Re: Comprehensive list of d-i (debian-installer) key/value pairs and description

2009-03-01 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:38:50AM -0500, Joe McDonagh wrote: > Hi All, I am wondering if anyone knows where I can find a comprehensive > list of debian-installer key/value pairs for preseeding. I discovered > /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat but that doesn't show *all* keys. This question is

Re: logging writes to disk (keeping disk from spinning down)

2009-03-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/28/2009 11:14 AM, green wrote: On Sat, 2009-02-28, 059, Bob Cox wrote: On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 08:21:16 +, Bob Cox (debian-u...@lists.bobcox.com) wrote: You may need noflushd (no flush daemon) to do what you want. aptitude show noflushd Which is for IDE drives and you are using S

Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

2009-03-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/27/2009 07:23 PM, Chris Jones wrote: On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 07:56:39PM EST, Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/27/2009 05:35 PM, Chris Jones wrote: On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 01:42:51PM EST, Dotan Cohen wrote: My C experience began and ended in a one-semester course. There is such a thing as "fund

Re: Scanner Needs Root Access?

2009-03-01 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On 1 March 2009 15:06:15 Kent West wrote: > Andrew Malcolmson wrote: > > Thierry Chatelet wrote: > > [snip] > > > >> lp does not need to be in scanner group. I know it does not help, but... > >> Did you try to log out and back in since you put yourself in scanner > >> group? > > > > or to avoid nee

Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-01 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. I am using Debian 4.0. How do I add installed packages to the Applications menu hierarchy? Synaptic installs then loses packages; it downloads and installs a package and its dependencies, and then, when queried, it shows the package and its dependancies to be installed, but it does not

running gedit as su brings error

2009-03-01 Thread Dave Patterson
Hello * Recently I've been getting an error I've not seen before in Gnome: when I run Gedit from a terminal as su, I get the following: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system

Re: suspend to ram

2009-03-01 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:11:17 -0500 Andrew Malcolmson wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > I'm trying to get s2ram to work on my Acer Aspire 3690. The machine is > > in the whitelist: > > > > Take a look at the HAL Quirks site: > > http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/quirk/index.html > > It has h

Re: sending mail from debian etch via php script using mail()

2009-03-01 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 22:09, Olaf Reitmaier Veracierta wrote: > The default exim4 configuration is the problem, if you like sendmail... > > Then... aptitude install sendmail mailx. > > It will remove exim4 you can't use both at same time on Debian Etch. > > Try again send an email from php. Ple

Re: OO.o 3.0.1 in Lenny

2009-03-01 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 08:44, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > > > 2009/3/2 Frederik Kriewitz >> >> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Umarzuki Mochlis >> wrote: >> > Aside from official installer (that somehow corrupted, happened to every >> > tarball downloaded, don't know why), is there any backports o

Re: Package Installation Problem

2009-03-01 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 18:04, Kolpur Srinivasa Chary wrote: > Hi, > I'm using Debian 5.0 and I recently changed my repositories to : > >        # Security >        deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib >        non-free >        deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/update

Re: How to change console font?

2009-03-01 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 04:53, Robert Latest wrote: > Hello folks, > > since many kernels ago I've used VGA console fonts that have been more > pleasant than the standard 80x25 screen (mode 775). However, since my > recent upgrade to lenny, this often doesn't work any more. Sometimes I > get the fo

Re: Package Installation Problem

2009-03-01 Thread Chris
On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:34:00 +0530 Kolpur Srinivasa Chary wrote: > Hi, > I'm using Debian 5.0 and I recently changed my repositories to : > > # Security > deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib > non-free > deb-src http://security.debi

Re: Installing testing from latest netinst iso

2009-03-01 Thread Frank McCormick
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Frank McCormick wrote: >>> I just spent a couple of hours trying to unsuccessfully install Squeeze >>> from the netinstall iso. >> I guess these builds are put up for DL with no or little testing. My >> build came from the 28th and the two suffer the same problem. Gue

Re: 2.6.28 + nvidia closed source

2009-03-01 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, Alex Samad wrote: On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 01:40:45PM +, thveillon.debian wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : Hi, I see 2.6.28 made it to Sid. Anybody use it with the nvidia closed source driver? Hugo Hi, I use a 2.6.28 and Nvidia non free driver from their website. It work

Package Installation Problem

2009-03-01 Thread Kolpur Srinivasa Chary
Hi, I'm using Debian 5.0 and I recently changed my repositories to : # Security deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free #Re

Re: Lenny stable. How to find wmsm WindowMaker applet?

