Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-07 Thread Ivan Imperl
I am on a slow dial-up connection to the Internet, and I use (at home) Debian unstable. Last year I used jigdo to download 3 DVD-s from my friend with cable Internet. Now it seems that .jigdo files for Debian sid are outdated. Is there a way to download all packages needed for latest Debian sid (a

Re: Another Xorg in Etch question...

2007-01-07 Thread Kevin Mark
Hi Digby, On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 06:40:54AM +, Digby Tarvin wrote: > It looks like the X.org display driver for the AMD Geode LX I am Cool, where did you get a geode? > The driver > does appear to have made it into Ubuntu I'd try to find an Ubunut version that would be compatible with Debian X

Another Xorg in Etch question...

2007-01-07 Thread Digby Tarvin
It looks like the X.org display driver for the AMD Geode LX I am installing on hasn't made it into a deb package yet - though I have found it in the list of requested packages here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400748 and what looks like the sources here: http://

Missing jigdo file

2007-01-07 Thread Bryce
Does anyone known anything about the file gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1_amd64.deb : Jigdo asks for this file but can't find it--out of over 7,000 files this is the only one missing for a DVD ISO (for AMD-64). The archives at snapshot.debian.net don't have this file after 8/31/06 (http://snaps

RE: How to cool my cpu temperature?

2007-01-07 Thread Seth Goodman
Douglas Tutty wrote on Sunday, January 07, 2007 4:20 PM -0600: > Most electronics are designed for an ambient (to them, not the > case) temperature of 25 C max. It would be nice if we could assume that when designing hardware, but it isn't realistic. Even for a benign laboratory environment, we

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 12:29:02AM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > Quick hack from a bash prompt: > Please investigate sudo and sux. If used properly, they are more secure and certainly more standard than your hack. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-07 Thread cga2000
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 09:22:38PM EST, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 03:19:56AM +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: > > Actually I had tried it before and I couldn't. It is cool since Debian > > increases security like this, but I modified login settings in login > > page to allow

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

2007-01-07 Thread Miles Bader
"Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The FHS is quite flexible in this respect. Personally, I like > /usr/local for stuff that I compile myself. > > Stuff that goes in /opt includes monolithic apps which I get in binary > form. IIRC that split is what's generally recommended -- /usr

Re: upgrading kernels & VFS: Unable to mount root fs

2007-01-07 Thread robert b
Actually, I just tried recompiling the 2.4.27 kernel (it took 5 hours!) with a similar configuration to what I had with 2.4.18 and it still doesn't work. It seems that the 2.4.27 linux kernel doesn't recognize the SIS5513-based IDE device on this old computer. I guess I'm going to have to continu

Re: Recording sound being played

2007-01-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 10:59:13PM -0500, Philippe Cloutier wrote: > I would like to record the sound that my soundcard is playing. This is > like normal recording if you'd have a wire connecting line-out and mic. > > How can I do that, without requiring such a wire, of course? one, of many, I'm

Recording sound being played

2007-01-07 Thread Philippe Cloutier
I would like to record the sound that my soundcard is playing. This is like normal recording if you'd have a wire connecting line-out and mic. How can I do that, without requiring such a wire, of course? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: Problem with software-raid/lvm after reinstallation (2.6)

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 11:00:12PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > If I understand corectly, you were running unstable (Sid) and you reinstalled > testing (Etch) and tried to mount the partitions on Etch that were made > by Sid. I wonder if you've run into the downgrading-not-supported (or > just

Re: Problem with software-raid/lvm after reinstallation (2.6)

2007-01-07 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 03:04:28AM +0100, "J?rgen P. Tjern?" wrote: > I recently reinstalled my (outdated) Debian Unstable to Debian Testing. > When this was completed, I attempted mounting the datapartitions from > my old installation, and I had a bit of problems. > > Basically, I have a softwa

backports: How do you disable the sticky mouse pointer at screen edge?

