Re: Woody with Gnome2.4 Backport or Sarge?

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:50:07 -0500, M. Kirchhoff wrote: > My question is thus: is it better to install Woody and backports of > Gnome2.4, Mozilla, Pan, and other of his assorted favorites, or simply > go with Sarge? As they say: YMMV, here I'm typing on an Ex-Woody upgraded (dist-upgrade !) to U

Re: router + laptop: naive question

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:16:15 +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Unfortunately, my router is quite a black box and its documentation > is very poor: > can we do that througth the dhclient ? Though your intention is clear and well described (and well understood, I think), your question remains naive, as

Re: using old isa bus ethernet cards

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:07:20 -0500, Debian User wrote: > i did this but am still having no luck. part of my problem is that > i am not sure which io address to use (or how to know which one is > correct for the given isa slot). furthermore, the interrupt should > be set. i do not see jumpers on

Re: OT: Philosphical; Gnome 1.x ugly (was: Re: Woody with Gnome2.4 Backport or Sarge?)

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:01:39 -0700, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from M. Kirchhoff: >> >> A friend of mine is interested in migrating from WinXP to Debian. I >> suggested that Woody is ideal for the most secure, stable environment, >> but he balked at the ugly Gnome1.x. How subjective is this wo

compile driver file problem, different version of kernel image and kernel source, any clue?

Hi- trying run debian in new dell poweredge server rather redhat. everything workout fine until I get stuck in the networkcard problem. Couldn't find the e1000 network card binary driver for the kernel 2.4.20 image. Then I'm trying to compile one for it. The result ... compile fine but it's give

Outdated package, is it possible to help?

I like krusader (a very nice file manager, like mc) and I'd like to have the latest version; unfortunately the Debian version is very outdated (almost a year old) I've sent a couple of e-mails to the maintainer of the package telling him that I'm willing to help if he needs help, but I haven't

Re: ugly fonts in gtk 1.2 apps

On Tuesday 23 December 2003 02:31, Paul William wrote: > try installing libgdkxft0 > > On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 12:13, Toshiro wrote: > > I'm running sid and all the old gtk apps (jpilot for example) have a very > > ugly set of fonts. Anybody know how to fix the fonts? Well, you already answered yo

libgdkxft0 in unstable removes all gtk2 stuff

Hi, In order to use anti-alised fonts in gtk1.2 app in you need to install libgdkxft0 . The problem is that this seems to conflict with all gtk2 apps including gnome! "After unpacking 401MB disk space will be freed." ! Is there a way to install this package without dropping all gtk2 apps? Cheer

Re: ugly fonts in gtk 1.2 apps

try installing libgdkxft0 On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 12:13, Toshiro wrote: > I'm running sid and all the old gtk apps (jpilot for example) have a very ugly > set of fonts. Anybody know how to fix the fonts? > > Toshiro. > > > ADSL-Para estar las 24 horas en internet > http://www.internet.co

Re: Using CNET internal ADSL modem

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:42:15 +0200, Andrus wrote: > I want to use CNET Internal ADSL (CNAD800-RF) modem card in Linux. > CNET page about this is at http://www.cnet.com.tw/padsl.html > > A downloadable PDF product data sheet from cnet about this modem > says that Linux is supported. I only foun

Re: OT: Thunderbird 0.4 "feels" better

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 19:40:58 -0600, Kent West wrote: > Just wanted to say that with today's apt-get upgrade I got the > thunderbird 0.4 upgrade, and it just "feels" better. It somehow feels > peppier/more responsive. Of course I haven't used it long enough to see > what doesn't work still, but

Re: kdm failed to preconfigure, with exit status 30

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 05:15:30 -0400, Stephen Cormier wrote: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=224567 Thanks ! - This link (once you read it !) proves that better ask in here than blindly writing a bug report (as I intended to). Great to feel well taken care of in this group and s

Re: Dependencies of the Damned!

Incoming from Carl Fink: > I'm trying to install the newest avidemux (2.0.20) on my Testing system. > Since Christian Marillat hasn't built a .deb of it, I have to build it. You can save yourself a lot of time with "apt-get --dry-run install avidemux". That tells me there's mountains of stuff th

Re: Kernel recompilation question.