2009-03-01 Thread Chris Burkhardt
Mark Goldshtein wrote: >> You may try and install the RPM, it has few depends. >> http://rpmseek.com/rpm-dl/wmsm-0.2.0-alt1.i586.html?hl=com&cbd=0:W:120:1859264:48:0:0 > > Thanks, for the tip! I have got one here: > http://search.linux.kiev.ua/server/ftp.linux.kiev.ua/browse/pub/Linux/ALT/Sisyphus

Re: 2.6.28 + nvidia closed source

2009-03-01 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 03:43:59PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 01:40:45PM +, thveillon.debian wrote: >>> Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : Hi, [snip] >> >> what X are you using ? >> > > xserver-xorg 1:7.3+18 the X.Org X ser

Re: Midnight commander

2009-03-01 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:43:12 -0500 Daryl Styrk wrote: > Frank McCormick wrote: > > What's the best terminal for running Midnight Commander...it seems all > > the ones I try ( rxvt, aterm) can't handle the acsii drawing characters > > so the display is wierd. > > > > > > > > > > I've never us

Re: Midnight commander

2009-03-01 Thread Daryl Styrk
Frank McCormick wrote: What's the best terminal for running Midnight Commander...it seems all the ones I try ( rxvt, aterm) can't handle the acsii drawing characters so the display is wierd. I've never used Midnight Commander, but here is my notes on how I got the BBS's to display much bet

Re: How to change console font?

2009-03-01 Thread Chris Jones
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 07:53:54AM EST, Robert Latest wrote: > Hello folks, > > since many kernels ago I've used VGA console fonts that have been more > pleasant than the standard 80x25 screen (mode 775). However, since my > recent upgrade to lenny, this often doesn't work any more. Sometimes I >

Midnight commander

2009-03-01 Thread Frank McCormick
What's the best terminal for running Midnight Commander...it seems all the ones I try ( rxvt, aterm) can't handle the acsii drawing characters so the display is wierd. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...

[solved] Re: grub locked

2009-03-01 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:46:12 -0500 Andrew Reid wrote: > On Friday 27 February 2009 02:18:26 Celejar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was just greatly disturbed to find that I am unable to edit my grub > > command lines (with 'e') or to get a command shell (with 'c'). This > > used to work, although I ca

Re: screen multidisplay with terminals resized

2009-03-01 Thread Michael M. Moore
Kelly Clowers wrote: I disagree. Sure, some people use a tabbed term with awesome, but I use urxvt, and based on the mailing list and IRC I feel like most users use xterm or (u)rxvt. FYI, in case you were not aware of this, urxvt can also be a tabbed terminal. There's a perl extension that e

Re: GRUB troubles with Re: Distinguishing SATA disks

2009-03-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:40:40 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hendrik Boom wrote: >> On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:02:18 +0100, Frederik Kriewitz wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Hendrik Boom >>> wrote: Fun. Lost of symlinks. Can I use these to identify the drives to be used in R

Re: 2.6.28 + nvidia closed source

2009-03-01 Thread thveillon.debian
Alex Samad wrote : > On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 01:40:45PM +, thveillon.debian wrote: >> Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : >>> Hi, >>> >>> I see 2.6.28 made it to Sid. >>> >>> Anybody use it with the nvidia closed source driver? >>> >>> Hugo >>> >>> >> Hi, >> >> I use a 2.6.28 and Nvidia non free driver f

Lenny stable. How to find wmsm WindowMaker applet?

