Re: Java JDK install hangs.

2008-01-02 Thread Nuno Magalhães
You can also use apt-get instead. apt-get remove --purge sun-java5-jdk apt-get install sun-java5-jdk [although the newer one is 6, if you need the class Console] You won't have to confirm anything, apt will do it for you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: what's the hold up on making the 3.1r7 and 4.0r3 iso's?

2008-01-02 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 3, 2008, at 2:16 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Jan 2, 2008 10:37 PM, Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As far as 4.0r3 is concerned, I'm only curious, not personally inconvenienced, about what's holding those up and why nobody seems to have an answer for the question. Have you sear

Re: Java JDK install hangs.

2008-01-02 Thread Adrian Levi
On 03/01/2008, Steven Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Im new to Debian but have several years Fedora experience. I have a > fresh Debian installation (Debian 40r4 net install) to which I am > trying to add sun-java5-jdk_1.5.0-10-3_i386.deb using dpkg -i.The > problem starts when I'm asked t

Re: what's the hold up on making the 3.1r7 and 4.0r3 iso's?

2008-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Jan 2, 2008 10:37 PM, Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as 4.0r3 is concerned, I'm only curious, not personally > inconvenienced, about what's holding those up and why nobody seems to > have an answer for the question. Have you searched other Debian mailing list archives? (Debia

Java JDK install hangs.

2008-01-02 Thread Steven Jones
Im new to Debian but have several years Fedora experience. I have a fresh Debian installation (Debian 40r4 net install) to which I am trying to add sun-java5-jdk_1.5.0-10-3_i386.deb using dpkg -i.The problem starts when I'm asked to agree to the license. At the bottom of the license text is a

Any good todo manager?

2008-01-02 Thread H.H. Ding
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 thanks :-) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD8DBQFHfIikJo9Njjkvy34RAvUtAKDEifC31utRQnAciRzlU97z6mUGLACfcbWA laFxivUu9Us+v1kRJo8YWLo= =bJj2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Galeon R.I.P?(resent to list, sorry hal)

2008-01-02 Thread David Brodbeck
On Jan 2, 2008, at 3:04 PM, Angus Auld wrote: I'm not familiar with the flow of things here on this list, but I hope no one is offended if I am amused by these sort of communications. It's all in good fun. (I hope. That's how I intended my comment, anyway.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Adding a new style file to auctex

2008-01-02 Thread Alok G. Singh
I have been trying to install the qcm class [1] to typeset question papers. I have added qcm.el to /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/Makefile.in and ran update-auctex-elisp and qcm.elc was written to /var/lib/auctex. However, I am unable to use the features of qcm.el. Is there any additional setu

Re: cannot log in with gdm after lenny upgrade

2008-01-02 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 02:57:20AM +, Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:57:22 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:58:22AM +, Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > was heard to say: > >> Thanks. How did you ever manage to th

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-02 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:24:07AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:24:07AM -0500, dave N wrote: > If you wait long enough (at least 30 seconds, maybe a couple minutes, > I can't remember) you should get dropped to a busybox shell. The

Re: Terminal issues in fresh install

2008-01-02 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 01:50:42PM +1300, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 05:19:52PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > I'd guess that the locale of the workstation is relevant here. Your > > terminal is going to be running in your locale (you didn'

Re: upgrading in sid

2008-01-02 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 07:26:18PM -0800, David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On 12/31/07, charlie derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > snip some stuff > > > > I'm not aware of ever intentionally doing anything to install any 64bit > > libs. My whole system is running as 32-bit. >

Re: 3rd SATA scrambles drive order? "Begin: Waiting for root file system . . . . . ."

2008-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Jan 2, 2008 9:37 PM, Jonathan Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there something I can do about this? To make the new drive be sdc, I mean? Why not mount by filesystem label instead of device name? The filesystem label doesn't change just because disks decided to detect in a different ord

3rd SATA scrambles drive order? "Begin: Waiting for root file system . . . . . ."

2008-01-02 Thread Jonathan Wilson
I have a computer with an Intel mainboard (I"ll look up the exact model later if it matters) running Etch. / is an 80G SATA on SATA1. /data is a 500G SATA drive on SATA2. I've never had any trouble with the system. I ran out of space on /data so I've installed a 3rd drive, 750G. I've only got

Re: Is everyone's system "apt-get -qq update"ing every day?

2008-01-02 Thread Joey Hess
Adam Porter wrote: >return 1 > if check_stamp $UPDATE_STAMP $UpdateInterval; then >if apt-get -qq update 2>/dev/null; then > As you can see, I haven't enabled the perodic updates in apt.conf, but > the check_stamp function returns true if the interval is set to 0, In shell script, 1

Re: what's the hold up on making the 3.1r7 and 4.0r3 iso's?

2008-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Jan 2, 2008 9:21 PM, Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd be happy with a working businesscard or netinst install CD for > each of the new releases (4.0r3 and 3.1r7). > > The issue is not bandwidth. It's simple availability... You know the netinst installs all the same versions on the

Re: what's the hold up on making the 3.1r7 and 4.0r3 iso's?

2008-01-02 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 2, 2008, at 9:10 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On Jan 2, 2008 5:57 PM, Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Franz Pop wrote: This is a known issue that _has_ already been fixed, but only when new images will be built, which has been delayed because of hardware issues with the machine t

Re: DVD driver

2008-01-02 Thread hce
On 1/3/08, David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/2/08, hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2. Can a DVD+R driver work to a DVD-R disk? I thought the different > > between the DVD+R and DVD-R is the laser beam, if I can copy DVD-R > > It's a bit more complicated than that - dvd-r & dvd+r are

Re: Using rsync to download photos from camera

2008-01-02 Thread Scott Gifford
T o n g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > $ stat /mnt/camera/dcim/100canon/img_0135.jpg img_0135.jpg > File: `/mnt/camera/dcim/100canon/img_0135.jpg' > Size: 892127 Blocks: 1792 IO Block: 32768 regular file [...] > File: `img_0135.jpg' > Size: 885981

Re: how can I boot from USB? or with Live CD?

2008-01-02 Thread Rick Dooling
On Jan 2, 8:40 pm, "Ginis.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how can I boot from . . . USB? See if this helps. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s04.html.en rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: su and administrator password fails in gnome

2008-01-02 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/02/08 21:28, Rick Dooling wrote: > Plot thickens. Not a sudoer problem, probably. > > Examining bash history, I mistakenly chowned /bin (instead of ~/bin) > to my username. I chowned it back to root, but I must have messed up > permissions the s

Automating Debian installations

2008-01-02 Thread Bjorn Meyer
I have been digging for a few days now for some clarification on automating the installation of debian. I have created a local mirror that I would like to use via nfs, but I am not sure how to configure either the preseed file or if I have to add a command to the kernel boot command. I am able to

Re: Errors from repositories?

2008-01-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 08:00:28PM -0700, Art Edwards wrote: > I am trying to do a normal apt-get update on a stable, 32-bit debian > box. I attach the errors. Any insight would be appreciated. > > Art Edwards > Get:1 http://buckhill stable Release.gpg [378B] > Ign http://buckhill testing Release

Re: su and administrator password fails in gnome

2008-01-02 Thread Rick Dooling
Plot thickens. Not a sudoer problem, probably. Examining bash history, I mistakenly chowned /bin (instead of ~/bin) to my username. I chowned it back to root, but I must have messed up permissions the setuid programs. I'll figure it out when I get back on that machine tomorrow. Thanks, rick -

Re: amarok hangs

2008-01-02 Thread Adam Porter
Chris wrote: > Thanks for the info and hint!! > > It seems to sometimes hang in the middle of different songs, I have always > when playing mp3 files. I haven't really noticed any one particular file > that causes problems. I do listen to some internet streams, but haven't > noticed anything. >

Re: mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-02 Thread Adam Porter
cs wrote: > actually after using KDE for an hour today, the keyboard froze too... > playing with the control centre somehow reset it such that keyboard > started accepting USB input again > > it seems (under Gnome) openning many more application windows (that have > not been previously openned?)

