Installing from source a la Gentoo / BSD

2006-09-10 Thread Rickardo Branco
I'm a FreeBSD/NetBSD user wanting to run Linux using the same sources that I'm using on these two systems. I discarded Gentoo for being so unstable. Is it possible to use the tarballs I have for running Debian ? Thanks in advance anyone. __ Correo

Re: Etch, Xorg, reconfigure

2006-09-10 Thread B_Kloss
Am Montag, 11. September 2006 06:05 schrieb Kevin Mark: > On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 05:54:36PM +0200, B_Kloss wrote: > > > > Hi, Kev, > > > > thank you, but I did not succeed. > > Cloning: > > find -depth ! -path "./data/*" | cpio -a -o -H crc -V | gzip -f | split > > -b 4000m --verbose - ./sicher/h

Re: gcc-4.1

2006-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/11/06 01:14, Rocky Ou wrote: > Hey list, > > I'm using Debian sid. And I have gcc-4.1 installed on it. It seem I can not > even start the aplication. Blow are my few tries. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gcc filename > gcc: filename: No such file or

gcc-4.1

2006-09-10 Thread Rocky Ou
Hey list,I'm using Debian sid. And I have gcc-4.1 installed on it. It seem I can not even start the aplication. Blow are my few tries.[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gcc filenamegcc: filename: No such file or directory gcc: no input files[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gcc-4.1 goodgcc-4.1: good: No such file or director

Networking probs after system restore

2006-09-10 Thread johnohagan
Hi list, I just duplicated my system onto a Thinkpad T40 like this: - used netinst to install a base etch system, - used a generated list of installed packages from my old (dying) machine to install all the same packages, - compiled an extra kernel from Debian sources using my old kernel confi

Re: /dev/hda cannot be found after upgrading my debian

2006-09-10 Thread Mauricio Lin
Hi, On 9/10/06, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 16:42:12 -0400, Mauricio Lin wrote: > Hi all, > > I have upgraded my debian packages using ' apt-get dist-upgrade', but > afterwards the system cannot boot properly since it looks that > /dev/hda6 (my /home partiti

Re: /dev/hda cannot be found after upgrading my debian

2006-09-10 Thread Mauricio Lin
On 9/10/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/10/06 15:42, Mauricio Lin wrote: > Hi all, > > I have upgraded my debian packages using ' apt-get dist-upgrade', but > afterwards the system cannot boot properly since it looks that > /dev/hda6

Re: dire difficulty with udev

2006-09-10 Thread David R. Litwin
On 10/09/06, Ruben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi folks,I'm kinda needy for help, here. I'm using debian unstable on aThinkpad T20 and after a recent aptitude upgrade udev (version0.100-1) broke my os (again...). The resulting symptoms close to what someone mentioned here:http://article.gmane.org/gm

Re: Etch, Xorg, reconfigure

2006-09-10 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 05:54:36PM +0200, B_Kloss wrote: > Hi, Kev, > > thank you, but I did not succeed. > Cloning: > find -depth ! -path "./data/*" | cpio -a -o -H crc -V | gzip -f | split -b > 4000m --verbose - ./sicher/hda1-09-09-06B.cpio.gz hmm. that is something I have never seen ;-) >

Linksys EFSP42 print server problem.

2006-09-10 Thread djhack
I have a Linksys print server EFSP42, two ports on it. Attached on port 1 is a HP Laserjet 6L which prints fine and a HP Deskjet 895Cxi on Port 2 which will not print at all. Jobs go into the queue for the deskjet and stay there forever while the status says "Waiting for subserver to exit...".

Re: Yahoo mail problem lately?

