Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On 08/07/08 23:42, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 09:56:19PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 08/07/08 20:20, s. keeling wrote: Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 17:45 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 08/07/08 17:14, Damon L. Chesser wrote: Displeasur

Re: grub in my sid system broken

chris wrote: > On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:28:56 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > >> Hi, >> > > > > >> Running >> postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub. User postinst hook script >> [/sbin/update-grub] failed to execute: No such file or directory >> > > It looks as if there is no /sbin/upd

Re: Upgrading necessary, but maybe not

Hugo Vanwoerkom (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> The Huawei e169 umts usb modem seems to work fine with Debian Sid, >> kernel >> 2.6.25-2-686 kernel, but not with my Debian Etch, kernel 2.6.18-4-k7. >> Now, in order to have the device working, I should upgrade my system >> t

Re: Is the monitor ON?

2008/8/8 Richard Hector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Fascinating stuff: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo ddcprobe > ... > manufacture: 12 2008 > ... > > Good for warranty claims, I guess :-) > December 2008 seems to be a good time to produce: http://img.thedailywtf.com/images/200807/errord/Portable_Charger

Re: suspend / hibernate

... > > And the other problem I have noticed is that when I come out of > suspend or hibernate it does not notice whether I am I am on AC or not > and if I am on AC and come out suspend or hibernate it set my HDD > power management to 128 instead of 254. not much help, but I configured laptop mod

Re: when debian run out of memory

On 08/07/2008 10:18 PM, hhding.gnu wrote: Hi list, When debian run out of memory, I can only ping the host and can't ssh to the host. It seems oom-killer is running but memory is still exhaust. What should I do then? Only reboot can solve the problem? Can I protect oom-killer from kill the ss

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On 08/07/2008 04:55 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: And I think Aptitude works very well and couldn't wait to ditch dselect for it. Different strokes and all that. I've had the displeasure of being dumped into Synaptic on Ubuntu and friends. I'll take Aptitude every time, thank you very much. - Nat

Re: Upgrading necessary, but maybe not

On 08/07/2008 07:27 PM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: ... so having a Debian Etch with a 2.6.25 kernel? Doesn't it sound strange? Thanks Rodolfo No, it's not at all strange. I'm running Etch with 2.6.26. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 09:56:19PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/07/08 20:20, s. keeling wrote: >> Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 17:45 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 08/07/08 17:14, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > Displeasure? Synaptic is brain dead simple,

Re: suspend / hibernate

Hi all, 2008/8/6 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > I have had this problem for a little while now, when I come out of > suspend / hibernation on on my Acer Aspire 5601AWLMi laptop I have > very high system load. I am wondering if any one else has or noticed > this problem. I have been infor

Re: when debian run out of memory

On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 11:18:20AM +0800, hhding.gnu wrote: > Hi list, > > When debian run out of memory, I can only ping the host and can't ssh to > the host. > It seems oom-killer is running but memory is still exhaust. > > What should I do then? Only reboot can solve the problem? > Can I prote

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 20:11 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 10:12:45AM -0500, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > > Sadly, I have NEVER used aptitude ncurses. Ever since the early days of > > > Potato, when I tried to use it, I

when debian run out of memory

Hi list, When debian run out of memory, I can only ping the host and can't ssh to the host. It seems oom-killer is running but memory is still exhaust. What should I do then? Only reboot can solve the problem? Can I protect oom-killer from kill the sshd then I can ssh to the box to kill the p

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 10:12:45AM -0500, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > Sadly, I have NEVER used aptitude ncurses. Ever since the early days of > > Potato, when I tried to use it, I would get completely lost. As smart > > as I am (however smart tha

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On 08/07/08 20:20, s. keeling wrote: Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 17:45 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 08/07/08 17:14, Damon L. Chesser wrote: Displeasure? Synaptic is brain dead simple, what's not to like? It's a GUI app? Very funny Ron. Really. No, I thin

Re: ath5k-based card not working

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:47:07 -0400 "Chris Howie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > I didn't know madwifi was non-free... ? http://madwifi.org/wiki/About/HAL > Chris Howie Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 03:20 +0200, s. keeling wrote: > Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 17:45 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On 08/07/08 17:14, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > > > > > > > Displeasure? Synaptic is brain dead simple, what's not to like? > > > > > > It'

Re: strange usb trouble...