Re: DVD driver

2008-01-02 Thread Adam Porter
Paul Johnson wrote: > DVD, whether it's a WORM or ROM disc, uses udf if it's a data DVD. If > it's a video DVD, it's more of a codec and media player issue. I believe that DVDs can also use ISO9660 filesystems, not just UDF. For example, check the growisofs man page (K3b uses growisofs for all

Errors from repositories?

2008-01-02 Thread Art Edwards
I am trying to do a normal apt-get update on a stable, 32-bit debian box. I attach the errors. Any insight would be appreciated. Art Edwards Get:1 http://buckhill stable Release.gpg [378B] Ign http://buckhill testing Release.gpg Get:2 http://buckhill stable/updates Release.gpg [189B] Ign http://bu

Re: upgrading in sid

2008-01-02 Thread David Fox
On 12/31/07, charlie derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip some stuff > I'm not aware of ever intentionally doing anything to install any 64bit > libs. My whole system is running as 32-bit. MIne too (I don't do AMD64 because I don't have an AMD64, sniff). But I also see 64 bit stuff in /lib64.

Re: Wodim Woes

2008-01-02 Thread Adam Porter
Thomas H. George wrote: > wodim --scanbus finds a cdrw device at 0,0,0 but > > wodim -v dev=0,0,0 data.iso goes crazy and says it is trying to access > /dev/hda and then /dev/hdb > > My system is lenny with a linux-image-2.6.22-3-686 kernel. > > What is wrong and how can I fix it. I don't know

Is everyone's system "apt-get -qq update"ing every day?

2008-01-02 Thread Adam Porter
As posted at http://bugs.debian.org/457193 Am I missing something obvious, or... $ less /etc/cron.daily/apt ... check_stamp() { stamp="$1" interval="$2" if [ $interval -eq 0 ]; then return 1 fi ... UpdateInterval=0 DownloadUpgradeableInterval=0 eval $(apt-config shell UpdateIn

Re: Recommended way to upgrade from Sarge to Etch

2008-01-02 Thread Jonathan Wilson
On Wednesday 02 January 2008 20:28, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > Then again, my upgrade ended up killing libc6 in the middle which gave > the system a heart attack. I reinstalled. And since I know from experience that "these things happen", that's why I double-checked. Also, sometimes the pros have

Re: DVD driver

2008-01-02 Thread David Fox
On 1/2/08, hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2. Can a DVD+R driver work to a DVD-R disk? I thought the different > between the DVD+R and DVD-R is the laser beam, if I can copy DVD-R It's a bit more complicated than that - dvd-r & dvd+r are somewhat different methods to write to the disks, and the

Wodim Woes

2008-01-02 Thread Thomas H. George
wodim --scanbus finds a cdrw device at 0,0,0 but wodim -v dev=0,0,0 data.iso goes crazy and says it is trying to access /dev/hda and then /dev/hdb My system is lenny with a linux-image-2.6.22-3-686 kernel. What is wrong and how can I fix it. Tom George -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: cannot log in with gdm after lenny upgrade

2008-01-02 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:57:22 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:58:22AM +, Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: >> On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:49:43 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 03:58:03AM +, Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: how can I boot from USB? or with Live CD?

2008-01-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 01:29:39AM +0200, Ginis.com wrote: > hello again, > > I think the question is simple: I have Windows XP, I can boot with 2 linux, > the "PCLinuxOS 2007" and "Knoppix Linux" with USB with my portable > computer, the question is: how can I boot from your linux with USB? >

Re: how can I boot from USB? or with Live CD?