On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 20:27, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi folks, > > Debian 3.0 > == > I have previous experience in recompiling kernel on RH and Mandrake. Is > the procedure in recompiling kernel on Debian similar. Kindly advise. > Pointer/URL of document would be appreciated. > > Thanks i

Re: Changing bootloader and FS question

On Tuesday 23 December 2003 01:20, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi folks, > > My Debian 3.0 box, newly installed, is running LILO and Ext3. Can I use > 'dselect' to change the bootload to GRUB and FS to Reiser without making > another clean installation. OR is there any other way?. > Changing LILO for G

Kernel recompilation question.

Hi folks, Debian 3.0 == I have previous experience in recompiling kernel on RH and Mandrake. Is the procedure in recompiling kernel on Debian similar. Kindly advise. Pointer/URL of document would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Merry X'mas and B.R. Stephen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Changing bootloader and FS question

Hi folks, My Debian 3.0 box, newly installed, is running LILO and Ext3. Can I use 'dselect' to change the bootload to GRUB and FS to Reiser without making another clean installation. OR is there any other way?. Kindly advise. Thanks in advance. Merry X'mas and B.R. Stephen Liu -- To UNSUBS

Dependencies of the Damned!

I'm trying to install the newest avidemux (2.0.20) on my Testing system. Since Christian Marillat hasn't built a .deb of it, I have to build it. Okay, download the tar file, unarchive, run "./configure". It wants libgtk2-dev. Fair enough. apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev Can'

Re: ethernet error? [SOLVED]

Ahhh, that's it, the firewall! I am my own worst enemy. I installed Guarddog, and I was blocking IPP (Internet Printing Protocol). Unblocking it made the nasty messages go away. Thanks to everyone who replied. Without your help, I probably would have replaced my motherboard instead! I still highl

Re: Challenge to the debian community: ethernet controller doesn't work in debian but in: SuSE, Fedora, Gentoo !!

By default, Debian doesn't do a good job of auto-detection. There are two tools you should install: apt-get install discover apt-get install etherconf After you've done that, run "dpkg-reconfigure etherconf" and it should find your ethernet card and prompt you for the proper configuration informa

Re: floating screen

> If that's what you really want, you can edit your XF86Config file (or > use 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86') to not use higher-resolution > display modes. I personally generally go for using larger fonts on > higher-resolution displays. Another thing that will give you big fonts sizes in yo

Re: question

Roeske, Jennifer L wrote: Hello, I have a 3-yr. old PC CPU, and it's not working. When my CPU is (properly) connected to the necessary connecting cords- it doesn't respond to the monitor. It just says no input/no sync. I have tried connecting the CPU to 3 different working PC monitors as we

OT: Thunderbird 0.4 "feels" better

Just wanted to say that with today's apt-get upgrade I got the thunderbird 0.4 upgrade, and it just "feels" better. It somehow feels peppier/more responsive. Of course I haven't used it long enough to see what doesn't work still, but so far . . . . I realize this isn't really a Debian thing (ex

Re: Working modem?

- Original Message - From: "Bjorn Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 05:51 Subject: Working modem? > Hi! > > I have a Telix 56k modem which doesn't work with Debian. > It works ok with win98. > > So, I guess I need to buy myself a bett

question

Hello, I have a 3-yr. old PC CPU, and it's not working. When my CPU is (properly) connected to the necessary connecting cords- it doesn't respond to the monitor. It just says no input/no sync. I have tried connecting the CPU to 3 different working PC monitors as well as cords and have reci

Re: Debian Certified Laptops!

On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 08:09:09PM -0900, Greg Madden wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 20 December 2003 06:00 pm, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > Hi Greg, > > many people on this list and and may gnu/linux people in general wish > > for HW vendors to show some kind

Re: ugly fonts in gtk 1.2 apps

On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 12:59:41AM -0300, Toshiro wrote: > On Sunday 21 December 2003 23:28, Julius Plenz wrote: > > Toshiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm running sid and all the old gtk apps (jpilot for example) have a very > > > ugly set of fonts. Anybody know how to fix the fonts? > > > >

Re: antialised fonts in emacs

On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 10:33:04PM +1300, Paul William wrote: > Hi > > How can I use antialised fonts in emacs? I am using unstable. > > Regards > I am not sure about anti aliased, but try moving the type1 fonts to the bottom of the fontpath list in XF86Config and if you have truetype fonts mov

