Re: CD/DVD Burner Configuration

2007-08-06 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 03:45:33 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > yes, there it is. So my question is: how can I fix this, Maybe checking the settings for your user (specifically, user privileges) would help. If using gnome, this can be checked under Desktop/Administration/Users and Groups.

Re: CD/DVD Burner Configuration

2007-08-06 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 03:45:33 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > yes, there it is. So my question is: how can I fix this, Maybe checking the settings for your user (specifically, user privileges) would help. If using gnome, this can be checked under Desktop/Administration/Users and Groups. P

Re: video editing of digicam avi files

2007-08-06 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 17:27:52 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to find a method to make an mpeg movie from a number of > avi files captured from a digital camera (Canon A540). The program tovid will change files from avi to mpeg. Add the following repositories to yo

Re: SOLVED: Re: using ssl on part of a website

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 03:41:52PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > that looks to me to be the best way to use SSL with ikiwiki. The debian AND upstream maintainer is Joey Hess. I think he might be interested in documenting your solution. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply

Re: New hard drive problem

2007-08-06 Thread Jeff D
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, William Walter wrote: i've a computer with debian etch. i've recently added a new sata hard drive and enter the harddrive in /etc/fstab. It was working fine. Suddenly today Debian etch is not booting properly. I'm getting the following errors: Begin:Mounting root file system

Re: Issues with ethernet in testing/lenny

2007-08-06 Thread percy tiglao
Sorry that I didn't respond earlier. However, I do not have a subscription and have tried various ways of responding (last one I tried was USENET... but I was rejected by the moderation) but I guess this will do. Please CC messages to me in the future. Sorry I didn't mention that earlier. Anyway,

New hard drive problem

2007-08-06 Thread William Walter
i've a computer with debian etch. i've recently added a new sata hard drive and enter the harddrive in /etc/fstab. It was working fine. Suddenly today Debian etch is not booting properly. I'm getting the following errors: Begin:Mounting root file system ... Begin:Running /scripts/local-top ... Don

Re: Which kernel should I choose with the following cpu?

2007-08-06 Thread Kun Niu
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 10:28:48AM +0800, Kun Niu wrote: > > Thank you for tracing my problem. > > It's true that my root system is of ext3 format. > > I only got the compiled image from the mirror site security.debian.org. > > I don't know if ext3 is compiled is built into the kernel or compiled

Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?

2007-08-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 07:40:08PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/06/07 18:42, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2007-08-06 15:13:10 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> because breakage due to python occurs too frequently), it is important > >> I still don't have any evidence that python breaks frequent

CD/DVD Burner Configuration

2007-08-06 Thread Adriano Bonat
Hello guys, I tried to burn a CD with k3b, and got an error from wodim, the same as follow: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ wodim -scanbus /usr/bin/wodim: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver! For possible targets try 'wodim --devices' or 'wodim -scanbus'. For possible transport specifiers try

Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?

2007-08-06 Thread s. keeling
Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 2007-08-06 15:13:10 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > because breakage due to python occurs too frequently), it is important > > > > I still don't have any evidence that python breaks frequently. > > This is based on personal experience. Unfortunately I h

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread s. keeling
graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 05:02:07PM +0100, graham wrote: > >> Yet another cups problem (the one program which makes me feel like I do > >> when running windows - like putting a foot through the computer). > > > > So why run cups? Use L

Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?

2007-08-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/07 18:42, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-08-06 15:13:10 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> because breakage due to python occurs too frequently), it is important >> I still don't have any evidence that python breaks frequently. > > This is based

Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 01:42:25AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-08-06 15:13:10 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > because breakage due to python occurs too frequently), it is important > > > > I still don't have any evidence that python breaks frequently. > > This is based on personal exp

Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?