2008-01-02 Thread Ginis.com
hello again, I think the question is simple: I have Windows XP, I can boot with 2 linux, the "PCLinuxOS 2007" and "Knoppix Linux" with USB with my portable computer, the question is: how can I boot from your linux with USB? I wait for your answer... if you want... thanks a lot... - Or

Re: Recommended way to upgrade from Sarge to Etch

2008-01-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 07:43:51PM -0600, Jonathan Wilson wrote: > Please excuse the dumb question, but: > > Is this still the recommended way to upgrade from Sarge to Etch?: > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html > > That page makes it out like using a

Re: DVD distorted picture

2008-01-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 11:14:43AM +1100, hce wrote: The device was purchased two years ago, LG Super multi RW DVD+R. Does > that muti-function means it can read the DVD-R as well? > Check the manual. My gues would be yes. Also, be careful of the difference between "drive" and "driver". You h

Re: what's the hold up on making the 3.1r7 and 4.0r3 iso's?

2008-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Jan 2, 2008 5:57 PM, Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Franz Pop wrote: > > > This is a known issue that _has_ already been fixed, but only when new > > images will be built, which has been delayed because of hardware > > issues > > with the machine that does that. > > Is this the reaso

Re: character encoding

2008-01-02 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Jan 2, 2008 4:50 PM, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There are programs that can convert between encodings, including the > > "convmv" package, which converts only filenames, the package > > "utf8-migration-tool" and the "recode" package. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-cache show

Re: Recommended way to upgrade from Sarge to Etch

2008-01-02 Thread David
Jonathan Wilson wrote: Please excuse the dumb question, but: Is this still the recommended way to upgrade from Sarge to Etch?: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html That page makes it out like using aptitude is somehow better than apt-get. I've never us

Re: Recommended way to upgrade from Sarge to Etch

2008-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Jan 2, 2008 5:43 PM, Jonathan Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this still the recommended way to upgrade from Sarge to Etch?: > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html > > That page makes it out like using aptitude is somehow better than apt-get. > I

what's the hold up on making the 3.1r7 and 4.0r3 iso's?

2008-01-02 Thread Rick Thomas
Franz Pop wrote: This is a known issue that _has_ already been fixed, but only when new images will be built, which has been delayed because of hardware issues with the machine that does that. Is this the reason why the installer iso's for 3.1r7 and 4.0r3 are delayed? Any idea when t

Re: DVD driver

2008-01-02 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/02/08 19:23, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 05:08:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: >> On Jan 2, 2008 4:09 PM, hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't think there *is* a DVD driver, per se. There's the UDF fs drive

Re: DVD driver

2008-01-02 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/02/08 18:09, hce wrote: > On 1/3/08, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 01/02/08 17:07, hce wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a DVD+R driver, sometime it can detect a DVD disk >>> autom

Recommended way to upgrade from Sarge to Etch

2008-01-02 Thread Jonathan Wilson
Please excuse the dumb question, but: Is this still the recommended way to upgrade from Sarge to Etch?: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html That page makes it out like using aptitude is somehow better than apt-get. I've never used aptitude, only apt-get

Re: install etch from usb onto xp machine

2008-01-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:15:23AM -0800, Rick Dooling wrote: > Anybody recently installed to an xp machine with no CD drive? > > I followed the "easy way" instructions for copying the necessary Etch > installation files to a USB, but the XP machine would not "see" the > USB drive. > > Then I fol

Re: DVD driver

2008-01-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 05:08:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Jan 2, 2008 4:09 PM, hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't think there *is* a DVD driver, per se. There's the UDF fs > > > driver, though. You might mean that. > > > > To be hornest, I am not clear how the DVD system works.

