ServerAlias considered harmful

On mandag 12 september 2005, 02:07, David Clymer wrote: > but wouldnt it > be much easier to add a ServerAlias to the vitualhost config? Without trying to respond to the original question, I would like to point out that ServerAliases are vil and architecturally broken. The redirect should ha

Re: Thunderbird not visible

Steve Lamb wrote: Paul Scott wrote: It runs but nothing appears on the screen. I have found nothing relevant in logs or anything with Google. TIA for any diagnostic thoughts. Uhm, ok, what does strace tell ya is going on? Sometimes when something is just inexplicably hung a good

Re: ldconfig responds with Illegal Instruction, cannot

Chris Purves wrote: > On 9/12/05, *Kent West* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Next, try "strace ldconfig" and watch for any error messages. > > > >>> > dmcnet:/var/lib/dpkg/info# strace -v ldconfig > execve("/sbin/ldconfig", ["ldconfig"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0 > uname(

Re: ldconfig responds with Illegal Instruction, cannot

On 9/12/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Next, try "strace ldconfig" and watch for any error messages. >>>dmcnet:/var/lib/dpkg/info# strace -v ldconfig execve("/sbin/ldconfig", ["ldconfig"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0 uname({sysname="Linux", nodename="dmcnet", release="2.2.20", version="#1 Sat Ap

ext3 and rsync problem

I have a SATA hard disk in my machine, and recently installed a 200gb Seagate IDE hard drive in it to use as backup. I want to use rsync to backup my home directory to this machine. I used mkfs.ext3 to format the drive as ext3, and mounted the drive (mount -text3 /dev/hdc /bkup). I then made a d

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Hi folks, I'm wondering what my best options are for getting my desktop to enter a suspend state. I want to be able to suspend the thing becuase : -it's noisy as hell - it's an energy pig - i hate waiting for a fresh reboot Also I'd ideally like to have it wake up by itself in the middle of the

automount down

I noticed a few days ago that USB memory sticks and CDs/DVDs no longer automount. I also noticed a bajillion stalled(?) processes like the following: 23851 ?S< 0:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb 23852 ?S< 0:00 /bin/sh /sbin/hotplug usb 23855 ?S< 0:00 /bin/sh /sbin/h

Re: Linux over Network to Windows

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 12:22:48PM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > I got the vague impression that there are numerous answers to this > situation, possibly including some sort of debian-standard samba. apt-get install smbfs $ grep -i SMB /boot/config-`uname -r` CONFIG_SMB_FS=y # CONFIG_SMB_NLS_D

Re: ldconfig responds with Illegal Instruction, cannot

Chris Purves wrote: > Here are the contents of the file: > > >>> > #!/bin/sh -e > > case "$1" in > configure) > ldconfig > ;; > abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure) > ;; > esac > > # Automatically added by dh_makeshlibs > if

Re: Linux over Network to Windows

David R. Litwin wrote: > Alright, let's try some thing. The Toshiba A70 laptop has a > > * V.92 56K Data/Fax Modem > * 10/100 integrated Ethernet LAN, > * Built-in Atheros Wireless LAN (802.11ag) > > > How do I connect this wirelessly to the router I will have? Depends on how well the

Re: Thunderbird not visible

Paul Scott wrote: > I will still continue to use mutt on my old (P-90) laptop. Hey in cases like that I can't argue. :) > It runs but nothing appears on the screen. I have found nothing relevant in > logs > or anything with Google. TIA for any diagnostic thoughts. Uhm, ok, what does

Re: debian installation (stable version)

enediel gonzalez writes: > The stable version includes a 2.4 kernel While a 2.4 kernel is installed by default, Sarge also includes 2.6 kernels. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 2.6.11 upgradde #1: nvidia drivers don't work?

Ms Linuz wrote: > Matt Price wrote: > > >>Ms Linuz wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>Look at your /etc/modules and make sure there is 'nvidia' ( without >>>quote ) line exists. >>>If not, add nvidia in your /etc/modules >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>thanks, tried that, didn't work for me. I think the problem is

Re: slow dns lookup

David Clymer wrote: > On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 02:08 -0400, Matt Price wrote: > >>gaash, latest in a barrage or problems related to movingm y computer >>from work to home. >> >>at work, this computer was exposed directly to the internet; for DNS it >>used the university dns servers >> >>Now it sits a

Re: kernel panic - not syncing. No init found. Try passing init = option to kernel

On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 10:13:06PM +0100, wackojacko wrote: > > UPDATE > > I downloaded the Ubuntu Live CD and tried to chroot into the partition > as follows > > mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 /mnt > chroot /mnt > > and get the error > > chroot: cannot execute '/bin/bash': file no

Re: adventures with window managers

On Sep 12 2005, Almut Behrens wrote: > BTW, with "xdpyinfo" you can check which extensions your X-server > supports. See the list following "number of extensions:". Be careful, though, that not all extensions may work. For instance, the output of xdpyinfo may list the xv extension, even though it

Re: dpkg database rebuild

Hi there, Ritesh. On Sep 12 2005, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > If I copy the whole filesystem to another hard drive and rebuild the > dpkg database, will it work ? Well, if you copy the whole filesystem tree (from root, but possibly ommitting /proc /tmp and /mnt or /media), then everything should w

NFS And Exportfs

While researching some possible quirks with files accessed through NFS, I found a few web pages telling me what to do with exportfs. The same pages referenced doing "cat /etc/fs/nfs/exports" to see a list of exported directories and their settings. I have an older system running Mandrake 8.x a

Re: debian installation (stable version)

Thanks David for your answer. The stable version includes a 2.4 kernel, after review several all possible variants I had in my hands and guessing that the problem is related to the driver for the network card, I took the following decision . I downloaded the netinst CD for the testing versio

Re: 2.6.11 upgradde #1: nvidia drivers don't work?

Matt Price wrote: >Ms Linuz wrote: > > > >>Look at your /etc/modules and make sure there is 'nvidia' ( without >>quote ) line exists. >>If not, add nvidia in your /etc/modules >> >> >> >> >thanks, tried that, didn't work for me. I think the problem is somehow >more fundamental (had tried ma

Editing Gnome menus in gnome 2.10

Rats, it's happened again. An upgrade clobbered my custom Gnome menus and there's no visible way to add them back in. Nautilus no longer has a location bar where you can enter applications:///. Searching the list shows that editing menus has gone away in gnome 2.10. When is this ability expected t

Re: X.Org Hits Testing: Xorg MGA driver problem?

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:39:58 -0300 Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using X.org with a Matrox G400 card (monohead, AGP, 16MB of RAM, > resolution of 1400x1050) and I have no problems like corrupted display. Close enough, more or less, since I don't have two monitors, hence I don't u

Re: md5sum and 3.1_r0a debian sarge

On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 06:59 +0200, John Que wrote: > Hello, > I am a newbie to Debian. > I had downloaded the dvd iso for debian: > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/iso-dvd > This site is condisered the primary CD image server > according to http://www.debian.org. > > (I download

Re: ldconfig responds with Illegal Instruction, cannot

On 9/10/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris Purves wrote:> A recent upgrade with aptitude on testing exited halfway through with> the following error:>> Preconfiguring packages ...> Setting up libpam0g (0.76-23) ...> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam0g.postinst: line 3: 31771 Illegal > instructi

Re: hostap and intersil prism

On Sun, 11 Sep 2005, Hans du Plooy wrote: > Hi guys, > > I am trying to set up an Intersil Prism PCI card as a wireless > accesspoint with the hostap driver. I have found several HOWTOs on the > net, and they all follow about the same procedure (most of them Red Hat > based though). than,

Re: Re: HP DeskJet 932C Printer e-mail support

Hello. I just changed to Windows Me and now I can't add my printer because since I've moved from Washington to Texas, I can't find my disc. To be honest, I didn't know you needed the disc to re-connect the printer (PC dummy me). What do I need to do now? The model number of my printer is 4562C, (

Re: debian installation (stable version)

On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 15:06 +, enediel gonzalez wrote: > I downloaded the netinst CD, but after the installation process, when comes > the time to download packages from internet, I'm facing problems with the > communication, > > scenario > -real ip associated to one router > -internal C

gnome 2.10.2 Sid Themes

Hi, I have Sid up to date with gnome, I can't get some themes to work with this. I installed one sucessfully but the resr seem to not show under gnome-themes-manager. I tried installing this one. http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=14876 AFAIK, the only needed thing to do

Re: which netinstal is for

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rodney D. Myers wrote: > On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:33:54 +0800 > Wang Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>ia64 is for intel itanium processor rather than amd64, it's not >>for you. >> > > > So a regular "netinstall" will work fine? > Try http://cdimage

Re: cdrecord won't work - kernel 2.6.10

2005/9/12, Erdi Balint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Wang, > > Thanks for the support. Unfortunately, it did not work. > > Finally I could burn a cd with the dev=/dev/hdc setting but I could not > read the freshly read cd after, the error message was 'Unable to > identify CD-ROM format.' Which mode d

Re: which netinstal is for

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:33:54 +0800 Wang Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2005/9/12, Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm getting ready to "upgrade" my other system to the AMD 64 Athlon > > series of processors . > > > > Which netinstall cdrom is the correct? the > > debian-testing-ia64-net

Re: which netinstal is for

2005/9/12, Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm getting ready to "upgrade" my other system to the AMD 64 Athlon > series of processors . > > Which netinstall cdrom is the correct? the > debian-testing-ia64-netinst.iso ia64 is for intel itanium processor rather than amd64, it's not for you.

emule: don't support local server???

Hello, I made an emule server on my network. However, the client (emule) don't permit to add the server with IP 10.0.0.1. How to make the emule client allow this reserved IP address? Thanks, Eriberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: slow dns lookup

On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 02:08 -0400, Matt Price wrote: > gaash, latest in a barrage or problems related to movingm y computer > from work to home. > > at work, this computer was exposed directly to the internet; for DNS it > used the university dns servers > > Now it sits at home, and uses the chea

Re: adventures with window managers

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 11:47:04PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: > Adam Hardy on 11/09/05 23:00, wrote: > > >UWM: Your X-Server doesn't support the SHAPES extension . terminating > > > >I can't find any reference to SHAPES extension in synaptic. Where does > >it reside? > > Just realised you prob

Re: Apache2 & mod_rewrite

On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 21:38 +0200, Marco wrote: > Hi, > I have a problem with apache2 and rewrite module. > > VirtualHost for site www.domain1.com > ... > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.domain1\.com [NC] > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$ > RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://www.domain1.com/$1 [L

Re: Apache & mod_rewrite

On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 21:50 +0100, Philip Radford wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Anyone got any experience with mod_rewrite under Apache. Which version of apache? > > I am trying to create a dynamic directory using the following syntax > which I figured out from looking at tutorials etc but it refus

Anjuta's "Hello World" example, missing add_pixmap_directory from Glade's support.c file

Just starting to work with Anjuta IDE and of course I'm trying to get the "Hello World" from the tutorial going. But when I do a build, it can't find the function "add_pixmap_directory(...)" for the call in main.c. >From what I've found out off the web, "add_pixmap_directory(...)" is normally inc

Re: dpkg database rebuild

Hello People, If I copy the whole filesystem to another hard drive and rebuild the dpkg database, will it work ? Will dpkg be able to understand all the packages installed ? If you copy the filesystem and it includes /var then dpkg should be perfectly happy. Regards, rrs -- To UNSU

Re: .xsession problem

On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 04:14:49PM -0600, Cameron Matheson wrote: > Jim Seymour wrote: > > >Hi All, > > > >Running Debian Etch on an AMD Athalon box with all the current updates. > >I have tried to no avail to get a .xsession file to launch pland (Plan > >Daemon) when I log into my box. The file i

Re: log rotation & parsing

On Sunday 11 September 2005 02:36, Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Greetings, > I wish, when the mail.log is rotated, that it is first grep'ed for the > string "reject" and the results of that grep to be mailed to a specific > user. man logrotate ? postrotate/endscri

RE: odd problem with CDROM drive

As an additional piece of information, I have changed to the testing distribution and upgraded the kernel to 2.6.11. No difference. The Knoppix disk still boots and can read the CD once booted, while Sarge (testing, 2.6.11) cannot read the same physical CD. Any ideas? -- Seth Goodman -- To