Re: Menu maker

On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 06:22:32PM -0600, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > Is Menu maker part of deb? I can't seem to find it. I searched for > menumaker, menu-maker, mmaker, menmaker. Perhaps you mean the "menu" package. Also, wmaker provides "WPrefs", which lets you customise the wmaker menu. --

Re: photo-quality printer recommendation

On Monday 22 December 2003 1:50 pm, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Is there another way to do this that will let me use these newer printers? >   How do I get HP to actually tell me what can work and what does not? I was lazy and visited and looked at the recomended list befo

Re: dependancy problems

On Monday 22 December 2003 5:30 am, Jens Röder wrote: > somehow I have broken my system on alpha, when trying updates. Hence I > decided to deinstall as much as possible and build up again, but now I > cannot install packages, like kdebase: The Debian-KDE Wiki at

Re: QuickTime for Linux?

Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2003-12-19 16:35:04 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: deb http://marillat.free.fr/ stable main Why isn't it in Debian? Patent issues in the US and several other countries preclude its distribution. The MPlayer developers have asked that people not distribute crippled vers

Re: Starting Gnome (GTK+) applications is slow (font loading)

On 2003-12-22 18:07:53 -0200, Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra wrote: > Just guessing, but probably you have both the FontPath and the font > server defined in /etc/X11/XF86Config(-4). Use only one. I have the following in "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4": Section "Files" FontPath

Re: QuickTime for Linux?

On 2003-12-19 16:35:04 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > deb http://marillat.free.fr/ stable main Why isn't it in Debian? > they have debs there for all versions. and for all architectures? -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Ri

Re: Argument list too long

On 2003-12-19 10:53:35 -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 11:47:32AM +0200, Dobai-Pataky Balint wrote: > | i have a webcam logging all motion into jpgs, my php code does lots with > | it, except after i convert selected jpgs copied into the workin' folder, > | and after c

Re: group- ?

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 at 21:53 GMT, Paul Morgan penned: > On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 10:46:20 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > >> So, in /etc, there are group and group-, which seem to be identical >> except that group- has much more restrictive permissions. >> >> What's group- for? What happens if I ed

EXIM4 - remote_smtp delivery to user@local.domain - SOLVED!

Hi This may be obvious to many but I found a dearth of information on how to deal with my situtation and I thought that my fix may be of some help to some other desperate soul like myself. It took me a while to crack this: Scenario: I have a local domain, clivemenzies.co.uk, for which I have tw

Re: postgres date formatting? (SOLVED)

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 at 21:30 GMT, Paul Morgan penned: > > Monique, you're using the to_date function the wrong way round, which is > not an uncommon mistake. > > to_date() converts a string to a date, *not* a date to a string. So your > working example works because to_date() is taking the strin

Menu maker

Is Menu maker part of deb? I can't seem to find it. I searched for menumaker, menu-maker, mmaker, menmaker. Damon L. Chesser [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: postgres date formatting?

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 at 22:28 GMT, Pablo Aguiar penned: > On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:34:28 -0700 "Monique Y. Herman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Summary: attempting to use to_date on a table value results in a >> to_timestamp error. What am I doing wrong? > > You have to tell PostgreSQL the for

Re: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 in Debian Sarge

On Mon, Dec 22, 2003, at 16:42 +0100, Axel Burwitz wrote: > Hi, > > at KDE start a "no /dev/dsp"-message appears and I cannot configure a > "emu10k1" driver module via modconf ("installation failed") for my SB > Audigy 2 in Debian Sarge ! If you are using OSS as opposed to ALSA, as you most lik

Re: Disk Acoustic Settings

On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 16:47, Frank A. Uepping wrote: > Hi, > is there a tool for customizing the acoustic settings of a hard drive? Fastest: hdparm -M254 /dev/hd(x) Quietest (also being slower): hdparm -M128 /dev/hd(x) -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curr

Re: using old isa bus ethernet cards

On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 08:13:35AM -0500, Debian User wrote: > i have two isa ethernet cards that i have that i wish to use in a > test machine here at work. i think one is an intel chip and the > other ... who knows. > > one chip number is LG82000 ... the other is S82595FX L7093628. I > searc

Re: Disk Acoustic Settings

On Monday 22 December 2003 02:47 pm, Frank A. Uepping wrote: > Hi, > is there a tool for customizing the acoustic settings of a hard > drive? hdparm apparently has this ability. Never used it though. -- Nate Duehr, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: which driver for onboard ethernet controller on Dell Diemnsion 8300 ??

