Re: modifer fstab by mistake,can not boot debian

2007-11-21 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 10:34:42PM -0800, Scarletdown wrote: > On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 21:08 -0800, mond wrote: > > > I dont know how to do now. I really have very important data from my > > research on my pc. Is it possible to edit fstab or just boot t

Re: modifer fstab by mistake,can not boot debian

2007-11-21 Thread Scarletdown
On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 21:08 -0800, mond wrote: > I dont know how to do now. I really have very important data from my > research on my pc. Is it possible to edit fstab or just boot to some > kind of basic system, so at least I can rescue my data? > > Many thanks, I am having a tough thanksgiving

modifer fstab by mistake,can not boot debian

2007-11-21 Thread mond
I have been using debian(sid) for quite a while. I also have windows xp installed on my pc too. When I use debian, I modified fstab to let debian mouse an NTFS drive automatically. Today, to test some parameters in fstab, I changed a parameter for the NTFS drive from auto(which worked fine previo

Re: Window Borders Disappear

2007-11-21 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 09:05:24AM -0600, Jack Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 09:42 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > aptitude purge metacity && aptitude install metacity (If this gives you > > dependency errors reinstall everything else as well). > > > > -

System won't boot after successful Debian installation

2007-11-21 Thread David Schulberg
Hi, I have installed Debian 4.0 without any apparent problem. However when I boot the PC I am getting the error 'Primary master hard disk fail'. When the computer starts up the BIOS recognizes my sole HD as the primary master. Is this a problem with the hard disk itself? The HD is a new wa

Re: Configuring server with a virtual package

2007-11-21 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 03:29:46PM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > I am in the process of rebuilding one of my servers and I thought hey why not > build a package, that links all the other packages I need, and the > corresponding configuration files. > > I am having a look at debhelper and ma

Re: no x version

2007-11-21 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Nov 21, 2007 7:12 AM, joseph lockhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i already use nothing but aptitude for package > managment so that is not an issue, and i will try to > remember to install doc packages. > > one other question (knowing that i can read about > packages at www.debian.org) whic

Configuring server with a virtual package

2007-11-21 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I am in the process of rebuilding one of my servers and I thought hey why not build a package, that links all the other packages I need, and the corresponding configuration files. I am having a look at debhelper and maint-guide. for example for server test.acme.com I was going to create a

Re: In-place migration to LVM?

2007-11-21 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 05:22:50PM +0100, Malte Forkel wrote: > > I have a data file collection on three hard disks, each with just one > partition. The 'primary' partition has the complete directory structure. > The two 'secondary' partitions partially mirror that directory structure. > There

Re: CLI Addressbook

2007-11-21 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 04:07:48PM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Hey guys, > > I was looking for a nice CLI address book. Something not too advance > but contains the basic contact information, searchable, etc. I want to > be able to ssh into my server and just access this application from >

ffmpeg encoding issues & AAC

2007-11-21 Thread David Fox
Guys, I do quite a bit of video encoding / audio encoding in debian lenny, and oftentimes I use tovid (tovid.sourceforge.net) to do the encoding, usually with good results. But recently I have had a problem with ffmpeg when I attempt to encode what looks like a 5.1 channel aac file that's part of

Re: no x version

2007-11-21 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 07:12:04AM -0800, joseph lockhart wrote: > one other question (knowing that i can read about > packages at www.debian.org) which commandline/terminal > apps are the best in their various areas? > My optinion only: vim for editing most things nano-tiny for editing if /us

Re: Xresources not read at startup

2007-11-21 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Nov 21, 2007 7:07 PM, Kumar Ravichandran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 04:52:29PM +0100, s. keeling wrote: > > Kumar Ravichandran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > I am running Debian Etch on a Macbook, and I have a simple problem, > > > namely, that my $HOME/.Xresources

Re: OT: Video Card Nvidia card

2007-11-21 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Nov 21, 2007 5:29 PM, Guillermo Garron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am using an ATI Radeo X300 right now, but Compiz is not really > working for me so I want to change it for a Nvidia one, I have these > options > > VIDEO NVIDIA XFX GeForce 8500 GT 512 MB PCI Express VCD w/DVI TVOut SL

Re: Xresources not read at startup

2007-11-21 Thread Kumar Ravichandran
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 04:52:29PM +0100, s. keeling wrote: > Kumar Ravichandran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I am running Debian Etch on a Macbook, and I have a simple problem, > > namely, that my $HOME/.Xresources file, which has a few colour options > > for xterm, is not read at startup. I n

Re: 3-D graphing software for Linux?

