Re: (end of) Development and documentation in Debian

2006-09-30 Thread Oleg Verych
Hallo, Kevin (using half of your's mail-followup-to, because i'm using gmane.org, and i don't know what will happen ;) On 2006-10-01, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 10:06:51PM +, Oleg Verych wrote: [-0-] >> Debian project is to provide free OS. How one can

Re: Wierd Firefox behaviour

2006-09-30 Thread derek
Its probably just cached,and will be free'd when needed.

RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall

2006-09-30 Thread David Christensen
Stephen Yorke wrote: > Hope it is what you are looking for... ;-D Perhaps. Two issues: 1. When I launch the virtual machine in VMware Player, I see a dialog box with the message: File "D:\Temp\Linux\Debian\debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso" does not exist and therefore cannot

Re: Wierd Firefox behaviour

2006-09-30 Thread KS
KS wrote: > Hello, > > I presently have Firefox version: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; > en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060830 Firefox/1.5.0.7 > (Debian-1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.7-1) on my Debian Unstable box. Recently I have > noticed that after long usage e.g. about a day when Firefox uses around > 250MB o

Wierd Firefox behaviour

2006-09-30 Thread KS
Hello, I presently have Firefox version: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060830 Firefox/1.5.0.7 (Debian-1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.7-1) on my Debian Unstable box. Recently I have noticed that after long usage e.g. about a day when Firefox uses around 250MB of RAM or more, sometimes

RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall

2006-09-30 Thread David Christensen
Stephen Yorke wrote: > http://www.design-your-network.com/downloads/download.asp > Deb_B3_Etch.zip Thank you very much. :-) > Deb_B3_Etch.zip is 149MB...I only offer 768KB downloads from my site so > if multiple people are grabbing it is going to be slow... I think you can upload it to the VMw

apt-proxy validation failed errors

2006-09-30 Thread James Richardson
Greetings: I have apt-proxy setup and running fine, mostly. I do have an issue I am unable to solve. I am behind a dial up connection and large files (such as kernel images) sometimes do not download in a single session. Before I install apt-proxy, apt-get install ... would resume partial downloa

RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall

2006-09-30 Thread Stephen Yorke
Deb_B3_Etch.zip is 149MB...I only offer 768KB downloads from my site so if multiple people are grabbing it is going to be slow... Enjoy... Stephen -Original Message- From: David Christensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 10:43 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian

RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall

2006-09-30 Thread Stephen Yorke
http://www.design-your-network.com/downloads/download.asp Deb_B3_Etch.zip -Stephen -Original Message- From: David Christensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 10:43 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 relea

RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall

2006-09-30 Thread David Christensen
Stephen Yorke wrote: > What packages do you want installed on this VM? Whatever a basic install includes -- e.g. when I install Sarge and get to the package selection screen, I leave it blank and go on. The installer then installs about 80-90 packages shortly thereafter. TIA, David -- To U

RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall

2006-09-30 Thread Stephen Yorke
What packages do you want installed on this VM? -Original Message- From: David Christensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 10:16 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall Stephen Yorke

RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall

2006-09-30 Thread David Christensen
Stephen Yorke wrote: > Coming right up...I will send a link when it I post it. Great! I can hardly wait... :-) David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall

2006-09-30 Thread Stephen Yorke
Coming right up...I will send a link when it I post it. -Original Message- From: David Christensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 10:09 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall Steph

RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall

2006-09-30 Thread Stephen Yorke
Do you want an ETCH B3 minimal or not? I can have it created in about 30 minutes for you. -Stephen -Original Message- From: David Christensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 10:07 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: FW: request for VMware image of Et

RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall

2006-09-30 Thread David Christensen
Stephen Yorke: > Just let me know if you really want it. Yes, please! :-) I use the free VMware Player, so whatever is appropriate for that (I don't own VMware Workstation, and am only vaguely familiar with the intricacies of their products). David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

FW: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall

2006-09-30 Thread David Christensen
I wrote: > Here is a good example of a virtual machine minimal install using Sarge: >http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/13 There are two Sarge images. I haven't tried the above. This is the one I have been using and was referring to: http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/di

RE: request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall

2006-09-30 Thread Stephen Yorke
I will create one now for you if you want it...but it will be a GSX image and not Workstation...OR...I guess I could do a Workstation Version for ya...let me re-install Workstation. It shouldn't take too long on the server I have here. Just let me know if you really want it. -Stephen -Origina

request for VMware image of Etch beta 3 release minimal netinstall

2006-09-30 Thread David Christensen
Debian users: Is there anybody out there who has VMware Workstation who could please create a virtual machine for Etch beta 3 release with a minimal install? It would also be nice to have the appropriate VMware add-ons (VMware Tools?). There is an Etch virtual machine available at the VMware site

Re: (end of) Development and documentation in Debian

2006-09-30 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 10:06:51PM +, Oleg Verych wrote: > Hallo, dear developers and users of Debian. > I actually didn't care to search much of www, because i fed up with > all of it, this is just my opinion. > > Mile stone, we are now is "man gcc": nothing found. Next mile stone > "C-h i":

(end of) Development and documentation in Debian

2006-09-30 Thread Oleg Verych
Hallo, dear developers and users of Debian. I actually didn't care to search much of www, because i fed up with all of it, this is just my opinion. Mile stone, we are now is "man gcc": nothing found. Next mile stone "C-h i": nothing found... Debian project is to provide free OS. How one can devel

Re: why...?!

2006-09-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 30 September 2006 14:37, chikaku wrote: > i am installing the debian sarge 3.1 on my sata Hd. > > i've started @8pm but till now(4am) i still on checking the swap > space?! > > what's wrong with my installation?! You posted this hardly an hour after you initially posted. Email is not

Re: why...?!

2006-09-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 30 September 2006 13:25, chika wrote: > i am installing the debian sarge 3.1 on my sata Hd. > > i've started @8pm but till now(4am) i still on checking the swap space?! > > what's wrong with my installation?! You'll need to ask smarter for us to have enough info to work with. http://ww

why...?!

2006-09-30 Thread chikaku
i am installing the debian sarge 3.1 on my sata Hd. i've started @8pm but till now(4am) i still on checking the swap space?! what's wrong with my installation?! thanks -- tambun -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: why...?!

2006-09-30 Thread s. keeling
chika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > i am installing the debian sarge 3.1 on my sata Hd. > > i've started @8pm but till now(4am) i still on checking the swap space?! > > what's wrong with my installation?! I've seen a lot of complaints about SATA. I know of many who've got it to work but there must

why...?!

2006-09-30 Thread chika
i am installing the debian sarge 3.1 on my sata Hd. i've started @8pm but till now(4am) i still on checking the swap space?! what's wrong with my installation?! thanks -- tambun -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

WMP54G version 4 PCI card as access point

2006-09-30 Thread KS
Hi, I have a WMP54G PCI card(version 4) and I wanted to use it as an access point for my laptop or any other laptop my friends bring in(the desktop uses the NIC card for the internet connection). I installed the rt2500 driver for the card using module-assistant and the card is recognised and the i

Re: Postfix configuration (mail to root)

2006-09-30 Thread Magnus Therning
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 22:55:35 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: [..] >Ok, but it works for me. If I send mail to root (without @localhost), >then my user receives it (according /etc/aliases). If I send mail to a >real internet address then postfix takes care of the proper rewriting >so that my smarth

Re: apt-get : unable to parse package file

2006-09-30 Thread s. keeling
Bruno Costacurta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello to all, > I have the following message when 'apt-get update' (or upgrade) : > > ... > Reading package lists... error ! > E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) How much space is left in /var? -- Any technology distinguishable

Re: spamcop

2006-09-30 Thread s. keeling
Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Saturday 30 September 2006 12:02, Andrew Vaughan wrote: > > My phrasing evidently wasn't clear. AIUI the problem isn't misdirected > > confirmation emails. The problem is that some spam makes it through debian > > filters. List subscribers then repo

Re: apt-get : unable to parse package file

2006-09-30 Thread James Westby
On (30/09/06 20:59), Bruno Costacurta wrote: > Hello to all, > I have the following message when 'apt-get update' (or upgrade) : > > ... > Reading package lists... error ! > E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) > ... > > > 1) tried to replace status with backup files (from /v

Re: loop-aes: "losetup -F /dev/loop3" failed

2006-09-30 Thread David Kolf
James Westby wrote: > On (25/09/06 22:08), David Kolf wrote: >> I followed the instructions from >> http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/loop-AES.README in section 7.2. >> When I entered "losetup -F /dev/loop3" it asked me for the password but >> then it told me "ioctl: LOOP_MULTI_KEY_SETUP_V3: Invali

apt-get : unable to parse package file

2006-09-30 Thread Bruno Costacurta
Hello to all, I have the following message when 'apt-get update' (or upgrade) : ... Reading package lists... error ! E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) ... 1) tried to replace status with backup files (from /var/backup/) but it without success.. 2) related to my etch, inst