Kent West wrote: > Axel Burwitz wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I installed , for my first Debian try, Debian Sarge from the "LinuxUser" >>magazine's DVD. After some hurldles it worked but: >>did'nt configure any network card, eth0 etc. >>When I try to configure with modconf from the debian KDE set, I don't

Re: which driver for onboard ethernet controller on Dell Diemnsion 8300 ??

Anita Lewis wrote: > Axel Burwitz wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I installed , for my first Debian try, Debian Sarge from the "LinuxUser" >> magazine's DVD. After some hurldles it worked but: >> did'nt configure any network card, eth0 etc. >> When I try to configure with modconf from the debian KDE set, I d

Re: [subscriptions] Re: apt-get and Cache-Limit revisited

On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 02:59:19PM -0800, David G. Schlecht wrote: > It looks like my apt-get doesn't work like that. > > Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > >Here's my version: > > $ apt-get --version > > apt 0.5.4 for linux i386 compiled on Aug 19 2001 01:02:26 > > Supported Modules: > > > Ah, perha

Re: group- ?

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 10:46:20 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > So, in /etc, there are group and group-, which seem to be identical > except that group- has much more restrictive permissions. > > What's group- for? What happens if I edit /etc/group directly and don't > copy the changes over to gr

Disk Acoustic Settings

Hi, is there a tool for customizing the acoustic settings of a hard drive? /FAU -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: postgres date formatting?

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:34:28 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > I know this isn't the postgres user group, but if anyone has any > insight, I'd sure appreciate it. > > Summary: attempting to use to_date on a table value results in a > to_timestamp error. What am I doing wrong? > > I have a littl

Re: [subscriptions] Re: apt-get and Cache-Limit revisited

It looks like my apt-get doesn't work like that. Jamin W. Collins wrote: Here's my version: $ apt-get --version apt 0.5.4 for linux i386 compiled on Aug 19 2001 01:02:26 Supported Modules: Ah, perhaps the crux -- I'm running apt-get version 0.3.11 compiled July 8 1999 I'd be glad to try a

Re: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 in Debian Sarge

Oops, that does not sound good ! Give me some time to try.. Antonio Rodr!
wrote: > On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:42:18 +0100 > Axel Burwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> at KDE start a "no /dev/dsp"-message appears and I cannot configure a >> "emu10k1" driver module via modconf ("instal

Re: using old isa bus ethernet cards

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Debian User wrote: > >> one chip number is LG82000 ... the other is S82595FX L7093628. I > >> searched Debian for a previous post and even googled but have not > >> found any information on which modules to load when using antiques. > >> > >I had one of the latter (82595FX) bu

Re: Kernel 2.6.0 and Debian

"Martin J Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 21 Dec 2003 at 23:40, GCS wrote: > >> Also, what kind of ATI card do you have? I have a >> simple Radeon, and FB works well, and with XFree86 4.3.0 I have OpenGL >> as well. I may help you with my config. > > Radeon 9800 Pro - Where did you get 4.

Re: Challenge to the debian community: ethernet controller doesn't work in debian but in: SuSE, Fedora, Gentoo !!

Hi Leandro, thanks for help. Meanwhile I got hint in a German newsgroup, to use "e100" driver, and with that one (after some hurles with DHCP) I managed to get network set up and internet connectio via router running !! Happy now ... Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra wrote: > Em Seg, 2003-

Re: floppy mount and msdos

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 at 20:17 GMT, Debian User penned: > At Monday, 22 December 2003, Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > com> wrote: > >>i am interested in moving a tar ball from a windows 2000 machine to my >>non-networked linux machine ... kernel 2.2.20. the floppy is listed in >>fstab as: >> >>/de

Re: apt-file in Woody with CD's fails with "URI::_foreign" error

Incoming from Hugo Vanwoerkom: > > Woody apt-file when sources.list contains CD's fails with: Last I heard, apt-cdrom was either broken or deprecated. Someone correct me if that's wrong? -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spot

Re: soundless in kazaa]

- Forwarded message from Sam Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 04:49:43PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 09:51:59PM -0500, Sam Rosenfeld wrote: > > I installed Debian Woody about 6 months ago and to my knowledge have > > not experienced sound si

Re: postgres date formatting?