2006-09-10 Thread Ralph Katz
On 09/10/2006 04:40 PM, T wrote: > Hi > > Did you notice any problems lately in yahoo mail, or it is just me? > > I'm using firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.6-1, and I'm used to get the following > error when trying to delete, mark read, mark as spam... any of the yahoo > mail command buttons. > > Sorry,

Re: Hello Debian

2006-09-10 Thread djhack
Nir Shemesh wrote: Hello Debian I’m trying too much time to install Debian on my PC with no success. My system configuration is: * Intel Pentium D ( 930 model - 3.0 [GHz] , 64 bit ) * Intel motherboard ( 945 model ) * 1 Giga ram * NEC DVD * WINDOWS XP 64 bit

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will always maintain that people should be discouraged from using > unstable. I do agree. Especially the ones asking questions like the OP. Let's say I know my way around computers, maybe even linux and I've been running Debian stable, maybe even testing

Re: Etch, Xorg, reconfigure

2006-09-10 Thread Owen Heisler
On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 17:54 +0200, B_Kloss wrote: > Changing the settings: > I tried > sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg > as well as > sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xorg > > The answer always is: > xserver-xorg postinst warning: not updateing /etc/X11/X : file has been > customize

Re: Beta-3 Etch install avoiding commandline?

2006-09-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
Arthur Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I still need exim for programs that send reports by email, most notably > reportbug. Actually reportbug can do just fine without any MTA or smarthost. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einst

Re: system is up 1 year

2006-09-10 Thread Robert Brockway
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006, Ron Johnson wrote: That is if the kernel is at (more than slight) risk of infection. If you sit behind a firewalling router, don't run an httpd, an ftpd, etc, how much at risk are you? As Marc Wilson said, it "depends". A local root exploit (in the kernel for example) c

Re: system is up 1 year

2006-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/10/06 17:54, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 04:45:04PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> If you sit behind a firewalling router, don't run an httpd, an ftpd, >> etc, how much at risk are you? > > Depends. Is the "firewalling router" th

RE: why still using GCC-2.95 and Linux 2.4.x and 2.2.x?

2006-09-10 Thread James Stevenson
> Hi, > I'm still interesting in knowing why people still use GCC-2.95 and the > older kernels, 2.2 and 2.4. As for the kernels, it used to be that the > older ones were more stable since 2.6 was also a development series, > but is it still the case. > The most interesting issue is the usage of Lin

Re: system is up 1 year

2006-09-10 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 04:45:04PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > If you sit behind a firewalling router, don't run an httpd, an ftpd, > etc, how much at risk are you? Depends. Is the "firewalling router" the Linux box with the year uptime? -- Marc Wilson | The advertisement is the most truth

dri disabled on Etch / Xorg

2006-09-10 Thread David E. Fox
I'm running Etch, latest Xorg. DRI has been working fine for sometime, up until just recently. Seems that it is disabled somehow, and I don't know how to get it back :(. There is a line in my recent Xorg.0.log file: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log$ grep DRI Xorg.0.log (II) Loading extension XFree86

Re: system is up 1 year

2006-09-10 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 10.09.06 14:12, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > http://klive.cpushare.com/2.6.11.6-procmail/ > shows that the system is up one year. > Not bad. I (and not only me) hate the 32-bit time counter in 2.4 kernels... it wraps after something over 497 days, so in 'ud' output I had to add 1st highest time (49

Re: /dev/hda cannot be found after upgrading my debian

2006-09-10 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 04:42:12PM -0400, Mauricio Lin wrote: > I have upgraded my debian packages using ' apt-get dist-upgrade', but > afterwards the system cannot boot properly since it looks that > /dev/hda6 (my /home partition) is not found. > > The error message starts like: > > ***

Re: Disk usage

2006-09-10 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 08.09.06 20:18, Christian Christmann wrote: > on my Debian system the RAID discs are partitioned like that: > > /dev/md1 9.2G 8.2G 593M 94% / > tmpfs 252M 16K 252M 1% /dev/shm > /dev/md3 37G 33G 2.5G 94% /usr > /dev/md0 92M

