Re: mozilla firefox about:config

Jeff wrote, On 2006-10-03 11:59: Peter Easthope wrote: I've spent a good part of the day trying to arrange that thunderbird is invoked when I click on a mailto link in the firefox. I created the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/qi0tjy0b.default/user.js containing the line user_pref("network.protocol-han

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

On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 22:34:45 -0700 "David Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jon Dowland wrote: > > I've failed to install Etch inside vmware player > > It's my understanding that you can't create virtual machines using > VMware Player -- you need to buy VMware Workstation (or better). > >

Re: [Quasi Solved] dma errors on boot

I reinstalled debian and doesn't appears anymore, but I don't know why. On 9/27/06, Andras Lorincz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So I ran smartctl -t short /dev/hda gave no errors and then ran smartctl -t long /dev/hda and also ended without errors. The output from smartclt -l selftest /dev/hda is:  

Re: mozilla firefox about:config

On 10/02/2006 06:55 PM, Peter Easthope wrote: I've spent a good part of the day trying to arrange that thunderbird is invoked when I click on a mailto link in the firefox. I created the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/qi0tjy0b.default/user.js containing the line user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.m

RE: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: > I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. Beware that you can't install an operating system on all USB flash drives. I have a 128 MB model that seems to have a ROM boot sector (?). I don't know all the gory details, but the bottom line is that it works on

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

Jon Dowland wrote: > I've failed to install Etch inside vmware player It's my understanding that you can't create virtual machines using VMware Player -- you need to buy VMware Workstation (or better). HTH, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

RE: Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

robomod@ wrote: > I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. I prefer to run XP on the hardware and run Debian (and others) on VMware Player: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ VM of 3.1r1 (Sarge) minimal (comes up in base-install, you pick root password, etc.): ht

Re: Problems with gnupg, apt-get says 'no pubkey found...'

On Tuesday 03 October 2006 00:37, Bruno Buys wrote: > 1F41B907 Actually you need the debian-keyring package installed then gpg --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg --export --armour 1F41B907 | apt-key add - To get Marillat's key into the secure apt keyring. Stephen -- GPG

Re: Problems with gnupg, apt-get says 'no pubkey found...'

On Tuesday 03 October 2006 00:37, Bruno Buys wrote: > Anybody having problems with gnupg and apt-get saying 'no pubkey > found...'? This is an etch install, apt-get complains not founding key > even after I do a > > vmtesting:/home/bruno# gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --recv 4F368D5D > gpg: re

modern Gnucash still needs libglib1.2?

Hi, I just noticed that 'gnucash' depends on 'guile-g-wrap', which in turn depends on 'libglib1.2'. Is there anything available there not yet in 'libglib2.0' or has 'guile-g-wrap' not ported yet? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EM

Problems with gnupg, apt-get says 'no pubkey found...'

Anybody having problems with gnupg and apt-get saying 'no pubkey found...'? This is an etch install, apt-get complains not founding key even after I do a vmtesting:/home/bruno# gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --recv 4F368D5D gpg: requesting key 4F368D5D from hkp server keyring.debian.org gpg:

Re: X programs inside chroot

James Richardson wrote: > Greetings! > > I have setup an i386 chroot (sarge) on my amd64 (also sarge) on my > laptop. However I cannot run X programs inside. I get the error can't > open display: :0.0. > > I get the error from xterm and OpenOffice. > > I have mount /proc inside the chroot. > >

Re: X programs inside chroot

James Richardson wrote: > Greetings! > > I have setup an i386 chroot (sarge) on my amd64 (also sarge) on my > laptop. However I cannot run X programs inside. I get the error can't > open display: :0.0. > > I get the error from xterm and OpenOffice. > > I have mount /proc inside the chroot. > >

RE: Minimal X-Windows Setup

This worked GREAT...although it only saved me 1MB in my final LiveCD ISO but hey...it is a start. I guess it is all about how you enter your package list...I put what I really wanted before xserver-xorg and it worked like a champ...none of that extra stuff. Thanks a lot. -Yorke -Original Mes