Kai Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Some may remember me having trouble with my Compaq Presario SR1675CL - a > noapic option got me to the point that I have a system now that works. > One thing still puzzles me though: I cannot see any usb devices. Here are > my diagnostics: Perhaps I'm

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 17:45 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 08/07/08 17:14, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > > > > > Displeasure? Synaptic is brain dead simple, what's not to like? > > > > It's a GUI app? > > Very funny Ron. Really. No, I think he was ser

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 20:01 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > >> Heh. :-) > >> > >> I actually am curious to hear what people like about the program, > >> because I'm (slowly) working out ideas for redesigning the interface > >>

Re: Is the monitor ON?

Mike writes: > On or off they reported the same. Even if I took the power cable off of > the monitor (it was really really off) I didn't notice before that they are tvs, not monitors. How about some cheap webcams? Or, as someone else suggested, a cheap UPS for each tv? -- John Hasler -- To

Re: Moving RAID1 From Sarge to Etch -- Confirmation

Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I had a system drive go bad and it'll be just as easy to install Etch on > it rather than rebuild it (currently it's Sarge). I have read the > issues in UPGRADING from Sarge to Etch. I just want some clarification Hey Hal. Sorry to hear it. Is this _RA

Re: Debian Sid first time user

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 2:23 AM, Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > >> [...] Now for > >> particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = 2.6.25-2-686 > kernel. > > > > I edited sources.list as follows: > > >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main

Re: Is the monitor ON?

mike wrote: Far on the other side of my building at work I have several linux boxes that displays a slide-show on a X screen. When our power blinks the computer will reboot and is fine. The monitor (which is a flatscreen tv) turns off and stays off until someone turns it on. From my desk I ca

Re: Debian Sid first time user

On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 01:23:28AM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > >> [...] Now for > >> particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = 2.6.25-2-686 kernel. > > > > I edited sources.list as follows: > > >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main > >> d

Re: Sendmail problem and comcast.net

Mike, Your right! The reverse DNS file for that IP ranged got toasted by a FAT finger. Found the error and reload the named server. Thanks for spotting that! Thanks again, Ken On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Mike Bird wrote: On Thu August 7 2008 13:14:40 Account for Debian group mail wrote: We're

Re: Upgrading necessary, but maybe not

Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> The Huawei e169 umts usb modem seems to work fine with Debian Sid, kernel >> 2.6.25-2-686 kernel, but not with my Debian Etch, kernel 2.6.18-4-k7. Now, >> in >> order to have the device working, I should upgrade my system to Sid or even >> maybe simply upgrade only my ker

Re: Debian Sid first time user

Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> [...] Now for >> particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = 2.6.25-2-686 kernel. I edited sources.list as follows: >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main >> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main , then connected to internet a

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 19:37 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > Displeasure? Synaptic is brain dead simple, what's not to like? > > > > Perhaps exactly that. Simplicity sometimes means that advanced features > are not available, or that you have to dig deep to be

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 17:45 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/07/08 17:14, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 16:55 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > >> * Cousin Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Aug 07 16:38 -0500]: > >>> > Ditto. I'm sure it's a fine program, but I, too, get lost

Re: ath5k-based card not working

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Gavin Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It doesn't work yet with the ath5k in the kernel, the madwifi driver in sid > works fine on my laptop which has the same card. Latest I've heard is > there are patches to ath5k for support of this model and the hope is that

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On 08/07/08 17:14, Damon L. Chesser wrote: On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 16:55 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: * Cousin Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Aug 07 16:38 -0500]: Ditto. I'm sure it's a fine program, but I, too, get lost with the ncurses interface of aptitude Add a ditto onto to the ditto

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

Damon L. Chesser wrote: > Displeasure? Synaptic is brain dead simple, what's not to like? > Perhaps exactly that. Simplicity sometimes means that advanced features are not available, or that you have to dig deep to be able to reach them. I cannot say if this is the case with Synaptic, thoug

Re: Upgrading necessary, but maybe not

Rodolfo Medina wrote: The Huawei e169 umts usb modem seems to work fine with Debian Sid, kernel 2.6.25-2-686 kernel, but not with my Debian Etch, kernel 2.6.18-4-k7. Now, in order to have the device working, I should upgrade my system to Sid or even maybe simply upgrade only my kernel to 2.6.25-

