Re: disk usage of an umounted partition?

2005-08-09 Thread Colin Ingram
Chris Palmer wrote: If the filesystem is intact, you can also examine other fields (e.g. s_blocks_count, s_free_blocks_count, s_log_block_size, et c.) to figure out how much space is used. Hopefully the original poster won't have to perform filesystem surgery. :) Nope! No reconstruction h

Re: Serial comm program

2005-08-09 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 08/10/2005 12:13:45 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote: If you can't recall the commands and _must_ have them in a menu then wack something out with tcl/tk or make a special menu bar/drawer/applets with gnome or whatever. I suspect the right way to do this is to use XUL, javascript, and mozilla. Wi

Re: For sid users: An overview of the KDE C++ ABI transition

2005-08-09 Thread David Baron
OK. Problem was that kmail ceased to function in the current Sid KDE so I had to install KDE3.4.2 locally. Their "konstruct" utitlity is not flawless but makes the process most painless--and it leaves the Sid installation intact. Once 3.4.2 is working in Sid, the paths can be changed back and t

Re: udev and kernel 2.6.12

2005-08-09 Thread Jason 'Sputnik' Paku
On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 07:00 +0200, Manu wrote: > Thanks, I am going to try that right now! > > The cool thing is that dselect helped me to fixed the > other package being not completely installed due to > that errors. So now I have Xorg (way faster) and gnome > 2.10 completely. > > One question

Re: Sarge & ISA NE2000

2005-08-09 Thread Chris Phillips
> Have you considered using the isapnptools package? > I am guessing that > since the machine is a P-II, it is PnP compliant. Its worth giving a go, but I still don't understand why the options I have set in modules.conf are not being picked up. Cheers Chris Send instant messages to your onlin

After the partitions in /etc/fstab of M$-windows mounted, they aren't displayed on the desktop

2005-08-09 Thread Xiaoyang Gu
hi, I am using Debian Sid and gnome 2.10(gnome-volume-manager installed). After upgrade three days before, I fount that when I mount the partitions in /etc/fstab, they weren't displayed on the desktop as usuall. When I open "Computer", there are some partitions icons which are named like "

Re: Serial comm program

2005-08-09 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 08/10/2005 12:27:50 AM, Chris Palmer wrote: As Unix-like-system afficionados, we can't afford to get uppity about what decade our software was designed and implemented in. :) Like Gregory, I find minicom entirely sufficient. In fact I very nearly like it. As for the rest of it, why have e

Re: Serial comm program

2005-08-09 Thread Chris Palmer
Gregory Seidman writes: > Actually, I'm pretty happy with minicom. Are you unhappy merely > because it was written in the 90s? Or because it is text-based (as is > its purpose, after all)? As Unix-like-system afficionados, we can't afford to get uppity about what decade our software was designed

Re: disk usage of an umounted partition?

2005-08-09 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 08/09/2005 09:11:54 PM, Colin Ingram wrote: I don't know if this is even possible but can I find out the disk usage of a partition with a unknown or damaged filesystem? file -s /dev/fooa will often tell you what sort of filesystem it is and then you can try to mount or repair it. (or "moun

Re: udev and kernel 2.6.12

2005-08-09 Thread Manu
Thanks, I am going to try that right now! The cool thing is that dselect helped me to fixed the other package being not completely installed due to that errors. So now I have Xorg (way faster) and gnome 2.10 completely. One question still stand. how would I know I can upgrade them if they are in

Re: daisy-chaining internet connectivity

2005-08-09 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 08/09/2005 08:45:08 PM, Terrence Brannon wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: >> > * Ensure that packet forwarding is in place. Use either a firewall >> > package or do this yourself with low level commands. >> > >> > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward Ok, I did this ech

Re: disk usage of an umounted partition?