Re: spamcop

2006-09-30 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Saturday 30 September 2006 12:02, Andrew Vaughan wrote: > My phrasing evidently wasn't clear. AIUI the problem isn't misdirected > confirmation emails. The problem is that some spam makes it through debian > filters. List subscribers then report that that spam to spamcop. Spamcop > then blam

Re: Intel policy wrt OSS [was: Re: cvs.openbsd.org: src]

2006-09-30 Thread Robert Nagy
That's what I am doing too! I am trying to convince all of our customers to not use the products of Open Source unfreandly vendors. And guess what? They are going to buy the hardware we recommend them because we know what is working and what not. And most of our customers are running Open Source o

Re: Problems installing BRUB with RAID5

2006-09-30 Thread Peter Teunissen
On 30-sep-2006, at 22:26, Gilles Mocellin wrote: Le samedi 30 septembre 2006 22:17, Chris Willard a écrit : Hi All, I have a pc with 3x40GB IDE drives. I have 2 RAID 5 devices setup- /dev/md0 = 3 x 38GB as / /dev/md1 = 3 x 2GB as SWAP Debian base installs OK but when I get to the Grub inst

Re: Postfix configuration (mail to root)

2006-09-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At first [EMAIL PROTECTED] didn't work, now it does. That's a difference. > > Mail sent to root by cron is still delivered to my.remote.host so the > difference is of little use. Here is my complete config: omnibook:~# postconf -n alias_database = h

Re: Problems installing BRUB with RAID5

2006-09-30 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le samedi 30 septembre 2006 22:17, Chris Willard a écrit : > Hi All, > > I have a pc with 3x40GB IDE drives. > > I have 2 RAID 5 devices setup- > > /dev/md0 = 3 x 38GB as / > /dev/md1 = 3 x 2GB as SWAP > > Debian base installs OK but when I get to the Grub installation I get a > "Fatal Error" messa

Dimension 5150c bootup failure after installation

2006-09-30 Thread Charles Muller
I've just bought a new Dell Dimension 5150c (160 GB SATA drive, 2.66 Duo Core Intel) on which I'm trying to install Etch. The installation runs fine, but on first boot, it hangs up at the following: Begin: Waiting for root filesystem... ... Done. Check root= bootarg cat /pro

Problems installing BRUB with RAID5

2006-09-30 Thread Chris Willard
Hi All, I have a pc with 3x40GB IDE drives. I have 2 RAID 5 devices setup- /dev/md0 = 3 x 38GB as / /dev/md1 = 3 x 2GB as SWAP Debian base installs OK but when I get to the Grub installation I get a "Fatal Error" message. I am telling Grub to install on /dev/md0 but it won't install. Any tips

Re: Postfix configuration (mail to root)

2006-09-30 Thread Magnus Therning
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 22:42:59 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: >Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 20:36:34 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> [..] >> >You can do this with rewriting. I just set this up today so its fresh >> >:) >> > >> >/etc/postfix/main.cf: >> > >

Re: Etch install

2006-09-30 Thread Jesus Arocho
So, here is what I found: Etch installer, all except expert24, will try to load a floppy module when searching for network hardware. Expert24 will present two options, a network module and the floppy module. With dhcp and with setting up the network parameters manually, the system fails to con

Re: Postfix configuration (mail to root)

2006-09-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 20:25:51 +0100, Magnus Therning wrote: > >On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 20:36:34 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >[..] > >>You can do this with rewriting. I just set this up today so its fresh > >>:) > >> > >>/etc/postfix/main.cf: > >>

Re: Postfix configuration (mail to root)

2006-09-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 20:36:34 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > [..] > >You can do this with rewriting. I just set this up today so its fresh > >:) > > > >/etc/postfix/main.cf: > > > > smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic > > > >then create

Thank you for your email.

2006-09-30 Thread rick
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Re: Postfix configuration (mail to root)

2006-09-30 Thread Magnus Therning
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 20:25:51 +0100, Magnus Therning wrote: >On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 20:36:34 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: >[..] >>You can do this with rewriting. I just set this up today so its fresh >>:) >> >>/etc/postfix/main.cf: >> >> smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic >> >>t

Re: Postfix configuration (mail to root)

2006-09-30 Thread Magnus Therning
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 20:36:34 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: [..] >You can do this with rewriting. I just set this up today so its fresh >:) > >/etc/postfix/main.cf: > > smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic > >then create /etc/postfix/generic with something like this: > > [EMA

Re: Log out problem?