2007-01-07 Thread Allan Wind
I upgraded from sarge to (mostly) backports packages including devilspie, gnome and xorg 6.9. metacity was not upgraded (same version). After the upgrade my mouse pointer has become sticky at the edges of the screen, and I would like your help in figuring out how to disable that new feature. So

Re: S.M.A.R.T. smart long selftest aborted by host

2007-01-07 Thread Douglas Tutty
[snip] > Everything works fine for sdb: > > /usr/sbin/smartctl -t long -d ata /dev/sdb > > then check status with: > > /usr/sbin/smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sdb > > will show me the progress and eventually that it "completed without > error". > > When I do the same with /dev/sdb

Re: is this fair comment?????

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 12:16:01PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > > A more concise statement might be: "Debian has many developers, with > many disparate viewpoints, and there are always a few going on endlessly > on about one thing or another. Work continues apace." > Of course, that does not sen

Re: is this fair comment?????

2007-01-07 Thread Miles Bader
I don't doubt that there are few nutters out there who have "deliberately slowed down their work," but it seems completely off the mark to suggest any large number have (which I guess would be required to slow down the release). The article seems more like muck-raking than anything else. A more c

re: root privilege

2007-01-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
1) groupadd wheel 2) adduser username wheel as root 3) edit /etc/sudoers and remove the comment from line 25 that's the "#" character and save sudoers overriding objections about it being read only, 4) go into your user account and type sudo -i , 5) type whoami , 6) type exit then typ

Re: Does XFS work with LVM?

2007-01-07 Thread hendrik
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 05:34:14PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 04:39:45PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > > I had a WD Cavier that died. I think the bearing overheated and the > > speed wasn't constant as it squeeled. After I powered-off and it > > cooled, the JFS

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 03:19:56AM +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: > Actually I had tried it before and I couldn't. It is cool since Debian > increases security like this, but I modified login settings in login > page to allow "root" to login and now it works. > I will reiterate the sentiments that

Re: Does XFS work with LVM?

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 09:08:08PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 05:34:14PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > > > Good to know. Of course, there is always the freezer trick, and the > > oven trick. > > What's are those tricks? > If your bearings freeze, stick th

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-07 Thread Danesh Daroui
Actually I had tried it before and I couldn't. It is cool since Debian increases security like this, but I modified login settings in login page to allow "root" to login and now it works. Guillermo Garron wrote: On 1/7/07, Danesh Daroui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How can I have root privileg

Re: setting a spca5xx webcam under sarge?

2007-01-07 Thread Bruno Buys
>>What I already did was: >>- Test the webcam in a virtual win in the same machine: test ok. >> >> >> > >what do you mean by this? > I mean, I tested the camera in a vmware windows install, in the same computer. >why don't you try one of the other tools to view it before you start >heading

Re: xorg-6.9.0 on Sid?

2007-01-07 Thread Wayne Topa
Hugo Vanwoerkom([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > > Wayne, I have tried that image on Sid, same xorg components, and tleds > does *not* light the leds, when I am in X. > > I changed the tleds code to use X routines instead of ioctl's (which was > in the upstream version but rem

Problem with software-raid/lvm after reinstallation (2.6)

2007-01-07 Thread Jørgen P. Tjernø
Hi! (I hope this doesn't go through in triplicate, but I originally tried posting via the newsgroup that linux-gate was mirroring for this mailinglist, but it or google gruops seems to be eating my messages, no idea why) I recently reinstalled my (outdated) Debian Unstable to Debian Testing.

S.M.A.R.T. smart long selftest aborted by host

2007-01-07 Thread Douglas Tutty
Hello, I have two Seagate Baracuda 7200 80 GB drives. I've got smartmontools and have smartd set to monitor all attribues but I don't have it run self-checks automatically. The computer isn't on all the time so I can't schedule in advance when it will be on. I'd like to check the drives manuall

Re: PPRacer and video card problem

2007-01-07 Thread Marty
David Shultz wrote: On 1/7/07, Hal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Have a look to xorg log file ! I don't find anything maybe because i'm a newbie. if you could look at my XFree86.0.log I would appreciate it: I see where the Display Data Channel (or DDC protocol, which IDs your monitor) module

