Help!!!! If I'm to get debian up, I need help solving this...

2004-09-02 Thread Chris Stockwell
dear debian users, OK, here's the problem: I for the life of me can't connect to the online apt sources. dhcp IS finding the cards...and I CAN ping the net. I really WANT to use debianbut things are beginning to look doubtful. I've configured apt sources in all the ways I can think, ftp

Re: Copying Text from a command prompt...No GUI Involved, and then X-windows issue

2004-09-02 Thread Travis Crump
csj wrote: On 2. September 2004 at 1:19PM +, "Will Ness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have an X-Windows configuration issue, and it was suggested on IRC that I post the error log onto the mailing list for others to look at, and perhaps to solve my problem. The question is how do I do this on a

Re: colours stoped working in vi

2004-09-02 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Paul Boyle wrote: I just upgraded my computer from testing for the first time in about a week and vim stoped working properly. It no longer displays syntax highlighting eventhough I have changed nothing. This problem exists in both v

Tasksel not supporting Desktop selection

2004-09-02 Thread Pradeeper
Hi All I install a Sarge box using 1st CD. After that I edit my /etc/apt/source.list to reflect my closest Debian mirror and did apt-get update and upgrade without any problem. I wanted a Debian desktop and I ran tasksel and found out there's no selection for "Debian Desktop" which was there last

Re: Gnuplot 4 on Woody : no Xterm

2004-09-02 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 03:35:56PM +0200, Florian Ernst wrote: > BTW, Alberto didn't say he is using Woody, one could only guess from > his version of KMail... This hopefully isn't becoming slashcrap, where no one ever reads the OP... or didn't the subject of the mail tell you anything? -- Marc

Konsole font

2004-09-02 Thread msck9
Hello everyone I installed debian sarge. But I have problem with the konsole font. It is really ugly now. I searched the web to find the method to add font, but I could not get it. From the setting, I can only see several fonts available. None of them work well. Any suggestions about that? T

Re: Unmount Question

2004-09-02 Thread Abdullah Ramazanoglu
begin Mike Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dedi ki: > IIRC umount -l will perform a lazy unmount, thus ignoring the > fact that the drivce is being used by something But the lock on device will still persist. It might be better to check which processes are responsible for the lock via "fuser -amv" a

Dock Appts

2004-09-02 Thread John Lowell
I'm new to Debian and learning the system. I have a minimal "testing" set-up here which I got using the business card iso with base packages, fluxbox, links (which I use in graphical mode for downloads) firefox and thunderbird installed. I'd like to use dock appts instead of the gkrellm system

Re: hotplug PS2 keyboard

2004-09-02 Thread Silvan
On Thursday 02 September 2004 09:39 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote: > There may be confusion here -- is PS2 the hardwarey thing IBM came up > with a few years ago for making PC's, distinguishing ti from PS1? > Or is PS2 the well-known appreviation for the Sony PlayStation 2? > > Both these systems can hav

Re: Copying Text from a command prompt...No GUI Involved, and then X-windows issue

2004-09-02 Thread csj
On 2. September 2004 at 1:19PM +, "Will Ness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an X-Windows configuration issue, and it was suggested > on IRC that I post the error log onto the mailing list for > others to look at, and perhaps to solve my problem. The > question is how do I do this on a st

Re: Unmount Question

2004-09-02 Thread Silvan
On Thursday 02 September 2004 09:32 pm, Steven Feinstein wrote: > I have an NTFS drive that I mount as ReadOnly. I have found that when I > use Konqueor to browse the drive and then exit Konqueor, I am not allowed > to unmount the drive. I get the error "device is busy". > > I close all apps, but

Re: question about growisofs

2004-09-02 Thread csj
On 31. August 2004 at 9:38PM -0600, Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I remember being able to overwrite the contents of a dvd+rw > by using the -Z option. That was from 6 or 8 months ago, > and using woody rather than sarge. And, I distinctly remember > that such a use of -Z was explain

