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On (12/05/04 21:43), Lukas Foljanty wrote: Hi. I am a total newbie to Linux, so perhaps this is all stupid, but I have a problem I cannot solve after installing the current build of Debian on my PowerMac 8600. Here it goes: I (successfully) installed the basic installation of Debian (CD distribu

forcedeth breaks X in Debian-testing 2.4.25 on MSI K7N2 Delta-L mobo

Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 21:08:06 +0200 From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could have googled for "forcedeth". The first hit would have given you all the information you need. Quoting from there: | Send any reports to linux-kernel

Re: Evolution?

John L Fjellstad wrote: Ping Wing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Btw, has anyone seen any gnome/gtk application that doesnt crash > regulary? Really, i dont wanna start flame but thats so. I've used grip and gaim for a long time without problems (usually under KDE). I started off with KDE when

Re: edit pdf's

On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 02:08:58PM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 01:01:16PM -0400, Matt Price wrote: > > On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 11:30:11AM -0400, Ralph Katz wrote: > > > > thanks for the flues folks. pdftohtml -- which I confess I *did* > > already know about, sorry,

Re: rpm and Debian

Rick wrote: Can I use rpm command to access deb DB? rpm is available in the Debian package of the same name (rpm). However, any packages you install with the rpm command will not be managed by the Debian package management system. .deb is the native package format of a Debian system. You can at

Re: 2.6.6 and /dev/modem

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim) writes: > points to /dev/ttySCHF0. The mystery is that /dev/ttySCHf0 is missing > whenever I boot under 2.6.6. Though is "reappears" under the older > kernel. > > Is this possibly a devfs/udev issue? Neither are installed currently. If you're not using devfs or udev, then

Re: Installing Debian Stable with Software RAID

Jeremy Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a general procedure to follow for installing Debian on a > software RAID volume? Is this something that's even possible right > now? Search this group on Google. Someone posted a link to documentation to get RAID up and running on a Debian a co

Re: Evolution?

Ping Wing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Btw, has anyone seen any gnome/gtk application that > doesnt crash regulary? > Really, i dont wanna start flame but thats so. I've used grip and gaim for a long time without problems (usually under KDE). -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.org/

fat32 access for user

apparently umask=000, or 002, or 004, or 007, or 022, it does not give write access for the user. what is it going on? ia m confused. Msg sent via Spymac Mail - http://www.spymac.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: fat32 write access for user

> "Adam" == Adam Aube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> Jacob Bresciani wrote: >> or umask=000 for 777 permissions on all files/folders Adam> World-writable directories are generally discouraged unless you Adam> really know what you're doing - that's why I suggested 004 Ad

Re: fat32 write access for user

Jacob Bresciani wrote: > or umask=000 for 777 permissions on all files/folders World-writable directories are generally discouraged unless you really know what you're doing - that's why I suggested 004 instead. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: IMAP tunnel thru http proxy - possible?

Deboo wrote: >I just have http access from office (thru a proxy gateway), and >no outside POP/IMAP/SMTP access. Is it possible to somehow tunnel >all the IMAP(S)/POP(S) requests thru the proxy? The proxy allows >http/https and ftp only. Translation: "Please tell me how to violate

Re: disks are hot hot hot

On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 18:29, Alvin Oga wrote: > On Wed, 12 May 2004, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 23:35, David Cunningham wrote: > > > Sounds good. What brand and model of heatsink do you use? > > http://directron.com/hdcoolers.html > > if there is not say 1" of air cleara

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Re: fat32 write access for user

or umask=000 for 777 permissions on all files/folders --- Jacob Bresciani Systems Analyst Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Alberta Bus: (780) 492-7368 Fax: (780) 492-1811 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12-May-04, at 7:52 PM, Adam Aube wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i adde

Re: Label printers with linux drivers?

