Re: RAR under linux: any alternative?

Alex Malinovich wrote: > This is a good point. But this is also not a feature specific to RAR, as > you point out. Zip archives, among others, can do this as well. But you weren't talking zip. 'sides, not that zip is any freer than RAR, at least not to my knowledge. Feel free to point out if

Re: RAR under linux: any alternative?

Alex Malinovich wrote: > This is all assuming that the portion of the file that got corrupted > ISN'T the portion storing the checksum data. If it is, the file is of no > use to you. *sigh* As you said, it doesn't matter what is corrupt if there is corruption. But this is a far sight better

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Re: repository updates

Bob Hynes wrote: Hello, Does anyone know why it takes so long for synaptic package manager to come up with updates? Openoffice.org and firefox 1.5 have been out for awhile, but I'm still not seeing that as an upgrade option. Am I missing something, or does it just take a long time for repositor

Re: start-stop-daemon.... for the love of GOD! Why?

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 05:22:27PM +0200, Maxim Vexler wrote: > On 12/12/05, Andrew Cady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > > You could try putting a sulogin immediately before the mythbackend > > script in your runlevel then running mythbackend manually. If it > > works you've ruled out orde

Re: RAR under linux: any alternative?

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 21:47 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: --snip-- > This is not quite true. Usually, with a disc file or a file transmitted > over a link of some sort, a block of bytes gets corrupted, usually with > a size on the order of 1KB. If an archive is much larger than 1KB (the > usual case,

Re: Where is the script update-grub located?

In any case, I think anyway that update-grub could not work fromWindows, since it's a Linux program, right? I was wondering about that myself. I thought it best to at least try it, though. Not much success since I can't even find it, though You should be able to do anything you need from the Gr

Re: apt-get install tries to REMOVE my kernel

On 2005-12-13, Mark Fletcher penned: > > How sure are we that this problem is related to xcdroast? Try > installing something else, something harmless like an X-based game > or something, to see if it tries to do the same thing. apt-get may > just have got into a mess on your machine. I'm surprised

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2005 #2928

Thanks for the feedback. This is the type of info I was hoping to hear. I will setup the server with netatalk initially, and if I have problems, step back to something more familiar. If it works, though, I'll use it. Thanks again. mw Subject: Re: ne

repository updates

Hello, Does anyone know why it takes so long for synaptic package manager to come up with updates? Openoffice.org and firefox 1.5 have been out for awhile, but I'm still not seeing that as an upgrade option. Am I missing something, or does it just take a long time for repositories to get updated w

Re: apt-get install tries to REMOVE my kernel

Michael Marsh wrote: On 12/12/05, Joris Hooijberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2005/12/12, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Really? Nothing in what Astrid posted seemed to indicate that to me. The only "kernel-image" that appears is the one that's presumably going to be removed.

Re: RAR under linux: any alternative?

Alex Malinovich wrote: On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 18:51 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: Alex Malinovich wrote: --snip-- I've refrained from joining in, so far, but I just can't resist :-) I don't know, maybe I'm just dense or something, but explain to me why you would WANT to put that information i

Re: RAR under linux: any alternative?

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 18:51 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Alex Malinovich wrote: --snip-- > > I don't know, maybe I'm just dense or something, but explain to me why > > you would WANT to put that information in the archive itself? > > What, the checksums? Uh, so the reference is where you need

Re: RAR under linux: any alternative?

Alex Malinovich wrote: > That's why you include a checksums file with the archive set and/or list > the sums at the point of origin (web site, FTP site, etc). Which still tells you nothing of the files inside. >>9. Added support of so called recovery volumes (.rev files), which can be used >

Re: RAR under linux: any alternative?

