Re: Hotkeys utility for Acer Travelmate

2006-02-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 12:32:57PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > Is there a utility available for an Acer Travelmate 2410 series to make the > hotkeys work? Especially the LCD/Monitor switch and the battery status. > There was something like "i810 switch" thing availble for some Sony Vaio > laptops. Is t

Hotkeys utility for Acer Travelmate

2006-02-26 Thread Deboo ^
Is there a utility available for an Acer Travelmate 2410 series to make the hotkeys work? Especially the LCD/Monitor switch and the battery status. There was something like "i810 switch" thing availble for some Sony Vaio laptops. Is there something similar availble for a travelmate 2410? The acerhk

Re: CUPS, Sarge/Debian/GNU/Linux and Mac OS X

2006-02-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 06:23:04PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have been using a Linux/OSX CUPS system for the last 2 years with no > problems. Everything is IIP based. Have you checked your log files in > /var/log/cups to see if anything is even coming in? Is there a firewall > blocking

Re: DHCP address problem after etch upgrade

2006-02-26 Thread David Jarvie
On Saturday 25 February 2006 13:24, you wrote: > Hi David, > > On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 21:18 +, David Jarvie wrote: > > After my latest upgrade this week (I'm running etch), the DHCP address > > allocated to my machine has changed from being one allocated by my DHCP > > router to being some exter

Unable to start proftpd

2006-02-26 Thread Brad
I wanted to install an ftp server, so I did apt-get install ftpd, then found where by default there's no anonymous ftp access, which I want. I also noticed that the page for the ftpd package recommends proftpd or wu-ftpd instead, so I apt-get remove'd ftpd and installed proftpd, and selected in

packages as per sources

2006-02-26 Thread L . V . Gandhi
Is there any way to know packages installed from a particular source and packages installable from a source. -- L.V.Gandhi http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ linux user No.205042

udev error in sid and bootsplash

2006-02-26 Thread L . V . Gandhi
After an upgrade a week back in my sid box, I am getting following error during boot. eval: 1: array_udev_helper=udev: error eval: 1: array_udev_helper=: error Whether because of this or resultant, I don't get my boot splash. Any one else experienced same? Whether any solution to solve the error an

Re: description of udev, sysfs, hotplug, hal, etc.

2006-02-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 10:05:12PM -0600, David Berg wrote: > On 2/26/06, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 03:59:44PM -0800, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > > On 2/26/06, David Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 2/22/06, L. V. Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >

ssh doesn't start

2006-02-26 Thread Paul Scott
I have several machines on a LAN on which ssh works fine. One machine doesn't have sshd running. When I do: sudo /etc/init.d/ssh start (or restart) I get the correct message about sshd starting or restarting but 'ps ax' does not show sshd running and, of course, I can't ssh to that machine.

Re: New user

2006-02-26 Thread The Digital Pioneer
Well, what do you want to know?On 2/24/06, Todd Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 09:24:19AM -0600, The Digital Pioneer wrote:> Hello. I just joined this mailing list, and I hope it will be beneficial to> me.Welcome.> My first question is:> > I'm having some trouble getting

Re: description of udev, sysfs, hotplug, hal, etc.

2006-02-26 Thread David Berg
On 2/26/06, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 03:59:44PM -0800, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > On 2/26/06, David Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 2/22/06, L. V. Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > new udev suggests to remove hotplug. However sequence of activi

Re: Further installation woes WAS: trouble installing RAID and LVM.

2006-02-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 03:49:10PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 03:29:23PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 03:59:23PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 05:25:30PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [..] > > > > package

mozilla mail

2006-02-26 Thread Mark Grieveson
Hello. Clamscan, of clamav, indicates that there is a virus in my mozilla mail inbox file. I emptied and deleted all the mail in the inbox, yet, there is still a 5 MB file there, which seems to be a large text file containing records of all the past mail received. Should I delete this file?

Re: Further installation woes WAS: trouble installing RAID and LVM.

2006-02-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 03:29:23PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 03:59:23PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 05:25:30PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] > > > package > > > * report-bug: Depends: pythin 2.3 which is a cirtual package > >

Re: How long must a bug report be ignored before I escalate?

