Re: Re: Lost /dev/modem Symlink After Purging Udev And Reinstalling

2005-05-01 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
Leonard Chatagnier wrote: This request for help is being reposted as no one offered any help. Please, would someone respond with some help, even if its just a link offering a solution that a relative newbie can implement. After Purging udev including rming the entire /etc/udev directory and reinsta

Re: apt-get deprecated?

2005-05-01 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 09:25:16PM -0500, Steve Block wrote: > There's no real need to use apt-get over aptitude. They use the same > package lists and underlying architecture. Except that there is, since apt-get/dpkg and aptitude do NOT use the same status database for packages. Try it sometime.

Re: do I really need "make-kpkg clean"?

2005-05-01 Thread Rogério Brito
On May 02 2005, Rogério Brito wrote: > On May 01 2005, s. keeling wrote: > > You must have the slowest hard drive in existence. My 700 Mhz PIII does > > a kernel compile in 18 min. (...) > > Donations of unused 168-pin 5V EDO DIMM cards are more than welcome, as I > can't get anything like this w

Re: [OT] X-friendly KVM switch?

2005-05-01 Thread Scarletdown
This is the one I have been contentedly using for the past year or so: http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817107953 It's a 4-port PS/2 KVM switch. In addition to using the button on the switch, you can switch systems by hitting Scroll Lock twice, followed by 1, 2, 3, or 4. An

Re: Gnome to KDE

2005-05-01 Thread David R. Litwin
Thank you all for your help. Indeed, kdm had not been installed. It now is and I am gladdened. Nextly, the internet. I always seem to have troubles with this one. I use ppp to access the internet. Thus, running pppoeconf, I can get on line. I have also asked linux to connect on boot up, which is

Re: [OT] X-friendly KVM switch?

2005-05-01 Thread Mark Huff
I use a "ServerLink SOHO KVM 4 port switch that is made here in Australia, and have never had a problem switching between my linux boxes and windows systems i am working on. The only problem I have found in using my KVM is during the install phase of Debian - it does not detect the mouse prope

Re^2: maximal size of root partition with Sarge installer

2005-05-01 Thread petereasthope
Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:07:25 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. Usually during installation, there is posibility to modify proposed > partitions. Certainly. It would have allowed me to make the partition smaller but not larger. > Someting like expert mode, or so. fdisk in the Woody installer

Re: Gnome to KDE

2005-05-01 Thread Robert Vangel
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: David R. Litwin wrote: When I boot up in to my Sarge, it automatically goes to the Gnome style login screen. How do I make it go to the KDE type? Assuming you are using GDM, then there should be a button marked "session" that will let you choose which desktop environment/w

Re: [OT] X-friendly KVM switch?

2005-05-01 Thread Michael Perry
On Sun, 1 May 2005 19:38:30 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > I'm looking for an X-friendly PS/2-style KVM switch. Currently, I > have a Belkin 4-port Omniview E series, and whenever I switch back to > X from another system, the mouse goes all crazy and I have to > ctrl+alt+backspace. > > Anyone

Re: do I really need "make-kpkg clean"?

2005-05-01 Thread Rogério Brito
On May 01 2005, s. keeling wrote: > You must have the slowest hard drive in existence. My 700 Mhz PIII does > a kernel compile in 18 min. What about this one: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - scsi0 : MESH Vendor: QUANTUM Model: FIREBALL_TM3200S Rev

Re: do I really need "make-kpkg clean"?

2005-05-01 Thread Rogério Brito
On May 01 2005, H. S. wrote: > It is only the compilaton of a new kernel after "make-kpkg clean" that > takes around 50 or 58 minutes (1.8 GHz PIV with 256 MB of RAM). I think that you can consider yourself quite lucky, because, while I have not checked it on my system, a PowerPC G3 400MHz, with a

Re: Gnome to KDE

2005-05-01 Thread B. L. Jilek
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: David R. Litwin wrote: When I boot up in to my Sarge, it automatically goes to the Gnome style login screen. How do I make it go to the KDE type? Assuming you are using GDM, then there should be a button marked "session" that will let you choose which desktop environment/w

Re: gmailfs in debian sarge mounts the fs but shows no files

2005-05-01 Thread redpike
On 5/1/05, Deboo Geek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed gmailfs and fuse and as per the News-Debian.gz file, > installed the fuse source and comiled the fuse module for my kernel > and everything went OK. I am able to mount gmailfs and also get the > mesage - "INFO:gmailfs:Connected to gmail

Re: Custom Kernel 2.4.18 = No Loadable Modules?