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 16:15 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Alex Malinovich wrote: > > The same way that RAR does. They tell you whether that discreet part of > > the archive is corrupted or not. If it is corrupted it's just as useless > > whether it's a RAR archive or any other type of archive. > >

Galeon / Firefox print issues, very large fonts, unusable

For the past week or more, testing/unstable, I've had unusable print output from Galeon and Firefox browsers. Sample output at http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten/galeon-print-bug/hello.html http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten/galeon-print-bug/galeon.ps ... very simple source HTML file and printe

Re: apt-get install tries to REMOVE my kernel

On 12/12/05, Joris Hooijberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2005/12/12, Michael Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Really? Nothing in what Astrid posted seemed to indicate that to me. > > The only "kernel-image" that appears is the one that's presumably > > going to be removed. > > > True. but I'm sure

Re: apt-get install tries to REMOVE my kernel

besides, I don't know if you copy-pasted the command you posted here, but the command apt-get install –no-remove xcdroast gives me a "E: Command line option 'n' [from -no-remove] is not known." because the right command should be apt-get install --no-remove xcdroast   (with double minus-sign)

Re: apt-get install tries to REMOVE my kernel

True. but I'm sure that A. Apt-get's dependency-checking is designed to check upward dependencies as well (i.e. when I remove Gimp , X.org will not be removed, although Gimp depends on X.org). B. there's no program at all that even can think of removing a kernel without replacing it or something

Re: OOo crashes, fails to restore!!

On 12/12/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Price wrote: > > sorry for the exclamation points. Just lost a crucial day's work -- > > in fact this is breakdown-inducing stuff -- failed to save regularly, > > and OOo crashed without warning. Went to restore, and instead of > >

Disk scan results - how to read?

I ran what I understand to be a method of doing a full system using the following command: fsck.ext3 -c -c -C -y /dev/hdd1 After 2 days the results were e2fsck 1.37 (21-Mar-2005) Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... Checking for bad blocks (non-destructive read-write test) Te

Re: start-stop-daemon.... for the love of GOD! Why?

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 03:32:57PM -0700, Mike wrote: > > normally you just have a set of source functions library like > /etc/init.d/functions or some other path that you use for your init > scripts. Debian has decided to daomonize it with this start-stop-daemon > thing they made up. I guess I co

[Fwd: Re: wireless problems from hotplug changes; was: Re: (Trouble at booting)]

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Forgot to send this to the list. It might be helpful to someone so here it is... Paul Scott wrote: > I am now trying to understand hotplug and ifplugd so I can plug either > or both cards in and have everything work. I discovered that Debian > Refer

debootstrap chroot problem

Good day, I am trying to install Debian on a separate partition using chroot from a Gentoo host system. When I issue the following command % debootstrap --exclude=libsigc++-1.2-5c102,manpages,pciutils,slang1a-utf8 sid /chroot/ http://http.us.debian.org/debian packages are downloaded, verifie

Re: Where is the script update-grub located?

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 18:16 -0500, David R. Litwin wrote: > > > On 12/12/05, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 16:05 -0500, David R. Litwin wrote: > > I should like to know where the actual script is so that I > can run it > > from wind

Re: RAR under linux: any alternative?

Alex Malinovich wrote: > The same way that RAR does. They tell you whether that discreet part of > the archive is corrupted or not. If it is corrupted it's just as useless > whether it's a RAR archive or any other type of archive. Bzt, try again. I asked "against what". You create the archiv

Re: FW: DHCP Issue

On 12/12/05, Ed Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi There,Hi There, I recently installed sarge on our local server.  I am having an error during boot that says DHCP server install failed.  I looked for my /etc/dhcpd.conf file to see what was there.  There was no file. I tried t

Re: Why thoughttracker not in etch nor sid

Joey Hess wrote on Dec, 12: [...] > > I thought of using thoughttracker but realized that it's not in etch nor > > sid. Would anybody know why ? [...] > From http://ftp-master.debian.org/removals.txt: Thanks for this reference, Joey. I've bookmarked it and won't waste bandwidth in the future

Re: Where is the script update-grub located?

