Lenny bricked {effectively} ps3 on dist-upgrade from etch.

So I was running etch, needed to upgrade to use the ppu-gcc package I had, and upon reboot after an: apt-get dist-upgrade, the machine will boot, but nothing works. As far as I can tell it says something about udev failing due to kernel version issues. USB and network no longer work so I have

problem with IPTABLEs

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Re: Numeric keypad doesn't work!

Is the keyboard model correctly set under Gnome's Keyboard Preferences control panel? How about in /etc/X11/xorg.conf ? Are either of those set to a keyboard type that doesn't have a numpad? Just a shot in the dark, but can't hurt to check. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Dennis Wicks wrote:

Numeric keypad doesn't work!

Greetings; I just noticed today that my numeric keypad doesn't work under Gnome, but works fine in a console session. (Ctl-Alt-F1) I've tried changing the keyboard brands and models but nothing makes any difference. Still doesn't work, regardless of NumLock setting. And the LED does turn on a

Re: Please brainstorm: Word-processor compatible with version control

On Tuesday 10 February 2009 12:59:05 Hendrik Boom wrote: > I'd like a word processor compatible with version control systems > (hereafter abbreviated VCS) Having been duly impressed for decades now > how useful VCSs are for programming, I'd like to use them for writing as > well. > > I use monoton

Re: gulus.usherbrooke.ca Debian repo down?

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 22:44:09 -0500, H.S. (hs.sa...@gmail.com) wrote: > Getting connection timed out > > Err http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca testing Release.gpg > Could not connect to gulus.usherbrooke.ca:80 (206.167.141.10), > connection timed out > Err http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca testing/main

gulus.usherbrooke.ca Debian repo down?

Getting connection timed out Err http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca testing Release.gpg Could not connect to gulus.usherbrooke.ca:80 (206.167.141.10), connection timed out Err http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca testing/main Translation-en_CA Unable to connect to gulus.usherbrooke.ca http: Err http://gulus.u

Re: Do you know about DebianON?

>Hi! > >There is a new release (hooray for lenny ;), and I am >sure there will be several user doing a fresh install on their >laptops. > >I would like to propose that you have a look at > > http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/ > >and consider contributing. >... >It won't take you long,

Re: Please brainstorm: Word-processor compatible with version control

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:25:55 +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > If you work with latex in an editor, most do line wrapping without > inserting line breaks, although you would probably need to work with the > editor at a sane width so lines won't wrap across the whole screen. > > I just looked at the lyx

Re: aptitude

consultores1 wrote: Situation: (Sid-Kde) 1 week ago, aptitude could not connect to a server in Canada; then I changed to US server, and aptitude misbehave working. Now, I dont have Internet connection anymore; I have tried with ifconfig/iwconfig/iwlist/dhcpcd/dhclient and I can not stay conne

Debian 5.0 On Dell Latitude CP 233MT

I installed Debian 5.0 on a Dell Latitude CP 233MT. I've had this machine for a long time, its run fine with 3.0 and 4.0 over the years. I'm having one problem with it under 5.0. When it boots up, it loads modules then when it's populating /dev there is a huge pause, I haven't timed it, but at leas

Re: Software RAID w/ mdadm -- Need Partitions?

>> >> Also, with Linux Software RAID, you can convert the metadata of RAID1 >> to RAID5 to expand a 2 drive RAID1 mirrored array to a 2 drive RAID5 >> degraded array to add another drive to later. I've done this multiple >> times and had no problems with it. > > I thought it wasn't possible to conv

RE: aptitude

El jue, 26-02-2009 a las 01:28 +, GERARDO GONZALEZ escribió: > MIERDA ? > > Subject: Re: aptitude > > From: consultor...@gmail.com > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:17:37 -0800 > > > > El mié, 25-02-2009 a las 08:53 -0800, Raquel escribió: > > > On We

Re: problem with IPTABLEs

On Wednesday 25 February 2009 19:28:35 Long Wind wrote: > I want to specify a domain name in rules > but the domain name often changes IP > Is there anything I can do about it? Can you meet your need with tcpwrappers? They work quite well with domain names, and if you're trying to selectively a

hal and alsa and order of audo devices (USB and onboard)

Hello, I was having problem with detection of my audio devices during a reboot when a USB headset was connected. A kind soul had suggested what to do in one of my earlier queries about this. So here is what I did: 1. Appended this to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base

Re: problem with IPTABLEs

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 07:28:35PM -0500, Long Wind wrote: > I want to specify a domain name in rules > but the domain name often changes IP > Is there anything I can do about it? cron is your friend ? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of

Re: Software RAID w/ mdadm -- Need Partitions?