Re: nvidia installer freezes on lenny x86 [solved: rpm]

Solution: The process list gave it away. I guess the installer detected a rpm binary and assumed that I was in a rpm based environment? I don't actually use 'rpm' on this system so I apt-get removed it. After this, the nvidia installer works fine. On second thought this isn't a solution

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 16:55 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Cousin Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Aug 07 16:38 -0500]: > > > > > > > Ditto. I'm sure it's a fine program, but I, too, get lost > > > with the ncurses interface of aptitude > > > > Add a ditto onto to the ditto regarding my own

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 15:06 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 04:55:23PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > * Cousin Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Aug 07 16:38 -0500]: > > > > > > > > > > Ditto. I'm sure it's a fine program, but I, too, get lost > > > > with the ncur

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 04:55:23PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Cousin Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Aug 07 16:38 -0500]: > > > > > > > Ditto. I'm sure it's a fine program, but I, too, get lost > > > with the ncurses interface of aptitude > > > > Add a ditto onto to the ditto regarding

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

* Cousin Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Aug 07 16:38 -0500]: > > > > Ditto. I'm sure it's a fine program, but I, too, get lost > > with the ncurses interface of aptitude > > Add a ditto onto to the ditto regarding my own inability > to cope with the ncurses interface to aptitude >

Re: nVidia binary on 2.6.26 [was: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid]

Mark Allums wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 08/05/08 15:53, David Witbrodt wrote: - Original Message From: Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My big problems now are: a) nvidia binary driver doesn't build on .26 (which I need for other reasons), Sorry to hear that. I've been

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

> Ditto. I'm sure it's a fine program, but I, too, get lost > with the ncurses interface of aptitude Add a ditto onto to the ditto regarding my own inability to cope with the ncurses interface to aptitude To me it seems cumbersome and somewhat cryptic -- Stanley C. Kitching

Re: nVidia binary on 2.6.26 [was: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid]

Ron Johnson wrote: On 08/05/08 15:53, David Witbrodt wrote: - Original Message From: Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My big problems now are: a) nvidia binary driver doesn't build on .26 (which I need for other reasons), Sorry to hear that. I've been using the beta 177.1

Re: Is the monitor ON?

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 14:38 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > If you can ssh to the computers and run ddcprobe (in package > xresprobe) then the output should tell you if the attached monitors > are on. (I am currently not at my Linux box so I cannot try it myself.) Fascinating stuff: [EMAIL PR

Re: Sendmail problem and comcast.net

On Thu August 7 2008 13:14:40 Account for Debian group mail wrote: > We're having a problem sending mail to comcast.net. The message we are > getting is: > > Aug 7 12:31:18 smtp sm-mta[22694]: m77JV1iC022684: > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, delay=00:00:17, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=esmtp, p > ri=210588, r

Re: alsa drivers; was Re: kernels for Lenny.

On Thursday 07 August 2008 11:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Nigel and anyone interested in alsa and USB development, > > nh> ... both snd-intel8x0, and snd-hda-intel are > being loaded, and it seems like they are both trying to grab card0, which > is resulting in neither getting card0, and snd-usb

Sendmail problem and comcast.net

Hello We're having a problem sending mail to comcast.net. The message we are getting is: Aug 7 12:31:18 smtp sm-mta[22694]: m77JV1iC022684: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, delay=00:00:17, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=esmtp, p ri=210588, relay=mx2.comcast.net. [76.96.30.116], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: 4

Re: diagram tool

This allows you to create diagram programmatically: -- Neil Watson System Administrator for hire http://watson-wilson.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Solved... Re: resetting ssh after blacklist?

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 12:17 -0700, Kenward Vaughan wrote: > From: Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In linux.debian.user you write: > > >Hi, > > >Google isn't helping me right now with this, and the update notice > >doesn't show a procedure, AFAICT, f

Re: diagram tool

On 08/07/08 14:15, Damon L. Chesser wrote: Starting a contract job and I might need to diagram out the network, I know of diag, anything else out there? Is this a known network, or will you need to probe the unknown? -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Scientists are people, too. IOW, they

nvidia installer freezes on lenny x86 [solved: rpm]

Before I could finish composing a request for help, I solved my own problem. I thought I'd finish the email in case anybody else runs into the same issue. Problem: When I run various (new or old) versions of the nvidia installer (provided by nvidia), it freezes right after I 'agree' on the

Re: Upgrading necessary, but maybe not

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 06:35:38PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> The Huawei e169 umts usb modem seems to work fine with Debian Sid, kernel >> 2.6.25-2-686 kernel, but not with my Debian Etch, kernel 2.6.18-4-k7. Now, >> in >> order to have the device working, I should upgrade my system to Sid o

Re: resetting ssh after blacklist?