Re: Unmount Question

2004-09-02 Thread Mike Arnold
IIRC umount -l will perform a lazy unmount, thus ignoring the fact that the drivce is being used by something On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 21:32:12 -0400, Steven Feinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an NTFS drive that I mount as ReadOnly. I have found that when I use > Konqueor to browse the dri

Just a heads up for those who had gpg-agent fail to start

2004-09-02 Thread Brad Sims
KDM fails to source /etc/X11/Xsession, see bug 265865. The fix is to 'vi .xprofile' which contains just one line... "source /etc/X11/Xsession". -- Are you sure that Kraft's Pasteurized Process Cheese Food actually spoils? I'm not convinced that any self-respecting microbe would be seen near it.

Re: hotplug PS2 keyboard

2004-09-02 Thread Li Daobing
It's PS/2. I am sorry that it make you confusing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Unmount Question

2004-09-02 Thread Steven Feinstein
I have an NTFS drive that I mount as ReadOnly. I have found that when I use Konqueor to browse the drive and then exit Konqueor, I am not allowed to unmount the drive. I get the error "device is busy". I close all apps, but I can't find a way to be allowed to unmount the drive. This seems to on

Re: Configuring Courier

2004-09-02 Thread Carlos Sousa
Please reply only to the list, as I'm subscribed and you'll probably get much better help than mine for your problem. I am *certainly* not an expert on this, I'm just trying to share my experience. On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 11:38:13 +0100 Upayavira wrote: > Carlos Sousa wrote: > > >On Wed, 01 Sep 2004

Re: hotplug PS2 keyboard

2004-09-02 Thread Paul Fraser
Hendrik Boom wrote: On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 02:39:36PM +0800, Li Daobing wrote: Hello, I have a linux server, the system is Debian sarge, kernel version is 2.6.7. I want to know how to make the PS2 keyboard hotplug. There may be confusion here -- is PS2 the hardwarey thing IBM came up with a few y

Re: hotplug PS2 keyboard

2004-09-02 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 02:39:36PM +0800, Li Daobing wrote: > Hello, > I have a linux server, the system is Debian sarge, kernel version is > 2.6.7. > I want to know how to make the PS2 keyboard hotplug. There may be confusion here -- is PS2 the hardwarey thing IBM came up with a few years ago for

Re: hotplug PS2 keyboard

2004-09-02 Thread Paul Fraser
Li Daobing wrote: I have a KVM swicth(keyboard, Visual, Mouse Switch), can it provide a dummy keyboard and a dummy mouse? Most do this already, yes. -- Cheers, Paul Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT

Re: Key Mapping: .Xdefaults -- translataions

2004-09-02 Thread Thomas Dickey
Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a trick to unbind those mappings when vim starts and also > restore them when vim exits back to mutt? Probably not. Why not just change the translations to send up/down arrow controls? -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invi

Re: Console-Based Appd Recommendations

2004-09-02 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 05:18:32PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > On Thursday 02 September 2004 15:15, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 02:45:24PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > > > > Emacs 21 has an enriched-mode that will load/save rtf. Dunno if it > > will fit in 540MB, though. > > It

Re: need iptables port forwarding help!

2004-09-02 Thread Mike Fedyk
Tom Vier wrote: i've tried several times, using multiple different rules i've found from different sites, and i still can't get port forwarding working. does anyone have working rules they could send me? i'm trying to forward packets from my isp to port to an internal ip (i use nat) and port 2

Re: Making KDE my default GUI....

2004-09-02 Thread Thomas Adam
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 07:40:07PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Will Ness wrote: > All you need is the appropriate line for your desired wm/environment. But KDM and GDM (yet another reason why the developers should be shot on sight) do not honour ~/.xsession. XDM does, as does startx. -- Thomas Ad

Re: upgrading g++-3.3 gcc-3.3 libstdc++5-3.3-dev

2004-09-02 Thread Nate Duehr
It's been reported as a bug. The workaround is to force the installation of the packages if you need them and there's no other errors reported. dpkg -i --force-all On Aug 28, 2004, at 10:20 AM, Anthony Costa wrote: i'm getting overwrite problems when trying to apt-get upgrade the following pack

Re: Making KDE my default GUI....