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:34:28 -0700 "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Summary: attempting to use to_date on a table value results in a > to_timestamp error. What am I doing wrong? You have to tell PostgreSQL the format of the string date you are passing to to_timestamp (or to to_da

Re: apt-get and Cache-Limit revisited

On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 01:19:27PM -0800, David G. Schlecht wrote: > > I've seen many posts regarding the apt-get problem of "MMap ran out of > room" errors. I've tried all the suggestions and nothing works. I'm > thinking there's something more going on with my system. > > I've done "apt-get cle

Howto fix Compaq presario 1245 sound

Hello everybody, I'm trying to get sound working on a Compaq presario 1245 laptop; I found this laptop has a Ess 1869, ISA sound card; I don't know exactly what the ISA thing means but... I found a reference to sndconfig as a tool to get sound working; In fact it does so - I get to hear the tes

Re: photo-quality printer recommendation

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I can't speak highly enough of HP. Their Linux drivers are genuine open source, and they state they are committed to supporting Linux for all of their models of printers. They even retrofit their Linux drivers to their printers from years b

Using CNET internal ADSL modem

I want to use CNET Internal ADSL (CNAD800-RF) modem card in Linux. CNET page about this is at http://www.cnet.com.tw/padsl.html A downloadable PDF product data sheet from cnet about this modem says that Linux is supported. Unfortunately, there is no Linux driver available for download. There ar

Re: AT&T Internet Runner?

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi World! Having recently switched to Mexican AT&T ISP, they sent me a CD with something called Internet Runner on it. I did not open it because I threw out my XP Professional. It claims "speeds up to 4 times faster". Faster than what? Anybody have a clue what that that

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Re: Woody with Gnome2.4 Backport or Sarge?

On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 08:50, M. Kirchhoff wrote: > A friend of mine is interested in migrating from WinXP to Debian. I > suggested that Woody is ideal for the most secure, stable environment, > but he balked at the ugly Gnome1.x. > > My question is thus: is it better to install Woody and backports

Re: Challenge to the debian community: ethernet controller doesn't work in debian but in: SuSE, Fedora, Gentoo !!

Axel Burwitz wrote: Hi, I don't believe it: my Dell onboard ethernet controller can't be configured in Debian Sarge but runs smoothly in Suse, Fedora an Gentoo-Live and Knoppix... take a look at which driver they use and use the same driver in debian. erik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

apt-get and Cache-Limit revisited

Hi All, I'm stuck in update hell. Can anyone help? I've seen many posts regarding the apt-get problem of "MMap ran out of room" errors. I've tried all the suggestions and nothing works. I'm thinking there's something more going on with my system. I've done "apt-get clean", reduced the sources.lis

apt-file in Woody with CD's fails with "URI::_foreign" error

Hi World! Woody apt-file when sources.list contains CD's fails with: Can't locate object method "host" via package "URI::_foreign" (perhaps you forgot to load "URI::_foreign"?) at /usr/bin/apt-file line 189. If you take the CD's out it's fine. But I want to search for files in the Woody CD's.

Re: Challenge to the debian community: ethernet controller doesn't work in debian but in: SuSE, Fedora, Gentoo !!

Leandro GuimarÃes Faria Corcete Dutra wrote: Em Seg, 2003-12-22 Ãs 12:28, Axel Burwitz escreveu: installed , for my first Debian try, Debian Sarge from the "LinuxUser" magazine's DVD. After some hurldles it worked but: did'nt configure any network card, (and following eth0 etc.) Which ker

Re: nvidia-kernel & 2.6.0

On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 07:44:49PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > Hey Folks, > > now that there are patches for the nvidia non-free drivers > (http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/nvidia-2.6-Debian/) I used this method, but had to "export KERNDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.0" to successfully compile the nvidia k

Re: question

* Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031222 07:58]: > Karsten M. Self wrote: > >on Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 12:05:30AM -0600, Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >>Bochs (http://bochs.sourceforge.net/), but last time I checked (about a > >>year ago), it wasn't anywhere near as mature as VMWare (which w

Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

> From: Scarletdown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Today 03:38:30 > > I managed to manually compile the drivers.  Now, when I go to set up >my >video card, I am faced with a large list of nVidia cards to choose >from. >Trouble is, none of them specifically say GeForce 5600 FX.  So the >question t

group- ?

