How to mount solaris from linux

2007-11-02 Thread abdelkader belahcene
Hi, I ve just install the indiana in-preview version of opensolaris (Nov 1st). The installation was done correctly, in a primary partition declared as Solaris bf ( with linux and windows OS in same disk). ( my machine is an IBM i386). It seemed correct, but I have a problem to start Solaris,

Re: libgtkhtml: need help with compilation error

2007-11-02 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Rehceb Rotkiv wrote: > > Hi all! > > I'm trying to compile GtkHTML 3.16.1 (which I need for compiling the > newest Evolution). The configure script runs through without errors. make, > however, terminates with these errors: > Others have already given you some answers. Here is my take on this.

Re: Manage message threads in icedove/thunderbird

2007-11-02 Thread Kent West
Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Hi, Is there an extension/configuration parameters for working with message threads in icedove? For instance, I would like to be able to move an entire thread to a specific folder, or delete an entire thread without having to select the individual messages. This pro

Using backports after upgrade

2007-11-02 Thread John Fleming
Hello - I was running Sarge with SpamAssassin upgrades from backports.org. Then I upgraded to Etch. I have backports in my sources.list, but I don't seem to be getting SA updates. (My SA is 3.1.7, and latest seems to be 3.2.3) Is there something about my upgrading from sarge to etch that cou

Re: installing XFCE - again

2007-11-02 Thread Mark Grieveson
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:09:58 + (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Yes, I forgot the question. I want to get the whole .deb > package for Ubuntu 7.04 from the net( not via apt) , sothat I can > install it as one more .deb package . I am finding only the source > code in XFCE.org. > Th

Re: WINE under Lenny

2007-11-02 Thread Carl Fink
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:10:22PM +0100, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:10:21 -0400 Carl Fink wrote: > > Is anyone having any luck with WINE? > > Yes, I have a few programs running successfully with Wine on Lenny. > MS's Word Viewer, for example. And ies4linux (www.tatanka.com.br

Re: Development Enviroment

2007-11-02 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Nov 2, 2007 7:21 PM, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looking for IDE or RAD development environments application (KDE) > for Java, Perl, Lisp. > > On the Macintosh, we had toolbox which had all the libraries, and objects, > to program in several languages. > > Doesn't (KDE) offer this too ?

Re: Manage message threads in icedove/thunderbird

2007-11-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/02/07 22:07, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Hi, > > Is there an extension/configuration parameters for working with message > threads in icedove? For instance, I would like to be able to move an > entire thread to a specific folder, or delete an entire thread without > having to select the indiv

Re: Development Enviroment

2007-11-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/02/07 21:21, Richard wrote: > Looking for IDE or RAD development environments application (KDE) > for Java, Perl, Lisp. > > On the Macintosh, we had toolbox which had all the libraries, and objects, > to program in several languages. > > Doesn't (KDE) offer this too ? Probably not. Unix p

Manage message threads in icedove/thunderbird

2007-11-02 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Hi, Is there an extension/configuration parameters for working with message threads in icedove? For instance, I would like to be able to move an entire thread to a specific folder, or delete an entire thread without having to select the individual messages. This problem has been bugging me f

Re: Other avenues to get help

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 09:54:42AM +0800, Augustin wrote: > Besides this list, which other avenues exist where I could get expert > advice? > I posted something a couple of days ago (about the Debian install > freezing), but I received no reply, indicating that nobody here knows > the answer. >

Re: "Waiting for root file system..." hang solved

2007-11-02 Thread Cameron L. Spitzer
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 03:33:06PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> > Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: [ when I upgraded Etch to Lenny, device names changed and the Lenny kernel

Re: xdvi shows no font

2007-11-02 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Manu Hack wrote: On Nov 2, 2007 9:53 PM, Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Manu Hack wrote: Hi, I'm using sid and usually I don't need to configure the font in order for xdvi to function properly. But now suddenly xdvi shows no font (I have file with some graphics it can show the g

Re: resolv.conf question (???)

