Re: [OT] CVS vs. SVN

2006-12-19 Thread Yuwen Dai
On 12/20/06, David Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been using CVS (and RCS before it) for several years new. I've also looked at switched to SVN, but seem to recall that there was an SVN "feature" whereby SVN applied to same version number to all files in the project (repository?) w

how to add formula into text box in OO ?

2006-12-19 Thread Jabka Atu
Hello. im using OO in Phisics lectures. In many cases i need to describe Graphic objects (as Vectors). in this case i use text box. I'd like to add a formula into the textbox how can i do it ? Thnx in advance ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: [OT] CVS vs. SVN

2006-12-19 Thread Angelo Bertolli
David Christensen wrote: > I've been using CVS (and RCS before it) for several years new. I've > also looked at switched to SVN, but seem to recall that there was an SVN > "feature" whereby SVN applied to same version number to all files in the > project (repository?) whenever you checked somethin

Re: specifying an autoconf version

2006-12-19 Thread Sergio Cuéllar Valdés
On 12/19/06, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This seems to be a simple question but I could not find a proper way to do this. I am trying to install software on a old computer with gcc-2.9, two versions of autoconf 2.13, 2.53. The defaults point to 2.13 which is installed in /usr/b

specifying an autoconf version

2006-12-19 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
This seems to be a simple question but I could not find a proper way to do this. I am trying to install software on a old computer with gcc-2.9, two versions of autoconf 2.13, 2.53. The defaults point to 2.13 which is installed in /usr/bin .The 2.53 version is installed in some arbitrary locati

Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 02:21:05PM -0800, Bill wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have alsa installed and working properly. > > I configure it with alsaconf. > > Everytime I reboot, I have to reconfigure it again with alsaconf. > > It's only a few keypresses but annoying. > > Is this a known issue? > >

Re: dvd a no go

2006-12-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 03:02:36PM -0500, Ed wrote: > Running etch. I used to be able to play dvds, but all of a sudden I > cannot. They can neither be played nor mounted. CDs work fine in > the same drive. I realize it may be a hardware problem, but I wonder > if anyone who has experienced

Re: if I were a newbie how would I get sound?

2006-12-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 07:42:21PM -0500, Mark Grieveson wrote: > Coming here is a good place to start when having issues getting sound. > Some suggestions: try installing alsa-base, alsa-utils, and alsa-oss. > Then, as root, run the command "alsaconf". Check the volumes with > alsamixer. >

Re: What is the best way to install Samba

2006-12-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 08:56:17PM +, Liam O'Toole wrote: > The file /etc/smb.conf is not a conffile, so it will not be removed by Seems like a configuration file to me, can you explain what you mean. > purging the samba* packages. It has to be removed manually. The Umm, removing a package l

Re: [OT] CVS vs. SVN

2006-12-19 Thread Russell L. Harris
* David Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061219 21:35]: > I've been using CVS (and RCS before it) for several years new. I've > also looked at switched to SVN, but seem to recall that there was an SVN > "feature" whereby SVN applied to same version number to all files in the > project (repository?

Re: New Debian user

2006-12-19 Thread Kent West
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 05:00:14PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > >> For myself, I just duplicate the existing root line in /etc/sudoers and >> then change one of the roots to my user. Granted, this isn't >> particularly secure, but it's easy and adds a significant level

Re: [half-solved] Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread hendrik
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 09:20:08PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 01:17:42PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > How strange. I can't log in to anything other than Gnome. icewm is > > installed,m is my default window manager, but I get Gnome. > > > Hi hendrik, > what do

[OT] CVS vs. SVN

2006-12-19 Thread David Christensen
I've been using CVS (and RCS before it) for several years new. I've also looked at switched to SVN, but seem to recall that there was an SVN "feature" whereby SVN applied to same version number to all files in the project (repository?) whenever you checked something in. I prefer a more traditiona

upgrade of etch beta to current level

2006-12-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
First apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; apt-get linux-image-2.6.18-amd not aptitude apt-get. I made your mistake earlier and couldn't get beyond 2.6.08 and you should not ever get offers to delete running kernels if you do this right. I did get a message that modules for my new kernel were bei