RE: X programs inside chroot

I may be wrong on this BUT... I have just done a similar task for a LiveCD which I created and in order to run X programs from within a CHROOT environment I had to do 2 things... First, on your actual box within X, run "Xnest -ac :1" Second, with in your CHROOT, run "export DISPLAY=localhost:1" o

Re: mozilla firefox about:config

Peter Easthope wrote: I've spent a good part of the day trying to arrange that thunderbird is invoked when I click on a mailto link in the firefox. I created the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/qi0tjy0b.default/user.js containing the line user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto","/home/peter/fire

X programs inside chroot

Greetings! I have setup an i386 chroot (sarge) on my amd64 (also sarge) on my laptop. However I cannot run X programs inside. I get the error can't open display: :0.0. I get the error from xterm and OpenOffice. I have mount /proc inside the chroot. At first I thought it may have been a permissi

mozilla firefox about:config

I've spent a good part of the day trying to arrange that thunderbird is invoked when I click on a mailto link in the firefox. I created the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/qi0tjy0b.default/user.js containing the line user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto","/home/peter/firefox.mailto.sh"); Yet a

Re: backing up a new laptop

On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:18:14 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My son just got himself a Lenovo thinkpad with wifi, ethernet, a > tablet, and Windows XP. For reasons I will not go into here, he > wants to make sure his Windows XP system remains functional even > though he prefers Linux, and plans

Re: (end of) Development and documentation in Debian

On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:37:14 -0700 Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sure, in both cases one can't just take the books, change the author name > and viola, have a new book. But that isn't the same as being considered the > author as neither book list the true author. Of course those a

Re: apt bug 388708

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 02:52:51PM +, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Debian Bug report logs - #388708 > apt: Upgrading to this version (0.6.46) makes status file unparseable > > did I miss detail how to remedy to APT not working anymore? The bug report includes some workaround instructions. (This

Re: Minimal X-Windows Setup

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:31:28PM -0700, Kevin B. McCarty wrote: [...] > The trick here is that the -vesa package Provides "xserver-xorg-video". > So if you install xserver-xorg-video-vesa FIRST, then xserver-xorg's > dependency on "xserver-xorg-video-all | xserver-xorg-video" is satisfied > wi

Re: (end of) Development and documentation in Debian

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In international copyright law, there are rights belonging to the author > that he cannot sign away. These include the right to be considered the > author. This means that if the document mentions him as author (perhaps > on a title page) it is illegal to change that

Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

Mladen Adamovic wrote: > 3. USB drives are nowadays at least at my place so cheap, like 2GB for 50 eur and that will be enough... > Gmail AdSense suggested this: 1GB USB Flash Drive $16 - www.[nospamheheheeh].com - Wholesale USB flash drives 2GB USB Flash Drive $20, 4GB $33 I guess their h

Re: (end of) Development and documentation in Debian

Tyler Smith wrote: > I understand there have been some situations where an author attempted > to undermine the license by declaring an entire document to be > invariant. This is clearly not the case here, though. That is immaterial. It's like saying that if code were pretty much entirely free

Re: (end of) Development and documentation in Debian

Andrei Popescu wrote: > Imagine someone writing a piece of documentation for a software, but > after some time stops keeping it up-to-date. Is the license only for technical documents or would it also be applicable to, say, works of fiction or business/political missives which contain some tec

Re: Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 07:42:18PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. After > switching from sarge to etch, I kept seeing a message on linux boot > about "Superblock last write time is in the future. Fix? yes". ... ... > > Is there a w

Re: diakonos package: description troll?