2005-08-09 Thread Chris Palmer
Roberto C. Sanchez writes: > That doesn't seem to make sense. If you want to know how much is used > up you need to at least be able to tell how many blocks are allocated > or occupied by files. That implies that the filesystem must be known > and readable. True, but sometimes wrecked filesyste

Re: how do I change language in Gnome

2005-08-09 Thread Aaron H Farias Martinez
On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 19:05 -0400, H. S. wrote: > Hi, > > I am running testing on a PIV and 2.6.11 kernel. In KDE, I can change my > desktop lanuage using the Region Settings in Kontrol center and it works > properly. Howerever, I haven't been able to change my desktop lanuage in > Gnome. Any sugg

Re: disk usage of an umounted partition?

2005-08-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 09:11:54PM -0500, Colin Ingram wrote: > I don't know if this is even possible but can I find out the disk > usage of a partition with a unknown or damaged filesystem? > That doesn't seem to make sense. If you want to know how much is used up you need to at least be able t

Re: OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by another program

2005-08-09 Thread Brad Sawatzky
On Tue, 09 Aug 2005, Jon D. Irish wrote: > I just finished compiling a 2.6.12.4 kernel to support the sound card in > my Dell Optiplex GX270; however, when I try to play audio via Music > Player, I keep getting a "OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by > another program" error. I have verified

Re: udev and kernel 2.6.12

2005-08-09 Thread Jason 'Sputnik' Paku
On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 03:40 +0200, Manu wrote: > So I have tried everything recommanded > but I am completely stuck > can anyone help me? > > > when I want to upgrade/install a newer version of udev > I get > -- > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct > these: > The fo

Re: Serial comm program

2005-08-09 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 08:00:56PM -0400, Daniel D Jones wrote: } Is anyone aware of a decent comm program for Linux? Something along the } lines of SecureCRT for Windows? (SecureCRT is a commercial program. } There's supposed to be a Linux port in progress but I'd much prefer to } use Open Source.

Re: Squid: problemas com autenticação

2005-08-09 Thread Romulo Sousa
ops! sorry everybodyi missed one part of the email address. On 8/9/05, Bjoern Franke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 03:20:04 +0200, in linux.debian.user you wrote: > > >Olá pessoal, > > > >Estou tendo um problema na autenticação do meu usuário no squid. A > >seguinte mensage

disk usage of an umounted partition?

2005-08-09 Thread Colin Ingram
I don't know if this is even possible but can I find out the disk usage of a partition with a unknown or damaged filesystem?

Re: daisy-chaining internet connectivity

2005-08-09 Thread Terrence Brannon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > Terrence Brannon wrote: >> Bob Proulx writes: >> > Yes. Very easily as a matter of fact. Install a wired network card >> >> I believe I have one. The output of lspci shows a Realtek card. Is >> this what you mean? Otherwise, please recommend a popular br

Re: c programming reference on linux

2005-08-09 Thread Ms Linuz
Wackojacko wrote: >> Sorry, another lazy googling day ... >> Anybody got links or hardcopy of some kind like C/C++ programming >> reference on linux ? >> Thanks a lot. >> >> --w.h-- >> > I found 'Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days' quite useful having not > programmed in C, or any other language for th

Re: udev and kernel 2.6.12

2005-08-09 Thread Manu
So I have tried everything recommanded but I am completely stuck can anyone help me? when I want to upgrade/install a newer version of udev I get -- You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: hal: Depends: udev (>= 0

Squid: problemas com autenticação

2005-08-09 Thread Romulo Sousa
Olá pessoal, Estou tendo um problema na autenticação do meu usuário no squid. A seguinte mensagem de erro aparece quando edito meu squid.conf: "Invalid Proxy Auth ACL 'acl remotenetwork proxy_auth meu_usuario' because no authentication schemes are fully configured. FATAL: Bungled squid.conf line

Docbook is broken, where do I ask for help? Bug#318817

2005-08-09 Thread Karl O. Pinc
Hi, I'm running Debian Sarge, having started maybe a year ago when it was still testing. Some months ago docbook broke. I worked around it for a while but eventually filed a bug report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=318817 When I generate any sort of output from docbook I