Re: [half-solved] Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 01:17:42PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 06:18:12PM +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 December 2006 17:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've just found the reason (at least on my laptop): the problem is with > > > esound package - > >

Re: Daemonologists wanted

2006-12-19 Thread Paul Johnson
David Liontooth wrote: > > If I issue > > /etc/init.d/sensord start > > to start the sensor daemon, the script seems to run fine, but the daemon > doesn't actually start. On my other machines, it runs as expected. Any > daemonologists out there? What's the .conf look like? Any log ent

Re: How do I upgrade my stock kernel via aptitude?

2006-12-19 Thread Grok Mogger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 10:59:34PM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote: Hmm interesting, I tried doing what you suggested, and didn't get a list of upgradeable packages. Which is what I expected, because I upgrade often and if I do an "aptitude upgrade" it also doesn't up

Re: X aborting

2006-12-19 Thread John W. Foster
On Tuesday 19 December 2006 04:22 pm, Niels Rasmussen wrote: > Hi all > > As John C suggested the "radeon" trick worked :-) > > Now I can use X as root, but not as user ! > > I get this error: > > "X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. > giving up. > xinit: Connection refused (errno

Re: ldap server restart

2006-12-19 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:09:43PM +0100, Fabrizio Lippolis wrote: > Hi list, > > does anybody run an openldap server on debian? I have such server > running on etch which holds a very big database. I always have problems > when restarting the server because on stop it gets corrupted. I have H

Re: Problem with installation

2006-12-19 Thread Magnus Pedersen
Manoj Shukla wrote: Hi, I am trying to install the unofficial Debian-AMD64 Sarge release on AMD64-dual core system with 4GB RAM using DVD image. It appears that the keybord is not being recognized at the screen asking for "Choose Language". Please let me know the solution. Thanks Manoj Shuk

Re: Problem with installation

2006-12-19 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 05:20:28PM -0600, Manoj Shukla wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to install the unofficial Debian-AMD64 Sarge release on > AMD64-dual core system with 4GB RAM using DVD image. It appears that the > keybord is not being recognized at the screen asking for "Choose Language". > P

Re: [half-solved] Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread José Alburquerque
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, this did the trick - installing of libesd-alsa0 instead of libesd solved the problem. Now the question is - shouldn't libesd-alsa0 be automatically installed with alsa instead of libesd? Kind regards, Vladimir. I would say; but I'm not sure that the user list

Problem with installation

2006-12-19 Thread Manoj Shukla
Hi, I am trying to install the unofficial Debian-AMD64 Sarge release on AMD64-dual core system with 4GB RAM using DVD image. It appears that the keybord is not being recognized at the screen asking for "Choose Language". Please let me know the solution. Thanks Manoj Shukla -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: smooth upgrades

2006-12-19 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:33:10AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > > Andrew, > > Thanks for getting back to me. By 'pointed at Etch', do you mean get rid of > the 'testing' addresses and have only 'stable' in 'sources.list'? Hate being > a nervous nelly, but it means a lot to me to get a solid os

Re: New Debian user

2006-12-19 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 05:00:14PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > > "man sudoers" is your friend. Well, maybe not your friend, but at least > a usable resource > > For myself, I just duplicate the existing root line in /etc/sudoers and > then change one of the roots to my user. Granted, this isn

Re: What is the best way to install Samba

2006-12-19 Thread Paul Johnson
http://learn.to/quote schmity wrote: > Let's back up a few steps. Should I be able to see the other computers > on the Network before I install SAMBA? Yes, if you use ping or some other network connectivity testing tool instead of relying on SAMBA to tell you what's out there. -- To UNSUBSC

Re: "Local Packages": can I use /opt/ ?