Re: character encoding

2008-01-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 01:50:59PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 03:08:24PM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > On Dec 31, 2007 1:41 PM, ChadDavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When I run 'ls' on a given directory, some of the file names show a > > > question > > > mark in

Re: install etch from usb onto xp machine

2008-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Jan 2, 2008 2:07 PM, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:23:33PM -0800, Rick Dooling wrote: > > > I've got to try that goodbye microsoft link next time. Looks > > interesting. > > Yeah, but I think you still need admin rights. You do, but I've yet to find some

Re: DVD driver

2008-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Jan 2, 2008 4:09 PM, hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think there *is* a DVD driver, per se. There's the UDF fs > > driver, though. You might mean that. > > To be hornest, I am not clear how the DVD system works. Is the DVD > like a CD, the module need be loaded, then be mounted to a

Re: character encoding

2008-01-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 03:08:24PM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Dec 31, 2007 1:41 PM, ChadDavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I run 'ls' on a given directory, some of the file names show a question > > mark in the place of a non-supported character. In trying to understand > > what is ha

Re: Terminal issues in fresh install

2008-01-02 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 05:19:52PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > I'd guess that the locale of the workstation is relevant here. Your > terminal is going to be running in your locale (you didn't mention if > was the system console or an X terminal, but I assume an X terminal), > and so it won't

Re: DVD distorted picture

2008-01-02 Thread hce
On 1/3/08, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/02/08 17:17, hce wrote: > [snip] > > > > Thanks Mark, I've just realized my DVD driver is DVD+R, that the DVD > > disk is DVD-R. Any tricks to play DVD-R disk on DVD+R driver? > > I don't t

Re: DVD driver

2008-01-02 Thread hce
On 1/3/08, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/02/08 17:07, hce wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a DVD+R driver, sometime it can detect a DVD disk > > automatically, sometime it is not: > > > > 1. If the DVD driver cannot detect a DVD disc

Re: DVD distorted picture

2008-01-02 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/02/08 17:17, hce wrote: [snip] > > Thanks Mark, I've just realized my DVD driver is DVD+R, that the DVD > disk is DVD-R. Any tricks to play DVD-R disk on DVD+R driver? I don't think you can. (DVD-R & +R are different...) How old is that drive

Re: DVD driver

2008-01-02 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/02/08 17:07, hce wrote: > Hi, > > I have a DVD+R driver, sometime it can detect a DVD disk > automatically, sometime it is not: > > 1. If the DVD driver cannot detect a DVD disc inserted to the driver, > what is the command I can use to manuall

Re: character encoding

2008-01-02 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-01-02 14:53:16 -0700, ChadDavis wrote: > Where does encoding come in to play in the handling of file names? The > kernel, I assume, just sees byte sequences, right? When you interact with a > terminal, or other software, you must enter a filename and hope you are > matching the encoding u

Re: su and administrator password fails in gnome

2008-01-02 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/02/08 16:39, Rick Dooling wrote: > Here's a weird one. > > On a new installation of Etch, I edited sudoers to give root > priveleges to myself (user rick). > > Suddenly when gnome asks for my administrator password or when I try > to do "su" it

Re: DVD distorted picture

2008-01-02 Thread hce
On 1/1/08, Mark Fletcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hce gmail.com> writes: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I am using mplayer to watch DVD video movies. Some DVD can be > > displayed on the screen well, but others were displayed in a distorted > > picture with 3 columns repeated the same contents. Does an

DVD driver

2008-01-02 Thread hce
Hi, I have a DVD+R driver, sometime it can detect a DVD disk automatically, sometime it is not: 1. If the DVD driver cannot detect a DVD disc inserted to the driver, what is the command I can use to manually mount the DVD? 2. Can a DVD+R driver work to a DVD-R disk? I thought the different betwe

Cant boot withe colied 2.6.23 kernel

2008-01-02 Thread tharanga Wijethilake
hi all, I compiled the kernel 2.6.23 and did it in several ways but at each time end up in getting the following error at the boot time. Check root = bootarg cat /cmdline or missing module or devices; cat /proc/modules ls dev ALERT /dev/sda4 does not exist Dropping to shell BusyBox.. and th

Fwd: Re: Galeon R.I.P?(resent to list, sorry hal)

2008-01-02 Thread Angus Auld
--- Angus Auld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 14:58:54 -0800 (PST) > From: Angus Auld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Galeon R.I.P? > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wednesday 02 January 2008, David Brodbeck > wrote: > > >

su and administrator password fails in gnome

2008-01-02 Thread Rick Dooling
Here's a weird one. On a new installation of Etch, I edited sudoers to give root priveleges to myself (user rick). Suddenly when gnome asks for my administrator password or when I try to do "su" it fails to accept my root password. If I log out to terminal, I can log in as root, but not as su.