2007-08-06 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-06 15:13:10 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > because breakage due to python occurs too frequently), it is important > > I still don't have any evidence that python breaks frequently. This is based on personal experience. Unfortunately I haven't kept statistics, but I'd say, taking into ac

Emacs 22 on Debian Etch

2007-08-06 Thread Yannick Gingras
Hi, Emacs 22 is quite an editor and I'm sure many of you are already using it. It is in Sid but no luck yet for those running Etch, at least those with an architecture different from i386. I ended up building my own .debs, this is a straight forward procedure but it's a bit obscure and it could

Re: How to disable ipv6 tunneling

2007-08-06 Thread Michael M.
On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 21:15 +0200, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 04:57:30PM +0200, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > >> I run Etch and at every boot, as message on the screen states, it > >> activates some "ipv6 over ipv4 tunneling driver" and it lasts

Re: Capture of video stream..

2007-08-06 Thread cothrige
"Mumia W.." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 08/06/2007 01:53 PM, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: >> >> I want to capture streamed video from a youtube >> link... [snip] > > Maybe the '-dumpstream' option to mplayer can capture such streams. > > If you're using the Firefox web browser, the "Fast Video Downlo

Re: ext3fs errors with kernel 2.6.18 but not with 2.4.27

2007-08-06 Thread Francois Duranleau
On 8/4/07, Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also have the ABIT KT7 and it has gone from kernels 2.4.27 -> > 2.6.18-4 with no CRC errors showing up at all. It's only been running > for 5-6 years. CPU Fan has been changed twice but other then that, > its fine. I have mine since december

Re: Mislaid disk space

2007-08-06 Thread Jose Luis Rivas Contreras
Adam Gray wrote: > I have a 40Gb external LaCie USB hard drive, which until recently used > to contain all my data. I have now bought a 300gb internal drive to > move everything onto. But having moved some of the stuff over, for > various reasons I have now mucked up my debian install and want to >

SOLVED: Re: using ssl on part of a website

2007-08-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 03:31:47PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 04:12:48PM -0500, Sam Leon wrote: > > > > > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 01:08:43PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> > >>> Hi guys, I'm having real trouble figu

Re: login via GDM don't get desktop

2007-08-06 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Bob Middaugh wrote: Hi, I just installed the latest version. When I login via GDM, I just see the cursor and the background. I never get a "full" desktop. I installed from the minimal CD. Any ideas? I get that with fvwm when I have 'ModulePath' in its .fvwm2rc config file pointing to th

Re: using ssl on part of a website

2007-08-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 04:12:48PM -0500, Sam Leon wrote: > > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 01:08:43PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, I'm having real trouble figuring out how to do this. >>> I've got a wiki running ikiwiki and I'd like to get the

JFS suitability [Was Re: Opinions XFS]

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
Hello Stefan, We've been having a discussion on debian-user on the differences between XFS and JFS and where one would be better than the other for different applications. In the course of the discussion, Justin Piszcz sent a copy of an email he received from Dave Kleikamp at IBM who doesn't reco

Re: Mislaid disk space

2007-08-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/07 16:44, Adam Gray wrote: > I have a 40Gb external LaCie USB hard drive, which until recently used > to contain all my data. I have now bought a 300gb internal drive to > move everything onto. But having moved some of the stuff over, for > va

Re: Any suggestions on good CLI newsreaders?

2007-08-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
snownews is a cli rss reader and I use it. Maybe I'm the only one to do so, since I haven't yet got orca talking in Debian but there it is. On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: John Hasler debian.org> writes: Amit writes: Any of you use newsreaders from the commandline. I do

Re: Any suggestions on good CLI newsreaders?

2007-08-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
safari has rss capabilities already built in. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Opinions XFS

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 05:32:11PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote: > On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > >What exactly do you mean that JFS has no maintainer. > > It has a maintainer, but he cannot work on it full-time: > > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:11:06 -0500 > From: Dave Kleikamp <[EM

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Samuel Bächler
Well - it isn't that old. It is a Compaq Desktop EN, Pentium III with about > > 500MB RAM. But there is only one Ethernet-Connection which - I guess - can > > be solved by using a Hub or Switch, isn't it? > > no. to use a desktop machine as a router, you need two network > connections: one for

Re: Any suggestions on good CLI newsreaders?