On 12/12/05, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 16:05 -0500, David R. Litwin wrote:> I should like to know where the actual script is so that I can run it> from windows.$ dpkg -L grub I'm afraid that that doesn't work from Windows  $ locate update-grubThis says it doe

Re: CD/DVD burning

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 00:20:25 +0100 steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fritz Wettstein wrote: > > >Which tool do you recommend for burning/authoring dvds? > > > > > > > *growisofs* (dvd) *cdrecord* (cdrom); both from the commandline. > > steef Maybe you could offer some advice. I'm trying to

Re: CD/DVD burning

Fritz Wettstein wrote: Which tool do you recommend for burning/authoring dvds? *growisofs* (dvd) *cdrecord* (cdrom); both from the commandline. steef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Where is the script update-grub located?

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 16:05 -0500, David R. Litwin wrote: > I should like to know where the actual script is so that I can run it > from windows. $ dpkg -L grub $ locate update-grub -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "Its eas

Re: apt-get install tries to REMOVE my kernel

On 12/12/05, Joris Hooijberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you'll get a new kernel in return Really? Nothing in what Astrid posted seemed to indicate that to me. The only "kernel-image" that appears is the one that's presumably going to be removed. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.u

Re: OOo crashes, fails to restore!!

Matt Price wrote: > sorry for the exclamation points. Just lost a crucial day's work -- > in fact this is breakdown-inducing stuff -- failed to save regularly, > and OOo crashed without warning. Went to restore, and instead of > restoring, OOo (2.0.0.4, sid) seems to have just flushed the cache.

Re: start-stop-daemon.... for the love of GOD! Why?

> On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 01:11:44AM -0700, Mike wrote: >> I'm baffled I can start this by running >> "/etc/init.d/mythbackend start" after the computer starts but when >> its starting up it just says its starting but never does. >> >> How on earth would I trouble shoot something like this if i

Re: scsi device naming / driver built in kernel 2.6.x

Gebhardt Thomas wrote: > On Monday 12 December 2005 14:52, L.V.Gandhi wrote: >> There is a work out with udev See the article in >> http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/126. >> same principle can be applied for your USB hard drive. > (should probably read > ... can be applied for your SC

OOo crashes, fails to restore!!

sorry for the exclamation points. Just lost a crucial day's work -- in fact this is breakdown-inducing stuff -- failed to save regularly, and OOo crashed without warning. Went to restore, and instead of restoring, OOo (2.0.0.4, sid) seems to have just flushed the cache. now I've lost a day's work

Re: apt-get install tries to REMOVE my kernel

I think you'll get a new kernel in return2005/12/12, astrid jurgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I recently tried to download and install software using apt-get install. The process was aborted because apt-get install tried to remove the kernel. See details below:apt-get install –no-remove xcdroast Readi

Re: Direct Rendering in Sid

On Monday 12 December 2005 16:22, Roberto C. Sanchez was heard to say: > > First thing, I'm using the "nv" driver. Do I have to use the > > binary nVidia driver? I've used it in the past, but one of the > > reasons I use Debian is "free as in freedom". I'd rather use the > > nv driver if possible.

dovecot freezes: out of memory

I have dovecot (1.0.alpha4-1) installed on a Debian sid amd64 machine (dovecot-imapd and dovecot-common). I am using this so that I can use both Mutt and something like Thunderbird to access my local Maildir folders. Sometimes it works fine. Sometimes when I try to access my mailboxes locally usi

Re: install samba from binary

At 02:40 PM 12/12/2005, Juergen Fiedler wrote: What do you get if you do (for example) 'ping -c 1 64.233.187.99'? Network unreachable. I'm going to work on that first, then work on Johannes suggestion try to use Aptitude. Marty Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Webmaster's

apt-get install tries to REMOVE my kernel

I recently tried to download and install software using apt-get install. The process was aborted because apt-get install tried to remove the kernel. See details below: apt-get install –no-remove xcdroast Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... The following extra packages will be

Re: Why thoughttracker not in etch nor sid

Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragao wrote: > I thought of using thoughttracker but realized that it's not in etch nor sid. > > Would anybody know why ? > > I've been trying to organize my scraps and bits of knowledge in man pages and > Csanyi Pal recommended me thoughttracker. I track sid and could per