On Thu, 13 May 2004, Matthew Joyce wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm looking for a label printer which I can print from linux to, any > ideas ? > Do I need to find one with linux drivers, or just a compatible printer > which supports a popular language like pcl ? > > Idealy I'd like a network printer, or I'd

Alsa stops working after a while

I have discovered that alsa stops working after a while, so mp3blaster, etc. Something must start malfunctioning after a while, but i can't determine what it is. If I reboot, all works again. This is getting ugly, to much like w. I have alsa compiled in the kernel, not as module. For audigy sound b

Re: Newbie question..

On Wednesday 12 May 2004 09:24 pm, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > I just installed debian from Knoppix-3.4 CD. Seems to work. > > I want to add tetex packages to the system. I read the man pages > but picture is not clear. > > Would any some kind soul list the steps needed (in order) to get the > tetex and

Re: fat32 write access for user

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i added a partition which is fat32. apparently the user has only read > access to this partition. only root can write. how can i make user have > write access as well? here is the line from the /etc/fstab: > /dev/hdb5 /mnt/hdb5 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=1000,gid=1000,

Re: apt-file usage

On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 09:55:38AM -0700, Carlos Hanson wrote: > Did you do an update first? > > # apt-file update err no. sorry for bothering the list. thanks for the tip! m > > > On Wed, 12 May 2004 12:25:58 -0400 > Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm tryin

Re: Debian dedicated hosts?

Steve Lamb wrote: > Also I recall there being a site which listed all the various dedicated > hosting options. However, for the life of me, I'm coming up blank on my > Google searches. Perhaps this is what you're looking for: http://www.vix.com/personalcolo/ Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

dfsg compliant X

I noticed that X-window-system is now dfsg.1-1. I guess this means all the firmware with no source has been removed. I am not sure what effect removing the firmware actually will have. I have a fairly new laptop using the Radeon chip & some dual Matrox 450 cards using the MGA driver. Does this

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fat32 write access for user

i added a partition which is fat32. apparently the user has only read access to this partition. only root can write. how can i make user have write access as well? here is the line from the /etc/fstab: /dev/hdb5 /mnt/hdb5 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=002,gid=1000,uid=1000 please i need some help qu

fat32 write access for user

i added a partition which is fat32. apparently the user has only read access to this partition. only root can write. how can i make user have write access as well? here is the line from the /etc/fstab: /dev/hdb5 /mnt/hdb5 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=1000,gid=1000,uid=1000 please i need some help q

Re: suddenly only root can login -- ANSWER

Richard Weil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Wed, 12 May 2004 12:51:32 -0700 (PDT): > I found the solution in a posting to lkml from 1998. > Somehow the permissions on the / directory had changed > to: rwxr-x--- > > They need to be: rwxr-xr-x > > Any ideas on what would cause the permissions on the /

Newbie question..

I just installed debian from Knoppix-3.4 CD. Seems to work. I want to add tetex packages to the system. I read the man pages but picture is not clear. Would any some kind soul list the steps needed (in order) to get the tetex and related packages (from stable packages on www.debian.org or some ot

Re: How to set up wi-fi device?

> Can anybody point me in the right direction? Are there any packages I > need to install? Do I need to add anything to any config files or > something? Can anyone share how they set up their card? Hey Jon, Here is my interface file. Most of the lines are commented just as notes to myself. # /

Label printers with linux drivers?

Title: Label printers with linux drivers? Hi, I'm looking for a label printer which I can print from linux to, any ideas ? Do I need to find one with linux drivers, or just a compatible printer which supports a popular language like pcl ? Idealy I'd like a network printer, or I'd like t

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Re: mutt in xterm fun

On (13/05/04 01:24), Antony Gelberg wrote: > Hi all, > > I think there is a bug in mutt 1.5.6 (and shortly before, but I upgraded > to try and correct it). > > Simply, when I resize my rxvt, mutt goes to a 20-ish line display - the > rest of the window is blank. Also happens with xterm, so it's

