Re: small GTK "Open file" dialog

2006-07-21 Thread Nick Wright
> Hi! > > I have a little cosmetical problem but it is annoying. By default my > GTK2 standard dialogs (open, save, ...) are very small. Is there any > configuration file where I can set those dimensions? > Yeah I have a simmilar thing I think.. When I go to save stuff from firefox it gives me a

i get this sarge for i386 possible bug

2006-07-21 Thread mike williams
also sometimes it just locks on a black screen and does nothing for 30min+     how can i fix this/(total OS reinstall is ok option if needed)

Re: postgresql linux-windows

2006-07-21 Thread Katipo
gustavo halperin wrote: Hello I'm learning PostgrSQL 8.1, looks very good. As all of us, I prefer work and develop under Linux, but my mother have Windows like around the 90% of the world. Any way I need develop for she a Data Base, I just want to know if I will develop this DB on Debian and

Re: just some thoughts

2006-07-21 Thread Chuckk Hubbard
On 7/21/06, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It costs a lot (in terms of money and developement) to take any current linux software and make it 'newbie fiendly' and close to the supposed ease of 'ms products'. You are free to work on this and ask for help but so far the only folks doing it a

Re: postgresql linux-windows

2006-07-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 05:00:16AM +0300, gustavo halperin wrote: > Hello > > I'm learning PostgrSQL 8.1, looks very good. As all of us, I prefer > work and develop under Linux, but my mother have Windows like around the > 90% of the world. Any way I need develop for she a Data Base, I just > w

Re: postgresql linux-windows

2006-07-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 gustavo halperin wrote: > Hello > > I'm learning PostgrSQL 8.1, looks very good. As all of us, I > prefer work and develop under Linux, but my mother have Windows > like around the 90% of the world. Any way I need develop for she > a Data Base, I just

postgresql linux-windows

2006-07-21 Thread gustavo halperin
Hello I'm learning PostgrSQL 8.1, looks very good. As all of us, I prefer work and develop under Linux, but my mother have Windows like around the 90% of the world. Any way I need develop for she a Data Base, I just want to know if I will develop this DB on Debian and after well I will can tr

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

2006-07-21 Thread Willie Wonka
Mumia W. wrote: > AFAIK, that's not the way you enable boot-logging. Just edit > /etc/default/bootlogd. > It did not take affect after a warm (re)boot -- so I'll try your suggestion - but why wouldn't the man page say how to enable it? Or where should I look for that kind of info instead? I'm _

odd problem with raid array

2006-07-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
Still struggling to get this new box set up the way I'd like it: - had to install a new kernel to see high memory (thanks!) - took a while to figure out that a string of "devfs_mk_dev: could not append to parent for /disc" errors are not dangerous (apparantly they show up when putting root on LV

odd problem with raid array

2006-07-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
Hi Folks, Still struggling to get this new box set up the way I'd like it: - had to install a new kernel to see high memory (thanks!) - took a while to figure out that a string of "devfs_mk_dev: could not append to parent for /disc" errors are not dangerous (apparantly they show up when puttin

Re: X.org fü r OpenGL konfigurieren

2006-07-21 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 10:10:33AM +0200, Matthias Pfeifer wrote: > Thanks for the friendly hints. How should i proceed with my message in > this group? Delete it? Don't worry about it--it's already been mailed out to list members. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Using lirc

2006-07-21 Thread pol
I would like to install lirc, but i am using a custom kernel (i.e. not 'debianized'). Should i get the original lirc tar file or it it possible to adapt the deb package? thank you --pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

using lirc

2006-07-21 Thread pol
I would like to install lirc, but i am using a custom kernel (i.e. not 'debianized'). Should i get the original lirc tar file or it it possible to adapt the deb package? thank you --pol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

How well does apt-build work?