2007-08-06 Thread Jude DaShiell
Ah, that kind of news! apt-get snownews then. On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, John K Masters wrote: On 17:39 Mon 06 Aug , Amit Uttamchandani wrote: John Hasler debian.org> writes: Amit writes: Any of you use newsreaders from the commandline. I doubt anyone uses a command-line newsreader but

Re: Debian can't mount Camera Memory Stick

2007-08-06 Thread Mike McCarty
David Brodbeck wrote: On Aug 6, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Mike McCarty wrote: If by "powered hub" you mean "it has its own separate power supply", then no. Otherwise, I don't know what you mean. It draws power from the USB. The WD disc is powered through it. Right, a powered hub has its own power s

Re: Capture of video stream..

2007-08-06 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/06/2007 01:53 PM, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: I want to capture streamed video from a youtube link. I think that it can be done using mplayer but can't find the exact invocation.. Can the same trick be used to capture streamed audio too? Thanks in advance. -ishwar Maybe the '-dumpstream' op

Re: How to disable ipv6 tunneling

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 07:43:25AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 04:57:30PM +0200, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > > I run Etch and at every boot, as message on the screen states, it > > activates some "ipv6 over ipv4 tunneling driver" and it lasts several > > seconds. I don't need

Re: Capture of video stream..

2007-08-06 Thread Ralph Katz
On 08/06/2007 03:13 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/06/07 13:53, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: >> I want to capture streamed video from a youtube >> link. I think that it can be done using mplayer >> but can't find the exact invocation.. > >> Can the same trick be used to capture streamed >> audio too? > >

Re: Debian can't mount Camera Memory Stick

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 03:58:52PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 02:02:09PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: >>> Well, I tried plugging the Dazzle directly into another USB >>> port, and it mounts just fine. So, why can't the stick mount >>> through the hub

Re: Hard disk dying?

2007-08-06 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 01:56:41PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote: > > > On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Sam wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Justin, here is the output from smartctl -a /dev/hda >> >> smartctl version 5.36 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen >> Ho

Mislaid disk space

2007-08-06 Thread Adam Gray
I have a 40Gb external LaCie USB hard drive, which until recently used to contain all my data. I have now bought a 300gb internal drive to move everything onto. But having moved some of the stuff over, for various reasons I have now mucked up my debian install and want to start afresh. But, for so

Re: How to disable ipv6 tunneling

2007-08-06 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 04:57:30PM +0200, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > I run Etch and at every boot, as message on the screen states, it > activates some "ipv6 over ipv4 tunneling driver" and it lasts several > seconds. I don't need ipv6. How can it be disabled? > in /etc/modprobe.d/aliases look fo

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 12:59:42PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Ron Johnson : > > > > Now you want the WRT54GL. (Note the extra L, which means Linux.) > > The WRT54G stopped using Linux in v5.0. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G > > > > Thank you Mr. Johnson for up-to-date i

Re: Opinions XFS

2007-08-06 Thread Justin Piszcz
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 04:29:43PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote: On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 09:55:28AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: On Aug 4, 2007, at 2:42 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: I'd have to modify tha

Re: Public PC

2007-08-06 Thread Mike McCarty
Dave Walker wrote: I hope to place a PC running Etch in our small (tiny, actually) airport building for use by pilots. The PC will be used to access perhaps 10 web sites (plus or minus) over a DSL connection and to run a few utilities to show GMT and a calculator and maybe a few additional applic

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 6, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: If this box is going to be a firewall, even with IP aliases, isn't this an issue? Is there no way for an attack to bypass the level 3 router by doing something at a lower level? Someone local to one of the two networks could send pack

Re: Debian can't mount Camera Memory Stick

2007-08-06 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 6, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Mike McCarty wrote: If by "powered hub" you mean "it has its own separate power supply", then no. Otherwise, I don't know what you mean. It draws power from the USB. The WD disc is powered through it. Right, a powered hub has its own power supply. Some devices don'