2009-03-01 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Mark Goldshtein wrote: >> >> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Chris Burkhardt wrote: >>> >>> Mark Goldshtein wrote: Hello, list! I am running Debian Lenny stable (fresh installed right after release date) and WindowMak

Scanner problems

2009-03-01 Thread Frank
Just installed Debian squeeze...and am looking for help. Seems xsane will only run as root...made myself a member of scanner group, but still have to run gksudo to get it to find the scanner. Advice ?? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Lenny stable. How to find wmsm WindowMaker applet?

2009-03-01 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Mark Goldshtein wrote: On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Chris Burkhardt wrote: Mark Goldshtein wrote: Hello, list! I am running Debian Lenny stable (fresh installed right after release date) and WindowMaker. Here is my sources.list: [...] Looking for WindowMaker applets, I have not found 'wm

Re: Lenny stable. How to find wmsm WindowMaker applet?

2009-03-01 Thread Chris Burkhardt
Mark Goldshtein wrote: > Thanks for replay! > > Pardon me, but that not the same applet :) Oh... um, then... I don't know. Sorry! - Chris B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Lenny stable. How to find wmsm WindowMaker applet?

2009-03-01 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Chris Burkhardt wrote: > Mark Goldshtein wrote: >> Hello, list! >> >> I am running Debian Lenny stable (fresh installed right after release >> date) and WindowMaker. Here is my sources.list: >> >> [...] >> >> Looking for WindowMaker applets, I have not found 'wmsm'

Re: Lenny stable. How to find wmsm WindowMaker applet?

2009-03-01 Thread Chris Burkhardt
Mark Goldshtein wrote: > Hello, list! > > I am running Debian Lenny stable (fresh installed right after release > date) and WindowMaker. Here is my sources.list: > > [...] > > Looking for WindowMaker applets, I have not found 'wmsm' applet. This > is nice 'all in one' information icon with CPU, m

Lenny stable. How to find wmsm WindowMaker applet?

2009-03-01 Thread Mark Goldshtein
Hello, list! I am running Debian Lenny stable (fresh installed right after release date) and WindowMaker. Here is my sources.list: $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 _Lenny_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1 20090214-17:33]/ lenny main deb http://http.us.debian.org/debi

Re: vmware server + 2.6.28

2009-03-01 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Stephan Seitz wrote: On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 03:45:31PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Anybody running a vmware server with 2.6.28? If so what version and with or without a patch? VMware server 2.0 runs without additional patches. Shade and sweet water! Indeed, let me download that and give

Re: Comprehensive list of d-i (debian-installer) key/value pairs and description

2009-03-01 Thread Eric Gerlach
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:38:50AM -0500, Joe McDonagh wrote: > Hi All, I am wondering if anyone knows where I can find a comprehensive > list of debian-installer key/value pairs for preseeding. I discovered > /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat but that doesn't show *all* keys. debconf-get-selec

Re: 2.6.28 + nvidia closed source

2009-03-01 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 01:40:45PM +, thveillon.debian wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > I see 2.6.28 made it to Sid. > > > > Anybody use it with the nvidia closed source driver? > > > > Hugo > > > > > Hi, > > I use a 2.6.28 and Nvidia non free driver from their website.

Re: 2.6.28 + nvidia closed source

2009-03-01 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Alex Samad wrote: On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 01:40:45PM +, thveillon.debian wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : Hi, I see 2.6.28 made it to Sid. Anybody use it with the nvidia closed source driver? Hugo Hi, I use a 2.6.28 and Nvidia non free driver from their website. It works OK here. (ve

Re: vmware server + 2.6.28

2009-03-01 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 03:45:31PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Anybody running a vmware server with 2.6.28? If so what version and with or without a patch? VMware server 2.0 runs without additional patches. Shade and sweet water! Stephan -- | Stephan Seitz E-Mail: s...@

vmware server + 2.6.28

2009-03-01 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, Anybody running a vmware server with 2.6.28? If so what version and with or without a patch? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Error executing apt-mirror

2009-03-01 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi all! I am noticing the following error when executing apt-mirror: ws1:/usr/bin# apt-mirror Downloading 40 index files using 20 threads... Begin time: Sat Feb 28 12:34:31 2009 [20]... [19]... [18]... [17]... [16]... [15]... [14]... [13]... [12]... [11]... [10]... [9]...[8]... [7]... [6]... [5].