2005-05-01 Thread Tony Vandiver
If I've precompiled the selected modules into the kernel with make menuconfig, do I have to recompile the kernel to add new ones? Thanks, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Routing problem with OpenVPN.

2005-05-01 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 5/1/05, Franki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But this machine cannot ping any address's past the VPN server and that > is what I need to solve. > > > It seems like the VPN server will not accept any packets for IP's that > it doesn't have an exact interface match for, even though it has a route

Re: Gnome to KDE

2005-05-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
David R. Litwin wrote: > When I boot up in to my Sarge, it automatically goes to the Gnome > style login screen. How do I make it go to the KDE type? > Assuming you are using GDM, then there should be a button marked "session" that will let you choose which desktop environment/window manager you w

Routing problem with OpenVPN.

2005-05-01 Thread Franki
Hi guys, I Wonder if I could pick your minds for a moment with a routing problem I am having. I've been asked to setup a VPN for a client to so they can log into their linux server from home. That part of things I was able to handle no problems. Now he wants to be able to use VNCviewer to take

Gnome to KDE

2005-05-01 Thread David R. Litwin
When I boot up in to my Sarge, it automatically goes to the Gnome style login screen. How do I make it go to the KDE type? I also have a few more questions (such as why doesn't my internet work even though I am connected and how do I log in as root with Gnome-style login screen) but I wish to tack

Re: claraocr

2005-05-01 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 09:07:10AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Csanyi Pal wrote: > > >Hello! > > > >Why can I not to open the URL: http://www.claraocr.org in any browser? > > > >Maybe the project is death? > > > > > > > It's also not pingable. Nor does "host" find it. I'd say it's a dead > project

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Re: [OT] X-friendly KVM switch?

2005-05-01 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2005-05-02, Kent West penned: >> > Sorry; don't have a suggestion on a KVM, but to fix your mouse, you > might not have to kill X; you might can switch to a VT and back > again. If that doesn't work, and you're running gpm, restart gpm. > Thanks for the ideas. Switching VTs doesn't work (I'd

Re: Custom Kernel 2.4.18 = No Loadable Modules?

2005-05-01 Thread Justin Guerin
Tony Vandiver wrote: > Hi All, > > I started with a Debian Woody Distribution 3.0r5 where the kernel > version is 2.2.20. I couldn't compile the Omnivision ov59x driver for > a webcam and so based on the FAQ for the driver, I decided to upgrade > to kernel 2.4. I found some inst

Re: Lost /dev/modem Symlink After Purging Udev And Reinstalling

2005-05-01 Thread Justin Guerin
Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > This request for help is being reposted as no one offered any help. > Please, would someone respond with some help, even if its just a link > offering a solution that a relative newbie can implement. > > > After Purging udev including rming the entire /etc/udev dire

gmailfs in debian sarge mounts the fs but shows no files

2005-05-01 Thread Deboo Geek
I installed gmailfs and fuse and as per the News-Debian.gz file, installed the fuse source and comiled the fuse module for my kernel and everything went OK. I am able to mount gmailfs and also get the mesage - "INFO:gmailfs:Connected to gmail" But after that I do not get any other message, and if

Re: do I really need "make-kpkg clean"?

2005-05-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
be time for a new computer. > > 8) > > The problem is more thank likely RAM, not CPU speed. I just ran a trial with this command: time sh -c "tar jxvf kernel-source-2.6.8.tar.bz2; cd kernel-source-2.6.8; cp /boot/config-2.6.8--15.2 .config; make oldconfig; fakeroot make-kpkg -

Re: AMD cooling utility in debian

2005-05-01 Thread Carlos Rodrigues
Paul Johnson wrote: I'm going to assume you're a Windows user trying to overcome a retarded Windows design flaw that has the CPU do a whole lot of nothing at full steam instead of using HLT instructions to let the CPU *really* not do anything when it's idle. Linux doesn't have this problem, the

Re: [OT] X-friendly KVM switch?