2004-09-02 Thread Kent West
Will Ness wrote: Ok, I honestly tried to google and find the answer, but I have gotten is comparison reviews between Gnome and KDE. Can someone please tell me where the file resides that I need to edit? I have been scoping out /etc/X11 and usr/X11R6/bin and still am stumped.. Please help! TIA!!

Re: hotplug PS2 keyboard

2004-09-02 Thread Li Daobing
I have a KVM swicth(keyboard, Visual, Mouse Switch), can it provide a dummy keyboard and a dummy mouse? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Console-Based Appd Recommendations

2004-09-02 Thread Scarletdown
On Thursday 02 September 2004 15:15, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 02:45:24PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > > Emacs 21 has an enriched-mode that will load/save rtf. Dunno if it > will fit in 540MB, though. It might be able to load rtf, but that doesn't make the rtf file Human reada

Re: First general purpose unmoderated newsgroup for Debian

2004-09-02 Thread Alan Chandler
On Wednesday 01 September 2004 19:58, Abdullah Ramazanoglu wrote: > It's my first post here, and I'm having hard time trying to underderstand > why linux.debian.* is being run as mailing list in the first place. I have > no problems with moderation and revealing my mail address (it's my spam > col

Re: Console-Based Apps Recommendations

2004-09-02 Thread Scarletdown
On Thursday 02 September 2004 15:20, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > > First, there is the CD player. I tried out cdcd, and it seems like > > it will be suitable for my needs. However, I need some sort of > > front end for it, sorta like a XMMS, but in console mode, and works > > with gpm. > > tcd It l

Re: GTK App Fonts

2004-09-02 Thread Steven Feinstein
Peter O wrote: > On Wednesday 01 September 2004 19:20, Steven Feinstein wrote: >> The apps I use based on either GTK or Gnome start up with very small >> fonts. >> The apps I'm using are FireFox, The Gimp and gVIM. I read in another >> message that running gnome-settings-daemon solves the problem

Re: OT Re: First general purpose unmoderated newsgroup for Debian

2004-09-02 Thread Abdullah Ramazanoglu
begin Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dedi ki: > Abdullah Ramazanoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: --8<-- I take it you're using POP3 to read your email. IMAP works basically the same way as NNTP, so there's no clear win either way. >> >> Is it possible to work offline with IMAP? I.e

Making KDE my default GUI....

2004-09-02 Thread Will Ness
Ok, I honestly tried to google and find the answer, but I have gotten is comparison reviews between Gnome and KDE. Can someone please tell me where the file resides that I need to edit? I have been scoping out /etc/X11 and usr/X11R6/bin and still am stumped.. Please help! TIA!! - Will _

Re: HTML editor. What to use?

2004-09-02 Thread Sergio Basurto
I love vim too, so whatever you decide to use it is ok, I think vim is a very powerful tool, and I love that editor, what I know is that which ever of both are a good option to edit ;). Regards. On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:55:30 -0400, Silvan wrote: > > On Tuesday 31 August 2004 01:04 pm, Joris Hui

Re: aptitude refuses to install gcc and a few other things

2004-09-02 Thread Nate Duehr
My system was complaining that one of the README files was provided by multiple gcc packages. Looks like a packaging error. A dpkg -i --force-all on the gcc packages worked to get them all installed after I carefully checked that this was the only thing apt was complaining about. Same README

Re: apt issues with gcc?

2004-09-02 Thread Nate Duehr
I also experienced this. My system is complaining about files that are provided by multiple gcc packages. A dpkg -i --force-all of the packages gets them installed okay. Nate On Aug 28, 2004, at 5:50 PM, Peter wrote: Hi, Am i the only person experiencing issues with apt? I get some errors and

kdvi

2004-09-02 Thread Hans Gubitz
Why is kdvi only in unstable? Hans -- Hans Gubitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X-Windows startup issue!