Re: /dev/hda cannot be found after upgrading my debian

2006-09-10 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 16:42:12 -0400, Mauricio Lin wrote: > Hi all, > > I have upgraded my debian packages using ' apt-get dist-upgrade', but > afterwards the system cannot boot properly since it looks that > /dev/hda6 (my /home partition) is not found. > > The error message starts like: > > *

Re: No sound for non-root users

2006-09-10 Thread Marc Shapiro
--- John Halton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/10/06, Andrew Schulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The sound has stopped working for regular, non-root users on my > > > installation of Debian Etch (on a Dell PC with integrated Intel audio > > > chipset). > > > > > > Sound still works for ro

Re: saving digital photographs

2006-09-10 Thread Russell L. Harris
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.A. de Vries) writes: > Hi Russell, > > While I do agree with most of what you wrote I'd not be so quick in > dismissing floppies, nor tape for that matter. > >> (An Example: Does anyone remember the 8-inch floppy, which came in both >> single- and double-side versions, and in b

Re: system is up 1 year

2006-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/10/06 16:34, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 02:12:51PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> Hi, >> >> http://klive.cpushare.com/2.6.11.6-procmail/ >> shows that the system is up one year. >> Not bad. >> > Actually, I would say th

Re: saving digital photographs

2006-09-10 Thread Russell L. Harris
"H.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russell L. Harris wrote: >> Both the CD and the DVD are quite susceptible to mechanical damage, >> particularly on the back side, on which is the reflective layer, just >> under the paint or label. Moreover, the reflective layer is prone to >> flaking and peeli

Re: system is up 1 year

2006-09-10 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 02:12:51PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > http://klive.cpushare.com/2.6.11.6-procmail/ > shows that the system is up one year. > Not bad. > Actually, I would say that it is very bad: http://secunia.com/product/2719/?task=advisories_2006 There are 31 security adv

Re: Beta-3 Etch install avoiding commandline?

2006-09-10 Thread Arthur Marsh
Zbigniew Wiech wrote, On 2006-09-08 22:58: ... 3. What is best solution for mail delivery for my single desktop and mail account on ISP server ? "smarthost", "local delivery" or "SMTP" ? Now I know it's kmail and I do not need exim at all. Agreed that the case of a desktop machine connecting t

Re: saving digital photographs

2006-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/10/06 16:04, J.A. de Vries wrote: [snip] > You'd have to be a fossil just like me to even want to, but the fact > still remains that these floppies are perfectly fine after 20 years. So > are tapes (I know of tapes even older than that which are

Re: /dev/hda cannot be found after upgrading my debian

2006-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/10/06 15:42, Mauricio Lin wrote: > Hi all, > > I have upgraded my debian packages using ' apt-get dist-upgrade', but > afterwards the system cannot boot properly since it looks that > /dev/hda6 (my /home partition) is not found. > > The error m

Re: saving digital photographs

2006-09-10 Thread J.A. de Vries
Hi Russell, While I do agree with most of what you wrote I'd not be so quick in dismissing floppies, nor tape for that matter. > (An Example: Does anyone remember the 8-inch floppy, which came in both > single- and double-side versions, and in both single- and double-density > variations? And do

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 10 September 2006 14:57, Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I will always maintain that people should be discouraged from using > unstable. Once I had installed and run Stable (upgrading from pre-Buzz through Hamm), I was

Re: Debian Newbie looking for Usefull Tools

2006-09-10 Thread Chris Lale
Phillipus Gunawan wrote: Hi there, Im a newbie at debian, You may find the NewbieDOC documentation project wiki useful - http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/ just installing debian 31r0a from a DVD. http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Installing_Debian_on_a_small_partition I got an ADSL connectio

/dev/hda cannot be found after upgrading my debian

2006-09-10 Thread Mauricio Lin
Hi all, I have upgraded my debian packages using ' apt-get dist-upgrade', but afterwards the system cannot boot properly since it looks that /dev/hda6 (my /home partition) is not found. The error message starts like: * fsck.ext3: no such file or directory while trying to ope

Re: Tough experiments with sound in Debian.Help still appreciated.