Re: mutt in xterm fun

On (13/05/04 01:24), Antony Gelberg wrote: > Hi all, > > I think there is a bug in mutt 1.5.6 (and shortly before, but I upgraded > to try and correct it). > > Simply, when I resize my rxvt, mutt goes to a 20-ish line display - the > rest of the window is blank. Also happens with xterm, so it's

Re: How to set up wi-fi device?

hi ya jonathan On Wed, 12 May 2004, Jonathan Melhuish wrote: > I seem to have successfully installed my BT Voyager 1010 USB Wifi > adapter. The driver loads upon plugging it in, the "activity" light > switches on, and all is rosy. But I'm slightly at a loss as to how to > proceed. The REA

Re: DVD-rip

At 2004-05-12T20:53:09Z, Jonathan Melhuish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I keep bloody doing that! >:-( Why can't the debian-user "Reply To:" > address be set to the list address, like every other list I'm subscribed > to? Google for "Reply-to considered harmful" for the most commonly given answ

Re: kernel 2.6.6 - why shutting down my hard drives while rebooting?

Thomas Adam wrote: --- LeVA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello! well. I think this is something with a misconfigured kernel, because this isn't happening with my 2.4.26, and 2.6.5 kernels. I think I just compiled-in something "wrong" into my kernel. Sounds like you're using APIC. If you want

mutt in xterm fun

Hi all, I think there is a bug in mutt 1.5.6 (and shortly before, but I upgraded to try and correct it). Simply, when I resize my rxvt, mutt goes to a 20-ish line display - the rest of the window is blank. Also happens with xterm, so it's not an rxvt bug. Before I report the bug, Is anyone else

Re: suggested/recommended packages

Rick Pasotto wrote: Packages often suggest or recommend other packages. Is there a program that will check what I currently have installed for any suggested or recommended packages that I do *not* have installed? When a program is initially installed I may have no need for one or more of the sugges

How to set up wi-fi device?

I seem to have successfully installed my BT Voyager 1010 USB Wifi adapter. The driver loads upon plugging it in, the "activity" light switches on, and all is rosy. But I'm slightly at a loss as to how to proceed. The README that comes with the driver slightly tersely suggests typing somethin

Re: disks are hot hot hot

On Wed, 12 May 2004, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 23:35, David Cunningham wrote: > > Sounds good. What brand and model of heatsink do you use? http://directron.com/hdcoolers.html if there is not say 1" of air clearance above the fans, the fans are just noise makers have fun

suggested/recommended packages

Packages often suggest or recommend other packages. Is there a program that will check what I currently have installed for any suggested or recommended packages that I do *not* have installed? When a program is initially installed I may have no need for one or more of the suggestions but then not

Re: DVD-rip

Nicholas Lativy wrote: Oh and sorry for mailing you directly, I hit "r" instead of "L" by mistake first time. I keep bloody doing that! >:-( Why can't the debian-user "Reply To:" address be set to the list address, like every other list I'm subscribed to? Cheers, Jon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: disks are hot hot hot

On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 23:35, David Cunningham wrote: > Sounds good. What brand and model of heatsink do you use? Umm, to be honest, I'm not sure. :) They're copper, the size of a HD, and have 2 fans on them. I can go by the shop where I got them tomorrow and see if they still have the same ones.

Re: change LILO form command line to menu

hi ya bill On Wed, 12 May 2004, Bill Kalebaugh wrote: > I have used LILO for about 10 years on a number of different vendors > linux systems and > I have never ran in to this before. if it did it before ... it should still work with the new kernel - make sure you still have the lilo.conf file

Re: Does nice-ness exist for bandwidth? [sic]

> Can I nice various network jobs [eg, web-browsing, apt-get update, > mail-get] > like I would a CPU process. > > Here's the deal. > > Using nice on my linux box is great. > eg. > nice make-kpkg --revision=x kernel_image > > While compiling my kernel I still get priority to other > things that I'm