Umax astra 2100u

2008-01-02 Thread Darko
Hello. I have above mentioned scaner and I dont have valid driver i find some instructions on http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/sane-devel/2006-March/016440.html and i downloaded c file non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: umax1220u-common.c.zip Type: application/x-zip Size: 893

Re: how can I boot from USB? or with Live CD?

2008-01-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 11:55:30PM +0200, Ginis.com wrote: > hello. > > no, in the same computer 2 linux: the "PCLinuxOS 2007" and "Knoppix Linux" > ... > > I wait for your answer... if you want... Could you please provide more details? It is really unclear what you are trying to do. Regards

Re: install etch from usb onto xp machine

2008-01-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:23:33PM -0800, Rick Dooling wrote: > I've got to try that goodbye microsoft link next time. Looks > interesting. Yeah, but I think you still need admin rights. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)

Re: character encoding

2008-01-02 Thread ChadDavis
Where does encoding come in to play in the handling of file names? The kernel, I assume, just sees byte sequences, right? When you interact with a terminal, or other software, you must enter a filename and hope you are matching the encoding under which the file name was created, or it won't match

Re: install etch from usb onto xp machine

2008-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On Jan 2, 2008 10:15 AM, Rick Dooling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody recently installed to an xp machine with no CD drive? Is it on the network? If so, try visiting http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/ on that Windows machine. -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: install etch from usb onto xp machine

2008-01-02 Thread Rick Dooling
Thank you all. I stumbled on the correct sequence. After I did install-mbr first, and THEN zcat the boot.img.gz to the usb it booted from the CD. The way it's laid out in the installation guide, it looks like you can install the boot image files and then if it doesn't boot, fix it by doing instal

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-02 Thread dave N
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:04:18AM -0500, dave N wrote: > I booted with Knoppix live and there is nothing in /var/log/messages, none of > the logs appear to have changed since I last booted 2 days ago. I have not > run fsck or anything else on this yet

Re: latest radeon driver and full screen video

2008-01-02 Thread Romain JACQUET
First, happy new year to you. Bob a écrit : Mmm, can you verify your second screen has square pixels, this is important, divide the horizontal resolution of the screen by the physical width of the panel and the vertical resolution by the physical height of the panel, you should get the same nu

Re: install etch from usb onto xp machine

2008-01-02 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Have you considered using the Debian bootstrap system? Just point your XP to this site: http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ Easiest way I can think of without a CD. Curt- - -- November 5th: $4.3Million Dollars In One Day December 16th: $6 Million Doll

Re: Galeon R.I.P?

2008-01-02 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Wednesday 02 January 2008, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Jan 2, 2008, at 6:45 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 01/02/08 08:20, s. keeling wrote: > >> Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Says you. I think you should spend the next year in a

Re: Galeon R.I.P?

2008-01-02 Thread David Brodbeck
On Jan 2, 2008, at 6:45 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/02/08 08:20, s. keeling wrote: Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Says you. I think you should spend the next year in a Cat in the Hat suit, but I doubt you'll comply. He wears furry bear suit

Re: Galeon R.I.P?