Re: Direct Rendering in Sid

Curt Howland wrote: > Hi. > > I'm using Sid, with an nVidia GeForce FX Go5600. The problem I'm > having is that "direct rendering: No" is all I can get. > > First thing, I'm using the "nv" driver. Do I have to use the binary > nVidia driver? I've used it in the past, but one of the reasons I us

Re: Re: hanging web pages

Hey, I'm not sure if your resolved your problem, If so then maybe you can help me out. I've been having the same problem and talked with several support technicians and they have taken me through numerous steps, ( ie, uninstalling my internet service software completely, clearing out my cookies, an

Re: realplayer on gnome & sound

Jude DaShiell on 12/12/05 01:31, wrote: I've had about the same experience with slackware 10.2 but I was using trplayer down on the text level and failed with: http://audio.federalnewsradio.com/stream/real/fnr.sml On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Adam Hardy wrote: Realplayer 10 is not working for me. Whe

Direct Rendering in Sid

Hi. I'm using Sid, with an nVidia GeForce FX Go5600. The problem I'm having is that "direct rendering: No" is all I can get. First thing, I'm using the "nv" driver. Do I have to use the binary nVidia driver? I've used it in the past, but one of the reasons I use Debian is "free as in freedom".

Where is the script update-grub located?

I should like to know where the actual script is so that I can run it from windows.When I upgraded my kernel-image last-night, I did not reboot the computer until after a few minutes (I had started a game of spider which was looking promising). Now, linux will no longer boot saying some thing to th

Re: linux on acer 9100...

On (12/12/05 17:36), Tony wrote: > ehm.. > I would want to be made excuses for my English bad one... > Well.. > I would want to only know if the pentium m760 > can have problems with the kernel of debian the 3.1 > as far as the management of the energetic saving.. > particular for the technologies

Re: gnome problems

Exactly this case was discussed just hours ago here on this list, you should have searched the archives... Anyway check this msg: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/12/msg01188.html Andrei Joe Burgess wrote: Ubuntu made me very interested in Debian so I downloaded the latest version an

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Re: CD/DVD burning

--- Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 10:19:08AM +0100, Fritz > Wettstein wrote: > > Which tool do you recommend for burning/authoring > dvds? > > > > tovid > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

gnome problems

Ubuntu made me very interested in Debian so I downloaded the latest version and went ahead and tried to install it. The first try I used the automatic configuration and ended up after a successful install at a command line. I knew this would happen I did read the documentation. I tried to install g

Re: Manuscript submission: Invitation from Appl Rheol

On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 05:10:02PM +0100, johannes wrote: > Dear Editors, > > you just sent your mail to a mailing list on computer problems. Most if > not all of the readers of this mail are interested in computers, not > rheology and will consider your mail as junk. > > We will remember 'Appl

Re: source packages install

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 07:16:23PM +0100, Fritz Wettstein wrote: > In /etc/apt/source.list everything is commented by #, in the mean time > I've also commented the cdrom entries, made a apt-get update and a > apt-get upgrade. This didn't change anything: the apt-get install cpio > always result

Re: install samba from binary

Marty Landman wrote: No. Not sure why though. :( My nic works and I can ping out, ssh in from my workstation and out to other network boxes. UNCLELEO:~# ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:32:CC:42 inet addr:192.168.0.222 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

Problems solved

Sorted the problems with LVM2/Debian/XFS. Problems turned out to be caused by Debian going into a bit of a tizwoz about device files. A reboot sorted it all out. Thanks to all those that offered help/advice etc. Much appreciated! Thanks, Kelly begin:vcard fn:Miss Kelly Harding n:Harding;Ke

Re: install samba from binary

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 02:33:43PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > At 01:48 PM 12/12/2005, Andrei Popescu wrote: [...] > UNCLELEO:~# ping -c 1 google.com > ping: unknown host google.com What do you get if you do (for example) 'ping -c 1 64.233.187.99'? > UNCLELEO:~# route add default 192.168.0.1 >