Re: Opinions XFS

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 04:29:43PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote: > On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 09:55:28AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > >>On Aug 4, 2007, at 2:42 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>>I'd have to modify that. Instead of NIH, my worry is that since

Re: using ssl on part of a website

2007-08-06 Thread Sam Leon
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 01:08:43PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Hi guys, I'm having real trouble figuring out how to do this. I've got a wiki running ikiwiki and I'd like to get the log-in/editing portion out of clear text. the obvious thing seems to be

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread graham
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: This is, in fact, what I use. Lpr with apsfilter. Simple to setup, well documented. It works. Since Florian Kulzer is being kind enough to attempt remote diagnosis, I'll see how that goes first (also because at some later point I'd like this to be a samba print

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 01:49:08PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Aug 6, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 08:45:21AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > >>no. to use a desktop machine as a router, you need two network > >>connections: one for the local net

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread graham
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 18:52:56 +0100, graham wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 17:02:07 +0100, graham wrote: I have a standard printer with a reliable driver (Brother HL5040). It was working using the parallel port on my old PC. Said PC died, replaced

Re: Debian can't mount Camera Memory Stick

2007-08-06 Thread ArcticFox
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 02:02:09PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: Well, I tried plugging the Dazzle directly into another USB port, and it mounts just fine. So, why can't the stick mount through the hub? The "real" disc mounts fine. I've had issues in the past when using an unpowered USB hub, some

Re: Debian can't mount Camera Memory Stick

2007-08-06 Thread Mike McCarty
David Brodbeck wrote: On Aug 6, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Mike McCarty wrote: Well, I tried plugging the Dazzle directly into another USB port, and it mounts just fine. So, why can't the stick mount through the hub? The "real" disc mounts fine. Is it a powered hub? I've found some USB devices do

Re: Debian can't mount Camera Memory Stick

2007-08-06 Thread Mike McCarty
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 02:02:09PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: Well, I tried plugging the Dazzle directly into another USB port, and it mounts just fine. So, why can't the stick mount through the hub? The "real" disc mounts fine. Are there any options you can pass to th

Re: using ssl on part of a website

2007-08-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 01:08:43PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > Hi guys, I'm having real trouble figuring out how to do this. > > I've got a wiki running ikiwiki and I'd like to get the log-in/editing > portion out of clear text. the obvious thing seems to be to use SSL, > but I don't wa

Re: Opinions XFS

2007-08-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/07 15:29, Justin Piszcz wrote: [snip] > > I would too, until I found out JFS has no maintainer. No /official/ maintainer, or "whoever IBM assigns to the task of fixing a certain bug or set of bugs"? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA

Re: login via GDM don't get desktop

2007-08-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 06:57:17PM +, Bob Middaugh wrote: > Hi, > I just installed the latest version. When I login via GDM, I just see the > cursor and the background. I never get a "full" desktop. I installed from > the minimal CD. Any ideas? what kind of cursor and background? the def

Re: Public PC

2007-08-06 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 03:06:10PM -0500, Dave Walker wrote: > I hope to place a PC running Etch in our small (tiny, actually) > airport building for use by pilots. The PC will be used to access > perhaps 10 web sites (plus or minus) over a DSL connection and to run > a few utilities to show GMT an

Re: Hard disk dying?