2008-01-02 Thread David Brodbeck
On Jan 1, 2008, at 9:41 PM, Hal Vaughan wrote: I know some people respect (such as RMS) say that, but I also think it's a statement that's more easily made by people who get nice tidy paychecks and aren't the ones who have to figure out how to do the marketing. AMEN to that. It's so easy for

Re: install etch from usb onto xp machine

2008-01-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 07:19:12PM +, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > You can also install from a hard-drive. You'd need to set up the image > files in your XP partition and make sure the installer sees them > there... But, you'd need to boot the installer floppies? ;-) > > -- > Fica bem, porta-t

Re: failure booting lvm volume group over encrypted disk

2008-01-02 Thread Towncat
On Jan 2, 6:50 pm, "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 08:29:30AM -0800, Towncat wrote: > > On Jan 1, 11:00 pm, Towncat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to make a bootable backup disk based on > > linuxgazette.net/140/kapil.html>this howto. > > > > Th

Re: gnome won't uninstall because I messed up dpkg by mixing and matching apt-get and aptitude incorrectly (used to be Re: upgrading in sid)

2008-01-02 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/02/08 11:23, charlie derr wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> On 12/31/07 15:48, charlie derr wrote: >> [snip] Of course, I would do all this from the (real) console, not a GNOME terminal window. >>> you're just chicken :-] >> >> Real Men

Re: install etch from usb onto xp machine

2008-01-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:15:23AM -0800, Rick Dooling wrote: > Anybody recently installed to an xp machine with no CD drive? > > I followed the "easy way" instructions for copying the necessary Etch > installation files to a USB, but the XP machine would not "see" the > USB drive. > > Then I fol

Re: install etch from usb onto xp machine

2008-01-02 Thread Michael Shuler
On 01/02/2008 12:15 PM, Rick Dooling wrote: > I can't really log into the XP machine, the tech fellows just > installed a separate hard drive and said I could put Debian on it. > Getting it on there is up to me :) As Administrator, I guess you mean? > Any easy way to make the XP machine see the u

Re: install etch from usb onto xp machine

2008-01-02 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi. Are you sure your pc can boot from usb? > Any easy way to make the XP machine see the usb drive, boot from it, > and do an install? I notice that some pc doesn't allow boot from usb, some other allows that but you must enable the usb boot in bios utility (and set the correct boot order, of co

Re: VMWare player: why no package?

2008-01-02 Thread S Scharf
On Jan 2, 2008 12:16 PM, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > anyone know what kernels the VMware modules compile under? Last I checked > it > did't work with current kernels and I'm stuck at 2.6.20, although I > haven't > tried it lately with newer kernels. > > > Chris > > -- > C. Hurschler >

mouse & keyboard probs under X [WAS: usb mouse problems: etch/gnome/metacity]

2008-01-02 Thread cs
On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 17:37 +, michael wrote: > On 18 Dec 2007, at 23:57, Adam Porter wrote: > > > What video driver? Does it happen with KDE? Does it happen with > > different > > Linux distros? Does it happen if you boot a live CD of Ubuntu > > or...? Does > > logging out and back in

Re: VMWare player: why no package?

2008-01-02 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi all. > Worked fine with 2.6.22-4 here. AMD Turion (K7) if that helps. I run > Testing. I'm running VMWare Server (released free as the Player) with 2.6.22-3-686 (Centrino Duo) on lenny/sid. To build correctly the modules , i use the "vmware-any-any-update", that is a tool released by the VM

install etch from usb onto xp machine

2008-01-02 Thread Rick Dooling
Anybody recently installed to an xp machine with no CD drive? I followed the "easy way" instructions for copying the necessary Etch installation files to a USB, but the XP machine would not "see" the USB drive. Then I followed the "install-mbr" instructions to make the usb bootable. But that appe

2.6.19 in Etch? (Or installing support for 3Ware 9650SE in .18?)

2008-01-02 Thread j2
I[1] have an existing system running Etch (AMD64) on 2.6.18-5-amd6. I currently have a GDT8543RZ SCSI-RAID controller, with six disks as two RAID-5 arrays. I have now ordered a 3Ware 9650SE which will initally replace the second of the two SCSI-arrays. But, i need 2.6.19 for su

Re: VMWare player: why no package?

