parameters, simple branching ("return"), > recursion, local variables. Functions allow you recursion, as well. > The only real reason that this means you should use them instead of > aliases is that there's

Re: ACPI HOWTO (draft #2)

On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 18:33:10 -0400 Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > For those who are interested I've got my second draft of an ACPI HOWTO > online. > > http://xtrinsic.com/geek/articles/acpi.phtml > > Please feel free to let me know if you there are any parts which are > unclear or flat-out wrong. :)

Re: Speeding up debian ... ?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 03:29:37AM +0100, David selby wrote: > Would there be much of a speed increase, enough to warrent doing it ? You could have answered this one on your own if you searched the archives. No. All packages that benefit from subarc

Re: Connecting to a WinCE based PDA

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 08:57:56PM +0200, Timo -Blazko- Boewing wrote: > This device can be connected via USB serial on /dev/ttyUSB0, and there > is an app called "minicom" that can be used to talk to that pocket pc. > However, you have to use AT comma

Re: apt-get - install additional libraries

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 05:48:05PM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > How do I go about keeping my current gtk stuff around, and install the > gtk2.0 as well? If you compiled it yourself, you should keep your self-compiled version in /opt... - -- .''`

CUPS printing of ps files fails

Whenever I try to print some PS file in my Samsung ML-1210 it fails. From the error_log I get the following lines: D [07/Jun/2003:10:22:19 +0100] [Job 48] foomatic-gswrapper: gs '-dBATCH' '-dPARANOIDSAFER' '-dQUIET' '-dNOPAUSE' '-sDEVICE=gdi' '-sOutputFile=| cat >&3' '/dev/fd/0' 3>&1 1>&2 D [07/

Re: [OT] ergonomic setups

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 07:21:08PM +0100, Pigeon wrote: > Where from? The only genuine IBM clicky keyboard I've seen for ages > and ages and ages is the one I'm typing this on, which I pulled out of > a skip... (Thank you, Lord, for skips.) I'm a huge

galeon 1.3 single-click paste

Hi. I have managed to make galeon 1.3 open a web-page when one middle-clicks by playing with gconf settings. Single-click pasting (ie. normal X pasting) does not seem to work in web-form entries. I have to press C-v, or similar. Any way to restore standard X paste behaviour? Thanks Neilen --

Re: [OT] ergonomic setups

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 12:27:37PM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > i'd like your opinions/feedback about what kind of ergonomic setups > you use at home and in the office. as i mentioned a couple of days > ago, i've been issued a laptop at work, and i

Re: testing -- kdebase-audiolibs dependency

On Fri, 06 Jun 2003 18:18:59 -0600 Harshwardhan Nagaonkar wrote: > Carlos Sousa wrote: > > > >dpkg --remove kdebase-audiolibs kde kdebase-dev > > > Yes, that worked. Thanks so much. Does this mean that we can post to the > debian bug-list place and tell them to put this solution there. Or is

Re: [OT] ergonomic setups

On Friday 06 June 2003 19:27, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > hey debian folk, > > i'd like your opinions/feedback about what kind of ergonomic setups > you use at home and in the office. as i mentioned a couple of days > ago, i've been issued a laptop at work, and i can barely use it for > the wrist stra

Re: Home network router does not forward LAN traffic

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 04:45:18PM +0200, Kosta Porotchkin wrote: > First Windows workstation: 192.168.1.2/16, gw 192.168.1.1 > Second Windows workstation 192.168.2.2/16, gw 192.168.2.1 > Linux server/NAT firewall/gateway running Debian Woody 3.0: >

Re: add-printer failed

El Sábado, 7 de Junio de 2003 09:01, Stephen Schroder escribió: > I tried to add a printer using lpadmin -p Matrix -i parallel:/dev/lp0 -P > /root/matrix.ppd. I want to use CUPS and foomatic, as suggested by Ian > Ward in a Mini-HOWTO he published in 2002. Thus the syntax and options > used with

Re: [OT] ergonomic setups

On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 16:51, Allan Wind wrote: > On 2003-06-06 16:58:49, Kevin McKinley wrote: > > I strongly concur with "drink lots of plain water". I wish I'd discovered > > the importance of this much earlier in life. > > Sounds like you guys should run a hose instead :-) > > > /Allan Ah, b

Re: aliases versus functions

* alex ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030606 19:01]: > I've been using a collection of aliases for a few years and I've > been told many times that I should be using 'functions ' to do the > same job that my aliases do quite well. I'm told that aliases are > not suited for running compound commands but s

add-printer failed

I tried to add a printer using lpadmin -p Matrix -i parallel:/dev/lp0 -P /root/matrix.ppd. I want to use CUPS and foomatic, as suggested by Ian Ward in a Mini-HOWTO he published in 2002. Thus the syntax and options used with lpadmin. I failed to do so successfully--the error message was add-prin

struggling with Mailman

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have set up mailman on my local home network, and set it up to act up a mailing list to act as a gateway to a news server on my local ISP. I have attempted to subscibe myself to this mailing list, and the web page acts fine, telling me it has mail

Re: Where is the kernel config file?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 04:42:06PM +0200, David List wrote: > Where does one find the kernel config file for the kernel that is > installed by default on a Debian system? /boot/config-$KVERS - -- .''`. Baloo Ursidae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :