Just installes Debian

Hi, I've installed Debian "testing", I have very little experience in Linux . During my installation and after solving some of my problems (I still have a few...) I wonder why isn't the OS take care for it and maybe save hours of searching : 1. It took me hours to get additional Hebrew fonts for

Re: msql libs : what package?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: msql_connect() should be mysql_connect() The OP asked about msql not mysql. Both exist. Paul Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: msql libs : what package?

And if you realy want msql, install php-db. Contains: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/dpkg/info$ cat php-db.list /. /usr /usr/share /usr/share/php /usr/share/php/DB /usr/share/php/DB/common.php /usr/share/php/DB/dbase.php /usr/share/php/DB/fbsql.php /usr/share/php/DB/ibase.php /usr/share/php/DB/ifx.php

Re: msql libs : what package?

msql_connect() should be mysql_connect() Kegan Holtzhausen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: can i install debian on a sunblade 150 machine??

On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 11:54:27AM +0800, cwinl wrote: > hi,all: > i have a sunblade 150 workstation.i tried to install debian on it but failed > yesterday. > i download the netinst cd from here : > > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/sparc/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-sparc- > netinst.iso >

Re: Problems with IP address change

Are you sure you are not natting / snatting / dnatting incorrectly? also check "cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward" and it should return 1. if not, echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward. Also check routing tables, do you have multiple tables? Kegan Holtzhausen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Linux nukes my network hardware?

Hello, a couple of days ago, when booting into Debian, I could not get a DHCP-offer, so the network was not brought up. I assigned an address that was not in use via ifconfig, and tried a couple of pings. Pinging a system in the same subnet succeeded, but pinging the gateway failed. IP: 10.40.

Re: Intel 82845g Problem.

Hi Leo! On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 05:35:14PM +0100, Leonardo Uzcudun wrote: > Very nice but i810 doesn’t work, so only chance is > vesa (but at 640x480….very nice). > > Another solution? > > Leo I don't red the thread this far so perhaps my solution is not for You. I have motherboard with Intel

Re: No .deb for sun-j2re1.5 ava2-runtime

pascal wrote: > But with an aptitude update it generates errors that apt can't find the > files main contrib non-free restricted. stat 2. > > Is this normal? No, please paste the full output of the aptitude update and the source-list entry. It works here without any problem,so you may have someth

Re: Installing an SVN repository -- permissions, and general tactics?

[24/11/2005 -- 00:29u] Nelson Castillo: > > If you're using apache, then don't go for file:/// urls in your repo. > > Especially if there's any chance you're going to want to reach this > > remotely. > > > > Just access it via http(s) and have www-data own the repo. > > We've tried to document

ca-certificates post-installation script fails

Hi, Can anyone help me with this please? How do you find out what a post-installation script is unhappy about? Thanks, Matthew tmp: apt-get install -t stable ca-certificates Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done ca-certificates is already the newest version. 0 upgrad

Re: No .deb for sun-j2re1.5 ava2-runtime

>deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free >restricted > >apt-get install sun-j2se5.0-jr > > Thx, Daniel. Added this link to the sources list. Gave me the binary package. But with an aptitude update it generates errors that apt can't find the files main contrib

Re: dvd authoring question

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote: Hi all, I'm running debian testing, and trying to make a dvd-video image to burn. I have the .VOB files and I have made a dvd structure using vobcopy. I'm looking for a debian tool that makes the .IFO fi

can i install debian on a sunblade 150 machine??

  hi,all: i have a sunblade 150 workstation.i tried to install debian on it but failed yesterday. i download the netinst cd from  here :   http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/sparc/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-sparc-netinst.iso   and burn a cdr.   then i wanted to boot

can i install debian on a sunblade 150 machine??

hi,all: i have a sunblade 150 workstation.i tried to install debian on it but failed yesterday. i download the netinst cd from  here :   http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/sparc/iso-cd/debian-31r0a-sparc-netinst.iso   and burn a cdr.   then i wanted to boot the machine from it.   i

Re: Stock Sarge segfaults, and later crashes!