DVD+R writing problems

2005-08-09 Thread Brendon Lloyd Higgins
Recently I upgraded my disc burner to a LiteOn SOHW-1693S Dual Format Double Layer DVD burner. I've been trying it out but I've run into problems trying to burn DVD+R discs. Of the 50 or so tries so far (many with different discs, all from the same manufacturer), only 4 have been successful. Wh

Can't browse certain websites

2005-08-09 Thread Michael D. Crawford
I have seen my problem and its solution appear on this list before but I can't find it in the archives. Maybe someone who remembers can refer me to the thread I vaguely remember. I have a complex home LAN setup that is gatewayed to the internet by a Sarge IP Masquerading box. Most of my mach

woody netinst

2005-08-09 Thread dzpost
Are there net-install CD images for Woody still available somewhere? I found the floppy boot disk images, but not CD images. My /usr partition got hosed before I got around to upgrading to sarge. I'd like to reinstall woody so I can restore the system to its previous state before upgrading. The

Re: Editing the menu

2005-08-09 Thread Tony Godshall
/etc/menu/README ... : In this directory, the system administrator can install menufiles to : override the menu files provided by Debian in /usr/lib/menu and : /usr/share/menu/default. : : The filename should be the name of the package that it is overwriting, : and may contain as many lines and

Re: daytime not working - despite enabling it

2005-08-09 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 12:43:58 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: $ grep daytime /etc/inetd.conf #daytimestream tcp nowait rootinternal #daytimedgram udp waitrootinternal Seems I have to file a bug report against update-inetd ! > Do you have a firewall enabled? No,

Serial comm program

2005-08-09 Thread Daniel D Jones
s anyone aware of  a decent comm program for Linux?  Something along the lines of SecureCRT for Windows?  (SecureCRT is a commercial program.  There's supposed to be a Linux port in progress but I'd much prefer to use Open Source.)  I can't seem to find anything but stuff that was written in the

Re: X-windows Problems with firefox install connections???

2005-08-09 Thread Will Ness
Hello!! My apt source list points to unstable currently. As much I don't want to admit it, I guess I will reinstall Windows 98 on it (the original OS). The current state of affairs is way too much trouble and time consuming for me as of right now. As much as I like Linux, I am still too much of a

Re: how do I change language in Gnome

2005-08-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 07:05:10PM -0400, H. S. wrote: > > Hi, > > I am running testing on a PIV and 2.6.11 kernel. In KDE, I can change my > desktop lanuage using the Region Settings in Kontrol center and it works > properly. Howerever, I haven't been able to change my desktop lanuage in > Gnome

how do I change language in Gnome

2005-08-09 Thread H. S.
Hi, I am running testing on a PIV and 2.6.11 kernel. In KDE, I can change my desktop lanuage using the Region Settings in Kontrol center and it works properly. Howerever, I haven't been able to change my desktop lanuage in Gnome. Any suggestions on how to go about it? thanks, ->HS -- Please re

Lavalife cancellation request sent from incorrect email address

2005-08-09 Thread help
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Re: For sid users: An overview of the KDE C++ ABI transition

2005-08-09 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Werner Mahr [Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:13:16 +0200]: > > to remove a lot of stuff. For example, libqt3c102-mt will become > > libqt3-mt; libarts1, libarts1c2; and kdelibs4, kdelibs4c2. > Could you tell me, why c102, or c2? : The explanation as for why is this necessary, and other technical :

Re: For sid users: An overview of the KDE C++ ABI transition

2005-08-09 Thread Werner Mahr
Am Dienstag, 9. August 2005 23:31 schrieb Adeodato Simó: > to remove a lot of stuff. For example, libqt3c102-mt will become > libqt3-mt; libarts1, libarts1c2; and kdelibs4, kdelibs4c2. Could you tell me, why c102, or c2? -- MfG usw. Werner Mahr registered Linuxuser: 295882 pgpIgDpyO1VBg.pgp