Re: netbook for debian

2009-03-01 Thread Peter Robinson
(...) Thanks to all who ansered. For what it's worth I have decided to go with the Asus EeePC 901, which is available here for 235 Euro and would seem to be more than enough for my needs (especially since debian support seems to be excellent). cheers Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-

Re: OO.o 3.0.1 in Lenny

2009-03-01 Thread H.S.
Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > Aside from official installer (that somehow corrupted, happened to every > tarball downloaded, don't know why), is there any backports or something? > Yes, I have the same experience with the deb from OOo. I ended up with extracting the contents from the deb based on ins

Re: How to change console font?

2009-03-01 Thread Alex Maurer
On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 13:53:54 +0100 Robert Latest wrote: > Hello folks, > > since many kernels ago I've used VGA console fonts that have been more > pleasant than the standard 80x25 screen (mode 775). However, since my > recent upgrade to lenny, this often doesn't work any more. Sometimes I > get

Re: motorola a1200 couldn't be mounted on Debian

2009-03-01 Thread Rodrigo Hashimoto
Guys, Just to complement. Take a look at the message found on "messages" log file. Mar 1 15:51:26 debian-lap kernel: [10749.619200] sdd: sdd1 Mar 1 15:51:26 debian-lap kernel: [10749.650527] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI disk Mar 1 15:51:26 debian-lap kernel: [10750.041118] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdd

Re: Duvida

2009-03-01 Thread Rodrigo Hashimoto
It looks like the problem happens after the system installation. Cristiano, Cole aqui o erro que vc encontrou, assim fica mais fácil ajudá-lo, ok ? On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 14:23 +0100, Sjors Gielen wrote: > Cristiano Lima schreef: > > Quando estou instalando o debian 5.0 e entro na parte em que

motorola a1200 couldn't be mounted on Debian

2009-03-01 Thread Rodrigo Hashimoto
Hi there, I'm trying to mount the mobile phone motorola 1200 but I couldn't. It's recognize by the system (Debian Lenny) but it can't mount it. I get the error "mount: you must specify the filesystem type", but I already tried to specify it with the "-t" flag. Any suggestion pls ? Thanks.

Re: How to automount USB disks at boot-up?

2009-03-01 Thread Arthur Marsh
Osamu Aoki wrote, on 2009-03-02 01:25: On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 01:56:12PM +0100, Robert Latest wrote: Hello people, the subject says it all. I (often, but not always) have a portable USB disk connected to the computer that I would like to have automounted on boot. I could just knit some init sc

gnome-power-manager 2.22.1 can't suspend

2009-03-01 Thread Laurent Lejeune
Hi all, After an upgrade, gnome-power-manager (version 2.22.1) can't suspend anymore, it does absolutely nothing. I supposed that what it does is call the dbus-send command. Therefore i tried suspending using that module explicitly: l...@olympe:~/bin$ dbus-send \ > --session \ > --dest=org.

Re: GRUB troubles with Re: Distinguishing SATA disks

2009-03-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:40:40 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hendrik Boom wrote: >> >> Well, that worked. And /etc/fstab is happy with >> >> /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3750640AS-5QD4Z81L-part1 /bottom ext3 >> defaults,auto,rw,nodev 0 0 >> >> but /boot/menu/grub is not happy with >> >> title

Re: Segmentation fault when stating aptitude

2009-03-01 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 11:29:30AM -0500, Jacques Dery was heard to say: > I tried running apt-get update and aptitude from the commandline with > the same result. I looked at the man page. I tried a few commands > without result. I am weary going further because I am playing with root > and r

Re: denyhosts error

2009-03-01 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Sun March 1 2009, Sjors Gielen wrote: >  > DenyHosts >  >  To: >  > r...@localhost > > There are two ways to fix this, 2 is probably preferred: > > 1) By default, in the Denyhosts Debian package, the configfile is > installed at /etc/denyhosts.conf. If you didn't take the Debian package, > it w