2006-02-26 Thread Carl Fink
Please do NOT copy me on mail to the list. I've been reading this list since bo was Stable. (Maybe hamm, my memory isn't that good.) On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 09:10:20PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > Now that you've managed to install squirrelmail, have you at least removed > the bug report from t

Re: DVD ISO files [SOLVED]

2006-02-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 03:02:48AM -0800, William Frank wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > >On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:38:20AM -0700, Travis Crook wrote: > > > >>Well, I downloaded the first CD-ROM and went with that. Worked like a > >>charm! Debian is looking good so far! > > > > > >Welcome to De

Re: How long must a bug report be ignored before I escalate?

2006-02-26 Thread Tom Allison
Carl Fink wrote: On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 05:20:31PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: Carl Fink writes: I know Debian now has a system to report non-responsive maintainers, but I hate to jump on someone. You are jumping on him. Thanks, that response was unhelpful, yet lacked any benefit. I dun

Re: can I define a default printer in firefox? how? [solved (maybe) ]

2006-02-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 02:59:05PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > 1. Debian does not use /usr/lib/X11/X*printers , > it reads /etc/Xprint/C/Xprinters instead at boot. > > 2. /etc/init.d/xprint restart does NOT cause re-read of above config. file. > The only way I have found to set the new config.

Segitsetek..

2006-02-26 Thread Tóth Károly
Sziasztok. Van 1 hamachi nevü program. szoval leirásba követem hogy kell felrakni és mikor " hamachi-init " parancsot beirom, ezt irja ki : Illegal instruction de ubuntunál simán feltudtam rakni. de debiannál kinlodás. létszives segitsetek. ___

Re: IBM thinkpad T43 w/ sarge

2006-02-26 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, noc ops wrote: > Has anyone successfully installed sarge on thinkpad t43? Proceed to http://thinkwiki.org for all thinks ThinkPad with Linux, and be happy. Yes, that includes Debian/Sarge install guides for the T43. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. On

Re: How long must a bug report be ignored before I escalate?

2006-02-26 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 08:24:33PM -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: > So it's not just that I want it "fixed." I want my contribution to be made > available to others. Submit your patch to the upstream maintainer? Volunteer to team moderate with the current non-responsive maintainer? Oh, and thank

Re: Etch Printing problem

2006-02-26 Thread Wayne Topa
David E. Fox([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:57:31 -0500 > Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Latest etch upgrade blew it out. Printer is printing some ps > > statments on the first page and then a bunch of blank pages. > > Odd. I just did an etc

ppp delay

2006-02-26 Thread p jay
Greetings: I need to use a phonecard to dial remote ISP. This takes about 40 seconds. I have configured pppconfig (provider) to do the steps to wait (I use a "," for each delay segment) for each part of the MCI phone card exchange. The problem is that just as the ISP and my modem begin to cha

Re: How long must a bug report be ignored before I escalate?

2006-02-26 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 08:04:15PM -0500, Ishwar Rattan wrote: } } } On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, Gregory Seidman wrote: } } > Okay, different situation, same question. I submitted a wishlist bug, } > with a patch, more than eight months ago. The desired change is simple } > and the patch only alters/ad

what happened to /dev/fd0?

2006-02-26 Thread hendrik
I have a floppy drive on my srge system. I used to access it as /dev/fd0. But there's no /dev/fd0 in my sarge system any more. There is a /dev/fd/0, /dev/fd/1, /dev/fd/2, and /dev/fd/3. Could /dev/fd/0 be the new name for /dev/fd/0? Or do I need to look elsewhere for the problem? -- hendrik

Re: How long must a bug report be ignored before I escalate?

2006-02-26 Thread Ishwar Rattan
On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, Gregory Seidman wrote: > Okay, different situation, same question. I submitted a wishlist bug, > with a patch, more than eight months ago. The desired change is simple > and the patch only alters/adds a few dozen lines in a single source > file. I've tested the patch and it

Sanity Check racoon-tool.conf

2006-02-26 Thread Michael Ruebner
Hi, Is it me, or why does the following racoon-tool.conf file generate only partial output (global section) to /var/lib/racoon/racoon.conf? v.0.5.2-1 on Sarge/stable. <--- # Syslog level and x509 certs path global: log: debug path_certificate: /etc/racoon/certs # Valid for all connections pee

Re: CUPS, Sarge/Debian/GNU/Linux and Mac OS X

2006-02-26 Thread nathan
I have been using a Linux/OSX CUPS system for the last 2 years with no problems. Everything is IIP based. Have you checked your log files in /var/log/cups to see if anything is even coming in? Is there a firewall blocking port 631 on your linux box? Is printing allowed from the OSX box as state

Re: reactivate e-mail account

2006-02-26 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 03:25:09PM -0800, christopher dayang wrote: > how cud i reactivate my e-mail account You "cud" do it by asking your ISP, or whoever provides the account. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Patriotism is supporting your country all th

Re: description of udev, sysfs, hotplug, hal, etc.

2006-02-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 03:59:44PM -0800, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > On 2/26/06, David Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/22/06, L. V. Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > new udev suggests to remove hotplug. However sequence of activities by > > > So if hotplug is no longer suggested (where

broadcom ethernet

2006-02-26 Thread L . V . Gandhi
I have del inspiron 600 m. Though network is working ok, I get msg during booting like this. tg3: tg3_request_firmware (eth%d): Couldn't get firmware "tg3/tso-1.4.0 how to solve this. -- L.V.Gandhi http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ linux user No.205042

Re: description of udev, sysfs, hotplug, hal, etc.

2006-02-26 Thread L . V . Gandhi
On 2/26/06, David Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/22/06, L. V. Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > new udev suggests to remove hotplug. However sequence of activities by > So if hotplug is no longer suggested (where is this suggestion?), During installation and reconfiguring udev in sid

Re: networking problem

2006-02-26 Thread Neil Dugan
L.V.Gandhi wrote: My laptop is served by dhcp router. my hostname lvgdell600m. lvgdell600m:~# cat /etc/hostname lvgdell600m my /etc/hosts is lvgdell600m:~# cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost lvgdell600m 192.168.1.51mohan 192.168.1.52lvgdell600m 192.168

Re: dns?

2006-02-26 Thread Neil Dugan
L.V.Gandhi wrote: On 2/26/06, Andrew Cady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Running a local caching dns server is just fine, and can improve performance. If you are serving dhcp on a network, it is more or less required. This is quite distinct from running an authoritative DNS server which serves

Re: reactivate e-mail account

2006-02-26 Thread christopher dayang
how cud i reactivate my e-mail account Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

Re: CUPS, Sarge/Debian/GNU/Linux and Mac OS X

2006-02-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 11:14:55PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (26/02/06 12:48), Paul E Condon wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 07:27:21PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > On (26/02/06 12:14), Paul E Condon wrote: > > > > I have been attempting to get CUPS working in a mixed Sarge/MacOSX >

Re: Strange chars in GNOME help files Debian Etch / Gnome 2.12

2006-02-26 Thread Tony Freeman
I too see this and was wondering the same thing. -- Tony On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 08:48 +0100, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > Hi, > > When I open my Gnome Help files I get these strange chars: squares with > numbers like 20 (on the first line) and 02, 03,15 etc (on the second > line) in them. I assume

Re: CUPS, Sarge/Debian/GNU/Linux and Mac OS X

2006-02-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 01:17:51PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 12:14:20PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > > Is there anyone out there who has Mac running OSX sharing a printer attached > > to a box running Sarge, and NOT running netatalk/ATALKD-PAPD ? > > Well, Sid, but the

Re: CUPS, Sarge/Debian/GNU/Linux and Mac OS X

2006-02-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/02/06 12:48), Paul E Condon wrote: > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 07:27:21PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (26/02/06 12:14), Paul E Condon wrote: > > > I have been attempting to get CUPS working in a mixed Sarge/MacOSX > > > environment. > > > Actually, I have it working but my current solu

Re: timing(?) problem syncing USB Palm OS device connected via udev (pilot-manager and pilot-link)

2006-02-26 Thread Daniel B.
Jean-Marie Thomas wrote: > > On Sunday 26 February 2006 18:27, Daniel B. wrote: > > What does it take to get the timing right in trying to connect to > > a Palm OS PDA when using udev? > ... > > My PDA is a PalmOne Tungsten T5. > > > > I'm running a Sarge system with udev (Sarge's 0.056-3) and ker

Re: timing(?) problem syncing USB Palm OS device connected via udev (pilot-manager and pilot-link)

2006-02-26 Thread Daniel B.
I wrote: > > What does it take to get the timing right in trying to connect to > a Palm OS PDA when using udev? > > I'm having a problem in which connecting seems to work only if > I get the timing just right. > > Sometimes connecting works when I press the PDA cable's sync > button before click

Re: UTF-8, Utf-8, or utf-8?

2006-02-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 10:48:52AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > http://home.no.net/david/i18n.php and locale -a says use LC_ALL=zh_TW.utf-8 > but /etc/locale.gen and /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED seem to say zh_TW.UTF-8. Hi Dan, I recently needed to get utf8 to work and used 'dpkg-reconfigure locales'

Re: cleaning up audio recording

2006-02-26 Thread David E. Fox
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:27:41 -0700 John Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used the KRec tool in KDE to transfer the audio. I was looking at the > artsbuilder routines and it appears like you can do some signal processing > with this tool. ] I haven't played with artsbuilder. Seems to me t

Re: How long must a bug report be ignored before I escalate?

2006-02-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 11:12:16AM -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 08:15:00AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > } Carl Fink wrote: > } >I know Debian now has a system to report non-responsive maintainers, but I > } >hate to jump on someone. > } > > } >I submitted a bug (#35407

Re: MUTT users PLEASE read [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: lists.d.o Spam (was: Marking BTS spam)]

2006-02-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 09:01:52PM -0700, Scott wrote: > Alex Nordstrom spake thusly on 02/24/2006 10:06 AM: > >Saturday, 25 February 2006 00:38, Kevin Mark wrote: > >>Here is a new test system to improve spam reporting in Debian. > >>It seems mutt users will be the primary ones to use this. > > >

Re: CUPS, Sarge/Debian/GNU/Linux and Mac OS X

2006-02-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 12:14:20PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > I have been attempting to get CUPS working in a mixed Sarge/MacOSX > environment. > Actually, I have it working but my current solution is not to my liking. > My question is: > > Is there anyone out there who has Mac running OSX sha

IBM thinkpad T43 w/ sarge

2006-02-26 Thread noc ops
Has anyone successfully installed sarge on thinkpad t43? Can you please contact me offline. Have couple quick questions regarding network card/ati x300. regards, /virendra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: script execution on the machine when its boots

2006-02-26 Thread Hagakure
Rodney Richison wrote: > >Brent Clark wrote: > >>Hi all >> >>I have a firewall / gateway ruleset that I want excuted when the >>machine needs to reboot. >> >>I placed the script in /etc/network/if-up.d, but I found that on doing >>so, the script did not execute. >> >>Would anyone know how and wher

Re: Etch Printing problem

2006-02-26 Thread David E. Fox
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:57:31 -0500 Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Latest etch upgrade blew it out. Printer is printing some ps > statments on the first page and then a bunch of blank pages. Odd. I just did an etch upgrade on Friday (2/23) (245 megs - ;) and I can print (printed your ar

Re: Replacement for Nessus

2006-02-26 Thread Maxim Vexler
On 2/23/06, Juergen Fiedler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I used to run Nessus on a semi-regular basis to make sure that my > firewall is still doing what it is supposed to do. With the latest > version of Nessus not actually being all that free anymore, I find > myself looking for altern

Re: CUPS, Sarge/Debian/GNU/Linux and Mac OS X

2006-02-26 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 12:14:20PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > Is there anyone out there who has Mac running OSX sharing a printer attached > to a box running Sarge, and NOT running netatalk/ATALKD-PAPD ? Well, Sid, but the idea is the same. > If you have such, will you please share with me th

Re: Further installation woes WAS: trouble installing RAID and LVM.

2006-02-26 Thread hendrik
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 03:59:23PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 05:25:30PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > * E: Unable to correct problems, you have held back broken packages. > > * E: Unable to correct dependencies, some packages cannot be installed > > * E: Unable t

Re: description of udev, sysfs, hotplug, hal, etc.

2006-02-26 Thread David Berg
On 2/22/06, L. V. Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/22/06, Hendrik Sattler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hotplug: called by the kernel, loads the proper driver is can run scipts > > > > udev: called by the kernel, dynamic filesystem in userspace that relies on > > tmpfs, lately replaces hot

Re: Getting Ensoniq 5880 soundcard to work again after 2.4 to 2.6 kernel upgrade.

2006-02-26 Thread Adam Funk
On 2006-02-26, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Funk wrote: >> Hang on. A few weeks ago when I was asking about preparations for >> switching from 2.4 to 2.6, you said to move customizations from >> /etc/modutils/ to /etc/modprobe.d/ -- does that mean that 2.6 doesn't >> use /etc/modutils/*

Re: Aptitude/Grub Problem -- Is this a bug?

2006-02-26 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Friday 24 February 2006 17:06, Joey Hess wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > It didn't just remove an entry. Update-grub completely overwrites > > the file so any entries for kernels on other partitions are gone. > > ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST > ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST mar

Re: Aptitude/Grub Problem -- Is this a bug?

2006-02-26 Thread Joey Hess
Hal Vaughan wrote: > It didn't just remove an entry. Update-grub completely overwrites the > file so any entries for kernels on other partitions are gone. ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script exc

Re: proxy for APT

2006-02-26 Thread Anthony Simonelli
Also, you can put the following in /etc/apt/apt.conf Accquire::http::Proxy "http://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:portnumber"; The quotes and semicolon at the end are necessary or apt will say that there is junk at the end of the config file. I don't think anyone has suggested this one yet. On Thu

Re: USB vs. SATA

2006-02-26 Thread jmt
On Sunday 26 February 2006 19:05, Adorean Alexandru Raul wrote: > Hi. > > I have a 7 in 1 usb card reader an i am havin trouble mounting > divers cards. > I've read trough the manual and found some solution not including > SATA drives witch is my case. > > My question is how do i dete

Re: CUPS, Sarge/Debian/GNU/Linux and Mac OS X

2006-02-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 07:27:21PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (26/02/06 12:14), Paul E Condon wrote: > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > From: Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:14:20 -0700 > > Subject: CUPS, Sarge/Debian/GNU/Linux and Mac OS X > > > > I hav

Re: Troubleshooting occasional hdX lost interrupts - any suggestions?

2006-02-26 Thread Andrew Cady
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 09:08:16AM -0500, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote: > Every few days, I get the kernel error "hdX: lost interrupt" where X > is usually c or g. [...] > Any suggestions for how to go about diagnosing the problem? Unfortunately, hardware may be at fault. If possible, try a different

Re: bash history search key binding

2006-02-26 Thread cga
Lei Kong wrote: [...] Thanks for your advice, but misteriously, it is back to normal now. I swear to god I didn't do anything, oh, wait, maybe I did an aptitude upgrade without even knowing about it. maybe your bash history was accidentally reset.. or lost its cd* commands .. maybe the key

Re: search target releases for packages

2006-02-26 Thread Wackojacko
Sorry sent to Martin not the list. DOH! Wackojacko Wackojacko wrote: martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Martin Paraskevov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.02.25.0525 +0100]: Can I search target releases for packages? With apt-get -t I can install from target releases but I cannot search target r

Re: Setup script for XDM login screen

2006-02-26 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 01:14:12AM +0100, Björn Lindström wrote: > Where is the right place to put stuff that you want to run when > starting XDM now. Still in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup. > but it's not working anymore with xdm-6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Actually the XSF broke it without notice (and no changelog e