Re: install samba from binary

At 01:48 PM 12/12/2005, Andrei Popescu wrote: As it just said, you need all those packages listed there in order to install samba. Don't remeber from your original post...do you have internet? No. Not sure why though. :( My nic works and I can ping out, ssh in from my workstation and out to o

Re: install samba from binary

At 01:27 PM 12/12/2005, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: If your CD works for installation, but fails afterwards, there might be something wrong with your config. Maybe you should try to get some sarge CDs and install sarge. I've tried installing RH 9 since I already have the CD's for that as well

Re: (Trouble at booting) Re: problema al bootear

Antonio Rodriguez wrote: On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 06:02:37AM -0300, Gabriel wrote: Levi Sandoval wrote: /bin/cat: /sys/block/hda/dev: No such file or directory Waiting: 8 seconds for /sys/block/hda/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/hda/dev: No such file or directory Waiting: 16 second

Re: Where does LVM store its data?

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 12:17:04PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Where does LVM store its data -- where it identifies > > where its logical partitions are. Can I take a volume > > that's managed by LVM and physiclaly carry it from one > > machine to another, and e

wireless problems from hotplug changes; was: Re: (Trouble at booting)

Anthony Campbell wrote: I thought it might have been something to do with needing udev, which I don't use. Rashly, I installed it on my laptop and the consequence was that it removed hotplug and now I shall have to reinstall everything in order to get my wireless connection to work (don't ask wh

Re: install samba from binary

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 01:30:34PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > At 01:09 PM 12/12/2005, Hodgins Family wrote: > > >I was wondering why you plunked the file into /root/deb. Why not just move > >it to /home and retry the dpkg command (as root obviously!) > > UNCLELEO:~# dpkg -i /root/debs/samba_3

Re: install samba from binary

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of samba: samba depends on samba-common (= 3.0.20b-1woody1); however: Package samba-common is not installed. samba depends on libacl1; however: Package libacl1 is not installed. samba depends on libattr1; however: Package libattr1 is not i

Re: Re: source packages install

In /etc/apt/source.list everything is commented by #, in the mean time I've also commented the cdrom entries, made a apt-get update and a apt-get upgrade. This didn't change anything: the apt-get install cpio always results in "cpio is allready up to date" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Re: source packages install

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 07:16:23PM +0100, Fritz Wettstein wrote: > In /etc/apt/source.list everything is commented by #, in the mean time > I've also commented the cdrom entries, made a apt-get update and a > apt-get upgrade. This didn't change anything: the apt-get install cpio > always result

Re: install samba from binary

At 01:09 PM 12/12/2005, Hodgins Family wrote: I was wondering why you plunked the file into /root/deb. Why not just move it to /home and retry the dpkg command (as root obviously!) UNCLELEO:~# dpkg -i /root/debs/samba_3.0.20b-1woody1_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package samba. (Rea

Re: install samba from binary

Marty Landman wrote: I'm probably doing this all wrong, have put the distro in /root/debs UNCLELEO:~# ls -Al debs total 2184 -rw-r--r--1 root root 20 Dec 10 18:25 Packages.gz -rw-r--r--1 root root 2225400 Dec 10 17:59 samb

[Fwd: Re: (Trouble at booting) Re: problema al bootear]

Oops!, I didn't send this to the list. Paul Anthony Campbell wrote: On 12 Dec 2005, Paul Scott wrote: Antonio Rodriguez wrote: On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 06:02:37AM -0300, Gabriel wrote: Levi Sandoval wrote: Waiting: 8 seconds for /sys/block/hda/dev to show up /bin/cat:

Re: install samba from binary

Howdy! At 11:48 AM 12/12/2005, Martin Lefebvre wrote: dpkg -i samba_3.0.20b-1woody1_i386.deb UNCLELEO:~# dpkg -i samba_3.0.20b-1woody1_i386.deb dpkg: error processing samba_3.0.20b-1woody1_i386.deb (--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while