2006-09-30 Thread Dave Witbrodt
Jonathan Roberts wrote: Hey thanks, I've solved it now actually... Somebody else posted a similar problem and said they'd worked around it by setting AlwaysRestartServer to true in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf This fixed it! Thanks for the reply tho - hopefully this fix might help someone else too? I

Re:Log out problem?

2006-09-30 Thread Jonathan Roberts
Hey thanks, I've solved it now actually...Somebody else posted a similar problem and said they'd worked around it by setting AlwaysRestartServer to true in /etc/gdm/gdm.confThis fixed it! Thanks for the reply tho - hopefully this fix might help someone else too? -- Jon

Re: Postfix configuration (mail to root)

2006-09-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 20:07:18 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> >This is how I've configured it: > >> > > >> > % cat /etc/mailname > >> > my.remote.host > > > >> > % hostname -f > >> > my.local.host >

Re: idsoftware games

2006-09-30 Thread Alan Ianson
On Sat September 30 2006 03:28 am, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 11:04 -0700, Alan Ianson wrote: > > I am trying to get sound working with quake 3 / doom 3 / RTCW from > > idsoftware. I don't have a sound card in this box. I just use whatever it > > is on the MB and it has always wo

Re: Postfix configuration (mail to root)

2006-09-30 Thread Magnus Therning
On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 20:07:18 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: >Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >This is how I've configured it: >> > >> > % cat /etc/mailname >> > my.remote.host > >> > % hostname -f >> > my.local.host > >Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me that /etc/mailname should

Re: capturing terminal scrollback buffer?

2006-09-30 Thread Ralph Katz
On 09/29/2006 11:40 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > anybody know how to capture the contents of a terminal scrollback > buffer? i've got about 1000 lines of debug stuff from a network > problem that I want to save, but its just sitting in the scroll back > buffer of an aterm. argh! how do I get

Re: OT: database to manage real estate business?

2006-09-30 Thread Richard Lyons
On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 14:48 -0800, Joshua J. Kugler wrote: > On Friday 29 September 2006 10:24, Richard Lyons wrote: [...] > > Has anyone come across or created a system for managing real estate > > agency, [...] > Hmm...try freshmeat: > > http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=real+estate§ion=projects&G

Is kernel update not up to date?

2006-09-30 Thread Rolf Bode-Meyer
Hi! On 2006-09-27 I did apt-get update && upgrade once again and got a new kernel image (2.6.8-3-powerpc 2.6.8-12sarge5). In the advisory DSA-1184-2 one can read "Date Reported: 25 Sep 2006". But looking at /boot I see "2006-09-07 06:54 vmlinux-2.6.8-3-powerpc" - so that image is nearly three we

Re: spamcop

2006-09-30 Thread Andrew Vaughan
On Friday 29 September 2006 03:23, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > I hate to get into this discussion but... > > On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 06:09:46AM +1000, Andrew Vaughan wrote: > > [snippage] > > > However apparently the problem is users reporting list emails to > > spamcop. > > just to point out th

Re: Empty syslog

2006-09-30 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 14:39:54 +0100 Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 30 September 2006 09:01, Mario Frasca wrote: > > Hi Benjami, > > > > found your message looking for 'syslog' on this group. your > > questions are quite in line with what I'm seeing on my system. > > > > [EM

Re: Looking for simple, dynamically configurable HTTP proxy

2006-09-30 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le vendredi 29 septembre 2006 13:53, Aleksei Dzhulai a écrit : > actualy you can use squid : define cache parents and it will detect > working proxies > > + it is automatic > - it is not so lightweight tinyproxy is lightweight, and you just have to modify a line and reload to redirect to the good

Re: capturing terminal scrollback buffer?