On Monday 02 October 2006 05:55, Mathias Brodala wrote: > Hello Vincent. > > Vincent Lefevre, 02.10.2006 13:27: > > In package diakonos: > > > > Description: Customizable, usable console-based text editor > > > > Does that mean that some text editors distributed in Debian are not > > usable? > >

Re: keyjnote crashes computer

Anthony Campbell wrote: I installed the Debian version of a new pdf presentation programme called keyjnote. It refused to run. I got the original version from sourceforge and that also failed to run. This is version 0.8.2. I emailed the author, who said it was something to do with sound recognit

Program za obracun zakonske zatezne kamate

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Re: Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 07:42:18PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. After > switching from sarge to etch, I kept seeing a message on linux boot > about "Superblock last write time is in the future. Fix? yes". > > The boot proceeds no

Re: keyjnote crashes computer

Anthony Campbell wrote: I installed the Debian version of a new pdf presentation programme called keyjnote. It refused to run. I got the original version from sourceforge and that also failed to run. This is version 0.8.2. I emailed the author, who said it was something to do with sound recognit

Re: Error when running make menuconfig

debian wrote: Hi, i installed a new computer with debian but i want newest kernel because i need to customize it. When i run make menuconfig i get this: ca-phlinux:/usr/src/linux-2.6.18# make menuconfig scripts/kconfig/mconf arch/i386/Kconfig init/Kconfig:245: can't open file "usr/Kconfig" mak

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

On 10/02/06 09:40:00AM -0700, Bob McGowan wrote: > Sorry, I forgot that bit ;( > > The command 'mkswap -L label device' will create a swap area and add a > label for it. This should probably be done from a rescue disk > environment, so you don't confuse the running kernel with changes to its >

Re: capturing terminal scrollback buffer?

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 03:48:04PM EDT, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 08:33:54PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: [..] > yes, I know about screen and its on my list of things to learn... if > only that list wasn't as long as my arm :) I hear ya .. :-) I think that

Re: exim4: avoiding "retry time not reached for any host"

On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 22:55 +0200, Predrag Gavrilovic wrote: ---snip--- > bug 32877 is about not being able to merge old and new configuration > files, and I don't think it would be smart thing to do across major > version upgrades. > > And even then you allways have the option to keep the old fil

Re: backing up a new laptop

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 03:18:14PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My son just got himself a Lenovo thinkpad with wifi, ethernet, a tablet, > and Windows XP. For reasons I will not go into here, he wants to make > sure his Windows XP system remain

Re: System freeze with kernels after 2.6.12

On Thu September 28 2006 17:08, Harry Mofo wrote: > I've been running Sarge, then Etch on this system for a couple years. > It has been happily running 2.6.12-1 for a while but any attempt to use > newer kernels has resulted in the system freezing - requiring a hardware > reset. Keyboard is nonfun

Re: Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. After > switching from sarge to etch, I kept seeing a message on linux boot > about "Superblock last write time is in the future. Fix? yes". > > The boot procee

Getting Linux and XP to cooperate on the BIOS clock settings

I have a dual-boot system, running XP Pro and Debian linux. After switching from sarge to etch, I kept seeing a message on linux boot about "Superblock last write time is in the future. Fix? yes". The boot proceeds normally after that, but I don't like inexplicable error messages, so I did so

Re: (end of) Development and documentation in Debian

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 06:34:24PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > This has been getting increasingly aggravating for me, as I find more > > > and more of the documentation is either stowed out of sight in > > > non-fr

Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 07:06:16PM +0100, Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: > Hi! > > I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. Over my shoulder, I hear the words, "Make sure he doesn't put his swap file on the pen drive. That would be very bad for the pen drove." -- hendrik -- To UNSU

Re: Error when running make menuconfig

On 10/02/2006 08:21 AM, debian wrote: Hi, i installed a new computer with debian but i want newest kernel because i need to customize it. When i run make menuconfig i get this: ca-phlinux:/usr/src/linux-2.6.18# make menuconfig scripts/kconfig/mconf arch/i386/Kconfig init/Kconfig:245: can't ope