Re: 2.6.28 + nvidia closed source

2009-03-01 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:56:40 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > I see 2.6.28 made it to Sid. > > Anybody use it with the nvidia closed source driver? > > Hugo > > I am using 2.6.28.5 (tux on ice source) with the nvidia binary from their website (180.29) with no problems. There are also

Re: NTPd log entries flipping between 'status change 4001' and 'status change 0001'

2009-03-01 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi Bob. On Sunday, 01 March 2009 16:13:25 +, Bob Cox wrote: > > After to have updated to Debian GNU/Linux Lenny (stable), I began to > > see abundantly /var/log/ntpd entries of the following type: > > > > 1 Mar 06:50:52 ntpd[4825] kernel time sync status change 4001 > > 1 Mar 07:42:06 ntpd

Segmentation fault when stating aptitude

2009-03-01 Thread Jacques Dery
Last time I ran Udpate Manager (Desktop --> Administration --> Update Manager), when I clicked the Check button (Check the channel for new update), the download stopped in the middle. Since then, when I launch the application, I get a segmentation fault error. I tried running apt-get update and a

Export kmail 1.10 to Evolution 2.22

2009-03-01 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
Googling only led me to tricks that least 2 years older. Some suggest backing not existed file, the ~/Mail directory AFAIK. -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net

Re: OO.o 3.0.1 in Lenny

2009-03-01 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/3/2 Frederik Kriewitz > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Umarzuki Mochlis > wrote: > > Aside from official installer (that somehow corrupted, happened to every > > tarball downloaded, don't know why), is there any backports or something? > > It's available in the experimental repository. In

Re: OO.o 3.0.1 in Lenny

2009-03-01 Thread thveillon.debian
Frederik Kriewitz a écrit : > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: >> Aside from official installer (that somehow corrupted, happened to every >> tarball downloaded, don't know why), is there any backports or something? > > It's available in the experimental repository. > > I

Re: New installation: Volume Group not found [solved]

2009-03-01 Thread Memnon Anon
Celejar writes: > On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:34:44 + (UTC) > Memnon Anon wrote: >> , >> | Volume group "BlackPearl" not found >> | Volume group "BlackPearl" not found >> | Enter passphrase to unlock the disk /dev/hda2 (hda2_crypt): >> ` >> > Setting down LVM groups failed. Can't deactiva

Re: OO.o 3.0.1 in Lenny

2009-03-01 Thread Frederik Kriewitz
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > Aside from official installer (that somehow corrupted, happened to every > tarball downloaded, don't know why), is there any backports or something? It's available in the experimental repository. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Re: 2.6.28 + nvidia closed source

2009-03-01 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
thveillon.debian wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : Hi, I see 2.6.28 made it to Sid. Anybody use it with the nvidia closed source driver? Hugo Hi, I use a 2.6.28 and Nvidia non free driver from their website. It works OK here. (version is now 180.35). Thanks Tom, I am going to try that.

Re: spam control

2009-03-01 Thread Girish Kulkarni
Thanks for the all the replies! I plan to use the Bogofilter to start with and see how its comparison with Gmail's performance improves with time. Thanks, Girish. On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Girish Kulkarni wrote: > I've been managing my mail with Gmail for about three years now.  The > pr

Re: NTPd log entries flipping between 'status change 4001' and 'status change 0001'

2009-03-01 Thread Bob Cox
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 11:33:05 -0200, Daniel Bareiro (daniel-lis...@gmx.net) wrote: > Hi all! > > After to have updated to Debian GNU/Linux Lenny (stable), I began to see > abundantly /var/log/ntpd entries of the following type: > > 1 Mar 06:50:52 ntpd[4825] kernel time sync status change 4

Re: netbook for debian

2009-03-01 Thread Dean Chester
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 10:17:00AM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am thinking of buying a netbook and would like to ask for opinions > > about good options for use with debian (preferably, alternatively > > Ubuntu). At th

Re: How to automount USB disks at boot-up?