Editing the menu

2005-08-09 Thread Inhabitant of Zion
Hi I am running sarge and using the Gnome that ships with it. I have some stuff that I want to move around on the menu. For instance I would like to create a folder and move all the burner program launchers (like K3b) into it. Also there are a couple of things like Tellico that just don't seem to

Re: For sid users: An overview of the KDE C++ ABI transition

2005-08-09 Thread André Wöbbeking
On Tuesday 09 August 2005 23:31, Adeodato Simó wrote: > Hello all, > > the purpose of this mail is to explain a bit, from a user point of > view, the upcoming C++ ABI transition for KDE: when will it start, > and how will it affect you. If after reading this you still have > doubts, please brin

Re: OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by another program

2005-08-09 Thread Anders Breindahl
On Tuesday 09 August 2005 23:12, Jon D. Irish wrote: > I just finished compiling a 2.6.12.4 kernel to support the sound card in my > Dell Optiplex GX270; however, when I try to play audio via Music Player, I > keep getting a "OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by another program" > error. I ha

Re: c programming reference on linux

2005-08-09 Thread Wackojacko
Sorry, another lazy googling day ... Anybody got links or hardcopy of some kind like C/C++ programming reference on linux ? Thanks a lot. --w.h-- I found 'Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days' quite useful having not programmed in C, or any other language for that matter, before. Available at http:/

For sid users: An overview of the KDE C++ ABI transition

2005-08-09 Thread Adeodato Simó
Hello all, the purpose of this mail is to explain a bit, from a user point of view, the upcoming C++ ABI transition for KDE: when will it start, and how will it affect you. If after reading this you still have doubts, please bring them up and some member of the KDE packaging team will tr

OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by another program

2005-08-09 Thread Jon D. Irish
I just finished compiling a 2.6.12.4 kernel to support the sound card in my Dell Optiplex GX270; however, when I try to play audio via Music Player, I keep getting a "OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by another program" error. I have verified that there are no other programs running at the

Dumb Xcursor question

2005-08-09 Thread Steven Pasternak
Hi! I just re-installed sarge, and during the package selection I pushed the wrong button, so I had to manually install the desktop environment post-install. Does anybody know what package I should install to get the default white mouse cursor. I opened kcontrol and went to the cursor theme sel

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Re: network utilities

2005-08-09 Thread noc ops
Let me search network tools and see. The reason I was asking for this because something as simple as traceroute was missing after the install. regards, /vicky Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote: --- Sergio Basurto Juarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- noc ops <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: H

Re: Severe problems after upgrading some packages

2005-08-09 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 02:58:06PM +, Nick de Graeve wrote: > I've ran in some serious problems when I installed/upgrade some > packages: upgrade of libc6 failed and now lots of programs won't start > anymore: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls > ls: error while loading shared libraries: libacl.so.1

Re: network utilities

2005-08-09 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- Sergio Basurto Juarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- noc ops <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I installed bare bone sarge 3.1r0a. I was > wondering > > what packages do I > > need to apt-get for basic/advance network > utilities. > > > > > > tia, > > > > regards, >

Re: network utilities

2005-08-09 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- noc ops <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I installed bare bone sarge 3.1r0a. I was wondering > what packages do I > need to apt-get for basic/advance network utilities. > > > tia, > > regards, > /vicky > Hello vicky, It depends a lot in what are you trying to achieve. Can you be m

Re: Which kernel sources for installing Nvidia drivers on Sarge 3.1r0a (stable)

2005-08-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 07:12:29PM +, Hans-Peter Sulzer wrote: > Hi, > > I have tried to install the Nvidia video drivers on > the current stable release (Sarge). But it needs > kernel sources installed. I have installed the > 2.6.8.2-686 kernel (as offered by the standard > DVD install progra

Which kernel sources for installing Nvidia drivers on Sarge 3.1r0a (stable)

2005-08-09 Thread Hans-Peter Sulzer
Hi, I have tried to install the Nvidia video drivers on the current stable release (Sarge). But it needs kernel sources installed. I have installed the 2.6.8.2-686 kernel (as offered by the standard DVD install program of Sarge). I don't know which kernel sources (or kernel headers?) I have to in