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 05:25:14PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 02:45:25PM -0700, Raquel wrote: > > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:13:55 -0400 > > "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So resolvconf might be useful say, on a laptop where one might be > > connected by

Development Enviroment

2007-11-02 Thread Richard
Looking for IDE or RAD development environments application (KDE) for Java, Perl, Lisp. On the Macintosh, we had toolbox which had all the libraries, and objects, to program in several languages. Doesn't (KDE) offer this too ? if so, which application gui would work ? Major Thanks - Richard

Re: Other avenues to get help

2007-11-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/02/07 20:54, Augustin wrote: > Hello, > > Besides this list, which other avenues exist where I could get expert > advice? > I posted something a couple of days ago (about the Debian install > freezing), but I received no reply, indicating that nobody here knows > the answer. > This is a p

Re: xdvi shows no font

2007-11-02 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Manu Hack wrote: Hi, I'm using sid and usually I don't need to configure the font in order for xdvi to function properly. But now suddenly xdvi shows no font (I have file with some graphics it can show the graphics somehow but no words). So what should I do now? Thanks. Manu Does convertin

Re: Installer stops (freezes) when scanning hardware

2007-11-02 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Augustin wrote: Hello, I am currently using Mandriva on this machine. I have tried installing Debian on another partition and eventually stop using Mandriva. This machine is a desktop computer (7VT600P-RZ(-C) mainboard with VIA KT600 chipset). I think I have only mainstream hardware (this is

Other avenues to get help

2007-11-02 Thread Augustin
Hello, Besides this list, which other avenues exist where I could get expert advice? I posted something a couple of days ago (about the Debian install freezing), but I received no reply, indicating that nobody here knows the answer. This is a problem that has been plaguing me for a long time a

Re: reverting to 'standard' etch installation

2007-11-02 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
michael wrote: Folks, I made a cuckoo (mess up) - I had installed Etch from netinst and done the upgrades. That was a while ago. Last night I decided I wanted gnomad2 from unstable so amended my /etc/apt/sources.list and installed it (along with other dependencies, particularly I remember OO be

Re: weird samba error [SOLVED]

2007-11-02 Thread Michael Marsh
On 11/2/07, Anonomouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suspect that your ISP is verizon. I started having this very problem > around the same time that you made your initial post. Anyway, I have > identified part of the problem and have begun to work on a resolution. Why yes, it is. > This appea

(Solved)Re: scantv in etch says " fails to open /dev/vbi" No such file

2007-11-02 Thread Serena Cantor
Solved on my own. --- Serena Cantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can watch TV using xawtv in etch, but I want to better config it, so I run > scantv, but scantv > complains that can't open /dev/vbi, no such file when beginning to scan TV. > > __

Re: weird samba error

2007-11-02 Thread Anonomouse
I suspect that your ISP is verizon. I started having this very problem around the same time that you made your initial post. Anyway, I have identified part of the problem and have begun to work on a resolution. It seems as though Samba and friends utilize DNS first when attempting to resolve th

Re: resolv.conf question (???)

2007-11-02 Thread Paul E Condon
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 02:45:25PM -0700, Raquel wrote: > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:13:55 -0400 > "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:42:04AM -0700, Raquel wrote: > > > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 13:10:25 -0400 "Douglas A. Tutty" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:22:17PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 02:29:29PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > - do 'dpkg --set-selections < mypackages' for setting packages > > - do 'aptitude dselect-upgrade' to install all packages > > I always just run 'aptitude ins

Re: risks of using net apps as a user in wheel or adm?

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 09:29:51PM +, Joe wrote: > Microsoft Update and apt-get are probably as close as you get, and > I wouldn't bet a large amount of money that either is 100% safe. One day MU > will get hacked, and the whole world will collapse. > wow, that's quite a comparison: Microsof

Re: "Waiting for root file system..." hang solved

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 03:33:06PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > > > Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: > > [snip upgrade instructions] > > > > Thanks for posting your experience! I

Re: "Waiting for root file system..." hang solved

2007-11-02 Thread cls
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: > [snip upgrade instructions] > > Thanks for posting your experience! I am sure it will be useful to others. > >> You could have a debate about whether

scantv in etch says " fails to open /dev/vbi" No such file

2007-11-02 Thread Serena Cantor
I can watch TV using xawtv in etch, but I want to better config it, so I run scantv, but scantv complains that can't open /dev/vbi, no such file when beginning to scan TV. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection ar

Re: risks of using net apps as a user in wheel or adm?