2006-12-19 Thread Paul Johnson
Ali Milis wrote: > Suppose there exists large-company.com and > branch1.large-company.com. Both are producing "local packages" > which may conflict with each others. My understanding is that /opt is the kosher way to do this; you have the right idea. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: What is the best way to install Samba

2006-12-19 Thread Paul Johnson
schmity wrote: > My first thought was to start with a fresh reinstall of Samba so that I > could start with the original smb.conf file, but a simple apt-get > remove -> apt-get install does not replace the original smb.conf file. apt-get remove only removes the package and not the config file

Re: New Debian user

2006-12-19 Thread Kent West
Niels Rasmussen wrote: As of # 2 What is the syntax of the sudoers file ?? Or is there a smarter linux command that'll do the trick ? (my linux capabilities has got quite rusty over the years :-) "man sudoers" is your friend. Well, maybe not your friend, but at least a usable resource F

Re: sound configuration on etch??? (usb)

2006-12-19 Thread Nigel Henry
On Tuesday 19 December 2006 15:50, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Hi all! > > I have some trouble making my usb sound card work as I would like. My > laptop also has a built-in sound card that works ok, but has _very_ > _limited_ input sound quality. > > What is the proper way to set up and configure

Re: "Local Packages": can I use /opt/ ?

2006-12-19 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 07:07:52PM +0700, Ali Milis wrote: > Hi, > > Suppose there exists large-company.com and > branch1.large-company.com. Both are producing "local packages" > which may conflict with each others. > > Question: > Is it OK to use /opt/com/large-company/ and > /opt/com/large-comp

Re: etch 965Q video 16:10

2006-12-19 Thread Jörg Becker
On Monday 18 December 2006 21:22, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > You could possibly get something to work by using the vesa driver, but > that's no fun in the long run. Right. The vesa driver is the installation default. But the resolution is set to 1600X1200 (intel bios has only 4:3 modes), and this is

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade failes on ssh [solved]

2006-12-19 Thread Hans du Plooy
On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 10:24 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 10:18:14AM +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 22:28 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > use dpkg with --force-all > > Thanks, that did it. Couldn't install telnetd because apt would

Re: if I were a newbie how would I get sound?

2006-12-19 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 01:27:28PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 10:11:21PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 07:51:45PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Sound seems to be one of the flakier aspect od Debian. > > > > Sound cards are trick

X aborting

2006-12-19 Thread Niels Rasmussen
Hi all As John C suggested the "radeon" trick worked :-) Now I can use X as root, but not as user ! I get this error: "X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server

Re: GNOME-bluetooth package AWOL in Etch i386?

2006-12-19 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 20:50 +0100, Brian Durant wrote: > As far as I can see, this issue has been going on for about a year now > without resolution. So, it won't be a part of Etch? What about bluez? > I see that both Debian and Ubuntu has that, plus some utils that might > work. No, I don't think

Re: blank screen on /etc/init.d/gdm [re]start

2006-12-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 02:55:50PM -0500, mutsuura wrote: > Hi All > > I have a fresh install on a Gateway E4100. After a net-install and > standard configuration, I reboot the machine. > > I see the standard startup text scroll by on the screen but when it gets > to the point of starting gdm -

Re: PROBLEM: RAID-1 Assembly at Boot Time - LVM Impact

2006-12-19 Thread Max Meyer
Martin, first of all, thank you very much for the fast response. martin f krafft schrieb: > Yes, this may well be the problem. However, I would not be able to > tell since you did not include any relevant information with your > initial email. Please send me the mdadm -E and mdadm -D outputs you

Re: smooth upgrades

2006-12-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:33:10AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > On Monday 18 December 2006 11:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > largely. Are you currently pointed at testing or at etch? If at > > testing, you might want to change to etch so you don't get caught out. > > > > my one etch server

re: if I were a newby how would I get sound?