2004-09-02 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 11:18:58PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:31:29PM +, Will Ness wrote: > > Sweet it worked!!! You are my hero!!! I have been trying to get this to > > work, like FOREVER!! One more quick question: Where in the x-windows setup > > do you tell it t

Re: cd-rom device loading error

2004-09-02 Thread Josef Oswald
Danilo Horta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I can't mount my cd-rom device, so i tried "dmesg | grep hdc" (my cd-rom > dispositive) and i got this following msg: > >ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfc08-0xfc0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio > hdc: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCGCC-4320B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > hdc:

Icon colour not quite right after reinstall of kde

2004-09-02 Thread debain-user
Hi there I managed to break my copy of KDE when upgrading to kde 3.3. As such I unistalled kde and reinstalled back to 3.2. All is fine except I have now have an irritating feature. When I click on an icon on the desktop a horrible red line replaces the black in the icon. Its get more obvious w

Icon colour not quite right after reinstall of kde

2004-09-02 Thread debain-user
Hi there I managed to break my copy of KDE when upgrading to kde 3.3. As such I unistalled kde and reinstalled back to 3.2. All is fine except I have now have an irritating feature. When I click on an icon on the desktop a horrible red line replaces the black in the icon. Its get more obvious w

Re: Jigdo Sarge templates outdated?

2004-09-02 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello! On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 02:07:22PM -0500, hugo vanwoerkom wrote: > Now the templates et al. are dated almost a month back. Does that mean > that Sarge cdimage work has been suspended? > Did I miss an announcement? A note from : | Note (Aug 30, 2004): Th

Re: X-Windows startup issue!

2004-09-02 Thread Thomas Adam
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:31:29PM +, Will Ness wrote: > Sweet it worked!!! You are my hero!!! I have been trying to get this to > work, like FOREVER!! One more quick question: Where in the x-windows setup > do you tell it to start kde instead of gnome? update-alternatives --config x-window-

Re: Console-Based Appd Recommendations

2004-09-02 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 02:45:24PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > I'm in the process of tinkering around with my old TI Extensa 450 Laptop > and getting Damn Dmall Linux installed on her, since she only has 12MB > RAM and a 540MB hard drive. > > Due to memory limitations (until I can get a pair of

Icon colour not quite right after reinstall of kde

2004-09-02 Thread debian-user
Hi there I managed to break my copy of KDE when upgrading to kde 3.3. As such I unistalled kde and reinstalled back to 3.2. All is fine except I have now have an irritating feature. When I click on an icon on the desktop a horrible red line replaces the black in the icon. Its get more obvious when

Re: OT Re: First general purpose unmoderated newsgroup for Debian

2004-09-02 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Abdullah Ramazanoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Your PC would carry the whole NG instead of the messages you're interested > in. In the long run you would have two choices: Either set up a rather > short expiry period

Re: ALSA

2004-09-02 Thread Magnus Therning
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 03:29:26PM -0400, Rod MacPherson wrote: [..] >The first is /etc/hotplug/blacklist add a line with just the name of >the OSS version of the sound driver module for your soundcard/chipset. >(in my case, since mine is an AC97 compatible chipset it was >"i810_audio") The packag

Console-Based Appd Recommendations

2004-09-02 Thread Scarletdown
I'm in the process of tinkering around with my old TI Extensa 450 Laptop and getting Damn Dmall Linux installed on her, since she only has 12MB RAM and a 540MB hard drive. Due to memory limitations (until I can get a pair of 72 pin 16MB laptop DIMMs), I am running without X. Therefore, I am lo

gui sftp client (using rssh on server)

2004-09-02 Thread Carl Devos
Hello, I've installed rssh on my server so users can only use scp and sftp. Works fine with sftp in CLI, but I can't find a Linux graphical client which works in sarge (I found FileZilla for Windows). I've tried gFTP, but when I tick "Use SSH2 SFTP subsys" in FTP/Options/SSH, I get the following

Re: X-Windows startup issue!