2008-01-02 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:16:23PM +0100, Chris wrote: > anyone know what kernels the VMware modules compile under? Last I checked it > did't work with current kernels and I'm stuck at 2.6.20, although I haven't > tried it lately with newer kernels. Worked fine with 2.6.22-4 here. AMD Turion

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:24:07AM -0500, dave N wrote: > dave N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi: > > I've installed Etch r1 and the only real thing I've done to the system is > updated the system, though during the update it updated the kernel to the > same kernel that was installed during t

Re: "Waiting for root file system" problem

2008-01-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:04:18AM -0500, dave N wrote: > I booted with Knoppix live and there is nothing in /var/log/messages, none > of the logs appear to have changed since I last booted 2 days ago. I have not > run fsck or anything else on this yet. > > Ideas? This is usually a

EDUx.pt - Novo projecto (www.eduxpt.org)

2008-01-02 Thread Rui Manuel Martins
EDUx.pt (www.eduxpt.org) é um projecto que nasceu como resposta à agressividade sentida, pelos docentes não-docentes e alunos, nas escolas que, recentemente, migraram para Software Livre (Linux, OpenOffice, entre outros). A ideia surgiu de um aluno do 12º ano, no âmbito da disciplina de Área de

Re: failure booting lvm volume group over encrypted disk

2008-01-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 08:29:30AM -0800, Towncat wrote: > On Jan 1, 11:00 pm, Towncat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to make a bootable backup disk based on > linuxgazette.net/140/kapil.html>this howto. > > > > The backup is on an external usb-sata drive. There is an sdc1 > > partition

Re: Pls check this new site

2008-01-02 Thread John Hasler
Hans Vogelsberger writes: > Is it possible that the list inhibits this spam? More than 99% of the mail hitting the servers is spam. What you see is what gets past the filters. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

Re: [half solved] sources list not found repository debian

2008-01-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:01:42PM +0100, Micaela Gallerini wrote: > 2007/12/31, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > This doesn't sound like an insult. Based on the package management > > knowledge base you have demonstrated in this thread, it would seem > > prudent. Most people aren'

Re: [half solved] sources list not found repository debian

2008-01-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:01:42PM +0100, Micaela Gallerini wrote: > I'm a programmer and I need some programs or libraries like could be > php or apache or mysql, or postgre or other unstale and not stable. > > Then, the problem is: Can I run etch stable like operative system and > I talk only

Re: gnome won't uninstall because I messed up dpkg by mixing and matching apt-get and aptitude incorrectly (used to be Re: upgrading in sid)

2008-01-02 Thread charlie derr
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/31/07 15:48, charlie derr wrote: [snip] Of course, I would do all this from the (real) console, not a GNOME terminal window. you're just chicken :-] Real Men use the console. I'm not sure what Real Women use. Yeah, I

Re: iptables: No chain/target/match by that name problem with linux-2.6.20

2008-01-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 06:09:45PM +0530, Pranav Jadhav wrote: > Hi , > > I am using Linux -2.6.20 with iptables-1.3.8. Show us your /etc/apt/sources.list > I am getting the iptables error : > > "/sbin/iptables -I OUTPUT -p udp -m multiport --sport > 23,22,161,80,443,53,49 -m state --state NEW

Re: Pls check this new site

2008-01-02 Thread Hans Vogelsberger
In the last two or three days my mailfilter has deleted several mails "Pls check this new site" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> which seem to come via [EMAIL PROTECTED] The names of the "new sites" sound as if they were financial srvice providers. Is it possible that the list inhibits this spam? The poster

Re: VMWare player: why no package?

2008-01-02 Thread Chris
On Wednesday 02 January 2008, Carl Fink wrote: > On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 09:52:36PM -0500, Andrew Malcolmson wrote: > > On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 20:46:47 -0500, "Carl Fink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > said: > > > VMWare Player's source has been released. Does anyone know why it > > > isn't packaged for

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