On Nov 23 2005, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > The moral of the story is that hardware can go bad all of a sudden > with no warning. Yet another moral of the story: be paranoid and keep your backups. I don't leave home when going to work without backing up my system with mondo. Regards, Rogério Bri

Re: mplayer and mp3s

On Nov 23 2005, Oliver Lupton wrote: > Just `mplayer mymusic.mp3` works for me, make sure your mplayer was > compiled with MP3 support (uses lame iirc). Yes, mplayer may use liblame0 (I am the upstream packager of lame). But I would like to give you all a recommendation: try to use a music player

dvd authoring question

Hi all, I'm running debian testing, and trying to make a dvd-video image to burn. I have the .VOB files and I have made a dvd structure using vobcopy. I'm looking for a debian tool that makes the .IFO files from those .VOBs. I'd tried with dvdauthor without success. Is there such a tool? I don't

RE: APT(ITUDE) problems (aka cat herding)

Original Message- From: C. Chad Wallace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 4:55 PM To: deblist Subject: Re: APT(ITUDE) problems (aka cat herding) Scott Muir wrote: > this is one example of the problem: > > >> Reading task descriptions... Done >> The fol

debian sarge on dell scsi servers

Hello, I've got problems installing debian sarge on Dell servers, it wont recognize the hard disk. On Dell optiplex scsi servers i've setted the SATA Option in the bios setup to 'Combined' so it worked fine. The problem that on Dell Poweredge servers the option does not exist in the bios setup and

Configuring USB net device

I purchased a linksys usb200m because I read it was supported by the kernel (I had Knoppix with 2.6.11.8). I then discovered that the chip and device ID used had changed so my usbnet module would not recognize it. I found a patch for the 2.6.14.2 asix module that would allow it to support the new

Re: LAN & DHCP/DDNS name

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 11:51:55 +1100 Neil Dugan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi I have a LAN with DHCP and DDNS running, I have just installed Debian > on one of the computers. This new computer isn't specifying a name when > doing the DHCP lookup, so the DDNS hasn't got a useful name for it to u

LAN & DHCP/DDNS name

Hi I have a LAN with DHCP and DDNS running, I have just installed Debian on one of the computers. This new computer isn't specifying a name when doing the DHCP lookup, so the DDNS hasn't got a useful name for it to use. How do I specify a name for the computer to use with DHCP? There is a nam

Re: APT(ITUDE) problems (aka cat herding)

Scott Muir wrote: this is one example of the problem: Reading task descriptions... Done The following packages are unused and will be REMOVED: debconf-utils The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: centericq-common libcurl3 libgpgm

APT(ITUDE) problems (aka cat herding)

Hi all, I'm still struggling with some behaviors of the package system, specifically, APTITUDE i think. I'm using command lines that look like this: debconf-set-selections postgres.seed aptitude --assume-yes postgresql aptitude --without-recommends centericq this is to

Re: Installing an SVN repository -- permissions, and general tactics?

> If you're using apache, then don't go for file:/// urls in your repo. > Especially if there's any chance you're going to want to reach this remotely. > > Just access it via http(s) and have www-data own the repo. We've tried to document this. This is not finished, but it works. http://cgi.afc.

Re: Installing an SVN repository -- permissions, and general tactics?

On 23/11/05, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > About to set things up, and after reading the SVN book, I'm left with > some questions still. The book itself barely mentions permissions, and > when it does (at the end of chapter 6), it suggests I create a new group > (called "svn"), and add those us

Undefined symbol: PL_perl_destruct_level after upgrading....

Hi, I realise this issue isn't "new", but my main problem is finding out how to resolve the issue, short of upgrading from Woody to Sarge, which is something that I need to plan carefully (cloning HDD for a "test upgrade" and all that) :P Basically, I recently upgraded apache, mysql & php

Gdesklets Doesn't Connect to Daemon

I was looking at the gdesklets package, and it looked interesting enough for me to apt-get it to try it and see how it was. Problem is when I do a "gdesklets start", it times out while trying to connect to the daemon. I found an old FAQ page on it (page didn't even exist anymore, only the google c

when to start udev

When I installed the udev packages the start script was installed in init.d but the link in rc2.d is not created. What is a smart number for the symbolic link S(??)udev? I just checked the dependencies and it says mountvirtfs needs to be started as well. This is not linked in my rc2.d either. An

Re: Ati Radeon 9000 pro + Debian Sarge + DRI : not working

Le Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:46:10 +0100 Dominique Dumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Nicolas FRANCOIS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I tried to preload radeon and agpgart modules, but nothing changed. > > Glxinfo tells me dri is off. > > I rememeber that I had DRI problem if I loaded these mod

Re: Fileserver performance

Marty wrote: Cliff Flood wrote: Hi all, I just got a new Dell[0] workstation yesterday and have Debian Testing running on it. What I intend using this machine for is a file server (an iTunes share using a DAAPd, store time-shifted TV etc.), to replace an ancient PC running OpenBSD 3.5. I'm m

kernel upgrade questions

I'm trying to upgrade the kernel from 2.4 to 2.6 on my Thinkpad. I'm using custom built kernel rather than the stock debian kernel, since the stock kernel doesn't have some features that I want. My question is how to deal with all entries in /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modules that refer to module

(solved) usb HP printer etch usblp

On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 21:08 +0100, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > Well... I am going to switch to sid. > Cant wait. Switched to Sid and then installed hplip. I just reconfigured the printer using hplip through the cups web interface then it was OK. I am going to write a tutorial for this and th

Re: grokking exim4 and slowing spammers with iptables -m recent

... > > So my question is... Can you tell me or point me toward where I > > would put my "echo to the penalty box" in the Exim4 configs? > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Tony > > Just a guess: Use fail2ban, point it to exim4/mainlog, set > /etc/fail2ban.conf to trigger 'Unrouteable' to ban the of

Re: Request to remove Information

On Wednesday 23 November 2005 14:35, marc wrote: >Katipo said... > >> Clive Menzies wrote: >> >On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: >> >>Clive Menzies wrote: >> >>>I suspect Intel is in no way unique in this respect; my own >> >>> limited experience of large corporations has been similar. As in >> >

Re: Fileserver performance

Cliff Flood wrote: Hi all, I just got a new Dell[0] workstation yesterday and have Debian Testing running on it. What I intend using this machine for is a file server (an iTunes share using a DAAPd, store time-shifted TV etc.), to replace an ancient PC running OpenBSD 3.5. I'm moving the larg

Fileserver performance

Hi all, I just got a new Dell[0] workstation yesterday and have Debian Testing running on it. What I intend using this machine for is a file server (an iTunes share using a DAAPd, store time-shifted TV etc.), to replace an ancient PC running OpenBSD 3.5. I'm moving the large discs from this m

Re: Stock Sarge segfaults, and later crashes!

Following up, after some research I found this c.o.l.m. thread may describe the same problem: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.misc/browse_frm/thread/826d6ad5a33fc7a7/460a72cb19108f31?tvc=1&q=2005+debian+segfault+OR+segfaults+OR+%22segmentation+fault%22+wine+OR+fdmount+OR+mount&hl=en#

snmp: operationally down

Hello all and thanks for the help. I am using MRTG to monitor and archive bandwidth usage on my router's ethernet ports. However, I have run into a problem with eth0 reporting as down. when I do the following command: snmpwalk -v 2c -c community localhost interface the following values are retur

Problems with IP address change

Hello all, and thanks for any help in advance. The problem I am having today is dealing with changing the external IP address of a router / firewall. To change the IP address, I edited the /etc/network/interfaces file, and changed the address from xx.xx.97.99 to xx.xx.97.100 Then I ran the follow

Re: Stock Sarge segfaults, and later crashes!

On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 03:58:44PM -0500, Marty wrote: > > I suspected that too, so I ran my own stress tests overnight without > discovering a hardware problem. My tests have always found memory problems > in the past, although sometimes they require a longer testing period. > In addition, this

Re: Request to remove Information

On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 06:34 +0800, Katipo wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > >On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: > > > >>Clive Menzies wrote: [snip] > > What happens when the individual no longer exists? > > Because, in the future, existence without the organisation is going to > become increas

Re: Stock Sarge segfaults, and later crashes!

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: It sounds like you may have a bad memory module. Go grab a Knoppix CD or DVD and boot it with the memtest or memtest86 command. You can check the cheat codes with F2 or F3 to see which it is exactly. Then let the box run for at least 12 hours on all the tests. Depend

Re: Problem with Marillat's repository

2005/11/23, Sergio Cuéllar Valdés <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I cant download the Packages.gz. Firefox says: "550 Can't change > directory to /debian-marillat/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz:Not > a directory" > > And also when I try to download it with wget !! Well, I think I have some problem

Re: Problem with Marillat's repository

> I cant download the Packages.gz. Firefox says: "550 Can't change > directory to /debian-marillat/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz:Not > a directory" > > And also when I try to download it with wget !! Strange, it works for me. -- Rafal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Stock Sarge segfaults, and later crashes!

On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 03:30:52PM -0500, Marty wrote: > I think this is the first time I have gotten segmentation faults using > Debian stable, on stable hardware. I got them while, or after, reading > several > 1.44M floppy disks, mounted using mount or fdmount. > > Before the segfaults, I may

Stock Sarge segfaults, and later crashes!

I think this is the first time I have gotten segmentation faults using Debian stable, on stable hardware. I got them while, or after, reading several 1.44M floppy disks, mounted using mount or fdmount. Before the segfaults, I may have lost track of what I was doing and tried to mount a floppy mo

Re: Problem with Marillat's repository

2005/11/23, Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > And I can see the Packages file with no problems (even without the gpg > key, just plain firefox)... I guess you should try apt-get clean, and > if that doesn't work, maybe there's something corrupted... If apt-get > clean doesn't help

spampd problems

I set up spam filtering a few months ago with spamassassin and spampd. Everython has been going smoothly until a few days ago. Now I preiodically receive this error: spampd[7181]: WARNING!! Error in process_request eval block: /usr/sbin/spampd: write error: Connection reset by peer at /usr/sbin/s

Re: confusing processes

Amish Rughoonundon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wondering where all these processes /sbin/getty ... came from since I > did not start them > . Anybody could enlighten me. Thanks > Amish > ps g > PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND > 1346 tty1 Ss+0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty1 > 1347 tty

Re: Problem with Marillat's repository

On 11/23/05, Roy Pluschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 11:06 -0600, Sergio Cuéllar Valdés wrote: ... > > I always used stable, testing, unstable rather than etch, sid etc. in my > apt sources list for marillat's repository (works fine here). Maybe he > doesn't have the symlin

Re: confusing processes

On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 02:28:06PM -0500, Amish Rughoonundon wrote: Hi, I was wondering where all these processes /sbin/getty ... came from since I did not start them . Anybody could enlighten me. Thanks Amish ps g PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 1346 tty1 Ss+0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tt

Re: usb HP printer etch usblp

On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 16:48 -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > > > > What to try? I'm running "testing" now. > > > When testing gets fixed, [...] > > > But currently testing is broken, > > What changelog/whatever have I got to daily ch

Re: Problem with Marillat's repository

005/11/23, Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I doubt it's marillat's repositories: > FTP Directory: > ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/ > [DIRUP] Parent Directory > [FILE] Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > . Nov 23 00:22

Re: Request to remove Information

Katipo said... > Clive Menzies wrote: > > >On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: > > > > > >>Clive Menzies wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I suspect Intel is in no way unique in this respect; my own limited > >>>experience of large corporations has been similar. As in many other > >>>bureaucratic organi

Re: Problem with Marillat's repository

On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 11:06 -0600, Sergio Cuéllar Valdés wrote: > > Hmm, I'm not sure, but would it be an authentication problem? I have > > no problems with marillat's repository but of course I grabbed the gpg > > key for it... I'm surprised to find that what used to be marillat's > > web page

Re: confusing processes

> Hi, > I was wondering where all these processes /sbin/getty ... came from since I > did not start them Do you want virtual terminals or not? ;-) -- Rafal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Installing an SVN repository -- permissions, and general tactics?