2006-12-19 Thread Jude DaShiell
Try apt-cache search jack if memory serves that's a package that can get cdrom's playing out of the cdrom jack. Even if you don't have speakers you may still have a sound card and if that's the case try plugging those earphones into the sound card to listen. Doing apt-cache search "search str

Re: if I were a newbie how would I get sound?

2006-12-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 10:11:21PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 07:51:45PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Sound seems to be one of the flakier aspect od Debian. > > Sound cards are tricky on Windows as well. Don't know about OS X ... its been *years* since I did sou

Re: smooth upgrades

2006-12-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:33:10AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > Andrew, > > Thanks for getting back to me. By 'pointed at Etch', do you mean get rid of > the 'testing' addresses and have only 'stable' in 'sources.list'? Hate being > a nervous nelly, but it means a lot to me to get a solid os on my

Re: New Debian user

2006-12-19 Thread John C
Niels Rasmussen wrote: Oh boy oh boy :-) Well i did use the graphical installer which is quite nice despite some translations hickups ! It was all a matter of hitting Enter and Space and define some password for root and user. Apparantly it did find it all... BUT: Right now I in

Re: apt cache files (*.bin) corruption

2006-12-19 Thread Firebeam
Andy Hawkins wrote: Hi all, Recently, I've been getting regular instances of the bin files in /var/cache/apt getting corrupted (any apt related command seg-faults unless I delete these files and do another 'update). It happened to me a couple of weeks ago, when I erroneously ran two instances

blank screen on /etc/init.d/gdm [re]start

2006-12-19 Thread mutsuura
Hi All I have a fresh install on a Gateway E4100. After a net-install and standard configuration, I reboot the machine. I see the standard startup text scroll by on the screen but when it gets to the point of starting gdm - I get a blank screen. ALT-CTL-F1 gets me to the command line gdm lo

Re: if I were a newbie how would I get sound?

2006-12-19 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 07:51:45PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sound seems to be one of the flakier aspect od Debian. Sound cards are tricky on Windows as well. Don't know about OS X ... Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstei

Re: [half-solved] Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread Nigel Henry
On Tuesday 19 December 2006 19:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 06:18:12PM +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 December 2006 17:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've just found the reason (at least on my laptop): the problem is with > > > esound package - > > > > > >

Re: /etc/network/interfaces file ?

2006-12-19 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 11:51:40AM -0900, Greg Madden wrote: > On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:56:23 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei Popescu) wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 05:17:39PM -0900, Greg Madden wrote: > > > For several installs over a period of time for Etch, using a > > > net-install cd.

Re: GNOME-bluetooth package AWOL in Etch i386?

2006-12-19 Thread Brian Durant
Hi Sven, On 12/19/06, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 18:11 +0100, Brian Durant wrote: > Why isn't the gnome-bluetooth package included with Debian Etch > i386??? There seems to be a lot of confusion in this area, when I > google "Etch bluetooth". A lot of complai

Re: New Debian user

2006-12-19 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 08:13:53PM +0100, Niels Rasmussen wrote: > As of # 2 > What is the syntax of the sudoers file ?? Or is there a smarter linux > command that'll do the trick ? (my linux capabilities has got quite > rusty over the years :-) I don't like sudo too much so I use su. If you run

Daemonologists wanted

2006-12-19 Thread David Liontooth
If I issue /etc/init.d/sensord start to start the sensor daemon, the script seems to run fine, but the daemon doesn't actually start. On my other machines, it runs as expected. Any daemonologists out there? Dave #!/bin/sh -xv PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin + PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sb

Re: smooth upgrades

2006-12-19 Thread tom arnall
On Monday 18 December 2006 11:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 10:59:26AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > On Saturday 18 November 2006 17:33, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 07:47:21PM -0500, Leonid Grinberg wrote: > > > > I assume that you mean that u