LVM, mdadm and /etc/fstab

2005-08-09 Thread John Griffin
Currently running Debian sarge, with 2.6.12.2 kernel. I have my boot disk setup as raid 1 on an internal disk mirrored to the other internal disk (md0). I also have an external jbod rack with 8 disks which I have set up as 4 pairs at RAID 1 (md1 - md4). This external jbod of RAID 1 md's is moun

Re: network utilities

2005-08-09 Thread noc ops
Basically looking for traceroute to mtr...etc. I know I can apt-get for these utilities individually but I am looking for a bundled iputility. regards, /vicky Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 09:52:04AM -0700, noc ops wrote: Hi, I installed bare bone sarge 3.1r0a. I was wo

Re: How do I edit UTF-8 encoded files with Emacs?

2005-08-09 Thread Jim MacBaine
On 8/9/05, René Seindal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim MacBaine wrote (09-08-2005 18:59): > > How do I tell emacs that the file I'm editing is utf-8-encoded? > > http://linux.seindal.dk/item32.html Unfortunately, this does not help. I put the lines, the author suggests, to my .emacs. I still s

Re: How do I edit UTF-8 encoded files with Emacs?

2005-08-09 Thread Jim MacBaine
On 8/9/05, I wrote: > Hello, > > Short question: How do I edit UTF-8 encoded files with Emacs? Those > files contains German quotation marks, Umlauts and other interesting > things. > [...] > How do I tell emacs that the file I'm editing is utf-8-encoded? What I have tried so far includes starti

Re: How do I edit UTF-8 encoded files with Emacs?

2005-08-09 Thread René Seindal
Jim MacBaine wrote (09-08-2005 18:59): How do I tell emacs that the file I'm editing is utf-8-encoded? http://linux.seindal.dk/item32.html -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: [Bit OT]: Latex Gurus?

2005-08-09 Thread Jim Ottaway
> Byron Hillis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > Just wanting to tap into some of the wide-ranging knowledge > available on this list. > A quick Q for a Latex document layout. I want a single > column output, but on the right hand side I want a line > that separates the \marginpar not

Re: Personal Debian mirror

2005-08-09 Thread Preston Boyington
From: Bob Proulx >You should be able to point your sources.list there to retrieve them. I am currently looking through the FAI server material, but was wondering if I could just use SAMBA since it is a public share? Would this be a case of: deb file:/debmirror/debian/ stable main contrib or w

Re: Debian Exim and Mailman

2005-08-09 Thread Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina
"RP" -> "debian-user@lists.debian.org" (Tuesday 09 August 2005 16:45): > Fine. What do I change? you could recompile a Mailman but modifying all occurences if Debian-exim into the source package. There is a "more than easy way": http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html

Re: network utilities

2005-08-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 09:52:04AM -0700, noc ops wrote: > Hi, > > I installed bare bone sarge 3.1r0a. I was wondering what packages do I need > to > apt-get for basic/advance network utilities. > That depends, what do you want to do? basic/advanced network utilities describes probably 1000-2

Re: HelpDesk

2005-08-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 12:44:45PM -0300, Mariano Garcia wrote: > Quisiera contribuir con la comunidad de Debian como helpdesk o colaborando en > la correccion de sus manuales. > Esta lista es para discusiones de asuntos de usuarios en inglés. Si te interesa ayudar en desarrollar a Debian, ent

How do I edit UTF-8 encoded files with Emacs?