2006-09-30 Thread cga2000
On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 11:33:54PM EDT, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > anybody know how to capture the contents of a terminal scrollback > buffer? i've got about 1000 lines of debug stuff from a network > problem that I want to save, but its just sitting in the scroll back > buffer of an aterm. ar

Re: How does Debian load the kernel modules

2006-09-30 Thread Hernán Freschi
Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: On 29.09.06 16:46, Hernán Freschi wrote: I wonder what happens to modules when the system needs RAM? I know Windows stupidly swaps the System memory by default (unless you enable the DisablePagingExecutive option in the registry). Does linux force the modules to

Re: Intel policy wrt OSS [was: Re: cvs.openbsd.org: src]

2006-09-30 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/30/2006 05:43 AM, Maxim Bourmistrov wrote: On Saturday 30 September 2006 12:28, Jonathan Gray wrote: On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 03:03:57AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: Regarding Intel wireless chips and distribution rights... From: "Damien Bergamini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [...] Intel's polic

Re: How does Debian load the kernel modules

2006-09-30 Thread Hernán Freschi
zhengda wrote: Yes, the space the modules use isn't an issue. But I hope my system can be started much faster (I think loading fewer modules makes the system starting faster) Yes, indeed. But you'll only notice it if the startup is very delayed due to some strange module that delays startu

Re: X server text output problem

2006-09-30 Thread Clive Menzies
On (30/09/06 20:39), Jason Rigby wrote: > Hi, > After a recent apt-get update, my Xorg X server has gone strange. > Itfrequently has periods where text output goes strange. A screenshot > to > illustrate this occurance can be found here: > http://sirjasonr.googlepages.com/snapshot1.png > > Any ide

Re: Empty syslog

2006-09-30 Thread Alan Chandler
On Saturday 30 September 2006 09:01, Mario Frasca wrote: > Hi Benjami, > > found your message looking for 'syslog' on this group. your questions are > quite in line with what I'm seeing on my system. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uptime > 09:57:29 up 9 days, 22:57, 6 users, load average: 3.47, 3.81,

Re: Debian AMD64 boots only at random: how to use labels/fstab/grub

2006-09-30 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Joost Kraaijeveld said: > Hi Bob, > > Thanks: it works as described. > > Just 1 other question: can I label my swap partition? > > If I try e2label /dev/sda5 /my_name it returns: > > e2label: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdb5 > Couldn'

OT: Workarounds: using mailing lists with gmail

2006-09-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
Hello all, As you all gmail users on the list are aware, you can't receive your own posts through the list if you post using gmail (web interface or smtp), because gmail siletly drops them as being identical (though they're not) to the sent mail. To me it is very annoying if I don't see my own pos

SOLVED Re: must run alsaconf alll the time for sound to work

2006-09-30 Thread Vegard L. Rekaa
Hi list and Pollywog. Found the easy way (and most likely unncessary) out: changed the audio PCI card. Thanks for all the help!!Cheers, VegardOn 30/09/06, Vegard L. Rekaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That I think I can do. Thanks a million for your help. I will post here giving the result when I'm d

Re: Intel policy wrt OSS [was: Re: cvs.openbsd.org: src]

2006-09-30 Thread Maxim Bourmistrov
Why don't ignore them and don't buy their products? I have already a list of vendors I'm not buying products from anymore, like Adaptec. I'm also encouraging people to buy products from OpenSource-friendly vendors, like RaLink. //Maxim On Saturday 30 September 2006 12:28, Jonathan Gray wrote:

X server text output problem

2006-09-30 Thread Jason Rigby
Hi,After a recent apt-get update, my Xorg X server has gone strange. It frequently has periods where text output goes strange. A screenshot to illustrate this occurance can be found here: http://sirjasonr.googlepages.com/snapshot1.png Any ideas what could be causing this?Jason

Re: Intel policy wrt OSS [was: Re: cvs.openbsd.org: src]

2006-09-30 Thread Jonathan Gray
On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 03:03:57AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > Regarding Intel wireless chips and distribution rights... > > > From: "Damien Bergamini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [...] > > > > Intel's policy with respect to open-source software[1] which > > has been presented at OSDL (I wasn't the

Need help with Xserver for PentiumD / MB D945PSN Graphics ATI Radeon X700 (RV410)

2006-09-30 Thread Bobby Jafari
Hi All,   I am trying to install Debian Etch on my Intel PC. I get the following Error:   (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0 (II) ATI:  Candidate "Device" section "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon X700 (RV410)". (WW) ATI:  PCI Mach64 in slot 1:0:0 could not be detected! (WW) ATI:  PCI

Re: Does WD driver support MaxMultSect=16, and is it safe for a mysql server?