Re: adventures with window managers

Adam Hardy on 11/09/05 23:00, wrote: UWM: Your X-Server doesn't support the SHAPES extension . terminating I can't find any reference to SHAPES extension in synaptic. Where does it reside? Just realised you probably don't install SHAPES, rather upgrade something to a version that does i

Re: reinstall lilo after windows

I do not have idea why this very useful option is removed from sarge. Now i always need 2 cd's, sarge and woody with xfs. In my opinion it's the worst change from woody to sarge. Full rescue support was not integrated into d-i by the time sarge was released. The latest Installers have a res

Re: Apache2 & mod_rewrite

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 09:38:37PM +0200, Marco wrote: > Hi, > I have a problem with apache2 and rewrite module. > > VirtualHost for site www.domain1.com > ... > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.domain1\.com [NC] > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$ > RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://www.domain1.com

Re: adventures with window managers

Adam Hardy on 11/09/05 22:53, wrote: I just put a .xinitrc file in my $HOME with 'blackbox' as the window manager, and I found a 'window manager' submenu. This allows me to change from blackbox to metacity or afterwm or several others, but enlightenment, sawfish and uwm wont run, giving an err

adventures with window managers

I just put a .xinitrc file in my $HOME with 'blackbox' as the window manager, and I found a 'window manager' submenu. This allows me to change from blackbox to metacity or afterwm or several others, but enlightenment, sawfish and uwm wont run, giving an error like this: X-window does not con

Re: Not able to print page footer or header.

On 09/06/2005 11:52 AM, Simo Kauppi wrote: [...] > I printed a test page with CUPS (from the CUPS admin page in > localhost:631) which gave me a nice border showing the printable area. > From that I got the values to use in firefox Print->Properties... > dialog. > > I think the values in the Pag

Re: mozilla composer asks "would you like to subscribe to "

There is another way to browse the debian lists in a newsgroup-like threaded format, check out Nabble's mirror of Debian lists: http://www.nabble.com/Debian-User-f32.html Nabble is entirely web based, so you won't have the newsgroup problem. like Gmane, you can also post on Nabble and your messag

Re: Linux over Network to Windows

> I know this well. Are there any good howtos?Not with the broadness of the question, no. Now if you want to limit your question to something like "How do I wire a 10BaseT network at thehardware/wiring level", the probably so. Or if you want to ask "How do Iconfigure an X-Brand wireless router to s

Apache & mod_rewrite

Hi everyone, Anyone got any experience with mod_rewrite under Apache. I am trying to create a dynamic directory using the following syntax which I figured out from looking at tutorials etc but it refuses to work. This is what I have so far :- RewriteEngine on RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^/(.*)$

dpkg database rebuild

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello People, If I copy the whole filesystem to another hard drive and rebuild the dpkg database, will it work ? Will dpkg be able to understand all the packages installed ? Regards, rrs - -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.co

Re: Precompiled kernels - batteries included.

On 9/11/05, Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whilst not the solution you're looking for, why not harness the debian > kernel infrastructure, so that these modules are handled by make-kpkg? > I've been doing that for a long time. Helps some. alex -- Alex Polite http://flosspick.org - f

Re: How to get security updates, but not other packages?

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 08:11:33PM +0200, oneman wrote: > On 11-sep-2005, at 18:29, J. Grant wrote: > > >[Please include my email address in any replies] I don't see it anywhere in this message - *sigh*. I'll have to find the original post... > I use aptitude. I simply run aptitude, hit 'u' for

Re: Precompiled kernels - batteries included.

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 09:36:06PM +0200, Alex Polite wrote: > Every time I have to go and find the most recent versions of madwifi, > shfs, lirc and other modules I use that are not included in the kernel > tree. Just getting madwifi right takes an hour every time. Whilst not the solution you're

Re: Linux over Network to Windows

David R. Litwin wrote: > > So the central machine has both W2K and Debian? > > > It does. > > Trying to access files from both the Windows partition and the Debian > partition over the network is fraught with pitfalls > > > Alright. To make things easier (since I won't be using the cen

Re: Help!

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 05:33:42AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > > No, I'm not. ... > > Furthermore you presume that just because one has taken the time to put > the documentation into the program that people are going to read it there. > Fat chance. Yes. Who among us has

Re: My pulldown windows have the options text whited out when the mouse is over 'em.