2005-05-01 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Sunday 01 May 2005 09:38 pm, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > I'm looking for an X-friendly PS/2-style KVM switch. Currently, I > have a Belkin 4-port Omniview E series, and whenever I switch back to > X from another system, the mouse goes all crazy and I have to > ctrl+alt+backspace. > > Anyone have

Re: [OT] X-friendly KVM switch?

2005-05-01 Thread Kent West
Monique Y. Mudama wrote: I'm looking for an X-friendly PS/2-style KVM switch. Currently, I have a Belkin 4-port Omniview E series, and whenever I switch back to X from another system, the mouse goes all crazy and I have to ctrl+alt+backspace. Sorry; don't have a suggestion on a KVM, but to fix

[OT] X-friendly KVM switch?

2005-05-01 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
I'm looking for an X-friendly PS/2-style KVM switch. Currently, I have a Belkin 4-port Omniview E series, and whenever I switch back to X from another system, the mouse goes all crazy and I have to ctrl+alt+backspace. Anyone have a well-behaved KVM switch? 4-port would be great, but I can live w

Re: do I really need "make-kpkg clean"?

2005-05-01 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 02 May 2005 01:03 am, Pollywog wrote: > On Sunday 01 May 2005 11:02 pm, H. S. wrote: > > I might not have made it clear, sorry for the confusion. I was refering > > to the compile time it takes to build a new version of the kernel (the > > step involving: $> fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to

Re: do I really need "make-kpkg clean"?

2005-05-01 Thread Pollywog
On Sunday 01 May 2005 11:02 pm, H. S. wrote: > I might not have made it clear, sorry for the confusion. I was refering > to the compile time it takes to build a new version of the kernel (the > step involving: $> fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version=myver --initrd > kernel_image). I think that

Re: AMD cooling utility in debian

2005-05-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday April 30 2005 11:03 am, Joydeep Bakshi wrote: > I have AMD Sempron 2200 processor on ASRock motherboard. my linux > box is debian-sarge. I have found some utilities to cool down the > processor temperature. some utilities warn having a performance > loss like *noisy sound*, *poor hard-d

Re: do I really need "make-kpkg clean"?

2005-05-01 Thread Pollywog
On Sunday 01 May 2005 11:41 pm, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from H. S.: > > do not take long. They are fine. It is only the compilaton of a new > > kernel after "make-kpkg clean" that takes around 50 or 58 minutes (1.8 > > GHz PIV with 256 MB of RAM). > > You must have the slowest hard drive in ex

Re: [debian] Re: Gnome File Association

2005-05-01 Thread Keith Bates
On Sun, 01 May 2005 12:41:55 -0400 Mark Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 17:38 +1000, Keith Bates wrote: > > No, that just gives you option to open it with, but no permanent > > association. > > > > What I'm really tring to do is open a pdf file using the sylpheed > > ema

Re: Network Everywhere NX100U-WM NIC

2005-05-01 Thread Kent West
Marc Shapiro wrote: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can you "ping localhost"? Can you ping your gateway, by address? by name? Can anyone point me to some way to get either my LAN or my modem working? See questions above. What does your "/etc/network/interfaces" look like? What's the resu

Re: do I really need "make-kpkg clean"?

2005-05-01 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from H. S.: > > do not take long. They are fine. It is only the compilaton of a new > kernel after "make-kpkg clean" that takes around 50 or 58 minutes (1.8 > GHz PIV with 256 MB of RAM). You must have the slowest hard drive in existence. My 700 Mhz PIII does a kernel compile in 18 min.

Re: do I really need "make-kpkg clean"?

2005-05-01 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Pollywog_, on 01/05/05 18:59,typed: > On Sunday 01 May 2005 10:41 pm, H. S. wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I am compiling a new kernel and tinkering with various options. If I >>just compiled a new version and just want to make slight changes in it, >>do I really need to do "make-kpkg clean" and

Re: do I really need "make-kpkg clean"?