Opening Stereo 8-bit 8-K Audio Streams

2007-01-07 Thread Martin McCormick
I wrote a VOX or Voice Actuated Relay recording program about 4 years ago and have been adding to it. It occurred to me that I may be able to get 2 VOX's for the price of one by opening /dev/dsp in stereo mode instead of the straight /dev/dsp mode I have been using. This should give me a

Re: xcdroast Invalid readcd version -unknown- found

2007-01-07 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 12:44:40AM +0100, csanyipal wrote: > Hello! > > I upgraded from Sarge to Etch. :) > > Now I try to run Xcdroast (from an xterm), but get an error message: > > --> > ** (xcdroast:9724): WARNING **: Invalid readcd version -unknown- found. > Expecting at leas

Re: Root privilege

2007-01-07 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On 08/01/07, Danesh Daroui wrote: How can I have root privilege in graphical mode? I can run any command by using "sudo" but how can I have full privilege in graphical mode? This is NOT recommended, as some configuration may be unnecessarily overwritten or modified by the X application, causing

Root privilege

2007-01-07 Thread Danesh Daroui
How can I have root privilege in graphical mode? I can run any command by using "sudo" but how can I have full privilege in graphical mode? D. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Can I change motherboard without reinstal ling sarge

2007-01-07 Thread Angelo Bertolli
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 10:04:34AM +0800, a wrote: > >> >> I change motherboard, sarge refuse to boot, it says BIOS check fails >> I used debian before (woody, potato...) there's no such problem >> Do I have to re-install sarge? >> > > Short answer: It depends.

Re: How to cool my cpu temperature?

2007-01-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 10:53:26AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 04:03:37PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > yet another reason to shave the cats *outside* instead of in the > > house... > > Shave? LOL What breed are they? Or is "cats" a euphemism? hmmm... ok

Re: setting a spca5xx webcam under sarge?

2007-01-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 07:35:12PM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:53:23AM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > >>Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >>>On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 10:47:43PM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > > > compiled it with module-assistant. Ev

Re: apt-get update failing at 99%

2007-01-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 05:37:38PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 05:16:27PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > > I am running into this repeatedly on one machine in particular. > > > > I don't have a memory problem (apt::cache or hardware). > > I've been able to run apt-get u

Re: why can't I see my messages

2007-01-07 Thread Bryce
Never mind. somehow that one went through. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

why can't I see my messages

2007-01-07 Thread Bryce
my own messages aren't returned on this list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xcdroast Invalid readcd version -unknown- found

2007-01-07 Thread csanyipal
Hello! I upgraded from Sarge to Etch. :) Now I try to run Xcdroast (from an xterm), but get an error message: --> ** (xcdroast:9724): WARNING **: Invalid readcd version -unknown- found. Expecting at least version 1.1.0 Start xcdroast with the -n option to override (not recommende

Re: is this fair comment?????

2007-01-07 Thread M. Fioretti
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 09:41:32 AM +1100, M-L ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When I went to the site, it did say "Spread the Word" So I assume > you're moving off the subject for a reason? I'm am not 100% sure I understand your answer, but I _believe_ you are referring to the "spread the word - digg

re: no common name in certificate lynx error

2007-01-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
Thanks much for the pointer, I read down far enough and found a web page with a version of lynx that fixes the no common name in certificate error. I was able to sign into my gmail account with no problems on that score for the first time today using debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: How to cool my cpu temperature?

2007-01-07 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 08:04:08AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > The problem where I live is the ambient temperature. It is now 8AM and > the temperature is 21C 70F. That is the case temp also and the mobo temp > is 34C. The CPU temp is 40C. > > But houses here are either built out of corrugat

Re: PPRacer and video card problem

2007-01-07 Thread David Shultz
On 1/7/07, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Did you dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, maybe the monitor is not detected correctly Yes I did dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and used the vertical and horizontal sync rate from LG's website(given below): http://ca.lge.com/en/prodmodelde

apt-get update failing at 99%

2007-01-07 Thread Tom Allison
I am running into this repeatedly on one machine in particular. I don't have a memory problem (apt::cache or hardware). I've been able to run apt-get update on other boxes in the same network and it works OK. But this keeps stopping at 99% and appears to hang. And while apt-get update is hung

Re: is this fair comment?????