2006-07-21 Thread Joseph Smidt
It would be nice if I could get a performance boost by compiling my packages for my hardware. Apt-build seems to be a good answer for this: http://julien.danjou.info/article-apt-build.html But I have a few questions: 1.) Is apt-build safe in the sense it doesn't foul up your system when you compi

Re: Please suggest a video capture software

2006-07-21 Thread Andrew Malcolmson
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:34:52 -0300, "Bruno Buys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Santanu Chatterjee wrote: > > > On 7/20/06, Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Mencoder and streamer don't meet that requirement, so I guess if there > >> is such software, it must be an obscure one. > > A c

libpangocairo and gimp...

2006-07-21 Thread djhack
I am confused too. I got gimp from debian.org too. Each time I have updated gimp without any problems until now. Here are my results. apt-cash results:gimp: Installed: 2.2.6-1 Candidate: 2.2.6-1 Version Table: *** 2.2.6-1 0 500 http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Packages 1

Re: **Caution-External**: Re: USB hotplug woes

2006-07-21 Thread Vandoorn, Yvo
I thought about that, however the script that I am using calls to mount /dev/sdb1 to /dev/usbkey On 7/21/06 1:59 PM, "Ron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Great. But, I think you should change the sdb1 to sd?1, since the > thumb drive mi

dpkg-repack warnings: what effect?

2006-07-21 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, dpkg-repack (from sid dpkg 1.13.22) gives warnings when repacking python packages: ... warning, `./dpkg-repack-5343/DEBIAN/control' contains user-defined field `Python-Version' ... What effect does this have? Can the .deb be used or not? Would it be true to say that only those .debs c

Re: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 - hotplug

2006-07-21 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 09:31:55AM -0700, lakili wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm glad I've bumped into this Nabble website to browse all kinds of Debian > forums. > > I'm a fairly new Debian user -- moved from Libranet to Ubuntu and now to > Debian. I have a PII. > > I made a minimal install of Sarg

Re: kdebase-dev removes gnome-desktop and xfce4

2006-07-21 Thread Greg Madden
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:49:57 +0200 Marco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Installing kdebase-dev (I need it to compile kphotoalbum) removes > gnome and xfce4, apparenty because of a conflict between libgamin0 > (needed by the removed packages) and libfam0c102/libfam0 (needed by > kdebase-dev). > > I

Re: Trying `Wine'

2006-07-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Owen Heisler wrote: > On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 15:53 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> Owen Heisler wrote: >>> Surely there are better suggestions than that. Crossover is commercial! >>> $40 >> People who install Debian also using commercial s/w? >> >> Oh, th

Re: Trying `Wine'

2006-07-21 Thread Owen Heisler
On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 15:53 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Owen Heisler wrote: > > Surely there are better suggestions than that. Crossover is commercial! > > $40 > > People who install Debian also using commercial s/w? > > Oh, the horror! Quick, call RMS ;) I figure that someone who is usin

Re: Trying `Wine'

2006-07-21 Thread Linas Žvirblis
Ron Johnson wrote: > People who install Debian also using commercial s/w? > > Oh, the horror! Quick, call RMS He would say that commercial is not the same as non-free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: **Caution-External**: Re: USB hotplug woes

2006-07-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Great. But, I think you should change the sdb1 to sd?1, since the thumb drive might not be sdb on each machine, or each time you plug it in. Vandoorn, Yvo wrote: > I'm a retard... Changed it to sdb1 and whabam... It works as expected. Only > problem

Etch and SATA (was Re: USB hotplug woes)

2006-07-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Craig M. Houck wrote: > That is beyond me I'm afraid. Hotplug usb devices are tricky > somewhat even with 2.6 if you are trying to auto run scripts > associated with a hot plug > > OH, yea. Sata drives and Sarge 2.6 don't mix well. I've never > tried

Re: just some thoughts

2006-07-21 Thread Kevin Mark
Hi $USER with an idea about a linux distro, On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 03:03:48PM +0100, crank u. say wrote: > You could promote Linux, and even sell Linux I believe with this > approach: 1. You need a reliable group of Linux experts who have > internet access 2. They will need to have technical, phy

Re: Trying `Wine'

2006-07-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Owen Heisler wrote: > On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 10:48 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 10:24:37PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> [snip] >>> Thanks. I inst

Re: Please suggest a video capture software

2006-07-21 Thread Bruno Buys
Santanu Chatterjee wrote: On 7/20/06, Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mencoder and streamer don't meet that requirement, so I guess if there is such software, it must be an obscure one. First of all, thank you and Kenward for your response. I did try some obscure ones after searching

Re: [asp] installation on Debian

2006-07-21 Thread Mumia W.
On 07/21/2006 01:48 PM, Lukasz Szybalski wrote: [asp] installation on Debian Hello, I am trying to install ASP support on Debian, but i can't get it to work. It seems that there are two paths, one is to go with mono and the other is with libapache-asp-perl. Is that correct? I tried installing:

Re: just some thoughts

2006-07-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 21 July 2006 07:03, crank u. say wrote: > You could promote Linux, and even sell Linux I believe with this approach: I believe this has already been answered extensively by the Linux Advocacy HOWTO.¹ > 1. You need a reliable group of Linux experts who have internet access [EMAIL PROTE

Re: linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 - hotplug

2006-07-21 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 09:31:55 -0700, lakili wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm glad I've bumped into this Nabble website to browse all kinds of Debian > forums. > > I'm a fairly new Debian user -- moved from Libranet to Ubuntu and now to > Debian. I have a PII. > > I made a minimal install of Sarge

Re: cp sucks or do I not know enough?

2006-07-21 Thread Larry Irwin
The --reply=yes is not needed if you are using the binary executable "cp" If your "cp" is an alias, other issues arise... check ~/.bash*, /etc/bash* and /etc/profile   These samples work with "cp" and not the bash alias to "cp"...   #Copy a bunch of files to current location cp /foo/* .   #Rec

Re: ftp.debian.org & amd64 packages

2006-07-21 Thread Joe Smith
"Thierry Chatelet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tanel Kokk wrote: Thierry Chatelet wrote: Mirror with debian-amd64 are from the past, and I guess, not updated. Thierry If so, then why ftp.debian.org's pool contains amd64 packages at all? Tanel That's a

Etch and NFS problems

2006-07-21 Thread chouck
Folks; I have setup several (> 30) Sarge boxes to NFS mount with our Solaris shared disc space. I just did modifid or created as needed the very same files on an ETCH box. When I go to mount the dir it fails time after time with ... mount: bingnfs1:/u0/users failed, reason given by server: Permi

Re: **Caution-External**: Re: USB hotplug woes

2006-07-21 Thread chouck
Excellent > I'm a retard... Changed it to sdb1 and whabam... It works as expected. Only > problem now is that the last part of the script that tells it to unmount > isn't working but that is fixable. So it seems 2.6 kernel with udev is the > solution. > > > On 7/21/06 11:54 AM, "Vandoorn, Yvo" <[E

RE: cp sucks or do I not know enough?

2006-07-21 Thread Jean-Sebastien Pilon
$ ls -A1p |grep -v / # I think this would actually match cp's behavior Here is options used -A, --almost-all do not list implied . and .. -1 list one file per line -p, --file-typeappend indicator (one of /=@|) to entries We grep / to remove directo

Re: Backup

2006-07-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday 21 July 2006 01:42, Jan Dinger wrote: > Hallo, Ich möchte ein backup machen: > > 1/woche Fullbackup > 6/woche inkrementel > > Habe es bis jetzt immer via Script gelöst (selber geschrieben), das > wollte ich aber diesmal nicht machen und bin auch der Suche nach einem > geeignetem Backuppro

Re: **Caution-External**: Re: USB hotplug woes

2006-07-21 Thread Vandoorn, Yvo
I'm a retard... Changed it to sdb1 and whabam... It works as expected. Only problem now is that the last part of the script that tells it to unmount isn't working but that is fixable. So it seems 2.6 kernel with udev is the solution. On 7/21/06 11:54 AM, "Vandoorn, Yvo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: USB hotplug woes

2006-07-21 Thread Vandoorn, Yvo
Well I have since taken the complete plunge to 2.6. I was able to boot debian by changing the fstab & grub configuration. Ok so now I have researched on how to write udev.rules (using http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html as reference). In the guide at the bottom it recommends doing:

[asp] installation on Debian

2006-07-21 Thread Lukasz Szybalski
[asp] installation on Debian Hello, I am trying to install ASP support on Debian, but i can't get it to work. It seems that there are two paths, one is to go with mono and the other is with libapache-asp-perl. Is that correct? I tried installing: apt-get install libapache-asp-perl and also apt-

Re: Backup

2006-07-21 Thread Paul Johnson
Debian-user is an English speaking list, there's lists for other languages but this one expects English. On Friday 21 July 2006 01:42, Jan Dinger wrote: > Habe es bis jetzt immer via Script gelöst (selber geschrieben), das > wollte ich aber diesmal nicht machen und bin auch der Suche nach einem >

Re: cp sucks or do I not know enough?

2006-07-21 Thread Jason Martens
Anil Gupte wrote: I have read man cp and cp --help (same thing), but I cannot figure out how to shorten this: cp --reply=yes /foo/* . I think you want -i No -u does not work as expected and nor does -f Also, is there an equivalent of xcopy and I mean all the features. For example, in Do

cp sucks or do I not know enough?

2006-07-21 Thread Anil Gupte
I have read man cp and cp --help (same thing), but I cannot figure out how to shorten this:   cp --reply=yes /foo/* .   No -u does not work as expected and nor does -f   Also, is there an equivalent of xcopy and I mean all the features.  For example, in Dos/Win I am used to using, say:   xcopy

RESOLVED: Re: New UDEV breaks my rules

2006-07-21 Thread Jason Martens
Mathias Brodala wrote: Hi Andrew. At some point I upgraded UDEV, and the following rule broke: BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="Griffin PowerMate", NAME="powermate", SYMLINK="input/powermate", GROUP="audio", MODE="0660" […] What am I doing wrong? For the lazy, here is my new, "fixed

Re: New UDEV breaks my rules

2006-07-21 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi Andrew. >>> At some point I upgraded UDEV, and the following rule broke: >>> >>> BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="Griffin PowerMate", NAME="powermate", >>> SYMLINK="input/powermate", GROUP="audio", MODE="0660" >>> >>> […] >>> >>> What am I doing wrong? >> You should correct the syntax corresponding

Re: New UDEV breaks my rules

2006-07-21 Thread Andrew Schulman
> Hi Jason. > > > At some point I upgraded UDEV, and the following rule broke: > > > > BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="Griffin PowerMate", NAME="powermate", > > SYMLINK="input/powermate", GROUP="audio", MODE="0660" > > > > It gives this error message: Jul 21 11:26:37 localhost udevd[8581]: > > add_t

Re: USB hotplug woes

2006-07-21 Thread Craig M. Houck
That is beyond me I'm afraid. Hotplug usb devices are tricky somewhat even with 2.6 if you are trying to auto run scripts associated with a hot plug OH, yea. Sata drives and Sarge 2.6 don't mix well. I've never tried Etch on a Sata machine. I know that some this do work with one and not the other.

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

2006-07-21 Thread Mumia W.
On 07/21/2006 09:31 AM, Willie Wonka wrote: [...] So I drop to a VT/VC (ctrl-alt-f2) and login as root; then rerun above command '/sbin/bootlogd -lps' and it *seems* to have taken affect -- but i guess i won't know for sure until I reboot...well here goes ;-) Regards AFAIK, that's not the wa

Re: New UDEV breaks my rules

2006-07-21 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi Jason. > At some point I upgraded UDEV, and the following rule broke: > > BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="Griffin PowerMate", NAME="powermate", > SYMLINK="input/powermate", GROUP="audio", MODE="0660" > > It gives this error message: Jul 21 11:26:37 localhost udevd[8581]: > add_to_rules: invalid B

New UDEV breaks my rules

2006-07-21 Thread Jason Martens
At some point I upgraded UDEV, and the following rule broke: BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="Griffin PowerMate", NAME="powermate", SYMLINK="input/powermate", GROUP="audio", MODE="0660" It gives this error message: Jul 21 11:26:37 localhost udevd[8581]: add_to_rules: invalid BUS operation Jul 21 11:

Re: Anydata CDMA modem experiences

2006-07-21 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Jon K Hellan wrote: I recently got a CDMA wireless USB modem from Anydata. There are some problems using these modems with Linux, but thanks to pointers from nice people in the Czech user community, I think I was able to solve them. I wrote a web page about what I've found out. See http://jk.u

Re: Sound Configuration problem on clean Sarge install

2006-07-21 Thread Jay Fink
Although this is for Mandrake, here is a good document for setting up sound stuff in general: http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8018846552.html On 7/21/06, T.J. Duchene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Oh, I forgot. You might also have to load ALSA's OSS compatibility driver, if it isn't alread

Re: thunderbird and screen resolution: fixed

2006-07-21 Thread Dean Allen Provins
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 01:48:44PM +0100, George Borisov wrote: > Dean Allen Provins wrote: > > > > I recently went to a dual screen setup, and X provided a screen > > resolution of 191x96 (from 96x96). I was able to configure mozilla and > > firefox to use a resolution of 96 (thus making the ima

Re: Trying `Wine'

2006-07-21 Thread Owen Heisler
On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 10:48 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 10:24:37PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > [snip] > > Thanks. I installed Wine with `apt-get install wine', but don't > > manage to do anythi

linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 - hotplug

2006-07-21 Thread lakili
Hello, I'm glad I've bumped into this Nabble website to browse all kinds of Debian forums. I'm a fairly new Debian user -- moved from Libranet to Ubuntu and now to Debian. I have a PII. I made a minimal install of Sarge (Fluxbox and only the software I need) and I've upgraded to Etch, I think,

Re: Configuring Bluetooth

2006-07-21 Thread Jason Martens
Henrique Rennó wrote: Hello!!! I have an Acer Aspire 3002LCI Notebook and I'd like to know how can I start trying to configure the bluetooth device. I don't understand how it works and if someone knows any kind of prior settings I must set before changing configuration files, what packages shoul

How to disable OSS?

2006-07-21 Thread Jason Martens
I added snd_pcm_oss and snd_mixer_oss to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS, but somehow they are still getting loaded during boot. Where else do I need to disable the modules? Thanks, Jason Martens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Increasing NGROUPS_MAX

2006-07-21 Thread Jean-Sebastien Pilon
Supplemental group membership is limited to 32 by default. I need a user to be part of more than 32 groups, how can I increase NGROUPS_MAX value?

Re: Sound Configuration problem on clean Sarge install

2006-07-21 Thread T.J. Duchene
Oh, I forgot. You might also have to load ALSA's OSS compatibility driver, if it isn't already when you use an OSS app. It's normally named something like snd_pcm_oss, if I recall correctly. T.J. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: Trying `Wine'

2006-07-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 10:24:37PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: [snip] > Thanks. I installed Wine with `apt-get install wine', but don't > manage to do anything, not only install ICQ! In particular, when > I do: `wine icq5_1_set

Re: Gimp 2.2.6 and libpangocairo

2006-07-21 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 20:38:09 -0600, DJ Hackenbruch wrote: > Well, I tried a re-install of both (via apt-get) and looking in the > /usr/lib directory there is no such file named "libpangocairo" real or symb > link either. Do I have to make them? Link them to what? Creating a symlink can indee

Re: Sound Configuration problem on clean Sarge install

2006-07-21 Thread T.J. Duchene
If you are using GNOME and want to use ALSA instead you must also install the gstreamer-alsa package if you want to get ALSA pipes working. The version number varies depending on which branch of Debian you have. I believe it is 0.8 for Sarge. You can then set ALSA as the default in preferences

Re: Recommend an email program for the debian-user-digest?

2006-07-21 Thread michael
On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 09:57 -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote: > Another coomon mail agent to try is evolution, especially if you are a > fan of GNOME, since it sports heavy integration with the desktop, and is > the preferred agent for GNOME. > > It's very Outlookish, if you like that sort of thing. It

Re: ftp.debian.org & amd64 packages

2006-07-21 Thread Thierry Chatelet
Tanel Kokk wrote: Thierry Chatelet wrote: Mirror with debian-amd64 are from the past, and I guess, not updated. Thierry If so, then why ftp.debian.org's pool contains amd64 packages at all? Tanel That's a good question, and also, I did not notice that the packages have exactly the same

Re: cups problem

2006-07-21 Thread Pol Hallen
> Presenlty I am using etch and cups is not working. When i try to add > printer from localhost:631, after adding device URl nothing works > (shows processing). same with gnome-cups-manager. at the same time if > i see resources using top command cups-driver and cups uses almost 90% > of CPU and m

Re: Sound Configuration problem on clean Sarge install

2006-07-21 Thread Pol Hallen
> Audio pipe is set up as OSS (I don't really > understand this) and when I press test a tone is emitted from the speakers, > so it's obvious that a suitable driver has been installed, just not > configured correctly. Also if I switch on the sounds for events on the > desktop under Gnome configurat

Re: ftp.debian.org & amd64 packages

2006-07-21 Thread Tanel Kokk
Thierry Chatelet wrote: Mirror with debian-amd64 are from the past, and I guess, not updated. Thierry If so, then why ftp.debian.org's pool contains amd64 packages at all? Tanel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

2006-07-21 Thread Willie Wonka
Wulfy wrote: > man bootlogd it's part of the sysvinit package... :) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S bootlogd > sysvinit: /sbin/bootlogd > initscripts: /etc/init.d/bootlogd > initscripts: /etc/init.d/stop-bootlogd > initscripts: /etc/default/bootlogd > sysvinit: /usr/share/man/man8/bootlogd.8.g

Re: Recommend an email program for the debian-user-digest?

2006-07-21 Thread T.J. Duchene
Another coomon mail agent to try is evolution, especially if you are a fan of GNOME, since it sports heavy integration with the desktop, and is the preferred agent for GNOME. It's very Outlookish, if you like that sort of thing. It has several advantages, including support for PGP/GPG, HTML, MIME

Trying `Wine' (was: ICQ with Linux)

2006-07-21 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 10:24:37PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I've been following the various suggestions come from this list >> about the possibilities Linux offers to chat: >> my family want to use `messenger' and ICQ, and before resigning myself >> to use MS Windows I wanted to check all

ti_usb_3410_5052 problem with etch

2006-07-21 Thread Dinesh Premalal
Hi, I used  CDMA  phone to connect Internet. With sarge (kernel 2.6.8) it worked fine with ti_usb_3410_5052 and wvdial. But with Debian etch it gives an error saying ti_usb_3410_5052 probe failed with error -5 I think I have missed some kernel parameters, just a wild guess, any clues please?tha

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

2006-07-21 Thread Willie Wonka
Miles Fidelman wrote: > Wulfy wrote: > > Miles Fidelman wrote: > >> Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > >>> El jue, 20-07-2006 a las 22:09 -0400, Miles Fidelman escribió: > and it turns out that it sure looks like the messages I'm trying to > capture are generated too early in the startup process

Re: Re: Login problem

2006-07-21 Thread Y.BulentAVCI
Thanks for reply Pol, My system is opening without executing those files and I am looking for why? It is like that there is a nologin specification somewhere in configuration files. But I couldnt find it. Here is my passwd entry avci:x:1002:1002::/home/avci:/bin/bash "~/.bash_profile" was executed

just some thoughts

2006-07-21 Thread crank u. say
You could promote Linux, and even sell Linux I believe with this approach: 1. You need a reliable group of Linux experts who have internet access 2. They will need to have technical, physical and legal ability and authority to take control of a computer that a potential client authorizes them to t

Sound Configuration problem on clean Sarge install

2006-07-21 Thread Richard Cookson
Hi, I'm a Windows user and would like to change my home PC over to Linux. I've installed Debian sarge (dual boot, on a separate hard drive) using the standard installation procedure and selecting the default 'Desktop' packages during install (i386 architecture). Everything has installed OK but

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

2006-07-21 Thread Willie Wonka
Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > El jue, 20-07-2006 a las 22:09 -0400, Miles Fidelman escribió: > > and it turns out that it sure looks like the messages I'm trying to > > capture are generated too early in the startup process to hit the log > > files - guess I have to connect my laptop to the serial p