2004-09-02 Thread Will Ness
Sweet it worked!!! You are my hero!!! I have been trying to get this to work, like FOREVER!! One more quick question: Where in the x-windows setup do you tell it to start kde instead of gnome? _ Don’t just search. Find. Check out th

Re: knoppix vs standard debian?

2004-09-02 Thread Silvan
On Wednesday 01 September 2004 08:38 pm, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > Is there a webpage or faq, or can somebody clue me in to, whether I > should get a "regular" debian?! Would there be an advantage to, say, > picking up a copy of "Debian Bible" and installing that instead over > knoppix debian?

Re: interview with joey hess

2004-09-02 Thread Silvan
> while trying to help set up someone's machine for them: if all else fails, > you resort to the NATO phonetic alphabet and spell commands letter by > letter :) LOL!! Been there. Foxtrot Sierra Charlie Kilo Space Slash Delta Echo Victor Slash Hotel Delta Alpha Niner Enter. -- Michael McIntyr

cd-rom device loading error

2004-09-02 Thread Danilo Horta
I can't mount my cd-rom device, so i tried "dmesg | grep hdc" (my cd-rom dispositive) and i got this following msg: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfc08-0xfc0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio hdc: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCGCC-4320B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdc: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete D

Re: Logging on kernel 2.2

2004-09-02 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 04:32:56PM -0400, Scott Mohnkern wrote: > We're seeing something quite strange. Periodically, logging to messages > just "stops" then it restarts. > > > Anyone know what causes this? Maybe. Debian rotates logs by default, and klogd can't do much during the rotation. B

Re: HTML editor. What to use?

2004-09-02 Thread Silvan
On Tuesday 31 August 2004 01:04 pm, Joris Huizer wrote: > > I think that the best editor that you can use is emacs, > > you can edit whatever you want there even assembler. > > > > I recomend that one, besides you can run commands > > whithin it. > Well, you can do all that in vim too ;) Don't ca

Logging on kernel 2.2

2004-09-02 Thread Scott Mohnkern
We're seeing something quite strange. Periodically, logging to messages just "stops" then it restarts. Anyone know what causes this? Scott Mohnkern -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: interview with joey hess

2004-09-02 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Joey Hess wrote: > Hasan wrote: > > interview with joey hess > > > > http://debian.degismez.com/debian.mp3 > > This is not me, it's Jaldhar H. Vyas. Apparently our names sound similar > in poor-quality mp4 audio. > Yep, thats me being interviewed by Linuxworld Magazine. I hop

Re: interview with joey hess

2004-09-02 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 04:13:38PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > http://debian.degismez.com/debian.mp3 > > This is not me, it's Jaldhar H. Vyas. Apparently our names sound similar > in poor-quality mp4 audio. Interesting :) I see so much from people on mailing lists and see other Debian folk in Rea

Re: OT Re: First general purpose unmoderated newsgroup for Debian

2004-09-02 Thread Abdullah Ramazanoglu
begin Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dedi ki: > On Wed, 01 Sep 2004, Kirk Strauser wrote: >> On Wednesday 01 September 2004 07:01 pm, Travis Crump wrote: >> >>> I don't mean the latency of posting->post appearing, I mean the >>> latency of clicking a subject and seeing the body.