2007-08-06 Thread Sam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yeah it is backed up, I just happen to need to drive to expand my operations. Would be a pity if it was bad. No errors tho, in both the short and extended tests. === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Self-test log structure revision number

Re: Debian can't mount Camera Memory Stick

2007-08-06 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 6, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Mike McCarty wrote: Mike McCarty wrote: My GF has a situation in which she cannot mount a camera memory stick. Here's the setup... CPU<--->HUB<--->Dazzle[<--Stick The HUB is from Radio Shack. The Dazzle is a device used to interface the memory stick with USB. The m

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 6, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 08:45:21AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Well - it isn't that old. It is a Compaq Desktop EN, Pentium III with about 500MB RAM. But there is only one Ethernet-Connection which - I guess - can be solved by usin

Re: Transitioning to 64bit, is it worth it, and how

2007-08-06 Thread Alan Chandler
On Monday 06 August 2007, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 12:55:46PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > > >On 8/4/07, Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I have a Core2 Duo on which I am running a 686 kernel (from > > >> Debian unstable). It has 1GB of memory > > >> > >

Re: login via GDM don't get desktop

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 06:57:17PM +, Bob Middaugh wrote: > Hi, > I just installed the latest version. When I login via GDM, I just see the > cursor and the background. I never get a "full" desktop. I installed from > the minimal CD. Any ideas? How do the cursor and the background look l

Re: Hard disk dying?

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 01:56:41PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote: > Your disk looks OK to me, I have seen Device Status Error in the past as > well but never suffered any ill effects. If I recall correctly from the Google study, certain smart errors (don't remember which) mean the drive will fail,

Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?

2007-08-06 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-06 12:08:50 -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > To the OP, sadly there is no alternative for apt-listchanges other than > manually going to http://packages.debian.org/changelog:packagename and > checking out the changelogs manually. Yes, and this isn't easy when one has upgraded seve

Re: Opinions XFS

2007-08-06 Thread Justin Piszcz
On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 09:55:28AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: On Aug 4, 2007, at 2:42 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: I'd have to modify that. Instead of NIH, my worry is that since XFS was designed for a different kernel, it's been "shimmed" into Li

Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?

2007-08-06 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-06 08:04:16 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Brokenness in Unstable: > 1. Research Bugs + google lists. > 2. If you find a hit apply the fix. > 3. If not, wait a while and upgrade again. > > Unstable being Unstable this is the best possible solution. No, you forgot: tools to handle broke

Re: How to disable ipv6 tunneling

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 09:15:46PM +0200, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 04:57:30PM +0200, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > >> I run Etch and at every boot, as message on the screen states, it > >> activates some "ipv6 over ipv4 tunneling driver" and i

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 08:45:21AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > Well - it isn't that old. It is a Compaq Desktop EN, Pentium III with about > > 500MB RAM. But there is only one Ethernet-Connection which - I guess - can > > be solved by using a Hub or Switch, isn't it? > > no. to use

Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?

2007-08-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/07 14:49, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-08-06 07:20:45 -0500, John Hasler wrote: >> Vincent Lefèvre writes: >>> Just look at the subject of this thread. >> Threads drift. What is your better solution to the general problem of >> brokenness

Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?

2007-08-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/07 14:37, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-08-06 08:16:08 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] > >> Or maybe you now need to file a bug saying that "it" returns 0 even >> in a failure condition. > > I suggested that as a simple workaround. The m

Re: Installing xorg without all those video drivers

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 07:39:05PM +1000, Robert S wrote: > I'd like to install xorg, but only with the video drivers that I need. I'm > doing a net install. > > A query on the Debian IRC yielded "painfully, without using the meta package > that pulls them in". > > Maybe there's a HOWTO somewh

using ssl on part of a website

2007-08-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
Hi guys, I'm having real trouble figuring out how to do this. I've got a wiki running ikiwiki and I'd like to get the log-in/editing portion out of clear text. the obvious thing seems to be to use SSL, but I don't want to ssl the whole site, just the part accessed through the cgi scripts that tak

Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?

2007-08-06 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-06 07:20:45 -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Vincent Lefèvre writes: > > Just look at the subject of this thread. > > Threads drift. What is your better solution to the general problem of > brokenness in Unstable? The wanted solution concerns a particular problem amongst the general proble

RE: DNS problem on local network

2007-08-06 Thread debian
> I installed dnsmasq to run DNS and DHCP servers on my little home network of > 4 > PCs and a couple of laptops, and everything was going fine, internet > browsing, > ssh, ftp by IP address etc. > > Now I am trying to get DNS to work for local machines but it won't co- > operate. I > spent the la

Re: encoding messes?