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:09:11AM +1100, Owen Townend wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: [snip] > > I use partitions in my set-up for this reason, it makes it > _slightly_ more fool-proof. me 2 I would agree with this > > cheers, > Owen. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@li

Re: Software RAID w/ mdadm -- Need Partitions?

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 01:22:08AM +, Kelly Harding wrote: > 2009/2/26 Kelly Harding : > > 2009/2/25 Owen Townend : > >> Hal Vaughan wrote: > >>> I've created RAIDs in the past where I just used the entire drive and > >>> ones where I created a single partition on the drives and used the > >>>

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 05:52:32PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 25 February 2009 17:44:06 Dave Patterson wrote: > > use Knoppix for Debian. > > Why? What's wrong with Debian Live? > > http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/ > > Lisi > Oops, I forgot. I'm getting old :( Dave signa

Re: How to protect an encrypted file system for off-line attack?

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 07:53:54PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/23/2009 06:12 PM, Chris Jones wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 02:34:26PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>Given enough time, and resources, *nothing* is untouchable. It's > >>just a matter of whether They think that the time-effort is

RE: aptitude

MIERDA > Subject: Re: aptitude > From: consultor...@gmail.com > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:17:37 -0800 > > El mié, 25-02-2009 a las 08:53 -0800, Raquel escribió: > > On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:28:23 -0800 > > consultores1 wrote: > > > > > El mar, 24-02-2009 a las

Re: Upgrading flashplayer?

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:56:12AM -0800, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Hi. Im running...well, I guess Sid. Im using "testing" for my > /etc/apt/sources.list file. > > A few days ago flashplugin-nonfree went away, or something, and i can no > longer get flash to work. I installed flashplayer-mo

Re: Software RAID w/ mdadm -- Need Partitions?

2009/2/26 Kelly Harding : > 2009/2/25 Owen Townend : >> Hal Vaughan wrote: >>> I've created RAIDs in the past where I just used the entire drive and >>> ones where I created a single partition on the drives and used the >>> partition. It seems that there is no real difference in behavior. >>> >>>

Re: aptitude

El mié, 25-02-2009 a las 08:53 -0800, Raquel escribió: > On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:28:23 -0800 > consultores1 wrote: > > > El mar, 24-02-2009 a las 23:58 -0800, consultores1 escribió: > > > Situation: (Sid-Kde) > > > > > > 1 week ago, aptitude could not connect to a server in Canada; > > > then I c

Do you know about DebianON?

Hi! There is a new release (hooray for lenny ;), and I am sure there will be several user doing a fresh install on their laptops. I would like to propose that you have a look at http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/ and consider contributing. ,[ Quote ] | DebianOn is an effort to d

problem with IPTABLEs

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Re: iptables not opening ports after reinstall of lenny

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Rob Singelais wrote: > Aneurin Price wrote: >> >> Can other computers in your network connect to those ports on >> 192.168.0.101? >> If not, that rules out unexpected problems with the port forwarding in the >> router, which seems like a good first step. >> >> Nye

Re: Software RAID w/ mdadm -- Need Partitions?

Hal Vaughan wrote: > I've created RAIDs in the past where I just used the entire drive and > ones where I created a single partition on the drives and used the > partition. It seems that there is no real difference in behavior. > > If I'm planning on using a drive for a RAID, is there any reason I

Re: Software RAID w/ mdadm -- Need Partitions?