2005-08-09 Thread Jim MacBaine
Hello, Short question: How do I edit UTF-8 encoded files with Emacs? Those files contains German quotation marks, Umlauts and other interesting things. Long explanation: I'm in the need to reply to windows-1251-encoded emails and to keep all those special characters like the ellipses, German quot

network utilities

2005-08-09 Thread noc ops
Hi, I installed bare bone sarge 3.1r0a. I was wondering what packages do I need to apt-get for basic/advance network utilities. tia, regards, /vicky -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: c programming reference on linux

2005-08-09 Thread Christian Henz
> On 8/9/05, Ms Linuz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, another lazy googling day ... > > Anybody got links or hardcopy of some kind like C/C++ programming > > reference on linux ? > > Thanks a lot. > > The GNU C Library Manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/ cheers, Christian

HelpDesk

2005-08-09 Thread Mariano Garcia
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Re: Severe problems after upgrading some packages

2005-08-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 02:58:06PM +, Nick de Graeve wrote: > I've ran in some serious problems when I installed/upgrade some > packages: upgrade of libc6 failed and now lots of programs won't start > anymore: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls > ls: error while loading shared libraries: libacl.so.1

Re: Sarge & ISA NE2000

2005-08-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 11:24:33PM +1000, Chris Phillips wrote: > Hi all, > > I have just installed Sarge on my old PII at home > (after the fedora upgrade trashed the system). > > The system is up and running, however I cannot figure > out how to get the ISA NE2000 ethernet card working > proper

Severe problems after upgrading some packages

2005-08-09 Thread Nick de Graeve
I've ran in some serious problems when I installed/upgrade some packages: upgrade of libc6 failed and now lots of programs won't start anymore: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls ls: error while loading shared libraries: libacl.so.1: cannot enable executable stack as shared object requires: Error 14 It a

Re: [solved] cups/gutenprint/ghostscript problem--printing died on upgrade

2005-08-09 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 10:33:24AM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > Kenward Vaughan([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: ... > > answer by tracking several packages through the bug tracking system-- > > the errors have been reported by others, with means to correct them > > (downgrading gs-esp, a

Re: Re: Debian Drivers -- Dell 2350

2005-08-09 Thread okecha francis
Please could you update me about the Del 2350 driver I  bought the pc from Boston in the US now am back to Africa Uganda, Kampala but I treid to install  windows XP service pack 2 all in vain. you can contactme on +256  77 433 163 Francis Martz__Do Yo

mouse and kvm switch hotplug aaargh!

2005-08-09 Thread Adam Hardy
This has happened to me 3 times now, each time it lasts for about a month, since I upgraded my old Redhat box to Sarge. The psmouse driver and hotplugging lose synch, as per this /var/log/messages: Aug 9 15:01:49 gondor kernel: logips2pp: Detected unknown logitech mouse model 86 Aug 9 15:1

Re: Video card not recognised

2005-08-09 Thread marc
David González said... > Did you search the ATI web site for a driver? Oh yes. I couldn't find anything, though. > For the > refresh rate, I normally solve that issue by editing the XF86Config-4 > file by myself, you have to put the refresh rates that matches your > monitor. > For example: > ---

Re: daisy-chaining internet connectivity

2005-08-09 Thread Rob Sims
On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 01:30:30AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > * Configure the second wired network card with a static IP address. > Use a different subnet than you have on our WAN side. That is, if > you have a 10.* address use 192.168.1.1 on the LAN. If your outside > address is already 19

Re: Installation Problem

2005-08-09 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 16:45 +1000, David Meeson wrote: > I have installed Version 3.1 several times and on each occasion I have > difficulty logging on after inserting user name and password. > > It appears to accept user name but password it not accepted and the > cursor dos not move across. >

tar bug?

2005-08-09 Thread Colin Ingram
I haven't used tar that much so I don't know if this is the way it has always been or if this is a bug. Tar automatically excludes the archive being created from archive in order to prevent an infinite loop. $ tar -cvvf /home/colin/tartest/test/tartest.tar /home/colin/tartest/* tar: Removing

Re: [solved] cups/gutenprint/ghostscript problem--printing died on upgrade

2005-08-09 Thread Wayne Topa
Kenward Vaughan([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 02:45:55PM -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > ... > > ago. Since then I have had problems with printing which I have tried > > to narrow down by upping the logging in CUPS. I have both an hp 1200 > ... > > Additio

Re: Personal Debian mirror

2005-08-09 Thread Adam Mercer
On 05/08/05, Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How much disk space is required to do this? Our 386 Sarge mirror, just binaries, takes up about 9Gb for main, contrib and non-free. Cheers Adam

Re: Debian Exim and Mailman

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 03:51:23PM +0200, Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina wrote: > "RP" -> "debian-user@lists.debian.org" (Tuesday 09 August 2005 15:42): > > > After a hard drive crash I had to reinstall from scratch. Exim now runs > > as 'Debian-exim' but the mailman wrapper expects it to be run

Re: Marvel 10/200/1000 on board LAN?