Yeah, I still don't have a solution to my thunderbird pulldown active option whiteout. Anybody else seeing this? Xeno Campanoli wrote: Sorry, but I'm only getting the problem on Thunderbird pulldowns it looks like, and the Desktop / Theme option doesn't seem to fix it. xc John Ceh wrote: M

Apache2 & mod_rewrite

Hi,I have a problem with apache2 and rewrite module.   VirtualHost for site www.domain1.com...RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^www\.domain1\.com [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^$RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://www.domain1.com/$1 [L,R]   TEST OK. http://domain1.com --> http://www.domain1.com

Precompiled kernels - batteries included.

I've been compiling my own kernels for a good many years. The charm of it all is starting to fade. Every time I have to go and find the most recent versions of madwifi, shfs, lirc and other modules I use that are not included in the kernel tree. Just getting madwifi right takes an hour every time.

hostap and intersil prism

Hi guys, I am trying to set up an Intersil Prism PCI card as a wireless accesspoint with the hostap driver. I have found several HOWTOs on the net, and they all follow about the same procedure (most of them Red Hat based though). I'm running Sarge with kernel 2.6.8-2-k7, and the hostap pack

Re: Linux over Network to Windows

So the central machine has both W2K and Debian?It does. Trying to access files from both the Windows partition and the Debianpartition over the network is fraught with pitfalls is easiest if you're willing to boot the central computer into the OS from which you'retrying to access files. If you're

Re: Linux over Network to Windows

David R. Litwin wrote: > I have a (we shall call it) main computer, printer, modem (well, that > doesn't really matter: It is connected to an Ethernet card) and > (eventually) a Router that will provide a wire-less signal. This > machine runs Windows 2000 Pro. What I want to do is set up a network

odd problem with CDROM drive

None of the various ISO CD's I've tried can get past the point in the installation where the boot kernel detects and mounts the CD. The machine can obviously read the CD, as it loads the kernel off the CD, detects hardware and sets up to do the netinstall. I installed using boot floppies (Sarge w

Re: bootsplash

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 05:04:35PM +0200, mess-mate wrote: > Wang Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > The exact error is: > | > 'You passed an unappropriate mode number..' and i have to press > | > 'return' to see an available choice about: > | > 80x40 > | > 80x30 > | > 80x32 > | > etc... > | > >

Re: How to get security updates, but not other packages?

On Sunday, 11.09.2005 at 20:11 +0200, oneman wrote: > >Not sure what the difference is between "apt-get upgrade" and "apt-get > >dist-upgrade" > Try man apt-get. In short: dist-upgrade is better at resolving > dependency conflicts. BTW, Aptitude doesn't (need to) have two ways > of upgrading,

Re: How to get security updates, but not other packages?

On 11-sep-2005, at 18:29, J. Grant wrote: [Please include my email address in any replies] Hi, Presently using debian sarge, I would like to update my system with only security fixes which have been made available since Sarge was released. Now sure how to do this. would "apt-get upgrade"

Re: PCI modem suggestions

Nuke wrote: My understanding is that a modem that has a controller will work from Linux, with no additional driver, by being associated with an RS232 serial port. This is obviously the COM1 or COM2 if external. If internal, the Linux compatible modem will also have a UART chip so it becomes

how to list from a distro?

I have my sources.list setup like in the apt pinning howto. I set it up to install some specific packages that I needed. I want to mainly be running stable. I discovered that I installed another package without realizing that only exists in unstable. Is there a way to list all the packages that a

which netinstal is for

I'm getting ready to "upgrade" my other system to the AMD 64 Athlon series of processors . Which netinstall cdrom is the correct? the debian-testing-ia64-netinst.iso And I do want testing? Thanks -- Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux User #96112 ICQ#: AIM#: YAH

Re: mozilla news asks "would you like to subscribe to "

Sorry, it is not "composer", it should have been "mail and news" in the subject line. ->HS Apparently, _H.S._, on 11/09/05 11:10,typed: > Hi, > > Since yesterday or so I noticed that in gmane newsgroup account, > whenever I do any operation: change to a another newsgroup, grab new > messages; mo

Re: Help!