Re: change LILO form command line to menu

Bill Kalebaugh wrote: I have used LILO for about 10 years on a number of different vendors linux systems and I have never ran in to this before. When Woody boots up it is like a command line and you get no menu to pick different kernels from. This was fine until I compiled a new kernel, lilo it

Re: change LILO form command line to menu

this is mine lba32 boot=/dev/hda #set to / partition root=/dev/hda5 # Default menu for Debian. (Using the images from debian-bootscreen) # from Philipp Wolfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. bitmap=/usr/share/lilo/contrib/sid.bmp bmp-colors=1,,0,2,,0 bmp-table=120p,173p,1,15,17 bmp-timer=254p,432p,1,0,0 inst

Problem with 2.6 initrd kernel

I compiled kernel-2.6.5 from the source on backports.org using kernel-package and with the --initrd flag It compiles fine, but when I go to install the .deb package, I get the following error. Anyone know what I'm missing? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src$ sudo dpkg -i ./kernel-image-2.6.5-686-smp-mpt-

change LILO form command line to menu

I have used LILO for about 10 years on a number of different vendors linux systems and I have never ran in to this before. When Woody boots up it is like a command line and you get no menu to pick different kernels from. This was fine until I compiled a new kernel, lilo it, but I have no way to

Re: choise of HDD

hi ya pim On Wed, 12 May 2004, Pim Bliek wrote: > Hiya all, > > I am in the market for a new HDD for my Debian (Sarge) Desktop. I have > an NForce2 ASUS A7N8X Deluxe 2.0 motherboard with 2 PATA connectors and > 2 SATA ones. I guess I prefer SATA because.. well, it's the future :). around this

choise of HDD

Hiya all, I am in the market for a new HDD for my Debian (Sarge) Desktop. I have an NForce2 ASUS A7N8X Deluxe 2.0 motherboard with 2 PATA connectors and 2 SATA ones. I guess I prefer SATA because.. well, it's the future :). Any suggestions? I am looking for something fast, in the range of 80-160

Re: kernel 2.6.6 - why shutting down my hard drives while rebooting?

--- LeVA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > well. I think this is something with a misconfigured kernel, because > this isn't happening with my 2.4.26, and 2.6.5 kernels. I think I just > compiled-in something "wrong" into my kernel. Sounds like you're using APIC. If you want to inhibit th

kernel 2.6.6 - why shutting down my hard drives while rebooting?

Hello! I've just compiled my brand new 2.6.6 kernel, and I noticed that when I type `shutdown -r now` or just press ctrl+alt+del, so when I reboot the system, at the end of the shutting down, something turns my hard drives off (like with AT power supplies + halt). And during the reboot, when t

Revert gnome user prefs to default?

When I start gnome as a certain user, I get a ton of dialogs complaining that my settings are missing/corrupt, e.g., "an error occured while loading or saving configuration information for gnome-settings-daemon..." ultimately the desktop is covered with windows, when I dismiss them all what's left

Re: No display signal after installing Debian on PowerMac 8600

On (12/05/04 21:43), Lukas Foljanty wrote: > Hi. > > I am a total newbie to Linux, so perhaps this is all stupid, but I have > a problem I cannot solve after installing the current build of Debian > on my PowerMac 8600. > > Here it goes: > I (successfully) installed the basic installation of De

Re: suddenly only root can login -- ANSWER

I found the solution in a posting to lkml from 1998. Somehow the permissions on the / directory had changed to: rwxr-x--- They need to be: rwxr-xr-x Any ideas on what would cause the permissions on the / directory to spontaneously change? The system is behind a firewall w/few services exposed t

No display signal after installing Debian on PowerMac 8600

Hi. I am a total newbie to Linux, so perhaps this is all stupid, but I have a problem I cannot solve after installing the current build of Debian on my PowerMac 8600. Here it goes: I (successfully) installed the basic installation of Debian (CD distribution 1) for PowerMacs/PPC. I partitioned