2007-01-07 Thread M-L
On Monday 08 January 2007 09:38, M. Fioretti shared this with us all: >--> On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 21:45:48 PM +, Michael Fothergill >--> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >--> >--> > I found an article on a web site called linux-watch >--> > (http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3128387759.html) >--> [...]

Re: apt-get update failing at 99%

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 05:16:27PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > I am running into this repeatedly on one machine in particular. > > I don't have a memory problem (apt::cache or hardware). > I've been able to run apt-get update on other boxes in the same network and > it works OK. But this keeps s

Re: is this fair comment?????

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 09:45:48PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Dear Debianists, > > I found an article on a web site called linux-watch > (http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3128387759.html) > [SNIP article text] > > Is this article accurate in its reporting? > That depends on how you de

Re: Does XFS work with LVM?

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 04:39:45PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > I run JFS on everything. Even my 486 with ancient hardware, JFS has > been the most forgiving. I could never see a need to shrink a > partition. For my new box I've gone with LVM with JFS on top. Under > the LVM I have raid1 fo

Re: Does XFS work with LVM?

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 10:21:07PM +0100, rafiks wrote: > > for a desktop ,what filesystem would be best ..I have been using reiserfs > since I had a desktop,Before with my laptop i had XFS .. With reiser,I > notice that it takes longer for a reboot .. > For a desktop, the best (as in best bala

Re: is this fair comment?????

2007-01-07 Thread M. Fioretti
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 21:45:48 PM +, Michael Fothergill ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I found an article on a web site called linux-watch > (http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3128387759.html) [...] > > Is this article accurate in its reporting? I have no idea yet, must still think about it. B

Re: is this fair comment?????

2007-01-07 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 09:45:48PM +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Dear Debianists, > Is this article accurate in its reporting? > > I am a bit puzzled by it. For me, if I would buy CDs or DVDs from a vendor > or make a donation to Debian etc and some of the money was spent to pay > some of

Re: strange processor (slow

2007-01-07 Thread strawks
On dim, 2007-01-07 at 19:11 +0100, SoulChild wrote: > do u have an idea how i can fix only the boot problem, does downgrading to > kernel 2.6.16 help? I'm still using the 2.6.16 kernel and in my case this is the last version which works fine. I have seen the problem only when installing 2.6.17 a

Re: xorg-6.9.0 on Sid?

2007-01-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Wayne Topa wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Sorry for the misunderstanding, but I mean this: 1. I start a network intensive task anywhere, e.g. a download 2. Make sure tleds is running 3. I select Alt+Ctrl+F1 and then end up in a VT console #1 I see the LEDs

Re: Does XFS work with LVM?

2007-01-07 Thread rafiks
for a desktop ,what filesystem would be best ..I have been using reiserfs since I had a desktop,Before with my laptop i had XFS .. With reiser,I notice that it takes longer for a reboot .. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: setting a spca5xx webcam under sarge?

2007-01-07 Thread Bruno Buys
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:53:23AM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > > >>Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 10:47:43PM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: >>> >>> >>> >[...] > > compiled it with module-assistant. Everything went ok, and

Re: How to cool my cpu temperature?

2007-01-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 04:03:37PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > yet another reason to shave the cats *outside* instead of in the > house... Shave? LOL What breed are they? Or is "cats" a euphemism? -- Chris. == " ... the official version cannot be abandoned because the implicatio

Re: How to cool my cpu temperature?

2007-01-07 Thread John Hasler
Kevin Mark writes: > After geening a snippet of an article on slashdot last year, it said > that solar cells are now 48% efficient. Some extremely expensive experimental solar cells are up to 48% efficient. > ...it would seem that the cost of investing in solar cells to power > cooling units woul

Re: PPRacer and video card problem

2007-01-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 09:36:32PM -0500, David Shultz wrote: >I'm a newbie and having a bit of problem. I have a debian sarge >system(amd64 3400, 1gb RAM and MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R mobo and samtron >76V crt monitor) with visiontek's xtasy 6564 powered by nvidia geforce3 >Ti200(64mb ddr

is this fair comment?????