Re: New Debian user

2006-12-19 Thread Niels Rasmussen
Oh boy oh boy :-) Well i did use the graphical installer which is quite nice despite some translations hickups ! It was all a matter of hitting Enter and Space and define some password for root and user. Apparantly it did find it all... BUT: Right now I in the console running single

Re: Re: [half-solved] Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread vladimir . kozlov
> Also, on my system, with 'libesd-alsa0' installed (instead of 'libesd'), > sound playing is not blocked by esd. I think this can also fix problem. HTH. Thanks, this did the trick - installing of libesd-alsa0 instead of libesd solved the problem. Now the question is - shouldn't libesd-alsa0 be au

Re: Re: CVS Application

2006-12-19 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 01:05:21PM -0500, Angelo Bertolli wrote: > > I did do a lot of surfing a few years ago on which one to use. I read > comparison charts, etc. I ended up having to use both. And my > impression was, "why did everyone make such a big deal about which one > to use? They

Re: [half-solved] Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread hendrik
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 06:18:12PM +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > On Tuesday 19 December 2006 17:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've just found the reason (at least on my laptop): the problem is with > > esound package - > > > > rover:/home/rover# ps aux | grep esd > > rover 2655 0.0 0.4 204

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade failes on ssh

2006-12-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 10:18:14AM +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote: > On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 22:28 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > use dpkg with --force-all > Thanks, that did it. Couldn't install telnetd because apt would moan > about the deps. But at least I got ssh sorted out. Now just apa

Re: upgrade of etch from beta2 net install to current level

2006-12-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:44:42PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > stevendemetrius wrote: > > > > linux-image-2.6-686 is not the actual kernel image. It is a transitional > > package which has a dependency on the latest 2.6.x kernel-image. So your > > kernel will be upgraded everytime you do an upgrad

Re: PowerEdge 2950 with Debian Sarge

2006-12-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 01:48:11PM -0200, Erico Schuch wrote: > Hello all > > I wonder if is ther any incompatibility with Dell PowerEdge 2950. > I wish to use Debian Sarge stable with it. > At the Dell site, they report the use with RH or Suse, but nor I can use. > Same compatibility list ? > Any

Re: Re: CVS Application

2006-12-19 Thread Angelo Bertolli
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 10:30:37PM -0500, Angelo Bertolli wrote: Unless... they're not the maintainer of the repository. Sometimes you have to use cvs, and some people prefer cvs. I think you're hard pressed to justify using subversion over cvs either, si

Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread Mumia W..
On 12/19/2006 10:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just found the reason (at least on my laptop): the problem is with esound package - rover:/home/rover# ps aux | grep esd rover 2655 0.0 0.4 2048 580 ?S18:39 0:00 /usr/bin/esd -nobeeps prevents alsa from working. After

Re: if I were a newbie how would I get sound?

2006-12-19 Thread Felipe Sateler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If there's anyone who > (a) want sound, and > (b) doesn't often have difficulties with sound, > I'd like to know about it. I did have problems at one time, but now I have no problems. The main problem seems to be lack of documentation. There are docs floating around,

Re: [half-solved] Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread José Alburquerque
Nigel Henry wrote: Esd should not be being started at bootup, as it's a Gnome thing, but will probably be started when you login to Gnome. I can't login to Gnome on Etch for some reason. It's probably annoyed that I use KDE. Anyway I booted up Sarge, and logged into Gnome, there under "Applicat

Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread Felipe Sateler
Bill wrote: > On Mon, 2006-18-12 at 20:06 -0500, Colin wrote: >> Bill wrote: >> > I configure it with alsaconf. >> > >> > Everytime I reboot, I have to reconfigure it again with alsaconf. >> >> It's not alsactl store like the other posters have said. You need to >> load the sound modules that a

Re: if I were a newbie how would I get sound?