Re: suddenly only root can login

I checked the files in /etc/pam.d and nothing looks out of the ordinary. Is there anything in particular to look for? I thought it was a pam problem too, and I saw there was bug filed against the pam in testing, so I installed as part of this problem solving process the following three files from

Re: suddenly only root can login

This is everything from /etc/shells: # /etc/shells: valid login shells /bin/ash /bin/bash /bin/csh /bin/sh /usr/bin/es /usr/bin/ksh /bin/ksh /usr/bin/rc /usr/bin/tcsh /bin/tcsh /usr/bin/zsh /bin/sash /bin/zsh /usr/bin/esh /bin/dash /usr/bin/screen --- Jacob Bresciani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: suddenly only root can login

--- Richard Weil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running sarge on a fairly reliable machine. Today, > for some reason, no one but root can log on to the > machine. All of the users are still on the system. > Once logged into the system as root, it is impossible > to su to one of the users. Also

Re: suddenly only root can login

what's listed in /etc/shells --- Jacob Bresciani Systems Analyst Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Alberta Bus: (780) 492-7368 Fax: (780) 492-1811 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12-May-04, at 12:59 PM, Richard Weil wrote: I'm running sarge on a fairly reliable machine. Today

suddenly only root can login

I'm running sarge on a fairly reliable machine. Today, for some reason, no one but root can log on to the machine. All of the users are still on the system. Once logged into the system as root, it is impossible to su to one of the users. Also, none of the users who access the system via samba can l

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IMAP tunnel thru http proxy - possible?

I just have http access from office (thru a proxy gateway), and no outside POP/IMAP/SMTP access. Is it possible to somehow tunnel all the IMAP(S)/POP(S) requests thru the proxy? The proxy allows http/https and ftp only. Do point me where I can get more info about this or how to do th

Re: mozilla-firefox & extensions

On Wednesday, 12 May 2004 00:40, Matt Price wrote: > On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 11:17:31AM +0800, Alexander Nordström wrote: > > On Friday, 7 May 2004 03:16, Matt Price wrote: > > > anyonee lse having trouble installing extensions with mozilla-firefox > > > 0.8-8 on Sid? I keep trying to install moze

date locale problem

Hi all I am using locale zh_HK, the date is displaying in Chinese. (四 5月 13 02:26:03 HKT 2004) I want to display the 'date' in C (Thu May 13 02:28:59 HKT 2004) but dont change the locale zh_HK to locale C or other, so any file is handle the date/time locale eg. "xxx.mo" so I can replace the file f

kernel-2.6.5 don't detect my cdrom

Hello, I've installed sarge:linux26 (kernel-2.6.3) and everything was OK. But then, since my machine got two processors, I run: apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.5-1-686-smp and now my cdrom is not detected. Here is a block of messages of 2.6.3 booting: ---

konqueror startup errors

Whenever I start konqueror I am getting the following errors. Similar errors are coming when any kde application is started from command line. I am running Debian testing (sarge). Any work arounds? I googled around a bit. I saw that couple of others also had the same problem but I could not fin

Re: identd

Incoming from Mark Copper: > > I am confused about what the ident daemon does. > > "Rute User's tutorial" identifies it as a possible security hole. Is it? Yes. If you don't know what it is and you still want it, look for "fauxident"; . It'll supp

Re: 2.6.5 -- I broke the internet

On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 11:43:31PM +0200, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Since eth0 is active after adding a fixed ip, but not when an ip is > requested via dhcp, dhcp might be the issue? > Is the dhcpd daemon running? Is /etc/default/dhcp configured > correctly? I had to upgrade to dhcp3-client from

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bold and normal fonts appear reversed in openoffice