Re: New User/No GUI

Other distros use level 5 to start the GUI; Debian however has levels 2 through 5 which are identical. It is up to the sysadmin (you) to customize the levels to your taste. I can understand this is more flexible, but it can be confusing for someone new to Debian. All Linux doc's state runlev

FW: DHCP Issue

Hi There,Hi There, I recently installed sarge on our local server.  I am having an error during boot that says DHCP server install failed.  I looked for my /etc/dhcpd.conf file to see what was there.  There was no file. I tried to reload DHCP but install said my version was the latest

No install directory in jigdo image

Greetings,   I got a jigdo image for stable and burned a CD. After a couple of attempts of booting a RedHat box with that CD and not getting the Debian installer to run (before you ask, the boot sequence has CD first), I looked at the CD. It has no tools nor install directories. That explains why t

Re: DMA not permitted since 2.6.14

Le lundi 12 décembre 2005 à 16:54 +0100, David LIMA a écrit : > Le lundi 12 décembre 2005 à 16:02 +0100, Florian Kulzer a écrit : > > Hi David, > > > > First of all, I do not have the exact same controller that you have > > (mine is an Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller). > > Howev

Re: install samba from binary

At 11:48 AM 12/12/2005, Martin Lefebvre wrote: dpkg -i samba_3.0.20b-1woody1_i386.deb UNCLELEO:~# dpkg -i samba_3.0.20b-1woody1_i386.deb dpkg: error processing samba_3.0.20b-1woody1_i386.deb (--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing:

Re: Sarge CD Install location problem

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 09:32:42AM -0700, Hodgins Family wrote: > Good morning! > > >I have an old Pentium box, and have two copies of SBM, downloaded at > >diferent times. ONe of them just gives me the message "SBMK" > >and gives up. > > I've had that happen on some of my boxes, too. Never got

Re: Thanks for aptitude...

Joey Hess said... > Adam Hardy wrote: > > Do apt/dselect and aptitude share the same database as far as the > > currently installed modules are concerned, ignoring whether the packages > > were installed by apt or by aptitude? > > "apt/dpkg/aptitude use different databases" is a frequent statete

Re: tools Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 08:09:57AM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya hendrik > > On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've never been able fo figure out what webmin does in sufficient > > detail to enable me to use it. > > i know webmin is broken in terms of creating the correct >

Applied Rheology - contents December 2005

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Re: Where does LVM store its data?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Where does LVM store its data -- where it identifies > where its logical partitions are. Can I take a volume > that's managed by LVM and physiclaly carry it from one > machine to another, and expect the other machine to > understand it (assuming its kernel contains LVM s

panel appears at the top of the screen (not at the bottom)

In a Debian etch system I want only one panel (version 2.10.2) in a Gnome-session (with sawfish) and I want it at the bottom of the screen. The Panel Properties dialog shows "Bottom" for the Orientation. But everytime I start the session, the panel is shown at the top of the screen and I have to d

Re: source packages install

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 11:06:04AM -0500, Martin Lefebvre wrote: > go with checkinstall... > > really simple: > > # ./configure ... > # make > # checkinstall > > it generates and installs a fresh debian package for you I think he might still at the point of haveing to he told how and where from

Where does LVM store its data?

Where does LVM store its data -- where it identifies where its logical partitions are. Can I take a volume that's managed by LVM and physiclaly carry it from one machine to another, and expect the other machine to understand it (assuming its kernel contains LVM support, and assuming the partitions

hidden symbol `__fini_array_end' in bitmap_test is referenced by DSO

When trying to link programs against glut I keep getting the error: /usr/bin/ld: BFD 2.16.91 20051206 Debian GNU/Linux assertion fail ../../bfd/elflink.c:6203 /usr/bin/ld: bitmap_test: hidden symbol `__fini_array_end' in bitmap_test is referenced by DSO /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonreprese

Re: install samba from binary

On 12/12/05, Marty Landman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > UNCLELEO:~# ls -Al debs > total 2184 > -rw-r--r--1 root root 20 Dec 10 18:25 Packages.gz > -rw-r--r--1 root root 2225400 Dec 10 17:59 > samba_3.0.20b-1woody1_i386.deb

Re: source packages install

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 04:17:30PM +0100, Fritz Wettstein wrote: > How do I install a source package for example cpio? This package doesn't > show up in dselect and as far as I know the name of the source package is > the same as the binary. Do you have proper source resource entries in your /etc/a

Re: install samba from binary

At 11:23 AM 12/12/2005, Hodgins Family wrote: Hi, I've downloaded Samba as a .deb file. Is there an easy way for me to install from that? dpkg -i should work. Check the dpkg man pages for exact syntax. I'm probably doing this all wrong, have put the distro in /root/debs ---

Re: linux on acer 9100...

ehm.. I would want to be made excuses for my English bad one... Well.. I would want to only know if the pentium m760 can have problems with the kernel of debian the 3.1 as far as the management of the energetic saving.. particular for the technologies Centrino.   2005/12/12, Clive Menzies <[EMAIL P

Re: Sarge CD Install location problem

Good morning! I have an old Pentium box, and have two copies of SBM, downloaded at diferent times. ONe of them just gives me the message "SBMK" and gives up. I've had that happen on some of my boxes, too. Never got around to figuring out what the problem was. The other will only read my C

Re: linux on acer 9100...

On (12/12/05 16:32), Tony wrote: > they could it are to us problems > of kernel (debian 3.1) compatibility > whit a notebook acer 9104wlmi? > To the Acer they do not know to say nothing... I'm not sure what you're asking but if it helps we've got two Aspires running Debian (2003WLMi and 1524WLMi);

Re: install samba from binary

Good morning! Hi, I've downloaded Samba as a .deb file. Is there an easy way for me to install from that? dpkg -i should work. Check the dpkg man pages for exact syntax. Rob P.S. How come you didn't bring it in through apt-get or synaptic or aptitude (just curious!) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Sarge CD Install location problem

On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 05:04:49PM -0700, Hodgins Family wrote: > Good afternoon! > > >I have an old pentium box that's a candidate for a sarge install. > >It has a hdd and a cd. The bios does not detect the cd, and the > >boot order can only be set to A:/C: or C:/A:. Hence, it cannot be > >set t

Re: New User/No GUI

Charlie wrote: This is my first post, please tell me if I am in the wrong place and possibly suggest where I need to be. This is the place. I am really interested in Debian and have read everything in the install instructions. I have tried the auto install and the expert26 install. In

install samba from binary

Hi, I've downloaded Samba as a .deb file. Is there an easy way for me to install from that? Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Webmaster's Bulletin Board: http://bbs.face2interface.com/ Web Installed Formmail: http://face2interface.com/formINSTal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: tools Re: Slightly OT: Comments, ideas, or suggestions for improving websites

hi ya hendrik On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've never been able fo figure out what webmin does in sufficient > detail to enable me to use it. i know webmin is broken in terms of creating the correct config files ... ( or good enuff for some .. but not the silly boat i want )

Re: source packages install

go with checkinstall... really simple: # ./configure ... # make # checkinstall it generates and installs a fresh debian package for you On 12/12/05, Fritz Wettstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I install a source package for example cpio? This package doesn't > show up in dselect and as

Re: source packages install

Fritz Wettstein wrote: > How do I install a source package for example cpio? This package doesn't > show up in dselect and as far as I know the name of the source package is > the same as the binary. > Are you referring an upstream source tarball or a Debian source package? -Roberto -- Roberto

Re: DMA not permitted since 2.6.14

Le lundi 12 décembre 2005 à 16:02 +0100, Florian Kulzer a écrit : > Hi David, > > First of all, I do not have the exact same controller that you have > (mine is an Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller). > However, since I had the same problems when I tried to use PIIX > as a module,

source packages install

How do I install a source package for example cpio? This package doesn't show up in dselect and as far as I know the name of the source package is the same as the binary. -- 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++

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