From: Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In linux.debian.user you write: >Hi, >Google isn't helping me right now with this, and the update notice >doesn't show a procedure, AFAICT, for redoing ssh between my gateway and >primary desktop at home.

diagram tool

Starting a contract job and I might need to diagram out the network, I know of diag, anything else out there? -- Damon L. Chesser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [OT] change middle mouse button to side button

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, In IW keeping the middlemousebutton pressed centers the scroll position on the location of the middle click. Fine. But my mouse uses a press of the second wheel as middlemouse button. That is complicated and I want to use instead the side button. How do I do that

Re: [OT] change middle mouse button to side button

On 08/07/2008 08:03 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, In IW keeping the middlemousebutton pressed centers the scroll position on the location of the middle click. Fine. But my mouse uses a press of the second wheel as middlemouse button. That is complicated and I want to use instead the side b

Re: Upgrading necessary, but maybe not

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 06:35:38PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > The Huawei e169 umts usb modem seems to work fine with Debian Sid, kernel > 2.6.25-2-686 kernel, but not with my Debian Etch, kernel 2.6.18-4-k7. Now, in > order to have the device working, I should upgrade my system to Sid or even

Re: Is the monitor ON?

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 02:38:45PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > Quoting mike (mail4mike2008-debian AT yahoo DOT com): > >> Far on the other side of my building at work I have several linux boxes >> that displays a slide-show on a X screen. When our power blinks the >> computer will reboot and is

Re: Is the monitor ON?

> > > > Original Message >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Is the monitor ON? >Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:47:49 +0300 > >>2008/8/7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> AFAIK the computer to monitor interface has no feedback telling >the >>> computer that the monitor's power

Re: Is the monitor ON?

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:23:59 +0300 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Dotan, > 2008/8/7 Brad Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Like many VCRs, TVs, digiboxes, computer PSU/mobo combos, the > > monitor may have power to some circuitry regardless of power switch > > setting. > Good point.

alsa drivers; was Re: kernels for Lenny.

Nigel and anyone interested in alsa and USB development, nh> ... both snd-intel8x0, and snd-hda-intel are being loaded, and it seems like they are both trying to grab card0, which is resulting in neither getting card0, and snd-usb-audio is getting card0, because the other 2 are having a non res

Re: grub in my sid system broken

Gilles Mocellin (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Le Thursday 07 August 2008 15:41:25 chris, vous avez écrit : >> On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:28:56 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: >>> Running >>> postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub. User postinst hook script >>> [/sbin/update-grub] failed to execute: No such f

Re: Does apt keep old packages?

On 08/07/08 06:07, Aniruddha wrote: On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 05:55 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: locate | grep deb$ Thanks for the tip. If I am not mistaken this command shows which packages you have in cache. Unfortunately I have a fresh install, does this mean I can't install an older package?

Re: grub in my sid system broken

Le Thursday 07 August 2008 15:41:25 chris, vous avez écrit : > On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:28:56 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > Running > > postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub. User postinst hook script > > [/sbin/update-grub] failed to execute: No such file or directory > > It looks as

Re: ath5k-based card not working

Chris Howie wrote: > I have a card that seems to be driven by the ath5k module. The lspci > -n line corresponding to it is: > > 03:00.0 0200: 168c:001c (rev 01) > > I am running 2.6.26-1-amd64. According to the HCL this card should > work since 2.6.25. It doesn't work yet with the ath5k in the

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 11:47:21PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > Quoting Andrew Sackville-West: >> On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 09:07:27PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: >>> On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 01:00:44PM -0700, Paul Scott >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: >>> > aptitude makes it easy to

Re: home network problem - router is smarter than me

tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When apache is configured to listen to all addresses, I can browse > webpages on the desktop from the laptop by entering the IP address > (192.168.2.11), but not the name (etch.mynetwork). On the desktop I can > ssh to the desktop (ie., ssh to itself) with ssh e

Upgrading necessary, but maybe not

The Huawei e169 umts usb modem seems to work fine with Debian Sid, kernel 2.6.25-2-686 kernel, but not with my Debian Etch, kernel 2.6.18-4-k7. Now, in order to have the device working, I should upgrade my system to Sid or even maybe simply upgrade only my kernel to 2.6.25-2-686. I wonder if ther

Re: Is the monitor ON?