Computer keeps hanging

Hi! I am having problems with my machine, it keeps hanging. First I thought it was the graphics card, an ATI card using the ATI driver. I upgraded from Sarge to Etch, then switched to an Nvidia card, both with the Nvidia and ATI drivers. Today I managed to capture the crash message, by watching t

Re: exim4: avoiding "retry time not reached for any host"

I don't understand you. bug 32877 is about not being able to merge old and new configuration files, and I don't think it would be smart thing to do across major version upgrades. And even then you allways have the option to keep the old file. Nothig gets blindly overwritten. And that goes only f

backing up a new laptop

My son just got himself a Lenovo thinkpad with wifi, ethernet, a tablet, and Windows XP. For reasons I will not go into here, he wants to make sure his Windows XP system remains functional even though he prefers Linux, and plans to dual-boot between Windows and Gentoo. (I'm the debian user, a

Public discussion time for Creative Commons 3.0 license draft coming to a close

Hi, everyone. Pardon the wide distribution, but I wanted to make sure I didn't miss anyone. As some of you know [1], a workgroup within Debian cooperating with Creative Commons [2] to make some of their licenses compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines [3] so that CC-licensed works (ima

Re: (end of) Development and documentation in Debian

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 06:34:24PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This has been getting increasingly aggravating for me, as I find more > > and more of the documentation is either stowed out of sight in > > non-free, or has actually been put in some s

Re: Debian apps for CSS editing

rocky wrote: > Hey, > > Do any of you know some Windows Dreamweaver like applications in > Debian? I found NVU but it does not supply auto hint for CSS. > Unfortunately Nvu does not give an easy GUI for editing CSS(although auto-hinting is not required in Nvu as it gives you textboxes, radio bu

Re: Minimal X-Windows Setup

Kevin Mark wrote: > Hi Stephen, > 'x-window-system-core' < 'x-window-system', so install the former. Nope, they're exactly the same in Etch and Sid. Assuming there are no sarge, sarge security, or backports entries in your sources.list, try apt-cache show x-window-system-core | egrep '^(Depend|

Re: capturing terminal scrollback buffer?

On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 08:33:54PM -0700, 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. a

Re: making a huge fileserver

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hernán Freschi wrote: > Scott Reese wrote: >> Greetings Hernan: >> >> You can, in theory, expand a software array and expand the filesystem >> one it. We have tried it with Debian Etch, and it worked. However, it >> took forever. It took almost 40 h

Re: (end of) Development and documentation in Debian

Regarding the status of the elisp-manual in testing: http://packages.qa.debian.org/e/elisp-manual/news/20060805T210823Z.html FYI: The status of the elisp-manual source package in Debian's testing distribution has changed. Previous version: 21-2.8-2 Current version: (not in testing) Hint:

Re: Minimal X-Windows Setup

"Kevin B. McCarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Yorke wrote: > > > I have tried the EXACT listing you have here but it still puts on all > > the xserver-xorg-video-* stuff...I do not know exactly how much overhead > > these packages add but I would really rather using just the VESA driver

Re: apt bug 388708

Florian Kulzer wrote: > Something like > > sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/apt_0.6.45_i386.deb > > will install the last working version from your package cache. (Change > the "i386" part to match your architecture.) > > If you do not have the 0.6.45 deb file in your package cache, then yo

Re: Minimal X-Windows Setup

Hello Stephen. Stephen Yorke, 02.10.2006 21:18: > I have tried the EXACT listing you have here but it still puts on all > the xserver-xorg-video-* stuff... That’s not a problem as you can remove unecessary video drivers anytime you want after that. > I do not know exactly how much overhead > the

RE: Minimal X-Windows Setup

Stephen Yorke wrote: > I have tried the EXACT listing you have here but it still puts on all > the xserver-xorg-video-* stuff...I do not know exactly how much overhead > these packages add but I would really rather using just the VESA driver > and remove the rest...but a question about that...how

RE: Minimal X-Windows Setup

I am using apt-get...so this does make total sense that all the depends are being sucked down via aptitude. Thanks...I have a little more to look at now which helps a ton. -Stephen -Original Message- From: Kevin Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 3:30 PM To: de