2005-05-01 Thread Pollywog
On Sunday 01 May 2005 10:41 pm, H. S. wrote: > Hi, > > I am compiling a new kernel and tinkering with various options. If I > just compiled a new version and just want to make slight changes in it, > do I really need to do "make-kpkg clean" and wait an hour before I get a > new one? If it takes an

Re: Potential Virus or System Message?

2005-05-01 Thread Phil Dyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Faithful John said: > So this gives me a second question. I'm pretty sure that I disabled > the remote access ability stuff (though I'm not 100% on that at this > moment). Is there a chance someone could still get into my system in > any way and do

Re: vsftpd - weird error msg

2005-05-01 Thread Adam Hardy
On 30/04/05 00:30 Adam Hardy wrote: Googling provided nothing on this. How should I work out what to do next - trying to log in to my debian box running vsftpd from a windows machine (on my home network): OOPS: vsf_sysutil_recv_peek and vsftpd kicked the client off. Finally found the problem afte

do I really need "make-kpkg clean"?

2005-05-01 Thread H. S.
Hi, I am compiling a new kernel and tinkering with various options. If I just compiled a new version and just want to make slight changes in it, do I really need to do "make-kpkg clean" and wait an hour before I get a new one? Can't I: 1) compile a new version called 2.6.11.myver 2) boot into it

Re: System clock running too fast

2005-05-01 Thread Arjen Meek
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 08:03:37PM +0200, Roel Schroeven wrote: > I'm afraid I can't help you (though my suggestion of trying chrony still > stands). I should have been more clear, but as I said in the first part of my response, I did install chrony, and it solved the problem. The second part of

Re: Network Everywhere NX100U-WM NIC

2005-05-01 Thread Marc Shapiro
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Marc Shapiro wrote: > > >Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Marc Shapiro wrote: > >> > >> > >>>00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys Network > >>>Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 model NC100 (rev > 11) > >>> > >>> > >>> Subsystem:

Custom Kernel 2.4.18 = No Loadable Modules?

2005-05-01 Thread Tony Vandiver
Hi All,       I started with a Debian Woody Distribution 3.0r5 where the kernel version is 2.2.20.  I couldn't compile the Omnivision ov59x driver for a webcam and so based on the FAQ for the driver, I decided to upgrade to kernel 2.4.  I found some instructions for this, and after a few tr

Re: Recommended kernel?

2005-05-01 Thread Deboo Geek
On 5/2/05, Vegard|drageV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then kernel 2.6.8 it is.. Thanks for the help folks!! > > Cheers, Vegard > > On 5/1/05, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Vegard|drageV wrote: > > > I have not heard about that, but if that is so, I can try 2.6.8. > > > Still you d

Re: Potential Virus or System Message?

2005-05-01 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Faithful John: > > So this gives me a second question. I'm pretty sure that I disabled > the remote access ability stuff (though I'm not 100% on that at this > moment). Is there a chance someone could still get into my system in Certainly. What are you running that you don't ne

Re: dpkg purges on 'remove'

2005-05-01 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.29.1934 +0200]: > 1. No conffiles in the package. > 2. No postrm script in the package. > > Since purging consists only of running postrm purge and deleting > conffiles, a package that meets these criteria does not need anything > done to be pur

cdrdao problem

2005-05-01 Thread stan
I'm tring to use cdrdao to copy some new CD's. I'm using a scipt that I have used in the past. It looks like this: cdrdao copy --eject --speed 16 --eject --device 0,0,0 --driver generic-mmc --source-driver generic-mmc toc But, now, after reading in the Cd, I'm getting the following error: Turn

Re: Potential Virus or System Message?