So, in /etc, there are group and group-, which seem to be identical except that group- has much more restrictive permissions. What's group- for? What happens if I edit /etc/group directly and don't copy the changes over to group- right away? -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: floppy mount and msdos

At Monday, 22 December 2003, Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: >i am interested in moving a tar ball from a windows 2000 machine >to my non-networked linux machine ... kernel 2.2.20. the floppy is >listed in fstab as: > >/dev/fd0/floppy autouser,noauto00 > >at the shel

Re: Challenge to the debian community: ethernet controller doesn't work in debian but in: SuSE, Fedora, Gentoo !!

Em Seg, 2003-12-22 Ãs 12:28, Axel Burwitz escreveu: > and I cannot find or get help in Usenet and via google ?? That's why this list exists. > Come on, debian community: take that chalenge ! Cut short the crap, please. > installed , for my first Debian try, Debian Sarge from t

floppy mount and msdos

i am interested in moving a tar ball from a windows 2000 machine to my non-networked linux machine ... kernel 2.2.20. the floppy is listed in fstab as: /dev/fd0/floppy autouser,noauto00 at the shell prompt, mount displays: /dev/fd0 on /floppy type msdos (rw) looks good, rig

Re: Starting Gnome (GTK+) applications is slow (font loading)

Em Seg, 2003-12-22 Ãs 13:52, Vincent Lefevre escreveu: > For a few weeks, starting Gnome applications such as gimv had been > very slow. For instance, starting gimv (with no options) on my 400MHz > G4 PowerBook takes 25 seconds! A strace suggests that it takes all > this time by loading fonts from

Re: I can't install some programs ... ( New Debian User )

"Vahric MUHTARYAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > First debian package menagment like FreeBSD Port Collection . I want > to ask Does asp-get understand dep. I mean if some dep. Need Does it > install it itself or I have to it manuelly . If you're installing packages using dselect or an APT-based t

Re: ethernet error?

On 22 Dec 2003 at 19:39, Robert Storey wrote: > I'm beginning to suspect a hardware error. Some of you might recall > that last week I also asked about another message that was popping up > on my screen (but very infrequently): > > spurious 8529A interrupt: IRQ7 > > A couple of people wrote back

cdrdao not working with 2.6

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hallo! I'm not using scsi emulation to record using my brand new 2.6 kernel, but kde complains about cdrdao v.1.1.7 not supporting atapi devices... Is that going to change or must I reboot using kernel 2.4 to be able to record a svcd ? Thanks ;)

Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

I managed to manually compile the drivers. Now, when I go to set up my video card, I am faced with a large list of nVidia cards to choose from. Trouble is, none of them specifically say GeForce 5600 FX. So the question to anyone here who also uses this card... Which one do I select from the

Re: compiling kernel

GCS wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 07:59:20PM -0700, Lucas Albers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I sure wish debian had a secure version of the kernel; a binary version of grsecurity would add a huge amount of security. Anyone know why Debian does not have this in the main archive? At least a grsecur

Re: ugly fonts in gtk 1.2 apps

Toshiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I did what you suggested, but I'm still having the same old and ugly > fonts, did you do something else in addition to defining GDK_USE_XFT? Did you do a Xserver-restart or a complete reboot? Additionally, I edited my ~/.gtkrc, now it looks like this: (

Re: apple MSWord files

On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 04:50, Matt Price wrote: > > Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > A student has sent me a paper as an email attachment. It's an > > > MSWord document -- which should be fine, since OOo and AbiWord and > > > KWord all open MS docs -- but it comes from a Mac, I'm a

flash memory drives cannot initially mount rw -- SOLVED ODDLY

I mount using mount LABEL=LEXAR-256MB-2 /mnt for my labeled (e2label /dev/sdb1 LEXAR-256MB-2) ext3 thumbsized Lexar JumpDrive Trio which has inside the SanDisk Ultra II SD (Secure Digital) 256MB flash memory switched to unlock, attached to USB. While this mounts /dev/sdb1 as ext3 READ