2009-03-01 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 01:56:12PM +0100, Robert Latest wrote: > Hello people, > > the subject says it all. I (often, but not always) have a portable USB > disk connected to the computer that I would like to have automounted > on boot. I could just knit some init script for this task, but before >

Re: netbook for debian

2009-03-01 Thread Michael Pobega
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 10:17:00AM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: > Hi all, > > I am thinking of buying a netbook and would like to ask for opinions > about good options for use with debian (preferably, alternatively > Ubuntu). At the moment, I have been looking at > Samsung NC10-anyNet KA06DE 10

Re: ifconfig data

2009-03-01 Thread Aneurin Price
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Hi, > > Aneurin Price wrote: >> >> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Andrew McGlashan >> wrote: >>> >>> Aneurin Price wrote: Maybe this would suit you: http://www.geekpage.jp/en/programming/linux-network/get-ipaddr.php

Re: How to automount USB disks at boot-up?

2009-03-01 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 01:56:12PM +0100, Robert Latest wrote: > Hello people, > > the subject says it all. I (often, but not always) have a portable USB > disk connected to the computer that I would like to have automounted > on boot. I could just knit some init script for this task, but before >

Re: denyhosts error

2009-03-01 Thread Sjors Gielen
Paul Cartwright schreef: I am getting these to my local user, and I can't figure out what process is sending them, so I can correct it: > From: > DenyHosts > To: > r...@localhost There are two ways to fix this, 2 is probably preferred: 1) By default, in the Denyhosts Debian package, the co

OO.o 3.0.1 in Lenny

2009-03-01 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
Aside from official installer (that somehow corrupted, happened to every tarball downloaded, don't know why), is there any backports or something? -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net

Re: netbook for debian

2009-03-01 Thread Robert Epprecht
Peter Robinson writes: > I am thinking of buying a netbook and would like to ask for opinions > about good options for use with debian > Asus Eee PC 1000H 10 Zoll WSVGA Netbook http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC BTW: the 901 is also a very good choice, especially if you like it small. Robert

Re: Scanner Needs Root Access?

2009-03-01 Thread Kent West
Andrew Malcolmson wrote: > Thierry Chatelet wrote: > [snip] >> lp does not need to be in scanner group. I know it does not help, but... >> Did you try to log out and back in since you put yourself in scanner >> group? >> > > or to avoid needing to log out and back in, run > > newgrp [groupname] > >

denyhosts error

2009-03-01 Thread Paul Cartwright
I am getting these to my local user, and I can't figure out what process is sending them, so I can correct it: > This is the mail system at host paulandcilla.homelinux.org. > > I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not > be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached bel

Re: 2.6.28 + nvidia closed source

2009-03-01 Thread thveillon.debian
Hugo Vanwoerkom a écrit : > Hi, > > I see 2.6.28 made it to Sid. > > Anybody use it with the nvidia closed source driver? > > Hugo > > Hi, I use a 2.6.28 and Nvidia non free driver from their website. It works OK here. (version is now 180.35). Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-r

NTPd log entries flipping between 'status change 4001' and 'status change 0001'

2009-03-01 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi all! After to have updated to Debian GNU/Linux Lenny (stable), I began to see abundantly /var/log/ntpd entries of the following type: 1 Mar 06:50:52 ntpd[4825] kernel time sync status change 4001 1 Mar 07:42:06 ntpd[4825] kernel time sync status change 0001 1 Mar 09:24:29 ntpd[4825] kernel

Re: Scanner Needs Root Access?

2009-03-01 Thread Andrew Malcolmson
Thierry Chatelet wrote: [snip] lp does not need to be in scanner group. I know it does not help, but... Did you try to log out and back in since you put yourself in scanner group? or to avoid needing to log out and back in, run newgrp [groupname] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: suspend to ram

2009-03-01 Thread Andrew Malcolmson
Celejar wrote: I'm trying to get s2ram to work on my Acer Aspire 3690. The machine is in the whitelist: Take a look at the HAL Quirks site: http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/quirk/index.html It has helped me get suspend & resume working on several laptops. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: grub-probe: error: Cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1. Check your device.map.

2009-03-01 Thread Thorny
On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:28:33 +0100, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > I'm not really sure that partitions on modern pc has to be made bootable > for grub to work > Correct, GRUB doesn't care if a partition is marked as the active partition(bootable), that is something that matters to a DOS(Windows) MBR.