Re: Minimal X-Windows Setup

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:24:10PM -0400, Stephen Yorke wrote: > > All, > > I am looking for a basic X-Windows setup&I have tried several things but I am > just not getting it. > > Does anyone have some sort of package list which will get me a BASIC/MINIMAL X > setup. Anytime I do anything wi

pppd problems

Could somebody point me in the right direction to determine why I get numerous errors with pppd ie Unsupported protocol 0x1 received in my syslog? I'm running pppd $ sudo pppd --version pppd version 2.4.4 thanks, M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

RE: Minimal X-Windows Setup

I have tried the EXACT listing you have here but it still puts on all the xserver-xorg-video-* stuff...I do not know exactly how much overhead these packages add but I would really rather using just the VESA driver and remove the rest...but a question about that...how do I force the usage of just t

Re: Minimal X-Windows Setup

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:24:10PM -0400, Stephen Yorke wrote: >> I am looking for a basic X-Windows setup...I have tried several things >> but I am just not getting it. >> >> Does anyone have some sort of package list which will get me a >> BASIC/MINIMAL X setup. Any

Re: Degraded i810/i915 Rendering Performance After Xorg 7 Upgrade

An update to my previous post: Today I updated a ton of Xorg components, and rendering performance for the i915 is now back to previous levels. Everything seems to be running as fast as before, including GL. I updated a *lot* of Xorg components, but my suspicion is that 'xserver-

Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

1. for minimal system 400MB should be enough IMHO 2. for X depends what you choose as applications. 3. USB drives are nowadays at least at my place so cheap, like 2GB for 50 eur and that will be enough... Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: Hi! I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. M

Re: apt bug 388708

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 14:52:51 +, Francesco Pietra wrote: > As to > > Debian Bug report logs - #388708 > apt: Upgrading to this version (0.6.46) makes status file unparseable > > (my machines are affected by) > > did I miss detail how to remedy to APT not working anymore? Something like

Re: making a huge fileserver

Hernán Freschi wrote: Well... the problem is, of course, where do I put 1TB of data while I add the new disk :). I was thinking of just take the risk and do it. I was trying to get a tape backup unit. Tapes for 400/800GB are cheap, the problem is getting the tape backup unit. I saw some on ebay

Re: Error when running make menuconfig

dont know about the error,but if you want to use the same config docp /boot/config-$(uname -r) /usr/src/linux/.configOn 10/2/06, debian < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi,i installed a new computer with debian but i want newest kernel because i need to customize it.When i run make menuconfig i get this:

Re: printing problem - spurious characters printed randomly interspersed in printout - since Sarge/kernel update

Marty wrote: Daniel B. wrote: [With] Debian Sarge and kernel 2.6.8 ... I've been getting lots of >> errors in my printouts. ... at multiple, seemingly random positions >> ... there is a spurious "d" character... ... This applies to files that go through the magicfilter/gs rasterizer, but does

motorola v3i synchronize

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Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

Hi! I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. My first problem is, how big should the pen drive be according to the following options: 1st option. Minimal system with some networking tools. 2nd option. 1st option + X with FVWM. Thanks! PS - There is only one reason for me to post this q

Re: Minimal X-Windows Setup

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:24:10PM -0400, Stephen Yorke wrote: > All, > > > > I am looking for a basic X-Windows setup...I have tried several things > but I am just not getting it. > > > > Does anyone have some sort of package list which will get me a > BASIC/MINIMAL X setup. Anytime I do

Re: OpenSSH authentification

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 06:17:29PM +0200, Christian Christmann wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to configure sshd (OpenSSH_3.8.1p1) in a way that passwords > are not required for ssh logins. > I'm not certain what you are trying to accomplish. The server (sshd) can be configured to permit or disallo