Re: Forbidding a version of a package in debian

2006-02-26 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 02:55:26PM +1100, Paul Dwerryhouse wrote: > echo "libfreetype6 hold" | dpkg --set-selections > > When you want to remove the hold, later on, do: > > echo "libfreetype6 install" | dpkg --set-selections Which will not work as aptitude quite happily ignores holds set by stan

Re: CUPS, Sarge/Debian/GNU/Linux and Mac OS X

2006-02-26 Thread Clive Menzies
On (26/02/06 12:14), Paul E Condon wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:14:20 -0700 > Subject: CUPS, Sarge/Debian/GNU/Linux and Mac OS X > > I have been attempting to get CUPS working in a mixed Sarge/MacOSX > environment.

CUPS, Sarge/Debian/GNU/Linux and Mac OS X

2006-02-26 Thread Paul E Condon
I have been attempting to get CUPS working in a mixed Sarge/MacOSX environment. Actually, I have it working but my current solution is not to my liking. My question is: Is there anyone out there who has Mac running OSX sharing a printer attached to a box running Sarge, and NOT running netatalk/AT

Re: USB vs. SATA

2006-02-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 08:05:40PM +0200, Adorean Alexandru Raul wrote: > Hi. > >I have a 7 in 1 usb card reader an i am havin trouble mounting > divers cards. >I've read trough the manual and found some solution not including > SATA drives witch is my case. > > My question is ho

Re: How long must a bug report be ignored before I escalate?

2006-02-26 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 11:07:11PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 10:33:07PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 05:20:31PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > > Carl Fink writes: > > > > I know Debian now has a system to report non-responsive maintainers, but > >

Re: Squirrelmail bug is actually (partly?) Apt bug

2006-02-26 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 09:59:29PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > If you had to grab the dpkg files and use --force-depends to install > them, I would consider it a bug. But I guess it would not be corrected > in Sarge in case ... I didn't end up using force-depends because dpkg gave a better ex

USB vs. SATA

2006-02-26 Thread Adorean Alexandru Raul
Hi. I have a 7 in 1 usb card reader an i am havin trouble mounting divers cards. I've read trough the manual and found some solution not including SATA drives witch is my case. My question is how do i determine where the card reader is located so i can mont it .

Re: samba/ldap/nss

2006-02-26 Thread debian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Did this. ldapsearch with a bind of > uid=chris,ou=people,dc=longship,dc=org searching ou=people for uid=chris > shows me (including userPassword - which is configured in slapd only > viewable for owner and admin). Gah. That should read dc=home,dc=chrissearle,dc=org (lo

Re: samba/ldap/nss

2006-02-26 Thread debian
Jamie Thompson wrote: > Have you tested that the authentication for PAM is working correctly? > Try logging in using whatever auth you are using for it and check it can > read the entiries it needs. libnss-ldap and pam_ldap have different Did this. ldapsearch with a bind of uid=chris,ou=people,dc

Re: timing(?) problem syncing USB Palm OS device connected via udev (pilot-manager and pilot-link)

2006-02-26 Thread Jean-Marie Thomas
On Sunday 26 February 2006 18:27, Daniel B. wrote: > What does it take to get the timing right in trying to connect to > a Palm OS PDA when using udev? ... > My PDA is a PalmOne Tungsten T5. > > I'm running a Sarge system with udev (Sarge's 0.056-3) and kernel > 2.6.8 (Sarge's 2.6.8-16sarge1). > R

networking problem

2006-02-26 Thread L . V . Gandhi
My laptop is served by dhcp router. my hostname lvgdell600m. lvgdell600m:~# cat /etc/hostname lvgdell600m my /etc/hosts is lvgdell600m:~# cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost lvgdell600m 192.168.1.51mohan 192.168.1.52lvgdell600m 192.168.1.53lvgdell600m

timing(?) problem syncing USB Palm OS device connected via udev (pilot-manager and pilot-link)

2006-02-26 Thread Daniel B.
What does it take to get the timing right in trying to connect to a Palm OS PDA when using udev? I'm having a problem in which connecting seems to work only if I get the timing just right. Sometimes connecting works when I press the PDA cable's sync button before clicking on PilotManager's sync

Re: can I define a default printer in firefox? how? [solved, but ...