2007-11-02 Thread Joe
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: This is a more general question to an issue that came up in another thread. Not to single out Iceweasel but, for example, IIUC, javascript and flashplayer end up running someone else's code on your computer as you. What are the security implications of this? What cou

Re: resolv.conf question

2007-11-02 Thread Raquel
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:13:55 -0400 "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:42:04AM -0700, Raquel wrote: > > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 13:10:25 -0400 "Douglas A. Tutty" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Or, the OP could get rid of NM and perhaps install the > > > resol

Re: reverting to 'standard' etch installation

2007-11-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:25:13AM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > > You could also press Enter to open the package description. At the > > bottom you can see all available versions. If all you have in > > Or 'v' gives you the versions without the description (in case you don't > know). 'q' tak

Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude

2007-11-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 07:02:47PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:33:00PM -, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > > > So exercising an abundance of caution I usually stick with synaptic. > > Maybe on my next install I'll look into Aptitude. > > What do you do when X dies o

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 02:29:29PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > - do 'dpkg --set-selections < mypackages' for setting packages > - do 'aptitude dselect-upgrade' to install all packages I always just run 'aptitude install' for this. Where is the 'dselect-upgrade' action documented? A quick s

Re: how to install Lenny with hard drive

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 09:45:47PM +0100, Dominik ??erba wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 01:21:35PM -0700, Raquel wrote: > >> On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 20:33:37 +0100 (CET) > >> Dominik __erba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > I want to install Debian testing from HDD. I can't install it from > >> > CD

Re:

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 01:21:35PM -0700, Raquel wrote: > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 20:33:37 +0100 (CET) > Dominik __erba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi! > > I want to install Debian testing from HDD. I can't install it from > > CD/DVD because my DVD-ROM isn't working properly. > > For this unusual

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 the mental interface of Celejar told: > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 19:58:30 +0100 > Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 the mental interface of > > Marcelo Chiapparini told: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock

Re: font change after kdm/xdm login

2007-11-02 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 09:39:08 +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote: > hi guys, > > i am using enlightenment 0.16 as my window manager. up to now i was using > xdm as my login manager. recently, i tried to install and use kdm... > > then, fonts in several applications (e.g., psi, iceweasel, conky, ...) > d

Re:

2007-11-02 Thread Raquel
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 20:33:37 +0100 (CET) Dominik __erba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > I want to install Debian testing from HDD. I can't install it from > CD/DVD because my DVD-ROM isn't working properly. > For this unusual installing I need to download: 1. installation > image 2. files hd-med

Re: intall nvidia driver on debian lenny

2007-11-02 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 18:52:51 +0200, Bogdan Marian wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] >> OK, it does load the Xorg driver for nvidia ("nvidia_drv.so" and/or >> "nvidia_drv.o" located in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/) but then it >> cannot load the nvidia kernel module (nvidia.ko). >> First

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 07:06:10PM +, michael wrote: > > On 2 Nov 2007, at 18:51, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> but yes, essentially, you can select what happens to each partition. >> > > aha. you have to change "Use as" (from "do not use" to required filesystem) > to get to the submenu whi

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2007-11-02 Thread Dominik Ščerba
Hi! I want to install Debian testing from HDD. I can't install it from CD/DVD because my DVD-ROM isn't working properly. For this unusual installing I need to download: 1. installation image 2. files hd-media/initr.gz and hd-media/vmlinuz . I've downloaded the installation medium to the root direct

Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude

2007-11-02 Thread Chris Lale
Ken Irving wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 07:25:58AM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 11:09:07AM -0800, Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was >> heard to say: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 08:19:58PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: No, I just come down hard on this meme b

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:49:10PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And > how can I switch from one to another? > Do you mean is your hardware clock set to GMT/UTC or localtime during install? Go to VT2 and type date. If

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 06:49:10PM +, michael wrote: > On 2 Nov 2007, at 18:29, Kevin Mark wrote: > > >some of this is covered in the debian-reference > > I've looked in http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ > index.en.html for help on customised partitioning but can't find > anythi

Re: resolv.conf question

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:42:04AM -0700, Raquel wrote: > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 13:10:25 -0400 "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:48:06AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West > > > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 05:20:56PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > > I'm running Etch. My re

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread michael
On 2 Nov 2007, at 18:51, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 06:42:44PM +, michael wrote: On 2 Nov 2007, at 18:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 06:01:51PM +, michael wrote: sorry to be thick but when I run the netinst CD it knows about the

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 19:58:30 +0100 Elimar Riesebieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 the mental interface of > Marcelo Chiapparini told: > > > Hi! > > > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. > > $ date > > > And > > how can I switch from one t

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 the mental interface of Marcelo Chiapparini told: > Hi! > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. $ date > And > how can I switch from one to another? $ date -u $ man 1 date Elimar -- The path to source is always uphill!

