[Debian-Usser] linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64 not supporting vmware-player kernel modules?

2008-08-02 Thread Javier Vasquez
Hi all, I'm running unstable, and on the previous linux image version for amd64 (2.6.25-2-amd64) I didn't have any trouble compiling the vmware kernel modules coming with the latest vmware-player tarrball (VMware-player-2.0.4-93057.x86_64.tar.gz). However when compiling the modules for the same v

Re: Wiki

2008-08-02 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/02/2008 11:34 PM, sadeq zabihi wrote: Hello Dear I am tring to install a wiki software on Debian (server) on my network. But I dont know which wiki software is better for my project (it is not a big project) and how i can install it on debian server. It it is possible for you please hel

Re: packet forwarding.

2008-08-02 Thread Mike Bird
On Sat August 2 2008 18:31:40 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My network is illustrated here now. > http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/Network.jpg > > Forwarding is always on. > dalton:~# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > 1 > Even without such a command this is the routing > table on Dalton. > Accor

Wiki

2008-08-02 Thread sadeq zabihi
Hello Dear   I am tring to install a wiki software on Debian (server) on my network. But I dont know which wiki software is better for my project (it is not a big project) and how i can install it on debian server. It it is possible for you please help me about both (wiki software and Debian)   be

Re: How dose a package create a database?

2008-08-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/02/08 21:12, Adam Wakerhauser wrote: I am packaging an application that needs to create a database. By default it uses mysql. What is the debian way of letting a package create a database and database user? Would I use "/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"? I may have missed it in the documentation. I

Sound on an IBM NetVista; was Re: Alsaconf & halting a frozen laptop.

2008-08-02 Thread peasthope
Nigel Henry, Thomas Preud'homme & others, Thanks for all the attention to this problem. nh> I'd suggest adding a line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, as below. install snd-hda-intel /bin/true Very promising but, alas, it fails. alsaconf is still required. tp> I just blacklist via82 module. I ad

How dose a package create a database?

2008-08-02 Thread Adam Wakerhauser
I am packaging an application that needs to create a database. By default it uses mysql. What is the debian way of letting a package create a database and database user? Would I use "/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"? I may have missed it in the documentation. I have been reading various tutorials, the

Re: packet forwarding.

2008-08-02 Thread peasthope
Alex & others, My network is illustrated here now. http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/Network.jpg Forwarding is always on. dalton:~# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward 1 as> ... routing tables commands have a look at man ip OK; I've read route.man and ip.man. as> for a machine at local lan a (say 1

[Solved] Re: how to close port 113 ident xinetd

2008-08-02 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Ansgar Burchardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > "Jimmy Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I tried doing an nmap scan on myself the other day and found that tcp >> port 113 was open. Nmap listed the service as ident. I am trying to >> remove this service sin

Re: how to close port 113 ident xinetd

2008-08-02 Thread Richard Hector
On Sat, 2008-08-02 at 18:17 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/02/08 17:43, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > "Jimmy Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> I tried doing an nmap scan on myself the other day and found that tcp > >> port 113 was open. Nmap listed the service as ident. I am

Re: [OT?]Re: pc doesn't start

2008-08-02 Thread Mark Allums
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HTH Wackojacko Those "coin batteries" are typically 2025's or 2032's, and are quite common. In the US, Wal*Mart carries them. Elsewhere, try the local Wal*Mart equivalent, e.g. Tesco, or Radio Shack, or the local computer parts store should have some. Some are li

Re: [OT?]Re: pc doesn't start

2008-08-02 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [OT?]Re: pc doesn't start >Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:59:24 -0500 > >>Wackojacko wrote: >>> Redirecting to list >>> >>> Sudev Barar wrote: 2008/7/30 Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I was refer

Re: apt: "The following packages have been kept back:"

2008-08-02 Thread Charlie
On Sun, 3 Aug 2008, JW engaged keyboard and shared this with us all: >--} I sometimes have a hard time figuring out why apt keeps certain packages > back. --} For example the other day during an apt-get upgrade it was > "keeping back" --} openoffice (and all the OO componant packages). It was > not

Re: how to close port 113 ident xinetd

2008-08-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/02/08 17:43, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: Hi, "Jimmy Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I tried doing an nmap scan on myself the other day and found that tcp port 113 was open. Nmap listed the service as ident. I am trying to remove this service since I don't think I need it, but I can't figur

Re: how to close port 113 ident xinetd

2008-08-02 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, "Jimmy Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I tried doing an nmap scan on myself the other day and found that tcp > port 113 was open. Nmap listed the service as ident. I am trying to > remove this service since I don't think I need it, but I can't figure > out how. I removed the package pide

how to close port 113 ident xinetd

2008-08-02 Thread Jimmy Wu
Hi, I tried doing an nmap scan on myself the other day and found that tcp port 113 was open. Nmap listed the service as ident. I am trying to remove this service since I don't think I need it, but I can't figure out how. I removed the package pidentd, after which nmap reported the port was stil

Finally got Google Earth working on amd64

2008-08-02 Thread Patrick Wiseman
Hello, all: A while back, there was some discussion here about Google Earth not working on amd64 systems. I decided to take another whack at it today, using make-googleearth-package. I had it download the latest GoogleEarth.bin, but then, trying to make the package, it threw lots of warnings at

serial port no longer working after refresh

2008-08-02 Thread Helmut Neumeier
today i have refresh my debian etch system and now the serial port is no longer working i get no data from the port, maybe the problem is comming from the libc6 because this one was also updated. when i boot with knoppix everything is working the hardware is ok. kernel 2.6.18-6-686 libc6 2.3.6.