2005-05-01 Thread Faithful John
On 5/1/05, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incoming from Phil Dyer: > > s. keeling wrote: > > > Incoming from Faithful John: > > > > > > > >I got this weird message, when I left my email through Telnet/Pine > > > >running when I left my house. > > > > > > I'd say someone got in, and they go

Re: printing under debian

2005-05-01 Thread Deboo Geek
On 4/28/05, Jpydeep Bakshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > now I am in icewm. so no more help from KDE-tools. so how can I configure > printer under icewm. I used Lprng but I like to adopt the *CUPS* system, so > what are the packages I need for cups ? Here's a step by step guide to configure and t

Re: problem with skype - solved

2005-05-01 Thread dexter2
On Sun, 2005-05-01 at 22:03 +0200, dexter2 wrote: > On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 00:53 +0200, Bruno Hertz wrote: > > dexter2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Hello, > > > i have instaled Skype on Debian Gnu/Linux. I run it from command line, > > > so, that i can see the error messages. When i try to

Re: problem with skype

2005-05-01 Thread Bruno Hertz
dexter2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 00:53 +0200, Bruno Hertz wrote: >> dexter2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Hello, >> > i have instaled Skype on Debian Gnu/Linux. I run it from command line, >> > so, that i can see the error messages. When i try to make a call. I >>

Re: Mouse on console

2005-05-01 Thread Deboo Geek
On 5/2/05, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incoming from Deboo Geek: > > > > FIrst of all thanks a lot to Kent for pasting me the info from some > > howto, that did the work. setting the protocol to ms3 worked. Now, the > > only thing remaing is making the mouse work smoothly on console and

Re: printing under debian

2005-05-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/05/05 22:18), Vegard|drageV wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Vegard|drageV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 22:18:19 +0200 > Subject: Re: printing under debian > Reply-To: Vegard|drageV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 4/30/05, Joydeep Bakshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Lost /dev/modem Symlink After Purging Udev And Reinstalling

2005-05-01 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Leonard Chatagnier wrote: This request for help is being reposted as no one offered any help. Please, would someone respond with some help, even if its just a link offering a solution that a relative newbie can implement. After Purging udev including rming the entire /e

Re: Recommended kernel?

2005-05-01 Thread Vegard|drageV
Then kernel 2.6.8 it is.. Thanks for the help folks!! Cheers, Vegard On 5/1/05, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vegard|drageV wrote: > > I have not heard about that, but if that is so, I can try 2.6.8. > > Still you don't sound sure about this, is there a place I can check > > documen

Re: printing under debian

2005-05-01 Thread Vegard|drageV
On 4/30/05, Joydeep Bakshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 30 Apr 2005 6:34 am, David Clymer wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 14:42 +0530, Jpydeep Bakshi wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I had no problem at-all to take printout from Epson-C20SX when I used to > > > work under KDE. the K-print-wizard

Re: Lost /dev/modem Symlink After Purging Udev And Reinstalling

2005-05-01 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Leonard Chatagnier wrote: This request for help is being reposted as no one offered any help. Please, would someone respond with some help, even if its just a link offering a solution that a relative newbie can implement. Aft

Re: Lost /dev/modem Symlink After Purging Udev And Reinstalling

2005-05-01 Thread John Hasler
Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > I have to create the modem symbolic link, ln -s /dev/ttySHCF0 /dev/modem > every time I boot up. Why do you think you have to do this? > There is no entry regarding /dev/modem... Nor should there be. It's just a symlink, and an unnecessary one at that. > ...only a c

Re: Recommended kernel?

2005-05-01 Thread Sven Arvidsson
Vegard|drageV wrote: > I have not heard about that, but if that is so, I can try 2.6.8. > Still you don't sound sure about this, is there a place I can check > documentation about this bug-fix? Seems like it was fixed. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267338 -- Cheers, Sven Arvi

Re: problem with skype

2005-05-01 Thread dexter2
On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 00:53 +0200, Bruno Hertz wrote: > dexter2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello, > > i have instaled Skype on Debian Gnu/Linux. I run it from command line, > > so, that i can see the error messages. When i try to make a call. I > > can't hear any sound and i can see on comm

Re: exim4 config help

2005-05-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/05/05 09:47), Steve A wrote: > On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 11:45:19AM +0100 or thereabouts, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (01/05/05 02:20), SdA wrote: > > > > When setting up the configuration via 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config' I > > > selected the 'monolithic' option. However I can't find a e

Re: apt-get deprecated?