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 10:27:11AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > The solution is to include in your .Xdefaults the lines: > > *aixterm.Translations: #override BackSpace: string(0x7f) > aixterm*ttyModes: erase ^? Speaking of which, whats the difference between .Xdefaults and .Xresources?

PHP5: Using the Debian PHP5 Package in Sarge 3.1

Hi,   Anyone used this package yet?  http://packages.debian.org/unstable/web/php5. Is it reliable? Also: how do I get it? What do I add to my sources.list to get hold of it?   Thanks, Jim.      

Re: Problem with the new xlibs deb

Andrej Prsa wrote: > Thanks for the reply; my question was actually how to "just fix the > postinst". I managed to do it though and I'm posting it here for anyone > else who might be interested: You took the long way round. vi /var/lib/dpkg/info/package.postinst dpkg --configure -a -- see shy j

How to get security updates, but not other packages?

[Please include my email address in any replies] Hi, Presently using debian sarge, I would like to update my system with only security fixes which have been made available since Sarge was released. Now sure how to do this. would "apt-get upgrade" also update non-security fixed packages? I have

Re: DELL Inspiron 6000 Disk Detection Wierdness

jim biri wrote: OK - will do. However, once I know what driver to install - how do I tell Sarge to try to install that driver during the installation process? To be honest, I've never had to do this on Debian, but I've had to make other changes during install - at some point when Sarge was st

Re: Help!

Carl Fink wrote: > Steve Lamb wrote: > > I know that GNU lost me when it came to help systems when they > > thought it was a keen idea to bind ^? and ^H to "help" in EMACS. > > Sounds logical on paper until one realizes that ^? and ^H are > > DEL/BS or BS/DEL depending on one's terminal settings.

Re: Linux over Network to Windows

I'm rather embarrassed to say this, but, I didn't understand a thing of the E-Mails sent in response. Perhaps I did not give an accurate picture of what I need, for this is a multi-part question. I have a (we shall call it) main computer, printer, modem (well, that doesn't really matter: It is conn

Re: cdrecord won't work - kernel 2.6.10

Apparently, _Erdi Balint_, on 11/09/05 11:17,typed: > Dear all, > > I have an ASUS M2437 laptop and I'm running Debian with kernel 2.6.10. > One thing I haven't managed to sort out is to make the cd/dvd writer > (TOSHIBA ODD-DVD SD-R6372 ATAPI) burn cd-s. > > I browsed several forums, mailing lis

cdrecord won't work - kernel 2.6.10

Dear all, I have an ASUS M2437 laptop and I'm running Debian with kernel 2.6.10. One thing I haven't managed to sort out is to make the cd/dvd writer (TOSHIBA ODD-DVD SD-R6372 ATAPI) burn cd-s. I browsed several forums, mailing lists and howtos before turning to you but I have had no luck. I

mozilla composer asks "would you like to subscribe to "

Hi, Since yesterday or so I noticed that in gmane newsgroup account, whenever I do any operation: change to a another newsgroup, grab new messages; mozilla composer prompt me with a message box asking: "would you like to subscribe to " This is happening only for gmane newsgroups. I created a new

Re: bootsplash

Wang Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > The exact error is: | > 'You passed an unappropriate mode number..' and i have to press | > 'return' to see an available choice about: | > 80x40 | > 80x30 | > 80x32 | > etc... | > | > mess-mate | | | And did you build framebuffer support into kernel? It sho

Re: Re: PCI modem suggestions

Hans du Plooy wrote : >External USB modems are often no more than the usual winmodem in a shell. That's interesting, I did not know that. My understanding is that a modem that has a controller will work from Linux, with no additional driver, by being associated with an RS232 serial port. Th

device file permissions the debian way

I'm trying to set up a new installation of debian so that user can play DVDs. I have debian sarge 2.6.8-2-686, an IDE dvd drive, gxine 0.4.1-1, libdvdread3-0.9.4-5. I can play .mp3 files OK with gzine. I created a dvd symlink: $ ls -l /dev/dvd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Sep 11 08:25 /dev/dvd -

Re: bootsplash

> The exact error is: > 'You passed an unappropriate mode number..' and i have to press > 'return' to see an available choice about: > 80x40 > 80x30 > 80x32 > etc... > > mess-mate And did you build framebuffer support into kernel? It should be built into kernel directly rather than as modules.