2005-08-09 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, J.A. de Vries wrote: > On 2005-08-08 @ 15:46:43 (week 32) Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > I use another mobo, but with the same ethernet controller (I think): > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: lspci | grep Marvell > :00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon > Gigabi

Re: udev and kernel 2.6.12

2005-08-09 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Žáček Kryštof_, on 09/08/05 02:31,typed: > Strange thing. If I type > > # apt-cache policy udev > > then I see that the current version of udev is 0.065-1. Do you have your > /etc/apt/sources.list set correctly to unstable? > > Furthermore, there is apparently something wrong with

RE: Installation with SATA, RAID and kernel 2.6

2005-08-09 Thread Žáček Kryštof
Happened to me too (chipset Intel 82801EB/ER, SATA disk, PATA CD/DVD burner). I managed to make Debian install with linux26 by manually loading piix, ide-generic and ide-cd before the bloody ata-piix gets loaded by debian installer. Otherwise CDROM would not be detected at all - the SATA driver

Re: how to remount / correctly?

2005-08-09 Thread Raymond A. Meijer
On Tuesday 9 August 2005 17:08, Raymond A. Meijer wrote: > mount -o remount / > (but I'm not sure whether that would work for the root filesystem) Actually, it should, because you can "mount -o remount,ro /" to make your root filesystem read-only. Ray -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: how to remount / correctly?

2005-08-09 Thread Raymond A. Meijer
On Tuesday 9 August 2005 16:49, Anonymous wrote: > What's the correct way to umount and re-mount /? mount -o remount / (but I'm not sure whether that would work for the root filesystem) Ray -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: how to remount / correctly?

2005-08-09 Thread Yoram Hekma
mount -o remount / right? On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 15:49 +0200, Anonymous wrote: > Last time I tried to umount / and mount it again with different > options I wedged my system and had to reboot. I think I even tried > editing /etc/fstab first then type "umount / ; mount /" all on one > line. > > Wh

how to remount / correctly?

2005-08-09 Thread Anonymous
Last time I tried to umount / and mount it again with different options I wedged my system and had to reboot. I think I even tried editing /etc/fstab first then type "umount / ; mount /" all on one line. What's the correct way to umount and re-mount /? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: Installation Problem

2005-08-09 Thread Josh Battles
David Meeson said: > I have installed Version 3.1 several times and on each occasion I have > difficulty logging on after inserting user name and password. > > It appears to accept user name but password it not accepted and the > cursor dos not move across. The curson will not move when you type i

Re: Debian Exim and Mailman

2005-08-09 Thread Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina
"RP" -> "debian-user@lists.debian.org" (Tuesday 09 August 2005 15:42): > After a hard drive crash I had to reinstall from scratch. Exim now runs > as 'Debian-exim' but the mailman wrapper expects it to be run as > 'daemon'. What kind of error message do you get? I run Mailman both on Debian and

Installation with SATA, RAID and kernel 2.6

2005-08-09 Thread Herbert, Mark
I had some trouble figuring out how to do a new installation of Debian 3.1r0a with kernel 2.6 using RAID1 and dual SATA drives on a Dell Poweredge 750 (no hardware RAID). I couldn't find any messages with a solution, but I've now figured it out and this message will hopefully help someone else tryi