2006-09-10 Thread Chris Lale
Anthony Renaud wrote: I began my problems with programs like audacity,ardour etc. I could not get them up and running,it was ardour that could not connect to Jack or audacity that had problems with the audio input/output layer.But I got that my problem was more difficult: the system could not pla

system is up 1 year

2006-09-10 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, http://klive.cpushare.com/2.6.11.6-procmail/ shows that the system is up one year. Not bad. H -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Yahoo mail problem lately?

2006-09-10 Thread T
Hi Did you notice any problems lately in yahoo mail, or it is just me? I'm using firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.6-1, and I'm used to get the following error when trying to delete, mark read, mark as spam... any of the yahoo mail command buttons. Sorry, Bad Request. Your browser sent a request that this

Re: Setting Thunderbird email client attribution line format

2006-09-10 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/09/06 22:18, Ron Johnson wrote: Mathias Brodala wrote: Hell Arthur. Hi, I must be missing something obvious, but I can't find how to set attribution lines in Thunderbird. An info first: if you are searching for an option

Foomatic printing problems to HP 690C

2006-09-10 Thread David Baron
1. Using Acroread (I know, but ...) wants to shrink 94% to fit. Did this letter->A4 but the paper set for the HP IS A4. No matter, if I do not do the shrink, the colors are incorrect. I can print full size with acroread or any other PDF readers but the colors are incorrect. 2. Whether or not I

Re: saving digital photographs (OT?)

2006-09-10 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 10:05:27PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > > I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I > have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on > to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of > anyone has an

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Colin
Marc Wilson wrote: I will always maintain that people should be discouraged from using unstable. Seconded. If someone has to ask how to upgrade to unstable then they should not be using it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread David Baron
I think it is becoming overstated. "Unstable" means changing, not the usual meaning that the software is unstable and thus unusable. I used to do things answering yes, yes, etc. Never really had a big problem with it. I now do a test run first and find out that stuff will be removed so skip the

Re: Hello Debian

2006-09-10 Thread Hex Star
except that I've heard numerous times on this list that the installer cd verification deal isn't that trustworthy, instead I've seen recommendations to try copying all files from the cd if you really want to verify everything's ok...or just go ahead with the install as if any files are actually dam

Re: Hello Debian

2006-09-10 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Sunday 10 September 2006 13:49, Nir Shemesh wrote: > Hello Debian > > > > I'm trying too much time to install Debian on my PC with no success. > > > > My system configuration is: > > > > * Intel Pentium D ( 930 model - 3.0 [GHz] , 64 bit ) > * Intel motherboard ( 945 model ) > * 1 G

Hello Debian

2006-09-10 Thread Nir Shemesh
Hello Debian   I’m trying too much time to install Debian on my PC with no success.   My system configuration is:   Intel Pentium D ( 930 model -  3.0 [GHz] , 64 bit ) Intel motherboard ( 945 model ) 1 Giga ram NEC DVD WINDOWS XP 64 bit   I download the next images via

Re: Upgrade problems for sysvinit 2.86.ds1-16 -> 2.86.ds1-18

2006-09-10 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 17:25:41 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > Sorry for the noise. Here is yet another script fragment, this time > > to extract the list of installed and upgraded packages in the > > dangerous period. I did not know about the /var/log/dpkg.log file >

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Joey Hess
Johan Kullstam wrote: > This means that if a bug does enter testing, it can take a while for > the fix to arrive. If dependencies churn, it can sometimes take a > really long time for that fix to arrive. And did I mention that the > aging/dependencies is automatic? That's not completly accurate

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 04:45:24PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > You can (always) use dist-upgrade, if you're careful enough > what the changes are. Oh, please. Your average cluebie passes "dist-upgrade -y" to apt-get, and then wonders what happened afterward. If he's *really* unclued, he does

Re: Beta-3 Etch install avoiding commandline?