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:49:10PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi! > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And > how can I switch from one to another? umm... aren't they the same thing? at least practically speaking? A signature.asc Description: Digita

Re: GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:49:10 -0300 Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And Try 'grep UTC /etc/default/rcS' > how can I switch from one to another? Read the UTC section of 'man rcS'. > Thanks in advance >

Re: risks of using net apps as a user in wheel or adm?

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 02:41:11PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 13:19:58 -0400 > "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This is a more general question to an issue that came up in another > > thread. > > > > Not to single out Iceweasel but, for example, IIUC, javascript

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 06:42:44PM +, michael wrote: > > On 2 Nov 2007, at 18:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 06:01:51PM +, michael wrote: >>> >>> >>> sorry to be thick but when I run the netinst CD it knows about the >>> current >>> partitions so if I just h

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread michael
On 2 Nov 2007, at 18:29, Kevin Mark wrote: On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:31:48AM +, michael wrote: I have a system I've hosed and I wish to reinstall the 'etch' o/s. The current set up is FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 274M 126M 134M 49% / t

GMT vs UTC

2007-11-02 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi! I am running etch. How can I know if the clock is set to GMT or UTC. And how can I switch from one to another? Thanks in advance Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

Re: resolv.conf question

2007-11-02 Thread Raquel
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 13:10:25 -0400 "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:48:06AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West > wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 05:20:56PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > I'm running Etch. My resolv.conf starts with the line: > > > > > > #

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread michael
On 2 Nov 2007, at 18:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 06:01:51PM +, michael wrote: sorry to be thick but when I run the netinst CD it knows about the current partitions so if I just hit 'finish partitioning and write changes to disk' is that sufficient/right?

Re: risks of using net apps as a user in wheel or adm?

2007-11-02 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 13:19:58 -0400 "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a more general question to an issue that came up in another > thread. > > Not to single out Iceweasel but, for example, IIUC, javascript and > flashplayer end up running someone else's code on your computer

Re: resolv.conf question

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:48:06AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 05:20:56PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I'm running Etch. My resolv.conf starts with the line: > > > > # generated by NetworkManager, do not edit! > > > > and contains entries that I want to have n

risks of using net apps as a user in wheel or adm?

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
This is a more general question to an issue that came up in another thread. Not to single out Iceweasel but, for example, IIUC, javascript and flashplayer end up running someone else's code on your computer as you. What are the security implications of this? What could a malicious flash or pie

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:31:48AM +, michael wrote: > I have a system I've hosed and I wish to reinstall the 'etch' o/s. The > current set up is > > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda2 274M 126M 134M 49% / > tmpfs1007M 0 1007M

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 06:01:51PM +, michael wrote: > > > sorry to be thick but when I run the netinst CD it knows about the current > partitions so if I just hit 'finish partitioning and write changes to > disk' is that sufficient/right? surely it will either wipe all data off > disk (not

Re: dictd local server secure?

2007-11-02 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:43:57 -0700 BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been on Etch for about a year. Still learning ins and outs. I > installed the dictd server for local use only (I hope). I'm behind NAT > router etc, but when I do nmap on local network, it says: > > Not shown:

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread michael
On 2 Nov 2007, at 12:16, Ron Johnson wrote: On 11/02/07 06:31, michael wrote: I have a system I've hosed and I wish to reinstall the 'etch' o/s. The current set up is FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 274M 126M 134M 49% / tmpfs10

Re: GLIBC_2.4

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:34:01AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: > > See my other reponse to this thread. ~/bin at the front of $PATH is a > > security risk. > > Miles writes: > > It an attacker is able to install stuff in ~/bin, they can (and almost > > certainly would) also modify your .

Re: libgtkhtml: need help with compilation error

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 10:04:10AM -0700, Rehceb Rotkiv wrote: > > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > definitely looks like you're missing a library there. or at least > > missing an include for GtkPrintOperation. That's per google and I'm no > > dev. > > > > On my system, the function gtk_

Re: X11 header and library files?

2007-11-02 Thread Wayne Topa
ISHWAR RATTAN([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > What .deb package contains X11-header and libraries for > developmental work? ?? Have you tried apt-cache search X11 |grep lib |grep -- -dev apt-cache search X11 |grep header W -- Southern DOS: Y'all reckon? (Yep/Nope) __

Re: libgtkhtml: need help with compilation error

2007-11-02 Thread Rehceb Rotkiv
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > definitely looks like you're missing a library there. or at least > missing an include for GtkPrintOperation. That's per google and I'm no > dev. > > On my system, the function gtk_print_operation_new is provided by > /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtkprintoperation.h, pa