2007-11-21 Thread David Clymer
On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 20:14 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 0In an advanced Calculus course, we are dealing with functions with 2 > (and more) variables. Is there any 3-D graphing software for Linux > available? Something like Kalgebra, but with a bit more functions such > as multiple functions graphed

Re: ldap and samba with debian problem

2007-11-21 Thread Mihira Fernando
Chris Boyd wrote: [snip] And when I try to access phpldapadmin: Error Fatal error: Cannot read your configuration file "/usr/share/phpldapadmin/config/config.php", its permissions are too strict. Is there some ownership that's possibly still wrong or did it do something to the database?

Re: 3-D graphing software for Linux?

2007-11-21 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Dotan Cohen wrote: > 0In an advanced Calculus course, we are dealing with functions with 2 > (and more) variables. Is there any 3-D graphing software for Linux > available? Something like Kalgebra, but with a bit more functions such > as multiple functions graphed at the same time, asymptote min m

Re: CLI Addressbook

2007-11-21 Thread H.H. Ding
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 openldap? It maybe work for you but it seems too advance.. Amit Uttamchandani 写道: > Hey guys, > > I was looking for a nice CLI address book. Something not too > advance but contains the basic contact information, searchable, > etc. I want to be able

Re: CLI Addressbook

2007-11-21 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 04:07:48PM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > I was looking for a nice CLI address book. Something not too > advance but contains the basic contact information, searchable, > etc. I want to be able to ssh into my server and just access this > application fr

OT: Video Card Nvidia card

2007-11-21 Thread Guillermo Garron
Hi, I am using an ATI Radeo X300 right now, but Compiz is not really working for me so I want to change it for a Nvidia one, I have these options VIDEO NVIDIA XFX GeForce 8500 GT 512 MB PCI Express VCD w/DVI TVOut SLI VIDEO NVIDIA ZOTAC GeForce 8600GT 256MB DDR2 PCI Express VCD w/DVI TVOut VIDEO

CLI Addressbook

2007-11-21 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Hey guys, I was looking for a nice CLI address book. Something not too advance but contains the basic contact information, searchable, etc. I want to be able to ssh into my server and just access this application from the commandline and read all my contacts. Any ideas? Thanks, Amit -- To

Re: Problem after upgrading

2007-11-21 Thread Alejandro Aguila Sáinz
Florian thanks, here is the output: egrep '^\((EE|WW)\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log : (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. (WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not $ (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/i915_dri.so failed (/usr/lib/

Recreate Certificate ofr Apache-SSL

2007-11-21 Thread Jeffrey Rolland
Hello, all! I am trying to set up apache-ssl on my Debian Etch box (it is an iMac G3, but this is not a PowerPC issue, so I am not posting to the debian-powerpc list). When I followed the prompts to enter the hostname for my box, 1) I wasn't sure if it just wanted the computer name (e.g., yamato

tmprules-xx.dat files in /tmp

2007-11-21 Thread KS
Hi, I have noticed that there are always several tmprules-xxx.dat (xxx is a string of numbers) in my /tmp. They are made every 5minutes and each files contains the following text: version="8" logging="no" I think Thunderbird is making these files. But is it normal to have several hundred files (

Re: recommended webcam?

2007-11-21 Thread Chris Lale
Bruno Boettcher wrote: > hello > > i want to play around with ip-telephony and thus need a webcam, i have > an old thing that does 340x280 which is enough to see thatthere is > indeed somebody but the quality is simply awful, so what webcam are > there that are easy to get working under debian wit

Re: 3-D graphing software for Linux?

2007-11-21 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> Thanks, Amit. I've played with it for just a few seconds but I've got > to run... The graph seems to appear and disappear within a nanosecond. > When I have more time I'll google the situation. > > Dotan Cohen > That is expected. To avoid that you have to run gnuplot in persist mode... meanin

Re: Which AM2 motherboard and chipset do you use?