Re: apt: "The following packages have been kept back:"

2008-08-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/02/08 14:09, JW wrote: I sometimes have a hard time figuring out why apt keeps certain packages back. For example the other day during an apt-get upgrade it was "keeping back" openoffice (and all the OO componant packages). It was not requiring any packages to be removed, it wasn't causin

Re: apt: "The following packages have been kept back:"

2008-08-02 Thread Lubos Vrbka
JW wrote: I sometimes have a hard time figuring out why apt keeps certain packages back. For example the other day during an apt-get upgrade it was "keeping back" openoffice (and all the OO componant packages). It was not requiring any packages to be removed, it wasn't causing any major package

Re: Cannot read DVD: libdvdread: CHECK_VALUE failed in ifo_read.c:1678

2008-08-02 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
BTW I did install regionset and set it to 1 (obviously): $ sudo regionset ~ regionset version 0.1 -- reads/sets region code on DVD drives Current Region Code settings: RPC Phase: II type: NONE vendor resets available: 4 user controlled changes resets available: 5 drive plays discs from regi

apt: "The following packages have been kept back:"

2008-08-02 Thread JW
I sometimes have a hard time figuring out why apt keeps certain packages back. For example the other day during an apt-get upgrade it was "keeping back" openoffice (and all the OO componant packages). It was not requiring any packages to be removed, it wasn't causing any major packages to be upg

Cannot read DVD: libdvdread: CHECK_VALUE failed in ifo_read.c:1678

2008-08-02 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Has anyone seen this: VLC media player 0.8.6h Janus libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.2 from http://dvd.sf.net libdvdnav: DVD Title: SIN_CITY libdvdnav: DVD Serial Number: 32d89b22 libdvdnav: DVD Title (Alternative): libdvdnav: Unable to find map file '/home/mathieu/.dvdnav/SIN_CITY.map' libdvdn

Re: How to restore the default top panel in xfce4

2008-08-02 Thread Michael Yang
I couldn't find the ~/.xfce4, Is it the one xfce4-session.rc file under /etc/xdg/xfce4-session? Cleaning up all the old settings is the last step I want to do. Hope there can be another way to fix this problem. Thanks again M. On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Shachar Or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Installing Deluge

2008-08-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/02/08 13:02, David Rodriguez wrote: Hello Debian Team - I'm trying to install Deluge on my Ubuntu 8.04, i86. I don't understand how to add Deluge to my sources.list. I was hoping you can send me instructions on how to. Thanks. "Deluge" the BitTorrent client? It's already in the Debian

Installing Deluge

2008-08-02 Thread David Rodriguez
Hello Debian Team - I'm trying to install Deluge on my Ubuntu 8.04, i86. I don't understand how to add Deluge to my sources.list. I was hoping you can send me instructions on how to. Thanks. From, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: Re: tvtime

2008-08-02 Thread Jeff Spencer
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Re: [!] 2.6.26 + vga=791

2008-08-02 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/02/08 09:06, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: [snip] Good clue! But I am no closer and consider giving up: it would only be useful if I found a kernel parameter for the cmdline to avoid being without framebuffers. Any other "fix" entails recompiling the Debian Kernel, e.g. in order to install uvesf

Re: How to restore the default top panel in xfce4

2008-08-02 Thread Shachar Or
On Saturday 02 August 2008 19:54, Michael Yang wrote: > Hi: > > I'm meeting a problem on xfce4 panel after I did a full package upgrade (no > dist-upgrade), debian lenny/sid 2.6.24-1, xfce4.4-2, xfce4-panel 4.4.-2-6. > > My default top panel with the task list, workspaces was becoming bigger > afte

Re: HPC Cluster with Debian Etch

2008-08-02 Thread s. keeling
Michael Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Is anyone aware of a project similar to Rocks Clusters > (http://www.rocksclusters.org/) that uses Debian as it's base? Rocks is xCAT can do multiple versions of Redhat, so it shouldn't be all that difficult to slot in Debian. There's a good IBM TechW