On Wed February 25 2009 13:54:24 Hal Vaughan wrote: > I've created RAIDs in the past where I just used the entire drive and > ones where I created a single partition on the drives and used the > partition. It seems that there is no real difference in behavior. > > If I'm planning on using a drive

Re: Wireless Setup Problem - Thanks

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:57:14PM -0600, Stackpole, Chris wrote: > > > From: Thomas H. George [mailto:li...@tomgeorge.info] > > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 12:35 PM > > Subject: Wireless Setup Problem > > > > I installed a Debian system including Gnome 2.22.3 on my OLPC (One > > Laptop per C

Software RAID w/ mdadm -- Need Partitions?

I've created RAIDs in the past where I just used the entire drive and ones where I created a single partition on the drives and used the partition. It seems that there is no real difference in behavior. If I'm planning on using a drive for a RAID, is there any reason I should create a sing

Re: application like iPhoto on Debian GNU/Linux Etch?

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:58:14PM +, kj wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: >> My special problem is a family in which there are people with Mac( and >> iPhoto), and Windows, and me (with Debian). I want something that >> works reasonably well on all three. And for which moving picture files >>

Re: Can't mount RAID 5: "Can't find ext3 filesystem"

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:19:29AM +0100, Jose Legido wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Alex Samad wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 08:20:57AM +0100, Jose Legido wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:33 AM, Alex Samad wrote: > >> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 07:29:12PM -0500, Jose Legido w

Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Global - No Sound

I hope someone can help me with this card because I really spent lots of time and have no more ideas. I manged to extract firmware from windows driver using tutorial from /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.26/Documentation/video4linux/extract_xc3028.pl # 1) Download the windows driver with something lik

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

On 02/25/2009 10:56 AM, Dean Chester wrote: Hi I have been recently looking at other distros to use other than Debian. And i have also been given a new laptop for use in school which i am soon going to be running Linux on. However i don't know what to go for. The 3 options to choose from are Debi

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

On 02/25/2009 01:58 PM, Dean Chester wrote: [snip] OK will try with some live CDs. Next question 32-bit or 64-bit has a C2D processor? On a laptop, I see no advantage to running a 64-bit system. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA The feeling of disgust at seeing a human female in a Relatio

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

Dean Chester wrote: On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Jimmy Johnson > wrote: Ken Teague wrote: Jimmy Johnson wrote: > If you are smart you will give "SimplyMEPIS 8.0" a try before you decide. ;) OK will try with some live

Re: iptables not opening ports after reinstall of lenny

Aneurin Price wrote: Can other computers in your network connect to those ports on 192.168.0.101? If not, that rules out unexpected problems with the port forwarding in the router, which seems like a good first step. Nye With the port forwarded on the router and also in iptables, other

Ident2

does any one know a url where i can check my own ident. and can any one lead me to a manual for ident2, the one in debian help isnt good enough. Ø.Dale -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Ken Teague wrote: > > Jimmy Johnson wrote: >> > If you are smart you will give "SimplyMEPIS 8.0" a try before you >> >>> decide. ;) >>> >> > Does that make him dumb, stupid or ignorant if he doesn't? >> > > It only means what it says. > >

Re: finding similar files

Hendrik Boom: > > There wouldn't happen to be any handy tools for searching a directory > tree with a few hundred ASCII files and telling me which ones have > similar content? I don't know about any tools ready for use, but if your files aren't too large you could build something out of my (or a

Re: Please brainstorm: Word-processor compatible with version control

On 02/25/2009 07:16 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: [snip] There's .fodt, too, which is similar, but everything's in one file,and is *not* compressed. Unfortunately, the entire document now appears to be one line of text. In the test I performed, it put one line of text per paragraph.

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo wrote: > I hardly find Debian a stable distro. Using debian testing for about 6 years now on all my servers, PCs and laptops, and constantly torturing my systems with packet installs/uninstalls/manual configurations and all kind of fiddling inside /etc/, I really don't ha

Re: Upgrading flashplayer?

--- On Wed, 2/25/09, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > From: Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum > Subject: Re: Upgrading flashplayer? > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 11:45 AM > >On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:56, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum > wrote: > > > A few days ago flashplu

Re: Upgrading flashplayer?

>On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:56, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum >wrote: > > A few days ago flashplugin-nonfree went away, or something, and i can no > > longer get flash to work. I installed flashplayer-mozilla but it doesnt > > work. > > I looked at the Adobe site and they do have a Linux download for F

Re: Upgrading flashplayer?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:56, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum > wrote: >> Hi. Im running...well, I guess Sid. Im using "testing" for my >> /etc/apt/sources.list file. >> >> A few days ago flashplugin-nonfree went away, or something, an

Re: Debian Lenny Based SimplyMEPIS 8.0 is Released

tyler wrote: Jimmy Johnson writes: > > > If Warren still hasn't released his tools under a Free license, I > > would question the statement that Warren has given plenty to the > > community. > > He gave his life savings to the development of Mepis and is now > living hand to mouth, wha

Re: Upgrading flashplayer?

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:04, thveillon.debian wrote: > Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum a écrit : >> Hi. Im running...well, I guess Sid. Im using "testing" for my >> /etc/apt/sources.list file. >> >> A few days ago flashplugin-nonfree went away, or something, and i can no >> longer get flash to work. I i

Re: Upgrading flashplayer?

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:56, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > Hi. Im running...well, I guess Sid. Im using "testing" for my > /etc/apt/sources.list file. > > A few days ago flashplugin-nonfree went away, or something, and i can no > longer get flash to work. I installed flashplayer-mozilla but i

Re: Debian Lenny Based SimplyMEPIS 8.0 is Released

tyler writes: > Has Warren since changed his position on licensing his own programs? Apologies for replying to my own post, but I did some more digging, and apparently the Mepis tools have indeed been released under a Free Software license: http://mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17736&

Re: Upgrading flashplayer?

Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum a écrit : > Hi. Im running...well, I guess Sid. Im using "testing" for my > /etc/apt/sources.list file. > > A few days ago flashplugin-nonfree went away, or something, and i can no > longer get flash to work. I installed flashplayer-mozilla but it doesnt work. > I looked at

finding similar files

There wouldn't happen to be any handy tools for searching a directory tree with a few hundred ASCII files and telling me which ones have similar content? Many have been copied, edited, merged, reformatted, split, and I'd like to find the differences, decide on what to keep, and delete redundant

Re: Protecting files in linux

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 05:20, Jorge Delgado wrote: > Hi, i would like to protect files like passwords and websites of Firefox > (iceweasel), and this cannot be done encripting the files. > > So, i need some program for protect the files and, at the same time be > using them. If i encript the file

Upgrading flashplayer?

Hi. Im running...well, I guess Sid. Im using "testing" for my /etc/apt/sources.list file. A few days ago flashplugin-nonfree went away, or something, and i can no longer get flash to work. I installed flashplayer-mozilla but it doesnt work. I looked at the Adobe site and they do have a Linux dow

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

Ken Teague wrote: Jimmy Johnson wrote: > If you are smart you will give "SimplyMEPIS 8.0" a try before you decide. ;) Does that make him dumb, stupid or ignorant if he doesn't? It only means what it says. And please keep your reply to the list. Thank you, -- Jimmy Johnson Bakersfield,

Re: What is the relationship between debian maillist and google groups?

John Hasler escribió: > Wang Long writes: >> Oh I don't think so, look at this page: >> http://groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=46491&topic=9253 > >> Actually it's not very important; but I want to know where were my >> messages that post via google groups gone... In fact all my mess

Re: Can't boot after installation (debian5 on macmini)

Ben Jakb wrote: hi I've just installed debian 5 for the second time on a macmini. It still doesn't boot, but only shows a blinking folder with an exclamation mark. Its a simple debian-only installation, no dualboot. 2 partitions: for root and swap. GRUB was installed. Any ideas? Sounds lik

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

Dean Chester wrote: Hi I have been recently looking at other distros to use other than Debian. And i have also been given a new laptop for use in school which i am soon going to be running Linux on. However i don't know what to go for. The 3 options to choose from are Debian(of course), Ubuntu

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

On Wednesday 25 February 2009 17:44:06 Dave Patterson wrote: > use Knoppix for Debian. Why? What's wrong with Debian Live? http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/ Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

Andrew McGlashan wrote: Hi, Jimmy Johnson wrote: If you like Fedora then you will love CentOS, in my humble opinion Fedora is no more than testing for Red Hat, while CentOS is Red Hat Enterprise. Umm, I think it would be more correct to compare Fedora with Debian SID -- Fedora is testing gr

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 01:23:18AM +0800, Nelson Castillo wrote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Dean Chester > wrote: > Fedora can hurt your brain. > Try LFS. Makes your brain seriously sore, but you learn a lot... The key word is laptop. I'd try booting the thing with a live disc from ea

Re: non-dpkg owned libc6 - etch to lenny upgrade problem

>> > Answer to my followup to your previous copy of that message from >> > yesterday, rather than sending it again. >> >> I would if I could... I never saw my message posted, nor did I see your >> response. Nor do I find either in the list archives. > > They are in the archives. Tzafrir did reply t

Re: Please brainstorm: Word-processor compatible with version control

Flashbake: Free version-control for writers using git Posted by Cory Doctorow, February 13, 2009 6:39 AM | permalink For the past couple weeks, I've been working with Thomas "cmdln" Gideon (host of the fabulously nerdy Command Line podcast) on a free software project for writers called "Flashbak

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Dean Chester wrote: > Hi > I have been recently looking at other distros to use other than Debian. And > i have also been given a new laptop for use in school which i am soon going > to be running Linux on. However i don't know what to go for. The 3 options > to c

Re: non-dpkg owned libc6 - etch to lenny upgrade problem

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:10:00 -0500, John Fleming (j...@wa9als.com) wrote: > On Wed, February 25, 2009 10:25 am, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:56:09AM -0500, John Fleming wrote: > >> Consider me a newbie - trying to upgrade etch to lenny, getting msg about > >> having a n

[OT I think] Which Distro?

Hi I have been recently looking at other distros to use other than Debian. And i have also been given a new laptop for use in school which i am soon going to be running Linux on. However i don't know what to go for. The 3 options to choose from are Debian(of course), Ubuntu or Fedora. The Laptop is

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

Hi, Jimmy Johnson wrote: If you like Fedora then you will love CentOS, in my humble opinion Fedora is no more than testing for Red Hat, while CentOS is Red Hat Enterprise. Umm, I think it would be more correct to compare Fedora with Debian SID -- Fedora is testing ground and the baby of Red

Re: aptitude

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:28:23 -0800 consultores1 wrote: > El mar, 24-02-2009 a las 23:58 -0800, consultores1 escribió: > > Situation: (Sid-Kde) > > > > 1 week ago, aptitude could not connect to a server in Canada; > > then I changed to US server, and aptitude misbehave working. > > > > Now, I do

Can't boot after installation (debian5 on macmini)

hi I've just installed debian 5 for the second time on a macmini. It still doesn't boot, but only shows a blinking folder with an exclamation mark. Its a simple debian-only installation, no dualboot. 2 partitions: for root and swap. GRUB was installed. Any ideas? thanks in advance ben -- To U

Re: Why aptitude is sometimes slow inside xen domU ?

In fact in my case the domU is really really slow : time dd if=/dev/zero of=TEST bs=4k count=12500 12500+0 enregistrements lus 12500+0 enregistrements écrits 5120 bytes (51 MB) copied, 37,504 s, 1,4 MB/s real0m37.520s user0m0.004s sys0m0.352s 1.4MB/s... and t

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo wrote: Well, a fun time (one week), sweating it up to make my ATI and Wifi work in Lenny AMD64 but nothing. With old fedora wifi works from the live cd and ATI with the update. No need even to try it with my dell or my Aspireone. So byebye Debian. I found on lenny many o

Re: non-dpkg owned libc6 - etch to lenny upgrade problem

On Wed, February 25, 2009 10:25 am, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:56:09AM -0500, John Fleming wrote: >> Consider me a newbie - trying to upgrade etch to lenny, getting msg about >> having a non-dpkg owned copy of libc6-i686. "Can't live with it, can't live >> without it". Can't

Lenny-Sid upgrade causes(?) loss of connectivity

Hey all... Just got a shiny new cheap laptop, did a Lenny netinstall AMD64. The thing's an HP dv7 with Turion chipset. Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02) Lenny runs fine, had to bring in a newer kernel and ath9k compiled from pristi

Re: application like iPhoto on Debian GNU/Linux Etch? (closed???)