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 02:51:04AM -0400, Eric d'Alibut wrote: > On 8/6/07, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You could try experimenting with locales. en_US.UTF-8 would be my first > > choice. > > And a most excellent choice it is! Did the trick. > > Thank you sir. Sir? I don't k

Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?

2007-08-06 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-08-06 08:16:08 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Your original question was woefully lacking in detail. I didn't want to enter into technical details as this would lead to nowhere, IMHO. > > I've reported the problem. The bug was tagged as wontfix > > because the maintainer of the

Re: Kmail - satellite server error...

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 06:40:28PM +1000, Charlie wrote: > Subject copied over to Kmail... > > Kmail works with the satellite server now? A long online chat and Kmail works > a treat as ever. Phew > > Thanks to everyone for your help. It is much appreciated, and by using the > i

Re: Debian can't mount Camera Memory Stick

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 02:02:09PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Well, I tried plugging the Dazzle directly into another USB > port, and it mounts just fine. So, why can't the stick mount > through the hub? The "real" disc mounts fine. Are there any options you can pass to the relevant module? Oth

Re: DNS problem on local network

2007-08-06 Thread Adam Hardy
David Brodbeck on 06/08/07 19:11, wrote: On Aug 6, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0

Re: Any suggestions on good CLI newsreaders?

2007-08-06 Thread John Hasler
Amit writes: > I just checked out the Privoxy web site. Very interesting. I will > definitely give it a try. Do you notice any downsides to using Privoxy? No. Note that there is a Privoxy package in Debian, -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 07:14:25PM +0100, graham wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 05:02:07PM +0100, graham wrote: > >>Yet another cups problem (the one program which makes me feel like I do > >>when running windows - like putting a foot through the computer). > > > >S

Re: How to disable ipv6 tunneling

2007-08-06 Thread Marko Randjelovic
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 04:57:30PM +0200, Marko Randjelovic wrote: >> I run Etch and at every boot, as message on the screen states, it >> activates some "ipv6 over ipv4 tunneling driver" and it lasts several >> seconds. I don't need ipv6. How can it be disabled? > >

Re: Capture of video stream..

2007-08-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/07 13:53, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: > > I want to capture streamed video from a youtube > link. I think that it can be done using mplayer > but can't find the exact invocation.. > > Can the same trick be used to capture streamed > audio too? > >

Re: Debian can't mount Camera Memory Stick

2007-08-06 Thread Mike McCarty
Mike McCarty wrote: My GF has a situation in which she cannot mount a camera memory stick. Here's the setup... CPU<--->HUB<--->Dazzle[<--Stick The HUB is from Radio Shack. The Dazzle is a device used to interface the memory stick with USB. The memory stick is a Sandisk 128 MB memory stick for a

login via GDM don't get desktop

2007-08-06 Thread Bob Middaugh
Hi, I just installed the latest version. When I login via GDM, I just see the cursor and the background. I never get a "full" desktop. I installed from the minimal CD. Any ideas? Thanks, Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Capture of video stream..

2007-08-06 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
I want to capture streamed video from a youtube link. I think that it can be done using mplayer but can't find the exact invocation.. Can the same trick be used to capture streamed audio too? Thanks in advance. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: Opera or kde-pim

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 12:37:19PM -0400, Rick wrote: > Thought I would ask, to see if anyone has drop kmail (kde-pim) and switch > over, to Opera to use it for email, web, IRC, IM, etc > how does it compare ? any advantages, besides a single app verus multiply > apps.. > Kinda like the idea

Re: Any suggestions on good CLI newsreaders?