Re: ftp.debian.org & amd64 packages

2006-07-21 Thread Thierry Chatelet
Tanel Kokk wrote: Can somebody explain me, why screen packages on these sites differ by size? ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/screen/screen_4.0.2-4.1_amd64.deb size: 608816 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/pool/main/s/screen/screen_4.0.2-4.1_amd64.deb size: 599480 As I

ftp.debian.org & amd64 packages

2006-07-21 Thread Tanel Kokk
Can somebody explain me, why screen packages on these sites differ by size? ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/screen/screen_4.0.2-4.1_amd64.deb size: 608816 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/pool/main/s/screen/screen_4.0.2-4.1_amd64.deb size: 599480 As I understand package with

cups problem

2006-07-21 Thread Paras pradhan
Hi: Presenlty I am using etch and cups is not working. When i try to add printer from localhost:631, after adding device URl nothing works (shows processing). same with gnome-cups-manager. at the same time if i see resources using top command cups-driver and cups uses almost 90% of CPU and memor

Re: kdebase-dev removes gnome-desktop and xfce4

2006-07-21 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:49:57 +0200 Marco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Installing kdebase-dev (I need it to compile kphotoalbum) removes > gnome and xfce4, apparenty because of a conflict between libgamin0 > (needed by the removed packages) and libfam0c102/libfam0 (needed by > kdebase-dev). > > I

Re: Installing things

2006-07-21 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 06:34:30AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Both are available packaged for Debian from Christian Marillat. Add 'deb > ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main' to your > /etc/apt/sources.list (assuming you are using Sid). No, actually add deb http://www.debian-m

Re: serious Reiser4 fsck problem

2006-07-21 Thread Roger Leigh
Dirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > fsck.reiser4 --build-fs > > result in data loss? I mean to fix the partition - NOT to lose the data > on it.. > > The manual page is also not very specific about if data will be lost or > not when using this option... The reiserfs fsck is broken by design. It c

Re: serious Reiser4 fsck problem

2006-07-21 Thread Raymond A. Meijer
On Fri 21 Jul 2006 15:35, Dirk wrote: > will using > > fsck.reiser4 --build-fs > > result in data loss? I mean to fix the partition - NOT to lose the data > on it.. > > The manual page is also not very specific about if data will be lost or > not when using this option... > > Using --fix resulted

h323

2006-07-21 Thread M.
Hi Someone have h323 modules (netfilter) working on Debian Sarge (Kernel 2.4.27)... i need these modules but i`m not sure about how to patch the kernel... There is a good document that explain the process? Thanks a lot Michael.- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: thunderbird and screen resolution

2006-07-21 Thread George Borisov
Dean Allen Provins wrote: > > I recently went to a dual screen setup, and X provided a screen > resolution of 191x96 (from 96x96). I was able to configure mozilla and > firefox to use a resolution of 96 (thus making the image the same size > as on the single screen setup, instead of double size),

kdebase-dev removes gnome-desktop and xfce4

2006-07-21 Thread Marco
Installing kdebase-dev (I need it to compile kphotoalbum) removes gnome and xfce4, apparenty because of a conflict between libgamin0 (needed by the removed packages) and libfam0c102/libfam0 (needed by kdebase-dev). I would like to keep gnome and xfce... How could I install kdebase-dev? Thanks, M

Re: newbie question

2006-07-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
Wulfy wrote: Miles Fidelman wrote: Gabriel Parrondo wrote: El jue, 20-07-2006 a las 22:09 -0400, Miles Fidelman escribió: and it turns out that it sure looks like the messages I'm trying to capture are generated too early in the startup process to hit the log files - guess I have to connect m

serious Reiser4 fsck problem

2006-07-21 Thread Dirk
Hello, will using fsck.reiser4 --build-fs result in data loss? I mean to fix the partition - NOT to lose the data on it.. The manual page is also not very specific about if data will be lost or not when using this option... Using --fix resulted in a message that I should use --build-fs to remov