2007-11-21 Thread MRH
On 20/11/07 16:39,Augustin wrote: Hello, As mentioned is a previous thread, my current computer is having some hardware problems that prevent me from installing Debian (It is currently running Mandriva). Since I have some cash coming in, I am now definitely looking at buying a new computer

Re: 3-D graphing software for Linux?

2007-11-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 21/11/2007, Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 0In an advanced Calculus course, we are dealing with functions with 2 > > (and more) variables. Is there any 3-D graphing software for Linux > > available? Something like Kalgebra, but with a bit more functions such > > as multiple fu

Re: 3-D graphing software for Linux?

2007-11-21 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> 0In an advanced Calculus course, we are dealing with functions with 2 > (and more) variables. Is there any 3-D graphing software for Linux > available? Something like Kalgebra, but with a bit more functions such > as multiple functions graphed at the same time, asymptote min max and > other signi

Re: Problem after upgrading

2007-11-21 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 22:30:05 -0600, Alejandro Aguila Sáinz wrote: > Hi, I've just made an upgrade and now I have a lot of graphic problems: > > 1.- I can't access to tty1 - tt6 If y try ctrl + alt + <1-6> my screen is > just black so I have to return to tty 7 (graphic mode). > 2.- xfce4's appl

Re: Laptop Firewalling

2007-11-21 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> > I use firestarter as well on my etch laptop. One problem I have is that > I have to manually reconfigure firestarter to switch from cable (eth0) > to wireless (eth2). How did you solve this problem? > > If you just configure it once, say for eth0, it will simply ignore all > the traffic on et

Re: CTRL-ALT-F8 doesn't work

2007-11-21 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Wed November 21 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: > Initially I did not think too much about xorg.conf since your problem > was caused by an upgrade without configuration change (if I understood > you correctly). I guess the new version of Xorg is somehow less tolerant > towards ill-defined configurat

Re: 3-D graphing software for Linux?

2007-11-21 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
Not 3D, but a good plotting program: http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/ -- Jiann-Ming Su "I have to decide between two equally frightening options. If I wanted to do that, I'd vote." --Duckman "The system's broke, Hank. The election baby has peed in the bath water. You got to throw 'em

Re: CTRL-ALT-F8 doesn't work

2007-11-21 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 13:42:09 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Wed November 21 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > >     Option         "XkbVariant" "us" > > > EndSection > > > > Try to change your xorg.conf to: > > > > Option         "XkbVariant" "" > > BINGO ! that did it! Initially I did not

Re: CTRL-ALT-F8 doesn't work

2007-11-21 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Wed November 21 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: > >     Option         "XkbVariant" "us" > > EndSection > > Try to change your xorg.conf to: > > Option         "XkbVariant" "" BINGO ! that did it! > > and restart X. (You can also comment out that line completely.) > > You can also try to run > >

Re: recommended webcam?

2007-11-21 Thread Preston Boyington
Bruno Boettcher wrote: > so what webcam are > there that are easy to get working under debian with more appropriate > resolution and framerate? as a quick update i have just got a Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks working with ekiga and luvcview. the beta of Skype is giving me some video error

(Help With bug) could anyone try to confirm bug in em8300 (m-a)

2007-11-21 Thread Jabka Atu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Good evening. A user with etch was unable to compile et8300 using m-a http://www.whatsup.co.il/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=43196 (Hebrew) I tested it on lenny but couln'd confirm that so i don't wish to post a bug on it. coulnd any one t

3-D graphing software for Linux?

2007-11-21 Thread Dotan Cohen
0In an advanced Calculus course, we are dealing with functions with 2 (and more) variables. Is there any 3-D graphing software for Linux available? Something like Kalgebra, but with a bit more functions such as multiple functions graphed at the same time, asymptote min max and other significant poi

Re: Moving email files from an old Evolution to a new Version

2007-11-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/21/07 11:12, I.E.Broadbent wrote: > I've replaced my old clunker P3 machine running Mandrake10 with a new > shiny box with AMD64 dualcore with Debian. > My mail records on the old machine run to almost half a gig and span *Only* 512MB? > more t

Re: recommended webcam?