2007-08-06 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> You want an adblocker for your Web browser. I use Privoxy. I just checked out the Privoxy web site. Very interesting. I will definitely give it a try. Do you notice any downsides to using Privoxy? Mainly speed issues when loading web pages? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 18:52:56 +0100, graham wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 17:02:07 +0100, graham wrote: > >>> I have a standard printer with a reliable driver (Brother HL5040). It was >>> working using the parallel port on my old PC. Said PC died, replaced it >>> wi

Re: Any suggestions on good CLI newsreaders?

2007-08-06 Thread John Hasler
Amit writes: > Any of you use newsreaders from the commandline. I wrote: > What do Web sites have to do with news? > News websites such as cnn, news.com, nytimes, etc. "Newsreader" means _Usenet_. > They have too many graphics and ads which are not necessary. I guess I'm > just looking for a mo

Re: Missing /dev/raw1394

2007-08-06 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 06 August 2007, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > The plot thickens! What else can I look for? > > I have these configs for my custom 2.6.22 kernel (compiled from the > standard Debian sources): And indeed, after fili

Re: Any suggestions on good CLI newsreaders?

2007-08-06 Thread John K Masters
On 18:09 Mon 06 Aug , Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > That's a different beast - by asking for a newsreader, you got > > recommendations for usenet newsreaders... > > You are right. I actually meant RSS newsreaders. Thank you for clearing it up. > > Amit > Ah, now I see what you're after.

Re: ntfs mount errors

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 09:52:17AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Aug 3, 2007, at 9:37 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: >>> I also read that if you mount >>> windows xp as vfat you can write to it. Even more sceptical. >> >> What do you mean by that? You can safely mount fat partitions for a long >>

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 05:02:07PM +0100, graham wrote: > Yet another cups problem (the one program which makes me feel like I do > when running windows - like putting a foot through the computer). So why run cups? Use LPRng and Apsfilter or foomatic print filters. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Virtual Networking Interface Problem

2007-08-06 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 06 August 2007, Anson Gardner wrote: > On Monday 06 August 2007 12:12, Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I've been working on a project with some Linksys routers. New > > routers are set to use the IP address 192.168.1.1 and my network > > uses the 172.16.*.* address space. I've had this in my > >

Re: DNS problem on local network

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 06:50:21PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty on 06/08/07 14:27, wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 12:39:56PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote: > >>I installed dnsmasq to run DNS and DHCP servers on my little home network > >>of 4 PCs and a couple of laptops, and everyth

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread graham
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 05:02:07PM +0100, graham wrote: Yet another cups problem (the one program which makes me feel like I do when running windows - like putting a foot through the computer). So why run cups? Use LPRng and Apsfilter or foomatic print filters. Dou

Re: DNS problem on local network

2007-08-06 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 6, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: Please send us your /etc/hosts file. Every box needs a minimal /etc/hosts file with at least its own hostname (though I'v never used DHCP). The box running dnsmasq should have all the hosts on your network listed in /etc/hosts for dnsmasq to read.

Re: Hard disk dying?

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 10:59:13AM -0700, Sam wrote: > Justin, > Should I unmount the drive before doing the tests? > No need. The tests happen at the drive level, below the level of the filesystem. When you run the test, it should tell you how long to wait before you query the drive to get th

Re: Any suggestions on good CLI newsreaders?

2007-08-06 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> That's a different beast - by asking for a newsreader, you got > recommendations for usenet newsreaders... You are right. I actually meant RSS newsreaders. Thank you for clearing it up. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: Hard disk dying?

2007-08-06 Thread Sam
Cool, thanks for the information Justin. Hopefully all turns out well. On 8/6/07, Justin Piszcz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, smart short and long tests are safe, most people run them daily and > weekly without ever unmounting for long periods of time. > > Justin. > > On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Sam

Re: Hard disk dying?

2007-08-06 Thread Justin Piszcz
No, smart short and long tests are safe, most people run them daily and weekly without ever unmounting for long periods of time. Justin. On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Sam wrote: Justin, Should I unmount the drive before doing the tests? Thanks, Sam On 8/6/07, Justin Piszcz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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