Hey ho, With a couple fellow students, I have a small school project going, and we thought a repository might be a nice way of managing what little and slow progress we're making at this point. It'd be nice to be able to use the repo fully by the time it will be useful. For a while, I've consider

Re: upgrade from stable to testing

Antoine Solomon wrote: if i used the nvidia drivers from their website, would this conflict with deb pkg sys? On 11/23/05, *Rafal Czlonka* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > Could anyone point me to information on upgrading from stable to testing.? > The

confusing processes

Hi, I was wondering where all these processes /sbin/getty ... came from since I did not start them . Anybody could enlighten me. Thanks Amish ps g PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 1346 tty1 Ss+0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty1 1347 tty2 Ss+0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2 1348 tty3 Ss+

Re: mplayer and mp3s

Ishwar Rattan wrote: And invocation of mplayer for audio-cds? -ishwar On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Rafal Czlonka wrote: Just `mplayer mymusic.mp3` works for me, make sure your mplayer was compiled with MP3 support (uses lame iirc). It uses mp3lib. Lame is an encoder. MEncoder uses libmp

Re: mplayer and mp3s

Ishwar Rattan wrote: Does any one know the correct invocation of mplayer to play mp3 music file(s)? -ishwar mplayer [-ao] [alsa or oss or ..] [-v] /file_with_music/*.mp3 good luck, steef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Installation directory for modules

When I run the Makefile below it installs the module in : /lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/extra As far as I can find out, this is the expected behaviour from the kbuild Makefiles. However, modprobe looks for modules in /lib/modules/`uname -r`. How can I get the modules to install in this dire

Re: mplayer and mp3s

And invocation of mplayer for audio-cds? -ishwar On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Rafal Czlonka wrote: > > Just `mplayer mymusic.mp3` works for me, make sure your mplayer was > > compiled with MP3 support (uses lame iirc). > > It uses mp3lib. Lame is an encoder. MEncoder uses libmp3lame to encode > to mp3

Re: upgrade from stable to testing

On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 01:27:12PM -0500, Antoine Solomon wrote: > if i used the nvidia drivers from their website, would this conflict with > deb pkg sys? No, why should it? -- Rafal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

Re: usb HP printer etch usblp

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > > > What to try? I'm running "testing" now. > > When testing gets fixed, [...] > > But currently testing is broken, > > What changelog/whatever have I got to daily check to stay tuned of the > state of Etch about that? None AFAIK. But apt-li

Re: Problem with Marillat's repository

... > But the problem has not been solved. I get the same error when I make > apt-get update. I really dont know what's happenning. > > Thanks, > Sergio I doubt it's marillat's repositories: FTP Directory: ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/ [DIRUP] Parent Directory

ssl connection problem

Hi, I am trying to connect to the ftp server using SSL running on linux from windows using cuteftp but although it logs in properly, cuteftp displays an error after some time. I installed ftpd-ssl in debian. Thanks for any info: 230 User axr0284 logged in. STATUS:> Login successful. COMMAND:>

Re: usb HP printer etch usblp

> > What to try? I'm running "testing" now. > When testing gets fixed, [...] > But currently testing is broken, What changelog/whatever have I got to daily check to stay tuned of the state of Etch about that? -- A powerfull GroupWare, CMS, CRM, ECM: CPS (Open Source & GPL). Opengroupware, SPIP,

Re: upgrade from stable to testing

if i used the nvidia drivers from their website, would this conflict with deb pkg sys?  On 11/23/05, Rafal Czlonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could anyone point me to information on upgrading from stable to testing.?> The reason I ask is because I have a nvidia graphics card and unable to load>

Re: Login Problem

Jon Dowland wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 06:26:25PM +0530, Libin Varghese wrote: Joseph Haig wrote: How did you change your username? used the gui, for adding users and groups, there i editted xyz to abc Could you tell us which program/GUI that was? Or at least, how you found it