Debian Exim and Mailman

2005-08-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
After a hard drive crash I had to reinstall from scratch. Exim now runs as 'Debian-exim' but the mailman wrapper expects it to be run as 'daemon'. I've submitted this as a Mailman bug but I really need to get my Mailman lists working. Can someone suggest what to change to get exim and Mailman work

control-b in konsole

2005-08-09 Thread Ron Peterson
There is a ctrl-b function in konsole that brings up a little dialog "Add Bookmark - Konsole". Where it comes from, I don't know. How to shut it off, I don't know either. For an emacs bigot such as myself, it's extremely annoying. It's not always turned on. There's something I'm doing, or a co

Re: Message could not be delivered

2005-08-09 Thread radionoticias
Su mensaje no ha sido leído, vuelva a intentarlo a partir de septiembre. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sarge & ISA NE2000

2005-08-09 Thread Chris Phillips
Hi all, I have just installed Sarge on my old PII at home (after the fedora upgrade trashed the system). The system is up and running, however I cannot figure out how to get the ISA NE2000 ethernet card working properly. If I do a > modprobe ne io=0x340 irq=9 > ifup eth0 Everything works fin

Re: c programming reference on linux

2005-08-09 Thread David González
Bruce Eckel's Thinking in C++ Vol. 1 & 2. I love that book. On 8/9/05, Ms Linuz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, another lazy googling day ... > Anybody got links or hardcopy of some kind like C/C++ programming > reference on linux ? > Thanks a lot. > > --w.h-- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: How can I configure debian, to boot to a text mode login (new Debian user)

2005-08-09 Thread Michael Marsh
On 8/9/05, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am guessing you have two more terminals configured in /etc/inittab. Nope. > But it could also be another program running. (I sometimes run > multiple X displays and so the second is on 8 and the third is on 9 > and so forth.) Ah, I see it now

Re: Problems with openssl (libcrypto.so.0.9.7)

2005-08-09 Thread David Heumer
Actually I am just compiling one because I thought it could be some kernel problem. I hope that is the only problem. Thanks a lot -Original Message- From: David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 12:15:31 +0100 Subject: Re: Problems with

RE: Re: FAM & and unmounting USB disks

2005-08-09 Thread Žáček Kryštof
KDE does not depend on FAM :-) > -Original Message- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Kaye > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 12:03 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: FAM & and unmounting USB disks > > En/La Žáček Kryštof ha escrit, a 09/08/05 07

Re: Problems with openssl (libcrypto.so.0.9.7)

2005-08-09 Thread David Goodenough
On Tuesday 09 August 2005 11:28, David Heumer wrote: > After updating my System Openssl has the following problem: > > error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.0.9.7: cannot enable > executable stack as shared object requires: Error 14 > > I checked if the library is there and correctly l

side effects of mounting ext3 with "mand" option?

2005-08-09 Thread Anonymous
The wipe.sf.net file wiping tool's man page says the filesystem should be mounted with the mand option for mandatory file locking. I notice that this is not a default in any Gnu/Linux installation I've ever used. I also can't find much documentation about it. Are there any harmful side effects or

Problems with openssl (libcrypto.so.0.9.7)

2005-08-09 Thread David Heumer
After updating my System Openssl has the following problem: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.0.9.7: cannot enable executable stack as shared object requires: Error 14 I checked if the library is there and correctly linked in /etc/ld.so.conf. I also tried to compile Openssl by ha

Re: Marvel 10/200/1000 on board LAN?

2005-08-09 Thread J.A. de Vries
On 2005-08-08 @ 15:46:43 (week 32) Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > Hello I am trying to make an Intel D925XECV2 > with motherboard with 'Marvel 10/100/1000 LAN' > on board. > > Knoppix-3.9 (kernel 2.6.11, May/2005) also does > not detect the inteface? > > Any one out there using this motherboard? What

Re: Problem with filenames

2005-08-09 Thread N. Ganesh Babu
Dear Davies, We can able to do this with RedHat Linux. Regards, Ganesh Dick Davies wrote: Does novell 3 have a case-sensitive filesystem? On 09/08/05, N. Ganesh Babu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear All, I have newly installed Debian Linux on my network. My requirement is to

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