I was trying OpenOffice on my Sid box running 2.4.26-1-686 kernel, and noticed that some fonts (Times and Palladino for example) appear reversed. This happens when apply a style to a body of text. Suppose I make it Text Body, and then modify the style so that Text Body is normal Times font. If

identd

Dear Users, I am confused about what the ident daemon does. "Rute User's tutorial" identifies it as a possible security hole. Is it? A few days ago messages like "identd: started" started showing in my syslog, and seeing there had been some kind of expoit, I updated the package. Following th

bug in sarge installer

Hi, I seem to have found a bug in the sarge-intaller, but I don't know which package it belongs to and so I can't check if it has already been reported. Can someone help me? The error happens directly after the start of the installation. The message is two lines long and reads: "01:00:,rw=0,want

Re: Restoring /etc/inittab

On Wednesday 12 May 2004 17:40, Pierg75 wrote: > Monique Y. Mudama wrote: >> Um, no, you haven't. If rm is aliased to 'rm -i' in root's >> environment, >> it should have prompted. Unless he neglected to mention that he >> actually did 'rm -rf' ... > > Somewhere i read that an alias should never

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Re: Which package to pipe to gz automatically?

On Tuesday 11 May 2004 06:50 pm, Alan Shutko wrote: > Yep, that's it. Just put > > eval `lesspipe` > > in your .bashrc. Ah. Thanks to you and the other. That's the missing piece. I started with an all new /etc/bash* this go round, and lost a lot of legacy stuff I had forgotten I ever config

Re: Make local KDM connect to remote KDM automatically?

On Tuesday 11 May 2004 07:27 am, Dennis Stosberg wrote: > You don't need to have kdm or xdm installed on your terminal at all. > Just start your local X-server from /etc/inittab like this (untested): > > 8:345:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 vt8 -query [server] > > Also have a look at "man 5 inittab".

Re: Restoring /etc/inittab

On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 06:32:54PM +0200, Pierg75 wrote: > Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > >Um, no, you haven't. If rm is aliased to 'rm -i' in root's environment, > >it should have prompted. Unless he neglected to mention that he > >actually did 'rm -rf' ... > > Somewhere i read that an alias should

Re: Debian dedicated hosts?

On (12/05/04 10:02), Steve Lamb wrote: > Ok, I'm looking to switch my dedicated host away from tophosting.com. > I've been less than impressed with their service, even for $30/month. I mean > this is typical for them. I send in 2 sticks of RAM to be put into my > machine. I did this because

Debian dedicated hosts?

Ok, I'm looking to switch my dedicated host away from tophosting.com. I've been less than impressed with their service, even for $30/month. I mean this is typical for them. I send in 2 sticks of RAM to be put into my machine. I did this because their prices for additional RAM were insane. Th

Re: apt-file usage

Did you do an update first? # apt-file update On Wed, 12 May 2004 12:25:58 -0400 Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to understand how to use apt-file. I've just installed it > on unstable (2.0.3-6) and am using what I believe is the default > /etc/apt/apt-file.conf (

Connection Refused When Trying to Setup Wierless Router

A Ligthning strike killed my Linksys wireless router. I have replaced it and wavemon shows good signal strength at my computer but no link. Presumably the problem is just in the setup but I cannot access the setup. This computer (my daughter's) is connected to the router by an ethernet card a

apt-file usage

Hi, I'm trying to understand how to use apt-file. I've just installed it on unstable (2.0.3-6) and am using what I believe is the default /etc/apt/apt-file.conf (follows below). when I try: apt-file list mozilla-firefox or apt-file search firefox I get nothing. Am I doing something wrong? Or

Re: aptitude farted?

On Tuesday 11 May 2004 09:41 pm, dircha wrote: > Execute the following to list packages considered to to automatically > installed: > $ aptitude search ~M Ah. Good. > This can happen in cases where you've installed several applications as > part of a "meta" package - a package which exists just

Re: Restoring /etc/inittab

Monique Y. Mudama wrote: Um, no, you haven't. If rm is aliased to 'rm -i' in root's environment, it should have prompted. Unless he neglected to mention that he actually did 'rm -rf' ... Somewhere i read that an alias should never be an alias of itself, something like alias rm='rm -i' Pier -- To

Re: aptitude farted?