On 2009-02-25_22:29:02, Dave Patterson wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:58:14PM +, kj wrote: > > > > > I missed the earlier posts in this thread, so excuse my ignorance. Are > > you aiming to share one photo repository between thee machines? In that > > case Picasa would really be you

Re: Update Manager

John Lindsay wrote: > Thierry Chatelet wrote: >>> John >>> >> >> >> Hi John, >> Dont use reply to and change the subject of the thread, this does not >> start a new thread, but goes into the one you are therefore >> "highjacking". To start a new thread, you have to create a new message. >> T

Re: how does GRUB read from /boot on software-RAID partition?

Douglas A. Tutty wrote: ... > I had a box with ... > > I tested booting by unplugging (power and data) each drive in turn, > booting with grub was never a problem. Thanks. Daniel -- (Plain text sometimes corrupted to HTML "courtesy" of Microsoft Exchange.) [F]

Re: how does GRUB read from /boot on software-RAID partition?

Jack Schneider wrote: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:14:54 -0500 > "Barclay, Daniel" wrote: > >> Jack Schneider wrote: >>> ... I have run without incident for over a year. >> But if you haven't had any disk-failure incidents, do you know whether >> your setup will reliably work if either disk fails?

Re: VPN connection using openvpn and openssl certs

Hello all, On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 01:00:56PM +1100, linuksos wrote: > I have just simple question in regards to the OpenVPN connections. > When using a Certificates and "server" directive in openvpn > configuration file : > server 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 the vpn tunnel is created is follows: > SE

Re: iptables not opening ports after reinstall of lenny

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:47 AM, Rob Singelais wrote: > I have reinstalled lenny and used the same iptables used from the previous > install from backups. After days of trying to get my webserver port 8080 to > respond from outside the network and getting connection refused or timed > out, I thin

Re: application like iPhoto on Debian GNU/Linux Etch?

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:58:14PM +, kj wrote: > > I missed the earlier posts in this thread, so excuse my ignorance. Are > you aiming to share one photo repository between thee machines? In that > case Picasa would really be your only option. Mixing DAM applications > on the same da

Re: Please brainstorm: Word-processor compatible with version control

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:25:57 + (UTC) Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:41:10 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > > Hendrik Boom: > >> > >> I'd like a word processor compatible with version control systems > >> (hereafter abbreviated VCS) Having been duly impressed for decades now >

Re: non-dpkg owned libc6 - etch to lenny upgrade problem

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:56:09AM -0500, John Fleming wrote: > Consider me a newbie - trying to upgrade etch to lenny, getting msg about > having a non-dpkg owned copy of libc6-i686. "Can't live with it, can't live > without it". Can't remove it. Can't upgrade with what I have. Previously > I'v

Re: Skype

Andrew McGlashan wrote: > > Skype is proprietory, it is also a risk for your Internet connection if > it is run with high enough privilege > > See here: > http://www.affinityvision.com.au/voip-notes-detailed.html#skype > > NB: I don't know how applicable the article is today or whether it is

Re: NetworkManager Zeroconf

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Oleg Mürk wrote: > Hello, > > I have the following problem on Debian 5: > * I have a router that reboots longer than 45 seconds > * When router is rebooted, the link goes down and then up again > * When the link goes up, Debian tries to do DHCPDISCOVER > * However,

Re: Protecting files in linux

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jorge Delgado wrote: > Hi, i would like to protect files like passwords and websites of Firefox > (iceweasel), and this cannot be done encripting the files. Why not? > So, i need some program for protect the files and, at the same time be > using th