Re: interview with joey hess

2004-09-02 Thread Joey Hess
Hasan wrote: > interview with joey hess > > http://debian.degismez.com/debian.mp3 This is not me, it's Jaldhar H. Vyas. Apparently our names sound similar in poor-quality mp4 audio. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: logrotate and bzip2, bz2 on woody stable rotation problem

2004-09-02 Thread xavier
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 03:11:09PM -0400, Bill Marcum wrote: > On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 03:52:36PM -0400, xavier wrote: > > > > Hi, I've a problem with logrotate and bzip2, > > logrotate wont rotate my file !... > > > > > > $ logrotate -v : > > > > rotating file /var/log/syslog > > log needs rot

Re: Moving_Installed_Files

2004-09-02 Thread Cousin Stanley
On 2004-09-02, Stefan O'Rear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 06:59:11PM +, Cousin Stanley wrote: >> If I move installed files from their original >> apt-get install target locations, is there a >> a simple way to redirect the package managers >> to cope with these

ALSA

2004-09-02 Thread Rod MacPherson
I've seen a number of people complaining about also not loading properly recently. I too had that problem. OSS worked, but ALSA didn't. After much searching and experimentation here is the solution: ALSA will not load if OSS is alrady loaded. If you are using a stock 2.6 kernel OSS and ALSA are

Re: interview with joey hess

2004-09-02 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > interview with joey hess > > http://debian.degismez.com/debian.mp3 Sort of the standard "Welcome to Debian" sorta stuff, good for newcomers. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: Gn

e2fsck, smartmontools

2004-09-02 Thread Richard Weil
Can e2fsck repair/cope with physical problems with a disk? smartmontools found a number of bad blocks on my hard drive. I don't remember the exact wording. Other disk parameters seemed fine, i.e., the disk as a whole was not in imminent danger of failure. Can e2fsck, or some other program, perman

Jigdo Sarge templates outdated?

2004-09-02 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
Hi! Trying to generate the Sarge CD#1 with jigdo-lite I get 91 files that are missing. I use http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/cd/jigdo-area/i386[...] for the jigdo files and templates. When I take a random check on what is missing, I get. e.g. that he cannot find ntp-server_4.2.0a-

Re: Usb mouse frozen randomly [solved]

2004-09-02 Thread John Fry
Paul Johnson ursine.dyndns.org> writes: > Hasan degismez.com> writes: > > > I was using 2.4.27-1-k7 now upgrade to 2.6.8-1-k7 kernel . And all the > > things perfect and faster now . If anybody have a problem with usb > > optical mouse change your kernel to 2.6 . > > I'm running 2.6.8 already

Re: EXT3 and data=journal

2004-09-02 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 02:55:14PM -0400, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: > How can I use data=journal mode in Sarge, stock kernel 2.4.26-1-i386? If > I include data=journal in /etc/fstab, I'm told that I can't change the > journal mode during a remount. Using tune2fs to set journal=data doesn't > seem t

Re: logrotate and bzip2, bz2 on woody stable rotation problem

2004-09-02 Thread Bill Marcum
On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 03:52:36PM -0400, xavier wrote: > > Hi, I've a problem with logrotate and bzip2, > logrotate wont rotate my file !... > > > $ logrotate -v : > > rotating file /var/log/syslog > log needs rotating > compressing previous log with: /usr/bin/bzip2 --best '/var/log/syslog.1'

Re: Moving_Installed_Files

2004-09-02 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 06:59:11PM +, Cousin Stanley wrote: > Greetings > > If I move installed files from their original > apt-get install target locations, is there a > a simple way to redirect the package managers > to cope with these path changes for future > updates/upgr

ARRGH defoma-hints also not working :-/ Re: How can I check if defoma is working correctly?

2004-09-02 Thread Josef Oswald
Well this happens with testing but read on Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I install msttcorefonts and I use defoma. I have not installed any > additional fonts other then those which came with the msttcorefonts > package. I could add more from my Windows98 directory > > now in xfo

Moving_Installed_Files

2004-09-02 Thread Cousin Stanley
Greetings If I move installed files from their original apt-get install target locations, is there a a simple way to redirect the package managers to cope with these path changes for future updates/upgrades of a particular package ? For example, I've installed the python2.3

RE: Iptables help ..