2005-05-01 Thread Colin Ingram
Luis Finotti wrote: So, with net-install at least, using aptitude from the start might not work "out of the box". I just recently did a Sarge net-install and have exclusively used aptitude. I have had no problems. Then only thing I've had to do is mark the dependencies of packages which

Re: Recommended kernel?

2005-05-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Vegard|drageV wrote: > On 5/1/05, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Vegard|drageV wrote: >> >>>Heard about the cdrecord bug in 2.6.8 and 2.6.9, wich makes these two >>>not an alternative. I have never compiled a kernel, and are therefor >>>looking for a custom kernel. >> >>If you're ta

Re: Lost /dev/modem Symlink After Purging Udev And Reinstalling

2005-05-01 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > This request for help is being reposted as no one offered any help. > Please, would someone respond with some help, even if its just a link > offering a solution that a relative newbie can implement. > > > After Purging u

Re: Lost /dev/modem Symlink After Purging Udev And Reinstalling

2005-05-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > This request for help is being reposted as no one offered any help. > Please, would someone respond with some help, even if its just a link > offering a solution that a relative newbie can implement. > > > After Purging udev including rming the entire /etc/udev directo

Re: printing under debian

2005-05-01 Thread David Clymer
On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 19:56 +0530, Joydeep Bakshi wrote: > On Saturday 30 Apr 2005 6:34 am, David Clymer wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 14:42 +0530, Jpydeep Bakshi wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I had no problem at-all to take printout from Epson-C20SX when I used to > > > work under KDE. the K-print-wiz

Re: Network Everywhere NX100U-WM NIC

2005-05-01 Thread Kent West
Marc Shapiro wrote: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Marc Shapiro wrote: 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 model NC100 (rev 11) Subsystem: Linksys: Unknown device 0570 It's been my experience that whenever a device shows up as "U

Re: sounds server

2005-05-01 Thread John L Fjellstad
"Rodney D. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ALSA was fairly straight forward once I found enough info on the web, > but getting simultaneous sounds when running xmms & gaim is still a > work in progress. Follow the instructions from this site: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/asou

Re: Recommended kernel?

2005-05-01 Thread Vegard|drageV
On 5/1/05, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vegard|drageV wrote: > > Heard about the cdrecord bug in 2.6.8 and 2.6.9, wich makes these two > > not an alternative. I have never compiled a kernel, and are therefor > > looking for a custom kernel. > > If you're talking Debian versions, was

Re: apt-get deprecated?

2005-05-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 11:39:03AM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2005-05-01, Paul E Condon penned: > > > > In most cases this is good, but it can lead to aptitude doing really > > bad things in some special situations. For instance, I once > > installed kde by requesting the single over-all

Re: Mouse on console

2005-05-01 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Deboo Geek: > > FIrst of all thanks a lot to Kent for pasting me the info from some > howto, that did the work. setting the protocol to ms3 worked. Now, the > only thing remaing is making the mouse work smoothly on console and X > both. WOuld I need to play with the responsiveness a

Re: Recommended kernel?

2005-05-01 Thread Sven Arvidsson
Vegard|drageV wrote: > Heard about the cdrecord bug in 2.6.8 and 2.6.9, wich makes these two > not an alternative. I have never compiled a kernel, and are therefor > looking for a custom kernel. If you're talking Debian versions, wasn't the cdrecord problem fixed in 2.6.8? -- Cheers, Sven Arvids

Re: Network Everywhere NX100U-WM NIC

2005-05-01 Thread Marc Shapiro
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Marc Shapiro wrote: > > >Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Marc Shapiro wrote: > >> > >>>The new card is a PCI Network Everywhere > NC100U-WM. > >>> > >>> > > > > > >>># modprobe tulip > >>> > >>> > >>>/lib/modules/2.2.17/net/tulip.o:

Re: System clock running too fast

2005-05-01 Thread Roel Schroeven
Arjen Meek wrote: On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 05:32:28PM +0200, Roel Schroeven wrote: In my experience, chrony does a better job of coping with clocks that run very fast or very slow. Thanks for the tip. I replaced ntpd with chrony on the system in question, and after setting it up properly and doing