How to restore the default top panel in xfce4

2008-08-02 Thread Michael Yang
Hi: I'm meeting a problem on xfce4 panel after I did a full package upgrade (no dist-upgrade), debian lenny/sid 2.6.24-1, xfce4.4-2, xfce4-panel 4.4.-2-6. My default top panel with the task list, workspaces was becoming bigger after the upgrade, and I couldn't get it back to normal by modifying t

Re: [!] 2.6.26 + vga=791

2008-08-02 Thread David Witbrodt
> From: David Witbrodt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, August 2, 2008 11:41:47 AM > Subject: Re: [!] 2.6.26 + vga=791 > > > > > David Witbrodt wrote: > > >>> So now I have to go item by item and investigate the diff in .config > > >>> files, which

Re: d-i issues

2008-08-02 Thread Shachar Or
On Saturday 02 August 2008 18:23, Telemachus wrote: > On Fri Aug 01 2008 @ 10:20, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I downloaded the latest d-i: > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/arch-latest/i386/i > >so-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso > > ^

Re: d-i issues

2008-08-02 Thread Telemachus
On Fri Aug 01 2008 @ 10:20, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I downloaded the latest d-i: > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso ^^^ My recollection is that you can choose to install Sid directly

Re: [OT?]Re: pc doesn't start

2008-08-02 Thread Mark Allums
Wackojacko wrote: Redirecting to list Sudev Barar wrote: 2008/7/30 Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I was refering to the coin cell that some motherboards have for keeping bios settings between reboots. The OP mentioned that removing the BIOS battery for a few minutes helps the PC start so m

airprime module compilation

2008-08-02 Thread Rodolfo Medina
When I plug my umts usb modem, lsusb produces the following output: $ lsusb Bus 003 Device 001: ID : Bus 002 Device 001: ID : Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05c6:3100 Qualcomm, Inc. CDMA Wireless Modem/Phone Bus 001 Device 001: ID : . Now, I want the device to be driven my

Re: [!] 2.6.26 + vga=791

2008-08-02 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
David Witbrodt wrote: - Forwarded Message From: David Witbrodt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008 10:34:51 PM Subject: Re: [!] 2.6.26 + vga=791 But I did something interesting: I recompiled 2.6.26-1-686 but changed to .config

Re: wireless LAN problems with recent kernels

2008-08-02 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2008/8/1 Ansgar Burchardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [problems with RT2500 and newer kernel version] > > I'm not sure if you mean the rt2500 drivers as in the debian > packages. Also I have a rt73 so what follows may not apply. > I think the rt* series have been

Re: d-i issues

2008-08-02 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Shachar Or wrote: On Saturday 02 August 2008 06:20, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, I downloaded the latest d-i: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/arch-latest/i386/iso -cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso and used it to install a lenny system but only with what was in the iso.

Re: d-i issues

2008-08-02 Thread Shachar Or
On Saturday 02 August 2008 06:20, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I downloaded the latest d-i: > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/arch-latest/i386/iso >-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso > > and used it to install a lenny system but only with what was in the iso. > > Ran int

d-i issues

2008-08-02 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, I downloaded the latest d-i: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso and used it to install a lenny system but only with what was in the iso. Ran into the following: I don't want lenny, I want sid and have a sid local m

Re: wireless LAN problems with recent kernels

2008-08-02 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, Shachar Or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Friday 01 August 2008 21:26, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> I admit having sometimes connection problems running the older kernel as >> well, but the network works again after a few moments (and without any >> manual intervention). The link quality giv

Re: Cannot switch to VT (console) [SOLVED]

2008-08-02 Thread James Carr
Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: On 01/08/08 22:04, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: On 30/07/08 22:15, Florian Kulzer wrote: [cut] Section "InputDevice" Identifier"Generic Keyboard" Driver"kbd" Option"XkbRules""xorg" Option"XkbModel""pc105" Option

Re: installing a package from lenny on an etch machine...

2008-08-02 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mumia W.. wrote: > On 08/01/2008 12:17 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: >> [...] >> As you can see, the "doc" package installed OK, but the "server" >> package needs a later version of some basic C libraries. >> >> I'd rather not upgrade the Etch machine to Lenn

Re: Cannot switch to VT (console) [SOLVED]

2008-08-02 Thread Michal R. Hoffmann
On 01/08/08 22:04, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: On 30/07/08 22:15, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 00:17:35 +0100, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: [cut] I agree with you that it should work like that. Maybe you have to try a simpler configuration now, and then you can gradually add all

Re: [OT?]Re: pc doesn't start

2008-08-02 Thread Wackojacko
Redirecting to list Sudev Barar wrote: 2008/7/30 Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I was refering to the coin cell that some motherboards have for keeping bios settings between reboots. The OP mentioned that removing the BIOS battery for a few minutes helps the PC start so maybe it just gives th

arno-iptables-firewall package question

2008-08-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
So far as I can tell, the firewall package is only installing itself after the network has already come up. From what reading I've done, this is the wrong order. How can I correct that order after the package has been installed so arno-iptables-firewall runs just before the network connection