2006-02-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:19:21PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > I'm running cups under sarge. I can print from firefox, but > the print window shows five printers, two are attached to a > Mac in the next room, two are figments of firefox's imagination. > The firefox print window always comes up wi

Re: just a little OT: online meeting coordinator sought

2006-02-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 10:31:33AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.02.24.0341 +0100]: > > A=list of people > > B=1/2 hr time slots that all people can meet > > C=number of contigous time slots for meeting > > D=combinations of B that can satisfy C, w

Re: having problem with locales ?

2006-02-26 Thread Mehmet Fatih Akbulut
hi again,#cat /etc/environmentLANGUAGE="en_US:en_GB:en"LANG=en_US.UTF-8this is what /etc/environment contains.and ; localhost:~# dpkg-reconfigure localesGenerating locales (this might take a while)...   en_US.ISO-8859-1... done  en_US.UTF-8... done  tr_TR.ISO-8859-9... done  tr_TR.UTF-8... doneGene

Re: How long must a bug report be ignored before I escalate?

2006-02-26 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 08:15:00AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: } Carl Fink wrote: } >I know Debian now has a system to report non-responsive maintainers, but I } >hate to jump on someone. } > } >I submitted a bug (#354079) on Stable's Squirrelmail on Wednesday. So far } >the only response was th

Re: search target releases for packages

2006-02-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Martin Paraskevov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.02.25.0525 +0100]: > Can I search target releases for packages? With apt-get -t I can > install from target releases but I cannot search target releases with > apt-cache. For example, I wanted to install java-package but I cannot find > it in

Re: samba/ldap/nss

2006-02-26 Thread Jamie Thompson
Have you tested that the authentication for PAM is working correctly? Try logging in using whatever auth you are using for it and check it can read the entiries it needs. libnss-ldap and pam_ldap have different config files. Sounds like nss is working correctly (i.e. its showing both users), but th

questions about pppoe MTU settings

2006-02-26 Thread Marty
Although the pppoe man page recommends an MTU of 1412 for machines behind a firewall on which pppoe is running, I don't have control over all machines on the LAN. I rely therefore on the pppoe MSS clamping feature which by default is activated by the script /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0clampmss. This see

change the sequence of runlevel services

2006-02-26 Thread Deephay
Greetings all, I am using ntpd to synchronize my compter time, but there's a little problem here: I am using PPPoE to connect to internet so the network interface the ntpd should listen to is ppp0, but I found that ntpd is not working unless I killed and restarted it again after I loggin, then I

Re: dns?

2006-02-26 Thread Alex Nordstrom
Sunday, 26 February 2006 23:10, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I have a system in which router attached to a cable modem rewrites > /etc/resolve.conf whenever connection takes place. To the router 3 or > 4 machines are connected and someitmes a machine with two interfaces > ie eth0 and wlan0 are connected. Ho

change the sequence of runlevel services

2006-02-26 Thread Gamer Joker
Greetings all,  I am using ntpd to synchronize my compter time, but there's a littleproblem here: I am using PPPoE to connect to internet so the networkinterface the ntpd should listen to is ppp0, but I found that ntpd is not working unless I killed and restarted it again after I loggin, thenI chec

change the sequence of runlevel services

2006-02-26 Thread Deephay
Greetings all, I am using ntpd to synchronize my compter time, but there's a little problem here: I am using PPPoE to connect to internet so the network interface the ntpd should listen to is ppp0, but I found that ntpd is not working unless I killed and restarted it again after I loggin, then I

Re: dns?

2006-02-26 Thread L . V . Gandhi
On 2/26/06, Andrew Cady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Running a local caching dns server is just fine, and can improve > performance. If you are serving dhcp on a network, it is more or less > required. This is quite distinct from running an authoritative DNS > server which serves requests to th

Re: can I define a default printer in firefox? how?