Lost /dev/modem Symlink After Purging Udev And Reinstalling

2005-05-01 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
This request for help is being reposted as no one offered any help. Please, would someone respond with some help, even if its just a link offering a solution that a relative newbie can implement. After Purging udev including rming the entire /etc/udev directory and reinstalling to fix a sound pro

Xcdroast font problem

2005-05-01 Thread Uwe Schindler
Hello, I am using Xcdroast on my Digital Alphastation in Gnome desktop. The Machine is monitor-less so the primary X-server ist Xvnc (replaced in xdm.conf) and I use the desktop only for GUI programs via VNC from my Windows Laptop. One of this GUI programs is Xcdroast. The only problem here is

Re: Moving from SUSE9.1 to DEBIAN

2005-05-01 Thread Luca Botti
Alle Sunday 1 May 2005 17:34, s. keeling ha scritto: > Incoming from rubyriddle: > > Would you give me information on how best to move from SUSE9.1 linux to > > plain Vanila Debian Linux. > > Got backups? Start there. Then download the Sarge/testing netinst > CD, burn it, and boot from it. See

Re: apt-get deprecated?

2005-05-01 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2005-05-01, Paul E Condon penned: > > In most cases this is good, but it can lead to aptitude doing really > bad things in some special situations. For instance, I once > installed kde by requesting the single over-all package that exists > only to bring in all the packages needed to give the us

Re: Mouse on console

2005-05-01 Thread Deboo Geek
On 5/1/05, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incoming from Deboo Geek: > > On 5/1/05, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > From /etc/gpm.conf: > > > > > > # If mouse response seems to be to slow, try using > > > # responsiveness=15. append can contain any random arguments to be

Re: apt-get deprecated?

2005-05-01 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2005-05-01, Luis Finotti penned: > Dear all, > > Just my experience: > [snip] > But, I guess that the insallation software used apt-get (it was a > net-install), since the first time I tried to use apitutde, right > after the installation, it wanted to remove MANY packages... > (Nothing could

Re: Mouse on console

2005-05-01 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Deboo Geek: > On 5/1/05, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From /etc/gpm.conf: > > > > # If mouse response seems to be to slow, try using > > # responsiveness=15. append can contain any random arguments to be > > That's alright but the basic thing is it should work on

Re: Mouse on console

2005-05-01 Thread Kent West
Deboo Geek wrote: On 5/1/05, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Incoming from Deboo Geek: Yes, I'm doing it on the usual console, not under X. Here's the file content of gpm.conf: device=ttyS0 Mine says /dev/ttyS0 responsiveness= repeat_type=ms3 type=msc append='' sample_rate

Re: [debian] Re: Gnome File Association

2005-05-01 Thread Mark Roach
On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 17:38 +1000, Keith Bates wrote: > No, that just gives you option to open it with, but no permanent > association. > > What I'm really tring to do is open a pdf file using the sylpheed email > reader which is built on Gtk2. When you click on an attachment you get > options to

Re: Mouse on console

2005-05-01 Thread Deboo Geek
On 5/1/05, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incoming from Deboo Geek: > > On 5/1/05, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Incoming from Deboo Geek: > > > > > > > > device=ttyS0 > > > > > > Mine says /dev/ttyS0 > > > > > > > responsiveness= > > > > repeat_type=ms3 > > > > type=msc > >

Re: Mouse on console

2005-05-01 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Deboo Geek: > On 5/1/05, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Incoming from Deboo Geek: > > > > > > device=ttyS0 > > > > Mine says /dev/ttyS0 > > > > > responsiveness= > > > repeat_type=ms3 > > > type=msc > > > append='' > > > sample_rate= > > > > If you make repeat_type=raw,

Re: Potential Virus or System Message?

2005-05-01 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Phil Dyer: > s. keeling wrote: > > Incoming from Faithful John: > > > > > >I got this weird message, when I left my email through Telnet/Pine > > >running when I left my house. > > > > I'd say someone got in, and they got in far enough to shutdown the > > Uh, I'd say he had a telnet

Re: apt-get deprecated?