2007-01-07 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Debianists, I found an article on a web site called linux-watch (http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3128387759.html) Here is the article: *** Disgruntled Debian developers delay Etch Dec. 18, 2006 Debian GNU/Lin

Re: Etch becoming slower than Sarge?

2007-01-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 03:04:47AM +1100, Geoff Reidy wrote: [Please trim your quotes] > You could try booting a cd with memtest86 or knoppix or something to see > if that finds it all, or see if there's a bios update for your > motherboard that mentions some memory issues. > Other than that I'm

Re: Does XFS work with LVM?

2007-01-07 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 02:10:44PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 12:00:07PM +0100, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > Of course, you are more than welcome to use reiserfs, JFS, or XFS. > However, reiserfs, from my understanding, has its own set of issues and > JFS and XFS are

Re: Can I change motherboard without reinstal ling sarge

2007-01-07 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 10:04:34AM +0800, a wrote: > > I change motherboard, sarge refuse to boot, it says BIOS check fails > I used debian before (woody, potato...) there's no such problem > Do I have to re-install sarge? If the old and new motherboards are identical there should be no problem.

Re: Can I change motherboard without reinstal ling sarge

2007-01-07 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 14:07:12 -0600 Gnu_Raiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I must say don't ever try that under Windows, most people I know who > try it have quirky problems, I would never try it unless it was the > same motherboard and chipset as the board before. I wouldn't. There can still be ch

Re: How to cool my cpu temperature?

2007-01-07 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 08:04:08AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > But houses here are either built out of corrugated steel, in which case > you never put a computer in it, or concrete block + concrete roof, like > ours. Because it never rains from Oct.-May the sun will heat the > structure so b

Re: Can I change motherboard without reinstal ling sarge

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 02:07:12PM -0600, Gnu_Raiz wrote: > > I have successfully istalled different graphics cards in the same system > without having to tweak the xorg.conf file. But this was the same brand > of card, for example I have switch from say a Nvidia fx 5600 Ultra, to > say a 6600

Re: xorg-6.9.0 on Sid?

2007-01-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom writes: 1. I start a network intensive task anywhere, e.g. a download 2. Make sure tleds is running 3. I select Alt+Ctrl+F1 and then end up in a VT console #1 I see the LEDs blink 4. I select Alt+Ctrl+F7 and end up in X, whatever I did there before,

Re: lynx no common name in certificate error on google

2007-01-07 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
Jude DaShiell writes: > This happens with the debian distributed version of lynx when I try > logging into my google account. Do I need to rebuild the package and > perhaps link it to the ssl facilities on my system or do I need to > configure lynx in some way short of a rebuild? I'll probably dow

Re: Can I change motherboard without reinstal ling sarge

2007-01-07 Thread Gnu_Raiz
I have to agree with Robert on this one, just make sure you have a newish stock kernel installed, which will support your motherboard, or at least your cpu chipset. That way you will be able to boot, then you might need to tweak your settings, you should also be making backups of your importan

lynx no common name in certificate error on google

2007-01-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
This happens with the debian distributed version of lynx when I try logging into my google account. Do I need to rebuild the package and perhaps link it to the ssl facilities on my system or do I need to configure lynx in some way short of a rebuild? I'll probably download source and build usin

Re: export question

2007-01-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 10:06:02PM -0500, Tony Heal wrote: > Here is the problem. What you suggest will place the variable in the > environment, but that is what export is supposed to do. > > >From the man for bash > export [-fn] [name[=word]] ... > export -p > The supplied names are marked fo

Re: ALSA on LG LW20 laptop

2007-01-07 Thread Widar Nord
> Does anyone managed to make ALSA work well on a LG LW20 laptop? > I can ear sound, but can't ear headphones without having sound from front > speakers simultaneously. Muting speakers also mutes headphones. I have a working ALSA setup on my Debian LG LW20 box. You need an ALSA version later tha

Re: setting a spca5xx webcam under sarge?