Re: usb HP printer etch usblp

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > What to try? I'm running "testing" now. When testing gets fixed, install hplip+hpijs+hplip-ppds, use one of the hplip PPDs to configure the printer in CUPS, and you will be set. But currently testing is broken, and you will not be able to inst

Re: upgrade from stable to testing

> Could anyone point me to information on upgrading from stable to testing.? > The reason I ask is because I have a nvidia graphics card and unable to load > X. # apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade BTW you don't need to upgrade the system to be able to use X. -- Rafal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

msql libs : what package?

Hi guys! I've this fatal error on a php page: "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: msql_connect() in /var/www/rendimenti/index.php on line 3" I'm on Debian Sarge: # dpkg -l|grep php ii php4 4.3.10-16 ii php4-cgi 4.3.10-16 ii php4-cli 4.3.10-16 ii php4-common4.3.

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

audio editor [ gnusound ] - rarely used audio player [ audacious ] ripper [ abcde ] pdf [ gpdf ] disc burner [ none ] e-mail client[ sylpheed-claws-gtk2 ] file manager [ xfce4-terminal ] image editor [ gimp ] image viewer [ display, mozilla-firefox ] package manager [ aptitude (cli mode) ] terminal

Re: upgrade from stable to testing

On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 12:45:24PM -0500, Antoine Solomon wrote: > hello, > > Could anyone point me to information on upgrading from stable to testing.? > The reason I ask is because I have a nvidia graphics card and unable to load > X. Which card? Is it possible for you to grab just the updated

upgrade from stable to testing

hello, Could anyone point me to information on upgrading from stable to testing.?  The reason I ask is because I have a nvidia graphics card and unable to load X.  -- Antoine W. Solomon Jr.

SATA software RAID recovery problem

Hello, I'm trying to add SATA software RAID-5 to a system, which boots an runs off an internal IDE HD (storage space provided by the RAID is intended for backups and archives). It's a Pentium4 2.4GHz Dell desktop, 1GB RAM. SATA adapter is Promise SATAII-150 TX4. Debian unstable, kernel 2.6.14-2, m

Re: slow starting MTA

On Wednesday 23 November 2005 01:12 am, roberto wrote: > hello > i have kernel 2.6.8-2-386 currently installed and when i boot not > being connected to the network the booting process stops for at least > 3 or 4 minutes showing: > . > Starting MTA: > . > > and then it goes on correctly, but

Re: Re: Intel 82845g Problem.

Very nice but i810 doesn’t work, so only chance is vesa (but at 640x480….very nice). Another solution? Leo ___ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB http://mail.yahoo.it -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

usb HP printer etch usblp

Hi, I had a Wooody that became a Sarge and then bacame an Etch. The CUPS on it worked very well, I used to use the "printer" module. Now I see that the module is "usblp" and the problem is that when I send a job to the printer, it is told to be sent, no error message, but, but, but,... nothing is p

Can't apt-get php4-gd and libphp-jpgraph

I am trying to install an application (Maia) that needs GD and JPGraph on Sarge/Stable but I cannot get 'apt-get' to correctly install php4-gd or libphp-jpgraph. I can use either apt-get or aptitude to install these packages, and there doesn't seem to be any installation errors.  I then restart apa

Re: Login Problem

On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 06:26:25PM +0530, Libin Varghese wrote: > Joseph Haig wrote: > > >How did you change your username? > > > I used the gui, for adding users and groups, there i editted xyz to > abc Could you tell us which program/GUI that was? Or at least, how you found it (which things did

Problem with Speedtouch

Hi. I managed to install my speedtouch modem on my brand new Sarge Debian, and then I was able to connect to internet, so I connected to the security upgrades server. Everything went OK... but now I can no more connect :-( I installed the basic 2.4.x kernel for a k7 athlon processor. Can it be t