2006-12-19 Thread Felipe Sateler
Douglas Tutty wrote: > I know they're connected since I assembled the computer. The sound is > integral to the Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe MB: (from the MB manual) > > SoundMAX ADI AD1988B 8-channel CODEC > Supports Jack Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-Streaming, and > Jack-Retasking Technology. > Optical a

Re: GNOME-bluetooth package AWOL in Etch i386?

2006-12-19 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 18:11 +0100, Brian Durant wrote: > Why isn't the gnome-bluetooth package included with Debian Etch > i386??? There seems to be a lot of confusion in this area, when I > google "Etch bluetooth". A lot of complaints about compiling the > package from source without a satisfactor

DansGuardian - Error connecting via IPC socket to log

2006-12-19 Thread Antonio Felipe
Hello there! I have a server running DansGuardian 2.9.7.0 on Debian Sarge with the kernel 2.6.8. After sometime running without trouble, he starts to send this message: Dec 19 06:30:01 preventis dansguardian: Error connecting via IPC socket to log Dec 19 06:30:01 preventis dansguardian: Error

Re: upgrade of etch from beta2 net install to current level

2006-12-19 Thread Joey Hess
stevendemetrius wrote: > > linux-image-2.6-686 is not the actual kernel image. It is a transitional > package which has a dependency on the latest 2.6.x kernel-image. So your > kernel will be upgraded everytime you do an upgrade. > > If you don't want to have your kernel upgraded automatically

Re: apt cache files (*.bin) corruption

2006-12-19 Thread José Alburquerque
Andy Hawkins wrote: But this apt hasn't been updated in a while I suspect. I'm still interested in why this problem has suddenly started happening. As I said, I'm still on Debian Stable, so I'm not sure if the apt from testing will 'drop in'? Andy You know, I remember starting to experienc

Re: [half-solved] Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread Nigel Henry
On Tuesday 19 December 2006 17:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've just found the reason (at least on my laptop): the problem is with > esound package - > > rover:/home/rover# ps aux | grep esd > rover 2655 0.0 0.4 2048 580 ?S18:39 0:00 > /usr/bin/esd -nobeeps > > prevents a

GNOME-bluetooth package AWOL in Etch i386?

2006-12-19 Thread Brian Durant
Why isn't the gnome-bluetooth package included with Debian Etch i386??? There seems to be a lot of confusion in this area, when I google "Etch bluetooth". A lot of complaints about compiling the package from source without a satisfactory "make", among other things. Does anyone have a reliable HowT

Re: CVS Application

2006-12-19 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 10:30:37PM -0500, Angelo Bertolli wrote: > > > Unless... they're not the maintainer of the repository. Sometimes you > have to use cvs, and some people prefer cvs. I think you're hard > pressed to justify using subversion over cvs either, since they're > mostly identica

[half-solved] Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread vladimir . kozlov
I've just found the reason (at least on my laptop): the problem is with esound package - rover:/home/rover# ps aux | grep esd rover 2655 0.0 0.4 2048 580 ?S18:39 0:00 /usr/bin/esd -nobeeps prevents alsa from working. After alsaconf there is no esd running, but after reboot

PowerEdge 2950 with Debian Sarge

2006-12-19 Thread Erico Schuch
Hello all I wonder if is ther any incompatibility with Dell PowerEdge 2950. I wish to use Debian Sarge stable with it. At the Dell site, they report the use with RH or Suse, but nor I can use. Same compatibility list ? Any sugestion ? Tkz Erico Schuch**

Re: "/etc/alternative/" How to use it?

2006-12-19 Thread Tim Post
On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 22:18 +0700, Ali Milis wrote: > > Not sure what you mean by 'using' it, as in determining the default > > editor or some other program? Or changing them? > > E.g. what if I would like to build my own java .deb package. > I need an example on how to inform that my package is >

Re: "/etc/alternative/" How to use it?