2007-01-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:53:23AM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > >On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 10:47:43PM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > > [...] > >>compiled it with module-assistant. Everything went ok, and modprobe > >>inserts the driver with no apparent problems. The thin

Re: Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro on linux

2007-01-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 02:45:08AM -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:02:00 -0800 > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 06:48:36PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 20:09:37 + > > > ArameFarpado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

Re: Re: Can I change motherboard without reinstal ling sarge

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Hello, Please reply on the list instead of off the list, unless you have a goo reason. Also, please fix your email client so that it wraps lines properly. My reply is below. On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 03:26:33PM +0800, a wrote: > > Thanks! Both are BX motherboard (slot 1). When I use old one, I

Re: How to install Debian on a diskless NFS client?

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 05:01:16PM +0100, Urs Thuermann wrote: > I want to install Debian testing on a diskless machine (i.e. no > floppy, no CDROM, no hard disk) using DHCP/TFTP and NFS. Besides > being diskless, the machine is a standard Pentium PC with a NIC which > has an etherboot EPROM to bo

Re: Does XFS work with LVM?

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 08:43:35AM -0700, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > > If you don't want ext3, reiserfs is the only alternative if you want to be > able to shrink. JFS and XFS cannot shrink, only grow. > Though, depending on your application, that might be just fine. Where I am working now, th

Re: Re: /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

2007-01-07 Thread J Toll
Thanks, your suggestion basically did the trick, although I did end up having to remove 3 lines from /var/lib/dpkg/available to get it to work. It appears as though the file was corrupted. Regarding your question about disk space, I have plenty, so it's unlikely that was the cause of the corruptio

Re: Does XFS work with LVM?

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 12:00:07PM +0100, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > > > And why ext3? I would never recommend it, since it eats you 10% of the > partition. I don't remember the exact number, but it's around that. So > if you have partition of 10GB, if you format the partition with > reiserfs,

Re: nxserver

2007-01-07 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 05:04:00PM +0100, Marco Mandl wrote: > This brings me to security problem. I nx adds its default key then > everybody could use this default key to login to the corresponding > user with a ssh client. Wrong? Wrong. If you're using PAM, the default key only gives them acces

Re: xorg-6.9.0 on Sid?

2007-01-07 Thread Wayne Topa
Hugo Vanwoerkom([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Sorry for the misunderstanding, but I mean this: > > 1. I start a network intensive task anywhere, e.g. a download > 2. Make sure tleds is running > 3. I select Alt+Ctrl+F1 and then end up in a VT console #1 I see the > LEDs blink > 4

Re: xorg-6.9.0 on Sid?

2007-01-07 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
Hugo Vanwoerkom writes: > 1. I start a network intensive task anywhere, e.g. a download > 2. Make sure tleds is running > 3. I select Alt+Ctrl+F1 and then end up in a VT console #1 I see the > LEDs blink > 4. I select Alt+Ctrl+F7 and end up in X, whatever I did there before, > The LEDs do *not* bl

Re: How to install Debian on a diskless NFS client?

2007-01-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Urs Thuermann wrote: > A second way would be not to run the installation on the client, but > prepare the directory to be exported to the client directly on the > server. I think this is what debootsrap is for, but I haven't found > any good documentation how to use it. The Debian Installation Gu

Re: Etch becoming slower than Sarge?

2007-01-07 Thread hendrik
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 11:52:22PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Saturday 06 January 2007 19:52, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > > > > In fact, I never figured out how they manage to consume all that memory. > > It must be they are working hard on it. :D > > > > > I have 1Gb ram and Etch stil

Re: strange processor (slow

2007-01-07 Thread SoulChild
do u have an idea how i can fix only the boot problem, does downgrading to kernel 2.6.16 help? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: nxserver

2007-01-07 Thread Wayne Topa
Marco Mandl([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:04:00 +0100, Marco Mandl wrote: > > > I want to setup nxserver with public key authentication. > > Is there a better forum to discuss that problem? > 1st The subject could be a bit more informative. I went looki

Re: /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

2007-01-07 Thread Alan Chandler
On Sunday 07 January 2007 17:14, J Toll wrote: > Hi, > > For the past few weeks I've been unable to upgrade any packages. The > process fails with the following message. I can't tell if this is a > problem with dpkg, debconf, or libkrb53. Any suggestions on how to ... > dpkg: parse error, in fi