2006-09-30 Thread linuzboy
afaik multsect is only suported when DMA is not in use. DMA speeds up transfers much mode, so you should focus on it. But I found the message below in mysql manual >> optimization >> Disk Issues . On Linux, you can get much more performance by using hdparm to configure your disk's

Re: must run alsaconf alll the time for sound to work

2006-09-30 Thread Vegard L. Rekaa
That I think I can do. Thanks a million for your help. I will post here giving the result when I'm done.Cheers, VegardOn 29/09/06, Pollywog < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 29 September 2006 15:34, Vegard L. Rekaa wrote:> I'm sorry, but I since module-assistant has cganged its menus, I do not>

Re: Empty syslog

2006-09-30 Thread Mario Frasca
Hi Benjami, found your message looking for 'syslog' on this group. your questions are quite in line with what I'm seeing on my system. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uptime 09:57:29 up 9 days, 22:57, 6 users, load average: 3.47, 3.81, 3.14 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /var/log/syslog* -rw-r- 1 root

Re: Monitor change: Change frequencies at boot time

2006-09-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
"JB MORLA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > My Debian displays on an old 15" Cathodic MaCom Monitor. > I plan to change it for a budget 19" Samtron. > Obviously I have to modify the Horizontal sync and Vertical refresh hz in > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > When do I do that? Before or after changin

PCI Express graphics cards

2006-09-30 Thread michael bailey
I am inquiring about the suitability of NVIDIA PCI Express graphics card for a Debian Sarge system. Can anyone please tell me whether the NVIDIA Geforce 6200 series (in particular the Geforce 6200 and the Geforce 6200TC) of PCI Express graphics cards are completely okay for use in a Debian Sa

Re: idsoftware games

2006-09-30 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 11:04 -0700, Alan Ianson wrote: > I am trying to get sound working with quake 3 / doom 3 / RTCW from > idsoftware. > I don't have a sound card in this box. I just use whatever it is on the MB > and it has always worked well enough to make me happy. For Doom 3, it sounds li

Monitor change: Change frequencies at boot time

2006-09-30 Thread JB MORLA
Hi,   My Debian displays on an old 15" Cathodic MaCom Monitor. I plan to change it for a budget 19" Samtron. Obviously I have to modify the Horizontal sync and Vertical refresh hz in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 When do I do that? Before or after changing the monitor? How long do I have before it fries if

Re: Log out problem?

2006-09-30 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:21:55 +0100 "Jonathan Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I try to log out of debian (testing) it logs me out ok but > rather than putting back up the log in screen i'm left with a blank > pale blue screen with a white box (obviously where the text box would > be). cu

Re: capturing terminal scrollback buffer?

2006-09-30 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:30:41 -0700 derek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you can direct the output to a file,for example > lsmod > tmp.txt And you can use 'tee' to direct output to a file and to standard output at the same time. > > On 9/29/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: capturing terminal scrollback buffer?

2006-09-30 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/29/2006 10:33 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: anybody know how to capture the contents of a terminal scrollback buffer? i've got about 1000 lines of debug stuff from a network problem that I want to save, but its just sitting in the scroll back buffer of an aterm. argh! how do I get it out

Re: exim4 and mobile users

2006-09-30 Thread David Watson
On Friday 29 September 2006 21:50, Enrique Morfin wrote: > Hi! > The relay is closed (except my own network). > > Is there a way to autenticate those users, so they can > send mail when they are out of our net? > > Thanks. Try this http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/280 -- David Wats

The X server changes my keymap

2006-09-30 Thread sciencisto-debian
Hi. I don´t know why, but since I changed the driver "fglrx" for the "radeon" in xorg.conf, trying to get 3D aceleration, the X server changes the keymap every time that it starts (keys changed, and also some of them didn´t work, like the logo and the AltGr keys). I didn´t change anything more, an

Re: exim4 and mobile users

2006-09-30 Thread Andrei Popescu
Enrique Morfin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I have a mail server, using exim4, pop3s and a webmail > interface (using php). > > I have some mobile users, using win xp and win 2000, > and they use outlook express, eudora and netscape > mail. > > Inside the network everithing works fine.

Re: Tomcat5 and Eclipse WTP - anyone got it working?

2006-09-30 Thread Alan Chandler
On Wednesday 27 September 2006 03:34, José Alburquerque wrote: > Alan Chandler wrote: > >Has anyone here got Eclipse, with the WTP plugin working with the Debian > >configured tomcat5? > I'm having a hard enough time trying to install the WTP plugin since I > read your e-mail (I was curious :-) ).