2008/8/7 Brad Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:47:49 +0300 > "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Dotan, > >> Then how does Debian probe the monitor for available resolutions >> during install? To check if the monitor is on, probe it for available >> resolutions. If

Re: Is the monitor ON?

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:47:49 +0300 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Dotan, > Then how does Debian probe the monitor for available resolutions > during install? To check if the monitor is on, probe it for available > resolutions. If you get no answer, then it is off. It wouldn't surp

Re: Is the monitor ON?

Dotan Cohen escreveu: Then how does Debian probe the monitor for available resolutions during install? To check if the monitor is on, probe it for available resolutions. If you get no answer, then it is off Do very old monitors support this resolution probing method? If they don't, then a very

Re: ath5k-based card not working

On Thursday 07 August 2008 15:57, Chris Howie wrote: > I have a card that seems to be driven by the ath5k module. The lspci > -n line corresponding to it is: > > 03:00.0 0200: 168c:001c (rev 01) > > The driver creates two interfaces, wmaster0 and wlan0. If I execute > "ifconfig wlan0 up" and then

Re: Is the monitor ON?

2008/8/7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > AFAIK the computer to monitor interface has no feedback telling the > computer that the monitor's power is ON. If true then the computer > has no mechanism for determining the state of the monitor. Then how does Debian probe the monitor for available resolutions d

Re: Is the monitor ON?

> > > > Original Message >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Is the monitor ON? >Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:32:25 -0500 > >>On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 07:42:30AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: >>> apropos dpms >>> apt-cache search dpms >>> man vbetool >> >>That a

Debian server NOT responding to SYN packets (randomly)

Hi Folks, I am seeing some extremely strange behavior between my front end webserver (Sun Java Web Server V7.0U1) on Solaris 10 and a JBoss Server (JBoss 4.2.2) on a Debian box). Every once in a while, the web server will have a connection time out with the jboss server (which is part of a 3 mach

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

Damon L. Chesser wrote: > On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 20:01 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > >> Heh. :-) >> >> I actually am curious to hear what people like about the program, >> because I'm (slowly) working out ideas for redesigning the interface >> and I don't want to accidentally break useful fe

Re: home network problem - router is smarter than me

"Stackpole, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> -Original Message- >> >> When apache is configured to listen to all addresses, I can browse >> webpages on the desktop from the laptop by entering the IP address >> (192.168.2.11), but not the name (etch.mynetwork). On the desktop I > can

Re: Is the monitor ON?

On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 07:42:30AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > apropos dpms > apt-cache search dpms > man vbetool That all looks like power-management stuff (i.e., "has the computer told the monitor to turn itself off?"), but I believe the OP is looking for a way to determine whether the monitor i

RE: home network problem - router is smarter than me

> -Original Message- > Subject: home network problem - router is smarter than me > > Hi, > > What follows is a very naive question regarding home networking. Any > tips, even a pointer the most appropriate documentation, would be very > helpful. > > I'd like to setup my desktop as a back

Re: kontact calender export

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Shachar Or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 07 August 2008 09:09, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > I am running etch. I was trying to export the calender and import it in > > outlook both xp and 2003 in windows xp.. I was getting errors like > > incorrect format or fio

Could anyone make monodevelop from svn on debian sid?