2004-09-02 Thread David Bokan
Title: RE: Iptables help .. From: David Bokan Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 1:56 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Iptables help ..   I think that you'd have to use the FORWARD chain instead of INPUT /sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -I eth0 -s 0/0 -d ! 10.0.0.0/8 --dport 25  -j REJECT  

EXT3 and data=journal

2004-09-02 Thread Mason Loring Bliss
How can I use data=journal mode in Sarge, stock kernel 2.4.26-1-i386? If I include data=journal in /etc/fstab, I'm told that I can't change the journal mode during a remount. Using tune2fs to set journal=data doesn't seem to help. Thanks in advance for assistance! -- Mason Loring Bliss [EMA

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Re: irq redundancies in boot loader message

2004-09-02 Thread Bill Marcum
On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 11:55:27AM -0700, God bless us all, everyone. wrote: > Please CC me as I am unsubscribed. > The boot loader reports: > ttyS00 at 0x03f8 irq=4 is at 16550A > ttyS01 at 0x02f8 irq=3 is at 16550A > ttyS02 at 0x03e8 irq=4 is at 16550A > The modem (which has failed all attempts t

Debian install program unable to mount CD-ROM

2004-09-02 Thread ERIC MICHAEL HIELSCHER
Hi, My name is Eric Hielscher, and I am having trouble installing Debian on my brand new computer (which I really want to use). First things first, here is a hardware list: MSI 865PE Neo2 Motherboard Intel P4 3.2GHz w/ HT 512MB DDR Sony 16x DVD-ROM LITEON CDRW 2 80GB Seagate SATA HDDs NVidia Ge

interview with joey hess

2004-09-02 Thread Hasan
interview with joey hess http://debian.degismez.com/debian.mp3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X-Windows startup issue!

2004-09-02 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 04:23:52PM +, Will Ness wrote: > Whew!! It was tough but I finally figured it out! Anyways here is a copy of > the error file that X-Windows created when it couldn't start up. If anyone > could help me, that would awesome. TIA!! > > -Will > > Hardware Info: > > Ati

Re: hwo to find the cd Number for a given package

2004-09-02 Thread Bill Marcum
On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 09:18:34AM -0700, belahcene abdelkader wrote: > Hi every body > > > > I want to know what is the number of a Sarge Cd for a > given package ? > Sure that apt-get knows it, because when I want to > install a package it asks for a CD. > I looked in the Debian Site to find

Re: KMail crashing on startup.

2004-09-02 Thread paunoga
Hi!, > On Wednesday 01 September 2004 20:20, Adam Funk wrote: > > Following various advice received here, I upgraded from testing to > > unstable today. Although it kept package kmail back (version > > 3.2.2-2), something related has changed and kmail now crashes every > > time I try to start it u

No mail from list

2004-09-02 Thread John Fleming
Not sure if I can post or not. I stopped getting mail from this list 2 days ago. I've tried unsubscribing, subscribing, and subscribing from another addy - nada - no email from the list at all, no subscription confirmation or anything. Help? (off-list - reading the archives via browser is tedi

Re: loggin with iptables, syslog problem

2004-09-02 Thread xavier
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 10:17:34PM +0200, Rudy Gevaert wrote: > Hello, > > I have the following entry: > LOGall -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 3/hour burst > 5 LOG level debug prefix `IPT INPUT packet died: ' > > and the following thing in syslog.conf > > ahmed:

Re: Gnuplot 4 on Woody : no Xterm

2004-09-02 Thread Bill Marcum
On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 03:27:26PM +0200, alberto wrote: > -- > Please, if possible, send me a copy at: > albertobig (CHIOCCIOLA) tiscali (PUNTO) it > -- > > Hi all, > > I have downloaded and compiled gnuplot 4 from sources. > Everything seems to be working...but X! > At start, I et t

Re: raid 1 setup.