2.6.28 + nvidia closed source

2009-03-01 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, I see 2.6.28 made it to Sid. Anybody use it with the nvidia closed source driver? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

How to automount USB disks at boot-up?

2009-03-01 Thread Robert Latest
Hello people, the subject says it all. I (often, but not always) have a portable USB disk connected to the computer that I would like to have automounted on boot. I could just knit some init script for this task, but before I do that I'd like to check if there is a "canonical Debian way" to achiev

How to change console font?

2009-03-01 Thread Robert Latest
Hello folks, since many kernels ago I've used VGA console fonts that have been more pleasant than the standard 80x25 screen (mode 775). However, since my recent upgrade to lenny, this often doesn't work any more. Sometimes I get the font I want, sometimes I get the 80x25 one, and sometimes I get a

FYI: No X ... oops

2009-03-01 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, (CCing Carlos Carrero Gutierrez since it may be his problem too) I did some minor system tweaks and rebooted... alas, X does not start on lenny. Careful reading of error message pointed me to missing /dev/agpgart. My dual boot system function works OK. So this is software issue. # mod

gnome-power-manager 2.22.1 can't suspend anymore

2009-03-01 Thread lau
Hi all, After an upgrade, gnome-power-manager (version 2.22.1) can't suspend anymore, it does absolutely nothing. I supposed that what it does is call the dbus-send command. Therefore i tried suspending using that module explicitly: l...@olympe:~/bin$ dbus-send \ > --session \ > --dest=org.

Re: GRUB troubles with Re: Distinguishing SATA disks

2009-03-01 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hendrik Boom wrote: On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:02:18 +0100, Frederik Kriewitz wrote: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: Fun. Lost of symlinks. Can I use these to identify the drives to be used in RAID pairs or for LLVM? Yes Well, that worked. And /etc/fstab is happy with /d

Bls: Installing a Broadcom 4312 rev 02 wifi card

2009-03-01 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
I once ran into similar problem with different broadcomm wireless device and got it sorted http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=34590&highlight= 2009/3/1, Celejar : > On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:14:55 -0800 > consultores1 wrote: > >> El vie, 27-02-2009 a las 16:22 -0500, Celejar escribió: >> > On

Re: Downloading in iceweasel.

2009-03-01 Thread Øystein Dale
Hmm i see no pdf there, and 2 different programs for flash. And Olaf Reitmaier, sorry might have sent a answer directly to u instead of in here, should not have been done. Ø.Dale sø., 01.03.2009 kl. 02.08 -0430, skrev Olaf Reitmaier Veracierta: > Try to view Preferences >> Aplications >> PDF >

Re: netbook for debian

2009-03-01 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Peter Robinson wrote: > I am thinking of buying a netbook and would like to ask for opinions > about good options for use with debian (preferably, alternatively > Ubuntu). At the moment, I have been looking at > Samsung NC10-anyNet KA06DE 10,2 Zoll WSVGA Netbook > and > Asus Eee PC 1000H 10 Zoll WS

Re: Installing testing from latest netinst iso

2009-03-01 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Frank McCormick wrote: >> >> I just spent a couple of hours trying to unsuccessfully install Squeeze >> from the netinstall iso. > > I guess these builds are put up for DL with no or little testing. My > build came from the 28th and the two suffer the same problem. Guess I'll > wait a month or so

netbook for debian

2009-03-01 Thread Peter Robinson
Hi all, I am thinking of buying a netbook and would like to ask for opinions about good options for use with debian (preferably, alternatively Ubuntu). At the moment, I have been looking at Samsung NC10-anyNet KA06DE 10,2 Zoll WSVGA Netbook and Asus Eee PC 1000H 10 Zoll WSVGA Netbook but I wou

Re: What package would I file this Install bug against ?

2009-03-01 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
mhep...@gmail wrote: > So what package would I file the bug report against ? I mean it > wasn't technically a failure of grub, since grub never got installed, > but why didn't grub get installed during setup ? Would this get > submitted to the d-i team ? Or just 'reportbug installation-report' [1]