Re: WORKAROUND Re: Cannot change hostname permanently

Brad Rogers([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:53:04 +0100 > Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Chris, > > > I still cannot work out how hostname is remembering a name ("earth") > > that it has not saved in /etc/hostname (which still contains > > "

OpenSSH authentification

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Re: stable to testing: aptitude wants strange things

Marty wrote: PS since you are upgrading to testing you should understand that you are volunteering to break your system often and repeatedly in the name of science. Thanks for your display of spirit and fortitude. Although I eventually tired of the exercise I'm glad others had stepped up to

Re: 'make oldconfig' won't work [SOLVED]

On Monday 02 October 2006 16:45, Pollywog wrote: > Vmware surprised me this morning by not working, so I went about trying to > recompile it and it turns out I must recompile my kernel because the last > Etch upgrade upgraded the compiler. > > The problem is that when I run 'make oldconfig' I get t

Re: bcm43xx support in Debian etch

Am Montag, 2. Oktober 2006 01:41 schrieb Damon L. Chesser: > Jerome, > > This issue he described is where you get dhclient running, but no reply > is ever detected.  It will not matter if you run ifup, manually run > dhclient, use etherconf ifplugd (which just calls dhclient when detected > wifi co

'make oldconfig' won't work

Vmware surprised me this morning by not working, so I went about trying to recompile it and it turns out I must recompile my kernel because the last Etch upgrade upgraded the compiler. The problem is that when I run 'make oldconfig' I get this: slider:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.15# make oldconfi

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

Sorry, I forgot that bit ;( The command 'mkswap -L label device' will create a swap area and add a label for it. This should probably be done from a rescue disk environment, so you don't confuse the running kernel with changes to its swap area. I'm not aware of a separate tool to label a swa

Re: making a huge fileserver

Scott Reese wrote: Greetings Hernan: You can, in theory, expand a software array and expand the filesystem one it. We have tried it with Debian Etch, and it worked. However, it took forever. It took almost 40 hours to to go from 1.2TB to 1.8TB. Time required to backup the entire filesystem to

Minimal X-Windows Setup

All,   I am looking for a basic X-Windows setup…I have tried several things but I am just not getting it.   Does anyone have some sort of package list which will get me a BASIC/MINIMAL X setup.  Anytime I do anything with X-WINDOW-SERVER-* I get tons of dependencies and I do not want th

Re: exim4: avoiding "retry time not reached for any host"

On 2006-10-02 14:56:52 +0200, Predrag Gavrilovic wrote: > You should put them in /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template, under the > section that begins with "begin retry". But this file gets overwritten after an exim upgrade. So, until bug 32877 (conffile merging) is fixed, this solution isn't very nice.

Re: diakonos package: description troll?

On 2006-10-02 14:55:27 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: > Hello Vincent. > > Vincent Lefevre, 02.10.2006 13:27: > > In package diakonos: > > > > Description: Customizable, usable console-based text editor > > > > Does that mean that some text editors distributed in Debian are not > > usable? > >

Re: diakonos package: description troll?

Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Vincent. > > Vincent Lefevre, 02.10.2006 13:27: > > In package diakonos: > > > > Description: Customizable, usable console-based text editor > > > > Does that mean that some text editors distributed in Debian are not > > usable? > > Why don’

Re: Professional Developer Wanted

Alexander Schmehl wrote: > Hi! > > * Stephen Yorke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061001 23:46]: > > Does anyone on these lists know of any REAL GOOD resources to look for > > someone with HIGH caliper Debian Development skills? > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-jobs/ No messages since December 2005! >

Re: WORKAROUND Re: Cannot change hostname permanently

On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:09:42 +0100 Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Chris, > When called with one argument or with the --file option, the commands Yes, but the --file option tells hostname which file to /read/ the name from, not which file to /write/ it to. Again, this is AIUI. --

Re: WORKAROUND Re: Cannot change hostname permanently

Chris Lale writes: > ...but using the hostname command does not work correctly. The hostname > command appears to work (the hostname command reports the new hostname > and a new login shows the new hostname in the prompt) but /etc/hostname > retains the original name. Consequently, when /etc/init.d

Re: (end of) Development and documentation in Debian

Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This has been getting increasingly aggravating for me, as I find more > and more of the documentation is either stowed out of sight in > non-free, or has actually been put in some sort of package purgatory > while someone decides what to do with it (ie.