Re: Installing things

2006-07-21 Thread John Hasler
Shane writes: > I installed both Real Player and MPlayer for Debian. I downloaded the > rpm package and then used alien... Both are available packaged for Debian from Christian Marillat. Add 'deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main' to your /etc/apt/sources.list (assuming you are using

Re: new installation not finding large memory

2006-07-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
Thanks VERY much! And... Karl Goetz wrote: - any idea why the installer only gives the -386 kernel as a choice? if you do an expert install it will give a choice afaik. Actually, fyi, it doesn't. The only choices it gives are between a 2.4 and a 2.6 kernel for -386. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: MPEG to FLV (flash video) converter ?

2006-07-21 Thread nukacola
video to flash converter at geovid website that is the best for me. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/MPEG-to-FLV-%28flash-video%29-converter---tf826748.html#a5432363 Sent from the Debian User forum at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: Backup

2006-07-21 Thread Thomas Jollans
Jan Dinger wrote: > Hallo, Ich möchte ein backup machen: > > 1/woche Fullbackup > 6/woche inkrementel > > Habe es bis jetzt immer via Script gelöst (selber geschrieben), das > wollte ich aber diesmal nicht machen und bin auch der Suche nach einem > geeignetem Backupprogramm, ich habe nur erfahrun

Re: intel 3d accel

2006-07-21 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi, the output has the key to your problems: > libGL: XF86DRIGetClientDriverName: 1.5.1 i915 (screen 0) > libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/dri/i915_dri.so > drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci::00:02.0 > drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 > drmOpenDevice: open result is 4, (OK)

Re: new installation not finding large memory

2006-07-21 Thread Karl Goetz
Miles Fidelman wrote: Jeff D wrote: Miles Fidelman wrote: On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, Gilles Mocellin wrote: Le jeudi 20 juillet 2006 22:26, Miles Fidelman a écrit : Hi Folks, I know I must be doing something very silly, but my brand new installation is only finding 1gig of the 4gig of ram i

Re: intel 3d accel

2006-07-21 Thread A B
Hi! Np. Well, i don' t why didn' t i recognised it ... . I put its result into 12E7041.ath.cx/g40/2/ There is the stderr information, too. I hope You can help me, - for me - there is nothing useful... . Thanks. _ Hírkereső.hu - Mindig friss hírek, to

Re: Backup

2006-07-21 Thread Peter Teunissen
On 21-jul-2006, at 10:42, Jan Dinger wrote: Hallo, Ich möchte ein backup machen: 1/woche Fullbackup 6/woche inkrementel Habe es bis jetzt immer via Script gelöst (selber geschrieben), das wollte ich aber diesmal nicht machen und bin auch der Suche nach einem geeignetem Backupprogramm, ich hab

Re: bind keyboard POWER button to start some program

2006-07-21 Thread John O'Hagan
On Friday 21 July 2006 15:58, Vladi Lemurov wrote: > Hello! > How can one bind a keyboard key (in my case I would like to bind > keyboard POWER button to /etc/init.d/poweroff script) or key sequence > (i.e. ctrl + f1) > to a script launch or something. For example one pushes keyboard POWER > BUTTON

Re: intel 3d accel

2006-07-21 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi, that's not a program, it's just a definition of an environment variable 'LIBGL_DEBUG' with value 'verbose', that will be applied only to this single command. just try to execute the line i wrote - it should work without any problems. regards, -- Lubos [EMAIL PROTECTED]" http://www.lubos

Re: Login problem

2006-07-21 Thread Pol Hallen
> None of startup script files(~/.profile and ~/.bash_profile) are > executed at login. > After login I am calling 'bash --login' in a terminal then they are > executed but that doesnt affect desktop environment. > I searched for a configuration like 'nologin' for my linux user but > found nothing.

Re: intel 3d accel

2006-07-21 Thread A B
Hi! >i wanted to see the output of the command >LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo Well, then my problem is, that there is no LIBGL_DEBUG program on my computer, or updtedb && locate doesn' t find it. apt-file search doesn' t find it, too. What should i install to have it, or how to have it? I loo

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