On Tuesday 11 May 2004 06:57 pm, Simon Huggins wrote: > The above packages are probably marked as automatically installed for > some reason. Did you bulk tag a pile of packages as automatically > installed when you started using aptitude? No. I've never used the interface for anything (nor do I

kernel 2.6.6 - why shutting down my hard drives while rebooting?

Hello! I've just compiled my brand new 2.6.6 kernel, and I noticed that when I type `shutdown -r now` or just press ctrl+alt+del, so when I reboot the system, at the end of the shutting down, something turns my hard drives off (like with AT power supplies + halt). And during the reboot, when t

Keysigning in Omaha?

I'm going to be in Omaha, NE, USA on May 14 and 15 (Friday and Saturday). Anyone want to get together to trade PGP/GPG signatures? -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Re: Can rpm packages from other linux distribution be used on Debian?

>> Our product is base on redhat,I will porting it to Debian,but in this >> system,many procedure depend redhat rpms,for example: >> glibc-2.3.2-11.9.i386.rpm, perl-5.8.0-88.i386.rpm,etc.. >> At the start,I wanted to try install these rpm packages(from redhat) > Once you have done that, t

Re: ext2 to reiserfs conversion

Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > from what I know, you can not. > That is to say, that you can not do it without backing up or > transferring you data. Actually, you might be able to. Look at http://tzukanov.narod.ru/convertfs/index.html I haven't tried it, but it claims to work. --

Re: Does nice-ness exist for bandwidth? [sic]

On Wed, 12 May 2004 02:52:33 +1000 Lex Hider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now if I'm web-browsing and reading a page already loaded > all the bandwidth goes to wget/apt-get. > But when I am loading a web-site or checking my mail then > the priority for the bandwidth goes to the browser like > in t

Problemas coln GDM

Al intentar instalarme una versión mejorada de GDM recibo el siguiente mensaje cada vez que se inicia Gnome: Ha ocurrido un un error al iniciar el demonio del Administrador de Preferencias de GNOME. Algunas cosas como las configuraciones de temas, sonidos o fondo de pantalla puede que no funci

Re: Re: Can rpm packages from other linux distribution be used on Debian?

Thank you for your help,I should check the alien manual in detail first.

Re: Wierd kernel panic message

Maybe the guys at [EMAIL PROTECTED] could help you. Best wishes, Daniel -- LeVA pgp0.pgp Description: signature

Wierd kernel panic message

hi ppl, I got this strange message on console today when i came to work, the machine is running sarge fresh upgrade from woody, the kernel is 2.4.21, but i'm about to upgrade it The message in the console was this: <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer derefernce at virtual address 0008 p

kernel 2.6.6 - why shutting down my hard drives while rebooting?

Hello! I've just compiled my brand new 2.6.6 kernel, and I noticed that when I type `shutdown -r now` or just press ctrl+alt+del, so when I reboot the system, at the end of the shutting down, something turns my hard drives off (like with AT power supplies + halt). And during the reboot, when t

Re: Installation problem: can't mount CD drive

Catatonic Porpoise wrote: I'm trying to install Debian GNU/Linux 3.0rev2 i386 by CD, using a copy of binary CD 1 I burned myself, on a new machine. The CD boots and the installer runs fine, it gets to the part where it installs the kernel and driver modules, and then it asks me what to install fro

Re: problems with cdroms and sarge

Try to check dmesg for cdrom devices... maybe you have idescsi emulation? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Getting back with dselect

On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 01:19:52PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (12/05/04 14:23), Vittorio wrote: > > I've erroneously asked dselect to install many packages which entail > > the download of an incredible amount of other dependent packages > > (something like 600 MB of stuff), as I can see aski

Re: Getting back with dselect

On (12/05/04 14:23), Vittorio wrote: > I've erroneously asked dselect to install many packages which entail the > download of an incredible amount of other dependent packages (something like > 600 MB of stuff), as I can see asking to install. > > Now I don't want all this to happen but don't kn

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