Re: Installing a promise ata 66 pci ide card

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 11:06:32PM -0700, Sam wrote: > > I have reached a storage conundrum, i have a dual p3 server 1gbit ram > running off a 9 gig scsi as well as 4 ide hdd's totalling 1.5Terabytes. The > problem is: I cannot afford scsi drives and i have used up all 4 ide slots. > I am trying t

Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude

2007-11-02 Thread Ken Irving
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 07:25:58AM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 11:09:07AM -0800, Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 08:19:58PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > No, I just come down hard on this meme because it seems to

Re: GLIBC_2.4

2007-11-02 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: > See my other reponse to this thread. ~/bin at the front of $PATH is a > security risk. Miles writes: > It an attacker is able to install stuff in ~/bin, they can (and almost > certainly would) also modify your .profile (etc) to change PATH > themselves. There are a number of such expo

Re: intall nvidia driver on debian lenny

2007-11-02 Thread Bogdan Marian
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 20:31:09 +0200, Bogdan Marian wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 19:21:00 +0200, Bogdan Marian wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: Bogdan Marian wrote: [...] Nick, I'm running Lenny, so nvid

chroot testing of apache installation with multiple fqdn

2007-11-02 Thread John Schmidt
Hi, I am testing out the installation of some software that involves specifying hostname information for the install. I have set up a minimal chroot environment and downloaded all of the debian packages and the other software that is needed to build it. I am using this on my laptop that is

Re: X11 header and library files?

2007-11-02 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: What .deb package contains X11-header and libraries for developmental work? -ishwar apt-cache is your friend for this. Try, apt-cache search man apt-cache for more info HTH Raj Kiran -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

X11 header and library files?

2007-11-02 Thread ISHWAR RATTAN
What .deb package contains X11-header and libraries for developmental work? -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: resolv.conf question

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 05:20:56PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > I'm running Etch. My resolv.conf starts with the line: > > # generated by NetworkManager, do not edit! > > and contains entries that I want to have new different > values. I want to change the values in a way that last > through a r

Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.

2007-11-02 Thread Kathryn Flynn
Hello, young lovers! :) Where love and wisdom drink out of the same cup, in this everyday world, it is the exception. Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier. God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the oth

A little Debian love

2007-11-02 Thread AJ Milne
... Dunno if this is entirely appropriate for this list or not. Thing is, I'm one of those users who's never really into the mailing lists, as I've never really needed them... Which, would, actually, be the subject of this message... This is just to say to the Debian developers and package mai

Re: libgtkhtml: need help with compilation error

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 07:06:07AM -0700, Rehceb Rotkiv wrote: > > Hi all! > > I'm trying to compile GtkHTML 3.16.1 (which I need for compiling the newest > Evolution). The configure script runs through without errors. make, however, > terminates with these errors: > > ... > testgtkhtml.o: In fu

Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude

2007-11-02 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 11:09:07AM -0800, Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 08:19:58PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > No, I just come down hard on this meme because it seems to have taken > > on a life of its own and I'd like to squash it before it

Re: [Fwd: Re: Installing Packages From Source]

2007-11-02 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 05:19:49PM -0700, Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: >> Manually installed packages have status "i " while automatically >> installed ones have "i A". > > They have a "c" next to them. So what you did is you removed the Debian package and then ran "make

Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:33:00PM -, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > So exercising an abundance of caution I usually stick with synaptic. > Maybe on my next install I'll look into Aptitude. What do you do when X dies or needs changing? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: how do i go back to stable? [was: reverting to 'standard' etch installation]

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:53:52PM +, michael wrote: > I can give that a try but anybody else have any suggestions? (I've > removed some packages I'd installed under sid so now it's probably > not as clean/obvious as above suggests)... Yes, but beware changes to /etc that may not be back

Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 11:09:07AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > That sounds good, but is it different now than it used to be? I haven't > tried it lately, but it used to "seem" to want to remove lots of things. > I'm aware of the workarounds (keep-all or whatever), have followed most > of the thre

libgtkhtml: need help with compilation error

2007-11-02 Thread Rehceb Rotkiv
Hi all! I'm trying to compile GtkHTML 3.16.1 (which I need for compiling the newest Evolution). The configure script runs through without errors. make, however, terminates with these errors: ... testgtkhtml.o: In function `print_preview_cb': /home/vibe/evo-sources/gtkhtml-3.16.1/src/testgtkhtml.