2005-05-01 Thread Luis Finotti
Dear all, Just my experience: On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Jules Dubois wrote: > On Saturday 30 April 2005 07:19, Lee Braiden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (...) > If one uses aptitude from the start, it is a drop-in replacement. If one > doesn't, some real work is required, and then it's again a drop-in > rep

Re: Mouse on console

2005-05-01 Thread Deboo Geek
On 5/1/05, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incoming from Deboo Geek: > > > > Yes, I'm doing it on the usual console, not under X. > > > > Here's the file content of gpm.conf: > > > > device=ttyS0 > > Mine says /dev/ttyS0 > > > responsiveness= > > repeat_type=ms3 > > type=msc > > append=''

Re: Potential Virus or System Message?

2005-05-01 Thread Phil Dyer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Faithful John: > >>I got this weird message, when I left my email through Telnet/Pine >>running when I left my house. > > I'd say someone got in, and they got in far enough to shutdown the > machine, which generally

Re: Problem Setting DMA

2005-05-01 Thread Dave Ewart
On Sunday, 01.05.2005 at 09:05 -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > After finding the difference between my konfig file and my .config > file I copied the former back over the .config, stepped through make > config and was able to enable CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX. I compiled a > new kernel and found h

Re: Mouse on console

2005-05-01 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Deboo Geek: > > Yes, I'm doing it on the usual console, not under X. > > Here's the file content of gpm.conf: > > device=ttyS0 Mine says /dev/ttyS0 > responsiveness= > repeat_type=ms3 > type=msc > append='' > sample_rate= If you make repeat_type=raw, you can tell X to use /dev/g

Re: Moving from SUSE9.1 to DEBIAN

2005-05-01 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from rubyriddle: > > Would you give me information on how best to move from SUSE9.1 linux to > plain Vanila Debian Linux. Got backups? Start there. Then download the Sarge/testing netinst CD, burn it, and boot from it. See the archives at lists.debian.org -- Any technology disting

Re: apt-get deprecated?

2005-05-01 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 06:21:32PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > mm wrote: > > > Is there any compelling reason to use `apt-get' over `aptitude', given > > the latter's more robust feature set (installation tracking, for > > example)? > > >

Re: Potential Virus or System Message?

2005-05-01 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Faithful John: > > I got this weird message, when I left my email through Telnet/Pine > running when I left my house. > > + N 15 Apr 27 Dixie H. Brunson(2,892) Cialis Soft Tabs - Super Viagra > > + N 16 Apr 27 Garry Martin(2,769) Get it up again

Re: Mouse on console

2005-05-01 Thread Deboo Geek
On 5/1/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deboo Geek wrote: > > >On 4/30/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Deboo Geek wrote: > >> > >> > >>>My mouse works fine under X, as a 2 button mouse. It has a trackball > >>>which doesn't work, whichever mouse I select. IT is a ch

AMD cooling utility in debian

2005-05-01 Thread Joydeep Bakshi
Hi, I have AMD Sempron 2200 processor on ASRock motherboard. my linux box is debian-sarge. I have found some utilities to cool down the processor temperature. some utilities warn having a performance loss like *noisy sound*, *poor hard-disk response*, etc. etc. may happen during its operation.

Re: keymap in debian

2005-05-01 Thread Joydeep Bakshi
On Friday 29 Apr 2005 7:47 pm, you wrote: > --- Jpydeep Bakshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > error loading /etc/console/boottime.keymap.gz > > syntax error at /etc/keymap/boottime.keymap.gz:6 > > syntax error in map file > > keybindings not changed > > Re-run: > > dpkg-reconfigure console-data > >

Re: printing under debian

2005-05-01 Thread Joydeep Bakshi
On Saturday 30 Apr 2005 6:34 am, David Clymer wrote: > On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 14:42 +0530, Jpydeep Bakshi wrote: > > Hi, > > I had no problem at-all to take printout from Epson-C20SX when I used to > > work under KDE. the K-print-wizard and KDE-print-manager did everything > > from printer configura

Re: Mouse on console

2005-05-01 Thread Kent West
Deboo Geek wrote: >On 4/30/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Deboo Geek wrote: >> >> >>>My mouse works fine under X, as a 2 button mouse. It has a trackball >>>which doesn't work, whichever mouse I select. IT is a cheap mouse. I >>>have tried using many protocols to make it wor

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