2007-11-21 Thread Preston Boyington
steve wrote: > Bruno Boettcher wrote: >> i want to play around with ip-telephony and thus need a webcam... >> so what webcam are there that are easy to get working under debian? > > http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/ > > drivers for logitech, well known, well supported, and widely available > hardwa

Re: Laptop Firewalling

2007-11-21 Thread Klein Moebius
* Patter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-21 16:29:11 +]: > unless you run services on your laptop. > I do. Which moves me to monitor first, then allow services while taking appropriate precautions with custom rules in new environments... Regards, Klein. signature.asc Description: Digital si

Re: recommended webcam?

2007-11-21 Thread steve
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bruno Boettcher wrote: > hello > > i want to play around with ip-telephony and thus need a webcam, i have > an old thing that does 340x280 which is enough to see thatthere is > indeed somebody but the quality is simply awful, so what webcam are > ther

Moving email files from an old Evolution to a new Version

2007-11-21 Thread I.E.Broadbent
I've replaced my old clunker P3 machine running Mandrake10 with a new shiny box with AMD64 dualcore with Debian. My mail records on the old machine run to almost half a gig and span more than 40 local directories under the inbox and go back quite a few years. I presumed that the 'import' routine on

Re: Laptop Firewalling

2007-11-21 Thread Patter
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:40:21 +0100, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > You could create a set of config files for each setup and write a script > that copies the correct set to /etc/shorewall then restarts shorewall. > Have the script start when an interface goes up. Though a decent connection-tracking 'al

ldap and samba with debian problem

2007-11-21 Thread Chris Boyd
I'm using openldap2.3-2.3.30 with samba-3.0.24-6 and phpldapadmin-0.9.8.3-8 on Debian Etch. Actually it's running on a virtual machine using VMware. I had everything setup and running smoothly. I was testing a script to create users home/data/profiles and set ownership/permissions. Somehow the

Re: Window Borders Disappear

2007-11-21 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 09:45:33AM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote: > On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 09:42 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:06:59PM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote: >

Re: Window Borders Disappear

2007-11-21 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 09:05:24AM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote: > On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 09:42 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2

Re: problem compiling C++

2007-11-21 Thread Michael Marsh
On Nov 21, 2007 10:44 AM, Lowell Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just recently installed Debian 4.0r1. It is my first experience with > Debian or GNU/Linux. I've been building and running C programs just fine > with gcc. However, I'm unable to compile C++ programs. The command g++ > returns "

Re: problem compiling C++

2007-11-21 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/21/07 09:44, Lowell Thomas wrote: > Hi All, > > I just recently installed Debian 4.0r1. It is my first experience with > Debian or GNU/Linux. I’ve been building and running C programs just fine > with gcc. However, I’m unable to compile C++ prog

In-place migration to LVM?

2007-11-21 Thread Malte Forkel
Hello, I have a data file collection on three hard disks, each with just one partition. The 'primary' partition has the complete directory structure. The two 'secondary' partitions partially mirror that directory structure. There are some data files on the primary partition. For each data file on

problem compiling C++

2007-11-21 Thread Lowell Thomas
Hi All, I just recently installed Debian 4.0r1. It is my first experience with Debian or GNU/Linux. I’ve been building and running C programs just fine with gcc. However, I’m unable to compile C++ programs. The command g++ returns “program not found” and gcc main.cpp returns the error gcc: error t

Re: [OT]: free ddns service and port rediction 80<-->xyz

2007-11-21 Thread H.S.
Owen Townend wrote: > > Hey, > Easy fix that works for me. > If your web server isn't already using it then just get ssh to listen > on port 443 which the firewall will more than likely let through for > https. > > cheers, > Owen. I have it running, so can't use 443. But I already had this

Re: Laptop Firewalling

2007-11-21 Thread Klein Moebius
* Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-11-21 08:32:41 -0500]: > You could look at shorewall. It has a great set of docs in > shorewall-doc. Yes, it does. I use it at three systems on dedicated firewall boxes. Hadn't thought about using it in a laptop environment. > > Your laptop has thr

