cannot execute grub

2008-12-10 Thread lee
Hi, is grub executable on i386 only, or does it requre 32bit support in the kernel? I turned the 32bit support in the kernel off because I didn't use it, tried out some powermanagement options and now made another kernel with different options, but I can't set it up: cat:/boot# grub bash: /usr/s

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread lee
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 01:37:57PM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > have you tried smartctl -H and smartctl -t short|long > Yes, there doesn't seem to be anything unusual: cat:/home/lee# smartctl -H /dev/sdb smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home pag

Re: 64-bit Flash Player

2008-12-10 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 08:38:16AM -0800, Jim Woodruff wrote: > The debian version of the true 64 bit flashplayer can be retrieved by adding > deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ experimental main > to your /etc/apt/sources.list Thanks. I normally test my flashplayer on http://themeatrix.com an

Re: 64-bit Flash Player

2008-12-10 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 09:11:08AM -0500, Daryl Styrk wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Make sure you are getting the 64bit tar ball... It is NOT included in > the download center or whatever adode calls it. > > http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html > > t

Re: Emacs22: how do I get the info file?

2008-12-10 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, Charles Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >On previous emacs versions, control-H-i gave me access to > an impressive collection of emacs documentation as info files. > When I try that now, all I have been able to get is an emacs faq. > >Is there a separate package that has the info fil

Re: OT: laptop recomendations

2008-12-10 Thread Allan Wind
On 2008-12-11T00:45:09, Micha Feigin wrote: > Currently the best candidates are the lenovo thinkpad series (either stick > with > the older and probed t61 or go with the t500 or similar), mac (not sure about > the one button issue although the design is nice). I have used a number of the t-series

Re: [OT] Server for Debian + MySQL

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 20:09, kj wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: "Large systems" (meaning mainframes and "traditional" minicomputers running legacy OSs) are never dedicated. They run application software as well as RDBMSs. OK, we're talking about two different things. Translating that into "modern times", a

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:14:37PM -0600, lee wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 06:30:02PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Wednesday 2008 December 10 16:52:03 lee wrote: > > If you can find enough people with the same problems and co-ordinate, you > > might be able to reduce the amoun

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 03:15:56PM -0600, lee wrote: > Hi, > [snip] > smartctl version 5.38 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce > Allen > Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ > > === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === > Model Family: Maxtor MaXLine III family

Re: OT: Label printer

2008-12-10 Thread Dave Thayer
On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 10:07:56AM +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > Hi, > I have to give advice to a friend to buy a label printer that will work under > Debian. Any advice from someone that as one working? I've been using a brother QL-500 for a while with good results. Brother has a linux suppor

Re: [OT] Server for Debian + MySQL

2008-12-10 Thread kj
Ron Johnson wrote: "Large systems" (meaning mainframes and "traditional" minicomputers running legacy OSs) are never dedicated. They run application software as well as RDBMSs. OK, we're talking about two different things. Translating that into "modern times", a Linux box *should* be able to

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread lee
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:30:40PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Wednesday 2008 December 10 19:14:37 lee wrote: > >On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 06:30:02PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> If > >> time is what it takes to reproduce, that's fine -- just figure out what a > >> good upp

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 2008 December 10 19:14:37 lee wrote: >On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 06:30:02PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> If >> time is what it takes to reproduce, that's fine -- just figure out what a >> good upper bound is. Is 1 day long enough without drops long enough to >> say the kernel

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread lee
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:06:27AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.12.10.2215 +0100]: > > I'm using a standard kernel, but I'm having problems with one of my > > disks (see below). > [...] > > > So is there a difference between Debian and standard kernels

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread lee
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 06:30:02PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Wednesday 2008 December 10 16:52:03 lee wrote: > >But I'm wondering how many people have this problem. There are > >probably lots of people with SATA disks, and if most of them had this > >problem, it might have already he

RE: OT: laptop recomendations

2008-12-10 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: RE: OT: laptop recomendations >Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:45:09 +0200 > >>Hello, >> >>Sorry for being a bit off topic but it's time for a new laptop that >will run >>linux solely and I'm looking fo

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 16:21:26 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/10/08 16:10, Celejar wrote: >> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:05:26 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: [...] >>> The Debian kernel has some non-free (as in: source not available) >>> parts removed. There are also Debian-specific patc