Garbled text screen since upgrade to kernel 2.6.18-3-686

2007-01-07 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Since the recent upgrade to the above referenced kernel my initial, text mode start-up screen consists of an interesting arrangement of random pixels! It's fine in grub, but once Linux starts up everything goes random (well pseudo anyway) until 'X' starts, after which all is well. Dropping bac

/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

2007-01-07 Thread J Toll
Hi, For the past few weeks I've been unable to upgrade any packages. The process fails with the following message. I can't tell if this is a problem with dpkg, debconf, or libkrb53. Any suggestions on how to fix this would be appreciated. Thanks # apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done

Re: strange processor (slow

2007-01-07 Thread SoulChild
okay.. thanks... at least u seem to know more thank I. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xorg-6.9.0 on Sid?

2007-01-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: However, on the default keyboard they LEDs don't work no matter if my USB keyboard is plugged in or not. So the bottom line is (in my case) tleds works on my laptop only with my external US

Re: nxserver

2007-01-07 Thread Marco Mandl
On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:04:00 +0100, Marco Mandl wrote: > I want to setup nxserver with public key authentication. Is there a better forum to discuss that problem? /m -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How to install Debian on a diskless NFS client?

2007-01-07 Thread Urs Thuermann
I want to install Debian testing on a diskless machine (i.e. no floppy, no CDROM, no hard disk) using DHCP/TFTP and NFS. Besides being diskless, the machine is a standard Pentium PC with a NIC which has an etherboot EPROM to boot via DHCP/TFTP. As described in the Debian Installation Guide, secti

nxserver

2007-01-07 Thread Marco Mandl
Hello, I want to setup nxserver with public key authentication. It is easy to have nxclient connect to nxserver after I have placed the public key of the client into nx/.ssh directory. Then nx uses sshd again to authenticate the actual user. But sshd does not use PAM but only public key authentic

Re: Does XFS work with LVM?

2007-01-07 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
On Sunday 07 January 2007 04:00, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > That is correct. You cannot make XFS shrink, only grow. However, this > > does not prevent you from using it on LVM. You just can't make the > > logical volumes any smaller, only larger. Out of curiousity,

Re: xorg-6.9.0 on Sid?

2007-01-07 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: >> However, on the default keyboard they LEDs don't work no matter if my >> USB keyboard is plugged in or not. >> >> So the bottom line is (in my case) tleds works on my laptop only with >> my external USB keyboard. > Ju

Re: xorg-6.9.0 on Sid?

2007-01-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom writes: Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom writes: Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom writes: Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: I've just installed it and tleds works fine with ,[ /var/log/Xorg.0.log ] | X Window System

Re: strange processor (slow on AC, normal on battery)

2007-01-07 Thread strawks
On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 15:00 +0100, SoulChild wrote: > [quote]Do you also have an asus laptop?[/quote] > No i have a Terra Anima 4200. but i also have a Intel Centrino M Processor. > hmmm, and now ? For now I don't have any solution, sorry, I suppose this is ACPI related so when I have some time I

Re: xorg-6.9.0 on Sid?

2007-01-07 Thread Jhair Tocancipa Triana
Hugo Vanwoerkom writes: > Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: >> Hugo Vanwoerkom writes: >> >>> Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom writes: > Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: >> I've just installed it and tleds works fine with >> >> ,[ /var/log/Xorg.0.log ] >>

Re: PPRacer and video card problem

2007-01-07 Thread Hal
David Shultz wrote: [..] I really want it to be resolved and use debian. Is there anything else I need to do? --David Try to understand if direct render is properly working Have a look to xorg log file ! -- The difference between theory and practice is not as great in theory as in pratice

Re: xorg-6.9.0 on Sid?

2007-01-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom writes: Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom writes: Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: I've just installed it and tleds works fine with ,[ /var/log/Xorg.0.log ] | X Window System Version 7.1.1 | Release Date: 12 May 2006 | X Protocol V

Re: strange processor (slow

2007-01-07 Thread SoulChild
[quote]Do you also have an asus laptop?[/quote] No i have a Terra Anima 4200. but i also have a Intel Centrino M Processor. hmmm, and now ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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