2006-12-19 Thread Ali Milis
man 8 update-alternatives is a good start .. Thank you! It is a good start. Not sure what you mean by 'using' it, as in determining the default editor or some other program? Or changing them? E.g. what if I would like to build my own java .deb package. I need an example on how to inform that

Re: icewm & nautilus

2006-12-19 Thread macondo
Using a light window manager such as IceWM and a bloated file manager such as Nautilus is an oxymoron, it doesn't make sense. Use something light like xfe. Having said that, here's my .xinitrc FWIW numlockx & unclutter & icewm Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

Re: cleanup after dist-upgrade

2006-12-19 Thread Marc Shapiro
Hans du Plooy wrote: On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 10:29 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote: What's the best way to clean this up? By the looks of it I now have two versions of mysql installed. mysql -V does give me the 5.0.30 though: [snip] I just noticed: ii mysql-server-4.1 5.0

Re: "/etc/alternative/" How to use it?

2006-12-19 Thread Tim Post
On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 19:11 +0700, Ali Milis wrote: > Hi, > > May I know where to find information about how to use > /etc/alternatives/ when developing a debian package? > > regards, > man 8 update-alternatives is a good start .. Just remember people also use aliases in profiles for certain th

sound configuration on etch??? (usb)

2006-12-19 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Hi all! I have some trouble making my usb sound card work as I would like. My laptop also has a built-in sound card that works ok, but has _very_ _limited_ input sound quality. What is the proper way to set up and configure sound/alsa on debian etch? According to the fine manual [1] there's a sc

upgrade of etch from beta2 net install to current level

2006-12-19 Thread stevendemetrius
linux-image-2.6-686 is not the actual kernel image. It is a transitional package which has a dependency on the latest 2.6.x kernel-image. So your kernel will be upgraded everytime you do an upgrade. If you don't want to have your kernel upgraded automatically then install the actual kernel-im

Re: why some packages are kept back?

2006-12-19 Thread hendrik
On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 01:37:41AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 02:07:22PM +0800, Yuwen Dai wrote: > >Dear all, > > > >I'm using Debian Sarge. When I ran apt-gete upgrade, this message shows: > > > > ~# apt-get upgrade > > Reading Package Lists... Done

Re: How do I upgrade my stock kernel via aptitude?

2006-12-19 Thread hendrik
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 10:59:34PM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote: > > > Hmm interesting, I tried doing what you suggested, and > didn't get a list of upgradeable packages. Which is what I > expected, because I upgrade often and if I do an "aptitude > upgrade" it also doesn't upgrade anything.

Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread Vladimir Kozlov
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Before alsaconf: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [SI7012 ]: ICH - SiS SI7012 SiS SI7012 with CS4299 at 0x1c00, irq 11 after alsaconf: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [SI7012 ]: ICH

Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread Vladimir Kozlov
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Oh, I forgot: I'm using etch. I've already reinstalled alsa-base and alsa-utils. The most interesting thing is that after the etch install alsa worked just fine. Unfortunately I could not recall when the problem arise - chances are that the problem ari

Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread Nigel Henry
On Tuesday 19 December 2006 14:12, Vladimir Kozlov wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have absolutely the same problem, and I'm totally lost... > > The loaded modules before alsaconf: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep snd > snd_intel8x0 30332 2 > snd_ac97_

Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread stevendemetrius
Are you using Sarge or Etch? It sounds like you have a problem with your install. You only need to run alasaconf once and it saves the configuration. After that you only need to run alsaconf if you change your sound card or add one. Try using apt-get to purge alsa-base and alsa-utils. Clear a

Re: Palm III xe

2006-12-19 Thread Dmitri Minaev
On Sarge, I can sync Palm IIIxe with Evolution via Gnome Pilot applet, but I use serial connection only. Perhaps, you could use pilot-link to find out if the problem is with kpilot or the connection itself. I recall some problems when I could backup my Palm with pilot-xfer, but not with any GUI to