Re: added RAM, RAM not recognized by debian

fraz wrote: Don't wanna get flamed, but am running unstable 2.4.27 woody right now and don't want to reinstall if I don't need to. Just want to get this memory recognized. [...] Thanks, you are correct. Guess I'll make the move to a new kernel image. Why don't you just 'aptitude update' a

apt bug 388708

As to Debian Bug report logs - #388708 apt: Upgrading to this version (0.6.46) makes status file unparseable (my machines are affected by) did I miss detail how to remedy to APT not working anymore? Thank you francesco pietra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: WORKAROUND Re: Cannot change hostname permanently

Chris Lale wrote: It also says that the hostname is set at boot using the file /etc/hostname: The name of the computer ("host") is set by the "hostname" command. The "hostname" command does not modify the "/etc/hostname" file. The boot-up scripts call the "hostname" command, reading the "/etc

SOLVED Re: Cannot change hostname permanently

Brad Rogers wrote: [...] You seem to be under the impression that the command hostname writes to the file /etc/hostname. AIUI, that is *not* the case. You'll have to alter the file in a text editor. Thanks Brad - I've come to the same conclusion. Thanks to everyone else who contribut

Re: WORKAROUND Re: Cannot change hostname permanently

Anthony Campbell wrote: [snip] I've found that you have to change /etc/hosts to match /etc/hostname, otherwise various bad things happen. The same applies if you use the hostname command. Thanks. That probably explains Gnome behaving strangely. It doesn't affect the main issue though: the ho

Re: WORKAROUND Re: Cannot change hostname permanently

On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:53:04 +0100 Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Chris, > I still cannot work out how hostname is remembering a name ("earth") > that it has not saved in /etc/hostname (which still contains > "desktop"). hostname --fqdn is also confused and cannot find a host! You

Re: apt-get on fedora

On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 02:49:49PM +0100, abdelkader belahcene wrote: > Hi, > ( Is is a good place to ask this question ???) > I want to use apt-get on fedora ( 4 or 5) , the doc is not clear enough how > to fill the sources.list file. the repository is locale on CD or HD > the equivalent of deb fi

apt-get on fedora

Hi, ( Is is a good place to ask this question ???) I want to use apt-get on fedora ( 4 or 5) , the doc is not clear enough how to fill the sources.list file. the repository is locale on CD or HD the equivalent of deb file:///site type directories of debian suppose I copy the full CD on the H

Re: WORKAROUND Re: Cannot change hostname permanently

On 02 Oct 2006, Chris Lale wrote: [snip] > > I did try both manual change and the hostname command originally, but > perhaps I did not reboot in each case - I can't remember. Subsequently, > I have found that manually changing /etc/hostname does work, but using > the hostname command does not

Re: keyjnote crashes computer

Anthony Campbell wrote: On 02 Oct 2006, CJ van den Berg wrote: On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 10:53:01AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: I installed the Debian version of a new pdf presentation programme called keyjnote. It refused to run. I got the original version from sourceforge and that also faile

Re: keyjnote crashes computer

On 02 Oct 2006, Victor Munoz wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:47:05PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > I don't think 3D does work here; at least, googlearth does not. I have a > > Matrox G550 using the standard mga driver. > > > > I'll try the program on my IBM Thinkpad, though that does

Re: WORKAROUND Re: Cannot change hostname permanently

Kent West wrote: Chris Lale wrote: A workaround is to change the hostname by editing /etc/hostname directly. # echo desktop > /etc/hostname Yes. I understood from the original posting that the "/etc/hostname" was being changed manually by the OP. If that's not the case, that's the

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