Re: Cobol compiler

2007-11-02 Thread Ali Milis
Ron Johnson wrote: >> And how good is Open Cobol? > Question which I can not answer... How about tiny Cobol? >> FYI: We still have a lot of Cobol applications that used >> to run on AOS/VS (Data General). Those applications >> were migrated Sun Solaris. > Spend an hour compiling a few simple pro

Re: installing XFCE - again

2007-11-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/02/07 06:07, muthuraman.s wrote: > Hi all, > Commands like "apt-get *" have gone on strike in my computer and > they are not going to work like how they have been so far. Synaptic > will hang itself after "7 of 20 files" .Many posts regarding this > topic are explained with only "apt".

Re: how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/02/07 06:31, michael wrote: > I have a system I've hosed and I wish to reinstall the 'etch' o/s. The > current set up is > > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda2 274M 126M 134M 49% / > tmpfs1007M 0 1007M 0% /lib/init/rw > ude

Re: bcm43xx problem

2007-11-02 Thread Sinan Nalkaya
thanks for reply. i'll try new kernel or go for Devicescape 802.11 Stack. On 11/1/07, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 00:55:07 +0200, Sinan Nalkaya wrote: > > Hi, > > > > i have updated Etch installed, Dell inspiron 1501 laptop, which has > broadcom > > wirele

Re: going from XFCE to Gnome?

2007-11-02 Thread Miles Bader
"Michael M. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yep, that's the problem with the DE's. You either accept the GNOME/KDE > ways of doing things or you probably run into some incompatibilities > somewhere down the line when you try to use other things. I have no clue what you are talking about here

Re: installing XFCE - again

2007-11-02 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:07:16 -0700 "muthuraman.s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > Commands like "apt-get *" have gone on strike in my computer and > they are not going to work like how they have been so far. Synaptic > will hang itself after "7 of 20 files" .Many posts regarding this >

how to reinstall?

2007-11-02 Thread michael
I have a system I've hosed and I wish to reinstall the 'etch' o/s. The current set up is FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 274M 126M 134M 49% / tmpfs1007M 0 1007M 0% /lib/init/rw udev 10M 84K 10M 1% /dev

installing XFCE - again

2007-11-02 Thread muthuraman.s
Hi all, Commands like "apt-get *" have gone on strike in my computer and they are not going to work like how they have been so far. Synaptic will hang itself after "7 of 20 files" .Many posts regarding this topic are explained with only "apt". System->Quit->session->start xclient will not wor

Re: going from XFCE to Gnome?

2007-11-02 Thread Michael M. Moore
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 10:50 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 03:24:28AM -0700, Michael M. wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 21:12 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > As far as the fam vs. gamin problem is concerned, > > > aptitude figured out the correct course of action

Re: apt-get failing

2007-11-02 Thread justsimplequestions
On Nov 2, 12:40 am, Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > See if you can get out to google.com with your browser and if you do so, > have your browser refresh the page and see if the google.com page comes up > again. If it doesn't you've either got a modem needing updating or > another intern

Re: problems replacing fam by gamin (was: going from XFCE to Gnome?)

2007-11-02 Thread Michael M. Moore
On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 12:54 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 03:24:28 -0700, Michael M. wrote: > > [...] > > > I found a few problems on my system (Lenny/testing) after I replaced fam > > with gamin: > > > > 1) Menus in OO.org took many seconds to open -- at least 15, per

Re: RFH: rt2570 -- RT2570 wireless network drivers

2007-11-02 Thread steef
Ben Hutchings wrote: Development of the rt2570 driver is nearly dead upstream - it is replaced by the rt2x00 drivers, but they may not yet work as well for everyone. There are unlikely to be any more official, well-tested, releases. None of the developers currently in the pkg-ralink group have

Re: CD integrity checking failed

2007-11-02 Thread Micaela Gallerini
Il 02/11/07, muthuraman.s<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > Hi, > Thanks. I selected the option from the installation > menu" Check CDROM integrity" which was available down the menu. > Thanks . > Muthu. > > hi, ok...^^ I thank you have yet installed the operative system. Some

Re: "Waiting for root file system..." hang solved

2007-11-02 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: [snip upgrade instructions] Thanks for posting your experience! I am sure it will be useful to others. > You could have a debate about whether this is an installer > bug, a kernel package bug, a udev bug, or operator error.

font change after kdm/xdm login

2007-11-02 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi guys, i am using enlightenment 0.16 as my window manager. up to now i was using xdm as my login manager. recently, i tried to install and use kdm... then, fonts in several applications (e.g., psi, iceweasel, conky, ...) differ when i log in using xdm (the fonts i am used to - optimized for

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