2006-02-26 Thread W. Paul Mills
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paul E Condon wrote: > I'm running cups under sarge. I can print from firefox, but > the print window shows five printers, two are attached to a > Mac in the next room, two are figments of firefox's imagination. > The firefox print window always comes

Problem setting up printing with samba to windows computer

2006-02-26 Thread Micha Feigin
I setup a printer on my windows computer on the local server in my uni lab. I can connect to it with no problem from all windows computers in the lab. From my linux based laptop, I set it up with the same parameters (I guess its using the guest user) but I can't get any response from it. The error

Re: dpkg serious warning ? help please ...

2006-02-26 Thread Klaus Pieper
dpkg --force-all -P lale Klaus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Getting Ensoniq 5880 soundcard to work again after 2.4 to 2.6 kernel upgrade.

2006-02-26 Thread Colin
Adam Funk wrote: > Hang on. A few weeks ago when I was asking about preparations for > switching from 2.4 to 2.6, you said to move customizations from > /etc/modutils/ to /etc/modprobe.d/ -- does that mean that 2.6 doesn't > use /etc/modutils/*? That is correct. I overlooked that. > Do both 2.4

Re: How long must a bug report be ignored before I escalate?

2006-02-26 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Carl Fink wrote: I know Debian now has a system to report non-responsive maintainers, but I hate to jump on someone. I submitted a bug (#354079) on Stable's Squirrelmail on Wednesday. So far the only response was the automated one from the bug tracking system. When is it apprioprate to e-mail

Troubleshooting occasional hdX lost interrupts - any suggestions?

2006-02-26 Thread Adam Rosi-Kessel
Every few days, I get the kernel error "hdX: lost interrupt" where X is usually c or g. I'm having a hard time tracking down any systematic way of troubleshooting this problem. hdg is a brand new drive and ran for a couple of weeks in another system without a blip, so I don't think it is a proble

Re: dns?

2006-02-26 Thread Andrew Cady
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 11:25:49PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya > > > Rylan Vroom wrote: > > > > Hello, How do you tell debian to use a local dns server before going > > to = the ones maintained by my ISP? > > you can't ... You sure can. > vi /etc/resolv.conf > localhost > dn

Re: On rtorrent

2006-02-26 Thread Rogério Brito
On Feb 25 2006, Michael M. wrote: > Rogério Brito wrote: > >That's strange. I've been using a plain/vanilla etch system here (in > >fact, I always track testing) and I *do* have rtorrent available > >here. > > Well I'll check again. Perhaps it is available for in Etch for your > architecture, bu

Re: no alsa-modules for 2.6

2006-02-26 Thread Florian Kulzer
belahcene abdelkader wrote: thank you for reply, the lspci gives : :00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corp. 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03) I have no experience with this type of audio controller myself, but according to the 2.6 kernel sources it should

Re: having problem with locales ?

2006-02-26 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
"Mehmet Fatih Akbulut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > which locales should i select to see characters like ı,ş,ç,ö,ğ,ü > correctly on konsole ? en_US UTF-8 doesnt show them right. NOTE: this message is in UTF-8; it will not display correctly on a non-UTF-8 system. I think you haven't selected the

Re: just a little OT: online meeting coordinator sought

2006-02-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.02.24.0341 +0100]: > A=list of people > B=1/2 hr time slots that all people can meet > C=number of contigous time slots for meeting > D=combinations of B that can satisfy C, where D < B > E=D where all people can attend, where E < D He, looks good.

gaim messenger (MSN) support with ssl under debian woody

2006-02-26 Thread Mark-Walter
Hi List, as woody has an old package version I'am trying to install gaim 1.5.0 from source. To enable SSL I need the package: *** libgnutls11-dev *** for woody. There's a stable package und pdo.debian.net: *** libgnutls11-dev *** But I can't make apt-get install libgnutls11-dev while us

Re: samba/ldap/nss

2006-02-26 Thread debian
Jamie Thompson wrote: > Chris wrote: >> OK - I've decided to look into using a debian box as a PDC using a >> combination of samba and openldap (this is on sid). >> > > > Yeah, I did this as well, though I stick to testing. Works nicely. Hmm. Not going so well here. In /etc/nsswitch.conf passw

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