I download the latest code from svn co svn://anonsvn.mono-project.com/source/trunk/monodevelop but when i make it, it failed with error, could i fix the error? - Unhandled Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Could

squid3

Hi People, I'm trying to compile the squid3 the option --enable-ssl, I am doing the following: apt-get source squid3 vim Debian/rules add --enable-ssl then in debuild-uc-us-b always fails, which is the process, as it works perfectly for the squid2. -- Márcio Luciano Donada Aurora Alimentos

home network problem - router is smarter than me

Hi, What follows is a very naive question regarding home networking. Any tips, even a pointer the most appropriate documentation, would be very helpful. I'd like to setup my desktop as a backup machine for my laptop. However, I don't understand how my router works. I can access the router by brow

Re: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid

On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 20:01 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 11:47:21PM +0200, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > was heard to say: > > Quoting Andrew Sackville-West: > >> On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 09:07:27PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > >>> On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 01:00:44

Re: Debian Sid first time user

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 14:32 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> > > Now for particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = > >> > > 2.6.25-2-686 kernel. > >> > > > >> > > Please can anybody indicate how to fetch and install a Debian Sid > >> > > distribu

Re: grub in my sid system broken

On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:28:56 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Hi, > Running > postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub. User postinst hook script > [/sbin/update-grub] failed to execute: No such file or directory It looks as if there is no /sbin/update-grub on your system. If so, you might want to rei

[OT] change middle mouse button to side button

Hi, In IW keeping the middlemousebutton pressed centers the scroll position on the location of the middle click. Fine. But my mouse uses a press of the second wheel as middlemouse button. That is complicated and I want to use instead the side button. How do I do that? evtest gives: /home/

Re: Is the monitor ON?

apropos dpms apt-cache search dpms man vbetool -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ath5k-based card not working

I have a card that seems to be driven by the ath5k module. The lspci -n line corresponding to it is: 03:00.0 0200: 168c:001c (rev 01) The driver creates two interfaces, wmaster0 and wlan0. If I execute "ifconfig wlan0 up" and then try to scan there is no output, and I know there are multiple AP

Re: Is the monitor ON?

Quoting mike (mail4mike2008-debian AT yahoo DOT com): Far on the other side of my building at work I have several linux boxes that displays a slide-show on a X screen. When our power blinks the computer will reboot and is fine. The monitor (which is a flatscreen tv) turns off and stays off unt

Re: Debian Sid first time user

Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > > Now for particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = >> > > 2.6.25-2-686 kernel. >> > > >> > > Please can anybody indicate how to fetch and install a Debian Sid >> > > distribution and how to manage it after installation (packages and so >> > > on

Re: Does apt keep old packages?

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 09:26 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > Aniruddha escreveu: > > Unfortunately I have a fresh install, does > > this mean I can't install an older package? > > > > You should be able to find them at http://snapshot.debian.net/ . > > Thanks! This is exactly what I was

Re: Does apt keep old packages?

Aniruddha escreveu: Unfortunately I have a fresh install, does this mean I can't install an older package? You should be able to find them at http://snapshot.debian.net/ . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is the monitor ON?

mike wrote: Far on the other side of my building at work I have several linux boxes that displays a slide-show on a X screen. When our power blinks the computer will reboot and is fine. The monitor (which is a flatscreen tv) turns off and stays off until someone turns it on. From my desk I ca

Re: Does apt keep old packages?

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 05:55 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > locate | grep deb$ > Thanks for the tip. If I am not mistaken this command shows which packages you have in cache. Unfortunately I have a fresh install, does this mean I can't install an older package? > ~$ locate fglrx-driver | grep deb$

Is the monitor ON?

Far on the other side of my building at work I have several linux boxes that displays a slide-show on a X screen. When our power blinks the computer will reboot and is fine. The monitor (which is a flatscreen tv) turns off and stays off until someone turns it on. From my desk I can easily te

Re: Does apt keep old packages?

On 08/07/08 05:31, Aniruddha wrote: Hi, I can't find old versions of software packages in apt. Does this mean they are removed? And if they are removed what is the best way to install older versions in Debian? $ locate | grep deb$ -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Scientists are people,

Does apt keep old packages?

Hi, I can't find old versions of software packages in apt. Does this mean they are removed? And if they are removed what is the best way to install older versions in Debian? Regards, Aniruddha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [E

Re: kontact calender export

On Thursday 07 August 2008 09:09, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I am running etch. I was trying to export the calender and import it in > outlook both xp and 2003 in windows xp.. I was getting errors like > incorrect format or fiole may be corrupt. Any solutions What calendar, exactly? -- Shachar Or | שחר

Re: hard drive problem

Adam Hardy on 06/08/08 01:26, wrote: Brian McKee on 06/08/08 00:30, wrote: On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Forsaken on 05/08/08 19:25, wrote: On Aug 5, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: I just took the hard drives from one machine and installed them int