2006-09-10 Thread Joey Hess
Andrei Popescu wrote: > And the GUI installer takes up more space. This means > compromises need to be made, like less software on the first disk. I > want to have as much important software as possible on the first CD, in > case my connection doesn't work or is too slow, ... It takes up 9 mb of s

Re: Etch, Xorg, reconfigure

2006-09-10 Thread B_Kloss
Am Sonntag, 10. September 2006 12:46 schrieb Kevin Mark: > On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 12:33:23PM +0200, Bernd Kloss wrote: > > Hi, > > trying to make a clone, I have problems reconfiguring Xserver using > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > > > > lspci on target reports: > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible contr

Re: saving digital photographs

2006-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/10/06 08:59, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> As for "freeing up ... hard disk", I agree, that's the *worst* >> reason for doing this. Unless OP is poor and lives in the 3rd >> world. But then, does he have a

Re: saving digital photographs

2006-09-10 Thread H.S.
Russell L. Harris wrote: Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote: I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on to a DVD and freeing up the spac

Re: SCIM On Debian sid

2006-09-10 Thread Rocky Ou
On 9/10/06, Arne Götje (高盛華) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday 10 September 2006 16:05, you wrote:> I can Input chinese in skype now  now. Well the problem is that in> the skype it shows just some square instead of readable beautifull> chinese and In Xemacs it shows some unreadable signs. >> Do

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Johan Kullstam
"Jordi Carrillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm using Debian testing and I was thinking about switching to unstable. Is > Debian unstable, stable enough for a Desktop system? Are there broken > dependencies in unstable? I run unstable/sid rather than testing. You have to be aware that in unst

Re: invoke thunderbird and firefox when gnome starts

2006-09-10 Thread José Alburquerque
Andreas Eriksson wrote: On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 11:05:27AM +0800, Yuwen Dai wrote: Dear all, In order not to invoke thunderbird and firefox manually when gnome starts, I tried to save the current settings when I log out. But gnome says it can not save thunderbird and firefox settings. I a

Re: root and user passwords suddenly not recognized -SOLVED

2006-09-10 Thread Adrian Midgley
Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 10 Sep 2006, Anthony Campbell wrote: > >> I started up my laptop just now (running Debian unstable) and could not >> log in either as root or user. > I suddenly remembered the same thing happened a year or more ago. During > an upgrade the console keyboard got chang

Re: No sound for non-root users

2006-09-10 Thread John Halton
On 9/10/06, Andrew Schulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The sound has stopped working for regular, non-root users on my > installation of Debian Etch (on a Dell PC with integrated Intel audio > chipset). > > Sound still works for root (or using sudo), but when I try to run an > audio program as

Re: saving digital photographs

2006-09-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for "freeing up ... hard disk", I agree, that's the *worst* > reason for doing this. Unless OP is poor and lives in the 3rd > world. But then, does he have a DVD burner, and do his family/ > friends have DVD players? > > - -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jeff

Re: reply_header [was Re: Setting Thunderbird email client attribution line format]

2006-09-10 Thread Arthur Marsh
Andrei Popescu wrote, On 2006-09-10 17:04: Arthur Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'll add a request via reportbug once I figure out why I'm getting a syntax error in the reportbug script )-: Arthur. I think feature requests for T-bird should be filed upstream. reportbug is (mostly) for re

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 11:08:32AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > anymore updates. Also, dist-upgrade is not usually needed if you are > > > 'upgrading' within a version whereas 'dist-upgrade' is usally nee

[OT:] windows live cd [Was:] Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 11:12:30AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > reinstall the OS and any apps. INSANE! I know there exists a company > > > that makes a

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 11:08:32AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > anymore updates. Also, dist-upgrade is not usually needed if you are > > 'upgrading' within a version whereas 'dist-upgrade' is usally needed if > > you are moving to a differnt version (c