Re: bootsplash

Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 10:50:18AM +0200, mess-mate wrote: | > Hi, | > i've installed bootsplash on a machine without any problem. | > But can't do the same on a second machine : | > -233 k6 with a S3Virge graphic car. | > Seems 'mode' (vga) isn't rig

Fwd: Re: XOrg doesn't switch VTs

-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: XOrg doesn't switch VTs Date: Sunday 11 September 2005 15:33 From: "C. Hurschler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I noticed the problem a few weeks back. My german keyboard-mapping didn't work right either. Could it be a lacale

Re: Help!

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 05:29:00AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > I know that GNU lost me when it came to help systems when they thought it > was a keen idea to bind ^? and ^H to "help" in EMACS. Sounds logical on paper > until one realizes that ^? and ^H are DEL/BS or BS/DEL depending on one's >

Re: changing window managers

Joachim Fahnenmüller wrote: Sorry if the question is stupid, but: What is a session manager, and how does it get involved? THX AFAIK the session manager is a program that a) starts the programs of a desktop env (gnome needs nautilus,metacity,gnome-panel and maybe more) b) starts certain ot

Re: reinstall lilo after windows

If you have Woody install cd you can run it with: rescue root=/dev/hdaX and when system is up make: # lilo that's it. I do not have idea why this very useful option is removed from sarge. Now i always need 2 cd's, sarge and woody with xfs. In my opinion it's the worst change from woody to sarg

Re: bonding failure in Debian 3.1 Kernel 2.6.8-2-smp

On Sun, 11 Sep 2005, Holger Harling wrote: > The Bond0 startparameters are in the networking script under case "$1" in .. > behind ifup -a > modprobe bonding mode=1 miimon=100 > ifup bond0 > ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1 what is the contents of your "bonding files" manually.. modprobe bondin

Re: Help!

Carl Fink wrote: > No, I'm not. It is not necessary to read several books before installing > Linux. I know, I didn't do that before I first installed Slackware, > something over ten years ago. Yes, it is. When I installed Slack the first time I had been using computers for almost a decade

Re: Help!

Kent West wrote: > Amen to that. I've never been able to understand anything in an info > page. I just don't get how info works. Maybe I'm just stupid. I know that GNU lost me when it came to help systems when they thought it was a keen idea to bind ^? and ^H to "help" in EMACS. Sounds logica

Re: Help!

On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 10:28:22PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > > You think that putting the documentation INTO the program is the same as > > making the user lazy? > > Take a field trip to B&N or Borders and walk into the computer books > section. Look at the amount of ge

Re: Linux over Network to Windows

David; DUH ... I didn't read far enough down. U R @ home on Win2K. So ignore my response. ...cept the Samba part. > I will soon be getting a laptop (Toshiba A70) on to which I will install Debian. However, my main computer will, almost always, be running Windows. Now, I would like to setup a net

Re: Problem with the new xlibs deb

Hi, > > I took a look at the debian/postinst file and indeed there is a > > trivial naming mismatch (remove_conffile_with_symlink_rollback > > instead of replace_conffile_with_symlink_rollback). Is there a way > > to extract the binary package, fix the problem and repackage it > > without the huss

Re: bootsplash

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 10:50:18AM +0200, mess-mate wrote: > Hi, > i've installed bootsplash on a machine without any problem. > But can't do the same on a second machine : > -233 k6 with a S3Virge graphic car. > Seems 'mode' (vga) isn't right when booting and have to select an > other mode like fo

Re: Edit as new; was Re: Thunderbird not visible

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 07:50:04 +0200, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > --V88s5gaDVPzZ0KCq > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 10:20:27PM -0700, Paul

Re: reinstall lilo after windows

Rakotomandimby Mihamina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > I will have to reinstall my windows XP because I messed it up. > I know it will fire my bootloader (lilo on the MBR) If you have a floppy drive, one of these should work: use 'mkboot' to make a boot floppy (easiest). Be sure to test be

Re: Linux over Network to Windows

On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 12:35:48AM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > I will soon be getting a laptop (Toshiba A70) on to which I will install > Debian. However, my main computer will, almost always, be running Windows. > Now, I would like to setup a network of some sort so that I can access files

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