Re: Xresources not read at startup

2007-11-21 Thread s. keeling
Kumar Ravichandran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I am running Debian Etch on a Macbook, and I have a simple problem, > namely, that my $HOME/.Xresources file, which has a few colour options > for xterm, is not read at startup. I need to manually xrdb load it I have it in ~/.xinitrc -- Any techno

Re: Window Borders Disappear

2007-11-21 Thread Jack Schneider
On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 09:42 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:06:59PM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 10:26 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > >

Re: no x version

2007-11-21 Thread joseph lockhart
>On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 06:24:55PM -0800, joseph >lockhart wrote: >> >On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 03:47:52PM -0500, Douglas >A. Tutty wrote: > >> thank you doug, appreciate the responce, yes i >want it with > absolutely >> no x, the plan is to put it on an old box to force >me to learn the >> comman

recommended webcam?

2007-11-21 Thread Bruno Boettcher
hello i want to play around with ip-telephony and thus need a webcam, i have an old thing that does 340x280 which is enough to see thatthere is indeed somebody but the quality is simply awful, so what webcam are there that are easy to get working under debian with more appropriate resolution and f

Re: Window Borders Disappear

2007-11-21 Thread Jack Schneider
On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 09:42 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:06:59PM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 10:26 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > >

Re: CTRL-ALT-F8 doesn't work

2007-11-21 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 21:20:15 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Tue November 20 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > That looks OK to me. > > > > Which output do you get for these three commands: [...] > $ awk '/Section "(InputDevice|ServerFlags)"/,/EndSection/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf > Section "Input

Re: Window Borders Disappear

2007-11-21 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:06:59PM -0600, Jack Schneider wrote: > On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 10:26 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 02:42:09PM +, Jack Schneider wrote: >

Re: xorg wont work and wont generate a log

2007-11-21 Thread Peter Smerdon
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I would start by running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" and choosing the SVGA > driver (even if you have an nVidia or ATI or other card that is > supported). Then try running "startx". If that doesn't work, try the VGA > driver. > > Both of these options

Re: Window Borders Disappear

2007-11-21 Thread Jack Schneider
On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 20:59 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:06:59PM -0600, Jack Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: > > On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 10:26 -0500, Michael Pobega wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 02:42:09PM +, Jack Schneider wrote: > > > > I h

Re: Laptop Firewalling

2007-11-21 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 01:49:15PM +0700, Klein Moebius wrote: > Being on the road a lot with my trusted lappy, I'd like to get > suggestions on the best solution for an iptables based firewall that > needs to be easily reconfigurable for wireless, ethernet cable, and ppp. > I should be able to app

Re: .xsession-errors servicetype

2007-11-21 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Tue November 20 2007, s. keeling wrote: > Dump kde?  Figure out where the installer failed you?  Is any of that > at all interesting in your position?  I'd just ignore it and > concentrate on what I can't do with my apps.  Once that's solved, the > errors should stop.  No, those errors are not w

Re: Multiboot

2007-11-21 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:02:13PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:56:21AM -0500, "Loeghmon T. Nejad" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > I am learning Debian and I was wondering if it possible to install two > > instances of Debian on the same machine. One as the

Re: Which AM2 motherboard and chipset do you use?

2007-11-21 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 09:37:32AM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > I have no idea what to do if there is no audio device listed with > lscpi, as in Wayne's case, except for the standard "Have you tried the > newest kernel already?" suggestion. > May not be the answer for the OP, b

Problem mounting ipod

2007-11-21 Thread Sridhar M.A.
Hi, I am currently running debian lenny with the kernel 2.6.23 (from kernel.org). I am not ble to mount the ipod as I keep getting an error message (pasted below). Nov 20 22:20:10 brahman kernel: usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 Nov 20 22:20:10 brahman kernel: u

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-21 Thread wanderlust
Hello You may try to use Epson Perfection 1270 it works perfectly. There is a proprietary driver you have to use with it, and must pay attention whether USB suspend is not turned on into kernel (it caused me mad, because I couldn't understand why scanner is freezing after making preview). Sincerel

Re: Lenny doesn't recognize virtual disks on a Vmware ESX 3.0 virtual machine.