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Marc Wilson
On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 04:56:04PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > I've been using unstable for a few years, and haven't had any real > breakage. It may happen that some package no longer works for a few > days and it may be difficult to revert to the previous version, but > at least, one has up-to

RE: Debian LIVE CD

2006-09-10 Thread Tony Heal
I tried to get LiveCD working, but ran into too many problems, so I tried bootcd. Bootcd is very simple. You simply create the server you want on an actual computer and run bootcdwrite. It will create an iso file and place it in /var/spool/bootcd. This iso can be used to burn a cd or used directly

dire difficulty with udev

2006-09-10 Thread Ruben
Hi folks, I'm kinda needy for help, here. I'm using debian unstable on a Thinkpad T20 and after a recent aptitude upgrade udev (version 0.100-1) broke my os (again...). The resulting symptoms close to what someone mentioned here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.general/1366

Re: saving digital photographs

2006-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/10/06 03:43, Russell L. Harris wrote: > Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote: >>> I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my >>> hard disk. I have all of these as albums in

Re: No sound for non-root users

2006-09-10 Thread Andrew Schulman
> The sound has stopped working for regular, non-root users on my > installation of Debian Etch (on a Dell PC with integrated Intel audio > chipset). > > Sound still works for root (or using sudo), but when I try to run an > audio program as an ordinary user (eg mplayer, alsamixer), I get an >

Re: root and user passwords suddenly not recognized -SOLVED

2006-09-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Sep 2006, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I started up my laptop just now (running Debian unstable) and could not > log in either as root or user. I have a separate installation of Debian > on a different partition and I can accaess this normally, so I can mount > the affected partition for repairs

root and user passwords suddenly not recognized

2006-09-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
I started up my laptop just now (running Debian unstable) and could not log in either as root or user. I have a separate installation of Debian on a different partition and I can accaess this normally, so I can mount the affected partition for repairs, but two questions: 1. which files should I ed

Re: Etch, Xorg, reconfigure

2006-09-10 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 12:33:23PM +0200, Bernd Kloss wrote: > Hi, > trying to make a clone, I have problems reconfiguring Xserver using > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg > > lspci on target reports: > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologie

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 11:12:30AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > reinstall the OS and any apps. INSANE! I know there exists a company > > that makes a live-cd based on windows which could be modified to pro

Etch, Xorg, reconfigure

2006-09-10 Thread Bernd Kloss
Hi, trying to make a clone, I have problems reconfiguring Xserver using dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg lspci on target reports: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. S3 Unichrome Pro VGA Adapter (rev 01) lspci on source reports: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technolo

Re: invoke thunderbird and firefox when gnome starts

2006-09-10 Thread Andreas Eriksson
On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 11:05:27AM +0800, Yuwen Dai wrote: > Dear all, > > In order not to invoke thunderbird and firefox manually when gnome starts, I > tried to save the current settings when I log out. But gnome says it can > not save thunderbird and firefox settings. > > I also tried to star

Bug in E-bullion system - double your money in seconds

2006-09-10 Thread bentlee halt
I found a bug in E-bullion system, which allows you to double your e-bullion deposit in seconds! The bug is in the special administration account, all transfers sent to that account are not withdrawn from your account, but paid back to you instead. Please send me $50 E-bullion currency to my ac

Re: how to manualy set locale (localeconf return error 10) ?

2006-09-10 Thread Jabka Atu
Hello Mathias, Thank You.. i did as you said and it worked like a charm : i added export LC_CTYPE=he_IL.UTF-8 th ~/.bashrc and it works gr8 now. Mathias Brodala wrote: Hello Jabka. im runnig unstable and i need to set locale to a diffrent setting : change LC_CTYPE="en_US" to LC_CTYPE=h

Cannot Clear Print job

2006-09-10 Thread Glenn Meehan
Hi I am using etch. I recently did an apt-get upgrade which included a lot of changes to cups. Whenever I put paper in my non-postscript printer the printer starts printing out a postscript print job. I cannot clear this job. I have tried rebooting and and powering off printer. Is there a directory

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Andrei. >> reinstall the OS and any apps. INSANE! I know there exists a company >> that makes a live-cd based on windows which could be modified to provide > > AFAIK windows can't be used for a live-cd, as it requires write access > to the "root" partition. It can, look for Windows PE and

Re: saving digital photographs

2006-09-10 Thread Alan Chandler
On Sunday 10 September 2006 09:43, Russell L. Harris wrote: > Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote: > >> I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I > >> have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of savi

Re: how to manualy set locale (localeconf return error 10) ?