Re: Problem with Marillat's repository

> Hmm, I'm not sure, but would it be an authentication problem? I have > no problems with marillat's repository but of course I grabbed the gpg > key for it... I'm surprised to find that what used to be marillat's > web page doesn't have the gpg info: > http://debian.video.free.fr > However it ca

HP Deskjet 6840 Printer Problem

I am trying to get an HP Deskjet 6840 inkjet Printer to work with my Debian 3.1 Sarge stable system. I am trying to get it to work with lpr The name of the printer I am calling is the same name as its host name which is hp7efdfb, its local address is 200.0.0.117 I have it using port 9100 whic

Re: X Server not working on Video Card

Libin Varghese wrote: > Hi, >I have two machines with the Intel D845 series motherboard. Both of > them have a different number from the D845 series. In one when it > asked me to select my video card I chose Trident, since D845 was not > on the list, and X server works fine. In the other also

Re: Cups, Samba and the terror called Windows :)

Whoops, the testparm ouput is wrong, heres a new one without errors.. /Centauri:/var/lib/samba/printers/test# testparm Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[drivers]" Processing section "[printers]" Processing section "[print$]" Loaded services file OK. Server role:

Re: Problem with Marillat's repository

On 11/23/05, Sergio Cuéllar Valdés <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have Debian etch and I want to install mplayer. I have already added > the following to sources.list: > > deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main > > But when I make a apt-get update, I get this errors: > > --

aptitude update problem

Hi, When doing # aptitude update on my etch setup, I'm getting the following error: Get:8 http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages [49.0kB] 99% [8 Packages gzip 0] [7 Packages 0] gzip: stdin: not in gzip format Err http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages Sub-process gzip re

Re: What's your favourite FLOSS?

audio editor [ audacity ] audio player [ xmms, mp3blaster ] ripper [ dagrab ] pdf [ xpdf ] disc burner [ xcdroast, cdrecord ] e-mail client[ thunderbird, M2 ] file manager [ mc, emelfm ] image editor [ gimp ] image viewer [ GQview,imgSeek, browser] package manager [ synaptic ]

Re: mplayer and mp3s

> Just `mplayer mymusic.mp3` works for me, make sure your mplayer was compiled > with MP3 support (uses lame iirc). It uses mp3lib. Lame is an encoder. MEncoder uses libmp3lame to encode to mp3. -- Rafal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Problem with Marillat's repository

Hi, I have Debian etch and I want to install mplayer. I have already added the following to sources.list: deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main But when I make a apt-get update, I get this errors: Err ftp://f

Re: mplayer and mp3s

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:35:46 -0500 (EST) Ishwar Rattan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does any one know the correct invocation of mplayer > to play mp3 music file(s)? > > -ishwar > > Just `mplayer mymusic.mp3` works for me, make sure your mplayer was compiled with MP3 support (uses lame iirc).

Re: grokking exim4 and slowing spammers with iptables -m recent

On 11/23/2005 12:30 AM, Tony Godshall wrote: > > Hi folks. > > I've been using Exim since I started doing e-mail on my Debian box > many years ago. But I never was able to really get into its configs- > the docs are kind of hard to grok for me. And the exim4 configs > really make my brain hurt.

Re: Voice recognition

> Is there available some free software for voice recognition - > speach-to-text process (oposite of text-to-speach for which > there are festival, flite, ViaVoice ...)? http://linux-sound.org/speech.html -- Rafal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: dependency handling of mixed system using aptitude

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:19:34 +0800 Chris Purves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am keeping a stable/testing mixed system using pinning with > aptitude. My /etc/apt/preferences file looks like this: > > Package: * > Pin: release a=stable > Pin-Priority: 600 > > Package: * > Pin: relea

mplayer and mp3s

Does any one know the correct invocation of mplayer to play mp3 music file(s)? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Opening manual pages in Konqueror

Maurits van Rees wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 09:28:55AM +, Ken Heard wrote: When I tried to view a manual page on Konqueror by entering man: dpkg (there is such a manual page), I received the following message: KDE Man Viewer Error Try 'man:dpkg' instead of 'man: dpkg', so without

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