preseeding debian installer over tftp

2006-08-22 Thread Loke Berne
I just started to look in to netboot + preseeded settings for the debian installer in order to automate installation of new servers and from what I have found so far the preseed files can only be served over http while I would like to serv them with tftp anyone knows if this is possible

Problems with new kernel (SW RAID1+LVM)

2006-08-22 Thread Kim Christensen
Hi list, I have installed Debian Sarge on an IBM xSeries 306 and am using RAID1 with LVM on my two disks. However, when recompiling the kernel to 2.6.17.9 and using modules for most of the time, I cannot boot into my system anymore. The kernel gives me this at boot: raid1: raid set md1 active w

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Katipo wrote: > Steve Lamb wrote: > >> Hal Vaughan wrote: >> >> >>> On Tuesday 22 August 2006 10:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: >>> [snip] > Nothing, even remotely close to the volumes generated by > Americans and their contracted bodies in Korea a

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Hex Star wrote: > lol, referring to this panda? :P That'd be the one. :) -- Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what they dream? PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | And dream I do... ---+- signature.asc

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Katipo
Steve Lamb wrote: >Hal Vaughan wrote: > > >>On Tuesday 22 August 2006 10:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: >> >> > > > >>>It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian >>>related questions *only*? the rest of the world will appreciate this >>>very much... >>> >>> >

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Hex Star
On 8/22/06, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (Or has Mepis gone to the Ubuntu repository now, like> Libranet and some other distros did?)Not sure.  Ubuntu's repositories are one of the reasons I don't like it.If Mepis went that way I'd be a sad panda. -- Steve C. Lamb | B

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Hal Vaughan wrote: > I tried Mepis for a while. It was fine for the 1st six months or so, > but once the testing and unstable got out of sync, I had more and more > problems adding packages when I had to. I just got it because it had an easy install and installed decent video drivers. For

Re: Paul's Mythical Oregonian Gas Prices (Was: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Katipo
Christopher Pharo Glæserud wrote: >Steve Lamb, > > > >>>At least "expensive gas" is over $2.85 because of it right now. If you want >>>to pay more to do the gas station's job for you, go right ahead. >>> >>> > >How about norwegian gas prices at $7,27 / gallon? We haven't had >anything b

xfonts-base problem with cursor font xorg wont start

2006-08-22 Thread mlaks
I mentioned that after a yesterday recent install of etch and then apt-get dist-upgrade to sid Xorg wont start. I get an error message in Xorg.log Fatal server error: Could not open default cursor font 'cursor'. I googled and see that this error should be related to the xfont-base package.

module ABI major version doesn't match....

2006-08-22 Thread Z F
Hello everybody, I recently upgraded Debian/unstable and X stopped working (on two machines). The error message is: module ABI major varsion (0) doesn't match the server's version (1) Failed to load module "i810" (module requirement mismatch, 0) No drivers available. ANy ideas how this can be fi

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-22 Thread David E. Fox
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:20:19 -0700 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CORRECTION: I just found hp-toolbox, which has a 'Supplies' tab showing > the installed cartridges and should have the ink levels. But it does There's also hp-levels, but on this printer (Photosmart 1218), it tells m

Re: Off Topic Topics (WAS: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!))

2006-08-22 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 22:30, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Aug 22 19:52 -0500]: > > Spam > > to > > Gas pumping in Oregon > > to > > Whether Off Topic Topics are Permitted > > > > Wow! > > > > Profit!!! The bridge went dark and the entire ship l

Re: How to check ink level on HP Deskjet 5500

2006-08-22 Thread David E. Fox
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:40:41 -0700 Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I checked hplip (with apt-cache show) and it looks like it does the kind > of things that I need, but it also says to use hpoj for parallel I am presently building the latest hplip but not sure whether I need it. Acc

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread CaT
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 07:00:09PM -0600, edwardsa wrote: > He should get a clue, and you should get a life! > > If you look at this > list over time, you will find a rich history of OT threads. They can be > cathartic, offering another kind of support-- relief from boredom and > a place to run y

Re: Off Topic Topics (WAS: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!))

2006-08-22 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Aug 22 19:52 -0500]: > Spam > to > Gas pumping in Oregon > to > Whether Off Topic Topics are Permitted > > Wow! Profit!!! -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @

Re: Problem with: #include

2006-08-22 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
I wrote: >> Hmm, then try (re-)installing the latest version of the "x-dev" >> package from backports.org (version 6.9.0.dfsg.1-5bpo2). The >> Xfuncproto.h in there does include the _X_SENTINEL stuff. gustavo halperin wrote: > Thank you, you are right. I fixed it now like you say. BTW: So, maybe

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 8/22/06, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: > When leaving a conference, being asked 'hey, how can i install > kde/gnome desktop by default?' i would be able to answer 'type > installdesktop or installdesktopkde and press enter'. This is way more > user friendly than 'i

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 21:33, Steve Lamb wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > So if we use Ubuntu... ;) > > You should be drawn, quartered, stabbed, hung, shot and then > REALLY hurt. > > Of course I'm the one with Mepis on my desktop. But in my > defense Debian's on my laptop and router/fil

Re: Sid: Really strange network address stuff

2006-08-22 Thread Paul Dwerryhouse
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 05:42:38PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > I brought up my ath0 (madwifi driver 802.11G) a few hours ago, and > just looked at the interface. > ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:F9:FD:26:AB > inet addr:169.254.185.184 Bcast:169.254.255.255 That looks

Re: About the WikiMedia Foundation (WAS: Re: Where'd wow come from (WAS:Re: Off Topic Topics (WAS: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!))))

2006-08-22 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 21:37 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 09:25:46PM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 17:56 -0700, Hex Star wrote: > > > > > > Where did the word wow come from? Who invented it? > > > > http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wow > > > > See

Re: terminal true type fonts

2006-08-22 Thread T
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:18:57 +0200, Dimitar Vukman wrote: > Here's mine, notice the difference. I wonder how come it's not the same. The only different is the last 2 parts, which depend on locale. Here are mine: en_US ISO-8859-1 en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 ja_JP.EUC-JP EUC-JP ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8 zh_CN GB231

Re: About the WikiMedia Foundation (WAS: Re: Where'd wow come from (WAS:Re: Off Topic Topics (WAS: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!))))

2006-08-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 09:25:46PM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 17:56 -0700, Hex Star wrote: > > > > Where did the word wow come from? Who invented it? > > http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wow > > See the Wikimedia Foundation for all the information you'll ever need. > Especial

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Ron Johnson wrote: > So if we use Ubuntu... ;) You should be drawn, quartered, stabbed, hung, shot and then REALLY hurt. Of course I'm the one with Mepis on my desktop. But in my defense Debian's on my laptop and router/file server. :) -- Steve C. Lamb | But who decid

Re: About the WikiMedia Foundation (WAS: Re: Where'd wow come from (WAS:Re: Off Topic Topics (WAS: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!))))

2006-08-22 Thread Hex Star
oh I see, very interesting Your continued donations keep Wiktionary running! wow From Wiktionary Jump to: navigation, search Contents [hide] 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Interjection 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb [edit] English [edit] Pronunc

Re: About the WikiMedia Foundation (WAS: Re: Where'd wow come from (WAS:Re: Off Topic Topics (WAS: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!))))

2006-08-22 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 17:56 -0700, Hex Star wrote: > On 8/22/06, Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Spam > > to > > Gas pumping in Oregon > > to > > Whether Off Topic Topics are Permitted > > > > Wow! > > Where did the word wow come from? Who invented it? http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/

Re: Where'd wow come from (WAS:Re: Off Topic Topics (WAS: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)))

2006-08-22 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 17:56, Hex Star wrote: > Where did the word wow come from? Who invented it? > > On 8/22/06, Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Spam > > to > > Gas pumping in Oregon > > to > > Whether Off Topic Topics are Permitted > > > > Wow! Who invented top posting? Or break

Re: shared libraries

2006-08-22 Thread Matej Cepl
ChadDavis wrote: > I see that there's some application specific subdirectories in those > shared library locations. Should I make a subdirectory, such as > /usr/lib/oracleInstnatClient/, and put the shared objects in there? > And then just dump the executables into /usr/bin? For your own sanity,

Re: diacritic characters not displayed in printed output

2006-08-22 Thread Matej Cepl
Andrius wrote: > Is it really the right package to report the bug against? OK, then it would be dipping yet another bug report to the endless pool of OpenOffice.org bugs. :-) Matěj -- GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej/blog/, Jabber: [EMAI

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Lamb wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: >> On Tuesday 22 August 2006 10:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > >>> It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian >>> related questions *only*? the rest of the world will appreciate this >>>

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread edwardsa
He should get a clue, and you should get a life! If you look at this list over time, you will find a rich history of OT threads. They can be cathartic, offering another kind of support-- relief from boredom and a place to run your mouth-- for debain users. If you need relief from downloading (a

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 17:21, Steve Lamb wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > On Tuesday 22 August 2006 10:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > >> It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian > >> related questions *only*? the rest of the world will appreciate this > >> very much...

this is plain weird - very slow access for non-microsoft browsers

2006-08-22 Thread kevin bailey
Hi, In the office here we have an XP laptop, MAC with OSX and my main Debian workstation. This is on a static IP address which is connected to via two Netgear routers. The DG632 connects to the ADSL. An FVS318 which acts as a main VPN/firewall router which connects to the DG632 - and the LAN co

Where'd wow come from (WAS:Re: Off Topic Topics (WAS: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)))

2006-08-22 Thread Hex Star
Where did the word wow come from? Who invented it?On 8/22/06, Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Spam toGas pumping in Oregon toWhether Off Topic Topics are Permitted Wow!--To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Off Topic Topics (WAS: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!))

2006-08-22 Thread Owen Heisler
Spam to Gas pumping in Oregon to Whether Off Topic Topics are Permitted Wow! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xorg not starting. cursor font 'cursor' not found

2006-08-22 Thread mlaks
hi, i just reinstalled etch -> sid, and the machine worked for a while. now on a reboot cannot start X. here is the tail of /var/log/Xorg.0.log (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF/, removing from list! Could not ini

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread John Schmidt
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 17:35, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 22 August 2006 12:25, Joey Hess wrote: > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Tuesday 22 August 2006 07:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian > > > > r

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Tuesday 22 August 2006 10:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: >> It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian >> related questions *only*? the rest of the world will appreciate this >> very much... > C'mon. Give everyone a break. Some of us have no life

Re: don't know router

2006-08-22 Thread Colin
Kent West wrote: > As a general rule, the DHCP server should feed the gateway address to > your notebook. I'm not sure you can manually code in the gateway address > if you're using DHCP, but assuming you can, the easiest way to get the > address is to go to a machine running Windows and from a Com

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 12:25, Joey Hess wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Tuesday 22 August 2006 07:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian > > > related questions *only*? > > > > Sorry, this list was made for Debi

Re: Error opening security policy file

2006-08-22 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Marco. > When I start X I have this error message: > > "error opening security policy file /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy" > > I don't have "SecurityPolicy" file in my system. Hm, sounds strange. > I don't have the xserver folder in my /etc/X11/ folder. Sounds even stranger. > What is

Re: shared libraries

2006-08-22 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ChadDavis wrote: > Oracle gives just gives you a zip with some executables and shared > libraries in it. I guess they figure you know where to put them. > > I see that there's some application specific subdirectories in those > shared library locatio

Re: Sid: Really strange network address stuff

2006-08-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 05:42:38PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > > I have no idea where this 169.254.185.184 is coming from. Until > 2.6.17, the DHCP server address of 192.168.1.16 was all that ever > showed up. > > The 192.168.1.1 gateway and WAP show up just fine in the arp cache, > routing s

Re: shared libraries

2006-08-22 Thread ChadDavis
Oracle gives just gives you a zip with some executables and shared libraries in it. I guess they figure you know where to put them. I see that there's some application specific subdirectories in those shared library locations. Should I make a subdirectory, such as /usr/lib/oracleInstnatClient/,

Sid: Really strange network address stuff

2006-08-22 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Running up to date Sid, kernel 2.6.17-2-686 I brought up my ath0 (madwifi driver 802.11G) a few hours ago, and just looked at the interface. Here are the consecutive commands from my console window: - --- # ifup ath0 Int

Re: shared libraries

2006-08-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 05:32:00PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > ChadDavis wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm installing an application, oracle's instant client actually, > > and I need to know where to put the shared libaries ( .so ). I'm > > pretty unfamiliar with development on Unix/Linux so I don't

Re: DRIVERS

2006-08-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 04:28:00PM -0500, PEGAZ wrote: > DISCULPEN LA MOLESTIA PERO ESTOY BUSCANDO LOS DRIVERS DE MI TARJENTA DE > VIDEO (CIRRUS LOGIC CL-GD5440-J-QC-B) > > LES AGRADESERIA SI ME INDICARAN DE DONDE LOS PUEDO DESCARGAR > GRACIAS > -- > RAFAEL PONCE Por favor, no escribas con l

Re: shared libraries

2006-08-22 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ChadDavis wrote: > Hello, > > I'm installing an application, oracle's instant client actually, > and I need to know where to put the shared libaries ( .so ). I'm > pretty unfamiliar with development on Unix/Linux so I don't > exactly know how things

DRIVERS

2006-08-22 Thread PEGAZOOOO
DISCULPEN LA MOLESTIA PERO ESTOY BUSCANDO LOS DRIVERS DE MI TARJENTA DE VIDEO (CIRRUS LOGIC CL-GD5440-J-QC-B)LES AGRADESERIA SI ME INDICARAN DE DONDE LOS PUEDO DESCARGAR GRACIAS-- RAFAEL PONCE

shared libraries

2006-08-22 Thread ChadDavis
Hello, I'm installing an application, oracle's instant client actually, and I need to know where to put the shared libaries ( .so ). I'm pretty unfamiliar with development on Unix/Linux so I don't exactly know how things work. I suppose there's some sort of path variable for locating shared lib

Re: Could not create server lock file: /tmp/.X1-lock

2006-08-22 Thread marc
Kent West said... > marc wrote: > > Laurent CARON said... > > > >> marc wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I have installed xserver-xgl and can run it and compiz from a KDE root > >>> session -- wobbly bits and all. However, when I try to login -- using > >>> the same scripts -- I receive

Re: Minimum to start NFS client

2006-08-22 Thread Andreas Rippl
On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 12:01:01PM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > I have a box that I want to run an NFS client on, but not the server. I > installed nfs-common, but attempts to mount result in the following: > > mount: storage:/mnt/storage failed, reason given by server: > Permission deni

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Joey Hess
Gustavo Franco wrote: > When leaving a conference, being asked 'hey, how can i install > kde/gnome desktop by default?' i would be able to answer 'type > installdesktop or installdesktopkde and press enter'. This is way more > user friendly than 'install tasksel/first=gnome-desktop' that a human >

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 8/22/06, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: > If the user wants to use the GUI frontend it would be ''installgui > tasksel/first=kde-desktop', right? > > Couldn't we change the options adding 'installdesktop', > 'installguidesktop', 'installdesktopkde' and 'installguide

Re: Solicito-informação

2006-08-22 Thread cga2000
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 08:59:45AM EDT, gere385 wrote: > Caros amigos no dia 27 do corrente eu estarei completando 15 anos e meu pai > irá me dar de presente um computador mais infelizmente eu não possuo sistema > operacional. > Gostaria de saber se vocês poderiam me presentear(gratuitamente) com

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Joey Hess
Gustavo Franco wrote: > If the user wants to use the GUI frontend it would be ''installgui > tasksel/first=kde-desktop', right? > > Couldn't we change the options adding 'installdesktop', > 'installguidesktop', 'installdesktopkde' and 'installguidesktopkde' ? Sounds like a combinational explosion

powerdot under Debian sarge i382

2006-08-22 Thread Mauricio Ortiz Calvao
Hi I have downloaded the package powerdot from CTAN and tried to install it the usual way under my tetex but to no avail. When I tried to run a test, there were messages stating that some newer versions of some packages were necessary... Has anyone succesfully installed this powerdot package

Re: Linux Gazette

2006-08-22 Thread Frank Hart
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 03:22:02PM -0400, Bill Marcum wrote: > Isn't Linux Gazette part of the main Debian archive? Not anymore. See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=321795 -- Frank Hart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 8/22/06, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > How cai I select Kde instead of Gnome during a fresh install? Type "install tasksel/first=kde-desktop" at the installer's boot prompt. Hi Joey, If the user wants to use the GUI frontend it would be ''installgui tas

HP DL320 G4 and USB problem

2006-08-22 Thread jef e
We have a batch of HP DL320 G4's hanging around that have some funky USB hardware that give the kernel fits. Basically, it appears to be HP's virtual keyboard that keeps reregistering itself over and over again. We want to run stable on them, and have succesfully installed it from a kmuto.jp back

Error installing packages in Etch

2006-08-22 Thread Joshua J. Kugler
OK, I'm at a loss here. I installed Etch, everything went fine. Now that I've booted up, when I try to install a package, I run this, for example: apt-get install openssh-server. But I get this error (for this, and any package I try to install): dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new pre-i

Re: Installing Etch: how to select KDE instead of GNOME?

2006-08-22 Thread Joey Hess
Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > How cai I select Kde instead of Gnome during a fresh install? Type "install tasksel/first=kde-desktop" at the installer's boot prompt. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Could not create server lock file: /tmp/.X1-lock

2006-08-22 Thread Derek
/tmp is full?On 8/22/06, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: marc wrote:> Laurent CARON said...>>> marc wrote:> Hi,>> I have installed xserver-xgl and can run it and compiz from a KDE root>>> session -- wobbly bits and all. However, when I try to login -- using >>> the same scripts -- I re

Re: Linux Gazette

2006-08-22 Thread Bill Marcum
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 02:54:50AM +0800, loveboy wrote: > > Hi, > > Who know the mirror which have the Linux Gazette,I can > put it in my /etc/apt/sources.list to install it. > Isn't Linux Gazette part of the main Debian archive? You can choose lg-all, lg-issue*, lg-subscription or lg-latest

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Hex Star
Ah the debian community is so caring XPOn 8/22/06, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Paul Johnson wrote:> On Tuesday 22 August 2006 07:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:> > Hi!> >> > It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian> > related questions *only*? >> Sorry, this list w

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Joey Hess
Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 22 August 2006 07:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > Hi! > > > > It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian > > related questions *only*? > > Sorry, this list was made for Debian users. Go read lists.debian.org again. You seem to have mis

Re: don't know router

2006-08-22 Thread Kent West
debian wrote: On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 12:03:47PM -0500, Kent West wrote: As a general rule, the DHCP server should feed the gateway address to Well after booting, I cannot ping any external addresses, although the names are resolved ok. your notebook. I'm not sure you can manually

Re: Xorg and fonts problem :-(

2006-08-22 Thread Jochen Schulz
Marco: > > I have installed Debian Etch on my notebook. Using the Etch installer beta? Then you should probably file a bug report. > When I run my X server I have these following error messages: > Could not init font pathelement /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF, removing from > list! > Could not init fo

Re: don't know router

2006-08-22 Thread debian
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 12:03:47PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > As a general rule, the DHCP server should feed the gateway address to Well after booting, I cannot ping any external addresses, although the names are resolved ok. > your notebook. I'm not sure you can manually code in the gateway add

Error opening security policy file

2006-08-22 Thread Marco
Hi all, I have install Debian Etch on my notebook. When I start X I have this error message: "error opening security policy file /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy" I don't have "SecurityPolicy" file in my system. #updatedb #locate SecurityPolicy (nothing) I don't have the xserver folder in my /e

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 07:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > > It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian > related questions *only*? Sorry, this list was made for Debian users. Go read lists.debian.org again. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): [E

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 09:23, Nate Duehr wrote: > On Aug 22, 2006, at 4:24 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Tuesday 22 August 2006 01:15, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> Paul Johnson wrote: > >>> On Monday 21 August 2006 20:43, Ron Johnson wrote: > Someone in the other 48 states would have figured th

Re: Which algorythm produces such hashes?

2006-08-22 Thread Hex Star
why but of course, here it is:Tech Name:Jonathan McDowellTech Street1:1 Fullerton RoadTech Street2:Tech Street3:Tech City:NewryTech State/Province:DownTech Postal Code:BT342BBTech Country:GB Tech Phone:+44.79879001Tech Phone Ext.:Tech FAX:+44.79879042Tech FAX Ext.:I look forward to meeting you soon

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/08/06 14:13), Joey Hess wrote: > That's certianly true. My personal preference when filtering continually > offtopic traffic on mailing lists is to /dev/null anything the people > who keep the thread going say. You may want to keep that in mind if you > have any interest in using this list f

Re: Which algorythm produces such hashes?

2006-08-22 Thread Dirk
Hex Star wrote: > oh can I play too? :P > > how about this one: > > safkaskfs9030rawkldkΩkci9wr9qrw90ras9ofcozx∂ßåß˚∆∂ˆ™ª™dfgfjisdmksdfdz.><>o0320d∆ßß≈Ωµ∑ß˚∂ˆ™´ª™∑å'∂åß«ååß"Ω≈æç≥Ω÷≥≤µçΩçµåª™º≠™–™¢•∑ª´ß˚Ω˜ > > å∆™¨™•£´∂∆˚∂ß∂kdskfzmzzzZKADEI29449020∂˚∂µßµ˚çå߈∂º™ ??? > hehe... Cool! Where do yo

Re: terminal true type fonts

2006-08-22 Thread Dimitar Vukman
> The font list is same as your, just that I don't have the > unknown-comicsansms. As I said, the above rxvt command works for me. > Have you give it a try? Here's mine, notice the difference. I wonder how come it's not the same. $ xlsfonts | grep comic -microsoft-comic sans ms-bold-r-normal--

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Joey Hess
Clive Menzies wrote: > :-) You're not obliged to read this thread, you can filter, delete or > ignore the posts. FWIW gas here costs c. £1/litre (no matter who pumps > it) which translates to c. $8.00 /gallon. So we pay more to contribute > to global warming :) That's certianly true. My personal

bugzilla: can not log on to default web site

2006-08-22 Thread Chris Capon
This problem relates to a new clean install of Bugzilla. After installing, it is not possible to log on to the default Bugzilla site. I have read the documentation in /usr/share/docs/bugzilla, on the bugzilla web site and in the debian knowledge base but haven't found any solutions. Others have

Re: Which algorythm produces such hashes?

2006-08-22 Thread Hex Star
oh can I play too? :Phow about this one:safkaskfs9030rawkldkΩkci9wr9qrw90ras9ofcozx∂ßåß˚∆∂ˆ™ª™dfgfjisdmksdfdz.><>o0320d∆ßß≈Ωµ∑ß˚∂ˆ™´ª™∑å'∂åß«ååß"Ω≈æç≥Ω÷≥≤µçΩçµåª™º≠™–™¢•∑ª´ß˚Ω˜ å∆™¨™•£´∂∆˚∂ß∂kdskfzmzzzZKADEI29449020∂˚∂µßµ˚çå߈∂º™ ??? On 8/22/06, Dirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Which algorythm produ

Re: scrolling with wheel mouse

2006-08-22 Thread José Alburquerque
Adam Hardy wrote: I rebooted 1/2 an hour ago and when x came back and I started using the mouse, I realised the wheel on the mouse wasnt scrolling anything. This is on etch. I honestly don't think I installed or upgraded anything that would have caused this, and I'm at a loss for what to do.

Which algorythm produces such hashes?

2006-08-22 Thread Dirk
Which algorythm produces such hashes? file_hashes = [ R5QJH6P4LII46TP3QD5FNMZR7GAEI77F; ITWFKQ3AL2XSFG6CUMLBCGTYB5YI5A2G; WDMXZP647MTXGZPLPIXKNP3RKWEE2IF6; H536HKNOD2DWU3H7SVU2VUM35RADXUC2; NQIEOGJWWDMWLRX7VTI7PLHH2O2WN4RM; PACSVI4MHFM3DXEAKGJBZCRAWYS2RS4T

bugzilla: can not log on to default web site

2006-08-22 Thread Chris Capon
This problem relates to a new clean install of Bugzilla. After installing, it is not possible to log on to the default Bugzilla site. I have read the documentation in /usr/share/docs/bugzilla, on the bugzilla web site and in the debian knowledge base but haven't found any solutions. Others have

Xorg and fonts problem :-(

2006-08-22 Thread Marco
Hi all, I have installed Debian Etch on my notebook. When I run my X server I have these following error messages: Could not init font pathelement /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF, removing from list! Could not init font pathelement /usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF, removing from list! Could not init font path

Re: diacritic characters not displayed in printed output

2006-08-22 Thread Andrius
Matej Cepl-2 wrote: > > > Go and make reportbug happy! > > Matěj > > Is it really the right package to report the bug against? All msttcorefonts (Arial, Times New Roman,...) are printed without diacritics marks, too. And the package in etch is the same 1.2 version as in sarge and was nev

Xorg and Xkeyboard keymap compiler error

2006-08-22 Thread Marco
Hi all, I have installed Debian Etch on my notebook. When I start X I have the following messages: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but has 2 symbols Ignoring extra symbols. Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server. This is my InputDevice

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Aug 21 22:30 -0500]: > In the US, farmers are exempt from paying sales tax on gasoline. > > So, if you qualify as a "farmer", you can have a fuel (gas or > diesel) tank on your property. Distributors, though, dye the fuel, > to mark it as "farm fuel". On

Re: don't know router

2006-08-22 Thread Kent West
debian wrote: Sarge and: Linux knoppix 2.6.15-1-686 #2 Mon Mar 6 15:27:08 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux The college I work in is strictly M$ only. When I bring in my notebook (as above) and fire it up I get allocated an ip address of 172.16.2.8, by a dhcp server someplace 192.168.2.23. (I don't have

Re: Could not create server lock file: /tmp/.X1-lock

2006-08-22 Thread Kent West
marc wrote: Laurent CARON said... marc wrote: Hi, I have installed xserver-xgl and can run it and compiz from a KDE root session -- wobbly bits and all. However, when I try to login -- using the same scripts -- I receive the following: Xsession: X session started for marc at Mon

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Aug 22 05:28 -0500]: > On Tuesday 22 August 2006 01:15, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Monday 21 August 2006 20:43, Ron Johnson wrote: > > >> Someone in the other 48 states would have figured that out by > > >> now, and every gas station

Re: Writting on encrypted partion with Debian sarge reading with Knoppix

2006-08-22 Thread Max Vozeler
Hi Rainer, On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 06:46:22PM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > What I did: > > On the Sarge side: > > modprobe blowfish > modprobe cryptoloop > losetup -k 256 -e blowfish /dev/loop0 /udev/mdisk5 <...> > When it comes to knoppix now, I tried > > losetup -e blowfish256 /dev/loop0 /d

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Nate Duehr
On Aug 22, 2006, at 4:24 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Tuesday 22 August 2006 01:15, Ron Johnson wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: On Monday 21 August 2006 20:43, Ron Johnson wrote: Someone in the other 48 states would have figured that out by now, and every gas station in the country would have conve

python MySQLdb no longer works

2006-08-22 Thread Rick Pasotto
I update to 'testing' daily. Suddenly I can no longer connect to mysql using python. This is the error traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line 75, in Connect return Connection(*args, **kwargs)

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 10:30, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > > It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian > related questions *only*? the rest of the world will appreciate this > very much... > > Thanks a lot! C'mon. Give everyone a break. Some of us have no life a

Re: Could not create server lock file: /tmp/.X1-lock

2006-08-22 Thread marc
Laurent CARON said... > marc wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have installed xserver-xgl and can run it and compiz from a KDE root > > session -- wobbly bits and all. However, when I try to login -- using > > the same scripts -- I receive the following: > > > > Xsession: X session started for marc a

don't know router

2006-08-22 Thread debian
Sarge and: Linux knoppix 2.6.15-1-686 #2 Mon Mar 6 15:27:08 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux The college I work in is strictly M$ only. When I bring in my notebook (as above) and fire it up I get allocated an ip address of 172.16.2.8, by a dhcp server someplace 192.168.2.23. (I don't have the exact boot

RE: Debian support for Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet NIC?

2006-08-22 Thread Yu,Glen [Ontario]
Hi, Wow, it's great that your Marvell NIC worked with Sarge right out of the box, but I'm not as lucky. Googling shows that a lot of people has similar problems as I do... Well, my ASUS board is the P5GD2-X and uses the Marvell 88E8053 PCIe Gigabit LAN Controller. As I've previously mentione

Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

2006-08-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/08/06 11:30), Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > > It could be possible to use this list for what was created: Debian > related questions *only*? the rest of the world will appreciate this > very much... > > Thanks a lot! > > Marcelo :-) You're not obliged to read this thread, you can fi

Re: scrolling with wheel mouse

2006-08-22 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Adam Hardy wrote: I rebooted 1/2 an hour ago and when x came back and I started using the mouse, I realised the wheel on the mouse wasnt scrolling anything. This is on etch. I honestly don't think I installed or upgraded anything that would have caused this, and I'm at a loss for what to do.

Re: bind9 cache-only

2006-08-22 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Nate Duehr wrote: On Aug 20, 2006, at 7:43 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, In the (perhaps mistaken) notion that I am doing DNS lookups on sites that I always use and seem to take a long time, so would like a permanent cache, I installed bind9 on Sid. I changed Firehol and added the port

Re: Stuck with dpkg: can neither remove nor reinstall a package

2006-08-22 Thread Nick Lidakis
Florian Kulzer wrote: O Is this still about the problem with gtkwifi? What you posted initially showed that there was an issue with the post-removal script. The contents of other files in /var/lib/dpkg/ should not have anything to do with that. It is not not a good idea to just randomly delete f

Re: Asus sucks (Re: sata sucks)

2006-08-22 Thread Nick Lidakis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 12:19:37AM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No. I'm insinuating that *I* don't have my beloved box plugged into a high quality APC UPS? -- hendrik Is that a statement? You do have question mark at the end

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