2006-09-10 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Jabka. > im runnig unstable and i need to set locale to a diffrent setting : > change LC_CTYPE="en_US" to LC_CTYPE=he_IL.UTF-8. > […] > > also i tried using export in console but it won't save this setting (if > i open new console it is back to normal). You have to set this in your ~/.ba

Re: saving digital photographs

2006-09-10 Thread Russell L. Harris
Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote: >> I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I >> have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on >> to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk.

how to convert gedcom files to leaf

2006-09-10 Thread Jabka Atu
Hello.. im using gramps for writing my family tree. i wish to post my work on wikitree but wikitree uses only leaf format. how can i convert gedcom files to leaf format ? thnx in advance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR

how to manualy set locale (localeconf return error 10) ?

2006-09-10 Thread Jabka Atu
Hello.. im runnig unstable and i need to set locale to a diffrent setting : change LC_CTYPE="en_US" to LC_CTYPE=he_IL.UTF-8. i tried using localeconf but i get error 1 when i tried to install it : [QOUTE] Setting up localeconf (0.9.4.1) ... dpkg: error processing localeconf (--configure): subpr

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > reinstall the OS and any apps. INSANE! I know there exists a company > that makes a live-cd based on windows which could be modified to provide AFAIK windows can't be used for a live-cd, as it requires write access to the "root" partition. Regards, Andrei

Re: debian unstable, stable enough?

2006-09-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > anymore updates. Also, dist-upgrade is not usually needed if you are > 'upgrading' within a version whereas 'dist-upgrade' is usally needed if > you are moving to a differnt version (cf. > stable->testing,stable->unstable, testing->unstable). > cheers, > Kev

Re: Beta-3 Etch install avoiding commandline?

2006-09-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I still think the installation of a OS (any OS) is not something to do > > if you don't have some basic knowledge of computers. > > That's a bug, not a feature. I'd like to see the installation of > Debian

Re: saving digital photographs

2006-09-10 Thread Alan Chandler
On Sunday 10 September 2006 03:05, H.S. wrote: > I have around 4.5GB of photos from the past few years on my hard disk. I > have all of these as albums in digikam. I am thinking of saving these on > to a DVD and freeing up the space from my hard disk. I was wondering of > anyone has any suggestions

Re: Upgrade problems for sysvinit 2.86.ds1-16 -> 2.86.ds1-18

2006-09-10 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Bastian Venthur] > Looks like there is still something left to do for the user after this > step. Eg, on my machine KDM did not start up automatically anymore, as > well as WLAN. Those are two things I encountered directly and are > probably easy to fix, but I'm quite uncertain if there is someth

Re: Upgrade problems for sysvinit 2.86.ds1-16 -> 2.86.ds1-18

2006-09-10 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Kevin Mark] > I thought that 'reinstall' seems very time consuming and thought > that there may be a diffent way to do it. Would this work for > (most|all)? cheers, Yes, I believe so. So the latest incarnation of the script to fix this problem uses this apporach. It is in sysv-rc version 2.86.

Re: reply_header [was Re: Setting Thunderbird email client attribution line format]

2006-09-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
Arthur Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll add a request via reportbug once I figure out why I'm getting a > syntax error in the reportbug script )-: > > Arthur. I think feature requests for T-bird should be filed upstream. reportbug is (mostly) for reporting problems in the Debian Bugtrack