2004-09-02 Thread Roger
Alexei Chetroi wrote: See http://alioth.debian.org/projects/rootraiddoc/ for some docs regarding root on raid. I don't know about raidtools2, but mdadm may operate without config file at all, if you know what're you doing. See man mdadm, it contains all you need to know. For example, assuming you

Re: USB problems

2004-09-02 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > Hi All, > > I've been running into problems trying to set up my HP 895 printer via a > usb cable. I'm running sarge with a 2.6.8 kernel, and have installed > hpij and hpoj. When I ran hpoj setup it told me I needed to place the > line " none /proc/

Re: Usb mouse frozen randomly [solved]

2004-09-02 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was using 2.4.27-1-k7 now upgrade to 2.6.8-1-k7 kernel . And all the > things perfect and faster now . If anybody have a problem with usb > optical mouse change your kernel to 2.6 .

Re: debian system download

2004-09-02 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 10:22:27PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: >> <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writ

Re: Anyone getting debian forged headers in Email?

2004-09-02 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> alerts and people ignored them due to forged headers. I know it in >> very unlikely that Debian would do this, but I just despise these >> tactics, and the people who are putting Deb

Re: hotplug PS2 keyboard

2004-09-02 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Li Daobing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to know how to make the PS2 keyboard hotplug. > > When the system boot without the keyboard, then when I want to use > keyboard, the keyboard is out of work. When I want to

USB problems

2004-09-02 Thread Freddy Freeloader
Hi All, I've been running into problems trying to set up my HP 895 printer via a usb cable. I'm running sarge with a 2.6.8 kernel, and have installed hpij and hpoj. When I ran hpoj setup it told me I needed to place the line " none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0" in my /etc/fstab file. I

Re: request for inclussion in debian

2004-09-02 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello! On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 10:06:42PM +0530, P V Mathew wrote: > I would like clip to be included in Debian. > Can any one guide me on how to go about it? Submit a RFP as outlined on , section "Using WNPP", either using reportbug or via direct mail. Unfortu

gnucash compatibility

2004-09-02 Thread Hendrik Boom
I have machines running different versions of debian -- woody and sarge, to be specific. Can I use thg gnucashes in woody and sarge interchangably on the same data files (which are on an NFS-mounted volume). The question is really about file-format compatibility. Will gnucash 1.8.9-2 read and wr

Re: SPARCStation 20 - can't get back to console from X

2004-09-02 Thread Stefan Frank
Jan Kesten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi all, > > I have installen sarge on a SPARCStation 20 and anythings works fine > (but slow). I also installed GNOME (okay, this is really slow, but > doesn't matter) but when my SS comes up and changes into X I can't > switch back to the console via ALT

Re: Problem with apt-get

2004-09-02 Thread Justin Guerin
On Thursday 02 September 2004 09:39, Matthew Singerman wrote: > Hi all, > > I was attempting to install KDE yesterday, but it died halfway through. I > am now running into very silly problems. When I try it again, I get the > following: > > # apt-get install kde > Reading Package Lists... Done > Bu

Re: phpinfo.php won't load via apache

2004-09-02 Thread Wayne Topa
Sergio Basurto([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Can you state again the problem, I can help you but I > do not understand what exactly the problem is. > > If you are trying to run a php file within a browser > without the help of a webbrowser it will be difficult, > is this the probl

Re: apt-get - unmet dependencies

2004-09-02 Thread Thomas Adam
On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 06:29:22PM +0200, Anders Breindahl wrote: > processing /var/cache/apt/archives/kontact-plugins_4%3a3.2.3-2_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/kde3/kcm_kontactknt.so', which is also in > package kontact http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bu

Re: kontact & kontact-plugins

2004-09-02 Thread Justin Guerin
On Thursday 02 September 2004 03:42, Ibrahim Mubarak wrote: > Hi all, > Sorry if this subject was discussed before, but I just subscribed today. > > I installed Debian Sarge (fresh install w/ kernel 2.6.7) on my new pc the > past few days (my old mb died on me two weeks ago, hehe). I am using the >

apt-get - unmet dependencies

2004-09-02 Thread Anders Breindahl
Hello list. I was wondering if there is any way to correct this fault in apt-get: # apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: kdeaddons: Depen

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