Re: OT: laptop recomendations

2008-12-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 2008 December 10 16:45:09 Micha Feigin wrote: >Runner up is Dell, although the hardware seems a bit cheap when looking at > the drivers (especially the touchpad which tends to be alps which isn't up > to par with the synaptic). I'm happy with my Dell Inspiron E1505. My roommate is ha

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 2008 December 10 16:52:03 lee wrote: >But I'm wondering how many people have this problem. There are >probably lots of people with SATA disks, and if most of them had this >problem, it might have already heen solved. If lots of people have >SATA disks but don't have this problem, I mig

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 16:56, Nate Duehr wrote: Micha Feigin wrote: Tux on ice www.tuxonice.org has a keep image mode, although you need to be Doesn't resolve here. Works for me... -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA How does being physically handicapped make me Differently-Abled? What different ab

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:16:24 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > Different interpretations of the GPLv2, I suppose. Linus seems fine with ... > Anyway, that's why Debian sometimes removes features from the vanilla > kernel -- the considered (voted on, IIRC) opinio

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread Nate Duehr
Micha Feigin wrote: Tux on ice www.tuxonice.org has a keep image mode, although you need to be Doesn't resolve here. Nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 2008 December 10 16:57:39 Ron Johnson wrote: >On 12/10/08 16:53, Celejar wrote: >> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On 12/10/08 16:10, Celejar wrote: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 2008 December 10 15:15:56 lee wrote: >> what's

Re: cpqfc driver problem

2008-12-10 Thread Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson
On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 02:19:29PM +1300, Fred Zinsli wrote: > Hello all > > I an attempting to get these old compaq FC arrays working. > > I have managed to find the cpqfc driver on sourceforge but it won't compile. > > server1:/usr/src/cpqfc# make all > makefile:152: /Rules.make: No such file

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 2008 December 10 16:10:16 Celejar wrote: >On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:05:26 -0600 > >"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wednesday 2008 December 10 15:15:56 lee wrote: >> >what's the difference between a standard kernel and a kernel that >> >comes as a Debian package?

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.12.10.2215 +0100]: > I'm using a standard kernel, but I'm having problems with one of my > disks (see below). [...] > So is there a difference between Debian and standard kernels so > that I might not have this problem if I'd use a Debian kernel? Has > thi

Re: OT: laptop recomendations

2008-12-10 Thread lee
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:45:09AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > Can't find anyone with experience with lg and fujitsu. Fujitsu/Siemens made the worst laptops I've seen (battery problems, PSU problems, horrible performance); LG is no-name so that you won't be able to get a new battery or other spa

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread Nate Duehr
Micha Feigin wrote: Tux on ice www.tuxonice.org has a keep image mode, although you need to be Second reply, to my own comment... http://www.tuxonice.net/ is the correct URL. Nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 16:53, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:21:26 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 12/10/08 16:10, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:05:26 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 2008 December 10 15:15:56 lee wrote: what's the d

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:21:26 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/10/08 16:10, Celejar wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:05:26 -0600 > > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Wednesday 2008 December 10 15:15:56 lee wrote: > >>> what's the difference betwe

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread lee
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 04:05:26PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >So is there a difference between Debian and standard kernels so that I > >might not have this problem if I'd use a Debian kernel? > > Not that I know of. Hm, maybe I'll just try one and see what happens. > Yeah, it's a

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread Micha Feigin
Tux on ice www.tuxonice.org has a keep image mode, although you need to be really careful with such stuff. You need to make sure that disks that do change are unmounted before you make the image or it will trash your drive (missmatch between memory state and disk state) On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:34:2

OT: laptop recomendations

2008-12-10 Thread Micha Feigin
Hello, Sorry for being a bit off topic but it's time for a new laptop that will run linux solely and I'm looking for recomendation on what has a good build quallity (will travel), descent battery life, although more important is good computing power and a good screen at 15.4" (needs to be workable

Emacs22: how do I get the info file?

2008-12-10 Thread Charles Blair
I have a lenny installation that is pretty close to default, with emacs22. On previous emacs versions, control-H-i gave me access to an impressive collection of emacs documentation as info files. When I try that now, all I have been able to get is an emacs faq. Is there a separate packag

Re: Video editing

2008-12-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:34:53 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/10/08 13:11, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > Another thing I want to do is adding a simple text presentation at the > beginning of the file > > > > > > > > Arc Roca <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 16:10, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:05:26 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 2008 December 10 15:15:56 lee wrote: what's the difference between a standard kernel and a kernel that comes as a Debian package? The Debian kernel has some non

Re: Video editing

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 17:05, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Rodolfo Medina wrote: Another thing I want to do is adding a simple text presentation at the beginning of the file Arc Roca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Write your text say with tex, do dvipng, then convert the pngs into a short movie with gimp or so

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:05:26 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 2008 December 10 15:15:56 lee wrote: > >what's the difference between a standard kernel and a kernel that > >comes as a Debian package? > > The Debian kernel has some non-free (as in: source not

Re: problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 2008 December 10 15:15:56 lee wrote: >what's the difference between a standard kernel and a kernel that >comes as a Debian package? The Debian kernel has some non-free (as in: source not available) parts removed. There are also Debian-specific patches added. >So is there a differen

Re: Video editing

2008-12-10 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Another thing I want to do is adding a simple text presentation at the > beginning of the file Arc Roca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Write your text say with tex, do dvipng, then convert the pngs into a > short movie with gimp or something else. Then att

Re: How do I make my normal account (not root) have administrative (root) privileges?

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 15:46, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Wednesday 2008 December 10 14:12:04 Kelly Clowers wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:34, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 2008 December 09 21:48:26 Brendan West wrote: I am using gnome. I'll assume you are using gd

Re: How do I make my normal account (not root) have administrative (root) privileges?

2008-12-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 2008 December 10 14:12:04 Kelly Clowers wrote: >On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:34, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tuesday 2008 December 09 21:48:26 Brendan West wrote: >>>I am using gnome. >> >> I'll assume you are using gdm then. >> >> Anyway, I don't use Gnome,

Re: maximum number of print pages

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 15:23, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: Hello! does exists a way to set the maximum number of pages a given user can print per week or month? I am using cups + etch. Thanks in advance for the help! Google is your friend. http://www.google.com/search?q=cups+print+quota http://www.sam

maximum number of print pages

2008-12-10 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hello! does exists a way to set the maximum number of pages a given user can print per week or month? I am using cups + etch. Thanks in advance for the help! Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: rendering problem with iceweasel in sid

2008-12-10 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 02:30:12PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2008-12-09 14:03 +0100, Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson wrote: >> >>> The device section in my xorg.conf is >>> >>> Section "Device" >>> Identifier "Int

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 14:19, Christopher Judd wrote: On Wednesday 10 December 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/10/08 10:46, Bob Cox wrote: [snip] Agreed. And wouldn't a teacher know how to spell "conference"? Ok, it could be a typo, but there is also another line with some rather dodgy grammar, which d

problem with SATA disk, difference between standard kernel and Debian kernel

2008-12-10 Thread lee
Hi, what's the difference between a standard kernel and a kernel that comes as a Debian package? I'm using a standard kernel, but I'm having problems with one of my disks (see below). The disk "gets lost" every now and then, i. e. it seems to take a couple days or weeks now (I've seen it taking a

Re: creative xmod sound card

2008-12-10 Thread Arc Roca
Thank you Florian, that was the whole problem! Now I have both working (I left xmod as default) aplay -L was the key to determine the correct name. alsaplayer -d "default:CARD=Xmod" file.ogg works. Now I have to solve the volume button issue, which is not properly controlled. --- On Wed, 12/10/08

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Christopher Judd
On Wednesday 10 December 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 12/10/08 10:46, Bob Cox wrote: > [snip] > > > Agreed. And wouldn't a teacher know how to spell "conference"? > > Ok, it could be a typo, but there is also another line with some > > rather dodgy grammar, which does not really ring true eithe

Re: rendering problem with iceweasel in sid

2008-12-10 Thread Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson
On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 02:30:12PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2008-12-09 14:03 +0100, Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson wrote: > > > The device section in my xorg.conf is > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics > > Controller" > > Driver

Re: How do I make my normal account (not root) have administrative (root) privileges?

2008-12-10 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 09:48:26PM -0600, Brendan West wrote: > I am using gnome. The problem I am having with user privileges, > though, is only on the gui. I can easily use the root privileges on > the terminal. I am trying to use AVG 7.5, but it says that I don't > have the privileges to acce

Re: How do I make my normal account (not root) have administrative (root) privileges?

2008-12-10 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:34, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 2008 December 09 21:48:26 Brendan West wrote: >>I am using gnome. > > I'll assume you are using gdm then. However, xdm, gdm, and kdm can all start > Gnome, KDE, or an arbitrary X session. I use gdm to st

Re: Video editing

2008-12-10 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> > Another thing I want to do is adding a simple text presentation at the >> > beginning of the file > > [...] > >> It would be very nice to manage to do such a thing, i.e. transform an image >> into a movie! I didn't manage with gimp: how can I achieve this? Pedro Insu

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Steve Lamb
Nate Bargmann wrote: > I do hope that she comes away from this experience not embarrassed and > angry, but rather with an appreciation of the path of learning that her > students would like to voluntarily take. Maybe I haven't mellowed out as much with age as I thought but I hope to hell she g

Re: creative xmod sound card

2008-12-10 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 08:24:50 -0800, Arc Roca wrote: > > Following the instructions in > /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/README.Debian.gz > > I added a line to my /etc/modprobe.d/sound which now looks like this > > alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel > options snd-hda-intel index=0 > alias snd-card-1   

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread Dirk Neumann
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:51:02 +0100 Carlos Carrero Gutierrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, i would like to freeze my linux in order to freeze the OS, then, > when I reboot the computer all changes that i made in the computer > dissapears and it returns to the previous OS freezed. > > In windows

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread Frederik Kriewitz
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Carlos Carrero Gutierrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, i would like to freeze my linux in order to freeze the OS, then, > when I reboot the computer all changes that i made in the computer > dissapears and it returns to the previous OS freezed. have a look at au

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/12/10 Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [...] > In any event, from the information given in the blog, it would seem in > any case that she had neither the right to confiscate the disks nor > immunity from any libel or slander action brought by Ken Stark. Hear, hear. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/12/10 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 12/10/08 11:55, Sam Kuper wrote: >> >> 2008/12/10 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> On 12/10/08 10:06, Jeff Soules wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > after all, is the priority of a scho

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Did the alleged demonstration of Linux and free distribution of Linux disks actually take place: a) in a school classroom or other space for pedagogic activities under the jurisdiction of a school during a period when such activities were: 1)

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread John Hasler
Sam Kuper writes: > Gosh, that sounds awful. High grades don't justify violence against > children, IMO. I suggest that you not send your children to that school then. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Video editing

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 13:11, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Rodolfo Medina wrote: Another thing I want to do is adding a simple text presentation at the beginning of the file Arc Roca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Write your text say with tex, do dvipng, then convert the pngs into a short movie with gimp or s

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread James Kosin
Carlos Carrero Gutierrez wrote: > Hi, i would like to freeze my linux in order to freeze the OS, then, > when I reboot the computer all changes that i made in the computer > dissapears and it returns to the previous OS freezed. > > In windows there is something similar, called "Deep Freeze" (it's

Re: Video editing

2008-12-10 Thread Arc Roca
--- On Wed, 12/10/08, Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Video editing To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 2:11 PM Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> Another thing I want to do is adding a simple text presenta

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread Adrian Chapela
Ron Johnson escribió: On 12/10/08 10:51, Carlos Carrero Gutierrez wrote: Hi, i would like to freeze my linux in order to freeze the OS, then, when I reboot the computer all changes that i made in the computer dissapears and it returns to the previous OS freezed. In windows there is something si

Re: Video editing

2008-12-10 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> Another thing I want to do is adding a simple text presentation at the >>> beginning of the file Arc Roca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Write your text say with tex, do dvipng, then convert the pngs into a short >>> movie with gimp or something else. Then attach at

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Sam Kuper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Dec 10 11:56 -0600]: > 2008/12/10 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On 12/10/08 10:06, Jeff Soules wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to discipli

Re: Video editing

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 12:52, Pedro Insua wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 06:33:43PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Rodolfo Medina wrote: Another thing I want to do is adding a simple text presentation at the beginning of the file Arc Roca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Write your text say with tex, do dvip

Re: kernel panic

2008-12-10 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Olivier Deckers wrote: > Is it possible to update the kernel with default options? Because I have > no idea what modules should be included in the new kernel. > > Emanoil Kotsev schreef: >> Olivier Deckers wrote: >> >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have a machine running debian in text-only mode, and I

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 11:55, Sam Kuper wrote: 2008/12/10 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 12/10/08 10:06, Jeff Soules wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to discipline? For an American public school? Unfortu

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 10:51, Carlos Carrero Gutierrez wrote: Hi, i would like to freeze my linux in order to freeze the OS, then, when I reboot the computer all changes that i made in the computer dissapears and it returns to the previous OS freezed. In windows there is something similar, called "Deep Fre

Re: Video editing

2008-12-10 Thread Pedro Insua
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 06:33:43PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > Another thing I want to do is adding a simple text presentation at the > > beginning of the file > > > Arc Roca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Write your text say with tex, do dvipng, then convert the

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/12/10 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 12/10/08 10:06, Jeff Soules wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to discipline? >> >> For an American public school? Unfortunately, probably the lat

Re: Video editing

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 12:33, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Rodolfo Medina wrote: Another thing I want to do is adding a simple text presentation at the beginning of the file Arc Roca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Write your text say with tex, do dvipng, then convert the pngs into a short movie with gimp or som

Re: [OT] Server for Debian + MySQL

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 10:20, kj wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: If the box is a dedicated DB server, then there aren't (shouldn't be) any other applications running other than the essentials. As a "large systems" developer, this (pervasive) attitude really distresses me. Why? Maybe I should have said "pre

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 10:46, Bob Cox wrote: [snip] Agreed. And wouldn't a teacher know how to spell "conference"? Ok, it could be a typo, but there is also another line with some rather dodgy grammar, which does not really ring true either. I think you expect too much from American teachers. -- Ron

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 10:06, Jeff Soules wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to discipline? For an American public school? Unfortunately, probably the latter. Pray forgive my cynicism... Discipline a priority in

Re: Video editing

2008-12-10 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Another thing I want to do is adding a simple text presentation at the > beginning of the file Arc Roca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Write your text say with tex, do dvipng, then convert the pngs into a short > movie with gimp or something else. Then attach at the beginn

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread David Ehle
Carlos, First a word of warning... your probably going to be getting a lot of nasty messages - cross posting to multiple lists like this, and sending a non-security related message to a security list is deeply frowned upon. That said, I don't have a solution for you but I can provide some i

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread Benjamin M. A'Lee
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:10:04PM -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 05:51:02PM +0100, Carlos Carrero Gutierrez wrote: > > Hi, i would like to freeze my linux in order to freeze the OS, then, > > when I reboot the computer all changes that i made in the computer > > dissapears

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread Listas
Carlos Carrero Gutierrez escribió: Hi, i would like to freeze my linux in order to freeze the OS, then, when I reboot the computer all changes that i made in the computer dissapears and it returns to the previous OS freezed. In windows there is something similar, called "Deep Freeze" (it's freew

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread Török Edwin
On 2008-12-10 18:51, Carlos Carrero Gutierrez wrote: > Hi, i would like to freeze my linux in order to freeze the OS, then, > when I reboot the computer all changes that i made in the computer > dissapears and it returns to the previous OS freezed. > > In windows there is something similar, called

Re: Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 05:51:02PM +0100, Carlos Carrero Gutierrez wrote: > Hi, i would like to freeze my linux in order to freeze the OS, then, > when I reboot the computer all changes that i made in the computer > dissapears and it returns to the previous OS freezed. > > In windows there is some

Freeze SO Linux, it's possible?

2008-12-10 Thread Carlos Carrero Gutierrez
Hi, i would like to freeze my linux in order to freeze the OS, then, when I reboot the computer all changes that i made in the computer dissapears and it returns to the previous OS freezed. In windows there is something similar, called "Deep Freeze" (it's freeware). Somebody could help me? Than

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Bob Cox
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 08:34:23 -0800, Rob Starling ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:08:48AM -0600, Bryan Bishop wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Tom Ashley wrote: > > > http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html > ... > > All jo

Re: 64-bit Flash Player

2008-12-10 Thread Jim Woodruff
on 12/10/2008 06:11 AM Daryl Styrk formed by artistic effort the following: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Make sure you are getting the 64bit tar ball... It is NOT included in the download center or whatever adode calls it. http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html th

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Rob Starling
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 07:08:48AM -0600, Bryan Bishop wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Tom Ashley wrote: > > http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/linux-stop-holding-our-kids-back.html ... > All joking aside, this does strike me as peculiar. Not because it's > yet another uninformed indiv

Compose key keeps resetting in Gnome?