Re: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 in Debian Sarge

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:42:18 +0100 Axel Burwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > at KDE start a "no /dev/dsp"-message appears and I cannot configure a > "emu10k1" driver module via modconf ("installation failed") for my SB > Audigy 2 in Debian Sarge ! > > Anyone a idea, or did it before ? I

Re: I can't install some programs ... ( New Debian User )

Incoming from Vahric MUHTARYAN: > > From: s. keeling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Incoming from Vahric MUHTARYAN: > > > > First debian package menagment like FreeBSD Port Collection . I want > > to ask Does asp-get understand dep. I mean if some dep. Need Does it > > If you're new to Debi

Re: xfree86 4.3 installing on unstable

* Nick Hastings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031219 00:35]: > Hi, > > * Lukas Ruf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [031219 16:46]: > > Dear all, > > > > is there any way to install xfree 4.3 on my Debian unstable box > > without switching to experimental? > > I think you may have a misunderstanding about the experim

Re: xfree86 4.3 installing on unstable

* Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031219 17:57]: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 08:45:31AM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote: > > is there any way to install xfree 4.3 on my Debian unstable box > > without switching to experimental? > > Experimental is not a full distro, just a slice of packages, AFAIK, so > th

Re: router + laptop: naive question

Thanks for the reply Mark Roach wrote: On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 08:55, Jerome BENOIT wrote: formely I could connect from other computers to my laptop (scp), now I cannot: is there a way to configure my stuff in such a way that the other computers think that my router is in fact my laptop ? Yes, b

Challenge to the debian community: ethernet controller doesn't work in debian but in: SuSE, Fedora, Gentoo !!

Hi, I don't believe it: my Dell onboard ethernet controller can't be configured in Debian Sarge but runs smoothly in Suse, Fedora an Gentoo-Live and Knoppix... and I cannot find or get help in Usenet and via google ?? Come on, debian community: take that chalenge ! installed , for my first Deb

Starting Gnome (GTK+) applications is slow (font loading)

For a few weeks, starting Gnome applications such as gimv had been very slow. For instance, starting gimv (with no options) on my 400MHz G4 PowerBook takes 25 seconds! A strace suggests that it takes all this time by loading fonts from /usr/share/texmf/fonts (I have this directory in /etc/fonts/loc

Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

Scarletdown wrote: > I just tried to install the GeForce video drivers downloaded from nVidia's site, in hopes that I would be able to make proper use of my video card (GeForce 5600 FX with 256MB RAM) > -> Building kernel module: > executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make nvidia.o SYSINCLUDE=/lib/m

Re: Woody with Gnome2.4 Backport or Sarge?

On (22/12/03 08:50), M. Kirchhoff wrote: > A friend of mine is interested in migrating from WinXP to Debian. I > suggested that Woody is ideal for the most secure, stable environment, > but he balked at the ugly Gnome1.x. > > My question is thus: is it better to install Woody and backports of > Gn

Re: using old isa bus ethernet cards

>> one chip number is LG82000 ... the other is S82595FX L7093628. I >> searched Debian for a previous post and even googled but have not >> found any information on which modules to load when using antiques. >> >I had one of the latter (82595FX) but it was an Intel clone: yours may be >just a str

Re: apple MSWord files

On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 09:18:12AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Dan Griswold ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031220 06:55]: > > Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > A student has sent me a paper as an email attachment. It's an > > > MSWord document -- which should be fine, since OOo and AbiWor

OT: Philosphical; Gnome 1.x ugly (was: Re: Woody with Gnome2.4 Backport or Sarge?)

Incoming from M. Kirchhoff: > > A friend of mine is interested in migrating from WinXP to Debian. I > suggested that Woody is ideal for the most secure, stable environment, > but he balked at the ugly Gnome1.x. We all generally agree with ideas like, "Beauty is only skin deep ..." and, "Don't jud

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 in Debian Sarge

Hi, at KDE start a "no /dev/dsp"-message appears and I cannot configure a "emu10k1" driver module via modconf ("installation failed") for my SB Audigy 2 in Debian Sarge ! Anyone a idea, or did it before ? rgds Axel BTW: it works in SuSE and Fedora... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: router + laptop: naive question

On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 08:55, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > formely I could connect from other computers to my laptop (scp), > now I cannot: is there a way to configure my stuff in such a way that > the other computers think that my router is in fact my laptop ? Yes, but it is completely dependent upon t

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