Re: Debian Lenny Based SimplyMEPIS 8.0 is Released

Jimmy Johnson writes: > H.S. wrote: >> Jimmy Johnson wrote: >>> Neil Ellwood wrote: >>> Personally I haven't found anything easier than Debian and it is more >>> reliable than anything else I have tried. Why use a derivative when >>> the original is marvellous? >>> >>> >>> Hi Neil, I'm along

non-dpkg owned libc6 - etch to lenny upgrade problem

Consider me a newbie - trying to upgrade etch to lenny, getting msg about having a non-dpkg owned copy of libc6-i686. "Can't live with it, can't live without it". Can't remove it. Can't upgrade with what I have. Previously I've done all installs and upgrades with apt-get. I started this system

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo wrote: > Well, a fun time (one week), sweating it up to make my ATI and Wifi work > in Lenny AMD64 but nothing. With old fedora wifi works from the live cd > and ATI with the update. No need even to try it with my dell or my > Aspireone. So byebye Debian. Be glad you have

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

Hi, While bug reports are best sent using reportbug(1), reporting problems to the list can sometimes help as well. On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:22:08AM -0400, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo wrote: > Well, a fun time (one week), sweating it up to make my ATI and Wifi work > in Lenny AMD64 but nothing. Wit

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo wrote: > Well, a fun time (one week), sweating it up to make my ATI and Wifi work > in Lenny AMD64 but nothing. With old fedora wifi works from the live cd > and ATI with the update. No need even to try it with my dell or my > Aspireone. So byebye Debian. FWIW, my ati work

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

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Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo < rodolfo.alca...@padep.org.bo> wrote: > Well, a fun time (one week), sweating it up to make my ATI and Wifi work > in Lenny AMD64 but nothing. With old fedora wifi works from the live cd > and ATI with the update. No need even to try it wi

Re: aptitude

El mar, 24-02-2009 a las 23:58 -0800, consultores1 escribió: > Situation: (Sid-Kde) > > 1 week ago, aptitude could not connect to a server in Canada; then I > changed to US server, and aptitude misbehave working. > > Now, I dont have Internet connection anymore; I have tried with > ifconfig/iwcon

IP forwarding on router box no longer working after lenny upgrade; can ping but not get http request from outside hosts

I have a simple home router setup. The router runs Debian Lenny; the client runs Ubuntu. The router has two NICs; one connects to the ISP, the other to an internal switch. The router box has no network issues with the Internet. I can ping, surf websites, etc.. The client box has no problems

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 09:22:08AM -0400, Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo wrote: > Well, a fun time (one week), sweating it up to make my ATI and Wifi work > in Lenny AMD64 but nothing. With old fedora wifi works from the live cd > and ATI with the update. No need even to try it with my dell or my > Aspir

Re: Resolving dependencies?

Umarzuki Mochlis escribió: > [snipped] >> >> >> Mix too many things? >> >> Lenny has amarok 1.4 with kde 3.5; I'm not surprised that this doesn't >> mix well with amarok 2.0, which probably comes with kde 4.2. Make up >> your mind if you'd like to stick with lenny or go with sid, testing, >> experi

Re: What is the relationship between debian maillist and google groups?

Wang Long writes: > Oh I don't think so, look at this page: > http://groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=46491&topic=9253 > Actually it's not very important; but I want to know where were my > messages that post via google groups gone... In fact all my messegs that > I post on http://gr

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo said: > So byebye Debian. Around here we have a saying, "don't let the door hit you in the a$$ on the way out." Means, "don't brag about it, just hurry up and go, for doG's sake!" Cybe R. Wizard -- Nice computers don't go down. Larry Niven, Steven Barnes

RE: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

> From: Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo [mailto:rodolfo.alca...@padep.org.bo] > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 7:22 AM > Subject: Fedora guy byebyes Debian > > Well, a fun time (one week), sweating it up to make my ATI and Wifi work > in Lenny AMD64 but nothing. With old fedora wifi works from the li

Re: Fedora guy byebyes Debian

Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo escribió: > Well, a fun time (one week), sweating it up to make my ATI and Wifi work > in Lenny AMD64 but nothing. With old fedora wifi works from the live cd > and ATI with the update. No need even to try it with my dell or my > Aspireone. So byebye Debian. > > I found on

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