2008-12-10 Thread Jeff Soules
Hi all, I upgraded to Lenny a while back, and since then my compose key setting under Gnome keeps getting reset when I restart. Under system->Keyboard->Layouts I have selected "USA" with adjustments made to map meta to the win-keys and to use the menu key as compose. However, every time I restart

Re: creative xmod sound card

2008-12-10 Thread Arc Roca
Following the instructions in /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/README.Debian.gz I added a line to my /etc/modprobe.d/sound which now looks like this alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel options snd-hda-intel index=0 alias snd-card-1    snd-usb-audio options snd-usb-audio index=1 since after pluging it it sho

Re: [OT] Server for Debian + MySQL

2008-12-10 Thread kj
Ron Johnson wrote: If the box is a dedicated DB server, then there aren't (shouldn't be) any other applications running other than the essentials. As a "large systems" developer, this (pervasive) attitude really distresses me. Why? Maybe I should have said "presumably, there won't be much e

Re: duplicate mail logs

2008-12-10 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-12-10 16:42 +0100, Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:59:54 +0100 > Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... > >> Anyone here using exim4 rather than postfix who sees (or does not see) >> that? > > I'm using exim4 on Sid: > > $ LANG=C diff -s /var/log/mail.{info,log} > Files /v

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread Jeff Soules
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > after all, is the priority of a school to educate or to discipline? For an American public school? Unfortunately, probably the latter. Pray forgive my cynicism... On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM, marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: Confusion about legality of Linux

2008-12-10 Thread marc
Nate Bargmann said... > * Sam Kuper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Dec 10 06:54 -0600]: > > 2008/12/10 Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > My feeling is that she should have investigated whether this really > > was a "disturbance" before intervening. It is not clear to me that the > > action she took

Re: openoffice bug

2008-12-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 2008 December 10 05:33:53 joswright wrote: >Iwas advised to report this problem to you as it is probably not >openoffices fault! If you are using Debian, you can always report bugs using the "reportbug" tool. Once filed, it's up to the maintainer of the package to push the fix and/

Re: duplicate mail logs

2008-12-10 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:59:54 +0100 Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > Anyone here using exim4 rather than postfix who sees (or does not see) > that? I'm using exim4 on Sid: $ LANG=C diff -s /var/log/mail.{info,log} Files /var/log/mail.info and /var/log/mail.log are identical > Sven

Re: Unrestrict chown?

2008-12-10 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:46:49 + Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 09:29:14PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > > > > chown root > > > > Harmless unless root chooses to run it (in which case it would be a > > problem regardless of which user he chown's it to), > > If

Re: How do I make my normal account (not root) have administrative (root) privileges?

2008-12-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 2008 December 09 21:48:26 Brendan West wrote: >I am using gnome. I'll assume you are using gdm then. However, xdm, gdm, and kdm can all start Gnome, KDE, or an arbitrary X session. I use gdm to start my KDE sessions because it's easier to find themes. Anyway, I don't use Gnome, but

Re: Video editing

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 08:15, Rodolfo Medina wrote: [snip] Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I *think* that plain old cat will successfully join them. $ cat f1.mpeg f2.mpeg > big.mpeg Unbelievable but true!! It seems to work. Linux/Unix truly is amazing... -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA

Re: [OT] Server for Debian + MySQL

2008-12-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/10/08 05:34, kj wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 12/09/08 03:49, kj wrote: Anoop Aryal wrote: Just curious, how big of a difference (indeed, what difference) does 64bit make? It will make all the difference on a box with 16GB. On a 32bit machine, you can use a PAE enabled kernel to allo

Re: Unrestrict chown?

2008-12-10 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 22:40 +0100, Christopher Zimmermann wrote: > Hi! > > On my debian box using linux kernel its not possible to give away > files: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% touch foo > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% chown otheruser foo > chown: changing ownership of `foo': Operation not permitted > > on

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