2007-11-21 Thread Mirto Silvio Busico
Hi all, the problem is in the 2.6.22 kernel. I installed etch on an ESX 3.0 Vmware virlual machine (it uses 2.6.18 kernel) and all works fine. Then I upgraded from etch to lenny (it uses 2.6.22 kernel) after the reboot the hard disks are not recognized and the boot halts waiting for root file syst

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-21 Thread Neil Watson
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 10:35:01AM +0100, Lars Scheuer wrote: stay away from Canon LIDE 20. It will be recognised by SANE but as soon as you start scanning it won't work. I tried with several Linux distributions and had no luck so far. I have a LIDE 25 and it works. I bought one on recommendat

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Reid Priedhorsky wrote: > Folks, > > I'm looking for a decent USB flatbed scanner for use with my Lenny box -- > and I don't want to spend much, $20-30 on eBay would be ideal. I would use > it to scan photo prints and text documents. > > Any suggesti

Qemu PCI Bug -- Minix 3.1.2a -- Pinning

2007-11-21 Thread Ali Milis
Hi, Does anyone in this list run Minix under qemu? It seems there is a "PCI'' problem so that qemu 0.9.0 can not emulate the REALTEK 8029 ethernet chip. Please let me know if you have heard this problem (and solution -- URLs, mailing lists, etc.). Meanwhile, I have un-installed qemu, and put back

Re: Laptop Firewalling

2007-11-21 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > I have a laptop that I use at home, on campus, and various other > places. The firewall solution I use is called firestarter. The > simplest way to get it up and running is sudo aptitude install > firestarter. It is a front-

Re: [OT]: free ddns service and port rediction 80<-->xyz

2007-11-21 Thread Owen Townend
On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 16:05 -0500, H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > Does anybody know of a few dynamic DNS service which redirects traffic > on port 80 to a different port on my machine (which has a dynamic IP)? > > I need this because a friend of mine's univ allows outgoing access to > only port 80. I

Re: Is there a site(http/ftp) having all the available deb packages?

2007-11-21 Thread Sylvain Le Gall
On 21-11-2007, Michael Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --=_Part_15973_24419047.1195638090242 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Hi All: > > I'm wondering if there is a good site besides "debian.org" where we can >

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-21 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:35:01 +0100 "Lars Scheuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Lars, > stay away from Canon LIDE 20. It will be recognised by SANE but as Mine worked for more than a year, first with Mandriva and then Debian. Then, one day, it just stopped. I previously owned a Canon printer

Is there a site(http/ftp) having all the available deb packages?

2007-11-21 Thread Michael Yang
Hi All: I'm wondering if there is a good site besides "debian.org" where we can search all the available deb packages, description, and download info? It's similar to the "rpmfind.net" managing all the packages so that whenever I need one specific package that is not in the official mirror list,

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-21 Thread Lars Scheuer
Hi, On Nov 21, 2007 10:07 AM, Brad Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:55:33 -0600 > Reid Priedhorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Reid, > > > Any suggestions for manufacturers or specific models, or pointers to > > good resources to help me choose, would be very muc

Re: Laptop Firewalling

2007-11-21 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
> Hi all, > > Being on the road a lot with my trusted lappy, I'd like to get > suggestions on the best solution for an iptables based firewall that > needs to be easily reconfigurable for wireless, ethernet cable, and ppp. > I should be able to apply rules on the fly using tools such as wireshark

Re: recommend a flatbed scanner

2007-11-21 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:55:33 -0600 Reid Priedhorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Reid, > Any suggestions for manufacturers or specific models, or pointers to > good resources to help me choose, would be very much appreciated. I I tend to prefer HP machines. Partly for build quality, partly

Re: creative zen v plus

2007-11-21 Thread michael
On 21 Nov 2007, at 04:11, Mark Grieveson wrote: Hello. I have a Creative Zen V Plus MP3 player. I cannot seem to open it, or mount it. I tried installing gnomad2, but it cannot find the usb device. I tried mounting /dev/sda1, but this also did not work. My system does see it: [EMAIL PR

Re: Which AM2 motherboard and chipset do you use?

2007-11-21 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 19:11:06 -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 06:40:08PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: [...] > > A bit OT Doug but I have the same MB and I yesterday tried to get sound > > working. Sound does not show up in lspci. What does your box show in > > lspci? >