Re: Problems with phpbb and mysql vi dselect

2006-12-19 Thread Bill Warren
Angelo Bertolli wrote: >Bill Warren wrote: > > >> >>-Original Message- >>From: Angelo Bertolli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Mon 12/18/2006 10:20 PM >>To: Bill Warren >>Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >>Subject: Re: Problems with phpbb and mysql vi dselect >> >>Bill Warren wrote: >>

Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

2006-12-19 Thread Vladimir Kozlov
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have absolutely the same problem, and I'm totally lost... The loaded modules before alsaconf: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep snd snd_intel8x0 30332 2 snd_ac97_codec 83104 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_bus2400 1 snd_ac9

Re: why some packages are kept back?

2006-12-19 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 02:07:22PM +0800, Yuwen Dai wrote: >Dear all, > >I'm using Debian Sarge. When I ran apt-gete upgrade, this message shows: > > ~# apt-get upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages have bee

Re: dvd a no go

2006-12-19 Thread Ed
On Monday 18 December 2006 20:12, A. F. Cano wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 03:02:36PM -0500, Ed wrote: > > Running etch. I used to be able to play dvds, but all of a > > sudden I cannot. They can neither be played nor mounted. CDs > > work fine in the same drive. I realize it may be a hardwa

making Etch RC1 CD images from DVD using jigdo contd.

2006-12-19 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Debianists/jigdo people, As I mentioned in earling postings the files on the DVD images and CD images do not seem to be a perfect match. Using DVD#1 of Etch RC1 to make CD#3 of Etch Rcd1 using jigdo I once again found that a few files were missing from the DVD and jigdo had to collect t

"/etc/alternative/" How to use it?

2006-12-19 Thread Ali Milis
Hi, May I know where to find information about how to use /etc/alternatives/ when developing a debian package? regards, -- Raja Ali M.I. Ilias, Bengkalis, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AliMilis Counted GNU/Linux Engineer # 405138 - http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: ldap server restart

2006-12-19 Thread Dave Ewart
On Tuesday, 19.12.2006 at 12:09 +0100, Fabrizio Lippolis wrote: > does anybody run an openldap server on debian? I have such server > running on etch which holds a very big database. I always have problems > when restarting the server because on stop it gets corrupted. I have > investigated a l

"Local Packages": can I use /opt/ ?

2006-12-19 Thread Ali Milis
Hi, Suppose there exists large-company.com and branch1.large-company.com. Both are producing "local packages" which may conflict with each others. Question: Is it OK to use /opt/com/large-company/ and /opt/com/large-company/branch1/ for local packages? Or should /usr/local/com/large-company/ and

Re: Palm III xe

2006-12-19 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 10:44:15AM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (18/12/06 18:58), Rob Wright wrote: > > I'm new to Debian, so please forgive me if this has been beaten to death. > > Through Red Hat, Fedora, and OpenSuSE I've not been able to get my old > > Palm IIIxe to connect and ultimately

Re: icewm & nautilus

2006-12-19 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
Paul Csányi wrote: > The windowmanager is icewm and I want to use the nautilus with > it. > I try to edit the ~/.xinitrc : > exec /usr/X11R6/bin/icewm > exec /usr/X11R6/bin/nautilus > I make .xinitrc executable. You can just use a standard Debian installation (i.e. you do not have to use a ~

ldap server restart

2006-12-19 Thread Fabrizio Lippolis
Hi list, does anybody run an openldap server on debian? I have such server running on etch which holds a very big database. I always have problems when restarting the server because on stop it gets corrupted. I have investigated a little and I think it depends on the way it gets stopped in th

Re: cleanup after dist-upgrade

2006-12-19 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
Hans du Plooy writes: > OK, I got all the problems sorted out after doing dist-upgrade on a live > production server :-) > What's the best way to clean this up? By the looks of it I now have two > versions of mysql installed. mysql -V does give me the 5.0.30 though: > # dpkg -l | grep mysql >

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